ID L E IS L A N D
W.L.DOUGLAS
SHOES
By ETHEL HUESTON
from habit, w ithout thinking. Heaven
knows I had other things on my
On the v e rg e o f n e rvo u s col«
mind.”
lapse, due io o v e rw o r k ,
D e
She sat down a t once to her desk.
lane, eucceeeful N e w Y o rk a r t is t ,
It was her plan to go to the c ity on
seeks rest a t Id le Is la n d
She
down that bard and painful path on down the h ill and called to Aunt-
re n ia a c o tra g e . th e “ L o ne P in e
the first b o a t to relieve herself o f a ll
purpose to receive It—the poor body alm lry.
fro m an Is la n d c h a ra c te r, the
responsibility to the m atter.
And
“C a p ta in ,“ and ila s is te r, A lic e
swept to my very fe e t I t seems to
"W on’t yon keep a poor tim id nerv then, suddenly, she decided that she
A rtd over, “a d m in is tr a to r .“
Q ay
make me— his avenger, don't you see? ous old maid a ll night T’ she asked
would not go at all, but w rite Instead.
finds th e c o tta g e is te n a n te d by
I dare say you think me very childish, pleadingly. “ I don’t want to stay
an e ld e rly la d y , “ A u n ta lm lr y .
She would describe the entire Inci
but I feel that thia has been sent alone.
w h o consents to m ove to an
I ’ve got the— you know— dent to the last detail, enclose her
o th e r abode, th e “ A p p le T r e e .“
straight to me, and I cannot evade I t beebee Jeebees! My house Is haunt
sketch, and that would be an end o f
A w a k in g fro m sleep. O ay Im a g
NEW SPRING ST Y L E S ARE READY
I am sorry. But I must do It my ed. I'm afraid o f ghosts, and things.
Inee she sees th e face o f a C h in a
I t She reached Into the drawer and
self.”
Smartly styled fo r the new season—made n t -t.
Do you think It was Just a ghost pulled out paper, envelopes and her
m an p e e rin g In th e w in d o w . She
finest leatijera. best o f workmanship _ anJ
s e ttle s d o w n In h e r n e w home
Suddenly they hnd cleared the for A untalm lry?"
sketching pad. To measure fo r the
a n tic ip a tin g
m o n th s
of
w e ll
famous
W. L. Douglas quality b u ilt in to eve™
est and stood on the brow of the hill.
Auntalm lry gave her a cozy chair size o f envelope, she opened the pad
N o
o w
w being
being dlmlsved
in 120
120 Douslaa am
_______
h °« -
earn e d rest and re c u p e ra tio n . On
N
dieplayedln
— i 7 i ° everY ’ shoe.
The Lone Pine was directly at hand. and made her a cup o f tea. That
■ nJ bvrelieble»h,M !de»ler«e»eryw he^
to remove the drawing. The page that
an e x p lo ra tio n o f th e Is la n d O ay.
Shoe.,
you
set
ith
every
t
h
e
'kÀoCn
r
°
U
bu’
u
vou
a
u
w
irk
w
“
enyou
buy
D
ou#l«
"This
Is
my
cottage,"
she
said.
s ta n d in g on th e seashore, Is h o r
was A untalm lry’s unfailing resource met her eyes was virg ina l and white,
n.rae ’ «W . t . D o u a i.," —
» P u u tie n o f ,h .
rifie d by the a p p e a ran ce o f the
•Just cross rig ht down the slope to In case o f nerves.
ture h
. . , always
lw .v , « o o j for q u a l i t y d io
fo e. r " m ? o ? ,. ¿ than
h
. ,f
lf-,7 “
no
pencil
line
to
mar
its
purity.
Gay
tury
haa
u
n
,
h
,
d r if t in g body o f a d ro w n e d m an
the lane and follow It down to the
m o«o < h rri, ch.rge. A f a , T a r a i ¿ L d
* ° w<'r ” «
"Now drink your tea, dearie, and turned the pad about to her hand,
w h ic h
she n e rve s
h e rs e lf to
Ihe to la o f Dorala) ¡haa a t th . factory r u a m n ^ k l Um‘^ 1 "»
pier. I am sorry about the drawing, don’t say a word about I t W e il have studying It slowly, and then she
b r in g to th e shore.
