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"l shall soon; ‘I mother," I width) months after ‘her

pithouzh she am _ "Yes, but I a_ apartment near

l .

i! i1; an we can O

my inother. l! am a . "m. "'1 ‘Milk 1 B11111‘, , amid of her. Zens. I never-

must iié.

"Elle ll M. “Marv. and inst is '

why you will not be afraid of liar, but will be fond of her instead. I know she longs to we with me, ai- though she has been fairly happy with Aunt Susan racket; And m9 may miles the eotlmrv. and the IIHWQPQ. etc. Bill Ytiu see Mary, there are only two of us. nad we sbou'ld be together if r "m "

" _ ieiad for "A3 '0 Mil mar p . "- I "Phat memo that you wl-II leave us." her voice t ' n. little tn set an

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"l think so too! and it Wag gel- fish of me to feel sorry to l0sa you, l _dont know- how we'li‘ever get along with the shop when you ain't hens to advise us. Tom said the other night that you were earning

‘ a salary and didn't get it.’

“Nonsense! and Mary, mother's coming will make no realdiffer- once in those tb-Ings. I shall hi. way-s be lust as much interested in you and from, and in the sliop. I may not be able to be with you quiite as much but you can come to us, and in that way we'll keep in touch with each other constantly. But mother isn't here yet. I. have to finda fiat. Just three pmsfand furnish It all complete." r i,

"I'll help! and Zena, there's a new apartment. house justlinished about two blocks from here. It looks awfully ndce on the outside."

"We'll go and look at it to-mor- row."

‘I had saved two hundred dollars, beside sending mother moretlian ever before, and’ buying myself some working clot-hes. I was sure I could furnish my three rooms with the two hundred ,and us I would not have to send mother

“money, since she ‘would take it all and manage the honse, ;i was posi- tive we would get along nicely. I had not mentioned my plan to Mr. Cliixton, although I intended to be- fore I decided upon anything, as I rwould have to give him as refer- ence perhaps.

lTlie Iiouse was just as nice In- side as out. -I looked at several oi ithe apartments, and finally took the refusal oi’ three rooms and bath up two flights of stairs. The rent was twenty-five dollars a month, nil and more than I felt i should pay. But I hated to make mother climb any ‘higher, nlilio the one above was $22.50.

The agent naked me for refer- ences, as I expected.

l told Mr. Clinton, explained my plan to bring mother on tn live with ino then asked is be was wilIin-g the agent should telephone him as tn my ability to pay, and as to my dosiriubility us. a tenant.

"Certainly! and Miss Ste-wart, I shall give you $40.00 n ~week here-- utter. Your work it worth It."

I wiis delighted. Now'I would not feel that perhaps] had paid too much ggnt for the apartment. guy-ply, with $40.00 s. week mother and I could live very comfortable even if things were iiiBlL

iii would take me at least two. 0r three weeks to get ready for her. and us the increase in my salury was to go Into affect immediately it wou-Id he n great help in D415!" ing her railroad fare.

ii hated to spend even car isre after I had rented the fiat. I be- grudged every penny l Spell! "l!" didn't go toward fumishilli; it, llllll getting it rend-y ioamotiier. Mary mum! me every minute she could

.‘ gpare from the alhoplfilieniude the

curtains. covered pillows, and hem- med linen, even instilling Oil lllk‘ ing some of the aewmi 1° lllllfllmll to do if trade were dull. loiu, too, helped me iwonderfullyclillll saved me s. 300d 1168i bl’ "lllllg m ny things I should have been obliged to hire a man to do.

"l don't know whul I slwllld MW

done without you two."-l sait1~aQ~ I]

biuic them 800d lush‘ “K917i”, bud all spent a ionssvslliliifill "l" flat. - - - '"

‘II don't know ,.-what ..wi_l' flhtlvlil have dimer-oi‘ tech, vntbout v0“- Zena. We are veryhllllll’ 1° ll° able to help," Miiiry said wlflllfilY-

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. . all“ “I .1. at.» mire flat no . Mother deer! MN" -, . _ .5” "l"! “ ~' - to get, dishe: to wash. cleaning to . , 4, ‘l l" ll“ do. and the marketinl- Y0" "ml"- - .~ - - rmbgam '_ have nilah time to be! Y3‘ 7 ‘ "I think I never oh I be ioneiY ». .wm'hmu' I- again. I. feat III! your Fatheg, f t“ ~ ~. z’? " hnowwoen. haratloatan it“. a; 7 ‘on u. i-ii ' m: in u u um it ‘la soil . m“, u» peanut things; Iiim p

A LONG-DELAYED COMMUNI- CATIONI

Chapter 126 h"

Qllfi titty. the post man brought me a letter from mother enclosing a. note from our old lawyer. Mother had bound Iiim not to tell our ad- timflfl. and so no one had been able to find us through him. 1.1 may have been, proba-bly was, foolish. but mother nor_ I wished any of our old friends to know anything about us. Billy pri e, mhny may- BW. yet I doubt if there are many who would not have felt and acted the sauna under the same condi- tions.

