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4 gl found cake, and perhaps a pitcher of ■>orc about how to run ticwwim;!»,» clear new elder; apples were always than anybody alive; but there’s one a certainty. thing she's goto' to find out; and that This evening waa glorious; there Is, She don’t have anytlilug more to weru apples and elder and cake and do with my and Henry's newspaper. walnuts, perfectly cracked, and Wo wouldn't have another slugle one large open bi-aricd box of candy. of her ole |>oetns In It, no matter now Naturally, these tiring the circum much she offered to pay uet Uncle stances, Herbert was among the Joseph, I think you ought to tell her guests; and, though rather at a dis site's got no businss» around my and By advantage, so far as the conversation Henry's hewspaper building." waa concerned, not troubled by the "But, Herbert," Aunt Fanny sug handicap. The rousou he was at a gested. "you might let Florence have conversational disadvantage waa a little share In It of some sort. Then closely ccmtiectod with the unusual everything would be all right.” "Upply of refreshments; Uncle JosSfih "It would J” he demanded, bls Moles and Aunt (kirrle had foreteen the Illustration« by coming of several more Atwal>-ra than cracking naturally, at bls age, but also usual, to talk over the new affairs of under strain of the protest ho wished their beautiful relative, Julia. Sel It to express, “it woo-wud? Oh, my dom have any relative's new afTalra goodness. Aunt Fauny, I guess you’d been morn thoroughly talked over than Ilka to we our newspaper Just utter- were Julia's that evening, though all ably ruined t Why, we wouldn’t let the time by means of various »ymtale, that girt have any more to do with it since It was thought wiser that Hew titan we would ooms horse!” "Oh, ohf" both Aunt Fanny and Iw-rt and Florence should, not yet be told of Julia's engagement, and Flor Aunt Carrie exclaimed, shocked. "We wouldn’t," Herbert Instated. “A ence's 1»rents were not present to PART ONK. hors» would know any 'amount more Frou<1 poaaessoc ot • pril.'lng press, and confess their Indiscretion. Julia was MUtpmeni. th» gift nf t'nels Juasuh lo refVrrei' to as "the traveler," and other how to run a newspaper *nn »he does; Bis n»ph»w. Itarbart llllngaworlh Atws- anyway, a horse wouldn't make so ler. Jr.. »aml thirtesn, ih» fertunala makeehlfts were employed with the youth. wtth hl» vhum. Ilanry Hooter, moot knowing caution; and all the much nolle around there. Soon a» about tl.a asm» »«». baglna th» puMI-a we got our printing preea: we said den et s full fledsed nawspaper. th» North while Florence merely al» Inscrutably. Bhd ttally Oriol» Herbert'» »mall eoualn. The more sincere Herbert was as right then that we made up our minds noren.-e Atwalar belng barrsd trom Florence Atwater wasn't ever gotn’ to aay sind ot particlpation In the antar- placid; such foods were enough for have a single thing to do with our pri»». on ».-counl ot har Intens» and nat him. ur»! tan.inln» draire (<> "bo»a. " I» trunMIy “Well, all I say la, the traveler bet newspaper. If you let her hnve any aaaoyed. and not at »II bnckward In »ay- lag »o However. a poeni ah» ha» writ ter enjoy herself on her travels.” said thing to do with anything »he wants ten la eacepted für Insertion In th» Oriole. Aunt Fanny anally, as the subject to run tbe whole thing. But aha might sa a »trl.