jjjjl| Readii\c[ aivd all ike RmiKi The Yukon Trail By William MacLeod Haine ' (Continued) Mrs. Paget lost her temper com- ; pletely. "Does the government pay : ycu to mind other people's busine;ti, l.'ordon?" she snapped. "I wouldn't be working for the government then, but for Sheba O'Neill." "And for Gordon Elliot. You'd be doing underhand work for him too. 1 Don't forget that. You can't do it. j Vou're not that kind of a man. It; isn t in you to go muckraking in i the past of the man Sheba is going to marry." Klliot rose and looked across at the blue-ribbed mountains. His square jaw was set when he turned It back toward Diane. "She isn't goirig to marry him if • I can help it," he said quietly. Ho walked out of the gate and down the walk toward his hotel. A message was waiting for him j there from his chief in Seattle. It j tilled him down the river on busi-: ness. CHAPTKR XIII Genevieve Mallor.v Takes a Hand Inside o<" an hour the news of the engagement of Macdonald was all j over Kufiak. It was through a j telephone receiver that the gossip I was buzzed to Mrs. Mallory by a j friend who owed her a little stab. The voice of Genevieve Mallory reg istered faint amusement, but as soon as she had hung up, her face fell into haggard lines. She had staked a year of her waning youth on win- ; ning the big mining man of Kusiak.' together with all the money that she lind been able to scrape up for j the campaign outfit. Moreover, she! liked him. Mrs. Mallory sat down in the hall ■ beside the telephone, her fingers! laced about one crossed knee. She ] lcr.ew that if Sheba O'Neill had not j come on the scene, Macdonald! wo'tld have asked her to marry him. i He had been moving slowly toward her lor months. They understood j each other and were at ease to- ] gether. Between them was a strong physical affinity. 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The oil soaks gently into the walls 11 ml lining of the kidneys, and the little poisonous animal germs, which WEDNESDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service *—* *•' '■* By McManus I I 1 | i No: I I owr'\cSi Y | I [?] , COUNT **] A USIJ /"\ OWL' | sible to startle the girl into break ing the engagement. But before she made any move Mrs. Mallory intended to be sure of her facts. It was like her to go to headquarters for information. She got Macdonald on the wire. "I've just heard something nice about you. Do tell me it's true," •die said, her voice warm with sym pathy. Macdonald laughed with _ almost boyish embarrassment. "It's true, I reckon." "I'm so glad. She's a lovely girl. The sweetest thing that ever lived. I'm rure you'll be happy. I always did think you would make a per fect husband. Of course. I'm simply gi een with envy of her." Her little ripple of laughter was gay und care-free. 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He was a knight errant in the employ of the most attractive woman north of fifty three. When Klliot took the down-river boat lie found Oliver Dustin was a fellow passenger. The little man smoked an occasional cigar with the land agent and aired his views on Politics and affairs social. He lftt the boat at the big bend. Xot till a week later did Klliot return up the river. He was asleep at the time the Sarah passed the big bend, but next morning discov ered that Selfridge and Dustin had come aboard during the night. In the afternoon he came upon a real surprise when he found Metoetse and her little boy Colmac seated upon u box on the lower deck where freight for local points was stored. His guess was that they were local passengers, but wharf after wharf slipped behind them and the two still remained on board. They appeared t know nobody else on the Sarah, though once Gordon met Dustin just as he was hurrying away from the Indian woman. Metec-tse transferred with the other Kusiak passengers at the river junction. The field agent was not the* only one on board who won tiered where she was going. Self ridge was consumed with curiosity, and when she and the boy got oft ut Kusiak, he could restrain him self no longer. Gordon saw Wally talking with her. Meteetse showed him an envelope which evidently had an address written upon It, for the little man pointed out to her ihe direction in which she must go. Since leaving Kusiak nearly .two weeks before ,no word had reached Gordon of Slieba. As soon as be hud finished dinner at the hotel, ho walked out to the Paged house and sent in his card. Slieba came into the hall to meet him from the living room where she had been sitting with the man she expected to marry next week. She gave a little murmur of pleasure at sight of him and held out both hands. "I was afraid you weren't going to get back in time. I'm so glad," she told him warmly. He managed to achieve a smile. "When is the great day?" "Next Thursday. Of course we're as busy as can be, but Diane says—" [To be Continued.] Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton 1613 Bodice with Tunic, Sires 16 and 18 years. Price 15 cents. 4538 Two-Piece Skirt, Sizes 16 and 18 years. Price 10 cents. 1 HARRISBURG (£&&& TEXEGRXPEE All's Well That M Ends Well By Jane McLean She wasn't showy, she didn't talk unless she had something- to say; she was not a belle, and there was not a reason in the world why the hand somest man in town should have given her a second thought. He prob ably would never have dreamed ol' doing such a thing either if he had not been lirst curious, then piqued, and then determined to discover why it was that he did not make an im pression with her. Of course, he had been spoiled by everyone, and lie considered attention his due. There fore when he heard the girls discus sing Jess AVilletts, and her indiffer ence toward men. he had smiled a little. "Oh, come now, Betty, isn't that putting it on a little thick?" he had teased. "No, not a bit, I don't believe that she would care anything about even your blandishments," declared Bet ty, turning toward him quickly. "If you weren't so conceited. Kd. you would be perfect, but then you're pretty nice, anyway, isn't he, girls?" The rest of the crowd answered in chorus. "I'll drive you home in the runabout. Ed," suggested one. "No, he's coming with me," said Betty. "Why, Ed, you asked to take me home, you know you did." "Why, girls," said Lucretia Bangs, "he's looking over at Jess Willetts, as though he had an idea of asking her." "She wouldn't accept," said Betty promptly. "I should say not," agreed Lucre tia. "Well, supose I ask her and see," suggested Ed lazily and strolled over to the quiet figure on the other side of the room. Jess Willetts regarded him calm ly enough as he leaned over her (hair. He • did not feel quite com fortable under her eyes, but he was ready to see the lark through and show tho girls that no one could get the best of him in a dare. "May I see you home to-night?" he asked politely. "I have my car outside." Jess Willetts looked up at him and for the first time, he saw that she had wonderful eyes. "Oh, thanks," she said quickly. "I've promised to drive home with ttje Quimbys." "But they won't mind," he pro tested. "I'll tell them that you want to come with me." "But I don't want to come with you, why should I?" "Well, for that matter, why should you want to go with the Quimbys?" And he laughed boyishly. "Well, they're my friends." "And I'm not?" "I didn't say that, but there's no reason why it shouldn't stand that way." There is something so essen tially youthful in this design that it declares itself ad adapted to you g girls and to women of girl-like figures at a glance. You can use it for new materials and you can use it for re-modelling. There is an under-bodice with I sleeves and the over-portion is ! arranged over it. The tunic 1 consists of just two straight, j apron-like pieces that are gath- j cred at their upper edges. The : skirt worn beneath is the fa- j miliar one in two pieces and j narrow. As it is shown here, i white broadcloth is used over i black satin and that combina tion is a very fashionable one. The braiding is done with white soutache. You could carry out i the idea in a satin with serge j if you like, or you could use | broadcloth over velvet. For the 16-year size the over j bodice with tunic will require, : yards of materia! 44 inches ! wide, and the under bodice with sleeves yards 36 inches wide. For the under-skirt will be needed, 2 x /i yards of material 36 ' or 44 inches wide. The pattern of the bodice with tunic No. 9613 and of the skirt i No- 9538 both are cut in sizes for 16 and 18 years. 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His excuse 1 of being over the age limit, his cot ton fields, everything that had seem-1 ed excuses, somehow dropped away J and he felt eager and active anil free. "Well, be a sport and drive a good i bargain," he said after a moment's j silence. "Let mo take you home and j to-morrow I'll enlist." She shook her head. "Wouldn't i that give tho girls too much satis faction?" She asked dryly. He stared at her. How on earth had she guessed? Then the color Hushed up to his crisp blond hair, and he said impulsively, "I'm a con ceited fool. But I'm game, I'll do it ' ■ ' ■ ■ - '■ ? Our Credit IHI I Facilities jjlpl \ Are At Your Service For 1918 | —so that you can furnish j| your home with ease on your jj Nearly all the business of Let us help you to furnish the world is done on credit. your home completely. v 1 j £ At the same time we will You may make good use of , , . st c credit, if properly handled. elp to make " eaßy for you to pay. 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