Frances
gs, ~
CHAPTER X—Continued
we] 1
David's remark about the dally
grind of housework gave Paul his first
cue to helpfulness. Mary began to
find the kitchen fire built and the tea
kettlé boiling when she came down
stairs in the morning, the wood box
filled, the furnace tended faithfully
day and night, the porches and paths
kept free from On Monday
mornings he appeared to empty wash-
tubs and hang out clothes. At his in
stigation, Myra the
baking for both t
got straightened out.” V
took the mending, and J
gave up a meeting of the Foreign Mis-
sionary society to finish weekly
sweeping. And when, in spite of all
this relief, Mary paid her long
strain and quietly crumpled up In a
heap on the floor one afternoon when
Algy was out of danger, and Sylvia's
grave hidden Paul
picked her up and laid the
bed, loosening her dress
off her shoes as he
Jane, fortunately, was in
and andressed her
downstairs to telephone
Wells and to get a hot
and a hot stimulant ready.
he saw that It her
care for the boys that
her more than anything elise, he turned
his attention mainly to them. It would
have been hard to discover anyone
more stupid and awkward in dealing
with a little child than Paul was, but
he did what He did better
than he realized reward
greater than he expected The
time that the children fell
almost
kisses, was when he came in
small
when Algy was outde
time now." As he hu
them In
wag equaled only by the
Snow,
agreed to do all
intil “things
iolet under
ane actually
houses
the
for
with snow,
her on
and taking
help.
house
was
for
the
while he
called
went
for Doctor
water bottle
And when
inability to
worrying
was
was
he could.
and his was
upon him,
simultaneously. with hugs and
with two
wooden snow shovel “to nse
i in no
kissed
return, his mbarrassment
wr slow of
contentment that permeat his!
Mary, up again
eame in to find
The Inner glow of
changed to a
looked at
of surprise and
eine
wing
for the first
time,
them thu
> latvia
£ im
leapin
her and saw the expression
gratitude on
face.
“You're awfully good to ti
dren,” ly.
“They're great kids.
before how much
thought thes
nuisances,”
ically.
Mary sat down beside hi “Blanche
and Philip are coming home for Christ.
mas.” said “Isn't at
Cousin Violet has a letter
they'll surely be here the
fourth, and of
delighted.”
“That 1s
more?”
she said soft
er knew
fun a Kid is 1
were little
returned ii apologet
she nice?
saying
twenty
perfectly
course i
she's
good news! Got any
“1 don't know whether you'll call it
good or not—but Austin Gray is going
to France. 1 think that's much the
best thing he can do, really. He says
it's only a matter of months now be
fore the United States will be in the
war, too. He's going over as an am-
bulance driver, but he says he can get
transferred to ‘the real
If we do. He was just here to see
you. 1 went downstairs for a minute
just as he came in, but 1 didn't know
you were here, so he dida't walt. He
asked me to invite you to go to New
York with him, after Christmas. He'll
be there for a fortnight, at least, mak
ing final arrangements.”
“New York!"
“Yes, Wouldn't you like to go? 1
thought you were crazy to get away
from Hamstead.”
“I'm not quite so crazy as 1 used
to be.”
“No, you're getting
said Mary with a little laugh that
made his heart leap, “and-—just as
kind and thoughtful as you ean be
But you ought to go. It'll be wonder
ful for you! And I'm sure you'd be a
comfort to Austin, too, He must think
80, or he wouldn't have asked you,
You'll go, won't you, Paul?”
“Yes, of course, sspecially if you
think I'd better. Mary, walt a min
ute—" but she was gone.
After that, for the first t'me since
they had “made up.” Paul saw that
she was avolding him again, The fact
gave him fresh food for thought. She
was willing to be his cousin, his friend,
his companion. She was grateful far
beyond his deserving for the little he
had been able to do to serve her. She
had forgiven him freely for all he had
done to hurt her. But more than that
she could not and would not do
and be,
Paul was now, for the first time In
his life, deeply in love, and perhaps
for that reason, dally going deeper
going deepest of all because he felt it
to be absolutely hopeless. Well, he
must hide It as best he could, That
startled Jook must not come Into
job’ later on
fairly sane!”
he
WN.U.