‘Mr. l-Ia-rknws had written a note to mother about Kenneth Lawr- ence. It seeimed that Kenneth hail visited New Yorkytbat he had found out that M-r. l-Iarknessyvas father's lawyer, had visited him, and asked for our address. ‘Mr. Hnrkness had refused to give it, butsaid:

"The young man was so persis- tent I promised to let you known ll“ ill-ti illqlli-Pqdfor you. l-Ie gave me his address in case you hnd forgotten II, and bogged meto ask Zena to write him a note telling him where he could write her."

My heart almost stopped bent- illK- So he had not forgotten lifter all. Llfllmhed and cried, then took myself to task for being hysterical. Tbait he had asked for me meant nothing. I was not the ‘gay butter- fly, Zenn iStewart, he had known,

-‘ ‘titer-nit!

’ very '1

. e A J‘ ' ~ - _ for ma. Thad not enjoyed the hornet-so many years. and I i to such poverty

_ fl ed a veri- table palace to me other were

"l lll. ~ . sent for mother I re- ‘ , etiteri" tron: Kenneth

EWART ARRIVED. Chapter 1B7

er from Kcnncih was} short. I-Ie siiid: _

sol-ll!!!" irifid Very hard to find YQII but foiled. ,'l‘hat hard-headed

' 0 -* wye-r would giVi‘ me no sntis- . r until I worried Iiim into pro-

to send m rm ucst to our mother. y I y ~ , grave thought of you very much in the last years. Are you still |8lIlKiB?,Y98, you must be, You aligned your ‘Zena siowiu-z: Often ‘ when I ani riding the ranch thoughts of you keep me company. l recs] every time I was with you, land wboit you said and dill. ' No ill-ill"? fir! ,ave‘r interested me half ,ss much. I wanflto see you ngain, Zena Mgy Ii? ‘ I "l ltsk to s'ee you, yet it Iswory uncertain when I can get away- not for several weeks art least. A big ranch carries with it big re- sponsibilities, one cannot evade. Mine are greater just now Iiecause my superintendent, who bus been with me for ‘years, is a-way on his [first vacation. Not even to see you niore-‘duidkiyman I call him baick. Sn I must wait, not even daring to hope that you will be dis- appointed becapseof the necessity.‘

"I judge you and your mother have settlcdi in Chicago. I cannot help but be glnd as it brings you jusrtso niainy miles nearer me. I am much alone, and solitude, lone- liness, breeds orange dreadns- I have no way ,of___knowiug your- thoughts of ine-—or have you even remembered? Your kind little note makes me thinks you have not ut- terly »forgottenjtbs Western fellow who fllitted across your ‘landscape for I1 foiw weeks.——so long ago.

"I think now that I can be In‘ (Niicago in about three weeks. Lei. ime Imow if you will be there at that time, and will—I was going -to say—-be glad to see me. ~l will change it to will you let me see,

ICE L

. ENS

masthead‘ G I900 , an lwtafififllf?

Answer

_eiici:m_sn

"My trout!" he whispered. He found mother's luggagepat-

tsndedto iii. , and relieved me from

nil trouble. It is nice ‘to have a

marnumiund wlienpne is travelling. . Wihen We rsnchedhonre they would outcome in. e

"You and your mother will want

l0 talk. and it is late," Torn said with ‘his usual thoughtfulness.

When we" opened tihe door the

thinkin the answers. . ,

If you think you have found the answers, write them carefully on a sheet oi white

the pa e. Handwritin genera answer is correct. We will write and tell you immediately“ you and send you a handsome illustrated

are correct list ofail the prizes that you an win.

you ‘I Until then,

My regards to your mother.

first thing I snw was a big box from a florists shop. The janitresii, who ‘had n key, iindi opened the

"Vary sincerely your friend, “Kenneth Lawrence."

There was not much in this let- ter vto cause o. gilrl to feel elated. Yet-he had remembered, he want- edi to see rno ngnin. That at last soothed rny pride Ihait often re- belled when I thought of him be- cause I had no way of knowing he ever tho gbt of inc, or remember- ed thnt t e 'In,New York when he

but e. very different girl. I was a serious working girl. I had not danced in years; I seldom went to, any iplace of amusement. I bad, learned that a girl must conserve lior strength ifsbe is to get on in the business world; especially n girl inclined to frnilness.

