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CHAl'TBIt VIH.
ONE aajr shortly before time to
go buck to school Beth came
out to see the girls.
"College life seems to agree
with you," she said. "You look" hap
pier than ever, and that's a good deal."
"1 don't see how any one can help
being happy," said Gladys. "There's
So much to do, and it's so much fun
to do It, and, anyway. It's fun just to
be alive."
"At college especially, added MabeL
"There's something happening every
minute, end its all so very interesting.
But yon look as if something was the
matter, Beth. Aren't you well!"
- Beth made a pitiful attempt to
smile and burst out crying. After a
moment she controlled herself with
an effort "I-I ought not to tell,"
she said, "and I wouldn't to any one
bat yon, bat lt's-it's Harold."
"What!" exclaimed Mabel. "Be isn't
efckr
Beth shook her bead. T almost
wish he was," she said, Instead ot
this."
The girls watted sympathetically for
bar to goon.
'Harold got In with a fast set at
college," Beth continued after a. mo
ment. "Ton know bow open hearted
and easily influenced be was? Well,
as soon as the boys found out that he
had plenty of money they got him to
Join what was supposed the most fash
ionable fraternity in school, but which
must have been the wickedest. Har
old Isn't the bind of a boy to do anything-
halfway. He thought he must
do everything the rest of the boys In
his set did, and he got to leading a
pretty wild life, I'm afraid."
Beth paused for a moment' and then
went on. "He went into athletics and
soon became a football star; whatever
that la. Of course he was Immensely
popular" there was a note of pride in
her voice "but with this- popularity
came more temptations to get away
from all the best part of college life
and go in simply for the sporty part
of it The end of It aH was that he
got to gambling and got into debt so
badly that be was almost afraid to
come home, Papa gave him an awful
lecture" aha shod dared- at the resol
leettoo and Harold Anally gov an
gry himself and said he eooldnt be
young but once, and he was going to
enjoy life while he could.
"Then mamma talked to bun, ana
be finally broke down and promised
to do better. Papa wanted to take
him ont of school and put him to work
at something, but be Anally agreed to
give him one more chance."
None of the girls said anything ror
a long time after Beth bad Qnisbed.
"Harold could be such a spienma
man if he would only try," said Gladys
at last ' "With the ability be has-
wby. be might be the best lawyer In
the state."
"Maybe It Isn't altogether bis fault.
said Mabel. "It must be bam to
stand oat against all the rest of tbe
fellows.".
"That's the trouble," said Beth, "lie
got In with the wrong kind of crowd
to start with."
"1 don't believe the boys at Ames
are that way," said Mabel, -at wast
none that 1 know."
Gladys smiled. "There are a wnoie
lot there that yon' dont know," she
said. "There might be a great aeai or
Improvement in the Ames boys; but
all the same. I don't believe there
eonld be any other school as nice as
A mo. Why cant yon come oowq
with us next term?" she added, torn
ing to Beth. .
Beth shook her sea a. -j m gws w
i an." aha said. "Maybe I can
help Harold. Ifs going to be a hard
enough fight for mm anyway.
"Ara Too really going to o
.a.irTT aaked Gladys. "We'll come
over and see yon the day of the athv,
Basota fame next tt ir we gw a
tnvitatJon," she added. t
mi von a standing invitation
now that Is good for any day to the
year," Beth answered. "And 1 vttn.
KM TlUVt.'
turns
mb added, lbs yen woold
gejtjM ssrere saraoarbnen.
lot f respect for yon slrls
s whole
afc. talk drifts ta ether thbiga
a. antic and that " na-
: . ui red ee est
that peopW fT!
Lm and tna
ewar
Gladys nrega -
, and tber set down ee
rora popper. ? sra-Hr.
Gladys
lawra mnm aw
the Soer
ha- insisted en baHdisg a Bt-
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l Story of
Farm Life
Copyright. 1910. by American
Preu Auodatioa
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and popped corn aoo roamcji apples
and talked until the night was far
gone.
Gladys bad a headache nn unusual
thing for her the next day, so Mabel
hitched Mollle to the cutter and drove
Beth back to town. Harold came
down to the gate as be saw them
drive up. He lifted his rap In tbe
same old Jaunty way, mid tbe same
smile lingered about tbe corners of
his mouth os be talked, but In many
other ways ho was greatly changed.
