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Show THE SUNDAY HERALD. MARCH: 25, J923. eucalyptus trees oa Kverldge street, and- , Here, Bonnie Geraldlnej she commanded, taming to her new acqa- tsraon, "stop flopping "roqndo. That hurt yon. ,IIere. gooa old FU. treat her decent, cant yon? Ton gotta get 'qualnted and be friends. How can I love yon both . She heard steps behind her. Switching about she encountered the white anger of Frank Boaley. Penfleld might say. , She glared at him, .Started to speak, then paused A plan .was springing into being fit "her mind. 7 Sha would Hl3 da something for Pewit MwrffiM once she had- sees Penzle'a face grow - Custard Cup safand troubled when this man and if" wear out of The Custard and her lightning intuition had told her that Penzle of the friendship between the Uncle Jerry dlsap"-prove- d vn two men.'- - Now here was a chance to sbowv Frank Boaley how - the family felt toward him. Then perhaps he would. let Uncle Jerry alone. Penzle would-bdelighted. e ou'd befter"gohome?' began Let-O- e dirertlyShe fled a" string to the well leg of the chicken and fastened the other end to a nail on the outside wall of the .kitchen. Lh-tfsFlorence taa Frank Bosley laughed- - t much in amusement "as In la; lance. "Winston he called, wli'i 1 - eyes I-! on the loft "Hoo-hoV "am t" "What are e going to have for Lettle turned en him. "V. V.r "you whose asked Penzter Grlnk, icpper, meanT Didn't I tell you bewasn't Interest In this subject was constantly herer to be 'depended fipoa. Hfit,"denled-Bosledid JXsa coolly, v- -have "Wettrfflf deairwe're igoinr one of the clothes-lin- e rrand meaL We're going to have leaning against v poles, aM smlllngther..80ornfully . li ehlpped-bee- f potatoet-wlt"You said yon didn't know where he aome on dfllt ' bought I gravy. was. Hold your tongue In your head If you dont know how to use It Ton hain't -- never seen me r o i in any. such If you want to piaysafe, you wont get me mixed with somebody else and go blabbing." . Lettle stood up and confronted him coolly, thin shoulders thrown back, dark eyes undaunted. . "If It wasn't you. what're yon getting so mad fort How do you know I ain't praising your "I don't care what way' 'tis. Whoever you snw, 'twan'Mne, D'you You needn't get me mixed up with anybody else." "I hain't jrot you mlxed up, Sir. FfamVBosley. T got your number and I know a lot I hain't told. I seen fnllara miM1,, ..nu ..,1 yfm fhl-place. Eofba t tm. -- it. I NEW BOWLINa'RECORD. cant stand It.' It) makes her. so unhappy Oh, Uncle Jerry, yon got me going. Come hack; or ru .She Captain Robert B. Patterson estab- reached overjindthredspj Jian4. iishedaew bowling nvei last event rui or nails f then dropped her hand; the t Ing armory alley by rolling 258, Th nails feu with a Jangle on . the beating George .Harris Wedneaday'a board walk, ' . . j. ...... k She was alone. Uncle Jerry had recora xu pins, Harris held the record ' gone with Frank Boaley. DurlnjKhe moment that she realised her' failure w irusirare win - inenasnip, ner stopped, rrom the most acute despair. Then her anger rose, mounting to. rage against Uncle Jerry, against Frank Bosley. she Til thow iiltttr rnShOw-ih- n vOwedlin a fury. On a mad impulse she tore around the house then whirled and tore back again. "O Lord," she groaned, "why can't I I gotta remember, 'cause I gotta stay with Penzle." 