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uiapter 98'

.. doctor cainejaist, evening a tong tell with Dick. "Ilo "f, enccnrlsllls. told him it

1,. only a short time before in adifferent olimnte, l; would take months where

eililll

will go. won't yon, Dick?‘

‘ after tile doctor left.

l. be 81M in do anything to get quickly for your sake. Nan, g can't g0 west, We haven't

oney.”

. money will lbs had some 1 pgpliéil, then said no more. looked so tried. so white and (feared that oven the doctor's

11m hurt him‘.

ithe next moi-ulna when lie

‘plittle better and brighter

I you must go to California m. of the week." It was then

i (by. Nan‘, how-l’

i.- i. ask any questions, dear ve enough for your fare, and he first weeks of,you.r stay

iig in." y fare!

n

- at about year's? I suppose will leave Junior with mother

e do gio.’

ou must go without me, Dick, I have too . work promised to leave hon- I had made up my mine was tho one plea that would = weight with ‘him. and it was, i- true The work had piled while Dick had been sick. al- -_- my girls bad been wonder-

| come on later.

1y."

cu mean l am to go way out amazement _ in his

g alone?" -. and face.

or a time, yes. I'll come just I'd die of

nu uiust so. Dick." I think = was something in my facc

oon rs I can." can't do it, Nan. luess "

tstsrtied him. Something

not meant to show, but that said

rad my fears,

lly:

cry well,

seems dreadful for me.”

for he

felt like saying that it was be- ... of my wrong doing that Es were I4 they rwsre. but re-

ined. I only asked: Wouldn't you work for me? I counsel" -

m J9. i101 difference,

ns about ‘l ‘ - lished.

~' OI its success.

p

ior and rne."

And because of you two I. will!“ declared with the first bit of

lmaiion lie bad shown since - told him he must go allonc,

‘l knew you would when you un- food what it meant to us,Dick. means more to ‘me than even I can understand, perhaps. It is “B8 of mu love and because cf I don't know which ills stronger reason. I feel that

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"Please dear "

“But, Dick, ‘i can't hellip feeling

I do-that if I bad been the lit sort of a wife you never llld have been here, never been

Nan, ‘I'll go." Then to have you

Dick ' I! willbiresk -my heart if you

Yourself to have any foolish My business is l s. success in a ii way in it. You know‘ that, need notthinl: ofme trying l‘ new notion without assur- I shall come ion as soon as I can. Butdear, ‘- I do. it will lbs to find you ‘oat well and ready u; 0mm, Even the doctor said yon ~ kl be sure toput up p, good ‘l for your health because of

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I ‘LINIMENT A

NAN‘ STRUGGLEQ ALONI Chapter 90

‘After Dick left I gave way to. such an extent that had it not been‘ for mlother_ who came over to bid‘ 111m lfwilbis. ‘I should have colla- DNd, but she-kept telling me i iiilist be brave for his sake, that he now depended upon me_ and. 3111M if I failed him- he would surely]

.9 .

18o I took tip the struggle for alll

0f “S. Dick, Junior and myself, ‘be-l

cause there was no one else tol

whom we could turn. (Mother lovedI us_ iwas willing to do all she could, but she ‘had only enough to live‘ on, and so was unable to help us: financially. I knew if I could: make enough to go to Dick that Junior would be safe with henthst, he ‘would receive the best of care; But beyond that she could not help fills. B0 I tried to put my grief, my - fesrs_ away, and attend to my busi- ness.

EBut in slpite of all my efforts it was many days before I could do my work in the semis old way fl bad used m do it when Dick m}

I

for him, constantly ohtruded be- tween ius and the tasks I set myq self. It was only by saying con- stantly: "It is fOP him," that il was .sble to accomplish anytbindl But gradually l saw the futility of:

moment every bit of my strength; to making money enough to cure- iny husband.

Orders poured in upon me. 7 sometimes thought if there were i8 instead of 24 hours in a day I‘

take care of them.

their orders lDick wrote every da/y, some- times cheerfully, ‘always hopeful. But I could read between the lines and i knew. he was ionely_ went inc, yet would not say so.

be amle__to come tu iii-m, yet h

expenses, only, necessary ones‘. added to the cost or living for Jun- ior and mo, was about all I could

heart iwould break. I wanted so to go to him, to comfort him; to fool ‘his arms about my neck, his] kisses on my lips. But he must, remain there, and if he did mustf conserve all my strength to work IOI‘ hiim_ _ _

So I struggled» on. Hopeless at -times_ hopeful at ‘others. But sl- wiiys with that feeling of respon- sibility for all that bin-l happened} which was a goad whipping me on- 1 whenever my spirit failed.

