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(ContinuedfromL Last Sunday
CHAPTER XIV.

A s Dan Revell advanced,
~ Fancy, her hands out
80 stretched before her, backed
away from him, step by step.
Her eyes, wide, unbelieving still,
clung to his. She was painting,
her lips apart, her breast, under
its fiimsy ribbons and half hidden
by the folds of the long, clinging
padded wrapper, rising and falling
jerlily.
DAM?
She uttered his name again,
family, a little thickly, as though
she found utterance difficult. For
a passing moment her eyes misted,
her trembling limbs felt as though
they would fail to support her.
Then with a fierce effort she
rallied, letting her hands fall,
Strengthening herself.
The mist cleared from before
her eyes. Indignation mingled
now with the astonishment in
them. She echoed his name yet
again, sharply this time, with a
quick, cold anger.
Dan! Are you mad? How
dare you force yourself upon me
like this, at such an hour?"
She spoke just above her breath
with a hasty side glance toward
the door. She caught her wrapper
more closely about her with hands
that tremhled a little, and into the
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intruder's eyes there leaped a
quick CLEAN.
With her wide dark eyes and
her pale hair flowing loose about
her she looked for all the world
like some alluring elfin creature,
and Dan threw out a big, eager
hand toward her.
T had to see you" he declared,
speaking in the same low tone.
Fancy, l had to! After your
message, such a message, there
was nothing else for it! l can't
believe in the truth of what you
told Bonny to say to me unless l
hea it from your own lips. And
even then, even then"
He broke off. Against her
breast Fancy's locked hands
pressed heavily. The color leaped
to her 'ace again, and again died.
But she remained dumb. She
could only stand there staring at
him, waiting. And presently he
went on, still with his hand out
stretched.
Fancy! It's not true! It can't
be true that you are going to
marry this man, this Fanshawe,
this"
"why not?"
Her voice tcut Unexpectedly
across his words. Her intense de-
sire to keep, !: steady, quiet i'm
bued 1t with an almost icy cold
ness, and his hand fell to his side.
The eager light died out of his
eyes, leaving them momentarily
dazed. She went on rapidly:
ut Is, surely, not so very ex-
traordinary that should decide to
marry. Did you expect me to re-
main in mourning for you for
ever?"
The words were cruel, callous,
and he WINGED beneath them as
though she had deliberately struck
him across the face. His own
agitation blinded him to the dark
pain of her eyes. He could not
know that she was making the
fiercest effort Of all her life to
preserve her present attitude; that
every pulse Of her tense body was
aching, yearning toward him.
"I had not thought about it."
he told her rapidly. 'T have never
thought about It. Always, through
all the unutterable loneliness Of
these years, / have thought Of you
as you were when / left you, the
woman I loved--the woman who
loved mel It never occurred to
me that any other man might take
q serious place in your life. 1t
never crossed my mind that you
could bring yourself to give to
another man all that you were to
have given to mel ] dreamed Of
you--alwaysl And my dreams
were ever that you were waiting
for me, calling to me, across the
infinite distances that lay between
us-calling TO me, beckoning to
me, crying TO me to come back to
you" ...E
He stopped, breathlsss, and with
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The fire and vigor that most
men lOse-he has it back at SO

He was nearly so. After a severe
illness, he was ready to resign him
self to old age. And then, like
thousands of others, he discovered
a simple way to restore the vigor
and vitality of perfect normal
health.
The fresh living cells of Fleisch-
mann's Yeast contain a natural
food-with the very elements
which help the body perform its
two most vital functions:
Build up the worn-out tissues
from day to day.
Remove regularly the poison
Gus waste that accumulates.
Like any other plant or vege-
table, yeast produces the best re-
suits when fresh and green
not dried or killed" Fleisch-
mann's Yeast is the highest grade
living yeast-always fresh. 1t is
not a medicine, it is natural food.
Results cannot be expected unless
it is eaten regularly. Eaten regu-
larly, day after day, it helps to
tone" up the whole system and
assures regular daily elimination.
Everywhere physicians and hos
pitals are prescribing Fleisch-
mann's Yeast to correct constipa-
ton, skin disorders and to restore
appetite and digestion.
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Grains of Dust BY Anthony Carlyle

