Gold Hill news., April 13, 1933, Image 5

hatter open It Brat, and then tell ker
what'» In IL"
"No—I wnnt It myself, please."
Mary and Sol turned quickly.
Blanch« was standing on tba tiny
winding staircase, holding ont her
ba ml.
She, too, had heard the
knocker,
"I've been—been expecting It ever
since Hhlllp was home for bla fur
lough. Take Sol In where It's warm,
Mary, and give him some coffee. I*
was awfully kind of you, Sol, to bring
It youraelf.”
"I'd a rather hen licked than to
a-hrung It."
“I know—please.”
She opened It »lowly, almost car«
Frances Ptrkinton Keyei
fully. It was from one of the doc­
The young man crawled Into the au­
tors. and It waa rather long. I’hlllp
had been strloken, very suddenly, with gust presence.
WN1! Service
"Kr—I would like to speak to you
Copyright by Francea rarblnaon Kcyeo
pneumonia. The entire lllneaa bad
been a matter of only thlrty-alx hours. on a very Important matter."
“ Well, what Is ItT ’ growled the fa­
The doctor wna obliged, with the deep­
est regret, to Inform her . . .
I f ahe ther of the girl. In no very encourag­
CHAPTER XII—Continued
would telegraph her wishes, they ing tones.
“I want to marry your daughter.”
would of course, be compiled with In­
Mr«. Klllott had seen Mr«. Gray
"Want to marry my daughter?
sofar aa feasible—
watching her alow approach through
The yellow «beet crackled In her That's a good one. What on earth
the deep «now from the kitchen win
hand. For a moment she shut her gave you that Idea, you poor muttT'
dowa, and hud waved a greeting.
“Now, now," soothed the young man,
eye«, awaylng. and Mary started
Now, aa »he mounted the porch, «he
towards her but she put out her hand who saw defeat and who wunted to get
«hook her umbrella and «tamped the
as If to keep her bark.
Not even some satisfaction from the Interview,
«now from her overshoes
Mary could help her through this mo­ "you are prejudiced agulnst the g ir l;
"No, I ain't a hit wet." ahe aald.
ment; she wanted to meet It alone. she's all right, really."—Montreal Her
returning M rs Gray's hearty kina
Then
ahe came slowly down the stairs, aid.
"I'm dressed real warm.
If we're
and
going
to the window where the
goln' to aet In the kitchen. I gueaa I
service flag hung, ahe took It down
won't lay off my overshoes.
if |
and atood for a long time with It In
keep 'em on my feet. It'll taka em off pered.
her arms, her lipa quivering. At last
my mind."
Philip bent over her. There wna
ahe gathered II up. and crossing the
Thia point being aatlafactortly set-
something In her manner that had
room with It, she hung IL aa ir It had
tied, the two ladle« a u l down In rock­ never been there before.
Waa she.
been an emblem of victory, over the
er» beside the stove and alarted work
too, feeling the mystery and power
portrait of the little French countess.
on their aleeveleaa aweatera, M ra
of the night? Ilad theae last weeks
Klllott, aa usual. scarcely «topping for of separation been teaching her, too— Then ahe faced her cousin and her old
friend.
breath before ahe begun her recital
teaching her the lessons that for a
I'll have a new one. with a gold
of the recent new« of the neighbor­ time. It seemed aa If be. for all hla
hood.
love, had failed to make clear to her? ■tar, Io the window." ahe aald quietly
"Have you heard that old Mia' Hun
Waa the dread which had been slowly "but that one belongs there. Can you
ter. up to White Water la married
growing through the spring and sum­ have the express stopped at Ham-
■«■In? Mr. Taylor tried to reaaon
mer that hla white star was to prove stead for me. Hoi?— You'll go with me.
with her. eeeln' he's burled four of only a wlll-e'-the-wlsp, to be taken Mary, of course? I'leaae tell mother
and Coualn Jane. I'd like to be alone
her husbands already, but ahe «old.
from him after all?
little while, I think— But I ’ll be
aa long aa the Lord took 'em, ahe
"Yea, sweetheart, beautiful," be an­
would. Shockin', ain't ItT—How'a the swered. "But I want you to know a ready to start In an hour."
