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T he City of
Purple Dreams
sH-
B y E D W IN
B A IR D
T H IS
L E T T E R !"
Rushed Like an Infuriated Bull.
tw o gladiators w ith mingled horror
n n d fascination. Nikolay had Hie ad
v a n ta g e of some forty pounds In
w eight, but Fitzhugh was vastly his
su p e rio r in stam ina, fistic skill and
q u ic k n ess of eye and movement. To
w in the fight he Judged be had to do
b u t one tilin g : to keep free of the
O llier's clutches. Once the big Rus
sia n got those trem endous arm s
a ro u n d him tlie com bat would be un
eq u a l.
Nikolay rushed upon his foe like an
in fu ria te d bull, and Fitzhugh ducked
a n d sidestepped like a lean panther,
sp rin g in g in quickly to deliver two
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DAYS
—What T hey Mean
PERRON u n fam iliar with dream
C»*rrt<fc< tr ? O I
I floor and start'd thoughtfully rtt the
celling, crushing his cig arette alow !jr
between his fingers.
Suddenly he
Jumped Up and begun paciug tlie Boor
restlessly.
“ Pshaw !—she'll get aw ay all right.
Yes. yes, she'll get aw ay all rig h t.”
On his way to work next m orning
he called at the post office and found,
us he expected, a le tte r from E sther.
It w as w ritten on a sc ra p of w rapping
paper w ith a lead pencil, aud began
w ithout p re fa c e :
•
I f P ie sinned It « « « because I loved
you so. 1 did It fu r y o u r sake
I am
p ra y in g God th a t yo u r desire fo r w e a lth
m ay be g ra n te d you. E ven though your
am b itio n is one o f w h ich I do not e n tire
ly approve. 1 w ould w illin g ly die th a t you
m ig h t achieve It. T h a t Is how I lave you.
I t m ay be a Io n * w h ile before you h ear
fro m pie ag ain , because I a m going fa r
a w a y . D e s tro y th is le tie r.
Y o u r ad oring
ESTHER.
lie burned th e le tte r In th e kitchen
range and knuckled down to his o p
probrious toll as on th e previous day.
Fitzhugh had a clearly defined rea
son for doing scullery work In a res
ta u ra n t.
It provided a steady, if
sm all, incom e; It facilitated economy,
ami. above all. it afforded him u secure
hiding place during th e day. He In
tended to stay th e re six weeks. By
th a t tim e his beard would be sultl-
A lore might w ake up a fte r dream
lug of a shroud w ith a feeling thut ha
bail seen an evil omen and bo, con
sequently, depressed In Mplrlin. lie
would be q u ite wrong. A shroud may
not be alto g eth er a pleasant thing to
see In one's dream s, but It Is ueeoiinted
by nearly all tlie soothsayer» to be a
favorable omen to dream of Hint grue
some object. F or one thing such
dream signifies th n t you are to Inherit
some money. It Is true, though, say
the wise ones, th n t SMlng a shroud In
u dream Is n w arning (o tlie dream er
to ta k e lietter care of Ills health or he
»ill have a fit of Illness which will In
te rfere w ith his business. Rut It Is
merely a tendency to Illness which is
predicted dnd not Illness Itself. If
you a re careful of your h ealth your
business will prosper uud your fortune
Increase.
If you dream th a t you see a shroud
removed from a dead person you might
w ake up w ith affright u t the ghastly
sight. But really th ere would tie no
evil omen In th e dreutn which would
call fo r any w orrying. T he w orst thnt
it could menu would be thnt you -are
going to h av e some tittle strife nnd
contention w ith n person w ith whom
you least expected to have trouble.
But tho difficulty will b e of sh o rt du
ra tio n ; you will get tlie beat of tho
argum ent nnd all will lie smooth sail
ing agnln. In looking over many hun
dreds, or ra th e r thousands, of dream
In terp retatio n s which have been hand'
cd down from generation to generation
It Is found th a t tho saying "D ream s go
by co n traries" does not npply so fre
quently us Is generally supposed. But
th e dream of a shroud Is one of the
cases w here It does. So ch eer up If
you have th is disagreeable dream .
