MARGARET WEYMOUTH ¢
JACKSON
TWNU Service
Copyright by Bobba-Merrill Co,
THE STORY
Renewing a childhood attache
ment, Ernestine Briceland, of a
wealthy family, is attracted by
Will Todd, newspaper artist, son
of a carpenter. Ernestine's sis-
ter, Lillian, knowing their father
would disapprove, urges her to
end the affair, but Ernestine re-
fuses. They make a runaway
marriage. Briceland is furious,
but helpless, as Ernestine is of
age, Loring Hamilton, lawyer,
wins Lillian’s consent to be his
wife, Will and Ernestine begin
their married life in a single
room in a humble neighborhood.
John Poole, Will's best friend,
gives a birthday party for Ernes-
tine at Ruby Pastano's resort,
Pastano {irritates Ernestine by
criticizing Will for bringing her
to such a place. Ernestine is
hurt because Will insists he must
take Poole, who is drunk, home
and leave her In care of his
friend, Tucker. It brings their
first quarrel.
CHAPTER V—Continued
sone Soon
“Undress and get in bed,” said Wilk
“What do you mean, sitting here, with-
out more clothes on, in this lcy room?
Do you wish to harm yourself?”
She laughed. “You are concerned
about my welfare, aren't you?"
taunted him, and for answer he seized
her shoulders and gave her a quick
little shake.
“Ernestine,” he demanded, “will you
«do as I say?”
She stood trembling, fighting down
the stupid well of tears, reaching out
after her departing anger.
“Will,"—her voice was as low, as
vital as his own—*“I'm in such a rage
that I have got to talk to you. You
can't treat me this way. You can't
leave me to the courtesy of strangers.
You can't take me to places
where there's drunkenness and im-
morality. You have got to be a bet-
ter husband to me than that. I have
given up everything for you—every-
thing—
“When
she
such
bed, T'll talk to
you,” he answered, as he threw off his
coat and went to the wardrebe and
brought her her warm dressing gown,
nightgown and fur-lined moccasins,
He undid the fastening of her dress
and before she could arm herself
against he lifted it off over her
head. The satin slip, the silken un-
derthings—her body was cold
marble, a moment, it she
you are in
Ten
aiid,
like
seemed,
Was in
in bed, drawing off her
gossamer hose and chafing her feet In
his cold hands until the
skin showed red with blood.
tucked her under the
brcught a chalr and sat
her, not touching her,
laughed again,
“If you really cared” she sald, her
eyes dark anger and pain,
“whether I were warmly in bed you
might have come with me to see.”
He was slient. He was very pale.
Small beads of perspiration stood upon
room,
to be {11," she sald
“Don't be afraid of that,”
he did
thtgown and dressing gown,
he was
own mottled
Then he
and
beside
covers
down
Ernestine
with
his forehead in the cold
“I am not likely
scornfully.
Still | not speak, but looked at
he trying to ar-
momentous decision In
bis mind. He took a cigarette from
his pocket with hands trembling so
that when he lighted it he burned him-
self, and flung the match away with
an angry exclamation,
though
some
her as
range
were
“Ernestine,” he sald, turning to her,
“there is one thing that I will never
take from you. You are hysterical
now, but no matter how angry, how
sick or upset youn are, there is one
thing that you must never say to me.
Never again. [I won't take it from
you”
He drew the smoke into his lungs
with an effort at self-control, while
she stared up at the blur of him, her
dark eyes swimming with tears,
“lI didn't know that you gave up
anything for me,” he sald. “I thought
this marriage was on both sides the
satisfying of a strong need. I never
asked you to make a sacrifice for me,
At least, that is not the way I thought
of it, and I don’t think you did either.
But if you made one, 1 will never ask
you continue it. Any time you
want what you left you have only to
put on your hat and go back and get
it. This must be understood hetween
us. You are under no compulsion to
stay with me. If you gave up other
things, it was because this was some.
thing you wanted more, Either our
marriage was a gain’ for both of us,
or It was a mistake”
“Why don’t you go ahead and re
mind me that I proposed to you?" she
sald, too helpless In her own emotions
to be sensible,
“Did you?” he asked coldly. *“1
thought the matter was spontaneous,
I thought it was inevitable, Don’t
, c¢heapen yourself with such a thought,
But however it happened, It was not a
sacrifice. I will not be sacrificed for,
I don’t want gnybody to give up any-
thing for me. Understand?”
