The silver messenger., February 02, 1909, Image 2

About The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912

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Mr. Barnes,
American
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Archibald Qavering Gunter
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Mr. Barnes of New York
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SYNOPSIS.
Burton H. Barnea, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
lish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anatruth
•r. and his Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter of the Paolia, from the mur
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves, Enid Anstruther, sister of the Eng
lish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajac
cio to Marseilles on board the French
Steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur
sues and as the
board the train l
ie quartet are about to
for London at Marseilles,
Marina Is handed a mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi
tates a postponement of the journey.
Barnes gets part of the mysterious note
and receives letters which Inform him
that he la marked by the vepdetta. He
an American detective and plans
the vendetta at their own game,
for the purpose of securing the safety
of the women Harnes arranges to have
Lady Chartrls lease a secluded villa at
Nlco to which the party Is to be taken
In a yacht. Suspicion Is created that
Marina Is In league with the Corsicans.
A man, believed to be Correglo Danella,
Is seen passing the houae and Marina Is
thought to have given him a sign. Ma
rina refuses to explain to Barnes which
fact adds to hla latent suspicions. Barnes
of the party are
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f ilana for tha safety
earned by the Coreli
rarrylng their party to the local landing
M followed by two men. One of the
horseman 1» supposed to bn Correglo.
They try to murder the American. The
rook on the varlit—a Frenchman—Is sus
cans.
peeled of complicity In the plot.
CHAPTER IV.—Continued.
"You can wager your grog money,
Barnes, you'd be happier if you'd
spliced before taking this cruise," ob
serves Anstruther, sotto voce to his
friend. "You'd have a bride with you,
like me. Now, no danger of pirates
boarding us, Marina and I can forget
care for a few days In—In love."
"You may, I cannot," remarks Bur
ton, grimly.
"Ah, Enid's a little offish, is she?
Won't come up even and say good
night," grins the sailor. "Didn't like
your not accepting what was offered
you, eh? When you get a chance take
tt, my hearty, especially with girls.
Now if you'd hunted up the minister,
as I recommended to-day, you wouldn't
have to stow yourself away on the
cabin settee to-night."
This sea-dog suggestion Is so dis
quieting that poor Burton paces the
deck and sighs.
The boat has now returned, and as
the men scramble on deck, Edwin de
mands: "Did you put your passenger
on shore at Bandol?"
"Aye, aye, sir, but the loon went up
the dock as cautious as If he feared
land sharks."
This revives in Barnes' mind Em
ory's warning, "Suspect everybody!"
The vessel 1 b soon under way again.
He paces the deck smoking his cigar
and thinking: "No one can board us
In all probability unobserved. We are
safe here with the Scotch crew and
the Scotch mate." Suddenly the cigar
drops from Barnes' fingers; with a
start he nutters to himself: "By
heaven, no Scotchman ever concocted
that filet mignon and that creme d'as
perge. There's one man on this boat
I must keep my eye upon."
"Thinking of land Bharks," laughs
.Auatruther, slapping him on the back.
"No," answers Barnes, shortly, "I
was meditating on cur French cook!"
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CHAPTER V.
"For the Love of Heaven Don't Kill
tho CookI"
To this rather astonishing announce
ment the young English naval officer
says: "By Jove, the beggar did gtve
us a good dinner."
"Too good!" remarks Barnes, glootn
tty.
"You wouldn't say that," replies Ed
win, "if you bad been knocking round
the orient on wardroom commons for
the last year. What do you mean by
'too good?' No cook is too good."
"And yet I'd feel easier," is Burton's
comment, "If the fellow had given us
lob-scouse, plum-duff, roast beef and
dishes a plain Johnny Bull cook would
have been apt to concoct. I don't pro
pose to blindly trust anyone with for
eign associations. They may be all
right, and they may not. So I'm going
to Investigate this fellow."
"If you And anything suspicious
about him," replies Anstruther, grimly, j
"I'll put him ashore if he can make
salt horse taste like broiled chicken."
Acting on this, by a few deft ques
tions to the members of the watch on
deck, Barnea discovers that the nauti
cal chef's name is Felix Leboeuf.
