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L$ihp§ -„ . rV7i-T"' • \ * ^'f^';--.: b; sh pi <#:-*» sepkCLtncoln Aiifhw «f r'lOuTK'hittaJMa'. ._ '•'•'^CtLjlTL Sri. *ta. ; V' h t • „vtr Illurtr«L-tioBa ira Ellsworth "Youn<£! '•'Nfcwy i^ftt,iyo>,^y T> A jwJafnn S CbmiMBsm M SYNOPSIS. 5fp; sfcifc" Coffin, supposed widow; la •arranging to move from Trumet to Boa- tfrn, following the death of her brother, jl>r whom she had kept house, Kyan Pepper, widower, offers marriage, and la torflgnantly refused. Cant. Elkanah Dan- Wls, leader of the Regular church, offet* JKczlah a place as housekeeper for the Kw minister, awl she decides to remain lit Trumet. Kesiah takes charg* of Rev. Jjbhn Sllerj', the new minister, and gives Jam advice as to his conduct toward members of the parish. Ellery CAUSES a •pnsat'on by attending a "Come-outer" BJp>'tlng. Ellery's presence Is bitterly re­ lented by Eben Hammond, leader of the Wetting. Grace apologises for her Kiardl&n and Sliei T escort* her home In e rain. Capt. Nat Hammond, Kben's ijccoitieii u hwrv by brln^r.g ths ticket Into port safely through fog and orm. Eltery finds Kerlah writing a let-r to some one, Inclosing money In re-*ponse to a demand. She Is curiously R&rtled when Informed of the arrival of at. Nat calls on Kezlah, and it devel- ta)s that they have been lovers since South. Daniels remonstrates with Ellery for attending "Come-outer" meeting. El- Wry is caught by the tide and is rescued py Nat. They became friends. Ellery poneets Grace while walking In the fields, aund learns that she walks there every Kiiday. The clergyman takes dinner ndays with the Daniels. Annabel, the io&ptain's daughter, exerts herself to tBake an impression on him- She no- JBCPJS wlfh vexation his desire to get away n-ery Sunday at a certain time. She matches him through a spy glass, r^at •pain importunes Ke*iah to marry him. He says he has had a quarrel with his tether, who wants him to marry Grace. Klltry asks Grace to marry him. She Confesses that she loves him. but say8 •lie fears to displease her guardian. El- fcpnah Daniels tells Eben about the meet­ ings between Ellery and Grace. Eben declares he will make Grace choose be­ tween him and the preacher. Grace finds Mm in a faint, following the excitement •f Elkanah's visit. Just before he dies JBben exacts a promise from Nat and Qrace that they will marry. Kezlah breaks the news to Ellery and later he received a note from Grace saying she is to marry Nat, and asking him not to try to see her again. Kezlah tells the story Of her own marriage with a man who turned out to be a good-for-nothing, and Who was reported to have been lost at •ea, and of her love for Nat, whom she (knnot marry because the husband is alive. Captain Nat sails for Manila to be gone two years. He says he ana Grace have decided not to marry until be returns. Nat is overdue, and It is feared that he has been lost at sea. Keziah gets a letter from her husband Maying he is coming back. Grace goes on ft visit to relatives of the Hammonds. A Vessel flying distress signals Is discovered Off the coast. Ellery goes with party to board the vessel. A man is found suf­ fering from smallpox, the rest of the erew having deserted. He Is taken to an abandoned shack on shore and Ell#ry helps nurse him. Before he dies it Is dis­ covered that he in Kesiah's husband. El- l*ry, left alone In quarantine, is found Wandering In a delirious condition by Grace. She takes him back to the •tianty and sends for help. Kesiah and Qrace nurse Ellery, who Is suffering from brain fever. The doctor and Keziah Bp read a reoort that Grace and Ellery are engaged. News comes that Nat has arrived, safely in Boston. The story of the wreck of Nat's vessel cornea out and a home-coming Is arranged. Nat falls to ppear. Kezlah intercepts Nat on his ameward Journey and tells him of e'a love for Ellery. He relaa-- from ner promise to him. ft: • CHAPTER XIX*--(Continued.)