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Skin to tore could moi ta&ch water ,v 7 1 to it « f-r 9 ntoancHrl mrodwate »«4 tor what they tmvm 4S«©o*npt»s*»®a vor me «un i *®j. ! muât give yon I» Him wMm MS **" ■ ~, 3r •'■"■to mSH m f ATI mm I » soap wiaeh An*. » "I to fei mam with it I rad Gm le ytofoi ta a» müni mtomd m&mîUé mer vras too «a mi a ■ At » 1 ymr wu* wm mem ac te jihraefcfeam — Mtsy mût & mmmM'fé tib# mà îjr »®i p&sdm£t da Kmm kmm I «oftM j ember te it, u. mi ... i* wtth water md I 'wW& ihme&i* mime ---• — Ä wW îffSm- KttCCs ft of «■ ■m^l ? Î - toy mm «ff may kmâ .pad BsiftNW na. e m - mmm - bl w ir s Ä# rsr .-'S ;■ By E. PHILLIPS OPKWHEIM . ' «; ftuwrriaute aw» MVRTlL.fi IEC 8 LIFE try slrl of Frone«, stands by the FMt white reed at the and of « »a an rate mother la de ed Sh« haa b««a a household drudge. New her head far gasaa ap and «ova the read that atratebaa oat to tha grast eabaowD world. That read mb* travel UT Aaytblag U ab« stays A baratad tira halt« of wealth Th« dU and «octal position, tract«* girl ba«« bar away (roes i* spirit of advoatar« they tab«.bar ♦tth thorn to Meats Carte. To Myrtlia they ssasa libs fairy then to take r mi s try . la e prim»»« Aarway. they ars of honor. Tboy tabs tbs girl aa their ward. And thus Myrtile begins to oso lit«. Thus begin« the story of "The Mystsry Road." The life that Ü« ualehijr grows SX string. Monte Carlo to London, thou to The oeeao drifts from the KagUsh eovatrysMe. tbea ta the Russia of the soviets. Now sad striking character», mi aa 4 mahs tiratr satraaew tov« affair«, advaaturs, British diplomacy sad Rusalaa maJsvo Isao« an much In «vtdaaes. Th« authort Why, that peine« of «tory -t«ll er«, B. FhtlUpc Oppwn h«lm. who haa liah-ap«aktag peopl«* with »0 l«as than ««v«nty aovela BOOK ONE Chapter ! Myrttle stood upon the craay veran by her band,, gas tog down the straight, narrow toot eye« path, a sundering Uns acrow the tosohiy plowed field, which tod to the village to the hollow below. The mol dertog white Mono cottage from which she had laaoad was set In a daft of the plno-covorad hills ; it ae«med to struggle against Its Inborn ngllnros and to succeed only becanaa of the beauty of Its setting—to th« fore ground the brown earth, with Its neat ly trained vines and its quarter of an acra of fragrant violets ; ttoa orchard, pink and white with maaam of cherry blossom; beyond, a lev«! stretch of freshly turned brown earth, soon to bo a delicate carpet of tender groan, and, by tha time the vines should sproftt. a sea of deep gold. It wu the typical homestead of the small rrcnch peasant proprietor Myrttlo's hand dropped to her side. The three figures were plainly vtotblo now. She r em a i ne d quiescent, watch tag them with a mate tragedy In her toes which, to any one Ignorant of tha inner rignlflcaace of this approaching puasllng. tragic -about Jeon Sargot—mlddle ogod. a typical peasant of the district. Far there was nothing who bung on hie arm—a plump, dark high-pitched ritte« mm) appareatty to ray. The third person, wbe I tk&f to lactr« m wm Bärget, and Ua whole appearance woe W illi UR VUt V •Bad her stepfather, waring his to drink « et wine with Berry with tha tabla ehalra, and bring owe—two bottle* of toff^year's vintage." " Thpg rank Into the ehalra wUqb Myrttle bad slroady ptoced npoo tbs toy ing Ua . U* kept the lime esta to the vtt amp of toed «fetch tot to ottera Bto !» and flabby Mbs to« (b#r own «hr be m * bto m ms a tore*t, the r. tt «tes Marier itltte sniff. ' "Three «dy." 8 ar«ot replied, "and to a year or oe they will afi bo in to* Mtoft -Tha ifttfo Dumay «dmltte«. "taw thy éà itom—dto tm mt to «it ff They Ml teMted