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The Custard ac "A MIULUVA TIMUR" RTN’orttii-Uving la a bam. rontortrd into a dwalllnc. Mra IvnfWlit la inanaaar of aa apart*, rnrni bullditut Knoan aa "Th« Cua J tarii (.'up. ' originally "Cluater Court" Hit Imoma la derived from laundry work, lier chief pa tron being 4 Mrs. liorallun Wcuth- erstone, whom she hits never seen, living with her . ure "Crlnk” utul "Thad." homeless small hoys wiiom she has adopted. They call her ■'I’enrle." Thai! tells Penalo ft strange man was Inquiring for her under her maiden name. A tenant, Mis. Guaale Bosley, Induces Penzle to take charge of a package, which she does with some misgivings. Searching a refuse dump Joe things Which might be of value, Crlnk, veteran at the game, encounters a small girl, little, who proves a foeman worthy of his steel. fUnglum Livinjpton b» Gnrge H Dmt CHAPTER III.—Continued. “Ve-«h. you don’t!" Mip Jp^rrd. ' "Whnru you llvlnc ut?” Hiiofly he told her. In the telling, u nliirtilng thought popped Into his mind. “Mebbe Penr.te'd like you, too,” he flnlHhed. ’ » 7 I.ettle’s lips curled.' 5 He continued. ‘‘She's Int’nisted In kids that don’t Int’ru.st nobody else." This subtle flattery was allowed, to permeate Lottie's consciousness be fore Crlnk overlaid It with u further contribution. “We’re going to have slew for per.!’ — Let tie gulped. Her armor had been pierced In u weak spot. She had had nothing to eat since breakfast—and that a meal of exceeding sketchiness. “You come ’long to supper and let her look you over,” he proposed.*, “Did you say stew 7" ‘‘Ch-huh” ‘Meat in it?" “Uh-huh.” "Is It an honest-to-goodness Invite?” “Sure.” "Lay down, rut you In two?" Crlnk took the oath. I'll go." the vhrteked. “You run AMERICAN •liQOKa whole attefitli* to tho aaurepam working hej^ thin nostrllB after tht manner of a hungry dog. Mrs. IVtv field's kern eyes took In thla detail na slie turned the final fold In a pll low slip and Ironed It Hat “Where you been living. Lei tie?" I 91 "Living?. Haln't been living.- 11'REALIZE VALUE OF LEGION his w )■ "Could, too." With a shriek, she lifted one hand and landed a light ning blow on Crlnk’s right cheek. “Want me to pick your gizzard out?" There seemed to be so much pos sibility behind this question tha| Oink freed one hand and struck Into the girl's neck. With Dm yell of a tortured demon, she doubled both n«ts have all the junk here.** She swung and lighted Into him with a quick rain her arm wildly and roae. of blows Her lewn arms proved as Crlnk did not move; be was well strong >• Steel, bee knutklea like nigh paralysed with strange glimpse* sharp twists of metal; and her skill • aj n«< a mailer for dispute on the fat a at. rnaa •Kani-i»«-*i the ■ i.*-h •a-' devuted Mmaetf to melboda of de- hirt ag af’iaiwg ehwhiag. tbev kwwt as-' srestcWe*! pushed sad pwlled. * (a • and twisted, atiy^ewg Is the aaa e» atwaaMtatg ease eh«rvw4 t#r% and Iwmew ad easatee, tm t W-y ♦*•• -S IW s*s«w a •• sa^ey aaw** W%rnm tB*aamM*aw an ifc*v gaa*wd at ew-a «eaea ihewMgUi a Wa»»h awa Uhea* • «»d >*WMg bwdhaW n*s * (Sate b-se 4 t *e eySete* (PM ^aerwd OMS a *♦ "«WeS-iH* •# • • «neaa into a life far darker than hts own. •xx up." she allotted. “You little ninny' HI Ib fc yw« If you gw hack ||% HI Jf. tft hen they had gathered wp tike aarfaew tr ansa raw. < rtah anrawead Let fie thr-vagh awepM MUe and frUtaMy attey* *• TM f\aatard ligp eaan la the Mgh peifUegw ad the hse% ^nea—i — ■waaea n h^n —i ^ bawd What | bewanM fum been bunging out with two old womrr —ofd devHs, both of ’em." Lettle totally nt.ease ns the center of flutter Ing attention, threw off this Informn tlon with great carelessness. "And your father and mother—dc ybu remember v em at all?” “Never had none." AVtth a scornfu' irunt, I.ettle repudiated all natural connections. “Yes, you. did. ’Course you—” “Shut up,” flashed Lettle. tumlns on Crlnk In wrath. “Shut up! Don’! you dare to sass me.”