RURAL ENTERPRISE
Prudence’s Daughter
CHAPTER VII— Continued
By ETHEL HUESTON
The Nights
were Torment
at her Insistence, J e rro ld dropped th s
C o p y r ig h t b y t h s H o b b s-M e r r ill Co.
— 15—
paper and sighed.
T hose day« In J e rry '» lo ve ly home
W.VV Servies
‘‘I'm g e ttin g too o ld fo r such goings-
W ith J e rry '» fa th e r, I m ane fe lt were
N ow , thanks to Tanlac, Mrs. Bradley
on," he said p la in tiv e ly . “ I feel Just
the happiest o f his e n tire life . T he y
lik e s ittin g here In m y ow*n bouse by
science.
H e wondered I f he bore a going out, w h a t frie n d s h ip s he was
“ really and truly” feels like
hud b re a k fa s t to g e th e r In th e m orn
m y own fire, and going to bed at a
Ing, rea d in g the papers over th e ir co f m a rk engraved upon Ida fe a ture s th a t fo rm in g . N ow th a t th is phase o f th e respectât Is h o u r."
her ly n x -b rig h t eyes could read and un s itu a tio n was so f o r c lt ly d ra w n to h e r
a brand new woman 1
fee, d ro ve to the fa c to ry together, and
“ T oo la te ," P rudence to ld him , laugh
derstand.
a tte n tio n , she realized ve ry c le a rly ing.
w e n t o u t f o r luncheon to a cafe or
’You have to go o r you gel no
Mrs. M. J. Bredlry* had come te the
B u t J e rry said nothing.
She re th a t In a to w n th e size o f Des M oines
clu b somewhere. And In the evening
dinner.
M a ry and K a tie have gone
leased h e r tense g rip upon his arm s a young man o f good appearance, who
poin t where the could scarcely do
th e y pla ye d pinochle, smoked and read,
out, and there Is n o th in g to eat. You
a fte r a mom ent, and kissed him .
her housework. Two years of suffer
could dance, p la y bridge, and w ith m ust go w ith us o r fa s t.”
som etim es Just sm oked and talked.
ing from indigestion had shattered
g reat personal charm to his c re d it
T h e y went to the Princess to p a tro n
Je rro ld sighed again.
T hen he
CHAPTER VIII
was not a t a ll lik e ly to pass by unob turned to J e rry , w ith th e n o ..* th a t
her health. W hat little the ate canted
ize the stock com pany w hich w ill go
served.
down In h is to ry as the s ta rt-ln -llfe o f
stoma, h fermentation, gas kloating
had been a burden to h im fo r tw o
A n d I f fu rth e r c o rro b o ra tio n were days.
F a y P a in te r. Once J e rro ld had some
an d pain. She lay awake through
Between Friends
men In. and they played poker.
• o h ! J e rry — by th e w a y — Duane w ill
D u rin g the d in n e r hour on an e a rly necessury, she received It In p a in fu l
the long hours of the night and wot
Som etim es Duane fo rg o t th a t J e r evening In Novem ber J e rry was called p le n itu d e on M onday evening a t Grav . be there.”
tired out through the day.
ro ld was to be his fa th e r In-law, Io th e telephone, and when she came M cC a rtn e y's show er fo r Ita e F orsyth e ,
J e rry d id n o t move, did not tu rn h e r
“ That fo u r bottles of Tanlat
when
u
ll
th
e
g
irls
o
f
th
e
ir
p
a
rtic
u
la
r
th o u g h t o f him o n ly as a re m a rka b ly back a m om ent la te r to her place th e re
eyes, “ Oh, w ill he?”
should
correct my troubles when all other attempts had fa iled
com panionable old chap, and easy to was a curious, q u izzica l sm ile upon her cliq u e w ere together. J e rry was la te
"Yes. T he Weatherh.vs asked him
makes it seem altogether wonderful to me. Now I enjoy a fine
In a rriv in g , and was greeted a t once to go, and I to ld h im to go by a ll
have around.
lip s and In h e r eyes.
appetite, good digestion and really and truly fe e l like a new
“ You know. M r. H a rm e r,” he said
means.