There waa no time to waste tn
baby? I shouldn't hare thought that
atory that waa la one of those books
Mary
Guest—See here, waiter, you don't
Auatln could have borne to go off and you burned. Just the same. If you don't "breaking tha new« gently."
leave that little belpleea creature, but already. I ougbt to have spoken of found the two older women together mean to tell me this stuff la mock
and, without a single unnecessary turtle soup, do yon?
It seems to be thrlvln', don't ItT I
It to yon before— "
word, told them what had happened.
Walter— That’s what tt Is, sir. The
don't a poee you have the leaat notion
Aa quietly aa he could, he told her
he'd want to marry again, not for a first of bla reading of the legend and Violet, horribly stunned and «hocked, boss bays the best mock turtle In the
broke Into angry and rebellions grief market, sir.
while, anyway. Tea. I knew he waa then of hla talk with Mary about It
which prostrated her completely. But
real fond of Sylvia, but men are hu
afterwards
when Jane had done all ahe could to
A F a ir S ta rt
man Write« you real regular, doea
"I cant pretend to explain It. But
relieve her and the frailer woman had
The chief of the village Are brigade
he? And Thomna, too? I'm alwaya
It aeema to me the first Blanche recovered somewhat and they bad
was making bis report to the chair­
real pleaaed to hear about your boya. didn't want to hurt any person, espe­
taken the necessary steps to send man of the village council
but I declare I ateer clear of Violet
cially—that It Isn't a curse tn that
Blanche and Mary to bring Hhlllp
"Yea, air," said, proudly enough,
Mannln' theae daya. You know how sense— but to teach her descendants.
home and to prepare Hamstead for Its "we put out the tire Just ten minutes
aet ahe waa agalnat Paul goln' to war.
If she could, what a terrible thing It la flrst military funeral. Jane went alone
after we got there."
But now ahe'a got the biggest aervlce to be selfish. Most of all. the selfish
to her room and aat a long time, the
“Very praiseworthy," said the chair­
flag In town and ‘we are 1<K) per cent
nesa that call« Itself love. Occasion­ tears rolling down her grim, plain
man. “Ilad It got a good start of
eulwcrllmt' on her Liberty loan card.
ally mothers feel that kind of love for
1 bet all »he bought waa S.’iO bond«, their sons, or children for their par­ face, the old candy box tied with red youT'
rlbhnna which Hhlllp had given her
" I should say It had," aald the fire
don't you? I<e that aa It may, morn-
ents or husbands for their wives— " long before and which ahe had kept
chief.
“When we got there, there
In', noon and night ahe don't open her
"You mean that le the kind that
ever since on her bed aide table near was only the foundations standing."—
head except to talk about Iter hero.
Colonel Moses felt for the countess." her Bible, clasped tn her bands.
Answers Magazine.
Once around with a letter of Haul's aald Blanche slowly, “and—and It'e
"That nice, pleaaanL happy boy,"
In her hand, and—"
been ao. straight through the family. «tie aald repeatedly, and added Invol­
"Ooee he write her regular?"
A r t sad Bsaisesa
That's the way mother cares for Haul. untarily, "and he waa a real Chris
"Seems to, I can t make out that
The artist was painting a lovely
That'« the way—that'« the way I
tian, too, same aa Mary said from the thatched cottage when the farmer
he'« ben In any great danger yet. and cared for you—ones But, oh, I don't
II rat."
I've questioned her cloa«
Knjoyln
came out and asked what he was
any more!"
Violet, when she had discarded her
himself considerable, I should aay.
