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Show ... I r t- - ' SPANISH SWIMMINQ POOL. tn vicinity were (lading the supply 'used for hay .bat now entirely col Some reMrs. Penfleld took lt with the committee wercreprMenjta of fret "cat meat" materially cut from- the ground floor. It could, luctance and carried It Into her beddown lately, bat bad sot jet located ,off Financuadt room. She was 'accustomed to all SPANISH FORK, Marcn'T swim- tives from the Rotary and KIwanis ' however, b approached pj . th Cause of the .disaster. was so clubs, city council, American Legion, th ontsidw-HUi- d, sorts of strange requests, bat It was ing and building a community oted . Neither nad . nor CWnk had any f nroached br Crlnkr inrlnf wlntet the first tint ah bad- - been asked to ming pool, was unanimously comBoy Scout executives, Women's Aux. a.t,r4ev nttht bv the central claim en Mrs. Penfleld; bat she had grains, when It was th last resort fot valuables . to llUryr-th- e four waxdsoLSpajililL guard taken them to tecaaay-BWfov4fIdi- g r T expect ah thinks nobodyd" took jnrlteeappolirted wme timir ago sentunem f'orkTltebeklih " ioTge7eir"X?uttunT ascertain ibe lorn, and had loved and scolded and California Th It was September. ber," Mrs. Penfleld reflected' and the coots of 'erection and other Items club, Udles' Literary club.' Alt club humored them with a wide sympathy summer - was la Its glory I we aays with that ah dismissed th matter connected with establishing f and infalllbi understanding that had were warm an,d bright not yet edged Altogether and went .on out to th Meeting and 'other interested dtliens.' mlng pool and playground. established the st rongest of bonds with the crispnetrof fall. Crlnk beyard with her baaket As she wiped between them. The children called ing In school, Mrs. Penfleld was man- th lines, she sang under ber breath ber "Penile" Instead of "mother," but aging alone. . In sheer bUtheness of spirit This was otherwise no one would have sus'She bad taken up her basket of th happiest part of her work ; she AUTOMOBILE OWNERS . that the relationship was a for- clothes and started for the yard, loved the, air, th sunshine. m m r pected , ara . I art one: tuitous when the bell rang. This was strictly "MornlnV called a rasping voice. should read The Daily Herald, which prints 73 per ceat-- of "Penile," said Thad. rubbing the In accordnnce with the usual routine, "Why, Mr. Wopple, good morning 1" In his a fat into lather finished deep soap because Mrs. Penfleld rarely he returned briskly. "Ain't It a all national adyertisinir of automobiles, tires, gas and She grand day.?' palm, " 'ere was" a man. uoythlng without Interruption. " "Where was a man?" inquired Mrs. put dqp-- ber basket and went to the Mr. "Well, pretty fair," conceded accessories. Interest. with forced Penfleld, door. cleverly He never so far Wopple grudgingly. - "On the walk.1 He was "Good morning, Mrs. Bosley. Come: encouraged even' the looking for anything, k lady." right In." weather, as to give It unqualified apA xoung woman stood outside. She proval. Mrs Penfleld took down three brown bowls. "That oughtto1eeasy to was' carefully Mr. Wopple was a night wali'luhan smartly groomed, th one hemmed them, to receive the rubber find. Lots of ladles right here In dressed, striking In appearance with- In some vague building near the of Puritan out being exactly . pretty; She and water front ; and no one In The Cuscord which would hold the stockings , The Custard- Cup. - her husband lived in' The. Custard tard Cup questioned his being emt- was a "It erpaparticular lady," f4Iow th topi of CHnk'swora shoes. I' mat in tutted Thad. busily wasting soap. Cup, but no one could understand nently adapted to exactly that workT 'wri Nominally, 'Mrs. Penfleld was man- ifornla: an Intlmat why. They were apparently free of Watchfulness, was the keynote of his association w 1th v u vuuuiMi oewiciiauni all responsibilities and devoted them- - personality : he sacrificed many hours wealth and an ex. Mier in .ywiiw ..mm viuntP' perieno a a Tine, jyj ww tellref they I of possible-daytisleep by bringing JOrjoodImea In short, mem cannery There were two small flats In each nrt and alongside' other were the his professional activities. Into th Mrs. Penfieid's ladle , clattered into everything that Initial 115 ; employee per cent were land houset around grouped they woo aia ( people home Held. Whatr she cried. bers of th community were not, not know tho last horseshoe driveway which Inclosed the saucepan. 