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ISMOKE BELLEW I W1ld Water shook his bead sadly and helped bimselt to the beans. "That would be too expensive, Shorty. i only wuut a few. d‘ll give you $10 for a couple of dozen. 1‘li give you $20, but 1 can‘t buy *em ail." PPRRD UV 2 WE hem egge?" "I sbould say of the uletly. "Worth 1t ?" e beat of bls willion dolla ust In Klond 1 for me t kfast for roposition. [« f thetm egcs. lavovitch. . y complimen me for a bund a smile foi ng off you! ‘Will you siz ?* Smoke ¢ t Locfile A1 ; *Look here, you two," Wild Water waid in a burst of confidence. "I‘ll be perfectly bonest with you, an‘ don‘t let §t go any further You know Miss Arâ€" Â¥al an‘ 1 was engaged. Well, sbe‘s broken everything of. It‘s for ber 1 want thein exgs. 1 wiut to give them to her on a plutter shirred. That‘s the way sbe Ikes ‘em." _ Shorty cleared hbis throat and pe# meutai arithmetic aloud. "Le® seea .Nine nundred an‘ seventyâ€" wminus nine, that ieaves nine bum dred at‘ sistyâ€"two. An‘ the whole mdl' watch at $10 a throw w# up just about nine thousand at an‘ twenty tron dollars. Wid Water, we‘re playin‘ fuir n‘ it‘s woney back for bad ques though they ain‘t none. That‘s uss 1 mever seen in the Kloudikeâ€" a "Aw, lsten to reason," Wild Water bleude‘. "1 ouly want a couple of Gozen. 1‘ give you $20 aptece for ‘em. Whatâ€"do 1 want with all the rest of hem egge?" "I sbould say Miss Arral‘s worth the of the eggs," Smoke put in . "Do you want ‘ewm ninetyâ€"six bundred an‘ twenty dollars‘ worth?" Sborty heat of bis eloquence. "She‘s worth willion dollars. Sbe‘s wortb all the ust In Klondike. But that atu‘t no 1 for me to gamble $10,000 on a kfast for her. Now, I‘ve got a roposition. Lend me a couple of dozen f theto egcs. I‘ll turn ‘em over to avovitch. Ie‘ll feed ‘em to ber with y compliments. She ain‘t smiled to for a bundred years. If them eggs a smile for me I‘ll take the whole ng off your hands." ‘‘Will you sign a contract to that efâ€" ?" Smoke said quickly, for be knew t Locfile Arral had agreed to smile. Wid Water gasped. "You‘re almighty rea® "otfr own arket‘ We‘ve got a ldlthtmu.udm-_fl it it‘s whole cormer or notbing." "How many bave you got and bew uch de you want for them ?" ft with business up here on the hill," be said, with a hint of a snatl. "We‘re only atcepting your own tion," Smoke answered. _ "All right; bring on the paper; make it out hard and fast," Wild Watc: «... 4 io the anger of surrender. CHAPTER XX > Four Years Old. l MOKE wrote the document wherein Wild Water agreed to S take every egg delivered to him at $10 per egg. provided that the two dozen advanced to him brought about & reconciliation with Lucille Arral. Wild Water paused with uplifted pen las be was about to sign. "Hold on," he said. "When I buy eggs I buy good ge. If 1 find one bad egg you‘ve got to come back with the $10 1 paid for "All ot moue.‘ was Bmoke‘s ultima Is the feeling and [;hint of women who "runâ€"down" so low that work drags, aches, back aches, dragging down Iindnraoomrges â€" feclings, dizsy, "Completely Discouraged" "Worth it?" Wild Water stood up in "That‘s all right," Smoke placated. "It‘s only fair." * Smoke inserted the word "good" in the coutract. and Wild Water sullenly signed, received the trial two dozen in a tin pail, pulled on bis mittens and opened the door. that you need. To be had in liqurd or fleoist." Pibict roem, o coute, at it dreg (bracing nervine; purely ~~4«table, You can procure & trial pkg. by sendâ€" 10c. to Dr. Pierce, Baffalo, N. Y. TuirsomaUume, Oxt.â€""A fow yoars ago had a severe nervous breakâ€"down. I would have pains in my head and would auffer with backache. 