' boss", MI". Birch, said he couldn't

FEBRUKRY 2s, 1920'.’

"ille Woman Wllo ' Loved and‘ Earned

IY JANI PHILPI

A Modern Otory of Home Ind Business

ROBERT FINDS ‘WORK . BUT NOT -HAPPINEBB

—P.~ . CHAPTER 59$

Mary Ilyan flushed when I ask-ed her -wily ‘she wanted to know if I had ~seen Marlon Hovey, but ans- wered promptly;

"I thought I saw her snd Robert wdlkil-ng in ‘the park yesterday. My head aclled and instead of going toiunch Itook a walk. I didn't pass them, so I may be mistaken. But If I was-you I'd hurry up a job for him if I could. Ain't you ever heard about Seton finding mischief, for them that are idle?"

"It wouldn't be anything very wrong [or them to take a walk, would it?" I ‘tried to ‘speak lightly.

"Not If ‘that was all there was to it. But usually it ain't." _ I

‘Madame just ‘then called Mary, so I had no chance to reply. S0 my fears were ‘true, and Robert did

spend sonle ‘of his time with Mar- .

ion. I thought of it lbitterly, then more sullely said to myself:

. “I suppose the poor fellow hard- ly knows what tlo do with himself all duy long." I wanted ‘to exculo hiln, yet felt that he had no excuse. I had no time to walk'to the park, no time for anything but work.

“Did you find anything today?" I asked wllile we were getting ready for d-inuer.

“Yes and lro. [found one place I can have, hut the / place don't’ ulnount tll IIIuclI. .

"liow IIIuclI?"

"Less than (Balding gave me. The

Ilnllerstrltld why (‘adding let Iue go --that ll"- nlwzlys Iuudc it a practise in keep his llelp——if ‘they were good snlosnlen. Iiut"-—

"You t-xplzlined lllt you had been hurt, IiiIlIl't you. Tilnt. you haul been away several-l weeks, I interrupted.

“Yfl.~l~‘l told him nil that, gave llll the QxcusIIs I ilnd up my sleeve."

I had said nothing about. -tile posi- tion at Ileels, Perhaps Mary was too sanguine, and they would not lnko ltobert on. He know absolute- ly nothing of tho business, and would have to commence at the bottom. Ilut also I knew that if they would take him, he wou'Id have n chance to rise. So later in the evening I said:

"You don't seem any too pleased over your new position’ Robert.’ IIo llnd said no more concerning it, had even acted IIIIOPB depressed than usual.

"Why should I be? Less salary ‘than when we were first ‘married. ‘One isn't apt mo be very proud, or to talk much of o, thing like that."

“Oh, you mustn't take it like shalt! You will get more after you have ‘worked -for them a while.

"I will‘! I'm glad you are so op- llulisliu."

I Iulld no attention ‘to his sarcasm. Then after a mlllute. l said:

"Ilow would you like a position in the down-town office of the- shop?" ‘

You Inenn—hats?"

“Yes. bu‘t perhaps you couln be bookkeeper or something like that. I didn't mean to selll huts."

"l should hope not!"

‘lMlll-y Ryaln thinks Mr. Iniglll. take you on if she asked him, lio ‘thinks a good deal of her and"

"Not on your life! telt Mary to mind her own business‘. I wouldn't ‘work for him if he palidme I0 times what I um worth!" Robert inter- rupted, the vein; on his forehead standing out ats they dlid when he was angry, and his face red, almost purple.

"Why, Robert! matte kind."

“Oh, Mary is‘ all right," he spoke Inore quietly. “Bpt I will attend to my owll affairs. I-t -is bad enough to ‘have you ‘work without being enlbnrralssed ‘by working for the

whatever is‘ the Mary only meant to be

arc the quick, sure and all I“ for kidney and Bladder troublel.

They relieve lhn awful plllh 7'4"“ j congestion, eliminate stone and gfflvfl. und rcstcreth: organ! t0 “Mill "u" hcullh.

' Don't delay. Oct n be: frosty"?

-‘ drngglntor dlllil’ stance. Ind 1mm! disaster, Mew-will! I'll“ aster. Complain!-

Album The Ihdlnlll-Xln‘ ' @on|nllC0. u Condo, lat. ‘Inn-h

s. Add Nn-Un-Co» In. Itliubhin at?‘ - - liihb- "-Y~

Leets _

"Dyes lier

But N 0E Can Tell

"DIAMOND DYES" TURN FAD- ED, SHABBY APPAREL IN- TO NW '

Don't worry about. perfect re- sults; Use "Diamond Dyes," guar- anteed to give a new, rich. fudelsss color to any fabric, whether It be wool.‘ silk. linen, cotton or mixed goods-dresses, blouses", stockings, skirts, children's coats, feathers, draperies, coverings.