284 . . .7. , . . .52 per cent End Point 9 . .. . . . . . "I can't stop, Mrs. Penfleld. Tm "Yes, It's a grand day," repeated "Thad, dear, are you sure yon got of butter, havo ac- - an oval devoted to a single pepper name rlgbtr downtown, and I wondered if Mrs. Penfleld, quite as if she had rethe going tualntcd Florence 874 Color 26t?1us ; . 87 per ent Living' tree. Space had been too limited to t !JL. ton vita radically allow front "Course,' he replied, somewhat In- you't let me leave this package with ceived more encouragement "How yards, and all six band view-poiIn few trinkets a Mr. ar it, It's you. '. got .contrasting. eperl-enoesyon feeling, "I couldn't make p that Woppler 406 Doctor Negative (no acid) . . . . . . . 95 per cent ,, and ings faii"dIppedeJrsha1y noses jured. y and Td feel safer." "Jest mlddlln'," he replied, In a and f tven Into the Ilk little animals name to save me." driveway, Mrs. Penfleld hesitated. "I hatnt bar a marked judivole. His small, beady eyes " Mm Penfieid's eyes wandered from cial nowar and abll- - .feeding dot of a winding trough. Hi Teat Specifications, ; got any safe place," she said slowly, were filmed for a moment, out of def small flgur to the rude Thad's tr to portray tho On . on of the .crumbling stucco out " erence to this senttaentHegnied J light and shadows beyond, but their focus wa ael "and I'm in and tanked the euUr ance, mi Gussle Bosley broke in eagerly, at Mrs. Penfleld with a hew shrewd- 11 on far more distant scenes. "Who . - Vt4i:- - - lift ::& . " - An anctry Conoco Gasoline ". y Distillation Record us . Y!TiZ-l- . me ..'. .... Wj .... I nt die-awa- . cup-boa- rd a bad m m tn pot of vie and an aorta f vlckadnoat; rot had many example of heroic w' hav ana nig-moral principle spring;. fiuauue tog from sordid depths; saints, even, havo arisen from ma drag or Humanity. : nap tiiey ar tho exception which tho rule fend they would not hay been atnta had not they proven their ability to overcome th Influence. f envlron- fnent. And that , Indlnit habitation as lowly that no one elae would im M nar einawanr- womant When you consider that her work from daylight to dark .and her mln. nun and general tooubleharer of her thai she must ned adopt, shelter, feed, clothe and achool several orphan waif and stray who came to her because they had nowhere else to" go, you will get an Idea of the character of "Penile" tn "Tho Custard Cup." A rarely human tale that contain mora humor than dark passages a story of fun, real- Ism, action and thrills, shot through with tenderness andsirmpathy. fcou. will be charmed with the suthor' talent and with her very clear and f the Importance of ylnclng exposition the little thlnga-- of tifaa-ndiioIt pos- slble for some people to live on next to nothing and have an uproariously good time while doing so. chll-,dr- . -- 1 although the . black paint which had formed them had been well-nig-h obliterated by the beating rams of matiy seaaoris. It might as -- well 4avbeen. totally, effaced, because no one ever nsed the name. . By on of th earliest tenants It had been corrupted tnto "The Custard pup," and the term had dung. 4s field lived, it had no frontage what, being approached by a cramped alley at the curve of the horseshoe. the sit had nothlngHa-common-wl- th Buildings that . composed the Court. habitable when It JradJen-rendere- d Th Custard Oup. had changed owners, a year before, and had been offered to Mrs. Penfleld,- - rent free, In return for the most general supervl- sion, including 4he collectianotiehta. the assuflgement of unreasonable de- uund8,-a- nd the responsibility of re porting; any calamities that Court,' "HOB Nobody'd take it, but Tr got a feel- Ing rd rather leave It here. . I put newspaper round It, to ,'twouldn't She look" of ny Talue whatever. passed: over a small j- - . ber she said under her breath. With an effort she pulled her self back to the present, "And be didn't say who've wasl" Th boy shook his head. '"Didn't ask him, either. Tain't polite," he proclaimed, giving back. Information which he had previously received. Tars. Penfleld smiled. "No, It haxn hem fjQllteThad. But! could -- it ':-- descend. The landlord had left Mrs. life easily livable but the tenants Tcontrlved to make It difficult. Mrs. Pnflld, Manager. the- - manager? 