AGE‘ TEN ‘THE LOVE PENDULUM” t‘ IV mutton nunmum M‘ =~ ‘Mano-n GOSSIP Chi-liter 12 Aunt Harriet conside ed. 15,1. “lily lhe had not expected to tell $2.15."? "Out my mother. It ‘we m6 first time I had ever bet-n ‘t l" “d out anlmllllg definite . d I did not want to let the. "Wflrtunity slip, “Please 80 0B." l begged. ', t hatter all, there isn't so much 10' 9 - All!" Harriet continued, pLqyfi mg "l"! 3 llfllltlfifime black pearl ring she wore. "It “"85 evident your ' lather and mother were UHSLIIItHb i 1° each other from the start. slu- was not born to the sort of life sht- bad to lead with Iiim. and die made I him too ridiculous." ' How?" She hated to spend inon. 9!’ I01‘ IIIIDBS- She dismissed ser- "lllfl, she wanted to do lIPI‘ own work. She hated to spend money on clothes, having always tuatlt- hcr own. She thought it WlCkLKl to lum- more than three t‘0i.ll'ses at a din .3 nerAyour father used to not din» D91’! Wllerp there were I5 and 131i." , "How awful," I niurttitiri-ti. f M)‘ aunt smiled. ‘ "Of course In those days thinn- were done diflerently. llut your‘ mother would not try to contortu.‘ ‘st-d trout tiic but" was alone all the time now. except for Mother Taylor and Eliza's occa- sional visits. A_s_udden'a.nd sickening revcla-f tion came to me one day when .\Iay . was calling. the first visit from her i for weeks. The baby was on the‘ lawn and I called lit-r for her nap.‘ “Connlt-fi‘ I called and she did. not conic, “Connie Aiidersoti! You‘ little witch" I ran down and tucked . her up to carry her to tho Iiousc.‘ .\Iay survcycd us with itpliftcd cl‘?- brows. “Connie Anderson. you call hi‘ "Ycs, that's iior name." _ __ "But oi course, she" your t-Iiilil. ‘ "No. She's the lltillillivl‘ o! Vot ti friend oi ttiinc. Shc was natut-tl. after rue." r?" Way's mouth curled a little. uyou Sunny don't exp-wt its all to believe‘ that. when she looks inuch like you. “o thought at least you “mm gin. hm- your i-un IldIIIl “mm 1,; “dmitropk Illilllt‘. 1 Sun-pd, wtmtlt-rlilg what siic was ‘I driving at. ' i i "\\'hat do you tut-an?" I askcii. .i though in a flash I !-§il">‘~“\'*l bu" bit- cxpresstou in; her u) vi GOSSIP Clvipte-r 73 v pct:- ‘ 1- iimilé i any-thin: Sometimes Wlléll r IIHPDPII.\, uliarlv tinplc stint brain reins» ' IIII‘ VIII tmntlu rfcct complexior Skin a o‘ h" . an 06cc» only concealed. Reduces unnatural 1 G- - fffiufiitft°"iilfti"fri‘ltflt"‘fil i.“ SGIIJ/ot/OI 75.15;. ' mo. T- HIIKINS I SON. Hontngl a put-m trouble! 3 Gourztuds Oriental Cream frictids have their babies away "\\'Ii_vutit7" I asks-d. rclicvctl ‘that this was it, for this was easy ,(lIflIIlIISlflIIP(l. .\t one blow my IotT-Iy u i-xpltii ‘Ii happens iti this cast‘ ,IlI1lI (‘onniws mother is a potir wo front mo. itnan and that Potinic gois ill In the peace anti quicl. it ivas a howling ‘dint t‘ .la.~'t y .. I Iiad lit-r iti thc tQuntry" JI‘ when site was quite small. didn't say anything about her par unis bBi-tiuso I didn't wuiit gossip ll sriiid finally. ".\Iothi*r Taylor. YOU hout ilu- poor ytuincster." "Sht- ha: your tiattit- a " "II-‘v mother is my ltiumlri-ss in ‘town. Iii-r ltusbanti pz-acticaliv tic Th“ "Ill? “'41P "it vonrincc tlicsi‘ Pr" sprlerl hm- whpn 51,9 “qt,- 1i1_ i “'3\‘ pie there's no scandal is to protlticp ‘nit-g m hpr’ as nn'\'()n‘l u-mpq hayp tht- child's roal mother. She may ibccu. and sip- tizinictl tho baby aftci‘ "Wk “llmmh mi“ “75- -'“l‘l°"5°" l“ 0f ‘attitude. She hairpcti. u be tho sistcr of my maid IIPTIH‘ Illcn." l That would tpiict thc talk, t-vititprv-iodt-‘i ii. ‘ illfiiifllli. ivith n fcciini: oi git-tit r.‘ itliciu feared tlicni- I wantcil to rim- Tliai \\"tl< ltuw I iclt tor an iiwialli ,lii>‘.'. llut .\iay tuaitttaiuvd tlic succri i ppm“. )1; "5 vyiilvui expression. .;| "What do you ttieati'.‘" I asked.