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`He needs Bu-Jiu if. he wants toenjoy health and his _favorite drink` for years to come. All Alcoholic drinks irritate the Kid- neys. A man, who drinks re- gularly, is almost sure to have cloudy urine, brick dust deposits in the urine, headaches and pains in the `back; In. time, if neglecto ` ed, serious trouble will result. v is the nest remedy in the wofld i [for an `Kidney and Bladder Troubles. Neutralize the effect of alcohol on\the Kidneys. Bu-Ju is not a cure for drinking; but Bu-Jo does protect the steady drinker [against Kidney Trouble. Bu-JII cures Rheumatism. too, 50. a large box. At druggists, _And you nd a new dclightinevcry one you_eat. . You get fwhq: you "get _ A Each bismit as light as if made by hiry mg _\'\'I, enmlcd KS! 01 had Iv .~ Baked .to 1 golden russet L__---._ So fresh, % and crisp, Ind tempting, that just openingthe box is teasing the appetite. 713$-tar helped _one hundred and ninety pounds of pain and weari- `ness into berth No. 8 that night. Queer how a bad knee hurts a fel- low all over. I never realized it be- fore, soliloquized the invalid. Nev- er mind, I m here. I ve outwitted Dr, Tompkin to a nish, and I m spinning toward` my Texas long- _horns as fast `as steam can take me. Now for good night s rest and I ll feel like a new man to-vmorrow. `-`No, really it is too r_nuc1'1,-" he de- clared, grasping weakly for the back of a friendly rocker and balancing uncertain1.y.as he tried 5 to stand. Either.comp1ication would be mad- dening,F_but the combination I won t stand for.-V - set aside and ifnportant cattle, flehls fell through. ` A :tu'v But the good r_est failed to come at the suggestion, the abused knee grew more and more painful, and to-morrow found the oceupant of Berth .8 so feverish and wretched that the green curtains hung invplace all day and Jack lay behind them long- ing for, yet dreading the journey s end. `By ve o clock his condition was threatening to become serious, for his fever was rising and a. queer light, irresponsible feeling came into his head. I won t tfy to nish the trip to- night, he decided. I 1l go _to a hotel instead of changing cars; I m not equal to another night of this sort of thing, after all ,without a rest be- tween. Queer circumstances that I ll be within a half dozen miles of old Doc s-beloved Hot Wells. Funny how a level-headed man like Tomp- kin should lose, his; nerve and order me off to somebody else s care. 11 1v- 1 V1/ish my head was in better shape. I wonder what ai1s"n1e, any- how. Here, porter, I ll have to get you to help me out of this. I don't seem as good as new. I d be having visions of trouble ifl was addicted to the owing bowl, but I m not. Just keep an eye on me, there's a good fellow. At about the same hour. in his ra- ther shabby office on Quincy street, Dr. Reginald Farquhar, brain speci- alist, surgeon, and general practition- er. was reading a somewhat lengthy ldcspatch for the dozenth time. (As: . 1 -rv q p r1. 7 ' Meet James Hall of St. Louis on train No. 4, at 6.30 p.m. Coming to you for mental treatment. Eluded attendant and escaped alone. Harm- 'less, but argumentative. May "give ctitious name. Tall, large; heavy moustache. Attendant follows on `next train. Dr. Farquhar rubbed his hands and smiled with satisfaction. A patient from St. Louis! His fame was tra- veling farther than he had previously had reason to suppose. This case should be exhaustively treated; who knew what road to fortune lay open before his willing feet? I So it came about