The Gate city journal., January 16, 1920, Image 2

5 C ITY JOURNAL, NYSSA. OREGON.
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Un the second la»
bedrooms and theT.'
ro,," ‘ 1 « a c o n * V * i
central hall. Thl, *
brings the b u t w j
rooms.
^
didn’t dare even to be « « « «
them in my hands. S»ppo“ lt
F,,r 'he family h * .
monsieur, coming now In broad day Combination
Two Pleasing or on tho fnna thtad
u home that will tl
h<The ring was repented. I grabbed
sized family; n
Styles of Architecture.
up a bit of newspaper and rolled up
"peer, and ha« a *
the bunch, cramming It Into t •
terlor appearance *['
kitchen saucepan on the shelf a ‘
p“ ’,,ingi,l»r in
ALL
MODERN
CO
N
V
EN
IE
N
C
ES
f P o p y r lr h t. b y Bob*»-M <-nin C o m p a n y .)
eration I hadn’t more than finished,
walls, which tank« 1 *
------------------- a a a - — »»»»*■ » « i
cost.
h
setting the lid on as softly as I could,
«hen I heard a man’s voice shout my
T
>»s
1"
the
tlm*
I
1 smiled at her— a pleasant and de­ name, followed by the words "special Handsom e Seven -R oom Dwelling Suit*
home builders are bn
able
Either
for
Town
Realdence
or
ceiving smile to prove thut she was
and desiding on
delivery.”
______
."WHAT HAVE YOU OONE WITH THOSE HYACINTHS?"
wrong and site immediately went buck
a Farm Hom e— Rooms Con­
Without waiting for Mrs. Jlmmson
tlley will erect net,
to work.
S y n o p sis — W h lla In th y llttl« S w I xh tow n o f V e v a y , w h e re th e " s ta id , p rop er
veniently Arranged.
to decide If It were safe to call me, I
are many ty|K-a of ^
s p in s te r" w h o te lls th e s to r y is s p e n d in g a v a c a tio n , s h e Is a s k e d to a llo w a
I had been standing by the bureau stepped out and signed for it. As I
sldered. The bunnT
y o u n g g irl, C la ire d e K a v e n o l. to be h er co m p a n io n b a ck to th e U n ited S ta te s .
while we spoke and something to my closed the messenger out I looked a
Vflfll ?U Ik In * 1 I . 1 .
By WM. A. RADFORD.
A lth o u g h fo rm in g a n a tta c h m e n t to th e g ir l, th e h ero in e ta k e s a d is lik e to
eye
seemed
missing
on
It.
She
tiadn
t
M o n sieu r de H a v e n o l, C la ir e s fa th e r, and d e clin e s. On th e b o a t sh e finds
the address—the writing wus unknown
M r William A. R adford will answer
C la ire In th e c a r e o f a c a s u a l a c q u a in ta n c e , M rs. D e la rlo , w h o m s h e h ad m et
more than left the room when I knew to me; and I was in the act of tearing q u estion s an d give advice KREh: O F
J
w h ile e ach w a s p u rc h a s in g a p a ir o f s lip p e rs, e v a c t ly a lik e , w h ich fig u re la r g e ly
what— my revolver was gone. It lay open the envelope, when Mrs. Jlmmson O U ST on a ll subjects pertaining to the H m
In su b se q u e n t e v e n ts . W h en th e y re a c h N e w Y o rk , w h e re C la ir e w a s to h a v e
su b je c t ni bu ild in g, f o r the reuders o f this
always
on
the
corner
where
I
could
been m et by h er m oth er, th e la tt e r d o es not a p p e a r, an d C la ir e p e rfo r c e g o e s to
sank on a hall chuir and began to paper. O n a c co u n t o f Ilia w id e experience
as E d ito r, A u th o r an d M anufacturer, he
M rs. D e la rlo 's hom e In th e co n fu s io n a t th e cu sto m h o u se, th e sp in s te r c a r r ie s
put my hand on It In the night In the
la, w ith o u t d o u b '. th e highest authority
o ff one o f M rs. D e la r lo 's slip p e rs. T h ro u g h th a t h a p p e n in g s h e le a rn s la te r
