private ■till in ordsr jto get, money
with whlib to pay dqctor's>tlM
parted from the usual custom. The
majority of moonhhlnert run estab
lishments that create doctor's bills. V
American outspoken opposition to
Russia's dismemberment Is tfte right
word M the right place. Russia Has
very good reason for believing that
many of Its so-caHed friends would he
pleased to see It cat up' Into geo
graphical mincemeat., v
The Poles who are postponing re
turn* to foeln ijatlve fand until such
time ps Poland is freed frop the Hus
slnn menace are dl«plaxlng much wls
dom. . •
Be patiettt wjffc tt'e young woman
who uses her powder puff In public.
If you reproach her she. may take
cut her tooth brush. •
Potatoes on the faiths are said to be
crying their eyes out becnuse they lack
transportation facilities for getting ts,
the city to view tlta sights.
A noted biologist tells us that plants
sleep until nine o'clock In the morn
ing. sun time. "Go to the plant, thou
sluggard, consider ber ways and be
wise."
One sfinddera at. the thonght, but
what would happen to the publicity
market If two film stars applied for
a divorce at the snme time?
As time goes on nothing occurs to
matte bolshevlsm look any more demo
cratic than it-did at, first, and it was
highly undemocratic at first.
Pinned Fifteen Hours by Horae.
Concrete, N. D.—Af Olson, a ranch
er, spent 15 hours under a horse which
fell wltji him into a gulley near here,
and toas 'caught under some brush.
The horse was unable to rise and Ol
' eon's, were caught under the ani
mal ip such a ojanner that he could
not extricate himself. The horse
struggled to his feet sod during the
' effort bruised Olson considerably.
The mhn dug a hole in the earth with
a pocket knife In which to bury his
head when the horse attempted to get
op.
Catty.
"What a high color Grace has."
"Of course It's high. She won't use
any of the cheap kinds."
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» -CHAPTER Xlll^—Continued.
Tile visitor was accordingly admit
ted to the great man's presence and
favored with an official, handshake at
great heartiness. "I've been hoping to
have this pleasure for quite some time,
Ponndstone," Buck announced easily
as be disposed of his hat and overcoat
on an adjacent chair. Buck's alert
blue eyes opened wide In sympathy
with his gonial mouth, to deluge Mayor
Ponndstone with a smile that was
fltendly, guileless, confidential and sin
gularly delightful. Mr. Ogilvy was a
man possessed of tremendous personal
magnetism when be Chose to exert It,
and that smile was ever the opening
gun of bis magnetic bombardment, for
it was a smile that always had the
effect of making the observer desire
tp behold It again—of disarming sus
picion and establishing confidence.
"Glad yon did—mighty Clad." the
mayor cried heartily. "I have read your
articles of Incorporation, Mr. Ogllvy.
Ton will recall that they were pub
lished In the Sequoia Sentinel. %t
strikes me—"
"Then yon know exactly what we
pttrpoae doing, and any farther expla
nation would be superfluous," Buck
Interrupted amiably, glad to dispose of
the matter so promptly. Again he fa
vored the mayor with his bright smile,
and the latter, now fully convinced
that here was a young man of vast em
prise whom It behooved him to receive
In a whole-hearted and public-spirited
manntr, needed vigorous approval.
•Wall, that being the case. Mr. Ogil
vy," he continued, "what can we Se
quolans do to make you happy 7"
"Why, to begin with, Mr. Poundstone,
yon might accept my -solemn assur
ances that despite the skepticism
which for some unknown reason ap
pears to shroud our enterprise in the
minds of some, people, we have incor
porated a railroad company for'the
purpose of building a railroad. The
only thing that can possibly interfere
with the project will be the declina
tion of the city council to grant us a
franchise to run our line through the
city to tidewater. And I am glad to
have yonr assurance that the city
council will not drop, a cold chisel In
the cogs of the wheels, of progress."
