~ THE DOUBLE C THE STORY Jim Stanley, New York busi- ness wan, orders his desk audi- phone taken to his home, intend- ing to finish his dictation there Rollo Waterman, his partner, comes in, Both are in love with Doris Colby, Stanley proposes tossing a coin to determine which shall first propose to Doris. Wa- terman wins. Nina Morgan, Wa- rerman’s secretary and mistress, has overheard his conversation with Stanley and resents Wa- terman’s plan to desert her. Wa- terman says he is penniless and must make a rich marriage. He urges Nina to tell Doris that Stanley has wronged her (Nina) Doris admits to her father het interest in both men, but is un- able to decide which to marry Nina tells Doris her story, exact- ing a promise that Doris will not tell the source of her In- formation Doris 1s convinced of Stanley's duplicity and is brok- enhearted, realizing that it is Stanley she loves Waterman proposes and Doris accepts him. Stanley accepts the situation, and as a wedding present gives his share of the business to Wa- terman He arranges with his secretary, Frank Wilson, to take charge of his other business in- terests He is going to India. Doris tells Waterman part of Nina's story and he promises to “try” to find the girl. Pressed for payment of a big gambling debt by Bromfield, Waterman quiste him with news of his en- gagement to the wealthy Doris Colby CHAPTER VII—Continued w— “In the first pluce to get the news. In the second place to have a little understanding with you.” “Such as?” “Such as this. Stanley and | are a good deal alike in one respect. We're both of us sick of business. He's go- ing to retire, and so am L” “You're going to leave the office?” “That's right. Why should 1 go on working at a job I hate now that I'm going to have a steady income?” Waterman considered. “All right,” he said. “Probably it’s just as well. The less | see of you in the future the safer it will be for both of us. Now fisten to this. | saw Miss Colby this worning. She swallowed your story last night. but today she’s not so sure about it. She wants the thing investi- gated.” “And who's going to do it?” “IF. am” Nina laughed. “you're a wiz.” “All the same,” said Waterman, “the sooner you change your address the better.” “Right,” agreed Nina. “I’m tired of the Bronx anyhow. [I'll hunt up an apartment tomorrow. And now we've got to come down to vulgar mercenary details” “Shoot. How much?” “Got anything to write with?” He detached a silver pencil from his watch-chain and tossed it across the table. Nina wrote briefly upon the hack of the menu card, and flipped it over to him. “Hm,” said her victim as he gazed upon rhe statement “You're doing yourself rather well, aren't you?” “Aren’. you?” said she. Stanley left the Grand Central sta- tion the following Wednesday after noon, sound for Tibet He sailed from San francisco at ten o'clock the fol- lowing M~1way morning. He did not see Doris Colby again He called at her house on the Tues day before he left New York, at an hour when he knew she was almost always in. He was a little surprised when the butler told him that she was not at home. “I'm sorry not to see her Barker,” he said. “Be sure to tell her that, | shall not have another chance, as | feave New York tomorrow afternoon for a long journey.” Stanley was. on the whole, relieved He had no wish to see Doris again For him the final interview was bound to be a painful thing. He could have no notion that it would also have basen painful to her. He was glad that he was able to avoid it. From Sun Francisco he sent her a farewell telegram: “*Good-by,” it read, *“and all the good {fuck in the world to oth my pals.” That was on a Moaday morning. On the following Tuesday morning Wil son, running hastily over the pages of his morning paper. came upon the following paragraph: “Mr. Alexander Colby of 1086 Fifth avenue, announces the engagement of his daughter, Miss Doris Colby, to Mr Rollin Waterman, of 587 [I'ark ave nue.” “Gee,” she said. CHAPTER VIII It should have become fairly obvious ay now that Jim Stanley's conception af Rollin Waterman as simple, direct imgenuonus sportsman, had many points not consonant with the truth. Water man's life. in fact, had for so long hee. “led with {wistings and turnings of various sorts that for him the shortest distance between fwo points had become the devious route of a corkscrew The impulsiveness for which Stanley admired him and on uecount of which he made so many excuses for him was wholly on the surface No sooner had Jim Stanley sailed from San raneiseo than Waterman s that Nina Morgan had yomnved from her for ftfory ul 1 un weft thy eo Gow By A. E. Copyright, By Dodd, W. N. THOMAS Mead and Company, Ine. U. Service mer address, and that the private de- tectives whom he called in had been unable to trace her. The Waterman-Colby wedding was what