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"The Insider"
, By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
Chapter XVI
Copyright, 1917, Star Company
When the guests went away that
evening, and Mr. Norton after seeing
them oft' stopped to put out the draw
ing room lights, I went .towards the
stairs. But his voice checked me.
"Miss Dart!" he called. "Wait Just
a moment. 1 want to say good night."
"Good night!" I said as he came to
wards me.
"And I want to thank you," he
went s>". "for acting the hostess so
gracefully this evening. I am also
grateful to you for not correcting the
error those people made with regard
to Your position here. There was abso
lutely no need of enlightening them.
They probably will not be here again
lor a long time—if ever—so why tell
them that you are not our cousin
when they had derived the impression
that you are?"
I wondered inwardly how they had
derived iho impression. Still I did
not care to ask.
"Oh, that's all right!" I said lightly.
"Why not allow people to be mistaken
when it does no harm?"
"Yes, why not?" he echoed.
Then, as I started away again, he
said ruddenly—"Do you know as I
watched you preside this evening it
occurred to me that it would be a
great convenience to have you do this
at other times, when Mrs. Gore is not
well? Or --ven when she is well it
would bo mighty nice to have you at
dinners, etc., to help along with the
conversation, you know. It would
brighten things up a bit."
"Thank you," 1 said, "but —but
please do not think o£ that. I am
Grace's governess, you know, and my
place is with lUr."
"But she is not a baby who needs
a nurse with her day and night," he
protested. "Moreover, you are not a
nurse. When she is in bed, you can
be spared."
"Perhaps," T admitted. "But if she
awoke it would be my business to be
.with her. Moreover, my place here is
settled, like my duties, and it would
be wiser for me to run no risk of
overstepping the one or neglecting the
other. Good night again, Mr. Norton.
And," 1 added, byway of softening
■what I feared might be an abrupt
leave-taking, "thank you for a pleas
ant evening."
Mrs. Gore Calls
Airs. Gore's door was ajar, and her
voice arrested me as l was passing on
ray way to my own room.
"Miss Dart!" she called. "Come in,
please." •
I entered, but, as the room was
dark, paused uncertainly near the foot
of the bed.
"I wanted to ask you if you will tell
Maggie to stop in here before she
Koes to bed," the invalid said. "She
is in your room, you know."
"Yes," I replied. "I know she is.
I will tell her."
"Did the evening go off pleasantly?"
she queried.
I knew now that the message to
Maggie was but an excuse, and that
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HIjD MAX FOK MFItDEII
New York, March 20. —The police
took into custody yesterday a man
Vnown as Benny, who is said to have
leen an acquaintance of Mrs. Elsie
Eee Hilair, the woman who was found
stranged to death Saturday in a room
in a Broadway hotel. The police say
the man admitted having known the
woman, but denied having been with
her on the day of the murder or the
day before.
Pains and aches follow PESPW
the workman home from
work. Backache, rheu- Ml,™
matic aches and exhausted mus
cles torture him between jjigjß
Ease the suffering with
Sloan's Liniment, it sinks
right in without rubbing and
relieves the sore spot.
Cleaner and more prompt-
ly effective than mussy plas-. fii
ters or ointments, it does |l|
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Sloan's Liniment. The grippy t| r? Ji}
after effect, of abrupt changes of j | .... J||
temperature for instance. _ jj ' 1
fCoal Prices Going Up
Better lay in your winter's supply now while
low prices prevail.
If. you wait much longer, you'll have to pay
Kemember your pocketbook is your best
J. B. MONTGOMERY
THIRD AND CHESTNUT STS.
ji Bell Phone 600 C. V. 4321
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TUESDAY EVENING,
( Mrs. Gore's real reason for calling me
j had been to learn how 1 had acquitted
| myself and if her absence had been
' noted. I was sorry for this lonely
soul.
"Yes," I replied, "the evening went
off pleasantly. Of course Mr. Norton's
guests asked for you and regretted
that you could not be down. The>
had hoped to meet you."
