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Show V fct"' t t ., t . ..Bn , , a MMM.--1-nr1-1--mTli..:;.r iii.imliiV,..-,,.-... v. n,m s j THE LEHI SUN. LEIH. UTAH , i I .iHliiiiif T 71 yr t w-a. . - -rm . '.; nj iNcglect Must Be Paid For l it; 'III i i . - ln S ME SHIWISIE IFILOT E .1 3 fetal Mr bra i Ma ihs By L1M LARRIItfOil WNTJ Barries I 0 Mor-Bmltb Compear CHAPTER IX STOEI niac UK rm 4 1 oar. fil m1 irnljW N6CI Buppha Lib Si ;t en p fi gradually improved. The R uSroom became the center house. There was Uways a It the open grate and cheerful iLtainMhot out the dreariness fltote November days. Jamie's mc trains were set up on the 3 Gay played games with Kit, frbara. curled on a shabby sofa comfortable curves and hoi-'3 hoi-'3 read aloud to the children. 1 Edith paid an occasional visit Iroom. But the children, with Kceptlon of Gay. were some-1 some-1 constrained with her. They 1 Aunt Edith wished that they come. ken went to the schoolroom, "when ne reiumeu uuum m . L He was always greeted frapturous cries and lusty em-s, em-s, Oe looked forward, each jo the hour before dinner which lent with the four . Thornes. I (old him things which had ned during the day. Kit jp tare a sketch to show him, ips, Jamie would have found ilily of kittens in the .old sleigh Se stable. Gay would want to up for him in a hoop-skirt lowered bonnet she had discov-in discov-in the attic. Barbara would advice about Jamie's cut or Kit's appetite which wasn't I it should be. And didn't he that Gay should learn to spell lew words every day? Mphen liked It He found the rses, as they became rested and r accustomed to their surround- increasingly entertaining. He pleased, and a little flattered itll, because they accepted hira Iftimate terms. They were nev-1 fserved and polite with him ej were with Aunt Edith. It Shim the feeling of having shed fiber of dreary years. :bara delighted him especially. las such a bewildering combi- h of rather precocious wisdom childish simplicity. She had irs or poses, it was Impossible $;e her by ordinary standards, .limes when she romped with fuldren, cheeks flushed, brown I tumbling, she seemed the sest of them all and, some-i some-i her manner was quaintly f op and her eyes were too big r face. But the unhappy times f lasted long. Barbara's spirits elastic She was odd and ex-le ex-le and unaccountable. She had fift of laughter. as pleasant to do things for Jo see her eyes brighten with re,to hear the singing notes In fy young voice. lull spoil her, Stephen Aunt said when he continued to I her odd little gifts. 1e can stand it, 1 think," n replied. "1 want her to be f while she is here." '! then be forgot Aunt Edith. ! wag coming downstairs to im, looking small and demure ry pretty In a bodiced frock for of a primrose. you have a hard day at the f he asked, smiling up at him the disturbing dimple at the of her mouth. "Come up W on your slippers and let M your pipe l.T880 ' child, srGtf i, lom nersetf- But r LalCertaln,y bewitched. L 1 . m young ,aBgh dri"- S- t,a to Aunt pms,k o... aii.1 to make t fool kZ ! tfsheiW help it S w 11 was Natalie who Idea tato his head. W ,htheffl Properly - p.m J?? m3 dressed?" KS. 8 Iter t."16 children were 'ler i He seemed I M lI7v human. j j2u! Ited out of ftlTJhe rred her tea with tl flrelight - I.HCUJ MI'm afraid we can't, Uncle Stephea" "Why not?" She flushed. "I we haven't any money." Stephen knew he had blundered. "I'd like to buy them for you," be said. Her lashes lifted. She looked at him gravely. - 'Oh, no," she said quickly. "Thank yon very much. But we I I can't let you do that" "Why not?" "How could we ever pay you back?" "Must you?" Stephen asked, liking lik-ing her Independence, wondering how he could buy her the clothes she needed without hurting her pride. "Of course," she said, as though there could be no question at all about that "But we are shabby, aren't we?" Her fingers touched the worn frock. ""I don't want you to be ashamed of us." "I'm not" Stephen said quickly, watching the pucker, soft as a wrinkle In silk, between her curving brows. "You have reason to be," she decided, de-cided, after an Interval of thought "Maybe we could pay you back. There'll be some money when they sell the Provlncetown house." "That's a good idea," Stephen agreed. "I'll present you with all of the bills." "Promise?" she asked very gravely. "1 promise." he gravely agreed. A day or two later he took them shopping, leaving the office at noon with no explanation, which caused fur jacket the color of coffee with cream. "Gracious I" Barbara exclaimed. "I can't buy fur coats, Uncle Stephen!" "Try It on," be suggested. She slipped her arms Into the coat "Will you let me buy it for a