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Show 4 THE CRANT8VILLE before him. On his way home certain little sayings or a characteristic repression of the girls lingered in bis mind, nnd he wondered why he had not asked if he might cull, lie concluded lie would some time ask Burfis to take him to sec her. The next (lay the violin wus silent, and lie plunged into bis delayed work, to the complete banishment of Miss Adams from his mind. There followed several days of undisturbed quiet, anil Padden accompli shed many pages of Then one day when lie mnnuscrlpt. was nearing the climax of n story, nnd pausing to tlduk out the most unusuul, and wuy of bringing It about, the violin how begun to get In its fiendish work. He stopped, ground his teeth, nud determined to seek the Janitor. Then the noise ceused, and he tried to go on with Ills work. But It seemed he could not pick up the snapped thread, and he rose, and nmde ready to jjo out, nnd attend to some business that needed to he looked after. In the doorway going out he met Wet Contents 15 Fluid Drachn , te (Copyright, 1917, by W. G. Chapman.) This is outrageous ! Mmldeniug ! The limit! Horace Iuilrien threw down the pencil with which he lmd heeu trying to moke tiie first rough draft of his story, and sat imck in the chair wilit murder in his eye. At that moment it is possible he might have done ueluut violence to the perpetrator of Ihe raucous shrieks from a violin on the floor below. Just then his telephone rang. He got answered. Yes, let him come up," he called. Then he let in a man who apologetically said: Pardon me, old man. I would not have come ut this time If it hadnt been important" Sit down, Jack," said Padden desIt doesnt matter nt all. perately. I couldnt write anyway with tliut Infernal rueket underneath. (Ireat Scott! That is something of u nerve racltcr sure enough exclaimed the visitor os u screech of the key ruse high above the uncanny up-nm- l ! din. What right has a landlord, janitor or unybody to let that loose on a quiet, community? When I came here I expressly stipulated tliut I must have a quiet place, us I was a writer. I've lived here three years in peace anil have annoyed no one to my knowledge. Ive liud nothing to complain of till now. But theres going to be some complaint go in if this keeps up. Maybe It's someone who hns to make his Jiving?" suggested Talbot. Well, dont I have to make my living?" protested Padden with some hoot Don't I have to make it writ- law-abidi- Miss Adams coining in. Being so full of his grievance, Pudden, after the first greeting, must needs pour into her ear an ncebnnt of Ills woes. Miss Adams sympathized, and said the violinist probably had no idea he was annoying him so. Perhaps If he found out when Mr. Padden was writing he could arrange his practice hours for another time. Padden said he always wrote In tiie morning, hut his hours were likely to extend to a good part of the (lay. lies not "No, lie suld miserably, likely to change his hours for me. Anyone capable of producing such diabolical 'shrieks as he draws from the violin rouid liuve no consideration for a living soul. lie Is ready for treason, strutegem nnd spoils. " Funny Adams hurst Into a peal of laughter. Pudden looked hurt and She saw his face nnd tried to look seriourf. Do pnrdon me, she said, you put It so forcibly, nnd In such picturesque language, I couldnt help seeing the funny side of it. Do you know, someone In this house?" she asked? I live here, he answered. "Why, then we are neighbors. ! am stnylng for a while with my friend, Mrs. Banks. Do you know her? Padden answered that he had not the pleasure. Then Fanny made bold to nRk him to call, which he promptly accepted. Then he added: If you are In this house, you must have heard that fiendish violin. How can you stand it?" "I cant hardly!" laughed the girl. But Im trying to have patience. Padden sought the Banks apartment very shortly after this having first telephoned to ask If he might The violin had been silent for two days, and he was In a better frame of mind when he found .himself in the presence of Miss Adams, who met nnd Introduced him to a pleasant, elderly Indy ns Mrs. Banks. After this Padden discovered that the Banks' apartment held charms for him greater than the club, nnd the next discovery was that lie was very much in love with Fanny One evening Burns came in AdninH. while Padden was calling on Fanny. Hello, sis 1" he laughed. Hows the violin getting along? It's not getting along. 