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Show C) '1 I i i!I ' ! YDIA OF STORY I riUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION. UTAH figure hesitating in the doorway, saw the cobbled red dress, with skirt that was too short nnd sleeves that were too long and neck that was too tight, saw the carefully blacked school shoes, saw the Intelligent' high-brehead nobly set on straight shoulders and the wonderful dusty gold of the curly hulr, and the puzzled, bashful blue iwawuSk d By HONORE WILLSIE FROM THE START SureReSief satisfied with her efforts. Saturday eyes. afternoon, she worked In the garden "Oh, Lydia !" cried the grouchy Miss by Frederick A. Btokee Co ) when the day was fair, helping to Towne, "werent you a dear to come WMJ Service gather the winter vegetables. Before clear Into town for my party. Mothlittle Iatience8 death she had gone er " this clearly for all the children to Sunday school, but since that time to hear, this Is "the pupil Ive told you "You love I Yon lamb!" she cried. hundred boys.and girls had been suc- she had not entered a church. So the one of whom were all so proud. She squatted on the floor and the pup cessfully herded Into the of, great assemSunday became her feast day. She Come over here, crowded his great hulk Into her lap, bly room. I.ydla." put In the entire morning preparing a Her most I.ydla moved carefully. licking her face and wagging his What Is your name, my dear? for dinner her futlier and Sunday moth-eatebreadth was at the back whole body. asked the teacher. nearly always John Levine. and It was difficult to cross the room There was a note tied to his colLydia silently presented her promoChristmas came and went, sadly and without lar. unduly exposing that back. Lydia untied It: "Dearest tion card. The teacher nodded. quietly. I.ydla was glad when the Young I.ydla: Here Is a friend who Come ahuig. Miss Dudley, or youll holidays were over. and she was back wants to share your bedroom with miss the principals speech. In school again. On her desk that first you. You must bring him up to be a She seated I.ydla near her in the morning lay a tiny envelope, addressed polite, obedient dog. and a credit to assembly room, then looked her over, to her. She It. In It was an opened your other friend. John Levine." The childs face was re- invitation from Miss Towne to attend curiously. Oh !" squealed Lydia. litOh! hut markably Intelligent, a high-brea reception she was tendering to the She tle face under a finely domed head. members of her algebra and why did they tie you In here ! geometry looked about the room. The old bed The back of her ears and the back of classes, freshmen and seniors been moved her out and neck were the thin her had, diningdirty, and For a momeut I.ydla was In heaven room couch moved in. The bureau hands were rough as If with houseIt was her first formal Invitation of had been shifted to another corner. work. The galatea sailor suit was any kind. Then she came rapidly to There was nothing to he seen of all cheap and coarse. earth. She had nothing to wearl It A sick mother or no mother, little Patience's belongings. It did not was was an evening party and she had no 1 look like the same room. the teachers mental tone. must way to go or come. She put the preAs she clung to the squirming pupinquire about her. cious card in her blouse pocket and Miss Towne had the reputation of py and stared. Lizzie came in. soberly ojiened her Civil GovernMr. an unfeeling disciplinarian among the ment." Aint It nice? slip asked. Levine came out with the dug this aft- pupils, but I.ydla did not know tills. At recess, she sat alone as she was ernoon anj suggested the change, lie She only knew that by some miracle rather prone to do. In the window of (lie cloak room, when she heurd a helped me. See the old quilt in the of kindness she came to understand corner? That's for the clog to sleep the classroom system of recitations, group of girls chattering. on. Aint he as big as an elephant! that she was Introduced to different Who wants to go to grouchy old I'm afraid hell eat as much as a teachers, that she learned how to deTownes reception when you can go to cipher the hours of her recitations a dance? I've .got two bids to the Ild man. from the complicated chart on the asHe can have half of my food, ITs party, said a fourteen-year-olcried Lydia. "Oh, Lizzie, Isnt he sembly room blackboard, and that at miss. noon she started for home with a list beautiful Oh, we'll have to go or shell flunk of textbooks to be