I d o n 't feel th a t he should
" I t was Adela L o n g le y," she ex w ith a gay p ro te s tin g o u tb u rst.
woman. I t is the ideal tonic."
“ Oh, J e rry , how could you be to miss a good tim e Just because you feel
one n ig h t, “ since I ’ve been so— so keen pla in e d . “ She w anted me to go to the
s e lfis h !"
on J e rr y — and so d— n mad a t her stub th e a te r w ith he r.”
lit t le — er— se n sitive about his pres
•Authentic statement; address on request.
" J e r r y H a rm e r, you ought to be ence, do you?
bornness— I'v e sort o f lost Interest In
I t ’s a w onder you
"A d e la Longley I ” Prudence was geu-
ushHiiied o f y o u rs e lf!
A n y th in g us haven't ru n In to h im before this.
— you k n o w — women and things. T h a t's tly surprised.
Ton don’t have to wait long to see the results from Tanlac.
not n a tu ra l. Does It hang o ve r— o r do
T h e y're In v itin g h im everyw here. A nd
" A r e you go in g ?" asked Je rro ld , w ith good-looking ns th a t I”
i hat s the wonderful thing about thia great tonic. It worki
"W h e re In the w o rld d id y o u r fa th e r besides— ”
you get back when yo u ’ve been m a r Ida usual lack o f In te r penetration.
fast.
rie d u w h ile ? "
'Oh, don't h e s ita te on m y account.
“ I t was Adela I.o n gle y,” J e rry re fin d It? "
Like a flash it goes to the seat o f trouble. It cleans the
“ You act lik e a blase old rou e ," said peated. fo r Ids en lig h ten m e n t.
J e rry rea lized It w ould he fo o lis h to Go rig h t ahead. Besides w h a t? ”
“ Of
Je rro ld , “ b u t you ta lk lik e a kid.
blood and drives out the poisons that are tearing down your
“ Besides, as I'v e said before, there
course I am uot going. I to ld h e r I pretend Ignorance us to th e ir m eaning,
A n d then be said w ith a great assim ip
health. It tones up the stomach and aids digestion—gives
In a to w n as sm all and as fra te rn a l Hre more nice g ir ls in th is to w n than
am very busy to n ig h t.”
tio n o f sternness. “ See here, young
She laughed It o ff there are nice boys. O th e r men have
J e rry and h e r m oth e r exchanged as Des Moines.
you a real appetite for wholesome food.
fe llo w , I'm on J e rry ’s side. D o n ’t you glances o f s m ilin g tolerance— to le r as best she could, e xp la in e d g a y ly th a t daughters as w e ll us I, and daughters
Don’t drag on from day to day putting off the time of
tr y to get a n y th in g o u t o f me th a t you ance fo r J e rro ld 's m annish Incom pre she le ft the ...anagem ent o f th e H u r-
re q u irin g beuulng.
A n d I m ust say
reckoning. Start taking Tanlac this very day. Your drug
m ay be able to use against me la te r hension o f d e lica te roc I h I situ a tio ns, m er M o to r to h e r fa th e r, and agreed th a t some fa th e rs seem to have daugh
gist can supply you.
on. You s tic k to the s tra ig h t and n a r s m ilin g le t «use th e y loved him . F o r (ha t Duane A lle rto n was c e rta in ly a te rs w ith a g re a te r degree o f th a t
N ot «: For Conttipition, take Tanlac V e g r -
ro w .”
lie laughed a llllle . “ I won'
from New* Y o rk down, the veriest ham very hundsom e th in g .
sweet reasonableness th e y tu lk about
say th a t In a ll my tw e n ty years
Pills, Nature s own harmless laxative.
le t has Its c e n tra l select set w hich
"D o you know him , J e rry ? " asked th a n my ow n.”
