THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, FA. B - - ' It A Tale of Adventures on An' Indian Reservation w 'j CHAPTER XX Continued. 11 Mumbling an apology, Dupont has tlly unfolded the deed, skimmed Hirough It, and grasped the fact that It purported to convey to him a full bulf-lnterest In the mine, lie had started to read It over more carefully when an oath from Vandervyn caused him to look up. The younger man pointed along the coulee bank to where the road topped the spur ridge of the butte. "The devil I" ho exclulmed "What brings him buck here?" ( "Cap I It sure Is Cop!" muttered Dupont "Nora d'un chlen You don't think he's got on to the game, do you?" "Wouldn't do him any good If he had." ' "Then why d'you think he's" "To enter the contest 1" divined Tandervyn. "There's time enough to wire Wellington and have him put un der arrest for disobeying orders." "Hold oul" cuutloned Dupont. "What If ho does try his luclc ? In the moun tains there ain't no horse nor mure neither can break up your pluto com bine." Vundervyn's fnce cleared. "You night to know. I'll chance It If" "Ain't no chnnce to It," put In Du pont. "It's a dead cinch." "He'll think he's going to do me," ex lted Vandervyn. "Let him register. He's come back for the mine first; then, Marie. I don't wunt her to see him or to know he has come back. Ton have your deed. Suppose you tart at once." "If she's willing. I'll see," qualified Dupont "Look out you don't slip up. ni tend to my end. So long good luck I" He rode off down the butte side of the coulee. . Vandervyn cantered straight across, od met nardy a few yards below the tent of the commissioners. "Good day, captain," he spoke In dvll greeting. "I am surprised to see yon back here. Have your orders been countermanded ?" "No," replied Hardy with equal cl flllty. "I have resigned." Vandervyn could not conceal his blnnk astonishment "Not not re signed from tho army?" "Yes. I telegraphed the war depart ment received an answer, and mnlled aiy resignation and application for leave of absence to my commanding efllccr at Vancouver barrncks. As an fllcer It was not proper for me to en ter the contest" "Ah 1" Vandervyn's smile gave place to a look of pained surprise. "So you Intend to enter the contest 15 at do yon think that quite honorable, cap tain. In the circumstnnces?" "I do not care to discuss questions of honor with you, Mr. Vandervyn," replied Hardy with utmost coolness. "That I can well understand," coun tered Vandervyn. "Knowing thai can make no protest, you Intend per sonally to take advantage of the Infor mation thnt you pledged yourself to keep secret." Hnrdy dismounted without replying, nd placed himself nt tho end of the line of registering entrymen. The sun was far down In the sky when he cnnic before the secretary's table, at the end of the lino. Vandervyn rose from Ms easy seat to take a position behind him. The secretary hesitated and looked Inquiringly nt Vandervyn. He met with a nod to proceed. "You wish to register?" came the enrt question of the chairman. "Yes," replied Hardy with equal curtness. "Is nn nrmy officer entitled to enter the contest?" questioned tho smallest commissioner. "You need not debate tho matter," sold Hardy. "I have resigned my com mission." Again Vandervyn nodded, and there were no further objections raised. Hnrdv and he slsned the register, and "The Oevill What Brings Him Ba:k Hero?" made their thumb prints, and were duly described In writing by the sec retary, i Hardy at once mounted his mare, nd rodo away up the coulee, lie did not return until Vunderv.vn and tho commissioners hnd left for tho agency, That evening he drew up : tho legal notices required In the posting of a mining claim, and paid three or four of the older prospectors to chick them for errors. To all who Inquired, he described the trull by which be had gone Into the Mountains, and frankly tated thnt he knew pf none other that led to the nearest of the four prominent peaks which had been named as the corners of the mineral land boundnry. The rest of tho evening and most of Vie following duy he spent In groom' lng his mure.' He