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M THESE DAYS OF DIVORCES ■•ally Nothing Remarkable In the Ample and Frank Explanation of the Small Ooy. . We were walking down the street ftmday and wo saw the moat beauti ful child sitting on the front steps •f a pretty house, says Ted Robinson. Bis eyes were so big and blue, his Mrty head so golden, his Innocent •mile to frank and inviting that we toald not resist the temptation to en ter Into conversation with hlin. "Well. ■on," we said in the idiotic ally genial way with which an adult anally addresses a child, "how old an you?" "Flour," lisped the Infant. (He didn't really lisp it, because you can't lisp when you say four; but that's the way children are supposed to do ) "Isn't that fine!" (It would have keen just as fine If he'd been three, though. or five. More Idiocy.) "And Whose little boy are you?" "Mamma's Il'l boy." "Aren't you papa's little boy, too?" "Nope " "Why aren't you papa's little boy?" "The decree gimme to mamma." Then we went on our pleasant way. —Savannah Morning News AWFUL ECZEMA ON FACE freeland, Md. —"Baby's eczema started In little spots nnd would burst and run all over his face and wher ever the water Would toueh his face, It would make another sore. Pimples would break out and make his face •ore and Inflamed, and ho was very cross and fretful. It was awful. He Buffered tortures from it, and we had to tie mittens on his hands to keep htm from scratching. A friend of mine told me of tlie Cuticura Soap and Olnt ttent and I went to a drug store and taugut tiieti). "When we would bathe his fac© with th« Cuticura Soap nrul apply the Cuti cura Ointment, he would bo much bet ter Ho would wake up in the nights and cry with his fnce and wo would put on some of tho Cuticura Ointment and then ho would rest all night. They havo cured him completely, of the •ciema" (Signed) Mrs. Ilarry Wright, Mar 21, 1912, Cuticura Soap nnd Ointment sold throughout tho world. Sample of each free, with 32 p. Skin Hook. Add rem post-card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv. Fable for Borrowers. An Arab went to his neighbor ant •aid: "Lend me your rope." "I can't," said tho neighbor. "Wky can't,you?" "nocause I want to use the rope ■jnyirlf." "For what purpose?" tho other per aisled. "I want to tie up five cubic feet of water with it." "flow on earth," sneered the would be borrower, "cun you tie up water with a rope?" "My friend," said the neighbor, "Al lah is great and ho permits us to do strange things with a rope when we J don't want to lend It." —Boston Evu= nine Transcript. To prevent Malaria is fur better than to rare it. In mnlsrinl countries false a dose of OXIPINK regularly one each week •ad save yourself from Chills nnd Fever •ad other miliaria! trouble*. Adv. Contrary Causes. "Why did Jinks break up housekeep ing?" "Because hla wife broke down." Por SI'M MICII IIKAI»ATItICH Hlrlis' CAPXTDINE Is the best remedy- Mo matter what causes them—whether from the hent, Kitting In draughts, fever- ! Ish condition, etc. 10c., 25c nnd 600 per ' sot Us at niedldnu stores. Adv. The Language, ~ "8o the firm's gone under." "Yes, I am sorry to aeo them goini ! II jronr appetite Is not what it should T>« •erhsps Malaria is developing. It nfTects the whole system. OXIDINE will clear j •way the germs, rid you of Malaria nnd i generally improve your condition. Adv. The only way to cure a man of bach- i •lorhood la to feed 111 in to a designing widow — , j Dr. Pleroe's Tellets, small, sugar-coated, •asy to take as candy, regulate and Invigorate ! Stomach, llverand bowels. Donotgrlpo. Adv. ! Some men go lame when It comes to : winding their own business. ITCH Ralivrw) In 30 Minutea. Woolford'a Hauiury I .>(l.