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CHAPTER XIII Continued.
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8he wiped an errant tear away, and
mado her way to a store. The stock
of ready-made clothing drove her to
despair. It seemed thut what women
resided In Hnselton must Invariably
dress In Mother Hubbard gowns of
cheap cotton print with other gar-
mcnts to match. Hut eventually they
found for her undurgurments of a
sort, a waist and skirt, and a comfort
able pulr of shoes..- Hats, as a milliner
would understand the term, there were
none. ' And In default of such she
Htuck to the gray felt sombrero she
had worn Into the Kluppun and out
again which, In truth, became her
very well, when tilted at the proper
angle ubove her heavy black liulr.
Then she went back to' the hotel, and
ought a bathroom.
Returning from this she found Bill,
a 1)111 ull tdiuved anil shorn, uulouding
himself of sundry pucliagcs of new
attire.
Aim, everything Is lovely," he greet
ed. "Old Hack jumped at the pelts,
and paid a fat price for the lot. Also
the ranch deal has gi.no through. He's
a prince, old Hack. Sent up a man
and had It surveyed ntid elnssllled
and the deed waiting for ine. And
eh, suy, here's a letter for you."
Tor me? Oh, yes," as she looked
at the handwriting and postmark. "I
wrote to Loralne .Marsh when we were
going north. Good heavens, look at
the date It's been here since lust Sep
teniber!" ' " ' ' 1
"Huckaberry knew where we were,"
Kill explained. ".Sometimes In camps
liktf this lliey -hold riridl two or three
years fofuen; tbathaya gbue Into" the
Interior."' ' r -.
$ho put nslde the letter, and dressed
wbflo Btjl pad. bis lmlb. J Then, with
tho smoke and grime of n hard, trull
obliterated, and with' "decent clothes
Vpan tbiu, . tuey 'AOught : the .dining
rom. There, while they waited to be
setVcd, Hazel read Loralne Mursh's
letter, and ptisxed it to Hill with a
self-coiiRdous Uttlo laugh.
TJ'heru's. nn Invitation there , we
ailjlit accept,'" she suld casually.
He returned the letter as the wait
ress brought their food.
Wouldn't It be nlue to'tuke a trip
hoilie?" Hazel suggested thoughtfully.
T4 love to."
ure going home," Kill reminded
gently. '. ' '.
"Oh. of course," ho smiled. "Hut
1 meun to Granville. I'd like to go
boili there with you for a while, just
to JuM to" '
"To show 'em," be supplied lacon
ically. --v
i "Oh, Bill !" she pouted.
Nevertheless, she could not deny
thut there was a measure of truth In
bis brief remark. She did wuut to
"show Viu." .
Shu looked across the tuble at her
husband, and thought to herself with
proud satisfaction that she hud done
well. Viewed from any ungle whatso
ever, 1SU1 Wogstuff stood head and
shoulders ubove all the men she hud
ever known, Itlg, physlculiy and men
tally, cleuu-mlnded and capable In
dubitably she hud captured a Hon,
and, though she might huve denied
stoutly the Imputation, she wanted
Orunvllle to ber Hon and heur him
roar.
"Still thluklng Grnnvlller BUI
queried, when they had fluished un
uncommonly silent meal.
Hazel Hushed slightly. She was,
and momentarily she felt thut she
should have been thinking of their lit
tle uest up by I'ine Klver Push Instead.
She knew thut Bill was homing to the
cubln. She herself regarded It with
affection, but of a different degree from
his. Her mind ' was more occupied
with another, more palpitating circle
of life than was possible ut the cabin,
much as she appreciated Its green aud
peaceful beauty. The suck of gold
lying In the bunk hud somehow opened
vp fur-flung possibilities. She skipped
the intervul of utTalrs which she Knew
must bo uttcuded to, and betook her
self and Bill to Grauvllle, thence to
the bigger, older cities, where money
shouted in the voice of commuud,
where all things were possible to those
who bud the price.
But she was beginning . to know
tills husband of hers too well to pro
pose anything of the sort abruptly.
Behind bis tenderness and patience
she hud sometimes glimpsed some
thing Inflexible, unyielding us the wil
derness he loved. So she merely un
awered :
"In a way, yes." '
"Let's go outside where I can smoke
a decent clgur on top of this fairly
decent meal," he suggested. "Then
we'll figure on the next move. I think
about twenty-four hours in Hazel ton
will do me. There's a steamer goes
down-river tomorrow."
