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3«A ttU CITY, H. J

=il MOTHERS

The Light in the Clearing A TALE of the NORTH COUNTRY in the TIME of SILAS WRIGHT

By IRVING B ACHELLER

Author of Ebeti HoUca. D’rt wd L Dwrel oC the - - [ Up With Lizzie, Etc., Etc.

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a as you cot a tablet or je's Die pepsin ail the dyai and stomach diaTbese pleasant, harm! t Pape's Dlapepsln never tall I upset stomachs feel fine at 3 they con very little at drug

Over-Polite. put tell* of a neighbor, r Broira, who l* not well Hi* deujh:er has attended : school and lately they reft have a party of the nelch- , * and their wire*, t reea to the party she instmrted ner r that when upeakinj of anythl-ie-fear ef ofTendlng. he should add • present company illvrays ezeeptHe »a* lute for dinner, so Jane r Inrited thf tnest* to begin operation*. They had not long commenced when la rushed Mr. Brown, covered with 1-er-tpiralion. “Why are yon so late. papaT" asked Jane. “The'fact Is, Jane. I've been visitin' t>e!ghtim Smiths pigs, nod they ar> the finest lot of pigs I ever seed, .he present company alln* excepted."

BARTON PASSES THROUGH PERILS WHICH RECALL THE PROPHECY OF “ROVIN’ KATE.”

BOSCHEE’S STRUP Why use ordinary cough remedies when Boschee s Kyrup has been used ao pacceaafnlly for fifty-one years in all parts of the United States for cough*, bronchitis, colds settled in the throat, especially lung troubles? gives the patient a good night's rest, twe from coughing, with easy ex toration In the morning, gives nature a chance to aootbe the Inflamed parts, throw off the dleease, helping the patieot to. regain hi* health. Made In America and sold for mure than half a centrry.—Adv. Placing the Goat. A boss barber, w ho has a shop In a downtown skyscraper r.nd a caustl>tongue, but who has a boor ujeraory for faces, “got bis" the other day. «• the delight of his nnistnnls and Uur mnseroent of several enstotner*. He hod Ju«t shaved a man » he itsd not recollected having ever seen before r.nd With an eye to more business Mild: “Don't you want your hair IfUnmed' It looks In spot* as If It had been chewed off by, a goat." “I kinder think so myself." replied the customer, “but I didn’t expect to hear y.m say so. You cot U yourself.”—Detroit Free Pres*.

Stats of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lacaa Coaaty-aa. Prank J. Chonag makes oath that h* Is sanipr pannar of tba Arm of P. J. Cbenoy * Co., doing business la the City of ToMaTOoUatr and State eforeeala. end th»t *eld «rm wbl pay toe sum of ONE HUNLi&ED DOLLARS for any ca.« of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use f* KAXXf* CATARRH MEDICINE . . JTBAMK J. CHENET. Sworn to before me and eubs-rtbra tn “ty ^rrraenca. this «th day of ~

CATARRH MEDICINE la an tr-emally and acts through the Blood on the Mweo-egu' Csnea c# Svateta.

P. J. Chaney A Co.. Toledo. Ohio.

SynopeiA—Barton Bayne*, an orphan, goes to live with his unrtt 1 -. , Peabody Baynes and Ms Anat Deel on a farm on Battleroad. la a neighborhood called IJckltyspllt. about the year 1828. He meet* Sally ; Dank el berg, about his own age. hot socially of a class above the Bayneaee. and Is fascinated by her pretty face and fine clothe*. Barton alao meet* Roving Kate, known In the neighborhood as the “Silent Woman.” Amos Griwihaw. a young sob of the richest man In the town ship, la a visitor at the Baynes borne and Roring Kate tells the boys' fortune*, predicting a bright future for Barton and death on the fallow* for Amos. Barton meets Silas Wright, Jr., a-man prominent In public affaire, who evinces much interest In the boy. Barton learn* of the power of mooey when Mr. Grimshaw threatens to-take the Bayne* farm unless • note which be bold* la paid.

A Sena* of Humor. Mrs. FiTheriied could hardly con tain Uerwrlf uiiill her husband cn. borne, to jell him the exemcteting Johe

on the Janitor.

“He's just found out why we bad no beat In the flat last winter " she chirruped a* alie met her husband at the '•Whyr a*k«tl Fetherbed. "Ur wanted n» burn Some paper* this morning and discovered there* o» furnace in the building." Cirtlco ra Soothe* Baby Kasha*. That Itch and barn with hot bath* of CBtlcnra Soap followed by geoth anointing* of Cnticura OintmaoL Nothing batter, purer. aWMetar, e»f eclally If • Uttla of the fragrant Concur* Talcum U dusted on at tbs tntah. 2&c each averywbai*.—Adr.

