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6 TUB OUKfJOX STATKS.MAX: SfXPAV. JAXVAItY 4, lao. The 4 On City Boulevard or Country Road You Will Find Starling & Lighting is the choice of the man to whom proved quality is always the firs consideration. We have, an "Extoe correct in size and capacity for your car it is made exactly to meet your own individual starting battery needs. ( v Our JExl&C", Service, which backs up the per formance of that 4jxli&C" Battery, also provides for " the recharging, repairing and testing of , every make of starting battery. i ' "Exifce Service has many exclusive features all of them combine to make it a dependable service in every sense of the word. CALL; FOR A FREE BATTERY TEST REGULARLY R. D. BARTON Exide Sales and Service 171 South Commercial Street REVELATIONS OF A WIFE - The Story of a Honeymoon A Wonderful Romance of Slarrird Life Wonderfully Told by ADELE GAIUUSOX STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS ONE CENT A WORD CHAPTER CCCCLXXXIV WHY MADGE TRIED TO KEEP KATHERINE FROM WORRYING. l w "So Jack had some reason for his Jealousy after all." I regretted the tactless little speech as soon as I had made it. How I ever permitted it to pass my lips I don't know. Katherine flamed In an instant. ' "That is most unjust and unlika you, Margaret," she said heatedly. "Jack never knew anything about the matter at all. It was something that only Mrs. Braithwaite and I knew. Even Dr. Braithwaite him self. I am convinced, didn't realize what he. was doing. Jack's jealousy is based only on his own Imaginings, and his resentment of the fact that the work of the hospital unit, which I am doing for Dr. Braithwaite here, takes so much of my time." - " Forgive me." I pleaded sincere ly, "and believe that I had no thought of blame for you in my speech. ' It simply occurred to me that if Jack had noticed Dr. Braith walfe's unusual interest in you he would be very unlike other men if he weren't jealous." Katherine put her hand over mine in a loving little clasp. "Don't mind me," she said, tremu lously. "I'm getting to be a regular vinegar cruet with all this worry. The work I have on hand is heavy enough for two women, although I'm glad and proud to be entrusted with it. And then Jack is behaving like a regular bear. If he would get smashingiy angry now and then and be sunny in the meantime I wouldn't mind it so much. But his face is like a-tombstone all the time, and he has the most martyr-tled-to-tthe stake air. "Do you know, Madge, really If 1 thought that was his real tempera ment, and that he, would be apt to keep this- sort of thing up all our lives. I don't believe I'd dare to mar ry him, much as I love him. Tell me. you have known Jack from 'Child hood, is this sort of thing1 his natural disposition?" "Why No!" "Why. no!" I stammered, anxious to put my brother-cousin in the best light possible, and yet to tell her the truth concerning him. "He's very intense, and has a most rigid,' almost Puritannical sense of right and wrong, but I've never noticed any Jealousy in bis nature. I could hardly Judge of that, though," I add ed, "for he wasn't in love with me We were brought up together like brother and sister, you know." i am afraid the words were not convincingly uttered, for even as they left my lips my memory flashed back to the time whea Jack had come back from a year's work in the wilda of South America, not knowing that I had been married during his ab sence. The impassioned declaration of his ldve long suppressed which he had -poured into my ears at that memorable, dinner we had together. and the agony I had seen on his face when I told him I was married were not things to be forgotten. Yet I had no qualms of conscience in telling Katherine that Jack had n't been in love with me, for it was my sincere belief he had deceived himself as to his affection for me. that because of our long association and the fact that he had never known any other girls intimately, be had imagined his heart to be. broken when he found me married. That his -meeting with aKtherine had taught Jack his mistake quickly 1 had abundant evidence. But ray eye fell before the knowledge in her eyes as she looked at me. "Isn't There Something " too? Your face looked strained to night" . . " At her question mere ruinea over me the fall realization of my own worries, my anxiety over the terrible predicament of my father, my terror of Mrs. Allls. who. for all I knew. might even now be lurking some where in the shadows outside. But there was no help which Katherine could give me. "Nonsense!" I returned with as fine an air of nonchalance as 1 could manage. "I've no worries that- a good night's sleep won't cure." (To be continued) OUT 0' ORDER STOMACHS Indigestion, Acidity, Sourness and Cases ended with "Pipe's Diapepsin" , liMiiiiiti SHU 181 A-lg life .We i g h t a n d Diirability are the best Guarantee of Quality Hun mt4lm0&$mih9 Mw miin mm Urm THE difference between a Maxwell and a larger car is largely a matter of weight . ' Each carries the same average passenger weight, travels over the same roads, and at the same speeds. Per pound of metal the cost to make each is about the same. One lasts just about as . long as the other. .The mission of the" Maxwell is to - cany the same; load, over the same roads, and at the same speeds at extremely low costs. .That is highly efficient transportation. ' It