28 Inch drilling.........
durk. I knew I hadn’t seen it when I
JR 1
on
all th ese s u b je c ts . Addres- a ll Inquiries
"To
think—oh,
to
think—
to
think,*
th a t som eon e u n k n o w n to h e r h a s been In h e r flat. C a llin g on M rs. D e la rlo ,
E i ] '
cleared up the room; I knew monsieur
to W illiam A. R a d fo rd , N o. 1827 P rairie
th a t la d y sh o w s h e r so m e r e m a r k a b le g em s, b e lie v in g th e m to b e ru b le s, bu t
Everett « d itto s
she
sobbed.
“It's
hard
avenue
Chicago.
1
1
1
.,
and
only
enc'oso
w h ich a r e re a lly blood-red d ia m o n d s, an d e a s ily w o rth a m illion d o lla rs . M rs.
couldn't have helped seeing It when he
“Yes, It is hard for some people to two-ceni s ta m p fo r reply.
D e la rlo a d m its th e g e m s w e re sm u g g le d , b u t ofTers no e x p la n a tio n .
W h ile
iw .liiv »
K n it aweaters a:
'
cleared out the bureau. And by the
th e y a re tn ik ln g . a p ou n d in g on th e door th r o w s th e m in to co n s te r n a tio n . T h e
think," I observed, icily glaring at her
token,
I
knew
that
he
had
taken
It.
c a lle r a s s e r t s he Is an o ffic e r o f th e la w . w ith a w a r r a n t fo r th e a r r e s t o f
The
combination
of
the
colonial
and
and running my thumb under the flap.
Pure a t .................
M rs D e la rlo 's son on a c h a r g e o f s te a lin g th e d ia m o n d s. S h e o u tw its him an d
“The cur!” thought I. But the loss
b r a in '
"It's hard—after all these years I - Dutch styles of architecture, which
p e rsu a d e s th e s p in ste r to la k e th e g e m s to h er h o m e fo r s a f e k e e p in g
N ext
wns
a
good
tonic,
for
after
the
first
Oolihrs a t . .............
commonly is called the “ Dutch colo­
m ornin g, re a llx ln g th e re s p o n s ib ility In h er p o sse ssio n o f th e d ia m o n d s, th e
- j 12 - 9 x 14 6
ndnute of fright at finding myself I— I've tried my best to p-p-please nial," Is a popular type of dwelling.
s p in ste r ta k e s them b a ck to M rs. D e la rlo , b u t w h ile th e re s h e le a r n s th a t th a t
S t i c k e r ! B r e ld .
la d y ’s son h a s been kid n ap ed , su p p o se d ly on a c c o u n t o f th e g em s, an d a g r e e s
without defense, I got so hopping mad you— ”
••No—you haven’t. I hnve repeated­ The Dutch colonial has the beauty o f
to keep them fo r a w h ile
S h e h id e s th e m to a bu n ch o f h y a c in th s am i h a s
at the sheer mealiness of the creature
O
K n it Os»». . . . . . .
tho
colonial,
without
Its
plainness;
th e lo ck o f h er d o or c h a n g e d an d a c h a in -b o lt ad d ed . O v e r th e te le p h o n e
— also so pleasing glad at the little ly told you never— under any circum­
D e H aven ol In form s h er M rs. D e la rlo h a s m et w ith an a c c id e n t an d u rg e s h er
the sloping Dutch roof, with the wide
stances
«'hatever—to
throw
away
any­
[Ladles’ Handkwchi fs 4 <
to c a ll a t on ce
H a s te n in g to h er frie n d , an d le a v in g th e g e m s, th e h e ro in e
compliment he was pnylng me hy ad­
dormers, makes possible an economical
Is m et b y D e R a v e a o l, w h o c la im s th e d ia m o n d s a r e h is, sto le n fro m C la ir e on
mitting thus he was afraid of me und thing in my rooms without first asking
Second Floor Pin 1 Igfcnoy Hair
th e boat. He a c c u s e s M rs. D e la rlo o r o u r frie n d th e s p in s te r o f th e th e ft, an d
use
of
the
space
within
^he
four
walls.
