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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE, UTAH SO BIG By De-Jon- EDNA FERBER (J, Faa Doabladay. A Co.) Continued CHAPTER XV hostesses vied for the of entertaining these notables, North Shore honor clever, moneyed, pretty, piuls from these ewd often emerged contests the winner. Her latest catch t, Emile Goguet Gen. Emlle hero of Champagne Goguet of the stiff white beard, the empty left (oatsleeve, and the score of medals. Be was coming to America ostensibly be the guest of the American which, with Goguet's French troops, had turned the German on- ilanght at Champagne, but really, It was whispered, to cement friendly relations between his country and a lomewhat diffident United States. "And guess," thrilled Paula, "guess who's coming with him, Dirk! That wonderful Uoelf Pool, the French Go-pe- was . iculptor !" "What d'you mean French sculptor! He's no more French than I am. He whs born within a couple of miles of my mother's farm. His people wefe His father lived Dutcli truck farmers. in High Prairie until a year ago, when lie died of a stroke." When he told Selina she flushed, like i girl, as she sometimes still did when she was much excited. "Yes, I saw it I wonder," she added, In the paper. quietly, "If I shall see him." That evening you might have seen her sitting, fingering the faded shabby objects the saving of which Dirk had denounced as sentimental. The crude drawing of the Haymarket ; cashmere dress; some the wine-re- d faded brittle flowers. Paula was giving a large but not too large dinner on the second night She was very animated about It, excited, gay. "They say," she told Dirk, "that Goguet doesn't eat anything but eggs and rusks. Oh, well, the others won't object to squabs and mushrooms and things. And his hobby is his farm in Brittany. Pool's stunningdark and somber and very white time-wor- n hard-boile- d teeth." . ... s Paula was very gay these days. Too It seemed to Dirk that her gay. nervous energy was Inexhaustible and exhausting. Dirk refused to admit to himself how irked he was by the sallow heart-shape- d exquisite face, the lean brown clutching fingers, the air of ownership. He ' had begun to dislike things about her as an unfaithful spouse Is irritated by quite Innocent mannerisms of his unconscious mate. She scuffed her heels a little when she walked, for example. It maddened hira. She had a way of bit-In- ;; the rough skin around her carefully tended nails when ghe was nervous. "Don't do that 1" he said. Dallas never irritated him. She rest ed him. he told himself. He would arm himself against her, but one minute tfter meeting her he would sink gratefully and resistlessly into her quiet depths. Sometimes lie thought all this was an assumed manner in her. "This calm of your this effortlessness," he said to her one day, "is a pose, isn't It?" Anything to get her notice. . "Partly," Dallas had replied, amiably. "It's a nice pose though, don't you thin!;?" V hat are you going to do with a girl like day. Dirk had not met them to mat them at Paula's dinner was that evening. He was curious about Pool but not particularly Interested to tb warrior. Restless, unhappy, wanting to lee Dallas (he admitted It he dropped Into her studio atbitterly) aa unaccustomed hour almost Immediately after lunch and heard gay voices sad laughter. Dallas In a grimy smock and the scuffed kid slippers was entertaining two truants from Chicago society-G- en. Emile Goguet and Roelf PooL They seemed to be enjoying themselves Immensely. She Introduced Dirk as casually as though their presence were a natural and expected thing which It was. She had never mentioned them to him. Tet now: "This Is Dirk g Gen. Emile Goguet We were campaigners In France. together Roelf Pool. So were we, weren't we, Roelf?" Gen. Emlie Goguet bowed formally, but his eyes were twinkling. He appeared to be having a very good time. Roelf Pool's dark face had lighted up with such a glow of surprise and pleasure as to transform it He strode over to Dirk, clasped his hand. "Dirk Not why, say, don't you know me? I'm Roelf Pool !" "I ought to know you," said Dirk. "Oh, but I mean I'm I knew you when you were a kid. You're Sellna's Dirk. Aren't you? My Selina. I'm driving out to see her this afternoon. She's one of my reasons for being here. Why, Pra " He was laughing, talking excitedly, like a boy. Dallas all agrin, was enjoying It Immensely. "They've run away," she explained to Dirk, "from the elaborate program that was arranged for them this afternoon. I don't know where the French got their reputation for being polite. The general is a perfect boor, aren't you? And scared to death of