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CHAPTER IX—Continued
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At the hospital an interne was very
Dusinesslike,
“Her husband has Identified her.
Yes, he Is with her now. No, you can't
<come in—well, only for a moment.”
There lay Ernestine in the stiff, long-
sleeved, hospital shirt, her hair black
between her white face and the white
pillow, a nurse beside her counting
her respiration, Will crouching there,
his face against the covers, Her eyes
were opened, flushed with fever. She
was talking—pleading—in delirium,
Ernestine, the darling sister—in this
dreadful place!
“You will
all have to go,” said the
nurse, snapping shut her old-fashioned
watch and darting a resentful look at
the Interne. “We cannot have any.
body in this ward after hours. Mr,
“Todd, you will have to go.”
“Ernestine,” cried Lillian,
tine sald quickly:
“Will's coming. 1 tell you my name
is Briceland B-r-i-c-e-l-a-n-d—1 think
there's more. The bus ran over me-—
it leaped at me-"
“She wus crushed? exclaimed Lil.
dian, and the nurse sald:
“No-—she's just delirious,
“Can't we have her moved to a pri.
vate room? €Cap't we her? It
was Loring now.
Will had lifted his face, and he
stared at Ernestine and gently
smoothed her cheek, while her bright
eyes turned on him,
“Papa—you must find
worry,” she urged him,
“l can't say about moving her.
You'll have to the floor doctor.
She Is very ill to be moved—please
eave the ward now.”
definite.
and Ernes-
Please go.”
move
Will—he'll
see
Training
behind her, and
The nurse was
and authority were
they withdrew. Even Will had to
{eave her, but Ernestine made such an
outcry that the nurse permitted him
to come back until Loring should make
arrangements to move Ernestine.
Lillian found herself in a tiny re-
<eption room furnished barely. Loring
Had gone to the office, Mrs. Bennett to
the phone booth downstairs. For a
moment Lillian thought she was go-
ing to be sick. She dung desperately
to the arms of the chair. She was
the only woman in the room. A black
man stood near her, twisting a cloth
«<ap in his hands, his lips moving
soundlessly. There was another man,
shabby, unclean, suffering in patient
silence, and they were Joined by a
third and then a fourth vague quiet
figure,
Lillilan's feelings were not of pity
Hut revulsion. She could not bear it—
Ernestine here with the scum of the
earth—mamma's baby—their beauty—
in this place that smelled of lysol, that
was as full of the sounds of sickness
and suffering as purgatory is full of
groans, This place was hell, it was
nightmare, There came from the
streets the clang of an ambulance—
and a stretcher moved in the hall
Loring was beside her, beckoning.
“We are taking her to the Presby-
terian hospital. They'll have a room
and a nurse for her when we get
there. Also a good doctor.”
Lillian followed him in confusion.
The ambulance she had heard was for
Ernestine. The taxi threaded after It
JSirough streets, and again there
wns delay. Mrs. Bennett left them to
zo back home, Vill was with Ernes-
tine and siret jut now, at
last, a small freshly painted room, as
les #n ns a scalded dish, a high nar.
row hed, by an open window, an elee-
tric fan white dressing table, a
«hair or two, and a graduate
cool. There was a
the
the cher,
on a
nurse,
capable, doctor,
t00,
Lillian stood just inside the door,
The doctor was silent for a long time,
examining Ernestine, reading the copy
of the chart that had been sent with
her,
“Uremea-—and some albumen,” he
sald as though any of them knew
what he meant. “The baby will be
premature-—if we can get her through
her confinement now swiftly, she'll be
all right. When did you say she was
expectant?”
Will named the date. The doctor
nodded with satisfaction as though his
worst fears were confirmed,
“Well, it's a nasty case,” he sald,
“but perhaps we shall pull her through,
Miss Nana"-—he turned to the nurse
with a rapid fire of Instructions and
requests and laid his coat aside,
“Now-—there's nothing any of you ean
do but give us elbow room and qulet,
She's already had two convulsions.
