• J M Y M MJS
I w W W W IM M M M A A e e M A e t
houlexard
Drexel boulevtWd
Jack-
sou park, llllnota C entral trains. T er
rltle. yes. bnt they w ere electrifying.
Going to make ’em run by electricity,
you know
Things w ouldn't look so
dirty, after that.
H alsted street.
Longest street In the world.
•
And, "Ah, yes," said the general, po
litely.’ "Ah. yes. Quite so: Most In
teresting.”
(Coutluusd)
ten, Dallas. If I thought—I'd go back
to Hollis A Sprague's and begin all
over again at forty a week If 1 thought
you’d—’’
The rich black loam of High P ra i
rie. A hint of fresh green things Just
peeping out of the earth. Hothouse»,
t'jld fram es. The farm.
T u t I thought you said It w as a
small farm !” said General Goguet. a*
they descended from tfce ear.
He
looked abobt at the acreage.
"It Is small,” Dirk assured hint
‘Only about forty acres.”
"Ah, well, you Americans.
In
France we farm on a very sm all scale,
you understand. We have not the
land. The great vast country." He
waved his right arm. You felt th at If
the left sleeve had not been empty he
would have made a large and sweep
ing gesture with both arms.
Selina was not la the neut. quiet
house. She was not on the porch, or
In the yard. Meena Bras, phlegm atic
and unflnstercfl, came lp from the
kitchen. Mis' D eJong was In the fields.
She would call her. This she proceed
cd to do by blowing th ree powerful
b lu rts and again three on a horn which
she took from a hook qn fhe wall.
She stood In ’ the kitchen doorway.
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io a low voice: ’"There, th a t’s w hat I
mean. T hut's w hat 1 m ean when 1
say I want to do portraits. Not por
traits of ladles with a string of w a rts
and one lily hand half hidden In the
folds of u satin skirt. 1 mean char
acter p o rtraits of men and women who
are really distinguished looking—dta-
tl-ngulshedly American, for example—
like' your m other.''
Dirk looked up at her quickly, half
smiling, as though expecting to ttnd
h er smiling, too. Rut she w as not
smiling. “My m o th e r!”
"Yes, if she'd let uie. With thut fine
splendid face all lit up with the light
th at comes from Inside; und the Jaw-
line like th a t of the women who came
over in the M ayflower; or crossed the
continent In a covored w agon; and liei
eyes! And th at battered funny gor
genus bum old hat and the white shirt-
are in effect throughout the sum
m er season. It’s amazing w hat
they will enable you tosee and do.
So go —this vacation. K now
Oregon. Visit Tillamook Beaches,
N ew p o rt B t aches, Coos B a y
Beaches, Mountain Resorts, Crater
Lake, Oregon Caves.
And rely upon our agénts for
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“ Oregon O utdoors.’*
"And guess," thrilled Paula, "gifess
who's coming with him. D irk ! T hat
wonderful Roelf Pool, the French
"Don’t "
sculptor I”
"W hat d’you mean—French sculp
Chapter X V I
tor I H e's uo more French than I am.
He w as horn w ithin a couple of miles
General Goguet and Roelf Pool had
-by.
of my m other's farm . H is people wefe
C. P. M oody, agt, Pliotie 220
Dutch truck farm ers. H is fath er lived been In Chicago one night and p art of
In High P rairie until a year ago, when a d a t Dirk had not met them—was
to d jl-t them at P au la’s A in e r that
he died of a stroke.”
, r 5"
When he to ld Selina she (lushed like evening. He w as curious about Pool
a girl, as she sometimes still did when hut not particularly interestftd in the
glo ssy s j i i n n o u i r a s i never rto.gert. A
she w as much excited. "Yes, I saw It warrior. Restless, unhappy, wanting
hath lie thought, dully, autom atically.
his heels together w ith a sharp smack
in the paper. I wonder,” she added, to sea Dalhis (he adm itted It, bitterly)
he dropped Into her studio at an un
bent from the w aist, picked up Selliw'i Then, quite suddenly, he flung tyutself
quietly, "If 1 shall see him.”
on the tine sllk-cnveted bed. (ace down,
T hat ev.enlng you m ight have seen accustomed hour alm ost Immediately
und lay there, hla head la his arms,
her sitting. Angering th e fnded shabby after lunch and heard gay voices and 9
very still. He w as lying there half an
time-worn objects the saving of which laughter.
hour la te r w h en -h e heard the tele
D allas In a grimy smock and the 9
Dirk had denounced as sentim ental.
phone’s shrill insistence und Sakt «
The crflde draw ing of the H ay m q rk et; scuffed kid slippers was entertaining
gentle deferential rap a» th« bedrqaut
the wipe-red cashm ere d re s s ; some two tru an ts from Chicago society—
Gen. Emile Goguet and Roelf Pool.
door.
ft
i>
faded brittle flowers.