haven't fe lt the fle e tin g In trig u e o f
J e rry sm lb <1 s y m p a th e tic a lly . “ Poor
seems a th in g o f m erest b ile chance, E d llli W eatherby.
fo re ig n d im ple o r c u rl, o r m aybe an and yet th e law s o f the Medes and
father:" she said. “ You d id have
“ Yes, I m et him in N ew Y o rk .”
an kle — am i th e re ’s no denying that
Persians them selves were not a w ld t
T ills was greeted w ith m erry, s ig n ifi ra th e r had lu ck g e ttin g o n ly me. B u t
wom an does get on y o u r nerves, es
m ore binding.
however much you m ay p re fe r o th er
cant excla m a tio n s and la u g h te r.
p e c la lly the way she lugs y o u r tobacco
fa th e rs ’ d sn g hte rs to y o u r own, you
Adela L o n gley was one who hovered
"O h, so I t ’s lik e t h a t ! " they cried.
o u t o f yo u r reach— b u t I'm s tro n g fo r as It were In the rem ote w h o rls o f th a t
cun t get rid o f me. No tra d in g daugh
" N o w o n d e r!"
Prudence.
But
of
course,
there society w h ich c irc le d about J e rry ns a
" I t seems he had some s o rt o f flnan- ters. T h in g a a re n 't done th a t way.
u re n ’t m any Prudences. You w o u ld n ’t p o in t o f p ivo t. She belonged to the cla l reverses,” she w ent
Y ou must keep w h a t you get, w h e th er
q u ic k ly .
expect th a t.”
you lik e it o r n o t.”
large social | | f e o f Des Moines, but
o n e n ig h t he asked about th a t pic
She touched him lig h tly on the
was not, and could n o t be, a p u rt o f
B r a in D e v e lo p m e n t
lu r e In J e rry 's room, the Ocean R ider. th a t In n e r nucleus w h ich Is so r ig id ly
shoulder as she passed by and w ent
D r. J. S. B o lto n , noted B ritis h psy.
“ I t's a h a u n tin g th in g ,” he said. “ It a tilin g a p a r t A n d yet J e rry was the
q u ic k ly up the stu lrs .
ch o lo g ls t, believes th a t men and worn-
m akes you th in k o f J e rry som ehow—” ve ry soul o f d e m o c ra c y ; she said she
J e rro ld looked at Prudence.
en w ill some day become a race o f In
“ Oh, d id n ’t you know Theresa? The abhorred snobbishness o f a ll tilin g s In
COMPOUND
“ Is she going?” he asked in a loud
te lle c tu a l g ia n ts co m pared w ith the
Keep your horses working with
p ic tu re gave me the creeps, too, a t first. the w o rld ; she m ade no s lig h te st d is
w hisper.
p re se n t g e n e ra tio n .
W e have h a rd ly
“SPOHN’S.” Standard rem
T he eyes ure J e rr y ’s. She has nice tin c tio n as to place o r person—o n ly
*‘I don’t know .”
edy for 32 years for Distemper,
ta p pe d th e p o s s ib ilitie s o f b ra in de
eyes; m aybe you’ ve noticed It,” he as to p e rso n a lity. She d id n ’t care fo r
T hey tip to e d to g e th e r to th e door “.tr;’ "kies. Influenza. Coughs and
v e lo p m e n t, he says. “ E ven when em
Colds. Give to sick and those ex
added s lyly. “ Not as nice now, I th in k , Adela I.ongley. “ Oh, she's a d iffe re n t
w a y and listened.
T h e re was no posed. Give SPOHN'S” for Dog Dis
p lo y e ! to th e m a x im u m by th e higher
as when she le ft. She looks m o r e - sort, ve ry nice o f course— I d o n 't care
te m p e r. S o ld by your druggist. I f n o t,
sound fro m J e rry 's room above.
