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Lillians feelings were not of pity but revulsion. She could uot bear It Continued 9 4 ll the only woman lu the room. A black man stood near her. twisting a cloth cup In his hands, his Ups moving soundlessly. There was another man, shabby, unclean, suffering In patient silence, und they were Joined by a third and then a fourth vague quiet the stieot. CHAPTER IX Bubbs-Merrl- should have protected her. He averted his face, but she saw his Hush. "I've got to go hack upstairs," he said, and added, as he turned to the door, Loring has already lectured me on birth control. He's left the You must have missed him." Lillian was ashamed. She had not Intended to say such a thing. It was none of their business, really. At the hotel she stopped at the desk for the key, hut Loring hud It. She went up In the quiet elevator. When she opened the unlocked door of their room and went In, Loring was lying back In u chair by the open window, his hut on the floor beside him, his collar and tie lying upon It. He was staring straight before him, and when Lillian came to his side he looked up at her with a piteous expression. For a moment, standing there, a dart of such puin went through that she cried out. This was what Ernestine could do to Loring. She knew, with a gripping pang of conviction, that nothing that could ever happen to her would cause him such anguish such rout. This was what Will meant when he said that he turn-plta- is born Changes In Will's ottlce fall to bring advancement. Ernestine again Is looking forward to motherhood Will loses his Job Ernestine and Poole resigns. faints by Ernestine stayed Mr. Hamilton's got a taxi for us out there hail it since six o'clock. I don't know how much this'll cost him. That doesn't matter," said Lillian Impatiently, and tried to control her was disturbed She perturbation. anew at the thought of Loring violent, uncontrolled she had never seen him so, except on the other occasion of his quarrel with Will. Hut tills was worse. He had always been so fond of Ernestine as though she were his own little sister. She felt a greut relief to think that he had taken chnrge of the search. He would find Ernestine If she were to he found. Hut the thought of her sister out In these hot streets, lost, III and alone, caused her such anguish that she could scarcely breathe. Wlmt would mamma say to her? Mamma loved Ernestine the better always had. Mamma hud really left Ernestine to her. The door was flung open and Loring stood there. UIs eyes were glittering with fear or fever. He looked at her as if he scarcely knew her. "Lillian ! he exclaimed. I drove," she told him, "all the way. Ive been so worried." "You had cause to worry, he said When we find Ernestine she grimly. is going home with us to stay. Don't you agree? Shes got to have somebody to take cqre of her. Of course. Loring. T've news of a sort," he said slowly, I don't know and they stared at him. what It's worth. There was a woman taken to the County hospital this afternoon from this neighborhood. She was a young woman, and she was It might have been to he confined. Ernestine. Ive sent Will out there, and I came by to see If you were and to wait here here" to his wife for a phone call." The telephone shrilled, and the sound leaped through them all. Mrs. Bennett picked up the receiver with a trembling hand, while they all wutched her in straining silence. Yes yes this Is Mrs. Bennett.- . . . Oh, he did. . . . Oil, thank you. . . . Her sister Is here. Ill tell them. She turned from the phone. Its the hospital olllce. Will 1ms Identified Ernestine, and hes there with her. Oh, Mr. Hamilton you found her! And Get your lmt. said Loring. come with us. Never mind your keys, I.Illlan. Well take the taxi. At the hospital an Interne was very businesslike. "Her husband lms Identified her. Yes, he Is with her now. No, you cant come lu well, only for a moment. There lay Ernestine In the stilt, hospital shirt, her hair black between her white face and the white pillow, a nurse beside her counting her respiration, Will crouching there, Ids face against the covers. Her eyes were opened, flushed wtyb fever. She was talking pleading in delirium. Ernestine, the durllng sister in this dreadful place! You will all have to go," said the nurse, snapping shut her old fashioned watch and darting a resentful look at We cannot have anythe Interne. body In this ward after hours. Mr. Todd, you will have to go. Ernestine, cried Lillian, and Ernestine said quickly: Will's coming. I toll you my name Is Hrlceland I think there's more. The bus ran over me It leaped at me" She was crushed?" exclaimed Lillian, and the nurse said: No she's just delirious, llease go." "Cant e have her moved to a private room? Cnu't we move her?" It was Loring now. Will had lifted his face, and he Stared at Ernestine and gently Smoothed her cheek, while her bright eyes turned on him. Hapa you must find Will hell worry," she urged him. I caut say about moving her. You'll have to see the floor doctor. She Is very ill to be moved please leave the ward now." The nurse was definite. Training and authority were behind her, and they withdrew. .Even Will hud to leave her, but Ernestine made such au outcry that the nurse permitted him to come back until Loring should make arrangements to move Ernestine. Lillian found herself In a tiny reception room furnished barely. Loring had gone to the olHce, Mrs. Bennett to For a the phone booth downstairs. moment Lillian thought she was log to he sick. She tlung desjy' to :.ic arms of the chair - long-sleeve- J Ernestine here with the scum of the eurth mammas baby their beauty In this place that smelled of lysol, that was as full of the sounds of sickness and suffering as purgatory is full of groans. This place was hell, It was There came from the nightmare. streets the clang of an ambulance and a stretcher moved In the hall. Loring wus beside her, beckoning. We are taking her to the Presbyterian hospital.. Theyll have a room and a nurse for her when we get there. Also a good doctor." Lillian followed him In confusion. The unihulance she had heard was for Ernestine. The taxi threaded after It through the streets, and again there was delay. Mrs. Bennett left them to go back home. Will was with Ernestine und the stretcher. But now, at last, a small freshly painted room, as cleun as a scalded dish, a high narrow bed, by un open window, an electric fun on a white dressing table, a chair or two, and a graduate nurse, cajiahle, cool. There was a doctor, Lll-llu- n too. Lillian stood just inside the door. The doctor was silent for a long time, examining Ernestine, reading the copy of the chart that had been sent with her. Bremen nnd some albumen, he said as though any of them knew what he meant. "The baby will be premature If we can get her through her confinement now swiftly, shell be all right. When did you say she was expectant?" Will named the dute. The doctor nodded with satisfaction as though his worst fears were confirmed. Well, Its a nasty case, he said, but perhaps we shall pull her through. Miss Nana he turned to the nurse with a rapid fire of Instructions and requests and laid his coat aside. Now theres nothing any of you can Ho but give us elbow room and quiet. Shes already had two convulsions. When the next comes we shall be The horrid word ready for her shot through Lillians mind like a sword thrust. No no only Idiot children only diseused and terrible people only the poor and helpless were so afflicted. Not Ernestine oh, God not Ernestine I The doctor put them out with deliberate firmness, allowing Will to stay. If you go across the street, theres a nice little hotel there. Tell the clerk I sent you, and go to bed. Miss Nana will call you If theres any change, or If shes delivered. The battle Is ours, now. Lillian knew that It was as hard for Loring as It was for her to accept this dismissal and leave Will behind. Will was so futile! He would have left her In that other dreudful place. In silence they crossed the street, registered at the hotel, and were assigned a room. They moved about In silent misery, looking out of the windows at the walls of the hospital. Did you know Will lost his Job? he said Loring hesitated. Yes, I knew it. at last. But why I didn't know how Ernestine would take It, if 1 hutted In. I thought she would let us know If she needed us. You know how proud she Is I think Loring moved restlessly. Ill go hack to the hospital. You stay here. No need for both of us to go. Ill call you If you're needed. Weary nnd confused, Lillian took off her clothes, bathed in the tiny bathroom and lay down across the bed, Her whole partly dressed aguln. thought was strained at first toward the hospital nnd the possible Issue of Ernestine's Illness. Then her thoughts turned and turned, from Loring to Ernestine, to Will, to mamma and papa and Ernestine and hack to mamma again. Mamma had allowed papa and Loring to dictate to her about That had really sepWill's father. arated Ernestine trom them long ago. They hud offered Ernestine their love nnd help only at the price of betrayal of her marriage. Tears came to Lillian, and eventually, tired and sad, she fell asleep. Daylight streaming over her bed wakened her. She rose, dressed, went across to the hospital and asked for Will, wondering as she did so whether or not she