o e.~<-v" -.» r»o.t.-4q»*;_c,‘,.__,a, fflzk,‘ s. '_.- a s "l shall soon; ‘I mother," I width) months after ‘her pithouzh she am _ "Yes, but I a_ apartment near l . i! i1; an we can O my inother. l! am a . "m. "'1 ‘Milk 1 B11111‘, , amid of her. Zens. I never- must iié. "Elle ll M. “Marv. and inst is ' why you will not be afraid of liar, but will be fond of her instead. I know she longs to we with me, ai- though she has been fairly happy with Aunt Susan racket; And m9 may miles the eotlmrv. and the IIHWQPQ. etc. Bill Ytiu see Mary, there are only two of us. nad we sbou'ld be together if r "m " " _ ieiad for "A3 '0 Mil mar p . "- I "Phat memo that you wl-II leave us." her voice t ' n. little tn set an u "will luvs - l“! v utiptira 1;». g. "l think so too! and it Wag gel- fish of me to feel sorry to l0sa you, l _dont know- how we'li‘ever get along with the shop when you ain't hens to advise us. Tom said the other night that you were earning ‘ a salary and didn't get it.’ “Nonsense! and Mary, mother's coming will make no realdiffer- once in those tb-Ings. I shall hi. way-s be lust as much interested in you and from, and in the sliop. I may not be able to be with you quiite as much but you can come to us, and in that way we'll keep in touch with each other constantly. But mother isn't here yet. I. have to finda fiat. Just three pmsfand furnish It all complete." r i, "I'll help! and Zena, there's a new apartment. house justlinished about two blocks from here. It looks awfully ndce on the outside." "We'll go and look at it to-mor- row." ‘I had saved two hundred dollars, beside sending mother moretlian ever before, and’ buying myself some working clot-hes. I was sure I could furnish my three rooms with the two hundred ,and us I would not have to send mother “money, since she ‘would take it all and manage the honse, ;i was posi- tive we would get along nicely. I had not mentioned my plan to Mr. Cliixton, although I intended to be- fore I decided upon anything, as I rwould have to give him as refer- ence perhaps. lTlie Iiouse was just as nice In- side as out. -I looked at several oi ithe apartments, and finally took the refusal oi’ three rooms and bath up two flights of stairs. The rent was twenty-five dollars a month, nil and more than I felt i should pay. But I hated to make mother climb any ‘higher, nlilio the one above was $22.50. The agent naked me for refer- ences, as I expected. l told Mr. Clinton, explained my plan to bring mother on tn live with ino then asked is be was wilIin-g the agent should telephone him as tn my ability to pay, and as to my dosiriubility us. a tenant. "Certainly! and Miss Ste-wart, I shall give you $40.00 n ~week here-- utter. Your work it worth It." I wiis delighted. Now'I would not feel that perhaps] had paid too much ggnt for the apartment. guy-ply, with $40.00 s. week mother and I could live very comfortable even if things were iiiBlL iii would take me at least two. 0r three weeks to get ready for her. and us the increase in my salury was to go Into affect immediately it wou-Id he n great help in D415!" ing her railroad fare. ii hated to spend even car isre after I had rented the fiat. I be- grudged every penny l Spell! "l!" didn't go toward fumishilli; it, llllll getting it rend-y ioamotiier. Mary mum! me every minute she could .‘ gpare from the alhoplfilieniude the curtains. covered pillows, and hem- med linen, even instilling Oil lllk‘ ing some of the aewmi 1° lllllfllmll to do if trade were dull. loiu, too, helped me iwonderfullyclillll saved me s. 300d 1168i bl’ "lllllg m ny things I should have been obliged to hire a man to do. "l don't know whul I slwllld MW done without you two."