In d iv id u a ls o f th e race,” declares the
i 1!"™ “f* s ™ l l bettle so r - n t i. large
cloudy. B u t very nice. T he p ic tu re Is about ne r.” I t was Adela, J e rry fe lt,
<1.20. W r it« fo r fr e e b o o k le t on
T h e y tip to e d ta c k . “ N ow I f she has SPOHN MEDICAL CO.DevL GOSHEN. INO.
p s ych o lo g ist, " th e b ra in Is o n ly w o rk
a shock at firs t sight. M akes you feel who kept Adela* In th e social fringe.
in g to a tith e o f its p o te n tia l capacity.
any n otion o f going th e re a n il snub
ns I f yo u 've caught her ste p p in g out
"M a yb e she th in k s I f she gets a t i t
b in g him In p u b lic I w o n 't stand fo r
F ew people a p p re c ia te w h a t a large
o f the b a th .”
le d u b b y w ith you I m ay give her a
I t , ” J e rro ld said, s t ill w h isp e ring .
p ro p o rtio n o f t h e ir a p p a re n t th in k in g
Boschee’s
lie to ld Duane then o f Theresa and b e tte r price on a c a r," suggested J e r
A fte r a ll, she b ro u g h t h im here, aud
Is m e re ly re p e titio n o f tilin g s learned
h e r tra g ic death, her even more tra g ic rold, alw ays g la d to h e lp out w lm Ms
fo r
she s h a n 't— ”
by h e a rt, gossip, scandal and th e lik e ."
life .
Duane was shocked, h u rt.
It
pinion.
Coughs and
Oh, d on’t yon w o rry about th a t.
seemed a te rrib le th in g fo r J e rry to
J e rry was Interested. " A c a r ! A n
She w ants to m ake him eat th e dust
go th ro u g h , and la c k in g the su p p ort o f
Lung
Troubles DEMAND “ BAYER” ASPIRIN
o th e r cur? W hy, she has a ca r now I”
b efore her, b u t s h e 'll never give any
Id s tenderness and sym pathy.
lie
Successful
for 69 yean.
S t i e s fire d o f It.
She w ants to
body else a chance to laugh a t him.
haled h im self, as though he had fu lle d
Take Tablets W ith o u t F ear I f You
80c and 90c bottles —
rude it In on a H a rtn e r. She has been
Y
o
u
’ll
se
e
!”
A
nd
then
she
added,
h
a
lf
A L L D R U G G IS T S
h e r when she had need o f him.
See the S afety "B a y e r Cross.”
In th re e tim es th is week to see
h o p e fu lly , h a lf w is tfu lly , "P erhaps
iIn c e lie said, “ W hy do you suppose about It.”
th e y w ill m ake I t a ll up to n ig h t, and
she w o u ld n 't f lir t w ith me— when she
W a r n in g ! U nless you see th e name
J e rry low ered th e m is ty lushes re
then w e ll have him here fo r Thanks- j
d id w ith others? And 1 know she__
“ B a y e r” on p ackage o r on ta b le ts you
fle ctive ly. O n ly J e rry knew bow very
g iv in g d in n e r to m o rro w I ”
lik e d me w e ll enough.”
are n o t g e ttin g th e g e n uine B ayer
J e rro ld said, “ I don’t know, w hat do stran g e a th in g th a t was. She was
A s p irin p ro ve d sa fe b y m illio n s and
not above sounding h e r fu lh e r fo r con
you th in k ? ” A nd d id not realize he had
CHAPTER IX
p re scrib e d b y p h y s ic ia n s f o r 25 years.
firm a tio n o f her suspicion.
caught th a t cleverness o f evasion from
Say “ B a y e r” w h e n yo u buy A s p irin .
"She has a H a rk n e s s ! I t cost near
h is w ife.
haarlem oil has been a world Im ita tio n s m a y p ro v e dangerous.— Adv.
A Little for Remembrance
ly five thousand d o lla rs m ore thun
“ D id she te ll you I was d ru n k th a t
wide remedy for kidney, liver and
m in e."
