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-listen-didnt you hear something's"
| desperately broke in. For somehow
| must stop him. didn't want our
nice jolly friendship spOiled-and be-
sides, fancy being cOoped up on an
island with a man you have refused
Especially when all the while you'd be
wanting So TO pet and console him!
But with his calm dOggedneSs Cuth-
bert began again-"I was a bit afraid
the old place would have seemed too
quiet and duh to you" when the
day was saved and my interruption
strangely justified by shrill cutlery
from the camp. | knew that high fal-
Setto tone. 1t was the voice of Mr..
Tuhbs, but pitched on a key Of quite
insane excitement. ! sprang up and
ran, CruSOe and the Honorable Cuth-
bert at my heels. There In the midst
Of the camp Mr.. Tubbs stood, the cen
ter of group who were regarding
him with astOnished looks. Mr.. Shaw
and the captain had left their tinker
Ing, Cookie his saucepans, and Aunt
Jane and Violet had come hurrylng
from the hut Among us all stood
Mr.. Tubbs with folded arms. looking
round upon the company with an ex-
traOrdinary air Of cOmplacency and
triumph.
what is 1t, Oh, what is it. Mr..
Tubbs?" cried Aunt Jane, fiuttering
with the consciousness Of her prOpri-
etorship.
But Mr.. Tubbs glanced at her as IN
differently as stated turkey-buzzard
at a mOrsel which has ceased to tempt
him.
"Mr. Tubbs." commanded Violet,
"speak-explain yourself!"
Come, out with 1t, Tubbs," advised
Mr.. Shaw.
Then the lips of Mr.. Tubbs parted,
and from them issued this solitary
word:
"EurekaI"
"What?" screamed Miss HIgglesby-
Browne. "YOu have found itT
Solemnly Mr.. Tubbs inclined his
head.
"Eureka" he repeated. II have
found II !"
Amidst the EXPLANATIONS, the Ques-
lions, the general commOtlOn which
ensued, l had room for only one
thought-that Mr.. Tubbs had somehow
discovered the treasure in the cabin
Of the Island Queen. Indeed, | should
have shrieked the words aloud but
for a providential dumbness that fell
upon me.
Friends" Mr.. Tubbs began, at has
been known from the start that there
was a landmark on this little old
island that would give any party dis
covering the same a line on that chest
of money right away. There's been
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Il You FoHa Z ISdlGIns
You EF6ld Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises Of the manufaeturc-- This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as ike
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have beeE-
benefited, to those who are in need Of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, .
preparation / have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 50 large
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success Of DR..
kilmer's Swamp Root Is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it ful6lls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; eorrects uri-
nary troubles and neutrahzes the urio
fcid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle OF
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores-AdVertisemeD
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som, that was too high up in the ex-
lslerI 8 business to waste time looking
Er ndmarks. They had ruther do
r.er' tancy stunts, where what with
surf. and sharks, and bangin' up the
bout. they could make a good show
of geftin' busy. But old Ham Tubbs,
he don't let on to be a hero. Jest q
pl,in ian o. business-that's old II. H.
Co sr~uence is, he leaves the other
fell . hive the brass band. while he
sets { Oh the q. I. to run a certain
little clue to earth. And, ladies and
gentem.n. he's run it,"
"Y2u have found-yOu have found
the sieasure!" shrilled Aunt Jane.
Contrary to his bland custom, Mr.
TuOs feowned at her darkly.
y aid I found the clue" he cor
re~gt. "Of course, it's the same
thing. Ladies' and gentlemen, not to
appear to be a hot-air artist, l will
tell YOU in a word, that have located
the toubstone of one William Halli-
well, dAeased%
OF G. lrse. Not once had l thought
of It. bare. stark, glazing up at the
sun, laythe stone carved with the let
tiers AMI the cross-bOnes. Forgetting
In the iaste of my departure to re-
place re Wines upon the grave, had
left the One to shout its secret to
the first ~ err And that happened to
be Mr.. Tubs happened, say, for
knew that ke had not had the slight
est notion wbere to look for the grave
of BIZ ualEwell. This running to
earth Of clue was purely an affair Of
his own picturesque Imagination.
l wondered uneasily what he had
made of he'uproOted vines-but he
would lay then to the pigs, no doubt.
In the couftenance of Mr.. TubbS,
flushed and ,xultant, there was no
suspicion that the secret was not all
his own.
Miss Higclesf y-Browne had q closed
umbrella hsnstth her arm, and she
drew and brlr, llshed 1t like a saber
as she took a long stride forward.
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AMUSING onicial Error-

