he worked desperately bard. Anll

Sweetheart at Yliliny‘

THI “Om! A WG-

IANI ‘lahozflfillb

by Ins-Ion Runlnnam -

HOWE OOMPLIIIOATIONB . . Chapter 55

before it. It fairly fell upon us. We were stunned by It. I looked about me, frightened,

yet somehow

red blood of anger ran from his face. Instead, a sickly pallor culnl- over it-but his eyes

dangerous thlan before.

James having been goaded Irlto

this outburst, suddenly grew calm.

But he would not or could not.

meet his father's eyes-those litll_~ deep-set eyes that were gleaming

now wlith a wicked angl-r lll tilcln. James, '1 think now, realized how He had sulll

far he had gone. something that would change tho course of all our lives perllapir-

thafwonld, perhaps. break up our

family. And be was afraid.

Ihad plenty of time to watch everything, for we were all stulln~ 1- IOII! time. Violet had gone dead wirin- uncartlily Ill their blneness against her pllc we all

IIPVPI‘ rl-flcl-led

ed and our silence lasted

Her- eyes looked skin. As for Esther-and turned to look ut lier~l lsaw so many emotions simultaneously on anyone? face. Esther had worked Ilurll that

day, and her ‘face showed ll I2"

every sagging line. I felt sudden.) so very sorry for her-starry. fol her narrow life, her lack llnterests outside her family, sorry

for the old age that was over ‘ncr, and

coming so swiftly for her frank bomellness.

Anll now, by one sentence all her placid illusions were shatter

ed, the very heart of iler life yvas

taken away from her. "Oh God, my God!" she said

And sat down suddenly on one oi

the chains.

We turned. as she did to Jim

But the red was coming buck to

his face agalln, and he follnd hi.

voice.

It ain't so, he said. loudly again. and looked threuteningly at his‘

son. Esther uooked at Jallles pulll etically pleading. l

James! James she cried. Whsl]

' A O r i e ‘lube sudden silence that follow-

ed Jhmlo’ threat was even more. explosive than the conversation

fascinated. Jllin shrank ‘back. as though the boy has struck him bodily, and» the

WEFG UNIT!‘

of anr

I Unbelievable

Y llardzyrcalin tbcousgndcr ul Im-

. woyclncltio younkin and inion your niiu muitoyou ‘aha’ GotlnulfsQriznlal Cram or the first limo. SQQIIJahITIIAISkU FEB T. IIDPKINS 8x SON ‘Montreal

GflurauCrS

dowll in him. hurled

kitchen, with the

uatinl: circumstances. Aull lic WIIS my

rang ill my cars.

Yilllel lllt-llllwilile hall

James.’ lllilllicll open, for lit-II‘

door illlo TOUIII “WIS

Aunt Enid. Slit‘, PZilltHl, vllil-l- soundcll ‘lei-cl.

IIEAIVPHIIFIAK (‘liupter =66

cry,‘ I lllll‘l'll:ll down ilrougll the lllly ill: dark room.

what be lllealrt I could not alnt light, that tllc lean torn or lllrowu hat tools wlloels thcr pieces of all the liilllt-BS worked with, were lll over the place. Evidently Jim rig for some tool, perhaps wmccaled Iicl" nest, his passage. He would first, wily the hay hull not

knew lllmflt) ivcll rls various- reactions. He léf angry at the waste of lie would crowd ill. low lnul-Il space was

are you saying? A u-omun wlli‘l'tf.tligalionsr

What do you mean?

I've said enough James answcroll

sullenly.

You've said» more-Rn enough, Jlin. bellowed, and swore at him again

iBut he says it ain't so, Jnnlcs he saysi‘

I've said enough James answer- illlylllllli‘ more-and I won't tulle buck wllzll

ed again. I won't say

I said.

And Ile turned and went out o1

the room. ..I'll kill you for this, Jim i-‘WUPP I looked at Violet.