purchased, and a us in "Well, no, replied Lizzie, truthfullalgebra, said another girl. "I'll y. He looks to me as if some one perfectly clear Idea of what to do wear my pink silk organdie. Whatll had stepped on his face. Youd bet- when she returned on the morrow, you wear? I.ydla walked along slowly, thinking ter take him out for a run. "My red silk. Maybe shell let us John Levine never did a wiser or deeply. She knew that her list of dance. I suppose Charlie and Kentll hooks came to something over five both want to take me. a kinder thing than to,give the brindle dollars. She knew that this sum of a was to He English bulldog Lydia. Terrible thing to be popular! puppy of nine months, well bred and money would floor her father and she Hasn't Kent the sweetest eyes! Do knew ou Completely Satisfied the Little Dressshe would rather beg that strong. Lydia took him Into her empyou know wlmt he said to me the othmaker and Old Lizzie. the on than streets one Arnos of start with a ty little heart completeness er night at the Evans party? Ills on his tirades poverty. that belongs to the natural dog lover The drifted out of the clonk But she reached the safe haven of When she turned Into the dirt road, room. girls and that was enhanced by her sat rigid. Ilnk organ- Miss Townes aide before the bevy of I.ydla She and Kent cast about Billy Norton overtook her. He was die! Bed silk! Kent's sweetest multicolored organdies entered the ' some time before deciding on a name. wearing a very high starched collar and eyes" I Then she looked down at the room. ." At first they thought seriously of a new suit of clothes. Billy was a inevitable sailor suit, and at her Kent was there. He hud brought naming him John, after the donor, senior and felt his superiority. Nev- patched and broken shoes. So fur she the pink organdie. He waved gay but decided that this might lead to ertheless, lie wanted to tell his trou had hud, few pangs about her clothes. hand to Lydia, vvhb waived Juck,;fliiyly, first-yea- r to a even hies confusion. Then they discovered that pupil. too. Her cheeks were beginning to But now or the first time she realGee, don't I have the luck! he ized that for some reason she was an burn scarlet, partly'1 because a Levines middle name was Adam, and real; Adam the brindle bull became, forthgroaned. "1 could get on the school alien, different from the other girls was a WondA-fu- l thliig and part-- ' jmrty football team, I know It, If I didnt and the realization made her heart ly because of the with. or-- ; Lydia made no objection to return- have to come home right after school ache. gnndles. Charlie Jackson, a spjfendld,! Lizzie was as excited as I.ydla when swarthy Indian hoy oj. .sixteen, was, ing to- the old room. It had lost Its to deliver milk. Hang It! How she hard of the Invitation. Lydia looked at him quickly. familiar outlines. there. He lived with 'Dfictor pulton! In May the garden was planted and much milk do you have to deliver? Theres that gray serge of your us office boy aiyV general helper and; Aw, Just a snag. Two quarts up mother's, in June, Lydia graduated from the she said. Its awful fad- ih doctor was olotping and educating the road to Essers and two to Stones. ed. And theres a piece of a .light him. Charlie war,' halfback 6 f the summer and the eighth grade, long vacation had begun. After the episode Think of putting me off the school blue serge waist she had, I.ydia, lets school football tenth, a famous player team for four quarts of milk of the note, Lydia made a conscienh get em dyed red. Stnltzkys will do It in and a great favorite. The glrljk tious effort to play with" Margery ut Oh, Billy, ghsped I.ydla, "I'ri do a couple of days .for us. Ill pay for blqjg TUa J)oy were Jkalous of his favor.' Even In the recess, and when vacation began she It for you If BillJ, have you got it out of the grocery money. Do you think we can fix It so It high school there was here a hang: called for the bankers daughter regu- your freshman textbooks still? Sure, a'nswered the boy. Theyre wont look made over?" asked I.ydla, over of the pure democracy of child: larly every week to go swimming. awful ; hood. was summer banged up, but I guess all the torn between hope and doubt. much this Outwardly You choose "Of course we can. Miss Towne had provided gnines like the previous one, except that pages are there. I.ydla was breathless with excite- your pattern tomorrow nnd Ill get In and refreshments bountifully. But It there was a quiet contentment about ment. Amos in spite of