gave her uo grass and little wuter, but a good allowance of oats. Both morning and afternoon he took her out for short rldos up the coulee, and each tlmo repeatedly climbed und descended tho bunk.' He did not cross over to the reservation side, much less go to the agency. The day set for the opening dawned still and clear, with the promise of burning heat by noon. After breakfast the more uneasy spirits begnu wandering ubout the eamp or fidgeting with their packs. Nearly all the older and more experi enced men gave their ponies a feed of oats, and stretched out to lounge In the shade of their tents. Two hours before tho time set for tho slnrt Vundervyn appeared, and crossed over to the camp. Ho was riding his pinto and leading a pack pony. When the old prospectors saw his heavy pick and shovel and lnrge, poorly lushed pack of food and hol ding, they crueked many dry Jokes ou the grand chances of the tenderfoot. Their own picks and shovels were as light as such tools could bo mnde with out Impairing their efllclency, and their pucks were as lean as Vander vyn's pack was swollen. Hnrdy alone divined the deceptive mockery of his rival's cumbersome dis play. But he was bound by his word and could say nothing. It was he, and not Vandervyn, who was looked upon with suspicion by the crowd. Soon there was a gathering of a moblike group, that rumbled awhile, and ended by presenting Itself before Hardy as a committee of Inquiry. "You been agent at this here reser vation," explained their spokesman. "We want to know If you've got a frame-up to have some fuller meet you with your puck animals over In the mountains.", "No," replied Hnrdy. "There are four days' rations In my saddlebags. A poncho Is all one needs in sleeping before a fire this tlmo of year." "You ain't got Jio tools," criticized a man who had been drinking. "The same is true of several among you," Hardy rejoined. One of the cowboys who was Includ ed In this remark called buck resonant ly: "You've been Into the mountains. I bet you a blue chip you've got a good prospect spotted, ready for branding." "1 am not making any bets," said Hardy. "You have heard all I know about the trail. Mr. Vandervyn has made the trip several times. He was with me during the one trip I mnde. I have no objection to your questonlug him about It" There was some muttering over this. But Hardy's manner was so cool and quiet that the Incipient mob left him, and straggled over to where Vander vyn had hired an expert to throw the diamond hitch on his" ridiculous-pack. Hurdy turned his back on them, aud set to grooming the satiny coat of his mare. Ills unconcern wus well found ed. Whatever means Vandervyn used, they were sufllclent to satisfy the crowd. The muttering soon ceased, and the men dispersed. CHAPTER XXI. The Race. The commissioners came down from the agency barely In time to make their Identification of the contestants. LnSt of all Hardy and ' Vandervyn ' Identified them selves and hurried over to the, end of tho waiting line. There was n scant five minutes remaining, Vandervyn was a-qulver with eager excitement, nnd made no uttempt to conceal the fact. He smiled and waved his hand to the commissioners, and looked about with sparkling eyes. There wus no anxiety or envy or malice In his look. Never had he appeared haudsomer or more boyish.. Tho " other commissioners had climbed Into the touring car. One of them held up his watch. Another com missioner urose, thrust a small pistol above his head with a melodramatic llourlsh, and fired. At the signal the line of contestants wavered und plunged forward Into the shallow stream. There were, however, quite enough hasty ones to raise a wild splashing end turmoil, as, whoop ing und yelling, they spurred their po nies through the water and whirled away at a gullop. Some .wheeled up the coulee; a few rodo straight across ut tho steep bank Vandervyn, wild est and noisiest of all, headed down stream for tho road, spurring his pinto. He wus followed by a large bunch. Hnrdy started after these last, hold ing his mare to her usuul steady trot. When he came up the road to the bend of