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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07

thar. i've got my pistol, an reckon
tibet win be enough
'T'll take good keer Of hit" she
promised.
The boy took out OF his pockets a
box Of cartridges and a small package
tied in greasy rag.
Hits loaded, Sally, an hits cleaned
an hits CREASED. Hit'e ready fer USE"
Again, she nodded in silent assent,
and the boy began speaking in slow,
careful voice, which gradually mount
ed into tense emotion.
Sally, tibet thar gun was my pap's.
When he lay a-dyin', he gave hit ter
me, an he gave me a job ter do with
hit. When | was little Teller, used
ter set up most all day, polishin' thet
gun an gittin hit ready. used ter
go out in the woods, an practice shoot
in hit at things, tell learned how ter
handle hit. / reckon thar hain't many
fellers round here tibet kin beat me
now" He paused, and the girl fastened
to corroborate.
Thar hain't none, Samson"
There hain't nothin' in the world,
Sally, tibet prizes like does tibet gun.
Hits got a job ter do Thar
hain't but one person in the world I'd
trust hit with. Thet's you.
wants ye ter keep hit fer me, an ter
keep hit ready. They thinks
round hyar Pm quittin', but l hain't.
I'm comm back, an, when comes, I'll
need this hyar thing-an' I'll need hit
bad" He took up the rifle, and ran his
hand caressingly along its lock and
barrel.
Il don't know when I'm a-comin'," he
said, slowly, but, when calls fer this
I'm shore a-goin' ter need hit quick.
wants hit ter be ready fer me, day or
night. Maybe, nobody won't know I'm
hyar. Maybe, l won't want
nobody ter know. But, whel
whistles out thar like whippoorwill,
wants ye ter slip out-an' fotch me
tibet gun!"
He stopped, and bent forward. His
face was tense, and his eyes were CLINT
ing with purpose. His lips were tight
set and fanatical.
Samson" said the girl, reaching out
and taking the weapon from his hands,
"ef I'm alive when We comes, I'll do
hit. 1 promise We. AM" she added,
"ef hain't alive, hitll be standin'
thar in tibet corner. I'll grease hit,
an keep hit loaded, an when ye calls,
I'll fotch hit out thar to ye."
The youth nodded. 81 mout come
any time, but likely as not I'll hev ter
come a-fightin' when / comes"
Next, he produced an envelope.
This here is a letter I've done writ
ter myself" he explained. He drew
out the sheet, and read:
Samson, come back" Then he
handed the missive to the girl. Tibet
there is addressed ter me, in care of
Mr.. Lescott. -. Eff anything hap
pens-ef Unc' Spicer needs mel
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
"YOu Are a Dear, wllfredq"

brought to the depths of her eyes, he
knew that she meant to speak the un-.
yelled truth.
Besides your own holdings in lot
of railways and things, you handle
your mothers and sisters property,
don't you?"
He nodded.
an fashion, l do. l sign the neces-
sary papers when the lawyers call me
up and ask me to come downtown"
you are director in the Metropole
Trust company"
Guilty"
"In the Consolidated Seacoast?"
81 believe So"
with your friends, who are also
shareholders, you could assume con.
troll of the Morning Intelligence,
couldn't your"
81 guess / could assume CONTROL but
what would do with it?"
DO you know the reputation of that
newspaper"
81 guess it's all right. It's conserva-
tive and newsy. l read it every morn
ing when I'm in town. 1t fits in very
nicely between the grapefruit and the
bacon and eggs"
ut is, also, powerful" she added,
land is said to be absolutely servile
to corporate interests"
"Drennie, you talk like an anarchist.
You are rich yourself, you know"
"And against each of those other
concerns various charges have been
made"
well, what do want me TO DEF"
TITS not what l want you to do"
She informed me; its what I'd like
to see you want to do"
Name it! I'll want to do it forth
with
81 think when you are one of hand
full of the richest men in New York;
when. for instance you could dictate
the policy of great newspaper, yet
know it only as the course that follows
your grapefruit, you are a shjrker and
drone, and are not playing the
game" Her hand frightened on the
tiller. 81 think If were a man riding
on to the polo field I'd either try like
the devil to drive the ball down be-
tween the posts. or I'd come inside and
take off my boots and colors. l
wouldn't hover in a ladylike futility
around the edge of the scrimmage"
She knew that to Horton. who
played polo like fiend incarnate, the
ngure would be effective. and she
whipped out her words with something
very close to scorn,
There's my hand on it. Drennie, =
he said. 1--WE start back to New York
tomorrow, don't we? Well. when gel
there put on overalls and 90 "a
work When / propose next III have
something to show"
(To BE coNTINUEDl
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
STICK TO 1T
Until Coffee Hits You Hard.