When the next comes we shall be
ready for her—" The horrid word
shot through Lilllan's mind like a
sword thrust, No-—no--only idiot chil.
dren—only diseased and terrible peo-
ple—only the poor and helpless were
so afflicted. Not Ernestine-—oh, God
not Ernestine!
The doctor put them out with de
tiberate firmness, allowing Will to stay,
“It you go acroas the street, there's
a nice little hotel there. Tell the
clerk I sent vou, and go to bed. Miss
Nana will call you if there's any
change, or If she's delivered. The bat-
tle is ours, now.”
Lillian knew that it was ns hard for
Loring as it was for her to accept this
dismissal and leave Will behind, WIll
was so futile! He would have left
her in that other dreadful place,
In sllence they crossed the street,
registered at the hotel, and were as-
signed a room. They moved about in
silent misery, looking out of the win-
dows at the walls of the hospital.
“Did you know Will lost his job?"
Loring hesitated. “Yes,” he sald
at last. “I knew it."
“But why—
“I didn't know how Ernestine would
take it, if I butted In. 1 thought she
would let us know If she needed us.”
“You know how proud she is—"
Loring moved restlessly. “I think
I'll go back to the hospital, You stay
here. Ne need for both of us to go.
I'll eall you if you're needed.”
Weary and confused, Lilllan took
off her clothes, bathed in the tiny bath.
room and lay down across the bed,
partly dressed again, Her whole
thought was strained at first toward
the hospital and the possible issue of
Ernestine’s illness. Then her thoughts
turned and turned, from Loring to
Ernestine, to Will, to mamma and
papa and Ernestine and’ back to mam-
ma again, Mamma had allowed papa
and Loring to dictate to her about
Will's father. That had really sep-
arated Ernestine from them long ago.
They had offered Ernestine their love
and help only at the price of betrayal
of her marriage. Tears came to Llil-
lian, and eventually, tired and sad, she
fell asleep.
Daylight streaming over her bed
wakened her. She rose, dressed, went
across to the hospital and asked for
1
She Sat There and Watched Him Pre.
pare Supper.
wondering as she did so whether
should have asked for
Will,
or not she
Loring.
Will came to her in the reception
room, looking at her from dull heavy
eyes, silent, waiting.
“How is Ernestine, Will?"
him softly.
“She is still very fl,"
and added as an sfterthought:
baby is a girl”
He was exhausted, unshaved, sad
and awry. As he stood there looking
vaguely about him he seemed to Lli-
lian the most forlorn and helpless hu-
man being she had ever seen, She
pitied him, but he vexed her,
“Oh, Will," she sald impulsively,
“you shouldn't have allowed Ernestine
to have this other baby-—so soon,
when you weren't prepared. You
should have protected her.” He avert-
ed his face, but she saw his flush,
“I've got to go back upstairs,” he
sald, and added, as he turned to the
door, “Loring has already lectured me
on birth control. He's left the hos-
pital. You must have missed him.”
Lillian was ashamed. She had not
intended to say such a thing. It was
none of their business, really, At the
hotel she stopped at the desk for the
Key, but Loring had it. She went up
in the quiet elevator. When she opened
the unlocked door of their room and
went in, Loring was lying back in a
chair by the open window, his hat on
the floor beside him, his collar and tie
lying upon it. He was staring straight
before him, and when Lillian came to
his side he looked up at her with a
piteous expression,
For a moment, standing there, a
dart of such pain went through Lil
lian that she cried out, This was
what Ernestine could do to Loring.
She knew, with a gripping pang of
conviction, that nothing that could
ever happen to her would cause him
such anguish--such rout, This was
what Will meant when he sald that he
knew what was the matter with Lor.
ing! She fell on her knees beside
him, sobbing, and laid her face upon
his knee. His hand fell on her shoul:
ders. He mistook her fear and pain,
“She'll be all right, Lillian,” he whis-
pered. “God grant she will! The doe.
tor said that a day or two will tell.
