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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

lard in a small bucket and melted half
q cupful. Then she tore up woolen
undershirt she found hanging on o
nail and bore relentlessly down upon
him.
"You gotta be creased all over your
lungs" she announced with a matter.
of-factness that cost her something;
for Billy Louise's innate modeSty YVES
only just topped by her good sense.
Ward submitted without protest
while she barred his chest and applied
the warm mixture with a smoothly Wig.
orous palm. "That'll fix the hookin'
cough" she saiL, as she spread the
warm layers Of woolen cloth smoothly
from shoulder to shoulder. "How does
it feel?"
"Great," he assured her succinctly,
and wisely omitted any love making.
"WiH your game leg let you turn
over? Because there's some dope left,
and it ought to go between your shoul'
ders."
"The game leg ought to stand more
than that" he told her, turning slowly.
eff I hadn't got this cold tackled onto
me, I'd have been trying to walk on II
by now"
"Better give it time-since you've
been game enough to lie here all this
while and take care Of 1t. I don't be.
lieve I'd have had nerve enough for
that, Ward" She poured rurpentine
and lard into her palm, reached inside
his collar and rubbed it on his shoul.
ders. "Good thing you had plenty of
grub handy. But it must have been
awful"
1T was pretty lonesome" he admit.
ted laconically, and that was as far
as his complainings went.
Billy Louise then poured the water
of the sage leaves she had been brew
ing in tin basin, carefully fshed out
a stem or two, and made Ward drink
every bitter drop. Then she covered
him to the eyes and hardened her heart
against his discomfort, while she kept
the handkerchief cool on his head end
between times swept the floor with n
carefully dampened broom and wiped
the dust Off things and restored the
room to its most cheerful atmosphere
Of livableness.
ITO BE CONTINIJED1
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ing to yuh. won't take any chances
on your not trying it again. I'm going
to protect myself right.
"You throw that gun on the bed"
(Billy Louise did so, her eyes still
upon Wards flushed face.) "Now, get
down that tablet from the shelf.
Here's a pencil" He drew one from
under his pillow and tossed it toward
her. "Now you write the truth about
all this rustllng. It's bigger thing
than shows right in this neighborhood.
l know that. And l know, too, that
Foxy has been pulling down some on
the side. He never paid for all the
stock that's running around vented
and rebranded NIX. I've got that sized
up. Pretty smooth trick, too; heap
better than working brands. He ought
to have been satisfied with that-but a
crook never is satisfied. l knew he
wasn't the tenderfOOt he tried to make
out, and when saw some of his stock
and that gate fixed to ring bell when
1t was opened, knew he was crook.
But he made a big mistake when he
threw in with you, you
81 want you to write down the
truth about that Hardup deal; who
was In with you. know, all right, but
want it down on paper. And want
to know how long FOxy's been In with
you, and who's working the game on
the outside. Get busy; write 1t all
down. I'll give you all the time you
need; don't leave out anything. Dates
and all, want the whole graft. Don't
try to get away. I've got this gun
loaded to the guards, and you know
I'm aching for an excuse" He
stopped and coughed again, hoarsely,
rackingly. Then he lay quiet, except
for his rasping breath and watched.
Billy Louise, with the tablet on her
trembling knees, pretended to write.
From under her lashes she watched
Ward curiously. She saw his attention
waver, saw his eyes wander aimlessly
about the room. She sat very still
and waited, making scrawly marks
that had no meaning at all. She saw
Wards fingers loosen on the revolver,
saw his head turn wearily on the pill
low. He was staring out through the
window at the brilliant blue Of the
sky with the dazzling white clouds
drifting like bits Of cotton to the north
ward. He had forgotten her.
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Well, you've overplayed your hand,
Old-timer. I let you fellows down easy,
last time. don't reckon Foxy object
ed much to those few turned back to
him, and I don't reckon you did any
kicking when you found I'd cut the
rope so it wouldn't hold your rotten
carcass. You can't let well enough
alone, though. You thought you'd raise
me, did you? You thought you'd come
back and try another whack at me be-
hind my back. You knew hanged well
I wasn't the kind Of man that would
jump the country. You knew you'd
find me right here, attending to my
business like I've always done.
"But you've overplayed your hand.
This time Pm going to get you-and
Foxy and the breed along with you. It
was a rotten trick, running YES over
Seabeck's brand. If I hadn't caught
you in the act, you'd have planted
them cattle where all HI couldn't
have saved me when they were found.
If hadn't caught you at 1t and run
NIX monograms over the whole cheese,
I'd have been up against 1t for fair.
So now you're going to get what's COM
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmers' Swamp Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
CHAPTER XIV.


