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14 HOOKEDY-CROOKEDY. By Se-umus M&cManus. Author of "In Chimney Corners,'’ ‘Through the Turf Smoke." etc. Copyright, 190", by Seuraiii Mar Manus. Once on u time there was a King and Queen in Ireland end they had one son named Jack, an i qrben Jack grew up to be a man big, he rose up one day and said to Lis iathrr and mother he would go off and push his fortune. All his father mother could say to J<i k. they could not keep him from go ing. He wa bound in going, so with a sraff in his .m.d and Lis father's and mother's bh-ssingr on his h'ad, off Jack Blar ed and he traveled away far, further than I ro 4. J tell you, and twice as far as you can tell me. At length, one <lay coming up to a big ' v 001. ho met a gray-halred old man. The old man asked him, "Jack, where are you going?" lie says, "I am going to push my for tune. ’ "Web. says thr old man. says he, "if *tis looking for service you ore, there is a Gant w o live- at the other tide <f rftZi eftiffLA —’ ,• t.A'xTf r~Z! .>. The Gates Were Closed, But He Put the Mare at the Walls, Which Are Nine Miles High. that wood that they call the Giant of the Hundred Hills, and they believe he want* a fine, strong, able, clever young fe.low like you." "Very •well," says Jack, "I will push on to him." Push on Jack did away to the wood, until he got to the other side, and then he scw a big castle, and go ng up he knocked at the door ar.d a llg Giant came out. "Weloeme, Jack," says he, "the King of Ireland's son! Where are you going and who do you want?" "I comi," .seys Jack, "to push my fortune, and am looking, for honest ser vice. I have been teld." he said to the Gta.Tt of the Hundred T;l!s, "that you Want -d a c 'n, clever boy like me." "Well," tay a the Giant, "I am the Giant of the Hundred Illlla and do want such a fallow like you I have to go away every day," he said, "to bat le with another Giar.t to the other end of the world, and when I am away I want somebody to look af;er my house and place. If you w —s.Tß The Horre Blew His Breath Out of Him and Jack was Turned Into an Hgly Idttle Hookedy-Crookedy Fellow. would be of good faithful service to me, and do everything I tell you. 1 will give you a bag of sold at the end of the time." Jack promised that he would <lo all that Tho Giant then gave him a hearty supper find ag od t>*d, a'd well he slept that night. In the morning the Giant had him called up before the first lsrk In the sky. "Jack, n.y brave boy,” says he, ’fi have got to lie off to the other end of the world to-day to fight the Giant, of the Four Winds, and It Is time you are up and looking after your business. You have got U> put this house in order, and look after everything In It mi ll I come back to-night. To every room In the house and to every place In the hou*e you can go except the stable. My stable door is clos ed ,and on the peril of your life, den t open it or go Into it; keep that In mind ” Jack said he certainly would, then the Giant visited the stable and started off, and a soon as he was gone. Jin k went fixing ar.d arranging It and setting every thing In order. And a wonderful house It was to Jack, so big and eo great; and after that he went to the castle yard and Into every house and building there, ex cept the stable, and when he had visited all the reel of them, he stood before the stable door and looked at It a long time “And I wonder,” says Jack, says he, "I wonder what can be In there, and whet is the reason he wants me in the peril of my life not to go Into It. X would like lo go arid peep In, and there certainly would be no harm.” kjvery dor in and about the Giant’s place was opened by a little ring turned in Uie pivot In the midd'e of the door. Forwarding the stable door Jack then steps, turns the little ring and the door then flew open, and Inside, what does Jack see but a mare and a bear standing by (lie manger, and neither of them eat* lug. There was liay before the bear and lixet before the mare. "Well." says Jack. “It la no wonder, poor i i natures, yon are not eatlu'. That win a nice blunder of the Giant.” and he Stepped and changed their food, putting bay helot* th* mats anti meat before the I bear, and at onco both of them fell to It, and Jack went out ar.d closed the stable door, but as he did his linger stuck in tae ring and he pulled and struggled to get it away, but could not get It. That was a fix for poor Jack, "and by this and by that." pays he. "the Giant will ! be buck and And me stuck here,’’ so he J hoops out his knife and cuts off his finger | and left it there. And when the Giant came home that I night, says he to Jack, "Well, Jack, what sort of a day had you had this day, and I ru>w did you get along?" "I had a fine day," says Jack, "and got 1 along very fine indeed." "Jack,” says he, "show mo your two hands," and when Jack held out his two hands there the Giant saw one of his fingers gone. lie got black in the face with rage when he saw this, and he said. "Jack, did I not warn, you on the peril