--- ;f: "Whafa the matter?" aaked th^ *4feptaln. V Ellery did not'answer. * read the ;H,.: note through and then, without « ' ^ord, handed It to his friend. The note waa as faUowi: lv;;' i*®ear John:.. • "I am going away, as I told you I Would if he came. He 1b coming. ; -^Tuesday I got a letter from him. It • *was written at Kingston, Jamaica, al- . : • Vbosi three months ago. I can't think •Why I haven't got it sooner, but sup- ----- ®oae it was given to some one to jgiail and forgotten. In it he said be Was tired of going to sea and was com- log home t«i me. I had money, he T: *ald, and we could get along. He had < ; Shipped aboard a brig bound for Sa» >. Hannah, and from there he was going ; fto try for a berth on a Boston-bound rfessel. So I am going away and not TBoming back. I could not stand the (disgrace and I could not see him. You ^ j, ||nd Qrace won't need me any more j BO#. Don't worry about me. I can , always earn a living while I have my V - Strength. Please don't worry. If he ^ v, ' * Aomea tell him I have gone you do Hot know where. That will be true, -•for you don't. I hope you will be Very happy. I do hope so. Oh, Joh*, (jou dbn't know how I hate to do this, ifcut I must. Don't tell Nat. He would :4b something terrible to him if he Mtame, and Nat knew. Just say I have ;1>een called away and may be back Some time. Perhaps I may. Love to AlL> ' Ctood-bjr. Tours truly, f "KEZIAH COFFIN." 1 The captain stared a4 the note. Then Jie threw It to the floor and started {or the door. The minister sprang from his chair and called to him. "Nat," he cried. "Nat! Stop! where >*re you s0111*7" f c O " Q o i n ' ? " h e g r o w l e d . " G o i n ' ? I ' m h. i' "*oin' to find her, first of all. Then I'.i I'm comin' back to wait for him.' ••11 i m:- K ; fi ffe "Bot y°u wont have to wait, never come. He's dead." He'll "Dead? Dead? By the everlastin'! jlhls has been too much for you, I ipught to have known it. I'll send the | hc fdoctor here right off. I can't stay imyselt I've got to go. But " . ; "Listen! listen to me! Ansel Cof- i:. Uto to dead, I tell you. I know it. I know all about it. , That was what ' "wanted to see you about. Did Keziah 7$ $fv v,te!1 you of the San Jose and the sailor V'.i- ff-T'r ':who di®d of smallpox in this-very ^:Jhullding? In thatjroom there?" * "Ye«. John, you- " It's the truth. That ^ Pir jBallor was Ansel Cpffln. I watched ' &• and one night, the night he died, he spoke Keziah's nftme • H® Bpoke of Bedford and ^ ̂ Trcunet *nd o£ her, over and over iFt H jagaln. I was sure who he was then, I called in Ebenezer Capen, who l';'W "UBed ^ ktlo,w Co®» ,n N«w Bedford. mi" jAnd he recognized him. Nat, as sure as you and I are here this minute, 'Ansel Coffin, Au#t Keziah's husband, is hulled In the Trumet^ceDaetery.' XX, • --'t-1 - - 7&W. "I'm not raving, i JBalloi CHAPTER Which Mr. Stone Wasbes Ml« iZT. -- - Hande. wK Abiier Stone, of &tone & Bark- ^ ̂ «r, marina attflttara and ahip ehaa* J r,1ors, with a of business on Commercial street in Boston, and a bank account which commanded re­ spect throughout the city, was feel­ ing rather irritable and out of sorts. Poor relations are always a nuisance. Mr. Btone had "washed his hands" of his cousin, Keziah Collin, or thought he had. After her brother Solomon died she had written to him, asking him to find her a position of some klad in Boston. "I don't want money, I don't want charity," wrote Kezlah. "What I want is work. Can you get it for me. Abner? I wrtte because fathor used to tell of what you said to him about gratitude and how you would never rest until you had done something in return for what he did for you." Captain Ben Hall's kindness was the one thing Mr. Stone forgot when he said no one had ever helped him. He, disliked to be reminded of it. It was a long while ago and the captain was dead. However, being reminded, he had called upon a friend in the tailor­ ing line and had obtained for Keziah the place of sewing woman. 8he de­ cided to become housekeeper at the Trumet parsonage and . so notified him. Then he washed his hands of her. But now he was compelled to soil them again. Keziah had appeared at his office, without warning, and de­ manded that he find her a position. 