A b u lle t
M e n ’. « 5 ,o » 8 - W o t n e n C «
hut you see how It Is.”
und In th e te m p le shows the
T O M E R C H A N T S I I f D o u g l.,
a nice cozy evening. Just like a party.” turned every page, one a fte r the oth
“
g O/NewSwnn; » x * ^ w yÎ ^ ,o ,ï
m an to h ave been m u rdered. O ay
wioe. . r . not (old In your town.
'Oh, you are quite right, o f course.
She was evidently determined to er, and examined every one.
wriX , i t
your ,OWI>.
kes h e r w a y to the “C a p ta in "
It has been very fascinating—meeting soothe Gay, determined to humor her.
“ Æ
s
L ? 2 UGLA88
hobco
w ith th e story.
R e tu rn in g w ith
The page had been neatly extracted
173 Spark Street,
Broekron.
you like thia. I wish there was some keep her quiet.
him to th e ehore. th e y find no
She petted her, from the book, and her penciled
body th e re , and G ay's s to ry of
place we conld go for tea—”
talked pleasantly of Inane and pleas sketch o f the scene to the cove was
th e In c id e n t Is set dow n to an
Science W ins Victory
“There Is a place. There are lots ant things.
not there.
Has M any A pplication,
a tta c k o f “nerves.“
o f places. The Island Is fu ll o f tea.
When at last they made ready to
Its disappearance settled the affa ir
to
r
a
!re “ r,e ,.tllre e d lff8 r™ t meaning
O
ver
Freak
of
Birth
But I shan’t go. thanks. Marching off retire for the n ig h t she said Gay
to the word yankee." I t Was fir,~ b
o f the L ittle Club cove as fa r as Gay
A successful operation on what
to tea with a Perfect Stranger In the should have the solitary bed, and she
was concerned. W ith nothing to sub m ight be called Incomplete Siamese piled to natives o r citizens o f the New
CHAPTER IV— Continued
Good L lh le Island would be even herself would sleep on the concfl.
digtond states, p a rtic u la rly those 0|
stantiate her seemingly w ild story, twins has been reported to the medi
more damning than the discovery of
‘She’s afraid o f me, I do believe,
old New England fam ilies. Then li
she fe lt the less said o f It the better.
cal
Journal,
Lancet,
o
f
London,
by
S
ir
"In thia the quiet good little place a nonexistent corpse. Even worse, I Gay thought to herself. "She wants Gay knew, however, that she was the
was applied hy people o f the Southern
John Bland-Sutton.
An account o f
they bra« ab ou t!" she asked herself. think, than living alone, which seems the room between ns. In case I turn
subject o f endless discussion, endless
states to all the people o f the North
"Where they come and—steal dead the very height o f depravity here. It v io le n t”
Her lips twitched w ith neighborhood w it In her absence, and the case wus sent to S ir John, him ern states, In general. Lastly, it (,
bodies—from under your very eyes?"
amusement at the thought as she for a few days she confined herself as self a consulting surgeon at the M id applied by the people o f other coun
dlesex hospital, by a medical corre
Both tears and laughter came at the
crept between the white covers.
largely as possible to the seclusion
,ri Cr t ? ,'lltl 8ltlzen« and Inhabitants ol
whimsical notion. But In spite of her
spondent to India. Attached to a H in
Auntalm lry turned out the lights, o f her cottage.
tire L n lte d States.
Attempt to be facetious and uncon
du boy baby at b irth was a parasitic
nnd went about the room from w in
One afternoon, perhaps a week a fte r
brother” possessed o f the fu ll com
cerned, she was highly nervous and
dow to window raising the blinds. her discovery and betrayal In the
quite unstrung. A sudden clear call,
plement o f limbs, but minus head, H eadache, from Slight Cold,
When she came to the window that
cove,
tirin
g
suddenly
o
f
her
work,
she
L a x a t i v e B R O M O Q U I N I N P T - .a i .