Four days later they stood on the
deck of a grimy little steamer breast
ing the outgoing tide thut surged
through the First Narrows. Presently
tbey swung around Brockton Point,
and Vancouver spread Its penlnsulur
clutter before them. Tugs and
luuncbes puffed by, about their harbor
traffic. A ferry clustered black with
peoplo hurried across the Inlet. But
even ubove the harbor noises, across
the Intervening distance Uiey could
hear the vibrant hum of the Indus
trial hive.
She had no regrets when Bill con
fined their stay to the time necespary
to turn his gold Into a bank account,
and allow her to buy a truukful, more
or less, of pretty clothes. Then they
bore on eastward and halted ut Ash
croft BUI had refused to commit
himself positively to a date for the
eastern pilgrimage. Ho wanted to see
the cabin again. For that matter she
did, too so that their sojourn there
did not curry them over another win
ter. ,k,
from Ajhcroft on auto atnge whirled
them swiftly Into the heart of Jhe
Cariboo country to Quesnelle, where
BUI purchased four head of horses in
in uftemoon, packed, saddled, and hit
'be trull at daylight In the morning.
The vnnguurd of the lund hungry
had already penetrated to Fort George.
Up and down the Nachoco valley, and
bordering upon the Fraser, were the
cubins of the pre-emptors. Tho roads
were dotted with the teums of the
Incoming. A sizable town hud sprung
up around the old trading pOst.
"They come like bees when the rush
starts," BUI remurked.
Leaving Fort George behind, they
bore ucross country toward Tine river.
Here and there certain landmarks,
graven deep In Hazel's recollection,
uprose to clulm ber attention. And
one evening at sunset they rode up to
the little cubln, all forlorn In its clear
ing. Inside, a gray film of dust had ac
cumulated on everything, and the
rooms we're oppressive with the musty
odors thut gather In a closed, unten
anted house. But apart from that It
stood . as they had left It thirteen
months before. No foot had crossed
the threshold. The pile of wood aud
kindling lay beside the firepluce ns
Bill hud placed It the morning they
left.
"Be It ever so humble," Bill left
the line of the old song unfinished, but
bis tone wus full of Jubilation. Be
tween them they threw wldo every
door and window. The cool evening
wind Oiled the pluce with sweet, pine
scented air. Then BUI sturted a bluze
roaring In the hluck-inouthed fireplace
to make It look nnturul, ho suld
nhd went out to! hobble his horses for
the night. ) ;'
Iu the morning they begun to un
pack their household goods. Bugs and
beursklns found euch Its accustomed
place upon the floor. His books went.
bade on .the shelves. With magical
swiftness the cubln resumed Its old
home atmosphere. And thut night Bill
stretched himself on the grizzly hide
before the firepluce, and kept hi nose
In a book until Hazel, who was in no
humor to rend, fretted herself Into
something npprouchlng a temper.'
"You're about as sociable as a clam,"
Khc broke into his absorption at lust.
Ho "looked up In surprise, then
chucked the volume carelessly nsldu,
Four Days Later They Stood on the
Deck of a Grimy Little Steamer.,
nod twisted himself around till bis
beud rested In her lap.
"Vot Iss?" he nsked cheerfully.
"Lonesome? Bored with yourself?
Aln t I here? Surely you don't feel
yourself neglected becuusc I happen
to have my nose stuck In a book?"
"Of course not!" she denied vigor
ously. Tho childish absurdity of her
attitude struck her with sudden force.
"Still, I'd like you to tulk to me once
In a while."
Bill's eyes narrowed a trifle, but he
still smiled. And suddenly he stepped
around behind her chulr, put both
hands under her chin, und tilted her
heud backward.
"Ah, you're plumb sick and tired to
death of everything, aren't you?" he
suld soberly. "You've been up here
too long. You sure need a chunge.
I'll have to tuke you out and give you
the freedom of the cities, let you dis
sipate and plnk-teu, and rub elbows
with the mob for a while. Then you'll
be glad to drift buck to this woodsy
hiding pluce .of .ours. When do you
wunt to start?"
- "Why. Bill!" she protested.
