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Show THE ITELPER JOURNAL, IIELPER, UTAH QUEEN ANNE'S pered confidences with ber best friend, Mabel Buck, who was waiting for ber there; wben she returned he sat down beside her, to scrawl his Initials at frequent Intervals over her "program" with the small tasseled pencil attached to It He bad to hurry. David Noble and Austin Gray were already crossing the floor in their direction, and others would follow close upon their Frances Parkinson, es LACE heels. "Don't take too many," whispered Anne, who was watching developments quite as carefully as he was, but with other ends In view, "you don't want to make the whole town think we're engaged." "Why, of course I do I Every one knows we're keeping company I Now, Anne" SYNOPSIS In a mood of disappointment, through her Inability, due to the selfishness of her family, to put finishing touches to her costume for a long anticipated country danoe, Anne Chamberlain Is irritated by the stolidity and lack of Imagination displayed by her escort, George Hildreth (points he shares with most of her acquaintances). CHAPTER I Continued 2 "I know It I That's what 1 meant ! You can't even see that! come on then, we'll go round by the gate." "If you say another word about It tonight, I won't dance with you crops ls all in, an' before the cows at all Hello, Austin, hello, Dabegin to freshen. We could go to vid, I'm awfully glad to see you. BosNiagara Falls, or Montreal, or Yes, I've got most of them free. ton." George, do give me back that pro"Oh, George, everybody goes to gram. Goodness, you've written your those places." name all over It Have you an era"Well, where do you want to go?" ser?" "To New York. And and Wash"No," said George doggedly. ington." "Then I'll have to get another proGeorge gulped with surprise. But gram." he was game. "I've an extra one," cheerfufly vol "All right To New York and unteered Austin's younger brother, Washington." who had joined the group. Thomas, "Especially Washington. I'm crazy "That's right, let's start all over to see I think I'd like to live again. Hello, Roy." there." "Hello yourself. Hello, Anne." I "For Heaven's sake, Nan Why "Oh, Roy, I'm ever so glad to see you haven't a chance In the world, you ! It's ages since you've been any more'n I have, of ever livin' down." anywhere but In West Hamstead." "I know. But I've been awfully "I know it But I wish I had." busy. Say, what have you got for George saw his rosy dreams van- a feller?" to He thin into mist ishing sought "There doesn't seem to be much recapture them. left but a 'Paul Jones.' " "But it'd be worth somethin' ter "Shucks! Well, I'll take that, and Mebbe we could go inoren'n how go. about the first extra?" once." it "lionest, Anne" "For Ileaven's sake, come on ! Do you "want to. get to that party before they start playing 'Home, sweet Home'?" "1 don't case, Anne, so long as I can be with you. He put his arm about her. She did not actually shake It off, but her lack of mental response to his caress was so marked that a physical "Wtell " withdrawal would really have been "Nan !" less chilling. "Let's talk about something else "Help me pick some of these for a while." flowers, then, so we can start," "Oh, Nan, please " For a moment they pulled away, He leaned forward, laying his hand at blossoms. the white Then silently, on her knee, trying to Anne laughed laughed so c ously earnestly look into her eyes. She put her that George realized, with a bound own hand over his, gave it a friendmust be vexation that her ing heart, ly pressure, and then shook her pink passing. of it. "Do you know the name of those skirt free i tau i, uwigr, one buiu will! flowers?" "No I never neard. They're kind equal earnestness. "Honestly, I can't. of a pest, I s'pose but they're I know how much you'd try to do pretty. They're kinder like lace." for me, and I do like you. But it isn't enough." "That's what they're called "It's a lot more'n you've got now." Queen Anne's Lace. It's funny, "I know when I said it wasn't Isn't it, my name, I mean, and wearI didn't mean that I wouldn't enough a in them and them, ing finding more comfortable than I've lots be not like this, and place having anyever been before. 