BIG TIMBER By f BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR 1916, fcy UttW. A Co. (Continued.) Before she reached home that aelf sacrificing mood had vanished in the face of sundry twinges of pride. Jack Fyfe hadn't asked her to come back; he never would ask her to come back. Of that she Was q lite sure. She knew the stony determin ation of him too well. Neither hope of heaven nor fear of hell would turn him aside when he had made a de cision. If he ever had moments of irresolution he had successfully con cealed any such weakness from those who knew him best. No one ever felt called upon to pity .laok Fyfe, and in those rocked ribbed qualities Stella had an illuminating fliiah, per haps ''lay the secret of his -ailure ever to stir in her that yearning tenderness which she knew herself to be capable of lavishing, which her nature impelled her to lavish on some one. "Ah, well," she sighed v/hen she came back to her rooms and put Fyfe's letter away in a drawer. "I wonder what Jack would say if he knew what I've been debating wi'.h myself this afternoon? I v'onder if he were actually divorced ~nd I'd made myself a reputation as a singer and we.happened to meet quite cas ually some time, somewhere, Just how we'd really feel about each other?" She was still musing on that in a detached, impersonal fashion, when she caught a car down to the the ater for the matinee. CHAPTER XVI The Fire Bohiiul tin- Smoke This is no intimate chronicle of t'harlie Benton and Elnd.l Abbey, save in so far as they naturally fur nish a logical sequence In what transpired. Therefore the ..etails of their courtship and nuptials is of no particular concern. They were Tell Your Wife Corns Lift Off Doesn't hurt a bit to lift corns or calluses off with fingers. Not a twinge of pain * or soreness before ap plying, or afterwards. 'C— __■.> This may sound like a \ I dream to corn-pester- I I ed men and women \ I who have been cutting, \ J tiling and wearing tor turous plasters. Yes! Corns lift out and call uses peel off as if by magic. A small bottle of Xfreezone costs but a lew cents at any drug store. Apply a few drops directly upon your tender corn or II nil ca " UR > an< * instantly the soreness disap- Jl!| IIL. pears; then shortly the fT corn or callus will be so |l|rV>!i,| loose that It lifts off. 1 I J ( I Freezone dries In- I fri ! stantly. It doesn't eat ' i ou t eorn or callus, but ,lust shrivels it up JJNT ' so lif,s awa >' without A!K even irritating the sur- rounding skin. Women 1 should keep a tiny bot- tie handy on the dress i-~ er and never let a corn or callus ache twice. P'XEAII THE VOIXU WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SEE WHAT OUR LOW EXPENSES MEAN TO YOU! NEWEST FALL AND WINTER SUITS, COATS AND DRESSES FOR FRIDAY ONLY Tkne nre jcnrmrnt* bouarht Wgk for Male pur- Ml ItoHfN, hut Suit", ■ jtiSih. TMfc Coat* A . V ■ M tnkrn from V ilk ■ ■ BB higher- ■ *| M Hi priced *nrinnili ■ ■ narmenta that we V cannot reorder, I. ■ iin<l many would I|| ■ n* more | I to them B I dreaa thla H material or. reKUlar alaea ean be fitted. ALTERATIONS THURSDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service By McManus Foß4oOoNE=>*> 1 f OOt-'T CR~Y ' •QJUVT BREf\K \ MA/'/'IP- V/ILLXOU THM I ■ DKRUN 1 * AUNTIE ( NEWS TO } . I E"V ? F OUR<B 5 ■ WILL 'BIHCI FOR \ JI MOTHER;- ' LET THE J ■ —7_-vou- r-| U A KIP CRY:-, j wedded, dined as befitted *he oc- j casion, and departed upon their | hypothetical honeymoon, • surrepti- | tiously abbreviated from an extra.v - j i.gant swing over half of North , America to seventy miles by lail and twenty by water, and a month of blissful seclusion, which suited thjse i two far better than any amount of j Pull.ian touring, besides leaving; them money in pocket. Charlie and Linda were narricd'j on an early day in June at the home i of the Abbeys in Vancouver. Stella! had run over for the wedding and j then had caught the next biat ):uck | for Seattle so as to Interfere as little as possible with her engagements. I Time passed quickly and unevent- I fully enough between the wedding day and the date of her Granada. I engagement. It seemed a morel breathing space before the mi.ldlej of July rolled around and she was' once more aboard a Vancouverj boat. In the interim she Had r.-1 celved a letter from the attorney 1 who had wound up her father's es- j tate, intimating that there was now | a market demand for some oil stock i that had been considered of no i value and asking if he should sell or j held for a rise in price which seemed 1 reasonably sure. Stella telegraphed i her answer. If that leftover of a speculative period would bring a| few hundred dollars it would nevsr be of greater service to llfcr th v.i j Is | now. All the upper reach of Pugtt sound basked in Its normal mid summer haze, the day Stella started for Vancouver. That groat region of island dotted sea spread between the rugged Olympics and the f-ot of the coast range lay bathe 3 in sum mer sun, untroubled, somnolent. But nearing the. international boundary the Charlotte drove her twenty knot way Into a thickening atmosphere. Northward from Victoria the .uggel shores that line those inland ".rater ways began to appear blurrad. Just