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end. How about It?”
Robin answered He hoped he was
In the end McKimber agreed this not flushing. He had thought himself
was the best plan. Eventually he. to be above such displays of emotion.
Sirs. McKimber and their son were Rut then he had never seen such a
nsked for a week. McKimber did not girl before. Until now he had believed
look forward to his task. Rut he d I that writers who described heroines'
not doubt his success. He had been eyes as violet or amethyst were mere­ Lineage Becomes a Thin
used to dealing with men. and he ly lying. He knew now he had mis­
Line in 900 Years
would have little trouble with a judged them. They too roust have
Barden, England.—King Harold's
dreamer with a better architecture seen the eldest Raxon girt.
direct family descendant, Thomas W
complex
It took Robin's utmost composure
Robin refused to be one of the party to keep his face becomingly wreathed Goodwin, a farm laborer near here,
has no regrets as to the outcome of
¿U He agreed to drive his parents to in smiles when he was introduced to the
battle of Hustings, which crushed
Great Rock, where they would teak» the Misses Raxon. They were noth­
the Saxon rule aud deprived hlru of
his excuses.
and new
W OOL SACKS
ing; usual types, overdressed and the right to the British crown.
"I’m sure you would enjoy yourself " badly made up. When they suggested
Make the most of reduced
“William the Conqueror wns a hus
said his mother. "I can’t think why he might like to see the estate he
summer roundtrip fares
tier, I imagine from what I hear,*
you're so particular. Do stay with agreed readily, so readily that the eld
now in effect. You can travel
said Goodwin, “and hustling counted,
us, Robin.”
est girl dismissed her sisters with a
on the train at surprisingly
The McKimber car described a sud­ gesture. As the eldest she was to even In 1OG6 Just ns it does today.”
“A castle means nothing to me,
low cost. Ride in comfort in
den, alarming lurch.
have the first char -«
went on the farmer whose ancestry
long, smooth-riding coach­
"If you’ve accepted, I suppose I
Robin saw the r den girl as he goes hack In an unbroken line to Earl
es by day; roomy Pullman
ought to stay,” said Iiobln. “Gee, what crossed the golf links.
Goodwin, the father of King llurold.
a beauty!"
accommodations for over-1
"One of your house guests?" he
ing American cities so that tlm t»;-|
"Isn't It?” His mother agreed, asked, as he hoped, without apparent “and la m perfectly satisfied with my
night travel.
lot.”
world sent her tourists to see them. thinking he had obtained some new Interest
Save time, m oney and
Wife Contented Also.
Raxon had spoken before a federation view of the big bouse they were ap­
“That's Miss Brown,” said the Rax
nervous energy by going on
Mrs. Goodwin, too. Is coutented In
of women's clubs and had been very proaching.
on girl. “No. she Isn’t a guest."
her thatched roof cottage—her home
the train. Fares with limits
well received. He was described as
But it was not a view of Great Rock
"A neighbor perhaps?"
since babyhood—to miles from Lon­
a ready and eloquent speaker.
to suityou plan;for example
which Influenced him. Just for a few
The eldest Miss Raxon laughed ma­ don. There are three children—Cyril,
—Sunday only roundtrips,
“He's got a peach of a press agent,” seconds as the heavy car swung liciously.
aged eight. Is known throughout the
said McKiniber's campaign manager around a curve Robin McKimber had
fares for travel over the
"She’s a sort of housekeeper secre­
gloomily, "and his line is absolutely looked Into the amethyst eyes of a tary. Mother and we girls haven’t neighborhood ns "l ittle King Har­
w eek-end — Saturday to
old."
"Princess"
Irene
Is
fourteen
aud
new. It's making a great hit with th< lovely girl. He bad looked Into time to tfilnk about ordering meals or
Monday, or Friday to Tues­
her
sister,
Catherine,
Is
four.
Influential women.”
many eyes, but these were different, firing servants, so we hired her."
day.
Also fares with 16-day
The Goodwins have relatives In the
"He can’t win on that stuff." Me baffling, alluring, inviting, repelling.
Miss Brown had a tnashle and wns United States, but they lost trace of
limit and others good for
Klmher growled. He was one of those H e had barely time to see she was tall practicing short approaches,
the summer season.
them years ago.
old-time politicians who distrust wom­ and slim and golden-hatred.
