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| what Aunt Amelia said about people
talking. You denied 1t. And that
wasn't the only time; you'd attacked
me before then. because I intimated
that Morgan might be coming here too
often. You made me believe that
mother let him come entirely on your
account. and now you say"
| II think he did" Fanny interrupted
desolately. II think he did come as
much to see me as anything-for a
while 1t looked like IT. He did act n
good deal that way-and II Wilbur
hadn't died"
you told me there wasn't any
| talk"
'T didn't think there was much,
then" Fanny protested. II didn't
know how much there was"
"Whatl"
people don't come and tell such
things to a persons family. you know.
You don't suppose anybody was going
to say to George Anderson that his
sister was getting herself talked about,
do you? Or that they were going to
say much to me?"
"You told me-" said George. fercely.
shat mother never saw him except
| when she was chaperoning you"
''They weren't much alone together.
then" Fanny returned. Hardly ever,
before Wilbur died. Everybody knew
that he'd been engaged to her"
whats that?" George cried.
Everybody knows 1t. Don't you re-
member your grandfather speaking Of
1t at the Sunday dinner one night?"
"He didn't say they were engaged
or"
"Well, they were Everybody knows
1t; and she broke 1t off on account of
that serenade when Eugene didn't
know what he wns doing. He drank
when he was young man, and she
wouldn't stand for it, but everybody
in this town knows that Isabel has
never really cared for any other man
in her lifel Poor Wilbur He was
the only soul alive that didn't know
it'll"
Nightmare had descended upon the
unfortunate George; he leaned back
against the footboard of his bed, gaz-
ing wildly at his aunt. 81 believe I'm
going crazy" he said. you mean
when you told me there wasn't any
talk, you told me falsehoodf"
mol" Fanny gasped.
"You did"
II tell you didn't know how much
talk there was. and 1t wouldn't have
amounted to much II Wilbur had
lived" And Fanny completed this
with a fatal admission: II didn't want
you to interfere"
George overlooked the admission /;
his mind was not now occupied with
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they said she was in--in love with him
before-before my father died?"
She looked at him gravely with her
eyes now dry between their reddened
lids. "Why George" she said, gently,
don't you know that's what they say?
You must know that everybody in
town thinks they're going to be mar
ried very soon."
George uttered an incoherent cry
and sections of him appeared to
writhe. He was upon the verge Of
actual nausea.
You know 1t 7" Fanny cried. getting
up. "You don't think I'd have spoken
of 1t to you unless / was sure you
knew it," Her voice was wholly
genuine, rs 1t had been throughout the
wretched interview. Somebody must
have told your"
''Who told you?" he said.
"WhutT
"who told you there was talk?
: )me from? Who does it?"
"Why, suppose pretty much every
body" she said. 81 know 1t must be
pretty general"
"Who saId so?"
"What?'
George stepped close to her. "You
say people don't speak to person Of
gossip about that persons family.
Well. how did you hear 1t. then? How
did you get hold of IT? Answer mel"
"Why-" Fanny hesitated.
"You answer mel"
II hardly think it would be fair to
give Names"
Look here" said George zone of
your most intimate friends is that
mother of Charlie Johnson's, for in
stance. Has she ever mentioned this
to your You say everybody is talking.
Is she one7"
"Oh, she may have intimated-"
"I'm asking you: Has she ever
spoken of 1t to your"
"She's very kind, discreet woman,
George; but she may have intimat-
ed"
George had sudden Intuition, as
there flIcke-ed Into his mind the pic
ture of street-crossing and two ab-
sorbed ladies' almost run down by a
fast horse. you and she have been
tnlking about 1t today !" he cried. "You
were talking about 1t with her not two
hours ago. Do you deny it,"
'T-"
do you deny itT'
"No!" Be-
"All right" said George. "That's
enough"
She caught at his arm as he turned
away. "What are you going to do.
Georger'
"Tll not talk about It. now" he said.
heavily. II think you've done a good
deal for one day. Aunt Fannyw
And Fanny. seeing the passion in
his face. began to be alarmed. George.
you know I'm sorry for you, whether
you care or not" she whimpered. AZ
never in the world would have
spoken of 1t II hadn't thought you
knew all about 1t. wouldn't have"
But he had opened the door with his
free hand. Never mindI" he said.
and she was obliged to pass out into
the hall. the door closing quickly be-
hind her.
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WOMEN NEED SWAMP-RooT

