Alabaster
Lamps
8
By
Margaret Turnbull
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Copyright, by Uartarat TurabulL
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6T0RY FROM THE START
Claude Melnotte Fabba r
turna from New Tork to hla
centra! grocery In Peace Valley,
Pa. With him cornea Ned Car.
tar, a atranger, whom Pabbe In
troduce! to "Aunt Lyddy," hla
old houatkeeper, aa a nephew.
CHAPTER I Continued
2
"Meaning well' one thing; doing
well' another." But Aunt Lyddy
smiled back at him ao that all sting
was taken from the cautious sentence.
"Now, what you two rampaging Idiot
mean coming home at this hour of the
night, springing a brand-new relation
on me and with no notice to get his
room ready for him?"
"Oh, go along. Aunt Lyddy I Too
can fix the room next to mine In a
juffy while Ned and I are finishing a
bite of your lemon pie."
"Pie? Finishing my pie J Who
aid word about pie? Who said I
made any pie?"
"I did. I smell It."
Aunt Lyddy laughed. "lie tmelled
It Boy," turning to Ned, "did you
ever hear tell of a man Ilka that?
Bet light down, both of yon, and I'll
have that pie brung on tha table be
fore you can get your hands out of
your pockets."
"I don't think I can eat anything
more," Ned began as she left the room.
"Reneniber our dinner on the train."
"Jlmlny! Even tf yon weren't
hungry, could you resist that?"
Two highly decorated plates, borne
by Aunt Lyddy on an old Japanned
tray, held the largest, thickest and
most delicious looking piece of lemon
meringue pie that Ned had ever teen.
Aunt Lyddy placed tefore them the
remalnd)-' of the pie, a pitcher of
cold milk, and a large wedge of
cheese. With hearty, "Enjoy your
selves, boys, while I fix Ned' room,"
she left them.
Presently Ned could hear her, a
the tramped about the "next room to
mine" presumably "fixing It." By
that time he had tasted Aunt Lyddy'
pie. Though the trod like an ele
phant, yea, even though she snored,
tie knew now that he would always
love her.
"Good, ain't It, Ned?" Mr. Dabba
asked, aa Ned took a second helping.
Ned nodded, mentally noting that
whatever he might have to suffer from
country table manners In others, Mr.
Daubs would never offend.
"Aunt Lyddy likes yon or she'd
never put ont the whole pie," Dabbs
offered.
"How can you tell? Ton practical
ly hurled me down her throat
"Down Aunt Lyddy's throat) Ton
don't know her. Why, I couldn't
make that woman give you any more
than a measly little bit of pie If she
didn't cotton to you. Aunt Lyddy's
a fine woman, but a terror for having
her way. She Isn't my own aunt
She' an old friend of my mother's
and when Mom died Aunt Lyddy
made up her mind that I needed look
ing after and just came along and
took potsesslon. I couldn't get along
without her now."
Aunt Lyddy returned, announcing
that the room wns ready and advised
Ned to "turn In early." He followed
her along the bull. The "room next
mine" was a big, airy room, overlook
ing the garden at the side of the
house and far removed from the noise
of the shop. Its deep-seated windows
Indicated the age of the house. The
furniture was really old, consequently
good and unobtrusive, and the wall
paper was a deep cream, with a little
border of yellow roses.
The old four-poster looked Inviting.
Aunt Lyddy padded heavily away and
Ned leaned out of the window, con
scious of the soft, sweet damp smell
of a springtime garden.
As he left the window he was con
scious of voices near him. But the
room was empty, so was the hall out
side his door. After moment be
concluded that the voice came
through an old-fushloned hot-air reg
ister In the floor of his room. He
heard Aunt Lyddy say:
"Claude Dunns, I'm a dear lover of
truth, und the truth I'll have out of
you If It takes me all night My nsuul
hour for bed Is 8:30 sharp, and here
It Is nearly ten, and gift of amethyst
brooches, though pretty and tastefully
chosen I must say, won't blind me to
my duty, I've ever been a klnda
gardeen for your home since your
Mom died. Who' thl young man?"