T hink of tlie coming legacy and the
flourishing of your business.
(Copyright.)
Just Folks
By EDGAR A. GUEST
W HEN N E LL IE 'S ON TH E JOB.
Then, Seizing a Heavy W a te r Pitcher
From Beside an O verturned C hair,
He Hurled I t W ith a V ile W ord.
T he bright spots In my life a re when
th e serv an t q uits the place.
Although th a t grim d isturbance brings
a frown on N ellie’s face;
T he week betw een th e old g irl's reign
and en try of th e new
Is one th a t's tilled with linpplness and
coinfort through and through.
T he charm of living's back again— a
charm th a t serv an ts rob—
I like th e home, I like the meals, '.vben
N ellie's on th e Job.
T h ere’s som ething in a se rv a n t's ways,
how ever fine they be,
clentiy long to be shaped Into a V an
dyke. Also, fo r he practiced th e m ost T h at 1ms a cold an d d istan t touch and
fre ts th e soul of me.
rigorous frugality, he expected to have
th irty dollars w ith w hich to buy some The old home never looks so well, as
in th a t week or two
p resen tab le clothes. From th a t point
on he fe lt positive th a t somehow his T h a t we nre serv an tless and Nell has
all tlie work to do.
soaring alo ft would be sw ift and sure.
T
here
is a sense of com fort then th a t
Only once w as the monotony of th a t
m akes my pulses throb
m onth broken.
By one of those
anom alous conditions peculiar to some And home is as It ought to be when
N ellie's on th e Job.
cities, th e stre e t th e re sta u ra n t w as
•
on, a m iserable, poverty-stricken th o r
oughfare, is less th an ten m inutes’ Think not th a t I'd deny her help or
grudge the se rv an t's pay,
w alk from Chicago’s w ealthiest resi
W hen one d ep arts we try to g et an
dential section. T his Incongruous J in
other rig h t aw ay.
taposition accounted fo r th e break In
I
merely s ta te the sim ple fact th a t no
F itzhugh’s routine. It w as late one
such Joys I've known
w arm n ig h t In June, and he had
As In those few b rief days a t home
walked a few stre e ts from his board
when we’ve been left alone.
Ing house and w as tak in g the air along
T h ere is a gentleness th a t seem s to
the Lake Shore drive, when he saw
soothe tills selfish elf
K athleen Otis. A shining lim ousine
And oh, I like to e a t those m eals th at
It w as a sw eltering, filthy place, stopped before th e Iron gatew ay
N ellie gets h erself I
| reeking w ith m ultitudinous odors and through w hich he had tw ice passed,
overrun w ith cockroaches. T he.soiled and as he drew back into tlie shadow s lo u cannot buy th e gentle touch th a t
dishes cam e in a never-ending torrent, of some shrubbery she alighted with
m other gives tlie place,
and ail day, with th re e respites for her fath e r. How exquisite she w as— No serv an t girl can do th e work with
food, he bent a t th e wash-bench, his bow d e s ira b le ! . . .
Ju st th e proper grace.
E very nig h t a fte r th n t F itzhugh And though you hired (he queen of
arm s im m ersed to th e elbows in black,
soapy w ater. At eight cam e the n ig h t' prom enaded the drive. B ut he never
cooks to fnsldon your croquettes
man, and he drew a b reath of relief saw h er again. H e read in ter th a t sfie H er m eals would not com pare with
and a dollar on his w eekly wage, and had sailed for F ran ce with tier m other
those your loving com rade gets.
sta rte d home. Or, ra th e r, he started and would not retu rn until the au So, though th e mnid lias quit again
to look for a home. H e found one for tumn.
and she Is moved to sob,
two dollars a w eek—a depressing
T h e old homo's a t Its finest now, for
room, little larg er th an a coalhox,
N ellie’s on th e Job.
tucked aw ay in the tipper regions of
From dishwasher to—
(C op yrigh t by E d gar A. G uest.)
a shoddy lodging house. He paid the
grim -faced landlady h alf of his capi
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
tal^ bought a packet of tobacco and
an evening new spaper, and w ent to his
‘-MILITANT* MARY
Bird Deadly Enemy of Flies.
room.