1 know I would. thing else pretty " She held a spray op against her I meant that I somehow couldn't face, smiling as the soft white blos- look at things the way you do. And soms brushed her cheeks. Then she I don't care enough." "You just said you liked me." broke off the stems, and twisting "I do. But I don't love you. That them in the thorny roses, thrust is I don't believe I do. I don't like them into her belt. "I don't see nawthin' funny about to have you touch mo, and I cerIt," said George stolidly, "but they tainly never wanted to touch you. look nice, the way you've fixed 'em. That's a long way from feeling You're awful sweet, Anne couldn't you'd be glad to marry a man. And you give me a kiss before wt start It's further still from feeling as If you'd die If you couldn't" for the dance?" "Won't you think It over some Oeorge did not get his kiss, but as he had not expected It, he was more?" asked George miserably. not unduly disappointed. Anne was "You know bow it's been with me, always "offish." She hated to be ever since we were kids. I'm a good "pawed." She flung away from him provider. You shouldn't never lack Impatiently, and started on a run, nothin'. And I'd be a kind husband. back up the lane. George followed We would be happy. If ye can't say at a more leisurely pace, chewing a yes, don't say no neither. Not for a while, anyways. That's not askin piece of grass as he went When they were seated In his new much of ye." Anne hesitated. She had no wish actually on their way Into Baiustead, Anne relaxed, a little, and to be needlessly unkind, and she was they fell Into casual and friendly really fond of George. He was, as be said, not asking for much. conversation. "AH right," she said at length, "Are you pretty well through bayI woB't say 'no yet, If you won't ing?" Anne asked noncommittally. "Yes, Saturday nlglit'U see it pester ma And If you won't talk about It any more tonight. Have done." "You've had good luck, haven't you heard what there's going to be for music at the dance?" you?" George settled back In the buggy ''Fine. And the oats and corn's comln' along great, too. I don't with a sigh of mingled relief and know as I ever had 8 better year. triumph. 'The Wallacetown band's going And my creamery check keeps and mountln' straight to play," be replied. 'Four pieces. I bet It'll be slick. I hear there's along." Anne made no direct response to a number comln' down from there this boastful statement, with its to go to It Roy Giiftln has got hidden thrust at her father's lack of company. A feller he knew at colprosperity In dismal contrast to her lege, named Neal Conrad, Is vlsltln' him, so they're gettln' up a party. suitor's abundance. "I'm thlnkln' some of throwln' out Conrad's come up from HInsboro In the dinln' room an' where he lives, In one of these newa puttin In a furnace. An' a bath- fangled horseless carriages. I don't room. The bouse needs paperln' think much of them." "Don't you? Where have you seen an' palntln', too. It'll look real I one? good when I get it fixed up. "I ain't seen one. But I've heard cal'Iate I could get all them improvetell." ments done by late fall." "In the post office, sitting around Again Anne gave no sign that she the airtight with a lot of other moss-back-s bad drawn the obvious conclusion. who never saw one either, I "You aren't honestly flgurin' on teachln' another winter, are ye?" suppose," said Anne scornfully. "Oh, "I think I better. Ten dollars a George I Don't you see? It's Just as I said! We never look at things week helps out a great deal." "It helps out yer family. I don't the same way I I believe that horseless carriages are going to be a gee that you get much outer It," "Well, somebody's got to see that great success, and revolutionise I wish I had a the taxes are paid, and that we don't transportation. chance to go out in one." starve, at least" "Well," said George sarcastically, "Yes, and that somebody'll be you, Just as long as you'll do It There "mebbe Neal Conrad will ask ye to. are two good husky young 'uns, and Roy and him are comln' down to man an' woman Just the dance In his. That's what I startan ed to tell you." get tin' back and lettln' ye." The words were hardly out of his "George! Don't you dare criticize mouth before he repented them. He my family!" "I shall, too If yer so dead set had put an Idea In Anne's head that on tenchln', ye could keep on after might much better have been left we was married. You could do all out of It Of course. It was not the housework there is my house probable that this city dude would with one hand tied behind ye, con- take any notice of her, but It was venient like It all la. And you could possible. He Inwardly cursed his hev all the money ye earned to stupidity, and they drove on In sispend on yersclf clothes an' books lence. The "ball" bad not been In progan' a planner." lie had scored at Inst lie saw It, ress half an hour before Ms worst fears were realized. He had paid and pressed his advantage. "Ye always wanted ter travel. for their tickets, fifty cents apiece, We could take a real nice trip this while Anne withdrew to leave her fall. I could