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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
CHAPTER III.
SIR GEoFFREY's ARRIVAL.

3d.. SIR GEOFFREYS ARRIVAL.
Lady Drumloch was not really half
SO Ill as she fancied herself, and no
better medicine could have been pre-
scribed to hasten her convalescence
than the gaiety and cheerfulness that
her two granddaughters infused into
the atmosphere of the little house In
Mayfair, as soon as they had recovered
from the fatigues of their journey.
Instead of lying In bed grumbling at
the length Of the lonely days and pain
weary nights, her ladyship allowed
herself to be cajoled into rising and
reclining on a couch, which was then
wheeled into the adjoining room by
James and the faithful Lowton. At
FIRST this was only for an hour or two
a day, and the invalid, refusing to adj
NIT that she could be, In any way,
benefited by the lively gossip of her
granddaughters, had insisted that the
reading OF m and other pious
works suited better with her age and
infirmities than plays and poetry. But
by the end of the week she had aban-
doned Atterbury and Taylor for the
Taller and the latest works of Pope
and Prior, and was thirsting for yet
more exciting entertainment, which
she knew to be tantalizingly near at
hand. ..-..
As soon as the return OF the cousins
became known, their numerous friends,
who had contented themselves with
polite inquiries after the invalid, while
Lowton was the sole dispenser OF news,
displayed q touching solicitude about
her condition. Every afternoon Lady
Prue held quite a little levee-at which
the sickness OF the old countess up
stairs did not interfere greatly with
the gaiety below. Day by day these
cheerful sounds grew more and more
exasperatlng TO Lady Drumloch, whose
passion for scandal was only whetted
by the comments OF the two girls, and
who chafed ~rebelliously under the re-
strictions OF the doctor, and led the de-
voted Lowton the life OF a dog.
a ibid I near voices and laughter this
af~ternoon?" she demanded, one even
ing, when her granddaughters came to
bid her a dutiful good night.
Twas but Mary Warburton and
Lady Limerick, who came to inquire
after the health or their beloved cous-
in,' said Prue demurely.
mo one else? 1t seemed to me that
q dozen. at least, the door was thun-
dered at as though a queens messen-
ger demanded entrance"
In very truth, your ladyship's pene-
eagerly. Her majesty most graciously
bade Lady Limerick Inquire the latest
news OF the dear countess gout'-and
also. II my duties at your bedside left
me leisure to attend the court
And, pray. what answer did you
make" Lady Drumloch inquired sus-
piciougly.
TN good faith I was put to it Tor ex-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
| Mrs. Estella Gillespie
ONE CASE OUT OF MANY
TO PROVE OUR CLAIMS.

st. Anne, m.-@I was passing
through the change of life and ]
was a perfect wreck from female
troubles. / had a displacement
and bearing down pains, weak
fainting spells, dizziness, then
numb and cold feelings. Some
times my feet and limbs were
swollen. / was irregular and had
so much backache and headache,
was nervous, irritable and was
Respondent. Sometimes my ap-
petite was good but more often it
was not. Ny kidneys troubled
me at times and / could walk
only a short distance.
II saw your advertisement ina
paper and took Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
I was helped from the first. At
the end of two months the swell
ling had gone down, / was re-
lieved of pain, and could walk
with ease. / continued with the
medicine and now / do almost all
my homework. / know your
medicine has saved me from the
grave and / am willing for You to
publish anything I write to you,
for the good of others. M
EsTELLA GILLESPIE, RED No. 4
Box "a, st. Anne, Illinois.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
The C~HILDREN'S HEALTH

