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Show THE HELPER JOURNAL, HELPER, UTAH QHJEEN By-Franc- ANNE'S LACE es ParKinsoru Ketjes to her, but couldn't because his Continued voice shook so. At first, that is 8 he collected himself "Well, has he been fair to me, I'd afterwards like to know? I wouldn't have and spoke better. But not until known myself what was the matter she had seen how shaken he was, with me, If Mrs. Conrad hadn't told how sorry, and, forgiving him, forme. She acts as If It were my fault got there was anything to forgive. By the first of April, Anne was you'd think Neal had nothing to do with It all and as If It were sufficiently better so that Miss Keep some dreadful crime. She had three could leave, Mabel caring for her since now she did not need so children herself, didn't she? 'Don't you realize, Anne, she said severe- much care and doing the housely, 'that you can't afford to have a work, too. By the first of May she baby?' And then she said some- was up for a little while each day. she never The session of the legislature was thing about talked to her son about over, and Neal was home again for I And we could afford a baby good, home, that is, until another every year on the money Neal turns election at least he had decided to over to her! And she won't come run for office again then, this time and take care of me because she for the state senate. He was very thinks I ought to get up and take kind to her, very thoughtful. The first of June, Mabel went home, exercise ! Exercise !" "Haf you seen a doctor?" leaving them alone again, and they "No, Mrs. Conrad said that wasn't were very happy. Anne did quannecessary. She said It would be a tities of sewing, sitting on the 'needless expense.' That this this little porch; she trimmed a bassiawful feeling had to 'run Its course' net with pink silk and white dotted no matter what you did. So I muslin and lace which the Golden-burg- s sent her. Mrs. Simmons did thought " Mr. Goldenburg, disengaging his the' washing and Ironing and the hand, walked over to the telephone. cleaning, and Neal took care of the "There Is a doctor In Hinsboro, I garden; but except for this help, suppose, hein?" he asked sarcasti- she did her own work again. Anne's baby was born in the Hinscally. "Doctor Pratt? So led me e see vat is his number boro hospital on a torrid night near the end of August She was in laYes, yes. Doctor Pratt was in, he would be bor for thirty-sihours. When the over, he said, right away. And, In doctor began to give her whiffs of the scant half hour that elapsed ether to take off the sharp edge of before his appearance, Mr. Golden- the pains, Neal, who had stayed burg proceeded to "tidy things up" with her up to that time, became with a dexterity and a swiftness deathly sick from the smell of it, remarkable in so plump and placid and left her. When Doctor Pratt finally held the ether cone to her face, telling her to breathe as much CHAPTER VI self-contr- self-contr- seven-thirty-fiv- x as she wanted of it she snatched from him, and pulled It down over her mouth and nose, tightly, tightly, oblivion the only mercy she sought if it could last forever, if it only could, her last conscious prayer. Her consciousness returned In waves. She babbled, telling secrets she did not mean to divulge, and yet unable to be silent. She felt bruised and beaten, she longed to be left to die in peace and still they kept doing things to her, things that disturbed her, things that .hurt her. If they would only go away ! She cried, weakly, the tears drop- plng down from her cheeks to the pillow, and yet she could not move to wipe them off, and no one else seemed to notice them. Then suddenly, Neal was there beside her, kissing the tears away; and between them on the bed, lay their little son. Then With Complete Composure He Admitted the Surprised Physician. it CHAPTER a person. Then with complete composure he admitted the surprised physician, still wearing one of Anne's aprons firmly tied about his waist. Doctor Pratt was not long in rendering bis verdict There must be regular care and skilled treatment without delay. Anne's condition was not dangerous, but he could not venture to describe It as otherwise than serious. Would she rather be moved to a hospital, or have a nurse and maid Installed? And of course her husband must be advised at once. It was useless for Anne to protest. Appealingly, she turned to Mr. Goldenburg. "Do you suppose, if you telegraphed Mabel, she would come and stay with me? I wouldn't know where to get a maid, or what to do with her afterwards. But Mabel Mabel Is my