north of Active puss where the steamers take the open gulf again, a vast bank of smoke flung up blue and gray, a rolling mass. The air was pungent, oppressive. When The Charlotte spanned the th'.rty-wiio gap between Vancouver island and the mainland shore she nosed into the Irion's Gate under a slow bell, through a smoke pall thick us Ber ing fog. Stella's recollection swurg back to Charlie's uneasy growl of a month earlier. Fire! Throughout the midsummer season there was al ways the danger of fire breaking out in the woods. Not all the fire ranger patrols could guard against the c n e lessness of fishermen and campers. "It's a tough summer over here for the timber owners," she heard a man remark. "I've been twenty years on the coast and never saw the WGods so dry." ''Dry's no name," his neighbor re sponded. "It's like tinder. A cigar ette stub'll start a blaze forty men couldn't put out. It's me that snows it. I've got four limits on the North Arm, and there's fire on two aides of me. You bet I'm pray'ng for rain." "They say the country between Chehalis and Roaring lake is one big blaze," the first man observed. (To be continued.) ! "THEIR MARRIED LIFE" Copyright by International News Service "We saw Lola Wilcox in her new play last night," remarked Mrs. Ste vens as Warren got out the card tables and the bridge score. "I'd hardly call It her play," said Mr. Stevens, "she has a very small part." "Oh, I know that, but Helen knows what 1 mean, don't you, dear?" Hel en and Warren know her, and that's why I said it." "How did you like her?" asked Helen. "Why, I thought she was very good, didn't you?" "I certainly did. Warren is more interested in her playing than I am, however. He thinks she will become a great actress." Helen could not resist this little jab, even while she thought it hardly fair, for Warren had never made such an extravagant remark. How ever, he did rise to the occasion and said quickly: "I'm for her, because she is trying to make good, and it isn't the easiest thing in the world for a woman alone in the world." "But wasn't there some talk about her and her husband?" asked Mrs. Stevens. "And wasn't she rather foolish to fly around with that young artist so soon after she and her hus band separated?" "I thought so," Helen returned. "I never likert her particularly, because I never felt easy in my mind about her." "I met her just once," said Mrs. Stevens, "and she impressed me as anxious to attract the attention o* every man in the room." "You women have the grandest imaginations," scoffed Warren. Mrs. Stevens laughed good-na turedly. "I know it, and I suppose I have no right to say that, because I don't know the woman." "O, I'm sure Helen feels just the same: she has never been charitable toward her." A Past Flirtation. Helen longed to say something about that awful time on Long Is land when Warren had been so at tracted toward this L.ola Wilcox that everyone had noticed it, and she her self in order to save her self-respect, had been forced into a flirtation with Ned Burns to retaliate. Not that Helen believed in her In most soul that there was anything definite in Warren's admiration of Lola Wilcox, but Helen was one of the women who cannot talk light nothings without some kind of a meaning behind them. It would be impossible for her to see her hus band plainly attracted toward an other woman without suffering in tensely, and borrowing all kinds of trouble as to the seriousness of the outcome. In short, Helen was like two thirds of all women of her class —- narrow-minded where the friendship of a man and a woman were con cerned, particularly if that man or woman happened to be married. "Well, are we Kolng to play cards?" asked Mr. Stevens. "We surely are," returned; "and as for that, last remark of yours, dear," turnlns to Warren, "I haven't much to say—just this: I somehow have felt from the begin ning that Wilcox was not on the square. These rumors that we have heard about her may or may not be Daily Dot Puzzle n~4 i 5 • ** : fe 3 e\ 55# •<© \ 34 • \ 33 IZ 7 *• a. * '. 5 3o 16 • • \ 21 19 \\ v Z9 75 • t VT • 27 ,7 Mix &ARRIBBURG TEtEQRXPHI true, but I should be more inclined to believe them than not." "Even when you don't actually; know a thing!" said Warren. "That's where I think you are wrong." "Perhaps MO." said Helen, and for i the present the subject was dropped, i The game of bridge went merrily I on for the present subject was dropped. The game of bridge went merrily on for a time, Helen and Mr. Stevens playing against Mrs. Stevens and Warren. Finally, when it came time; for Mr. Stevens to be dummy be laid down a perfectly good hand for Helen to play and reached across to the table for the evening paper, which Wan en had not opened. "I'll see what's going on," he re marked in excuse. i Helen, who was playing the hand Credit Is Fighting Liberty 's Battles Abroad 4 There is not enough actual casli in circulation throughout the en -ojsjfr3W&&i _jL' *> re world to finance the great struggle for universal liberty which is '\JSlnl being waged in Europe. Without the extension of credit to the nations ~ j .yip engaged in warfare civilization would be trampled into the dust. Ml fISS I. When the great