Show I nUl If ri I II z Z 0 2 l I L J I ITH TillS THIS nir- nir Just to real read of or such an adventure I Would v have havo thrilled Claire to the marrow marrow mar mar- row rot rota a few row months ago back homo hom In Turners Turner's Junction Being tho the heroine of or It now was so far from pleasant that aa as tho the door closed behind Whitner Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- ney ner Claire felt fell like a n. shipwrecked mariner on a i desert Isle I If Dillon Whitney had been a ship that had sailed off ote and left lert her Instead of or a man who had Just told her that ho he loved lo her and that sho he must fear nothing Claire could have luwe felt more frightened and antl alone Sho She longed to torun torun torun run after aCter Whitney and antl implore him him I to smooth out her tangled mind But nut you rou cannot pursue a n. man at 2 In the morning and ask alk It if you rou are engaged cd to him and explain that you dont don't feel teel sure of or your OUr l love e Claire Clair laughed at nt herself hysterically hysterically hysteric hysteric- all ally and the tho laugh relaxed the ten ten- zIon slon as at laughs do whIch o which Is wil wh why a n sense of or humor saves almost any situa situ situ- a t I o ii She Sho stacked up the dishes and glasses which made mado her think whimsically whimsically whim whim- I of or the hated kitchen at nt Turners Turner's Turners Turner's Tur Tur- ners ner's Junction straightening the tho rooms a little and made matle ready for bed betl Then she sho put out the lights and opened tho the windows wide Wrapped rapped in her bathrobe bathrobe bath bath- robe Claire bunched herself on her It V U jcu unit alU OU me tOO I quiet night while tho the cold air blew against her forehead soothing Its ache acho and wea weariness ri n ess I In the lark dark and silence and sharp fresh air tho place sf seemed emed more to belong to her It hadn't before with all those thoA people nice as the they were were were- Jolly joll anti and friendly and fine tine After Arter all all the they VERE T T her sort of ot people And Antl didn't Dillon Whitney despite his Interest belong more to them thorn than to herself Claire Berton Derton His flis kiss what kiss what had that meant And fhe he he declaration that followed Was she sho cn engaged cd ag-cd to Whitney ENGAGED i the thought thrilled her But Dut It was wasa I Ia a shiver of rather than of or promise He had said ald nothing of ot other her loving him Nothing of marriage Oh well Claire well Claire summoned her old ally llY Common Sense and resolved to I I put iut off r tidying tl up her disordered mind liko like her disordered rooms till the tho mOl mar row She remembered reading somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where that between the tho hours houra of or 2 and 4 1 In tho the morning the pulse puls of or th the thc universe universe uni uni- nl verse vere Is at lowest ebb and antl ment mental l terrors terrors terrors ter ter- ter- ter assume their weirdest aspect She shut out some somo of or the night wind curled up in in her little and finally slept Claire woke with bright sunlight on her face True Trite to its Ita first seeming tho the little apartment kept Its CO cozy cheer cier- cheerful ful rul air despite Its disarray Claire elt cheerier too After Alter all she was waa young joung and healthy and ha had a Job and the tho sun was shining Into her own tiny home and maybe mabe Whitney regard rc- rc gard all nIl that happened the night before be tore fore as a a Joko jolen and they woud go back to their friendly relations and t Claire would draw more doorways an and porches and ami details of or bungalows for fOl Whitney to use In his Imis plans and and and- arid and and antI and everything Ing would bo be all rl right gh t. t Claire hummed even as she walked up the avenue to tho the office Willie While the now office boy was there thero ahead of or her But nut no Whitney Hoa Hos bid here said William WIlIlam who reminded Claire of or her small brother Walter alter at home because he always alt had bad hadt n. n cold In the head hut but he hes he's gord sord out Ii H He says aA for tor you OU to see Bister Dister if It he calls Ad he told bo ho to tell you OU theres there's od nil adOUr OUr desk E 1 Claire Cre- Cre hurried t to her Iter desk There Thero I Iwas was a 3 note noto and antl a little box The Tho note i said laid Girl Mine Place contents of or box on finger If It complete cure Is not effected In ono one hour telephone Doc Doe Whitney at address below If It alarming symptoms disappear remain quietly until called for which for which will ill be about lunch time P p. p S. S This ring was built bulit for tor mo me b by an artist friend years cars ago aso I never no wear Jools jool myself Be De good till noon and dont don't flirt with William Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member your our responsibilities D. D W. W To be bo continued I.- I. Canada supplies the world orld with the tho largest number of or animals for tor winter t furs fura an these animals are cau caught ht In steel traps Shooting or poisoning spoils the pelts |