——Ieuvlng Esther not comprehending, her husband. I'm going to on. Violet said. We went out of the

find Jame-s

front llool

and around the house» Jnml-s lull

slammed through. tho kItclll-ll door. He was nowhere in sight. and he did not answer when wc

called, as we d~il.l when we svcrc sure our voices would not reach

to the house again.

Finally we went. barn. There was no one around. Then Vl climbed to the haymow and called Ills name wllerli llc could hear her if he were in tile little hidden workshop-due cuusc

of this sudden upheavel in our quiet family. Do you suppose he's done uny-

thing -—-anythiug awful? shc tllrn- ed to me, her face still pale, hel- eyes running over with nervous tears.

It's all right, I told llor, thoul-Iil I was far from tilinkiug s0. simply did not want to see Ilcr cry I could not bear to feel she was unhappy. She had euougn troubles wllthoul worrying OVIII‘ James.

To tell the truth I was a little stunned myself. After all Jim was mvbrother; we had played tn- gether, grown up together, we had always, except for the first fIPW years of his marriage lived In the same house.

I knew he hall n ball temper. and It was aggravated by nllsfor- lune and luck had not been with him for a long Mme. It was lllS own fault perhaps. lie was narrow he would not adopt prosresslve ideas, he would not. even adopt common sense ones at tlnles. But

Constipation ‘Relieved Without the Use ojLaxativa

R oi Ira lllhflfillltr-lll7t s I cine or laxative-so

cannot gripe. When you are constipated, enough of Natures

not

[flu-leasing liquid is ro-

ducoll in the bowel to eep

the food waste soft and Doctors prescribe

til I s natural lubricant a nli thlll I places It. Try It to- it!

Then, b} some mutual flash oi’ lintuition. vll turned and went out of the room dull-eyed, slilll I “mm facing llvl"

Kfllllll‘

through llll‘

iobs Ill the evcnings winter. Ill this Wily Jllllllilll money to buy solul of lllP ‘looks zlllli toolsflflll‘ Jllli would uni. tllink of paying him 1i. salary for his work on the plncc.

slmplcr than thc oucs using nliw~—nn engine fnr an auto 'lr.- explained. out all right, there wnliill be less arlianl-e for things brl-nklug llown. So I sci. up till- worked evcnlnurL-I so no light could there on the slllc fields. ‘I-Ie pointed to tho sills for VPIIIIIIIHOII, through which some i daylight was coming In.

snlli. Illrt they'll out.

'I‘nl.-il, of laourse, there iollr~wleil III.\' iiul u sharp-eyed ‘i. or in u luau with ‘IIIS ltruusod. rollill bl: Ilul, choked with lull angry will-ll he

pl-r, this was like pollrinl»! nllollllll-rlllg lirc. I-il-

.l()lclI till-m Illll that Illlt boy llill Hdzlni; the. " at. .\'(>llill lil-llloiisll llll- p]:

:1. lie tlhlll liglll. I saw Vi

l1‘ sobbing. 'i'il<- Wllillil so l‘lllll‘ll.‘il'(l.

lilll crying.

llg. and Villlut who was -.~; tllllt. women usc lwlul to l-olufort.

lvnly llsllalllled of lls fcelllms so.

lgizod.

Enid null I found fills illi‘.

wail], gulping n lllill- to lowu llll‘ ll-urs llliil. sllil

o conic. Sonic lll lllosl: tllillus

I hull an idea for nu engine, Ill" vent on. I thought it wlls a lnitle thley are

If my idlza worked stuff ilere and Iinli it fixed

get out, except inwards the

Father's been up in the air for

s. week over n lost. nlonkcy-wrench he went on. I Willi started hunting barn. because ho thought left. up here when we the bolts on the. didn't have it. I don't know whcrc it ls.

suppose illnt gm around tllc it was tightened liny rake, but I

~IIl- sionll up surveying the

wreck of his workshop.

