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Show PAGE SEVEN Br GILBERT PATTEN Young Couple Require a Home of Their Own for Happiness. T h Original BURT L. STANDISH 0 0 0 DENE: I am Sanrica years old and the girl I love la very anxious to get married. Her people have money and we can go to live with them after our marbat I am against this. now-- , riage I found Silas Gleason had said ever, my fiancee Insists and aaya Then I had another talk with Bart "Just turned yourself Into a aho will not wait to marry me If I dont agree. Actually I couldnt give guardian angel, eh? or 'Tm no angel,. Frank. FU never her n homo of her own for twoBat this. knows three and the yean sprout wings. But I felt there was a mystery about him that 1 wanted she Is keen on my living with her to pry into, - So I got out my pry parents, and for some reason I canand went to work. Maybe that not look to the future with any enwasnt nice, but I did It Now, joyment. I am worried and upset abont this affair. Give mo your Frank, Fm going to tell you some D. R. K. things to strict confidence, and I opinion. ANSWER When a maiden is so sure wouldnt do it if I wasnt youll never spill one of them to' another determined to marry that she actuliving soul Bart much less than ally forces her young man to iie altar against his wishes and against all anybody." Merriwell was uncomfortable. He rules of common sense, she is demdidnt feel like being made the onstrating clearly the fact that she sealed receptacle of Hodges per- is more to love with the idea of sonal secrets, but she went on swift marriage than with her future husC Gllbart 0 Pitttl DEAR WNTJ MISS -- Continued horse he had ridden would be taken back to Snodda. L be ,,w them PM Hodge, covered with dirt and gasp-in- g from hi run, staggered up Just C 51t of the hlH Iara stffl and aa Frank was helping her into the eeddle the to , bst to hor ' car. nrfinf It- -ls she an right? Bart panted. I I tried to hor,e to "You did aU you could to him. 'and the creature her It took the horse, Merry admitted stop 1 saw fj, understand. etamlna as you try. Lssj. It had Inza was stm too shocked and k speedover the crest. Merry dazed to say anything at all, but was before her home was reached she again. Now Inza and had recovered enough to warn horse C her frightened L, gaining. Again Frank Frank not to teU her father what mount to fly still had happened. mj flying I And the splendid creature "Hes an invalid, was her exfuter. "He a had a nervous planation. Cabove the staccato drum-L- j breakdown and we dont let him flu animal's feet on the hear anything thatll upset him in iroad. he beard another sound the least Weve never told him tro his nerves a nasty Jerk. what happened that day in Mr. of a loco-- I Snodds the distant whistle grove. The doctor wont aHow him even to read the newsThe whistle of the Limited. (, vere crossing gates, of papers." ( but Inias horse, now crazed Bernard Burrage was taking his vnded by terror, would crash daily afternoon rest in bed when Cn unless stopped or turned, they reached the house, and that icture of a frightful tragedy made it easier for Inza, who had heart feared her own nervous condition yinf brought Franks mouth. might cause him to suspect some'ji now. thing. Hodge was gaining fast "Now dont forget not a word to u dose. Urging hla mount should he awaken, and voice, he was draw-A- my father, Ee reached for the Frank," she pleaded.. "Not a word. replied Frank. of Inzas horse and missed had For the time being she withbestrode he animal it OS he went to sprawl In held some of the truth from her aunt who was the housekeeper. She it of the road. Sabbath quiet of Fardale was td by the mad clattering of feet on the town's main Persons astir were electri-- a they saw the runaway, xa still frantically fighting to it go tearing along that street the railroad crossing. They d or were dumb with the as they saw the pursuing ds face white and set, his straining horse to r yin LrTEK atout-hearte- d VuS te S a m. I - furl-urgi- r efforts. Limited, i minute, ng making close to a whistled for the I man saw the crossing the with pale-face- run-cornin- g, d exhausted girl fighting last bit of her ebbing most the check the g He saw Frank own his also, driving is a final spurt to reach Inza her horse should crash into rered gate bars, the flying Limited, roaring h Fardale, would reach the A to Mer-comin- a g after the d split-secon- hurtle head-o- those bars. if the bar run-mu- st against n withstood