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r the aztec mystery a thrilling story of the old west by mubra y ieinstbb five winners j synopsis running into the stage running into molevlu is held up and robbed of a mine payroll by sonny holman who has a habit of aobblng the payrolls of the aztec mine he explains by saying he is ihe real owner of the mine the stage prepares lo proceed bearing the two wounded guards tilford manager of the mine and a girl pjssenger who has openly- ac cused holman of being a murderer as well as a thief ie sympathizin with sonny art cussin out that laurier yuhself when yuh know the whole story he reined in mexican handler came out for the horses the girl in the stagecoach stood up and stepped out on tilfords arm its hardly likely she said coldly to the stage j driver her face was very pale 1 chapter ii came to moleville on account of this jake lowered his hands hit off 1 particular outlaw he has practically huge chew of tobacco and climbed j rulned the aztec mme ami l happ down into the road he bent over the j t0 the laurier the snake that owns fallen man and felt his breast andj then his head and swore admiringly j s j dropped he stared huit much pete he asked oil lody he said weakly lordy the other guard this here is rhc i hc scratched his head and grinned neatest crease yuh ever saw sonny is a shootin son of a gun nope grunted the second man working with neckerchief and teeth to bandage his arm and stop the bleeding jake doused the fallen man with water and went to the others aid a few minutes later he was muttering angrily a3 he tested the weight of the boulder in the read i wish that feller could hold folks up without gettin so gay he said bitterly this heres goin to take work to get by tilford was still motionless in the itagecoach the girl her hands clenched tightly spoke with her voice enforcedly even you take this hold up quite calmly she observed it i doesnt seem to bother you were kinda used to it maam j said the guard yf cant blame sonny for pluggin us we tried ight hard to drill him but hes a pretty good feller in his way he dont aim to ruin nobody if he can help it the girl shivered he said hed have killed laurier hs got right good reason to observed jake acidly mistuh til ford i need yuh aid an assistance in removin this here boulder he paused mistuh tilford tilford got out of the stagecoach there was little or no light which was perhaps as well for him his face was a pasty gray he shoved at first weakly and then with more strength the guard who had been creased by sonnys bullet stirred nd moved and managed to sit up to stare blankly about him together tilford and the stage driver toppled the boulder on its side from that position it was compar atively easy to roll it to the edge of the road and send it tumbling down the mountain side the four men climbed into the sledge the latelycreased man being helped in by jake with a cracking of the long whip the stage took up its interrupted journey jake seem ed inexplicably cheerful for one with his normally embittered temperament presently he observed maam im right sorry this here thing happened but it coulda been a lot worse sonnys i a irritatin son of a gun but he dont i never steal for nobody but the aztec j why doesnt he claim the mine 1 through the courts j he tried it maam said jake he aint got a legal leg to stand on i but though ill plug him if i get a i chance whilst hes holdin nie up otherwise im for him even to murder demanded the gri i jake chewed and spat that snake laurier maam yes he said in sud den acidnc me sheepishly lordy maam he said at last there is sure goin to be some scrap between you an him maam an its goin to be kinda divertin to watch jake hornaby was not alone in con sidering that it would be diverting to watch the scrap between sonny hol man rnd janet laurier over the aztec mine all of moleville chuckled at the prospect opinion in the town was nearly evenly divided about sonny anyhow most admitted that he had a moral right to the mine but not everybody approved of his method of asserting it his uncle had been in partnership with another desert rat when they came upon the outcropping of ore that was now the aztec they filed upon it in due and proper form one of the oldsters went to denver to raise capi tal he carried a power of attorney from his partner so he could sign any necessary papers but in those old days he did not return with good news instead strangers came to the valley to take over the claim they produced what seemed to be an authentic transfer of the mine to one laurier which va orange pekoe blend sa1ada fresh from trie gardens silver lining they set a new girls world mark for 500yard relay swim at long beach calif theyre josephine mckim marjorie lowe jennie cramer olive hatch and norene forbes cancer of breast easily preventable early attention to slightest irrittaion prevents future trouble cancer of the breast which begins in an irritation of the nipple first des cribed by sir james paget in england seventy years ago is rapidly becoming a preventable disease when first described by paget and until recently it was a hopeless form of cancer be cause women paid no attention in the beginning to the little itching of the swimmer bright water and bright blue wave burling around my cheek moist iip to my lip wave i hear you speak and your words with subtlety slide like a strong deepmoving tide you tell me that water is sweeter more delicate tissue than tlesh that water is freer and purer than blood in the veins troubled mesh and i turn on my back to rest to lie on your fluid breast balance of trade amounting to 1432- 170 this balance now amounts to 23491000 after 11 months banking deposits in savings banks iu new york state reached a high re cord at the close of last month with