1 was ailing for about two years. Had doctored but did mot seam to get cured of the ailment. At last I took Dr. Plerce‘s Favorite Pressripâ€" tiem and it did me more good than any smedictne I over rook. It built me ap and 1 telt bettor in overy way than Zhad fot It is a medicine that‘s made especially ’obtfildupwum‘ofl.mfixmdhomm women‘s ailmentsâ€"an invigoratin®, reâ€" storative tonic, soothing c~rjial and what you‘ll find in Dr. Picrce‘s Favorite |owe years proviousty.*â€"Mas. L. Haaca, It gives you just the bulp o hsn ts iD have we. Shorty?" do for you. i We in wl up tired, ovurm women â€"that‘s By Jack London "GUoodby. you robiwre." be Frowiled hack st them and siamimed the door Bmoke wus a withess to the play mpext moraing at Slevoviteb‘s. fle sai as WHIJ Wuter®s guest. at the tably ad joining Luciile Arrai‘a. Almost to th. letter. as sbe had furecast it. did tin scene come off. "Haven‘t you found any eggs yet? she murmured plaintively to the waiter "No. ma‘am." came lbe answer "They say somebody‘s cornered evers egg is Dawson. Mr Slavocitch i« try ing to buy a few just especially fos you. But the fellow that‘s got the co« mer won‘t let loose." It was at this junctare that Wio Woter heckoned the pronrietm to nto and, with one hand on is shoulder, boarsely, "I turned over a couple of dozen eggs to you last night. Where are they1" "In the safe, all but that siz 1 have all thawed and ready for you noy Elavovitch," Wild Water whispered time you sing out." "I don‘t want ‘em for myself," Wild Water breathed in a still lower voice. "Bhirr ‘em up and present ‘em to Miss "An‘ don‘t forgetâ€"compliments of me," Wild Water concluded, relasing his detaining clutch on the proprietor‘s shoulder. "I‘ll attend to it personally myself," Hlavoritch assured him. Pretty Lucille Arral was gazing forâ€" lorply at the strip of breakfast bacon and the tinned masbed potatoes on ber plate when Slavovitch placed before her two shirred eggs. EBmoke acknowledged to bimself that It was a fine bit of actingâ€"the quick. jJoyous fiash in the face of her, the tm:â€" pulsive turn of the head, the spontane "Compliments of Mr. WId Water," they at the next table beard bim say. ous forerunncr of a emile thac wis ouly checked by a superb self control which resolntely drew ber face back so that sw could say something to the restanrant proprietor. Smoke felt the kick of Wild Water‘s mocceasined foot under the table. "Will she eat ‘emâ€"tbat‘s the ques tionâ€"will she eat ‘em?‘ the latter whispered agonizingly. And with sidelong glances they saw Lucille Arral besitate, atmost push the dish from ber, then surrender to ite ture. "Ill teke them egxgs," Wild Water sald to Smuoke. ‘"The coutract holds. Did you ace ber? Did you see ber? She almost smiled 1 know ber. It‘s all fixed. Two more eggs tomotrow an‘ sbo‘l! forgive no‘ inake np. If she wasn‘t bere I‘d «nke hands, Smoke, I‘m that gratefu! _ You ain‘t a robber; you‘re a phnthrmpist." ‘ Emoke returned jubliantly up the hill. to the cabin umly to find Shorty in Linck despair. â€" "It‘m alt off with the big Swede," be gronned. "The corner‘s busted. . What d‘ye think 1 run into? A geezer with three thousan‘ >igaâ€"d‘ye get me?â€" three thousan‘ ~a‘ just freighted in from Forty Mil." "Ganterenux‘s nla name, r whackin big, biue eyed French Cana«ian husky It was our cornerin‘ eggs thit got him started. He knowed about them three thousan‘ at Forty Mile an‘ just went nn‘ got ‘em. ‘Hhow ‘em to me, | says An‘ he did. There was his dog teams mn‘ a couple of indian drivera restin down the bank where ther‘d jnat putled in from Forty Mile An‘ on the mleda was soap boresâ€"teeny wuuden roap Dores. "We took ome out behind a ice jnm in the middle of the river an‘ busted it open. Eggaâ€"full of ‘em, ail packed in sawdnat. _ Rmoke. you an‘ me loat We‘re been gambiin‘. 