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Gone TO STAY.

Booth Harrington was telling gsos
les to a group of college graduates In
a New York club, when one Of tia
party suddenly inquired: What hasi
become Of Davis?''
! "He has gone out Of town on hass
ness for a few days, guess" "a
piled another of the party.
HE has gone for long WHILE Oh.
served Mr.. Harrington, with a srnilA
Davis is one Of those men who laaYa
unmistakable evidence of their par.
poses. Whenever Davis goes away to
stay a long period he takes with :r1Ts.
an old mouth organ, which he lavea
dearly to play while he occasionally
nibb1es at gingerbread. / have Llade
an investigation of Davis room, ane
have found that the mouth organ diR
appeared with him. The presence or alb
sence of that instrument is enough ts
tell me what Davis plans are
| The party learned soon after thu,
/ Davis had left for Wisconsin to re
side permanently.
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season. She knew that the only peo-
pie in that wilderness were the mem
bers Of her own party, three OF them
were at the camp below: the others
were ascending q mountain miles
away. The canon was deep sunk, and
she satisfied herself by careful obser-
walton that the pool was not over
looked by any elevations far or near.
Her additions in common with
those of the rest of the campers had
been by piecemeal Of necessity. Here
was an opportunity for plunge IN a
natural bath tub. She 1'as rs certain
that she would be wnder no observa-
ton as II she were In the privacy OF
her own chamber. Here again impulse
determined the end. In spite OF her
assurance there was some little ap-
prehension in the glance that she cast
about her, but 1t soon vanished. There
was no one. She was absolutely
alone. The pool and the chance OF
the plunge had brought her down to
earth again; the thought of the en-
livening exhilaration OF the pure cold
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ing woman, her tears came slowly as
rule and then came hard. She rath-
er prided herself upon her stoicism,
but in this instance the great depths
of her nature had been undermined
and the fountains thereof We're fain
to break forth
How long she lay there, warmth
coming gradually to her under the di-
rect rays Of the sun, she did not know,
and it was strange thing that
caused her to arise. It grew suddenly
dark over her head. She looked up
and a rim Of frightful black, dense
clouds had suddenly blotted out the
sun. The clouds were lined with gold
and silver and the long rays shot
from behind the somber blind over
the yet uncovered portions of the
heaven, but the clouds moved with
the irresistible swiftness and steadi-
ness of a great deluge. The wall OF
| them lowered above her head while
| they extended steadily and rapidly
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in the horror of that moment. Alone,
naked, defenseless, lost in the noun
tains, with the most powerful, san
continent In front of her, she could
neither fight nor fly; she could only
wait his pleasure He snuffed at her
clothing a moment and stood with
one fore foot advanced for a second
or two growing deeply, evidently, she
thought with almost superhuman
keenness of perception, preparing to
leap into the pool and seize upon her.
The rush of the current as it sW1rled
about her caused her to sway gently,
otherwise she stood motionless and
apprehensive, awfully expectant. She
had made no sound, and save for that
low groWl the great beast had been
equally silent. There was an awful
ixity In the gaze she turned upon him
and he wavered under 1t. 1t annoyed
| him. It bespoke a little Of the dom
nance OF the human. But she was
| too surprised, too unnerved, too des-
perately frightened Sto put forth the
| full power of mind over matter. There
was piteous appeal in her gaze. The
| bear realized this and mastered her
sufi GENTLY.
She did not know whether she was
/ in the water or in the air; there were
but two points upon which her con
/ seriousness was focused in the vast
/ ellipse of her Imagination. Another
] moment or two and all coherency OF
| thought would be gone. The grizzly
| still unsettled and uneasy before hef
/ awful glance, but not deferred by it.
turned it's great head sideways q lit
! tie to escape the direct tmnobile
stare brought his sharp clawed foo1
down heavily and lurched forward.
| Scarcely had minute elapsed il
which all this happened. That huge
threatening heave. OF the great bod!
| toward her relieved the tension. She
found voice at last. Although 1t wa!
absolutely futile, she realized as sht
cried, her released lips framed the
loud appeal.
Help! for Gods sake.
!: Although she knew she cried bu
to the bleak walls of the canon, thu
dropping mines, the rushing river. tn
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ICED as she did how frightfully cold
she was. Yet, although she froze
where she was and persisted with cold
she could not go out on the bank to
dress, and it would avail her little,
she saw swiftly, since the huge mon
ster had fallen dead heap on her
clothes.
