■■ ■ said, moistening nickel,” he his last CHAPTER onward of IT. spoiled by the movement CATARRH THIRTY YEARS. his parched lips with tongue. turned to the train. Rossiter now ON THE BANKS OF THE MOHON- rounded the Presently he of his surroundings. The sputtering corner survey DAGA. and stood in the full station the him that he glare electrics told was Rossiter’s rest broken the next was electric lights. There of the of considerable size. Above in town were a morning by the rattle and creak of few seated the buildings hotel several large rumbling the upon men a cars hand-truck the boards above his a on the and steps, at end him the of the blackly. Behind loomed upper head. Through the between open space trolley-car putting sloped sharply to stream, ground space a was open a the ground and the floor of the otherwise of down there CHILDREN. could account which he not passenger, a see on freight just in front of him he car indication of life. Rossiter it. hung which white was no over vapor a could the sunlight gleaming The of her quiet sleeping echoes room see upon hand into plunged of his and left bridge, trousers his At a one as a was childish of Are waked by bursts the rails, and knew never that it so and drew pockets forth was ugly frame four and the examined this, he glee. broad day. Commonly, awakening, on piece five-cent and coins, three which lined the street towards And the polished staircase structures a never come pennies. up in he haste to be stirring, swift and was no He knew that it Kight of footsteps would patterings be of familiarity folly which it led, sense a this occasion but he displayed free. on enter the to hotel, of to attempt an swift thrill him he so gave a twilight gloom the Alone she sits and in ususual activity. Almost started along the north side as soon of as the surprise. be! shall happily of what Dreams never he realized that the wonted round of search of in saloon. exclaimed. “I He he did deuce!” “The square a wonder had busy begun, he the wistful fancy strews sat Sometimes far. her have A gayly men to illumined not is?” up, if it go floor shook the dirt from his bundle and which went by the place, of wheeled the right and to He name regarded broken with neat) carpeted and (Rich his clothes, from and from crept his Keneseo,” “The caught his and soon freight house long eye. a toys; a shelter. Crawling under the freight whom he had Two and not window glass noted in Paints prints finger capped huge sign, the men, by on tall pile a that about the door, of the freight his lirst car, so no one survey which he vainly square, strove were , letters upon rude laughter and echoes of shrill Hears should house him and lounging opposite sides suspect of the see puzzled expression upon distinguish. A to noise; of mischief, him he stepped off briskly door. impatiently and he waited ids face, deplore crossed mother might All that tired rubbing the sleep las’ chaw from his that “It o’ terbaccer starved heart Would her to yer as the caboose of the eyes. for seem priceless joys! in face. Bill?” ye’ve air got demanded The still fresh with the yer At length the was train freight to pass. of the other Rossiter of the cool dawn, but the few rods one as clear. A tracks approached. sun was away, were sudden without, Till, from the world some peering blear and red through the of small the side note square, a one on The expression vision not through her to childish voices him. haze that curtained the Of heavens, and twinkled through was of hotel new lights a rings. had heard it before He there indication of of elm branches of trees. among men was every the another a row white her anguish rise to And of sobs of the class which these to loafers sweltering day. On glancing railway opposite station, Directly was a throat. belonged, the class to whose level, along the street which the mischief distance from which in short dimpled which Round upon arm a no a lower, he himself had sunk, but it clings; or freight house stood, Rossiter accommodation train noted, and freight dream-fancies, the Gone sweet may carried as with it are unwonted now an reproach. not far distant, large sign pulling out. extending about a was float It revealed him to with painfid Jove!” cried Rossiter. the sidewalk. “Hlica, by “Stabling” of over flash earth heaven the From to angel vividness his position in the own curious!” and his if this isn’t the word which, wings. “Well, previous, was years world, and he cursed the fate that back dozen to the had mind been traced went it. As Rossiter a years upon little crib is there And yet, empty no had caused him to leave the freight had last foot in day when he set drew June the sign he beheld wide near a outstretched the mother mock To arms, train. Hlica potent in rousing the banks of quiet city the was the gate which yard entrance to on in vain. gave a the unwelcome spectre of the in past, of silken hair, Then he thoughtless shining Mohondaga. She hoards tress of considerable in the no was a extent rear lie where buried hopes stirring memories that