"H allo there.” from behind, startled
showed the Lone lin e at the top of shoved the easel Into the corner and lungs and h e a rt A month a fte r b irth
’f 7 V Ä Í ^ ^ 7 ¿ u t ò bh,ee‘ 8 "
her Into a frightened acream nnd she
the h ill she gave a sudden little ex decided to clean house. H astily she the parasite was grow ing ra p id ly so
- - Cold.
fh°Olt
fOr stonature o f E W G - - ro
v e on
sprang to her feet
Quite beyond
clamation.
»he box. 30c.—Adv.
bundled her glim knlekered figure th a t the parents sought surgical aid
power of reason as she was. the call
“ Did you leave a light on?” she Into a great bungalow apron th a t fo r the re lie f o f the child. The oper
had seemed to come from the valley
asked.
made a fa t and stodgy housewife o f ation was perform ed and when last
R elieved H i, Mind
o f death.
’N o !” W ith a bound Gay was ont her. twisted a bright silken scarf tn r- heard from the child was well and
When Sylvester W ronbleskI o f Ash
Glancing up, she saw on the piazza
o f bed and at her side by the window, banwlse about her small head and ’ievetoptog norm ally. Such enses. said
land, WIs., saw w h at appeared to be
o f the L ittle club a man who leaned
both staring up the h ill at the cot fell to work. She dusted, she swept
the B ritis h surgeon, should encourage
a large w o lf sneaking throng* the
out over the railing and beckoned to
tage. From the wide window o f the she rearranged. W ith brush and pan surge„nS generally to separate eon-
brush he shot the anim al and brought
her. lie was a stranger, she knew at
living room there showed a round
to hand, che was on her knees a t the Jolnted tw in s and spare the fu lly de B to the county seat fo r the S3C
once, one of the summer people, no
circle o f misty lig h t pale, wavering fireplace, coughing dista stefully w ith veloped Individual not only a life o f
bounty. The affid a vit was all made
native son.
and uncertain, but a lig h t
the dust o f ashes as she cleared out bondage, but the Ignom iny o f being ex- out and the money was about to be
“ I fo<‘g jo u r pardon,” he called
’i t ’s no earthly lig h t ” Gay said the cinders o f last nigh t’s driftw ood, hlbited In public shows.
paid when Dan Sm ith came in and
pleasantly, “ but w ill you kindly show
moodily. “ I t ’s a ghost I tell yon
when suddenly n hand slipped be
said the anim al was his police dog
me the way down? I cannot Hnd the
Auntalm lry, the spirits are abroad neath her chin from behind, tiltin g
path.”
He also ra id oth er things, which can
this n ig h t Say what you like, queer her head backward, w hile two firm
flighting a W rong
not be printed.— Indianapolis News.
things are going on. I feel I t I am Ups pressed down on hers from above,
"There Is no path. There Is no way
Keeper (speaking o f new a rriv a l at
down.”
all creepy, and—ob, look I Oh, It Is
pressed firm ly, warm ly, fo r one long asylum )—W hat's the m atter w ith this
When a m an’s tem per is ruffled his
the hand I Oh I”
fellow?
"B ut—1 beg your pardon—you are
breathless mom ent
brows are usually k n it.
H er voice sank away breathlessly.
down, are you not?”
Superintendent— He says the a ir Is
And then a tremendous, electrify-
Watching, suddenly outlined in the tog silence.
• lay smiled up at him. "Yes, but I
Gay dropped pan and tree and goes around releasing It from
You w ill never have a frie n d I f you
m isty orb of light had been the reflec brush among the ashes nnd stood nn
slid right down those steep rocks, and
people's autom obile tires.—Judge
w a it fo r one w ith o u t a fa u lt
tion o f a hand, reaching o u t slim,
it Is hard sliding, I assure you. I am
very ta ll, very businesslike even w ith
shadowy and ghastly."
coming up. I win show you the way
the huge apron b u lk lly enveloping her
“ Oh,” Gay murmured sickly, “ oh. It deeply outraged. The man who stood
through the woods nnd the lane w ill
ts his hand 1"
lend you direct to the landing. | go
before her. In a silence ns g re a t an
Descending a Few Steps to Give Her
that way. W alt for me.”