of your life not to go li> that stable?” Poor Jaok pleaded all he could, and said he did not mean to. but the curiosity got the best of him. and he thought he would open the door and peep in it. Says the Giant, "No man before ever opened that stable door and lived to tell it. and you, 100, w'ould l>e a dead man this minute only for one thing. Your father’s father did my father a great tier vice once. Inm th man who never for gets a good thing, and for that service," says he. "I give you your life and par don you this time, but if you ever do the like again, you won’t live.” Jaok, he promised that surely and sure ly he would never do the like again. His supper he brought that night, and to bed, and on early morning again the Giant had him up, and. "Jack," says he, ’’l must be off to the other end of tho world again and tight the Giant of the Four VYlnda. Do you now your duty to look after this house and place and set every thing In order about It, and go every where you like, only don’t open the stable door, or go Into it on the peril of your life.” ‘T will mind all that,” says he. Then that morning again the Giant visited tho stable before he went away, and after the Giant had gone, and to his work went Jack, wandering through the house, cleaning and setting everything in order about it, and out into the yawl he went and fixed and arranged everything out there, except the stable. He stooi before the stable door a good while this day, and says he to himself: "I wonat-i how the mare and the bear are doing, and w'hat the Giant done when ho went in to see them, I would do a great deal to know,” says he. “I will take a peep in.” Into the ring of the door he put his fin ger and turned it and looked in and there he saw the mare and the boar standing like the day before, and neither of them eaftng. In Jade steps, "and no wonder, poor creatures,” says he, "you don’t eat, and thaA is the way the Giant t’undered,” he says, after he saw the meat oefore the mare and the hay before the bear this time also. Jack then changed the food, putting the hay before the mare and the meat before the bear, as It should be, and very soon both the more and the bear were eating heartily, and then Jack went out. He closed the door and when he did his fin gar stuck In the door, and pull and strug gle aa Jack did he could not get It out. "Ool* och. och," says Jack, says he, ”1 am a dead man, to-day, surely.” He hoops out his knife and cuts off his finger and left It there, and ’twas there when the Giant came home that night. ’’Well. Jack, my tine boy." says he, “how have you got on to-day?" "Oh, finely, finely,” says Jack, says he, holding his handa behind his back all the same. "Show* me your hands. Jack," says the Giant, "till I eee if you wash them and .a 4,0 Hookedy-Crookedy Put His Head In Her Lap, and She Combed Out a Bushel of Gold and Silver. keep them clean alweys,” and when Jack showed up Ids hands the Giant got block in the face with rage, and says he. "didn’t I forgive your 11 fo yesterday for going In to that stable, and you promised never to do it again, and liars 1 find you there again.’’ The Giant ranted and raged for a long time, and then, says lie, "Because your father’s father did my father such n good turn, I nuppo*:o l will have to spare your life this second time; hut Jai It," KHys he, "if you should live to Vie a hundred years and ftportd them all In my service, and If you should ever again open that door, and put your foot Into my stable, that day," saya he, "you will lie a dead titan as sure as there In a head oil you. Mind that." Jack, he thanked the Giant very much for sparing his life, nud promised that lie never, never would again do that or disobey him. The next martin* ’h” Glsnt had .Tack up early, aim "< - ■t a was going off this day aoo tight the Giant# of the oiafr end of Ihe wot Id, atnl guvs Jack THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1900. his directions and warned him just like the other days; then he went Into the 'table before he went away, and when he was gene. Jack went through all the i house through the whole yard, setting everything In order, ami when everything was done, he stood before the atable door. i wonder,” Fays Jack, "how the pcor mare and the bear arc getting along, or what the Giant of tne Hundred Hills is doing to-day. I should Juet vefy much like," says he, "to take one wee, wee peep in," and opened the door. Jnc k peeped in, and there the mare and the bear stood looking at each a other again, and neither of them taking a mor sel. And there wag the meat before the mare and the hay before the bear, just like on the other days. "Poor creatures.” says Jack, "It is no wonder you are* not eating, and hungry and hungry you must be.” And forward ho steps and changes the food, putting it as it should be, tho hay before the mare and meat before the bear, and to it both of them fell. And when he did this, up speaks the mare, and "Poor Jack." pays he, "I am rforry for you. This night you will be killed surely, and sorry