warty i‘ o v-or wo Nliqflpg..- TIQN» t _I lymsme nuulgilil. i. .,‘r-~. - TNI - 005v OONTRABTS Ghabter s4 “Violet dear.” I boson. "I am 11¢ M74118 I think Bud guilty of stealing money, or even of being in lelsue with those men who are planning the robberies. Her etnreesion once. “Of course not. Bud couldn't do anything wrong." ' ll smliled a. little at that. "He could. He's‘ already done a lot of things that are wrong. But fortunately none of them are so important." "I don't care! Vi declared. "I'd love him just as much no ulatter what he did.’ That was. essentially, the 81-118 “ihole character-when she loved it was a blind all absorbing devotion. There W" Blllllelhillllfi foolish but Wmfiflllnt very admirable about it. Wlolnen wlurnre cap. able of such a love often muelti dbiiberately deceive themselves in order to kegp up their illusions. but they are usually very happy in their love. She wandered back into the "V1118 room. and sat stirring mood ly out the window. With i dark. our street became as quiet as oould be—-excepi in warm weath- er when all the neighbors turned m" "D011 1116i!‘ steps. Ton.gllt there was nothing to see but shabby house fronts and a few street lamps. I watched the girl wl-th anxiety as I wen-t back and forth settting the table. “I wlah Bud» would come around this evening." she said presently when I told her dinner was leadynfimme ‘If "ms" "1011" Parties 111a‘ Bug Bud refused w come, even sum-ntel‘ and during thv winter." when Vi went downs-fairs and tel- ophoued the place where he lived. ke""—"' '1Pete‘s there. l-Ic answered the phone when I asked said. coming upstairs again. wonder what he's doing there?‘ It seemed to nle that the worst thing posible under the tainly the two boys were under suspicion. Pete more than Bud. i i t softened at i for Budt v1 right. Pcto says now that George" "I en's h"nt $2,000." clrcum- asked’ _ tytnnggg was Pete's presenca Cerl "I dont know. But I have to let . . Biscuits 5 I p, .9 G®IHDEJ©IIID E3EklKlll§l@ ’ D 9R | Made without Alum l__-__._.__ \ land kindly. "I hate to have to ‘toil you this. htlt after all. the pa- pers will have it. and you had bet- ter llt-ltr it from me. Frankly, the police think George is in with a ‘gang of thieves." ‘ "Isle couldn't be! Well some things look "bud for llllll. His, friendship with this Pet- .er~l forget his utllc-r tlznue—--tv‘ho Iilas stolen and who is being iwntchetl Orifllfllll)’. though he gdocsrft know that. Another fact It's G£'OI‘i-It\'l's extravagance. “But last fall wheu we came ibztck to town he was saving IllOll- lei’ to pay debts. Why hc dld not lfllW-"tvs gt-t cnough m cat! ——l know th:lt~———" I thought oi‘ some ,of the times he (lined with us ob iviously half starved. i “Yes. true enough. But I know ho afforded himself suits by the highest priced tailor ill the city. laud hr says he helped finance "Pete gave him tips on the mar- "Wrong as often us they we're That was news to mc_ "Do you believe him guilty? I ‘fer thoacene and culling up every "detail of it, Yet there are things _ I I moat did this the other day? But I loet my courage. Enid. do you‘ lo ' a H h r Rub Rheumatic Pain f... ' ° “" '°" “".From Aching Joints ‘but I could not. All ‘I could aay- .. ' .. in a weak little voice that muati it?” £08m]! ghegluagflm’ have been muffled by his over-l a p“ '1' on y" t‘ “w a o" Wm com we? atop any pain, and not one rheuma- “Yes I do love you... ftiam case in fllty requires internal Bu‘ m” seemed enough And an treatment. Rub soothing, penetrat- ter ML Wm,“ are aomeflme! u} lng St. Jacobs Oll right on the ten- Plecessary! ider spot, and by the time you say , .I twonder whether I can reallyihck R°bm —°“' “m” u" ‘tell all that followed I rclnemboltrheummdc PM“ ‘mu diam“- sl- every word. every look all-l eveujmmlfa o“ l5 " “Mlle” ‘Milmlk now I find myself goingback ov-ltmm "nlmei" which "W" ‘"930- 190111.18, and doesn't burn the gkin, it takes pain, soreness and stilt. ma, are ham to ML \uess from aching Joints. muscles rol- he kissed me then. and how and butter: awn» Ber-tics. lumbagb, can 1 t...