A uutalm lry was shaken. Her arm amazement as profound as her own
a
Hand.
beneath Gay's hand trembled. But was one she had never seen before
He crossed from the plnzza to the
she was Arm. She did not believe to nor seen his like before, she knew at
top of the rocky c liff and waited to
a n’t accordin’ to na tur’—It makes ghosts.
assist her. descending w ith difficulty
once
Travel worn boots he wore,
“ I saw It," she said weakly, “ it ttavel-worn
a few steps to give her a hand when women queer. They think th a t’s what
knickers.
Bareheaded
Is wroftg w ith me, living alone.
was
Just
the
reflection
o
f
a
leaf,
or
a
his blond hair, a little tousled
she had gained that height
’What do they advise? An orphan spray o f twigs, moving In the wind
"Nice little shack.” he said, tapping
showed sunburn. But to lIla
that l nral
first
for adoption, or a husband to r attach Look, It Is gone. There Is no light,
the corner of the L ittle club ns they ment?”
glance It was really his eyes she saw
there ts no hand. I t was the light 8y8s ,l” rk and g ™ ^ w ith little mock
passed “ Were you sketching I t r
“ Heaven knowa.
But anyhow 1 from a boat reflecting against tlie
“ No, I was sketching— Oh, listen I”
g g Ints that shone through his
ahouldn't live alone.”
She laughed leaves.
Just a reflection, dearie
Gay stopped short, and turned toward
smazement gray eves beneath black
pleasantly. “ Good by. I
It w ith They often fool me."
him sogerly. A sudden longing for
w a il8’ t n'.Ck aDd l0ng’ ,hat curled up
for you seem almost one of
“ Have It your own way,” Qay said ward, veiling the gray w ith black.
sympathy, for understanding, the re sorrow,
my own.”
moodily, “ c a ll |t a leaf If you like
action of one of her own kind In her
to M 7 USerien.f 80on 8” PPtonted the as-
He held out h it hand, and Gay I call It a hand, his hand.”
toutohment to h l, face, amusement
emotional strain, overwhelmed het
dropped here In IL
I th in k —maybe— I w ill sleep with fern ln ,e re st n is sang frold was per-
In a torrent o f words, staring darkly
“ Good by. The best o f luck to you. you, A untalm lry said faintly.
in to his Interested eyes, Gay told him
For myself I wish no better luck thnn
Gay laughed then, and squeezed the Wl'th'a88,!*1 b? me<‘t ,o u ’" h0 M "I-
the whole sto ry: of the body that had
the Joy o f seeing you again."
Ittle figure gayly fls she clambered
come to her on the waves, the wound
tlon of h t ng y def<‘ren tl“ l toellna-
' Now, now,” she reproved him, amll-
Into bed beside her.
In the temple, the line white hands;
«un of the bare and sunburned head.
Ing.
“ Don't flatter.
Consider the
“ You'd rather take a chance on me »
how she hnd gone for help, and re
.
i °
‘r ‘
“ « " »
stately pines, the rugged coast and turning violent, than be hy yourself
turned to And It—gone.
“ By George, what a story," he said the surging surf. F lattery doesn't go when the spirits walk, wouldn't you?” w h e'ram sv' th ° '1' Pret’ y a1“ 1«1« 1, and
w ith the Good L ittle Island.”
she teased.
thoughtfully. " I suppose the tide car
nn I e’ m *’ ° De ln fiu ire. Is the revered
i t doesn't go w ith you, either. I
Tied it out while you were away
“ You shouldn't •ay such things. and venerable A untalm lry who o „
T is n ’t c iv e re n t”
ell, you see,” she admitted fa ir assure you I mean every word o f It
ly, “ the Ihle really co u ld n 't I pulled Come soon, good luck. Good by.”
They arose early, and after a quiet was laughter a his eves now th .
