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wi? 1 •r-4 If Ml, gfejj* iff V? t! I iii' SYNOPSIS. Harding Kent calls on Louise Farrlsh to propose marriage and finds the house In great excitement over the attempted sui cide of her sister Katharine.' Kent -starts nn investgatlon and finds that Hugh Crandall, suitor for Katherlne, who had been forbidden the house by General Far rlsh, had talked with Katharine over the telephone Just before she shot herself. A torn plec©, of yellow paper-Is found. at sight of. which General Farrlsh Is stricken with- paralysis Kent discovers that Crandall has left town hurriedly. Andrew Elser, an aged banker, commits I, suicide about the same time as Katharine i-', attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is 1 found in Blser's room. Post Office In epector Davis, Kent's friend, takes lip y" the case. Kent is convinced that Cran dall is at the bottom of the mystery. Katharine's strange outcry puzzles the detectives. Kent and Davis search Cran dall^ room and find an address. Lock Box 17, Ardway, N. J. Kent goes to Ard way to Investigate and becomes suspl 4 clous of a "Henry Cook.' A woman commits suicide at the Afdway Hotel. A Kfe yellow letter also figures in this case. S&tf JCent calls Louise on the long distance •A telephone and finds that she had Just been .called by Crandall from the same booth. W, "Cook" disappears. The Ardway post fa -master Is missing. Inspector Davis ar IA rives at Ardway and takes up the inves •H, -tljatlon. He discovers that the dead woman is Sarah Sacket of Bridgeport. •.•/•'.Louise telephones Kent imploring him to, ---(g|M/Irop the investigation. Kent returns to WSje* New Tork to get an. explanation from *s@ikXoulse.\ He finds the body of a woman in Central Park and more yellow letters. -He sees Crandall, whom he recognizes as .'^•• "Cook," enter the Farrlsh home. Louise again Implores Kent to drop the investl- Ration and refuses to give any explana tion. CHAPTER X—-(Continued). ''I saw Hugh Crandall leaving this "house not ten minutes ago,"'I said. "Really!" Her voice broke, and with one last gesture "of appeal she flung herself Into a chair and covered her face with her hands. Perplexed beyond measure with the tv turn affairs: had taken, with my heart aching with sympathy for her, I stood iMf watching her slender form as it shook Pr|,with sobs, trying to make up my mind I#k wlmt S'w J&, ise coFyxfl&tT 1921 ohnston Her tone was cold, hard, forced* though she tried to make It sound nat- iMNfeC ','It was he who broke open your ?Wde«c," I cried. "He wanted to regain possession of that scrap of paper and thus remove all evidence of his guilt." "l am afraid," said Louise with the p^ rmanner of offended dignity, "that you S^ are .entirely mistaken. I was not •aware that you knew Mr.-Crandall by ig| 8igftt "If that wasn't Hugh Crandall who 1 came out of your house just now, who was it?" I asked, my anger at this ^fX°'£4 'man whom I believed responsible for the chain of evil getting the better of me. "X don't know Crandall, but I .'know the evil he is responsible, for, -for the tragedy of your sister, the •plight of-your father, the suicide of ^&«^f®*'Old Andrew Elser, the suicide of that ipoor woman out in Ardway. Why, not fl-n hpur ago I helped drag from the -park lake a fifth victim, a poor young ajra girl, driven to death by. another of his Ifft accursed yellow letters. I found the fragments of it, water-soaked and illeg ®lWe, in the lake." P||| "Mr. Kent," interrupted Louise, "you were kind enough to undertake a mis iss'R sion on my behalf and I appreciate it —.-^ .—-gfeafrty. Certain circumstances have is'4* arisen that have entirely altered mat ters. I called you up last night and asked you to drop all investigations, •j-wi you have said that you love me. By Of. that love you say you hold for me I Xi 8 now ask you, no—more—I order you 'to make no further attempts to solve i\ I the mystery—please, Hording, please." to do. My heart bade me prom- her anything, everything if would• bring her -peace of -mind,' -yet my brain told me that-it was best for her, best for every .one, if I should go -ahead as my friend, the inspector, had advised. "Louise," I began, trying to keep my voice steady, "if you will answer me one question—" "Don't, Harding, please don't," she sobbed, lifting her tear-stained face to me in entreaty. "You mustn't. You mustn't ask me any questions. If you love me, please do just as I say." "Louise," I replied almost sternly, "you iare not yourself. Can't you rely on me? Can't you trust me? Don't pi you :know that I will do nothing that S.vj"'. Is not 'for the best?" I gathered her into my arms and held her close. I pressed my lips 0yi against her fragrant hair where' it strayed from under her automobile £$* bonnet. As she lay unresisting in my arms her sobs decreased and she be &M came calmer. "My darling," I said, "I know that it Hugh Crandall has been here. I feel that he has been influencing you against me. Won't you do what your heart bids you and tell me every thing about it?" She drew a long deep breath