,,.. .~s....1-. 1111.11 51;~~1'921* ' . ~1- F 11111011111w 11 The Story of 1,011‘! - Wm i Didn't Want to Marry .. , , é By ETHEL LLOYD PATT- ' . a, 1111111111111? x3111 'ln my bitterldlsnppolnment at 111g thought of not being engaged [an work, I tbld Mn-fleg i 1p e t-hut, If I 111 nlnl: dnose" 111s 11111111, he w 11111 - ‘ dntnce to ‘go befbrfe. 1 '1; 11119 picture Uflllleftl in 1P~7cirbw onypnutlnn llcenn. lle 111111 wrxlilld 111a 111111, day's work. ' . a had lbecn c 11 costume such 1111 11c desired. g. 1 11,1111 told 11101tl1or of 111_v difficul- lleu. ’l‘l1eu she had 1111111111111 upon 1n 111g over lrer 1111» me. . ‘; hen 11111111111111.1111 Mr ‘Soeleyhz 11111111 1 111111 Q1112 P1111, not 1 111e, he and sup~ having eard posted I didn't. want. the engage- 11111111. - ~.;l my agony 11n1I bitterness, 1111111 bu t 1.111111 that lie 111111 to take .155‘ ‘kl-he llgtvo 1 1111111 1111-111» 11111111111101’ 111. 11 Ions wherellto wedding 111-can ~ . *1 -<-._______‘__ 11s 1111 1111111111 1 111 11111-11111 1 Until Ho Tried “FRUIT. AJHV 1 Flip Wonderful Fruit Medicines” 1J2... ,__ ___ MR. FRANK HALL Wyevale, Ontario. " 1 . For some tno yenrs, I W113 a Bufiercr from Chronic Constipation and mo; becduse lather lhad cut up l1e1-' DFWPKi-ll wnddlngwfdrekn to give me 111y 1111mm.‘ [Pop . 11111cl1‘uf n,chil1l to 11111111 111111 control of 111111111, 1 111111 even ‘burst into tears. My grief 111111 caught the zlttentlcm of Mr. 11111111111. '__"Pb1_1l111.ps1 he thought it 11-1111 1wtlng~~Tddi1ljQknowRAt any rate he 111111 at 111111 11111111-1111-1111- i 11111111111 "have my chance" after all. ‘Twenty minutes 11111-1‘ he grabbed 111,1 but 11nd my 11r111, and 1l1urr1e1l me ‘out of his office into another 111-v room. where a. rrmvd 0f chut- terlng people was \\"1lillllg to lcave for the etmlios. "Stand there." 111'.- Secley l111d tnld me. as he pushed me into the room. "A couple of uutonloblles will 11m here in 11 few minutes 1n lake ylou 1gi1llls out. The 11111ke-u11 1nan will show you how Lu flxup your face, if yo111l11n't know. llcre P1111111", he said 11nd pusl1c1l me closer to 11 -g1rl 111 o11e of the groups, “watch out for 1.111s ki1l." She's going out witl1 you." "llho young “roman called Pcarl nodded without. 11 word. fslnod stiff 11nd very 11111011 01111111 sscll ~ thc box which hold 1111.11l1c1".~1 wed- ding 1lreu11 clut1r1l1c1l in my hand. And 11111111111. 111. once l found my- 111111- cn-ug-ht 111 11 sort of vortex or cxcltclnent. Plverybody seemed .111 t11lk ut once. Nobody‘ seemed to know w‘l11-.re we were going or why. Scveral Linles the men 11n1l \1-111111*11 111 the room. surged toward 111a (loor, laughing and calling to 1-111-11 other; then surged back again The 11.11‘ 11911-111111»: hot and heavy‘. l'1‘1-.s1-.nlly tl1ere was 11111111101‘ move- 1111-111 t-on-ard lhc door nlhich 111d to the clevatrirs. 'l'l1i>1 time I 111-111-11 M1". Such-y‘! volcc above ti11- 1li11. Como on now, don't crowd, 111- wns calling. ‘:'I'l111 motors 11m waiting. Don't 1111.511 so. We'll get you n1ll out there. Come 0111"‘ Ami this tlnle‘, clinging to the sleeve of Pearl‘ (-11:11 111 sheer 111-11- 111-ration. l was u-arrlcd across 1111c 1111111, down i11 tho 1-lcv11.111r,-11111l hurried‘ l111llcr-sl1cltc1" i11 to an 11uto11111bllc. ' ’l‘1l11-. wl-uthcr was c1111] 111111, not counting upon 1111s rhlc, l had 1111 extra. wraps. (in lhl- 1111111111111111 huge touring c111", in w‘l1i1.1- lctlers, was scrawled "'l'l1c (311111111111111 Film (Youlpany oi‘ A111111‘l1~1|." 