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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-01-22
TIIEMLUCK Of RASTUS

fore she Jumped Up an said: Nav.
you gotter help me cancel all dem in
vites. right quick. cause dey won't
be no reception heah tonight. DO
hurry!'
"De ole lady looked like she'd drop
IN 4 faint. What on earth done all
you, Gracs?' she Ak. What's In dat
letter? Lemme read It dis very
mint
do young lady didn't pay no ten.
ton q tall. She set down fore her
desk an writ an writ faster den l
evan sec anybody chase a pen, an in
test about five minits she had q pile
Nv notes ready for me to '%stribute.
"Ill give you a dollar apiece to
| deliver dem letters she says. Don't
| fergit a single one. cause de mattah 10
| ve'y important
We'll. sub, mebbe I didn't hustle.
, Dey was eighteen notes to deliver, an
done 1t all inside Nv two hours.
When de folks axed questions ! say,
like de lady told me, Miss Grace amt
we'll OATS all she say fob me to
| tell 'em. AT 9 o'clock l was back an
she gimme eighteen dollars sure
enough In spite OF her maw's ob1ec-
| tons, which was ve'y strong, for dc
ole lady was still mad as q hornet
Now says de young lady, i got one
noah letter for you to take care NV,
an when I gifts de answer you're goin'
to heah from me right off, SO leave ne
your address SOS l can write to YOU
We'll, Sub, dat last letter was adj
dressed to Mr.. Jack Winters in Brazil
de answer to de one | found In de
coat. Long about five weeks later,
when III begun to tink Mr.. Jack WIN
tiers never got his letter after all, mere
come a note from de young lady sayln'
she wanted me to call at a certain
Office down town. where I'd n sum
PIN to "int'rest me. What you s'pose
I found? Five nice new I'VE dollar
bills. sure as you're bawn. sub. De
gent dat handed 'em to me said Nit
Jack Winters ordered de money to be
delivered to me. He said he was Mr.
Jacks brother, an de ve'y man what
forgot to mail DAT letter, not dat ne
actually plum forgot, but when he
looked in his pocket an found it gone
he jest natchully lowed he'd done
dropped it wild oder letters in the box
an never give it anoder thought.
He said Mss Grace come mighty
near bein' persuaded into havin' al
oder MAJ dat she as we'll as promised
her nav to take dat ve'y night
brung her de letter what broke up d.
pahty. He mentioned dat Miss Grace
an Mr.. Jack aimed to git married sool
as he could git back from Brazil.
We'll. sub. dem torty-three dollar
bought cut lie panther Nv de man wha
ulster run dis barber shop when |
warn't what it am now. tented
strictly to business for six months
when | bought out de oder pahtner an
set up FOR myself. Dat warn't mucl
moah'n two years ago. You see TO
yourself, sub, how well done. 1t al
come from fndin' cat letter. Ii da
warn't luck what was 1t. Suh?"-Nev
York Times.
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$780, ~ nahAsaeN L:A.~NA@&a&GEn& &
nssor, ponner.s sgns.

..Rut you told me-" said Elyin, chok-
ing with rage, and made worse by Tor
reyo's GOODNESS; you told me that he
was your own nephew"
"Certainly-and 8 he is."
Both Elyin and Starne stood aghast
at this. This was the most monument
| al cheek they had ever seen.
HE is Horizons nephew and mine
ALSO said Torrevo, as If it was a mat
ter Of no Importance. you see, cap
tain, Horizons sister married my
brother"
"Liar!" shouted Starne. Horton
had but one sister. She is now In New
York, and her name is Cleverdale."
THAT is true, ALSO" said Torrevo,
| with an imperturbability that vas
amazing. "Sho married Senior Clever
| dale after my brother died"
Put this boys name is Cleverdale."
Eyes, they gave him that. He was
only a year old when my brother died"
"Dut you sent him to ne &c spy, ard
report all to Horton"
Captain, you are mistaken. l DID
not send him to you at all. You saw
his handwriting and took him. Did
say for you to take him?"
Enough Of this talk!" exclaimed
Starne. "You have told US a pack Of
lies. l know that Horizons sister was
never married but once, and thai time
1t was to Cleverdale. Torrevo, you are
a traitor and you must pay the penalty
Where is that boy?"
THAT is what I was going to ash
you. You took him. / want him back
He Is very valuable to me on thu
schooner.
"You will never see the schoone
!, again." shouted Starne.
, T%orreyo's quick eye saw the CLEAN
OF a pistol. He had non himself, Blu
] in the t%winkling OF an eye he had pro
duced a long knife. and sprang upol
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Quaint French Town

