Newspaper Page Text
-TheHollow 4 L S"of Her Hand e Geor e Barr McCutcheon _r I~n CUI~flY : ~PI~j~/~./ n dA04/WfID 6 C~YV%7Y CHAPTER I. March Comes in Like the Lion. The train, which had roared through a withering gale of sleet all the way up from New York, came to a stand still, with many an ear-splitting sigh, alongside the little station, and a re luctant porter opened his vestibule door to descend to the snow-swept plat form: a solitary passenger had reached the journey's end. The swirl of snow and sleet screaming out of the blackness at the end of the station building enveloped the porter in an Instant, and cut his ears and neck with stinging force as he turned his back against the ' gale. A pair of lonely, half-obscured platform lights gleamed fatuously at the top of their icy pots at eaph end of the statio; two or tuee -freostinerusted windows glowed dully ina the side of the buildint, while one shone brightly where the operator sat waiting for the passing of No. 33. An order had been issred for the stopping of the fast express at B--. a noteworthy concession in these days of premeditated haste. Not in the pre vious career of flying 33 had it even so much as slowed down for the insig nificant little station, through which it swooped at midnight the whole year. round. Just before pulling out of New York on this eventful night the oon dactor received a command to stop 33 at B- and let down a single pas setger. a eireumstance whleh meant treble for every dispatober along the SThe woman who ot down at B in the wake of the shivering but defer ential porter, and who passed by the conductors withoqt lifting her face, was without hand luggage of any de scription. She was heavily veiled, and warmly clad in furs. At eleven o'clock that night she had entered the com partment in New York. Throughout tle thirty miles or more she had sat arone and inert beside the snow clogged window, peering through veil and frost into the night that whizzed papt the pane, seeing nothing yet ap parently intent on all that stretched beyond. As sfll, as immobile as death Itself she ead held herself from the ptoment of departure to the instant brpb t the porter with the word tlt they ,er whistlings for B--. i a d e arose and fol leied him to the vestibule, where she wshed hln as he unlhstened the omer door sad lifted At trap. A slse brQ esped her lips and be held out his hand to receive the eram p .i bll she lutched in her g0oved r Ie di4 net look at it He w that 4t would amply reward him teIdhel brig aposure he endured s the; Iiri1 wridsvqi t pltatorm of a saOD, the dm t wndM he did nm She took siberal useartain steps in the direction of the station windows aId stoppe4, as If iewildered. Already the engine was pounding the air with quick, vicious snorts in thq effort to get under way; the vestibule trap and door closed with a bang; the wheels were creaking. A bitter wind smote he in the face; the wet, hurtling sleet crashed against the thin veidt blinding her. The deer of the waiting room across the platform opened sad a man rushed toward her. "Mrs. Wrandall?" he called above the roar of the wind. She advanced quickly. "Yes." "What a night!" he said, as much to hibself as to her. "I'm sorry you would insist on cominag tonight. To morrow morning would have satisfied the--" "Is this Mr. Drake?" They were being blown through the door into the waiting room as she put the qu6stion. Her voice was muled. The man in the great fur coat put his reight against the door to close It. "Yes Mrs. Wrandalt I have done all that could be done under the ctr emstspes. I am sorry to tell you I.t A Man Rushed Tewomrd Her. that we still have two miles to go by motor before we reach the inn. My car is opea-I don't possess a limou aine-bat If you will lie down in the tonneau you will ad some protection from-" She broke In sharply, lmpatienttly. "Pray do not consider me, Mr. Drake. I am not afraid of the blisard." "Then we'd better be off,". said he, Snote of anxiety In his voice--a cme fan touch of nervousness. "I drive at own car. The road is good, but I shll drive cautiously: Ten mpinutes, perhap. I-I amun sorry you thought bsat to brave this wretehed-" "I am not sorry for myself, Mr. IDrnake but ter yes. You have met kah . did st expetvet to *lwabe kbey at teIepho rg to yeu. it was well that I did It erly ds m ing. The wires ae down a. S seer." a* healtatid lor w ma - ____ t at her as It trying to penetrate the