he had fancied No tiny grave fresh from college, full youth of second third-class hotel. a or slain; dead somnolent that they would dreams, not without or so youth’s of Upon ambition—and the yard long shed opened a a loss she has to bear Only deeper the waken plague him, in to his now—well, present never and likewise babe of hers has capacious barn. In whose heart Upon no a kindling longings that he had for be to contemplated lain. not status the one of was center the barn door-way « a in Louisville Goldsmith Morris, —lda day resolutely banished. pride, did the vista with many a nor hostler leisurely grooming was a Courier-Jojjrnal. As Rossiter looked drew and it became in retrospect which he down near, horse. Towards this the man vagrant evident that he of satisfaction. seeking the him gleams afford was many advanced. saloon, the tell himself two loungers stepped back to He wont was “Can I job?” asked he, he get a as allow him scanning had hard luck, to to him times that he had enter, at within speaking distance. “I’d came with leering curiosity he faced the cold truth he walked when he but as be willing work for bit of to breakfast.” a OF A KNIGHT toward With hand innermost soul that luck the bar. he in his knew one CONGRESSMAN ME his little bundle of KISON OHIO. whatever in his tossed clothes OF had played part HIGHWAY THE no The hostler paused, in currycomb respectability. the polished slab behind which, of the ladder of descent upon hand, brush in the other. one this in and undershirt, Never clearly than at trousers gauze a more Hon. David Meekison is well known, not only in his State, but throughout own “Know anythin’ hoss?” he about a CLINTON SCOLLARD, red-faced Irish-American long close-cropped, By amid surroundings moment, began America. He his political by serving four consecutive terms career demanded, surveying the applicant and with the realize what standing, other Mayor of the in "The Son familiar, did he which "A Man Arma,” town he lives, during which widely Author of time he became at an was ago as with considerable doubt. of Tory," Etc. known the founder of the Meekison a Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. He elected precious nickel. he had made of his life. down his last wreck cast utter as was the Fifty-fifth Congress “Yes,” said Rossiter, “something.” by to large majority, and is the acknowledged “A for Heaven’s a very But he the devil-may-care air glass of beer, put on leader of his party in his section of the State. “Le’s see.” accustomed sake!” he intervals to said he. at was Only flaw marred the otherwise complete successof this rising statesman. one The vagabond dropped his bundle, and slouched the amused The saloon-keeper shot across assume an with its insidious Catarrh approach and tenacious hisonlyunconquered by Lippincott Co. Copyright, J. B. grasp, was 1901, and the relinquished currycomb in the direction of the station. tracks man beer reserved. glance him, seized All rigbts at foe. For thirty he waged unsuccessful warfare mug, personal a against this years and brush him. to it be?” he “What hour muttered. held the At Peruna the turned spigot, last and he dictated following to letter the can mug enemy. rescue, a came “You’ll Dr. Hartman the result: “Rather late, I judge, by the do,” said “I he presently. to critically, eyeing its contents as CHAPTER I up, few people fact that there giss kin all brekfust blew- off the foam, it beneath are so put ye earn yer NE'ER-DO-WELL. THE about.” right enough.” He moved placed it before again, and then the tap away, used several of Peruna I have bottles and I feel greatly benefited •• which powerful locomotive' The in the There standing Rossiter heard him cleaning Rossiter with flourish. was a man a of thereby from catarrh the head. I feel encouraged believe if that to my freight-train drew the long to Rossiter station door-way whom stalls. came a Then he climbed the loft to open remarked. “Still hottern’n ’ell!” he I time longer will be fully I it short able eradicate disease of to the use a Something in the sudden stop. took, his dress, be either from to nature and began pitching down a hay. After little nod answered with Rossiter years’ standing.”—David Meekison, thirty Member of Congress. a of human it, had ticket conductor. He was spasm, so little a agent he descended and or himself of and then a soon appeared assent, over gave communicated itself from to his watch in his hand. car car, leading another horse. the beaded draught. the luxury of to ceased in and each turn to enough to tell catching “Will be kind of cold is THE While move. people have been “That’ll cured do you fer the bay,” he said. season upon many quaffed in his No bottle of wine and of Rossiter, The cough the chronic wakened outstretched The jar time?” Rossiter asked. catarrh single the by bottle of sneeze us. me “Try hand this ’tin.” a afforded him primrose days had yer on ever nasal and be Peruna, the twang to rule, when the yet, the of boxes catarrh top opened his lips are The railroad as a some upon