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THE COLONY COURIER
m CZAB5 SPY
* • The Mystery of a Silent Love • •
^^ClWilkr WILLIAM LI QIJEUX
1 U AUTHOR of “m CLOSED DO OK,” ETC- £
ILLUSTRATIONS /Sy C D ItflODCSi
COPYXIGHT BY THC SMART SfT PUiSUSHr/G CO
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SYNOPSIS.
—13—
Gordon Gregg, dining aboard with Horn-
fcy. the yacht Lola's owner, accidentally
Bees a torn photograph of a young girl.
That night the consul's safe Is robbed.
The police flncWthat Hornby Is a fraud
And the boln'^iinme a false one. In
London Gregg If! trapped nearly to his
sleath by a former servant, Oltnto. Visit-
ing In Dumfries Gregg meets Muriel
Lslthcourt. Hornby appears and Muriel
Introduces him as Martin Woodrofte, her
father’s friend. Gregg sees a copy of the
torn photograph on the Lola and finds
that the young girl Is Muriel's friend.
Woodrofte disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of a murdered woman In Ran-
noch wood. The body disappears and In
Its place Is found the body of OUnto.
Muriel and Gregg search Rannoch wood
together, and find the body of Artnlda,
OlTntots wife. When the police go to the
wood the body has disappeared. In Lon-
don Gregg meets Ollnto, alive and well.
Gregg traces the young girl of the torn
photograph, and finds that she Is Elma
Heath, niece of Baron Oberg, who has
taken her to Abo. Finland, and that she
tiolds a secret affecting Woodroffe. On
his return to Rannoch Gregg finds the
Leithcourts fled from Hylton Chater, who
had called there. He goes to Abo, and
after a tilt with the police chief. Is con-
ducted to Kajana, where he finds Elma in
prison. A surgical operation has made
her deaf and dumb. He escapes with her.
Pursuers overtaking them. Elma escapes
Into the forest and Gregg Is taken to Abo,
where he is released and finds that the
baron Is using every efTort to arrest
Elma. He coils on Baron Oberg and ac-
cuses him of silencing and Imprisoning
Elma to prevent her from telling of his
vecret misdeeds.
changed her dress, and was all In
black. They lunched together at the
Restaurant du Nord opposite the land-
ing stage, and an hour later left by
steamer for Petersburg.”
“An Englishman!" I cried. “Did you
not Inform the chief of police, Bo-
ranskl?”
“Yes, your excellency. But he said
that their passports being In order, It
was better to allow the lady to pro-
ceed. To delay her might mean her
rearrest in Finland," he added.
"Then their passports were vlseed
here on embarking?” I exclaimed.
"What was the name upon that of the
Englishman?”
“I have It here written down, excel-
lency. I cannot pronounce your diffi-
cult English names.” And he pro-
duced a scrap of dirty paper whereon
was written In a Russian hand the
name—
"Martin Woodroffe.”
escape from Kajana. and 1 have ei
plained the reason.”
We ate a hearty meal In oompany
at the Sampallnna, a restaurant built
like a Swiss chalet, and at noon I en-
tered the train on the first stage of
my slow, tedious Journey through the
great, Bllent forests and along the
shores of the lakes of southern Fin-
land, by way of Tavestehus and VI-
borg, to Petersburg.
At four o’clock next day I was out
upon the quay In that city, straining
my eyes seaward for any sign of
smoke, but could see nothing.
It was after ten o’clock when a light
shone afar off. and the movement of
the police and porters on the quay
told me that It was the vessel. Then
after a further anxious quarter of an
hour It came, amid great shouting and
mutual Imprecations, slowly alongside
Into the long, dark ball and c1om<
the door with an apology that the g*a
was not lighted. But, striking a match,
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XIII—Continued.
A long silence had fallen between
«s, and it now occurred to me to take
advantage of his hesitation. 1 said
in a firm voice, in French:
“l think, baron, our interview is at
an end, is It not? Therefore I wish
you good-day.”
He turned upon me suddenly with
an evil flash In his dark eyes, and a
snarling imprecation in Russian upon
his Ups. His hand still held th* order
committing me to the fortress.
“But before I leave you will destroy
that document. It rnay fall into other
hands, you know,” and I walked
toward him with quick determination.
“I shall do nothing of the kind!” he
snapped.