'Again she pelted Into the kitchen and reached for the toy rolllng-plh- . Vicious Mows ratned on the board-M- ows of rage against the two men, blows of exasperation over, her fall- blows of wild wrath against her t lire, l one day," attef topping the 247 held press office. ' The oftlca ot Charles Elliott '.has-beeby Ruloa John for ''year. moved to the south end ot the EXPRESS OFFICE MOVES.. expxress room and the main office. . , , The Orem depot Is being remodeled wilt. be esUbllshed norths ot the ex to permit the moving there of the press" roonv and aast ; ot the ticket' . , uptown office ot the American : Ex-- office ot the Orem railroad. - f . temper; "Devil, you shan't have me. You shan't-; do - you you shan't.--De, hearf Yon shan't have me irnAm .n,,-.iiithhvdefU of All is. If you wiMTfie--" "If he was -- here, fd " know It, ib Tsoroethtng. eviMswd-he-stie- k "Keep 'still, you get outa Bere"and flSeet and with wouldn't she returned,, with equal the pong tilt the heavy board swung from Uncle Jerry." scorn. "He ain't to" home. Do you keep away W'th an assumption of recovered against the wall. get It now?" "6 renzie," she sobbed brokenly. compostrrg, he returned to the stump. "I'm trylngrnr tTytog. Honest out iook anotner a "Hoo-hocigarette, struck there I Winston!' match, and contemplated the child Lettle, tying new with On and on she ponnded, her emoindifference. wlreeetoiorestafriurther interest "Don't worry, spitfire." tion reaching frenzy, S frenzy like that . in the Injured chicken, of the worn piper who dances till he tightened Lettie was, immensely disappointed. knot with a Jerk and wheeled She ' had she was making falls. "Her arm ached, but her energy thought around. Her lean brown fingers were headway, and here she was back did not relax. Her blood went q working. "Dont you blleve what I where she had beenjn the first place, like a great wave, leaving her head y ..K.i t tt-- "' -- -- i raisins six - apiece. Ain t that finer -"Ye-ah.-" grinned .Cnnk. jnst so steamed - J- want yon There's one thing children ever to forget, and that is: Iff a ptimegortoi(Hwr1iit twokinds to ameaL - Some of the highestop folks do tt, and yon Tead tn the paper noot tneir living simply or bating - abstemious. Ifs considered great wltto-r-nda-oyymi- j Just ought to read, the health books. Why; they pretty near all agree that the main trouble with folk is having too many kinds of food at once." "Is 'ere any cooklesr Inquired Thad persuajuvely? ,; ,:- - :; "No, Thad, yon can't have two sweets to a meaL Taint healthy.1 "Dldnt 'you hear her say Valslnsr ir ' t4he ar -- anger to rise. Be gave her an Impudent look from "Get outa here," she shrieked "Get his prominent, heavy-lidde- d eyes, "No,--I out and keep out" don't. If yon want to know. What he retorted 'Tve heard ," do yotrtHnk you areT axfyhowf Yon I "npugh Jjrom. yon. young indy I ain't anybody. Anff stop aassing me, didn't come here to be sassed. I came darn your to see your Uncle Jerry, and right A flush rose in Lettie's pale cheeks. here I stay till he comes." She stamped her foot "I am some- "No, you don't; no, you don't," too," she atormed-r- ni stoiTOed-Let- tic gi "YoTrY- egreat snap. Lhndy, to be a fine woman sometime. Penzle or Til more Oh, by Jingoes there I go tastie- r- cookies any They're Fm to be. So I" again I day. Say, baby, If yonwant cookie, saya Frank threw head o his back Boaley eat morepotat&-SntyoBlack curls lashing her ' thin shoulflgger and. to catelul laughed.. Jitralghtenlag T" out for ders, "she sprinted to the "steps and that yourself breath, he suddenly bent forward, clipped Into the kitchen. The weoden , Tney aon'r taste the same," pro I his as If limp from merriment Lettle, tattoo began again- - and continued tested Thad plaintively. -to fear, felt her turn watching, rage When it "One's Just as filling an the other," Steadily for some time. to cold terror. Was It possible that finally ceased, Lettle came back wear thicken- 7 Penzie's lore had held op a false hope down lngjnte;the grvyJXiindt thlssup-per'- s K -- encourage her andrthat everybody ily and