for us, too, I am, for we will be killed as well as you." "O, O, O," says Jack, aaye he. "that is terrible. Is there nothing we can do?" "Only one thing." say® the mare. "What Is that?" Faya Jack. "It’s this," says the mare; "put that -addle and bridle on me and let's start off and be away, far, far from this country, until the Giant comes back," and the saddle and bridle Jack hod on the mare, and on her back he got to start off. "O," says the bear, speaking up, "both of you are going away to leave me in for all the trouble.” "No,” saye. tho mare, "we will not do that." Jack," says he, "take the chains and tdc me to the bear." Jack tied the mare to the bear with chains that were hanging up, and then the mare star:e<i. And then after the three of them, the mare and the bear and Jack started, and on and on before them as fast as they could gallop. After a long time, says the maro: "Jack, look behind you n<l 6ee what you will seo." Jack looked behind, and "O,” says he, "I see the Giant of the Hundred Hills coming like a raging storm. Very soon he will be on us and we will all three be murdered." Says the mare, says she, "We will have a chance yet. Look in my left ear and see what you see," and in her left ear Jack looked and saw a little chest nut. "Throw n over your left shoulder," says tho mare. Jack threw it over his left shoulder, and that minute there was a chestnut wood ten miles. On and on they went that day and that night, and the middle of the next day. "Jack," says she, "look behind you and see what you can see." Jack looked behind him, and "O,” says he, ”1 see the Giant of the Hundred Hills coming tearing after us like a harvest hurricane." "Do you see anything strange about him Jack?" eays the mare. "Yes," says Jack, says he, "there Is as much bushes on the top of his head and as much fowl stuck about his feet and legs as will keep him In flesh for years to come. We are done for this time en tirely," says poor Jack. "Not yet," says the mare; “there is an other chance. Look Into my right ear and see what you will see.” In the mare's right ear Jack looked and found a drop of water. "Throw it over your left shoulder, Jack," says the mare, "and see what will happen." Over his left shoulder Jack threw it, and all at once a lough sprung up be tween them and the Giant that was 100 miles every way and 100 miles deep the other place. "Now," says the mare, "he cannot reach us until he drinks his way through the lough, and very likely he will drink until he bursts, and then we will be rid of him altogether.’’ Jack thanked God and on he went. It was not long now until he reaiched the borders of Scotland, and coming In there he saw a great wood. "Now,” says the mare and the bear, “this wood must be our hiding place.” "And what about me?” says Jack. ’’For you, Jack,” saya she, "you must push on and look for employment. The castle of the King of Scotland is near by, and I think you will bo likely to get employment there, but first I must change you into an ugly little hookedy-crookedy fellow, because the King of Scotland has three beautiful daughters, and he won’t take into his service such a handsome fellow like you, for fear his daughters would fall in love with you." Then the mare put her nostrils to Jack’s breast and blew his breath out of him, and at last Jack was turned into an ugly little hookedy-crookedy fellow. “Jack,” says the mare, "before you go, look Into my left ear and take wha* you see there.” Out of the mare’s left ear Jack took a little cap. "Jack," says she, "that is a wishing cap, and every time you put it on and wish to have anything done, it will be done. Whenever you are In any trouble,” the mare sold, ”oome hack to me and I will do w'hat I can for you, and now goodby.” So Jaok said goodby to the mare and to the hear and set off. When he got out of the wood he soon saw a castle and walked up to It, and went in by the kitchen. A servant was employed scouring ltnlvra. He told her he wanted employment. She said the King of Scot’and would employ no man in his bouse, so he may ns well push on. But .Tack insisted that he would employ him, and at length the girl consented to go and let the King know. When the girl went away Jack put on ills wishing cap and wished tho knives and forks scoured, and all at once the stack of knives and forks that were piled 10 feet high, was scoured as brightly as new pins, and though the King of Scot land did not want to employ him, when ho found how quickly Jaok had scoured ail the big stack of knives and forks, he agreed to keep him. But first he brought down his three daughters to see Jack, until he would And what Impression Jack made upon them. When they came Into the kitchen ar.d saw the ugly little fellow every one of the three fainted and had to be carried out. "it is all right,” says the King, "we will surely ke*p you,” and Jack wa* em ployed and sent out into the garden to work there. Now at this time the King of the Fast declared war on the King of Scotland. The King of the Kast had a flighty army