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Show ,."f'K; AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN JSA'S AD 1 MM VM Mrrto) I Caatiaaed I' ed. - one thing to do !4U voice guttural I bo ebaved and a and aha moat fo a clean breast of leaf 01 from God lclona, Mr. Walla, no ona oa earth f , Doctor gchaffner. agree with you," ed him. "Bat why opt Cant all tola t She la young, aha nature la on bar He wigr ' years old," eald i "It la no use. The . therwell whistled ce, yon sayl" He ; akes difference, Hd. i.a difference, Mr. r returned slowly, rd on the palm of ith the fingers of Jr. Crandall White eyes on his wife a my opinion 1" w, Scbaffner, you that I" tigged bla square !. at 1 think," he said. 1th things as they ould do the samel" arded htm thought- she looks at all Slnessllke point of 4 She knows her Ml, of course. Ton Well, she knows her for. That's berwell, "I see." the professor how has told me. I her much, you see. her, Mr. Wells. e wouldn't do. Just lias done for him I I everything to ber be does. Be might 'Us chance, without don't, you know 1" to him: would Mr. bare married any- In Europe or eked out a woman h gray hair? That is, you know. It's w any man would f but a man like tn't face it How Idr aald Motherwell, haffner, honestly i" don't know." Ice grew thick and I know. And she'd ered her. She's all I we can't do any-right, any-right, we can't It fer the forehead y nothing can af-:w af-:w you can't live was drunk with fa- ! studied his worn half scornful, half d eyes, a clump-i clump-i the wooden stairs, v now, beard noth-3ll noth-3ll listened through id looked with ln- f, foreign man who ff 'i tutat rrtrtu the stood over In the In a black oilcloth 4,1' ed in a rough ex- jsrdet-mol cat I u t' gled a long tress of ii J f nir. Half Its length fa's own head, but was pure, dead t k, eh?" he asked, it . audly to the young Up 3 i red vaguely at it, ng doctor. Shaking tH t ed to rouse hlnu !j tor, wake up I" he icB" v JDted !" fjjened his eyes rt-f rt-f i s shook the partial parti-al ' '"re them In silence. tt H focused slowly If tired face lifted i ii If by magic t ied Incredulously. I'S p,t wblte l Do you J aee It?" Jt i i his chair, be w mm ran aown te the professor iComfortable chair. I e up! See what railed In hla ear. if a got white!" recollection, while it C C i't stnieelcd In his 'saw himself at a and heard that i could get White, rlfl fat 3 11 - i It would be worth a million to af , Ho chewed hla Up. The German stared at the treat, blinking. A slow smile spread over hla face, - "Ah r ho said slowly. "Dot's foot! Ferry goot,' Indeedt I lie is goot buy, "Delphi Come now, und go down. Bring her down.1 Scbaffner went into the bedroom and the professor with swimming bloodshot ayea (like the eyes of a alck Newfoundland dog, Motherwell thought) stared at him and talked brokenly. Be seemed to think he arae addressing some old friend sad fellow student , Too see," be began confidently, "Id vas only seventeen volumes-how volumes-how could I know Id vould act sol She is unique, dot voman. Ton know she bass neffer bersplred not von drop? lea. No bersplra-tlon. bersplra-tlon. Vot la dot for porea? Und be fectly healthy. If she robs silver spoons or forks or no matter Id all comes black on her bands. Idiosyn cratic, yea. Chemically Idiosyncratic" Idiosyn-cratic" Out of the door came the night mare woman that bad been Clella White, the beautiful, leaning on Coggeaball and Doctor Scbaffner. "But what good win tt all beT she was complaining In a fretful, broken voice the voice of a woman wom-an no longer young, and alck with anxiety and fear. "Much goot, much goot," the professor pro-fessor urged, and there was real tenderness and hope In bla voice, "drust now to old Wentxel, old Wentxel who vould glf a handt off bla wrist to help you I Now come, nnd you vlll see it vill not be so dreadful any morel" "Ton wait here it wont be long,' Schaffner threw back at Motherwell Mother-well over his shoulder, and the strange, tired procession crept down the hall and disappeared. CHAPTER VII It OTHER WELL lit a cigarette lv x and stared at the empty chair in front of him, shaking hla head, unconsciously. He had aeen some strange sights, this young man, but never anything quite like this. Tragedy he could understand, comedy com-edy he could appreciate but what was this? A grim little Jest, per baps but there was a flavor of death in It, all the same. He smelt It In the air. That strong sense of the Infinite and bazarre In life, that realisation realisa-tion of Its wild possibilities of permutation per-mutation and combination which had peculiarly thrilled him from his early boyhood, and led him into adventures ad-ventures