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Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
ECZEMA IN RED BLoTcHEs

205 Kanter Ave-, Detroit, Mich
"Some time last summer I was taken
with eczema. 1t began in my hair
first with red blotches, then scaly.
spreading to my face The blotches
were red on my face, dry and scaly,
not large; on my scalp they were
larger, some scabby. They came on
my hands. The inside Of my hands
were all little Jumps as though full Of
shot about <one-sixteenth of an inch
under the skin. Then they went to
the outside and between and all over
my fingers. 1t also began on the bot
toms of my feet and the calves Of my
legs, and itch, oh, my! + never had
anything like 1t and hope never will
again. The itching was terrible. My
hands got 80 could scarcely work.
'T tried different eczema ointments
but without results. also took medi-
cine for 1t but it did no good. I saw
the advertisement for a sample Of
Cuticura Ointment and Soap and sent
for one. They did me so much good
bought some more, using them as
per directions, and in about three
weeks was we'll again. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment entirely cured me-"
(Signed) Benz. Passage, Apr. 8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuhcura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv,
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
DR.. Hartman's Plain Talk to Young Men

you in the name of thousands Of 9TH
er young men, like myself.
To this letter I replied:
My Dear Boy:-I cannot tell you
how much good your letter has done
me. To know that I am arousing
the young men in matters Of right
living fills me with gratitude and en-
thusiasm. want to help you. Write
me any time you wish and will con.
slider your letter strictly confidential
and give you prompt reply. Follow
the advice gave in my article. When
ever you have occasion to consult me
further do not hesitate. Let US be
friends. If you will be obedient to
me as a son ought to be will be
faithful and true to you as father
ought to be. Yours sincerely, 8. B.
Hartman. M. D., Columbus, Ohio.
Peruna is for sale at all drug stores.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

The old man came scrambling over
the sand. He was painting and much
excited.
"Mr. Ellery!" he cried, "Mr. Ellery!
it's settled for us--one part Of 1t, any
how. He's slipped his cable. Yup. He
must have died just a little while after
you left and after gave him his
medicine. thought he looked kind Of
queer then. And when the doctor
came we went in together and he was
dead. Yes, sir. dead"
"Dead!"
"Um-hm. No doubt of IT; It's for
good this time. Mr.. Ellery, what shall
we do? Shall tell DR.. Parker?"
Ellery considered for moment.
NO" he said slowly. mo, Capen,
don't tell anyone. can't see why
they need ever know that he hasn't
been dead for years. as they supposed.
Promise me to keep 1t a secret. I'll
tell-her-myself, later on. Now prom
ise me; / trust you"
Land sakes, yes! I'll promise, II
| you want me to-
The next day the body Of Murphy
d, foreThast hand on the San Jose, was
buried in the corner of the Regular
graveyard. near those who were
drowned in the wreck OF that winter,
Capen remained at the shanty another
week. Then, as the minister showed
no symptoms Of having contracted the
disease and insisted that he needed no
companion, Ebenezer departed to take
up his fishing once more.
Ellery himself was most urgent in
the decision that he should not go
back to the parsonage and his church
just CIT. Better to wait until he was
sure. he said, and DR.. Parker agreed.
DR.. Parker told him Of Grace Van
Horne's return to the village. She had
come back. so the doctor said, the day
before. and was to live at the tavern
for a while. at least. Yes. he guessed
even she had given up hope Of Cap
tain Nat now.
"And say" went on Parker what
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

It is the best remedy I ever used and
does Just what you claim for it to the
very letter. l can not recommend 1t
too highly"
A bottle can be bought Of any drug.
gist at fifty cents or one dollar. Peo-
pie usually buy the fifty cent size first,
and then, having convinced themselves
OF Its merits they buy the dollar size.
which Is more economical. Results are
always guaranteed or money will be
refunded. Any elderly person can fol.
low these suggestions with safety and
the assurance Of good results.
II no member Of your family has
ever used Syrup Pepsin and you would
like to make a personal trial Of It be.
fore buying It in the regular way Of q
druggist, send your address-ya postal
will do--to Or. w. b. Caldwell, 203
Washington St.. Monticello, ILL.,, and q
free sample bottle will be mailed you.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
SYNOPSIS.