I nwlffor most tilese things, he let me work Ii

I'll give you all my money and‘

we'll gel. some new things and I'll make Pnlbnr give you u real rooln

to work in. Vi said eagerly.

swered. llls

-Nn. I don't wnnl Ii. Jnmes an-

shoulders

ll roopcd

his face was swollen from tears

' 1&7. l i] ‘Clllljt

and from the emotions

' been through.

he had

' enkine——

nial _Cl'-~e_.€i_m,

deep, was li streak of something very soft and

tender. Esther hnd ltllluli this Idstllor sittilng illllply, stupidly in llle.

wrl-ck of Ill-er Illusions about hr-r. But unalylinl; the causes did not make the result more bearable. I vrns stunned too. Life was simple uuouvdl for mo" 1| mall was good lrllcn Ill: was fllilil- Iul to Illis wlfl- \\'llL'Il be wasn't lit" was wicked. ‘Pilerc was no cxlclr

brother! Th" words "that wolllall ill bllmlllikt”

Slipped down llle plumage betwcl-n tlll- Iluy lIlLl the burn wull. idyllic-oily flit‘ work-I voicc "cant-hell llle from li long dIsjrlul-c. and llcl" Irigiltvlled. Cllnll»

'I'ilol'ougilIy Lililrillvtl by Violcfsukilling the boy.

llll: puillélllxg And il was. Ilut ridiculous pnssalac Juno-s bad lrul SIIIW: tllc solution was to his rl-trl-ul. lirull away. went through tho door, unll lHllI;L'i'l'lill1l cowarlilincss

Jilll saili ill: llnd "snlusllcll it"——i toil was walkling rap-idly buck lo tho ilell." lilit I saw now, cvcll ill tllc iiollls. I waited engine Illlli llowll. null alld straps allll things lying never seen her face a tragedy-d

perhaps search it. Her parents’ deaths had not even been unexpected, and she had tnk~ luntlllg the barn l'or the hen that en that philosophically alld quiet- stulubled on ly. But lthlis—liow would wonder. under this becti UlllIIJI‘ raging or sobbing helpless- _Ill(tl| up close to the stone wall~~ Iy in hcr roolll. Icoulli iell would nearing zllld the men would be ill space. from lilo fields. starved allll eager Wullllcldlll; for food. I thought rapidly of the wusltlll. lluil-ltl-st things to cook. I fllcn soiling the boards ovl-rhc-zlll but Ill-Id away tllc hay and forln- llll'I'l'. was Iilstlll-lr. standing by the ‘ll the passage, ilc would susplecl Lllillc. pooling potatoes. .olllvllllnl', and kuep up his luves- Lfllgljlli] as l luflkflll a, hag

WJS "Idling up as I came in. I told Jilll to l-nougll collceall-ll to IWPSUI! like; past twelve. l his suspil. ~ And of coursc, ho dust, Hamill"! W": said, going oil with bur work. Yrs uorkroolll. To ll lllull with lllS iPIli-Ufu 1H,,“ Jim rl(n‘livd i,‘ b," | S; "ii Illbil was lrlll: from his fat-l: would l'Illll'_];n|“-‘ lis tools llinl-o, sllspl-l-nl .lIlIllI‘i-I lillll 1],. H

“'1' lI*'\'"l' 1"'"VlllL'"‘| wllnl was I going to llo albolll. ll? | IIUI: ‘Illllll Am] __ll_(>_‘1lV_\_'___lIlf g H‘

. his was cxnctly wllu-t llnd ll:l1l|lcn»;[;v,.,| 0v“. m

through ll‘l'lllllllll_L',. In ,.,,,|,,.,. m“. l“, llvilllllllj ,l\'I‘l' a dllrk figurl» null lllc .~l.lulld tiling Will! and I was so llpsoi 5 lnll llvrrous frolll llll- quzll-rl-i lllillllnlurd 0p | l was surl- Jniul-s Illlll killml llinl .-il' ililll Violl-t was bending over