present?" pres-ent?" Stephen asked when the saleslady had disappeared In quest of other temptations. "I can't Uncle Stephen," she said. "You've done so much for us. I can't let you buy presents like this." "Barbara," Stephen said, "do you know what a godfather Is? He's a second father. Now, will you let me buy you the coat?" "But you've done so much, Uncle Stephen." "I like doing things for you," Stephen said gently. "It gives me a great deal of pleasure. "Then I'd let him," Gay advised. Barbara finally agreed. "Thank you," she said, when they had decided that she should wear the coat "I guess 1 have a frivolous disposition. I wish " She paused and a wistful expression crept into her eyes. She wished Bruce could see her in the fur Jacket with the muff and the soft little pull-on hat Stephen saw the wistful expression. expres-sion. He thought she wished that her father might see her. Or her mother, perhaps. Stephen, of course, knew nothing at all about Bruce. -' That evening Barbara saw, for the first time, the painting which SYNOPSIS OF THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS On her eighteenth birthday, Barbara, mother leu daughter of Christopher Thome, receive re-ceive a "birthday ring" from Bruce MacLaln, young artist friend of the family, but more than friend to Barbara. With Bruce she goes picnicking on the sands at Province-town. Province-town. He tells her a story of a gypsy boy, a little gypsy girl whom he loves, and the song of a silver flute. She knows it is her own love tale. Her father is killed in an accident. Relatives arrive and take charge of things. Barbara dreads to think of Kit's sensitive nature bruised in Uncle Herbert' household by hi rough-and-ready cousins, and Gay spoiled by silly Aunt Lola. Bruce urges immediate marriage, but that, too, would mean separation. Desperate, the children plot to run away to Barbara's godfather, god-father, "Uncle Stephen" Drake. He is a bachelor, forty years old, and loved Barbara's mother eighteen years ago. He had decided to propose that night to Emily Trent, so that hi household might have a permanent head. But the children arrive and the proposal pro-posal is interrupted. Stephen' aunt, Edith, want to know what he proposes doing about them. He admits he doesn't know. He feels hi heart warm to this daughter of his early love, but tells her he must send them all back. Kit is taken ilL Stephen finds himself unable to resume his lover-like feeling for Emily. Uncle Herbert and Aunt Lola arrive, highly annoyed. Stephen pacifies them. The youngster became a part of the household. Barbara writes Bruce, extolling Stephen for hi kindness. Miss Finch to wonder more than ever what had happened to Mr. Drake. Stephen wondered, too. The children, chil-dren, he thought were discovering for bim qualities which he did not know that he possessed. He was suddenly interested In bats and dresses and slippers, jealously wanting want-ing to do everything for Barbara's children himself as long as they were with him. He did It for her the Barbara be had loved. He was a little embarrassed, at first by the suave salesladies in the shop Natalie bad recommended. But the embarrassment gradually merged Into Interest and pride. Gay was enchanting In the frocks which the salesladies selected. "We can't afford much for me." Barbara said when they had selected select-ed frocks for Gay and a coat with ar squirrel collar and a cap banded with soft dark fur. . "Try them on, anyway," Stephen suggested, seeing the wistful expression expres-sion In her eyes. They changed her amazingly, he thought He had not realized the magic of pretty clothes. In these -Mi in- . in an and absent presmitw b"6 h "aid. "3W . -u mat . . lnOj5tteHbr,.ft5 . ink:, to bed. i Bke thH?" 8l'PPers- i if i . IT.; ri 'V. ' I u , .-,-!aBB, t JCT v.' mm a r- I iff "I Like Doing Things for You," Stephen Said Gently. frocks, cunningly cut and fitted, she looked older until he saw her eyes. Then she looked like a little girl dressing up. "We can't" she protested when Stephen would have Instructed the saleslady to send the enchanting frocks. "One or two?" He smiled at her. "One or two," she agreed, quickly returning the smile. The saleslady displayed a short hung above the fireplace In Stephen's room. "1 wanted you to see me," she said, standing in the open door Just before time for dinner. She wore one of the frocks they had selected that afternoon, a frock the color of a tea-rose, which fell to her ankles In graceful folds. "You look very nice," Stephen said, feeling a st rnge disturbance in his heart And then she saw the painting; red rocks, blue sea, distant rust-colored rust-colored sands, a girl with the wind blowing her skirt