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PAOC THACB
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j; It is cruel ito forse nauseating,
- harsh physic inijo a i~4_
1* , sick child. <
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at your childhood days.
insisted
oil, cak>®«4, cathartics,
TyiHow you hated them, how you (ought
v ;:^ Jegainst taking them.^—
With our children It's different.
*Motherg who ,tling to the old form of
) . ; ;physia simply) deb t realifee What they
: l •; (do." mrnmmfi revhlfis well-found-
t ,■ *ed. Thelf tender, little “insides” are
; | ^ (injured by them.
> ( - f If your child's stomach, liver and
\ Ibowels need cleansing, give oniy deli*
; • ^ jcious “California Syrup of Figs.’' It#
li^-acllonjs positive- but gentle. Mill Iona
* j t Jof mothers keep this harmfess "fruit
>v' laxative” handy; they know children
' Xpove to*take it; that it never fails to
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mystery story,
courage
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By MARY
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, clean the liver and bowels and sweet
ie i en the stomach, pud that a teaspoonful
> ■-") given today saves a sick child tomor
row. -- . < ' ■';
\ v ; ' Ask at the store fqr a 5(j)-cent bottle
IX j° f "Califortiia S^rufj) of Figs,” felifeh
> ; has full directions •fo r babies, children
> r • or all ages and for grown-ups plainly
On each bottle. Adv.
17-YEAR LOCUST AGAIN DUE
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Corning of Periodical Cicada Is Pre-
v dieted jn Pennsylvania by Col-.
lege'Professor. ...
The "17-y car-locust" i-> due. in
Pennsylvania thN'"; jvfii*. ' according
to OjT-- ft Hadley, ' .Tr.. in charge
<rf ; fuitomoLogy. exti-iiMon at Slate col
lege. The post is w liat is kuowu as
“ | a .
I “brpod eight of' the peritxllea! el-
■cada," ahil it a|M»ear«“d here
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libipy;p warned about p.|iui^dn and «k”
RECEIVES AN APPEAL TO HELP HER
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w?
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home/ Jiresidt'd .mep iy '^Uluej. her
1 efc*U-« / -'fRSh»OUttl>le dressennket-. Tin
A ;nysttnflouS| stranger;, K. jl.eMoyue,. takes a room itt the* JPw*
‘ * ‘ her mother, Anna, and her aun(,'*' J
git the itfitTrcrrce’ of I nk'jJtox
Wilson, a brilliant young surgeon smitten with tier charm, Bhljijej
becomes n r hospital nurse. K.- loves her from u' distance; s«> v <4ae$
erratic Joe Drummond, uii old schoolmate. At the hospital Sfcfofy
makes the acquaintance of Carlotti li.arrlsou, who bus been ovep-h>-
limnu- w 1th Dr. Wilson ami -wlio—is-jeahms-of t,ho tHnoceid nHAycOqahr.
Sidney's chum, Christine Lorenz, marries I’aimer Howe, a society rake,
and they take rooms with the I’ages. Howe turns traitor (<>
bride. \ His arm is broken;lh a. jay-'fh.Ung acc ident taud Johnt/y Kosen-
feld, his cjuiuftiiti is t^oR-talVyj »4J UI TO 1011 dscoyera, 0at
LeMoyne is a famous Doctor Edwardes, living incognito, : aii<l kwps
the secret. Carlotta Harrison poisons Johnny Itosenl'eid. a [.atieotiat
the liospitul. and puts/the blame oh Sjdney who is njuspended- When
this installment begins, she is at home discussing With K. the advis
ability-of givlirg up hospital training. • t
loose. He was thin; his neck showed
it. "
j “I’m just eating my heart out for
1 you, aiuLttiat’s the truth. And it isn’t
! only that. Everywhere I go, people
1 say, ’There’s the fellow Sidney Page
turned down when she went Into the
hospital.' INe got so I keep off the
Streef-ns muci> as I can.”
stayed at
J^jB’With her. lie was so
discontented tbitf he drove her almost
to destruction, Although she was con
vinced: that in- was seeing- nothing 'of
the girl who hn<l l**en with him the
bight of the accident, sh« did pot trust
him. Not that giri, perUajis, liut there
were others. There would always l>e
oHu»r>»* i '•
Iftto Chrlstitit’tp little par)of. .iheo,
> <r * %
Tft*
LarAe
For
When you buy
Yagor’a Lia^
ment jrou g«tl
-
splendid value ! t Th^
Idratkott
imots thtt lS« u*u*rbottfc <*f lictv-
•old u But price.