"Why, he' a young fellow 1 met np
with In New Tork. He' been In the
nrtny Just discharged. The very
name of Peace Valley sort of hypno
tized him. He can't settle down to
anything yet, so I asked Iiltu down
here to look around and"
"Suffering SulnUI" Aunt Lyddy"
voice rose to a sort of wall, then sank
again. "Where'd you meet htm?"
"Well I wn walking on Ulverslde
drive and
"You picked him up! A bum) A
park bum!" Aunt Lyddy exclaimed
with conviction. 'Tou probably treat
ed him to thut there awful swell suit"
Ned, his hand on the register wait
ing a filling opportunity to close It
unheard, noted that she refused to
listen to Claude' protests.
"I know you," Aunt Lyddy an
nounced, "and nothing you do ought
to surprise me now, but I declare by
Peter and Paul It doe at time. Well,
don't say no more, nor fix up any
pleasant klnda half-lies for me. Tou
dou't know nothing about him, and
there were some awful bad character
got In the army. We're lucky If our
throat ain't slit by morning. I'll lock
my room and bolt It tonight I"
Keeling that he had heard enough,
Ned closed the register quietly, sure
thut the sound would be unnoticed a
Aunt Lyddy trod heavily out luto the
hull
CHAPTER II
Ned woke next morning to the
sound of life and activity below stairs.
HI first thought waa that he wa
back In camp again. Then he remem
bered. Ilia watch told him It wa
seven. Thinking he would surprise
Claude Dabbs by his early rising, Ned
dressed leisurely and went downstair.
Aunt Lyddy greeted him without
enthusiasm, luformlng him dryly that
Claude had been up for two hour.
"Suffering Saints, You're More Than
Welcome."
He waa at that moment superintend
ing the unloading of the new Irish
potatoes.
The food waa delicious, and Aunt
Lyddy waited and watched over him
at the breakfast table, anticipating
hi wanta as though he were email
boy; yet Ned felt that he waa delay
ing the Important affair of the house
hold. Still with the air that he wa com
pany. Aunt Lyddy Informed him:
"Claude said to take the car and aail
around, or do anything you've a mind
to do."
"Thanks, Aunt Lyddy, but I think
I'll help Uncle Claude In the shop."
Aunt Lyddy' eye showed surprise
and approval.
"Claude Dubb could do with little
help," she announced. "There' a many
lean on Claude, and but few a offer
a choulder themselves occasionally.
Not that Claude need anything to
lean on, but the fuct that shoulder
I handy klnda keep a man from feel
ing lonely. I'm going to lay this yon
don't look as though you needed any
special help to get along in this world.
Maybe you do, I ain't Inquiring. All
I'm saying Is that never, since I've
known him, ha Claude Dahb shown
such admiration for any living soul a
I've seen hlra show for you. Well,"
her apron waved, expressing what she
wa unable to put Into words, "let me
see you worthy, young man. Let me
tee you worthy."
"Aunt Lyddy," Ned put down hi
knife and fork, "I don't know that I
am exactly worthy, but I will be frank.
Uncle Claude can't begin to have the
admiration for me that I have for him.
Why, he saved my pocketbook, pos
sibly my life, the other night I wa
In the park just off Ulverslde drive,
weary of everything. I'd stretched my
self along the bench to look at the
star and think out what I should do
with my life, when along came Claude
Dabb and sat down on me."
Aunt Lyddy giggled In t peculiarly
young and girlish way.
X'XIXIXXI-M'IXXXXXIXIXIXXXXXI(
Siwash Thought Name a Little Premature
Seattle missed being named New
Tork merely because, about seventy
live year ago, a Siwash grinned at
the pretentiousness of the nnme pulnt
ed above tie store door at a tiny eet
tlement The present city of 400,000
people wa founded by Lee Terry of
Wulertown, N. T, who had an ambi
tion to travel to the Northwest and
with the farmer, homesteader, lum
bermen and miller there, found city
that should rival Manhattan. He had
Intended to tettle south of the ound,
but met the original booster for Puget
sound and wa persuaded to change
his destination to Elliot bay. When
hi first cabin wn finished he ahaved
off pine plunk and proudly chris
tened hi embryo city, "New Tork."
Terry sat In hi store one day wish
ing for customer when a Siwash,
blanketed against the cold, stalked up
and looked ut the sign ubove the door.