Without further word 1 snatched the
paper from his thin, white Angers and
tore it up before his face. His coun-
tenance went livid. I do not think I
have ever seen a man's face assume
terlous look in those magnincent eyes,
and the incomparable grace of all her
movements, combined to render her
the most perfect woman I had ever I he led me up the broad staircase anil
met—perfect In all. alas! save speech into a small, cosy, well-furnished room
and hearing, of which, with such das- on the second floor, evidently the st»
tard wautonness, she had been de- ting room of some studious person,
prived. Judging from the books and critical
She touched her red lips with the reviews lying about.
Up of her forefinger, opened her For a few minutes 1 waited thera
bauds and shrugged her shoulders with until the door reopened, and there en>
a sad gesture of regret. Then turning tered a man of medium height, with
quickly to some paper on the table at a shock of long, snow-white hair and
her side she wrote something with a almost patriarchal beard, whose dark
gold pencil and handed It to me. It eyes that age had dimmed flashed out
read. at me with a look of curious inquiry,
Surely Providence has sent you and whose movements were those of
here! Mr. Woodroffe must have fol- a person not quite at his ease
lowed you from England. He is my “I have called on behalf of Made mot-
enemy. You must take me from here selle Elma Heath, to give tills letter
and hide me. They intend to send me to Madame Stassulevltch, or If she Is
Into exile Have you ever been In absent to place It In the hands of the
5T Petersburg beturet Uo you g.,u» „»„• Bod Pr,I hr „y be.,
begun dteemburk B, the p.ltt.g | «• ber.r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,, I
Suddenly 1 caught sight of two flg- me her pencil and below I wrote: sponded in quite good English 1 am
ures-one a man In a big tweed trav- "I will do my best, dear friend. I the person you seek, and taking the
niinir PB«t n.,H « «nif can and the have been once In Petersburg. But is letter he opened it and read It through
It not best that we should escupe at I saw by the expression on his fur
once from Russia?” rowed face that its contents caused
Impossible at present,” she wrote, him the utmost consternation. His
‘We should both be arrested at the countenance, already pale, blanched
frontier. It would be best to go Into to the lips, while In his eyes there shot
hiding here In Petersburg. I believed a Are of quick apprehension. The
Woodroffe to be my friend, but 1 have thin, almost transparent hand holding
found only this day that he is my en- the letter trembled visibly,
emy. He knew that 1 was in Kajana. ’’You know mademoiselle—eh?” he
and was in Abo when he learned of asked In a hoarse, strained voice as
my escape. He went with two other I he turned to me. "You will help her
men In search of us, and discovered to escape?”
us that night when we sought shelter “i will risk my own life In order to
at the wood cutter’s hut. Without Bave hers,” 1 declared,
making his presence known, he W'aited | “And your devotion to her la prompt
THE FARMER’S CHANCE
eling coat and a golf cap, and the
other the slight figure of a woman In
a long, dark cloak and a woolen tam-
o’-shanter. The electric rays fell
upon them as they came up the wet
gangway together, and there once
again I saw the sweet face of the
silent woman whom I had grown to
love with such fervent desperation
The man behind her was the same
who had entertained me on board the
Lola—the man who was said to he
the lover of the fugitive Muriel Lelth-
court.
Without betraying my presence, I
THE SPUR FARM LANDS IN
Dickens, Kent, Crosby and Garza
Counties, Texas, offer the farmer bin
beet opportunity to secure productive
farniB at low prices and on easy terms.
Several hundred farmers have already
bought from this remarkable body of
agricultural lands, and are rapidly pay-
ing for the same from the products
thereof—In many cases paying notes
before they are due. No BOLL WEE-
VIL ever known. NO MALARIA. Al-
titude. 2,200 to 2,600 feet. Wonderful
cotton and feed crops grown. For il-
lustrated booklet, address Chas. A.
Jones, Manager for S. M. SWENSON
& SONS, Spur, Dickens County, Texas.
—Adv.
And some women wouldn’t enjoy
living In a heavenly mansion unless
they could clean house at least once
a month.
THI8 18 THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darkeu your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by
using ‘‘La Creole” Hair Drawing.—Adv.
Different Attitude.
"Isn't John Henry crazy over his
new automobile?"
“He seems to be mostly crazy un-
der It.”
