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FEBRTARY
10,
1933.
careful! We have unit one maid, In i entered the shop.
with mother.”
“ I want some flowers," he said, a
■tead of throe or four, and an apart
Mary handed him the cup.
“ Yon
ment Instead of a house, like almost little vaguely, ‘'something pretty. For would, of course,” she said quietly.
everyone we know. And I really don't — for a lady."
“ Do you think 1 did wrong?”
“ Certainly, air.
Orchids, two dol
tpend anything on clothes compared
“ No— I don't think so
Tell in*
to the other young married women lars apiece? American Beauties, fif more about It."
I’ ve met this winter. And we don't go teen a dozen? Or gilt baskets, tilled
“ She’s all right physically, though
with white lilacs—just In— are very •he Insists she's n nervous Invalid.
to the theater or entertain milch or—"
J. L A M B O R N E L D E R , P u b l i e r
“ I know, darling. It does seem to attractive. Twenty dollars for the And she's all right financially, too. If
cost a lot, just to live.
I didn’t smaller size, thirty for the larger she’ll only be careful
We were in
realize how much, beforehand.
But ones.”
debt, rather, after Blanche’s wedding,
Comparative wealth In Hamstead but I ’ ve paid that all up. I've used
after all, we had a lovely trip and
Published F r i d a y o f e a c h week, by th e Tualatin Publlchlng Co., at Beaverton
we've been pretty comfortable and meant actual poverty in New York, some capita) of my own Now she eHn
Oregon. E n t i e d a* «econd-clao»a matter at the postoffice at Braverton, Oro
Paul had discovered.
In Boston, it keep Hod and Myra to work for her
happy In this little apartment. And
meant, apparently, straitened circum and have plenty of money left over
I can take care of all these all right.
But I guess we shall have to go a little stances at best. He fingered the slim fo r fbod and clothing and taxes and
slow for a while.”
wallet in his pocket nervously.
everything that I can think of— I've
(a k M rtp ao a
“ Not any— nothing like those, I ’m been over It all pretty carefully. I’ ve
"Well. It's lucky we haven’t had a
Franeti Ptrk’.r .., K ty tt
You haven’t anything like— told her she could have my share
baby! I don’t know what you'd have afraid.
.00 Three Mentha
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• a e Tear..
said about hills then! And yet you've like what grows in a country garden, of our Income, too, as long as I was
have you?"
been perfectly crazy— "
gone. Th at’s fair, Isn't It. Mary?”
Service
— $.50 Suhecrlptioaa Payable la Advance
■U Month«...
“ A few sweet-peas, you mean or
Something about Philip’s silence
Oopr - 1
“ I should think It was— perfectly
»nee« P»rkfn#»n Ceree
halted Blanche. She decided that It pansies?”
fair.
What branch of the service
"Yes, and mignonette, and forget- do you want to enter?”
was wiser to change the subject.
“ The marines.
I f they can't get
“ 1 had a letter from Paul last night,” i me-nots."
THE
STORY
she
said. “ I meant to speak of It he- | * “ I could make you up an old-fHsh- Into a scrap on sea. perhaps they will
I N F L A T I O N or W H A T ?
on land.”
fore. I guess he's rather fed up with j ioned nosegay— ”
C H A P T E R I.— M o to rin g th ro i.g h V e r
“ Yes, that's what I want.”
Lady Blanche farm, too. At any rate,
Yes— I suppose Cousin Violet, when
The cry for inflation is abroad in the land with many mont, near the v i l l a g e o f Hamatead, he
» ’ants to come to Boston for a > When Paul took out his wallet to sh'p saw she couldn’t stop your going,
.
P h ilip Starr, y o u n g Boston architect,
responsible citizens advocating some measure to provide ??*“*,• ^«acquaintance, m «nconven- week or so and asks If It would be 1 l,a.v f ° r i*IP bouquet, he took out a advised the quartermaster’s depart-
convenient for us to have him here.”