- “Never mind, children,” said Mrs. I’entleld, setting her Iron on the back of the stove. “Tnln't always a mat ter that amounts to much. Don’t no body stay long at the startlngiMilnt; question Is, what’s he doing right this minute? Land, If I ain’t ’most for getting that I got rornbread In the oven! Ain’t It wonderful we're hav ing an extra-sperial supper Just the night we got company?" "Te-ah." rejoiced Crlnk. rla«plng one font and dancing around on the other "And Say. ain’t It grand the I wey she fights at yon? Kay. penxlo—" He came te Dm Innr tm both feet and stooped to wheedling "fton*t >"U think she a hnd ‘nongk off n#’t we ran keep beer Mr* feoaetd. down an hoc kneoa In fwwM of the oven. «oa ccHVeRy ee Mhe gbaoeed oaee the even 4aoe at RnUert D. fmni NH.raaka. ta a democratic sort of a chap, and doesn't hesitate to tell about IL He keeps a Holstein cow, drives a popular touring car, and hob* . nohg with hit neighbors, particularly ! hl " Supplied by tliose who ure members of the Amer- leun Legion In his home town of Scotsbluff, Neb., where he has made ruy up to the position he now $ictimo of Arkansas City (Kan.) Flood Appreciate Aid Rendered by Ex-Service Men. holds. \ v-, .y • i >■. W.-K/A - ^Simmons was bom In n sod house on a western Nebraska homestead, es from a railroad. His early life was like that of any young- Cltlzeiuu of Arkansas City, Kan., ster of the western country. He had ( realised the value of an active post to help earn hls way by farm labor, of the American Legion during the re cent flood disaster which destroyed many lives and caused million^ of dol-; lars In property damage to communi-, ties in southern Kansas. With the town placed under what approximated martial law, members of the Shelton Beaty post of the Le gion assumed a task that only men with military training could master.’ The duty was to act In conjunction with the city authorities to obtain obedience of laws formulated hurried ly for the benefit of the town and to guard the flooded area from the pil laging of unscrupulous persons who flocked "to the stricken district to loot what the water bad left. An organisation waa foiled In short order by the Legionnaire* and n cor don of guards waa thrown about the wafer Trout. Guard shift* were chosen from 125 vuluntuvra, who performed tht* task far three sights until the flood a baled A buttery ef 1X4 artll lory of the Nat Maul Guard, culled out with the Mart at (be flwd. waa ta the MftdM »t a drive f«e rureuttu. and II LegVmauir** t» M [ •4 the LWi. vs _ lesmo would soothe that itching sjtin The first application of Resinol Oint ment usually takes the itch and bum right out of eczema and similar skin affections. This gentle, healing oint ment seems to get right at the root of the trouble, and is almost sure to re store skin health in a short time gasutol OiQtmtat 4od Soap it all druggists- . V t'’ DISFIGURE. YOUR *! Dos t « th«n. ua* MITCHELL STB SALVE rat ran*. Atootuttz Ml*- drugflets. •* A A A $2 Treasure Package for $1 Ss*d at amt* for ibis wo*4*rf*l aasortmoot. oostaining a lar*» Solti* Baa 4* Hair To sir. a la*** Sott l« of Corosst Otl SasiBpxo as I a larg* Sul11* of d*llgSlfsllf a.-ootod LsTrssro Mis* To!tot W*i*r TSla • * V* *als* sost as rocolpi sf II M sc m a I lad W- s! HOLLAND CO. Norristown, Pa. 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Whatcher want It for?" A dip with his snub nose Indicated the wheel. Lettle looked down, ns If she were seeing It for the first time. "1 dmtno. 1 always take evTythlng.” “Whut for?” "Have to." “Why?” “Get bent if I don’t.” “Beat? Who heats you?” “Women 1 live 'with.’’ “Do they beat you often?" "All time—fleree." Lottie’s hard ened Indifference was more eloquent than a plethora of details. Crlnk stared at her with » new ex pression, of wonder and incredulity. He was acquainted with , hardship, with privation, with eternal search Inc for odds and ends, hut he had been saved from cruelty. “Aftd tf ymr rake TTTTBts Tiorrie-^o' you gH beat op then?" he pursued "Nope. No* exrrpt when Nouiej’n Hw r>e* wrong " A pir-fur* Swabetl arrow* Crtuk’* jptsd - |Vr t-w w tfk (be r«*Bfunablr arm*, tkw b*ve ihwl nesev fsllwd WHh kI* w -fw M*rv ew'aSgW-f MS tb« Ids -1 vfww Mill 4dft4g k**s au 1 agMy. *.< rtgUt dw*«U Sul a• .’*'1 - leMul*!. aA i*I J i letf f«urv • fnwud at « mbs g sib t I • “W F The r* »• ’-au* Lstttg US* UmC prw- l-wred t«* s*y Kbe t*w»k (be wdrevsf m-w(. but tmiueiltutHy Birsl bev vary i Crtub’a mbnuII sh*«ulderw and locked ••yea agaiB up**u tier bowlewa into bt* ejra with uBaei-uMoinetJ *ecl- *‘Ito you live sotwewhere ’rmiud t»U*i»e*a. "\ou ku«wf »hat It’d meuB, liere. lAPdler Inquired Mrw I'enfleld Cgiok. If we was l» lake her in? gently. Would you be willing to divide wrhat No answer! we have to eat into fourths, ’atead of Crlnk. wriggling uneitMily by the thirds?” door, felt that the time bad come to | Sure.” agreed Crlnk easily. "I d as soon ns not; and besides, she—“ Ain't i “Lonl!" exclaimed Is'ttle. aghast uwu a Beo v • <d go > ao* v« i fua4 Mr auEM* eanM uf Mr g Mrue*so* ad aseat *44 (a4i Muaaag a 4. H Mo bou4 Mra Bra* So aaaov am-a g oo»^daa(i •* 4 M «%Ud44 w* M44I gf ■■§ HUawaoa (oe r- Mt% gusou (tdri *• *ai I kb 4kg abase a MB eaMHhfl c*e-aba Mrudheeu *4 ta M «4*wa * •>• b u> *g> lag *i V > . ♦ Mr# •M > I bird MsOty. 'IBM IT* gtaj M j _ _ ^ Mra feulMd rlwed lb# eseu daot ,w and foae. Kbe put ber bands ag deans' piana ta a by W orld iM Um ( <4Ma U4d < ry flMrhrta saury ' ua * _ *M aH 4 **• better Ml kf rttt to (M a go i IM aedt ad g4o*e M 4m brut *4# b* 1 raaae t«u ku»*u abut are g--~ua to 4m to >wu oftrt • ta'ta ^ 4Mi ? 4, I doctor Hecrtck aucb do-.* made historical eveats ultb aotue aucb ta k up hls exhibit. "She’s awful atrong. I’enzle. any bulldog strongern she Is, hy iTiicky!” Lettle visibly expanded, wrapping this tribute about her ns n Indy might Iter silken robes. For the first -time her gaze wandered—to n busy sauce pan on the stove from which Issued savory odors no longer to he Ignored; for the first time she spoke. “I’ll stay to supper,” she conceded, with marked condescension. “Sure you w 111,’’/Agreed Mrs. I’en- field warmly. “We’re going to have a grand parsjftp stew.” Crlnk, vastly encouraged by the re ception Of the first point, proceeded with another. “Say, ^vou oughter see Ten-Second Lettle fight. I never saw nothing like it—honest, I never! She spits and scratches and pulls and—” Lettle, Immensely pleased, looked brightly Into Jtfnj- I’enfleld’x fbUC- r i \e got n helluva temper.” she ac knowdedged placidly. “Have you, b»w f Inquired Mra I’enfleld cooverwatlottally. “Tbbt’i Aia’t wntbiag cab m«*v# tbtbgv r*e-l fa*iep'b leuipee All yau gat ta 4* la tw Xra wbea ta uaa M. etae y HAaty ta gtv# (b# * rrc tbtag a “Do you think I'm a piker? I’vr al ways hrung in more’n I’ve ef. . Lord I* "Brought in?” queried Mrs. Pen- field. “Brought Jn,? From wher??” “Dumps and places," explained Let- tie, with a generous wave of her arm. “Honest, Benzie,” contributed Crlnk, in a confidential tone, "she’s the quickest grabber I ever saw. I know she’d find heaps of things we need. That’s one reason I thought—4^— Lettle, lending an attentive ear to this eulogy, broke in with amplifica tions. She had no intention of idem lb tbia si aaaey lbe IHla-4a LegVoa bibb betlevea that aucb ca/efal train la# aiming toward a batter understand Ing of right a and pclvtlagaa of rlttsca- Ha expects to recelr. the Canadian * lp , W,U r "*" * r * p ‘ a list neit. which will he followed by •*■»«»• “»‘M •fate as well aa sa^st the