The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, December 14, 1922, Image 6
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SAY "BAYER" wh
Unless you see the "Bayer
not getting the genuine B
physicians over 23 years ani
Accept only "Bayer" package w
Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets?
Aspirin 1b the trade mark of Ilayor Manufac
4% 1B Hi To mtorf graj or
Al I \g fadr<l hair to orlgIV
I I I I V lnal color, don't uae
II IM IJ a dye? lt> dangerw
out ? Get a bottle of
<) Bao Ffalr Color Rentorer?Safe as water ?
apply it and watch reaultt. At all good druggists,
Ao. or direct from HES5IC-ELU5. CkaiiU. Msapka.Tma.
Fur Tanning ?S,
up of Coat'.. Robe*.
Ruw, Vest*. Ladle*' MHk
Fur*. Scarf*. Mutfs and
Cape*. Tell u* the kind
of fur*. Prompt *n*wer.
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Thirty year* to fur buiinea*.
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Delicious Florida oratiK'>a and grapefruit
Sweet and juicy. A great big standard bo*.
100 orange*. 15; 90 grapefruit, ft 50. cash
wl.U order, f. o. b. Winter Haven Mailorder
at once to avoid ruah. ( ONKIJNA KI'NKI.K
Fill IT CO.. Uroiulway, Winter lluvrn. Flu.
GREEN MOUNTAIN
ASTHMA
.COMPOUND
l )jP quickly relieve* the distressa
Ing p vroiytmt. Used for
tr 'IV'* ? years and result of long 1
experience In treatment of
i'.thu* cou'-qusa throat and lung diseases by
(Dr. J. II. Guild. FREE TRIAL
AWMwSm BOX, Treatise oil Asthma, Its
Cannes, treatment, etc., sent
upon request, tfte. and I'.OO
at druggists. J. II. GUILD CO., RUPERT. VT.
7Yy PISO'S
AAmill Astonishingly
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upset
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KI.IXIH HABBK A GOOD TONIC
And Drive* Malaria Oat of the System.
"Tour 'lisbek' acts like magic; I have
given it to numerous people In my parish
who were suffering with chills, malaria
and fever. 1 recommend It to those who are
sufferers arid In need of a iroo.i tonic
Rev S Szymanowskl. St. Stephen's c hurch
Perth Amboy. N. J. Kllxlr llnbek, all
tlrttsc^is or by Parcel Post, prepaid, from
JKlocxewskl & Co.. Washington. D. C.
Em HURT?
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s?tnr. hn-nlh IiikI. Ioii^up rooted. ii t?*?i
of " *111 i f< >r ii In Kit; Syrup"
will never foil to the liowoln. In
n feu hours you run see for your
sHf how thoroughly It works the coo
ivipotiou poison, sour bile it ml waste
rlahl out iiikI you huve a well, playful
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Dothache Rheumatism
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;uralgia Pain, Pain
hich contains proper directions.
Also bottles of 24 anil ion?
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turo of Monoacetlcacldeitnr of Sallrjrllcs^ld
Community Brush.
"Morning inspection" in room
showed tluit .lames Innl neglected I
give his teeth their much-need?
brushing. His sister's teeth showe
i white and clean.
Teacher?.lames, why ?1 i?1 you to
brush your teeth tins morning?
.Tames?I forgot.
Teacher?Why, I should think yo
would have thought of it when yo
siiw your sister wash her teeth. Wh
didn't you brush your teeth then?
.Tallies?I couldn't. She had in
toothbrush.
WHY DRUGGiSTSlEGOMMENI
SWAMP-ROOT
For many years druggists have w&tche
with much interest the remarkable recor
maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Rool
the great kidiney, liver and bladder med
cine.
It ia a physician's prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening med
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad
dor do the work nature intended the
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test of years
It is sold by all druggists on its merit an
it should help you. No other kidney med:
cine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and star
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test thi
great preparartion send ten cents to Di
Kilmer & Co., Uinghamton, N. V., for
sanuile bottle. When wntini/ hi? mirn an
mention thia paper.?Advertisement.
