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-By-
Evelyn
Campbell
WNC Service
(Copyright by Evelyn Campbell.)
CHAPTER VII Continued
13
"So It Is the boy," he said, showing
his yellowed teeth. "You've taken to
playing obout with the lads. A hnd
sign In a woman I You're not old
enough for that"
"He ndrulres you!" Linda cried
scornfully.
"lie does, ehl Well, then, he'd bet
ter let you alone," There was eotn
thing half threatening, tyfiil In
bis voice that left a scratch npon her
soul. Now and then he had let her
feel the tightening of a bond that did
not actually exist, and she always re
sisted like a desperate Qy caught Id a
web.
"Yon cannot choose my friends!" she
cried furiously.
"But I shall have a word to say
about your lovers," be smiled, delight
ed by her Impotent anger.
But be decided that Brian Anstey
oust be sent out of the way. One day
be bad a talk with Simon, and found
the financier strangely reluctant to fall
to wltb his plan.
"The boy bas been keen about a
career," said Fentress, "but 1 don't
know 1 don't know. Politics bas
ruined many a man and he'll be a One
Institution some day If something
money, or vanity, or women, don't put
an oar In and spoil what Is well be-
"You've changed your tune consid
erably," Converse said rudely. He.
could afford to be rude to almost any
one. "Well, perhaps I have. But second
thoughts are sometimes a lot better
than the first. My daughter thinks
Ills daughter I Converse nearly
langhed aloud. What a fellow this
Anstey wasl One woman holding biro
back and another sending him on. He
was bitterly envious of the other's
youth and at the same time con
temptuous. Why should women care
for a figurine pushed about here and
there at the will of others?
"There 'are dungerous women at
home as well." he said significantly.
He told Linda of this conversation.
"Why, the fellow's a d d sawdust
doll," be cried. "He hasn't enough
backbone to choose for himself."
But she, knowing what she knew,
smiled.
What a game of hllndronn's buff life
can be, she thought. Cross purposed!
Brian Anstey was so far from went
that he was ready to give up his am
bltlons because they came to hlrn from
Simon Fentress' hands; Fentress, who
was his friend I Yet he would blindly
accept He same gift from Converse
who tossed his name about like a
child's bubble and would set his heel
upon It when It pleased him!
She tried to wnrn Brian subtly
against Converse's seeming friendship,
but she discovered at once an no
looked for opposition.
"You are all woman In your Judg
ment." he told her. "He Is rather on
lovely. Til admit. If you consider ex
ternals. but as a man, he's big I Think
of the things he's done. To be spon
sored by him Is a guarantee of one's
sincerity."
Linda lowered her eyes. Were men
always blind to one another? she won
dered. Could they never see with a
woman's eyes? She caught her breath
with a sensation of dread, remember
ing back to the time when she hnd
first known Converse. Had It been
She who led the way. tanilllzlng him
with glimpses of desire that would
never come to fruition?
She was appalled by the fleeting
vision of what she saw. Love was
unveiling her eyes. "Am I like that?"
she asked herself with sharp con
tempt.
The appointment was a settled
thing, tirtan was going to Madrid.
I'.rlnn had' stepped over the heads oi
men who! had spent years In the serv
ice. If was a beautiful appointment
far enough away from the seals of the
mighty to veil his Inexperience; close
enough for him to benefit hy the mis
takes and failure of others
fmlsy Fentres. the one objector,
was becoming reconciled.
"Father says that If Urtim makes
no mistakes, no false moves, he wlil
tie made In a few years." the young
girl said wilfully.
Her secret was there In her eyes
foi all to rer.d. Xlie was h humble
little ero worshiper In spile of her
millions arid her undoubted charm.
She would have been quite content to
be a doormat for the man she loved.
If he hp.fl wanted to walk upon her.
If he makes no false moves." she
related as If the words Lad some
baleful rharnr
Llndn stirred restlessly.
"What possible mistake could he
mase? The stage Is nil set for hlin.'
