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JosepkC. Lincoln
Author of
Ou'Whitta.ker's Place
Cftp'n Eri, Etc.
Illll3 tr A.t iona
Ellsworth "Youn^
Coptjra^A-t 19°9 by I>. Appl*.tor 6- Company
Mrs. Keziah Coffln. supposed widow. Is I
arranging tg move front Trumet to Bos-
ton, following the death of her brother, j
for whom she had kept house. Kyan i
Pepper, widower, offers marriage, and Is |
Indignantly refused. Cupt. Elkanah Dan- \
(els, leader of the Regular church, offers
Keziah a place as housekeeper for the |
new minister, and she decides to remain j
In Trumet. Keziah takes charge of Rev. ,
tohn KUery, the new minister, and gives
him advice as to his
members of the parish.
■ensation by attending - .
meeting. Ellery's presence is bitterly re-
pented by Ehen Hammond, leader of the
meeting, Orneo apologizes for her ^
guardian ard Ellery escorts her home in
the rain. Capt. Nat Hammond, Et>en s ,
■on. becomes a hero by bringing the j
packet Into port safely through fog and j
«torrn. Ellery linds Keziah writing a let- j
ter to Borne one. Inclosing money in re- j
oponse to a demand. She is curiously ,
At art led when Informed of the arrival of
Nat. Nat calls on Keziah. and It devel-
ops that they have been lovers since
youth. Daniels remonstrates with Ellery j
Ellery causes a
a "Come-outer" j
for attending "Come-outer" nu etlng El-
lery is caught by the tide and Is rescued
bv Nat. They become friends. Ellery .
ts Grace while walking In the fields, j beard the whole truth yet
flnd learns that she walks there ever>
Sunday. The clergyman takes (Tinner
fiundavs with the Daniels. Annabel, the
■aptain's daughter, exerts herself to
make an Impression on him. She no-
tice* with vexation his desire W Ret
every Sunday at a certain time. She
watches him through a spy glass. Nat
again Importunes Keziah to marry him.
He nays he has had a quarrel with his
"father, who wants him to marry Grace.
KUery ask!* Grace to marry him. She
confesses that she loves him. but says
«ho fears to displease her guardian. El-
kanah Daniels tells Kben about the meet-
ings between Kllerv and Grace. Eben
declares lie will make Grace choose be-
tween him and the preacher Grace finds
him In a faint, following ti - excitement
If Elkanah's visit Just before he dies
Eben exacts a promise from Nat ana
Trace that they will marry Keziah
breaks the news to KUery and later he
received a note from fli'tl'-c saying she^ Is
to marry Nat, and asking him not to try
to eee her again Keziah tells the story
if her .own marriage witjl a man who
♦timed out to be a good-for-nothing, and
tvho was reported to have been lost at
•eli. and of her love, /or Nat. whom she
cannot marrv because the husband Is
alive. Cap lain Nat sails for Manila to
!>■ gone two years He snys he and
Grace have decided not t , marry until
he returns. Nat is overdue, and It is
Veared that he has been lost at sea.
Keziah gets a letter from her husband
.aylni? he'Is coming back. Grace goes on
a visit to relatives of the Hammonds A
vessel living .llstr. ss signals Is discovered
iff the coast. KUery goes with party to
■board the vessel. A man Is found suf-
fering from smallpox, the rest or tne
■•row having deserted. He Is laken to an
abandoned shack on shore and Ellen
helps nurse him Before he dies It Is dis-
covered that he is Keziah's husband_ El-
lery. left alone In quarantine, s found
wandering In a delirious condition by
<<race. She takes him back to
#hanty anil sends for help.
It was feared he had the smallpox.
Grace Van Home was with him, had
taken him back to the shanty, and in-
sisted upon staying there until the
doctor came.
At the Daniels's house the servant
girl rushed into the dining room to
serve the toast and the story at one
swoop. Captain Elkanah's dignity de-
serted him for an lustant and his egg
Am
dull red. Her eyes
flashed sparks.
