OhHe Copyright, 19m by the Hell Syndicate, Ine. PART I1il—Continued. we] De “I was takin’ a walk,” she said dubl- ously. “I haf to take a whole lot of exercise, and I ought to walk and walk and walk. I guess I ought to keep on walkin.” “Get In,” he said, “I'm out riding. I don't know when I'll get home.” Florence got in, Uncle Joseph closed the door, and the car slowly bumped onward. “You know where Herbert 18?” Un- cle Joseph inquired. “No,” said Florence, volce. “I do,” he said, “Herbert and your friend Henry Rooter came to our house with one of the last copies of the Ori- ole they were distributing to subscrib- ers; and after I read it I kind of fore- saw that the feller responsiule for their owning a printing press was going to be in trouble. 1 had quite u taik with ‘em apd they hinted they hadn't had much to do with this num- ber of the paper, except the mechani- cal end of it; but they wouldn't come out right full with what they meant, They seemed to have some rea- gon for protecting a third party, and sald quite a good deal about their fa- thers and mothers being but mortal and on; Henry and Herbert thought they oughtn’t to expose third party—whoever she was, Well, I thought they better not stay long, because 1 was compromised enough alre: without being in their company, and 1 something to help movies. You can awful long thine, money enough why you're fixed please. A body live a couple o' for nine or ten dol He lent asked: “I and mama 1 you, will they, Fl “Oh, 1 in the least! There for me to do at our noon.” “That's in a gentle good SO SO dy, Seen gave ‘em ‘em i stay and if you've go to several of 'e for as ought to months at out i f to long he the lars, I should think. for a time suppose your worrying was si don’t wi i he rence?” 100!" she said quickly. *“Not was nothin’ house this good’ he sald, way of Texas trustfully her was of driving around by Florence looked at him and said nothing. It seemed to that he ted something ; not sure, little pec sinister. out that SUSE she but conversation igh not In the l¢ she was able to make air of an ac complice than of a detective, Never theless she was conv far, far the best course for her to pursue, ing the next few be of stead t reserve. And was cong subdued, thougt conduct, if would be found ble was that probably it would be viewed sympathetically. would understand how carefully and tactfully she had prepared the items of the Oriole to lead suavely up to the news of Aunt Julia's engagement and break it to Noble Dill in a manner to save his reason. Therefore, on ac- count of this lack of comprehension, really the only wise and good thing to his iliar——the Indeed, he had more the ASL inced that davs, would one 1 such nial to her mood, not to she say that her recent sympathetically, Christian. The was sure viewed lew ary gag | Don't Know When I'll Get Home.” do was to claim nothing for herself, and allow Herbert and Henry to re- main undisturbed in full eredit for publishing the Oriole. This Involved disappointment, It is true; neverthe- jess she decided to bear It, She had looked forward to surpris- ing “the family” delightfully. As they fluttered In exclamation about her, she had expected to say, “Oh, the poem isn’t so much, I guess—] wrote it quite a few days ago and I'm writ. ing a couple new oneg now—but 1 did take quite a lot o' time and with the rest of the paper, because I had to write every single word of it, or else let Henry and Herbert try to, and they'd just of ruined It. Oh, it isn't so much to talk about I guess: It just sort of comes toc me to do things that way." Like so many other young unearthed rehearsals, this never to be played for an audience, Adults are un- dependable. Thirteen attempts to ex ercise a great philanthropy, and every grown person in sight, with the pos. sible exception of Great-uncle Joseph, goes into wholly unanticipated fits of horror. ( and effect have no re- lation: Fate operates without reason- able sequence-—like a monkey, And while Florence, thus pensively disturbed, sat beside fat Uncle Joseph during their tong, long drive, relatives of hers were indeed going Into fits; at least, so Florence would have de- scribed their gestures and incoheren cles of comment. And stralght into such a fitful scene did the luckless Herbert walk when driven home, the movies, by thoughts of food, at about gix that Henry Rooter had strongly him return ing. It may ‘course one was ause after eYening. advised against reasonably be felt that it phec to hazard the probability a inquisition turn to his home. had the wisdom thirteen. “You "Hone st, you het “Well, we Herber pre diction that in all most f unpleasant form o d Herbert on his re- And Henry Rooter (and ce) of awn experien he 1 not, Hs apple dumpl better rbert ! got Ings 107 