APRIL .19, 1924

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s till‘ Slot)‘ 0i the t bt-auly emerges he darkness that horn loll a pail of There was the luortzll as anyoi" e.- to confront the was evidence to olier.

5t Eastor morning. ' n wlls past. Christ - uhicl. he promises -

e iesllvai has Ell"!- t ls fanciful and‘ nds through which. . Till‘ very name oi oi l-Jostre, a Anglo- . the bunnies and ~ children are also s. lroul which the l’ custom ol decking ' astcrllde recalls "the coming of a ltindiler

am. the innate beauty avrn on all Christian’ ll oi the cal-tenant’ . it is the day and first iian who con.-

or ll-onl the strife, the grave! l_r lilo

= settillv: tluwu for a peaceful r 0i‘ iur: .\.lt~n this unprecedent- llillc. tu-l urrcll, for evening call- \\'L'.l't' lllll encouraged at Larlt~

i‘ Lani-gin

lit‘ llu -<l tothe door

n to the light, An blaster gift, with love,

' snllsflctlon that in;

rlled. She laid the box gently-on n pl. mace created llllllllB-room table and opened

=lmost hesltatlngly,

my "W" "T? 11M!" the hind. that l miracle had been ~ did a foolish thing,“ thin‘

fQlfl/f t . y] ', and inst had to buy. it. It

‘ in a lvl‘ oi PYPEIEIIICDQ. but there was u-lu. She peered out lulu

llillt llt‘\‘.-i'lll all directions, but lulu: ~"tirrl-tl. Then she discover- u durh object on the verandnh or lllill stooped to examine it. Was unmistakably a hat-box of W!» Hvh purple. with a laullty _ “ml =1 huge bunch of violets rllu: ll card. Chloe was trembl- ullh anticipation no aha carried

_ w s (hloe Levrett." Thntqm; 311

I H [llntloynotttle sitting-mm, . o " "‘ "

8'1}. ll ’ ll." n "squall: in dizulfi _ We"! llellbarute on_ this

happened "‘ Chris when te four conspire.- lllltLlllemblfld. "Miss Claire ' - "Ill- HP a bat for mother and I _ ought it was our; and tong t; w Miss Chloe. Mother said that she was going to make her last year's do for another season, and than l!" hill Well. that rose and grey 8t twenty dollars ‘and ours only an. Now what are we golngjo do?" . It seems as lf our plans were , BJWBYs going wrong," grogngd

v

V Alice. " 'd almost like to break up

_tbe Tab Round." v

y "Oi course, there are evil forces Worklns against our noble enter-

prises." declared Chris, "but these

vicissitudes only malts n; ugh;

Imore valiantly. I wont see Miss

‘Chloe disappointed now. “We'll g0

in with undnunted mien and tell

I mother all about it."

_ MRS COURTLAND was utterly ‘ bewildered. She had telephoned the mllllnar about her mistake. This certainly was not the hat she had ordered. But Miss Claire had been ilrm. The hat hnd gone up jnnt about dark. Then lit-tar’ she had sent u]! a hat which Mra. Court- laad's daughter had purchased and ! requestd her to have delivered at the side door. The boy had deliver-

‘. ed both boxes in good order.

"Ab, there you are, Chris," ex- claimed her mother in BITQHBVGG ‘tone asthe children entered with nervous hesitation. "Perhaps you will explain where my hat. has gone, and what you meant by or-

Y‘ - daring this, and where you got the

money-—-for it must have cost a considerable sum."

Chris launched out into her tear- ful explanation, ably assisted by her comrades in distress. They ~gave a somewhat -disjoin_ted account of their "noble enterprise," ending with a melting discrlptlon of Miss Chloe's tears oi joy and ecstatic prcenings before the . mirror.

, "Ive can't disappoint her, moth- er," walled Chris. “We'll raise the

l‘ money somehow and pay you the

res-t of it."

Mrs. (Tourtland said nothing, ; but walked to the mirror nnd- Dlli ‘ on the despised hat. It was a smart. flower-covered’ turban in delicate shades oi gold and blue.