nations of the world look upon credit with favor Igl' certainly the individual has every reason to feel the same way towards I I the system that enables him to supply the comforts of home which are i his privilege and do so at his own convenience. ~ Let us explain our credit system to you in detail. • William and Mary $1 A 0.50 The Hoosier r^w^spra Duofold Suite . . . Kitchen C-abinets $24.00 One of the Great Hits Will Harmonize With the 1 Among Our Large Display Finest of Period Furniture Rrnwn Rppr] Rnrlfpr , . No home no matter how PfflßaSEa : UI UH 1 lie many beautiful designs beautifully furnished can * found on our sample floors now afford to be without a \ 1 111*Pp? Seat and back upholstered with fine grade of cretonne. this rail are too numerous 3 . piece suite. The con- A chair or rocker which will be suitable for your living to mention here. I his Wil- venience of changing this room and a good value, at ham and Mary pattern in Davenport into a comfortable _ fumed oak finish am. covered bed makes it one of the j 1 J f-T_|| with Spanish Mule is one of most desirable pieces in the leaders. .. your home. ■ 3-piece Suits for #<>9..>o. Davenports from #19.50 up. One Dollar Monthly Payments. J Ranges & Heaters CV-A© IS New Process Linoleum szz uw\fl£)wd ~ Globe Ranges, $37.50 up AQ r SniiarP YafJ 312 MARKET STREET UIJUdrC A CLIU I absorbedly, was startled suddenly by I a lon* drawn whistle from Mr. ; Stevens. She took in the last trick, j and everyone turned to him expec- J tantly. Startling News. "What is it?" Mrs. Stevens asked | excitedly, "something good?" "Gee, this is tunny, on top of our ; conversation of a few minutes ago. | Listen to this: Miss Lola Wilcox, I who has made finite a hit in the cur i rent success running at the Bradley I theater, caused a sensation among j her friends this morning, when it I was discovered that she had eloped j with T. W. Mowbridge, the wealthy ; financier.' " I "Well," ejaculated Warren, "I never thought she could be such a fobl!" "There's a whole column about it," ; said Mr. Stevens, reading on to him self. "It says that Mr. Mowbridge's | wife refuses to be tntei.. and i he has two children." Helen felt somehow as though a load had been lifted from her mind. S Not that, she had actually worried i about Warren. That was too ab- I surd. But she frankly did pot like him to approve of a woman she felt intuitively was not good. "You know what they say about man's logic and -woman's intuition," said Mrs. Stevens laughing. Helen said nothing, and dealt out the cards for the next hand calmly enough, although inwardly she was dying to know what was running through Warren's mind just then. And then a sudden stab went through her as the seriousness of the thing struck her for the first time. How perfectly awful for the other woman! No one liad stopped to con sider her at all! (To be Continued.) Food Saving Lesson Every pound of vegetables prop erly put by for future use, every jar of fruit preserved, adds that, much to our insurance of victory.—President Wilson. Potato bread rolls, delicious and appetizing, are suggested as a sub stitute for the wheat rolls served at the breakfast table in to-day's bulle OCTOBER 18, 1917. tin of the National Emergency Food Garden Commission, with which this paper is co-operating to conserve the nation's food resources. Potato bread rolls are made from the same mixture as potato bread by adding shortening and sugar. The following pjoportions will yield one dozen small rolls: Eight ounces of boiled and peeled potatoes, 6 ounces of sifted flour. one-third cake of j compressed yeast, % level teaspoon ful of salt. 2 tabh'.spoonfuls of luke warm water, 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Wash thoroughly and boil in their I skin the potatoes. Cook until they | are very tender. Drain, peel and mash them while hot, being careful | to leave no lumps. Allow mash to I cool until lukewarm. Add, in order, to this the salt, the powdered milk (if used), the yeast rubbed smooth and mixed with water, and lastly two tablespoonfuls of Hour. Let this mix ture stand at a temperature of 86 L degrees F. until dough begins to col- i lapse. Add to this snonge the but der. Pour hot plums and stp.wFDW | . ter, the sugar and the remainder of the flour, and if necessary, enough more flour to make a very stiff dough. Knead thoroughly until a smooth dough, which is no longer sticky, has been formed. Set back to rise again, and when the dough has trebled in volume knead lightly, form into small balls and place, not too close together, in greased pans. Allow to riso until double in volume and bake 20 minutes in a moderately | hot oven at about 400 degrees F. I Good-Bye Wrinkles Here's New Beauty Wash your face with clear warm water and rub In a teaspoonful of Creme Tokalon Roseated —totally different from all other creams. If your face is badly wrinkled get a box of Japanese lee Pencils to use v in connection with the Roseated' Cream. This recipe is guaranteed to quickly act on wrinkles, sunken V cheeks. flabby, sagging facial i muscles, enlarged pores and marks of age—or money refunded. Sup plied at all toilet counters. 7
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