AND
CHAPTER I
in e C ream
of the
Tobacco
By ETHEL HUESTON
doubtfully toward the Captain, who
hud acknowledged ownership. “ But It
seems to be occupied—"
It might hove been a ta ll, stralghL
aliw young boy who stood alone, fur
“ Oh, no,” he denied prom ptly, and
fo r all bis slowness, and his gentle
up In the bow o f the white steamer as
she nosed from Island to Island In her
ness, he was deft In tbe insertion o f
Tbe cottage waa built of weather-
marched before him down tbe grassy
his opinion. “ Not yet. But 1 never
run up Cusco bay; boyllka the feet
stained shingle and natural rock, and slope and through the orchard.
planted squarely In sturdy English
stood on a ledge where the grassy
But he reassured her about the cot worry ubout that cottage, not that
walking boots, the hands thrust deep slope dwindled to solid stone. Before tage. He said the Captain would sure one. It always rents. Popular, the
Into the pockets o f sm artly tailored
Its door stood one twisted, craggly
Lone Pine. Well built, snug—like a
ly rent It, because It was fo r re n t
kn icke rs; boylike the set of the straight
pine, and behind It, so that Indeed It
boat, something like a boat, but of
N uturully, that settled IL
I f Gay
course a boat now—"
stood In Its very portul. the little fo r wanted It. It was hers. And Gay
shoulders In ttie wine-red suede Jacket
w ith the soft silk mannish collar and est of birch and pine rustled and shiv wanted It.
The oratorical voice cut In npon
tie showing at the throa t; boylike ered In the sea breeze.
him. “ A most desirable cottage. Only
The house to which he took her was
The doors of the cottage were closed
most of all ttie sleek bobbed head In
fifty dollars a month, my dear. Only
but a short distance up the same lane.
fifty .”
Jaunty leather h a t Ilut all the boy I and their knocking produced no an
“
I
f
you
make
the
deal
with
the
Cap
■Ish east o f Gay Delane was given the swer. The ¡ad was loath to accept
“ I t a'n 't wuth more'n forty-five,"
tain you’ll get It cheaper," he cau
this Inadinlsslon. He knocked and
He by the softness o f her slender face,
said the Captain gently. “ Now, Alice,
tioned
her.
"B
ut
they
may
try
to
wish
knocked, frowning dissatisfaction at
the delicacy o f her throat as It curved
she don't want to pay fifty a m onth’
you off on .Miss Alice, ’cause she’s the
the unfriendly silence.
Into the mannish collar, the dark
Tain t wuth fifty a month. We never
"Oh, there's nobody here," Gay pro adm inistrator, and she holds out for
weariness of her gravo eyes, the tired
got fifty fo r It yeL The young lady—"
tested. “ Our pounding would have more money. You ask fo r the Cup-
drooping o f her fine red lips.
"John. F ifty dollars. I am the ad
tain and stick to IL You'd better go
awakened the— tbe druids by this
The rest that Gay Delane came seek
m in istrator." The voice was low and
to the kitchen door, miss. I f you go to
time."
Ing In the Northland, she had earned
firm.
the fro n t door they’ll thin k you're com
"She must be here,” be Insisted.
Indeed. Years o f w ilfu l slavery to
pany.”
It a n t wuth It, Miss, I assure you.
paint brushes and palette, dogged per “ She's always here. A u n ta lm lry !” he
It a 'n 't," he persisted. “ I b u ilt it —
Gay
nodded
back
at
him,
smiling,
called.
“
A
un
talm
lry!”
sistence at her easel In the face of
me and Rand, that is__”
and crossed a velvety lawn to the
Gay laughed at his persistence, “ I f
physical exhaustion, led Inevitably to
“ John."
kitchen
door
which
was
opened
to
her
she's
here,
she’s
deaf,"
she
said,
and
relinquishment of hopes, ambitions and
“ Whose cottage Is IL anyway?" Gay
touch by a little old man, very gray,
plans, and Gay Delane was obliged to walked around the cottage, from win-
put In curiously.
very fra il, very gentle.