Gay walked toward the Lone Pine breakfast Gay kissed Auntalmlry
the body above the water line. The
g a je r fo r her coh ness.
tide didn't reach him. That's the smiling. He was pleasant I t had thanked her and set ont for home s h e ' l l i « i n WlS.h
*ee A nntalm lry."
been
nice,
the
momentary
contact
StrangeM thing about I t ”
Auntalm lry offered to go with her
said s till w th some stiffness s e l f
w
ith
one
o
f
her
own
kind.
But
the
He put out tils hand, deeply Inter
but she refused, bravely smiling
=
t h ? ' ,h<>,lgkb D'eltlD8 ' u r* ’ be-
esled, for the sketch, and she showed smiles died on her lips as she turned
“ Oh. no. I am not afraid now It I.
Sho ..
r arm,b of ,he «ray eyes
It eagerly, her eyes s till fixed upon the door o f the Lone Pine. The house d a y lig h t Spirits are all nicely back “ «he
lives In the Apple Tree now
I
seemed still, big. empty. Very s till
his sympathetic face.
to the ir snug little graves again ”
a k . i ' tre
you 8lt flow nr ' she
“ Oh. hy George, that la tine work " The stillness was like death. Gay
She went up to the cottage nn
area? h 017 f " rm allY- and took off the
he said w a rm ly . "W hat a hand I thought o f the sen washed body w ith locked the door and entered the room
bungalow apron.
palely
gleaming
hands
flung
out
be
W hat a face I—oh, nonsense, you
h
th® qUlet ll,lle *>'“ »’ that re ? 'ie ,,daring gray pyes explored the
could never make up such a figure of neath the waves, nnd shuddered. She broods In an empty house But ah«
In th .
Ot her’ allni " nd « ra lg h t
course you saw It. What are you did not look at the drawing on the was not afraid. Even when . „ e .* * an
. h?k8,0’! t 8hoes’ th® sm art knickers
first page o f her sketch hook, but that the window shades to the llvlna
going to do w ith this?”
thrust the pad quickly Into the drawer room were lowered to the bottom s * and the silken blouse; came to re st
I shall send it to the police depart
' “ “ 'ented'y, on the sleek, dark, proud
o
f the desk nnd closed It tig h t
was not afraid.
8 u tile bead
went. I think
That hoy la-longs to
She
grew
Increasingly
III
at
ease
Somebody.
Perhaps the police can
I dldn t pull them down,” she « dm
“ You don’t live alone, do yon?” he
u, t X «
trace him.
Perhaps It w ill relieve ns dusk descended, and on a sudden •loud, “ because I went
asked w ith In te re st
some anxious hearts—though a sad Impulse, at last went o u t quickly, ran d a r t Oh. well I Perhaps ,
Gay’’ To,c® wag curt
it Wi.?
re lie f It w ill he.”
w ith the »eflance she fe lt to defense
They walked on together, slowly,
x : x : x ■ ■ x .:, j , , .x , x
ef her lone estate. “ 1 live alone, and
tho stranger s till carrying the sketch
.. - L 1, 8nt’ ’ ain not aNa'd. I know
glancing at It often w ith Interested
it makes women folks qneer, and It
wondering eyes.
not accordin' to natuC, but I do. i and
“ Don't you
rather hate to get
I f J t suits me. there's an end o f i t
I f Epicurus could return to earthly
to
make
philosophy
a
basis
of
morals
mixed up In such an affair? There life today he would be somewhat sur
"M y
esteemed
female relatives
yet. Ironically enough, hla fame la tlie
w ill he an Inqueat—at least an In
prised to hear hl* name as nn ad
wished me to s it and hear the report
----- — -
n a t in
r i e
’v a u r r a a n n c c a
called
, my '“ 'LKe “ “^
Perverted
one
of
a
sensu.llst
-
K
a
n
qulry, and you w ill he celled as a je ctive applied to persons and things
h,,___ to _ be careful'
1 1 5 to 1 smoke
sus C ity star.
Kan’ o f the Island." he Raid tho ugh tfu lly,
naturally I have
^ ° ^ a ° ci^arette ___
witness and—”
and
sensual. Im partial history represents
“ and I put them off. 1 should have
“ Oh, there w ill be no trouble about the habits o f ttila Athenian philoso
waited. I fancy they had news of
_
and
hate
yet
to
f
i
Choice'
1
Lucky
Strikes
have
vet
c
choice.