There was a moment of silence, and
he went on swiftly:
“It may be that before we are
through with this business of marriage
it will be really hard for us, I don't
know that I'll ever be what your fam.
fly considers essential in a husband
a good provider. I may never make
more than a small living for us.
Sometimes, like now, I feel such power
fn me that I could go out and take
life by the throat. I feel at times that
to
there are big things In me, Ernestine,
But perhaps all human beings feel
that way. There are other moments
when I'm not even sure that I can
hold the job I have. What then?
Maybe there is worse ahead of us, in-
stead of better. What of that? Do
we love each other, or don't we? Are
we married, or are we simply having
a lovely time and will go home when
the party 1s over? You can do as you
like. I will not interfere with your
actions, but neither will I come home
and account for my own. If Mr, Poole
is drunk and it seems necessary to me
to go home with him, you must allow
me the exercise of my own judgment,
I didn't leave you unprotected. In
reality, you left me.”
“It wasn't only that"
actually defending herself. “It was
everything. Lillian and Loring com-
ing in on us, and Mr. Pastano—"
Half weeping, still partly in the hold
of anger, she told him all that Mr,
Pastano had sald to her, He listened
attentively, but made nothing of It,
“What do you care,” he exclaimed,
“what that bully says? It's only a
compliment, It's only a denial of his
She was
“f Didn't Leave You Unprotected.
in Reality You Left Me”
whole code of morals, The fact that
you could sit in his dirty place and
still be so clean that even he could
gee it, gives the lle to all he says.”
“I don't understand anything,
wailed Ernestine, “Only I was so
hurt— I had to go off alone with
them. You might have with
I was so happy, so thrilled, and
then everything was spoiled without
any warning. I can't adjust myself
to things like you do—I don't under.
Of course I care what Mr.
Pastano thinks. I don't want him to
think you would take me out to asso-
ciate with p-prostitutes!”
He sat on the edge of the bed now
and held her hand and smoked another
cigarette and thought about this. But
hey had back into a calmer
place. He began to reason with her
in his steady voice, looking down at
her with his kindled, Intelligent eyes,
“You see, Ernestine, he's got the old
ne on things, and we, I believe, want
Pastano’s morality and vir-
are only for women. I've been
there often, and he's made me very
welcome. How unreal it is. Virtue
a woman's prerogative, and a stone
wall about her to insure it. A harem!
You don't believe in walled gardens
for wives, you, Ernestine? After
all, no man can protect his wife's
virtue for her, If she Is determined to
throw it away."
“You think then that a husband has
no responsibilities at all?”
“1 didn't say that. Certainly he has
responsibilities. He Is to provide for
her to the best of his ability. He is
to share all his earnings and his honors
with her. He is to shelter her and
speak kindly to her and love her md
not find fault. He is to be faithful
in word and thought. He is to be
natural in his relationship with her
and avold sentimentality. ut also,
she is to be a woman grown and un.
afraid, his equal, not a child for him
to protect like a child,”
“You are so hard,” she wept,
hard with me.”
He bent and kissed her and pressed
his face to hers, “It's life,” he said,
“We have to grow up. Life Is hard”
Ernestine wakened next morning to
find that the pain and confusion of
the night before had vanished into a
new and not unhappy perspective on
her life,
“
come
me,
stand,
come
I
the new.
tue
do
gn
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"or the first time she could see
what a blow it had been to mamma
street, with no margin, no possessions
no possibility of restraint or economy
snkes she
them,
be so much easler for mamma.
had sald, agaln and again, “I promise
Will—I promise.”
for no such statement.
the bargaining. Whatever it cost—to
her family or to herself—she would
keep that promise to Will, and live on
what he brought her until he himselt
told ner to do otherwise.
Ernestine began to wonder if she
would be as good a wife and mother
as Elaine Briceland, when the time
came that Will had mgde good,
She paused to consider this thought
and smiled happily, for now she saw
that for the first time she was entirely
confident of Will's success. It had
been as much longing as conviction
before, but now she was sure. How
hard he was!
only admiration this morning, the
practical respect of a practical person
“If you want to go back, you've only
to put on your hat and do it!” She
wondered how many men had the
courage to take a stand like that,
She did not regret the quarrel at all
Her marriage had altained a new
reality, She knew that she was not
simply having a good time, She knew
that she could not go home when the
party: was over. They had advanced
from the honeymoon period Into per
manence,
In what way, here and now, could
she make this new feeling practical,
make it effective?
