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"Well," said Jarvis coming; in late j
one afternoon and flinging himself f
Sown on the davenport, 'they won't
take my drawings on 'Quips.' "
"But. boy, they ordered them, I
didn't they'.'' Janet exclaimed with I
widening eyes.
"Sure," Jnrvis responded bitterly, i
"but what do they care about that, I
there was no written contract nor j
anything to hold them. What can j
I do about it ?"
"I can't understand it at all." she !
paid. "Everything was all right when
you talked it over with Cheny."
Jarvis looked up suddenly. "Did j
you ever stop to think that Lowry i
migh. :.avc had something to jo i
with it?" he questioned.
"Lowry:"
"Yes. all those magazines are
under one head, you know that. Low- j
ry might have talked about it with
Cheny."
"But what excuse do they make?"
"Just that the drawings of Missi
Alden will not be exactly what they I
want for the magazine after all. You i
know, the regular stereotyped thing."
"I can't believe that' Mr. Lowry
would do such a thing, what would
be his reason?" said Janet slowly.
"Benson enough. He's taking it
out on nie. because he can't get any
where with you. I don't know what
his go mo is. but T wish J had never
seen the fellow. Funny thing about
it is. he doesn't seem like that sort
of a chap at all. does he?"
"I don't believe yet that he is be
hind it." Janet returned.
"All right, perhaps' not, but just
the same I had counted on selling
those drawings for a good price.
Do you realize that my bank ac-1
count is getting smaller every
week?"
"Jarvis:" exclaimed Janet. "Why.
Jarvis Moore vou're not really wor
rying about it ?"
"Yes. girl, I am. O. I know I
ought not to worry you about it. but
I must talk it over with you. I think
1 ought to l-ave a certain stipend
to depend upon. 1 think I ought to
take a regular position."
"But you know we have talked
it all over. ;md it doesn't seem the
thine to do."
"Well. I have been thinking it out
for myself since then. I haven't
told you all the benerits to be de
rived. And it won't altogether in
terfere with my other work."
"There must be a string to it some
where." Janet said quickly.
"Well, there is a sort of a string
attached."
"I knew it. What is it—tell me
quickly?"
"A two-year contract."
"What kind of a contract?"
"Well, this advertising concern
likes my color work; you know they
have been after me before. They
want me to sign a contract.
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( Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton ,
tThis is a novel little dress that
you will find good for light
weight wools and also for the
many washable materials. It
would be pretty made of serge
with trimming of taffeta and it
would be charming made of lin
en or of pique or of cotton gab
ardine, while it is just as good a
model for chambrav and lor lin
en and for such materials. Buff
chambray with white trimmings
is very charming. Pale green
chambray is much liked this sea
son trimmed with white, too, or
trimmed with itself and piped
with black, tor a little touch of
black on green is very smart.
For the io-year size will be
needed, 4 yards of material 36
inches wide with yard for the
HJ A trimming.
/ji The pattern No. 9283 is cut
L- A \ in sizes lor girls from 6 to 12
was Hj years of age. It will be mailed
to any address by the fashion
9283 Girl's Plaited Dress, 6 to 12 department of this paper on re
price 15 ccota. ceipt of fifteen cents.
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"That means you couldn't accept t
any more commissions?"
Jarvis nodded.
"Well, why do you want to do it, J
dear? Do you think you'll like the 1
work better?"
Jarvis met her eyes full.
"I knew it," Janet said triumph- :
antly, "it's because of me. When I
married you. Jarvis, you said we
would be like pals, and you'.%- treat- ,
:ng me just like any other husband '
would treat his wife, you're letting
me interfere with your work. Dick ;
Armstrong and the other men you t
know are independent, - but you are
tied to nre, and you think you must
get steady money, that's it. isn't it?"
Janet spoke steadily, and her tone |
was half serious, half mocking.
"Now. listen." she continued, "are
you afraid of being poor with me?
Do you think we ought to give up
the studio?"
"'No." girl, think of the rent we
pay here, we couldn't do better any
where."
"Then, it's the way we're living.