1‘ye know what he hnd the gall to say to wet That they was all ourn ot $10 n egg. I5e know what be was dotn when | left his cabin? Drawin‘ a sign of eg@® for eale. Said he‘d give us frat choice at ten a throw till 2 p, m., and after that ten & throw till 2 p. m., and after ihat if we didn‘t come across he‘d bast the bow many egge bave you got nowâ€"an‘ how inoch dust do 1 tote up the nili?" Emoke consulited bis notebook, "As it stands pow, according to Sbhorty‘s Og ures, we‘ve 8902 eggs Muitipiy by ten" ( "Porty thousand dollars!®" W1d Waâ€" ter beliowed. "You said there was only something like 000 egge. lt‘s a stickâ€" up. 1 wou‘t stand for it!" «kgs Eren If you pay $10 sptee for Them., WHg Water witi take them uB "','il-"ux:-m 4M you esn grt chem perâ€"why. we nitke a profit as well. Have them here by not iater than 2 o‘cioct.. Rorrow Colv uel Bowig‘s dogs and take our team." Umoke found Wid Water at the M & M., and a storwy oaif hour ensued. "I ware we‘ve picked up some: --.-.m-u.n- wi.d Water bad agreed to bring his dust to the cabin at 2 o‘cioct and pay on deiiy pocket and pointed to the pay on delivâ€" ery. "No mention is made of the numâ€" ber of eggs to be delivered. You agreed to pay $10 for every egg we delivered to you. Well, we‘ve got the egge, and a signed contract is a signed contract Honestly, though, Wild Water, we didn‘t know about those other eggs until afterward. Then we bad to buy them is order to make our corner For fve long minutes. in choking sllence, WIld Water fougxbt a battle with bimsclf, then reluctuntly gave in. "I‘m in bad." be said brokeniy. "Tl be there at 2 o‘clock. . But $10,0001" At 130 Shorty arrived with Gaute reaux‘s egg®. <"We pretty nenr double our winnings," Rhorty told Smoke as they piled the soup boxes tnside the eabto. "I botds ‘em down to $8, and aft er he enased loco in French be falls for it. Now. that‘s $2 clear profit to us for each exg." Thrice again Wild Water cracked good eggs experimentally and put them in the pail beside him. â€" â€" Going to bis fur coat, from each of *he side pockets he drew forth two sacks of dust w rotund and w.._ that they resembled bologna sausages, When the first batch had been paid for there remained in the gold sacks not more than several bundred dollars. Wild Wuter looked and smiled. "That‘s a good egg. Gimme a pail. I‘m goin‘ to ent it myself for supper." â€" "Two more than you figured, Shorty," be said at the end of the count "Nine bundred an‘ sixtyâ€"four, not sixtyâ€"two." "My mistake," Shorty acknowledged bandsomely. "We‘ll throw ‘em in for good measure." "Guess you can afford to," Wild Water accepted grimly. "Pass the batch â€"§9,620, I‘ll pay for it now. Write a receipt, Smoke." "Lrinc ou them egks. you pirates," ue cvuc.wienced. "Ap‘ after thia day, If ~ou know what‘s good for you, never wention eggs to me agnin." ‘They began on the miscellaneous asâ€" sortment of the origina!l corner, all three wmen .couuting. When 200 had been reached Wild Water suddenly cracked un egg on the edge of the table and opened it deftly with bis thumbs. "IMey, hold on!" Shorty objected. "lt‘a my egg. ain‘t It?" Wild Water snarled. "I‘m payto‘ $10 for it, ain‘t 17 But 1 uin‘t buyin‘ no pig in a poke. When I cough up ten bucks an egg 1 wapt to know what I‘m gettin‘." â€"A soap boxr was carried to the table, and the count of the $3,000 began. At the end of 100 Wild Water strock an égg sharply against the edge of the taâ€" ble. ‘The resultaut sound was like that of the striking of a sphere of solid Promptiy at 2 o‘clock Shorty, peep n# «w Wild Water coming up the uju. Wuen be entered be was brisk and LusinessHke. marble. "Frozen solid," be remarked. "Huh}" said Sborty. "It ougbt to be solid, seein‘ it has just been freightâ€" ed up from Forty Mile It‘ll take a ax to bust It." Smoke brougbt the ax and Wid Waâ€" ter split the egg cleanly in baif. The appearance of the egg‘s interior was anything but satisfactory. Smoke felt a premonitory chill. Strorty was more vallant He held one of the halves to =Wo "Smells all right," be said. "But it looks all wrong." Wild Waâ€" ter