I little box, too, and writing on it In ment or something like that?”
for the easy settlement o f debts.
mid.St.ir'Silmor’: ^ Vrom hL ‘‘ ‘ m
Philip hesitated. He felt that the i pen<-il ln hi* curiously unformed and
“ How did you guess? | felt there
The problem is not easy to solve, although there artj ^rfVmiiy>hiat«ry‘*dVt*.,J°™SmliAvSi present state of his finances could 111 j i[li nmture hand, “ l o r Mary, with ; were lots of other men who could go
permit him to give his brother ln-1-.w !
H *ovp- be slipped It In among into that, men with families, I mean,
excellent arguments advanced on both sides. YVe Have been; frimni'Lii?uV iui»V.r Md°"tvV«*Hi*nS the kind of a good time he would ex ,he l,owers w*'lch the salesman hand or who weren’t all right physically,
reading some of them and the question IS bec louded b\ tlnatlon. Blanche auggesta, the small I pect If he came to town. On the | <'d l,lra T,lpn- t,,ns armed, he turned There's nothing the matter with my
heart; I found that nut from David
other hand, he was curious to see 11 toward Beacon street,
positive assertions that conflict.
become, f o r the night, a g u e e t o f her
H i« destination proved to he an Noble before he left.
It was David
•
cOualn, M a r y Manning.
the more faverulde Impressions wh ch i
C H A P T E R I I . — M a r y r e c e iv e * P u m p I he had gained of the boy at Christ I enormous corner house of brown stone,
who first put the Idea of going to war
The i«lea that any inflation will produce ruin is about with
true V erm on t h o i p l t a l l t y , and he
] on the » ’nter side. Its appearance In- Into my head.
I’ve had plenty of
mas time would prove to be lasting.
shot to pieces, however, in our minds at least, by the facts
0l, * ,*,„2ua 1 broth!™f Mo.M°«nd
\ stantl.v
suggested age. wealth and time to think It over since, and I ’m
that exist everywhere. Apparently, millions o f citizens are mi l L , 1
0
“ <>f course, if Paul i» coming to Bos- exclusiveness.
I ’attl,
uncomfortable
sure I’ m doing the best thing. But
r
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.
P
n fh. ^ n p nd M arv Qf2rf ton» we r,iust
him here," he said enough already, became decidedly
facing ruin, early and inevitable, unless something is done! Z a .“
with,a“ iV Ham^im pleasantly.
I ’m sorry to have quarreled with moth
i more so as he rang the front door bell.
er. Cousin Jane took her side, too,
Paul
appeared
three
days
later,
aud
to help them. Those who oppose inflation should tackle the j p»u*d
p"o y \ 7 *t^ g n ni
" Mary
| The appearance of the man-servant
and your father.
No one seems to
Philip, with his usual fairmludedness,
a frie n d ly aplrlt, he Inform s her o f hie
who answered the ring did not reas-
problem.
desire to win Blanche f o r hi* w ife . She
know there Is a war, in Hamstead,
confessed to himself that the boy was
I* sym path atlc, and te lls him o f an eld
hardly. I tried to mnke them see how
still more changed, and though differ- 8Urp b' m-
.
, „
fam ily
supers tition
c o n c e r n in g
ths
’’ Miss Manning Is uot at home. sir.
"B la n c h # «” e f the M ann ing fam ily .
1 felt. I couldn’t. I'd made up my
ently, It was certainly not for the 1
“ Or Mrs. Adams? Or Miss Adams?”
mind to go, anyhow, but I hated going
worse. He seemed much older, much
CHAPTER
I II . — V io le t
Manning,
M IL L IO N S IN M IS S IN G M O N E Y
“
None of the ladies are in, sir.'
m oth er o f B la nch* aud o f Paul, with
like that."
quieter, and decidedly preoccupied.
,
..
, Ir
rs
...
,
...
h , r • l , t « r . J«ue, spinster, are dubloue
"Could I watt? I want very much
“ Yes, o f course I'd enjoy going to
"Yes," said Mary.
