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Show THB MISS LULU BETT By ZONA GALE Qosyrtfto "J "D JX N Assieton bad never really had, until he had planled that longing. She bad wanted she knew not what. Now aha accepted the dim, the romantic Interest of this role. "I guess yon don't aee bow It seems," he said, "to me, coming along a stronger so. I don't like It." He frowned, regarded the river, flicked away ashes, his diamond obediently shining. Lnlu's look, her head drooping, had the liquid air of the look of a young girl. For the first time In her life she was feeling her helplessness. It Intoxicated her. "They're very good to me," she said. He turned. "Do you know why you think that? Because you've never had anybody really good to you. That's Conpaar SHAME!" 8TT NO PSia General factotum In ttie house of her elater Ina. wife of Herbert Deacon. In the email town at Warbleton. Lulu Bett leads a dull, cramped existence, with whl h he la constantly at enmity, though apparently satisfied with her loL To Mr. Deacon cornea Bobby Lar- -' kin, recently graduated youth, secretly enamored of Deacon's elder daughter. Diana, an applicant for a "Job" around tne He la engaged. Deaoon houne. The family la excited over the newa 's of an approaching visit frjm brother Nlnlan, whom he had not Been for many years. Deacon Jokes with Lulu, with subtle mean-laconcerning the coming meeting. Lulu la Interested and speculative, meanwhile watching with something like envy the of Bobby and Diana. Unexpectedly, Nlnlan arrives. Thus he becomes acquainted with Lulu first and In a measure understands her position In the house. d To Lulu, Ninian is a man of the world, and even the alight Interest which he takes in her la appreciated, because It Is Something new In her life. And Ninian appears to like Lulu. The family takes an outing, with Important results. hlgh-acho- Dea-oon- g, why." 'But they treat me good." "They make a slave of you. Regular slave." He puffed, frowning. "D d shame, I call It," be said. Her loyalty stirred Lulu. "We have our whole living " "And you earn It, I been watchlnj you since I been here. Don't you ever go nnywheres?" She said: "This Is the first plnce In In years." "Lord! Don't you want toT Of course you do!" "Not so much places like this " "I see. What you want Is to get Ill Continued. away like yo-'ought to." He re"Those who disregard the comfort of canted her. "You've been a blamed woman," he said. lorner people, ne enunciated, "c n- love-maki- much-travele- ' d ; g TIMES-NEW- pressed upon by overpowering pereotv allttes. Frogs were chorusing In tha near swamp, and Bobby wanted one. Ha was off after It But Dl events' ally drew him back, reluctant, fro, less. He entered upon an exhaustive)1 account of tha use of frags for balt,i and as he talked he constantly stonea. Dl grew restless. There flung waa. ahe had found, a certain amount of this to be gone through before Bobby would focus on the personal. At length sha was obliged to say, "Like me today T" And then he entered upon personal talk with the same seat with which he had discussed bait. "Bobby," said Dl. "sometimes I think we might be married, and not wait for any old money." They had now come that far. It was partly an authentic attraction, grown from out the old repulsion, and partly It was that they both and especially Dl so much wanted the experiences of attraction that they assumed Its ways. And then each cared enough to assume the pretty role required by the other, and by the occasion, and by the air of the time. "Would your' asked Bobby but In the subjunctive. "She said : "Yes. I will." "It would mean running away, wouldn't Itr said Bobby, still subt junctive, "I suppose so. Mamma and papa are so unreasonable." "Dl," said Bobby, "I don't believe) you could ever be happy with me." "The Idea! I can, too. You're going to be a great man you know you are." Bobby was silent. Of course he knew It but he passed It over. ouldn't it be fun to elope and ise the whole school?" said DL . fcllng. TTa bv crlnned aonreclatlvelv. good to look at. with his bltr le, his head of rough, dark hair. ky warm upon his clear skin and mouth. Dl suddenly announced she would be willing to elopa ve planned eloping lota of times," u T1IUU.1 I ! "But i . ii. , you're not so very used " ! Oh, wasn't Let Who was It that Jhad lived In a boat throughout youth, .If not he? Ninian refused lighted m. Cigar, and sat on a log In a perma-loen- t fashion. Ina's plump figure was ;filted In the stern, the child Monona affixed, and the boat put off, bow well :out of water. On this pleasure ride the face of the wife was as the face ,of the damned. It was true that she Icevered her husband's opinions above those of all other men. In politic. 