Mrs. Keziah Cofrin. supposed widow, is
:s5pangsid :ap .clia t. moSs from Iumst 2os to Ro.
for WHOM, she had Kept house Ryan
Pepper. widower. offers marriage. and il
indisnantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan
Ke1iah place as housekeeper for the
n Trumet Kesiah takes charge Of Rev.
MIN advice as to his conduct toward
s. sensation BY, attending .come-outer
tented sentsd BY ESen Hammond. leader OF the
meetns. Grace apologies for her
the qan aps apt aesy S ns5 sSsn
Sso port ssfsly nasS * kroash fox and
storm seo m Ellery finds Keziah writing let
sponse to demand. She is curiopsly
MS5artied Ma when informed of the arrival S OF
ops that they h' Sa have Gae' BEEN low lovers since
youth. Daniels demonstrates with Ellery
Tor attending Come meeting. Ell,
Nat Th.s 1ee treads aea Eesy
meets Grace while walking in the fields.
and and learns that she walks there every
Sundays with the Daniels. Annabel the
captains daughter. exerts herself to
ttna naKe an Impression on him. she no.
tlces with vexatfon his desire to get away
every Sunday at q. certain time. she
watches watch him through a spy glass ma Nat
gam irnportuneS keZfah TO marry min.
He says he has had a quarrel with his
Iather, who wants him to marry Grace.
Ellery asks Grace to marry him. She
confesses that she loves him. but says
she fears to displease her guardian. Ell
kanah Daniels tells Eben about the meet
ings between Ellery and Grace. Eben
declares he will make Grace choose be-
tween him and the preacher. Grace finds
MIN In faint, following the excitement
CT Elkanah's visit. Just before he dies
Eben exacts a promise from Nat and
Grace that they will marry. Keziah
breaks the news to Ellery and later he
receives a note from Grace saying she Is
to marry Nat. and asking him not to try
to zee her again. Keziah tells the story
OF her own marriage with a man who
turned out to be a good-for- nothing, and
who was reported to have been lost at
sea. and of her love for Nat. whom she
cannot marry because the husband IL
alive. Captain Nat sails for Manila to
be gone two years. TIe says he and
Grace have decided not to marry until
he returns. Nat is overdue. and It II
feared that he has been lost at sea-
Keziah gets a letter from her husband
saying he is coming back. Grace goes on
q visit to relatives of the Hammonds. A
vessel flying distress signals is discovered
OF the coast. Ellery goes with party to
board the vessel A man Is found suf-
fering from smallpox. the rest Of the
crew having deserted.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
Bowels Get Weak
AS Age Advances
The First Necessity is to
Keep the Bowels Gently
Open With q Mild
Laxative Tonic

Healthy old age is SO absolutely de.
pendent upon the condition of the
bowels that great care should be taken
to see that they act regularly. The fact
Is that as age advances the stomach
muscles become weak and inactive
and the liver does not store up the
juices that are necessary to prompt
digestion.
Some help can be obtained by eat
ing easily digested foods and by
plenty of exercise, but this latter is
irksome to most elderly people. One
thing is certain, that a state of con.
stipation should always be avoided as
1t is dangerous to life and health The
best plan is to take q mild laxative
as often as is deemed necessary. But
with equal certainty 1t is suggested
that cathartics, purgatives. physics,
salts and pills be avoided, as they do
but temporary good and are so harsh
as to be a shock to a delicate system.
A much better plan, and one that
thousands of elderly people are follow.
Ing, iB to take O gentle laxative.tonic
like DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
which acts as nearly like nature as is
possible. In fact. the tendency Of this
remedy is to strengthen the stomach
and bowel muscles and so train them
to act naturally again, when medicines
OF all kinds can usually be dispensed
with. This is the opinion of many
people Of different ages, among them
Mr.. o. p. Miller, Baroda, Mich, who
writes: 81 am 80 years old and have
been constipated for many years. Since
receiving your sample bottle I have
procured two 50c bottles and find that
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

My plain talk to young men in my
last article certainly brought out
many responses from young men.
take this means Of answering them
briefly, for the benefit of other young
men who did not write me. One
writer says:
'I was greatly interested in your
talk to young men. l wish / was
strong and well as you describe your
self to be. / am going to begin at
once and follow your advice and take
care of myself as ought to. l will
quit the use Of all stimulants, tea and
coffee, go to bed early. will take
the cold water towel bath every morn
ing. I want to live to be old and
useful, like you. And I shall also
keep Peruna at hand, in case Of slight
ailments as they may arise. i thank
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
CHAPTER XVI.
In Which Ebenezer capen 10 Sur
nrIeed

