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RARNWBU. SENTINKL, BARNWF.T.L.SflUlH CAROLINA PAQK THWKI he* wa.s not.> (Truce hud learmrt ago. It was the A. 15 < edge. AUil '-SO. J»J«'tvr r Paltrier .11**'- c. not 4 H.h renew* jTe' «*1 «1 eniill'ai'.esll.f'V 7 ,. -—j--hri Si 111C —Milk. >/heer('hristiiri' WriUt ert t(4**mxt> He was a famous man who had lost himself throirtf^fear, but found cotiratfe iti an inspiri ng woman’s lo ye \Mi»m to but ' for '.its -intolerant.—he -4b»jijmrf»i'-*Hl of jii-mval—M 4«wit unil -tlnrtt-il Mary Roberts RineharC wanted 'i)ppro\iibHe wanted l l»e comfortable' and,. cheer i t I. ' | refrinTtiHUiotix/ri +H.t te work -iw (►lay, a|drtHk w Ixm miv-wny^i 1 dstorted though it wa-. ajxht on a wrong basis, perhaps, Weep heart Palmer's only lough igW tells the story lying wakefully in her-, bed,* white the clock, on the rarintcl. tolled hour after hour Into the night. Palmer did not come hortiC nt ail; lie sent rinote from the idtk e in tffe nionflngT _ Sidney cqmes tCLknpW sorrow intimately,^and Christine, the t * bride, is disillusioned about her man.’ Car-now, No taxi uoruing its ueau on for us. Just a little ruu uvnr tlx*-<euuu- try roads, eh?” ( -„j ■/-■* - /•'. • It was the afternoon of, tlx* day be fore -<:HtrisrtheV .night visit to Sidney. The office had been closed. owing to a tlrath,—and Pa hirer wrtV-rrr-pnsspsalon" of a holiday. “Come on,” he coaxed. • \Ve’ll go' out to the Clubbing Rpse and have sup per.” /r.._- ' . "I d<m t want to go." “That's dot true. (Trace, und you know it.” ; * -—.“You arid I are .through.” “It’s yimr doing. . not urine. ‘The roads- are froffca-lmed; an- hour's irun into the country will. Isriug your color I., hope you, are riot worffiffl,, darling,- <The car broke nnar the - fount ry,~ (dub last niglit. and tnere'was nothing to (JoT>ut to spend trie wight there 1 would have sent you word, but I did not want to i(>use y-Ou. AVliai-do yjun.s;iy to the the- K,'JeMoytie, a queer stranger with gentle manners, becomes a roomer at tin* Page, home, presided over by Sidney, her .invalid mother, Anna, and her old maid mint. TTsTl¥F^r|6*.^^^Wfffkrr.' 'l^etfjbcrtripes a hospital nurse through the influence ot” Dr. Max Wilson, a brilliant young Surgeon, smitten with iter cliaruv. - fv. loves her from a distance, and st> does Joe 1 >rmnnn>iid, an old high-school chum. Ai tjm hospital, Sulney' leant- tin* world's sorrows. Sin*, becomes acquainted with (’harlot t a Harrison, who Juts been intimate with Wilson and Is jealous Hi. Ayiiat-uo yuiL say.. igbt^and-Jupper Jafterw ater Ion Christine whh learning. "^She tele phoned the Country club that morning, and' found that palmar had not been there. Hut, although site knew'now that ho was deceiving'her, as he al ways had deceived her; as probably he triwnys would;- she hesitated to con front' him with what she knew. She shrank, as many a woman -lias shrunk before, from, confronting him with liis Sidnev, Her chum, Christine of unoffeudin •society rake, and they trike rooms at the Page home. j»rts to livoid strangers. r Doc^r ‘Max meets him one iff* is a fatuous• IVoctor EdwiTi-yi **s,'supptitfedly deadr n*er< t nt his old friend's urgent request; ~ mother's- -tied and getting.It ready; opened windows, hfTmgbt/order and\ quietly And, then, '.with death Hu her- .♦•yes.