•dati
•prainj. cuts a^id braises.
At sit <J^alws —priec.?S cents.
YAGER'S
INIMENT
QILBKRT BROS. 4 CO.
Uaminors. Md.
4. *•
STOCK UCK IT-STOCK LIKE IT
K. turned.mte .spring evening. Stie
#at ‘
Sidney was half alarmed, 'half irri
tated. .This wild, excited hoy was not
the doggedly faithful youth she had ' Wqs reading by the,lamp, *ud the door
always knovvQ. It s«*etpcd to her that into the hat? stood ^;*eu. Tlie little
underneath his quiet manner and cure- room aivvuys chefrvj h'. "Its warmth 1
fully depressed voice therp_. lurked ~ and light appeuied to *ts • nnhettc •
something irrational, something she sense; after the baivness of kif bed-
'.^bulRiunl; i >
HforATj^I ' ;
a f v/‘. ;
; way and smiled tic-muiously back at
j him.
i “You have done me a lot of good.
CHAPTER XVI—Continued.
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■ “That 'w’ouhl be fiMilish, wouldn t it,
when you have done so well? And, | You almost make me belteVe in tny-
besides, since you arc not. guilty, Sjd- self.”
ney-*r — - • -
“I didn’t do it!” she cried passion
ately. “Hut I can’t keep otft thut’s
all tl>etv is to It. 1 ke«*p saylug to my-
last in se jj j ‘You didn’t do it. you didn’t do
T000. A It;’ and gU the time something Inside
"This is one of tlie largest insect of ine is saying, ‘Not now, perhaps;
broods.to. occur in this state," IIndn\v but sometime you may.’” She lookeil
r * says. "While locusts :t re usually of tip at him forlornly/ “I am just dot
,. . Importance-mainly hecaiis'e <>f the pop- brave enough, K.” ■ ;
t ular-Interest nroused. it is] quite pt>s- j. “Wouldn’t It be braver to keep on?
sible thqt cons • b*- Aren'-t you giving up very easily?"
7■cansed ln. ihmu.^ pk yos where tht- ln- Her worhl wus in pieces about her/
l- | 3ects appear in unusual abundance.’’— atl( | she felt alone iu u wide and empty
Vhiindelphla North Auierlcnn. place And, because her nefrfbs were
re ready to
liim *brdw-
l
“I think, you are all afraid I will
come back to stay.'P- Nobody really
w’lmts nm auywhefi'—in alj the wy^ld?
any
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# . i QZ
Good Medicine
drawn taut until they we
snap.'Kidney turned <
on
place. 1 nm no use.” ' v
- ’ “\l*hen you say that nobody wants
you,’ sidd K.,.not Very steadily, “I—I
think yow are muking a mistake."
She scamved his face closely, and.
We Sincerely believe-that Swamp—jreading there something she did not
udd
mean Joe Dr urn*
ie a preparation of real medicinal understand, she colored suddenly.
got If ta naonmmonrlArl fr» /4a h* > >\ ' *
.. > _ We have been selling Dr.
4Swamp-Root for about twelve years and
^u'r patrons seem to l>e always satisfied
_ v . with the benefits reertved from Tts use,
, invariably speaking very highly of the
preparation. We know where it has cured
-1 - Ytone ln the bladder. Have also
in oar own families with the best of re
sults.
Root
• value for what it is recommended to do.
(Signed) Youtb truly,
i J H. KENNEDY A CO;
' V .. Druggists,
j. Aug. 12, 1909. Gastouia, N. C.
• ’ Personally appeared before me this 12th
| , day of August, 19*19, J. H. Kennedy, who
j subscribed the above statement and made
oath that the same is true in substance
and in fact.". >
1 W. Hi A DA MS j ‘
Nctary, Pu«OC. ,
Prove Whit Swamp-Root Will Do For Vo
Sefiifr*teti cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co.,
Binghamton. N<«_Y_. for a sample Atze bot
„^tje. It will convinoe anyone. You will
Hip receive* a booklet of valuable infor
mafroj'. telling about the kidheys and blad.