-tly veanmerctal beste - caah In Just as well leant to stay away from advanc» Tn» po»n> auffera •omewhat appeared to be wearing toward ex our newspaper building, because after Boni the In» apertenca ot ths youthtul puhHa' ors in Ihn "art preaar vallve." Har bauatlon. “She certainly is In for it we got her out yesterday we fixed a not atiogathar unraaaonabl» demand für when the voyaging Is over and she republlratlon <.f the maalarpto e. wtth Its arrive« In the port she sailed from, way eo's sbe’ll never get In there ■sauty untnarred ar» erarned. end th» Wr«k b»tw»»n Mlaa A'aa'ar and th» and baa to show her paper» I agree again I" Florence looked at him demurely. rvbllaher» uf the Oriol» wldana, with the rest of you; she'll have a Th» Sünder followtng th» firat app»ar- eJ.» ot th» Ortnl», Fiorane»» partik ular great deal to answer for, and most "Ara you sure, Herbert F she In rhum. Paitr Fhirvhlld. par» her a vielt of all about the shortest one. My quired. Th-v ar» Jolnad loapita Mlaa Atwater'» own opinion Is that the shortest one la “Just you try It I" he advised, with epanlr eipra»e»d dlaanproval br Ma»t»r heartiest earvasm; and he laughed Harbert Atwater and Henry Iteolar Not going to burst like a balloon.” at alt Stsooneertsg by the ■ oolnes» ot "Just come around to “The shortest one." as the demure tauntingly. Ölair rereptlun, the vlattor» and MIM Fair, bild indulge In a »»rta» ot Innocml Florence had understood from the morrow and tr^-1t; that's ail 1 ask!" Bunday nn>H Amons lh»n» la ona ,-alled first, was her Ideal—none other than "I eert'aly Intend to." she responded, "Truth,'r th» featur» ot wlilch In a con tra-1 to wrlta a quaetto» and anewar. Noble Olli. Now she looked up from wtth dignity. "I may have s slight boii. to he kant a prafsun-1 aenrat Tbe the stool where aha aat with her back •urprtse for you." agtaan.eni la duly earried out laellnlng emphatlcaüy to pertlclpate In against a pilaster of the mantelpiece. "Oh, Florence, »ay not to! Say not any »am» w.ih her . oueln and Henry “Uncle Joseph." she said—“1 was Just so. Florence! Say not so!" Iteotar. Florence le plqued by Mlaa Falr- rhlld e <>p»n daeartlon to the enemy, her thinking. What la a person's reasonT At this she looked full upon him, SMtwhlto boeoni Irland epparentlv »Mor The fat gentleman, rosy with fire sod already ahe had something In tbe ins heraalt Inirnenaoly In Ihn rotnpany jf Ihn vtallora and laavlng wllh them light and cider, finished his fifth glass nature of a surprise for him; for so before responding "Well, there are powerful was tbe sMIl balefulness of I Contineti from last we»k.) persons I never could find any reason her glance be was slightly startled. Almost from bls babyhood be bad foe 'em at all. 'A person's reasonY been a child of one purjKMM: to In What do you mean, 'a person's res- crease by ghastly burlesque the suf sou.' Florence Y' fer I rg. of unfortunate friends. If one "t mean like when somebody says. of them wept, Wallis Incessantly pur •They'll lose their reason.'" she ex sued him, yelping In horrid-mimicry; plained. "Has everybody got a rea if one were chastised, he V.uld not son. and If they have, wbat Is It. and appear out-of-doors for days except to how do they lose It. and what would encounter Wallis and a complete re they do tbenY' hearsal of the recent agony. "Quit, "Oh. I see!" he Mid. “You needn't papa ; pah-puh. quse yet I III never worry. I suppose »Ince you heard It, do It again, pah-pub! Oh. lemma you've te-en hunting «11 over yourself alone, pah puh I" for your reason end look’ng to s-e If As he grew older, hie Insatiate cu there «as one hanging out of anybody riosity enabled him to expose unnum else, somewhere. No; It's something bered weaknesses. Indiscretions and you can’t see ordinarily, Flgencc social misfortunes on the part of ac IxMlna your reason la just another quaintances and schoolmates; and to way of saying ‘going craxy!'" every exposure hla nolae and energy “Oh." «tw murmnrgd. and aiu'eared gave a hideous publicity; the more to be somewhat disturbed his victim sought privacy the more At thia, Herbert thought proper persistently he waa sought out by offer a witticism for the pleasure of Wellie, vociferous and attended by the company. hilarious