SERVICE
Mary's eyes again. He must accept
the bitter knowledge that she regarded
his love as something to fear, as part
of his punishment. When Blanche
and Philip arrived, he took Blanche's
statements of what she thought of
him—it was the first time she had
him since engagement had
been broken—so quietly that she was
frightened.
Philip was less surprised than she
had expected, when she told him
about it. He had been watching his
brother-in-law closely and had come
to the conclusion that he had either
misjudged the boy at first, or that the
latter had improved somewhat during
the last few months.
“let Paul alone, honey,” he sald
“He jooks to me like a man who Is
working out his own salvation.™
Paul, with the rest of the
was glad to have his sister and
er-in-law at home;
he was fond. of
seen the
village,
hroth-
zind not
cause
-
Wy
S
And Blanche Quriing Up in His Armas
Like a Contented Kitten,
cause it was easier, in
their presence
to Keep from saying the things he we
ying still more, from tou
softens
and
shy
thought
ime, mercifully.
quarrels
ngs and even the
of the Austin
his solution. Algy, thin
2. was in his high chair at
once more. Philip and Blanche,
radiantly happy. with them
again After day dinner,
while the two little boys took their
naps, Violet went to lie down, Seth to
smoke his pipe, and Cousin Jane to
help Myra, loaned for the
with the dishes. The four young peo
ple were left alone together. And as
the door closed bdehind the last re
treating elder, Philip suddenly
snatched up Blanche and kissed her,
announcing that he was so full of joy
and dinner mixed, that he'd got to let
off steam, some way, that very min
ute. And Blanche, curling up in his
arms like a contented kitten, smiled
and kissed him back. They settled
down in the big winged chair before
the fire together—
Over their unconscious heads, Paul
looked at Mary. Then he crossed to
where she stood, and the expression
on his face was nnmistakable. Te
fore he could speak, she fled from the
room.
Paul went after her.
most reached the stairs,
in front of her,
“See here, Mary,” he said. “1 can
stand almost anything you want to do
or say and I know I deserve It. Put
please don't look at me that way. |
can't stand It”
“Well, don’t look at me the way you
did then”
“I'll try not to.
all the time, 1
—~jovers'
Shadow,
Hut
the
were
Christmas
occasion,
She had al
He stepped
I'm trying not to,
only thought—it's
Christmas day—that perhaps you
could, just once—l won't ask you
again for a long time, , , ”
It is unfortunately true that many
naturally sweet-tempered women, If
they are also clever, take refuge,
when they are hurt or frightened, in
flippancy or sarcasm. It is to be
hoped that they do not know how
deeply they can wound with these
weapons. But whether they do or
not, Mary was no exception to this
rule,
“Why should you care about it so
much? she quoted scathingly, “ ‘a kiss
doesn’t mean anything.'"”
Paul stepped to one side. leaving
the passage upstairs clear for her
She went by him swiftly, her head
up. Then, on the landing, she turned
and came still more swiftly down,
“That wasn't fair,” she sald. “Plocse
forgive me, Paul.”
“No,” he sald slowly, “It wasn't
fair, and it wasn’t kind of you to re
mind me of It. But what ! sald was
we.
There are some kisses that don’t
anything In almost every fel
They drink too much some
times, too, I'm sorry, but it's so. But
that doesn't mean they're hopeless
drunkards and—degenerates. There
hasn't been anything to drink, or any
of that kind of kisses for me in a long
time. You know that, and you know
why, too. And you ought to know
that it would mean more than any-
thing in the world to me if I could kiss
you again"
Paul had learned a good many val
unable lessons in the lust months,
Mary learned one now, The boy was
humble, but he was not abject. If he
had a right to demand nothing else
from her, he deserved and demanded,
at least, fair play and respect,
“When you go to New York—" she
began,
“You'll let me kiss you good-by?'