contended. "An‘ how can it smell when the smell‘s frozen along with the rest of it? Wait a minute." He x:lzt the two hbalves into a frying par and pfaced the latter on the front d of the hot stove. ‘Then the three men, with distended, questing nostrils, waited in s%ence Slowly an unmis tnknble odor began to drift through the mom. â€""Throw it out"" Smoke cried,. gaspâ€" ing _ ""What‘s the good?" asked Wild Waâ€" . ter. "We‘re got to sample the rest." ! "Not in this cabtn." Smoke coughâ€" ed and conquered a quaim. "Chop them open, 1nd we can test by jookâ€" ing at them. Throw it ont, Shorty! Throw It out! And leave the door open Bor after boz was opened; egg after egg, chosen at random, was chopped in two, and every egg carried the same message of bopeless, irremediable deâ€" "I won‘t ask you to eat ‘em, Sborty," Wild Water jeered. "an‘, If you don‘t mind, I can‘t get outa here too quick, My contract called for good eggsa. If you‘ll lonn me a sled an‘ team I‘ll baut them guod ones away before they get contam|inated." Smoke helped in loading the sied. "Say. how long you been boidin‘ that corner?" was Wild Water‘s parting glance at bis partner, proceeded to :‘.“' filng the soap bozes out into the snow. p;, "Say, Sborty, how m=»~h did you ®~r a, you pald fot that th.ce il=usaud?" ; wpf ESmoke queried gently. Smoke made no repiy, and. with one at Onding egge than 10 take detlsey wb 1B( tinuperegus » DW gio Wile Wales away before they get w en al E8 anybody shou.:d ride up on a dog sind un‘ ask you. 1 Aggered that out while wnlitin‘ for the Orst egg to smeil." Smoke pundered a few minutes, then azain broke sflence. "Say, 8 "ty. $140,000 goid weighs 200 pounds. Wild Water borrowed our sled and team to haul away bis egge. He came up the bili without a sied. ‘Those two sacks of dust in bis coat pockets weighed ubout twenty poupds each The un derstanding was cash on delivery. H« brought enough dust to pay for the good eggs. He never erpected to pay for those three thousand. He kuew they were bud. Now, bow did be knuw they were bad? What do you make of it any way ?" â€" "Did you see his face?"‘ Shorty raved. "He was almost bustin‘ to keep it | ‘ straight It‘s the big baâ€"ha for you | an‘ me, Smoke. We won‘t never dast ‘ | show our faces again in Dawson." | and watch how it helps make > strengthening as Scott‘s 5â€"&- for a cld& of any q: "Hubh! That ain‘t sothin‘. A child could answer it . We lose seventcen thousan‘. . Wild Water wins seven: teen thousan‘. Them eggs of Gaute reaux‘s was Wild Water‘s all the time. Auything else you‘re curious to know ?" "Y os. -Why in the naroe of common seunse didn‘t you find out whether thuse eggs were good before you puld for them ?" "Just as easy as the Orst quertion Wild Water swung the bunke game timed to seconds. 1 hadn‘t no time to eramine them eggs. :1 bad to hustle to get ‘em bere for delivery. Au now, Smoke, lemme ask you one clvil ques tion. What did yon say was the parâ€" ty‘s name that put this egg corner idea into your bead 7" Smoke was casting about to begin the preparation for supper when Colo nel Buwie knocked at the door. biunded Bmoke a letter and went on to his own cabin. ‘The letter was from Wild Water. and Smoke read it aloud: ""Dear Smoke and Shortyâ€"1 write to ask, with compliments of the season, your presence at a supper tonight at Slavoâ€" vitch‘s joint Miss Arral will ve there and so will Goutereaux. Him and me was pardners down at Circle five years ago. He is all right and ts going to be best man. About them eggs. They come into the country four years back. They was all bad when they come h. They was bad when they left California. They always was bad. They stopped at Carluk one winter, and one winter at Nutiik, and last winter at Forty: Mile, where they was sold for storage»@And this winter 1 guess they stop at Dawson. Don‘t keep them in a hot room. Lucille