Alabaster Lamps
By MARGARET TURNBULL
STORY FROM THE START
Claud Melnott Pabba, re
turning from New York o hla
grocery etor In Pac Valley,
Pa., brlns with him a trnaer,
Ned Carter, whom h Introduces
lo tali housekeeper, Aunt Llddy,
as a chance acquaintance. Ned
tnll that h hat broken with hi
folka becauae of their pacifist lo
leanlnge. Vleltlng In Clovr Hal
low, th two men almost run
over a doc belonging to a girl
whom Ned recognizee. Later
Ned dellvere a grocery order, and
In hit abeence the girl, Dorothy
Selden, telle Pabbe that Ned'a
nam la Rangeley and that he
I th eon ot th famnut banker.
Next morning Ned, atartlng to
work aa a delivery boy, tskee
an order marked "Johneton" to
th "Whit Houa," where he
meets Mary Johnaton. She tella
him th eervanta have left, leav- '
Ing her alone with her mother.
Ned promise to gat new eerv
anta. Meeting Dorothy, who la
hla former fiancee, Ned evade
explaining hla presence In Peac
Valley. He arrange with Ettl
Pulalfer to begin work with th
Johnstone, but ah I unable to
tart at once. Ned return to
tell Mary about hiring Rule, and
In explaining thl matter to th
mothar la aatonlahed at her emo
tion when Pabbe' asm Is men
tioned. Th cook arrives, and
Mary and Ned start to town fur
groceries. They are seen by Dor
othy Betden. Worried over finan
cial difficulties, Mr. Johnaton la
bothered by Dorothy, who warna
her there Is something susplcloue
about Ned. After teeing Mrs.
Johnston at the Inn, Pabbe tells
Ned that he ha something that
h wants to get off his mind.
CHAPTER V-Continued
Claude Pabbe leaned forward and
looked. II waa long about It and
said nothing. Neither Mary nor her
mother saw them. They were en
grossed lq the print Mary waa dis
cussing It with the proprietor, while
Hn. Johnston examined It
ClaDde quietly put out hit hand and
closed the door.
"Handsome woman. Isn't she" tnld
Ned. "Absolutely different In every
way from ber daughter. I 'Id you ever
a each a lovely contrast ai they
maker
Still Claude did not apeak. He
toed starter before him. Then, no
ticing that Ned waa looking at Mm,
he pulled himself together, muttering
something about a headache,
Ned waa concerned. He offered to
attend to Claude'a business and drive
him home. He waa sure Mrs. Johnston
wouldn't mind In the least Or, be
could arrange with some one to bring
the truck back, and Claude could oc
cupy the front seat with him.
Claude shook hla head.
"It Isn't anything, nry boy. Just a
headache. Get them often. Guess 1
drove the car up too fast and bnd
the sun In my eyes. You stick to your
Job."
' He was off down the street, leaving
Ned protesting. A moment later, Mrs,
Johnston and Mary cume out Into the
sunshine.
r .
In the library that evening Claude
was far from being In his usual form.
He was fidgety and restless, unable to
settle down. Ned comfortably ar
ranged himself, (It hla cigarette and
asked :
"Have you always lived In I'eace
Valley. C. 11.7"
CI u tide started and gave Ned a
searching look.
"Just about. I was the only son of
my futher, and he was a grocer, too.
He wasn't a very good one. (lood
man but not a good grocer. No Judg
ment Credit to everybody and never
pressed l bill. He and Mom hnd Mens
beyond grocerlng for me. They sent
me to Rutgers to get an education, but
I only stayed three months. I got Into
klnda wild set."
"At Kutgersr
"Veh. I got ganiblln' and lost fifty
dollars and I got behind another fifty
In uiy expense. Gee I It was tough. It's
more'n twenty years ago, but 1 re
member I thought of killing myself
one night What Just about finished
me was getting a letter from Mom
telling me l'op was so sick they didn't
expect him to live, and asking me to
come at once.
"What did you dor
Claude gazed at Ned, hesitated,
nd then said slowly: "(jot home, In
time, of course. Never went back
though. My father died and I had to
take on the grocery and run It and
that's all."
Take you up on that"
Claude laughed. "It's true, and
that's what's eating me tonight Here
I've lived my forty-seven years, cau
tions and careful-like, and never once
let go and did anything real brash.
And when you get to forty-seven with
out any one really belonging to you,
why It makes man think hard. At
forty-seven a man's In a position to
take a survey ot life, end oh well,
what does It amount to after alir
He sighed. "I bet you've done
more In ten days than I hnvs Iff all
my forty-seven years."