-l sait1~aQ~ I] biuic them 800d lush‘ “K917i”, bud all spent a ionssvslliliifill "l" flat. - - - '" ‘II don't know ,.-what ..wi_l' flhtlvlil have dimer-oi‘ tech, vntbout v0“- Zena. We are veryhllllll’ 1° ll° able to help," Miiiry said wlflllfilY- :.. .5, . . :1 i .,._ i I Tho OHM lloalth I“ l H ":."....."" f“ "t an wit": infants 4 . . all“ “I .1. at.» mire flat no . Mother deer! MN" -, . _ .5” "l"! “ ~' - to get, dishe: to wash. cleaning to . , 4, ‘l l" ll“ do. and the marketinl- Y0" "ml"- - .~ - - rmbgam '_ have nilah time to be! Y3‘ 7 ‘ "I think I never oh I be ioneiY ». .wm'hmu' I- again. I. feat III! your Fatheg, f t“ ~ ~. z’? " hnowwoen. haratloatan it“. a; 7 ‘on u. i-ii ' m: in u u um it ‘la soil . m“, u» peanut things; Iiim p A LONG-DELAYED COMMUNI- CATIONI Chapter 126 h" Qllfi titty. the post man brought me a letter from mother enclosing a. note from our old lawyer. Mother had bound Iiim not to tell our ad- timflfl. and so no one had been able to find us through him. 1.1 may have been, proba-bly was, foolish. but mother nor_ I wished any of our old friends to know anything about us. Billy pri e, mhny may- BW. yet I doubt if there are many who would not have felt and acted the sauna under the same condi- tions. ‘Mr. l-Ia-rknws had written a note to mother about Kenneth Lawr- ence. It seeimed that Kenneth hail visited New Yorkytbat he had found out that M-r. l-Iarknessyvas father's lawyer, had visited him, and asked for our address. ‘Mr. Hnrkness had refused to give it, butsaid: "The young man was so persis- tent I promised to let you known ll“ ill-ti illqlli-Pqdfor you. l-Ie gave me his address in case you hnd forgotten II, and bogged meto ask Zena to write him a note telling him where he could write her." My heart almost stopped bent- illK- So he had not forgotten lifter all. Llfllmhed and cried, then took myself to task for being hysterical. Tbait he had asked for me meant nothing. I was not the ‘gay butter- fly, Zenn iStewart, he had known, -‘ ‘titer-nit! ’ very '1 . e A J‘ ' ~ - _ for ma. Thad not enjoyed the hornet-so many years. and I i to such poverty _ fl ed a veri- table palace to me other were "l lll. ~ . sent for mother I re- ‘ , etiteri" tron: Kenneth EWART ARRIVED. Chapter 1B7 er from Kcnncih was} short. I-Ie siiid: _ sol-ll!!!" irifid Very hard to find YQII but foiled. ,'l‘hat hard-headed ' 0 -* wye-r would giVi‘ me no sntis- . r until I worried Iiim into pro- to send m rm ucst to our mother. y I y ~ , grave thought of you very much in the last years. Are you still |8lIlKiB?,Y98, you must be, You aligned your ‘Zena siowiu-z: Often ‘ when I ani riding the ranch thoughts of you keep me company. l recs] every time I was with you, land wboit you said and dill. ' No ill-ill"? fir! ,ave‘r interested me half ,ss much. I wanflto see you ngain, Zena Mgy Ii? ‘ I "l ltsk to s'ee you, yet it Iswory uncertain when I can get away- not for several weeks art least. A big ranch carries with it big re- sponsibilities, one cannot evade. Mine are greater just now Iiecause my superintendent, who bus been with me for ‘years, is a-way on his [first vacation. Not even to see you niore-‘duidkiyman I call him baick. Sn I must wait, not even daring to hope that you will be dis- appointed becapseof the necessity.‘ "I judge you and your mother have settlcdi in Chicago. I cannot help but be glnd as it brings you jusrtso niainy miles nearer me. I am much alone, and solitude, lone- liness, breeds orange dreadns- I have no way ,of___knowiug your- thoughts of ine-—or have you even remembered? Your kind little note makes me thinks you have not ut- terly »forgottenjtbs Western fellow who fllitted across your ‘landscape for I1 foiw weeks.