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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1920. Reduce rnily Crasli HE'D such a nice, genteel. medwt drwwd M party, too. Tou know, kind of motherly and lb hor gray and whit coetume and with her gray hair and bar mild gray eye a. Course, her atraw Ud la tilted ever one ear and ahea mere or leea out ef breath and her ahoea are aeme dusty from her tramp down the road. Evidently aha la makln' a dAih from the trolley to catch the I:tT. That ta a a much at a daih aa you'd expect her to 'make handicapped by a black leather eult caae, a, aboppln bag and an urn S, 8uR&y-r-Urnoo- . breil&a But aha'a makln a plucky (tab at it and don't get at all panicky until ahe beara the train whistle lor the grade eroealn' above Kockhurat. Then aha tries to let out a taw epeed notches and the umbrella gets In her way, and she almost spills herself. That's where I to horn In with the helpin hand . and the soothin' words. All right. Me am, says I. "Take It 1 there Here, and easy youll get have the suit case. Theret .We goi good three minutes yet." hhe thanks me gaspy and even has Bo time to make the ticket window, and finds a naturally I boosts her aboard seat for her, intendin' to. etroll on Into the smoker as usual. But simply catch In the train don't seem to be all her troubles. says she, puttin' a hand on "Please, pro-cee- ds my sleeve, "would you mind lookingU from the platform and telling mt. If you see anyone getting on later than W did?" " 'Ohl' says I. Somebody Pleaea look.X Tee, says she, cornea back and I a Bo takes squint to report. thlck-eguy in a Only a abort, checked cap," says 1. "tiomeboflya chauffeur, I expect, who has a day oft. He just swung on at the back." Oh, dear!" says she. "1 am sure that , , mast be one of them." - Eh?" say I, gawpin at her. "Sit down, please," says she, edgin' over next to the window. "He will be Now havent you a coming through. newspaper? Then open it Quick. Let me bold up one side. Clear up. And pretend to be talking to , About what?" says L "Oh, anything! Only talk," gays aha "Or read something aloud to me." Here we are. It was "Sure! 'saye I, In the lucky seventh that the tanks came to Hie after what seemed to the fans a long ajJell of ths doldrums Twice Babe the mighty had swiped fatuously with hie trusty war club, end now , be squared himself at the plate and In. " Ho "Oh. thank you. ehe breaks has gdne pest, 1 think. "Who? Babe? saye T. "No," says she. , "The man In th checked cap." - "But don't you want to hear how Babe Ruth bounced It over the left field fenceT' I asks. Im afraid I dont quite understand what It's aH about, says shs. " "Then we stand fifty-fift- y says 1. for 1 don't got ths connection about this guy In the cap. Sha gives a nervous Uttls chuckle at that. "Of ooursei, says sha. "And hs may be back. To be sure, I am not quite certain he was one of them, but Jf he And ehe finishes with a should, be-- -' shoulder shrug, "He'd take you sake. "Sanitarium, eh? on "What!" says ehe, turnin Certainly not. Why- should But there! I suppose It dose you seem rather odd. doesn't "Well,' eaye X "If you ain't runnln' away from somewhere you're glvin a fair Imitation of someone who la" "To be perfectly frank with you, eaye the old gtri, I am running away. I had1 not intended to tell a soul, and here am confessing to the first strange man I meet. 60 you see. Im not very clever at concealing things. But I trust that you will beliave ms whan I tell' you that am not escaping from an Institution of behlnd-j'OUT- et - ltf i nny sort" All right, That goes with says L me. Still, I wouldn't spring that on everybody, for when folks run away they generally come from I know," she cuts in. "But I am merely running away fromL home." her curieyein eaye Takln' It up kind of late, ain't ous you? Or have you elwaye had the habit?" She Indulges in a Uttle laugh at that "Really, you know," eaye she, this lc my first er adventure of the kind, and I am quit as I am nearly elxtyt But excited over It as If 1 wers sixteen. It te the only thrilUAg thing that has hap pened to me for ever so many yearn I am so glad I thought of doing it Just think! I am off by myself, going tome where alone, meeting strange people, all kind of people. That in I will If I keep on. Tou. for example. Of courts, you eeem quite respectable, huter there's no UUtnV Yes," saye "Not that I mind a bit" y ah. "But pisses, lust who are you" save L "my ft "Well, ghorty McCabe. I run a phvsieel eul- t champion." 