1 der. ^ When writing, J»e sure and mention
this pap» r*N. Regular fifty cent and one-
52 —^dsba'r size bottles for safe at all drug
Kihn^r** ' Not ut the Hospital, not hefo, #0
"That’s because I believe In you.”
With a quick movement that was
one of h^r charm.**, Sidney suddenly
could not cope with.. She looked up at
him helplessly. ■ ■ ^ yv
“Hut w;hat do you w;ant mq to do?
You—you almost frigliteu me."'
“You’re going buck7“ > *’- •~ T ^
“Absolutely.” .
“Because you love the hospital, or
because you love somebody connected
with the hospital?"
Sidney was thoroughly angry by this
time, dngry and reckiVss. She had
come through so much that every
nerve was crying in passiofnrte pro
test.
“If it will make you understat/d 1
things any better,” she cried, "
going back’ for both reasons^,’
room, it spelled luxury. -And perhaps,
to be entirely frank, her evident pleas
ure in his society gratified him. t’liris-
tioe’s smull coquetries were nut best on
film/ The evenings with her did Some
thing to reinstate him in his own self
esteem. It was subtle.' psychological,
but ulso it wus very human.
"Come and sit dqwn.” said Christine.
"Here's a clmir, and here are eiga-
rettes and Hi.ere are mntcfies. Now!”
Behind him. Christine/stood watch
ing his head in the light of the desk
lamp. “What a strryfg. quiet face it
is,” she thought. 'Vhy did she get the
••3iTo:«roatc ‘ ; !
' *1 <11
For Horse*, Cattle, Sheep
■ad Hogs. Contains Cop
peras for Worms, Sulphur
for the Blood, Seltpeter
for the Kfdaeys, Nux
Dairy Salt. Used by Vet-
erinariana 12 yeon< No
Doaing. Drop Brick la
feed box. Ask y oar dealer
for Bteckman’a or write
BLACKMAN STOCK REMEDY COlfANT
CHATTANOOCA. TENNESSEE
" 1 i ■ 1 ■" 1 . . ..
Seeds and Plants
CANE SEED. Velsei
Millet, Soy
&
Peat, Cotton Seed. Meed PeKonte, Clovers, U
Rsee* Uape. Maed Potatoes;Meed Corn, BudamOrnss!
Write us for prloe list. Ilrty let f—>«ey,Bby, I. C.
SWEET POTATO PI.ANTE. Grown treat **nn-
In© true at name seed stock.• Heady for April. May
and June shipments. Varieties: Nsncy Ball. Porte
Rioo Tam, PaUeeaw Yam and Trlusuph. 1.008 to
El,000 at 1160 oer thousand; »,0OU to 60 000 at 11.40 pet
thousand; 60,800 and above at «1.3b per thousand
i i*rr* r pOW
She was sorry the uext moment. But ; c i i . r \ Li UU( ] a c j
< IONt*(l the door and slipped bugk into idler words seemed, surprisingly enough,
tlie room. K.. lieariqg the door close, i to steady him.. For the first time, he
thought she had gone, and dropped ( iput down,
heavily iuto-Ji chair,
“My best friend in all ^l»e IMorld!”
said Sidney suddenly from behihd him,
and, bending over, she kissed him- ou
the cheek. ,
The next instlant the door had Closed
behlmTTierr aniTTv. was lefi vatloue to Suddenly:
bliss fis the
— t. .
**
Plucky Danish^<^aptain
Vt? In fu in—every—M-ipi'f*! * . '-vord *
Is the t-apiuin oj^the l*anish steaiinuv
Iris which..-sallirtg' from "on** .neutral
j
tmrt to another and having iio'eoiifrii-
-as
hand aboard, was halted by a (lermaii
submarine, and the crew ordered to
leave the sLip. in order that It might
be. sunk. The- Danish > aptain tliit fy
refused to leave his sliip. "You may
^luk us, hut I ami my men will remain
<>n hoard.”-lie-told the submarine rum-
ninndcr. And ills pluck won. Ills ship
was allowed to proceed "when it wa?f
seen , that’ Tie knew Ids right*' and was'
not) afraid to assert them. •
I believe yon
tnond." .
