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PAGE SIX ' - T What Has Happened So Far Daphne Haines, 17 and lovely. imas jue intolerable because of a nagging, ; jcalona stepmother whose main aim is to promote a eotmswp between her own daagh tor. Crystal and wealthy, attract ive Ralph McKeritt. Catchtna a fleeting glimpse of Daphne, the "pnae" young man admires her. Mrs. Haines, tearing the rivalry of the younger girl, schemes to elim inate her from the scene. - Daphne is dismayed when she realizes how completely these two calculatina women have her father in their power, comforts herself by spin ning secret dreams of a day when - someone will really love her man, big, powerful, handsome like Kalph! A sordid qaarrel Is pro- voaea between names and his wife because of the woman's reck less expenditures. Subtly, Mrs. Haines draws Daphne into the brawl. Feeling the hopelessness of her situation. Daphne deter mines to make her own way In the world, and leaves for San Fran cisco. With twenty dollars capi tal sne seeks employment and learns it is hard to find. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VIII npiHE late afternoon sua shone I full on Daphne's face. It shone on her clear white skin with the faint line of freckles over the bridge of her nose. It deep ened the dark circles under her wide gray eyes, betrayed the trem ulous weariness in her lovely, un- palnted mouth. Mr. Gartz fingered his watch charm, a large elk's tooth mount ed in gold, and his pale tongue came out and licked his lips. "About the position," she be gan. "I was going by, so I thought I would come In again. - You said that perhaps that you might ' "Well.' maybe I could use some one." he said "if we could suit each other." "I'm really a good stenograph er," she broke in eagerly, "and know I can take care of your books!" He pulled his chair a little nearer. "But do you think you can take care of me?" His pale lips were smiling, showing stained yellow teeth. A bell rang outside. There was the sound of hurrying feet, laugh ter. The millinery Hands were going home. The girl in the black satin dress passed the glass door, struggling into a soiled white coat as she ran. A thickset man with his hat on the back of his head and a black cigar in his teeth, opened the door a crack. "G'night, Gartz!" "G'nlght, Fred!" "Sit down, baby," Gartz said to Daphne, who had risen. "You mustn't mind an old fellow like me, having a little joke. Now we can talk nice. I got a nice posi tion here for a good girl. Thirty a week. How does that sound?" Thirty a week! If she had thirty dollars a week . . . "Oh, that would be wonderful." she cried, forgetting her fears. "Sure," he went on, smiling at her benevolently. "I know how much a girl needs to get along when she ain't living home. You told me you was away from your folks, didn't you?" She -nodded. "Yeh, thirty a week, that's what I pay, and if you need a little extra sometimes, you know where to come. I like to treat everybody right. Nobody ever said Harvey Gartz was stingy. I got a brother in the ladies' silk lingerie line a few samples now and then. And hats! Say I got a line of fancy felts come out and see. You pick out one you like " "But " Daphne began, "but He brushed aside her shyness with a large, fatherly gesture. "No ceremony. Come, I want to show you my French felt with the rib bon fancy. It would look good on you in purple." He led the way and she fol lowed lagging behind, not know ing what to do. He was middle aged, and he looked so kind . . . and still . . . "Here, you put on the purple one yourself. A little more to the right, over the eyes. Maybe I could use you for a model some time. Look up at me so!' She looked up Just in time to dodge his pale lips and 'shield her face with her hands. She felt his , f' ' j ' v I . - . f V .. K S - ' t - if -' f - J' 1 fc-V1 X v ft r Regularly he took her old seal us tke employment office. kiss, , wet and loathsome on her neck. "How could you!" she cried angrily, "how could you do such a thing?" Her strong, slender hand shot out, but he drew back quickly, mote agile than seemed possible fon one of his weight and years. "See here," he panted, "is that any way to act? When I offer you honest work, that you should hit at me like a hussy? Do you want to get arrested?" he reached for her again, but she ducked and ran, knocked over a chair, found the door somehow and the stairs. She had gained the street and walked a block in the cool life- giving air before she remembered the little red purse . . . she had left it on Gartz' desk. Her last five dollars was in it, there was no choice, she had to go back. The wizened elevator man was still there. "Would you mind go ing up to the fifth floor and get ting a red purse I left by mis take in Mr. Gartz' office?" "I'll take you up, and you get It," he suggested. "I don't like foolin' around strange parses " "No oh, please please get it for me. I'll give you fifty cents if you will ' "Well " he agreed without enthusiasm. Daphne waited. There was the squeaking and jangling of the ele vator, the bang of doors opening and closing upstairs. The sickly smell of the refuse from the mar ket came through the openwork iron door from the elevator shaft, nauseating her. She waited In an agony of suspense and loathing. After a while the car came back the little old man shook his head. 