“ “bum may; 1t w“ me backache and neuralgia. the ‘um kiss of love since-all! Llmlwr n»! Get a small trial hot- well l-elluy the um in all uly life tie of oldtlnle. honest st. Jacobs For fifteen years ago when Murk 011 from any drug 810m. and In a ILSSQII me and said be loved meQIIIOI-TIBIII You'll b9 "99 fromlllllna, .t was different. It was nothing. 1* aches and stillness- Don't suitor! I tried to tell him how much- only thought I was in love then and had been in love-with love ‘not with Mark. And certainly Mark had not been really in lo"e- with me. But ‘now- 'l‘hls was a rebirth. Or rath- er. it was the supreme moln- ent of the gradual process of being torn ovcr ivllioil I had been going through during the last year and a half. For it was not the first careless caress of youth—-it was some- thing infinitely sweet and wonderful this first kiss, something dreamed of. hoped low-and all the more marvel- lous ibecause it was so long dcspaired of. Front that ulolll- out l was different. <I remember that I clung to him a little. and then stood away a flecks of brown, the handsome nose and the moutll that was now so tender. He was even IIIIIIIIBUIII‘ vr ‘llhill usual in his great fur-lia- cd overcoat with the sable collar that rolled high around his neck. lovc mo," I said finally. ‘You arc sch-good lookitlg—and ulce- and ~-\\'e!l I should think lots of trout- en would fall in love with you." Ile laughed at that and I smiled! ill answct" to his laugh. Then lj went 0n—— "l‘llere are so many women that arc young and tirclty and CllIlTIlPl lug. alld all the till: "-1 i um nail No-wait please—— becausr he] utude a motion as if to stop me‘, speaking -—“l know what Lam. At home they call me a hopeless the police go on and try to cinvict I ulean. I can't slop ll now, 1t old maid. They said I was getting] aged‘ and homely and no one] Al"! 5M9!‘ B11. Where dill Pct." Sci 55"“ the "WIIQY- W! be-Ptlllfie lhldnvotlld look at me. ‘My sister EsthJ Whose extraordinary the market? Ho more than a nleescngen tips was nothing boy inl a-‘bottt 5091M part of a vast and dilllger- cr tiliuks I'lll a l'(l()l'—2illll 0115 gang——- “Enid. he said suddenly. colningfbu; 1 haven‘; I nuts perhaps. I know l'm better now— those other quallb, one M m9 flfmg, jugt as Bun wngjto me and putting his hzlnds on lll_\'liggg——l'ln not youug~—fur Instance] And where did he get the money! to play them-——before_ he began‘ helping himself’! And where did, Bud get all the b10718)’ re SEHJIIIHLIi to have at. tintee? I could hardly‘ believe he was as fortunate at: gambling-since that was it. amounted t0—-as he plwtelld-zd to be. . . l was. so worried that the nerti day I telephoned the Meade lir- Judson offices, and asked _for Mr.i Meade. . "1 don't like to do this in office; hours when you're busy. I begun; But I am so worried about this-l Why didn't you say some-tiring! yestterdaiz? | “Because I thought I nuluaged] it so quietly that nothing wnttlrll get ‘into the papers," he ansvlercdi "When I saw the evening editions I knew you had seen them ton, and that i s-hould have told you. “Bud is not in the office?“ I asked. "N0," he told me. “We though: under the circumstances he bad better hl- laid oft, until this a-ff-air is cleared up. Will you be In this afternooni’, I'll drop in on my way home.’ “Why hasn't Bud been to see us I asked. when we were alone ill our little living room. "'0b, that worried you did it? Well. that part is all Tlglll. I told hllnt to kccp away. Ho. was only obeying orders. He had a large lump on his head. and looked n bit battered up. even though be be was not badly hit. As I said I though-t I could keep this ‘thin-g quiet. so I told him to stay home until he at least looked normal." "When. has happened about it today? "Today some rather serious things developed." l-Ila voice be- came very gentle, and his eyes, when he looked at me, were soft The "Llftu -" a. patented In- rntlon wit non-slip elastic ds belt. gently supports abdomen and s very for t Mme o a Ilsa donation near you. cam-neuron I MB §A§ cdiiélirs - me nddenly, the whole world be shoulders. "Enid, mo, will you hate me if I have t‘)! go through with this affair?" i my dcun-telhym gtpi‘ “Never lnlnd, .hc broke in.‘ llllllleiisntlbt-‘vhun-vpl- age you arc, you arelleit in the bottle the s dcr for it. Perhaps youth? little to look ut hiln-his graying, ltair. his gray eye-s with spots antlv ‘But I don't sec why you should, Rub rheumatism away. .._..__,__r._. “But t hllCW llotlllng better men, so l suppose l didn't. mind. And as tor using lny money tor vim“ and her college. that was, if any. tiling. a selllall act ol mine. Loos ullut l got out ol II. "l would never have known you utllcrtrlse." he suiu. 'l~‘l'ullcls-" I cried 53.113“ "'l‘tlltlk how dreadful that would ho! Not to have known you," And then I laughed and we both laughed at this foolish talk. But he cautc over and took my hands and held thenl. ' "Pllcy llcvur liked. me, they thought I was queer," I said. itlllltkiug of our little town 0f Heltly .l"al-ls. _ "Naltlrally. since they could “'0; appreciate you." ' - "You lllakc me fecl like a new person," l told lllnl. Then, wnm. ,mg. to confide in hlnl and tell him ieVlifyilllllg. l went on: | "l thought it was my fault-q ‘wasn't like those other: people, l never seemed to like what they ilikcti. I never seemed to think the sumo way they dld. Sal w“ “uuoel-Z" “Never lnilld." he answered, "That is after all the tragedy of a small town or village. The num- bcr of people are so limited that there are fewer chances of find- ing the rcal conlratlcs and frimlda the people with similar tastes- uulcss of course you happen to be cut more or less in the same pat- tern. Herc ut least there are vuough people so you can be sure of finding those you like. ‘Or love," I added shyly raised his hand to my check. "Or love.” he echoed. and put and "It was pretty awful," I flgfggd‘. lwhat sue wants for Christmas." [aha _e-r. ~ "It ia "claimed. “I've tried not to an lgullt the days. We have so little broken our oney we can't afford real glftalyolrre too aw t-MfiQ.|9,~_Qqq,_|-'m__ this year." "I dont want any," VI said. ‘(lbllege closes for two weeks tomorrow. l'm going to find a ‘position and earn some mon .' ‘I finished sewing dinner and tore open the letter. Esther usual- ly only wrote when she had bad news of some sort. There are well meaning women like that. g “Dear Enid." she begun. “I don't know what to send youfor a prou- ‘ent this Christmas. I" knowyolfd rather have money bacauso you can get: thlnga in the city,’ and maybe need the money anyway. But Jlnl has been on a tantrum lately and I can't get a cent from him for presents to anyone." “Tell ller to send us some lam and- canned vegetnblea—that will save us on marketing bills." Vi. remarked practically. . "I tried to get Jim to send‘ en- ough money ad's Vi could go to the end of her term, to summer," the letter went on. But be insist! be hasn't got. it. There's insuran- ce t0 pay this month and. next month a note he gave" three months ago when we rebuilt the wagon shed. Jim's getting stingy in his old age anyway. - “Sn fillully I couldn't. stand no more. And I up and says he and James could stay and take ‘care of themselves over Christ- ntas, That I was coming to the clty——" Herc-i Now"? Vi asked startled. I read on——"to the city for two weeks. I'm not mtuch at letter writing. and there's lots of