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»S.. H T * > -i\ THE McHENRY MARY ROBERTS EINEftART AUTHOR Of X" "WE /IAN IN LOWER TtfCCTC <Yipvbi™t -- > !F©^" ̂/V-tn -- I--rt • v-rr< V. h l-A,' -V*; CoPYR>crrr tvurr ROKRTJ RtfCKfcftT ELINOR FINDS HERSELF THE OBJECT OF WALTER HUFF'S FIERCE JEALOUSY AND IS FRIGHTENED WHEN THE YOUTH THREATENS TO "GET" WARD, WHO ALSO IS TORN BY JEALOUSY Synopsis--For years old Hilary Kingston lived with his daughter, Elinor, in a beautiful home on a hill In the suburban village of Woffing- ham. The neighbors kn*w nothing ablaut' thp «*tablliihtiientf AxCept that the father was quite wealthy, and the daughter, very good look­ ing and gentle. In reality Kingston was head of ah anarchist band, composed of HnflFJ Boroday* Tii&ot a^d! Lethbridge,' that robbed the rich and gave to the poor arid oppressed. One day Old Hilary was shot dead, and the course of life changed abruptly for his daughter. The Key. Mr. Ward, a young bachelor, began to take an uncommon interest In Elinor. Young Walter Huff of the gang confessed his love, for her. and she accepted it. Then Borodn.v was arrested on suspicion and his/ companions t>erf>etratsd a country dob holdup to get funds for his legal defense, but were sadly disappointed in the amount se­ cured.--Huff burned the parish house, hoping to st^al funds that wduld be raised immediately to rebuild It Elinor became more interested In the assistant rector after he nearly lost his life in the . •o._ i ' Ji s' f T CHAPTER VII. u.. Ward Itfbught her a cup of coffee, and stood by with satisfaction while She drank it. In his eyes there was a mixture of depression and joy. The parish house was gone, and thl9 girl before him was to marry another man. sliut they would build another parish house. and who knew-- , He drove her up the hill in his small car. At the top of a rise he stopped the car and looked back. The night's devastation showed clearly, a black wound in the smiling heart ot the val- •'ley.- '• » >v Elinor watched him. ' "It means a great deal to you, doesn't Itr % ' : "It's rather a facer-- Of course we will build again, but-there'-are things that could not be replaced. That-isn't what troubles me. The fact Is, I am afraid I'm responsible. «"»-* - "I was there last night, alone. I have a bad habft, when I have a men­ tal problem to worry out, of -walking up and down a room and lighting one cigarette after;another. I am reckless w i t h n ^ t c h e * ; " ; f • ' Then perhaps, aft?r all, Walter had not done It! •->k The car climbed slowly. Ward kept his eyes straight ahead. Elinor cast little shy trlsiuees at his profile. "Yon said you, had worry <wt?M "* He drew a long breath. - . "I have had art" offer to go trt" N&w "York to a big church. It's rather a wonderful opportunity." Elinor made no sign except to clutch her hands as they lay ungloved in her lap. "Then yon will he leaving--us?" "No," he said. "I shall not be leaving you." - y • ' "You like It here7' "Very much," He turned and looked down at her. It was unwise. He real­ ized that at once. So frail she looked, so softly, tenderly femlnlnel And be­ cause he knew that, after the night, he had not yet got control over himself, the merest hand-clasp as she got out of the machine ,was all he dared. But at the top of the steps Elinor turned. "You will never know just how sorry I am," she said, and weat through her garden to the house. From that Friday morning until thp evening of the following day Elinor was quite alone. . Hour after hour she spent pacing the terrace, looking down Into the valley. On Friday night, unable to sleep, she threw a negligee over her shoulders and went down to her garden. The village slept quietly, but there was a light in Wnrd's small window near the church. She remained on the terrace until the light was extinguished, f At dinner that Saturday Boroday's pmpty place cast a gloom over the meal. Walter Huff came a little late. Under the ease of his greeting there was a touch of uneasiness as he met Elinor's eyes. When the servants left the room, Tqlbot leaned .forward to Walter. .... ' ' "Now tell us about It." he said. / Huff was frankly triumphant, but he still avoided Elinor's •yes. "It's working out exactly as I knew It would." he explained. "Having once had a. parish