the gulley, those who hud gone be fore him were all quite a dlstnnce ahead, with Vundervyn still In the lead. Midwuy between the ulouth of the valley and the ngeuey, the long- striding mare began to pass ponies whose riders had thought better of their whirlwind start Others were still loping lii swift pursuit of Vunder vvn. Hardy walked tho mare up the slope of the agency terrace. He saw noth ing of Dupont or Marie, and the In dians hod moved away with thtlr te pees. But In the rear of the ware house he caught a glimpse of two In dlan policemen removing the load from Vondervvn's pack pony, i Ills face clouded. Ho put the mure Into a gal Ion. All tho way to the head of the. vol ley Hardy, held to a steady gallop, one after another, he passed tho remaining leaders. The best or the ponies were no match In speed with the big tuor ouchbred. At last only Vandervyn was ahead. As Hardy overhauled and forged past jVtodervyn, the young fellow turned Robert Ames aud met his gaze with a look of mock ing hate, ilarv glanced bock sev eral times, prepared to fling himself flat ulongslue the pommel of bis sad dle. His uneasiness did not lesseu when a few minutes later Vandervyn halted, and scrambled down from the trull to. get a drink out of the creek. The crease In Hardy's foreheud deep cned. Ahead, tho walls of the canyon were sloping back Into the widened valley where had beeu the first Indian camp. Dogs, Indians and tepees, all were gone. Only a brush-walled dance odge remained to murk the camp site. As the mure pounded past, she curved her outstretched neck toward the odge and whinnied. Hardy heurd no answer to the call, but his frown sud denly deepened. He reuched forward and stroked tbd mare's sleek neck. Hot as had been tho race from the agency, she had not turned a hair. Ills frown re laxed. Yet his tight lips showed that lie was still uneasy. He balanced him self In his stirrups, and began to ride as tightly ns possible. Ascending the mountainside, ho was compelled to content himself with the mure's nervous, long-strlded wulk. But whenever the trull wns not too steep or rough, ho put her Into a trot, and varied the pace with an occasional short gallop. An hour passed, ne was already well Into the mountains. He came to a succession of steep climbs nnd de scents that held the mare down to a walk. Presently he thought he heard hoofbeats behind him. He listened. He had not been mistaken. An un shod horse was coming up with him at n steady Jog trot It seemed impossible that Vander vyn's pinto could have so recuperated from that whirlwind heading of the rush as to be able to take this steep trail at a 'trot Hurdy gazed back, ex pecting to see one of the cowboys. As he went down over a ridge crest, the rider came up the ridge back across the intervening gulch. The man snutclied off his broad-brimmed hat to wave a salute. The sun glinted with a golden sheen on the unmlstukuble blond head of Vandervyn. At the first small break In the de scent Hardy dismounted, unsaddled, uild sponged out the mare's mouth and nostrils with water from his canteen. He then shook out and refolded his Navajo saddle blanket and started to resnddle. But before he buckled the clnch-strup he shifted the pistol from his breast to a front pocket In bis rid ing breeches. He was vigorously grooming the mure when Vandervyn came Jogging down through the thickets of toll brush that grew close on each side of (he trull. He did not pause In his rub bing until the nimble-footed unshod pony umbled Into view, less than a dozen yards up the trail. Then he glanced about, straightened, and stood staring. The pony was a pinto. Vundervyn. smiling with Insolent ex- ultnnce, rode down to him, his right hand Jauntily poised on his hip, over the hilt of ids revolver. His eyes challenged his rival with nn nudnclous, provoking sturc. But Hardy looked only ut tho pinto. There wus no sign of sweut lather on. his rough coat, no weariness In his gait. He wns fresh "Lots of come-back to a bronco, captain," purred Vandervyn. "Sorry to see thnt you've stove up your mare. She's too highbred for u rocky noad like this. But you