I
smoke
It. It Is obviously suicide_”
Fiowers at Wedding,
vast Im p o rt"
pher and his followers ns exceedingly
upon my throat.”
tO
*** slightest effect
“ It Is obviously m urder," he cor frugal and temperate.
I t Is impossible to state
"Yes, they did. And most o f It la
flowers were first used at a weddln™ about me. I know who you are,
rected gently. "The poor chap might
The members o f his communal since thia la a very ancient
she
3 g'
have shot himself, o r might hove
school o f "Epicureanism ” were mostly «»range blossoms were worn » r ’? " ’"*' said, sm ilingly. “ You are Band, 'r e
drowned himself. Not both."
you not?” Her .smile was very warm
poor, but being greatly attached to
Gay »topped suddenly, shivering one another, they, in times o f scarcity,
Indeed to Joy o f her discovery.
they portend luck and hannm'Z?
again. •T ru e ." ahe said fain tly. " | contributed to each other's support.
He shivered slig h tly, covered the
Spencer and M ilton were of
know It. I tried so hard not even to
dark eyes w ith his hand.
“ Danger.
Epicurus him self began bis philosophi Ion that the orange w „ .
opln'
th in k —of nmnler. **
My prophetl.’ sense ssys danger." he
cal career w hen he was thirteen years •PPlo presented"to ’*Jupl’ e ^ l , ^ ^ “
Her face was whit«.
whispered.
old. At that time, upon henrlng a on her wedding dar.
j,
’ ,n n °
" I wish you would give thia to me,”
"E very one has been saying. 'When
C l 928
verse o f Hesold wherein all things are tomary fo r the A n g lo s .» n k 8 cnï"
he said persuasively. “ Or te ll It to M id to come from Chaos, he asked:
Band comes home,' and now you have
Five her friends small knot. „ „ J ?
me. rather, for I can see that your
"And whence came chaos?" Ills
rib - come. The boys wanted the old pier
p e tid l Is your profession. I should teachers referred him to phllosphy bon. to wear or carry „ „ th/
to make a float fo r swimming, and
¡Itog
day.
Thia
custom
I
he glad to buy It. | can make a rip
the Island wouldn't give It to them,
•n .be bouquet, o f the b ' X X . £
and to philosophy he did apply.
ping story o f It. | , m
newspaper
and they said. 'When Rand cornea
lie sought Instruction from many
work, and I can do wonders w ith thia
Powona p . , ^ .^ M o o d from the .lowing
home, he'll dynam ite It. and w e ll
masters, hut none could g lv i the youth
N o te w o rth y Im m ig ra n t
and b°weLbV naCt*Vr tldr,rP ?
I w ill have It photographed. If you
salvage the retnalna.' And when
any solid conviction, lie thus founded
R
hhe fam<>us r ,|jVn U.m? y reIyupon
like, and send • copy to the police "
summer people wanted to tear
The fir s t Rockefeller. John ...
hl« own school o f thinking and tr
•W
Houwho|d RfJ . P utch N ational
the old fishing ahack to make a
Gay reached out, quickly, and took
to 172 x ’M
Amer' ,‘* fr,' m Gemí
to teach the world hy precept that
;^
T!^ o r , X 7 a y„ 7 in U* •*“ «
to launch th e ir hoata. the natives
the pad "I cannot do tha t." she said they who live sim ply have no fear of
frowned upon them, hut everybody
■rinly.
" | feel responsible for the
poverty and are better able to
sale to everybody else, 'W a lt
Band comes, he'll hum It down.
STORY
FROM
THE
START
For M en,'W om en. a n d 13oijs
Copyright 1927 by The Bobba-Memll Co.
WNU Service.
7
The Cream
of the
Tobacco
Crop
W illiam T. Tilden 2nd
to protect his throat
smokes Luckies
Sensuality Made No Appeal to Epicurus
am
1
’’i1
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