Th* Pem mltt'a Or**d '* ru awful penslmlst." lat's the matter uyuf •jmtUa aWot the jdassun

Patiehca and Kind»«M. “Zhe tricks ihsl nwa taught hi* lit tie dog P-aBind o great deal of pa Uence and klndnra*." "Cnnucstk-nabl)answered Mi — Chyenne. “I can't understand wiio' kept the Ihtle do* from UHing him "

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CHAPTER Vi—Continued. —7—' One day tn Deoember of that year. I had my flret trial In th* full reapooAbility of man's work. I was allowed and barotne and hitch up and go to the mill without assistance. My uncle end Purrl*. our hired mab. were busy with the chopping and we were out of floor and meal. It took n lot of them to keep the axea going. So I filled two «acks with corn and two with wheat and put them toto.tbe box wagon, for the ground was bare, and hitched up my horses and net oat I reached the mill Lately and before the grain was ground the earth sol the sky above were white with snow driving down In a cold, stiff wind out of the northwest. I loaded my grists and covered them with a blanket and hurried away. The anew came wo fast that It almost blinded me. There were times when I could scarcely tee the road or the horse*. n»e wind came colder and aoon It was hard work to bold the reins and keep my hand* from freezing. Suddenly the wheels began Jumping over rocks. The horses were In the ditch. I knew what v.as the matter, for my eye* had been filling with mow and I had had to brush them often. Of course the team had Buffered tn a Uke manner. Before I could stop I heard the crack of a felly and a front wheel dropped to It* bub. I checked the horses and Jumped out and went to their beads and cleared their eye*. The scow wa* up to my knees then. How the thought of that broken wboel smote me l It was our ooly heavy wagon, and we having to pay the mortgage! What woold my :jncle say? The query brought tear* to my

eye*.

I unhitched and led my horses up Into the cover of the pines. How grateful It seemed, for the wind was slack below but bowling In the treeiops! knew that I was four miles from home and knew not how I wa* to get there. Chilled to the bone. I gathered some pitch pine and aoon bad a fire going with my flint and tinder. I knew that I could mount one of the ho lead the other and reach home probably. But there was the grist. We needed that; 1 knew that we should have to go hungry without the grist. It would get wet from above and below If 1 tried to carry It on the back of a boise. 1 wanned myself by the fire and Hitched my team near it #o as io thaw the frost out of their forelocks and eyebrow*. I felt In my coat pockets and iooad a handful of nail*— cw,,bndy carried nails la one pocket those days—and I remember that unde's pockets were a museum of boltr and nuts and screws and wasbTbe Idea occurred to me that I would uke a kind of sled which was called

Battleroad. Soon I heard a lood halloo and knew that tt was the voice of Unde Peabody. He had started out to meet me la the storm and Shep 1

1th him.

“Thank God I've found yel* shouted. “Tm blind and tired out nod I couldn't keep a lantern goln* to i me. Are ye froze?" “I’m alt right, but these homes are awful tired. Had to let 'em rent every few minutes." I told him about the wagon—nr bow It relieved me to hear him say: “As long as you're all right, boy, I ain't goln' to worry 'bout the oT wagon—not a bit. Wbere’d ye git yer

Jumper?"

“Mad* It with the ax and i nails," I answered. After we got to the barn door at Inst he went to the bouse and lighted his lantern and came back with U wrapped In a blanket and Aunt Deel came

after she was foaled. I had fed ar.d petted and broken and groomed her and she had grown no fond of me that my whistled call wotllii bring her galloping from the remotest reaches of the pasture. I had named her Sally because that was the only name which ■en>«d to express my fondness. “Mr. Parvis" wan not an experienced rider. My filly led him at a swift gallop over the hlllk, and I heard many a muttered complaint behind me. bet d a free head when we took the road together, and I let her hare

her way.

