» -¢_.». m4§'\'h\<v fA Sweetheart at Thirty THI STORY OF A W0- MAN‘ TRANSFORMA. TION ly Marlon Ruhlncam a OOOQ PREPARATION (Jhauter 49 lAs the July days came on our ndivity increased. I feel as though l had lDst an Imursome time a few weeks ago and that I haven't been able to nuke it up since, I said to Violet one morning when we were doing the room work together. I know it. V-i answered. shaking out a clean sheet and throwing it over the bed. I promised llly psy- chology professor faithfully timt I would put in sevell hours a wet-k of study. So far I've averaged four-and I haven't looked a; any other of my books. ' "You know, the thing most is the newspapers." swered. They were llly favorite l'f‘l1l‘t5£l" tlon in the city, and they" were al form of recreation l could have continued here at home. Bul some how I never wrote to Ilave thelu sent me. and If I had done so. l doubt whether 1 would have llud n moment to look over them. "The wonderful panorama of lifc its tragedies. sorrows. expecta- tions, its dissapolutluents and achievements. had been spread ht"- I miss I all- fore me once every day by the news columns. Except for the small agricultural paper which l never rend, I had not even seen a printed sheet since we can e hack. It's u sorrowiug sort of llic isn't it?" Vi slid. stripping an old CH5!’ from a pillow and nlaking read) to put on a clean one. She held the pillow up ill her teeth too. us Esther did- wheu we changed the beds in this vcry room some littlc tlime ago and (liscussctl lllark. llul there was such a diffi-rc-nct-l This golden haired girl was so slim and so graceful. every action was pleasant to sec. ss she sums out the pillows bent over the bud and smoothed lllc covcr witll llcl" slend- er hands. ’ “Yes. it is lluruwlllg." l un- swcred. "l suppose its ,uartlu"i:l1_'i though because we lct it he so. There's Mrs. Putts; sho titleslfl live a narrow existence lives on a bigger farm than “GT5. 1 and she . A SPLENDID TONIC Make: You EAT BEITER SLEEP BETTER WORK BETTER ran. gamut Sold By ALL LEADING DRUQQIS TS .- fitlllifi of thc suburban |I\\'l'llI'l'5 mo. 'I‘hcn llud, could have zllmilsl cilough of thv- town's excltvlllenl--- but with tllc knowlctlgc that llll‘ 12.01 was lhc last train homc. (lur silt-lice was hrokull by a shilrp excinlltzlliou from thr- hall. Violet jtlnlpcd shc was so sturtlctl and I stooped hastily to Kulllcl‘ llll the soilcd silccts for thi- laundry’. “lit-avails. haven't you finished the ht-droollls yet!’ I-Istllcrs virrtl was frvtful I lllil_\' as wcll do all -the work myself. I should think blnid would have sons-t- cnough to get tllroughhcr work, even if Vi has got to co about tiny drvanlilll: But since you've been to thc ("ily yolrvc conic hack with nlorc ril- mantic not-ions than n. 1T yo. UIlI girl yourself, Enid! .\ I)l)lI_\"(I think you'd fnllvll lll lovl- too, ilw wily you acl. We're nearly through, l apolo- LZIZWI. .\'¢-ilrl-y' through ——tll_rce IIIl)l'I‘ rooms. and with Laura getting mzlrrn-il lll-rt! ivt-t-k. and nll til. work for lhc l-vlwllllotly’. zlll-l tho ilrtrssnlzlltcl‘ not soul home llt‘l' wedding llfcss yi-t! \'i _\iiil'v.- got i0 drive orcl" and gl-t that today Ami \\'Ilt'll shc's llllll‘l'l'.'ll. tllcrl-‘s a pair of hands loss too, ulld the only person lll‘il'llll lilc noun. I ran dtpclltl on Quill-l lt won't llc so I..\I|'I| w irli \\'ll:Il the Wedding's ovcr, Vi salill roll- stllillllly. Not that it malws any diff.-l"- once to you how illlll'tl work lllt-ft- l-lsthcl" grulllhli-d. Vi illlll I. rcs- i-ntful of tho scolding, wcut hus- It's only over the summer. \'i said. with a little sigh, begluningl to dust the room. I'm silllply exist-l lug until we can gl-l hack lo our‘ little flat again alld collegc~ and‘ Bud. You know, Aunt Lnid I'm aw- fully afraid to have him therc al-. til} about our work. IQSFIIEIFS .