' That's as I twang it," remarks Gillie, !
who Is standing at the wheel giving!
him the information. "Coswhlte, Mr.
Jamieson's regular cook, went along
vith him to the auld country, and this
chlel only come aboard to-day to take
his place 1' the galley."
"Hum, a new arrival?"
"Aye, air, and the men dinca like
him o'er mnckle. Thae loon puts gar
lic 1' th' lob-scouse."
At this B*k*nse laughs «Mghtly, strolls
forward and takes a look Into the
cook's galley. The fires are out and
the regular snoring that Issues from it
shows the Frenchman Is asleep upon
his cook chest. • "I don't think I4J trou
ble him to-night," sleepily thinks the
American, hesitating to disturb the
rest of an artist who had given him
such a dinner, "but to-morrow morn
ing I'll have a chat with Monsieur of
the dishpans."
The next morning the sun rises
brightly on the Mediterranean; its
waves are silver. The yacht's course
during the night has placed the little
pleasure craft well out upon the open
sea, Corsica to the southeast of her.
Apparently, the night's rest has in
creased the ladles' vivacity and the
certainty of no danger being near them
has improved their spirits.
"Everybody hungry, I hope!" cries
Barnes cheerfully, notwithstanding his
greeting from his fiancee has been
rather formal as they sit down to a
delightful breakfast sent in by the
artist of the galley and served by the
Scotch steward.
Apparently the pleasant meal pro
duces almost frivolity in Miss An
struther; she cries enthusiastically:
"And coffee with tho aroma of Mocha,
and this omelette worthy of the Maison
Dore! I feet a3 if I were in Paris. We
have a great man in the galley, my
brother."
"Yes, the fellow forward could put
appetite into anyone," assents Barnes,
assisting Edwin to do duty on the
beefsteak.
"If we could arrange that we run
about from one little harbor to an
other, I think the cruise could be made
quite enjoyable," remarks Enid, strug
gling to bo vivacious, but, catching an
abrupt gleam of passion in her bk
trothed's face, her eyes that might
even now have been his bride's eyes,
grow suddenly haughty, though the
young lady's fair lips emit some hid
den sighs as she attempts the re
mainder of her breakfast.
Some little time after, chancing to
glance up from his work with his
knife, the sailor husband stays his eat
ing as he places honeymoon eyes upon
his bride. For Marina is asking ner
vously: "Any signs of pursuit during
the night?"
"Pursuit?" sneers the tar. "Do you
think our friend Clprlano Danella has
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a couple of revenue cutters in commis
sion to run us down? The Seagull is
quick enough to show her heels to
most sailing craft. Besides, how can
he tell what course we've taken? On
the water we are safe. When we land
the climax of this affair begins." Then
the sailor suddenly exclaims; "My
heavens, what's the matter, dear
one?" for at her husband's last sugges
tion, Marina, though she utters no
word, has grown of a sickly pallor.
"Nothing," stammers the bride, hid
ing her face from his glance by pick
ing up her table implements, "only I
am not a very good sailor, therefore
this delightful cuisine has no charni
for me."
As the young Corsican lady rises
from the table the English girl gets up
also; she seems to be anxious to end
her contiguity to a betrothed whose
reproachful glances at her cold and
rather haughty face have grown em
barrassing.
."Would that I dared to take Marina
over the surges of the Atlantic to Eng
land." mutters the young husband
moodily, us Enid and his spouse disap
pear into their staterooms,
i About this time the mate, Mr. Gra
ham, puts his head down the compan
ionway and announces that Frenchy,
the cook, is Jabbering for something
that none of them can make out
some folderol or other for his work.
This gives llarnes the opportunity
that lie wishes of examining the only
foreigner on board. He steps up the
companion ladder and strolls forward.
Monsieur Leboeuf, a dapper little
Frenchman In immaculate white apron
and cook's can, his moustache brls
tling ferociously and his black eyes
blazing. Is savagely smoking a cigar
Barnes offers him
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0ll,8 * de hi* galley,
cries the llttle Gaul "C'est mag
! ntflque! Not a man understands ven I
demand ze Implements of ray art.''
yachts before?" remarks the Ameri
can, diplomatically,
a cigarette and thanks him for the two
delightful meals he has furnished
them.