Ned shook his head. "You can't pull
that off with me, C, M. You forget
I've been wnlchlng you conduct your
life und business for awhile." lie
Ceprrltht, er Varweret TurnbulL
WNU Service
leaned back to survey this new phase
of the versatile C, M. Somehow he
had never contemplated Claude Dubbs
as restless and discontented.
To his astonishment, Claude did not
wait to analyze or be analyzed fur
ther. He rose, crossed to the door,
and Jerking Ills head toward the oflleo
announced that tut had to wrestle with
an old account
Ned, wholly unprepared for this
move, had no time to think of any
thing to stop htm but he had no de
sire to sit there reading and smoking
alone.
Aunt I.yddy met htm In the hall on
her way upstairs. Klght o'clock, or
half-past eight was her hour for re
tirement She looked at Ned with
some surprise.
"Going out for a walk. Aunt I.yd
dy. T'ncle Claude's busy."
"Suffering Saints! It's bedtime.
Well, don't get Into any more mischief
than Is natural and can't be helped."
She yawned a good night as the door
closed, nnd took her way to bed.
Ned went past the lighted window
of the office, little guessing that
"It's More Thsn Twenty Yssrs A.o."
Claude Dabbs was struggling through
one of the crucial moments of his life.
The woman whom Claude had seen
at the Iron Hand Inn, might have
evolved herself out of the Polly John
ston he had known. He wished he
had been able to study her unobserved
and for longer time. If It was Polly.
hat a wonderful thing life was. To
make out of that discontented, am
bitious drudge, the woman he had
seen today I He commenced several
Imaginary Interviews and stopped
them, laughing at himself. He kept
saying "if," yet he felt sure that It
was Polly. He Imagined speaking to
her, meeting her. What would her
fare look like as It tamed toward
him? He remembered how It had
looked tills afternoon when he saw
her In the Iron Hand Inn as she spoke
to the girl.
The girl! Absorbed In the thought
of Polly, be had forgotten the girl.
Who was she? Had Polly adopted
her. or
IniM'S smote his desk with Ms fist
and rose from his chair. He hegnn
walking up and down, trying to piece
Polly's life together, thinking, think
ing, stopping, beginning again, with
a new thread each time, hut nil pulled
him back to the same question.
He bent over his desk, writing
numerous letters all to one woman.
Finally he leaned back In his chair,
tore up the last note and thrust It
deep Into the pile already In the
waste banket. The thing would not
solve Itself. He was still at sea as
to his first move.
Ned, thrusting his head Into the
doorway to sny good-night, found a
weary-looking, grim-mouthed man.
This was so unlike Claude's usual face
and greeting that he was puzzled.
Claude stopped him.
"Ion't mind the way I look and act
tonight I've got something on my
mind. Something personul, and If I
find It'll help any telling It you're
the one I'll come to."
"I'm your man, any hour of the day
or night. Uncle, If I can really help
you out"
When he had gone, Claude closed
XXXXXIXXXXIIIXIXIX1X-XIIIXI
Campaign That Gave
Ilut for the success of Col. fleorge
Wright and his soldiers In the bat
tle of Spokane Plains, 1 few years
before the Civil war, development of
the entire Northwest might have been
Indefinitely deferred. It was this battle
(hat-climaxed the campaign that re
sulted In crushing Indian resistance
throughout 1 region as large as the
present state of Oregon and trade pos
sible the settlement of the Inlnnd
empire by white Americans, giving
a new Impulse to economic develop
ment, Earlier forces that had at
tempted to rout the Indians had been
armed with defective, short range
weapons, but Colonel Wright's men
were equipped with the first high-
the door heavily and went back to the
desk, He gave up letter writing for
the night and sat there, absorbed In
his thoughts. ,
CHAPTER VI
Though It was late, Ned could not
sleep. lHrldlng to read awhile, he lit
the student lump, propped himself up
on his pillow and picked up a book.
He looked up as Claude Iabbs en
tered bis room.
"Heady to drop off, Ned!" he In
quired tentatively.
"Not a bit of It All snlls set for
reading half the night," Ned assured
him. "Come In and smoke, C. M."
Claude entered. Ned wondered
what this midnight visit meant He
looked at Claude with a smile, and
Claude, knocking the ashes from his
cigar Into a little blue vase, euld:
"Ned, I told you about my being at
Rutgers for three mouths and never
getting buck, ltut I dldu't tell you
ail."
"No, I don't think you did."
'There wns a a girl there."
"Ah. no man ever does tell all about
himself and a woman, does hoi"
"Well, It Isn't so easy to tell."
"Nothing about one's life and a
woman ever Is," Ned answered, as one
deeply exwrlenced In the world und
women. "Why, If I tried to explain
to myself, let alone you, what earthly
attraction I ever found In iHirothy Sel
den, I'd Just atannede."