and \ii"' gently freed herself from my encir cling arms and, facing me, looked at me with firm resolution written all over her lovely face. "You must do what I tell you. I can answer no questions. I wish I could, but I can't. You mustn't ask me. It isn't my secret." "The car is waiting, Miss Louise." As the maid's voice interrupted she gave a start, and reaching her hands out Impulsively to me, in more like Good Idea to Let "Less Criticism and More Comradeship" Be Your Guiding Motto. "Less criticism and more comrade ship," would be a helpful maxim for all homes. It is easy enough to be pleasant to the casual acquaintance, but the great difficulty lies in being decent to those who are devoted to us—to those who are ever willing to forgive our short comings. There is no duty above treat ing your friends courteously and try ing to illuminate the general monot ony of the lives of those you love. In home life tact will succeed often •where command will fail. Sugges tions will go farther than argument. Direction is so much better than dic tation. Criticism of Wed ones Is a vice that takes possession of one like a stimulant, or a drug, once it is en couraged. It may begin In our so- Tact Better Than Command cailed*'high moral standard and hatred I sword-makers and the chief goddess of sin But once It becomes a habit, of the Shintos. There are also bits 6f am Illustrations by Yllarnes her own dear voice, said to me: "Harding, I must' go. Please trust me, and please, please, do what I ask of you. Good-by." She broke from my encircling hands and ran to the front door. By the time I reached it after her she was already In the car. I tried to catch the direction she whispered to the chauffeur but could not. Before I could collect my thoughts the great sixty horse-power machine had van ished around the corner. Where was she going? It seemed to me that every hour added to the chain' of mysteries in which I had become involved. I was convinced that in some way Louise, too, had been ensnared by the master of crime who had plotted .all this evil, but how, I could not imalgine. Yet more and more, it seemed to me, all clues point ed to Hugh Crandall. What could have been Louise's motive in denying to me that he had been in the house? She must have known it. I began to wish that I had taken Davis' advice and remained in Ard way. Perhaps by this time I would have had some definite clue. I re solved to go back there at once. The inspector seemed to think that that was the most fruitful field for investi gation, and probably he was right. Hailing a taxi, I bade him drive me to the ferry, but to my great annoy ance reached it just two minutes too late to make a train. Too dispirited to do anything else, I entered the wait ing ferryboat, and, sinking into a seat in the corner, gave myself up to bitter reflection on my failure to solve the problem I had set myself.' The more I thought about it the more firmly I became convinced that it was wise to disregard Louise's request. My love for her, my "duty to her, demanded that I go on. So absorbed was I in my reflections that I did not notice that, the boat had reached Its slip, and I was almost the last to leave it. Just as I stepped oft the gang-plank a huge machine shot by me, giving me barely time to catch a look at the occupants, but in that fleeting glimpse I recognized them both. It was Louise with Hugh Crandall. CHAPTER XI. More Discoveries. The worse the injury the less it hurts at the moment./ I once saw a man with both legs cut off laughing and joking with the men who pulled him from under a car. Though he died in ten minutes, I doubt if he suf fered half as much as if he had bumped his head or had run a splinter under his thumb-nail. It is when you are mortally hurt and live that the pain becomes so terrible. "I Saw Hugh Crandall Leaving Thi« House Not Ten Minutes Ago." In the few minutes I had had with it is Indulged in for the satisfaction it gives. An Eden can be ruined by constant fault-flndlng, selfishness, and with holding the words of praise. A para dise can be created by small kindness es and by thinking sweet and helpful thoughts of those about you. The next time you feel like criticis ing a loved one, force yourself to say something complimentary to him In stead. Try it and see If you won't be hap pier. Famous Sword Blades of Japan. Swords equal to the famous blades of Toledo and Damascus are made In Japan by a special series of processes, but a feature of the industry Is the re ligious ceremony that accompanies the work. On the walls of the huts in which the operations are carried on are representations of the god of the Louise I had not realized the depth of the- wound in my heart her conduct toward me had made. Even when I saw her dash away from me in an au tomobile, pained though I was that our Interview should have been cut short, I still die not comprehend what a ter rible blow It was that had befallen me. If was the sight as I left the ferry of the automobile dashing by, with Louise—the woman I loved— seated beside Hugh Crandall, that gave new