CHAPTER VI—Continued wee] Free “You must keep on hoping,” pleaded Miriam, “They like Hiram,” continued thelr father, “They evidently want him.” “Oh, no,” gasped Marjory. “Not Hiram, father, Not in your church” “I like him myself,” sald her father gently. “Better him than—some others.” But Marjory shook her head pas sionately. “No, no,” she whispered. “Not in your church.” Ginger hurried back with the “Dis sipline.” “Find It, Mirlam. You're up on Indexes.” Miriam deftly turned to the Index. referred to section 341, hurried down to paragraph 2, and read aloud. “‘The annuity claim of a Retired Minister shall be not less than one seventieth (1-70) of the average sal ary, house rent excluded, of the effec tive members of his Conference who are Pastors or District Superintend- ents, multiplied by the number of his years of service in the effective rela tion, including two years on trial, as a member of an Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church—'" “Mercy,” interrupted Ginger. “It's geomelry., We'll have to walt till Horace comes home.” “Why, it's very simple,” explained her father. ‘One seventieth of the salary of our conference—we are not a very rich one, you know—is twenty- one dollars. Muliiply that by—" “X—darling, you forgot x,” Inter rupted Ginger again. “X is the number of years one has been preaching. My x is twenty- three. Multiply twenty-one dollars by twenty-three years, and it comes to four hundred and eighty-three dollars. But we have not quite enough money in our treasury to meet the claims in full, so the pro rata reduction would allow me about three hundred and twenty dollars a year. Approximate ly twenty-five dollars a month. That vill hardly support a family.” “Oh, dearest, you have supported us long enough,” said Mirlam. “It is our turn now.” “Why, father, with your twenty-five a month, and my—er progpects— Why, darling, we'll be-—simply—jake.” At eleven o'clock, Eddy Jackson came with Hiram Buckworth and the two men listened In silence as they told them, as indifferently as they could, of the purport of the special meeting. “So that's what it was” Eddy said soberly. “lI was afraid of it.” “They needn't offer me your church” said Hirum Buckworth stoutly. “1 wouldn't accept it for any considera. tion—either financial or spiritual” Marjory glowed at nim. “Unless.” he added reflectively, “unless they would make some grrangemeont to let us both work along together, and me as your assistamt—until you eyes are restored.” use “You couldn't work as my assistant, Hiram. You are too good a man for that. And | couldn't even assist you -hlind as | am.” “1 don't the church as a whole will stand for it,” Eddy Jack- son broke out, finally. *Oid Jop bas just talked them into this. And I'l bet 1 can talk them out of ir. | say we just walk out on them and start a church of our nwn. They might keep most of the money, but we'd take most of the religion.” “An affectionate thoughy” smiled Mr. Tolliver. “But not a very Chris. tian one. No, Eddy, this is the thing a ininiste: accepts, and does not fight.” “Put up your sword, Peter,” quoted Ginger softly “Well, if worst comes to worst,” de. clared the young man, “I'll move the whole gang of you cut to Pay Dirt, and install you in the lab. And we'll start a farmers’ spiritual union.” Laughing at that, they walked slow. iy out the flagstone path to the curb. “How's the private business coming along?” Eddy asked in a low volce, “Rather slowly, in the face of such an emergency as this” Ginger Ella sighed. “1 may have to forge an. other link or go.” —— CHAPTER VII believe A stricken silence prevailed in the sturdy little touring car that Eddy Jackson guided carefully along the country roads from Red Thrush to Pay Dirt. Not one werd was spoken. But in the rear seat, Miriam, the sen. sible twin, sat with one of her father's hands crushed tightly between both of hers, and now and then she pressed it against her cheeks In a wordless passion of sympathy, longing to com- fort. It was not until the car stood before the side porch of the big white house, and Miriam, with firm, light hand, ha” led her farher up the steps, that Eddy spoke. “Mr. Tolliver,” he sald awkwardly, “don’t worry. It's a raw deal, all the way round, but honestly—they mean all right. We'll do something about fit, that's all.” “There's nothing to do, Eddy. And they not only mean all right, they are all right” “And If it goes through the way they have planned, we'll start something on our own account, We're right in the midst of the farming district here, und a lot of these people don't bother to go so far to church, Pay Dirt is big. We'll bulld a lite chapel of our v Illustrations by Irwin Myers Copyright, by Bobbs Merrill Ce, WNU Service == own, and run it to suit ourselves. 