plan the work so'a I knitted shawl In the dressing room, could git awny for a spell after the and exchange a few Joyous whis "Fine," "I've got a friend here, I want him to meet you." "I'd love to." "I'll get him right away " But the Wallacetown band had begun to play the strains of the opening waltz. Even Anne's Independence of spirit did not permit her to question George's right to that without an Instant's delay. She rose, shaking down her skirts, and thrusting her program Into her sash, slipped Into his arms. But she smiled back at the deserted group over her shoulder. She was perfectly satisfied. Roy, she knew, would not forget CHAPTER II second dance was the "Paul Jones," and Roy came promptly to Anne's side as soon as the music for it began. Roy was not especially popular, being branded as "stuck up." He had gone to Harvard and had graduated from the "pHE mmml top-bugg- and be "was making a name for himself." Roy bad meant to tell Anne something about his guest as they twirled about together; but the whistle blew for the forming of the ring before they had had time to exchange a dozen words, and they Immediately lost sight of each other in the maze of the "grand right and left" When the whistle blew for the second time, Anne found herself facing a stranger; sensed, Instinctively, who It might be, and was caught up swiftly and swung Into a quick-stewithout the exchange of a word. It was only a minute, of course, before the man spoke to her. But In that minute she became crowdingly conscious of a number of strange sensations. He was so startlingly different from any of the men whom she knew. His bait ut was different, and his collar, and his tie, the shape of serge coat, the texture of his spotless white trousers. He had a square Jaw and square shoulders; and he held her so easily, yet so firmly so closely. He did not seem In the least concerned because they had never met "What fun this kind of a dance lsl Gets every one acquainted, the very first thing I'm Neal Conrad, a friend of Roy Griffin's I'm visiting him." "I I thought yon must be Neal hls-bl- ue Conrad. I've known Roy a long time. He promised to Introduce tie to you." "Well, I should hope so! I'd te terribly disappointed If he didn't!" "But there wasn't time before the party began," Anne went on, completing her sentence as she had Intended before this astonishing person Interrupted her. "We must make up for lost time now then darn It I There goes that whistle !" "You said this kind of a dance was great fun I" exclaimed Anne, laughing lightly. "Well, I've changed my mind. It's a darned poor kind of a dance. We were just getting nicely started but I'll see you later." The grand right and left had already begun again. They took their places in It tardily, and Anne, at It was acleast, counted nothing short of a crime to hold it up, and she knew It. George, as she approached him, showed a face us black as a thunder cloud. When the "Paul Jones" ended, she admitted that she was thirsty and turned with him to the lemonade table. Neal Conrad meanwhile had sought out his host without delay, and taken him Impatiently aside. "Who's that girl I danced with the first time the whistle blew? I didn't even have time to get her name. She says she'd known you a long time and that you had promised to present me. I wish you'd hurry up and do It" "I've known all the gins here a long time, and I've promised all of them that I'd introduce you to them. You're the event of the evening." "This girl," continued Neal, "had on an awful pink dress trimmed with black velvet bows, and she'd been using cheap perfumery. But she danced like a featherweight angel, and she was a raving, tearing beauty. Now, do you know whom I mean?" "I've known whom you meant all along," lisped Roy, enjoying his little Joke. "It's, Anne Chamberlain. She's over there by the table now, drinking lemonade." "Come on," said Neal briefly. necessary formalities consumed very little time. At the end of them Neal asked to see Anne's The bay-wind- able-bodie- d program. "I'm awfully sorry. It's all filled." "Nonsense !" "All Bight," She Said at Length, "It is really," she said, blushing. Won't Say 'No Yet, If You Won't "But I wish It wasn't," Bhe added, Pester Me." blushing more deeply still. law school there as well as completThere was not the slightest doubt his academic course with consid- of her sincerity. JJeal regarded ber ing erable succesa He was an only with amusement child, and had Inherited a comfort"What shall we do about It?" be able fortune from his father, a prosasked. perous hardware dealer, who had "I don't know." been Immensely proud of him, and "Well, I do. I'm going to ask the had wanted