says to ay you and her and me has sure made sume excitement in Dawson. And | say the drinks is on you, and that goes. "Respectfully your friend, w. o w." snow. "We‘re got to rest over tomorrow and make moceasin®" be vouchsiufed "That little crust is playing the devil with their feet." "We oughta keep goin‘ somebow," Shorty objected. "We ain‘t got grub enough to turn back with, and we gotta strike that run of caribon or them white Indlans almighty soon or we‘ll be entin the dogs, sore feet mn‘ all. Now, who even seen them white in dians anyway? Nothin‘ but bearsay. Au‘ bow can a indian be white? Smoke, we just gotta travel tomor 1 _Â¥ 4 eured me and ,:3’ work is a pleasure. I tell all my friends who have any trouble of this kind what | Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Comâ€" g)und has done for me.‘‘â€"NELLi® B. RITTINGHAM, 609 Calverton Rd., Baitiâ€" more, Md. i It is onl&;nhnl for any woman to dread the %tof an operation. So Teeiinby the Fnves cemmeds 1 yiss & ealth by ‘amous remedy, m Pinkham‘s Vegetable Oompauar“ after "They‘ll travel all the better with a day‘s rest for their feet and moccasins all around," Smoke counseled. "If you * a chance at any low divide take A numbr of people from \Vmerfoo' altende zi6 funeral of the late Mrs.> lay Instead I took Lydia E. Pinkâ€" Baltimore, Md.â€"*‘Nearly four years I suffered from organic troubles, nerâ€" vousness and headâ€" aches and every month would have to stay in bed most of \, the timo. _ Trcatâ€" ments would relieve a me for a time but $ my doctor was alâ€" ways urging me ta DOCTOR URCGED AN QPERATION ham‘s Vegetable Compound and Was Cured. an operation u..-u.:bl-h.w.' .’. CHAPTER XX1. Captured by Indians. MOKE, sitting on the edge of a sleeping robe, examined the feet of a dog be bad rolled. sparling, on its back in the as we.. as you We lose New Hamburg on Mon have an operation. My sister asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkâ€" h a m‘s Vegetable Compound before consenting to an ‘operation. I took five bottles of it and it has completely eured me and my t it ‘ cooked a meal fur two and began to | look for Shorty‘s return. An hour lat lgumu nis spowshoss and went out on his partner‘s trail The way led up the bed of the stream through a uarrow gorge that widened suddenty into a moose pasture. But at B _ 14. 1 Jj iAus «h wbare jears ago that La Ferlc come through this section, an‘ be was that ioso from hunger be coulda‘t know what be did see. An‘ he said bimaeif he never scon any white Iudians ‘That was Aunton‘s yarn An‘ Anton kicked the bucket two years before you an‘ me come t# Alaska. But 1‘l} toke a look tomertow, An mebbe i might pick up 8 ©m008e." Bmoke spent the murning in CAMP sewing dog moccasius At poon he snuw of the preceding fail ‘The track of Kborty‘s snowsLees crossed the pAS ture ind weut up the easy sope of a low divide. At the ervst smoke halted The tracks continn~. down the othss slope. ‘The frst spruce trees, im the creek bed, were a wile away, and i was evident that Shorty had passed tbrough them and gone on. Smoki looked at bis watch, remembered the umcoming darkness, the dogs and the caiop and reluctantly decided agains gving farther. 1 Nor did they waste time in making | bim a prisener Unarmed | nimself, “flnmke could only subunt. . Phe contents ‘ ;of the sled were di~iribnted among | -‘thplr own packs and ne was given a | ,PBck â€" composed of Iis sind Nborty‘s | sleeping furs. ‘The dozs were anobarâ€" t nessed, and when Nmoke protested one | of the Indians @ sizns indicated a trall too rongh for sled trivel. Smoke ‘ bowed to the Inevitabis, cached the . |<ted end on in the snow on the bank | ‘ghove the stream ind trudged on with \ _his enptora ‘ | ‘The Hreat oight ns »pent in a camp | which bad hneen oerupied for several \ days | Here was cuched n qguantity of drled saimon und a sort