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Just Rolling Along
By HAROLD GRATj
CHAPTER XXII
" irt b. tbli way,
jtboufu " "
... .natvored
I. i ifiri 1
llltr -
''ia shot lto ths station.
. ar'd Iron. it. Th.r. was
".S push mad. ly those
Eta? to got , ou. Man of them
S aha realized thi. kilo sob
Ifter.Milo .Kortto kp
lipped her hand Into Jim .
Zad ' tlilsPer' "Anyway,
't, .he boy-""1 eatb othCr!
nodded, eyes misted.
1,1 mt ths shsbblnsss
Brooklyn homa more clearly
k, did little later when they
i there. The linoleum on the
0f the email, dark entry had
n throusb. The edge by the
H warped, broken, curling. She
hoofbt that perbapa soma day
noU be ' to have nice tiles
i entry. Tilea washed o weUl
rill paper ot the innor hall was
,nd soiled. The boys had broken
,ob from the newel post by slid
lom the banister. There waa
, ( piece of furniture in the
that did not need repair. Aunt
tadn't understood that She had
iten able to realize that boy
it help tumbling about occa
lly, wearing tbinga out. You
,t nag them all the time and
a home!
nit took off her rusty, black hat
he black coat that ahe bad bor
1 from a sympathetic neighbor,
i Junior came pounding down the
i, an 18-year-old boy whose feet
till ahead of the rest of him.
ill followed by Bert, 16, and
in, almost 15.
0 I jo to college?" Jim Junior
1 from the landing.
uie abook her head. For a mom
be boy was ailent. Then be drew
p breath and hie ahouldera
ed. "Oh, well, I can go to night
ll," he aid after a hard swallow.
Hon alone was loudly resentful,
h," he wailed, "here I have to
rough life bored by dumb cracka
t churches because of my darned
and"
iter mind," eald Jim, slippint
hit overcoat. "We'll have a real
dinner!" Bessie ; promised, her
trembling on the smile that she
4 Jim Junior slipped an arm
id her. It made her cling to him
imtnt and sob again. Thon ahe
led to the rear of the bouse. It
d steady her to get her banda
cold water and the potatoes we.re
taj to be pared. It was Margie's
noon out, which wna just aa well.
: half past seven Sexton opened
!u V. vi. .1- .v. k.j . i
ia miv uui wuv uiu wurn at uir
S. !' tnnMl LI. 1. .....
hot leave unhappy traces on her
ocaiou mw, dj tne languor or
eyelids, that she'd been crying,
e
KSII called out, "Who Is It,
futon?" anil hr nn ImnnJ
Iniin Ellnnp."
Flj, dearie!" Bessie was up In
siMiant, nurrylng to the hall,
lor elonr tt ,,.
fcomi Inl Come inl" barked Jim.
t la time for dinner 1"
moment later Elinor eat look-
at the fflPM .hntlf h. t.hl.
Fob had brouaht a chilli, fnr linr
r -aa getting the silver. Elinor
scruaned Decant, inni mil. h.,Wf
b aomething for the Thropea. Her
falsi to do with their being left
as they hsd been, with m fc.in t
sight and the constant fight ajaintt
poverty anesa. eat would have done
anything to get them what they deserved.
"I'm so glad you ran over, dar
ling," said Bcsaie warmly.
I had to come. I" but she
could not finish. Her lips were trem
bling again.
'Have some more fried potatoes."
Jim urged. They were all so kind,
Elinor realized, as she always did
when she was with them or thought
of them. Her- eyes rested on Jim
Junior's thin face. The boy waa al
ready at work since his father
couldn't seem to make enough to
keep things going.
Jim Junior, working on ledgers,
dreamed of being an engineer, a
bridge builder. Bert was strongly
artistic. With help, Elinor was sure
he could be a real success. Sexton's
bent waa as yet a mystery but he
certainly needed good schooling. Why
bad Aunt Ella made such a will? If
only there was a way, even now, to
right the matter!
Before the meal was finished Jim
Junior said boldly, "Well, let a de
cide how we'll spend that $100!"
Everyone laughed in a way that
meant the tension was relieved.
Bessie began to plan. Elinor's eyes
filled, bearing her. So many needs
were made plain by Bessie's plane
a suit for I'im, a new linoleum, the
hall repaired, a nice set of glass
cooking dishes (Bessie had always
wanted to bake In glass), some new
sheets, a new rug for the stair, some
bath towels, shirts for Bert, a suit
for Sexton, a new white porcelain
sink for the kitchen.
"Whon!" said young Jim when the
$100 had been spent at least four
times. Everyone laughed Elinor with
the rest but unsteadily.
"Ton hnven't told as, Elinor,"
Bessie was saying, "what you'rs go
ing to do with your $10. I do wish,
denr. It had been more for you!"
"I'm going to blow It in on a party
that we'll have here!" Elinor answer
ed. Sexton let out a whoop. "Ice
cream and everything!" she added,
amillng at her youngest cousin.
"Cousin EPnor, can we have that
kind of enke you get at the German
shop on Hays street? You know it
hss whipped cream on it and jelly
Inside!" Sexton, said excitedly.
"Certainly I" she assured him.
"We'll have that cake!"
Lida, meantime, was having a
bad half hour. Vance Carter had
pushed past Benson to reach her,
although she hsd given the strictest
orders about receiving no one.
He found her curled up on a
chaise lounge in the drawing room,
looking frightfully untidy and show
ing the rage and tears thot ahe had
shed.
"Darling!" he whispered onstesdily,
nearing her.
She eat erect, frightened, angry
because he had come. He took her
hot hands.
"Some one may hear!" she wsrned.
He laughed the brimming, assured
laugh of a man who feela that he Is
nesr his gosh "They'll all know how
it is haa been with na soon any'
how," he stated. "You know that!"
She sank back. He was obviously
eoing to be very difficult!
"You'll start your Suit soon?" he
asked, bending toward her, his eye
narrowed.
"I I don't know, Vance "
"Why?"
"Bentwell depends on me so!" she
confided with nervous hsste. "After
we came In from the funeral he told
me how much I mean to him. He's
threatened by life If I leave him "
(To Be Continued)
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to hl'ff ". w,h h always been pictured as most thorny and
f;taaker rhn , rather "tonishlng then, that the old-time
DrunlinM'V r, t eomeining so cnoice as inn toveiy paiiern,
oir, 0th- It does Indeed shift from side to side hut
r", thetw ac"'fvea most decorative design. When done, the
alt... r carried out entirely In natehwork blocks as shown, or
" a inv ""''''work and plain blocks, as Is often the- case,
'elly fnL .eon,lnu pattern. Though It may look Intricate, It
' alters.,. . r,7 ,mP'8 blocks made of but two pattern pieces
Pauern th two materials.
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Wilt to hT. "mmiing, togetner witn yardage cnari, diagram
11 dlar.m "J1"?"9 the blocka for single and double bed size.
''" and . lock vMcb ,er ulle for Plac'" tne
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