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THE TAFT TRIBUNE, TAFT, TEXAS.
ELEPHANTS BOARD
AND KEEP
Ask Your Local Dealer
Write Now for 32-Pags
vr£z;i Illustrated Booklet
IP VMID Uses “Cutter's"
Sr T IIUIl ^rumAtrui Vaccine*!'::#
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VETERINARIAN HP
The Cutter laboratory
‘k Thr Ldhtra:**/ that A'ntU'i Htw"
Berkeley (U.S.Liccr.sc) California
For lllondm - Brunttt«a
•w*? r-r An'-
’other Hen ^
■Brother Hen.ia preparation—«■>#ea
a gtaw to the h*lr. without affstt-
inrf the natursJ eolor cl? antes hair
a.n<> scalp p.i>ri H-nnan hair ai! in
cr>o operation. Doe* not ctain handt
or et a(p. 5t! o«nt# or J? for 41.
Full diwarttottH eicii pork*<re.
God-tent
Bleating*
npnpcy shtiss
MSliflS HI 5 Shore br*9*thin* e*~
HrSaWi W a n.-vt-,- in»few
•weilitiir reduce*! to «
Hew dayr. r*#nte»e» ti*» liver, kidney*,
heart; ptuifiti tl»r bl'?od «trrn^n;i
entire •> seen*. eV»»r* fo* F*+* 7ri*i ftwfnML
tSutfi 5SC«? K«0? SO.. DM5 J * iailT*. 8*
EYES HU
BrSSftS^SlIElBS
shot evehaiis. M««hoi
Eye HaJve rewonw inKttt- /
tion. *«<}us«iir.flaa»miiti«it. /
•ootbe* pim. f -x
Foe Kitlc—l’K‘cc.- Aw pA»- ear Men*
?'fc sas.
ired Ft.{re. Drokk-e lMi»,
— ! na«*r».
H.i- r» rhfc.
Hwif**- Fos #?u
rH kinds. ' hit/trnft,
Wf»?e rttneen. W»!d« K^»«ntds.
C<w,c»I'4 8 V COttrlclM* J«»iw6«!4. Art.
MINERALIZED WATER
ROUTS CHICKEN LICE
•• -»V
St'dtyeiMixg
Edity Tale
eSyAVSRY GRAHAM BONNER.
••'>' • •'GW I at Vt r«H HlVlfA&l IftttOH i ■■■-
T*b‘«»* U»op«>*c) into Drinking Fount.
Banish Vnrmin, Main Fowl. Grow
Fo.tnr nag Increase Egg Yield.
Any poultry talar r can easily rid ids
fl k of lice and mites, make thicken*
grow faster and increase their egg
jrte'd liy simply adding minerals to the
fov.ls' drinking water. This does awuy
with all bother, such as dusting, greits-
ftirf flipping «rd spraying. The oocca-
f .rv minerals ‘-an r.ow be obtained in
cur,, anient tablet*, known as 1'nrafub*.
Sj-> >n after the fowls drink the mineral,
lied water, all llee and iii’tes leave
ess
Artiolc’s said The Arnolds talked of
It, Indeed, to each other, until they
fell asleep—bt.it even then they did
not talk of It quite so long ns their
host worked denning on the cur after
the trip, Wheeler kept the automobile
now In n neighbor's bam and took
' 'lire of It himself; It was much cheap-
■ er than keeping it In Dearborn's ga-
rage.
| There were several other friends In
| the A‘s and B'» and two In the Cs who
! were taken out Irt the Wheeler aotoino-
j bile before Herbert one day groaned:
"Jessica, this alphabet business Is
killing me. ft lines seem as if Z never
would be reached !"
... "Why. Herbert.!—and they're *1! our!
O , 1U *'• Hl’NDKKD fXtlc . Does it cost that—all that? But then, i friends, and you know how much they \
i.AKs n year the v, heelers had • the car ibewn't cost anything," she I think of It." I
contrived to live thus far with some | udded soothingly, after a pause. ! "I fhlrtk of |f, too, when the dinner
It Cost Nothing—That Wonderful Clift. But, Oh, the
Horrors of Ownership That Followed.
By ELEANOR PORTER
Author of " Pollyanna," “Just David,” Ktr.
^ Ccgyrttht l) Kinnur U IGrMr. M
*^niuatxxnixnxitnnnnnxnxnixinxnixnnixi
anything,"
udded soothingly, after a pause.