Mr. Poundstone had given no auch
assurance, but for some reason he did
not feel equal to the task of contra
dicting this pleasant fellow. Ogilvy
continued: "At the proper time we
shall apply for the franchise. Jt will
then be time enough to discuss It In
the meantime the N. O. O. plans a pub
lic dedicatory ceremony at the' first
breaking of ground, and I would be
greatly honored, Mr. Mayor, If yon
would consent to turn the first shovel
ful of earth and deliver the address of
welcome upon that occasion."
The mayor swelled like a Thanksgiv
ing turkey. "The honor will be mine,"'
he corrected his visitor.
"Thank you so much, sir. Well, that*a
another worry off my mind." With the
tact of a prime minister Buok then
spoke of the magic effect the building
of such a line would have.upon the
growth of Sequoia. Sequoia, he felt
convinced, was destined to become a
city of at least a hundfcd thousand
Inhabitants; he rhapsodized over the
progressive spirit of the community
and with a wave of his hand studded
the waters of Hnmboldt bay with the
masts of the Sud
denly be checked himself, glanced it
his watch, apologized for consuming so
much of His Honor's valuable time, ex
pressed himself felicitated at knowing
the Mayor, gracefully expressed, his ap
preciation for the encouragement given
his enterprise and departed.
Half an hour later the Mayor's tele
phone-bell rang. Buck Ogilvy was on
tho Hoe., "I beg yonr pardon for both
ering yon with my affairs twice In the
same day Mr. Mayor," he announced
deprecatlngly, "but the fact la, a condi
tion has just arisen which necessitates
the Immediate employment of an attor
ney. The job Is not a very Important
•■e and almost any lawyer would do,
bat in view of the fact that we must
sooner or later, employ an attorney to
look after our Interests locally. It oc
curred to me that I might as well make
tho selection of a permanent attorney
now. lam n stranger In this city Mr.
Poundstone. Would It be Imposing on
your consideration If I asked you to
recommend such a person?"
•Why, not at all. , not at all I De
lighted to help you. Mr. Ogilvy. Let
a* see now. Cadman k Banes, with
offices In the Knights of Pythlss Tem
pi a, would be Just the although
there la Rodney McKei>lrlck. In the
Chamber of Commerce building—a
splendid fellow, Mr. Ogllyy, and most
desirable. And if I may bo pardoned a
dash of paternal ego, there la my son
Henry Poundstone. junior. While
Henry la a young man. hla career In
tho law baa been moat gratifying; al
though he hasn't had aa broad an ex
perience as the others I mentioned, and
perhaps your choico had better lie be
tween Cadman ft Banea and Bodney
McKendrlck."
•Thank jn a tbooaand times," Mr.
Ogilvy murmured, and hong opt. "We
thswght sa, Back, we thoaght ao," he
n» CMwa t Banea
!„ - ■£»>_
Lord have mercy on the corporals soul
of the N. C. O. If I fail to retain Henry
Ponndstone, junior. What a wise plan
It Is to look up the relatives of a
public officialt Weill Forward.,men,
follow me-4-to Henry's ofcee." ■>,
Henry Poundstone, jnnlor, proved to 
be the sole Inhabitant of one rather
bare office In the Cardigan block. Buck
had fully resolved to give him a re
tainer of a thousand dollars, or even
more, If he asked for lt#but after one
look at Henry he cut the appropria
tion to two hundred and fifty dollars.
