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Show THE TOOELE TIMES, TOOELE, UTAH. XT? is CUPID VALENTINE ,V: BY ILLUSTRATION S BY" HSVIN-MYED- iilif iter SYNOPSIS. S ' name Is Cupid Valentine, poee In wintry weather, And artiste call me Trilby cause I poae the altogether. My (COPYRIGHT I 1912 Just like the play in Hamlet, Fran "And now that the said half-alouinside play is over, I guess Its time for old Ham to be doing something Mrs. Jefferson gripped the arms of were "the "I she consider responded, it, "Bravo!" shouted Simon Jefferson teacher In a college, and that you wheel-chai- r and resumed her tale her world." Encore! graduated from his college. Dont you most important thing in the as if she had not been Interrupted. II sinher Her tone of claim Fran, proved think it emphatic this marvelous, Fran widened her fingers to push was of no interest as a story, yet posdown the rebellious dress. If I dont who says that her father, when a cerity. The church on Walnut street sessed a sentimental value from the who put leads on me, she said with con- young man, went to live with a cousin stood, for her, as the ark; those fact that all the characters save the of the call at that remained the and who a was When outside, college professor, trition , Ill be floating away. raconteur were dead, and possibly all I feel good, I always want to do some-- he was graduated from that college? bell, were in danger of engulfmeut but her forgotten. Fran loved to hear looked After a long silence, Grace thing wrong Its awfully dangerous And she says that her fathers father the old lady evoke the shades of long "Mr. was Gregfrom her as up man was a rich Just yours typewriter. for a person to feel good, I guess. Mrs. unago, shades who would never again are as said ory, she pausingly, "you Gregory, you say I can belong to you and that the cousin is dead just assume even- - the palest manifestation happy." when I think about that, I want to yours is. to mortals, when this old lady had I guess you hardly At these piercing words, Gregory dance. Nothing could have been sweeter to to Join them. know what it means for Fran to be- bowed his head to conceal his agita- him than her sympathy, except happi- gone Usually FTan brought her back, with she ness he itself. find admitted, that be Yes, to to Could a tion. Youre it possible long going person. but today she diwith out. Come on, she shouted to Mrs. had guessed all and yet, in spite of all, a great sigh, "I am very unhappy, but vined gentle hand, the tale was meant subterfuge; Is a little could use that tone of kindness? It you understand me, and that Jefferson, without using the trumpet real to feelings. hide Jefferson's Mrs. If you should marry Bob always a subtle compliment to those burst upon him that If he and she comfort. the Fran ventured trumpet: through When Mary Ellen at her tub not me stone-deaf- , Clinton tell in common, Grace, I mustnt wheel could hold this fatal secret youll 1 wish there was a nearly Receives a loving line, myself about, so Im going to wheel they might, in sweetest comradeship, think of it again. on this place, instead of a woman. I whisper low in Marys ear: said are Grace, And itself. fate an form unhappy, you alliance against you. And let me tell you one thing, dear sent that valentine. "John of out Clinton Bob The account that steadfastly ruling She persisted: As she passed with her charge into old soldier theres going to be a fight account of Fran. Is the "on father of discussion, her your Fran really with was mind the her gives busy garden, on these grounds. I guess you CHAPTER VIII. Continued. Ever put up to He burst forth impulsively history. What does that show? Frans quick eye caught the expres- thoughts of Grace Nolr. Belonging to own ought stay out of it. But either checked He to town! came He spoke almost in a whisper. My, since she or the secretary has got to git." I sion of baffled reaching-forth- , of un- Mrs. Gregory naturally suggested getBut I owe it to my friend and I were much alike. Then himself. Fran was not unmindful of gramcertain striving after sympathetic un- ting rid of the secretary. It would friend .two he looked up swiftly to catch a look to shelter her. She wants to stay and mar, even of rhetoric, on occasion be But difficult exceedingly she You, darling lady! derstanding. demands she if and shell have to, to settle her, Fran of comprehension by surprise, if such She knew there was no such word as cried, clasping her hands to keep her months ought a look were there. it arms from flying about the others mused. git, but she was seeking to symbol dead ize But hardly Do you owe more to your Grace smiled coolly. In the meantime, Grace Nolr and her idea in sound. As she closed neck, "dont you be troubled about me. see I presume. Dont you friend, Grace asked, with passionate her teeth, each little pearl meeting a Bless your heart, I can take care of Gregory sat in the library, silently Identical, that Fran has Invented her whole solemnity, than to the living God?" rival, her git had something myself and you, too! Do you think turning out an immense amount of But I cant send pearly He shrank back. story, and that she didnt have enough consolthe and of the force of physical ejectment work, feeding hungry Id add a straw to your . . . Now her away," he persisted in