' jf ? I III
fu ?
PRINGLESS
ecretlona war* ?o fret in
vDoan w Pllla aoon had my
r09d fbap* my kldneya
CAN'S ^
AANTDIURHTTCTOTHKKIDl
4tt>oa Co-.Mfr. f> ?? l>?M?
?' r? *
&.V
Hancock
Sulphur Compound
'ton Mood
"ULPHU
aadaldflhaallag
11a* way ta.
Um It lathe
to
OMttUB
tiadtaMl
6Pc and SI. 20 thm lottU
i t VZSWSSSi
? wawtlaead ioa a bottle <*rect.
HANCOCX^UgjmSULPHUR
Btltimorc, MA
I Emfck SwIpAwOmfou^ Om U
| r^?tzirz'mU
My Pictnre on Every
Package P.D.Q/
P. D. Q? a chemical (not an
Inaect powder) that will ac
tually rid a house of B?d
Buga, Roaches. Fleaa and Anta
With Ita proper use ? Impoasl
ble (or them to eslat aa It ktlla
Miw?n IU OAIBI M It Rlkll
their egga aa well and thereby
atopa future generations.
A. JSc package makes a quart.
rVee ? a patent apot In every
package, to get them In the
hard-to-get-at placea. Special
Hospital else, E.60, makes 5
rallnna. Tour druggist haa It
or can get It for you. Mailed
prepaid upon receipt of piire
by the Owl Chemical Work a
Terre Haute, Ind.
ITCH !
Money b*ck wifbool hu
If HUMT'b BALVK fftlla In th?
bnnttov
of ITCH. KCZKlf A.
ft I MO WORM, TETTER or other
ItchlQff okln dlMMP?. Prlc*
or direct fro*
U,
BINUWUKM ,TB1
ItchiQf ?k Id dl?
i j ill /i
By IRVING BACH^LLER
Copyright by Irvine Bucheller
* ' V , ' ' 4 . ~ ^
CHAPTER XVI I? Continued.
< l ?18? "
Solomon took the lightning hurlert
out of the packs and unwrapped them
and tried Hie Springs above the ham
mers. Karller In the day he had
looked to the priming. Solomon gave
one to Japk and put the other two In
his pockets. Each examined Jils pis
tols and adjusted them In . his licit.
They started for the low-lying ridge
above the little valley of Rock creek.
It was now quite dark and looking
down through the thickets of hem
Jock they could see the firelight of
the Indians and heiu- the wash of the
creek water. Suddenly a wild whoop
ing among the red men, savage us the
howl of evolves on the trail of a
wounded bison, ran beyond thwn, far
out Into the forest, and sent Its -choes
traveling -from (.hilltop to mountain
Bide. Then came a sound which no.
man may hear without getting, as Sol
oipon was wont to say, "a Bear oft his
sour which ne will tarry beyond the
last* cape." It was the death cry of a
captive. Solomon hod ! heftrd it be
fore. He knew what Jt'im'eant. The
Ore was taking hold and the smoke
had .begun to Binother Cblro.,. Those
"cries were, like the stabbing of a knife
and the recollection of them like blood
stains. , , \ j
, They hurried down' the slant, brush
ing through the thicket, the sound ' of
their approach being covered by" the
appalling cries of the victim and the
dempn-llke tumult i'Of the drunken
braves. The two scouts were racked
With soul pain as they went on bo
that they could scarcely hold their
peace and keep their, f^jet from -run-'
nlng. ?' A new sense of the capacity for
?*11 In the heart qt man , entered the
mind of JAclt. They had come close
to the frlgMful scene, wbeq Suddenly
? deep alienee fell upon > It. , Thank
God, the victim had gone' beyond the
reach of . pain. Sotpethl&g had hap
pened In bis passing ? perhaps the sav
ages had thought It a sign' from heav
en. 'Tot a momerrt their clamor had
leased. The two scouts could plainly
see the poor' man behind a red , veil
of flame. Suddenly the jwhlte leader
fit the raiders approached the pyre,
limping on bis wooden stump, with a
?tick In bis hand, and prodded the
face of the victim. It was hi* last
?Ct Solomon was taking aim. Bis
rifle spoke. Red Snout tumbled for
ward into the lire. Then what a scur
ry v among the Indians! They van
luhert and so suddenly that Jack won
dered where they had gone. Solomon
stood reloading the Hfle barrel he had
Just emptlBd. Then he said: V
"Come on an' do as I do."