thick, wet veil. "I may -have brought you on a fool's 'errand. You see, I-I have seen Mr. Wrandall but once, in town somewhere, and I may be wrong. Still, the coroner-and the sheriff-seemed to think you should be notified-I might say ques tioned. That is why I called you up. I trust, madam, that I am mistaken." "Yes," she said shrilly, betraying the 4 intensity of her emotion. It was as I if she lacked the power to utter more than a single word, which signified neither acquiescence nor approval. He was ill at ease, distressed. "I have engaged a room for you at the inn, Mrs. Wrandall. You did not bring a maid, I see. My wife will come over from our place to stay with you if you-". She shook her head. "Thank you, Mr. Drake. It will not be necessar?. I came alone by choice. I shall 're tarn to New York tonight." "But you-why, you can't do that." he cried, holding back as they started toward the door. "No trains stop here after ten o'clock. The locals begin running at seven in the morning. Be sides-" She interrupted him. "May we not start now, Mr. Drake? I am-well, you must see that I am suffering. I must see, I must know. The sus pens-" She did not complete the sentence, but hurried past him to the door, throwing it open and bending her body to the gust that burst in upon them. He sprang after her, grasping her arm to lead her across the icy plat form to the automobile that stood in the lee of the building. Disdaining his command to enter the tonneau, she stood beside the car and waited until be cranked it and took his place at the wheel Then she took her seat beside him and permit ted him to tuck the great buffalo robe about her. No word was spoken. The man was a stranger to her. She for got his presence in the car. Into the thick of the storm the mo tor chugged. Grim and silent,, the man at the wheel, ungoggled and tense, sent the whirring thing swiftly over the trackless village street and out upon the open country road. The woman closed her eyes and waited. You would know the month was March. He said: "It comes in like a lion," but apparently the storm swal lowed the words for she made no re sponse to them. They crossed the .valley and crept up the tree-covered hill, where the force of the gale was broken. If she heard him say: "Fierce, wsn't it?" she gave no sign, but sat hunched for ward, peering ahead through the snow at the blurred lights that seemed so far away and yet were close at hand. "Is that the inn?" she asked as he swerved from the road a few moments later. "Yes, Mrs. WrandalL We're here." "Is-is he in there?" "Where you see that lighted window upstairs." He tooted the horn vig orously as he drew up to the long, low porch. Two men dashed out from the doorway and clumsily assisted her from the car. "Go right in, Mrs. Wrandall," said Drake. "I will join you in a Jiffy." She walked between the two men into the feebly lighted omce of the inn. The keeper of the place, a dreary looking person with dread in his eyes, hurried forward. She stopped, stock stilL Some one wsa brushing the stubborn, thickly caked snow from her long chinchilla coat "You must let me get you some thing hot to drink, madam," the land lord was saying dolorously. She struggled with her veil, nally tearing it away from her face. Then she took in the rather bare, cheerless room with a slow, puzzled sweep of her eyes. "No, thank you," she replied. "It won' be any trouble, madam," arged the other. "It's right here. The sheriff eays it's all right to serve it, although it is after hours. I run a respectable, law-abiding house. I wouldn't think of offering it to any one If it iwas in olation-" "Never mind, Burton," interposed a big man, approaching. "Let the lady choose for herself. It she wants it, shll say. seo. I aathe sherit madam. This gentlema I the coreadr, Dr. Sbest. We waited up for poe after Mt. Drake eatd you'd got the ast fain to stop for ygu. Tomorrow morning would have done quite uas well. I'm sorry you came tonight In all this blissard." He was starting as if fascinated at the white, colorless face of the woman who with nervous fngers unfastened the heavy coat that enveloped her slender Afgre. She was young and strikingly 'hbeautiful, despite the in teanse pallor that overspread her face. Her dark, questionlng, dreading eyes looked up into his with an expression he was never to forget. It combined dread, honer, doubt and a smoldering anger that seemed to overcast all other emotons