"Put tills Is dlffereut It'll probably
do me food to talk It out and be done
with It lly the way It Isn't known
lu Peace Valley."
Ned nodded, understanding.
"There was a young servant girl In
the house where I was boarding. Now,
this girl well, an uncle of hers turned
up one day with a pile of money, bnt
he said every girl should have a hus
band. The girl was regular terror
for haling the men. I didn't blame
her, being waitress and chambermaid
at our boarding house was enough to
sour any woman on young men. .
"To make a long story short, the
ancle was dying and he'd had an
awful time finding the girt She waa
the last of his family. Yet he said he
wouldn't leave her cent of bis money
unless she got married. She hadn't
fellow. Ills doctor told her the old
man was getting low and there wasn't
much time. He'd made a will and
everything. It was quite a pile, and
she got it all, providing she married
before he died. She was In an awful
stew about It She hadn't told any
one In the house yet I doubt If she'd
told me If It hadn't Just happened so.
You see, she klnda trusted me and
she wanted that money bad. Wanted
to make herself Into lady. She bad
great Ideas.
"Well, there we were. She was In
fuuk, and I was In funk that
night I'd come home ready to kill
myself because there was the tele
gram from Mom. I 'hadu't got the
money to get home to Pop, and Mom
said he was dying.
"Well, there she was fixing up my
room. She always left my room to the
last because she'd got to know I'd
never make the row the others did or
tell on her. I guess she klnda liked
me. She was the only person I had
to talk to, so I blurted out my troubles.
She thought moment and then she
came out with hers. She hated men
and didn't want to get married, or so
she said and I well, I didn't care
what I did. Just so that I could get
home, In time, to Pop."
He paused, glanced at Ned, then
took up bis confession. "Well, the up
shot of It was, I couldn't borrow the
money from any of the hoys, I went
with Iter to a country Justice of the
peace, who didn't know either of us,
and we got married. I had promised
that for Hve hundred dollars I'd do It,
and never trouble her agnln. She
could get a divorce for desertion
whenever she liked."
He looked at Ned, as though ex
pecting an Interruption, but Ned sim
ply stared at him.
In the next installment Claude
tells more of his amazing mar.
rlage to Mrs. Johnston.
(TO BES CONTINUED.)
Vast Area to Whites
powered rifles and howitzers employ
ing explosive shells that ever had been
used against the natives. The trip
north from Walla Walla, Wash, was
triumphal march, terminating in the
total defeat of the Indians near Spo
kane. Portland Oregonlan.
Dad'$ Wrong Imprtti'.on
"Listen to the Infernal racket that
confounded motorcycle It making!"
grumbled Audrey's father the other
evening. "How can we, papa," an
swered little Audrey, laughing merrily
the wbllo, "when It Is not a motor
cycle, but shooting gallery going
by r Kansas City Slur.
(id. 4t, Weetera Newspaper Unieu.)
"Upon a crutch her girlish fnc
Allsht with lav ami tender grace
Laughing ah llmpa from pise to
place
Upon a crutch.
And you and I who journey through
A rose leaf world of dnwn and dew,
W cry to heaven overmuch I
We rail and frown at fnt. while
th
And many more In agony
Are brave and patient, strong
and true
Upon a crutch."
Vv- TASTY FOODS
If convenient for one to keep a bowl
of fruit gelatin always at hand In the
Ice chest there
may be a quick
dessert or salad
prepared III a
short time. The
pineapple Juice
poured from the
run when It Is used
for various dishes
Is thickened with
gelatin by using half the amount of
hot water and the rest the fruit Juice.
Lemon or orange, either flavor, Is esie
dally good with pineapple flavor. If
dessert Is required, prepare a rich
custard, chill and serve with the fruit
gelatin. If a salmi, take a table
spoon fill or two of the gelatin cut Into
cubes, aild a diced apple, a few dates
and a half cupful of celery with a
good salad dressing, and the salad Is
made.
Appl Custard. Tuke live will beat
en eggs, add one quart of milk and
one pint of strained apple sauce.
Sweeten and add such flavor na the
taste demsnds and bake carefully In
moderate oven until firm. Set the
pan of custnrd In a dish of hot wa
ter to bake.
Curried Salmon. Chop a small
onion fine and fry until brown In a ta
blespoonful of butter. Mix together
one tahlesooiiful each of curry pow
der and flour, add to the butter and
onion, add alowly one cupful of hot
water, stirring briskly. Cook until the
sauce Is well done, then sdd one cup
ful of fluked salmon. Serve with
cooked rice.