——so long ago. "I think now that I can be In‘ (Niicago in about three weeks. Lei. ime Imow if you will be there at that time, and will—I was going -to say—-be glad to see me. ~l will change it to will you let me see, ICE L . ENS masthead‘ G I900 , an lwtafififllf? Answer _eiici:m_sn "My trout!" he whispered. He found mother's luggagepat- tsndedto iii. , and relieved me from nil trouble. It is nice ‘to have a marnumiund wlienpne is travelling. . Wihen We rsnchedhonre they would outcome in. e "You and your mother will want l0 talk. and it is late," Torn said with ‘his usual thoughtfulness. When we" opened tihe door the thinkin the answers. . , If you think you have found the answers, write them carefully on a sheet oi white the pa e. Handwritin genera answer is correct. We will write and tell you immediately“ you and send you a handsome illustrated are correct list ofail the prizes that you an win. you ‘I Until then, My regards to your mother. first thing I snw was a big box from a florists shop. The janitresii, who ‘had n key, iindi opened the "Vary sincerely your friend, “Kenneth Lawrence." There was not much in this let- ter vto cause o. gilrl to feel elated. Yet-he had remembered, he want- edi to see rno ngnin. That at last soothed rny pride Ihait often re- belled when I thought of him be- cause I had no way of knowing he ever tho gbt of inc, or remember- ed thnt t e 'In,New York when he but e. very different girl. I was a serious working girl. I had not danced in years; I seldom went to, any iplace of amusement. I bad, learned that a girl must conserve lior strength ifsbe is to get on in the business world; especially n girl inclined to frnilness. ‘He bad been intrigued with the other Zena, the gay, laughing. iiuippy, indulged (laughter of a mil- lionaire who pIayednwa-y the hours uni days, dancing, motoring, etc. Why should I think he would cure for this one. the grny. serious girl who never played at nil any more, and whose mind was filled with the price of securliiies instead of dancing and theatres. Yet I could not altogether bnnish the happy feeling his asking for. mediad aroused. I had dreamed of =him too long, bad too often vi-su- nllzed him in my thought-s in my lonely hours. Two dnys after receiving moth- er's letter l wrote ‘Kenneth. It was hardly more lhiln a note. I simply told him I ‘had heard from Mr. Ilarkncss, and that he told me he (Kenneth) had asked ibr my ad- dress. ii gave him the fist mother and I would occupy almost u-s soon as ‘he received my letter. Then I waited. I ‘had told hilgn nothing of myself, my changed condition. Time enough for ‘that if he iwrote ma. Yet I went about m-ywork in a happy excited manner that direw a a puzzled look from Iillr. Clarion. question from Jennie Wilcox, and “You look as If you h-ad had some wonderful news, or something," Jennie said. "Ylou fairly radiate happiness.“ ' I made some careless answer. and-tried to hide my feeling of de- Iiigilitihnt I had not been forgotten. 'But once or twice I caught Mr. Ciaxton looking at me queerlv. and he too mentioned my changed man- lner. - . - | “Sumaflflng happened to please you," he reunnrked cusuiilly. , I "Yes, I ‘heard from an old friend.'_ g too had tried to speak carelessly. but knew that I had blushed. "It must be n very dear friend . m cause yup look so happy.