THE
CHAPTER XVIII.
'.. ' ' 8tranded.'.'-'''V',:''
vr Thomas Barcus picked hlmseU
n tnm the bottom of the lifeboat
where be had, ben violently preclpt
Uted by the Impact U grounding,
blinked and wiped tears of pain from
.nd aeemed to derive little if any com- tome water to revive her."
nmembered the presence of a lady.
"Poor Mr. Barcus!" she said gently.
I'm so sorry. Do forget I'm here
.nd say It out loud!"
Mr. Barcus dropped his hands and
dronned hie head at the same time.
"It can't be did," he complained In
mMttered resignation; "the words
have never been Invented
In the bows Mr. Law (who had
barely saved , himself a headlong
plunge overboard when the shoal took
fast hold of the keel) felt tenderly of
his excoriated shins, tnen, rising, com
passed the sea, sky and shore with an
nxlous gase.
In the offing there was nothing but
the flat, limitless expanse of the night
bound tide, near at hand vaguely ail
vered with the moonlight. In the dls
t&nces blending Into shadows; never
a light or, shadowy, stealing sail In
that quarter to indicate pursuit
"Where are we?" he wondered aloud,
"Ask me an easy one," Barcus re
plied; "somewhere on the south shore
of the cape unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay of this land.
That's a lighthouse over yonder."
Alan took soundings from the bows
"Barely two feet," he announced,
withdrawing the oar from the water.
"and eel-graes no end."
"Oh!" 'Barcus ejaculated with the
accent of enlightenment; and leaving
the motor, turned to the stern, over
which he draped himself In highly un-
decoratlve fashion while groping un
der water for the propeller,
"That's the answer," he repeated;
"there's a young bale of the said eel-
crass wrapped round the wheel
Which, I suppose, means I've got to
go overboard and clear It away.'
IJke Mr. Law, he wore neither shoes
nor other garments that could be more
damaged by salt water than they had
been but only shirt, trousers and a
belt. '
"If you've nothing better to do, my
critical friend." he observed as he
stooped to hack and tear at the mass
of weed embarrassing the propeller.
"you might step out and give us
trial ehove. Don't strain yourself
Just see It you can move her."
The boat budged not an Inch but
Mr. Law's feet did, slipping on the
treacherous mud bottom with the up
shot of his downfall; with a mighty
splash he disappeared momentarily
beneath the eurTace and left his tem
per behind him when he emerged.
As for Mr. Barcus, he suffered like
oss within five minutes; when, with
nuch pains and patience having freed
he wheel, he climbed aboard and
ought to restart the motor. After
, few affecting coughs It relapsed into
tubborn silence.
Studious examination at length
irought out the fact that the gasoline
ank was empty.
"Not so much as a smell left," Bar
ne reported. " i
Dug, Into His Money Belt
"It's no use," he qpnceded at length.
We're here toft keeps."
"Why not wade ashore?" Rose Trine
iggestefl' mildly from the place she
id taken; in the etern in order to
ghten the, bows. , "It isn't far and
hat's one more w,JIngT"
"That's the onflj.' sensible remark;
iat's beehf uttered - by any party to
ils lunatic enterprise since you hove
ithln earshot bf me, Mr. Law," said
r. Barcus. "Respectfully submitted."
"The ?erdlct,of the lower court
andB ftpprovea, ' Alan responded
mvely. .Mij --3-v-r" " -"But
there's no sense in Miss Trine
adlng,"; 6arcus 1 -suggested. "We're
eb-foote4 as it is, and she's too
red." j
"Well, what then?" 7 V , -
"We cmj carry her, can't wer
; CHAPTER XIX.
Gee!."lJM grunted frankly, whet
ter a toilsome progress from vthe
at, Rose at length slipped from the
at formed by the clasped hands of
two tain. "And it was me who
ggested this! 0 ; .
The girl responded with a quiet
ugh of the most natural effect.lmag-able-untu
it ended In a sigh, and
ithout thai least warning1 she crum
d npca. .herself, and would have
1.en h13lUjjJead faint, but for
5a juickne3S,
TR
"Good Lord!" Barcus exclaimed, a
Alan gently lowered the Inert bod of
the girl to the aanda. "And to think
I didn't understand the was 10 nearly
all In chaffing her like that! I'd Ilk
to kick myself!"