'In science. In religion. In dentistry, she looked up to his dicta as to revelation. .And was he not a magistrate? But let him take oars In hand, or shake lines .or a whip above the back of any horse, and this woman would trust any other woman's husband by preference. It was a phenomenon. ; IaiIu was making the work last, so that slie should he out of everybody's way. When the boat put off without Nlnlan, she felt a kind of terror and wished that he had gone. He had sat down neur her, and she pretended ' iot to aee. At lust Lulu understood that Nlnlan was deliberately choosing to remain with her. The languor of 'Ms bulk after the evening meal made no explanation for Lulu. She asked for oo explanation. lie had stayed. And they were alone. For Il, on a pretext of examining (he flocks and herds, was leading Bobhy awuy to the pastures, a little at a time. The sun, now fallen, had left an even, waxen sky. I.eiives and ferns appeared drenched with the light Just withdrawn. The hash, the wnrmtli. Hie color, were charged with some influence. The air of the time communicated liself to Lulu as Intense and quiet happiness. She had not yet felt pjiet with Nlnlan. For the first time fcer blind excitement In his presence ceased, and she felt curiously accustomed to Mm. To him the air of the time Imparted Itself In a deepening of 1la facile sympathy. you know something?" he began. "I think you have It pretty hard around here." waa genuinely astonft" ished. "Tea. air. Do you have to work like this all the time? I guess you Won't mind my asking." "Weal. I ought to work. I have a heme with V rm. Mother, too." "Tea, but glory t You ought to have some kind of a life of your own. You want It. too. You told me you did tkAt first dsv." Him wsa silent. Again he was In- her with a longing which she ! 1o " ' "" i "" said ambiguously. flashed across the mind of Bobby In these plans of hers he may always have been the principal. he could not be sure . . , But talked In nothings, and he an- red her so. ft cries sounded In the center of stream. The boat, well out of tha ng current, waa seen to have Its shipped; and there sat Dwlght bert gently rocking tha boat. ght Herbert would. lertle, Bertie please!" you heard Ina say. onona began to cry, and her fa- was Irritated, felt that It would gnomlnious to desist, and did not v that he felt this. But he knew he was annoyed, and ha took ge In this, and picked up the oars "Some folks never can enjoy itng without spoiling It." hat's what I was thinking," salt) Ith a flash of anger. y gilded toward the shore la a Monona found that she enjoyed across the water and kept It It was almost as good as aa Ina, stepping safe to the sands. ungratefully that this was the ime that she would ever, ever h her husband anywhere. Ever, t Herbert, recovering, gauged The otnent to require of him humor. and observed that bis wedded wife was aa skittish as a colt Ina kept silence, head poised so that her full little chin ahowed double. Monona, who had previously hidden a cooky In her frock, now remembered It and crunched sldewise, the eyes ruminant Moving toward them, with Dl, Bobby was suddenly overtaken by the sense of disliking them all. He never had liked Dwlght Herbert, his employer. Mrs. Deacon seemed to him so overthat he had no whelmingly mat-irIdea bow to treat her. And the child Monona he would like to roll In tha river. Even Dl . . . He fell silent, was silent on the walk home, which was the signal for Dl to tease hi in steadily. The little being was afraid of silence. It was too vast for her. She was like a butterfly In a dome. But against that background of rained occasion. Lulu walked homeward beside Nlnlan. And all that night beside her mother who groaned In her sleep. Lulu lay tense and awake. He had walked home with her. He bad told Ina and Herbert about going to the city. What did It mean? Suppose . . . oh no; oh no! "Either lay still or get up snd set up," Mrs. Bett directed her at length. e "Wouldn't It Be Fun to Elope and Said Surprise the Whole School Dl, Sparkling. her feet carefully covered, her hands ill at ease, her eyes rather piteous In their hope somehow to hold her vague own. Yet from her came these sudlclent. Insouriunt replies. "Education," he said laughing heartily. "That's mine, too." He spoke a creed. "I ain't never had It and I ain't never missed It." "Most folks are happy without an education," said Lnlu. "You're not very happy, though." "Oh, no," she said. "Well, sir," sold Nlnlan, "I'll tell you what we'll do. While I'm here I'm going to take you and Ina and trwlght up to the city." "To the cityr "To a show. Dinner and a show. I'll give you one good time." "Oh!" Ltilo leaned forward. "Ina and Dwlght go sometimes. I never been." "Well, Just you come with me. I'll look up what's good. You tell me Just what you like to est, and we'll get r "Why net say the servicer asked Ninian. wedding (TO UK CONTISI BU I "Owls" Qave Gay Parties. "The Owls" were a group of brilliant young men who In the sixties, attracted much attention In the West end of London by their lively eccentricities. For Instance, they gave dinners to which some of the most beautiful young ladles of the day were InWharncliffe acting aa vited. chaperon. At one of them an Ivy serpent decorated the table, forming a "I haven't had anything to eat la coll opposite each lady'a plate. In tlie with the years that I haven't cooked myaf." coll was