a revolver In combination— that I'd me. Today, you have thrown away
d em an d s th e ir retu rn . S h e d efies l)e H av en ol, w h o th r e a te n s h e r w ith a
Skirts
re v o lv e r, and eacap e s
A la rm e d fo r h e r p e rso n a l s a f e t y , a n d a lm o s t b e lie v in g
huve sailed Into him with a hatpin If some flowers that I had reason to And one point about the Dutch co­ popular Ip the smaller p,
lonial is that It may lie a sinnll house, rul sections; the story-tm
D e H aven ol. th e h ero in e fe a r s to re tu rn to h e r fla t, a n d w h ile u n c e r ta in w h a t
he'd shown hls face at the door. And value—”
to do m eets an o ld -tim e frien d , H illy R iv e rs , n e w s p a p e r re p o rte r. T h e y spen d
“You didn’t tell me,” she murmured. but It appears large and substantial. always is In demand, u *
at that moment I heard the sound of a
th e e v e n in g a t a th e a te r, an d H lvern a c c o m p a n ie s h e r hom e. T h e r e th e y find
Such a house Is shown In the ac­ story houses of vartoot
latch-key working In a door. I thought "If you had given me the tip, now—
th e flat h as been th o ro u g h ly s e a r c h e d b u t n o th in g ta k e n . S h e d o es n o t co n fid e
companying Illustration. Here Is a ever, after all have be«»
In R iv ers.
It was my own, and dashed out and told me you valued them—”
“Do you think I have to tell my pri­ Dutch colonial house that Is only 82 there ure hundreds of h*.
threw It wide.
by 20 feet in dimensions, exclusive of who will pick the Dutch«
It was the lady In the adjoining flat. vate affairs to you?" I cried hotly.
“I hope I’m a friend,” she Inter­ the sun parlor, and contains only seven the house they want, lujj
CHAPTER VIII.
admitted with some spirit, "and nat- She said: “ How these keys do stick,
chelly I couldn't help tldnkin’, now sometimes! I wonder If anybody has rupted at the word. "If I’d seen any rooms; still It has the exterior ap- nowadays termed “class.'" 1
Tould I?"
Mrs. Jlmmson Again.
penrance of a large home.
reason— "
Before deciding on thtbj *7 inch pOB«it' in rote,
been tampering with my lock.”
I liml felt myself going and let my­
“ It’s not your place to see reasons"
“Oh. naturally,” said I, and laid It on
The colonial effect In the exterior Ing design, it always Is 14 tavander, porpl" green, Y
Tampering with the lock! I closed
self down us gently 11s I could, under the trny along with tlie scissors and my door without thanking her for the —she took a step toward the kitchen of this house Is secured by placing suit with the inateriil
the circumstances. How long I wns paste and the pen box that had, only reminder— I had been In the not of get­ at the reminder— “hut to obey orders. the door In the center nnd preserv­ tractor and architect Thai and htaefc. ft**’ • -1
unconscious, I have no way of know­ yesterday, held a million dollars’ worth ting n new lock when monsieur called I’m under no obligation to give you ing the balance with duplicate sets of home building experts n iJ
ing, hut It came to me gradually that of diamonds; and then I asked her me to Mrs. Delarlo’s supposed death­ reasons why I value flowers or why I windows on either side. The porch help the prospective builderv]
my Hat had been robbed— of what atid would she please bring In my break­ bed. Oh, If I only had had It put on! don’t.”
at the entrance is pattsrned after the gestions that will sate ;,q.
by whom. I couldn't Imagine— out as fast. And my knees were shaking un­ Then I remembered that other key on
The Indignation faded out of her old homes of New England, having construction and make for«*!
for the diamonds, I forgot them, to­ der me and I thought, “Oh, boy— you
Friday night— the key working In my thin face; a gleam of real Intelligence only a slight roof projection, which Is the cost of the home. Andkl
tally. I undressed and went to bed, saved my life last night for a fact, hy
The for the amateur to m»k»f «4
own door and that I assumed belonged took Its place, and this Is what she supported hy round columns.
chool dresse
pulling the blankets up over me, ctimp talking to me while he was up here
tor
said when I stoppeil for breath:
slope of the roof nnd the wide dor­ takes— mistakes that
to Mr. Man-down-stairs.
fashion, without walling to make the waiting. Oh, Billy— you saved my life,
“
I’m
awful
sorry
I
touched
those
mers, In which the window balance disappointment after the nev *••• .........
