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THURSDAY, APItIL ». 191tf
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pted to defend tuy p v il Ion i mil for a walk and whan I return you
e nip
I the covered wagon Think of the de attem
none loo rosy.
givo nm your decision ”
However,
he silenced me before th*
1
or
ratio
n
s
th-y
»ttfierwi
.ir.tl
look
at
“ Now look here, Sallle. I'm worn
pen ng words of the aeuteuev had
>ul w uh your com platniug, You've i th e ir »pirn! It wa» the womeu be-
Has C nstir Guest»—Karlov dinner
I done nothing but tias alaw at from I hind Ihe rn.it that kept them going been uttered
«tirai* at ihe home of Mr» Mary
he monteni you found out th at you ¡.ml m o le them fit for th eir shining
"No. I don't w aul you to d cnle ill Magill Included her three il m ailler»,
were got g to have to give up a few .sch lo e nls H ere I'm asking n.y
t-,| II-
' lies; Mr and M-s Pam
luxuries. W hile I was once m ore g et a ■*,- t,- live simply in a com fortable a liurr) This Is a serious and vital
immolli iu our lives. Aall'e. an I I Richmond. Mr. and Mr« Klhiwr Fin
ting started . It Isn't th e first tim e bungalow with me and vou'J think
that a m an's in v estm en ts have boon I'd asked you to sh are a life of abject want you to think It over. I'm gmug ley. and Mr mid Mrs (luy l.e s b r
swept aw ay leaving him aim si misery The trouble with you. Sallle.
stranded I've explained to you that I: is iha von'vc be-tt It ihe dm . light
won't take me long to get my »ffan-s so lone that any norm al perspective
—
ree sta b lish e d and with a tittle f i t h 'y o u n ig h t have had. is hl I tiled
and encouragem ent on your p art the your > aW ’ olnl of life Is Olli of f" 11«
whole thing would he easy Hut you'ro Y ll'r- ” l t i 'g now heeau-i von e a s t
so unwilling Io sacrifice a few unit"' I - th- leading l . t . h Y ou can 't !»■ any-
1 e ssa ry pleasu res and worldly poa.»- s thing unill I «< ’ on mv feel, hut n»y
You'll find our it'i1 «renin nml la*te tenulng drink« nn
I stons th at the « ffn rt Is already ruin wife, 1V> you understand ihat S allle"'
tion of the section of E urope which I Ing your dtap o a'tlo n !”
His voice gained n emotion, "th e
Sail,« Grows D issatisfied.
Irresistible ns honey to a bee! One nip Iu e n o u g h uml ever
I had preciously found so alluring.
help- ale of a working man. a doer,
I My eves o p e n ed w ide In a m a ie m e n t.
FinSSnx an «¡tractiv e house at t
a fter (he taste tingles you'll uinke n bee line to Hggl-
"C h. don't worry." he said iu uu W as this C urtiss? II* paced (he floor a common, o rdinary go getter. If you
re n ta l C u r tis s t.'" U < h l was reasonable
attem p t to be reassuring, " w e ll meet and w ithout being actually In a rage wish to rem ain with me unde- those
ntuiiii's pov .’ u fountain,
Was no easy m atter. While he was
plenty of young couples who are Just he was plainly moved Inw ardly hv ¡conditions and act pleasantly ahoitt
« « ng on h s plans for the mining
sta rlin g out and some who have even what he was saying W ithout w nlt'ng It you can m ake me very happy. If j
SODAS
SVNDAJCS
sub-division. I looked at many places I
¡not, then there Is only one o th ir
less than we have."
for my reply, he continued:
SOFT DRINKS
Cue afternoon H arriet Craw ford
I course that 1» «»pen You may re tu rn ,
"I hardly think th a t would be pe.i-
"You girls of this g eneration lack
took roe. in h er new lim ousine, on a
to your fath er until I can woo you!
house-hunting
expedition.