house they cannot do withput it. The vestry carried only about a third enough Insurance. And . there's another point In our favor--the rector's away. He's got rheumatlKin. They are going to take up an additional purse to send him to Baden-Baden." ,, "When?" "Tomorrow morning. And tomorrow being Sunday, the assistant-rector. Eli-1 .nor'8 friend, will have It In charge un-1 til Monday morning." S' : "I shall warn hita|"'8ald< Elinor sud- ;iS',Vv ; <s;|i denly. * j i|.g. There was silence for a moment. Tal- j '; bot smiled. Lethbridge looked astound- jif ed. Huff, bending forward 'With his arms out typfore him .an the table, con- . c C/ fronted Elinor squaYely. - »V. "That's *t. Is itr he said. " ' ' "y-% I;\ "I asked you not to <fo--what you rjr ' f^-* v have done. The children used it all J the tltue. They played basketball there. '&•••>' /// >' Besides, my wish should mean- some- thing to you." \ H u f f s h r u g g e d h i s s h o u l d e r s . J; V/ "H J\**d burrted a tenement full of q,,, people--" j#* "A man was nearly killed. He 'was I5C/ • W rldg«e-(K>le of the church and ^ S they,, turned Vie full strength of the f» it * »'ater"'on M'd. I saw it. I--almost Ft, -'Mil fainted/' , p;;' "You saw IV ' ' fa**. "I was there," said Elinor quietly. ' Huff rose aru.rily. - „ "You wei e there! And who was tjt who almost fell off the roof? Your parson# I 6Uppo#a*" . . .• Talbot silenced the bpy. It Vns Lethbridge who took up the argument, lie understood her position and sym- •I' V ' pathized. he said. The fire was a mis­ take. But now that it was done- He spoke of Boroday's critical condi­ tion, of their safety that' depended on his. and finding hjer attitude toffee un­ yielding, took refuge tn her father's memory. "If anything comes out, it will all come out," he reminded her. - "it seems to me, EUnor, that you owe It to your father not to interfere. This isn't a new plan. Four or five years ago when the parish house was first built we talked it over have. And It isn't as though we mean to hurt this fellow Wferft-' at ti W ; he'H make no resistance." "Yea," she said. "Thiree to' one. That is the way we fight. Oh, I'm one of you. I know that--but it sickens me, -sometimes." The men u-ere^astounded, frankly u n c o m f o r t a b l e . * "A The conference got nowhere. Elinor ucKoowledged ,their duty to the Rus­ sian, offered all her jewels. In fact, for Ills defense. But she stubbornly re­ fused to countenance the attack on Mr, Ward. Huff lups^d into snllen si- laace; his eyes oil her. The other men f^und every argument met by silence, accept for one passionate outburst. "lie is my friend," she cried. "I have never had any friends, except once, years ago, a girl. It was Borc- men" who used nfy friendship for her. It was the ilutherford' matter. Walter would not remember, but the rent of you--I teli.you. I won't do this thing." Talbot tried a new method. "It's a wealthy congregation," he explained. "It is not much for them, and it's safety for us. If we let Boroday go ap, and he thinks what be will about us, he can make it bad for all of us." Elinor turned on him. "I don't care a rap for the congre­ gation. Do you think he will let that money go without a struggle? The Huff flung out of the door, white wttn fury. He stumbled through the gar­ den toward the garage, muttering as he went. In th« roao alley ha met El­ inor. • • * r V •! ' , "I was waiting tor you," she said simply. - ' • *'•' Huff stood before her, and the anger left his face. "You're the one thing in all the world I felt sure of." His voice was heavy with despair. ' "I've been thinking about Boro­ day--" • • "Elinor, how far, have things gone between you and this man at St. Jude's?" She recoiled. , "I hardly kno# hii|§^ w "You think about him." She looked down into the valley. "I think of the things he stands for. It just seems to me that, when a man like that, not a dreamer at all, but hu­ man and--and keen, when he believes all that he does--" "It was Ward on the ridge-pole, the one who nearly felir r "Yes." "And you were frlghtene^r "It made me sick. I--n Quite suddenly he crushed her to him. It was as if he meant to drive away this barrier between them by sheer force of his love for her. But, although she held np her face for his j kiss, he released her as suddenly, without it. "You're crazy about Ulm," he said thickly. 