"That Isn't the way I've cared for mourning for her husband, had laid It going to do with the plctnra when
Them Mannln' children always Just
finished.
you." said I'hlllp. 'I'm not very strong
away In her attic with her usual ex
Itched and hankered to get out of
"1 shall send It to an exhibition."
and I'm not very good. I don't think qttlalte neatness, and Mary, unlocking
Ifamatead and I ahouldn't be a mite
"W ill mnny people see It T ’
that for a minute. But I do '.ove you the trunk, brought down the things
surprised If that Itchln' and hankerin'
“Thousands, I hope.”
with all my hean and soul. That— that Rlanche needed and helped her
didn't hnve somethin’ to do with Haul's
"Then perhaps you wouldn't mind
that makes more difference than any
put them on. Just as ahe had helped
Tiatrlotlam' and lllanche'a 'romance.'
thing else. I believe. That curae Is her dress for her wedding, a year and putting on It. 'To let for the sum­
Ano that brings me to my main piece
mer
months.’ " — Lustlge
Illuetter
never going beyond thia generation, a half before.
of
news— Hhlllp Starr's
number's
(Berlin).
and you must tell me tonight, that
" If I had let him go when he wanted
been railed and he's goln' to Devena
you're glad— I ought to have gone to to. thia wouldn't have happened."
thia week. Blanche's cornin' home for
Examples at Hand
war when I flrst knew It was the right
That waa the only complaint ahe
the present anil I hear she's mad clear
Professor In Ethics— I will lecture
thing for me to do. We can't help
mnde. the only grief which, ao far. »he
through."
that now.
But you've got to aay seemed able to voice. But ahe said today on liars. How many of you
"Oh. the poor child!"
have read the twenty-fifth chapter?
you're glad Cm going now—1
It over and over ngaln. after she and
"Poor child nothin'. I don't deny
Nearly all raised their hands.
Ills arms tightened around her. hla Mary were on the train, and the door
nianche la pretty and pleasant, but
Prof.—That’s fine. You're the very
lipa, meeting her«, lay for a long time of the pullman drawing room hnd
there ain't nothin' very deep about
group to whom I wish to speak. There
agalnat them.
been closed. leaving them quiet and Is no twenty-fifth chapter.
her. I bet she's lookin' forward to
" If only we had a son—'
alone together.
cornin' here with lota of good lookin'
"Whenever I think of Ijtdy Blanche
"Hush, dear I He might have been
clothes and new Ideas and puttin' on
WITH FRUIT JUICE
airs with her old neighbors. Mary's farm." he went on. after a long allenes killed in battle."
"I
think
of
you
and
the
brook—Its
“There'd have been some meaning
got her faults, hut I'll aay this for
freshness and fragrance and purity
—some compensation—a glory of
her, «he ain't near ao high and mighty
It's shallow In places. It rushes Into achievement In that) Thia was Just
aa the rest of the family. Well. I
little falls, hut where I found you. It
waate! Hundreds of hoys are dying
must start along home. Clearin', ain't
like that—when It could perfectly well
It? Well, this'll make nice sleighin' widens to a deep pool, clenr aa crystal
hove been avoided. They've been al­
and that's one thing to he thankful a haven of refreshment and delight
for. It'« lucky we got a few comforts and—holiness. Thai'« what yon seem most freexlng to death In the camps
to me tonight—do you understand? all over the country."
left."
Oh, my darling—"
" I know. I see how you feel. But
I'hlllp had longed to volunteer In
I don't believe that anything Hhlllp
the Ural day» of the war and Blanche
ever did was «tasted. Just the same."
CHAPTER X III
had been so bitterly opposed to It that
If Haul dies, at least It won't be
he hnd given In to her wlaliea. trying
And eo the flrst winter of the war this way.’’
not to let her see the bitter spiritual
"No."
struggle and loss of self esteem which came to Hamstend. The mall that
■Oh. Mary, how could you let him
It hnd cost him to do thia. But when brought letter« from Jaquellne, nurs­
the draft came, there could be no ing In a convalescent»' home In Brit­ go the way you did? Supposing he
"Ye are sleeping on my land.