Australian and Nt<v Zealand rolls. *" f ,B * h * •tsndsrd of c tl.en^ Much delay Is antlctp. ted in obtaining ‘‘“P of tho,e ,n ot the lists of the LflOOjW) war dead of tl '*'** France, and for the romplete lists of Cooperation by members of the Le- England. Belgium and other allies. * ,, ‘ n w,lh churcMa and other agencies The monument hi n portraits of ^ P re P ar *ng cltlcens for naturalixu- W&shlngton, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Wilson carved In th« Atone, and the whole Is surmounted *>> an American eagle. tion is Included In Commander Schick's plans. Prospective citizens will receive thorough training In the requirements for naturalization, so that the applicant will be familiar WINS COOLIE U80I1 BATTLE Suo4 •fief 1 b-ft 04a af the tow ■ * moat (•n-inlaeat g<«**ip* v a tied a friend la my city. I Mid to my family that I oh‘iiiId have to do •••luethlng to rDtertalB tn-f, otherwise »he would go home and talk alMiiit how mean 1 wun, no I Invited her to hav> lunch- cob at quite a nice pliice, my inten tion being to swank a little no she % wouldn't have a chance to report any- tlih unfavorable. When we met as arranged, I was surprised to see her friend with her, and more surprised when said friend wont right along with us into the res taurant. Between them they ordered a somewhat lavish luncheon, and when before the final papers ure awarded, i H' e check was presented to me I was rx — ~v —l, 11r.. i~ .v American Legion in Qu >ens County, New York, Obtains Deportation of Imported Workmen. The coolie labor quoo’lon has always been considered as ore affecting the Because church life Is closer to the home it Is hoped that the Legion, working through the various denomi nations, may realize on this plan for citizenship. tifying herself with any household so Pacific coast alone Bi t this Is not tho4 El Pa8 ° to We,6ome Veterans. - - ' <*«. .<**»«.* „ Legionnaires ,vho travel to Son accounts. Hn<l It not been for o no ! rt- Fr “'‘ C SC '’ r ° r th * ‘““ n ' lal con ’ , entlon of of the American Legion such cheon th ® American Legion, may pass * ,1Cft . ctieap through El Paso, Tex., where a recep- speedily as to minimize the honor she conferred; ' rather, she meant that household to appreciate fully that liere was, no ordinary suppliant. ^ “Pm easy the best* skiver there Is." «he announced. "If somep’n poos f<* pieces or there’s a fire or iinythlng, hnd been employed in certain factories merce, army officials and railroads «n- pleae XUlL labor would he turning out goods In a jj on aW alts them. The local Legion Long Island (N. Y.) actory. ^ post started the Idea, which was Joined For a long time Btohur lred Chinese-*, n by the E , i» a!W Chamber of Coro- short the misernhlo sum of 15 cents, and I had to borrow from my guest. I know the town had a fruitful topic of conversation* for a long, long time.—Chicago .Tribune. Some men attempt so much that they never get anything finished. • >aw. «***we ■ j ouglaer see iuo.—IU» wur# Johnny- ■ In-Ij»ng Island C.lly, h«U t.ib Laghni j». rertng rtir ctry* A~ feature of the vMH e - <>n tho-«|*ot. horns and bells to |»oot Queen* county, bcsdtd h,* the BUsb- Wsy TIs—If I don’t get there first. 1 vflle poet, brought prenur- to bear oo I’-ck the feller that doe*, so It aD the federal aathpritha ss that they cotne* out In the wa«h Trust mb fat I swooped down on tMae Jartorte*. br ibe bast fdcktagb" Kb# •bragged hav ranted tbe men. and pis*04 theta aa 1 'hrn sb* fiM*r» . 4^ oaf %bw eamat tits Ulaadi wh*ra th •» •« ye | h**ara eatily. M of each delegation will be-a short trip tbto old Mexico, acroas the interna tional bridge Into Juarer AbtotaohUas will M fwnuaMad far this trip. TM la vita Goa but b* g.»»j far either tbe cw(4 lag ar getag trips af tha L i •Th. rdlag |a IM ft M4HMM4k Nervous ? If Coffee disagrees Drink ,