‘ I made no ou-sweri I hated to any more. iBut I saw he watched me closely, and I tirled to assume my usual business ‘manner. l0 101'" get Kenneth Lawrence. iMy little flat was ready. It‘ really w“ ygpy pretty and comfortable. Only in mothers room had I been extravagant. There iI had IP91“ most of my money. The living mom was dining room also. I luid hhoiigltt. a drop leaf table in a sec- Juno-fiend shop. and ‘three chnirs. The rest of the room was furnish- .ed with wicker chairs. g small table, a readingdamp and a rue rug. My room. a small one, I spent scarcely anything upon. A small ,iron bed, n uiiifilonleit. all‘! °ll° ‘rocking chair all painted White was ni iihe room would accommodate. Mary had made It say with ruffled muslin curtains and covers of thi. =“ jam; ,1“, ghllfpnler and bed. Th6- tiny kltdhonette, really little more . than a closet, had n. gas stove. I ‘ email ilcg b0], and shelves for the . necessary dishes. But I felt that lllofliar and I W000i: ‘DOW had sought me. iBut mingled iivviiih this feeling wns smother. Kenneth Lawrence had been" ‘lily ideal ninn. It was a very immature, girlish ideal, to be sure, buii I hnd hugged it dlose and in a way it bud prevented me from becoming interested in nny- one else. I believe mun-y girls and women are Influenced by meeting a man wiho intlnmes their inmngin- etions, and whom they hold in their hearts as the ideal map for them, and so perhiiips misspiigch that is 800d in life becanisé of the virtues with which they endow the mun whose casual ncqunimtiinceship Iins taken a hold_.-upon their Imagin- ation: ‘ I knew Kenneth Lawrence was different from thc young man with whom I had associated in that lie was more serious at the time I met him thnn the others at his age. Tihnt, should ficcassHu arise. these other bc-ys as" they grow older would have proved just as capable, did not occur tome. I bud seen only the frivolous‘ side of their lives. Tony Dsinnd iind prqven his business acumen when large in- terests were left Iiilsn u n his father's death. But of the others l knew nothing, and lllle serious Kenneth had remained the mun who would, make a seriousgiri or woman happy, because he himself had been a worker, a producer. 'But Mother was coming! I had no iiime to speculate, or to worry. She arrived ‘late after the sliop was closed, so M‘ury rind Tom went to ilhe train with mo m meet her. I iwns so proud and hiippy when she aiighted. Sho looked so sweet, she was so dear to ’I‘om and Mary, telling them she already iielt ac- quainted wit-h tihem because of my letters, that she puttbem at once at ease. Tom insisted upon calling ‘ ‘s tnuui "Beauty Q '. _ . " l‘ Blsssms Attention to ‘liver 'dneys and bowels will .1: more proof of his kindness. door. and left it. I opened the box. A perfect riot of color greeted my eyes, and a card~ - “I trust your mother has had n pleasant Journey. Please accept those as my greeting to iher. Fruin-k Ciaxton." A HAPPY DAY TOGTHER. Chapter 128. "Who is Mr. '("inxton'!" Mother asked as she buried her nose in the floweraj “My employer. I have mention- ed him several times." "Oh, yes, now I recall him, but I did not connect him witih flowers for me. Why should l?’ ‘ Why indeed’! It wusloniy one I was very proud and happy that lie should think of Mother, should try to muke her arrival at the home I hiid mnde for her pleasant by his thoughtfulness. u-t I was so happy. so ‘anxious to show Mother our little home and to inlik to her, that I soon forgot iMr. Cinxton, every-thing but that I had my darling mother with ine. and that we had a home all our own. even if i-t were a very simple one. ‘ [We didn't unpack that night. I made a. little suippe at midnlilhi wiban imoifher denials-id. sihe wins hungry. We bad talked so hard and so fast the time had slipped by unneeded. The next day was Saturday. all’! M‘r. Cluxton bad told me I need not come down. o as soon as we fin- ished breakfast we unpacked Molli- ei-‘s trunk. She had many little things with her-iiathers picture in u silver ‘ffililifl. her lovely toilet articles he had g-iven her only a little while before he died, which I liud insisted she keep. and which ga/ve the roomnn air of elegance when iwie had disopsed them to advantage. “.M.