IT U E END.)
P aula w as giving a large—but not They seemed to be enjoying them selves
too large—dinner on the second night. immensely. She Introduced Dirk as
She w as very anim ated about It, ex casually as though (heir presence were
P A S H P A ID for false teeth, den-
cited, gay. “They say," she told Dirk, a n atural and expected thing—which
L tai gold, platinum and discarded
" th a t Goguet doesn't eat anything but It was. She had never mentioned them
jewelry, llo k e Sm elting and Refining
hard-boiled eggs and rusks. Oh, well, to him. Yet n o w : "T his Is D irk De-
C<-,. Otsego, M ich,
th e others won’t object to squabs and Jong—Gen. Emile Goguet. We were
together
In
France.
mushrooms and things. And his hobby cam paigners
is his farm In B rit^ n y . Pool's stu n Roelf Pool. So were we, w eren't we,
Amor A. Tussing
ning—dark and somber and very white Roelf?''
Gpn. Emile Goguet bowed formally,
teeth.”
lawyer and NOTARY
P aula w as very gay these days. Too b u t Ills eyes were twinkling. He ap
________H alsey . O bkoon
gay. It seemed to D irk th at h er peared to be having a very good time.
nervous energy w as Inexhaustible— j Roelf Pool's dark face had lighted up
DELBERT STA R R
and exhausting. Dirk refused to ad with such a glow of surprise and pleas
mit to him self how Irked he was by ure as to' transform It. He stro d e over
Funeral Director and Li
the sallow heart-shaped exquisite face, to Dirk, clasped his hand. "D irk De-
the lenn brown clutching fingers, the Jo n g ! Not—why, sny. don't you know
censed Embalmer
air of ownership, fie hud begun to m e? I’m Roelf Pool!” .
Efficient
Servi«*.
M »“ » Hears».
"I ought to know you," said Dirk.
dislike things about her as an u n faith
G to w n s, b rid g e w ork an d n n in g o . It wlrl
Lady A tten d an t
. . -.
“Oh, hut I mean I'm —I knew you
ful spouse is Irrltuted by quite Inno
p ay you to get m y p rices oo Jiour d e n ta l work,
Brownsville__ . . . . - -------------- - Grenon 1
c en t m annerism s of his unconscious when you were a kid. You’re Selina's
m ate. She scuffed her heels a little Dirk. Aren’t you? Sly Selina. I'm
C usick b a n k b u ild in g , A lb a n y
when she walked, for example. It driving out to see h er th is afternoon.
m addened him. She hud a way of bit She's one of my reasons for being
W . L- W R IG H T
w aist—and her hands! She’s beautl
ing the rough skin around her carefully here. Why, I'm —” He was laughing,
f u t She'd make the fartions at one He Picked Up Selina1» Rouob Work
Mortician & Funeral Director
tended nails when she was nervous. talking excitedly, llke a hby. D allax
facing the fields, blowing, her red
Halsey and Hitrrisbtirft y«..
all agrin, was enjoying It Immensely.
leap. You'd See!” '.
Worn Hand and Kissed It.
•'Don't do th a t!" he said.
checks puffed outrageously.