dinner,” tone “1 know I guess I het He anyhow, Ih aven' “Yes,” Henry admi go and tell with you soi £m RD {3 get even ne way vould prob in troubl got th ti tell "em “Well, throug thought was the ¥ led 1 she I've decic what could " do anything “Nor me, either,” his friend In “I don't worry anything like that! Still, if I I wouldn't tell. She's only girl, ter was you ember.” “Yes,” sald Herbert, “That's way I look at it, Henry; and the I look at it Is just simply this: long as she’s a girl, why, simply let her go You can't tell what she'd do, and what's the use to go and tell on a girl? “That's the way I look at it" agreed. “What's the use? If | in your place, I'd act just the way you do.” $0 wns “Well,” sald Herbert, “I better on home, Henry. good while after dark.” “yy You're gn mistake!” “You I bet big ter him. apple dumplings, You better makin’ a won't a hundred on home with me." And Herbert no more than opened his front door before he per ceived that his friend's advice excellent. Seo clearly Herbert perceived this that he impulsively de. see any doliars! ther, and retire; and he would have done 80, had not his mother reached forth and detained him. She was, in fact, just inside that door, In the hall with one of his great-aunts, one of his aunts, two aunts-by-marriage, and an elderly unmarried cousin, who were all just on the point of leaving. How- ever, they changed their minds and decided to remain, now that Herbert was among them, It really seemed that to many per sons who were gathered there, appar ently In important consultation, his appearance was distinctly welcome. His own feelings were In nowise mixed. They were distinctly appre- hensive, and the volley of mingled questionings and reproaches which met him did not tend to remove them. Bach member of the party scemed to feel in some manner particularly ag. grieved, Herbert's father joined them, a few minutes later, but it had already be- come clear to the son that the North End Dally Oriole was In ofie sense n thing of the past, though In another sense this former owner and proprie- tor was certain that he would never hear tne last of it. However, on ac- count of the life of blackmail and slavery now led by the members of the old regime, his father wasted a and the of severity, supposed ; great deal ve returned that Joseph. tive very wish was that the ole seph long ago. “If you ean Aunt Harriet suggested. Nobody knows where he goes when he the way he did this afternoon we were discussing it all with I only hope he'll be back tonight!” “He can’t stay away forever,” Aunt Fanny remarked. ‘*“That charging him five dollars an the automobile he's In, and surely even Joseph will decide there's a time !™ find him to when wildness some “1 don’t care when ynes back,” Herbert's father declared grimly. “Whenever he got to he 1 does he's take “Oh, If Boys Could Only Be Girig!™ Herbert Just Looked at Her, printir he you m Mr. on about right Crum? And, think of its the with your Florence's pure little poem!” totally pressive of Cousin Herbert utte red some sounds, incoherent but and ex a supreme revulsion, The shocked v ly understood that he loud, © audience read liked ne Cousin Virginia's chiding nor Cousin Florence's poem. father. himself, It 8 not Fanny him, “Shame |” said his Herbert conul controlled td be seen that his broken, mourned, shaking smiling ruefully: “Oh, if coul nly Herbert inst at her. “The said his father -tthat is, if there's any part of it that's another—the worst thing this about Nohle Dil “What ahout that Aunt Har riet spirit wa Aunt head at when her even boys only be giris!” Worst worse th about it is thing?" haven't poor nsked, “We “Why, 1 walked up from downtown with old man Dill" said Mr. Atwater, “and the Dill family are all very much worried. It seems that Noble started downtown after lunch, as usual, and pretty soon he came back fo the house and he had a copy of this awful paper that little Florence had given hime" “Who gave it to him?" Aunt Fanny asked. “Who?” “Little Florence.” “Why, that's curious,’ nia murmured. “I must telephone and ask her mother about that” The brooding Herbert looked . but he sald nothing. (To BE CONTINUED) i Avoid World's Blind Alleys. The young man of today does not eye; unless it's the job best suited for him. The wise youth finds out what most that he's the best fellow In that busi. ness, Such fellows rise to success in spite of handicaps. Then the world wonders and applauds, It's folly to re. main cooped up with limitations when you might just as well be enjoying the fullest !herty. If by chance you get into a blind alley see to it that you get oftt at once —{irlt, HALL, PA. Striking Garments Collared and Cuffed With Seal. High-Neck Finishes, Large Sleevcs and Low Waistlines Are Out. standing Features. Very attractive are the sults of pal- est gray velours de the couts deeply and with laine, collared cuffed seal ck Broadcloth Coat With Broadcloth Cuffs Trimming Bright | Green and Braid | The con- | as black » makes that {rom great ned like dis most cont nch velvet or heavy shown with fn and muff of fur. | snipe | in the ns the Fre aterial and ircular muff is cape crescent Should Be Sorubbed With | Brush Instead of Rubbing Be. i tween Hands or on Board. 