nervous Behind large spectacle lenses, you hear me: If you want to do it, Just ing the weak with stroke of pen and I cant But heaven bless you. haste. of click flashed from Mrs. Jeffersons Pullman me with typewriter. in trains sparks put long me. of Grace, for your dear thought About this case, number one hun-dreeyes. She sniffed battle. But her sleepers, for Ill do whatever you say. You will bless me with more reaforty-threGrace said, looking If you want to show people how tame compressed lips showed that tightly son, said Grace softly, when Fran she lacked both Frans teeth and the I am, just hold up your hand, and Ill up from her work as copyist decides to go away. Shell tire of this Frans girl whose father wouldnt acknowlcrawl Into my cage. intrepidity. One steps cauhouse I promise It. Shell go just tiously at seventy-odd- . The laughter of Mrs. Gregory sound- edge her . . . wait! she'll go, as unceremoniously Fran comprehended. The old lady Write to the matron to give her the ed wholesome and as she came. Leave It to me, Mr. Greg- must not let It be suspected that she He child was so deliciously ridiculous. good clothing and good schooling. In her earnestness she started was aware of Gregorys need of cotton And when I come the poet gripe ory. Come, then, she cried, with a light- spoke softly. There prevailed an atand up, then, as If to conceal her In straining ears, such as had saved Hie pen and tears hie hair, on of subtle tenderness; ness she had not felt for months, mosphere she walked swiftly resolution, growing siren voices. The pre- And writes a sugar-coate- d pome" from Ulysses And this island the library blossomed come, crawl into your cage! to the window as if to hold her manu- tense of Unto hit lady fair. love of mankind and devotion to lofty observing no danger kept the she opened her arms. followed script to the light. Gregory fine old face uncommonly grim. These two mariners fonnd With a flash of her lithe body, Fran ideals. her. "Little girls shouldnt fight, was was in her cage, and, for a time, rest- themselves ever surrounded by a sea If she would only go! he groaned. her discreet rejoinder. Then leaning was a sail not there of indifference; ed there, while the fire in her dark Do you think you cpuld? Grace! over the wheel, she advanced her It Is a sad case, he mureyes burned tears to all sorts of rain- in sight. head to the head of coal Yes, I will leave everything to you." snow-whit- e bow colors. It seemed to her that of mured. Grace repeated fixedly. black. not stir up dragons. "Shell go, Better one Humber You hundred think alt the people in the world, Mrs. GregTRe window at which they stood Fran threw back her head and e a sad case? she repeated, ory was the last to hold her in affec- forty-threoverlooked the garden into which Fran laughed defiantly. Bring on your tionate embrace. She cried out with a always, when possible, building her old Mrs. Jefferson. had wheeled Theres cried she boastfully. of out dragons, material the furnished next misstep sob, as if in answer to her dark She not one of em I'm afraid of. Fran, speaking through the she "But her to to want companion. suppose I by but belong Oh, givings with as much caution as deaf- extended one leg and stretched forth He Is not his an shes says impostor. somebody! ness would tolerate, said, Dear old her arm. Til say to the Dragon, exdaughter, this number one hundred You shall belong to me! Said lady, look up at the library window, Stand up and shell stand; Ill say She Your on Dragons," Bring Maybe she isnt Would claimed Mrs. Gregory, folding her forty-threif you please, for the muezzin has Lie down and down shell lie. Ill Boastfully. you call her conduct sad? closer. climbed his minaret to call to prayers. say Git and shell Fran waved In took Gregory exquisite pleasure Fran sobbed, overcome To you? desti- her from to its reached of this copying little to annihilation. keep imagination Very sedragon To you, dear arguing with Grace, because her by the wonder of it. "Goodness, the old lady exclaimed, of being in the right after your biographical sketch in the nation muezzin was in great danger heart? With a desperate effort she rene assumption is believe she old I the but dont of complicating matters, of this except the ran newspaper? crowded back intruding thoughts, and gave to her beautiful face a touch of your friends daughter. I dont be- lady caught library window, and held getting nothinghowever, was eloquent. that, tomlme; should I call It the imposangelic. shoulover her grew calm. Looking lieve you could ever have liked the it securely. She looked up. Ham- She recalled the picture of David in No more sible. der at Simon Jefferson father of a girl like Fran that he ilton Gregory and Grace Nolr were her girlhood's Sunday-schoo- l book, Do you think Its lm could have been Impossible? short dresses, Mr. Simon, she called, your intimate friend standing at the tower window, to "Are you defying the Man of Gath?" that Frans exyou? deceiving possible be you know your heart mustnt faltered Gregory. But why catch the last rays of the sun. The She broke into a delicious smile which And when I chase the skating girl Well How can you know that she Is the cited. Fran? should flag of truce between them was only seemed to flood the wrinkles of her In Cupids usual