‘ again. though I knciv all the time‘ bout iii-r tiioiith. 1 lwuan to laugh Flliltlr‘lll_\'. l "ll shc wore my (iaitighlcr, wliv She believed her own narrow. ccolii _\Iay took roiucp in evasion. Whlvlllshotilil I hide that fat-t from Wei omical way the best, The odd part was that she looked so dainty and; pretty. and when she was dressed, up in the sort of clothes ti! for ht-r, Bwlwntsh“ “i” ‘m? "1' ‘he l’r"'~il"“i physically‘. irom atnfillms "UMP-l" i-lirtl, Asain I tt-li Ill!‘ tlzi<lt oi tti~"lol' women in the city. She could have, made him her . '9, if slit» had‘ tried, for your father has aitvt ‘ been susceptible to bt-atuy woman. - “I suggested taking her abroad. Etirope was the grt-at. place 10* ‘finish of!‘ Ono's education. Site; ‘is always the i‘o\\'ai'tl's trick. "Oh. tiothing." filic murmured. I watched her str-tidily. ily I shrank, both tuwnlally’ and i ant. I would aliraili Tilllitd‘ FBI l was- tvrting tn tin arizumcitl. tor lii . than carry an a tiistziwr-‘ii: llli~ ittipiiraitioii, lln\\' t-ver, “an to go not tiiraid. . 24o I stood Iii-tore ll*'l‘ f'lllIIIl_\' on- zli \\'.'i\' <o tvemcttiioiis that I Iitiii iou~ to ,-i-.- tit-at grtoet‘ go. "I \va~'."TIii-ri* worn lots oi titht-r places t0 t at the rout oi it. .\ud I .v.i= ituitrricd in Auuust. ("onnii- \\.i-= horns“). Y0"? Milli sons ztiva)‘ "ll Bilmr Into in .\Itirch." ‘mcr, why don't you go with Iicr?" lcsiillci‘ Wotiidtrt I Iitnc wrilicn it, .tu _\llllllt‘l' Taylor, so all you would,‘ Iualillfli" i hat r- known tvhon e was bum?“ Still III" sneer. ‘I ills lllilt‘ it ill-op y ti, llll‘ h-iut my tuind ivould not t as in Kitty's own titiiiil ; ‘ ‘he coiiiin't be my viiailil any,‘ I explained, do<iwi~:tt~»ly* aux‘ Thi- SIivCl‘ bctrzimi- a tualiclotisl was Seaskk "he balm} l!” Slrungelllllkfll, ('onnit~ lt-dd iti my tit'iii~', -'iIIul‘<m_]p_ new cities. sh»: disliked the prxplfl‘ she mek POM gm! I supposf‘ wn'lc'll~'t.'lli:fi.< of the illllllhpllt r“. _\1;,_\~ (p-ppppil hot" v~_\'t'.< and Itiriltt-llq kn(i\\' tho cyicttt of all tip- vii:l0iifi,'<l(it\i‘1~' illiil oiic wort- t-roatii Y“? sordid uossipitig. should have been sorry and htilpcd her more than wc did. \\'o were both a liiile impatient. ~. "She disapproved or so many things. Perhaps, front a. strict .~".4.nil~ point sh‘. was right. But \\'¢' all have to nirtkc allowances, Our own code of honor cannot ho applied t‘ everyone else. That's where slit- was narrow. Ono evening ll vcry" disllnztitshevi woitiati was ]II'i'.~‘t"Iil at a reception in licr hou~tt~~ywiiir father's house. too. rcmwtuhcr. 'I“i» woman said stitncthing which oi- fended your itiothoirks scrttplcs, and she insulted her. there. with all the ‘mom looking on. ICvcry-tmi- your father cared about. was IITPSOIII. "IIo was furious. ’I'hr:_v (IIIZIFTPIPG and sho went back honic. But thr-y made it up, outwardly‘ at lv-ast. .'IIII‘l you were born six months later. You lived with her in tho country for two and a half yw-ars, and slir died then. I wont to ilit- iiinerail. Your father had gone to Iiiiropc. he camp back as sotm as ltr- c‘ iilil. I took you a way with tut.- atiil _vou'vi\ been under my care cvi-r slut-t“ until you rain of‘! with Winthrop." 1 asked inr more; tit-tails. Slfilflfl" _ ly enough, I could not nntiroly sym pathize with my motlicr, wits-n I know all my aunt could tell. Yet I longed mo“, {him M-Or U, hayfl with rr-d tints. whvn tiic suit wasoitln“, first m“, Um, win “m, I “.01.”, known her. "So when your fathi-r hcard oi yrou deliberately coming down hero. ho naturally thought it was your mother In you. hcr odd instinct for getting away from people, for hitry- tng herself in line coiiiitryrl suppose you do Inherit your recluse in- stlncts." We talked of other things latcr. . She told me what. sht- had heard ut" Win, which was Iiitlr» pnnuszli. "I saw to it that our set dropped him." she said. ‘He runs around with quite another groiuoqwt- \'_£‘I'.