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CHAPTER XXIV-continued.

You've been up all night" said Ger.
ry. go and lie down for a while. I'll
call you if anything happens"
Lleber rose reluctantly Don't fail
10 call me-" he said. "I'll leave my
door open"
Gerry sat down In a chair beside the
settle. He had not known how tired
he was himself Soon he drOwsed. His
head fell forward on his chest. Sleep
came to him and then a great trouble
came to his sleep. He reused himself
from a nightmare and, suddenly wide
awake, found Alan's eyes fixed on his
face.
You" murmured Alan.
Gerry did not answer. His face be-
came mask. 1t seemed to him that
only Alan's eyes were alive, and to
Alan that Gerry had projected his
spirit to his bedside to watch him die
Alan tried to smile in defiance
Cant you speak?" he whispered
hOarsely.
Gerry leaned forward. The question
he had to ask was stronger than he.
1t forced its way through his lips
Allan, what did you do with her? Tell
me that and III go away"
troubled look came into Alans thin
face He frowned. do with her? Do
with whOm?"
! Alan" said Gerry, his suppressed
voice trembling, You know. With
Alix."
oh" said Alan, still struggling on
the verge of consciousness. 81 remem-
ber. did nothing with her. She
wouldn't go with me-"
Alan" groaned Gerry. 81 saw you.
l saw you and Alix on the train"
The frown was gone from Alan's
forehead. He felt sleep coming back
TO him and he was glad YES" he
said, "she was on the train with me.
remember. She jumped off. A bag
gageman-caught her." He dropped
Off to sleep again.
Iieber stepped catlike across the
floor. He caught Gerry by one ear,
and with the other hand over his
mouth led him out of the room. Gerry
went tamely. When they were on the
veranda Lieber looked at him. $50"
he said, his blue eyes blazing, you
only want to kill him."
No" said Gerry, dazed, mot now"
"Mr. Lansing" said Lieber, you get
out of here. Well settle this busi-
ness some other time"
Gerry's lip trembled. you're right,
Lieber," he said. You're right, only
you don't know 1t all. That chap in
there-we were boys together. He ran
away with my wife. That's why
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pItilessly. as thSugh II were iOdth to
mark the passing minutes. The whole
earth baked. Strong trees wilted and
turned up the wrong sides OF their
leaves on the sea OF heat like dying
fish turning up their white bellies at
the last gasp. Not a breath of air
stirred. Heat rose from the ground In
an unbroken, visible wave. my God"
said Alan, gazing with wistful, far
seeing eyes beyond the familiar, repel-
lent scene. "a homeward fever
parches up my tongue" There was
such an agony Of longing in the words
that Gerry was frightened. He looked
questiOningly at Lieber.
mo-" said Lieber, hes not dying.
He was dying, but he's changed his
mind. He's going to go home instead"
IL believe he's right, Gerry" said
Alan with a faint smile but didn't
change my mind He did II for me.
He's in line for a ife-saving medal.
Lieber's all right" He stopped, tired
out.
Lieber began to talk to Gerry.
"How's the water in the ditch, Mr..
Lansing?"
Mighty low" said Gerry. He spoke
almost absent-mindedly. For the first
time in months the ditch was far from
his thoughts.
ITS hard luck" said Lieber. "The
rivers never been so low before-nOt
in the memory of man. We do not
hear the falls any more. The river is
asleep. Do you want me to send my
men down again?"
tits no USE" said Gerry. 81 don't
dare deepen the ditch any more. It's
way below the normal level now"
Alan stirred. whats that about a
ditch?"
In unhurried phrases and a low
voice Lieber told him the history of
Fazenda Flores since Gerry's advent
and Of the great part the ditch had
played in bringing resurrection to the
abandoned plantation and life to the
neighboring stock.
Alan cast curious glance at Gerry.
Dangerous business" he said, fool
ing with the normal level in food
country"
Lieber nodded and went on. he
told his tale well. He had seen more
than Gerry could have put into words.
Gerry listened for a while. but he soon
wearied. What had all that to do with
him now? He wandered off and start
ed to saddle True Blue. He must get
away from Alan. Alan was drawing
him, but he was bound in chains. He
must remember that. Then, too, what
Alan had said about fooling with the
normal level worried him. He must
go back and station a guard at the
great sluice gate.
A sudden puff of air, then a breeze.
then a gale. swept down on Lieber's
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Gerry had never ridden a horse to
death before. When True Blue 6rst
staggered he put spurs to him and laid
on his quirt right and left.
The roar of the river was so loud
that he could not tell If he had really
beaten the food or not, though he
could see just before him the long,
snaky ridge Of the main ditch banks.
He must get on.
But True Blue only came to a stag
gering stop under the quirt. With his
forefeet he still marked time as though
with them he would drag his heavy
body and master one step nearer home.
From his lOinss back he was paralyzed.
With a last desperate effort he
straddled his forelegs, but he could not
brace himself against the backward
sag of dead weight. Gerry felt him
sinking beneath him and suddenly
found himself standing over his pros
trate horse. or True Blue. his forefeet
outstretched, his head and breast still
held high, there was left only a great
spirit chained to a fallen and dying
body.
A cry escaped Gerry's lips-a cry Of
horror at what he had done. Then
he remembered why he had done It
and ran NOT for the sluice-gate but for
the bridge. AS he reached it the roar
became deafening. There was a splin-
tering, cracking sound that, meas
ured by the great commotiOn. seemed
like the tinkle of a tiny bell. But there
was something in the sound that called
to his brain. He cast a glance over his
shoulder. The monster beams Of his
sluice-gate, hurled, splintered, into the
air, were still hanging against the blue
sky. Under them surged an angry
white wall of racing water. Even as
he started to run down the long slope
to the house Gerry thought with
great relief that If the gate had been
closed 1t would have gone even so, like
matchwOOd
Below him Fazenda Flores lay peace
full, still. under the blazing sun. The
cotton was little wllted but high and
strong, the cane stunted but alive.
Only in the pasture bottoms the stock
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Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sIulees Of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous. stasnant matter.