It's uremic poisoning.”
He sat forward in his chair, and his
clenched hand fell on one knee, while
the other arm held her convulsively,
“Thank God you weren't there.
Thank God you will never know how
she suffered. Will fainted once, and
the nurse brought me into the room,
They were fighting death like a physi.
cal foe. 1 helped to hold her—" fe
gave a stifled ery and tore the but.
tons from his shirt as he expanded
she asked
he answered,
“The
his Tung agalyat the crushing four
that lay upon him,
“Oh, Lillian,” he cried to his wife,
“1 don't see how she can llve—after
last night, The doctor thinks she will,
and so does Doctor Grey. He's with
her now. But 1 don't see how she
can survive that struggle. But one
thing Is settled for us, for ever.” [le
pulled her tear-wet face up from his
knee, and looked at her with blazing
eyes, “You and I will have to be
enough. No child Is worth such £n-
guish, No life Is worth—death, No
children—for us.”
She hid her face against him,
arms held him close,
“1 don't care, If only you will love
me."
He pressed her to him but his eyes
had flown to the windows of the hos-
pital, and she felt a tremor pass
through his big frame.
*» . . - » - *
Ernestine stayed In the hospital un-
til the baby was a month old. Will
borrowed the money from Mr. Poole
and pald the hospital bill, pald the
nurse and the two doctors, the day
she was to be discharged. Loring pro-
tested In vain. The removal to the
expensive private hospital had been
his suggestion--it was he who got the
nurse, who got the two doctors; he
had planned to meet all these ex.
penses, jut Wil was deaf to him,
He was going to pay Ernestine’'s hos.
pital bill, he declared, if he had to rob
a bank. What business was it of lor.
ing's? It was Wii's wife— Will's child.
Legully the debt was Todd's. There
was nothing that could be done about
it, but the argument increased the bad
hlood between the men. Ernestine
wanted to go to her own home, she told
Lillian, Mamma was hurrying back
from Europe. The house at the inke
was closed. Lillian remonstrated with
Ernestine's determination to go back
to the house out In Mayfair.
“But what will you do?” she asked,
and her face grew red. “Will isn't
even working.”
“Yea, I am,” sald Will. “I started
today. Mr, Poole is going to open an
independent studio, and I am golng to
work for him. He's got hold of the
copyrights to his old strip and we are
going to syndicate it ourselves. It
will bring us in a lot of I'm
to get fifty dollars a begin
with and we'll be all right.”
Lilllan's dismay was not
diminished, by this news, com.
bination of WHI and Mr. wae
worse than nothing, It appeared to her.
“I don't know what mamma will
say,” she protested feebly, but neither
Ermestine nor Wil seemed to be
moved by that,
It was a wonderful day when Ernes-
tine went home. All the way home In
the taxi Will held the baby In one arm
and Emestine in the other, and his
face } when at
Her
money.
week to
increased,
The
Poole
was shining with joy
inst they stood in their little kite!
she weak and trembling In his arms,
He was starved for her, but he kissed
her gently, got the rocker and filled
it with cushions and placed it by the
open kitchen door, She sat there and
watched him prepare supper,
“Will,” she said, when they had
eaten, and he had closed the door
against the fall dusk, “you're like you
used to be. You're like you were that
day we met upon the street, when I
first fell In love with you, Tell me,
what is it?
“The new job, I guess. I'm crazy
about it, Ernestine. In the first place,
to be working again is good-—and to
be working for John Poole.—~And then,
Emestine, I think we're going to do
it.—I believe we'll make a success
a big one™
His enthusiasm was boundiess.
While he washed the dishes he talked
to her, and then they put the chil-
dren to bed, and he drew Ernestine
onto his knees,
“Tell me, Ernestine—it was an un-
godly business—but you aren't sorry,
are you? Now that you're both home
again—you're glad got her—
aren't you?”
