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Show THE S ALIN A SUN. SALINA. UTAH i FEELS IT HIS DUTY TO TELL THE FACTS : By KATHLEEN NORRIS Copyright by Kathleen Norris CHAPTER III Continued She told him all about It, Inconsequentially, and he listened with genuine Interest In his handsome eyes. Perhaps this artless revelation of a girls heart was novel to a man who found the sex remarkable in all its phases, perhaps with beauty like Ellens opposite him, and a delicious breakfast under way, he would have found anything she said equally absorbing. Warmed and contented, they went out to the car again, and again Ellen was wrapped In snugly, and disguised by the big dark glasses. t two, said Gibbs, again at the wheel. That means that we will run into the city Just about four Half-pas- oclock. The car moved smoothly away over the snow. Ellen was beginning to love the steady, gliding motion. She secretly wished that there was a longer Journey ahead. The snow was surely coming; dark little cottony clouds were gathering ahead, and pressing low over the silent earth. There was no sunshine now, and the air seemed heavier and colder. The roads were almost deserted. Never you mind, we'll beat it! Gibbs snid with great enjoyment. Look out for a signpost, and tell me where we are." Columbus Circle twelve miles," Ellen announced, after a few minutes. "Twelve mfles well, we must look out for the Sunday speed cops now!" He slackened his pace. They were region. running through a Ellen began to realize that the trip was almost over. The day had run away ; a day always to be a wonderful and treasured memory. Afterward, she tried to remember just how she was shaken from her musings. Like all accidents, the thing was simplicity Itself. They were running parallel to a r trolley track, on the wide street under the beginning of the elevated trains. There was a car on the track a few hundred feet ahead, and next to the car a man driving an enormous team of horses and an empty truck. Both truck and trolley were traveling in the same direction as the automobile. The street was so wide that there was no question, even In Ellens mind, of the propriety of passing the car and truck, especially as the stretch of street beyond was absolutely empty. Gibbs turned his wheel toward the left, and was running unconcernedly by, when the motorman suddenly whistle a tersounded an rific, prolonged blast of the siren with which trolley cars are sometimes etfuipped in the country. The horses, with a wild plunge of terror, flung themselves straight across the path of the motorcar coming up behind them, almost unseating tlielr driver, and tangling themselves In reins and harness. Gibbs jerked his car violently to the left, instincthely avoiding the plunging hoofs ; there was a moment of horrible .skidding and grinding in the snow that edged the ditch, then the roadster turned abruptly on its side, and Ellen was spilled out, with Gibbs on top of her. The girl had hardly time for a moment of hideous apprehension and panic before she was on her feet again, with his arm about her. laughing with the revulsion and the shock. The skid had saved them, for the car was turned at an exact angle, and so bad slipped with her lights firmly wedged against the further side of the ditch, and had no opportunity to turn tu? tie, as she must otherwise have do.tp. For a few confused moments E'len hid her dazed face In the fur of the mans shoulder; no, she really wasnt hurt, she had land? d on her shoulder, honestly she was n t hurt. It just hurt her for a moment, that was all And It had scared her Gibbs, reassured, began to nurse a wrenched wrist of his own, and to dismiss the accident with the two carmen and the tru x driver with the usual anger and threats. What was the sense of blowing a whistle right Into well-settle- the lady wasnt hurt, and drovq away. Youve bust your front spring, mister, volunteered a youth gayly. I know I have," Gibbs said savageYou poor little thing, he added ly. Ive scared you to tenderly to Ellen. death . Oh, it feela all right, now," she said quickly, but she was white, and still shaken from the narrow escape. He read her expression truly. With only one worried glance at her, he set about extricating them from the difficult position as rapidly as possible. The gay boy was left in charge of the car, and Gibbs caught up Ellens suitcase, as, still In their hpavy coats, they started on foot to the nearest garage. Fortunately this was not far away, and from here Gibbs sent mechanics back to the roadster, and engaged a taxicab to take Ellen and himself as far ns the subway at Van Cortlnndt Park. All the while he was praising