‘He bad been intrigued with the other Zena, the gay, laughing. iiuippy, indulged (laughter of a mil- lionaire who pIayednwa-y the hours uni days, dancing, motoring, etc. Why should I think he would cure for this one. the grny. serious girl who never played at nil any more, and whose mind was filled with the price of securliiies instead of dancing and theatres.

Yet I could not altogether bnnish the happy feeling his asking for. mediad aroused. I had dreamed of =him too long, bad too often vi-su- nllzed him in my thought-s in my lonely hours.

Two dnys after receiving moth- er's letter l wrote ‘Kenneth. It was hardly more lhiln a note. I simply told him I ‘had heard from Mr. Ilarkncss, and that he told me he (Kenneth) had asked ibr my ad- dress. ii gave him the fist mother and I would occupy almost u-s soon as ‘he received my letter. Then I waited. I ‘had told hilgn nothing of myself, my changed condition. Time enough for ‘that if he iwrote ma.

Yet I went about m-ywork in a happy excited manner that direw a a puzzled look from Iillr. Clarion. question from Jennie Wilcox, and

“You look as If you h-ad had some

wonderful news, or something," Jennie said. "Ylou fairly radiate happiness.“ '

I made some careless answer. and-tried to hide my feeling of de- Iiigilitihnt I had not been forgotten. 'But once or twice I caught Mr. Ciaxton looking at me queerlv. and he too mentioned my changed man- lner. - . - | “Sumaflflng happened to please you," he reunnrked cusuiilly. , I "Yes, I ‘heard from an old friend.'_ g too had tried to speak carelessly. but knew that I had blushed.

"It must be n very dear friend . m cause yup look so happy.‘

I made no ou-sweri I hated to any more. iBut I saw he watched me closely, and I tirled to assume my usual business ‘manner. l0 101'" get Kenneth Lawrence.

iMy little flat was ready. It‘ really w“ ygpy pretty and comfortable. Only in mothers room had I been extravagant. There iI had IP91“ most of my money. The living mom was dining room also. I luid hhoiigltt. a drop leaf table in a sec- Juno-fiend shop. and ‘three chnirs.

The rest of the room was furnish- .ed with wicker chairs. g small table, a readingdamp and a rue rug. My room. a small one, I spent scarcely anything upon. A small ,iron bed, n uiiifilonleit. all‘! °ll° ‘rocking chair all painted White was ni iihe room would accommodate.

Mary had made It say with ruffled

muslin curtains and covers of thi. =“

jam; ,1“, ghllfpnler and bed. Th6-

tiny kltdhonette, really little more . than a closet, had n. gas stove. I ‘ email ilcg b0], and shelves for the .

necessary dishes. But I felt that lllofliar and I W000i: ‘DOW

had sought me.

iBut mingled iivviiih this feeling wns smother. Kenneth Lawrence had been" ‘lily ideal ninn. It was a very immature, girlish ideal, to be sure, buii I hnd hugged it dlose and in a way it bud prevented me from becoming interested in nny- one else. I believe mun-y girls and women are Influenced by meeting a man wiho intlnmes their inmngin- etions, and whom they hold in their hearts as the ideal map for them, and so perhiiips misspiigch that is 800d in life becanisé of the virtues with which they endow the mun whose casual ncqunimtiinceship Iins taken a hold_.-upon their Imagin- ation: ‘

I knew Kenneth Lawrence was different from thc young man with whom I had associated in that lie was more serious at the time I met him thnn the others at his age. Tihnt, should ficcassHu arise. these other bc-ys as" they grow older would have proved just as capable, did not occur tome. I bud seen only the frivolous‘ side of their lives. Tony Dsinnd iind prqven his business acumen when large in- terests were left Iiilsn u n his father's death. But of the others l knew nothing, and lllle serious Kenneth had remained the mun who would, make a seriousgiri or woman happy, because he himself had been a worker, a producer.

'But Mother was coming! I had no iiime to speculate, or to worry. She arrived ‘late after the sliop was closed, so M‘ury rind Tom went to ilhe train with mo m meet her.

