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m; rinco My work brinxs me in mud; vrith all kinds of people. “Qurully I went to know iust as plus’. as possible about all kin-ls

n! work. It hellls me t0 under- ' stlnti" . Perhaps this answer will give

501110 idea of the Ollllbffl-‘VOLMBQ McIntosh. 1w

It was after I hnd been seeing Miss McIntosh practically every any at the hospital for some three weeks that I went to her Home. I found her rooms quite different 1mm anything l ever had seenfS

fllr my only idem! of luxury [If] beauty were fornl “blur-tug; . teriors made by t irmflng’ . ture company for at the" wo d nnl their reels of lgllll e. c t

glass, lace and vol t pluyéd Iufge

parts in thus backgrounds.

ply first impression oi ‘Miss Mc- Intosh's honie, therefore, was that it was somewhat bare. In the way of" furniture there was scarcely nllything in it that was not use- illl. -'I‘he ‘ few objects of belluty she owned were given plenty of splice lest their: line and color be over- ulstl I. ‘remember feeling curiously thlltftilertl wuss. restraint which sfew years ‘before I would have called poverty. Now I was already sufficiently awake to true been: “to reullle it was something quite different.

' Miss ‘McIntosh wore n simple IIOIIBBIQUWII. it was the first time I her seen ller dressed other looked less conspiciously fine. but somohow- more lovable.

Naturally. the ‘ conversation drifted to my mother.

‘lilo you know," Miss McIntosh asked, “that sile has actually guin- ed flesh since she has been in the hospital?"

"I know sire looks better," I lnslvered. "and I don't wonder. Poor motherl It is really the first few weeks ohpence and quiet she" has had in her life. Father really has only been n care and a worry to hcr."antl thenthe babies coming along so fast. I tell you. lMiss Mc- lnlosh, it has made me realize that u womun is very foolish to marry. You would not catch m0 up to nny such nonsense."

“()ll, my dear." said tho nurse. "how funny for a young thing Iiko yoll to say that."

“Iiut you're not nlarrictl your- self." I reminder] her lllughingly.

'l‘o lny surprise the nurse did not join in my mirth.

“That nlay be my misfortune. child." she said. "We can't all be hurry."

“You don't mean to say." I cried. "that yoll believe lllarriuge nleaus happiness?"

"I certainly

do." replied Miss

“Ahl" I said trluillphuntll’. "There you sec; it's find a decent mun, -and—" I addod_ with. a pessimism and ikllornnce, “most men are so perfectly horrid. “Besides? I went on. "there are the ‘children yoll would have. Look at mother‘. A perfcct wreck "Look llt~—-"

Miss McIntosh interrupted nle.

"Ilore, my dear." she said, "lct us answer your objections lll order. In thc first place. any on- who knows much about life knows that lhcre are just as many hm riille women as tllorc are horrible men; just us nlany fine men as there are fine wolncn. Believe me [have nursed both men and wo- nlcn. and when lleollltl "P0 Si?“ they don't pose. You filld ollt the stuff they are luude of. I have sccn too llluny mcn tlnll woulcn uiu not to Ilclieve that lllBy equal courage. As for your lcnr of lluving children. that scents to me ilotil unworthy and light-fulfill ell. Don't you know that to most of us. anyhow, comes a certaln amount qfphysicial suffering? It should not really weigh in the balance. I mean t0 Bu)’. m)’ <10"?- nnd Miss McIntosh pnuscd and snliieti at tile, “if you don't have u baby you lnay have llllllillllllclllfl- If you "have appendicitis YOILJIP-‘l left minus; if you have the baby you hnvggvthiqul to comfort. you. anyhow." 1 ' “

I, fcitf-vusiittle uncomfortable. ’l-l.ll’~ I was still‘ bound to stick to my guns. So-——

‘lBut it isn't fair." I went on. consciously ‘framing the world old plnlnt of the cowardly Wuul=ln~ "ll isn't fuir.~""l said. -"thut wtlluen llilollld have all the pain. Now, if men-f‘