'l'h1-. girls W110 1rrow1lc1l into 11111 111111.111‘ with me 1wore p11l11t1-1l 111111 1111111 month- 1-d. Although I full that nobody 111 the city r1111lly kncw mc, or that this consplcllclls rid!‘ tlllfifiillll’ could 1111111101‘, 1111111 s11111cl1ow l fclt ashulnt-d. I was glad to cuddlc down 11nco111fn1‘l.11bl_\'. 111111111111; 111,1‘- Hclf as 51111111 1111-1 posslblc. 111111., 11v~ on so. I nollccil Mwe rode through tltgmsllleets t'h:1t ‘people ttlrncd to e1nre'111'111.11n1I grin. Scvcral 111111-11 the girls i‘! the 0:11‘ with 111c- wavcd 111 111111111 passer-by, or cv1-11 5011-11111 e11 r1 Jcot. " '- Fartunately for 1111-., 1111- ride wasn't. long. W111l11>1l1c1l down 1111c of the 11111111 gtnjcls of the city. 11111111111111 _11 lei-ghoul, uP 11 111N111 hlll. nnd jnntped Mt 111-l1i111 11 11111111111 ~11np1'1-.p11esos9|1vg,pray stone 11111111- ing. . Again ‘l _fol.l11wc1l Pearl. 11ml found 111y11e1b-t111g11fl11111- with clfilll or ten other glrflhs-dn 11, room That’; who! 11k. nnbock Ill! ‘oolth and appetite. Se: llu nanlt. 11'»- edy ich ‘all persona dyspepsia, ylorm of ltlla 11111111119 115111111 for gecklciéltzeyu, 11111111 111 1111 mutton-buys medicine an -qonvlnce rself of its a ze- "_ oyournilmon ' G111! 1111b; 1111"“- uhlylurfiqlacrfilon .11- ”? " 1', ‘ tcntlon 1o 1111-. V h suppose _ l» 1_ \ l-Vmnectetl the other . b‘. I “ma ‘we?!’ PPmcdy I heard of without any success, until the wife of a local merchant recommended ‘Fruil-u-iitves’. I procured n box of ‘l-‘ruit-n-tives’ and began the trcatment, and my condition commenced to improve immediately. Tl"? Dflllepsia ceased to be the burden of my lifc 11s it. 111111 been, and I was frccd of Constipation. I fecl that l owe 11 grmt debt to ‘Fruit-a-lives’ for the benefit I derived from them." FRANK HALL- 50c.11bo.\‘,G for $2.50, trial size 25c. Al; all dealers or sent poslpaid by ‘Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, Ont. n111c.l1 ‘111 iggcr l‘()Olll. "What $1111.11 l 11o nmv?" I ask- c1l Pearl 111111 pullcd t111111ll_s' at 11121‘ skirt. "Go on 11nd get ilresscll," said my near-found 1111-11111. "Iietter get 11 wiggle 011. too. Old Scclcy-“ll be having 11 fit 1n r1 11111111112 He'll want us out there." Shc blow on her fingers 11n1l rubbed 1111-111 smart ly together. "Gee!" she $11111 ."l'111 cold! I bet I look like :1 cold stur- nge c-hicken when I get into my evening dress!" l don't tlhlnk l ever shall forgot that 1111111111 of my first 1lrcs-sing for 11 lnuving [llf-lllfl-J. l “'11s 1111:1111-115- tomcd to strangc1‘s~-1-vc.11 girls. All 111y life- l 111111 111111 to work loo nnrd to have 1111111)‘ friends. My room :11 111111111, 111' course, l shared ‘with my little sisters. But for mo 1lel1iberntely to t=1kc off my 1lress, turn i11 111ylilllc cotton 1-11r111-t1-nve1‘ in‘ the way 4.111111 I would huvc to. for my evening 1lre11s \vl1i1:l1 1111:1111-1- 11111111111111.- 111c, before. timse laugh- lng. 1giggllng, terlticul ‘gllrs, w s 11l- 11111st1111u-retl111n l could 110111‘. A1.- 11 1111111111‘ 111‘ tact. 1 need not ‘have f1-lL the ’l‘l1ey 1111 were intent 11111111 cnhun- 11111;: 1111111‘ own c.l1.'11‘1111~1.' 'l‘l11-.y 1-11111111-11 about 1.111,- onc big 1111rro1‘ in 1111-21-1111111. 