>n fur nil hlmls ot —litmus Itch. At Druggist*. Adv. If we could see ourselves as others •ee us we wouldn't believe it. FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS Are Richest In Curative Qualities POR BACKACHE. RHEUMATISM, KIDNEYS AMD BLADDER mSMßmmmsmm whir ilmfTTi m (il 11 t»\ I ll |Ssve the time and expense of hauling] I yoar com to the mill. Buy a MONARCH I I IfILL and grind the meal for your own table. I I You are sure to have cleaner, fresher and I IsHit meal. Send today for a Monarch MilLl fW kind and amount of power yoa mm* teveaod ask for eauiog and further Information. Sprout Vtldroa A Co., ■ll 111 ■Bh »jia»- TfeaSasOeeA. DM D '' SYNOPSES. j I Tho scene at the opening of the story ts I laid in tho library of an old worn-oqt southern plantation, known as the Bar | ony. The place la to be sold, und Its I history nnd that of the owners,, the i Uulnturds, Is the subject of discus-don by Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man, a | stranger known as Hidden, aiuf Bob I Yancy, a fsrmer, when Hannibal Wayne Hazard, a mysterious child of the old southern family, makes his appearance. Yancv tells how he adopted the boy. Na , thanlel Kerrls buys the Harony, but tho j Qulntarda deny any knowledge of the ! boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain ! Murrell, a friend or the Qulntards. ap pears ami ankM questions about the Har ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Han- I nibal Ih kidnaped by Have Blount, Cap taln Murrell's agent. Yum y overtaken Hlount. gives him a thrashing and aecure»_ the boy. Yancy appears before HqHTre Balaam, anil Is discharged with costs for the plaintiff. Betty Malroy, a friend >f the Kerrlses, has an encounter with Cap tain Murrell, who forces .his attention's on her, and is rescued by Bruce Oarrlngton. Hetty hc ln out for her Tennessee home. Carrington takes the same stage. Yancy and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home of Judge Blueuin Trice. The Judge recog nizes In tlio boy, the Krandsou of an old time friend. Murrell art Ives at Judge's home. Cavendish family on raft rescue Yancy, who is apparently dead. Price breaks Jail Hetty mid T'urrlngton arrive at Belle Plain, Hannibal's rllie discloses i some startling things to the judge. Ilan j nll'iil and Hetty meet again. Murrell ar rives In Belle rbiln. Is playing for big stakes. Yancy awakts from long dream less sleep on board the raft. JndK" Price makes startling dlscovi rii » *ln looking up land lltlcH. Charles Norton, a young planter, who assists the judge. Is mys teriously assaulted. Norton Informs Car rington that Hetty has promised to marry him. Nortun Is mysteriously shot. More IlKht on Murrell's plot. He plans upris ing of negroes. Judge Price, with Hanni bal, visits Betty, nnd she keeps the boy as a companion. In a stroll Hetty takes j with Hnnnibal they meet Be.ss Hicks, 1 daughter of tile overßeer. who warns Betty of danger and counsels her to leave llelle Plain at once. Betty, terri fied, acts on Bess' advice, and on their way their carriage It stopped by Hlosson. the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and Betty and Hannibal are made pilsoners The pair are tnken-to Hicks' cabin. In an j almost inaccessible spot, and there Mur rell visits Betty and reveals his part In 1 the plot and tils object. Betty spurns his proffered love and the Interview is ended by the arrival of Ware, terrified at possible outcome of the crime. Judge I'rlce, hearing of lne abduction, pin ns ac tion. The Judge taken charge of the situation, and search for the inlsiditg ones Is Instituted. Carrington visits the Judge i anil allien tire —discovered. — Judgo price visits Colonel Fentress, where ho meets Yancy and Cavendish. Becoming enraged, Price dashes a glass of whisky Into the : colonel's face and a duel Is arranged. Mur rell Is arrested for negro stealing and Ids bubble bursts. The Judge and Mahafty discuss the coming duel. Carrington makes frantic search for Hetty and the boy. Carrington Hnds Hcttv and llannl , bal, nnd a fierce kuii light follows. Yancy I appears and nsslsts In the rescue. Bruce Carrington and Hetty come to an under standing. The Judge receives an Imp 'ri ant letter. Solomon MahafTy's Inst tight. , Fights duel for the ikndgo and Is killed. CHAPTER XXXll.