I iwns so proud and hiippy when she aiighted. Sho looked so sweet, she was so dear to ’I‘om and Mary, telling them she already iielt ac- quainted wit-h tihem because of my letters, that she puttbem at once at ease. Tom insisted upon calling ‘ ‘s tnuui

"Beauty Q '. _ . " l‘ Blsssms Attention to ‘liver 'dneys and bowels will .1:

more proof of his kindness.

door. and left it. I opened the box. A perfect riot of color greeted my eyes, and a card~ -

“I trust your mother has had n pleasant Journey. Please accept

those as my greeting to iher.

Fruin-k Ciaxton." A HAPPY DAY TOGTHER. Chapter 128.

"Who is Mr. '("inxton'!" Mother

asked as she buried her nose in the floweraj

“My employer. I have mention-

ed him several times."

"Oh, yes, now I recall him, but

I did not connect him witih flowers for me.

Why should l?’ ‘ Why indeed’! It wusloniy one I was very proud and happy that lie should think of Mother, should try to muke her arrival at the home I hiid mnde for her pleasant by his thoughtfulness. u-t I was so happy. so ‘anxious to show Mother our little home and to inlik to her, that I soon forgot iMr. Cinxton, every-thing but that I had my darling mother with ine. and that we had a home all our own. even if i-t were a very simple one. ‘ [We didn't unpack that night. I made a. little suippe at midnlilhi wiban imoifher denials-id. sihe wins hungry. We bad talked so hard and so fast the time had slipped by unneeded. The next day was Saturday. all’! M‘r. Cluxton bad told me I need not come down. o as soon as we fin- ished breakfast we unpacked Molli- ei-‘s trunk. She had many little things with her-iiathers picture in u silver ‘ffililifl. her lovely toilet articles he had g-iven her only a little while before he died, which I liud insisted she keep. and which ga/ve the roomnn air of elegance when iwie had disopsed them to advantage. “.M.‘y room is so pretty. ‘D6111’. lllld yours so plain,‘ she complained. "I am a, bachelor girl. Moi-ll"- l hn/ve no time for fol-de-rols. I in- tend to cure for myown room-M"! if I liml g lot of knicknncks around l am afraid they would not 8st dusted." "My dear Iiiiie girl!" Mother took me -In her arms. "Don't you 511D‘ pose I see through your iiile sub- terfuge? That I know you Biwlll so much‘ iior my room that Y0“ bud to economize on your own‘! Everything is very wonderful. Dear, Iiut you the most wonderful of nil. I don't yet understand Ihow you- brought up as as you‘ were~ have been able to do it." "My ‘bringing up was n lilnfl- i-nnco, Motlifir-fllf. first. It mails things seem harder tbnn iliv! were." I Ianswered iliirhlly- "Bl" now nothing seems bard. I have p nice position, everyone is kind i.o me, and l a-ni earl“!!! flllollilh l" l"? Independent and liixvoyou- Wlifll inure could a Kiri ask?’ “And ‘you never reBrBt "if 01d times, the friends you lqved? -- 0t any m0!“ My time "l!" th g1 ts are too filled with work- An ‘iliqihei-"dear. I couldn't an bllék n0w——not the butterfly. l"? I led before I knew what it was hymn; I think I have cimxiartl Lqpgrhlgpn more than I realize-

Would- he’ think me changed M’ Fl-lgfzu-QMVD‘ changed. Dear, but it is- only. natural that iron slwillil- 0am, responsibility, and hard work

mlghtjuyp helped» on more." “It's a slave. you the» l0 ‘tllll

[thought of Kenneth Lawrence“

woulducltlllltl m1- airl- I with l‘

ER_E are four riddles for boys ‘and irla with

wise heads. We told the artist to

EICIIIICI to represent the riddles, but be "B!" _ put them in tool

we barred him from the contest and told him to keep it a secret. Luckily,

the right answcrr-and

Try it but your four answers an

neatneaa will’

._-..r‘. t.

ilead. He is a very living presence to me."

"And to me, Mother. In all these ilflrd YPflrs things he said, his ad- vice, ‘have been in my mind and have helped me. Yes, I mm sure that Dad knows, and is giad._'

After iwe bad unpacked all Moth- ers things and put them in place, hung her clothes in she closet, or laid, them fin the bureau drawers, we went to market. Mother would be strange for u time, and I want- ed to show her the way to the nearest shops. After we had made our simple purchases we went to the pancake shop for lunch. I bad not told Mary we were coming, and her delight was amusing. Tom, to, was so pleased that Mother said:

“You and your friends will spoil me, Zena. And what a duriing i-i-Iiop! And I never ate such griddle cakes."

"Pancakes, Mother! pancake shop."

This is a

After we finished our luncheon we walked slowly home and spent the afternoon talking as only moth- er and daughter ,wbo bad been so long-separated could teikQ '