"Don't be impatient," Alan advised
grimly; "I'm busy just at present, but
M. eves, solicitously tested his nose . . . Meantime, you might fetch
ort from the discover- that It was not i It was an order by no means easy
broken, opened his mouth, . . ". and, to fill; Barcus had only his cupped
nanas tor a vessel, and little water
remained in them by the time he had
dashed from the shallows back to the
spot where Rose lay unconscious,
while the few drops he did manage
to sprinkle Into her face availed noth
ing toward rousing her from the
trance-like slumbers of exhaustion Into
which she passed from her fainting
lit . . . -
In the end Alan gave up the effort
"She's all right," he reported, releas
ing the wriet whose pulse he had been
timing. "She fainted, right enough,
but now she's just asleep and needs
It God knows! It would be kinder
to let her rest at least until I see what
sort of a reception that lighthouse Is
Inclined to offer us.
"You'll go, then?" Barcus inquired.
"I'd Just as lief, mystlf . . ."
"No: let me,". Alan Insisted. "It's
not far not more than a quarter of
mile. And she'll be safe enough here,
in your care, the little time I'm gone.'
Barcus nodded. His face was drawn
and gray in the moon-glare. "Thank
God!" he breathed brokenly, "you're
able. I'm not'
He sat down suddenly and rested his
bead on his knees. "Don't be longer
than you can - help," he muttered
thickly.
He had come to the headland of
the lighthouse itself before the ground
began to shelve more gently to the
beach; and was on the point of ad
dressing himself to the dark and silent
cottage of the llghtkeeper when
paused, struck by sight of what tllf
then had been hidden from him,
The promontory, he found, formed
tho eastern extremity of a wide-armed
If shallow harbor where rode at moor
ings a considerable number of small
craft pleasure vessels assorted about
equally with fishing boats. And barely
an eighth of a mile on, long-legged
wharves stood knee-deep in the water,
like tentacles flung out from the sleepy
little fishing village that dotted the
rising ground a community of per-
hape two hundred dwellings.
i; -,r was this all even as Alan hove
in "!ew of the village he heard a series
of staccato snorts, the harsh tolling of
a brazen bell, the rumble of a train
pulling out from a station. And then
he saw its jewel-string of lights flash
athwart the landscape and vanish as
Its noise died away diminuendo.
Where one train ran another must.
He need only now secure something
to revive Rose, help her somehow up
the beach, and in another hour or two.
of a certainty, they would be speed
tag northwarde, up the cape, toward
Boston and the land of law and order.
Such thoughts as these, at least1
made up the texture of his hopes; the
outcome proved them somewhat too
presumptuous. He Jogged down
quiet village street and Into the rail
road station just as the agent was clos
ing up for the night
A surly citizen, this agent, ill-pleased
to have hie plans disordered by chance-
flung strangers. He greeted Alan s
breathless query with a grunt of in
grained churlishness.
"Nah," he averred, "they ain't no
more trains till mornin'. Can't y' see
I'm shuttin' up?"
But surely there must be a tele
graph station "
"You bet your life they is right
here in this depot. An' I'm shuttin' it
up, too."
"Has the operator gone for the
night?"
He's aolne. I'm the op'rator. No
business transacted after office hours.
Call raound at eight o'clock tomor
row mornin'. Now if you'll Jest step
out of that door, I'll say g'd-nlght to
you
But I must send a telegram," Alan
protested. "I tell you, I must Iti
a matter of life and death."
"Sure, young feller. It always is
after business hours."
"Won't you open up again"
"I tell you, no!"
In desperation Alan rammed a hand
Into his trousers pocket "Will a dol
lar Influence your better Judgment?"
he suggested shrewdly.
"Let's see your dollar," the other re
turned with no less craft open In
credulity informing his countenance,
And, surely enough, Alan brought
forth an empty hand.