women. He's the only French general In captivity who ever took the trouble to learn English." "We're all going," announced Dallas, and made a dash for the stuffy little bedroom off the studio. Well, this was a bit too informal. "Going where?" inquired Dirk. The general, too, appeared bewildered. Roelf explained, delightedly. "It's a plot We're all going to drive out to your mother's. You'll go, won't you? You simply must." "Go?" now put In General Goguet "Where Is it that we go? I thought we stayed here, quietly. It Is quiet here,- - and no reception committees.' His tone was wistful. Roelf attempted to make It clear. "Mr. DeJong's mother is a farmer. You remember I told you all about her In the ship coming over. She was wonderful to me when I was a kid. She was the first person to tell me what beauty was Is. She's magnificent. She raises vegetables." "Ah! A farm! But yes! L too, am a farmer. Well !" He shook Dirk's hand again. He appeared now for the first time to find him Interesting. "Of course I'll go. Does mother know you're coming? She has been hoping she'd see you, but she thought you'd grown so grand ' "Walt until I tell her about the day I landed in Paris with five francs In my pocket. No, she doesn't know we're coming, but she'll be there, won't she? I've a feeling she'll be there, exactly the same. She will, won't she?" "She'll be there." It was early spring; the busiest of seasons on the farm. They were down the stairs and off In the powerful car that seemed to be at the visitors' disposal. Through the loop, up Michigan avenue. Into the South side. Chicago, often lowering and gray in April, was wearing gold and blue today. The air was sharp, but beneath the brusqueness of It was a gentle promise. Dallas and Pool were much absorbed In Paris plans, Paris reminiscences. "And do you remember the time we . . . only seven francs among the lot of us and the dinner was . . . you're surely coming over in June, then . . , oils . . . you've got the thing, I tell you . . . you'll be great, Dallas . . . remember what Vlbray said . . . study . . . work . . ." Dirk was wretched. He pointed out objects of Interest to General Goguet. Sixty miles of boulevard. Park system. Finest In the country. Grand Drexel boulevard. Jackboulevard. son park. Illinois Central trains. Terrible, yes, but they were electrifying. Going to make 'em run by electricity, you know. Things wouldn't look so Halsted street. dirty, after that Longest street in the world. . And, "Ah, yes," said the general, politely. "Ah, yes. Quite so. Most in" teresting." The rich black loam of High Prairie. A hint of fresh green things just peeping out of the earth. Hothouses. Coldframes. The farm. "But I thought you said it was a small farm!" said General Goguet, as He they descended from the car. looked about at the acreage. "It Is small," Dirk assured him. "Only about forty acres." In "Ah, well, you Americans. France we farm on a very small scale, We have not the you understand. land. The great vast country." He waved his right arm. You felt that If the left sleeve had not been emptj he would have made a large and sweeping gesture with both arms. Selina was not In the neat, quiet house. She was not on the porch, or Meena Bras, phlegmatic In the yard. and unflnstered, came In from the kitchen. Mis' DeJong was In the fields. She would call her. This she proceeded to do by blowing three powerful blasts and again three on a horn which she took from a hook on the wall. She stood In the kitchen jloorway, facing the fields, blowing, her red "That cheeks puffed outrageously. brings her," Meena assured them; and went back to her work. Thajr came that! Here was the woman who could hold him entirely, and who never held out finger to hold him. He tore at the smooth wall of her Indifference, though he only cat and bruised his own hands in doing it. "Is It because Tm a successful business man that you don't like me?" "But I do like you. I think you're an awfully attractive roan. Dangerous, that's wot." "Oh, don't be the wide-eyeIngenue. Ion know d d well what I mean. You've got me and you don't want me. If I had been a successful architect Instead ol a successful business man would that have made any difference?" "Good Lord, no ! Some day I'll probson of toil, ably marry a horny-hande- d nnd If I do it'll be the horny hands 'hat will win roe. If you want to know. I like 'em with their scars on them. There's something! about a man who lias fought for It I don't know what is a look In his eye the feel of his hand. He needn't have been suche probably would be. cessfulthough I don't know. I only know he well, Not a you haven't a mark on you. Kfirk. I'm not criticizing you. But jou're