Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1901, Page 9

OMAHA DAILY Q0 000000000000000-00-00000000Q i (1t roune mi tion N What s it . GARRET OWEN'S LITTLE COUNTESS, ot college aivare. stgnail e signalled and it BY LILLTAN BELL. g my own name ['ve hal 0000000000000 0-0-0 000000000000 il it Ll i 1 o (Copyright. 1901 1 Mec WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBLER and <he « bowed h what the Where have me by ount, turning what omes %o near be heard it Its Insidious Progress and =ikl PRCL Sivpaieh Sudden Termination. Bloksure meaning ] 9 brother. Remember, A e atly | At these word: Alex Be is Poully| o0y ond be clenched from fving a halt raised her h but before she false bea sterniy atll you sang it. It—it think she ad Owen flushed with Hush, here is my you are to call him The Jomet. her A tall man appeared in stopped, bowing Come, my dear guest, Herr Garret German. And proachad gave and hurried away My poor friend! ing in German nder My fever pollte, is here ' gies,” watd Viloa and he eed on that he does not her patient’s use German, month instantly it Dr.| 7 ount litted bave my betrayed the & & 1 When consciousness first roturned to Owen he koew that hie arm was broken He lay still for & momen the shoit Rrase. Stariog up inte the sky and wonder- iog why the hoys had left him on the fleld Then, witk a start, he remembered that it was ot fout ball, but & wicked blow from behind which had felled him and that it | WES not the fleld at New Haven, but a loncly rondside in Russlan Lithuania which pillowed his aching head The sun was just rising. so he knew tha: | N ha | Be must hate dropped like w log and laiy | there halt the night. 1t was deadly | Fomething aside from the aching of his | from his whole body told him that he was badly | '0 BUFt, 80 that when he tried to move he fell | Speak English, so back with a groan of pain, with the swea: | DUt be careful to stop gathering in heads upon his forehead and | Polinski enters, as | around his movth that it _way he who He had plenty of time to recall the cir. | 10 the Rusatans. Vou know cumstances which placed him th Burriedly, “that even | am In rememberedquite distinetly that 1 erecting this hospital and my little school Korolenko had warned him that t [ for we Poles are not allowed by Russian might surely be expected. In fact, that | JAW ofther to teach or dispente char vas chiefly why the young American had | !B the Pollsh tongue. Nor. more bitterly undertaken the survey | “to #ing owr national hymn in publi no Owen was a civil engineer of {10 buy iand nor 1o he elected to office pown and at a dinner of th | My brother was elected mayor of Vilna in St. Petersburg he had & three years ago, but he was not allowed slan the boundary of whose estates fn | !0 accept and they put a Rusetan Jew, who Lithuania, or Russian Poland, were hotly | D89 once been his overseer. in that office disputed by the Countess Syszkiewicz and | D0 dpenihed s her nons, whose estates abutted on Prince | *!'h flashing eyes it ey Korolenko's. This dispute had been held | ¥DO atteuds i i abeyance for vears, but now. as the | PIOY 18 @ sny” prince wished 1o sell, the quarrel which 863 Not kn0w {Alnays wore in her visits to her 10 her little boyish mannerisms tected the difterence young Polish women This individusiity captivated him love of adventure which fasheq M | even found an answering chord in his own breast. He imagined % by fam Ily and tradition -into what she develop {f he could free her One day she came in hurriedly Ing around furtively, she said ‘Can you speak German | Yes Well, my quiet felon o hoapit 1 Owen de between her and other Not long ago a man who had made a he had me: succese business hought a country place and retired from active commiercial fife. By all outward appesrances he was a healthy man. ile entered upon the life of his country home with great sest, engaging himself in the e and care of flowers and enjoving the pleasures of out door life to the full. One day they found him unconscions on the lawn The family believed he must have heen the vietim of tramps. 