1 —don't want you to leave Red Thrush.” “You're a good friend, and a good man, Eddy,” sald the other gratefully. “But don’t have me too much on your mind. It's all right. 1 will never do anything that does not completely ac- cord with the policy of our church, you understand. Good night, my dear boy, and to repeat your own words, don't worry.” Silently, up the stairs to the right wing, Miriam guided his steps. She turned back the covers of his bed, carefully spread out the things he would need for the night, placed a fresh towel on his rack. “Father, shan't 1 read to you a while?” she offered. “Until you feel tired enough to sleep.” “No, thanks, dear, not tonight. You're a nice girl, Miriam, but I don't “How's the Private Business Coming Along?” Eddy Asked in a Low Voice. want to be read to. things to think of.” “But, darling—they things.™ “Well, some of them are. You, for instance.” I have many arent nlce “Father,” her volce was low, almost apologetic, “father, ycru know we are 80 used to each other, you, and we girls, living together all the time, and arguing, and quarreling, and making up. We—never, say the real things that are in our minds. But father, In our hearts, we—all of us—think you are just wonderful, father.” His arm tightened about her shoul ders. “And 1 tease you girls, and laugh at your little tricks. and your vanities, and what gllen calls your man-madness jut all the time 1 know you are the very best girls In the world” “Oh, father, we aren't. Well, Helen, she Is awfully good. And Gloger Is good, too, in her funny way. Bat Marjory and 1 are not much.” There was silence between them, ns each smiled tenderly Into the dark. ness, thinking of the thousand sweet, ridiculous, whimsical, pathetic hap. penings of the shabby old Methodist parsonage. But after a little while, he sent her back to bed, and to sleep. But Wesley Tolliver himself lay awake ali night, thinking of many things. When Miriam entered his room the next morning she found him standing by the window, fully dressed. ‘Oh, *ather, you're getting too smart for me,” she sald regretfully. jut when he turned to look ait her, the expression on his face sent a swift gind brightening over her own, “Oh, father,” she cried again, “You've thought of something! Every. thing is all right again, isn't nr He laughed quite merrily at her young eagerness. “Perfectly all right again,” he assured her. “Oh, tell me all about begged. it,” she But this he denied her. “You must walt to share it with the rest of the family. .How impetucus you are get. Ing—why, you are quite another Gin- ger!” So Mirlam was obliged to content herself by straightening his tle, and giving a careful brush to his hair, be- fore she led him down to breakfast. Here, apologetieally, he asked an ad- ditional favor at the hands of Eddy Jackson, “You have done so much, Eddy, and you ere always so kind that I really hate to ask anything more of you. But 1 must go no right after break- fast to speak to my daughters. I shan’t be gone long, but I must go. Now If you can't take me, or send one of the men, suppose I Just tele- phone In for a taxi” “Of course I can take you. Why, I haven't a thing to do,” led Eddy Jackson stoutly, “Father!” ejaculated Miriam. “The way you talk of ordering taxis one would think you were a doctor or a lawyer at the very least.” So 2ddy Jackson relinquished his experiments for another day, and after a few brisk instructions to the men, turned his small car toward town again. But be would not ae- company the minister and als daugh- ter Into the house, suid Ye bad an errand uptown and would be back for them In an bour, realizing that this hour was to be a sacred one, and thay even the presence of a friend as faith. ful as himself would be an ‘utrusion. It was Gloger who first caught sight of the touring car unloading its passengers at the end of the flag. stone path, and her voice sent its sum- mons ringing over the house. “Margie, quit primping this minute, Come down. It's father! Father's come! Take off your curlers, Jenky, It's father !™ And their eager feet brought them swiftly, each In something of dis. habllle, to receive the one who had left them so sadly the night before. He was no longer sad. He greeted them brightly, smiling warm affection upon them “What a glom and gloomy old parent 1 was last night,” be began at once, curmudgeon you had to put up with!” “Father, no!” Then his volce deepened. “Girls, forgive me. 1 was surprised, and I lost my bearings. Bat just for a little while.