'Everybody's gone," he said, "I can't get in. The janitor could mebbe, but he wouldn't let no body take nuthinout " "I'll come back in the morning at eight," she said. "Will you be here then?" He nodded. "S'long." She had no money for dinner. and no carfare. ."Well, I don't feel like eating anyway," she thought philosophically, "and the walk will do me good . ... oh, wasn't I a fool to go back there for the Job I knew he was hor ridI Just knew it" If was pleasant walking. In the cool of the early evening. At least the first half hour of it was pleasant. But it was such a long walk, up and down so many hills and the pavement was so hard. It was half-past seven when she dragged herself up the front stairs and groped her way down the dark hall to her room. - She flung herself on the couch to rest a moment, and woke at dawn, her best dress rumpled, her bead throbbing, her body stiff with cold. She thought of borrowing five cents from Mrs. Hinckle or one of Peter's Adventures UClFUX&NCg SMITH VINCENT WISE MOTHER WILD GOOSE VllOMMY, you foolish gosling, I come right back here this very Instant! Don't try to play any tricks like that upon me again, either, for I shall catch you at them every time,!' quack' ed Tommy's mother. Tommy, maybe a bit ashamed of himself for he hung his head -looked over his shoulder to tee if his mother meant it, and when ha saw her looking at him so sternly ha turned and slowly sail ed back to her aide, grumbling as he went, and the boy, by listening sharply, heard what ha said. l " Want to keep ma tied to- your tail all the time?" muttered he. I am a big boy now, and yet you act Just as it I had only yesterday cracked my" shell. It makes me sick! Why couldn't I take a little swim by myself across the pond ana back 7 you could Watch me all the way over. Look! You can plainly see the other side from here. .What could possibly happen to me, I'd like to know?" "Almost anything could happen and at a momen's notice. Tom my," replied Mrs. Goose. "I do not know what any more than you do. But remember this there are times In the life of a goose when It payi to use good common sense and we geese have sense even If the rest of the world say wa hav en't. We know we are out of dan ger right here for the while, at least and If anything does' hap pen I want to have the family to gether, not scattered all over the pond. "Even If all this wasn't so, you have been taught to mind. If you, who came out of the shell first, do not set a good example, to your younger brothers and sister, whom can X depend upon to help me .to bring them up in the way they should go?" "Wonderful mother, that wife of mine!" remarked Mr. Wild Goose, admiringly. "She'll have no more trouble with Tommy today. He will spend his momenta taking care that the rest of the children don't steal oat from under cover. She la like that all the time, so wise and gentle. Everybody loves her.- -, "Did the rest of your wives fly on?" asked Peter, glancing about. "What!" screeched Gander, so shrilly that the boy , Jumped. "What was that you asked mal" the roomers, but no one was astir but the old lady, sipping her cof fee at the kitchen table and she sighed heavily as Daphne entered . . . "Ach Gott!" She did not look up. Her wrinkled old face looked stern and sad. What if she didn't have the money either? What if there wouldn't be the money to pay for next month's rant .... - Daphna tiptoed back to her room, put on her hat ' and -coat and began the long walk down town. Twice automobiles stopped Sd men e ailed to her, "Want to is?" . . . They looked kindly and gentle manly enough. But so did Gartz! Daphne was taking no mora chances. She walked-doggedly on. The little elevator man was waiting with the parse when she reached the building. "X thought yon was going to be here at eight!" "I guess I'm late," Daphne mur mured. "Thank you so much." "Well say I thought you promised " he .began in a quer ulous, cracked voice, full of dis appointment. "Oh of course!" Daphna re membered the fifty cents sha had promised. With a smile tor the little old fellow she reached In the purse. "Why why " she fal tered. "Is anythln wrong?" he asked anxiously. "Let me sit down " she whispered, feeling her knees give way beneath her. He gave her his stool In the elevator and watched her with growing con cern. "Say, you're sick!" he decided. "No -no not sick " "Well, then you're lost some money out of that there purse. Say if you think I took any thin'" He bristled with out raged pride. "Oh, no, no " She laughed through the tears that she couldn't wink away. "Of. course not here!" She handed him the fifty cents she had promised. "Thanky." He beamed on her. "That's real nice of you. Money don't come too easy 'round here." "No." she smiled back, "it doesn't" "Good-bye!" he called after her "Take care of yourself!" She was still smiling, a little crooked smile, when she found her old seat in the employment office. "You have a hole In your stock ing!" the girl next to her volun teered. ."' - Daphna looked down at It with out much interest. "It doesn't matter," she said. Nothing mattered very much. Her five dollars was gone. She discovered the loss when she gave the elevator man the promised half dollar. The red purse held five cents now. Five cents and two postage stamps and a powder Puff. To Be Continued HAZEL 6BEETJ COMES TO SALEM WEDDING HAZEL GREEN. Aprol 11.