best friend," she explained to the doctor, "except Mr. We've often and Mrs. Goldenburg. planned that she should come and visit me, but somehow" "Why not telephone? Then she could get here sooner." Mr. Goldenburg was already In action again. Without much difficulty, he located Mabel, and Mabel said that she would be delighted to come, that she would be there in the morning. The doctor departed, promising to send around a nurse at once; and, within an hour, the Mr. Goldennurse materialized. burg sought at first Mrs. Simmons, next Mrs. Conrad, and finally catching the last train to Belford VII THE next eight years, Neal INbuilt up his law practice, which continued to grow, not Indeed by leaps and bounds, but steadily and satisfactorily. He also served four terms in the state legislature, the third as speaker of the bouse, the fourth as chairman of the most important committee in the senate. During the same eight years, Anne, smothering again and again her disappointment at taking no tangible part in her husband's campaigns, and at being left behind when he went to Belford, washed, cooked, cleaned, sewed, and took care of Junior; presented that husky youngster, when he was three years old, with a little sister, Nancy; took care of them both; washed, cooked, cleaned and sewed some more. When the second baby was Imminent, It became apparent that the little flat, in which they had continued to live up to this time, would not suffice for the family needs any longer. So they moved to a cottage, which they six-roo- unable to go motoring with Neal, or entertain her little bridge club, Worse than this, her close confinement to the house, and the never-endin- g drudgery of her work began to tell on ber heavily. She not only grew very thln herself, but the baby stopped gaining, became fretful, and turned blue under the eyes. Anne consulted Doctor Alarmed, Pratt, and he told her that unless she had regular help and equally regular recreation, she would have to wean Nancy. "And that,' he added, meaningly, "you should not, of course, consider In this warm weather." Anne's ' dread of the "servant problem" rose from a deeper source than the horrible stories she had about heard from her mother-in-lathe depravity of all domestic workers; it rose also from her very sincere sense of her own probable Incompetence In directing, rather than doing, work, and her unwillingness to entrust the care of the children to anyone else. But to her infinite surprise and. relief, Dora King, the first applicant In response to the advertisement, came when she said she would, contentedly took possession of the attic, and seemed perfectly satisfied to remain. She was, like Anne herself, a farmer's daughter, who had drifted to a little city. She was willing to learn ; and Anne, far from resenting her Ignorance, marveled at the quickness with which she overcame it But, even with Dora's help, her working hours were long and hard. Indeed, as time went on, Anne became more and more appalled at the number of things that could happen to children, normal, reasonably healthy children. They had croup, and kept her awake all night; they had colic, and kept her distracted all day ; they had measles and mumps and whooping-cougand chicken pox; they had nasty little sniffling colds, and deep frightening coughs. But they adored her. She was to them far more Important, far more precious than their father. They loved him, of course; but he did not figure largely In their field of life, not nearly as largely as she did, not even as largely as Dora. He was away from home a great deal, and they learned to take this as a matter of course. So, In the adoration of her children and of Dora for she attained that also Anne found, for a long time, all the beauty and romance which her life contained. If she had no talents towards directing political destiny, she at least had undeniable gifts as a homemaker. The dingy little cottage became gradually more and more lovely. She "put up" more fruit and vegetables than any woman In Hinsboro. She kept hens, and supplied not only her own family and her aw's with eggs and poultry, but sold some of both besides, until Neal put a stop to that; then canned her extra chickens and stowed away her extra eggs in h mother-in-l- Through her tears she ssw In remembrance the man she had married so gay, so kind, so loving and tender. Through her tears she saw, too, in reality, the man to whom she was married somber, selfish, Indifferent curt If she had loved him less, It would have been easier for her. But to her he was still as he had been on the day when he first held her la