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SCHOOL DAYS
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CHAPTER VII! Continued.
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The outcome was that Mrs. ITardy
Insisted upon Irene embarking at once
upon a finishing course. Afterward
they traveled together for a year in
Europe. Then home again, Irene pur
sued her art, and her mother sur
rounded her with the social attractious
which Doctor Hardy's comfortable in
come and professional stauding made
possible. Her purpose was obvious
and but thinly disguised. She hoped
that her daughter would outlive her
youthful Infatuation and would at
length, in a more suitable match, give
her heart t one of the numerous eli
gibles of her circle.
To promote this end Mrs. Hardy
spared no pains. Young Carlton, son
of a banker and one of the leading
men of his set, seemed a particularly
appropriate match. Mrs. Hardy
opened her home to him, and Carl (on,
whatever his motives, was not slow to
grasp the situation. For years Irene
had not spoken of Dave Elden, and the
mother had grown to hope that the
old attachment had died down and
would presently be quite forgotten in
a new and more becoming passion.
The fact Is that Irene at that time
would have been quite Incapable of
stating her relation toward Elden and
Its Influence upon her attitude to life.
She was by no means sure that she
loved that sunburnt boy of romantic
memory; she was by no means sure
that she should ever marry him, let
his development in life be what it
would ; but she felt that her heart was
locked, at least for the present, to all
other suitors. She had given her
promise, and that settled the matter.
Notwithstanding her indifference the
girl found herself encouraging Carl
ton's advances, or at least not meet
ing them with the rebuffs which
had been her habit toward all other
suitors, and Mrs. Hardy's hopes grew
as the attachment apparently devel
oped. But they were soon to be shat
tered. Irene had gone with Carlton to the
theater; afterward to supper. It was
long past midnight when she reached
home. She knocked at her mother's
door and Immediately entered. Her
hair was disheveled and her cheeks
were flushed, and she walked unstead
ily across the room.
"What's the matter, Irene? What's
the matter, child? Are you sick?"
cried her mother, springing from her
bed.
"No, I'm not sick," said the girl bru
tally. 'Tin drunk !'
"Oh, don't say that," said her mother
soothingly. "Proper people do not be
come drunk. You may have had too
much champagne and tomorrow you
will have a headache"
"Mother! I have had too much
champagne, but not as much as that
precious Carlton of yours had planned
for. I just wanted to see how des
picable he was, and I floated down
stream with him as far as I dared.
But Just as the current got too swift
I struck for shore. Oh, we made a
scene, all right, but nobody knew me
there, so the family name is safe and
!you can rest in peace. I called a taxi,
and when he tried to follow me In I
slapped him and kicked him. Kicked
him, mother. Dreadfully undignified,
wasn't It? ... And that's what
you want me to marry, In place of a
man!"
Mrs. Hardy was chattering with
mortification and excitement. Her
plans had miscarried. Irene had mis
behaved. Irene was a difficult, head
strong child. It was useless to argue
with her in her present mood. It was
useless to argue with her in any mood.
No doubt Carlton had been Impetuous.
Nevertheless he stood high in his set
and his father was something of a
power in the financial world. As the
wife of such a man Irene might have
a career before her a career from
which at least some of the glory would
reflect upon the silvering head of the
mother of Mrs. Carlton.
"Go to your room," she said at
length. "Yod are in no condition to
talk tonight I must say it Is a shame
that you can't go out for an evening
without drinking too much and mak
ing a Ecene. . . . What will Mr.
Carlton think of you?"
"If he remembers all I told him
about himself he'll have enough to
think of," the girl blazed back. "You
know what I have told you and still
Mister Carlton stands as high in your
sight as ever. I am the one to blame.
Very well. I've tried your choice and
I've tried my own. Now I am in a
position to judge. There will be noth
ing to talk about in the morfling
Mention Carlton's name to me aeain
and I will give the whole incident to
the DaDers . . . with photographs
. , . and names. Fancy the feature
headinsr. 'Society Girl, Intoxicated
Kicks Escort Out of Taxi.' Good
niszht."
But other matters were to demand
the attention of mother and daughter
In the morning. While the scene was
occurring in Mrs. Hardy's bedroom
her husband, clad in white, toiled in
the operating room to save the life of
a fellow beiner. There was a slip of
an instrument, but the surgeon toiled
.on; he could not at that Juncture
pause; the life of the patient was at
stake. When the operation was fin
ished he found his injury deeper than
he supposed, and Irene was summoned
from her heavy sleep that morning to
attend his bedside. Ho talked to her
as a philosopher; said his life's work
was done and he was just as glad to
go in the harness ; the estate should
yield something, and there was his life
insurance a third would be for her.
And when Mrs. Hardy was not at his
side he found opportunity to whisper,
"And if you really love that boy out
West marry him."
