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m '4% ^ "V ^ frjkV if ' • V;.»\- -i-r '"*" T- ' • A'-4r -i • •"**•'y $? m. /JS«srw Irwromt̂ PT.ATXnEAT.Etr. mTEimV, Irt. W&S& -rAv' The Romance of Elaine SEQUEL TO THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE A Detective Novel and a Motion Pic­ ture Drama By ARTHUR B. REEVE The Weil-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories Pretested ia Collaboration With the Pathe Player* and the Eclectic Film Co. Cop fright. 19x4, by tbe Star Company All Foreign Rifhu RCTcrrrd. SYNOPSIS. The momlnff after the finding of Wu Fang's body and Kennedy's disappear­ ance, Marcus Del Mar, foreign agent, swims ashore from a submarine in the bay. Hia mission is to recover the lost torpedo. He wins the confidence of Elaine. She is warned by a little old man to be careful of Del Mar, who gets the torpedo, only to have it destroyed by the little old man. Jameson is captured by Del Mar's men. Elaine rescues him. Lieutenant Woodward and his friend. Professor Arnold, attend a party given at the Dodge home, where unknowingly, Del Mar gives Elaine a clue. In her at­ tempt to prevent his cutting the Atlantic cable she is made a prisoner. Jameson. In a hytiro-ae/oplane. saves her from drowning. Disguised as a man she dis­ covers the entrance of Del Mar's •wire- leas cave. She is saved by Jameson. Ar­ nold and Woodward destroy the wireless station, but Del Mar escapes. In a de­ serted hotel in thre woods Elaine discov­ ers Del Mar's men at work, is captured, but escapes. When the hotel is attacked the men retreat to the woods, where they explode gas bombs, defeating Lieu­ tenant Woodward and his attacking par­ ty. Elaine receives a new searchlight gun from an unknown friend. Elaine discov­ ers a bomb hidden by one of Del Mar's men. They take it to Professor Arnold's yacht. They are attacked by Del Mar and tis men. The searchlight gun saves Elaine and Jameson who reach the yacht safely. Del Mar appears with a subma­ rine and destroys the yacht with a tor­ pedo. Professor Arnold and his party escape. Lured by a woman posing as a modiste Elaine ts again captured by Del Mar and rescued by an old naturalist and Jameson as she is about to drift over a waterfall in a boat. Profesor Arnold. In • desperate attempt to prevent Del Mar from stealing the harbor defense plans, makes Elaine the uaconscioua Instrument to save them. THIRTY-FIFTH EPISODE In Pel Mar's Cottage. It was early the following morning that, very excited, Elaine and 1 showed Aunt Josephine the photo­ graph which, we had snapped and de­ veloped by using Kennedy's trick method. "But who is it?" asked Aunt Jo­ sephine examining the print carefully and seeing nothing but a face masked and with a pair of hands before it. a seal ring on the little finger of one hand. "Oh, I forgot that you hadn't seen the ring before," explained Elaine. " *%Vhy, we knew h&n at once, in spite or everytning, by that seal ring--Air. l>el Mar!" . V " "Mr. Del Mar!" repeated Aunt Jo- jnphlne, looking from one to the oth- Or of us, incredulously. "I saw the ring at his bungalow and 'W: $3, h*s own finger," reiterated Elaine . j^oBitively. t a j "But what are you going to do • 'iow?" asked Aunt Josephine, y "Have him arrested, of course," '"V"! ttlaine replied. • still talking over the atrange expe- • Vfdence of the night before, we Went ^ 4nt on the veranda. "Well, at all the nerve!" exclaimed . ; Jplaine, catching sight of a man com- :}frg up the gravel walk. "If that isn't : :'f^enry, Mr. Del Mar's valet!" ' The valet advanced as though noth- *»S had happened and indeed I sup­ pose that as far as he knew nothing Bad happened or was known to us. He bowed and handed Elaine a note which she tors opCa Quickly and read. "Would you go?" she asked, handing tte note to me. It read: /'.{Pear Miss Dodge-- - " you and Mr. Jameson will call ! W.#n me today, I will have something Of Interest to tell you oonceming my ^Investigations in the case of the die- """"** of Craig Kennedy. Sincerely, M. DEL MAR. "Tea," I asserted, "I would go." "Tell Mr. Del Mar we shall see him as soon as possible," nodded Elaine to the valet, who bowed and left quickly. Aunt Josephine shook her head Sagely In protest. But ElalDe waved all her protestations aside and ran Into the house to get ready for the •isit. Half an hour later two saddle horses were brought around to the front of Dodge Hall and Elaine and I sallied forth. • Del Mar, still continuing his nefarl- ons work of mining American harbors and bridges, had arrived at a scheme cut soon as he returned from the at­ tempt to get back from us the Sandy Hook plans. Smith, who had stolen the planB from the war department, •was still at the