“No; I do not mean Joe.Drummond.” i
If he had foqnd any encouragement \
in her.face, he .w'ould have gone on
recklessly; hut her black eyes w arned
him ‘ ■ - . - t
, “If you mean Mar WUsph,” said ;
Stduey, f’You arc entirely,.wrong. HFs j
not in lirive with mu. ‘Anyhow, after
rhjs (lisgra.ee- “ - - ... t ..
“There is no disgrace,, child,”
"He'll think ine careless/ at the
least. And his iifiaits are so high. K.”
"You say he Hke^ to la; with yon.
What about J*>U?" -.
Sidney' had been - sitting in a* low
(*hrtir by tlie tire.. 'U Ilii a ‘suil
’lRU, passib'nato Oiovemqnt. Ia the in-.,
formality of tlm liViseljoId, sliediiid.'
visited jy. in her dressing pmu and
such wretchedness nnd
evening brought hint,
i Job iHmitvnoud came fo se«. $lduey
jthe next day. JSty* woul|l hatf; avoid-
led Him cdtiHl.. Mit Miifii hud
ushered him up to the stwoihiTooin
boudoir before she had tipjh es
cape. She had not seen tlie boy for
two months, and the cluing? ih him
startled her. He was tliinder, rather
hectic/ scrupulously weir dressed.
“Why, Joe!" she said, ^ind then:
“Won’t you sit down?”
He was still rather theatrical. He
dramatized ^himself, as he had that
night the'June before when he had
asked Sidney to marry him. He stol^t.
/Then, as far as I Trnr~comrrmed,
It’s all over, Is It?”
“Yes, Joe. I told you that long
ago" ~
He 8eetned hardly to be listening.
His thoughts had ranged far ahead.
T /am [ ioipression of such u tremendous re- ; kwofea of f©ttim<i
• - L--.5 7" . prompt d©llv«rv and good plant* Ktarmb-r *i
. ■ I serve power iu this Ulan who was ft 1 eonnt and «af* dollverr to yoor ©sprftM
. I , : J , , ■. .. Dffioo. a»*ka r^Mtr nut a<U TrMk r M .
k only? /Behind liim | - - - • —y——
she made a qpfek. unconscious gesture Haaty With Hi* Gun.
of appeal, l>Oth hards Out for an in- -New Dentist (ifi Frozen'Dog)—Will
dropped them guiltily a« -you trfke gas? - r
‘You think Christine has her hands
full with Palmer, don’t you?^W^ll, if
slippers; and
him, ‘a tragic
the—folds of
breast.^
m»\V she stood before
young"'figure, clutching
her " gow n across
'I worship liim v K„" she ^aith tragi-
i
a
and
/j'i
’ t
cleanse your liver
^ sluggish bowels while
* . you- sleep. *
Get a 10-cent box.^
Rick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath—always r ftfee OTem td 'torpid
liver. clelayedrfenaenClng (ood In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach J
—Poisonous-matter clogged in the-in
testines, instead of being cast out
cally. "When I see him coming, 1
want to get dpw^i.and let him walk
on me. WJie'fTT'si-e him in the oper
ating r/iom, cool mid culm,.whiisP ev
eryone else is flustered anti excited, lie
—he looks like a god.”
Then, half ashamed of her outburst,
she turned her back to him and stood
gazing at the small coal tire. It was
as well for K. that she did not $ee ? his
face. ’ ■ ■ ’L' "r
“It’s real, all this?" lie askiWvgfter
u pause. “You’re sure i-t’s pot- jlist—
"glamour. Sidney?" « -
“It’s real—terribly^ real.” Her voice
was {iiuffled. and h(? tmnv then that
she was- crying. ‘4 •, ..,-/■
le was iniglitify ashamed of it.
! Tears, of course, except iu tlie privucy
, of one’s closet, were hot ethical on the
street.
“Perhaps he cares-very much, too.”
“Give me a handkerchief," said Sid
ney in a muffled tone, and the little
i'scene was/ broken into whjle K.
j searched - thronglc a huretttr 'dm wer.
you take Miix Wilson, you’re golqg to
have more trouble than Christine ever
dreamed of. I can tel) you some things
about him now that will make you
Wdnk twice.”
- But Sidney had reached her limit.