heart beating furi0uSly against
his, her head thrown back.
For . moment her whole little,
slender body grew limp In his hold.
Weak and helpless. she lay there,
while he bent his lips down close
on hers.
'.NeverP' he cried. ''My God,
Fancy, don't you realize that am
humanf And you're mine. So
long as you love me still, 20 long
q you have always loved me, you
are miner
She stirred, family, feebly, but
she did not open her eyes. Under
his lips she was flaming, burning;
and he laughed again, softly,
aAnd You can't ,deny itr' he
went on mercilessly. 'FYou can't
look into .rny eyes and say to me,
as you said TO- me so bravely
through BOnny, that you do not
care any longer! That your love
for me Is dead. forgotten!
he paused suddenly. In his
hold the little trembling body had
grown still, tense, strangely stiff.
Her eyes were wide open now, but
they were not looking into his.
They were fixed upon something
behind him, and into them there
leaped q wild unbelief and horror.
Again q cold breath came stealing
over the warmth Of the room,
again the candles fared and gut
tered. Again the catch Of the long
window clicked. And, with .
choking, smothered cry Fancy
wrenched herself free. ...'
Dan Revell, swinging sharply
round, found himself looking, fun
into the eyes Of Austin Knowles.
CHAPTER XVI.
<vYHAT the devil" he be-
" gan, and turned blank
" ly to Fancy. She had
reached out q hand behind her. and
was clinging fast to the bed rail,
and In her eyes the look of hor-
rified amaze still fingered.
They were fixed upon Knowles,
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A recent letter from westerner tells how three
years ago, he had severe breakdown. II was
S. years old" he writes, "and looked about o6
went out from here to the hospital on a
stretcher.
To-day, after 81 months daily use OF. Fleisch-
mann's Yeast, am 50 years young-and can
outwalk, outrun, outjump outshoot and out
ride any man go years my junior"
Eat two or three cakes day regularly
plain, or spread on crackers. or mixed with
water or milk If you prefer get six cakes al
a time. They will keep in a cool, dry place for
two or three days. Begin at once to know what
real health meansl Be sure you get FIeisch-
n1ann's Yeast. An grocers have II: ~
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SynoPSs OF FTeeedlng ShaPteFL
newlymade millionaire,
Rsven at society ball and falls love with her at hrst sight
wealthy what
gambled
Billy
Benny the money to Knowles explaining or Knowes
rh ,s oaH b her bEo,bs ana hsIssf for tS STAKES
and wins the throw and hs gr hand Fancy and Billy
Wang rpshes into the that pan Reye Eanc
5.stt. I
to Dan before in Africa
B Is great shock tS her Billy tsss that PaH9 return
wedding
Fancy.
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Knowles was lifted high
off the floor likeIa wrigsling;
limp terrier about to be chas-
tised, suspended for q minute
in midair, then flung within
credible force half across the
room"
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thousand students graduated from my Piano or Organ
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When I say that ! can
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-10-13
NOT NATURAL END
Death From Old Age Never in
Scheme of Things.
Man Really Is the Only Animal That
Is Coddled, Propped Up, and
Kept Alive.