a total of 5216910032 mills of the carpenter llixon co will open in april at blind river the mefadden mill at spragge is quite likely to be busy soon the crane lumber co will be oper ating their camps back of glendale on the acr garden chats bright water and bright blue wave- i fear your salty kiss i one nauner wmen wu 1 ni tq in until the n and 1 break your dangerous words certainly signed by the partner of the be au am lhe cancer with strokes like thislike tins- older holman legauythe document cells had invaded the breast and been was airtight but the other desen carried throughout the body making rat returned breathing fire and lhe lise the stmiie of slaughter claimed that his signature 1 p disease had been obtained by fraud and while fife he was drunk and in maintaining his claim got shot by a member of the usurping party he died in the arms of sonny holmans uncle fiercely de claring that he hadnt meant to sell the mine and left his share to his partner the partner sonnys uncle was killed in turn while grimly camped on what he still considered his property a deputy marshal had been assigned to evict him but the old prospectors body was found with a 38 rifle bullet in the back whereas the deputy mar shal had fired a 45 revolver from the front and it had taken a certain am ount of effort to smooh over the dis crepancy that had bei done now the mine was a steady pro lucv its levels went down twelve hundred feet its own mill concentrated the ore and its own wagons hauled thai o lo the railroad twenty miles away it had become the centre and indeed the rea son for the existence of moleville and sonny holman as the only heir of old pete holman desert rat and hardrocli man claimed it for his own and set out grimly to wrest it from its legal owners there was where the opinion of i pagets disease of the nipple during seventy years have brought to gether convincing evidence that can cer may be made a preventable disease by giving people proper instruction how to deal with its simple begin nings it is a very remarkable tribute to the intelligent foresight of this great surgical pathologist who wrote more than seventy years ago that if women could be taught and influenced to pay more attention to the beginning of this irritation of the nipple they could be protected by simpler means than the complete operative removal of the breast paget did not live long enough to learn that the disease of the nipple described by him need not be hopeless the modern woman under the care of the trained nurse or midwife and the specially trained doctor knows that any neglected irritation of the nipple is followed by a caking pain ful mastitis of the breast which often ends in abscess we know now that the incidence of abscess of the breast in women nursing children is less than one per cent while formerly it was more than twenty per cent xow wo men are learning that the neglect of any irritation of the nipple when they till my feet grate on the sand and i clutch it tight in my hand ruth langland holberg in voices french women collect j writings of own sex paris the women of france may not yet have achieved the right to i vote but high achievement lies to their credit in other directions this statement is backed by two parisian women mine marguerite durand and mile marie louise bougie both of whom have collect ed a mass ot literary evidence of the doings of their fellow country women since the earliest days of his tory mme durand has lately placed her collection in the hands of the city of paris and the books historical political legal with some unique volumes of great value are now lodged in the town hall of the fifth arrondissement in a library which 1 bears her name vancouver board of trade repoit mar s building doue during 1931 amounted to 144s16 tonnage of shipments increased by 400000 tous over 1930 exports of shingles increased by si million bundles bar metal by 52000 tons apples by 33000 boxes new business reported by 215 mills to the west coast lumbermens assn for week ending january 16 showed sales 21 over production it being the 12th successive week in which orders exceeded production a record since 1924 j vancouver merchants exchange re- port increases of export trade from the port ot vancouver as follows grain shipments gained 7 million bushels j pulp exports showed a gain of 12000 tons exports of foreign cargoes increased by 10000 tonb j b c electric railway co is erect- j ing an 850000 gas plant in vancouver western canada weaving mills i employing 140 persons are enjoying splendid business j bc the crysdale ry report on resources of british columbia reveals cultivatable lands 2240soo acres good coal easily mined semianthra cite over 480 square miles in peace river unit commercial timber 18000000000 co h a loan feet construction of two more ferry boats at a cost of 100000 is seriously con sidered by city of north vancouver above information supplied by c ii arnott industrial secretary van couver board of trade algoma the employment outlook brightens in and around sault ste marie by the opening of the 100 pound rail mill last monday it is ex pected that the peak of jobless days is past export dominion bureau of sta- sanction the tistics claim that exports show a sur- will accept plus over imports leaving a favorable scribed sum but i cant stand that hall room whats the trouble sir why every morning 1 actually have to crack the ice in the water pitcher oh dont let that worry you after this 1 will send the maid up to crack it for you is oversubscribed copenhagen the copenhagen municipality lias just issued a citi zen loan of 30000000 crowns s- 000000 at 6 per cent offered to the public at 97 per cent and to be re deemed in two years at par the loan means an actual interest of 1y2 per cent and with such sound security