How would they meet the obligation
of childbirth? Would she go home to
mamma or to some hospital? They
would have to plan without mamma
if they were to be consistent, She
understood that bables fright
fully expensive, She had read articles
in magazines about them. Yet thou
sands of women with no more money
than had She
would have to find out how they man
aged.
She had done
were
ghe possessed babies,
She would have to see a doctor, ask
questions, answer them. She would
have to find out the rates at different
hospitals, under different conditions
And after she had Investigated the
matter and decided on her own plan,
she would have to begin to save a
definite amount every week, out of
Will's pay, that they might meet
the emergency. That would be fun-—
to have money In her hand, when her
time
She decided to say nothing to Will
about this until she knew. Like her
mother, she must her virtue
privately and let results speak for
her, She had a few dollars with
which to open a savings account,
There was a bank nearby, a branch of
a downtown bank. She would get a
metal coln chest for herself and WIL
Her mentgl activity now
physical, and she rose and dressed,
kissed Will lightly on the cheek, and
left a note on the dresser for him, lest
he think she had taken his advice and
gone home. Downstairs she found a
box full of roses for her, and a card
in it with a few words written In an
erect elaborate script:
“To beg forgiveness for my rude.
ness, and to express the hope that we
may be real friends some day.—L. 8.
Pastano.”
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rs #¥gs 1
came ;
exercise
became
Ermestine gave the roses to
lennett without comment and
out.
Last April she had been a school-
girl, Now she was filled with the sol.
emn Importance of wifehood and moth.
erhood. The sweet air filled her with
happiness. Her husband's face fled
before her mind's eye, down the long
curve of boulevard, an indignant coun-
tenance, flery, strong. Her heart
contracted within her at the thought
of him and his love.
The visit to the doctor's was pro-
longed, but she reached mamma's
house in time for lunch, and found the
two women so full of Lilllan's plans
that she kept her own secret,
Determined to make the day com
plete she left early and set out for the
long tiresome street car ride to the
Northwest side, She was ashamed to
realize how few were the visits she
and Will had made to the little house
where his mother and father lived.
She was at her mother’s Home two or
three times a week, but they had not
been to see Will's mother half a dozen
times in the months of their marriage.
It was not intentional neglect, but it
always seemed to work out that way,
Mrs,
went
long Journey.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
What is now the world's largest
known copper ore deposit was workéd
by the prehistoric Incas, judging by
remains that have been found at and
near the copper mines of Chuquica-
mata, Chile, Within the mine, primi-
tive tools have been found from time
to time, such as stone hammers and
wooden ghovels, as well as mummified
remains of early Indian miners, one
of which is now at the American Mu.
geum of Natural History in New York,
The ruins of Pucaro, an ancient
fortified city destroyed by the Span.
fards during their first Invasion of
Chile, are 20 miles from Chuquica-
mata. Ancient graves belonging to
this prehistoric city have yielded bowls
and other utensils of copper as well
a8 bead necklaces made from brochan-
tite and atacamite, minerals chinracter-
istic of the Chuquicamata deposits,
The Incas, reputed as pre-Columbi.
an, America's best miners and metal
workers, conquered this part of Chile
about 1448, it Is rellably estimated,
and the old mines may, therefore, have
been worked at least ninety years be-
fore the discovery of America. Kansas
City Star's Science Service,
Reason Enough
The Japanese have no swear words
Thus we know they never get out of
a bathtub to hear an apologetic volce
saying: “Wrong number.” — Glasgow
Republican.
for Little Girls
Will Appeal to Mothers Who
Wish to Solve Problem of
Summer Clothes.
Flowered prints under white cot-
tons are attractive for a girl Just
growing up to colors. She may wear
a dainty rosebud print glimpsed
through white organdie. Or an Inex-
pensive flower-sprigged percale may
he ruffled to make her dotted swiss
stand out. A coarse cotton, gayly
printed, takes on a fine alr secn
french volle, erossbar dimity
The frock illustrated has
the straight skirt so easy to cut, make |
sre :
Nee fe
Straight Skirt, Zasy to Cut, Practica!
for Sheer Cottons.
the Editors of
$' MAGAZINE
and Inunder and so practical for sheer
cottons.
ings are of the same ma-
teriai—ii
cular pi
ered on
le oval tabs made from cir
eces folded de
the curved edges
8 scallop effect
facin
bounce
and gath.
