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The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
CHAPTER Xii.
The Day He Would Reme mber.

The coming of the burglar brought things to a focus. It is an i'll wind that blows nobody good, and Jane, though she was frightened half to death, saw in this untoward incident a strong ar gument to advance to Bob. Her en- deavor to wean him from his deter mined attitude towards Brands offer had met with little success. In fact, since the sharp rebuff she had re- ceived on the night of the millionaire's first visit she had touched but lightly on the matter. She had not conquered her resentment of her husbands words and she had gone blindly on in her conspiracy" with Brand, enjoying the automobile rides and the small lux uries that his advance payments" brought without stopping to consider how she was ultimately to earn her wage.
 Brand, strangely enough, had not pressed her for reports. He seemed to be as willing as she to let the affair take it's course and rely on some final coup for success.
 But Jane realized that nearly four weeks had passed and that soon Brand would have to have her husbands re- port on the cement or supply the su- perior kind and let the gold lie dor mant in the "corn field" where he had discovered it. If Bob was determined to tread the straight and narrow path she was equally determinsd that he must not miss this opportunity of a life time And if she had had the slightest doubts as to the probity of the transaction, the millionaire had banished them His ready speech and the businesslike tone of his arguments had convinced her that his ideas were simply the embodiment of successful tactics of the day.
 Money makes money. That was Brands constant theme. Why, if Bob gets this s40,O00,' he had told her, that will be but the beginning of his fortunes. I can point the way to in- vestments and speculation that will double or triple the sum for him in a year"
 So, Jane almost desperate now, de- cided to make capital out of her dis tress, and what she knew would be Bob's distress, when he heard of her peril, and urge him again to take the means of escape from an environment they both had come to realize was not congeniaI.
 eTO BE CONTINUED.)
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get away, but you cant tell. There might be another. The windows open. I'll come right up"
 If Collins thought there was another it did not retard his progress toward his neighbor. In moment he was at lanes door with reassuring word.
 Its all right" he said. I've been through the house, Mrs. Reynolds Mrs. Collins is downstairs. We'll take you home"
 Jane opened the door. Convulsively she seized her neighbor's outstretched hand. They hammered on the door of the hysterical Frieda, whose windows opened on the rear of the house and who, subsequently,, had not been ap- prised of the succor at hand Reas- sured, at last, she ceased her clamor- ous calls and showed a wild, scared face.
 Downstairs was the tragedy. At the sight of it Jane leaped forward and clasped the lifeless form of her pet terrier to her side. Dick was dead. Dead, but the brute that crushed his life and spirit had left token; a tribute to dumb loyalty. In the dogs set jaws was bit of soiled cloth.
 It lacked two hours of dawn. Jane and the still trembling Frieda accom- panied the Collins to their home The lowly suburb had seen It's first burglar.
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NOT THE TIME FOR A SMOKE
Old Lady, Filled Up With Car tridges," Was in Natural Fear
 of an Explosion.

A robust old woman in the noun tains of north Georgia was ill for the first time in her life and a doctor was sent for. Partly by persuasion and partly by force, the physician induced his patient to swallow some big qui- nine capsules-a simple enough opera tion. which, however, scared the old woman almost to death. She was soon able to sit up and her daughter thought she would give the conva- leso ent treat. She took her moth- er's eorncob pipe from the shelf" or mantel, filled it with tobacco, and picking up a live coal between two sticks, started with it toward the bed.
 Ma" she said, brightly, jes look what I got for you"
 Git away from me, Sary," she screamed in terror. Take away dat fire. Take hit away! Don't yer know Is done plum filled up wi cartridges? ?" Chicago Ledger.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
FRUIT LAXATIVE
 FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stomach,
 liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving her children California Syrup of Figs" that this Is their ideal laxative, because they love it's pleasant taste and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with out griping.
 When cross, irritable, feverish, or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless fruit laxative," and in few hours all the foul. constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow els, and you have well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem- Der, a good Inside cleaning" should always be the first treatment given.
 Millions of mothers keep California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for 50- cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07