\' nice people, rather last. I think. Gwen woti't drop him. of course." So It seemed that ‘things vaen- tit, same with bitn! If only he would see the sbaflowneas of those Denim‘- lf only he could be made to set, the worthwhile thiililfl o! lilo! l tr" all the old Ionglngs more strongly‘ than ever. Colin (331119 again for two wcokz‘. and left. I had kept away Irnni tlic Vina!“ people while Aunt. llarrlei. was with me. RIIOWIIIE Sh" “mild not like them. When Colin canic. they seemed to avoid IIIIE-rllflfifillll)’ feeling hurt hcctiuae they hurl _tioi been invitcd to meet my fllllll- b" l eilildilfll)‘ tiuicti-d hy tho (IIIPPTI tinctuufiirtahi--. llillv- inoiiiii ll, smilc tiroiittti tho !I>‘I‘.4. .\Ia.\' W“ ill“ I.\‘I"' lov~d IIltitl~"I‘1iI“l\‘ dati'_---i'uii< ;t.!v»~n ‘ IIIIWE, “thi'ill.<" sip would tuiil ‘iiiv-tn. Ilut its iici‘ qiiioi lllv savo hi-ri exceed iiigly lur mean hit-ii Fill." t who no opporiiitiity‘ for this, .<li,. ~'uii>" lg-ul-py t could not hut know all i!i,. uIW-sil’! .i'i<-d lior lii<li~ fori-v-ltovitvttt Ivy ;:o>'-'ii:i_v tl"lililr', I would s-n- lli"ili sit i and m“. aim“; “akin; m- ;|_ H‘- IXI(\‘ "r scandal iaIItc-I, uiy IIIOIIIPTIII-llilf \\'iii. Iizilv-r I ll‘lll‘lll'tl that iuy pii-~ii'\‘lI\iii‘l-~*il with l|I‘I‘ lips p-iirt-‘r-il up. ‘slpitiu about Iii-r itcigliibors ‘quarrcliii: with lll*'lll. "You know you tut-aii “IIIIIPIIIIIIILQIIIT- oi lllt‘ std-mt “qt,- "p. "m1.- in‘. ‘and .~‘\'IIi'*'.lIlIlZ si-riotis,‘ I Quid. l"Yoii'vr- said too mitt-h, and _\i»t no!‘ wnoiizii. it-iicr in- frimli 11M t-‘iiiiiuruui. irittirally; sinirc I.‘ in thcsir, l\'.UI t‘\"‘i‘.\' lvurioiis sholpp. illly n17“. _v0ii are Iiintiii: at." l "I'm only ropotifn: wit’ ‘one around Wi-llcsvillc IIIHHYPTPII. taliiiij: rciiinv- In‘ d any pvrusv- shi- (‘Oillll Iiiid. "Slu- looks lqxurtiy" iiki- you." i I piit. Conuic down and iiioki-d at‘ Wit-r more l»("I'IIl_\' iliuii I wvi-t‘ hail iltllitlfl‘. .\.< a ttvittirr ol ‘fut-t .~Iii- dill; r t. look like Ill!‘ at ail, ext-opt Illll- ill" ivas tiii- saute ‘i was. Tho bzil ‘s (‘H's \\'t’I't‘ a d» ‘in \. tliuii min", It i brown when slit-i a l‘lt'll gold» liilll‘ was ilarkci‘ Nvoiilil b0 light 1[_'I'i-\\' up, now it was i ll. . To bc siirc, Slit‘ hail ITIF‘ dcift~aio| tvliitt- skin tliut was illlt‘ ot my lii-st: points‘ ~biit il was only ‘the ‘rose pi-l = iii skin of any \\'i*ll<I'III'Pll fur Iitiliyxl |I\s lot‘ tht- rust, it is casy Pllilllflll‘ ilo tract.- resomihlanco to almost any ‘ ttroivn person iti thc Villillt‘, iinform-i i d INIIIIIQ of a child! The baby anti‘ ‘ both hv-ltingcd in ‘a certain doli- iratc bloudc lypc. I ziluiost smiled a.t lht- idczi 0f a prcaicr I'L‘St.‘l'IIl)l2IIIt‘P than that. “Iltiri in to Ellen and toll ‘IIPI’ It's limp tor _vnui- lunclieoit." I said, and gave hcr ‘a little push toward the ‘door. I turned to May again. “Site ‘isuit uiy ilauglticr. Slicks the child oi a friend ot‘ mine, as I cx~ plaineti before. I wish she were mine-J don't. sor- ivltrirc. tit" scan- dal would come in it site worn." .\Iay sat silent. tiaalti-ti till-dice that. IIIIIllIPIl more than words. a sil’ enct- tiliai. snccrtul. I Icll silly stand liii: thorn justifying ill_\'t4l'll, Ilcloiltl- Int: myself tiiznlnst an itnliiioivn t-Iittrgtv. Ilut what sh" said or lIlIIl cd, w against Iittli- ("iiiilin IIF. wr-Il as nvysclt‘, and .I lclt I Inid to tlcny it. "FIIPIIIIS :|rcn'i likely Io Ivi. nihct a S/IOl/teililg lees Fess ‘sip oi lllt‘ town, all its st-tiuiltiis, lllililil" Wile llii" thc kiioivu and llilllrfllltKfivil tiwiiisw dul. Iliiahzinils wi-ri‘ carefully kiepi l . tiii! lici‘ itiosi iilllilttihi oi all tlii- ivivtisl trlii|tl'.~' zinc “\\'t=lI!" said .