“ It must have
Acordintr to W . U. Woods, treasurer of the uuited concerning Philips worwiy and #pint-
the theater," he said a trifle absently. to see Miss Manning."
been hard. And I’ m— I’ m sorry, Paul.”
The butler seemed to hesitate.
States, there is now outstanding $472,199,000 in old sized; chapter iv.-paui Manning, pan- "Thanks awfully. Or anything else
“ Sorry Pm going?"
“ I’ m her cousin. Paul Manning, from
*‘0h, no. I’m glad you’re going. I’m
bills which have been officially recalled since July,1929. ^ rdf..‘ipathJ5, noTreaulm* iluryVuu* you’ ve planned. First of all, though, j Vermont. I've— I’ve come a long way— ’’
If you don’t mind, I’d like to go and
only sorry they couldn’t see that you
W hile about $7,(XX ),()()<) per month continues to come in ! Roilhip*« hu*bandtb«*nd wttfU
*r\.r*i^ see Mary. 1— 1 haven't heard from
How silly that he should he pleading
were right to go and that It made your
to the Treasury for replacement, it is known that a lar^ej alraement.*»ia*ry'e‘hr*p*oaehM to™u her at all, except Indirectly, since be- ! with this wooden-faced automaton 1 going harder. I suppose It Is hard
undue " c o n v iv ia lity * ' are badly received
fore I went to New York. Do you He half regretted the words before enough, anyway.”
of this balance has been lost or destroyed.
by Paul, and the g i r l beglua to have
they were out of his mouth. But, as
think she’s had a pleasant winter?”
m liglv tn gN aa to tho wisdom of the
Paul pul down his cup and came
usual, he stood his ground.
And he
alliance
S
tarr's
disclosure
o
f
the
fact
••|
‘
leusantwinter!"exclalmed
Blanche.
It is interesting to observe the enormous sums lost (hat lie la the eon o f a C o n g r e g a tio n a l
and sat down beside her on the sola.
w a s rewarded.
by
people
every year through
carelessness and much o f establish
ml“i«‘«L an
d o f hi* dnancia’ ¡"anTini! “ Why, she’s had a wonderful time I j "1 think Miss Manning would wish "Mary,” he said, his voice trembling
Z
l l
c*
h<m In the M an n in g f a m i l y ' «
She's packed these few months pretty
a little, "1 haven’t any right to ask of
the large mony still out w ill probably never be turned in
full, I can tell you I And I must suy y ° «
wuit. slr- w m J0'1 co,ne t0 eourse, but would you tell me?— Are
C H A P T E R V.— G ale Ham lin, lo n g « »
she’s a great success,
success. i ■ don't
uon i believe
nei.eve j tbp library.' i l l tell her you re here, you going to marry Mr. Hamlin?’’
to the government. This fact is illustrated almost every suitor
fo r M a r y '* hand, h a v in g kno wn
she'll turn her hack on It all a second ! directly she gets In, sir--or Miss
tier sin • her c o l l e g e d a y * In Boston,
“ No.
Pm going home, very soon
time a large security issue matures. Inevitably, some o f vi ! L t*1„ H,a,raV ead b“ f m* k ® « no P r o g . j tim e In a h u r r y ! M a r y Is nice, th ere's Adams, If she comes flrst, sir.
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now. I ’ll try to make them see your
rest in hi« l o v « r n « k l n v
PhlllD'a wed-
The library proved to be an enor
,n HaInstead
, don.t kllow
the paper never comes in for payment and while the per ding w ith Blanche, la the Imm ediate n# d e n y i n g that, and a w f u l l y c le ve r,
mous bay-windowed room at the rear whe|her ,
but n| t
And thnt
future, is understood
; too, an d y o u ’d n e v e r b e l ie v e th e differ-
centage thus lost is not great in comparison with the . c h a p t e r VI.— Phili p, p o r i n g ov e r f e n c e g o o d - lo o k in g cloth es h a v e m ad e of the house, over ooking the (diaries
. . , .