No wonder he didn’t swear at me
bed or clear up any of the wrecknge taking me to a silly show. But how
flowers. As true as I stand here, I
completed.
75c values
and without feeling any particular ap­ long will It Inst? " h e r e is It going to when I called out to him he hnd the never once thought It might he a gen« is maintained, denote the Dutch.
This Dutch colonial is of wood frame
wrong dig: Mr. Mnn wns— monsieur!
Building a home is 1 ms
prehension, only a deathlike exhaus­ end ?”
I flung on my wraps, telling Mrs. tleninn friend give them to you.”
tion.
“You look real sick this morning,”
With that she started for the
Jlmmson I had an errand out, and In
I woke In the early dawn and still It observed Sirs. Jlmmson, setting the
less thnn fifteen minutes I hnd a lock­ kitchen, adding: "And here I am keep­
hudn’t come hack to me about the dia­ tray on the dining-room table.
smith putting on a new Yale lock and ing you from rending your special de­
monds ; hut what did swoop on me
“I don’t feel very well.” This was
exchanging the small chain-bolt for livery.” She smiled knowingly.
with a rush was that Mrs. Jlmmson the truth.
36 Inch Flancy . i
:
Gentleman friend! In those words
the
heaviest In the market.
wns coming to clean and would he
“Perhaps you better go right back to
all was explained and forgiven be­
m
o
r
e
,ik
e
y
are
in
Pi
I
had
rung
when
I
returned
with
the
there not a minute later than eight- tied ami iet me stay and take care of
mnn to give color to my tale of a lost tween the two of us— there was noih-
thirty.
you— I'd like nothing better— ”
glripss. Sp ecial, per yd
Ing but klnd.’ v sympathy— woman to
She was a refined little woninn who
“Mrs. Jlmmson— If you don’t mind key. Mrs. Jlmmson let me In and woninn, you know— as she said them.
seemed
grently
astonished
to
see
n
had seen better days— before she — I think I’ll get you to boil me nn egg
She closed the kitchen door tight—I
mnn begin nt once taking out screws.
wedded the decently lamented Jimm- this morning.''
“ So you lost your key?” she observed knew It was the better to wrenthe me
*on and had to support him through
“ If you don't mind me givln’ you the
In new haloes and fresh glories of ro­
“tuberculosis” hy day’s work und hint— I feel you ought to find out wbat placidly— Just her way of taking every­
mance! I could huve wrung her neck.
thing
I
huppen
to
be
doing
ns
a
per­
fancy washing and Ironing. My inter­
sonal mntter of her own. She was Gentleman friend, indeed! The one
est In her had been the main prop In
(pe deC'hine in
now prepared to superintend the op­ gentleman actively interested In me
her struggles for several years and she
i,T:> values, S'peci
eration. “ Well, thnt's too bad to have was after me with a knife and had
reciprocated said Interest In a way
to go to the expense of a new lock. threatened me with a revolver.
that would have been Insufferable Im­
fata Silk, In pi
I had forgotten all about the letter
Couldn’t
the man find a key that would
pertinence hail it not been so sincere
k 3:5.r.O values,
still
In
my
hand,
and
thought
only
of
fit?
The
key
would
cost
only
u
quar­
ami devoted. She loved me and all
ter and you wouldn’t have, to buy a the diamonds.
my works-—particularly my works, on
The front bell rang as Jlmmson
whole lock.”
which she regaled the neighbors at
Her arms were folded and she crossed the sill. She stepped hack and
such times us she was Joyfully perinii-
flS E B U Y E R
showed she meant to see the new lock asked If she should go, hut I motioned
« ted to go home with u new one under
AD VANTAG 1
her
I’d
answer
it
myself
and
she
dis­
on to the Inst screw. I gazed at her in
her arm.
sheer wonder that a person could he appeared from view.