The Wilson w arbler is tlie champion
He disrobed to his underclothing, fly-catcher of the United S tates. Ills
Ive-tried to be
and with the new spaper and a ciga method of g etting most of his food is
rette, stretch ed him self on th e couch- to dasli out from the limb of a tree
on altruist, but
bed. allow ing his feet to rest on n and snatch passing Insects on the
chair. H e Inhaled a satisfying cloud wing. He catches oth er Insects which
LifeS- grilling
of smoke and unfolded the news Rheet are flitting about or sittin g on tlie
SCHOOL
—and his fingers closed rigidly on the foliage or blossoms of th e trees. You
p a p e r; his h eart seemed to stand still. will often find these little birds In
Ive* learned
W hat he read at a glance stretched apple trees when In bloom. T h eir olive
across four colum ns of the front page: green and yellow plumnge harm onizes
that foJKi’ don’t
MURDER MYSTERY AMONG REDS! with tlie green leaves of the trees.
understand:THEY
OLAF NIKOLAY. RUSSIAN NIHIL T he m ale bird lias a black crown patch
on
tlie
top
of
Its
head,
while
on
the
1ST, FOUND DEAD IN SOUTH
THINK' I'M- JUST
fem ale th is cap Is greenish like the
SIDE BASEMENT!
back.
T
his
bird
Is
found
throughout
A-FOOL!
WOMAN SUSPECT GONE I
th e eastern United S tates, but win
E FirzHugh-
The story so sliriekingly heralded ters in C entral America.
was told In a few paragraphs, and
-O -
F ree Hot W ater.
Fitzhugh breathed easier as he read.
Knew W hat W at Coming.
F ree hot w ate r for hot drinks at pic
S ubstantially, It related th a t Nikolay
"You reinbniber th e real estate men
had been found th a t afternoon by Es nics or for any o th er use Is served to who used to ad v ertise thnt buying your
th e r's landlady, who, thinking tlie man the public a t a recreation p ark In own home wus b etto r th an paying
drunk, had oniled th e police. An ex T oronto from a gas w ater h ea te r rent.”
am ination showed th a t tie was stablied placed on th e grounds by the city au
“Yes."
to th e h eart and hail been dead for thorities. A wooden shed houses tha
“Well, they certainly knew what they
hours. E sth e r had disappeared, leav h eater and a sign on the building calls here talking about, didn't they?”—De
ing no trac e behind her.
atten tio n to th e fact th a t hot w ater troit Free Brest.
Fitzhugh dropped th e p aper to the Is free.
I
SCH O OL
Last Night’s Dreams
SHROUDS.
sMr\X-
X | blows In rapid succession, the Inst of
which brought blood. In th e next rush
however, a sledge ham m er seem ed to
s»yncpi
sw ing upon the point of his chin, and
-Typ ical tra i ip in ap-
pe aran c
D an iel Rand >lph F lta -
he spun dizzily backw ard, unable to
h u sh , w h ile
1 Chicago
ie crossing
regain his balance, and fell heavily
stree t, causes
es the wreck it an au to.
against a fender. But Nikolay was
whose chaufl tur disables It trjr-
tug to avoid ru n n m g him down,
not. quick enough to follow up his a d
■upant of the auto, a
In | .-y the
vantage. and when next he charged.
young g irl, saves hint from urreat
Fitzhugh had recovered, and was
and gives him a do llar, telling him
to buy soap, and wash. Il l s sense
dancing around him as before. bis lip
o f sham e is touched, and he Im
draw n b ark from his glenftiing teeth
proves his appearance. T h a t night.
In a tau n tin g smile.