might take off her shoes and travel light, the way I've done." Tho pony was now ambling dowu the slope past the mare. Hurdy looked at the unshod hoots. They were cov ered with a coating of chiy mire from tho bottom of tho last gulch, und the beast's shuffling pace did not expose the under surface of the hoofs. Wheth er the pony had or had not been re cently unshod coald not be seen. "Great horse, my little old pinto, eh?" mocked Vandervyn. "By-byl I'll tell Marie you'll bo along later." Hardy perceived In a flash why he had Been neither the girl nor her fa ther nt the agency. Swiftly he wheeled about to mouut Startled by the quick action, Vundervyn spurred his pony, nnd went down the steep descent at a gait fur from easy on even a moun-tiilu-brod horse's knees. Hardy fol lowed at a walk. Tho opposite rise was gradual. He let the mure take It at a slow trot. At the top was a fair ly level stretch of trail. Vandervyn was far ohead. Hardy put the mure luto a fust gallop. A few minutes brought her up so close behind the h- lng pinto that Vandervyn spurred his beast to sprinting speed. HaTdy fol lowed at an ensler yet swift pace that again brought him near, us the pinto slackened to a lope. A steep ridge made n break In the game. The pinto crossed It at a Jog trot. The mare had to walk. Beyond was a long stretch of broken country that favored the pinto. He could Jog over ground that held the mare to n walk, and cunter where she could no more than trot On such a trull he was fully equal to traveling at these paces for twelve hours at a stretch, till tho time in the lead of tho mare. Of this Hardy wus as well aware as was Vundervyn. Though he steadily lost ground, he kept on In pursuit, coolly studying the landmarks ahead and "lifting" his mare along over tho heartbreaking trail. To have given way to the Impatience that betrayed Itself In his flushing eyes would Incvltubly have lost him the race by overstraining tho mnre. He held himself grimly In hand, and cased the going for his eager mouut with consummate horseman ship. When they reached better ground, Vandervyn was again far ahead. But By fe; Bennet Hardy had his reward for his restraint In the resilient stride of the mnre as she swung Into a full gallop.- Up and down the long, easy slopes, around a curving mountainside, and along the level bench of a stream bank, she held to the cross-country racing pace that rapidly rolled up mile ufter mile of the trull. . In less than half an hour she brought her rider uround a sharp bend only a few hundred yards behind the pinto. ' Vandervyn, over-confident, was Jogging nlong tho level when the sound of tho approaching hoofbeats threw him into u half-panic. ' There wus still a long stretch of easy trail ahead. He put bis pony Into a gallop. Tho long-lcggcu thoroughbred, still running as smoothly as clockwork, continued to gain. Vundervyn began to swing his spurs. The pinto stnrted to pull ahead. Hardy held the mare to tho sumo speed as before. It was a speed that lie knew sho could maintain for miles. He could see that the pinto was being forced to a kllling'pnce a pace that must strain if not break hliu before they came to the next rough ground. On up the vulloy rushed the pursued, now barely holding his own. The cruel spurring nnd whlp-sluslilng could not sting the fulling beast to greater ex ertions. Ho was blowing hard; his rough cout was lathered with sweut He began to lose. 1 At lust the trail made a sharp turn, and started to zigzag up the mountain side. The pinto wus staggering when he reached the foot of the ascent The quicker and longer stride of the mare soon brought them up at Vandervyn's heels. The pitch of the mountain was too precipitous for Hardy to risk passing on the lower side of the nur row trail with the mare, and Van dervyn kept the pluto close to the upper side. "You have no right to block the trail," said Hardy. "Allow me to puss." ' Vandervyn looked over his shoulder with an Insolent sneer. "Go on und pass, If you're In a hurry. You've got all outdoors to do It In. If there's not room enough, shoot me in the back and take the trull'. I'll not