She went, j)ver and flung open the
/door.—“
"Kvery.word tlmt you say shows me
how right I am in not marrying you,
Joe," she said. “Real men do uot
say those things about' each other un-<
der any circumstances. You’re be
having like a^bad boy. I don’t want
‘-you to come back until you have
grown up.”
He was \4ry white, but he picked
up his hat and went to the door.
“I guess I am crazy,” he said. “I've
been wanting to go away, but mother
raises such a fuss—I’ll uot annoy you
any more.” *— ■ ' ■
He left her standing thdre and ran
down the stairs and out into .the
street. At tlie foot of the steps he
almost collided with Doctor Ed.
“Back to4»ee ‘Sidney?” said Doctor
E(1 genially. ' “That’s tine, Joe. I’m
i glad youive made it up."
.. Tlie boy went blindly—down—the-/'
TSttccL
stant. Sh
to
yqUli aow, K.,” she said, /
\vons\u the woman will
ies you ?’’ -1
1 good-humoredly. j
hoW It ag i ’could hypno- |
thinkii g that/’ , J
,1‘Tve had time to do a Tittle think
ing lately,” she said, without bitter
ness. “Palrnef is a vay so much now,
I’ve' been looking back, wondering if I
ever thought that about him. I don't
believe 1 ever did. I wonder—"
Bronco Bill—Will it hurt much If 1
Tlou’t?
New Dentist—It will.
Bronco BUI—Then, stranger, for
your sake I reckon Td better tain* It.
FEW MOTHERS REALIZE
how many delicious dishes can b# pre
pared with Skinner's Macaroni; and
Spaghetti. For this reason the Skin
ner Mfg. Co. have prepared a beautl-
1 She-checked herself abruptly and
sat down. After a moment: “Has U
ever occurred • to you how terribly
unixed up things ire? Take this
Street, for instance. Can you think, of
anybody on it that—that things hava
goue*eutirely right with?”
“It’s a little world of its own, of
coudWT’ said K., “and it has plenty
of contact points tvith life. But wher
ever one finds people, many or few,
one finds all the elements that make
up life—joy ' and sorrow’, birth and
death, and even tragedy. That’s rath.-
w trite,..isa’-Llt?”
Christine was, still pursuing her
thoughts. ; 1 f t I '•
"Men are dlfferei t," she said. “To
u certain extent they make their own
pfates. But when you Think of the
1 ful CCok Book containing red pea tell-
I lag how to serve It In a Hundred dlf-
■ ferent ways. Write Skinner Mfg.
Co., Omaha, Neb., for a free copy/ [ All
| good grocers everywhere sell Skinners
Macaroni and Spaghetti.—Adv. 7
’ Barber Worked by Pattern. 4 ’
A man wearing his hair'long Under
a Wide western hat and concealing his
face behind a beard of much length
and breudth strode Into the barber
shop of the Parker house In Boston
and settled into a choir- “Justamin-
ute,” he said, searching in a. pocket.
“Five years ugo I cqme to Boston and
got a shave nhd haircut' here. T liked
the work so well that I had, my pic
ture taken. Here Is _ the picture.
That^i how I wunt Jto look. Do It-,
again.” And with the photograph on
a stand before him as a pirttern, the
Avomen on the Stieet—Harriet Ken
nedy, Sidney. Page, myself, even Mrs. harber began operations,
Ilosenfeld back In the alley—some- * -
; body else molds thi igs for us, and all- - knew the Game. •'*.
can do is to sit back und suffer.- que n f B4-Ws,4afet.
CHAPTER XVII. ,
Winter r-elaxed its clutidi slowly that
Tahiti hegiumng to think the world is poured and having searched in vain for
terrible place, K. ^Jk^-4L J --ueoulG--i^iTrt imr.m- i/nh ffj-iy.i HIT
tjfttl*-*’ playmate suggesilng that With
the assistance of Harold's hlfdJdog
\\ why is It. they might recover the pet. The play-
ycar.- ^Mnrtdi whk btttcrly n»hT; even
April foiind the roads still frozen and-
tlie hedgH'ows clustered with ice.- But
so ohen flurry the \Tong people? Why
can’t a man care for one Woman und
only one all his lift?
1 all so (•ompltcnt^dT’
“There ara t 'stieu who cafe for only
, one woman all thWr lives.".
