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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT
GAPT. JEFF RIGGS
GAINS 25 POUNDS
Popular Engineer Afraid He'd
Have to Give Up His Run
Until He Took Tanlac.
WAS ALMOST A WRECK
Feels at Strong and Active aa When
He Qot Hla First Run and Han-
dles His Engine With as Much
Ease as He Ever Could,
He Says.
"Yes sir, It's an actual fact, I have
gained twenty-live pounds on Tanlac,"
said Capt. Jeff D. Itiggs, popular Y. &
M. V. engineer running between Vlcks-
tiurg and New Orleans and residing
at 2020 Pearl street, Vlcksburg, Miss.
Captain Biggs Is a large property own-
er and is well known In railroad cir-
cles.
"When I began taking the medicine,"
lie continued, "I was simply a nervous
aud physical wreck and bad dropped
down in weight from one hundred and
forty to one hundred and ten pounds.
My system was poisoned with malaria,
my skin was yellow and I felt drowsy
and sluggish all the time. I was so
nervous I couldn't sleep and had be-
come so feeble from loss of strength I
could hardly crawl up on my en-
gine. I hadn't been able to get any
kind of medicine to help me and my
condition was growing more critical all
the time. I was very much worried
about myself and I feel sure I would
have been forced to stop off from my
ruu In a short time If It hadn't been
for Tanlac.
"I have Just finished my second bot-
tle of Tanlac and I have gained twen-
ty-flve pounds and feel like a new man.
I now feel about as strong and active
ns I did when I first got my run, and
I can handle my old engine with as
much ease as I ever could. My stom-
iicli Is now in good shape, my appetite
Is fine and I enn Ail everything I want
and as much as I wish and everything
agrees with me perfectly. I'm re-
lieved of the malaria, my skin is clear-
ing up and I don't feel sluggish and
drowsy like I did. I'm not nervous
anymore, I sleep well every night and
feel fresh and fine every day."
There Is a Tanlac dealer In your
town.—Adv.
Germany Great Potato Country.
Germany and Austria-Hungary have
been producing more than twice as
many potatoes us the United States,
France, Belgium, England, Ireland,
•Scotland and Wales. In 1!)14 the Unit-
ed Slates produced 400.021.000 bush-
els, while Germany iu the same year
grew 1,674,377,000 bushels, or more
than four limes ns many ns we. Last
year we produced only 281),487,000, or
less than one-sixth the average potato
yield of the kaiser's people for the
three years beginning with 1!)12, while
in one year—1013—they dug from the
ground just a few thousand less than
2,000,000 bushels.
DEATH LURKS IN A WEAK HEART,
so on first symptoms use "Itenovlne"
and be cured. Delay and pay the awful
penalty, "Itenovlne" Is the heart's
remedy. Trice $1.00 and 50c.—Adv.
Microbes in Kisses.
"Now the.v say there ure microbes on
XHIard halls."
"Well, they kiss, you know."
Preferred Pets.
"Mrs. Jones treats her husband like
I dog."
"Lucky feltgw! I wish mine did."
Pertinent Reply.
"Why did you always make me the
toat?"
"Why will you always butt In?"
Minority rule—That of the first baby.
A FRIEND'S
ADVICE
meQUMXO
HAD NO GOV
"ROBERTS PIMrtART
"7 AUTHOR or X'THfriAttlN LOWER TEN,"ETC. ,,
- I -V:—
ELINOR FINDS HERSELF THE OBJECT OF WALTER HUFF'S
FIERCE JEALOUSY AND IS FRIGHTENED WHEN THE
YOUTH THREATENS TO "GET" WARD, WHO
ALSO IS TORN BY JEALOUSY
Synopsis—For years old Hilary Kingston lived with his duughter,
Elinor, in a beautiful home on a hill in the suburban village of Wofflng-
hom. The neighbors knew nothing about the establishment, except
that the father was quite wealthy, and the daughter, very good look-
ing and gentle. In reality Kingston was head of an anarchist band,
composed of Huff. Borodny, Talbot and Lethbridge, that robbed the
rich and gave to the poor und oppressed. One day Old Hilary was
shot dead, und the course of life changed abruptly for his duughter.
The Itev. Mr. Ward, u young bachelor, began to take nil uncommon
Interest In Elinor. Young Walter Huff of the gang confessed his love
for her and she accepted It. Then Boroday was arrested on suspicion
and his companions perpetrated o country club hold-up to get funds
for his legal defense, but were sadly disappointed in the amount se-
cured. Huff burned the parish house, hoping to steal funds that would
be raised Immediately to rebuild it. Elinor became more interested in
the assistant rector after he nearly lost his life in the fire.