"Make a light," he said sharply. "My
money's in a Den rouna my waisu
Open your office. You'll get your dol
lar, all right"
All right" he grumbled, reopening
the door of the telegraph booth and
making a second light ineide. "There's
blanks and a pencil. Write your mes
sage. It ain't often I do this but IH
make an exception for you."
Alan delayed long enough only to
make a few Inquiries, drawing out
the Information that for one who had
not patience to wait the morning
train northbound, the quickest way
to any city of Importance was by boat
across Buzsard's bay to New Bedford.
Boats, it was implied, were plenti
ful, readily to be chartered,
A time-table supplied all other need
ful advice. Alan wrote his message
swiftly.
Addressed to Digby, his man of
business In New York, it required that
gentleman to arrange for a motor-corj
to be held in waiting on the water-1
front of New Bedford from 3:00 a, m.
En til called for in the same of Mr.
Law, as well as for a special train at
Providence, on similar provisions.
EY
Hut bow, though he was all uneon
clous of the fact he went no more
alone. i
His shadow la tho moonlight kept
him company upon the sands; and
above, oh the edge of the bluffs, an
other sltadow moved on parallel
coQrse and at a pace sedulously pat
terned after his.
He found his sweetheart and bis
friend much as he had left them, with
this difference that Mr. Barcus now
lay flat on his back and snoring
lustily
He was wakened quickly enough,
however, by Alan's news.
But when It was the turn of Rose-
they faltered. She lay so still, be
trayed her exhaustion so patently in
every line off her unconscious posture,
8 wall as ra the sharp pallor of her
face upturned to the moon, that it
seemed scarcely less than downright
Inhumanity to disturb her.
None the less, It had to be done.
Alan hardened bis heart with the re
minder of their urgent necessity, and j
tfttfteW SilWA,ciftM!ji
Two Moa
eventually brought her to with the
aid of a few drops of brandy.
Between them, they helped her up
the beach, past the point, and at length
to the door of the hotel, where reani
mated by the mere promise of food
Rose disengaged their arms and en
tered without more assistance; while
Barcus was deterred from treading
her heels In his own famished eager
ness, by the hand of Alan falling heav
ily upon bis arm.
"Wait!" the latter admonished in
a hair-whisper, - .look tnerei
Barcus followed the direction of his
geeture and was transfixed by the
sight of a rocket spearing Into the
night-draped sky from a point invis
ible beyond the headland of the light
house.
The two consulted one another with
startled and fearful eyes.
As with one voice they murmured
one word: "Juaitn!" to mis Aian
added gravely: "Or some spy of
hers!"
Then rousing, Alan released his
friend, with a smart shove urging him
across the threshold of the hotel.
"Go on," he Insisted, "Join Rose and
get your supper. I'll be with you as
soon as I can arrange for a boat. TeH
her nothing more than that that I
thought It unwise to wait until every
body was abed before looking round."
He turned to find his landlord ap
proaching from the direction of the
hotel barroom. And for the time it
seemed that the wind of their luck
must have veered to a favoring quar
ter; for the question was barely ut
tered before the landlord lifted a will
ing voice and hailed a fellow towns
man Idling nearby.
"Hey, Jake come here I "
Introduced as Mr. Breed, Jake
pleaded guilty to ownership of the
fastest and stanchest power-cruiser
in the adjacent waters, which he was
avariciously keen to charter.
They observed haste religiously;
within ten minutes they stood upon a
float at the foot of a flight of wooden
steps down the side of the town wharf.
while the promised rowboat of Mr.
Breed drew in, at most leisurely pace,
to meet them.
Aboard and away from the wharf,
the burden of Alan's solicitude seemed
to grow lighter with every squeal
of the greaseless oarlocks, with ev
ery dip and splash of the blades
Which, wielded by a crew of villainous
countenance, brought them nearer the
handsome motorboat which Mr. Breed
designated as his own. It was not
until Alan looked up suddenly to find
Mr. Breed covering him with a re-
rolver of most vicious character that
he had the least apprehension of any
danger nearer than the offing, where
Judith's schooner might be lurking,
waiting, for iU prey to come out and
be devoured.
""I'll take that money-belt of yours,
young feller," Mr. Breed announced,
"and be quick about it not forgetting
what's in your trousers pocket!"