"Pa!" she cried, "I—I—If you don't
do something now I'll never—"
Her father shook his head warning-,
ly. ' "Debby," he said to the maid,
"you needn't wait."
Debby departed reluctantly After
the kitchen door had closed, Captain
Elkanah said: "My dear, we mustn't
be too hasty in this matter. Remem-
ber, Mr. Ellery is very sick. As for—
for the Van Horne girl, we haven't
She may
the
CHAPTER XVI.—(Continued.)
Early the next morning, Just as day
■was breaking, a buggy, the horse
•which drew it galloping, rocked and
bumped down the lighthouse lane. Dr.
Parker, his brows togeiher and his
lips set with anxiety, was driving. He
had been roused from sleep in the ho-
tel at Hvannls by a boy with a tele-
gram. "Come quick," it read. "Mr.
Ellery sick." The sender was Noah
Ellis, tHe light keeper. At the ropes,
early ate it was, he found a small group
waiting and gazing at the shanty. The
llghtkeeper was there and two or
three oth*r men. They were talking
■earnestly.
"How Is he, Noah?" demanded the
■doctor, Jumping to the ground.
"I don't know, doc," replied Ellis. "I
mfti't heard Bence last plght when I
telegraphed you."
"The devil!" Dr. Parker swore Im-
patiently. "Who Is with him then?
You haven't left him alone, have you?"
"No-o," Noah hesitated once more.
-No-o, he ain't alone. She's there."
"She? Who? Keziah Coffin?"
"1 don't cal'late Keziah's heard It
yet. We was waitln' for you 'fore we
said much to anybody. Hut she's there
the—the one that found him. You ]
see, he was out of his head and wan- i
derln' up the lane 'most to the main
road and she'd been callin' on Keziah
and when she come away from the |
parsonage she heard him hollerin' and
goln' on and—"
"Who did?"
"Why"—the llghtkeeper glanced at
•lils companions—"why, doc, 'twas ,
Grace Van Horne. And she fetched
him bac k to the shanty and then come
.iiuMbst me to telegraph you." j •Jim
But Parker did not wait to hear the ' ,
rest. He ran at full speed to the door
of the shanty Grace herself opened
it.
"llow is he? demanded the doctor.
"I think he seems a lit lie easier; at
any rale, he's not delirious, lie's in
there. Oh, I'm so thankful you've
come."
"Is that the doctor?" called Ellery
weakly from the next room "Is It?"
■ Yes," replied Parker, throwing olT
his coat and hat. "Coming, Mr. El-
lery."
"For God s sake, doctor, send her
away. Don't let her stay. Make her
go!
not be there at all, or It may be lust
an accident—"
"Accident! Pa, you make me boil.
Accident! Accidents like that don't
happen. If you let her stay there, or
if— Oh, to think of It! And we were
calling him a hero and—and every-
thing! Hero! he stayed there just so
she might—"
"Hush! hush, child!"'
"I shan't hush. Pa, are you going
to let him disgrace himself with her?"
"No, no. Probably there ain't any
idea of his marrying her, I£ there Is—"
"If there 19 you put him out of the
church and out of town. And as for
her— O-qh! And we've been hav-
ing him here at dinner and—and I
have— Oh, 1 shall die! I wish 1 was
dead!" '<■ ,v- ■-,.;;'iV ..
Then followed hysterics and agony,
greedily, listened to by Debby, whoso
ear was at, the-crack of'the door. Cap-
tain Elkanah soothed and pleaded and
tried to pacify. It ended by his prom-
ising to investigate and, if necessary,
take steps 'Immejitly."
Lavinia Pepper sprung the mine on
her brother. Kyan was horrified. He
had grown to be one of Ellery's most
devoted worshipers.
One of the very first to hear of the
minister's Illness was Keziah Coffin.
