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BACK LIKE A
BOARD? IT'S
YOUR KIDNEYS

There's nt use suffering from the
awful agony Of lame back. Don't wait
till 1t passes or" 1t only comes back.
Find the cause and stop 1t. Diseased
conditions of kidneys are usually indi-
Gated BY stiff lame backs and other
wrenching pains, which are natures sis-
mails for help! =.
Here's the remedy. When you feel
the first twinges OF pain or expert
ence any Of these symptoms, get busy
at once. Go to your druggist and get
Z box Of the pure, original GOLD
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ported fresh every month from the
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Pleasant and easy to take, they instant.
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For over two hundred years they
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Three sizes Money back II they do
not help you. Ask for GOLD
MEDAL" and be sure the name
GOLD MEDAL" is on the box ADV.
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DAVID B. BARkELEY,
Private, Co. A, 3s6th Infantry.

Private Barkeley (deceased) was
decorated for conspicuous gallantry in
action near Pouilly, France, November
o, 1918. When information WIS de-
sired as to tho enemy's position on
the opposite side OF the river Meuse.
Private Barkeley, with another sol.
der. volunteered without hesitation
and swan the river to reeonnoiter the
exact location. He succeeded In reach
Ing the opposite bank, despite the eyi-
dent determination Of the enemy to pre-
vent a crossing. Having obtained his
information, he again entered the
water for his return, but before his
goal was reached. he was seized with
cramps and drowned His mother.
Mrs. Antonio Barkeley, lives in San
Antonio, Tex. ,,t
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FRANK J. BART,
Private, Co. c, 9th Infantry.

Private Bart was decorated for con.
spleuous gallantry In action with the
enemy near Medeah farm, France, oc.
tober 8. 1918. Private Bart. being on
duty as a company runner, when the
advance was held up by machine gun
fire. voluntarily picked up an auto
matte rifle, ran out ahead Of the line.
and silenced hostile machine gun
nest, killing the German gunners. The
advance then continued and, when 1t
was again hlndered shortly afterward
by another machine gun nest. this
courageous soldier repeated his bold
exploit by putting the second machine
gun out Of action. His home address
Is Newark, ". ].
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And Then He Quit.

A French officer was trying to learn
the English language. The following
Is his version Of our mother tongue:
"When I discovered that was
quick / was fast: that II ] was tied
! was fast, and II spent too freely ]
was fast. was discouraged. But
when ! came across the sentence The
first shall be last and the last shall
be first gave 1t up
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kELAND BROWN,
Corporal, Company 3. 6tst Infantry.

Corporal Brown, whose home Is at
Iowa Falls, Ia, was decorated for
unusual bravery In action on the Cote
81. Germaine. France. November 8.
1918. He attacked a machine gun
nest single.handed and In the face
Of heavy fire reduced the nest. cap
turing one prisoner. Later in the same
day he patroled alone under heavy fire
in advance Of his company and at
tackled another machine gun position,
capturing the gun and four prisoners.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

BY LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease
Catarrh Is local disease, greatly iniiu-
enced BY constitutional conditions. HALLS
GAIARRH MEDICINE will cure cstarrh
II 10 taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
70 composed Of some OF the best tonics
known. combined with some OF the best
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
Of the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE 10 what produces such won
derful results In catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
r. j. Cheney 4 Co, Props, Toledo, o.
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ABE L. ALLEN,
Corporal, Co. B, 28th Infantry.

Corporal Allen won the Distln-
guisbed Service Cross for bravery in
action near Cantigny. France, May %.
1918. During a heavy bombardment
Of the front line. although severely In
jured by the explosion OF Il shell. which
buried two comrades, he promptly and
courageously dug them out with his
hands and took them to shelter, being
subjected all the time to severe fire Of
shell and shrapnel. Corporal Aliens
home is in Leesyille, La.
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GAIL n. SAGER,
Corporal, Co. D, tosth Infantry.

Corporal Sager was decorated for
extraordinary herolsm in action near
Ronssoy, France, September 20, 1913
Upon being wounded In the hand. Cor
poral Sager bandaged the wound him
self and advancing alone toward ma.
chine gun nests, which were holding
up his company, was killed after pro-
eeeding only short distance. Cor
poral Sager's widow lives in Buffalo,
n. Y.
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ARTHUR L. WALTERS,
Sergeant Company 3, End Ammunition
Train.