all emooth.. I like 'era bumpy. That sounds terrible. It Isn't what I mean at all. It isn't ' "Oh. never mind," Dirk said, wearily. "I think I know what you mean. Listen. Dallas. If I thought rd go back to Hollls & Sprague's and begin all ver again at forty a week If I thought d you'd" "Don't" Chapter XVI General Goguet "and Roelf Pool fcaC beer r ''hlrugo ou night and part of De-Jon- out on the porch to await Selina. She was out on the west sixteen the wast sixteen that used to be unprollflc, mnekland. Dirk felt a little uneasy, and ashamed that he should feel so. Then they saw her coming, a small dark figure against the background of sun and sky and fields. She came swiftly, yet ploddingly, for the ground was heavy. They stood facing her, the four- of them. As she came nearer tbey saw that she was wearing a dark skirt pinned up about her ankles to protect It from the wet spring earth, and yet It was spattered with a border of mud spots. A rough, heavy gray sweater was buttoned closely about the straight slim body. On her head was a battered soft black bat Her feet In broad-toe- d sensible shoes, she lifted high out of the sett, clinging soil. Her hair blew a little In the gentle spring breeze. Her cheeks were faintly pink. She was coming up the path now. She could distinguish their faces. She saw Dirk; smiled, waved. Her glance went Inquiringly to the ethers the bearded man In uniform, the tall glrL the man with the dark, vivid face. Then she stopped, suddenly, and her hand went to her heart as though she had felt a great pang, and her lips were parted, and her eyes enormous. Al Roelf came forward swiftly she took a few quick, running steps toward him, like a young glrL d He took the slight figure In the skirt, the rough gray sw eater and the battered old hat into his arms. "You're been everywhere In the world." said Roelf. "You've seen all the place of great beauty and light Yon remember you told tue that your lather had once said, when yon wejp a llttla girl, that there were only two kinds of people who really mattered In the world. One kind was wheat and the other kind emeralds. You're wheat half-drown- Betas." "And you're emerald," said Selina, . - b,.. WILCOX STUDIO Work-Wor- n It ,.pw MonaMbtor Oils & Greases g, , Reading Is seeing by proxy. The general was Interested but unLuxuries soon blossom Into needs. comprehending. u glanced now at the watch on his wrist and gave a little exclamation. "But the dinner I Nothing spreads so fast by example was it a hard job? Poor crease dogs Our hostess Madame Storm I It Is very as laclness. the passages. It oxidises, hardens, and fine to run away but one must come fails to lubricate. back. Our so beautiful hostess." U A little bird on a hat la worth, two Grease that doe not oxidize and had sprung to his feet that tell tales. harden Grease that does not cake and "She la beautiful, lsnt she?" said clog the passage Grease that lubriSelina. Even a perfect companion has his cates properly is MonaMotor Grease. Stop at tha MonaMotor iign and get "No," Roelf replied, abruptly. Tha dull moments. McaaMotor Grease for the next tim mouth Is smaller than the eyes. When the mouth la smaller than the eyes A wise word to the foolish Is some- It'll pay you! MonaMw C7 J Company there Is no real beauty. Now Dallas times sufficient. Ban Francisco, CaL Los Angeles, Cat. here " A fable is a "Yes, me." scoffed Dallas, all agrin, lie with a "There's a grand mouth for yon. If a moral attachment large mouth Is your notion of beauty then I must look like Helen of Troy to An empty purse Is responsible for some matrimonial failures. you, Roelf." "You do," said Roelf, simply. Write or call for an appointment to have your photograph made Inside Dirk something was saying, When each player gets four of a kind over and over, "You're nothing but a It's certainly a great dea!. rubber stamp. Dirk DeJong. You're 122 So. Main St Salt Lake City Matrimonial history often begins nothing but a rubber stamp." Over CASH DENTAL GOIJ rOR and over. where romantic courtship ends. Platinum, tilivtr, lliaond. Magneto Points. Falas Telh, Jewelry. Canh by return mail. "These dinners !" exclaimed the genMOKE 8. K. CO.. OTKKtiO. M1CU. eral. "I do not wish to seem ungraBe prepared to lighten others' sadcious, but these dinners! Much rather ness as well as their calamities. D. S. College would I remain here on this quiet school or erricicNcv and beautiful farm." Women are strongest when incased An commercial branchee. Catalog fraa, At the porch steps he turned, brought In the armor of their weakness. SAL1 LAKE CITY. UTAH 80 N. Mala SL his heels together with a sharp smack, Some candidates get there with both BATKE YOUR EYES bent from the waist, picked up Selina's Lap lit. Thompson's Syewater. hand and kissed It feet and others put both feet In it rough work-worBuy ai rourdrugrtai anr fc.Y. Booklet. lira ttlTor, Troy, And then, as she smiled a little, un certainly, her left hand at her breast 4 When the members of a standing Theater Finds New Use her cheeks pink, Roelf, too, kissed het committee meet they usually sit down. hand tenderly. In China, a theater does not stand "Why," said Selina, and laughed a Ability to talk Action Is not neces- Idle at any time. During the usual soft tremulous little laugh, "Why, I've sarily acquired through novel reading. 