But she realized In a flash that Bill
could read her better than she could
rend herself. Few of her emotions
could remain long hidden from that
keenly observing und mercilessly log
ical mind. She knew that he guessed
where sho stood, and by what paths
she had gotten there. Trust him to
know. And It niude her very tender
toward him thnt he was so quick to
understand.. Most men would huve
resented.
"I wont to stack a few tons of hay,"
he went on, disregarding her exclama
tion. "I'll need It In the sprlug, If not
this winter. Soon as that's done we'll
hit the high spots. We'll tnko three
or four thousand dollars, and while It
lasts we'll be a couple of of high
class trumps. Huh? Does It sound
good?"
She nodded vigorously.
"Perk up, then." he wheedled.
"Blll-ly,M she murmured, "yon
mustn't take me too seriously."
' "I took yon for better or for worse,"
he answered, with a kiss. "I don't
wnnt It to turn out worse. I want yon
to be contented and happy here, where
I'vo planned to make our home. I
know you love me quite a lot, little
person. Nature fitted us In a good
mnny ways to be mates. But you're
gone through n pretty drastic siege of
Isolation In thin rather grim country,
and I guess it doesn't seem such an
alluring place as It did at first. I
don't want you to nurse that feeling
until It becomes chronic. Then we
would be ont of tune, and It would be
good by happiness. But I think I know
the cure for your maludy."
In the morning he begnn his hay
cutting. About eleven o'clock he threw
down his scythe and stulked'to the
house.
"Put on your hat, and let's go Inves
tigate a mystery," said he. "I heard
a cow bawl In the woods a minute
ago. A regular barnyard bellow."
"A .cow bawling?" she echoed.
"Sure? What would cattle be doing
away up here?"
"That's what I "want to know?" Bill
laughed. "I've never seen a cow north
of Fraser not this side of the Rockies,
anyway."
They saddled their horses, and rode
out In the direction from whence had
arisen the bovine complaint. The
sound was not repeated, and Hazel
had begun to chaff BUI about a too
vivid Imagination when within a half
mile of the clearing he pulled bis horse
up short In the middle of a little
meadow.
"Look I"
The track of a broad-tired wagon
had freshly crushed the thick 'grass.
BUI squinted at the trail, then his
gaze swept the timber beyond.
"Somebody has been cutting, timber
over there,"" he enlightened. "I can
see the fresh ax work. Looks like
they'd been hauling poles. Let's fol
low this truck a ways."
The tiny meadow wus fringed on
the north by a grove of poplars. Be
yond that luy another eleur space of
level land, perhups forty ucres In ex
tent. They broke through the belt of
poplurs und pulled up uguln. On one
side of the meadow stood a cubln, the
fresh-peeled log walls glaring yellow
In the sun, and lifting an earth-covered
roof to the autumn sky. BUI whistled
softly.
Along the west side of the meadow
ran a brown streak of sod, and down
one side of this a man guided the han
dles of a plow drawn by. the strangest
yokemates Uuzel's eyes hud seen for
muny a day..
"For goodness' sake!" she ex
claimed. "That's the true pioneer spirit for
you," BUI spoke absently. "He. has
bucked his way Into the heart of a
virgin country, and he's breuklng sod
with a mule and a cow. That's adap
tation to environment with a venge
ance and grit."
"ThereV u womun, too, Bill. And
see she's carrying a baby?" Huzel
pointed excitedly. "Oh, Bill !"
The mun baited his strangely assort
ed team to watch them come. The
woman stood a step outside the door,
a baby In ber onus, another toddler
holding fust to her skirt. - A thick
bodied, short, squure-sbouldered man
was this newcomer, with a round,
pleasant face.
"Hello, neighbor!" Bill greeted.
The plowman lifted his Old felt hat
courteously. His. fuce Ut up.
"Acb !" suld he. "Neighbor. Dot
Iss a goot word in diss country vere
dere Iss no neighbor.. But I am glut
to meet you. Vlll you come do der
bouse und rest a v'lle?"
"Sure!" BUI responded. "But we're
neighbors, ull right. Did you notice
a cabin about half a mile west of
here? Thut's our pluct when we're
at home."
"So?" The word escaped with the
peculiar rising lnllectlon of the Teu
ton. "I half saw dot cubln ven ve
come here. But I dink It vass aban
don. Veil, let us to der house go.
Id vlll rest der mule und Gretchen,
der cow. Hah!"
