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women, too. ! cannot praise Lydie, z.
Pinkham 8 Vegetable Compound enough
for / know never would have been as
well If had not taken II and recon-
mend it to suffering women"
Daughter Helped Also.
"I gave it 10 my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
Dchool and was nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
so healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this letter If you
like. Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 161 S. 10th
Street, Ironton, Ohio.
Why will women continue 10 suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly.
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound7
If You have the slightest doubt
that Lydia f. Pipkham's Vcgeta-
bic Comp0undw will help you, writo
to Lydia E-Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential) Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by q woman
and held I'm strict confidence.
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nur In readiness for his escape?. Here
on board were his daughter and per,
haps another daughter, or his wife
but, no, his wife was dead-at any
rate, his entire family-and Tom as
captain was lending himself to the
crime. IL crime was being projected.
But where did Della come into the
maze? And who was she, anyway ?
The time had come for him to know,
and he meant to get some sort of ex-
PLANTATION out of her, willy-nilly, just
as soon as an opportunity presented
itself.
The party returned to the yacht. and
there by and by Tom began to fear
that the opportunity to talk to Della
would not occur. In truth, had he been
Q bit more discerning, n the permit
ENJOY WITH which Della kept Jessie VIII
lara cIooo q her. ~ must have 60
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BUSINESS ABOVE ALL THINGS
Farmer Willing to Let Wife Sob Her
Fill II He Got the Price
for the "Coo."

The farmers met In the market
town, and there was a calculating look
In the eyes of both as they faced each
other. About that there COO / was
talking to you Of the other day." be-
gan Farmer Dobbins: will you take
twelve pounds for her. 0eorge?" mo.
no. OF couldn't part with 'er for that
not by long chalk" "But tother
day you told me you might let 'er go
for that" Something's 'appened to
the COO. since them" Mercy on US.
George. what's the matter? Coo dead"
"Worser n that" said George. you
see my old missus can't abear to part
WITH = old coo. II I'D break 'er cart
Shed sob 'erself into a ut over It,"
well. well, suppose that ends the
business?" well, I'm not so sure o.
that. Farmer Hayseed. Look ERE.
Make 1t twelve pun ten, and let the
missus sob. Tit-Bits.
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SYNOPSIS.

Ralph Van vechten, a young man OF
leisure, Is astonished to see a man enter
the Powhatan club. long unoccupied and
spoken OF as the House of Mystery. Sew
erai persons at regular intervals enter
to his friend. Tom Phinney, regarding the
whereabouts of his cousin and flancee,
Paige Carew: A man is forcibly ELECTED
follow the man and fnd him dead in the
street. Van vechten Is attracted by, the
race or a girl In the crowd of onlookers
surrounding the body. Detective Flint
of the tragedy. Tom Phinney goes alone
on yachting. trip. He recognizes among
some persons In a passing motor boat two
of Mystery. He sees one OF them. a Mr..
Calls. on shore later and follows him.
Tom Is seized. blindfolded and taken to a
against the roughness OF his captors.
Van vechten calls on his uncle. Theodore
Van vechten. big man in Wall street.
search Of information regarding the
Flint shows Van Vechten gold mesh
n as beons4 9 to
Carew. The sweet-voiced girl helps Tom
Phinney escape; A message from LON
Hn s h aad SS ass Mr
time previously. II develops that the
ladies visited the EnRnSn nome OF lem
pie Bonner. owner OF the House OF Mys-
terry. 1t is recalled that Temple Bonner
was In love with a daughter Of Compton
Schuyler who married Max w ard. The
other daughter married a man named
Devereaux. Bonner and Willard were in
innate friends. A search is started for
Willard. Van Vechten enters the House
OF Mystery by the back door In time to
hear John Calls threaten a girl. He in
terferes and helps the girl escape, but is
rendered unconscious In the struggle
with Calls. Tom Phinney gets Job
as master of Brownlow's yacht Kohinur.
which has been chartered for some mys-
terious mission. The charterer. Max Will
lard and his friends board the yacht at
night and Tom hears the voice of the un-
known girl. Van Vechten, recovering
Calls, Is visited by Jessie Willard in
whom he recognizes the girl who was the
cause of the fight. He declares his love
for her. She tells him that II his feelings
have not changed one week from that
day she will marry him.
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Disbursements.