In a crowd o f unem ployed and a n
T he blood was stream ing from a
arch ists, he m eets E sth er Strom
and in a sp irit o f bravado m akes
dozen cuts on the R ussian's face. Its
a speech. E sth er induces K ttih u g h
crimson blots In his ey es; and ever
to address the radical m eeting H e
th a t smiling, w bite-and-blaek face
electrifies t i e crow d, and on p a rt
ing the two agTee to meet again. A
swam before him like a pirouetting
few days la te r F itz h u g h visits Sy
phantom.
m ing ton Otis, prom inent financier,
Knowing his endurance to he his
and displaying a package which he
strongest, and th e o th e r's w eakest,
says contains d y nam ite, but which
Is m erely a bundle o f paper, de
point, Fitzhugh desired chiefly to
m ands »lO.'VO. O tis gives him a
w ear his opponent down until such
check. A t the house he m eets the
tim e as he could rush in and finish
g irl who had given him th e do llar,
and learns she is K a th le e n O tis
him.
She recognises him. Asham ed, he
N ikolay was fast becoming ex h au st
tears up the check and escapes, but
ed. Ten m inutes of this mad pace was
Is arrested. E sth er visits E ltsh ug h
* in ja il, and m akes arra n g em e n ts
more thau he could stand. His breath
fo r procuring leg al advice. H is
cam e sh o rter and shorter. At last he
t r ia l Is speedily completed ar.d he
stopped and allowed his arm s to
is found insane and co m m itted to
dangle limply a t his sides.
an asylum , fro m which he easily
m akes his escape. F itzh u g h takes
F or a little while, coughing and sp it
refu g e in Chicago w ith E sth er,
ting blood and catching his b rea th In
w ho has becoide in fa tu a te d w ith
wheezy gasps. ‘ he stared drunkenly.
him . but w ith th e th ou gh: o f
Then, seizing a heavy w ate r p itcher
K a th le e n in his m ind he gives her
no encouragem ent. H is one Idea
from beside an overturned chair, he
is to become rich and po w erfu l, and
hurled It, with a vile word. Fitzhugh
w in K ath lee n .
W h ile hiding in
dodged th e m issile and leapt for his
E s th e r’s house he grow s a beard,
w hich effe c tu a lly changes his ap
.foe. He p ut every atom of ills vigor
pearance. N ik o la y , a big Russian,
ous young stren g th into th e blow he
becomes jealous.
landed u n d er N ikolay's Jaw, and the
man w ent down like a clubbed ox.
T he conqueror w alked to a corner,
C H A P T E R V.
picked up his coat, and slung It over
his shoulder. H e cam e back to E sther,
I t was ten days since th e rew ard crouching ag ain st th e wall like one
f o r F itzhugh's cap tu re had been of aw akening from some horrible dream .
fered. and though detectives, city, He smiled, but in th e n eu tra l light the
am ateu r, and private, as well as the smile w as ghastly.
police, had kept hot an unrem itting
"I'm sorry you had to see IL I told
search, not a trac e of th e fugitive you I'd slau g h ter him .”
could they find. “Clues,” they had by
T he next moment th e woman w as
scores, but they led nowhere. T his sobbing hysterically In his arm s. “ I
te n th day fell on a T hursday in April ca n 't let you go! I can ’t—I c a n 't!”
•—a cold, dark day of Incessant rain. She clung to him as a drow ning per
N ikolay invariably called upon E sther son, clutching his hands, his arm s, his
every Friday, but on th is particu lar neck.
T h u rsd ay night, happening to be in
"You m ust, E sth e r.” H e stroked her
h e r neighborhood, he decided to take h air tenderly. “T h e police may be
a d v a n ta g e of th e . opportunity, and here a t any moment. Get aw ay as
d ro p in on her for a pot of hot tea and quickly as possible. Never mind about
a word of good cheer.
him— he'll be all rig h t presently. I’ll
H e w as about to pass u n d er the w rite you care o f th e post office. You
w ooden staircase, and so to her door, w rite me, too. Good-by, dear, good-by.”
w hen suddenly. Just opposite th e win
W ith th ese w ords of p artin g he
dow he stopped still and stood as turned and left th e house.
th o u g h hewed from stone.