“T h at
Dirk stared at her. It v as ns though
"They've
run
away,"
she
explained
C all D Tavt.on. HaJsey. or
D allas never Irritated him. She rest
brings her,” M edia assured them : und he roeld not comprehend. Then he rough work-worn hand nnd kissed It
W. I.. W a ic a i, H arrisburg
ed him, he told himself. He would arm to Dirk, “from the elaborate program
went back to her work. They citing
And then, as she smiled u little, un
him self against her, but one minute th at wus arranged for them this a fte r out on the porch to aw ait Selina. She turned In his chair to sta re nt hl» certainly, her left hand at her breast,
m other. Selina waa talking to Roelf.
a fte r m eeting her he would sink g rate noon. I don't know w here the French
was out on th e west sixteen—the west
"And yntfve done all the famous her cheeks p la t, Roelf, too, kissed her
fully and reslstlessly Into her quiet got their reputation for being polite. sixteen th a t used to be unprollfic, half-
men
of Europe, haven’t you. Roelf ! To hand tenderly.
The
general
is
a
perfect
boor,
aren
't
depths. Sometimes he thought all this
drow ned m uckland. Dirk felt a little thtnk of It I You've seen the world,
•'Why." «aid Selina, and laughed a
you? And scared to death of women.
was an assumed m anner In her.
uneasy, and asham ed th a t he should and you've got It in your hand. Little soft trem ulous little laugh, "Why. I'va
"T his calm of your—this effortless H e's the only French general In cap feel so.
.
Roelf F o o t And you did It ull alone. never had my hand kissed before."
ness,” he said to her one day, "is a tivity who ever took the trouble to
Then they saw h er coming, a small In spite of everything.”
She stood on the porch stepa and
l
e
s
m
English."
p o s e , isn't It?" Anything to get her
Roelf leaned tow ard her. He put waved at them as they were whirled
“W ere all going,” announced D allas, dark figure against the background of
/ap tlce.
sun
and
sky
and
fields.
She
came
sw iftly away, the four of them. A
• 'T a r tl y ” D allas bad replied,am iably. and made a dash for th e stuffy little swiftly, yet p lodding#, for flic ground his hand o v e h e r rough one. “Cab
J. W. STEPHENSON.
bages a re beautiful." 1st raid. Then alight straight little figure In the plnln
bedroom off the studio.
•
h nice poMe though, don t you
Well, this w as a bit too Informal. was heavy. They stood facing her, the they both laughed as at some exquisite » Id le blouse and the skirt sputtered
ith in jt? ”
four of them. As she cam e nearer
with the soil of the farm.
\y h a t are you going to do with a “Going where?” Inquired Dirk. The they suW th a t she was w earlug n dark Joke. Then, seriously: "W hat a fine
'You'll come out again?" «he had
life you’ve bad, too. Selina. A full life,,
general,
too,
appeared
bewildered.
ggirlihke t h a t !
.
sk
irt
pinned
up
about
h
er
ankles
to
sold to Ibillna. And D allas had said
and a rich one and successful."
Roelf explained, delightedly. “It's
ilh-re was the woman who could hold
protect
It
from
the
wet
spring
earth,
“I !” exclaimed Selina. "JVhy, lloelf, yes, but th a t she was leaving soon for
him entirely, and who never held out a plot. W e're all going to drive o u t to and yet It was sp attered w ith a bor
a Anger to hold him. He tore at the your m other’s. You’ll go, w on't you? der ot mud spots. A rough, heavy I’ve been here all these years. Just Faris, to study and work.
‘When I cam e back you’ll let me do
w here you left me when you were u
araooth wall of her Indifference, though You simply m ust.”
“Go?" now p u t In General Goguet. gray sw eater w as buttoned closely boy 1 think the very hat and dress your portrait?"
,, v only cut and bruised It I a own hands
about
th
e
straight,
slim
body.
On
ber
I'm wearing might he the same 1 wore
"My p o rtra it!" Selina had exclaimed
“ W here fa It th a t we go? I thought
’ o’.ng It.
head w as a b attered soft black hat.
I've been nowhere, done noth- wqnderingly.
... Mt because I'm a successful busl- we sta re d here, quietly. It 1« quiet H er feet. In broad-toed sensible shoes, then
,
,
• !'L t u '•
lng. seen nothing. When I think of all
here, and no reception com m ittees.'
Now aa the four were whirled back
\ n th at you don't like me?"
she
lifted
high
out
of
the
soft,
cling
th e placés I w as going to see! All to Chicago over the asphalted H alsted
"K.w \ d° llke you- 1 ,hlnk }0U’re H is tone w as wistful.