He had grown and was suiierbly mus
cled. As be lounged against the gate
post with the careless grace of a
young athlete Mabel could not help ad-
IYiltefndB him
auuxi luuia
Yet flfbre was a half wild, shifty
won in ms eyes as 11 some secret was
bidden behind them that Mabel noted
with quick disapproval. His mouth,
too, when not carved upward in a
smile had an uncertain droop that In
dlcated weakness and a desbw to be
led rather than to lead.
"Where- have 1 seen that horse be-
fnrA?" ha aukoA am ha halnArl Rarh tn
the ground. "Oh, yes, I remember nowl
Gladys code be np: to- unela urays
one night about two years ago, and I
drove her home." He hesitated a mo
ment "I haven't had a sleigh ride
thin winter." ha afllrl lorkklnsr. nn ae
Mabel with that comically pleading
iook 01 ms tnat sciaom raiiea to get
him anything be wanted.
"Does that mean that you'd like
one?" Mabel asked. "If it does Mollle
and I are at your service that is, if I
may go along."
"Of coarse I want yon along," he
said as he stepped to the seat beside
her. "A sleigh ride alone Isn't much
fun."
"You've changed a great deal since
I saw you last," he went on after they
were out In the road again. "I thought
yoa were Gladys when 1 saw yon
drive up."
"What a compliment," laughed Ma
bel "Don't you wish I were?"
Harold hesitated a moment "So,"
he replied; "I dont know that I do.
Gladys expects too much of a fellow,
and she has such a way of making
him feel so deaced uncomfortable."
"Maybe ifs good for a fellow to feel
uncomfortable once In awhile," said
Mabel, looking at him gravely.
Harold shook his head. "Not too un
comfortable," he said. "It may make
him reckless."
"Was that what was the matter?"
asked MabeL
Harold looked up quickly. "Did
Gladys tell youf he questioned.
Mabel shook her head. "No," she
answered, "but 1 guessed. Ifs too
bad, but do yon think things like those
that happened last term are going to
help ltr
"Of coarse not," Harold answered.
"But whafa the use-of trying to be
anvhorW? I felt like I wanted to jnst
cut loose and have a good time and go
to the dertt," be adoea recaieemj.
"And so you cut loose," Mabel inter
nnud anrt almost went to the fellow
you spoke of. But did yon hare a good
time?"
a rood timer he cried, "1 was
craey, and when I came to my senses
enough to realise wnat 1 was ooiog j
bated myself."
vfahni aat thlnkhw for a long time.
"Ton are going back," she said at last
haia tn the asms old crowd of fel
lows, the same eld aaeoclations and
temptations. Can yon-wiu yoo-eep
the promise yon made yonr father and
mother and Beth?"
namid ranarht his breath sharply. A
vision of the parlors of tbe Ban Ta
Snlpsilon house rose np before nun.
Be eonld see the blue smoke ctrriing
op ward to Join tbe base that bang
over tbe beads-of tbe excited forme
that hung over tbe card table, and be
could hear the sneers of tbe feDows
and their cries of "quirt" as s boy
threw his cards into tbe Are and went
npetalrs to study.
Then be turned and looked into the
sweet face beside bun. tbe delicately
uolded, aenslttTe cmn. tbe asrtons
nouth and then inW tbe clear depths
of those onestlonlag; trnstiag Ua
yon belleee I canf be asked.-
T know yon can,- as --"
-TbsnlwW.".beaaldV
sjext senasetsr was n repetition
of the Bret ft Gladys-and Mabel.
wtta swre work, ansrev atUtoiiaaasrs
aad if poaalUa saore aDjoysaeaX -
Gladys, witb her eetf reliant, mas
tcrfnl way of eaeetinf and settBnr an
pums that snasssi 'J
eame s Iseder aaesnnv taadilavsnd
lobars quick sympathy aad SMaraaas
to be dotng socesthmg xbr somebody
almost eeery sl tbe dsiuikery.