'Tm not blind. I'll get him foe tills!" FOOft MNES £KA$H HEAD-ON IN FOG * .v • 1 \% f , Pi":: . '• ••• , Xs A - Tennessee Farmers Get dood loney for Old Fenced COLLISION BETWEEN*FOUR BIG LOCQMOllVBS . View of remarkable accident on Southern Pacific line showing the huge engines and the block, through which both trains passed within a period of approximately five seconds. The collision Is believed to be without precedent. CHAPTER VIII. Saturday evening it was the custom of the Bryants to entertain the rector at dinner. >. Now, in his absence, it was th? as­ sistant rector who dined in the paneled Jacobean dining room of the Bryant house, swallowing much unctuous dic­ tation as to church policy with his dinner." Not that Ward was mild. But* he had an easy way of listening to the advice of his, various influential parish­ ioners and then going ahead and doing as he liked. In nonessentials he al­ ways yielded. To him the church was so inuch bigger than its rltnal. That evening Mrs. Bryant had taken up the question of women In the choir. "Frankly, Mr. Ward," she said. Ig­ noring her fish, "I do not approve of -tt. It's the feminist movement, I tell you. Before long they'll want to be on the vestry." Ward glanced tip, half smiling. The pear-shaped pearl, which usually hung at his hostess' withered throat, was, naturally, not there. From the pearl to the parish house, from the parish ,house to Elinor--thus in two leaps of Ward's mind he was far from the sub­ ject in hand. "As president of the Chancel soci­ ety," said Mrs. Bryant, "as honorary president of the Woman's guild, I pro* test against women in the choir." , Back to the choir with a jump came Ward's errant mind. Elinor finds her relations with Huff and Ward becoming dally more difficult. But her problem is solved very suddenly and in an unexpected manner. The Car Climbed 81ewly. moment it goes into the offertory ,it ceases to be money and becomes a di­ vine trust to" him. He'll fight and-- someone will be killed." ' It dawned even on Talbot after a time that her solicitude was for none of ihem. When lie realized it, at last, he sat back with folded arms and frowning brows. Here was mockery, for sure; old Hilary's daughter, reared on pure violence, and In love with a parson!--old Hilary's daughter and successor, defying the band in its hour of need, and quoting a divine trust, In extenuation! In view of her attitude, there seemed to be nothing to do. , "We'll give it up, of course," said Lethbridge, after a pause. „ . There had never been any drinking lu old Hilary's house. Only abstain­ ers were ever taken Into the band. But It was the custom of the two older men to remain at the table over their cigars, giving Walter and Elipor n half-hour together. That night, when Elinor rose from the table. Huff, although he rose with the others, made no move to follow her. She looked back from tlf£ doorway, n slim, almost childish figure, with beseeching eyes. "You must all try „to think kindly of me," she said wistfully. "I care for you as much as I ever did. You are all I lmvp, you three. It \u only that I-- have beed thinking." For the first time since the organi­ zation of the band, there was quarrel­ ing tli!ty iijight in old Hilary's paiu-lefl library* At the jCUd uf »ut jivtu- V. utter I TO BE CONTINUED.) WHEN HE FQUND HIS TONGUE Recruit Took Wind Out of Pompous Surgeon's Sails When. Ha Re­ covered His Wits. A very pompous army surgeon was sent to a recruiting depot in the high­ lands to examine a batch of lads who had taken the king's shilling. The ab­ rupt, overbearing .manner of the doc­ tor so frightened one nervous recruit that he was unable to answer the first question as to his name and nlace of birth. "Why don't you answer?" roared the doctor." "" "What's your name, I say?".