Without Further Words I Snatched
the Paper From His Thin, White
Fingers.
auch an expression of fiendish vindic-
tiveness. It was as though at that
Instant hell had been let loose within
his heart.
But 1 turned upon my heel and went
out.
I had escaped by means of my own
diplomacy and firmness. The czar’s
representative—the man who ruled
that country—feared me, and for that
reason did not hold mo prisoner. Yet
when I recalled that evil loo(| of re-
venge on my departure, I could not
help certain feelings of grave appre-
hension arising within me.
I took the midnight train bnck to
Abo, arriving at the hotel next morn-
ing. After Hn hour's rest I set out
anxiously In search of Felix, the dros-
Spoiling the Spoiler.
I went to the railway station, and
from the time-table gathered that If I
left Aho by rail at noon I could be In
Petersburg an hour before noon on
the morrow, or about four hours be-
fore the arrival of the steamer by
which the silent girl aud her compan-
ion were passengers. This I decided
upq£ doing, but before leaving I paid
a visit to my friend, Boranskl', who,
to my surprise and delight, handed
me my wallet with the czar's letter
intact, saying that it had been found
upon a German thief who had been ar-
rested at the harbor on the previous
night. The fellow had, no doubt,
stolen it from my pocket believing I
carried my paper money In a flap.
"The affair of the English lady Is a
most extraordinary one," remarked
the chief of police, toying with his pen
as he sat at his big table. "She seems
to have met this Englishman up at
Tammerfors, or at some place farther
north, yet It Is curious that her pass-
port should be in order even though
she fled so precipitately from Kajana.
There is a mystery connected with
her disappearance from the wood cut-
ter's hut that I confess I cannot
fathom.”
"Neither can I,” I said. ”1 know
the man who is with her, and cannot
help fearing that he Is her bitterest
enemy—that he Is acting In concert
with the baron.”
“Then why is he taking her to the
capital—beyond the jurisdiction of the
governor general?”
”1 am going straight to Petersburg
to ascertain,” I said. “I have only
come to thank you for your kindness
in this matter. ' Truth to tell, I have
been somewhat surprised that you
should have Interested yourself on my
behalf," 1 added, looking straight at
the uniformed official.
"It is not on yours, but on hers,"
1m answered, somewhat enigmatically.
‘T know something of the affair, but
It was my duty as a man to help the
poor girl to escape from that terrible
place. She has, I know, been unjustly
condemned for the attempted assassl
nation of the wife of a general—con-
demned with a purpose, of course.
Such a thing is not unusual in Fin-
land.”
"Abominable!” 1 cried. “Oberg is a
veritable fiend.”
But the man only shrugged his
shoulders, saying—
“The orders of his excellency the
govtrnor general have to be obeyed,
whatever they are. We often regret
but v:e dare not refuse to carry them
out.”
“Russian rule Is a disgrace to our
modern civilization,” I declared hotly.
”1 have every sympathy with those
who are fighting for freedom.”
"All, you are not alone lu that," he
sighed, speaking In a low whisper, and
glancing arouud. "His majesty would
order reforms and ameliorate the con-
dition of hts people, If only It were
possible. But he, like Ills officials, Is
powerless. Here we speak of the
great uprising with bated breath, but
we, alas! know that It must come one
day—very Boon—aild Finland will be
first to endeavor to break her bonds—
and the Huron Oberg first to fall."
For nearly an hour I sat with him,
surprised to And how, although his ex-
terior was so harsh and uncouth, yet
his heart really bled for the poor,
starving people he wus so constantly
forced to oppress.
I have ruined this town of Abo,” he
Martin gave ,h. i.h.o..- J
chlk, I stood aside, wet to the skin,
and saw them drive away.
lie told
me that the police were In the vicinity
hullf house ti the'Ludno quarter, and j declared, quite frankly. "To my own
when ho asked me In 1 saw, from his I knowledge five bundnd_lnnoj!ent_^r-
face, that he had news to Impart.
"Well?” I Inquired. "And what of
the lady? Has she boeu found?"
"Ah! your excellency. It Is a pity
you were not here yesterday," he said
■with ft sigh,
"Why? Tell me quickly. What has
happened?"
"1 have been assisting the police as
Spy, excellency, us I often do, and I
Tiftvo seen her."
"Seen her! Where?" I cried In
quick anxiety.