Solomon ran until they had Come
near. Then he Jumped from tree to
tree, stopping at each long 'enough to
survey the ground beyond ? It This
was what be called "swapping cover."
Prom behind a' tree' near the Are he
shouted In the Indian tongue:
f "Red men, you have made the Oreat
Spirit angry. He has sent the son of
t?C thunder to slay you with his
.lightning,'' ' ' \. '? ?
No truer words had ever left the
Hps of man. His hand rose apd swung
back of hlj shoufter and shot forward.
The round' missile sailed through the
firelight ahd beyond It and sank Into
black shadows in the great cavern at
Rftck creek ? a famous camping place
In the old time. Then a flash of white
light and a roar that shook the hills!
A blast of gravel and dust and debris
shot upward and pelted down upon tlie
earth. Bits of rock and wood and an
Indian's arm and foot fell In the fire
light. A number of dusky figures scur
ried out of the mouth of the cavern
and*r*B for their lives shouting pray
ers to iHinlrnn as tliey disappeared In
the da&ness. Solomon pulled the em
bers from around the feet of the vic
tim ....
"Now, by the good God A'mlghty,
?pears to me we got the skeer shifted
so, the red man'll be the rabbit fer a
while an' I .wouldn't wonder," said
Solomon, as he stood looking down
at the scene. "He ain't a-goln* to
like the look o' a pale face ? not over
ly much. Them Injuns that got erway
11 never stop runnln' till they've
-reached the middle o'.next week."
He seized the foot of Red Snout and
pulled his head out of the Are.
"You ol' hellion!" Solomon ex
claimed. d?g o' the devil ! Tum
bled Into hell whar ye b'long at last,
didn't ye? Jack, you take that luther
bucket an' bring some water out o'
the creek an' put out this fire. The
ring on this ? 'ere ol' wooden leg Is
wnth a hundred pounds." .
Solomon took the hatchet from his
belt and hacked off the end of Red
Snoot's wooden leg and put it In his
coat pocket, saying :
"from now on a white man can
walk in the bush without glttln' his
bones picked. Injuns Is goln' to be
skeered o' us? a few an' I wouldn'B
be surp'rlsed."
When Jack came back with the wa
ter. Solomon poured It on the embers
and looked at the swollen form which
still seemed to be straining at the
green withes of moose wood.
"Nothln" kin be done fer him," said
th' old scout. "He's gone erway. j
t?ll ye, Jack, it gin my soul a sweat
to *iear Itlm dytn-."
A moment of silence full of the sor
row of the two men followed. Sol
omon broke it by saying:
That ere blsck pill o' mine went
ricln down into the stummlck o" the
hill mi' glvfc It quite a puke? you hear
to nie."
They Vent to the cavern's month
tad lookad li.
"Tliey's un awful mess In (liar, I
don't keer to see It," said Solomon.
Nftir,them tliey discovered u warrior
who had crawied out of that death
chuinber In the rocks. He had been
stunned and wounded about the shoul
ders. They helped him to hl^ feet
and led hlin away. He was trembling
Wt;h fear. Solomon found n plue
torch, still burning, near where the
re had been. By Its light they
?tressed his wounds ? the old scout
having with him always a small sur
geon's outfit.
"Whar is t' other captive?" he nsked
In the Indian tongue. ?
"About a mile down the trail. It's
a wom?yi and a boy," said the warrior.
"Take us whar tliey be," Solomon
commanded. ?
The three started slowly tfown the
trail, the warrior leading them.
CHAPTER XVIII
The Voice of a Woman fobbing.
Over the ridge hnd more than a
mile away was a wet, wild meadow.
