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ADVENTURE'S OF- THE: TWINS Jy Olive IJ.i* ion Nancy and Nick stood watching a hump In ttia fftTdin. getting longer and longer. It made * queer pattern In the aoft f«rth, like a hi* worm curled tip in a funny shape. Something undernoath accmed to |»tia);iMic up the ground. **Sh' whis|>crcd Nancy. ''lt's a fairy *• "Nopa," Hid Nick. "'lf® a Kroun \ toe r * "|*t'a find out!" sta their little rrcen shoes obliging 1 bf) htill iiiftid* the iuiu»«l again will) fireflies fur light. ly made them quit* smatl, oh. very ♦i»y and th* magic mushroom In Stnoy'a pooket kindly directed them to a small door under a bush. It wai my dark inside. as dark as - writ, an dark an the nightb»*fore- Christma-v wlwn all thru the house •—you know 80 they had to come out again and hunt up two ftroflie# aslerp under a .leaf. for lantern*. "Are you •till looking for Jocko your lost monkey?" Inquired tin.* H>r* "Tea/' eaid Nan«y. "And we want LiUlcCPvStofies I uLficilliiric \ Billy Mink Possesses the Wandering Foot BY THORNTON W. 11l RfiKSS (Copyright. 1920. by T. W. Burgess) HBTHEX a person % becomes uneasy | JO and cannot settle In one place fot any length of time, but wants to |wp traveling, he is said to be pos •! of the wandtr.nc foot. This means that he wants to wander about In search of new scenes and new ad venture-*. To put it very plainly, he beoom* < a sort of tran# You that when Billy if ink discovered the trap* along the l«mghing Brook, he decided that he would go visiting for a while. For esMu* tune he had felt a 4«etre to go Vieitirg. The*# traps gave him a real excuse for so doing. 80 Billy •had turned his back on the Laugh In# Brook and started for another brook *om* distance away, fie had not intended to go farther than this 1 brook. But when he got there he' found that the fishing was not as■ good a-* he had hoped It would be so he decided to keep on moving until he found a place where food was plentiful, ami he would be con tented for a while. Now. shite Hilly Mink Is a great |ov« r of the water and Is almont as much %x home in It ae Jerry Musk rat. he |« equally at home on land. fart. Hilly often wanders long dis tance* from water. He believes in variety, and there are time* when he would rather hunt than fi«h He I* a very good hunter, as many a mouse and bird has found out too late. 80. leaving the brook where the fishing was poor. Billy started off across the country for nowhere In particular. He Is one of the mo*t in dependent of all the little people of the Green Forest and the Green *fea down He never worrle® over wher#» the nest meal Is coming from He fe»!s quite capable of taking care of himself wherever he may lie. No on" understands the art of hiding any better than does Billy Mink. He Is qfilck as a flash, and the way he can disappear When apparently ther#» Is nothing to hide under is aston Ishlag. 80 Billy wandered around aimless !y, Junt having a good time, H traveled m<*»ily at night, tho occa siorut!ly he became re«itless during the day and continued his Journey then In the Green Forest he hunted wood mice and grouse. In the open | meadow land he hunted meadow mice When he came to a brook he went fishing. 80. at last, his wander ings brought him to a farmyard There was a big bam there Also there was a henhouse containing many hens. Between the henhouse and the barn was a big woodpile. At the sight of that woodpile Hilly ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It Mont people do not xeallxe the I Alarming increase and remarkable prevalenoy of kidney disease. While | kidney disorders are among the i most common diseases that prevail, they are almost the la*t recognized j by patients. who usually content I thrmftelven with doctoring the ef feet*, while the original con stantly undermine* the system. Weak kidney* may came lumbago, rheumatism, catarrh of the bladder, j pain or dull ache In the back. Joint* . or. muaclee, at time* have headache . or Indigestion, as time passes you | may have a sallow complexion, puffy : (* dark circles under the eye*, ho me- | time* feel a* though you had heart ( trouble, may have plenty of am bition hut no strength, get weak and lose flesh. j 1 iLyCCIAL NOTKi You may obtain a H.