Thousands Of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
II 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 stnrting treatment. DR..
kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store. may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get . medium or large size bottle i'm
mediatcly from any drug store.
However. IL you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
good Innny moving spectacles are
uue 10 hcnrtleSs landlords
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BREAKS YOUR COLD IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
"Pape's Cold Compound" instantly 70.
lleves stuffiness and
distress

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misery.
The very first dose opens your
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ages Of the head; stops nose running;
relieves the headache, dullness. fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
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only few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance. tastes nice,
contains no quinine-Insist upon
Pape's ADV.
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The housewife smiles with satisfac-
tion as she looks at the basket of
clear. white clothes and thanks Red
Cross Bag Blue. AT grocers, &c.
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If complications exist, write to Lydia
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buncKluks anu Two
doctors decided
that I would have
to go through an
operation before /
could get well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkhamfs
Vegetable Com
pound, advised mo
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1t is easier for one wise man to fool
n dozen fools than for dozen fools
to fool one wise man.
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HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.-"I suffered from
female trouble which caused me much
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When n bank note talks 1t might be
termed n paying teller.
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No. there fs no insurance against
the flames kindled by woman's eyes.
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Every time IL man takes tumble
he falls against his inclination.
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A good many moving spectacies are
uue TO hcnrtless landlords.
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Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Liohtest Known Wood.

A consular report from Port Limon,
Costa Rica, gives interesting details
concerning the trade of that region
In balsa or corkwood (Ochroma), said
to be the lightest of all known woods.
It has long been used in tropical
America for making canoes and a spe-
cial type Of raft, also known as Il balsa.
II Is very porous and a good insulator
against heat and cold, and the report
ebove mentioned states that 1t would
be valuable for airplane construction.
The young trees are soft and very sem
s'tive to injury from vines. The trees
are dioecious, the male tree being
known as burillo and the female as
balsa real. The shipment of balsa
wood has apparently not assumed
large proportions, owing to the diff
cllty Of transporting it from its native
forests to the railway.-Scientific
American.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Napoleon sim Point. way.

In a tiny French village that Is
hardly village any more, since shells
almost removed it from the earth, one
building has tower standing un-
touched. A platform tops this tower
and miniature figure Of Napoleon
stands there facing and pointing
toward the positions held by the Ger
mans.
Thousands Of shells have whiZzed
and exploded by thfs tower, but none
has touched the tower or the figure
of Napoleon pointing northward.
Thousands of Americans. thousands of
trucks, quantities of guns and am
munltion and supplies have rolled over
the main street by this figure point
ing the way. to the boche during the
past few weeks.
Everyone has marveled that the
tower with the miniature Napoleon
wlthstood all bombardment, and many
an American passing the statue among
the ruins has remarked how appro-
pirate Is this defiant figure pointing
the way.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
When Airmen Einht.

One imagines picturesque duels to
the death between A (the great French
or English ace) and y (his German
eompetltor)--the multitude of strain
Ing, upturned eyes, the distant rattle
of shots, the flaming spin of the loser.
As matter of fact duel between
Two monoplanes, handled by pilots of
anything like equal skill, who are
aware of each others presence, is not
unlikely to end without bloodshed.
Bear In mind that they can shoot only
forward, that the gun must be aimed
by aiming the whole machine Ito
which 1t is fixed immovably) and that
twisting, climbing, banking airplane,
travelling ut over a hundred miles per
hour. is no joke TO hit in its small vi
tails, and You can see that this must
be so.-Charles b. Nordhoff. in Allan
tic.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Liked the War.

They told me down South about a
negro who was drafted, a big cornfield
darky who had drifted along through
life till then with nobody bothering
much about him. The draft took him.
rather frightened land protesting, and
he found himself in the army. After
the first daze of 1t wore off, he discov-
cred that he was being taken an inter-
est in for the first time in his life.
They took him over to one of the COM
munity service colored clubs in his
of time. There was piano there,
there were pool tables and games, not
to speak Of temperance bar. There
was going to be colored dance that
night and he heard of dinner by the
Daughters of Zion on Saturday. He
settled down in his chair, for the first
time in his stray-dog life recognized
member of the community, with rec
ognzed place In the world. Then he
leaned over to the comrade who had
brought him.
"Fo' de Lords sake, man." he de-
manded, "why didn't nobody start dis
war befo'?'-Good Housekeeping.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Democracy.