The sudden bereavement wrought a
reconciliation between Mrs. Hardy
and her daughter. Mrs. Hardy took
her loss very much to heart. While
Irene grieved for her father Mrs. Har
dy grieved for herself. It was awful
to be left alone like this. And when
the lawyers found that, Instead of a
hundred thousand dollars, the estate
-would yield a bare third of that sum,
she spoke openly of her husband's im
providence. He had enjoyed a hand
some income, on which his family had
lived in luxury. That, It was unequal
to the strain of providing for them in
that fashion and at the same time ac
cumulating a reserve for such an
eventuality as had occurred was a
matter which his widow could scarce
ly overlook.
Her health had suffered a severe
shock, for beneath her ostentation she
felt as deep a regard for her late hus
band as was possible in one who
measured everything In life by vari
ous social formulae. She consulted
a specialist who had enjoyed a close
professional acquaintanceship with
Doctor Hardy. The specialist gave her
a careful, meditative and solemn ex
amination. "Your condition is serious," he told
her, "but not alarming. You must have
a drier climate and, preferably, a high
er altitude. I am convinced that the
"No, I'm Not Sick," said the Girl Bru
tally. "I'm Drunk."
conditions your health demands are
to be found in ." He named the
former cow town from which Irene's
fateful automobile journey had had its
start, and the young woman, who was
present with her mother, felt herself
go suddenly pale with the thought of
a great prospect
"Oh, I could never live there !" Mrs.
Hardy protested. "It Is so crude. Cow
punchers, you know, and all that sort
of thing."
The specialist smiled. "You will
probably not find It so crude, although
I dare say some of its customs may
jar on you," he remarked, dryly. "And
it is not a case of not being able to
live there. It is a case of not being
able to live here. If you take my ad
vice you should die of old age, as far,
at least, as your present ailment is
concerned. If you don't" and he
dropped his voice to Just the correct
note of gravity, which pleased Mrs,
Hardy very much "If you don't, I
can't promise you a year."
Confronted with such an alternative,
the good lady had no option. She ac
cepted the situation with the resigna
tion which she deemed to be correct
under such circumstances, but the
boundless prairies were to her so much
desolation and ugliness. Irene gath
ered that her mother did not approve
of prairies. They were something new
to her life, and it was greatly to be
suspected that they were improper.
CHAPTER IX.
Very slowly It dawned upon Mrs
Hardy that this respectable, thriving
city, with Its well-dressed, properly
mannered people, its public spirit, its
aggressiveness, its churches and thea
ters and schools, its law and order,
and its afternoon teas, after all, was
the real West ; sincere, earnest ; crude,
perhaps; bare, certainly; the scar of
its recent battle with the wilderness
still fresh upon its person; lacking the
finish that only time can give to a
landscape or a civilization; but lack
Ing also the moldiness, the mustiness,
the insufferable artificiality of older
communities. Even Mrs. Hardy,
steeped for sixty years In a life of
precedent and rule and caste, began
to catch the enthusiasm of a new land
where precedent and rule and caste
are something of a handicap.
"We must buy a home." she said to
Tron.. "Vi cannot afford to continue
living at a hotel, and we must have
our own homo. You must look up a
responsible dealer whose advice we
can trust In n mat tor of this kiiui.
Ami wns it remarkable that Irene
Hardy should think nt once of the firm
of Conward & Elden? It was not. She
i,n.i in.lm-d. been thinking of a mem
ber of that firm ever since the decision
to move to the West. The fact is
Irene had not been nt nil sure that she
wanted to marry Dave Elden. She
wanted very much to meet him again ;
she was curious to know how the years
imd fared with him. and her curiosity
was not unmixed with a liner senti
ment: but she was not at all sure that
she should marry him.
Whnt. Dave Elden, the million
aire?" Bert Morrison had said. "Every
hn.lv knows him." And then the news
paper woman had gone on to tell what
a figure Dave was in the business lire
of the city. "Cue of our biggest young
men," Bert Morrison had said, "lie
served, a little ; likes his own company
best; but absolutely white."
That gave a new turn to the situa
tion. Irene had always wanted Dave
to be a success ; suddenly she doubted
whether she had wanted him to be so
big a success. She had doubted wheth
er she should wish to marry Dave;
sh hnd never allowed herself to doubt
that Dave would wish to marry her.
KArretlv. she had expected to rather
HnniA him with her ten years devel
opmentwith the culture and knowl
edge which study and travel and me
had added to the charm of her young
girlhood; and suddenly she realized
that her luster would shine but dimly
In the greater glory of his own. . . .
It was easv to locate the omce or
Conward & Elden; It stood on a prin
cipal corner of a principal street.
Thence she led her mother, and found
herself treading on the marble floors
of the richly appointed waiting room
in a secret excitement which she could
with difficulty conceal. She was, In
deed, very uncertain about the next
development. . . . Her mother- had
to be reckoned with.