her, not only in words, but with his appreciative eyes, and In the sudden cheerfulness that the averted tragedy Inspired In him. He talked to her frankly and ga.vly; she was a good sport, she had really shown Incredible nerve. And they had had a great day, hadnt they? since they missed the train from Hustings. Its been a wonderful day!" she said, hardly above a whisper. Perhaps the man's first Impulse was to lay his hand over the small hand not far from his own, to say something that should meet her mood. It was not the only time that Gibbs Josselyn had had such an opportunity, it was the first move in a game that he had played with supreme success for many years. But he did not want to play that game with Ellen. There was no conscious, Idle flirtatiousness In those lowered blue eyes, no coquetry In that honest little Irish mouth. It could bring her no Joy, It might It must preliminaries of a long Illness are ilrnost always wretched for the . Ellen was suffering acutely, she was mystified and shocked, and she was heartsick at the hideous possibility she suspected under the young doctors frankly troubled manner. Joe came in to see her for a few minutes twice a day, her grandfather once, her aunt kept the room clean, and brought her trays she could hardly touch. Fevered, restless, dazed with lack of sleep and with the effect of the medicine that controlled the worst of the pain, she would stare at th?in dully. Gradually she reached the second stage, and. If hope died within her then, as to the future, at least she found the present more bearable. Not as a whole, for her soul shrank from the horror of the thought that she might never walk free and young through the garden, and lnt Main street again. A few days before Christians the New York specialist came down, and was friendly and informal to a degree that enchanted Aunt Elsie. He could say little mere than Doctor Older. Miss Latimer had done something mysteriously hnrmful to one of the delicate vertebrae at the very base of the brain. It was an unusual cose. The girl quivered into the invalids invariable question. Doctor do you think can you give us any idea it can be cured, patit-nt- g cant it?" Aunt Elsie snd Joe and Even the Old Captain Listened to Ellens Tired and Excited Recital That Night. bring her pain to know Gibbs well. No, her have this days adventures to keep, an unclouded memory, and let the story end here. She had played her part fairly, and he would play his, too. There was barely time at the train for laughing goodbys. Ellen glanced back when she had passed the gate; he was watching her, und as their eyes met he gave her his disturbing smile again, and again raised his hat. Hes thirty or more, and every woman he knows is in love with him. said Ellen to herself, settling down In the train. Its been wonderful its been heavenly, und Ill never see him Jos-sely- n again! CHAPTER IV Aunt Elsie und Joe and even the captain listened to Ellen's tired excited recital that night ; ?he woman exclaiming over descriptions of meals and clothes, the old man and the young anxious to grasp exactly what huppened to the car, and Ellen sat up after the others had gone to bed and wrote a pretty note of thanks to Mrs. Rose. She said that she and Mr. Josselyn had had a spill in the snow. but that fortunately no harm was done; It had been a lovely run. After the letter was gone she sot reflecting; could she with any pro-prietv write Gibbs? She knew she could not. She knew that he would read her motive in doing so as clearly I like as If she wrote the words: you. Im not married, and youre not married. I dont want to let you go. She gave no the Idea, and put her the horses ears letter to Mrs Rose by the clock, to be You was passing too close to the mailed In the morning, and went to edge of the road anyway! shouted bed. twisting and turning because thp the motorman furiously. Upon Gibbs wrenched shoulder had begun to ache, aklng his number, he blew hi whistle Imt finally falling into deep. exhaustagain, and banged triumphantly down ed sleep between the cc.d sheets, too the line. The truck driver, a little tired to dream. Joe mailed the tetter the next morn-ifig- , frightened, standing at the horses' heatl eipixwd his satisfaction that and stopped at ths drug store on 1 old und 1 one well-know- the way back, for Ellen could not twist her sore shoulder into her dress, and came downstairs In her wrapper. Her aunt and the captain prophesied that It would get better immediately, and a day or two went by. Ellen lay patiently through the long daytime hours, and wept with pain In the night. Mrs. Baldwin persisted that It was either a cold In the shoulder, or a