-.she' took up her position beside her mother. This Was no time .'for weeping; that would come later. Once she'Yumed t<V K., standing watchfully beside her*- * •. >.'■ j “1 think you-hawe known .this for a long time.” she said. • And. When he did not auswer: “Yyiiy did you let me stay away from her? It would have But the second tithe it happened she ns roused. It was almost Christmas; then, and Sidney was well on the way to recovery, thinner-arid very while, but goslowly up and doWn the stair case on K,’s arm, aqd sitUng’with Harriet ami K. at tlieWIiniler, table. She pas begging to he back on duty for Chri,stmus, and K. felt that he would have to give her' up-apon*- - At three o’clock one morning Sidney roused from u light sleep to hear u rapping on her" door. “Is that you, 'Aunt Harried?“ she Trip Anna. Pagi* from their vveddin “Much you care about that— Go and ride with your wife.” said tin* girl*, and Uiirigtiway from him. The last few wo'dcs had til led out her thin figure,-hut sin* still .bore traces of her illness-. Her short hair was curled ‘ over her-head. -She-looked made much of the arrival, insisted on dinner for them that.night at the little house, -must help (Tiristiix* unpack her trunks and arrange her \yedding gifts | about the apart-ment. ^he was brighter i than sin*.had been for days-, tnore In terested. 'The wonders of the trous -i-aU tilled her with admiration and- a soft of* JW;n7m>l!u\W TTTr-i>rmiey; W ho bbeen^. gtrcjrgr little tPm-f^—- --, - vofuld have none of these, things.^ In a ; "\Vt r were trying to do our best for pathetic sort of way’l she motiri*red ’ hi.th of you,” he replied. ♦ hristitm hefiem-of Per mvn-tlmrghtef. r; Anna was unconscious and sinking Arid it was her quick e.v/that dls-' |ast r One thought phsessed „>Sldqpy. eerned sotuetliing w rong. Christine She repeated it ov+u*-and over. It came Va-s rpii happy, li’mler her-e-xeilenient it .cry fr>un tbe dept-hs of The girl’a wrs an luph-rcyrrent of reserve. Anna, new exj.erjence. . 'rich-in imuur'niity if in nothing else-, “She has* had y little-of life,” she felt.it, iLWi in reply to some speech of J said, over and over. “So little! Just Ci»ristine‘s that struck her as hard, not 'liis Street. , She never knew anything curiously boyish, almost,.-sexless. Because-, she saw him wince when she mentioned Ch rial ins;, her ill temper ■jjHHcoawotl., Shu.showed her teeth. _^_!‘YoU-fiCt out of iiere." slie said sud denly. “I didn’t aak ’you to come hucIC*- I don't wunt you.” “Good he»iyens, Gra><»* You atwayu knt*w I would have to marry somur day." . T ’. called , “It’s Christine. - May. I .come in?” SidneyjlnTocked her door. Christine slipped into the room.—She earrimi a candle*and before she spoke she looked at Sidney’s watch on the bedsidP pihle. “I hoped my clock was wrongs" she said. “I am sorry to waken you, Sid*" uey. hut I don’t know what to do,” Nearly all girl the silky* and fill A pretty evening dress which does not lookroo (11 mciiU To ropy is imuw-n - And- dOHilv-K. n.ok i-f-Uft. Are you ill ?’ mouinliuuf for evening, «;nul itf i-mir.-^e tliev. oir*. itr-h-rughed rlit her sheepishly i tt—ttm—ti r-n im pti n\i n g' Tiir-turc.