get out of It for you." Hardy did not reply nor did he at tempt to force a passage. At last, twelve miles-from the goal of the heartbreaking race, came the opportu nity for wnlch he hud been waiting. The trail smoothed out In another easy stretch. For this he hud been holding the mure In hand. He started at a canter, and gradually let her strike Into ber long, swift gallop. Van dervyn saw them coming, and at once put spurs to his luckless pony. As before, Hurdy held the mare down to her best long-distance speed. The mare came up alongside the pinto and forged ahead. Hardy eyed Vandervyn with utmost wariness. And, as before, at the head of Uie canyon of Sioux creek, Vander vyn turned In the saddle, and looked full at him with a hateful, mocking smile. He pulled In his staggering pony to a walk the moment Hardy swung Into the trull ahead. At once Hardy eased down the mnre to a trot Though be saw no third pinto waiting In the thickets, his eyes grew hard and cold with grim deter mination. Ho was examining bis rifle when a turn of the trail suddenly gave him his first view of the broken-topped mountain nnd . the rldge-slde where Uedbear bad made the second attempt to assassinate him. As be looked at the shattered summit, his hnzet eyes flashed. He thrust the rifle back into Its sheath, nnd drew the mure down to a walk. Behind him he heard a muffled drum ming of unshod hoofs. Vundervyn was coming up at a gallop. When the mocking trickster came up behind Hurdy, he reined In to a Jog trot, and, us before, rode past him with his hand on his hip. There were marked differences be tween tho third pluto and the two first. He was taller and leaner, nnd one of his feet was white. But Hurdy ap peared to be too dejected to heed the fact As the pinto ambled away in the lead, Vandervyn smiled, and looked back at his rival with all the hate gone from his fnce. "By-by nguln, old mnn," he bantered. "Sorry I can't stay to keep you company. The lady Is waiting and the mine. It may also please you to hear thnt I have a duly signed and witnessed contract with the tribe, giving me a fee of 20 per cent on all moneys appropriated In payment to the tribe for their min eral lunds. Let's hear you congratu late me. Show you're game I" But Hardy did not rulse his eyes. As soon as Vandervyn was out of sight around the castellated rocks at the top of the ridge, Hardy stopped the marc and dropped from the saddle. His shapely mouth was curved In a resolute smile, and his hand wns rap idly transferring from the saddlebags to bis pockets a pocket ax, a handful of pistol cartridges and the legal no tices for 'posting a mining claim. He glanced up the slope, nnd, seeing no sign of Vandervyn, stripped off the mare's bridle, sponged out her nostrils nnd mouth with the last wnter In his canteen. Hardy took the steep slope nt an un hurried pace. He reached the pluce where ho had found the bloody trail of Itedbear. Up the cleft the climbing was not stiff. He came out on the vulley slope, extremely hot and dry but not out of breath. Drawing an nliilno across to the opiwslte moun tainside, where he had seen the light of Tl-owa-konza's campfire through the darknras, he started down Into the vulley at a Jog as brisk as that of the third pinto. He was almost spent as he tottered through the pines up the lust slope. The camp wus- gone, but be knew the nearest way to the spring. He rested two or three minutes, re peatedly cooling his bead In the spring and rinsing out his mouth, but drink ing only a very few sips. Agnln re freshed, he half filled his canteen, and stnrted on up tho easy mountain slope at a steady Jog. Ten minutes brought him over the summit to the sharp pitch above the mine. He stared down at the terrace several moments, however, before he made out the figures of a man and woman waiting at the first turn of the trail. There could be no doubt that the two were Marie and her fa ther. It was no less certain that Vander vyn had not yet arrived, liven had he suspected his opponent's stratagem, he scarcely could have covered the seven miles of trull In as short a time as Hardy hr.d taken to make the three miles across country. The two watchers never thought to look about and up the mountnln. They had not yet looked about when he cume down upon the crest of the spur. A large, newly cut stake gave him a hint where one of tho 'upper corners of tho claim should be located. He cut his own stukc, drove It, und tacked on ono of his legal notices. Another stake Indicated the other upper corner, and he swiftly repeated the making of his own stake and posting of the notice. At ths curb of the mine shaft ho posted another notice.