\'I-.W Cllllplcl" 5U ll)lil\ \\'e llcvcl‘ Ilid any work Sunday l [slll°l'“ll "ll.“°°"l“l>' lll "l" 1grilspt-il at one side with her hnud. faul- lly. lf-you've nothing to bide you won't mind. and if you have ally- thlug to hide, I ought to know it was her method of excuse. She had taken off her house- dress and the flimsy corsets she sometimes wore sud rolled around herself a curious old gar mont. It had once been a house dress; it was a striped gingham with tho wrct-k of a ruffle around lllv with: -sk.irt. alld a hastily put ' lIn SPllIll whert- thc sleeves hud ' 211ml shoru off at the r-lbuir. Es- tllcfs ulctllod of ulaking a kimono llllll of it was to slit it up the innit laud turn hack the raw edzl-s. The ‘voluminous zlffail" was ilvrilppcd 1uroilnd her now and hold by I)I‘IIIL' IIID. ‘l’. IIOPI unmhllSl SDI Gouruuds Oriental vhCream work for n sofa cushion. Satisfied and uilce l" vxprrssion. Laura settled her 1 "Go right along. doll't mind mo. ‘she said stretching out on my bod. I turned a Illllt‘ ri-d. I ft-lt souls- ‘IHIW that I was doing solllcthlug 1lWl‘0lll-‘, ill trying to Illilkl‘ mysclf llouk ht-flcl‘. lIu-i l.Ill'I'l' I was. with lcold (‘PPIIIII on my skin unduly llnir down, zllld lllvrc was llllllllll! to do lull go on with m) trout- tin-ills. I relllt-nlhcrl-ll when she- found m4- ollcc [lying on a white tires‘; and hm- relllzlrk that lllPfl’ was no lioul like an old our." I hecalue u was silence. Hut I should think you'd new piece of thread. the lust detail. in the rocker as she worked. I'd" love fussing over a house JIHI myself finishing solue crochet more bland self to work and for u ‘while there like some of this work to do after you luovo ill. Vi remarked biting eff a Nn. I want everything perfect in Laura answered beginning to sway buck and forth llfttlc defiant I looks-d at [figure-Monti then l got 1wi~nl through the "bonding exercises taught mo. 1 'l'ht>sc will ltet-p tho figure flex- ill)ll* and young, l said. and uncon lsciously I spoke ill snrperior ton- US. 1 I glunl-i-d itl IIl'l‘ careless wrap- u-r----:lnd at the pretty kimono which soulclltllv ntadc I116‘ look younger. Then lwcnt on iw-ith my treatments, explaining iwhat I ivns doing and" why. Alld lEsilu-r, flat on her back. watched ;wilh a great dual of interest. ‘ Yul, you do look heltur, silo con- ct-deil HIIIl'\3I‘l'ly though rather lgrutluingly wllon I tvns through. lAud that way of doing you hair ldoes illlprovi- you. 1 I slipped illin one of lll_\ prclty ilresso-s. and stood up for illspt-c- ‘lion, \nd then ESIIIUI‘ made nu iulnzllaing rt-tuurk: 1 l bot-n thinking Slit‘, said slowly". that sincogoilvgtn lhl-trily did yull so much guild. lnudr- you new all llVlll‘. as I might y. that I would co buck with Violet this winter. l ("all stnnd a little Illl[)l"0\'(‘lllt!lli myself I guess. Besides you seem Esther 1 lllllcll her fat up and strntciling and had after l WEIS married, Vi said again lk-sitles, if l took n pluce and fix- cd i| up. it nlight not be the way he -~—nl._v husband wanted it. I'd ratht-l" have him help. I think it would ho ratlu-l" uicc to have him II('I|) lllflI((‘—lllIl.kL‘ our home. (‘hnrlifill have plenty’ to do without fussing over the house. Besides I don't believe in men having any say" about where the chuirs go and what color the col"- tuins are. Her fairly thick lips closed firmly. She looker amazing- ly like her mother. ' llut. it's -—romanct- don't you think‘.’—~\i'inlct was hcsitating slid stunlbling n little as she talked, in build up the house tho home to- gothvl‘. cvcn if _\"ou—il‘ you make nlistzlkvs. “N0, I don't." said her sister de- cidedly". You've got awful sentim- ental irlolls about things Vi. But you'll got ovt-l" lllLlll. When two ponplt- gel married they huve to illlvc a house to live ill. And as llw ivomzln is in it nlost, she should say us" to what goes into it. (‘hurlio ivnuit-d red curtains in fhu sitting room because the car- pct is red. but I wanted hlue be- cause my couch has n blue cover l" llllvl’ llllll ‘l l"'“l gmld mm" Shc glnnct-zl with a little trium- Allll lllllllll l [Ml “ml l'“5°"" phnnt exprcssiiun at the curtain hand. clulchinlf u-i lily throat and V1 “.113 workmg 01L 11.1111.