"Here, hi Abo. She arrived yester-
day morning from Tammerfors accom-
panied by an Englishman. She had
Bons have gone to prison, and another
two hundred have been exiled to Si-
beria. Yet what I have done Is only
at direct orders from Helsingfors—
orders that are stern, pitiless and un-
just. Men have been torn from their
families and sent to the mines, women
have been arrested for no offense and
shipped off to Snghallen, and mere
children have been cast Into prison on
charges of political conspiracy with
their elders—In order to russify the
provlnco! Only," he added anxiously,
"I trust you will never repeat what I
tell yolj. You have asked mo why I
assisted the English mademoiselle to
At eleven o'clock on the following
day I found myself Installed in the
Hotel de Paris, a comfortable hostelry
in the Little Morskaya.
1 was beneath the same roof as
Elma, although she was in Ignorance
of my presence. Anxious to commu-
nicate with her without Woodroffe's
knowledge, I was now awaiting my op-
portunity. He had, It appeared, taker,
for her a pleasant front room with sit-
ting room adjoining, on the first floor,
while he himself occupied a room on
the third floor. As far as I could
gather from the French waiter whom
I Judiciously tipped, he appeared to
treat her with every consideration and
kindness.
"Has the Englishman received any
visitors?” I asked.
“One man—a Russian—an official of
police, 1 think."
“If he receives anyone else, let me
know,” I said. "And I want you to
give mademoiselle a letter from me
In secret.”
"Bi-in, m’sleur.”
I turned to the little writing table
and scribbled a few hasty lines to mv
love, announcing my presence, and
asking her to grant me an Interview
In secret as soon as Woodroffe was
absent. I also warned her of the
search for her Instigated by the baron,
and urged her to send me a line In
r«*ply.
The note was delivered into her
hand, but although I waited lu sus-
pense nearly all day she sent no reply.
While Woodroffe was In the hotel I
dared not show myself lest he should
recognize ine, therefore I was com-
pelled to sham Indisposition nnd to
eat my meals alone in my room.
For several hours I sat at my win-
daw watching the life and movement
down in the street below, my mind
full of wonder and dark forebodings.
Was Martin Woodroffe playing her
false?
Just after half-past six o’clock the
waiter entered, and handing me a note
on a salver, said:
“Mademoiselle has, I believe, only
this moment been able to write In
secret.”
I tore It open and read as follows:
Dear Friend—I am bo surprised I
thought you were still In Abo. woodroffe
has an appointment at eight o’clock on
the other side of the city, therefore come
lo me at 8:15. 1 must see you. and at
once. I am In peril.
ELMA HEATH.
My love was in peril! It was Just
as 1 had feared. I thanked Providence
that I had been Bent to help her and
extricate her from that awful fate
to which "The Strangler of Finland”
had consigned her.
At the hour she named, after the
waiter had come to me and announced
the Englishman's departure, 1 de-
scended to her sitting room and en-
tered without rapping, for If 1 had
rapped she could not, alas! huve heard
The apartment was spacious and
comfortable, thickly carpeted, with
heavy furniture and gliding. From her
low lounge chnlr a slim, wan figure
sprang up quickly nnd came forward
to greet me, holding out both her
hands nnd smiling happily.
I took Her bunds In mine, and held
them tightly In silence for some mo
inents, as I looked eurneBtly into those
wonderfully brilliant eyes of hers. She
turned away laughing, a slight flush
rising to her cheeks In her confusion.
Then Bhe led mo to a chair, und mo-
tioned me to be seated.
Ours wnB a silent meeting, but her
gestures and tho expression of her
eyes wore surely more eloquent than
mere words. I knew well what pleas-
ure that re-encounter cauned her—
equal pleasure with that It gave to me.
Until that moment I had never really
lovod. I had adtnlrod and flirted with
women. What man lias not? Indeed,
I had admired Muriel Lelthcourt. But
never until now hnd 1 experienced In
my heart the real flame of true, burn-
ing affection. The sweetness of her
expression, the tender caress of those
■oft, tapering bunds, the deep, tuys-
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Many users of OROVE'8 TASTELESS chill
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winter. Everyone know* lbs tonic effect or
VJululne ami Iron which thl* preparation con-
tains In a taetelcH* anil acceptable form. Il
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My affection.
Ah!” he sighed deeply. “Poor
young lady! She, who has enemies on
every hand, sadly needs a friend. But
can we trust you—have you no fear?"