Mrs. Parker told her and Keziah start-
ed for the beach before the tale of
Grace's part In the night's happenings
reached the village. She did not wait
for a conveyance, hardly waited to
throw a shawl over her shoulders, but
began to cover the three miles on foot.
She had walked nearly two-thirds of
the distance when Captain Zeb Mayo
overtook her and gave her a seat in
his chaise.
They said little during the drive, the
shock and anxiety forbidding conver-
sation. At the ropes was the same
group, larger now, and Dr. Parker's
horse was hitched to one of the posts.
"You can't go in, Mrs. Coffin," said
Thoph Black. "The doctor give us his
orders not to let nobody get by. I
guess nobody wants to, but all the
same—"
Keziah paid not the slightest atten-
tion to Mr. Black. She stooped beneath
his arm, under the rope and was on
her way to the shanty before they real-
ized her intention. The living room
She Must Marry Him, Or He'll Die.
was empty,' but at the sound of her
stop some one came from the room
adjoining. That some one was Grace.
Dr. Parker appeared, holding up a
hand for silence.
"Hush!" he cried. "He's quiet now
and I think he will sleep. Don't tulk
I've got the smallpox and if she I here. Go outside, if you must talk
"HusH. I cant help It. I don't car*.
I don't care for anything any mor«.
I'm glad I came. I'm glad I was the
one to And him and help him. No
matter what happens—to me—I'm
glad. I never was so glad before. I
love him. Aunt Keziah. I can say It
to you, for you know It—you must
know It. I love htm and he needed
me and I came. He was calling my
name vlien I found him. He might
have died there, alone in the wet and
cold, and I saved him. Think what
that means to me."
The door opened softly and Dr. l*ar-
ker came out.
"He's asleep," he said. "And he's
better, much better. And I'll tell you
something else, If you won't make too
much noise about It—he hasn't got the
smallpox. He is pretty close to brain
fever, though, but I guess he'll dodge
that this time, with care. On the
whole, Keziah, I'm glad you came.
This young lady," with a movement of
the head toward Grace, "has done her
part. She realty saved his life. If I'm
not mistaken. Now, I think she can
go away and leave him to you and me.
I'll pretty nearly guarantee to have
him up and out of this—this pesthole
In a fortnight."
Here was joyful tidings, the better
for being so unexpected. Keziah
leaned against the boards and drew a
long breath. Grace said nothing, but,
after a moment, she went into the
house.
"That's a good thing, too," com-
mented Parker, watching her as she
went, "I wanted to talk with you, Ke-
ziah Coffin, and right away. Now, then,
there's something up, something that
I don't know about, and I rather guess
you do. Young women—even when
they're her kind and that's as good
a kind as there Is—don't risk smallpox
for any young man they pick up cas-
ually."
Keziah considered. "All right, doc-
tor," she said, w hen she reached a de-
cision, "all right; I'll tell you the
whole thing.'' *
She went on to tell all she knew of
her parson's love story.
Dr. Parker listened.
"Hum!" he said thoughtfully, "I see.
What made her change her tnind so
suddenly? You say, or you gather
from what Mr. Ellery told you, that
she had all but agreed to ruurry him.
She cares for him, that's sure. Then,
all at once, she throws him over and
accepts Nat. Of course her uncle's
sudden seizure was a shock and he
wanted Nat to have her, but she isn't
the kind of girl to be easily swayed.
But never mind that, \hat doesu t
count now. Let's look at tbfcgs as
they are this minute. She's here and
folks know it. As they do know It
they'll begin to talk, and the more
they talk the farther from the truth
they'll get—most of 'em. Nat, poor
chap, Is dead, so her promise to him
is canceled. Ellery . will get well If
he Isn't troubled. If she leaves him
he'll go to pieces again, so she mustn't
leave. And she can't stay without an
explanation. I say let's give the ex
planatlon; let's come right out with
the announcement that they're en-
gaged."