Those wistful clingers to life who
cherish the ignoble ambition of dying
of old age, if they must die at all,
may be shocked to hear that death
from old age is not natural death.
There's a paradox that will bear the
light of reason, for it can easily be
shown that such a death Is quite re-
mote from the normal operations Of
Dame Nature when she is left to her
own devices, says a writer In the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Dame Nature would have made
short work Of Uncle Johnny Shell,
Kentucky's senility freak, who died
the other day at the reputed age Of
1874, had not the driveling old mans
relatives and neighbors, to say nothing
Of the rustic showmen who sometimes
exploited him as the oldest man on
EARTH" conspired to protect him from
the normal accidents Of injury or
starvation that otherwise overtake the
WORKOUT individuals Of any species.
No creature is permitted by Dame
Nature to flag superfuous on the
stage until overtaken by the disso-
luton of absolute seniltty. Wild ami
mails don't live to die of old age. They
don't linger along as doddering de-
pendents, like the Kentucky Methu-
selah.
The superannuated elephant or buff
falo isn't supported or tended by the
herd. 1t retires gracefully to a soil
tary state of existence and maintains
itself as well as it can with it's falling
faculties until it starves to death,
stumbles over a cliff or is overcome by
enemies.
Whatever the end may be, it comes
pretty quickly and is considered by
some far more merciful than the pro-
tracted life that Uncle Johnny Shell
dragged out for so many years. The
elderly tiger, no longer spry enough to
catch the nimble antelope, becomes a
man-eater and peaches babies on the
outskirts of some village. Then some
body gets up a tiger hunt, and an ex-
plosive bullet saves it from the unnat-
ural disgrace of dying of old age.
Who ever found a senile or en-
feebled rabbit, robin, wolf. bear, trout,
eagle, wren, black bass or minnow?
Why, Dame Nature wouldn't dream of
allowing her nice, clean cosmos to be
clurered up. She cleans house with
broom Of accidents.
Even the peaceful tree is not al
lowed to cumber the earth beyond the
period of its ability to Withstand the
normal stress OF the elements. 1t may
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-10-13
FOR LEGION POST IN KOREA
Application for Charte, Is Made to
the Leglon's National organi-
zatlon Department.

An application has just been re-
ceived for a charter for an American
Legion post In Korea by the Legion's
national organization department In
Indianapolis. There are Is persons
eligible for membership In Korea and
the application bears the names Of
those Is persons. The local post Will
have It's headquarters at Kwangju,
Chosen. The post in Korea Is being
organized by NJ. L. Swineheart, treas
urer of the South Presbyterian mis-
sion In that country. In his letter
accompanying the application for a
charter, Mr.. Swinehart said: please
have the application acted upon as
quickly as possible as we have good
reason for wanting to get busy and
get the post organized into a going
concern"
1t is unfortunate that some World
war veterans in the United States,
where 1t is harder to stay out of the
Legion than 1t is to get into it, don't
get some of this enthusiasm mani
tested by their erstwhile comrades in
arms in far away Korea.
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ALL FEAR SNAKES
Members of Uncle Sans For
estry Service Protected.
Never Without Antldote That Is Said
to Render Bite of Even the
Rather lnnocuous.