that lay revealed to him. "This is a-what is oommonly caled a 'road house'?" she asked dully, her eyes narrowing smddenly as if in pail. "It is an inn daring the winter, Mrs Wrundall, and a road bouse in the summer, if that makes it plain to ye. I will say, however, that Burtos has always kept well within the law. This is the frlst - er -real bitof trouble he's had, and I won't say It's his fault Keep quilet, Burton. No one is aceMsia you of ythig wreao . Don't whine about itL" "But my place is relined," groaed the dealta. m "It's grt a Mask eye now. Not that I blame yes, madam, but y en casee bbw--* e quatled beore the ~Vdar bo in .her eyes, and turned away mum "There a re in the ecepU o iem, madam," said the coreier; tmd 'the prerister's wits to loek eat Mg yea Ir yea shoel rqamire ear Will you go in there and compose t yourself before going upstairs? Or. if you would pre(er waiting until t morning, I shall not insist on the- t er-ordeal tonight." "I prefer going up there tonight," C said she steadily. The men looked at each other, and t the sheriff spoke. "Mr. Drake is quite I confident the-the man is your hus- a band. It's an ugly affair, Mrs. Wran dall. We had no naans of identifying E him until Drake came in this evening, I out of curiosity you might.say. For r your sake, 'I hope he is mistaken." t "Would you mind telling me some- 1 thing about it before I go upstairs? , II am quite calm I am prepared for any- I thing. You need not hesitate." "As you wish, madam. You will go I into the reception room. It you please. Burton, Is Mrs. Wrandall's room quite ready for her" I "I shall not stay here asbight," in terposed Mrs. WrandalL "You need 1 not keep the room for me." "But, my dear Mrs. Wrandall--" "I shall wait in the railway station i until morning if necessary. But not here." The coroner led the way to the cosy little room off the offiee. She followed with the sheriff. The men looked worn and haggard in the bright light that met them, as if they bad not known sleep or rest for many hours. "The assistant district attorney was here until eleven, but went home to get a little rest. It's been a hard case for all of us-a nasty one;" explained the sheriff, as he placed a chair in front of the fire for her. She sank into it limply. "Go on, please," she murmured, and shook her head at the nervous little woman wo bustled up and inqujed if she could do anything to make ,her more domfortable. The sheriff cleared his throat. "Well, it happened last night. All day lPng we've been trying to find out who he is, and ever since eight o'clock this morning we've been searching ?or the woman who 'came here with btm. She She Sank Into It Limply. , has disappeared as completely as if swallowed by the earth. Not a sign of a clew-not a shred. There's noth ing to show when she left the ian or by'what means. All we ktow is that the door to that room up there' was Iteding half open when Burin passed by it at seven o'clock this morning-that is to say, yesterday morning, for this is now Wednesday. It is quite clear, from this, that she neglected to close the door tightly when she came out, probably through haste or fear, and the draft in the hall blew it wider open during the night. Burton says the inn was closed for the night at half-past ten. He went to bed. She must have slipped out after everyone was sound asleep. There were no other guests on that foor. Burton and his wife sleep on this floor, and the servants are at the top of the house and in a wing. No one heard a sound. We have not the remotest idea when the thing hap pened, or when she left the place. Dr. Sheef sayus the man had been dead six or eight bours when he first saw him, and that was veryboon after Burton's discovery. Burton, on finding the door open, naturally suspected that his guests had skipped out during the night to avoid paying the bill, and lost no time in enteraing the room 'He found the man lying n the bed. sprawled out, face upward qSd as dead as a macku-I should say, quite dead. He was partly dressed. His coat and vest hung over the back of a chair. A small service carving knife, belonging to the inn, had been driven squarely into his heart and was found sticking there. Burton says that the man, on thelt arrival at the inn, about nine o'clock at night, or dered supper sent up to the reom. The tray of dishes, with most of the food antouched, and in empty cham pagne bottle, was ftnd on the service table near