of view, all artists have agreed that
there is no place to equal La Frette.
To the lett Of the village is the park
of Maisons Lafitte. and facing the
park Is Cartrouville, while opposite
lies the forest of st. German, In all
it's ~splendor. To the right is Herblay,
quite an important place, whose
church is visible for miles along the
Seine. La Frette itself has the quaint
est villagers possible. Many 81 them
speak worse French than those OF
the Midi. and 1t is an event when M
makes a Journey to the capital. They
are thriftiest Of the thrifty. Only a
short time ago n Of the peasants
gave his daughter 100000 francs on
her wedding day, and another is to re-
ceive the same amount on her ap.
preaching marriage. And yet this
man. who must be worth 1000, 900 or
100000 francs. lives in a patched-up
house and digs in the fields from early
morning till late 1t night
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He Kept His Promise

face was that Of resigned despair that
follows illness. but with the acknoWl-
edgment that illness had won In the
game. He turned an inquiring look
IN my direction and feebly asked my
business. l stammered something
about the paper l had to serve, but
quickly added that | was sure there
was some mistake and that the condi-
tons were not known to the house
owner, although l knew that ! was
lying and hat they were we'll known.
or she would not have given such ex'
plicit directions. In answer the invalid
simply said: Tell her I shall go as
she orders within the next three
days" hurried back to the Office
and Informed Melvin hat the man
was almost beyond the reach even OF
charity. He vas shocked and said
that in the morning something must
be done at once to relieve the unfor-
tunate. But before anything could be
done in the morning word was re-
ceived that the man was dead. He
had gone before his three days were
The next day the landlady called
at the Office and inquired: well did
you give him my notice to Quit?" l
said | did. She said: And has he
done SOP" I said Eyes" "Ah," she
said. that's good. Where did he go
TOT" I answered.: Il don't know.
madam. but you and he will never
meet in this life or the next."--San
Francisco Call.
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blades. During the interval which
has elapsed l have had occasion to
resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when l
noticed warnings of an attack. On
each and every occasion the results
obtained were just as satisfactory as
when the pills were first brought to
my notice. l just as emphatically en-
dorse the preparation today as l DID
over two years ago"
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
proprietors. For sale by all druggists.
price so cents per box.
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Yes. sub. I suttsnly does blisvs
in luck. Suh," said Rastus. wiping the
lather out of his victims eye and
spreading a fresh layer on his brlstly
chin: Some folks says dey amt no
sech ting as luck. Huh! Denis de
very folks dat amt nevah had no luck.
OATS why dey don't believe In it. OATS
right, Sub. Amt I got c neat III busi-
ness heah? Don't l make noah in a
e den most cullud folks makes in a
month? Well, sub, 1t all come from a
stroke Nv luck-jest pure, plain, eve'y-
cay luck. Like to heah all about it,
o say, Sub? Suttenly I'll tell you.
When fust struck N'York l warn't
wurth a dollar. All I could get was
4 ole close job-goin' round buyin'
up ole close, you know. sub, an holler-
In Cash paid
d man l worked for larnt me how
to clean and press close, which l done
rainy days. Dat where luck struck me
one day when l was brushin' up a
mighty nice black coat dat warn't
hardly worn none. but had got too
III for de gent that owned 1t. I turned
de pockets inside out an had started
to press it when I felt sumpin' rattle
twixt de linin' an de tail Of de coat.
1t was a letter, done sealed an stamp
ed IN addressed to a lady over In
Eighty-first street.
You know, sub, de finder keeps. I
didn't let my boss see dat letter, but
made out to spell through it myself.
1t was a sure enough love letter tellin'
de lady dat Mr.. Jack Winters had done
make up his mind to so to Brazil de
very next day an he jest couldn't go
widout tellin' her how much he love
her. 1t sure was a purity letter.
'Peared like dey's had a sort of fuss
an Mr.. Jack Winters was might anx-
ious to make up, but was feared the
lady warn't Wv dat opinion. He didn't
ak her tt write back. Stead of dat ne
tell her to be down at de warf de next
afternoon to bid him goodbye SOS he
know by dat whether she give him
any hope for the future. De date was
eight months old, 80 It look like a
losin' Job to waste any time deliverin'
dat letter, but l Jest fought Id try
an see what come NV it, SO l went
ovah to dat address dat ve'y evenin'.
We'll, sub. l found de young lady
II enough-a powerful purity girl
she was. too, but she didn't look to say
real happy, spite NV her good looks.
She hadn't no noah den glanced at 1t
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WORRY
A Sure Starter for III Health.