In observing the physical character,
intics Of her children, the careful moth
or soon learns that health Ia depend.
emit pm the regularity OF the bowels.
When the bowels become cIogged with
the stomach's refuse, loss OF appetite,
restlessness. irritability, and similar
evidences OF disorder are soon appar-
ent. Keep the bowels regular and a
healthy. happy child is assured.
AZ the first sign of constipation tie
mother should administer mild laxta-
tive TO carry on the congested waste
from the stomach that lis fermenting
and forcing poisonous gases into the
system. Al simple compound OF laxa.
tive herbs with pepsin Is highly recon.
mended az being very mild, vet posi-
tire. In its action. q teaspoonful at
bedtime usually serving to bring an
easy, thorough, natural movement
next morning. Tkis compound Is
known MS Or. CaldweIl's Syrup Pepsin
ana is sold by druggists everywhere
for 300 q bottle. A larger bottle, put
up especially for the family medicine
chest. costs one dollar.
The use OF salts and violent purga.
tivss and cathartics should be avoid.
ed. They are too harsh and drastic,
tending to upset the entire system.
Write to DR.. w. b. Caldwell, 2O3 West
St. Monticello, Ill, for a trial bottle
or his Syrup Pepsin, II you have '
used II. He win be glad to send II
without any expense to YOU. Adv.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
BREAKING OUT ON LEG

Hilltop, Kan.-"About two years ago
I began to notice a breaking out on my
leg. At first 1t was very small but
soon It began to spread until 1t formed
large blotches. The itching was ter
rible and almost constant. Many
nights I could not sleep at all. After
scratching 1t to relieve the itching 1t
would burn so dreadfully that ]
thought ! could not stand it. For near
ly o year / tried all kinds Of salves
and ointment, but found no relief.
Some salves seemed to make 1t worse
until there were ugly sores, which
would break open and run.
Zone day / saw an advertisement OF
Cuticura Remedies. I got a sample OF
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment and began by washing the sores
with the Cuticura Soap, then applying
the Cuticura Ointment twice a day.
I noticed a change and got more Cuti.
cura Soap and Ointment and In a few
weeks I was cured. 1t has healed 80
nicely that no car remains" (Signed)
Mrs. Anna A. Lew, Dec. II, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
why THE FIFTH MAN LEFT
He Wore q Wig and the Other -Four
Men &C che Table Were Bald
ard laxative.

In the smoking room OK a west
bound ocean liner two days out from
an English port I'VE men sat at
'small game" OF poker. When the
chips had been cashed in the men re
tanned their places, and presently onS
Of the party said: THAT is funny
four bald heads out OF a POSSIBLE
i've" end then there was a discussion
as to the causes Of badness, in whicE
all took part except the unaftlictec
man. who was a good listener for J
while. He then babe the others godd
night. When he had gone the young
est OF the group, who was less bald
than the others, said: "Do you know
why Mr.. Blank made the getaway!
He ear a wig. and is probably b
bald as any OF US" And for the rdst
OF the Journey MI. Blanks head was
the object OF study--at a distance
for he never again appeared in the
smoking room.
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Continued Next Weekly
Poor Business.

The grave digger Of Sorn, in Ayr
shire, was as selfish and mean a, wretch
as ever handled matlock or carried
mortcloth. He was a very q%uerulous
and discontinued old man, with a voice
like the whistle of the wind through
a keyhole on a bleak Sunday afternoon
In the country. An acquaintnce from
a neighboring parish accosted him one
day and asked how the world was
standing with him. 70, very purify,
sir-very purify. indeed" was the an
swer; t yard has dune naething ava
for US this simmer. II We like to be-
lieve me, I havena' buriet q levin soul
this sax weeks!"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
More schooIboy aAowIers.n

THE Salic law is that you must
take everything with a grain OF salt"
Julius Caesar was renowned for
his great strength. He threw a bridge
across the Rhine"
1.-THE zodiac is the D OF the sky,
where lions, goats and other animals
go after they r dead"
THE Pharisees were people who
liked to show on their goodness by
praying to synonyms"
"An abstract noun is something
you can't see when you are looking at
It." a
"Algebraical symbols are used when
you do not know what you are talking
Observation-Disclosures Gazette. Z
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81 The %change of life /" is a most
critical period in a woman's ex-
istence, and the anxiety felt by
women as 1t draws near is not
without reason.
When her system is in a de-
ranged condition, she may be
predisposed to apoplexy, or con-
gestion Of some organ. AT this
time, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to form and begin
their destructive work.
Such warning symptoms as
sense of suffocation, hot flashes,
headaches, backaches, dread of
impending evil, timidity, sounds
In the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipation, vari-
able appetite, weakness and
inquietude, and dizziness, are
promptly needed by intelligent
women who are approaching the
period in life when woman's
great change may be expected.
These symptoms are calls from
nature for help. The nerves are
crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is prepared to meet
the needs Of women's system at
this trying period of her life. It
invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up
the weakened nervous system.
1t has carried many women safely
through this crisis.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
New STAGE il lnebrIety.