'How Interesting! sha. says "Of "Ve-e-ea- ?" t ." ," - e! I tha man bet aa aoon aa thalr arms wars , about thorn they tried to crush thorn. Th two fought with them', man and shapo, and - now they fought weakly and now thoy fought ' strongly, but always interminably. Another to frightful thing waa that th dawn Mrs gon back. Thoy could hardly a th lniftliwfr Thar eras nothing hut the sound of fighting and struggling, and It last- Sd so long that they war like to forgot whsn ths shapes had appeared. Tbs shapes wore fearful, and twtotsd and oewed than. Net th toast horror waa that thsy looked Uk thsmsshrsa, snoh shap Ilk th man It would bind. njy grown thick armed and mon- - smd . Thsy seemed to struggl for a thousand yaara. - Than first on man and than th other got breath and took hold of a kind of a gleam. Th sMpss grow thinner, weaker. On srtsd serosa to ths other, Haw ar pom faring?" Theres mors light. Look utl YouD slip ' itlppod. " How ar you faring? thrl It wMro X . "Thank youl Ton. too, look out Thar are looo ston thor.". Ive got pour aamo now. Xte John Doug las." "Ive got yoere. Jt John Gordon. After aQ, yog moan te bo a dont fallow." , "S do you." - Xt seemed that th down was coming hack. Moreover, esrtalnly, those 4rk ehape were weaker.' Presently they dropped their arms Which were withered and fH bshlnd John Douglas and John Gordon. There was again - th dawn and th red tn th eky and the mountains, wall on walk Th shapes wore eunkon, ne man knew how far. Th Uft was tat th air again, th taste of peace. There All risikt, . "TaJte it iherze -- nsrfect I appearance of hereon-plexio- n. Permanent and temporary skin troubles arc effectively 'concealed. Reduce unnatural color and corrects ' greasy skins, Highly antiseptic, used with beneficial mulls as 1 a curative t for 70 yearn. v7 ;l 1 M Aunt eaye X, bangin' up. Emily at Th Purple Pupl That Ought to he worth awin'' , I waa right on hand, toa Ever Wander down Into Greenwich Village toward th end of August when everybody' sup posed to bo out of town? Say, on look at them crowded streets and sidewalks end doorstep ought to convince anyone that th Village does its summer retort In' right at homa Even th roof waa occupied. Gettln' through th Mock to Th Purpl Pup. I dodged through two lively games of fist ball and a half a dossil Than bunches of Ud playin tip-cdivas Into a basement under th fancy room and blue find a big twingin' sign with clgaret amok and noisy with th to In th mtddl crash of dish a gay erewd art a tong table, and at on end, sort of presidin' over th affair say, can you boliev It? Aunt Emily! But not quit th asms Aunt Emily Yd n In th gray and whit costume. Hardly. Bhsa wearin' a kind of vivid colored batik smock effect out more or less low In th neck, with a Jade necklace draped down th front And she's had that soft gray Mir of tiers don up ti it looke ilk It had been boxed you know pulled forward over her ear end fluffed, out behind. Also, I take It she's learned bow to us an eyebrow I must say. pencil and a though, that th rsault to more or less ehe' effective.. In fact, quit a atun-nl- n' old party. And lively! Say, you ought to ae her carry In' on with that pasty-face- d young hick with th flowin' black locks and the flowin' black tie. When she spot me eh wave cordial and sings out: "Haro ho to now. friend Behold, my reocuar, Shorty McCabe!" They gives me a big hand en that and two sweet young thing their drop clgareta long enough to jump up end escort me, chummy, to a seat next to Aunt Emlir. Then eh name 'em over to me, tellln' who each cn to, from Carets Cyrano, th lady dramatic critte, to Miles Malloy, th poet laureate of Short-da- n Square. "You ," sha explain to me, th! to Miles's birthday, and I am giving a Uttle party to cltbrU th veil .'Ehr save I.