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The party reach camp of Mrs. Frisbie's father and are wel­ comed by him and Cy,. Walker, an old friend and former townsman of the her­ mit. They settle down for summer's stay. Chip and Ray are in love, but no on® realizes this but Cy Walker. Straryja canoe marks found on lake shore in front of their cabin. Strange smoke is seen across the lake. Martin and I»evl leave for settlement to get officers to arrest McGuire, who is known as outlaw and escaped murderer. Chip's one woods friend, Tomah, an Indian, visits camp. Ray believes he sees a bear on the ridge. Chip is stolen by Pete Bolduc and es­ capes with her in a canoe. Chip is res­ cued by Martin and Levi as they are re­ turning from the settlement. Bolduc es­ capes. Old Cy proposes to Ray that he remain In the woods with himself and Amzi and trap during the winter, and he concludes to do so. Others of the party return to Greenvale, taking Chip with them. Chip starts to school in Greenvale, and finds life unpleasant at Aunt Com­ fort's, made so especially by Hannah. Old Cy and Ray discover strange tracks In the wilderness. They penetrate far­ ther into the wilderness and discover the hiding place of the man who had been sneaking about their cabin. CHAPTER XIV.--Continued. Then came another surprise, for sud­ denly Old Cy caught sight of a man Just emerging from behind a rock fully ten rods from the rising smoke; he •looped, lifted a canoe into view, ad­ vanced to the shore, slid it halfway into the water, returned to the rock, picked up a rifle, then pushed the canoe off, and, crossing the lake, van­ ished into the outlet The two watchers on the ridge ex- changed glances. "He's Eoin' to tend his traps, an mebbe ot.rn," Old Cy said at last, and then led the way back to their bark shack. Here he halted, and placing one hand scoop-fashion over his ear, listened intently until he caught the faint sound of a paddle touching a canoe gunwale. First slightly, then a more distinctive thud, and' then less and less until the sound ceased. "The coast's ciear,:: he added, now In an exultant whisper, "an' while the old cat's away we'll take a peek at his den." A hurried gathering of their few be­ longings was made, the canoe was shoved into the lagoon, and no time was lost until the lake was crossed and they drew along side of where the smoke was still rising in a thin film. Ko landing was possible here, for the shorn wai a sheer face of upright slate, and only where this lone trap­ per had launched his canoe could they make one. From here a series of outcropping slate ledges rose one above another, and between them and parallel to the shore, narrow, irregular passages par­ tially closed by broken rock. It was all of slaty- formation, Jagged, serrated and gray with moss. Following one of these passages, Old Cy and Ray came to the ledge out of which the smoke was rising from a crevasse. It was a little lower than (me in front, perhaps 40 feet in breadth, double that in length, and of a more even surface. At each end was a short transverse passage hardly wide enough to walk in, and a few feet deep. And now, after a more careful ex­ amination of the crevasse out of which the thin film of smoke rose, Old Cy began a search. Up and down each narrow pass way he peeped and peer­ ed. but nowhere was a crack or cranny to be found in their walls. In places they were as high as his head, Bheer faces of slate, then broken, ser­ rated, moss-coated, or of yellow', rusty color. Here and there a stunted spruce liad taken root in some crack, and ¥ over, back from the topmost ledge, this green enclosure began and con­ tinued up the low mountain. Here, also. In a sunny nook below this belt- lug tangle of scrub spruce, were am­ ple signs of a trapper's occupation in the way of pelts stretched upon forked sticks and hanging from a cord cross­ ing this niche. They were of the usual species found in this wilderness, --a dozen muskrat, with a few mink and otter skins and one lyn&. Another sign of human presence was also noted, for here a log showing ax marks, with split wood and chips all about, was seen. « "Some o' them pelts la ourn," Old Cy ejaculated, glancing at thi array, "an* I've a notion we'd best hook on to 'em, Mebbe not, though,' he added a moment later, "it might git us into more trouble.