'Demanded" was the proper word. Certainly she had not begged. She seemed to feel that her demandi was right and proper, and his acceding to it the least he could do. "What a fine place you've got here, Abner!" she said, inspecting the office and store. '1 declare it's finer than the one you had when you first went into business,'afore you failed. I wish father could have lived to see It. He'd have realized that his judgment was good, even though his Investment wasn't" . Captain Hall had invested largely in that first business, the one which failed. Mr. Stone changed the sub- Jfect. Later In the day he again sought his friend, the tailor, and Keziah was installed in the loft of the lstter's Washington street shop, beside the other women and girls who sewed and sewed from seven in the morning un­ til six- at night. Mr. Stone had left her there and come away, feeling that an unpleasant matter was disposed of. He had made some inquiries as to where she intended staying, even add­ ed a half-hearted Invitation to dinner that evening at his home. But she declined. "No, thank you, Abner," she said, I'm goln' to find a boardin' place and I'd Just as soon nobody knew Where was for the present. And there's one thing I want to ask you: don't tell a eoul I am here. Not a soul. If anyone Bhould come askln' for " m|e, don't give 'em any satisfaction. I'll tell you why some day, perhaps. I can't now." ( This was what troubled Mr. Stone as he sat in his office. Why should this woman wish to have her where­ abouts kept a secret? There 'was a reason for this, of course. Was it a respectable reason, or the other kind? If the latter, his own name might be associated with the scandal. He wishu ed, for the fiftieth time, that there were no poor relations. A boy came into the office. "There is some one here to see you, Mr, Stone," he said. "Who is it?" "I don't know, sir. LookB like a seafaring man, a sea captain, I should say--but he won't give his name. Says it's Important and nobody but you'll do." ....... ! "Humph! All right. Tell him to wait. I'll be out In a minute." Sea captains and. ship ewners were Stone & Barker's best customers. The senior partner emerged from the of­ fice with a smile on his faee. "Ah!" he said, extending his hand. "Glad to see you. Captain--er--•--" "Hammond," replied the visitor "Same to you, Mr. Stone." "Fine weather for this., 41n* -of year." "Fine enough, Mr. Stone." "Well, Captain Hammond, what can we do for you? Going to sail soonf" "Not right away. Just made port, less'n a week ago. Home looks good to me, for a spell, anyhow." "So? Yes, I have no doubt. Let me see--where is your home, cap­ tain? I should remember, of course, but " "Don't know why you should. This is my first trip in your latitude. I guess. My home's at Trumet." "Trumet?" Mr. Stone's tone chang- ed. "Yes. Trumet, down on the Cape. Ever been there? We think It's about as good a place as there ls.'r "Hu-u-m! Trumet? Well, Captain Hammond, you wished to see ma, I Understand." ' "Yes. Fact Is, Mr. Stone, I want to ask you where I Can find Mrs. Ke­ ziah Coffin. She's a relation of yours, I b'lieve, and she'B come to Boston lately. Only yesterday or the day afore. Can you t«U me where she is?" "Why do you wish to see hmeft" "Oh, for reasons, personal onea. She's a friend of mine." "I see. No, captain, I can't tell you where she is. Good morning." * " Captain Nat was greatly disappoint­ ed. , . -? Hbld on thenar Jiutt <a minute,* h« begged. "This is important, you un­ derstand, Mr. Stone. I'm mighty anx­ ious to "dtid Kezi--Mrs. Coffin. ; We thought, some of her friends and I, that,most likely you'd know where she was. Can't you give us any help at all? Haant she been 'here?** morning, Captain Tou must excuse me, I'm boa?." He went into the office and closed the door. Captain Nat rubbed his forehead desperately. 9* been almost «ure that Abner Stone would put him on Keslah's tratfk. Grace had thought so, too. She remembered what the housekeeper had told con­ cerning her Boston cousin and how the latter had found employment for her when she contemplated leaving Trfimet, aftor her brother's death. Grace believed that Kesiah would go to him at once. > Nat walked to tlM| door and stood there, trying to think what to do nest, A smart young person, wearing a con­ spicuous suit of clothes, aided and abetted by a vivid waistcoat and a pair of youthful but promising side whiskers, came briskly along the side* walk and,8topped in front of him. **Well, sir?" observed this person, with cheerful condescension. "Any­ thing I can do for you?" Captain Nat turned his gaaa upon the side whiskers and the waistcoat. "Hey?" he queried. "I say, Is there anything I can do for you?