They sat looking at the baby, Will
pressed his cheek against Ernestine’s
shoulder,
“Tell me”
nen,
we've
he implored her,
Ernestine understood his need for
assurance. He was still suffering from
the humiliation LilHan and Loring had
heaped on him.
“They said—I shouldn't have al.
lowed—allowed,” he exclaimed sharply
at the word “1 never thought
about it."
“We're married, aren't we? asked
Ernestine, and as his bright look ques-
tioned her she shook her head a little,
“That's all,” she sald. "That's the
answer. I'm your wife—I love you—of
course I'm glad”
He kissed her passionately, Jt
seemed so long since she had heen In
his arms like this—close, close,
“Oh, Ernéstine,” he said, “I don't
deserve you. The future is uncertain,
But If ever a wife deserved a good
husband, you do. But, sweetheart, it's
hard, it's been harder for you than
for me; don't think I don't know it.
But it's been worth the risk, hasn't it?
“As long as we hold together,” she
whispered. “As long as we love.”
And he poured his kisses upon her
thin flushed face,
“I'll make up to you for everything
~-you'll never be sorry,” he told her.
And she lay against him, yielding,
tremulous and In love, forgetting
everything else for him as she had
forgotten again and again,
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Candle Made to Fit
Any candle may be made to fit a
candlestick if dipped into hot water
long enough to soften the wax,
Success Suggestion
“Do what you like and like what
you do afterward,” says a correspond.
ent in Farm and Fireside,
#
Printed Chiffon
in Leading Role
Charming in Line and Tint,
Correct to Wear From
Noon to Evening.
Smart for daytime wear In town
and for informal evenings, chiffon
suits take a leading role in the fash-
lon play this summer, observes a fash-
lon writer in the New York World,
They're usually called suits; though,
since they consist of a dress and
jacket, ensemble might seem the more
appropriate term, Never mind. A cos-
tume by any other name could be as
chie, but you know what & halo en-
circles “suit” this season,
These chiffons are charming in line
and tint, They are the coulest things
under the sun, They are correct for
wear from noon to moonrise—or until
the party breaks up and goes the way
of all flesh, toward scrambled eggs
and coffee,
One (mportant new collection of
French chiffon sults has as its star
offering a particulariy delightful
printed affair in black and white, it
flowers overlapping all over It,
daisies and flat chrysanthemums and
zinnias and petunias, Or maybe they
aren't petunias, but something beyond
botany, These various are
traced in black on white chiffon, The
effect Is shadowy, so your
companion will probably say,
gray is lovely on you!”
The Jacket Is simple, quite short,
oven, and finished all around with a
nurrow band of self material, The
of the same chiffon, worn over
white crepe, is much more elaborate,
It is two-tiered, the bottom tier end.
Ing In shallow scallops, the first tier
with a row of the appliqued tlowers
Chanel loves, the small flow-
ers and whatnots cut out of the print,
has
poses
luncheon
“That
dress,
some of
Black Chiffon Printed in Beige and
Gay Red Flowers,
There are short sleeves which follow
the skirt's example in decoration, end-
ing with shallow scallops and having
a row of the appliqued flowers above,
midway of the sleeve. The same cut-
ensemble, from a
different collection, has a pattern of
leaves In dim red and two shades of
helige, printed on black chiffon. Again
the skirt is two-tiered, the flou
flaring gently. but without the elabora.
tion of scallops or applique. There
are, however, several points of special
interest in this, a Lelong creation, The
Jacket, which is rather long, carries
a waist-deep that is divided
the middle of There is a
gracefully
high on the cape at the back of
neck, A flattering collar
n softness to the neckline of
Its belt being of the narrow
sporis leather, but covered
Another notable
neces
cape
the back
the
tie gives
the dress,
is novel,
type, in
rest of the suit. It is an edd combi.
nation, very trim, as befits a suit helt,
yet soft, as an accompaniment to chif.
fon should be. The accessories might
be in either beige or black,
Collar and Cuffs Add
a Dressier Appearance
frocks are not new, the latest versions
are smartly different. It is the colinrs
and cuffs which give the 2nsemble
a dressier appearance. Matching
sleeveless Jackets or short coats and
skirts in crepe or a suitable cotton are
attractive and youthful when worn
with the feminine sort of self-colored
batiste blouse, embroidered swiss or
handkerchief linen made with short
sleeves and short ruffled collars.