** But Ray was getting more and more uneasy each moment since they had landed there. It seemed to him a most dangerous exploit, and while Old Cy had hunted over this curious confusion of slate ledges and stared at the rising film of smoke, Ray had covertly watched the lake's outlet. • "I don't think we'd be iter stay here much longer," he said at last. "We can't tell how soon that man may come back and catch us." «JGuess you're right," Old Cy assert­ ed tersely, and after one more look at the inch-wide crack out of which the smoke rose, he led the way to their canoe. "Thar's a cave thar, sure's a gun." lie muttered, as they skirted thfe bold r.hore once more, "as* that smoke's nomin' out on't. I wish I dared stay here a little longer 'n' hunt fer it." Old Cy was right, there was a cave there beneath the slate ledge--4n fact, two caves; and in one, safe and se­ cure, as its owner the notorious Mc­ Guire believed, were concealed the savins* «C his lifetime. , .V • • . . . More than that, so near do we often come to an important discovery and miss it, Old Cy had twice leaned against a slab of slate closing the en­ trance^" to this cave and access to a fortune, the heritage of Chip McGuire. Ray's fear, while well founded, were needless, however. McGuire--for it was this outlaw whom they had am­ ple reason to avoid--was many miles away. And yet so potent was the sense of danger, that neither Old Cy nor Ray thought of food, or ceased paddling one moment, until they had crossed the vast swamp and once more pulled their canoe out at the point where they had entered It the day before. Here a brief halt for food and rest was taken; then they shouldered their light craft and started for Birch Camp. In the meantime another canoe was ascending this winding stream, and long before nightfall, Pete Bolduc, sure that he was on the trail of Mc­ Guire, entered the ledge-bordered lake. CHAPTER XV. To trali an enemy who is never without a rifle and the will to use it, requires courage and Indian cunning as well. Pete Bolduc had both, and after observing the many signs of a trapper's presence in the swamp, he knew, after he crossed it and reached this lake, that somewhere on its shores his enemy, McGuire, had his lair. He paused at the outlet, as did Old Cy, to scan every rod of its rocky shores, not once, but a dozen times. No thought of the blessed harmony of lake, sky, and forest, or the se­ questered beauty of this spot, came to the half-breed. Revenge and mur­ der--twin demons of his nature--were in his heart, and the Indian cunning that made him hide while he watched for signs of his enemy. The bare peak and McGuire crawled into his den. Mest of these movements were ob­ served by the half-breed, who, watch­ ing ever while he plotted and planned how best to catch his epemy unawares, saw him emerge from amid the ledges again, go down to the lake, return with a pail of water, and vanish once more. All this was a carious proceeding, for he, like Old Cy, had expected to find McGuire occupying some* bark shelter, and even now he supposed there was one among this confusion of hare rocks. Another surprise soon came to tills distant watcher, for he now saw a thin column of smoke rise from a ledge and continue in varying volumne until hid­ den by twilight. And now, secure In his cave and quite unconscious of the watcher with murderous intent who had observed his actions, McGuire was enjoying himself. He had built a little slate fireplace within his cave. A funnel of the same easily fitted material car­ ried the smoke up to a long, inch-wid® fissure in the roof. He had a table of slate to eat frorn^ handy by a bed filled with moss and dry grass, also pine knots for needed light Opening Into this small cave was & lesser one, always cool and dry,, for no rain nor melting snow could enter it, and here was McGuire's pantry, and here also a half-dozen tin cans, safely hidden under a slab of slate, stuffed with gold and banknotes. To still further protect this inner cave he had fitted a section of slate to entirely fill its entrance. When the last vestige of sunset had vanished and twinkling stars were re­ flected from the placid lake, the half- breed descended from his lookout point, and, launching his canoe, fol lowed close to the shadowed shore and landed just above where McGuire disembarked. Indian that he was, he chose the hours of night and darkness to crawl up to the