spectator». But strove all “You know, Florence," be said, -it other things? whnt most stimulated only means acting like you most ■i- the demoniac boy tn prodlgtes of sst- «nys do." He applauded himself with lre was any tender episode or aymp » burst of changing laughter which tom connected with the dawti of love. ynnced from a bullfrog croak to a Florence herself had sujered excru collapsing soprano; then he added: ciatingly at Intervals throughout her "K»l>eclally when you come around eleventh spring, because Wallte dis my end Henry's newspaper building! covered that Georgia Heck sent her n You certainly 'loac your reason’ every I valentine; and the humorlat'a many, time you come around that j»le place!" many squealings of thnt valentine's "Well, course 1 haf to act like the affectionate quatrain Anally left her people (lint's already there." Florence unable to decide which she hated the It Stagqered Him. “What—What— retorted, not sharply, but In a musing more, Wallte or Gcorgle. That was You Meanf" tone that should have warned him. the worst of Wallle: he never "let It wue not her wont to use a quiet “I might say not so," she said—"If 1 up"; and In Florence's circle there voice for rcjiartee. Thmklng her hum was speaking of what pretty eyes you waa no more sobering threat than, hie. h< laughed the more raucously. know you have. Herbert." "TH tell Wallle Torbln!" As for "Oh. Florence!" he bcsoiifht her Henry Rooter and Herbert Tilings- It staggered him. “What—what— Say not so! Say not so!” worth Atwater, Jr., they would ns soon yon meant' have bad a head-hunter on their trail "Children. children I" Uncle Joseph “Oh, nothin'," ahe replied, airily. as Wallle Torbln wltb anything In Ms I remonstrated. Herbert began to be mistrustful of hands that could Incrlmlnnte them He-bert changed hla tone ; he be- the solid earth Somewhere there was In an Implication of love—or an ac seriously plaintive “Weìl. ahp a fearful threat to hla _equlpolaa. knowledgement of their own beauty does act that way. Uncle Joseph I "What you talkin’ aboutY' he said, The fabric of civilised life Is Inter When she comes around there you'd wtth an effort to atu'ak scornfully; think we were runnlit’ u lunatic but his sensitive voice almost failed woven with blackmail; even some of the noblest people do favors for other asylum the wsy she taken on. She hint. people who arc depended ujion not to hollers nml hellers anti squid Is nntP’ “Oh, nothin'," said Florence. “Just tell somebody something thnt the no nquuwkn. The least little teeny thing about what pretty eyes you know you blest people have done. Blackmail Is »he don't like nbout the way we run have, and Patty's being anyway aa born Into us all. and our nurses teach i our pspc(, she comes tlnppln' over pretty as youra—and so you're glad us more blackmail by threatening to there nml goes to screechin' around, maybe she thinks youra are pretty, tell cur parents. If we won't do thia you could lienr her out at poorhouse the way yon do—and everything!“ and that—and our parents threaten fsrm 1" Herbert visibly gulped. So Patty to tell t|p* doctor—and so we learn! “Now. nosv, Herbert," his Aunt Fan had betrayed him; had betrayed the Blackmail Is part of the dally life of ny Interposed. "Poor little Florence sworn confidence of "Truth I" a child; displeased, hla first resort to Isn't saying anything Impolite to you— "That's all I was talkin' about," get his way with other children Is a not right now, at auy rate. Why don't Florence added. “Just about how you threat to "tell"; hut by-and-by hla you In ii little sweet to her Just for knew you had such pretty eyes. Say experience discovers the mutual bene onct-Y' not so. Herbert! Say not so!” fit of honor among blackmailers. ■ Her unfortunnte expression revolted "Look here!” he said. "When'd you