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His Real Love
Somebody ‘began. singing Tosti's
“Good-by” and Denny Dubois looked
around the, club ballroom at the ADL
expression on the women’s faces. They
‘were certainly: sentimental creatures.
‘Even the chaperons, old ladies with
Snow-white hair and diamond collars
around their throats to hide the tell-
‘tale traces of the fingers of time, had:
[dreamy, far-away expressions as if
they looked back across the years of
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know how criminal circumstantial evi-
dence can be—"
“Yes,” said Denny so quietly that dhe.
looked at him intently. |
“Be a dear and come to see me soon! |
I have apartments in the Valencia. '
Who is the good-looking, big blond in |
the doorway? Let's stroll over that.
way. I think that I would like to meet |
him.” i
Denny introduced them and fled. Se
life had done that to little Jane Hamil-
ton! And her image in his heart had
kept him—
The little Davenant girl was talking '
‘youth-time and love-time, when all,
‘their world was young. Now, men
were sensible, he reflected. They lived
each day as it came. To be reminis-
cent about sentimental things was fool-
ish; to stir up vague, half-forgotten
dreams was suicidal to conteptment.
There was Phillipa Barton openly wip-
ing her eyes. Everybody knew that
she had loved Ben Andrews and had
‘married old Smithson for his hundred
thousand a year. Why did she allow
herself to think of Ben, wondered Den-
ny, savagely, trying not to pity her.
“‘Good-by to Summer,” rang the
‘mellow young voice of the enor;
* ‘good-by, good-by.’ ”
Quite suddenly something in the old
melody, like the hand of a magician,
drew back the curtain of the years,
and Denny saw Jane Hamilton as she
had looked on that last night he had
seen her. His eyes had a vacant, far-
away look, and he leaned forward in
his chair as if he were trying to dis-
cern the figures in his life’s drama,
a little more clearly.
“ ‘What are we Waiting for, oh, my
heart,
‘Kiss me straight on the brow,
We part’ "—
He smiled as he thought of his
mouth on the fresh young lips of the
girl he had loved too well. Ah, how
he had loved her!
“ tGood-by to hope—""
Memory snapped the cord that had
lighted once more the days of his
youthful love. Bah, he thought! Ro-
mance and idle dreams were for the
. mentally deficient. He would play the
game like a true sportsman, with no
regrets for the might-have-been issues
of life.
He saw the pretty little Davenant
girl across the room and started to
vpeak to her. She was evidently
watching him, for she was smiling at
him in her eager, happy way. Then
unéxpectedly, he' came face to face
with Jane Hamilton. .. :
As usual, she was the first to re-
cover herself. He had always taken
to“a young fellow but her eyes were
searching the room with a 'youthfully |
hopeful look. They came to rest on |
Denny and she smiled a welcoming |
smile that might mean anything. The
orchestra began AlohasOe and Denny |
danced right away with her.
They danced around the room and :
then, steering her carefully away from |
that fateful gallery, he led her into
a little alcove, screened in with palms |
and flowers. Her little hand trembled
in his. She was childishly happy be-
cause he had come back to her. The
glow in her eager blue eyes kindled a
spark in his heart.
“I love you,” he whispered and put
into the world-old declaration the fer-
vor of maturity. “Will you marry me,
dear?” She shyly consented, all her
warm young heart quivering in her lips
as she lifted them. “I am going to
help Life take care of you,” he vowed,
with deep conviction. “Oh, little sweet-
heart, I want to keep you always as
you are tonight.”—A. Maria Crawford
in the Chicago American.
Sea as Source of Hides.
A representative of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries has under-
taken the work of bringing about
closer co-operation among fishermen,
tanners, and manufacturers in the use
of skins of aquatic animals in the pro-
duction ‘of leather. The bureau will
lend all possible assistance in the de-
velopment of this industry. Wilming-
ton, Del.; Newark, N. J.; New York,
Boston, and various other points have
been visited for the purpose of getting
in touch with tanners who are pre-
pared to take hold of this work ener-
getically. As demands for the raw
products develop, visits will be made
to the fishing centers for the purpose
of interesting fishermen to save and
market skins.
The bureau of fisheries recently had
an opportunity to examine some addi-
tional samples of leather tanned from
fishskins, which indicate that consider-
a certain amount of grim satisfaction
in the knowledge that she had loved
him and had suffered as much as he
did when they parted.
“How are you? Have you this dance ;
—with anybody? I can give it to you.”