bark shelter which he expected to find, his intention being to thrust a rifle muzzle close to his enemy's head and then pull the trig­ ger. But to do this required a long wait and extreme caution. His enemy sure­ ly had a camp41re behind a ledge, and shelter as well. The smoke had seemed to rise out of a ledge, but certainly could not, and so--still unaware of McGuire's position, yet sure that he was amid these ledges, and near a shelter--Pete grasped his rifle and crept ashore. It was too early to surprise his enemy--time to fall asleep must be 1 a Closed Jn a Death-Grapple. overlooking the lake soon impressed him as a vantage point, and after a half-hour of watchful listening he laid his rifle across the thwart, handy t«. grasp on the instant, and, seising his paddle once more, crossed the lake to the foot of the peak. To hide his canoe here, ascend thie with pack and rifle, was the next move of this human panther, and here in a sheltering crevasse he lay and watched for his enemy. Two hours later, and just at sunset, McGuire returned to the lake. As usual, he, too, paused at the out­ let to scan its shores. He believed himself utterly secure here, and thought no human being was likely to find this lakelet. But for all that, he was watchful. Some exploring lum-. berman or some pioneer trapper might cross this vast swamp and find this lake during his absence. A brief scrutiny assured him that he was still safe from human eyes, and he crossed the lake. From the bare cliff a single keen and vengeful eye watched him. As usual, also, McGuire made his landing at a convenient point, some 50 rods from his cave, and carried his canoe up and turned It over, back of a low-jutting ridge of siate. He skinned the half-dozen prizes his traps had se­ cured that day and followed a shallow defile to his lair. Here his pelts were stret^&ed, a slab of slate was lifted from its position hi a deep, wide cre- betwsea tw» «C allowed. Yet so eager was the half- breed to deal death to him, that he must needs come here to wait. No chances must be taken when he did Crawl up to his victim, for a false step or the rattle of a loose stone, or his form outlined against the starlit sky as he crawled over a ledge, might mean death to him instead of McGuire. And so, crouching safely in a dark nook above the landing, Pete waited, watched and listened. One hour passed--it seemed two-- and then the half-breed crept stealth­ ily up to where the smoke had been seen. Not by strides, or even steps, but as a panther would, lifting one foot and feeling where it would rest and then another, and all the while listening and advancing again. It was McGuire's habit, while stay­ ing here, to look at the weather pros­ pects each night, and also to obtain a drink of cool water before going to sleep. Often when the evenings were sot too cold, he would sit by the lake shore for a half-hour, smoking and watching its starlit or moon-glittering surface, and listening to the calls of night prowlers. Is spite cf being & outlaw, devoid of moral nature, and one who preyed upon his fellow-man, he was not with­ out sentiment, and the wild grandeur of these enclosing mountains, and the sense of security they gave, were pleasant to him. .His life had been a harsh and brutal one. He had dealt in man's lust and love of liquor. He measured all humankind by his own standard of right and wrong, and be­ lieved that he must rob others or they would rob him. He had followed that belief implicitly from the start, and would so long as he lived. He felt that every man's hand was against j him, and no reproaches of conscience j had resulted from his cold-blooded kill- j ing of an officer. Never once did the \ thought return of the few years when j a woman's hand sought his in tender- \ ness, nor any sense of the unspeak' j able horror he had decreed for his own j child. j So vile a wretch seemed unfit for God's green earth; and yet the silence j of night beside this lake, and the stars mirrored on its motionless surface, soothed and satisfied him. He had now and then another im- poise--to some day take his savings of many years, secreted here, and go to some other country, assume another name, and lead a different life. FOR CONSUMPTIVES CHEAP OPEN AIR CURE PLANNED 13 feet, the length of an ordinary IM WAVt ON WHITE PLAQUE. Wealthy New Yorker Designs Build­ ing Which Will Oreatiy