"Stuff and nonsense!" said Mls! liicilltoslg. “Pain is pwlly Wcl liivldcd, you'll find. Anyhow. as I said before, I think it is unworthy to redlulo». responsibility to u. Sheer physlcinl basis. As I said l0 roll. ll isn't; that. kind of suffering that counts. 'i'ilough if you nl",llnswer to it. ask who stands the pllysioial suffering ill case of war. Anthllsk. my dczlr," coltclutletl lllvisll MCIUIIIHII‘ "how he lltllls ll-

I,._sut stariltg’ straight before nlc Bllfllifflil. Flfllilly'~ _

i'_'\\'c.il,"'l said IltmeLv, '“trll lllr lifts ilns-‘lmfll teaching mu some- llllng quite, tlJéffel-cnt; but tilorc fl ‘t seefil o be ally answer to

wllat~yoll nny. Yet. I've: ‘ tolled nl lnotilor ever slncelw f! lu ,ber." ~

iMlss McIntosh leaned" f W ll fputter my hand. "'

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w _ "Well. dear," "that? not very long. to have "girlhood ter thoughts such as yours. bu filler H" you've Plenty of time an ln which to waktl-up and be a ran womun.

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n, Chapter LIX tqeh. ‘idle heed‘

and made nlethlnk. was going c-n in lny

_‘.'Y0u're a very ire sdid to me one day. Mt Wurryl-nlgnllnnt a-re you?”

". 0." I told ‘flint. ‘lng on‘ nicely. gnu Dhampion Iillint, Iueytlile flllOnc-y; are of 2, er. no I (that worry on fiat ecore)“

8d Mlr. Dayton, half in fun.

“No," I replied sIow-ly.

“Well. then." he suggested. "let's go out to dinner ‘tonight and talk it over."

Lurching the expression of my face. he added quickly, "I wanted to talk ‘to you about that leap into the river, anyhow. I don't think you better do it yourself. We'll Ket asubstillute. It seenls too dan- gerous to me. Or we lnlgilt even be able to use a llulllllny."

I accepted the invitation of the preslldent of lthe film company. I was not ilreolared zl.s__yet to tztke any (Infinite stand about him; to repulse his zlttentinus once and for all. Still Miss Mclntoslrs words were ringing in my brain enouglh for lne to ilring the conversation around to them when Mr. Dayton unlli I dined together.

"I don't know," I saidsiolviy‘, as we o‘!!! together over our dinncr. whether ‘or not it lmny not be good for a girl to have some responsi- bility.‘ Do you l(IIt'l‘\\'.. '\Ir. Dayton. I think I have dono better work as all actress betrausc mother's ill- ness has lllude me face Illlllgfi-RIS lilcy‘ are in ilt'e."

“Qll. nonsense, lily dear." said Mr. Dayton. “don't be tnorbitl. It's a pity that a pretty girl has to face anything at all. I think all lnen fccl as I (Ito-till rcal lucn. I mean New if I llud my way with you. as you know. I'd like to give you aI-i bhe mloney your little bands could hold. I'd‘ like you to buy all the pretty clothes‘ I know you covet and I,'d like to protect you from every sorrow."

"That wnluitlybe vcry nice," I said slowly. and a li-ttle wistfuliy. 'I‘hen I rniscd my glance to Ills anti looked at lllm squarely. "But."

is whether or not I

dcring lately Whether what I

would like ii?

horrid; stuffy, subway train.

had the right?" .

fimtiil".

really big things, you suppose nloncy make anyysllleid zlgzlinst trials?"

til int: rcu-ily big?"

face FIusIlt-ld allitie

is my mother.

01.1) MPALS- "

.1219 lialk I had with ‘Miss McIn- _ nlurso of the hospit- lili whertwmy-ololher ‘was recover. ‘ing "POHTIIIIIIKDGFIIIIOII, subored me Perhaps what. mind showed inmy ‘manner toward Mr. Dayton. quiet little girl," “You're Your nlotller,

“blotllcr is get- thnnks to the ('oinpany> iendling ‘nable to take have to

"Nott cross at me, are you?" 115g.