1l doctor ca When the autopsy was mads it « that death was the result of k ease jong neglected This 18 a true story ven as the newspaps : , duly the names are suppresse the vo but on inp oul Owen fettored might brother, and Owen.” said na tall man ap anxiou meet our i r him kept out of head and ¢ bent he It 1s false, as yo 3 an dispatches, for her Klewicz, at et The | they then as t fed out him not and. loo! an glance cried the count can you ever increases under apolo smiling. "It you pro sister will have back by A speak servants beg: inderstood no I prehended th | rgive us? brother the estate you who 18 the Russian near Unfortunately wish | ev dise line your asl turned end o Ah. sald flung out | 1 hoped his | Alko, are ery put missed the ou must Polinski, “th o caua ywa and apacity of his head the suepicions my brother she added Aunger for 1 lier any which hes taxed pri good, charg A sternnes: wh Ll to conceal her grief fr fhat he will be toid swored Polinski Josof bil hie lip at the s & him. so he Will you have said Elena haughtily hos the American gentleman s traveling He was jo n litlor: to be moved! thedra Elena nearl \ disappoin The prince was fu by he 1o nothing. The there and the man w an w as A tha tryman migh guishing in pr nal by great Besides me &0 only & issian dded Owen, “do you unappreciative that 1 would willingly have a broken bone or the plea of knowiug your and your mother,” he added as he saw the count’s keen eves bent suddenly upon him f the still | with his penetrating gaze upon Owen's pale high-bred fave | Owen think | not and | promised to That wil glish and hastily struck the forire some re- ambassadors | next the Rus My sister ted count the goodness to tell me To their A they for smay whe fortress was 100 late turned co loor precipitate in name. but he for tear he had mentioning the young was so eager to know been | cor girl's it any you tell me. that the who is in Pardon me able ARe traditions family prejudice would pre- | to cause him to suffer so tna bis marriage with her, provided he | would permit of his capture could win her love, that he plunged ahead. [ “And 1" cried Elena. wi heretotore had been largely kept up by the | C¥MUY come among us. We only Alexie.” he said, “was 1 too | T suspected it and loosened them each da Peasants en the two estates must be set- | His father was a Poles, his mother a Ru abrupt in speaking of vour sister | a8 ®oon as you were gone Stupid! Did Here.- i tled by law. The prince, alwayvs courteous, | Have had formally suggested arbitration to his | I Polish neigbbor and had requested her to ect an engipeer who would be hiased by neither Polish nor Russian sympathies. To | this the elegant old countess had replied with equal courtesy that she would sug- | mest an American. of who engineering #kill she had heard some marvelous ac- | counts, but owing to the fact' that she was | ® widow and had withdrawn from public af- | fairs, she left the selection of the Amer- fcan to Prince Korolenko. who mingled with the world and in whose fntegrity she had full confidence. Greatly pleased by this courtesy, the| prince had asked Owen it ha cared to un dertake it. explaining that he had nothing | to fear from the geatry, but that the blind | partisanship of the peasants, espacially | when Augmented by vodke, was apt (o re. #ult in a broken head ‘Well, it not a broken head, a broken | everything else,” thought Owen | The sun was perhaps two hours high| when the stillness was broken by a sharp fingling of bells and the clatter of galicp ing hoofs and the roll of wheels. “A trolka!" “exclaimed Owen. trying Taise himself. The effort was too m for him and he fell hack. Then thought came to him and with his uninjured hand | he pulled out his handkerchief and held it g up. The morning breeze futtered the pale OVEATS o SRR LURETEICSORN pou fiag of truce and it caught the eye of the a free man it that ia true. My hus driver, who shouted to the occupant of the | can arrange it. Cheer up, my brave tFOIRRL 7 QWL E3u1AL nia. (ARL. ThE. youbg | > ncphew; tomorrow you shall dine with us girl in the troika was standing up and| and then we will discuss the wedding. You HAe@Ing o the hary, hoPuas by Mot tries shall have my niece and Elena shall have The ccachman pulled up his horses be her “Garryowen Come, Elena, my child #lde where Owen lay and the young girl let us hasten to release him % eprapg out and knelt down by his side. o s i P Bl 4 SRV iaR 10 BRR b, But with. the ‘stightest tused to leave the fortress and in this possible accent most unheard-of conduct the American o gt g ST A SR R O woman backed her up, 8o that the princes Just beard of it and mamma is hard at FelinighIn . doepiis -85 Ui ShalMNY work in the little pavilion which ordinaiily | “I LOVE YOU! | LOVE YOU!" HE CRI ED, SHAKING THE IRON DOOR WITH HIS WEAK HANDS was obliged to go to fetch her husband that she despises so, preparing for your recep- | - ot ¢ ¥Hry houP SRS s peiNDe ORlY. BREMDING tlon. Tt 1s your arm surely and perhaps— | 81an It is easy for him to permit either | “Do you love her®" cried the count) a little at the delay of his dinner, but ob the collar bone, also, and, oh, mon | Sympathy to sway him. Ah, these mixed | eagerly | tained Owen's release and came himself what a horrid gash on your head!