Lessen Mi Coat of the Treatment. It costs too much to provide build­ ings for the giving oi the open air treatment to consumptives according to the way the buildings at present are designed and built, and a wealthy New Yorker, Mr. Henry B. Auchin- closs, who has made somewhat of a study of the tuberculosis problem, has a plan which he believes will greatly reduce this cost and at the same time provide as suitable quarters for the consumptives as are now supplied at the greater outlay. And this plan will come up at the forthcoming In­ ternational Congress of Tuberculosis which convenes at Washington next summer, and will be discussed, and perhaps adopted. Briefly Mr, Auchin- cioss advocates open camps, in suit­ able localities, grouped around cen­ tral buildings. In the Adirondack in a picturesque spot on an island in Lake Placid, Mr. Auchincloss has built an experimental camp for the double purpose of testing his idea and of pro­ viding for his own folks a comfort­ able forest abode more In keeping with woodland ways than most of the Adirondack "camps" of these times, with their costly fittings and general air of elegance. After a fair trial Mr. Auchincloss is firmly convinced that And now, while an unsuspected i 'or Pers°ns needing the open air treat- enemy was waiting for him to enter a sleep that should know no waking, he left his cave and seated himself on a shelf-like projection close to the lake, which was deep here, and the ledge shore a sheer face rising some ten feet above the water. One hour or more this strange com­ pound of brute and man sat tiiere con- ment camps such as his would be bet­ ter In mild climates or for six months of the year in the Adirondacks than any building with massive walls. Mr. Auchincloss found that his experi­ mental camp proved successful in af­ fording complete shelter in stormy weather, the Inmates having been en­ tirely comfortable, enjoying tft§ oat- board being taken for economical con* struction. There are three rooms on each side, 13x13 each, sind an open s^ace in the center 26x26. Ordinary matched boards, battened, are used for sides and flooring. Thfe roofs are of the best cedar shingles. Each room has one window, opening into the outer air. The corner rooms have two win­ dows. The closed fronts and doors have this advantage, Mr. Auchincloss says: By covering the outside of the window with mosquito screens and having the sashes open inward the rooms can be cleared of the insects early In the evening by a smudge built In a tinsmith's furnace or in a tin pail. The door being left open, the raoo- qultofes are driven out. Then the door M'.-- templating the stars, and then he sud- j 'n perfection. The cost denly detected a sound--only a faint one, the mere click of one pebble striking another. He arose and listened. Soon another soft, crushing sound reached him. Some animal creeping along in the passage between the ledges, he thought. He stepped quickly to the end of the shelf. On that instant'a crouching- form rose upward and confronted him. Re had one moment only, but enough to see a tall man a step be­ low him, the next a flash of spitting fire, a stinging pain in one shoulder, and this human panther leaped upon McGuire! But life was sweet, even to McGuire. and as be grasped and struck at this enemy in a blind instinct of self-pres­ ervation as both closed in a death grapple, one Instant of awful agony came to him as a knife entered his heart--a yell of mingled hate and deadly fear, as two bodies writhed on the narrow shelf, a plunging sound, as both struck the water below--and then silence. Death and vengeance were clasped in one eternal embrace. CHAPTER XVI. For two months life at Birch Camp' much resembled that of a woodchuck or a squirrel. Now and then a day came when the crusted snow permitted a gum-gathering trip into the forest, or a few midday hours at ice fishing; and nevpr were the first signs of spring more welcome than to those winter-bound prisoners. The wise counsel and patient example of Old Cy had not been lost upon Ray, either; and that winter's experience had changed htm to an almost marvelous degree. He was no longer a moody and selfish boy, thinking only of his own privations, but more of a man, who realized that he had duties and obliga­ tions toward others, as well as him­ self. With the returning sun and vanish­ ing snow, animal life was