"I am usually well enough to enter
tain Brewster's friends." she assured
me. "This is the Hrst time 1 have
failed him. I am sure I shall not be
so unfortunate again soon."
"I am sure I hope not," I said sin
cerely.
"However," she went on, "I arti glad
you could save the situation from
awkwardness. I thank you for taking
my place."
"Don't mention it," I rejoined. "1
am here to be of use in any way you
think best."
I would not let her know that I was
aware that the suggestion that I pre
side at the table to-night had not orig
inated with her. Why should I thus
antagonize her? It was plain that she
wanted to be on agreeable terms with
me. Perhaps she had decided that
neither animosity noi' jealousy had
; been a successful means to an end. In
any case, it was my duty to follow her
I lead.
A Friendly Wish
I "I hope you will be better to-mor
! row morning, and able to be up," I
! told her.
1 went out, closing her door behind
me. I had not heard Mr. Norton co.me
upstairs and I started nervously as 1
came face to face with him in the
j hall.
"Good night again!" he said. "By
| the way—as man to man—tell me, did
I you ever hear another woman ask as
j many questions in a given space of
time as Mrs. Oilman did to-night?"
"No." I smiled. "I do not think I
ever did."
"Her husband has my sympathy,"
he remarked with a laugh. "She won't
! miss anything if she knows it."
When I went into my room I found
I Maggie fast asleep in a great chair,
i and I had to shake her to arouse her.
"Evidently Miss Grace has not
I waked up." X remarked when she was
i fully awake.
"No, ma'am, she hasn't. I guess she
| don't wake up any more nights, does
she?"'
"No." I said, " at least she hasn't
since I came here."
"Then 1 don't see why Mrs. Gore's
so afraid to have her left up here
alone," the girl ventured.
I would not discuss a mistress' pe
culiarities with her maid, so made no
reply.
Secretly T agreed with the girl. If
Grace sle'pt soundly through every
! nisht, why need I stay up here and
listen for her? 1 abruptly stopped this
train of thought.
"That is one of the things you are
hired to do!" I reminded myself
sharply. "Then don't consider the pos
sibility of your not doing it!"
(To be Continued)
T. It. URGES ACTION
New York, March 20.—"The news
of the sinking of our three ships with
loss of American life makes it impera
tive that every self-respecting Amer
ican should speak out and demand
that we hit hard and effectively in re
turn," says Colonel Theodore Koose
velt, in a statement issued at Oyster
Bay yesterday. "Words are wasted
upon Germany. What is needed is ef
fective and thorough-going action."
Copyright, 18H, by Cubldy, & C.
t Continued.)
The feeling soon passed. We march
ed cheerfully away, our hopes busy
with what we would do when we
reached New York. Johnny and I had
accumulated very fair sums of money
in spite <>f our loss at the hands of
the robbers, what with the takings at
(laugman's Gulch, what was left from
the robbery and Italian Bar. These
sums did uot constitute an enormous
fortune, to be sure. There was noth
ing spectacular in our winnings, but
they totaled about Ave times the
amount we could hare made at home,
and they represented a very fair little
stake with which to start life. We
were young.
We found Sacramento under water.
A sluggish, brown flood filled the town
and spread far abroad over the flat
countryside. Men were living In sec
ond stories of such buildings as pos
sessed second stories and on the roofs
of others. They were paddling about
in all sorts of improvised boats and
rafts. 1 saw one man keeping a pre
carious equilibrium in a baker's trough,
and another sprawled out face down
on an India rubber bed. paddling over
side with his hands.
We viewed these things from the
thwarts of a boat which we hired for
$lO. Our horses we had left outside
of town on the highlands. Everywhere
we passed men aud shouted to them a
cheery greeting. Everybody seemed
optimistic and Inclined to believe that
the flood would .soon go down.