‘y room is so pretty. ‘D6111’. lllld yours so plain,‘ she complained. "I am a, bachelor girl. Moi-ll"- l hn/ve no time for fol-de-rols. I in- tend to cure for myown room-M"! if I liml g lot of knicknncks around l am afraid they would not 8st dusted." "My dear Iiiiie girl!" Mother took me -In her arms. "Don't you 511D‘ pose I see through your iiile sub- terfuge? That I know you Biwlll so much‘ iior my room that Y0“ bud to economize on your own‘! Everything is very wonderful. Dear, Iiut you the most wonderful of nil. I don't yet understand Ihow you- brought up as as you‘ were~ have been able to do it." "My ‘bringing up was n lilnfl- i-nnco, Motlifir-fllf. first. It mails things seem harder tbnn iliv! were." I Ianswered iliirhlly- "Bl" now nothing seems bard. I have p nice position, everyone is kind i.o me, and l a-ni earl“!!! flllollilh l" l"? Independent and liixvoyou- Wlifll inure could a Kiri ask?’ “And ‘you never reBrBt "if 01d times, the friends you lqved? -- 0t any m0!“ My time "l!" th g1 ts are too filled with work- An ‘iliqihei-"dear. I couldn't an bllék n0w——not the butterfly. l"? I led before I knew what it was hymn; I think I have cimxiartl Lqpgrhlgpn more than I realize- Would- he’ think me changed M’ Fl-lgfzu-QMVD‘ changed. Dear, but it is- only. natural that iron slwillil- 0am, responsibility, and hard work mlghtjuyp helped» on more." “It's a slave. you the» l0 ‘tllll [thought of Kenneth Lawrence“ woulducltlllltl m1- airl- I with l‘ ER_E are four riddles for boys ‘and irla with wise heads. We told the artist to EICIIIICI to represent the riddles, but be "B!" _ put them in tool we barred him from the contest and told him to keep it a secret. Luckily, the right answcrr-and Try it but your four answers an neatneaa will’ ._-..r‘. t. ilead. He is a very living presence to me." "And to me, Mother. In all these ilflrd YPflrs things he said, his ad- vice, ‘have been in my mind and have helped me. Yes, I mm sure that Dad knows, and is giad._' After iwe bad unpacked all Moth- ers things and put them in place, hung her clothes in she closet, or laid, them fin the bureau drawers, we went to market. Mother would be strange for u time, and I want- ed to show her the way to the nearest shops. After we had made our simple purchases we went to the pancake shop for lunch. I bad not told Mary we were coming, and her delight was amusing. Tom, to, was so pleased that Mother said: “You and your friends will spoil me, Zena. And what a duriing i-i-Iiop! And I never ate such griddle cakes." "Pancakes, Mother! pancake shop." This is a After we finished our luncheon we walked slowly home and spent the afternoon talking as only moth- er and daughter ,wbo bad been so long-separated could teikQ ' ‘Mother startled me when she asked: _ "Did you communicate with thnt young Mr. Lawrence after I sent you Mr. iiiarkness’ letter?" MR. CLAXTON ASKS TO CALL. Chapter I29. "Yes, I wrote Kenneth Lawrence. I gave hini my address." ‘l replied slowly to Mother's question. Seine way I felt n reluctance to talk of Kenneth, oven In bar. "Have you hdard from Iiim since you wrote?" ‘ ."Yes, just i: short letter. He says he may conic to Chicago be- fore long. His ‘superintendent is away and he is very busy." “You will be glad to see liiin, I expect. Although we did not know hlm very well.’ Mother had snid "we" as was natural to her. In the old daysimy friends were her friends too. I was not allowed to receive anyone they did not know. Kenneth had been Olnudiifs cousin, 8nd so welcomed. But neither Faili- er or {Mother knew Iiim well, But .'l felt-that ‘I did-mot only as I re- membered him. the good times we bad together, but as I had held hi-m In my thoughts ever sincc. "l shall -be glad to renew the ac- quaintance," I replied quietly. As i said it my heartbeat more rapidly and I felt my face flush. I chang- ed the conversation before -Mother noticed. In the’ days that followed I was often tempted to tell her how I felt about Kenneth Lawrence. But it seemed so foolish in me to have held him so iin my thoughts all these years without knowing any- thing of his feeling for me——or what it would ho when he saw me so changed-that I said nothing. He was almost a phantom lover- if such a term as "lover' could be used——a dream companion whom I had endowed with ai lthat makes n man desirable. Perhaps he, too, had changed. I dismissed the thought almost as soon as it’ came. IIe had been a ranchman when I met him, was stiii one, while I and my life hiid nliered in‘ every pnrtiiculiir. But not even 1o Mother would I confess my fenr that he might be dieuil" pointed when he saw how different I was from the happy, carefree girl‘ he Iliad known. Not that I wasn't happy, especially now that I had Mother with me. but I lost much of the vivacity, thFgirlI-zh- Fiaaethat had been mine -in the io QQIILDQfOIB Dad left us. t tiier had written Mr.Claxton s Iitle note of thanks for her flow- ryandpl also he’. told him how i’; hpd appreciated lilo thabgbt- ass. I "I wish I might do more." he said anti-e glance that made the flue, "Inam very glad. for you N, Stewart. May I call on your ‘ or and you some evening?" “Oertailflyi Mother -wil| be pleated." "and your” "I of ormrae will feel honored." Myfiepiy was a bit sarcastic, but Ii unable to iieip u. WI .. fibizqLwho shall feel honored if you let ime come.’ That was all. The words were Mm» noun. qt; unwell um» playa- an o My». iQiit ,1 felt that he meant‘ at he _ he got the answers all} nibled up, so you won't be any the Wiscl’. l you can_ unacrambie the jurn I neath each riddle picture and put right order to spell the right words, you will have the right answers. It isn't an easy task. g, patience and perseverance may find you ed letters be- them in their apen on nothi your name and addifgss in the upper righbhand ‘corner oi spelling, Punctuation and count if more than one What OHIO?! raw the ‘a few of the boys andjgirl ed big prizes: Earl J. Beanie Surf inlet. 8.0 my Culver cr, Value i2 Harry Dwyre. El ‘n, Out. . Earnest Fisher onueal. . Helen SmlUl. ten-union. Alta. Eunice Hughes. lfiyle Benson, Ha iltun. Out... I Ncabifl. Arnnrior. O Dryden Fuatcr, Leumii ton. AIt finnkt; KlIbY-Jhrm Ilia-bans a ‘t . n . .. EvaryCa:n?fNor:hc§lg'?rOnt. . . . . Put ou e will y t and liria l7 yedn of age - Dept. 24' said. That was one thing about Frank ‘Claxton-you felt sure he never said anything he didn't mean. If I was pleased, and if Mother also appeared a bit elated, it could not be wondered at: I had told her just what bc said, and she Iisd remarked: “I anr quite anxious to meet this man who has been so kind to you. It is kind in him to caiIil-yet Zenn. we must not feel that he is doing us ton much 0t‘ u. fnvor. You are his equal in every way save in that we have no money. He. re- cognizes this I um sure, and that Pdnplnins many! things yiou ibiive told me of Iiim. I um positive I shnll like Iiim." "Of course you will, and he will like you. II can lust sec his face when hi; meets you. Mother. You look just wluit you iirs, you know. a born aristocrat and n reni old dear who is as brave and courage- Oils as they make them." I often lapsed into s sort oi slang which at first had worried Mother. Ilut she, had become accustomed to it, and now only