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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-07-17

take you around meself. And the
cellars damp-like, and no place fur
lady any'ow, and you like to take
cold and sneeze yer cad on"
Elizabeth laughed and assured her
that this catastrophe was not liable TO
happen to-day, and suggested that the
cellar might be improved by the in
PRODUCTION of fresh air and sunlight
And how soon you got the shelf
fxed!" she added, by way OF soothing
Mary Anne's ruffled feelings.
"Shelf?' she repeated vaguely. oh
OF course. miss. 'Ow could git along
without 1t? And what else did We find
In the cellar. Miss Elsie, besides the
little button?'
| thought she watched me keenly as
i replied had not looked for anything
more, and wondered she had not seen
1t on her trips up and down the steps.
Me eyes are not so good as they
once were, nor so bright as yours,
Miss Elise" she remarked. IT'S a
pretty thing, now isn't It? What will
you be dom with it?"
But ! did not reply, for Gabrielle,
who had been to the village for the
mail, now appeared, and Elizabeth
Immediately lost interest In everything
else.
do not wish to arouse false sus.
picions, but Elizabeth certainly wrote
great many very long letters, and re.
ceived volumes all in the same hand
writing. which always arrived on Ger.
tain days of the week. She used to
open them with an air of indifference
and glance over them carelessly, then
In few minutes she would make some
excuse to go off alone. and we could
sometimes see her porting over them,
dead to the world as she turned page
after page, and smiling a smile which
exasperated Gabrielle exceedingly, al.
though she also did not a little CORE.
spending on her own account that sum.
mer.
To-day, however, she handed Elizabeth
her letter without comment, and only
glanced casually at the cuff link when
/ displayed 1t In triumph, for she was
eager to relate the news she had &C.
cumulated during her trip to the vii
lage.
you know that smuggler?" she be.
gan, seating herself on the kitchen
doorstep and removing her hat.
NO" l interrupted; Pm happy to
say don't know him"
you know about him, don't you?
It's all the same thing Well, I've
been to the hotel and heard that he
is suspected of having been on the
island the night of the storm, and they
think"-she dropped her voice eau.
tiously-"they think he took Mrs.
Bundys emeralds."
who thinks SOP"
'Oh, the detectives, Of course. Lady
Edith told me. And they say it was a
very foolish thing for him to do, be.
cause he can now be arrested in Cana.
da. And our government officials are
perfectly wild. too, for a whole lot
of things were struggled in somehow
right under their noses"
is he on the island now?"
"Oh. no. AS Lord Wilfrid said, It
would be madness for him to stay here
now. He must have been one of the
men who left the hotel so early that
morning-before Mrs. Bundy discov.
cred her loss. They are following
them up, Of course, but it was easy
enough to register a false name apd
address. can forgive his smuggling,
but ! can't forgive his robbing that
poor old woman-she's just scared to
death and expects to have her throat
cut every night, they say-so l hope
they will catch him"
ITO DE, rnNfrINIrI,N
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-07-17
CHAPTER VII,

Elizabeth inspected the cellar next
morning, and went with her by re-
quest.
mot that I'm afraid, she explained
deliberately; but it is always nicer to
have some one to speak to, and, be-
sides, one Of you, at least, ought to
take an interest in such things"
1t looked very much like other cell
lars, with paved floor. coal bins, and
so on, except that 1t ran far back,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-07-17
The Effect Spotted.

Refused you? Surprising! Did you
walk with her in the moonlight"
Yes"
And VOW you would gladly die for
herr"
II did; but just then some one
yelled Hands up! and | ran three
blocks before her mischievous young
brother caught me and told me 1t was
only joke"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-07-17
CHAPTER V.-continued.