that when train 4 reached its destination. Dr. Farquhar and an assistant were on `hand with a carriage into which, af- ter a short delay, the unconscious [form of Jack Havward was lifted, I He been sick all day, suh, ex-Q plained the porter, an when he got his clothes on an stood up for to git out de car, he fell in :1 heap same as a dead man. No, suh. I don't know his name. `Nitials on his suit case is J. L. H. Yes, suht he been some consid able ighty in his head. Yes, suh. he sure do need :1 doctah." With this reassuring evidence Dr. Farquhar drove rapidly! toward his extremely modest sani-I torium. V \Nith increasing ,satisfac- tion he noted the apparent prosperity of the stranger manifested in apparel and belongings, and set to examining his condition as far as was possible I under the circumstances. I l - ` . . . L-ndoubtedly acute appendic1t1s,i he announced to his assistant. Pulse, heart action all indicate it, as well as his fainting with the effort of standing upright. The telegram did not lead me to expect any acute con- dition_---evidently this attack has de- veloped since he left his careless at- tendant. I fear an operation will be inevitable, though. I shall not decide too hastily. There, he is regainingi consciousness, How do you feel, Mr. Hall? jack "opened his eyes bewilderedly. Bowled me over, didn't it? he murmured, weakly. VVhere s- the porter? Who are you? 1: Y1 cu -V`;II_a:I-e:1"V1_;m} 1e` Vggiegsr. I am not Mr. Hall, sir, I am L. Hayward, of St. Louis. llllll Illlll \.\.I, VV\.vCll\1J 3 I V Il\rl \ J LIL lporter? ` I am your physician. Mr. Hall. Dr. Fax-quhar, you know. AL-r-r n. 1' Yes ,yes, sir, Ipknow, soothing- ly. Just keep as quiet as you can. I regret to observe symptoms of ap- pendicitis and `I must insist on your being as passive as possible. `Here we are at home. Edward, assist Mr. Hall on that side, I willsupport him here. i - in... _-u n 17 c guy. Symptoms of `dd1esticks!' You ve mistaken your man, sir. I tell you I am-ah, the sentence ended in anothex-,swoon"as the sufferer tried to ,wrench'. himself away from the doctor s hold. -.'u _,L"'1,_1 .1--; uU\.\UL a uuxuu No doubt about it, remarked that gentleman. It is the movement of the right. limb that causes the ex- cessive- pain. Edward, have a stret- cher brought. .-.. . qus. L_ 1:, 1,1411 Q wh;:i'}"i -shouldn t be Mr. Han, sir?. h`es'itated Edward. ..7II , |1c.... 7 lllulnu ~ `:It is 1\/Er."-H-a:li,"i1-riv(ioubtedly. 'The discrepancies are too slight to quibble over, said-the doctor, stify. I must do my duty by a suering fel- l_ow man,` whatever his name, This gentleman is in ` perilous need of medical;a.tte'ntion, and is+-.er--evid- ently` accustomed to the best. I shall not hesitate to proceed according to my best judgment. - 1- ..- ._-..T.'- 1:d\l|t\ gonna gnu |r\asaw aw-_.___-__-. J Edwandmade no reply since none seemed required, butmeected on the surprising fact that the doctor s sympathy-was much "more quickly touched byza suererin purple and ne_line.n than one who woresack- 1 `'1. V ~ ```````` an CIULII. 'Ek;q was [a,, sorry n:ight for Jack, Tffhted ;5yvith" 5 fver. 