'dark" hours of the day, Chinese mer. never had my hand kissed before." chants engnge the various playhouses She stood on the porch steps and Fear that each may bore the other as a means of getting into closer conwaved at them as they were whirled never keeps two congenial people tact with customers and prospective customers. This custom is particularswiftly away, the four of them. A apart. slight straight little figure in the plain ly true in Shanghai. When the eugenlsts get through may white blouse and the skirt spattered be It will he safe to give everybody with the soil of the farm. What Every Grad Know "You'll come out again?" she had liberty. Timely taffy from the Washington said to Dallas. And Dallas had said commencement develops Star: "College Advice is as free as salvation. The yes, but that she was leaving soon for on current events. essays Interesting one who acc"pts either has to do all All some of them Paris, to study and work. need Is political do me work. the "When I came back you'll let to make them respected and ' backing x your portrait?" Influential expressions of statesmaMuch jewelry must be stolen for the "My portrait 1" Selina had exclaimed, Transcript. nships'Boston it. Is Such a large quuntlty fun of wonderlngly. Now as the four, were whirled back worthless. Good Answer to Chicago over the asphalted Halsted Bishop William Walter Webb of We won't accept anything as "Art" road they were relaxed, a little tired. Wisconsin was asked by a Milwaukee They yielded to the narcotic of spring merely because we can't understand J gol fer the other day what he thought it jwetry or painting. that was In the air. of Sunday golf. Roelf Pool took off his hat In the "I think," Bishop Webb answered, Any but a weak character resents cruel spring sunshine you saw that the black hair was sprinkled " HU gray. being forcibly reformed; and usually "that If the players don't need a rest, the links do." "On days like this 1 refuse ,o believe the weak ones do, too. that I'm forty-fivDallas, tell me Commercial cookery is always trying What Young Man Will Wear I'm not forty-five.- " said Dallas to reproduce domestic masterpieces "You're not forty-five,- " The Cutter now did you manage to and not quite doing it. In her leisurely caressing voice. sell that suit which turned out to be Roelfs lean brown hand reached such a terrible misfit? No woman is really as handsome as over frankly and clasped her strong The Clerk A young chap thought It she white one. "When you say It like that she thinks that some man thinks was "collegiate." Youngstown TeleIs. Dallas, it sounds true." gram. "It is true," said Dallas. Is on the he realizes that The Invalid They dropped Dallas first at the rond to recovery when he sees the shabby old Ontario street studio, then hiph bill. doctor's Dirk at his smart little apartment, and went on. Recent experiments Indicate that Dirk turned his key in the lock. selenium compounds may prove useful Sakl, the Japanese houseman, slid of dandelions and eradication the in hisshall the making little silently into and lawns. fields from plantain ing noises of greeting. On the correct little console in the ball there was a According to Custom correct little pile of letters and Invita "What ever made you give your girl tions. He went through the Italian living room and into his bedroom. The a diamond engagement ring?" "She did." Jap followed him. Dirk's correct evening clothes (made by Peel the English tailor of Michigan boulevard) were laid Poe Really in Luck INSIST I Unless you see' the correctly on his bed trousers, vest "Poe sold his Raven poem for $10." shirt, coat; fine, immaculate. "Bayer Cross" on tablets you "Lucky. I only got $2 fop an ode to "Messages, Sakl?" Bn elephant." are not getting the genuine "Missy Stloro telephone." Bayer Aspirin proved safe by "Oh. Leave any message?" His Measure of Time millions and prescribed by pny "No. Say s'e call 'guln." "AVhat did" the minister preach He waved him "All right, Sakl." sicians for 24 years. about?" "About ten or twelve hours away and