SWELL" said the captain Of artillery
as he stood watching three Yanks
playing baseball in the Tuileries gar
dens in Paris, II guess that II we
came over here to make the world
safe for democracy, we have finished
the job and can go home.
"Look"-pointing to the three ball
players. zone Of those men is an
American soldier, one is Y. NJ. c. A.
secretary. and one is a darky from an
American stevedore regiment. The
white soldiers father was killed while
fighting to free the slaves, the ~
mans father was slave owner and
the darky's grandfather was slave.
They are playing ball in the grounds
that were once the private grounds Of
an emperor. II that isn't democracy to
the nth power, what do you call it?"-
From Red Cross Scrap Book.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
Great MiIyennlaI Hone.

The horizon Of the hopes Of man is
never quite so clear that the exact
moment of sunrise or of sunset may
be marked. But great millennial hope
Is none the less to be treasured as
the goal Of all striving. Just when
Its object will be reached-if that OBJ
ject be an enduring peace, and If the
means for securing II be that perpet-
ual alliance Of free nations which now
appears to embody the most promising
plan yet devised for its attainment
none may certainly declare. But what
ever methods may be pursued to this
end the hope behind 1t and the con-
fidence that 1t Is a reasonable and
righteous hope are the highest justi-
tications for everything that every.
body can do to achieve the victory Of
the allies with whom our nation Is
Joined. There is no weapon in the
spiritual armor of the noncombatant
that needs more constantly to be kept
bright.-M. A. De Wolfe Howe. in At.
lantic.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
NOT IN cold BLOOD.
Soldier Simply Could Not ~Tiu"
His Prisoner.
sut Though There Wac an lmpedl-
ment In His Speech, His Comrades
Found There Was Nothlnn
Wrong With His coufaae.

He was the "baby" Of the company.
This sobriquet was not applied in
irony. His comrades had dubbed him
this because of his youth and an i'm
pediment Of speech. He couldn't pro-
nOunce his Cs, KS and SIS, especially
when those cons0nants were the first
letter of the word. And consequently
his conversation had the sound OF a
three-year-old. But those of his mates
who had pOked fun at MIN one day
learned that though his speech and
manner might be childish, there was
stern stun beneath.
During an allied attack the platoon
Of which the 'baby" was a member
was held up in an old trench by Boche
machine gun fire and snipers. The
baby" discovered an enemy sniper in
u shell hole and reported him to his
lieutenant.
go out and get him." ordered tire
lieutenant.
Obeying orders, over the top the
baby" crawled, and creeping up BIZ
hind the Hun, forced him to surrender.
Unable to bring him back, he took
away all his ammunition and crawled
back to his own lines again.
"What thai do with him?" the
''haby" asked the lieutenant.
"Better kill him, he's probably got
hand grenades and gun hidden about
him and we're in too ticklish a posi-
ton to be bothered with prisoners"
answered the harried officer.
Out again went the 'baby," all
saw him coming, dropped to his knees,
clasped his hands in prayerful en-
treaty and begged for mercy-a habit
of the BOche after they have exhaust
ed all their ammunition killing and
wounding all the Americans they can.
Twice the "baby" raised his bayo-
net to run the Hun through. And
twice the renewed entreaties Of the
terrified German sniper made him hes
ltate. Finally, with a gesture of de
spair, he ordered the Boche to crawl
uhead of him to the American line.
Reaching 1t. the "baby" put his pris-
cner in a dugout. Then he went in
search of his lieutenant and reported:
Lieutenant. tan't till that d.
Boche, sir. Please get tomeone else
to till him."
The officer couldn't help laughing,
and sent the 'baby" back to his post.
An hour later the "baby" was wound
ed by another sniper and ordered to
the dressing station In the rear.
Hes all broken up. sir, because he
ders," said his comrade to the Ameri-
can Red Cross worker in the dressing
station.-From a Bed Cross Scrap
eook.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
ALL SORTS OF AFFLuENcE
Great Mistake 70 Oct the Idea That
Wealth Consists Only In Posses.
sion Of Money