"Ah, you speak a little French,"
"But you have been on English
"Mals, out, vith my Lord Edgarton
and vith Monsieur Ogilvie ze Scotch.
They had ze big steamboats. Their
stewards spoke ze language of la belle
France. But on zis leetle vessel no
one understands ven from zem I de
I mand ze proper Implements of my pro
fesslon, so at once I must be put on
shore to buy une couloire. If it is not
to me, I cannot steam the pouding a
l'Angai8, my masterpiece."
Mr. Barnes discovers that Leboeuf
wishes a colander.
"All right, you want some holes in a
tin pan." The pistol shot steps into
the galley. "Will this one do?"
A moment after he has climbed out
and hung it on the end of the main
boom which runs well out over the
stern of the schooner. Producing his
revolver and standing amidship, the
American calls out to the ladies below
not to be frightened at the reports as
he is going in for pistol practice. Then
he makes the tin pan his target and
very shortly the Frenchman is scream
ing in astonishment: "Diable, an artist
vith ze shoot! Sacre bleu, my Initials,
F. L., in round holes all In ze bottom."
"Might as well keep my hand in,"
thinks Mr. Barnes, and forthwith gives
an exhibition of marksmanship that
causes the crew to cheer. He smashes
bottles flung heiter skelter in the air
by the Jack-tars and puts bullets
through potatoes tossed on high.
Finally he tacks a playing card on the
tip of the bowsprit and shoots the
spots out of it.
"This will be a warning to this dish
pan artist, who is the only man of the
crew of whom I feel a doubt, not to
make me shoot at him," cogitates the
marksman, grimly.
But his exploits with the pistol seem
to enthuse the Frenchman, rather than
dismay him. In his excited Latin way,
Leboeuf shouts louder than anyone on
deck and fairly screams with Gallic
enthusiasm as Barnes winds up by
placing a card on edge and splitting It
with his unerring bullet. <
Later on Monsieur Leboeuf sets Mr.
Barnes to thinking again. He makes
his appearance and demands deter
minedly that the yacht anchor off
some landing where they can obtain
fresh ice.
"Nonsense!" dissents the American.
"Emory told me enough was put on
board yesterday to last for several
days."
"Then Monsieur has been robbed by
ze Ice-man," answers the Frenchman.
"If Monsieur vil observe," he leads the
way to his galley, which connects with
the vessel's ice-chest. ■ Opening this,
he remarks: "Ze cold storage, it has
all run out. Ver is It? Gone! Voila,
not enough for ices ce soir; not
enough to frappe ze champagne; not
enough to preserve ze legumes and ze
beurre."
Barnes discovers that what Leboeuf
tells him is correct. During this hot
weather ice is absolutely an essential.
After a short consultation with Edwin,
Anstruther grumbllngly sets the Sea
gull's course for the French coast.
Three hours before sunset they an
chor in the little harbor of St. Tropez.
Looking at the retired old French sea
port, Edwin remarks: "I don't think
there's much danger of these Corsican
assassins discovering us in this out-of
the-way place for a few hours," and
sends the dingy on shore carrying
Monsieur Leboeuf and directing him
to make the necessary purchases and
bring them off at once.
"We'll keep the ladies safe on board,
and no shore boats shall come along
side," says the skipper.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
FIGHT WITH SAVAGE LION.
Adventurous Hunter Paid for 8port
With His Life.
From the Sudan comes the report of
a fierce fight between a wounded lion
and a government engineer, which
ended in the death of the latter, an
Englishman named C. H. Salmon.
Salmon, while on hoard the steamer
Metemmah, between Fashoda and
Melut, on the White Nile, discovered
a lion among the bushes on the shore.
