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Ml RUN-DOWN AND NERVOUS Says This Lady Who Had to Sup port Family of Four. Read Below Her Statement About Cardui. Tallapoosa. Oa.—Mrs. Sallle Eldson this place, writes; "I was In very yoor health, all run-down, nervous, had fainting spells, dizziness and heart •uttering. I had these symptoms us •ally at my . . . times. I had a •err hard time, working for seven year* in a hotel after my father died. 1 had to support our family of four. I read the Birthday Almanac and thought I would begin taking Cardui. 1 received good benefit from It. 1 am •are it will do all that It claims to do. f took three or four bottles before it Wan to show effects. After that I tepmved rapidly and gained In health «nd strength. 1 took nine bottles In All. This is the only time I have taken It. I was down to 108 pounds •nrt I pained to 122. I felt like a new woman. I couldn't sleep before and ha*. ?«> be rubbed. I would get so nerv •o* «nd numb. And all this was •topped by Cardui." Tt.f true value of a medicine can be determined only by the results ob tained from Its actual use. The thou sands of letters we have received •very year for many years from grateful users of Cardui, are powerful tribute* to Its worth and effectiveness. If you suffer from womanly ailments, try Cardui, the woman's tonic. —Adv. To Make Dirty Water Clean. \\ h u we started for our trip to kit. Kilimanjaro I hal fold .leremliih, om- of our. African boys, to ti\ six 1 barrcis with water ami have It eleun. j Rut v. hen I opened tfi«' first barret. It •*»a# -overed AVH it wott-pwuds, 1 asked ' -the f->'iy whrrt wa* wrong with -the wo- " ter He sulil: "Very clean water, j coaster I put'soup In every barrel to Dink« It clean." So drank soap all the way. I'eter MacQiieen In Worli' Outlook. 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Ask at the store for a 50- rer.t bottle of "California Syrup of rigs which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown ups printed on the bottle Adv. Proving Hit Mettle. *"'! lie trouble with you. (Judspur, Is tfcr>' you nre too easily discouraged," I .•remarked his friend, (Slithers. "I don't think so," answered (Sail eqpur "For Instiinee, yesterday 1 want ad to borrow the small sum of ten dollars," "\ . s '1 delivered ii neat little speech to •XHet'y twelve penptr-before 1 got the . That strikes me as extrnordl n:.ry perse* eNiiW." FOR PIMPLY FACES Cuticura Is Best—Ssnples Free by Mail to Anyone Anywhere. An easy, speedy way to remove plui-. pies and blackheads. Smear nffecj/ «d surfaces with Uutlcuru otatiuent. VTssh off In five minutes with Cutlcurti Soap jind hot water, bathing some min utes. Repent night and luorning. No ibetter toilet preparations exist. * Free sample each by mull with Hook. Address postcard, l.'uticuru, Dept. 1,. Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Ssccnd Choice. % * ; 'Tiu wilt luk a Kit »ry for one of the tending magazines." remarked Serib eon. with a lofty nlr. "Indeed," replied his caustic friend. "And which one »f the Inferior maga zines do you think will publish it'.'" A Usui boy seldom Inherits bis bad ness from* his father. The old man us ■ally hangs on to ull he has. Tl>* occasional ua» of Roman Eye Balaam «M sight upon retiring will prevrot and re lieve tired eyes, watery *y*a, and eye auala. U« ' - Cool miners lu Georgia have re catred 10 per cent Increase In pay. I H . «*/\| j believe that a girl of eighteen 'lioald be thrust Into a position where alte immedi -111 ■ \f M■ ■ I ately has all of her Illusions about life smashed like a glass IM>Wl —a place where If II W 1111 she aces Justice defeated and evil thrive, where the good suffer and the wak ore ex* plaited, where little children pay heavily for the sing of their grandparents? Just read this Installment of "K." Picking up the threads of tin storjr, you will recall that n strange and charming young mnn, K. LeMoyne, becomes a roomer at the Pag'* home, where Sidney, her mother Anna, anil her old maid Aunt Harriet, preside. Through the influence of dashing Dr. Max Wilson, Sidney goes to the hospital as a probationary nurse. Minor characters In the story arc Dr. Ed WUaon. family friend; Christine Lorenz, her chum who Is to marry I'almer Howe; Joe Dmmmond. her high school sweetheart; Katie, the cook, and Char lot In Harrison, a nurse In love with Doctor Max, who In turu Is playing up to Sidney. CHAPTER Vll—Continued. All the small loose ends of her life were gathered up—except Joe. She ivould have liked to get that clear, too. She wanted him to know how she felt about It all—that she liked him as much as ever, that she did not want to hurt him. Hut she wo'ited to make it clear, too, that she knew now that she would never marry him. She • bought she would never marry; but, If she did. It would be a man doing a man's work in the world. Her eyes turned wistfully to the house ucross the Street. K.'s lamp still burned overhead, but Ills restless tramping about had ceased, lie inns' be reading—he read a great deal. She really ought to go to bed. V neighborhood