" When a Girl " By AJfN MSIJC A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing Problems of a Girl Wife Chapter XXI My husband and I stared at each other across the candlelit space of Tom Mason's studio apartment. Sil ence lay between us like an angry river without bridge or ferry. Then suddenly Jim plunged into the depths of that silence, and I started back as if the quick splash of his words were muddy black water. 'Anne! What does this mean— this nonsense?" Those were Jim's words. He had been away from me for two days— our marriage was not a fortnight old —but it was an angry judge, not a loving bridegroom that I faced. "What does this mean?" he de manded again, "I couldn't stay at the Wal- "You couldn't stay—at the hotel your husband had chosen for you! And why not, pray?" Jim's words were cutting;—like a razor edgre of steel. Back of them I knew there was the iron bludgeon of anger. "You must be tired, dear—those hours on the train. We'll talk when you are rested," I said. "We'll talk now!" "But I've had nothing to eat since noon, Jim. It must be half-past 9. Let's have some coftftee first and then we can talk. Coffee will brace us both up. This is a surprise. I didn't expect you so soon." "I can see that!" sneered Jim, his face twitching—his eyes ablaze. He limped toward me, and I found myself leaning back against the refectory table in sudden terror. This was my man—the man I loved. I had angered him and I was his to do with as he wished. What would he chose to do? My heart thudded. Jim didn't toijch me—he stood staring at me in cold rage, and then after a moment he spoke; "I didn't think you were the sort of woman to make a laughing stock of me! What do you imagine they're saying at the Walgrave? Your hus band goes away for two days—and when he comes back you've moved! Anne. I warn you—l won't be hu miliated like this!" "I didn't mean to humiliate you, Jim—if you'll listen, I'll try to ex plain." "All right—in a minute, I'll wash 1 20 MULTnAM BORAX I SOAP CHIPS H with the purchase of a one jDound package B AND THE COUPON Ipl to be published in the Wednesday papers TUESDAY EVENING, faABKISBURG TELEGRAPtt SEPTEMBER 17, l9i& and try to cool off —before I say any thing I'll regret." Jim limped across the room—l dared not follow him. A moment later I heard him fumbling about the bedroom. "Is there any electricity in this fool place—or nothing but those craay candles?" he called angrily. I hurried into the bedroom, and stumbled against him in the dark, of us groped around hunting for the switch which I hadn't thought of dur ing the day. Once Jim's hand touch ed mine, I held myself breathlessly still, leaning toward him, waiting for his response—the sudden embrace that would do so much more than words to bridge the gap between us. But he drew away. In another moment I found the switch and the room was flooded with light. It showed Jim's face whiter, colder than the candle light had re vealed. "Can I do anything for you?" I ventured. "Mo—you've done about enough for one day. Go out and drink your cof fee and get that whimpering baby look off your face." It was brutal—l staggered back, fairly hating him. Out in the living room was the percolator, purring smoothly. I turn ed it off and poured myself a cup of coffee —thick and black, strong from its long standing. I put it to my lips but I couldn't swallow it. Presently Jim came into the room and said: "If you can say anything to white wash this performance, let me hear it, Anne. I thought I had married a sane woman and not a— an absurd child who would—make me look like a fool. What do you suppose Mason himself, thinks of you?" "Oh, he thinks it is all right. He and Evelyn have been here all day"— Jim's face turned crimson. "Evelyn Mason has been helping you! Well, where is she now?" "She was gone when you phoned —the Royees and Mr. Blake asked her motoring and so she went" "And Tom?" asked my husband. "I sent him away," I said grim ly, and a flash of anger gave me sud den strength to face my'husband. "You shan't talk to me like this, Jim, I won't be misunderstood. You shan't" "Oh—'l shan't!' Who's to stop me?" Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service V By McManus ft |if||||| t-Mk 9 !K, E ?cSi' l7\ "I am. When you understand, Jim. you'll see that you haven't been fair. I thought the Walgrave to expensive, and the impudent little clerk made me so miserable last night when I came in from dining with Captain Wins ton"—— "Oh, so you dined with 'Winston, too." answered my husband, "Oh, Jim, won't you understand? Captain Winston took me to dinner because I was your wife. He made me understand that you would have to —go back to France. I've been trying to prepare for that to-day." "Perhaps you will claim that is the reason for your sudden move!" "Yes. Jim, I was Jealous too when your letter came this morning. It was so full of Betty I got—desper ate. And then I thought if we had a home you'd be contended while you were—here. Truly, I have been try ing to act like—a soldier's wife." Jim answered me wearily? "A soldier's wife doesn't make him look like a fool by doing the things you've done. You've made a muddle of things, Anne. Everything i s in a—muddle." The anger drained out of his voice. It was tired and hinted of pain be yond all reckoning. "Are you disappointed in me?" I asked sadly. He smiled impatiently. There was grim suffering in that smile—a touch of pain more cruel than the bitter ness