Is
question of evasion or hesitation Ills tany; from Dnvld. opernting In a Held never comes hark, either— do you ever there anything more yon wantT'
think
of
that?"
little Income would keep her com­ hospital directly behind the firing-
"Yes, boss, you might go ovei an’
Did she ever think of It) Not long
lint's; from Austin, driving hla am­
fortable. and there wna no child
before, Mrs Weston had handed her ask yer wife ter make me up a snack
Thia, Blanche knew, had been a bulance over shell-shot roads; from
a letter that had Just come from nv Ice cream."
source of disappointment and grief to Haul, "somewhere In France;" from
Rosalie King. She hnd married her
.lack
and
Thomas
and
Philip
nt
Camp
Philip while ahe had secretly rejoiced
Those Crum pled Lids
floorwalker on a "hurry call" and they
Devena—all aa yet, unhnrmed and
at "not being tied down right away.''
Fair Kitchenettle— Have you noticed
had had three days together before
Now the fact that a baby might have well.
he "went across." And that, she had her hnt? Looks as If It had been
There waa a ball, and a banquet,
kept him at home made her resentful
learned, was tn he all the honeymoon stepped on.
and "comfort kits" for all the boys
• hat ahe did not have one
Bright liumldorcas— Well, she had
she would ever have. Mary, taking
It was out of the question for her There waa the preparation of Christ-
the letter from Mrs. Weston's limp It In the ring, hut now she's out of
to stay on In the little Brookline apart­ maa packages. There araa the careful
hand, read It over twice. And she politics.— Louisville Courier-Journal
ment alone, and there wna nothing for searching of the newspaper» for sc-
hnd refused "a week at some quiet
counts
of
the
unsatisfactory
conditions
her to do but to return, rebellloualy,
place by the sen"—hnd denied Haul
Sweet Sym pathy
existing at Camp Devens. , . ,
to llnmatead. I'hlllp. with never fall
the chnnce of looking forward to com­
“My husband passed away after two
Then, suddenly, the Aral blow fell.
lug understanding and gentleness, saw
ing hHck to her "that way." . . . Did days’ Illness. We had been married
A telegram came for Blanche.
how hard It was for her to do thia
she ever think of It 1
only six weeks.”
And
Sol
Daniela.
Instead
of
tele
and Insisting that It should hereafter
•'Yes. I think of It," she said slow­
"Well. It's nice to think he did not
phoning It up tn the house, as he hnd
be called “Carte Blanche" to perpelu
ly. "But I hnd to do what I dltl. Just suffer much."—Das Interessante BlstL
ate hla Joke, urged her again to amuse telephoned so mnny times, wrote It
the same. Even If I'd known he was
herself by having the little law office down slowly with hla stubby pencil,
going to he killed Haul didn't—didn't
and
locking
up
the
atatlon,
walked
C ivil Ssrvica
renovated to suit the plans which he
love me the whj Hhlllp loved you."
down the road through the deep snow
"What
bapiiened
when the police
hnd made an long before. Thia time
Mary—what do you think It all
with It In hla pocket, blowing hla nose
searched your house?"
the suggestion was a godsend. Blanche
menns? Why do the people who aren't
hard on hla red bnndnna handkerchief
“It waa fine I The police found the
became genuinely
Interested anil
needed, who aren't even wanted, live
front door key my wife had hidden, a
worked harder and more happily than na he went along.
and live and live? While the ones
To bis Intense relief, It waa Mary
ahe ever had done before In order to
like Hhlllp— Do you think that It's penny stamp I loat weeks ago, and
who was wllh her cousin a good deni
have the tiny home In perfect order
really punishment for selfishness— not fear atuda."—Fllegende Blaetter.
for hla drat furlough. There waa a In those days, who answered the
lust mine, but—"
W roag Shop
merry
little
housewarming, when knocker nt Carta Rlanche. Sol hand
"This whole war Is a punishment
etl
the
grimy
paper
to
her
without
a
Philip appeared, wearing hla sergeant's
Customer— Yea, but haven't yon got
of selflshness— and an atonement for
uniform, for all llnmatead wanted to word as she opened the door, and IL Philip Is— one of thousands— "
a tighter-fitting gown than this?
cleared hla throat.
aee him.