™ “You've got them again™ Ginger trinmphantly, He smiled at her. “Yes. [I've got them again ut 1 shouida’t have lost them. Sit down, girls— Miss Jenking— let's talk It over together. You see, it Is like this, Years ago, before even Helen was born, 1 dedicated my life to the Lord's work. service, my time, my family, crowed it? show me where, nnd how, I to do about 17 Nothing. foolish | was.” “Father,” gasped Ginger In --10 get well any more? going to give up—and let got ’ “Most certainly oot, my dear child as | can, and get just as strong as I can. 1 shall go to Chicago for all the care we can possibly afford shall pray without ceasing for God to bless the means we nse. But the outcome—what difference does that make? None. If | am not to be used in Red Thrush any lunger, what qQif- ference? Perhaps [ shall be of serv. ice some place else. If I have com- pleted by labor entirely, that is en- tirely satisfactory to me. | am per- fectly content, 1 have no fears, not even for my dear daughters, for whom I wished to do so much. Foolish of me! Did | not dedicate my family cares nloag with the rest of my life? How foolish it was for me Lo worry.” *Of course it was. For I told you I would take care of you. Don't laugh! I mean ft” “lI am not laughing, Ellen, I belleve you. When the times comes, I know that you truly wiil take care of me. And I am glad to have it to be sure of.” ¢« (TO BE CONTINUED) If, on your vacation you happen to stumble into the town of Qurna at the Junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers you may not be impressed by the scenery or the city but you will soon be Informed that It Is the site of the Garden of Eden and to prove it you will be shown the “Tree of Knowledge,” says a writer In the Washington Star. The tree Is merely a decayed trunk with a few scraggly branches and these will soon be out of business, but the natives have thought. fully planted another tree nearby and this baby will probably do service ns “the tree” when the older one has de parted. Anyone visiting this locality fs pro- sumed to have come to see the tree, for there Is little else, and the chil dren of the town are eager In thelr efforts to act as guides to visitors, The new arrival is at once spotted and Sl surrounded by the juvenile guides and almost dragged to the tree, Arriving on the ground the boys will bound in. to the branches and offer chips as souvenirs. ———————— Pigs as Currency A traveler who has returned to Eng. land from the Pacific has been telling Some amusing stories of things that go on in the New Hebrides Pigs, he Says, are not only eaten on a large scale, but they are the standard cur rency In the island. There are cer taln ceremonles at which ft is very Important to have pigs, and they are i | i f ! manding Interest on thelr loan, and when the pig Is paid back It must be the size the pig that was loaned would have grown to during the time It was borrowed. Shop Women Use Clothes Judgment Problem of Buying Is Much Easier Than for Girls at Home, School. For the majority of business wom- en the dress problem is simpler than for most married women, and for the younger girls who work the problem of buying clothes 1s a simpler one than it is for the majority of girls at home or In college, for the simple reason that girls and women who work usually have relatively more to spend on dress than those who do not, ob- serves a writer in the Boston Herald. We used to marvel at the good appearance of the poor little working girl, now we have cause to marvel at the good appearance of the poor little girl who doesn't work. There are, however, numerous business women whose home obligations are such that they must strictly {imit the amount to be spent on dress. There are older women In every office, school and store whose positions require a well groomed, smart appearance, yet who, a8 a matter of fact, are free to spend considerably less on their own dress than younger women whose actual in- come Is much less, For the business woman It is an excellent plan to settle on some one predominant color scheme for the en- tire season and this color should be determined at this time of year by the winter coat. If your coat Is brown the best possible color for dresses is best limited to browns, beige, green with brown or belge and black with brown, which