is expensive to haul dead I weight. Therefore, every superfluous pound has been eliminated. - Light but strong metals have been used. These are the quality metals. They provide ; the "toughness,! the wear, the ability to stand any strain and shock; and yet they are light in weight, This is the secret of the Maxwell. It explains why a , Maxwell delivers a mileage that jV inexpensive that is troubleless that is almost endless. . The greatest efficiency economy record ever made is held by a Maxwell. It ran 22,020 miles con- . tinuously without one single stop of the engine, carried a full passenger load, averaged 22 miles to the gallon, at a speed of 25 miles an hour! The story of the Maxwell and itsgreat acceptance by the world is a story of its metals: , For in five years 300,000 have been built, and these have made many friends. 1920 production increases to 100,000 Maxwells. Which will supply 60 9& of the demand. . $985 f.o.b. Detroit OSCAR B. GINGRICH MOTOR & TIRE CO. v... 371 Court Street SALEM, OREGON 1,.-,.. ..r;- Bp! !!!!;!Iiliif!iM ..u .ia. ii in. .itnJiftiiim-cifHtn'HiiHflis'mfc ' ili!l!iilHIilili)lil!HlillililllP SM ETTTT 'It'a good of you to try to make me believe that." she said, and I fancied there was just a tinge of irony in her voice, "but yon see part of Jack's creed is that people who are engaged should have no secrets from each other, so he has told me all about his suffering when he re turned and found you married. "Jack's overtrained conscience will be the death of him some day," I returned shortly, for I was really very angry at my cousin for making so untactful a revelation to his lit tle fiancee. "And I can assure youi that he deceived himself as to hisJ feeling. For Instance, he was never jealous of me. It wouldn't have worried him if 20 principals had en trusted me with, their most import ant work. "And now I am going to send yon to bed." I finished, rising and slip ping my arm around her. "You need good sleep more than anything else, and I'll warrant you'll, wake up thinking better of Jack. He needs good old-fashioned scolding more than anything' else, I imagine, ,and believe I shall administer it the next time I see him." . "You are so good to me. Madge," she said gratefully. VI am tired, but I don't know whether ,1 shall be able to sleep or not.' Tell me first, dear. sn t there something troubline you: The moment you eat a tablet or two of Pape's Diapensin all the lumps of indigestion p&iu, sourness, heartburn' and belching of ,;a&e. dee to acidity, vanish truly wonderful! Millions of people know ihat it is needless to be bothered with indi gestion, dyspepsia or a disordered stomach. A few tablets of Pane's Diapepsin neutiallze acidity and give relief at. once no waiting! buy a box 07 pane's Diapensin new! Don't stay dyspeptic! Try - to renlae your stomach so you can eat favor ite foods without causing distress. The cost is so little. The benefits so great. "Bey or girl, doctor?" ' "One of each." "That's too bad: my wife and I never sees things in the same Ugh, aad I was hoping to break the dead lock." Washington star- LEXINGTON MIXCTE MAX SIX x The chassis feature Is re markable light weight. . grea strength. The frame differs from the conven tional type in that all units are integral. Over 100 parts that are bolted . on the 'ordinary automo bile are entirely elimi nated from the Lexing- . ton nothing to rattle. THE 6. & C MOTOR CO. V'; v Real Cross N. . . ' Very smart shoes can be comfortable Hare yoa come to believe that it Is quite impos sible to find loot comfort in the dainty shoes you would I See to wear? So many women hare that mistaken idea. And it's just because they hare put , off .trying the .Red, Cross Shoe. It really does conceal wonder ful comfort in the very smartest models. " be cause of the special "bends with your foot feature. YouH find so much' Tiiore-pleasure in doing' the thousand and oce things women tre be fog called cpon to Io if you 'wear this shoe which makes your foot feel better and look better both I Com In and an4 try on th tovvlr , mol. They mr fn4 ratcly priced trod Red Cross Shoe $3.50 to $14.75 167 North Coml St. Salem At Tha P Eectrio Sin "SHOES" Special Accredited Agents VI. V; hi- X) v- C 3 f?3 mtrt!) s"ssV mmt STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS ONE CENT A WORD I Get Acquainted' SMe Mtire Stock On Sale At ONE-FOURTH 0 a Nothing could be more pleasing to me than to know personally the citizens of Salem and ricinity and we there- ' fore invite you to this sale. It will be my desire and ambition to satisfy every one of my customers. All I wish is jusut a trial and I feel sure that you will become a steady patron. . . Just Read Below a Few of Our Unusual Bargains LADIES' HOUSE DRESSES $5.00 Dresses $3.48 $4.73 Dresses $3.i7 $4.50 Dresses $2.08 MIDDY BLOUSES $2.75 Middies..;...!..... $1.87 $2.00 Middies $1.39 CORSETS . Broken Sizes ' $1.75 Values.. '. $1.15 $2.25 Values .'. $L43 $2.50 Values $1.63 Matches, per box. , .5c Soap, per bar. . . , .5 25c Talc Powder. . . .' ;T5c Special Bargains in Aluminum Ware and Granite Ware. Toilet Paper Per Roll 5c Satisfaction Guaranteed If any article purchased here is not absolutely satisfactory we will cheerfully refund ' your money. SALE STARTS TOMORROW MORNING aflein Variety . Store . SUCCESSORS TO SAMPSON BROS, v ;K1 S. Kalayjian, Prop. 152 North Commercial Street I I. a s )-