They found tlie cow and horses feed
ing on Its edge near the trail. The
moon, clouded slnoe dark, had come
out In the clear mid-heavens and
thrown its light Into the high windows
of the forest above the ancient thor
oughfare of the Indian. Tbe red guide
of the two ,?couts gave a call which
was. quickly answered. A . few rods
farther on, they saw a pair of old
Indiana sitting in blanketa near a
thicket of black timber. They could
hear the voice of a woman sobbing
near where they stood.
"Womern. don't be skeered o' us ?
we're- friends? we're goln' to take ye
hum," said Solomon.
?*, The woman came out of the thicket
with a little lad of four asleep In 'her
arms.
"Where do ye live?" Solomon asked.'
"Far south on the shore o' the Mo?
hawk," she answered In a voice trem
bling wlt? emotion.
"What's yer name?"
"I'm Bill Scott's wife," she an
swered. j ' ?
"Cat's blood and gunpowder 1" Sol
omon exclaimed. "I'm Sol Blnkua."
She knelt befor^ the old scout and
kissed his knees and could not speak
for the fulness of [her heart. Solomon
bent over and tctok the sleeping lad
from her arms and held him against
his breast./
"Don't teel bad. We're a-goln' to
take keero' you." said Solomon. "Ayes,
air, we bel They ain't nobody goln'
to harm ye ? nobody at all."
There was a note of tenderness In
the voice of the man as he felt the
chin ,of the little lad with bis big
thumb and finger.
"Do ye know what they done with
Bill?" the woman asked soon In a
pleading voice.
The. scout swallowed as his brain
began to work on the problem In hand.
"Bill broke loose an' got erway. He's
gone." Solomon answered In a sad
voice.
"Did they torture him?"
"What they done I couldn't Jes' tell
ye. But they kln't do no more to him.
He's gone."
She seemed to sense his meaning
and lay crouched upon the ground
with her sorrow until Solomon lifted
her to her feet and said:
"Look hero, little womern. this' don't
do no good. I'm goln" to spread my
blanket und?r the pines an' I want ye
to lay down with y^r boy an' gl? some
sleep. We cot a long trip tomorrer.
"'Taln't so bad as If might be ? ye're
kind o' lucky a'ter all Is said an'
done," he remarked as he covered the
woman and the child.
The wounded warrior and the old
men were not to he found. They had
sneaked away into the hush. J:ick
and Solomofl looked about and the I
latter called hut got no answer. i
"They're skeered cl'ar down to the j
toe nails." said Solomon. "They !
couldn't stan' It here. A llghtnln" I
thrower Is a few too many. They'd |
rutfcer he nigh a rattlesnuke."
The scouts had no sleep thai nU-ht. '
They sat down hy the trail side lean- |
tng against a log and lighted their
plpc&.
"You member Bill Scott?" Solomon
whlsDered.
"Yes. "We spent a night In hit
house."
"lie were a mean cuss. Hold rum
to the Injuns I alius tol' hlin it were
wrong but ? my God A'miglity ! ? I nev
er 'apected that the lire In the water
were a goin" to burn him up sometime.
No, sir ? I never dreamed he were a
goln' to be' punished so ? never."
They lay hack against the log with
their one blanket spread and ppent
the night in* a kind of half sleep.
Every little sound was "like a kick
In the ribs," us Solomon put it, and
drove them "Into the look and listen
business." The woman was often cry
ing out or the cow and horses getting
up to feed.
"My son, go to sleep," said Solomon.
"I tell ye there uln't no danger now? ?
not a bit. I don't know much but I
know Injuns ? plenty."
In spite of 'his knowledge evfen Solo
mon himself could not sleep. A little
before daylight they arose and began
to stir about. ,
"I was badly burnt by that fire,"
Jack whispered.
"Inside I" Solomon answered. ? "So I
was I. My soul were a-sweatln' all
night." *
, The morning was chilly. They gath
ered birch bark and' dry pine and soon
had a ^ fire going. Solomon stole over
to the thicket where the woman and
child were lying and returned In a mo
ment. ? ?
"They're sound as!e?p," he said la
? low tone. "We'll let ' "em Alone."