It is about as well to advise people
to stick to coffee until they get hit
hard enough so that they will never
forget their experience.
A woman writes and her letter is
condensed to give the facts in short
space:
II was coffee slave and stuck to it
like topper to his cups, notwithstand-
ing frequently had severe attacks Of
sick headache; then used more cot
fee to relieve the headache, and this
was well enough until the coffee ct.
feet wore OF.
Finally attacks Of rheumatism be-
gan to appear, and ultimately the
whole nervous system began to break
down and was fast becoming
wreck.
after a time l was induced to QUIT
coffee and take up Postum This was
half year ago. The result has been
most satisfactory.
"The rheumatism is gone entirely,
nerves practically well and steady. dI-
gestion almost perfect, never have any
more sick headaches and am gaining
steadily in weight and strength"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vilIe," in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms;
Regular Postum must be we'll
boiled. 16c and a5c packages.
instant Postum - is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dlssolves quickly
In cup Of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes q delicious bever-
age instantly. s0c and soc tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds il
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold BY Groeers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
CcOpyrigbt. Sprs. By W. ]. Watt & co.l
/ SYNOPSIS.

( on Misery creek Sally Miller finds
George LescOtt a landscape painter, UNI
conscious. Spicer South, head OF the fam
hly. tells Samson South and Sally that
Jesse Purvy has been shot and that Sam
bon Is suspected OF the crime. Samson
oenies Il. The shooting Of Jesse Purvy
breaks the truce in the Hollman-South
aeud. Samson reproves TamaTacl Spicer
fOr telling Sally that Jim Holman is
hunting with bloodhounds the man who
shot Puryy. The bloodhounds lose the
hraii at Spicer South's door. Lescott dis
eketchlng with LescOtt on the mountain,
Tamarack discovers Samson to a Jeering
crowd Of mountaineers. Samson thrashes
him ana denounces him as the truce
buster" who shot Purvy. Lescott tries to
persuade Samson to go TO New York with
PIN and develop his talent Sally loyal
put heartbroken. furthers Lescotts eff
FORTS. At Vile McCager's dance Samson
tells the South clan that he Is going to
peave the mountains.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take a GIass Of Salts 70 Clean Kid
neys II Bladder Bothers You--
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says well-known authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworkedj
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts Of distress, particularly backache
and misery in the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary ir-
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids In
the urine so It no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-Adv
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
Lapsus LInauae.

81 shall be, awfully stupid now" ex-
claimed wife who had returned from
a visit to her dentist.
why SO, my dear?" queried her
husband.
Because have had all my wisdom
teeth pulled out" replied the lady.
"Oh, my love, the idea that wisdom
teeth have anything to do with wis
dom is foolish one! If you were to
have every tooth in your head pulled
it couldn't make you any stupider, you
know!"
Curtain.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
AN There Was for Him.

A poor shoemaker's apprentice was
sent to his masters home with some
work. 1t was early in December, and
when the lad arrived at the house he
found the good wife engaged baking
the special bread ready for Christmas.
The smell was delicious, and, smiling
strongly, the apprentice exclaimed
heartily:
Eth, missus, but your spice loaf
smells grand"
"Ah, well, lad, thee mum tax some
good smells. for it will be all thou will
get."-TitBits.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07