like this, welled up fresh within him. "D n It," he muttered, "it's queer i" It might have been an hour before be-fore he heard any sound In the bouse beside the soft, dull thud of the pump In the cellar. Then came a hurrying woman's step, and Cog-geshall,- strange "because of her dark, flushed face and tight, pressed lips, ran past him Into the room, returning return-ing with an armful of clothes. "Hairpins I hairpins 1" he beard ber muttering to herself. "Lord, I must have hairpins!" He caught ber as she bustled out "Is It all right r he, asked. She looked at him stupidly, with an odd effect of trying to remember who be was. "Just to think of it" ahe said slowly, "to think of itl" She hurried down' the hall and fen minutes passed. As soon as'he heard the sound of shuffling feet Motherwell threw away his cigarette, trod tt carefully into ashes, stood up, and waited for them. They came back in tbe same order in which they left him; the slim, leaning woman between Schaffner Schaff-ner and tbe maid, the professor walking behind. The two men looked positively cheerful; relief from the worst bad cleared their drowsiness away. As for the women, she was more like a life-size Ivory atatue than anything else Motherwell could imagine. . .... .. . Her colorless face was set In soft waves ofhalr as white as the white silk fringe that dripped from the waist and shoulders of ber drees, a sort of classic robe of creamy wrinkled crepe. Its texture was curiously cu-riously like ber skin, which, soft and fine as a child's, was at the same time delicately, amazingly wrinkled, from the "widow's peak" on ber low forehead down to the base of her throat, where milky laces hid It. Her lips were barely pink, like the inner leaves of a tearose; her eyes, wide open and fixed far ahead of ber, a pale hazel with not a hint of the color that he bad seen In ber portrait. She was like a snow woman, with milk Instead of blood In her veins. She stopped at sight of him and turned to Coggeshall. "When did this doctor comer she asked In a soft broken voice, "Have I seen him?" "My name Is Wells, Mrs. White," dald Motherwell, stepping forward with a slight bow. "I came down to see if I could be of any use." "Ohi And you brought Coggeshall?" Cogges-hall?" He bowed again. "I am glad to see you looking so well," he ventured, meeting her eyes frankly. Her lips quivered a little. "I shall Dever look well," she answered an-swered simply. "You know that. Doctor Wells." "Oh, madam, you're lovely 1" Coggeshall cried bravely. "And all In white, like that T "It doesnt matter, aha said nV etly, "really. Never mind it please. How . many other things did you bring me, Coggeaball T -v. "Only a few, madam, but you have everything at homo, foil know" 8he looked at the maid, smiling allghtly, and at that smile thewonv an a ayea widened and filled with tears. "Ob, Mrs. White I Ob, no!" she cried, and Motherwell, watching that pale, remote creature, felt aa at a little cold wind had blown over hla heart . Bbe passed into the room and sat In a low-backed chair. Her heed In her band, she seemed to slip sway from them all Into the deep gulf of her thoughta . . . They watched her doubtfully. But Motherwell roused himself and looked warnlngty at them. "Cant yon find soma tea and and something to eat for Mrs. Whiter he asked the maid. Tin certain It would do her good, after thla strain." , 8he nodded and hurried away. The two doctors glanced at each other, then at Motherwell, and stepped out. on a common Impulse, T " $r She Drew Back, Staring at His Moved Face. He drew a chair near hers, and leaning forward, took her band In his. "Mrs. White," he said, "listen to me. I know what you are thinking, but you should not Can't you pity ttrat poor man, whose heart you are going to break? Can't you think of your husband?" She smiled again, and again be felt that little chllL "You don't understand, quite. Doctor Doc-tor Wells," she answered, and said no more. "But I do," he persisted, "1 do understand. un-derstand. It's you who don't understand. un-derstand. Just because yon don't feel the love for him that he feels for you, you don't understand bow you will hurt him. If yon did' "If I did r she interrupted, in that sweet quavering voice, "If I did? How foolish yon are, -1 love him more than anybody and everything in the world put together I I would black bis boots if I could live near him. I would shovel the snow off his steps in winter If be would be kind to me when be walked down them I Love him!" She looked scornfully at the man In front of her. "You couldn't understand," she said. "I love him too much to break his heart Mine doesn't matter." Motherwell studied her a moment His eyes