Hut ll \\'.'I.\‘ Jnnlcs who was clly» sitting lvllll ill-r 'Ill‘lllS Iirllllnll llilli, croon- llg those odd lllPillllIlglPHH syliubl wilcll they

Joules sat up ill a Illfllilfilli, sud- llavlng shown

“I'm sorry. I'm u fool," he apol

No llPZll‘. _yllll'l'l~. not, Vi proll-sl- d. Now ll-Il us all about ll. Aunl place, illll wl- liill llol IIPPIIIIIP ll worll ll. any

'I'Ill>rl-'s ilollliug in loll, Jllull-w l-llokl- wuuil-ll I bought, some wt-rl- givl-n tll Ilii‘. I llull-nled a lot ivorkiilg over nt till- gnrugc. I can run a car as wcll as anyone zlroullrl lit-re, and I can rc- pll-lr one illil. Jiinll-s spout nlosl of his leisure ll. tllc garage ill tllc ntlgllborluv. rillagc, I llPilfil loll, that sollll

that the lIIWl, tiling; you (‘Ilfl u.~l_c for a HIWPH‘ l-ollllll, ls :l rl-nlclly which I5 l-llsliy lm-pllrl-d lll lloiul- Ill lust n s

oz. ilottlc; thcll iill it up with piuin

But. you can make another I I don't want to make another engine! I don't want ever to lee any of this stuff again! _

In the sudden unreasonable anger I saw his father's tclnpera- msnt coming out in him, and I was very much worried.

James dear, wouldn't you like to go to the city this fall. and study —-engineering or something? VII was generous but vugue—and I'll stay home. Aunt Enid will give you the money, instead of giving it to mo, null you cull pay her back sooner than I could.

liow could I study. when I ilavn't even finished the Ingh SUllOUl Iiere Janics said. He wlouldlft oven let lile finish tint It's no fair. it's ilol fair! And I won't stand it! I know wllnl I'll? ll0-’~—"

IIe swung about determination.

You go on with your college. I'lll glad someone at least can get away from this family. I know wllnt I'll llo~—i'll run away. I'll show llilll lllt can't keep llll-._l.luwll ullli spoil my life. I'll run away!

on VI now all

,A LONG TALK (‘ha-pier 57

Suddenly I renlelnillered that it was gelling on to dinner lime- and llo preparations Iluli been nlalic. I slipped out of the llttlc door, leaving Violet and Jalllcs ldccp in tilc practical details oi his new plnll lto run away.

Violet was eagerliv ill syulpzltlly wllll till: idea, slie fell that life on 'tillls out of the way farm, doing hard work that he bated, and sub- jcc-Luti to botil il-ls father's temper and his lllotllcl"s nagging, was

I was not so for ililll to AIIHI‘ all there is a about dodg- IIIK. At tile burn door I stopped. Jiui

llili lit‘ passed. I llili not wllnl to sec ililll or talk l.o ililll Just now. Tlllifl I went lo tllc hotlsl- dreading to enter.

HIIW would I find Esther? I had

ililll not know how she would lukc

she act I expected to fillll her

lklculltilne the dinner hour was

\\"llclli tents-roll till: kitchen.

i fairly‘

I)inuel"il ‘be lair, sllc said, look}

lcli them not i0 conic till ilalf

’l‘llcll lit isn't true, I said witlli relief. About -llll>—— that wolllall? Esiiuan

will-n‘: it. Finally] , all right, it was lrllc, lllllll

tiiilllt‘ out. with

I \\‘iiI|lI3(l lo know who Ill turns :llld_£'irst he lvuuldnll. say. lie; l.l_\' alllllilll-d ii was sollll- wolllalll