In the passion of his indignation
Alan neglected entirely to play the
game by the rules. The Indifference
he displayed toward the weapon was
positively r unprofessional for hi
knocked ft aside as if it had been
nothing more dangerous than a straw.
And in the same flutter of an eyelash
he launched himself like a wildcat at
the throat of Mr. Breed. -
Before that one knew what wit hap-
- - - r -
O
penlng he had gone over the stern
and had involuntarily disarmed hlmn
elf as well
The other two men made a sad busV
aess of attempting to overpower Mr.;
Barcus. In less than a minute they
Were both overboard.
"And Just for this," Alan said before
gottlng out of earshot "I'm going to
treat my party to a joy-ride in your
pretty powerboat"
He concluded this speech abruptly
as Barcus brought them up under the
quarter of the power cruiser.
Within two minutes the motor was
spinning contentedly, the mooring had
boen slipped, and the motorboat waa
heading out of the harbor.
Within five minutes she had left It
well aetern and was shooting rapidly
westward, making nothing of the buf
fets of a very tolerable sea kicked up
ny me rresnening soumweeieny wino.
"My friend," observed Alan, "as
our acquaintance ripens I am more
and more Impressed that neither of us
was . born to die a natural death,
''X.VNfl-,'
Shadowed
Him.
whether abed or at the hands of those
who dislike us; but rather to be
hanged as common pirates."
"You have the courage of Igno
rance." Barcus replied coolly; "If
you'll take the trouble to glance astern
I promise you a sight that will move
you to suspend judgment for the time
being."
At this Alan sat up with a start
Back against the loom of the Eliza
beth islands through which they had
navigated while he nodded, shone the
milk-white sails of an able schooner.
Sheets all taut and every Inch of
canvaB fat with the beam wind, she
footed It merrily in their wake a sil
ver Jet spouting from her cutwater.
CHAPTER XX.
Hell-Fire.
But by this stage In his history Mr.
Law had arrived at a state of mind
Immune to surprise at the discovery
that he had once more failed to elude
the vigilance and pertinacity of the
woman who sought his life.
He viewed the schooner with no
more display of emotion than resided
in narrowing eyelids and a tightening
of the muscles about his mouth.
"Much farther to go?" he inquired
presently. In a colorless voice.
"At our present pace say, two
hours."
"And will that enable us to hold
our own?"
"Just about" Barcus allowed, squint
ing critically at the chase; "she's
some footer, that schooner; and this
Is just the wind she likes best"
"How much lead have we got?"
"" "A mile or so none too much."
"Anything to be done to mend maV
ters?"
"Nothing but pray, If you remem
ber how."
, In the end they made It by a narrow
margin. The face of Judith Trine was
distinctly revealed by the chill gray
light of early dawn to those aboard
the power cruiser as she swept up
through the reaches of New Bedford
harbor and aimed for the first wharf
that promised a fair landing on the
main waterfront of the city.
There was neither a policeman nor
a watchman of any tfort in sight
: Nor was there, for all his hopes and
prayers, based on the telegram to
Digby, a sign of a motor car.
' Still, not much of the street waa
revealed. The docks on either hand
were walled and roofed, cutting off the
Tiew.
If they ran for it they must surely
be overhauled. Something must bo
done to hinder the crew of . the
schooner from landing.
"Here!" he cried sharply to Barcus.
"You take Rose and hurry to the
street and find that motorcar. I
know she's there. Digby never failed
mo yet!"
"But you
"Don't waste time worrying about
me. Ill be with you In three shakes.
I'm only going to put a spoke In Ju
dith's wheel. I've got a scheme!"
As for his scheme he had none
ether than to give them battle, to sao-J
nnca nunseu u neea oe, 10 uaae ura
the escape of Rose. - . I
Sheer luck smiled on him to this
extent that in turning his eye lighted
on a four-foot length of stout three
inch scantling, an excellently for
midable club, -- ..
HEARTS
But noon, disarmed, his case wag
desperate and there wtfre two al
ready safe upon tho dock and other
madly scrambling up to relnforco
them. : .,
Wildly he caat about for tome sub
stitute weapon, he leaped toward
small pyramid of little but heavy kegs.
and seising one, swung It overhead
and cast It full force Into the midriff
of his nearest enemy; so that this on
doubled up convulsively, with a srek-
lsh grunt, and vanished la turn over
the end of the wharf.