It he felt
turn the key at last upon her pretty
surprise at sight o f the boyish g irl In
"Oh, I t ’s a ll In the fam ily as you
studio In Greenwich Village and go In
khukl gray and red leather on his step
might say,” the Captain explained. “ I
search o f recreating rest among the
he gave no sign, but In a soft and gen get the rent, but she collects 11 She’s
cooling breezes along the plne-glrdled
tle voice he greeted her.
the adm inistrator.
My sister. Mis'
coast of the North.
Andover, M is' Alice Andover."
May I speak to the Captain?” she
Her slender sturdy foot was first
began brightly.
“ The adm inistrator," she amended
upon the gangplank, and It wag she
"Well, now, I guess you can, geeln
grandly, tryin g vainly to frow n her
who led the stream o f eager tourists
brother in to silence. "The cottage has
I'm the Captain myself," he said
ashore, making her way with Impa
been thoroughly renovated, and mod
sociably, and stepped out discreetly
tiently quick assurance to the head
to the porch, making as i f to close
ern Improvements Installed. It Is well
ear o f a line o f waiting taxis. Her
the door behind him.
furnished, as you know. I saw you
brisk gesture o f Intent to ride brought
looking in the windows. It has elec
up a tall, fair, freckled lad. who came
But his attempted secrecy failed.
tric lights, fireplace, bath—only fifty
w lih slow hut w illing gait, an am
The closing door was suddenly ar
rested.
bling roll to Ids locomotion that was
a month. My, dear, thin k of the view.
almost seaworthy.
Think o f—o f the fireplace. My dear,
A firm hand appeared In the aper
It w ill break your heart to leave the
" I want to look at cottages," she
ture, and closed upon his arm. The
said briskly,
Captain looked back with gentle Im place. Perhaps you can stay through
September.
Glorious In September,
patience.
"W e ll—all rig ht," he assented slow
ly, In the soft New England drawl thut
“ Lady wishes to consult w ith me— glorious."
Regardless o f the mooted five dol
curiously harmonized with his walk,
personally—” he protested m ildly.
Gay thought. He cranked the car and'
lars, Gay’s mind was made up. She
"Now, Gramp, you wouldn't keep the
slid Into the driver's scat Gny swung
wanted the Lone Pine. She knew that
lady standing,” remonstrated a firm
up beside him.
she could never rest u n til she fe lt the
voice from w ithin.
And the door
pillows In Its window couch beneath
“ Now, I'll tell you exactly whut 1
opened, the Captain was drawn back
her head. She explained that she had
to the kitchen.
w ant," she began, "and you can take
me to It. A small cottage, preferably,
t ome right In, miss, and do ex le ft her bags at the hotel In the city,
and asked I f the cottage could be
off by Itself somewhere, with trees
cuse our looks, won't you? But it Is
around It, und near the water. Quiet
rig ht In the midst o f cleaning and_1 ready fo r ber a rriva l on the first boat
the next morning. The adm inistrator,
very q u ie t I am going to sleep for
Gay lig h tly nodded away the need
torn between glowing at Gay, and
two weeks. I f I can't find a cottage,
fo r apology, and sat down on the edge
glowering at her brother, assured her
I w ill take a suite o f rooms In a p ri
o f a little straight chair beside the
Darling Fireplace," Gay Exulted.
that all would be In readiness.
vate house. W ith on old couple. If
stove, while the Captain returned to
Oh, my dear, It Is a happy summer
possible, deaf and dumb and a bit
his
own
big
rocker
by
the
window
be
dow to winduw, peering In. And the
before you," she crooned. And then,
crippled. If you have them, No hotel,
tween tw o cats and a nuge dog, who
more her spying showed her, the more
w ith one o f her s w ift changes from
no hoarding house, no summer colony
SC H O O L FO R M EN
curled his thick lips over his teeth In
warmly she wanted It.