Now all this, although 1t takes min
utes to tell, had happened in but q
few seconds. Seconds sometimes in
clude hours, even a lifetime, in their
brief composition She thought it
would be just as well for her to sink
down and die In the water. when a
sudden splashing below her caused
her to look down the stream.
She was SO agitated that she could
make out little except that there was
a man crossing below her and making
directly toward the body OF the bear
He was tall, black bearded man, she
saw he carried rifle. he looked Meth
er to the right nor to the left, he did
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as If he did not know quite what 70
make of the white loneliness OF THIS
unwonted apparition flashing so SUD
denly at him out Of the water, THIS
strange invader of the domain OF
which he was sole master and lord
paramount, stood great, monstrous,
frightful looking grizzly bear. Ursus
Horribilis, indeed.
He was an aged monarch OF the
mountains, reddish brown In color
originally, but now a hoary dirty
gray. His body was massive and
burly, his legs short, dark colored and
immensely powerful His broad square
head moved restlessIy. His fanged
mouth opened and low hoarse groWl
came from the red cavern OF his
throat. He was an old and terrible
monster who had tasted the blood OF
man and who would not hesitate to
attack without provocation, especially
anything at once so harmless and so
Whitley inviting as the girl In the
pool.
The girl forgot the chill Of the water
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Absorb Water Through the Skin

Experiments have been made vito
frogs which tend to show that those
animals rapidly absorb water through
the pores Of the skin. Emphasis ID
laid by certain authorities upon thu
fact that frogs never take water hg
the mouth. On being exposed for seq
eral hours to dry air some frogs an.
perimented with lost Il per cent. Cd
their weight, but this was nearly On
regained within "a hours when thGF
were placed In dish containing va
ter only one centimeter In depth
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SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland fr z,s,a free 3e, 1 e taken KEN
epo we Ezo,orado mountains by her uncle,
Rob oesr Maitland James Armstrq 21a;:
His persistent wooing thrills the girl % oa II
she hesitates and Armstrong goes ssW aas'
m business without a definite ansWsi'
Enid hears the story of mining en nj T.
ne ses Newboid whose wife fell off eli eil :
and was SO seriously hurt that he her T bes
compelled to shoot her to prevent tva nef for
heip' Kirkby, the old guide who tells the the
story, gives Enid package Of IT, le dead
which says found he on letters tee d and
ut Kirkby's request keeps them.
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not beStOW a glance upon ner. oHo
could have cried aloud In thanksgiving
for his apparent obliviousness to her
as she crouched now neck deep IN the
seenumbing cold. The man stepped on
the bank, shook himself like a great
dog might have done and marchea
over to the bear He uprooted a small
nearby pine, with the ease OF Her
cules-and she had time to marx ana
marvel at 1t In spite Of everything
and then with that as lever he IN
concernedly and easily heaVed the
body of the monster from OH her
clothing. She was to learn later what
feat Of strength it was to move that
inert carcass weighing much more
than half ton.
Thereafter he dropped the pine tree
by the side of the dead grizzly and
without a backward look tramped
swiftly and steadily up the canon
through the trees, turning at the point
of It and was instantly lost to sight
His gentle and generous purpose We're
obvious even to the frightened, agi-
tated, excited girl.
The woman watched him until ne
disappeared, a few seconds longer,
| and then she hurled herself through
the water and stepped out upon the
shore. Her sweater which the bear
had dragged forward In it's advance,
lay on top Of the rest of her clothes.
covered with blood. She threw it aside
and with nervous, frantic energy, wet,
cold, though she was. she jerked on
in some fashion enough clothes to
cover her nakedness and then with
more leisureIy order and with neces-
| sary care she got the rest OF her ap-
parel in its accustomed place upon her
| body, and then when it was all over
| she sank down prone and PROSTATE
upon the grass by the carcass OF the
now harmless monster which had SO
nearly caused her undoing, and shly-
cred, cried and sobbed as ii her heart
would break.
She was chilled to the bone by her
/ motionless sojourn, albeit it had been
/ for scarcely more than minute IN
/ that icy water, and yet the blood
/ rushed to her brow and face, to every
| hidden part Of her in waves as she
thought of it. II was a good thing
that she cried; she was not a weep
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distant heaven, the appeal Went iortn
accompanied by the migntlest con
juration known to man.