"Auyway, she's killed the rats," one
man shouted in answer to our call.
We grinned an appreciation of what
we thought merely a facetious reply.
Hats had uot yet penetrated to the
mines, so we did not know anything
about them. N'est day in San Francis
co we began to apprehend the man's
remark.
Thus we rowed cheerfully about,
having a good time at the other fel
low's expense. Suddenly Johnny, who
was steering, dropped his paddle with
an exclamation. Yank and I turned to
see what had so struck him. Beyond
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The Small Bo.it Immediately Headed
In Hie Direction.
the trees that marked where the bank
of the river ought to be ire saw two
tall smokestacks belching forth a great
volume of black smoke.
"A steamer!" cried Yank.
"Yes, and a good big one!" I added.
We lay to our oars and soon drew
alongside. She proved to be a side
wheeler of fully 700 tons, exactly like
the craft we had often seen plying
the Hudson.
Along toward midnight as I was
leaning on the rail forward watching
the effect of the moon on the water
and the shower of sparks from the
twin stacks against the sky I was
suddenly startled by the cry of "man
overboard" nnd a rush toward the
stein. I followed a? quickly as I was
able. The paddle wheels had been In
stantly reversed, and a half dozen sail
ors were busily lowering a boat. A
crowd of men. alarmed by the trem
bling of the vessel as her way was
checked, poured out from the cabins
The fact that I was already on deck
gave me nn advantageous post, so that
I found myself near the stern rail.
"lie was leaning against the rail,"
one wes explaining excitedly, ' nnd It
give way, nnd In he went He never
came up!"
Everybody was watching eagerly the
moonlit expanse of the river.
"I guess he's a goner." said a man
after a few moments. "He ain't In
sight nowhere."
"There he is!" cried n half dozen
voices all at once.
A head shot Into sight a few hun
dred yards astern, blowing the silvered
water aside. The small boat, which
was now afloat, immediately headed in
his direction, and a moment later he
was hauled aboard amid frantic cheers.
The dripping victim of the accident
clambered to the deck.
It was Johnny!
He was beside himself with excite
ment, spluttering with rage and utter
ing frantic threats against something
or somebody. His eyes were wild, and
he fairly frothed at the mouth. I
seized him by the arm. He stared at
me, then became coherent, though he
still spluttered. Johnny was habitual
ly so quietly reserved as far as emo
tions go that Ms present excitement
was at first utterly, incomprehensible.
It seemed that he had been leaning
against the rail, watching the moon
light, wheu suddenly it had given way
HARRISBURG TELEGI APH
beneath his weight, and he had fallen
Into the river.
"They had no business to have so
weak a rail!" he cried bitterly.
"Well, you're here, all right," I said
soothingly. "There's uo great harm
done."
"Oh, Isn't there?" he snarled.
Then we learned how the weight of
the gold around his waist had carried
him down like a plummet, and we
sensed a little of the desperate horror
with which he had torn and struggled
to free himself from that dreadful
burden.
"I thought Fd burst!" said he.
And then he had torn off the belt
and had shot to the surface.
"It's down there," he said more calm
ly. "every confounded yellow grain of
It." He laughed a little. "Broke!" said
he. "No New York In mine!"
The crowd murmured sympatheti
cally.
"Gol darn it, boys, it's rotten hard
luck!" cried a big miner, with some
heat. "Who'll chip In?"
At the words Johnny recovered him
self. and his customary ease of man
ner returned.
(To Be Continued.)
lIISSIOX SOCIETY TO MfcfcT
Lemoyne, Pa., March 20.—A meeting
of the Young People's Missionary So
ciety of the United Evangelical Church
will be held at the home of Miss Sloth
ower, Hummel avenue, this evening.
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Remember Our Location PRIfF . I Remember Our Location |
20 N. 4thSt. 20 N * 4thSt
Harrisburg, Pa. jI f IMHarrisburg, Pa.