“ 111111 sililllll; the lifl- hruulh out of me. 1 'l'llI<I SISTER-S (‘lllliltt-l" 51 l lll spifo oi’ Illi- lzlcl lllul wi l|.ld 1111-1-11 111111.11“; 1irl-p.lrzll.zillls for llll‘ {xvi-riding of l.:lill".i and (‘llurlit- for‘. .1-.-1\];_,-_ .15 the day llppro:lclll-tl wci int-Fl‘ in a p4 ' " frenzy oi‘ haste.‘ won ~ the curtain was hlue. 'l wouldn't toll him what to plant in the fields silo Justified ‘herself. .\'o--htlt if ht.- llidlri-yvt-ll, if he djtllrt like the tlliugs~l'd want him to I)!‘ as happy about every- thing - i-vvn details as I \vlls—--—~" ‘f-Iltllllillllit; nonsense!" scoffed iaurn. I don't know where you get silcn ldczls. I'm not u Illt like tllalt. THE CHARLOTPETOXN GUARDIAN “l v - ' i And there was the contrast between the two girl-a- U119 Went cautiously and sanel)‘. unlmaglnatively, doing the common sense thing. never rising to great heights alwulfi avoiding great depths. The other wns illlpetuous. ready to sacrifice anything for llcr love. The feeling was either great happiness or great des- pair. heights or deptus-dhere was no dead level. Both were in danger of disuswl‘. but fl"olll utterly different reasons. We were so tired that allowed» us an hour's that da_v——the day of the wilddlug. most necessary routillc. hired men did that and then went off on a holiday. Several lleigh bors came over to help, for there was lo ht- a big dinner following - the afternoon wedding. . Violcl wore one of the prettiest of the dresses I had llladc. and I was urged by Esther to lay down and rest and then do my hair up very high and to "curl it a little." Mark's coming over, was her brief reason. Violet and James who took little interest in the proceedings, and some girls fronl the village, went out in the morning and gather as muny flowers as they cou find in the fields-few enough this hot month. And the friends near by generously robbed their gardens until every Jar the house was full. It docs look charming, I never saw our house look so well. I conlmcuted to Esther. gazing with pleasure at tho flower filled rooms . Awful mess to throw away to~ morrow. she grumbled. Well. thank heaven It's happening today and II will he over soon. My, l feel like an old woman already. now one of my children's marry- lng. She czllue back presently dress~ ed for the ceremony in a dress lunch tno tlgh-t for her. We went together to Ilclp Laura, I tried to feel some of the romance of the occasion hilt it was impossible. Laura had a white silk dress mnde, with many lace ruffles and a chonp lace Wedding veil. Th6 excitement of the occasion nlade her nice lint and wnrm. so it be- gan to shine with a high gloss, and lit-r nose grew red too. In vain l lavished my own precious pow- der on her. One slipper was tight and its pinching was doing things to her temper. But on thc whole she was pleus- ed to be the center of the excite- nlent. and very pleased at the presents that arrived that day- wo of tho family had clubbed to gotht-r, at her request. alld bought her n Yl‘l‘_\' shiny "parlor suite". And finallly" it was over, and the bride nud KFOOIIP-Cllilflll.