I suppose nmst girls would like it.’ continued. "what I have been won»

want most In ‘the world is money." “Good heavens talliltl!" said Mr‘. Iiicintosh. "Provided you marry a nny-ton, "of course you do. Money suitable person and onc you love." is the only thing that can m-ake your lilfc worth living. Why. 105$ so hard to in the _Iitt.le things of evcry duy-+ sluppose you had to go all the_\\'ay born of youtirto see your lnrotiler at noon in ‘t sn‘ it a thousand times better and more courfoeliable for you to use my car? Don't you see how_I could protect because of us! you and keep you front harm if I

f was doing sonlle hard thinking. "I see lvdlat you mean," I said. "I suppose you could pro tcct lilo in some things, lrut in the Mr. Dayton do really does

“Of course it tines." the man told me. "Vifillnt do you menu by.,sjou1e~

"Well." [said ellowly. “and m)’ as I spoke. 1].N,,"\\'llnt I was renliy thinking about ‘ The greatest paln

she said cheerfully,

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and suffering she has ‘held who bu. Icuustaf-"I paused and stumbled for a moment, but then I went on as bravely as I couid-“tt was be-

ffllltllfl." I said “she had too many his hand to the baby. She went to .

glad"? ftzr be-r strength. Sheis not him at once. ‘D .

"leans; s you know. But do you "Jane." he suid quietly, "that was l‘ CVAIIS Hench fill; _ 0 say that money ‘has nny- naughtv. Jane must not takel

illln-g to do WWII that? What I'm things that don't belong to hor un- - 4 "mill" "Illlllllfll vi" M‘ W»-

"Yl"? l" tell‘ you is, I'm ‘beginning to understand that when a really llllipcrisis of pain comes in any 0110s llfle, it isn't money he or she needs; it isn't money at ui-l. Money won't do one bit of good."

"Don't. be n fooi..' said Mr. Day- toll. almost roughly. “what (1.0 You think would be any good if money isn't~ T"

Jven as I had been talking I had not known ‘the answer to my cups- llWl lllysellf. Ilut now. suddenly, ll lllfltmletl in my heant; and came l" my lips qulilto simply. as. tho truth docs come sometimes. -

"Why. it. is llovc," I said. “Love l5 "19 Only thing that helps youl when you are in pain. If you love rome one and he loves you. that ls the only way in the world the bulrden can be shared.” And then, under nry breath to nlysclf, "What ll lull)‘ I've been not to know it be- fore!"

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Chapter LX Meanwhile mother grew better l" ouch day- and woulid shortly be ollt of the hospital. To offset tilis, it began to look as ‘though my father would soc-n be in a bad way. He

had been drinking heavily for Years. Tile habit had suc-h a hold on lhim that at his age it would be almost inlpossible i0 wean him fronl it. and the human body. only Hllllllls just so IlIlllCll ltbusc. For illc last. few years father ilnd been forced to tukc mllrc and nloro time from his work aftcr each debaueh. Now hc was really u pltiflli object. His ilunds trcmillcll so at Illlltth‘ he scarcely couiiti feed himself, and hc was not yet sixty years of age. llis mouth drooped and his brain was sudden. Of late he had had sev-l cral bod nervous spells.

"Tilat fatllcr cf XOIIFS is going to blow up some tiny," Hugh Trotter told mo. "It's got Ilinl, all right. Willi zl younger mun I think I'd be nervous about. you. ‘.\'cII. lie nlighi. get vioticnt sonlctillle; but he's too' sick for that now. Yolfre not

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with ilim, arc you?" I silruggcltl my tshmlltlers. "Oil. I'm used to it," I ‘said. "and as you say. Ito's‘ so sick now I could ilanlillc lilllll with one hand. O.’ course, he still says uwfully "mun tilillgs. but I liont have to listen l0 tilclu." “Your poor mothcr docs," rc- markcd tllc ymung nmvspuper rc- porter.‘ "l hope I wont offcnd you. Nell. ii‘ I sny so long as your fath- cr probably will blow up. I wish lu-Td do it soon and get it llvcr bc- fore your nlotllcr comes llonlc."

“You ulcnn you think he rcaliiy might die?" I asked Hugh.