'■>n. -rts and a few luMirles—they bad j "Oh, no, the car doesn't cost any- checks rind 'he supper check* come, .
■ ii i-u married two years, (ienlal. fun- I thine—only eight or ten dollar* to in. Jessica, we just simply can’t stand j 1
"’1;- «nd ht.spItHbie, they tmd even j (ring it down by train, or else two It!"
entertained occasionally; but hrainerd j dollars art hour for a clmuffeur to j Jessica frowned and sighed.
retorted her lius- “I knew, dear; but when the car
; “ V ,;l "I"sl ">‘d Its Four Hun- J run It down for us."
them. The tablets ats„ n<-; u,. u t>>nic ;
conditioner. The health of the fowls j
quickly improves, they grow faster und !
the eg* yield frequency |« doubled,
little chicks that drink freely of th- I
water never will he bothered by mites !
or ice.
The tnethwl is especially recommend-
(It. .1 wos not given t-> lavish display. I band.
In the bunk Herbert Wheeler spent j "light or ten dollars! Two dollars
lo'ig hours handling money that was j an hour to ran it!" gasped Jessica
not bis only to hurry home am] spend ! “Why, Herbert, what shall we do?
ettier i mg boat* over a tiny lawn and : There Is only tin dollar* now of the
a tinier garden, where f cry blade of i household money to last the rest of
grass and every l.-ttiieo-bead were j the month; and there's lids week's
marvels of grace ami beauty, simply \ grneerj l>!lt ana * dollar und a half
because they were itis. j for tie laundry to pay!"
It was June now, ami ;!i« h.vvt, am) | "That's exactly it—what shall we
tie' gard,•• were very Important; but do?" snapped Herbert. Tills thing was
it wo* jt, a Juno morning that the ! getting on his nerves.
el for miser* of purebred stock, as i large blue envelope cuu.c. |leri.rrt I "But we musi do,' laughed Jessica
there I* no risk of soiling the plimiage. went Imme that night and hurst Into hysterically. "The idea of giving tip
Tie tablets are warranted to Impart j the kitchen like a whirlwind 1 e. tiu-ee ticiusaml-doliar automobile hie
■ . flavor or odor to the eggs and meat, “Jessica, woVe got one at last," he cause one owes a grocery lit I i mid a
This remarkable conditioner, egg tonic cried. j ih.llnr and a half for laundry!"
and lice remedy costs only a trill* and ! "‘'re. uhut?" j "Well, we can't oat the automo-
I* sold under an absolute guarantee, j "An automobile." / | blip, and it won't wash our clothes
The tablets uro scientifically prepared, Jewa sat down helplessly. Tn each | for ns.”
perfectly safe, and dissolve readily In : hand she held an egg--she had been j ".Vutiiraily not! Who wants It to?"
water. j •» looting two big ones for an mn.det. I Jessica’s nerves, als'c were feeling the
Any render of this paper may try i “Herbert, ace you crazy? What are strain,
them without risk. The laboratories i you talking shout?” win* demanded. "We might—sell It."
ptoditc'ng Piirntttbs are no confident of I “About o.tr automobile. t« be sure," "H«li It! Sell our automobile!"
, •Ccsiil'.s that to Introduce them to , he retorted. "T'wus t'i.usln John's, flatned Jessica; and to hear her, one
.■M r; poultry raiser they offer two big I heard today—he's left it to us." i weald think the proposition was to
ft ; teknges for only ?! Send no money, "T usl Hut v.c hardly knew him, j sell an old family heirloom, beloved
•us' yc-ur mime and address—n card ; nttd be was only « third or fourth • for years.
do -to (he Parntah Ijtborntories ■ 'ousin. anyway, wasn’t be? Wliy, we llvr husband sighed.