.
u
c,
*
there
Is
a
war.
And
that
they
must
! old records o f the M ann ing fam ily.
r ver, I ned w th books to the celling
amount outstanding, it" makes a considerable total.
In her appearance."
lear n* the e e r r o w f u l
s tor y o f
the
wuke up and help to win it. If they
"Countes# Blanche,” French w i f e of a
"And she's
had time to rest and nod furnished ln Cordova leather,
don’ t want to perish In ¡L"
R e v o l u ti o n a r y here, Moaee Manning,
read," cut In
Philip, “ which I think | Paul h«»l never seen, hardly even lin-
and e f the pecu liar “ curse" she ha*
"Would— would you marry me?"
has meant more to her than almost I «glued, such a room before. I his was
transm itted to her deecendan te and the
T O SELL, W E M UST B U Y
For a minute the girl did not an
wo men o f
Hamstead .
Mar y's sags
anything else.
The flrst week she was I the kind of house— for Mr. Hamlin s,
oounsel settles any m i s g i v i n g s he had
swer.
She sat looking Into the tire
he
felt
sure,
would
be
very
like
his
and
hla w e d d in g
with
here the was In bed most of the
and In spite of Its bright reflection,
This paper is anxious to build up the welfare ol" th*‘ entertained,
Blanche l* solemnised.
h e e v e e v n e i n n i g n g e f e f
______ T ___
time. Then she began to go for a | sister's— thal Mary could live In for
the m a r r ia g e Paul, under the Influence
Paul thought that some of the lovely
If she chose!
Mary, whose
advantages for the civilization of other lands.
o f liquor, h a v i n g “ c e leb r a te d ” unduly, ' d ally r ide and to pick up g e n e ra lly . I ever
color had suddenly left her face.
b i t t e r l y e f fr s n te M e ry when ehs re*
Me lln m l i n 'e urertv ultitutlvu to i,ur ’* | chance for "advantages" had been no
ro a c h * . him for hie condition, and
r M am l,n * b r e t t y a t t e n t i v e to her.
W e say this by perface to further remarks upon the p tell*
“ 1— 1 thought," he went on, taking
her th eir e n g a g e m e n t Is ended.
“ Pretty attentive I" Blanche echoed better than his! Mary, whom he had
courage
at not being Instantly re
'Buy Am erica” campaign now being waged agressively
her hushuad. “ Why, he follows her called a prude and a shrew and a
C H A P T E R V I I . — Mary, at flrst acute-
pulsed, "that if you would— we could
Jailor!
.
.
.
The
clock
on
the
mantel
ly conscious o f her position as « " j i l t
in this country. In many respects, the slogan is sound, but ed" woman, and the disap probat ion of like a shadow! Wasn’t she queer not chimed and struck half past four. The have Just a week or so together before
to tell us that he was after her be
h y fam ily . Is g r e a t l y c om forte d by her
1 enlist. We could go to some quiet
in final analysis, it is entirely misleading.
l i f e lo n g friend. S y lv ia Gray, and the
fore— and not to accept him? I don’t butler reappeared and piled fresh
little
place by the sea— neither of us
love o f her tw o email brothar*.
see how she could have hesitated a wood on the tire.
The farmer, for example, who has wheat or cotton
has ever done that. And while I am
C H A P T E R V I I I . — Paul, r ea ll y lov in g
"1
doubt
If
Miss
Manning
will
be
In
minute!"
gone, I could I could remember It—
though with a selfish a t t a c h
to sell abroad, would suffer considerably if foreign nations Mary,
now, before teu-tlme, sir
Is there
ment,
find* Ilf*
I l f * a good deal of a blank
sent.' finds
“ Tin k>ad she’s hud a good time,”
and look forward to coming back to
W
anything
I
could
get
you.
sir?