Near the Young Women's U^ 1 ZO NORTH FOUKIHST <B! Near the Young Women's 1
Christian Association XI .. , _, . . , . . Christian Association
Near Young Women s Christian Association
An Open Letter To Every Woman and
Miss In Harrisburg and Vicinity
DEAR FRIENDS AND READERS:
No doubt you are already acquainted with Robinson's Woman Shop—perhaps you have made this
your store, perhaps you have never visited us, however in either of these cases this letter should be of
importance to you, because you will soon want wearing apparel of some kind, and surely you will want
to spend your money where you can make it go the farthest and if you desire to practice true econ
omy. then Robinson's Woman Shop should be your store.
Now you will ask yourself this question "Why can Robinson's Woman Shop sell for less than
others?" This is easily answered by saying, Mr. Irving E. Robinson is his own buyer, manager, adver
tising man. window trimmer, etc; he employs no floor walkers, has no automobile deliveries, no ex
pensive building location, no expensive electrical fronts and has no unnecessary expense which natur
ally keeps prices down on all stocks as you readily understand that some one must pay for these expenses
and naturally it must come from the purchaser; therefore you are always assured of prices being the
lowest at Robinson's Woman Shop.
As an illustration of what we say is true, you never pay for alterations here on anything, and even
in summer wc never charge for alterations on wash dress skirts, no matter what price you pay—even
in clearance time alterations are free.
You are never urged into a purchase here, in fact you make your own selection unless of course
you ask our girls to help you to select; ip this case you are always given an honest opinion. Our
policy always has been and always will be—"to serve you and not urge you."
We never buy seconds, job lots, surplus stocks or goods for sale purposes. We never quote values,
leaving it entirely to your good judgment as to the value of your purchase and should you be dissatis
fied for some reason or other, it is always a pleasure to exchange your purchase, refund your money, or
satisfy you in any other way that will please you.
We never advertise $30.00 and $35.00 Suits for $19.50, or $3.00 and $3.50 Waists for $1.95, or
$15.00 and $20.00 Coats for $9.98, as we are not believers of such advertising, and we know that the
woman or miss of to-day believes as we do, that you cannot get something for nothing, any more than
some one could sell you a $5.00 gold piece for $1.98.
Our foundation has been and always will be "Honesty in our advertising." Should you not always
see our advertisement, we will appreciate when in need of outer-garments to mdke it a point to inspect
our rich stocks, as we know our low expenses mean big savings to you.
Besides Mr. Robinson being on the floor to see that you get prompt and courteous attention, Mrs.
Robinson is always here to help you to whatever service she can render, as it is our earnest desire to
see that no one goes away dissatisfied, whether one makes a purchase or not.
We are now ready to serve you with rich stocks of Women's and Misses' Suits, Coats, Dresses,
Waists, Blouses, Dress Skirts, Petticoats and House Dresses. Every new style is here, every new
shade is here, every possible style taste car. be suited, as we have prepared for the stylish young miss,
the conservative women, the stout woman, the hard-to-fit woman, in fact we have prepared like never '
before, and we earnestly extend tc you and your friends an invitation to come and inspect our stocks,
and we assure you that we will feel honored by your visit.
Taking this opportunity to thank you for any favors shown us in the past and hoping to have the
pleasure of serving you in the near future, we are
Very Truly,
ROBINSON'S WOMAN SHOP
/ Mr. and Mrs. Irving E. Robinson.
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Draw from one to two and so on
to the end.
SPANKED SMOKING WIFE
Elizabeth, N. J., March 20.—Admit
ting that he had spanked his youthful
and pretty bride, Elizabeth, in the
good old-fashioned way, Edmund
Durka, 56 years old, was arraigned in
police court yesterday and testified
that he had inflicted the punishment
to break his wife of smoking cigarets.
The defendant testilied that his wife
consumed four packages of cigarets
each day and because of the high cost
of living had insisted that she cut
down smoking expenses.
MARCH 20, 1917.