"When ! Whistles Like a Whippoor-
will, Fetch Me That Gum"
wants yer ter mail tibet ter me quick.
He says as how he won't never call
me back, but, Sally, wants thet you
shall send fer me, eff they needs me.
hain't a-goin' ter write no letters home
Unc Spicer can't read, an you can't
read much either. But I'll plumb shore
be thinkin' about We day an night"
She gulped and nodded.
Yes, Samson" was all she said.
The boy rose.
"Ireekon I'd better be gettin' along,
he announced
The girl suddenly reached out both
hands, and seized his coat. She held
him tight, and rose, facing him, Her
upturned face grew very pallid, and
her eyes widened. They were dry, and
her lips were tightly closed, but,
through the fearless pupils. in the fire
light, the boy could read her soul. and
her soul was sobbing.
He drew her toward him, and held
her very tight
Sally" he said, In voice which
threatened to choke, Il wants ye ter
take reer OF yeself. Ye hain't like
these other gals round here. Ye haint
got big hands an feet. Ye KANT stand
es much es they kin. Don't stay out
in the night air too much--an'. Sally
fer Gods sake take keer Of yeselfl''
He broke OF, and picked up his hat.
IAN that gun. Sally" he repeated Al
the door, that there's the most pre-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
BY Frequent shampoos With cuticura
Soap. Trial Free.

Precede shampoos by touches of
Cuticura Ointment if needed to spots
of dandruff, itching and irritation Of
the scalp. Nothing better for the COM
plexion, hair, hands or skin than these
fragrant supercreamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
Put to the Test.

cialist. believe that those who get
His Daughters Beau-Yes, Pm So
the benefit from the labor should be
made to perform the labor.
The Old Man-Fine! You might be-
gin by setting up the parlor stove for
the winter-Town Topics.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
A surprlse.

Old Maid (who during short trip
had to put her pug dog in board at
neighbours family children
have you always been kind to my
pet?
Chorus-Yesl
Little Carl (blurting out)-And he
can swim, now, too!-Fliegende Blaet-
ter.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
The Hot Springs
Of Arkansas
Americas Greatest Resort the
Year Around. Where Hope Is
Renewed, Disease and Pain
Washed Away and JOY
GUS Health Restored.

For beauty Of surroundings, splendid eli
mate the year around. recreations, social fea-
lures, and above all, health, Hot Springs.
Arkansas, undoubtedly surpasses all other re-
sorts in America. Nearly every one who
spends even a few days in Hot Springs falls in
love with the place and returns year after
year.
The world fame baths. radio active to .
marked degree. Offer almost sure relief for
Rheumatism. Gout, Neuralgia. Malaria Loco
motor Ata1ia tearlier stages, Bright's Dis
ease when not too far advanced. Liver and
Bladder troubles. Catarrhal troubles, Women's
diseases. skin and Blood diseases, and other
troubles of a nature kindred to those above
mentioned.
dating back hundreds Of years in Indian lore
Hot Springs has been noted for Its healing
waters, and the u $. government as early as
1882 recognized the wonderful powers Of these
waters and set these springs aside-making
Of ii the First National Park Reserve
The fact that Uncle Sam is In control Ii
sufficient insurance against exorbitant charges
and visitors or tourists come TO Hot Springs
feeling every confidence that their welfare
will be jealousy guarded
The Army and Navy Hospital. located here.
reports 800 of its patients as being returned
to duty. This Is a fair indication of the GER
tainty of relief or cure that sufferers may
e1pec4
tourna ments are conducted. Base ball train
ing parks, horseback parties and outdoor
{ sportssof all kinds. Come to Hot Springs
Americas playground and the Worlds Sani-
Illustrated souvenir booklets government re.
ports and other interesting and valuable
matter.
Out out the coupon and mail it today.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
Lille Qorle,
% Bedtime
Buster Bear is Forgotten.
BY THORNToN-w.- BURGESS.
Copyright. 1915, BY. J. G., LloydD
Rough Brother North Wind,
so fierce and SO bold.
How can We love You
So cr1icf and cold?