bungalow. Early in the morning Del Mar had seated himself at his desk and wrote a letter. "Here, Henry," he directed his valet, "take this to Miss Dodge." As the valet went out, he wrote an­ other note. "Read that," he said, hand­ ing it over to Smith. "It's a mes­ sage I want you to take to the head­ quarters right away." It was worded cryptically: W A. A. U . v,' N- v- Closely watched. Must act soon or •" wl" be discovered. M. •&'{ Smith read the note, nodded, and !t int0 hto Pocket, as he started ifV.'to the door. V, "No, no." shouted Del Mar, calling i him back. "This thing means that have to be careful In your get- W;.v away. You'd better go out through «ny secret passage," he added, point- lug to the panel in the library wall He pressed the button on the desk and Smith left through the hidden passage; Down it he groped, and at the other end emerged. Seeing no one around, he made his way to the road. There seemed to be no one who looked at all suspicious on the road, either, and Smith congratulated himself on his easy escape. On a bridge over a creek, however, as Smith approached, was one inof­ fensive looking person who might have been a minister or a professor. Suddenly he saw something ap­ proaching. Instantly he dodged to the farther end of the bridge and took refuge behind a tree. Smith walked on over the bridge, oblivious to the fact tha{ he was watched. No sooner had he disappeared than the inquisi­ tive stranger emerged again from be­ hind the tree. It was the mysterious Professor Ar­ nold who many times had shown a pe­ culiar interest in the welfare of Elaine and myself. Evidently he had recognized Del Mar's messenger, for after watching him a moment he turned and followed. At the railroad station, Just before the train for Npw York pulled In, the waiting crowd "was increased by one stranger. Smith had come in and taken his place unostentatiously among them. But if he thought he was to be lost In the little crowd, he was much mis­ taken. Arnold had followed, but not so quickly that he had not had time to pick up the two policemen that the town boasted, both of whom were down at the station at the time. "There he is," indicated Arnold, "the fellow with the slight limp. Bring him to my room in the St. Germain hotel." "All right, sir," replied the officers, edging their way to the platform as Arnold retreated back of the station and disappeared up the street. Just then the train pulled into the station and the passengers crowded forward to mount the steps. Smith was just about to push his way on with them, when the officers elbowed through the crowd. "You're wanted," hissed one of them, seizing his shoulder. Bat Smith, in spite of his deformity, was not one to submit to arrest with­ out a struggle. He fought them oil and broke away, running toward the baggage room. As he rushed in, they followed. One of them was gaining on him and took a flying fo Jtball tackle. The other al­ most fell over the twisted mass of arms and legs. The struggle now was short and sharp and ended in the offi­ cers slipping the bracelets over the wrists of Smith. While the passengers and bystanders crowded about to watch the excitement, they led *»<"» off quickly. \ • •" • • • • • In his rooms at the St. Germain, Cluttered with test tubes and other paraphernalia which indicated his scientific tendencies. Professor Arnold entered and threw off his hat, lighting a cigarette and waiting impatiently. He had not as long to wait as he had expected. A knock sounded at the door and,he opened it. There was Smith handcuffed and forced in by the two policemen. "Good work," commended Arnold, at once setting to work to search the prisoner who famed but could not re­ sist "What have we here?" drawled Ar­ nold in mock courtesy and surprise as he found and drew forth from Smith's pocket a bundle of papers, which he hastily ran through. "Ah!" he muttered, coming to Del Mar's note, which he opened and read. "What's this? 'A. A. L., N. Y. Close­ ly watched. Must act soon or all will be discovered. M.' Now, what's all that?" Arnold pondered the text deeply. 'You may take him away, now," he concluded, glancing up from the note to the officers. "Thank you." "All right, sir," they returned, prod­ ding Smith along out. Still studying the note. Arnold sat down at the desk. Thoughtfully he picked up u pencil. Under the letters A. A. L. he slowly wrote "Anti-Amer­ ican League" and under the Initial M the namu, "Martin." "Now lt> the time, If ever, to use that new telaphotograph instrument which I have installed for the war depart­ ment in Washington and carry around with me," he said to himself, rising and going to a closet. He took out a large instrument com­ posed of innumerable coils and a queer battery of selenium cells. It was the receiver of the new Instrument by which a photograph could h# sent over a telegraph wire. Downstairs, in the telegraph room of the hotel, Arnold secured the serv­ ices of one of the operators. 