Some
ou' 1 °/
picture, lie « * -
«-as Paul's only comment at the end
followed such an example and bought everything from preaaee b,r con
you, that way. again."
trition for his u n w o r th y
.. „
.
, ,,
,
cigarettes, or a whisky and soda?"
and a keen desire to re-eetab-
o f the se and S im ilar disclosures.
“I
Suddenly he knelt down, and half-
their own land. International trade would shrink to no action,
llah h im self In hsr esteem, but Mary,
w a n t t « see h e r myself."
“ No, thank you.”
disillusioned, rejects him.
I
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'
..
buried his face In the soft folds of her
Well, let s go to the theater to-
The tire crackled a Utile with the
thing as soon as the doctrine became g e n e r a l l y
dress. "M ary— Pve been so lonely
C I I A P ' I L i t I X ,— Cuneclentlously de-
night and v m cun g o th e r e t o m o r r o w
new wood, blazed Into brilliant colors
slroue
o
f
m
ak
ing
himself
worthy
of
“
1
1
•
T
0-
cttn
g
o
r*
tomorrow
established.
without you all winter. Pve wanted
Mary's affection, Paul busies himself
afternoon."
and settled to a stendy flame. The
to talk to you -about New York, and
small af fairs of her household, in l
There was an amusing farce running clock chlined and struck, and struck
There is no magic in the name “ United Status” to with
th# hope o f ehaneliiB hai attitude.
the farm and the war— about every
the Park Square theuter and as the and chimed again
It was alter live
cause foreign peoples to he anxious about our welfare, or, r . Y i n / i t V i i u m i Y i t » i i i l V o.V ^ fliS curtain
thing I was Interested in and think
went down after the tlrst act when he Anally heard Mary's voice.
ing
over myself.
I’ ve wanted to try
to trade with us to their own disadvantge. Unless there i< l"ra\
“ • c S^ uui o VMb hiip »»
and the lights came on, Blanche, wip
•‘Someone waiting to see me? Who
to make some things easier und pleas
ing
the
tears
of
merriment
from
her
Is It. Judkins?”
mutuality, and joint advantages, to be found in every com ^
ln‘
anter for you. I never knew before
"The gcntlomun said he was your
that home, to me, meant— Just you.
mercial interchange between nations, there will he little !
^
■ ^Took:- ^ wli'p^d" ’'in"?*,
cousin, miss.
I took him Into the
th e flrst
«•
t
T he doctor, however, b e a n the III tld-
Mary—
I want you so— ”
box on the right I"
libra ry."
trading done.
lug* that R y l v l e O r ey ha* died a i h o r t
"I
know."
she said slowly.
"P ve
,
f
t
•••
•
tim e before, In childbirth, ta k in g w ith
Paul turned In the direction Indi
There was a short silence.
The lesson of commerce is that buying and selling
b *r in death on * o f her tWin dau5ht*!r*
known that, of course, since Christmas.
cated. The box contained six persona
“ Thank you, Judkins"
That’s why I went away. Because—
barter, whether done by direct swapping or indirect settle
chapter x._paui. mu.rauie under ! —■ middle-aged man and woman, two
“ Shall I serve tea for you there, now
you don’t love me." She drew away
miss?"
for LATc* 7n'Vh**Vrenoh1 Kor- J°,n'Kpr * ,pn- onp of ,llpm ,n khaki,
ment in currencies. W e cannot sell to the nations if we doj *an*t
from him a little. “ You think love Is
e lg n legloa. A f t e r reaching som ethin g
nn'' t w o girls.
A t the flrst glan ce,
"Please."
* **
Just that -’wanting,’ " she said. "Want
not buy something from them. Unless we are w illing to or a r « c ---- ~
So
they
were
to
he
alone—
what
he
to N **wC °Y o r It * w l t h *A ua t R * Ur a y * l ì £ T 1 *
W“
5
,’ aUl r « * ,,* w L
T h e n 11
ing something you can’t get. And
had hoped for so much!