They form
along the tucks, neck
and sleeve caps. Armholes are |
are
nhl
able,
1 and sleeve caps sewed on
shoulders and down the
is a Paris version of the he
g
f
over the
sides. It
mother bubba
Home Companion,
coming rd.—-Woman's
Combinations, Nighties
Are in Matching Sets
Many of the Paris shops offer com
binations and nightgowns in
matching |
gowns |
pieces are |
{nme
the
sf
Inasmuch
just
often very nearly interchange
of the
sowWns
[TE ne newest
$
i. (hie
are knee leng
snhile
most beguiling of the new
lopsided V neck.
which
Another
und |
rouna
uses the new
line, outlined in pink satin, on
8 monogram is embroider
is of
neck.
A square
broidered
and long
cornflower crepe wit
yoke of fine net Is em-
with large blue polka
ribbon hows are
the very top of each shoulder,
like many of the new
ted in to the waistline by rows of fine
horizontal tucks at the and is
worn with a small string
All the rules which demand simplicl-
ty in lingerie are off when it is a
question of the de luxe trousseau. One
exquisite wedding nightgown has a
train of alencon lace. Another
ding nightgown is of ninon in the ap
proved dead white. ‘he sides are
trimmed by insets of valenciennes lace,
which is also used for a V-shaped
yoke,
dots
placed at
This,
gowns, is fit-
sides
belt.
wed
Wide Trousers Feature
Pajamas for Lounging
Lounging pajamas are taking a
broad interest in the silhouette.
Trousers are in most cases—volumli-
pous, that is, below the knees—and
give the impression of a wide skirt.
it would be difficult to say just how
far they are going in extending their
hemlines, but already the hems of
some trousers would measure almost
two yards fo each leg.
They are especially graceful when
created of the soft silks that are the
favorite fabrics of this costume at
present. One bewitching suit dis
played by an exclusive shop was of a
goft apricot silk flecked with gold.
The cont was cut away at the front
and rounded off with three peplum
ruffies, the edges of which were hem-
stitched. The trousers offered an
example of the very-wide-at-the bot.
tom idea and were quite simply fin
ished with a tallored hem at the bot-
New Hosiery in Pastel
Tints for Summer Wear
Whether your formal frock is mint
green or blush pink, your ankles must
match it. Clad in hose of pastel
shades, the-ankles are daintily re-
served about their appearance-—leav-
ing the toes of the opera pump to
play that role celebrated In verse. In
a day when It was smart to be de
mure, one's feet beneath a lengthened
frock “like little mice stole in and
sut.” Pastel hose are also an excel-
tent idea for the pastel slippers that
ar2 worn with light frocks for after
noon,
Double Necklace
Necklaces of astouishingly large
beads are best now. But the beads
are not heavy ones, Delicate forms,
lightweight materials and soft colors
are used,
Children need the companionship of
other children, not perhaps during the
first two years of life, but after that
more and more as the years go by.
They ought, therefore, to be part of
the day at school, Moreover, parents
have thelr own adult lives to lead
and must unduly restrain their chil
dren's activities if thelr children are
always about the house. In the mod-
ern small family it is very difficult for
parents not to give too much atten-
tion to thelr children Constant at-
tention over-stimulates a child and
makes him too much dependent upon
praise. And unless parents are ex-
ceptionally placid, their anxieties are
apt to the children timid 'n
play, or exasperated, owing to con-
stant interference.
make
When buying shoes for children In.
sist upon the following points: That
the shoes have a straight Inside line,
a flexible shank, and preferably no
toe caps. They should measure at
least half inch longer than the
foot measures from heel to toe. For
children who are walking the measure
ment should always be taken when
the child is standing and bearing bis
weight on the foot measured. Heels
on shoes are undesirable for children
Vhen they are
be
than
an
up to the eighth year,
added ft Is important that
broad, straight and not
half an high.
they
more
inch
Scarlet fever Is well
of the causes of partial or complete
Many of the heart kid.
8 which incapacitate
fit the of life
1 to an attack arlet
own a one
kn
1
deafness, and
prime
who
destroys property other
hildren, who b teases—all
i
children who present these and sim-
flar problems In our homes and scho<’-
room= must be studied for
Je causes
of their behavior,
books with-
ving all they say is one which
but too
The powe
out belle
education ough
often does not.
