"When a Girl "
By ANN LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER CXXVII
ignored Tom Mason's whispered
idn't I tell you to couiit on me —
en you needed a friend?" and
ike parrot fashion, the words 1
ew Jim wanted me to say.
"We're tremendously grateful to
l for believing in Jim and his tip
nd for standing by." Then I ! dd
praylng that it might produce at
st part of the effect I wanted to
, "But, of course, what really
the splendid proof you've just giv-
Jim of your loyalty to him."
And to you," added Tom Mason,
ving low over my hand as if he
re going to kiss it. He straight-j
•d up without touching it. however
i added, "Now 111 inaking a ;
e for the Kochambeau, Jimmie to I
a table—let's see for how |
ny?"
tm counted them oft:
We three and my sisters, Kvvv j
I Sheldon, Doris and her brother, I
>d Harper—and anyone els e you
Oh, that'll do all right," replied
n. "There may be one or two we've
gotten, but we can tend to them
er. Ten's a nice, jolly party. Of
irse. you 11 have it a dress affair."
NLY 2 DAYS MORE
-THEN "NU VIM"
)rgas' Drug Store to Be
the Scene of "Miss Nu
Vim's" Introduction
in Harrisburg
'atient waiting will soon have its
vard.
'reparations are now rapidly
iring completion for the great
Vim demonstration which opens
Geo. A. Gorgas' drug store, 16 j
rth Third street, next Monday, j
bruary 24. All who come will be !
II taken care of. Seats are pro- 1
led for those too weak to stand.
It is expected that large numbers
the sick who have heard of the
nders performed by Xu X im Iron
led Tonic, out West, in Philadel- i -
ia and other eastern cities, will j
ne personally to Gorgas' drug)
ire to hear for themselves the!
k which "Miss Xu Vim" will give, j
S'ever before has the advent of a |
w medical discovery created such I
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k little ones—everyone who has'
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ould make it a point to investl-'
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bruary 24, at Gorgas' drug store,
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FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 21, 1919.
"Of course," echoed Jim, absent
j mindedl.v. "You run along and re
serve the table, and I'll get after the
bunch on the 'phone."
"Wait a minute," 1 ventured. "Is
1 the party tonight?" *
"Well, rather!" retorted Jim quick
> j ly. "A birthday's a birthday you
, | don't celebrate a week later."
. I "It's such short notice —let's have
,] it informal—Just afternoon dresse3
L I for the girls," I suggested lightly, to
• | cover my own trepedation, since I
■ j had no evening dress.
. j "Oh, no—that wouldn't be a bang-
I up party at all!" protested Tom.
Jim nodded agreement. So i had
to explain my predicament.
"Well—since you will force a wo
man's secrets from her, I must con
fess that I haven't au evening dress.
We were married in such a hurry, __
and I haven't needed such a dress
since. So you'll have to modify the
party to suit the hostess, I'm afraid."
"Why, that's easy. You have just
the thing, if you'll only use it ury
way you like," replied Tom Mr .on
with elaborate carelessness. "Just
take that old blue robe and put a
stitch here and there and drape - hit
of tulle over it and you'll have the
sort of thing all the girls .ire wear
ing."
"Sure—rig yourself up," agreed
Jim with his mind not on ma at all.
"Order the table for seven-tliirty,
Tom—that'll give us plenty of time
to get the bunch together."
"Righto! And, Jimmie. thanks
again for the way you let me t it o a
tidy little fortune. Look youe pret
tiest, Mrs. Millionaire-to-Be. Th) old 1
hiue robe's yours for the taking— 1
and if you don't want to think of it as
a present, why just reflect that Jim
mie'3 paid for it about a thousand
times over today! See you liter
folks."
And Tom Mason took his lepa-ture.
"Xow to call Jeanie." chuckled Jim,
in great glee. Jingo—when I tell her
that Jimmie-boy's rich, won't the
dear old girl be tickled silly!"
Then the 'phone absorbed Jim. 1
went over to the window and began
twisting one of the apricot silk cur
tains into a little rope, letting it
swing free again. Jim's voice rum
bled on—now persuading, now ejacu
lating. new chuckling, I heard him
give number after number —heard,
but didn't attend.
Suddenly he turned from ihe tele
phone for a second.
"Better get after that blue thing
umajig, girlie, and whip it into shape.
