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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN.
L1RS, LULA VAN!!
FULTON, ARK,
Suggests to Suffering Women
the Road to Health
Pinkham'g Vegetable Compound for a
i soreness in my siae.
1 would suiter so bad
ly every month from
mv waist down that í
could not be on my
feet half the time. I
was not able to do my
work withniit. hpln I
saw your Vegetable
L.om pound adver
tised m a newspaper
and cava it a fair
trial. Nowlamablo
f A rist mtf rmwlr an1
uon i even nave a DacKacne every montn.
I cannot nmiaA vnnr Veo-otnhla Csm-
J ta. ti e
pound enough and highly recommend it
ia mose wno nave trouDies luce mine. 1
am willing for these facts to be used as
a testimonial to lead nil uhnauffor with
female troubles, aa I did, to the right
roaa ro neaiin. -mrs. liULA VANN,Box
43, Fulton, Arkansas.
nam 8 Vegetable Compound, given by
word of mouth and by letter, one woman
to another, that should cause you to con
sider taking this well-known medicine, if
you are troubled with such symptoms as
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miserable pains in your back, and can
not worn at certain times.
Here is a woman who is so grateful
and glad to be relieved from a painful
and nerve racking physical condition
that she wishes to tell all sick womon-
Wins Trade Through Music
A music dealer on East Forty-second
street, New York city, has a novel
scheme of attracting attention to his
photograph and record display, re
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window he placed a phonograph with
the horn flush against the window.
In a coal chute cover on the side
walk he bored several holes and con
cealed another machine beneath the
walk. Records are played on the ma
chine underneath the sidewalk. Pass-
ershy are mystified by the sounds com
Ing from beneath their feet. Natural
ly they turn to the phonograph store
for a solution.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOItIA, that famous old remedy
foi Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
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Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Movie Lore.
She had been reading "The Life and
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If you are stung by a bee, extract the
sting with n fine needle, and then ap
ply one of the remedies.
Backache Is a Warning!
Those agonizing twinges across the
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neys, bladder inflammation, dropsy or
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"I'LL GO WITH YOU."
SYNOPSIS. Looking over Big
Muskeg, a seemingly impassable
swamp In the path of the MlBsa
tlbl railroad, Joe Bostock, builder
of the line, and Wilton Carruthers,
chief of engineers, are considering
the difficulties. A rifle shot Instant-,
ly kUls Bostock and breaks Car-'
ruthers' arm. Carruthers tries to
carry the body to a post of the
Hudson's Bay company, where Mo
Donald Is the factor. McDonald's
daughter, Molly, sees Carruthers
struggling In the muskeg and drags
him from the swamp, with his bur
den. Unaccountably, her father
objects to her saving Carruthers.
Weakened by his wound and exer
tions, Carruthers Is disturbed by
the appearance of Tom Bowyer,
Bostock's business rival and per
sonal enemy. Bowyer Insults Mol
ly, and Carruthers strikes him.
Carruthers declares his love for
Molly. She promises to be his wife.
Carruthers has to reach the town
of Clayton to attend a meeting at
which Bostock's enemies plan to
wrest control of the MIssatlbl from
him. Molly determines to go with
him.
CHAPTER 111 Continued.
"When Joe's death came home to
me I thought things over In there,
and It seemed to me that the only
thing possible for me would be to go
before the shareholders and tell them
frankly what lay behind the enter
priseI mean the clay lands and their
development.
"Well, Molly, I've changed my mind.
I won't tell them. I'll keep control
for Kitty. And I'll advise the share
holders to proceed with the route
we've planned. I'll take the respon
sibility. Big Muskeg can be crossed.
It shall be.
"And I'll do more than that, Molly.
I'll get the shareholders' authoriza
tion before they know Joe's dead. If
they knew that, lfd be all up with the
line. Bowyer doesn't know. Nobody
knows except ourselves.
"I've told you all this, Molly, be
cause you have the right to know.
And Just as soon as we've won I shall
be In a position to ask you to be my
wife. Will you, dear?"
Molly turned and put her hands on
his shoulders.
"Tes, Will," she answered. "And I
hope with all my heart that you suc
ceed in carrying out Joe's plans. And
I believe you will. And I believe you
will find a way to cross Big Muskeg.
I see now that I must let you go,
though I can't bear to, Will. But now
I must say something. You know my
father"
"Doesn't altogether approve of me
as a son-in-law, to put It mildly," an
swered Wilton. "I can't make out the
reason for his dislike of me. The
"Yes, Will," She Answered.
first time I came here we struck up a
friendship that Jooked as If it would
be good for all time. Do you know
what the trouble is, Molly?"