Young Mr. Poundstone was blonde and
frail, with large round spectacles, rab
bit teeth, and the swiftly receding chin
of the terrapin. Moreover, he was In
such a flutter of anticipation over tfye
arrival of a client that Buck deduced
two things—to-wit, that the Mayor
had telephoned Henry be was apt to
have a client, and that a* a result of
this miracle, Henry was in no fit state
to discuss the sordid subject of fees
and retainers. Ergo, Mr. Ogllvy de
cided to obviate such discussion now
or In the future. He handed Henry a
check for two hundred and fifty dol
lars, which be wrote out on the spot,
and wlth ( his bright winning smile r»>
«arked: "Now, Mr. we
111 proceed to business. That retain
er Isn't a large one, I admit, but neither
Is the job I have for you today. Later,
If need of your services on a larger
scale should develop, we shall of course
expect to make a new arrangement
whereby you will receive the mstomary
retainer of all of our corporation at
torneys. I trust that Is satisfactory."
"Eminently so," gasped the young
disciple of Blackstone.
"Very well, then; let us proceed to
business." Buck removed from a small
leather bag a bale of legal-looking
documents. "I have here/*, he an
nounced, "agreements from landowners
aloag the proposed right of way of the
N. O. 0. to give to that company, oa
demand, within one year from date,
satisfactory deeds covering rights of
way which are minutely described In
the said agreements. I wish the deeds
prepared for signing and recording at
the earliest possible moment." *
"YQU shall have them at this time
to-morrow," Henry promised.
The bead of Henry Poundstone,
junior, was held high for the first time
since he had flung his modest shingle
to the breezes of Sequoia six months
before, and there was an unaccustom
ed gleam of importance in his pale
eyes as be rushed Into his father's
office in the city ball.
"By jinks. Dad," he exulted. "Tve
hooked a fish at last —and he a whop
per. Read this," and he thrust a yel
low telegraph-forih under the Mayor's
nose. The latter adjusted his glasses
and read:
"Imperative building operations com
mence immediately. Local skepticism
Injurious and delays dangerous. We
must show good faith to our New York
friends. J. P. 11. insists upon know
ing promptly where we stand with
Sequoia city cc*nctl. See them im
mediately and secure temporary fran
chise, if possible, to enable us to cross
Water street at B Street and build oat
Front street If y«ur Judgment Indi
cates no hold-up on permanent fran
chise, commence aetlve operations Im
mediately upqn acquisition of perman
ent franchise. ~
"HOCKLET."
This telegram, as the Mayor observ
ed, had been filed at San Francisco
subsequent to Ogllvy's Tlslt to him that
afternoon.
"Ah-h-h I" breathed Hto Honor. "That
accounts for his failure to bring the
matter up at our Interview. Upon his
return to the hotel he found this tele
gram—and got busy at once. By
Jupiter, this looks like business.
Henry, how did yoa come Into posses
sion of this telegram 7"
'lt must have been mixed up in the
documents Ogllvy left with me. 1
found It on my desk when I was sort
ing out the papers, and In my capacity
of attorney for the N. C. O. I had no
hesitancy in reading It"
"Well, I do declare! Wonder who
Hockley Is. 1 "
"Hockley doesn't matter," young
Hetary declared triumphantly, "al
though I'd bet a hat he's one of those
heavy-weight Wall street fellows and
one of J. P. M's vice-presidents, prob
ably. J. P. M., of course. Is the rtan
behind."
"Who the devil Is J P. Ml"
Henry anilled tolerantly upon his
Ignorant parent. "Well, how may J.
Plerpont Morgan do (or a gvetui7' he
(Jnerfed.
"Hell's bells and panther-tracks!"
Mayor Poumlstone started as If snake
bitten. "I should say yon have hooked
a big Ash. Boy, you've landed a
whale I Did OglWy say anything about
future business T
"He did. Said If T proved satisfac
tory, he would probably take me on
and pay the customary retainer given
all of their corporation attorneys."
"Well, by golly, he'd better take you
•Bl I bad a notion that chap Ogllvy
was smart enough to know which aide
bia bread is buttered en and who doer
the buttering." ...
•V I could guarantee Mr. OfU v>
;: v „ T „
THE AL AM ANClf* GLEANER, GRAHAM, N» 0.
that temporary franchise mentioned In
his telegram, It might help me to get
In right with J. P. M. at the start"
his hopeful suggested.