\I:ij-', as tiiiiiizh that ‘<c'tI--d it triiiiupiiziiitly". .\ud llIEIl,".\l'f‘pI tiii-y tvi-rc oftcii hold out-oi- AGAINST THE WALL ldltlpi‘ t" TI So i! raiiii- to Iil(‘ that \\'Ii_\'_ so -vi-r_r iii-tail. Titi- istissip \v:i< ll‘(l by .\lli_\' and i.‘ ~ ilnliiipiiy- and, with tiii- trdnosg oi unhappy’ wo- n, illii_\' ‘found a Iiitlo i-tiusoltitltviq ' draiztttin; ililit'l' wotut-tt iuio iiii~'- \ It canto up zit :i'i tiftt-vtiotm ti-a it l'lllti.'.~'. IItiIt a dozcu oi tiii-m hail soiublwl to si-w tor ('llItI‘ll_\'_ Slit-ii is the irony of it. I-‘or all llll‘ L". <- all i,'l'i=>.~“iill‘l$ oi I'\i"I'_\(llI(' iti \\'t-II . . ‘ . I jllfi l)lil&:-I:l‘£l_‘,'~5t)IiIo ilnys a Icliali ttllc, ivotw hrotiulit out. coniiiii-titoili , vray wiiiiotit a touch of lllli“. Ilvi‘i,,;|_ ' t-nnviiii-ini: .\‘i‘\\'lll',', Hllliil" inadv- whiic tiii-yr i-"at thori- r-IiariLy! 'l'lil'i't‘ llllll IIPPII tall: Flltlilflll ‘=vct' .i']i2II'Ii'II‘Il, and talk Iii-fort» that lio- iuiitsc wc vnvir not happy toizothcr. Hf ciiirsc. bcin: \\'(lIIl1‘Il, tiii-y iii» IcriiIt-d iltr- iuun_ m" pcriizips I am ;ioo hard on. llli‘IlI. I\ll|‘I‘ all. \\"iii,‘ is tlicir old fricntl tliclr oivn towiisiiian. After all, too, lll‘ was "the catch" of tho town, ti mzrn with youth, good looks and money, rIt-h luccorrling to thcir .<liIIIIl1II'Il\') and lic ivus- ctirricti ziway by an tit- tci- Strztiliiri‘, a girl who was rich on uizli not to nccd his utontiy’, and who “had tlic pick of the big city" as ihcy iixprosst-il ti. uatriiiioiiial O|lIli\I'illIllllt‘H arc llIllllPll iii at small town, whr-rr‘ the li-iiilniuc popular tinti usually‘ Hllllllllllllflfl-i ihc mas tzuliuc. In a big city. one} clityicc. it I<1‘l?Il1_9ll to tliez-"c girls, limit. ' Naturally inc)’ rcrznuicrl m», "at llfiilly tlicy wcri- cltitl lo believe the world of incl lApll by tlic itnlia.ppii_i' niarricil Martha, tiii-y llllkllll p1 |]|_\' |1\\'|] may riuiouizil iinlizippiiicaiz, putting It down 1'» uiy own r-xlrzivatzancc, my Irivullili I "led Win n. daiitxv," as iiiv)‘ said. kumviiii: it Willi Win who |i~d lllt‘ mad dam-c I ri-Iuciaiitly fol lU\Vl'll, I aliunnl. siiiilml at this, 'l'lll‘Il I Pilillll‘ back cuusclviicct»; hurt them, 'I"lil:~i made tiii-iii, not twuilcnt, hut iinittiuiinri- able. Iliil they had more to gossip étlltllll’ Win \\‘;i.'l not ii-‘ith mo, 'I‘hoy rctardctl lllt‘ as: dangi-rtius, they thought I ivatitoil to attract tutm- nun in tlu» tiiwu. It ullp of my old IFIPIIIIH t-allcil, ii w : a typo-It's actin- far from Illi! six pivksihic, .\iai“tlia. own liushattil was lllti ‘flu-ti (‘JIIIIH IVJIIIIII‘, and Putin, Iloili uiy mzild aiiil I had Iold l.lil‘ no Ollt‘ wholi- tilti-rntmn for’ lint] no ill. and their BEAVER FLOUR . l‘ EAVER Flour r uires less shorten- ing for pies an fancy pastry than other flours. This makes it the most economical flour you can buy. It has all the light, delicate, pastry and cake-mak- ing virtues of Ontario Winter Wheat blended with the stronger qualities of Manitoba Hard Wheat. It makes flakier, more delicious pastry as well as lighter cakes, and whiter and getter-flavored bread than any other our. Tell ur grocer you want: BEAVER whit Tits BEAVER Mitts. Calm-tam, Our. was spcnt, tilwtuvs wlilli» tlicy ant SIWVIIIIZ for charity’, counting months ,.‘i.ud ilayii, and Illllo doiziils, iioinc idi-cirllnt: ll. \vustt't my child, sonic llllliil alto WJIH ti-tt as old an ‘yo. uirulp |lir‘:- oui_ snuiv- that lllf‘ rotitmn lH-‘lill ‘nothing oi‘ Iicr birth w s lint-attitu- "I Illll not. tluru cnnfcsa it." 