Tu-pt. Hi!*, 1HK> Coen ''oia Itldg.. Kan- ; never even thought of going to the ; "Isn't there something somewhere
s i- t’lty Mo., and the two SI park- j funeral.'"
ages, enough for 100 galiutt* of water, i "I know; hut he was a queer old
will be mulled. Pay the postman $1 j codger, and he took a great fancy to
and |-istage on delivery, and if you arc i :-"U when he saw you. Don’t you re-
i,.c delighted with restiita In 10 days-- ! ineiiitier? Anyhow, the deed Is done."
v rhl.kenw are no. healthier, (c.y , "Ai it's o" .—a .vlmlc utitonue
I ■ nor eggs .,nd enUr.ly tree (rorri blleV"
; *,r, ; rni',.s -your tnnvicy v.;!. be . "T! nt'fj what they say ami it’s a
■ mptly li-fu'iir-'l. flout hesitate to ti.rci.-fnon-ami loiiur .-ar."
ai-, opt thIf trial offer as you nre fully ! "b, llerttert!" When Jessica was
prote. let) by fhl, trunrantcc, pleased sin- clapped her hands; site
_____r--------- ------- ------------------------------ *,».,« •,w-ni rmvv—or rattier
Human Failing. j ' hip;,ml tl(e eggs—am; in the result
IV.. many of ti< -it around fellin' ! lag disaster even the automobile was
• b'-w much wed do f-«h liumanity for a moment forgotten. Hut for only
i? fsi ».,« ridt, In*tld gdt’n’ out a n oiii.tJ.
• •• Join' whits we kin wif a vftow \
aiiout selling the pot to get something
to put Irdo It?" lie muttered dismally,
as he rose to lock up the house for
the night. "Well, I fancy that's what
we'll have to do—sell the automobile
to get money enffngh to move It!"
Two days later the automobile came,
perhaps the grocer waited. Perhaps
the laundry bill went unpaid. Per-
haps an obliging friend advanced a
loan. Whatever it was. splc and span
la Dearborn's garage stood the
didn't cost anything--"
"Well, lobster salads and chicken
patties cost something," mentioned the
man grimly.
"I know It; but it seems so—so *el-
fish to go nil by ourselves with those
empty 'cats behind us. An.1 there are
so many I hare promised to take. Her- j
bert, what can we do?"
"I don’t know; hut T know what we i
can't '.. We can't feed them to the
tune of a dollar or two a plate any !
longer.”
There was a long pause; then Jes |
sirs clapped her bands.
“Herbert, I have it' We'll have has j
ket picnics, i'll take lunch from the j
house every time. Ami, after nil, !
tliat'l! be lots nicer; don't you think j
so r
"Well, that might do," acquiesced 1
GOOD-BYE SPRING
“Good-bye. Spring. I must be going,’
said the blue Hepatlea flower.
“Goodbye, dear iiitie Ilepatka,’
Bait! the Spring.
Now the Spring iva.3 dressed In *1
her best. Oh, she was most gorgeou*
She wore a cup of beautiful ollvi
green leave-, so fresh anil pretty and
new, and her bat was of many sprln|
was a lovely but.
Her skirt was of soft green most
with new ferns decorating It, such
dear little- delicate ferns.
Her shoe* were of green moss urn!
her alioe lace* were of lovely tail
green grasses.
Her waist was of spring blossoms
and -'us so pretty, and bed M-rinkled i
over her a perfume which .ill of th* I
spring floweis and shrubs and tree* |
bed giver, to her as a gift
| from all of them.
bate to so., vo i gc " -aid ypring.
; “but 1 know you most tie on your
i way. Tills Is ihe time for you to
j finish your blossoming or flowering."
Mr*. M. Austin
Gralnola, Oklu.--"I tun now nbsidut*.
ly free from the feminine trouble from
which I Buffered, together with annoy
Ing nervousness, and I certainly owe
my recovery to Doctor I’lerce s Favot-
Ite Prescription. I have taken only
three bottles, but r.rn srmnd and veil
sind have gain**) lb pounds"—.Mrs,
Minnie Austin.
It you're nervous er troubled like
Sirs. Austin, go to your druggist at
once end obtoln this Prescription of
Dr Pierces, In tablets or liquid. Write
Dr. Pierce In Buffalo, N. V., for free;
confidentlid medical advice. Send 10c
If you desire a trial package tablet*,
l oH SALK-A KINK tOTTAt.K (IN I IKK
AflClfiGAN, MJcIuKar av . 'leta.iH
DANIEL Vfl.IJ.4MN, CIHRLEVOIN MICH,
Whipping Ended Romance.
ThU little **T>lacwJe in my life oc*
ctiiTtfd viifiti I waa out *\x years of
\ es, «ai<i the blue Hepatic# flower, j figQ ^ neighbor's boy, .lark, .id<3 I
”1 have Im aho.n really ever since j ,0‘vefj other. All was settled be-
was under the snow, i ^Vv»'en us that we should p*t married
December.
know.