'nd'pain; that - :Aop1a"ts ;fa11gd_ ._t,o' `coI_1tro1,v delxrigus A [We `Guarantee to` cure your cough or cold lShiloh s really was what he had supposed himself to be, wondering why he had never known before that acute ap- pendicitis hurt a fellow s knee'so unmercifully, and ready, in his agony, to believe himself in the clutches of that or any other ill that esh is heir to. UCV .u, .. nearly ml` grippx-(`L m(!mL'l'lIZ 3 more ,11C 5. another At last into a 1` physician symptom. balance," hcsitate 1 necessary operation. An hour later Jack was awakened by the pungent, sickening odor of ether. He struggled to throw Off the lethargy that bound him. 4111:: . |_ "Be calm, Mr. Hall. I must be Judge of what is best," remarked doctor, with dignity. (L71 ,O_, --V_- V ----.. --v---. -u H VVhat are you doing. he shoutcgl. Would you murder :1 man 111 Ins helplessness? I'm not Mr. Hall. and I'll not be calm. Did anybody ever see such a set of lunatics? Let me alone, czm't you? I"vc-- a A slight commotion at the door and a hasty call f0r.tl1c (luCtOI'. "By no means--admit no one now." (le- clared that worthy, decidedly, in re- sponse to a whispered quc.~;tiun. .cv I n v Y0u'l let me in because I'm enm- ling. Mr. Hall don't need any opera- tin' on. If he had he'd have got it in St. Louis. His doctors said a change might be good for him. and he saw your ad. and would come here. They let him have his way to quiet him, but there ain't any knife in the ques- tion," and a stalwart form shoulder- ed the little doctor aside and entered the room, to give :1 start of surprise lat sight of the victim on the cat. hr u :- win: he? Land of frecd0m-th:1t ain`t .\Ir. iHa_11 any morc'n it's_ me!" he c.~_<- iclzumed. V\ here 11] the world Is I -31 What did I tell you?"r0arcd Jack, roused at last to full consc1ousncs.~`.. I AA`I'\ `I 1 Do I look like a case of mistaken `identity? if you come at me with that beastly stuff again 11] put the lot of you in jail. If you can have appen- dicitis or leprosy in your knee then I ve got em both-not otherwise. Dr. Tompkin calls my trouble in- ammatory rheumatism, and that diagnosis suits me well enough. \Vhy didn t I expain before. eh? Between ,the dopes you've made me swallow [and the tales you've poured into me when I was brim full of fever, I haven't known my knee from up- pendicitis since yesterday. (Ar. , Y! 1 `P But I'm straight again n0w,and if you don`t telephone for a carriage and an attendant from the Hot \/Vells Sanatorium I ]l enter suit for dama- ges with the rst lawyer I can nd." 1&1`: . \r 11' llii '. 1 But_where s Mr. Hall?" reiterated that mxssing gentleman's bodyguard. `V 5 I do not know! Nor do I care!" declared the doctor ercely. He was not enjoying the turn things had taken. T'he attendant turned upon him, but a" telegram arriving opport- unely prevented further trouble. He s home. Never started. Hid some- where. I ll go back as quick as cars will take me, before I get cut up, and the attendant took his uncere~ monious departur.e 7 1 , ---_.---v-.v --r-. ---._ A sadder and wiser man, Jack Hayward took up his abode that day in the once despised sanatorium. ,Next morning he wrote, somewhat shakily but quite legibly, the follow ing note : LL`! 1 I I ,. T),,, I, , ,_ IL, -ma ---7- - Mabel, dearest. I m here. I've been learning a few things. I m will.- ing to own that I acted like a bear and deserved `all I got, which was plenty. I ll tell the tale of my ad- ventures when I see you. ..I I_,._! V\..IAI.l.A1 \.u vv nn\-- 4. uaurv J V... I m `willing to trust my cattle busi- ness. to my agents and to the tele- phone and telegraph, but I m not able to be left here alone. I m re- signed to the swaddling clothes and the blanket shawl; resigned to a course of sulphur baths that will de- light Dr. T s soul; resigned to every- thing but separation from you. .Bx-ing Harold with you; `he can "'nd~us a D. D.. here, no doubt, since Dr. Winthrop is out of the question. `The woods are full of M.D. s to meet their victims at the trains -and escort them .directly to the dissecting table. . \T--.