- He wns now In plain view from the cabin, but out of sight of the wntchers down on the trail. ' On the terrace, ns he was work ing the third stake Into a bed of loose rocks,, he heard an angry exclumatlon over near the cabin. Dupont aud Ma rie had come uround the end of the The Trader Reached for His Revolver. building, and were staring at him. In a frenzy of disappointed avarice, the trader reached for his revolver. Still more swiftly Marie flung herself upon him. "No I no I you shall not!" she cried. "Leave It to him he Is so near I Let them play out the game!" Hardy ran across to cut his lust stake. Between the ax-blows could be heard the hoofbeats of a galloping horse. He tacked the notice on, chopped a small hole with his ax In the hard soli, and set It up. The mine wus his own. CHAPTER XXII. The Owner of the Mln. At that moment Vandervyn loped np over the edge of the terrace, waving his hat to Marie. Then he caught sight of Hardy, over beyond the girl, nnd the exultant yell died on his lips. He put the curb on his pony, and sprang off beside Dupont and the girl, bis face frightful with rage. His voice was high-pitched and light, almost airy: "So he cut across afoot: He thought to do me I" "Has, you mean!" snnrled Dupont. "Got his notices posted. That's his last stake." . Vandervyn whirled and snatched his rifle from Its saddle sheath. Marie cuught her father's arm to drag hi in aside; but he was already backing away, his eyes fixed apprehensively on Hnrdy. It was time for bullets to come strenmlng from the automatic pistol. Hardy could have druwn and opened fire while Vundervyn wus free ing his rifle. To the astonishment of all three, Hardy made no attempt to "get the drop" on his opponent Instead, he started to advance upon Vandervyn nt a quick, deliberate pace, his hands hanging empty at bis sides, his face culm nnd stern. 'Tut down thnt gun I" he command ed. , Vandervyn wns leveling the rifle. Ho took aim straight between Hardy's eyes. His finger kissed the trigger. The slightest twitch would have sent the bullet crashing through Hardy's brain, and the slightest sign of fear or hesitancy on Hardy's part wo:ld have caused that twitch. Ho was looking death In the face. Vandervyn was In n murderous fury. ' Yet Hardy came on quick, .steady, absolutely calm. His gaze passed above the deadly muzzle, along the foreshortened barrel, to the narrow lidded, bloodshot eyes of Vandervyn. Ills voice rang out .nguln, clour und sharp with authority: "Put down that rlfk put It down, sir I" The muscles of Vandervyn's neck twitched. Along the top of the barrel he was glaring back ut Hardy glar ing Into those hazel eyes that met his fury with the clear, cool gaze of absolute courage. The sheer nerve of that steady approach to bis rifle muzzle compelled htm to pause. It disconcerted him; it struck a chill Into the heat of his frenzy. Still Hardy advanced, swift and steady, his gaze never so much ns nickeling. Now his eyes nnd'forehend, close beyond the foresight of the Hue, appeared enormously enlarged to Van dervyu's distorted vision. Stendlly Hurdy put up his hand, took hold of the rifle barrel, and turned the muzzle aside. "Ah-h-h I" gasped Msrlo. Hurdy drew the rifle out of Vander vyn's relaxing grasp. "Stund aside, slrl" be quietly com manded. "I wish to speak alone with Miss Dupont" Vandervyn hnd parted with his rifle as If dazed. At the sound .of Hardy's voice a fresh wave of crimson flooded his face. He stepped back, and Jerked out his reyolver. Hurdy leaped upon him like a panther, aud struck the weapon .aside. The heavy bullet whizzed past Hurdy's head. A moment luter, Vandervyn, though the younger and perhaps the stronger of the two, reeled away, clutching his lacerated trigger Anger. Hardy stood with the revol. er In his bund. He turned to Marie. "May I ask for a few words alone with you?" , "No!" Vandervyn hoarsely forbade the girl. "You shall not speak with him. Jake, you're her father tell her she shall not." "You know she don't never mind whut I say," mumbled Dupont. "Any way, It sort of looks like Cap Is run ning this here shindy." 