Copyright, by Bobbs Merrill Ca,
by Ethel Hueston
Illustrations by Irwin Myers
CHAPTER VI
De
Life is no bower of roses for the
schemer of schemes. Ellen Tolliver
was not the first to make that discov
ery in actual experience. There could
be mo pessibie question but that she
had tigured the family future along
the most pleasant us well ar profit
able lines, and yet It grew increasing
ly difficult ro hold her recaleitram
subjects to the designated stars. Take
Miriam. the sensible twin, for In
stance, frivoling away the precious
hours of her life out at Pay Dirt in
the company of a mere ean grocer
And it was oot merely that she did
those things. she enjoyed the doling
That was the painful side of the situ
ation.
And there was Marjory. Hiram
Buckworth remained a pleasant and
comradely member of the household
cheerfully paying ten of his fifteen
dollars into the general coffer every
week, and obviously counting this
not so much a hardship as a privilege
Miss Jenkins lik<d nim. Mr. Tolliver
liked him, the members of the church
liked him. All the young daughters of
all the influentinl members developed
a strange assiduity along lines of re
lgious activity. On the surface
things seemed to progress with a
sweet serenity which should have been
highly satisfactory to everybody con
cerned.
But Ginger Ella, casting about her
with keen eyes that saw everything.
and a keen mind that suspected even
more, knew intultively that all was
not well, now In the churcn where
were heard vague murmurings. In
definite suggestiong, and were seen
strange and significant looks, nor in
the parsonage self, where Hiram
Buckwaorth looked too often. and too
long, upon the slender white hands
of Marjory Tolliver. This was a bad
sign, one of the very worst Hiram
Buckworth was good looking Marjory
had always been man mad The situ
ation held all sorts of horrible poss)
bilities. Ginger renewed her vigilance
Hiram Buckworth., good looking.
brilliant young student, had deilber
ately chosen the ministry as his life
work. She tossed n'm a scant re
spect for that choice, which, although
it accorded bim a high mark for
character, it. oo way entitled him to a
permanent place in ber plans fur the
family’s future, Being a seminary
man, with special study at Oxford. he
would begin perhaps at a thousand
dollars, or twelve nundred If he was
Jucky, and would progress upward
slowly, perhaps as far as two thou
sand, twenty five hundred, possibly-—
he was so very good looking. If he
married, he would instantly, aceording
to time-honored Methodist parsonage
statistics as figured w Ginger. become
possessed of a minimum of three chil
dren.
Small good would te one of his es
tate 10 the impoverished and oeeds
Tollivers. Encouraging him was a
deliberate throwing away oi thelr one
resource. It was the wiliful choking of
thelr ofl well. It was the harning of
their liberty bonds. Ginger reconnol
tered carefully. She did mor® than rec
onnoiter. She bounded She wus all
present, all-pervasive, all.observing
It Marjory and the young ministe
inclined for, a stroll in the moohlight
Ginger inclined also. If they =at in
the shade oi the rumblers on the
veranda, Ginger sat with them, bored
but unyielding.
Had she washed dishes all these
years merely to save the falr hands
of Marjory for the dishes .of Hirnm
Buckworth and a minimum of three?
The attic saw little «! Ellen Tolliver
during these days. She met the post
man, thanked him warmly for the
letiers he gave her, and flew to the
atti. The dimes ciurhed inte the
dolls’ trunk, and Ginger returned to
her veranda vigil
in a way considerable disappoint
ment attended the wecumulation of
funds for the blind Rarely did she
receive more than five contributions in
a day, a stingy fifty cents. . Lovely
duughters cannot be sent to finishing
schools, shabhy parsonages cannot be
done over, suffering eyes cunnet be
operated on by expensive surgeons
upen a paltry five dimes a day. Not
that Ginger frowned apon her re
celpts, fur from It. It was only tha!
she had hoped so greatly,
In the three weeks of Mr, Tollivers
idleness in the country, he had ue
quired a thick cont of unaccustomed
Jdua, and tive full. pounds in weight
with such an Increase of strength, en
thusiasey, and ambition, that he wus
inclined to feel ashamed of his con
tinued dienes. Word from town that
a special commitiee from the official
board wished to meet him ar the par
sonuge ou Thursday evening for a dis
cussion of Important church matters.
gave him real pleasure,
Eddy Jackson drove him in, with
Mirtem, and feeling, with Gis usual
tact, that the family would like to be
alone for a few hours of Intimate re
union, he pleaded important business,
and left them, promising to return for
them at eleven o'clock. Ane after
their modest supper, they sat, the
three girls and thelr Tather, In the
pleasant old living room and waited
for the coming of the committee.