"Of all the nerve," said Gertrude
Goodwin
first
heard
of
the
»turning
A
i k a b o u t these t r a w l savings; th e
en Hnd underestimate their power.
I hear,” said his mother’s placid Raxon. "I’ll see mother slops that.
t ic k e t agent w i ll suggest the
“Maybe not. hut he can spilt the voice, “that the oldest Raxon girl Is She can't learn how to play golf here." family news this year from the parish
one th a t fits y o u r p la n s
vicar. Rev. Kynnston Hudson, who
party vote, can’t he? His platform Is good looking.”
Robin watched Miss Brown swing. for years lias been looking up the
a t lo w e s t c o s t.
n winner. He promises the building
"Good-looking,” he said Indignantly The bnll cleared three pine trees and
genealogy
of
many
of
his
parishion­
trades plenty of work and he has beer ‘She Is a peach I”
nestled within putting distance of the
“When did you see her?” Mrs Mc­ hole. As pretty a stroke as he, a ers. His lineage Is vouched for by
their man for twenty years. As I've
] England's Doomsday book.
said, the women will vote for him, anil Kimber looked at him curiously.
scratch man. could ever hop» to make
“I thought at first that I might
I
mean
I've
heard
she
is
a
peach,”
so will the Intellectuals. I tell you,
”1 Imagine she has learnt a good bit gain a thousand pounds one way or
John, he's got to be stopped. If he he explained.
of golf somewhere else," he sulil dryly. another out of this ’discovery' and
‘They lived in Phris for some Gertrude Rnxon became more imd
runs, our party loses out. That’s
years,” Mrs. McKimber added. *T more distasteful to him. She was an then I'd buy some land," said Good
sure.”
C. P. Moody,
win. "but It appears now that I will
Imagine they are chic.”
empty-headed little flirt and could nor never get a farthing, hut still I have
"What sort of a fellow Is he?”
Agent
"You het,” said Robin heartily.
Interest him. As soon as he could lu no complaint to make."
"Nobody seems to know. You've
McKimber
sighed
and
spoke
for
the
went back to his room.
got to get under his skin. No good
Earns $10 a Week.
Ills reward came at dinner. Miss
going to bis office. In another man’s first time for some miles.
Goodwin, who is forty-two, earns
“You nearly ran us off the road a Brown was there, quite well dressed.
office the cards are stacked against
you. Try the social end of it. He’s while ago," he said. "There was a They were not Introduced, and she sat about $10 a week. His house rent It
He has never owned an acre
Act Quickly, Music Teachers
just bought Bellington’s place and Is drop of thirty feet nt that point I some distance from him. Robin deter­ free.
of land.
going to entertain. I've got It. I want to go to Washington. I don’t mined to get an introduction after
After
the
famous
battle,
fought
want
to
end
up
here.”
Music
teachers who are to in­
dinner.
know Herman Loddon pretty well. I’ll
chiefly with spears and battle axes,
'I must have the wheel tightened,”
work it so he asks yon for a week­
(T o be continued)
stru
ct
high
school pupils, in or­
when Harold and all of his troops
der
th
a
t
such
pupils may gee
were slain, King Harold's family lost
everything
and
few
of
the
Goodwins
Cheaper
Than
Before
the
War
credit
a
t
examination
for work
'TTT’ K have (he best equipped shop in Halsey,
since have been land owners.
done
outside
of
school
are re­
harm electrification has pass­
“I have heard that, since my an
and fer that reason we give you a bettor
cestry
has
been
linked
up
with
the
quired
to
have
a
t
least
com­
ed the expermental stage in this
job and more for your money.
i last of the Saxon kings, some of m.v pleted a high school court F or its
country. In the past year a to­ j neighbors remarked that I wns a
U e also carry the largest stock of tires and
tal of 227,500 farm s in 27 states ! high stepper," Goodwin chuckled to equival.eht.
accessories.
Die state board of examiners
were supplied with electricity j the Inter ;,",-er who followed him
, about a 14-acre field while he drove
and 175 uses for electricity on a team hauling a barley sower, “but m ust evaluate the work of
Bring in this ad and 25c and get a 50c size of
the farm were found. The num­ the fart Is I was always what they ench candidate for acceptance as
tire patching.
a high stepper—I acquired that such teacher.
ber of farm s now served repre­ call
habit stepping over furrows In the
Applicants m ust have had two
sents an increase of almost «7 held.
per cent in three years.