I worked s0 hard that I s from shear wesriness of body, That was my salvation, it “ ‘ me to go on duy after day even when the agony of spirit was most puissant , -

From Dick's letters i knew he grieved for Junior only less than for me. It spurred me to greater exertions, I would take the‘ boy with me. instead of leaving him wiilhlrnother ‘as I had intended.‘ Perhaps his childish praitle, is joy- ousness. was what Dick needed. But this mean-t still more money

"N l an‘ I w“ m" a‘ weak" sulnind although mother tried to dis-l

rolled. Let us make s. bargam; l‘ u Bileaik of it again. We are . ‘ m,’ u“ ‘NM is over and donelmie. it would not down.

"h Pei-hams. dear, I am. s better i You a better ‘woman because ‘ change

_ll- Even if not we

"l how. dear. And -i realise that. i we must make the future ours ""1" know that i have been the m" you tlioiltllt ine when you "M mls. instead of the ‘woman

N's been."

ii

V‘ 7°" Mo. airways have been the

woman in the world fon- ma, . and I think you kow if. If

"m" ‘made mistakes they are

" - they belong to both of ns_

‘i let you m... all the blame as I will do what you ask. . lwill light-ingot welllfor

~ do.

‘ Y°l1 811d Junior." ‘

We talked very little after this. Vi»: terribly busy all the week

1 trying to think “ every mule bhiuzl could do to ' to his comifort. 0n fintiirday And only he was gone did l aillcw m!!- "16 pleasure of wee ing for , h lsers. _ ours I Izonizsd. trying to be- lt‘! Ind done the right thing H val-mi that he mum pass out

" for I krisiwhe was very ilL

n! f0!‘ iDlGil, left for caiffornia

‘"‘ m9 Siving way to

wiliiti‘ Hal 011 Baby

‘ n" Wlllier season is s Ilsni ons mm’ M“. He is more cr less I 1M m stuffy, badly ventilated __ l4 I0 often stormy that the h‘. ‘l’ docs not get hint out in _, ‘h! l1!‘ ll often as shssiiosld: tfwhu cold which mi. his l. 'Mm: an stomach Ind .m- Iat out cfordsrspd he becom- "ll and cross.‘ re guard n l? iliis the mother‘ should _, \ In oi satire own rrssiau ° Wise ‘rim rsdiiists the

1 and lii-ask up ‘ ‘in-sols byuisddiciiis

WVFN bowels

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suede -me_ once the idea came to,

"Daddlie misses you," i would say when I looked upon Junior as-i icep in his crib, "mother must lake! you to him," and because of the thought l worked harder ‘than ever Perhaips if I could manage to take Junior. Dick wouuld get well more quickly.

Bo I worked and planned for long weary months, Then one day with $2,000 to my credit in the bank, and money enough to take nus and Junior to Dick_ I closed the shop and started for Califor-

. nls.

' ‘iDich had- moved slbout consider- ably at the advice of s. physician Doctor Iilll had recoinended. He was now in Atolis, on the desert. I had no idea what 60ft of a place it was, and left L08 Angelou full of excitement, of joy at the thoirihl- of being with bin. again. But when after reaching the nearest station we were driven several miles to the place_ I wondered how Dick mu managed to live. it seemed so lonely a place to me_

_..'I‘.here had been wonderful tungs- ten IIIIIIOB opened up before the away’ gnfl-y to. be 010881] GOWD b0- csuee of lack of densandi. It was indescrilbably lonely and 10116801116 when iws arrived, The drug store and post oilice combined save us directions when we could flllii

Dick. - was so lsrcwii that at first H’ ' icsibly healthy comlpsred w the thin. _ white faced Dick who had left Iisnsdnl months beta!”- gmggmglpitisaiwltwnsbut the brown of the 1100011. N"! W lnislssddlll. ‘ ‘ lI-Iis joy st using us was pim-

tic.