"I'm afraid Tom Bowyer has been
influencing him against you. He has
a strong power over father. He helped
him in some way when he first came
to this country."
"Then that's another score ngalnst
our friend Bowyer," said Wilton.
"But I was going to say you see,
my father's mind has given way to
some extent since his stroke, and I
don't know, Will, dear, but I'm almost
afraid he is never going to be the
same man again. It started even be
fore his attack this feeling against
you, and his moroseness. It began
when Tom Bowyer was here last au
tumn. I'm afraid Bowyer slandered
you to father. And I think it was my
father's brooding over things that
really caused his Illness. So we'll just
have to be patient And I'm going to
ask you, for the present, not to say
anything about this to him.
Wilton promised, though with reluc
tance. He did not like the concealment
His mind, simple and direct worked
In straightforward ways. However,
he had beta too hard bit ver Joe's
BIG MUSKEG
By
VICTOR
death to make room for a new trou-
ble. And he could not have refused
Molly.
CHAPTER IV
"In the King's Namel"
But he worried over the situation
all night and in the morning Molly
saw with alarm that he was in a fe
verish condition. He should never
have left his bed, and the Journey
seemed impossible.
"I've got to go, Molly," was all
Wilton could say.
"Then," she said with sudden dec!
slon, "I shall go with you. You can'
travel alone. Your men may be faith'
ful enough, but it Is my right to go.
And you'll never get to the meeting
without some one to take care of you
on the way. That's my condition,
Promise me or else I'll lock the store
door, Will, and I've got a padlock that
even you couldn't force."
Molly seemed to be animated by a
resolution as feverish as bis own
Jules Halfhead had not fulfilled his
Intention of absenting himself, prob
ably on account of the storm, which
had made the security of the store
seem preferable to life in the forests,
He was faithful to the factor, and
had never deserted him in need. He
could take care of him during the four
or five days of her absence.
Wilton was forced to yield.
"But you must make sure that Jules
will stay," he said.
"He'll understand. He'll stay," an
swered the girl. "He's never run
away when I was gone to Moose
Lake or Winnipeg."
Molly went up to the factor's room
with the faint hope of reaching some
understanding of plumbing her fa
ther's feeling against Wilton and over
coming it
"Mr. Carruthers is getting ready to
go," she said. "He is very ill. He is
too weak to travel alone, but he must
take Joe Bostock's body back to Clay
ton."
"Oh, aye 1" said the factor, sneering,
"He needs care and attention during
the journey. So I am going with him,
The factor sat up in bed, transfixing
her with a look of fury. "You, lass
you will go with Wilton Carruthers to
Clayton 1" he cried. "Ye winna come
hame, then! Mark me, now.'I've done
with you for aye I Molly, lass, ye wluna
go I" he pleaded, with a sudden change
of tone. "Think of your good name In
Clayton I I havena reared ye to have
ye desert me in my old age and sick
ness, Molly."
She turned quickly away to keep
her tears from falling. "Jules can
take care of you for a few days, fa
ther," she said. "It's not as if you
were helpless. And his life is at
stake."
"And mebbe he'll die if you don't
stay with him when ye get to Clayton,
eh, lass?" rasped out the factor in
withering scorn.
That scorn nerved her ; to his weak
ness she had almost yielded. She went
down and dressed herself for the jour
ney. She helped Wilton on with a
macklnaw, and put a caribou robe In
the sleigh. Then, while the men were
harnessing the dogs, struck by a sud
den thought, she stooped and began
to examine the tracks of the snow
shoes about the edge of the portage.
They ran confusedly in all directions,
for the marks had been made by seven
different pairs those of Bowyer and
Chambers and their Indian; those of
Wilton and his two half-breeds ; those
of the deaf-mute.
Of these Wilton's were blurred and
almost indistinguishable, made by his
dragging feet as she pulled him up
from the swamp. But even had the
vague purpose in Molly's mind been
clear to her, there would have been
no need to examine those. The rest
were all similar in one respect none
had a broken string.
Wilton and Molly had arranged that
he was to travel In the sleigh, to which
a second had been attached, bearing
Joe's body in a roughly made coffin
constructed by the men. The dogs
were harnessed, and'ithey started.