Coming back we fell In with another rider who had been resting at Beaver 1 * little tavern through the teat of the day. He was a traveler on hi* way to Canton and had missed the right trail and wandered far afield. He had a big military saddle with bags end shiny brass trimming* and a pistol In a holster, all of which appealed to my eye and Interest. The filly was a Utile tired and the stranger and I were riding abreast at a walk while Pnrvla trailed behind os. We heard a quick stir In the bushes by the roadside. “What's thstr Purvis demanded In half-whisper of

got my ax out of the wagon and soon found a couple cf small trees with the right crook for the forward end of a runner, and cut them and hewed their bottoms as smoothly as 1 could. Then I made notches In them near the top of their crook* and fitted a stout *Uck Into the notches and secured It with nails driven by the axhaul. Thu* l got a hold for my evmer. That done. 1 Chopped and hewed an arch to croas th* middle of the runners and hold them apart and u*fcd all my nails to eecure and brae* It. I got the two hoards which were fas tened together and constituted »J wagon (.ml and laid them over the arch and frtot brace. How to make them fast was my won* problem, succeeded In spill ting s green stick to hold the holt of the evener Just under tie bead while 1 heated Its lower and In the Are and kept it* head «a»l with snow. With this I borut a bole in the end of each board and fasleoed them to the front brace with withes of

It wna late In the day and there was no time for the alow panoaaS of burn

Ing more holes, so I notched the other

end* of the boards and lashed thrm

the rear bra 's with a length of my

reins. Then 1 rateuperr J my holt

brought up the grl.t and rhslu and fastened the Utter between the boardla the middle of the front brace, hitched my team to the chain and set

out again, sitting on the bags. it was pitch dark and the hot

wading to their bellies and the aoo* cowing Xasltr srhem w» turned luso

How proud it made me to hear fe

iy:

“Deel. our boy Is a man now—mad# this Jumper aU lone by himself an’

has got throngh all right."

She came end held the lantern up to my face and looked at my hands.

“Well, my atara. Bart!’

claimed In a moment “I thought yc

would freeze t

boy!”

We carried the grist In and Annt Deel made some pudding. How good It was to fed the warmth of the fire and of the heart* of thoae who loved me! How I enjoyed the pudding and milk and bread and bnttecl “I guess you've gone throngh the second peril that oT Kate spoke of." ild Aunt Deel as I went upstairs. Uncle Peabody went not to look at the horses. When I awoke In the morning I observed that Uncle Peabody's bed had not beef slept in. I hurried down and heard that our off horse had died In the night of colic. Aunt Ded wa* crying. As h - saw me Unde Peabody began to dance a Jig In the middle of the floor. "Balance yer partners I” he shouted. “You an' I ain't goln' to be dlaconraged If all the bosses die—be we, Bart?" “Never." I answered. “That's the talk! If nec'sary well hitch Purvis up with t'other gtt our haulin' done." He and Purvis roared with laughter and the strength of the current swept me along with them. “We're the locklest folks world, anyway." Uncle Peabody went on. "Bart's alive an' there's three feet o' snow on the level an' more cornin' an* If* eddefu Greenland.' It was such a bitter day that we worked only three hour- and came It the bouse and played Old Wedge by the flreside. Rodney Barnes came over that afternoon and said that be would lend ua burse for the hauling We had good sleighing after that and got our bark and salts to market and earned F*. But while we got our pay In paper “bank money." we bad to pay our debt* tn wheat, oalts or com. ao that our earnings really amounted to only MtifiO. m»- uncle We gave the balance and ten buahels of wheat to Mr Grimshaw for •[ravlued hors*, after which agreed to give us at least a year'a exten>.ion on th>- principal. We fell easy then. CHAPTER VII. My Third Peril. “Mr. Purvis" took hie pay In salts and stayed with u* until my first great adventure cut him off. It came one July day when I wue Jn my sixteenth year, lie behaved badly, and I. as any normal hoy would have done who had had my schooling in the candle light. We had kept Grimshaw from our d.<or by paying Interest and the sum of ou the principal. It bad been bard work to live comfortably and carry the burdi-u of debt. Again GrUrshav. bud begun to pres:- us. My tiorie wanted to get hH paper and learn. If possible, when the neonlor was expected In

Then promptly which I did not r

silence with three menacing woida,

sharply spoken:

“Yonr money or your lifer

“Mr. PurvU" whirled his hors* and slashed him up the bill. Glancing backward. I saw him Io*e a stirrup and fall and pick himself up and run as If hla life depended on ft. I saw the stranger draw hla pistol. A gun went off In the edgt of the bushes dose by. The flash of fire from Its mnzzle leaped at the stranger. The horses reared and plunge-, and mine threw me In a clump of small popples by the roadside and dashed down the hill.