'I wish you'd send this message right away to Washington," he said, handing in a blank he had already written. The clerk checked it over: U. 8. War Department, Washington, D. C. Wire me Immediately photograph and personal histocy of Martin arrest­ ed two years ago aa head of Antl- America League. ARNOLD. As the message was ticked off, Ar­ nold attached his receiving telaphoto- graph instrument to another wire It was a matter scarcely of seconds before a message was flashed back to Arnold from Washington: Martin escaped from Fort Leaven­ worth six months ago. Thought to be in Europe. Photograph follows. EDWARD8. "Very well," nodded Arnold with satisfaction. "I think I know what is going on here now. Let UB wait for the photograph." He went over to the new selenium telaphotograph and began adjusting it. F&r away, in Washington, in a room in the war department where Arnold had already installed his system for the secret government service, a clerk was also working over the sending part of the apparatus. No sooner had the clerk finished his preparations and placed a photograph in the transmitter than the buzzing of the receiver which Arnold had In­ stalled announced to him that the marvelous transmission of a picture over a wire, one of the very newest triumphs of science, was in progress. In the little telegraph office of the St. Germain, the clerks and operators crowded about Arnold, watching breathlessly. "By Jove, it works!"; cried one, no longer skeptical. Slowly a print was being evolved before their eyes as if by a spirit hand. At last the transmission of the pho­ tograph was completed .and the ma­ chine came to rest. Arnold almost tore the print from the receiver and held it up to examine it. A smile of intense satisfaction crossed his face. "At last!" he muttered. There was a photograph of the man who had been identified with the arch- conspirator of two years before, Mar­ tin. Only, now he had changed his name and appeared in a new role. It was Marcus Del Mar! • • • * • - • • Already, in the library of the bunga­ low, Del Mar had summoned one of X?' greeted Del Mar "Good morning,' pleasantly. "I see that yon got my note, and I'm glad you were so prompt. Won't you be seated?" "I've something at last to report'to you about Kennedy," he faid a mo­ ment later, clearing his throat • • • • • • • Aunt Josephine turned from us as Elaine and. I rode off on our horses from Dodge hall, considerably wor­ ried. Then an Idea seemed to occur to her and she walked determinedly into the house. "Jennings," she called to the butler, "have the limousine brought around from the garage immediately. "Yes, ma'am," acquiesced the faith­ ful Jennings, hurrying out It was only a few minutes later that the car pulled around before the door. Aunt Josephine bustled out and en­ tered. "Fort Dale," she directed the driver, greatly agitated. "Ask for Lieutenant Woodward." Out at Fort Dale, Woodward was much astonished when an orderly an­ nounced that Aunt Josephine was waiting in her car to see him on very urgent business. He ordered that she be admitted at once. WI hope there's nothing wrong?" he inquired anxiously, aa he noted the excitement and the worried look on her face. 'I--I'm afraid there may be," she replied, sitting down and explaining what Elaine and I had done. The lieutenant listened gravely. "And," she concluded, "they wouldn't listen to me, lieutenant Can't you follow them and keep them out of trouble?" Woodward, who had been listening to her attentively, Jumped up as she concluded. "Yes," he cried, sympa­ thetically, "I can. I'll go myself with some of the men from the post. If they gpt Into any scrape, I'll rescue them." Almost before she could thank him, Woodward had hurried from his office, followed by her. On the parade grounds were some men. Quickly he issued his orders add a number of them sprang up as he detailed them off fdr duty. It was only a moment Picking Up Elaine, They Hurried Through the Panel. his trusted men and was talking to him, when Henry, the valet, re-entered after his trip to see us. "They're coming as soon as they can," he reported. Del Mar smiled a cynical smile. "Good!" he exclaimed triumphantly, then, looking about at the electrical fixtures, added to the man. "Let us see where to Install the thing." He walked over to the door and put his hand on the knob, then pointed back at the fixtures. "That's the idea," he cried. "You can run the line from the brackets to this doorknob and