Pleasant for the Colonel.
A dusky rookie was doing guar
duty for Hit' tirst time. Along cum
one of those oliicers who wear sllve
chickens on their shoulders. Th
riHikie naturally got excited and Ihn
tered.
"Halt !" he yelled, ami then stopped
"Well, what are you going to d<
next?" inquired the colonel after h
laid remained on tin* spot like a gravel
image for some seconds.
"I ain't sure. boss," admitted tit
darky. Then he added dungerousl.v
"Hut, by golly, yo" better stun' rigli
wliah yo' Is till I thinks what it is I'
to do."?American Legion Weekly.
The occasional use of Roman Eye Balsan
at IIIKIH u^'ll .<-?!. l..a nn.t r?
lleve tired, watery eyes, and eye strain Ail*
Bororwing Dims the Sight.
"I.t'llil m*? t?*li tutII I St*t* you ajfllitl
old iiiiui."
"I'd rut liar not put it .lust that way.'
"What do you nit* an?"
"Suppose I lend you ton until I so
vou ttiptin. In tin* rlrciunst anros m;
vision i> apt to In* tnurli ket*nt*r thai
\ ours."? Hoston Transci Ipt.
Woman art* not having a rt*al Row
tiint* unlt'ss about four of tlit'in ar
talking at omv.
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CHILD NEEDS
INIA FIG SYRUP"
Bowels with this Harmless
n Love Its Taste
Millions of mot 1mms k#**p "Callfoml
Flu Syrup" handy. Tliey know si tet
spoon fill today may save a sick dill
tomorrow. It inner crumps or ovei
acts Ask your druggist tor geuuln
"California Fig Syrup" which has d
red ions for hahies and children of a
aires printed on bottle. Mother! Yo
must say "California" or jau may gr
an Imitation tig syrup.
POIRGHRE WILL
BE ATMEETING
ALLIES WILL MAKE EFFORT TO
REACH AN AGREEMENT ON
REPARATIONS BILL.
MEETING VERY IMPORTANT
>
France May Set Out Independently
To Collect Moneu Ono ??
Own Way.
Paris.?Premier Poincare has left
for !x>ndon to attend the conference
of allied premiers which is regarded
by many here as the laat great effort
of the entente to reach an agreement
on Germany's reparations bill before
Prance sets out independently to collect
In her own way.
The meeting is looked upon as in
many respects the most important
since the armistice, Involving as it
does the continuance of friendly cooperation
between France and Great
Britain. A lesser, but none the less
important factor, is the prevailing impression
that M. Poincare's political
existence is at stake In the policy for
which the proposed Brussels financial
conference stands.
Unless the premiers decide In London
to convene the Brussels meeting,
many observers believe that M. Poincare
will find his usefulness at an
- cuu. c/iuers minK mat t?e French
1 premier. In the event of a disagree3
rnent at London, will proceed to the
? execution of his plans for the occupa'I
tion of the Ruhr valley and the ex I
ploitation of the occupied Uhineland
! before making way for some one else,
' hut faith in the efficiency of this
, scheme of penalties appears to he
! decreasing in official quarters and
ii many say it will never be resorted to.
ii French optimism over the make-up
y of the new British government hadP
given way lately to a feeling of pes>'
simism in view of certain definite in'
dicatlous that Prime Minister Bonar
Law holds to substantially the same
Q views on reparations as did Mr. Lloyd
George.
Although the British have disclosed
i no stated policy since the resignation
I of Mr. Lloyd George, Premier Bonar
d Law seems to agree with his preded
cessor that Germany should he given
h a long moratorium from cash payl*
nients. that the total of the indemnity
< should he reduced and that no inili
IU1? uicanuifs snmill) IX* IISPU 111 at!;
tempts to force Germany to pay.
y M. I'oincare's much discussed plau
of settlement, although withheld on
, the eve of the last London meeting
J because of the sensational Balfour
i- note, is expected to he placed before
j the present meeting,
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a America Warns Turks.
I^ausanne.?True to its traditional
a humanitarian policy, the United State3
d government took a strong position at
i the near eastern peace conference in
protesting against the expulsion of the
Greek population from Constantinople.