We sometimes speak unkindly of
our postal system, but here's n little
story of the Paris post Office: Last
summer the GrOSvenOr library of
Buffalo was asked the height and
dimensions of the Venus of Milo. The
library had not the figures available
and sent In headquarters to find out.
writing directly TO the Louvre, Paris.
The reply came back on the letter
head of the Grand Magasins du
Louvre. and said: I'VE are pleased
to give you herewith the inquiries re-
Quested." Then followed prices of
brOnzeS of the Venus of various
heights from $50 francs to 300 francs.
The Paris post office had overlooked
the museum and sent the letter to
the department stOrG.-The Nations
Business.
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cross from its cc,!cealment and give 1t
to her, togethar nth other crosses in
their possession. Its identity was es-
tabllshed by q n lci1: The body Of a
nan was pi eco on each OF the
UlOsses, and whel Z. touched the true
one the dead man Immediately came
TO hfe. Many D 'crims travelling TO
Jerusailn receive, pieces Of the true
cross, 8nc tlD, question was raised as
10 the poss. 'stsS'of supplying thou
sands WITH those fragments without
entirely garrylng away the cross. It
was there fore said hat the true cross
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Erich Raspe, a ~ -arian. who after
committing a robbery at Cassel ran
away to London in IT'S, where he
wrote THE Adventures Of Baron Nun.
chhausen," pretending that he had
collected and "rranged the orig
inal manuscript. II was a time when
wild and vivid flights Of the I'm.
aginatiOn we're mistaken for genius.
and there was NO effort made 10 give
fiction the semBiance of truth 50 ths
adventures were read with svidlty,
and the word Munchausen became the
synonym for Dalpable talsehOOd.
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English Coal Miners Peculiar.

The occupation OF cOal-minlng In
England is said to pass very largely
from father TO son and from ncle to
nephew. 1t Is a calling to which one
is dedicated, and more than any otk-
er class of workers the miners are a
caste and a people to themselves. II
was about a coal miner, or. as he used
to be more generally called, a collier,
that the famous story of the Broad
wood grand used to be told-how he
bought the piano out of his monstrous
wages and, finding himself unable to
play it. took umbrage and kicked II
to pieces. The story was generally
believed and much grleved over " mid
dle-class Victorian society.
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Young Girls or Mothers
Sould Be Interested in This
Something Worth Reading

Youngstown. Ohio-"In my girl
hood I was quite backward In de-
velopment and later on suffered
from irregulsrity. DR.. Piereeis Fa-
vorite Prescription was given TO me
with great benefit both times. The
Prescription regulated and
strengthened me in every way. Since
I married ] have taken the Pre-
scription' at various times when IN
need of a special tonic and nerTins
and have always been greatly bene-
htsd. especially during expeetant
periods. I recommend Or. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription very highly TO
young girls and to the young mother
for IL is the very best medicine for
woman's Ills that have ever
known. Mrs. Ruby Thomas, TIS
Parkvood Ave.
Your neighborhood druggist sells
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
IN tablets and liquid. Get Il at
once. Write DR.. Pierce's Invalids'
Heal In Buffalo. N. T.. for free
medical advics.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02
DISCOVERY or HOLY CROSS
Story Goes That the Empress Helena
Was Responsible for Its ReeoV-
cry From the Jews.

Through the zeal Of the Empress
Helena, mother of Constantine the
Great, was discovered the cross on
which the Savior was cruclfied, and
the date is given as May 8. The
story usually told is to the effect that
The empress went to Jerusalem and
there compelled the Jews to bring the
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02
Munchausen, Famous Liar

Baron Won Interchangeable Ger
mans spell II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q
Hanoverian nObleman. q soldier and
adventurer and teller Of tales so mar
Telous that even the most credulous
ignoramus would refuse to believe
Theuh. Certain German critics aver
that there never was such a person as
he mendaciOus paron. The true au-
thor. they mainain. was one Rudolph
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02
ASPIRIN INTRODUCED
BY "BAYER" IN 1900
Look for Name "5ayer" on the Tab
let's, Then You Need
Never Worry.