It was a little more than fifty miles
to Clayton. Traveling along the
cleared road, the distance could be
covered easily .In two days. The
dogs . ran well, the weather was
clear and fine, and Wilton felt well
enough to walk a good deal. Their
dinner was almost like a picnic. By
evening the railhead had come into
sight In the distance, the empty camp,
the long sheds with the miscellany of
supplies, the locomotive shops, and the
great ballast pits beside the line.
As the dogs climbed the last hill
there came yelping from the cleared
way behind them. Looking back, they
perceived a sled approaching. Two
men walked beside it and the dogs,
sighting Wilton's, yelped in challenge,
which was taken tip in an outburst of
answering growls.
'- The sled drew In toward them, and
the men resolved themselves into a
sergeant and a constable of the mount
ed police. Wilton had stopped his
dogs, but the newcomers did not halt
and went on. with curt greetings,
toward the cache.
A little surprised at their abruptness,
Wilton let the sled precede his sleigh.
As the dogs were eager for their meal,
he sent PaplUoa ahead with them, and
ROUSSEAU
followed more leisurely with Molly.
They arrived at the cache a few min
utes after the half-breeds, to find the
two policemen waiting for them, while
the two men were unharnessing the
dogs. Andersen, the old Swedish care
taker, was standing beside Joe's coffin
with a stunned look on his face. The
policemen were not of prepossessing
appearance. The elder man, the ser
geant, was about forty years of age.
He had fair hair, drooping mustache,
a slight cast in one eye, and an ex
pression of sullen insolence. His com
panion, a short, stocky young fellow,
looked hardly less surly and evidently
ill at ease.
"Evening, Mr. Carruthers," said the
sergeant bruskly. Tm sergeant Pe
ters, and this is Constable Myers.
That's Joe Bostock's body you're bring
ing in, I guess."
Wilton was staggered. "Yes, it's
Joe," he said, gulping. "How did you
get the news?"
The policemen exchanged glances.
Peters smiled scornfully under his
long mustache. "It's known, all right
The Two Policemen Came In.
It's our Job to know them things," he
answered. "I'm taking charge of It
to bring It in for the Inquest"
'But you are not from Clayton," said
Wilton, who, of course, knew all the
members of the small force of police
that was stationed there.
"We're from the Pas," answered the
sergeant shortly.
From the Pas 1 That explained how
the sled had come along the road be
hind him. Bowyer must have discov
ered the fact of Joe's death In some
manner, and had probably spread the
news. Wilton , surmised that Jules
Halfhead had somehow managed to
indicate the fact to him.
The constable solved his problem.
"We was on patrol," he vouchsafed.
"And we met parties who told us
about Joe Bostock having met with an
accident, and that you was bringing
him in."
"That'll be all I" snapped the ser
geant, looking angrily at Myers, who
subsided promptly. "I guess this
young woman is Molly McDonald?" he
continued.
"This lady Is Miss McDonald," said
Wilton angrily, "and you'll keep a civil
tongue In your head, sergeant"
Peters looked him up and down Inso
lently, and for a moment or two the
men faced each other in an aggressive
attitude. Then the sergeant sneering,
iwung on his heel. Wilton did not
know what to make of his attitude, for
the police were always friendly.
Andersen's room was placed at Mol
ly's disposal, and after Wilton had
seen to her comfort he went outside
the shack.
The dogs were yelping and snarling
over their fish from the cache. Pa-
plllon had Just finished feeding them,
and Wilton thought Peters had been
speaking to him. Probably the ser
geant was trying to obtain informa
tion.
The Swede came up to Wilton, hold
ing a pan of sizzling brown potatoes.
"I can't believe it, Mr. Carruthers,"
he said. "Only last week he passed
through here with you. Gosh, he was
a fine man, Joe was I How did it hap
pen? And you're hurt yourself, sir,"
be continued, glancing at Wilton's arm.
Joe was shot at my side la the
woods. The same bullet hit me. I
don't know who fired the shot But
I'm going to know," said Wilton
grimly.
"My God, it's all tip with the line
yetl" muttered the old man, with
drawing to his fire.
Wilton looked at Molly, who had
come out of the bedroom and was
standing near him. Andersen's excla
mation had gaged the whole situation.
Wilton felt physically nauseated by
the heat in the shack, the unpleasant
ness of the situation, and a recurrence
of pain in his wound.
He went over to Andersen. "Do you
happen to know either of those fel
lows" he asked.
mí
"I never saw them before, sir," said
the old man. "I guess they ain't from
these parts, from the looks and the
ways of 'em."