This was not at all what Mary had
intended to say. She hesitated a min
ute, and then, in spite of herself, she
nodded. Then she leaned forward and
touched his cheek with her lips, 80
lightly that it seemed merely as if a
flower had brushed it,
“The telephone Is ringing’
said, over her shoulder and left him to
answer it us she fled.
“1 wonder if Mary
really goin: to
Philip Blanche, a
later,
“Oh. 4
brother!
marry him
splendid chance!
“Splendid chance!”
“Yes. Of getting Mr. Hamlin
¢
rue,
mean
low's life,
she
and Paul
nfter
fen
make up
asked
hope even if he
You in't
pow that she's gol suc
i061 -
woul want
if she took Paul, even |
enough all
isn't, she'd be buried in Hamstead
her Hie
“Well, 1 shouldn't
in Hamstead, with
Phillip sald. “What do
starting in to fix ug
office for
fie was gi
for her, which of course
the rest of y
nind being buried
1
someone | loved,
youl say about
the
spring aiter
cire much for
gested 11
BUZK
little law
ourselves this
all? cnow you dida't
the idea when |
But I'd e
and
next sums
in, Philip, Con
where There's
for that! I'm
bor or Newport.”
“All right,
fer,” he said quietis
He Hamstead with the growing
certainty that Pa Mary
“really mak
first
njoy the work immensely
I ean probably get off for a month
ner.”
Hdn't we go some
else?
time
Har
plenty of
crazy to see Bar
honey,
left
were
this certainty
lis on
the
since Christmas
tired than for a long
like
drove,
trivi
itil they
village Then
around her and Iai
hers
“You promised me.’
Mary turned
actly as she might have done
Paul had
thing that
be gentle, reverent even and he
pot for one minute forget this But
he had not reckoned on its
he said softly
her face to his ex
on years
before. meant above every
else, this embrace shonld
did
preving
passion
from
of the
through
he felt cold
suddenly warm
untarily he sought
stead of drawing
thant
his
wns surging
'
him lps,
the soft
beneath them
her
away
invol
mouth in
returned his Kiss For
moment they clung to other
Then he bent over and kigsed the
little red mittens holding the reins
“You dear girl,” he murmured. “My
own dear Mary" and suddenly seein
tears in her eyes, he
didn't hurt you, did | darling?
wouldn't have, for the world !™
“No Oh, no!”
“What is It then, sweetheart?
“Hush! You mustn't call me that”
she whispered. “I didn’t realize, when
1 promised, that you wanted that kind
of a kiss. I thought It was Just for
for a proof that we were friends again
for always”
“We are friends again for always.
And that's all 1 did expect. But of
cburse this was the kind I wanted.
even If"
“It wasn't fair”
“I'm sorry. | didn’t mean to, on my
word of honor ut you kissed back 1”
he ended exultantly
“I know | did, That's what wasn't
fair. I-—coulin't seem to help it. You
were So--so0--you meant it so!”
“I'm glad you see that now.” he said
quietly. But his heart was singing.
«TOs PE CONTINUED
one heavenly
ench
Bo:ion's Short Street
There ure few shorter streets In the
world than Franklin avenue, in Boston,
Some 35 feet long, It connects Brattle
street with Cornhill, in downtown Bos.
ton. Little more than a glorified alley,
Franklin avenue nevertheless is desig.
nated by a shiny name plate like the
city's longer thoroughfares,
“HERE'S something more
than May flowers which
the warm spring showers are
bringing forth these
it's raincoats! Not
dinary
in the
days—
Just or-
raincoats
somber blacks,
ETOYS, and brown If
they were, this we are tell
ing you wouldn't be news. The rain
conts we talking about real
news-—-the most gorgeous affairs that
ever went stepping out into a spring-
time downpour.