“it doesn't look so badly 0n. mo," she decided. "And l am not going to bc outdone by those follr infants. "Well," she continued, turning toward tho anxious qunrtette, "we'll ict llluttcrs rest us they are. l shall keep this for myself. You need not pay illc difference. lf_ Chloe is so entranced with my hat she may have it. I've often felt selfish Sitt- ing behind her in church and seeing how shabby site looked, but never knew just how to help her. l am glad you have found n way." 1T WAS years since Chloe Levrctt had tripped to church ll.l a m“ ner so youthfully buoyant. Ann‘. Selina hall stalked into the nnclcl edifice, as was her custom. son. twenty minutes ahead oi

clmi timt- hut Chloe was late and her»

an audible ‘MAJOR. She could feel it. Thu oltirns of Harcourt realized wrought

unto- their eyes, and their sympa-

= had never done during the title: being all withOllloo they re-

B years oi vexutiorl and

liziug that,» h‘ m . operable dnrnange “whim,

irror. "Tlllrt but i was no sure

nlully, lg

knew lt would. Such beautifu

3;‘? "irons and grey. But who t lune been so wickedly ex- Onev m“ -_ "ll mo. I can't believe it.

'l “ ‘miller you are. I thank you!" “i ‘i’? “ITEM quickly toward the llulow and smiled and bowed

vnllllnt n5 u; 395m] a“

lihlrliiilarknese beyond‘ lgitr ha“, hem,“

All rambling gm]

scurrying

Witch tn i, 1 t Ctllomeuntlzobgrlltm m

Nut so tho sadistic lly ilcd ill haste no i " "

11m Cuurkhhd“ - K "yer with 10! ‘it’

.1, mam“ little dlllergng," ‘a! contain.

con '“'= "to manor i

ed " "107 liltppqfl mo" u.

DU "VGYWOIIZP! '

window "bad been open she alarmed °lli=ll some one h u

nd been piorlng t_ m. ‘flellllfi. rotn ~ » p‘ v u. ll silent on llwcraa§u 0h!!! tint!

flll- Jolc .. in supressed whistle“. nobs. ballltment-sbe nit down. with '- 1111i in her arms and cried. Then cause m _ de- e nltxqulslto object of her. de-

» Me rose and rushed to the

urllu Mn‘

H \- lid would BUY," aha murmur. ~ t ntl the one I was coveting so suits mo toperfqnuqn,

racking

and smiles, meanwhile, the re-

the-t brains‘ to fathom mathublo phenomenon. “That's never Chloe Levrett," murmured old Mrs. Grant, raisins her lorgnette (or a prolonged in- spection. "Wily, she is actually lovely ; always had beautiful color lug, like a delicate bit of rare china -—she and her mother before her." A bearded man in the back saill “So was Selina that

l was gazing fixedly ni. Chloe. that's the lit-tie girl, ch," he muttering. "No wonder hasn't been able to quench spirit."

"A iew seats in front of him a firm-jawed young men was casting surreptitious glances ln the dir-

Heath had been driven away irom Larkspur Lodge some fifteen years before by the terrifying pre- sence o! Aunt Selina. A young man lrlrdiy wishes to found a new home

inmates. Chloe bad decided that llerduty. loyrwlth her aunt as long an‘ she needed her. nnd- the doctor. li-curnllning that Miss Selina was one '~ o! those‘ people who are apt to

dobu redclrth century mark retired in lite ilrst g -. ~ - ~ .. . ' I eel-taking.‘ a h, m- mu- wmoh» i

to ma union, fihtdll Dolly‘,

f0 . _ _ ' outrun awe-inspiring personage ’ who had routed I youthful physic- inn at the beginning of his career ltctdlito terror; for this firm-lured

- llfllitllllllwltfilfi Ililiotfbflllfl. 98W‘ wonder

lance and additional firmness. ‘or. ‘than illdbesn lntllil4lY> All: mind to marry Chloe oven though

ectlou of the rose and grey hat. Dr. -'

with n “lady ogre" as one of its "\

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slowing anorltion of. Chloe that sunny llhster morning decided him. The Blotters" olthe Table Round W979 flflihiljfi1lllfl keenly, turn “will 310M and fear. The organ rolled out the opening hymn and, as Chris expressed it, "The curtain fell on the aenond scene. DR. HEATH caught up to Chlua as she llngeredfon her homeward way. She ioundit hard to leave the sunshine and the fresh new grgen. ness for the ‘diurnal dining-room 11f} Miss Selina’: caustic criticisms.

