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Show THE PEOVO HERALD, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1921. DAMAGED GOODS. "..J.. worth r! I. ! ;,mE more W bag been FOR SOMETHING. " that Iave .jlwnma, drii well FaXe oft myTTuni, though." She did so, first unfastening tJie great bouquet she wore and tossing It upon a tahje. Noble was standing close to the table, but moved away from it hurriedly. This revulsion she failed to notice; and she went on to explain, as she dropped her cloak and stole upon a chair. rapa's gone away for at least week, lie's taken bis ulster. It doesn't make any ferences what the weather is, he never wears bis Ulster In this town, but when he's going away fur a week, or longer, he always Stakes it with blm, except In summer." "I suppose," said Noble huskily, "1 suppose you'll go to some of your aunts or brothers or cousins or some1921- If Bell Sndicafe.Inc thing." at tie station she said; jUst when "No," she said. "My trunk may my train came In I Tou're sure you come tip from the station, almost any time, and If I close the house they'll weren't going away anywhere?" take it back. . The servants are hav- "No: oh, no." -holMftjv-- ot Hg expectifl me pack." confidentially.- - "You're the only that knows I'm hon?, "You, needn't bother about that askslO, erelr uff I Tnlgtl some water to on any account can I have some wax linate her? She's old enough China Herald. Ull.Vorth niore sunshine than any jjTcountryJn Europe. fbs earth i tie sua. If and , . W: ihr. Copy was "Julia's fortune (though her father had other Ideaa concerning the from the third planet matter) to be the" possessor of a per" sonality distinctly pleasing to the mascutlnenfer snd""of -- thl"thr tatr Julla was probably , aware. In any BUSINESS ' 1 V V Profess VJL shewag uJtensclousjOhe stir which berr passage-throuthe throng created.- - Noble." gh ional l the cause of a By 7una7nriooarterlt. "H.wr - r?Tm glad he said, BomMy. Mie laughed again. "J came all of t tuddtn on an Impulse.. It's a little Idiotic Til fell you about It, Noble. Jfoo -- se,eftIr4wele.dayasAgO:i I wrote" the" family a more or less Indiscreet letter. That la, I told them something I --wanted --them to he dis creet about, and, of course, wheal got ' to thinking it , over, LLknew - they -- wouldn't Tou see, i wjote tbeiu something I wanted them to keep a secret, but the more I thought about It, the more I saw Td better hurry back. Yesterday It got Into my head thnCTd better bop on the next train r'z, "I could sit on the porch till It came," he said. "I'd tell 'era you wanted 'era to leave It." He paused oB.th painfully. "1 could wait porch with It, to see that it was safe, until you came batk tomorrow morn -.tag." She looked full at him. and he plains tlvely endured the examination. "Noble !" She had undoubtedly a moment's shame that ny creature should come to such a passfor her sake. ""What lovely nonsense!" she said; and sat upon a stool before the crackling fire. "Do sit down, Noble-BDle. lor home." . your dinner will be waiting for She paused, then added, "So I dirt! you at hornet", About ten or twelve days Is long a "No," he murmured. "They never anybody has a right to expect the wait for me. Don't you want me to femlly connection to keep th? look after your trunk!" . deadliest kind of a secret. Isn't It T sitting up all night with It "Notby And as he did pot tespond. she eVj on the porch," she said. - "I'm going plained, modestly, "Of course. It to stay here myself. I'm not going .asn'lJerjLadlyjecreti.LLjrai outl Idoa'twanLJtO- see any of the really ahout something of only the family tonight," , least Importance." "I thought you said you were hununderThis was bo frightful', an ,1' gry." v statement that the Jar of If restored "I am; but there's enough in the a loudness. Notle's voice to startling, pantry. - I looked." he Only the least importance ! if you don'twant to see any sboutedTWltS a uian naTned XJruiDr of "Well, .'em, he suggested, "and TheyTinbw" . "Whatl she cried. Vi , your father's away and think the house "Cruml" Noble Insisted. "That la empty, they're liable to notice the 1" was name it said his exactly lights and - come In and then you'tf "Whafrsalfl bis same wasr asiseo have to see 'em I" Julia, excitedly. "No; you can't see the lights of this "The North- - End Dally Oriole." room from the street, and