' Apprehensions from the Turks would
insist on deporting all the Greeks from
r their sacred city proved to be well'
founded when, at a meeting of the
sub-commission on the exchange of
I ' population, a Turkish representative
arose and announced definitely that
departure cf all the Greeks was one
1 of the features of their program concerning
the adjustment of populations.
The American representative then
took the floor and read the following
statement:
"The American delegation is not in
; accord with the proposals for new
^ unless It Is clearly shown that Rood
- purposes will he served as might b<*
' the case in the exchange of prisoners,
! or populations where exchange is necersary
to serve humanitarian ends.
, "Without discrimination between
> the parties to the negotiations for
j exchange, the American delegation is
unable to approve the movement from
v Constantinople of the Greek populan
tion of that city, particularly under
I conditions which will send an urban
people, used to artlsanship and comd
merce. to a rural district,
e "We will not hesitate t?> express In
pursuance of our leelt'mn'e
- tarian interest, our llgltlmate human!such
dislodgment of human be.ngs.
Subsequently the representatives of
France. England and Italy joined in
the discussion and strongly advised
the Turkish delegates to change their
minds about sending the Greeks away
from Constantinople; they urged the
Turks to reflect and not act too harshly
on this important question. They
pointed out that Turkish insistence on
such deportation would endanger the
entire negotiations relative to the
( hang" of population and prisoners of
wart.
New Draft Bill in House.
Washington.? Representative Johnson.
republican. South Dakota, has Inroduoed
a 1)111 giving the President authority
in wartime to draft the unorga^
?ed militia, without exemption of
men from 21 to 30 on account of industrial
occupation The hill also
would authorize the determination
and proclamation of material resources
necessary to carry on a war
and the stabilization of prices of
j things necessary to either the army
or the civilian population.
Thirty-foot Strip of Land Disappears.
Superior. Wis.?The disappearance
of an entire point fif land 30 feet high
and four acres in area into the upper
iiig Kauclaire lake, on a chain of four
s lakes located IS miles east of Gordon,
I* | Wisconsin, in Huyfleld county, holds
?' j the attention of geologists of this sec
r- tion. The land disappeared beneath
e the water of the lake between 9.30
' p m.t Thursday. November 30, and
11 early Friday morning.
" The tipa of 30-foot treen are barely
visible above the water of the lake.
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Sheclimbed
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Jacques-,
Christmas.
Eleanor
King
1411. vuriw nmmm union
J ^ ] BLIZZARD was brewing.
CPm /\ I Little eat ting pieces of snow
were being blown in whirls
around corners and down
ihe street. Huddled down
'*'s ('"nt ? newsboy
of some eight or nine years.
^ Ills face was drawn with tlie
coin and lie beat bis hands against
his sides to keep them warm.
! l.ast-uilnute Christmas shoppers.
hurrying along to get their various
1 errands done, gave no thought to the
little fellow who pestered them with
his papers. lie ought to have known
better when they bad so many things
to think ubout.
"Yeh, all the news?the latest news.
Won't chu buy one, mister? I only
have a couple more." He looked up
pleadingly Into the face of a passerby.
; "Sorry, sonny," smiled the man."
"pot one here now that I probably
won't ever pet a ebanee to read?so
busy," ami be hurried alonp his way.
The rush of pedestrians subsided a
moment. The hoy slnpled otit a younp
woman, as lie said. "She looks kind.
I'll try her."
"Yeh?all the latest news?just out
?won't chu buy one. please, lady?
1 only have a few."
She opened her purse and started
to hunt for the money.
"I've just pot to sell these papers
out early tonight, 'cause It's my last
chanee to buy that doll. You know,
my little sister, they say, isn't very
well, and the only thing she says she
wants is un orange for Christmas, but
I know better." He paused for breath.
"She wants a doll, but she thinks she
can't ask for It 'cause we haven't
money for dolls. 1 have, though."
he said promptly. "I've been watching
1 s. or-ry.