‘ red with lenlburrzlssment and sunburn- ldrovc off ‘together with Laura's in Esther exlrs sleep 'l‘llcre was no farm work but the and the I For ‘Breakfast ‘BHKER ’S CUCUA O matter what your taste prompts you to drink in the morning, give the children BAKER’S CQCOA. They need a pure and wholesome drink that has real food value,--nutritive qualities, not merely stim- ulative; and Baker’s Cocoa will answer all their requirements. You would do well to drink it yourself, for you would find that its delicious flavor and aroma would be most pleasing and its food properties sustaining and satisfying. MADE IN CANADA BY WALTER BAKER 8c CO. LIMITED Established I780 Doldlestor, Mass. destiny of the chicken, and her bolts screws. any number of tools son. Again the idea. of Esther as‘ part of a motor and odds and ends , “i a sort of heartless Fury came to; that. meant nothing to us. A hook "l9" “lllllll lll lll’ "5"" llli llll‘ my mind. i on mechanical engineering. onelllll.ll"il'°lll'l"'° llll‘ lllllfllPllll l“ l" Vlolet’ll ma-rry some fool. l‘ called "Simple Inventions oi’ the lll<llllll lllllll ll-“ll llllll lll? "If!" "lll 5-1.0“ .1116 1.11.111 11.11 1111-Dw1ng 111G (',.1.1.11y"_111.e on 1.10101.» 3110mm- ring and fill the t-cntrc with nlixol lueat into the pot of boiling water; on electricity. and some magazln- \'l"l%<‘l=\b|\'»<. lllllwl‘ ulfllWInnfll-it-nr on the stove. Alld you'll encourage.‘ cs on machinery‘ were piled on a"l<‘rench dressing luay be used. ' do it. But it won't be that: shelf. l uzallYlllb v nAouMAnIt CANADIAN ‘MILLS AT MONTREAL Bookie: ofChoine Recipes sent fro: J uni A SUBSTANTIAL SALAD QC. tu . --_-__4-0> —~---»~~ Our oil output is increasing. And _ _, _ ._ _ _ :llt~-l"noons. 'l‘hal was" n I'llIl‘ oh- . . .. -1' -..1 11. 1111-111 it __ . , ,, , _ . -Pearsoll boy. I'll see to that. ll \Ve did not know then what was “m? ‘n m” “Rf Bud1" n“ ‘mm’ lVPil nizgiolisiy" in the housm.11,(|:;1:;r‘1‘1,.dl:‘1.1.1.11hl.:.._l,‘.....,.... 11> s1... M’ mlllllllll"! V} °X¢'l“lm'~“l-"tr“l"‘“ l" m“ w“l‘7°ll—l°w‘ll'll>l lll‘? guess I'll make solue dumplings‘ to come of our discovery. since sclltlnl ODBIIH! 1'88"" oll ill b0’ l“ m” “mmlvdut h‘. dmhuud n \'l'l'_\' wl-it-onu- l'lllt' tun. l-‘nr1 -) - 11'“ ‘.111 1.1.1 1111.11.30.11. lll}! ilrcul you-wlrcnt you in lflvfilllal-‘ll llllljl llllll lll“ "m" lllllllll- for this. These chickens is pretty llllle l" lllfleasllli need ulr- to look nth-r llllll. Allfipnfl. 111,111 11,1‘ 11.112101“ 111 1,11“ lllllll1lv In" 1 '1 181-1 111mb 'U1.1\vith (‘harlil-Z’ And holct. slim and delicate 31111.11... ' 90111111111311 1111 Page 1 ]-1_11v .1; 1- i _»1 111 _' ‘ _' _‘ " ‘l‘4‘lli_\'ili n c1." i t‘ ., - . . _1 . . , - . . ~" ' "' Iii‘: of irlllkllililll s<(:-r11ll..w0"\' I I ll ""1 "WIWH h” lll" ‘lll-V ll '~'ll\'l’ "'3' i-rl-rv known vnrit-l.‘ 0f. _ I Immfil’ nun" IlllILJMur-d n" In‘? hhwlmk. MW d "M, from the I went to the pantry to get her ’ 1 °_ "” " __ _ 1, _llll' only hours during the “villi 1,11} . 1_ ' 1.11.1.1 1.1111 10 1....1-*“"l"ll ‘llllllllll lll‘-"ll-llll'll~ lll ll°1““'l""l"‘l “ml lll‘? ‘lllrk llllll lll” the flour. After all ,wlly answer Y1" lllvlllglllll-ll fiilmlilél; l5 -_l1l~ll-ll°;1..1..11 1., 11.11111 .11....“ 11111111.; ..11.,..-i l" ‘l’ “an -" ‘my wuflqll good \\'lll‘. to blur-hind he'll I19 many IlllB-Sih‘. stood -ut the gate. i191" a,~ 't"n-'n- y» ti. ' , ' _1>ui-.._ V‘ 1 1. - -. ".' - . . -.- . . .. ‘. we I". l "1' ‘_'_ '1' " ‘l ‘ ‘ !.h.ln the llllllllilllilli‘ task. in lake-i. . .11 11. 1 H.111... 11.1. .1 11,“. .110‘. l Mum lllll-llldllll lo lIlL. lll soc to ll" llllll "Y" “llP “lll illlll “lab ’lhore are snnle temlndllull’ l “""""'e'ed‘ 1hold o1" oilrselvcs llllVtl nmrc lmmm h W” ' ‘ lllllll- Al-flllll lllfill‘ Willi lll? llllllll- llllwllllll l llllllll’ Wlllll Sllll W415 whose personalities are so "Y-s." Vi said zlmlnt-lilillili-vlly. -. , ' _ ' _ _ ' ‘int-ills. ‘ -. v » . - -. ' ' . ‘ ' ' begdlvling to dust ‘all over lLlIlllLl _ ‘MM I'm] ‘I"'“"" lwum ‘"7" t“ l I liluuht-il with hrr at illc idt-i. lliiizltnufrm" 5"“ 5° lesulllllml.thmkmg" _ ___v__1 domluent that they actually 501119111119 1 111m.‘ 1.1“ 1111111111 11,1l\llllll'f“tllll“ll. and sit ilmicl" illcl M111 111111.1.,1_ 111.11 H,_.1_....,.11 1., 1...‘. "Ruth hm- “wrt m“ _n “New; 1111111115 1 stamp themselves upon every. 111,5 111 1119 1.11‘. 