The Indian grinned "Uuhl New
"Of course that went a long way to
ward ninklng us friendly. While we
were smintuHiig it long talking we were
ordered to. put up our hands. If army
experience has taught me anything It
Is to be leery of pistols In unknown
hands. Mine went up at once. Bui
C M. stumbled accidentally, I thought,
whlili brought him a few step In
front of me, and nearer the other fel
low. Of course, C. M.' hands went
up a he recovered hi balance. What
I didn't notice, nor did the other fel
low until It waa too late, was that one
of his feet went up, too. First thing
I knew the other man was down and
.Claude was sitting on htm I"
"And by Peter and Paul, I'll wager
Claude never called pollcenmnl"
broke In Aunt Lyddy.
Ned shook his hend. "We Just took
his pistol and blackjack and left him.
Ho wa knocked out stunned by the
fall."
They surveyed each other, smiling.
"I supposo you'd like to know a lit
tle more about me," Ned said tenta
tively. "1 kin wait till you tell Claude."
"Claude know something, und you'll
be miserable until you know as much,
won't you?"
Again Aunt Lyddy gave her peculiar
giggle, and settled back In her chair.
"Viet It ofTn your chest, son, and
don't smooth over nothing for me,"
"I drove an ambulance for six
months before this country got Into
the fight." Ned begun. "I wa hurt
a little and had to come home. Tried
for a commission In our army when I
got well. Hud to throw over every
thing to do It Family and girl. My
girl wa In with a professional pacifist
bunch. Da confound them all, they
acted aa though the rest of us liked
war, and had arranged It for our own
amusement. '
"Well, after I got my commission I
was ordered down South to one of our
camps. I went thinking I whs on my
way to France. When I got there,
they told me my resignation had been
accepted. I swore by everything holy
and unholy that I had never resigned.
They listened, bored hut patient, and
repeated that my resignation had been
accepted. I'd better see Washington,
I was told.
"I went to Washington. They told
me there my resignation had been ac
cepted. I told them I'd never realgned.
They listened and euld mayb not'
but the War department waa too busy
to bother about my case, just then, or
to correct any mistake. If there wa a
mistake. They advlsetAie tenderly to
go home like a good boy, and, maybe
tome time later, they'd look me np. I
went (wearing. I bad no home to go
to. So I enlisted in New Tork regi
ment and was discharged some two or
three week ago."
Satan's trumpet H Annt Lyddy ex
claimed. "The armlstlc signed In No
vember and they kep' you In all this
time, Weil, yon certainly got the
rough end of the (tick. A for that
girl, wlsht I bad her within arm's
reach. I'd (bake little tens into
her."
"Oh. the't all right" Ned tald t
little awkwardly. "Doot make the
mistake of treating me like returned
hero, because I never got over. I was
railroaded to an O. T. C, and kept
there. I never got over.
"Tou can understand, can't you, why
the very name of Peace Valley drew
me like t charm, and you'll forgive
my coming here In thl way?"
"Suffering Saint 1 Tou're more'n
welcome to stay, and as far aa I'm
concerned" Aunt Lyddy broke off
suddenly, and trod heavily kitchen
ward, for Claude Dab had entered
from the office.
"Morning. It doe me good to see
yon sitting there a though you were
home."
"I feel at home," Ned assured him.
"Hope you really do." Claude's
scrutiny was wistful but understand
ing. "What the program? Wsnt
one of the cars?"
"The car! Why, C. M, for sim
ple country grocer, aren't yon rather
laying It on'?"
Claude blushed. "Old Man Wolf
hasn't knocked at the grocery door for
number of year a considerable
number. But what good's my money
to me, If no one share It?"
Ned rose and put a hand on Claude's
shoulder. "Did you adopt me to squan
der your surplus? I thought yon were
going to make me work !"
Doe anything about our young
friend, Nad Carter, ttrlk you
a peculiar? H ame all right,
yet
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Tork Alkl," meaning "New Tork by
and by." Whereupon Terry slgheij
and changed the name to Alkl. And
Alkl point la a part of Seattle today.
New Tork Times.
Lark at Exhibition
A lark' nest with three eggs, was
found behind stand prior to the open
ing of the Sussex (England) agricul
tural exhibition.