his real mourning Billy, if youll let me have to town In the morning with the goods, was it difficult matter to entertain for his baby daughter, that had been your books, I'll carry the milk for rheumatlz or no rhouinatiz." liipse youngsters already accustomed Amos heard of the Invitation with to a grownup social life. Miss Towne foreign to him for years. It was the you, all winter. Nor did the clothes had declared thnt there should be na The big boy looked at the little girl, real pleasure. garden that did this. Not only was Pshaw, wear dancing. But the games were negtt a wonderful garden to look on and curiously. problem trouble him. to eat from, but with It Amos paid for Hanged if Ill do It. Let your dad that green Sunday dress of yours. lected and the guests stood about la You always look nice, I.ydla, whatever frankly bored groups. So when a bevy milk and butter from the Nortons and get you new ones. wear. And Ill take you up there of organdies begged for permission to to as as like well Hed one, you a any for part of his groceries. This made but he can't right now and Im going and call for you. If all the boys In dance, Miss Towne, with obvious repossible the years Interest and payto look out for my own. Oh, Billy, school was running after you, ment on the note. luctance, gave In. , wouldn't let one of em beau you me do It! From tnat moment, the party was Lydia sewed for Florence Dombey, let So was rouud before you You can have em all and weleighteen. an assured success. Lydia, who had, climbed trees, swam and played pirates with Kent. But as a matter of come," exclaimed Billy, with a sudden put that kind of a bee out of your stuck like a little burr at Miss' In his voice. .Gosh, you're bonnet for good and all." To vine's side all the evening, looked, fact, the old childish zest for these huskiness awful little, I.ydla lived the next two weeks In on with wonder and a growing lump I.ydia. things had gone. For Lydia's real dress was In her throat. I won't the clouds. The new-olLydia stamped her foot. childhood had left her that December before finished the thp for And I'm take day reception. anything nothing. "Dont you danee, my dear? asked corhad spent under the far night she not little. I'm as strong as a horse. There had been minutes of despair in Mrs. Towne. The conceded Billy, Well, Just till creating this festive garment. Of course she doesnt, mother," an-- , after Thanksgiving Is all I waul. dyeing process had developed unsus- swered Miss Towne, she's Just a Come on along borne now and we'll pected moth holes. The blue and the child. Theres time enough for those fix it up with nia. gray serge did not dye exactly the things after high school. I dont know Ma Norton twisted I.ydla. around same shade, nor were they of quite whats going to become of this gen-- , and retied her hair ribbon while she the same texture. However, by twist- eratlon. listened. They all knew Lydia's pride, ing and turning and adding a yoke of This was small comfort to Lydia, so she quenched the Impulse to give black silk, which had for jears been watching the pretty groups twirl by. the dhild the books and said, "Till Lizzies Sunday neck scarf, a result Kent, hugging the pink organdie, Thanksgiving Is plenty of pay, Billy, was produced that completely satis- stopped on the far side of the room fied the little dressmaker and old from I.ydla to get a drink of lemonand when the snow conies, the extra walking will be too much. Lizzie. ade. Miss Towne was the only daughter Get the books out of the parlor chest Isn't Lydia's dress a scream," said You got a a Ink on the back of your of onj of the old New England famOlga. neck, Lydia. Walt till I get It off foi ilies of Lake City. Teaching was an "Huh? asked Kent In surprise. He avocation vvilh her and not a bread followed his partners glance across you." She wet a corner of a towel at the and buffer necessity. At eight o'clock the room. on a Saturday evening, Amos left I.ytea kettle and proceeded to scour th dia at the front door of her house, and unsuspecting Lydias neck and ear Children In the high school are up' In a few minutes Lydia was taking off That society can be unkind, to get ink In the back of their necks her hat and coat in the midst of a even to a small girl, is a fact and ears," she said. "Always scrub chattering group of girls. that Is to be brought home to After a general Hello, Lydia there, Lydia ! Iterueniber ! our little heroine, at her first Yes, ma'am! Oh, gosh, what a big slipped downstairs to find her