"Dsddie didn't to m you!" he said as he sued 11ml" is his breast as if never intendinl to lei. hiim |io_

labial-pm distress ‘Gkltflllulllflbhflflg,

manage. At times fyfelt as if myanealr o:

~ minus fit would hfln I did not ssy it. yet

ON TEE DIIERT CD910!‘ II

974* ‘Wes better. but even so he was fer ‘from well. He still confli- sd_ but I coirld see at once that his ioneiineq hail worn on hiin. He en- Willvlsd Junior to prattle every moment when I was not with Mm, Sh‘? duriig the first few days he

"ll icvs the desert at tiinss, Nan But at other times the leneiiiies. or it frightens me_ i feel shut off and shut out from every bunmn being. That is its nsscination for some, P91111198. ‘But i Iusss I like corn- Danionship too well to ever cars for ihs desert very long."

I could not see why anyone should live on tbs desert unless it wias absolutely necessary but l did not say so to Dick. It seemed indescribslbly lonely to mo. The white sand all about us. the cacti Bud Has danish, the cioudiess sky that made you feel an ache for s good shower-ell onprmsed inc.

‘I Mlw the physician to whom Doctor Hill had sent Dick.

"Your husband has fmiprovodand

"rim cnAiinorri-zrowu’ GUARDIAN ‘

AVOID T_i_iii_ WAST

All! the weer Illd tan: calnsed by’; nndbsisiisiifcciiifiiiltexlhaiistsycivr dflssdiivve caigsnmkiloss not naur- ish your weakens in- siiudofgivlng strength.

iI-Iuodh la is n splen-, illd ivndo for the blood. stomach. icidnsys and liivcir. It creates an whet-lie.

aseiinvilia

perfects digestion and iiicin, secures I00 per cent, nmiridhimsnt from your flood. l

More than this, if purines, vital-i izss and enriiiolliies the blood. hiclh is tlhe liife of the lhody, eliminates muslin-ii, scroiiuils, rheumatism that tired fuelling, and other diseases. libs poisons of diphtheria, scarlet and typhoid fevers. and influenza. j

Take Hood's Pills for a gentle; laxative (smell dose) or an, active cathartic (lame dose.)

»

hlin busy, keep him from thlnkilial too mueli of his heslth_ and st thel same time he would be entertained. {a Junior. who was f_uii ot fun and‘

s.

“'I‘hat~s a fine idea, and we will, take up the study oi some iansll" " age together Frenmi or Spanish."

Dick had wanted to do this when

now that you are here. he will do even better. But you wish me tol tell you the truth. ills cannot live- in s. cold climate. He will live for‘ Ysars here. not necessarily on the desert sill that time. lBut could he.

we were first married. but iny mind had been so taken up with other things that l had not keep at it long enough to do ms any god. . "l 84in pretty rusty, but I guess we inn manage to get aiong_"Dick,_

remain here s year, then l think itiwiho n‘ a good 11,131,151" replied]

would be perfectly feasible for hill!!-

to llvs in Santa Barbara (where.

had gone at first)_ or in any climetej’

mild . "llhsn you think he must remain

Thus we planned to ‘make livable the year we must sipend far from: human companionship. And I was surprised how much I found to do“ how rant the time went. I took!

their anthems of praise-a 168-!

that six months before would has‘,

been impossible for Dick.

l-lo worked our vegetable garden in tho cool , i cared for the flowers l had Dlan- l ted and which grew so quickly and. so ‘luxuriantly in that country.

Junior was in school Morning and night he trudged stnrdliy that distance of s .mile or more_ his lunch basket grasped in’ his handy‘ his books strapped upon his beck.| Dick helped him with his lessons. and we all three gave a. short time, each day to our French exercises! We had no idle time. and frequently we were almost broke}

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51°51“ crossings, and greater rs- BILance and permanence in the

of the morninawhlb ARTICLE Vlr-PIIROVIDING men ‘ wearing surfaces. Expert advice of » lhe highest and inost disinterested ,

flllalllv. an accurate census of the

‘FmBllnl-T and the immediate pros- ,P"'"!\fl"1~n \V"“.!‘,‘ "w. adwnn“l\fi Mi "in PTQnRi-m flnml Rvvuin lnufllflp- _

pective traffic, and an inmglmiiive M" Practical vision of road trans- portation conditions ns they will lm 16H or twenty years hence, based of the past two decades-all those are necess- "Yy ff the main roads to be con- strdcted in 1921 and the succeeding

Bll-hmllhh” W” PM” "m": “"'“""' '“' '""'“‘ jiWRrs srs t0 prove adequate to the

Illlfllvses for which they are pro-

as Dick called it, something invar-H-"WW-"i ""“"‘~ ‘l'"-"‘ ‘F’?! ""'"""" PldPlL More mo“), 51mm,‘ be m"

iabiy happened ibeiore we were quite out of money.