nearly 52000000 crowns 13000000 was subscribed for at once subj it to the governments municipal authorities he whole of the sub- i moleville abruptly divided into twoj t i ff parts it was agreed that sonny had i first tried the courts and had failed most folks agree with fbnomiriiously to make out a case the original deed transferring the mine the girl bit her lip the stag- val lts face aml t was now coach rolled on it reached the level t0 p that t ground and picked up speed traveling slfincd b a man vvho iil ot kn at a fast trot across the vallev tat- what le was lc1 s suit was torn on a road that was hock deep in alkali dust a little distance out they came upui i pair of cowboys weaving in thcii saddles on their way back lo their ranches with the previous days mail other riders later and thirstier were riding in and suddenly there were lights to right and left and sombrer- ed mexicans and cowponies in 6vs against hitching racks and glaring 1 lamps in saloons and stores and tinny music from the roaring zephyr an 1 its saloon and dancehall competitor- moleville was not a large town it owed its existence first to the freak uncropping of quartz ore that placed the aztec mine nearly in the centre of the gila valley and second to the large and small ranches that were mattered through the main valley and the tributary canyons that wound into the mountains aside from these two sources of trade it had no reason for existing horsemen reined aside to give the mage roadway and some waved to jake hornaby on the box the in juries of the two guards were not so obvious as to be noticed from the street especially since the only light ing came from the welcoming glows of saloons and dance halls jake spoke abruptly maam lie aid curtly theres goin to bo a lot o fuss when we pull up an tell em that sonnys held us up again but you remember what i told yuh that there iaurier feller that grabbed the aztec an druv sonny on the road kts snske maam a snakel yubi thrown out of court and sonny i stead of instituting other suits and ev pensive legal processes for which he vsheri any tingling or burning is strolled out of the i observed or a redness or scaling or cancer of the nipple which can only be cured by a radical operation or to an involvement of the breast which as yet has never been cured by operation or irradiation what a woman should know- about the care of her nipples is simple dur- ing the bath the nipples should be washed and dried in the same manner as the skin on any part of the body hill and vale day by day the man in the vale enjoyed his neighbors hill above day by day the man on the hill looked down his neighbors vale with love if either one would see how fair was his own home at any hour he walking up the hill or down enjoyed it from hts neighbors door a real treat r i corn syrup had no money court when his case was dismissed j weeping or discharge the nipple or forked a pony and rode sixty miles nipples should be immediately special- before the next daybreak then he y cleansed with warmwater and soap walked into the office of the mine with one man to see his own green hill these neighbors travelled to and one man to see his own reen bill and one to see his vale below from the collected poems of w ii davies a sixgun in each hand and went out again with the months payroll under his arm he had done so for three yerrs he had collected approximately the net profits of the niinethough by sixgun instead of law on the whole mole- a small girl was entertaining her mothers visitor how is your little v girl she asked i am sorry to say using cotton then with alcohol then f my dear that i havent a little girl how is your little boy i havent a little boy either then what avo covered with vaseline and a piece of gauze fixed in place with adhesive straps if there is not immeriate dis appearance of lhe irritation the pa- tient should consult her family physl- iclan when the irritation does not i disappear in uiree weeks under the the m- mm saibjswsyjiy canada starch co limited montreal ville did not consider him unjustified doctors direction the family physician as far as that went but public opin- should refer the patient to a surgeon j ion split widely and definitely on the specially trained in the recognition 1 subject of ore stealing i and treatment of the earliest stages of j those who considered that he only j cancer and the conditions that precede robbed payrolls and bullion shipments cancer it is important that every wo- j were more or less in sympathy wilhjnian k lliat n s ot treatment him those who believed him an oicj irritation may not be relieved by j thief to boot looked on him as no bet- simple treatment then the pa- tor than any other bandit and the tcnl wl nave to 60 to the hospital j arrival of janet laurier on the whole an1 tlie surgeon under local anes- tended to swing public opinion against vhesia will remove the nipple with a him little bit ot surrounding skin and some the story of her encounter with of the breast beneath right in the sonny lost notiing in the telling operating room frozen sections will be moleville chuckled or if mexican male fl0m the ni a the breast swore admiringly by variegated saints beneath when no evidence of cancer and moleville too did some calculat- ls found in th microscopic section the iig and figured accurately that though breast is saved should there be any she might be the laurier who jwnrd evidence or suspicion of cancer the the mine she was not the laurier who complete operation must be performed had given the two old prospectos a ln orl1 t0 obtain the best assurance dirty deal fifteen years before she a clre i had been a mere child when that took therefoie cancer of the nipple like plate cancer of tiio skin anywhere is fast to be continued becoming a preventable disease these