Don c. Seitz Of New York, was
praising the newspaper advertisement.
But billboards," he said. bring
small returns, and, besides, they dis
figure the landscape.
"In a recent play the stage manager
staged a meadow with chewing-gum
and cold-cure and cigarette ads. on
every rock and tree and fence.
Hold, hold said the star. Ads.
in our meadow scene! That's carry.
ing commercialism bit too far
'Commercialism nothing said the
stage manager. I'm a realist, l am.
and l want that meadow to look like
a genuine one"
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BOOK III.
CHAPTER vIII.-contInued.

CHAP Elk Niii.-ContInued.
He was not to be rallied, however,
and the meal was a long drawn out
affair for him.
His brain was the battle ground OF
conflicting doubts and misgivings that
led to most irritating condition Of IT.
resolution on his part. If he had been
governed by any policy thus far, 1t
had been one of passive non-interfer-
ence. AS master of the Kohinur, his
duties began and ended with the obli-
cations adherent thereto, and he had
neither communicated to Van Vechten
the facts that had come to his knowl-
edge, nor had he informed Max VIII
lard that the police were DESTROYS of
finding him.
But now 1t was being forced upon
him that such course, notwithstand-
ing Brownlow's' and Wizards protesta-
lions that everything was fair and hon
orable, was only Sinking of RESPONSE
bility, and that the time was speedily
drawing near-if 1t had not already
arrived-when he must make an in
itiative move one way or another.
His meeting with Flint had been
fertile with references that had
brought his relegated misgivings and
perplexitiee to position where they
demanded that some disposition be
made of them, and the browning diff
Guilty straightway arose: How was he
to do SO?
Was Max Willard fanatic planning
some stupendous catastrophe with his
new explosive, and holding the Kohl
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The Poet.

The poet sang Of sparkling rills
And bursting buds and country lanes
And violets and daffodils
And sweet. refreshing April rains.
All muffied up and having chills
And doped with several kinds of pills,
He sat where smoke and fog were thick
And, looking. from his window where
1t furnished little light or air,
Saw but a wall composed of brick.
And as he looked and as he wrote
A lump rose In the poets throat.
For lie was weak and sad and sick.
IT fear" he said beneath his breath.
THAT I am doomed to starve to death
Unless I sell this mighty quick!"
Therefore the poet wrote away
or promises that spring fulfills,
And bravely let his fancy stray
To gladness over distant hills.
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going to be dashed hard for me to ex-
plain"
Captain Phinney," returned the girl
after moment, II sought this inter-
view deliberately. wanted to tell
you that have seen just how harassed
with anxiety you have been, and that
have deep appreciation of your fidel-
ity to project about which you know
SO little, and which at best you fear Is
observation-disclosures perhaps. But
please Colby this time tomorrow all
cause for worry will have been re-
moved; and II my word bears any
weight. you have nothing to cause you
| any concern or misgivings."
THAT" Tom interjected. removes
the last doubt. You're brick!"
But she was not through; she con-
tinued, haltingly now and with slowly
heightening color:
Il am telling you these things be.
cause 1t is not right that my influence
should govern you, as 1t seemed to be
doing, and you ignorant of my very
identity"
In this mien the girl was 80 utter
| ably sweet and charming that Tom
could scarcely contain himself. He
darted a scowling look at the incur
tanned ports, at which her color all at
once deepened still more, and she
dropped her gaze with nervous little
laugh. 1t was just that easy to follow
his train of thought.
| That's something soon remedied."
he urged her eagerly.
And now the beautiful face took on
tantalizing expression, the lashes
dropped and she regarded him quiz
ideally.
Captain Phinney, hasn't even the
tiniest suspicion entered your head as
to who am" she asked.
"Why should there?" he returned.
"And why Is 1t Captain Phinney' to-
day? Night before last was Tom
easy enough"
"Well, then-Tom. have no espe-
cial reluctance to calling you Tom; I
have known you for years."
He stared at her in open-mouthed
establishment. And she watched him,
smiling, hooking, altogether bewitch-
ing.
Gradually Tom recovered himself.
Come, now" he protested. II really
thought you were in earnest"
or sudden she dropped upon a
locker-seat and motioned him to do
likewise. Slowly and dazedly, he
obeyed.
Listen" she pursued. II know a
girl who has lived nearly all her life
abroad. She has a man cousin of
whom she has always been awfully
fond; whom, as a very young girl, she
looked UP to and regarded as quite the
personification of wisdom and every
manly virtue.
Nov, that cousin had a chum of
whom he thought so much that he new
er tired of singing his praises to the
girl cousin. She was fourteen years
old. l believe, and very impression
able. Anyway, she became so interest
ed in her cousins chum-she had new
er seen him, mind-that he assumed
in her fancy the place of hero. She
even stole one of his photographs and
kept It hidden away where nobody else
could see 1t, but where she could take
a peep at 1t whenever she wanted to-"
The expression that was slowly over
spreading Toms visage was almost lu-
dicrous. BY degrees he was compre-
bending; but conviction had not yet
come.
Cant you guess?" she asked.
He rose inertly to his feet. He
spoke thickly, like man stupefied.
you are that girl You-you are
Paige Carew," she said.
(To BE CoNTINUED)
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WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT UP
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound Helped Her.
Ironton, Ohio. -" am enjoying bet
ter health now than l have for twelve