Sergeant Walters risked his life to
save others while on duty near Beau.
mont. France, November 8. 1918. there
by winning the Distinguished Service
Cross. Sergeant Walters was In charge
Of a company of ammunition trucks
which was halted In the town. An
enemy shell struck the train and set
one Of the trucks on FIRE. Although
knocked down by the explosion. Ser
geant Walters quickly recovered him.
self and moved his convoy to safety.
after which he returned and. jump
Ing to the wheel Of the blazing truck.
drove to place where 1t no longer
endangered the lives OF others. He
then extinguIshed the fire. saving both
truck and ammunition.
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Too Much Of a Good Thino.

II thought" said the boys mother,
that told you ! wanted you to stay
where could put my hand on you."
Il d-didnt wnow." he whimpered,
that you wanted me TO git across yer
knee an stay there"
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THOMAS D. AMoRY,

Second Lieutenant, 2eth infantry.
Lieutenant Amory tdeceased) was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross for conspicuous gallantry In &C
don near verdun, France, October 2,
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On 6einu Cheerful.

You find yourself refreshed by the
presence Of cheerful people? Why not
make earnest effort TO confer that
pleasure on others?-Lydia Maria
Child.
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An Atibi.

Leave 1t to the Irish to squIrm out
OF tight situations. This one was be
fore Judge Richardson and along with
other testimony 1t was stated that he
called the arresting officer names.
"Shure. judge, an | did nethin' o.
the kind" protested Pat. "All I sid
was that one Of US should be In the
zOo."-Los Angeles Times.
Yes, Rose, every race Is sure thing,
but the majority Of girls bet the wrong;
way.
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Supreme Law.

SUpFeHte GuW.
The children In the neighb0rhood or
ganized club and were enthusiastic
about II.
TELL me about your laws and by
laws" I said to one Of the members.
"Oh." he replied. I'VE only have one
law, and that Is to serve refreshments
at every meeting"
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-05-08

Probably no man In America was ever
better qualified TO successfully treat the
diseases peculiar TO women than DE-.
Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. Y. The cases that
come TO him run into many thousands,
giving him an experience that rarely
comes to any one man. Dr.. Pierce found
that in nearly every case there were
certain vegetable srowths which rarely
failed to give prompt relief in thoss
feminine disordes from. which % many
women suffer. He combined these roots
and herbs into . Temperance medicine
that be called d.. Herce's Fsvorite Pies-
cription. This medicine b sold in both
liquid and tablet form BY druggists every
where. A weakly, sickly, backachy, hsAd-
achy. nervous, dsspondent woman, with
regular or irregular pains-with feminine
disorders that come in youth or middle
AGES pretty sure to find in Dr.. Piercs's
Fsvorite Prescription The enact remedy
that her condition calls for.
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A girl doesn't trouble herself much
about mans future II be comes with
q present or two
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lmpostsut 10 Mothers
Storms Can Brew, Anyhow.

"Pa. where are those dark-looking
clouds going TOT" ITO thunder, my
son cartoons Magazine.
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IT'S NO SECRET

where she goe
her color.
Many wo-
men, perhaps
your neigh
Dor, will tell
you that shs
got her won-
derful color,
her vivacioM
spirits. her
strength and
health. by
taking .
7" to N per-
nce'' tonic,
known q Dr..
Pierce's Fav-
orite Pres.
miption.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-02-17

pohiedem, odchazel Ease, mlc
Ky, nepozdraviv nikoho.
TAX pfichAzel a odchazel
skoro kazdeho dne az do kon
ce listopadu.
A tu, kdyz pfijel jednou, u
slyscl, re celedin oncmocnel.
."Spi v jcdnom kuse," proho
dill zet' "a smal. Sc. "Chlap byl u
kostela a opil Sc tam hospo-
de. To je jeho nemoc."
-Starochovi nebylo do smi-
chu, ,,uzkost mu div nesevrela
hrdlo. "Dejte mi tn malou," Wy
pravil re sebe, '''vezmu il s Sc
bou, aby Sc j mic neprihodilo."
ITO by tax bylo! Co byste
Wy tax chtel" odpovedela mu
dcera; ivy tax mate lnapady!
Jdete domd a nestarejte Sc, te
Sc nestane nic.''
odesel starry myslivec L.
myslem, re nazejtri Sc vrati a,
kdyby Sc ukazalo, re celedin
je skutecn6 stizen nakazou, re
treba nasilim Jim vezme dec
.ko. ,Kdyz nastoupil cestu k sve
mu domovu, uz Sc slime serilo
a cd zapadu val ledovy vitr,
jenz vyi desne v temenech
smrku, cuchaje a ohybaje jich
cerne vetve, a Sedym, matoz-
nym vzduchem krouzily a vi
rily ridke vlocky snehu.
(Pokracovani.)
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ll v OLYMPIA. pocinaje
pristim utery1n. - Mila Pearl
Whiteova, hraje ulchr 5ensks-
10 ''rveCe' " nejvetsi ssriove
fotohfe Pathe Co.
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ORNAMENT DO MT. PLEA
SAINT.