Daisy chanted. "Father says there
ore so many pitfalls for n young
pfatesuuin extravagance, the wrong
friends, the wrong woman."
Tbel eves met. Dnlav's were as
m
Innocent as her name. She bad meant
nothing.
Something melted In Linda's heart.
A flood of sorrow that she tvuld never
offer tl.e Ifts that this ycung girl
possessed without knowing that they
were hers. From the years one event
leaped out at her which seemed to
remove her for all time from the aura
of youth and happy Innocence, the
blow across her face from Courtney
Itoth's hand seared as If It hnd been
struck yesterday.
"l et us believe, If we can. that the
woman he loves will be the right wou
an," she said gently.
CHAPTER VIII
Call to Action
From Washington Brian wrote In s
way that revealed his heart with ill
most cruel clarity, l.lr.dn could find
no doubt there; only the humility and
reverence with which some men ap
proach the women they love. This
attitude touched her profoundly. Ten
derness was new to her.
But what was to come of It alll
When that question persistently arose
to torment her she tried to put It
aside with a'l the easy excuses that
are the habl of the procrnstltutor.
Brian would go away. Circumstances
would separate them; they would both
forget. But In these reflections there
was no solace; Instead, far from for
getting, she found the need for htm
growing day by day.
There were other troubles. Money.
The delayed check arrived from the
broker with a stiff notation of the de
duction that was credited to Senator
Converse. Her cheeks burned when
she saw that, and recalled her humili
ation. For a moment she felt a
stinging desire to look the truth In
the face to be honest with herself.
She was not deceived with this elab
orate pretense, but unless she ac
cepted it nothing remained but chaos.
The check was comparatively small,
but It came at a moment which ex
aggerated Its Importance. As If
warned by telepathy, poor Lindas
creditors seemed to have chosen that
morning for a united foray. She was
facing a pile of bills and letters,
some of them even threatening In a
deadly po'"e ort of way. when the
dove of peace dropped the blue slip
bearing the signature of Stevens Into
her lap.
The money vanished.
'low did 't happen? Linda. Who
thought she had learned the lesson
of prudence, discovered her purse al
most empty once more. Some new
pride within her rebelled against sub
terfuge with these people who had
trusted her, and she paid It freely out
to dressmakers and milliners while It
lasted. They were plucHted. and
urged by her to buy again, but she
would not, although spring peeped
temptingly through the new little
leaves of the gray trees In the park.
The shops were full of lovely things,
hut she bought nothing. The hai she
had chosen on that walk with Brian
hnd been the last purchase. A feel
Ing that In some manner an Invisible
n wan closing around h-r persisted,
and there was nothing In the Imme
diate outlook to raise her spirits.
Time crept by. and brought March.
She was still In the city alone, so fur
as her circle of friends was concerned,
for the frightful weather had driven
every one away. But she did not
miss them. She was marking time
until Brian would be gone.
Then, she believed, she would be
safe. It would he possible then to
come to some conclusion to look
things In the face; return to her old
way of living and thinking or to And
that other channel her soul was dimly
striving for.
But not while Brian was there with
his pedestals. That would make It
much too bard; better to be silent;
far better to let him think of her
cold. Indifferent, while he was near.
Converse wrote her a brief note
from Washington, where be bad gone
Into session.
"Why not run down here for a few
weeks?. There's lots going on and you
might amuse yourself playing chape
ron to your friend Anstey and little
Miss Fentress."
She was astonUhed at the surge of
feeling those few sentences aroused
In her. She had coupled Brian and
Daisy In her own thoughts, but this
was different This was seeing them
through the world's eyes. This made
possibility of conjecture.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Lost Property
It was kit inspection, and the not
dlers hnd their things laid out on tfcelr
beds. The orderly -all-ed Info the
room and approached Private Brown.
"Three shirts. Brown?" he asked.
"Yes. sir. One on. one In the wash
and one In the box," replied the pr
vate.
'Two pairs of hoots?"
"Yes. fir. one pair on and one pulr
In the box."
"Two pairs of socks, Brown?"