against her bare brown legs. "Father did that 1" she said, moving mov-ing toward the fireplace, "Yes," Stepten said. "It's Mother." She stood looking np at the painting, her lashes misted mist-ed with tears. "It isn't Mother's face exactly but the rest of It is." "Yes," Stephen said again. "She was lovely, wasn't she?" "Very lovely." Was It memories of the Barbara be bad loved, Stephen wondered, or was It the Barbara In the tea-rose frock that caused the strange disturbance In his heart? He saw her, standing there in the firelight as he bad not seen her before. She seemed, for a moment a woman old enough to be loved as he had loved her mother. Emily came to see Barbara and the children. The visit was not entirely a suc cess. She came one rainy Saturday Satur-day afternoon and Henry took her directly up to the schoolroom. Stephen was there with the children. The room was In an uproar. They bad been playing some sort of a noisy game. All of this, she thought must be very upsetting to Stephen who liked quiet and order. Stephen did not appear to be cp-seu cp-seu "You're Just In time," he said. "We're playing a very exciting game." He had wanted Emily to see the children. He had thought that she would be friendly and gracloua She was but with a difference Her manner was playful and ' slightly condescending. She made the fatal error of calling them "Stephen's kiddles." The children lost Interest In the game They were reserved and very polite. It was apparent that they did not Intend to Include Emily In the happy intimacy which Stephen shared. Stephen bad wanted Emily to see the children at their best They could be very appealing. Now they looked like bored little puppets w hose strings weren't working well. Barbara Joined them, presently. "This is Barbara." Stephen said. thinking how pretty she looked. "How do yon do, Miss Trent" Barbara said, poised and self-possessed. "I'm rather drippy, I'm afraid. I've been walking In the rain." She wasn't a child, Emily thought resenting Barbara's poise, resenting her glowing cheeks and the curly soft brown hair. Her manner was gracious and reserved. She was a very pretty girL Conversation became Increasingly difficult "Are you having a nice visit?" Emily asked. "Very nice," Barbara answered. "Very nice," Gay echoed, trying to be tactful and polite. Emily had brought Kit a book "The Motorboat Boys In Southern Waters." Kit thanked her politely and laid It aside. Emily felt that something was wrong. And then she noticed that "Moby Dick" lay on the table beside Kit's chair. The book she had brought was too juvenile, juve-nile, though the clerk in the bookshop book-shop had assured her that it was a favorite with boys of any age. She grew pink wjth confusion. She wished that she had not come. She wanted to be charming to the children. All the way out she had pictured herself winning their Immediate affection. But everything was wrong. She Introduced subjects which she thought might interest them. They were polite but bored. Emily became Increasingly nervous. Her head ached. She felt as though she were getting a cold. If only she wouldn't try so hard. Stephen thought, feeling sorry for Emily, resenting her Inability to interest the children. If she would treat them as equals Instead of using us-ing that playful tone. He exerted himself to restore the usual gayety of the schoolroom. It was useless. Emily was nervous and uneasy. Barbara Bar-bara looked uncomfortable. The children were bored and polite. There was,- however, one bright moment amid the difficulties of the visit Gay, a born diplomat admired ad-mired Emily's hair. , "It must look lovely when It's let down," she said, glancing up at Emily from under her long curled lashes. "Like the fairy tale 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.'" Emily flushed with pleasure. She hoped Stephen saw her as a fairytale fairy-tale princess. She relaxed, for a moment and was friendly and gracious, gra-cious, especially to Gay. But only for a moment She saw Stephen look at Barbara, curled on the sofa in a smart little frock of honey-colored wooL She saw herself her-self in the glass doors of the bookcase. book-case. She didn't look' like a fairytale fairy-tale princess. She looked almost middle-aged, compared with Bar bara's glowing youth. Her head throbbed painfully. She wished again that she hadn't come. Henry brought tea and little frosted frost-ed cakes. Barbara served It prettily. "I've had lots of experience,' she said to Emily, wanting to be friendly. friend-ly. "Father had 'Visiting Days' at the studio. There were always a great many ladies. Father was very handsome." "That must have been nice," Emily said vaguely. Stephen had said that