Calomel makes you sick; you lose days work. Calomel is quicksilver and 1t salivates; calomel injures your liver.
 If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish and all knocked out, if your bowels are constipated and your head aches or stomach is sour, just take spoon ful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone instead of using sickening, salivating calomel Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morning because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be work ing, your headache and dizziness gone, your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will feel like working. You'll be cheerful; full of vigor and ambition.
 Your druggist or dealer sells you 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
No Room for a Third,

EX-President Taft was on one occa- sion in consultation with Senator Pen- rose of Pennsylvania. Now, as every body knows, MT. Taft is gigantic and the senator is taller and weighs moro than any other member of the senate.
 While the two were in earnest con- versation an aggressive politician en- deavored to enter the room, but an alert secretary politely interfered.
 What are they doing in therer asked the politician, inquisitively.
 This pertinent question nettled the secretary and he answered tersely:
 Holding mass meeting. I pre- sume"
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
CHAPTER xl.
Two and Two.

When Dick looked through the win dow at the roadhouse and saw Jane with Brand in the auto he was a thor oughly astounded man.
 ''Mein Gott!" exclaimed the fat pro- prietor as he carefully removed the pieces of broken glass and wiped the unpublished bar. You are nervous, what? Did you see a ghost?"
 Ghost be damned" his customer an swered. Give me some more Pil- sener''
 Dick carried the glass to a little table in a corner of the room There was no other patron in the place and the convivial old German who had found a most congenial spirit in his caller, followed and took a chair. He was loath to break the chain of their idle chatter Dick let him rambIe en with only curt nod now and then as a sign that he heard Shortly before he would have replied in kind, revel. ing in the chance to disburse his doc trines, answering argument with argu- ment. Now his loquaciousness had vanished The proprietor gave it up and moved away. Still Dick sat, silent and inert, with drink untasted.
 "Ghosti" he communed within him. self How I wish it were one It's the ghost of an ideal; another dem
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Jane sat up in her bed tense and at tentive. Her first thought was to light the gas. but something deterred her There was a note of shrill defiance in the dogs bark that bespoke encounter. It was punctuated with sounds of scuf- fle and attack. Suddenly she heard a rush, the fall of an overturned chair and a desperate half yelp and half growl, smothered, but vicious; then a thud a pause and quiet She jumped from the bed, threw open the window and screamed. She cared for nothing now, knew nothing but woman's in- stinct for help. She screamed again and her cry was echoed from the room next hers. Presently she ceased. She saw the figure of a man beneath her window and heard the reassuring voice of Collins and then the voice of his wife. That restored her.
 Stay where you are" Collins called. Don't unlock your door. I saw him
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pang. Some sudden impulse, childish. if you will, spread a haze over his eyes, veil of moisture. Ghost, hell, he thought, and his words, as he forced them from dry lips, sounded harsh, al most vindictive
 Brands stuff?"
 No" laughed Reynolds, tits the Curtis company. You've got Brand on the brain. Didn't you see enough of him the other night?"
 More than that, Bob. How about you?"
 Well. I don't think he'll call again, neither for sociability's sake nor on business. We didn't hitch exactly, Dick. Schooldays are one thing. and workdays another"
 The reporter felt like crying out aloud, but he waited. He could have put bomb under Brands chair and touched 1t off without remorse. But he wanted to banish the last loophole of doubt for Jane.
 As bad as that?" he asked Don't you think if 1t was business that took him over the bay, he would persist He offered you something, Bob. and you turned it down. Am I right?"
 You are. but thought you went to rout the German. I didn't know we had witness"
 Nor did you, but I'm mighty good guesser. old scout. Don't forget what I'm up against I've tackled not Brand alone. but all the brands of the universe. It's hot proposition"
 Dick dropped his air of fippancy. He looked keenly at his friend and snapped out a question:
 Brand met your wife?" Why, naturally. That's quite 8 custom of Mrs. Reynolds, meeting per sons who call at our home"
 Didn't talk business in front of her thought"
 Reynolds flushed. It seemed to him that even considering the close bond of friendship between them the re porter was following too closely the ward and placed his hand on Dicks l shoulder.
 "Old man." he said, T don't know what you're driving at"
 And then he lied. Not in words, but in intent.
 When I talk business I talk it with business men, 1 love my wife and like my friends and I choose time and place for each
 Dick flushed in turn, and paled. The knife struck hard He felt the sting and smart; he felt the solid batterine of big mans blow. But he had courted it. He blushed for the rebuf to himself and grew white for shame; shame for the woman he idolized and pity for the true man who bore hel name. He had his answer. Bob die not know.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
SYNOPSIS.