smiled. “zwhy shouldn't I"be courageous when I have such a daughter? fMother was very frail. l-Ier only complaint liad been that she was unable to earn money and so make my burden lighter. But she never had recovered from the shock of Dad's dentih. never lbec-n at jail strong since. For lier to be con- fined to any sort 0f work was out of the question. At times I feared that even the keeping of our Iilili- iionio would be too much for il('I‘, and would insist upon either doing the lienvy cleaning myself nt night. or upon liirliig it doue—-wliicii us‘ yet was i1 bit extravagant. A few duys after he bail asked if he might call. Frank Cliixiuu came. A CALL (‘hapter I30. "I am very honored ihzit you let me come.” Mr. (Ilaxton said in resopnse to Mother's greeting. then chatted enteiitainingly ‘for about half an hour. -WIicn lie loft lie asks-d ‘if be mi-ght come again, nnil Mother unhssitn-tingly gave Iiim permission. I had said very little. yet Iiiid thoroughly enjoyed his call. Mother was GIIUNIGIBBU‘ over hiim. "He's the right sort, Zena." she sold, "n mzin anyone would be proud to krnow. It is wonderful‘ to me tbnt you happened _-upou such I1 place. I have read so much about the dangers of girls. working girls, in a'big city. I nin sure if all em- ployers were like Mr. Ciuxton, there would be ‘little to fear." Yl-Ie 1B nice. Moi-her." I said nothing of the others I bud met. I never had iwriiten Mother of the disagreeable Incidents that happen- ed when I first came to Chicago. and I had no thought of telling her now. It would do no good, and might mnke her worry. "Ile thinks n great deal of you. Dear," Mother siiid after a little. "lie shows it very plainly." "I ha e tried io please him." I know ‘Mdtliar was very keen Aha? very little escaped licr. I did not wont her to get nny falsi- Ideas inbout Mr. (Ylnxmnfi-i feelings for me. It hnd been bnd enough in, have Mary continually telling ins be was in love with ma. "I judge you have," Mother said dryiy. iA few duys offer his call Mr. Claxton sent Mother n (lcliclous basket of fruit. With it lie sent n kindly noie, saying he had enjoy‘ ed his call, and hoped Io soon nvaii {flmgglf or hey-permission to call aguin. - I said nobhing about ii. biit- I wished ho hm] hot sent Mother the fruit. I had tried so hard to keeil our relations absolutely on a busi- inese hush that. this kindness took on more of a social meaning than perhaps he intended. Then one lovely day ‘he sent his car~l kncw nothing of it until I reached home -~witb orders to the chauffeur to take Mother fora drive through the park, and anywhere else sbu cared to go. Mother look the courtesy as n matter of course. She had never questioned such tiring; in her life. Have Dona YOU Can Do -‘ Herc are the nameaoi’ on-Iy whom we have already award- tn.»- iuenmorc, Soak also contest will close on June 20. boy and girl will be required to perform a small service for us. Send Your answer: this verycvenieg to ‘ ~ THE RIDDLEMAN ‘ 253-259 Spaflina Ava" Toronto, Ont- sto riter Watch ony and Cart r . . . bhetiznd Pony . . . . . . . . .1‘ .igigiiii”ié.j;lilii°cx.iii'é _ Wicker Carriage, . beagles“? many vita}! tw'."'6..i§ boy; Stxth 11,7150! thlfe M3- u errnay le lnlwcrl an can: Chine: ' 11:‘? v As iiir as my being poor Mother understood that perfectly, But ence in people who by birlli and education wane in her class bi-ing nice to her, she. could not conceive. She was, always liaii been, u great flliéklPr l'or liil‘ iiristocriicy of birth as opposed to that of money. We, she and I, were the slime people we had been when Dad ‘could give us every luxury. Why shouldn't the some courtesics be ‘given us? she thought. I saw ihnt this attitude of