The weeks iiissis enscauy aaaa
bteenbCJane)
Tbe ekovar I
taafara ta the
tna atria ms i ad bosne-tbey
tnair
pajrnag uaar
... ...
straw nans,
tekfd tbe
for
her crop ef
ta afferd In take good earn ef
C-Gladys -teed slfc resnnon an ns
oumi.il by the fane on Ms way ta
own one day. "ITS doing aooegb tor
aat en -
TM 'teet tambacasr -
yoac, and tbe tressvweee laees-wnn
a ptantlfnl nnpply ef sne frslt .it
seansd as If every one died bad plenty
ad that teen see and tbe bse-
to- droved ess t tbe ape
,r,rr-w.f artcaa,-- bewares; and
Gladys fowad ne eUfncnlty as gadflae
the storane eoernany te pnt "
Snadred barrels wblcb aae aad blabal
had datMad te bald for a Wsber prtea,
Aaotber schoot rear evened, aad al
Tmtummt tbe slater
asraaed, Sdidneeeen as
books and Uatr eeOege
most before the kTi-Is realized It
ThanktiKiving d-iy nus at hand and
with It tbe i;rttit Iona-Mtuuesota foot
ball game Jt-IT had written to Gladys
to ask ber If Rhe still remembered
their agreement, so that she knew
that he must have made the team.
His letters did not come very often
any more, and when they did they
said very little bout himself. They
bad seen by the paper tbnt he bad
been placed second in the state ora
torical contest, but he never told them
that sitting up with a sick roommate
two nights previous was all that kept
him from getting first nor that tbe
governor of the state bad shook bis
hand when It was over and told hlui
that be bad a great future before him
as an orator.
Beth had been renewing ber invita
tion In every, letter she bad written
that term, and two days before the
game she even went so far as to call
them up over the telephone. 80 tbe
day before Thanksgiving the girls
packed their suit cases and took the
train for Iowa City to be present at
the biggest western football game of
the season.
CHAPTER IX.
ETH met the girls at the tram
and harried them out to the
university. She looked happier
than they had ever seen ber
before.
"I believe you have good news for
us," said Mabel) smiling.
"Indeed I haver cried Beth. "And
of course It's about Harold. There's
been such a change In bJml Dean
E Basel told me yesterday that there
wasn't a boy In school be would trust
any quicker than he would Harold.
And yon Just ought to see him play
footbeJir
The other girls laughed with the
contagious happiness.
"I knew be bad It In him to come
out all right If he'd Just get started in
tbe right direction," said MabeL
"Will we see him tonight?" ques
tioned Gladys.
"No, he's in training, you know, and
can't be np nights. But tomorrow Is
the last game of tbe season, and he's
promised to take us sll to the theater
tomorrow night We're going to have
a box too."
Over the Baa Ta Snlpsilon chapter
house there was trouble brewing.
Harold came In from supper and start
"I DOMt CABS IF I DOWTJST OSS
ed up to his room as wss bis wont
when one of the boys called him into
the parlor.
"Don't be In such a harry, Do VaL"
be said. "Join us la Just one game to
take your mind off tba victory tomor
row." "Yea, yon need a -little touch of
sporting life to get your blood up,"
spoke np another of ' the players,
"TonTe been holding off a long time
tor you."
Harold hesitated. Cards had always
bad a fascination for btnx Tonight,
after tbe strain of weeks ef bard train
ing, the crowded, baxy card room at
tracted bun Irresistibly.
"I don't cere If I do Just one," be
said, and with something of the eld
reckless gleam In bis eyes be slid Into
the seat that was promptly vscsted
for nun. ' -
He played and lost and played and
lost again, so fsednated In tbe shift
tug cards that be lost all track of
tune and losses.
Then aaodeefy be straightened np
with s start- and threw down his
cards. "Eleven o'clock," be cried, "and
tbe sight before tbe cbamplonablp
gsmeT- Why dWt yon tell mel-
Be ranched b- bis oorfcat "How
MMtr-bdi ashed -
Oae ed the hoys rspMhr added we a
son ef Sdorea. "One bandied and At
ty detains," he said.
Harold dropped Hmply beck la bis
chela, "One hundred end fifty dol
Ursr be gasped. -Oh. why did I do
ltr Be burled bis face ta hie hands.
an," eeM eae or ine otaaru.
Ton-re not the kmn te
oad en takiasr year medietas,
Ban 1 want te be square with yen." be
wen en.- TB play yon s gaani for
the Jsrsnti Coaee en. KoWs yonr
ehanea
Without a word Harold drew his
Chen np to tbe. table end reached for
thecarda. The boys gathered around
and wa tried breathleaaty. for eome
thsssT ta Bsraers tense face and as
hore brsBthsnar said tbees that
tfcaa the aaar seeater wee at
They bad seen aim lose larger
aaaoejats than that with a caw I as
iu on hat face.