the'bed. One of the cbhairs was overturned. The servant who took the meal to the room says that the woman was sitting at the window with her wraps on, motor vell and all, J8t as she was when she came into the place. The man gave all the diree tious, the woman apparently paying no attentiona to what was going ea. The waltress left the room without seeing her tace. She had instructions not to come for the tray until morn ping. "That was the last time the man was seen alive. No one has seen the woman since the door closed aftar the servant, who distnctly remembes hearing the key turn in the lock as she west down the hall It seems pretty elesar that the man se. aid drank bet not the woman. Her aed remaied unatoinche on te plate aad her glass was fuall 'Gd, it mut hae bern a merry fetst! r r i you a de, Mrs. Wrandlll" "Go ea, mi" said she levely: That'i an thle Ii-t. y us ar as the actual crime is concerned. There t were signs of a strnugle-but it isn't necessary to go into that. Nod. as to t their arrival at the Inn. The blizzssard,< had %ot set in. ILst night was dark, I of course, as there is no moon, but it t was clear and rather warm for the tihe of year. The couple came here I about nine o'clock in a high power run-1 about macLine, which the man drove. 4 They had no hand baggage and appar- I edtly had run out from New York. Burton eays he was on the point of I refusing them accommodstots when I the man handed him a hundred-dollar I bill. It was more than Burton's ea pidity could withstand. They did not I register. The state license numbers had been removed from the antomo bile, which was of foreign make. Of I course t was oly a question of time I until, vw- could have found .out who the ear belonged to. It is perfectly i obvious why he removed the num bers." • At this juncture Drake entered the I room, Mrs. Wrandall did not at first I recognise him. "It. has stopped snowing," announced I the newcomer. "Oh, it is Mr. Drake," she murmured. I "We have a little French ear, painted red," she announced to the sheriff without giving Drake another thought. "And this one is red, madam," said the sheriff, with a glance at the coro ner. Drake nodded his head. Mrs. Wrandall's body stiffened perceptibly, as if deflecting a blow. "It is still standing in the garage, where he left it on his arrival. "Did no one see the taee of-of the woman"' asked Mrs. Wrandall, rather I querulously. "It seems odd that no one should have seen her face," she went on ithout waitting for an an swer. "It's not strange, madam, when you conside all the circumstances. She was very careful not to remove her veil or her coat until the door was locked. That proves that she was not the sort of woman we usually fiad gal lavanting around with men regardless of-ahem, I beg your pardon. This must be very dfstresasng to you." "I am not sure, Mr.. Sheriff, that it Is my husband who Iles up there. Please remember that," she said teadily. "ItI is easier to hear the details now, M fore I know, than it will be afterward Lf it should turn out to be as Mr. Drake declares." "I see," said the sherif, marveling. "Besides, Mr. Drake is not positive," put in the coroner hopefully. "I am reasonably eartatl," sad Drake. "Then all the mors reason why I should have the story fst," said she, with a shiver that no one failed to ob serve. The sheriff reswmed his conclusions. "Women of the kind I referred to a moment ago don't care whether they're seen or not. In fact, they're rather brazen about itL But this one was different She was as far from that as it was possible for her to be. We haven't been able to find anyone who haw her face or who can give the least idea as to what she looks like, except ing a general description of her figure, her carriage and the outdoor garments she wore. We have reason to believe she was young. She was modestly dressed. Her coat was one of those heavy ulster affairs, such as a woman uses in motoring or on a sea voyage. There was a small sable stole about her neck. The skirt was short, and she wore high black shoes of the thick walking type. JuJglig from Burton's description she must have been about your lsne and figure, Mrs. WrandalL Isn't that so, Mrs. Bur ton?" The innkeeper's wife spoke. "Yes, Mr. Harben. I'd say so myself. About five feet six, I'd Judge; rather slim and graceful like, tn spite of the big coat." Mrs. Wrandall 7as watchints the woman's face. "I am fivre feet six," she said, as