entirely, and he threaten! and to fight the King of Scotland off the face of the earth. The King of Scotland was very much troub ed and he consultfd with his Grand Adviser what ws best to be done, and his Grand Advisor counseled that he should at orce give his three daughters In marriage to the King a three sons, and In that way ge* big help for the war. The King said this was a grand idea. So he sent out messengers to all parts of the world to say that his three beau tiful daughters were open for marriage In a very short time the son of the King of Spain came and married the ehleew daughter and the son of the King of France came and married the second, and a whole lot of princes canto looking for the youngest, who was the most beauti ful of the three, and whose name was Yellow Rose, but she would not take one of them, and for this the King ordered tier never to come Into hla sight, nor In o company again. Yellow Rose gol very downhearted and used almost all Iter time now In wander ing 111 the garden where llookedy-Crook edy waa looking after the flowers, and she itM-d to come around again and ugaln. ■ hs'.lln* to H“kedy-Cookerty. And so It was not long until llookedy-Crookedy saw, that ills Yellow Rose was In love with him, and h got Just • deeply In MUNYON’S GUARANTEE. itrß( Assertion* an to Jo WkM the AemedU* Will I . tMunroa guarantM* that Lit P.beumxtißia Oir§ will cur* nearly ail caMt of rbauu:** tins In a few koura; that hl Dytpepaia Cura wJli cure indication an 4 all crotnich troubles; that bis Kldnajr Cura will cure 00 per cent, o? all catea at kidney tmubla; that tola Ca tarrh Cure will cure catarrh no matter how 1 ?£ (candle;: that hie Headnriie Cura will cur asj Und of headache in a few minutea; that hia Cold Cura will quickly break up ry ■win of cold and to cm through the entire list w/ remedies. At all drufgta, 2ft cents a rial It you need u.edtcal adriee write Prof. Mudjod WOO Arch at. P Ha. It la abaolutelj free. love with her, for she was a beautiful and charming girl. The next thing the Grand Adviser counseled the King was that he should send his two new sons-in-law, the Prince of Spain and the Prince of France, to the Well of the World’s End for bottle of loca* to take in the bat tle with them that, they might cure wound ed and dead men. So the King ordered his sons-in-law to go to the W r ell of the World's End and bring him back two bottles of loca. The Yellow Hose told Hookedy-Crookedy all about this, and when he had turned it over in his mind, he said to himself, "I will go and have a chat with the mare and bear about thte." So off to the woods he went and right glad the mare and the bear were to see him. He told them all that happened, and then told them how the King’s two sons-in-law were to stand to the Well of the World’s End the next day, and asked the mare’s advice about this. "Well, Jack," says the mare, "I want you to go w'ith them. Take an old hunt horse in the King’s stable, an old bony, skinny animal that is past all work, and put an old, strong saddle on it, and dress yourself in the most ragged dress you oan get, and join the two men on the roads, and say that you are going with them. They will be heartily ashamed of you, Jack, and the figure of yours and the old horse you get, and they will do every thing to get rid of you. When you come to the crossroads one of them will pro pose to go in and have a drink, and then when you are chatting over your drink they will propose that the three of you separate and every one of you take a read by yourself to go to the Well of the World’s End. and all three will meet at that cross-roads again, and whoever is back first with the bottle of water is to be the greatest hero of them all. You agree to this. "When they start off their roads they will not go many miles till they fill their bottles from Sparwells by the roadside and hurry back to the meei- ing place, and then to continue on home to the Kin* of Scotland and give him these bottles as bottles of loca from the Wells of the World's End. "But you will be before them, and after you have set on your road put on your wishing cap when you have gone around the first bend and wish for two bottle* of loca from the wells of the World’s End, and at once you will have them,” and then the mare directed Jack fully all that he was to do after. Jack thanked the mare and bade goodbye to the mare and went away. The next day when the King’s two gons in law set out on their grand steeds to go to the Wells of the World’s End. they had not gone far when Jack in a ragged old suit and sitting on a strong saddle on an old white skinny horse joined them and told them he, too, was going with them for a bottle of loca. Right heartily ashamed of Jack, they would do anything to get rid of him. By and by when they came to where the road parted <n three they proposed to have a drink, and as they set off to drink they proposed that each take a road for himself and whoever was to be back first with a bottle of loca would be the greatest hero. They