But asnia the fatae were against
bun. and again hie rdaye were aav
tseky. With n gwen be poshed beck
km chair aad reabed from ti
to nass S sleeptans Sight teentng
sant see and Brian ever again
few brief bears ef tbe evening be
fore. Pie ebnm met him st the foot of tbe
stairs as, haggard and worn, be came
laws te breakfast tbe next morata
Have's a chance te aaake good yet."
te wandered. -Ktowaota has sent
up mo te ptore en tbe game. WeTe
ad a creed te give yen the Srst chance
atk."
TS eaka tt." aeld Harold srtrtcklr.
"ine mien may ne sun roar me, oat
in a foot Im I i cniup I'm not afraid of
even fate"
Long before v o'clock (he crowd be
gun t flow tlirnuuh the gate and up
on to the lon bleachers. Uetb hod
secured wutn ueur the center, and tbe
glrlK were waiting excitedly for tbe
appeurauce of 1 tn- i-untendlng teams
At about fifteen iiiIiiuiom of t the Min
nesota team trotted on to tbe Bold.
"Oh, seer juried Mabel, catching
Gladys by the arm "There's Jcffr
But Gladys bad already seen bltn
and was waring a Minnesota pennant
with All ber might.
Jeff saw tbetn af almost tbe same
instant and wared hut baud.
"Doesn't be look big and strong in
those football things?" cried Mabel.
"And oh, see, there's Harold!" as the
Iowa team cunie running out. The
crowd was on Its feet in so Instant,
and the Iowa yell echoed across tbe
campus ss tbe' two teams lined up.
-Then the whistle blew, and tbe great
game was oa Mabel put ber hand
kerchief to ber eyes as tbe two lines
came together with a thud that shook
tbe (ease sir.- Gladys only wished that
she badmora eyes In order that she
might see more of It.
"Seel" she fried, seizing Beth by the
ernfas Jeff, n'be was playing quarter,
broke 'away- for' a. twenty yard" run
down the' field toward Iowa's goal It
looked for a moment as If be bad got
clear away, and then ' with a long
Jump Harold tackled him, and they
went down together.
Play followed play In quick succes
sion, but It seemed to the girls that It
wss largely a fight between the two
opposing quarterbacks, with the rest
of tbe players to lend color to the
scene.
The first half passed: witb no score.
and the whistles called the men up for
the Anal struggle. Minnesota secured
the ball on tbe klckoff. and tbelr fa
mous "flying wedge" took them back
nearly to the center of the Hold. Then
Jeff got awny with tbe ball and ad
vanced it to Iowa's forty yard line.
A line smash took it five yards fart
tber. and there it stuck. Twice the
great human machines came together,
and twice Minnesota fa Hod" to gain!
An a last resort Jeff dropped back to
kick goaL It war magnlflcent kick
and the boll sailed squarely between
the posts.
The handful of Minnesota supiwrtors
went wild with delight, and when
Gladys came to herself -she was war
ing a plug hat with one band and her
pennant In the other, ' wbiw tne beio-
beadod old gentleman who sat in the
seat ahead looked up arher tn pained
surprise.
Again the teams lined up, Minnesota
flushed with victory, lows doggedly
determined. Harold becked np Iowa's
klckoff with a great run and' a mag
nlfkmt tackle, and low bold tbe ball
on Minnesota's chlrtyfirS yard Una,
Tbe Iowa supporters went wild yell
ing for a touchdown, but Minnesota's
line wss like a stone wall, and' Iowa
had no al terns tire but to kick. Tbe
ball was quickly paseed back to Har
old, but the hard game sod tbe sleep
less night were beginning to ten
blnvand be fumbled. Be immediate
ly recovered and kicked, bat-tbe Min
nesota men were on top of bun, and
the chance for a score was lost. Min
nesota kicked tne bad out- of danger,
and then followed tea minutes of
steady bammertntv with no- apparent
advantage on ettberntdo.'
Harold was ttteung dsepnrafei Tbe
disgrace ef a decant end tbe dis
grace of a whole' Tear straight liv
ing thrown away In a single nlghfs
duwlpaden stared blm m the-faea.
Tber must not lose.- He clinched
his teeth ss be called the signal for
s quarterback run. He- put the' last
ounce of desperate strength be I
left Into that runt Ten yarda, twen
ty, thirty, be went Only fifteen more
and be eonld fall across the line and
breathe when a human- catapult
struck blm from behind end be went
down, with Jeff banging tightly to
bis legs.