should have asked for Loring. Will came to her In the reception room, looking at her from dull heavy eyes, silent, waiting. How Is Ernestine, Will?" she asked him softly. She Is still very 111," he answered, The and added as an afterthought: baby Is a girl." He was exhausted, unshaved, sad and awry. As he stood there looking vaguely about him he seemed to Lillian the most orlorn and helpless huShe man being she had ever seen. pitied him. hut he vexed her. Oh, Will," she said Impulsively, you shouldn't have allowed to have this other baby so sunn, You when you werent prepared. Krtv-Min- Shs Sat There and Watched Him Prepare Supper. knew what was the matter with Loring! She fell on her knees beside him, sobbing, and laid her face upon his knee. His hand fell on her shoulders. He mistook her fear and pain. Shell be all right, Lillian, he whispered. "God grant she will I The doctor said that a day or two will tell. It's uremic poisoning. He sat forward in his chair, and his clenched hand fell on one knee, while the other arm held her convulsively. Thank God you werent there. Thank God you will never know how she suffered. Will fainted once, and the nurse brought me Into the room. They were fighting deuth like a physical foe. I helped to hold her He gave a stilled cry and tore the buttons from his shirt as he expanded his lungs against the crushing fear that lay upon him. Oh, Lillian, he cried to his wife, I don't see how she can live after last night. The doctor thinks she will, and so does Doctor Grey. Hes with her now. But I dont see how she can survive that struggle. But one He thing is settled for us, for ever. face up from his pulled her tear-we- t knee, and looked at her with blazing You and I will have to be eyes. enough. No child Is worth such anguish. No life Is worth death. No children for us. She hid her face against him. Her arms held him close. I don't care, If only you will love me. He pressed her to him but his eyes ; . the hospital un- , last they stood In their little kitchen, she weak and trembling In his arms. He was starved for her, but he kissed her gently, got the rocker and filled It with cushions and placed It by the open kitchen door. She sat there and watched him prepare supper. she said, when they had Will, eaten, and he had closed the door against the fall dusk, youre like you used to be. Youre like you were that day we met upon the street, when I first fell In love with you. Tell me, what Is It? The new Job, I guess. Im crazy about it, Ernestine. In the first place, to be working again is good and to be working for John Poole. And then, Ernestine, I think we're going to do It. I believe well make a success a big one." was boundless. His enthusinsm While he washed the dishes he talked to her, and then they put the children to bed, and he drew Ernestine onto his knees. Tell me, Ernestine It was an ungodly business but you arent sorry,' are you? Now that youre both home again youre glad we've got her aren't you? They sat looking at the baby. Will pressed his cheek against Ernestines shoulder. Tell me, he Implored her. Ernestine understood his need for assurance. He was still suffering from the humiliation Lillian and Loring had heaped on him. They said I shouldnt have allowed allowed," he exclaimed sharply I never thought at the word. about it." Were married, arent we?" asked Ernestine, and as his bright look questioned her she shook her head a little. That's all, she said. Thats the answer. Im your wife I love you of course I'm glad. He kissed her passionately. It seemed so long since she had been In his arms like this dose, close. "Oil, Ernestine," he said, I don't deserve you. The future is uncertain. But if ever a wife deserved a good husband, you do. But, sweetheart. Its !: : No People of History Unfamiliar With Rings Bings were not always used to decfingers, and In suitable forms at different times, they were worn as anklets, armlets and necklaces; on the toes nml fingers; In the ears and nose, writes Frank II. Vlzeteily, editor of lie New Standard dictionary. To this , and the day, the are worn in Far Eastern the were Porcelain finger-ring- s lands. worn by the poorer dnss of Egyptians. Such as have been preserved In the British museum, London, are of extreme beauty. Some are of blue porce lain with a hand of not more than of an Inch lu thickness, yet small ns they nre they hear two Impressions. From Egypt and the East rings were introduced to Greece, where they were orate the I nose-ring- ear-rin- toe-rin- one-eight- Put the Safa Fint called on his stock broker and found him grumbling ahout lack of business nnd recent financial complications in the city. He was about to leave his