The bird wa not molested, but
gained free access to the nest through
a wired device, thoughtfully fixed by
bird lover. Although thousands of
visitor came In close proximity, the
bird sat undisturbed on the nest till
the eggs were hatched.
The notion of the rich that the poor
are happy Is scarcely less foolish than
the notion of the poor that the rich
ure. Lebanon Iteporter.
THE
KITCHEN
CABINET
HO. lvtt, Wnlni Nawapapar UbIub.)
The heavier the oroas the heartlel
the prayari
Th brulaad harbs moat fragrant
are;
If wind and sky ware always fair,
Tha tailor would not waeuli the
atari
And Pavld'a songs had na'ar been
sung
If friars hi heart had nsvef
wrung.
DO YOU LIKI PEPPERS?
Sweet green pepper are of uen
an appetising flavor thut they are used
both a a dish of
themselves and
as flavor vege
table. They are,
like many vege
table, not of
much food value
themselves bat
the piquant flavor
make tliem a valuable food adjunct.
In our grandmother's diiy they were
stuffed with chopped vegetable and
pickled and were considered great
treut
Pepper Entre. Take enough pep
pers to serve, using half a pepper for
each person. Itemove the swda and
white -fltier and purboll for teu min
ute. Prepare enough fresh mush
rooms to fill th peppers, Muk
rich white sauce, adding a cupful of
rich milk to two tablospoonfula each
of butter and flour cooked together.
Cook the mushroom five minute In
butter and add to the white aauce.
Season well and fill the pepper cups.
Sprinkle with buttered crumbs and
brown In brisk own. To set the
pepper 111 gem pun with bit of
water In each will be found the best
method.
Pepper Salad. Prepare the pepper
by cutting Into halves, let stand In Ice
water for en hour. Drain well and fill
with th following: Equal part of
chopped celery and cucumber with
tahlespoouful or two of chopped onion
and one half cupful of pecan meat.
Serve with a good boiled dressing In
the pepper cups.
Qreen Pepper Sandwich. Mince fine
two lurge green pepper after remov
ing the teed and white portion. Add
a cupful of mayonnaise dressing to
the pepper with tablespoonful each
of minced chives and parsley. Cut
thin slice of sandwich bread, spread
with butter, then with a layer of the
sandwich filling, cover with another
buttered slice and put away with
damp cloth laid over the sandwiches
until ready to serve.
Green Corn and Pepper Cut
enough corn from the cob to serve th
family, adding green pepper or two
finely minced. Into a hot fry log pan
put three tablespoonfuls of butter to
pint of corn and the peppr; fry and
brown lightly, season well and serve
hot
Stuffed Pepper. Cut Into halve
tnd remove teed and fiber. Parboil
for ten minute. Place In gem pan
after draining pepper well and fill
with any desired forcemeat Sausage,
bread crumbs and nut or any cliopted
meat or chicken, all are good. Such
vegetable aa corn and mushroom
ar also good.
Tempting Diane.
There are few dtshe we serv that
re more enjoyable than good salad.
It la a pity that
too few enjoy the
French dressing
made from olive
oil. Olive oil should
be fresh, sweet and
nutty In flavor. Th
people who do not
like olive oil have
probably been
served with Inferior and stale oil
8uch a prejudice Is bard to overcome.
Tomato and Orange Salad. Take
six Ann ripe tomatoes and six orange,
two tablespoonfuls of chopped para
ley and French dressing. Peel th
orange and tomatoes and arrange
them In alternate slices In a salad
bowl. Mix th juice from the end
of th orange with bit of lemon
Juice or tarragon vinegar, then add
three time a much olive oil and pour
over the fruit Sprinkle with chopped
parsley and serve.
Dainty Chicken Salad. To one cup
ful of cold cooked chicken cut Into
small piece, add on cupful each of
walnut meat and cooked green pea
and one cupful of mayonnaise with a
few chopped olive. Mix and arrange
on lettuce and garnish with whole
olives.
Salmon Salad, Tnke on can of Sal
mon, four boiled potatoes, three sweet
pickles, two cupful of cabbage finely
shredded and serve well blended with
a good mayonnaise dressing, adding
few chopped olive.