agreed, and each chose his own road and set out. When Jack went around the first bend he put on his wishing cap and wished for two bottles of loca from the Wells of the World's End. and no sooner he wished than he had them, and back again he came and was not very long, and when the other tw-o came riding up surprised they were to find Jack there before them. They said that jack had not been to the Wells of the World’s End and it was no loca he had with him, but some water from the roadside. "No." sail Jack, "take care that Is not your own story." ‘All right.” said Jack, "just test them; when the servant comes in with the drinks you cut off his head and then cure him with your bottle.” But both of them refused to do this, for they knew their bottles could not cure anything, but, they defied Jack to do it. "Very soon I will do that,” said Jack. So when the servant came in with his drinks. Jack drew his sword and dropped hia head off him, and in a minute s time with two drops from one of hla.bottles of loca he had the heed on again. Says they to Hookedy-Crookedy, "What will you take for your two bottles?” Says Jack. “I will take the golden balls of your marriage pledge, and also to al low me to write something on your backs.” And they agreed to this. They handed over to Jack the two golden balls that were their marriage tokens, and, lying down on the floor, they let Jack write on their bare backs, and what Jack wrote on each of them was. "This Is an unlawful married man." Then he gave them the bottles of Toca and they brought them to the king, and Jack returned to his garden again. He did not tell the Yellow Rose where he had been and what he was doing, only said he was away on a message for her father. As soon as the King got the bottles of loca he gave orders that bis army should move to battle the next day. The next morning early Jack was over to the wood to consult tha mare. Ho told her what was going to happen that day. Says the mare, "look In my left ear, Jack, and see what you will see." Jack looked into the marc’s left ear and took out of it a grand soldier’s dress. Tho mare told him to put It on and get upon her back. On he put the dress and at once HookedyoCrookody was trans formed into a very handsome, dashing young fellow, and off went Jack and the mare and the bear, the three of them away to the war. Every one met them and they admired Jack very much, he was such a handsome clever-looklng fel low, and word was parsed on to the king about the great prince who was ruling to the war. himself, the mare and the bear. Tho king came to seo him, too, and they asked him on which side he was going to fight. ’’l will strike no stroke this day,” says Jack, “except on the side of the King of 9<x>tlan<t. The king thanked him very heartily and said he was sure they would win so. They went into (he battle with Jack at their head, and Jack stroke east and west, ami in all directions, and every blow of his sword he stroke, the wind of his stroke tossed houses on the other side of the world, and In a very short time the King of tho East ran off with all his army that were still left alive. Then the King of Scotland awaited Jack to come home with him, as he was going to give a great feast in his honor, but Jack raid no, he could not go. "They don't know at home,” said Jack, "where I ant. at nil.” and neither they did, "so he must be off to ihem as quickly rot possible.” "Then,” eays the King, "the least I can do I# to give you present. Here Is a table clntb," says he, "anil every time you spread l> out yon will have It eovo el with all catltg and chinking of all aorts.” Jack took It Mild timjiked him and role •loca Is a liquid fhat could cura all wound* and reatora dad to Ufa, away. He left the mare and the bear in their own wood end became Hookedy- pgaln and ran back to his gar den. The Yellow Hose told Jack of the brave sc]dier that had won her father's battle that day. "Well, well," says Jack, sayJF he, "he must have been a grand fellow entirely. It Is a pity I was not there, but I had to go on a message for the K.ng." "Poor Hookedy-Cr, okedy,” says she, "what would you do if you were there yourself?" Jack went to the wood again that morn ing and consul ed with the mare. “Jack," said the mare, "look In the fnside of my left ear and see what jou will see," and Jack took 'out of her left ear a soldier s suit, done off with silver, the grandest ever seen, and at the mare s advice bo put the suit on and mourned on her back and the of them went off to the battle. Every one was admiring the beautiful dash ng fellow that was riding to the bat tle this day, and word tame to ihe King, and the King came to speak of him and welcome him heartily. He said. "Your brother came with us the last day we went in the battle. Your brother is a very handsome, fine looking fellow. What side are you going to nght on?" Save Jack. "I will strike no siroke on any side but yours this day."