Jarvis, do you know I've never had
a chance to be poor with you. If
it's going to happen, let's take it
as a lark. We'll do without Liza,
she to go south to visit her
sister anyway. I'll let her go Sat
urday. Now you listen to me. Jarvis
Moore, you just hold out against
that offer, and let's try being poor if
we must"
"Girl, you've never been poor,"
Jarvis said suddenly, a little fiercely. !
"No. but I shouldn't mind trying
it with you. Just think, dear, yon
wouldn't have treated me like a pal 1
one single bit if I hadn't spoken out. '
We'll start things on a new basis."
(To Be Continued.)
"The Insider"
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
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CHAPTER XXXIX
The next day—-my birthday—was
fraught with surprises. At breakfast
tuy employer and Mrs. Gore wished
111 c manv happy returns of the day
Grace, too. piped up an affectionate
greeting in which she had evidently
been drilled by her father. And 1
l.ad supposed that nobody remem
bered the anniversary!
"As this is a special occasion."
Mr. Norton remarked when he had 1
left the table, "I think you ought j
to have some hours to yourself. I
am sure Mrs. Gore, agrees with me.
Wouldn't you like to run away some- •
where all by yourself?"
I tried not to look conscious, as
T appreciated that he was making
it possible for me to be fitted for j
the cloak and dress ho was giving:
me.
"Wliy—yes." I stammered. "I have ;
an errand I would like to attend to. '
If Mrs. Gore approves. I will go
this morning when T have finished
with Grace's lessons."
"Very well." Mrs. Gore assented. j
Maggie can take the child out when
she goes to do my marketing."
So late that morning. I handed to
a floorwalker in a fashionable de- '
partment store the car which Mr. 1
Norto had given me.
"I was to call to-day to have a
fitting," I explained.
The man summoned a young
woman who beamed with interest
when she saw the card.
"Oh. yes," she said, "you are the
cousin -of whom Mr. Norton spoke i
t J me yesterday. He selected a love
ly cloak for you."
His cousin! I could not deny the
relationship without causing un
pleasant comment and sepculation.
After all. had it not been rather
kind of him to spare me embarrass- j
ment by referring to me as a mem- ;
ber of his family?
A Heavenly Blue
T was silent while the young
woman led me to a fittingroom. But \
when, after leaving me for a min
ute. she returned with a soft blue
velvet wrap'thrown over her arm,
I could not suppress an exclamation
of delight. •
blue was of a heavenly hue:
the'garment was lined with a cream- I
colored brocade that shimmered and ;
glistened. The neck and flowing!
slee\es were edged with white mara
bout.
"I don't wonder vou exclaim at
ir," the attendant said. "I think it's
the prettiest cloak we have in the
establishment this spring."
It required very little alteration.
The same was true of the dress,
tvhich I tried on later. It was. as
the donor had told me. a. "fluffy,
lacey" affair. His taste was cer
tainly perfect.
When) the fitter had done her
work and lest me, the saleswoman
Rave me a bit of Information that
made me catch my breath.
"Mr. Norton was in here on his
way downtown this morning." she
said, "and directed me to show you
some oar afternoon dresses. lie
wanted you to select one. He him
self had me lav aside three that he
liked, and said you would make your
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RECEPTION FOR SENIORS
Blain, Pa., May 16.—Professor
Newton Kerstetter, principal of the
Blain Joint High School, and the
senior class of fifteen members are
completing arrangements for com
mencement exercises from Mav 19
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choice of one of them. He said you
would understand."
I hope my face did not betray my
consternation. I heard myself say
ins:: "All right. Show thehi to me,
please." ,
"Your cousin likes this one es
pecially." she remarked when 1 had
surveyed the beautiful creations.
It was a silvery dray georgette
crepe made lip over a foundation of
pink and silver. I dared not think
how much it must cost.
"I like it best, too." I affirmed.
"Will you try it on now?"
The girl observed that it fitted me
wonderfully well. "You are what
we call a perfect thirty-four." she
added. I felt a wild desire to giggle
when I heard this statement, but I
managed to preserve a grave de
meanor. .
That afternoon Sirs. Gore in
formed me that her brother had tel
ephoned that Grace was to sit up
!o dinner that night in honor of my
birthday.