Another good salmon salad I can
of shredded salmon with two or three
minced sour pickles, cupful of fresh
grated coconut and a simple salad
dressing, either boiled or mayonnaise.
Serve on shredded calibsge or lettuce.
Cheese and Pea Salad. Take one
fourth pound of cream oheese, one
can of peas, two small onion minced,
three sweet and three tour pickles
also minced, a handful of nuts, all
mixed together with a good salad
dressing and served on crisp lettuce.
Pear and Tomato Salad. Cut toma
toes and rip pear Into quarter. At
ring In alternate color on lettuce.
Serve with a (nappy French dressing
to which a bit of Itoquefort chees ha
been added.
VELVET TRIM FOR STRAW HATSjs
LACE CAPE BECOMING POPULAR
Q HKOLKTK Is the Idea that velvet
Is solely a full and winter Item,
According to advanco thinking volvut
1 an ull-tha-yvar-roiiud material.
To really sense th Importance of
velvet In the world of fashion, go to
Pari I There at teat I mo hour at the
Hits observe the suinrt Pnrlslonue
wearing a black vulvut cup over a
whit georgette dress, or a brown vel
vet wrap with a frock of belgo. And
UiQ velvet shawls with long fringe
take note of (hem for they ar th
next number on th American wom
an' ityl program. Then there ar
V V Sal V-
Creup ef
th new velvet hand bug which ar
considered the proper thing for sum
mer, with gay chiffon print frocks.
Bat whst hs thl preamble regard
ing velvet to do with th subject of
millinery? Just this, velvet la aa Im
portant a fuctor in the realm of hat
a It I la ll connection with dress.
There' Roe Descat, fur Instance,
tending over a somewhat wide of brim
navy blue plcot straw cloche with
band, over-crown strap and brim fac
ing of matching velvet. A toque from
Agnes I composed of white velvet
covered with white violet. With thl
charming bit of headgear come bon-
f i
isflPl'J
1 r3
f
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Pari Shows Capes Mad of Lac.
qunt of the tame flower to be worn
t the waist
A to tlx French hats In thl pic
ture, thoy are velvet trimmed. Th
first hat In the group come from the
atollor of Lucie Humor. It I a genu
ine bakou straw allowing a treatment
of velvet which confirm the opinion
that detail of workmanship I more
Important In the leasou'i styling than
ny applied trimming which disturbs
Ui contour of the hut.
Louis Mnrcy designed the brown
straw model shown at the top to the
right It has a tiny velvet brim.
Velvet leave In title gren trim the
traw tint centered In thl group.
hj
A black bangkok lint with a twist of
turn i! nl ho hi"1' velvet la shown below
to the left. The concluding hat In the
group foretells future mode of
scratch navy plush with cuff of ma
rluablti velvet
I. nee I contributing i fascinating
chapter to th story of modern fash
ion. So nllurlug subject a luc
challenges th French llyllsl to
flights of genius, which means for th
modish world a revolution of beau
tiful nppnrel.
At the moment It la th lace wrap,
especlully capes of luce, which la th
T J '
0
Sasasaer Straws.
outstanding nthualasm In Pari. 01
lac dyed to match the frock, or of
black chantllly or clre alt-over lac,
these rape r an arresting summer
theme. Not always I th wrap en
tirely of lace. Often taffeta or geor
gette enter Into partnership with
lac after th manner described by
the lace-flounced cape abown to th
left In th picture.
Th tdvent of the lace cape In the
realm of taahlon opens up a new
atlng capes of lac to accompany th
simple georgette dress, which I mono
tone In color. The transparent frock
being void of trimming, depending
ay
only on drupe and panel and othet
"tricky" fabric manipulation, con
trast th ell-over patterned Ince most
artfully, It goe without Saying that
the cup should be an exact color
match to the dress, If the ensemble
Ideal be Hltalncd. The lace wrap In
the picture I cinnamon color. Wide
snlln ribbon I rose-plulted for the
collar and there I a bow and stream
ers at It fastening. '
Not alone cape, hut wrap of many
type ar being made of luce, or of
luce with fabric used for the dress.
These often take the form of long
loose-flttlng ennts.
JULIA BOTTOMLET.
(0, ltlT, by Wntrn Nswipapar L'nloa.)
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