—-ft—hw« No. Palmer has not come home, likely to know this. Therefore,..every once in a while the up-to-date; young p»Vsoii is apt to insist Un a tjew party frock, and to keep.matters stirring un til she gets ft. Rut she is not exacting as fo material, as anile. Prettv col-; "I had to be careful.v You know that as well as I do. I know half the staff there. Besides, one of -’’ lie liesl- a plain ■ .taffeta underskirt and- a net overdress, a low nocked undt-fbodice with net overhodiie and short sleeves- i* of net. Patterns of similar designs are' furnished, by all tin* standard pattern “What time i$ it?” “After three o’clock;” • -i" Sidney had lighted the gas and was throwing on her dressing gown. “When he went out did he say—” rid nothing. W-e—had been rile *iio(- bodice-is-Hqimre ttts-Trinl* sninri style: In the inakiti ■utnpanio* -two fnen km when shP- went True, of (‘iiurse. But why “That should the woman- do all the adjust ing?” - . * : "* “Men are_r.n<»re set.” stiid poor Ahnti. who liyd never been ser In anything m her life, ',1-t Is harder for them-to gi.\e- in., .And. of eourse;-'"t i alitier- ,is oider. and his habits ’’ ‘ “Tlie less Mt\ about Palmer’s hab its the better,” flashed Christine. “I lipnear to have married a Imneh of lit-i hits* cpiarteUug. Sidney, I am going lutuie in flte morriing.” ‘(You/don’t mean that, do you?” ,“I>on’t I look as if I mean it? How much of this sort, of thing is .a 'woman suppose t«i endure?” " -- , ‘•Perhaps he Ivas'lfeen delayed^. These ; tiring.^ id-ways seem terrilfle in the nftddn* ot-plie, night, ijut by mofning—" ( Tnistine H liirTed on. her. neck and (lie. u pj<*rdrt*Hs in away. Ir was H arriet who collapsed. I luring- alt that long evening .she had s;it looking back .over years of sinall unkihdm*ssMS. The thorn of Anna’s in- '• t!ici<*ncy* had ahvirys rankled in her tlesli, s»h»* had heeiivhard, um'ompro* mi>ing.iTiw":ir11»d. And now.it was for- e^erfoM lap;. ly.‘ Inoi; watched Stdivey, carefully, "no* In- thought s^ie was fainting, and wen; ♦,, i,,. r I:nt sin' shook her head. “I. : - '.all'/right. ' 1 *o. vou think you A hit of sll- hottom’ of the ntjve]o>yk*rsklrt a? tin* lm<-k and front, learn Anjotig the new; design* for evening fur-, dresse* there is a captivatiug-r*ue mud.*# their of wide soft satin gibbon aud white elye?( ig-t. The skirt is flounced with ulter- tiuu;, bating rutiles, of the*ribbon and groups purl of narrow frills of tJie net. ^Tie short n .her•'-sleeyes are of net frills and th(*re i^> a and m-t sur^ih-e- wjTli a J*it of the sqtiD 1. 1 ribbon at the front itm! jtaek. tlotnieoil over time, cirntd’’ get Them at mom while s t (low n list lessly \-.na iiibved about, busy w ith the small : cl ivitLev. tl^t siAUgl4ed-.lu*i\—* =. •Christine; was nm without eo(n*nge. She was malvMH^.jmbTTrVe clutdrat liap- {.mess. But that.afternoon of the first ■lily at bottle she was territied. She Aimi«- -W I Pffr -ahd leTT her almie by her lire. “He’s gone hack to her.” ' >.J “( liri.stine! Oh. I'm . Sure you’re wrong. He’s devoted to you. Oh, 1 don’t .believe/ it!” v \ . "Relieve it or not.” said Christine- doggetiiy. “thiit's exactly what has hup- -liUiJCll. "1 got». S.U!! O.'.t .11 i U g^J (Wl _ of ..tllikL.! TlTrn^rvrt Of a Uosenfeld hoy, and .the-l TTT *!iuse K know i’almer. ! IK-’s out with her tonight:” Tin*^ifigpitill laid tauglit Sidney_one ; tljing: thut it took many people to make a world, and thut* out. of these ' smut’ were inevitably vicious. But Vice.j find remained for her -a tdear ai>stra<.