In Which Ebenezer capen 10 Sur
prlsed.
Before sunset that afternoon the San
Jose was anchored behind the point
by the inlet The fishing boats changed
moorings and moved farther up, for
not single one of their owners would
trust himself within a hundred yards
of the stricken brigantine.
The largest Of the beach shanties,
one which stood by itself quarter Of
a mile from the light, was hurriedly
prepared for use as pesthouse and
the sick sailor was carried there on
an improvised stretcher. DR.. Parker
and Ellery lifted him from his berth
and. assisted by old Ebenezer Capen.
got him up to the deck and lowered
him into the dory. Ebenezer rowed
the trio to the beach and the rest Of
the journey was comparatively easy.
The shanty had three rooms, one Of
which, was given up to the patient,
one used as living room, and, in the
third, Capen and the minister were to
sleep. Mattresses were procured. kind
hearted townspeople donated cast-off
was made as comfortable as 1t could
be. under the circumstances. Sign
boards. warning strangers to keep
Away, were erected, and in addition to
them, the Trumet selectmen ordered
ropes stretched across the lane on
both sides of the shanty. But ropes
and signs were superfluous. Trumet
in general was in a blue funk and
had no desire to approach within a
mile Of the locality. Even the driver
of the grocery cart, when he left the
days supply Of groceries. pushed the
packages under the ropes. yelled .
hurried Here you bel" and, whipping
up his horse. departed at a rattling gal
lop.
The village sat up nights to discuss
the affair and every day brought a
new sensation. The survivors of the
San Jose's crew. a .wretched. panic
stricken quartette Of mulattos and
Portuguese, were apprehended on the
outskirts of Denboro, the town below
Trumet on the bay side, and were
promptly seQuestered and fumigated,
pending shipment to the hospital at
Boston. Their story was short but
gruesome. The brigantine was not q
Turks Islands boat. but a coaster from
Jamaica. She had sailed with a small
cargo for Savannah. Two days out
and the smallpox made its appearance
on board. The sufferer. a negro fore
mast hand. died. Then another sailor
was seized and also died. The skip
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
Solvent.

A certain man found himself in the
possession of $11, 100000. But he did
not lose his head. On the contrary.
81 will pay only 80 much for a car, "
he firmly declared. "as will leave of
the $11,000,0O0 a sum sufficient, If
prudently invested in the funds, to de-
fray the cost of having the thing
around"
And though in that resolution he
paid so little for car that his wife
would scarcely speak to him, his
sense of financial solvency was his
ample reward.-Puck
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

per, who was the owner. was the next
victm, and the vessel was in state
Of decentralization which the mate, On
Englishman named Bradford. could
not overcome Then followed days
and nights of calm and terrible heat,
of pestilence and all but mutiny. The
mate himself died. There was no one
left who understood navigation. At
last came a southeast gale and the
San Jose drove before It. Fair wealth
er found her abreast the Cape. The
survivors ran her in after dark, an
chored, and reached shore in the long
boat. The sick man whom they had
left IN the forecastle was a new hand
who had shipped at Kingston. His
name was Murphy. they believed.
They had left him because he wav
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
CHAPTER xv.-(continued.)

