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Show rorks ; this' :iven tfves mes lalth 5V to VTttftDAY, MARCH 1, 1924 ! . 4YN0MII 1 MtOLOOUm Keaaeth Owynae fM a rwn old l the spring ( lilt hea his father ran away from Xea-oky Xea-oky with Raohol Carter, a widow. Vhey teak with taem Mind Carter, laehera hahy aauahtar. Ia the (all ieaaeta'e mother ale at a brokea faert. Hla arraaapareata brought klm U hata the aaate at Raehel Carter. La evil woman." ! CHAPTER L Keaaeth, saw a yeans wyer. aaaka lodalag far tha eight at lae farm of Fhlaaaa ftrlkar, near ivafayette. lad. It appears that Kra i anther haa recently die aad that ha la "-a hla war to taka paaacaaloa af ex-'raaelve ex-'raaelve land ha haa Inherited. Tha rtkere bought their farm of Kens atherea a mortaaro run to hla faker's fa-ker's widow tha Raehel Carter. A atttlful Blneteen-year-ela' girls'"". ts aha know hla fathar wall aad r(aeee to give her "aaue, I visiting i ao Surlhere. Kaa la aiuak lataraated : CHAPTER IV In tha morula tha flrl la gone. Strlkar talla Kaa aba 'waa blaaalng to alopa with Barry Lapelle had har mother eama la tha night and look har homo. Aa Kaa f oea on hla jay Striker talla htm: 'That slrl waa lei Owya aa' aha a yowr aaif-aiater.' 7 CHAPTER III. A handaome. daeh- laa; young tallow ridea up and tatro-Suoea tatro-Suoea hlmaclf aa Barry Lapelle. ' CHAPTER IV. laaae Stain, a farm-or, farm-or, fives Kan a maaaaro from Viola to all aa aoon aa ha raaohaa Lafayette. 1 CHAPTER V. At Lafayette Kaa aaaa hla lawyer, Cornell, and tha recorder, usher, tt appeara that tha will o "Robert Owyn. formerly haowa aav Rob-Ort Rob-Ort Qwyana, dlvldca aa eatenalv ro party between Kea aad Raahal Jwya. Viola la not meatloaed. oat haa decided not to ceateet CHAPTER VL Kaa ealla at Vlola'a homo and flnda Rachel Inatead of Viola. Rachel revtewa tha past, which nobody la Lafayette knowa. Rachel tella him that Viola la not hla fathar a daughter but htlnda, her own daughter by her rat huaband; that Viola belle vea herself her-self hta hlf-a4atr. She puts Vlola'a latere In hla haada. Kaa tella her he doaa aat make War oa women. (Continued) CHAPffeVvi! Brother and Slater. Aa ho turned into Main street ho espied es-pied tha flgare of a woman coming toward to-ward him from tha direction of the " public square. Hla mind waa ao folly occupied with thoughta of a moat dia-? dia-? tubing character that hi paid no at-) at-) lentlon to her, except to note that aha waa dreaaed in black and that, la hold- tog her yolumlnoaa skirt well off the grrmnd to avoid tha mad paddlea, aha' .; rtrealed tha bottom of a white, bo- raffled petticoat. , - Hia medlUtJona were Interrnpted i and hia tetereat auddenly arooaed whes I ft obaerred that ahe had atopped . ateck-atlll la the pith, After a moment. ) at turned and walked rapidly, with ; leant regard for tha puddle, in tha ) direction from which ahe had coma. ' Fifteen or twenty pacea down the road ' db came to what waa ondoubtedly a Cth or "abort cot" through the wood, to thla ah tamed huUly and waa Hat to view among the treea and haaet f ftraab, I Be had recogniced her, or rather he had dilned who aha waa. He ulck-aned ulck-aned hla pace, bent upon overtaking her. Then, with the thrill of the hunter, be abruptly whirled and retraced re-traced hla atepa, chuckling to anticipation antici-pation of her rarprtee when ahe found fclm waiting for her at the other end of tha "abort cot." He could hear har coming through the bruah. ' although fter figure waa still obacured by tha tangle of wildwood. the emerged, breathleaa, Into a little open apot, hot twenty feet away," and atopped to listen, looking back through Ih treea and underbrush to aee if ahe waa being followed. Her skirts were drawn up aim oat to the kneea and pinched doaety about har gray-atock-toged lege. He gallantly turned away aad pretended to be atudylng tha house across the road. Presently he fcit hla eare burning; he turned to meet the onslaught of her scornful, eon rioting eyes. "Ah. there you are," he cried, lift-lag lift-lag hia hat "I waa wondering whether you would come out at thla " "Can't you aee I am trying to avoid your ahe demanded with extreme frigidity. "I wiab yoi would go away. I don't want to aee you or talk to roo." "Then why did you leave word for aa to com to your house to se your he challenged. . n "I auspect you know by thla time, ahe replied, significantly. Ha hesitated, regarding her with some uneasiness. "What do you meanr ha fenced. "Well, you surely know that it was y mother who wanted to aee you, aad not X." she aald. almost insolently. insolent-ly. "Are you