things I want to talk about. Besides since you'll ‘be coming home in February. it may be my last chalice to see the city. I'll bring in a lot of farm sttuff so's I won't be lunch expense. I'll colnc on the 24th." "Well," Vi said in surprise. ‘That curious. Mother ‘evidently is rebelling at the life out there, and at father's neglect." . I did not know w-hat to answer. [from other letters Esther wrote. . . lwntuie .' suggested looking at the felt-flotsam. oo almost cllllstmul". l'solag to let you will‘. I bail ofoou not tio yourself up "ll-h 8 olll-ndlke ma. You haven't t, because some to-un l I dies: mybiilt or. this and have a decent name 10' offer you again." ‘ ,; ‘ "Bud!" Vl cried. white-faced and frightened‘ - " ' - ', nermra comps‘ Chapter 88 l n‘ “if, -. t i. , I ten nod and Violet atone R8 l i’ l . soon‘ us l could, and ran to HZ, l , w \ Walsh's tea noon! l0 Sit and talk 7-‘ ‘fl l‘, l '. with The dinner rush was ov- ,,- " l‘ _-- _ l ' ' . or. an er pretty lltltl ta - "' "'— ' i‘ - ». . . ?".“".'i."".'.i""""'°“'"* gui-“Il-ll "71 ¥*' . "WM~th-¢~ww:»l.a."aw~ ~ no e garnlcllaib kofh ‘ ’ ‘ desk. and while Hale; muted ti; s°*°““"' °u "fill-III"! dinner checks. we talked. d had not. told: Vi about Francis, ind: I did’ not tell Hanan, yet. One of the awe“. est things about a first. on. easement is keeping it secret for a litltle time Every wom- an likes to clasp to her he“; thisprocioua bit of knowledge before she shores it with a WmPlPM-WBIY indifferent world. "lMore trouble down in Wall Street." she observed. adding up figures expertly. "How is Bud coming on?" "Rather badly." I answered. "At least he insisted on break- ing his engagement with Violet until he was clear of this busi- nesa." "Really!" Helen Dut down her pencil and turned around to me. "Do you know I admire him 1m- tllat. I dildnt know he had it in him." . - “I'm afraid Vi doesn't share your feelings. She/a heart-broken, I! nlulsrsslo vuns-lnanx Bookie! o] Cllolu 9 . .0 , . Baker s Cocoa‘ It ' ' ‘ d - - ' tillfifiiifi 3.133.? safely inclulgecl in my hom- of the g . 4.9 for it i; Stimulating only in a... sew that pure food's stimulating. is delicious ‘loo. MADE n: CANADA a‘! Eulwgtefrsa BAKER a co. LIMITED Dalelmm, Mm, CANADIAN MILLS AT MONTREAL Rutpu ma! {m Fridges-seem I answered. "Well, poor child she would be. B-ut it iu the thing for Bud to do, just the same. I don't think he to_ok any money-he's not. that sort that's evident to anyone. But he was foolish. and he was taken in by that crowd he rnn about trith. l see they suspect this Slnl- ons." - "Yea," I answered abseutly, not Ilcncw that Jim had. not com- pletely reformed, and that Esth- er was still afraid of "the other‘ woman." She knew nothing def- inite, and she was afraid to find out. ‘But she ‘was uneasy about it. But of course I could ont talk: of it to Violet. "It will be nice to see her." I tried to lnuke my voice cheerful. It vril lbe nice if Bud is out of! this trouble." Vi answered "Nei- ther she nor father knows llel comes nrotulrl here so much. nndl his arnt around rne. I went over and over this in they don't know we are engaged._ If she comes now—-nnd finds hiln‘ my lulud, while I put on potatcatfiltfflvtically accused of steallnK-"l to boil and inspected ' the milk in‘ the Illlfllfl-l turc icc box and decided on n dcs] “ND- “'5 l'm" m"? i" d" 30- Ills desirable but youth lsr-some-lsert ior- our dinner. ,- antuvc-rod. But. I scarcely" knewl what. what I was saying. For his Ilantla m“ a nlutufityiflnd times shallow. You have a depthl Enid (IQIIT-lllfl shelves in the the china from, little kitchen. I brought out “Emmi”! i‘ mm’ 4'" m!" 5h°lil‘l“!'