once more astir, and a short season of trapping was again entered upon, and mingled with that a few days more of gum- gathering. It was brief and at a disad­ vantage, for ice still covered .the lake, and until that disappeared no vse of the canoes could be made. Once well under way, however, spring returned with speed, the brooks began to overfiosr, the lake to rise, and one morning, instead of a wbite ex­ panse of watery ice, It was a blue and rippled lake once more. And now plans for Ray's return to Greenvale were In order, and the sole topic of discussion. He was as eager as a boy anxious for the close of school, and for a double reason, which Is self-evident. It was agreed that Old Cy and him­ self should make the trip out together In two canoes, and convey their stores of gum and firs. At the settlement these were to be packed, to await later sale and shipment. Old Cy would then return to camp, and Ray would go on to Greenvale. A change in this plan came in an unexpected nianner, however, for a few days before the one set for de­ parture, Old Cy, always on watch, saw a canoe enter the lake, and who should appear but Levi, Martin's old guide. "I've been cookin' up at a lumber camp on the Moosehorn," he ex­ plained, after greetings had been ex­ changed, "an' I thought I would make a trip up here an' call on ye 'fore I went out." (TO BE COKTINUED.) less than $200 a head and this could be materially reduced. Mr. Auchincloss' camp was planned on three sides of a hollow sqoare fronting a camp fire, with a regular chimney and fireplace in the -covered portion directly opposite the camp fire. The main roof is raised two feet above the roofs covering the sleeping rooms, allowing free passage of smoke when the wind blows from the camp fire. This raised roof covers only the open space In the middle of the building, the roofs of the sleeping rooms being tight Excepting for a semicircle Im­ mediately around the camp fire as the center of the arc, no rain penetrates even in the stormiest weather with the wind blowing directly into the camp. Mr. Auchincloss calls it a house with one side left off. The di­ mensions are 39x52 feet, multiples of Toy Model of the Open Camp. Is closed, the smudge removed and the window opened, the smoke being speedily driven out, leaving the joom free of smoke and mosquitoes for the night--quite an important considera­ tion in the Adirondack forest in sum­ mer. In the open front sleeping rooms with Japanese screens this is, of course, Impossible. Bearing in mind that each of the three rooms at the sides Is 13, feet square, and that the open space with the raised roof is 26 feet square, this leaves an open space, on a raised platform with three steps, 13x26 in front of the fireplace, which is built of field stone and is of ample dimen­ sions to take a stick four feet long. This open space is used for a dining room. Mr. Auchincloss thus figures the cost of his camp: Rock foundation for oampflre, lSxte and 4 feet Mgh fMLM Chimney nod fireplace 10K.M Carpenter work M0.07 liustic WOTte TV00 Toilet, freight mmi incidentals .... K.26 Painting 41. SO Tots! tl.34S.tt Being on an island far up the lake, the carpenters' and masons' bills In­ cluded boat hire. CANAL TO HIGHWA Y PROPOSAL TO CONVERT ERIE WA­ TERWAY INTO STATE ROAD. Matter Being Seriously Considered hn New York State -- Old Canal Boats May Give Way to Automobile. Had Prepared For Ordeal. alate you on your little one's behavior. I have christened more than 2,000 babies, but I never before christened one that behaved so well as yours.' The yosng mother smiled demurely. 'No wonder he behaved well,' she said. 'His father and I, with a pail of water, have been practicing christening on him for the last ten days.' The ldesi of rehearsing a baby for a christen­ ing! Who but a college girl would think of sach a thing T" Christening Rehearsal 8truck Clergy­ man as New Idea. "These college girls," said a clergy­ man, as he gazed at the white and superb ranks of beautiful graduates, "are a boon to the race. They intro­ duce new Ideas. I christened the other day the first baby of a married col­ lege girl. Now, babies usually cry while they are being christened, but this one was as quiet as a lamb. Throughout the ceremony it smiled up beautifully into my face. 