Riches and money have been com.
monty but mistakenly synonyms. A
mother with group of children may
consider these her Jewels. albeit by a
bank examiners rating she would be
poorer than Jobs turkey. A man with
houses and lands may be destitute In
human affections eddying round his
chair and table, and SO in life's para
mount values the balancing Of the ac-
count shows deficit, though under
the dollar sign he may be able to fig.
ure fortune.
Each soul selects the sort of affiu-
ence 1t prefers, observes a writer In.
the Philadelphia Ledger. You may
choose that you will gain the whole
world. no matter what becomes of the
spirit. Years after it will be a sad
thing to see the gross matefialist you
have become. You may be stated with
the pleasures Of the senses, but you
have missed the best things life has
to offer. You may be the chief target
for the income tax collector, but the
children Of the region do not love you.
The man or woman is rich who has
acquired sound. seasoned, lasting
friendships, true through thick or thin.
Any other sort Of prosperity is much
affected by fair weather or foul. When
mere money has taken wing out of the
window the attaches Of the heydey
Of sunny prosperity abruptly decamp,
even as rats fee from a sinking ves-
sci. But the assets Of character that
link those we love to us enduringly,
with the graphing hooks of steel, are
proof against corrosion or burglary
and will stand any strain that is put
on them. Who dares to call me poor
If I can keep the unbroken circle, on
earth or in Heaven, that love has once
established?
What fallacy to define riches as
anything sensual! For all that is Of
the flesh fieshy and of the earth earthly
must one day perish like weeds that
are slain by the reaper in the hot sun.
Only love and truth and beauty and
their divine fellowships are immortal,
and only these are worth the husban.
dry Of the undying soul.
He who has his fortune in these
commodities is entitled to be called
rich. Time apd change and adver-
sity have no power upon them. They
are the only things a man Gun take
with him when he goes. In the process
of acquiring them they become part
of him inseparably. He who has them
"wears his cOmmendation in his face"
for 1t may be read as he passes that
his converse is with the hiCher and
finer things, and his daily walk is on
the plane where the noblest meet and
greet Familiarity.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
His Civilian Record.

May l suggest to the government
that every man be treated according to
his civilian merits7 These are dem
ocratic days. We should not say to
discharged men: "Were you an Off.
cer?' or "Were you a private?" We
should say: 'Now you have finished
with war, we must deal with you on a
civilian basis. What were you before
you Joined up7 What do you think
you are best suited for? With you
time is precious. Just as 1t is with us.
We want to help you to earn a living
In the way that you can earn it best"
Treat discharged men according to
their abilities, and not according to the
positions they have held in the serv.
ices. That is the real solution Of the
problem-the key to the satisfactory
settlement Of the difficulty of the dis
charged. Square pegs in round holes
are a nuisance everywhere, as we in
the army know only too well. Let us
go forward.-London Daily News.
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
NO NEED TO WORRY
Despite Croakers, Human Race
Is Not Deteriorating.
Facts Brought Out by the War Show
That Men Today Are as Strong
physically and Morally as
!, Ever In History.

The big average height of the men
drafted into the United States army is
being widely commented upon in the
press, and it appears that the facts
justify the favorable remarks being
made, observes the Montreal Gazette.
Records Of the quartermaster's office
show that the Americans who are
dOnning the army uniform today nre
bigger than the men who fought in
former wars. The size most in demand
for the standard army shoe in the past
was 7E. while the average size of the
marching shoe today is Sk d, and that
Of the field or trench shoe 9E. Two
styles are issued, for it has been found
by experiment that soldiers require
larger shoe for the trenches, 1t being
necessary to wear two pairs Of socks
at time in cold and wet weather.
Similarly, the present-day American
soldier has to be provided with size
larger than his predecessor, In coats
shirts and breeches. He Is bigger
man all round, which is decidedly sat
isfactory from the national point of
view.
Events In other belligerent. lands
prove that men generally are as strong
physically and morally as ever they
were in history. The long campaign
in the trenches in Europe has put the
soldiers to greater test than the fight
ing men Of the past were submitted
to In the worst Of the numerous old
wars. They have stood that test, and
the hundreds of thousands who survive
the cannon's blast and the rifles bullet
will emerge physically fine specimens
Of manhood.
1t Is not necessary to look to the
United States or over to Europe to
see that the human race has not de-
teriOrated. Canada is small nation
compared with its tremendous neigh
Dor and with other allies. It had pop
ulation at the census in 1911 of 7,2OO,-
600, about half Of whom were males.
Out of the young man part of this total
100000 men have measured up to the
severe medical test of the army and
some tens of thousands of others
have been examined and rejected for
minor defects that do not interfere
with their life as civilians and do not
threaten to shorten their days appre-'
ciably. The men who were taken to
the field of war have lived In the open,
through the heat OF summer and the
cold and snow and wet of winter, and
the thunder of the guns has been con-
Stantly In their ears.
The stress Of the deadliest warfare
has not broken their spirit and they
stand ready today to face attack from
a powerful enemy and to deliver it in
return. In view Of these facts, the
little bodies Of gloomy and narrow
minded persons who meet periodically
and resolve that the race is degenerat-
ing physically and morally should rest
from their croaking for the time be-
ing. Actual conditions are confound-
Ing their slanderous assertions. The
race is stronger today than ever.