a# M »a gO% «Ma th» to» «# mt wvssito Ml ' »mt S 5 S 5 g »CTS fUnt* of « lighter color. B*r *ym. rtiklly fringe«!, «era a« « wosMor tremulous and beautiful. Ti*** wm •orner hin* a tittle exotic shout fier *p paaraaca. although na actual M g » » tMn of Ut health. The widow tmksd at bar critically; narra, the insMceatpar with unpleasant things in hi« WW. •»«•y to* -Hi & "Pooh ! aha I« well enough, her « 9 » father declared, "Never a doctor has «tweed this threshold sine« her «achat Myrttle, after she had filled tha glaaMB, would have slipped back «to the bourn, but toon Segge« graspod her by the am. Ttsalght, my child," ha fesUKad. r «UM leave your boolte ataftA. auat drink a gtass of «in« »tth ua. It is u occasion, this" Myrttle looked from me to tha of the two visitors. » 1 « had far • BMOt the air of « trapped salmaL ftta damo Ouasgy made a little grimaces, hat Pierre only laugh«! tower, this Myrtlia, not Ilka other of her aloofness He knew watt how to deal with such mod es t y. "BatrnU." bar stepfather eon tto ui d . -our two hast friends! Here is good Madame Dumay. A alee little tnceuM ■be makes at the shop, and « tidy stocking." "Oh, In, tor th* «Mow Interrupted "What haa that to do with then, my friendr "And also," Jean Sarget wont «ft, tton, "the brav« Pierre Lesctorapa. Oh, a gay dog. that Leoefaatapaf A rk yon. efcrftd. And Hates! Why do yon think those friends of mine are hw«r "I cannot tefl," Myrtlto faltered. - "Madame Dumay will become my wlto. It to what wo need here. And 1 > Her Feel ftosraely te T»«c» this, little ■ »Ms Bl Mm ehoeei you. I have given my oomaot." had risen to Ua feet. MyriBa shrank book agntost the wall. "1 wm not marry Las chaaspa" she dacterad. "The other »e, I will sot monryr Jean Saagot leaned Meek to hie chair and drank Us win* - His two Ho. ho!" ho is good! To« «ora always a shy child MyrtHe. Pfawre aboli that woo you a "Ay. indeed !" the •cross at the girt with "We aboil understand Too au few. Marriage le a ttdng- Tea wüi find tt ao, Tt is an «0 ba toasted * dectonri. the d About «he- Is We of ftsft iwiwih sw mMmmgSL tkftt eh. Marier U wu ba a teen rat Of* opes mtotê sriar Mr ta i momeir Mf MAS Thao be looked hs «>d to at tot a» flowtog into Ua gteas Myr Be reasmed Uesaut«. tea or two he would so the second buttto was tomvmmmmgmbrn and alo,» the tot *rtMt Myrtile fled yo-tirg *»** m ftp to#- • imp» kw tow egw «tied *«» •**, «to «to amotof araredy kài m to* fe tor .hair fir SfM BSP to* to*? met tom {naked «>«• 1 her mrnmrn M& mm erne ettrting 9 g& BÊStë i mkm: m fbOMgh» of to gnta wh'rh teS AM «tang i<> PÜPB 8 8 I It tor a moment, u though for pro ftactlun On the other «da wu ftraa dom. Her eye* fitted with passionate t* I They wer« stagta« now down at A*»« cottage. Ska beard Jean «argot's «trident vote« In nm country «on« of harvest and vintage and what they «aller) (ore. Aa she «toad thorn ta K* Quiet of the evening, there aeemad JWddenly to leap Into life bare of revolt She waa weary of her monotonous tasks—the abuse of her gtei.futher: the care of thorn* motherless children. aot of her own Wock jet dependent upon her; the tedlnra of a life onheautlfel and to • vary fur gra :■ f hope I ess. And now this fresh te rr or 1 er fingers tore at tha rough splinters f«f the gate. Her «yes traveled hen JftHy «long that great stretch of road, passing her« sod there through the forests, rising in the far distance to the top of the brown hillside, and disappearing in mystery. At the other aod of the road one might find hap piness! Chapter ft C 7 The two young tart stlc attitudes when confronted with the slight burst tire and a delay of half an hour. Christopher Bunt