"Yen. sir; one pair on mt one pair
lu the box."
"flood! Now. where's the box?"
"Diintio, sir; I've lost It." Imdou
Answers
Food Requirement!
According to prof, V li Mot tram
an adult woman needs hut nil
ories a duy. An adult man engaged In
sedentary occupation requires 8,Ksi
calories dally. A man doing hard work
should have o.ikhi calories. The physi
ological reason given Is that the femi
nine organism utilizes food more eco
nomically than man. A child's food
should not he proportioned According
to his age, as he requires more than
half the food of an u.-lult. Hoys and
girls of fourteen are to be considers
as Rdiilis In food utilization.
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Capita
Congested Shipping In the
(Prepared by the Katlonal Oaofraphle
Society, Waehtiiston, D. C)
BUENOS AIHCS, In the world's
eye because of the recent gov
ernmental changes In Argentina,
Is like a person of retiring na
ture, whom you must know long and
well to appreciate. It reveals Itself
little by little to you and twines Itself
about your heart, till ere long, and so
gradually that you have not realized
it. Its subtle charm has made a last
ing conquest
Your first view shows great white
grain elevators In rows along the
shore, with one skyscraper of fourteen
stories looming up behind them. The
great size of the city Is not evident,
for the land Is lint and the warehouses
and office buildings close to the busy
docks hide all that lies behind.
Nearly every traveler Is Impressed
first of all by the cleanliness of the
capital of the Argentine republic. The
Industries of the city are confined
largely to port activities and trading.
Partly for this reason and partly be
cause Argentina has no coal, and hence
cannot manufacture cheaply, hideous
chimneys and smoke-grimed factories
are not numerous. There are no
slums. Naturally there are districts
of poverty, but the tenement, as we
know It, does not exist. In even the
poorest quarters, such as the "Boca."
the streets are clean and well paved,
and the houses, only one or two stories
high, all have patios behind them.
The houses are tinted cream or yellow
ish tan and face directly on the
streets, with blank or nearly blank
walls.
One drawback to the older part of
the city Is the narrowness of the
streets, and especially the sidewalk
which are often three feet or less from
wall to curb. There Is no excuse for
this, for when the city was laid out
the whole vast expanse of the pampas
lay open behind It The newer streets
are much wider, often with a ribbon
of shrubbery and grass down the
center.
How the City Is Laid Out
Buenos Aires Is roughly circular In
shape and of Immense size, covering
some seventy-five square miles. Two
of Its sides are formed by the Rio
de la Plata (so wide that It seems like
a muddy sea) and a small stream, the
Blachnelo. Along both of these, but
principally the former, are the numer
ous docks, basins, and warehouses.
Avenlda RIvadavla. starting at the
waterfront and running almost due
west divides the city Into two roughly
equal portions.
Over the greater part of the city the
streets Intersect at right angles, and
It would be a very easy place In which
to find one's way around were It not
for the fact that the streets are all
named Instead of numbered, most of
the names being historical or geo
graphical. Every country In the world
has a street nomed for It, and every
Argentine president, general or other
Important personage. Another habit
Is to name streets for dates, of which
there are several roughly correspond
ing to our Fourth of July. Thus there
are Avenlda de Mayo, Calle 2.1 de
Mayo. Paseo de Julio, and Parque de
las Tres de Febrero.
Much of the city Is uninteresting,
consisting of block after block of low
plaster-covered brick buildings and In
numerable small almacenes (gro
ceries), cervecerlas (beer saloons),
cafes (coffee houses; here a cafe Is
not a restaurant, as In the United
States), clgarrerlas, and loterlas
(shops where lottery tickets are sold).
Two Interesting Streets.
The chief artery of the city Is Ave
nlda de Mayo, stretching from the
President's home to the capltol. The
Casa Rosada (Pink House), cor
responding to our White House, Is
great pink pile, with Imposing en
trances and hondsome carvings and
bas-reliefs. It faces the Plaza de
Mayo, where on May 25, 1S10, Ar
gentine Independence was first pro
claimed. This avenue, tinder which the sub
way runs, Is lined with hotels and
fine shops and has many cafes with
little tables out on the sidewalk under
awnings, a la Paris.