him to have "advanband to add two more extras. And It was owing to his fatages." both to be mine. Don't forther's death that he had returned to they're Wallacetown and settled down to get." "I shan't" said Anne ecstatically. practice, In order that his mother, "What do you usually do during who was too old to be uprooted from the Intermission?" ' her native element, need not be "Why I wait for It to be over." left alone. He was a good son, "Of course. But where?" and a good citizen, and he was "Right here," she replied with rapidly proving himself to be a good bewilderment But ha was Insignificant-looking- , growing lawyer. "The worst place you could think slightly built and anemic. of. Why don't you come and sit It He lisped a little. Anne liked him, out with me In my motor?" because he lent her books, and "Where?" talked with her about glimpses of "In my motor. The horseless carthe great world which be had had. you know." riage, And he liked Anne, recognizing her A"nne hesitated. Such a sr.gges-tlo- n beauty and brains and spirit But had certainly never been made she did not stir bis senses, and he In Hamstead before, because It was felt himself slightly above her, the first time that anyone had though he was careful more carethere with a horseless carful than he was toward many other stopped Therefore she had no preceriage. persons not to let her see this. dent for or declineither accepting The Chamberlains were a "shiftless But she knew ing the Invitation. lot," and the thrifty Griffins looked perfectly well that local etiquette down npon all such. dsmandod she should refuse. Into the Griffins' "Fine." said Neal heartily, quite household. Neal Conrad burst with- as If she had given hlra a swiftly out warning. He was "motoring affirmative answer. "I'll come for through" to see some wealthy clients yon. Now I must speak to the bnnd." of his own, who were spending the The first of the extras, which, summer In the mountains, and without the slightest apparent diffi to see good old Roy." "simply had he succeeded In persundlng When they recovered from the first culty, the bnnd to Interpolate, came Just shock of his unheralded arrival, and before the Intermission. It was a the further shock of the discovery waltz "The Beautiful, Blue Danthat he Intended to spend several ube." Anne had never heard It bedays with them, they accepted his fore, and when she asked Neal Its presence with a mild Joy and a name he looked at her again In unsatisfaction that was by no means concealed amusement as he told her. mild. Neal "had a way with him," (TO BS CONTlNt'RD.) well-ordere- d j I GRANDMA'S PART IN CHILD LIFE age we grow more susceptible to worry. This very fact Is the answer to It all, and the very reason why women of an older generation would do well to cultivate philosophy about Her Influence Important, if their grandchildren. She Avoids Worry. The best way to Many of the settlers fled, but a banj"" of Quakers stayed on. When the Indiana arrived they met them without arms, and explained that It was agafnst their principles to fight. The Indians were puzzled, but ,v 'pressed. Finally they withdrew wl out doing any harm, but first p sented the Quaker leader with number or wnite leathers, ir one these was shown on a house, would know that It belonged Quaker, and It would be safe enjoy grandchildren Is to make fine friends with them. I know one eet of grandchildren who call their grandmother "Mable." She Is still a young woman and they love her to death. She oraves. t plays Jokes on them and they on uieir her. She takes them everywhere and An V snenks them sodas and balloons and and management? Belonging to a committee teachi;- movies. To her they are not probA grandma is a necessary person you how procrastinating people are. lems, but real pals and friends. In a child's life and the child who Perhaps her way Is not every hasn't one misses something very grandmother's Idea of enjoying the PARKER'S sweet and fine. youngsters, but even so there Is a HAIR BALSAM After bringing up her own family lesson In It, I think. A aamora Dandruff (Stop, lioi, I'iUlnJ liS-otor and she has done her duty as far as has more influence as agrandmother friend than CVOk - Beast? impart to Gray and Faded Haul uic smn iu at Jmirriata responsibility and training go. as a worrier. Olive Roberts Barton, She wont bother about a dirty In the New York World FLUKES i ON SHAMPOO Ideal for Main Telegram. face or rumpled clothes. She won't connection with Parker'eHairBaiflarruMakeB the hair aoft and flofTy. 60 cent by mail or at drug shudder at a slang word. She won't Hiflcoi Chemical Work, ratcboffue, U. 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