1.1.1.11...“ it flit“ llln.i}"""|__"1‘1'llf" Mll“ “';"'ll* “\‘_'_""1"*‘I'illi- mu" Laura rt-lt. She was work-1 1.1 w,“ 0111111‘ 1111171111 l " 1.113111“ ,1... _ 1 one they touch. Esther was - ' ' . 11> lots l‘ lll n" -. " .. ,_, - ,.. . <- .1 .- lli- " " . so much good, hilt that Budl l’ l ‘l mu“ m‘ ling hula-cit lutu .l slate oi fI\I\(llll~1 11mm 1W H1111“ 11.1111.“ 1.1.1111 511111,“; lll“ 5°"- Slle lllld "lllllllllvll should live in the country" ullt of l |\\'llUlll l'i"1lll aloud and study. whilui I would curry llcr hooks zllollu and; the way of tt-luptatitiu. Perhaps, ilflljl‘ all. it would he. good thing for Ilud in PIIIIIL‘ hat-kl and take over his lntln-l-"s farm. as Mrs. Pearsoll wants, l suggest ed. Perhaps. Violet said. pausing to. look out uf the WIlIiI()\\'~hllll sci-infill not a thing but llcr own image o fthc boy she loved. I if he did. l——l would hc hnpp_v~~ even though I hate hard work and not mucll fun-and living a narrow Iife. At least we would he we would havo--~‘ hor voice trailed off into nothlngncss. She had n habit of thinking out lnud when she was with mo. and tlu-u grud- ually kept talking IOWPI‘ and lnw~ er until l could not hour ll4'l' voice I “'11s silent out of sywnpzllhy". Violet was glilnpsing a problrln 1 many at wnnlull has fu facu-~ 1 Which is better to keep the man you lovr- whore he is sufi- 1 though all other ' l _ , 1 v it hruke this sunllm-l‘ and you 9959f me “m m" ‘m: kelfm‘ siloulil have sccn the mcss lll‘ to choose the ‘pleasant. sur- 111111111 1.1M 11w 3 _ roundlngs ‘full “m” m“ u“ llo fairly‘ stollllcil out oi‘ lilo “Tubing Wm, “me ,0“ f“! room. l turned around to lCstlu-l" fight‘ Snmeumys I tlmllbsuly in surprise. Silo shrugged Il('l‘ ‘lrbun dwellers a!“ on“ mo“ shoulders a llttlc---nn ni-tmn llllli “m0 are ‘in-Md to ‘ma’ mwh some how elupllzlslztitl tht- lllycrs other l” ‘he lemplallons '0' nl‘ fni over thcm and over all hcr the city and who make a colu- prnmisc with Fate. But my reflection were n0l cu- tlrely serious. I wondered how Vi would meet and work out h-i-r problems. She could not, drug Ilud s away from the city. though shc _1- 1,-_1 _ 11 1 k .- -y't~s. l ftlt rathcr pleased with 1- 1 . ought to go first. she went on. t)! his mow and the wall of the barn, “He” wmll“ l?“ wllllll“ .‘-"“"‘l‘l‘ EIIIII nmi-iiiiliiillln lull-Ill) of nu" view» 0 iii-Ii doesn't mean they'll he “"5” l always honed I'd set you l rvmfinlbvred that James hlld pil- to do without its stimulation for M111 w. $1111.11 __.1.111..1...11._ 1 11011-1 lie cnpiiulatcrd at lilst. and gave 1111111,” S111. 11,315 101111 011011“ T111 mllllrlell 0" ‘llefllfe lllll’ 0f llwm- all ll llll lll U19 llllrn. while the , his sake. I thought whlinslcall)‘. 11.11011.‘ 1.1.1..‘ 1111.1“... 111111105 191111,... the llllllfiltlffll‘ to ills sontolive in. 1.1. 1m. 1 111011 10 1.11.1 across 1110111 W" Olll-flll l0 H been nlarricd 15 lllflld "l0" threw ll ll‘°lll ll"! will" a‘ o that she would probahl)‘ loin int- 1mm. “m. n.1,‘ hug... 11... 1...... 1.. Tllllll Luurzl began husll)’ housc- 1,111 m. 11w p0,...“ 11151 wmming years use with growing children m1. $0 he had plenty 0f vplwrtun- ,' Ngvef a Wyinkle ‘luii-i-oirl-il, but oven thou some “Mllllllllf lll“ l’ll_llll-" PM“ “ml lilu- a couple of ~of slllles. Then yourself by this time. But l won't ll-Y l0 lllllke lllls 59cm! lll-lll! DRB- ' , _ ..- .. . thin! was sirninod and it cost lnlfflsmmllf m." “Wldmlv” 1M1” "m" (Illnrlis came along. and he lives sa-Ill-hilglyglgggdzlffllgtr t?“ 151;? lmnet“ Sflfoiono“ d v1 1 1 1h h I’ NW"! J1... 1. 101 ..1 1.1011,... IIIIIH ant examining ca ll (lgur-s .10.... 1.1 h . 1 __ - _ . er w grep ‘B 0c roug , it . _. Q Sh» wnllu-tl, flat-fouled across ml‘ m“ "ml l'll"lllllll'l'- vllllm lmlll und vgelll. lliltflaSmiIll ‘Ifrlgllleulsa lltinit. emphflms while Esther renwved was SMfOCaUnE as she 8am and ' lIlIemlfl-y btockjngsfi’ when thcxwe newi 11... 