Curried Lamb. Pry one small onion
In three tnblesoo!ifula of butter; when
the onion Is light brown sdd two table
Ioonfuls each of curry powder and
flour; cook with two cupful of stock
for five minutes. Season with salt
and pepper and strain over thinly
sliced cold roast of lamb. Serve In
a deep platter with a border of hot
rice well Reasoned.
Dlctabls Chicken.
Chicken I one of the meats that Is
a favorite with people the world over
and when well
cooked Is slwsys
p 0 p a I a r. Try
cooking a pair of
young chickens
In the following
manner;
Country Style.
Cut Into serv
Ing sired pieces as many young frys
as will be needed. Roll In seasoned
flour and brown In a mixture of butter
and lard In a deep Iron kettle or fry
ing pan; when well browned cover
and let rook on the back of the range
or In the oven until thoroughly done.
Meat separate easily from the bones
when well cooked. There Is nothing
loss pslatnhle than half cooked
chicken, or more apetlzlng when well
cooked. Itetnnve the chicken to a hot
platter and mnke a brown gravy from
the flour and butter In the pan. Add
cream or milk for the liquid. In the
country the gravy Is poured over the
chicken and served with It. Another
method wVn the gravy Is to be served
over the chicken and makes It still
more delicious, Is to prepare the gravy
after the chicken Is browned, then re
turn It to the gravy and rover, and
finish cooking slowly for as long as
needed to he thoroughly done.
Molded or Jellied chicken and other
meats are liked.
Chicken Curry. Singe and cut the
chicken at the Joints Into pieces for
serving. Cover with boiling wnter,
add two tenspooiifuls of salt and a
few dashes of pepper. Simmer for
half an hour, or longer If not tender,
then drain, dredge with seasoned
flour and brown lightly In butter. Fry
one large onion In the snme fnt mix
one tnhlespoonfiil of flour, one tea
spoonful of sugar, and one table
spoon fill of curry powder, and brown.
Add one cupful of wnter or slock, one
cupful of tomato or one sour apple
chopped, with Salt and pepper to taste.
Pour this sauce over the chicken and
simmer until tender. Add one cupful
of hot cream and serve with boiled
rice.
Jellied Chicken. firing to the boil
ing point two cupful of chicken stork
from which the fat has been removed,
add to it one tnbleapoonful of gela
tin which has been- soaked In four
tubleaoonfuls of water. Press Into
a mold four cupfuls of seasoned
chicken, pour over the stock, put un
der a weight and chill until Ann. Any
other meat may be served In the
same way.
Maryland Chicken, Iiress and cut
op a chicken, sprinkle with suit and
pepper, dip Into flour, egg and crumbs,
place In a well buttered dripping pan
and bake In a hot oven, bnstlng with
one-third of a cupful of butter. Ar
range on a platter and pour over two
cupfuls ot cream sauce.
Gil
Pretty SeMih
"Hill" Tlltlen, Urn tennis slur, con
demited, nt a dinner on tho Columbus,
wife who had ruined her husband
by her extravagance and tlien eloped
with a rich neighbor.
"She's worse," said Mr. Tlltlen,
"than the girl who announced to her
friends ;
" 'Well, I've thrown Tom over,'
'Whyr
"'Why? Hecatise, of course,
couldn't marry a man with a crooked
uose,'
"'How did Ills nose get crooked?1
"'1 broke It with my racket In a
tenuis giimo.' "
. Medicine Sent by Raft
To give medical relief lu Die) tiny
West Indian Island of St Vincent, the
liner Antics, on lis way from South
America to Lisbon recently, went 170
miles off Its regular course. It bud
received a wireless B. O. H. Unit In
fluenza was raging among the Island
ers and remedies were scarce. The
liner approached w 11 bin a mile of
shore, und to prevent the disease
spreading to tho ship, (he needed sup
plies were placed on a raft built for
the purpoao, the natives rowing oul
to It
Tender, Aching,
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"Io you mean that he's In love with
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After an absence nt three years a
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Too much money can shorten life.
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Another
Atrocity
Flyoian ttill hilling
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Foiling Merrymahere
A Spanish war cannon In the court
house park at (iuleahurg. III, Is to
be filled with cement so that Colleg
I rnnklcrs can no longer annoy towns
folk by firing It In the middle of the
night
Accept only "Raycr" pnclciyc
which contains proven directions.
Hmdy "flayer" boes of 12 tablets
Coutly Job of Painting
One thousand gallons of seclal
piilnl was used In palming the dome
of (be Culled Klates capllol a short
time ngo.
Get rich quick schemes enable a lot
of people to get pisir quicker.
Jealousy Is tree that bears tlx
most bluer of all frulls.
thru It IAe rlghl InnctlclJi
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