'Hurdy had not glanced nwny frou. Marie. Throughout that supreme test of the will power nnd courage of her two lovers, she hud stood tense und silent, as If spellbound. - She now looked from one to the other, her face Inscrulubly calm, ber black eyes fath omless. "I will hear what Captain Hardy has to say," she said. Hurdy motioned her father and Van dervyn toward the mine dump. They obeyed. "We are alone," said Mnrle. Hardy smiled. won the race." "Wus It fair, cutting' across coun try?" "Fair? Then you did not know ol his scheme." "Whut scheme? I do not under stand." , ' "It does not n?w matter.. I won the race and the mine." "Do you .expect me to rejoice wltl you?" asked the girl. "It has com my father his half of the mine." "How so?- He Is not nu entryinnii.' "Itcggle gave hlin a deed to a half Interest" "I see," said Hurdy, "Quite In keep ing. The deed Is absolutely void, and would have been no less so even had the grantor been first to reach here.' "You doubt his good faith!" The girl glanced past him toward the sul len figure of Vandervyn on the mine dump with her father. "So you thought It better to take It all yourself thau to let him take It all?" "Yes," agreed Hardy. The girl's red Hps curved In an Iron ical smile. ,'T do not go with tho mine neces snrlly." "No. But the mine necessarily goes with you now." replied Hardy. (TO BE CONTINUED.) BAD SEATS CAUSE DEFORMITY Curvature of Spine and Round Shoul ders Too Frequently Developed In Sshool. . AS un outcome of medical Inspection In public schools, people are beginning to appreciate the Important part which school scuts play in the physical devel opment of the young, M. V. O'Shen writes In the Mother's Magazine. The statistics of deformities of growth have been compiled in a number of Ameri can cltieii, and they ure Impressive. A considerable proimrtlon of school chil dren ure olllicted with curvature of the spine. This difllculty becomes more common ns we go up the grades and Into the high school. Whut Is the relation of school scuts to curvature of the spine? Suppose a pupil during the growing period uses for four or Ave hours each school day. thirty-eight or forty weeks each year for eight or twelve years, a desk which Is so high that In order to rest his urm on It he lifts his shoulder, und so pull the spine out of correct alignment Or dinarily, the right shoulder will be raised too high, nnd the left will be too low. It is probuble that any child who maintains this posture In school year ufter year will acquire some degree of curvature. Even If no curvature re sults, there will he Inequality la Uie height of the xhouhlcrs, which will prove a handicap to an Individual lu luter life. Older pupils often use desks which are too low. . It Is practically certain.' then, that they will bend over the desks, and they will be In li cramped pasture several hours each day. la such n position the lungs ure constrict ed, the slioulders'ure pressed forwurd aud the common round shoulder de velops; most serious of nil, the circula tion In the bruin Is Interfered with. When children keep this posture In school day nftcr day for years, they are likely to become cither neurotic or dull. Development of Opera. Opera has uiade exteuslve strides during the lust century, although Its origin Is very remote. It came through a gradual course of development from almost the beginning of the Christian era ; earliest librettists were such emi nent men as Aeschylus and Sophocles, who accompanied their spoken drama with n band of lyres and flutes. But grand opera, as we understand It today, originated about the end of