years. When i be-
gan to take Lydia e.
Pinkhan's Vegeta-
BILE Compound I
could not sit mn. ?
hae female troubles
and was very uer-
vous. ! used the
remedies q year ard
! can do my work
and for the last eight
m on this / h ave
work ed for other
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friendly smile which, In his estimation,
fully compensated for all his hours Of
loneliness, and her first words made
him forget his cares.
Captain Phinney." she began, do
you not to grant me at least a peep
at that cozy room up forward, where
you spend SO much of your time"
"The chart-house?" he exclaimed.
why. you can have 1t for a boudoir.
IL you want 1t. Come on"
Once inside. Tom instantly recog-
nized what, no doubt. had been in the
girls mind from the beginning-that
while they might talk with absolute
assurance against being overheard, the
numerous ports rendered them visible
to any Of the men forward who cared
to look that way. and those of the
watch who had occasion to pass on
one side or the other
ooh. how comfy!" she exclaimed In
low voice as soon as they had en-
tered. "If I was the Kohinur's skip
per, you would always find me right
here"
"And I'll spend a good part Of my
time here, once we're out at sea-" Tom
responded. "and hope you'll want to
find me often. But II you're judging
by these comfortable quarters that my
jobs sinecure. why, you-you-"
Have another guess coming?" she
| finished for him.
He nodded dejectedly. Mistaken
was what was trying to think of.
though" Then. with an abrupt change
of manner and tone, he went on:
Della, no doubt you have noticed
the past two or three days that have
been as worried as the dickens. 1t is
bad enough to have charge of this
boat and know that something secret
Is going on, without having an inkling
OF what that secret is; fellow Is
bound to make all sorts Of conjectures
and be suspicious Of Willard, you
know. The certainty that you couldn't
be mixed up with anything crooked is
the one thing that's made me rather
ashamed of my own suspicious.
But l have reasons aside from all
this for being worried, reasons you
haven't the slightest idea Of. that make
my position about as devilish a one as
a fellow ever got into. Until this week
never knew had any nerves; now
I'm nearly a wreck"
PERHAPS" said the girl slowly, "I
| know more about the real cause oil
| your perturbation than you suspect"
"No," returned Tom, confidently
you couldn't. Remember the chum
told you about whose cousin disap
peared? Well, some way she's involved
In whatever 1t is old Wizards plotting
WHAT'S the matter?"
His nearer had uttered little cry
and was now looking at him with 9
shocked and puzzled expression.
| How in the world" she demanded
did you reach such a conclusion?"
II didn't" truthfully explained Tom
"But detective and Ruddy-that's
my chum-did because the missing
girls purse was found in that ole
house where Willard hung out Sc
long"
There was silent pause while the
girl seemed to consider, and Tom
watched her earnestly and fondly. Al
last the fine hazel eyes met his with
sober look.
What is it you want to known" she
gravely asked.
'Delia"-Tom's voice lowered per
ceptibly and serious note crept into
it-"you ought to know-you ought to
see-where my chief interest lies
Hang 1t all! l wish l could express
myself better. But II you can't see
that my first concern is for you, it's
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The Mink