He rolled a blue eye on his Incon
gruous team, and grinned widely.
"Come," he Invited; "mine vlfe be
glut."
They found ber a matron of thirty
odd; fresh-cheeked, round-fuced like
her husband, typically German, with
out his accent of tho Fatherland. Ha
zel at once appropriated the buby. It
lay peacefully In her arms, staring
wide-eyed, making soft, gurgly sounds.
"The little dear!" Huzel mur
mured. "Lnuer, our nnme Iss," the man said
casually, when they were seated.
"Wagstalt, mine Is," Bill completed
the Informal Introduction,
"I am from Bavarln," Lauer told
him. "VIU you smoke? I light mine
blhe mlt your vlfe's permission.
"Yes," he continued, stuffing the
bowl of his pipe with a stubby fore
finger, "I am from Bavnrla. Dere I
vass upon a farm brought oop. I serf
In der army my dime. Den Amerigo.
Dere I marry my vlfe, who Is born In
Mllvaukee. I vork In der big brrew
erles. Afder dot I learn to be a car
penter. Now I am a kink, mlt a castle
all mine own. I am no more a vage
slafo."-
"You're on the right track," Bill nod
ded. "It's a pity more people don't
take the same notion. Whut do you
think of this country, anyway?"
"It Iss goot," Lnuer answered brief
ly, and with unhesitating certainty.
"It Iss goot. Vor der boor man It Iss
It Iss sulfation. Mlt fife huntret tol
lurs und hiss two hunts ho can him
self a home muke und a llflng be
sure off."
Beside Huzel, Lnuer's wife absent
ly caressed the blond head of her
four-year-old daughter.
"No, I don't think I'll ever get lone
some," she said. "I'm too glud to' be
here. And I've got lots of work and
my babies. Of course, It's natural I'd
miss a woman friend running In now
and then to ennt. But n person enn't
have It all. And I'd do anything to
have a roof of our own, and to have
ft some place where our llvln don't
depend on a pay envelope Muny a
time I've sat und cried, Just from
thlnkiu' how bud I wanted a llttlo
place of our own, wheie there was
grass and trees and a piece of ground
for a garden. And I knew we'd never
bo nblo to buy It We couldn't get
uhend enough."
"Und so," her husband took tip the
tale, "I heur off diss country, vere lunt
con be for noddlngs got. Und so we
scrape und pinch und snfe nickels und
dimes for fife year. Und here ve are.
All der way from Vlsconsln In der vol
gon, yes. Mlt two mules. In Ashcroft
I buy der cow, so dot ve haf der fresh
milk. Und dot Iss lucky. For von
mule he die on der road. So I am
plaw oop der lunt und haul my valgon
mlt von mule und Gretchen der cow."
Hazel hnd a momentary vision of un
related hardships by the way, and she
wondered how the man could laugh
and his wife smile over it Two thou
sand miles In a wagon! AoV at the
Journey's end only a rude cabin of
logs and years of steady toll. Isola
tion In a huge and lonely land. Yet
these folk were happy. Shu wondered
briefly If her own viewpoint were pos
sibly askew. She knew thut she could
not face such a prospect except In ut
ter rebellion. Not now. The bleak
peaks of the Klnppan rose up before
her mind's eye, the picture of five
horses dead In the snow, the wolves
that snapped and snarled over their
bones. She shuddered. She was still
pondering this when she and Bill dis
mounted at home.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Dollar Chasers.
Granville took them to Its bosom
with a haste and earnestness thnt
made Huzel catch her breath.' Tact
fully none so much as mentioned An
drew Bush, nor the five-thousand-dollar
legacy the disposition of which sum
still perplexed that defunct gentle
man's executors. And once more In
a genial atmosphere Hazel concluded
to let sleeping dogs lie. She learned
from various sources thnt Bill's for
tune loomed big, had grown by some
mysterious process of Granville tattle,
nntll It hnd reachel the charmed six
figures of convention.
There had been changes. Jack Bar
row hud consoled himself with a bride.
Moreover, he was making good, In the
populnr phrase, nt the real-estute
game. The Marshes, as she had pre
viously known them, hnd been totter
ing on the edge of shabby gentility.
But they had come Into money. And
as Bill slanglly put It, they were using
their pile to cut n lot of social Ice.
Kitty Brooks' husband wns now the
hend of the biggest advertising agency
In Granville. Hazel was glad of that
mild success.