'.For Gods sake, help"
How dare poor humanity SO plead.
the doubter cries What Is 1t to 900
if one suffers, another bleeds, another
dies? What ansWer could come out OF
that silent sky? Sometimes the LORD
speaks with the loud voice OF mems
fashioning, instead of In that st1il
whisper which is his own, ana the
sound Of which we fail to eaten pc
cause OF our csrsignoble babble.
The answer to her prayer came
with roar liz her nervous frightened
ear like clap Of thunder Ere the
first echo of it died away, 1t was sue
ceeded oy another and another and
another, echoing, rolling, reverDerat-
ing among the rocks in ever diminish
ing but long drawn out peals.
On the instant the bear rose to MS
feet. swayed slightly and struck as at
an imaginary enemy with his We1gnty
paws. A hoarse, frightful guttering
roar burst from his red slayering jaws,
then he lurched SIDE ways and fell
forward, fighting the air madly for a
moment, and lay still.
With staring eyes that missed ne
detail, she saw that the brute mad
been shot in the head and shoulder
three times and that he was appar-
entity dead. The revulsion that came
over her. was beWildering; she swayed
again, this time not from the thrust
Of the water, but with sick faintness.
The tension suddenly taken off, IN
strung, the loose bow OF her spirit
quivered help1essly; the arrow OF her
life almost fell into the stream.
And then a new and more appalling
terror swept over her. Some man had
fired that shot. .Actaeon had spied
upon DIANA With this sudden revela-
ton of her shame, the red blood beat
to the white surface in spite OF the
chill water. The anguish of that mo-
ment was greater than before. She
could be killed, torn to pieces, de
voured, that was a small thing, but
that she should be SO outraged in he1
modesty was uncomfortable. She wished
the hunter had not come. She sunk
lower in the water for moment fair
to hide in its crystal clarity and real
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RECORD OF A
GREAT MEDICINE
Doctors Could Not Heb Mrs,
Templetora Regained
Health through Lydia Z.
Pirakharn's Compound.

Hooper, Nebraska. -s'I am very cid
to tell how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has helped me, ForfVe years
I suffered from female troubles 50 | Has
scarcely able to do my work. Itookdos.
tors medicines and used local Treatments
but was not helped. I had such awfal
bearing down pains and my back was ~
weak could hardly walk and could not
ride. Ioften had 20 sit up nights tosleep
and my friends thought / could motive
loag. At my request my husband cot
me bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham' ! Veg.
etable Compound and commenced y
take it. By the time had taken 10
seventh bottle my health had returned
and began doing my washing and Wasa
well woman. Atone time for three weeks
T did all the work for eighteen hoaraers
with no signs of my old trouble retlrr-
ing. Many have taken your medicine
after seeing what it did for me. Weaa
not take $1,000 and be where 4 was fou
have my permission to use ny name \
| it viii aid anyone. - Mrs. SUSIE TEN
PLEToN, Hooper, Nebraska.
ThePinkham record lisa proud andp peer
| less one. It is record Of constant wv.
tory over the obstinate ills OF Wonlan-lS
that deal out despair. z1g.Sss,
It is an established NV - aRl
fact that Lydia E. IN
Pinkham's Vegeta- u a
BILE Compound has re- III
stored health to thou -
sands of such suffer {a\ asSM
ing women. Why MN,
don't you try tiff you (gGesSSs esy
necdsuch a medicine? lS6A TlNkaEsh
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of the canon and the mountain Wall.
A storm YVES Brewing such as she
had never seen, such as she sad nc
experience to enable her to realize ita
malign possibilities. Nay, 1t was now
at hand. She had no clew, however.
of what was toward, how terrible q
danger overshadowed her. Frightened
but unconscious of all the menace Of
the hour, her thoughts flew down tbs
canon to the camp. She must hasten
there She looked for her watch
which she had lifted from the grass
and which she had not yet put oa.
The grizzly had stepped upon 1t, IL
was irretrievably ruined. She judged
from her last glimpse Of the sun that
it must now be early afternoon. She
rose to her feet and staggered with
since morning. and the nervous shock
and strain through which she had
gone had reduced her to g pitiasAs
condition.