the nothing could keep the girl catapulting over the horses over the bar and on to the track. fate tender gasped and his red flag frantically. It id useless, a ridiculous thing to 1 puffing against a hurri- - run had told on the long a little. Her last In-V- o des-effo- rt to check him had him up some. It was enough Frank come alongside. He V this wayl Let go! Now!" that moment she ' hadn't was in pursuit, but h 1 some-thoug- she did not seem to all made her obey instant it d come up on her right and her out of the saddle Jeft arm. That arm held Sg. tight against him as fed on the right rein of his s t Just missed the rear of the ,tor car that had stopped .stance back from the gate. Limited boomed over the horse, rider and res-disappeared into a nar-Tt- y between .two small rlu ' bulldings. ere coming, on foot and breathless with excite- - Jn r found the boy and girl at toe blind alley, which Hi m kj a shed. He 'was the ground, his arm d the girl, holding her up. tood the sweat-covere- d jf sides heaving. Wa c7yj speaking to Inza as could, which was not for now he was very himself. He was teU-C- ; be was all right, which L J" Wa Quite needless to s ,;,he-aholding her shak-CTv- er . her eyes, but ahe way and looked toying a word. C'5 at ' him Vd - ver happened - ib cause quite such a 's performance in a runaway horse toe animal crashed into sensa-rrank- hl? and went down okmneck. The story of toe mad dog had ? Adding twist by Pete d caused , skeptics to co but this was y , y eye - witnesses enc doubters, 10X4 koro to Tony tlh efter making sure the i 2 dif-to- inJk asked you to be friends with him." Inzas words gave Frank a small Jolt She had kept him there to talk about Bart Hodge, and that was not so good. Almost anything else, he thought would be better. . She saw a faint cloud pass over his face and spoke again quickly; "Now dont get me wrong, Frank. Wait till youve listened in on what Im going tdktell you. She made turn sit down again and then seated herself in front of him, where they could talk quietly and confidentially. T know what youve thought of my friendliness with Bart for Im not dumb even if youve imagined so." He flushed. Was she s ? . mind-reader- Im going to betray a confidence to you," she went on frankly, though I didnt mean to do so until today until I heard you give Bart credit for doing his best to stop toy runaway horse. That proved something to me, something I was pretty sure of before. It proved youre fair enough, generous enough, to give an enemy his Just dues. And it makes you different from almost every other fellow I ever met His flush deepened. "I've never found It gets you much to knock anybody, even an enemy, he said. "Maybe I should have said, especially an enemy. For when you knock an enemy people know youve got it In for him and the knock has k a that hits you right between the eyes. So maybe In my case you should call it a plain bit of sense instead of generosity, Lv kick-bac- ta. - Well, then its your plain sense going to shoot at Frank. Her mile was compelling and he knew he was falling for the spell of It "I had to work fast to get a little tense into Barts head the day he took to his heels and left you to protect me from that mad dog. "He came here to see me that very afternoon, and If ever a fellow was sunk he was. You. cant Imagine how humiliated and ashamed he was, Frank. He came to say good-bfor he had made up hla mind to get out of Fardale before the sun went down. He knew Just what hed made himself look like, and he Just didnt have the stomach to face it out In the schooL "I was ready to burn him up my' self. I was Just waiting to do That was why Td seen him at all. Then he told me that aU his life, ever since he could remember, he had had an unreasoning fear oil dogs. It had made him hate all dogs. And suddenly I understood, "Now Dont Forget Not I Word for L too, am silly that way. have to force myself not to be afraid to My Father." of dogs I know are perfectly harm' merely said that her horse had be- less. A ridiculous little Dachshund come frightened and run with her Can give me panicky Jitters Just by and that Frank had saved her from yapping at me. Isnt it goofy, a nasty accident Frankl" T11 tell her the whole of it later, "But Hodge has some other qualiwhen Pm not in such a funk my- ties that are not so admirable, eiself," she said to Merry when Mrs. ther, said Frank. Clayton left the room for a minute. "I know. Fm coming to them. He would have left her then