•,» .... Still tirar -pinic-stricken tad could only stare open-mouthed at his ques­ tioner, who exclaimed: "Whjr, I believe the fellow's stone deaf!" And, taking his watch from his pocket, lie held it to the left ear of the recruit, saying: "Can you hear that tickingr The youth shook bis head. The watch was applied to the other ear with the same effect, and then the doctor opened the vials of his indig­ nation on th« head of the would-be soldier. -- ^ + -- "What do you mean by enlisting when you are stone deaf? Why, you can't even hear the ticking of a watch when It is held within an inch of the drum of your ear!" ' ' And then the worm turned. "She's no' gaun," said the recruit, finding his tongue *t last. And when the doctor holding the watch to his own ear, found that it had Indeed stopped, his feelings were too powerful to be expressed In words, extensive though his vocabulary ordi­ narily was.--Glasgow Weekly Herald. Leve "Hides the tears. "Love covers a multitude of sins." When a scar cannot be taken away, the next kind office is to hide it Love Is never so blind as when It is to spy faults; it Is like the painter who. In drawing the picture of a friend, hav­ ing a blemish in one eye, would pic­ ture only the other side of his face. It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and tu excuse the fail­ ings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his stains, and display his per­ fections ; to bury his weaknesses in silence, but to proclaim his virtues from the- housetops.--Exchange. Getting Something Out of Life. You are not getting half as much out of life us you have a right to unless you seek to discover the principle in* volved In your every experience and In every bit of knowledge that you ac­ quire. The acquisition of wealth or power* the garnering of facts, the sensing of joy, sorrow and other emo­ tions mean nothing In themselves. The reason for all experience is the devel­ opment of the sensibilities in order to l'roadeti the consciousness of the rait} "z ' r4" -j*- ' - ^ -v HARD WORK AHEM Men 7 Build Railroads and Dug­ outs While Under Terrific Fire of Guns. TROOPS PUT DOWNSTEEL ROAD Diary'ef Wounded Sapper Furnishes Interesting Reading, Because It Tells 80 Much Without Any Attempt at Flourish. His company had been laying a line over what some time ago ivas "no man's land." The British infantry had moved forward and the guns, quick- firing and heavy, had followed up. Be­ hind them again came railway troops, putting down the steel road to facili­ tate the feeding of the fighting troops. This sapper had jumped, into an old German trench and had landed on a slightly covered hand grenade, writes Victor MacLure in Chicago Daily News. The grenade exploded, and lamed him, with the result that after a smooth journey to England he lay In bed in a London hospital.- Re was a splendid type of sapper, keen on his work, proud of the achieve­ ments of his fellows in France, glad that he had helped and conscious. of the value of theTailways laid by the plate-laying companies to the fighting men proper. He had been in France for 28 months, unbroken except for two short leaves in England, and dur­ ing that time he had kept a diary. It is good reading, this sapper's diary. It tells so much without flourish; it shows more than would a more schol­ arly report just how much had been accomplished behind the lines in France. It is written by a man who knows his work and who apparently Is always eager that that to which he sets his hand should be done in rec­ ord time and in workmanlike fashion. Prepared for Hla Work. He came to the army, as do so many of the sappers In the new army, with his trade at his fingers' ends, and more than half his training done. The work he did in France was not new to him. The conditions were different--much of the work was done within range of the enemy's guns. Unlike most of us, whom the war found unprepared, his work was ready for him and he knew how to carry It out. He spent a short time In England until he knew what every sapper must learn beside his trade--how to fall Into line at the word of command, when to turn and how to handle his rifle. Because the corps of royal engineers is popularly supposed to be noncombatant--a mis­ take, be it said--there Is hardly any branch of the service where Infantry drill is so carefully "Instilled Into the men. Sapper Blank's company arrived In France In the early days of the war and within a day of landing on French soil had started work "on a big ord­ nance yard. The Company was there about ten weeks, and there we were joined by other R. E.'s." Major Liked the Work. The major addressed the men and said how splendidly they had done the job