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MYSTERY, HOUSE

2 By KATHLEEN NORRIS

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"And she was gone! Bow about the receipe for the gingerbread- Barnes asked. Thad had-meant that had meant-what on earth did that. mean?

“Oh, Lhats all right, I can get it from you toniorroiv.” Page manag- ed to say. Immediately afterward Barnes said, "Well, good-bye then," and Page replied dazedly, “Good-byc," ullti returned the re- ceiver to its hook. I

"We were going to have a show- er far an eigigetl girl somewhere about now," sht- explziiticd, return- ing to her irlticc at the table upon which the jigsalv was scattered, and searching for a piece with what naturalucss she could assume. "But shu.» cone, so we'll have postpone it."

Rand bt-niti to talk idly of Russia inns tlitit he had known

to

ill Cliir...

The sudden with the on" how rca>silrt

lll‘.(".\'lli\‘i(‘d contact i - " had some- llllil qlit-ted Page.

She was y XicWv to accept firelzgli; and llii: puzzle, Flom's odd abrupttzesa Mrs. Pvender- gitsts q m": . as she had ac- cepted t‘ icrtlay'—last—\veek—

from thc beg .iiing—as just. the

Page laughed ashaniedly. "They couldn't!" "Well, I hardly see how they

could. Lynn’ll turn up.

He's able to take Cafe o; 1111115911

He may be sheltering in some cave I

or tree. He'll show up!” Rand had ,

his hand on the door of Mrs. Prend- ,

BPEZIBVS room now. “Don't get her

nervous!’ he murmured, and Page

nodded comprehendingly as they went in. The movie that night was call-

cd "Du Barry",; the star was a

European-born woman sophistic-

ated and exquisite. She displayed

the most elaborate f costumes, her beauty was enhanced by the most extravagant _of bettings, a. bou.

"dolr all mirrors and lights. unifor-

med IHGIISBFVRIHS, hucsars mag-

nificent in gold braid, furs, jewels, castles, drawing-rooms in which thousands of candles gleametl--hoiy' far away and unbelievable they ‘

seemed! ‘ . Page watched in a dream. She

could dimly sense the breathing

presence of her companions-Flora

and Mrs. Prendergast, who sat like l

statues. and Rand, who had drop- z

ped his hand c":‘i' Page's hand and l

was holding it tight.

conditions :hat Job.

Lynn did not come to dinner": and the kitchen Chinese, anxiously 5 interrogated afterward by Page and ‘ Rand, reported that he had not‘ coins to ‘them for any food. At Page's sugg \ll0ll Rand telephon- ed the Jap ese at the farm al- l most five titties auaty; they had not seen Lynn.

“Where could he go, Rand? His boat is zit the dock!"

“You tilivr can tcll, with him.“ Rantls volt-e was troubled and, puzzled. lie and Page were. going upstairs together, and now she caught at his hand in the half- gloom of the haillvu},'s.

“Rand, could they have done any- thing to lLm? While you were working tins titL-riioon, and I was asleep?"

“What could they have done?"

“I don't. know." _

“You mean the Duchess’ some- hoxv got dow‘ '§ll!'\' and she and Flora, roped him. or shot him, and dragged the bod": somewhere?"

governed her new

It did sound although he was spea seriously.

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She had let him hold her hand before this, when they were watch- ing the nightly picture show. To- night her fingers returned the pre- ssure almost without her consent, almost in spite of herself. He was 5 so strong, so courageous she needed him so in this hour of vague ter- ror and bewilderment! It was Rand who would rescue her tomorrow morning, rescue her from fear.

At, intervals all through the pic- ture. andafterward, when she was in hcr room undressing, Page mus- cd on the words of young Barnes Bishop over the telephone, and tried to remember the meaning that he and she had conspired to give them at that long-ago lunch- eon in the little Italian restaurant.

"Betty", in their hastily arranged code, had been their name for Mrs. Mockbee, that was certain. But then what did he mean by saying that they had gone to Betty's and that she had not been at. home‘? Betty was buricd-Page-felt a shudder run over her as her thought reached this polnt—in alfmoon Bay ceme- tery. just where the road turned up the hill.

Betty was not “gingerbreadhl

at home. And

“Oh, yes; ‘gingerbread’ was dan- ger," Page suddenly remembered. "I remember he took that word be- cause it has the letters of ‘danger in ic, the idiot! Perhaps he was try-

IJDSB I had said the gingerbread 1e have done? , wizh a lot of

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opened. and Rand came in. l

body instinctively draw away; in her keeping, but also their health and their ability to do their work in her heart. beat fast; there was the world depends upon how she feeds them. licence, even the most something frightening in Rand's flightyyyoiiiig mothers make almost a, religious rite of ﬁxing the baby's

A P,“ nnure oi ' For Our 0 chum“ AMomitlgsmdé , Dorothy Dzx

mnister, "you know the Parables. Which do you like 1795!?"

"I like that one whaur somebody lloafs and fishes."

to be sociable at a. function, and were discussing beautg; hints.

‘ give you a wrinkle or two.’

"I'm sure you could." other gently. "and utter W's "1"" either."

when there was a knock 011 1101” door from Floruls room. ‘

atnas, reached instinctively for her ' kimono; its tiztddsti dark blue folds were about hcr us she turned with a flush and a smile.

was Floral" l to speak to you," he said.

ease, but sitting down on her bed l, facing the big empty chair stood beside it.