Her luncheon had fortunately cd
capped unframed. In, big pocket OF
her short skirt there was a small
flask of whiskey, which her Uncle
Robert had required her to take with
her. She felt sick and faint, but she
knew that she must eat If she was to
make the journey, difficult as it might
prove, back to the camp. She forced
herself to take the first mouthful OF
bread and meat she had brought with
her, but when she mad tasted she
needed no further incentive, she ats
/ to the last crumb; she thought this
was the time she needed stimulants,
too, and mingling the cold water from
| the brook with little Of the ardent
| spirit from the flask, she drank. SoIllB
of the chill had worn off, some of tbs
| fatigue had gone.
She rose to her feet and started
| down the canon; her bloody sweater
still lay on the ground with other
things of which she was needless. 1t
had grown colder, but she realized
that the climb down the canon would
/ put her stagnant blood in circulation
and all would be well.
Before she began the descent OF the
pass, she cast one long glance bacsS-
ward whittier the man had gone,
Whence came he, who was he, what
had he seen, where was he now? She
thanked God for his interference Ia
one breath and hated him for hir
presence in the other.
i The whole sky was now black with
drifting clouds, lightning flashed above
/ her head, muttered peals OF thunder
terrifcally ominous, rocked through
the silent hills. The noise wag low
and subdued, but almost continuous
that she was being observed, shs
started down the canon, plunging des
perately through the trees, leaping ths
brook from side to side where it mar
rowed, seeking ever the easiest way
She struggled on, painting with sud
den inexplicable terror almost as ba'
as that which had overwhelmed he
an hour beforehand growing Tler;
intense every moment, to such a tragi
pass had the day and Its happening
brought her.
Poor girl, awful experience reall
was to be hers that day. The fate
sported with her-bodily fear, Out
ragged modesty, mental anguish an
now the terror of the storm.
The clouds seemed to sink love-
until they almost closed about ns
Long gray ghostly arms reached OF
toward her. It grew darker and dnrl
er in the depths or the canon. ga
screamed aloud-in vain.
(To BE CONTINUED.)
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commended special kidney remedy
Mrs. G. F, Mace, Madison St, Shaw
neetown, ILL.,, says: Il suffered il.
tenseIy from backache and headache
End was very nervous. / was scarce
" able to attend to my houseRork
and at times was SO bad was confined
to bed. Doan's Kidney Pills gave ina
quick relief and before long cured MS
completely
when Your Back Is Lame, Remembar
the Name-DOAN'S." Soc, all stores
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. T.
The Remedy.
'I see beef is still going up
"Then the best way to stop that L
to keep it from going down"
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HARD FOR THE HOUSEWIVES.

IT'S hard enough to keep house Il /,
perfect health, but woman veal
tired and suffering with an ach,ns
back has a heavy burden. ANY woman
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IN this
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~ s,,rasa ,ssasa
ray tra,,a1s
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LOOK, OKLAHOMA FA Fam - 'lfafta M
none cheaper than okfuskesr crops 1 III N
soil that will produce bunaaassr uit u, Ii Ii
cotton, corn ghea :, = o aITY CO., Oksn's4
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SheiTried To Obey

Eddie Foy, at the Lambs Club gam
Dol in New York, told Panama hat
story
"a young clerk out my way" he
said, ''gave his girl a present OF a
Panama last year. Then, the day be-
fore the Fourth, he got couple of
com plimentaries for a picnic, clambaKe
and corn roast down the river and he
wired the girl:
"'Meet me at Pier IL tomorrow
morning at 7. Picnic. Bring Pana-
ma
"The next morning as he stood on
Pier IL dreaming dreams of love, i'm
agining along, sweet day 'of billing and
cooling, he saw his girl advancing with
her father and mother. He was terribly
annoyed ana on the boat as soon as he
could get her alone he hissed:
"'What did you want to bring the
old folks for?'
"Didn't you tell me to bring them?"
she replied, and she showed him the
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Notice to Lien Holders.

To all parties holding liens, by judg-
ment or otherwise, Oh the real estate
or any part thereof of &. Il Iice.
In pursuance of decree of the Cir.
cult Court of Berkeley County w. Va.
made in cause therein pending, to
subject the real estate of the said &. r.
Tice to the satisfaction Of the liens
thereon, you are herby required TO pre-
sent all claims held BY you ana each o.
you, against the said q. r. lice, which
are liers on his real estate or any part
of it, for adjudication, 10 me at my
Office in the Old National Bank Build
ing, in Martinsburg, w. Va, on or be
fore the eth day of March 1912
Given under my hand, this Sth day
Of Feb. 1912.
w. b. Colston, Commissioner in Chan
Gerry of said Court. 4
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Special cornmissioners' Sale
o. valusble
RrAL EsTATE.