111111111111 11:11:11 othcr 1p11il1= -l'ra11kly out. of tho way, 111111 w1-r1- s1) lnt1-11t11po11 talking of 1.111.: 111111 :1111l that» persons oi‘ whom I 1111111 ncvcrnven board —ll111t 1.11 all 11111-1111: 11n1l.p1|rp11s11 I 111i11111t just 11c well not huvc inn-n 1.111111.- at 1111. 11111, o1‘ 1101112411, l 1lon'1 r1-11liz1- how i111-1111splc11011s I rcrllly “'11s. 111- 51111-1111, 1 (trcpt into 11 corner, barri- 11111111-11 1111-51-11‘ 11,11 1bcst l 111111111 bc~ 11111111 tho p11sl1-l1o:1.r1l box 1111111111111 ‘my dr ., 11nd, with 11 flush that ‘turncd my t-hro-at 111111 14110111111111; ‘scarlet, slipped out. of my plain isl1lrlwalst and rhcap skill llllll it!‘ 11o 111y 11111tl1cr':~1 wcddlng gown. ti111n 11 city hall-bed 101111111121‘ .\'.\'l V hlollicr 11nd l 111111 "worked so hard i11 making ovcr 111-r woddiilg 1.101111, that l know quite well where 1111 thc 111111115 n/Ir-rc, 11nd how to 4111p 111111 i1 easily. l knew 111st how far to tulrn dawn the top 11f my lltllc, high, cotton corset covcl‘ so “that it vrould not show above the l11re-t1‘11n111c1l ncck of the dress. ‘Once or twice, 11s l arrHYPll my‘ 1101.‘. I peered from beneath my ‘lowered lids tn~sec .11’ 1111c other 1111111 were watching n1e, I need ‘been concerned. They paying the slightest n-t- Thelr own careless manner 9f qhnnglng. H1811‘ CIOUIPB shocked me unuttcnrbly. Quite frankly. Pearl-ti11- only girl whom 1 knew by nnn1e~~l1nd 111-upped, everything except hcr lil- l-le silk shirt. 11nd “'11s seated p"ll- mg 1111 long silk, silver stockings land getting out high-heeled silver flllppers. 'l'wo other‘ glrlnnlressetl ,ulmost 11s scantily, were busy muk- lnl: up their faces before the big mirror. Wlllthout even 11 knock, the knob turned, 11nd Mr. Seclei‘ 810011 1111119 door! "What ‘in the name o~f llcllvenfi are you doing, girls?" he demand- ed. "Cami. you get a move on?" Don't you know we've got the whole scene set? Bladame P0108111 114 having n fit!" _ El can't 1le11crll1e my feelings at that moment. man at one end of tho 1lr.eeslng room 111111 1l11wrned upon me, 1111111 clutched wlltdlly the-lid of the box which 111111 held my drcss- and” backed lI-p against the wall~l1el1l 1r before me. llrdbnbly 1t was m! 11190111111 111111111. liloubt- ll Mr- Seblefcould have seen more of me than two flaming cheeks and H pair on iiorllflnll 6W1‘ Mllmllh ‘l1 w» 11111 pmum 111111;» 111111111111,‘ not have were not 131m ‘tn the room to no lfltfll l . . ‘ 1111:1151.‘ 111 11,10 h ‘ 01' 1111111111 _I - rl-J’ . situutlnn so keenly. ' As the vlslon of this ‘ r. aeeley to leave 1111,111- lwf 9111/61‘ BilDDer ffrom the floor and shook it at Mr. Seeley threat- eningly. ‘Alj/f" she Bald. "get out of he"?! filly! We was nearly froze to 1111111111 in that automobile. My "Risers is so cold‘ Yet, I can't pull my fllvfikllltla on. Say! Get out 11f ""91 0P ‘I'll mflke you p111 'e111 on for me!" "All right said Mr. Seeley. "Elt- her you are out of this 1lre11sing ‘ F001". ready (or the camera, in (11'- teen ,11111111111r111 I'll dock you l1nlf-. nay ; ‘ that's G t ll J on. no 1 E l y ll 1.11:3" And the oouldnwget- 1111111111 in this time! Vi/vhntlsl-tlmlyse, anyhow. I 111w flint-Dixon - girl in the 1-111r with 111m. , She'll get her show all right!" . y .“H_ls latest?" asked one of llio girls at the glass, without turning _l1er head. “Sure? said Pearl. _“w,-111¢11 1191‘ got up 1n from of the 111111111111!" And then, i11 spite of their light Words, lthe ‘young women went to work in, earnest 11nd in 1111 incred- ibly short time, they were ready. 