She was Inordinately proud of Bill,
when she compurcd him with the aver
age Granville male yet she found her
self wishing he would adopt a little
more readily the Granvlllo viewpoint.
He fell short of It, or went beyond It,
she could not be sure which; she hnd
nn unensy feeling sometimes that he
looked upon Granville doings and
Granville folk with ntnused tolerance,
not unmixed with contempt. But bo
nttracted attention. Whenever he was
minded to tulk he found ready lis
teners. Once or twice she conjured up a
vision of his getting Into some busi
ness there, nnd utterly foregoing the
North which for her wns already be
ginning to take on the aspect of n
bleok nnd cheerless region where there
wns none of tho things which dully
whetted her appetite for luxury, noth
ing but hardships Innumerable and
gold. The gold hud been their re
ward a reward well earned, she
thought. Still they had been wonder
fully hnppy there at the line river
cabin, she remembered.
They came home from a theater
party late one night. Huzel kicked off
her slippers, nnd gratefully toasted her
silk-stockinged feet nt the small coal
grate. Fall had come, and there wns
a sharp nip to the nlr.
"Well, what do you think of It ns
far as you've gone?" he asked ab
ruptly. "I think It's fine," she enndidly ad
mitted. "I'm enjoying myself. I like
It. Don't you?"
"As n diversion," he observed
thoughtfully, "I don't mind It. These
people are all very affable and pleas
ant, nnd they've rather gone out of
their way to entertain us. But, after
all, what the dickens does It amount
to? They spend their whole life run
ning In useless circles. I should think
they'd get sick of It. You will."
"Hardly, Blllum," she smiled. "We're
merely making up for two years of Iso
lation. I think we must be remarkable
people that we didn't fight like cats
and dogs. For eighteen months, you
know, there wasn't a soul to talk to,
nnd not much to think about except
what you could do If you were some
place else."
"You're acquiring the atmosphere,"
he remarked sardonlcully, she
thought.
"No; Just enjoying myself," she re
plied lightly.
"Well, If you really are," he an
swered slowly, "we mny as well settle
here for the winter nnd get settled
right away. I'm rather weary of being
a guest In npother man's house, to tell
you the truth."
Why, I'd love to stay here all win
ter," she said. "But I thought you In
tended to knock around more or less."
"But don't you sec, you don't partic
ularly core to," he pointed out; "nnd
It would spoil the fun of going any
place for me If you were not Interest-
Hazel at Once Appropriated the Baby.
ed. And when It comes to a show
down I'm not aching to be a bird of
passage. One city Is pretty much like
another to me. We'll tnko a run over
to New York. I wnnt to get some
books and things. Then we'll come
back here nnd get a house or a flat.
I tell you right now," he laughed not
unpleasantly, "I'm not going to renlg
on this society game. You can pluy It
ns hard as you like, until spring. I'll
be there with bells on when it comes
to a dance. And I'll go to a show
when a good play comes along. But I
won't mix up with a lot of silly women
and equally silly she-men, any more
than Is absolutely necessary."
"Why", Bill!" she exclaimed aghast
"Well, ain't It so?" he defended la
illy. There' Kitty Brooks she baa
certainly got Intelligence above the av
erage. That .Lorlmer girl has brains
superimposed on her artistic tctnpern
ment, and she uses 'em to advantage.
Practlcully all the rest that I've met
are Intellectual nonentities strong on
looks and clothes and amusing them
selves, and that lets them out. Shucks,
there Isn't a real man In the lot. May
be I'll run across some people who'
don't take a two-by-four view of life
If I stay around here long enough, but
It hasn't happened to me yet I must
say that the habitual conversation of
these people gives me a pain. That
platitudinous discussion of the play to
night, for Instance."
"That was droll." Ilazel chuckled at
the recollection, and she recalled the
weary look that had once or twice
flitted over Bill's face during that
after-theater supper.
Bill snorted.
"Droll. Perhnps," he said. "Bla
tant Ignorance, coupled with a desire
to appear the possessor of culture, Is
sometimes amusing. But as a general
thing it simply. irritates."
"You're hard to please," she replied.
He shrugged his shoulders and re
mained silent
"Well," he said presently, "we'll take
that Jaunt to New York duy after to
morrow." He wns still sifting by the window
when Huzel wns reody to go to bed.
rsv
mm
"What Are You Thinking About So
Hard, Billy-Boy?"