"Guarantee itt" bin father shouted.
"Guarantee It I Well I should snicker t
Well Just show J- P. M. and his crowd
that they made no mistake when they
picked you as their Sequoia legal rep
resentative. ni call a special meeting
of that little 'old city council of mine
and Jam that temporary franchise
through while you'd be saying 'Jack
Robinson 1*"
He carefully made a copy of the
telegram
"H-m I" he grunted. "Wants to cross
Water street at B and build out Front
street. Well, I dare say nobody will
kick over the traces at that Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drying
yards along there, anyhow. Still come
to think o( it, Pennington will probably
raise'a howl about sparks from the
engines of the N. C. O. setting his
lumber piles afir^."
"He'll be dead against It" Henry de
clared. "I know, because at the Wed
nesday meeting of the Lumber Manu
facturers' association the subject of
the N.,C. O. came up and Pennington
made a talk against It He said the
N. 0. O. ought to be discouraged. If
It was a legitimate enterprise, which
he doubted, because the moat feasible
and natural route for a road wpuld be
from WlUlts. Mendocino county, north
to Sequoia. I tell you he's dead set
against It"
"Then we won't tell him anything
about It, Henry. Well Just poll off
this special session of the council and
forget to Invite the reporters; after
the Job has been put over, Pennington
can come arotwd and howl all he
wants. We're not letting a chance like
this slip by ns without grabbing a
handful of the tall-feathers, Henry.
No, sir—not If we know It"
"Ton bet!" said Henry earnestly.
At eleven-thirty Thursday morning,
young Henry Poundstoqe, having work
ed the greater part of the previous
night preparing the deeds, delivered
both Seeds and franchise to Buck
Ogllvy at tyie tatter's hotel. It wis
with difficulty that the latter could
conceal his' tremendous amazement
when Henry casually handed him the
franchise. True, he had slipped that
fake telegram among the contracts as
bait for Henry and his father, but his
fondest hope, at the time he conceived
the brilliant Idea, was that Henry
yrould shoy the telegram to his father
and thus fnculcate in the old gentle
man friendly feeling toward the N.
C. O. not unmixed with pleasurable
anticipations of the day when Henry
Poundstone- Junior, should be one of
the most highly prized members of the
legal staff of a public-service corpora
tion. .
When he could control his emotion*,
Mr. Ogilvy gazed approvingly npon
Henry Poundstone. "Mr. Poundstone,"
he said solemnly, "I have met some
meteoric young attorneys In my day.
but you're the first genuine comet I
seen In the legal firmament Do
you mind telling me exactly hoW you
procured this franchise —and why you
procured It without explicit order*
from theV
Henry did hla best to look puzzled.
"Why." be said, "you leff that tele
gram with me, and I concluded that
you regarded It as self-explanatory or
else bad forgotten to mention It. I
knew you were busy, and I didn't want
you with details, so I Just
went ahead and filled that order for
you. Anything wrong about that?"
"Certainly not. It's perfectly won
derful. But how did you put It overt"
Henry smirked. "My dad'a the engi
neer," he said bluntly. "If thirty days
ain't enough time, see me and I*ll get
you thirty days more. And Jn the
meantime nobody knows a thing about
this little deal. I figured Colonel Pen
nington might try to block you at that
crossing, so I—"
Back Ogllvy extended his hand In
benediction and '.et It drop on Henry
Poundstone's thin shoulder.
"My dear Poundstone," he said ear
nestly, "I am not a man to forget
clever work. At the proper time I
shall—" He amlled his radiant smile.
'Too understand, of course, that I am
speaking for myself and can make you
no firm promises. However—" He
smiled again. "All I have to say is
that youll do!"
"Thank yon," said Henry Pound
stone, Jr. Thank you ever so much."