1-1-1111-1111111111 11nd gave me the first glance she bad vouchsufed i111“. 1811c paused, and her lower .l11\\'-1l1‘o11|1e11 11 little, as the sinlp-le illllllP-Slli 0f my dress dawned upon ler. l wasn't 11 foo-l, Already l had guessed that, in spite of 11111tl1e1"s MTG-Ms to 11111ke me 11111111vt, I was s1:111‘1-.1-ly 1n the class with these 111‘lll|1111t birds of pulmage. “\Vill I do, ~l’e11rl'.'" I asked, 11 111l- ilc tromulcuslly. S11111e kindness in the girl's heart answer1-1l_ 11t once 1t0 thc pleading 1n my vim-e. "Sure you will?" she 511111. “You luck (zute, 11nd—~" she lwsitated, searching for 11 wor1l——"\Vl1_\', szly“ she nod1led~"_vou look like 11 lady! Come on! You're 1lifferentl Aloy- bc you'll be the hit 11f the pztrtv!" The enconnlgelllent brought the color back to my l‘111-e. 11n1l 1111111111 little better 11s we loft thc 1lressmg room. As we enter- e1| thc part 11f the l1all n-hich was purliiionad of!‘ from where the ‘Dixon girl," she said. "She's 11 pouch, isn't she? I saw 11 tall, slender, 1l11rk-l111i1‘e1l girl, ldrcssed mn-rc quietly that the c1ll1e1‘s,11n1l with nut so much make. up on her fncc. "\'\'.l1o is s-ile?‘ I whispered back. "ls 1411111110 slur?" "Sta-r be hanged." she $11111. "She's s11ppose1l to get her three a 11113‘ like 1111 1111c rest o1‘ us. "B111. SB"1ll'1.\"=~l got t1 c1‘ sh on her now, 11111l~l1cforc tl1a-t-~sl1e was tho friend of the camera man. Say! Believe mo! She's right i11 front of the picture, all right. every 1111111! A7111 she comes out ln.11cr own 1111to-111obilc. and gels :1 private drc. 111g 1-011111!" , I n-antetl to l1-11r11 1111111111 ibis new world 11s fast 11s 1iossiblc. ' "Do you 11111an Mr. Sonlcy i11 10H‘ ivllll 1'01" and want to 11111rry hcr?" 1 zlskevl. ,"Or--1o1»-~"1 I paus- cd and sl11111111crc1l, at 11 loss how to 1111.11 what meant, "AWV said Pcurl, ".\1:1rry noth- inn! lf 1-1111 111111-131‘ ‘1-111, tbci’. slaves. If _v11ll don't tbcy sluvn 1111- you. ’l'l1111.‘>: the 1ll“c1‘- 11111-1», kl1l. Didn't. you know it?" “Yeafl 1 511111, “l 11111. 1 lcarnctl ll. wllcrc I worked hcforc. 1 sup- llllfio its 11111 same i11 this business 41h‘ 1l- is GVHITW-hflre clsc," "You bcti"*1lgrcc1l P111111 lmartily. "but. 11' you c11n lcarn 111111, you can do any old 1111111.; you like with ‘on. (fume on!" And l followed hcr, wnndcrlng what 1101-1 111‘ llnck my 11111tl11-.r's wed- lllilng 1lr11ss was to lbrlug 1111- aftr-r a . - - (‘haptcr XXV lcan't any, 1.111111 I felt I was 11 notable sulciccss the first time l wont beforo the 11111ving_pl1-lturc camera of the Champion Film Com- puny. As_11 matter of fact, I think l passed unnoticed 1n L110 1-.1‘11w1l~— which Wtls ])r1l'llll])S the best fate for which 1 111111111 hope. At least, I did not 11111111110111 as consplouollsly ill-1lrcsse1l awkward. lnstcad, gowned in my 11111tl1e1"'11 made-over wcdrllng, 1lre11s, leaning on the 111-111 of 11 gclltlenia-n who was urr11yc1l 111 hired cfvcnlng LlfQSS, I s1111nt1-rc1l buck 111111 forth 111-fore the choking <>11111cr11 several tithes in a coroll- ntlon scene,“ ,- , Then l 1w11s told to go buck to my Ilresslng room nnd get into sitreet 1211111195. , 1I -we-nt out and stopped at the of- fice. togetheiflwlth the other girls engaged for the occasion, nnd 11L celv1-1l $3. We l1i111 1bcen taken out lto the moving picture studio in 11n nuto- cilrsnloblle. We went back on the street curs. By the time I paid my c111‘ fare to the city and then out ngaln to the suburb ln which l lived, only two of my three 1loll11rs was le-ft. Even s0, though, l was of course better off flnnnclully~ loftcr one 1l11y's \vork—thnn I 111111 been in the employ of the tailoring oqlalbllshlnent. If only 1 could manage to fl-ll in three or {our 1l11ys of each week with the Champion 1-‘11111 Qonmany, 1 would be making better nnoney than I‘ could lmpe to earn with any industrial con- C0111. - "l1i111. 