He began to make tea and got out J
the last of their bread'and dried meat]
and bacon. 'He was frying the latter!
when he said :
''That 'ere Is a mighty likely wom
em." /
He turned the bacon with bla fork
and added :
"Turrlble purty when qhe were
young. Alius hated the rum business."
Jack went out on the wild meadow
and brought In the cow and milked
her, filling a basin and a quart bottle.* I
Solomon went to the thicket sad
called : t . ' .
"Mis' Scott !"
The woman answered.
"Here's a tow'l an' a lettle Jug
soap. Mis' Scott. Ye kin take the toy
to the crick an' git washed an'. the?
come to the Are an' eat yer break
fust."
The boy was a handsome, blond la4
with blue eyes and a serious manner.
HU confidence In the protection of hla
mother was sublime.
"What's yer name)" Solomon asked,
looking np at the lad whom h* had
lifted high In the air. >
"?Whig Scott," the boy answered tim
idly with tears in his eyes.
"What ! Be ye skeered o' ineV
These words came from the little
lad as he began to cry: "No, air.
I ain't skeered. I'm a brave man."
"Courage Is the first virtue In which
the young are schooled on the fron
tier," Jack wrote In -a letter to his
friends at home In which he told of
the blstocy of thaf day. "The words
and manner of tbe boy reminded me
ot my own childhood.
"Solomon held Whig In bis lap and
fed him] and soon wcm his confidence.
The backs of the horses and the cow
were so badly galled they could not
be ridden, bat we were able to lash
the packs over a blanket on one of
the horses. We drpve the beasts ahead
of us. The Indians had timbered the
swales here and there so that we were
able to pass them with little trouble.
Over the worst places I had the boy
on my back while Solomon carried
'Mis' Scott* in hla arms as If she were
a baby. He was very gentle with her.
To him, as you know, a woman has
been a sacred creature since his wife
died. He seemed to regard the boy
as i wonderful kind Of plaything. At
the camping places he spent every mo
ment of his. leisure tossing him In tha
air or rolling .on the ground with him.
"One day when the woman akt by
the fire crying, the little lad touched
her brow with his hand and said:
" 'Don't be skeered, mother. I'm
brave. Ill take care o' you.'
"Solomon come to where I was
breaking some dry sticks for the flra
and said laughingly, as be wiped a
tear from his cheek with the back of
his great right hand :
" 'Did ye ever see sech a go!' durn
cunnin' ieetle cricket In yer born days
? everr r
"A:ways thereafter he referred t?
the boy as the Little Cricket."
Jack wrote in another of his letters
that as they fared along, down to
ward the sown lands of tte upper Mo
hawk, Solomon began to develop tal
ents of which none of his friends had
entertained the least suspicion.
"He has had a hard life full of fight
and peril like most of us who were
oon> in this New World," the young
man wrote. "He reminds me of some j
of the Old Testament heroes, and
Is cot this land we have traversed
like the plains of Mamre? What a
gently creature he might have been If
he had had a chance! How long. I
wonder, must we be slayers of men!
As long, I take It. as there are sav.
ages against whom we must defend
ourselves."
The next :norr.lng they met a coto- I
pany of one of the regiments of Gen
eral Herklm?r who had jjone in pur
suit ?f lle.l Snout and his follower*.
Learning w\ut had happend to that
evil hsnj ard Its lender the soldiers
faced about and esoorted Solomon sad
his party to Ori*knny
(TO BE CONTINUED >
Csutlon Is the parent of safety,
V ^ , ? ?
wrgo VQ? UNIFORM OmntATlONAL
SundaySchool
T Lesson T
<Hy Kiev. 4*. B. F1TZ WATER. D.D.. D???
of th* Hvontntf School, Moody Bible lu
ailiuto of Chicago.)
(?, 1924. Wcat?rn Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for July 20
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
LRBSON TEXT? Mark 1:1-11.
OOl.DKN TEXT ? "Thou art my be
loved Son. In whom 1 urn well pleased,"
? Murk 1:11.