| marriages'’ | “With all my soul!" answered Owen, fer- | with the princess to fetch them all three, Tell me if I hurt you too much, but bear it| The young girl sighed and as Owen main- | vently. “I would dare anything for her Elena and Garret Owen and the Amevican 1t you can.” tained a sympathetic silence she contin- |sake. Prove me' Suggest something diffi- | woman—so that Owen had no lack of nurses | appetite. I took six bottles of ‘Golden expense of mailing on/y. Send i1 o1 As she talked the girl was examining his | ued | cult {and attentions and kindness at Prince | Atedical Discovery' and sowie of the cent stamps for the cloth-bound burts with the skill of a trained nurse.| My mother's favorite sister, the beauty | Ermolof’s, and they laughed hugely at the | ipjageant Pellets’ and feel like a new oronly 21 ps for the book but without her professional calmness, for | of her family, who was said to be the most [ sight of Owen in the stout prince’s clothes person. Think there is uo better medi- covers Address Di. R, V. Pierc from her manner of responsibility Owen | beautiful woman in \Warsaw, married a | but they sct the wedding day that very| cine and I heartily recommend these falo, N. \ felt sure that this was the young Countess | Russian, Prince Viadimir Ermoloff, who is night 5 Byszklewlicz, whose peasants had attacked | now a councillor and a member of the czar's | And oF him the night before. Her checks were| pouschold. My aunt was also a dawmo | {17 NopdRLRBiAN flushed and her eyes were dark with re-| g'nonneur ard is a very great friend of the 7oU BAall N morse and pity elder czarina. She has given her children wedding present Without walting Russian names and we doubt if they have Owen she worked on, the touch of her c0ol | gven been permitted to learn the' Polish fogers toexpressibly soothing to the| | nguage. This has so grieved my mother | ;:::::l-”:::‘ :phr:::"v?“:, ‘I‘\lv‘r"-rd:):' .";‘\‘.'r'l_‘ that all communication between them | e ranmine e aaking x| ceased long ago and all my aunt’s Eifts (& wili-of iron and she has flatly refused to it I for us to rescue him dingle as It of bells. She ran to "‘h. have been returned to her. Sometimes I|be ‘hawked about the country.’ as she terms| Josef stooped and kissed her and she hid hores' heads and the coachman. in re. | Fégret this, for my aunt Elena s so very it. My mother and all my aunts go every | her face on his breast. Then he tenderly wponse to & few words in Polish, placed | POWerful that she might have done our un- | year to Berlin, Paris and Rome to secure|embraced his mother and sister-in-law and Dwen: in the ronka where hean bet | happy ration much good if we could have husbands for their daughters. but Elena,| going back once more to kiss Eleoa, he left : continued our influence over her voungest. the baby. would never go.|tbe room with Polinski nademoiselle. He was wel ight kne I purposely ban \is arm ikt . me and om or his we ommandant 1 stupid. The Amer because he only re h Nashing eyes A oo behind those ou no 8 him " she crie Suddenly Elena Yes. Garryowen! Listen' Oh until 1 can control my the little Die though [ to impro time I had tal hottles I was ent God for the ery.’ I weigh m my life and I am ent Dr, Pierce invites any y fers from disease in sult him by ence is held a sacredly confidenti Pierce, Buffalo, N people, who, like written to Dr hope,” have like permanently ¢ YR An analvsis of free of ch the nature of the disease wl panied with a full statement of « Do not neglect thise rtun a specialist's opinion on ye absolutely without fee or « with a fyee uninary analysis, hold m Now her han Then pale sweotness answer in a fine baritone, which trembled as if with weakness He is there! He there three women a once They were all weeping in sympathy The princess man’'s hand Bring that prisoner to this door and let us speak with him through the bars! she cried, with