-.. LIICIH. UllCj.'.|.l.y LU tux. \.|Auu\a\.u.;--B . w _ . V. Do come at once. Never mind the original date .set for our mar- riage. If it s bad luck to postpone a `wedding, it must be good luck to 3hg_1;efx1:;-`it_.` `Sp .sta13 -not._ upon the $3.337 ' 95 `. .`;`. *. .~.`.J31.``3.'2.'_*`.,l".'.`.`?`%-`._-' No ifs or buts -just a straight statement-Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough or cold and do it quicker than anything you ever tried, or your druggist will return the purchase price. . Get a bottle to-day, and cure that cough or cold. KLIIIL `pl -. stream. 2 S11p;m1g. \'_ v m.- hcn`. J` Shiloh : Cure is a. `safe and sure cough and cold medicine for children. It has been effecting cures for 34 years. All drug'- gists-25c., 5oc., and $1.00. cures coic: and cough: U UUCux\, ACK. \ the the Id.` HR` clinc follow and H H dL`m)' I`L'L`1i again .~1'..~`1\'t 1, do that. zshed .~pr;1_\`:r com um`. bun AI unc C1111 .".`.nnin;: in u rI1fcL'I. iwrxm zall, xwlnlc all szecp. HM` qr; Hm`... cacy. x., - -... ..\.n\~.. .`\ g1v;:;n1 :1. white belly as the.f,|Sh strugglwl ;.1 the surface showed It to b P. wrtianurv trout, and th6_b0Y had it Vision of a thlfty` pcgum`. .~;;'1n`m11. \N`hJen after :a few Imnum murc the sh was suc.ce,95` f1]."1z11dL* a salmon it actually proved ml. hc. Of course it was no `W~.rt5'~1;:umlcr," such as were some- times c:-.ughL in the river, but it was; nc\'crth .1 genuine salmon Of four or h\'c pounds weight, and 3 fish that .'m\' person might feel PTd `91am1. lh fact Robert had known %`f,?1 *0 I>%?i."F_`_Y 531% "?"" mgL_'i]\_,,. 1nqm, -9 mm. In iact Kobert nau nu---v-_u W 51*+rt.~.1m-n patiently cast then` Vxes all my long wth less luck. 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But he L rmly and, while the line ri`:_\' ~l;1ekene(l, tried to make -L'C`.lI'L` position on the bank. :u-ml to arise the fish made dash for mid- ml lxmlit-rt lost his balance. `.::::;iiig into the earth with \\".`11l down the steep in- l'1Kl`.l<.`l of sand and pebbles .. hut he still held the rod, hi~ iect felt the solid stones T'\HIl\'-l)(.`(l, he " ` .1, Vlgoruual l -cling `kL'11c IN THE GULLY NOV. zsin,` IS fr_n1:_ or`u:_r% s_cA%no`o1. `(L he `V213 up uuu in the line that had }vvu_y I-\) 5; uus U1. Luc 5Ully. LU "by way of -the" river was plainly im- ipossible, unless he should- swim. When _ he considered his heavy lclothing and the probgble distance kn Q11:-n`r` `no-`urn I-A n...u.g-u Rafa-`A `L- \u-I\JDIIIII5 Luv ynuuaulc UIDLGIJLC ihe should have to swim before he [reached a place Where the bank was any less `precipitous than that im- mediately barring his escape, he lspeedily abandoned the idea. I Every attempt tllat he made tO\ I scale the steep banks resulted only in |nding himself sliding back to the lbottom, amid a clatter of stones and .. ......--L:..,.. -1.-....I AI ,l.._.L A :l\IIV Ll\JL|.\Jll5, (IIILJLL G VIGLI-\vI UL DL\Jll\.D GILL: a suffocating cloud of dust. few `such lneffectual attempts at this and |that recourse proved futile. i A queer, thrill, the outcome of a combination of surprise, consterna- tion, and a sense of the ludicrous, passed` over him. He` sat down on one of the smooth boulders that had withstood the erosion of the waters and contemplated the situation. VVe1l, thisicertainly is a predica- ment, he exclaimed in a startled sort of way. -He had naturally deem- ed it inadvisable ever to-"enter-the gully purposely, but it had never oc- curred to. him that should