his arms, the most wonderful being In the world. She had the wisdom, greater than might reasonably be expected, to neither reproach nor nag him ; after a few weeks, he pulled himself to gether, and flung himself Into his law practice with renewed vigor. He was making money now, real money, and if he kept his nose to the grindstone, and closed his ears to the humming of the political bee for all time, he could become well, very comfortably fixed financially. On Christmas day he gave Anne the deeds for a large lot on the outskirts of the city which she had long admired, and suggested to her, a little gruffly, that he thought the time had come when they could build If she would like to, and that he would tell an architect who was said to know his business to start drawing plans whenever she said the word. She knew that this was his way of seeking to make amends, and responded with delight With the plans spread out before them, their heads touching, they came closer together, mentally and spiritually as well as physically, than they had been in a long time; and, with the coming of spring they spent every spare moment In supervising the They had found a combuilding. mon Interest, a common enthusiasm again and both were happy. The new house, when It was finally done, was extremely comIt fortable, and very attractive. stood In her name, unmortgaged and fully paid for. They had built for all time, and built welL Their first guest after they were duly Installed In the new , house, was Clarence Hathaway. He appeared in the wake of a telegram stating that he was passing through Hinsboro on his way back to Washington after a vacation In Canada, and would like to If they could "spend the week-en- d put him up." And Anne felt a stirred excitement even greater than Neal's surprise, when the message reached them. "Good old Clare he doesn't forget his friends, does he? He's first secretary now, you know, in Paris getting on the way he planned all right, and look at me " "You're getting on all right, too, aren't you? I think so! Oh, Neal what shall I wear?" Neal burst out laughing. "Well, you look all right to me whatever Hathaway may think, and that ought to go as big with you as It does with me when you say you think I'm getting on all right whatever' "It And. so the seasons sped past, filled to overflowing, with hardly a landmark to show their passing. She had been marrleU five years, six, seven; Junior was five years old and starting In kindergarten; she had been married eight years, nine, ten; Nancy was five years old and starting in kindergarten. She was not so busy any more, and the house was empty, terribly so. Then war was declared, and suddenly, she was busier than ever. She was spurred to supreme efforts In "conservation" because Neal had been appointed food administrator for the state. He filled the position with the greatest brilliance and thoroughness. Twice he was actually "called to Washington" by wire, and on one of these occasions, he went to the White House and talked earnestly to the President for five minutes. The press of the state, which, up to this time, had paid scant attention, began first to notice and then to "feature" him. By the time the armistice was signed, there was no doubt that Neal had become the most conspicuous figure In his state. Emboldened by his progress, he ran the following fall for lieutenant-governolie had been confident glowingly confident, of victory. And, by one of those strange turns of fortune which make gambling a safe and sure sport compared to politics, he had been overwhelmingly defeated. The blow was the more bitter because Low, the man running for governor on the same ticket, was elected by a substantial majority. Neal was not a good loser; he had been silent In his success that Is, at home seldom discussing his progress with Anne! now he became complalnlngly loquacious. He went sullenly about the house, or shut himself up In his office, declining to come home to his meals. If his political success had been difficult for Anne to bear, his political failure was doubly so. r, The Mowes Hal a Herm&n BY REN EE ADOREE A LTUOUGH I never stood before a motion picture camera until I was almost grown, I received a lot of movie training from the time I could toddle about I was born In Lllla, France. My father was a circus star and my mother of his troupe, I, also, became a member as soon as I could toddle Into the sawdust ring or onto the stage. My first appearances were In a ballet of 12 girls toe dancers who attracted a good deal of attention whether we were showing In France, Belgium, Germany or the