poignancy to my pain, that added to the fires of jealousy, that made me understand to the full the dire Import of what had happened. Louise had lied to me. Crandall had been In the house. She had seen him. She had left me to Join him.' She had even deserted her helpless sister and her dying father to go with him. And all the while her Hps had protested that no one had been in the house but the doctors and nurses. As I paced the platform and paced it back again, waiting two weary hours for an Ardway train, as I sat for two unending hours more in the long ride through New Jersey, like a poisoned knife, cutting my heart to shreds and cutting the shreds again, the thought kept coming back to me over and over: "She lied to me." Quarter a man alive, pour molten metal into his eyeballs,. feed him salt fish and cut off water, bury him alive in quicklime, devise what torture you will and double it, the pain and agony can not equal that which comes to a man who, believing in and trusting and loving a woman with his whole heart, is forced to admit to himself that she has deceived him—that Ae has lied to him. In those awful hours I came to know the seven hells. 1 went through all of them. Only one ray of comfort came to me. As I had asked myself "Why did she lie?" I found myself believing that she had done so, not of her own free will, but impelled by some motive so powerful that she could not resist it. That it was the influence of Crandall I could no doubt. He had so preyed on her fears for her father and sister, perhaps on her fear for me, that he had induced her to try to persuade me to give up my investigation and had made her promise to accompany him on some doubtful secret mission. "It is not my secret." I recalled the piteous cry my en treaties had wrung from her lips, and found the logical explanation of it in her having been terrorized by that villain, Crandall. If I could have found him at the moment I could have killed him with my naked hands. Yet even though I was convinced that Louise had lied to me, I began to feel that whatever she had done, what ever she was now doing, was in 'the belief that she was acting for the best for her dear ones, for me. My duty to her, my duty to myself, I reasoned,, demanded that I do my utmost to solve the hideous mystery and free her from the fear that I was sure was responsible for her strange actions. I swung off the train at Ard way and hastened to the hotel, eager to tell Davis what I had learned about the movements of Hugh Crandall, but Davis was not there. All that I could learn was that he had hired a horse and buggy early in the morning and had driven off in the direction taken by Crandall the day before. "If he is following Crandall's trail," said I to myself, "he is just a day too late." So long as Davis was not about I decided I might as well see If the miss ing postmaster had been found. As I walked up the street I could not help paper and wisps of straw, charms to keep away evil spirits. No female Is allowed to enter the place„as the pres ence of women is supposed to be con ducive to the appearance of demons, who would certainly bring disaster to the sword's mission. Prayer is of fered before the work begins, and various religious rites must be per formed before any one of the swords can be declared to have been well and truly made. Insect Pests. One-fourth of all cultivated crops are destroyed by Insects. This means that we pay 25 per cent more for them than we would but for their depredations. This condition increases in direct proportion to the decrease In the bird population which we are slaughtering for food, for millinery or for fun. The great bird army was onfyof this nation's greatest resources,, but, like our forests and our fauna, it has been wasted for "fun," and we "pay the fiddler" by giving up, each year, one-fourth of the greatest farm crop produced by any nation. Such fun comes high. thinking how dumfounded Davis would be when he returned from his fruit-' less chase for Crandall and listened to my tale of Crandall's actions. While he had advised against my return to the city, he would have to admit that It had not been without result As I entered the post-offlce I found that Miss Cox was still in charge. Approaching the letter window, I bade her good afternoon and asked If there was any news of the missing postmas ter. It was late In the afternoon and the last mall for the day having been distributed, she sat crocheting. She motioned to me to come around to the rear door. "How about it?" I asked as I en tered the office, "has anything been heard of Rouser?" She shook her head. "That's about the eighty-ninth time "Has Anything Been Heard of Rouser?" I've answered that question to-day. Seems like the whole town was in here wanting to know." "Has the post-office inspector been here?" "He was in here this morning and made just the routine examination. He didn't ask no questions, though I un derstand he has been sleuthing around up to Widow Smith's, where Charlie Rouser boards. If he's looking for anything wrong with Charlie's ac counts it's my