Vyucovani v anglicke reci
zapocne v 1tery vecer 18. uno-
ra, a odbyva Sc tez We ctvrtek
We skole j. A. Komensky pod
vedenim noveho ucitele. Kaz-
dy jest vitan.
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PRODAM DUN Y Mt. Pleasant

PRODAM DUN Y Mt. Pleasant
o 10 pokojich, .koupelny, 2 fer
messy, pore dole a nahore, novy
lot so prj 1JC strevicich dlaz
Gena ulice. Tez mann V prodeji
reznicky obchod veImi vynosny,
ktery Sc po pfipade vylnen Ia
privatni majetek. Pekny dvcuro
diny dunn a diva 'svedlejsi Lofty
sc stromovim osazene, prodam
neb vymenim "a ieden lot aneb
"a jednorodiny domek. Rlizsi
podrobnosti sdeli Tom Suchy,
1902 Beckman st. Tel. Princt..
1916 w. Cesl1a pojist'uJici q
pozemkova jednatelna.
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M. S. Swartzova

OOAS, uJ"A ~ Nv 81 AA SA1S
slova, "p1jdu 5 vami domd
Jdete napred."
NedoSli jsme dale nez ma nd
nesti divadelni; nahle nekdc
kvapne "a nami Sc ubiraje vo,
lal ma prdvodce naseho.
Stralkrans sc zastavil.
"Co Chces, Lodsteine?" ia.
zal sc hlasem zcela jinym nez
Jak mluvil Sc mnou.
! "Zajiste promluviti S te.
bou."
Pri tech slovech mas LODI
stein dostihl. Ear poulicni svi-
tjlny padla ma tvar jeho. w.
b.izel divoce a rozharane.
"Vyhral jsi skoro 100000
z'atych," oslovil Stralkranse,
nedbaj pranic na mas, "a obe-
hral jsi mne o ne," pokracoval
.'ozcilen
"Predne nevyhral .jsem Pc
nlze ty. dale pax behem po-
slednich dvou dnu obehral jsi
mne o 100000 fisskych sved-
skych tolaru," odpovedel Stral
krans.
Nicholas sc tedy vratiti a
poprati mi v herne odvety?"
"Nikoliv, nechci a nemohu.
Nemam ami halere, nemohu
hrati. - Ctyricet tisic zlatych
o nichz mluvis, nalezeji tomu-
to chlapci; on vyhral je niko-
liv ja."
Stralkrans ukazal ma mne.
"Hloupv to veru cert" zvo-
lal Lodstein netrpelive.
"Nikoliv zert, ale pravda." +"
"Snad nehodlas penize po-
nechati chlapci?"
"Na mou cest! Nalezeji je-
mu. Vyhral je a nemam tudiz
prava, olupovati jej o majetek
ijeho. | kdyby mi nalezely, ne
wal bych z Mich ami zlatky.
Prohral jsem jmeni sve, prece
vSak nestojim 0 ne, nechci lie
:;ase horu ziskati. Nyni ySak
dobrou noe. Naucil jsi mne klc
thu hry znati, nahoda pripu-
otila, ze klctbu V pozehnani
Jscm zmenil. Nauceni toho bu
Dill vzdy pametliv. Cesty naSc
navzdy sc rozchazeji."
"Jeste ma slovicko," zvolal
lodstein prudce, chopiv Stral-
kransc "a rame, "jakou radost
spusobi ii, hodiS-li penize dive
rna toulovym nemeckym zebra
hum. Del Jim nekolik set zla-
t;ch. rozdel Sc Sc mnou o W.
Fru, oba jsme prohrali v po-
s!ednim case velmi mnOhO. Co
.isem ma tobe vyhral, nemam
vice rovnez i ostatni penize.
Ncvime oba, jak sehnati peni-
re ma zpatecni cestu. Pouzij-
me tedy vyhry k navratu.
y -
"MlC a ncmluv vice ami slO-
va .jez tie snizuje," zvolal Stral
krans hnGvivG, "hracem isl
nme sice udelal. nikdy vsak nc
,;3ai'I sc Ii uCiniti re mne bi-
Haka."
Stralkrans uchopil mnc opGt
"a ruku a odchazel.
Lodstein zaklel a proncsl