- - Headed for the Village, are you? Friends there, I expect? No," eaye she. 'I dont know a soul there, or anywhere else In town, for that matter. But Ive read so much about tha Interesting people who Uva there the artiets and sculptors and dramatists end1 so on that I Just made up my mind wanted to bo among them. Only think! I have been in New York but twice in my life, once on my honevmoon, and once with Peter and Julia. But tha first time we wandered out and got loot trytry ing to find Broadway and didnt daro hurIt again: and tha second time Pater ried us from a private car to hit aulta in a big hotel where we had family prayera and then drove In a closed car to Grant's tomb. Thats all I have ever seen of Here she New York. But now hoots ever a cut-u- p glance at ma from them gray eyea Wall, saye I, "I expact you know What you want hut it strikes me you're starting In kind of dstrong, craehin'andright the In among the girls men first rattle out of the itbe would to best box. Don't think sort of Work up to the Village, eh? No, eho don't. "I have lived among dull, commonplace peopla all ray Ufa,' I hava obaervad the cenven saya aba tlona I have attended meetings of me Ladies guild, of tha tewing circle, of the committee on foreign mlasiona I have listened to Peter talk about the things he meant to do fer humanity when hu short-haire- long-hair- -- he wicked., manity would let him. - X may bored by it but I have been Immensely all. Now I want to live among people For a time, at who are quite different. from paleast And I went to get away ter and his guarda Really, Mr. McCabe, , does that sound dreadfully wicked to ' you?" Pyo heard of wickeder programs, " In fact, Mra or eaye I. r,Tou may call me Aunt Emily, If you will, saye sha All says V And' I was going to add. right" Aunt Emily, that if I was you I d go to It. Thsyra a queer lot down there, but yog might find em entertainin for a while. Whet about this bluff of visitin In Buffalo, though? If your discovers that youre nursin' won't hs raise quite a row?" "Let him," says Aunt Emily. "You won't have to call on him for funds or anything? 1 suggest. ,"No,w says aha. "I have a private Income sufficient for all my needs And within a week or so 1 shall send Julia1 that word, without giving my address, am all right But land sake I Her w are. area t we? , , Grand Central. eaye I. Now I'll load you into a taxi and if you need help or anything, tharae th studio address en my card. Just ring me up. Bits waves back at me gay and axcltad as ah starts off for the section where apartment 1a a studio every and where the trial hubbies sometimes son-in-l- ," two-roo- m ft " X don't lthr, Mr. Douglas. X didnt at first down there by th straaaa. Than X did when tho torrfbl old dark pria fighter happen ad along, But now X dont. X euppoa wr all In th brotherhood." "Or th aaaootatlon, AU in," "It's too lonely hor for ng to fight. It 'would b on head striking th othw no foot Yloking th other," , "X boiler It is really lenoiy 017 whore." Well, It 1 lonely hor all right. H It would b if you worsnt along," -" Th sun ta Well, we'd batter bo walking." Aa they They bestirred themsslvoe. walked th mountains took a mere kindly aspect. Tho tw seamed U f moreover , Fo-ter- 's, , f say" glass. " Against flesh. They sound Uk th stoning of Stephen. Or like the Reman hmr mers at th cm," They climbed. AD manner of reconciliation and union seemed to take place within them. The light was strengthening find fear had gen from th mountains. Xt rushed back. They were on a plateau, then all th mist Ufted, Th plateau dwln died. They were standing on a peak, and It Whs a dlasy on. AD around them It dropped sheer tote abys. They saw no bottom, but a purpl and terribl twilight down there. They hod climbed what seemed a mountain, climbing