going to keep me stand-tag stand-tag here la the mud and alush all dayr Ho, indeed." he said. TIeaae come at" "Not unOl you go away." -Wliy dont you want to Ulk to mel What hav I doner "Ta know very wall what you have oa,M sh cried, hotly. Thv-tbe flrtt fiaca, I dont like yea. Tea have and tt vary an pleasant for any moth-rw moth-rw cwtaiaiy hai awver oa yea TIT Mrffti H fM t 1 GEORGE McCUTGHEON toul your tnlerTMefleB" IB BJ Ifftai: Walt! Do not Interrupt me, pleaa,' Maybe yea hav not exactly Interfered as yet, bat you are determined to 4 ao for the honor of the family, I sup-poae." sup-poae." Sh apok acathlngly. "I defy you and mother, too. I am not a child to b-J"- 1 muet Interrupt you," he exclaimed. ex-claimed. 1 haveat the slightest idea what you are talking about" Dont Me," aha cried, stamping bar foot "$lv ni credit for a llttl la telllgenc. Dont yon auppoae I know what mother wanted to aee you about? There t .. I can e th guilty look ia your eyea. I am a naughty little girl and my big brother has been called la to put a atop to. my fooliahnesa- If you What are you laughing at Mr. Owynner -ah broke off to demand furiously. "I am laughing at you," he replied, succinctly. "Ton are Ilk a little girl in a tantrum all over nothing at alt Little .girla '. In . tantrum are alwaya amusing, but not always naughty. Per mlt m to aaaur you that your mother moth-er and I hav not discussed your interesting in-teresting affair wither. Lapelle. We . talked of huslneaa mat" Then," ah cried, "how do you happen hap-pen to know anything about ' Mr. Lapelle and met Aha I You're not aa dever aa you think you are. That slipped oat didn't It? Well, what la the verdict? What are yon going to do to me? Lock m In my room, or tl me hand and foot or Please stay where you are. It la not necee-aary necee-aary to come any nearer, Mr. Gwynne." He continued hia advance through the thicket: andeterred by th omK noua light in her eye. She stood her ground. . "Viola," he aald, affecting atenneaa, , u a matter of fact I ao not tatoad to thrnat myaelf upon you or your mother.. That Is understood, I hope, W have nothing 'lh common and I daresay we can go our own ways without with-out seriously inconveniencing on another an-other I want youv to know, however, that I went to that house over there this afternoon because I thought you wanted to consult with me about something. some-thing. I waa prepared to help you, or to adviae you, or to do anything you wanted me to do. Ton were not there. Tour mother tny stepmother got me there under false preteasea, solely for the purpose of straightening out a certain cer-tain matter 1 connection with the well, the future. For your Information I will state that your mother did not refer to the affair at Striker nor did L I knew all about It however. I know that you went out there to meet Lapelle. You planned to run away with him and get married. I may add that it la a matter in which I have not the slightest Interest. If you want to marry him, all well and good. If yoa were to ask for my honest opinion, however, I alMuld-!",. "I am not aaklng for It" ahe cried, cuttingly. I should advise you to get married mar-ried In a more or less regular sort of way In your mother's home." . Thank you .for the advice,", ahe 1 aald, iY-tly. "I shall rH. married wha nd where I please and to whom I please, Mr. Owynne." "In view of the fact that I am your brother, Viola, I would suggest that you call me Kenneth." "I have no desire to claim you aa a brother, or to recognise you aa one," aald ahe. He atnlted. "With all my heart 1 deplore the evil fate that makes you a alster of mine." 8h was startled. That that doesn't sound very pretty," ahe said, a trifle dashed. The God's truth, neverthelesa. At any rate, ao long as you have to be my alster, I rejoice in the fact that yoa are an extremely pretty one. It la a great relief. Yoa might have turned out to be a scarecrow. I don't mind confessing that last night I aald to myaelf, There la the moat beautiful girl la all the world.' and I can't begin be-gin to tell you how shocked I was -this mornlhg when Striker Informed! me that you were my half -alster. He knocked a romantic dream Into cocked hat and But even ao, alster or no alstetr Viola, yon still remain beyond compare the loveliest girl I hav ever Been," - There waa something In hla eyea that caused her own to waver something some-thing thatby no account could be described as brotherly. It waa something some-thing ahe had seen la Barry Lapella'e eyea, and In the eyea of other ardent men. She waa flustered and a Utile distressed, . but recovered