The ‘Direction Book with each package tell: so plainly how to dia- mond dye over any color that you can not make a mistake.

To match any material. have druggist show you "Diamond Dye" Color Card. '

same people. I suppose they would pay one about half‘ what you 86l- and be so sorry for you because you had such an ninconlpoop for u husband."

I thought he referred to his lumb- llity to earn. not to any dislike °7 my earning, so made no reply.

cenav seems 1'0 wonosn CHAPTERfiO.

Robert took the position with Burch and Qomtpany a small apOPP lug goods house. but WhBY9—l-"°l' talking it ‘over with him—l i-mllsllll- ed. he might have a better chance to advance than in a larsfll‘ DIME-

I could not get him at all en- thused however, anld rln a way '1! discouraged me. I had made up my ‘mind by thh time that Robert. never would ‘be a success financial- ly, Added to my love for him had come a feeling similar, I lmsslned. to that a mother has for a child who Is either mentally or physical- ly deficient. I felt like mothering him, as ii he were n child depend- ent upon me.

This feeling 'nduced another — that I must treat. him as a child. and not. take what he did too aer- lonely. I found myself thinking this whenever Marlon Ilovey came lmo my mind. I loved Robert cone pieteiy. lie had been the one man in my life. I ‘was sure he loved ma. that he had been playing around- wih Mal-Ion II-lnvey jbecause be was depressed, ashamed because he had not made good. and that he event. there because he couhi forget. Marion was a silly little thing knewnothing beyond housekeep- ing and cooking. She would be the kind to drive all thoughts of his inferiority away, and so he would of course enjoy being with her. Yet even as I thought all this. A wave of jealousy swept over me. While I wag working hard to get along, he oft/en had given her the tyne I felt belonged to ma. But I would not allow myself to-play the role of neglected wife-hardly even llu my ‘thoughts : yet I dim won- "dered justWlHYI could not ml“ Rlobert happy. WI-IY he was‘ not

had been when we,-were first mar-

ed

I had not changed-ow I thought- Later I learned ‘that my manner had become tinged with my own importance-to put It crudely-and that unconsciously I made Robert feel it. ' _

“Well, how about it? -M&l'y 89k

ed. _ ' “About what?" “Robert? Shall I speak to the boss? "No. He has a position with

‘Burch and Company. Anyway he. told me that he wouldn't work for Mr Leets."

Mary made no remark. simply raised her eyebrows, a way she had when she disapproved of anyoflfl 01‘ anything. Then:

"It's rather a dinky firm,.but per-

with a‘ larger house." She alwayfl tried to think of something encour- aging.

“ let's what I told him." . "We must all help brace him up. He's had hard luck almost ever since you were married-anyway after the first six months. It l: discouraging. Would be for any. body. And then. it is hard to

especially the bosses. I know. Didn't I have a new one every lit- tle ‘while until Madame found out I was a little treasure? You don't know anything about It. 110W l! makes one ‘feel, because you've never worked anywhere but .1115‘! here ”

I was anxious for the day to end‘, anxious to talk with Robert. The salary was pitifully small for a man of hi5 age, and I was afraid he would be so discouraged because of it that lle would not try ‘to do his best. I was desperately anxious he should succeed in this position; not because of the pay, but for his own sake. I was slowly losing him, or rather, his confidence. It hurt ma, and I laid it to his disappointment in not being able to care for me as he wanted to.

I-Ie was fond of going too. When we were first married we often went to the theatre and con- certs. But m“ late we had‘- 80119 nowhere together. If he went at all it was with Marion Hovey. And I had been loft at home until in desperation at." my lonely evenings

Invitations, and gone out several times with him. . _ 1

Robert never |eemed_ to-mlld. and i-t was lonely sitting alone all tho evening alter worklnc hard all. day Had I known that he didn't obioct to anything I did because

ROIIRTW FRIENDS ' TAKE A HAND

“l

CHAPTER 61. ' Robrrt was moody. silent. and‘ dlsv l‘ cable much of the time He

contented‘ to remain with me as ha‘

‘haps he'll have a; good a. chance as '

change places so often, and bosses, ‘

I bad nccsptsdzflardiner Kenyonfs "k

he fell he couldn't when I was the ' earner of lhs family, I should not" ‘ have gone qulta so eagerly, or -'-~so '

_wm-w-

the rent of the help was treated.

"One would think I had just com- menced to work," he grumbled, "Burch seems to rib-ink his" clerks can play bundle boys, do errands, or any other old thing!"