-""_vou don't look like anything ‘but and carricd it on our pretty blackj Thou suddenly his arms were‘ around lllc. : a nova sro-l-lr l’ Chapter 85 i I I One afternoon a day or so after‘ ail those things happened, Fran-i t-is ‘Meade cttlnc for me in his car. "l thought we nligllt run out alto the country ‘somewhere. and; got back for a late dinner," he, sugzestcd. | "I'd like to—— only~~-—" "Unly what? ‘You see. I'd leavc Violet alone then. and she feeling so lunch up- se —-—" _ "Of course! But nothing can bcl done for a day or two The police are carrying out an tltlvestigutlou and George is under bond Lu ap- pear when they waut him. liIcun- tinlo I'ln keeping hiln on my pay- roll, but I told ‘hiln not to come down to the office until this thing blours over." ' “You're so good!" I burst out suddenly. You have done so mucll for Bud. and now, when l'ln sure you think he's guilty. you go on protecting him him." "l'm not good!" Tilers was al- most u trace of impatience -in his voice. "l wish you wouldn't say it. Whcn a woman like you culls mo. .':ood—it—well, it makes me conscious of my shortcomings." "But wily not?" I stood in the room looking ut him puzzled "Bud says—~——" "Never mind what he broke in suddenly. wily you think l'm so you call it. Because oi’ Bud"—l begun. “George ‘does his office work vary well. so keeping him ill ills present job is not goodness but Bud says." "Tell me ‘good. as efficiency be said. "He's blight, energetic, ulnbltoua-and it's easy to see that you little niece ls in love with him, so her ‘futurc is bound up with his. But this has nothing to do with ole- I believe I'd. do anything to have you-well, like me." "But I do," my voice was not quite under control when I said this. And I could not trust myself to say any more. Probably every woman known by inlltutlon when the lnun Iis going to tell her he loves iler. I knew now. in a flash what ‘Francis lvlreado was going to S1)‘. And when he said It, lt was all so mucll like the working out of a dream. that I scarcely believ- od it. even while I hoard his voice "Do you-like mo?" he asked quietly. ‘Could you love me." "Love you?"l heard my own voice repeating. "I-Iow could I help but love you? You've been so fins to us——ond ob, Iiirancls you're so wonderful -" It simply came out of me like that andl when I stopped speak ing. ‘I looked up at him half frigh- tened. "Wondstrful," I had called hint-and he was-but I wonder- ed how I had dared to tell him so "Enid dear-dear Enid" he said And then his arms were around Loud the clfole of his arms was‘ it. and time was only the two of as and s great radiant light‘ tint seemed to be over every-l a young child I shall you awfulLvz." _ He fairly swept mo into his armsl .-\nd it was not. fut some time. that we realized we had intended starting for n drive. Bu: we did: not go out on that particular‘ ride. l WE HEAlR FILOIM ESTHER Chapter 80. » I After Francis left—for I made him leave after a tinlc——l weut out IIIECIIIIIIICIIII)‘ to the kitchen, and began getting dinner for Vie‘ let and ntyself. There was always, that-or some other task to do.| Physical work la probably one of our greatest blessings lf we only knew it. The mere no‘. of prepar- ing a meal had been a comfort to me in times of sorrow. and a rel- ief from anxiety. And now in my great happiness I went through the motions with- out thinking wbat I was doing. He had said. "I love you." over and over. with all the fervor of a. young lover. And when I asked him why he loved me, he aaid:—— "Ilow could I help it‘! How could anyone help it? You are the most unselfish little Woman lu the world." "Oh. no!" l protested quickly.‘ "Oh yrs" he insisted. and laugh- ed. "I know n iitilc the life you led with your family. I menu a life of unuppreciated work. Few worm-n would have done even that." “Why ycs. uuynuc would. After all. Jim was supporting me———-—" "If you call it that." he said quietly‘. ‘l fancy_you gave much tnore than you-got. Indeed. I don't “we to be very clever to know that. for its your disposition to give everything, and you‘ apparen- tly got nothing in return." "I lived there—-—" _"lf you call it living." patronize; -tlle table in the living room. i ‘lacquer tray. and began setting Once I stopped and looked out‘ the window, tlp the cold.