II you want the true, world-famOus
Aspirin. as prescribed by physicians
for over twenty-One years. you must
ask for "Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin"
The name "Bayer" is stamped on
each tablet and appears on each pack
age for your protection against inita'
observation-disclosures
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sunburned Steel

A marine outfit was LHI-rED.~E N
spectiOn in a tropical rer.ul. The N.
speeding officer was GartI H,lla d."
Selling Private Murphy's rifle like a
lion going after u round Of raw beef.
he AellOwed:
WHAT'S this. rust?'
"Oh, no" said Murphy. That's sun
burn. - rHW the Bulletin. organ Of
the d. G. 11ch Of the Second Di-
vision ASS, lion.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

DOuisville-A stolen automobile,
found abandoned in a cOrnfield near
Jacksonville, was claimed by Ray
mond c. Iaib, 1902 Windsor Place. The
car was stolen from Third and Guth-
ne streets a month ago, Mr. Laib said.
The license tags had been removed and
the motor number mutilated.
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had the power of reproducing itself.
On the capture Of Jerusalem in 614
the cross we are told, was carried into
Persia, where 1t remained until re-
stored by Heraclius, which event is
commemorated In September and Is
usually called Hollywood day. The fuu
nails were distributed so that two
were placed in the imperial crown.
one brought to France, and anctHer
thrown into the Adriatic to q1lc- its
turbulence.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Statewide coordination
Of agricultural. packing. educational
and banking interests, to promote and
foster the improvement Of purebred
livestock Of all kinds in Kentucky.
is the purpose of a reorganization
Of the Kentucky Pure-bred Live
stock Association agreed upon at a
meeting Of representatives Of the va
rious interests involved at the Board
Of Trade Building and the Pendennis
Club.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Frankfort-The Appellate Court az
frmed the Jefferson Circuit Court in
the case of the director of railroads
against A. c. Schulz & Company,
holding the company is entitled to
$605.56 damages, the differences be
tween the price that the company had
sold a carload Of corn TO Ballard &
Ballard for, and what it brought be-
cause the corn had been loaded In
a car containing coal dust, which
damaged 1t. The corn had been sold
originally for $50 per bushel and
finally for $1-2S per bushel.
Frankfort-The State Banking De
partment approved the charter Of the
Bank Of Dover, Mason County. The
bank viii have a capital of $4,000.
Paducah-ThrOwn from his horse
against a concrete culvert, T. J.
BOaz, IS, son OF Marion BOaz, Of near
Barlow, is suffering from injuries
which will prove fatal. Young BOaz
was riding the horse without saddle
or brddle, when the animal became
manageable and swerved at a turn
in the road. The boy was thrown
with violence against the culvert.
Lexington.-A fine Of 500 and costs
was assessed Ike Miller for possessing
an automobile with an improper IL
cense tag here. The Indictment grew
out Of the finding Of his machine on
a pike outside Lexington riddled with
bullets and bearing a license issued
20 another person. Miller pleaded
guilty to the charge and the case was
submitted on law and fact by his at
torney. Miller stated he had purchas-
ed the automobile Srom another party
and did not know that he was required
to file a record Of the transfer of the
license plate
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

FrankfOrt-IIOlding that the state
ment "old Joe Lee NOEL stole and
carried away everything Lizzie Miller
had and broke her up" is a SANDER
GUS statement the Appellate Court af-
frmed the judgment Of the Boone
Circuit Court in the case of Green
L. Miller against J. l.. NOEL. NOEL
received a verdict Of $500 for this
alleged slanderous statement. Mrs.
Miller is the widow Of Fl. F Miller
and conducted a grocery store.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

DOuisville.-William HuddlestOn, a
minor, suing. by his father, Sam Hud-
dleston, demands 5000 damages from
Mrs. S. c. Hennings. The boy claims
thar on December ! the defendant al
lowed her electric automobile to be
parked at Ninth and Burnett streets
and left 1t unlocked. Several small
boys entered the car, turned on the
current and the Ger started forward,
striking a Ford standing in front, and
injuring young HuddlestOn. He
charges that the defendant was negli-
gent in so exposing her car to the in
vasion Of venturesome and inquisitive
youth.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Irvine.-Cnnstahle James Powell
captured Matt Begley at Old Landing,
this county. BeEley had been at large
since breaking Jail here sixteen months
ago. He had been convicted for boot
Logging.
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happened.