A young man asked courteously
what could be done for them,
"We want to see the head of the
firm," said Mrs. Hardy. "We want to
buy a house."
They were shown Into Conward'!
office. Conward gave them the wel
come of a man who expects to make
money out of his visitors. He placed
a very comfortable chair 'for Mrs
Hardy; he adjusted the blinds to a
nicety; he discarded his cigarette and
beamed upon them with as great a
show of cordiality as his somewhat
beefy appearance would permit. Mrs
Hardy outlined her life history wltt
considerable detail and ended with the
confession that the West was not as
bad as she had feared and, anyway, It
was a case of living here or dying else
where, so she would have to make the
best of it And here they were. And
mighi? they see a house?
Conward appeared to be reflect!
As a matter of fact, he saw In this
experienced buyer an opportunity
reduce his holdings In anticipation
the impending crash. His dlfflct
was that he had no key to the fin
cial resources of his visitors. '
only thing was to throw out a fee
"You are wanting a nice home
take It, that can be bought at a fals
able price for cash, lou wouiu co
sider an Investment of, say "
He paused, and Mrs. Hardy suppll
the Information for which he w
waiting. "About twenty-five thousand
dollars," she said.
"We can hardly Invest that much,"
Irene Interrupted, In a whisper. "We
must have something to live on."
"People here live on the profits ol
their investments, do they not, Mr,
Conward?" Mrs. Hardy Inquired.
"Oh, certainly," Conward agreed,
and he plunged into a mass of inci
dents to show how profitable Invest
ments had been to other clients of the
firm. Then his mood of deliberation
gave way to one of briskness; he sum
moned a car, and in a few minutes his
clients were looking over the property
which he had recommended. Mrs.
Hardy was an amateurish buyer, her
tendency being alternately to excess
of caution on one side and reckless
ness on the other. Conward's manner
pleased her; the house he showed
pleased her, and she was eager to have
it over with. Hut he was too shrewd
to appear to encourage a hasty deci
sion. He did not seize upon Mrs.
Hardy's remark that the house seemed
perfectly satisfactory; on the con
trary, he insisted on showing other
houses, which he quoted at such im
possible figures that presently the old
lady was In a feverish haste to make
a deposit lest some other buyer should
forestall her.
(TO BB CONTINUED.)
Observation of Oil Belt Philosopher.
A scientist has just discovered that
fish are intelligent. We had observed
also that they don't bite on everything
that comes along. Baxter Citizen.
A London choir of one thousand
voices has been organized under th
I auspices of the League of Arts to sing
at public ceremonies.
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Mlis Llla Lee l moit lie di
pen.er of cheer. Only f.w thort
year. a3o .he w a little tot plyl"0
"Ring Around a Ros.e," In the itreet.
of Union Hill. N. J. She wst induced
to enter vaudeville, and a little later
w.i entered a a candidate for lau
rel in the silent drama, soon becom
Ing a "movie" star. "Keep smiling"
Is the motto of this little film favorite.
"OffAgiiv,
OivAqiiv
Strickland W.Gillilan
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TWO BRANDS OF PROPHET.
Two kinds of prophet I have niel
Upon my Journey tre below
Two klnda! AnJ 1 Bin free to tx t
Both kinds you also cbance to know.
One kind keeps .till bofom evenls,
And later uy, "1 told you iM."
I must ttdmlt I am too dense
To see why he keeps lying so.
The other kind blurts out his .y.
And when the day Is punt and on
He hides. If thlwrs don't go his way.
And keeps as still as Coal Oil John.
Two kinds of prophet ach no good
Both you and I have always known;
Two kinds of prophet; and we should
Be seared If neither "pulli-d a bone."
SNOTHINI
Recently on of the grestett print
ers of poultry was operated" on at a
St. Louis hoipital. Poultry painting,
perhaps, does not require great abil
ity. We know a butcher who nerer
had an art lesion in his lifs who can
draw a chicken in a minute, so ikill
fully that the most careful cook has
only to wash it a little and put it
in to roast.
Couldnt Be Cone So Soon.
A proverbial1." Indigent thoUKh
honest citizen In :i western town
laf(" -jnnllpd the (iresl'lcnt of
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An Ally Dog.
Evidently there 'in- ;oc.i !n Hhm
country thnt are oppo-nil u liypln-n-ateil,
but not hydrorihuliiiitctl Ai'ii-ii-cans.
Lately at Ames, m., :i ;errn;ni
scientific laborer, employed In th-stiii.-agricultural
Belfol v.-ork, whs , : hi
the face by a r.il.id or iii.ti:-:it nil do;:
and had to he taken to die I'an-j'eiirl.-ing
Htudlo In l)es Mulrio".. V.Ux-u ,y tin
American doj? and tfvori Kn-Neh fi-elu-raent,
nil lnwlde of 21 hours, In nulnjf
some for a (lerniiiu !