II am glad 1t amuses you" remarked,
In my most frigid manner, which /
have been told is extremely chilling.
"Oh, | say" he said quickly, don
. look at 1t that way. Why, it was moth
Ing after all. l had made two trips on
that old boat this summer, and one of
those dilapidated chairs broke down
with me and nearly pitched me over
board. ! complained, but the company
would not get new ones, which put
my back up bit, so | got into the
habit of examining them, and when
l found one weak In the back or legs
] just pitched it overheard That
wasn't so bad, was it? OF course /
never thought how 1t looked, and l
did 'mutter,' but I'm heartily glad you
did not hear what / said"
1t was very simple explanation
so simple. in fact, that l felt provoked
1t had not occurred to me, and hated
to think how he would relate the in
cident to his friend Mr.. Blake, and
how they would laugh over it, So
merely looked out at the ocean and
made a frosty, impersonal remark
about the view.
But instead of the familiar land
scape / found myself looking straight
into two very blue eyes with a trace
of anxiety in them, and a sunburned
hand was extended toward me appeal
ingly.
Lets shake and be friends" he
said heartily. I'm sorry l alarmed
you, but I'm glad found out my Of
Tense. L was determined I would know
what It was. When the general wrote
me his daughter was here, and l dis.
covered who it was, / was delighted,
for of course saw you all on the boat,
and | wanted awfully to know you.
You don't mind my saying SO? Then
when | got snubbed so numerically
! could not understand It, Shall we
start all over again, and will you ex-
plain to your friends that / am in
possession of all my senses and hope
to keep them while longer?"
Well, 1t was impossible not to smile
also, and indeed ! was very glad of
chance to descend gracefully from my
high horse, so we shook hands grave
ly and started all over again, as he
had suggested.
inquired where he spent the night,
and he mentioned the hotel we had
deserted so | told him about the rob-
berry. He had heard nothing, having
left very early in the morning, mean
ing to sail home in time for breakfast.
asked him If his boat suffered any
Ill effects from the storm, and his man.
ner grew all at once constrained and
Ill at ease, so | changed the subject,
fearing that 1t might have been IT.
revocably damaged against our slip,
and feeling somewhat responsible. |
spoke of the cottage, and how we en-
joyed life here, and the contrast it
was to the hotel.
eyes" he said absently; its jolly
little place. But, tell me, how did you
hear of it, and how did you manage to
get It? | understood it was not for.
rent"
| told him he was mistaken that
we had no trouble at all in securing
1t, and that the rent was ridiculously
low, all things considered
Il would like to know to whom 1t
belongs" / remarked. 81 understand
II was some woman's within, and she
has tired of 1t. Perhaps we might get
some of our relatives to buy it and
come here every summer"
Don't you know anything about it,"
he was looking at me curiously now.
mot thing" | said lightly; do
your"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

given me. and am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. s. FORD,
1888 Lansdowne ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, il
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, flatulency,
Indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn.
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free of
charge.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18
TIE
Exceptional
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attachments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in sill of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skillfully. in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs
AS there il only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

from irregulari-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. / had
given up hope of
ever being well
when l began to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound Then
[ felt as though
nnu- 1ffo koI h1o
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18
NOT FOR HIM.
MIX FOR LAME BACK

To one-half pint good whiskey, add
one ounce syrup sarsaparilla, and one
ounce Toihs compound, which can be
procured from any druggist Take in
teaspoonful doses before each meal
and before retiring. This recipe is
never-failing. Leading specialists pre-
scribe IL
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

peace with the trail
tors" and when he died
In the height of Crom-
wells power. his two
eldest sons. seeing their
prospects blighted at
home, turned longing
eyes to the west. There
is a suspicion that they
engaged in some wild
attempt to upset the
government, but 1t
failed, and they es-
capped on a British ship
In 1857 and sailed for
Virginia. The eldest
boy John, a young man
OF about "a when he
left the old country.
was the great-grand-
father of George Wash
ington. He had a son
Lawrence, whose son
Augustine married Ma,
ry Bell for his second
wife, and to them
George Washington
was born ON February
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

munyon's Cold Remedy Relieves the
head, throat and lungs almost fmmedIata1
" Checks Fevers, stops Discharges OF
the nose, takes away all aches and palms
caused by colds. 1t cures Grip and OBJ
Price 25c.
Have you stiff or swollen Joints, no mat
Ter how chronic? Ask your druggist for
how quickly you win be cured
IL you have any kidney or bladder trou-
BILE get Munyon's Kidney Remedy.
munyon's Vitalizer makes weak men
strong and restores lost powers.
Prof. Munyon has Just Issued Magazine
Almanac, which will be sent free,to any per-
who addresses
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. "For four years
my life was misery to me. suffered
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18
Her Extreme coodnes..

The husband of beloved deceased
wife came to see her bust.
Look at it WE'LL said the sculptor,
"and as it is only in clay ! can alter
1t If necessary
The widower looked at 1t carefully
with the most tender interest. 1T is
her very SELF" he said. Her large
nose-the sign of goodness" Then,
bursting into tears, he added: "She
was so good Make the nose little
larger! "-Lippincott's
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUfNINE-
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for
the signature of H. w. GROVE. Used the World
over TO Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