private opinion that he ain't going to find it. I've been all over the books twice today and there ain't anything out of the way." "Have you any idea where all that money came from that we found be hind the cash-drawer?" "No, and I don't see that it's any of my affair. His books is right, and his stamps and his stamped envelopes is all accounted for. Maybe he made it in Wall street, or maybe somebody left It there with him for safe-keep ing." As I recalled Davis' parting instruc tions to me when I had first come out to Ardway, I was more sfad more surprised that he had not investigat ed further at the post-office. He had seemed to think that the clue to th« whole mystery would be found there, and he had particularly charged me to find out to whom Lock Box No. 17 had been rented. I decided to ask Miss Cox If she knew anything about it. "Seventeen has never been rented as long as I have had anything to do with the office. It is away off there In the corner where It is hard to see into. There's always been more boxes than there was any call for. Not one of them in the lower row ever has been rented, even in summer, when there's a lot of city folks out here." "Do you ever remember of seeing any mall addressed to that box?" She worked industriously at her crocheting for a minute or two before replying arid then, putting It aside, said thoughtfully: "It's funny that you should have asked me that." "Why?" "I don't know that I've any busi ness telling you," said Miss Cox, as she debated with herself whether or not she was talking too much, "but I am a:s anxious as anybody to find out what's become of Charlie ,Rouser, and from what I've seen of you I guess you're a slgh't more likely to find him than Jim Dobbs, the constable. If I wasn't sure in my own mind that Char lie hadn't done nothing out of the way, I don't know as I'd even be .telling you about it. But since you've asked me, I guess I will." She hesitated, studying my face as if trying to read there whether or not I meant harm to the missing post master. I tried not to exhibit undue interest, though inwardly I felt quite jubilant. I was certain that I was on the track of important revelations. (TO BE CONTINUED.) "A Pig in a Poke." A pig poker Js a dealer In pi^ not the large and portly fellow whom you meet now and again at the coun try market with a cargo of a hundred or more pigs of all ages, shapes and sizes for sale, but a little man, who for the most part carries his wares upon his back, or occasionally perhaps In a wheelbarrow. A "poke" of course Is a pocket or sack, and a pig poker therefore Is one who deals in pigs car ried round from place to place in a poke. The old proverb anent the foolishness of "buying a pig in a poke" has its origin of course in this time honored method of pig purveying.— London Globe. Live Each Day. Foresight is very wise, but foresor row Is very foolish and castles are, at any rate, better than dungeons in the air—Sir John Lubbock. Antiquity of Man. The age of man on the earth is, and probably always will be, undetermin able. There are all sorts of guesses, but none of them are to be taken as absolutely authoritative. All that we know is that the human species has been on earth for a very long period of time, probably for hundreds of thou sands of years, possibly millions of years. The prehistoric "finds," the evidence from geology, show beyond question that the date for the human beginning on the planet must be placed far, far back In the dim and distant past. But when it comes to the attempt at being precise every thing fails us. John Flske says the human advent cannot be put at less than 800,000 years ago. Others claim a greater antiquity. To Study Resuscitation Effects. The American Medical association Is to make a study-of methods of re suscltatlon from electric shocks. Man eminent physicians and electrical en gineers are to co-operate in the inves tigatlon, which it is hoped will haT Important practical results. WIFE IN NAME ONLY Marriage for Money and Title Turns Out to Be a Real Love Affair. By GEORGE MUNSON. All London society was whispering and questioning, for Lord RenBley was on his way home to England after an absence of a year. He had shot tigers in India, had speared salmon In Alaska, and hunted grizzlies in the wilds of western" Canada. And all the while Lady Rensley had kept open house at the Abbey. Now he was expected home he would arrive in two weeks. Actually he arrived a week earlier and unexpectedly. They had been married nearly three years before. Lady Rensley had been Miss Edith Kane, of Cleveland, and her father was one of the twelve richest men In America. The mar riage had been considered singularly fortunate, for the Rensley family dated back five hundred years—though not the title, and his lands were ex tensive, although unprofitable. Miss Kane's dowry would restore the old abbey and enable her husband and herself to assume their rightful place In tho social hierarchy. And so Rensley had won the beauty of Cleve land. This Is what happened three hours a ter tho marriage: He and his bride