A t a q u a rte r to seven Prudence
n ig h t? 1’ Dunne persisted m orb id ly.
In n o c e n t “ B u r g la r s ”
bladder disorders, rheumatism,
tapped lig h tly on J e rr y ’s door.
“ Yes, Rhc said she w o u ld have n o th
“ J e rry never te lls us th in g s u n til
A m an passing th e W ils o n home In
" I ’ll he rig h t d o w n .” J e rry s voice
ing hut a H arkness In the te g ln u ln g ,
lumbago
and
uric
acid
conditions.
she needs us,” said J e rro ld p ro u d ly. but she doesn't lik e It now she lias I t ’
G eorge s tre e t. P ro vid e n ce, R. L. Ht
fro m behind the closed door was very
“ She stru g g le s along by h erself, u n til
n ig h t observed a d im lig h t w ith in . As
low, a lit t le stra in e d . She d id n o t ask
She w ants to tra d e It in fo r a H u rin e r
she know s she is whipped. T hen she
Jerrold Carefully Placed the Great her m o th e r to come in, and Prudence
ro a d ste r lik e yo u rs.”
no one was supposed to be home, be
comes to Prudence and me. She was
Cloak About His Daughter’s Shoul made no such offe r, h u t w e n t d ire c tly
ha lte d, and w hen tw o fig u re s g lid e d by
'L
ik
e
m
in
e
!
B
u
t
you
had
m
ine
lik e th a t when she was a baby. She
ders.
P ra rT ffT J h
th e lig h t, he ca lle d th e police. A squad
down and stood s ile n tly , a n x io u s ly be
made s p e cia lly f o r me, and I de-
w o u ld w o rk fo r h a lf a day tr y in g to
s u rro u n d e d th e house, e n tered 1t and
signed— ”
“ I don’t kn o w m uch about It, b u t he side h e r husband in the lo w e r h a ll and
fix a broken to y by h e rs y lf u th in g
correct Internal troubles, stimulate vital
clim b e d a ll o v e r It, b u t th e re was no
"Yes, I know . Duane to ld her—
wanted to m ake a change, and you a w a ite d th e com ing o f h e r daughter.
1 could do In a m in u te — but she never
organs. Three sizes. A ll druggists. Insist
b u rg la r. T h e m y s te ry w as disp e lle d by
J e rr y w o re the flam e-colored gown o f
“ W ho to ld her?”
kn
o
w
fa
th
e
r
Is
u
lw
a
ys
ta
k
in
g
on
men.”
came u n til she had w orn h e rs e lf out
on the original genuine G old M e d a l
an In sp ecto r. H e noted th a t a second
"O h M r. A lle rto n , you know, Duane
"D o you lik e him , J e rry ? " persisted c h iffo n velvet, and ns she stood above
w o rk in g nt It alone and found It too
them
on
th
e
steps,
s
m
ilin
g
dow
n
at
flo o r room o f th e H in c k le y home across
A
lle
rto
n
,
li
e
is
on
th
e
floor,
you
see.
E d ith W ea th erb y.
m uch fo r her. Prudence like s th a t;
them . In v o lu n ta rily th e y e xcla im ed at
th e s tre e t bore a lig h t and th a t c h il
lie showed her th e models, and she's
D e ris iv e N ic k n a m e
J e rry was n o t to be ca u g ht u n g u a rd
she th in k s It shows ch a ra cte r.”
dren w e re m o v in g a b o u t th e room.
the fre sh , b rig h t re v e la tio n o f her
been ta lk in g to him ab o ut It.”
T
he
n
lc
k
n
u
m
e
"
J
u
p
ite
r
S
capin’’
was
ed. “ O f course. W h y not? I h a rd ly beauty.
A fte r a b lis s fu l week th a t was fu ll
"O h, I see." J e rry had h e r c o n fir know th e m an.”
c o n fe rre d u is.n Napoleon B o n a p a rte H e e xp la in e d th a t th e lig h t was be
o f rem iniscences o f Prudence and J e rry
" O f course a d n u g h te r s tu d y in g A r t by th e A bbe de P ra d t. In a llu s io n to in g refle cte d In a m ir r o r In th e W ilso n
m
ation.