Hla fellow followed with less Injury,
But Alan had no time to wonder
whether the man had tripped and
thrown himself In his effort to escape
a second hurtling keg, or had turned
coward and fled. It waa enough that
he had returned, precipitately and
heavily, to the schooner.
The keg, meeting with no resistance.
pursued him even to tho deck, where
,the force of Ita Impact split its seams;
None of the combatants, however,
Alan least of all, noticed that the pow
der that filtered out waa black and
coarse. Alan, Indeed, had only the
haslest notion that they were powder
kegs he need as ammunition. That
they were heavy and hurt when they
collided with human flesh and bona
was all that Interested him.
in tno samo oream ne neara
friendly voice shout warning far up
the dock, and knew that Barcus was
coming to his aid.
A glance over-shoulder, too, discov
ered the cause of the warning; two
men who had thus far escaped his
attentions were maneuvering to fall
upon him from behind. The bound
required to evade them brought him
face to face with Judith as she landed
on the dock.
"Oh," she cried, "I hate you, I hate
you"
"So you've said, my dear, but1
Hla final words were not audible
even to himself, in his confidence
(now that Barcus waa taking care of
the others) and bis impatience with
the woman, and In his perhaps un
worthy wish to demonstrate conclu
sively how cheap he held her, Alan
had tossed the pistol over the end of
the wharf.
It was an old-fashioned weapon, and
the force with which It struck tho
deck released the hammer.
Instantly the .44 cartridge blazed
into the open head of a broken powder
keg.
And with a roar like the trump of
doom and a mighty gust of flame and
moke the decks of the schooner were
riven and shattered; her masts tot
tered and fell . . .
CHAPTER XXI.
Anticlimax.
Alan came to himself supported by
Barcus his senses still reeling from
the concussion of that thunderbolt
which he had so unwittingly loosed
the cloud of sulphurous smoke and yet
dissipated by the wind.
Judith lay at his feet stunned; and
round about other figures of men in
sensible, if not for all he could say,
dead.
And then Barcus waa hustling hint
unceremoniously down the wharf.
"Cornel Come!" he rallied Alan.
"Full yourself together and keen a
tiff upper Up. Rose is waiting In
the car, and if yon don't want to be
arrested youTl stir your stumps, my
on! That explosion is going to bring
the worthy burghers of New Bedford
buzzing round our can like a swarm
of hornets!'
His prediction waa justified even
before it was made; already the near
by dwellings were vomiting half
clothed humanity; already a score of
people were galloping down toward
the head of the wharf; and In weir
number a policeman appeared as if by
magic
And while the man hesitated Alan
grabbed him by the shoulder, threw
him bodily from the car, dropped Into
his seat cried a warning to Rose, and
threw in the clutch. The machine re
sponded without a Jar; they were a
hundred feet distant from tho scene
of the accident before Alan was fairly
settled In his place.
Aa ho grew more and more calm, he
congratulated himself on having drawn
an excellent car in the lottery of
chance. It was light but the motor
ran famously, and if not capable of
a racing pace it would serve his ends
as speedily as was consistent with
reasonable care for the life of the
woman he loved.
Yet his congratulations were prema
ture; they wero not ten minutes out
of the environs of tho city when Rose
left her seat and knelt behind his, to
communicate the intelligence that
they were already being pursued.
A heavy touring car, she said it was.
driven by a man, a woman in the
eat by his side Judith the latter, the
man an old employe of her father1!
by the name of Marrophat
Marrophat!
Alan remembered that one.
He could only trust In his skin as
a driver, and skill la tho lesser factor
in such a race.
They could overtake the fugitives
practically when they would.
But for some weird. Incomprehen
sible reason they chose to hang a Cer
tain distance in the rear, a distance
that could readily bo bridged by two
'minutes of furious driving. '- 1 ' ' ;
; Whyt :
In tho succeeding quarter-hour tho
calmness of fatalism became Alan's.