11...... plvloliclllly no attention to this at 1 1,1.1,1e1,1_, 1.1m 11,0111“ 1m crazy m,“ another section of the chicken hot. and the curious choking dust I an f,“ a t?’ “my re wllsllell- Tllllt 5 bellllllm \1-,.11_ 1 g1...“ 1-11 11,. .10“... .1 1,11 all _ mo“ a111, "m" 11m 900mg“ “My uuldduld lt llfllflc. cattle down on us as we disturbed 1' they re knit to fit—not stretched into slutpe. .\'l'|1‘ zinntlunl-v-il. Niinit you doin’ "l" "ll" llllPrlloon n tow duyfl Over her. ‘She wanted l.n get mnr- w nlsznscvgaweg w“ F0 npxt’ “he slmhay pushing our way pa“ ll ' A9 “m8 ll-‘l yOII wear tllcm there are n0 1511111 before the (zorelnony. by a burst .-1..11_ 311C 111111115 11.5 a 111g race 1 r e n. e . umes wife hus 09l- Opelled U19 ll00l'—~lW0 large ' maddenin Ilftl ' kl l ' I _ l'm going to rest ton perhaps “l l"lllll"l'- llllllllflllllllll-l’ ~“"l‘lll‘°ll a WOlllilll to be unmnrriciIl whlln gm m. ‘we here and help “'9' l" board“ "0 cleverly faslelled l-lllll l. 555m 11 tie b Carla 86' -NO ugly wlggy n.1,... 1 1111,. 511......“ "psmm 1.1 1i... nmvvpw... (,1 v. "1111 1.115,." 1... 111mg more ma" 12 or S“ m“ Vloletll never be any good around on].- n sharp-eyed person could 0 P m‘ . 0 wrinkles or seams 11.1. .,,,...._ tho tiny. Esther doing the routine 1.111.111 111111 now 11s, 1hm__i't 111M u farmhouse. Besides, Jun.“ 111 tell they were not part of the I to shale the feet- 1 1 11.1.1101] 1.1 11.1.4011» .111 1111. 1111 housc and garden work. Iluurll gnl 101,1. 1 i llellllell he"! "ll ll"? Illllcli- II?!‘ wmlllll" wllll- l Mercury SIOCkIDRS 8P6 full fashioned in - . , . . 11., 01111.1. 11.1. 11-1 11 -.1_ cleaver cnme down on th» l ste ed int h I h ‘ ‘ - . irn-nilly glass wllnn l was alone. . k vi l‘ . [Hf l. llu at. usrto But. am m“ Sure? I asked he. carcass of the cmck l1 Door (‘VH1 h 0 w at the My 1 l, e k1y11lt|ng_ There are no mnms___not of In‘ unhes I dld nui, ltmk 11H \Vl'll its usual. Wor - "ti hlllumflfl Hillel!" ginning m use the hill!‘ tonic and “ll lll‘ llle Bllll- "ll Y llll l"! hi» Work shop. t even ln the feet Washin d t hn p Tlllll is tho lrngotly or age the massage, but keenly interl-st- ed‘ He ha" covered up every pllulble \ l-Il ' I .' ' ' g 00s no c use Damy u" ant-r 1111-.“ 1-11“ [hp fragpqly -——~-—-- -._-~__ ,.,1 1.. 11.11.. 11.13.11.110 11.80.11.510“ "m Wllh one ‘blow she settled the crack with pupal‘, 11111 Lhefe w" I‘ °l'5“1Pe- It"! kllll- m. - _ . 0111185031) of nllddk- age. Youth can put splu- of my fhlvolous occupation. ll "Intern. with s shade so that ‘\ :4"”(§'1.'°"""°"°"'h'd°'l""lmmf '- w1111 0C: “butt-st any sir-tin upon its vl- I know it——l'll tell you why if t?” "gm “mum m‘ °lllY "ll 0'19 ‘ ‘gasmam md-wmw’ ' ‘ . itnlity‘. and wnke up with rosy v .1111. W911. 11.11111, 111 1m. 11 '. 01108- \ Pl "HI- ' . Caslonal (‘hooks and bnight eves next ‘ 111111k i e’ n ‘mu He Work h ~ ' - ~i ». - she would wait and wait un- a "e “l "In" allll ll"! shill‘? (f morning. llut we who are in WHEN USING 1,11 1.1.9 1.1.11 every 1.151 801a gunmen place is so well built that "Sh! lll " the lulrldle period must he so . and towel ln place’! Do you 1111111. wouldnt get through. Vi eXplgln. ment as l'"l"’llll~ W" llllvll F" llllll‘ l" - S - silo could he much in love-stud ed‘ I thmmht I heard I'll" 8° °lll needed, Kivn our that we must snmc- 1111.11 11.1111 11.1111 M“ 1111.1," 31.11111 °l ll"! llflllfle 0116 blight after we clgangeg times be physical vampires. giving them rm- hfluge 1-9111 11.081, Y. wont to bed. But suppose he and urifiea from p I m- . l- " grits.» and "Xhlillll! 'llll_ll >i$ll*l'.s' llllll. wo know. illllv? lluf. Hilmiuy" inwzlld 1111111. zulswi-rvd. sr-c any such fancy kllil\\'Ii'lIL't* will him would sur. OI" about that '2 lnr- about JZIIIIPS and Ilody. sort, of nu ruginc. l dunno borrowed tho rcnpor and sonic hnll hearings ‘has 11131-111 llty from our surroundings .