3Ve ii. what i Mrs. Penfieid's house had originally did that mean If not to manage? been a barn;: but It bad chanced to Therefore" they summoned her aeJ sb- Mrs. Pen - 4-ppomptly for the baby's croup as fori 'field went down, and they had met a fire in the roof, as inevitably for a and Joined forces to make a home scalded, hand as for a leak in the "where none bad been' Intended.. The kitchen. By common consent she was to trouble. regarded as flrst-a'l- d only feature which bad not suffered change was the main door, a huge And she never thought of refusing, sliding affair that '.precluded front although the increasing demands enwindows and was like no other- door croached sadly upon the washing and for block! around, belonging to the Ironing by which the household was "type that had gone out with the prac- supported. Mrs. Penfleld was an extical passing of the horse. cellent laundress; and greatly to the If fortune led you that way, you dismay of an architect who would J, performed an operation on 4 small have planned it otherwise, she had crank similar to grinding the mprn- - the largest back yard In The Custard Ing coffee, a bell Jangled, and in no Cupr- - In consequence, r she- warrable time at all the big door creaked aside, to, keep desirable patrons, who appreand there was the plump figure of. ciated the clothes she returned . to Mrs. Penfleld. Her brown eyes had a them, eloquent of care and decent look of youth that belled the iron-gra- y soap, and full of the freshness that of her hair; and the cheerful comes from the beating of sun and -x; Hps-ga- ve urve-otlier air in open places. you a welcome that preceded the words because Her ' most Important patron- - was always she asked you to "come right Mrs. Horatlus Weatherstone, who had In." Tour name, your business, were become a factor at Number 47 and first of was referred, to with flattering fresecondary matters; all a human being and therefore in quency, although the Penflelds had never seen her. Negotiations were teresting. Mrs. conducted thrdugh ah efficient houseIt was Monday afternoon. Indeed, Mrs. Weatherstone Penfleld had started the second washkeeper. ing of the day, when Crlnk returned would not have known that Mrs. Peninto the field existed except that toe name . from school and bounded lean-t- o was entered In her list of attaches kitchen.- in and therefore came to her notice upon ; exclaimed "Goodness me!" she ' "Lookwhat you've done, thMe occasions - when the unselfish dismay. ' and those" are "the" last you 'Impulses In her- nature had accumustockings ' 1 lated and found outlet in an acute got to your, name!" , attack Of philanthropy. When Mrs. Crlnk twisted his spine' obediently Weatherstone felt on& of these spasms and looked down with every appearance of surprise. "Gee The said. "It coming on, she ordered the "housemust ha' been when Idumb that keeper to assemble all superfluous n articles and clothing; then . fence." descended upon this herself she "I could Tnost have guessed It," divided Into if jhe bad beea less 1 oneho fivers a ;- preamble, Have Your Freight Shipped Between PROyO AND SALT LAKE vuT THE UTAH CENTRAL TRUCK LINE rmnVmr I e . half-wor- ; agreed Mrs. Penfleld mlldly ."folks make lots ot trouble .for other folks, mg- - tneir rences so careless. She examined the stocking with? critical -- eyes. -- Ht vwa- -f nil tat -- crisscross, runs, each representing V previous mishap and laterally lessening the total capacity. can't heer mend It again,-- - CMnk. '"strain right ' ' " ' out.". y Th boy glanced up In alarm, r "Say, Penile, you don't mean I gotta stay .T d ' - in" ... "Land, Sh laughed. no I Ain't no matter of . stockings going to" stand tween yqn and society,' Crlnk. - You Just waffr ; thos clo'es," that they don't boll over, and m mak you" another pair, in two shakes." . K From an appl box In her bedroom, . Mrs. Penfleld produced a pair of long -black hose which had once been th Property of a maid employed by a certain Mrs. - Horatlus Weatherstone but which ha4 been handed down from its original stratum until It had found a further level of usefulness In the household of Mrs. Penfleld. With practical skill she sliced off th -- Weatherston garments at the ankle, uvlng the mended feet .for .. polishing th stove, and divided tV - leg Into uequal portions. th nar I rower, "cut for Thad, th wider to Crlnk. Staying th severed edges ot .th latter with sottttiiwad,u she . ft rapidly and dispatched fairly equal jarts, In different directions these ' ' i. Mrs. Penfleld, as "laundress," received 'a bundle usually cost-of- f garments bf Miss Geraldlne and Miss Bonnie Weather8tone,sInce their mother' knew that all poor .people have large families, and that all large families, are composed of. :both. 