-tmple site bottle of Hwamp FJoot l^ 1 enclosing ten 'tut* to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Illnghamton, N. Y. They will al*o send you a book (J valuable information, containing many of the. thousand* of grateful letter* received from men and women who say they found Hwamp-ftoot to be Just the remedy needed in kidney, liver and bladder trouble* The value and *uco>h of Hpamp -Hoot are *0 well known that our reader# are advised to send for a wimple slase bottle. Add re** Dr Kilmer A Co, Ilingliamton, N. V. lie * urc to say you read Uiis offer In The fck-.uUe Bur. , IN THi; TUNNEL to find out abc«ut the funny hump. too." So they went Inside again with the flrefllen f«»r light. And what tlo you think they found? A dark, mysterl ou» tunnel, a vary myatarlotia one. and an ay orf In tha distance they could hear a faint sound It want dig. din. dig and a wait awhile, then another dig. dig. dig and another wait awhile. It waa vary myattrl oua. Suddenly they heard something rl«e. too. It' was like aomr ona run ning. and very near. tt>o, In an in* I utant Kddle Earthworm came In a dreadful hurry. "Oh, save me!" he cried. "I>o save met" And iu»-he kept on running, the twins turned and ran. too, for they wanttd to Is saved. They all ran outside end slammed the d<>or hard. "\Vh~ wh*t was It?"* panted Nick. -Oh. a horrible monster," shivered Kddle. wriggling away «■* fast as he I could. And then ha called bark— "lt was Mike the Mole." itopyrlght, 1919. N. K. A.) | rlnned. That wa« Just the sort of 1 place he liked. You know, he Is "Thii place looks good to me* said Billy. mo slim that he can ellp thru very small place*, and he knew that In that woodpile he would be quite safe. "This place looks good to me." said Billy. "I think Ml *tay a while." Next stor>: llilly Mink Makes Hliistelf at Home. Sorrows Drowned in Wine and Court Oul»eppe Ptnaaco had 100 quarts of ; ralnin wine. 60 quarts of whisky and [a complete telephone system run ning between hie house and his still ftnasco stoutly denied that he manu factured the liquor for sale. "It was to drown mv *«> «*or row*!" he declared, with a graceful | shrug. To clear himself of the taint of bootlegging. Pinasco eveff carried the case up to the circuit court of ap peals. But Monday the appellate court sustained the ruling of Judge Jere mtah Neterer of the United States district court here, that the Internal revenue statutes relating to liquor •nd its manufacture did not become inoperative with the enactment of prohibition laws making ponsession of Intoxicants a Mate offense. Miss Charlotte Kolmltx. assliitant district attorney, argued the case for the government. I.ssi I S BANK CAM, WASHINGTON. Jan. ".—The con troller of the rurrenry today l*sued a call for the condition of national hanks at the close of business Wed nesday, December 31. If such condition* are permitted to continue, serious result* ;ire *ure to I follow; Kidney Trouble In It* very I wor*t form may steal upon you. If you feel that your kidney* are I the cause of your slckne*s or run down condition, begin taking Dr I Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot, the famous I kidney, liver and bladder medicine, hecauwe n* soon a* yrvur kidneys ar« | well, they will help the other organ* I to health. If you are already convinced that I Swamp Koot Ih what you need, you j can purchase the regular medium I and large *lze bottle* at all drug I * totes. lion't make any mistake hut i remember the name, I»r. Kilmer * ' Hwamp-ftoot, find the sddregfl, fling j hamton, N. Y., which you will find I on every l>ottle. nnt\y;v or THE DUFFS WKDWCKK, f'C ' ' n tttQ vntn^'D c KEEPING f'P WITH THE 'OXES OTTO AUTO SOLDIER CROOK GETS PRISON SENTENCE BAN IRA NCI SCO. Jnn. 7.