“
W
ell,
go
on.
W
h
a
t
d
id
—
he—
“ A n d y o u ’re n o t p e rs o n a lly In te re s t
In the past and countless hopes fo r
In N ew Y o rk w ill w e a r w h a t she <be stra n g e m ix tu re o f greatness and home. T h e m ovem ents o f th e c h ild re n ,
te ll her?”
Prudence and J e rry In th e fu tu re , the
ed, a re you?” co n tin ue d h e r In te rro
also show n In th e m ir r o r , w ere th e
He said we w ill n o t d u p lica te the g a tor. “ Because he to ld me he had pleases—In New Y o rk , said J e rro ld , p e ttin e ss m a n ife ste d In his c h a ra c te r
telegram came to announce th e ir re
fro w n in g w ith a g re a t assum ption o f | “ S ca p ln ” is a k n a vish and th ie v is h "b u rg la ra .”
body
o
f
yo
u
r
ca
r
fo
r
anybody,
b
u
t
th
a
t
lost a lo t o f m oney, and I to ld f a t h e r -
tu rn in g , and J e rro ld sahl re g r e tfu lly :
d isa p p ro va l, a lth o ug h his eyes shone v a le t In M o lle re ’s com edy “ Les F o u r-
"H o rry, o ld fe llo w , I ’ve got to chuck we w ill design a n o th e r special fo r her, fa th e r lik e s him ve ry m uch— and I to ld
w ith his p rid e a m i p leasure In her j berles de S capln."
Cutieura 8oothes Itching Scalp.
any
s
ty
le
she
like
s.
B
u
t
we
do
not
fa th e r I w as sure he w o u ld ra th e r
you out. T he g irls w ill be home th is
“ B u t I f you ask me—
'In sh o rt, when you have p e n etra te d O n r e tir in g g e n tly ru b spots o f dan
•are to d u p lica te yo u ra u n d er any c ir w o rk In a bank th a n In a fa c to ry . You loveliness.
evening.”
though nobody d id — I c u ll th a t dress th ro u g h u ll the c irc le s o f p o w e r and d ru ff a n d Itc h in g w ith C u tie u ra O in t
cum stances.”
know m y fu th e r Is a lw u y s ta k in g on
Dunne's d isa p p ointm e n t and his re
a lit t le — w e ll, snappy fo r th e old home splendor, you w ere n o t d e a lin g w ith m ent.
N e x t m o rn in g sham poo w ith
'A dela Lon gley m ade fu n o f the men, too.”
gret a t le a vin g were alm ost ch ild ish .
to w n .”
M ake
a g e ntlem an, a t la s t; hut w ith an Im C u tie u ra Soap and h o t w a te r.
H
a
rm
e
r
when
she
got
hers,”
said
J
e
rry
In the In tim a cy o f J e rry 's home he had
J e rry 's eyes w ere serene and un
It is te a u tlfu l,” said Prudence. “ I p ostor and a ro g u e ; und he f u lly de them y o u r e ve ryd a y to ile t p re p a ra tio n s
alm ost fo rg o tte n th e ir estrangem ent re fle ctive ly. "S h e said she w anted a clouded. "Yes, o f course. T h a t w ould
and h a ve a c le a r s k in a n d s o ft, w h ite
good ca r o r none a t a ll. T h e g irls be lo ve ly fo r M r. A lle rto n . I am sure th o u g h t you d id n o t lik e It, J e rry . You serves th e e p ith e t o f J u p ite r S capln
snd fe lt she should be com ing to h liu
haven’t w o rn It once since you came o r a so rt o f Scam p J u p ite r.” — E m e r hands.— A d v e rtis e m e n t.
used to tease me about It.”
his o p p o rtu n ity w o u ld be m uch g re a to r
as Prudence came back to Je rro ld .
hom e."
son's "R e p re s e n ta tiv e M en."