wranch, or the stifTneck." But she sent Joe for the doctor after breakfast, and Ellen felt better when she knew Joe had gone. Her aunt aired the dining room, anticipating the call, and had everything In order long before nine. But It was almost noon when the busy doctor came In. That was the beginning. Ellen, who had never been in a doctor's hands before, smiled up at him uncomfortably as his skilled fingers pressed and explored. She made a rueful face when she beard her fate. She must lie absolutely still for an unspecified number of days, perhnps a week. Mrs. Bradley afterward told some intimates that she mistrusted Ellen was in for a bad spell when Doctor Older, who was fresh from the city hospital himself, said that lie was going to see an old doctor in the city who was a spine authority in a day or two and discuss Ellens case with him. d "Tanlac has meant so much to me appetite, digestion and general condiIn the way of improved health that I tion. So I took four bottles and by the been crushed and altered brief moment of terror and shock they feel It a duty, as well as a pleasure, that time I was eating as heartily as had laughed over and so quickly for to recommend it," is the appreciative I ever did and digesting everything n fine. gotten? Suppose he said to himself statement of J. M. Freeman, 307 Camden of resident St, It a was was and that he pity My liver went to work right, my sorry, headaches stopped and I was able to and nothing more? Then she would San Antonio, Texas. About a year ago my stomach and lose not only the future, but the bright sleep like a log. I had gone down to digestion got all out of fix and I soon only 143 pounds, but I am now a and precious memory of the past. My appetite strong man of 215 pounds, and my Again, he might respond to the little became badly appeal with all the generous ardor went back on me and the little I did health Is the best It has been In years. that she knew was In him, waiting to e?it failed to nourish me. Constipa- A friend of mine took four bottles of be stirred. He 'might come straight tion troubled me nearly all the time Tanlac at the same time I did and got and I also had bilious spells and at- fine results, too. As a builder of down to the house in Main street To find Aunt Elsie, opening the door, tacks of dizziness. health and strength Tanlac Is certainMy sleep was unsound and I got ly without an equal." suspicious of his errand, and find ths dining room overheated and unalred, up mornings with a mean, sickening Tanlac Is for sale by all good drugand find Joes boots oiled and drying taste In my mouth and a dull headache Accept no substitute. Over 40 gists. by the airtight stove, and adding their that lasted me almost through the day. Million bottles sold. I lost considerable weight and that odor to the other odors And to find Ellen, t la rosy comdraggy feeling was on me all Tanlac Vegetable Pills, for constipanion of the furs and the laughter, a the time. small white-faceAfter a few days use of Tanlac I pation, made and recommended by the thing under a patchwork quilt, with brown leather straps noticed a marked Improvement In my manufacturers of TANLAC. under her chin Trade Agreement Provision Made for Cats Reaching this point In her thoughts, An agreement has been entered The value of cats to the postal Ellen would give a little shudder. Better that he should never know. Better Into by Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia service has come to be so well recogthat she had never crossed his path, whereby the government of Bulgaria nized that an annual appropriation la or he hers. But for that memorable engages to purchase machinery and made by congress for their mainteweek-en- d nance. The reward is In cat meat, she might he going to the railroad equipment from CzechosloYacht club dance with Wllla, Bobby vakia and Czechoslovakia will pur- which costs about $135 a year. Carnival, and the Henshaws tonight, chase tobacco from Bulgaria for Its s tobacco monopoly. she might be in the Mardi Gras Mind on Important Things that was to convulse and enHe Dolly, dear, dont you think And chant the village next week. Playmates Will Envy Her you could learn to love me. summer was coming, a summer withShe Why, Johnny, I havent time! Marjorie Knox, thirteen years old, out driving and tennis and swimming of Kew Gardens, L. I., returned from Really! There are my mah-jongfor Ellen. a year in Europe with two trunks full and motor lessons London Answers. She must lie still, the old physical of dolls. There were representatives Joy In living gone, and the old peace of every country Marjorie visited, and of mind gone, too. For Bobby and