a box of chocolates, He planned for that time to come, monogram of the lady on the lid. Anand Lnlu listened as one Intensely ex- other time a Bacchus In the center of periencing every word that he uttered. the table held Jewels, which were handed around, each lady being asked Yet It was not In that future that she found her Joy, hut In to take what she liked. Once all "The the consciousness that he some one-an- yone Owls" went to I'arls and spent the day was planning like this for In woods near the city. They sang songs and crowned themselves vliti her. Meanwhile Dl and Bobby had round- Ivy garlands, and finally dined op a e ed the corner by an old and hnce old tree. Into whose branches Now that they were hauled by ropes, ladles and Sept on down the levee. the presence of the others ws with- all, singing ballads the while. drawn, the two looked about them difTo make a tall mis appear abort ferently and began themselves to give off an Influence Instead of being strike him for a loan, It" merry-mnkln- g -- hop-hous- - i NEPHI. UTAH S. MRP Pulitzer Race Makes New Air History Here Is a portrait of Lieut. Russell L. Maughan of the army air service, who won the Pulitzer trophy at Detroit in a race which shattered three world records and made aerial history. Dazed at each of the 15 turns by the force of the wind, worried in his conscious moments over the condition of his wife, who became a mother while he was up, Maughan kept his plane smashing through the air at an average 206 mile an hour clip for the entire distance. The greatest speed ship ever built was none too good for the winner. Numb, unconscious part of the time, even his shaken, n Maughan held the plane to her effort. It was needed to win. Lieut. Lester J. Mallland In a twin Curtlss army racer was on his heels with an average speed of 203 miles an hour. Malt-lan- d made even better time than his it fellow ofllcer In some laps. For fifty kilometers he pushed his machine along at 216.1 miles an hour and for 100 kilometers at 207.3 both world records. Maitland was the only one of the eleven pilots completing the required five laps of the 31.0C85-mll- e circuit who really challenged Maughan seriously. Both of them beat the 100 kilometer record established last September by SadI Le Colnte, the Frenchman, who averaged 202 miles an hour. Both of them, as well as five other contestants, bettered the world mark for 200 kilometers set In October of 1921 by George Klrsch, the Frenchman, with a speed of 174.8 miles an hour. KEEP UTENSILS CLEAN DAIRY Bacteria Increase In Astounding Numbers When Conditions Are Right-M- ust Be Kept Dry. (Praparsd br tha United Btatee Dspartmsot ot Acrtcultnrs.) Because bacteria Increase In num- bers at such an astounding ratewhen conditions are favorable. It Is necessary not only to kill as many of them as possible In order to keep dairy utensils clean and Insure a good product; bul utensils must be kept dry, so that the few organisms that "are left after sterilization will rot multiply greatly. In addition to the proper temperature r : mux-linui- Herrick Says Premier Poincare Is Able Premier Poincare of France Is apparently quite a man. Anyway, Myron Herrick, United Stutes ambassador to France, has a high opinion of the ability of Premier Poincare and of his fitness to handle the present national and international problems of his country. In an estimate in the magazine Our World of this French leader, the ambassador says Poincare is not a creative genlua, but is a great luwyer who relies upon care In examining facts and precision In analysis as to the best guaranties against error. Personally shy, he Is not Intellectually timid, but Is constitutionally averse to rashness In action. He addresses himself more generally to reason and omits all appeal to passion and prejudice. Poincare resembles Elihu Boot In some respects, Mr. Herrick says. Like the latter, he Is reputed to be cold, but to those who know him his feelings and passion for the right are readily manifested. Like all French statesmen, be Is provincial. He does not perhaps understand America, Mr. Herrick thinks, or comprehend how much less our politics are personal than theirs; but lie hus learned since the war to understand and speak English, and this serves to broaden his horizon. His unfailing memory, his long life of study and Intense Intellectual activity, his wide experience In public affairs, especially In finance, constitute a powerful equipment for meeting present problems. Calder Has a Deposit for a Rainy Day William M. Calder of Brooklyn has been nominated by the Republicans for another term 1b the United States senate. He was elected In 1016 and served five terras In the house. Congress, as everyone knows. Is largely made up of lawyers. For example, open the congressional directory and you will find that the first 12 members listed are lawyers. Anyway, Senator i jrtfCalder is one of the comparatively few business men of the senate. He is a bouse builder and one of tha largest In the country. Apparently be got Into the business naturally. Has Is the