‘ bleak‘ little street. l I-lere I stood at the closing of one life, and the beginning of another. Against a great ; deal of discouragement I had struggled up from an exit-unn- ce that was unspenkably nlls- I errable. to this? My eyes wandered around our little living ronm. The candles were lighted on the tiny mantel and throw n. golden flickering light over everything. Tho lamp with its yellow shade illuminated the table, act with dainty doilios and our attractive china. It was all very inexpensive. and per- ilaps not appealing to some peo- plc——but a little heaven to Violet and myself. My thoughts flew on. ~To this! And now I was going to something better. A new life. a life so much more wonderful that I could not at this moment grasp it. was opening up before me. And what Ihad done, an-y woman could do. Every wom- art's‘ destiny is in her own hands if she has but the‘ cour- ugc to take it up. The opening of the door startl- ed me out_of my dream, and I realized suddenly that. I was shamefully neglecting the dinner. I hurried to the kitchen to inspect thie things that were cooking. and turned to look n: Vl, who was coming in. Her taut had been white for days. and the blue shadows under her very blue eyes made bur seem so delicate as to be almost unreal. - "Tired?" I naked. trying‘ to make my voice casual. "Yes." she arid drearlly. "I stayed late for some extra work. I think I'll have a hot bath and put on a kimono and eat dinner that w“)... “Oh you. here's a letter from m ll! M010]! pflfi tbs uelal cause of plm les and blsckhsadl. vvhlls the 0 nlinent lsdellestqdellgll Tslaum “OHI- I In. hi s. w: talus. . _ , "no you know," he mo. “I ai- s |nb in ileu- blue irlmono. mother.” she raid, coming to the kitchen. pulling out hairpins an she walked. She handed me the envelope and weut back‘ to un- dress shaking down her fluff of golden hair. BUD Chapter 87 I looked at the familiar cramp- ed handwriting on Esthet-‘e letter. ‘l did not ‘want to open lb-some- ‘llnw Esther always bore down up- lon me like a heavy weight. and I was so balmy at the moment that i did not want to hear anything ,ltl'l0lll my old life and associations ‘I seemed to ‘have dropped‘ them lntf so com-pletelwelnce Francis ‘told me he loved mo. ~ ‘ ~ But here injthls lettervus all my paw-the little village of I-Isnly Falls. them ifibnvsntontly arranged farm house the work, Estller-‘s heavy plodding figure and her dull acceptance of every- thing disagreeable in Mrs. However. an unopened letter l: not to be resisted. so I laid it on the table and ‘began dishing up dinner. By‘ the time it was rend! Violet came from her bath. rolled and look- "What. ltappened about l ttodafli I asked. “Oh. it drags on ‘and on. Tbet police are conducting a big luves-l tigntiuu-but Bud is coining to-| night!" -. flW-hen Bud came. in time as‘ always for his denimi-tusse nudl cigarette, llo told us all that hadl been developed. ‘ j "Have you been reading the pap-- err-r? he asked. “A chap from‘ Barstow. Kuhn d: ‘Co. was robbed, today-they pulled him into a; closed cab, put a chloroformed] |soaked sponge over his nose and. ‘were off before people reullzedfml" what had happened. It sounds im-- possible doesn't it? Yet so many} ‘people crowd those ‘ narrowl streets, and everyone la so intent on his own buaineeaa, that a man can reach out of a moving cab. grab someone and keep drivlngl rlgiht onfwlthout creating much dis! turbance, By the time the alarm’ spreads, the cab will be lost in the crowd-at least, far enough off to give it a good chance o! getting away." "How did they find out this than?