our quarrel had held. "Yes, I'm disappointed, all right," said my husband wearily. And then I knew there was some thing more—something he had met and suffffered alone. (To lie Continued) Sweetmeats For Dessert If you want candy, make some of the following kinds and serve them instead of a sweet dessert, suggests the United States Food Administra tion. Parisian Sweets—Put through the meat chopper one pound of pre pared dates, figs, and nut meats. Add one tablespoon orange juice, a little grated orange peel, and 14 cup of honey or syrup. Mould into balls and roll in chopped nuts or cocoanut or chocolate. This mixture may be packed in an oiled tin. put under a weight until firm, then cut in any shape desired. Melted chocolate may be added to mixture before moulding if desired. Stuffed Prunes—Steam one pound prunes and remove stones. Stuff part of the prunes, each with another prune, stuff other with chopped salted nuts, or stuff with a mixture of one cup each raisins and walnuts and a few candied cherries. Another suggestion is to stuff prunes with stiff orange marmalade. Peanut Brittle—l cup white syrup, 1 tablespoon vinegar, \ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup fresh ly roasted peanuts, halved. Cook the syrup, vinegar and salt in a saucepan until a little dropped in cold water forms a soft ball. Put the peanuts and this syrup into an iron skillet and stir until the syrup becomes a golden brown. Remove from the fire and stir in vanilla. Have ready a shallow buttered pan, pour candy in and spread out in a thin sheet. Allow to cool, then re move from pan and crack into pieces. Candied Drirambo— 1 cup cook ing apples, M cup syrup, V 4 cup water, nuts. Cook apples as for sauce. Add 14 CU P corn syrup and cook until a paste. Nuts may be added. Spread out in buttered pan. Dry out in oven or over oven for one-half day. Use other fruits in the same way. Advice to the Lovelorn DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am 20 and have a girl friend 19. I am poor, while she is well-to-do, but never lets me feel the difference. At present there is a man very much attached to her. but he is unworthy of her. He is a musician and has traveled all over the world, and is likely to be out of a position at any time. Would it be proper for me to tell my girl friend that she would be sacrificing a good deal in marrying him? A CONSTANT READER. Girls are very seldom thankful for this kind of advice, and, in fact, noth ing so often hastens a marriage as the disapproval of well-meaning but im prudent friends. If she asks your ad vice, you would be justified in giving it, or, you might tactfully intimate your feeling about the affair. How ever, I haven't much encouragement to offer. Daily Dot Puzzle 32 .3S 26 2 <? 3o * .34 S 40 27 24. • .■, ! —• ~7 " Jrt A • x , AS *47 vY To / $ k f- if*^4 it* s§p=4 — 15* 338/ 49 1 5 !<* *so \ •: •=-(! r, r ' e J-4 , PC ; Trace the dote to sixtv-one Catch a just for fun. Draw from one to two and so on I to the end THE KAISER AS I KNEW HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS By ARTHUR IS'. DAVIS, D. D. S. (Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate) < Continued.) "The four allied powers have been obliged to take up arms to defend justice and the liberty of national evolution. The glorious deeds of our j armies have in no way altered their | purpose. We always maintained the j tirm belief that our own rights and justified claims in no way control the rights of these nations. "The spiritual and material prog ress which were the pride of Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century are threatened with ruin, i Germany and her allies —Austria- j Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey—l save proof of their unconquerable j strength in this struggle. They ■ gained gigantic advantages over ad- j versaries superior in numbers and. war material. Our lines stand un- ! shaken against ever-repeated at- j tempts of their armies. "The last attack in the Balkans ] has been rapidly and victoriously j overcome. The most recent events have demonstrated that further con tinuance of the war will not result in breaking the resistance of our forces, and the whole situation with regard to our troops justifies the ex pectation of further successes. "If, in spite of this offer of peace and reconciliation, the struggle should go on, the four allied pow ers are resolved to continue to a victorious end, but they disclaim re sponsibility for this before human ity and history." Was ever an offer of "peace and reconciliation" couched in terms more apt to prolong hostilities? This proposal was given to the world on December 12, 1916. It was 1 followed wjthin a few days by a note from President Wilson to the belligerent powers suggesting that "an early occasion be sought to call out from .all the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective views as to the terms upon which the war might be concluded, and the arrangements which would be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against its renewal or the kindling oj" any similar conflict in the future as would make it possible frankly to compare them." The Kaiser's answer to this sin cere effort of a neutral power to brigg about the peace which he had endeavored to make his people be lieve he was so anxious to secure was the resumption of the ruthless submarine campaign! The German people accepted the Kaiser's protestations at their