“They want that last two thousand
raised.” sald thelr father, smiling
“and so do L. Bu | am sure the peo
ple will contribute it of the own free
will, In gratlhiuds, on the day of the
dedleation.”
Presently came Joplin Westbury
alone, ill at euse, but obviously a map
with his mind made up.
“Well, Brother [luliiver”
“it's good to see you again. You are
looking better. Eyes any stronger?
“1 think so, yes, | am sure of I. |
feel much better. What hour was ap
pointed for the meeting? Isn't the
rest of the committee lute?”
“Well, as a mater of fact, the rest
of the committee is aut coming. Broth
er Dawes was called out of town on
business—late this afternoon. and
Brother AMuacklen is in bed with an
attack of acute indigestion. Not that
| believe a word of it myselt, They
just hacked out, that's all.”
“Is the meeting postponed. then?”
“Well, no. You see, | was the chair
man anyhow, and { ean do ns well
without the commitiee. we'll just
have it out by nurselves™
The girls rose quickly.
upstalrs
Miriam.
“No. don’t go,” sald Joplin West
bury quickly, evidently not ut all de
siring to be left aloue with his gentle
unseeing pastor. “You stay righ
here. It's a family matter, as yon
might say, and we'll just have It all
right out in the open.’
Mr. Tolliver sut very still, a rigig
figure against the faded blue velver!
of the big chair, his head bent for
ward,
“You see, we hand n meeting of the
official board Monday night”
“You did! Why, [| could have come
in for it.”
“Well, we just had It by ourselves
in fact we've .ad several Well
there's no use beating ahout the hush.’
cominued the embarrassed official
“You see, Brother Tolliver. that while
all our people like sou. and like yom
work--like your whole family. In fact
gt Ho Well, you can see that a
lind man can’t run 8 chureh-—not
rightiy—not a fine new church like
this one of nurs Now thal we've pun
so much money into this new church
we've got to get in the crowds to fil
it up, and help pay the expeuses. And
a blind man—"
Mr. Tolliver did not move.
Brother Westbury. Go on”
gently.
“Well, you see how It 8 And
since the Congregutionalists have
started to hold meetings of thelr own
in the Odd Fellows’ hall, they've taken
about a dozen of our good payers. and
we've got to get In thers to take thelr
places. Now you see how we're fited
We like you. first-rate, but we've go!
to work for the church, first and lass
Well, we waited, and hoped you would
get over It. We wrote to the diwtors
and they say youve not got much
clinnce—not one-in 8 hundred You're
all run down, and sou need a long
rest—mayshe a year, maybe two years
~to build you up”
“But perhaps an operation—Iit would
be expensive, but-"
“We asked about the operation
They just talked about that to cheer
you up. An operation wouldn't do any
good. Your eyes are just plain worn
out, You'll all worn out-that's the
straight of It.”
“l see.”
“Well, we talked If over with the
district superintendent, and he hadn't
a word to say ugninst you, Brother
nor any of us elther for that maiter
But you see how it Is The new
church and all. So ne sald we would
fix it up at the conference this fall
and they il retire you according to the
hooks—1 don't know just how it Is
but they pay sou right along and
it's all down in the "Discipline And
you'll ger a good long rest. and we'll
get in some fresh young chap to draw
the crowds and tll wp ihe new
chuech.™
“But—but it's father's—the new
church is” gasped Gingee, unable 0
endure the dead silence that bung so
blackly over the thitle group.
Joplin Westbury turned on her
sharply. evidently glad of a chance
to switch the tide of his talk from
he sald
“We'll run
if you will excuse us,” sald
“You
he said
the stricken minister. “No, Ellen, it's
not your father's church. it's not our
church, It's God's.”
Ginger wilted suddenly.
assented. “Yes, of course.
could let God run it.”
“Ellen,” reproved her father gently.
“I'm sorry -=1 didn't mean—" she
stammered anervously.