Saleswoman (rather tired)—I'm sor­
"But my part. That atory coming
“For Blanche?" naked Mary In a true. And the certainty we both had ry, madam. Thia la a costumier's—
But after tha last guest hnd de
startled vole«.
parted, ha lighted a lire In the wide
not a taxidermist's.—Montreal Star.
that It waa going to."
"Yea— It's a doggone sham«
You
•hallow fireplace of the big. aoft-col
ITO B I O O N T IX U U d
LADY
BLANCHE
FARM
A Romance of the
Commonplace
»
A
\
ored
bedroom,
and
unfastened
lllancba's party dreaa by candla-llghl
aa they stood before I t It had frown
very cold outalda, and tha many paned
window« were frosting over with dell
rata shapes. Tha man, looking towards
them from tha lire, suddenly shivered
a little. They were so Icy and spark
ling, reflecting tha froxen moonlight
out there, that there was something
of almost unearthly loveliness about
them, something ghostly—
"Blanche," he aald abruptly, "when
you fixed up Carta Blanche, what did
you do with those old law books that
were here?"
Blanche waa standing before the
mirror, combing her hair. She did
not even turn,
"They were so musty and shabby
and dry looking, I burned them up
Why. dltl you want them?"
"No. Did you burn them nil?"
“Yea."
"Bead any of them flrst?"
"No, 1 could tell by the looks that
they were dull. Not what you and I
wanted In our lovely home."
Kite walked across the room to him.
her golden hulr falling over her about-
dera. her soft white dressing gown
flowing from her bare neck and arms
In an unbroken line to the floor. De
llberately, ahe blew out the flickering
candles, one after the other, and. In
the dim firelight, put her artna around
hla neck.
I l la lovely, Isn't It?" she whis­
W om an In High Place
in Prim itive Society
Primitive societies, as often aa not,
gave women a good position, espe­
cially where they depended upon ag­
riculture.
Anthropologists believe
that women were the first farmers,
domesticating wild plants, husband­
ing seed and tilling the aoll. In
many tribes women were deemed to
exert a uniquely fertile apell over
the fields and planting thus was left
to tbem. Matriarchal forms of so­
cial organization, where women stood
it the head of the family and descent
was reckoned on the female side,
were numerous. Home of these forms
have survived among certain savage!
tribes up to today.
Women In all early times clothed
the race. Without doubt, they de
reloped the primitive textile art».
The goddesses Penelope and Arachne
tn Greece, Minerva In Itorae. were
regarded as es;>eclally proficient in
spinning.
Although women were repressed In
Greece and In Israel, the “pagan" na­
tion» all about worshiped various
faces of the Great Mother. And In
Egypt, during Its highest civilization,
women ranked higher than men In
certain respects. They could divorce
at will, own and dls|x>se of property,
and men were required to bring
lowrles at marriage.
“In the greatest time« of ancient
Egypt," Olga Knopf points out In
"The Art of Being a Woman," "men
and women were on an equal foot­
ing; and there la no period In history
which better Illustrates bow full of
charm, friendliness and ease the rw I
latlona of the sexes may be,
“ Women had their own part 1«
ouslneaa, In the priesthood and In so­
cial offices. Wa can still read oi the
career of a woman who started as *
:lerk tn her father's office and roa*
» be governor of a district and con»,
mander In chief of the western
■miles.”
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