is very good this sea- son. If your coat is dark blue your possible color schemes are various blending blues, blue and belge, blue and gray, blue and black, gray or beige alone. Red or orange are often effectively used with these various blue colors combinations, and some. times green may be With Natural Krimmer Collar. blue. If you choose belge for your coat It may be used with almost any other color save gray. It is an Interesting fact silks and sating were upon as materials for women of wealth and leisure, the great majority of women working In stores and offices now wear silk for every day and satin crepe Is one of the most practical of all materials. This winter we shall ge more woolen office dresses, because fine wool jersey and wool crepe have come into fashionable prominence and many of these light wool materials are pot excessively warm. while Inoked that once doubtiess or shop where black apparel is pre scribed there Is nothing smarter than a black satin crepe dress made 10 be worn with detachable lingerie collar and cuffs or vestee of lace, fine mull or georgette. The longer skirt of the season adds elegance and grace to this one.plece black dress. The care ful adjustment of sleeves and shoul. ders and the trim draping of the ma. terial at the waistline and over the hips lift a dress of this sort out of the realm of the ordinary, For office wear there is much to be sald in favor of the one-piece dress, and just as much to be sald in favor of the separate skirt and blouse, pos- sibly with jacket or cardigan. If the one-piece dress Is worn with detachable washable collars and cuffs it can be kept fresh In fact as in ap- pearance—but there Is no office out- fit that gives one quite the sense of perpetual freshness as that consist. Ing of skirt and jacket to be worn with a washable light silk or linen blouse, Separate blouses may be bought for little or many be made for even less and this season it is possible to buy attractive jacket sults for a most reasonable price. Those of jersey In a tweeddike mixture of brown and beige, blue and gray, black and white or gray, or wood violet and buff are especially good at the present time, In Black Velvet The black velvet dress that Is the style leader Is made with a long and elaborate skirt and a comparatively simple bodice, often relleved with a little saft lace about the collar, A sense of comradeship, of joint en- deavor, of mutual helpfulness has re sulted In all communities where a Parent-Teacher association has been or- ganized, Between ten and thirteen, boys face a dangerous age when they need all the help that parents can give them In order to meet successfully the trials of adolescence, A mother should listen to herself as she talks. Let her hear, not what she planned to say, but what she actually does say. Especially let her observe how she talks; her rate of peed, the high or low pitch of her voice, the quality of feeling In her tone. Let her listen to herself as though she were listening to the speech of anoth- er person, and let her try, through the use of her Imagination, to determine what effect her volee would probably have on the listener. Help your children to make friends of books and you have provided them with a lifelong Interest and satisfae- tion, Children used to to dancing school to learn the two step, the waltz, But styles of dancing and methods of teaching have changed to suit present-day needs of young peo- ple, go the schottische, That Infant mortality In this coun- try Is being lowered Is evidenced by the annual report of the American Child Health association published re. cently. The death rate among baubles for 1928 was 68.3 per thousand for the 719 cities of the birth registration area. While this rate 1s three points higher than that for 1027. it stands out a8 the second lowest infant death rote ever recorded for the this country, cities of A rug with an all-over pattern and chairs uphc in a fabrie sponged soap gt ere a be and water are ideal for a dining and re | | for a dining ry which ff with cnn Oi W room used by youngsters, The child can be helped nervous, irritabl proper play his difficulties, There is lonelir no a} where hildren are. our t to fall young in hear for the Quiet Wedding "ith the growing sentiment vor this side » Atlas the season's veivetl is } oon, A cont of the velvet wil iplete the fur this 1 econ costume, or later, a wan In an of description a one-piece grown, with separate wrap, and the three-piece ensemble of skirt and coat and a blouse matching