She came back Into the room In a
trailing silk kimono, nnd, stealing
softly up behind him, put both hands
on his shoulders.
"What ure you thinking so hard
about, Billy-boy?" she whispered.
"I was thinking about Juke Lauer,
and wondering how he was making It
go," Bill answered. "I wus also pic
turing to myself how some of these
worthy citizens would mess things up
If they had to follow In his Rteps. Hang
It. I don't know but we'd bo better
off If we were pegging nwny for a
foothold somewhere, like old Jake."
"If we had to do thnt," she argued,
"I suppose we would, and mnnngo to
get nlong. But since we don't have to,
why wish for It? Money makes things
plensanter."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
POPULARITY OF BLUE GRASS
Kentucky Soldiers, on Return March
From Battle of Tippecanoe, Gath
ered Seed In Indiana.
The trndltlon that the Kentucky sol
diers who fought nt Tippecanoe took
back with them the seed thnt has made
blue grass famous In central Ken
tucky, has never been questioned or
seemed to reqrffre authentic proof, de
clares a writer. Mrs. Levering says,
In her "Authentic Indiana:"
"It was on tho return march from
the bnttle of Tippecanoe thnt the sol
diers from Kentucky gathered the seed
of tho blue grass which they found
growing In Indliinn, and carried It
home with them, thinking It wns a su
perior vurlety becnuso It sutlsfled the
hunger of their horses so well that
they would not eat corn. It flourished
so well on the limestone soil of central
Kentucky thnt It mado thut state fa
mous." This statement wns based on
Information obtained from early set
tlers of Indiana. Kentucky wns not
known ns the blue grass state until
mnny yeurs nfter tho buttle of Tippe
canoe. As long as slavery existed, Ken
tucky, lying south of the Ohio river,
was classed as a Southern stnte. It
never wns classed as a central West
ern or middle1' Western stn'- nlong
with Ohio nnd Indlunn. In tho census
report of 1010, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin Avere classed
as "East North Central states" and
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi as "Kust South Central
states."
When Indiana wns admitted to the
Union, In 1S10, It consisted of 13 coun
ties, viz.: Wayne, Franklin, Denrborn,
Switzerland, Jefferson, Clark, Wash
ington, Harrison, Knox, Gibson, Posey,
Warrick nnd Perry. In the subsequent
creation of 70 counties out of these,
making 02, the boundaries of the orig
inal IS counties underwent material
changes.
"Flylnfl Fish" Torpedo.
Aerial torpedoes the bane of Ger
man submarine crews nnd first-line
trenches have been culled "flying
fish," because their tnperlng cylindri
cal bodies und huge ulr-fins suggest
tho tropic sen creutures. The torpe
does are held upright In the air and
given a diving velocity by the nlr re
sistance which strikes tho fins, spin
ning them round and round. Con
trary to popular Impressions, certain
forms of air resistance speed up rather
than returd fulling objects. Not
oaly the aerlul torpedoes, but all air
plane bombs und darts, are now groov
ed or finned to whirl In full
ing. The German Zeppelin bombs
are similarly constructed.
Far From Ideal.
"Tears, Idle tears," murmured Flub
dub. "That can't possibly allude to profit
eers," declared Wombat Loads
vllle Courier-Journal.
Granite Production.
The granite produced In the United
States In 1016 was valued at 1 17,418.
632, 22 per cent of the value of. the en
tire stone output
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PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFS
While canoeing In the Juniata river
near n clubhouse, five miles eust of
Huntingdon, a mun tunned Hurley nnd
a slx-yeur-olil boy named Myers were
drowned. Myers' fntner was also In
I he boat when It capsized, but he was
saved. All wero trom Altoonn.
Mrs. Chillies L. Buchman.'aged fifty
rwo, wife of un Kuslon druggist, wus
-(Nickel! with apoplexy while she wus
'i n rnlng to operate an automobile, and
Kpiivd Instantly. K. W. Colllnge, who
vns demons, rating the car, drove It to
ler home with the lifeless body.
The lust meeting of the state board
if pardons for the summer will be
held Juiuf II).
Yoii'liful Inquisltlveness as to the
contents of fl dunlin cup caused com
plete blindness nnd tho loss of much
of the right hand of Tony Swutlskle,
ged e'ght, of Killpniont.