My fall on the stony siding had o ”

few step* and stopped and whistled to my filly. I could hear her answering whinny far down the dusty road and then her hoofs a* she galloped toward me. She came within a few feet of me and stood snorting. I caught and mounted her and rode to the nearest house for help. On the way I saw why she had stopped. A number of horses were feeding co the roadside near the log house where Andrew Crampton lived. Andrew had just unloaded some hay and was barking out of his barn. 1 hitched my filly and Jumped on the rack saying: “Drive np the road as quick as you can. A man has been murdered." What a fearfel word It was that I had spoken I What a panic It made tn the little dooryard! The man gasped and Jerked the reins and shouted to his horses and began swearing. The woman uttered a Utile scream and the children ran crying to her aide. The physical facts which are further related to this tragedy are of Utile moment to me now. The stranger wa* dead and we took his body to onr home and my unde set oat for the constable. Over and over again that night I told the story of the shooting. We went to the scene of the tragedy with lanterns and fenced It off and pot aome i guard there. *' In the morning tney found the robber's footprints In the damp dirt of the road and Treasured than. The whole countryside was afire with ex-dtem'-nt and searching the woods and field* for the highwayman. The stranger was burl ad. There wa* nothing upon him to Indicate bis name or residence. Weeks passed with no neqrs of the man who had slain him. I had told of the gun Wth a piece of wood broken out of Its stock, but no one knew of any such weapon in or

near Llckltyspllt.

One day Unde Peabody and I drove np to Grlmahaw'a to make a payment

Should Read Mrs. Monyhui’fi Letter Published by Her Permission.

Mitchell, Ind.—“ Lydia EL PinVham'a Vegetable Compound helped me ao much during the time I was lookingf orward to the coming of my little one that I am recommending it to otherexpectant mothers. Be fora taking it. someday* I suffered with neo* ra!~ia so badly that I thought I could not live, but after taking three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound I was entirely relieved of nenralgiz, I had gained in strength and was able to go around and do all my housework. My baby when seven n»«n**«a old weighed 19 pounds and I fad bettor than I nave for a long time. I never had any medicine do me ao much good.”—Mr*. Pearl Honyham. Mitcbeh. Ind. Good health durin? natemity is a tnoat important factor to both mother prut ehilii, and many letters have bceo

Lynn, Maas., tailing off health restored during this trying period by tha us* of Lydia £- Pmkhvn’aVagw table Compound.

A Req'lar- Champion. “I hear that oid Bill Suupkln* l* the most no account felluiv In your town." remarkcd the city cousin. “Not good for anything. » he?" “Wall. I don't want to be too hard agin the old feller." responded the man who had something good to *ajr about everybody. "He ra.se* aome of the likeliest lookin' weed* In this part of the kentry."

stunned me and I lay for three or fonr a wends, as nearly as I can estimate It, !u a strange and peaceful dream. Why did I dream of Amos Grimshaw com-

A Gun Went Off in the Edpe of the Bushes Close By. Ing to vlalt me again, and why. above all, should It have seemed to me that enough thing* were said aud done In that little flash of a dream to till a whole day—enough of talk aud play and going and coming, the whole ending with a talk on the haymow? Again and again I have wondered about that dream. I came to and lifted my bead and my consciousness swung back upon the track of memory and took up the thread of the day. the briefest remove from where It had broken. I peered through the bushes. Thv light was unchanged. I could quite dearly. The horses were go ns. It was very still. The stranger lay help). *a In the road and a figure was bending over him. It was a men with a handkerchief hauslng over his face cut opposite his eyes. He •eo my fall and thought, iter, that I bad ridd.-o uway. tuy brelde him. It* stock I observed mat a piece ad been Spilt off ^e lower stock. I JumiH-d to my free a stone to hurl at him As he robber fled with gun In the gun hud been loaded I ■at tbla little history would e been written. Quickly I stone at the robber, was a vmalllsli stone about a lien's egg. 1 saw It graze f Ids bead. I saw hU huud place which the stone had le n-eled and nearly fell and himself aud ran ou. but the p had put the mark of Cain rarer lay atill In the road. > hind aud drop|>wl It quickstrange sickness. The feel he way It fell bark upon the ini I let go scared me, for I

The dust

money.