Uncle Sans forestry service is ever
on the watch against rattlesnakes In
the national forests. Arrangements
were some time ago perfected for the
arming Of forest officers and freight
ers against snake bites.
The weapon provided for them Is a
small combination tool containing a
sharp steel lancet and receptacle to
hold pernanganate Of potash, which
Is declared to be the best antidote for
snake bites This remedy may not be
altogether popular In districts where
from time immemorial the old-time
favorite remedy, whisky, is held to
have no equal, but, nevertheless, the
official sanction has been given per
manganate.
The necessity for furnishing forest
officers with adequate means Of pro-
lection against attacks by snakes has
time and again been strikingly demon
strated In the case of big forest fires.
After the fires were thought extin-
guished and the men withdrawn II was
discovered that the fire had broken out
again. Squads Of men were dispatched
Immediately to fight them and on their
way they ran into a regiment or two
Of rattlesnakes. In one case 1t seemed
as If the brush was literally alive with
snakes. The men consumed the greater
part of six hours fighting snakes be-
fore they could get through to the fire.
Several of the men were bitten.
officials Of the forestry service as
sert that rattlesnakes are as plentiful
in Montana as In southern California
forests and In sections Of the southern
Appalachians, acquired in 1915 under
the Weeks law.
The little tool with which the forest
guards are armed can be carried con-
veniently In the, vest pocket, being
only q trifle larger than an ordinary
fountain pen and not as long. Indi-
vidual employees of the United States
Geological Survey have been using
these little tools for long time and
with great success.
Field parties Of biologists frequently
run across snakes. If armed with
these vest pocket first-aid instruments,
a bitten man quickly opens up the
wound with the lancet, shakes in lit
tie of the antidote and resumes his
work. apparently none the worse for
the attack.
Timber survey crews of the forestry
service frequently battle with snakes
1t is believed that they have the worst
time Of all in this relation.
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Orleans homes, there will be an OPP
'portunity for a substantial percentage
ito remain on the Pullman cars and the
steamboats, and ocean liners which
take them to the convention city.
MIR. Steger has obtained hotel rate
of $1.50 a day without bath and $3.50
a day with bath. More than $4,000
visitors can be housed in the Pullman
cars, which will he provided with all
conveniences of modern hotel. A
special arrangement with railroads
will enable the convention guest to live
on his Pullman car for about 81 day,
and a uniformly low rate will also pre-
vail in rooms in New Orleans homes.
~ Those doughboys who prefer to re-
turn to the barracks life for five days
may be quartered in New Orleans
S15,00D,O00 army supply base and In
various halls and lodge rooms.
a, Reservations for rooms, Mr.. Steger
has announced, must be made through
the visitors American Legion state ad-
Jutant, who will confirm them with the
convention housing committee.
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HAVE ARMY ON SHORT NOTICE
Government Could Provide Ample MIL
itary Protection In Any Eme~-
gency, Pershing Says.

An army large enough to guard
every important bridge and railway
terminal, all important industries and
coal mines, as well as governmental
buildings, could be placed in the field
on short notice by the United States
government, Gen. John ]. Pershing de-
clared in a statement recently issued,
telling what could be done If this
country were invaded.
Eighteen regular war strength in
Yantry divisions of reserves, composed
of 100000 men, an expanded National
Guard with 100000 men and regular
army units, augmented by volunteers
to approximately 10000 men, could
be made quickly available, the gen.
,eral said.
The national defense act of 192O,
Pe~shing's statement declared, pre-
scribed that the organized peace es-
Establishment, including the regular
army, the National Guard and the or
yauized reserves, shall include all OF
those divisions and other military or
carnations necessary to form the
basis of a complete and immediate
mobilization for the national defense
in the event of q national emergency
declared by congress.
1.-THE evident intent" the statement
continues, sis that the system Of ma
tional defense shall be definitely or
ganized, that the military units re-
auired for service in any emergency
shall be constituted in time of peace
and that each of them shall be pre-
pared to undertake its initial mission
in time to meet the requirements Of
the situation"
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Alarming.

A certain actor who shah be name
less here but who has been known
for his matrimonial adventures, one
day approached physician and asked
for a thorough physical examination.
Il want to see that I'm fit for good
many years yet, doc" he said. you
know I'm to be married again soon,
for the fifth time" a
Hmm" muttered the examiner as
he put the stethoscope to the actors
heart. "Of course this fifth lady is the
only girl In the world for you, and this
is positively your last matrimonial
venture?"
ooh, come, DOCTOR" cried the
thespian, much alarmed. "Tm not as
bad off as that, am I?"-American
Legion Weekly.
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be a California sequoia over 5000
years old or Cape de Verde baobab
over 5000 years old, and it may have
passed it's period of growth and en-
tered its period of decay, but 1t will
not be allowed to die of old age. Some
storm will bring 1t down in its glory.
The untidy business of living to die
of old age Is fad Of civilized man.
Its deplorable products are often seen
in almshouses Also civilized man has
inflicted the curse upon his domestic
pets to certain extent, so that senile
and enfeebled dogs and cats are kept
alive by sentimentalists long after out
ragged common sense would have called
for chloroform.
The tradition of Uncle Johnny's ex-
IRENE age is not supported by any Of
fetal records. A scientific investigator
who sought to ferret out the facts
found that he could not honestly de-
duce any greater age for Uncle Johnny
than hundred years or thereabouts.
Local tradition always exaggerates
the age of a very old person, as In the
case Of old Parr, whose bones crumble
In Westminster abbey, and whose
fame was embalmed In book entitled
1.-THE Olde, Olde, Very Olde Man. Old
Parr was a Shropshire peasant who
was reputed to be 1872 years old when
taken to London by the earl Of Arundel
and presented at court.
4, He died the same year-1635. DR..
william Harvey. who discovered the
circulation Of the blood, performed an
autopsy and found the body In excel
lent condition. He thought death had
been caused by the change from sim
pie country fare to the rich diet OF
London high life. On Old PARIS tomb
are recorded the names of ten mon
archs, from Edward ~ to Charles l,
under whom he lived. But later his
torical investigation threw a strong
doubt on the\length attributed to his
life
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A Troubled Conscience.