Those Of Us who are accustomed to
feel dun and heavy when we arise:
splitting headache, stuify from q cold,
foul tongue, Easty breath. acid stom-
ach. lame back, can, instead, both
look and feel as fresh as a daisy always
by washing the poisons and toxins
from the body with phosphated hot
water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass Of real hot water with a tea.
spoonful Of limestone phosphate In
it to flush from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and ten yards of bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-
tire alimentary canal before putting
more food into the stomach.
The action Of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully invigorating. It cleans
out all the sour fermentations, gases.
waste and acidity and gives one q
splendid appetite for breakfast and It
is said to be but little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks. A quarter pound Of lime
stone phosphate will cost very little at
your druggist or from the store. bux
is sufficient to make anyone who Is
bothered with biliousness, constipa-
ton, stomach trouble or rheumatism
a real enthusiast on the subject of in
ternal sanitation. Try it and you are
assured that you will look better and
feel better in every way shortly
Adv.
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THE BUCKEYE RECORD
aRIsT or NEWS FROM VARIOUS
CITIES IN OHIO.
lnss aS Told by Telegraph
for Our Readere.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Youngstown. - Jacob Waddell OF
Niles. former general sales man
ager OF the Brier Hill Steel Co.
here. announces he has virtually COM
pleted plans for a sheet mill plant. He
plans to start with six mills, with foun-
dations for two additional mills to be
built as soon as business requires. Ne
gotiations are now under way for the
site Of the proposed plant.
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SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill,
his home, by his uncle, ]. Y, as a moral
failure Clem drinks Alan's health on his
birthday. Judge HeRly defends Alan in
his business with his employers. Alan and
AliN. Gerry's wife. meet at sea, homeward
bound. and start a Irritation. At home.
sioping, drops everything. and goes to
train and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
,nambucO and goes to Piranhas. On a
canoe trip he meets native girl. The
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
to AlM. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she is mistress Of
Gerry marrieS her. At Maple house Col
1lRgeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per Cent Wayne"-building a bridge in
Africa. Collingeford meets Alix and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not 90 home. Gerry begins to improve
Margartta's plantation and builds an ir-
rtgating ditch. In Africa Alan reads
Clem's letters and dreams of home. Ger
ny pastures Lieber's cattle during the
drought. A baby comes to MRrgarita.
Collingeford meets AliX in the city and
finds her changed. Alan meets Alix. ]. Y,
and Clem, grown to beautiful womanhood,
in the city and realizes that he has sold
his birthright for mess of pottage. Kemp
and Gerry become friends They visit
Lieber. and the three exiles are drawn
together by common tie Lieber tells
his story. In South America Alan gets
the fever and his foreman sends him to
Llebers.
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ALAN, What Did You Do With Fler"
from the southwest. The wind was
hot, furnace blast from the tOrrid
wilderness. 1t carried with it whirls
of dust, light, dry sticks, and, finally,
small pebbles that hurtled along the
ground. Gerry and his horse sought
shelter by the house. Herders came
running out from their quarters and
gathered in front of the veranda. The
wind suddenly turned cold, dropped
and ceased. The dust settled. The
sun blazed as before. There was not
cloud in the sky. The herders all
looked at Lieber. They did not talk.
They were waiting.
Lieber shrugged his shoulders.