by a mountain path. Now they saw that the way they had com was vanished. Behind as on either side hung th gulf. Moreover, as th plateau had narrowed and shortened, so now toe peak was narrowing. There was growing scent room tor two to , stand. s The light increased, hut It increased only upon a further ahor from this paJt, Aeroa to abyss shot np shsr a vast rook. Over hor to gun waa under th hortaon, hut vf thor thor assmsd sun. Xt was golden, th rook. Moreover, It was no mar wav with footing room,'. It was ef the foundation ef a land. . They dimly saw toe land, they faintly heard sounds, faagranea was blown to them. What thsy saw waa rich and dear, what they heard was aeroet, toe fragrance thrilled them, Something ertod, Heme, that X had forgotten! Ham. hem, homo! " doatre, Th reaah ham -- ft boeame toa H a on as a now stood war, shaft, Thoy pQlar uprisoa through night Around, below, was dusk and empties, bottomless, despair-lag- , Only to frost was that, lead, but than and It hung abyss, It la too tee It there wero a bridge to leap." " Th ground beneath us does not seas to erumbl, If w stay her W thkU link Into . , mm . ' tot pit , ert k. plank tod seroaa, , Thsy saw tt new, and thin, laid from edg to edg. A gray ,, vole spoke from that land, and It spoke with an authority they might not dlsputq, "Juet on may ere." e They wero not able to dispute XL They consented, and felt no quarrel with toe speaker, whoever he might he- - But tt wag to . craea fer Just on to cross and th Place where they stood was growing unstable. Dk , r ' a quicksand. ; ' on can go, John Douglas said: "If only, you'd hotter go. Tou'v had th hardest tiro ' here. I'm mod te roughing John Gordon sold: tt, Youd suffer mere. Bo you go "No, you. X want you to be happy." And X want you, John." " X ean 0 plainly enough to sea that them w , wouldn't he any Jof yonder " If you won't gu, X won't go." "Th ground to vanishing. Ton get John. ' It's heaven." "Tee, X boo. Weal you go, John?" On ,. , I ' "No." N The ground trembled beneath them. They took hands! they put each aa arm around to ethers aheuldera. " Meet the gulf toon together. It all ever! W are one." There was spsooh to thalr earn. "On a th groy plank, gray sad Thar was thin Uk a nervo. On wont tot baavaa, , lantern swung to the night about No, ?. beat toe air, Hand, hel tody pushed and arms, feat, to huld at to wroehag. Over and vr re a statement. "Th marvel la w weren't all kUlsdl " It seemed a mtracl In th dark and wat night, Tha- woo hrulaoa anouah, Cos veto laud and eaeltad ' - , ' - ed amr . By r Mary Jo h nston ooooxoocoocqccic with something ef the lightness ef the first starting out. Suddenly, by the wayside, under a mountain wall, they earn to n cottars. It hung there of brown Wood, with troee about It, and th dawn for its prospect. wm fir upon th t They wntln.' Thr . beerth. end beside it a cradle with a baby to It John Gordon and John Douglaa r lying stood and looked down upon It and It opened Its eyes and looked np at them. It moved Its hands and smiled, . X know It for i " Xt to XI mysejf," ' " Xt ta aa certainly Xt X know It for mysolf." ' " YVe must Mv both descended from him. , That collage fellow might As thsy looked' th figure ef a women farmed Itself behind th eredls. Xt waa ' seated, bending ever the eradi. . Xt became face became lumlnopa. luminous, th "Mother! Mother!!' Xt laded, but the bab in th eradi stayed dlstlset. Whatever th college fellow might . have said, John Douglas and John Gordon fK 'new n body bend, a warmth and sympathy, Jt was quit a though between than, passing through the babe as It worn, - sprang tissue, vain, and artery and net ef serves. If w were en there, could It ever depart? They felt n warmth and ears each for each. The aradled babe vanished th brown cottage fU away. Hero was th great as- ' seel ef th mountains, and the dawn that was a little rodder. But John Douglaa felt tov toe John Gordon and John deaden fer John Douglas, " fitriks and lockout ar hard words, and poverty and rich, and labor sad