wore face to face in their apartments at the Eversley hotel. The bride drew off her engagement ring medita tively and handed it to him and said, without a trace of passion: "I shall wear my marriage ring, but not this. The bargain is an equal one and I am satisfied. You will never have cause to be ashamed of me In the eyes of the world. Goodnight, Lord Rensley." "You mean," he asked, "that our marriage Is to be one in name only?" "Why, what else did you expect?" she answered mockingly, though her Up was quivering. "You never loved me. You sought me for my fortune, as I you for your title." And so she turned away and they said no ,more. That he had sincerely loved her#he did not know, nor he that she could Drew Back With a Frightened Catch of the Breath. have cared for him had not the mar riage been made by her ambitious mother. In due course they sailed for England. Rensley Abbey was redec orated and thrown open. Gay parties assembled there.' If the relationship between the two was strained, that was known only by their discreet ser vants and guessed at by their inti mates. Then Rensley sailed for India to shoot tigers, and the parties continued:* They'were as gay as ever, but different people came. There was RizzI, for in stancy, that Italian nobleman who had acquired a sinister reputation in sev eral capitals of Europe and was not diminishing it in London. He brought his attendant crowd: flashy women came and sporting men and tawdry actors and actresses. And of the character of these people Lady Rens ley knew nothing, for she never stooped to gossip, and she only knew that she liked Rizzl and that he alone of all of them seemed to understand her situation and to have sympathy for her. So she moved among them, inno cently, the lonely mistress of the Abbey, while people shrugged their shoulders and smiled. And then they heard that Rensley was coming home. Rizzi, too, heard it, and he put his fate to the touch. In his way he liked this unapproachable American lady as much as he was capable of liking, and as constantly. They were alone for a few minutes In the con servatory. From the ballroom came the sound of music and the' chatter of the guests. "I hear Lord Rensley is coming back next week," he said. "Yes," she answered. "He expects to sail from New York tomorrow." "It will be different when he re turns," Rizzi said. "Oh, no," she answered, with a shrug of her beautiful'shoulders. "That will not make any difference. We shall still have our own friends, each of us." "It will be terrible for you," he said, studying her with his cat-like eyes. "Why?" asked Lady Rensley, facing him squarely. "Because you do not love him," he answered boldly. For an instant the balance trembled. Then she flashed out an angry retort, asking him how he dared criticise her husband or their relationship. That outburst might have quelled one less experienced than Rizzl. He fell upon his knees and seized her hand and pressed it to his lips. "Forgive me, Lady Rensley," he im plored. "It was unpardonoble in me— yet they say nothing is unpardonable in one who loves. No, do not start away. Hear me and then dismiss me for ever. I have ever loved you, you beauty with your secret sorrow, and I have always known that he did not Kept Queen Victoria's Car. The journey of their majesties from Windsor to Worksop was notable for the fact that the old saloon with the arched dome that has figured in the composition of the royal trains for so many years was not included in the train. This historic vehicle, which was the favorite railway carriage of Queen Victoria, was dismantled at Swindon a short time ago. It was one of the oldest railway coaches running In England, for Queen Victoria had «ucb a fancy for It that she disliked love you. Why, is he to make your life wretched all your days beoauie he has you in his power? Leave him and come with me to Italy. You shall have my love all your days, and my fortune Bhall be at your disposal. You shall—" That'•was the moment when Rensley returned a week earlier than had been expected. He had sent word, but he had arrived before his own letter. So he had strolled quietly in. He saw the rooms brilliantly lighted, but, when he entered the hall, none of the guests knew him. He knew some of them for the flashy, shabby char acters that they were but this quiet man, with the hair slightly gray over the temples—who was he? Nobody cared. They were dancing no longer, but whispering and gossiping in the drawing rooms, and loitering near the conservatory. Somebody had told them that Rizzi and Lady Rensley were there. Then Rensley entered the conserva tory alone. And Lady Rensley, seeing him, drew back with a frightened catch of the breath, and Rizzi, know ing him, rose to his feet and stood looking at him defiantly, with folded arms. "Pardon me for Interrupting," said Lord Rensley. "Baron Rizzl? Yes? Pray what Is it you so urgently de sire of Lady Rensley that you go down upon your knees to her?" Since he did not answer Rensley turned to his wife. "My dear, is It in our power, or Is it your desire to grant