The Lc!i!ghton school board has fix
ed the tux rate ut twelve mils, the
highest of any borough In the coun
ty. Writing from France, where she Is
i'rv!iig as n Bed Cross nurse behind
!he British lines, Miss Kiilherine F.d.
wnn's, of New Castle, tells her pu
rents: "You do not need to fear foit
en. We have d"ch -d that we will kill
onrs'ives before we will be taken pris
oner." Miss Kdwards went to Franco,
-villi a Philadelphia hospital unit.
The employes of the Pennsylvania
and Hills do Coul nnd Iron conipnnles
;rave JS'Jt.DiM) to the second Bed Cross
fund. Kvery man In the employ o?
each company gave n day's wng"S.
This money totaled one-Imlf of the
quoin for tho Pitts on district.
The service Hag of the Fusion lodge
of Moose contains 112 slurs.
George B. Hoffman, eighteen yenrs
old, of York, wus a member of the
crew of the United States transport
President Lincoln, which was sunk by
a hostile L'-bout Friday morning. No
infortunium concerning his safety has
been received by his relatives In tho
city. .
Two new cases of smallpox liavp
been reported to the ntllce of the stnte
department of health. 0:;e case Is
In Lebanon, nnd the other Is In F.rle.
The patient Is n negro who traveled
from St. Marys to Erie. The coach
has been disinfected and the inarter
taken up will) the St. .Mary's houlth
uiltholitics.
One of the largest classes In thn
history of Shainokiu high school wns
graduated. The honors awarded were:
Valedictorian, J. Harold Zinimw man ;
sal'itntorian. Dwlght Ilowertb ; pre
seiitalion, Mary L. Steward, and his
torian, Sidney K. Scott. There were
twenty iiliie men and forty girls In the
class.
Tho Pennsylvania state sheep Insti
tute was organized In llarrlsburg.
with Charles E. P. Putt on, secretary of
agriculture, as president. Arrange,
inents were made for ll sheep show to
be held In Wlllinnisport In November.
Walter J. Adams, aged fifty, a Bal
timore and Ohio rallr,nnd engineer,
died at Connellsvllle from Injuries re
celved In a wreck last November, 11
had lieeti employed by the railroad
thirty years.
Judge Solly, nt Norrlstown, has
awarded William n. Detterer and
wife, of Bridgeport, $743 for nursing
and boarding Martha McClenry, who
Inherited money through the death of
a sister In Philadelphia. While there
had been no promise to pay the Det
terers, Judge Solly rules that tbey are
more entitled to the money than the
collateral heirs.
A record-breaking crop of straw
berries Is promised In Lawrence coun
ty this year. Knln during the past
few days has been especially beneficial
and the plants nrc white with blos
soire. The growers nre con fronted
with a scurclty of pickers and n call
Is to be made for school children of
the 'County.
Struck by a Pennsylvania railroad
train, Laura, the seventeen-inonth-ohl
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Gus F.
Spongier, of Spring Grove, near York,
wns only slightly Injured. The child
wus tossed some distance from the
trnck.
Locol business men have become In
terested In the establishing of the Sus
quehanna trail In York county. Tho
proposed trull would cover the route
from llarrlsburg to York.
Thero has been a big Jump In enlist
ments In the army and nuvy at the
Lancaster recruiting offices. In one
day twenty signed up nt the army and
ten with the navy, while the nmrlnes
have been averaging two a dny.
John Funis, of Pittsburgh, has been
appointed engineer to prepare plans
for the new state bridge at Tlonesta
by the board of public grounds nnd
buildings,.
The Northumberland Gas company
bus sold lis plant to George W. Bock
ell and H. J. Stannert, local business
men.
After serving the nn.leton Nation
al bank ns cashier twenty-four years,
A. M. Kby retired, nnd was succeeded
by B. K. Kunkle, nsslstnnt cashier. v
At the reunion of the Shnmokln
High School Alumni association a
service flag containing ninety-four
stars wus dedicated and unfurled.
A parade was held at Huzleton In
honor of twelve volunteers who enlist
ed In the regular army and left for
Fort Slocum.
High salaries nil nlong the line, In
creasing the annual budget 001)0, wns
granted by the school board to Kits ton
teachers.