Intrusted to them, and, how much he appreciated the way lp which it was carried out. "I am proud of you, and am very grateful to you all!" he said. "You are a credit to the corps to which you belong and to the officers of your com­ pany. Go on, men. Do as you have been doing, and always try to beair In mind that no job is beneath you. You are doing your bit by this plate-laying and your work is just as important as filling a cannon or firing In the trenches." The diary next records a route march in a way that reminds one of Pepys. The company had moved to another place for a rest. "We went for a rente march to some woods adjoining the town; Ore had a pleasant time, picking primroses, etc. Our officer reminded us that we should probably look back on that time tn af­ ter years, when we walked In the peaceful woods, hearing the nightin­ gale singing, when away in the dis­ tance we could hear the sound of the big guns firing in the terrible battle that was raging at YRres." The battle of which the sapper talks was the New Automatic Switch. Without stopping his train an en­ gineer can move a lever in his cab and open a recently patented switch to enable him to enter " a siding, the switch closing when the last car has passed over It. Women on Street Care. Women conductors on street cars In the near future was predicted by trac­ tion employers, members' of the Penn­ sylvania State Railroad association, at *helr semiannual meeting. *• .• memorable second battle of Ypres, with the first use of gas by the Ger­ mans. Works Under Ypres* Fire. The battle was not oveir when the sapper's company moved up near Ypres. They laid out the material for some work allotted to the platoon to which he belonged. Following this, they commenced making formation for the roads. They completed the task as far as construction work was con­ cerned during May. Then followed a move nearer to Ypres. "Here we were instructed to make sufficient dugouts to shelter the whole of the company In the event of the enemy's shell fire. When the forma­ tion took ns nearly to Ypres the shell fire began to get very dangerous. The shells usually came over just after we had a visit from enemy aircraft," In the month of August there was another moye, "and here, for a llttle while we were occupied with route marches and dally drills and other odd jobs. Then we were taken out to cer­ tain points by motor lorries every morning to construct a light railway near a village, the buildings and cot­ tages of which were a mass of ruins by the enemy shells. Our platoon com­ menced the construction of this line, and were exposed to shell fire every day. This line was completed abotft three weeks after our arrival. „ / Reached by Shell Fire. "Our Job was situated in a spot where people were living within a mile of the trenches. I do not think that I have seen dwelling houses occupied so near the firing line as at that point. Both platoons were subjected to rlfie and shell fire at intervals. On one or two occasions we had to abandon work and go back to the train. Our duties in this locality were particularly dan­ gerous, owing to the fact that we were practically surrounded by batteries of our own artillery and the enemy's guns, assisted by his aircraft, were continually sending over shells to put these batteries out of action. During the months we were there our officers, Captain and Lieutenant , carried out their duties in a very praiseworthy manner and were very keen on the welfare of the men." Sapper Bla!nk then records a narrow escape on the last day of this Job. "It was about the nearest shave I ever ex­ perienced in France. The enemy sent over five or six six-inch shrapnel shells, two of which burst about five yards above my head. I was seated with six others, having lunch. The shells came over in quick succession all around us and we considered ourselves very lucky when we gathered our wits to­ gether and found that none of us was any the worse for It." More work In different places is de-, scribed in detail, which brings the diary up to Christmas, 1915. "The officers of the company did their best to make Christmas as pleas­ ant ns possible for us and the occu­ pants of each living van were provided with, an equal share of good things by thelr^eneroslty." The captnln made