Woman Saved From a Seri-
ous Surgical Operation.
Louisville, Ky.—"For four years I
Wffered from female troubles, head-
chea, and nervousness. I could not
leep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk. If I tried to do any work, I
would have to lie down before it was
finished. The doc-
tors said I would
have to be opera-
ted on and I simply
broke down. A
friend advised ma
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and the result is t
feel like a new wom-
an. I am well and
strong, do all my
own house work ana
have an eight pound baby girl. I know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman dreads." — Mrs.
Nellie Fishback, 1521 Christy Ave ,
Louisville, Ky.
Everyone naturally dreads the sur-
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation un-
necessary.
If you have any symptom about which
Edu would like to know, write to the
ydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Muss., for helpful advice given free
CHAPTER VII.
—6—
Ward brought her n cup of coffee,
and stood by with satisfaction while
Rhe drank It. In his eyes there was a
mixture of depression and joy. The
parish bouse was gone, and tills girl
before him was to marry another man.
But they would build another parish
house, and who knew—
He drove her up the hill In Ills small
car. At the top of a riije he stopped
the car and looked back. The night's
devastation showed clearly, a black
wound In the smiling heart of the val-
ley.
Elinor watched him.
"It means a great deal to you, doesn't
It?"
"It's rather a facer— Of course we
will build ugain, but there are tilings
that could not be repluced. That isn't
what troubles me. The fact Is, I am
afraid I'm responsible.
"I was there last night, alone. I
have a bad habit, when I linve a men-
tal problem to worry out, of walking
up and down a room and lighting one
cigarette after another. I am reckless
with matches."
Then perhaps, after all, Walter had
not done It!
The car climbed slowly. Ward lcept
his eyes straight ahead. Elinor enst
little shy glances at Ills profile.
"You said you had something to
worry out?"
He drew a long breath.
"I have had an offer to go to New
York to a big church. It's rather a
wonderful opportunity."
Elinor made no sign except to clutch
her hands ns they lay ungloved In her
lap.
"Then you will be leaving—us?"
"No," he said. "I shall not be leaving
you."
"You like It here?"
"Very much." He turned and looked
down at her. It was unwise. He real-
ized that lit once. So frail she looked,
so softly, tenderly feminine! And be-
cause he knew that, after the night,
he had not yet got control over himself,
the merest hand-clasp as she got out of
the mnchlne was all he dared. But at
the top of the steps Elinor turned.
"You will never know just how sorry
I am," she said, and went through her
garden to the house.
From that Friday morning until the
evening of the following day Elinor
was quite nlone.
Hour after hour she spent pacing the
terrace, looking down Into the valley.
On Friday night, unnble to sleep, she
threw a negligee over her shoulders
and went down to her gardeu. The
village slept quietly, but there was a
light in Ward's small window near the
church. She remained on the terrace
until the light was extinguished.
At dinner that Saturday Boroda.v's
empty place cast a gloom over the
meal. Walter Huff came a little late.
Under the ease of his greeting there
was a touch of uneasiness as he met
Elinor's eyes. When the servants left
the room, Talbot leaned forward to
Walter.
"Now tell us about it," he said.
Huff was frankly triumphant, but he
still avoided Elinor's eyes.
"It's working out exactly ns I knew
it would," he explained. "Having once
had a parish house they cannot do
without It. The vestry carried only
about a third enough Insurnnce. And
there's another point In our favor—the
rector's away. He's got rheumatism.
They are going to take up an additional
purse to send lrim to Baden-Baden."
"When?"
"Tomorrow irorntng. Anil tomorrow
being Sunday, the assistant rector, Eli-
nor's friend, will have it In charge un-
til Monday morning."
"I shall warn him," said Elinor sud-
denly.
There was silence for a moment. Tal-
bot sfniled. I/Pthbridge looked astound-
ed. Huff, bending forward with his
arms out before him on the table, con-
fronted Elinor squarely.
"That's it, la It?" he said.
"I asked you not to do—what you
have done. The children used it all
the time. They played basketball there.
Besides, my -v1 jh should mean some-
hlng to you.'
Huff shrugged his shoulders.
"If I had burned a tenement full of
people—"
"A man was nearly killed. He was
on the ridge-pole of the church and
they turned the full strength of the
water on him. I saw it. I—almost
fainted."