I Mt the "What in heaven's name Is thatr at the other end of the hall The "It's the children's paper, Herbert's lamp near the front --door," Julia added, light and Florence's, your own niece and "I .put but." I mean You don't Julia you nephew, . "You aid?" deny it, do you," Julia J" "I can't see any of 'em She was in great confusion: "Do I ihensaid resolutelyrr"Bestdes, I want ' deDy what Vt to Bnaut wnat you meantJatna wx-- f "That bis name Is Crural" Noble icao Derore i ao anyming eise. said passionately. "That bis name Is "What I meant In the taxlcab T h Crum and that he's a widower an J echoed. r "Oh, Julia, Julia l" he's been, divorced and's got nobody She frowned, first at the fire, then, knows bow many children I" . "You turning ber bead, at Noble. Julia sought to collect herself. "1 dent know what you'retalk!ng about," she said. "If yon nean that T happened to meet a rery charminj man while I was away, and that his name Lnppened to be Crura, I don't know why I should go to' the trouble of denying It, But if Mr. Crum has bad the experiences you say he has, I think It Is certainly news to me someone told me he was only twenty-siHe looked rather years old. vr younger,", ' " "You think some one told' you !" "Oh. Julia, Julia! Noble rroaned. And here It is, all down in black amT white. In my pocket!" "I haven't, the slightest Idea what tone Julla you're, talking about." as cold, and. she drew herself up haughtily, though the gesture was Ineffective, so far as Noble was lu the darkness of the flulver-.Itiinterior. The .quivering stopped Jiwt then however, as the tailcah halted before her house. ' "Will you come In with me a moment, please?" Julia said as she got out "There are some things I want to ask you and Tin sure papa hasn't from downtown yet home come f There's no light in the front part of the house." J There wa-- . aoJlehLin any other part of the liouse, eilhetaslheyjUgi covered after abandoning the ben ror Crew Dangerous "T h an excursion, to the rear . "That's dis Julia's Eyes. . Llttls Flendsl" Julia a to hungry person,1 heartening remarked; and then remembered that seem to feel - quite reproachful about observed. ,sheljad aJextothe front door jn ometbJnit!L-Bh- e her purse. She opened the door, and "No, I don't I don't feel repronch-ful- , Jlghted a hall luster , while Noble Julia. I don't know what I feel, brought In her bogs from the steps but I don't feel reproachful." where the taxlcab driver had left "Don't y'Jl She smiled faintly. them. Well, there's something perhaps 'you "do There's' nobody at homo ai. JV feel, and that's hungry. Will you U Julia said, thoughtfully; So the, coincidence cam about that j this observed lady 7 stopped and ob-- ARE YOU SICK? n - , i ot -- . - ss ' - . ' - bt I T . . 1 x -- c- irrkuo wTiow pleasant a Sou didn't seem so frigntruiiy " ;;; glad to see me, Noble I" "Am IT' he whispered. "1 mean I mean 1 mean :' "'Didn't I?" v"" "No !"-- . she lauched. "You looked you looked shocked! -- It couldn't have been .because 1 "looked 111 or anything, becauHe I'm not; and if I. were, you onel UndeEialcmgCo r The 'House of Economy end Service : 53 N. ETDmoE'jfc co: First W. Phone 748. Contractors of Plumb-in- ?, Sanitary Steam, Vapor and Hot ,:i"T-Wat- er Firebelass Heating. - ' workmanship and price is your patron-good place to get estion Areola Heaters. fcaterial at a reasonable what we offer for mate A couldn't have told It, through two tells. "Possibly- She expression as a compliment" paused, then asked hesitatingly, "Shall ir.This - . was the stj'le the Atwaters held Julia responsible for; but they were mistaken : she was unable to control It She at once went cheerily on: "Perhaps not as you don't answer,;;!e shouldn't be "sdoldl Do you tne anybodym I i f He seemed vto hope that words would come, ail In' their own eap-pos- t' good time, - Noble." Old and Reliable Headquarters for MARINELLO TOILET ( V PREPARATIONS 115,N. "Noble I" she cried. "Don't be so rm And she touched his gluml" contact causing a with her muff, fluffy within htm a short convulsion; naturally invisible. "Noblc,enyiHLgoJngi to tell me what's all the newsr inThere's gome," ne nitmd" to news. some form her. "Some "What Is it?" " "It's-- U's "Never mind," she said sootblntfy. "Get your breath; I " wait I hope nothing's wrong In your family, University Ave. For Appointments Phone 134-- x - "Nooh, no." "It isn't Just my turning up so.