DuLY LOUISE waited another
minute or two, weighing the pos
sibllities. She saw Wards fin
gers drop away from the gun, but they
remained close enough for a danger
Ously quick gripping of 1t again, If the
whim seized him. Still-surely to
goodness, Ward would never get crazy
enough to hurt her! Perhaps her fem
mime assurance Of her hold on him,
more than her courage, kept her nerves
fairly steady. She bit the pencil alb
sently, watching him.
Ward turned his head restlessly on
the pillow and cOughed again. Billy
I "uise got up quietly, went close to
the bed, and laid her hand on his fore
head. His head was hot, and the veins
were swollen and throbbing on his
temples.
Brave Buckaroo got headache"
she queried softly, stroking his tenn
fes sOothingly. Got the hOokin'-
cough, too. Got every measly thing he
can think of. E~on got crouch against
the Flower Of the Ranch-oh!" Her
voice was crooningly soft and sweet,
as If she were murmuring over sleepy
baby.
Ward closed his eyes, opened them,
and looked up into her face. One
hand came up uncertainty and caught
her fingers closely. "Wilhelmina-
mine!" he said, in his hoarse voice.
His eyes cleared to sanity under her
touch.
Billy Louise drew a small sigh Of re-
lief and reached unobtrusively with
her free hand for the gun. She slid
1t down away from his fingers, and
when he still paid no attention, she
picked it up quite openly and laid 1t
against the footboard. Ward did not
say anything. He seemed altogether
occupied with the amazing reality OF
her presence.
you've got a terrible cold; and from
the looks of things, you've had it for
about six months" said Billy Louise.
Her eyes went comprehensively about
that end of the cabin, with the de-
pleted cracker box, the half-emptied
boxes of peaches and tomatoes, and
the buckets that were all but empty
of water. She was shocked at the pitt
full evidence of long helplessness. She
did not quite understand. Surely
Wards cold had not kept him in bed
so long.
"Well, this is no time for mirth or
laughter" she said briskly, to hide how
close she was to hysteria, "since 1t
looks very much like the morning
after First, we've got to tackle that
fever Of yours" She picked up a
water pail and started for the door.
As she passed the foot Of the bunk,
she confiscated the two revolvers and
took them outside with her. She had
no desire to be mistaken again for
Buck Olney.
When she came back Wards eyes
were wild again, and he started up
in bed and glared at her. Billy Lou
ise laughed at him and told him to lie
down like a nice buckaroO, and Ward
recalled to himself BY her voice
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gishness is due to physical CAUSES, DR.
M. P. e. Groszmann writes Ia Hu
manifarian. Even conservative esti
matee place the percentage of children
suffering from some physical allmeni
at 70; this means about 1S,O00,O00 chill
dren Of school age in this country. Al
most all Of these ailments are remov
able, even preventable. They rang
from decayed and maladjusted teetl
with their manifold sad effects upoI
the efficiency and the temper Of th'
growing child to such serious defecti
as nervous disorders, 'uhSrculOAfs
blindness. etc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

month $50 were killed by an earth
quake on the Island of Bali, on the
Malay archirelagO.
In April A.any were killed in Tus-
cany and Umbria, In Italy, by an earth
quake. Shocks occurred in different
parts of the world throughout the
spring, the most severe being in San
Salvador, where fortunately no lives
were lost, though serious damage was
done. Heavy damage was done In
July In the Samoan islands, with losses
Of life. In August an earthquake In
New Zealand caused serious Gestruc-
ton. In September Colombia felt q
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
1917 A YERR OF DISASTERS
Earth Never TrembIed So Violently
and So Generally as During the
Past Twelve Months.

An earthquake that destroyed the
city Of Guatemala has added to the
record of disasters aEI horrors that
have marked the past gear, quite
apart from the tragedies Of the war,
.S "ne Gt 'he most dreadful In mOdeSA
annals. Early in the year 1917 an
earthquake occurred In central For
nOSa. killing 300. Later In the same
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

series of shocks lasting for two weeks,
with the destruction of hundreds OF
houses and some losses Of life. A
disaster of another character, but be-
longing to the record of misfortunes of
the year, occurred in Halifax harbor
on the 9th of December, when muni-
tons ship was destroyed by collision
with another vessel and over 1000
lives were lost. with a property loss Of
$50.OO0,O0O.
Now comes the Guatemala quake.
the full effect of which is not known,
but which has doubtless taken heavy
tnIl of llfa and has rendered 126.OOO
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly intlu-
enCed by constitutional conditions. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure Catarrh.
1t is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the best
OF the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is what produces such won
derful results in catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney Co, Props, Toledo. Q.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Not a Source of Dancer.