the she traveled everywhere" nnd began Henshaws seemed changed now, and to collect dolls file minute the family In the back of her heart and the back In Europe, arrived of her mind there lingered the disturbing vision that had displaced Voice Runs Typewriter them: the memory of a cultivated A Bwlsi Inventor claims to have of kind silver voice; eyes, and deep hair; of clever, groomed hands. There perfected a machine that will typelingered the hurting knowledge that write direct from the spoken words. certain doors were closed to Ellen A speed of from 90 to 100 words a Latimer, that certain lips spoke a lan- minute about as fast as the average guage she could not understand, that man can dictate is claimed for the there was a world, so near her own, new machine, which is opernted electrically. Popular Science Monthly. where her mere youngness and goodness and willingness to learn could INSIST! Unless you see the win her no place. Other keys were FEELING OF SECURITY Bayer Cross on tablets you needed for those doors, and through not getting the genuine are no fault of her own, Ellen had not WHEN YOU USE those keys. Bayer Aspirin proved safe by SWAMP-ROO- T Mrs. Rose had gone to Bermuda. millions and prescribed by phyThe check for Ellens expenses had for 24 years. sicians You feel aecure when you arrived promptly during the first week naturally of the year, however, and had been know that the medicine you are about to Accept only a the cause of some serious debate In take ii absolutely pure and contain no harmful or drugs. the Latimer house. Bayer package Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmers Swamp-RooEllen wished to send It back, with kidney, liver and bladder medicine. a note explaining the circumstances. which contains proven directions The same standard of purity, strength The Mrs. Rose might Handy Bayer boxes of 12 tablet show her sympathy in some decided and excellence is maintained in every Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggist . bottle of Swamp-Rootway, might even mention Ellens sad Aspirin Is the trade msrk of Barer ManuIt is scientifically compounded from facture of Uonoscetlcacldester of Ballcylicacld situation In some quarter through vegetable herbs. which it would reach Gibbs Josselyn. Bend model or drawing forex Highest referenoee. It is not a stimulant and is taken in PATENTS aralcailon. Rut Mrs. Baldwin, quite unsusBest results. Promptness ss doses. sored. teaspoonful E. Coleman. Watson picious of this vague thought in her It is not recommended for everything. Booklet FEBa rtsatLw7r,444IIM.,Waklaftll nieces mind, suggested that the check It is natures great helper in relieving BATHE TIRED EYES simply he hanked for .the time when Ellen could use it. No use distressing snd overcoming kidney, liver and bladder with lr. Thompson's Bye water. Buy at Tourdmgcrist'sor her generous friend with a tale of troubles. 116& Hirer, Troy, N. Y. Booklet. A 6worn statement of purity is with misery for which she was indirectly responsible, and which she could not every bottle of Dr. Kilmers Swamp-RooAfter A Bath help. With If you ned a medicine, vou should have Ellen agreed to this somewhat rethe best. On sale at all drug stores in luctantly. The girl hungered for the bottles of two Dust With sizes, medium and large. romantic nnd dramatic; life thrust her if wish first However, to you CutlcuraTalcum try this back resolutely into the commonplace, aration, send ten cents to Dr. do what she might. But she was learn- great pre; Delicately Medicated OF Fleesini Frerfreno Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a ing patience and coming sample Little. When writing, lie sure to believe that what made for happi- and mention this paper. Advertisement W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. ness and harmony here, in the old house, whs her first concern. In His Official Capacity After the Quarrel April was rainy, nnd May was rainy, I hear your friend Jack addressed Oh, will we ever He (disconsolate) but the miracle of the year went on 5,000 Orator or have equality between man and wompeople yesterday. despite the rain. A film of green broadcaster? an! . Ive been tyrannized by woman showed on the hard dark earth of the Neither. American long enough. Envelopes. garden and against the bare limbs of Legion Weekly. the trees, and sweet wild winds swept The Difference over the world with the odor of damp The Sub jet of Petting I knew my wife three months beturned soil and bursting buds In their Girl I cunt agree with you on the fore I married tier!" wake. Then suddenly there were still hot Subject of petting. I knew mine a week after! Guy How I wish