Therefore, at eight It la no longer the all the cousinly manliness In Herbert's see Patty again between this after ticket to threaten to tell the teacher; bossom. " 'Be >i little sweet to her Y ” noon and when you came over hereY' and, r little later, threatening to tell he echoed, with poignant Incredulity, “What makes you think I saw her?" any r It at all la considered some and then In candor made plain how "Hid you telephone her?” thing of a breakdown In morals. No poorly Aunt Fanny Inspired him. “I , “What makes you think so?" toriously, the code Is more liable to Just exnckly ns soon be n little sweet 1 Once more Herbert gulped. “Well, Infraction by people of the physically to an alligator,’’ he asserted; such I guess you're ready to believe any weaker fex. for the verjt reason, was his bitterness on this subject. thing anybody tells you," he said, with JwLaV ,«iJ'XiSF7n*rrIe. "course, that their Inferiority of mtil- a palsied bravado. "You don’t believe cle so frequently compels such a sin. •T would I" Herbert Insisted. "Or j everything Patty Fairchild says, do If they are to have their way. But a mosquito. I’d rather, to either of - youT for Florence there was now no such 'em, because, anyway, they don't make "Why, Herbert I Doesn't ahe always temptation. Looking toward the de so much noise. Why, you Just odght tell the Truth?" molition of Atwater A Rooter, an ex- to hear her," he went on, growing "tier? Why, half ths time," poor posuro before adults of the results more and more severe. “You ought Herbert babbled, "you can’t tell of "Truth" would have been an effect to Just conio around our newspaper whether she Just makln' up what she of the sickliest pallor compared to building any afternoon you please, af says or not. If you've gone and be what might be accomplished by n ter school, when Henry and I are lieved everything that ole girl told careful use of the catastrophic Wallle tryln’ to do our work In, anyway, some you, you haven't got even what little Torbln. peace. Why, she Just squawks and sense I used to think you had!" So All In all, It was a great Bunday squalls and sqn—" base we are under strain, sometimes— for Florence. On Sunday evening It “It’must be terrible," Uncle Joseph so base when our good name is threat was her privileged custom to go to Interrupted. “What do yon <1o all that ened with the truth of us I "I wouldn't the bonse of her fat, old great uncle, far, Florence, every afternoon Y* believe anything she said,” he finished, Joseph Atwater, and remain until nine “Just for exercise," she answered In a alcklah voice, “If she told me fifty o'clock, In chatty compatHonartlp with dreamily; and her placidity tbe more times and crossed her heart I" Uncle Joseph and Aunt Carrie, hla exasperated her Journalist cousin. “Wouldn't you if she said you wrote wife, and a few other relative who "She does It because she thinks she down how pretty yon knew your eyes wore la the habit of dropping Tn there ought to be runnln’ our o^n _n«y*- were, Herbert?" on Sunday evenings. In summer, paper, my and Henry’s; that's why “What's this about Herbert having lemonade and cake were frequently she AoeA It I She thinks she knows •pretty eyes' F Mr. Joseph Atwater In- provident Jn the autumn, j»ne still U. S. GEOGRAPHICALLY qulred; and Herbert shuddered. Un cle Joseph had an unpleasant reputa ‘ penny tion as a Joker. Atlantic coast Hue la 5.500 miles a penny Tbe nsvhew desperati'lv fell hack long. upon the hopeless device of attempt ing to drown out bls opponent's voles The Pacific const line 1» 2,730 miles as she begun to reply, lie becuiue long. vociferous with scornful laughter ba il ly cracked In the »corn. “Florvnce The Mexican boundary Is 1,744 mile» got mad!" he shouted, mingling the long. The purported Information with loud cack you ling». ‘‘«tie