- ‘ I sat on one 0i’ the uncomfor- /keepslt€ree ‘able chairs and began to trlkr lnluws lily on his buck on tllc- listi-ncd. It yrlls l'illlll‘l‘l "m-ing. and so unlike lll!‘ spirit; lit-tween lllosl hmflu-lxs‘ \\'ll;|| zlrt- you ldslht-l" rr-nllillg all lllt‘ said frl-tfulll on! as the two sisrii-d \'i "illlt-lnellllzllw psyw-lloiogy,“ "lluluph." said llliitllcl". "l don't \\'oll‘i llcttl-r. as lo Jami-s any good. plow any mnkc Jim .l.lln|-.< '" so interested ill lllatth- ncry l said. I wolulvr wllnl hooks Inagaziuos I could gill him "I\l;lchilli-l"_vY" Jim said suddclll) ‘ltlllllll; through thc door ill lllllt‘ o Il"itl' my quf-sliiln, ll|il'! twig in nlucliiilci"_v! ll-l him repair illt- rl-apvr when Jlllno-s wanted to mukc up some what. Sn last wilntor he some litllo whcols from ht- l-xplzlinerl. and draw our vmlth and vlta- files and ’ Cuflcllfl Talcum lshdfilaallii 11 pondering and perfumlng. down my hnlr. shaking it out and running my fingers through III ‘ZIIFPIIIIIY stimulating the scalp as the girl hnd told me last winter l was neglecting my routine. and the routdne had done me good. The door opened and. Esther PDIIZIIIS llld curryltlg tllc ivlmlt" family with her. .\l()lll\-‘l' cull just. as wcll can corn ncxt wcr-lt us this. lkilllf-‘l Wlllllll . y. I lluvc so luuny filings l want lit-r in do for mo. _\11.| 1-1111 can just its wcll Illcst- cushions nficr .\'llll'lL‘ rind u» lit-flare. I‘I,<llll‘l' would tori illi- ni-zlrcsl slu- had cvcl‘ cmm- u» cmnplaliuillg oi‘ Illll‘ cldcsl dzlilghli-r. 'l'iizu xvus only lhc beginning. As lhc tiny of the wcdtling cumc near wt» bcuun working with nervous spur-ll. lnlura and (‘hzlrlil- taxpectn-d to bi- ml ricd that Spring hut the)‘ 11-111111-11 311 II\\‘_\'I_‘I' to give tin-m a small house at tho. furthcl" cull of mg nirni, This ls or rnillor could h», n VI'I'_\' attractive pint-c. It was an old-lllsllitlnrui willie washed nltllll‘ house, with throt- roonls on the ground floor and lhrcc UII lllc st-colltl floor nnd il i-‘illlilll lliIlU. llo can do ii as well as llol——llis lit-lid fzlrtncl" used to have it. hilt slut-o hl- till-d. no one has livt-d tilt-re. Ho thinks maybe he'll rent ii. hilt hv- won't. It's loo fur down lhr hack road, nnd llt‘ might just (IS wt-li Itll us have it. Hui" hI-avy llloulh sci. Ill zl dcter- lllinerl expression. (Illarlil-‘s father urns known us rilthcr a “tigllt" mun with money. and a stubborn one. But looking at Lnurn I begun ‘o suspect he had mot his nlulch ‘lllll more lll his prospective Ilnughter in law. And thinking ov- -r fhvyler llnd his little raalculzlting do mur- READ DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND" '.. FELLOW IHEH/ \ u ‘AN FYACIIZ/ /-. \ ..;. —~l mean if he wanted me—" the ll)‘. 1h» you think that ulzlkes pcop-| 'lc happy Tlllfi WEDDING . (Jllapttar 5L5 The conversation bolwel-u the two sisters sceenlcd to worry Vio-I for do ’I'llc dny hcforc tllPl wi-ililing . c lnlkcd to mc about ill wit \\';l.\' lair at night, and lllllbdil ut last were ready. And Violl-l andl l were sitting in my room. and do~1' the little ccrcnlonics with cold (fflllllll and hair brushes that} set-lll to inspire women with al dusirl: to talk confidentially. l Do you think ,the_v'll be Ilappy? silo asked braiding back I161" lovc- ly yvllour-gold hair. \Vll,v—wlly I suppose sn, I all- ssvcrrvd. busy with cold cream. I hope so. She's wanted him a long time —wr.