he fall -in accidentally, as in this instance, there would be no wayout. I can- [not climb the banks; it wouldn t be wise to swim; and as for wading the water is ve or six feet deep right there in the eddy. Hum-m-ml Now, Robert, it s up to you to plan a way out of this, he told himself as he carefully surveyed each nook and cranny of the place. ,.I 1,- 1,4_! ___,.1 But hours passed and he had evol- ved no plan for escape. He was wat- `ching the spruce logs drift by on thel catamaran made of two logs fastened together by having short" boards nailed across them, came into view. It had evidently been used by some person farther up the river for a short journey down stream, and the? hurrying current of the river when a` `cast adrift. Being so close to the shore, it moved slowly, and Robert gazed longingly at it, hoping mildly `that it would swing into the eddy.. l Should it do so he could board it and -drift along close . to the bank until lhe came to a place where landing would be practicable. `Slowly it" drifted nearer, and slowly it swung` with the eddying current to within three feet of where a Robert stood. But while moving lazily it was mov- ing surely, and he took no time for nice calculations. Burdened as he was with the sh and rod, he made -r. I . . _ . .-A nlnnlrorl 1'\f\f1`I 991` nn T15 H3 dllu IULI, lI\, luau a swxft leap and planted both feet on `the nearer log, buthalas! he'struck [with such force that the unstable craft tipped atfd he slipped off into the water, waist deep, while the cata- maran, being given additional impet- us, was caug hrt `again in the current and oated away. -Robert clung- valiantly to the sh; but in the hasty scramble` to dry land, the rod and _-_-.. 1...-L 3Cl(lI.ll|JIU LU us; .so--`. ,. - , T I tackle was lost. T I Thus the only results of this ad- venture were the loss of a good sh- ing rig and a ducking. - . He sat himself down on the bould- er and shivered for ,*the_ water was cold and the sun not longer shone in- to his prison. 1.411 L- -_II `An "4\In1\ 3 hp '11``',. `EU HID lJllDUAIo No use to call for help, he mut- tered` dolefully,' for _there i_sn t a house except ours within a mile. So I ll have to stay here until to-mor- `row night anyway, a-nd even'then they may notvknow where to look for me. His was indeed a forlorn outlook, and the full seriousness of the situation dawned suddenly upon him. Why, how can I stay here all night, with only these stones to rest on; my c1oth_es"all wet, and with not even my coat to keep mewarm, |He shiver-ed.in his soaked clothing. ' 1 Casting his eye about, he noticed W that there was aquantity of odds and ends of fencing and other pieces of wood strewn the len h of the gully, carried there by t e spring .oods. If his -matches were not soak- ed he could` at least have a re and dry his clothes. The matches being rortunately in. his breast pocket, were abovehigh water when he took the plunge, and were still dry. `Soon a brisk re added a little cheer to the situation; _ ,_ ' _ . When he became dry and warr ' 0 ,.`,A.`.'._.`_`44I .11 (Jan. uinn!` '19 COllld~ 'r. F. wmom, ' might 1l"l""b'e -When `he became ury auu mu... he gathered all the: woodhe could |fmed inyo one convenient pile to have m readxness when the night grew chilly, and as best- he. :c'ould~.with} Qnothing'-- but a suck to work with he. levell ed__o a lace, where he side the` re`. ` ` ` .2 ,, `Ls - >A.L:_A b:n4|n G3) rmgnt uc ucanesc nus; nu... _ Then for_ thie third time -he sat in contemplatxon upon the boulder. '. ` Across I the j river the" long` `shadows indicated the c_lose qf the day. The cow are._wait1;1g_, at the milking ygrd, ' he sighedvlialf aloud, V `,`a_nd_ theyfllhe r,uit 1ed..'f they arefnot rqilke V ed,.,_5ID_ear e,__`.vyhatu;a._%;messfVIj m m-'-'- V 0 . ~. .. " ` L ` ri\;er the_c_lose are. vvva'1tl;1g.:T `he sighed:-'l1al1 .:.