*
Now, there It Is. First choice, small,
soft to severe, she turned to the Cap
BUSINESS. TRADES or PROFESSIONS
The lower floor o f the cottage con resentment at this Intrusion In his
“ m e- 8 * ,ld fo r U te r i“ « . ' “
tain. "John, you go rig h t down and
quiet, furnished cottage. I don't care sisted o f one lurge room, the small
RELIEVED
kitchen. The three women retired at
?
OF„ technolog y
tell
Auntalm
lry
to
move
Into
the
Ap
I f It Is only a shed. If It Is q u ie t and
once to th e ir work In different parts
kitchen being no more than a glassed
P o r tla n d , li n g o n
. . . QUICKLY
ple Tree."
cool, and ulone,"
o
f
the
room,
and
the
Captain
filled
hls
In porch adjoining.
i t was lined
Carter’s Little Liver Pills
At
Gay's
start
the
Captain
shook
“ Well, now, that ought to be easy,"
Pipe.
throughout w ith pine, darkly stained
Purely Vegetable Laietive
u u s G
s iriS
W A N T E D - ■ a W ro ■ om b en ■ re ■ n rs and
irls W
» ilt
w ith soundless chuckles, nnd the ad
h e said slowly. “ How many are there
o f e o lo r u
Windows opened on the four sides of
v
’ ..I m ove the bowele free fro m
A t Gay's eager Inquiry he admitted
»./V or * ‘‘ «VÎT ___
o f you?"
m
lnlstrator
lapsed
into
a
severe
smile.
it, to the forest, to the orchard slope
in P r li e Ckintest fo
his ownership o f the Lone I'ine, agreed
" I t a'n't a tree, child, it a'n't a
, n d . c h in , h e L /
.* £ “
“ One. Me. Just myself, no more.'
and the valley, to the quiet bay, and
that It was fo r rent, and said o f course
’cefunjend
i Ing
i i e I f a y a ou * f<w»l
® wf,i.
S S a ? *u i gt
B ^ M
i ' s s
tree, he explained. "It's our house.
“ You don't want a house till by your to the fu ll A tlantic and tbe farthe r
she could have IL Gay beamed upon
iuu
con'hu
r
'
°,n
"
nd
Can
be
glv'
n
wi,h
"heo-
Down
in
the
orchard.
We
name
all
self."
islands. The room was chustely fur-
A
u
*
£
?
^
£
r
nT
7
S
,t
e
fcLh
.;.fr
UT-
him Joyously, beamed at the unc«n-
our houses for trees, or such. We've
A ll of outraged New England con nlsbed, w ith occasional bright splashes sclous hacks o f the three women, who
got an Acorn, nnd a Cherry stone, and
vention spoke lu his slow low voice.
o f color on the walls or In the up fo r all th e ir Immersion I d their house
a Persian Peach—"
holstering. The fireplace was wide
'•♦»(, yes, I do. Not a very big
hold tasks, had missed not so much as
‘Joh n! Go tell A untalm lry."
house, hut a house.”
S k yscrap er Roundhouse
ami high, built o f Island stone, w ith
a syllable o f talk, nor a thread of'
A v o ir » d r n p p t n i
John reached beneath hls big rocker
" I'u t you can't stay nights in a corner benche*.of the dark pine.
fringe on Gay's smart knickers.
strong d r u g ) in
As e solution of the automobile
eye«
«ore from A lkali
and
pulled
out
a
dusty
battered
cup,
house by yourself—“
A darling fireplace." Gay exulted.
parking question, u Western Inventor
Suddenly a sharp knock on the
or o t h « r lir lt a ia n .
turned
It
upside
down
to
empty
R
of
“ Hand did th a t
Folks mostly
T ,,e old ilm ple remedy
has devised a skyscraper roundhouse
kitchen
door, which
Immediately
Guy cut In b ris k ly : "Now. the
tnat b rln i'j comforting relief
two kittens asleep therein.
thought he wasted a lot of tim e ou opened from without, and before either
fo r storing cars. It Is simply a large
chances are that I know what 1 want
u best.