• ••••••
An experience extending over • very
active business career of thirty yearn
bad convinced Col. Beth Pennington of
the futility of wracking hi* brains In
vain speculation over mysteries
When, therefore, the Northern Califor
nia Oregon railroad commenced to
encroach on the Colonel's tlme-appro
priatlon for sleep, he realised that
there waa hot one way In which to
conserve his rest and that was by
engaging to fathom the mystery for
him a specialist io the unraveling of
mysteries. In times gone by, the Colo
nel had found a certain national de
tective agency an extremely efficient
aid to well-known commercial agen
cies. and to these tried and true sub
ordinates he turned now tor expUctt
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Mid SatlsMng Information anent the"
Northern California Outrage!
The Information forthcoming from
Oun's and Bradstreet's was vague anf
unsatisfying. Neither of thete two
commercial agencies could ascertain
anything of Interest regarding the
fiqtoces of the N. J. 0.. For the pres
ent the, corporation had no office. Its
destinies In Ban Francisco being
guarded by a well-known attorney Who
had declined to make any statement
regarding tlie company but promised
one at an early date. The board of
directors consisted of this attorney,
his two assistants, his stenographer,
and Mr. Buchanan Ogilvy. The com
pany had been Incorporated for five
million dollars, divided into five mil
lion shares of par value ot one dollar
each, and five shares had been sub
scribed!
"It looks fishy to me," the Colonel
commented to his manager, "and I'm
more than ever convinced it's a scheme
of that Trinidad Redwood » Timber
company to start a timber boom and
unload. . And that Is something the
Laguna Grande Lumber company does
not view with favor, for the reason
that one of these bright days those
Trinidad people will come to their
senses and sell cheap to us. However,
to be sura Is to be satisfied. Tele
phone the San Francisco office to bare
the detective agency that handled the
longshoremen's strike Job for us send
a couple of their best operatives up
on the next steamer, with instructions
to report to me on arrival."
When the operatives reported, the
Colonel's orders were brief and ex
plicit "I want to know all about a
man named Bqchanan Ogilvy, who is
up North somewhere prociring rights
of wsy for the North era California
Oregon railroad. Find hh.v Get up
with him in the morning aed pat him
to bed at night Report to tne daily."
N Reports yielded the CoionAl nothing
until the first day of Back's return
to Seqnola, when the following writ
ten report caused the Colonel to sit
up and take notice. If was headed:
"Report of Operative No. 41," and It
read: 1
"Ogllvy In his room until 12 o'clock
noon. At 12:06 entered dining room,
leaving at 1 p. m. and proceeding di
rect to office of Cardigan Redwood
Lumber company. Ogllvy remained In
Cardigan's private office half an hour,
spent another half hour convening
with young lady In general office.
Young lady a brunette. O. then re
turned to Hotel Sequoia, where he
"You're the First Genuine Comet"
wrote several letters k> writing room.
At 8 ik m. called to telephone. At
8:02 p. m. left hurriedly for Cardigan
Redwood Lumber company's office.
Entered private office without waiting
tq be announced. Emerged at 8:12,
walking slowly and In deep thought.
At 8:24 entered the telephone build
ing and placed a long-distance call.
He asked for the Cardigan Redwood
Lumber company in San Francisco.
"Concluded his conversation at 8:82
and proceeded to the city hall, enter
ing the mayor's office at 8:48 and
emerging at 4:10. He tben returned
td the Hotel Sequoia and sat In the
lobby until handed a telegram at 4:40:
whereupon he entered the telephone
booth and talked to someone, emerg
ing at 4:43 to go to his room. He
returned at 4:46 and hurried to the
law office of Henry Poundstone, Jr.,
in the Cardigan block. He was with
Poundstone until 4:00. i|hen he re
turned leisurely to the Hotel Sequoia,
carrying a small leather grip. He
also had this grip when he entered
Poundstone's office.