of peurudcan, which the Indiins mdded to Iheir packs | Frow this caimp a trull of many snowâ€" | ahoes jed offâ€"Storty‘s cuptors, was Smoke‘s couclusivnâ€" and beture: durkâ€" mess fell be succeeded in twiking out ! the tracks Nhorty‘s narrower snowshves ‘ bad left . Always to the duys that followed | they poiuted uortb. and always the trail, turning and twisting through a juimble of upstanding peiks. trended porth. Until midnight Smoke maintained s bhoge tire for the guidance of Shorty, And in the morning. waiting with camp broken and dogs narnessed fos the first break of light. ®moke took uy the pursult In the narrow pass of the canyon bis lend dog pricked ap hi ears and whined. ‘Then Smoke came upon tbe indiins, six of them, coming toward him. ‘They were traveling light without dogs. ind on euch man‘s back was the smallest of outtts. Surrounding Smoke, they immediate ty gave bim several mutters for sur prise. That they were looking for him was clear. That they tilked no Indtan tongzne of which he knew a word was atso quickly inad»e clear _ ‘They were got white Indians, though they were taller nnd hesvier than» the Indiin« of the Â¥nkon basin . Five of thein earried the old (nshioned. tong barreied Hudâ€" gon Bay coimpuny mnsket. ind in the hands of the sixth wis a Winchester ritle which Smoke kuew to be Shorty‘& + Before midday, traveling down a _ broad stream. they catne upon the site , Of n darge camp, recently anbindoned. * Glancing as be went by It. Simoke es { timated 400 or 500 tires nna «uessed | the population to be in the th=usitnds. | Bo fresh was the trail ind so well ‘packed by the multitwle thit Smuke and his captors took efM thelr snowâ€" ! rhoea and in their mocensins struck a swifter pace. in six days they gained and crossed the «entral pass. lov in comparison with the mountnins it theaded, yet formidable to itself und not possible for louded sieds. Five days more of tortuous winding, from jower alititude to lower altitude, brought them to the open, rolling and merely nilly country La Perle had found ten years before. Smoke knew it with the first glimpse. Far as hbe could see rolied the open country. High in ll]t'/l'uit the Hockies still thrust their snowy ramparts beayâ€" enward. To the south and west exâ€" tended the broken rauges of the proâ€" jecting spur system they had crossed. And in this vast pocket iiy the counâ€" try La Perlehad | traversedâ€"snow binnketed, but assurediy fat with game at some time In the venr and in the aummer a smiling furest«d «nd flowâ€" ered Iand In the long twilight no «izn was manâ€" ifested of makinz camp â€" ‘They held steadily on throusn » deepening gloom that vanished undetr it sky of lightâ€" great glittering sturs, taif velled by a greenish vapor of pulsing nurora boreâ€" alls. flls dogs tirst canglit the noilses of the camp, pricking their ears and whininog in Jow engerness. _ Then It enme to the enra of the bumansâ€"@ mormur dim with distince. The men about him quickened. The legs that bad lifted through a dozenm strenuous bours lifted in a still swifter pace that was hulf i run and mostly a rounning jog. Through a dark spruce Oat thes burst upon in abrupt glare of light from many fires and upon an nbrupt tncrease of sound. ‘The great camp lay before them. And as they entered and threaded the frregular runways of the bunting eamp a tast tumgléâ€"fis in a wive ruse to meet thein and rolled on with them â€"cftes, greetings, questions and anâ€" swers. jokes and jokes thrust back ngain, the snapping snarl of wolf dogs, the scoiding of squawa, langbter, the whimpering of children and wailing of inframts, all the pandemoniom of a camp of norveless, primitive wilder ness folk. ‘They baited in the trampled snow by an open fire, where Shorty and two young Indinns, sqnatted on their bams, what Lo Porle Since â€"ArIVES, |~~~~~â€"~~â€"~â€"â€"Imn *Mho ces Prom moiime."» | â€" |â€" sortieN & Dc. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 250. Atall dealersor Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives Limited, Oitawa. furs on a mat of spruce bows, sat up. Bhorty looked across the fire at his partner, but with a sternly impassive face, like those of his companions, made no sign and went on broiling the "What‘s the matter?" Smoke deâ€" manded, balf in Irritation. | "Lust jour speech?" The old familiar grin twisted on Shorty‘s face. "Nope," he answered. "I‘m a Indian. I‘m learnin‘ not to show surprise. When did they catch you?" "Nest day after you left." "Hum! Well, I‘m doin‘ fine, thank you most to death. This is the bachâ€" elors‘ camp. An‘ these are the bachâ€" elors. They‘re glad to meet you, Smoke. Set down an‘ dry your mo¢ casins, an‘ I‘ll cook up some grub. You‘ll have to come to it, for looks as if we‘ll be with these folks a long time. They‘s anotber white man bere. Got caught six years ago. Danny Mcâ€" 112 Hazen St., St. John, N.B. "It is with pleasure that I write to tell you of the great benefit I received from the use of your medicine ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘. I was a great suffer. : for many years from Nervous Headâ€" aches and Constipation. L tried everything, consulted doctors ; but nothing seemed to help me until I tried ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘. After I had taken several boxes, I was completely relieved of these troubles and have been unusually well ever since." ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘ is fresh fruit juices, eoncentrated and increased in strength, combined with finest tonics, and is a positive and reliable remedy for Headaches and Constipation. Can is what be goes by. He‘s settied down with a squaw. Got two kids alâ€" ready, but he‘ll skin out if ever the chance opens up." Apparently this was Smoke‘s apâ€" pointed domicile, for his captors ieft him and his dogs ind went on deeper into the biz camp. While he devoured strips of hot meat Shorty taiked. "This is a sure peach of a plckle, Smoke. An‘ we got to go some to get out ‘These is the real, blowed in the glass wild Indians. They ain‘t white, but their chiet is He talks like t moutbful of bot musb, an‘ if be ain‘t fnll blooded Scotch they ain‘t no such thing as Scotch ts the world. He‘a the uiâ€"yu, skookum, top cliet of the whole G R l on buntin‘ tripsâ€"to mom way you an‘ me came. reatest u e it.he perve to tackle it by his 10 ‘But we can pull it off, the three 0 Whiskers is the real goods, but Of Health mos:ly loco, just the same." mmenmae ies "Who‘s Whiskers?‘ Smoke 'fl-.‘l "Why, he‘s the top geezer, And How"it May be Carried }s«mher‘ Ligs geHLP old, mih Out With Dr. Chase‘s sure aslcep now, but he‘ll see 70 You scmetimes hear it said that the most important Rules of Health is "Daily movement of the Bowels." Constipation â€" begins with . the bowels but it does not end there. Â¥You must also consider the way it effects the liver, the kidneys, the digestive system, and in fact the whole human body.. Headaches, _ backaches, . aching limbs, indigestion, biliousness, kidâ€" ney derangements, appendicitis, and the most serious diseases imaginâ€" able often have their beginning with constipation of the bowels. There is one treatment which has a direct and combined action on the bowels, the liver and the kidneys and gets these organs into good working order in remarkably quick time, and that is Dr. Chase‘s Kidâ€" neyâ€"Liver Pills. They afford relief quickly, but they do more than that. They posiâ€" tively cure constipation, and insure lasting regularity of the bowels by selting the liver right. Mr. M. Lock, 30 Home street., Brockville, Ont., writes: "For many years I have been troubled with conâ€" stipation and have tried a number of remedies, but without Obtaining muctk