If answering a quetion. The sheriff cleared his throat some what needlessly. "Burton says she acted aD if he were a lady," he went on. "Not the kilnd that sually eomee out here on such expeditions, he admits. She did not speak to anyone, except once p very low tones to the man she was with, and then she was seanding by the replace et in the maln o*oe, qlte a dlstance. frO the deesk. She weat upstairs aeusd be gave some ,orders to Burton beds tellowi her. SThat was the last time Burton saw Sher. The waitress went up with a spe Scially prepared supper about half an Shour later." S"It seeds quitte dlear, Mrs. Wrae dall, that she robbed the man after ostabbing him," sad the eoroner. Mrs. Wrandall started. "Then she ,was not a lady, after all," she maid Squickly. There was a note of relief Sin her voice. It was o if she had p put aside a half-formed coanclsion. S"His pockets were empty. Not a Spenny had beeo let. Watch, cuf lInks, scarf pin, cigarette ease, prse" r and bill folder-l goae. Burton had seen most of these urticles in the Somee.n" "Ima't it-but aol Why should I Sbe the one to ofer a suggestion that Smight be construed as a defense for i this womant" S"You were about to sutggesdt, madam, - that some one else might have takenm the valuables--is it t" cried the p "Had weu thougt t tt, Mr. sherit?" r "I had not. It is't easonable. No Sone about this pbe L suspected. We Shave thought of this, however: the amurderes my have taten all of I these thrlag awn with her In orde I to prevent immeMaWg Identifeatioa of I hq visiGe. Lmov Save ham -clever I enegh ford at v we dive he a Stort." -Net en uassemeM mu wthen yoee seep st enu, Mr. Ee I l~as, ha the eln lentiestaisln a that very particular," said Mrs. Wran dall in such a self-contained way that the three men looked at her in won der. Then she came abruptly to her feet. "It is very late, gentlemen I am ready to go upstairs, Mr. Sheriff." "I muatwarn you, madam, that Mr. Drake is reasonably certain that it is your husband," said the coroner un comfortably. "You spay not be pre pared for the shock that-" "I shall not faint, Dr. Sheet. If it is my husband I shall ask you to leave me alone in the room with him for a little while.", The final word trailed out into a long, tremulous wail, show ing how near she was to the breaking point in her wonderful effort at self controL The men looked away hast ily. Thep heard her draw two or three deep, qaverig breaths; they could almoseetel the tension that she was exerelsing over herself. The.doctor turmed after a moment and spoke very gently, but with pro fessional firmness. "You must not think of venturing out In this wretched night, madam. It would be the worst kind of folly. Surely you will be guided by me-by your own common sense. Mrs. Burton will be with you-" "Thank you, Dr., oef," she inter posed calmly. "If *hat we all fear should turn out to be the truth. 1 could not stay here. I could not breathe. I could not live. If, on the other hand, Mr. Drake is mistakes. I shall stay. But if it is my husband, I cannot remain under the jme roof with him, even though he b dead. I do not expect you to undertand my feelings. It would be sking too much of men--too much." "I think I understand," murmured Drake. "Come," said the shertf, arousing himself with an efort. She mved swiftly after him. Drake and the coroer, followting close be hind wi Mrs. Burton, could not take their eyes from th% slender, graceful figure. She was a reveltion to them. Feeling as they did that sh was about to be caftroated by the most appalling crfsis Imaginable, they could not but marvel at' her omposmre. Drake's mind dwelt on the stories of the guill tine and the heroines who went up to it in those bloody days without so much a* quiver of dread. Somehow, to him, thi woman was a heroie. The passed bito the hall and mounted the stairs. At the far end of the corridor a m was seated in froat of a closed door. He Irose as the party approached. T The sherf signed for his to opem the door he guarded. As he did so, a Mily blast of air blew uha the faces et these n the kalL Th eartalno In the wlndow of the rem wee fappng and whip Maping the wand. Mrs.r Wrasl caught her breath. Fr the briefest Instant it q med as though she was on the ponlt of faltering. She dopped farther ehkn d the sherts, her umbs suddenly stif, her hand sgoing at to the wall as if for support. The next moment she was moving forward res olutely into