- knovv that. You remem- hcr how lnlsorzthie silo was when he was paying attention to anoth- ur girl. A woman may bc jealous ‘he- cause she's in love. but she's not ne sarily in love because she's jealous. observed Violet slowly. I looked at her ill surprise. lGvl-ry once in a while she would come out. with some statcnlent that showed how she "was matur- ing by leaps and hounds. Charlie and I think he's very fond Do you thlnk~-woll. do you think I'd hesitate about marrying Bud delicious color flooded up into her fare as she turned the conversa- tion into such personal chennels- for any reasnndike that. Illut it isn't right to marry with- Boat of II. Fly Killers 10c came in without knocking. Thai was a little formality Esther con- ,per Packet at all Dr u, 1:111. Eutnsltllfsb not in 1011a. l would» es a e ecause o sofa cush- flrocorsand General tml, ions and towels and such things. out an income-she's quite—-" Sho may be right, Vi lfllfiffupt. .\vlls one pair of hands Laura into a replica of herself James was her next I wondered whether the rc- bellion in Violet and nlyself would carry us safely away from her. I though-t for a lime that James would escape. But this sulumer l' began to see him gradually ceas- ing to st-rugglc against it. I saw it plainly that very day. Violet. hunting eggs from a nest concealed in the barn, called tn me excitedly. I followed her to the hsy-mow-and there. down under the hay, she showed mo James’ work shop. ' I Just run across it by accident she said. You see, there's six feet of space between the sloping roof; of the cnrlrage house and the1 coiling of i"t—l think fnthcr was going to slore things in it; "that is why he had the ceiling put, on. James had sawed off solne boards where this joins the barn at the hay mow. and he made hinges from leather strnps so he can get through-and no one suspects its a door at all. Besides. it is cover- ed my bay most or the time. t should think he'd suffocate wad- ing his way through. James IlfllI allowed tor that how- Life rcsuulcd its normal course. After the ceremony we settlctl down to quiet "and colnparitive leisure. ’I‘hc actual routine of the‘ work was hurdcr. because there lcss. but thcrc was also lcss work. And ‘Laura wasn't so much use this lust _vcnr. Esther summed it llll ll YEW days after the ceremony. First she worried as to whether she'd get lllul or not that she did half the jobs wrong. And when she did got hilu she was so busy oveir her own sewing that she- hadn't nlilch time for plain dishwashing and weeding. Still there ivas one roolll less to clean and care for, one less to cook for——lllough in our huge fam- ily that made no appreciable dif- ference. We were sllnply not s0 concerned with Laura's eternal embroiderlng and the making of hcr "trousscau. Well, I got one of my children safely lllttrritltl, Esther remarked with deep satisfaction. She was cutting up four chickens for dinn- er that drcv, stnndlnig by the kit- chen table with a cleaver ill one hand and a long knife on the chop» ping board. Tile wind through the open window blew the loose ends victim. broke the lantern-he'd [)9 in here. He couldn't get olll-gppee: “l” lllmlllll "l8 lllly—and If that cagght fire! e stopped. her ac we looked about usI-fillmhnga? light came through one place on the wall where a board had been loosened for air. A newspaper lllml! neflrby-Jnmes covered up every‘ Hnot where the lit his light aDDM-ently. ‘v '1.‘ lllr I 14;» 7‘ "Llizu sirmf‘ ‘ ‘4‘A'A ‘A P ’ w ll 0:11 . .1i>l, Kmlllllisiillfiilllllzlldllll“ til ill‘ Around the room were wheels, 1 women 1 ~ I . her huir about her face and 9V"- ‘by Dlllvlnlz boards ove ll tli- l1 b‘ I" ', .l-°' , ' l‘ a wuntmélne 1111?; 11 1112111’ ‘£55m ‘$11.1 xgifililrslld upda torn iéultfle on her i850“ elf lgulmel he had made believe it. l don't thiink Laura IS 611110115 111x953‘ 111 e Ioolwdj 1111.0 g e lfiy-prabably “um 1n 1mm at .111 1 (10111 11111111 811B 15 new!“ y] e nlef odlcgl 1l< ury may ‘vvnere puéulllilg it in earlier in czruuble of falling in love. 11w g p "c m“ or t e “In. of thse hdllelfr n tsh kill", the weight Bu‘ certainly “he,” mm‘ “f lLauru being the oldpst 511p 'had mnnzllgedotd leivetlaltgtvsirgatlzlletll: skmmw Mammal-resell... 52am!” vut-rlsslonm cntr usmofltb ANKLE NO SIAMS’ Hos v I 9%.... MIN- WOMIN AND CHILDIIN 4i