He heard
e w e r o f gylvta , who Is on his w a y to
c« ,,lp ov,*f him that tlie t w o o ld e r
buy from them we w ill lose them as customers.
throwing it away as worthless as goon
f ° r ’ • r ï 1<7 I " ‘ he Wm M war
person s w e r e M r and Mrs. A d am s, one
her
coming,
lightly
and
quickly,
up
the
R etu rning, he finds Mary bas gone to
,
. . . . . . .
.
as you’ve got It.
If I married you,
stairs. Then she entered the room.
Boston, v i s i t i n g a g irlh ood friend, and
o f t,lp -T 0,,nK ,npn- ,: a l p Hamlin, one o f
yon would he happy that week. But
ï î j A i i î i m
Î A l n V
Uel«
Hamlin,
asaithy. t the girls g Hannah
Adams n and
other
ansi
a n . l 1 1
\
I"'
iim u n il
.TUUII1S
i i U the
m e U
liie r
She was dressed In the dull blue
■f. ,p q . - h -
h
-H SJin m Hamït'.ad, ì'n\ SïïnThîpeÆÏ ~ th* on- ,n " hltP bropn(,p- «"*> the color that she hud always loved, a the Aral little French peasant you
met— "
o f o v e r c o m i n g M a r y ’s rejection of hit
rose-colored velvet wrap flung over soft, flowing gown, a large drooping
"M ary!"
the
back
of
her
chair
and
the
big
Exide Batterie» ??w ,.0,f«TrrU“ - Pau" cup of ' or-
hat. These were not the kind. Paul
General Tire»
“ Well, wouldn’t you?
Or at any
bunch of orchids and lilies of the val instinctively knew, thnt were hurriedly
rate have I any reason to suppose -to
C H A P T E R XI
ley at her waist— was Mary Manning, stitched togettier after the children
Tire Repairing & Vulcanizing
know that you wouldn’t? You don’t
whom he had last seen wearing a red were In bed at night, or painfully
know what It mpans to love."
knitted hood, and shabby little red created by Miss Sims the village dress
The
stin,
streaming
Into
the
pretty
Greasing
"I thought I did.
But perhaps I
living room, fell on Blanche's golden wool mittens—
maker, from a "paper pattern." But
don’t— will you tell me?"
The theater seemed to be swaying, the change In her was far greater than
hair and turned the color of her deli
C O M M E R C IA L T IR E CO.
Mary hesitated. “ I don’t know thnt
cate negligee from palest pink to rose. then everything blurred. He shut his In apparel alone. He could see that
I can put It into words very well,” she
eyes for a minute. When he opened now. even more clearly than at the
She was. her husband reflected, grow
said at last. “ It Isn’t something you
them, the box wa* beginning to fill. theater the evening hefore. She was
Ing lovelier and lovelier with every
Broadway end Couch Street
talk about. It’s something you feel—
Half a dozen extrH men had joined rested, she was happy, nil of her
month that passed. Just now, how-
Portland,Oregon * v**r, her face wore the expression of the party, one In navy blue, two more gravity seemed to have left her Paul that you are. And I can only tell
Phone BRoedwey 4584
•light discontent which at flrst he had In khaki, adding to Its merriment. had never seen a woman so beautiful, ! what it means— for a girl. I can’t, of
cotirse. for a man. Perhaps they don’t
noticed only when she spoke of th# ,,ann« h
entirely absorbed In the so vital, so full of promise
feel as much as we do. though they
dullness of Hamstead and which had Hrsl offlcpr. bul • '•«T *<*emed quite
“ P a u l! When did you come? I'm
always say they feel more— "
left It altogether during the flrst radl- , p<P,ul ,0 hanJlln* thp others. Blanche ever so glad to see yo u !"
She turned her head away for a
ant weeks of their marriage.
*tePf whispering la bis ear, as he
“ Just yesterday.
I ’m staying with
minute, and then faced him. “ I can’t
"W h a t’a the matter, honey?"
watched.