Sleeveless pique frocks topped with
sleeveless pique coats look very smart.
Chiffon Appliqued in
Design on Net Liked
If you have become a bit tired of
the ubiquitous lace frock, the clever
effect of chiffon appliqued in a design
on net will offer a welcome variation
of the new sheer frock with patterned
effect. The cape and flounces of a
new frock are adorned with this new
type of trimming. An impression of a
cut-out pattern is the result of the
applique which Is superimposed upon
slik net.
THE PARENTS’ MAGAZINE
How many parents-—even the best
calmly discuss with others, especially
with strangers, the peculiarities, excel-
lences, or defects of their children in
the presence of the children them-
selves | jut consider the effect upon
the child of hearing Mmself discussed.
If it is no worse than embarrassment,
that is bad enough. To dwell upon a
child's abnormalities or peculiarities
of any sort is particularly likely to
have ua bad effect,
If all the peace talk and all the na-
tional and international energy ex-
pended for better understanding is not
to become an empty farce in the
course of the next 0 years, the roung
things In the sun-suit stage must be
helped to carry in their hearts the
dream that the mature world is now
cherishing. Somehow the concept of
trust and friendship for the peoples
ed and nurtured. And what an enor.
mous job that is; for band in hand
with International understanding must
80 a strong sense of race tolerance and
respect, which is of the hardest
has ever set
one
lessons civilized man
himself to master,
Of what use to feed youngsters a
anced diet if they are to
counteract that balance by a consump-
* sundaes and
what-not between meals? On the oth-
er hand, even the most hygienic parent
must face the facts, and we cannot
ignore the presence of the soda-water
fountain in our midst.
forbid her children to patronize It at
all? Should she allow
carefully ba
tion of oversweet “pops,
them to visit
in in moderation?
» to do? P
1
r her to supply a
the soda
what is erhinps the hest
way oun CO
!
ter attraction hy establishing a bever
age shelf In the refrigerator at home.
Faced with such competition,
water loses
this true if the
children are allowed to shar
homemade refreshments
young friends and
Wher
of dust and smoke In
open exposure to the sur
it is possible to transmit
through certain types of ar
that leave some of
ultraviolet ras
etrate an
its potency. (The
s of the sun do not
nary pane.)
not shine, artificial light in
fresh alr may be
Den
in i
ordi
sun does
combination with sub
he used sat.
a supplemeniar
All vepet:
a sirainer or
ied un
voluntary
deal of feeling
hles should be put through
gleve or be
finely divi til the child Yegins to
show n
is a good «
mothers that bables s
to masticate, but mastication ig an in-
movement which the child de
among
stinctive
for it. Most children
months old need
ained, and it is no disg
id or hizx family
ground until his
year. That is far better than upset.
ting his digestion by sllowing him te
swallow unchewed pleces of food.
ready
eighteen
tables st
them second
of-hearing individuals is avall-
able at the various local
through a national service
called the Volta burean,
Washington.
for hard
bureau,
guided. There is a tend.
down to work
if properly
ency to settle
a good job,
Popular Headgear for
the Long Summer Days
Top-~The farfamed visca beret, a
white knitted silk which is much in
demand for town and country wear.
Center—A pretty white, woven straw,
trimmed with grosgrain ribbon. Bot.
tom--A plain but attractive Panama
straw, quite becoming to members of
the younger set.
‘The KITCHEN
CABINET
—
—
(D, 1930, Western Newspaper U
Bion.)