"You saw it."
"I was there," said Elinor quietly.
Huff rose angrily.
"You were there! And who was it
who almost fell off the roof? Your
parson, I suppose."
Talbot silenced the boy. It was
Lethbridge who took up the argument.
He understood her position and sym-
pathized, he said. The fire was a mis-
take. But now that it was done—
He spoke of Boroday's critical condi-
tion, of their safety that depended on
Ills, and finding her attitude to be un-
yielding, took refuge in her father's
memory.
"If anything comes out, it will all
come out," he reminded her. "It seems
to me, Elinor, that you owe it to your
father not to interfere. This isn't a
new plan. Four or five years ago when
the parish house was first built we
talked it over here. And It isn't as
though we mean to hurt this fellow
Ward. It will be three to one; he'll
make no resistance."
"Yes," she said. "Three to one.
That is the way we fight. Oh, I'm one
of you, I know that—but it sickens me,
sometimes."
The men were astounded, frankly
uncomfortable.
The conference got nowhere. Elinor
ueunowledged their duty to the Rus-
sian, offered all her Jewels, in fact, for
his defense. But she stubbornly re-
fused to countenance the attack on
Mr. Ward. Huff lapsed into sullen si-
lence, his eyes on Imr. The other men
found every argument met by silence,
except for one passionate outburst.
"He is my friend," she cried. "I
have never had any friends, except
once, years ago, a girl. It was Boro-
day then who used my friendship for
her. It was the Rutherford matter.
Walter would not remember, but the
rest of you—I tell you. I won't do this
thing."
Talbot tried a new method. "It's
a wealthy congregation," he explained.
"'It is not much for them, and it's
safety for us. If we let Boroday go
up, and he thinks what he will about
us, he can make it bad for all of us."
Elinor turned on him.
"I don't care a rap for the congre-
gation. Do you think he will let that
money go without a struggle? The
moment it goes into file offertory it
ceases to be money and becomes a di-
vine trust to him. He'll fight and—
aomeone will be killed."
It dawned even on Talbot after a
time that her solicitude was for none
of them. When he realized it, at last,
be sat back with folded arms and
frowning brows. Here was mockery,
for sure; old Hilary's daughter, reared
on pure violence, and in love with a
parson !—old Hilary's daughter and
successor, defying the bond in its
hour of need, and quoting a divine
trust, in extenuation!
In view of her attitude, there seemed
to be nothing to do.
"We'll give it up, of course," said
Lethbridge, after a pause.
There had never been any drinking
in old Hilary's house. Only abstain-
ers were ever taken Into the band. But
It was the custom of the two older men
to remain at tile table over their cigars,
giving Walter and Elinor a half-hour
together. That night, when Elinor
rose from the table, Huff, although lie
rose with tin- others, made no move
to follow her. She looked buck from
the doorway, a slim, almost childish
figure, with beseeching eyes.
"You must all try to think kindly of
me," she said wistfully. "I care for
you as much as I ever did. You are ail
I have, you three. It Is only that I—
have been thinking."
j For the first time since the organi-
zation of the band, there was qnarrel-
! ing ihnt night in old Hilary's paneled
library. At the end of an hour Walter
i Huff Hung out of the door, white with
1 fury. He stumbled 'hrough the gar-
den .oward the garii.-, muttering us
he went. In the rose alley he met El
inor.
"I was waiting for you," she said
simply.
Huff stood before her, and the auger
left Ills face.
"You're the one thing In all the
world I felt sure of." His voice was
heavy with despair.
"I've been thinking about Boro-
day—"
"Elinor, how fur have thinjs gone
between you and this man at St,
Jude's?"
She recoiled.
"I hardly know him."
"You think about him."
She looked down into the valley.
"I think of the things he stands for.
It just seems to me that, when a man
like that, not a dreamer at all, but hu-
man and—and keen, when he believes
all that he does—"
"It "was Ward on the ridge-pole, the
one who nearly fell?"
"Yes."
"And you were frightened?"
"It made me sick. I—"
Quite suddenly he crushed her to
him. It was as if he meant to drive
away this barrier between them by
sheer force of his love for her. But,
although she held ut> her face for his
kiss, he released her as suddenly,
without It.
"You're crazy about blin," he said
thickly. "I'm not blind. I'll get him
for this!"
EVERY AID ASKED IN CON-
SERVATION OF SUPPLY
OF GASOLINE
CRUDE USED OVER PRODUCTION
CHAPTER VIII.