"W e ll, maybe she th in k s m ore o f It In the bunk th a n w ith m y fu th e r."
” 1 wonder w h a t w o u ld happen I f I
A h a sty dem and re q u ire s a le is u re ly
J e rro ld c a re fu lly placed th e great
now.
Duane
says
she
w
as
enthusias
re p ly .
Just stu ck on and faced th e m usic,” he
M ore th a n e ve r J e rry re g re tte d th a t
W eakness o f s a vin g y o u r m oney fo r
cloak about his d a u g h te r’s shoulders.
tic
about
the
d
e
m
o
n
s
tra
tio
n
.”
aald to Je rro ld , "as I f I had a rig h t to
busty Im pu lse o f hers w h ich had
“ You have too m uch rouge on ," he
d'l y ’ 18 tlia t ever>' da> *s a
‘Who gave h e r the d e m o n stra tio n ? " b ro u g h t Duane A lle rto n to Iow a. And
1»* here.”
Peace can he eulogized forever, and
lit t le ra in y .
v ejected.
“ lie d id .”
“ Oh, good lo rd ," was a ll J e rry 's fa-
yet w a r w ill break out.
yet she took a h itte r, m o rb id s a tis fa c
"
I
kn
o
w
i
t
"
she
assented.
"
B
u
t
I
I should th in k ,” J e rry 's voice was tio n In h n v ln g them snow th a t a fte r
t lie r bud to m y .
so s itft as to he a lm ost in a u d ib le , " I a ll she had k n o w n him firs t, th a t she am a sh ocking c o lo r to n ig h t In the
•So Duane packed Ids bags b itte rly ,
should th in k th e salesmen w ould do had been In a sense th e m o tiv e o f Ids n a tu ra l. So pale I am p o s itiv e ly yel-
u n h a p p ily, and moved back to the so r
i low. I >o you th in k perhaps I lim y be
th a t.”
com ing— as. Indeed, she had, and In
d id s tu p id ity o f Ids hotel room.
“ T he y tlo o rd in a r ily . B u t she had a fa r m ore In tim a te sense th a n J e rry 1 g e ttin g thln-hliM ided, m other? I never
J e rro ld a|>ent the rest o f the day gi>
used to look so vvlilte."
ta lke d to him on th e flo o r several w ould have them suspect.
Ing th ro u g h the house, rem oving every
••Perhaps you need a to n ic ," P ru
tim es, and asked him p a rtic u la r ly to
On th e evening o f T h a n k s g iv in g oc- dence suggested, though she knew In i
tra ce o f evidence as to the presence o f
ta ke her out. So o f course he did.
curved th e a n n u a l d in n e r-d a nce at the
a guest. H e cautioned the m aids, over
J e rry had lost h e r a p p e tite fo r d in club, one o f th e real events o f the year h e r h e a rt th a t J e rry needed no such
Hud over, to b reathe not n w ord o f
ner. H e r th o u g h ts w ere ru n u in g along to w hich th e yo u n ge r set a t least th in g .
w h a t had tra n s p ire d , and In the eve
( T O H l O O M T I.N l'g D .)
a new line.
l o o k e d fo rw a rd fo r weeks w ith keen
n in g met his w ife and d a u gh te r at the
"
M
y
r
tle
In
g
erso
ll
and
I
w
ent
to
a
a n tic ip a tio n . U s u a lly J e rry made o n e
sta tio n.
L ife a n d D e a th
m atinee W ednesday." she said slo w ly. o f a group o f her p a rtic u la r friends,
In deference to the re tu rn in g o f P ru
A man w ith an uncanny m ania fot
"She w anted to come by th e office and w h ile P rudence and J e rro ld fille d tip I
u g g lin g w ith figures produced pencil J
dence. he generously rem oved the
ask you to go w ith us.”
a ta b le w ith co llides o f th e ir own ag,
bronxe sm oking stnnd fro m the side o f
nd paper and said to a fr ie n d : "|> u t 1
“ Ask w h o ? "
and Interests.