face value; the rest of the world will judge him by his acts. CHAPTER XVIII While the German people have always been in thorough accord with the Kaiser's ambitious project which is so significantly described by the popular slogan: "Deutsch land über alles!" when the great war, which was to achieve Ger many's aims, commenced, It came almost as much as a surprise to the Germans as it was to the rest of the world. They knew it was inevit able and they looked forward eager ly to "Der Tag," but when it arrived the bustle and excitement, not to say panic, which developed through out Germany was so pronounced that in some cases It approached the ludicrous. Obviously the people were kept in ignorance of the plans of their war barons in order that hostilities might come as a- complete surprise to them and give color to the gov ernment's contention that the war was forced upon Germany. So little thought did we give to the complexities of the political sit uation that on Friday, July 31, 1914, my wife and I started off on a motor trip. We had heard so many rumois of war within the previous ten years that we saw no reason why amica ble solution should not again be found as it had always been before. On our way out the Charlotten burger Chaussee we passed the Kai ser and the Kaiserin driving to Ber lin from Potsdam at about sixty miles an hour, and there were other indications of activity, but we at tached little importance to them. At the Golf Club, where we stopped for our clubs, we were told by the steward that the soldiers in all the barracks in that vicinity had been moved several days before nearer to the borders to make room for the reserve troops who would be mobilized on the following day. Old Herrmann, the steward, iwas usually pessimistic and we put little credence in what he said. When we reached Potsdam, how ever, and saw thousands of tons of coal heaped up between the railroad tracks which were ordinarily kept clear, we realized that preparations for war were being made in earnest 1 All A Clear Your Skin J IVV WithCuticnra ■ I I All druggists: Soap 25, I ■ ■ Ointment 25 & 50, Tal ■ cum 25 Sample each I W Dapt,°E, Boatem." I"** 1 "** and we stopped to consider whether it would not be better after all to j return home. Such was our ignor-1 ance of war that we decided that j even though it were not advisable to j motor in Belgium and France, where | we were bound, that we might safely ; plan a tour in the Black Forest in Germany. We had left Berlin late in the aft-1 ernoon. In the evening, when we j arrived at Gotha, we found that i the younger waiters in the restau- [ rants and hotels had already left j and that the older reserves expected a general call the next day. The next morning we started for Frankfort. As we passed through village after village, war prepara tions became more and more evi dent. Measures were being taken! everywhere to arouse cnthusiusm-V i young men gathered on school steps ] were singing patriotic songs, stu- j dents were marching and speeches I We will win this war— Nothing else really matters until we dol The Flavor Lasts were being made in the market places. At Fulda, where we lunched, wo were eyed suspiciously by our fellow guests who surmised that we were foreigners and were not quite sure whether or not'we ought to be there. In the middle of the afternoon we were stopped by a middle-aged peas ant shouldering an antique rifle. As he was apparently more fright ened than w<e were, we should have ignored him and proceeded but for the fact he had stretched a rope across the entrance to a small bridge which we had reached. When he heard we were Americans, lie asked us whether we knew his Cousin Karl, who was in America, and upon our declaration that we did, he allowed us to proceed with out further questioning! From that time on we couldn't go more than a few hundred yards at a stretch without being stopped by a similar rope or chain across the thoroughfare. My Kaiserlicher Automobile Club card, driving li cense and a few other papers of an official-looking character usually served to clear the way for us. In one village we came to we noticed posters ordering mobilization and all work was stopped while the peo ple stood around in groups and dis cussed the situation. We were glad that our English accent was not yet a drawback. About 5 o'clock that afternoon we arrived in Frankfort. The whole place was in a fever of excitement over the mobilization posters and their resentment against the French was being aroused by "extras" which j were handed out without charge, j announcing that the French had al ready dropped bombs on the rail road at Nurnberg and that French j officers in au'tos had overridden the j borders. The ridiculous statements i about French fliers dropping bombs | on the railroad at Nurnberg had not 'the slightest foundation, of cours,. | Although the machines have since ! been greatly improved, I think only j one has thus far succeeded in pene i trating as far as Nurnberg. ] The older people who had lived through the war of 1870 had inteo i ested audiences for once while they | related, past experiences and gave | advice as to what preparations to ] make. A possibility of food short j age seemed to be uppermost In all j minds, and the groceries were I stormed with eager buyers. Salt ' suddenly .lumped to 75 cents a pound | and other things in proportion. (To He Continued.) 5
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