—(Continued.) | Hannibal Instantly Rat erect and I looked up lit the judge, Ills blue eyes wide with amazement at this extraor dinary statement, j "It is a very strange story, Hanni j bal, and lis links are not all In my | hands, but I am sure because of what • i already know. I, who thought that ! not a drop of my blood flowed In any i veins but my own, live again in you. j l)o you understand what 1 am telling j you? You are my own dear little grandson—" and the Judge looked down with no uncertain love and pride | Into the small face upturned to ills. I "1 am glad if you are my grand father, Judge," said Hannibal very j gravely. "I always liked you." "Thank you, dear lad," responded | the Judge with equal gravity, and then I as Hannibal nestled back in his grand father's arms a single big tear drop ped from the end of that gentleman's ; prominent nose. There will be many and great change# in store for us," continued ! the "But as we met adversity i with dignity, I am sure we shall be j able to endure prosperity with equanl I mlty—only unworthy natures are af- I fected by what is at best supertlcial and accidental. I mean that the j blight of poverty Is about to be lifted j from our lives." "Do you mean we ain't going to be | pore any longer, grandfather?" asked Hannibal. Tbe judge regarded him with in finite tenderness of expression; he was profoundly moved. "Would you mind saying that again, dear lad?" * "Do you mean we ain't going to be pore any longer, grandfather?" re | peated Hnnnibal. "I shall enjoy an adequate compe j tency which 1 am about to will be sufficient for the Indulgence or those simple and intellectual tastes 1 j propose to cultivate for the ruture." ] In spite of himself the Judge sighed. | This was hardly in line with his ideals, but the right to cljooae was no j longer his. "You wjW'be very rich, j Hannibal. The Qymtard lands—your | grandmother was a Qulntard—will be | yours; they run up Into the hundred jot thousands of acres hereabout; this | land will be yours as Boon as 1 can establish your Identity." "Will Uncle Bob be rich too?" in quired Hannibal. "Certainly. How can be be poor wben we possess wealth?" answered the Judge. "You reckon be will always lire with ua. don't you, grandfather?" "I would not hare It otherwise, r admlra Mr. Yancy—h« la simple and direct, and fit tor any company under . * . • t0.... at,' ,V. ; ; .. hjyj THE ' PRODIGAL ' fflool JUDGE fofae,; 4RJ \By VAughati Kestei^ B Juvsrwriar/S BYDLMELVIU ,* f y* I CormmMf 1911, r*t Ooae> Mee*»u Conntnr except that of fools. His treat ment of you has placed me under 1 everlasting obligations; he shall share what we have. My one bitter, un -1 availing regret is that Solomon Ma -1 J haffy will not be hero to partake of t j bur altered fortunes." And the Judge ; j sighed deeply. I 1 "Uncle Hob told me Mr Mahafty got hurt in a duel, grandfather?" said 1 'Hannibal. "He watj as inexperienced as a child In the use of firearms, and he had to deal with scoundrels who had neither mercy nor generous feeling— but his courage was magnificent" Presently Hannlbnr was deep In his account of those adventures he had shared with Miss Betty. "And Miss Malroy—where Is she now?" asked the Judge, In the first pause of the boy's narrative. "She's at Mr. howen's house. Mr. Carrlngton and Mr. Cavendish are hero too. Mrs. Cavendish stayed down yonder at the Hates' plantation. Grandfather, It were Captain Murreli who had me stole —do you reckrn he was going to take nie back to Mr. Hladcn ?" "I will see Miss Malroy In the morning. We must combine —our In terests are Identical. There should be hemp In this for more than one scoundrel! I can see now how crim inal tiiy disinclination lo push myself to the front has been!" said the Judge, with conviction. "Never again will i shrink from what 1 know to be a pub lic duty." A little Inter they went down stairs, where the Judge Inid Yancy make up a bed for tylniHell and Hannlhal on the lloor. Ho would watch alone be side Mahnffy, he was certain this would have been the dead man's wish; then he said good night and mounted heavily to the floor above to resume Ills vigil and his musings. CHAPTER XXXIII. A Crisis at the Court-House. Just at daybreak Yancy was roused by the pressure of a hand on his shoulder, and opening his eyea saw that the Judge was bending over him. "Dress!" he said briefly. "There's every prospeot of trouble —get your rifle