*' , , The captain shook his head. "No-oo," he drawled dryly, "I'm afraid not, son. I admit that don't seem scarcely poseibje. but I am afraid It's so.", "Lqokiag for something in oar Una* was you?" "Well, I don't know. What night be on your line--clothes?" The bewhiskered one drew himself up. "I am connected with Stone & Barker," he said sharply. "And, see­ ing you standing in our doorway, I thought possibly-. " "Yes, yea. Beg your pardon, I'm sure. No, I dftn't want to buy any­ thing. I come to see Mr. Stone on a personal matter." "He's busy, I suppose." "So he says." The young man smiled with serene satisfaction. "I'm not surprised," he observed complacently. "We are a busy house, Mr.--er " , "Hammond's my name. Are'yon Mr. Barker?-' "No-o, my name Is Prince." "So? Silent partner In the firm, hey?" •s ' "No-o, not exactly." Mr. Prince was slightly embarrassed. "No, I am a-- a salesman--at present. Was the mat­ ter you wished to see Mr. Stone about a very private one?" "Mtddlin'." "Well, I asked because Mr Is a busy man and wv like him all the--the * • % "Trouble you can, hey? That's nice of you, you must save hbn< a lot, Mr --er--King, was it?" "No, Prince." "Sure and sarttn', Prince, of course. I knew 'twas connected with the roy­ al family. Well, Mr. Prince, I'm afraid even you can't help me nor him out this time. I'm lookin' up a friend of mine, a widow lady from down the Cape. She's a relation of Mr. Stone's, and she's come to Boston during the last day or so. I thought likely he might know where she was, that's alL That would be a little out of your latitude, hey?" "I don't know. Her name wasn't Coffin, was it?" Captain Nat startpd. "It certainly was," he answered eagerly.' "How*d you know that?" Mr. Prince's complacence was su­ perb. "Oh," he answered with con­ descension, "Mr. Stone trusts me with a good many of his personal affairs." "I should think likely he wonld. But about Mrs. Coffin? Yon vu goln' to say?" * "She is with James Hallett it Oa, the tailors, on Washington street. Mr. Stoue found a place fur her iiiere,' I believe. I--er--er--superintended .the carrying of her valise and-- What?" "NothinY nothin'. Hum! Hallett if w. r. Stftne to sate EE "Ustfr^l JJsten to. Met Is Dead." Co., tailors?. What number WltUA'- ton street did you Bay?" Mr. Prince gave the number. "Thank you a lot," said Captain Nat, with fervor. "Good-by, Mr. Prince. Hope the next time I come you'll be in the firm Good day, sir." "Good day. Nothing else i can do? And you won't wait for Mr. Stone? Very good. Is there any message for him that you would Uke to leave?" "Hey?" Nat had started to go, hat now he paused and turned. There was a grim twinkle in his eye. "Message?" he repeated. "Why, ye-es, I don't know but there Is.' You just give Mr. Stone Cap'n Hammond's compliments and tell him I'm lookin' forward to Interview in' him some time. Just tell him that, will you?" "rtl tell him. Glad. ta Jbana jnft you. Captain Hammond." In the workshop of Hallet it Co., Keelah sat sewing busily. The win­ dow near her was closed, stuck fast, and through the dingy panes she could see only roofs and chimneys. The other women and girls n*a* her chatted and laughed, but she was si­ lent. She did not feel like talking, eer^fily not like laughing, T^e gar­ ment she was at work on was a coat, a wedding coat, so the foreman had told her, with a smile; therefore, she must be very particular. The harrow stairway leading up to the workshop ended in a little boxed-ln room where the fVulnbed garments were hung to await th* final pressing. From ba- hlnd thy eteart1 dour of tbta came the 0Ound of voloes, apptuttbuy In heata! argument. One ef these voloes was that of Larry, the errand boy. Larry was speaking shrilly sod with emphasis. The other voice vaa lower In key( and the words were tn> audible. "No, sir, you can't," declared Larry. "Yon can't, 1 toll you. The boss don't let nobody In there and-- HoM oa! Hold on!" The other , voloa mada. jr short but evidently eariaest answer. "Larry Ag&fa' expostulated. The workers looked ^ip from their sewing. The door opened aad Lamr appeared, flushed and e» cited. ' "Where's Mr. UphamT' he demand, ed. "Mr. VtfeziaV ..,ur,v Upbam was the toreagi* . * tha workroom. At the moment ha-was downstairs In conversation with the bead of the house. A half dozen gave this information. „ . "What's the ntt&ter? ' :̂ k6, lit' it* asked several. 