"Arrived at the hotel at 5:03 and
went to his room. At 6:45 he entered
a public aotomoblle In front of the
hotel and was driven to No. 846 Elm
street. The brunette young lady who
works In the Cardigan Redwood Lum
ber company's office emerged present
ly and entered the car. which then
proceeded to No. 38 Redwood boule
vard. where the brunette young lady
alighted and entered the house. She
returned st seven sharp, accompanied
by a young lady whom she Introduced
to O. All three were then driven to
the Canton restaurant at 482 Third
street. At 7:18 Bryce Cardigan en
tered the restaurant and waa escorted
by the waiter to the table occnpled
by O. and party.
"At 0:80 entire party left restaurant
and entered a Napier car driven by a
half-breed Indian whom . the second
young lady balled as George. O. and
the brunette young lady were dropped
at 646 Mm street while Cardigan antf
the other young la&y proceeded ft
rectiy to. No. 88 Redwood bofrtevard.
After aiding the lady to ttllgii, iCSanli
g*n talked with her a few minutes at
the {rate, then bade her good-night
rcfcnroltlg to Hotel Seiquoi*,
found O. H) hotel bar. . StW Wm to
bed at 10 sharp."
Needless to relate, till* report had
■ most amazing effect. upon Colonel
Pennington, and when at length, he
could recover his mental equilibrium,
he set about, qutte calmly to Analyze
the report with the result that be
promptly arrived at the following con
cluslon:
(1) His niece Shirley Sumner was
pot to' be trusted In so far as young
Bryce Cardigan was concerned. De
spite her of hostility to
ward the fellow since* that memorable
day In Pennlgton's woods, the Colonel
was' now fully convinced that she had
made her peace with him, and, had
been the recipient of his secret atten
tions right along. «
T2) The N. C. O. was still a my»
tery, but a mystery in which Bryce
Cardigan was interested. Moreover,
he was anxious to aid the N. C. O. la
every Way possible. However, the
Colonel could understand this. Cardi
gan would aid anything that might
possibly tend to lift the Cardigan
lumber Interests out from under the
Iron heel of Colonel Pennington.
(S) The V. C. O. was going to make
a mighty bluff, even to the extent of
applying for a franchise to ruh over
the city streets or Sequoia. Heqee
Ogilvy's visit to Mayor Poundstone—
doubtless on the advice of Bryce Car-,
dlgan. *
(4) Ogllvy had carried a small
feather bag to and from Henry Pound
stone's office. That bag was readily
explained. It had contained a bribe
In gold coin and young Henry bad
been selected as the go-between. That
meant that Mayor Poundstone bad
agreed to deliver the franchise —for
a consideration. Ogllvy had called
first on the mayor to arrange the de
tails ; then be had called on the
mayor's son to coftplete the transec
tion.
(5) It a franchise bad beat ar
ranged for and the bribe already de
livered, that meant the prompt aad
unadvertlsed commencement of oper-
ations. Tea, the N. C. O. was going
to carry Its monumental bluff to the
point of building a mile of track
through town! . . . No—no, they
wouldn't spend that muck mono? on a
bluff; they wouldn't bribe Poundstooe
unless the road was meant And was
It a common carrier, after all?
The trail was growing bet; the
Colonel mopped his brow and concen
trated further. If the K. C. O. wee
really going to start operation a. In or.
der to move Its material from the
Cardigan dock to the scene of opera*
tions it Would have to cut Ma (the
Colonel'a) tracks somewhere on Water
street Damnation I That was It
They were trying to slip one ever on
him. They were planning to get a
Jump-crossing In before he should
awake to the situation; they were
planning, too, to have tile city coun
cil allp through the franchise when
nobody was looking, and once the
crossing ahould be In, they could laugh
at Colooel Pennington! ,
"The scoundrels !" he murmured,
Tm on to them I Cardigan Is play
ing the game with them. That's why
he bought those ralla from the old
laurel Creek spur I Oh, what a
blithering Idiot I have been I How
ever, Ifs not too late yet Pound
stone Is coming over to dinner Thurs
day night, and It! wring the swine
dry before he leaves the house. And
as for those rails Cardigan managed
to hornswoggle me out of—"
He seized the telephone and fairly
ahouted to his exchange operator to
get his woods foreman, Jules Ron*
dean, on the line.