F itzhugh entered a saloon an d 'lav ed
W hat he saw w as th is : In th e cen his h u rts and w ashed up. afterw ard
t e r of the room, her back tow ard him, surveying his face very critically in a
stood E sth e r; arm s held out, her head m irror. H e concluded he was e f
back, she had the unm istakable pos fectually disguised ngainst anybody
tu r e of a woman w aiting only for the who had not seen him during the past
O ne Man. T he next in stan t a very tail four weeks. H e left th e saloon and
m an, young-looking despite th e short, continued northw ard.
un trim m ed beard on his lean face,
In S tate stree t he stopped before an
step p ed from some point outside Niko alleged re sta u ra n t—one of those dis
la y 's range of vision, and took h er In colored, unw ashed places 'th n t can be
b is arm s and kissed her.
scented a hundred y ard s off on a warm
H is pimply face livid with fury, yel day, and w here a “full m eal” may be
lo w h a ir seeming to stand on. end,
had fo r tw enty cents—and read this
N ikolay b u rst into th e room.
sign banging from a nail on the door
Fitzhugh sprang from his place and p o st:
F aulted the table, bringing it between
“DISHWASHER WANTED.”
h im self and the door. “Get out,
H e removed th e sign, w alked Inside
E sth e r,” he ordered quietly, rolling up
and handed It to th e chemical-blonde
b is shirtsleeves. “I'm going to slaugh
cash ier perched on a high stool be
t e r th is beast.”
tw een a cash reg ister and a pyram id
She made no move to go. however, of toothpicks.
b u t drew to one side, and with hands
“I’m It,” said he, favoring h er with
p resse d to her cheeks, w atched line an engaging smile.
•D E S T R O Y
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Rann-dom Reels
By HOWARD L. RANN
*Tla ■um alhlng (re a l to ba a quaaa,
A ml tx'nil a kin gd om to a woman*« wilt;
T o !>« a m oth or su< h a« m ine, 1 w»«n,
le som ething b e lter and m ore noble e il li
-g u y
T H E SL E E PIN G PORCH
lUley Minlth.
Bummer Salads.
H E sleeping porch Is som ething
W ith head lettu ce In every garden
which Is addinl to n house In and an abundance of tlie leaf lettuce,
o rd er to provide more room for fresh
p eal, onions, nml oilier crisp flavor
a ir and feet. Every night during (he vegetables, one need never w ant for
h eated term thousands of new, expen salad m aterial.
sive sleeping porches a re crowded
A salad bowl of crisp fresh lettuce
w ith feet W’hleh p ro tru d e carelessly served
w ith
French, m ayonnaise,
from th e coverlets. Instead of huvlng Thousand Island dressing, or even the
to be run out of a hall bedroom win common v ariety of boiled dressing,
dow In th e effort to cool off. All over m akes a pnlatnlde salad.
th e m iddle W est, nt this tim e of the
A small bed of m ustard (tlie sm all
year, m yriad num ber of faith fu l feet Iduck-scedcd v ariety ) m akes a most
w earing p aten t corn pads nre led Into excellent salad plant nnd a fine dish
sleeping iMirches by th eir ow ners and of greens. T he lenves may be picked
put w here th e mild evening zephyr nnd served alone w ith salad dressing
and tlie stray lightning bug can roaiu or mixed w ith lettuce. T h e pungent
over th e ir surface.
ta ste nnd goisl flavor la most aiqs'tlz-
N ine tim es nut of ten th e sleeping Ing. Added finely minced to any vege
porch Is an afterth o u g h t. It Is one of tab le snlnd from potatoes to peas, It
the m ost high-priced thoughts a man adds to the flavor.
cun have. If he Is going to keep up
S alads rich w ith m ayonnaise will
w ith M ine neighbor who sta rte d his he sufficiently nourishing to serve as
sleeping porch Im m ediately a fte r tho n m ain dish nt luncheon.
cistern w as dug. It costs more to tie a
12 by 18 sleeping (torch to the second
T
Cabbaga Salad.