a Christmas speech to the men -and the diarist records that he said, "This company has been Indented for a much bigger job than--It is a distinct compliment to the company, and I have no doubt that you will all do your beat to carry out the work i& the appointed time." Then there follows a description of the town where the "bigger job" is to take place. The sapper tells us about the old buildings here. "On New Year's day we started to work and we were Informed by the captain that part of the construction was to be ready In two months," The work was finished in record time, though the lat­ ter part of the job was hindered by floods. LOWER EXPENSE OF HAULING Trueks Are Being Used to Move Freight lnf Antofagesta--Cost of Mule Feed la High. The question of the use of trucks for hauling freight to and from docks, stations, and warehouses in Antofa. gasta is now being studied much mope than ever before. One. truck has been in use for the las{ few- months, five more have just arrived, and others have been ordered. The high rates of freight charged . by the. coasting- steamers make the cost * of hay and grain for mules very expensive, so that there is great interest in the truck as a means of reducing the cost of haulage. Agree on Wage Seal*.'/•"' * A wage schedule has been agreed on between the Canadian Pacific and the men, whereby conductors, brake- men, baggagemen and yardmen on the C. P. R. lines east of William obtain generous increases. Keeps Baggage Secure. So that baggage cannot fall out on passengers' heads a new rack for railroad cars is almost completely In­ closed, access being provided by slid­ ing doors. •'fef In Many Caaee Agents Are Exchanging the Long-Used Rails for Modern . ' ~|/oven Wire--Wood Needed; • for Lead Pencils. Poor Aladdin was decidedly peeved when his well-meaning mother ex­ changed an old brass lamp she found kicking about the house for a brand new shiny one. Naturally, since the old lamp was worth many times as much as the new ene, as everyone who has read of Aladdin's Lamp knows. In Tennessee--and In many other localities now--they are exchanging brand new shiny wire fences for dis­ reputable old rail, zig-zag, Virginia, anake and sltake-and-rider fences once laboriously split and put up by honest sons of toil generations ago. And the best part of it is that no one is peeved. The people who give away the brand new and expensive wbven wire fences are delighted to take the old rail fences in exchange and the rmers are prdud and happy to get e wire fences, so everyone if glad. The answer is "Lead pencils," More than two years ftgo we had Stripped our cedar lands of practically all the old growth, and since then of all 'the rest of the cedars, except the mere saplings. Then the pencil manu­ facturers started to bring cedar from abroad and then the war came along --the crowned heads of Europe should worry about lead pencil shortage in America--and it began to "look as though lead pencils would become ns costly as eggs or coal or other com­ modities until certain agents discov­ ered that throughout many sections of the country there were miles and miles of the very best sort of cedar, thor­ oughly dried and seasoned, serving as fences along highways and between fields and pastures. Some of the old rails were sent to a pencil manufacturing concern.- The wood was cui up Into strips and proved to be the very best pencil cedar the manufacturers had been able to get hold of for years. There was no sea­ soning to do--it was in prime condi­ tion for making into pencils the mo­ ment it reached the shops. "Get all you can of this wood;" was the order to agents. "What will you take for your-rail fences?" one Tennessee farmer was asked. - • " "Gosh, I wouldn't sell them fences. It would take years to spilt up more rails," said the farmer. The agent had an idea. "If I put in modern woven wire fences may I have the old wooden ones?" "You bet you can, until they come and get you," was the answer. "Who come and get me?" asked the agent. "The crazy house people, where you broke out from," snorted the old farm­ er. But the agent ordered the fenc­ ing, and his men put it up and shipped the old cedar rails, which wfere from 25 to 75 years old, to the factories, and the value of the cedar was so much greater