RACING families to their
earliest beginnings is a ia
Vorite pastime with many
Americans. There are
not a few who claim de-
scent from some noble or
kingly European house.
Some go back to Edward
III. OF England. some go
to Alfred the Great; while
millions Of good people be-
lieve that they are de-
scended direct from Ad-
Eve, by way of Mr..
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

he actually harnessed TO the inven'
ton a pair Of his best horses.
Washington was essentially a
man of business after he ceased to
be a colonial soldier. Mt. Vernon
had ten miles of water front, most
of which, as the owner told cor
respondent was fishing shore. The
seine was hauled and the gill nets
and purse nets were tended by the
slaves, but we may be sure from
Washingtons habits that he often
superintended the work. The Poto-
mac of to-day, in the region of Wash
ington's birth and residence, has
miles of nets staked out just as his
we're staked when his dusky fisher
men Jared forth and returned laden
with the miscellaneous catch. Wash
ington himself, according to Irving,
seized a poacher whom he found IN
a boat on his premises lying in walt
for canvasback ducks. Flour with
the name of Washington stamped
upon the barrel passed without IN
spection in British West Indian
ports. Washington had great tobac-
co barns, such as to day show their
gray shingles on the slopes as. one
sails the Potomac. and he shipped
his tobacco in just such hogsheads
as are shipped to-day from half a
hundred ports on the Potomac and
its tributaries. These hogsheads are
no longer trundled directly upon their
own slaves over roads impracucaDie
for wheeled vehicles, but they are
still made with perpendicular, un-
bossed sides, just as they were IN
the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles.
1.-THE world well knows the steps
that converted the well content and
loyal colonial magnate Of l760, who
had everything to gain from con-
tinued good relations with the moth
er country. into the patriot leader OF
l775 and the next eight years. All
through the revolutionary struggle
Washington kept himself informed
of the doings at Mt Vernon, and he
returned to 1t at the close of the war
determined 10 resume HiS oi1 oNS~
nations. His designations as colo
NAL magnate had been dinners at
Belvoir and other neighboring plan
tations and an occasional visit with
Mrs. Washington to the gay little
state capital at Annapolis. whittier
the bellies of Maryland were accus-
toned to ride on horseback with
their hoops looped up somehow, IN
order to dance all night at the balls
for which the infant city was famous.
Even the long war, the anxieties OF
the critical period that followed, and
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

1t isn't the knocker who gains ad
mission to our confidence.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

worth. They are blessing only to
others.-Fielding.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18
A Dire Threat.

1t is well known that certain vaga-
bonds desire nothing better, especial
ly when the cold weather comes on,
than to be arrested and locked up, in
order that they may be taken care of
while. One OF this fraternity sue
ceeded in getting himself arrested for
vagrancy, and on the way to the lock
up he was 30 much overjoyed by the
prospect of not having to sleep in the
open air that he behaved somewhat
boisterously.
Keep QUIET" threatened the police
man; 'if you don't, I'll let you -
Exchange.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

There are four advantages in TAX
ing Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies.
First. they are positively harmless.
Second, they are pleasant to take.
Third, they relieve quickly. Fourth,
they cost nothing unless they give sat-
isfaction.
Prof. Munyon has just issued a Mag
azine-Almanac, which will be sent free
to any person who addresses
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-18

Bronchial Troches'' are wonderfully eff
fective. % cents box. Samples sent free
by John l. Brown & Son, Boston, Mass
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
Treatment of Uncle Ike

race, away down in the ground.
But great surprise was in store for
Uncle Ike when he returned this De.
cember. He had no room at all. His
office furniture was all standing out in
the corridor. This was too much. on
he went to see about it. What he
found out was that there had to be a
place to put a new power plant, and
his room was the only one available.
Where was he to 90 now? Oh. he'd
have to go over In the house office
building until the senate Office build.
ing was finished.
So now, Uncle Ike. who has more
money than he knows how to spend
and who could buy himself a thousand
committee rooms. is located away over
in the extreme southeastern corner
Of the house Office building-Anacostia
they call IL in the house-and it looks
as IL he will have TO stay there for a
few months anyhow.
Two other senators have been sent
over to the house Office building with
Uncle Ike. They are Cummils Of
Iowa and Du Pont Of Delaware. But
that doesn't consolA him any.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
Ace Limit and College Professors.

But will a fixed age limit rid the
schools of senility? Set 65 as the dead
line, and the most obnoxious of all old
professors will continue to fill chairs;
we mean the kind that enters upon its
dotage at the age of so, the premature
fossil whose joy of life is dead, whose
sympathy for ambition and ideals has
gone cold, or whose mind sluggishly
revolves, like an airless satellite,
around a single idea If the age limit
will not surely work, an endurance
test might. Make every professor over
40 pass an examination in lecturing
and funk" the man whose students
fall asleep. Lead the faculty on
long jaunt through contemporary af-
fairs, and give passing mark only to
those who are running strong at the
finish and have not stumbled at some
new thought" hurdle. So long as one
has no prejudices against mere years,
this plan might do admirably.-New
York Post.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26