Mr.. Borden has been telling an On
ecdote concerning two 'brither
Scots" who used to foregather In a
dry district. each bringing with him
q portable spring OF comfort In the
shape Of q bottle OF whisky. .
One Of them was asked one day BY
. third party" whether the other,
Jock Anderson, did not get a little
drunk sometimes.
Drunk was the reply. "Man, the
last time I was WI him Jock vas
that drunk + couldna 9 him."-Ibn-
don Mall. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
New chin currenov.

The new Chinese dollars Of tho
Chinese republic are objects .of much
curiosity among the natives. They
carry English on the diverse side ina
Chinese on the reverse, with the pic
ture OF Or. Sun Vat Sen. founder OF
the republic.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
Moman police omioar.

Miss Mary Steele Harvey is the first
woman to be appointed a police officer
In baltimore. The last Legislature ere
ated i've police matrons with full po-
lice powers. Miss Harvey 10 the nrst
or the ave to be appointed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
Bane GUIDE TeHs.

Il is stated by a returning traveller
that the yells introduced by the
American athletes at Stockholm can
De heard all over Sweden"
Some yells those.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
syNopsls.
cepyrlght. I9lI. The BobhsMsrriu c~ssneaay

In the time OF Queen Anne, Lady Pru
hencd Brook, widowed at 1e and still q
widow at two and twenty, while journey
ing IL a coach to London with her cousin
Peggy. is accosted by q highwayInan who,
however, takes nothing from her except a
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
PUT II on Her.

Gibbs-Oh, yes, James is an ass and
all that, but you'll never hear him
say q mean thing about his wife"
Dibbs-I don't knowl He says she
made him what he Is.
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Runkoed.

Griggs-How about that piece Of
land you bought down on the cape?
Anything come up on 1t? 80
Briggs-Yes, the tides. "t
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
important 20 Motlnara

It is the things that are possible.
not probable. that keep some peoples
from being happy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
Rural Pate

Rural Fate. =
Sims made a big hit. He
just ploughed his way along" %@
What q narrowing life!"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12
Legal blanks for sale at this office
CRYING FOR HELP
Lots of II I'm Dallas. HUT Daily Grow
ing less.

Lots of Ii I'm Dallas. but Daily Grow
ing less.
The kidneys cry for help.
Not an organ in the whole body so
delicately constructed.
Not one so important to health.
The kidneys are the filters of the
blood.
When they fail the blood becomes
foul and poisonous
There can be no health where there
is poisoned blood.
Backache is one Of the first indi-
cations of kidney trouble.
II is the kidneys cry for help.
Heed IT,
Doans Kidney Pills are what is
wanted
Are just what overworked kidneys
need.
Proof in the following statement.
John Couger. S45 y. Seventeenth
St. Salem, oregon, says: 'Doan's
Kidney Pills have been used in my
family with great benefit. I also
know Of other people who have tax
I'm this remedy for kidney trouble
with the best possible results"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
'ents. Foster AIlburn Co. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the Unit
"a states.
Remember the name-Doan's-
md take no other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12
MAKE BELIEVE.

There's a beautiful game of Make Be
lieve,
Which we all may play each day
When things go wrong, do not stop to
grieve,
But joyfully hasten away.
Just leave all your cares and your
worries,
Your sorrows and failures too.
And all of the things that you long
The things that you cannot do.
And take few golden moments,
Alone, with yourself and your heart,
To enter this land of sunshine,
Far from the world apart
For there, in this land of Make Believe
You may be just what you will
Have whatever you long for,
And your fOndest dreams fulfill.
SO, when dsappointments oertake
you,
Wait a little, do not grieve.
Take time from the hurry and worry
For game of Make Believe.
Make Believe you have all you long
for.
Make Believe you are a king.
Make Believe you have every blessing.
Make Believe just anything
That will fill your heart with gladness,
Till the Joy shall overflow,
Into love and peace and happiness,
Such as even angels know.
M. A. Cary
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12