0 did that crank shut you off for good? asked Burns. Fanny was getting red up to her hair. Mrs. Banks was looking utterly miserable, nnd Iadden n mixture of horror and amazement. Then Funny looked at Burns and spoke : Well, you've done it! I've been trying to keep the horrible truth from Mr. Padden, having a desire for a small remnant of his respect So you are the crank blurted out Burns, turning to Padden. I am, acknowledged Padden, A hearty laugh from nil in the room cleared the atmosphere. Fanny at last ,left alone with Iadden asked him If he thought a shred of that respect for Padden nnswefed: her was left There is something so much stronger nnd bigger hammering to he heard, Pve got to say It. I love you, dear." When Fanny got 'a chance to speak she said: Ton see, daddy was determined I should learn the violin. I came down to the city just to please him to study. I knew I hadn't any ear for it, and, well I'm glad I have such a good excuse to give It up. 1 . The Violin Bow Began to Get Fiendish Work. in Its ing for the magazines? And how in Hades do you think Im going to do it witli tliut going on?" Talbot, being powerless to answer tills, made matters worse by suggesting that probably the offender, was Just learning. Padden glared at him, and exploded. Just lenrnlng!" he shrieked. Have you nny Idea of what that means? Tortures worse to come, and more of them! Why, man, a wretch who has no more ear than to flat the snme note every time, as this one does, will never lenni." Well," said Talbot, I suppose the only tiling to do is to kick, and he proceeded to unfold the errand upon which 1m had come. Padden was gloomily dining In a restaurant that evening when a young man with a very pretty girl entered. As they drew near he recognized Burns, a fellow club member, and bowed. Burns came up to the table, nnd Introduced lilin to the young Indy ns Ids cousin. Miss Adams. Padden naked them if they would not join him, and Bums very readily accepted the Invitation. Pudden found Miss Adams exceedingly good company. She was bright, well informed, and with a mental equipment capable of forming opinions of her own, which were in the main sane nnd reasonable. Besides, she hail a sense of humor which Padden thought delightful.' Padden was thirty-thrennd so far, not bndly scarred by the little gods darts; in fact the club fellows cqlled him immune." He stuck closely to his work of story writing, with always a dream of doing greater things looming up e, NEWS, GRANT8VILLEtUTAH. ! Children Cry For ALGOHQL-3PEROs AVeiabtefrcpaninfrM-- imitating theFsod tjr BegsU lingtlieSlaimtoaadBiswb. .INFANTS &H1LPBEN' , - What is CASTORIA QicctfulnessMidReCMl neither Oplam,Morphinejr Mineral. Not Narcotic Cutorla la a harmless substitute for Castor OH, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age Is its guarantee. 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Thrill When He Caets Off Ills wife cast a contemptuous glance at him. Come with me to the attic, Hit Shoes. she commanded. And he followed her thither. tin nnd the When the automobile In the attic she opened a trunk and Lizzie shall nt last have relegated the lines to the limbo of things obsolete, took out a bundle wrapped carefully in will the noble animal degemrete and tissue paper. Tearing off the wraphark back to his ancestral type, or pings, she disclosed a lovely, filmy will he simply disappear like the dodo? gown. That, she said, is my wedding asks Zlm In Cartoons magazine. It has taken a lot of time and pa- dress. And do you call It economy to save tience to ilevelqp Dobbin from the yonr wedding dress?? he chortled. primitive models such as the hydra the pnchynolnphus and the Thats not economy, it's sentimeneolilppus, to make him whoa," back tality. It would have been economy nflfl gitap and take his meals out of to wear that dress and get its worth a nosebag. In the process of dvlllzn-fio- n out of it But here it is no jrarthly lie has gradually lost his toes and good to you nor anybody else. Econohas hud to accommodate his feet to my I Huh Thats where you are wrong," she the horseshoe. Does he still dream perhaps of the delights of having toes said, cnlmly. I am saving tlint dress of sinking them down into the green for my next wedding. Tlint held him for a while. sqnsh of the tertiary era and feeling the cool goo trickle up between them If so, liow. glad he will be some day Liquor Control in Bermuda. to look down and see Ills Carl U. Loop of Hamilton, reConsul toes beginning to sprout once again! Ills will be the thrill of the small boy ports that the Bermuda legislature lias on the first warm day of spring when passed a law whereby during the conlie cun cast off Ills shoes and go bare- tinuance of the present war the sale or supply of Intoxicating liquor in all foot. When the lioss discovers for the clubs and licensed premises Is prohibfirst time that he can again wiggle ited between the hours of nine o'clock his toes, he will doubtless radiate a nt night and nine oclock on the folsmile f solid comfort. lowing morning." I NHOM A CITY. Fifty-Fift- y P. M. Postmaster llnuks ran the general store as well us the post office and one summer morning a lanky youth slouched In, removed his battered straw hat and said: "Mr. Hanks, I qn'erstnnd theres two letters here fur me one wot come a month ago and one wot come last week. I'm nfenred my folks must be sick, or else they, wouldnt be wrltln so plum often. Let me have them letters, will ye, Mr. Hanks? The postmaster glared at the youth. No, Peleg Anderson, I won't let ye have them letters till ye settle fur that lot o' groceries wots been owin' so long I took out some money. I kin settle half the account, Mr. The young man Hanks, he said. 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