We had paid for our lot in less tlhan a year. And now once again Dick talked of building a house, just as happily as he had talked of one in that long ago. But this timle it was to be no small man-l sion with a garage ‘but just n wing in which we woul move until We oould afford to build on 1; front, as, mnnv pP0pl6 did. .

Didifs stoilles were known He received fewer rejecq tlons Less often did the printed. slip appear to discourage him. Of-l ton there came requests from ed- iiors to send them something. Then he was as plea d as a child and worked so en nsiastlcally that I feared he would overdo, and make himself ill again f

it was atiqtllllfis such as‘these.or when be was discouraged“ that I realized his wisdom in asking me not to start the siiop again. He needed me. And as long as he did

becominsl

I knew it was my duty to ‘put ev-i "

erything else aside to meet his

here s year longer?" I sskedalmost! m“ , 1n ma; D161“ food 51,0111‘; use“ l frightened at the thought. a wholelha “my 1nd nourmflng; ma, M:

year in that place~for, of course I should not lealve hi.rn. . “Yes. If he is to live.

That settled it. I could say no

should sleep in the air as much as posible—we had swung a hammock outside the tent for himr~and thsi.

|he should not become overtired. It

mo“ s“ x ma“ my mu" Di&;Wii.I surprising how quickly he be-

washliving in a tenxt. Hizahiid tries“! o e s eco ‘ t l

wt heme Thoughts of him, fears; an"! cgum xuzl$ m mama‘, lmlore comfortable. floor made, and bought a few.‘

.1 11m a m,“ ,more, Nan."

"it"; because I am not lonely any

“l felt sure you needed us ions

brrgm wrong, 111mm ma; Thuybefore you came, Dick,“ l returned 1 mud up a 1311-10 1 1W1 1,1111; m‘ “but it was bsict for me to stay un-

ssrve as u kitchen where I could

this and dstermlnedly set ‘mysslflmkyvamdmg: dlthxowgrgefwélfiii

t9 ‘k’- 39" “W” mmgh" “mvylin the middle of the day, ouldooni a-llmlfi" filth-t and morning. I had brought‘.

s few 800d books. sill the latest msgszines_ et cetera_ Wlienl

Lhad everything arranged Dkik

said: ‘ilt takes n wounsirs

t now that I am bore we are Icing to have it just as homey as I felt sure I could get

Of course I was confident that I

‘It ‘was fonlorn_ dear," i replied. would nick up my business again if neceasnry_ but it ‘would have to be

1 ‘WWW in a strange place amon strange WM '~° "l1 11"" "l"! "W"! “mmpeople. And while i ha: the ex- and well

ipsrience, I would lack the help ‘moflh unintsnce had given in-‘si-arting in Musing. » * ut I had s. long 13‘ months me in which to plan and l discussed the wisdom of heaving Junior with us. noiilil to commence going to school and mother would gladly e hint , . "I'll teach him. It will give mc iuneilhing to do. And it will do luri- goodto live up here for a year.“ Dick said_ "it is s. pity if my coll-

ege education can't he turned to‘

some account.” i l at once saw the ‘advantage of

w“ Dick's sussestlon. it wound keep

Rich Red Blood Means Health

Pale Checks and Bisedleis l-lps Are a Danger Signal.

To be pale is no longer the fash- ion; to be languid is an afiiiction. Today the most winscsiie girl is the one with the pin-k tings of health in her cheeks, 111m niunrsi- ly red, and eyes sparkling with life. Add to this is a quick active step and everyone can tell the girl whose veins are full of the pure rich blood of health. How different she appears from her sil- ing sisters whose limbs and weak backs make thorn pale and dejected. Anaemia [the cause of so much suffering cannot be ‘too widely known that

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Try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for anaemia, rheumatism, neuralgia and nervousness. Build up your blood and note how the purer and richer blood fishts Your battles against disease. Take Dr. Will- iams’ Pink Pills as s tonic if you ere ndt in the best physical condi- tion and cultivate s. resistance that with the observance c! ordin- sry rules of iieadiili will keep you wsii and strons. Get n be: from the nearest drill bllejrdflfiiisiit new. °~r send to The

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‘v “mud 5°" ha" m“! figgfihmusfpzire s home. doesn't it. 13:11.?- m 0'“ prices but because I did better‘ work that the otliersliops it made. "a “m. no difference, people still gave mo: woul, the "m, on the "you B‘? lyond that I dared not think or look.