Scandinavian countries. We not only did ballet work, but. we also did pantomime, which was my first training. That afterwards came in handy In motion picture work. At the age of ten I was billed as "The Mysterious Madame X." Every night promptly at eleven o'clock, I would be led blindfolded to the stage, or Into the ring. My act consisted of walking up to an aged, old Hon toothless and moth-eatewho had been trained to open his mouth so I could thrust my head Inn side. This feat made the audience fairly gasp. They thought I was In Imminent danger of losing my head. When I became a little older I specialized In dancing and bareback riding. It was In France that I saw the first motion pictures, and, strangely enough, had no desire to act In BE CONTINUED.) half?" other the about "What asked Brown. "They don't know yet that he's lost It" T) 1. Such Is Life rooifai a n li f t A vntl Q.i open a joint account with your hut IT DIDN'T WORK pose. Mrs. Brown A current account fli"- vao an r IlICi A tionAIf The chief of the firm had been to fn ,J ivii mo ijjvI JV'', Leadhis America. husband. count Innovations for Granby Among my ii.n was a notice on the door; "Burglars! This door is fitted with electric alarms. If It Is touched In any way Looked Like It the police will automatically come As the car drew up at the crosshere at once." roads two hands were thrust out One morning on reaching the office Mrs. Driver's signaling a turn to the : he found a second notice which read left, Mr, Driver's a turn to the right "Thanks for the tip. We broke "What do you two want?" said the through the wall Instead." London policeman, strolling up. "A Tit-Bit- No Dignities Due Quick Switch A tramp who was quoting Shake"Are you Interested In a war on speare was told : "In this house we crime?" are adherents of Bacon." "Of course," answered Senator "Me, too, mum, if you'll fry a Sorghum. "But I'm not In favor of little." so dignified as a It anything calling war. It Is a case where all good citizens should get together and conduct Only Appropriate Sort Bore You know I am very fond of a plain ordinary rattlesnake fight" birds. Yesterday one actually settled Awful Possibility on my head. Fed-uSometimes a wife loses her mind Listener It must have been a woodpecker! Stray Stories. by giving it to her husband In chunks. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY It was the World war which was to blame for my eventual entrance Into pictures. I was dancing In X 3t rs...m 1 EVERYWHERE Does Any Boy? Never Achieved Fond Mother Henry, you should The family's ambition mother's, a permanent wave; father's, a perma- have a place for everything. nent shave; little Freddie's, a perHenry What the use, mum? 1 never put them there. manent face-was- Almost Instant Relief From Neuralgia St- " - . 2- - TO GET ,Mt TAXI AND GO HOME HAVE Renee Adoree. Belgium when the Germans Invaded With thousands of others, I sought some avenue of escape from that country, because we realized that we might be held as prisoners until the war was over. I made my escape in a box-ca- r which was attached to a freight train that pulled out of the Belgium capital Just ahead of the Uhlans, who first entered the city. I made my way to France and thence to England, eventually embarking for New York, where I was on the stage as a dancer. Just as I was making progress In musical plays, such as "Oh Uncle," "What a Girl," and "The Dancer," the William Fox studio began mak ing tests for girls for motion pictures. I was one of the girls chosen for a test hut when I saw myself on the screen I decided I was meant for the stage. Later, I met Tom Moore and he persuaded me to take another film test for a part as his leading lady In Goldwyn comedies. This time I seemed to look altogether different Mr. Moore was satisfied with the tests and so were the Goldwyn people. I was given a contract and went to the Pacific coast where I made my first screen appearance. Even then I wasn't convinced I But I held was going to succeed. on and worked for various other producing companies after my contract with Goldwyn expired. At the old Louis B. Mayer studio, I was directed by Reginald Barker, who had the "knack" of getting the best out of me. Later I signed a contract with Me d wyn Mayer and became a feature player for that organization. It was the feminine role opposite to John Gilbert In "The Big Parade," which first gave me a great Impetus toward a career which had be come my life's ambition. that country. VE DEVELOPED A TERRIBLE 0 ATTACK OF 1 'mary.whv oont YOU TRY 2 BAYER ASPIRIN TABLETS. THEYUGETRIDOF YOU I? NEURALGIA in a few 2Q 