cat came stealthily icross the Street, and stared up lit the Htle balcony with green-glowing eyes. "Come on. Mill Taft," she sulil. i 'onie on." Joe Drumiuond. passing the house or the fourth time that evening, nenrd her vol.ee, and hesituted uncer j Inly on the pavement. .... ■ "Joe! Come In." "It's late; I'd belter get home." The misery In his voice hurt her. "I'll not keep you long. I want to ilk to you." He came slowly toward her. "Well?" he said hoarsely. "Why haven't you been to see me? I' 1 have done anything—" Her voice MIS «i tingle with virtue and Outraged friendship. "You haven't done anything but how me where 1 get off." He snt down on the edge of the bal my ami stared out blankly. "If that's the way you feel about » —" "I'm uot blaming you. I was a fool to think you'd ever care about me. I don't know that I feel so had—about the thing. I've been around seeing some other girls, and I notice they're rliul to see me, and treat me light, oo." There was boyish bravado In Ills voice. "Hut what makes me sick is to have everyone saying yoij've Jllt ■d me." "Sood gracious! Why. Joe, I never ifomlsed." "Well, we look nt f; It In different Miys; that's nil. I took It for a prom •e." Then suddenly all his carefully con erved Indifference tied. He bent for S.Se Opened It With Excited Fingers. •yard quickly, and. catching her hand, li dd It against I.is lips, "I'm. crazy about you. Sidney. That's tl e truth. IjvUh I cor. ld ille!" The cat. finding no active t\,ntaga-] iii. Mii, sprain; up balcony and ribbed against the boy's quivering shoulders; n breath of air stroked the root iitiig-"glor>» vine like the touch of a fneudly hand. Sidney, facing f\ir the first tlimvHte' enigma of love and de spair. sat. rather frightened, in her chair, 'You don't mean that!" - "fc mean it. all right. If It wasn't fi the folks, 4d Jiiuip in the river. I lieu •* li is I sai l I'd Ijeeu to see, litis. What do I> want with other .his', ! .vain you!" "Tl 's is wild, silly talk. You'll be t >»n ii..iiirru, THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA ■ ft'* * He was a famous man who had lost himself through fear, but found courage in an inspiring woman's love R_ ■ > i . Mary Roberts Rinehart tells the story "It's the truth," doggedly. Hut he made a dutch at bU self respect. He was acting like a era/..v boy, and he was a man, all of twenty two I "When are you going to tbe hospi tal?'' "Tomorrow." "Is that Wilson's hospital?" "Yes." Alas for his resolve! The red haze of Jealousy came again. "You'll be see ing him every day. I suppose." "I dare say. I shall also be seeing twenty or thirty other doctors, and a hundred or so men patients, not to mention visitors. Joe, you're not ra tional." "No," he said heavily, "I'm not. If It's got to be someone, 81dney, I'd rather have It the roomer upstairs than Wilson. There's a lot of talk about Wilson." "It isn't necessary to malign my friends." He rose. "Wilson had better look out. I'll be watching If I see him playing any of his tricks around he'd better look out!" That, as It turned out, was Joe's farewell. He had reached the break ing point. He gave her a long look, blinked, and walked rapidly out to the Street. Some of the dignity of his retreat was lost by the fact that the cat- followed hi in, close at his heels. Sidney was hurt, greatly troubled. She even shed a tear or two. very surreptitiously; and then, being human and much upset, and the cat sturtling her by Its sudden return, she shooed it off the verando *hd set an Itnuglmiry ilog after It. Whereupon, feeling some what lu'.er, she went In and locked the balcouy window and proceeded lip stairs. Le Moyne's light wus still going. The rest of the household slept. She paused outside the door. "Are you sleepyvery softly. There was a movent. Mt inside, the sound of a book put down. Tlwn: "No, Indeed." "I may not see you In the morn lug. I leave tomorrow." "Just a minute." Front the sounds, she Judged that he was putting on his shabby gray coat. The next moment lie had opened the door and stepped out dntiv the cor ridor. "I believe yon had forgotten!" "I? Certainly not. 1 started down stairs a while ago, but you had a visi tor." "Only Joe Drumiuond." He gar.ed drtwn lit Iter quizzically. "And —Is Joe more reasonable?" He will he. He knows that 1— tTuii l shall not mtirry hitu." "Poor chap! He'll buck up, of course. Hut It's a little hard Just now. When do you leave?" "Just after breakfast." "1 am going very early, l'erhaps-r-" lie hesitated. Then, hurriedly: "I got a little present for you—noth ing much, but your mother was quite willing. In fact, we bought It to gether." He went back Into his room, iitul re turned with a small box. She opened It with excited fingers. Ticking away on Its satin bed was a small gold watch. "You'll need it, you see," he ex plained nervously, "A watch," said Sidney, eyes oa it. "A dear little watch, to plti on and not put In a pocket. Why, you're the best person!" "1 was afraid you might think it presumptuous," he said. "1 haven't any light, of course. And the", your mother said you wouldn't be offend- U'ti—" j "Don't apologize for making me so t*appy!" she cried. "It's wonderful, really. And the little hand Is for pulses! How niuny queer things you know!" After that she must pin it on. and slip lu to stand before his mirror anil inspect the result. It tave l,e Moyne a queer ihtili to see her there In the rooiu. among his books ami his pipes. II made him a little sick, too,-in view of tomorrow and the; thousand-odd to morrows when she would not be there. "I've kept you up shamefully." she said at last, "and you get up so early. 