*-.; i hui. iT&eye were sucli people, and he- w minutes He cleared the roTuri and took his >iL'il »nit>id(* tht* door. And. as lit* *>tood tie-re. lie thought Of what lie had satdlo Sidney about the Strget. If.wa^ ■ ■ ''11-1,1 I,!' iiown,—Here in this very list* death rind separation; ib,.r- - \- ft -"*.' I.: . : 1m * : i »•: -i fbl Paijtier hegi-nni-rig a, long and-doubtful fuMna*. together; himself, a failure, and .'I ( ’* :iii lfUpostur. - \ When lie openetl'Tilt* tloor again/Sid- m\y w^as siariding^h;; her mother’s bed. J-lA 'w t rijL ro heY nod she mimed' and Anna. Be .Mbyiie found her cuiieli in till* transtdrified sewin * ' • .- v rind gave her a fluiclfr glarice pf hetiSjon. . 4^1n* was propped up..high with pillows, with a’bottle tif uromatie room put In r head against his shoulder like [yst—short -of breath," she pifutydr- I must get dow'n,. Sidney—is eoin- i/ tired child was in the-world for service cause o nn» away Atm hoim to suptH*r; atid-^the oth- ers—Paltrier and—” That was its far as she got. K.. watch in hand, found hei v p*ti1se* thin. stringy, irregular. He had heed pre- “pared for some .stnili ejnt*rgeney, and iit- hurried into his room! for 'afnyl jn* •t rit11*^_ WheiLdliti cii m> Hjmg aim was almost unconscious. There was no time even to call Katie. I^e broke fhe capsule in a towel, and held it over her. ~i:icfv "After j« time the spasm febixcd, onb caretl for them. ‘Eveu 1 the Snvtour fully. ■ , A-ftd. with his arTriTiroum^her, he led her o.iit fff the room. * , - hud. la;en kind to the wmmm ef the streets. ' • —But here abruptly Srdtrey found the Oulsiile ,>f l„. r sw „|| immediate ifefm/tice ..flilie Wert, 1-that cause of this vice the good sutler more than tlie wicked. Her young spirit rose in hot relation. “It* isn’t fair'.” she dried. '“It makes the hate all the men'in the" world. Palmer cares for you, and yet he._cttc j do a 11ring like ^ : - Chfi«rine ' was pacing! nerv<iuk 1 y tip and dow n the room. Mere ebmpanion- ftbip^ had sootheiFher; ^ire was now*. on t the surface at lea At, less excited Take Me Away. K.,“ She “S*ri^_,Pitl fully. r :,/ V circle'Anna's death was hardly felt. The .liftle ,house went on much as’ffe- Tbre\ I hi rrie.t carried hack to her busi ness Vi heaviness qf spirit that made it difficult to bear wifb,ttie small• irritfa- tion.s of her ilay. \ On SHlncy—and. In less mea-stir?! of coth^e? on K.—- fell the jea! brunt of the disrisHuk Sidney kept tip well Until after the .funeral, hut, went down the next day with a low tilted over his wife’s name. “A girl I know very. t weU' was in the training school.' There would have been the devil to-pay if I'd as much as Three Classes of Hats. You never told me you'were going but her condition rent furlpiorse 'satfim-oveiiug, leaves, apphrii find collar. Anytime afternbon It may he worn, with ’theTissunince‘1 ha t noth ing. iiretth*/ Is gulug. to he lriet with, because it isji gem in mlHipery. o get ’in.-: rriod-" , ■ . - * _ •" Th ri'-i*'liaf s'ti^Tbngi ri g' 11*"( liree- el asses Cornered, he slipped an arm around tuillim.*r\ iniite you. to familiarize lei-. But she shook him off. yourself witli their dis-tipet cUaraeter- meant to t*-l!- you, fhqney; but vou" i * ri, ’ s “ '.uherw i>e. tv lien you go out to (it sick. ’ 'Anyhow, ]—I hated to-Veil • »>uy you; nre OuhleTq jpuke'a *inNji%. Harriet, w ho' had come, home by that' time,-sut by the couch and lurid her MsteCs hand/ Only once iri thfl next hour qr so di?T'she v speak. They luid than Sidney verworli Doctor 1-ld sonCTiir ''rTdcinr'TginUlI IVe HllirTtnT ■RnMMMMRnNMMBIHniBIMPRMM M mde the hospi t ul ybif; IHJllHj.' 