A Norwegian, John Larson by name
a lumberman had a couple of Swedes
. working for him. One day one OF
the Swedes got a little fresh and the
Norwegian threw him into the river
Then the other Swede got into an ar
gument with him, and he, too, went
into the river and was drowned.
In about six years Johns con
science began to bother him. He
went down to the sheriff, Ole Oleson
and said:
lola, sax var ago Ay kill a couple
Swides, and my conscience is begin
to bother. What skoll Ay do2"
well, 1 dunno, John. Ay bane
sheriff only Is months and dunno the
rules. You better go and see Knute
Nelson, the county clerk. Maybe he
know what to do"
So John proceeded to the county
clerks office, and there unloaded his
troubled mind Knute, after hearing
the story, took down big book,
rushed through its pages, then took
down another book, and studied II
Finally, looking a bit puzzled, be
spoke mp:
There amt no bounty on them"
he said.-Exchange.
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Il was a dental officers assistant in
San Francisco" HOOK, private first
class and specialist fourth class, medi-
cal department, said, producing an
honorable discharge to prove it. 'The
officer was DIR. II. G. Feyler, now Of
822 Gay street, Portsmouth, o. He
asked me to come to see him when /
got out of the army. He is in private
practice now. So when my enlistment
expired in San Francisco, I got on a
train and went to Portsmouth. The
officer said he would like to have me
work for him He treated me very
good and had pleasant visit with
him, but got homesick. The army Is
the only home I know. I am a men,
Der of the American Legion, Schofield
Barracks, Fl. T., post No. g. and I
heard a lot about Legion headquar-
tiers In Indianapolis, so I thought
would like to see them"
HOOK was shown about the offices
at Legion headquarters and the vari-
Gus phases of the work explained to
him. Then this little brown man, now
an American citizen, who first entered
military service in the National Guard
at Hawaii in August, 1917, and con-
tinued the service through the ma
tional army and the regulars until
May 26, 1922, departed for Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, at indianapolis, to re-
enlist.
"Sure, he was homesick for the
army" the recruiting officer at the
fort said later over the telephone
"Wa wa1noma him ha oLy"
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MARES will assist his police force In
regulating the large crowds thronging
the convention parade route and will
serve as provost guards in the bust
mess district.
During a recent trip to Kansas City
Superintendent MolOny investigated
conditions prevailing in that city dur
ing last years American Legion con-
vention. He discovered that city and
police officials had no criticism to
make concerning the way in which
the 10000 visiting ex-service men
conducted themselves, and stated that
Kansas City officials would welcome
the opportunity to have the organiza-
tion again choose Kansas City as
their convention city.
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Carrying On With the
American Legion

Shell shock caused Thurman X.
Williamson, Lincoln, Neb., World war
veteran, to forget the girl he was en-
gagged to and marry another. The
District court has just annulled VIII
llamson's marriage, leaving him free
to carry out his first pledge.
40 Femmes and Chapeaux" Is
the name given a fun-making, purely
social organization, formed by men,
bers of the national executive COM
mittee of the American Legion Aux
Hilary. The new club corresponds to
the Legion's "Forty and Eight" or
ganized some months ago, which now
has local chapters In all parts Of the
United States.