threw, herself walk. Tiirnlagair-th- e nails out of tasty ough for anybody. And else looked down on I tfte-tihen - I wish sort can, she proceeded-t- o I could get yon to remember "Oh, gee I" he gasped, recovering them according to their degree of at :.; that .'to1hbiphntr-trtck-thhrmgeir. "Who'd think Penzle'd string curvature, few of them being straight. your month plays on yon. What "Bonnie Geraldlnej' she said Softly. Tm chiefly aiming at is youf stom you like thatf" At the words, the child's fear was yo sit right still. You're going to achs. And you got another grand In recurring anger. Her be well pretty soon." She threw a treat coming tonight I got a fine swallowed up beloved Penzle had been criticized. nail back Into the can, as being- bestory to tell yon Just's yon go to bed. 'Dont you dare talk T)out Penzle," yond her skill In driving. She looked Ifs "bout the lazy beaver." flashed. "Get outa here, you she "Why,Penate,,, Crlflk pointed out hlxy stiff I Get outa" She dashed up at Bosley. "I really wish you'd go home," she liked to toward him .with, 1 thought all the beavers ontflung arms, as urged. In a voice of great reasonable ' work." one might to frighten a smajl animal; JThff;jeglar beavers do," admitted ness. "We don't want you here; honMrs. Penfleld. "but this one didn't He -- was klnd-- of a disgrace to all the other then stopping so abruptly that she est, none "of us do. We don't think moment' "Excuse you're a good friend for Uncle Jerry beavers, and I guess they 'pressed swayed dizzily for a him somehow. But his story Is out me," she muttered. "O Lord!" Shel and" An insolent laugh Interrupted her at last and Tm going to tell it to turned and flew into the house, bang ' ing the kitchen door behind ber. The. plea. you." minutes that supervened were troubled "I mean It" she continued, with Glory be I" - cried Lettle. "I can't by a thuddy thumping, as of a drum glowing vehemence. "We don't like stand 'em too goodr-Wh- ar they're gone wrong. you to come here. Please go away." bad, there's more doing." When Lettle reappeared she was "Dry op. yon little fooL I'm tired an armful of boards, a to- oLjrour patter. Ah, there you are, carrying CHAPTER XII mato can of old rescued nails, and a Winston. Say, old man, I thought The you'd never come. How does It lookf" hatchet with" a notched-blad- e. A. Busy. Day for th Qon did not possess a hammer, Jerry'Wlnston walked into the yard. Til Caesar, be still commanded household an too JtfgMy.Bjciallzed "Pretty good, I guess. Let's get Implement Lftttlo severely. "Ton can't haw tMff - had the hatchet somewhere and talk It over." chicken, 'cause Fm going to raise It hi by Its diversity of service, squeezed Lettie had risen and was watching 1". for Penzle. Poor little feller she was still there, sitting them anxiously, ber large eyes widFrank crooned. "We're going to grow yon" on a smallBosley stump, smoking a cigarette! ening as her dismay Increased. Into a nice hen, ain't wet jjet away, He watched lazily while Lettle spread "Come on over to iny house," sugFHIbuster Caesar Penfleld, I tell you. down on the walk. gested Frank Bosley. This here chicken's been chawed Into her materials "What's the nifty notion?" he "All right" steady. Think Pm going to let It be drawled. "Uncle Lettle. stepped forward. et any morer k She gave him a brief glance. "You Her hands being fully occupied with here yet T?zziz. the emphasized "Sure, and talking. I asked, what her attitude toward 1U by" vigorous thrusts of her foot She was sitting you making t" "Tm "going to make for" on the back steps, "binding up-- a long She broke off and sat back on her yellow leg, the accidental bruising of which had been the basts of this gift heels, considering. ship"For