snapped with excitement He drew bis hand back with a careless care-less movement "I I didn't understand," he be gan. Ton are right I supposed, somehow" "Yes. Everybody did," she said gently. "But It wasn't true. He Is the only thing In tbe world I have ever loved. And so I know " She stopped. "Of course," said "Motherwell slowly, eyeing her, "that la different If you feel that way to him. It might be better not to see him, for be has changed a great deal. He's been 111, and that and the anxiety about you, has aged him, I hear. It such a young-looking man." She looked wonderlngly at him. "Ilir ahe said. "Poor Cran I Yes, he would be." , Then ber pale lips drew down scornfully. "It is quite plain that yon never loved anybody, Doctor Wells," she said. "A shock to me I . And do you really think that I loved my husband for the way be looked? You must be a fool I" Her voice was very quiet "I loved him for what he was," she said, "not for what be looked like !" Motherwell rose and put a strong, browned band on each of her shoulders. shoul-ders. "And did yon never know that a man can feel the same?" he said sternly. "If you didn't then it is time you learned, Mrs. White, for you are the fool I" She eould not grow paler, but her face seemed to turn cold and wan and her mouth drooped, as she stared at him. "You you mean " "I mean that it's not your hair-It's hair-It's not pink cheeks It's not good heavens. It's you be loves I It's you !" She seemed not to breathe. Two large tears rolled down her cheeks, but her eyes never left his. He shook her slightly. "Lord I" he said sharply, "if I were a woman, I wouldn't dare In suit a roan sol I'd be ashamed-ashamed ashamed-ashamed !" She shuddered a little, then dropped her faco en bla-hand and cried. After a Bcomenl he leaued down to nor. (-i:f.l'x , Tonm go to Wmr ho said softly. Til 111 go and see P ahe whis-red.''sobUng,'rr whis-red.''sobUng,'rr tTJT'--'"" Coggeahall's cup.. 'and spoon clinked In the hall and bo beckoned her In, ' ':s-.. "That's good," be .aald, appreciating appreciat-ing her Oiled tray, "sea that n,e Ukes plenty. And get , beavj coat from the doctor. We ought to be leaving soon. I'll do a little telephoning." tele-phoning." Burled In. fur, ahn.sat between then In the curtained car. Hanson and ona of tbe other men disappeared disap-peared and their chauffeur did not apeak, beyond a brief Tea, sir," to hla orders. Motherwell talked easily, with comfortable pauses, daring the journey; jour-ney; the two women made but brief answers, "Why did fW frighten us so With those Jeweler be asked quietly. "Didnt yon reallte we would naturally suppose you bad-had bad-had gone away with themr "Jewels r aha repeated vaguely. "Oh, yes I Why I bad them with ma I waa taking them to Glen. I had only one key to the safe. I thought It would bo better. 1 didn't mean to stay at the doctor's'' Her voice sank. "You shouldn't have thrown the Medusa away, yon know," he said suddenly, after another silence. T threw It ss far aa I could," she answered quickly. "Into the mud I Under the wheels I A hideous, cruel thing r "And yet she was beautiful,'' he said quietly; She caught ber breath and looked op st bim so toucblngly timt he found ber hand and rave It an assuring, as-suring, friendly gtfp When they drew up It the great portico of the hotel she shrank back and would not or could not rise. Half lifted to her feet however, she straightened herself and walked out and across the hall, barely touching the maid's offered arm. Down the long corridor they went and through a door at which Motherwell knocked, opening It himself. No one was In tbe parlor of the suite and, motioning the woman to a sofa, be knocked on another door at the left It waa opened and be stood alone with Mr. Qlaenzer. To him the young man spoke rap-Idly rap-Idly for a moment checking with a quick gesture his cry of Incredulous Incredu-lous amazement "I think you bad better tell him very quickly," he said. "He mustn't be shocked and hurt her." Giaenzer passed through a fur tber door and a low sound of murmuring mur-muring talk followed bis entrance. He came out before the young man had time to be Impatient and seized his hands, shaking them heartily. "I can't understand it he muttered. mut-tered. "It simply doesnt seem credible, cred-ible, what you've told met By and by, perhaps I shall but what does It matter? Where Is she? He followed Motherwell Into the parlor, crossed quickly to where the white figure sat stiff, as If frozen there, and bending, kissed her lightly light-ly on eacb cheek. "Thank God, you're back, Clella," he said. "You've driven us nearly crazy, my dear. Why, you look like a marquise at a fancy ball I. Do you want