-..!n 1.. mimad if the\ riiier, half a mil away.` "17: -1 mac --, _----- up -----v uvvvuv u he heard the `welcome sound of voices, and in. a moment `an Indian canoe, c'ontaining_j1 swarthy man and a. dusky-skinned young woman-,. came into" view not `fty, `yards out from the shore. L Whxle still fgaiing ac;-`oss the river,` Instantly .Robert recognized ,the two as'N1ek Loler- and his squaw, and shouted. ,distractedly for relief.` The woman`-pointed excntedly at the boy, andjabbered something in the native dialect, but the. man, if he understood Robe1`t se rather incohere ent entreaty, simply grinned and the boat passed from view. T wvunv runway`: novnnn Oh, that would have been such a` good chance, cried the lad, tears of vexation gathering in`his eyes. I half believe he understood just how !I m xed--the mean _rascal!v ` ' on go. -c--vu u--w ---vv-on - -- ---. Nick Loler 1ivedlon`_ the Reserve `at Tobique Point, `and in the summer season he and his squaw came down the river, camped on the bank, and- made splint baskets, for which he found a ready market among the farmers. But _Nick engaged also in other business. In the dead of` night he speared salmon in the river, defy- ing the stringent game laws and the sh wardens, whose business seemed _ tofcall them elsewhere _on the nights Nick went --out; and Nick was never- mean in sharing his spoils the next day. ` "sun . -, 1 . 1-,1: f`-1__..A_ 1>:...L.i.,..I U6], "When the night fell Robert. lighted 1,a little re and lay down on his ear-` thy bed, quite given up to the man- date of -Fate. He had not fallen asleep, however, when he arose ex- citedly, having caught the gleam of .. 1:,..l.. oL...n..,;-I-. HAQ kuuchhc If Inc 2 :c1Lcu1_y, uavuss Luqsun. un. 5 ...... V. a light through the bushes. It was a steady are that could in no way be a reflection of his own camp re. He hurried to the v.'ater`s edge. Yes! There was the aming birch bark arnbeau of Nick, the poacher. In the bow of the canoe was Nick -himself intently peering into the wat-A er, with spear in hand, while in the stern his squaw wielded the paddle. Oh, what luck! gasped Robert. But before calling he stirred his re into a bigger blaze to attract at_ten- A.-A P.....q:.-`nu an-nun fnuxrarri 1419 can- Buty mto txon. |l|v|u1\r J L1` and IU1H\ HIE uvx. `uvvvo ' mu ullt` hour 5 work mght and ; ;m,,1g, The rest of the time there 1 hing that demanded urgent ' '.llth<,ugh gbout a tarm l\\`:lys odd Jobs to keep 3.] I .4 malt _1l ere are :1 m wzmts to work..all the hut 1e\\'_ boys Of sixteen want I (1.0 \e>`1eI`(lay they had n-I .~pr;l_x~in_-,- the` potatoes, and the` and he;ln.s` (hd not_ demand hoe- ;;1g\'t`I, Mr }\ eonsxdered he was entitled tn ;-. _hul_lday as well as the: hi the 1;;m1ly, even though he .~he-ml it about home, An hour after the others drove a\`.'3V he decided to go and catch a lewhout for lns supper. Half a mileirl-nl the house there wa a gully wtrrll through the steep? hxgh uank of the I`l\'L`1` by the act1on_of the angry ire-sllets of many spr1n_g times. :\t tllis tune of the yegr, 1n junk.