Il hear that Mrs. ellis, the pretty
widow. gave your husband her proxy
when the directors of the new gas
company met last week."
Where did you hear that? II she
has done anything of the kind I'll pull
every hair out of her head. That's
what we get for lettin' women get
mixed up In business with the men,"
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Essy and Comfortable,

Don't you ever 1nd It hard to be a
freak?" asked the stoutish, tightly
laced woman who had stopped to con-
verse with the fat lady.
mo, not a bit was the reply. II
often feel sorry Tor some people who
seem to find It SO hard not to be
freaks"
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Undoubtedly.

Patience is q virtue that anyone
can cultivate"
yes. II It could be cultivated only
by the few everybody would be want
ing to cultivate t."
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Not Guilty.

Mother-Well, Bobbie, hope you
were good boy at Mrs: Bonds and
didn't ask for two pieces OF pie.
Bobbie-No, ma, didn't ask for two
pieces; / only asked IL there wasn't
goin' to be any.
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Whv He weIeomed n.

Briggs-Thank goodness the opera
season will soon be openl
0riggs-Didn't know you ever at
tended.
Briggs don't; but my wife and
daughter do. and that gives mo a
chance to slip out to tho club for =
quiet rame. W
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Very Different.

After all, life is a good deal like
Wall street.
I'm what way?"
ct is all gamble, you know"
"But that doesn't make 1t like Wall
street. In life almost everyone has a
chance"
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HAD REASON TO BE ONE.

PA, what is a
misogynist?"
"One who hates
women"
"A r g you a
misogynist, pa?"
Certainly not"
Il should think
you would be-"
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A WIndfaII.
inherited
''Tlave

"Have the Fosbergs inherited
money!"
NO"
"They seem to have come into a
fortune suddenly"
Yes, one of Mr.. Fosbers's former
wives married a millionaire not lars-
ago and refunded the sIYmony
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-15

If you wish beautiful, clear, white
clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
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CANDID OPINION.

The woman who believes she can
make man think her drug store
complexion is the real thing may be
expected to believe the man Is tell
ing the truth when he says she is
the only one he ever loved.
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Constipation causes and seriously aggra..
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
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Most men would have more humil.
fly than they possess II 1t would get
them anything.
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But They Both GET Il.

Some people jump at conclusions;
others are more leisurely In making
their mistakes.-The Pelican.
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Snny a man Is being saved by the
/ hard work that he thinks Is killing
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why"
Cause I heard ma tellin' you last
night that almost any woman could
poke her finger through you. I'd hate
women If they did that to me-"
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A woman is as old as she looks II
she doesn't look her age.
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There is many close man who
has loose morals.
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|DSCpEET LOVEp

His breast was al
afame with love.
And when they
had to part
He slyly took her
dainty glove
And wore II near
his heart.
or all the fair she
was the fairest,
Or so she seemed
to be:
Her beauty was the
richest. rarest.
Her gladness gave
him glee.
He took her dainty
little glove
And pressed II to
his lips;
With tenderest and
deepest love
He kissed the fin
ger tips.
as knights Of yore
ed
but not before
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II you have the faith that moves
mountains don't spoil 1t by trying to
enter the moving business.
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A man seldom has the courage Of
his wife's convictions.
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With passion such as knights OF yore
Were nobly agitated
He kissed her glove-but not before
He had IL fumigated
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