herself. "Who told you about Barry Lapelle and met" ahedemaaded.. Ton mean 'about last' atghfs adventurer ad-venturer b coaatered, a . trlfl aulidoasly. She colored. "I euppoe somen baa Oh, well It ioeeat matter, I ahaVt ask yoa t betray "the sneak whit-"' ' r PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW "At any rat, it waa hot year mower. mow-er. he aald. ; T Striked permit alofe to expose what yoa call hla treachery. FX thotght It wa hla duty t ten. under the circa matancte, And. whUe I am about It I may aa welt say that I think yoa conspired' to take a pretty mean advantage of those good aad faithful frlenda. Yea d celved them la a moat utragoaa meaner. It waaat t7 thoughtful r generoaa of you, Viola." ' , She was staring at him In wide-eyed aatonlshment her red llpa slightly parted. She could not believe her ears-Why, ears-Why, b was actually scolding her I She. Turned lit. at Her Own Oat. She waa being reprimanded ( He' was calmly, deliberately reproving her, as If she were a mischievous child 1 . Hla heart smote him aa he saw her eyea fill with tears. He did not mistake mis-take them for tears of shame or contrition con-trition far from It be knew they were bora of apeechleaaaflgefr-HI Mfl Burt her aorefy, even deliberately, aad he waa overcome by a sudden" charge1 of compassion and regret ' .He was aot surprised when sh swept by him, her head high, her cheeka white with anger, her stormy eyea denying him even ao much as a look of scorn. He stood aside, allowing allow-ing her to pass, aad remained raotJon-lesa, raotJon-lesa, gasing after her until she turned in at her owa gat aad was lost t view. He shook ass head duMoaaly and sighed. "Little Mlnda," he mused, under bis breath, "Yon were my playmate once uppn a time and now I Now - what are you? A rascal's sweetheart, If all they aay is true. Gad, how beautiful tyou . are I" He waa walking alow!) down the path, hla head bent, hla eyes clouded with trouble. "And how you are hating mejgt thla moment. What a devira.mesB II all Isf! His eyes fell upon something white lying at the edge of the path a tow feet ahead. It waa a neatly folded sheet of note paper. She must have dropped it aa ahe cam through. A message, perhaps, from Barry Lapelle, smuggled to her through the connivance con-nivance of friendly go-between. He stooped to pick It up, but before his Angers touched It he straightened up and deliberately moved It with the toe of hla boot to a leaa exposed place among the bushes, where - he would hav failed to aee It la paaalng. Then he strode resolutely away without ao much aa a glanc ev,er his ahoulder. His conscience would have rejoiced had he betrayed It by secreting him-aelf him-aelf among the buahea for a matter of five minute for he would have seen her steal warily, anxiously into the thicket In search of the lost missive an he would have been further exalted ex-alted by the little cry of relief that fell from her lips aa ahe anatched It up and sped incontinently homeward, aa if pursued by all th eyea In Christendom. ,. -As a , matter of iact, it waa aot a Jet ter from Barry to Viola. It waa the ether way round. She- had written him a long letter absolving herself from blame la th contretemps of the night before, at the same time confessing con-fessing that ahe waa absolutely In the dark aa to how her mother had found out about their plana. Then ah went on to aay that all things considered, ahe. was now quite sure she could never, never consent t make another attempt - "I -am positive." ahe wrote, ingenuously, ingen-uously, "that mother will . relent In time, and then we can be married without going to so much trouble about It." Farther en ahe admitted that "Mother la very firm about It now, but whea ahe realises that I am absolutely determined to marry jrou, I am sure ahe will give la and all will be well. I love you. but I also love her. Please be kind and reasonable, dear, and do not think I am losing heart. 