Moth- er's was going in cause mo. a good deal of anxiety. I bud nliuost de- termined Io speak to Mr. (‘laxion and explain to hini bow I felt, and that M-olher iind never been placed so she understood such things as now affected us, Wililii that -every- lfillllgr-"WIIS put out of my mind by a letter from Kenneth Lawrence saying lie would be in Chicago on the folnlwing Saturday. "l will come to you just as soon ns I reach (‘Iiicug0." lie said. "i am wondering if you will be glad to see me." . (Then oven this was made of minor importance, for that very duy ‘Frank (Ilaxton, my employer, a THE 1242125.; , FIRST PRIZE, Geriiiine cuwe. viwsl Chummy Racer .... ..- ..... ...... .. Second Prize, Real Typewriter.“ Third Prize, Genuine Autogroffiic Kodak roidingtnm‘ y Fourth Prize, ltlnghificent Gold Watch and Chain or ‘Girl's Wrist Watch .......... ............. .. Fifth Prize, F reiich Baby Doll and Seventh i0. .‘_Temh Prizes, Fountain Pens, "each. ._ L. just why that made inc thc dlffer-' ~ have to leave. 6P8“... stir; '7 1 a asked me to niarryfihipi! “I love‘you ve ' dearly, Zena. ' Wuni you lctlme _ g__ ' e for you nnd your ‘Mother-rather, won't you take pity on me and lIIilkP u home for rile? I have starl- icii you"¢—‘-i had ‘been so taken by surprise that l,-could not speak. All I coulddo was to stare at Iiim. "Don‘t you care for me a little! I have sometimes iiatered myself that you did." ' - "i care very much, Mr. (llax-ton, but not in that way. Ob, I ain so sorry! Lnevcr droiinied—" “Don't feel Iiiully, Dear. Perhaps in iimcvl will be very patlent—" “Oh. no__.. . i‘; "Is there someone else?" “Yc-s-nw-I am not sure." "Then I shnII- not give up all hope. And Zcniihyou won't uliow iiiis to make any difference? Just Fidget I aim anything but your hard- Iicarted employer, will you? And I will not offend again." Gilndly I ‘hpromised. iwbien be asked in to marry Iiim it had rush- ed thro gih'my ‘mind that I would And I hnd brought Mother on, and was not at ull sure about Kenneth. Now I could go on as before. HAMILTON - Crocus, in iicolors '15‘. . . Freezias . . . . . . Lilies, Calla White , Lilies, Chinese Sacred _. . ,. Hyacinths, Roman, 3 colors . Hyacinths, Dutch, Iicolors . . Narcissus, single, 4 varieties . Narcissus, double, 4 varlgties ' Narcissus, Paper White . . .- Scilln Siberica, Blue . . . Snowdrops, single, While Tulips, single, 4 colors .- . Tulips, double 4 colors . Tulips. Parrot, mixed . . Tulips, Darwin, mixed . . All these bulbs will be Indy BRUCEYS FLOWERINGNBULBS - For wintering Flowering in the House i‘ and Spring Flowering in the Garden ' Exquisite colors BHtI.H'III'BIICB—-RI.A§IILY GROWN i . Muatjzaeiplanted this Each Doz. 100 .5004 $0.35 $2.00 . . r .05 .40 2.50 25, 2.50 .25, 2.50 .l2,k_ 1.25 9.00 .11 " 1.15 8.50 , _ .80'__ 5.50 . . y .85 6.00 .08 ,15 5.00 .,.- n5 .50 ~ 3.75 . . .04 .40 2.75 . . .07 .70 4.75 . . .07 .70 500 . . .07 .65 4.50 . . .07 .70 5.00 the end of September FREE-Send for our S2 page illustrated Catalonia of Bulbs, Plants, Seeds and Voultry ‘Quppiia. etc, NOW READY, JOHN A. B\RUCE'& COMPANY, LIMITED Bhlvllabad IIIO w ONTARIO m DAY at Ii a. m. and every HAT Sundays about i p. m. FARE $10.80 O IIll-I-IIl-l _.._,___..____.>__.,%,__,_._, ed on Art Paper. By Hail 57o. and had no idea of doing so now. I saw that I had a new Dwllltrli 0" my jiands. Mother must be made to understand that we werdnt in a position to accept favors, that I was a poor working-girl. lhti ml"! not allow mywaaipioyer to doeuoh things-wan Im. . _ Charlottetown uni-rot, The Wednesday trips are via Ell! about I0 a. m. Thursdays. The Saturday $s"v@fli¥. f of, , g Prince Edward... 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