They were biding their time for soma
secret ana ratal purpose. Tno mow
was predestined to fall, but cruelly da-
(erred.
Tor his own part, he drove Uk an
exceptionally cunning madman. . . .
And then, quits clearly, he recos
nixed the time and the place and h
character of the road that lay befor
Dim as the car sped like a dragon-fly
down a slight grade.
From the bottom of the grade It
swung away In a wide, graceful curve,
bordered tor some distance br railroad
tracks on a slightly lover level.
He had guessed Ue fiendish plan Of
the other driver only too truly.
As they approached at express
peed the stretch where the roan par
alleled the tracks Alan sought to hug
tho left-hand side of the road, but In
Tain,.
Roaring, with Its muffler cut out the
pursuing car swept up ana baffled him,
bringing its right forward wheel up
besida the left rear wheal of his car.
then more slowly forging up until.
with Its weight bulk and superior
power, It forced him Inch by Inch to
the right toward the tracks, until his
right-band wheels left the road and
ran on uneven turf, until the left-hand
wheels as well lost grip on the road
metal, until tho car began to dip on
the slope to the tracks.
He heard the far, hoot-toot of
freight locomotive , , ,
There followed a maniac moment,
when the world was upside down.
Alan's car slipped and skidded, swung
sideways with frightful momentum
toward the railroad tracks, caught Its
wheels against the ties, and . ,
The sun swung in the heavens like a
ball on a string. There was a crash, a
roar , , , There waa nothing ob
livion , . .
The car had turned turtle, pinning
Rose and Alan beneath It
"Alant" she gasped. "You are not
killed?"
"No not even much hurt, I fancy,"
he replied. "And your
"Not much"
The deep-throated roar of tho loco
motive bellowing danger silenced him.
He closed his eyes.
Then abruptly the weight was lifted
from his chest He saw a man drag
ging Rose from under the machine,
and saw that the man was Marrophat
And almost Immediately someone lift
ed his head and shoulders, caught him
with two hands beneath his arm pits
and drew him clear of the machine.
And the face of his rescuer was the
face of Judith Trine.
' The crash he had expected, of the
car being crumpled up by the oncom
ing locomotive, did not follow.
As he scrambled to his feet his first
glance was up the track, and discov
ered the train slowing to a halt
His next was one of wonder tor the
countenance of Judith Trine as she
stood, at a little distance, regarding
him; her look almost Illegible, a curi
ous compound of passions coloring It
relief, regret hatred, love , .- ,
His third glance descried beyond
her the figures of Marrophat carrying
Rose in his arms, stumbling aa he ran
toward his car on the highroad.
He moved precipitately to pursue.
but found his way barred by Judith.
"No!" she cried violently. "No, you
hall not I"
Her hand sought the grip of a re
volver that protruded from her pocket
With a short, hysterical gasp, he be
gan to laugh.
"What!" he taunted her "agalnr
"Think what you like!" she cried In
t frensy. "You saved me once now I
pare you. We're quits. But next
time f
"O-rot!" he Interjected. "You wtfl
The Face of Judith Was Distinctly
Revealed.
never have the courage to pull that
trigger when I'm helpless In your
hands!"
The hot blood mantled her exquisite
face like red fire. She caught her
breath with a sob, then flung wildly
at him:
"Well, If yon must know It's true.
I cant bring myself to kill yon. I
would to God I could. But I cant
For all that you shall die I could not
save you if I would! And this I prom
ise you you shall never see Ross
again before you die!" .
And while he stood gaping, she
swung from him and ran, quickly cov
ering the little distance between him
and the ear.
- As she Jumped Into this and dropped
down upon the seat beside her half
conscious sister, Marrophat swung tho
car away.
. It vanished la a dust-cloud as a
throng of railroad employes surround
ed and assailed him with clamorous
tuestJcns,
SUFFERED TYL:
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I gavs up hopes of living. A. 'friend
advised me to try your Swamp Root
and I at ones commenced using- it
The first bottle did mo so much good
that I purchased two mors bottles.