` l;.nl_\~ :1 tluy brook trlckled [h1'Q11gh, hut the r1ver_was t111 hxgh and the water eddymg mto the` mouth of the gully made a deep pooll I where >peel :ulmon-trout, commg ~.nirom the Rully river, sported m the gpafkllllg s1:rin;: water that the brook poured in. Robert had dlscovered {hat 11 muhl get a string of hsh l-ere at Illllltul :my time, and kept the table \\'e".l >u;v1>llcd with that dell- \I\., had light. Llslllu "Oh-h, Nick-Nick Loler; Help- help! Ho-0-0- He shouted at the top of his voice, but heard no ans- wering call. .He was almost on the verge of despair again when the yel- low prow of the bark canoe glided into th_e eddy and rescue was at hand. I J | I A l\J' A few "words explained the situa-' tion and Robert was taken aboard and landed a little distance down the river. The Indian grinned apprec- iatively when Robert displayed his salmon, and waved his hand toward the stern of the boat, where at the woman s feet lay a fish as large as ve of Robert s proud possession. ` In half an hour Robert ha(T'satis- ed the squealing pigs, and was hurrying through the darkness to the` milking yard with a tin pail on each arm. ~ ' | I '-:2`2-~!~`"!'*-2I-3"-i~'!!-~-`-*-*I- . . 1, Jack old man, do try and" listen to reason. Of course we are all disappointed and Mabel is no end cut over the turn things have taken, but if the doctorsays `go, it's `go, ] and you may as well give in, and Harold Carleton picked up a paper as if there was nothing more to say. The invalid gave a rebellious o-~ \unce, then winced with pain. I will not give in! A nice looking'bri(le- groom I d be, wrapped in swad;1li:~1g clothes like a week-old baby! Ima- gine me, siting before Dr. Winthrop with my feet on a chair while that reverend gentlenian reads the mar- riage service to me over a blam `shawl. i Am I capable of asking a girl to join herself to an idiot. Not` much! "'- L---J I\1 the mucn: r Mabel laid a gentle hand on the stalwart sho_ulder. Jack, dearest, I `shouldn't mmd it.in the least; It would distress me much more to have you ignore your suffering and ----,1--. ..,....-calf urnI QP I ShOl1l-d IOVC 3!` +++++++++++++++++++++++++ } .\_. 1 few weeks. Would. CIISITCSS nu: auuuu uu,-... -- and make yourself worse. I shoufd you-just as well as if you were act-' ually on crutches to become a ne- cesity, and if you ll only follow Dr. Tompkin s advice you ll be well in a A~- -2.....`|-.1- .-.3 an`, | Iew wccna. . I know, you are capable of any unselshness, Mabel. Any other girl would rebel at the upsetting of all her plans for a twinge of inamma- tory rlieumatism. What in the world started me going anyhow? Never .. realized I had a knee before, and now when that big cattle deal is hanging re with all my interests tied~up in it,` and our wedding day only two weeks off, this plagued thing has to grip me! I But it s such` a trie to fuss over, lack--our change of plans, I mean. A Doctor is so sure the` Hot Wells will ;` cure you, and we can. as easily take I our .weddins! journey South as North. Maybe the `water at the sana- toriumx would do me good, too. You look as if you were `pining away for sulphur baths, you artful puss, and Harold pinched his sis-. ter s-`glowing cheek amusedly. But : Jack 'ayward did not smile. ` His- slips "were set_-grimly as he eyed the .. `bandaged limb `stretched lengthily "_ out `before `him, and said in a voice` `7 of great .determinati'on,s .It s of `no `-use.=to~ argue. I won t put up with " any. =H`o't"IWells nonsense when we ll g`la__neds avtour of5"th_e' Great `Lakes. If ' A 'l`-'-...1,n .-nnmrlers' -me -able t0 I of great _(lClZB1Iluuauuu, -._ -_ use to argue. put with any -Hot Wells nonsense when planed a tour of the Great Lakes. If `Dr. Tompkin considers` -me able to `be, taken to _Hot Wells 1 shall con- sider my self able to go alone to at- tend to*my business. I/`shall start South to-mght, settle my affairs and be`. back in .'good*shape forthe wed- ding.