very hard work involved. SO for the
past three years an annual Tag Day
has given everyone a pleasant oppor-
tunity to show personal appreciation
of the pleasure and profit the library
has brought. From these funds over
two thousand books have been bought,
and the reading table is generously
supplied with the leading magazines.
An occasional plant and good piece
of bric-a-brac has been added, to give
the room warmth and tone. When
the library moves into it's fine new
quarters, to be provided by Mr. An
drew Carnegie and the city, ii will
have an adequate setting for one of
the most progressive and potent in
in Dallas. The attractive
asse mbly room in the basement will
afford delightful meeting place for
the various club and social Organiza-
tions of the town, thus fulfilling one
of the important modern ideas relat-
ing to library management, namely,
that it be in every sense of the word
A social center for all the community.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12
At Fiid|er's

3 cards pearl Buttons SC
3 dozen clothes pins SC
Tooth Brush SC
Coat and Pants hangers SC
Hand Brush SC
Pairing Knife SC
Curtain Rods SC
Shelf Brackets 4x5 pair SC
Potato Masher SC
Pot Knobs, 3 for SC
Thimbles SC
Peanuts, a quart SC
A good ink Tablet SC
Candy, we have a lot, one
third pound SC
A very heavy envelope, pkg.
for SC
Kid curriers', pkg. Sc
Curling irons SC
Hair net, 10c value for sc
Fine comb Sc
Hair pins, per box SC
Thomas paste Sc
Mouse Traps, 2 for SC
Shoe Laces 3 pair SC
Screw Driver SC
8-inch granite Spoon SC
Five screw hooks SC
Oil Cans SC
Small scissors Sc
Large Tumbler Sc
See what SC will do at
Fidler'S
Get in the habit of trading
here and save money.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12

about women's finer feelings, and to
what an extent wife will go to get
her husband to hush grumblin, and
yet wild all their grumblings' ye love
them, Bridget, and Oi do hope yez
may soon get one that will be the light
of your eyes, as my three has been
for me-"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12
WE POINT WITH PRIDE

TO the house built i-- 80
Not Immediately after y .,-.
for any new house mAs -
i've. But after it has 500. :. rini .
after it has been subjeoi ., -..-t Il
vrsstber is the time We - : =
nrlde TO it. Good as 2. SIR
6nished. Every bOard - -,.-.ess-s
m ms, 1s5,aa- no warpins
sbrinkine. Ask US WhS- ,e1V6.
DALLAS LUMBER AND
COMPANY
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12
CAMPBELL'S STORE
FULLER'S PILLORY

See the boxes with the pills.
Ague pills.
They will regulate the fever
And chase away the chs.
You may tramp about the country
In the fog and rain all day;
You may hunt all through the lowlands
In the swamp your feet may stray;
You may laugh to scorn malaria,
You may live beside the lake,
Fearing not the bold mosquito,
If you'll just consent to take
FULLER'S PILLS.
For the shaking and the quaking
Take our pills.
Take phenacetine in pills.
Headache pills.
What world of confidence
The sight of them instills.
They'll relieve the fiercest headache
They will ease your woe and pain
They will still the horrid throbbing
OF your weary, aching brain.
You need lose time for Illness
You need fear no pain or ache
But you'll glow with health and beauty
If you'll just consent to take
FULLER'S PILLS.
For the sobbing and the throbbing
Take pills.
See the small three-cOrnered pills.
Stomach pills
How they cheer the poor dyspeptic,
And put to flight his ills.
Oh, the palates that it tickles,
As it trickles down the throat
How it saves the dimes and nickels,
While it gets dyspepsia's goat.
You may eat the rich and dainty
All they fry or boil or bake
You may live in peace and plenty
If you'll just consent to take
FULLER'S PILLS.
Stead of moaning and of groaning
Take our pills.
THE FULLER PHARMACY
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-04-12
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DALLAS
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Continued from Page One.)
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-03-02