lro1bu, iiz jsem ncrozumel,
bylat pronesena hlasem utlu-
nenym, projevy zlosti Lodstei
novy zanikly v zivem hovoru
nekolika hracu, kteri sli ko
lem.
y kraceIi jsme mlcky a rych,
'ym krQkem k odlehlcmu ma.
;emu obydli. Kdyz jsme vstou
, pill do svetnice, spocital Stra
krans vyhrane peAize. UhrI
|, rbnasel vskutku vice nez 40,
900 zlatych.
Nemohl jsem sam ani Pave
"1chopiti. ze penlze ty nam III
.ezeji. nejasne rozumel jsen
tomu, co Stralkrans Pavlen
, syjednaval a co muI narizoval
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oCCSAA JoAAO ~ OAAeS AAAeSAJ
hrabe ukazal mi diva zlataky.
"Oba diva dostaneS," pravil,
ale podminkou, re jeden vsa-
dis ma bracim STOLE"
'Hraci stll" byl veru zcela
novy neznamy pojem pro mne.
Neznal jsem jine hry, nez ma
kolovratek a housle, vyvalil
.;sem arci ma hrabete oci a ote-
vrel usta.
"Jak Sc mi zda, nevis, oc Sc
.iedna," podotkl usmevem,
ma tom nezalezi, pujdes Sc
mnou ku stolu a neutrpis tim
zadne skody, bud penize pro-
hrajes neb jich jeste vice do
stanes. Rozumis nyni, chci od-
platiti tomu, jenz vsecky Pc
nize mne obehral."
Slova jeho vysvetlila mi "a
hadu uplne. Vzpomnel jsem 81,
re hoSi We vsi We Stockholm
hrali kronve, domnival jsem Sc
tedy, ze bude to neco podob-
neho.
Ujal mne I'd ruku a pfistou-
pill ku stolu. Hrac jeden po-
vstal Sc sedadla a hrabe zau-
jal .jeho misto, nechav mne
stati vedle sebe.
"Chces, abych vsadil peniz
ma cervene neb ma cerne po-
le," tazal Sc.
Sen muj Z predesle noci u
tkvel mi pevne mysli, zvolal
jsem tedy bezdeky:
"Ne ma cerne, jen ne ma Ger
ne -
"Tedy ma cervene; vsak mel
sc ale ma pozoru, prohrajeS,
vSecky penize ma cervenou bar
III jsem vsadil a prohral."
"Odpovidal jsem:
"Jen ne ma cerne."
"Dobra, tedy ma cervene po-
le. VidiS, zde tento cerveny
Ctverec, poloz nan peniz."
Rouletta Zakrouzila. Pc chvi
Ii sc zastavila. Cervcna barva
vvhravala.
"JestG icdnou," zaseptal
Stralkrans.
Cervena barva vyhravala O.
pet.
Hodina, dye, tri a vice uply
nulo. Cervena barva vyhravala
lcustalc. Plyn We vclkych svic
mech korunnich horel. Zvuk
ziata, vyrazy tvari svedcici 0
nupjatem nepokoii tech, kteri
II stolu sc nalezali, jednotvar-
ne opakovani cisla a barvy Wy
hravaiici, slova meho ochran-
&C "jeste jednou' opakujici Sc
neu stale vSe to pi'ichazelo
mi jako We snu, ncjv6tSi podi-
vemi vzbuZovala u mne velka
hromada zlata, pfede mnou le-
zici, jez poslednich hodi-
mach vzrustala.
Bio jedenact hodin.
"koneC,' zaSeptal Stral-
kranS.
Pc te kazal mi. abych nalro
madene penize, lezici predc
nnou, do dvou pytliku nasy-
pal, jez nevlm odkud wal Il
pravil:
"Hled'. hcchu. nyni dopro-
vodim t6 do tveho obydli, ude-
lal .jsem z tcbe bohace. Vcru,
to as pop,ve. co &c hry n6co
dobreho vzeslo." dolozil mlu-
vG vice pro sebe.
Ujal mne IA ruku Il vySlj
jsme re salu. Byla tmava noe
a tn vzpomnfl jseni 81 hned ma
Pavla. napadlo mi, lie snad ii5
Jest netrpeliv, re tax dlouhc
neprichaZim, sotva vsak na
mysl mi to prislo. stanul Pave