the mat How's that?" "Very clever," flattered t£e man, putting on a heavy pair of rubber gloves. Taking a pair of pliers and other tcols from a closet in the library, he began removing the electrical fixture from the wall. As Del Mar directed, the man ran a wire from the fixture along the molding and down the side of a door, where he made a connec­ tion. In the meantime, Del Mar brought out a wire mat and laid it in front of the door where anyone who entered or left would be sure to step on it. The various connections made, the man placed a switch in the conceal­ ment of a heavily curtained window and replaced everything as he found it. Thus it was that Elaine amkTcame at last to Del Mar's bungalow, I must admit, with some mls^Khigs. Preparations for our reception had just been completed and Del Mar was issuing his final instructions to his man, when the valet, Henry, ran in hastily. "They're here, sir, now," he an­ nounced excitedly. "All right, I'm ready," nodded Del Mar, turning to his man again and in­ dicating a place back of the folds of the heavy curtains by the window. "You get back there by that switch. Don't move--don't even breathe. Now, Henry, let them In." As his valet withdrew, Del Mar gazed about his library to make sure that everything was all light. Just then the valet reappeared and ush- ' ered us in. • Qreat HJLLS MADE BY WH4TE ANTS Round Mounds Are Scattered •j. by Thousands Over the Plains ii" of Paraguay. • jf- tn riding over Paraguay you pass /f^'^lens of thousands of ant hills, writes i' F. G. Carpenter. These are great round mounds, which In some places fe:' ;; rl8e to a height of from 15 to 20 feet. ^ They look like monuments scattered F--V: ovei' the fields. In some places there ' Iwadreds of than -standing to- . . . . . . gether, making you think they are some strange crop. The hills differ in ! size. Here they are not as big around ! as a sugar loaf, there one is as tall as a haycock, and farther on are some which make you think of a haystack. The hills are red or brown, according to tbe soil of which they are made. I They are found, not only in the pas-' ture fields, but even In the cultivated lands. Sometimes they arfe only a j few feet apart, and sometimes 15 or i 20, or more. \ These hills are made hjr the white ants. Each hill Is an ant village, a sort of catacomb, populated by thou­ sands of these Insects. There are as many working ants below the surface as above it, and one of the serious problems of the farmer is to get rid of the ants. The only way to do this Is to dig out the hills and burn them. This must be done before the ground can be plowed. These ants are to be found in the villages. They make their way up through the brick floors, and start their Utti« hills there, i bouse wife before they returned, armed. An In­ stant later three large touring cars from the fort swept up before the of­ fice . of Woodward. Into them the armed men piled. "Hurry--to the Del Mar bungalow," ordered the lieutenant, Jumping up with the driver of the first car. "We must see that nothing happens to Miss Dodge and Mr. Jameson." They shot away in a cloud of dust, followed hard by the other two cars, dashing at a breakneck speed over the good roads. In the narrow, wooded roadway near Del Mar's, Woodward halted his car and the soldiers all jumped out and gathered about him as hastily- he Is­ sued his directions. "Surround the house first," he or­ dered. "Then arrest anyone who goes in. or out." They scattered, forming a wide cir­ cle. As soon as word was passed that the circle was completed, they advanced cautiously at a signal from Woodward, taking advantage of ev­ ery concealment. Around in the kitchen back of Del Mar's, Henry, the valet had retired to visit one of the maids. He was about to leave when he happened to look out of the window. "What's that?" he muttered to him­ self. He Btepped back and peered cau­ tiously through the window again. There he could see a soldier, moving stealthily behind a bush. He drew back further and thought a minute. He must not alarm us. Then he wrote a few words on a piece of paper and tore it BO that he could hold it in his palm. Next he hurried from the kitchen and entered the study. Del Mar had scarcely begun to out­ line to us a long and circumstantial pseudo-investigation Into what he was pleased to hint had been the death o' Kennedy, when we were interrupted again by the entrance of his valet. "Excuse me, sir," apologized Henry, as Del Mar frowned, then noted that something was wrong. As the valet said the words, he man­ aged surreptitiously to hand to Del may go to bed at night with her floor as clean as a Dutch kitchen and awake the next morning to find It covered with great