is called a Society event. That is to say, it took place in St. Barthol- omew’s church under the auspices of the bishop of the diocese and the rec- tor of the parish. harmonized by the boy. choir, beautified by the ritual of the church. and witnessed by an as- sembly of persons whose names were prominent in the social and business life of the city. It was witnessed also by Nina Mor- gan. She insisted on having a card of admittance, and though her pres- ence was not noted by any other of the hundreds who were in the church, she was to the bridegroom the most conspicuous person there. Despite all his poise, as he stood at the altar with Doris at his side, he felt like a man who rather expects to be shot in the back at any moment. But though Nina's presence was noted by “All the Same,” Said Waterman, “the Sooner You Change Your Address the Better.” no one inside the church, with the distinguished excéption of the bride- groom, it was distinctly observed by one of the numerous individuals who crowded the sidewalk outside the door to watch the wedding party as it came from the church. Frank Wilson was not invited to the wedding, but he went, none the less, as far as he could go without a card of admission, and he was, to say the least, interested when he saw Nina come out. He had noted with surprise the withdrawal of that young woman from the office, but its exact significance he could not fathom. This event had occurred before the pub lication of the Waterman-Colby en- gagement. That announcement had interested Wilson even more keenly in view of the continued absence of Miss Morgan, so that he made bold one day, shortly after, to speak to Waterman about it. “Oh, yes,” said Waterman, *she’s gone for good.” “May | ask if you dismissed her?” inquired Wilson. “Oh. no,” responded Waterman, “got another job somewhere, | be- lieve. Glad she's gone. Been getting a little careless lately.” Now Wilson reflected to himself, as he stood on the edge of the crowd that gathered about the striped awn- ing that led from the portals of St Jartholomew’s to the curbing, and noted the exit of Nina amid the throng of wedding guests—knowing that the entrance to the church had ween strictly hy card—he reflected that the weddings of Wall Street tended by secretaries who have been “getting careless lately,” and whose employers are glad to see them leave the office. The wedding journey was brief, be- ing limited to six weeks at Palm Beach, on account, said the society paragraphs, of the extensive business interests of the bridegroom. These business interests were practically in the hands of Wilson during these six wecks; that is to say they were man- aged precisely as Stanley would have managed them had he been there. Upon Waterman's return he tried to replace Wilson as promptly as pos sible, but the men whom he tried out as Wilson's successors turned out to be somewhat unsatisfactory, ever. by Waterman's not altogether elevated standards. Consequently Wilson held on. Now that his word was law in the business, Waterman began to allow his instincts free play. At heart a gumbler, it was not long before he had pretty thoroughly identified the interests f the business with his own personal commitments in the Street, a thing which had been impossible as long as Stanley had remained at the helm. It is true that in those days Waterman had maaaged to involve himself in various speculative enter: prises which turned out badly, but they remained his own. The position of the firm was in no way affected by them. Now ‘ wa: different. Wilson hac ventured to file various respectful protests from time to time as he noted the course which events were taking, His objections had been waved aside—pleasantly at first, but finally in a way which silence him. “Wilson,” said Waterman, on the occasion of his last protest, “1 have kept you in the office to assist me, not advise me. If you're content with this arrangement, 1 shall be glad to have you stay until 1 can replace you. If not, you had better go at once.” Wilson accepted the rebuff and stayed. He thought vaguely that pos sibly his continued presence might in some way be useful to the ahsent Stanley. Bui there came a time when he felt that merely from the stand- point of self-protection he must get out. That moment came when he realized that Waterman's business foolhardiness had become something worse. He discoverec that securities belonging io customers, and left in care of the firm for safekeeping, had been hypothecated by Waterman as collateral for certain speculative ven- tures of his own. This did not shock him, for by this time he thoroughly understood Waterman's character— but it surprised him. For the risks of this sort of thing were so great, so pregnant with disaster, that ne had not thought the man would have as sumed them. However, there it