dress, "Fran! Rasped Mrs. Gregory In dis- daughter of your friend? as if what a typewritten sheet of manuscript. face with the sunshine of many dear The cold she Mr. asked, Gregory," compels me to regret if he He could have Oh, grew pale. to say belonged to what Grace held the paper obliquely toward old easy-goinmay, hush! she was about years. , If hapless My Trllbynest. could he Fran denied have joined had But Simon Jefferson beamed with would it greatly in- the west; Hamilton leaned nearer and, I have Fran smote her forehead. an In her Grace declaring impostor! me to leave your with his delicate white finger, pointed a few pebbles here, she called pleasure at the girls artless way3. He so Irrefutable convenience you for knew what was bad for his heart, and But she possessed proofs out a word. Grace nodded her head through the trumpet. employment? TIME FOR LOVING THOUGHTS in admitting her claim, safety lay Fran wasnt. Her smiles made him that she Mrs. Jefferson grasped the others He was electrified. "Grace! Incon- in gentle acquiescence. almore he than had lest prove - feel himself a monopolist in sunshine. Now let thin arm, and said, with zestful ener. "Amen," muttered Fran. 8L Valentine's Season Should Give I know it, absolute- venience me! would you could ready admitted. decided not yet everybody sing! not "I have gy, Let her have em, David, let her Rise Only to the Holiest of the is of the one who ly. She daughter unbe-levers his and with The choir leader secretary have em! Sentiments. was my most my most Intimate Speaking of being yoked I have never told you that Mr vanished from sight. fTO RE CONTINUED I friend. , marto me wanted has In Oriental countries a garland of Grace repeated with delicate re- Robert Clinton ry him. As long as he was outside of "4 flowers is flung over the garden wall. proof "Your intimate friend! of course it was imposI" "I know it was wrong for him to de- the church,now Everywhere, all over the earth, the he is converted that sible. But wife. whether called St Valentines or sert his day, Grace! groaned the pallid listener 1b honored with the most beautiful How inadequate seemed not, Wrong! "He would like me to go with him Bentiments the giving of a gift of A V that word from her pure Ups! to Chicago. we ' ' li' AviSrtJ love, without the thought of a return, must make 'w But, he faltered, i But you couldnt love Bob Clinton or even of a recognition of the gift. allowances. My friend married Frans he isnt worthy of you, Grace. Its ? Vmother in secret because she was utLet us, then, be worthy of this an, Heaven knows Ive had LvJ-, cient meaning of the day, and not deterly worldly frivolous a butterfly. impossible. He startHer own uncle was unable to control disappointments enough grade it by sending silly verses, or her, his eyes her to make her go to church. Soon ed up and came toward pictures, as valentines. There are ugly a after the marriage he found out his glowing. "Will you make my life so from head graceful and tasteful things the the sixteen many door, girls LESSON FOR ARDENT SWAIN of the mistake it broke his heart, the trag complete failure, after all?" we might do Instead. There is, out sent that sixteen stairs Jaugha Grace him? Love repeated calmly. edy of it I dont excuse him for goHe of course, always the pretty, dainty This is merely a question of doing Startling Experience Cures Him of into the damp night after him. ing away to Europe valentines of paper, but I know of makes no love at balls now. I about know most Maidens the to Love good nothing I am glad you dont. He was no Making nothing so appropriate as a few flowat Balls. true man, but a weakling. I am glad love. ers. Our climate does not let many Marine Telescope. Then let me teach you, Grace, I have never been thrown with such an oblong narrow box out ol of us find wild flowers by St. ValeMake He ball. a let public It happened at a a degenerate. board about ntines day, but we can all grow a few pieces of quarter-incShall we not discuss it? she said was a man of serious intentions and four But, Miss Grace, he urged pleadsixteen two inches wide, feet by hyacinths In a sunny window, or have long That is best, I think. If I de- numerous attentions, and she was ingly, do you think my friend, when gently. a piece of clear, clean glass a window garden of geraniunjs and befit and in the sat I tell a will Mr. Is Ques- he went back to find her and she was cide to marry Clinton, rich and weddable. They Love Him? This Merely gonias. Little baskets can be woven It was a acioss one end, held in place by tion of Doing the Most Good. gone do you think he should have you even before I tell him. I dont hall under the stairway into driven wood the of dried grasses, or of crepe paper, tacks, kept on hunting? Do you think, Grace, know what I shall choose as my Lest nook for lovers. There was not hisa and overlapping the glass. Fill all the which, when filled with green leaves Simon Jefferson might be fifty, but he that he should have remained yoked course. he and thought soul in sight and, wax to keep out and a few blossoms, will be expresstill had a nose for roses. bad arrived Down cracks with sealing What could I do to an unbeliever, after he realized his But, Grace! golden opportunity Then plunge the glass end sive of the real sentiments of St VaOld Mrs. Jefferson