capital. They sound Uke atones thrown against , breakfast with thalr trial wives as often as twice a week. And with that I considers th Incident closed. That la, I did until lust aa I was turnin' In at my doorway I get a glimpse of a short thickset guy In "a cheoked cap trailin, along behind. Ho goes wanderin' peat, however, without eayln a word. Huh I thinks I, It ho to one of the Inside guard he's lost the scent" IU admit that 1 aint quite so much Impressed by detectives ae some folk era AU Ive known have been thee central office flatties who are mostly bene above th ears and do th bulk of their sleuthin' around side door where old customers are still weloomed at 7 cents a shot And non of 'erq over aw wore a checked cap. "Huh! think I once more, driftin' Into th Physical Culture Studio and proceedin' to forget Aunt Emily complete. Must hava been nearly two week later, one forenoon as I'm busy la the gym with a reg'lar that Swttty Joe, my certified assistant, comes In with' an awed look on hi face And a card In hi hand. Bay, Shorty," h whlppw husky, out front? "know who By the way your eye are bulged," says 1,r T should guess It might be King Albert-oDoug. Fairbanks Which to it?" Ahr-r- -r cha I" saya he, ahovln out Have a took! th card, "Well, well! eaye L "Pater K.. Jr. Give. him two chair and tell him Ill be 01v such affair oftan? X a ay Oh, two or thre Uro Aunt Emily. "It to such fun." at "Sort of a ehang from being , ehr I suggests. hsr sha, ahruggln any "Rather, should era. I party. a good perfectly Wall, if don't know how ah managed tobutdig UP . that ta thsa dry time, th Chianti around tn gur waa what was opened to Itl And table. And how they went to red ink lneplre em, tlwro with a Uttle villager certainly can b a marry lot. spaghetti Refers they'd finished th course they was elngin Madelon ' and and Dardanella" and "Th MaraelUalse, Mils d linkin' toast to Aunt Luiuy and tn In themselves and enjoyin'. Malloy, usual Bohemian way. by Aunt Emily had Juat been .Induced locks to the young gent with th ttowtn light up a cigarette and sha was standln a few appropriate reup try in to make X bar glance toward mark, whan th door and atop, starin'. Court,th X too. And there through tares, smoke X make out Peter K--, JrH with a look of horror frosen on hto foes X didn't know whether Aunt Emily waa gotn to faint or make a dive under th a tabl. fih didn'tAuntdo olther.NextShes thing Emily. ?ulck recoversr, Sho o smilin' encouragin' and la beboldin out th hand with th clgarst tween th finger. out. eall ah Rotor, "Welcome, Won't You Join uar X have "Certainly not," say Patar. . ooms to taka you horns." "How absurd. Psteri" lays Then you you prefer this? ha gasps gaxin around. Aunt Emily. "So aay Naturally, run along, Peter., You'D be youd best shocked if you stay." , getting "X am now, says ha young At which on of ths short-hairnymphs trots up to him, slides an arm him and under chucks round hto neck, th chin, "j says ah. "Rfior dear! What urns need is to get hto hock absorbers right on. "Bah!" says Pater K Jr., wrigglin' himself loos and escapin up th basement stair. Thersl" say L TH bet hH go horn and cut you out of th win." Who cares?" say Aunt Emily. "I aay. Miles, show me again how you mak ths smoke coma out of your nose. No, thor ain't any happy ndln, wher Aunt Emily reforms and goes back homo. Th last I knew ah was still down ta th Village, havin' a perfect whale of a ttma Sh got there kind of lata, but from all I can hear she's going strong. Mayb sh shouldn't And then, again, mayba It was cornin to her. Who knows? w, at. ' East and Wsat road." "X ought te be to bed In th stateroom of tho el eper Aroady. " We seemed to have seme a long way and lived a tong time to praetleafly ne time at all. That stream down there with th mist Xt waa dawn then, and It to dawn now." . Well, theres on thing. X used to feel a hatred toward yen. "Th same her. X to yon." X don't that any toagar, Mr. Gor- yn Not A Blcmiaa - yobcJlt G&XJ They earns te a niche in th mountain eld. Th terror had