1 I Only" over-trimme- "Yes," said Martin, "it was a sad case about that fellow. Since he lost all his money half his friends don't know him." them. does go big with me, darling. She realized how big the "only" was with the first casual glance Hathaway cast in her direction after the mutual greetings had been exThe house was quite all changed. right; Anne felt sure of that And Dora was all right She carried off her unaccustomed but wholly correct black uniform and spotless frilly apron with pleased pride, and served tea without a visible tremor. The children were all right too. And of course Neal was all right; his old charm, his old buoyancy, had come to the surface and bubbled over again at the sight of his friend. Hathaway himself, for all his elegance, had no more distinction, no more magnetism. But she There had been so much else to do in preparation for the great visit that she had found herself with only fifteen minutes left in which to dress; so she had washed hastily, and hastily twisted her curls Into a knot on the top of her head. Her "best dress" was nearly a year old, and she had made It herself, as she did all her dresses; It was a brown taffeta, many seasons behind the style, too long, too full, She had thought It pretty once; now she hated it And when Hathaway gave her that casual look, she felt that she could gladly tear It off and throw It into the scrap basket. When she left the two men to "talk over old times together" and went to her room, exhausted, from emotion as much as fatigue, she flung herself down on her bed without undressing, and sobbed aloud. "I'll take the first train to New York after he goes and buy myself some clothes. I can leave the children with Dora perfectly well, and I don't need to scrimp and save any more. Why have I been such an awful fool as to keep on doing It and on, and on! I'll have my hands taken care of, too; they're as rough as nutmeg graters! And my face massaged and my hair treated. I I am probably the most hideous looking woman In all the world." Meanwhile, downstairs, the conversation had taken a turn which she was very far from guessing. Hathaway talked of himself for a while, of his satisfactory advancement, his delightful post In Paris, his hopes for an even more not able appointment; easily and quietly, without arrogance, without even a too apparent complacence. And It was he who finally began t talk CAP AND' BELL Copyright by '. were able to rent cheaply, and which was sorely In need of paint, By degrees paper, and plumbing. they persuaded a reluctant landlord to make It more comfortable and attractive. Mabel came and spent a month with them when Anne left the hospital after Nancy's birth, a complacent Mabel, engaged to George, who had become more and more prosperous and who had the largest farm and the finest barns In Ham-steaNeal. After she left Anne was Anne never knew exactly what he said to any of them; she was, In fact, too III to Inquire, or to care, THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING for several weeks. But, as those weeks dragged their slow course Disappointed because of her Inability to put finishing- touches to her she became vaguely and comfortcostume for a dance, Anne Chamberlain li Irritated by the atolldlty of her ably conscious, sirk as she was, escort, George A visitor In the community, Neal Conrad, young that she was happier than she had lawyer. Is to beHildreth. the "sensation" of the evening, and Hildreth Is vaguely been in a long, long time. Mabel jealous. Conrad readily perceives Anne's fine character. He Invites her Miss Keep, the nurse, to accompany him and his hostess. Mrs. Griffin, on a picnic the following arrived. Anne an suitable old friend, Mr. buys "flnery" for the trip from Neal Sunday. waited on hpr by Inches. Goldenburg. The picnic Is a delight to her. At the end of the day Neal came home looking very much declares his love, and they become engaged. The marriage Is solemnized, cowed, badly frightened all the quietly but Impressively. At Washington, on their honeymoon, the C'onrads the driving en- meet Clarence Hathaway, friend of Neat's, young diplomat. The young gay start housekeeping. Anne's health begins to fall. Neal, engrossed ergy, wiped from his face. lie sat couple In does not notice. She realizes she Is to be a mother, but does down Inside her vn the bed, his not politics, tell Neal, now a state legislator, practically living at the capital. Alone of Neal. shoulders sagging, and tried to talk and suffering, Anne has a visit from her old friend, Mr. Goldenburg. 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