I,rede mnou. Prekvapil mlle
Sedel drive ia schodech pre1
spolecenskym domem.
Bal isl Sc o mne," taxa
jsem Sc.
ttTwnob - <><1n> o,,xISI Dr.,
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| SSA0 81 PotA AC ucpIcJC, d.
bych Sc vtiral do jejich tajem.
stvi," odpovedel nemile dotcen.
"Nemam zadnych tajemstvi,
otce, zcela zadnych." A kdyz Sc
Esteban schoulil jako sbity pes
DO sveho koutecku, pripojila k
tomu zive:
"Kdybych mela nejake tajem
stvi, nebyl bys ty prvni, ktere.
mu bych je svefila?"
Oci Estebanovy Sc ihned "a
Sc rozjasnily. Objimaje svoji
dceru, zvolal: .
"Tak je to skutecne pravda,
re sveho otce milujes made vse
cko?"
"Nemas ami pojmu, jak veil
ce te miluji," odpovedela pri-
zvukem skoro slavnostnim.
"Ponevadz - ponevadz ma
hlizis, jak velice je mi toho tre
ba,' koktal v pohnuti Esteban.
A dlouhou chvili hledeli 81
dc oci a pohledy jejich vyjadro
valy, co rty neodvazily Sc vyslo
viii. Nebot' oba vedeli, re jeho
pfltomnost pro Betsy pro joe
no byla prisernym zavazim. U
vykli 81 jiz TAX myslenkach
Tia jeho smrt. Ami nejmenSi du
vernosti nebylo mezi ubohym
muzem a jeho zenou; nemohla
vice milovati tohoto prosteho
hrubeho cloveka bez vychovani,
jezto uvykla obcovani S hrabe
tenn Ayamarem ma vzneSenejSi
mrav jemnejsi chovani. A
Mercedes poznala z pohledu a
z uryvku reci sve matky Sc stry
Gem, ze b Use radi otce zbavili,
ably neprekazel jejich ctizado-
stivym planum. Estebanovi by
10 to lplne jasno, ale kdykoliv
byl Sc svoji dcerou samoten, "a
pomnel ma to.
"Promin, drahe dite. Chtel-li
jsem cisti We tvem srdci, stalo Sc
20 jen proto, abych sc S tebou po
tcsil," lichotil il, "a v den I've
svatby budu st'asten a zapisi Sc
tvemu vyvolenemu telem du-
ST."
"Diky, diky, muj mily otce!
Vzala jej kolem krku, skry-
vajic Sc ma jeho prsa, nebot' tr
pela nevyslovne. Nikdy neuve
'domila 81 svoji lasku k Mako
vi, prave tax jake v tomto Okla
mziku. Jeji laska vsak musila
skonciti drive, nez opravdu "a
Gala. Jen laska k rodicum mela
il zustati navzdy. A ably v dust
otcove nczanechala ami pochy-
ky, pravila, pocit'ujlc rozkoS
Saskatchewan, pravy opak to-
no. pc Gem tax vrele touzila.
"Ovsem, otce, citim velke
sympatie pro pana Make day
gues-Vives. Ale jiz jsem dosti
dospela, abych poznala rozdil
mczi laskou a pratelstvim. A
lsem pfesvedtena, ze lasku k pa
nu d'Aygues-Vives nikdy nepo
e;tim. Nikdy!"
ITO je ddkazem, &c tvuj sta
~ otec je hlupak," poznsmenal
Esteban. "Myslil 81, re uhodl -
Mercedes Sc obratila a zavre
Ia oci. Nerusena Estebanem zu-
stala v mlceni. Jen $ namahou
mohla zadrzeti Shy. Prisedsi
Go hotelu, predstirala migrenu,
I ably nemusila odmitnouti Ma
xe< ktery chtel tam Sc svym OF
Gem zustati cely den, odesla do
sveho pokoje, ktery nechtela o.
llstiti al do vecera. Ma vycit
ky matky, re Sc panum ami he
ukazala pred jich odchodem,
odpovedela slovy:
"Ujist'uji te, matinko, re
lsen skutecne nemocna.'
"V tom pripade musime po-
volati lekare." - "