SAtS - ~ 49,
Useless worrying Ca form of ner
v~ousness) is indirectly the result
Through the n~erves) Of improper
feeding. A furniture man OF Mem
phis says:
about a year ago / was afflicted
with nervous spells, would worry 50
over trivial things.
II went to consult n of the best
physicians in Memphis and he asked
among many questions IL l drank cot
fee.
ellis advice was: Go to some pro-
vision store and get a box of Postum.
drink 1t In place of coffee, and as you
are confined to your desk to a great
extent try and get out in the open air
as much as possible l followed his
instructions regarding the Postum.
"At that time my weight was 142
and I was taking all kinds o! drugs
and medicines to brace me up, but all
failed; to-day I weigh 165 and all OF
my old troubles are gone, and all the
credit Is due to having followed thif
wise physicians advice and cut of the
coffee and usfng Postum in its place
II nov consider my health perfect
am willing to go before a,notary pub
lie and testify that 1t was all due
to nv having used Postum in place
of coffee" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reson for quitting the
drug-drink coffee, and there's a reason
for drinking Postum. Trial 10 days
nroves them all.
Look in each package for a copy
Of the famous little book. 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE"
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~BY JovE, THAT'S TERREvo!"

| Starne. Starne was still in the saddle,
and all Torrevo could do was to slash
at his legs. Starne aimed and sent a
bullet into Torreyo's heart"
"One traitor less" he said. calmly,
as Torrevo fell on the ground dead.
What a glorious liar that fellow was.
He would have been worth something
II he could have been trusted"
But we are in a fine ix!" said Elvin.
1.-THE Black Cat was due at Monte
video in two days to bring over Cen
eral Quesada. Now we have no one to
take command. We must have Que
sada."
I'll bring Quesada. The crew OF the
Black Cat know me. and will obey
me. I shall be missed In Buenos
Ayres, but that won't matter. We will
be masters there in less than a week.
I will take the Black Cat after Que
sada. You lead my horse back. But
you must find that boy"
"He must have gone toward Buenos
Ayres."
mo. he will try to find the Black
Cat Torrevo's anxiety proves that
there was an agreement between them
whereby the boy was to return. Tor
revo's W safety depended on his
keeping the boy with him and shar-
ing the glory when we were all cap
tured."
1T looks so. Well, I will have men
out after him in the morning. He
may even now be on the Black Cat.
II so, you will know what to do with
him."
"Will I mott" replied Starne, with an
evil laugh. "I1l kill him with his eyes
open and looking at me-"
The two men parted, Starne going
on foot toward Black Cat Bay, and Ell
vim returning to his headquarters.
leading Lemuel's horse.
But where was Rob Cleverdale,
while Elvin, Starne and Torrevo were
looking for him In vain?
He was on his way to the BLACK
Cat" as Starne suspected. but, being
ignorant OF the road. he had gone a
little out Of his way, and thus missed
Torrevo.
Early In the evening, when Elvin
thought he had gone to bed, the cour-
ageOus young American had slipped
out OF the window, which was not
more than five feet from the ground,
and had fortunately chosen a moment
when there was no one around to see
him. Finding all clear. hs had shaped
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"Speaking of human interest
etories," said a reporter the other
day to q group of newspaper men,
'four years ago I was shorthand re-
porter In tho district attorneys Office
of Alameda county and had q desk
In the same room with the genial
Harry Melvin, at present the we'll
known Superior Judge OF Alameda
county. Late one afternoon a wealthy
female client, whose acts OF generos-
ity were about as frequent as hens
teeth, called and said that a family
occupying q Fruitvale house OF hers
was behind in the rent and she
wished them elected. She said the
head of the family was an upholster-
CT and although claiming to be III was.
In fact, too lazy to work, and Tor us
not to be imposed upon by him, as he
was shamming. Judge Melvin made
out the usual legal notice, giving the
tenant three days to leave or suffer
eiectment, and asked me If l would
serve the paper. consented, and
upon reaching the house in question
I was ushered into the main room OF
the dwelling by a poorly dressed
Spanish 1t took but q glance
to see that poverty and illness were
in full control. None OF the signs
were missing. An old German, the
master CT the house, lay upon a rag
ged lounge in a corner OF the other
wise bare room and the look on his
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Ito be %continued.)
Tho Tiger Got Ont.