These handsome
ments convey
stereotyped
usual
blues
Are are
waterproof
message that
gar
the the
raincoat Is no From now on
the raincoats we will be wearing will
show both
beauty-conscious To be
more.
themselves to he
minded and
assured
style
of this, it Is only nec
to take a look at the perfectly
ing types in
models are
new,
The
cont with its
to the right In
to tempt any
sending showers Indefini
ORBATY
charm
the
Hustration. These
among the newest
i highland
hat to n }
the picture
wenther man to keep
stunnir
3 Not only
is this raincoat a treat to the eye but
the fact that it has
sleeves to crumpie
neath it a
the umbrella, well
if it Is not Just to
words,
The full ler
be welcomed
ing for a rain protection
to throw on and off
either with the
reverse, rubberized
makes
gth cape
i
yy those
I is easy
be worn
wit or
check side «
$1
white broadcloth.
the
shion and
perfect
The hat, made jockey cap fa
the
rainy day outfit,
umbrella completes a
But, see what else in the way of a
swanky raincoat a spring or summer-
time shower is apt to coax out into
the open. We are referring to the all-
white centered in this group.
The smart set are golng In for
white raincoat for all they are worth.
They are made of a zephyr
model
the
usually
ummery dresses
are as dainty as
. is sleeveless
they top.
and slipped over
and
ath mean
The
can be
white
SMART THREE-PIECE
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Here is one of those practical suits
we are hearing about so much these
days—has a Jacket for medium mild
days, also a full-length topcoat for
traveling or motoring or when the
thermometer chances to take a drop.
One of its stylish “stunts” is to be
made of the same cloth in contrasting
color—brown cheviot for the skirt and
topcoat with the identical cheviot in
an old gold tone for the jacket, The
golden pean dd ange shantung hat
with its yellow, gold and brown vel
vet flowers makes a pleasing com-
plement,
Pleated Skirts
Pleated skirts have wedged their
way back into favor again, And a
new style of evening dress that is
sure to attract more and more atten.
tion as the season advances | made
of chiffon or other very sheer mate
rial with finely pleated skirt attached
to a closely draped hip yoke
SPORTS OUTFIT FOR
COUNTRY WEEK-END
Sport clothes for first country week-
ends begin to be an important ward-
item right now. To allow for
vagaries in the weather they must be
good and warm. Materials should be
dark so you can leave town by train
or car in the main outfit of the week-
end, leaving plenty of room in your
bag for dinner pajamas, extra sweat.
ers, walking shoes and the rest.
A particularly satisfactory sort of
costume comprises skirt, cape and
sweater, or cape and suit, A lovely
one which | saw recently was of hand.
knitted fabric in a mustard and black
and white plaid. The cape of this was
three-quarter length, amply cut with
a tailored collar. The skirt
same knit was tallored with extra
fuliness introduced in pressed pilaits,
The sweater was mustard colored and
high necked. With this a slouch felt
hat of the mannish persuasion would
look well, with ghillies, pigskin gloves
and a pigskin purse,
A variation is the coneplece dress
with a cape In contrasting material,
lined with the dress material. In dark
shades this looks smart either In town
or in the country, If the dress is suf-
ficiently simple.
robe
Spread at Shoulder Line
Fluttery and Impressive
It has been something of a surprise
slihiouette, the wide shoulder,
couturiers have
it suggests an airplane silhouette.
That Schiaparelll should do some
thing extreme In this direction is not
surprising. Her develonmant of this
width atstop Into a fashion which juts
out over the arms to a degree that
gives reason to its Indication as “shoul.
der trays” makes clear the arresting
character of this fashion.
Casaquin Type of Blouse
Is Meeting With Favor
The easaquin type of blouse receives
greater attention. Separate swagger
coats in fancy fabrics are strongly in.
dorsed, Gloygs in novelty fabrics, are
the leading ry. Costume jew.
elry makes a mew bid for attention.