-expectedly that's upset you unof course." she dared to say. "Naturally.a tha to think such I know better tbau" thing as he said. Ph. Julia V "Oh.. Julia -- ni. r la It. Noble?" "Vdtfi ine,1 he murmured, dlsjolntr. th irnri) with a jru'p. there "How odd you happened to be "Na Nobody," her sad companion "Nobody af agreediShaking hisead. g all, Julia. Nobody aralirr-Housinhimself, he went back, forj the golf tools, and with a lingering gentleness set them in a corner. Then, dumbly, he turned to go. X" "Wait, please," said Julia. "I want - to ask ryou , ,ew things especially about what you've got .'all down W black and, white in your pocket WiH and you shut the door, if you please, on the turn and go into the library I look lights and wait there while over the house and ee if. I can And why It's all closed up like this, "It's chilly. . The, fiirnace seems to But instead be off," she said. of declaring her intentions, she enacted them; taking a match from the little w hite porcelain trough on the manheel of telpiece and striking it on the knelt she shoe: Then her glittering before the grate and set the flame to excelsior ..beneath' the kindling and coal. "Ynu mustn't froze," she said, with a thoughtful kindness that killed Til" -- -- ... him.;" "I'm Robmson Crusoe, Noble, she Wd, wr-- sl-- cfme brk- - snppoo e to dinner ,wtth me- -lf I go and g j nU.t ! wards. tures, seaKlng imlf-nil. JuUa "vile H.oke.l: ."Julia, "Julia "You can have dinner with me if promise me something? Julia prvuv- you want to? and stay till ten o'clock if Jim want tol Waltl she suld, ise to protire nie siuuetkiiig. I will, s,lie said quickly what do and jumped up aud rau out of the you want m to .do?" ' room. "Give me your ward." lie said, 'still j Sle came, back and called softly to hlra from the doorway, "half an hour fOiTfuutly 'struggling. ' H31ve your word your word aud sacred promise, later; and he followed her to the "It Isn't much of a dinner, Julia you'll never be e'uyaged to anyNoble," she .ald a little tremulously; be- body at allP At six minutes after four o'clock of ing for oiic. (though strictly as i cook) the second afterumm foilov.lng Julia's genufnely aiHiloietic out the scrambled eggs, cold iamb, salad and cof-- . retuni, Noble Dili closed bis own gate fee were quite as "much of a dinner" behind him ax Iw.'fcet forth tijuH) the walk that would, bring him . as Noble, wanted. To him every thjiuj. to JuIIa'C Ue a lilt of Indoor on the table was hallowed, yet shredgeranium In the Imttouhule. of" his ded through and through with an ' light overcoat. melancholy. "Now we'll talk I said Julia, 'when . Passing the foot. of an alley which she had brought him back to the fire debouched upon t(ie- - street, he waj ' again, and they were seated before It. aware of a coiuuiotlon, of 'mlssiltl "LHm'S JfiM .want to smoker Ito hurled and voices finished. shook his head dismally, having no Casting a gliiuce, that .yayf Noble heart for what she proposed. "Well, could see but one iiersoni. a boy t'f i Ttben iTOerror-foanefflshe ?ald trlskly, but a Itttte.Tue- who looked f ull:, yet's get to the bottom of things. through a crack In a hoard fence, Just wtxit did you mean you bad 'in steadfastly keeping an eye tothlsaper-liiro- , In your pocket?" ; black - and--continuously calling ; Slowly Noble drew forfh the his- - through it, holding his head to one North Pally r- - level for Jthlsjj'urjmse, Imt at the same toricjypyjttf lole; and with face averted" placed If tlme'dunclug aud'duM In her extended hand. It was conveyed with the other parts J'What in the world 1 she exclaimed, i)f bin body. His voice w as now sweet, unfolding it; and thetr'as its title and now piercing, and again far too statement f Vownershlp - came - luto ndulcet with of t)u Aunt tarrie lesque; nd if,' as It seemed, he .tIewOhxJyotraeet; wrote me that Uncle Joseph had given was unburdening his spleen, his spleen Herbert a printing press. I suppose was a powerful dne,and gorged. - He Herbert's the ;edltorr appeared to be in a torment of tor"And that Rooter boy," Noble said menting; and his success was proved sadly. "J think maybe your little niece, by the pounding of bricks, and rocks FJorerfce, hai something to do with It, of size, upon the otlier side of .the "V'lmtr - ;. . the--wo- rld Liniment - . . Repair Colufii! Old Thing Made Ye 13 BUSTER BROWN SHOE ; REPAIRING DEPT. FOR BETTER SHOE. y REPAIRING0 ; 168 WEST CENTER ST. four-minut- e e ief ' .Why Worry ; A. and-whit- a j:d "fence.too." wiU Sh SohiOthfuJ to "Oh, dolling t" he walled, his tone usually has all to do with anything she polsonously amorous. "Oh, dolling gets Bold of I Cut what's It got to do Heneryl Oo's dot da mos' booful eyes "with me?" In a dray bid nasty world, Honery I "You'll seel" he prophesied accuOh, has I dot booful eyes, dolling I has dot Yes, I J has I rately. Ills voice rose to an 'She began to read, laughing at some pretty eyesl? v..'