5E B A R G A IN
And she'd he here at eight-thirty!
so stupid, so obtuse as not to know she
It was a hoy with a telegram. I
"Heaven help us!" I cried, hopping out
mnn
ever
has
regretted.
It
I*?
wasn't wanted; and from her, my eyes found hls “sign here” line and scrawled construction set on a concrete founda­
of hod and slipping on n kimono. "If
tion. It has a full basement with a thnn putting money In th«l*M
traveled along the hall, to the dining iny name.
she gels hold of this robbery. I'm done
room, to the inlde— my heart Jumped,
Then I rame to myself, I had iost concrete floor, supplying plenty of first cost Is returned to tbetuMi
for— I’ll see my name la the palters
room for the heating plant, fuel stor­ saving of rent, but the grttttM
and stopped: tliAhyacinths were not the special delivery letter I
tomorrow, sure!”
age, and for the storage of fruit, vege­ sideratlon Is the satisfaction Mil
there!
With feverish haste I got the books
tables and other articles, such as the fort he and hls family derltl
“ What liavp you done with those
J>nck In the oases, hit or miss As they
CHAPTER IX.
garden tools, etc.
their home.
hyacinths?”
I
demanded,
as
soon
as
I
(lime to hand; the pictures hung and
It Is never too early to DffM
The arrangement of the rooms fol­
could
control
my
voice.
the rooms In order. The kitchen was
> -
The Telegram.
lows closely the colonial. The cen­ nlng to hulld a home.
“ You mean those faded things In a
In a state! I gave an apprehensive
A telegram In the hand is worth two tral entrance leads to a hall on one
glass on the table?”
glance at the window ns I scraped up
special delivery letters you can’t find; side of which is the living room nnd C U P ID PU T IN SECOND!
“ Yes— what did you do with them?”
spilled breakfast food and threw It In
so I tore open the yellow envelope.
°n the other the dining room. The
Br company hasflle
the garbage ran— I knew how my un­
“ If you’d mentioned them before you
Now, It is a habit of mine to rend the stairs to the second floor also run out Professor of Economics Asscd*
■
utilities commisio
pleasant visitor had got out and won­
went out— ”
signature before the message. The i of the hall.
Man’s Brain Gu J;s in s*ltct'J
dered how he had got In, hut I wasted
an increase in it
“ WHAT DID YOU DO WITH signature was my brother's name. My 1 1 he manner in which the living room
of Life Partner.
no time thinking of it. I wns soon
THEM?”
f for irrigation »ui
brother Is not a telegraph person, ex­ and sun parlor are combined In this
enough to know, however.
“Why, they were so faded— I never cept for had news, nnd the sight of his house is unusual. The living room Is
at the present rat
The time-honored theory ttat
I had barely finished with the
thought you— wanted them— ”
name gave tne a shook, and for n good large —12 feet f> Inches hy 2 T> feet. In
awer Is inadequat
shoots
his
darts
at
f*®
kitchen iw«d was opening the hnthmom
She was beginning to quail nnd slide half-ndnute I could not go on with the the center of the wall that separates
operating cost:
does not stop to consider
door to clear up there when my dear
away. I caught her wrist— my fingers message. But when I got the corruge the living room from the sun parlor
of a nose, the lift of an *1«’ ;
Jimmson rang.
left marks— she showed them to tne to face what hnd happened In the fain is the open fireplace, nnd on either
the turn of chin, .'s directly ^
I let her In, first nsklng through the
I, this increase Wil
later.
lly, this Is what appeared;
side Is a glazed door leading to the hy Prof. Samuel N. I'age 01
door who It wns— n precaution ade­
Id effect, the public
“What— did— you— do— with— them?
I am obliged to ask you to come to
Neb.