"I do not approve of It." she de
clared. "But he knows best.'*
I was surprised at her meekness
until a reflected that her brother-in
law had probably told her how he
wisher her to behave to his daugh
ter's governess, and I was so grate
fud that I tried harder than ever to
please her. I felt vaguely apolo
getic to her —yet did not understand
why.
A Birthday Cake
At dinner that evening my self
ccntrol almost forsook me. For
with the dessert there was brought
on a huge birthday cake bearing my
initials and bright with twenty-two
candles. And then Grace ran out of
the room, returning immediately
with three boxes which she deposit
ed at my plate.
"This is from me. with my love."
she announced, indicating a huge
box of candy. "And this is some
sandkcrchiefs from Auntie, and
this," touching a purple box, "is
from Daddy."
"Just a little birthday token," Mr.
Norton said pleasantly as she lifted
cover revealed an immense bunch
of violets.
I tried to speak, to thank the trio
i for their goodness, but, to my dis
< may, I felt the tears rising, and my
, voice broke.
"Oh, how can I thank you all!"
I exclaimed. "I never had people so
i Kind to me before!"
"Just be happy and we are
! '.hanked," my employer said, his
own voice not quite steady.
Grace's arms about my neck re
stored me to a sense of what was
right and proper. I laughed away
j n\y tears.
I "Forgive my weakness!" I plead-
I ed. "But, really, your gifts over
[ cime me. I do thank you, every
one of you. I will try to be worthy
, o! It all." .
Then, when everybody had smelt
! my violets, and everyone—including
' Grace—had eaten one of by bon
b6ns and admired by handkerchiefs.
I took the little girl by the hand and
| led her up to bed.
I was glad to get away alone with
her—for my heart was very full.
1 (To be Continued)
' to 22. The seniors are holding re
i hearsals each day this week before
' the principal in preparation for com
mencement. There are n!ne mem
bers in the Junior class who will give
a reception for the seniors on Mon
j day evening.
| HOW DOES YOOR |j
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IIHVBAKB |
(By Snmucr Armstrong Hamilton) i
After a winter's feeding on con-.
centrated foods, high in protein, the i
system craves the acid fruits and j
vegetables, of which the rhubarb is I
one of the earliest and most refresh-!
ing.
It is an old saying that the rhu
barb keeps away the doctors in the !
spring of the year; let that be as it
may, there is no doubt of the popu- |
larity of this fruit vegetable, and!
every garden shbuld have a per- j
manent bed of it.
Every gardener should have a I
place marked off by itself in which
are to be grown some of the per-|
manent hardy things, of which the j
rhubarb is one.
As the rhubarb is to be a perman- i
ent plant, for years, it should have I
a permanent location, one made as i
rich as it can with well-rotted ma
nure. Horse manure is the best for'
[this plant, as it is more stimulating
than others generally used in gard
ens.
Khubarb has long roots which j
penetrate the soil deeper than most
garden plants, which is the rpason j
you should make the soil of .the
rhubarb bed deep. This may compel
the removal of the under or "sub- j
soil," but it will pa yyou to do it. One
thing about it that robs it of being i
burdensome is that it requires notj
more than half a dozen plants for \
even the largest family, if given the !
proper soil and culture.
In the new garden, starting at this ;
time of year, it will be just as well l
I to start with the seed, as it takes a
: year's growth to gx>t plants to the j
[eating point. Rhubarb has a great
! tendency to "sport." From the seed;
j of the same lot you may get good, j
! bad and indifferent plants. Select j
j those with bright red thick, meaty
sten\s.
Growing From Socl
Rhubarb seeds are planted in
I drills a foot apart. Sow them thinly
| —about an inch apart. The soil in j
[the drills must be made as fine as}
I possible. Cover the seeds lightly and (
j press down gently and water to i
i make a- good contact without too |
i hard pressing of the soil.
I Whfen tlie small seedings have >
made their third leaf, take out every j
other one. This is not for selection, j
I but to make room. 1-et them grow I
| until they touch their leaves, and I
i .
RED CROSS AT COLUMBIA
! Columbia, Pa., Hay 16.—Four
J hundred people assembled in the
j State armory Monday night In re
j sponse to the call for an organiza
' tion of a Red Cross Chapter, and H.