sonsidering its adaptability 0
children, some one may remember cot-
tage
it is
collage
cheese as tough as rubber, Again
io
§
cheese at home that all
well remind one who makes
pro-
teins sre toughened and rendered In-
of too
or of too long
digestible by the applicati
high a degree of heat,
continued heat,
to ba
thoroughly,
n their zeal
zeal the bables
often go
too far, especially at he seashore in
summer, and painful sunburns are
frequently babies young
children. If a is applied to
the skin before the child is exposed
to the the skin will tan without
being burned. If the burn has already
occurred, a piece of gauze or linen
soaked in a pure oll may be applied to
the sunburned area and will
ing. A solution of bicarbonate of 8»
may be used In the same way. Slight
burns or scalds from other causes are
treated In like manner,
Black and White Good
for Summer or Winter
ve
tanned mothers
seen on and
pure oil
sun,
he sooth-
Black and white is popular either
in summer or winter, Here is shown
a summer version of the eternal com.
bination—a frock of black on white
background uses such interesting ac.
cessories a. crystal beads, white
gauntiet gloves, black straw hat and
black shoes.
Pink Blouse
A luscious pink satin blouse, of
creamy soft pink tone, has its V neck,
its bowknot front decoration and bow-
knot cuffs piped in pale biue.
({), 1930, Western Newspaper Union.)
your shoulders bowed bY
trouble?
Do your worries seem to double?
Shift the burden.
Of the cares that you are bearing
Hesponsibilities you're sharing
Not a one Is worth the sharing.
Shift the burden.”
“Are
COOKERY SUGGESTIONS
Desserts, cakes and cookies which
may be made, put into the ice chest
and baked the next day
or a few baked during a
period of several days
will give the nily
fresh, delightful food at
a small cost of time,
ice Box Cookies ~—
Boll two and two-thirds
cupfuls of sugar,
third cupful of
sirup and one-half cupful
cool, 8dd one beaten egg
two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, four cup-
fuls of pastry flour, four teaspoonful
of baking powder gifted several times
with the flour to blend It, tea-
if Onne
of chopped
One.
maple
one
Mix and make into rolls, lay
a cloth and place In the ice box.
ind bake as many as are needed
jny. Remove them at once
baked to the
Delicate White Cake.—This
recipe which
on
or they will stick
loaf two-
and
two cupfuls
teas
nakes a
fine-grained
or a
layer cake
Take
y flour, three poon-
fuls of bal
of bu
we} Coe
whites beat
add the st
the
ith the
whites
with
at the
Bake one hour if
1 te. A
ot . miriid eo
LO twWelliy-ave niaul
Devil's Food Cake.~—This
able recipe that will
tins,
the
any sweet
brown
fiuffy
diy.
one at a time—beat
the
1 a
RTA,
Rabbit in Tomato Sauce.—Take one
; cut into servin
ip each
deep iron skille
salt and pepper
half cupfuls of tomato pulp and
and three cupfuls of boiling
Cover and simmer on the top of stove
or in the oven for an hour. A 1
more thickening may be a
needed just before serving.
Rabbit is becoming such popu!
that the markets usually have a good
of this and
ar food
delicate tender
meat.
VARIOUS GOOD THINGS
Custards are the common summer
ferent and
garnishes. As they
are one of the eas-
lest of desserts to
digest, they make
especially good
ones for the little
people and the
aged.
Cheese Custard.—Take one cupful
of cottage cheese, mix with beaten
egg yolks, two-thirds of a cupful of
sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt,
two-thirds of a cupful of sweet milk,
one tablespoonful of melted butter,
Cool
meringue,
using the whites of the eggs ant two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, Jake the
custard until firm in the center, placed
in a pan of hot water.
When preparing a fish loaf or salad
use sections of lemon pulp instead of
pickles when called for in the recipe.
This will also answer for any acid
needed to make the mixture palatable.
Asparagus With Mock Hollandaise.
Take one tablespoonful of butter
and two of flour, mix well, add three.
fourths of a cupful of milk, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, pepper to taste, a
dash of cayenne, the yolks of two
sggs—added after the flour and milk
mixture is well cooked, Now add one-
fourth of a cupful of butter bit by bit,
stirring well; then add one table
spoonful of lemon juice. Garnish
with pimento. Serve with fresh.
cooked asparagus,
Toasted Cinnamon Sandwich. But.
ter thin slices of white bread, spread
with a thick layer of brown sugar and
cinnamon, using one-hall cupful of
sugar and two teaspoonfuls of cinna.
mon. Put two slices of bread togeth-
er and cut into finger sizes. Toast on
both sides, Serve with tea or
chocolate,
Chopped uncooked prunes, sweet
cream and a teaspoonful of lemon
julece makes another delectable sand.
wich filling.
flavors