I hnd a look at Buckingham pal consecutive years of successful
once, but I prefer the old house experienen as mueio teachers.
From Wichita, K an taj , came a uce
on the hill, up there."
What Good Does
It Do Him Now?
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training on splendidly.” *Knry sat In
the most comfortable chair he conld
find and lighted a cigarette. “What’s
the mystery about McKimber?”
"Is he here yet?"
“He comes tomorrow with wife and
son. The eldest Raxon girl is highly
Southern
Paciüc
He
Received
Paul Raxon
serve.
W ith
Re­
excited. What Is there to McKimber
that old Peter Is anxious to know his
every move?”
“I m In the dark, too. Peter says
I'm under Nlta's orders, and she will
tell us what to do."
“You’re all right, you’re a guest,”
Enry remarked. “I'nt only a poor,
honest footman and have to be or­
dered around.”
“You've not had any run In with
Raxon ?”
Not exactly, but he's a sneering
swine. Told Bradney and me only this
morning that men-servants were mere­
ly parasitic growths. Said that only
timidity drove husky men like Alf and
me Into domestic service. I hope
there's a time when he'll think differ­
ently."
"Mllroan wants you to fajnlllnrlz.e
yourself with Raxon’s private rooms
From an Interview In a New York pa­
per. It appears he lives In a tower."
He does. Since I’ve been here, not
even his wife has ventured into It. I
go In regularly to carry cedar logs for
his open fire. The doors are fitted
with special locks. I’ve taken an Im­
pression of the keys. Alf goes to
town tomorrow. He'll fetch them. I’m
not worrying. Nlta and Peter—I
never noticed those names rhymed be­
fore—are running this show. Raxon
expects a great deal from you. He
says you are the only expert he ever
got for nothing."
Mrs. McKimber, whose fortune had
enabled her husband to become one of
the wealthiest men in a wealthy state,
enjoyed staying In new houses and
meeting new sets of people She saw
In this Invitation to Great Rock the
opportunity of discussing reduction
to music, fruit diet, and the gospel of
calories. On each of these points
Mrs McKimber had her experiences
to relate.
Her son Robin, a good-looking man
of flve-and-twenty, did not welcome
new friends unless lie knew all about
them and that knowledge proved sat­
isfactory. On the drive from the ho­
tel In New York where theMcKimhers
always stayed he kept questioning his
father about the Raxons. Why should
his father waste a week here when
he could be touring the state and
strengthening his political position?
Robin desired to he a senator's son
and taste Washington life under the
happiest conditions.
Although Raxon had planned that
McKimber should visit him, the man­
ufacturer had no idea of It. McKIm
her on his way to Great Rock felt
humiliated with the knowledge that
he had virtually asked for an Invlta
tloii litre. A few months before such
a thing would have seemed Impossible
McKimber had learned suddenly
that Paul Raxon was working to gain
a primary nomination for the exalted
position McKimber believed was al-
teady In hla own grasp At first he
laughed the Idea to scorn. But his I
campaign manager had showed him |
Innumerable clippings filled with in
tervlewa in which Paul Raxon had apo-
kep eothualaatlcally about beautif< |
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Below, on the other side of th es to be a big day at Odell lake
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ledger, from the Evening Eagle of
according to C. H. Moody, our ualty. Willingness to observe the
he game city, is a narration of
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co n -tru tti-e done-tic possibilities
expecting large numbers to take authorities is esentiul.
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To qualify for service in the
advantage of tlJj special train coming term they m ust pass a
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»xcursion.
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Tickets to Odiell lake and re­ fore the high school principal
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The E»gie axya Mrs. F. D. ren between 5 and 12, $2.50 , and
They are required to fill out
Quinlisk of Wichita found that it the train is to leave a t 8:36 a. m. I a blank furnished by the state
would cost 9 cents a day to 0|>erate arriving at Odell lake at l p .m .; board and file it with th a t board
an electric rofiigarator, as com­ return train will leav,? a t 5:30 p. by July 15. If all the require­
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