Select a sm all heavy head of w hite
'■ahhage. i ’nt a slice off tlie top nml
scoop out tlie Interior, leaving n thin
shell. Rhred th e Inner portion and
chop flne In a chopping bowl, mix w ith
an equal portion of celery, also
chopped, odd a few nut m eals, mix
with mnyounnlse nnd fill th e sliell.
Serve g arnished w ith lettuce.
•
a__
C harry Conaarva.
Cover p itted cherries w ith good vin
egar nnd let stand overnight. Pour off
the vlnegnr nml add to the cherries
an equal w eight of sugar. S tir irtitll
Ihe su g ar Is dissolved. P lace In a Jnr
covered w’lth rlo th nml plute and keep
In a cool place.
Nine Timas Out of Tan the Sleeping
Porch la an Afterthought
story of an old house thnn It does to
build a bungalow from th e ground up,
including a hot-air fu rn ace and open
w ork plumbing. T ills Is becuuse the
work Is never atu rted until n hot night
comes along nnd pnrbolls the en tire
fam ily (o a delicate pink line.
Most people never use the sleeping
porch except when It Is necessary to
save huinnn life. It Is sad to see men
p u t hundreds of hnrd-enrned dollars
Into a capacious, linrd pine sleeping
porch am) allow It to siund idle and
collect dust and ntitiimn leaves. It Is
equally sad to see a large fam ily troop
Into one of those porous porches on
tlie first hot evening nnd discover th a t
tlie heils linve not been m ade up since
the .’lis t of the preceding August. Tills
causes much discontent on (lie p a rt of
husbands who w ere led to expect d if
feren t treatm en t prio r to the w edding
morn.
Some en th u siasts use th e sleeping
porch tlie y ear around, retirin g In th e
dead of w inter w ith n soapstone, n set
of enrlaps, n fa r bon nnd four p airs
of woolen underw ear. Tills gives them
plenty of fresh a ir and also eacour-
ages die grow th of th e unobtrusive
chilblain. A fter a w hile they get so
accustom ed to It th a t they can remove
one lay er of u nderw ear and su b stitu te
n h o tw n tsr bag, located In tlie small of
tlie back. Those who think Hint nil of
th e heroes nnd heroines w ere In th e
E uropean w ar should try th is next
w in ter for one week, nml Jot down
th e ir Im pressions n fte r coming out of
th e hospital.
Tom ato and Cucum ber Salad.
A rrange overlapping slices of peeled
nnd uniform ly sliced tom atoes on a
chop plate. Alongside of the tom atoes
arran g e peeled sliced cucum bers. G ar
nish w ith lettu ce or parsley nnd serve
with th e dressing pnssed In a howl.
*
vrtJtiL
(CopyrlgHI. 1920. W ««t-rn Newspaper Union.)
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Brain Youth
B y OBORGK M A T T H B W
Sr
ADAMS
OMEONE has given to us the strik
ing sen ten ce: “To tlie young. N a
S
tu re does nothing but give; from the
old she does nothing but take aw ay.”
Your brain Is the only Pow er In your
en tire body th a t may not age.
Keep Youth alive In Your Brain.
To your B rain your Will may sa y :
“L ife nt Its longest Is but like tho
looking back and review ing of a sin
gle day." F or Youth never retu rn s to
your musAles and to your bones and
to your a rte rie s--lin t Youth tro ts
along with your B rain—If your Will
says so.
Keep Youth nllve In Your Brain.
W illiam H. Gladstone, past eighty,
chopping down trees, tran slatin g tlie
C lassics anew, tram ping the fields
nnd solving m y steries—stan d s out as
one of the most strik ing exam ples of
(C o p y rig h t.)
those who kept th eir B rains young us
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th eir bodies grew old.
Very Am erican-Like.
Keep Youth nllve In Your Brain.
Before she would consent to m arry
It Is In terest Hint puts Youth Into
the m arquis of Cellunl of Italy, Inez your B rain nnd drives aw ay age. J u s t
Sprague Stlness of New York re so long as you a re In terested lu the
quired an nnte-nnptlnl co n tract th a t tilings you are doing, Just so long
required he install modern bntli rooms work will grow upon you, stren g th en
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