a stamp of her foo The man skurried and presently he came back, supporting Garret who leaned upon him heavily “Oh, my darling!” cried Owen his long. thin hands through the seizing Elena’s They kissed each other the women wept for sympathy were rolling down the emaciated tace I love you! 1 love you! ing the iron doors with his weak hands It is all a conspiracy Polinski's brother. who Is a surveyor, wanted to survey Yolce story that In one way or another is being repeated every day, the victims being men and women who suffer from " kidney trouble " and neglect it SLOW POISONING. It is the office of kidneys to filter the biood and remove from it those foreign mattere which if retained in the blood orrupt and poison it. The principles so eliminated by the kidneys are constantly being produced in the tissues of the body. The kidnevs are therefore ceaselessly active and care for an enormots quantity of blood. When by reason of disease the activity of the kidneys is impaired, or when they are overtaxed by hfln* re quired to efiminate from the blood an undue quantity of corrupting substance: thrown 1nto the blood as a result of ¢ ease of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition ; then il is that the poisonous deposits first begin to col- lect in the blood d breed deadlyv con- sequences. The accumulation of the poison is slow, and the physical changes A 4 a which accompany :he poisoning of the ik consult Dr. Pierce, by lett system are slow also, and this makes the delay great danger of the disease. Many times It is to be remembered that the victim of kidney disease does not ~Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery « awaken to danger before the entire sys. diseases of the stomach und ot tem is poisoned, and the struggle for life Of digestion and nutrition, cleanses is desperate and doubtful. blood of waste substances and so ACT AR ONCE, moves one of the causes which c Promipt action cannot he .cn strongly ‘Lf;d”‘:“:‘"‘"”“"" ng and disease of th urged upon those who have even the [;‘ e e tasled i Tht slightest symptoms of “kidney trouble.” Ot he fodies WO ¥ The timely use of Dr. Pierce's Golden fznce, for 1 hadow P Medical Discovery will save both suffer- ~ QFered as tjust as good” as “Golden ing and expense. Medical Discovery " is a shadow of that % For a long time [ was suffering and ™Medicine. There are cures behind every was hardly able to get about,” writes Mr. claim made for the " Discovery " which Andrew ], Jennings, of Thomas, Tucker 1O " ust as good " medicine can show Co.,, W. Va,, Box 194. “Was bothered ENTIRELY FRE with kidney trouble and my whole sys- The best Medical Book /i# n tem was out of order; had no appetite. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad A friend of mine told me to try Dr. viver, containing morc than a thousand Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1 large pages and over 700 illustrations, 1 did so and the first bottle restored my sent fiee on receipt of stamps to pi ountess lifted up voice pier and came an with a ng “( and she ing rely ten M arryowen ‘Go however, ely w cried the put a gold plece into the away Owen thrusting bar and whila v Tears American's these two, ytooht e, t If y he cried, shak ou think I could be deceived—I, who have studied medicine " “And practice in Polish ominously. “Have you not Polish patients and two Polish nurses, and have you not just admitted vourself guilty of breaking the law?" ‘I do admit—" began Elena proudly her mister-in-lay clasped her hand Elena’s mouth, while Josef cried out Silence, Elena! Do you wish to be ar- rested also? “That 1 do! * sald Polinsk And dangerous’ And dangerous! ing eve Good! 1 affair from demanded Josef cried Owen witn flash- bk over trust my suspeets yvou! 1 suspected a love sister's manner, but my mother nothing. Elena has dashed her hopes too often.” “Dashed her hopes!" repeated Gwen. | breaking away “Does your mother desire ner daughter's|“l wish to be near Garret Owen, for I love marriage” him, and if I have to search the world over ‘Does she not?" cried Josef for him I shall find him! It is through us lies the whole of the dispute. Elena has | that he has come into this misfortune and my poor. returned gift to| " crled the priucess, gaily them all back again for a cried the little countess, from her brother's wife for any answer from Cnuse for Thanksgiving Therein Harper's Bazar Prevus to de amalga- mation