The sick man was ravtng In delirium
when he reached him, but the sound
Of the water tapping the sides Of the
saucepan brought him to himself. He
seized Ellery by the arm and drank
and drank. When at last he desisted.
the pan was half empty.
The minister laid him gently back in
the bunk and stepped to the foot of
the ladder for breath. This made him
think of the necessity for air in the
place and he remembered the little
window. 1t was tightly closed and
rusted fast He went up to the deck.
found a marlin spike. and, returning.
broke the glass. A sharp. cold
draught swept through the forecastle.
stirring the garments hanging on the
nails.
An hour later. two dories bumped
against the side Of the San Jose Men.
talking in low tones. climbed over the
rail. Burgess was one Of them;
ashamed Of his panic, he had returned
to assist the others In bringing the
brigantine into a safer anchorage by
the inlet.
DR.. Parker. very grave but business
like, reached the deck among the first.
"Mr. Ellery." he shouted. where
are your"
The minister's head and shoulders
appeared at the forecastle companion.
Here l am, DOCTOR" he said. "Will
you come DOWN."
The doctor made no answer in
words, but he hurried briskly across
the deck. One man. Ebenezer Capen,
an old fisherman and ex-whaler from
East Trumet, started to follow him,
but he was the only one. The others
waited, with scared faces. by the rail.
Get her under way and inshore as
soon as you can," ordered DR.. Parker.
"Ebenezer, you can help. II l need
you below, I'll call"
The minister backed down the lad
der and the doctor followed him. Par
ker bent over the bunk for few mo-
ments in silence.
Hes pretty bad," he muttered.
Mighty little chance. Heavens, what
q den! Who broke that window"
81 did," replied Ellery. THE air
down here was dreadful"
Inc QOCtOT uOuutu dPpTONluSly. Il
guess So" he said. IT'S bad enough
now. We've got to get this poor fellow
out OF here as soon as we can or he'll
die before tomorrow. Mr.. Ellery," he
added sharply. what made you do
this? Don't you realize the risk you've
rum"
Some one had to do 1t. You are
running the same risk"
mot just the same. and. besides,
its my business. Why didn't you let
some one else, some one we could
spare Humph! Confound 1t, man!
didn't you know any better? Weren't
you afraid"
His tone rasped Ellery's shaken
nerves.
"Of course was" he snapped ir-
ritably. I'm not an idiot"
"Humph! Well. all right; beg your
pardon. But you oughtn't to have done
It. Now you'll! have to be quarantined.
And who ir thunder can get to stay
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

l want to know is whether you think
l could leave you for couple of days?
The Ostable County Medical Society
meets at Hyannis tomorrow and had
promised myself to take 1t in this
year. But | don't want to leave you.
II you need me-"
Ellery insisted that he did not need
anyone. was getting along finely and
would not hear to his friends miss
ing the medical society's meeting. So
the physician went. John Ellery did
not feel cheerful that afternoon. The
tired feeling he had spoken OF 80 light
ly was worse than he had described 1t,
and he was respondent, for no particu-
lar reason. That night he slept miser-
ably and awoke with a chill to find .
cold. pouring rain beating against the
windows Of the shanty.
He lay down on his bed and tried to
sleep. but though he dozed bit. woke
always with a start ard either a chill
or fever At. His head began to ache
violently. And then. in the lonesome
ness and misery, fear began to take
hold Of him.
Night came. Tho rain had ceased
and stars were shining clear. Inside
the shanty the minister tossed on the
bed. or staggered back and forth about
the two rooms. He wondered what
the time might be; then he did not
care. He was alone. The smallpox
had him In its grip. Why didn't some
one come? Where was Mrs. Cofiin7
And Grace? She was somewhere near
I'm Dor haA
see her before he died. He called her
name over and over again.
The wind felt cold on his forehead.
He stumbled amidst the beach grass.
What was this thing across his path?
A rope, apparently, but why should
there be ropes in that house? There
had never been any before. He
climbed over 1t and 1t was climb
Of hundreds Of feet and the height
made him glddy. That was house,
another house. not the one he had
been living In. And there were lights
all about. Perhaps one OF them was
the light at the parsonage. And big
bell was booming. That was his
church bell and he would be late for
the meeting.
Some one was speaking to him. He
knew the voice. He had known It al
ways and would know 1t forever. It
was the voice he wanted to hear
"Grace!" he called. "Gracei want
you. Don't go! Don't go! Grace!
oh, my dear! don't co.
Then the voice had gone. No, It had
, hot gone. 1t was still there and he
heard 1t speaking to him, begging him
to listen. pleading with him to 20
somewhere. go back. back to some
thing or other. And there was an
arm about his waist and some one
was leading him. helping him. He
broke down and cried childishly and
| some one cried with him.
tTo BE CONTINUED,
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated,
tiny granules, easy to take as candy. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
Growers Shipping Broom Corn.

AS the price offered for Broom Corn at
shipping points is below the cost of pro-
duction many growers are refusing to
sell and instead are shipping their corn to
COYNE BROS, 100 w. SOUTH WATER
ST., CHICAGO. The financial RESPONSE
bility of this firm exceeds one hundred
thousand dollars. Growers should corre-
spond with them. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
DaIIv Thouoht.