oltice for Hie day. As they were going out, the culler noticed that the door of the safe a large, majestic piece of furniture was open. said he, you lock your Surely, .tie fur the night, dont you?" "As a rule, yes," replied the broker, ' ut us tilings are at present, I would ;: h rather that any one should pike he laments than break the safe!" t. Jolsu Telegraph Journal. A man ! worn by all free men as Insignia of olllce or for ornament. From the Greeks the Romans adopted the custom. hut by them rings were worn more ns luxuries, and became very To so great an excess did common. the Romans carry this practice that they had summer rings nnd winter rings, the former being heavier und thicker than the latter. Roman gems were sought and highly valued for mystic virtues attributed to thetu. Mutic Helpt Efficiency hack as 1S811 the head of a southern factory, wtiere cigarettes were rolled h.v hand, placed good singers In his workrooms to Increase efficiency and contentment in the plant. There nre today several hundred American industrial organizations that encourage musical activities among their employees. A survey conducted by the National Association for the Advancement of Music reports thnt .12 companies allow the musical programs to he conducted on company time, wdiile 112 allow them to he conducted half on company time. Experiments prove that under the Influence of mu sic more work is done and fewer mistakes are made. As far Meaning in Sentence The term "a year and a day in a prison sentence is designated so ns to insure the lapse of a full year; n person serving such sentence is hound to serve at least a complete year. HEALTHY COMPLEXIONS 1 CHAPTER X hos-pitn- : ; In til the baby was a month old. Will borrowed the money from Mr. Poole and paid the hospital bill, paid the nurse and the two doctors, the day she was to be discharged. Loring protested in vain. The removal to the expensive private hospital had been his suggestion it was he who got the nurse, who got the two doctors; he had planned to meet ail these ex peases. But Will was deaf to him. l He was going to pay Ernestine's bill, he declared. If he had to rob a bank. What business was It of BorIt wag Will's wife Wills child. ings? Legally the debt was Todd's. There was nothing that could be done about it, hut the argument Increased the had blood between the men. Ernestine wanted to go to her own home, site told Mamma was hurrying back Lillian. from Europe. The house at the lake was closed. Lillian remonstrated with Ernestines determination to go buck to the nouse out in Mayfair. But what will you do?" stie asked, Will Isn't and her face grew red. even working. I started Yes, I am, said Will. today. Mr. Boole Is going to open an independent studio, und I am going to work for him. He's got hold of the copyrights to Ills old strip and we are going to syndicate it ourselves. It will bring us In a lot of money. I'm to get fifty dollars a week to begin with . . . and we'll be all right. Lillian's dismay was increased, not diminished, by this news. The combination of Will and Mr. Ioole was worse than nothing, It appeared to her. "I don't know what mamma will say. she protested feebly, hut neither Ernestine nor Will seemed to be moved by that. It was a wonderfal day when Ernestine went home. All the way home In the taxi Will held the baby In one arm and Ernestine in the other, and his face was shining with joy when at hard, Its been harder for you thnn for me; don't think I dont know it. But Its been worth the risk, hasn't It?" As long as we Judd together, she As long as we love. whispered. And he poured his kisses upon her thin flushed face. Ill make up, to you for everythin? youll never he sorry, he told her. And she lay against him, yielding, tremulous and in love, forgetting everything else for him as site had forgotten again and again. Will Has a Vision The firm of Boole and Todd found Itself at the end of two years established beyond question. It owed Its success to Wills terrific efforts. He had met and overcome one after another of their natural foes: Mr. Booles Idleness and Intemperance. By a kind of fierce affection he had dominated and controlled the old man and kept him working. The profits were divided, after he had his fifty a week, and Boole his hundred. And out of his share of the profits, Will repaid his partner for the loan for Ernestines hospital hill. He repaid him the exact half of the amount Poole had sunk into the business at the beginning. And after two years he found himself face to face with the one enemy he could not conquer. Ernestine noticed that he grew thin and pale, that fall that the baby, Elaine, was two. What Is It, Will? she asked