Because of the fact that there had
been considerable sickness in the
neighborhood, Jack was to play with
no one but sister while out. Buddy
came strOlling up to where Jack was
playing.
"You better go home and play" sug'
gested sister to small Buddy.
"Oh, me amt got nuthin'." replied
Buddy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
tiammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring q good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
In the morning. Made and sold in
America for fifty-two years. A Won
derful prescription assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied countries.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Really You Couldn't Blame Him.

Mr.. Uplate," said the lady, 'ft is
now after ten o'clock. really cannot
keep the breakfast waiting for you SO
long every morning"
Madam" replied the lazy lodger.
with dignity, "if you think am going
to endanger my health by rising be-
fore the day is far enough advanced
for me to tell whether shall have to
put on my winter tlannels or my gauze
underwear, you are entirely mistaken"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Zinc in Tennessee.

Over 100000 pounds Of zinc was
produced by Tennessee mines in 1915.
the largest operators being the Ameri-
can Zinc company, at Mascot, and the
Embree Iron company, at Embreeville.
The production of gold, silver and cop
per in 1915 was less than the produc'
ton in 1915, but the output Of lead
and zinc increased.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

people homeless. Rarely has the earth
trembled so violently and so generally
as during the past year. The full toll
Of deaths from the shakes will per-
haps never be known, as many of the
disturbances occurred in remote
places.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Literary Decadence.

Auntie-Did you enjoy the book 1
sent you on your birthday?
The Kid haven't read much OF
1t yet.
Auntie-Why not?
The Kid-'CauSe ma said I'd have
to wash my hands when l read it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
To Fit the Crime.

"If all they charge against the pack
ing business is true, what do you think
should be dOne?"
II think the offenders should have
n punishment which Is meet"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
When q Child "FaIls."

When a child fails in school, must
1t always be the fault Of the child? May
1t not be the faults Of his parents? Or
Of the school which he attends? Inves-
legations have shown that there is a
host of children whose mental slug
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

women."-Mrs. JOHN KoPPELMANN, r.
No. l, Mclean, Nebraska.
This famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has been restoring women of
America to health for more than forty
years and it will well pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, in
fammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
1.-The blues" to give this successful
remedy trial.
For special suggestions in regard to
your ailment write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your service.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Why Bald So Young?

Dandruff and dry scalp usually the
cause and Cuticura the remedy. Rub
the Ointment into scalp. Follow with
hot shampoo Of Cuticura Soap. For
free sample address, "Cuticura, Dept.
<, Boston. At druggists and by mail.
Soap Is. Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Soft Soap in One Bar.

Jack-If | dared to love you any
more than l ought
Jill-YeS?
Jack-I wouldn't love you any more
than l do now !-"Business of Mar
quis of Queensberry," in the Jester.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

COMPOUND TO q IL
women who suffer
from any functional
disturbance, as it
has done me more
good than all the
Doctors medicine.
Since taking it I
have a fine healthy
baby girl and have
gainedin health and
strength. Ny hus-
band and l both
praise your med
icina IN oil sI1Heripu
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
a Substitute.

But, my dear sir" expostulated
Lawyer Droan, "a robe adds to the
dignity of a judge"
$50 would shrOud" snarled old
FestuS Poster.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

Jiggers-'T suppose there's lot of
Slush out in the country?" Biggers-
THAT snow joke r'-Richmon Times
Dispatch.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Those Girls.

Stella-Do l make myself plainf
Bella-It isn't necessary.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
The Cause of Hatred.

What have you got against HenryT
Nothing, except he's the man my
wife is always wishing l would imi-
tate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Raadu for Einhf

Gloom-Yes, sir; money is trouble.
Bright-Well, if that's the case I'm
always looking for trouble.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

Whenever there is a tendency to consti'
patton, sick headache or biliousness, take
a cup of Garfield Tea. All druggists. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
Thrift.

1T costs three cents to send a letter
now."
"Yes. I'm using narrow spacing,
though, to get my moneys worth"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

Because of its tonic and laxative effect, Laxative
BrOmO Quinine can be taken BY anyone without
causing nervousness or ringing in the head. TheIe
is only one "BrOmo QuInine." Il w. GROVES
signature L. on box. 3Oc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierces Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

Never heap Goals of fire on an enc
my's head until you burn your own fin-
gers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

torpid liver condition prevents proper
food assimilation. Tone up your liver with
wrights Indian Vegetable Pills They act
gently ana surely. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21

Garfield Tea, by purifying the blood,
eradicates rheumatism, dyspepsia and
many chronic ailments. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eve Remedy

SsusSisss o. natl WFTits for SFss nSe book
1IuRxNB EKE RMMEDY CO.. CHICAGO
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-21
TO ALL WOMEN
Who ARE ILL
This Woman Recommends
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound-Her
Personal Experience.