"But she's a Come-Outer and—
there's the church."
"Well, I know It. But he never was
so popular as he Is now. And she
Isn't by any meanB a steady-going
Come-Outer. Why, Zeke Bassett and
the rest have been finding fault with
her and calling her a backslider.
That'll help. Then you trust me to
whoop up her heroism and the fact
that without her he would have died.
We can do it, Keziah. Come on! I've
tackled a good many jobs, but match-
making isn't one of em. Here goes
to tackle, tliat."
Keziah was delighted; here was
| work after her own heart
still hesitated.
"Doctor," she said, "you've forgot
one thing, that's Grade herself. Would
she marry him now, knowing it may
mean the loss of his ministry and all,
any more than she would at first? i
don't believe it."
"That's your part, Keziah. You've
got to show her she must marry him
or he'll die; see?"
Keziah's hesitation was at an end.
Her face lit up.
"I say good!" she cried. "And now
| I want to give you a piece of advice,
your course for the first leg, as you
I might say: you see Cap'n Zebedee
j Mayo."
1 "Humph! Cap'n Zeb Is the first
I man I mean to see."
] Captain Zeb listened with his mouth
| and eyes and ears open Mrs. Mayo
was with him when the doctor called,
' and she, too, listened.
"Well!" exclaimed the captain,
when the plea for support was ended.
"Well, by the tlukes of Jonah's whale!
Talk about surprises Old lady, what
do you say?"
"1 say go ahead, Zebedee Go
ahead! If Mr. Ellery wanted to mar
ry Jezebel's sister, and I knew he
really wanted to, I'd—I do believe I'd
help him get her. And Grace Van
Home is a good girl. Go ahead "
"Say, doc, there'll be a lively row.
and I kind o' like it," said Captain
Zeb
There was, and it was lively enough
to suit even Captain Zeb. Dr. Parker,
on his calls that day. was assailed
with a multitude of questions coil-
Wise Girl Selected for Husband Man
Who Had Both Seasons for
Garnering Wealth.
seven, "your mother tells me that
you have had a proposal "
"Yes. father, I have,'' demurely r*
plied the young woman. "In fact, I !
have received several "
"I hear the Ice man proposed to
you?"
'"lie did."
"And-you accepted him, of course"
"I did not."
Captain Zebedee. having shipped
with the Insurgents, worked for them
from sunrise to sunset and after. Zeb
was something of a politician and
knew whom to "get at " He sought
his fellows on the parish committee
and labored with them. Mrs. Mayo
and the doctor's wife championed the
cause at sewing circle. They were
lively, those sewing meetings, and the
fur flew. Dldama Rogers and Lavinia
Pepper were everywhere and ready to
agree with whichever side seemed
likely to win.
It was by no' means a one-sided
struggle. Captain Elkanah. spurred
on by the furious Annabel, marshaled
his forces and proclaimed that Ellery.
having disgraced the Regular Society,
should 110 longer occupy Its pulpit
He hinted concerning a good-sized
contribution toward a parish house.
something the society needed If El-
lery was discharged, the contribution
would probably be made, not other-
wise And this was a, point worth
considering
• Daniels also wrote to his influential
friends of the National Regular So-
ciety Hut Captain Zebedee had fore-
stalled him there and both letters
were laid on the table to await fur-
ther developments As for the Come
Outers, they were wild with rage and
Grace was formally read out of their
communion.
Meantime Keziah, installed as bead
nurse at the shanty, was having her , was desirous ol' sailing boats
troubles. The minister was getting j bathtub of the ltosewater home
better, slowly but surely getting bet- | "You cannot. said Mrs
ter The danger of brain fever was water Father Is taking a batl
at an end, but he was very weak and now "
must not he excited, so the doctor ■ "Why is father taking a bath
saj(l | munded the boy
H*0 ALL THE BEST OF IT LOST BEAUTY
OF WOMEN
"Daughter." said tin- anxious father jjC Remedied, in Many In-
to the eldest daughter of a brood of ;
stances, According to State-
ment of Mrs. Lucile
McElroy.