every variety. Fau berries were ripe.
Wild grapes and black haws were
ready. IL.
They seemed to feel the new reign OF
peace and fullness most Of all. As for
hunting. they didn't even have to hunt
for themselves these days. for the
bounty now being spread before Little
Chicken every day was more than he
could master, and he was glad to have
his parents come down and feast with
him. si
He was fine. overgrown fellow. and
his wings. with quilts Of jetty black.
cleaning with bronze. were so strong
they almost lifted his body. The funny
little hops. springs and sidewise
bounds he gave set Freckles and the
angel, hidden out In the swamp watch
ing him. into smothered chuckles Of
delight. .5
Sometimes he fell to coquetting with
himself. and that was the funniest
thing of all. for he turned bis head up,
down. from side to side, and drew In
his chin with prinky little Jerks and
tilts. He would stretch his neck.
throw up bis head. turn It to one side
and enthusiastically smirk. the most
complacent and self satisfied smirk
that any one ever saw on the face OF a
bird. It was 80 comical that Freckles
and the angel told the Bird Woman Of
Il ono day.
When she finished her work ON Lattle
lTo DO oontinusd.> IA.
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lifted his head and ratified angr1fy. rr
sank in sinuous coils at the report Of
McLean's revolver, and together he
and Freckles stood beside Black Jack.
His fate was evident and most horrible.
Come" said the boss at last. I'VE
don't dare touch him. We will get a
sheet from Mrs. Duncan and tuck over
him. to keep these swarms Of insects
away. and set Hall on guard, while
we go for the officers"
Freckles' lips closed resolutely. BE
deliberately thrust his club under
Black Jacks body and, raising him.
rested 1t on his knee. He pulled q
long silver pin from the front Of the
dead mans shirt and sent 1t spinning
out into the swale. Then he gathered
up few crumpled bright flowers and
dropped them into the pool far away.
my soul Is sick with the horror of
this thing" said Mclean as he and
Freckles drove toward town. II can't
understand how Jack dared risk creep
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-03-02

on his wheel. JUST after we're abed
and rides in about cock crow or a
little earlier. and he's looking like
death and nothing short Of it"
"But, where does he goT' asked Nc
Lean in establishment.
"I'm no given to bearing tales out
Of school," said Sarah Duncan, but
in this case I'd tell ye II could.
What the trouble IL dinna ken. II 1t
II no stopped he's in for dreadful sick.
ness. and thought ye could and out
and help him. He's In sair trouble;
that's all I know"
Mclean sat brooding az he stroked
Nellie's neck.
AT last he said: II suspect I under
stand. At any rate. Think can find
out. Thank you for telling me-"
: "Ye'll no need telling once 70 clap
your eyes on him." propheded Mrs.
Duncan. "His face is all glist'ny
yellow and he's peaked az a. starving
Gagged bird"
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ing through the swale even in des.
peration. No one knew its dangers
better than he. And why did he
choose the rankest, muckiest place to
cross the swamp"
Don't you think. sir. It was because
it was on n line with the Limberlost
south Of the corduroy? The grass was
tallest there, and he counted on those
willows to screen him. Once he got
among them he would have been safe
to walk by STOPPING. II he'd made 1t
past that place he'd been sure to get
out"
"Well. I'm as sorry for Jack as
know how to be-" said Mclean. "but l
can't help feeling relieved that our
troubles are over with this dreadful
punishment for Jack, Wessner safe In
Jail and warrants out for the Others
Jack knew the swamp better than
anyone about here. When he found
there we're two companies trying to
lease he wanted to stand in with the
one from which he could realize the
most. Even then he had trees marked
here that he was trying to dispose of.
1 think his sole intention in forcing
me to discharge him from my gang
was to como up here and try to steal
timber. We had no idea when we took
the lease what gold mine 1t was"
THAT'S exactly what Wessner said
that first day." snid Freckles eagerly.
"That twas a gold mine He said
he didn't know where the marked
trees we're. but he knew man that
did. and If I would hold of and let
them get the marked ones there were
a dozen they could take out In few
days."
"Freckles." cried Mclean. "you don't
mean dozen!'
"That's what he said, SRA dozen.
He said they couldn't tell how the
grain Of all Of them would work up. Of
course. but they were all worth taking
out, and 1--WE or six were real gold
mines. This makes three they've tried.
so there must be nine more marked.
and several of them for being just
fine"
"Well. I wish I knew which they
were," said Mclean. $50 that I could
get them out first"