the Icy, dimly lighted room. A single eoctric light gleamed tn the corner beside the burea. Near the window stood the bed. She went swiftly toward it, her eyes fasteaed upon the ridge that rua through the center of it: a still, white rMidge that seemed without beginning or end. With nervous fingers the attendant lifte6 the sheet at the head of the bed and turned it back As he let it fall across the chest of the dead man he drew back and turned his fars away. Sherbent forward and then straight ened her afigure to its full height, with out for an instant removing her gals from the face of the man who lay before her: a dark-haired ian gray In death, who must have bees beatihil to look upon In the Slul of 11e. For a long time she stood there - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AS SEEN BY WATURE LUOVER Feset and Dreoght sy Mush Ir Their este ia" Seed Old NeMt uer Frost mad drought are sat sUBie i &etr results, or at least theiro et A winter meadow, bare of mow ht froe hard, Is dot very disimar ti the same meadow during a dry spel after haying. Oolt Is gon, growth Is hort, stones show like land twrteU, the soil is Impenetrable, the wheel ei nature Is o a dead poinat Only the hedgerows, In either ease, retain life ad color. You look at the foethole pits In the ground, made when you rodi that woy last fall or spring, as the case m be, and wonder that thesrouad wou ever have been soft eough to reseie such Impressios while that pools of water could ever have stood upon it seems Impossible The earth, like the face of a frightened cowboy, Is pal to the obliteratie o Its natura ta; and, again like the cowboy, this oly departs when he draws at ahes Then It is good to m et L wlb ter, how the tints hastem back, and brown skid and stubby besrd sw e their natral hues; for eves in win ter there is color, whenever a spell of mild molstre comes.-Prom gA armer's Notebook," by .. D. Phelp Rude Sheek. Amerleams traveg ab·ead see find out that the leguage they speak Is not looked upon always as geae ugll , either iy the hauaty a lieham or the natives of the gel t~sest of aee- One already a& - of this viw, lw thg b pns looking, as motionless as the object on which she gazed. Behind her were the tense, keen-eyed men, not one of whom seemed to breathe during the grim minutes that passed. The wind howled about the corners of the Inn, but no one 'heard it. They heard the beating of their hearts, even the tick ing of their watches, but not the wall of the wind. At last lor hands, claw-like in their teneenesn, went slowly to her temples. Her head dropped slightly forward. and a great shudder ran through her body. The coroner started forward, expecting her to collapse. "Please go away," she was 'Welng in an absolutely emotionless voice. "Let me stay here alone for a little while." That was all. men relxed. They looked at eac ther with a slagle A Great Shidder Rae Throgh 4Her ody. question in their eyes. Was it quite safe to leave her alone with her deadt They heiltate d. She tar ed o them p Iemly spreading her ir a wie g taue of seif-abolautie. Har somer eyes swept the group. "I ean do so harm. This ma is mine. I want to Ioek at hil for the laht time--algae. WI pe op" "Do mea, mada that yea 1 te n---" began the emaseeis alaram She heeped her bends. 'W noel at I shall take my last liek at aM MEw- m here Th ees iy do what yes Me withl IL me is year dead- t amdes I do sm eat Mwst Can ye usdeIeta? I da t w this dead thing. m thoe Is een tisg I "eaMi - hi. , m r a. g that I amet iNI ta ,ag thet knows hew ae6k he her h t us I weaste sy It to u to thesa her. rid ears. Whe amus? mBsaIy ar mel" Weaderling the ethses beard bem the room. m e wath them ustl they losed the dear. they ard he r we tr the widow. It sgaeaed Mke a thing im tear Tr" 5 " .5, . T" " Tea minstes pamrat Th groew in the hall converses in whispers. "Poor thia." sam the Wlaseper wife. "Weai," said Drase. tso a deep breath. "she woest have io wmrry more about his not e Iag hem auhs. I say, this besines wil ereae a tearful semntiom, saer. The Fer Huadred will have a sogepime 1t." "We've sgot to lead that gra, whs. ever she is," paged the Saell. "ew that we krw who Ie in It shelde't I be hard to pgek out the wmee he's bees tralkag with lately. Thea we can alit 'e dews unit n *he rght er is left It ought to be easy." PO - 00NMTINUA) hariemed to it. get the riet a sq* of an last a.er s tlse K m. of thea. AU tedr wasm The Amseai