Laurel, Miss.—In a letter from this
place, Mrs. Lucile McEiroy says: "I
was sick lor three years, with back-
ache. headache pains in my stomach
and back, low down. At times I could
T'nwlse child! Think of the money uot ^0 a thing, 1 w*as so weak.
he coins every summer!
"The plumber also proposed "
" Ah! That is better A man of
untold wealth garnered every winter.
Beyond doubt you told him yes""
"No, father."
"Wha-a-a-f Do you mean to tell
me yt'ti let so golden an opportunity
slip hv ungrasped?"
"Yes. father You see, I accepted a
man who sells ice in summer and is
a plumber in winter."
"Ah. daughter! Fly to my arms!
You 111 ike me weep with pride!"
The
A Tud of Rosewater,
small son of Victor ltosewater
in the
stays she will die. Don't you under- and I suppose you must
aland? she must go." i Grace led the way. Fortunately the
"Huth John," said Grace soothing-I door was on the side not visible flora
ly. "Hush, dear." the ^aptain^Ze^an^ the
Dr. Parker stopped short and looked
He had expressed a wish to talk
with his housekeeper. "I've got some-
thing to tell you. Aunt Keziah," he i
said weakly. "Some news for you
and—and "
"Cat's foot!" snapped Keziah brisk-
ly, "don't start in tellln' me news
now. I've got my hands full as tis. j
News'll keep and you won't, if you
talk another minute."
.She could manage him; II was with j
Grace thai she had her struggle. First, j
and bluntly, she told the girl that hei
leaving was useless. The secret was
out; it had been made public. Every-
one knew she was in love with John
and he with her. Their engagement
was considered an established cer-
tainly. Grace was greatly agitated
and very indignant.
"Who dared say so?" she demanded.
"Who dared say we were engaged?
It's not true It's a wicked lie aud— j
Who Is responsible, Aunt Keziah?"
"Well, I suppose likely I am, much j
as anybody, deary,"
' You? Y'ou, Aunt Keziah?"
,"Yup; me. You are in love with <
him, at any rate, you said so And I
you're here with him, ain't you? If j
you two ain't engaged you ought to
be." She argued and pleaded and
coaxed, and, at last, when she began
to think she had prevailed, Grace
brought forward another objection.
She had given her word to her uncla
How could she break that promise to
a dying man? She would feel like a
traitor.
"Traitor to who?" demanded the
housekeeper, losing patience. "Not to
poor Nat, for he's gone And don't you
suppose that he and Eben understand
things better now, where they are?
Do you suppose that Nat wouldn't
want you to be happy? 1 know he
would, for I knew hlni."
It was still unsettled when the long
talk was over, but Grace agreed not
to leave the minister at present. She
would stay where she was until be
was hitnseU again, at least. Keziah
was satistred with the preliminary
skirmish. She felt confident of win-
ning the victory, and. in the prospect
But she | 0f happiness lor others, she was al-
most happy herself. Yet each time the
mail was brought to the shanty she
dreaded to look at it. and the sight of
a stranger made her shake with fear.
Ansel Coffin had threatened to come
to Trumet. II he came, she had mad*
up her mind what to do.
The parish committee was to meet.
Captain Elkanah had announced his
intention of moving that John Rllery
lie expelled from the Regular church.
There was to be no compromise, no
asking for a resignation; he must be
discharged, thrown out I11 disgrace
The county papers were full of th«
squabble, but they merely reported
the news and did not take sides, rI he
fight was too even for that.
One afternoon a few daj before
the date set for the meeting Klkaiiah
and two or three of his henchmen
were on the piazza of the Daniels
home, discussing the situation They
were blue and downcast, Annabel
was in the sitting room, shedding
tears of humiliation and jealous rage
on the haircloth sola .
iTO BE CONTINUED.)