'girls 6Sd boys. Mrs. Weatherstone would haye suffered a fastidious shock If she could have seen. Crlnk and Thad transformed by Mrs. Penfieid's patient - - Service Station "yolriS wuar m 7i if, , rafcfcis When OrdeTwrDesifirnate OufXtne 11 . i . Sj " -- ( Jm -- t IT BURNS BETTER Cried. !"' . ill i t Workmanship wfcSwlLtg We are prepared to take care of your automobile trou-bltfuickly and econoniieally. Our head mechanic GIL COX, is an expert on ignition and motor troubles. . LET US PROVE IT. GOOD A FEW USED CARS AT BARGAIN PRICES. LASTS LONGER Exclusive Agents , , & SPAFFQRD SMOOT , VaUnti It, . - Naylor Auto Compan y hiI . . X Salt Lake, Utah, ... r .m VH j Tht Sealed living-room.- Phone 261.. STANDARD COAL CO. ' Package. The wide door of Mrs. Penfieid's house admitted one without clrcumlo-cutloi- r room, always with irreproachable propriety spokenjofaii " Never did apart"the ment more constantly earn Its name. By night It was the sleeping" quarters of Crlnk and Thad, when the two long packing-boxe- s vwere turned. - out from the wall and revealed themselves as bunks; by day the narrow lean-t- o kitchen was continually spilling Its activities through the door. Wlth stylishness, the Penflelds even ate in their" living-roowas exceedingly The furniture scarce; but. the walls, through patient accumulation, were, rich with diversion for the observer. Crink's con- nectToh "with the grocery ore and his prowling, about for casVff treasures, avenues jot . vivid hod established adornment. In a prominent position hung - a hunch ot bananas with a young Apollo about to cupir a specimen, a picture so realistic as to give the. 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Typewriters, ITS YOUR . well-space- personally proved that tobacco Is. con ducive to. longevity, urged the. to Invest Immediately : In El Ingenuity Into, innocent, caricatures of Jugllo cigarettes, itheittms would Geraldlne and Bonnie; burthe sight come when Mrs. Penfleld ,would have was . spared her, and the Penflelds to combat this Injunction, but In the were, top sincerely grateful to criti- Interim she had not had the stonlness cize. Their small Income was hardly to bar so remarkable a work of art elastic enough to corer th funaa-ment- from Ihe corner Into which It exactly Items of food D(1 fuel, school-book- s fitted. was Parallel with the Jlvlng-roofor Crink, shoes for two active youngsters, andTarious aJtldesof Mrs. Penfleld'lledroom, so called beapparel which Mrs. Penfleld, could not cause she slept there, It conUIneJ no bed jh jthl conVentlonal acceptanc of counterfeit at home, Just at present the Penflelds were the term, although at one end an 'old wave of . prosperity, due mattress was supported on three p riding on to Crink's securing two hoars of work tato boxes. It. was a mattreu that each day at th combined grocery and deserved no greater honor, being- of and .and treacherous nature, meat market which served th neighyielding borhood. 8 far b had been paid m having on more than one occasion abandoned! its duties snd Indulged la fruit, groceries which had suf otter collapse.. The clothing of .th fered accident, shaft of bone and th family waa contained In apple box more muscular cuts of meat shunned ( brought horn by Crink and nailed toby patron who possessed the whre itftther to form cupboards. room was a loft, Met Above the withal of chok. Houjekeepers of Easter X Are hot the charms of your, isaster gown ana Easter .bonnett worth perpetuating T Our studio is the center of interest on such occasions. . al m -- Appointments anytjnie. LARSON : .. - jxE MOp , STUDIO . . . :-.- ANYTHING, AlfYWHERE, ANYTDlU Long Dfatance Furniture a Specialty. . ,, - v and Piano Moving ' V r. Rates Reasonable. . AD Work Guaranteed. 5 West Center.- Phone 148. New Location Our Service , t MOVE (noTieEqualed. 131-13- . .Columbia Theater j 1. Bldv 'Phone 384. UtRDHIHII .milSFEf CO. ;j , ;; : ; |