HINTS FOR THE HOME GARDENER
MAKING THE SMALL GARDEN WORK
With Careful Planning Much Food May Be Produced
in a Little Space
ALITTLI2 forethought will en
able a comparatively small i
tract of land to supply the
average family with fresh vegetables;
throughout the growing season, say
specialists in the United States De
partment of Agriculture. Most own
ers of small gardens are content to
raise a single crop on each plot of
land at their disposal. It is quite pos
sible, however, to grow two or three
crops in one season, and if these are
properly selected the home-grown
produce will be both better and
cheaper than any that can be pur
chased on the market.
Just what vegetables are to be
grown depends, of course, upon the in
dividual tastes of the family. In gen- j
eral it may be said, however, that the j
aim of the home gardener should be
to raise vegetables in which fresh
ness is an important quality. Peas and ;
string or lima beans, for example,
lose much if they are not cooked al
most immediately after they are pick
ed. On the other hand, as good pota
toes can be bought as can be grown.
Moreover, they occupy a large area
in proportion to their yield and con
sume in a backyard or small garden
valuable space which could be put to
much more profitable use. This is
| true, also, of corn, cucumbers, squash
es, and melons. It will also pay the
'amateur gardener to grow certain spe
j uialties of which he may be fond, and
which may be troublesome or expen
sive to purchase. Okra Is an example
iof this class, and little beds ef pars
ley, chives or other herbs take up very
j little room and provide the housewtfe
i with little additions for her table
I which are most welcome if they can
! be picked at the right moment with*
I out trouble.
If the small garden plot, however,
< is to be made to bring the maximum
returns in economy and pleasure to
! the owner, every available foot of it
must be made to work continuously,
i This can be accomplished only by
careful planning and it is recommend
! Ed, therefore, that amuteur gardeners
| draw up in evidence a complete lay
out for their garden. A typical plan
of tliis character is shown in the ap
pended diagram. On the plan the
gardener should Indicate the date when
j each of his projected crops is to be
j planted. No more space should be
allotted to each than is needed to fur
nish a sufficient quantity of the vege
table for the family consumption or
for local sale. In many cases, also,
space should be left between the rows
for the interplanting of later crops
and for easy cultivation. Plants which
make a high growth und cause heavy
shade should not be located where
they will interfere with sun-loving
small plants. Perennials, too, such us
rhubarb and asparagus, which are not
cultivated, should not be grown among
plants which call for tillage.
If a garden is planned in this way
and the scheme carried out, the plan
should be kept for use the following
I year, with notes of the success or fail
i ure of the different items in it. For
example, If too much or too little of
i any vegetable was grown this fact
I should be recorded. It is not desirable,
j however, to follow too closely the
I same plan in succeeding years. The
1 same kind of vegetables should not be
j grown twice, if this can be avoided,
in the same part of the garden.
i This garden was a city backyard
|25 by 70 feet in dimensions. It hap-
I pened to be boundefl on two sides
i by a board fence, and this fact was
j taken advantage of to plant and train
! grape vines. Strawberry plants were
1 set alongside of the flagstone walks
and currant bushes between the walks
and the fence. In the space between
the bushes and the strawberries low
growing vegetables, such as beans,
peppers, eggplants and the like, were
set out. In a space about 12 feet wide
between the walks low-growing,
quick-maturing, early vegetables were
planted in such a way that later
maturing varieties could be put out
at proper intervals between them. The
early plantings consisted of radishes,
early beets, lettuce, carrots, and a few
' parsnips. The beets gave way later
|to a few late cabbage plants. The
sunniest portion of the yard was turn
ed over to tomatoes of which there
were about a dozen plants trained to
a single stem and set about 1 8 Inches
apart in each direction. Early and
late peas were put out in the least
sunny portion of the yard. Later, in
the fall, spinach, kale and potato
onion sets were planted in order to
provide a supply of green succulents
for the winter and early spring.
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