was. Wilson made up his mind that it was high time to be gone. So one morning he entered Water- man’s private office and took the bull by the horns. “Mr. Waterman,” he said, “I should like with your permis: sion to sever my connection with the office at once.” “And why, may I ask?’ inquired his ROSS THE PATTON COURIER > “In what particular, may | ask (t you will be good enough to tell me?” “Yes sir, I will. There have been in our possession for some time ® large number of shares of the Cana- dian Pacitic Railway compuny belong- ing to Mr. John W. Weeks, one of our customers. These shares have been used to finance the purchase by this firm of a large block of the commoa stock of th: Eastern Oil company * “Well, what of it?” “Nothing, if you do not see what I mean.” “l do not. You must be more ex- plicit.” “l think you know perfectly weil that no such operation has ever bi fore been carried on in this office, at least not in my time. 1 think yon know perfectly well that it is a thing that Mr. Stanley would never have countenan-ed. “Are you done?” “Yes, sir” “Then let me say this. This is on longer Mr. Stanley’s business. 1 am responsible for the operation to which you object. I am accountable to Mr. Weeks for the stock of which you have spoken, and I shall meet my re sponsibility.” “Very good, sir,” retorted Wilson. “Then 1 take it, it will suit your con- venience if I leave on Saturday night?” “Leave at once, if you like.” “Very good, sir. 1 shall write you a letter of which 1 shall kee} a | copy stating in detail my reasons for retiring.” “As you please.” So Wilson retired to the suite of of- fices he had already engaged in a neighboring skyscraper for the con- duct of the affairs of Stanley. Now, when Waterman told Wilson he would hold hiniself responsible for the securities left in his care he meant exuctly what he said. He had no feeling of dishonesty about it. He | was using Mr. Weeks’ property for his own purposes, it is true, but he would find a way te make good when the time came to do it. He found himself for the moment in one of his tight corners, and he was merely bor- (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) A boy wants a room sufficiently at- tractive to bring his friends to, and sufficiently plain to seem masculine and businesslike. He will leave all the pas- tel colors, fussy draperies and light- weight, decorative furniture to his sis- ter, in favor of surroundings that will stand a little friendly “rough-house” or pillow fighting once in a while, and re- quire very little care or attention. A good many boys enjoy the feeling of order and neatness about them, but at the same time they are quite likely to throw themselves down on a couch or bed to read or study without thinking to remove their dusty boots. A “dressed-up” looking bed that prevents a boy from using it in this way may be enough to keep him out of his room entirely. Osnaburg was selected by the bureau of home economics for the couch cov- The Osnaburg Couch Cover in This Boy's Room Is Especially Practical. ROOM SUFFICIENTLY ATTRACTIVE FOR Boy | er in this boy's room, to match a slip cover on an easy chair and plain win- dow hangings. Osnaburg is a natural- colored rather coarse cotton material that has recently become known for household furnishings. It has a slight- ly irregular weave which is artistic and attractive, and it can be laundered easily. If preferred in darker shades, it takes dye well. To relieve the plain- ness of the couch cover and draperies, bands of bright-colored cretonne have been used. One of the cushions is covered with osnaburg and cretonne. The simplicity of the other furnish- ings in the room is in keeping with a boy’s taste. Enameled furniture with plain lines was chosen because it could be easily kept clean. The book rack and desk light are compact and con- venient for study. Suitable pictures have been selected. The washable rag rug for the otherwise bare varnished floor is appropriate. DRESS FOR PLAY OR SCHOOL WEAR Most Little Children Love New and Pretty Things. rowing the C. P. stock to help him out of that corner. He had been in many tight corners before now-—per- haps not as tight as this one—but he had always found a way out, and he would find a way out now. Mr. Weeks would not lose anything, and in the meantime would have assisted him, inv luntarily to be sure, to escape from this new dilemma. As a husband Waterman was at first not unsuccessful. He devoted himself to pleasing his wife with an assiduity which, considering his innate selfish- ness, was extraordinary. But there | ‘ame a time, some six months after his marriage. when his financial per- plexities became so great that he had no longer attempted to conceal them from his wife. In fact, with some pre- meditation, he allowed her to guess them, “What’s the matter, Rollin?” sha said to him one night when they had returned to their Park avenue apart- ment after a dinner party. “You seem awfully down.” | “Oh, nothing much,” he answered. “] know better. Anything wrong in business?” “Well, the fact is, I've got into a | caployer. “1 prefer not to go into that.” “But my dear man you know well that it will be most inconvenient for me if you quit like this. McKane has scarcely been here long enough to wearr the ropes. In a month or six weeks you can go without inconven- iencing mc in the least, but now it will be a nuisance.” “Nevertheiess, 1 feel | must go at once.” “Perhaps you'll teli me your rea- son?” “It you insist I will, but I would rather not.” “Insist? What's this?