and But first let me tell you how I had returned to the school, but she asked to go to work on him to make him him not to go so soon. give up the Idea of running away. I Tve Just got to have a talk with appealed to his pride. I told him he you, Frank, the declared earnest- would look to me like an ly. "Weve got our wires aU crossed quitter if he did that, not Just up. Please wait for me to get out of fellow with a silly fear of dogs. this rig and into something else. I That was how I got under his skin wont be long. and made him give me his word not It was queer, or maybe it wasnt, to quit but be was willing enough to wait "Lu. your brother said you were There was something about her, and hot over the piece that appeared to he was beginning to think it was the newspaper later. He said you more than the fact that she was were ready to fry Hodge. such a positive stunner, that now "Well, I was. I go off the deep made him ready to do more than a end that way sometimes, before 1 little waiting. get all the angles on a thing. I So he sat in the pleasant library hadnt seen the newspaper then, and and talked to Mrs. Clayton, who re- the way I heard It Bart had said vealed herself to him as a widow the old dog was merely sick and and Mr. Burrage's sister. not mad at all, but when I read it Of course Mrs. Clayton was naturally curious about the details of That had happened when Inza a horse ran. with her, but he escaped seeming to be offensive by laugh lngly saying he would let Inza tell it Berlin may have her Unter Den herself. Corso and Paris She came down shortly to a dainty Linden, Rome her but this de Avenue LOpera, her frock that had bewilderingly altered town of 10,000 Ohio river-frolittle her appearance. to the other extreme Outwardly ' at least, she had persons goes what is probably the boasts and shaken off the shock of her un the world, writes fa avenue ' smallest pleasant adventure. to "But Ive forgotten va0 about a Bellaire, Ohio, correspondent Dealer. Plain Cleveland the Walter, she said, laughing. "Thats Federal avenue, a narrow thorme, the champion forgetter. Somethe oughfare bordering on the north bodys sure to tell him abouthandside of the Bellaire post office, not runaway, and hell turn a him to only is probably the shortest and phone spring. So Tm going street in the world but is now and let him know Tm-al- l okay. smallest to be the only one on which believed Til make it anappy, Frank. vehicle traffic of any no is there Inza as Mr. Clayton smiled danced lightly away Into the next kind. The street has no traffic lights room to telephone. ...."She's always use oband nq space for parklng-becamaking thinga anappy," she wide. 32 YoungInches served. "She can turn a dull mo- it is exactly all day street to this can play ment Into a blaze of firework! when sters of approachwithout thought long she wants to. busses or street She excused herself now, and Inza ing automobiles, found Merry alone to the library cars. Two families live on Federal aveShe came when ahe returned. both nue, Mr. and Mrs. Thbmss. Bosstraight to him and gave him well at 3219 and Mr. and Mrs. Fred of her warm hands. to White, right next door, at 3220. "Now, ahe said, weve got "It is an ideal place to live, Mrs. find out where we go from here, said. "Although we live to and theres only one wy to do It Boswell of town the traffic probheart the Tve got to talk to you about Bart 1 lem does not bother the tots who Hodge. I want to tell you why rjn y, it all-arou- tht A Slip Cover With Welt Seams. band. ly: left around curves so they will not And she is also showing a lack of "Already, before coming here, IN THE sketch, at theofupper rt draw. a ill her which davep-pofor see bodes the character you pieces in two a made hed schools, flop It will be necessary to leave an la seam with fitted sheer slipcover and that had turned his father matrimonial future. It in the back to be fastened is into to The material weakness rush lines opening marriage pinned. against him. His dad's one of those when there isnt sufficient capital to wrong side out as the welt or cord- with snaps. Openings must ba d narrow men without unon the underside of the derstanding or tympathy. Id say finance the undertaking. It argues ed seams must be stitched from arranged as shown here at E. cushions seam of cover. the is inside the the that lady impatient hes a cold fish. Homemaker should have the of bearound the seams to Before to attain the Every dignity "He Inherited money and