—l'rl vn'.e A very 11. Harilnon, aliari "eiajor" J. O lianna, emtwtille «1 i rector of publicity for army m-ruit ing office, pleaded guilty to forgery I* fore Judge Michael Roche nn« 1 was given un Indeterminate Hon tencfl In Han Quentln. Ill* sentence ends a career that iMivm in It ft w:ikc» a mythical for tun* of 1D2.000, a broken hrartM sweetheart In Han Francisco, an other In Detroit, nn«l a trull of ul leged wnrthlcM chockf JUDGE'S SON SPEEDER; DEPRIVED OF AUTO OAKLAND, .Tan 7—l! L. flam m l«, former soldier unci won of po lice Judge Oeorffe Hamiiel*, wan no accu*totned to driving ft In annv automobile* In France thai he wna unable to restrain hi* speeding lm pulses when he arrived In Oakland, with the result that he fell into tlie toll* of the automobile traffic Mjtiad, Hf)d when appeared he fore Police Judge Hmlth hi* w»i* prohibited from driving an auto for it j ihiy THE SEATTLE STAR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 1920. MOTHER BAFFLING TO SLEUTHS AFTER CHILD SAN FKANCIHCO, Jan 7 Her wolf and child willing prisoners In ASPIRIN-ItsUses First Introduced by "Bayer" in the Year 1900 The mime "flayer" Identifies the true, world-famous Aspirin pre scribed by physicians f< r nineteen years. The name "IJayer" meson genuine Aspirin proved safe by millions of people. In efieh unbroken package of "Payer Tablets of Aspirin" you are told how to safely take this genuine Aspirin for ( olds, Head- j A>pi(in la oadr mark of Bar" Man«lat»«H MoaMMllcuUtSlf ol SalicylicaciJ It'n a (ionri Thhiq Ihr !\fhiistrr Didn't Comr Enrhf— < R"' Clu'tr the home of a friend, pretty 22- year-old Mm. Vera ln l>af fling the attempts of half a dnxen detective* In servlnic her an order of the Han Jose courts giving her nehe, Toothache, Karaoke, Neural gia, Lumbago, lUieumatism, Neu ritis and J'ain generally. Always say "Bayer" when buy ing Aspirin. Then look for the {safety rt ßnyer Cross" on the pack age and on the tablets. Handy tin boxes of twelve tab lets cost but a few cents. Drug p-H uUo sell larger packages. Father Una "There" husband, Whiter Trtviii, a clerk, the i'xi luslve custody of their V year-old daughter. Mrs. Travis nay* she deserted her husband because of non-support and that hlt« parents had taught the child to address her In vulgar \nd rude terms. lUkaum of these cir cumstances, she says, she was los ing control over her Uaby. South Australian assembly lias ro- J«- ted a bill for adult suffrafte for elections to the legislative council. JmwlH Twomenv a ONEASY U Icreditl' Doctor Tells H:w to Strengthen Eyesight 10 Per Cent in One Week's Tine in Many Instances A Free Prescription You Can Have tilled nnd t He nt Home PHII. ADKI.PHIA. Pa,—Do you wear glasses? Are you a victim of eye strain <>r other eye weaknesses? If so. you will be glad to know that according to Dr. I«ewls there is real hope for you. Many whose eyes Were fall;ns iv they have had their • yes festored thru the principle nf this Wonderful free prescription One man says, after trying it: "I was almost* blind; could not see to read at all Now I can read every thing without any glasses and my eyes do not water any more. At night they would pain dreadfully; now they feel fine all the time. It was like a miracle to me." a lady who used It lays; "The atmosphere seemed haxy with or without glasses, hut after using thin pre scription for 15 days everything seems clear 1 <«n even read fine pilot without glasses" It is believed that thousands who wear glasses tan now discard them In a reasona ble time and multitudes more will be able to ftreggth«n their eyes so as to be spurt d the trouble and expense of ever getting glasses. Uyu trou- PAGE 13 —By ALLMAN —By LEO P„ nrnsSRR By POP MOM AND ■ —Ru AUERN bl«»s of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by following the- simple rules. Her© is the pre scription: (Jo to any active druff • and get a bottle of Uon-Opto tablets. l>rop one Bon-Opto tablet 111 a fourth of a tflssa of water and al low to dissolve. With thin liquid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. Vou should notice your even dear up perceptibly right from "the ;tai t and Inflammation will quickly llsappear. If your eyes are both. • Tin* you. even a little, take steps to save them now before* it Is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have been saved if they had cared for their eyes In time. Note — Another prominent physician to whom Hi© above article was submitted, ••aid: "Bon-Opto in a very remarkable remedy It* constituent ingredlonta aie well known to eminent ey* specialists and widely prescribed by thein. The manu facturers snaranter It to atrengthen eye. sight to par cant in one week's time la many inatniters or refund the money. It tan l>e obtained from any good druggist and la one of the very few preparations 1 fw«l should be kepi on hand for rtfilir use In aliuoat every family.'* ft )« mkA in this olvjr by all druggists.