Barbara was a child, "younger than any of them In many ways." She didn't act like a child. Her manner was assured. And the way she had been brought up I Artists "Two lumps for you, Cncle Stephen." Barbara dimpled and smiled as she banded him the cup. Tve learned that anyway." Artful. Emily thought Stephen looked at ber so tenderly. But he looked at Emily, too. She felt better bet-ter when they left the schoolroom and walked downstairs together. She spoke of Gay with enthusiasm as they waited in the hall for Thomas to bring the car. She knows 1 think less of Gay than any of them, Stephen thought She's Jealous of Barbara. That was absurd. Emily was too Intelligent to be Jealous of a child. He silently apologized. Stephen, as Aunt Edith had once before observed, had much to learn about women, "Will you come for dinner some evening soon?" Emily asked as Stephen settled her Into the car and folded the robe about her. "Father enjoys your visits so much. You have rather neglected us lately." Had be hesitated a moment too long before he had accerted the Invitation, In-vitation, Emily wondered, as the car followed the winding drive. She told herself that Stephen bad not changed. He mast of course, spend some time with the children. Everything Every-thing would be right again when they bad gone. But ber arguments were not convincing. con-vincing. Stephen had changed. Tears filled ber eves, spilled down over her cheeks. When Stephen returned to the schoolroom, he found the children enzaged in a heated argnment They looked a Mttle guilty. TO B8 COSTlSCED. Articles Long Unused Are Bound to Deteriorate in Quality. There seems to be a natural law that unused articles shall become useless. As soon as one stops utilizing util-izing whatever the thing happens to be, from that time It commences to deteriorate. It Is as If the article said: "If you are done with me, so am I done with you. I will not be neglected neg-lected and continue to keep In good condition. I will serve you to the best of my ability so long as I endure, en-dure, provided you want me. If I am no longer desirable, I cannot help deteriorating." How many of us homemakers have found that such a state of affairs af-fairs Is truth. We let garments remain re-main hanging In a closet They may get weak and tear or cut along seams and In folds when we again want to use them. Silk la particularly particu-larly liable to be affected. If the closet Is warm, the heat Is ruinous to silk In which there Is any filling. So few silks today are pure. Women Wom-en Insist on them having" "body," and filling supplies "body." Or it may be that the frock Is partly or entirely of wool. Beware of moths and buffalo bugs, If so. They accept the Invitation of longstanding long-standing unused material and worm their way Into the textiles, and tiny holes, always Just where they will show most are found In a surprisingly surpris-ingly short time. Wash goods get soiled and mussed. Dirt rots textiles. Also, being suspended sus-pended on clothes hangers strains the materia of whatever sort, where It bears the weight of the garment, on the shoulders usually. But It Is not wearing apparel alone which repays us In kind for failure to make use of it Furniture will get loose In its joints, dull of polish, shabby In upholstery, etc It will need to be done ever after a period of disuse. It Is odd that the articles which are most easily breakable when used, are those which, when not used, show 111 effects least Glass and china, when carefully packed away, can be taken out and be found In perfect condition In later years. Then, too, unused articles have a strange way of losing themselves. now the articles go or where, re mains a mystery. Like shoe buttons, which one young boy declared "died off," so do these unused articles seem to die away. Certainly they vanish without anyone In the household house-hold being aware of how or when. So It pays either to use things constant ly, or else pack them away In some manner which will preserve them against the time of returned desire to have them utilized. , U3J. BeU Syndicate. WNU Bervlo. ACID STOMACH EASY NOW TO CORRECT Just Do One Thing That's All According to many authorities, some 80 of the people of today have acid stomach. This because so many f ood3, comprising the modern diet are acid forming foods. It usually makes itself felt in sour stomach, indigestion, headaches, head-aches, nausea, "gas, "biliousness," and most frequently in stomach pains that come about thirty minutes after eating. So you can easily tell if you have it. Now Quickly and Easily Corrected If you do have acid stomach, don't worry about it You can correct it in a very simple manner. Just do this. It will alkalize your acid soaked stomach almost immediately. immediate-ly. You will feel like another person. 