Saturday evening it was the custom
of the Bryants to entertain the rector
at dinner.
Now, In his absence, it was the as-
sistant rector who dined in the paneled
Jacobean dining room of the Bryant
house, swallowing much unctuous dic-
tation as to church policy with his
dinner.
Not that Ward was mild. But he
had an easy way of listening to the
advice of his various influential parish-
ioners and then going ahead and dolug
as he liked. In nonessentials he al-
ways yielded. To him the church was
so much bigger than Its ritual.
That evening Mrs. Bryant had taken
up the question of women in the choir.
"Frankly, Mr. Ward," she said, Ig-
noring her fish, "I do not approve of
it. It's the feminist movement, I tell
you. Before long they'll want to be
on the vestry."
Ward glanced up, half smiling. The
pear-shaped pearl, which usually hung
at his hostess' withered throat, was,
naturally, not there. From the pearl
Statement Calls On Country to Curtail
Waste of Crude Oil and Gas-
oline, Now on Enormous
Scale.
Washington.—An appeal for conser-
vation of the country's oil supply by
curtailment of pleasure riding in mo-
tors and by eliminating other sources
of waste, while production is increased,
was issued by Chairman A. C. Bed-
ford of the defense council's petroleum
committee and president of the Stan-
dard Oil Company of New York.
"This country," said the statement,
"Is producing crude oil at the rata
of about 300,000,000 barrel3 a year,
but it is using It at the rate of 335,-
000.000 barrels a year. The amount
of crude oil in storage, all grades, May
1. 1917, was 165,688,797 barrels. The
country Is absorbing the entire current
production and drawing very rapidly
upon its reserve supplies.
'The rapid development of the auto-
mobile Is largely responsible for pres-
ent conditions. Today there are 4,000,-
000 cars, demanding 40,000,000 bar-
rels of gasoline a year. Other uses
of gasoline and oil are expanding upon
an enormous scale.
"Because of the demand the price of
crude oil has risen, thus stimulating
more producers to drill new wells.
Though this drilling has been going
on with great aggressiveness—results
from some efforts are not as satis-
factory as they were a year ago.
"If our government is to have the
petroleum it will need to prosecute
the war successfully and supply all
necessities directly growing out of
the war, two steps will have to be
taken, namely:
"1. The public will have to econo-
mize in the use of gasoline. Suffi-
cient gasoline should be available to
! provide for all the normal uses o£
automobiles. But pleasure riding
| should be curtailed. Not a gallon of
gasoline should be used In the present
emergency except for some useful end.
"1. Every oil producer should be
encouraged as a patriotic effort to pro-
duce the utmost possible output of
crude oil. The present expense of
drilling new wells is very great and
is increasing and the results are ofte
discouraging.
"I have the utmost confidence In
the spirit with which the government
will meet this problem in the matter
of the price which Is now being inves-
| tigated by the federal trade commis
I sion."
"EAT
^■THE BEST
MACARONI
KALARD HI
Don't take chances
this year J Use
uuiycnn vse
£000
WICK
EL* pert ti
LUCK r
RED RUBBERS
They Fit All Standard Jan
teaching "cold pack" canning un GOOD
T _ rubben because they won't "blow-out"
during itenluatiao nor harden, abiink or crack after
the jar it sealed. Send 2c at amp for new book on
preserving or 10c in stamps for I dox. rings if your
dealer cannot supply you. AddrmtB Dmpt. 54
BOSTON WOVEN HOSK A RUBBER CO.
Cambridge, Masa.
Salesman Wanted
Lubricating oil, grease, specialties, paint
Part or whole time. Commission basis un-
til ability is established. Permanent position
and wide field when qualified if desired.
MAN WITH RIO PREFERRED
RIVERSIDE REFINING COMPANY, Cleveland, 0.
THE SUBS
London.—Fourteen British ships of
more than 1,600 tons were sunk by
submarines or mines in the last week.
The week's figures show no increase
over last week in the number of large
boats sunk. The figures are exception-
ally small.
The figures follow:
Over Under
1,600 1,600 Fishing
Week. Tons Tons Boat*
For Darkened London.
Suggestions for making ourselves
visible "when the lights are low" are
becoming rather alarming. We are ad-
vised, observes the London Chronicle,
to wear "light clothes for dark streets."