NO circus menagerie is ever with.
out its man-eater, you know" said the
old wagon driver as "reminiscences
were in order. I'VE had ours when I
was with Dan Rice. and the papers
gave him such an awful reputation fer
fnro"itv that people dared not :o como
within ten feet OF his cage. or course
| used to get off a lecture on him. Ac-
cording to my story he had killed and
| MANNED thirteen different men, Ave
horses, two camels and a rhinoceros.
One day, after / had delivered the old
s~tereotyped thing, that tiger pushed
open the door OF his cage and jumped
out. Some ones carelessness, you
know. There was a wild rush Of peo-
pie for the entrance, q general alarm
outside the tents, and for a minute I
was SO scared that l couldn't even
fall down. The tiger was looking
around to see what he could tackle,
when a mongrel dog not more than a
third of his size came rushing up and
sailed into him. True as you live, that
dog bumped that tiger three times
around the tent, swapping at his heels
all the time, and the Bengal got away
from him only by leaping back into
his cage. The &lair got into the pa
pers, and of course we got the grand
guy all the rest of the season. 1t paid
us, however. People who wouldn't
think Of going into the circus used to
buy tickets to see that 'ferocious man
eater and he therefore brought Us ii
more patrons than any other ten anil
mails combined"
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II course az we'll as he knew how.

his course as well as he knew how,
for Black Cat Bay. and started off on
. run. He kept up this gait Cor some
time and then rested. There was no
sight of pursuers, SO he trudged on
again, keeping the direction, as he
thought, straight to the river. But he
did not travel as straight as he
thought he did. He made quite a de-
o to the north, thus missing Tor
revo, but toward morning reached the
river q short distance above the bay.
mere was an ISLAND, quite a noun
tain, out In the river, which could
be seen from the entrance to Black
Cat Bay, and Rob could see it from
4 point.where he met the river. FroU
us position he knew he was too h1gt
up, and went down toward tn anchor
age.
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CHAprER xIII.-(Cont;nued.)

CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued.)
Drunk! Not q bit OF 1t. Did you
ever Sec Torrevo drunk? ! did not. !
tell you it was . put up JOB. Iorrevo
knew you always looked 1T tho ln-
voices and tally, and he played TINS
little game for you to ses how wen Tue
boy wrote. He knew your Anxiety ~
get tie work done well would 40 Inc
rest. But what's the use standing mere
talking! He's gone. and getting iar'nei
away every minute"
I'VE must follow-but IN whicn u
rectioa!"
.Tn which direction? why. In what
direction would he go but toward MS
ally. Torrevo, the traitor? He mas
gone back to the Black Cat
"He may have conc toward Suenos
Ayres."
SPOT he. what could ne do there!
I tell you, the bargain included the
safety OF Torrevo. The boy has gone
hack to jo!n Torrevo. an1 tho 'D!ac!:
Cat will sail for Buenos Ayres with
these two precious fellows on board"
ri will order horses. We can reach
the Black Cat before morning. They
will not sail till then. We may even
overtake the boy"
Now that his stupor was over. Elvir
could think and act quickly. He re
allied the danger In which he and hi.
son stood as long as this intrepid anC
intelligent young American was aliv'
and at large. He ordered horses to b.
saddled. and. after q drink to brac,
their nerves, father and son sat out OF
their errand-two men. to run dow
and kill a boy.
There was a moon, and the way wa
easily made. The horses were put t
their utmost. and mile after mile wa
covered, but no Rob was seen.
Suddenly Starne drew up and calle
to Elvin.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications. a. they cannot reach the dts
eased portion of the ear. There il only enc way 10
cure deafness, and that is by CONSTITUTE, nal remedies
Deafness IL caused by an inn4lned conditt n # the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When thts
tube is infamed you have a %run.bling sound or Inn
perfect hearing, and when It 10 entirely closed. Deaf.
ness IL the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal condl.
tlOn. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten are caused by tstarrh, which is nothing
but sn tndared condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any Gaze OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
bv Hal's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
+. j. CHENEY Il o Toledo, O.
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As We Find Him.

We came upon the college man In
the green sweater.
"Studying much?" we asked.
~"Studying?" he echoed, his eyes d.
lating with establishment. well, l
guess not. finished up football In
the fall, now I'm playing hockey. soon
1t will be polo, then lacrosse, and later
on baseball"
when do you expect to open your
books?"
well, during next vacation, If get
a chance.'-Chicago News.
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A Boston Couple.