4 v "I don't know who 'tis. Ifs a and he's crazy, I think. I told him he couldn't come In here, bat he just keeps a'comin'. He wants to see some­ body named Coffin and fhere aint no Coffins here." i "* Keziah's nearest neighbor • taaftod toward her. "I gusaa It's Somebody to see yon," she said. "Your nams la it?" "No, no. That Is, tt can't 'be any­ body to see me. I don't want to lea anybody. Tell him so, whoever it la. I can't see anybody. I--Natl" "Keziah," he said, "come here. I want you. IH tell yon why 11} a^mht- ute. Come!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) NEED OF CARPETS FOR ROADS English Expert Recommends Use of an "Elastfo 8kln" on the Highways. A lecture was recently delivered by a member of the board before the Royal Institute of Loudon on "The Road--Past, Present and Future," ac­ cording to Consular and Trade Re­ ports. The lecturer said the problem Was to find the best mode by which a road should be constructed so that lta surface would not be broken by traf­ fic, so that the transit might be easier for both passengers and goods, a road which would form neither puddle holes nor exude mud from vehicles and create no dust when the weather was dry. One thing was universally recog­ nized, that the road oT the future should be a truly bound road in which, whatever kind of stone was used, the stone should be held together so that It would form a crust. The lecturer suggested that what he called a car­ pet or an elastic skin should bo adopt* ed as the covering. The carpet, he thought, should be made of bituminous materia! mixed with sand and placed on the roads in various thicknesses, according to the nature of the traffic. It should go on in liquid form, solidifying quickly, but always remaining resilient and com­ pressible, and so integrating with the crust of the surface below. The advantage of such a cafpet, ft was said, would be to permanently protect the crust, and, just as a carpet on the floor softens the step, so would this carpet for the roads silence the noise and reduce the shock of rolling vehicles. It was admitted that the or­ iginal cost of a road so laid would be more than that of a mud bound road, but spreading the cost over a series of years It would probably not be ao great, since the crust of the road IV self would not have to be renewed. 8adty Disillualoned. A certain young man of tender heart has lost his faith in mankind. Some years ago he did a favor for a friend, who, to show his appreciation, present­ ed him with a pipe of meerschaum persuasion, wonderfully and marvel- ously wrought and bearing date of a hundred years before. The young: man treasured this pipe, which was to him a masterpiece. And whenever the bine smoke curled upward from its bowl his heart swelled with the thought of the generosity and goodness of the human race, for he had been told when the pipe was handed to him that a pawnbroker would advance three dollars on it, thus proving it to be worth at least a ten-spot. Doing fa­ vors, he thought, surely furnished rec­ ompense. And then one day he broke the stem. He took it to a tobacco­ nist with whom be was well acquaint­ ed and asked to have it mended. "Ifs such a treasure," he explained. "Notice the work on it and the date." The to­ bacconist smiled. "My boy," he re­ marked, "they turn these out by the barrel and sell them for ten centa." Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam. Ho, ye women Buffragists! Did yea ever hear of Bhopal, Bhopal in the land bf the Hindus? Bhopal Is a native province of India, ruled by its own princely family. It Is one of the most flourishing and most enlightened of all the native statea. Time was when its inhabitants, who were warlike, had little time for any­ thing but fighting the Marathss and other fierce tribes by whom they were surrounde. Then came old Nawab Klkander Bo- gam--a woman ruler--and everything was changed. The arts of war made way for the arts of peace. She was succeeded on the throne by a daugh­ ter and she In turn by the woman whose emphonloua name heads «*>»• editorial. The lnftuenoe of these three women raters has been beyond estimate. Bhopal has been at peace. Her peo­ ple have devloped their Industries and their arts. They have flourished and poverty has been decreased. Hurrah for Jahan Begaml Long may she reign!