. ,
quately explained by my attire; and
Answer me Instantly!"
|on is arranging ?c
I’hilndelphin tomorrow on urgent busi­
This
bold
man.
a
stud*«
•
telling her to begin at the kitchen for
“I threw them out.”
ness. Take the train leaving New
»if hearings so that
nomlcs and physics and
I hadn’t had my hath, I piloted her
As Mrs. Jlmmson said those words— York at 11 a. m. I win meet you at
»rstand the financial
ated with the University 0
with a seemingly affectionate arm to nils you before you eat any more— yon that she had thrown the hyacinths Broad Street station."
made the startling statemen
brought about the
her quarters. Then I bolted myself may need one of those fasting cures away— the locksmith handed me the
I think the first thing that struck
York that Instinct warns
Into the hnihmom sod with steslthy 'll.’ pa para sre telling si. much about.
increase; and the
two
keys,
saying
that
the
lock
and
the
me as queer In It wns the large nnra-
“I may— but I need a soft-boiled egg
nntvemftits cleared sway the evidence
from the long-faced woman
| has written letters
bolt were all right and that was nil. I her of words— words that no experi­
now,
If
you
will
be
so
kind
as
to
cook
c f the senreh.
and lures him to rmindea
hnd paid him at the shop In order to enced business man, using telegraphic
on customers laying
It for me— ”
But the Intellectual brow, tn*
My hath refreshed me, and 1 was
hasten matters at the house, for I communication all the time, would
reasons for asking
I had hroken my roll to crumbs in
lipped
mouth,
the
hatche
r
^
clothed and somewhat near my right
hoped. If possible, to get the Job done have put -J -th e “ to’s" and “the’s -
the
effort
to
control
my
wrath
at
her,
ase.
mind when I came out of the bath­
their place In the scheme
so quickly that even George wouldn’t
dpany’s letter, sign-
room I had called out to her, Juai be­ though the general situation was noth­ find out what I hnd brought the man and then. "1 am obliged to ask”— mv
Although a drug on the »«
#
126 x 150
brother
would
say.
"Must
ing
new.
ask yoti
[
fore I got Into the tub, asking her to
|dirision manager, Is
ket, the thin, big-honed wo ^
In for. I was still digging my fingers come.” or "Please come.”
Unless you nlsh me to boll the Into her wrist while he gathered up
rnuhe m.v coffee and get ready the rolls
finitely more valuable in
#
«»
Thr second queer thin* was saying
and butter, and she wus occupied In egg myself,” l added severely.
and professional world
*
hls tools and he gave the two of us a
Justomers:— The Ida-
“Oh, yes— the egg. They do say raw curious look, half amusement, half he’d meet me when hls office Is JUgt
aettlng my tray and did not henr me
equaled as a man's pal *B
.
k
y has been serving
eggs—
when
a
person
get*
run
down—
”
around
the
corner
from
the
station
ns I passed the kitchen door. Thus I
fellow." The “soft and P»» #
wonder nt my vehemence, before he
First Floor Plan.
Itomers under a r ite
and he knows l don’t expect him to
With that. I rose and stalked to the closed himself out.
had time to see what lay on the dining­
of woman, said the Pn'fe* . , n
kitchen.
room tnble before she told me.
velexpment Rate” , es-
As for Mrs. Jlmmson. she hsd been waste time sta ivV g shout welting for sun parlor The latter is 19 hy 9 feet chiefly of herself and **
a
train
that
may
be
Irte.
She
sidled
past
me.
hastily
snatch­
It wns a long thin dagger, sharp as
kresult of a hearing
too paralyzed with fright to move. The
In
dimensions
and
has
almost
contin­
I11
a
rosemlsted
wor,d
?
r
uti
a razor. Mrs. Jlmmson pulled open ing n saucepan off the shelf and filling Instant tha door wns shut, I dropped
uous windows. These two rooms, which romance while the nn(nl j - *glf
the kitchen door and bounced out Just tt with water. I went hack without a her wrist and made a dash for the
virtually are one, provide the family tunl girl had business cap ’ ,
as I had taken the dagger In my hand. word What little appetite I had was kitchen, hoping the garbage hadn't yet
From the spinster’s brother
w ith a commodious, comfortable loung­ hold on man's mind. If
gone
When
the
egg
finally
arrived
I
"That'a what I found on the kitchen
gone down. As 1 did It. I let out one
ing place.