A South Side, Connellsvllle hen has
proved her eligibility for membership
In the Bed Cross. A few weeks ngo
Mrs. B. Frank Jones, of Cedar nvenne,
placed seventeen variously assorted
eggs' under nn old "cluck," writing a
name on the shell of each. Among them
were "Liberty Bond" nnd "Bod Cross."
The latter egg wa3 the first to hatch
out and the tiny chick ushered Into
the world proved to be a Rhode Island
Bed.
Allentown council failed to receive
n single bid for a sheet Iron stundplpe,
with a capacity of 500,000 gallons,
when It was put-up at sale. y
GAINED 55 POUNDS
Doan a Kidney Pills Effected W01,
derful Recovery After Other
a a. . m m
nedlcinei Had tailed.
"I don't believe I would he alif, (,
ve this testimony if it weren't (
Doan's Kidney FilU," sayi Mr," jT
A. Thomas, 1125-A Miuouri Are V,
St. Louii, 111. "I was in a i2
condition with kidn
trouble; my feet Mj
ankle, were tfrr,bi
swollen and the kiC
secretions caued t.,1
in paiaage. I had (.
nbla rheumatic ntlL
and often got ao dun i
dared not walk for L,
ol falling. 1 felt M a
Mra,Thema Jrew weak aa a b,J
and often had to grnap omethim
keep from falling. My nervci were S
unstrung and the leant noiae iturtled
me. Nothing benefited me and I ,!
diKouraged. A neiahbor happened t.
recommend Doan't Kidney Pill, ui
bcaan using them. The wellm. ..I
pnina were noon enned up ami it ,!
but a short time -before my kidney,
were In good shape again. They hi.
neter uumereu me since nnr hav,
had any backache or other kidney troj.
ble. I have pined 53 pounds lince I
was cured and can do all my own work
l-iwii'ut buiici 1114.
"Sworn to lfore me."
FRANK W. CLOVFR
Notary Public.
Cat Deaa's at Aar Star, (toe Bo
DOAN'SV
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PATENTS
fTnUion iS.Colman,W,i
tnifUin, IK llMjt.lrnf Ha
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DAISY FLY KII.LF.R ?i?e
all (lies. tmLrie
eh a p. Lain til
Md of ami, cta'iax,
or tip QW; will atlak
or Injur uiyuif . tfw
trtxllfrlifa. W
dealer, or 6 tntf
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MAAOCO KOMaNt, ISO Ot (ULLt AVI., SHQOKJ,VN,JU
AGENTS WAKE UP RK.Ta
lint ii.niiPK in. ioti it haf it a great pmi.ivi .
Buiif U).,WUI S. (.ou.rul, (iui Vurduo. t.uuru
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Wooden Mctoi- Tires.
SJoimvyrles nra ln'Inj,' w.i
tibroiul wlili wiuiili'ii tires InsMi'l '
tlmnt' of rubber. Tin' former nii-wr
ull lurpises lit some loculltles, liiit n
rubber is allowed to uu ubroinl uu
cent for wur t'.uriiDsea.
Patriotic Metiohar.
Our own eiiruest inetiipluir for tU
duy: It Is tin duty of every t rui pi-
trlot to put on bis lienviest nIhu mil
kick tin sent of disloyulty every ita
U reurs Its bend. Oblo Stnte Journal.
Secret of Her Success.
Wonder nt tbe success of the vi
on lion tumor fades like u siiimnf
cold wben ber obltunry oxjiluins tlul
alii! bud been inurrled elsbt tiiue.t-
beuttle I'ost-Inlellli;eneer.
Getting at It.
"Wlmt seems to be tbe troubliT
"Doctor, my stomucb feels nil twl
ed."
"Hum. Let's see. Huve you Ikv
eiitliiB pretzels?"
Soldiers' Cost High.
It costs iw Ciimnllnn guvernniwl
$1,0)0 n yeur for encb soldier put H
tho field.
It la vuln to be nlwnya looking t
wnrd tbo future nnd never acting l
wurd It. J. P. ISoye.
EnKlnnd now hns more than 4,T&'
000 women wuge enrners.
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inrASTMTHi
i lljjl'jllfc.
Better Off
if you drink
POSTFUM
insteadLbf
coffee.
Postum is
nutritious,
healthful ,
economical,
delicious and
American.
TRY IT FOR EVERY
GOOD REASON
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