the-- pepper-and-sa- lt No one would have thought of' giving wreck f" he put in helpfully. her a whole fowl; but when she had . "Taint a shipwreck," defended-Lettiebeen, found lavishing sympathy- - upon a Bock, "It's gunr Plymouth this maimed specimen, the owner had be a good bestowed it upon her with relieved anteed, and It's going to one. I gotta name her." She reflect-?. carelessness, . , eply"; trying out names her call "I'll with moving. " And lips Lettle had accepted It eagerly. said aloud. The half of a person's kingdom was Bonnie Geraldjne," she the two This decision, honoring as much as sheever expected, and Mrs. Weatherstone, was that half considerably battered and daughters of klnd-est tribute,, heina of tattered. "The time had nor yet coine an given without Inlen- spontaneous when Let Ue would wonder , why she tlbnof atteryJ:heyoung JodiesX -8"UvlngnRrTarTer-brler-yearsT were only names to Lettle, who had ad "been fllledTtba-deeperate- 4 no more thought of ever seeing a: struggle to keep that life existent than she had-- of glimpswithout regard to' Its purpose, and Weatherstone North the pole, rising out of Its ing until recently there had never been Ice of and cake bearing aloft the flags anything but- the' merest scraps to do of the various nations that have disIt with. - ,;.'. - the covered It 'Awkl Xwk tft khlcken. - - he Better caTfirtteTSallco suggested between slow puffs. Woof i Woof 1" worried the dog. Lettle bit her lips UU the color left Shut up, both of yon," advised. Let- them. Taking up two pieces of board, tie sharply. "My landy patience, alnt them together to see if yon both the timltf Keep. still, ben, ha propped form the conventional would, they n't Font Don't yon never want two a chicken coop. .They of roof gable legs agalnr . discarded or would not With a sigh sha "HeUoU- - spltflrt ; Where's - -another.. took one and up "Undo Jerry," the BeggW, "Dent Go Cnda Jerry ; ... f - VVIth Thai Man."- "Ton cant do It," observed the man. The child's black ayes flashed as HTon how." know dont dls- (he looks4 tp Instinctively-ah- a lai Jerry.ha-beggeon'tfo-wdont yoChelp marthenr PWhy Penzle doesn't Ilka It" ; man. toTriruai: BodFW:'tt feeling "IT CJhnd, I -.-have .-..better tnings to that as constantly being strengthened by Jerry Winston fixed hef with a took Is treatment of her as a snnerflnons sha retorted. such as she had never before received ."Yea, yon have Keep stUL Lettie, and thread in the fabric of humanity. "Such as slinking In the hasemeht from him. mind your own business.". . ., manl"- She made no reply. door to see the cross-eye- d "But Unda Jerry," aha. gasped,."Where's your, Uncle Jerry V ha reWith his finger on the clasp of his Lettle, fyon onstnX ; It's making ;her ' peated. , cigarette case, , ha paused. , nlck-te Ohr please donvt'. t don't- - know. declared - Lettle watching hlmtalndy.was hat he returned, in a tone that Lettie," see-tbriefly, tymg the bandage into a hard ter shorhadtold.snot W ,': init the nrtta man that carries a pierced her heart, "yon !tend te your . .V own business, I ten yon. Touts mak : : . . . . I'X r"Is ha at homer cane," sht continued. my "EHdnt t tell . yon X didnt know Lettle proing a big misuse. 1 . "If 1 was In your place," where ha wasr Inquired Lettle tartly,. ceeded with relish, "I wooldnt leave friends, and I choose good ones, too." "Oh oh ohT she acreamed, wring we shrugged his shoulder la a way my machine In the same spot all time. that discredited anything - that Lettle : t'l kinder noticT)le, tween them two teg her hands In agony. ."J cant have ITfreii3nthecg3at3B2ertha Bry-HP.- . . CHAPTER - - - - "'""'' 1 01 r lowers .aympouze tne. year wnen Bciiiiiueui,iiili.ji.