Harold was Died wh Wind anger
st Jeff. In every play be bad am
that dar Jeff bad opposed blm. Be
was always tn tbe way. He did not
stop to think ef tbe conseoneneee, but
a moment later as tbe Minnesota team
Tu ta-vn rr
came eresbJag lads tbssr fane be
enlcsJy forward and dattrered a
rtble kVk at Jeers Hba.
Ia an tears at tbe referee bed
ey tbe arm, and be wen- led off the
Aeld. wane Jeff wee carried away te
tbe tent with a broken rtb.
Io a few seeuasacs morn tt wss all
pton ef the
Tbe gtrts
had seen Jeff
Csn'sTttsnl
new be
stray, bet they bad aet
was hart. Beth baOed a
tent to dad out U the injury was os-
rlone.
Be ears bCS be aH right ts a Be-
Os whBe." the boy eaM as ne earns
nark. "He said to grre yea We eoo
sllsasnfs and that ha would be ever to
ore yen aftar ewppsc"
But neither Jeff nor Bareag put as
as appearance altar svppec. Jeff taaa-
pnoiraa vver aiuir awuuo ana toia
. them that the doctor wouldn't let him
come.1 But of Harold they saw nor
beard nothing.
It was almost 9 o'clock when the
maid brought a note up to Mabel. It
was from Harold, and he asked that
be might see ber for a moment
His face was so twisted with pain
and remorse that she hardly recog
nized him, and his attempt at a smile
of welcome was so pitiful that Mabel
smothered an Involuntary cry of sym
pathy. "Wont yon come out on tbe campus
a few moments?" be asked. "I won't
keep yon long."
He led her along in silence till they
came to a little clump of trees that
stood back a short distance from the
walk. Harold motioned Mabel to a
seat In the fantastic shadow cast by
the lopsided moon and threw himself
down at her feet
"I've got something to tell you," be
began, and bis voice was husky with
emotion "something that probably no
one but yon will understand," be went
on, "and maybe you won't"
ITS paused a moment, as If gathering
himself together foevthe ordeal, and
then, slowly, haltingly, but without
omitting a single detail, be told the
whole miserable story.
Mabel sat 'silent for a long time
after be bad finished.
"WelL" be said at last "why don't
yoa tell me what you think of met"
"I think you're a poor, unfortunate
boy," said Mabel In a sodden rush of
sympathy. "But It may not turn out
to be as bed ss It seems now. Have
yoa mode any planar" '
He shook his head, t "Only that I'm
going away somewhere and not coming
back till I bare $600 In my band,
curt askfttber-for' '
. "Tbarwtbe Yery thing I was going
t suggest." said MabeL "Blx hundred
dollars to a great deal of money, but
you're young and" Strong, snd I know
yoa can earn ft
Harold leaped to bis feet "Ton
don't know bow much better you've
made me feel MabeL" be said.
came over here tonight feeling ae If I
hadn't a friend In tbe world, bat you
have put some new nope Into me. This
has been a bad day's work, an awful
day's work; bat HI live it down yet"'
"Tell tbe girls about ft" be went on
as tbey reached tbe door of tbe dorml
tory. "I cant bear to eee tbem. Tell
BotA'ihe deserves" to have a far better
brother than she's got f won't show
np again till those gambling debts are
paid." He closed tbe door as Mabel
steooed inside and then turned and
hurried away.
I to an ooimmjKj.1
FAiTHFUL Td HIS " TBUST.
Hone OM fild Orteasv sew Mir Duty
;. ., ' : Sad DM Ha -
. An officer in a Portland bank was
iH last summer with malaria, and
confined to his bod st his country
home. The house is situated in a
vQlaffe celebrated as much for its
lack of conveniences as for the
beauty of the scenery thereabouts.
In fact, it is almost impossible to
boy anything to cat there, and the
summer residents send their provi
sioni oat from the city.
The invalid became possessed by
S desire for a place of watermelon,
which fruit could not be found st
the local stores. The only solution
of the problem that appeared was
td send Han, the man of oil work
to the city for one, and he wss call
ed in from the garden and instruct
ed to take the first train, bay a wa
termelon and return as speedily as
possible.