— or De Ravenol?
n flections.
. » I
floor hnck of the scrap basket," she ex­ '•ouldn’t eat It— which convince,) dear short unpleasant word. That word
If the round-faced w0™ritb»
The dining room, also. Is a large,
Jlmmson,
not
that
she
had
made
my
claimed. Her eyes were rolling
was “ Dnmn I" and Into It I crowded all
cheery ro,,m. Placed at the corner of winner In her associa o ^ |
(TO RK CON TIN UED.*
I nninsged to any carelessly. “ Yes-- eating Impossible, but that I was hav­ the pent-np feelings of the last twenty-
^
the house. It has windows facing two the thin, angular man w
ing
an
“attack!”
and
needed
her
watch­
four
hours.
mv new paperknife. 1 was wondering
»ays. It Is 12 feet 0 Inches by 15 face and the taut J**' * . u l
ing
to
see
I
didn’t
get
any
worse!
She
Oh.
for
an
Accident.
where I’d dropped It. I wish you’d
1 saw her look of horror as 1 closed
top dog in the world of '
,
Some diplomatists seem tn achieve feet in dimensions, and has a built-in
bring In my breakfast— I'm in a tre­ tugged me up. when I went to mv bed the door— she thought I hnd gone In­
buffet.
At
the
hnck
of
the
house
Is
r<*>ni,
to
know
If
«he
hadn’t
better
Page.
He
Is
™ore
Boi>'
mendous hurry this morning."
sane ! Now. I'm not given to profanity, great success simply hy sitting tight the kitchen. 9 feet 6 Inches by 11 feet brilliant, more acquIsitlYe- ^
telephone the doctor to look In— Just
"Oh— Its only a paperknife, la It?" as a precaution.
but I am willing to ndmlt that It may and letting matters ti.ke their own « Inches. Adjoining Is a washroom, nnd women of this type
y t
•ne murmured In a disappointed tone.
have Its uses on occasion.— as for In­ conrso, something «rier rhe manoc of which is a feature of the modern farm further than the tndivldu* ■ . ,
It
was
in
the
tip
of
n,y
tongue
to
tell
the Arkansas farmer who retired in
*‘1 dido t snow but It was— "
home. For a town residence, how- ed contours, and the ',ru ,tffd 1
her. brutally, that what she’d better do stance when your scrubber-lady has
“ l* is what?" I demanded, wonder­ was to attend to her own affairs and Just thrown away your million dollar disgust, saying he believed h e ,-„u M
¡.5
* 'Pr' f*1'* room will become a cnsed-ln nn does not attract the 0
make
more
money
by
aceldent
than
ing '.£ «lie had. with her uncanny Inter- let me attend to mine, when I realized bnnch of hyacinths and “didn’t know
porch, opening off the dining room who Is notoriously In ">* ^ v i
he
could
by
farmlng.-Kans,«
city
eat In me and m,v affairs, sensed some­ that she too might be standing be­ yqjt wanted those fnded things." My
instead of the kltehen. A panfnr PX. ness affairs, simply ' * ' * ' * 1'
thing queer and wrong about the fiat.
tending nut alongside the small rear much like him, so the P_*
tween me and sudden death ! S„ long one had word, however, let off enough
"'Veil, It give me quite a turn to see as she wa* In the flat I was relatively steam for me to realize that I didn’t
Porch contains the Ice chest. This ar­
Three
thousand
flow..
m„,
emploveea
even know If the diamonds were there
Out Jagg*- layin' ou flu* flour.' aiie safe
rangement. coupled wuh (he wash
in Mexico t Itv are demanding so eight
or not 1
n>om. f'*rmil-s entrance to the house
hour day and higher wage»,
k
Hastily I pulled out the P«l"’rs
rubbish sad dumped them on ' * '
and had Just pounced oa the hjaclntn
when the front bell rang.
"'ere the diamonds safe.
Diamond Cot Diamond
of
By JANE BUNKER
(
Real Sr
m Po
Dres;
Silk Spec
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aists
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JICI& k
A Drain!
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