dstiherstei) adopted charme dventare of ■ Ailed and Ut a pipe, and. ting him self on th« top of a low, gray rice« wall, gave himself up to the Joy of wonderful view and tha pi as sure unusual surroundings. His cotnpao ton, Gerald Dora bey, stood peevishly the middle of the rood, with Ms nds in his pockets, cursing the flint strewn road, the rot tenne s s of all motor Urea, and the evil chance which led to this mishap to the tost lap their Journey. "Weil bo 00 the road again to twenty minutas, your lordship," the chauffeur promised, as he paused for a moment to wipe the perspiration 1 from his forehead. . £ ; X~-. of returning equanimity. "Don't distr es s yo o raMf, John," ha raid. "There's no real hurry so long as we get Into Mont« Carlo before dark. Com« on, Chrietophev." tm twrato» to hto «»wpaiaoa. "Oat. m that wall and let ns explore." The two young mao strolled off to gether Gerald paused to point to tbe little, discolored house of loan "Are tbsff real people who live to thee* quaint cottages T" he speculated. "That pince, fer Instance, looks like • toy farm, with its patch of ridktta, tto ttoy vineyard, its belt of plowed tond and this little grove of cyp re ss es. It to Just ss though some child bad taken than all from his piny box and laid them out there." Ctorittopber withdrew the pipe Me month for a moment Ha from loetttog at the opening Ip the Uttta grovft of cypreesea. there," he murmured, "ustUK be Ike child to whom they all belong. I think yon are right, Gerald. Thera unreal «boot the pkWft* Gerald, too, was suddenly eooselom of the girt who stood clutahtog ton top of the wooden goto, her- too tqmad a little sway from them, sh wwhod In the contemptatton of that dtotoat spot where the rood vanished to a flsfat has« of blue mitt "Wa will talk to har," ha declared "You Shall practice your Franch upon this llttte matte, Chris. Ehe prob sMy won t be able to understand r. of tMy voices, Myrttle At turned her head, and, it the things MW is her face, those *'** to tottger nay thought at frivol. 0 » ««UtorantkMi an toe port at the t«o Iraq ma They ateod for r ftpaHbouad. Gerald, of quicker te fba world from which tbe to bava feilen Theo bis old habita wse ss m an angel, bvt her feet to* ground, and she was ob M "A** you alive, mmâemrteeUer be Us rap. aba an »»«Bid gravely, "I "T«ft ran MU as. perhaps, the way to Goaeasr Christopher mg*,*! ^ «ba teAstad to where the thto boat of road to the distance seemed to " " Ibo bosom of the deads ■ alhre Lot very Ml, "bad'ttcre Is no other rood often, perhaps r -ri (.briatagAwr rtottared. fe, > Vtt / A m yoot%§ oomvmxfmjj.) ■ - - • Us The I daft 1 » known local! y os tbe wblatllag tret. Tto «aSramrty hollow atmet « mamä m MM m * *ft to togg _ ' «■ Wi ; h. » • t*-: SAY "BAYER ASPIRIN" and INSIST! Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years for Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Pain Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism only "Biyw" package contains proven dîreHloœt f Haady "Bayer" Vw«F 9 Also bottles of 1 tt»l » •iyraggt««, t Boxt Ftmlt Mias Jane Addams said in an ad* dress to a cooking class at Hull house to Chicago; "Some cooks srs too easily satisfied. This Is an almost Irremediable fault. **I know a young lady who tried her hand »a day at hootch shortbread. and, ay, but she was pieaaad with tha result A boy ran an errand for her afterward, and she gave him « place of shortbread spread with apple hotter as a reward. "The boy returned eome minute« Inter and said to the young Indy ; " 'Much obliged tor the apple hotter, ma'am. Han's your plan o' board « ot backh SWIMP-aOOT 4 n m %^ hav# v i the raftambto wmtebed with