cones of sand, in which there are thousands of ants. The ants eat wood, and they honeycomb the rafters and posts of the buildings, and also the furniture. They will eat the inside out of the chair legs, leav­ ing a thin skin of wood, covered with varnish.' x A fool can tey plans, but H tabta a wise man to hat«h them out * < liar the paper whloh he had written, now folded up into a v*ry small space. I had turned from Del Mar when the valet entered, apparently to speak to Elaine, but In reality to throw thetn off their guard. Under that cover I was able to watch the precious pair from the tail of my ey9. I saw Del Mar nod to the valet as though he understood that some warning was about to be con­ veyed. Although nothing was said, Del Mar was indicating by dumb show orders of some kind. "I hope you'll pardon me, Miss Dodge," Del Mar deprecated, aa the valet retreated toward the door to. the kitchen and pantry. "But, you see, I have to be housekeeper here, too, it seems." Actually, though he waa talking to sti8, it was in a way that enabled him, by palming something in his hand, I f a n c i e d , t o l o o k a t I t ' It must have been hard to read, for I managed by a quick shift at last to catch Just a fleeting glimpse that it was a piece of paper he held in his hand. What was it, I a&ked myself, that he should be so secret about it? Clearly, I reasoned, it must be something that was of interest to Elaine and myself. If I must act ever, I concluded, now was the time to do so. Suddenly I reached out and snatched the note from his hand. But before I could read it Del Mar had sprung to his feet At the same instant a man leaped out from behind the curtains. But I was on my guard. Already I had drawn my revolver and had them all covered before they could make another move. Back into that corner--by the win­ dow--all of you," I ordered, thinking thus to get them together, more easily covered. Then, handing the note, with my other hand, to Elaine, I sa,ld to her, "See what it says--quick." Eagerly she took it and read aloud, House surrounded by soldiers!" "Woodward," I cried. Still keeping them covered, I smiled quietly to myself and took? one step after another slowly to the door. Elaine followed. I reached the door and I remember that I had to step on a metal mat to do so. I put my hand behind me and grasped the knob about to open the door. As I did so, the man who had jumped from behind the curtain sud­ denly threw down his upraised hands. Before I could fire, instantaneously in fact, I felt a thrill as though a mil­ lion needles had been thrust into all parts of my body at once paralyzing every muscle and nerve. The gun fell oiu my nerveless hand, clattering to the floor. The man had thrown an electric switch, which had completed a circuit from the metal mat to the door knob through my body and then to the light and power current of high power. There I was, held a prisoner, by the electric current! At the same Instant, also, Del Mar with an oath leaped forward and seized Elaine by the arms. I struggled with the doorknob but I could no more let go than I could move my feet off that mat. It was torture. "Henry!" called Del Mar to the valet. "Yes, sir." "Open the cabinet. Give me the helmets and the suits." , The valet did so, bringing out a number of queer-looking headpieces with a single weird eye of glass in the front, as well as rubber suits of an outlandish design. While he was do­ ing so, Del Mar stuffed a handker­ chief into Elaine's mouth to keep her quiet By this time Del Mar, as well as the man from behind the curtains and the valet, were provided with suits, and one at a time holding Elaine, the oth­ ers put them on. Del Mar moved toward Elaine hold­ ing an extra helmet. He strapped It on her, then started to force her into a suit I struggled still, but In vain, to free myself from tfc«i doorknob and mat It was more tiaan I could stand, and I sank down, half conscious. I revived only long enough to see that Del Mar had forced one of the suits on Elaine finally. Then he pressed a button hidden on the side of his desk and a secret panel in the wall opened. Picking up Elaine, he and the others hurried through lato what looked like a dark passage and the panel closed. They were gone. I put forth all my remaining strength in one last des­ perate struggle. Somehow, I managed to kick the wire mat from under my feet, breaking the contact. " I staggered toward the panel, but fell to the floor, unconscious. Outside, the iron ring, as Woodward had planned it, of soldiers were look­ ing about alert for any noise or move­ ment. Suddenly, two of them who had been watching the grounds at­ tentively signaled to each other that they saw something. From