-Tfaiutciiea 10l : I - corricn na - asier r.iuwcra i- ' it the fondes&f4eelkg -- in " " their appreciation. ceive conscientious selection and prompt service " . , V Phnne f.ight-O- , ' 201 xv oughly awake again The, moon was lI full; the sky was Intensely blue ex cept where quills of white cloud were filled laid across it; the back yard-wa- s ........ witn sort radiance tnat tranaroraiea Into slender the ugly clothes-pole- s shafts of light. "What a beautiful world It is!'' she said to herself. "And we all go so fast that we dont have time to look ii! -- , I I ' ' " " . . - - 1 - I mS!mBmS!SB, r - nnilm vn ii T7 1 IIi M i i i. . T7 V i TT II T7 iXVifl s I 1 1 For You : !l. -- ypur-Cleanin- s" people of Utah county is of before you lay them away for the summer Have your winter clothes taken care have one of the most modern Cleaning and Dyemonths Bear in mind this fact--We one in Utah county. Plants in the West, and the ONLY our guarantee that Ex celsior Flour Is depend- ing able and satisfying. ' FOR THAT BETTER SERVICE want floor, " Insist that your grocer When you - phone 809. : T ' send yoiu. . .. Excelsior '. Hour - v, . ' ' . - , - Main Office and Plant, 54 N r I - - ' -- .! IS -- 4i IT- - ainst All Clothes Insure Fire, Theft or Damage h- i- Hoover Brothers have yearg.T-Thirty'year- : ,L ., Fourth West . i to take care of We so are soon is don't ready here always forget Spring and Dyeing promptly. - All work guaranteed.'- - making Excelsior Flour, for more than 30 , bf dependable service to the .. M V. CLEAN been , ' 1 You would not tub in another's bath ; nor would you for ajfew cents difference pat ronize a low priced cleaner if you BUT KNEW THEIR METHODS. and Carpets, :.QuUtsand Jt's Spring Cleaning Time for Xurtai rel or decorations- - WE Blankets anything in the household, whether wearing-appa- fTn he continued. . om ,' -- west f irst isouin, . 7 1 I wonder v rtnr get fretted up over a lot of pesky details that we forget all about In a week, when the universe Is calm happy, Looks like we ain't In harmony with it I wish I had time-- No, I don't. What I wish Is that I can stay awake and sew an overcoat." Resolutely she went back to her rhalr and fitted sections of the coat together, ' , 4 . " TM urtttmr wayirts." -- V ' :. "Where the Flowers Grow." : 'n, the-hlgb- r, . ' sritiucl-lessly- ' i OT a-c- oop r I i ' Here yoQ will find the best, the hardiest varieties- most reasonably priced. If it is not possible for you to come we suggest that you phone your order, which will re-- " wml he" . I Any thoughtfulness you bestow upon your mother, your wife, your sister or your BweetheaitwiifreapitB reward jrm " w.,t. u utuvu. with wjfoyjl . tejured-chtcken.-s- Is' 1!LX I one aay rri x ue Pen-field- -- ' I of n - it istne i nil y home, but through neighborly persuasion and Intercession, Mrs. Percy liiid raised no permanent obstacle. Lo ""W.entts felt certain that hor re lease iruin iiume ruie was assureu. It was the evening before the mar s rlage ceremony. All the little had long since retired to their s sleeplng-hoxe; and .that they might not be disturbed by-t- he light, Mrs. Penfleld was sewing In the kitchen. It was late and she 'was very tired. Twice she had caught herself nap- ping and had gone to the back door to breathe In the fresh air and get thor n . II I Xllt .Calamity Coal Oil. The days of Lorehe Percy's engagement had been stormy ones In her -- va i r I wave! , I She was still lying there on the floor beneath the Jemper ;.gong when. Mrs. Penfleld came p lier face white in Its frame of black curls, her right hand limp on the rolllng-pl-h that had come down with her on its broken atrlrig. - r r flooded her with heat rolled over her. shut off her breath, receded I A black ProTO, TJtah. g .. |