"There's a new lot come up from
Yorkton lately. Maybe they shifted
these to the Pas when they sent some
of the Pas men on to Clayton," Wilton
reflected. He turned to Molly. "Any
way, we'll start bright and early," he
said. "I suppose we'll have to have
those fellows' company as far as Clay
ton. But I wonder" He paused. "I
wonder whether Joe would forgive me
for leaving him in the bands of
strangers for a while, If it were for
Kitty?" he mused.
The two policemen came in, looking
surly and uncommunicative as ever.
After a hurried meal, eaten almost in
silence, Molly said good-night to Wil
ton and went into the caretaker's
room. As the door closed behind her
Wilton, saw the two men look after
her. The constable whispered some
thing to the sergeant and both
chuckled.
Wilton's blood was boiling, but he
controlled himself. This was for Kitty,
and his debt to Joe.
The policemen prepared to lie down.
Andersen was already snoring upon
the floor. The half-breeds, however.
had not come in, and Wilton, gclng to
the stables, found them curled up
among the huskies.
"You fellows had better come Into
the shack," be said, "unless you want
to freeze."
Paplllon refused. "Them d n dogs
will fight each other," ho said, "if we
don't stay here."
. "Just as you like," said Wilton.
It was not unusual for rival teams
of huskies to attack each other, but
such antipathy generally developed
from the first, and the dogs seemed
contented enough. He went back to
the shack and lay down, turning over
in his mind what he was projecting,
but he was utterly worn out, and fell
asleep before he was aware of it
When he opened his eyes it was al
ready dawn. The policemen were
dressed and standing outside the
shack, conversing In low tones. An
dersen was peeling potatoes for break
fast. Wilton heard Molly moving with
in the room, and his doubts fell from
him. He had been upset by the surli
ness of the two men ; he had had vague
suspicions not justified in fact He
determined to put his proposal to
them.
He walked over to the sergeant who
was Just re-entering the shack with
his companion.
"I suppose you fellows are thinking
of starting at once, after breakfast,"
he suggested.
"The sergeant looked him up and
down. "That's about the size of It"
he growled. "Got any objection?"
Wilton resolutely Ignored the af
front "I've got Important business in Clay
ton, affecting Mr. Bostock's Interests,"
he said. "It Is very important that his
death should not be known there until
midday tomorrow."
The constable, who was leaning
against the door-post, chewing the end
of a twig, started slightly. Peters
fixed Wilton with his crooked stare.
"Bather a nervy thing to propose,
Mr. Carruthers I" he sneered.
"Maybe, but it's a business matter
affecting Mr. Bostock's wife," said Wil
ton, loathing himself for making the
request but nerving himself to do so
by the thought of Kitty. "If the newa
of his death reaches Clayton before
the time I've mentioned, some people
who are antagonistic to Mr. Bostock's
Interests will Jump at the chance to
turn it to account It will mean a
heavy loss to Mrs. Bostock. You've
come a long way, and you could quite
reasonably wait till afternoon on ac
count of the dogs. That will bring you
in before noon tomorrow. And If you
can see your way to It, you two won't
be the losers."
The sergeant eyed him more inso
lently than ever. "So that's the pro
gram, Is it?" he answered. "Well, keep
your mind easy. The news won't be
known in Clayton tonight nor tomor
row neither. We ain't going to Clay
ton." " "You're not ehT Then where the
devil are you going?" cried Wilton,
nettled almost beyond endurance at
the man's demeanor.
"We're taking Joe Bostock's body
back to the Pas," retorted the ser
geant "That's what we come here
for." ' i
"The Pas? This Isn't In the Pas
Jurisdiction!" '
"It ain't eh? Perhaps It's in yours,
thenr
"See here," cried Wilton In exas
peration, "Clayton has its own police
detachment as yon know perfectly
well. Your route doesn't lie in this
direction. Joe Bostock's home's there.
He's going to be burled there. And his
body isn't going to be dragged here
and there about the country by a
couple of fool policemen. Ill make
things pretty warm for yon If yon try
any game like that" t
"Keep your hands up, both of
you. Give me the revolver,
Molly!",
(TO BJt CONTINGSDU
He says he has smoked
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Let Mr. Baldwin's letter give you
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Gentlemen:
I think that I ira entitled to be called
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When I commenced using It I was
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He gave me a box tor which he charged
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In 1906 or 1907 1 went to So. Carolina
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Yours truly,
(Signed) H. F. Baldwin
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