I-Iustlakc. I don't ‘know lllully ovl-r lllut \\‘:l_\'~ I I'l'lll-' gels flour frollll lilcrc, ililll fl-l-d

sonic lllills ncar HlllIIPllIllPS. 'l‘lil-ll lll- lold lno Ilvr lYHIHIYi. illl_\'l)lll' I l:~vl~l- l(lll'\v ol- llllil'l. kllnw Illlw hr IIIPI. llf'l"r_i§lil*.\'s the way llll-y u~5 ually do. lIc said she wasn't tllal sort illlillflll sworn SlIO was pcr fllt-tlv all right, u widow, lives Ii.‘ lllil. .f. idxpoct inc lo believe tilal

llalllu. l’

have it. sllc uwllll. on, her voici- flal. nnli llllil. 'I'lll2 other sort llliglll lllrow llinl ovl-r for HOIIMEOIIB with nlore IIlllIlPy, or gel. -llrlell of llllll I

flung lm to ililll. Guess I'll cut --ilops off lilat pork,- lbil- to roast it now.

Sill: guvl- mu ll lot of direcliolls- I wllilc she workoll on rapidly, llry» Jill: ill ‘llnvc liic big lliPiil roally on. limo. I might Iluvc blel-n dclrclvlll _ ililll thinking that she took i! vwxl- | leuilnly illlIl-oll~—l-xl-.ll.pl. that sill ‘zvpt llP-l‘ I'll?!‘ turnl-ll nwuy from r lls lunch as dill NPR ll, I know a liltlle of wllnl slie hall lltllfll l-ycs wcrc so swollen by that the flush aroullli

I won't l)\'

I

Idsllil-r lltlil little eyes ililll now tiicy could

I

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Home-made Remely Stops Coughs Quickly

f.

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'1' The Mat (‘fill ll medicine you over ~ umlll. .\ funl I.v supply l-nslly null quickly Inndl‘. Sun-s nlmui, $2.

e

vb-i-l- d-q-sma. 1.:

523cc-i-+-t-+-:--:~-:~-l-+-:-+-t-+++-:»i--:--l--z~l. , You might. l)!‘ HIII'|II'l~lI‘ll to kuou

fcw molnl-|lI.~l_ H's l‘lll‘illi. but for prompt. result-l it ill-llls llllytllilliz l-.|.~ll you crcr fried. l'.~‘llillly' Hblllln till" ordinary rolluil or i'lil‘>l, cold in hours. TIIHIPII piousulll, l()Il'>-( Iron like it. ' ' Pour 2% ounces of Pinlix in n l(I-

lfilll lIntl-d sugar syrup. 0r use l-luri- llnd molasses, honcy, or corn syrup. nstcull of sugar syrup. if llcsircli. Flluu vliu mnkn III filllll‘ll.i——i\ family

m:lli bottle of rl-ullv-mutlc cough lyrup. _ _ _ And ils n l'0II"'I nll-lliclnl‘. illr-rl- ls "r-niiv iiflllllflf! ill-tier to bo Iiull at. lny pril . It "or-l ri-vlll. lo lllc spot lull nil-cs quick, lusting rl-iicf. it oronlptlv ill-dis tlll- iillhml-ll mom- ‘irllnl-a that iiul- Illl- tllrlult. IlllIl nir onssugzcs, stops till‘ unnovinl! throat ill-kin, loosens fllc pllielvnl, lluli soon vour rolllril atom s-lliirl-Iv. Spicnllld for Iirolu-hltis. ('I"0lIIl, IIPMIFHPIIQRSI and ‘lronl-llilll llstbmn. Pillcx is n iliqlllv concentrated ~nmpoullli of .\'or\v_u\' pillc l-xlrnlit, famous for iI-- lllullmt! PilPPi on the nemlll-nnn-l.

To droid lII.~nniloivlIml~nI._ pd.- volli‘

shops alill boill-d pot-Hops a,- ——allll sllc a WIIIOW living ulolltei mo“ 4, l H , . _‘ ‘ ' _ ‘ I lllllluo wilillh way I'll ralilcl‘ ‘Hlppélqletlfml “k !'"P°"-“"'- hi"!