Taking a gun, he went ashore asking
those on board not to follow him. He
shot twice at the lion, one bullet tak
ing effect in the lion's shoulder and
the other in the abdomen. After a
struggle of a few minutes, which
seemed to be his death agony, the lion
lay motionless. Salmon approached
and the lion pounced upon him, and
threw him to the ground and began
to maul him. The engineer held the
lion's neck and endeavored to draw
his knife, but before he succeeded the
lion had bitten his thigh and crushed
his toes. He gave the beast a stab in
the eyes. This Infuriated the animal,
which snapped at the man's hand, bad
ly lacerating and smashing it. The
pain of the knife thrust, however, was
too much for the animal and he start
ed to retreat. The crew of the steamer
now arrived upon the scene. They
killed the exhausted lion with
out much difficulty and carried
the unfortuftate hunter to the boat,
which then sailed with all possible
spe d to Fashoda. where he was taken
to the hospital and received mert'eal
attention, only to expire of his injuries
when removed to Khartum.
Gigantic Potatoes.
Big potatoes which weigh as much
as a man are not often seen. A small
consignment of them, however, has
just been sent off from the West In
dies. There were just six potatoes,
and each was largo enough to feed a
big family. Yam Is the popular name
applied to this variety of giant sweet
potato. The tubers usually attain a
length of three feet and an average
weight of 30 pounds. Yams weighing
from 100 to 150 pounds, however, are
by no means uncommon In the West
Indies and other parts of the tropics
where they thrive. In appearance the
yams look much like the ordinary po
tatoes on a greatly enlarged scale.
They are black or brown externally
and pale within, and are rich in starch.
When boiled they have a very pleae
i gjg.t flavor.
OAVE THE POTATO WATER.
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Much of Most Nutritious Part of Vege
table Is in It.
The water in which pared potatoes
have been boiled should never be
wasted, as it contains much of the
most nutritious part of the potato, but
it Is usually thrown away, except
when used for bread. To make a
delicious, wholesome gravy when
milk is scarce lift out the potatoes
carefully with a fork,%etting the dish
In the oven to dry the potatoes and
keep them warm. Thicken the potato
water with flour and season with salt
and butter. For a savory, nourishing
soup, mash a few potatoes and put
them back into the water in which
they were boiled, season with onion,
celery salt, or the water in which
celery tops have been boiled, and add
cream or milk and butter. This is one
of the most palatable and economical j
soups that can be made. If the soup
is not wanted immediately the potato
water can be saved for the next meal
or until the next day, or the soup can
be made at once, as it is equally good
warmed up for a lateral meal.
Baked Oysters.
For every 25 oysters take two table
spoonfuls of cream, the yolks of two
eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, one
tablespoonful of flour, one teaspoonful
of chopped parsley, one teaspoonful
of salt and red pepper to taste. Drain
the oysters. Strain the liquor. Re
turn the liquor to the Are, add the but
ter and flour rubbed together until
smooth, and stir until it thickens.
Beat the yolks of the eggs light, add
the cream, and add to the oyster
liquor with chopped oysters. Stir over
the fire for a minute only. Season
and fill the greased shells with the
mixture. Either oyster, ordinary seal
top or silver shells may be used. Cover
the top with fine bread crumbs, and
brown In a quick oven.
Potato Chocolate Cake.
Do not he afraid to try this cake be
cause it sounds queer. It is delicious
and will keep indefinitely. Two-thirds
of a cup of butter, two cups of granu
lated sugar, one cup of mashed pota
toes, hot, one-half cup of sweet milk,
two cups of flour, four eggs, two tea
spoons baking powder, heaping, one
half cake of unsweetened chocolate,
one-half teaspoon each of cloves and
cinnamon, one cup of chopped walnut
meats.
Mix sugar and butter to a
cream. Add eggs and milk, then po
tato mashed smooth and hot; also
chocolate which has been allowed to
dissolve over the teakettle,
baking powder, spice and nuts. Bake
in a moderate oven.
Flour,
Bran Muffins.
For the more substantial side of the
tea table a new biscuit is the bran
muffin which is a nonfattening and
very delectable edible that must be
eaten slowly and masticated thorough
ly. To make these muffins take two
cups of fine bran, one cup of flour,
one and one-half cup ef sour milk,
one-quarter of a cup of butter, three
tablesp.oonfuls of molasses and one tea
spoonful of soda. Mix the dry ingre
dients and then add the molasses
mixed with the sour milk (creamed),
and beat vigorously. Bake thorough
ly in small tin rings in a slow oven.