out of the room. The man It seemed to me." "" Accept only a V went, and closed the door softly behind him as a correct Jap servant Bayer package should. Dirk took off his coat, his Irritating on near a chair "As a great musician, what was your vest, and threw them which contains proven directions the bed. He stood at the bedside look- handicap?" "Listening to gossip while Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets at the Peel his clothes, ing down at playing sonatas," Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists glossy shirtfront that never bulged. A Aaplrln li the trail mark of Bayer Manubath, he thought, dully, automatically. in His Dine facture of ManoaoeUcacideater of Salicjllcacld Right Then, quite suddenly, he flung himself "Is Saplelgh really going to marry on the fine bed, face down, that old maid?" "Prolmhy. lie's a and lay there, his head in his arms, fiend for antiques." very still. He was lying there half an hour later when he heard the teleRubber Soles Soar phone's shrill Insistence and Sakl'i The rise in the cost of rubber has bedroom at the deferential rap gentle reached the crepe soles of shoes, and Soofhinq and He&linq door. the cost of footwear having them U Poor Complexions Aids (THE END. climbing. stem-windin- g Roelf that her eyes dwelt and rested. It was with him she walked when she was silent and the others talked. It was as though he were her one son, and had come home. Her face was radiant, beautiful. Seated next to Dirk, Dallas said, in a low voice: "There, that's what I mean. That's what I meun when I say I want to do portraits. Not portraits of ladies with a string of pearls and one lily hand half hidden in the folds of a satin skirt. I mean character portraits of men and women who are really distinguished looking disAmerican, for example tinguished like your mother." Dirk looked up at her quickly, half smiling, as though expecting to find her smiling, too. But she was not smiling. "My mother 1" "Yes, if she'd let ma With that flue splendid face all lit up with the light that comes from Inside; and the Jaw-lin- e like that of the women who came over tax the Mayflower ; or crossed the continent in a covered wagon ; and her eyes! And that Mattered funny gorgeous bum old hat and the white shirtwaist and her hands! She's beautiful. She'd make me famous at one leap. You'd seeT Dirk stared at her. It was as though he could not comprehend. Then he turned 4a his chair to stare at his mother. Selina was talking to Roelf. "And you've done all the famous men of Kurope, haven't you, Roelf! To think of It J You've seen the world, and you've got it In your hand. Little Roelf Pool. And you did It all alone. In spite of everything." Roelf leaned toward her. He put his hand over her rough one. "Cabbages are beautiful," he said. Then they both laughed as at some exquisite Joke. Then, seriously : "What a line life you've had, too, Selina. A full life, and a rich one and successful." "U" exclaimed Selina. "Why. Roelf, I've been here all these years. Just where you left me when you were a boy. I think the very hnt and dress I'm wearing might be the same I wore then, I've been nowhere, done notli-lnseen nothing. When I think of all the places I was going to seet All tha thin--- ' I was going to do I" ".r.. Much in Little your car They had had tea In the farm sitting room and Dallas- - had made a little moaning over the beauty of the Dutch luster set. Selina had entertained them with the shining air of one who is robed In silk and fine linen. She and General Goguet had got on famously from the start, meeting on the common ground of asparagus culture. "But how thick?" he had demanded, for he, too, had his pet asparagus beds on the farm in Brittany. "How thick at the base?" Selina made a circle with thumb and forefinger. The general groaned with envy and despair. He was very comHe partook fortable, the general. largely of tea and cakes. He flattered Selina with his eyes. She actually dim pled, flushed, laughed like a girl. But It was to Roelf she turned; It was on Rough , Whenyoiv greased mud-spattere- Hand and Kissed ing Influence of the perfume she uses. A bath with Cutlcura Soap and hot water to thoroughly cleanse the pores followed by a dusting with Cutlcura Talcum powder usually means a clear, sweet healthy skin. Advertisement quk-kly- ,. He Picked Up Selina' A Lady of Distinction Is recognized by the delicate, fascinat- L Business n Say44 Bayer Aspirin' , REL silk-cover- Geese on Guard Wild geese are extremely wary, and W. N. U., Unequal Distribution Salt Laje City, No. 25. Twenty more inches of rain fall take nothing for granted. 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