this gentleman what he is asking?" he.demanded. "No," she flashed out in her bewil derment. "No!" Rensley took Rizzl by the arm. "My dear fellow, you shall have your five hundred pounds," he said in a loud voice which carried to those waiting outside. "But I wish' you had asked me instead of my wife." He turned to the guests. "Gentlemen, •my carriages are at your disposal," he said. Then he led Lady Rensley through the ballroom to her private, apartment. Under the windows the cowed guests were streaming out into the grounds. Lady Rensley tapped her fingers up on the table. "I want to tell you one thing before we part," she said. "I have never given you reason to be ashamed of me. I have kept my vow." Lord Rensley took her hands in his. "But I have not kept mine," he said. "Edith, let my faith in you be the proof of my love. Will you give me a chance to show its reality?" That broke her pride she cried then, in his arms. "I've been a fool," he said but she laughed through her tears when he put back the engagement ring upon her' finger. (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) BALKED AT THE WOMAN JURY Ship's Captain Derided Federal Regu lations, but Dire Threat Brought Him to Time. The prospect of facing a woman jtfry in munclpal court was more ef fectual in making Capt. Brown of the American steamer Leelenaw, comply with port regulations than was the threat of Federal prosecution when Harbor Patrolman Bakesy went to the ship to ask him to display port lights and rig a proper gangway. From his berth, whither he had retired early, Capt. Brown commended the patrol man to a "warm climate." Bakesy replied that there was a federal fine of $200 for the offenses the captain grunted from his berth. Bakesy threatened arrest the captain snored. "They have a woman jury in muni cipal court," suggested Bakesy, "and you will have to face that," Instant ly the captain raised his hand to his whiskers and the watchman came running. "All hands on deck," commanded Capt. Brown, "and order the gangway changed and proper lights hung. I won't face a woman jury in any court, and me CO years old."—Portland Ore gonian. Monuments to Mark Twain. Mark Twain is to have two monu ments in Missouri, one at his birth place in Florida, the other in River view Park, in Hannibal, both, erected by the state. He deserves them both, but is not the inscription proposed for the Florida memorial a little too despondent? "He cheered and com forted a tired world." But is it a tired world? The fashion nowadays Is to praise literature in the terms of Sancho Panza's blessing on him who invented sleep, but is as dubious a compliment as Pope's tribute to an industrious contemporary' writer. "Sleepless himself, to give his read er sleep." It is not only the ex hausted who gets good from Mark Twain he is one of the favorite au thors of young people. Easy Method of Divorce. A wholesale grocer in Pittsburgh. FIdell Isabella, hit upon an easy meth od of divorce and was practicing it sedulously when the law yanked him up with a sharp turn. Isabella in turn had taken three wives without the formality of legal divorces. He burned the marriage certificated of the first two, however, and convinced himself that such all that was needed to free himself from his matrimonial bonds. Now Isabella is in jail, with charges of bigamy against him. Modern Young Lady. "In regard to the custody of the child," said the judge' in handing down his decision in the divorce case, "I'll let the young lady decide for herself." "Oh," replied the worldly wise young thing, "If mamma is really going to get all that alimony I guess I'll go with her." Before Varnishing. Before varnishing furniture rub the wood with fine sand-paper to give it a smooth surface. See that brushes used are soft and of a good quality, or var nish will dry streaky. Hardly Likely. "The train struck a man and Injured him severely. "Was the man on the track?" "He was. No engineer, I trust, would run the train into the woods after a man." the idea of giving it up after it had become out of date, and some years before her death it was lengthened and modernized, although the original part was kept as Intact as possible.— London Globe. In a Crocodile's Stomach. In the stomach of a crocodile which was shot not long ago no the Merguan estate, Madras, were found a python thirteen feet long, two tobacco pipes, a number of pieces of whisky bottles and a pair of trousers. 