She Opened Her Purse.
a dull In one of the windows here. I'm
Koine by tonlsht and iret It "
"What Is your iiutue, son?"
"Jucques und my sister's?ma
petite soeur?Mart lie." *
"/shuck??Whut a queer?"
"No; it Isn't," lie said, anticipating
what she was going to say. "My
mother Is French. Those names ure
beautiful?to us." he added ufler a
pause.
"Where do you live, Jacques?"
"Sixty-nine Kensington Square. Top
floor, hack two rooms, I've got that
down pat now, haven't I?"
i "Yes, you won't get lost right soon."
i she replied as she put her arm around
him, and gave him a gentle tap on the
I shoulder. "Merry Christmas, Jacques,"
and she was on her way. She stopped
USE OF THE CHR
Custom Comet From Sunny Italy
Where Poor First Used Long
Knitted Purses.
malum of hnnitlnR tip
Huat I stockings on Ohrlatinns Kve
Y comes lo us from n Imul fur
across the ocean ? from
gunny Italy.
In the city of I'adua, long ago, goon
i old St. Nicholas used to go ahout the
I streets after dark and throw through
i the windows of the homes cf the poor
| people long knitted purses, tied at
hot It ends, and containing much needed
coins. These purses were made of
yarn, and when untied looked not unlike
a footless stocking.
Finally, as trine went on. the poor
[ eople. hoping thus to remind the
more fortunnfe of their needs, used tc
hang these empty purses out of rtie
windows on the night before Christ
; A-ain:<iitoii-i nisi i :
S559
RIGHT4 ^ |
THE CHIMNEY I
a little way do\\vn tlie street, however,
wrote something down, then hurried
?>||.
Another half hour found Jacques
hugging t*n orange and a little doll
under his coat iih he trudged along
home. When he onened the door a
!'l le voice started chuntlng. "Frere
j Jacques, Frere Jacques?you're Inte
tonight."
"Yes, Mart he. Today 1 was talking
to Santa on the corner, and he
said he was awfully husy. lie
doubted If he would get ull around
j this year.'
"Oh!" said Marthe In a disappointed
tone.
Jacques' mother was sewing busily
upon a garment she was Intent upon
finishing. Tomorrow wus Christmas.
and no sewing was going to be left
I over to bother her.
Mnrthe's bedtime came, and Jncques
fixed his presents In preparation for
His Mother Was Just as Excited as He.
| the morrow. He had found n Christmas
tree branch In the street, and this
he made Into a little tree under which
he placed his Rifts,
i Christmas tnorninu' dawned hriirhtlv
' In the little French home. .Torques'
i surprise was complete, fur Martlie
went into raptures over the tree and
her presents. She alternately hugged
and kissed her doll, keeping up a constant
chatter to It In French. The
orange and a few other presents tlint
shi? had found under the tree she put
' on the shelf, re the' B,,w eouM admire
them while she rocked her doll.
Jacques hud had his surprise, too?
i "Give and It shall he given unto you>"
j ?for his two packets under the tree
had grown to he six or seven.
"Mother," he said. "1 think 1 will
have t<> try my new mittens umi see
exuctlv how warm lliey are." So suyinj?,
tie slipped Into Ids coat and
; pushed on the door. What ailed it?
Was It frozen shut. stuck, or what wus
the matter?
! With his mother's help the door was
opened. To ilielr sii.,,r!? they found
that a liujje pile of packages hud been
i the cause of their trouble.
Jacques nuve a cry of delight
as he pounced upon the bundles.
His mother was Just us excited as
i ne. as sue neipe<l carry In the stutT.
I Then followed one of the happiest
j hours the family had ever known?
i whole two-dozen oranges and all sorts
of wholesome food. Jacques' inoi'.ier
fairly wept with )oy.
Santa remembered us after all.
mother," said little Jucques, "und he
I left this note on one of tuy presents.
I.ook. mother, it says:?
" *1 hope you will always he as
; thoughtful of your sister. Jacques. A
i Merry Christinas uml a Bright and
llappy New Year.
'"SANTA CI. A ITS.' "
Filling for art Sheila.