“ "The kid woke up in a house somewhere on the outskirts of Brooklyn-an empty house. I-Ie crawled out of the place and found a phone and‘ reported. We all do grow careless." he added- "Handling bonds and stocks and money becomes no more import- ant than handling tpotatoeea and sugar would be to a grocery clerk This affair will make trouble be cause this chap had taken some bonds from aniother messenger. to deliver "ml- him and, in turn, given him some of his stocks to deliver ‘to ‘another place. They of- ten double up on errunds——l‘ve done it ‘too!’ "And about yourself?" Vi nak- ed. "It ‘doesn't look well." Bud s.‘ AAAA smalls"; cZLLZY. in a Hurry ‘ t Ends I For real elrrtlvenrss. this old ) home-made remedy Ins no equal. , [hilly ‘Ind cheaply prspgrgd. , Q¢A ‘as. AAAAAAAAAAAA'AQ vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvw You'll never know how quickly a bad cough can be conque td, until you try this famous old home-made remedy. Anyone who has coughed all day and all n_l l|t,_ wlll say that the immediate relle given is almost Ilka magic. It takes but n momen‘ to rogers and really there ls nothing i ‘l’ '°'ni°““'i5;.ltl n o a ~01. e. put 2% ounces 0f PlnoX: then add plain granulated IIIRBT IYPIID to ynnke 16 ounces. Or you cam use clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup. instead of sugar syrup. Either way, this mixture saves about two-thirds of the money usually spent for cough preparations‘ and gives you s more positive. efieci. ve remedy. It our perfectly and mm plea-mt -.~. lldren Ilka it. You can feel this take hold Instant- y. soothing and he ling the mam. nes in all the ar passages. It promptly loosens a dry, tlnht mull], sud soon you will not e the phlegm thin out, and than disappear alt?- ller. days use wll nut!‘ k up an ordinary throat or o st cold and It Is also splendid for bron. - . mun. oarssness, and bron- chial asthma. _ "M! in a moat valuable men- crtcara: ~tmltc_._.::. r qr tllros and c emit"; 1 4 1 4 1 in: Mil no natured again.‘ mum pmilsb um ' ing its importance. about ' knowing how this knowledge would effect Bud. and not realiz- ‘By the way. I bud a letter froln Esther this evening. She's coming to spend the holidays with us." ‘Helena eyebrows went up, and n slight gleam came into her hum- orous eyes. MAKES BETTER BAKINGS ' "That's nice," she said in a noncommit-tal tone. y“ “Vi is going to find a position _ T": ‘o-wh’ BEAVER over the holidays." I went on. giv: ing my last bit. of gossip. “Excellent. Tell her to try the book departments in some of the mg sto-ea. t near they neon peo plc for the Christmas rush, and like getting college girls." I went back early, to find Vi and Bud washing the dinner dishes, Vi w-lth her sleeves rolled up. drying, and Bud with his hands . in a. pan of hot water. cheerfully shaking soap until he formed a pyramid of pearly son-panda above tile pan. I knew they were both happy. for the time at least. To Vi, of course. this was u little foretaste of the domestic life all? wanted so deeperatc-lyl-to Bud. dishwnehing was a pleasant nor- npnvonsat In your "l'm exiled while your mother la here," ho was saying. "But. I'll‘ charter that cubby-hole table at, - Illhlllillllltllilllllll ml Ill w lrlr m». Brave ltll in. ... \‘>\ HA2?! slates ' Isuttzfllifhlililtdls’ 31's}: ‘nut BIAVBI. I UR ls ‘wad-famed rlo W-intst sold ‘I. ~ 0s blended with enough Vistas llvs it mental-tbs . jar unsurpassed for high q lsvor. ' r1 IIAVIR FLOUR and sets the aerial, I bskllfl. I Sold at your (user's. The T. H. TAYLOR CO. Helen's for ten eve-ry afternoon And then I'll meet you wherever you condecend to work for the holidnys"—hs was smiling hiai merriest at her nuur-"and; take you there for tea.