CROSBY'S KIDS
DID YOU DREAM OF ACCIDENTS?
TIIK IiIrIi brow, (lie -.-M!tV lO
vehtlUHinrs nf iln-nm .t.-ii..mi'na.
hitvr itm-tit.-,! n fciirfut no t wonderful
word for the ntt i.f tnWIutf oim-us
from drenin". Tin- all It oit. lriiiiiuiK jr
- Bve syllulil.'s, aici-nt on ttif 'im!.
r'reud, In !HH.r to th rju-ftloa,
"Ii.km the drenm have ny vulm for
n kniiwledi;'' of '!' future?" uid
MlbstltUtt- "for knowing!- if the)
imst,' for "the iln-nm ofU'iniit'-s In
the piiHt In every Mine. lie liMn 111
hi chiirtu-t'rtiifnl!y lndvel mid
trtinoiMideiitul nmtnn r "to h- nur tho
ulirlrtit hidlrf Unit the ilri-itin reM'dll
the future I hoi entirely ilevold of
truth. !')' repreHi iitiiij,' ! ii u UIi
uh fultllli-d the Un-jim iTrtulnly lend
us Into the future, hut thin future
tllkell 1')' the drenllii Its Jileoelit. till
to ell foriln i Itllo the llli'Mie of tllf
l.UKt ! the llld' MPietillN- l'4l." Itetltl
thllt over several tiluet Hit'l jM-rhn)S
you will Ken what the learned (.rofe.
sor Is driving nt.
The llheli-titH, l".p,rully tin' I'er
shiui, lyptlnii't and (ireel. whu
ereited the foretelll! nf rvetiX t.y
(ireimis Into mi nrt, ilivldei) ilreutiiH
liito different klielf, oidy ui.e kind ,f
whhh would l;!em!ly (oiilo true Utld
would iiot iii!eriii-t the iln-nm 0f
people who I,, id hi .11 ilrlnklnc. And
some Ilimlertl (toot h-liyerw reflln- tt
reurd iih proplieUo dre.nni rnu'el y
Indigestion or alcohol, lu-hup Myn
sluy, who lived lii the futirth lentury
mid will he reineiiih.-re,! ,y nil rendi-m
of t'lmrle.s Kinsley". ijpin, wrotn
a 1 1 1 jit i on dri-ntiis in which ho
Mutes thnt. at lio fv.i p., .pi,. ,,. uliki
the Millie liei.n, ,,,.. ti t hiive I ho
Milne HKiillh nin e ,,r ,- w y ,.y iuJ.1
we hunt liml out the n,, ann, of our
drem.'iK for o.ir-eh,., ., uhleh 1
wen in riio. -lull. .- nm.,
the dirlii of the i mi'I. 'h
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of jo .'ol.'iil-: f.r iri-t:Mn-i'
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falrln. or Dial t!-' afsUinms
but (hey know hot what Uf
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season with M-pi-r and Mil r.
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fresh, oiif hnlf tnhl"i"?
sioonful of milt. Hri' rSS
of milk. When Hi wU'sf
Into tho natiBnh lMur
spoonful of imdted bottf
until th -ijuush l ,,'n,,f'
cmloriiilly with l.utteriw
PoUito. on the HiU
Tiiko wlx Komi Uci is
toeH. hnke about ntt hour,
cut In two, lenKihwi.
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a slow hut
iiiM tho well heiilen
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THE FIRST TIME YOU
UHISTUD THROUGH
YOUR TEETH
Gifts of Destiny
CF-ORCEMATTHr.lv ADAMS
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and bnke 15 inlnut.-ti In
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Take one cupful of ugr.
spoonfuls of iiH'lK' w
nn.l tho yolks of W.
milk, one tPUHP''"lful 01 f.
tcnspoonfuls of rrcnra
juice of ona ornnce. ,
flour. Huk In layers MP
with whlpp'l T''i"n "
flavored with omnK'.
i;ooii xour i-ss" t
Into bolllnfc wnU-r. ui
and ooverlriR tllitly : c ,
Imck of thn Htove
hot but not boil, ii wf!
IIIOVO tll Hllflia Bin' ""t
ii hutton'il PHKiiiK "- tf,
Hpoonful of buttiT In
u tnnHpoonful of cVF. ,
cook In tho lmt"'r. a
brown; odd onn la
HiinnnfnlM of flour.
pepper nntl a Unit . ,
furry pow.li-r. Whi-n J .
ctipftil of milk nnd cf".rt.
Tour thlH Kiitii-o over j
with n Inyor 01 "--.
tiihW
Ilrown In a hot ovci
(Copyright, 1920, Wsstsr I""