25c, all dru gjlttg
“ I can't go now, Alice," he objected. spiral w ith wide passageways for run
It. the hoy vouchsafed pleasantly.
11*11 A Borke|. New York City
face or form appeared, a brisk voice
»letter than you do. A ll you have to
Not Just this minute. | gOt to go ning the autos up or down, and w ith
“ Come here," Gay called to him
called w ith a great assumption o f good
do Is to find It." Then, ns she no
rig ht up to Mrs. W illo u g h b y, cottage storage space for many machines on
And directing his eyes to a bright cor cheer:
ticed that his eyes fell and a slow
and fix that leaky roof o f hers.”
“ Good morning, a ll! "
flush rose lu his fa ir face at her re ner o f the room she said, “Look I Do
each floor. The spiral has an easy
P A R K E R ’S
u ‘» e.'es strayed to the clock on grade,
buke, she added pleasantly: " I have you see thut wide soft couch, w ith that
The words were followed bv a wom
requiring
little
effort
to
hair b a l s a m
tbe ^ it ,cben w al'- It was tw o-thlrty. ascend, and exits may be made In
>v'''"l>»naruO_stnpsH^rf-.1|lng
woolen robe, and the fut cushions? 1 an, elderly, but ta ll and straight, with
lived alone for eight years. In New
R
.
C olor and
Gosha mighty, 1 promised Mrs. W il s a fe ty .-P „ p„ | ar Mechanics Magazine.
York, too, that den of depravity. I shall tie sound asleep there In tweuty
B eauty to G ra y and Faded H a il
u lace which hud carefully schooled
M d » l i « , t in- .
..
loughby i d be there at one, sharp.
Its every line to dogged optimism.
fancy there Is no more rampant dan minutes. Do you suppose folks would
---------- ■
■ wk, P a u - l i , T
Good-by. miss. You'll |)ke , hat C(£
be surprised If I should break the door
ger here than there."
"Good morning, all, ' she repeated,
T he O ld R ascal
down and go rig ht In and fu ll asleep?"
hige; but It a'u't wuth more'n forty-
"Another one o f them nutty New
on her fu ll appearance, and added
“ I want you to make a correction
“ Well, yes, I ruther think niuybo
Yorkers." the hoy thought, but Ids Im
rather sternly, "Good morning, John."
“ J T , ra,uable “ I Paper." said
they would."
"John
Wallace.
T
ell
A
u
n
ta
lm
lr
y
-
’
passive face did not betray him. He
Then she turned to Gay w ith elab
Joshln Jim Jopples to the editor of
"Now I Take me to Its Guardian
'Looks like rain, miss— think? I
drove slowly from house to house,
orate affab ility. “ Good morning. I
the Clarion the other day. “ I'm frank-
Angel.
But
It
Is
mine
already.
I
f
should
'a'
fixed
that
roof
yesterday,
or
descanting on the ir various virtues,
saw you looking at the I a lie I’ lne, and
h e aI r n i ° " 'ar aDd hereafte r I wanta
bo
that
Is
the
Guardian
Angel_
day
before.
Seems
like
there's
so
decrying their obvious faults, specify
then as you came on heie I knew you
called a battle scared veteran
many things to do that I Just natural- More than once— and this Is true o'
Ing the nutnlier o f rooms, the condi wishes to rent It, well Hnd good.
wanted It, so I came rig h t over. How
Otherwise
I
shall
simply
throttle
him,
tion o f the plumbing and the amount
m i,,'
m
*“ a n , ° f 'em'
Good by
lucky you are—the dear little cottage!
and burn his remains In my fireplace;
miss. I li come and see you.”
7 many a soldier Includin' the b ra v e s t-
o f rent.
And cheap, my dear, d irt cheap. Do
I should a been decorated for p a llo r"
Lead on, MacDuff."
,
t
?
7
"
o
d°.°r
cIosed
I’etieath
the
gen
Gay was d litlcu lt to s u it W hile her
you want It fo r the entire season?
—Farm and Fireside.