- Edward Hashlebacher and Miss Mable Erickson of Portland were married at St. Vincent De Paul church at Salem Thursday, April 11. Miss Grace Erickson,. sister of the bride, was maid of honor. The groom was ateended by his brother Ferdinand Hashlebacher Jr. A number of relatives and friends were present. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride In Port land to the briday party and rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hashle bacher Sr. and son Fred Jr. and daughter Sophia and son Peter of this place and Mr. and Mrs. Len eres of Pratum attended the wed ding and were guests at dinner in Portland. Mrs. Leneres is a sister of the groom. Edward is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hashlebacher Sr. Af ter a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Hashlebacher will live on a farm in the eastern part of Hazel Green. George Zelinski of Oregon City is visiting his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hashlebacher. Mr. Zelinski sold his farm here 15 years ago to Edgar Johnson and moved to Ore gon City. During his residence here he was on the school board. Arthritis Def ormaaa Miss E. Arthritis deformans is a most baffling disease, and very difficult to cure after it has start ed, although It can be arrested. No, It la -not in herlted. In 'some eases i t may be traced t o Infections, such as from ca rious teeth, or Infected tonsils, o r Infections elsewhere in the body. Absorp tion of putre faction produc ed in the intes tinal tract may also be a cause. HHl A WM A Jt A ArWAtfus. a au v u d a n tfMMWwrc-.w treatment ln. eludes the treating of any infected spots in the body, diathermy electrical heat which penetrates very deeply Into the tissues other electrical treatments and the ultra-violet and X-rays. Medications and vaccines are of value ln cer tain cases. All the knowns laws of hygiene must be observed: fresh air and sunshine, right diet, sleep and rest, etc., and even exer cises in some form passive or active to keep the joints from ankylosing (cementing togeer from the inflammatory process, might express that). I'll speak a little of the defi cient diet in producing joint trou ble. A deficient diet, especially one lacking in the vitamins, markedly lowers the tissue resistance of the joint coverings and of the mucous membranes. It lowers the tissue resistance of all the organs, but it is frequently noticed in these first. Now, a diet may be an over full one, as it is ln those who are overweight, because usually, they eat too many starches, sugars and fats. This may dilute the vitamins, thus making them relatively defi cient, or it may derange the intes tines so they are not absorbed. And It not Infrequently happens that those who are overweight, as well as those who are underweight do not eat enough of the vitamin bearing foods, especially fruits and vegetables. It has been found in some pa. tients suffering from so-called rheumatism and joint inflamma tion (arthritis) that there Is a higher degree of sugar in the blood than normal, showing there is a disturbance of the regulation of sugar as there is in diabetes. These patients are markedly ben efitted by cutting out most of the starehes and sugars, (starches are converted to sugar ln the blood). We have an article on the sub ject you may have. "I have been Petersizing and have lost 15 pounds. As I have to watch my weight, and as I' like popcorn, I would like to know if the popping kills the calories. I was told so. F." on rata which sho- that twice baked crusts of bread apparently are not absorbed so completely ordinary bread, so it may be p. sible that It isn't la the human in gestion, either. I cannot state pen itlvely, for no experiments tare been made on man. It Is a good idea to eat th crusts and hard toasted bread, anyway, because they make us chew, and lessen the speed of f-at- iDg. me r. r. r. (inenaiy iai na era. Popped corn registers 100 cal ories to the one and one-half cups (one scant ouuee). Care of the butter on it! That U 100 calorks to the level teaspoonful. Those wno are in need of in structions on how to lose or gain weight may have our instructions by following column rules. . PROBATE WORK HOW urn n usui No. F. Not one of 'em, Not In frequently I am asked if there are not certain procedures which will kill these pesky calories. The only thing I know of is thrice-boiling of vegetables, which is done in some severe cases of diabetes. Starchy vegetables are thrice boiled and the waters thrown away. This abstracts the starch and, of course, does lower the cal oric value of the food. But it also lowers the vitamin and mineral element content, and is only done so the patient can have more bulk. Many believe that toasting bread destroys Its caloric value. (How many times have I heard: "I don't eat bread, only toast!") However, perhaps twice baking bread does; for recently some ex periments have been carried out Probate work which usually comes into the county court In a fairly regular stream was of more than normal quantity in Judge Siegmund's court Thursday. The inventory of Frank J. Mayo'a estate was set at 93500 by the three appraisers approved by the court. Personal property in the turn of $2563 was left by Benjamin n. Bailey, deceased, according to an appraisal filed with the court. 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