got mud becauoe I «nd The land area Is 2JG3.774 »quare Henry played games with Patty! She’s miles. your tryln' to make up somep'in to get even, «be made It up! It's all made up I in that Tlte westernmost point Is Cape Alva, Rhe—" Wash. its “No, no." Mr. Atwater Interrupted. “Ix»t Florence tell us. Florence, whst by of The Canadian boundary is 3,8t>8 wan It about Herbert knowing he had miles long. prettv eyeeY’ Herbert attempted to continue ihe Tl<e Gulf of Mexico coast line Is 3,- the drowning out. lie bawled, “«he made 040 miles long. It up! It's somep'm ahe made up Make your herself! Him—" Tbe groan area of the United States "Herbert.” said U^cle Joseph—"If Is 3,026,780 Aquure mile». earn here you don't keep quiet? I'll take back the printing press.” The easternmost point Is West Herbert substituted another gulp Quincy head, near Eastport, Me. for a continuation of his noise. Tbe southernmost point Is Cape Sa "Now, Florence,” SBld Uncle Joseph, “tell ns what you were saying about ble, Wash., while the Florida Keys how Herbert knows be had such pret- extend farther South. ty eyes.” From tbe easternmost point. West Then It »«•etned a miracle befell, Florence looked up, smiling modestly. Quoddy head, due west to the Pacific “Oh, It wasn't anything. Uncle J< f ocean, the distance la 2,807 miles. seph.” »he »aid. "I waa Ju»t trying The shortest distance from Atlantic to teaae Herbert any way I could think up." ' ' to PacMc. between [minta near Charles "Oh, waa that allF A hopeful light ton, 8. C„ and San Diego, CaL, is 2,- faded out of Uncle Joseph's large 152 mile«. and Inexpressive face. "I thought perhaps you'd detected him In tto-ne Indiscretion." “I was Just Florence laughed. teasin' him. It wasn't anything. Unde Joseph." Hereupon. Herbert resumed a con- fusetl breathing. Dosed, be remained 3715 Sixty-third Stx uneasy, profoundly so; and gratitude was no pert of his emotion. He well understood that Florence was never susceptible to Impulses of com;>aaelon for all occasions , tn conflicts such aa these; lo fact. If there was warfare between them, ex perience had taught him to be wariest when «he seemed kindest. He moved Phone Auto 535-71 awny from her. and went into another room where his condition was one of Increasing mental discomfort, though he looked for a while at tbe plcturee aeseessoesssososaoe In hla great-uncle's copy of “Paradise D.J.O'CONNOR Lost.” These Illustrations, by M. Gus tave Dore, failed to aid In reassuring hls*trotibled mind. for When Florence left, he impulsively s Cor. 92nd and Woodstock Avi accompanied her, maintaining a nerv * LENTS STATION ous, silence as they compassed the • ¡‘hone 626-75 short distance between Uncle Joseph's I pledge at least 10 per cent Reduc front gale and her own. There, how- tion in taxes. e%Vr. lie spoke. MT. SCOTT “Ix>o!: here! You don't haf to go Let’s Cut Down this Tax Burden and believe everything that ole girl Camp No. 11650, Modern Woodmen — Paid Adv. told You. do you?" of America. -Mkets every second and “No," said Florence heartily. “I fourth Wednesday of each month at don't haf to." “Well, look here." he urged, help- Woodmere Hall, 7630 60th Ave. S. E. F. B. VOLTS, Clerk. leas but to repeat. “You don't haf to believe whatever It was* she went and 9015 Foster Road told you. do you?” “What was It you think she told A. D. Kenworthy R. S. Henderson MACHINE SHOP me, Herbert?" “All that guff—you know. Well, Repairs to any machinerv. whatever It was you said she told ‘ A ORIOLE Save Now! sooner you begin the more will have. Deposit savings a bank has proved Reliability years service and Watch money grow! BOOTH TARKINGTON Irwin Myer« dollars. 4 per cent SYNOPSIS. 1 * saved is earned” Nippon Florist Co Secrets GOOD ADVERTISING GOOD OGSCRIPTIVC MATTKR. 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