l am cominfl in this evening to have a talk with you, Chloe," no an. trounced. "Anti-you know why I am coming." ' _Chl0e. sighed. ‘There. would be more scenes,’ a rakinggtfp of the old _sorrow and dlsappolnfinunl. that she had carefullyburied years ago, and then he would go‘ away never to return. - "Come right in now," young man. and have dinner with us." cried a hearty voice, startling the pair. A tall, grey-haired man laid a ilrm hand on Dr. Heath's shoulder and impelled hlm- toward Larkspur Lodge. “No welcome for your old uncle, eh, Miss‘! Hnrdlyn soul has‘ , ‘

.¢ _ Erma. ‘ - til" .. "m .

~ PAGE NINE _

Miss Nina Wilihms, a sophomore at Marquette University, says.

that the "old grey mare ain't what she use to be", as she poses

with the skeleton of the "animal; The weird cbjéct has been. adopted by the co-eda no the class mascot ‘

to me since 1 got oft‘ the Satur- day morning trnln~must have aged Cblllldéfubiy. Sold this house Saturday afternoon to a new lawy~ er who was looking for a tidy little place. Taking my sister out West to keep house for me. Chloe will, of course, prefer to stay here. Selina. doesn't know it yet but she is com~ lug all the some.’ Hie grey eyes held a steely gleam which Miss Selina knew and respected, al- though she adored this younger brother with all the warmth of which her cold nature was capable.

"Oh, darling Uncle Joe!" cried Chloe, and in sight of all Harcourt launched herself into her relntlve's brawny arms and was lost in their comforting grip. From behind a hedge in the villa grounds four pair of eyes were watching ecstatically.

“l shall give a very whoop in another minute," Kltsey wals declaring. "We can work as good magic as Merlin any day."

“it's her uncle all right." whisp- ered Allce. “See, the doctor is "going in. with them. The curtain goes down on the third act."

“That was a splendid idea yours, Chris, to write her Uncle Joe about it. And his letter shows what a real brick he is."

“He and my father were such old friends." answered Chris coul- placently, “and l was sure if only knew about poor Miss Chloe he would feel dreadfully, and he did. He is coming here for ten this evenlng—nnd the fourth and best net ls yet to come."

IN HER bare little bedroom at Larkspur Lodge Chloe Levrott was tucking away a rose and grey hat ln- its nest of tissue-paper. Tears were in her eyes and laughter on her lips. She and the doctor had‘ just been reading n laboriously written letter which Uncle Joe bad slipped into their bands, enjoining secrecy."

"The little darlings)" murmured Chloe, tenderly addressing purple hat-bpx,_“'such BITENBBQQI‘ as they have given me-ioy. and hope. and love. Since Uncle Joe is de- termined on a church wedding I an: going to have four bridesmaids. and I mean to adopt their motto for my own-Reverse your clouds."

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nussmw ADMIRAL BECOMES CANADIAN FARMER

ltdmlral Sir John Pitka nailed recenty for Canada to take up ‘afmmtl- ‘Tile "Admiral f=vuht___=_tlon aside m.» British in the Biitlc Sea with hls lleet and for his services was made a British knight by The Klllfl in 1920. He travelled third class to Canada. with his family. The picturgshowa Admiral Pltka with hi, dauqhgfl;

Photograph ‘shows one of the many residents of Cumberland, I Maryland, going to his garage} after the flood had subsided, doing over a million-dollars damage

were part of hi stall during his contain! in m i Irv-In the life of n recluse.

GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS ~ -r_ l _ w‘? ‘Once bile idol of uncle cndqtlle famous commander! -chiei o! the Russian anniol. wild bullying in "a

imau country tloudc ‘near Pam, runrdod by n few Oounoks who

Sir Hurry Lauder, tumour Scotch comedian; n- pnnied by

Lady Lllidiflllliflil for home recently after completing n tour

Illclqlilfililthrulitod 3MB!- Sir Harry defied the April mow dressed in bin kiln '