1 am Just aa determined aa ever. Nothing can change me. I do wish you would atay away from that awful place down by th river. Mother would feel differently toward yoa, I know, if you were not there eajnnch. Sh knows thejnen play cards there for money and drink and swear. By this tiro yoa must know- that " ay brother haa com to Lafayette, Sh signed herself. Tour loving aad devoted de-voted and loyal Viola." - She bad beea enable to get the letter let-ter to him that day, and; for a very good reason. , Her SMssenger, Effle Wardlow'a young brother, reached the tavera Jaat la time t see Barry merge, unJtajJpey aad la a vile tern pw. arguing loudly with Jack Traol-Ma-aad Bi4-Jl2!t the towa'a stoat I Ami ?JP JM DMorlo'ua gaiublvrt. ( The three ma west ff toward th ferry. The lad very aanalbiy decided thla waa no time t deliver a love letter to Mr. Lapella, a forthwith returned re-turned If to th aeader. The first thing Viola did upon returning re-turning te the bouse with th recovered re-covered letter waa to proceed to th kitchen, where, after reading It over again, ah consigned tt to the flam. Sh we s very glad It bad not beea d-llvtred d-llvtred te Barry." ? CHAPTER VIII Mather and Daughter. . Rachel Qwyn waa aeated at th parlor par-lor . window when Viola entered th house. "May I have a 'word with you, mother r aald the girl, from, th doorway, door-way, after waiting a moment, for her mother to take some notice of her presence. She spoke la a very stiff sod formal manner, for , there had been no attempt at-tempt on" the part' of either "to" make peace since the trying experiences of arty morning. Viola had aulked all day, while her mother preserved a atony silence that remained unbroken up to the time ahe expressed a deslr to be alone with Kenneth when he called. Apparently Mrs. Gwya did not hear Vlola'a question; The girl advanced a few steps Into .th room and atopped again to regard the motionless, unresponsive unre-sponsive figure, at. the window... Mrs. Qwyn's elbow waa oa the sjll, her chin resting In the hand. Apparently ahe waa deaf .to all sound inside the room. A wave of pity swept oyer Viola." All In an Instant her rancor took flight and In Its place came a longing to steal over and throw her arms about those bent ahoulder and whis per words of remorse. Desolation bang over that silent thinking figure. Vlola'a heart swelled with renewed anger toward Kenneth Owynne. What bad J!j,e,.sald . or done to wound this stony, tndomltabl mother of hers?- The room was cold. The fire had died down;; only the huge backlog showed splotches of red against tha charred black ; la front of tt were th faintly smoking aahea of a once sprightly bias. " She shivered, and then, moved by a auddeh Impulse, strode softly over and took down from Ita peg beside the fireplace the huge turkey wing used In blowing the embers em-bers to life. She waa vigorously fanning fan-ning the backlog when a Bound from behind Indicated that her mother had risen from the chair. She smiled aa ah glanced over her ahoulder. '" "I met ray brother out there in the grave," said ah. I thought maybe you and he had been discussing Barry Lapelle and me aad what happened hast alght so I started Uo give him a piece of my mind. He knew all about It even If he did not get It from yoa, another." aald the girl, darkly. "Phla Striker told him everything." "Everybody la town will I'uow about tt before th week Is out said th mother, a touch of bitterness In her voice. "I would have given all I possess pos-sess If It could have been kept, from Kenneth Gwynne. Salt In an open sore, that'a what It la, Viola. It smarts, oh, how It smarts. - Viola, Ignorant of the true cause of her mothera pain, so tipped ber fingers disdainfully. That'a bow much I care for hla opinion, one way or the other. I wouldn't let him worry me If I were yen, mother, Lt him think pleases. He comes Lere and flrtt thtof he doea la to-" r V 1 The Room Waa Cold. The Fir Had Died Down. "lie" wTnihifaVwhanie pleases, my child," broke in her mother; "bo do aot flatter yourself thst he will b affected by "your opinion of him. . We wilt not discuss him. If you please. He will go bis owa way and we will go oure.Thert"fleed"b''BO tweea oar What dtd be' aay to yoa out there?".. - v.:,.. "He waa abominable I Offlcloua, sar-caalJclnaolenfcsiL sar-caalJclnaolenfcsiL 1 (To be continued) 1U1DS" ". o n o o J) rm 7 Mm i f.r i v iu v ' Qualift - and tho now prlco comblnqdma Tuxedo the outotand Ing value in plpo SATURDAY, MAIiCTI 1, 1924 , What RaU Cast. . r 4 The Department of Agriculture reports re-ports that last year's damage to prod-ice prod-ice and property by rata was mar than $200,000,000. Thla Is aa average rat tax f nearly $2 for each taJwbl tasi af th United State. Pelttenese Only Olldlng. It Is because gold la rare, that gtleV tag has. been Invented, which without having Its solidity, has all Ita brilliancy. brillian-cy. Tliua, to replace the kindness we lack, we have devised polltettesa which baa . all Its appearanca Do Levta JIUk every meal A pleaaaat ndagrceabla west and laatiBa kancllt aa wcU. Goad for teeth, breath aad dlQcatlon. Make the next cigar last better. . 0 Oi- Airrttavri VY lettrmltisfitSt D . I tobacco. 7 bw V a.1 iiimb if J 7 m w. ar X" : |