- Itr of the Items ,8s she went along ; then she suddenly became rigid, holding the small Journal before her In a trans-fixe- d hand. "Oh !" she cried. "Oh, oh l" "Thafs-thaf- s what I meant," Nobleexptnlnedr" Julia's eyes grew dangerous. "The little flendsl" she cried. .'Oh, really, this Is a family, but it's" time these outrages were stopped 1" - She Jumped up. "Isn't it frightful T she demanded of Noble. "Yes, Jt is," be said, with a dismal fervor. "Nobody knows that better ": than I do, Julia 1" "I mean this!" she cried, extending the Oriole toward, him with a fine IweefPof Kesturfc"rrTiean-thl- B dread- ful story about noor itr-Cr- um l" "But It's true, ; though," he said. "That's what hurts me, Julia I" "Noble Dilll' TfnlieHTBtrtoterc1ng-c11maTr4Ohrwti- I" ' ; We absolutely guarantee octr work, prices reasonable. PROYO SHOE REPAIRING CO, 127 N. Univ. Ave, Phone 41W, WE SERVE THE PUBLIC Auto Painting, . Auto Tops and Seat Covers. Enamelers. Revarnishera. All Kind3- of Top Repairs and - . . - Celluloid Work. FROVCTAUTO TOP & PAINT COMPANY All Work Guaranteed. E. W. Jamison. 432 W. Center. G. T. Lisonbee.- S. G. Carter. Phone l.W STOP ! . tormentor. Herbert's expression was When it comes to quality of implacably resentful, and so was the gesture with which he burled an ob- workmanship in repairing shoes ject at the comedian pre occupied with we have no competition. Every This object upon job we - handle is the opposite-fencabsolutely reaching Its goal, as It did with more guaranteed.' a splash than a thud, was revealed as tomato, presumably In a useless ROYAL SHOE REPAIRING - e. - COMPANY 29 Shops. 208 WrCenter St.1 Phone 674. We Call For and Deliver Free. PROYO TAILORING. CO. We guarantee to make your oil clothes look like new. Phone 475. We Call and Deliver. sprang tip. "It Isn't true?" "Not one word of it ! I told you Mr. Crum is inly twenty-six- . He's not been out of college more than three or four years, and it's the most terrible slander to say he's ever been ? married at all!" . Noble dropped back Into his chair of "I thought ;ou meant it misery) wasn't true. "I've Just told you there Isn't one .' -- ; word of tr " .i;.". "Rut you're engaged to him,"--NoW- REPAIRING -- .. ott'reengaged--to-him- FIRST CLASS SHOE Throwing Away Old Tires. snno; inem to my booTuT PROYO RUBBER SALES CO. Rut eveu as he reached hls apex, For Repairs and the head, shoulders and arms of HerHalf-Sol- e Gates Tires bert Atwater yose momentarily above Phone 649. tho fence across" the alley, behind the itrHe Julia , JIeH.Fix.lL nt" "Do you dare to say. you believed gulpedi K KEMP prettiest ejes I dot! Me and Herble Alwatcr! Oh, my booful eyesj Oh, g "Julia!" If It's broken ' . t7: . Master Welder ' . Colonades, Bookcases, Store Fixtures, Built-i- n Kitchen Cupboard, and All Kinds of Cabinet Work. Furniture Repaired S. W. PETERSON Phone 544-335 W. Center. J. e , - She appeared not to hear him; "I suppose it can be lived down," she said. "To think of Uncle Joseph put- ting such . a thing into the handa-o- f those awful children!" "Rut; Julia, you are eng " "Noble 1" she said sharply. "Well, you are eng" Julia drew herself up. ''Different people mean different things by that the said with severity, like nn annoyed Instructress. "There are any number of shades otji)eanlug .to. words; and If I used the. word you mention in wTiting home to the family, I may have. used a certain shnde and they hilly ave thought 1 Intended an- - Everything Repaired. Prompt Service. ' Pwenty years' of knowing F. H. Olseh leader now. F. II. OLSEN BICYCLE Tha Tauntsr 6crtmtd in Astonish- SUPPLY rn ment. 330 W. Center St., Provo, Utah. e sen Kebunt bicycles in All " state. The taunter screamed In Ishment, and after looking vainly fof Parts