and come with tne!" Yancy noted that this prospect of trouble seemed to afford the Judge a pleasurable sensation; Indeed, he had quite lost his former air of somber and suppressed melancholy. "I let you sleep, thinking you need ed the rest," the Judge went on. "Hut ever tilnce midnight we've been on the verge of riot and possible -bloodshed*. They've arrested John Murreli—lt's claimed he's planned a servile rebel lion! A man named Hues, who had wormeu Ills way Into lilb confidence, made the arrest. He carried Murreli Into Memphis, but the local magis trate, intimidated, most likely, de clined to hnve anything to do with I holding htm. In spite of this, Hues mltnaged to get his prisoner lodged m Jail, hot along about nightfall the sit uation began to look serious. Folks were swarming into town armed to the teeth, and Hues fetched Murreli across country to Katelgh—" "Yes," said Yancy. "Do You Moan W« Ain't Qolng to Bo Por« Any Longer, Qrandfath«rT N i .»„ . i n "Well, the sheriff has refused to take Murreli into custody. Hues has him down at the court-house, but whether or not he Is going to be able to hold him is another matter!" ' Yancy and Hannibal had dressed by this time, and the Judge led the way from the house. The Scratch Hiller looked about him. Across the street a group of men, the greater number of whom were armed, stood In lront of Pegloe's tavern. Glancing in the di rection of the court-house, he ob served that the square before it held other groups. Hut what Impressed him more was the ominous silence that was everywhere. At his elbow, the Judge was breathing deep. "We are lace to face with a very deplorable condition, Mr. Yancy. Court was to sit here today, but Judge Morrow and the public prosecutor have .left town, and as you see, Mur 'roll's friends have gathered for a res cie. There's a sprinkling of the bet ter element—but only a sprinkling. I saw Judge Morrow this morning at four o'clock—l told him I would ob ligate myself to present for his con sideration evidence of a striking and sensational character, evidence which would show conclusively that Murreli should be held to await the action of tiii- next grand Jury—thU was after n conlerence with Hues —1 guaranteed hi* safety. Sir, the man refused to listen to me! He showed himself ut terly devoid of any feeling of public duty." The bitter sense of failure and futility was leaving the Judge. The hltuatlon made Its demands on that basic faith In lilb own powers which remained imbedded In his char acter They had entered the court-house square. On the steps of the building Hetts was arguing loudly with Hues, who stood In the doorway, rltle In hand *• v "Maybe you don't know this Is coun ty pioi»erty-the—sheriff- was saying. "And that you have taken unlawful possession of it for an unlnwful pur pose? I 11111 going. to open them doors —a past-el of strangers can't keep folks out of a building their own I money has bought and paid lor!" While he was speaking, the judge had pushed his way through the crowd to the foot of the steps. "That was very nicely Fald, Mr. Hetts." observed the Judge. He smiled widely and sweetly. The sher iff gave him a hostile glare. "Do you know that Morrow has left townT" the Judge went on. "I ain't got uothtn' to do with Judge Morrow> It's my duty to see that this building Is read>; for him when he's a mind to open court In It." "You are willing to assume the re sponsibility of throwing open these doom?" Inquired the Judge afTahly. "I shorel.v am," said Hetts. "Why, some of these folks are our leading people! ' The Judge turned to the crowd, and spoke In a tone of excessive civility. "Just a word, gentlemen!—the sher iff Is right; It Is your court-house and you should not bo kept out of It. No doubt there are some of you whose presence in this building will sooner or later be urgently desired. We are going to let all who wish to enter, but 1 I beg you to remember that there will j 1 be five men inside whose prejudice! j ; are all in favor of law and order." 