1 IN HOLY MATRIMONY KANSA3 .'UDQE BOUND COUPLE WITH THE STRONGEST TIES. Somewhat Peculiar Marriage Cere mony That Satisfied the Chief Par ticipants and a Large and Ap preciative Audience. In' an early day In Kansas a couple appeared before a probate judge named Aplington to be wed. The judge had never performed a mar riage ceremony but he determined to do. the job according to the statutes in such case made and provided, as he understood them. There was a large and appreciative audience pres ent, and the judge commenced pro ceedings: "Fellow Citizens: This here man and this here woman have appeared before- this court',to be hitched in the legal bands of wedlock. If any galloot in the mob knows of anything that might block the game if took to, a higher court, let him tbot his ba zoo or else keep his Jaw to himself now and forevermore. All In favor of my proceedings as authorized by law say 'I,' contrary, 'No.' Nobody said 'No.' The motion's carried unan imously and the court rules that there is nothing to prevent the try ing of the case. "Now," continued the judge, "grip your fins." The candidates joined hands. "Amos Peabody, do you sol emnly swear that you'll freeze to Mandy forever and provide for her, and treat her square and white, ac cording to the rules and regulations set down to govern such cases in the laws of the United States, so help me God?" "Yes, sir, I do." "That fixes your end of the bargain. Mandy Thomas, do you solemnly swear th&t you'll hang on to Amos for all coming time that you'll nurse him in sickness and be\ square with him in wellness that yotl'Il always be to him a good, true, honest, up and up wife under the penalties pre scribed by the law for the punishment of such offenses. Do you swear this, so help you God?" "I swear I'will." "Then by the power vested in me as probate judge in and for Morris county, state of Kansas, I, John Ap lington, pronounce you, Amos Pea body, husband, and you, Mandy Thom as, wife, and legalize you to remain such now and forevermore and you'll stan dcommitted until the fees and costs are paid in full, and may God have mercy on your souls."—Council Grove Republican. Gladiator In Armor Exhumed. During some important excavations undertaken at Mount Cavo, in the Ro man Campagna, in the hope of tracing an ancient temple devoted to Jupiter, the diggers struck upon an extensive second century cemetery, which had Evidently been planned out on the sur face of a gigantic landslip on the 3lde of the mountain caused by earth quakes, which had buried the older exit-ting buildings. A giant warrior, or gladiator, clad In iron armor, was discovered in one of the tombs, which was covered with big tiles taken from the Temple of Tiberius. A number of bronze coins bearing the effigy of the Empress, of Faustina, in addition to a quantity of rings, safety pins and, brooches of a very early period, a terra-cotta ele phant's head, and a fragmentary vase, containing inscriptions, are among the latest finds. The explora tion is being pushed forward In view of the international archaeological congress ~which is about to assemble in Rome.—London Chronicle. Not a Suitable Car. I am very keen on light-colored over coats, relates a prominent actor. Last summer, while home, I visited several of the Detroit auto factories, and while on one of these visits I ran across an old acquaintance who was holding down the position of "gas man." "Hello, Frank," said Pat, "what are ye goln' to do? Buy a car?" I told him I was going to try out a few, anyhow. I rode in several cars and finally decided to try out a little car which attracted attention because of Its very small size. Still wearing the light overcoat, I stepped into the little buzz wagon and took the usual trip up the street and back. On my return Pat very excitedly grabbed my hand and said: "Begorra, Frank, don't buy that car, whatever ye do." I inquired the reason, and he said: "Faith, I watc"#d ye going up the street, and I swear ye looked as though ye had wheels on yer over coat." Different Altogether. Happy lovers they were, both devot ed to dancing both partakers of the joys of the annual village Cinderella. She was a beautiful, graceful, skilful dancer he far less adept, with no con trol of his tootsies, and little idea of rhythm. In point of fact, he was not so good at dancing as he led the lady to be lieve by his fervent descriptions of his prowess. Half-way though the Cin derella the lady's beautiful gown was sadly torn, her dainty slippers bore marks of a heavier tread, her toes ached from stampings like unto those of a Nasmyth hammer. Eventually she decided to give up in despair. "l am tired," she whimpered. "Do let's sit out the rest of the dances." But the swain was reluctant. "I thought," he remarked, "you said you could die dancing." "So I did," came the reply. "But I didn't say I wanted to be trampled to death, did I?" War Hurts Diamond Merchants. One of the consequences of the Bal kan war has been to reduce the ex port frade in diamonds from Antwerp, Belgium, and thus affects the dia mond-cutting industry of Paris. The Bulgarian market for precious stones is very large, as young girls in Bul garia like to carry their dower on them in the shape of glittering jewels. Their demand is mostly supplied by Antwerp merchants. World Looks for the Best There are two sides to every story. The victory you win means defeat to the other fellow. But that should not deter us from doing our best. It's the best that the world needs, but If you can do better than the other fellow, it is your work that the world wants. Home Comforts. Mrs. Flubdub—My husband goes out every evening for a little constitu tional. Does yours? Mrs. Guzzler—No my husband al ways keeps it in the house.