For days and days rough Brother
North Wind had been howfing and
roaring across the Green Meadows,
Of green, and through the Green Forest
He whooped and shouted and howled.
He rolled up. great snow clouds, and
then drove the snow before him so that
1t hissed through the branches of the
trees, and on. the meadows no one
could face it. And when rough Brother
North Wind at last took himself else
where Jack Frost took his place and
pinched and squeezed until the very
trees snapped like pistol shots.
These were hard days. hard days in
deed, for the little folks of the Green
Green Forest. While rough Brother
North Wind howled and roared they
could do nothing but huddle in the
most sheltered places they could find
Reddy and Granny Fox curled up in
their underground house. Old Man
my Skunk. They didn't mind rough
Brother North Wind. because down
there he couldn't reach them. But they
did mind not being able to get any
thing to eat-that is. the first three
did. Jimmy Skunk was so fat that he
sleep until the weather was more COM
Portable.
Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel and
Chatterer the Red Squirrel curled up
in their hollow trees and tried to sleep
Billy Mink curled up in a hollow log.
mer the WoOdpecker each crept into a
hollow limb and didn't put so much as
the tips of their bills outside. Sammy
Jay and Blacky the Crow huddled in
Evening star., 1915-01-28
THE EVENING STORY.
POLICY.
POLICY.
Copyright. 1915, by W. werner.)

Copyright. 1915, by W. Werner)
Young Mrs. Dundas stood at the Ii
brary window gazing tensely at the
figure of her husband passing with
quick strides out of her sight up the
avenue to his club. For almost three
months" she breathed, "it has been the
club with Peyton. Never me in the
evening any more. And we were
such"
The thought in its contrast was pain
full and she checked herself sharply.
But the wave of remembrance which
| suddenly swept over her she could not
check.
In rapid succession she saw the days
of their courtShip and their first year
of married life. Peyton had been as
devoted in the latter in the former.
He had cut aloof from his club, and
there was neever an evening that did
not find them in the shut-in intimacy
! of their cozy library.
True, Peyton had spoken of theater-
going more than once or suggested ac-
| cepting one of the many invitations
shoWered upon them. but when Betty
reminded him that for weeks before
their wedding she had been almost dis
tracted by an avalanche of social af-
fairs. given in her honor, he had cheer
iuilN given up HIS DTopoSeu l.
Then Betty, pushing him into the
depths of an easy chair, would whisper.
with her arms around his neck, her
cheek resting on his: isn't this much
better, Peyton, dear? You're not firing
of just You and me alone, are you?'
OF course, Peyton had denied Wig
orously and had devoted the evening
hours to driving away the doubt which
had aSsailed her.
Those hours had been rose colored.
The memory of them brought a blind
ing flash of tears. She tried to find a
definite thing that had made Peyton
tire, but she could not find it.
On the evening she had first observed
him restless and unnatural, she had
asked her customary, loving question:
"Peyton, dear, do you really love me
as much as ever?" and he had answered
readily, You bet l do. Betty, DEAR"
Why. then, had he put her from him
suddenly and after nervously walking
the length of the library gone to the
telephone and talked with Tommy Hen
derson at the club about tiresome old
billiards? And why, from that on, had
their happy hours in the library grown
less and less until now they were no
more?
Was she in fault? She lowered over
him attentively during their all too
short dinner hour. and when he re-
turned from the club her tremulous
welcome always awaited him at the
door. There was never an available
Evening star., 1915-01-28
SALTS TO r..
FLUSH klDAYEs
! Eat less meat if you feel Back
achy or Bladder troubles, you
Salts is fine for Kidneys.

Meat forms uric acid, which ex-
cites and overworks the kidneys i'll
their efforts to filter it from the
system. Regular eaters Of meat
must flush the kidneys occasion
ally. You must relieve them like
you relieve your bowels, remov-
ing all the acids. waste and poison,
else you feel dull misery in the
kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness,
your stomach sours, tongue is
coated. and when the weather. is
bad you have rheumatic twinges.
The urine is cloudy, full of sedi-
ment; the channels often get irri-
tated, obliging you to get up two
or three times during the night.
To. neutralize these irritating
acids and flush off the body's
urinous waste get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any
pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine and bladder dis
orders. disappear. This famous
salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with ,slithia,. and. has been used for
generations to. clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys and stop bladder
irritation Jad Salts. is inexpen-
siyc. harmless and makes de-
lightful, efTervescent lithia-water
dfink which. millions. OF men and
women stskez.now and then, thus
avoiding serious kidney and blad-
AAr. dfcAsfCAc e.
Evening star., 1915-01-28

II you want work, read the want col.
umns of The Star.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
TOURS.