'I'Iicii front tho tiny fact. that lll ilic. tutu tho cliiltlhu hair gliiitcnr-tl with ri-II Iiitliis, poor Colin's nitmc was draglztnl luin ii_ dftnr ‘May loft. I soul Ii noln to l\l0lllI‘.I' 'I‘a,vlor and almost. iloiiiantl oil hor IlTIi-IPIIPI‘. "W-liy don't ymi likc Connie?" I attjtotl when she sat In my little liv- IIIL’ mum. "Oh, don't deny It-Ive hot-n listening Io gossip and I want to know all oi‘ it now." "$l'ic'fl a nice child," nho protest- ed feebly, hor gray eyes roving around the room, as though the poor dear wnre trying to flnd a way out of an uncomfortable situation. c]; THE CHARLOTPETOWN GUARDIAN lweer married." was her answer to that. , "Then you do believe It? Why do ‘you think thcn that I should hide the fact? Do you believe she is \\'inthrop's child?" "I l—how should I know? They all say diflrront things." "Sonic tlint she isn't? Some imply that Colin is- well. why repeat it? ‘l didn't even know Colin until a lit- tic while ago," ' "Well they do talk." Mother Tay- ,Ior was at last relieved that tlic stibjoct was tip for discussion. "It seems that all believe site's yours, but she was born too early. It's as had for \\'in'.hrop as you. And you 'ditl slope SllfldUIlLT." j I sat silent, hurt. anizry. wretched quiet csuntry villagc was taken Itisietiti of a re-Ittge of monster that wantctl _ uiy happi- ncss my good name, my vory life. ‘hat wicked people they are!" ‘know hi-ttcr. you ccrtainly‘ don't bo- liovv this nonsense. do you? I'll bring .\Irs. Andcrson down Itcrc. aiakn them bclicvc, and stop this talk." I was titzaitist a wall. tho wholc town fighting mo. I suddciilyr Iitiictl Iliit I wouldn't. THE FIGHT Ciiaplcr T5 "'.~\t lcast I'm glad to know- they don't Iilttguic, and why," I said fin~ ally.. "It clears thi- attiiosphcrc. n't it’! I could not unilcrstand this curious zintzigtiuism, I've felt it cvcr sincp I cattic buck." "\\'hy did you Cfilllt‘ back?" Moth er Tay-lov tictutinrlctl auddotlly". .\ vlsipu oi tho rcstlcss siiitiiucr .uiy aunt lcd, t-anic to inc. Parties ‘tho sauic as those lil tlic winttrr. Int-c and R-liiffoti instead oi‘ tinsel and bro‘ ratlc. Ollit‘I‘\\'l.‘4(.‘ thorn was Iiitic ilii 't‘l'l‘lll'l‘ lictivci-u hcr stitumci" and ‘her \\'IIIli‘I‘ lift‘. l "l likt- it Iwtlcr lIPfP~—0I‘ did. Ilvti- ircu kuuira, my .\iitit and the poopin- ~ho ~ ‘ talk (‘Ililllllll scandal and I] “lioiibili-izk tlicy iIi-scrvt- to liil\'t‘ "lliillllllPfiil tiii-y do," I iiIlt~'\\'I'I't'tl. "Rut li.iu all I hour, tltvy Iallt it. v shensked finally. “No," I said Quietly. "II I had any good reason for bringing .\Iirs. An- derson I would, but shc would fllld it hard to leave her IanilLv." Another silence. “l suppose since you find It so unpleasant hcrc you'll be going back tothc t~it_\'?" "No," I answered again. "I hail thought of that. but I shau't. I'vc just finished fixing tip this house. -I'ni perfectly‘ comfortable llt‘I‘t-‘ iind Connie is improving cvcry day. It's cowardly to run. It looks guilty too. so I'll stay’. More than that, Colin Is (‘Oilllllil tigaiu-Ii‘ you'll let him llilVc a rootii Iii your house." COLIN (fliziptcr 76 I'm III('llIl\‘(l to tliiiik that ior aii Iior appuri-tit ill$l\IlI\I'\)\'i\l. hlotliori 'I‘aylut* t-njoywhl tho prospect pl tlilsl silent ilJlII b"l\l'i'i'll the village andi tiiysidi. She took a certain grim ]lli‘2i.~‘iIl't\ iii it. Iloivtt iu Iicr Iicart tlicrc was a largo ZIIIIHIIIII of admiration for IlIt‘ bccaiist- I would not run tiwa)’. l)?" causp I dart-d to stay on tlii-rc and czilutly fat-c the crltit-iaitis of the IIt» tie toivti. (liico sliv had dislippro\'t-tl ot‘ mo. .\Iutlicr»liko, slic lttitl takcn evcry‘ PXVIIS!‘ to ilPIPIIIl llPI‘ sou so I was Illf‘ tarzct tor hor ilisplctisttrc. Wlntlirops faults had Iict-opic silt-Ii that ell!‘ could no Iuuctir ovi-rloolt Ill"lil ihcrctort- she had I0 Iiiid a retison i-ir ilicui. I siipplicil iicr with in» pXPIISP for him. Somcoiic had to ho i-oiiflt-iiiiivtl, so I was Ihc one. , llut \\'lliihi‘np's faults had ‘lbitt'tillli‘ so glaring that not r-vctt I could he an Pktillil‘. So .