Somewhere" he said with wave Of
his hand to the southwest, there has
been rain and hail and that sort Of
thing. Temperature fell and drove
the hot air off the desert" He told
the men. but they did not go away.
They stood around. their eyes sweep
ing the horizon to the southwest. At
last one of them grunted. His eyes
were fixed on a distant pillar of dust.
It came towards them. Lieber used
his field glasses. Without taking them
from his eyes, he spoke. Its a man.
riding. Looks like he's riding for life.
Something is up. He's riding to kill
his horse"
AS the man approached, dull rum
bling filed the ears Of the watchers.
So gradual was its crescendo that they
did not notice it. The rider spurred
md beat his horse to a final effort
They could see he was shouting. He
drew nearer, and they heard him,
"Flood! FlOod"' Then they noticed
the rumbling. It became a roar Far
away on the horizon rose a white, ad-
vancing mist. The rider rolled off his
staggering horse. THE food" he
gasped. Never before has there been
such a food"
Before the words were out of his
mouth there was frenzied rattle of
hoofs and Gerry on True Blue tore
Off at a mad gallop down the trail
towards Fazenda Flores Almost at
his heels followed the first mounted
of the herders, riding all they knew to
cut across to Plranhas ahead of the
wall of water.
Lieber's eyes followed Gerry's fight.
Then he turned them on Alan. THAT
Hollow down there" be said, will be
turned into a rushing river in half an
hour-perhaps less. We're just safe
here and thsts all. You see Mr.. Ian
sing? He's the spot farthest down the
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had gathered in frightened clumps.
Their instinct had told them that dan.
ger lowered near. Suddenly from the
quiet house burst Margarita, carrying
her son on one arm. She had seen
Gerry from window. While the 9th
ers watched the rising river, and now
this terrifying torrent bursting down
upon them from above. she had slipped
out to run to him.
The house at Fazenda Flores stood
on domed mound. Behind the mound
was a slight hollow before the steady
rise to the bridge began. Gerry caught
sight Of Margarita as she ran down
towards this hollow. Terrified, he cast
glance at the descending flood and
his eye measured its pace against hers.
Go back! he shouted with all the
strength Of his lungs, and waved his
arms. 1t was as though he had not
spoken. Through the din and roar of
the flood the sound Of the words scarce
ly reached his own ears.
At the very bottom Of the hollow
Margarita felt that she was stepping
In water. She took her eyes from
Gerry, who she thought was beckonlng
to her, and looked down. A hurrying
rivulet whose swift flow carried It be-
fore the churning crest Of the food.
tugged at her ankles. She looked up
toward the laundering wall of oncom-
Ing water and knew that she was lost.
She stopped and fixed her eyes on
Gerry, who was plunging down the
slope in mad effort to reach her. She
called to him, but she knew he could
not hear her. With arms stretched to
their highest, she held up the Man. The
Man was not frightened. His blac&
eyes were fixed on his running father.
Margarita could feel him gurgling with
JOY in the new game. Then suddenly
he cried out. 1t was a wall of fright.
The wall was cut short. Broken in
two, it rang terribly in her ears as
she went down.
The water had felled Margarita and
the Man. Gerry saw them flung down
the crest Of the wave. They became
suddenly a twirllng, sodden mass, in
animate save for the fling of loose
limb into clearer view against the blue
sky or the uncoiling of long black hair
on the seething water.
Gerry reached the torrent Marga-
rita and the Man had already been
whirled far towards the great river.
He plunged into the food. The water
was thick with earth. sticks. uprooted
plants and debris Of every sort. Con.
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mately succeed in interfering with her
schedule or cause her untold irritation
and agony of mind in the meantime.
The Liveryman's Concern.

Hiram. noted for his thick-headed.
ness, lived in a small town in New
York state. and spent much of his
time hanging around the local livery
stable. One day he was passing
through the stalls. when the propri-
etOr raised a protesting voice.
Look here, Hiram" said he, how
many times have told you not to ap-
proach those horses from the rear
without speaking to them? One of
these days they will be kicking you
in the head"
That's all right" was the brave
rejoinder of Hiram. Il am not afraid
of it."
ITS not all right" sharply rejoined
the liveryman. Il don't want to have
a lot of lame horses on my hands. p
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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hoteI Man props Dead.

GAINESVILLE. y A, P. Rusk, aged go.
proprietor of the Clarendon hotel
here and member of the executive
committee of the Ohio Hotel Mems
association, dropped dead of apoplexy
in the lobby Of his hotel here
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Kidney Medicine That
Stands the Highest

Some twelve years ago began handling
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and we have
heard nothing but praise for it as it seems
to give entire satisfaction in every instance.
From the manner in which customers speak
of your remedy, we have learned to place
sufficient confidence in it to recommend
Swamp-Root above all other kidney RENE
dies. From the demand l judge it to be
the most generally used kidney medicine
in this country, and reports regarding it
are always favorable
Very truly yours,
c. Fl. Mccoy, JR.,
South Heights Pharmacy,
7O2 Porter St. San Antonio, Texas.
Jan. llth, 1915.
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GOODYEAR to Increase Plant.

Akron. - Two huge new build
ings, it is announced by C. W. Sell
berling, vice president of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co., will be erected
soon on 16 acres of property just pur-
chased by the corporation. One will
be devoted to mechanical goods de-
parIment and the other to reclaiming
rubber.
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Another Sensation Brewing.

Vermilion. - Another school sen.
sation is brewing here following
the finding of note in the school
threatening to blow up the residence
of the divorced wife of A. L. Trey, for
mer school superintendent. Trey was
dismissed last year after an investiga-
ton involving two girl teachers. The
school and county officials plan to pros
ecute the person who broke into the
building, tore up grade cards and left
the note.
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Very True.

Yeast-I see six or eight months
time and an expense of $4,000 is in.
volved in repainting the Brooklyn
bridge.
Crimsonbeak-Why. a fellow can
paint a whole town in shorter time and
for less money than that.
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Bullet Kills Veteran.

Youngstown.-Clark A. Knox, sew.
enty.three, Civil war veteran, was
found lying on the floor Of the home Of
his son, S. K. Knox, south Of this city,
with a bullet wound in his head. A
flobert rife was found near him. He
died later. The aged man had been
In i'll health for some time.
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lncreased Waoes.

Alliance. A voluntary increase
Of ten per cent has been given
1000 shop employees of the Morgan
Engineering Co. The increase, with
other raises granted in the last six
months, makes an addition Of 100000
= year to the company's pay roll.
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Fostoria. - The Teamsters' union
will ask Mayor Wade to remove City
Service Director James Cullen from
Office. The teamsters' local is after
Cullen because he employed non.
union teamster for city work, paying
less than union wages.
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Abandoned Well Shouts.

Fremont.-An abandoned gas well
on the ]. c. Smith farm, east
Of Fremont, drilled in a number of
years ago. has during the past week
been spouting forth oil in. considerable
quantities, and oil men will clean out
the hole, drill deeper and more thor
oughly test the field
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Dynamite Injuries Three.

Napoleon. - Richard Teeple, aged
%. was probably fatally injured
and Joseph Mason and Earl Smith sus-
tanned minor bruises when piece of
dynamite exploded in Teeple's hands
while he was dynamiting tree stumps
near Okolona.
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Gives Children $500. 900.

Lorain. - The will of Max M.
Suppes, the manager of the Lorain
plant of the National Tube Co., filed
in probate court, bequeaths the estate
to his four children equally. The es.
tate is valued at 100000.
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War Veteran Shoots Self.

Waverly. - Jerome B. Sprouse, q
veteran of the Civil war, propped
himself in bed, leaned his left breast
against the barrel of a shotgun and
with his cane pulled the trigger. He
died instantly.
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Indicted in Shooting Of Woman.

Elyria.-The Lorain county grand
jury returned an indictment charg'
ing Edward Lineen with shooting to
kill Miss Bertha Lowe. Miss Lowe is
in the hospital in a critical condition.
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Two Killed bv Auto.

Cincinnati. - William O'Donnell and
George Sherwood were killed instantly
when struck by an automobile that
skidded after its driver, George Dho-
nau, lost control The driver was abb
solved from blame.
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Must Pen Chickens.

Ashtabula.-City Manager ]. W.
Prince has announced that the ordi'
nance against chickens running on
vacant ground and in public streets
and alleys will be ridigly enforced
with the advent of spring.
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WelIsviIIe Votes Dry.

MISUNDERSTANDING voted to re-
main dry at local option election.
The vote was: Dry, 937; wet, 795. The
city has been dry for two years.
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trail. I'm thInkins ven never see
him again" "
A faint Hush came into Alan's
cheeks II was a dush Of prlde-pride
in Gerry. Gerry had not hesitated.
He had not ridden OF like a laggard.
Even now they could see that he was
riding for llfe-riding with all his
might for the lives that shackled him.
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Teachers Meat.

Elyria.-The spring convention Of
the Northeastern Ohio Teachers as
sociation is being held in this city.
Over 1000 instructors are in attend
Rnce.
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Two Hurt hv Car.

Wapakoneta. - w. o. Trowbridge
and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dye Corus,
were seriously injured here when the
buggy in which they we're riding was
struck by Western Ohio car.
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Dies Of Blood POISONING.

Fremont Bliss, Sr., sixty
two, died of blood poison developing
from scratching a pimple on his face.
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To Build New School.

neutrality-suspicious. are being
made for the erection Of the $4,000
centralized school building at Van
Buren.
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For any sore use Hanford's Bal.
sam. ADV.
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A wise teacher never attempts to
teach more than he knows.
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Trading compliments is a good deal
like swapping green goods.
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Letter to
DR.. Kilmer q Co.
BinGhamtOn, N. Y.

Prove What Swsmp-ROOt viii Do For YOu
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
Stores.-Adv.
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Consider the mental agony Of
an intelligent man when he
comes to realize that he has
committed a great wrong, an Ir-
neparable wrong against his
wife and against himself. Rev.
eIation and a sort Of terror come
to Gerry.
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Many a man is honest because a
good opportunity to be otherwise new
er knocked at his door.