onAm1eo g tAo poep1o &yD driven q
roeoft, Il order TO- o0QpeoD their real
eAAfa0tsss - secret sfoes g po0ular
i1ssreoeS.
HowUssr, We don't think that the
standing committee G ooGe0epondents
has offered yeomplete consolation 70
That eenatW1al bunch IN suggesting
TIE following ''aveauoe'' tn "gstting''
ellison Oafdnef:
Ar-Dy personal intsevisw: This ID
10 most dubious avenue. Our CORES
pondsut housysr. 10 hereby remind
q Of the philosophy At the esteemed
Robert yitssimOons: The bigger
they are the harder they FALL" or
words to similar eHcoCt.
BY aocusstion 70 the manASs-
Deut e newDpapers onployins Mr..
Gardner: This would be perfectly
lovely. u b . long tiune between ep-
poetunlties 10 tell senators Of that
ilk, directly, what W think Of them.
C-By roasting Mr.. Gardner On the
1ooR OF the sonata AZ 0ooA thing! e
might b. the beginninQ at . menu
ment to Gardner erected ~ popular
'subscrfpsion. anyhow. Gardner Win
report and well give tie ~ro9st" The
greatest publicity obtainalao ior lsvs
or money In this country.
D-Brins suit for libel Ilrdly IN
available avenue" becaooo acts Of
oomp3o1nants ere mAttesD q record
vesily, Roo&, pustGn, Nelsea . %.
must reeoft 70 censeeShip Of ellison
0ArdnerS writings Of take their
medicine % hefet6foeo. odch censor
snip, Aewsvss, sni1ht st1r - ths o(her
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
Anthony and Cleo1atra

I am dying. Egypt. dyinG.
Ana sSs +. the S:r srl DsSssniss s.
esther on the evening bIeeet
Lot thine arms. o queen. enooa0 -
Hush thy so6s and bow thtpe eayt
Thou. and thou alone. muse hsss.
Though my SCARED ana vstsvasslesisns
Bear their eagles high no Sese
Strew dark Actium's fatal shore:
Though no giittsring guArds<eufrsasA
PROMPT % do their mastsrasawsl
I must perish like Roman,
Die the great Trfunvlr sti1l
Let not caesars ssrv,ls @!nieaA
Twas no foeman's arm that fellp9 MIN.
Twas his own that etruch - blew;
His who, pillowed On thy $500
Hir u wSo. a ds,G; WIN, With IT, sy cass
Madly threw . world away.
should the base pisbeian Iahhle I.
where my noble spouse. octayis,
Wueps within her widowed homes;
Seek her: say the gods bear Wteneoo--
s Aits ara S c'Ss1r,: s,re,iin , snmia.i.A
Yet shall mount the throhs o. tiags.
A. for thee. star-sysd Egyptisa,
Mght the path to Sty9tan .horroee
With the splendors Of thy mile
Give the Caesar crowns, Ard AeoAsA
Let his brow the laurel tW1me:
can scorn the oenAtee trt4mpoA
Triumphing I'm love ltke th1nA
I am dying, Egypt. dying:
Harkl the insulting fo0man1 cry.
They are coming-Quick. my felohioni
AM =. 70 %s more ess": amid sSdT sss i! Sassis
Shall my heart exuItlug eweU:
Isis and Osiris guard thtel
Observation-Disclosures
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

haFs. So docs tho average married
mans comb.
4 woman In Worcester, Mass. has
. canary able 20 utter Pretty. pref
", pretty little Twinkle" We hope II
10 protected By being In . cage.
o.
A man In Mississippi IL being sued
by girl for 81. 900 for having taken
. kiss without permission They
seem to have gone NJ. too.
Bandit Castillo doesn't want To- BE-
returned 20 MEXICO. II every man
knew - we'll how to keep his head.
60
Dispatches say Theodore Roosevelt
n In South America still. The Last
word, II true. 10 important.
"A grsfting TammAny has nothing
on me- declares Sulser. Nothing.
W A4sSe'91as y