gone, but an enormous lone Unas was upon them. Thsy sat down, each upon a ston. "Thoy ar llkq gtav stones, hut who cares Can you tall In the least how w got here? , " No. ought to ho driving No. ?, on th " . adiimrtuimrnt, thisdye man th ay I Gordon. - Othei . taste again ef th misty stream end the pebbly shore and the trees. Hut ham war th mountains, and they must climb: thsy knew not why, hot they must climb. Thsy elimhsd, and their heart heat, John Douglas, John Gordon; John Douglas, John don," dn - mm ConttaaM tram preceding page. kr) (pro ha -- lgttera I" tystem hombng agaauinersducboq SKthoo approved by chimd-an-a Footstep become hgbt, firmer and smooththe er in appearance, work seem a buoyant wrung and saner, takes poaessam ot tbewhtas aa superfluous n being disappear Begin ha!ty fatnow, Get Korem. reducing Buy small bo of Kejsm store. Show t any busy ' , m. been reported to show a noticeable reduction in weight. No thyroid, no exhausting exercise, no starvation dieting, no f not Peter K, Jr. the super-plutsaye L She nods.. And then It was my turn to etara It's a wonder 1 didnt take oft my hat and bump my head on the floor. For shes mentioned one of the tout names- - that any good eltlsen of these United States knows as well as he does his own, and most of 'em would recognise it If you spelled it out with the same number of dollar signs instead of "Excuse me. eaye L "hut that's some heme to run away from. Th. Forest Hills ons, over on the Hudson, eh? Two hundred acres or so, ain't It?" "More 'than three," says sha ."That to why it Is so dreadfully dull end tone-sothere. Oh, of course, there are plenty of people In eight. But they are all gardeners, dependents servants, farm laborers and guards. How tired did get from seeing those lasy guards constantly loafing about. You cant go anywhere around the estate without running across them. With their guns, too, you know. 1 call them peters army, which always makes him frown. Tou see bo likes to pretend that thsy gran t around at all, and If he's forced te admit that they are he will tnelat that they are not-- really needed, when he knows that not one of the family would daro to step out If they were not there. Why, he even has four detectives who live In the house his private body guard. And still Peter Is fond of telling how simply he Uvea Blmply! Wltlv all those butlers and maids and two nurses for each Of the children. It to Uke living in big hotel that to under martial tow. So can why you guess perhaps I'm beginnln' to get the idea," says secret dash for Uberty I. But why ths so early In the mornln'?" "Because Peter would want to know lust where 1 was going and exactly what I was going to do," saye she, "and eouldn't tell him far the very good reason that 1 don't bnow myself. That to. not precisely. Bo I Invented this oousln In Buffalo that had asked mo to pay her a visit. Of course, he had Ane of hie secretaries buy my ticket and scours a Pullman reservation , on tha morning train; and of course I was taken to tha station In the limousine with two of the body guards along to see that I wasn't kidnaped or shot on the way. I had to gat on the train, too, and If I had not bribed the porter to let me off on the be on my way to other aide I- - should Buffalo now. 1 am not suro either, that see me hoarding didn't the defectives had gone. You the trolley after thsto train come across to this see, 1 was obliged own so station agent that branch pur wouldn't Mow." . , "And now where?" says of sha couree, New eaye York, Why, 1 "And teU mt Mr. McCabe, how do find Greenwich Villager Koran nounced w I , , -- -- Not Do you wish to become slender, graceful, healthier, happier? Eat ail you need, hut chew your food thoroughly, and bo happy while following ' easy Koran system ot tamable In box at drug store. Purposed to aid in reducing fat tn any part of the body. Reduce whatever you need (10 to 60 lbs.) under $100.00 money refund guarantee or no coot to you. Reduce purry .abdo men. double chin, largo limb, obese hips and other