Serve hot, buttering them first before
bringing them to the table.
Time Savers in the Kitchen.
If you will bend the point of your
paring knife you will find it much
easier to remove eyes from potatoes,
pineapples, etc.
If the handle of the spoon used for
hasting meats and fowls be bent close
to the bowl of the spoon it will "dip
up" easily.
Run stale pieces of bread through '■
food chopper to clean it after grind
ing meat, raisins, etc.
Economical Doughnuts.
Beat an egg very light with a cup |
of sugar, add a cup of milk, not stir- j
ring this in, then put in quickly a half
a grated nutmeg, a half teaspoonful !
of salt, and three teaspoonfuls of bak- [
ing powder sifted with enough flour I
to make a dough that can be rolled
out. Boil in deep fat to which a little
salt has been added. This last pre
caution will keep the doughnuts from
absorbing the grease.
Salted Peanuts.
Shell and take the skin from fresh
ly roasted peanuts. In a baking pan
melt butter, stir the peanuts into this
until well coated, then roast, stirring
often, until light brown^ Draw the
pan to the door of the oven for two
minutes, then turn the nuts into a
colander and shake hard to dislodge
superfluous salt. Spread on a large
platter to get dry and crisp.
Make Your Oleo.
Melt one pound of beef tallow and
strain through a sieve. Mix with one
pound of good butter and put on the
stove again to melt together. Pour in
bowl. Fur frying beefsteak, potatoes,
In fact, anything. Reaches twice as
far as one pound of butter and has
lard beat a mile.
In a convenient spot in the kltch
en keep u box of new wood tooth
picks for use in testing bread and
cake when baking. The old way of
Try Cake with Toothpicks.
using a broom straw is, to say the
least, unsanitary.
To Keep the Iron Handle Cool.
In making iron holders slip a little
piece of asbestos between the outside
and the filling. This will absolutely
prevent burning through the holder,
and the holder will last twice as long.
—Delineator.
To Clean Aluminum Ware.
Use sour milk to clean aluminum
ware and it will be as bright as new.
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Love-making a Fine Art.
"Cupid, the Surgeon," by Herman
Lee Meader, is so full of wit and hu
mor as to make it one of the greatest
of mirth-provokers of the season. One
suspects that Mr. Meader has spent a
good deal of time practicing what he
preaches; for, If one scratches off the
varnish of humor, one finds a great
fleal of shrewd sense underneath. Mr.
Header's wit is as pungent as a whiff
of ammonia, but it never lacks the
bubbling good nature of the prover
bial fat man. Every page of the book
has a picture In color by "Pal"; and
the whole get-up is strikingly origi
nal. Mr. Meader believes that love
making is a fine art, and readers oi
"Cupid the Surgeon," will undoubted
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The Ivory Nut.
The ivory nut, which is so much
used by button manufacturers, is the
fruit of a species of palm which grows
in Central and South America. It
forms a valuable crop, particularly in
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
To those to whom the Christmas
season means peace and good will
and the assuming of an optimistic
frame of mind toward mankind in gen
eral, the Deceber Everybody's will
carry a direct and appealing message.
The leading article, "The Sunday
Lady of 'Possum Trot," is by John L.
Mathews, and tells of the courage and
enthusiasm of a southern woman who
has given up her life to the uplifting
and useful education of her mountain
people. President Roosevelt is also
a contributor to this number. The
fiction portion of the magazine Is of
the high-class order.
The Boy and His Dad.
A boy who has the brotherly inter
est of his father is lucky. Sometimes
a wild lad does not seem to have much
In common with his father and it will
some
be f be mother's task to discover
thing which they can do together—
P' a y dominoes, chess, read the same
t>ook or anything to give a kindred
sympathy.