.lud ravl-uously :lll-il- work. Jim alfc as heartily as Ilut fills sol-t might like llinl null Sun“, m. olnotions possible,

illlbmllilll no cffcct on his appetite ill‘ ate five (rllllps and

possible. \Vlll-ll I m H“, 1mm]

thimigh- F“ Pa‘ null sullen u-s usual. Esther lltc as thmxrlalyigi fiivlflllly ullll amply as usual-ii). pulled up and nilllost hill tilcllr- {mm the “My m“) people ti)?’ morning's qllurrlal, _ _

lines toll upset for lood----Vl and

lCstlll-r told me tllnt afternoon. alike."

lifll‘? all! I suspected as mc, the eternal bluc wiutful cyl-s. “Do

like nll'lhe rest?" Anll will-n I could‘ not answer "

and it Io pllrc nllll good.

' The Ilenllily child

nlpply rlllll. costing no more tllnll ii "m1 “uflng "3 wilkinil b01179 IB "I'V- er cross but.

ovum commas """ '

she answered herself:

Iilliillliii IIEAIS IIBHY PIMPIES

Face inflamed and Dlsfi

ured. . Lost Rest at Nig "My m» brolcelaut with ma, l!!!

pimpiahlch {entered and scaled

over. They were in blotcbsuanditcbed and

my face was inflamed

and disfigured. l Ion

_- rest at night on account of the Irritation.

"l saw an ‘venleement for (hit!- onza Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample, which relicvedmc- I bought more, and after using four cakes of Cutlcura Soap two boxes of Ointment I was h ed, In about three weeks." (Signed) Miss

lulled: Ortiz, Box 1018, Sun Diego, ., Feb. 7, 1921.

Use Cuticuru for alltoilct pnrpoecl.

I’m sure It isn't. Bud's different ——from all the others. Don't Y0" think so Aunt Enid?

And apparently almost content- ed by deceiving hersslfyshe wen! on but of the room.

‘ I was worried and very much up- set, and I wanted iil some way to

seemed to be lll a tangled web, and I could not see any wily out of lt. All I could do was to bunt up Jaluess socks that needed darn~ lug and sit out on the porch and lneud lilelll for llinl.

Perhaps, I thought. It would 1"." best for Esther to go to the city. She nllgllt, it’ sllc lived there, find the new point of, view that I bud found; sllc might wake up, as I bald awakened; slie might learn ‘to take c. e-ol‘ herself and perhaps will back sonic uf her lust YOU-ill and prctliness, as I bad.

But can a woman win back her husband when she has oncc lost lliln Can she win back ller youth alld her al.- traollon when slie has so coln~ pletl-ly let go? lMust slie not lluvlFn great lical of imagin- ation and a great deal of alli- bitiun-ulld above _ all, persis- tence, tu accomplish this re-

IJ."i't§‘ffr"."u“It'i"v'vi.fi‘1'II‘-.=lf5- .5“: OI tmentfiaudfioe. nun Soul! lhlvu without III-

s~-l=u nt nil. Ill-r nose wlllcll like was gelling fleshy was shiny and red and any- could not‘ llclp but feel that some

tile rust ol' her Intact

tiling hllt illlllutilul—lu fact, Esth

er ill grin-f was n llllllllllk“, tiling to wlllllll ililll u real luve

SUP. \ .

"HF-S ti Ill-list to llli it." silo bilrst Ilerness. And out v)llt‘l‘.**llllillilllg lilo pull ilcfore tried to satisfy the

Hllir put. in the chops, as carefully as rlmugll llcr only concern was

to fry tlll- lllcllt crisp and tcullcr. some vague way, not quite lpfOpEI‘ I been n gnoll wifo to ililll. I not bvcllulillg In n manyeurs nlar- lnun. riell and ii fntilcr oi’ a family. look alt zlllotllor wlllllnn? I l)l)I'(3 Iiilll tllrcl: lrililllren tllink lllnl. slie could ililll I kept lIlS Ilouse colllforluble man's