>-te;R
CORNS
Lift Off with Fingers
0 hart <t l*t! Drop & littw
l i•"■‘/f'lie" on an aching instantly
n.it (f*rn -tops hurting, thtn O'
v ui lift it rijjbt off with Lagcrfl. *ruLv
S nur druggi**, .''".list a tui) bottle of
i T< ?^coul£,^ for a few cetitF, -•-‘is* 1 ■♦■at to
rev.' vc every lt!ird corn, fcoft wrn
c■ irn be' ween the toes,
•a 41bout soi'GOVr't or irr.t&'-ion.
•'Ami to think hmv we've wanted an
Hntomoldle!*' she <ried, when the tm-
pr«'tnpt:i omelet In tier In;* had been
fMiiiUbeti hi* » oltU\i**n. “The rifles
we'il have—and \* * won't he
W» *1! take *:Jr friGiidst”
* iml**ei| we will, agreed Herbert.
"Ami «’»ir trips and vacation*, and
i*ven loMi town—why. we won’t n*jed
any nrfnre. save money, Her-
bert. hd.y of money f,e
"Kr- v-f*n, an auto costs sv nethfny j
to run, you know,” ventured Herbert, j
“(insoljm' but what’jt a!
^n-<blineV I faney v*e can afford
Uiat when v.e v '■ the whole car for j
m>» hlng!”
‘ Well, I should say!" chuckled the
infill.
‘•When- Is It i:.'vr
“In the r*ingc on the estate” re-
tnrmd Ih*rherr eonsultitijf ids letter,
“i'i.i n.uni r. I to tuU« It iiwny.*’
“Ueqfiested ! Oidy ?nn» \ ’ As If we
weren't d>iouf to take it awvy.”
• Yes, but—?'* The rr.an’s face
had crown suddeniv perplexed.
“Why, p> and got It, of course.”
“But one can’t walk in and pocket
a motor-car as one would u pickup*
of greenbacks.”
••in' rwur^f imti Hut you can uw it
Asti
1
LAS
B-kC'
(tie man slowly. “Anyhow, there
u oublri t be any .tinner checks a-coru-
Ing.’’
August passed nnd September came.
The Wheelers were In ' M" now; they
bml been for flays, Infleefl. Even
honie-preperefl lutirhemia were beyonfl
tin* Wheelers' pooketbook now, anil no
friend bad been 'uvitetl to rifle for a
wt-yk past. The spoiling of two fires
utirt r. rather serious accident to the
machine had necessitated the Wheel-
er* spending every spare cent for re-
pairs.
In the eyes of most of tlie (own thn
Wheeicrs were objects of envy. The*
bnfl an mitenvibilc. They conlfl rid«
while others must plod along behind
(hern on foot, blinded by their dust
and sickened by their noisome odor
of gasoline.
oree- | j.; |0I)K ns -he Wheelers were 'Me-
! eently bospltab'e" about sharing their
or. the townspeople added to their
envy an Interested tolerance based on
o lively specula fie" ns to when one'*
own turn for a ride would come; but
when a whole week went by, and not
and
fir'rv
kept
you
my
Mint Follow Vou
and start housekeeping in our coal
house, which was not used during the
summer. Wo had to furnish our
house first All went on well until
our pnrent* began missing tilings—
dishes, elc. A whipping apiece and
our romnnre ended.--Chicago Journal.
(me pound of uoif-rc1*.tnee Is worth
« ton of expectation.
UoydB
Baby Carnages &Fumitum
zue warm just hs people will wrap
j their furs about their necks to keep
; themselves warm.
! ‘And (hough I was but a bud I kept
| warm and the snow protected me too."
“Some of your family have different
| names." said Spring, "but I like fo
j call you Ilepatica best."
j “It is ta.v favorite name of all I
j have," said the blue Hepatlea flower.
! "Sometimes we’re called Liverwort,
and sometimes were culled Squirrel
gnestf hirteb^rmv<lS’,rhe*n“«^t I am’ SMnptl,ues known
Ing; no fresh vegetables to eat, f»r
the garden had died long ago from
want (if care, nnd they could buy only
gasoline. But they did have an auto-
as Hepatlea a, which Is my favorite
nan *• a* I've said
"Some of us wear hliie and some of
us wear lavender. Some ..f us wear
white, lin’d some of us wear pale
pinks, and some of us .have a different
style of grouping ourselves together.