we could get todays. All the windows were open, and on that subject! Everybody's a scent of lilacs drifted His Main Attraction through the gether Magazine. house. So Helens uffair with the count Ellen, a little thin nnd limp, hut off. Did she doubt ids love? Natures Camouflage dressed nnd radiant, had a comfortable Boston Trunscrlpt. No, Ills title. The white crab spider assumes the chair under the lilac tree, and waved color of the flower In which lie has now and then at friendly passos-bSigns In the street. Site had a hook, but taken up his abode and thus enjoys What makes you think theyre enoften she sat dreaming blissfully, with Its protection. gaged ? the pages unturned, for hours at a She lias a ring and he's broke." a man time. No hook was half so exciting Physical courage may make as was a slow walk to the gate, with sweat, but moral courage is more A Ticklish Jab hitn Void sueat." a stop on the wav back to gather her- likely to make self a dozen violets, or h plume of "Mending a broken watch must be lilac. Spring bad never seemed half Preaching nnd practice are twins delicate work. No doubt a tick lish Job. so lovely, or the world so kind. that frequently get separated. In Almost anything can be cured. Doctor Older tells me that you want to be an artist," snid the specialist f?r answer. "Now, theres nothing to prevent you from going right on with your work here. Get out your pencils, and dont bother your head about your back! Youre not having so much pain, now Not unless I move, Ellen faltered, feeling the tears of bitter disappointment press behind her eyes. Doctor Older immediately began to discuss a sort of harness be was having made for the neck, and when the city man had highly approved this experiment, the two went away. Only Ellen knew the bitter desolation they left behind them; and the l??ng hours in the night she lay sobbing over what in her dark hour site thought the death of hope. The harness gave her blessed relief, although its ugly brownness, pressing up against her white face, was a hurt to her girlish pride. And on Christmas day, with Joe's help, the doctor moved her down to the dining room, where a wide couch had been placed for her. After that she came downstairs every day. and Aunt Elle anil Joe helped her tenderly upstairs every night. And there were hours, whole days sometimes between the moods of revolt and resentment, when he found a new, odd flavor of joy in her life. Almost every hour something took her thoughts to Glhbg Josselyn and the adventurous day ?haf had been her lust day free from pain At first it hail seemed that lie must know, that lie had a right to know, what the accident had cost her Site longed ah. hnY she longed, for hi splendid concern and sjmpathy There were whole hours V hen she lay and dreamed of R. hi shock, his horror, his visits, nnd his flowers Sometimes the wording of the letter she knew she would not write flpted through her mind. "Dear Mr. 1 know you will lie sorrv something that seems to puzzle the doctors the pleasant land of counterpane Rut she did not write Pride kept her silent. She would not send him the three lines that must buy his If that was to come to friemlshin her. it would come. She dared not heg for It. And honest as she was to the core Ellen knew that her motive in keep ing silent was not quite tinmixed. Tim rote might bring him straight to her It was true. But suppose he did iur n the least realize that her life uad run-dow- tll, d Ker-mes- g Say Bayer Aspirin k habit-producin- g t, warm-henrte- d t. Cuticura Soap self-contro- l, 37-19- 24. 1 y Now what? When does Prince Charming get back Into the picture? Children Cry for (TO BE CONTINUED.) Office Clothes Ilia Old Aunt Sarah was that rare ere ation. a, perfect laundress, hikJ the Smith family rejoiced In her, with the exception of Mr. Smith, who said that lie did not approve of Auntie starching So Mrs. Smith promised his pajamas that auntie should he spoken to in the Jos-sely- matter "Auntie. she began. diplomatically you need not be so very particular j Castoria is a pleasant, harm-le- ss Substitute for Castor - Smithpajamas; , dont stHndi them .t all; Just iron them out Mr. smoothly. Oil, Paregoric, Teething-Dropand Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. re dont begredge him tin wants Mr. Smith's of Aunt Sar.ili looked at Mrs. Smith 1 provingly work, missis. I floe clothes to look Ji'St , well as Kansas City Star. kin make em. Modesty Has !t Reward The less people speak of their great ness the mure we think W U. Bacon To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Proven directions on ench picVa?e. Physicians everywhere recommend It, s |