Joklin-When I'm away from home
I get a letter from my wife every day.
Milmak-But you're not obliged to
read them.
Joklin-You don't know my wife.
She catechises me about them when ]
get home and I have to be letter per
feet in every n Of them.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
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Too Much, Indeed.

Too Much, indeed.
whats the trouble, Harker"
"Too much raising"
Flows that?"
"Why, l raised the car window for
a very pretty young lady, and then
she raised her eyes"
THAT was nice"
"Then raised my hat, and her
father came in and raised cane."-
Chicago News.
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Mrs. Nobbs-"What a funny namo
that nurse Of the young Archduke OF
Austria has"
NObbs-"What Is it,"
Mrs. Nobbs-"Her name is Wowse."
Nobbs-"Well, every nursery Is full
Of vows at times, isn't it7"-Balu-
more American.
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More Private,

I suppose" said the rural postmis-
tress' friend, you get lots Of enjoy.
ment out of reading the postal cards"
Oh" replied the postmistress, mot
near so much as I get out Of the letters
[ steam."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Al q Rival Looks at II

30 he regards himself as Q eenar
torial possibility" said n politician.
"Undoubtedly," answered the other.
"On what theory"
II don't know, unless it's the tho
ory that the unexpected always hap.
pens."-Washington Star.
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We can sell you 16o acres n lano.
You can break 100 acres this spring.
sow it to SQlZer's Flax and reap
enough to pay for your land, etc. nav
Ing a fine farm free the first year.
Have ten such pieces for sale.
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.
NV. N. W La Crosse, WiA
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God and right must conquer. No
great reform is born and grows to full
stature in a night. Morals are subject
to the laws o; growth.-Rev. q. Lee v.
Roberts.
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CHAPTER XIV.

AlV.
Elvin and Starne rode toward him
slowly.
.Bs ready for treachery." said
etarno. "Have your pistol In your
hand. This fellow must be up to mis-
chief"
Torrevo saw them coming, but
walked on as II he feared nothing.
Even had he stood In fear Of his life
there was no place to hide.
WELL" said Elvin, maintaining an
outward GOODNESS he did not feel.
what are you doing here? I thought
you were to go to M~ontevideo."
''True. Captain Elvin. am going.
But I thought perhaps my nephew
would be done with his new duties by
aow. and. as he has become very valu-
able on board. / am taking q walk out
20 your place to get him."
"Your nephew! Hal That's good.
And have you not seen that dear
nephew OF yours tonight7"
II have not, captain. Else why would
be walking out to 9 him now. I
have not been near your place this
aight-"
mo! And neither has he! Look
here. Torrevo. what II this game you
are playing?"
'Game! What game? What do you
meant"
Torrevo's black eyes glistened with
suspicion a. he looked from one to the
other. He readily saw that something
anusual had happened. and from their
words he believed they had discovered
eob's identity and his own Implicitly.
You know well enough what I
0ean. You are q traitor"
THAT Ii what the Judge said when !
~ convicted. That was i've years
ago.s
~Yes. you were I traitor to your
friends then. and you r a traitor to
ruur friends now. Did you think you
odnld hoodwink us7 knew that boy
- Horton's nephew"
- IA Z. aid Torrevo. stolidly.
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Hewitt-There is no royal road to
wealth.
Jewett-Oh, I don't know. I got my
start with a royal fush.-New York
Times.
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ALL DONE OUT.

v"0T6u Va
Heller Of 706 8.
Walnut street. ur
bana. H.. says:
In the fall ct
1899 after taking
D O a ms Kidney
Pills I told the
readers Of this
paper that they
had relieved me
sf kidney trouble,
O s g d OF a
lame back with
pain across my
loins and beneath
the q b @ u | d G r
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Humane,

Dyer-Why don't they limit the
speed OF automobiles In this town?
Deddun-Because they think 1t Is
better to kill a man than to MAIN aim.
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Hist" no said. There is . man
coming this way on foot"
Elvin refined in his horse and sat
looking In the direction indicated by
6tarne.
by Jove!" he exclaimed. That's
Torrevo!"
And Torrevo It was, making his way
on foot from the BLACK Cat 10 FL
wins headquarters.
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Poker kAtped Him.

kOTU w bTUpS -at7, TIC
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.