We don’t dress just the same, and we
don't care if were all In Hepatlea
i ■. U*.
"By that I mean we don't care if
we ail do Just as the other does. Ileal
Hepatlea style, among the Hepatlea
repaired' anti shin- j flowers, means to dress differently and
iirff the tolerance fled, leaving only i
•in/ry »iiv;fl;t!n a'* to hajipf* j
tiosfl s*** was the srnfVMlne sm»*il of the j
>nr
H.'oro were s*>no things, however, j
flint the townspeople did not know. !
They did not know that, though the 1
\Vh**olfTs had a motor-ear. ?hvy had j
aliuost r.ojhlnir «nise; no new clt thes, j
do n <*<Hits and gnjcirleti; no new i
books nnd ma^alznos. except such as j
dotdt with “the t»racttca! upkeep and j
operation of a car”; no leisure, for the
ear must he kept
The Lloyd Manufacturing Company
! Heywuoel- Wahfield Co.)
Vnt. B
Menominee, Michigan
(19)
Tir-iST
HAIR BA1SAM
R#mof«*»ir«UK5niH stop* i^irFAlltfig
RMtorea Color And
Bccnij to Cmr and F*d«4 Hum
•oc And fi nor»ruK:ruu. j
IWIbpor Chem. Wfca. I atcticg-t .Bf-U
ft:' t&3S
HiNDERCORNS
(f'Q>»0. 9tA, Fto|>B III |«IO, FUurW (Mfl
fr+t. nutk«a valktiir veiwv. tia. by nur !
fit*, Ill ~ ' ----- " ‘
« t'Virtia, CStJ.
— ------------ tflofoii tn tbo
ir ybft. i&a. by ic*!l or at Dru*
i«co>x CbcoitcuJ Works, h»tc!»otru«. H. Y, j
mopi-p. lids much the lown knew;
nnd then- came n day when this fact
as wc please nnd to look a* b-vc!y p.s
each one of us can.
“That is what we try to do."
"And that is what you really do,
said Spring. ,
“Thank you. dear Spring.” said the
Heavy Cold? Chest
All Clogged Up?
. . „ of and run it In me It’s util} fifty mlo'S.
i ven hard corn, * * >rJ?- ‘ j , .,
tt-cen the tei-.«, end the cabases, t iin.V"-'".
I “T don't know how p* run an unto-
| mobile. Besides, there's Ih-enses nr.tl
I tilings thiit have to be 'tended to first,
! ! think."
“Well, someitod} can run It,
they?"
"Well, yes, l suppose so. Hut
where are wc going to keep it?"
"Herbert Wheeler, one would think
vmi were displeased that we've tu-yu
given this automobile. *• mat-
tered where we kept it, so boot «»
had If to keep!” Jr
■•Vcs. but—really. Jcsslm. tfr
keiqi It here—In the kitchen,
i “The Idea of Giving Up a $3,000 Au-
| tomobile Because One Owes a Gio-
eery Bill and $1.50 for Laundry.
loomed large and otulmnus ori tlie lior- . Blue Ilepatica.
17,,11 of the Wheeler’s destiny. j "Some of us wear perfume und some
On the first dav of October the bank i <>f us don't." said the blue Ilepatica.
in which young Wheeler worked closed j “There is no special rule about that,
it* doors. There bad been a defaJcn- | citiier.
Hon. A large sum of money was miss- I "ft doesn’t make any difference!
ing and the long finger of suspicion 1 whether we wear blue, or pink, or
lminted to Herbert Wlieeler. I while, or hivemler. whether wt add.
the ad-
PlONT let it gn a 9t*it, Dr King'*
L/ Ni>v Diiwovuv will git light
New Discovery
down to work, relieving the tight feeling
m (he chest, quieting the 'etking
cough, gcutiy stimulating the bowels,
thus clmunnling the cold potsuas.
Always rckabie. Just good nvwatcusa
axa-de to ease colds *"d coufhe-
For fiftv year* a Bondard remedy-
All the family can take it with helpful
remits. Eases the children's nronp.