M. North presided. lie read the dec
laration authorizing the formation
of a chapter to include Columbia,
Manor and West Hempfield town
ships, after which officers were elect
ed as follows: President, Mrs. H. M.
North; vice-president, Mrs. E. C.
Shannon; secretary, Mrs. George
W'ike; treasurer. Miss Bertha Panne
| becker; executive committee. Dr.
Richard Reeser, Medio Hetndman,
the Rev. Father G. W. Brown , and
Mrs. C. A. Groff.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE TO MEET
Columbia, Pa., May 16.—The sev
enteenth annual convention of the
Grand Council, Pennsylvania Catho
lic Beneficial League, will be held
in Columbia, June 6. It is expected
to be the largest convention of the
grand body since its organization.
I make room by removing alternate •
ones again.
When the young rhubarb plants
i get to a height of six to eight inches,
| you may make permanent selections
t for the garden bed. Let stand the
I ones you select (not closer than two
| feet apart) for the present season.
During the summer you should
| give them frequent cultivation, keep
| ing in mind that it must be your
! aim to grow a great mass of crown
and roots for the future, as it is upon j
i these that you must depend for a
! good crop of stems in other years.
As the rhubarb is a cool-growing
' plant it will do best along the south
I fence of a garden or in the partial
shade of trees (in the afternoon).
Do not let the plants go to seed,
i Keep the seed stem' pinched out
1 from the time it first appears.
Rhubarb should be mulched over
winter. As soon as the "leaves are
i dead rake them off and burn them.
Cover the-crowns with a forkful of
I straw manure, or, lacking that, six
inches of leaves, with something laid
over until they are packed enough
not to blow away. This should be
i removed early in the spring.
If you desire early rhubarb in the
open ground, soon as the leaves
: are dead cover a plant with a cheese
box or any suitable one with a lid.
Pack it Inside with stfawy manure
or leaves. Early in March remove
i the packing, take off the lid and put
j on top of the box a small sash or
I pane of glass. This will force the
1 rhubarb quickly. Keep it well water
j ed and lift one side of the sash or |
- glass on warm days for ventila
' tion.
Growing From Roots
TO grow rhubarb from root cut
j tings get them from a seedsman at
this time. Set them the desired dis
j tance apart, as above, and grow in
! same manner as the seedlings, but
they should not be thinned out, as
they should have their permanent
locations at once.
Rhubarb should not be cut. The
stems should be pulled with a twist
; ing motion of the hand, which will
} remove them clean close to the
crown and avoid any injury to it.
Put up in glass Jars what you can
j not use fresh. It improves by being]
I jarred several months before eating,
and will last a year, if thoroughly
J sterilized. It may be jarred with or
j without sugar. Wrap the jars in
I dark-colored paper and put out of
I the light in a cool place.
ELEVEN THROWN FROM AUTO
Waynesboro, Pa., May 16. —An au
tomobile driven by J. P. Lohman,
Shady Grove, in which were eleven
people, Including several children,
turned turtle near Wayne Castle yes
j terday. All the occupants were
j thrown under the machine, but es
j caped serious injury.
DECISION FOR DUNDEE
Boston, May 16. Johnny Dun
! dee, of New York, won a referee's
i decision in a twelve-round bout with
Chick Simler, of Scranton, Pa., last
night. The men who are light
weights, fought here with a similar
result two weeks ago.
RACK TO OLD HOME
Columbia, Pa., May 16.—The Co
lumbia Fire Engine Company, the
oldest in the borough, will reoccupy
their enginehouse, which was
abandoned some years ago for a
new building. Recently the company
sold the new building and has re
modeled the old house for future
use.
MAY 16. 1017.
© NANoT o
MUSIC MOUNTAIN j
By Frank 11. Spearman %
Ait(\or of AVhisperirvg Smittv
—coryiu&w *>- ckaple* saiS
(Continued)
The blood surged Into her cheeks
—better blood and redder than the
doctors had been able to bring there
—such blood as De Spain alone could
call into them. Nan, with her nurse's
help, dressed, joined De Spain and
talked long and earnestly. The doc
tors, too. laid the situation before
him. When they asked him for his
decision, he nodded toward Nan.
"She will tell you, gentlemen, what
we'll do."