* The King thanked him very heartily, and into the battle they went with Jack at their head, and Jack stroke east and west, and in all directions, and the wind of ihe strokes blew off forests in the oth ed end of the world, and very soon the King of the East with all his army that were still alive ran off from the battle. Th-n the King thanked Jack and in vit cl him to his cast e, and he would give a feast in his honor, but Jack 9aid he could not do fhat, for they did not know' at home where he was and they would be uneasy about him until he reached back home again. "Then,” aaya the King, "the least I can do for you is to give a present. Here is a purse, and no matter how often and how much you pay out of it, it will never be empty.” # Jack took it and thanked him and rode away. In the wood he left the mare and ihe bear and was again changed into Hookedy-Crookedy and w r ent home to his garden. The Yellow Rose came out and told him about the great victory a brave and beautiful soldier, brother to the fine fellow’ of the day before, had w r on for her father. "Well, well,” says Jack, says he, "that was very wonderful entirely. lam sor ry I was not there, but I had to be away on a message for your father.” "But my poor Hookedy-Crookedy," says she, "It was better so, for what could you do?" Three days after that the King of the East took courage to come to battle again. The morning of the battle Jack went to the wood to consult the mare. "Look Into my left ear. Jack, and see what you will see," and from the mare’s left ear Jack drew out a most gorgeous soldier’s suit, done oft! with gold braidings and ornaments of every sort. By the mare's advice he put it on, and himself, the mare and the bear went off to the w’ar. The King soon heard of the wonderful grand fellow’ that was riding to the war to-day with the mare and the bear, and he came to Jack and welcomed him and told him how his two brothers had won the last two victories for him. He asked Jack on what aide he was going to fight. "I wdH strike no stroke thiis day,” says Jack, "only on the King of Scotland’s side." The King thanked him heartily, and said we will surely win the victory, and then Into the battle they rode with Jack at their head, and Jack stroke east and west, and 1n all directions, and the wind of tho strokes tumbled mountains at the other end of the world, and very soon the King of the East with all his army that were left alive took to their heels and never stopped running until they went as far as the world w’ould let them. Then the King came to Jack and thank ed him over and over again, and said he would never ho able to repay him. He then awaked him to come to his castle, and he would give a little feast in his honor, but Jack said they didn’t know at home where he was and they would he uneasy about him, and so could not go with the King. "But," says he. "I and my brothers will come to feast with you at any other time.” "What day will the three of you come?" said the King. "Only one of us can leave home by the day,” said Jack. ”T will come to feast with you to-morrow and my second broth er the day after, and the third brother the day after that." The King agreed to this and thanked him. "And now." said the King, "let me give you a present,” and he gave him a comb, and every time he combed his hair with it he would comb out of It bushels of gold and silver, and It would transform the ugliest man that ever was to even the nicest and handsomest. Jack took it and thanked the King and rode away. On this day. as on the other two days after the battle, they cured the dead and the w'ounded with the bottles of loca and all were well again. When Jack went to the wood he left the mare and the bear In It and became Hookedy-Crookedy again, and went home and to his garden. The Yellow Rose came to him and had wonderful news for him this day over the terrible grand fellow entirely. He had won the battle for her father that day; brother to the two brave fellows w’ho had won the battles on tho other two days. "Well," says Jack, says he. "thcae must be wonderful chaps. I wish I had been there, but I had to be away on a mes sage for your father all day.” "O, my poor Hookedy-Crookedy,” says RheaMisa Rheumatic pains are the cries of protest ami distress from tortured muscles, aching joints and excited nerves. The blood has been poisoned by the accumulation of waste matter in the system, and can no longer supply the pure and health sustain ing food they require. The whole system feels the effect of this acid poison; and not until the blood has been purified and brought back to a healthy condition will the aches and pains cease. Mrs. James Kell, of 707 Ninth street, N. E. Washington, D. C , writes as follows: "A few mouths ago I had an attack of Sciatic Rheuma tism in its worst form. The pain was so intense that X became completely pros trsted. The attack was an unusually severe one, and my condition was regard- all ?, ,74* ea as being very danger- wf 40* ous. 1 was attended by Sfv, one of the most able doc- yawl A" ‘ torsiu Washington, whots also a member of the fac- fSt". ulty of a leading medical ' RfrgWjffiqffirGGfo■: college here. He told me eBBMtfvsSJiIUJPIff ■% to continue hi* prescrip tions and I would get well. After having 1( filled twelve times without receiving the slightest benefit, 1 declined to continue his treatment any longer. Having heard of 8. S. S (Swift’s Specific) recommended for Rheumatism, I decided, almost in despair however, to give the medicine a trial, and after I had taken a few bottles I was able to hobble around on crutchea, and very soon there after had no use for them at all, 8. 