•Of what?”
'Of being Implicated In the coming
revolution in Russia? Remember, I
am the Red Priest. Have you never
heard of me? My uame Is Ottf
Kampf.”
Otto Kampf!
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
How Much Accidents Cost.
The actual number of workmen
killed and Injured annually In the Unit-
ed States Is not known definitely. The
best authorities, however, have esti-
mated fatalities to the number of 40.-
000 to 45.000 annually, and non-fatal
accidents producing an annual loss of
200,000,0(10 working days. Estimating
the value to society of each man killed
at $5,000, and $2 as an average daily
wage of the non-fatally Injured, the
economic annual lo^s sustained by the
nation amounts to approximately $600,-
000,000. This Is the amount which. In
some way or other, must be charged
to the production cost In the various
Industries where the accidents oc-
curred.
Large Club for Boye.
The boy in the city must avoid many
side tracks If he desires to lead an
upright and useful life, says the Bos-
ton Globe. Constantly he 1b beset
with distractions which may lead him
astray into the rankB of the Incompe-
tent, Idle or even vicious. He Is an
Inquisitive, knowledge-thirsting crea-
ture, full of the great possibilities of
youth. His latent powers are pred-
oub; yet they are wasted with a prodi-
gality akin almost to that of siature.
Hence the establishment of the larga
boys’ club In Roxbury, handsomely
housed and well equipped, means that
many boys will be given the opportun-
ity to keep on the main line leading
to a useful life.
A boy's enthusiasm la more often
aroused when he thlnkB he Is playing
than when he Is working at school.
The boys’ club can catch him when
he Is enthusiastic and start that en-
thusiasm toward manly accomplish-
ment. We wish the club every sue-
cess.
She Touched Her Red Lips With the
Tip of Her Forefinger.
and intended to raid the hut, therefore
I fled with him. first down to Tammer-
fors and then to Abo. and on here. At
that time 1 did not see the dastardly
trap he had laid In order to get me
out of the baron’s clutches and wring
from me my secret. If 1 confess, he
Intends to give me up to the police,
who will send me to the mines."
"Does your secret concern him?” I
asked In writing.
"Yes," she wrote In response. “It
would be equally in his Interests as
well as those of Baron Oberg If I
were sent to Saghallen and my Iden-
tity effaced. I am a Russian subject,
as I have already told you, therefore
with a ministerial order against me
1 am in deadliest peril."
"Trust In me,” I scribbled quickly
“I will act upon any suggestion you
make. Have you any female friend
In whom you could trust to hide you
until this danger Is past?"
"There is one friend—a true frlond.
Will you take a note to her?” she
wrote, to which I Instantly nodded in
the affirmative.
Then rising, she obtained some Ink
and pen and wrote a letter, the con-
tents of which she did not Bhow me
before she sealed it.
I watched her write the superscrip-
tion upon the envelope: "Madame Olga
Stassulevltch, modiste, Scrednl Pros-
pect, 231, Vasili Ostroff." I knew that
the district was on the opposite Hide
of the city, close to the Little Neva
"Take a drosky at once, seo her.
and await a reply. In the meantime
I will prepare to be ready when you
return," she wrote. “If Olga Is not at
home, ask to see the Red Priest—In
Russian,' Krusny-pastor.’ Return quick-
ly, as I fear Woodroffe may come back.
If so, I am lost.”
I assured her l would not lose
single Instant, and five minutes later
l was tearing down the Morskaya
In a drosky along the canal and across
tho Nicholas bridge to the uddreHS
upon the envelope.
The house wus, I found, somewhat
smaller than Its neighbors, but not
lot out In flats as the others. Upon
the door was a large brass plate hear-
ing the name, “Olga Ntassulevltch:
Modes." I pressed the electric button,
nnd In nnswer a tall, clean-shaven
Russian servant opened the door.
"Madame Is not hotno,” wus IiIh brief
reply to my Inquiry.
"Then 1 will seo tho Red Priest,” I
said in a lower tone. "I come from
Elma Heath." Thereupon, without
further word, the man admitted me
Records In Deep-Sea Diving.
That deep diving Is a practical pro-
cedure not accompanied by great dan-
ger -vhen the proper precautions are
taken seems to have been demon-
strated by tests carried out by the
navy department dur'ng the fall of
1914 off tho coast of New England.