‘Surcl’. he said. nodding. "’I‘hat " man's stomach is in such a condi- u tion from zlicollol that Inc's not get‘ j ting enough nourishment to keep a baby alive. And speaking of iln.b-' lea,’ he concluded. "look at June. She's in the sugar ‘bowl up to hcr neck.

Hugh and I had been talking as I cleared the (Iislhes away after din- The cream pitcher and sugar bowl I had left on a side table. My h Iluby sisicris chin just came to a Icvcl with tho table top. Iiy stand- ing on hcr tlptocs she had been able to reach out. ‘with her grimy little puw and grab a nvhole baud- tui‘ of lllmp sugar. 'I‘hl.s she was stuffing into her aulouth. regardless n of her capacity. She looked at both liugll and i when silo heard her llumc. ‘her r-ycs a little frightened. ilcr rhceits bulging with her guilty spoil.

"Wily do they always pllt CV67)".

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little impatiently. would eat the kitchen stove if she could only lbreak’ it up." ‘Hugh knelt‘ down and held out

lee/s who asks for them. No. don't try to choke yourseilf

walked lll_ closer. dear, _ , ._ , _ _ would m“ be mummy m “or owniptllt htrst If and not be dependent to‘

dot-s grow up and be able to take on ' and. of course as long

_ . _ (I. utluid to be lcrft rllflflO III the house w, _ not min“ m ‘Hurry and

ttllllcf

both zlrnls. very (wltlse to mo.

the

llllEI‘ -hlld house for her operation IIugll had come almost every evening to my» t y H h H asistantre in caring for the child-hug 0 )8 l Pm‘

thing in their nloulhs?" I said uren alt e-.,.

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-siowl_l'."

“Oh. ‘come here. Jane." I said. and my voice was not very tender.- At. once Jane shrank closer m llllzlli HUGHES onus and put both hands on one. of his.

lt- shook her head at. me.

“Easy now. Jane" cautioned Hugh "You're going to bust with .all that‘ r '" sugill- in your face if you try to say anything." , _ .

' Ilnt I was‘ not thinking oi‘ my lit- tle sister's guilt at the moment. I was staring at her. Suddenly it flashed across inc that through all _ her little me Sh‘, uuu noun uwus-nlo anything at. a time like this to tomed to nleubout her. She should hove loved and trusted mo. _It was I who had cared for her in her lit- ‘tidost ‘IJIUUYIIDDIP-‘ffll Lller, bathed hcr, dressed‘ her.

Yci bore rncd

mc. although

my little sister.

“Iiull_\'," I said, “why

(.OIYII' here. ~bab_v; collie to Nollie. reluctantly and I put her

She lleft Ilugh unccrtainly to nle. v arm around her and drcw

afraid of Nclli asked. “Nell

“You are not aro you’ I

tic baby sister. Ncllic has

scold when Jane is naughty, that

all."

up at lfugll.

“Du you know I haven't bec-n pay. ,., _ , . , . . _ _ mg enflugh {mention m “m, lvtleaallllllztlgi that l ilcgan to thlnkl ullght be

the poor little dear ‘is aImos-t afraid "mm ‘r a mun "m! ‘l wmmn "aw"

said, consciences-triken.

lllc. Holw perfectly‘ awful."

Swallow

l-‘ltls instinctively‘ to Ilugh for protection fnom lrtlulll world.

not have hurt her for the I knelt quickly as Hugh was kncclillg, and ll hclti out my arms

do you silake your head at Nellie like that.

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"I believe lime

mini Restores Ilcnitb. maintains llrenllh. ensures beauty, lessens Dnln. Sin box. . . At llll llflllfilllll or direct from i it ‘run soouzu. on uu 0o LTD. M o n t renl FOR SALE IIY E. A. FOSTER

rue 2 MACS onuo éron: n VICTOR covuz Jmtllllvllfitl LTIL. (QIIIIIIII-Illtlri

and in putting them to bed. AI- though»-

"Don't you pllt a feather in your l-aip about it. Nellie." he had said. “I tbiink your nlotilefs a llrlflk. l'il

roiicve llcr mind from anxiety. I om glad to help ilcr.