\lillll(‘l' 'I‘:iyIor czimu tiroutiti to uiy sidc, and now Wits rwady t» takc my part against Ill!‘ iiilzitzv ovcu tigaiiist ll"I‘ sou. Sh»- woiiiii not atlitiit this. of l‘(l\il'~t'_ i-von to licrscli. But SIN‘ Ellttiliiil II \\'llPII she said cordiallyw "ti: vouito- .\ll'. Alai-Iicady- can Iiavo his old room tigaiit at ‘my litiilsv. Ho's a \'4‘I'_\' nit-v titan, no Ifilliltli", and l liki- lllill zihoiit." I lldli suiili-il. thinking hoiv (‘oliii lliill Quilt‘ i-iit of his way to Illllki‘ .\liillli‘l‘ 'I‘a,vltu' like him, and glad hi- li'itl FIIFPPIJGQII. lint. iliu ll"ill' woman could not rc- sist tuiv Iimil (jfiIlVPTMlllIlIlill tiii. "II-K aii zirtist uiitI you :ii|iiiii'i~ Iii: idsiv." slii- l"('IiIliI‘li(‘(l_ plllllll]; lll'l' liiilc black t-api- timuiiti hoi- SllliIIliIVYS ri-atly in l\‘ll\'l‘. "Ilo says lii‘ illlllltF‘ uiy iuriiititri» ‘is Wtiliili-I‘ iiil." "lions I r: was all II» has cxt-i-lii-ni I llill't‘ll illl.~'\\'i'l' to .\ud slit- \\'i‘Ill litilllt‘. fi-ciiiia had iiiiivh tho bust oi‘ llir t'i~‘i"iiti.|tt'.< tirciimi-ui. .\ud I siiiiIl-il: tiizata, ivatt-Iiitit: Iii-i" stiiali Iigiiiw‘! and lli'.~‘i‘l"\'l‘ it as IllII('lI down Iu-rc." Iii: iitlcs ari- always IIIIIIIUI" , i ‘said .\l(illII\l' 'l'ayltit" with an air oi‘; Jcnt virtue. ' i - "Idiill. towns arc llllliiiloly tvo II i-vt-ltiliucil with sliiltlfill lIli'_\. “All ‘lt-usi in New York and tlic oilu-r hi; _' tit-s thcy ‘tiry tlic gossip liy talk-- =iuu o1‘ inti-rcstiiu; tliiiigs,_btitits andl .iuu.-ic and politics and travel and ' hiiigs oi that Sort. llorc. llli‘_\' scout; i ,.. 'to talk scandal and Ilnllllllt! i-Isu, ‘except how to bako ctikcr-t and I‘IIiI ti llilllrif‘." . "'I'Iic sccttidalk worse in illi‘ city . "It isn't. It couldn't hc," I lIilI‘.I‘- rupictl. tliiiikitig of ilic sordid, uclj: lllfllilllh‘ of sumo of tho talk I lmd hoard. "libs- Wiiliii‘ lIPFI‘ bcctiiisi- it's marroiveil so. Iii tho city, if I Icavc .lIl_\' liiisahatid or my husband lt'il\"‘i~‘ illll‘. tlicrc is a lot. oi talk and spoi- Itilaiititi and sonic rumors may bi‘; dllllilldllfiiilll. Iiiit aftor all, tlicy cult-I clutlp it's ‘my Zillilli‘ and tioi tlicirsJ and in a fuiv wccks it's act-opted and forgotten. My friends stay with mo and Wliithrops with him. llcrc they never Ict it. div down. It's always a now stihjoct." Alter a ruomr-nt. d ziddetl: "Ilcsitlirs, I thought. It. would Iic nico to slay near you." This produced an odd cifecl in stead of softening. mothcr Tayltu‘ stiffened as though a vod Iiiid ‘hci-n tied to licr buok. "Even If you think my hniisc l1.‘ Iiidcotts and lull 0i a lot oi trashy furniture." I turned and stared. My nivn harmless Iittlc rcmzirk to Ella had colic hack to Iior this ivuy. It may Iuivc l)t"PII tiictlcsa to say I llioiittiit bur lions;- to full of chairs and tub It's, that it inado mo restless, Iliit I would Iinvo told Iicr IIS soon, Iiatl tlicrc ‘hccn an occasion for li, Nat- urally" I would not vdliintccr such itiitiritiailon. Yet I said ll prlvtticly in Ifillxi. I had tultl Iilla many things Illl|t'li tnnrc serious in coiiilticiicc, nu Idllei had told mo. many SOTIOIIS tliiuuu loo. I would not havc drctimod ol vlnliitiiii: ‘tho girl's trust in iuc. Yi-l shi- pins-i httvr- rcpcatcd what I salty othcrwinc it could not have gottcn buck so. ’- I triod tn explain my own harm» loss remark. Explanations mado ii liiibit oi‘ doing. "You ncc, I happen to I-lkc TOIIIIL: with vory llllln in lliciti. You Illu- romria with mort- iiirinizs about. I iviirrllrctl and restless wliou I first t-atuc and I uiipposc whcn I trippml ovcr ‘that Ioolntonl no oftcn In thi- dark, It mndc nic~" "You might hnvg- looked wIit-rc you were going." was tho anawcr I not. in this. And that nn.itirzil’ly' culled ilm con vvrsntinn. I was dctcrmlncrl not Io opt-n it. I picked up t-voino sowing and ‘Iicznn to