“I'm Just Eating My
-7-" - You."
Heart Out for;
' 1 r*
doorway.
II<‘ cffereil
just luside t-lie
M, _
nut. after surveying her briefly, her
black gown, the lines around her eyes:
“You’re not going hack to that place,
of course?'
“I—I haven’t decided.” ‘ !
stared at her incredulously.
“You don’t mean that you nrd going
to stami l'or this sOrt^of thing? Every
time smne fotrl rnakcs'tr-misttrkc, jtre
i “
Then K. questhmed her, alternately they going to hhtme It on you?’
soothing and probiag. - -“PMo>e -4i»fl't b * theatrtcitl.-- Dome
“Who else had access -to-the-modi- -in and sit- down. 1 cau 1 t"taik .tnry/nT^!
*' Ine closer/”
T
of the system is reabsorbed int,o the
bloody When this poison reaches the
delicate brain ftlssher it caasos eon-’
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleayse-the
stomach, remove t^ie s^ur, tn^lgested
fobd and fouh Bases/ tfike the'' excess
bile frdm the TiYer and^carty out sll
the constipated waste matter and
pnlsons in fha hnwels.....— , .
-A Cascaret to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning, t’hey
work while you sleep—a 10 cent box
from your 4 druggist means your head
clear, Btomach sweet and your Uver
and bowels regular for months.- Adv.
J;
The. bee is never too busy to admin
ister a stinging rebuke.
I ' ..
“Carlotta Harrison carried* fire, keys
’of course. I was off duty from four
to six. When Carlotta left the ward,
the probationer!would have them.”
‘‘Have you rtsson to think that ei
ther one of these girls would wish
you harm?”
/“None whatever,!’ begat*- Sidney ve-(
hsmently ;Tand theb, ehecktog hers^f/
you expii'Ale like a rocket Till the
time.” ’ - e
Her'TnaWer-ofTact tone hud it.-; ef
fect He advanced into the tocmi. bul
he still scorned a chair.
“I-gue.NS you’ve been wondering why
you haven't heard fhmi me,* said,
“i’ae ^ci-u you more tlian you’w seen
mo.” ■ -J • — ; ■
$idh(fey lot kq,d uneasy. The klea of
“unless—but that’s rather ridiculous.” espionage is always repugnant, nnd to
“What Js ridiculous?”
M Pvi' same time s thmiKlii that ^nr
Jotta—but I am sure she is perfectly
fair with me., Why. K.. she 1 wouldn’t!_
It would be murder.”
“Murder, of ‘course,” said' K.. “in in
tention, anyhow, u f course £he «dldu
hn\’e a rejecteil J^jver always in the
<JQ I’m only trying to find but Whose
mistake it-was.” . - i -'-
Soon after that she said good-night
| tnd went pBt, „ She turned In the fHoar
V " " /y
“I-w4sh you wonkl.be- just a little
Mt sensible, Joe.
really. It’s not because you care for
4- j me ; it’s really because you care for
,'tr yourself^’— ———7
upite, delighted that his* dog might be
of- service, rushed to his mother for
permission to .accompany Rob and the
dog. “But ; where are you going to
look?” inquired the mother. “Oh.'
down the railroad/”{replied* the’small
, h0 l )0 lo— son. ; “But wtfv waftr you follow the.
ue are being very tragic. Christine.” rktt*oarfN Hafold?" "'“Why, mother.
„ lllu I feel tragic. There’s going to be don’t 'yofi know;, th«*,dog has to smell
flow sills tulips ypened thejr gaudy | mistake,- K., unless you stop t he trackage replied In disgust. - ^
petals to the sun.’ 1 ’ * ' 1K
r, n i h v ‘ uslvlt!U r- "You’re that sort, aren't vou?"
f‘ M ,T f l! “"' :l 1 1 “XI inyw-lf on any
I In tlK (ourtjard ot the lospitul. .on- If j cnn ,j enough f.irWom-
(.nleseents nt on the Wnche., n.,.1, „„ ,„„ rry hw ; rd t0 _ w
tv»4hed for rohius. : The -fountaiti,
which i*iLd^frozen out. was being re
paired. Herr nud-there on ward win
itarriet had gone abroad for a flyihg r
trip in March, and came back laden
with new Ideas, model gowns, and
fresh enthusiasm. Grace Itving, hav
ing made good during the white sales;
had been sent to the spring cottons.