"Perhaps he feels he can't afford to do differently. ‘Large oskg from little‘ acorns grow,’ you’ know," I lllloifid- llllfllln: a little. because Robert looked so lugubrious. But. I really felt more like crying. "I suppose Cardin: and the other big stores had to start sometime in a ‘small way." ‘

‘Talking ‘that way doesn't make being treated like a lackey any easier!" Robert snapped. than beg- ged my pardon.

"I don't know what ails me, Gerry! Honest, I try to keep my temper, but everything seems to rub ma the wrong way. I am sorry I spoke so cross to you. You deserve better from me."

He spoke so humbly and looked so distressed that I made very light of his grouching, and laughed nt him ‘for a silly goose to care what he did so 1on8, as he had to spend the time. _ ~

"I never care when. I have to do." I told him. the time I spend in tlhe shop. And it really ‘makes rlo real difference whether I trim the window or sell hats. My time is llefll."

"I don't see 1t ‘that way at sll. I am hired to sell goods, not to play errand boy." '

"But if there are no customers, and other things need to be done"-

"Thut Innkes no difference!" he said, so impatiently tlhat I stopped arguing, although I couldn't stop tlhinking that perhaps if Robert had less‘ sense of his own impor- tance, and more Interest in his Work. he would get along better.

Betty Weed gave another little party about this time. She said she save it so we could all rejoice iflsetlher over Robert’; recovery. So many had been killed with automobiles and so many others permanently injured, that she said it was only ‘fair to have a party for Robert.

I knew it was only anycxcuso to cheer him up. I had met Frank on my way home fronl the shop, and had told him that Bob was de- pressed and blue.

"We'll have to do something to wake him up," he had replied. "You know that condltllonsgrow on a fellow If he gives way to it. And really, poor old Bob has had it pretty rough lately."

“I know it», Frank. l"——for the, first time I had felt an inclination to speak of Robert and his failure In business to someone besides ‘Mary Ryan. But I caught myself just In time. There was nothing Frank could d0. Why tell him? “Willa: were you about to say, Gerry?"

‘“Oh, nothing! But Bob really needs cheering up. His accident kept him in the house so long, he isn't quite himself even yet. And Uwu the loss of~his position be muse of his enforced - '~ , the position with such a different type

unhappy." ,

"W85 that the reason he lost his position with Burch. I didn't think they would do a thing like that. It's a. rotten trick to discharge a man when he is sick."

I felt my face flush. and yet I ‘could pvt say auyllnns to disabuse lFranks mind of . the idea that Burch and Company had been u“. fair Iwlthout. letting him 599 that Robert was to blame. So I said nothing, while he continued to say untrue things about that When he left me he said:

"Bfll-ly and I w-ill set our heads together and see if we can't have some sort of a gay shindig w cheer Robert up a little, That was a low down -trick that firm played on him."

INVITATIONS CHAPTER 62.

"Please. come to my ‘DlJVBPl-Y

party. It will be held in the kitch- en on October Iii-The P00!‘ Weeds."

ert said, laughing heartily as he handed. me the note wnltten on a piece ot brown paper be! 8W1! “,5 I used to deliver groceries in. "Isn't'1.ltat lovely! I exclaimed with enthusiasm. I had said noth- ing to Robert or my conversation with Frank Weed, so he was rea-lly surprised.

"nut what kind of a party is} poventy party!" he queried. ‘It seems to me we have that sort nearly all- the time.

"Nonsense! This is a real party. not a tlllllg to grouch about. I don t. lrrnow much about it, only I believe the guests wear their oldest cloth- es, (etc). I wonder who they are goins to have beside; us."

"on probably ‘the lViurphy'l-" . “Them, of course! I was wond- ering ii‘ they would ask Mary. I wish they would she makes things so lively." .

The 19th of October fell ulwll Saturday that year, and I knew that‘ was the reason Betty bed chosen that date. We were all ‘working people, and she knew ‘that wecould stay late Saturday rushi- I called her up and told.her we. were delighted with the quaint ‘in-

vatatlon and would surely be on‘ hand.. i " ' ‘ "Who else have you invited?" I-

ed. wouldn't. be the odd ilrl. Can't "The Murphy's. Manon: Hove!-

“Madame pays me for _

M

nlwayllun y . a Ilgllllto IIUSCLES

suv A corn: or 8LOAN'8 LINIMENT AND xszr IT ~ HANDY FOR sun. - '- czucvs-

llf I only had some Sloan's Lini- ment!" I-Iow often you've said Uni: And‘ then when the rheumatic twinge subsided ..fter hour's of suf- fering-you forgot it! Don't: do it again-get s. bottle today for pos- sible uss tonight! A sluddensttack may come one-sciatica, lumbago, sore muscles, stiff joints, neuralgia, the pains and aches resulting from exposure. You'll soon relieve it with Sloan's. the liuiment that pell- etrates without rubbing. ' '

38 years’ leadership. (Mean. economical. Three sizes—'il5c, 70c,

10a 11's

3’. wffltgn‘ lice-p It Imrufy

and Jack Alder, Mary Ryan, and you and Robert. I wish I knew some nice cha/p to ask so Mary you help me out?"