the shrubbery emerged a most curious and uncouth figure, all In rags, with long, unkempt hair and beard sallow complexion, and carrying a long staff. It might have been a tramp or a hermit, perhaps, who was making his way toward the house. The two soldiers stole up noiseless­ ly, close to him. Almost before he knew It, the hermit felt xhimself seized from behind by four powerful arms. Escape was impossible. "Let me go," he pleaded. "Cant you see I'm harming no one?" But the captors were obdurate. "Tell It to tho lieutenant," they re­ joined, grimly forcing him to go before them by twisting his arms. "Our or- i Fern Inst the Lawyers. "Do I believe In lawyers V said the little man, bitterly. "No, sir; I do not" "Why not?" asked bli companion. "Because a lawyer never says right out what he means," retorted the small man, viciously. "He twists things about so. Suppose he wanted to tell you that two and two make four, he'd begin: *If by that parties lar arithmetic rule known as addition we desire to arrive at the sum of two added by two, we should find--and 1 ders were to Mica anyone entering ot leaving." ' Protests were in vain. The hermit was forced to go before Lieutenant Woodward who was just in the rear directing the advance. "Well," demanded Woodward, "what's your business?" •*' For an instant the hermit stood mute. What should he do? Ho has reason to know that the situation must be urgent. Slowly he raised his beard so that Woodward could see not, only that It was false blit what his features looked like. "Arnold!" gasped Woodward, star- tlsd. "What brings you here? Elaine and Jameson are in the house. We have it surrounded." Half an hour before. In ,the St Ger­ main, Arnold had no sooner received the telaphotograph than he hurried up to his room. From a closet he had produced another of his numerous dis­ guises and quickly put It on. With scant white locks falling over his shoulders and long scraggly heard he had made himself into a veritable wild man. Then he had put on the finishing touches and had made his way toward Del Mar's. A look of Intense anxiety now flashed over Arnold's face as he heard Woodward's words. "But," he cried, "there is an under­ ground passage from the house to the shore." "The deuce!" mattered Woodward, more alarmed now than ever. "Come, men--to the house," he Shouted out 'Arnold!' Gasped Lieutenant Wood­ ward. his orders as they passed them around the line. "Arnold, lead the way!" Together the soldier and the strange figure rushed to the front door of the bungalow. All was still inside. Heavy as it was, they broke it down and burst in. "Walter, there's Walter!" cried Woodward as he saw me lying on the floor of the study when they ran in. They hurried to me and, as quickly as they could, started to bring me around. "Where's Elaine?" asked the strange figure of the hermit. Weakly, I was able only to point to the panel. But It was enough. The soldiers understood. They dashed for It looking for a button or an opening. Finding neither, they started to bang on it and batter It In with the butts of their guns. It was only seconds before It wai splintered to kindling. There was the passage. Instantly Woodward, the hermit, and the rest plunged Into it utterly regardless of danger. On through the tunnel they went until at last they came, unmolested, to the end. There they paused to look about The hermit pointed to the ground. Clearly there'were footprints, leading to the shore. They followed them on down to the beach. "Look!" pointed the hdrmlt. Off in the water they could now see the most curious of eights. Four strangely helmeted creatures were wading out, each like a huge octopus- head, without tentacles. Only a few seconds before Del Mar and his companions, carrying Elaine, had emerged from the secret entrance of the tunnel and had dashed for the shore of the pronrowtory. Stopping only an instant to consid­ er what was to he done, Del Mar had seen someone also emerge from the tunnel. "Come--we must get down there quickly," he shbuted, hurriedly isfltt- lng orders, as all three, carrying Elaine, waded out into the water. At sight of the strange figures, the soldiers raised their guns and a vol­ ley of shot rang out "Stop!" shouted the hermit, his hair streaming wildly as he ran before the guns and threw up as many as he could grasp with his outstretched arms. "Do you want to kill her?" "Her?" repeated Woodward. All stood Uiere, wonderingly, gaslng at the queer creatures. What did it mean**' Slowly, they disappeared--literally under tthe water. They were gone--with Elaine! (TO BE CONTINUED.) say this boldly, without fear of con­ tradiction--1 repeat, we should find by. that particular arithmetical formu­ la, hereinbefore mentioned--and, sir, I take all responsibility for the state­ ment I am about to make--thst the sum of the two given added to the other two would be four.' No, •lr," finished the little man, coldly; MI do not believe In lawyers."