3 er clean pongee iy to r silks ig to iter with rubbing the a board, material of this be scrubbed a brush | need rinsing in out tus wash them good soap. between witl ienst in handling ma- | in using water | very hot water which not the iron, 1% made by 1 will machine | Head Dresses That Simulate Bobbed Cut Are More in Favor at Present, among very are not dreseed taken a ecolfTures the head giris, Some the younger place ough-—more being that been and made comfortable In the gree, But there is usually of exira adornment somewlere about | the head, If It Is only a slightly- jeweled comb, that is pushed in care to keep the front locks of a Datel cut in position. The head dresses that simulate a bobbed cut are even more in the pub- of have The often than bob last prominent simple en hose Dave de- | some sort lessly keep intact, who prefer to of their locks to make them look they had been clipped off. On these hair arrangements there is usually im- posed some sort of decoration if it is only a band of jewels across the forehead. When the contour of the face can! stand the strain, the hair is pulled | straight back from the forehead, and | then further sugmented with little | puffs of halr over the ears, for it in this covering of the ears that still seems to be necessary as a matter of strict fashion and good sense. No one feaves a tip of the ear showing, unless it is just enough from which to dangle a length of earring conspicuously nec. essiry to the finish of the costume with which It Is worn. Wreaths of silver and golden leaves | indies length removed with carbon tetrachloride, O11 Paluts- rachiloride and chloroform In parts will remove oil paint marks, Nickel can be removed by rubbing them Favored Numbers; Sweaters in Tuxedo Models. Knitted being garments, apparently, are more und more strongly featured in the new sports wear showings. Kaoit- ted ge affairs which drape into shawls, are among the most fa- vored numbers, Silk and wool mix- tures are popular, usually in two-tone mixtures, about 60 per cent silk. Suits of the darker mixtures bound about with bright colored bands. An attractive dress is shown with far col- lared cape to match, The cape may tied at the waistline, overskirt effect to the ga Knitted affairs drape hand Swenters are shown in Tux slipon with V or straight bright colored capes, lar are he giving smart rinent, which made, large Capes, into shawls, are edo models, neck, Sik "TE Use stripings hand-knit with attached scarfs of many ones are shown colors. conti to in demnnd for wool Knicker fen- ire, but are costumes nue ¢ being more for street wear. form the bulk of it Is said, many for the separate knickers, An effective Orig material in brown overplaid is featured The skirt, ports than the order houses siness, golf cos. ian by il design £11113 ¢f anf Hine of soit inent sports house sult consists of sleeveless jun the latter skirt fastens at the added nper cape and knickers, The be unsaapped for desires it for glide, width if wearer None would guess this coat to be of yet it really is dyed bunny fur. visible pockets are features. are favorite air neither very they are just ac- add that extra frock which ean of its inst ef- with the short sieeves, entire lack of sleeves, adornments, amd, while over conspicuous in their are still distinctly brid. girl wears many of them jewels and colorings if strikes her. They but centunated enough to simple the making fect. Bracelets and the are nor finish to na he 80 much with they are pot they liant, and a fancy Use of Panels and Draperies Fur in Favor. The irregular hem, such a distinctive panels and draperies, is also to be met bottom. acteristic of suits and coats. an entire jacket front will be fash- or carncul, while here and there a winter wrap ig seen which besides hav. ing a fur collar will also sleeves of this rich material, furs as broadiall and caracul are em of silk or wool PREFER TABLETS Pepto-Mangan Is Sold in Liquid and Tablets—the Same Medicinally. Gude's tablet The famous b Pepto-Mangan, form, as well as in liquid, Some people prefer Pepto-Mangan tablets to the They are put up in a conven- ient package, There are people who take the liquid Pepto-Mangan at home morning and night, and take the tab- lets at noon time. 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