- So your moth- er needn't know, and you won't be deceiving her either." '~I want her to like you thousb. Vi protested. "Oh well. I do ton. She will- when I start to make my fortune. But. so far I've wasted everything I earned. and gotten myself into the deuce of a scrape, and runrled my reputation and gone In debt That's not much of a. IvCOIWIIIGII- datlon to present mo with." So we‘ let it stand. And the- dny after college clos- ed for tho holidays. Vi did round answering ads. witih courage that- I could not help but ithirty years old. come this time even." I looked at hear again. Little puffs of flesh were quite visible under‘ her eyes. her cheeks eagged. her skin was course from wind sun. and neglect, her hair hung wisps front her hub-Esther had completely let go. I felt a sudden rush of pity for her. -—--—<0>——~ SAY NEURITIS l8 DUE T0 THE WRIST WATQH LONDON. June l6.- Twp cases lof ul-uritis of the hand, caused by wearing tight whistle: watches. . tnve teen treated tby llr. J S. II. gélsgilrea lkrlgporfigmfgosiiail at: Htopfortl, professor of anatomy, at a small book shop on Fifth AVQIPIthZI lmlversny “l llaantchoztdr- lie Wilt! ll 8'1] 6!! W 0 gfl-d taint; rife "gaff fling}, ‘xii; weoks mm mu l! tingling very pleasant. Francis vvua out of town on bus- iness but w-rote me that he ex- pected to get back by Christmas day. “And when I come. I have a rather nice little engagement ring that I hope you'll like," he wrote. "but you ahan't have it t-ill Ohrlst- mas day. Then I shall give it to you with proper ceremony, and take you up to my house to have dinner Will-ll mother. l haven't told her yet, but I will when I get home." Meantime there was Esther to consider.- ‘She wrote us the train she was coming on. and I went up to meet for pa in UNLESS you see the her. Vi was working so I went alone. . ~I shall never forget. the shook of bar appearance-not so much. her curious clothes as her race. Poor Blather in spite of her troubles had gmwu fatter which seemed illogical to me. Sits wore the some llfil-r-OI‘ bonnet. it was s _ bit of both-that she had had. for . ' 9i! years. and‘ a tattered sweater under tller long coat. She had lu- amnamblo ‘bundles. . Bntlwssglad toseeller for all that. and I went up and kissed her affectionately. . "I I look like Susie from the OGIIMIV.” dle said st once. too at msmnd at the fashion- sbly ed throng around the station "My lalul. I never saw skirts so hhh- Enid. haw canyon wen mob heels? I've got a. barrel = . of stunt alon . but Jim amused .~ . . x _ it. so It will coma straight t» , your house." ' . , I told limit only an ‘dial... “Wat” =2 you "it came this nth-hint." bu‘. "Ndwllllllhlre elm and and . o nvo dim ‘ounces ’ lfh direeti d . "m... "an. ‘l-“rgvh llrlwulnt or "2 II momma-ca... 00.; in, In the fingers. l . ln both cases Dr. Stra. (:]"'G' iln tooth oases Dr. lStupford found that tight wrlsttlet waches Wmllressed a nerve again; ain't been to the city since I tvasalong the innertborder ofthc hand, Jim's getting the aide opposite ‘the thumb. Tile that cranky. l though I would not other patient, a woman. complain- ied o: mdimllar tingling and pain She leaned back in the cab and, the lower end of the ulna, the shone on the little finger side of the arm.‘ When the ‘wrletlets vwere discarded U10 (IIGOUITIOM dlflfl.ppgafgd_ ALBERTA Leaps Albertlrclalm to be the srltllns or ice cream. Under hence the quality of butter first Province ln the Dominion and pro bwbly the first futile would to adopt a system of (lover-Illicit this new system, Alberta. bones to im- prove the qualil-ly of cream and pm duotion. and once again to win . I ‘the crown of ‘the premiernbutter Province of the Dominion. ' Pare not getting Aspirin atall name “Bayer" on tablets, 3T.‘ by _u=r-=~: are ‘ab<....~ ‘A f "l¢;~§‘i¢ii‘-‘ai' ‘r Tablets]; of. ' - Mlilrin.” WW5 ‘ciilthlbsaliiecflilqgrls and unscathed‘ out provedwgfe l." ‘