interact t I* Br. Kumar's Swsmp-Koot. tadsMF, Uvar and btoddsr tnedi -'toc Ist dt n^biriaiaeiiftiit *iii mrcwian iin t î un •• cm m w \lOH torawp-Boot to a -a» 4 t hoipe the kümyn, Uvar sad ht»ôd«r de- the work «tw intend«! they »MKfa teat at rears, its mer» and U u to «II dnmptou «wdi Be ana to get Munp-Beot and start IwPffvfi » lä ««at pr«p«r« ti Elhrâr g Oou. sample bottle. wish first to tost this ». Y., fer s - ht sure papar - -AdfvertMw&etr; Thie Rmhkk a Nedeanee The "sBowsboe" rabbit it becoming agpopalug Mating foreigners Of north sift MilltteMts. This pkturasqanty mbmM nnbnat 'te very abundant thie tear, *ml .to ratlpg tip tips and Sfedles off>onng pine trees planted on denuded forest fond. It also eats th* lettoge off young spruce. Aspen si* maples, and if the tree# are mors than three feet high, gnaws sway their belli near the base, la one plantation 70 per cent of tbe trees fters dam aged. 48 pgr cant probably totally. ethes itching On n mb spot« of straff «d «tth Outtoera meat. Next «cmjiiïg wm Oattcnra Eeop and hot emm. Make fhagl your mmpftg tdtot prap sr U le na sad bava a dear skin aad mft, «Uta 4 ■ a Gold Hanger Setpreme OeM prnfttortM vary keen throughout eight, prospa one night to the freest»? ad uHtter's for a «fttod «UH etotah to order to be lh< drat I* artet th«,f«stomary discovery antkra ' Very Natural Nowadays . "Did be die a natural death T "Tea, he was ran over to the street " —Kansas City Btar. Every man has admiration for people who laugh at Us Jokes. 'i l ■ Er» - N ft ■ ■ a 1 f wr a » r / r ■VSs f I 7 1 -J I -i m mm tern to a ttitato 1er 6toor Ofl, IMtaferk, Trafteag Drapi nod Soothing Syrups, espadiAfly prepared Infnata is on»» Aad Children sB Afm. ^ ■. " / ^ ùmiBBOmornhatio» mmmkm **mm ... ; ""'T ? J* r- Si- SMtchfar*» Ota 4 * r ■r~m ha»mk»t $db" Lifeboat* for Airplane* Several hew type« of aircraft hart» been designed specially for marina In conjunction with the navy, London TU-BItg, One, « scent, carries a crew of four la rapid eeawsrd flights, from a shoe» baas; a larger machine Is driven kgr two motor«, and has a crew of five; while a moUl-angtaed giant carrying * craw of six la Intended for protougsi observation flight« over tha open mat. A feature to the design of new mo going aircraft to the provision of a small, light specially designed lira-, f heat This fits snugly into {torn» «long tha big hull of the flying ME * and does not set up any air r esist a ft ft l when the machine to to flight Halt*« Gats Mcdlefai« to a lo«wi and toeeraaS, rild tori tniwi Ad to the tswwawRiit et Gtonh toe mm forty yosts- 9 ohl top aß éragvtom p. s cumtmto 00 .. twsm cm» it. m you m »moss c res mtUtoM at a*»pi* tout ««* «Ntatast era t sir« tola 1 1 a toy, «kMstMri m wtoieh r&f* tmst pmM J»*»» m m com pan«* »nd pis«» hom» T»« an a alahsM it tWBi* w>»l ta Mft B ll*A, «HIM* Foreign Troie Groete î Trade of the United Staton attk over 1 , 000 . 000,000 nMghbora on tot «#> posits side of tbe globe has trebM sine« the beginn li>t of the Dur Imports from the 30 cauft nPr cohmiws oocupging that petit of, the globe immedtofoly tbo Trade ftoft «1 City Bank of New itê II 400 - 000 ,m\ to I year BQ 4 . Just «aided. *gtèsi* queatiofi to 10 » to flgutost.rÄvwöUk» war. Æ* 3 at«d TJ Tie .mat h«s mad« table linen 1 valuable Tha use of Bed Cross Bine will add to Its wearing qo&IMica. Dae It sod sea All grocers.—AdM*" ttoemeot S World*» Oideet Book I The oldest honk In the world f* tbft "Rigs Veda." which was to exl«r»r% os rompt ere as we have It now, : |yy)ft years before Christ m up The eerih's sorface consists sppynv Unatcly of W/WXOfm aqhero nrtlaf off land and 140 . 0004 X» square mllef off water.