A good tilling for tart shells. mmt<?
I from I** ft -over pin crust, can la? made
1 of shredded pineapple, sweetened,
j topped with stithy beaten white of an
I egg.
ISTMAS STOCKING
.(
! inns, so that n gift might lie placed
in them.
In the north country, where the
weather is cold at Christmas time, the
parses were hung by tlie chimney
place In tlie hope that St. Nicholas
would drop ills offering down the
chimney.
| When the purses went out of fashion
stockings as the thing most like them
were used In their stead, and that Is
why we today still observe the prnc|
flee and the rn??om
We're Sure She Can.
I "Well, I'lincessa, did Santa Cluus
| till your stocking?'*
| "Not literally, of course, hut he left
me a dozen perfectly 8ttinning pair*
j which I am confident of being able to
; Oil myself."
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;; By I LA MARCELLA KING ;t
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(O by MoClur* hi?wapv|>?r byndlcala.)
m
Homer Uutue had met Yvette when
he wag returning home after IS yt
months overseas. Being a war worker y(
for the Y. M. C. she happened to
be at the pier in New York when the
ship bearing home some of the boys
who were fortunate enougli to be re- 8j,
| turning pulled in.
Yvette had arrived In this country rc
a month before the Europeun war
broke out. Few women In the community
tolerated her, fcr they be- (>J|
lleved her place in France,; helping
tier countrymen with their problems
of war. There were still others who ^
thought she had been exiled because
of some crime. There was nothing
too wrong for them to think of her.
A battle was raging, as usual, In 'r(?
No. 77, dwelling place of Homer und
Bernard Durand. ^
"If I had thought you were going s(t
' to be such a fool, I'd never have Inj
troduced you to her." ea
| "Now, listen here, Homer, if you
think I am going to argue with you,
you're badly mistaken, 'cuuse I've got VJ
something else to do." n?
"Well. I'm not going to argue with hs
you, either, so don't get all excited? !
I but I tell you she's going to the dance y<j
I with me, Homer Stanley Hume, get
me?"
"Will she? Well, I'm from Mis- pi
sourt! Do you suppose she'd turn me 8t
! down to go with you, when I asked ex
I her first? Do you suppose she'd turn
me down for you? Even if you have as
known her longer than I have." Tl
"That's all right; she feels different th
townril mo Vr?n? I'"" ""> *' " ""l""
to marry her?that Is?If?If she'll tli
have me." w<
"Hn! Hn! If she'll have you, Is
right!" yt
"Say, you, If yon didn't wear glasses
I'd trounce you right here!" tli
Something indeed serious might re
have happened then If someone hud ?
not knocked on the door. There was ti
a note for each. The envelopes were te
of the same dainty size, and pink, and fe
addressed In the same hundwrltlng. nt
Each hoy tore open his letter linme- j0
dlately. A sigh of disappointment at
escaped the lips of Homer, and a j?,
"darnlt" from Bernard. Neither would
give the other any Information as to
what his note contnlned; each new It ,n
was from the same person. ti,
Ahout seven o'clock of the evening UI
of the class dance Bernard entered vt
me room to una Homer sitting l>y the
window, evidently very much interested
In Vfrgll. yt
"Aren't you going to the dunce. Ho- j ,
mer?" assed Bernard, In u ery j.
troubled voice. n'|
"No, I'm not going tonight. Rrofes- j,-|
sor Carries Is giving n.-> an exuin. on js
Virgil first duss tomorrow. I've got (j,
to study."
"Mighty poor excuse, Homer. I bet
Yvette wouldn't go."