Rand ignored the chair; instead he sat close beside her on the bed 1 and drew hei- to him. The girl felt her shotlders stiffen and her whole l

manner and his voice.

up this tionsense," he said quickly. "You've got to pl‘0flll.\t‘ t0 marry inc. I've not much to offer you-but I'm going to get ottt-Ym going away, and before I go I ivant to know that you'll not marry anyone else."

the might of her arms. “Please!

Rand! You're all I have to depend on; don"t fail me now!“

HIS IDEAL. “Now, my boy." said the Scots

The Mother of Today May be a Gadabout But She Knows More About Health and Feeding Her Babies Than Her Mother Did. And She Also Knows the Price of Pampering

The boy hesitated, then replied? ‘

NASTY. Two bitter enemies ‘New trying ,

There is no other individual 1n the world who has been so gloriﬁed as the old-fashioned mother. Mother-love, mother-patience and 1078"’?- ncss, mother's sacriﬁces, have formed the plot of innumerable novels, the

theme of many millions of mammy songs and are always good for a rousing cheer ands surreplilous tear.

“My dear,” said one, "I coitldl

said the ‘

And justly so. Motherhood is the hardest job that any human being ever undertakes- It calls for the courage of a soldier, the long suffering forbearance of a saint, the wisdom of a. seer, the mind-reading ability of a. p6)" clilatrist, the hopefulness of an opium“. coupled with the ability to work longer hours than n. stevetlore. Any woman who can pull off a stunt like this deserves all the lnﬂense

..i. . - ‘- we can burn at her feet.

Strangely enough, however, while we are ﬁtting a. laurel wreath around the head of the old-fashioned mother everybody seems to be busy ‘l’ handling knocks to the modern mother on her most vulnerable places.

Nobctly has a kindly word to say for her. Everybody is on her neck and slic is accused of being at the bottom of all of our troubles, from our zilphabctit-zil-soup politics down to the present fashion in hats.

New without wishing to dim the old-fashioned mother's luster as a mother. I um here to say that the modem “roman 15 just; a5 good a mother as hci- giuiutlmothcr was; in many respects a superior one, because she 15 better educated, rears her children more scientiﬁcalliy-and believe it 0r iiot—takcs better care of her children than Grandmother did of hers. m“ Grandmother took her children as they came, and whether they lived

, or died she laid at the door of an illSCfllilble Providence. She washed her hands of all restimisibility in the matter. There is no more pathetic sight than the rows of tiny graves in every old cemetery that are there because mothers did not know enough to sterilize their baby's rrdlk.

The modern mother is aware that riot only are her children's lives

l l into bed l

one was ready w set

"Come in!" Page said. The door

Page, clad in. her warmest paj- i

“Rand. I thought; of course itl l "She's in with thc Duchess. I had

"Well," Page said, not quite at

formula and seeing that the growing children get their vitamins and a balanced diet and their sun baths. If nature has been unkind 8nd l! child is born with some defect that can be cured, Mother moves heaven and cztrih until slic gcis Johnnies bzmdy legs straightened or Susie's buck tccth pushed into line. No children in the past had the 0115-1106 to EWOW up into being strong and good-looking men and women that the young- sters of toduy have.

Many of the things for which the modern mother ls most severely criticized are in reality virtues instead of vices. Grandma holds up her hands in horror when granddaughter, and more particularly grand- tlauglilvr-iii-linv, puts the baby to sleep on a hard bed in a dark room in- stead of rocking and singing him to sleep, mid when she teats little Tom- my ycll his head oft’ until he ﬁnds out that crying gets him nowhere,

But all the same, Junior and Tommy are getting a. discipline that 15 going to stand them in good stead as long as they live. They are being savcd from being whiiicrs and taught to stand on their own feet, mentally and morally, us soon as they are physically able. It's the men and women who were bubicd too much who make the qultters and failures of the world. '

The modern mother is criticized for being a god-about who be10H85 to clubs, steps out evenings sometimes and goes places and does things 1n- stead oi keeping herself shut up in the nursery and smelling perpetually of baby food. But it's these modern mothers who take their children rat- ionally instead of’ making fetishes of them and keep their homes together for their children. Their husbands don't. go galavanting off after strange women ivliilc they are baby-worshiping and when their children grow up they are able to guide them and help them when ttt-y most need help, be- cause they have kept up with the world and are modern instead of being

“Page, I think we ought to finish

Page pushed against him ivlth all strong young Don't be so erazv

back numbers.

Above all, the modern mother saves herself from commiting the crime

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DUTY

When Duty comes a-knoclcind ‘it your gate, s

Welcome him in. T01‘ 11 YW ‘bid mm wait,

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FWENDSHIP In friendship your heart is like a, bell struck every time your friend is in trouble- Hem-y Ward Beecher.

DUTY Duty-the command of heaven.

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crn mother knows that mother love can be the greatest curse that can befall a child. It can block its opportunities, stiﬂe its ambition, thwart its love impulses and. ruin its whole life, therefore she is continually on her guard against erislnvlng her children to her affections. Wherefore, for

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these and other reasons, I contend that the ﬂapper mother is a. better mother than the old-fashioned one.

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