hard times sck headache ii the hard limes and scarcity of money makes it more important than ever to economize one way i save on clothes is by renewing the color ot faded or outofstyle dresses coats stockings and un derwear for dyeing or tinting 1 always use diamond dyes they are the most economical ones by far because they never fall to pro duce results that make you proud why things look better than new when redyed with diamond dyes they never spot streak or run they go on smoothly and evenly when in the tiands of even a ten- yearold child another thing dia 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the tablets stamped bayer wont fail you and cant narniyou they don t depress the heart they dont upset the stomach so take them whenever you need them and take enough to end the pain aspirin is made in canada first sown things in some parts of tho couutry th first plantings can now be made in the vegetable garden it is advisable to run the rows north and south so that there will be an even distribution ot light in the case of small vegetables such as carrots lettuce and spinach rows twelve inches apart will do and about eighteen inches for taller stuff like melons and cucumbers it is good economy to alternate rows of early and late vegetables spinach and let tuce are planted between beans car rots corn and the later things which do not require full room until the first named are out of the way the leafy- vegetables such as spinach and let- tuce as well as the radish and the early peas go in first these are fol- i lowed by the second planting of the i first named and also the first of tho j beets carrots the main planting ot peas aud possibly some beans and corn ten days to a fortnight later an i application ot some quickly available i fertilizer a scant handful to about every fifteen feet of row at the time ot planting is advisable this is best ap plied dissolved in a gallon of water and in any case commercial fertilizer should not be allowed to come into contact with the seed but should be placed an inch or two below or to one side of it among tho flowers those which usually seed themselves such as cosmos and caledulas can be plant ed just as soon as the ground is ready and this is also the proper time to get in sweet peas indeed to be satisfac tory sweet peas must be planted ear ly and they do best in deep open soil containing plenty of rotted vegetable material into which they send down their roots deeply in order to remain cool during the warm weather a big help gardeners will find the current seed catalogue indispensable in their opera tions it is decidedly more than a mere sales sheet and will be found use ful not only in planning and ordering seeds but just as much so in planting general care ad in the harvest of the vegetables the height of the flowers times of blooming whether they are suitable for such special purposes as edging screening cutting and frag rance are all mentioned and are indis pensable facts in laying out a satisfac tory garden in the vegetable line the catalogue continues this useful service by listing different varieties under the heading of early late and medium so that one can have a succession of vege tables right through the season with unusual sorts special directions are given in regard to care and prepara tion for the table shrubbery directions the majority of people apreciate the beauty of shrubbery writes d c shur- man of the dominion experimental farms but for various reasons many- fail to do any planting it is never wise to attempt to do a great deal in any one year a little planting done each season and done well will bring surprising results in a short time the cost of many beautiful flowering shrubs is small and everyone can af ford to buy at least one or two at a time do not plant shrubs too close to the foundation of the house but try to picture them as they will be from five to ten years after planting and al low plenty of room to develop the pro per nature shape if the earth is poor as is very often the case around new buildings dig a hole about three feet in diameter and about twenty inches deep and fill with good garden soil working in some well rotted manure then plant the shrub in the centre be- i ing careful not to have manure coining in direct contact with the roots cul- j tivate the surface occasionally for at i least the first two or three years or i till the shrub is firmly established and j has made considerable growth when the shrubs aro planted in a shady i position be careful to choose species that do well in the shade order the i shrubbery rose bushes ult trees and 1 similar things early and if the ground is not ready to plant on arrival heel in that is spread roots out in a shal- low trench and cover with moist earth if the upper woody part appears dry i and shrivelled cover thai also the main thing to remember is not to let the roots be exposed to the air even for a few minutes get them into per manent positlou as soon as possible and water well for the first few days i with larger shrubs and trees it may also bo advisable to provide supports against the wind in the way of stakes which hold the plants rigid prevent ing the roots becoming loosened prune back and remove 11 broken or injured branches before planting memories after ninny years they met again the old tragedian and the woman who had been a lovely rosalind and since they had been sweethearts once hc embraced her then he started back woman he cried whats that noise you are making she trembled at the anger in his voice ivo got a cold she faltered with a sigh of lelief he turned and mopped his brow heavens he murmured i thought you were hissing me what is the name of that selection your daughter played asked the guest that wasnt a selection re plied mr jackson it was forced on us