"Well, all right then, she wouldn't? ^
hut I don't see you getting re..dy to |)r
take her. She refused you, too, didn't
she?" sn
"It's none of your business whether tj,
she did or not. and If you weren't a ^
firm friend of mine, I wouldn't tell j (.e
you that much!" | ^
HnHniT th& rv vnrao ?>io ?- ~ 1
? - >" r.niiiin i
neither left the room, hut studied dll- t>a
(gently ano retired enriy. r
The next morning Homer cut his tt)
very Important "yhem" class and went rf
riding with Yvette. It was a crisp, 0j
sunny morning In November, und with H|
the only "her" riding heslde him. Ho- cr
mer felt ns though he could conquer
the world. She glanced bewltchlngly t^
nt hlyi. her eyes full of mischief, her
white teeth gleaming, and, touching m
her horse with her whip, she lea|>ed w
forward and gave the Junior metnher 0?
of the_ Hume family u merry chase A
for ha if an hour. As he caught up to jn
her they stopped thetr norses for n
breath, and, leaning across, he put his et
hand over her small gloved ones. j?
"Yvette. dear, I?1 wanted to tell T
you ever since I've known you that | ot
1?I?love you, and want you to be j ln
my wife!" | fI
She placed her tiny gloved hand i ^
across his mouth ami hushed hltn. He ,
grasped her wind and placed It to his j ^
Hps and kissed It tenderly, again and 1 w
sen in.
I ? ! w
"Don't, please don t, Horner. You 1 j,,
can't Imagine how fond I am of you,
hut 1 can never, never marry yon.
j You know there I: a lot of scandul
about me and?" n,
"Yvette, please don't speak about y,
that. You must know that ! don't be- w
lleve one word of It." j
"No; somehow I know you don't, i ft
but you must admit that I um somewhat
of a mystery. Well, I'll tell you. m
There Is a certain renson why I ain si
In America. I can't tell you why Just i hi
yet, but I will Honr.e flay, and maybe y,
very soon. Now let's ride; ,be mornInn
Is too wonderful to waste." 1
The same afternoon Bernard took tl
.
i
SEES FUTURE TRA
Machines Carrying One or at the Most (i(
* Two Passengers Seem Likely to h|
Be Favored. 8(
s<
One-passentter aerial flivvers, with
liprlit motors of 8 to 20 horse power,
will probably be the outgrowth of K)
the present International Interest In
1 gliders. - w
This Is the belief expressed hy Prof. ^
E. I*. Warner of the Massachusetts j,
| Institute of Technology. He hns Just p|
| returned from Europe, where he atj
tended the alr-salllng contests In
France and Germany, nnd traveled by
airplane over seven countries.
There Is absolutely no outlook for w
| motorless (light as a practical means T
of transport, Mr. Warner snld, but li
experiment* with Rimers,,he felt, will *
tend to the development of small e
airplanes than ran be used by com- s
muters, sportsmen and travelliiR sales- t!
men, who buven't a fortune to Invest y
In gasoline or seres of flat terrain li
to land on. f
"At present," Mr. Warner said, "man t!
I
, "t . . , <
liff frym afc t *** 'v*pfr tMrnotn>
fter tea they hired an open earring*
M) drove through the perk tdjolnlug
ie school grounds. They had gone
m? distance when Bernard spoke. J
"Miss Darquese?Yvette?'I lova
>u.# Will you marry me?"
"Why, Bernle, you surprise me! 1
>ver thought you would take our
lendsblp so seriously."
"But I do. I've always loved you.
ve loved you since the tlrst time I
et you.
"I'm sorry, Bernle, so sorry, that
>u feel that way. I can never marry
>u."
"Do you?Is It someone else? Par*
>n nie; I've no right to ask that?"
"Well, yes, there Is someone else," '<
ie whispered.
"I'll bet It's that good-for-nothing
onimate of mine; he?"
"No, it Isn't Homer. Bernle. will
>u please tell me why you two boys
in't Ret along together? I think It's
shame I"
The following evening when the
>ys returned to their room ufter dln>r
they found two no*es on the
reshold. The envelopes vere of the
itne siiiu11, pink kind that they had
eelved once before, address*:U In the
me familiar penmanship. Kuch
>y's fnce was a study as his eyes
nnned the sheet before him
Both letters were worded al..:e, but
ich thought the message was tneunt
r only himself:
Dear Homer (or Bernle): I snould be
>ry glad to have you call at my house
sxt Monday evening at 7:30 o'? lock. I
ive some news that will be of a great
terest to you.