She held out a bit of gold-edged paper.
“Of course you will give this dance
to me,” he heard himself saying
against his will. Then with his arm
around her, the fragrance of her
beauty wafted him back again to
heights he had dared to climb but
failed to reach. He guided her through
a long French window out on a little
balco 4
“that overlooked the river,
bright as a silver ribbon in the moon-
light. It was just there that he had
told her he loved her, before time had
stretched a weary length of years be:
tween them.
' “Denny,” she sald softly, “I have
wondered so many times about you,
how you were, and if”—her voice broke
a little, “if you were happy 144
He turned toward her eagerly. She
had remembered, too. “A man must
live each day as it comes,” he said phil-
osophically, not caring to commit him-
gelf. “You are still beautiful,” he
said, feeling that such homage was
due her.
“Have you missed me much?” she
whispered, and he found himself re-:
senting the warm touch of her hand
on his. In the old days, she had been
as elusive as the light on far-away
hills. Perhaps she ‘loved him and
wanted him to know! “I have been
miserable,” she volunteered. “Life
poid me back for mistreating you,
Danny. Of course you have heard that
I am free again—the divorce was |
granted last month.”
“Divorce?” Somehow, he could ot
associate clinging, sweet litle Jane
Hamilton with the sordid grind of a
courtroom and lawyers with their ine
timate questions of life. “Poor child!”
he said quietly.
«1 just couldn’t stand it. He was
so jealous, he watched me all the time.
I tried and tried to gain grounds for
a suit, but he was clever and outwitted !
me at every turn.
ny,” she sighed audibly, “I made up
my mind to give him grounds for di- :
vorce—and I succeeded.”
«He sued you for divorce?” Denny
could not. believe it. “On what
grounds?’ he demanded.
«I don’t want to talk about it. Den-
ny, dear,” she said, bending so near
‘him that he caught the fragrance of
the perfume in her hair. “It was all
horrid, but I am free now, free as air.”
“On. what ground did he sue, per-
sisted Denny. i
“There was a lawyer, quite a good
#riend of mine, and he helped me.” We
went around together and i appeared
to be in love with him so oh, you
And then, oh, Den-'
able progress is being made in the tan-
ning of these products.’
Our Real Army.
The Hoosier Limited was speeding
northward past many of Indiana's
beautiful cornflelds. A traveler
chanced to be reading a recent editori-
al in The News on our country’s bump-
er corn crop, which set forth the impor-
tance of this crop in defeating the en-
emy. By his side sat a little girl, sing-
ing in happy, child fashion her own
compositions concerning what she saw
out of the window. The phrage, “Sol-
diers straight and tall,” caught the
traveler's ear and he turned from his
paper to see with his companion’s eyes.
“Where are the soldiers?’ he -asked.
“There,” said the little one. “I call
the corn soldiers and those,” pointing
to the grain shocks, “are the tents.”—
Indianapolis News. :
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Oatmeal Blanc Mange.
To make oatmeal blanc mange
pour 2 pint of water and a half a tea<
| spoonful of salt into a double boiler.
| When the water is beginning to boil
slowly sprinkle into it a teacupful of
rolled oats and let it boil for three
i minutes. Then let it steam for six
hours and strain. Add to it a half-pint
of scalded milk, sweeten to taste, fla-
vor with vanilla and stir over the fire
for a few minutes. Whip up two eggs
and add to it, then pour into wet-enld
molds and set in a cold place to
harden.
Promotion Slow.
“Your son is in the navy?”
“Yes, hut it’s slow progress; five
years, and still a sub-marine.”—Chris-
| SPARE TEARS FOR THE RICH
Should Anyone Have the Idea That
Their Troubles Are Not Real, Let
Them Read This.
Apropos of the food conservation
drive, a dialogue overheard in one of
the exclusive small shops on. Fifth ave-
nue, New York, is rather significant:
Said the first woman anxiously:
“I don’t know what I shall do with
my poor little Pekingese. He doesn’t
{ seem to be able to eat anything. I buy
him the very finest cuts of beef and
lamb and chicken, but he won't touch
a thing.”
“I had the same difficulty,” replied
her friend. “The hot weather was so
terrible that my little darling complete-
ly lost his appetite, but I tried dipping
his little biscuits in cream, and then he
was able to take them.”