man experienced [To quite the satisfaction he Be Continued.] hand. The origin of becomes heard thoroughly fixed than on every and more from heavy sleep, and bales, though about he to a answer, were as that plebeian beer. He put from and chronic catarrh, the most bottle is complete to common one necessary a himself opening his and iinding questioner, glanced his but he at on eyes as cured is cold. with sigh. dreadful of diseases, the down Peruna innumerable has a cure. mug a The cases Man With Cough. a breathless emcompassed by choke his astonishment seemed to ut- a the chronic This is the catarrh of catarrh of years’standing. the twenty “Have another?” asked saloonkeeper. way When the present premier minister tropical blackness he did not for A generally begins. an catches It is the best, if the only internal person not of England frequented the golf realize where he He put longer than usual. instant which cold, hangs was. on remedy for chronic catarrh in smiled existence. and Rossiter regretfully links North Berwick at good deal generally in the head cold starts The hand and encountered the out his a produced his three remaining pennies, follows sensitiveness Then and throat. than he does his caddie car-roof just above the boards of more now, But prevention is far better than chinking in his hand. them which cure. air incline of the passages usually elderly who recalled his bis head. Then he was an man was Every subject catching cold to easily. cold At last person not,” he answered. catch “Guess to very one of the noted characters of the with whereabouts. He reeking one was should take Peruna at the has cold all the w’hile at the once behind the a “Oh, well,” said the person man vicinity. One day Mr. Balfour of the for atmosphere sweat, the was confined discharge seemingly, less from slightest of cold throat symptom or more or sore good-naturedly, “I you’re bar see being followed the by stifling. hawking, over course spitting, frequent a the space was this at of the and nose, thus season stan’ year prevent luck. I’ll ruther down on yer “gallery” small of admirers, clearing of the throat, nostrils stopped All day the pitiless September end among sun is almost what certain to in crackers treat. They’s over some feeling in the and full head, whom with all hacking bad heaven; blazed in up, sore, was a man a a coppery chronic catarrh. nicked pointing there,” he added, to inflamed a throat. cough. This individual afflicted the parched earth had given back always day for Send free book catarrh, entitled on the dish that stood table time catarrh is The best to treat at the a on upon the sky the fumes of heat; and coughed at the critical to moment, “ Winter Catarrh,”’ by Dr. Hartman. beginning. A bottle of Peruna of opposite side the very properly room. his Health had clung just when the yet Rossiter to player making ovenlike “ and Beauty” free was a sent fails to used, to never cure a common Rossiter helped himself to generous a in the first place because difficult retreat, shot. Mr. Balfour showed cold, preventing chronic catarrh. only. thus women took handful, and, returning, up revolution of the wheels with evident signs of while every nervousness, Pe-ru-na Ask druggist free Almanac, for your a awaiting that his brimming was mug his destination, he carried to the irritation of his caddie became was nearer him. second and in the place because gradually and more more pronounced. said. looking you,” he Be Glad. Must “Here’s at The Department Why He Is Called Martyr. a the descend from he could not easily Finally the with the man Kaphokohoakimohokeweonah —Jamie, tell why Since David Teacher “My thanks.” best can you me in motion. Half train while it cough trespassed the caddie’s was upon Keokea,, called the martyred president? resigned his office Lincoln is postmaster at as suppose?” said hop-pickin’, “Goin’ I few dry cookies loaf of bread and a patience often. Mr. Balfour a too Island of Maui, Hawaii, the fourth Jamie —’Cause he has stand for all to once his off he tossed the saloon-keeper gnawings of a had served quiet the Record- to general has been Lincoln stories. Chicago assistant postmaster t-e the point of making long unable was on a “pony.” Herald. find take the office. David to to hunger, while wizened lemons two anyone his attendant him, but stopped put, unpronounceable of the has been name it,” replied Rossiter, “Hadn’t thought of had in allayed the measure pangs a Ignorance. approaching and, the of group spectators, holding office since Hawaii down the ever that it recalled of thirst. sought in vain who But he heard of pingpong? was De —Have Style now now asked with studied politeness made but time you ever territory, some ago was a when hop-harvest, of fruit of the last precious bit the for the he lucrative employment got season on a he pointed the offender: “Can more to as I frequently (innocently)—Oh, Gunbusta yes; three dollars month people plantation influx of at intended keep which he had to there large a sugar was a o’ gentlemen obleege this him.