Dresses with related long conts, Jack
ets 5 capelets——often contrasting in
fabric and color, are extensively
shown.
Though to us the working of blacks
for less than a dollar a month smacks
of slavery under another pame, to
the New Guinea native it represents
wealth obtainable In no other way.
His culture is that of the neolithie
Stone nage. It requires a long period
of careful and expert labor to fash.
fon and polish a stone ax or adze,
Such an implement, primitive though
it may be, i8 of incalculable worth
to an owner, Even though the care
ful labor required to fell and shape
trees shields or other
carvings with it is of the most ardo-
ous and tedious nature, it serves the
purpose nevertheless,
into canoes,
The young man sees years stretch.
ing ahead, before—through learning
the craft and fashioning his own im-
plements or by seizing them in raids
il acquire a
upon his enemies—he will
wherewith to pur-
sufficient stock
chasse
For work among the
whites he hand
ax or an adze; for three months’ pay,
an AX or a for two weeks’
endeavor, a knife or a dag-
ger. A shilling will purchase a hril-
liant loin cloth of red, green or orange
a»
I
clot unknown to the
and maintain a wife,
two months
may acquire a steel
mattock ;
butcher
interior
the
sir term of
to his village while still
and be the richest man in iL
three
return
proceeds of his
labor, he may
in his teens
His
steel Implements and his acquired
knowledge of
} to perform many
work that
best artisan in his
tribe th stone Implements. —Hal G,
how to use them will
times
could be
enable him
the
attained by
amount
Evarts in the Saturday Evening Post,
POISON
in Your bowels!
Poisons absorbed into the system
from souring waste in the bowels,
sause that dull, headachy, sluggish,
bilious condition; coat the tongue;
oul the breath; sap energy, strength
nd nerveforce. A little of Dr.
aldwell’s Syrup Pepsin will clear
trouble like that,
lessly, in ‘a hurry. The difference it
will make in your feelings over night
will prove ils merit to you
Dr. Caldwell studie stipation
for over forty-seven vears. This long
experience enabled him to make his
prescription just what men, women,
old people and children need to make
their bowels help themselves. Its
natural, mild, thorough action and
ils pleasant taste commend it to
evervone. That's why “Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin,” as it is called, is the
most popular laxative drugstores sell,
iv he
genuy, harn -
Dr. W. B. CAtoweELL'S
SYRUP PEPSIN
A Doctors Family Laxative
Large Pimples on
Face Twelve Years
Healed by Cuticura
“I was troubled with pimples all
over my face, neck, back and arms.
They were hard, large and red, and
hurt when I touched them. They fes-
tered and scaled over and at times I
could hardly stand to have my clothes
touch my back and arms. I could get
no rest or sleep and was in that con-
dition about ten or twelve years.
“I read an advertisement for Cuti.
cura Soap and Ointment and sent for
a free sample of each. I purchased
more and after using two cakes of
Cuticura Soap and two twenty-five
cent boxes of Ointment I was healed.”
(Signed) Mrs, Marsha Nevils, R. 6,
Box 125, LaGrange, Texas, July 26, "32,
Cuticura Soap 25¢. Ointment 25¢
and BOc. Talcum 25¢. Sold every
where. One sample each free. Ad.
dress: “Cuticura Laboratories, Dept.
BR. Malden, Mass "Ady,
Nature's Beneficence
To be busy is the greatest foe of
grief. —Exchange.
GIRL t WOMAN
VERY mother
knows those
anxious years when
her daughter is be-
coming a woman.
The wise mother
makes a confidant
of her child, ad-
vises her as to her
"physical well-being
and watches carefully for any symptom that
will indicate that ber daughter's health
is
all it should be. Read what Mrs, Edward
Fheeler of T
I Pierce's Favorite Prescription
short time 1 felt 00 much stronger