1 He pushed past Hues and entered the court-house, followed by Yancy and \ Hannibal. "We'll let 'em in where I ' can talk to 'em," he said almost gaily, j • "Besides, they'll come In anyhow when they get ready, so there's no sense In ' exciting them." ,1 In the court-house, Murreli, bound hand and foot, was seated between Carrlngton and the Karl of Lambeth I In the little railed-oIT space below th« Judge'B bench. Fear and suffering bad blanched his unshaven cheeks and , given a wild light to his deeply sunk en eyes. At sight of Yancy a smoth- j ered exclamation broke from his lips; I he had supposed this man dead these i umny months! Hues had abandoned his post, anil the crowd, suddenly grown clamorous, ! stormed the narrow entrance. One of the doors, borne from its hinges, went down with a crash. The judge, a fierce light (lashing from his eyes, | turned to Yancy. "No matter what happens, this fel- j low Murreli Is not to escape—if ho calls on his friends to rescue him bo I Is to be shot!" The hall was lining with swearing, I struggling men, the floor shook be neath their heavy tread; then thr.y burst into the court room and saluted Murreli with a great shout. Hut Mur- | rell, bound, In rags, and silent, hit lips frozen In a woillsh grin, was a ' depressing sight, and the boldest felt I something of his unrestrained lawless- \ ness go from him. Less noisy now, the crowd spread I itself out among the benches or | swarmed up Into the tiny gallery at the back of the building.' Man after man hud hurried forward. Intent on ! passing beyond the railing, but each I had encountered the Judge, formida ble and forbidding, and had turned ! aside; Gradually the ui^ny —pairs of ' eyes roving over the little group sur- j rounding the outlaw focussed them- j selves on Slocum Price. It was In un- ! conscious recognition of that moral 1 I force which wa.i his, a tribute to tha grim dignity of his unshaken courage; | what he would do seemed worth con- j siderlng. J He was charmed to hear his name pass in a whlspe/- from lip to lip. j Well, It was time they knew him! He • squared his ponderous shoulder and , made a gesture commanding silence. Battered, shabby and debauched, h« was like some old war horse who sniffs the odor of battle that the wind incontinently brings to his nostrils. "Don't let him speak!" cried a voice, and a tumult succeeded. Cool and Indomitable the Judge j waited for it to subside. He saw that the color was stealing back Into Mur rell's face. The outlaw was feeling' that he was a leader not overthrown; these were his friends and followers, his safety was their safety, too. In a lull In the storm of sound the Judge attempted to make himself heard, but his words were lost In the angry roar that descended on him. "Don't let him speak! Kill him! Kill him!" A score of men sprang to their feel and from all sides came the click or rifle and pistol hammers as they were drawn to the full cock. Tbe Judge'B fate seemed to rest on a breath. He swung i\bout on his heel and gave • curt nod to Yancy and Cavendish who, railing bark a step, tossed their guns to their shoulders and covered Murreli. A sudden hush grew up out or the tumult; the cries, angry and Jeering, dwindled to a murmur, and'a dead pall or silence rested on the crowded room. The very taste or triumph was lo j the judge's mouth. Then camd a com. | motion at the back or the building. A ripple or comment, and Colonel Fentress elbowed his way through the crowd. At sight of his enemy the judge's face went rrora white to red, j while his eyes blazed; but tor the mo- j ment the rorce or his emotions lert ! him speechless. Here and there, as he advanced, Fentress recognized a friend and bowed coolly to the righ» and left. «TO BE CONTINUED.) Improved Spanking Machine. 4 v A spanking machine, operated by electricity and warranted to cure un ruly youngsters, was exhibited at New York recently. The electric spanket Is constructed somewhat similar to an electric vibrator. The preliminary preparations tor an electric spanking are the same as In the olden day* When the child Is ready the hard rub ber disk la applied to the area under treatment and the current turned on. Small disks are provided for the younger offenders. 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