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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
U WARM
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COPYRIGHT, l3B.
NBA SERVICE. INC.
BY ELINORE COWAN STONE
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L down an impulse
l S-,t i it, Barney?
fM WilS1 with an arti-
ti: for which she
k 'Dinner's practically
( urn' " Rnvnev asKea.
ttr(! li-t before we eat.
I0-!.,?"" She tried to
F'hm he Bald to her
lit k"e".; h nrh a fool!
I1!'. to be worried
L ... eVl
C fre minute.-
f" illffle sWfly. her hands
M V t,n to keen them
rjking'toomuch.
E.;i Jan Barney miiu,
EWS spoke, "you see
I"-"1! tior-sn of leisure.
Cword". vour husband has
u.u . unem-
,f.e lew
R t...t aid. her voice tnin
fLdm in her own ears.
nny,"Barneywt
ISwthe inside story of city
fc national corruim...., . ...
CfjMi trickery, and I didn t
ftaovr what was going on be-
own sheet
funs. Janet, that the News
.i.. .nrfs for several
Mffl on me .
I" The owner was counting
JJJjt Well, the loans w-ere
ia from someone u imu
rL.. for keening that
Id mine out of print "
E i understand, ' Janet
flaintly In a moment. "Then
b did they puonsn any ui n
Kill the owner's been hunting
nitre in the wiias wnere me
'..Lj ,-tiae wouldn't cet to
J."VJ
. t u,on 1 lill a
or to ago that old Owlface,
(J really Knew any muie
I ie financial angle than I
v ha'e out on his neck.
t'dtril. with me at his heels
I nod measure. ... I could have
n rA enlH thpm the riehts
Kfsiory and let them print it
h the hot pans Kineo in avcr
j yellow faces . . . But, Janet,
tot" .. .
)! course vou rouldn t, Janet
I hntlv. "Anvhow, you'll get
fte: job in no time."
w. .'" Ma cairi it a little too
.- - ,
L'-,',. ha liolltnH a ritfarpt
wcxrn; " "- "o..-" o
last a job I'm worried about.
l-wiat a flop I have turned
out to be, Jan after all the tall
talking I've been doing."
Suddenly Janet knew she
couldn't bear the look in his tyes
any longer angry, yet snamed
and beaten, aDove nis careiui smile
as if apologizing to her, begging
her to understand. With a son
rush she was beside him; and tak
ing his head In her arms, she pil
lowed it on her breast, her cheek
against his forehead.
"Oh, Barney, darling!" she mur
mured. "They can't do this to you!
I love you too much."
"When you really love a man,"
Cynthia had said, "you feel like
his mother sometimes. That's one
way you know."
For a moment Barney sat mo
tionless. Then he lifted his head
and looked at her, and as if com
pletely satisfied, drew a deep
breath, dropped his head again,
and put his arms around her.
"This is the way it ought to be,
Jan," he said. "The rest of it
doesn't matter now."
But it would matter again, Jan
knew, terribly. And so she held
him all the tighter.
So they sat, without knowing
how long, while the peas dried up
on the top of the stove, and the
souffle burned to a crisp. Finally
they went out and dined on sieak
and mushrooms at the Auberge,
because, Barney said, there was
nothing so good for the morale ns
spending money when you hadn't
any.
Not that it was quite as bad as
that. The rent, at least, was paid
for a month. Janet had her month
ly stipend . , . Barney winced a
little when she mentioned that, but
said, "Swell! We may need it"
And Barney still had a little money
in the bank. It would have been
plenty, he said, if he hadn't had to
make that chase across the con
tinent on his own time because the
boss had decided the story wasn't
worth following up after all.
But it developed that jobs were
not growing on every tree. The
other papers had already reduced
their staffs. Barney made one or
two trips to neighboring towns
where he knew editors, only to
come back with his grin a bit more
strained each time.
In the next few weeks Janet
learned a great many things she
had never guessed, even during
those comparatively pinched last
months with Aunt Mary.