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Western Ave., Los An firs, California, Industrial Accidents With twice as many persons employed em-ployed in factories and workshops as la Great Britain, Industrial accidents acci-dents In the United States anna-ally anna-ally are 13 times greater. . Forgottea Favors "Forgotten favors," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "raise weeds of resentment In the garden where friendships were meant to grow." Washington Star. Tongue's Fnnctios) By examining the tongue of a patient, pa-tient, physicians find out the diseases dis-eases of the body, and psychologists psycholo-gists the diseases of the mind.' Maybe Not Then Alas! Ton can't tell whether it Is reckless driving, or merely fast driving, until it's time for the coroner. cor-oner. Schenectady Gazette. Ding, Dong! "We learns by experience," said Uncle Eben. "De only trouble Is dat every lesson is harder and school ain't never out" Swi eule Vaccine Sales Switzerland has taken control of the importation, manufacture and sale of vaccines and serums for treatment of humans. Pan-American Beginning The Idea of pan-Americanism began be-gan In Latin America in a conference confer-ence called In 1828 In the city of Fanama. Try Counting a Billion It would take an average person counting In an average way between be-tween 60 and 70 years to count to a billion. The Good and the Bad "Fame," said HI llo. the sage of Chinatown, "Is the true gold. Notoriety No-toriety Is only counterfeit money." Women for Jury Doty Women are eligible for Jury duty In 23 states In the Union and the District of Columbia Magnificent Runts Ceylon abounds In magnificent ruins of the great cities and temples tem-ples of the ancient Singhalese kings. the ruins being second In extent and Interest only to those of Egypt. America' First Railway What Is said to be America's first railway was the Granite railway at Qulncy, Mass., built about 1828, with horse-drawn cars, to carry granite for the Bunker hill monument. Pretty Closo Lino Drawn By government decree Cuban drug stores are limited to merchandise merchan-dise natural to the profession. Candles, Can-dles, toys and other miscellaneous goods are barred. Oldest Language In Europe Of the Indo-European languages. It seems to be generally agreed that the Lithuanian Is the most primitive primi-tive surviving In Europe. Engravings Bring $11,000 One hundred engravings by Albert Al-bert Durer. Sixteenth century German Ger-man etcher and engraver, were sold In London for $11,000. Plenty of Words Much philosophy has been little more than a clever essay in Imper-ceptlbility Imper-ceptlbility varying the meaning of well-known words. Good Definition "Gamblin money," said Uncle Eben, "Is de bait on a hook dat lets a fish get a little sometimes, Jes to keep bim nlbblin'." Much Food Is Tasteless The great bulk of our food, which consists of starch, protein and fat. Is said to be actualy entirely tasteless. Germany Third Germany ranks third, after the United States and England. In the production and consumption of gas. Almonds Are Not New It was In the Middle ages that almonds began to figure prominently In trade In Central Europe. But How About Other Games? The new Norfolk state prison, Norfolk, Mass., la said to be the only penitentiary la the United States where a bowling alley Is provided pro-vided for Inmates, "Old Man of the Mountains' The group of rocks called "The Old Man of the Mountains" Is on Profile mountain, Franconia region of the White mountains In New Hampshire. War Epidemic War was as epidemic as the plague In the Middle ages, and probably never ceased for a single day In one part of Europe or another. Mora Static Telephone systems of the world have in use more than 100.000,000 miles of copper wire. Telegraph companies have about 6,00,0000 miles. Convenient, at Least A beehive from which the honey Is extracted automatically through a faucet without destroying the comb of the bees has been patented. Good Crops and Poor The history of culture Is the history his-tory of long ages of unproductiveness unproductive-ness Is broken by short eras of pro duction. Many Wise Kiddies Sensitive and Imaginative children chil-dren have a faculty of Ignoring many things they don't understand. Except France In no other place In the world has everything French such drawing power as In South America. Keep Soul Yonng Father Time does not hurt the face of those who do not permit his scythe to touch the souL Figs in Place of Coffee A beverage made of rruistPd ground figs is widely used In Chile in place of coffee |