No iiarmfit) drugs Convincing, heal-
ing taste that the kiddie* like- At m
d uggists, frx.
tbotisiimldollar uutomofdle.
mired of every eye.
June had gone, and July was weeks
old. however, before Hie prellminar-
can’t ! los of license and lessons were over,
and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wheeler
could cuter into the full knowledge of
Dr. King’s
New Discovery
For Colds and Coughs
F**l Badlyr Bawsds Sluttish?
Haven’t a ay “pep' work _ of pwy*
You're • oastip«te<l! The stimwlai»n2
action of in. Kings Hlis brings. Lack
okf time energy. AH druggist2x,
WON’T GRira
LtiKlimk >hc^hrr«l »*lll
h*T:l driver*.
Sort■>!».. OaOrns^u-K.
1>KB. ftp'll
->nfl k.'.nvJ, *.V W N
l%n. 10 VVYGK:
ilrivAfii. utry
o(sl. Jtatu-
n y
ibathFH A HUEA««. Cs»l«OiW».
»n>l
*rii»t|ir»»t t S* la ill. tVc 'ir t^f*’
8»«t*evt»Vt«n» ’(tpsctsitst, V»i
TuiftRlC*
idnftik O*
i«d s*ted»
fi-rn.
'••n
'Hht MON ICV NBI.UWi TO»
■ n-J ,o».r Mr ssmpt's , * *M*‘"
it f»rt'
!:#M. 6W. tiA®
I Hiist I'HSKiP r«n*it*. • oktiasc. <»»»
FR£Et^;?T^^5'^W,SS;
w, h. u.. houbton, no.
can't
lie cried.
"it’s "ttm.shed two eggs alremfy, just
.(„> mentlna of It." he finished whim-
sically.
•'(jin there are pluces—garages nnd
thing*,' Herbert; >’<>« know there are."
“V..< hut they—cost something-’
-j know It; hut if the cat is our*
for nothing, scorns a* if w« might be
stile to afford Its hoard and k«‘p
••Well by George! tr docs, Jessica:
fart," tied the man, starting
(lint
to Iris feet. “There's Dearborn's down
to the Square. I'll go and see them
........ it. They'll know. too. how to
g,.t it here. I'll go down right after
supper. And, by the wav h-w about
,i„,t omelet? Did our new uutonnddie
leave-ailiv eggs to make one?'
"Well a few,” laughed .fessma.
There was no elation In Herbert
Wheeler's step when two hours later,
the young hank teller came homy from
rV«rL‘»rn‘s.
“\V«iL f wt*—wft'PB uf*
i? .T- ssira.”
“What's the matter? Wont they
it? Never mind; there are -th-
I dd tie not sport an
Was tie ted living far beyond bis
moans? Had not the Wheelers for
wooU* past flaunted tbelr Ill-gotten
wealth In the very eyes of the whole
tmvn?
And «o the town talked and wagged
Its head, nnd hack In the tiny house
In the midst of its unkept lawn and
automobile? • perfume or not. It is Just as our own
what it meant to be (he joyous |sis • jj,lr(jpn a„t the angry, frightened, and
(lessors of mi uutomohile which one ! appallod Herbert Wheeler, and Jessica,
could run one s seif. j his wife.
"And now we’ll take our friends," i jn va|n qi.t the Wheelers point out
cried .icssb'it. "Who’)! go firsi?" | that t):-c autoir.oMie was a gift. In
“Let * ticgin with the A’s—the At- j vain did they bare to doubting eyes
n,>itl*. They're always doing
take
ers"
■Oh. 5os. they’ll lake »• and take
..arc of ft for fifteen or twenty doilars
according to the »m«aut of
a month,
f have them do on It.
t never head of such * thing!
work
-Why.
tilings
for us,"
“Good I I'll telephone Mrs. Arnold
tonight. Tomorrow is Saturday, littlf-
lioiiday. We’ll take them down to the
lake and come home by moonlight.
Oh. Herbert, won’t It he lovely?
“You bet It will.” exultrd Herbert,
as the thought of the Arnold’s admir-
ing eyes when their car should sweep
up to their door.
At three o’clock Saturday afternoon
the Wheelers with their two guests
started for the lake. It was ft beauti-
ful day. The road wns good and ev-
ery one was Jn excellent spirits—that
Is, every one but the host. It had
com? to him suddenly with overwhelm-
ing force that he "as responsible not
only for the happiness but for the
lives of bis wife and tbelr friends.