1 shall write you n note from -the hos pital, dellVerlng a little lecture on ex travagance—because how can 1 now, with this Joy shining "oh meV And about how to keep Katie i i order about your socks, and all sorts of things. And—»yd now. good night." She haa moved to the door, and he followed her, utooplng a little to pass under the low chandelier. "Uomt night." said Kidney "Good-by—and (Jod bless you." She went out, and he closed the door softly behind her. CHAPTER VIII. Sidney never forgot her early Im pressions of the hospital, although they were chaotic enough at flrst. There were uniformed young women coming and going, efficient, cool-eyed, low of voice. There were long vis ta* of shining floors and lines of beds. There were brisk internes with duck clothe* and brass buttons, who eyed her with friendly, patronizing glances. There wew bandages and dressings, and great white screens, b -hind which were played little or big dramas, baths or dentin, a* the cose might be. And over nil brooded the mysterious authority of the superintendent of the training school, dubbed the lleud. for short. Twelve hours a day, from seven to seven, with the. off-duty Intermission. Sidney labored at tasks which revolted lot* soul* She swept and dusted the wards, cleaned closets, folded sheets and towels, rolled bandages—did ev erything but nurse the sick, which was what she had come to do. At night she dlii not go home. She sat on the edge of her narrow, white bed and soaked her aching feet In hot water and witch-hazel, and practiced taking pulse* on her own slender wrist, with K.'s little watch. Out of nil the long, hot clays, two periods stood out clearly, to be waited for and cherished. One was -when, early In the afternoon, with the ward In spotless order, the shades drawn against the August sun, the table* cov ered with ttieir red covers and the only sound the drone of the hutidage tnachine as Sidney steadily turned It. I> •cior Max pas«cd tlie.dinir on his way to the surgical ward beyond, and gave her 11 cheery greeting. At these times Sidney's heart beat almoHl in time with the ticking of the little watch. The other hour was at twilight, when, work over for the day, the night nurse, with her rubber-soled shoes and tired exes mid Jungling keys, having reported and received the night orders, the nurses gathered in their small par lor for prayers. It was months before Sidney got over the exaltation of that twilight hour, and never did it cense to bring her healing and peace. In a way. It crystallized for her what the day's work meant ; charity and Its sis ter. service, the promise of rest and peace. Into the little parlor tiled the nurses, and knelt, folding their tired hands. "The l.ord Is my shepherd." rend the Head ouj of her worn Bible; "I shall not want." And the nurses; "lie maketh me to lie down in green pnMures: he lcndelh me beside the still waters." And so on through the psalm to the assurance at the end, "And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Now and then there was a death be hind one of the white screens. It caused little change in the routine of the ward. A nurse stayed behind the screen, and her work was done by the others. When everything was over, the time was recorded exactly on the record, and the body was taken away At lh>t it seemed to Sidney that she could not stand this nearness to death. She thought the' nurses hard because they took it quietly. Then she found that it was only stoicism, resignation, thut they hud learned. These things must be. and the work must go on. Their philosophy made them no less ' tender. Some such patient detachment must be thut of the augels who keep the Great Record. • • • • • • • On her first Sunday half-holiday, slie was free in the morning, and went to church with her mother, going buck to the hospital alter the service. So it was two weeks before she saw Le Moyne again. Even then, it was only for a short time. Christine and Palmer Howe caute-iu to see her. and to In spect the balcony, now finished. But Sidney and Le Moyne had a few Words together first. * " . fx Thet'/ was a change In Sidney. Le Moyne was quick to see it. She was a tritle subdued, with a puzzled look in her blue eyes. Her mouth was tender, as alwa> «, but he thought It drooped. There was a new atmosphere of wist fulness about the girl that made his heart ache.' They were alone In the little parlor 'with its browu lamp and blue silk shade. K. never smoked in the parlor, but by sheer force of habit he held tha pine In his taetfc. -Anl