ob dis collectshun,” observed the pastor, “ah spoke at lengf upon de subjec’ ob Thanksgibbing In mah po’ ah endeavored fo' to pint out de various whys an’ wharfo's dat | dis yer flock should be raisin® it yer some Began Publication Nov. 3, in way voice In tainted from the pain The young girl sprang Into the troika, and after a moment of hesitatlon seated | herselt and caught the half-fainting man in her strong young arms Just as he awayed forward. Thus half lying in her the coachman holding in his restive s until they were covered with flecks of foam from their fretting. the (rotka reached the small pavilion where the old tountess and a troop of servants met them, and Qwen felt himself lifted out and borne up some staire. and oue of the men stum- bled and he heard a sharp reproof in a woman's voice, and thea he remembered no more m, Owen lost count of the days after that 1t was an easy thing to do, for as his fever grew less and his clouded braln grew clear again, the peace and heauty of his surroundings and the flerce unrest of his heart gave him so many things to about that his recovery was slow The pavilion was a hospital arranged out of her private income by the iiitle Countess | Flena From its open windows the green and blue wav of the Baltie, with thelr 1ips of feam, might be seen lapping against the sandy beach Every day the Countess Syszkiewicz paid & visit to the invalid, while the young girl Elena spent most of her time in the pa- villon, but seldom coming into Owen's room. He could hear the soft jingling of ber silver chatelaine as she moved about the house and he sirained his ears to hear it during hours when they fancied he slept Although consumed with the desire to question his hostess and to explain the af- fair, they would not allow him to talk. He was obliged to llsten to the remorseful comments of the countess and to permit her attentions in silence. If he attempted to answer her she left the room. The lit- tle countess. too, sometimes sat by his bedaide. upon the condition that he would not speak. And be Joy of looking upon | her patrician face was so great that Owen would have remained dumb forever for pleasure of feasting upon her loveliness She wore her halr parted on the side 1ike A boy's and drawn back smoothly from her face. Her teeth were small and white and when they gleamed from between her scarlet lips her amile was brilliant. Her | forebead was as pure and white as a nun's | ard her gray eves. with little irregular #pots of black in them, beld & clearncss which would have been disconcerting had not a@ oceasional fash of spirit troubled | their tranquility and liuied of a bigh #pirit and perbaps the wild ambitions of her warrior aucestors. held (n leash by a will of fine’ stee! There was more than a hint of boyishness tn the little countess. Her speech was free aud frank and gay. her manner as guiltless of coquetry as a lad’s and from the tips of her riding boots, which she think | the | righteous “How unfortunate,” sald Owen Yet with all that intensity of feeling hetween your nation and Ru you do not blame me for deciding that the most fertile part of vour estate belongs to Prince Koro lenko!" The young girl drew herself up and struck | at her skirt with her riding whip. ‘You are a just and an honest man,” she wald, proudly. “You could not lie and we never questioned your decision. 1 admire honesty above every other quality in a man, so that I shall mever recover from the shame of your being half kilied by our stupid peasants for your honest decision.” 0, please, please—" began Owen, bul the Countess Elena went on “Besldes, it is Prince Korolenko who should feel aggrieved and not the Syszkie wezs, for this land has been his for hun- dreds of years and for all these years my | fathers have reaped the henefit of its fei- their tility, while his were deprived of inheritance ‘1 never knew such a seuse of jusiice in a woman befare,” said Owen slowly To his surprise the young girl colored hotly and her lips parted in a glad smiie at his tone “Truly!" she cried Will I bear parison with your American friends, who have so much freedom to do as they like and are not thwaried in their hest desir s by terror of an unjust law? You will bear comparison with any one in the world!" cried the young man. with sudden passion com eried, hurriedly Her eath his and she spoke “My brother i NO, no! b glance wavered rapldly to recover herself walting. He