of the Intermountala an assailant, be;;aii neeessurlly to re Country. move his collar, as Noble went on bis Second-han- d New and way.Bikes. . r How blindly we walk our ways! As Rent Bicycles. how-Mak-es j aston-word,- , down the street there appeared a wan face at a prison Noble flourished looked oat, PROVO TYPEWRITER Noble went- EXCHANGE . on, as unwitting thnt he had to do with this prison as he was that he Typewriters RepaJredZjThls Is 6 had to do' with Master Torbln's to-- ' Specialty. - All Work Guarantee. ''"",- . tnulo. Office with Whipple Electric Supply -- The wa notllte face t 20. Charlotte Corday's, nor was the window barred, though tha prisoner knew solace in wondering If she did not sugWHY port J rum is charming young man," she continued, with the. same primness. "I liked him very much. I liked him very much Indeed. I liked -- ' hinH very " " he "I understand," interrupted! "Don't say it an more, Julia." "No; you doii't understand. At flret I liked him very tuch in fact I still sure he's one of the do, of course-rl'-m best and most attractive young men in t nnirianH th "Prince of Wales has the world. I think he's a man any glrll ought "to be happy with, if he were iair considered byhim8elf. I lng a "mascot" on his automobile. It only to be is an aluminum alrnlane in full flight don't deny that I liked him very much Indeed, and I don't deny that for sevperched on the cap of the radiator. eral days after he after he proposed tOTne I don' deny I thought someUSE SLOAN'S TO thing, serious might possibly, come of It Rut at that time. Noble, I hadn't j hadn't really thought of what It meant to give up living here at home, with all the family and everything and friends into big pains aches like .yjjuNoble. I hadn't LITTLEwarded grow off byan applicaRheumatism, thought what It would mean to me to tion of Sloan's. And besides, there give ail this up. neuralgia, stiff joints, lame tack won't was something very important. At the fight long against Sloan's Liniment. For more than forty years Sloan's lime I wrote that letter mentioning Liniment has helped thousands, poor Mr. Crura to the family, Noble,.! over. You wop't be an excepbadn't 1 hadn't She paused, In tion. It certainly does produce results. some distress) "I hadn't " R penetraUB without rulbing. Keep "You hadn't what?" he cried. this old family friend always handy "I hadn't met his mother !" " ' . tot instant use. Ask your, neighbor. "' Noble leaped to bis feet "Julia ! 70c, $1.40. At all !drugSists-3- 5c, You aren't you aren't, engaged?". . V- "I am not,", she answered decisively. "If I ever was, in the slightest, I certainly am. not now." vy',V fPain'. Poor Noble was transfigured. r He cner-- J . roaklBS e ' . . the-windo- -- gest thnt famous picture. For all purposes, except during school hours, the room was certainly a cell; aud the term of lmprlsonment.was'set at three Florence - h4 finally - been days. obliged to face questions awaiting her; and It wouldhave been bettor for her Tiad she used less Imagination ' in answering them. Yet she was not wholly depressed as ber eyes followed the xilsnppearlng .figure of Noble Dill from ever the fence of the yard whence she bad ventured for B better view of Noble, thereby rlhUng a Jicavlcr scntonco. Noble passed from her sight, but nevertheless continued his radiant progress down Julia's street JLffe stretched before him, serene. Ineffably fragrant, unending. He saw. lt as . flower-strew- n sequence of calls on Jnlla, walks with JuJIa, talks with Julio by the library dre. Old Mr. At water was to be awny four days Ion per, and Julia. Lthat e bad given nlm, her promlxe and sncred word. Blushing,. Indeed dlvlnelyi jsbe- - had promised Mm,' upon heV mered word, never; so long -- ns 'she livedVtb be to anybody ,81 all. THE END.). . great-hearte- bride-not-to-b- V ne d WORRY? We mm, can save you by money repairing your old shoes, v i ECONOMY SHOE SHOP 403 West Center. -- NOTICErAR)WNERS -- and squeaky wheels , tightened; split felloes replaced; all kinds of bodies made t order; all kinds of wheel and body repairing; all work guarLoose anteed. DANIELS AUTO WHEEL AND BODY SHOP 416 W. Center. . Provo Utah. :: '.At the automobile expt,.itioa cently held in Berlin, Germany. 1. 000.000,000 marks (normally 000.000) worth of autoraobr.i'3 sold. "More thin 200,00!) rvrs.iv-- . teii'.; ! tbe show. ... i |