"Nepotrebuji lekare," zvola-
10 Mercedes, "potfebuji pouze
kid"
Betsy odpove della udivena:
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a1@01Ma0 81 - - ii
Iopustiti Pariz, aniz by se 8 te.
bou .rozlouGil2"
"Vyslov mu me politov&ni,"
odpovedela Mercedes chladnG.
"Ostatne neni Meaux cd Pafize
tax vzdaleno; on Sc Ease vr&ti.'
Betsy prekvapena pozoroya-
la syoji dceru. Co Sc delo v teto
hlavicce?
Choroba Mercedes nebylas sasi
zla, ponevadz, kdyz markyz
Sc svym synem odeSli, odebral
Sc k nj Esteban a mluvil 8 nj vel
mi dlouho. Betsy Sc to neHhilo 2
svefila Sc Sc svojl nelibosti sv@
mu bratru.
"Nejsem spokojena Sc vSefm,
co cinis, Joe. Tento clov4k v
mem dome, ktery mas nikdy ne
opustl, a jenz Sc nechce odlou-
citi cd nasi Mercedes -"
"Musime jej snesti az do to-
no dne ="
Odmlcel Sc. Jeho pohled Sc
tkal Sc pohledem Betsy We stej
ne, zoufale myslence.
"Mluv," pravila Betsy sepota
wynn tonem. "Ty mas dobr& ma
rady, tvs mas privedl k bodu,
ma kterem Sc nyni nalezame. Ne
vyziskal isl nam svoji energii
a svoji smelosti skv6le mfsto?"
"Njc jsem nevyziskal." pre-
ruSil il Joe.
Betsy sc ulekla.
"Prece nejsme jeste tvymi
milliony u konce?"
"Uboha sestricko, co zname-
ma tech par ubohych milionu u
porovnani mocnym bohat-
stvim, jez mas tam jeste oceka
ya?"
Gale. Joe Coz kapital, KITE
ry mas, nedostacuje, abys nam
zajistil krasnou cxistenci, KITE
ra -" =;
'Pro Francouze kterym slou
ii renta sto tisic franku "a ell
vsech pfani, by dostacily. Ny,
Americana, vsak 81 myslime, ze
/ nemame niceho, nepotit3me-li
miliony Ia tucty a ma sta. Phi
nesl jscm prjblizne drahekami
asi "a osm milionl z ostrova.
Million jsem spotrebovai ns "a
koupeni lodi, najmuti muzstva
k potrebne vyprave. Diva Milo
ny spotreboval jsem ma vydrzo-
vani nasi domacnosti "a pet let,
pa zakoupeni hotelu, opstreni
tveho prepychu k oslneni- hrabe
te d'Aygues-Vives, 'takze by
chom jej jiste bylj dostali do
sve moci, kdyby ten t'ulpas to
najednou -"
Fatal pesti a zaklel.
Cast zbylych speti milion1
pouzil jsem X spekulacim. KITE
re Sc mi nezdarily. Mym povo
lanim jest odhalit poklad. Kaz
dy jiny podnik byl chybou -
tam zahybech dskali, skoro
pod Sirym nebem, lezi obrov-
ske jm6ni -- kdyz nejaka lod'
bude tam bouri zahnana, pad
ne mu tato kolosalni moe do~ru
kou - pan d'Aygues-Vives
plul tam primo, s,jistotou "a
precc zadny nemohl mu uznou
Ii jeho tajemstvi - On je. tedy
objevilw
A po kratke ptestavce. pckra
coval:
"Kde, kde nalezl po ttebpe
udaje, o kterych jeho stsr$i bra
tr mic nevi? Nebot' markyz po-
vazoval vypavu syeho bratra
"a jakousi loveckou historku,
kterc nikdo, krom vyprayovate
lie nev6ri. Cd sveho, ii vlastue
od tveho noveho pritele nemi-
zeme ocekavati z&dnych ,ppky-
nu."
Betsy cdpovedela, jakcby ne
pochepila narazku:
"Myslim, re jest mym povyin
pritelem, jako otec pana Make,
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CO NovY RoK NADELIL
z DEDECkOVl.
Napsaa karel klostermann.
(Pokrscov&ni.)