1 mams -some yet. Harriet was too wretched to notice the professjoilnl manner, in which K. set to \york over Anna. *Pve been- a .very hard sister to her.” she said. “If yo«-«in jiull her through. MJ try to make up for it." „ Christine sat nq the stairs outside, frightened and helpless. Thev hud T.“nT’ 7V>n?TiTnT sortment of millinery. Some enterpris ing and smart shops iip\v“place a small tag in each tint for tlie enlightenment, of 'bewildered cust'oiriels. . This little lag beiirs a legeu'd.__yyiiich p!ayV*s' v the httt'in'the tight <:las.v. Tjiese little tags say w ltli finality •sports, wear." or tdttT g/- (i r~ r ~Ttrl ? heaven.” she said. “There are deeen men. My father is one. and your T\ here iu the bouse, is another.’^-/” — At * four o’clock in the motvtin Palmer Howe cairn; home. Christ in ritej; him in tin* low er hall. .11/ a a -rttthiT pale, hut entirely sober, SJi. confrohfbil him in lu*r straight wiiir -gtwn-aad-wiyilial T )ir higi to -sneak. . again until Christmas. Morning and evening K. stoppi'd at he^r door and itiq'Htred for her. and tnorhing and eve ning came Sidnt*y’*creply: , v% Mttcli' hettet, rll surely be up to morrow. ’.’ j. But tin* dries’ dragged oh Hnd she (lid" not get about. I lo w ils Lairs. Christine ‘an3~*raTThW~ He had, fttrnished t^+e~-flat for her. There was -n conifiTrtahle feeling of coniin g home ahoi; t going there if gain. rst ininut-c* of he was visibly happier. But Grace^ontituied to stand eyeing him somberly/ And, now that tlte-lw their meeting was o’vvr Pontine Coats. • un tin* Southltuid’ traius/Tnuny a smart motor, coat is to be sera—w orn This hat is for trav but the lime House ■T tntvctog^Tvrap. (hr. *lm T ' T- T(Vr afternoon Momt>oTTn*T!T carried over the arnlTif maid or foot liaiT rib telephone. ainLtlu message waa. I. qm sorry to j»e so late, Chris. ,r luyj had ettyoTcd on tim round of tnldwtureg Oo you'think thit Christine is 4dc.. etc. At this imU* was -a" tipw:.’ ttfjrt site lia'S" At six o’clock Doctor Ed came pant ing up the stairs and Into the room driving fix-* car- out -Seyen Mile run. .Wer blew out a tire and the thing turned over.” — * . Christine noticed that his right arm was hanging inert by his side. „ lively oho, There were dinners and . dances, week-end eX< irslons' to ' try houses. The Street grew joined to seeing-uut 'iuohiles stop be fore the littje'house at all hours of the ^H&hB Johnny Roserifeld, driving Palmer's cur; took to falling a'sleep at ’The wheel in broad dayljght. and voiced his discontent to his mother. “You never know where you are with them guvs/^MwiId briefly. ‘-‘We start out for half an hour's run in the eve- learned her h'usband!? Jfrue na ture, in (joing back to her folks and in securing a divorce? gage- Tt is surprising how many of these coats are of pontine—a material with glossy,* w yxed ,out**r 'Surface and Inner Surfacri of^ soft silk or satin— >oinetimes »f clotJiT And th^ colors nr** wonflerfuB.