son of a boss carpenter. When thirteen years old. fee left school to go to work as an apprentice to his father, for a consideration of hla board and keep at home and thirty-fivcents a week. For the six succeeding years Mr. Calder worked by day and went to school at night. Tills study he augmented by a three-yearcourse In the Cooper Institute of New York. At the age of twenty he was made foreman, of his father's shop, then employing one hundred men. Ha received S13 a week and his board at home. Mr. CufcVr's ambition was to save $1,000 by the time he cast his first vote. On his twenty-firs- t birthday hla hank hook In the South Saving Institute showed a balance of $1,100. e Pretty Kitty Kiernan to Become a Nun Pretty Kltt Kiertian, they say, la soon to enter a convent and to become a uun. Francis 0'Killy, a cousin, la back from a business trip to Dublin and brings the news. All the world haa wondered what Michncl raa Collins' pretty fiancee would do, now that death has taken lilin away and left her and Ireland bereft. I ad all the world which loves low and his Inss hns grieved for Klttj Klernnn In her bereavement But even world-widlympofhy cannot heal the scar on Kitty Klernan'a heart Only Cod ran do that. And yet poor Kitty Kiernan, salth the poet, the dreamer. Is to be envied above all the women of the world living today. Rust will est her lover's the Illy she placed on his cofsord; fin will fnde and wither. But, the women of the world have taken her forever to their hearts. And think of what she will be to the peple of the little green land of Ireland now and to the day she dies, and after that. She will be the object of ttielr tenderest love and care. Tlie bards of Erin and Erin will never be without bsrds will weave their sliver sonss about her. In the wild mountains of Galway, In the Olen of (ilentles, from ihe Causeway of the Olanta to Cape Clear, her name shall never be forgotten. With the Due of Michael Collins will always be Joined that of titty Kleroaa, 1 e "" ' LiMLia" " ' BSfc-..- ITT Til'- TTT1 r" .ll Dairy Utensils Should jjj Be Thor- oughly Sterilized Before Use. It Is necessary that moisture be present for these germs to grow, but only a very thin film of water Is needed. It Is particularly Important that milk cans be thoroughly dried and kept dry until nsed again, says tha United States Department of Agriculture. In addition, they most be protected irom contamination with dust, other dirt and files. Experiments carried on by the department show that in milk cans which were covered be- .'nra ilol n it Hrtoft t Ii a numha. vf Km jx terla Increased 700 times In 24 hours. An average of seven tests showed that the count Increased from LHL514 to 775,751,429. Milk put Into cans In which the bacteria have been permitted to multiply to such an extent will cans that were dried before being covered. To secure rapid drying the cans must be sterilized with steam or boiling water. If a sterilizer Is used the cans may be left In It until time for them to be used again, but there must be some means of ventilation to carry off the moisture. Cans may be set on a rack to dry, but they should be protected from files and dust preferably In a milk bouse. d Producing Clean Milk Factors to be observed la producing good clean milk : Clean, healthy cows In dean, well lighted and well ventilated Quarters. Plenty of pure water for the herd and mllkhouse. Clean utensils, thoroughly washed, steamed and sunned. Small-tomilking palls. Milk with dry hands. Remove milk from stable aa soon as drawn from each cow. Have a separate mllkhouse for handling milk and dairy utensils. Cool milk to 50 degrees F. or lower as soon as drawn. Keep milk at a low temperature until delivered and deliver regularly. G. E. Morton, Colorado Dairy Commissioner. p EXCELLENT CALF PEN HINTS 6hou!d Be Located on South Side of Bam and Arranged 8o that Surv light Enters Freely. Calf pens are preferably located near the south side of the barn and so arranged that sunlight enters them. Exercising yards to the south of the barn connecting with the pens are desirable In order thnjt calvws may be turned out for exercise tvei on cold days and be protected from the north winds. Cement floors are satisfactory from the standpoint of durability and cleanliness, hut are cold In winter unless covered by an abundance of dry I edding. Deware of Moldy Silage. In 0Mnlng the silage It la necessary that all moldy silage be removed or silage poisoning may result and sometimes It may cause death of lire stock. Silage Not Balanced Feed. Silage la not a balunced ration. It should always be aupplemontad by eth er feds. Poor Feeding Practices. Unwise feeding practlcea will produce bad results In feeding silage or molnsses. A systematic study Indicates that the losses have beoti due to the manner In which adage la fed or tu an excess of dirt A Silage Pointer. The dairyman will have a hard tlm to get along without a silo and a clover or alf.ilfa field. What be lacks In feed from these will have to be made p for by smaller prod act too er aonrm gTtJD feM m - - - -- |