l AANJ AAu k0h uCCId ICAld,
ze nyni Jirka Sc must ozeniti,
jezto pievezme statek, stary
lesnik s poskrabal "a usima a
wal Boha "a svedka sveho hn9
vu.
"Byl bych 81 prece myslil,"
pravil, ne byste byli mohli je
Ste pockat ten rdcek, Wy safien
til"
Pres to neoGeprel sveho svo
leni, "a pull 1oku Pavlina by
la selkou ma Jirkove statku a
dostala mad to sluSne veno a
vybavu, v nichz nechybela ko
lebka pro jeji petimesicni ro-
batko.
To Sc bylo pfihodilo v mesi
ci kvetnu, a v rijnu ma to, kdyz
Pavlininu ldevcatku bylo uz de
set mesicu, proskakovaly po-
jednou priserne povesti o KITE
res nakaze, jez Sc pocala OBJ
jevovati po dedinach a ma sa-
motach. Rozumi Sc, re tyto po
vesti dosly ma slech Maxovi,
jenz I'll ma sve myslivn6 samo-
ten a ode vSech odloucen. By
10 mu ubozakovi velmi smutno
bez dcery. Nemluvil leda pri
pracich v lese, a vecer, nez
chodil ulehnout, sedaval caste
po dlouhe hodiny ma lavici u
okna, ziraje zadumane do
prazdna.
"Jen jedno dit6 kdybych
aspon jeste mel" prohodil tu
a tam ke sve move hospodyni,
zamlkle jako on sam.
"Nac by vam bylo dite?" cd
povidala tato dosti nevrle, zee
no vam treba, poridim vam
ja."
Staroch pravde Sc nepou-
stel do dalSich vykladG, ale
touhy jeho po diteti proto neu
byvalo, a kdyz bylo neustale
vice reci V pricine panujici
nakazy a kdyz iv nejblizsim
sousedstvi nemoc Sc pocala oh
jevovat, zmocnila Sc no znena-
hla nevyslovna starost a vAky
strach o jeho jedine dite.
" horach vzduch cisty, lide
jsou zdravi a SLIM"
Ze isl slysel precastO vyslo
vovati tuto vetu, rozmily ctena
ii? A prece jsou ma Sumave
dediny, V nichz tyf lplavice
dosti zhusta sc ukazuji. Do
stavuji sc pravidelne pocat-
KEN podzimku trvaji do ja-
ra. AndGl smrti rozcstira ccr-
ma kridla sva mad ubohymi, v
hustem snehu zalehlymi dvor-
ci, jichz obyvatelc, odlouceni
cd sveta, beze styku S jinymi
lidmi, bez vSelike pomoci, ca
sto -po dlouhe tydny postrada
il svetla a sveziho vzduchu; i
potravy Sc casio nedostava, o.
pomelo-li Sc prihlednouti, do
kud pohoda byla, vydatne
zasobeni. Priserny andel MALE
"a casti obeti svc stesnane do
uzkych, pretopenych, nikdy
nevetranych prostoru; jedna
po druhe umira zachvacena je
no hruznym, otravnym de-
chem, a ty, na n6z jeSte nedO-
Slo, jako zacarovany a ztrnu
lc. bruzou tupG zdaji sveho o.
Sudu
Starry Maxa, prebiraje Sc v
nepsane knizc sVych vzpomi-
mex, dopatral sc snad mnohe-
no rriserneho listu, jenz da-
val zvest 0 takovych priho-
dach, Strach o jeho dit6 vyha
mel ho temer kazdeho dine do
mokreho temneho lesa, do Sc
dych mlh, jez, vystupujice z
moocalu, zahalovaly veSkeru
pfirodu do chladnych zavoju,
a lcsem, mocalem a mlhou spG
chaval kc dvoru sveho zete.
"Nestune Il vas nikdo?" ta-
laval Sc, kdyz promocen de-
St6m y rvchlOu chiizi nrOnO-