wee liobltg at the" with o assateestem air wha his sa preshse e slmlaty e aged to see 4 Utter ammeent. .t as his eye SstsD smother of the little re hots e re_ d n Ias oves , "lew to leaae Amrte(ma" Pamly Dlsm*ih# Diseeason ta In famls tli es rime fiea a leek of humlity and too muse pssuImptlos as the part of the diE,, eat members of the aly "The set wer that tarmet away wrath" i sorsettes for the hasty reply, the Mind reorts that hisle the are at Il feeig and' are the aseeMe of die orderly minds wheh are prose to re nestme.t o asensat o paig la the ,ndtit sa m mi o' m- i' n a gestle prse of mnitey. lave deaw not liager I the has.. where petty prid shows its ualeyely qualties It shrns to dwell In the hom where the spirit of uasll.u.e.s, of self. essei, of theoghtfsuss and of aritb meme mates the atmosphere The ag oretes of A. Kx. a. vaislt Up as iterestlag dise.. aes: "nl saein amoralty today so elesa meary. We ham a einitalhist mond ft a midle's rhs mrealty me of grsCat wFdsYer a Too Lat. She-What's your opinion of " riage? He-Sorry, but I have a wife ai ready. Or Any Other Kind. "I shouldn't think that. prls could be particularly successfal uttering forged notes." "Why so?" "He stutters so." . Wide Assortment. She thought she would try the s i telephone. , "What number?" asked central, "Why, I don't know. What bers have you?"-Courler-Journal, .' Climate Knockers. Some people blame the climate their ill health, whereas the trouble is that they shut the up in their houses and won't gi.ve climate a chance.-Charleston Nu' and Courier. , An Idea, About the thinnest substance keuvgp is teleplasma, which is described ma sort of a cross between smoke spiderweb. Wouldn't a gown made it be just too exquisite for anyUi , -Youngstown Telegratr. RINGWORM SPREAD ON R. I. No. 3, Box ST, TliJ . a "My son's ringworm begns as back of his hand. A lrmy ai came about as large as a dime would itch so badly he would it till it bled. It began to sgprm it went all over his hand. He Just scream every time I went to it. The nail came of on the flnager. "I used and it got w < all the tline The trmuble lasted or three months. Then I sent ndt some Cuticura Soap and Oin began to use them. I would his hand with the Cuticura Seap dry it good and apply the Ointmdnt. Relief was folad s or three days 'ad the rlagwors caured in two weeks atter using curs Soap and Olatmeat." ( Jole Parks, Jan. 4, 151.5 Cuticour Soap ad' Olntmaot throughout the world. Sample at freswith ss. Bok. D.. A st m earl "Cuthuera, Dot. 14 Puss, World's Deepest Mw.' The roads at the plains at tine hair deer duast in s ."mr deeper mud in wiater than say other part of the weir; aueutly the wagogq neused on ` wheelo from si te aItee teat t eter. * SNemw D' i le Keewt a Tht ver e en t wMe ssi n t sis t s a s Ro h los." wl ya,,"t ameb M , real Ms.tanes. ea at eA aN sat Pe nnt s to pelaa an haelk he wted Pe idam a ,eoss Ir C ~e she rew ast the saty , tsmi was es d en tany --adeo " is a pseat sedsat, es athlete, at 1 is said to be a st op ast taln lore. Webthl K oee g. right whale is 1a tes, er peeani eal i tohat of t or 40 bears. The whaenbee toi a tiale may he talan at ad the oi at ftomI, to 1ld have bes Ibnral as theertnste n the Baltie, sa l em er tia er a tees o le th, least have had sheady 8 t ea ad heavier than eth d ti or right wha. kamew New ito Kep ad Ia p ooma s who e t heart treab re i lmt ep usao ee ndietem as the IT~aot Iit Iul essn es tain ot m a l orea, me rto sa speellistn e ny Th det er tu welee , seme teed as asked me aed remember what diweread "I remembered that oaef mewed an my stomach ad amed tesble Doma palpitation of the So I stopped afoee and began to Peetum. I have had no troable stie. "A neighbor of ears, an ol was so Irritabe from drinkling that his wife wanted him to Peetum. This made him very bet his ssee *oared some Postem made it asrefully according to "He drank the Postum ad did know the difference, ad is stm i to his lasting benefit. e Htel 'wife that the 'cofee' is better used to be, me she smiles with him keeps peae* In the family by Pestom instead of cofee." Name given by the PostER tattle Credek Mich. Poetum now comes in two 'la r Poetum - mast be ekle 15c and 5c packages. Instant P'stum-4s a solUble den. A teaspoostal dissolve in s'eap of hot water and, with and sugar, makes a deltloes Iaetantty. 30e and 50. tis. The cast per cap of both klinb I about the sea 'haer's a Reeson" fer Paite. ~ -me by