“Yes, never mind,
meant nothing wrong.
right, of course, Brother Westbury,
it is all true. A blind man would only
be an encumbrunve—in a new church
lke that. 1 should buve resigned be.
fore—but 1 kept hoping | would re-
cover, And | had my family —"
“Oh, you'li be taken care of, Broth.
er Tolliver, donut you worry. You
won't be allowed to suffer, you aor
your family either, Just you remeimn-
her that. It's all down in the ‘Is.
cipline.! The conference will take
care of you.”
“How roon— When do you—"
“Well, now, Brother, we Hgured we
would just keep vou right along until
conference, full salary and every.
thing. And you can just rest up in
the country, and let this young Duck.
worth do the preaching. We ike him
first rate. And we want you to preach
the dedication we're vhsolutely unan.
imous on that-—nohody but you for the
dedication, for as you might say, it's
your church. That is, you understand,
you raised the money and all”
“Yes,” she
iI wish wa
We know you
You are quite
oun
“Yes, | see.
Awkwardly,
nnd
hack.
the
She even
slipped back and
Hitle group.
“F-father”
anguished tone,
please don't,
doctors sald.”
fle put out his hand to her, with
a sad smile, and she crushed it be
tween both of hers
“You see, there Is no hope,” he said,
“They were only oretending that |
had a chance.”
“No,
sweetly
ing.
they
way
and
grow sirong
Thank you very much”
the (rustee made Lis
hurried away. He did
Miriam walked with
slvok hands with
smiled. Then «he
joined the hushed
good] brs
not look
him to
him.
door,
begred Ginger, In an
“don't be shocked
Remember what 1he
father,” contradicted Miriam
“Nao, they were nod pretend
They sald you had a chance, and
meant it They sald the only
wan for yon to herome so sirong
well that your eyes also would
and well They did not
deceive you You did have- you have
get 8 chance. | asked them a doden
times. and they told me honestly ©
“And ns far as motey goes” eried
tiinger, nore cheerily. “1 have quite 4
few little secrets of my own ir is
two months till conference iy that
time, old darling, | stinli prehably be
nhle to take care of sou myself”
Hie smiled at her azain “Denr
Ellen.” he sald gently, “If «nly these
slim little hands conld earry the
kindly projects of that enger Hitle
heart we shoenld gever want for much
in this world”
out
~f mean am quite sure—" ihe
disclosure of her hopes trembled at
the tip of her tongue- her eyes grew
mpt and luminous. Bul her sisters,
so used 10 her daring dreams and
her extravagant promises. paid small
heed. Their thoughts were upon the
sord.d reality of the present moment
and Its disappointment.
“It's a good thing the wedding ie
over,” sald Marjory. “Helen would
never have gone, If she had suse
pected this”
“Boarding Mr. Buckworth will help
out quite a little” said Mirtam. “As
for us. as long as we siay at "ay Dire,
we're simply gorging ourselves among
the fleshpots of Egym.”
Ginger shook the rapture from her
eyes, closed her teeth firmly upon her
secret. The thine had at come for
her triumphal pronoancement.
“Well, as Old Jop says—" she begun,
“Ellen 1”
“1 mean Brother Westbury. Eddy
Jackson culls him Old Joop. Well, us
he says. the conference will rake cure
of us. What will we get, futher?
Where is the ‘Discipline? Let's look
it up”
She ran upstairs for the book.
“1 should have resipned.” sald her
father drearily. “1 knew 1 conld not
minister to them properly. But § did
keep hoping *
LTO BE CONTINUED)
Turku was Finland's first capital
Christianity was first taught there.
and the first Christian converts were
baptized in the River Aura. The old
est cathedral and the oldest castle In
Finland are to be found In Turku, and
nearly all the historle homes of the
Finnish nobility are in or near the
city.
With the exception of the cathedral
and the castle, modern Turku hus
been bulit since the disastrous fire of
1827, when the old town was almost
entirely destroyed In a blaze that
burned for five days, Both the castle
and the cathedral are grim structures
with little exterior ornament. The ea
thedral bas a long barrow vaulted
rn me
urku
interfor and most of the Immense
treasufe which wus once kept there
has disappeared.
Part of the castle Is now a museum
and is furnished with pleces of old
Finnish furniture. Visitors can still
the dungeon, six fathoms deep
and black as pitch. where prisoners
were kept. In the great central hall
Is a high gallery from whieh a eruel
ruler once had unruly subjects hurled
to the floor below. One cell In the
castle Is still known as the malefnes
tor's resting place. ~Natlonal Geos
graphle Society Bulletin,
It's hard for a woman to forgive ame
other for having done her a favor,
Winter Silhouette
More Flattering
Slenderizing, Trim, Fits to
Body Snugly, and Is
Generally Approved.