--Albany Timea-tTnlon. mmijsHemm DESECRATED GRAVES Mysterious Beast Rends Coffins and Scatters Human Bones •--Roars Spare Women. Shelbyville, Ind.--Tho most ancan- ny sensation that has stirred Shelby county In recent years has - taken a firm grip on residents near the Patter­ son csmetery, east of Lewis creek. (3 raves is the cemetery ai'e being de­ spoiled by some animal or agency, &uu iiuiie o£ iuOuw wuO has taken S3 Interest in.the situation has been able to solve th6 mystery. Burrowing Into the graves, the beast rends coffins, scatters bits of broken wood, spinal columns, arms and log bones on the surface and roars like a lion when intruders approach too near the scene of Its operations. At first the belief prevailed that wood chucks Polish Woman Barrister. Mile. Miropolsky is the best known of the women barristers of Ftaaoa. She is of Polish origin, but was born in Paris. She took her degree in phtW osophy at the age of 16, was ad­ mitted to the bar sve years ago, won her first case before she was twenty-one. Children's courts and the divorce court ahe considers as suitable fields for the woman advocate, and she haa spoolaUaed, fc* nWsntlw ,r- ' , ..•; * - a;:W: • 'h-L'.'- Gravee Were Being Despoiled. were doing the work, but this theoij has been abandoned, as none of the animals have been seen In the ceme­ tery. The situation was first discovered by women who went to the cemetery to put some graves of relatives in bet­ ter condition. They discovered a great hole in one of the graves. They started to investigate, but were greet­ ed with a roar from the grave whloh sent them from the cemetery with quickened Bteps and blanched faces. They have not since returned. Men of the neighborhood then went to the cemetery armed with picks, shov­ els and guns. They found bones and pieces of coffins scattered over the graveyard. They dug into several despoiled graves and found they had been used as the homaof some animal, but they have been unable to deter­ mine'its species. The work was pursued with vigor until the men struck; a grave where it was feared the despoiler was at work. There the men lost their nerve and some declared they were as badly frightened as the women. .The work of trying to unravel the mystery Is still on and the despoiler is gs b^ay as everi SEE "HA'NT" CLIMB A TREE Hundreds of 8earchers After Weird Light Are Now More Mya-* titled Than Ever. Gas City, Kan.--A phenomenon, or a "ha'nt," or whatever It may be, is terrorizing this village. First regard­ ed as a Joke, the affair has become so serious that it is said that at leaat three cf the most superstitious fami­ lies are preparing to move. The "ha'nt" takes the form of . a, light, which appears on a ledg? Just outside the town and performs queer antics. Two hundred persons, some curious, some skeptical, some fearful, deter­ mined the other night to clear up the, mystery and went to the vicinity of the "haunted" ledge. The light ap­ peared as it haB for a number of pre­ vious nights and its appearance was greeted by screams on the part of the women, who, with the more timid Of the men hurried home. A half dozen men, armed, then started to the top of the ledge. In close formation, shoulder to shoulder, they tried to catch up with the light, but, will-o'-the-wisp-likfe, it zigzagged along the ledge, climbed a tall oak tree, from which point it was visible for quite a distance, then tt descended to within a few yards of the searchera, mounted the crest of a hill and disap­ peared in a nearby pond. Those who claim to have seen the light say it varies in size from that of a small bulb to that of a bushel meas­ ure. While many of the citizens be­ lieve that the light Is a phenomenon which can be explained by scientists most of the populace is convinced that it is a sure enough "ha'nt" BED TOO BIG FOR THE DOOR After Application of Saw and Hatchet It Reached the Deaired Loca­ tion Jhrough Roof, Lanadale, Pa.