Roelf attem pted to make It clear. ing soil. H er h a ir blew a tittle In the the things I was going to do!"
road they were relaxed, a little jlre d .
an . w f i l \
m an' D ans" "
gentle
spring
breeze.
H
er
cheeks
were
“Mr. D ejong’s m other Is a farm er.
“You've been everywhere in the They yielded to the narcotic of sp rln f
faintly
pink.
She
w
as
coming
up
the
<m-n h h*do*B’t *>* the w ld e/y ed Ingenue. You remember I told you all about ber
world." said Roelf. "You've seen all Unit w as In the air.
COURTNEY
In the ship coming over. She w as path now. She could dfstJnguiah ihetr the places of great beauty and light.
Itoelf
Pool
took
off
Ills
hat.
In
the
v
**>' w hat 1 mp‘ n
RYLEY C O O PER
You kno
,
don’t w an, me
wonderful to me when T w as a kid. faces. She saw D irk ; « tile d , waved. Y ob rem em ber yott told tne th a t your cruel spring sunshine you saw that tlv
She w as the first person to -tell me H er glance went Inquiringly to the fnther had '»nee «aid. when you wen- a black hair » a s sprinkled with gray
others—th e bearded m an In uniform, little girl, that there wer» only tw<
w hat beauty was—Is. She's magnlfl
the tall girl, the man w ith the dark, kinds of people who really innttered lu "On «lays like thia I refuse to believe
cent. She raises vegetables.”
th at I’m forty-five. Dnllaa, tell me j
vivid face. Then she stopped, sudden
"A h! A farm ! R ut yes! I, too, ira
A romance o f liquid
I
m not forty-five." •
a farm er. W e ll!" He shook D irk's ly, and her band w ent to her h eart as the world. One kind was wheat am
"You’re
not
forty
five,”
said
Dullas
gold — of flowing oil.
.,
.
I »ended son of tol., hand again. He appeared now for th e though she had felt a g re a t pang, and the other kind em eralds. You're wliea;
In her leisurely caressing voice.
her lips w ere parted, an d h er eyes Selina.”
first time to find him Interesting.
Also a romance of the
K oelfs lean brown hand reached
enormous. As Roelf «-.tine forward
And you're em erald,” said Selina
th a t will win me. I f -
,0
•'Of course I'll go. Does m other
over fra n k ly and cla sp e d her strong
sw iftly she took a few «tulik, running quickly.
A m erican Legion.
1 like 'em with tlieir Lw a
know you're coming? She has been
steps tow ard him, like f. young girl.
The general was Interested but un white one. “When you *ny It like thut.
hoping she’d see you. b u t she thought
T h ere’s som ething a b o u t' .
h
especially o f those
Dallas.
It
sounds
true."
He took th e slight figure In the mud
comprehending. He glanced now a
has fought for 1 .- I don't know « h a t you'd grown so grand—"
“It Is true,” said Dallas.
spattered
skirt,
the
rough
gray
sw
eater
h appy fighter« the
th
e
w
atch
on
h
is
w
rist
and
gave
i
It l s - a look in h is e y e - the ™
"W alt until I tell her about the day
They dropped D allas first a t the
his hand. He n eedn't have been, sue I landed in Pari» with five frnnea In and the battered old h at Into his arms. little exclamation. "But the iliancr
Marines.
sliahhy old O ntario atreet studio, then
O ur hostess Madame Storm ! Il I» ver
cessful—though b e probably
my pocket. No, she doesn't know we're
They had hud tea In th e farm sitting fine to run away b u t one must conn LMrk ut his »mart little npurtm ent, und
1 don’t know. I only know h e - w « t , coming, but she'll be there, won’t she?
Legion men, read this
went on.
you haven't a m ir k on » « » A *<* • I've h feeling she'll be there, xactly room and D allas had n u d e a little bock. Our so beautiful ho’stess." Il
Dirk turned Ills key In the lock
moaning over the beauty of the Dutch hod sprung to his feet.
m ark. I'm not .T ltld x in g y °u- » ut the same. She will, w on't she?’
splendid tale and sec
Kaki, the Japanese housem an, slid
luster set.
Selina had entertained
"She Is benutlful. Isn't a lte r' sal
you r . «11 smooth.! 1 Uk! T
w ha\
“She'll be there."