Last winter my enthusiasm for fab-
rics consumed me completely, This
winter the silhouette seems all tmpor
tant, To put on a new dress that is
slenderizing and trim, and that fits
to the body more snugly than before,
makes one long to adjust all of last
year's dresses to the new year style
One look In the mirror will tell you
that the new silhouette Is more flat
tering than any we have had in a
score of years, writes Jane Warren
Wells, In Farm and Fireside.
The princess dress shown here
needs smart wool crepe in one's fa-
vorite brown, red, green or blue. with
a slightly Hghter or darker tone of
the game fabric for trimming It =»
silk dress is preferred In this design
any one of the tweed printed silks
would be lovely. Again, there are
some charming cottons in tweed print
designs, and In sufficiently dark col
ors to be sulinble for winter, tht
would make this design as smartly
as silk or wool fabric,
A jabottrimmed frock should be
made of the smart new moire or a
sinall print In silk or challis. Notice
how trim the shoulders are, how
graceful tho long sleeves and how
new the slightly loager skirt looks
Four Inches below the center of the
knee cap is the accepted length for
daytime Skirts may be
slightly tall people and
dresses,
fonger for
There Are a Number of Materials
Suitable for This Frock.
shorter for short figures. Many skirts
are cut to hang twe Inches longer In
the back than in the front, especially
in the case of skirts with circular
flares,
Jabots of lace and collurtrimmed
neckiines are definitely in siyle® With
important fashion.
Canton flat crepe. transpar
ent velvet or heavy georgette would
prove the most charming medium for
a very feminine design with the tiered
skirt,
In hemming
crepe
the cascade, helt
tier edges turn ‘the raw edges
one-eighth inch and stiteh it:
make another one-eighth inch turn
and run the edge down as for ting
hem with the finest of running stitelies
If your thread matches perfectly the
stitches will not show after careful
pressing.
No matter what dress you choose be
sure anhove all that the neckline is be
coming to you and pay special atten
tion to a collar trimming. lastly see
that your hat Is right for your frock
and that yeu wear it in the smart new
manner,
nnd
over
then
Attractive Pajama Suits
in Bright Silk, Crepe
Red pajamas come In crepe de
chine and the synthetic tub silks and
senting. A troussenu brought from
Paris Includes several attractive suits
Some of them are so elaborate and
80 costume.like that they are not eas
lly distinguished from the style of
pajamas that are worn at tea time.
Late styles In bed pajamas are In
every sense comfortable, with ample
trousers and blouses of easy fit. In
some models blouse and trousers are
attached so as to have the effect of
a single garment. One of these in
pale pink erepe de chine has wide,
straight trousers that are caught up
with shirring Into a band of ecru
tinted Alencon lace from the instep
almost to the knee. The lace In these
narrow strips is set between shirrings
in the front of the blouse and a match,
ing edge finishes the bottom of the
over-blouse, which Is sleeveless. The
Ince nlso outlines a solnted yoke ut
the top.
Some handsome pajama salts, quite
mannish In cut, are made of tub silk
with bright stripes and of crepe print
ed with pretty flower patterns. The
fatter are bound In plain colored satin,
Pajama and pegligees are equally
fashionable for tea time or m hostess
costume and quantities of lace are”
used fo both
Parents usunily think of obedience
in children as the Immediate and prop-
er response to their commands. They
invariably endow obedience with much
virtue it does not possess. This is due
to the fact that the obedient child is
submissive to purental authority which
in itself gives parents a sense of
power,
What kind of a volee should a par
ent have, and how can she develop
it? The tone should be musienl, but
have sufficient earrying quality to
penetrate the ehlld's consciousness
and command his attention, At the
same time the tone must support and
reinforce the meaning of the words,
Whnt can parents do in the years
preceding thelr son's adolescence to
fortify him for his exacting ordeal?
The answer ig simple: They can build
his nutrition up to its highest possi
ble point and maintain it there they
can endeavor to realize and under
stand his psychological state, and help
him crystallize substantial thoughts,
purposes, and bellefs oui of his dell
cately balanced and easily influenced
jumble of ideas.