When Fish Go to Bed.
Did you know that fish go to bed In j
the winter'1 Prof Dyche. state fish .
and game warden for Kansas, says:
"Sure thing, tlsh have beds. I have
seen them piled up four and five fish !
deep fur a space at least :i by 10 feet
Usually they find a place below a log
or some kind of an obstruction in a
sireant where there is an eddy. They
can maintain their positions there
without much effort. 1 don't know
whether they sleep or not. but lish will
"Why do you take a bath?" coun
tered Mrs. Rosewater.
"Because 1 have to." replied the son.
—Saturday Evening Post.
BROKE OUT IN HEAT RASH
822 Georgia Ave.. East Nashville,
Tenn.—"My baby was about two
months old when I10 began to break
out in small red pimples like heat
rash, afterward turning into festers.
They gradually spread until his little
head, face, groins and chest, his head
being most affected, became a mass
of sores with a great deal of corrup-
tion. It became offensive and gradual-
ly grew worse. I kept'a white cap 011
him to keep Dim from scratching.,-It
seemed to itch so badly. It made hira
cross and his chest and groins would
often bleed
"Nothing seemed to help it. and I
had almost come to the conclusion
that my baby's case was hopeless,
when hearing of the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment, I decided to try it.
I noticed at once that baby rested bet-
ter I continued It for a few weeks and
my baby was entirely cured by the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. They curad
where all others failed." (Signed)
Mr. E. 0. Davis, Nov 28, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32 p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."
Adv.
After I was married, I tfiought I
would try Cardui, the woman's tonic,
and after using two or three bottles,
1 couldn't tell one day from another
—felt good all the time.
I not only still use Cardui, but ad-
vise every lady I think needs it, to
give It a trial, and several whom I
have persuaded, say they have ob-
tained great relief
Another good thing I have noticed
about Cardui Is that it tills out hol-
lows under the ey?>s, which are sunk-
en as if from a bad spell of sickness.
It fleshens up a woman's eyes, and
makes them look bright and plump
Many a woman would be pretty if iC
were not for her sunken-in eyes.
I believe that Cardui. the woman's
tonic, is the only treatment for wom-
en."
Do you suffer from womanly trou-
ble? if so, give Cardui, the woman's
tonic, a trial
Judging from the experience of a
million other women who have been
benefited by this remedy. It should
surely do you good
fsj B.—WW## In Oiattanooai Medicise Co.. l- dW
Advisory Department, Chutunoosa. Tennnw*. lor
Sj.nl Initruitl<m on >otir and M-pafe book. "Hem.
Treatment for Women," wot in itlaio wrapper, Adv.
He's Not There.
Jimmy was sure he had something
the matter with him, so he went to
see the doctor His pulse was felt,
his tongue was examined, his heart
was listened to, and his lungs were
thumped. He seemed to be sound.
"Do you sleep nights?" asked the
physician. y'.j
"Yes but I don't enjpy my steep"
i "Ah what disturbs you,?"
"Nothing, except I don't get- any
good out of sleeping I go to jsleep
! the minute I hit. the bed and Ihtj.min-
1 ute I'm awake I havl* ttt get tip.VHow
can a fellow enjoy his sleep when !>•>
i doesn't know it."
The Right Lead
Fond Mamma (praising absent
daughter) And I've always affirmed
that Sylvia's arms are so well shaped
because 1 have made her do
deal of sweeping.
Bashful Young Man (striving wildly
to ke^p up his end of the conversa-
tion! Kr does she walk much. Mrs
Jones" Puck.
Suffer From Plague of RMs.