work. Connlo omnc‘ into the room, Iiuggini: hm" railroad cnzltio, and hogan to draw: out thr- loy tracks and switches that wcni with It. She was mtich too yountz In have any Idnn of how to play with iticclinniciil toys, but. sho liked ilic tziittcr and clatter of the tin tracks as she pulled them out on the floor. Mother Taylor watched her citri- nusly, and I watched Mothcy Tay- lor while I worked. Because of our talk she had, at least, lost her tin- comfortnlbla ‘feeling towards the virorninwiri itiifnrtiinuicly tlicy huvc a . ‘- Ilwvllillj: iloivti llli‘ sin-ct. I - and wondcritil" \tilll s ilt-si-riptiou of lllil'.\'t'llllll‘ and ("i oil knob Iuruil tiii tho pupoi- rota-s, (Itiilii-s, iillll~l iiia IFS, iziiiiizt iloazs and tilhvt" Ili‘('|) utions- of hcr Iunuy, iwi-r». PITIWIIPII liousc. Iliit (‘oliti Iiiid suiill i: with that nit-o litiuioroiis stiiiii-zi tlii-rc ivas uothitli: rcally i-rilIi-ai in‘ his i-otuuictit. So (‘olin (‘iililfl Iiark. i “Is lifc lu-ro as uiud and fi-siivi-i as cvci".’" ho ttsitcil, looking tltl\\’ll.l thc (lI‘5l‘I'II‘ll, siiti-Iia-kvti slrcct. "Quito itind and Iesilvo," I ans, tvercti Slllllllll-‘I. "It will do you cood. Colin, you look worn out. I'll uciitl you Iioiiie to .\l(ll.lIi‘I' 'I‘uylor's to l)(‘Il iii-litre ninn cvoi-y night?" “But how about. thoso ilinnct" and: curd parties? You know \\'[\ WPHI rciziilarly last timn »I was Iit-rc." “I~~'-I'vc dcciticil Ill i'itI iliat alll out." I IIIISWPFPII with but tlit~' slightest hesitation. But Colin kncw me so wcll iic caught lllln inflection in my voice. “Vliliaifs tho trouble? 'I‘licy' wr-rcn't. as cordial as they tiiight liavo ihr-cit, I tioiltrcil thaL ihvcry time. ono of tlic uicu looked your svayr, some villago damsel would promptly conic tip and rest-tic him. Do they Iliink you're a vntnpire, Connie. hccztusc you've tromc ‘from iha cit_v'f" I laughed at this. "Not as bit-d as all that." I nus thc boys to pay iuucli attention to iuc, ‘lllElP nhIct-tion wasn't an ob‘ vlous as you iuako it out." "Wcll perhaps It's my jealous oyc, said ‘(folin by way, of cx- platiation. i.li,, Ilitlc humorous nnillc (IPIPIIGIYIIIII around his iiizly sicuslllvt- itioulii. “ISouuIc, I'm frlglitlully tlrcd. Tim oily in bctuitly." "I'm eiurc. It. is. I've told I-Illcti tn liavo lots of livid ll‘ll and lllUSl‘ la p. I said. around my fingers to uiaki- l‘lll‘.!li‘l$ of ii. “I want to act hct" iiscil To llll‘ sound. thou I'll bcgin to li‘lil‘ll lll‘l' siiuplc tuarils. Ioaru is to licar growneups éillPillllllfll tuakiuii uuiut. ho siglioil. "Ycstt~ril;i_\- at llli‘ \\'il> . llii"‘ wcred. “.\ud though they didn't like " ' soar, 15,1925 The Value of a Guarantee lies not so much in its protective penalty as in its satlsfyin ‘a ' ‘ with a guarantee attached, expects togbesfififflklirit: firm selling good For it is naturally the intention m0 pay the new‘ t the quality that dissatisfaction Wis]? camlmll‘ Throughout its many years oi servic u t-mpiliibltv Tea has consistently been S01.» Wm‘: Kl Buarantee definite and ' I a giiafiini every “Kine Cole" nigillliltilma" l‘ '8 It carries to the bu Iaith——a confid a detcrmi , 6t Domed; Y0!‘ an evident encc in abilit nation to sell/elm: 800d {Vt\ uffllyll Like the Fhvoh" l NDSHIP titty cakes you likn so. .\ud shou-cd filotlicr 'I';iy|or's litiiisi-i kut-pcr how to do Iiait-un tho ivaii you like it so you can Iinvc it cvvryi tuornitig." i , "ml-ll". I ftlllifllllbiir If, was not uiarrictl whiny] y?" “um with licr. She was laud‘: ""0" park.“ She was m" h; ilriln work hard so slip ncvcr‘ tint to "w" a 110M liaintcr ‘but slim] haw "mo Whimiscttl twist of itiililllla muilc some of he . , ' . “l tul.“ r Skptd" *5 iltlliilit». ‘uSho marriud a T1,.