i3 (n disguiss He looks like my oldest brother, except that he wears no heard, so he ix wearing a false beard to appear like Alexis. Even I was decelved, He will remain but a moment, as he onls wishes to express h's regret a your—"" I will por have (! (*ed Owen . will not ba apologized to b, . ~0r ous family. As it I were aor amply recompensed for 4 few bruises by the bliss of knowing vou. Why do you never sit here as your motber does?" “1 am always busy elsewhere will sit here, but we must not talk Elena seated herself and began to croom a Polish song under her breath. From that she wandered into a French lullaby and suddenly 1t scarcely knowing wh she sang. she began something so familiar t Owen turned to her In surprise Do you know what you are singing’ h asked Elena stopped, ran over the last fow bars and then colored That™" she cried, in confusiop. ~ “Oh, yes. That was the tune you s always humming in your delirium. You sang it $0 much it bas run in wy head ever since. “Yes, but do you know the mame of it Well, 1 | the she vows she will never marry. devote all her life to charlty. rages my mother so much that the only time she has been induced to set her foot irside this little pavilion is since you have bheen our guest.' “Do you think stammered Owen Have not spoken 10 her?’ asked the count. “Then I will not arouse any false hopes. 1 will only say that I see a great change in her manner-she always too cold—and I attribute it to you Then. if T could win her would I have your sanction?’ demanded Owen. breath wsly op!" said the Pole, coming o the bed- side and speaking in a low tome. “If you will enter our family by sharing its dangers, you may count not only en me but upon the whole family. But my sister must know nothing of the affa Promis | that you will not reve word my sanction and 1 will even now you as my brother.' “I promise.” said Owen The tall Pole stooped American on both checks but This en- has vour sisier said you one salute solemnly and Kissed the " days the surrounded by her family, had just been summoned to dinner. when Henryk the driver of the troika which had rescued Garret O entered, and, bowing low, a proached and whispered a few words in the countess' ear Instantly she turned so others knew that something terrible huppened. They crowded around her her tall son kmelt at her side, gently ing her hand What is it, Henryk? mamma " cried Klena ‘The American, our has been arrested by police and taken where!" sald the con “Arrested!” cried the work of that spy At that moment room. unannounced You will pardon me. madam. for enter ing uneeremoniously. 1 had expected to be obliged to explain this unfortunate sit uation, but your son’s perspicacity’ here he bowed ironically to the count-—-“has saved me the trouble “It is true, then.” said the count, trem Bling with rage. “that you are in the serv ice of the secret police, and that arrested our friend, the voung gentieman ? Polinski bowed without speaking To the surprise of everyone. berself on her kbees heside and buried her face In her her whole slender frame tearless sobs instantly the eyes of the countess me: those of her som in a sudden comprehen Three Kiewiez Countess Syez pale that ths had and strok What is it, dear triend. our th> Russian away God tess, ‘n French her son This s Polingki! Ile Polinski entered the Ruest Lnows the mother's shaking countess lap. with | find him without | secret | you have | American | Elena flung | w. Although Elena had obtained her mother's permission to attempt a reconciliation with her aunt Elena, the Princess Ermoloff. in order to continue the search for Garret Owen. It was with some trepidation that she descended from her sledge and obtained | admittance to the magnificent house of the princess in St. Petersburg Two months had clapsed since Garret Owen's mysterious arrest, and even the erivan ambassador had been unable to They had obtained news of him three times, but each time he had been secretly removed and all trace lost Elena shivered a little even in her sablos as she walted in the glorlous room, where everything poke of riches and power au the protection of the mighty. She won- dered how she would begin if the princess | received her coldly Her doubts were soon put at a rustie of silks her aunt clagping Elena close in began 16 veep the girl's cheeks. little lena ! My What hap hance brings vou my roof and into arms which have ached these many