~. You ll see a fellow can do hrttye much asihe `ho`o`ses -if\he has Ifgeniougght gwil`l`~'poyg{e:; _? A A V j. `**'-'7"""' H n} figs . .- '- 1- _i-_,|_"%'.`-1 M`. H] In IdI:I11T1)(11M`L`. vr:;: 5;;`k;;%% L _T_.`fD<)`n. {t!: _1HVt,LS_v.diS C:|;.1HS:S`.`1jt`< jgny: furthgy 1` '-hm; at9f`~ zdjo aanythung , y9g;-ad1- AN ALTERED CASE (Elizabeth Price in Presbyterian Banner) : ! E1 Ulggct quxaac Lu an-us... ...._....-- 1; Turnmg agam toward the can- he discovered that the Indian talgen alarm and doused his .4- THE NVORTHERV H ADVANCE A man who enjoys his social glass should take Bu-Ju.i THE CI.AF'*l..lN CHEMICAL C0,, LIMITED WINDSOR. ONT. `ments and bandages I 11 gt weaker and vvpaker.- I ve thought 530 for a long time; now I m sure of 1t. 9 11,: L,., ,_-__ A lpng time. He s been an in- valld elght days, remarked Harold to the chandelier. - It seems like eight years to me. I m a novice at the art,"you know . At all events, I've had enough of it. and here goes for liberty! "But Dr. Tompkin-5 It is a well-meaning but entirely mistaken individual in my case, Ma- bel. Even the best physicians are fallible. He thinks Hot \Nel1s ne- ccgssary topmy recovery. I beg leave to differ with him, and I ll let the re- sults of my declaration of indepen- dence prove who was right. PII 1__, 1 bear? t No thank you, Harold. I can do that for myself. Don t look so dis- tressed, sweetheart. I'll be as good as new in a day or two. Hard work is all I need; coddling ruins me." "Wouldn't let a fellow go along, I suppose, to look after you, you old! f_`_j!! K... van. :3 I agree with him, and the process has been surprisingly brief, time Harold addressed the shaving glass as he rose to his feet. Come sister, mother wants the trap at ve; we'll have to go. Good-bye, old man. I'd hate to be obliged to confess my candid opinion of your stubbornness at this juncture, but you re of age, and I`m not your guardian. 11v '. A1___ i this I (l.ll\.L 4 5;; nnu. J V... U..- V _., . Luckily, no. V\/rite every day, 1Mabe1. I ll miss you every 'm1nute. uh1__-- L- -....,...1 Tn,-1; T7:-inn rr-nr ll\`l?1UCl. 111 111133 _yuu \..v\..1_y Please be careful, Jack. For my sake don't be rash, and the girl s brown eyes lled with tears. `'It s for your sake I am going to be rash, love. You ll see I'm in the right. Get the w..e(lding cake and orange blossoms ready; we'll carry out our plans to the last detail." "` 7 T__1- 1.-.A1.,.A n4-. Llannnuuv. ykjtll. \JLll klltbll-J av s--u -v---v --v--r V . . . I ` H15 vxsltors gone, Jack looked at `his watch, then rang sharply for a iservant. \ I` T! Pack my grip, Sam. I m going out on that six-forty train and it iv/ill hustle me to catch it. 1 But, sir, the doctor says-- `Never mind that, `Sam. I ll take all responsibility. Just do as I say and you'll_ not regret it. Take oi? all these bandages and help -me dress. I '|'-_1_ YT- ____ ..._,1 LIJCIH. uauuusuu uuu -__ It was no easy task Jack Hayward had set himself, that of ignoring the pain in his knee when every move- ment meant suffering. But his whole stalwart, muscular frame rebelled at the inaction of the past week, and to-day at the rst hint of improve- ment he had suddenly. decided to throw offthe irksome shackles of ill- ness. He was nothing if not deter- mined, and desperately declined `sit- ting meekly in a reclining chair while plans for a brilliant wedding were < |iorc.