111 11.. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘1- 11. 1111111111111... Pearl looked at mc 11n1l luugl1e1i. U W1.‘- 115." ~‘ .10.. .1 _ 311-91111..." "O9 So I wvcnt home, happy enough. to mother; 111111111111 o-ver my two 1lull- 111's that: night; 11nd. sincc l wasn't rcally tirc1ll~ but rather pica-subtly excited by my experioncc~l hclpcd to gct the dinner, set the tablc, 111111 afterwards c-lcur the things irway. ‘ llt was while we were both bending over the kitcl1en_si11k. 1111-! gaged in this task, that the front 1l11o1wbcll rung. ‘Mlother 111111 been 1lnlng l1‘1>.1- 1-l1-.11n-_ ing 11nd some washing 11nd 111111 1111- 11 huge gingham apron that was none loo fresh. l went to the door. ln the. l111lf light that sifted through the trccs arc-nnd our home from the. ratrcet l11111ps, 1 didnlt at first 1121111411121- the figure on our steps. And then “HelloW said 11 pleasant voice, “l hope you haven't forgotten me?‘ “O11, M1‘. 'l‘rutter!” l excl11i111c1l. “flow ln the world did you find me? l‘111 alwfully glad to sec you. (Tome in!" _ The young 11111n followed 1111-. i11- to c-ur little purlnr. l turned 11p the ligln. 11n1l tried to straighten my hair with 11 few nervous touc- hes.’ - ' “Have I got to come 1n hcrc?" ‘asked Hugh Trotter. "A111 l going to -be treated 111111- cnmpany? You know, I went to the tailoring place where you worked. 11nd 11111111111‘ knew where you wertréuntil I grit bold of 111telep11one girl. She 111111 your address. I've been thinking 11110111 you lots. I 111111 to g0 up to Buffalo on 11 sl01‘,v~»111ur1ler trial-1- and I just got ‘buck the other 11111‘. I wondered what 111111 become of you." "Yes" l explained. "l gut fired from the 11111111‘ plaice, 11nd Do|'n— the telephone girl you spoke gave zme 11 letter of introduc- linn to a‘ man who is with 11 moving picture1 cn-nrpany. I got my first 1111111 today. 11f I make g001l~ 11111-1 is. if I look well Vin the pluture, I supposcwthe 11111n is going to give 11in more work. l-le pays three dol- lars 11.11111‘! Of coltrse, if I could gel, $111 11115-11 work each week, 111111 \\1o1ul1l be 11 lot of money!" "1 ‘hu-uhl say 11111!" agreed illll-Kll heartily. "'l‘l111t is good luck! l‘111 glad I showed up. l know some moving picture people too. .\l11_\'l11- l cnn give you 11 poin-ter." He lralf closed his cycs 11nd lnol-‘Ii at mc._ "l belicyo you xvonld 111111111, 11 1101111 plcl11r1- " hr- s11i1l, “yo-lfve got sll1'11_ ‘ s 11n1l such 11 prrlily smllcf, , l 1 was sitting 1m 1| chair 11111111121111 you 1'0 lo ll111gl1. my 11111111.“. folded in m)’ 111p. llc 111111 talken off his rout. and “'11s 111511111: b11911 n11 thc lollllgv coiirfunialhily. ' l, "What wcro you doing whcn 1 Pllllll‘. in?’ h1- aslted. "W011! W" going out, or 1lny-thing lllke 1.11111."- l1p1|lls '1 111 nnnt 1111111111-1-11 01,. "Whyg-w‘ 11111.11. “I -w11s—~\vl111t l was rwly 11111511; was helping 11111111101‘ wt ‘l1 lhcnlinncr 1llsl1cs. but- sbeY-i mtfldhrougli, so it's all right.’ lluch gnl‘ 11p at OM9- -“J-f‘-l- l!" out 1111111 ‘(11-11511,‘ llcsuggestcd. "IN 111111111‘ 11c p. "ton , v "Uh, 1111!‘ I protested ' "llcfllly it's. almost. 1111110. ' '.l-1l-~1--re ll think 1111iLl11-r would like it. see silo has her apron on~sl1cf11 not 1111111141111." -' ' llugh lucked .111 me searchlngly for 11 moment. , "Do you know,'-'-l1c asked, “how l-nlwavs thought my own 1111111101‘ looked prettiest , lt was ‘whim 1111f‘- 111111 her apron , and wasnt tires- sed." l ‘ Without waitlhg for me. 11c DUE-ill- ml (111011 the 1111or1wl1icl1 l1-1l lnltl! tho kitchen. . , "Ilow 11o you do, Mrs. lll1'111-.)'7' 11c 1111111. “My nnmc ls llugh Trot- tcr. I came lo c111‘) on _vou1‘ llilll-llll‘ ter, but it's so lo-ng since l hud 11 homc~~11 real home, I menu l (‘hill-l 11't. resist comlngt oult hltare wltl1 3'0"- l hope you 1011' 111 n1 .’ Mother's fare flushed 11 lltltlc. but. to my snrDTi-‘le. 9118 W415"! really embarrassed or flnnllltlll "l "or course not. my boy." she said hggrtlly, “lSlt here and lll zlvc you n piece of pie. .I made lt 11112-1011. 110m 1Ge11!" snld Hugh 1111111111)‘. "T1115 is the lifel’ Chapter XXVI- I suppose l really was attracted to ll11gl1 ‘Trotter tlhe first time l; saw l1i.n1, when he was s0_kln1l‘ 11nd understanding with mo 1n my 11ml‘ cultles. Then. 1n the weeks that followed when hjeiappnrentlv "W19 no effort to nee 111e, Iwns 111111185- And then, ruthou-gh ,1 would hav been glnd of thp- Companionship o fairs engrossed? "mo "M11111 111131‘ I forgot 111m. j‘ -- 11111 when HuQtE-‘ltkully 11111 come tlon "11 story" 7 5113111 the charm, 11n1| nttrnctlon he had for me; W119i! first l new inning/ante back: _:_ To me. of co ‘rue. he was a man of the yvcrld. 11111111111111 lntlmntalr of |people whose names I 111111 r ad 1n the newspapers with awe. 0- hud actually spoken to the Presid- ent o1’ the United Stntes'~"1n€er— viewed him." as she said. H9 k118i. who were the real husbands of the id on ‘I10 n1’: . ‘ caste. freon-s. It a murder one ncurrcd. Huglrknew the ‘ tory. Naturally. , I W" 11, 011 his words. Then. c the. of a 11111111 family- ‘ 11111111111 11111 motlur drain w en flrot‘. ~11 met hlm. ""11? tho teoaquumpod 1111011 1111111 In mail-f rlrlliwechfwns tho mark bl . g 1, 011 1M1 tlrlt 1111111, when Huh ._-. .. I some clean youngrmmtflnty awn M‘ ' to cull upon nwy-w-fth" the explana-I . , 1 11‘ TnnrcnAnLo-r-rnrown 1111111111111 l \ loukctl, ‘me 111p 111 my 111111111 i11 the Hllblllillfi. the way he insintcil up- onwgolng into the 111111111111 to 1111-.1-.l my lnull11-1‘ 111111 warmed 111.1‘ 111-art. Now l know that l liked llugb lhcn because 111s simplicity 11111,,- r1111], lflliPoll, lf zlnylhing, l Sllplmsn my 111otl1c1"s soiled 11nd crumplcd apron awoke 11 11111111111‘ courtesy i11 l1i111 toward her. Although at. 1111- ti111n be scclncd not. to notice 111-r div-s‘. - village on 11111-1 way borne." A1111 certalllly‘, 11111-1111-1‘ 111.411 was 11ttr111.‘L1-.1l to Hugh. 1 ncvcr saw her 111111'o‘tl1o1‘u11gl1l,\' at 1111.41». Willi anyone. ‘bhc 1111111311 111111 "my boy" ‘and shc plied 111111 with applc p11- wl1i1-l1 she herself ‘hud 111111111. "You see," she explained, 111111111- lng 111111 flushing 111 Hugh's 1:11111- pll1111-11is over hcr c1111ki11g. "l 1lo11'1 risk any lower crust. at 1111. I just 11111ke what we used to cull, when l W115i a girl, '11 1161-111 apple 1li11.’ Wnnlt 111111112 cre11111 1111 i1, child? It will 1111 you good." llugh looked up at my 11111111111; from where he “'11s sitting at 1111- S1~1111isl1 k1t1,-l11-n table. “D111 you have s11111c?" 11o 115111111, 11nd 11 st-enle-d to 11111 his glam-c {l-‘lFPl-‘nrd 11 little, fastened on 111:1‘ taco as iit wvas. "0111 there's‘ plenty 1110111," said 1111111101“ easily "if I 1\'11nl1-1l it. lint 11111-1‘ you've been over ihc stove "ll llfll‘. of course you haven't such 41 20ml appetite 11s you young things who have been ollt in the 1111'." "lint aren't you a little 111111?" asked llugh. “O1|1;l1tn't you 111 141-1 out 111 1111-. air more, 1.1111‘? \\-'11c1'1: 11o you slcc ‘o le-ll you the truth." I broke in "she 1loes11‘t get 11111011 slccp 11l all," 1 turned aoruy with a short. angry gosture. "She's al\\'11y~' \\':1i1t- ing 11p fol‘ father," l said over my shoulltlcr. '1Sll1e-\ron't go to lll<ll 11n- til 11c comes 111. and 11c nt-vcr comes in till 111-Le." -l‘lugl1 sw11ll1nve1l thc 111st 1111111111- f11l of 1111-, ‘ "l know wbn-t. 1'11 do with you if you 111-re my 111otl1cr." he said. "I'd 111111111 you 11. nice comfy bed out tbs-re on 111111 veranda, with plenty or blankets over you. 'l‘l1cn, l -b1-.t you'd sloop! \\'11at does the 1111-1:- lor say 1111111111 this not-sleeping 11ml 11111-1 ting business?" Again l 11ns\\'0rc1l sharply before 1110111101‘ could 1111 so. "Oh. we don't have n 1loutor," l‘ explained. “We can't afford doc-l tors. 11'! we're sick we have to gall over it n11 best we can. You must rememiber that the only money that comes into this house belong; to my father. lf he gave Us mon- ey for 11 ll0(‘)l.()l' for mother, he wouldn't be able to spend lt in the “Oh, mother. "Well" said Hugh easily, "mm! 1loclors are 111111111 lot, anyhow". 11111 l tell you what l‘111 going to 1111, if l 11111y. I know 1m awfully nice 1111101; 11111111.‘ He's just graduate-d from medical college. \\"l1a.t 1111 wants is experience. lie 1lousn't 111-ed money yct. I'111 going n1ot~ orlng with 111111 Sunday. We 1r1-re 11111111111»: 111) _v1.111- way anyhow. (‘an we slop, Mrs. llirney 11nd 111-c ii W11 can't rig _v1111 up 501111» sort of 11 1111111?" “it's no 1111c, boy." said 111111111-1" lzr-ntly. “l 1l11n't think 11 tonil- nrould 11o 11111 nmch good.‘ "Moibcr!" l cried 111111-111» “Don't s11)‘ that! 011 .Vl‘1‘. ’I‘1‘1.-tt1-.1‘! l1‘ you only would! l‘111 so worried ovcl‘ 111-r s11111eti1111-s. 01' r-oursc, I know what sho 111-oils. it's 1-111-11 11nd 1111 \.\‘111'r . ".\'1111s1-.11s1-.!' 11-11111111151. b Nellie, child, hush!" sllltl said 11111111012 "l 11 w1111111u 11t all. if l 1li1ln't 111111-12 'so111c work to do i11 life." "Just the s11111e." said 1111.111 liflllllfl. "to 1111-11110 1111- _\‘1111'1'1- gzlng 111 soc my young friend on 811111111)" lt‘o11tl11111-11 1111 Page 'l'w11) | v -——-——-<-o&_-_- Lived Where Crus°e ldvl-ry schoolboy knows 111111 11 1111i. Aliexanllcr Sclkirk. 1111111 1111-. chiuuwcter on whom Daniel 111-1111- foundml his worl1l-l111111111s story “ltubinstm Crusoe". 11111 Alexander's real lliSlury is not so f11111ili<11'_ His birtl1pl1l1-el 1v11s 11111150, 11 little fishing village 1111 thc Flfcslliix- 1:1111st_ now 11 p11. 