As llsns (eft his mistress gave
bint the family railroad ticket and
dollar with whkh to bur the
melon. ' Melons were worth at that
time about SS to 80 cents, and his
only Instructions were to "get s
rood one snd "hurry back." The
trip ordinarily would hare taken
two- or three hours, and as it was
forenoon thrnaJid hod visions of
his- thirst being satiated daring the
uteraooni'
The 8 o'clock train coma in. but
00 sign of nans. Possibly he had
missed it The 4 o'clock train toot
ed its way into and out of the vil
lage, but ao- Hans snearcd. Five
o'clock. 6 o'clock. T o'clock ell
came with the same result By that
time) the invalid had grown fretful.
nasi U miptread worried id fear
that Bans had fallen into tlto-bands
of the rhOistines.
" Itesllt. nftbT' arfnr of the
lost train, 10 ottoel st night; BsnV
afauffliixr' footsteps were besrd'M
the porch, and be sppesred with an
enormous watermelon in his arms.
"Where in the world bars you
been, Bans V asked his mistress.
Veil, Mrs, A,- said Hans, Tm
awful tired, nnd I ain't bet bad ne
dinner-snd s capper. I found mel
on for trentt jurats and for thirty
eents snd for Yeefty cents, bnt I
Touldnt daks dem. I shust keep on
fotn vntfl I found rotf for s dollsr,
und -tmmphanuy-r-aeTw ix js."
Youth 's Companion. - -
According: to tbe gpencnriaji
view, the universe is s complex uni
ty, which, wbenTDdnoed to its Hi
snats) analysis; as seas t be one
fooS'he redUfaribntioo of kaetter
i xrwtien aH pUnemeias being
complex aspects of that ens fact
Under the name of evolution Spen-
curbnm tffldertook to show that the
renrtnl fronr star to seed,' bus
remand by a process of development
front the simple to the complex
through sncceasirs integrations snd
difidrentktions. For convenience
rTvnryaw ore divided into see-1
lions geology, biology, psychology
and sodology bat the process m
one, sad the law of the process is
a. rrorotkm hi one tn principle
gad in fact-nestor McTherson -
A DEADLY REPTILE
The Fer-de-fance the Most. Ven
omous of Ail Serpents.
ITS STING A DEATH WARRANT
Utile Chance For a Victim of the
i Fangs of This Terror of the I aland
of Martinique The Cat end tlie Mon
goose Its Moat Formidable Enemloe.
JDvery one Is perfectly well aware
that there exists a large number of
venomous serpents we have many of
tbem right here in tbe United States;
tbe rattler, for example but probably
no other spot In tbe known work) has
such s death dealing reptile as bay the
French island of Martinique, nestling
in the limpid bine waters of tbe Carib
bean sea. H Is tbe ter-de-laoce, ad
entln-slly known sa Trtgoncepbalns
lancciaiu. tlmt ran beyoud tbe shad
ow 01 a doubt lay claim 10 being the
moHf di-udly wrix-nt of the earth. ' ltr
sting uipnna Hltuiait certain death.
TIiwh lire eight distinct varieties,
the must iiiiniuuu being a dark gray
and black uperkied. - which coloring
enables ; It to conceal itself easily
among roots and stumps of trees. An
other variety to a clear, bright yellow,
and when blddeo In the freshly cut
cane tt can hardly be distinguished
from tbe stalks. It may also be a dark
yellow or coal black witb a yellow
belly:
It to -not a large snake, rarely ex
ceeding, five feet In- length and to cir
ca miere oca approximately the stse of
a child's arm. To repeat tbe sting
means almost certain death, and
should not tbe service of a physician,
or "paneem," as the natives call blm.
be obtained within a very abort time
tbe venom does Its deadly work tbe
Oesh grows cold, softens, becomes
pulpy, changes in color, quickly be
gins to sxt snd s great chilliness
creeps through tbe blood. This mats
only a few minutes possibly naif an
hour then death.
If tbe victim ta fortunate enough to
get a physician upon tbe scene post
baste aad no artery or vela baa been
pierced there Is hope Jost a faint
hope bnt even If life to saved the dan
ger Is not entirely removed, for to
many caaea necrosis of tbe ttseues fal
lows. Tbe flesh corrupts and falla from
tbe bones, and tbe body molders ss
does a tree.
There to, however, a heroic method
of treatment often brought Into use
by tbe Mhrtlnlquana. It. to tbe Im
mediate amputation of tbe leg or arm
If tbs.sting happens to be tn either.