“Isn’t it dreadful,” said the first, “and
with the prices of everything so high,
too, and the government telling us to
save food for the soldiers and for those
poor people abroad. Do you know,
Just to feed my little dog alone costs
me $60 a month. His appetite is so
delicate that he won't eat anything but
the most expensive things.”
“I know,” said the other, with a sigh.
“It’s really dreadful. I don’t see how
we possibly can economize when every-
thing costs so much.”
HEROIC TREATMENT
_ Jimmy—Well, I might like to go
back to school as well as Earlie Evans
does if you'd trained me as his mother
trained him.
Mother—How was that?
Jimmy—=She licked him every day so
he’d be glad to go back.
Improved Magnifying Glass.
The newest magnifying glass is typi-
cal of that class of inventions which,
without embodying any new principle,
combine several old ones so effectively
as to produce new results, This mag-
nifying glass has a lens for each eye,
thus permitting a stereoscopic vision,
superior to the flat field produced by a
single lens. The twin lenses are fast-
ened to the head so that both hands
are free. On the forehead above the
glasses a small flashlight with a reflec
tor iv fastened, making a miniature
searchlight to play on the object in
hand. in surgery, research and deli-
cate mechanics the new glass promises
to prove & great convenience.
War the Leveler.
One of the many results of the war
in England is an agitation for the aboli-
tion of class distinctions on the rail-
roads and a change to a system similar
to that followed in the United States
and Canada. It is urged that the new
plan would be an economic measure
in view of the shortage of coal, as at
present the third-class coaches are
nearly always overcrowded while the
first-class coaches seldom carry more
than a few persons. Commercial trav-
elers, who suffer séverely from the
higher rates now charged on the rail-
roads and from the abolition of the
week end tickets, are active in the
movement.
Sour Milk Griddlecakes.
One and one-foarth cupfuls of thick
sour milk, two eggs (well beaten), salt,
tablespoonful melted butter, one even
teaspoonful soda sifted with one and
a half cupfuls flour. Sift three times,
add a little nutmeg, about one table-
spoonful of molasses, or just enough
so the cakes will cook nice and brown.
Grease griddle with a piece of clear fat
pork. Do not make batter too thick,
as the tinner the batter the better the
cakes. Try one and then you can tell
if they are either too thick or too thin.
These are fine if made right. They
must be eaten at once.
Lemon in Pie Crust.
When making pie crust or any kind
of pastry put in a little lemon juice.
This will kill the taste of lard and
make the crust exceedingly light and
flaky.
Didn’t Get a Chance.
Edith—Did you tell the girls at the
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tea party that secret I confided to su
and Molly?
tian Register.
‘Dolly—No, Molly got there first,
Electrolyzed Sea Water.
Electrolyzed sea water possesses
powerful antiseptic qualities, afid an
apparatus has ‘been devised by which
it can be treated and used on ship-
board to kegp the vessel thoroughly
clean.
Coins Wear Away.
By mere waste, caused by coins rub-
bing one against another, the civilized
world loses one ton and a quarter of
gold and 85 tons of silver annually.
Doesn’t Produce Results.
“A hopeful disposition is mighty
fine,” said Uncle Eben. “But it doesn’t
give you no license to sit down an’
loaf till your hopes come out.”
Had Enough o" That.
MacDonough (to fourth wife)—The
meenister dinna approve o’ my mar-
ryin’ again. But I tell’t him I canna
be aye buryin’, buryin’.
Concerning Advice.
Advice 1s like snow; the softer it
falls the longer it dwells upon and
the deeper it sinks into the mind.—
Coleridge.
Then It Becomes Clear.
“We often wonder,” remarks an ex-
i change, “how many folks make a liv-
| ing until we have a bill against them.”
| —Boston Transcript.
The Daily Thought.
In prosperity prepare for a change;
in adversity hope for one.
The Souvenir McKinley
Gold Dollars
Early in 1916 Congress authorized the coinage of one hun-
dred thousand souvenir gold dollars in commemoration of the
erection of the McKinley Birthplace Memorial and for the pur-
pose of aiding in defraying the cost of completing the work. ....
The coins bear McKinley’s likeness in the obverse and a rep-
resentation of the Memorial on the reverse side... As Mr. Butler
describes them: “The coinage is unique and rare, exemplifying
the unostentatious intelligence of the owner of the souvenir, as
well as his or her reverence for the great things in American
history.”.. When these 100,000 are distributed, no more will be
coined; this fact alone will add value to their possession, and
that value will increase as the years go on.
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