the cont lining are equally suitable. Be- velvet there are the soft satin gowns that answer for many occasions the year round, and that may be worn for a simple home wedding. sf ouing sides Coarse Nets for Afternoon | Evening frocks of coarse nets were a feature of the Paris opening and Upon thelr introduction come frocks made of sn me With graceful close-fitting bodices, natural walstlines close, afternoon the materials long skirts, and long sleeves, they possess all the distinctive features of the 1030 mode. | i i Appliques for Children TR led The KITCHEN CABINET (G3, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) To add to the resources of life think how much that means! To add to those things that make us more at home in the world: that help guard us against ennul and stagnation: that invest the coune try with new interest and entice ment: that make every walk in the fields or woods an excursion into & land of unexhausted treasures: that make the returning seasons All us with expectation and de light: that make every rod of Eround like the page of a book, in which new and sirange things may be resd; in short: those things that help keep us fresh and sane and young and make us immune to the sirife and fever of the world John Burroughs, o« THINGS NEW AND OLD A peanut brittle that the Chinese way of is different is making it. Chinese Peanut Brittle.—Take one cupful brown each Bugar, sirup, and until it makes a hard ball in cold water. Then add one-half cupful of puffed rice and one Pour out In a but- of corn cook Sunday Night Sandwich, — Spread rye or graham bread with cheese ang sprinkle with chopped black walnut meats Cottage cheese with cream or any grated rich cheese softened with cream makes a good spread. Cut into rounds with a bak. Ing powder can they most at- open sandwiches, Sliced olives make fine garnishment any soft ake stuffed dg This dainty little dress for a" small girl Is in pink crepe de chine. It is trimmed with smocking and circular appliques, It ig » Paris model, Ginger, Nut Sandwich. —Take one. cupful of chopped one-fourth et cream preserved of fuel it i fod thick p up and one upful nd the tered of mixture bread, using on round whole Mapla sugar, grated tittle ere and chop walnuts, a dainty sandwich to serve at Fried Egg Sandwich.—This Fs which will appeal 1 ikes a deliclons 0 the a thinly ter and cook with tween butte Serve Fruit Rocks. —( of butt ed hot er wit ¥ Ov Likeable Foods. A nice dish which the ciilid n will bananas, cooked rice. the bananas and little lemon cent stirred into Sweeten add a Juice to ac- Serve sly er > Le ad) the flavor, with cream, A delicious einnamon roll which is very popu- lar is prepared as usual, then placed in a baking pan In which the following sirup has been poured: Heat two tablespoonfuls sugar and one-fourth cupful of water until it forms a sirup. Cool and pour into a baking pan, or cook the sirup in the pan in which the rolls are to bake, add a half cupful of pecan meats and place the rolls in the sirup. Bake in a moderate oven and out and serve bottom side up. Clover rolls are very attractive. Use any mixture, place small balls of the dough three In each compartment of the gem pan. Make the rolls about the size of a walnut before they rise, When baked they will fill the gem pans, {ye bread is such a well ITked bread that one enjoys making it at home occasionally, California Rye Bread.—Sonk one yeast cake In one-half cupful of luke- warm water to which one teaspoonful of sugar has been added Let stand about twenty minutes or longer to be- gin to rise, then add to four cupfuols of rye flour, three cupfuls of butter milk, two teaspoonfuls of salt, and the softened yeast and stir well, Set away to rise, then add enough wheat flour to make the mixture a little sin. er than ordinary bread. Form Into loaves, add a half cupful of caraway seeds If liked. Brush with sweet fat, let rise until double its bulk and bake one hour in a moderate oven. Peanut Butter Tea Rolls. Dissolve one cake of compressed yeast in one. fourth cupful of lukewarm water. Add to one cupful of scalded milk, one half cupful of peanut butter, three and one-fourth to four cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of melted butter, one. fourth cupful of sugar, two teaspoon. fuls of galt, two beaten eggs and a few gratings of nutmeg. Let rise, shape Into rolls, brush with softened hutter and let rise until light. Bake fifteen minutes In a hot oven. Nese Mey turn ~~ or’
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