She began to_\valk with her head high
er. The day sli<* gold Sidney material
for a simple white gown, >iu- jv a s very
-4«rpi>y. On ’ Sidney, on K„ aud on
Christine tlie Avifiter had left its mark
heavily, - Gh« ti©t*«e, readjtwttng her
life to new conditions, was graver,
more' thoughtful. She was ulon'e most
of tlie time now. Under K.’s guidance,
.she had given up the “Duchiass” and
'was reading rcaT hooks. fc?he ‘was
thinking real thoughts, too, for tin*,
first time ifi her life.
SUluey, as fender as ever, had lost
a Iftfle'of the falllnnee from her eyes;
her voice laid deepened. ~\j/here she
fiad been a prelly girl, the was' now
hweTy. r -
He tried to leaven the conversation
with a little,fun.
“Tf you’re goiug to ask me to inter-
fere Mietween Mrs. McKee and the
deaf-and-dumb book aud insurance
agent, I shall do tjothing of the sort.
She cun both speak and hear euougb
for both of them.’ r , 1. ^ . I
—- “I mean Sidney and Max Wilson,
lie's niud .about her, K.; and, because
she’s the sort si,ie is, he’ll probably be
111:1,1 u >>out Hyy , hik..lif-Qi.ojv if he
marrji-s her.. # But he’ll not be true to
Her ; I know the type now.”
K. leaded back witlL a flicker of
pain in hi's- ej cs.
“What cam I do about It?
Astute as he was, he did-not suspect-
that Christine was using this method
to fathom hisjfeellng for SiduOy. Per*
haps she hardly knewstt herself..
■^r
Not Attracted.
“Some day you’ll he..ftteh enough- to
retire from business.” \
“Give up my nice, pleasant ofllOe And
stay home?” rejoined Mr/ GrowcherS
“I should say not.”
‘You might tuarry- her yourself, K.**
BeC he-had- himself Trhand’"by/this
/‘gain. TTils time In the children’s ward.'
IC, going in one day to take Johnny
Kosonfeld a.basket yf .fruit, saw lieT
there with irthild In her arms, and a
light in her eyes tha-t he had never
seen, before/ It hurt him, rather—
things being as they were witl\ him.
When he came out he looked straight
ahead.-— • • ; • -—-— / i- ^
K. had fallen into the habit, after
his long walks, of dropping into Chris
tine’s little parlor for a chat before he
went© upxtnir*. Those mrly
t iuitv a nd slee learned itothlng^<ron>-ei-
tiiiTr hla voice nt ^flNfrN’^gr “ 7
“Qn twenty doljt is -ir week? . And
without so much ut asking her con-
sent?” lie' dropped !i!s light tome. “I’m
iuj^ in a position to marry anybody.
Even if Sidney cated for me, which
she doesn’t, of course-*” - 7
“Then you don’t l itead Bhiuterfere?
You’re g*>Lng'to let TIm* Street see ait
other failure?”
spi nnf
dnya jfohnTTIftrrrict Jxmni’dy busy late
its. and, save f^r Christine
mnd K., the houke^was practically de
serted. • ^ ^ - •— •—f-
-The bmich between Palmer and
You can’t look at me and say that, Christine was stetfdlly widening. She
Sid.” \ • .1 was-tno proud to ask him’to sjiend
He ron his finger around his'‘ollar—j more of his evenings with hef. N On
1 old gesture; but the collar-was ,^r> j hr,-- .-rr.ioTtsTrtien tie~v7itilfitAfTiy
Do #ou hslisvs
danger for the fai ticipants > in
the growing mtmicy of the
friendship between C hristine and
K*? Would Chri.-tive be justi
fied in the circumstances - in
seeking love or ItuTr station else
where? ’ ;
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Foods Are
In Pnee
But you can still buy
_at tlmvime price.——
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This staple cereal in,
its air-tight, wax-pro
tected , package \ will
keep indefinitely, yet
is ready to eat at a
moment’s notice.
Grape^Nnts is full of
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com pact nonTitthmroL.
With a delightful
wheat and barley
flavor. . , .• - ;
The Most Economical of
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