It w as early
how readily your bud
Silently
Into
the
ball
making
little
hl»»
them with the shining a ir o f one who Selina.
T h a t’ sounds teri lble. It i»n t
spring; th e busiest of seasons on the
lng Boise« of greeting. On the correct
"No,”
Roelf
replied,
abruptly,
is
robed
in
silk
and
fine
linen
She
dies respond to the call
I mean a t all. U (Isn't—'
farm.
mouth 1« sm aller thnn the eyes. When little consols In the hall there was a
and General Goguet had got on fa
"Oh, never m ind." Dirk said, we“
They w ere down the stairs and off in mouslv from the start, m eet ng "ti the the mouth la sm aller than th e eyp» correct little pile of letters and lu .itu
of red-hot action!
" I think 1 know w iiat you mean L is the powerful car th at seemed to be a t
common gm und of asp arag u s coltnre. th ere Is to real beauty. Now Dalla« Uo««. He * ent througli the Italian
the visitors' disposal. Through th e
living room anil into hi« bedroom. The
All other» should read
"B ut how thick?” he lmd demanded,
.
loop up Michigan avenue. Into the for he. too, had his pet m .psragus beds here—”
“Yea. me," scoffed Dallas, all osrln Jap followed him. D irk’« correct eve
it for its ekceptional
South side. Chicago, often lowering , n the farm In D rlttany. “How thick “T here's a grand month fo r you. If « nlng clotJiea (m ade by Fee! the English
and gray In April. w as w earin* <old
tnilor of Michigan boulevnnl) were luhl
interest and good fic
large
mouth
Is
your
notion
of
b
e
«
t
j
the base?"
nod blue today. T he a ir was sharp, at Selina
made a circle vrith thum b and then I must look llke Helen of Tfoy t» . orrectly on his bed—trousers, vest,
tio n al qualitie». A
but
beneath
the
brasqueness
of
it
was
ANO,
ablet, r o » t; line. Immaculate.
forefinger. The general gtoaned with you, Roelf.”
a gentle promise. D allas and Pool
“Messages.
Sukl?"
peace-time story with
“You do,” said Roelf. »Imply.
rnvy and" despair. H e w as very com
Floral and
were much absorbed in P aris plans, fortable. the general.
“Mlray Stloiu tsleplmn«."
Inside Itlrk something wus saying
H e partook
itu*ic Shop
a war-time flavor.
Paris reminiscences. "And do you re-, largely of tea and cakes. H e flattered over and over, “You're nothing but u
"Oh. Leave any message?"
Alban *»
member the tim e we . . only seven Selina with his eyes S h e actuBlly dim- rubber W rap, l l r k D ejong You're
“No. Say a'e « all gain "
francs among the lot of us and tn e pled, flushed, laughed 10» a girl. Hut nothing but ■ ru b ie r s ta m p ” Over
"All right, Sukl.” He wuved him
dinner w as . . . you’re surely coming
away and «ait of the room. T he iiian
« • • .
It was to Roelf she tu rn e d ; It was on ■nd over.
over In June, then . . . oils . . . you ve Roelf th at h er eyes dw elt and reated.
“These dinners!", exclaimed the gen went. an<l_clu*cd th e <l«.j>r softly be
W A T C H . FOR IT
got the thing. I tell you • • •
’ , It was with him alia walked, when she eral. ”1 do not w lsh’ tA M R n angflo hlml
cert-ect Ja p serv in '
i c g re a t.'D a lla s
. rem eraW f w h ft I w as silent and th e o th ers talked. It doua, but tliese dinners! M«,h ratll‘ r should. Dirk took off hl* coat, hU
A S A SE R IA L IN
\ rfray said . . '. ’ study . . , work . . .”
v.-ss as though he wan- her one son, Would I rem ain here on thia quiet vest, and threw them on a chair neat
Laundr» »eut Tuesday*
p lrk was *rretched He pointed out
the
bed
He
stood
at
the
bedside
look
end had come home. H er faee w as ami beautiful farm ."
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At the porch stepa he turned, brongbt lng down a t his Feel clothes, at the
1 raiUant, beautiful.
Sixty miles of boulevard. Park ays
Seated next to Dirk. DaUai »aid.
t.m
F|pM t in the country. Oraad
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