Mir. and Mrs Reynolds move into their new sdngalow-s5o0 down, balance same as rent!-on Staten Island Dick Meade. newspaper man. cynic, socialist. takes din- ner and spends the night. The Reynolds seem comfortable in their home, but with a hint of loneliness. Jane Reynolds goes 10 a city matinee with Mrs. Collins. a neishbor, and by her companions advice pretends sickness to cover her neglect to provide dinner for Bob. Jane. confessing, Is forgiven for shamming. Dick arrives With deIicatesseu forage. Dick warns Bob against John Brand. Bob's old school mate. now a member of the system. ' who Is expected 10 call Jane confesses that the money for the butchers bill has gone for new hat. Brand. Hudson Ce- ment company president, offers Bob $40. vo to use his position as chemist with the united Construction company to cheat the Specincations for cement work on the Eeeos River dam. Jane overhearing. asks Bob to accept. His refusal. in the face or their poverty. chills her. Brand wiles Jane Into a conspiracy to make Bob
 earn" the s0.0O0. She receives s100 "con- spirators money" by mail from Brand. and in the sudden change from skimping economics and unpaid bills to real ready money loses all sense of true moral values
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
MY HEALTH
 IS PERFECT" So Says A North Carolina Lady h Telling WhatShe Owes To Cardui, The Woman's Tonic.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Ada Hull, of this place, says: About six years ago l got in very bad health. l suffered terrible pains in my abdomen and back. l dreaded to see the sun rise and 1 dreaded to see it set, for I suf- fered such agony. No one except my self will ever know how badly I suf- fered. The doctor said I was suffering as result of the menopause.
 As nothing gave me any relief, I asked the doctor if hadn't better try Cardui He said, It might help you and told my husband to get me bot tie. At this time I was so weak l could not lift my head, and my voics was so weak, people had to lean to- wards the bed to hear what I said. looked so bad and had such a dark color that l looked like a dead woman, and my relatives thought I would never get up again.
 took one bottle of Cardui and ft relieved the pain and suffering % much that my husband got another bottle, and that improved me still more. began to strengthen and gradually got well. I have now had better health for six years, than 1 ever had in all my life. I have taken no medicine since, and my health is perfect.
 Cardui Is the finest medicine . woman could use"
 Try 1t. At druggists.-Adv.
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onstration of the inevitable. God!" he exclaimed. Ifs the whole world rot ten?"
 Meade's cynicism WAS not entirely the vaporous output of self-centered youth. His was calling that took him into every walk of life. He had stepped lightly among the roses, which were not for him to pluck. and he had wound his way through thorns and es- capped their prick. In the great school of life every book and every page is laid open to the reporter if he will but look. It is an old story; at first the bubbling enthusiast, then the cynic; and the cynicism is not feigned. Win nowed and sifted down and weighed the same balance always showed. At least in the turmoil of the big cities it was the same-hypocrisy and self gain.
 But if there were no alleviating causes there were alleviating effects. Occasionally the stock yielded some thing pure. Such a product Dick had found in the Reynolds home. Of true love and true happiness he knew the world contained its share, but now the first idol in his personal ob- servanee of 1t had crashed and shat tered like the glass upon the Germans s bar. Or, so it seemed to him.
 What other conclusion could he reach? There were Jane and Brand and the supercilious Mrs. Collins. In the turbulent storm of his speculations she served as a slight balm, but not an effective one He was glad that she was there. He was glad that Jane had defected Brand in his purpose to tarry at the inn. These were mollify- Ing circumstances, but they were small. The great, big infectious fact was that his friends wife was out au. tomobile riding with a man she had known but two days-a millionaire. The word bit and stung as he con- ceived 1t. He laughed aloud in bit ter, raucous way and reached for the beer to wet dried lips He gulped 1t down and bade Herr Host good day
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Willie Knew.