to break our hearts over again r He smiled warmly at her. Not a muscle of bis face betrayed him. But she did not smile back. T never broke yours. Glen," tHe answered hardly above a whisper. "I knew that always." She turned to Motherwell. "Come," she said, taking his hand like a child, and they went In together, to-gether, tbe Jeweler behind them. She walked a few steps Into the room, and stood In the full afternoon after-noon sunlight Her Hps p.irteO and she drew a deep breath to speak, but ber husband cried out before she could begin. Here wus no such calmness as Giaenzer hud abown; his whole face spoke his wonder and delight .. ' -cierta I- 'fie -"Saiar Ct1?. Clella l' How beautiful you are!" He opened bla arms wide and with two long, smooth steps she was wrapped In them, kneeling by his cbalr, her hair against Ms cheek. "I am sorry that this should have happened. If It worried and frightened fright-ened my dear," be said, and bis voice trembled, "but why, w hy could you not let me know, so that I could help you?" She raised her face nnd held It close to his, ber hands against bis shoulders. "You haven't seen me. Cranny," she said, "look at me, now I I SmH forty-six years old I am not what you have thought 1 uever have been." He held her face In his hands and looked long at It "No, you are never what I thought," be said softly, "for you are always sweeter and nx re beautiful, beau-tiful, my dear." A slow, faint flush, like a tea-rose In autumn, grew In her chock. She threw her arm round his neck and cried so gently that they hardly heard. "And for your age," he went on, his voice shaken with love, "It gives me the one comfort you could not give before, my beautiful, nnd takes away my own terror thut I could never tell you," She drew back, staring at bis moved face. "Now we can grow old together, my dearl" he said. THE END. First Aid-Home Remedy Week Chicago, I1L "Insure Yourself Against Needless Suffering I" Is the Intensive slogan of personal action which prefaces national announcement announce-ment that the eleventh anniversary of First Aid-Home Remedy Week has been fixed for March 13-10. The National Association of Retail Druggists, Drug-gists, sponsors of the plan which Sterling Products, Inc. dedicated to the drug world in 1022, Is Joined In this campaign for nation wide preparation prep-aration to meet unexpected accident and sudden Illness, by the National Wholesale Druggists' Association and the National Association of Retail. Drug Clerks. For the first time all State Pharmaceutical Associations Asso-ciations are also co-operating for greater preparedness for the physical phys-ical emergencies of life. 8everal governors and mayors of municipalities municipal-ities have by proclamation called attention at-tention to the week which baa en- Joyed a decade of Increasing success. Till That Medicine Chest Nowl" Is the command that has been made from the first week to the present campaign, and all of them have been timed during bousecleanlng days. Secretary S. O. Henry of tbe N. A. R. D. In an awakening sugges tion to the retail druggists predicts record-breaking co-operation thia year when the week affords oppor tunity for Mve wire druggists every where to use timely advertising in their local newspapers and thus Insure In-sure additional sales In a helpful effort to maintain volume. Ned's Mother Has Right Idea Within a few months there will b no more feverish, bil ious, headachy, con stipated, pale and puny children. That prophecy would surely sure-ly come true If every mother could see for herself how quickly, easily, and harmlessly harm-lessly the bowels of babies and children chil-dren are cleansed, regulated, given tone and strength by a product which has proved its merit and reliability to do what is claimed for It to millions mil-lions of mothers In over fifty years of steadily increasing use. As mothers find out from using it how children respond to tbe gentle Influence of California Fig Syrup by growing stronger, sturdier and more active daily they simply have to tell other mothers about it That's one of the reasons for its overwhelming sales of over four million bottles year. A Western mother, Mrs. Neal M. Todd, 1701 West 27th St, Oklahoma City, Okui aays: "When my son, Neal, was three years old he began having constipation. I decided to give bim California Fig Syrup and In a few days be was all right and looked line again. This pleased me so much that I have used Fig Syru ever since for all his colds or lit upset spells. It always stops hiTf trouble quick, strengthens him, makes him eat" Always ask for California Fig Syrup by the full name and see that the carton bears the word "Califor nia." Then you'll get