the sixteenth century, when Jncopo Perl's opera, "Dnfno," was first pre sented. It originated through the gathering of n small party of music lovers nt the home of a Florentine no bleman. Theories grew Into nctuali ties when n performance of "Dufne" wns celebrated In the palace of Corsl In 1TO3. This opera was successfully performed several times, but always In private, nnd now the score is not dis coverable. Biggest In the World. California Is to have the biggest bridge In the world to connect Oakland with San, Francisco and relieve five ferry systems. , It will cost $22,000,000, be five and one-half miles long, one of the heaviest bridges ever built, carrying three road ways and four, railroad tracks, nnd two of Its 10 spuns will be high and wide enough for any ship to pass. The Choice. ' "Don't you think a proposal of mar rlage should be softly whispered?" "Certainly not It should be londly uttered. Is It not In the nature of a I ringing declaration T WOMEN OF t MIDDLE Mrt. Quinn'i ExpeJ iugm to neip lou QJ the Critical Period Lowell. Mass.-"For the lu years I have been trouble - s.i - i: unange of L common t time. I ' very nervnn,. tion, with id urn pain i . deal of thB. waa uniutih wont. A asked rne t Lydia E. Pit,, Vegetabl. pound. tthM and it has helped me in every ui nu i. uvui ijr ni ueivuus, no M or cain. I must sav thnt T- Pinkham'a Vegetable Compotmji oesi remeay any sick woman cat j Mrs. JMA1GARET WINN, P&, Worthen St, Lowell, Mass. Other warning symptoms are if of suffocation, hot flashes, hn--backaches, -dread of Impended timidity, sounds in the ears, pi'-a! of the heart, sparks before t irregularities, constipation, J appetite, weakness, inquietuil dizziness. I - If you need special advice, t the Lydia E. Pmkham Medici (confidential), Lynn, Mass. I a: liQVd you RHEUMATISM Lumbago' or Gout Teaa BHRDMACIDK to iwmontlii ft oa arif io poison rrom latini "UUCUClni oil THI hum run ssiuaiTiu oi tu At All DrorcUt Ju. Bifly 4 Soa, WktlutU Dili MICE CARRY DISEC K1U That PMtiB: . CTCIDIIF OlLHnni c ELECTRIC ft U. 8, Government Buyi: OLD EVERYWHERE Wcui , The manufacture of fans us Hslied as an Industry In Lng!:: lng the Stuarts' rule. r n.ixm babrr a r.aon w And Drlvf Malaria Out of lhh "Your'Babek'actallke mallei!.' It to numerous people Id my pan.lif uffrrins with chllla, malaria nniM'tr' ommrnu It to those who. are sulTemi ' need of a good tonic." Ke. 8. bitt1" St. Stephrn'a Church, Perth Aiolti ' Iviixir HSD6K, ou centa, an uruni.i Pn-ela Post, prepaid, from Ulucu"! wasaiugtoQ, v. u. GIVES A MONOLITH TO Evidence of Early Chrlitir China Presented to Benedie New York Woman. After presenting to Pope & be, two-ton monolith, - the gift ' Br' ' kit Ceorge Lenry of New York ci Father Georce V. Waring, elm the Eleventh cavalry, U. S. A.f ed at Governor's Island, has r- tr t "Tho monolith," he said, "Is: Auction of a monument erf-Clan-Fu, China,' In the seventh b.y Nestorlan heretics of thef faith. The Inscriptions on : stone. In Chinese nnd Assyrtr conclusively that Chrlstlnaltj tallied a foothold In China: early period. The nmnol: brought here by Dr. Fritz (I for eight years It was exhibit'' American Museum of Art. wns Durchused by Mrs. b w hose " behalf I took It to U present It to the pope, who bk up In the Vatican museum." So well pleased was the R the monolith thnt he confei Father Waring the cross Prof, et Pontlfice nnd gnve to him gruphed photograph. Hlah Cost of Snowballi Ctv itiiinf hrtvu street of a suburban city, start a snowball fight. In tl' of two or three stores with k dows. fna tf iha wnlincrnters ; "Aff minute. Let's eo over to n si These windows cost $100 ton Transcript 0 Old Fashione I are being supplanted1 1 by newer and Detter w This is particularly ' where health and effic are concerned. In hundreds of & ands of homes wlie fee was formerly the 1 drink, you will notf P0STD It promotes healj anA the old VlllMW4Vf Maava . nerve-frazzled coffee & er soon gives place ' alert, clear-thinke drink's delicious and knows There's a fio chan in prlc or 4izt qfpacKor r i TvsiinnnM'fwiVMM r t
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