“ "L1H," ‘Yr-s, hut Slip w“, WP ' lovo with ltliu. Rho act-o: (llmch m inc at all. (lnlv, flflpl- q“, “fired h" FlPtl. uln- Will-l too iti-mp. rln:|‘3.u,1ar‘ to ninku nit- slay away 1nd lulu m" "mill i" lovc and ‘too we km Itcnp away IiI_\'54i]|‘_" a l" ,-1t must Iinvp hm." dntudmlr you." I thouclit oi‘ ti“. mm" "F _ll‘;Il(\lI-‘i_\' and tiisttpituinim..."Pa]; (._\vcii_ had causcil mo» tlic Sllllilll") sick lt‘i‘llIl,-'_' win-n | “nrvhcd Cw“ lIlI'lI lli‘l‘ hcail on that ‘long wiper“ throat oi hors and stniic at Win v "It. ivastfi plctiszinl." ' WW" “l Hm‘ "il-‘iiifll (‘omiticnl I k‘ut-\v_ that (‘olin tou, hail solicit-d, _( i-uuio slid front iiiv lap and trol- tcd into tho Iiousc aItt-r hot- puppy rii “PW ])I'(‘.\'\‘|ll, I Wits only thinking. as I ivutcii. ,.d you. ivliat. a tvotulcrfui wnnuinlv ututitin you arc," (‘ulin (EXIIIIIIIIOII, \IHI licloiig m: yiill tvor‘. u nmnp," ago Jiiifiirflus of ti ivcllrun innim Cliapicr 77 “Iiotft talk about ialilni; In Iovo. 4‘\‘t‘I\ jokingly‘ I ainmvtrri-ti gontly, (‘olin ptit down tlic glass, and b» ;,‘,'iiil tuixiiig another drink. IIc liatl u favorite t-oiubitizititui irf powdi-rctl sucar, \\'lllt'll he allowctl to uiclt first on iiiv Ice, and ibruisctl mint and hut tca poiircil in iinlil Iiall‘ thi- it-t- had nicIii-il. Ilo acttlcti back aizalu with this. "I'm not sure I'm jokltic," Ito said. "ll you ucrt- a coqitcttc I t-uuliliri talk» of you likp this, or i1 I lllildllll ‘know you so ivcll." “It would ‘hr- cvi-n worse f.» talk of ii si-riousI,\'." I tiusuiorctl. "Ii would lit‘ ratio-t‘ (IIHIISIFIJIIS wouldn't ii, if ioii \\'\‘|"\ lu lovt- with iiiv?" ‘ (‘olin sippoil lliu Ic:t ziud contin- iicd to i-cgitrti iuc with SUIPIIIII groi-u ‘ ‘ropcr ilizit I'tii not scrioiisly in lillt‘ iiiilry-oii. is lllill I'm licvc. ll‘ I ivi-ru iii Iiivp with you, I ziiiniirt‘ you, I \v ‘illtl II\‘\4’I‘ conic itcar you. I uiuili- that liil.\' akc out-c." ‘ 1 "\\'iiIi .\Iiit'ii-I.' I know that was llli‘ n.'iiiic of a Irl with ivliout lic had out-t‘ l)i’l"ii ill lu\.i-. I "\\'liii .\iiit'it-I." li,. :ii-ltiiti\\'Ii\tl;:i~il. II» looked tlrcii. IIc was natur ally tliiti, and his hard ivorli ditriii: a hot spell in town Iiad ]lIlllt‘Il hiiii down. IIis skin was so palo that l‘\'~ cry frctiklp stood Iurth siartin His thinness cmplizisizvil his lzirg mouth anti nose; he had fvrgoitt-u .i haircut, so his llllfli rod hair itizitle his Iictiil rcst-uihlo a gri-zit itiop. Iillcn cauic anti on Ilic porch wiili ion, and I pilod sinus t‘ll‘lliliill.\‘ into lllt! couch itaniitiot-lz. .\ud puilvil Illt\ wicker tahlo close to it m» (‘uliii could lic bark lii t-ottifort Wllllt‘ lii‘ drank and ziic. Iditli‘ t‘.~unit~ canto out too, in n. Ircslt white tins-s with bliio ribbons and (‘IIIIIIJUII into lII_\' "l'\'t\ hccn l-"ilkiii: Friiiivli to hct-J’ twisting ltcr soit liziil‘ 'I‘lic only \\'I|_\' to, ii. as woll as I-Iiifllisli." (‘oliu rcszirdoil u:= tlirviizliilulli- tho tall glass of itrcil Iva iri Iii-i iiatid. llPIIIlS of iuoistiivo tum down ti“, glued tpo itw- 1'llillit‘ll with a’ ‘ _ moat I'OIl'f‘.\'lllII'_' sound. 'I‘Iti~ molt "Shir was iiiai'i'ii-il. \oii luld lllPlwiih a child in your zirtuti. You riuuftiri anti Sllliilt‘ of llll‘ lii\i't'li:oiii'-- you ‘\\‘4‘l'|\ loo Sl‘II‘!ilhlt' to fzilllsiiiiiil for rust and iucnlal rclaxii- shut ziivay tho hot world tiutsiilo, iiu ion- wiili ally iiitiI'I'l'-"l ‘Yiilllilll-‘l tiou, for comfort and quit-t, pu- "\\'lizit a uciiiiis you Iiavo tori until, t'\‘t‘l‘_\'lllllll.f that is li'lli<‘." pooplc coiufnrttiblo :iii'l (‘Iiliii uriiiticil at this‘. and so Silt‘! -~(-,,|in_ hm‘- Muqnpp; w,“ m, be. ‘ -~;-=tulIy look away all l"t‘liII'-I <ii'i,-,\mi"gy'- i (rind l" |al{,_.h_ onliui- iii lN‘l\\'t'l‘Il its. ti\\',.|]_ y,“ Hm] mmmh “M m "PM"Wllliilrl’ i"""i“"-"3" lii‘ Oxdfillilll iii nccd oi ii liouit- and domes- iiiivil." 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