The boy eyed her w a rily as she
tle.
fra
il,
dignified
.»
tie
flg
„re
V
e
owu notion o f what she wanted was
“ Well, yes, I think so.” Gay turned
strong voice called In hig w a ke;’
Indefinite enough, she was quick to
r ’ooA the Count
‘‘John—Auntalm lry_"
decide wliat she did not want. One
t h A bench OfreD<Ier’ b e ln g tr ie d b e f» r e
cottage was too close to neighbors,
She was an attractive woman
Team W o rk
ad-
one was In a swampy marsh, one
m ruble, rather. Mrs. Andover
his wHe
aCCUSed ° f
To comply w ith the law, a ll studios
looked cockroachv.
wJn n ,reSSed' 'r,,b a « ' " ' « I taste-
of
hav®
for the children who
t I Jl1>
u ,' r T’ asked the magistrate.
well-being, weii-keptness.
She air ate-
“ I never heard tell o f any cock
" I shall be glad to see Hector, your
apartment fo r a s till sm aller dog oa
.?'t, an" T red tbp Prisoner, gloom- work In the various productions.
missel her brother with a wave o f dls-
?h
ro a c h e s there." he said thoughtfully.
big Saint Bernard, again," said the th e to p peer, ( to t peep t o H t o a r t o *
o r I , Fox!
reei’ntly, there were two
haud, and smiled upon Gav with ?
oj,^ she licked m e !"—Australia Hu
"Seems like folks would have men
visito r to the suburbs us tbe flivver
ant for niy own house; rent out half
urchins who did not take kindle to
rolled along
tlonctl It."
of garage; why not make dog house
lessons between nenes
O ften L
o f the necessity of supporting hls
Ilu t Gay waved him on.
“ Had to get rid o f that dog,” said
pay Its own way?”
oess with her personal f l ™ ^ ’ M ft-
Looks
Suspicious
the modern suburbanite crisply.
"There's the Lone 1’lne," he reflected
“ And d<>eg It?”
Bank President—Why won't yon came one dnv when the . 7
As an administrator, „(,» .....
“ B ite somebody?"
at last, hard pressed for fu rth e r re
clim ax
"You bet It does. Let top floor to
rect, efficient and businesslike I d
this note o / h e r D
d e'ke; teaCher,Oabd
leave a deposit w ith our bank?
sources. "H ut It's off by Itself ou the
"No, but he took up too much space. a I eklngese. Belong, to man down
M
a
n
-
I
w
ill
I
f
you
make
turn
for
Gay
s
cheek
.h
rfr
h ill, and at the edge o f the woods.
yonr
Saint Bernard's almost as big as a street who hasn't room even fo r a
Jim can't come to »kni
»t'e kitchen'table and f r o m 'a ^ ?
cashier take off hls hat.
‘ bp be'eak. Im help'ng h ^ . " hWZ * *
You'd he a fra id there. But It's high
calf. Belongs to past age, when peo
bird cage."— Ladles' Home Journal.
fa g on her wrist took '
. ,
And It liHtks out to sea."
pie bad barnyards and real estate
Pen and a book of re e ln t r rf° Un,a!n
wasn't so valuable. A one-family dog
“ The Lone I’lne," she repeated, and
o f which she f l ' i . i i
* ' f r n is - one
L a n g u a g e o f D ip lo m a c y
her voice warmed, “ I feel the vibra house Is economic WBSte nowadays.
handed to Gay w?th a ' T T ’' ^ "nd
The
French
language
waa
n«ed
ex-
tio n of a respouslve chord. Lead tne
*One-fanilly dog house? You don't
the cottage
' *** of key’ f <”
tenslvely In Europe In the Tw elfth
to I t "
mean to say—"
and
Thirteenth
centuries.
The
French
™
X
“
l
E
°
.
R
"
x
1gDa lS
^
- b- '
lie stopped the car at Inst In a nar-
•Surely do. Had dog house re
literature was greatly developed , „ , j
royv lane. A grassy slope rose steeply
modeled when I got rid of Hector.