Blanche."
pretend I wouldn’t like to live like this
"Nothing, except that I ’m wishing I
“ Thnt b,ond man wlth «lasses on
"H ow nice!
Isn’t her apartment
always," she said, “ 1 love the country
was a nymph again.”
Hannah’s fiance, Captain Merrill. pretty?
And Isn't Philip- well, just
hut f haven’t any Illusions about I t
Philip laughed.
I They didn’t intend to be married un- almost too good to be true?"
I know that Lady Blanche farm— or
| "T h e flrst time I heard yon say that til fall, hut since he’s la the army,
“ Yes.
I guess he Is true, though.
any fnrm— menus lots of hard work,
they’ve put the wedding ahead six Blanche Is lucky."
was because you wanted to get away
lots of loneliness, lots of deprivation.
from spring cleaning," he said lightly, months, now that war Is declared.
S A V IN G S OF Y O U R D O L L A R S
Mary sat down, pulled off her white
I’d like to have a big, beautiful house
“ and the second, when you had to go Mary's going to be maid of honor. gloves and took off her hat.
In
the city, and the constant associa
Don’t
you
want
to
go
up
and
speak
S H O U L D R E Q U IR E AS M U C H OF A N E F F O R T
to an Intelligence office and engage a
“ Is everything all right at Lady
tion with delightful people--and all
maid. Th# third time was when you to her? You said you wanted to Blanche farm? Of course, or von
the rest of It.
And when a man
AS T H E E A R N IN G O F T H E M
tried In vain to crank the car on a see her!"
wouldn't he here! Are you going to
whom yon like very much, offers them
" I can see her all right from here.”
cold day and 1 gut home and found
stay long?"
all to you, ami you realize that you
“ Well, speak to her then!"
you nearly crying over I t What’s the
"Only a few days."
could not only have everything you
“
I'd
have
a
fat
chance
of
saying
matter this time?”
“ We must fry and make them picas-
anything there now, wouldn't l?"
want yourself, hut give your father
’•Bills,” said Blanche briefly.
l aut for you
Hannah is giving a din
rest and comfort In his old age, and
"Well, don't have one of your
"Hi IN
echoed Philip.
"Why, l
ner for me tomorrow— Pin sure she’ll
— horns
your brothers a good education, and
should think those were one of the •grouches' about It— ”
want you to come. And there are sev
—and you hesitate.
Yon can’t help
Philip
hastened
to
Interrupt
the
ex
last thing« that need trouble you.
eral good play* In town—"
It.
It Is nn awful temptation.
Of
W e’ve plenty of money to pay hills change of fraternal compllmenta that
" I t ’s awfully kind of you. But Pd
The
following
course dale llnmlln Is too tactful, and
for all the things we really need. You seemed Imminent.
honestly rather not be asked to din
too ton square, to try to bribe me.
morning, Immediately after lunch,
•Illy child, hand them over—"
ner I— I came Just for— for rathe»
But it «mounts to • hr'he Inst th#
Paul
left
Blanche’s
apartment
and
be
She gathered the fluttering sheets
a special reason."
Eventually
on the desk and gave them to him. took htmeelf Into town.
same.
! h > I ve tried to love him, so
"Yes’»" said Mary still IlfhUjN
%
— h elpers o f «avers.
Then, watching his facs as he began he slighted from the street car, to
that I — 1 could have all thli,
I
“ I ’ m eetrx- ( e » • ' " - » -
te glance through them, she suddenly •nd himself la front of a florist'* wta-
thought I *ouI4, per ha pc Bat |
iy>nrt»<*
AlA not unnetr
*ur»i qut, " I’m cure l'*e tried tf he dof. H f hefiteted • moment, the»
T r e — TVs had a devil of a row
RPAVBBTOWiägi« 6 MTHlPBISE
LADY
CLANCHE
FARM
A Romane« of th«
Commonplace
If youMl stop
and consider
FIRST BANK OF TIGARD