TIE underlined Erccisi commits
toner By virtue o the authority vest
I'd In him By a decree q the Circuit
Court - Berkeley County. West Viz
mia entered on the 18Th day OF jan
AIRY. 1914 IN seit IN chAncery there
r. re1dinw eufiiisd The Vehicle Com
pfnF. ETC. against Mary y Brown.
Nsl sell a. p1alic sale at the front
docr ef fhe court house Of berkeley
cxaniy West virginia. on
Saturday. March 3. 1912.
that certain rarcei or lof OF real es-
sfc Situate On the east side OF North
Queen street ia Martinsburg. Ber-
kelley county Wet Virginia. and
bounded a. faiiows
Rari~n'nr at sta'1e on the east
SIDE cf the said North Queen street
and corner 90 !. NJ Powell; thence
easteriF with the ilae q said lot $50
feet % e friFate alley. thence with
ED alley aorhaardiy 50 feet. thence
westariiy parallel with said lot $50
feet 20 said Queen street; thence
southVafdiy along said street about
a feet 10 the qlace Of beginning, and
heinz the same real estate which was
conveyed TO the said Mary Il. Brown
~ Martha V. brown and husband by
deed bearing date the LIST day OF July.
1904. ard recorded in the ONCE Of the
county clerk Of said county and state
in deed book 100, page 263.
The said real estate is improved by
tNvo-story frame dwelling house aad
all necessary outbuildings. The pur-
chaser to pay tcxes for 1919.
Terms Of saIe.-One-third OF the
pnrchase money cash on day OF sale
ard the remainder in two equal pay
ments DIE in one and two years res
pectively with interest. the purchaser
c give hts notes for the deferred pay
ments bearing interest from the day
c. sale and the title to be retained
until both OF said notes are qaid.
r. H. BOYD,
Special Commissioner.
I herewith certify that r. II Boyd.
special commits zioner. in the above
entitled cause has executed bond of
approved security as required by law.
/. Dew. GERHARDT.
CLERK
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CsmmIssIunsrs sslles.

A. 2. Payne
E. e. Payne sim
J. s Emory, &c.
w. L. Payne etsI
Commissioners Drlce.
MartinsnDir, W. Va Feb. 4. 1912
TO all persons interested la the Steve
entitled cause.
By decree q the Circuit goort 81
Berkeley County, W Va. entefea In
the above entitled cause. on TIE i3th
day u January, 1919, the sanle wss 70
ferred 10 me, with insttuetions 60 a..
certain aud report.
FIRST-Mh personal estnte The
said Thomas Psyfe and Mary o.
Payne owned ~ The time 81 their death
the character and value thereaf
SECOND-Mhst disposition, II
any, WAS made OF the said persanai r..
tate, by the defendant, r. y. Ketler.
ing, Administrator Of ! homss Payne
and the defendant r. q. KefieflnK,
Administrator ~ Mary r. Payre, and
how much, il any, IL now In bic hands.
as such Administrator, available iof
THIRD-A settlement u the I'D
ministratioB Of the estate ~ the said
Thomas Payne by r.. u. ketIeriug
his Administrator, and Mary r. Payne
~ K. b. Kettering, Der Adminis-
traitor.
FOURTH-What deots the said
Thomas syHe and the said Mary T..
Payne owed at the time of their death,
to whom they are payable, their ia.
ture and their respective amounts and
Priorities.
FIFrH-What real estate was own
ed by the said Thomas Payne and
Mary t.. Payne, at the time OF their
death, it's quantity, description and To-
cation.
SIXTH-And such other matters as
any party in interest ~ ay require, the
same being pertinent, or such other
matters as the Commissioner, himself
may deem pertinent, whether 20 re-.
quested or not.
You will therefore take notice that
have fixed Oh TUESDAY, THE ERA
DAY OF MARCH 1912, st 10 A. A.
As the time when and my office in he
Old National Bank Building in Mar.
tinsburg w. Va, as the place where /
Will proceed to execute the said order
Ct reference, and If, from any cause The
same be not completed on that day il
will be adjourned, from time to time,
at the sam place, until il is com pieted
Given under NY baud this SIN day
Of February, 1912.
w. b. Colston, Commissioner IN Chan
At. Gerry, of said C0uit.