1t is indeed desirable thing to be
well descended, but the glory belongs
to our ancestors.-Plutarch.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Some hotels are like the place
where the pavements are made Of
good intentions-no fire escapes.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Silly people are usually happy. but
not all happy people are silly.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Only Ono "BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININH. Look
for tho signature of w. GROVE. Cures Cold
In One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. &c.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

While the seasons always open for
fortune hunting. few of the hunters
are good shots.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Write for book saving young chicks. send US
names OFT friends that use incubators aud get
book free. Raisall Remedy Co.. Blackwell ,Okla.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Gossips repeat everything they hear
and lot they don't.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06
Rubber Atrocities,

II can sympathize with those vic
time of atrocity in the rubber
regions"
What do you know about them?"
Its my business to carry our rub
ber trees in and out of the house, &C.
cording to the weather."
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

s,ssa's's sssss the 9, ZMzZzzM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

Tho Real Trouble Makers.
Does your auto give you any
trouble?"
Not 30 much as the police"
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-06

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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lty minutes we discussed
/ he gave me the sound
"a knowledge and expert
re than a little. He was
IF art. His own chateau
d me, had only recently
alton in every particular.
address of the men in
ID such wonders for him.
lily that he might be of
me in outlining a system
impressed. His manner
Underneath the fascinat-
Of the Old World court
|1r dominant signs of in
even cruelty. He was
ay from the fact that he
.ason than that l was an
b feeling the derision in
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blithey up from the posterior regions devoted
to servants and their ilk! He carrying long
pasteboard box. l said something impressive under
my breath. Brtton, on seeing US, stopped short in
his tracks. He put the box behind his back and
gazed at me forlornly
"Ah, Brtton!" said l, recovering myself most
credtably. Going up to little shaver, l sup
pose?'
l managed to shoot a covert look at Pless. He
was gazing at the half-hdden box with perfectly
mpassive face, and yet l knew there was smile
about him somewhere. The miserable box contained
roses, knew, because l had ordered them for Rose
mary.
"Yes, Sir said my valet, quite rigid with
tainty, "in way, Sir A bright look flashed into
his face. "Im taking up the wash, Mr.. Smart,
from the laundry in the town. Sir. 1t is some
thing dreadful the way they mange things e Sr
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He stood aside to let us pass with the box pinned
between him and the wall. Never in my life have
| known roses to have more pungent and pene-
trating odor The embarrassed Britton seemed fairly
to reek with it.
II like the perfumes the women using
adays' said Pless affably, as we felt way down
the steps
Altar of roses" said I, shifting.
"Umph!" said he.
1t was quite dark and very damp in the under
ground passages. had the curious sensation of liz
ards wrgging all about in the sinister shadows.
Then and there resolved that the doors of this pes
tilential prison should be locked and double locked
and never opened again while was master of the
place.
Half an hour later when rejoined my guests after
a session with Conrad Schmick was somewhat an
moved by the dig George Hazard planted in my de-
voted ribs, and the furtive wink he gave me. The
two ladies were regarding me with expressions that
seemed pretty we'll divided between disapproval and
mrth. The Baron, whose amicable relations with
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which he held not only me, but the Hazards and
the Smiths as we'll He looked upon all of US as
coming from an inferior race, to be tolerated only
as passersby and by no means worthy of his august
consideration. We were not of his world, and never
could be- Ignoble to him, indeed, must have been
the wife who came with the vulgar though welcome
dollars and an ambition to be his equal and the
sharer of his Heaven-born glory!
/ looked at my watch, and assuming careless
manner remarked Il am afraid we shall be late for
the start. Are you going out with us in the boat?
must be off, and started off in the direction of
the lower regions.
He followed. unanswered with such success that
ultimately he took the lead hadn't the re1notest
idea how to get to the COMPOUNDED dungeons!
lust as we were descending the last flight of stairs
before coming to the winding stone steps that led
far down into the earth, who but Britton should
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PRECEDING CHAPTERS

became enamored Of his
bought moved with his
the balcony of distant of the
unable
building
fabuosy the all the people of the
themselves his payroll in the guse of and
his and
Smart determined
to horde
snached aside, and found myself
had defd The workmen
The resulted in Smars
) his and he kissed the baby.
lodge American who had married Austrian Count and
father should balance million dollars
the child had been awarded the Count worthless fellow The
where
visit and brought Count along who posed
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Pless had evidently been restored, was grinning
broadly at me.
And the Countess had imperiously directed me
to supply her with all the scandal of the hour!