: remember It was gold

and silver which we ranted In a little ;ck, I asked where Amo* was and Mrs. Grimshaw—a timid, tired-looking, bony little woman who was nc^er seen outside of her own house—said that he was working out on the farm of a Mr. Beckman near Plattshurg. He had gone over on the stage late In Jane hire out for the haying. I observed that my uncle looked very thoughtful i we rode back home and had little . aay. "You never had any Idee who that robber was, did ye?” he asked by and by. No—I could not see plain—It was so dusk." I said. The swift word*. “Your money or your life." came out of my memory and rang In It. I felt Us likeness to the scolding demands of Mr. Grimshaw. who was forever saying In effect : “Your money or your home!" That was like demanding our llvek. because we couldn't live without our borne. Our all was In It. Mr. Grimshaw's gun was the power be had over and what a terrible weapon It ! I credit him wit*' never realizing how terrible. We came to the sandhill), and then Uncle Peabody broke the silence by saying: 'I wouldn't give fifty cents for a* much o* this land as a bird could fly around In a day." Then for a long time I heard only the sound of feet and wheels muffled the sand, while my uncle rat .looking thoughtfully at the siding. When I spoke to him he seemed not to bear

e.

Before are reached home I knew what was In bis mind, but nelthei dared speak of It. People came from Canton and all the neighboring villages to see and talk with me. and among them were the Dunkelberga. Unfounded tales of my bravery had gone abroad. Sally seemed to be very glad to see e. We walked down to the brook and up into the maple grove and back through the meadyWK.

RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half p at of water sitd 1 o*. Ba;. Ham. a email box of Barbo Compound, and % ox. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or yon can mix it at home at very Wtk cost. Full directions for making aad use come In each box of Bsrbo Compound It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, rad make it soft and glo-sv. It will not color th# scalp, is not sticky er greasy, snd does not mb off.—Adv. The Superbeinfl. The Commandant—Implicit obedience to those In authority Is demanded of all! even the highest among u*. The Cadet—I get you. sir. The commander la chief is a married man. As we grow mere sensible, we rcloee ■drug cathartic* and take instead Nature's herb cure, Garfield Tea. Adv.

Unless his wife's relation* are rich and distinguished, the average man is never interested in them. Tor tprfir •ffrettrs "u!* 4 lrsa*««l ,, Wo?me"^r

Barton face* new experience# when he leaves home for the first time and becomes a pupil In Michael Hackett's academy at Canton. You will be intereeted hi the next installment.

(to hr gave me permission to ride with Purrl* to the post oflW—a dl»lance of three mile*—to get the mall. Purvis rode lu oar only raddle and l j bareback, on a huudaome white filly I

ubii-b my uncle had (Iren me noon | around him was wet. I ran down the

(TO BE CONTtNUKD.j Facing Changed Condition*. "I'm looking f<>. employment, sir. I'll be frank with you. I've Just been released from prison." "Ahem! One of the model prisons?" "Yes. sir." “Well, I'm willing to give you a chance, but every man we employ is expected to hustle. If you think yon ran get dqwu to bard work and long hours ■tier the life of elegant leisure you have doubtless enjoyed In prison. Til make a place for you."

PHYSICIAN WAS IN 1 SERIOUS CONDITION Dr. Farnsworth Gives Doan’s Credit for His Wonderful Recovery. Dr. T. O. Fsrnswortb. 76 6. Kanawha St.. Buckhanaon. W. Va_ retired physician of over forty yean experience. ex-Sute Congres-mra. ex-City Mayor and ex-Count) Heal:!. Officer, praises Ooan t Kidney PHla. Here ie l)r. Farnsworth's experience ss he tells it: "It was just a tew jean after lay retiring from practicing medicine that I found 1 was afflicted with severe diaorde: of the kidne} • and bladder. 1 grew «:ead- . ..a* unable to C t around at aU. The Iney accretion* uere retarded and ao painful in pauing I would cry out in miwrv. I was in a frightful condition. After I had lo*t hope in other remedies, ftoan't Kidney Ptlls were tirought te tm attention and 1 tried then I soon noticed a cha ge for the better. I u«ed several boxes rad they ' >mpletely. ” — _ I know impliab what Doan'l mil did. and I give them m/ beaiti-

Gs( Doa«"a at Aay Stars. 60e a Bor

I

■Mto The Home Re medy for coughs, colds, hoarseness; pleasant to take and sure to help when needed.

Hale s Honey I Of HoTMhound and Tar A tonic, expectorant and laxative. Contains no opium nor anything injurious. Sold by ail druggist*.

There Is no state of mlud that so quickly affect* the regular, organic working of the brain aa strong emotion, and ao tt Is only ualurel Hut emotion excite* various nervous dl«-o-der*— headaches, epilepsy aud even

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