The special reasons for this gift
stowal at Pentecost. Cd 1t ex
pressed clearly the inward grace and
power, so that those who received it
and all others, might realize the fact
of the unseen gift, as the spark or the
lightning reveals the presence Of cleo
tricity. (2) The new church, under
new circumstances, needed the power
and gifts, and fresh life bestowed. (3)
1t proved to the Jewish disciples, and
especially to the church at Jerusalem
that the Samaritan movement was
from God, and approved by the Saviour
and Master.
V. IS. Simon offered them
money" to purchase from the apostles
the power they themselves possessed
Note 1. From this action Of Simon
his name has won Immortality of in
fanny, since the crime of Simony is
named after him, l. e., the crime of OBJ
tanning preferment or place or office in
the church by purchase with money,
instead of being fitted to it, and seek
ing only to use all spiritual gifts for
the good of men.
Note g. The best gifts cannot be
bought with money-wisdom, love,
peace, new hearts, character, spiritual
power. The best things of God are
free to all men, like air and sunshine
and water as the most beautiful forms
and lines are the most common.
We can treat every one as Chris
tians should treat them.
There are some persons who think
we ought to send missionaries to argue
down the infidels. What did Philip
do? He preached Christ. Philip did
not argue down Simon, he super
seeded him. The daylight does not
argue with the artificial light. The
sun does not say: Let us talk this
matter over, thou little, beautiful, ar
tificial jet. Let us be candid with one
another, and be polite to one another,
and let us treat one another as gentle
men talking on equal terms. Let us
see which of us ought to rule the
earth The sun does nothing but
shine! What then? Men sneaking
ly put the gas out. Let your light
so shine Life is the unanswer-
able logic. Holiness is the irwin
chile argument. Charity, love, benevo-
lence, chivalry, self-sacrifice-thes
form the shining host that will
chase all competitors away."-Joseph
Parker.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
GOVERNMENT LAND OPENING
UNDER CAREY ACT.

May 6, the State Land Commissioner
of Wyoming will distribute 1000 acres
irrigated land at Cooper Lake, near
Laramie and Denver, on main line of
Union Pacific; so cents per acre. Old
est Reservoir and Direct Water Rights;
IS an acre cash and SO an acre an
nually for ten years. Free trip and
two town lots to all who apply before
May 1. Write for application and cir
culars. Tallmadge-Buntin Land Co.,
Agents. End floor, Railway Exchange,
Chicago. Agents wanted.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
Shameful

HNCLE IKE STEPHENSON. cham
u pion buttonhole story teller of the
senate. has certainly been treated
THANKFULLY since he came down here
last winter to take Mr.. Spooner's place
as one of Wisconsin's Legislators. He
has the distinction of being the Oldest
man in the senate and at the same
time OF being one Of the wealthiest,
and he is used TO having his own way.
He had no sooner got here last De
cember than he discovered he had
been assigned a committee room over
an the Maltby building. on B street
northwest. This was too far from base
20 suit Uncle Ike. so he made a good
sI,ed kick. and finally got himself as
signed to a room on the senate ter
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
A Substitute for Work.

Physical culture, father is perfect
ly lovely" exclaimed an enthusiastic
miss just home from college. Look!
To develop the arms l grasp this rod
by one end and move it slowly from
right to left"
We'll WE'LL" exclaimed the father;
what won't science discover! If that
rod had straw at the other end of it
you'd be sweeping. Maya
zine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
TOSSES COIN FOR $4,000

York. He comes to Pittsburg occa-
sionally, and on his last visit he gave
his Pittsburg house into a brokers'
hands to sell.
The broker found a purchaser, a
consulting engineer, who offered $685.
900. Mr.. Rafferty, wanted S25, 900
more, and at his suggestion a coin
was Tipped to see which price was to
be paid. The engineer lost and he
paid Mr.. Rafferty, S150.000.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
How Did He Know?

Young Creasus, dressing on Christ
mas night, turned away from his cigar
cabinet angrily.
What allied the pater?' he ex-
claimed. 81 don't like these cigars
at all. And to think he's given me a
thousand of them!"
"They are too bitter, much too bit
ter, sir" said the valet, as he screwed
two pearls into a shirt front.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26
Not Much.

odd, isn't it, how human ways are
in such direct contradiction to nature?"
in what, for instance?"
did you ever find anything green
about a grass widow?'-Baltimor
American.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26

Pittsburg Millionaire Leaves Price Of
House to Chance and Wins.
Pittsburg, Pa.-The toss of coin
won $4,000 in real money for Gilbert
T. Rafferty,, millionaire capitalist and
coal man. Mr.. Rafferty's good fortune
came the day before he sailed for
Europe, and has become known in
Pittsburg.
Mr.. Rafferty, spends most Of his
tina at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26

When worthy men fall out, only
one of them may be faulty at first;
but IL strife continue long, commonly
both become guilty.-Fuller.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26

Lewis Single Binder cigar-richest, most
satisfying smoke on the market Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26

Hank Tumms wouldn't be no hand
to work in a powder magazine because
he has got infammatory rheumatic.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-26

A woman probably feels blue when
she is green with envy.