"That you. Rondeau?" be shouted
when the big French Canadian re
sponded. "Pennington talking. What
has young Cardigan done about those
ralla I sold him fran the abandsned
spur up Laurel creek?"
"He have two flat-cars upon se spur
now". Dose woodsgang of hees she
tear up dose ralla from se head of se
spur and load In se flat-cara"
"See to It, Rondeau, that they da
not leave until I five the word. Un
derstand? Tell them the twitch-en
gine Is In the shop for repairs or ia
busy at other work—anything that
will stall blm off and delay delivery."
"Suppose Bryce Cardigan, he cornea
around and aay, 'Whyf" Rondeau
queried cautiously.
"Kill him," the Colonel retorted
coolly. "It strikes me you and the
Black Minorca are rather alow play*
Ing even with young Cardigan."
Rondeau grunted. "I theenk mebba
ao you kill heero yourself, boss," ha
replied enigmatically, and bung up.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Tobacco Not Wasted Now.
In former times all tobacco confis
cated by the English customs author
ities was destroyed by burning In a
furnace called the king's pipe. Now
adays all euch tobacco, an well as that
which la returned as. unusable for
smoking. Is sold to manufacturing
chemists, who turn It Into sheep dip.
Insecticides for the use of gardeners,
and the like.
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Not Pure Reading Matter.
"How to lie when asleep," runs •
newspaper headline. The space would
be better filled persuading people to
tell the iruth while awake.—Boatoa
Transcript;
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Billy went up to dad and said: "Tt
ther, I know what Mary will wait Mi j
year for Christmas. ~
"It's a bit early to start telling what
you and Mary want for ChrtstuMSL
But what Is Itr replied the father.
"Mary will want a doll." said Billy. 
And Just than little Mary came na
nlng Into the room with big tears drip
ping down her cheeks and eiclalacit
-Daddy, Billy broke my new ML"
CASCARETS
"Tbey Work wti9e you SlaqpT
Do you feel all "unstrung7"—bßiSMk J
constipated, headachy, full of cotdt '*
Caacareta tonight for your Uvsr and
bowels will - have you tuned up by
tomorrow. You will wake up with
your head dear, stomach right. - |
breath sweet, and skip rosy. No gritt
ing—no Inconvenience. Children love
Ca sea rets too. 10, 23, 50 cents.—Adv. ''
The Result
"I hear Jack is spoons on Mildred."*
"Yea, It has made quite a stir."— 1
Baltimore Ameitean.
The manly art of self-defense Is fpc
to go wrong when It eocounters a wom
an's eyes. ,
• I
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
ANDJEFID
First Step in Treatment la * Bride
Purgative With Calotabs, the
Purified and Refined Calomel
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.
Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds and infia
enza can be depended upon for full ef
fectiveness until the liver la mads thor
oughly active. That is why the first
step in the treatment is the new, naossa
less colonial tablets called CalotabsL
which are free from the sickening and
weakening effects of the old stylo calo
mel. Doctors also point out the faet
that an active liver may go a long way
towarda preventing influenza and is oaa
of the most important factors in en
abling the patient to successfully with
stand an attack and ward off pneu
monia.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow of water—that* . ft
all. No salts, no. nausea nor the slight
est interference with your eating, pleas
ure or work. Next morning your eoid
has vanished, your liver is active you
system is purified, and you are feeling
line, with a hearty appetite for break
fast. Druggists sell Calotabs only in
original sealed packages, price thWty
five cents. Tour money win be cheer
fully refunded if you do not find th«e
delightfni— (Advi