—Of course 1 insi.t.” = “YT disapprove, on principle, of the way in which you are running this business men are not commonly at- “It is a fallacy to believe that over study causes insanity. Overstudy like any mental overwork causes a stute of exhaustion and brain fag. Too much study, which prevents the en joyable realities of play and recrea tion, will pot cause a mental break down in a person who is not liable to insanity,” states Dr. Alexander 8 Hershfield, Illinois stute alienist. “It is admitted that among those students who devote too wnuch time to earning and to making high grades there are many who are normal men tally. Mental disease and overstud) are common enough to be found to gether oceasionally A well-balanced boy or girl finds sports, friendships and sex of sufficient importance to act as an antidote to overstudy and Improving on It “In your sermon you spoke of a baby as a new wave on the ocean ot life.” remarked Mr Young Husband “Yes,” suid the preacher, “a poetical figure of speech.” “Don’t you think suggested Mr Young Husband, “that a Insanity Not Often Caused by Overstudy fresh squall on the ocean of life would iit the mark better?’ = Capper's Weekly vusiness.’ general school grind. In fact, it is normal for youth to tind study irk some when it interferes with its fun “Insanity resulting from overstudy IS merely a coincidence, and closer examination of such a case will usu: ally show other causes.” Remarkable Fellow Teacher asked the children indi vidually to name the prominent per- son they would most like to see. Some said- the king, others Charlie Chaplin, and many of them mentioned famous athletes. After a time, one small boy shouted “Please, miss, I'¢ rather see my fa ther’s boss.” “Well,” replied the teacher, “1 should hardly think one would class him as a prominent man; but let us hear why you would like to see him.” “Because,” was the answer, “I've heard father say that his boss has got 200 hands.”—Montreal Star. Specialized Farming “The only thing that Jim Jenks. the taziest farmer in twelve counties, ever ‘sez his neighbor Nat Nolan “ie 1 hue and cry when advised to go to work.”—Farm and Fireside, raises.’ deal which looked awfully good and does yet. But it’s broadened out so | wuch that | find 1 haven't quite the | capital to swing it. [If 1 had it would | be all and more than I had hoped. but 1 can’t get it. I shall have to sacri- | fice everything that I’ve put into it.” “How much do you need?” “Well, forty thousand dollars would see me through.” “Let me do it.” “No, really, I don’t want to drag you into my business affairs.” “But I insist. Besides, it's only a temporary loan. It isn't as if 1 were saying good-by to the money. This will see you through, you say, afd turn a losing venture into a profitable one. That's simple.” “Well,” he said feebly, and her chek ame to him next day. What Waterman didn’t tell Dofis was the fact that the forty thousatd | dollars was needed to replac: the Canadian Pacific stock which belonged to Mr. Weeks who had suddenly, and with entire lack of consideration. de- manded the possession of his property. This he received, thanks to Dorts’ check. Waterman met his responsi- bility to Weeks, as he had assured Wilson that he would. But his difli- culties with reference to the Eastern Oil deal remained as great as before. This was a fair example of the sort of thing that now became frequent in the Waterman household. Waterman was too clever ever to ask his wife for money, but the time came when the technique which he employed In the Weeks matter grew a little threai- bare. It will bave been observed that | Doris was no fool. She admired her husband. She had an affection for him. If he did not thrill her as she had hoped and expected, she was not unreasonable, She felt, it is true, a vague disappointment, but she brought her common sense to bear. She sald to herself that her romantic idea's | had perhaps been based too much upon her youthful fancy, that per- haps there was really no such thing outside the -world of fairy tales and dreams. At all events she could make | a comparative success of her marriage, even if it