And so ‘he had come, playing with the lbzlby and keeping her good tonnperetl; ilelplng my brother 'l'om with his IIIIIIIIOIIIIIPIFS; savinl-Z my fatbcl‘ from his spells of bad itcmtpcr. wili‘e allowing hilll to talk ,cutilcssiy of politics, withu-ut con‘ tradit-tion.

I suppos" l-iought at first zlgainst

I

children and all that now. some day they will grow up and marry anti then it might be rather. lonely.‘ ,"Yes." said Hugh, dryly, "I sulp» pose it might. . But. on the other hand. you might marry some 300d for nothing who couldn't make as much money as ylou do. and then there you would be, struggling to take curB of ilim. If you're going- to have a change of hell-rt, Neil. be! lillTB you soften toward a rich man, I dont tlllnk very wel-i of these, struggling young persons. | "Why. Iillgh!’ I exclaimed. “What an llwilll thing for you to soy. I' never heard you tll-lk like thzlt Ile- fore. . "Well, you hear me now." he all? l-rwered e little snappily, and the sweet tempered mouth straighten-l ed a iittlefl .' , ; V "Don't you marry n mun who} nlakes Iwss than you do. my dear,“ be shill. “If you do you'll be marry- ing a tmln‘ who ‘isn't. much good)’, For the moment the subject was dropped. Ilt leiit me llllri and n lit‘, tie untrolnfortabie. Later. aften I had llflflfPhlirvFll June and put her tn‘ bcd. I called Iiugh to co-nle up and‘ get hcr good-night kiss. l As he llllfll- over the ilally, llc putt out his hand to the side of tlllei crib to steady himsclf. and my band, which was already there.

allolvtng Hugh the pint-c which in- stinctively’ I felt llc was taking in win‘). llPilfl. Years bcforc I had: inlndc up my mind I would IIBVPPI I'llIlI‘l'_\'. I told nlyselt‘ lh-:lt all my nlotilclfls llcart-ilrrtlk and iii-health cattle because of her nlllrriage; that‘ e I'll‘ n girl‘ wxlrltctl rcai contentment iétin her lifc she should work to sup-

for happiness or money upon n lllILidI. I had Ilelievctl this doctrine

I: me with my ilonlely‘ cvcryduy‘ my life easicr I hogan i0

asks and hulking with his good nature.

for ouch other, for them each

Hugh rose m ms feet and walk?“ slhllrt- the burdens they were bound

toward the other room.

"Oh. weld." he said easily. “what She will soon

it. platter?"

n ' \\"'i

llilrc nny children

lllltl Emily nlorc nr icss. Wh it mnttcr what shc thin \"7Il tlrfccltl?"

ilulzil!" I hogan.

ilit‘tl and iv.

ll'i, ilt. to ilnvc n little creallu

lllifidllill clinging to you."

llc waiitctl on into the otil

TCUIII.

S H. I ‘ m t k , .h vI',\\"l'lIll_V funny. I ("w ‘i: Ilztiughlrnfllgg": iithcl- Fllfl was in earnest or not. She in u

l putttoilu me Sllfi‘ Qxilflcted to be nlarricti :lilffl.\' front tht- oilicr man than cvcrlhiu gym ‘nruunu my W315i“ lc orc.

l_\' cheek against httrs. "()ll baby.‘ I ren't you a darling; usi a zlariing!’ ‘

aren't y

Chapter LXI. I don't know when It was Ll as I might he

er, untl ioutll

Ilntnk of her suffering. still I cough-t nlyseit‘ thinkinll several times that rather, cmlpty- lwhen shc came back [FUIIMUIUIIIEEF and father ‘were very happy the Ilcspital and thcre would thusltogetiler and I didn't Sllllflflse U19)‘ llc no reason t'or wllut had become were the only Hugltl world ‘Since tho very first day that Illrtr-llllll‘; ‘. out of the heart?‘

evenings would seem

lillflrit nightly visits from

been taken

dinner. with their les-so

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whispered to hcr.

Barney WajsgJ Givings Good Advice‘

to ilnvc, thus nltlking them lighter.‘ I suppose my

town-rd liiugll. -I found

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