the genuine. If It HappMl Todiy Paris, about to leave Greece, has decided to take Helen with him. Mak ing sure that Menelaus has gone to the links for the afternoon, he steals up to Helen's room. "I love you," he cries. "Fly with me to Troyl" "I wish I could," sighs Helen, "but I Just know I'd never find a barber in Troy who could shingle my hair properly." So Paris goes off to Atlantis and marries a mermaid whose hair Is always al-ways kept Jn curl by the dampness, and the Trojan war is averted. Kansas City Star. Dr. riere' PelleU are, beat for liver, U laxative three for a cathartic. Adv. Her Opinion Hubby What's the matter with thfs suit I Just bonght that you don't like it? The store man said it was a lit Wife It looks more like a convulsion. con-vulsion. Florida Times-Union. Among mortals, second thoughts are wisest. Euripides. BTJTtMwJscwaBMsrJb mtulmrUlawttk tJsoJVwsr OxffaUt 9 If josi want apaLling, clan dlahea nae the New Oxydol that makes 50 aworw sad rich, long lasting sods that ewt grease "'a a flash and rlnao off clean, leaving no team, so dishes are) in In a Jiffy. And so eay on th haadal Procter A Carnhle A scientist says it Is the lower part of the face, not the eyes, that gives sway one's thoughts. Espe cially when one opens the lower part of the face. Dakota Farmer. Dllyd The reason I'm late for lunch, mother," apologised Jack, "Is because be-cause I stopped to watch a great big, old hard-ahelled beetle In Its death-throes,' - It DiJ.'t CUt Ovor Girl out our way who tried to talk highbrow to a new bean found out later that he was referring to her as a platitudinous blond. Arkansas Ar-kansas Gazette, CUatgl CUagt "Man," asserts a western senator, sena-tor, "cornea first and then the machine.". ma-chine.". And a little later, we suppose, sup-pose, tbe ambulance. Boston Herald. Her-ald. TU Tfcoy HaU Him All tbe world loves s lover ex cept when he and his sweetie are holding up about forty cars behind them. Arkansas Gazette. Morality Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than Intellect and pro vides unconsciously for Intellectual difficulties. Fronds, Eikitlf Cm Wells Natural gaa fields gradually be come exhausted. The average Ufa of a gas well la estimated to be about five years. Thickly PopaUtxl Java, one of the Dutch East Indies, In-dies, has the densest populated land mass In the world, 043.4 to tbe square mile. Oaa Polat af Vlaw We really get what we want most, If we want It long enough and are sure of what It Is. SamatUag f a Parados What became--of bis wife?" "He stopped away from home so much that she deserted him." 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S965 Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake's Only Family Hotel Whoever bas an accomplishment is likely to exhibit it beyond the demands de-mands that hla social circle require of him. una iron Babies are usually first attracted by yellow. Bed supersedes yellow at the age of three, with green second. sec-ond. At the age of five blue seems to be the favorite color. Paatlit Nlcka.-a Lord Palmerston sneered at the Quaker stateeman, John Bright as, a "peace-at-any-price man," and the; expression baa since coma to mean' any extreme pacifist VegaUrUa Idas Vegetarianism as s word came Into see about 1847, but prior to that there were people who lived on a diet that excluded flesh, fowl and fish,- Sa It Is A doctor saya you can tell a criminal crim-inal by the way he swallows his food. Alimentary, my dear Watson, alimentary I Terre Haute Tribune. Or Taratag aa the Radla "Burglars are usually gloomy men," observea a writer. Yon certainly cer-tainly never find them singing st their work. London Passing Show. Gives Yow a Start Maybe yon can't buy happiness with money, but yon have a notable advantage when the bidding starts, Arkansas Gazette. Prater Elaatrie Fa An electric fan built by Thomas A. Edison's company before 1000 la preserved by the Ohio State Historical His-torical society. Saaad at Wraag Tlma If some men speeded ss fast at the office as they do trying to get there, more work would be accomplished. accom-plished. Saaach Moat Deaeatlva The brow, the eye, the countenance coun-tenance very often deceive us; but most often of all the speech, Cicero, Thaaa Daar Frleada "I met your husband yesterday, hut he didn't see me," "I know. He told me." a bawm mam sjaejMia auii fciMMjaisajsni be bad la ajofmutf sod pleuing for to take. Uae daily during winter. Scott at N. J. Sale AcOceatatadvc, Harold P. New TcrtT"5 Mmmt rmih ptmmm "Atm4f a Cm Sn ,wU r-M . M. mr to Oi liiitu k .ft Jaat a etas rrea Ska kmUma eaaten fed alar trleta UMele. Bmlta Carat Is Ceaaerttea. 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