—Smart take laundry you any to “WELL! IF BEAUTY.” YOU AIN’T A the where my and left he government service, the hopfields, against this time of need. The jolting their into Illica to on way Set. wi’ jujube?” Mr. Kaphokohcakimohokeweonah received $24 man a year. a back miles of the had evidently caused dozen among He and so looked or car terance. Rossiter a is said be lineal descendant to up As She Understood it. a his roll from the treasure to spot hills. King Kalitapokamikokiwealoha, the of the famous down, and finally let his rest He be quite —Miss Fadden is getting eyes to tradition who, tells, “very Prompt Acceptance. it with such They’s where he had placed “Thought likely was famous antiquarian. the vagrant’s countenance, ye as an upon covered fond of missionaries.” —N. 1. iSun. she had idea She—lndeed! I Why, in this visiting exclamation of They An Englishman Uttering this crowd goin’ no big with days’ growth of care. an ten year. a a old.—Chicago News. that Daily was given by disappointment, dragged himself attended dinner he heavy.” crop’s country the Wrong.' beard, the forehead grimy and a Proverb say is lips Rossiter’s hospitality notoriously play;’ few feet and placed his to hostess whose “Yes, they call it ‘rural but it into “Think before speak once,” idea flashed twice An streaked hair a with perspiration, the a a a you there’s lacking.” something said who “that, to the 1 think, quotes; seems crack in the side of the through Her dinners me brain.’ inadequate. man sir, hanging in elf-locks car, from beneath greasy “Why, there There’s is. good motto.” mortgage so no on is a which he drank eagerly great “samples,” to often referred to could chance have been, “I wonder if I get torn as cap. a a the farm.”—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. so,” “I don’t said think the Cynical Codger. draughts of the partially cooled night them queried. and invitations to not pick?” “Well, if ain’t beauty!” he he thinking are “While you’re of those you a two his air. As he about to “Gosh, saloon-keeper, with alacrity the second things other fellow exclaimed, yes!” said the accepted will have chance resume with amused chuckle. was some a an “Look crowd of going into the at women to off brilliant remark.” get the —Baltimore former position inhaled heavy he kept “ple»ty o’ chance if is large, however, Rossiter’s hand Her wealth a his face time. went to ye Gabbie’s house. What’s Mrs. the up attraction?” Herald. waft of engine smoke. social circle The sewing untiring, “Detraction. he moved He searched his sober.” persistence is and her as on. to-day.”—Philadelphia Press. there “The devil!” he ejaculated. “This meets Spoken pockets for what served him ■ inquiries usually To Be Well Of. guests at additional there Rossiter made are as a some so some is than I stand!” George—lf Uncle would handkerchief, have more can pulled it and out, of The Englishman table. regard to the matter the you for?” in men the was a “What ttiey arresting man are well after apeak of dead, He seized his little bundle of clothes cultivate you you are short mopped his forehead, “They selling coal in cheeks, and caught him York Sun, fellow’, the New saloonkeeper big hop-picking,, then, the says as disposition be and kind and a sunny —Cleveland boxes.” worked his strawberry and the bales over neck. Then he way paused instant measure guessed had been kind the family to suggested that he whose an sympathetic all. with Plain Dealer. , and the door. to For time boxes and endeavored smooth a to his hair his in London. Tom —Yes; if he’d took hostess when she and the would a shut vagrant have was you men uj>, he feared that he hopelessly wifliout speak well of while trifle, alive, be was but much The —Tess—“She declares » a you you are As His Hair. success. the to and sought bundle from the bar usual inadequate The of the dinner was rich and Transcript. prosperous.—Boston prisoner, the Is that straight?” obstinate barrier to beau’s natural. her hair is as man’s words had affected him more street. ' friends that her expected. kind dye.”—Philadelphia Jess—“ Straight his would budge. The not as a escape perspiration than such speech would usually a he merely appetizer it,” he mused served might try It “I Giving; ’Em Stones. Press. as as an streamed from his forehead have done. He had received too many and of Englishman, when A has been aimlessly'in the selling the hungry strolled tarred to for stones man his into and his hair theatrical natural “Being eyes, was as kicks and cuffs and oaths heed to coal people manager comes of Connecticut. a to That sbtved, indicating that story it station. “I’ll how coffee the the see was with born him.” “Yes; he though wet he had soused his a to about can’t wooden was be as nutmegs true.—Philadelphia them rule, somehow much, but as a morning.” . dissatisfaction end, his the dinner at in the Bulletin, an eye.”