PKIMARY TOPIC? Jesus Pleases Ilia
Father. ??
JUNIOR TOPIC ? John and Jesus'* at
^lie Jordan. " ?
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC ? JesuB Dedicates His LJte.
YOUNG PEOPLB'AND ADULT TOPIC
? Tlie Meaning of Baptism.
In, order to appreciate the lesson
for toduy one should have an under
standing of Uie purpose of the Gospel
according to Mark. In the Old Testa
ment Is set forth ttn august portrait
of Jesus Christ Who Is the Branch,
the King (Jer. 23:5), the Branch, the
Servant (Z^ch. 3:8), the Branch, the
Man (Zech. 8:12), the Branch of Je
hovah (Isa. 4:2). The four-fold ac
count of the Oospels placed alongside
of these predictions fits exactly. Mat-'
thew exfllblts Him oa the Promised
King, Mark as the ServaiA of Je
hovah, Luke as the Man Redeemer
and John as the Son of God. The
theme of Mark Is the Gospel of Je
hovah's Servant (Chap. 1 :1). The key
verse Is 10:4G, and the- key words are
"straightway.'' "fprthwlth," ."Immedi
ately,"
I. Who the 8ervant Is (v. 1).
-'Jesus Christ, the- Son of God."
Jesus means Saviour. Christ means
Anointed, This Servant who so fully
and completely obeys God's will Is
none other than Gsd's Son.
II. Ths Servant's Forerunner (w.
2-8). x ' '
1. Who He Was (vv. 2-3). He. was
John the Baptist. His mission was , to
prepare the tway for God's Servant.
He was .prophesied concerning more
than tlve hundred 'years before be
came. , (Isa. 40:3).
. 2. HIS Message (vv. 3-8).
(1) "Prepare the Way of the Lord"
(v. 3). This means fd remove from
your hearts everything which hinders
the incoming of the. L&rd, to break
down the high places of pride and to
straighten out the crooked places, not
only to .confess your' sins, but to give
substantial . evidence of repentance.
(2) "Baptism of Bepentance for
the Remission of Sins" (v. 4). In
preparation for the coming of Christ
the people were to repent and those
who relented were to be baptized.
Baptism was administered to those
who repented as an expression of the
penitence which led to the forgiveness
of sin.
(3) The Coming of Christ (w. 7,
8). This coming was to be much
greater than that of John. This
superior dignity was not only In His
person but in the work He was to
perform. John baptized with water,
but Jesus was to bp the baptlzer with
the Holy Ghost
3. His Success (v. 5). People from
all over Judea and from Jerusalem
went out and were baptized. John's
dress and demeanor were In keeping
with his stern mission. His food and
dress indicated that- he had withdrawn
from the world as a protest against
Its follies and sins.
III. The Baptism of tha Servant
(vv. o-ii).:
Whlle the forerunner was discharg
ing his office Jesus emerged from his
seclusion at Nazareth and demanded
baptism at John's hands.
1. Its Significance.
Negatively, ft was not because He
had sinned for He was absolutely sin
less. harmless, undeflled. separate
from sinners. This separation was so
complete that even the Devil could
find no occasion against Him. (John
14 :80).
Positively. Its significance Is found
In harmony with the purpose of Hla
coming lino the world, .which was to
secure for His people salvation through
death and resurrection. This act was
His official entrance upon His work. It
was an act of consecration on .his
part to the work of saving His peo
ple through sacrifice. While baptism
Is n sinner's ordinance. He was bap
tized, not because He had sinned, but
hecuuse He look the place of sinners.
He was so devoted to them that He
entered upon His mission by submit
ting fo the ordinance which typified
deatrf and resurrection. ? In this He
who knew no sin was made sin for
us that we might he made the right
eousness of r,o<| to lllm (II Cor. 5:21)
2. Approval From the Open Heavens
(vv. 10. 11), Immediately following
'His consecration to His work the
heavens were opened and the Spirit
came and abode upon lllm. followed I
by The words nf approval from the
Fiither. Alt these were essential for
the work upon which He now en
tered.