--Thes mere fact that a big, old-fashioned bedstead that waa a prized possession would not by any ordinary means go into the house did not prevent Milton Gerhard from placing the bed in the exact spot which he desired to have it occupy. When he found that the be<}stead otuld not be taken In through any of the doors or windows ed to the roof with anSkw, TiStc! other implements. Then he-ripped ol the shingles and cut away the rafters for a space as large as the bed. Next the bed was hoisted to the roof and lowered Into the attic. Here the floor blocked Gerhard again, but a hole was made in that and in the ceiling of the room beneath, and then the bed waa placed just where Gerhard had wanted «»»* <*•»>. Going tomef - London.--A taller's window la Northampton displays this sign: "Meo- soar's habiliments fashionably fabri­ cated. metamorphoood and depurated." fiOINO lieve " S86.S TOU* NA//SY \ \ i A farm is waiting for you in Arizona or California, where irrigation ana almost constant sunshine help m^ke crops certain and profitable. . These Spring colonist excursions offer you very low railroad aha sleeper fares, with excellent service on Santa Fe trains, carrying modern tourist sleepers and chair cars. A fast run on the Fast Mail; two other daily trains to choose (torn. Fred Harvey meal service, too. , Ask me lor full particulars. - Geo. T. Gunnip, Gen. Apmt . 64 W. Adams St.. CMciga ' WfitttoC. L. Seagraves, Gen. Colonis&tioni 2301 Railway Exchange, Chicago for Ariaona and San Joaquin Valley land folders and six months'free subscription to " The Earth'! CONFIDENCE STRENGTHENED. „ *,'t. .. $•£>. ^c.av; "I have great confidence in him." , "That so?" "Yes; I had a good 10-cent cigar exposed In my vest pocket the other day, and he didn't reach over and take It" ' „ • They Got Left 'a, John and Betty, aged five and four years, had started on a railway jour^ ney with their parents on Monday,, but reached the station just in time to hear the engineer ring his bell and see the train pull out of the station, leav­ ing the family behind. Next Sunday John and Betty were started out on the fray to Sunday school. When they were half way there the bell rang, and presently they came regretfully back. "We got left," they announced. IN A 8HAD0W. Inveterate Tea Drinker Feared alysie. Steady nae of either tea or coffee often produces alarming symptoms as the poison (caffeine) contained In these beverages acts with more po° tency in some persons than in others. "I was never a coffee drinker," writes an 111. woman, "but a tea drink­ er. i was very nervous, had frequent spells of sick headache and heart trouble/and was subject at times to aevere attacks of bilious colic. "No end of sleepless nights--would have spells at night when my right side would get numb and tingle like a thousand needles were pricking my flesh. At times I could hardly put my tongue out of my mouth and my light eye and ear were affected. "The doctors told me I was liable to become paralysed at any time, so I was In constant dread. I took no end Of medicine--all to no good. "The doctors told me to quit using toa, but I thought I could not live without it--that it was my only stay. I had been a tea drinker for twenty- five years; was under the doctor's care for fifteen. "About six months aso, I finally quit tea had * eoaimeneed to drink Postum. ' "I have never had one spell or SICK headache since and only one light eje of bilious colic. Have quit hav- mb spells at night, sleep eart is getting stronger all the time." Name given upon re­ quest. Postum now comes in concentrated, powder form, called Instant Postum. It is prepared by stirring a level tea- spoonful In a cup of hot water, adding sugar to taste, and enough cream to bring the color to golden brown. Instant Postum is convenient; there's no waste; and the flavor Is al­ ways uniform. Bold by grocers every­ where. A 5-cup trial Un mailed for grocers name and *cent stamp for postage. Postum Cereal OH M, ftpk. Weh. After a struggling man succeeds In marrying an heiress he gives up the struggle. Constipation causes many serious dlieMct. It is thoroughly cured by Doctor Rtrn'i Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative, throe for Mth*rtio. 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