SA'f'-ClibN Nv
happened.
So, dlssem eAy.u .nts and
anxieties, s. placidly in my ham,
mock, and Hea. : sat the beautiful
youth with his thumb carried tender's
in a bandi Vas 1t merely my h.-
Ing so dishau o. vas ii quite ano hr-
reason that led him to open up so
suddenly about his Kentish home?
Strange to say, instead of painting for
the title, Cuthbert wanted his broth
er to go on living. though there was
something queer about his spine, poe
fellow, and the doctors said he COULD
possibly OF course / was surprise
at Cuthbert's views, for had alwas
thought that II there we're a title Ia
your family your sentiments toward
those who kept you out of it were
necessarily murderOus, and your tears
crocodile when yOt pretended to weep
over, their biers. But Cuthbert's feel
ings were so human that l mentally
apOlOgized to the nobility. AS TO
High StauntOn manor, adored 1t. 1t
is mostly Jacobean, but with an an
Client Tudor wing, and 1t has a chapel
and a ghost and a secret staircase
and a frightfully beautiful and wicked
ancestress hanging In the hall mean
a portrait of her-and quantities of
oak panellng quite black with age,
and silver that was hidden In the fam
lily tODlbs when Cremwell's soldiers
came, and a chamber where Elizabeth
once slept, and other romantic details
too numerous TO mention. 1t is a little
bit run down and shabby, for lack Of
money to keep it up, and of course on
that account all the more enhancing.
The present Lord Grasmere lived up
to his position so completely that he
had the govt and sat with his foot on
a cushion exactly like all the elderly
aristOcrats you ever heard of, only
when inquired IL his lordship cursed
his valet and flung plates at the foot
men when his foot hurt him, his son
was much shocked and panied. He
did not realize so well as from an
extensive course of novel-readlng-
that such is the usual behavior of IT,
tied persons.
1t was delightful, there in the hot
stiffness of the island, with the palms
rustling family overhead, to hear of
that cool, messy, ancient place. 1
asked eager Questions-I repeated
gloatingly fragments Of description
/ wondered enviOusly what 1t would
be like to have anything so old and
proud and beautiful In your very blood
when suddenly realized that, mis-
led by my enthusiasm, Cuthbert was
saying something which must not be
said-that he was about to offer the
shelter Of that ancient roof to me. To
me, whose heart could never nest
there, but must be ever on the wing,
wild bird Of passage In the track of
a ship
sat up with a galvanic start. "Oh
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~ E. w S
CULLINGS
From Kentucky

Revenna.-The City Council has pur-
chased a lot on East Main street and
will build a city hall and a Jail. The
contract will be given within the next
few days.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Bowling Green.-A petition has
been sent TO Representatives Frank l..
Strange and WILLIAM G. Wheeler, War
rem County, by Constable HerSchel G.
Mitchell and Deputies J. ID. Meredith
and A. r. HghtfOot, asking that a bill
he passed in the Kentucky Legislature
allowing the cOnStables and deputies
4 fee for making arrests Of bOOtleggeDs
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02
Lexington.-James r e-an,

Jexington.-James r Saars, sas-
roer postmaster at f,rrol willie, was
held to the federal gr,srd iIry under
500 bond by United E'atcs Commits
sioner Charles n. W. after Stears
had waived examining rr.4l. He was
arrested on a warrant following an in
vestlgatiOn by postoffice inspectors,
who said that the postOffice records
we're more than 81 400 short when re-
Gently checked. Mr.. Stears was post
master from June 1916, TO January Is,
1922, when he was succeeded by Brown
Buford.
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AewpOrt-Additional proof of thu &C.
'---''~Stion OF governnleul a.-c~= ~
give this city a lonE-na- 'y.t lea -
came Nhen enforcement Cf'!ccr>, a. ~
by troops Of 149th infantr. commar l.
ed by Col. III. II. Denhardt. raide
twelve places where liquor was bein,
made or dispensed Illegally. Fourteen
persons were arrested, one of them
being a woman. The raiders confiscat-
ed and destroyed 200 gallons Of
mash, 200 gallons of whisky. 600 bar
rels Of per cent beer and twelve
large stills.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