him. I thought everything was fine now. "Its Boole, said Will. Hes not drawing hes boozing, but, of course, thats not new. Only hes lost In- from healthy systems. Free the body of poisons with t. Effective In smaller doses. All druggists sell this safe, scientific laxative. come Feen-a-mln- Fight "Slot Drug Store" Medical men of London have started a war on the new automatic drug stores" which are being placed !a railway stations, hotels nnd oilier public places. The machines deal out aspirin, bismuth and other drugs. The possibility of children getting the drugs has prompted one pathologist to predict that the machines will undoubtedly cause many fatalities. terest. What do you mean, Will? to put his He seemed reluctant thought into crude words. lies failing his health. His eyes are bad. You mean hes old? Thats what I Yes," said Will. mean. He cant help It poor devil he struggles against It but Its showing on him. But, Will, what are you doing? Why, Im managing but thats all. When I can get him to help, we work together. Weve got the strip all planned out for another year, the general sequence of things. But I dont feel that I can do Pooles stuff. My I can own Ideas would be different do the drawings well enough nobody would notice, probably but " You dont want to go on without him? "The stuff Is his, Ernestine. I dont want to theres something fundamentally wrong even when Im his partner, and all. For a while, as a makeshift, I can go ahead, and take care of the mechanics of It, and do the conversation but actually, we havent any business at all. We only have him and when hes gone Will sighed, and then squared his shoulders. he said, and Well heres hoping, grinned at her. "I guess the old boat will sail another season. You see its hard for me to crowd him, Ernestine. lie Is old, and his eyes are about gone, and he hangs on me Its like making a sick old horse pull In the harness for us. Of course, Its for him, too, but it Is really for us. We are the ones that will enjoy the money not him. I find myself soft with him. I know. She understood this exactly, and her young face was troubled. She was blooming again with beauty and vitality. She had been a lovely bud but now she was In flower In her middle twenties young with beauty nnd grace, but with poise now, too, nnd a strong sense of accomplishment. She had background now of a new kind not the background of parents und school and a fine home, l. but the background of effort and You Ill take Ieter, she said. can look after Elaine. She was going to Lillian's, to see mamma who was home from New York for another visit. Will watched the family away, Elaine perched on his urm. Elaine was happy with her father, and they made a game of supper. J'ow, at two, she was beginning to be a bonny baby. They had had a long struggle with her. But at last her heart was beginning to beat a rhythmic tune a healthy organ instead of an undeveloped heart It almost in an undeveloped body. seemed that they could breathe again. After the little girl was sleeping Will sat beside her, smoking and watching he- r- dreaming those things a father dreams for his little daughter. The daylight was going, and the last of the light seemed to gather In an iridescence about the baby's face. Sud denly Will was shot through with un emotion more powerful than anything lie had ever felt For Just an Instant the baby face eenied the only thing in the world the lushes down in a smudge against her cheek he saw not tiesh, but color not bony structure, hut pure line idea He stared at her, und saw not the child but her picture. In that moment he sensed the true Identity of her being, as one hears In astonishment clear tone and harmony where there is no sound. He was profoundly disturbed. Why, he could paint her this was new this feeling; he had not felt like this before, not even when he daubed so constantly In colors as a child. He hud never felt tills; he could paint her; he knew that he could. During the whole month of Jan. uary Mr. Boole did not draw a line. He came to the office and sat there, hut Will could not get him to work, und found himself incapable of much urguiug. (TO BE CONTINUED.? CRY FOR IT CHILDREN hate to take medicine as a rule, but every child loves the taste of Castoria. And this pure vegetable preparation is just as good as it tastes; just as bland and just as harmless as the recipe reads. When Babys cry warns of colic, a few drops of Castoria has him soothed, asleep again in a jiffy. Nothing is more valuable ia diarrhea. When coated tongue or bad breath tell of constipation, invoke its gentle aid to cleanse and regulate a childs bowels. 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