11111111‘ holiday resort. ‘Here I101 gained the reputation of being 11' very unruly boy, wlbo teased the‘ life out 11111 llfllfWVltifill l)l‘0lll9l'.1 4 111111‘ finally run away i11 sen bc-f 1-11usc his father wanted to make l1i111 .1 shoemaker. , Ak-cording to Defoe, Crusoe was 1m 1111s 1lcsérl. island thirty yoars.f Selkirk, however, was only for four years and four lnonlhs» a. 11111tlc1- .1f fact, he was 111111111111- c1]. When, after many strange vcntures_ the wanderer relurncd 1o Iiargo, it was 11 Sunday nmrning, 11nd his people were at church. Never backward at coming i111‘- w11r1l, he went in 11nd took :1 scat close tn ‘his mother. 'l‘l111t indivi- 1lu11l 111111 long given up her 1111111‘ dering boy 11s lost 11nd so gfP-tl.‘ was lhc scene she (tiltltiflll on 11121-- 1111; l1i111 zlguln that it brukc up 1111: service. Ultimately Selkirk - 11111rric1l :1 village girl, 11n1l t‘\’(’l‘)'lJllP. 111111111111 he had decided to scltle down.- ‘ Yeast 1's a food. 11\1_v‘- _. .‘ ml‘ 11111111511 xvckc up one nmrning, how- |c\‘cr. lo 11nd 11111111111 with his wife. lt is known that $1112 1111211 11nd Selkirk 111111'1‘i1-1l zlgzlin. \\'l1:11 ‘111-1-111111- 11f l1i111 cvcnl- 1111ll_\", n11 one knows. Largo Dflfpvtllillvfl by 1,- l-ling 11 fine 11111n111111-nt 1111 1111- R111- lilo liv-‘d. 1111111 l11l<~rrsii|1g 111111111-11- ._\\'l_l"'.\‘ ll" Wdlllllllll-Z lllllllLVV" 1H,... “H, Uninu,“ m“ ,0 vismn.“ 1,, “A1111 _\‘1>11 11:11-11 i11 look 1111- i11 111-e l‘111-v?" 11111.- inlmbilants. .____-<-O-§-?—— NEWLY ENGAGED 5111-.» “ll1-11rv Good home 11111111; 111111111111. ‘the most palaztdblm- whole- ‘ some and 11011116111113 food in . the ‘world. It is for more- economical than any other staple food. If poo lo would eat less meat and ot- drheavy foods they would feel better and helpto keep down the cost of living. Bread ode in the home with Roya" "Yeast Cakes is more nourishing and appetizing than any other. Nothing healthier for children and grownups. A fresh, rosy complexion indicate; perfect health. To secure this in most cases all that is necessary is to take one to three Royal Yeast Cakes a day for a few weeks. ‘ lt supplies the water soluble vitamine which the diet mny lack. Scientists tell us that this vitamine is essential to good health. Yeast is highly beneficial in many cases in which the system seems to be run down. The yeast cakes simply add to the diet. Dissolve a Royal Yeast Cake in fruit juices or mix it with cereal and milk, and take it at meal time. The chances are in a few weeks the complexion will be clear. Constipation and other ills will be relieved. For children reduce the amount to one-half 0r one-quarter of a cake with each meal. Send name and address for free booklet "Royal Yeast Cakes for Better Health", n. w. 01111111 Company 1111111111111 Winnipeg Toronto. Canada 11111111111 Made ln Canada l 11.11st confess to 11111; my 1111-111 111111 he 111111 1lis11p- I l111v11n't. pail. for 1111-111 y1~i.“ -. _______<+>__---- m“ "mmm7v EARLV MORNlNG lDYL of Lhc coltagc in 111111-11 111- "1.\"y1-.~‘. 111-111‘ 11131:). V1111 fill". 0111- guts 11.11111 111 11111~L 11111‘! any» ' ~_~‘ 15111111." ‘r1 11111111111: "All that its name implies." It is not the recipe that makes the cake! . F it were, you would not hear s0 much of costly cake failures.) I The ingredients arc 11111011 111orc important 1111111 thc rcripc and as flour is the foundation of 1111 cake baking it must be right or thc ('ill((.‘ is cithcr spoiled 01‘ indifferent. This perfectly blended flour, of which you 11111115: 911111- I neighbors 5110111: is just 111c- llour to nlnkc [icricrt cakes. H _ Try it out in your ncxt baking 111111 notc tl1c 1liifcrcnrc it will 11111ke. a Ltd. - - Ioondon, Canada .1