benefit. About a year ago I started using Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€" Liver Pills, and havo found them to be the best medicine for constipaâ€" ‘ion that I have ever usedâ€" I would strongly â€" advise anyone troubled with this complaint toâ€"try the same vemedy." Mrs. R. Childs, Harriston, Ont., writes: "I suffered from constipaâ€" tion and kidney trouble for some time. One day I bought some of Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pillis to see if they would help me, and to my deâ€" light, I received grea« benent from them in a short timé. ‘They are m splendid medicine, and I always keep them. on hand as a household remedy." â€" 8 Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills are so universaily used as a treatment for constipation and liter and kidney troubles that you can obtain them at any store where medicines are on Aaie. "One pM a dose; 26 cents a Do# HEADACHES Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills. Miss ANNIE WARD. Weir, Master in L ters, Solicitors, Eitc Couveyancer, ete. . 1 Office, Molson‘s Bank CLEMENT & Conveyancets. _ Private Funds to 108M Office: Metcaife Cor King and Foundry Sts., KB E. P. CLEMENT, K. Q E. W. CLEMENT. _ _ Harvey J. Sims, 14 L B., Bray, B. A., Bu'l“tfll. Nota: Office . upstairs King St. West, Kitchener. St A. L. BITZER, 8. A (Successor to Conrad Bitm Barrister, Solivitor, NotaFy etc. Money to loan. GermaR® . Officeâ€" Pequegnat Block, _ I Market, Frederick St., Kitchet D. S. BOWLBY, B.A., L.L.B.>« Barrister, Soliciter, Notary, | and Conveyancer Office Iq Bank Building. _ Telephone NQ. Kitcherer, Ont. s _ Graduate Chicago College of, tal Surgeons and Royal Co4e® Dental Surgeons of Toront®: â€"; Office in new Molsons Bank Water) o. D ntistry practiced: J. A. HILLIARD, °~ ‘ Dentist, LD.S., Royall College, tal Surgeons, D.D.S., Toronto UR sity. All branches of dentlnri“ tised. Office over Lang Bro#.. Kitchener, Ont. § its branches. "Danny McCan‘s been try)® | away from him for six years ny‘s all right, but be ain‘t got bim. He knows a way outâ€"lear caboodle. Wha. se s1y8 §0®% want to get that from the start morrow an‘ show you clear as what a measly shrimp you are 00â€" stompin‘ grounds. ‘These grounds long to him. You got to get your noodlie They ain‘t never explored nor nothin‘, an‘ they‘re hi# an‘ he won‘t let you forget it got about 20,000 square mileés of b#! th‘ conntry here all bis own, H#® t white Indian, him an‘ the sfirt t "Huh! Don‘t look at me that Wait til you see her. Soms an‘ all white, like her dadâ€"bo‘8 kers. An‘ say, caribool A ‘t.hannn'ofgood runpin‘ mokt herd an‘ ten thousan‘ Woived as‘ aâ€"followin‘ an‘ livin‘ off the an‘ the leavin‘s. The hérd‘s ~ the east, an‘ we‘ll be followin‘ ‘om @ D. G. McINTO$§H,° BARRIM Notary, Convéyanc@r, ote., 48 . East, Kitchener. _ Phone 1 Specialtyâ€" 6 Diseases of the Ear,.> Nose and Throat. | King St. East, "Here comes he‘s goin‘ som clad like any savage, but nfl bly white, striding in advance of & * team and a folowing of a dos@m. dians. Bushy whiskers, yelowiWh® and stained by camp smoke, ©600## most of the face, but failed whell} conceal the gaunt, almost ¢ada¥®rt cheeks. "How do you do?" the manm slipping a mitten and holding bare hand. "My name is "Mine‘s Beliew," Emoke feeling peculiarly disconcerted gnze@ into the keen, searching M "Getting plenty to eat, 1 see. rations, but we dor‘t starve often. n'-monnntnn\l-n*- meat of the cities."* a * were squatting over a breakfaw caribou meat.. Smoke glanced up "I see you don‘t lUike thé Amoke iaughed in order to 1Â¥ something and was immeodiat tied by the transformation & Ailen Theatre, Kitchener.‘\ Phone 344w. Residence 1188 Oddfellows Biock,‘ Waterm0®. DR. 8. ECKEL, LD.%. 104 Weber Chambers, CHIROPRACTOR A. HOLM, D. C:° MILLAR, SIMS & BRAY. W. F. CLEMENT. JAMES C DR. F. G. HUGHE®, Dentist _ 1 (To ~a!citor,