In these tests only such apparatus as
is supplied with the diving outfits of
all naval vesBeU wr i used. About one
hundred - dives were made, and al
though great depths were reached, no
mishaps or difficulties were experi-
enced. One diver went to a depth of
274 feet, and It Is believed by the offl
cers In charge that a depth of 300 feet
or more can he reached without seri-
ous danger.
Household Hints.
Take a piece of common white
chalk, scrape It to a powder, add as
much water as will produce a paste
and apply the paste to the surface of
stained ivory. If stains are very bad
two, three or even more applications
may be required.
If you wish to preserve oilcloths
and have them look nice and new,
wash them with soft flaunol and luke-
warm water and wipe thoroughly dry.
To keep moths away from clothing,
wrap each article In stiff brown paper,
secure all around, either with gum,
paste or close stitching; In fact, tnake
as airtight, as possible. Put packages
in box and keep tightly closed.
Blood Money.
There was a crash and a grunt as
old Mr. Tiddleby fell on the slippery
pavement and slid along for several
yards. When he recovered his eye-
sight he discovered a Biuall urchin
rocking with laughter.
Hut there was a serious and bigger
urchin standing not far off, and to him
old Tiddleby spoke.
“l will give you a shilling If you
will give that unfeeling little wretch
a good thrashing.
"1 ain’t no 'lred assassin, guv-nor,
and I don’t want your bob; but
wallop the little beggar within an
Inch of his life If you’ll give us thv*
show all over ngaln! "—Answers.
Primitive ‘•Timepieces.''
One of the most primitive time re-
cording devices employed by the Chi
neso and Japanese was a knotted wick
about two feet In length which smol-
dered without breaking Into flame, and
Indicated the passage of an hour by
the time consumed In burning between
two knot*. King Alfred Is credited
with having established a system
whereby twelve-inch wax candles war*
divided Into equal distances; relatively
a third of nn hour being required to
hum an Inch. A candle of this type
but only ten inches In length, 1* e»
hlblted In tho collection lu »*••* Wash-
1 UKU>u museum.
Criticism Implied.
"He doesn’t like my cooking,” sob-
bed the three months’ bride, a
tear on her long lashes. "I Just know
he doesn’t. So, there!”
"What makes you think so?” her
mother asked. "Has he said he doesn't
like your cooking?"
"N-no-o," stammered the bride.
“Nonsense, child. It’s Just your Im-
agination. I felt there was no basis—”
‘There Is a basis," the bride insists
ed tearfully. "I had been cooking the
loveliest things for him for about two
weeks and then he told me he had de-
cided to become a raw-food faddist.
Bo-hoo-o-oo! ’'—J udge.
He Was Hopeful.
"Henry," said Mrs. Peck, severely,
"I hope I didn’t see you wink at that
young woman we Just passed.”
"My dear," answered Henry, meek-
ly, "I hope your hope Is correct.”
HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop It.
A young Calif, wife talks about cof-
fee:
“It was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postum a trial, but my
nerves were so shattered that I was a
nervous wreck and of course that
moans all kinds of alls.
"I did not want to acknowledge cof-
fee caused the trouble for I was very
fond of It. At that time a friend
came to live with us, and I noticed
that after he had been with us a week
ho would not drink his coffee any
more. I asked him the reason. He
replied: ‘I have not had a headache
Blnce I left off drinking coffee, some
months ago, till last week, when 1 be-
gan again here at your table. I don't
seo how anyone can like coffee, any-
way, after drinking Postum!’
“I said nothing, but at once ordered
a package of Postum. That was five
months ago, and we have drank no
coffee since, except on two occasions
when we had company, and the result
each time was that my husband could
not sleep, but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suf-
fering. so he returned to Postum, con-
vinced that coffee was an enemy, in-
stead of a friend, and he Is troubled
no more by Insomnia.
"I have gained 8 pounds In weight,
and my nerves have ceased to quiver.
It seems so easy now to quit coffes
that cuusod our aches and alls and
take up Postum.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum Ceresl—the original form-
must be well boiled. 15c aud 26c pack-
ages.
Instant Postum—a soluble powder-
dissolves quickly In a cup of hot
water, and, with cream and sugar,
makes a delicious beverage Instantly.
30c and 50c tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
"Thero’s a Reason" for Postum.
—sold by Orocsra.
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