—Puck. BREAKS A COLD IN A DAY And Cures Any Cough That Is Cuft able. Noted Doctor's Formula. "From your druggist get two ounces of Glycerine and half an ounce of Globa Pine Compound (Concentrated Pine). Take these two ingredients home and", pt them Into a half pint of good whls key. Take one to two teaspoonfuls after each meal and at betltlme. Smaller, doses to children according to age." This Is tha best formula known to science. There are many cheaper preparations of larga quantity, but It don't pay to experiment with a bad cold. Be sure to get only vthe genuine Globe Pine Compound (Concentrated Fine). Bach half ounce bottle comes in a sealed tin screw-top case. If your druggist does not have It In stock he will get It quickly from his wholesale house. This has been published here every winter for six years and thousands of families know its value. Published by the Globe Phar maceutical laboratories of Chicago. Cleverness Required. "In these days of high-cost living," said Representative De Forest, the sponsor of the bllll for pensioning ex presidents, "we hear of many queer economics. "On a street car the other day,-at the end of a discussion on saving and retrenchment^ a lady said decisively: '"Oh, any woman can cut her hus band's hair but, believe me. It takes a clever one to cut it so that other women's husbands will suspect noth ing.'" Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy fort Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Trend of the Times. Ex-Governor Pennypacker, discuss ing the divorce evil in Philadelphia, said, with a smile: "In these times one never, as the saying goes, "knows where one is at. An acquaintance of mine extended his hand to me at the Historical society the other day and cried: "'Congratulate me! I am the hap-'1 plest man alive!' "I looked at him doubtfully. 'Engaged, married or divorced?* I asked."—New York Tribune. A CLERGYMAN'S TE8TIM0NY. The Rev. Edmund Heslop of WI^ ton. Pa., suffered from Dropsy for a year. His limbs and feet were swol len and puffed. He had heart flutter ing, was dizzy and exhausted at the least exer tlon. Hands and feet were cold v? and he had such a dragging sensa tion across the loins that it was difficult to move, After using S Rev. E. Heslop. boxea 0f Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappear ed and he felt himself again. He says'. he has been benefited and blessed by the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sev eral months later he wrote: I have not changed my faith In your remedy since the above statement was anthor lzed. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes-., lop about this wonderful remedy. Dodds Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household Hints, also music of National Anthem (English and' German words) and re clpes for dainty dishes All 3"sent free, Adv. Something to Be Thankful For. Michael Mehan was the proud pos sessor of a brand new silk high hat. At the wake of his dearest enemy he had guarded It carefully, and as a consequence was strolling home with the tile unscathed. As he passed the site of a, building operation, a lady acquaintance nodded pleasantly. With an ostentatious wave of the hat, which exhibited it to excellent ad vantage, Michael bowed. At the same moment a brick sailed down from an upper floor and bounced from his bared skull. Upon coming to he in quired anxiously for the hat. A by stander restored it unharmed. Mike felt tbe egg-sized lump on hiB head occasioned by the impact of the brick, and then regarded his undamaged tile. "Begorry," he sighed in satisfaction, "it's lucky it is I saw the loidy In toime!" JU8T TRUST. "What shall we say of Senator Aver-. age?" "Just say he was always faithful to his trust." "And shall we mention the name of the Trust?" A GOOD BREAKFAST. Some Persons IJIever Know What It Means. A good breakfast, a good appetite and good digestion mean everything to the man, woman or child who has anything to do, and wants to get a good start toward doing'It A Mo. man tells of his wife's "good breakfast" and also supper, made out of Grape-Nuts and cream. He says: "I should like to tell you how much good Grape-Nuts has done for my wife. After being in poor health for the last 18 years, during part of the time scarcely anything would stay on her stomach long enough to nourish her, finally at the suggestion of a friend she tried Grape-Nuts. "Now, after about four weeks on this delicious and nutritious food, she has picked up most wonderfully and seems as well as anyone can be. "Every morning she makes a good breakfast on Grape-Nuts eaten just as it comes from the package with cream or milk added and then again the same at supper and the change in her is wonderful. "We can't speak too highly of Grape-Nuts as a food after our re markable experience." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.— Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," In pkgsj "There's a Rear son." Ever read the above letter? A «ew oae appears from tine to time. They are snulu. Inw, ssl fall of kiMe taterrat. Adv.