Salsby stble.'' I answ ered curtly. I ha t u t couarge. absolutely Yon can 't face
back with a fortune "
m
eant
to
be
u
n
k
in
.?
but
somehow
the
Craw ford, to whom she was m arried,
any situation th at isn 't ail honeysttek-
I started to reply. W hat mv answ er
w as the scion of a fabulously w ealthy prospect of living In a cottage end i les and roses. Look at your an cesto rs!
fam ily and we had become quite inti, relinquishing the things, that all my , Those pioneer women who crossed would have been, I do not know but |
nn.t with them because of the fact life. I had been used to having, wa» i the continent in those lean days ui woman like I suppose | woul I have
th a t he and C urtiss had been c la s t-,
■ » ■ '
m ates a t college.
ìtlr^iHìrs.,
—■'being the Confession
o f a new w ife ~~
Ilbtrtrafed H WB-bto*»
"1
Like Bees After Honey
EGGIMANN’S
It didnt take me long, how ever, to
an ly te the fem inine m em ber of the
ho <e of Crawford. She was undeni,
ab v snobbish H erself a child of lux
ury, she was absolutely unaw are th at
th ere w ere o th ets who were not n
th e same financial statu s N aturally
she took me to see large and prepos-
ses«'ug places whose ow ners were
abroad or In Florida and who wished
to lease th eir hom es for the season.
Finally I though! I might a s well be
fran k with her about th e tyype house
t h a t we w anted.
L IS T E N
IN!
No matter who has a Sale
Hall Always Sells For Less!
“Ju s t a sm all place.” I explained,
can t afford anything very good-
looking.”
"N onsense." she in terru p ted , ‘ Sals
by told me Just las; night th a t C u t
ties W right had already made a n a o i,
for him self as an engineering-arch1-
tect (I believe th a t's w hat he called
him> anyway, he m entioned several
developm ents th at he a lre a d y ' has to
hi« credit.”
"I couldn't bring m yself to go in
to detail about our recen t fln an c’al
t r uble and besides my new acquaint
ance w as not th e sort to inspire con
fidential disclosures W ith h er beau ti
ful home, h er sm art clothes and end
less servants it would be impossible
fo r her to understand or sym path'xe
w ith a less prosperous condition.
L a te r I gave the excuse of letter-
w rrit'rg and so she ordered the chauf
feur to turn back and take me to the
T ’-tw iler hotel at which we were stay
ing.
V.’h n C urtiss ca-r.e in at tw ilight
h- f und me sittin g b*s de the win-
• o v . unsm iling and sullen.
B..t every dollars worth of merchandise in this
store is bought to give service.
SLID OVERALLS Sl.lfl
Men’s Trousers
2.50, 2.75, 3.00, 3.75, $4.50
Here's a real bargain for you men— A good light
In a Class by Themselves
"W h at's up d e arest? W here's mv
lit 1 life of the p arty T '
Wa've seldom had the opportunity to offer such
No a n sw e r.
•'Come now. tell us ait about it.”
he pleaded, coming over and gently
tiltin g by face so th at he-could study
m y expression.
“C h, 1 guess I'm still under the
Influence of H arriet C raw fcrl.” 1
said as he sat down beside me. Mv
to n - w as sullen.
"S he does act a bit Ritxie,” he ad-
Bitted, but my dear, you're so much
Born attractiv e th at you should get
|d t e a kick out of being in the pres-
snee of Mrs Craw ford.”
" It isn't that Curtis«, it’s Just th at
th 7 have such an awful lot of every
th in g ,” 1 concluded. "I-ook at th eir
house, it's simply stu n n in g i"
" ’ ught to be. It co st over a bun .
dred thousand Besides Salsby had
a bunch of gold-dust handed to him
on a silver p latter In fact all the
chaps I've m‘ t here have seem ed to
h it it off in one way or another. You
m u itn ’t let th at m ik e you unhappy.
Besides you’ll n aturally be thrown
w i'h girl« who have plenty. You know
'» » '< r geeks Its own level’ and the
crowd you'll be congenial with w'll
be—what
It the new spapers call
them ? Oh, yes—the 'spoiled .society'
d arlin g s'.’’