A series of articles on Lincoln's life
and character—to include hitherto un
published documents from his pen and
that of one of his secretaries will be
one of the strong features of The Cen
tury in 1909. Frederick Trevor Hill'
has written of "The Lincoln-Douglas
Debates," the fiftieth anniversary of
which occurs this
year; and there will
be later papers on "Lincoln as a Boy
Knew Him," "Lincoln as a Peace Ne
gotiator," "Lincoln and the Theater,"
etc.
Teach Zoology to Blind.
Even blindness Is not allowed to
prevent the children of Paris from
learning natural history and knowing
what birds and beasts are like. A class
at tht Parisian school for the blind Is
taught by the use of a fine collection
of stuffed animals, which the pupils
learn to recognize by the touch.
Marital Missiles.
At a Lynn (Mass.) wedding recent
ly bright new coins were thrown after
the departing bride and
groom. This
Is a decided improvement on the rice
and old shoe method of wishing good
luck to the departing pair,
H. Rider Haggard's
8erial
' Tbe Ghost Kings." which is running
In Gunter's Magazine, is of absorbing
charm, and it promises to be
the greatest magazine
The action is moving rap
idly, and the present instalment Is
replete with surprises worthy of the
famous author of "She."
new
one of
successes
of
the year.
The Chinamen's Long 8ult,
The Chinaman should never consent
to blossom out as a fighting maD. Hla
long suit is peace, the truck garden
and the non-combative hoe.—Los An
geles Times.
Curiou*.
On« of the most curious things In
the world is a woman, who, having
fallen in love with a man because of
his wit, talks so much after their mat*
riage that he never gets a chance to
show whether he is able to keep on
being witty or not.
In the November number of The
North American Review, Professor
Goldwin Smith discusses "Party Gov
ernment." He traces the movements
in English politics which resulted in
the formation of two distinct parties
representing two distinct policies,!
end, in the light, of what is happen
ing in the political world In Great)
Britain, Canada and the United
States, he is inclined to come to the!
conclusion that the party system Is!
nearing an end, and that, In the fu
ture, men will co-operate In elections
In accordance with their views upon
the issues actually presented to them,
The Wifely Letter.
A woman sent in a fire alarm yestei*
day when she posted a letter. It must
have been to her husband.—Chicago
Evening Post.
Get a Patent.
Your Invention may be valuable and
should be patented. Send for free In
formation and advice to H. J. ROBIN
SON, Patent Attorney. P. O. Box 544,
Salt Lake City.
Man's Peculiar Ways.
It Is a curious fact that a man who
travels hundreds of miles and submits
to many .discomforts for the sake of
getting a chance to whip a stream will
indignantly refuse to beat a carpet
when he might do It with little
trouble right at home.
or no
In his discussion of "My Experi
ences With, and Views Upon,
Tariff" in the Christmas Century, Mr.
Carnegie explains that
upon the subject—"which I still hold
as firmly as ever and
changed"—were formed in the early
sex enties by Adam Smith, "who was'
not the bigoted 'free trader' he is gen
erally supposed to have been, and by
John Stuart Mill's celebrated para
graph which sums up the matter."
the
his views
have never
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said the nîrt'nhn f a " the world '"
. philos °P her . "and yet. 11
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Greatheart," by H. C.
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pllshment of
accom
our age. It recalls great
and beloved titles In historic fiction
DavMH ,?T e and Ho,lr >- Esmond,
Eavid Balfour and Richard Yea and
Nay—and beside them
achievement
place. It Is
seems an
not
unworthy
an extraordinarily fine
omance, one of strength and satisfy
*ng in every
can be safely
of clean
of Its
It Is a story that
recommended to lovers
, fascinating fiction,
n.-med by the Bobbs-Merrlll
Indianapolis, Ind.
> way.
Pub
company,
_ Eternal Truth.
Trifles make perfection, but perfee
Uon is no trifle. Michael Angelo
A story of unusal interest to west
erners Is "The Venom of the Poppy '•
n?r n n feaU,re 0f Sn ' lth 's Maga
s ôry the mb6r ~ a 8tr0nB ' c,ev "
story, the scene of which
usua, 0rn iV n addlUOn there 18
usual large number of excellent
is laid in
each Issue.