hjw ha*« Ui-gs u«*n joint?" asked Sidney prsrclci ly. "Your steward has little to report. Aunt Harriet, who left you her love, ha* had the complete order for the Lorenz tmusseau. I thought I'd ask you ahout the veil. We're rather in a quandary. Do you like thia new fashion of draping the eel I from be hind the coiffure in the *«ck —" Sidney had been Kitting on the edge of her chair, staring. "There." she said —"I kn*w it! This house is fatal! They're making an old woman of you already." Her tone waa tragic. He sucked calmly at his dead pipe. "Katie has a new prescription—rec ipe—for bread. It bus more bread and fewer airholes. One cake of yeast —" Sidney sprang to h-*r feet. "It's perfectly teriible!" she cried. "Because you rent a loom In this house Is no reason why ycu should give up your personality and your—your intel ligence, Mother sajs you water the flowers every morn ug, and lock up the house brfore yoi go to bed. I —l never ineun> y >u to adopt the family!' K. remove*! Uu pi >e and gazed eai neatly Into the In.wi "B»ll TaTt lias had kittens under the poK'h." he said. "And the groceryn-an "They're Making an Old Woman ot You Already." tins been sending short weight. We've bought scales now, and weigh every thing." "You are evading the question." "l>ear child, I am doing these things because I like to do them. For—for some time I've been floating, and now I've got a houie," Sidney gazed helplessly at his Im l»eriurl>able face. He seemed older than she hud recalled him: the hair over Ills ears was almost wMte. And yet lie was Just thirty. That was I'ulmer Howe's age.* and Palmer seemed like a boy. But In* held him self more erect than he had In the flrst days of his occupancy of the second Moor front. "A id now." he said cheerfully, "what about yourself? You've lust a lot of illusions, . ( f course, but "perhaps you've gained ideals. That's a step." "Life," observed Sidney, with the wisdom of two weeks out In the world, "life Is a terrible thing, K. We think we've got it. and—lt's got us." "I'tuloubtedly." "When 1 think of how simple I used to thin.k it all was! One grew up and got married, and—and perhaps had children. And when one got very old, one died. Lately I've been seeing thai life really consists of exceptions— children who don't grow up, and grown-ups who die before they are old. And" —this took an effort, but she looked at him squarely—"and people who have children, but are uot mar ried. It all rather hurts." "All knowledge that Is worth while hurts In the getting." Sidney got up and wandered around the room, touching Its little familiar objects with tender hands. K. watched her. There was this curious element in his love for her, that when he with her It took on the guise of frleud ship and deceived even himself, it was only In loneiy hours that it took ou truth, became a hopeless yearning for the touch of her hand or a glance from her clear eyes. "There Is something else," she said absently. "I cannot talk It over witfe mother. There is a girl in the ward—" , "A patient?" "Yes. She Is quite pretty. She ha« hail typhoid, but she Is a littte better. She's—not a rood person." » ' "I see." "At til'st I couldn't bear to go neai her. I shivered when I had to straight en her bed. I—l'm being very frank but I've got to talk this out with some one. I worried a lot about it. because although at flrst I hated her now 1, idon't. I rather like her." She lookjft 1 at K. defiantly, bar there was no disapproval in "his eyes. ||| How would you like to have \ [ ;!; your daughter in Sidney'* place? ! [ j What do you think will be the ; I | effect on Sidney of the atten- | ; tione of Doctor Max, LeMoyna j H and Joe Drummond—will it j 8 turn har head? (TO BE CONTDni*C.. Good Health MaKe» a Happy Home Good health make* housework easy. Bad health takes all happmeas out of it. Hosts of women drag along •» dailjr jiiiaery, back aching, worried, blue, tired, becauoe they don't know what ails them. 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"Why cun't yer tlo n little fer met" "I luivt>n't nny change." "No change?" "That's what 1 said." "Den why ther illckens don't yer go to work Boston Kvenlng Trana acrlpt. Opposed to Woman's Rights. I'ntlence—-You say she's tin nutl-suf frnglst? Patrice—indeed, she. is. "Doesn't believe In woman's rlghtsT" "No. niwl her prejudice goes to such n length that on Christmas eve shall never hung up any hut the left stock ing." Might Get His. "fiurss' Flubdub won't apply for connlry hoard next summer." "Why not?" "lie wns too prominent In the egg boycott to take chances on getting Into the clutches of n farmer on the lntter*a native heath." l.ouisvllle Courier- Journal.. Authors and the Like. "I suppose the time Is coming whea men will fly to and from their work In airplanes." "Perhaps so." salt! the timorous par on. "hut If 1 live to see that day PII °nvy the man who works at home." • There has been No Increase I In the price oi Grape-Nuts ! Nor Any Decrease In the Size of Package Or Quality Of the Food. '
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