There are probably few toys which
have so many possibilities for con-
structive play. ealling into action so
many imaginative faculties and such
demands upon ingenuity, originality
and skilt as the tittle marionette the
And there are probably few toys
which mean so much joy to the whole
family and thelr friends on long win.
ter evenings and on holidays,
snler,
The living room is an index to your
famiy life. It should be a place where
fomfort, beauty and practicality are
skilifully and attractively blended.
It does seem unbelievable that any
woman should refuse to nurse her
hauby If she enn, since it Is 8 matter
of sure statistics that the hreast-fed
bahy has from four times as
good a chance of Hiving to be one year
fwo to
old ns does a “bottle baby,”
is put into the bottle,
Interesting
one of the finest things =a
Teachers association can do.
two or three programs a year that
fathers
of attack against
temporarily prodoace Im
method
will
A new
moensles
munity to the flireuase This sunw
serum is by some to kh
tanlue In the treatment of the disease
after it
though
has ance developed,
ir In checking the severity of the nt.
nek likewise, In the of
whooping cough. a vaccine is now used
the of the
its force, as well
Its walue,
still in question.
especial
ocnse
to shorten disence
and
prevention
course
lessen
Figure Types Determine
Waist and Skirt Limits
Fizure., now that it has
waistline placement and skint
of the 1930 frocks,
Bedwell in Liberty Magazine.
Lucien Lelong. noted
gnve aceording to Miss
couturier,
tedwell
tn he to the figure
the adorns—and skirt
ditte” Mizs Berwell continues, “These
words should offer genuine comfort
for the sorrowing sisters
shuddered at the bare thought
wearing a high waistline or letting
down their skirts, or worse yet sub
mifting to the prison of a corset in
order to be chic according to regula.
tions.”
ney arding
dress
-
who
x
Applique Tabbings Add
to This Circular Skirt
J
circular skirt reveals unusual ap.
ol 8. The tuck.in blouse
at neckline and three-quarter
length coat,
ACCURACY
The local politician stormed up to
the editor's home at a late hour and
pounded on the door. When the edi
tor appeared ut the window above he
shouted :
“I've read your slander on me and
I've eome to throw the charge back
in your teeth™
“Well, be a good fellow,” sald the
editor, yawning, “and throw it In the
bathroom window. [I've left my teeth
in there.”—Doston Transcript.
WHY THEY'RE SO CALLED
Wifie—Why do they call the street-
cleaners white wings?
Hubby —Because they're like angels.
Haven't you noticed that thelr visits
tn our street are few and far be
tween?
The Greatest of Fish Stories
he best of fish yarns have been made
Apart from active glory
Perhaps old Jonah, in the shade,
Thought up his splendid story.
“Unsperakable™ Ones Best
Mrs. Withers had been to the talk-
ing pictures for the first time,
“Ow did yer like it, Nell?" asked
“All right enough, but to tell yer
I'd rather “ave been to one
the old unspeakable ones.”—Lop-
don Passing Show,
Joke
is showing
An Ancestral
Yigitor butler,
him through the picture gallery of the
old fine portralt,
Is it an old
Butler—Qh,
missis!
{io wie
mansion) That's a
master?
hats the oid
no, sir;
Important
Old Lady~—My poor man, 1 suppose
have had many trials in your
Tramp-—Yes,
ma'am, but only one
Call the Wagzon
*l can’t express myself,” sald the
Thoughtful One.
“Of
course not,” retorted the Nut,
A GOOD GOLFER
“Is be a good golfer?”
“Oh, yes—always goes to church be
fore he plays his Sunday game™
Just Se
Bome think dancing on the wane
They are rather lax
Bvervwhers you g0 you see
Dancing on the wax
Cinching It
Miss Plamsmith—Are you going to
have your fiance present at your an-
pouncement luncheon?
Miss Mainchance—Sure thing? tle
hasn't yet acknowledged it before wit.
nesses,
More Noise
*Why can't you plense that custom:
er In a tie?”
*He wants a gray tle.”
"We have plenty of gray ties”
“He wants a loud gray.”
Squirrels Cage
“When are Joan and Ed to be mar
tied ™
“Never, I'm afraid”
“Why, how's that?
"Well, she won't marry him anth
he pays his debis, and he ean't pay
his debts until she marries him™
As You Were
fAe—Don't go. You are leaving me
entirely without reason. dee
She] always leave things as | tag