Even this has to be done at ones and
before tbe venom circulates through
tne system: There are to be
today npon the island many natives
with limbs missing, and In tbe
Jortry of cases It to tbe result of bav
ins the machete, or cane knife, ap
plied after an experience with a ferde-
lance. .
Tbe fer-de-lance la e fighter end ao
mistake about lU-nggressive and png
nadoon, and domestic animals, witb
tbe eat as tbe one exception, stand a
very poor show tn a bnftK Pussy, tn
about nine cases out of ten, win come
out of tbe scrap witb colors flying be
es use of the fact that It to apparently
quite ae quick In movement and at the
eame rkne nsee whet may be tennea
ring geoernlsbln
Tbero Is but one animal other than
the cat thai successfully wsgee war
upon, tbe fer-de-lance. It to tbe mon
goose (Ichneuinou), Imported from In
dla a number of years see for the
sole purpose of getting rid of tbe
snakes.
Of lbs wessei family .sod looking
very much tike It this little animal to
absolutely fearless so far as snakes
are concerned snd will Just as readily
tackle one five feet In length as one
a foot long. 'From the mongoose the
for-de-laocd will Use, bnt If cornered
will pat np a great fight using ev
ery trick st Its command- useless
sort of contest however, for within
a abort time It will M atreicnea ow
A battle between these two natural
enemies Is writ worth witnessing. .11
s limited" fight not to s
finish always, and probably tbe snakes
by this time have come to onderstana
that when tbey enter such a combat
11 to witb tbe odds greatly agattiet
Tbe mongoose to quite ee clever s
rug general as tbe rat and nsee that
gift to advantage. StratseT more then
strength hi Its aaaet.
When tbey meet, and If the snase
ass no avenue of escape, st prepares
for tattle, as does tbe mongoose, bnt
snouts for tbem te get fuoy
prepared. Tber to so abating haada,
so to apeak, aa by prhwughtera.
Tbe usoegoose drclee sbeut the rrn-
tOe, always at a ear distance ana
Mrawtng fire," tovtting It by UMVtng
eJoeer and closer to dart out ft head
quirkty Jaasptng sot of
harm's way. It torments ts every
possible manner, censing the soaks te
cbang pasUloa time and Mass again,
taring M by forcing a strike again aad
without ever reaching tn eo-
Jsetrrs point At lent eeetng Its ep-
ut seen paroeniar- ujobiiisii
tag, cb eMmsooee springs inrwarn
nick ss a bolt ef Bgbtniitf, catenas
tt firmly with the teeth behind the
trtangvdar baud- snake, possibly two.
a SMre-ued to toes time than K takes
to toll a the fee de lance to dead. Its
savor ad-flew Tor Tims,
' Tbe gods beve attached aJmoat as
aaay mtoforfaosa to liberty as to ear
SKnda. Mnefaavrnlou ' "
'finrSSDES and ' Xsiren are
smnlyTbined J tart properly tfrmn i
when tfog sharpened- U roawaiil
them sharpened right and made to
cut as good as new give ma a trial
Will sharpen srrythiog from a broad
ox to t pro-knife. ' Charge moder
ate. B-jK. Truss, this ofSc. '
f r rr--
OABTOntA. '
.v. . a . , a at
Wen 311 as M u Ess tn l:it ti:'.
If B3t7 MiE& TrK..! . y-
Kidney trouble preys npon the mind,
aMscouragesondlesseasambition; beauty,
vigor, ana cascnu-:
nese soon disappear
when the kidneys sre
ont ef order or die
cased. .
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
3f ''&jfer
mat it ts not uncom.
man for s child to be
born e filictcd witb
weak Kidneys, Tithe
child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if. when the child reaches an
"flEsSSie'
age when it sbould be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted witb bed-wet-.....
ting, depend upon tt, the cause of the diffi
culty Is kidney trouble,, and the first
step should be towards tne treatment ox
these important organs. Thtonnpleseant -trouble
is due to a discs ted Condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to m
naon as most people suppose.' - --
Women as well as men are made miser
able witb kidney and bladder trouble, :'
snd both need the seme great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect ef
wamp-Root is sooa realized. It is sold
by druggists, in nlty
cent snd' oaedoUar
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pamphlet telling all j
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including many of the thousands et testi
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remedy needed, in writing Dr. KJlxne
& Co., Binghamton, V. V., be sure and
mention una paper.' uont make any
mistake, bat remember tbe name; Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
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