'Well, madam,' said I to the young wife at the christening's end, 1 must congrnfr A Flag Pole. Iceland wants to have a flag* of Its own. It won't have to go far for Um polo. From canal to a state road is cer­ tainly a long and radical step, and yet that is exactly what Is being con­ templated in New York state, where the Erie canal is giving so much trou­ ble and proving so great an expense. Frederick C. Stevens, superintendent of the state department of public works, in speaking of the matter, says; "I have looked carefully into the project of converting the Erie canal into a great trans-state highway, and have discussed the plan with leg­ islators, good road advocates and en­ gineers. I believe the plan is an ex­ cellent one, and believe It should he brought to the attention of our law­ makers, road-makers and the .public which is interested in obtaining good and continuous highway facilities." In the opinion of those familiar with the project and those directly in charge the movement to provide the state of New York with good roads would be advanced almost in­ credibly by the completion of a great trana-state road. New York, with all its wealth and population, has no state road in its most populous regions, such, for example, as the King's hig£$- way of Long Island. The familiar ad- guments for good roads, their impor­ tance in developing the country and binding remote sections more closely together apply with particular force to this enterprise. The Erie canal doubt­ less has been the greatest single fac­ tor in developing New York state. The geographies describe its opening as an epoch making event. The same line of communication when made available for vehicular traffic of every kind would open for it an entirely hew field of usefulness. The demand for such a highway has been for years a source of annoy­ ance to the state. The old towpath in many places offers an almost irre­ sistible short cot for traffic* of every kind. It has been necessary to post signs forhlddfng vehicles from using the long, smooth stretches of the path, while in some places special guards have been placed to warn them off. The distance from Illon to Utlca along the canal, for instance, is 11 miles» almost a direct line and all on a dead level. By road the distance is fully twice as great, while many of its grades are very severe. Before the guards were posted to warn them off, automobilists made this run of 11 miles in a few minutes. Without this short cut the trip from one city to the other and return necessitates a laborious journey of some 40 miles. The arrangement of the canal lends itself to several different treatments. The tow path varies in width from 15 to 30 feet, its average width being about 20 feet The burn which par­ allels the canal practically throughout its entire length is nowhere less than ten feet in width, while in places it widens out to 50 feet. The canal it­ self is 75 feet In width. The total width of the level strip available for road building is considerably more than 100 feet. It has been suggested that the state utilize the bed of the Erie canal for building a four-track railroad, to be run under state control. The en­ gineering problems of such an enter­ prise are trifling. The long stretches of level roadbed would be one of the most perfect grades known in railroad construction. It Is recognized, how­ ever, that the four tracks of the New York Central system, the double tracks of the West Shore road, the proposed trolley road across ffhe state, and the new Barge canal would be dangerous rivals to such an enterprise. The plan never hajL been seriously considered. THE LAUGH CURE. When your wife resumes her nagging. Laugh. When the stock you've bought Is aacging. Lau'gli. When you've lost your new umbrella. Or somebody starts to tell a Story you have heard a hundred times before, Po not fail to cling to gladneps. Give tne ha-ha to your sadness. Throw your head back aod emit a cheerful roar- Laugh, brother, laugh! When the hackman tries to beat yeu. Laugh; When the short-change artists cheat you. Laugh; If a thief should pick your pockets. Or your feet should, like two rockets. Leave the earth and cauae your head to dent the ground; Do not show the least resentment Or give up to discontentment. 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Tommy--Wei), you see, it was this w . f ^ way: We had ten examples a day,/j} and I got the teacher to help me to do C • . Ave, and Eric Jones got her to help 1 him the other live. Then .we- ,/v swapped helps, see?