8. 8. having cured me aouud and well. 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The next day when it was near dinner time he went off to the wood to the mare ar.d the bear and got on him the suit he wore the day before in the battle and mounted the mare and rode for the castle, and when he camo there all the gqtes happened to be closed, but he put the mare at the walls which are nine mites high. The King scoided the gatekeepers, but Jack said a trifle like that didn't harm him nor his mare. After dinner the King asked him what did he think of his two daughters and husbands. Jack said they were very good, and asked him if he had any more in his fam ily. The King said they used to have aaother daughter, the youngest, but she would not consent to marry as lie wished, and he had banished her out of his sight. Jack said he would like to see her. The King said he would never let her under company again, but he could not te fuse Jack; so the Yellow Rose was sent for. . , Jack fell a chatting with her and used all his arts to win her, and. of course, In this handsome Jack she d..d no* recog nize ugly little Hookedy-Crookedy. He told her he had heard that she had a very bad taste to fall in love with an ugly crooked wee fellow in her father's gar den. "I am a handsome fellow, rich prince, says Jack, “and I will give you myself and all J possess if you will only say you will accept me.” She was highly insulted, and she show ed him that very quickly. She said, “I won’t sit here and hear the man I love abused,” and she got up to leave. “Well.” says Jack, "I admire your spir it; but before you go,” says he. “let me make you a little present," and he hand ed her a table-clot lx "There,” says he, "if you marry Hookedy-Crookedy, as long as you have this tablecloth you will never want eating and drinking of the best. The other two sisters grabbed to get the tablecloth from her, but Jack put out his hands and pushed them back. At dinner time the next day Jack came in a dress in which he had gone into the second battle, and with the mare he clear ed the walls as the day before. The King was enraged at the gatekeep ers and began to scold them, but Jack laughed at them and said a trifle like that was never to him and his mare harmful. After dinner was over the King asked what he thought of his daughters and their husbands. Jack said they were very good, and ask ed him if he had any more in his family. The King said: "I have no more except one daughter, who won’t do as I wish, and who has fallen in love with an ugly crooked wee fellow in my garden, and I ordered her never to come In my sight again.” . But Jack said he would very much like to her. The King said that on Jack’s account he would break his vow and let her come In. So the Yellow Rose was brought in and Jack fe’.l to chat with her. He did all he could to make her fall in love with him, and then told her of all j' 1 * wealth and good possessions and offered himself to her. and said If she only would marry him she would live with ease and luxury and happlnees all the days of harr life, things she would never know with Hookedy-Crookedy. But Y r el’ow Rose got very angry, ana said, "I won’t sit here and listen to such things," and 6he got up to leave che room. "Well,” says Jack, "I admire your spir it, and before you go let me make you a little present.” Fo he handed her a purse. "Here," says he, "is a purse, and all ihe days yourself and Hookedy-Crooked> live you will never want for money, for that purse will never be empty. Her sisters made a grab to snatch it from her, but Jack shoved them back and went out, and Jack rode away with the mare after dinner and left her in ihe wood. , When he oame back to his garden he always came in the Hookedy-Crookedy ship and always pretended ha had been away on a message for the Kins. The third day he went to the tool ao-alu. He dressed in the suit in which he had gone to the first battle, and castle and cleared the walla, and when the King scolded the gate keepers Jack told him never to mind, as that was a small trifle to him and his mare. A. very grand dinner indeed Jack had this day. and when they chatted after dinner the King asked him how he liked his daughters and their husbands. He said he liked them very well, and asked him if he had any more in his fam- The King said no. except one foolish daughter, who wouldn't do as be wished, and who fell In love with an ugly, crook ed, wee fellow In his garden, and she was never to come within his sight again