turned out to be not exas<iy thrilling, and this she set herself to do. | (TO BE CONTINUED.) (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) A few new school dresses are need- ed by every child in the fall, whether because of unexpected growth during vacation, or because of a depleted wardrobe, or just because most little girls love new and pretty things, especially when starting out in a new class with a new teacher, and perhaps some other new conditions. At the beginning of fall and winter these school dresses are most practical if made with long sleeves. In many climates cotton wash fabrics are pre- ferred for school wear throughout the year, until the children reach the up- per grades, and even in the colder states cotton may be worn late into the fall until the last “Indian summer” interval is over and the first snow is on the ground. This little school dress of blue cot- ton pongee was chosen by the bureau of home economics of the United States Department of Agriculture as a very practical style. Call it a “smock” dress if it will make the little girl For Play or School. happy to have a garment correspond- ing to mother’s or big sister's. It is trimmed with a printed material of lue, rose, and black, on a white back- ground. The eollar and the trimming on the pockets carry out the scalloped design of the front. Slashes at right angles to the armhole in both front and back give a yoke effect and are a means of adding fullness. Set-in sleeves are required for this style. Straight-legged panties to match rath- er than bloomers are used. They add to the simplicity of the whole effect. They may be made by taking enough width from the bloomer pattern so that no gathers are required. Any com- mercial bloomer dress pattern with set-in sleeves and a plain shoulder may be adapted to this style by simply cut- ting extra width toward the underarm seam from the point where the slash is made. Little dresses that open down the front are so easy to put on and take of that they can be planned for very tiny girls between two and three who are learning to dress themselves. Like ull cont-style dresses, this one is easily ironed. TRAPPING HOUSE FLIES MADE EASY Logical Method of Control Is to Prevent Breeding. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) While the logical method of fly con- trol is to prevent the multiplication of these pests by proper, disposal of cr treatment of their breeding places, some degree of control can be main- tained by the use of traps. Both the house fly and blowflies may be cap- tured in traps, according to the ento- mologists of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, but the character of the bait and the location of the traps are important considerations in trapping the different kinds of flies. Farmers’ Bulletin 734-F, “Flytraps and Their Operation,” by F. C. Bishop of the bureau of entomology of the department, gives directions for con- structing a number of different kinds of traps, the same general principle be- ing used in all these flytraps though they appear to be different. The flies are attracted into a cage through a passage, the entranee of which_is large and the exit small. Once in- side there is little chance that the flies will find the way out. Light is an important factor in the success of all flytraps because flies have a tendency to go toward the light, after having been attracted be- neath it by the odor of the bai’ or after entering a room in search of food. It is important to use a bait suit- able for the kind of flies to be caught. For house flies, a mixture of cheap cane molasses with three times as much water is one of the most effective and economical baits to use. Blowflies are more readily attracted by animal mat- ter. Around slaughter houses, mar- kets, and butcher shops where blow- flies are troublesome, such baits as mucous membranes which form the linings of intestines of cattle or hogs are suitable. A copy of the bulletin may be ob- tained from the United States De- partment of Agrictulture, Washing- ton, D..C. Different Juicy Fruits Used for Summer Ices Blackberries, raspberries, strawber- ries, and any other juicy fruits may be used to make summer ices, suggests the bureau of home economics. The proportions below will be found satis- factory. If more acid is preferred in any ice, lemon juice is added. 215 cups fruit on juice, strained juice 1 cup sugar % cup water 1% teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons lem=- Crush the fruit and heat it for about 2 minutes, meanwhile stirring and pressing so that the juice runs freely. Strain through a thick layer of cheese- cloth and to the juice add the sugar, water, lemon juice, and salt. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, and pour into a freezer. 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