Another Interesting thoroughfare Is
Calle Florida, the street of restau
rants and Jewelry stores. It Is so nar
row that there Is barely room for two
cars to pass, and In the late afternoon
all traffic Is stopped, so that the peo
ple may promenade In the street.
Buenos Aires was founded In 1580,
after colonization efforts In 1,34 and
1542 bad fulled. From the first It had
to tight against apathy and even open
hostility on the part of tlio Spanish
rulers.
For generations regulations were In
force preventing direct commerce be-
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Harbor of Buenos Aire.
tween Buenos Alrss and Spain, so that
goods had to be shipped overland
across the Andes, through Bolivia and
Peru, thence by vessel to Panama, and
transferred across the Isthmus.
SUtusry From Other Nations.
Thus handicapped. It Is no wonder
that the port grew slowly. It was not
till the last half century before the
Spanish yoke was thrown oft that
Buenos Aires began to come Into Its
own. Once Independence was achieved,
it grew rapidly, and when In 15)10 tin
hundredth anniversary was celebrated,
It had a population well over a million.
Much of the city's beauty dates
from this centenary la 1910. at which
time many countries presented Argen
tina with commemorative statuary
symbolic of the occasion. As Is fitting,
the gift of the Spanish people is the
most conspicuous. In the center of
the broad Avenlda Alrear, the city's
loveliest . promenade, rises a great
white marble pedestal, crowned with
an angel of victory. Below are many
other figures and friezes, while tlis
four corners of the pedestal bear
bronze groups symbolizing the Andes,
the Pampas, the Clmco, and the Mean
potamlan region (between the Parana
and Uruguay rivers).
France's contribution Is among the
finest and also stands beside the Ave
nlda Alvear. It Is of rose-colored
granite and white marble, with ex
quisitely caned figures.
America's gift Is not In keeping with
her Importance, ami, standing In a
rather obscure corner of one of the
parks. Is missed by many tourists. It
la a bronze llfeslze figure of (ieorge
Washington on a severely plain ped
estal of pink Vermont granite.
The Kngllsh commemorated the oc
casion by the gift of a great red brick
clock tower, In the center of the beau
tiful Plaza Brltannlca, opposite the
lletiro railway station. Germany's gift
was a broad white marble fountain;
while Italy, In the Plaza Italia, has
a large equestrian statue of Oarlbaldl.
Throughout Argentina, In every city
and In many towns, may be seen
equestrian stutnes of San Martin. Ar
gentina's greatest national hero.
Among the best Is the one In the cen
ter of the Plaza Sao Martin, with
bronze battle groups and bas-reliefs.
In an excellent setting of palms anj
formal flower beds.
Where the British Live.
All about the the city are suburbs,
with which there Is good communica
tion by the frequent suburban trains.
Of these residential districts Belgrano
lies closest and Is the best known. It
Is especially popular among the many
Brltlsn residents, and In Borne por
tions, were It not for the Spanish
street signs, one might Imagine hlin
self set down In England. On one cor
ner Is a boys' boarding school, and In
the open lot behind It English luds In
"shorts" their Eton Jackets and
broad white collars laid aside are
engrossed In cricket or football. On
another comer Is an Ivy-clad episco
palian or Presbyterian church, a bevy
of pretty English girls chatting on the
steps. Even the native policeman
greets you, "flood morning, sir," In
stead of "Buenos dlas, senor."
The city with Its suburbs has nearly
two million Inhabitants, almost one
fourth the population of the country.
It Is the third largest city In the
New world nnd the second Latin city
In the whole world. It Is sometimes
called "The Paris of the New World"
and sometimes "The New York ot
South America." In beauty of build
ings and parks, the first nnme un
doubtedly Is descriptive, and In finan
cial and commercial Importance tha
second Is equally so.