A "pied piper of llamejin" is need-
ed at Santa Paula, Cal Thousands of
rats, and all big wood rats, have in-
vaded the place, and the situation is
such that, women are afraid to go to
church. The rats seem to have a
preference for churches and on several
occasions have forced the feminine
attendance at services to take to the
high benches. The city authorities
are seeking means 'o abate the pest
The rats are believed to have been
driven out of the woods by recent tires
in the forests
Wizard of Finance.
"Would you stick to your husband
If he stole a million dollars'."
"If he succeeded in keeping it."
To prevent Malaria t« fnr lift lei- than
to cure it. In malarial countries take a
dose (if OX I DINK regularly "tie each wee!;
and sav,* yourself frr.tti ("bills and Fever
and other malarial troubles. Adv.
Timely.
Joseph Ettor, addressing the Little
Falls strikers, cracked a timely, joke
"Let us emulate the firmness of the
great J millionaire class," he said, "Our mil-
j lionaires. you know, swear off at the
beginning of each year, and infallibly
keep their pledge "
"Aw. whata do they swear off?" a
striker incredulously demanded.
"They swear off their personal prop-
erty tax!" was the reply,
His Guess.
"Wots 'inflated currency,' Hill?"
"Dunno! 'less it's money wot's bet
'blown in'"—Boston Transcript
And a baby would rather
sleep than listen to a lullaby
go to
Dr. Pie
asy to tit
sLlput K.r
ve's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
us cundv. regulate and iavlgor-
ii. liver and in,well and cure eou-
Adv.
A man can nevt
girl said when sin
r remember what
proposed to him.
A woman always seems to think a
man can make over his silk hat as
easily as she can make a new bonnet
out of the one she wore last year.
at her However, lie waited no longer,
but hurried in to his new patient.
CHAPTER XVII.
In Which Keziah Decides to Fight.
The news was flying from bOuse to
bouse along the main road. Break-
fasts were interrupted as some neigh-
bor rushed in to tell the story vliich
another neighbor had brought to bim
o- har ji- stttarv who very gick and
rest were standing. Keziah, bewil-
dered and amazed at the girl's pres-
ence, followed dumbly.
"Now, auntie," whispered Grace, ,
turning to her, "you want to know | «bock of this explosion, he was justl
how he is, of course. Well. I think he
corning Grace's presence at th
shanty lie answered them cheer- I spend n.ost of a winter In that way
fully, dilating upon the girl's bryvery,
her good sense, and the fact that she
bad saved Mr. Ellery's life Then he
confided, as a strict secret, the fact
that the two were engaged Before
his hearers had recovered from the
ts better. The doctor thinks so, too.
But why did you come here?"
"Why did 1 come? Why, because
my place was here. I belonged here.
fying the engagement Why shouldn't
they marry if they wanted to? It
was a free country. The girl wasn't
a Come-Outer any longer, and, be-
sides—and this carried weight in a
For the love of mercy's sakes what Rood many housebolds-what a black
are you doln' here? With him? And eye the marriage would he for that
the smallpox!"'
When the water get- extremely
cold the fish become sluggish. They
can move around a little, but they lose
all their alertness They can even be
caught by hand. All you need to do
Is to cut a hole in the Ice after It has
been froMD awr for some linn; Some
fish w ill come to the hole for air It Is
an easy matter to slip your hand un-
der the fish slowly and you may lift
him clear of the water before
makes a wiggle.
no account crowd at the chapel.
Cypress water tanks defy decay foi
mora than a quarter uf a century.
Be Chummy"
With Yous* Stomach
Take good care of the digestion—
help the liver and bowels when neces-
sary, and if there is any weakness at
any time Jake a short course of
HOSTETTERS
STOMACH BITTERS
right away. It will help your stomach
"come hack," relieve such ills as Loss
oS Appetite, Gas on Stomach, Heart-
burn, Belching, Indigestion, Constipa-
tion, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Colds,
Grippe, Malaria, fever and Ague, and
improve your health in general.
KEEP A BOTTLE HANDY ALL THE TIME
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