Every one's accepting, breaking dates
and everything to come. I had to
chase Jeanie all over to#n, but 1 got
her at last. Lunching with Sheldo.i
at Carlier's—lunching at four—Shc-1-
ly's got it bad! Xow run along and
get ready to be the beauty of your
own party. Go to it, Anne!"
Dully I went over to the carved
chest and lifted the lid. There iay
the robe of shot silk—winking up at
me in a malicious glitter of blue and
green and silver. It seemed to say:
"Well, I've conquered at last—you
have to wear me."
1 lifted it in my arms —and as I did
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Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service -J- By Mcl fanus
I MAC6.E-AREYOO CRYIN' YOUR FRIEND II WHATS THE MATTER? } YES-BUT DID rs 1 HC TDICD To 1
J . rwco OR TRYIN' TO SIN? HAS DISGRACED I TOOK Hl3 KNIFE AWAY YOU SEE WHAT r Ri r>W TMr TOAM
WHY DID I EVER I J USATTHE FROM THE TABLE HEBiD WITH * BLOW THE FOAM
-r, r d\( •2 I LETMYHUSBAND V iwT BEFORE TH&/.DINNER- THE DESSERT? ;U"<- OFF THE
•so, the Jeweled girdle caught and I
held. I gav e a little jerk and some- j
thing clicked. Then smoothly and j
evenly, as if I had performed a magic i
rite, the false bottom slid up, arid'
the secret compartment of the chest!
lay open. I had unconsciously ma- :
nipulated the spring. And on " the j
bottom of the cheat, I saw the keys—j
the duplicate keys 'that Tom Mason ;
had flung there after the night he
urged them to effect an entrance to
our apartment.
A picture of Evvy twirling those
keys on her finger and smiling know
ingly cam e to me.
I flung the dress into the secret i
compartment and banged the secret |
lid down over it. I had no idea how
to open it again. I couldn't wear th; •
blue robe now if I would!
I cried, trying to keep the exulta- j
tion out of my voice: "Jim—l can't j
wear that blue robe. It's down in the j
bottom of the chest—in th'e secret
part and I can't work the spring I
that opens It."
Jim didn't answer.Tbut a moment |
later he ca'led an abrupt "goodby." |
| he hung up the receiver and hurried >
i over to fumble with the chest. It j
j didn t yield. After five minutes he .
i straightened up with crimson face,
i "I believe'you did it purposely."
"1 did!" 1 confessed quietly.
| "Indeed? And now may I question
j what extremely clever thing you
j plan to do next? That dinner of
; mine happens to be a full dress af
! fair. What are you going to do about
U7 "
(To Be Continued.)) ,
Altoonans Oppose
Chlorine in Water;
Here to Meet Martin
Altootia, Pa., Feb. 21. With a
view of securing, if possible, a dis
continuance of the chlorination of
Altoona's water supply,, a delegation
1 of Altoona city officials and editors
j of the city newspapers are in Har
j rishurg to-day for a conference with
| Health Commissioner Martin. City
. j Commissioner W. C. Westfall, di
| rector of the department of parks
' and public property, heads the
I party.
The analyses of City Bacteriolo
! gist 1. B. Crilly for many months
past have shown no deleterious sub
] stances in the water and the Al
! toonans are armed with copies of
I these reports, to show Dr. Martin
I that it is unnecessary to- dose the
' water with the chlorine.
THE HEART BREAKER
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
Ily VIRGINIA TERRENE VAN DE WATER
: ;
CHAPTER XLU
k (Copyright 1919. Star Company)
"Good afternoon, Mildred!"
Mildred Brent had not observed
that Mrs. Bruce was coming along the
I sidewalk toward her, and she sturted ]
I violently as she heard herself ad-]
I dressed.
| "You were in a brown study and|
I you did not see me," the older woman j
; remarked. "You were so serious that I
i I wonder what you were thinking of."
| Mildred answered frankly and]
brusquely, "I was thinking of the
I war."
j Mrs. Bruce's face clouded. "No won
der you looked grave. It's an awful ■
i thing," with a shudder. "1 wish we
I could have kept out of it honorably,!'
but we couldn't. Yet. dear," laying!
her hand on Mildred's, "you and Ij'
I should be very thankful that our lot!