The foundation of education con-
slets of training a child to work,
to love work, to put the energy
of his entire being into work: to
do that work which develops his
body, mind and soul to that
work most needed for the elevation
of mankind. Parker.
do
WHAT TO EAT
A simple dessert well made and
daintily served gives just the finishing
g touch to a plain
dinner. Here are
a few desserts thas
may be helpful In
planning a lunch-
eon and the din-
ner menus:
On baking day
when the oven Is
too well occupled, prepare and
a pastry shell or two, or bake
shells on patty ting fer individual
These will keep well for a few
and it will be found most help-
ful to put In a filling of lemon,
with a meringue and have a
in a very few minutes. These shells
may be filled with crushed fruit, topped
with whipped cream, or they may be
filled with a butterscotch filling or
chocolate, thus having any kind that
seems desirable or Is well liked,
rill be ano oth er filling
but a few moments to
not
bake
the
pies,
days
cover
dessert
The following w
that takes
prepare;
Marshmallow and Fruit Pudding.—
Soak one-fourth of a cupful of can-
cherries and pineapple cut into
pieces elther in the pineapple juice or
any fruit juice either canned or fresh
for an hour or more. Use
cherries and own
ferred. (
maraschino
sirup if pre-
of marsh-
each, jeat
until
con-
thal
their
1 4 y hoe rA11r 1
ut one-half pound
maliows Into six
then a
with a
he marsh-
fectioner”’
ul of pecan
fold
the
asiry cups.
A 3 Dainty Luncheon Descert.—Spread
round butter crackers with marsh-
in the center of
pineapple
1 the whites
egRs ur : dry, add
cupful of powdered sugar
pastry pe this
the the
meringue
sranug-
Beat
stiff
Or Orange ms
and with a tube pl
around
cracker, then set a rose of
Ta . prtor Cry pedelt
edge of
iated sugar and
the oven.
SUGAR, SPICE, ALL THINGS NICE
The delicious cinnamon
roll which may be
or pecan
made with one base
is a most delicious
bread to serve on
many occasions,
Cinnamon Rolls,
—Take one cupful
of scalded milk,
add two table-
spoonfuls of
suger, one-half tea-
four tablespoonfuls
Cool
lukewarm and add an yeast cake
water. Mix with sufficient flour to
handie and knead thoroughly, then
allow the bread to rise until treble
its bulk. Cut down and fold and let
rise again. When light roll Into a
sheet one-half inch In thickness and
spread with melted butter, sprinkle
with sugar and cinnamon. Roll like
a Jelly roll and slice into one-inch
slices. Place in a baking pan and
allow to rise again. Bake in a hot
oven twenty minutes.
For the pecan rolis place a gener
ous portion of butter and brown sugar
with a half cupful of pecans in the
bottom of the pan. Place the rolls
and bake when light Turn upside
down and serve,
Spiced Hot Cross Buns—Prepare
the above mixture, make the rolls into
rounds after adding one-half cupful of
currants or a mixture of currants and
raisins, a teaspoonful of cinnamon
and ene-half teaspoonful of allspice.
Cut a cross on the top of each with a
sharp knife just before baking.
Spice Cake.—Sift two and one-half
cupfuls of pastry flour with one-half
teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful
of baking powder, one-fourth teaspoon-
ful each of allspice, nutmeg, mace and
one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon.
Sift three times, Cream one-half
cupful of butter, add two cupfuls of
gifted brown sugar and craam together
until light and fluffy. Add two eggs
well beaten and the flour mixture
alternately with one cupful of sour
milk. Beat well after each addition
and bake in a greased tin eight by
eight inches. Bake fifty minutes,
There are so many short cuts and
much saving of time that one may use
in preparing dishes. When making a
covered pie one day prepare enough
pastry for a pastry shell which may
be baked at the same time, The shell
may be used two days later, if care
fully kept, with a filling of lemon, but.
terscotch or fresh fruit topped with
cream,
The serving of a green vegetable at
both Mincheon and dinner or supper
menls is necessary to keep the body
in good condition, Spinach, chard,
broccoll may all be grown, with let.
tuce, radishes and peas in the back.
yard garden,
Nerese Mogwai