Mclean, Neb.-"I want to recom-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
| word:
LITTLE Difference IN BOYS
Silly Idea That Those Born in May
Are Naturally More Cruel Than
Other Youngsters.

What is the origin of the belief that
boys born in the month of May are
cruel by nature? In Notes and Queries
John T. Page says that he was BORN in
May, land as l LOOK back into the days
of my bOyhoOd l am often Mortified TO
recall many acts of cruelty perpetrated
by me, and at my instigatiOn, on birds
and animals. l seem to have delighted
in these acts of cruelty until l was
about twelve years old, when they
ceased" Mr.. Page adds that as a mar
he is representative. II cannot now
kill a bird or an animal without ex-
%periencing most poignant feelings OF
adherence of the act"
Are not nearly all healthy boys de-
structive and cruel? They were in our
little village, writes Philip Hale in the
Boston Herald. One of u favOrite
amusement was the reckless employ
ment of sling and buckshOt. We would
lie on the roof of the minister's house
on Elm street and plug horses, dogs,
farmers in carts or on wood SledgeS,
just to see them jump. Nor were we
then aware that surprise was the chief
element of wit. THAT'S what makes a
man laugh so when he sits down on a
bent pin" Kidding the windows OF a
schoolhOuse was almost as good sport
as tearing off the pickets OF Deacon
Bodman's fen.e. Hitting little boys
heads with iceballs, not snowballs,
was a favorite winter amusement. 1t
was considered a good joke to kidnap
a youngster at night, take him far into
the Bridge street graveyard and then
run away from him. Tormenting cats
and dogs was common when a small
boy was not easily caught. The sling
ers, the throwers of other missiles and
the tormentors of animals were surely
not all porn in May. Nor We're all boys
born in May skilled in rude or ingen-
iOuS torturing.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
FrangIais a New Tongue.

"Franglais" is a new language that
you hear in France today. The word
is made out of Franchise and Anglais,
the French words for French and
English-and the language itself is
made out of a fearful tumble of words
that were perfectly good when they
played by themselves, but don't always
mix.
Franglais is what you hear where
Americans and English men and wom-
en- without a very good knowledge OF
their hosts own speech find themselves
at work alongside Of French men and
French wOmen-soldiers, nurses, relief
workers, shopkeepers and all sorts
of folk.
American Red Cross workers say
that when you gather up several
hundred little French babies who have
hardly begun to speak any language
at all and several hundred little ones
who are speaking the universal and
universally incomprehensible language
of babyhood, the results are n de-
gree harder to understand than grown
up Franglais.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
TRUTH STRANGE AS FICTION
Novel by William De Morgan Has
Counterpart in Real Life-Stcry
Of EngIishman.

A little more than ten years ago an
Englishman, deep in the sixties, won
great renown by going to a hospital.
His illness, though severe. was ordi-
nary enough. The use he made of his
cOnvalescence distinguished him.
Propped up in bed, William De Nor
gan wrote his first novel. When he
was entirely recovered, he wrote an
other, which was destined to carry on
his fame around the reading world.
The book told the story of an engi-
neer returned to London after many
adventures. There a mishap in the
tube caused him to lose his memory.
In the dazed state he lived a new life.
BY chance he met his former wife, fell
in love with her and married her again.
Strange as was De Morgan's tale
critics said only he could make it o n
yincing-London itself has duplicated
it from life.
John Arthur Lewis a returned SOL
vas lately hailed into court for
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
saiIorinn Is Different.

Sailoring on the briny deep is en-
tirely different than doing the same
stunt on land. This was admitted by
a landlubber from Pittsburgh, who
has just returned from his first voy-
age with a brand new seasick story.
'"The first day l was out" said h
amateur navigator, 'the old tub rolled
like a barrel, and before l knew 1t L
was in the throes of NAL de mer. The
bunch guyed me and told me my job
was driving a trolley car instead of
sailoring. 1 had to seek my bunk.
I had only been in 1t a few minutes
when the ships surgeon visited me
and callously asked: what's the mat
ter?' 'O-o-oh, Pm so sick / told him,
and I rolled over in agony. Come, get
up he said unfeelingly. The ship has
been torpedoed and we're sinking 1
fell out of my bunk and scrambled
to the deck. The bunch again derided
me. Say, have you eve been seasickT'