“Why yes, I think I can." The thought that Gardner Kenyon would be available flashed over me, "I have spoken to you of ‘Mr. Kenyon, the young man I met in the ‘mountains. I think he would come."

“Give me his shall have a bid. ‘think, though. him?“

“0h., he'll fit in all right!" I knew he would. it was one of his charms that no matter where ho was o,- who was about, he ' was always self-possessed and easy —- that ls, he always had been when- ever I had seen him.

I gave her Gardner's address. Without quite realizing it the party took on an added interest for me; I was "more anxious to go. Not that that I was at all in love with Gard- ner, but I liked him immensely. Then, too. he took one out of my- self, made me forget that Robert was grumpy, and ——— I did not know this until later; did not realize it, .I rnean-‘lle made me forget I-was a business wonran. Someway when I Wflg with him I never thought 0i the shop, never talked shop. With Robert I found it’ a never failing subiecfiof conversa- tion, not dreaming that I was bor- 1118mm to death with my talk of huts. and at the same time con- tinually _emphuzing lmy earning MINI-city. and so Inulolng him un- comfortable.

I have heard, and I guess it tls true. that women cannot dismiss their business as a. ‘ talk about. it at. any and all times.

address and he What will he

runcnllilmlrlllrownlculnnrslv. m"

man can. They '

.' -. h‘ -- " 1

They are‘ too new in the business world to ‘forget it ‘when they are at home, or with others. It is of such vital interest to them, is so like a new toy, that they hate to lay it aside even for the ‘sake of eocibllity. It is a mistakes-one ‘I ' learned. but only when it was, too late.

Betty called ‘me up at the shop and told me":

"lMr. Kenyon wrote me the nicest note, and said he would be delighted to come. I felt as if I knew him after reading it. I was afraid I should be a little embarras- sed with my poverty party. but I shank. I told him to wear the old- est things ha had, and he promis- ed .. -

Mild altie

"for

That night I told Robert who was going. and watched him- close- ly when I‘ enitioned Marlon I-Iov- ey's nanne. He did not change ca. prassion, simply remarking that we ought to have a good time. I spent the rest of the evening gett- llng out the things we were to wear-the party was‘ the next even- ing. I found an old dress in my trunk that I had saved because the color was particularly ‘becoming. although the dress I had consider- ed past wearing. Then I discover- ed an old grey suit Robert had

_“ VIRGINIA Cigarettes diam

"THE POPULAR ‘SMOKE . QF.TQ_DAY'

discarded, and in some way neg- lected ‘to give away. With old shoes (etc.,) we would do very well. . "It won't be any trouble for Inc to go to a ‘poverty party," Mary said when we talked it over - at luncheon on Saturday. "But if it ‘had been a fancy dress ball little Mary Ryan would have sent her

jingle under the names-Mary had done them for Betty.

I found myself between, Frank Weed, and Gardner Kenyon. Mar- ion Hovey was on h-is other side. and then Robert. Mary Ryan was between Carson Murphy and Jack Alder, wllile Batty and Jane took

hilarious, and looked so ridiculous in their old costumes, that we had no time for any further conversa- tion just then.

"You look lovely, Gerry! Mary said. "Where did you get that dress? I never saw you wear it."

"It was" the one she had on the by an automobile"

wzrewy day I gut up courage to ask her t0 the other two places. marry me." Robert said to mysur- Each one had to read aloud be- THE PQVERTY pARTY prise. lie had not. mentioned it tore supper was served what Mary

when I put it on.

"No wonder he wanted to marry you!" Jone broke in. "It is lovely on you."

The dress was a soft satiny ‘thing of a faded sort‘ of Alice blue-- a color I had worn constantly as a girl, but which I had discarded since my marriage.

Just thcn Marion came in.

“Better late than never!" she

had written on their place cards, Betty informed its.‘ The Jingles were uproariously funny, and every one was apropos. Mary seemen to have a flair for that sort of thing, and had really outdo herself.

I noticed that Gard r Kenyon was ilnlnensly interested when he was told that Mary had written the Jingles and I had a bit of jealous feeling when I saw him look re-

, CHAPTER 63

Betty ushered us into the living room‘, where all ‘but Marlon were assembled. I noticed Robert looked sharply about, but he said nothing.

"We'il wait here until Marion comes," Betty said, after we had greeted all present. I could not avoid seeing, and being pleased, at the flash of pleasure in Gardner