hostess. party." pile! Thank you ever so much, Billy. Miss Towne, the grouchy, the strict, Ill be here right after school tomor and the stern Miss Towne, moving among her guests, saw the thin little Cm BE CONTINUED.) row, Mrs. Norton. mend a Lydia spent blissful evening ing and cleaning Billys textbooks. The delivering of the milk was no task at all, though had It not been for Adam trudging beside her with his rolling bulldog gait and his slavThe water where' the "royal prpon In defense 'of the supposedly superering ugly Jaw, she would have been h had been washed, when bottled a it'd ofSubine. I.orenzo stitious fisherman, In afraid of the the an. early dusk But What? Voice Wa Levine fered for kale, was known .as Berrl the American on tn an article 1853, tumn evenings. Gentle. wine. - Have fishermen fOiOmitted It took several months for I.ydla to fisherman, wrote: It is said that he is credulous and greater, Lillies than these fashionable ner of her fathers bed. She had not become aware of the complicated so' ' -Admit that Kidd people of France? fihen. uperstitious. cial on was life since about her. Her She faith going prayed young Good for Ixrenzo . Today horsein the kindness and sweetness of life, so absorbed while in school In adjust(noney has been dug for in every dark about in shoes are so scarce that fishermen no badly sliakeu by her mother's death, ing herself to the new type of school nook of the coast, or talked heir had been Utterly destroyed when lit- life that the Christmas holidays came every cuddy for a century and a halt longer nail them lathe masts Off witches, Although tle Patience had been taken from her. before she realized that, except In her ,,nd that horseshoes are nailed upon schooners to keep off they do hang used autoirtobtlt casings Lydia was very nervous about her classroom work, she 'had nothing the masts of fishing vessels he Is the only over the side to keep off other craft then? what In common with her class- witches; first day at high school. Kent was whatever Is guilty of that Thfghj.ruh their plarrkijrg' still or been has one who same mates. the at time and she enterirg would have liked to have asked to go Saturday was a busy dsy for I.ydbi he same follies? Estate Lo ft g in F amity In 1825 the duchess de Berrl visited with him but she knew lie would re- at home. Old Lizzie, who was nearly InGardlnegs Jsland, tn Long , fujand i watering place In France and sent violently being associated with a sixty, was much troubled with rheumatism and even careless Lydia fell dulged In sea bathing. Salt water and sound, near Shelter Island.: Is said to on so important an occasion. gl-fish which were afterward taken from be the only piece of landed property Bo it was that one of the teachers vaguely that the house needed a cerobserved a child in a faded but clean tain amount of cleaning once a week. the spot were articles of Immense In America wldclv has remained- - conIntinually In possession of the family o I galatea sailor suit, with curly blond So, of a Saturday morning, she value and sold at enormous prices. not could the original white "proprietor since who a to slammed house like tie at her hair barely long enough through the deed; those persons neck, standing In one of the lower small whirlwind, leaving corners un purchase a. whole fish gladly possessed colonial days. The original Gardlnir hails after the mob of seven or eight disturbed and dust In windrows, but ibemselves of a few scales or a tin! acquired the Utile island Ip 1GL. ) 6 ia-llen- ' 25$ and 75$ P kgs. Sold Everywhere 6 llie Adam , days slipped liy, as days will, even thoiigh they are grief laden. Slowly and inarticulately for the most part, Lydia struggled to adju.-t- . herself to her new loss. She went hack, to school, after t lie quarantine and the familiar routine there helped her. She was a good, student and was doing well in the eighth grade. Florence Dombey was a great comfort to the child. She slept at night with her black head beside Lydias Sometimes she slipped yellow one. Into the middle of the bed and fat Lizzie rolled oh her and woke with a groan. Lydia never entered the locked bedroom off the kitchen. Amos, and overworked, asked no questions, hut one night in April, John Levine saw Lydia at work on a night dress for Florence Dombey. Where does the young lady sleep?", . : he asked; i,i ,r ' "LydlSexplalnM and Lizzie littereif' a mild plaint, adding: Lydia ought to be getting back to her own lied, now warm weather will be coming was-lifte- . haarlem oil has been a