’
He was In a wonderful humour
Not a Large Stock
S pecial O ffer
<
But
Jiou-e
hack
w ays
C nrttei, I can ’t even find a
to live In,” I declared going
to the subject which was al
upperm ost In our conversation.
" T h e r e are plenty of bouses to bo
had ,” 1 contended, "but. nothing as
a,-: Il as you liw 'st on having.'
" 'in sist' Is an ugly word, le t’s say
'afford' Instead. It's Just as easy.
D idn't you find anything when you
w ent out with Mrs. C raw foid?”
"W e d id n 't look a t—co ttag es ” I re
Idled. UHing a word th at I thought was
less drab than the hunaglow th a t he
had first m entioned. "By »he way,
C urtiss," pursuing the th ought which
I had sta rte d , "I hope we’ll m eet
som e people h ere who haven I so
m uch money. It'll Just be h a rd e r play
ing around with a bunch who have
all th« thing s we should and would
have had If you h ad n ’t lost so much
on th at darned old R iviera ”
a splendid assortment of Men’s Dress Shirts as
we now carrj^.
A nice assortment of Madras,
Percales and Flannels, soft collars or banded.
$1.50 Boys' Khaki Flannelette Outing Shirts, just
the shirt for hiking
99c
Men's $5.00. $5.50 and $6 00 Dress Hats. $3.25,
$3.50. $3.75
weight garment, in the bib style and of blue den
im material, sizes 32 to 42.
Men’s Work Shoes
LIGHT MEDIUM AND HEAVY WEIGHT, $2.76,
Men’s Suits, just a few small sizes l®ft, $35.00 now
$23.50
$1.25 Cut Silk Ties
89c
$3.29, $4.29 and $5.49
Quick action is suggested, for there are lots of
men who will read this and hustle to grasp tho
opportunity.
Men's Hi-cut Moccasin toe, 16-in, regular $10.00,
Men's Cord Pants
$11.00 and $12.00, to be cleaned up at $7.50, $8.50
Ju st K eep C om ing Folks, w e
are For You!
$1.25 LADIES' FELT BEDROOM SLIPERS 89c
and $10.00
.......
Men’s Dress Wool Trousers
$3.79
$4.19
rain, no cold weather and an early spring; also
Shoe Sale
69c
the men, being without a full pay, had lightened
Most lines are complete, affording a splendid op
Men's Heavy Flannel Shirts ..................... $3.73
up considerably on purchases which has left us
portunity to save on your footwear. Buy shoes
A great day for men.
Blaser Shirts.
with more goods on the shelf than we ought to
now for t he f uture as well as your present needs.
carry at this time.
$1 00 Knit Ties .........................................
Another sale! of Flannel
Boys' Tennis Shoes, 11 to 2 .................... $1.25
Canvas Gloves, for ....................................... 15c
$6 00 Men’s Brown Oxfords
Men's Gray Work Pants
This is the reason we are
putting on this sale.
Men's extra heavy Khaki Work Pants, a good buy
anywhere at $4.00, selling here for $3.00.
............ $4.89
......................
$1.99
Men’s Split Leather Work Gloves ................. 39c
Boys’ Heavy School Shoes
This was a hard winter on merchants, very little
......................
$3.29
Three-ply Veneed, metal cover Trunks at de
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duced prices.
Suit Cases 10', off
Boys' Fancy Shirt Waist
89c
We have two Boys' Knicker Suits left, sizes 12
and 14 yrs„ sold regular $8.50 going to some
lucky parent for $4.75
Children’s blue denum, red trimmed play suits
$1.00
Men's Wool Sox for 39c to 79c
Boys’ Khaki Lace Breeches
$1.99
Boys' Khaki Trousers
$109
A Money Raising Sale—....
HALLS CASH STORE
Springfield
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Starts Saturday, April 10th
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He smiled at my vehement descrip
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