She learned that one laundry
bill may completely wreck a
week's budget, and spent several
back-breaking days over the tubs
In the basement. She learned that,
if windows are to serve their pur
pose, they must be washed from
FLAPPER FANNY
By Sylvia
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n't care WHERE thp mi. nrot Tf m cotta have
mousetraps in the files, they oughta be in the MV'
SIDE GLANCES
Mi:
j, a sensation walking down the street hack
rttiic stgi,yirj u4 t&wi every 10 stc."''
time to time; and that it is en
tirely possible to do it Yourself
clinging with one hand and work
ing with the other while vou hang
suspended over a ditty uu abvss
She learned to elbow her wav
about crowded, untidv market
because they are the ones where
food is cheapest. She learned that
50 cents for the electric meter mav
seem an enormous item, and that
some people can't afford roses
even at 25 cents a dozen.
The first time Barney found her
on her hands and knees, scrubbing
the kitchen floor, he turned white,
lifted her bodily out of the way,
and finished the job somewhat
splashily himself. Janet laughed
at him.
"How did you think these things
usually got done, you crazy Irish
man?" she asked. "I suppose vou
imagined the Little Folk came 'out
of their hiding every night and
did the day's chores for poor but
deserving housewives. We re luckv
to have plenty of water to wash
the floor with. Where Cyn is, they
buy it in barrels."
Nevertheless, thev got on fa
mously till the day Barnev skid
ded on an icy road. The hill for
his own car was SI", besides $87
for the car he hit; and the liability
insurance had lapsed the day be
fore because, Barney reasoned,
there was no use spending money
for insurance if you drove with
reasonable care.
The morning after Barney told
her that. Janet said, trying to
sound very matter of fart. "I think
we'd better plan to move the first
of the month. While I was mar
keting yesterday, I saw some
places advertised on 32nd Street
for half what we're paying here,
and "
"You're not going to live on
32nd Street."
"And why nof" Janet tried for
a note of cheerful practicality. 'It's
convenient to all sorts of things.
. . . More so than this. . . . We can
take something unfurnished and
get some of Aunt Mary's things
out of storage."
"When we move from here."
Barney said through tight lips, "it
will be because we're moving to
something hotter."
Nevertheless. Janet did go
house-hunting next day.
She did not wear her fur coat
this time: but a shabby tweed suit
and an old hat.
(To Be Concluded)
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
FROM WALTON
WALTON, Feb. 20 (Special)
Preston Reeves is remodeling his
house on the old Reeves place.
Dinner guests at the Henry Car
lile home recently were Mr. and
Mrs. Orrin Snellstrom of Vaughn,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Snellstrom
of Eugene, Audry Turnbull and
Bill Carlile.
Elmira Christian Endeavor came
to Walton church to visit and hold
Endeavor with the Walton young
people. The meeting was led by
Francis Quigly.
GIVE MUSICAL PROGRAM
YONCALLA, Feb. 20. (Spe
cial) The student body sponsored
a musical program at the gymna
sium recently. Mr. Arthur Wells
played the banjo, bassoon and
saxophone; Mrs. Wells played the
piano, saxophone and sang. 1 hey
had with them a young man who
played the accordion.
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RUSSELL C. DONALDSON
(above). 15-vear-old Connells
ville, Ta., youth Is shown in a Pea
body, Mass., hospital w here he was
taken after belne rescued from a
boxcar which had been his prison
for a week. He was sealed In the
car at Unrlchsvllle, O.. thlnklne It
was one routed tn Florida. He was
a week without food or water, be
ing found when the ear. loaded
with drainage pipes, was finally
opened. He was recovering.
The Dickens You Say
By HAROLD GRAI
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P08LISHeRS---SHOWS I WONDERFUL
HAD TO SEE GETTING STORIES
IDEAS --MWERtAL NOW.
ALL NIGHT LOTS OF A WON'T YOU?
NIGHTS--
WELL. IF I COULD
HAVE STAYED IN THE
CITY A UTTLE LONGER
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By ROBERT STORM
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