--Harper's Bazar. ; '1 Beware eif Ointments for Catarrh W that Contain Mercury, - ^ •S mercury will purely destroy the n-iiw of IB«U sad completely dense* she whole intea irfetsS enter!ug It through tfce maecm* sanacet. fvicfe . "L'fir •nicies »hoa]d never be except en pr-Mcrip- •*. Uopt from reput»t>!e Dhyslriane, m tbe damage ttef " * /• wtil doll ten fold to th« giwd y<m can po»!bi; rlTe from them. Hail's Catarrh Cure, manufactured^ t" by F.J. Cbeney A Co., Total*, O., contain* no cury, and la taken internally, acsU:*; directly apOB,> 1 ^ v the blood and niuc«n» surfaces of the *yatera, Isiu. •u at( iter -. M buy1rjK Haiti Catarrh Cure be sura fof mnulne. It !a taken internal!* and made I Ohio, by F.J Cheney £ Co. Testimonials trm. Bold fij Drogfttatt. Price, 73c. per bottle. >tf Sv-1® Take Hall's Family I'lUs for constipation. - An A ft-Round RdMh ' William V. McMaaua, the new par--• * ^ ldent ef the Letter Carriers' afesocla- tlon of New York, had been discussing <*| J the ideal letter carrier. J With a laugh he ended: . "Yes, the Ideal letter uwilei noedrf;i|^|| to be as all-round, as many-sided, a«t ' divinely gifted, as the man a Cincin-c nati suburbanite advertised for last' *,'jl month. ' ' "The advertisement vaat'1 '"Wanted--A man aWe>" wxenca- -"-."^ Spanish, water color painting^ and tho violin, and to look after the boll/" BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHKD All the Time--Covered with Tortus Ing Eczema--Doctor Said Would Last for Y«ar»--Per- feet Cure by "My baby niece was suffering fNsMi that terrible torture, eczema. It was . f: all over her body but the worst was ^ ^ on her face and hands. She cried and scratched all the time and could notn^fe^ sleep night or day froaa the scratch-' ing. I had her under the doctor's.; care tor a year and a half and ha/, ? seemed to do her no 0000. I took her.v>J to the best doctor in the city and neip^fSs aald that she wonld have the sorea until she was six years old But if I ' i had depended on the doctor my baby- f iffl would have lost her mind and dled^ : Ii from the want of aid. But I used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and she was cured in three months. Alice L. Do well. 4769 Easton Ave* 8h Louis, Mo., May 2. and », 1907." , ^ ;v • 8AFE TIF. ' !'; 'i WDHe -- Str. i 't ?f 4ed. I'll bet you. there won't boc £1^ any more plaster* falling off the. ceiling under the< nursery. Dai - thy, Billy? Willie -- 'Cause they ain't no mora left We bumped It all off jested tiay. Hit ONE AVAfLABLE ASSET. Mr. Johnson Willing to Give Well-Wrl* ten Note ef Hand. The financial prospects of Mr. Wash­ ington Lafay#te Johnson were decid­ edly clouded, but he atlll preserved a sanguine spirit, which his friends did not always appreciate. 'Td like to borrow Jes* a little money ob yon," aaid Mr. Johnson, con­ fidentially, to a friend. '1--I wouldn't ^ aa you fw' fit; hot I aln* got a single^, cent left in 4e worf." *• "What aecu'lty can yon gib me?"".: asked' his friead. without any eathnal-^ asm. "•Whjv I gib yon my note ob hand!** and 5Tr. Johnson looked pained and amazed ac such a question. "I reckon you don' know what a good, clear handwriting I got In de ebening achuaL '--Tooth's Companion. COFFEE DRINKING j* L" .JbaiC* m A Dec tor Says it Weakens the Heart* "la my opinion." says a well known, ©srauin physician, "no one can truth-, fully say that coffee agrees with him. as it has long since been proven that ' cafTWne. contained in coffee, Is an in- . jUrtoBs. poisonous substance which weakens and degenerates the heart mnscles. "For this reason the regular use of coffee, soon or late, causes a condition ^ of undernourishment, which leads to < Yartous kinds of organic disease. "Convinced of this fact. 1 have often, sought for some healthfM beverage t®' use Instead of coffee. At last 1 found i the thing desired in F*s*nm. Ha via* had occasion to .ferhid people usawi coffee, whose hearts were affected t have recommenced l^astum as a bev­ erage, since it is free from all la-juri- : ous or excitiag substances. 1 knows this from rxjiutts In my own SuuHy* and amons patients. "Hundreds of persona who> now na* Postnm la place of ceHfce. are greatly benefited thereby." "Ther*1* a Reason.* Nam* given by Pos"k*at Coc Battle Creek. Mich. Read^ &0SA tft WeUTUte/' la pkgs. PA