never that ahe is perhaps front of the arms are pinned as at a copy of Mrs. Spears new book, did anything else to speak of. All ing a "Mrs. with showing A the arm cover edge of the seam SEWING. Forty-eigtoo concerned pages of much his life hea been living by a patp directions for making B. It is at her must as be friends that shes her captured gathered tern, and he gets sore because his if important to allow Just enough slipcovers, dressing tables and son doesn't do so too. They dont man or that she fears ridicule who to a too suitor material so the arm cover fits curtains for sU types ef rooms. she sticks long hook up very welL Barts father to an la offer unable Making lampshades, rugs, ottoher engageeasily. never had a wild bone to his body, little n smart apartThe cable cord that is covered mans and other useful articles for and so be cant get it when bis only ment ring and on the right aide of town. Her with bias material and fitted into the home. Leaflet of patchwork ment hopeful flies high and goes into a Give me mar- the seams to make the welt may stitches now included if requestIs therefore: nose dive or a crack-up- . Every cry at Readers wishing a copy at the cost be purchased at any notion coun- ed. even any price time that happens he puts fire un- riage " should send name and address enof husbands must to cover it ter. The material my der Bart is this which be cut on a true bias and stitched closing 25 cents (coins preferred) love of kind What "But Barts mother the in place as shown here at C. The to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines "Shes dead. Hes got a step- demands such a sacrifice from 111. i beloved? cording foot attachment for your St., Chicago, mother. i And whet kind of U'oman is this machine must be used for this "Well now maybe that explains Branded Merchandise who welcomes Iho prospect of living stitching so the sewing will come It in somebody elses home f Show mo When next is you buy branded merstep "But it doesnt She's not the women who doesn't scent a homo of close to the cord. The covto chandise stitch baste or the either you are assured a sukind of a youre think- her own who doesn't long to bo misbecause the manof to the one cord ered perior quality edge right ing shout Only for her Bart tress of her own domain end TU show you e levy littlo bride ssho pre- side of the seam as shown here ufacturer, whose product is known wouldnt be still trying. fers to have mother slo ell the teork at D. jThen, using the cording by a name, realizes he must make "Then you believe he's trying, ing end tvorrying. Once this type of foot' again, stitch the seam as good on his advertising or he will damsel becomes snugly ensconced in shown. Clip the seam edges not get repeat orders. handibut he's Sometimes, mother's nice comfortable homo, it capped. He was brought up as a will taka more (Aon a mere mans rich man's son and he's apt to be wish to pry her out. Let her get used intolerant That's the way I size vine him. ning and budgeting and shell to change tha state of affairs so long 'Well, what "Wait a minute, Frank. Let me J she lives. Her family and her husband suflay it all on the line first Bart went to for sports against the wishes fer the consequences. A too IndulAbsenee Noted Credit Loss of his father, who never took any gent father and mother let their deLove comes unseen; we only see Lies greatly weaken the credit interest in athletics. Now his fa- clining years be burdened with an it go. Austin Dobson. of intelligence. ther lays Barts flops to the time extra family around the house. And hes spent on football, baseball and a patient long suffering husband has other things outside the usual cur- to get used to being a permanent riculum. And hes threatened that guest to the home of his wifes peois going to be ple. one more blow-ou- t However kind his Just too bad for Bart may be, "But I dont see how I can they cannot help showing some re"But you can do a lot for Bart sentment over the situation. and all you need to do now la overlook his bad breaks and keep shootI have been DEAR MISSwithDENE: n boy for years. ing straight with him. Hell come round to time. Fve seen signs of it He la popular with the girls, and alalready. He has admitted to me though he says he loves me I have grudgingly, that yours not the sort caught him cheating on several ocof fellow he figured you were. casions. I have forgiven him, and "But youve asked me to be taken him back time after time, friendly with