Another resemblance to New York
Is In Its cosmopolitanism. In nearly
any popular restaurant one may hear
diners chatting In Spanish, French,
Italian, Herman, and English; per
haps also In Russian, Swedish, or
Portuguese.
Good Place for Immigrants.
Like New York, It Is a city of op
portunity for the Immigrant. Many
of the largest businesses are owned
by foreigners who landed with their
belongings on their backs.
While Buenos Aires Is thought of
as a Spanish city, true Spaniards are
not In a mujorlty.
The capital of Argentina. Is pre
eminently a city of wealth nnd pleas
ure. Unlike wealthy Americans, who
have their places of business In the
city but live In the country, many of
the richest lund owners, who number
their acres by the tens of thousands,
have their palatial homes In the heart
of Buenos Aires and only at Infre
quent Intervals vlult their Impious
ranches, which are managed by cvei-seers.
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Cen't REST
:hi!d needs Caitoria
Wi
MTV rhil.l Is fretful and
Irritable, seems distressed and un
comfortable, can't play, can't sleep,
it is a pretty sure sign that some
thing is wrong. Right here is where
Custom Ills into a child's scheme
the very purosc (or which it was
formulated years ago! A few drotn
and the condition which caue I the
trouble is righted; comfort quickly
brings restful sleep.
Nothing can tike the place of
Castoria for children; it's ierfectly
harmless, yet always effective, lor
the protection of your wee one
for your own peace of mind keep
this old reliable prcjwration alway
on hand. Hut don't keep it just for
emergencies; let it 1 an every-day
aid. Its gentle action will case and
soothe the infant who cannot
sleep. In more liberal doses it will
Record That Somehow
Made No Hit With Dad
Speaking about records, one of
the Hunter brothers, who made a
flying endurance mark, declared that
knowledge was ih prime requisite
for success.
"Whatexer It I. you have to know
your stuff; have bad plenty of es
perlence and above all, know what
to do In case something goes wrong.
I am afraid that there are too many
record chasers like Billy Johiinson.
"A friend stopped Billy's father on
the street one day and remarked:
"'I thought your boy was going to
set up a record with that new motor
cycle of his.'
"'He did,' snorted the father,
'eight times In the hospital In (wo
months.'"
WOMEN SHOULD
LEARN USES
OF MAGNESIA
To women who suffer from nausea,
or so-called "morning sickness," this
Is a blessing. M.ixt nurses know It
It Is advised by b ailing spci lulUta:
Over a small quantity of finely
cracked tee pour a touspoonful of
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. Sip slow
ly until you are relieved. It ends
sick stomach or Inclination to vomit.
Its unll acid properties make Phil
lips' Milk of Magnesia quick relief
In heartburn, sour stomach, gas. Its
mild laxative action assure regular
bowel movement. Used as a mouth
wash It helps prevent tooth decay
during expectancy.
How the Time Was Spent
Artist You'd be surprised to know
how much time was spent on this
painting.
Friend Yes, I've beard that peo
ple stand here by the hour trying to
aiake out what It represents. Path
finder Magazine.
Vain Regret
"And why does the death of the
rich Mr. Goldman affect you so
deeply?"
"Abt K I had married hlin 1
should now be Ids widow."
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Headaches come at the most
inconvenient times, but there's
one thing that will always 6a ve
the day, If you have some
Iiaycr Aspirin you can soon lie
on your way. The Booner you
take it the less time you'll lose
the less you'll Buffer.
Shopping frequently brings
on a headache. Over-exertion
of any kind. Eye-strain. Or
just '"nerves." Often it's the
time of month. Regardless of
the cause, you want relief. And
you gel relief when you take
Bayer Aspirin. Take promptly!
It will relieve the pain at any
Btage, but why wait until you
are miscraller Bayer Aspirin
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"Nobody ran set for himself
Ideals," says Joseph Cummlng
Chase, renowned American artist.
"Ideals are tierr uuy higher than
one's appreciation." American Mug
a.llie. Vulnerable
"Oh, you big. handsome brute
"Now, honey, "on know I'm do
brute." Capper's Weekly.
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