“ Y -u « III adore It'. When ¿ ill h " ™ 1’ '
beyond a small orchard, and crowning
Found, as 1 expected. that I f I got a spread throughout the various coun
018 r M t
y
S
E
i S
t g
a
" - :
tries, and persons o f culture studied o f your fam ily be up?"
the h ill, seeming a growth of the nicks
compact te rrie r there'd be a nice
the language In order to be able to
"There Is no fam ily. | am aIon ,
themselves like a giant mushrooni, a
rend tbe literature.
Many foreign
small collage showed In the fringe of
a lo n 2 2 7 iOU~ iOU " re «»ID« to live
students were attracted to the I'n l
a llo w poito na to rem ain in ik
y ’ and
a little wood.
P resum ptuous
Io a house? W ithout
verslty
o
f
Parts,
and
this
also
helped
man. or—anybody?"
M a—■
T h a t a w h y w in ter fir»J
system,
Gay breathed a rapturous " A h i"
A newly rich mnn once Invited Beau to spread the language. As a lan
•c h y a n d * ™
W o lk .
She got out w ithout a word, and the
w h o '? M ,e r " “ ,n llr ln « w l“ > » man
Brummell, the famous fop, to dinner, guage fo r treaties and foreign Inter
la tl followed her through the orchard.
who doesn t belong ,o me. t , „ oot?
and asked him to name hls own party. course among nations, French berim e
“ d
1 w ill have It, she said, looking up He accepted, and chose to the number general In the tim e o f Louis XIV,
•
ere no other women who Uva
alone ,.D the Island?"
w ith Joy In her eyes, “ I w ill have It
o f eleven. Including himself.
. r 2 L ' ‘,'i. T ,,iere ar* • f ew. Bat they
I f I have to commit murder. Those
"T h a t," said hls hoeL “ w ill make
E ng lish C a th e d r a l C ity
old."
*
b irc h e s a re g o in g to sentinel my sleep.
Just an even number."
b,
A ,e
Rochester Is a cathedral city of
Les’ abl# Io protect themselves,
Ihose rocks shall he my anchorage.
“ An even number»" queried the
KenL England. on the rig ht b ank of li eu than I. But are they a ll old?
Murder, arson, th e ft—«b at are the
beau. "H ow I, that?"
the Medway.
I t really forms one Every oue? T hink bard.”
to We? The Loue Bine w ill give me
"Y our friends, te n ; yourself and
sleep "
large town together w ith ("hath! at a n d ;
"W ell, there are one or two, • she
myself—twelve In a ll,"
Strood. Charles Dickens, who
cosfes-ed reluctantly. "N ot to very
"W e ll, new," he said deprecatlngly,
“ Good gad I" said Brummell. affect at Gad s I lt ll, this-c miles from I I veil o "I But they are— queer."
A S tim u la n t h : ___ .
■*■*■0
w ith a sidelong look at her flushing
ing surprise. "Yon surely don t mean ester, rrequentl
frequently Introduces the city
"Oh. so ttn L " said Gay stu rd ily
»see.
iya
you are going to be out of the party 1“ | Into hls novels.
"Very queer Indeed."
,Mf Ï C lem ^, B,W
(TO s t COWUtl'XB.)
Copyright 1927 by The Bobbs M errill Co.
WNU Service.
“Luckies never cut my
w ind”says Billy Burch,
Captain of N. Y.
Americans’ Hockey Team
‘7 can't afford to take
any chances with my
physical condition.
That's why I stick to
Luckies, In addition
to the pleasure I get
from their fine flavor,
they have never cut
my wind to any no
ticeable degree.Final-
ly, I never suffer with
su d d e n co u g h in g
which might be very
dangerous for me
ivhen there's a scram
ble on the ice."
It's toasted
No Throat Irritation-N o Cough.
HEADACHE
CARTER’S ESi PILLS
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StSlvA
For S O R E E Y E S
Solving O ne Problem o f the C row ded City
This Winter
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