Some time ago the teacher of a pub lie school was instructing a class in geography, and when it came time to hand out a few questions she turned to Willie Smith.
 Willie" she said, "can you tell me what is one of the principal products of the West Indies?''
 No, ma 'am," frankly answered VIII lie, after a moments hesitation.
 Just think bit" encouraglngly re- turned the teacher; where does the sugar come from that you use at your house?'
 Sometimes from the store," an- swered Willie, and sometimes we bor- row it from the next-door neighbor."
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07
CALOMEL S|CkENS! T SAL|VATES!
 DON'T STAY BILIOUS, CONST|PATED
Guarantee Dodsons Liver Tone Will Give You the Best Liver and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had-Don Lose Days Work!

under my personal guarantee that it will clean your sluggish liver better than nasty calomel; it won't make you sick and you can eat anything you want without being salivated. Your druggist guarantees that each spoonful will start your liver, clean your bowels and straighten you up by morning or you can have your money back. Chil. dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone because it is pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe or cramp or make them sick.
 I am selling millions of bottles of Dodson's Liver Tone to people who have found that this pleasant, vege- table, liver medicine takes the place of dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle on my sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your druggist or storekeeper about me.
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New Device for Gym.

A wrestling device that will always be at the gymnasium when it's owner wants to exercise, and will do nothing to hurt it's adversary, no matter how provoking he may be, is the invention of a Washington man.
 The mechanical wrestler. which Is made in the form of man, Is placed on rolling and rocking base. The fig, ure is padded and may be weighted to suit the needs of the individual.
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 tipn for Jane was almost akin to wor- ship Bob he loved and envied Not in any unworthy way, but as the pos sessor and component part of a state Of happiness he knew existed and had never yet found for himself.
 But in Dicks primitive and prac- tical alignment of figures, two and two meant just one thing. Added or multiplied the result was the same. No algebraic could alter 1t; no geometric square could efface it. Key holds was deceived and his wife was deceiving him. Unless-and the thought brought a quick spasm of re- joicing-unless Bob knew.
 He became impatient at the slow moving car and then fretful over the tardiness of the ferry He was eager to rush to his friends office and by some diplomatic trick arrive at the truth. But then, if Bob didn't know, and in spite of himself this thought took eponderance, what would he do then? Should he turn tale bearer and say the word that always embitters even when the best of friends is it's mouthpiece? His loyalty to Jane, too, might deter him. The idol was shat tered, but it was still an idol. That Dick did not fully know. There might be ruins but they would never fall to the level of Brands. He became acutely conscious of an increasing hatred for the interruptions million aire and decreasing resentment to- ward the woman
 Dick found his friend at work in the laboratory of the big construction com pany Bob's quarters were on the top most floor of a Bowling Green sky scraper and not far from the offices of Brands concern. It was nearly six o'clock and Bob, coatless and with sleeves rolled up, was hurrying through the final stages of a rush job
 Hello, Dick" he greeted without ad- vancing What brings you up at this hour? I'd shake but my hands are mussed up a bit Sit down. I'll be through in ten minutes"
 Dick declared he had just dropped in and subsided on a convenient stool Fascinated, he watched Reynolds nov ing quickly to and fro at his work, transferring some substance from a glass crucible to another; depositing a flame and dropping more there into a square zinc can packed in ice; watch. ing the tests almost simultaneously in four or five different vessels; stopping occasionally to jot down results in a little book; keen, alert and accurate. Here was the competent workman for getful of all but his work Forgetful even of employer; oblivious to friend: immersed in his task Dick could not refrain from one question.
 What is it, Bob?" he asked.
 Reynolds brow contracted just bit. He answered tersely:
 Cement for the Black river dam"
 In a moment he wrote rapidly again in the book, elapped it to and called to an assistant.
 Clear away the junk. Hennesy," he ordered. It's o. K"
 He turned smilingly to Dick.
 What's the good word, old top? You'll excuse my brusqueness but you caught me right at the end of a job and it's big one. Reports have to go to the front tonight, for if the ship ments don't start tomorrow there's a $30,000 forfeit
 Dick took the extended hand. Man l though he was he felt a rebellious
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Put to the Test.