I am now on my second bottle and am
feeling like a now woman, I passed
a gravel stone as large as a big red
bean and several small ones. I. have
not had the least feeling of pain since
taking your Swamp-Root and Ijfoel
it my duty to recommend this great,
medicine to aU suffering humanity.
Gratefully yours, ,V ' '.'A 7 i 1
MRS. JOSEPH. CONSTANCE,
Rapids Par. Echo, La.
Letter
er to
Dr. Kilmer A Co
Binghamton, N. Y.
Personally appeared before me,
this 15th day of July, 1911. Mrs Jos
eph Constance, who . subscribed . tho
above statement and made path that
the same is tru In substance , and
in fact. ' , ;. '-v.' 'i-A '. ' vV; r. . . .
Wm. MORROW,, Notary Public.
PROVE WHAT SWAMP ROOT
WILL DO FOB YOU - : w
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co,
Binghampton, N.Y ' fo eamplo
size bottle. It will convince anyone.
You will aslo receive a booklet - of
valuable information, telling v abbot
the kidneys and bladder. When writ
ing, be sure and mention the Kinston
Weekly Free Press. Regular fifty
cent and one-dollar sis bottles: for
sale at all drug- stores.'.- r 'i
severe Fu::isi!:.:Etit
Of Kin. QirpeH ci Rrt TeifV
Standinj-, ReEerd hj Ccrd.
r
1 X
v-
ML Airy, N. C. Mr. Sarah
pell of this town, says: "I suffered to
live years with womanly troubles, glga
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one couldTtcli. -. -
I hied most every kind of 'medicine,
but none did me any good. i ' -
I read, one day about Carding Hi Wo
man's tonic, end 1 decided to try It I
had not taken but about six bottles unta
I was almost cured. It did me more
good than all the other mcdicinei I bad
fried, put together, f i.,vj; i
My friends began asking me why : I
looked so well, and I told them 100111
Cardul. Several are now taking li.'' ;
Do you, lady reader; suffer from inf
Of the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, eldeache.
sleeplessness, and that everlastlnslv tyred .
If so let us urge yon to give Canjui' 1
trial, we feel confident it will help you,
just as it has a million other women-ta
the past hall century. . ,!-.'.';
Begin taking Cardul to-day. YM
won't regret it AU druggists. , .
Advisory lwl,
PONCE DE LEON FAILED;
HIS PRIZE IS FOUND.
Ponce de Leon, the daring explor- -
er, searched among the swamps of
Florida for the Fountain of Youth,
which the Indians said would restore
power and make people young. Be
did not find It ' ' . - - - ' 1
Thousands of chronic intestinal,
bowel and stomach .sufferers1 have
written to George H. Mayr, 164 Whit
ing -St, Chicago, In quest of health.
They have found It ' His - remedy,
composed of healing- vegetable oils
from France, has Indeed given them
back the health of youth. " c - -'.
Why suffer from Indigestion, eases
on the stomach, fainting spells, -tor-pid
liver, constipation and ' all ' tho
evils of a disordered stomach; ' when
there is relief here? Mayrs Wonder
ful Stomach Remedy is now sold here
by J. E. Hood and Company. ,::
WTUN SUFFER
SO?,
It took a blsr physician aoeciallst
many years to find out the simnU
cause of suffering and how to relievo
it Two things, he discovered, wero
always present, no matter what the
disorder inflammation and conges
tion. Relieve them and the tmuhU
and pain vanishes. m prescription,
used very successfully in his practice,
was secured by the Nixon Laboratory
and carefully pot up under the name
of "Nixon's Menthol Balm." If yoa
suffer from Croup, Neuralgia, Pneu
monia, Sore Throat, Headache, Ear
ache, Swellings, Soreness and SfcuT
ness. Pleurisy, Coughs, Bronchitis, or
Rheumatism, yoa are in fact suffer
ing from congested and inflamed con.
ditions. Instead of paying SI to S2
for the prescription you can now go
to the drug store of J. E. Hood & Co
Kinston, N. O, and ret a bottle f it
for only 25 cents. Le sura it'a K"3.
en's Menthol Balm. . , .
FOR SALE Col'rr'l r-
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Dress and Dexter f; r. .
and fold 4 or 8 poj"'', 6c'
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eton, N, &