B ut. fo r th is night
th e bed and put It back In the s ta irw a y
down
the num ber o f y o u r liv in g
" lo u , fa th e r.
She th in k s you Hre J e rry p e rs is te n tly refused a ll In v lt» j
lounge w here she had le ft IL lie a l
M u ltip ly It by two.
Add
such a dear. I to ld h e r yen are a p e r tlo n s, and Insisted on a fa m ily tr io I b rothers.
w a ys made th a t concession on the fect slave to business and never go
three.
M u ltip ly th e re s u lt by five
I ’ rudem-e, J e rro ld a n il h erself. T o loo '
n ig h t th a t P rudence re tu rn e d .
A nd
out In the a fte rn o o n , and she w anted frie n d s she said she th o u g h t hot ; Add th e n u m ta r o f liv in g sisters. M u l
Prudence |n g ra titu d e fo r his gener
tip ly the re s u lt by ten
Add the num
Io come by and ask you anyhow ,
T o I ’ ruden . tier o f dead b ro th e rs and sisters. Sub- I
o sity, a lw a ys c a rrie d It back when they th o ug h t you m ig h t be pleased w ith the m o th e r w ould lik e It.
M O T H E R :- F le tc h e r ’s
she
said
h
o
n
e
s
tly
:
tra c t ItMI fro m the re s u lt." T he frie n d
w ent to bed. and p u t It w here his
a tte n tio n . 1 d id n ’t th in k a n y th in g o f
Castoria
is especially pre
“
Oh.
m
other.
I'm
tire
d
!
I
don’t
fe
e
l
hand could not fu ll to find It th e tno
d id tt. " N o w ," said the o th e r w ith
It then. B u t I'm th in k in g p le n ty now .” lik e p re te n d in g to he Interested in «
in e iit be Rhnulri awaken.
pared
to
relieve Infants in
cunning
sm
ile,
"th
e
rig
h
t-h
a
n
d
figure
J e rro ld laughed e a sily.
“ Oh, they lo t o f th in g s — when I am n o t."
lie kissed Prudence firs t, kissed her
» III he the num ber o f deaths, the mid-
arms
and
Children
all ages of
th in k up s illie r excuses th a n th a t to
On th e a fte rn o o n o f th e dance she die fig u re the num ber o f liv in g sisters,
tw ice . T hen he tu rn e d to J e rry . J e rry
get a look a t him . N ot th a t I blam e sat cu rled In a b ig c h a ir be fore the fire
Constipation,
Flatulency,
Wind
a lw a y s su rp rise d him
She took hold
snd th e le ft hand fig u re the num ber of
them at s i l l
T h e re a re n 't enough w ith a m agazine »be d id not read, and
•c*.,
-
•
k
•
Colic
and
Diarrhea;
allaying
o f b o th o f his arm s, and looked deep,
liv in g b ro th e rs .'’ A nd so It was.—T it
good lo o kin g young fe llo w s to go the J e rro ld sat o pposite her w ith the eve
Ld
T " t ? ,h€refrom’
re^ ,at- S the Stomach
B its
deep In to his eyea. h e r own u n sm ilin g
rounds here, you k n o w ."
n in g (Mper. sm oking, and n e ith e r o f
pleading, a n xio u s
J e rro ld met them
and
Bowels,
aids
the
assimilation
of
Food;
givtng natural sleep.
It had not be fore o c c u rre il to J e rry
A n o th e r very annoying place to live
b ra ve ly, a lth o u g h his heart sank g u ilt to wonder w h s t Duane was doing d u r them answ ered when I ’rudem*. re
m inded them f o r the th ir d tin t, th a t la Just beyoud y o u r Income — E v e re tt
ily beneath the w e ig h t on his con
I lls ?
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w ith
wm .
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burry and dre
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