him, Inza, and I cant have gone looking for him, when imagine our ever getting on that he has not been around to see me. He earns practically no money and basis. "You never can tell whatll hap- la not n good worker. I want to pen, Frank. Dont I know it! He help him as I know his npbrlnglng was all shot over his failure to stop was unfortunate. Sometimes he my horse, and he gave you an aw- seems to care for me, and ether ful queer look when you said so times he doesnt write for months promptly he had done hla best The sr come nesr me. I would be heartstory isnt going to sound so good broken to go through life without for him, but you can make it sound him. Whenever I try te reason with better by telling how he tried. him he reminds me that I havent Thatll soothe his fallen pride a lit- as many boy friends ss he has girl tle. Won't you do that much, at friends. That Is true ss I am naturleast? ally shy and reserved. Please help. Frank laughed now' his spontaneM. V. H. . Why, thatll ous, infectious laugh. ANSWER You're too young to go be easy, Inza. And Fd do much In for reforming an Indolent youth more for you. who uses your affection and your e Laughing also, she flung out her ss a pleasant refuge and from the cares of his crowded life. hands again, impulsively, caught his hands. "Now, she said, The fact that he Is stiU adolescent 1 guess wev got those crossed enough to gloat over the number of wires' all clear, Frank. Lets not girl friends hes able to annex, get them snarled up again. means that he cant be taken se(TO BE CONTINUED) riously by anyone. Obviously the reason he's treating you so badly is that bs feels It would Injure his reputation ss a Don Juan If he were to show one girl too much attention. You cad do him no greater harm play here. We have a lovely front than by encour aging him to believe alyard yard of the post office Just your sympathy and devotion are across the way and dont have the ways on hand when he becomes little weary of his round of pleasbother of caring for it ures. thora became avenue Federal You strengthen his conceit end his name Its when and gained oughfare the new postofflee building was belief in himself when rou lake snub after snub end doggedly pursue him erected many years ago. Pedeswith the determination to reform him trians use it frequently as a short at whatever cost. cut to the towns Main street No soeak sinner seas aver reformes It is paved with blocks of cement by being spoiled, flattered end humored. Life must teach him soma O You save by buying the best. WEED the type generally used for sideAmerican walk paving, and is approximately sharp lessons before ho ssnderstands Tire Chains clearly tha error of his soeys end the 50 yards long. give you more than double chain milenecessity for repentance, It Is half a block from age greater safety every mile. They are No lazy, shiftless boy ever reof town and only ten paces the best buy in tire chains. INSIST upon from the tallest building, the eigbt-stqr- y solved to do better things because genuine WEED American First National Bank building. his sweetheart made it clear that Tire Chains. Many residents ha va .lived here abe.wss an ever present source q! AMERICAN CHAIN 4 CAEU COMPANY, ECC. an entire lifetime and have never affectionate sympathy. The wise aaioccvoRT, cotaocncur heard of Federal avenue, although girl knows when to withhold forit is probably tha worlds smallest giveness in order to strengthen the character of the man she loves. thoroughfare. So if I were you, M. V. H., I should give your wandering hero a . .. Thinking la Hard Work Thinking is the hardest kind of long rest and plenty of time to work a mortal can da And Just which to stand on his own feet anc because it is hardest the higher re- face his own problems without the wards are reserved to it Thinking comforting assurance in his hear cafis for facts; facts art found by that youre Just around the corner liiMfiifid to fMUiiinMwv digging. He who has gathered this waiting to spoil him to death when oi 4 ani I e(r Mttfirt Patent: Ao ma C na a, he Is in need of sympathy. 4;q t t . wealth ia well equipped for life. kMUfRonrinf Cospoajr; Pjrrvofi ktOUiafitMlu C BQ SytxUcU. WHO Sanrlc. (.OapMl wt hide-boun- over-anxio- ht step-by-ste- self-respe- i step-moth- er In-ia- ?" plats-fus- e IHiHVmWIillllBHWl iffiQQ Iboofl in-la- 00 0 GmcU fersf o o o Eims good-natur- Little Ohio City Claims the Shortest, Smallest Street in World; No Traffic , nt ed ed - - . . . DDE i , I |