CALIFORNIA. 80 DAYS. 500: No EXTRAS:
starting June 80 ~ way Canadian Rockies
returning through the Grand Canyon Of Ari.
IONA BABC0Ck'S TOURS. 11c7 Dean 81.
Brooklyn. n. Y, established 1900. Other trips
.9s
Evening star., 1915-01-28


the thickest part of a thick hemlock
tree, and with their heads drawn as
far down in their feathers as possible
wished and wished that they had flown
south with their feathered neighbors.
It was the same way with Roughleg
the Hawk and Hooty the Owl. Mrs.
Grouse plunged under the snow and
with her head tucked under her wing
was warm and quite beyond the reach
Of rough Brother North Wind, but she
was hungry and that gave her bad
dreams Peter Rabbit and little Mrs.
Peter snuggled very close together in
certain secret place in the dear old
about rough Brother North Wind.
Just as soon as rough Brother North
Wind, stopped blowing the snow clouds
and took himself Off: giving jolly,
bright Mr.. Sun chance to shine.
everybody was astir Yes. indeed,
everybody was out bright and early.
Jack Frost was here. there and every
where, and his breath was cold, cold,
dreadfully cold. But you know the
surest way to keep warm is to keep
than the little people of the Green
Forest and the Green Meadows. Be
sides. they just had to move, and move
lively, because their stomachs made
them. They knew that with full stom-
achs they would have nothing to fear
- Jill avn - Soes OAS SAoS I'll SALApsS
stomac chs they had everything to fear.
They had thick. warm coats Of fur and
feathers. but thick coats are not warm
in themselves. They keep people warm
by keeping the warmth from inside
getting out. All warmth in cold
weather comes from right inside the
body. ~.- 49,"
Did you know that? 1t is so. You
just ask Old Mother Nature if it isn't.
Now it is food. plenty of good food,
that makes warmth. Little Tommy Tit
the Chickadee-know all about that.
If he has plenty Of food he doesn't care
how cold the, weather is. He is just as
merry and Just as happy as if it were
warm weather. You see, plenty of
food makes plenty of heat in his tiny
little body, and his thick coat-of' feath-
ers keeps it there. But when food
is scarce Tommy soon grows cold. and
If he had to go without food very long
he would die. He would freeze to
death There would be no heat in his
body. and SO his warm coat would do
him no good at. all. It is just so with
the others They must have food, not
Just because they are hungry, tbut in
order not to freeze.
So now everybody was out hunting
for food and shivering as they hunted,
for they had been a long time with
nothing to eat on account of the storm.
And no one gave Buster Bear so much
as thought. Curiosity was forgotten
Evening star., 1915-01-28

at the door. no clinging arms went
hungrily around his neck: Conscious
of distinct surprise, he looked hur-
riedly into the library. Finding it
empty, he went upstairs.
Betty's soft, regular breathing told
him she was sleeping. Indeed, she
seemed very fast asleep, for his whis-
pered Betty" did not rouse her. Her
thought her dreams must be very
happy ones, she smiled SO sweetly.
Her cheeks were softly flushed and she
looked very lovable. He wanted well
coming kiss. the one he had missed in
the hall, but she was very fast asleep,
SO he turned away softly. - ~
Next morning at breakfast, with un-
qualified surprise. he observed her
deeply interested in the morning paper.
Her attentions were not lavish as
usual. Indeed, it was necessary to ask
a second time for second cup of cof-
fee. And when she had attended to his
wants she rose suddenly.
I'm going into town this morning,
Peyton." she announced, crisply. When
Evening star., 1915-01-28
ANNEX TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Harrison Building to Be Used by
Overflow From Business.

Because of the congested condition
at Business High School and the en-
pected influx Of pupils there Monday
morning, the beginning Of the second
half year, the school officials have au-,
thorized the use OF the Harrison School.
18th street between V and W streets
northwest. as an annex to Business.
Allan Davis, principal Of Business. is
pupils in this building. 1t is probable.
however, that the boys who Join the
cadet companies will be kept at the
building proper. IN order to prevent
them losing time from drill by having
to walk from one building to the
other sa q. s.-. b.. . e.. s -.