[premises to be easier than that ot
many other women You have no I
brothers 1 have but one son and he i'
■ cannot go. so do not worry." I'
"1 was not worrying about Arthur's!
; going." the girl protested. "I am sure
! he will not volunteer."
i The mother heard the challenge in ;
thi tone and answered quickly.
"He would be only too glad to en- '
list if he could. But he has no right
to."
"No right?" the girl repeated. "Why
not?"
| "Because his father needs him,"
Mrs. Bruce replied.
"He got on without him all the
years that Arthur was away at school!
and college," Mildred reminded her. I
"That was different," the mother|
explained. "My husband was a well,
man then. Now he is not."
Mildred Is Obstinate
Mildred raised her eyebrows skep
tically. "Oh. well, nobody can judge
tor another person," she said. "But if
I were a man, I would go. Good aft
ernoon!"
The little altercation had the ef
fect of hardening rather than soften
ing the girl's heart toward her be
trothed. She spoke a part of her
thoughts at the dinner table that
night.
"Tom Chandler shows that he is no
coward in spite of some weaknesses,"
she remarked. "He has enlisted."
"Y'es," Mrs. Higgins replied; "I saw
a piece about it in this morning's
paper."
"It may make a man of him." Ho
nora ventured.
Mildred frowned. "I should hardly
put it that way," she objected. "I
would say instead that if he were not
already a man he would do as some
other members of the masculine tribe
are doing—and stay at home. No,
whatever he is, he is no coward. Nor
is Harold Hilton. He has been wound
ed, by the way."
Honora did not respond immedi
ately. She talked less these days than)
was natural to her. She was also
graver and paler than had been her|
wont.
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"Well?" demanded Mildred sharply, I
"aren't you sorry about Harold Hil
ton?"
"Of course, I am." Honora hastened
to assure her. "He was right to en
list—as he could l>e spared from home.
| So can Tom Chandler."
"So can lots of others who will not
go." Mildred supplemented. "For my
part, now that we are lit the war. I
think any American man who does
not enlist is a coward."
"Milly!" Honora exclaimed. "That
is a sweeping statement and an un- j
1 fair one."
A War Discos-lon
"Y'es, my dear, it cer.tainly.is," Mrs.
Higgins protested. "There are surely
many men who might go—but who
cannot "
"Because they do not want to," Mil- I
died argued. "So they take refuge in!
business, or their families, or in j
something of that sort. Almost nny|
man could trump up some plausible
excuse to plead if" he tried hard
enough "
Honora started to speak, then !
thought better of it. She knew that!
her sister's accusations were aimed at i
the man whom she was supposed to
love. Honora could not tell anyone;
that which Arthur had confided to her
of the state of his business, but she
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could at least mention that his
father's health was in a rather pre
carious condition. She could not sit
still and not say a word to defend her
ft lend.
"I inenn, Milly," she suggested tim
idly, "that there are some young men
] —like Arthur, for Instance—whose
] people need them. While Mr. Bruce
| Is so far from well as he is now, it is
not Arthur's duty to enlist."
Mildred shrugged her shoulders.
"That depends on what you call
'duty.' If all young men considered
their parents, and 'their sisters and
their cousins and their auiUs.' lots
of them would stay at home. ' I fancy
there are women who are patriotic
enough to want their boys to fight
and not invent some lame excuse. ;f
j I were the mother of a son. r would
despise him if he did not offer him
self at this juncture."
I 'You are young, my dear, and do
'not see things in their right perspec
tive." Mrs. Higgins said. "It is only
| natural at your age that one should
, feel a bit as you do, perhaps. Indeed,
| I think many of us are too likely to
let our enthusiasm run away with
our judgment. Sometimes it may
I take more courage to stay at home
■ than to enlist."
Mildred laughed harshly. "That is
i the slacker's favorite excuse, Mrs.
Higgins. Not," hastily, "that I mean
to imply you would be a slacker if
you were a man. But your charity
makes you try to excuse cowardice.
As for men, the more J think of it
the worse it seems to me.
"If you will excuse me," pushing
her chair hack. "J will start a letter
to Harold Hilton before Arthur
comes. I hope he may delay his call
long enough for me to finish it. I
think with a giggle, "that it would
be rather amusing to give Harold's
letter to Arthur to mail."
(To Re Continued!
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