than the cost of the wire fences that *he pencil makers were de­ lighted. •s- . V* i ige Safely Passed b£{ Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. H«rse Appreciated It. During the examinations for the new officers' training camp in New York one enthusiastic young applicant was Informed that he was too light to be accepted, his height being but little less than »ix feet and his weight 120 pounds. "But," he said, "my health Is per­ fect and my father fought in the Span­ ish-American war und only weighed 111 t>ounds. Is this to he a fat army?" He was informed that there were certain requirements of weight »und that they must be obeserved in all caseR. ' "Well," said the young mrin, "my father was an orderly on the staff of General Shafer in Cuba and he used to ride at General Shafer's side every day. He's told me himself that when he and the general used to come in from a ride together, the two horses would whisper together and my. fa­ ther's horse would turn ground to ^im and try to kiss him." Rich Ore in Andorra Republie. Iron and other ores are known to, exist in large quantities in the repub­ lic of Andorra, where Flake Warren is establishing one of his single tax colonies, but the mineral wealth 1^ yet entirely unexplolted. The ques­ tion of mining concessions is com­ paratively simple and some develop­ ment is looked for. Under the pro­ visions of a law enacted two years ago, the general council of Andorra names a representative for explora­ tion and negotiations who is author­ ized to transfer mining interests to an operating company. There is a good municipal road through the Bn- lira valley and abundant opportuni­ ties for the development of .hydro­ electric power. As the ores show be­ tween 54 and 79 per cent of Iron' and veins have been found yielding hema­ tite, Umonite, manganese and lead, it Is expected that the mining interests of the republic will soon be improved. CP •' What if ItVlad Been XX. "I once entered a London shop,1* said a collector of antiques, "In search of curios. The- salesman directed my attention to a dilapidated chair. Tfeat there chair,' he informed me, •was once the property of Louis Cross* Eye.' 'Louis Cross-Eye!' I exclaimed. Why, man, I never heard of such a person.' 'Well, there was one, sir,' said the salesman, anil he pulled out, a ticket marked 'Louli XL' --^Topeka State Journal. The Art of Living. 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"He's not so well," she promptly re­ plied; "her died last night."--Chicago /Tribune. SOOTHES ITCHING SCALPS And Preventa FaiMng Hair Po Cutlcura Soap and Ointment On retiring, gently cub spots of dan* druff and itching with Cutlcura Oint­ ment. Next morning shampoo with Cutlcura Soap and hot water using plenty of Soap. Cultivate the use of Cutlcura Soap and Ointment fdr every­ day toilet purposes. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. WHERE HE LOST INTEREST* Working -Man Couldn't 8ee Where There Weite Any Bonea to Be Left Fnopi Hla Sunday Joint. For half an hour the worklng-claas audience had listened patiently -to the talented lady who was speaking to them about economical and nourishing cookery. She had talked about egg- less puddings and butterless cakes, and no\t said, with a smile: "I will now tell you about a splendid soup which can be made for next to nothing. Take the bones left over from your Surtday joint--" At that a man In the middle of the hall rose to his feet with a'disgusted look on his face, and said to his mate: " 'Ere, Bill, let's get out o' this." "What's wrong?" asked the other. In surprise. "Don't you like soup?" "Aye, I like soup well enough." was the grumbler's reply: "but how many bones does she think ttyere are In a half a pound o' lhrer?";--fioindon Tlt- Bits. .j £_ - . . No Amateur Stuff. "The Browns have.Invited us to din­ ner.!' "<^ood. I'd rather eat there than atiy wfrere else.** : > ^Why?" "All the vegetables they serve war* raised by professional*-" Good for the Liver. Spinach and dandelions used In small proportions dally for 21 days will cor­ rect liver complaints. The world makes way for the detail mined man.--h. S. Martin. 2 A FOOD !.CONOM-^- The wholesome n u t r i t i o n of wlWat and barley in most appetizing form I.C _ .» t, f \ • i V'2T- • "l SsSSKiS mmmim