cialist I believe that those who get
 His Daughters Beau-Yes, I'm 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.
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You don't seem anxious to get home to your dinner"
 q don't care for the menu I'll get" What is it?"
 When my wife finds out I forgot to mail her letter the first course win be tongue served up with hard sauce"
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COLDS & LaGRlPPE

5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; 1t acts on the liver better than Calo- mel and does not gripe or sicken. Price 25c-Ady.
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Extreme Devotion.

"Mrs. Gadders is all wrought up over the plight of the Belgians."
 Indeed, she is. Why, she even neg lects her poodle to attend meetings of relief committees"
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Translents All,

Mrs. Exe-How many servants do you keep?
 Mrs. Wye-None My record for the year, so far, is twenty-two I didn't keep.
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The Office Roy,s Guess

Boy, why did you give me the sig nal to duck out of my office yesterday afternoon; did you not know that the lady was my wife?"
 Yes, sir; that was why"
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Namlnn the Rahx-

Young Mamma-"What shall we call baby?" Ditto Papa-"Coffee, because he keeps us awake at night."-Phils- delphia Ledger.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-01-07

There isn't much hope for the bride who can't learn to sew by the time her hubby's wedding garments need patch ing
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Dubious.

Your wife is out of danger then?" T shall think so unless the doctor comes back"
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The Prospect.

Try 1t. At druggists.-Adv.
The Denver star., 1915-04-24
EnsErT vnllAns. r.,. LuDY Rosl. ns,.
The Star Barber Shop
FRS. Class in every Particularly
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EFFECTS OF THE EUROPEAN
WAR On COLOR PREJUDICE.

According to IL recent London dis
patch, James Slim. Negro. native Of
Jamaica. West india island. has en-
listed as a private in the Coldstream
guards.
Before the war. the report says. It
would have been impossible for negro
to Join white regiment In England. let
alone one Of the pyoudest and most
famous Of the crack regiments The
fact of Sims acceptance - strong
indication Of the democratic e6scts Of
the war.
Slim was in France whom ths war
broke and Joined ths French foreign
legion. Wounded In battle. ~ was
sent to = hospital. where he expreassd
the wish to Join Kitchsner's new army.
Word was sent to Kitchener. with ~
result that he was allowed to enroll In
the Coldstreams Slim y now (4arch
%, training with tho reserve battalion
at Windsor.
The Denver star., 1915-04-24

The Walker Manufacturing Co..
manufacturers Of c. ]. Whlkef's Blood
and Rheumatic Remedy. Nine. G. J..
walkers Wonderful Hair Grower. $40
Northwest st., Phones Main 1856,
New 52s3K. Indianapolis. Ind. March
2, 1915.
T. g. Rector, Dear Sir:-Haying
seen your appeal in the Denver Star
enclose md SO to assist In. this
worthy effort that you are putting
forth for this condemned man. Trust
ing that you may be successful and
that he may prove worthy of Il. am,
Yours respectfully,
MMN. G. ]. WALKER.