—Philadelphia his was in cast Record. head in He had water. taken stock the rebuff with he had which just the other amusing to he railway Reaching the tracks, was- of fastenings the when he had stowed blow met stung like sharp of peopje take deal pains Some to a upon Every’ time unexpected the great the happens notice it, a did not The hostess indecision. guests. in halted for moment himself Clevalo, a at but he choose could the lesser evil when they away get was wound. Heretofore he had I-told-you-so is the —Indi- spot. an open person on him, amiably: and said however, to station closed, it The useless was so without either.—Puck. discovering was along that entrance anapolis News. an easy associated with Illica nothing but w’hen attempt to get hour tell to “Now do we may or me into freight an packed with a car merchandise pleasant things. Whenever he had like adversity.— There education is jealousy Love and When claims no dine of of having a woman, of rest the seats the pleasure two have you that has upon one enough to space it visited formerly from the small Disraeli. Hate shake hands.—Town Topics. waiting he the plea that again?” under with shift slightly does not was necessarily us less town than dozen miles distant a left, train. Turning the to for immediately,” madam, exit. “Immediately, a mean an easy where he had passed his college tracks parallel with the walked he unexpected reply. At length, after several sharp the days, he had always been treated was than thrice of for of creaks remonstrance, the door paces, a score more with marked To favor. Illica the very old the With surety, descried deserted street, and crossed gaped sufficiently allow to him to a students frequently sojourned for Clothin*. the Strains That Music in front of him directly his body through. cast* He a squeeze their half holidays. a It there they Jacobs Oil was musical excellence St. standard of The of along all sides glance freight house, and down the adjoining up attended the theater, had their dinners, of differences according to varies the platform extended. On track and then leaped which down. As his social a and sometimes joined, in occupation. and nationality taste, feet towards the railway crunched the cinders side some upon someone functions. Among the of young men husband whose Umblatter, Mrs. was from standing the next the freight to upon a sprang were cars car his time at Monroe college, the adjoining to as cure orchestra, York New of director the a and top of the he had just gained the platform quitted. switch. He It one institution called, was no one which she of her standard had own, Sciatica a Lumbago and brakeman. trying the doors of these began was a cars. visited . Illica frequently than more of confess to hesitate to one did not “You damn fastened, tramp!” he shouted, all securely They Rossiter. With plenty of were at money neighbors. her and raised his hand though slipped about he down between however, as his command, so possessed of bright a husband does “What hurl your to missile. beneath operas and the of them platform, a and ready wit, and being one manner a sOc. and word fail. Price, 35c. is such There visitor, asked the as no best?” play Rossiter like to dodging till he which he groped his went, ran, withal quite as prominent athlete, way as an well-meaning and friendly but person. nothing harsh and guffaw followed found where chips he a save a he had had number of friends some once a the wife, not,” said from the know’ I car-top. “That had Here sweepings been throwm. and acquaintances in the staid many this “but “Sold, old shirt, ’Work Johnny!” darning makes Stiff Joints. bellowed busily Hard the arranged his bundle pillow, he for an but pleasant inland city. a I like like, brakeman; he “but Whateffer I tell if I’d I know: stretched himself and out, can He supposed ye that he had buried soon was the had For hunk of coal, ye’d have Wagner it the got a slumbering. Night-long not operas. shame; calmly he had told himself that he near with Rub for blim in enough, but the back!” good they sound darkened went had him trains are out but both regret; express w’orn now* Just neffer yet then, with he long ach! clothes— series of speed the began a to rushing by to slacken torment him. he moved As rose or 1 Mustang Liniment Mexican jerks, the of those train started. from An electric home one any in the direction with hiss of and grating steam of the he comes a a square, light beyond not torn the has tracks he threw that the Wagner him passed of of wheels, but they disturbed the operas station windows one gesticulating hen figure AV old shirt. the top in his place on and and glanced in. when the poor and stiff become supple. car clock breezeless dawn muscles become comfortable the joints A high not, and the a upon sore into strong often outline for has been and weak cloth is moment the the a wall informed him break he sleeping that it began to still was was BEAST. Aches Injuries of MAN and and his for the Good held Italian Rossiter's the or pose prefers attention, mended quarter eleven. peacefully past though his bed one were as as but the effect quickly always.” “I was must have beer, if it luxury. takes of operas a one my