And Nan did tell them what the
two who had most at stake in the
decision would do. Any man could
have done as much as that. But Nan
did more. She set herself out to save
the arm and patient both, and, lest
the doctors should change their tac
tics and move together on the arm
surreptitiously, Nan stayed night and
day with De Spain, until he was able
to make such active use of either
arni as to convince her that he and
not the surgeons would soon need
the most watching.
Afterward when , Nan, in some
doubt, asked the chaplain whether
she was married or single, lie oblig
ingly offered to ratify and confirm
the desert ceremony.
This affair was the occasion for
an extraordinary round-up at Sleepy
Cat. Two long-hostile elements —the
stage and railroad men and the Cal
abasas-Morgan gap contingent of
mountain men. for once at least,
fraternized. Warrants were pigeon
holed, suspicion suspended, sidearnis
neglected in their scabbards. The
fighting men of both,camps, in the
presence of a ceremony that united
De Spain and Nan Morgan, could
not bui feel a generous elation. Each
party considered that it was contrib
uting to the festivity in the bride and
groom and the very best each could
boast, and no false note disturbed
the harmony of the notable day.
Gale Morgan, having given up the
fight, had left the country. Satterlee
Morgan danced till all the platforms
in town gave way. John at
tended the groom, and Duke Morgan
sternly but without compunction,
gave the bride. From Medicine Bend,
Farretl Kennedy brought a notable
company of De Spain's early associ
ates for the event. It. included Whis
pering Smith, whose visit to Sleepy
Cat on this occasion was the first
in years; George MeCloud. who had
come all the way from Omaha, to
join his early comrades in arms;
Wickwire, who had lost none of his
taciturn bluntness —and so many
tiain dispatchers that the service on
the division was crippled for the en
tire day.
A great company of self-appointed
retainers gathered together from
over all the country, rode behind the
gayly decorated bridal coach in pro
cession from the church to Jeffries'
house, where the feasts had been
prepared. During the reception a
modest man, dragged from an ob
scure corner among the guests, was
made to take his place next Defever
on the receiving line. It was Bob
Scott, and he lookefl most uncom
fortable until he found a chance to
slip unobserved back to the side of
the room where the distinguished
Medicine Bend contingent, together
with McAlpin, Pardaloe, Elpaso and
Bull Pago, slightly unsteady but ex
tremely serious for the grave occa
sion, appeared vastly uncomfortable
together.
The railroad has not yet been built
across the sinks to Thief River. But
only those who lived in Sleepy Cat in
its really wild stage days are entitled
to call themselves early settlers, or
to tell stories more or less authentic
about what then happened. The
greater number of the Old Guard of
that day, as cankering peace gradu
ally reasserted itself along the sinks,
turned from the stage coach to the
railroad coach; some of them may
yet be met on the trains in tha
mountain country. Wherever you
happen to find such a one, he will
tell you of the days when Superin
tendent de Spain of the Western di
vision wore a gun in the mountain.'
and used it, when necessary, on his
wife's relations.
Whether it was this stern sense ol
discipline or not that endeared him
to the men, these old-timers are, to
a man, very loyal to the young cou
ple who united in their marriage the
two hostile mountain elements. One
, in especial, a white-liaired old man.
described by the fanciful as a retired
outlaw, living yet on Nan's ranch in
the gap, always spends his time in
town at the De Spain home, where
ho takes great interest in an active
little boy, Morgan de Spain, who
waits for his Uncle Duke's' coming,
and digs into his pockets for rattle?
captured along the trail from recent
; huge rattlesnakes. When his uncle
happens to kill a big one —one with
twelve or thirteen rings and a but
ton —Morgan uses it to scare his
younger sister, Nan. And Duke, se
cretly rejoicing at his bravado but
scolding sharply, helps him adjust
the old ammunition belt dragged
from the attic, and cuts fresh gashes
in it to make it fit the childish waist.
His mother doesn't like to sec her
son in warlike equipment, ambush
ing little Nan in the way Bob Scott
says the Indians used to do. She
threatens periodically to burn the
belt up and throw the old rifles out
of the house. But when she sees her
, uncle and her husband watching the
boy and laughing at the parade to
gether, she helents. It is only chil
dren, after all, that keep the world
young.
(THE END)
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