—-‘'Puntriu* coats with borders of fur are es; Xhiirn for the “woo suin' hours,” In the group shown here tlx* hat at tlx* left i- for sports wear. It is bf .oyster-while silk .iiL. a heavy crepe weave, with griyly* colored disks : 'to give it fhe-■ iright vivacity. Tlx* facing is of \vhiio miilTifery braid and a single Ibr.'g and handsome quill appears to have li-t ox tlx* brim, in millinery, as in other lothos. there Is ho limit-^H -the coun K-, stood back "Well, this\I t s sad. Harriet,” said Doc tor Ed. “Why in~ the name of .heaven, w hen I waan’t around, didn't you get iinother doctor. If- she had haXlsdSne HUiyl nitrate—” -- “I gave her soriae nitrate of amvl," said K. quietly. “There was really "no time to send for anybody. t She almost went under at half-past five.” mai rnn'vim Doctor Ed“did not suspect K.’s secret. He gave a quick glance at this tall young man who spoke sd quietly of what he had done for the Sick woman, and went om with his work. H'O BE CONTINUED.) CHAPTER la 1^1 j*'in favor, and since this material is, warm, aa well ns Ilght. nri<rsheds water ns suc cessfully as anj* actual leather coat fabric, It is much In. demaud for. rao- Baukite _Erorii Dutch Guiana. . Bauxite r was dtsCoyerefl about 14 months, ago-by a mining engineer on private properties situated on the Young' Howe had been firmly re solved to give up ajl his bachelor'hab its with-his wedding day.- In his Indo lent, rather selfish way,"he was much '•ports I- -ujui-agui!- SUririam riVi'K ’f/Jtr^ Hours'—Journey rittHhfimmiT t i Tnlove with ms wire. nlng, ano get bonle wlth the milk wag- ons. And .the more some of them have had to drink, 4he more they want to drive the machine* If r get a chance. I’m going to |^eat y It while the wind's irotri I'aftimkriob'. Dnb'fl Gtil.'inSI" Til? 1 es’t pontirie coats of the season fall* in ripples below a graceful crossed sash-girdle and\ v il edged at the foot with a broad hand of bearer matching the heaver*collar and deep cuffs.’ weaiT/tiie small tifrban of black i sitld '|r;iw braid demonstrates x titay.scorn color of any kind >i;t ,^( Uicyc tlx* pinnacle j»f sinarit- . 'T!i r < Imp** is n /tiilracle of bb- But with the inevitable misunder standings of the first months of mar riage had come a desire to be appreci ated once again at his face value, area over which the bauxite deposits have been , found und Which discloses various outcrops, is Bio kilometers long and ten kUometersWlde f82"fey 6.2 -miles). It Is not yet possible to give any idea of the amount of bauxite (Stfthln this area. The bauxite enm- pany now operating (seems Interested ogly An the highlands and hill depos its. It )a in possessj.A, of the moat ray way Grace had taken him, not for what he But. talk as he might, in Johnny Sidney arrived a little after .six. and nd if is finished In the waa, but for what he seemed to be. With Christine the veil was rent. She knew him now—all his small Indo lence*. his affectations, his weaknesses. Later on. like other women since the from that moment the confusion in the iy with a satin-lined bluckr fastened by a ith s:\tih-covered. bttt- Black Silk Jeney kllta. \ ^ Separate skirts of black atlk janey knife plaited are very popular forVaar Roaenfelds* loyal heart there was no thought of desertion. Palmer ha<d giv en him a man's job. and lu* would stick by It," no matter what came. sickroom was at an ena She moved Christine from the stairs, where Katie on her numerous errands must crawl \ it.-'.r at the right la all to blouses be of a brilliant lKiiinW!I.WBaniiniOTffn’