worldwide remedy for kidney, liver and bladde disorders, rheumatism, lumbago and uric acid conditions. con eet internal troubles, stimulate vital organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Insist on the original genuine Gold Medal. (INK IKKMI . In. Lydia caught her lower lip in her Levine scrutinized the curly head bent over the sewing, then went on with his conversation with Amos. He was working quietly on his campaign, a year hence, for the office of sheriff. . Just before leaving, John asked for a drink of water and Amos went to Che pump to bring in a fresh pail. lie stopped while there to fuss over a barrel in which he lmd an old hen setting on some eggs he had got from-Mrs- . Norton. Lizzie had gone to bed early. "Young Lydia, said John, as soon I hey were alone, come here. When she was perched in her old place on his knee, You dont like to sleep in that stuffy bedroom w.th Lizzie, do you, dear? She's fat No, replied the child. and snores and wont have the window open hut Levine's voice was Hut what? gen lie. "Im afraid to sleep alone. "Afraid? Lydia not of any memory of dear little Patience!" "No! No! hut I have nightmares nearly every night she shes choking and I I cant help her. Then I wake up and catch hold of Lizzie. Oh, dont make ine sleep alone! John Why, my dear little girl caught the child's thin hands in a Arm, warm grip. Slip was trembling vioThis lently and her fingers twitched. wont do! Thats what keeps the dark rings round your eyes, is it? Of course you shan't sleep alone! Here ' comes your father. It's bedtinip. Isn't it? Good night, my dear. Lydia picked up Florence Doinbey omul went slowly off to bed as her farther came in with a glass of water. , That fool hen Isnt fully convinced ehe wants a family, lie said. The bed mom door closed after Lydia. said John, that child's Amos, nerves are all shot to pieces. He related his conversation with Lydia. What c&n I do? asked Amos, with a worried tir. "Seems to me she's Just got tt, wear It out. Levine grunted and put, on his hat. 1 wish she was my daughter, he If you'll ask Brown to come said. around to the Elks club tomorrow. I'll talk to him. On the Friday afternoon following when Lydia got home from school, she found the bouse apparently deserted. But there Issued from the neighborhood of the kitchen a yipping and that would have moved a heart of stone. Lydia ran Into the kitchen. The puppy wails came from behind the door of the old bedroom. Whoa In there! she called. The yipping changed to deep barks It of joy. Lydia tried the door. opened easily and a great, blundering pnppv hurled hit) self at her. I.ydfa a dug lover. teeth bnt said nothing. I i SALMON, AUDIT to iicnruiit exfre othctt for rVCIl'IC 10 !ba., Id i0 VrMKlit . at tU St Wash JJont 7 Inflamed eyelids or other eye Irritations. You wifi find a soothing atid sate remedy m, MITCHELL EYE SALVE. HAU. A KUrKEL. at all New York City ., druggist. m B B 2jf n itiscssttiesm TBB-LOK- S Th&Jlsphati Shinties that LcjkUklTih . MANUFACTURED BY ' . v OVER YEARS SO 1 - S DElL-Aftl- S FOR INDIGESTION d CHAPTER V BEtL-AN- Hot water Sure Relief . Lydia Dudley, with her baby Patience, returns from an afternoon of play to the untidy home of her father, Amos Dudley, In Lake City. Her father s friend and her own devoted admirer, John Levine, note the fact that land Is getting more Valuable every day - Amos thinks tt Is time the Indians on-- nearby reservation were moving In order that the white men might have this land. Levine announces his Intention of going Into politics. The next day, Lvdla, and companion, Kent Moulton, playing by the lake, are , accosted by an old squaw. Lydia gives her food Margery, small daughter of Dave Marshall, the town's banker, Joins them. Margery, falling Into the water, ts pulled out unhurt but frightened. Her father blames Lydia and Kent for the mishap Lydia explains the accident, and says that because Margery is stuck up she Is not a popular playmate. Marshall ananges for Lydia to teach Margery to become cne of the crowd." Levine tells Amo his pian to take timber from the Indian reservation and ultimately have it opened for settlement. Patience succumbs to diphtheria, leaving Lydia feeling that her trust in God is lost. She finds comfort in the loving kindness of John Levine. A note of Amos', backed by Levine and held by Marshall, Is due and cannot be met. Lydia pleads With Marshall, and for her rake he agrees to renew It. "gjfyy AMERICAN but St ROOF CORP. 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