The Fight of Faith
Suto war with enns. some with the |
pen. others with the tongue, hut the i
Christian "fights the pood fight of I
' ilth "?The Living Word.
Never Satisfied
people are never satisfied 'o
put l?" anil two together, unless they I
can It c? un: five.
Each Mind
Esrh m n l makes !'? axtti ;:;uj
*-?r' ' peasant or miserable I
demand
Over 100,000 people have
testified that TANLAC
ha* relieved them of :
Stomach Trouble,
Rheumatism,
Hal-Nutrition,
Sleeplessness,
Nervousness,
Loss of Appetite,
Loss of Weight,
Torpid Liver or
Constipation.
"*A?k Anyone Who Hm
Taken TANLAC
OVER M MILLION BOTTLES
SOLD
lit Itb By An M DtamMt.
When Baby Frets
from teething, feverishneas, cold, colic or
atomach and Dowel irregularities there la
nothing that will give it
quicker relief than
DR. THORNTON'S
EASY TEETHER
A famous baby's specialist's prescription,
successfully used for 15 years. A sweet
powder that children like ? takes the place
of castor oil. Contains no opiates or aarra
hil drug.. Package, 25c, at your druggist.
If it falls to help, your money refunded.
Maybe Long Distance r
"Why, Mary, . where's your little
brother?"
"I've locked him Into a clothes
closet. He's been In there an hour."
"Goodness, why aren't you playing
any more?"
"We ate. I'm the telephone lady and
he's waiting for a connection."
/ ' .*i ? ? ? , , ".j '
Roman Ey* Balaam la as antiseptic oint
ment. Rene* tt>e medication haala by pen*,
t ratine the tnflara*d ex* aortacM. Adv.
Valuable Library
The Urgest library of strictly edu
cational literature In America Is main
tained by the United States bureau of
education at Washington. This library
Is administered as a central reference
and lending collection for the teachers
and educators of the United States.
Its bibliographers supply Information'
to Investigators of technical education
al subjects. On request the library
will 'give information and advice re- .
gardlng methods of organization, ad
ministration, cataloguing, classifying,
etc., for educational libraries and edu
cational book collections.
A.
I *
? ' ;
-ir
?. v .
Say "Bayer Aspirin,, ,
INSIST! Unless you see the
"Bayer Cross" on tablets you ? .
are not getting the genuine
Bayer Aspirin proved safe by
. millions and prescribed by phy
sicians for 24 years.
c*/b^ i,
Bayer package ?
, . y '??>
which contains proven directions
Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablet*
Also bottles of 24 and 100 ? Druggist*
Afplrla la the trade mark of Bajar Mas*- . ?
factor* of UooMcttleacMMtar of SallcflkaaM
a? ' **" ? 1
Wonderful
Results v
Mr. Phllan writes that he had kid
ney trouble, purchased Hobo Kidney
and Bladder Remedy from a drug
store at Wlnnfleld, Louisiana, and now
writes to give testimony of the won
derful results he obtained by taking It.
He says he never had a recurring
symptom Blnce taking Hobo Kidney
and Bladder Remedy.
Hobo is an herb balm made from
an herb that grows In Louisiana and
Bast Texas* It contains ?o alcohol,
opiates, or hablt-formlng drugs, but
the herbs from which It Is made carry
a purifying property that has been
found of great remedial value.
For sale by all druggists at $1.20 a
bottle. A six-bottle treatment costs
$6.00, and Is guaranteed to give satis
faction or money1 refunded.
Hobo Medicine Co., Beaumont, Texai.
For Pimply Skin
Peterson's Ointment
"All pimples are Inflammation of the
skin," says Peterson, "and the best and
quickest way to get rid of them Is to
use Peterson's Ointment." Used by mil
lions for eczema, skin and scalp Itch,
ulcers, sore feet. All druggists. 35c. 60r.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
iMDeTMrknanfl * '..^wna.rMllaJ
RMtorM Color trtd
to Gray ?ad HaV
fcv. ar a |i at at Drtrnitk
H 1 N OERCORNSj.-^.'Sr^
SrWa^ i'r.