was present, and folly? he flopped on his knees, and clasped the light. without two or three inches into the water aric lentines day. Exchange. more from her wheel-chai- r to no we bright eyes read Shall say her hand. There was heavenly compassion in just agree look through the open end. Thi3 aim How her not much that dull ears missed. divery she "That one. about he it? Dear whispered, she softly had for interposed. suddenly eyes, marine telescope is made on the gay Simon Is! smiled the mother he vined his purpose in defending Frans is wisest until my decision is made. loud, but loud enough. I have loved pie of the more elaborate glasses Pretty Oldtime Custom. principle and was always her spoiled boy. do We were whole you with the strength talking about Fran father. He was thinking of his own look to at famous which jou the colonial In days, In this country, through Mrs. Gregory called through the wife, and of his wifes mother and think this a good opportunity for Mrs. ardour of a mans nature when it is was not called SL Valenunder the sea near the Catathe gardens 1 believe Fran day can has and to good all services? given attend Fran that show pure roused to js Gregory ceased trumpet, brother how they had by lina islands. Christian Herald. tines, but it was observed. People brother a fresh interest In life. and lovely In woman, and I can no sympathy in what he regarded ns the stay with Mrs. Jefferson. made dainty little baskets, filled them p I have no doubt, he said, still agi- longer restrain my pent-ufeelings. Old Mrs. Jefferson beamed upon essentials of life. Her silence suggestIn Difficulties. with the earliest of spring flowers, Storekeepers In Is commendation: wife find would wigher added easy heart, I that it my must tell and my not could without you as tated, she ed that Fran speak of shopkeepers wer A number like the trailing arbutus, and hung I has be never want to if to to when me she go really and assure you that church, yet She pushes casting reflection upon Mrs. Gregory, enough s In or court at the summoned Grimsby police them on seto woman heard from my lips the she would say nothing, and this tact wanted to go. pushed, and pulls me when I want the old engravings which are found recently for contravening the closing Mr. Gregory!, she reproved him. crets that are throbbing and was grateful to his grieved heart. be pulled. act. They com In the greatest profusion around "Well," he cried, somewhat defiantI have been thinking of something Just then a rustle was heard on order under the shops Fran clapped her hands like a child, had that difficulty in un they Richmond, Va., and Philadelphia, on indeed. Oh, what a gay old world! very strange, Grace said, with a ly, dont you think she could go. if the stairs above them, and a card plained what they could am can often see the little maid of that derstanding down and a thread she to? to wanted so fastened swung are to avoid many lest effort the issue people marked There she cried. One of the aelL not defendant) could lovin a scoop" bonnet, a flowered time the from Inches two not answered Grace before "Well, slowly, dangled she commit the Indiscretion of blamin it that like me. She danced selling soap to a man whe muBlln, and demure little black mitts, the old lady, then wheeled about with ing her employers wife. "I remem- "this girl will leave her without any ers nose. On It were these porten- admitted with it was very dirty. Thinking cleanllnesi tous words: slipping up to the old door, any excuse." such energy that her skirts threat- ber having heard you say that when door-seat- , I let him have to next wide was to and godliness, were knocker Ear Miss of a if bit a wife Im Grace, myself. my "Oh, ened to level to the breese.you were a young man, you left your said the defendant Lon bang the little basket of flowers tor awful truth flashed upon a packet, Then the In only like you I mean, about going to live a home with cousin father's Mrs. cried Gregory dont! Dont, gnn it friend. him, and he fled. As be went out of don M&iL a distant town who happened to he a to church! Fmal" Fran arrives at Hamilton Gregory's borne in Llttleburg, but finds him absent conducting th choir at a camp meeting. Bne thither in search of him, repairs JBUghs durlna the service and is asked to leave. Abbott Ashton, superintendent of schools, escorts Fran from the tent. He tells her Gregory is a wealthy man, interested In charity work, and a pillar of the church. Ashton becomes interested In Fran and while takgreatly ing leave of her, holds her hand and la by Sapphira Clinton, sister of Robjjo ert Clinton, chairman of the school board. tells Gregory she wants a home Ffan with him. Grace Nolr, Gregorys private ocretary, takes a violent dislike to Fran and advises her to go away at once. Fran hints at a d secret, and Gregory In agitation asks Grace to leave the room. Fran relates the story of hew Gregory married a young girl at Springfield while attending college and then deserted her. Fran is the child of that marriage. Gregory had married his present wife three years before the death of Frans mother. Fran takes a liking to Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that Fran is the daughter of & very dear friend who Is dead. Fran agrees to the story. 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