One humorist goes so far as to suggest
a "coat of whitewash" for evening
wear. White hats or gaiters would
call for less expenditure thun an ex-
tra light night suit which most of us
would be obliged to add to our ward-
robe. But perhaps the simplest device
would be a white smock, with special
musical box attachments; for one night
wanderer says he makes a practice of
singing as he walks to let other folks
know he Is coming.
STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAIN9
"Femeniaa" is the wonder worker for all
female disorders. Price fi .oo and 50c. Adv.
Good Work.
"Mrs. Bang, next door, says the
moths have got into her piano and are
ruining it."
"Really? Well, I'll never say an-
other unkind thing about a moth."
Very Likely.
"A battery of the state militia of
Utah uses wooden horses for practice.
And tliey say the men have their hands
full managing them."
"Hands full of splinters, I suppose
they mean."
Very Likely.
"I see a woman rural mall carrier
of Knoxville, Md„ has traveled 92,500
miles in 12 years, and missed only 30
days."
"I suppose those days she missed she
was trying to decipher the postal
cards."
Heredity.
Jamie—Gee, your grandma Is a spry
old lady!
Jennie—Well, hadn't she ought to
be? Her father lived to be a centaur,
and her mother was almost a centi-
pede.—Judge.
The Car Climbed Slowly.
to the parish house, from the parish
house to Elinor—thus In two leaps of
Ward's mind he was far from the sub-
ject In hand.
"As president of the Chancel soci-
ety," said Mrs. Bryant, "as honorary
president of the Woman's guild, I pro-
test against women In the choir."
Back to the choir with a jump came
Ward's errant mind.
Elinor finds her relations with
Huff and Ward becoming daily
more difficult. But her problem
is solved very suddenly and In
an unexpected manner.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Love Hides the Scars.
"Love covers a multitude of sins."
When a scar cannot be taken away,
the next kind oflice is to hide it. Love
is never so blind as when it is to spy
faults; it is like the painter who, la
drawing the picture of a friend, hav-
ing a blemish in one eye, would pic-
ture only the other side of Ills face.
It is a noble and great thing to cover
the blemishes and to excuse the fail-
ings of a friend; to draw a curtain
before his stains, and display his per-
fections; to bury his weaknesses In
silence, but to proclaim his virtues
from the housetops.—Exchange.
9
3
13
4
6
8
21
19
7
10
13
3
Sixth
.... 17
2
6
9
12
15
9
Ninth
.... 38
13
8
.... 24
22
16
.... 18
5
3
9
3
Thirteenth ...
... IB
1
2
3
5
.... 22
10
6
5
. ... 21
7
15
5
11
3
7
4
8
....400
154
139
Grand Total
.693
Softly.
Actor's Wife—Did the audience ap-
plaud?
Actor—Applaud? They made about
as much noise as a rubber heel on a
feather mattress.
Good Brand.
"What sort of a patriot Is he?"
"Garden variety."
Don't put on too many airs as you
float down life's stream; your little
boat may capsize.
A Wise Fish.
When a fish, a tiny creature that
prefers a home close to shore, gets a
des:re to rove away from home, he
gives his tail a lazy little wiggle aud
says: "Why swim, when I can ride?"
So he fastens himself to a piece of
floating seaweed or driftwood and
rides away, sometimes far out to sea.
He's a member of a very large family
of various sizes, shapes and homes.
He's called tb« tvlwjoy.
London Raided Again.
London.—Another daylight raid, car-
ried out over the east coast of Eng-
land, resulted in the repulse of about j
twenty German airplanes after they
! had dropped a number of bombs over 1
; Felixstowe and Harwich, killing eleven
| persons and injuring twenty-six. An
| alarm was sounded in London, but be-
| fore the Germans could reach a point
! near the city they were attacked heav-
| ily by defending squadrons of aircraft,
i which speedily caused them to change
their minds and beat a hasty retreat.
Selected Men Still May Enlist.
| Washington. — Those selected for
service under the draft will be per-
mitted to enlist in the regular army
or national guard at any time prior
to their call to examination before ex-
emption boards, probably ten days
hence. They will not be allowed, how
ever, to Join the marine corps. The
first men actually drafted probably
will be detailed to the fegular army
in order to bring that branch up to its
full war strength of 300,000, If the
35,000 enlistments needed are not ob.
tained before examinations begin.
and
Matted Barley
skillfully blended
and processed
make
Grape-Nats
a most delicious
food in flavor
as well as a
great body, brain
and nerve builder.
TWo^alfoasoif
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