Says Jack, “I would like to see that girl." ’ , The King said he could not refuse Jack g„y request be made, so he went for the Yellow Rose. IVhen the came in Ja k fe 1 into chat with her and did l is very, very best to make her fall in love with him, but it was of no use. He told her of all his wealth and all his good possessions and said if she would marry him she would own all that, and a’l the days she would live, she would be the happiest wo man of the wide world, but if she would marry Hookedy-Crookedy, he eald, she would never be out of want and ra dships, besides having an ugly husband. If the Yellow Rose was in a rage the two days before, she was in a far greater rage now. She said she wouldn’t sit there to listen to that. She told Jack that Hook edysCrookedy was in her eyes a far more handsome and beautiful man than he and than any of tne King’s sons she had ever seen. She said to Jack if he was ten times as handsome and XOO times as wealthy, she wouldn’t give Hookady-Crookedy’s little Anger for himself, or for all his wealth and possessions, and then she got up to leave the room. "Well," says Jack, says he, "I admire your spirit very much, and.” says he, “I would like to make you a little present. Here Is a comb,” he said, ” and It will comb out of one's hair a bushel of gold and a bushel of stiver every time they comb with It. and. besides.” saya he. "It will make handsome the ugliest man that ever was." When the other sisters heard this they rushed to snatch the comb from her. but Jack threw them backwards so very roughly that ihelr husbands sprang out. With tho back switch of his two hands Jack knocked their husbands down sense less. The King fl< w Into a rage and said, “How dare you do that to the two finest and bravest men of this world?*’ “Fine and brave, indeed," said Jack. "One and the other too are worthless creatures, and not even your lawful sona- In-law." "How dare you >.y that?" aaya the King. ”8l rip Ihelr back* where they lie and see for yourself." And there tne King -aw written "An unlawful marrtad man." "What la the meaning of thtaT” aaya tha King. "They war* lawfully married to my two daughters and they have the golden tokens of the marriage." Jack drew out from hi3 pocket tho two golden ba&s and handed them to the King and said, "It is I who have the tokens • and handed them *o the King. The Yellow Rose had gone off to r 9 garden in the middle of all this. made the King sit down and told him all his story, and how ho came by the goldon balls. He told him how he was Hooke Crookedy, and that it reflected a great deal of honor that she the King thought so worthless would refuse to give up Hookedy-Crookedy for the one E v,' 9 thought ■ wealthy prince, and that sh 9 walked away in a hurry. The King, you may be sure, was highly delighted to grant his request. A couple of drops ; loca brought the King's two sons to their senses again, and at Jack's request they were ordered to go and live elsewhere Jack went off, left his mare in the wool and came in the garden as Hookedy- Crookedy. He told the Yellow Rose h 9 had been gathering bilberries. "O,” says she, “I have something grand for you. Let me comb your hair with this comb.” Hookedy-Crookedy put his head in her lap and she combed out a bushel of gold and sliver, and when he stood up again she saw Hookedy-Crookedy no more, but instead the beautiful prince that had been trying to win her in her father’s drawing room for the last three days, and then and there to her Jack told his whole story, and it’s Yellow Rose is the delight ed girl. With little delay they were married. The wedding lasted a year and a day, and there were at it 600 fiddlers, 60> flutere, and 1.000 fifers, and the last day was bet ter than the first. Shortly after the marriage Jack and his bride were out walking one day. A beautiful young woman crossed tha path. Jack addressed her, but she gave him a very curt reply. “Your manners are not so handsome aa your looks," said Jack to her. "And bad as they aro they are better than your memory, Hookedy-Crookedy," says she. “What do you mean?” says Jack. She led Jack aside and she told him, "I am the mare who was so good to you. I was condemned to that ship for a num ber of years, and now my enchantment is over. I had a brother who was enchant ed to a bear, and whoso enchantment la over now also. I had hopes,” she said, "that some day you would be my hus band, but I see," she said, "that you quickly forgot all about me. No matter now,” she said, "I couldn’t wish you a better and handsomer wife than you have got. Go home to your castle and be hap py and live and live prosperous. I will never see you. and you will never see me again for a while.” umim i? 5 Congress a. fsst. We handle the Yale & Towne Manufactur ing Company’s line of Builders’ Hardware. See these goods and get prices before plac ing your order else where. R B. Neau, F. P. Millard, Presldenl Vico President. Henry Bum, Jr Sec’y and Treas. NEAL-MILLARD CO. 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