PariS.-JOhn Trabue, farmer, own
ing seVenty-tive acres Of land near
Riddles Mills Precinct, Bourbon Coun-
ty, filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States Court for
tie Eastern District of Kentucky at
Lexington. Liabilities are approx
mately Sl1 600; assets $S.OOO
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02
MOTHER, QUIcKl GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FoR CHllB'S BOWELS

Even a sick child loves the "fruity"
taste Of california Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or IL your child
Il listless. cross, feverish. full Of cold,
or has collie, a teaspOonful will never
Tail TO open the bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly Il works all the cOnstipa-
ton poison. sour bile and waste from
the tender. little bowels and gives you
o well. playful child again.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow ASK your druggist for genuine
"Cshforuia Fig Syrup" which has d.
ctions for babies and children Of all
b y printed on bottle. MOtherl You
i say "callfornIs" or you may get
initiation 1g OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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CHAPTER XIII.
Mr.. Tubbs Interrupts.

mr. uDDS interrupts
! had determined as an Offset to my
pusillanlmOus behavior about the cave
to show logged industry in the mat
ter of the Island Queen. 1t would take
me long while to get down through
the sand to the chest, but l resolved to
accomplish II, and borrowed of Cookie,
without his knowledge, large iron
spoon which | thought l could WELD
mere easily than a heavy spade.
But that afternoon l was tired and
hot-it really called for a grimmer
resolve than mine to shovel sand
through the languOr Of a Leeward
island afternoon. Instead, slept In
my hammock, and dreamed that | was
queen Of a cannibal island, draped In
necklaces made of the doubloOns now
hidden under the sand in the cabin Of
the derellct.
Later, the waillng OF Cookie was
heard In the land and had to restore
the spoon TO free CrusOe of the charge
of having stolen II. said had want
ed TO dig with 1t. But of course II OC-
CURED to no one that 1t w the treas
ure l had expected TO {. 6 up with
Cookies spoon.
A more serious obstacle to my ex-
plorations on the Island Queen pre-
scented itself next day. Instead Of put
ting TO sea, Mr.. Shaw and Captain
Magnus hauled the boat I'D on the
beach and set to work to repair II.
The preceding day had been filled
with hardship and danger-sO much
so that my heart sank n little at the
boat threading its way among the
reefs, tossed like seaweed by the
white teeth of gnawing waves,
screamed at by angry gulls whose
homes were those clefts and caves
which the boat Invaded. And 4i this,
poor little boat, on a hOpele quest
for no reward but peril 81 IS.
Cuthbert Vane had a :praiurd .Imb
which could not be ignored. "a on
the strength of which he was dis
missed from the bOat-repairin. con
dngent, and thrown on my h, % .n
cnleIldln. % Vi course L nuU u TIT.
nOunce all thoughts of visitinsssaE ne
slOop. / should not have dared go
there anyway. with Mr.. Shaw anc the
captain able more or less to overlook
my motions from the beach, for l was
quite mOrbidly afraid of attr; '~ NJ
tentiOn TO the derelict. 1t soaueL Ca
me a happy miracle that Nc ne l.
myself had taken any interest f, .,r.
or been inspired to ask by what p :
70 small a boat had come to be
wrecked upon these desolate shores.
Fortunately In her position in the
shadow of the cliff she was iDcon-
spicuOus. so that she might siiv
have been taken for the half of a ..-rp
boat instead of the whole of q -tr'l
one, or she must before this HN.
drawn the questioning notice ., D..
ScOtchman., = . the captain. hi;
tention ~. set on the effo4 80
-'ScOvPI r.." .. and his intellS.n ,
-. oai 's' nOugh to start NN
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Paris.-During an alteration at the
Bourbon Tobacco Warehouse Com
pany's Paris house between Calvert
Meng, wealthy farmer and tobacco
man, and one Of his tenants, David
Christopher. over a payment Of rent
for house occupied by Christopher.
Meng was shot and seriously wounded
by Christopher.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1922-03-02

Newport-Ofiicials Of the Newport
Rolling Mills and the Andrews Steel
Company, industries having a pay
roll Of approximately S1OO.OOO week
during normal times, admitted that
they are considering seriously a pro-
posal to remove their plants from New.
port. to some other city where strike
disorders are less troublesome.