vears to clasp o my child child he baby of the dearest si ter in the world! Ha tenderly we have alwa oved for in and, the rest entere ber arms, softly, her t ping over On. my daughter! pretty god ou? U ever known how you? W some da know my knew that Viadimir and | dear Luband, Elena’ and so fond of you ena WS touched by thi that she fung her neck and bur How you would come to Oh, yo hould is such a fine man arm nto te und her have ou mgrateful we we have misunderstood sobbed Oh, how can torgive n of all vour lovely presents to me and my mother's coldness? I Lave been and she how nothing to forgive cried the princess gayly. though tears stoo on her eyelashes. My cister has the be heart In the world and it she loves our dear Poland so she could not pardon my from the Tzar. But. tell me, did YOu ever suspect that a trve-hearted Pole so close to our Tzar might influence his great heart to be even mere generous to Did never suspect wher proclaimed removing taxes anl 1ol restrictions that they might have been somewbat due But 1 have wish to claim for pla our national trials before our beautiful enier-hearted Tzarina through to Tzar. Their kindness wiil go on | after | am dead and buried noble rulers. But idence brings yo Elena sl my darling was anly because tha hanor ntensely hushand's none of people? a ukase wa remitting vou and what Xind Pro here! My precions hand the Flena's holding ened in silence to her princess 1i story, Ocea oU's | eble opportunity, 8, 8.¢ ah hed trifle mo’ How praise dis glorious mawnin hoped de result would hab been a apparent in de size ob de offerin ebber “But, In recountin which members be thanktul sinner Here the reverend gentleman looked abou and held up to full view a shining pendor button which he had taken from the plat Ah refer,” said he. “to what put dis in de collectshun be tharkful ah don't know de many ob dis gaddering it seems dat ab neglected one fings fo de gemman He oughter who he am!’ Scrofula THE OFFSPRING OF HEREDITARY BLOOD TAINT. Scrofula is but a modified form of Blnod Poison and Consumption. The parent who is tainted by cither will see in the child the same disease manifesting itself in the form of swollen glands of the neck and throat, catarrh, weak eyes, offensive and abscesses tentimes white swell- ing--sure signs of Scrofula, There may benoexternal signs for alongtime, for the disease develops slowly | in some cases but the poison 1s in the blood and w 11 breal out at the fir:t favor o 8 cures this wasts ing, destructive disease b; and building up and invigorating the whole system 1 Al 115 sayi: “len'yearsa her (are 17 From this wound tie glands on the side of her face became swollen and bursted Some of the best doctors here and elsewhere attended her without any benefit. We decided totry 8. § and a few bottles cured her en tirely." makes new and pure blood to naurish and strengthen the body and 1s a positive and safe cure for Scrofula. It overcomes all forms of blood poison, whether nherited or acquired, and no remedy so thoroughly and cffectively cleanses the blood. If you have any blood trouble, or your child has inherited some blood taint, take 8 8 S and get the hlood in good condition and prevent the diseasc doing further damage end for w'.r'f:*a book and write our physicians about your case. \V'e make no charge whatever for medical advice THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLAKTA, GA. ugnter fell and cut oughter | first purifying | bloodand J:nx'.zimg | The Sunday Bee. “No Other Way” —BY— Sir Walter Besant The Last Work of This Gifted Writer. Powerful and Dramatic Story. | Unique in Plot. I'is founded on a most peenliar condition of the I gystem and debtor’s prison. widow, is in imminent danger of being cell when a crafty creditor shows her how, hy niar demned criminal. she can he excented, she tions marriage With this curious introdnction into a plot unique in Nir Walter Besant enlists the sympathy of the e the Keenest liance, curiosity in the which en Began Publication November . Hlustraied. runs 16 weeks. nglish pena, he heroine, o thrown into a debtor ing a con escape her debts, and as he will will also escape the ignowiny of this s der and arm final onteome of Contrary to expectations, the eriminal do the efforts of the heroine to escape her/hushand the creumstances of a char tgiver a swing 10 rthe tale and o ment ae of fortune which has rapidity of i s only with the last chapter o