Hoping to see you then, I am always
>ur sincere friend,
YVETTE DARvjUESE.
Monday evening found tro very
izzled young men ascend'ng the
eps of No. 3382 Governor road at
:actly 7 :30. It wus Bernard's dlspotion
to ring the bell agnlc as soon
i Homer's finger hnd left the button,
tiey both tried to enter the door at
e same time.
Am thev nnhtporl Mm f.nio alt.
ig room n soft, \vell-kno\v n voice
elcomed them.
"Good evening, boys; I'iu so glad
>u have come."
She took them by the nrrv and led
lem to n soft-cushioned divan dl ctly
In fr?mt of the fireplace, where
log was crackling under the flames,
lie three sat down, "vette in the cenr.
They sat watching the fire for a
w moments, the hoys gazing at tier
>w and then like timid youngsters
ok with admiration and amazement
the daring heroine In a movie serial,
resently she spoke.
"Now, I have heard that you two
iva Ha r* Irvf a# cone rm?
J a .../ .? .vi VI JWUI ^UUIIVUUK ???
e. It hurts nie very much to think
at I should come between you boys
id spoil such hours of friendship as
>u might enjoy together."
"Well, Homer always?"
"Sh ! I'm not going to let either of
>11 say a word till I am nil through,
asked you here tonight In order that
might straighten out some things
at I know ure troubling you both,
irst, I shall tell you that my name
not Yvette Darquese! My nume Is
wendolln de Forge."
"What ?" gasped Homer.
"Huh!" stammered Bernard.
"I am In the employ of the French
eret service. Shortly before the war
oke out It was found that a certain
?u chard, Henri Gouchnrd, had given
me vnluuble Information concerning
e state of affairs In France to the
terny government, for which'1 he revived
a large sum of money. When
e ofllclnls had tracked him to Ids
nrtment In Paris they found he had
cuped to America.
"Having secured i?-? frcrr.
e United States government to arst
him In this country*, in the name
France, they chose me for the ralson.
At timet} I became very dlsmrnged,
for I found no truce of hlin.
"You know a week ago last night
ere was an automobile accident not
ir from here, and nn unidentified
nn was injured. Last Thursday I
ft* colled ont of mv he/I ni fnn?
cit>ck In the morning to go to the St.
gnes hospital. This same man that
id been picked np by the side of the
>ad after tils ear nan gone over the
ahnnkment had heen delirious and
id sjHiken something about France,
he doctor In charge Immediately rectnlr.ed
him, having seen his picture
i newspapers and read Ills descrlpon.
He telephoned to the police,
hen they sent lor me. He tiled be
ire I left. I Immediately cabled the
renrh government und they sent
ord that I could return as soon as I
Ished to France and?and my?husind."
"Your?what?"
"Your husband?"
"Yes, my husband. Don't you see
->w why I couldn't marry either of
)U hoys? I couldn't even tell you
hy until now. Now It's good-by, boy a,
>r I shall sail ??nrl^ In the morning
>r dear old France und?home!"
The boys left the house together
ud walked down the street side by
de. Suddenly they spoke In unison.
r>d with the sume expression in their
Dices:
"She wns the most wonderful girl
ever knew"?and It whs the first
me they ever agreed.
. VEL IN THE AIR
f>osn't know any more nhout how a
lr<l flies than did King Solomon, who
matched his wine head In vuin when
>mebody put that question to hltn.
"In some respects air navigation 19
ow at the point that marine nnvlutlon
must have been about the
me Columbus cut loose to show the
orld that the world wasn't Hat. We
now enough to transport ourselves
i the air. but we know little of the
lenient In which we move."
Otdtlme Witch-Cat*.
In the Middle aces cuts
? WMUWVICU
'1th witches were 'called witch-cats.
'hose were credited with u great llk?
ig for beer. One old cruntryman la
aid to hove waited up one night to
utch the stealer of his beer, and on
eelng some cats approach, he called
hem around and suddenly soused thens m
ilth boiling beer which he was brewtig.
In the morning his wife's scalded
ace Is said to have betrayed to blu
bat she was the culprit 1