--Tit-Bits. -I 'S." - • Experience. A boy of ripe experience.la to monkey with green frvK v?T/'s Weak Kidneys Often the Result of Overwork1 /- * On several occasions I have bean nnabtoV\v:« •: ,• to work and suffered severe pains in the ^£«iiti back, due to my kidneys. I called on a v doctor of Ripon, Wis., but received no relief. . ' * L * ». I tried Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which * 'f gave me instant relief. I was then able to^ ^ ^ resume work. Swamp-Root is the only • •' relief I can get from kidney disease which I am subject to in the spring of the year. 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When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one- dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.--Adv. A man Isn't necessarily polished joat because you see his finish. When all others fall to pleas* Try Oen (son's Coffee. Eeteraal vigilance Is only another nattie for a woman whose unmarried daughter is beginning to take on flesh. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the original little liver pills put up 40 years ago. They regulate liver and bowels.--Adv. If a woman would have the neigh­ bors respect her husband she must set an example. If we had no troubles but real ones this wouldn't be such a troublesome old world. Dyspepsia. "Pa, what Is dyspepsia?" "It is the remorse of a guilty stonfr ach, my son."--Puck. ( Worse Yet. "Can't you think of any worse peat than the *»fiv«n-y«ar lociiBta?" "I should say so. Just think Of . a ten-year installment purchase!" - Unnatural. "Hello, Bill! How do you Itke caddy- ing for the Ladies' Uolf club?" "Ob, it ain't such a bad Job, only i can't get used ,to hearing 'am say 'Goodness gracious!' when they foozle." Circumstantial Evidence. The kiddie chanced to sit near a plate containing apple parings. After a long wait, during which no offer was made of hospitality, the child finally blurted out: "I smell apples." "Yes," said the fady of the house, "you smell those parings," "Parings nothing!" exclaimed tho kiddle, "I smoll whole apples!" The Making of the Pup. Ted and James M . who live some distance from the city, have a young bull dog. which they iusist need- training, fhs dog is by nature ferocious, so the training Is not diffi­ cult A short time ago a tramp was about to enter their front gate, when he spied tbe dog and changed his mind, not soon enough, however, to avert disaster. "Sic 'em. Kid, sic 'em!" died the boys in delight. Kid immediately began to play *1th the tramp's ankles In a way which gave cause for alarm. "Take your dog off, or 111 Itill him," yelled tbe victim, trying to carry out his threat. The boy grinned. "Btand It if you can, mister. It's hard on you. hut it'll be the making of the pup!" called Ted.--Indianapolis News. CHANGE Quit Coffee and Got Well. A woman's coffee experience la In­ teresting. "For two weeks at a time I have taken no food but skim milk, for solid food would ferment and cause such distress that I could hardly breathe at times, also excruciating pain and heart palpitation and all the time I was so nervous and restless. "From childhood up I had been a coffee and tea drinker and for the past 20 years I had been trying different physicians but could get only tem­ porary relief. Then I read an article telling how some one had been helped by leaving off coffee and drinking Postum and it seemed so pleasant just to read about good health 1 decided to try Postum. "I made the change from coffee to Postum and there Is such a difference In me that I don't feel like the same person. We all found Postum deli- clous and like it better than coffee. My health now is wonderfully good. "As soon aa I made the shift to Postum I got better and now my trou­ bles are gone. I am fleshy, my food as­ similates, the pressure In the chest and palpitation are all gone, my bowels are regular, have no more stomach trouble and my headaches are gone. Remem­ ber I did not use medicines at all-- Jest left off coffee and used Postum steadily." Name given by Postum Battle Creek, Mich. Postum comes in two forms: Postum Cereal--the original form-- must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack* ages Instant Postum--a soluble powder-- dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water, and, with cream and sugar, a delicious beverage instantly. S0c and SOc tins. Both kinds are equally delicious anl cost about the same per cup. , a Itaaoft" for Postum. v' 'M --•old by Grocsra. v. 1: