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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-18
'Then I'll Come Back to YOU
LARRY EVANS
AUTHOR Or ONCE 70 EVERY MAN.

steve tried again.
81 can promise you work a. long as YOU
are able to hold a rein,r he offered, but he
moved nearer the door while he was speak
ing. 'That is all I can promise"
Perhaps he believed that Big Louie was
weakening. Perhaps he felt that the sit
%uation was too highly dramatic 10 be
wasted. for he made a wide flourish with
one hard.
eve want our tn. and We want il now"
he threatened. 'Wt'rc going to show you
who bosses this river before we're done
with your
Fallon shouldn't have gloated: he
shouldn't have threatened. And Shayne
shouldn't have smiled. Steve had
| slipped the latch loose. Now he swung
open the door.
"Call for your time al the Morrison Of
fice,' he said evenly. "and if you're going
why, gow
BY collar and belt he swung him back
and drove him sprawling into a drift.
"Are you in a hurry, too, Shayne'" he
asked pleasantly, and Shayne buried his
head beside Fallon's in the snow. Then
Steve closed the door carefully and turned
again to Big Louie.
"Louie,' he said Il make il a rule TO
urge no man who does not wish TO stay.
If it needs persuasion to keep Won do
| moi want You here. But YOU are running
with the wrong crowd, Louie. You'll learn
some day, but some day may be too late"
| IT. L. l-,a- axal ,nap urac har1lr-
listening, but he gestured toward the door.
And Steve treated his departure kindly, as
he had always treated his presence.
Outside where Shayne and Fallon had
picked themselves up Big Ionic hesitated
and fumbled in his pocket with a cold
cramped hand. He delivered the letter for
IStephen which had been intrusted 10 him
by Miss Sarah. There are many men like
Big Louie who are ~pitifully faithful until
events outstrip their intellects. Steve was
sorry for him, and half an hour later, al
ter he had read Miss Sarah's prim note re-
| o~uesting his presence at dinner AT 7:30 on
| Christmas eve, he grew sorrier still while
he watched the i'll assorted trio meet once
more, blanket packs upon their backs and
snowshoes on their feet. Big Louie had
| Joined the other two from the direction OF
1.-The stables. There were words between
them, for Steve saw the huge mans arm
lift to strike Shayne to the ground and
then drop harmlessly back to his side. And
Steve Knew what that bit of pantomine
meant. Big Louie had been to bid his team
goodby. There was a smudge of brown
sugar across his coat, though the watch
or was too far away TO see that. But he
knew that Big Louie had been crying
knew that Shavne had smiled. II was the
second time that Shayne had smiled that
evening-hiS second bad mistake. Long
after they had disappeared into the north
toward the Reserve company's camps,
Steve wondered that il had not cost him
his life.
Miss Sarah's note, which had been al
most a week on the way was very primlv
correct, but the inevitable postscript which
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Continued from preceding issue)

"I'm delighted at the prospect Of get
ting AWAY from town for a week., she
closed as she had opened her reply-"de-
lighted at Mr.. OMara's splendid success.
Last night | overheard father telling some
business associates that he would one day
be the biggest power IN the north country
unless something happened to check him
soon. That was very flattering, wasn't it?
II will make You very proud, know. Tell
Mr.. O'Mara I wished to be recalled to him.
As | nave already warned you in this let
ter, father insists on coming with me.
/ think he must be a little tired of the city
himself, for he is very restless. And re-
mind Uncle Cal that i am TO have the wish
bone or | will not com at al!'
This reply Miss Sarah also read aloud
TO her brother in a voice that was not quite
CHRISTIAN, however, for it was gloating in
tone.
There" she breathed. "And, Cal,
aren't you ashamed sometimes to have
your Judgment so often refuted by a mere
woman?"
Caleb had been reading in the Morrison
Standard that the East Coast company
had made unbelievable strides in its work
in spite of many conspiring hard luck cir
cuinstances. He was ~frowning over that
oddly yelled compliment of Allison's, which
his daughter had so innocently repeated,
but he was glad TO hear that Dexter, too,
planned 10 run up for the year end. He
was n bit bored himself. Now he grinned
over another thought.
"She fails to mention whether she ever
noticed the color of his eyes"-he choked
a little-"or-or the heartbreaking quail
ity of his voice. Maybe she hasn't noticed
'em yet herself, eh?"
Miss Sarah went upstairs to her desk,
and she wrote two letters that night before
she retired. One went to Barbara. The
other had hot SO far to travel, but it was
longer In reaching its destination.
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ITO he continueO
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lcnderran j. sounded ? nero Ultimate note.
1--WE are not excessively formal rs n
rrle, Stephen" she wlatc. 40 a dinner
jacket will be adequate -, (. am expect
ling two other guests besides your friends.
Mr.. Morgan and Garrett Deverean. |
must ask You to let no business matters
Interfere with Your promptness.
Steve dared rot let himself wonder who
those other guests would prove to be. Mir
iam Burrell. he knew. had already written
Garry that this was to BE- the SaddeSt
Christmas and the merric~i that she had
ever known. giving as RESPECTIVE reasons
her inability 10 he with him and lie fact
that she was 80 entirely his. Because he
would not lei himself hope this time r.
was not disappointed or at least 20 he
told himself, when he found only Dexter
Allison with Caleb the next afternoon near
6. And on a sudden thought his ewes went
rowing around the room then, looking for
| Archibald Wickersham. But Miss Sarah
gave him no time for 4 protracted scrut-
my.
'.Your room l. ready. Stephen" she told
MIN ana SletTtu Hlm ltNaIu tnt ~lalI-.
l.3You have an hour in which TO dress. and
| YOU know already that | am old maidenish-
y strict"
And then, three quarters Of an hour lat
er. when he had dressed and turned TO the
stairway Barbara was there at the foot of
the flight waiting for him 10 appear. In
4 little low pink satin gown that made
rounded her slenderness-made her APP
lpear even smaller than she was-She gave
him an elaborate courtesy from the main
floor and flung up at him her laughter.
merry Christmas, Sir Galahad!' she
called.
Steve, who was only dimly aware Of the
fact that Garry and Fat Joe had arrived,
the latter guilty of his first dinner jacket
and enormously proud of his guilt. stood
looking at Barbara while She was chatter
ing at him without hearing distinctly a
word she spoke.
"You look as though ! were a wraith,'
the Girl accused him. "Am | 20 pale after
a few weeks Of sophisticated city air."
81 thought you looked like-shall ! tell
YOU what | thought"
"Mo,t certainly she was forced TO in
sist. WASN'T il a bald enough invitation
for Il pretty speech!"
ITO he continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-18
CHAPTER XVII.
Blue Flannel and CORDUROY.

N HE world was snow bound-all that
= small world which lay between the
hills in the valley at Thirty-Mile. For
two days it showed so heavily that all
work moved but internationally at the up
river camp, and then. two days before
Christmas the mercury dropped sharply
into the bulbs and the weather cleared.
Fran bis window Stephen OMara
watched the heavy loads crawl up to the
s~turtnVuse door. lie Watched the drivers
throw tarpaulIns owe: the boxes and knew
that they were too weary To unload that
night. And be was still there at the frost
ed pane when the three men. Big Louie
still blowing ahead, hove into view again
from the direction of the stables and came
straight towards his own shack. He open
ed the door and bade them enter before
they had q chance to knock. The swaggcr
in the shoulders Of two of them told him
what to expect. Big Louie was only
clumsy as usual.
''You did well TO make it," he told the
latter kindly. n he alv1ys addressed him.
His nod To the others, w';o reeked of white
whisky, was in Part a question, in no wise
n welcome. Well, he asked.
Apparently there had been a conference
before hand. for there was no h%esitancy on
the part Of Fallon, who had been ordained
spokesman.
We've come for our Time he growled.
Steve nodded ~gravelv.
II scc.- he m%urrnurcd. MAY I ask
what's your grievance this time?"
They were satellites Of IIarrigan. Re
cause Of that he had kept them all where
his eyes could find them at times. And.
even though their arch leader in discon-
tent had not crossed his path in many days
he listened now to IN echo Of Harrigan's
activities.
'This slgoin' To he n mans year IN the
reserve camps" Fallon should not have
gioated. ''Three n day and a bonus for a
high week cut. We're going back to the
river
81 see. again observed Steve. "Are they
guaranteeing this ware for ~ long a. you
want 10 works
Absolutely they had decided. teo. that
there should be no bargaining.
"We want our time" Fallon reiterated.
"This j. goin' I ODE n mans year on the
river"
.You alSos' Steve INQUIRED of Shayne.
"Yc-. me also" he came back. san a
hundred Others before the zee vces ee;."
Biz Ionic he had given M fer II he
fore that. and yet II was with Bag Leuie
that Steve made n sincere effort.
'.rd like To have you stay, Ionic He
faced the third man. Il need Won. for YOU
can do more with horses than any man |
know. Louie. ar eworth three n day to me.
Do YOU care to think il Overt"
Big Louic's eyes had been mournful
when he stumbled in ont of the cold. They
were that now. He started TO turn toward
the window for q look at the stables and
then thought better Of it. R~esolute.y. for
him, he shook his head.
II am done-me,- he muttered. II work
for no company that will leave honest men
to starve.-
1t was hopeless rom the start, yet
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-18
that JAR OF MUSTEROLE ON
THE BATHROOM SHELF
Has Relieved Pain for Every One
in the Family

When little Susie had the croup; when
Johnny got his feet wet and caught cold;
when father sprained his knee; when
~cranny's rheumatism bothered her
That lar of Musterole was right there
10 give relief and comfort.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil Of mustard. II will not
blister like a mustard plaster.
Quick relief for sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia,
headache congestion. plcurisy. rheuma-
tsm, lumbago, pains and aches OF the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises chiIblains, frosted feet. colds on
the chest Git often prevents pneumonia).
Try Musterole for croupy children
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-18

Checks should he made payable to The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co. Business
communications should be addressed To the
COMPANY, ard items, letters, etc, intended for
publication should be addressed to Editor. The
Herald. Brownsville, Texas. Letters intended
for publication should be signed with the fun
name Of the writer. The name win not be
printed If not desired, but il will be evidence Of
good faith I'll the part II the writer.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
CLAIMS HIGH HONOR
Lovers Of Old Yeocomico Church
Claim Washington Mas
Christened There.

An ANY residents Of westmore-
HI land county. Virginia. who
fV are descended from colonial
families. assert that Wash
Ington was christened in old Yeocom-
leo church. one OF the quaintest and
most interesting of the old churches
Of America They have no record evt
dence to offer In support Of their con-
tention. for the registers OF the parish
during the colonial period were de-
stroyed in the Revolutionary war, and
for proof Of the great honor claimed
for that church they can only point to
local tradition that he was chris
tened in 'old Yeocomico." and to an
ancient letter bearing on the subject.
However. traditions. or at least those
Of Virginia. are not to be brushed
lightly aside. and In the absence Of
authentic record evidence are at least
worthy Of consideration in arriving
at conclusion as to any doubtful
matter Of history.
Old Yeocomico church. a quaint
relic Of colonial Virginia. ia built In
the form Of cross or a hexagon. Its
solid walls have weathered the storms
Of two centuries, and it has suffered
the devastation of three wars. II was
a favorite camping place of soldiers
Of the Revolution, OF the War OF 1912,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
STOMACH MISERY
GAS, INDIGESTION
"pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick,
sour, gassy stomachs in
five minutes.

Time Il! In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid,
or quotations of undigested food. no
dizziness. bloating, or foul breath.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
II is the surest, quickest and most GER
tain indigestion remedy in the whole
world. and besides it is harmless.
Please for your sake, get a large
flfty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
life Is too short-you are not here
long, SO make your stay agreeable
Eat what you like and digest It, en-
Joy 1t, without dread of rebellion in
the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one Of the fam
lily eat something which doesn't agree
with them, or in case of an attack of
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach arrangement at daytime or
during the night, 1t is handy to give
the quickest relief known. Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
WERE LONG TIME IN SERVICE
Pair of SILK Socks Did Duty as Christ
mas Present for Many Years
Before Joke Came Out.

Out the Grandvue drive on the llli-
nois bluffs, where residents have their
lives frightened by the st. Louis
lights every night, they are always
looking for something on the other
fellow" This time it's "on" J. F..
Jones of the National stockyards. who
has pretty home on the drive.
Jimmy" does not wear silk socks.
He prefers another kind But each
birthday and every Christmas for
years he has received a beautiful pair
of silk socks, Sometimes they were
from one town and sometimes from
'another. He appreciated the tribute
to his taste and always mentioned the
socks among gifts received" And
always did he put them carefully
away.
Not until last Christmas did he find
out that in all these years he has
been receiving the same pair OF socks.
Members of the family we're the per
petrators of this continuous joke.
Now his neighbors know and he will
be silk Sock Jimmy" until they find
new victim.-St Louis Globe Demo.
crat.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
Men in the Trenches,

Men who have been under fire in
the trenches or in the open, with
shells falling all around them and men
stricken on all sides, will tell you that
they had no fear as long as they could
fight and bear their part of the strug-
gle.
But when wounded, lying powerless
and helpless on the field, the enemy
descending on them, fear of the un.
known, Of the long hours of waiting
torture, of what fate had in store for
them, has wrung groans from hearts
that no pain could influence.
Each sound, each movement con-
tanned menace for which they had
no name, no reason. but which was
full of unutterable horror, and for
which there was no relief but merciful
Inconsistencies or removal into the
zone Of peace and safety.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
FROM GIRLHOoD TO OLD
ACE WOMEN ARE HELPED

At the first symptoms Of any de-
rangement OF the feminine organism
at any period Of life the one safe, really
helpful remedy is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for every conceivable all.
ment and disease of a womanly nature.
II is a woman's temperance medicine
and its ingredients are published on
wrapper.
Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
a true friend 10 women in times OF
trial and at times OF pain when the
organs are not performing their fune-
tons. For headache, backache. hot
flashes. catarrhal conditions, bearing
down sensations, mental depression,
dizziness, fainting spells, women
should never fail to take this tried and
true women's medicine.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
Carthage Mothers Find New Way
To Keep Boys Free From Colds

nut St, Carthage, tried Vick's vap-o-
Rub for q cold and hoarseness In
chest and throat, and also for mus
cular soreness, and writes--'I have
never used anything with as good re-
suits. believe It is necessity in
every home"
Mrs. M. L. Salyard, 1115 s. Maple st.,
Carthage, tried vapo.Rub for very
severe cold In my head and received
almost instant relief"
Mrs. Bertha Grove, r. F. ID. No. I,
BIAS a little boy four years old who
rs bothered with bronchial trouble,
and catches cold whenever he runs
out In damp weather. His head and
nose stop up and he coughs 80 much
that his lungs wheeze until you can
hee him all over the room" Mrs.
Grove says she Just rubs Vap-o-Rub
well over the throat and chest and
covers with a warm flannel cloth, and
the vapors arising open his head.
She also stops his cough by letting
him swallow a small piece In fact,
Mrs. Grove writes us quite a long
letter and ends by saying-'I would
advise all mothers to keep vap-0-Rub
on hand, especially II they have any
small children. You don't need TO
buy cough syrups when you have a bot
tie on hand. and l find 1t better than
any internal medicine" Three sizes,
25c, SOC or s1oo.
81, me oenaIas rs r690
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
SAGE TEA DARKENS GRAY
HAIR TO ANY SHADE. TRY It'll
Keep Your Locks Youthful. Dark,
Glossy and Thick With Garden
Sage and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell. because it's done SO naturally. SO
evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. For so cents you can buy at
any drug store the ready-to-use tonic
called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy" You Just dampen
sponge or soft brush with It and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time. BY morn
ing all gray hair disappears. and, after
another application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully darkened, glossy
and luxuriant. You will also dis
cover dandruff is gone and hair has
chopped falling.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is a sign of old age, and as we
all desire a youthful and attractive ap-
pearance, get busy at once with Wy
eth's Sage and Sulphur and look years
vounger.-Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
UGH! .CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
Just once Try ADodsons Liver Tone" When Bilious, consti
pated, Headaehy-Dont Lose Days Work.

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
me and cheerful; make your work q
pleasure; be vigorous and full OF am
bition. But take no nasty. danger
Gus calomel. because It makes you
sick and you may lose . days work.
Cslomel Is mercury or quicksilver.
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking It up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
crsmping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest. gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced Just
take . spoonful Of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you . 50 cent bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18

back guarantee that each spoonful
viii clean your sluggish liver better
than = dose Of nasty calomel and that
II won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know II next morn
Ing. because you viii wake up feel
ing fine. your liver win be working.
your headache and dizrnes gone.
your stomach win be sv : and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone d entirely
vegetable. therefore harmless and
cannot salivste. Give 1t to your chill
dren. Millions Of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale Of calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
SUFFERING AT VALLEY FORGE
General Washington and HE Little
Army Eneamped There One Hun.
bred and Thlrty-Nine Years Ago.

General Howe, having sailed forth
from Philadelphiss where he had es.
tablished his headquarters. several
times during the early part Of Decem-
Der to give battle 10 General Washing
ton. but finding the latters forces
we're too formidable, Howe fiEally de-
cided to go into winter quarters in
Philadelphia on December 8. and
Washington, seeing that the campaign
on the part OF Howe would hardly be
resumed before spring, and not hav-
ing an army formidable enough for at
tack, decided to 60 into winter quar-.
tiers himself. He selected Valley
Forge. about thirty miles northwest Of
Philadelphia. Washington and his
army arrived there on December IL,
TIT. and at once began the erection
of huts.
Although the winter was intensely
cold. the men were obliged to work
at the buildings, with nothing to sup
port life but flour mixed with water.
which they baked into cakes at the
open fires. The horses died of star
walton by the hundreds. and the men
were obliged to haul their provisions
and firewood Sickness spread rapid.
ly, THE unfortunate soldiers" wrote
Lafayette in after years, were in
want Of everything; they had neither
coats, hats, shirts nor shoes; their
feet and their legs froze until they be.
came black. and amputation was fire.
quently necessary"
1t was when the army at Valley
Forge was at its worst condition Bar
on Steuben, an accomplished Prussian
Officer. arrived In this country. and
went to the camp. He rapidly brought
order out of chaos.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
Now They Are Not Afraid b Lss The
Children Ran outdoors
Fresly.

Every mother knows how hard 1t IL
to keep children, especially boys, In
doors tn bad weather. And yet II they
run out 1t usually means Group or
colds. Carthage, Mo-, mothers have
solved this problem by keeping plenty
Of fresh air in the bedroom at night,
and applying hot application Of
Vick's Vap-o-Rub at the first sign of
trouble.
Vap-o-Rub really is remarkable
preparation. Il Is the invention OF
q North Carolina druggist, and is
universally used in the South, but was
introduced here only last winter.
II comes in salve form and is ap-
piled externally over the throat and
chest. Externally-it acts like poul-
tice or plaster, relieving the tightness
and soreness Internally-it acts like
a vapor-lamp, except that you do not
have to keep the windows shut and
the fresh air excluded az you do with
the old fashioned vapor-lamp. VIck's
Is so made that the body heat re-
leases the ingredients in the form Of
vapors. These yapors are inhaled with
every breath through the air passages
to the lungs, carrying the medication
right 70 the affected parts.
Mrs. Lee Wilksrson, 400 =. CAest-
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-02-18
SPRUNG A NEW ANNIVERSARY.
Cold Weather Brought Out Novel
Form Of Wedding celehra-
tion invitations.

I'VE all am goin' to celebrate our
soft coal wedding anniversary soon,
and we wants you to be sure and come
and see u.s.
This was the word passed out by a
negro on the second coolest morning
of the winter.
Soft coal anniversary" one of his
friends asked. How long have you
been married to celebrate this event?"
Eighteen months came back the
reply.
Why that isn't any anniversary
period"
Its goin 70 be one for me and
Minnie. Haint nuthin' in the world wa
needs more dan coal right now, ana
on our invitations ii will read Pres
ents is required And moren dat, we
is going to put our address on them
invitations SO any sociable inclined
colored pusson can have delivered
what he can't carry."-Columbus Dis
patch.