What If something should go wrong?
But nothing did go wrong. He
stopped twice. It Is true, nrni exam-
ined carefully hi* car; but the only
result of his search was a plentiful
bedaubing of oil and gasoline on Ids
hands and of roadway dust or. his
clothing. He was used to this and
did not mind It, however—until he
went to dinner at the l akeside House
beside the fresh daintiness of his wife
ami tltcir frit nils; then he did mind
Th* ride horn* was delightful, so U»«
the whole pitiful poverty of their daily
life The town refused to see or to
understand; in the town’s eyes was
the vision of the Wheeler automobile
flying through the streets with set-
fishly empty seats; in the town's nose
was the hateful smell of
Nothing else signified.
To the bank examiner*, however,
something else did signify. But it took
their sworn statement, together with
ihe suicide of Cashier Jewett (the
proved defaulter), to convince the
town; and eveh then the town snook rPM|]v wouldn't
11* head and said:
“Weil, ll might have been that sru-
tomobile, anyhow-!”
Th,. Wheelers *»}$ their elephant—
rsmtor-f’fir.
"Yes. 1 think we’d better sell It,"
agreed Jessica t-arfully. when her ha*-
hand made the proposition. “Of course }
the car didn’t cost us snything. but j
we---
"Cust us anything’" cut in Herbert
Wheeler wrathful!?. “Cost us any
tiling: Why! Its done nothing but
Cost from the My it smashed 'hose
two egg* In the kitchen to the day o
almost smashed my ivputiuion «t the
hank. Why .(es*|c*, it’s cost n* e"
erytliins—food, clothing, fun. C >“«'!-
and almost life itself! I think w* I
sell that initom
Arid they »«•>« it
little group feets like lining.
"But Mh? same family wears per-
fume year after year.
“You see my mother plant wore
perfume and l thought 11 was so
lorely that. I wanted to wear it too.
That is always the way with the
Hepatlea flowers.
“We do wlmt our mothers bine done,
and If they have used perfume, *0 d1'
we. It Is natural that we should for
we like our mothers’ perfume, und
we wanted to have some of it when
we grew op !
"Yes. dear Spring I must go."
“And before long I must follow
yon,” said Spring. ’'Summer Is coming
along von know.’’
“I'lir," su'd the blue Hepatlea, lift
ibg Its little star like petals up and
gasoline, j g;,/.ipg a’ Soring. "I"tl come ar.d see
you again next } oar if jou want ni«."
“Darling little blue Ilepatica. Spring
wouldn’t be happy if you didn’t come
to the edges of the woods to smiia at
her and to soy:
'Here I am. dear Spring,’ Sprlpr
be Spring without
you."
••Blue Hepatlea will open her eyes to
greet you next year. Spring. Good bye,
dear Spring. Good-bye. lovely world,
alt dressed ir. your new clothes."
And the warmer breezes of sum-
mer came along and whispered:
“Blue Hepatlea was right. Good bye
Spring!”
____ is what ca«
mother writes of Mrs.
Winslow's Svrup Thoussnos
of other mothers have found
this safe, peasant,
rtm^r a boon wteea baby®
little stomach t* upset. For coe-
stipation. flatulency, colic and
diarrhoea, there it nothing like
MR*W8&ow1
Ik.iWwa'MftCktfm.’s*
It ia especial!'? good at teething
time Complete formula
on every label. Guaran-
teed free from narcotics,
opiates, alcohol and M
katmfui iogredietitik
At mB (irsMiW
Writ* tor tie* buefck* of
WfT——, tier: to --heva.
*wgio y«rwcHi oauc co ! * *
Its 217 Pdtm St T«4t
Aymto-
Hmroid y A (V. /tar.
IW Y&ff- k,
DROPSY
A Rare Guess.
5’rtifowr to Student -Mr. Blank,
tell i<« sitiuctiilng of th» ocrurrem-c of
■aiclum cari.otiatc <ln mittire.
Student (unprepared)—'Veil, air, It
—It i* very rare—
|*r,..Vs*-»e—Very p"d. sir. for S
guess. But you failed to mention that
he Apfatlttehisn a:oi,ntali»* are com-
nosed quite largely «f this rer» sa&-
tumt*.— 8d<MC* wad lavetiUoitt.
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