overstout part of th body. mm ul , Even s ten dyt of out just sa soon aa I can put on my dress suit." "Wotcher coin to charge him tf he wants you to Uke him on? asks Swlfty. "Oh, not more'n a million a minute," aye L But, as I suspicion ed. ha aint coma for a private courea "Professor McCabe. says ha rettin' right to ths point, T am looking for my wife mother." says I. "And, of eourse, you thought aim'd bo here, did you?" "She waa last seen In your company." says ha Shows har good taata, saya "tVhero 1s aha poor he goes on. "I wonder," say L McCabe. save ha, real item. "I demand to be told." "Fair enough, eaye L "That might cars me Into tellln' you, if I knew. But It happens I dont" Bah! says ha "Let us gat to business J am quits prepared to pay for the Information, -And then I felt my neck tintin' tip. Since whan did you hear that Shorty McCabe bad gone Into tha black hand gamef saye L with my jaw stuck out and my fingers bunchln'. I beg your pardon," asys ha "Juet In time, says I And all X got to add to that I don't know where your mother-in-lala and don't gtvo a boot. Tha exit to just behind you-- It I was uso ' I'd li you Which he doe, prompt and eager. Back In the gym. I finds Swttty Joe holdtn his breath. "Did did bo sign UP? b ka, Him? eaye I. Not a ehance. He Just dropped in to accuse me of elopin' with hto mother-in-law- ." Ah, say!" protests Swlfty, disgusted. Scuttle th tow comedy stun, can't you? Next tim I'll etretch aa oar. But X had to ravto my notion about sleuths In checked cap This on- - of Patar K.'a had delivered th good Must have seen mm I pat her In a taxi and then trailed me her That wasn't locatin' Aunt Emily, though. X wondered how ho waa getttn' on down In the VUlaga Queer place for an old gtri Uke her. But than aha wouldn't be apt to get Id with th studio bunch. I couldn't figure her doin' that. Three or tour day go by And I heard nothing more from her er from Peter K., Jr. Then her th other afternoon I'm called cn th phone and a vole that sounds kind of familiar give me the ball. "Is that you, Mr. McCabe?" It says. Yea You "Well, this to Aunt Emily, remember, don't gout You see I do, too. I haven't forgotten how kind you were to me that morning whan I wap whan was coming- her And X want you to take dinner with tn tonight. Will you?" "Lone"What's th Idea?" some?" I could hoar her ehuckla easy at that. Still. "Not very loneaome," says sha X would tlk to' have you com down about 7:1S.' ' "Suro," earn I. "Where to?" Xt'e "To th Purpl Pup, any aba Juet off th equara .You will sea th I has to grin at that She sure Is an Innoeent old girt "Well, eaye L "the sportin writers usually call It the squared circle. Prise ring, you know." Tou don't mean, she sake gaspy. that you are a a prise fighter?" L That ta, I wan" says For a second or so shs gases at ms curious.. Then shs puts har cpln down and Indulges Ip a quer little giggle. Dear aus!" says she. I wonder what Peter would say if he knew that, I Just wonder. . Whos Peter T eaye L My eaye ehe. "If he could only see me now, and know that 1 as sitting beside an "Think it would Jar him some, eh? saye L What to ha, a parson?" 'Not exactly," eaye she. ."But lie to quite religious trustee of the church, teaches a young man's Bible class, and all that. He to always being shocked at something or other. Why, even 1 shock him at times.' "Ah. cornel" saye L "Tou? Sty, he must be eaay shacked." ' "He to ui wonderfully proper person, Inkaw," eaye shs. "J suppose 1 as well admit, too, that It to Peter right running away from. Although Julia to getting to be almost as bad. I mean, of eourse, almost as good. Julia 1s my We were so congenial once, daughter. before Peter taught her that life te such a dull, serious business. You don't understand, of courea No ono could unless they had tried living in Peter's homa And I hava lived there tor mors than five yeara And now wall, now I am running away. Absurd, isn't Itr "Ohl don't know," says I. Tve seen homes I'd want to duck livin' in myself. 1 expect Peter to more or lees of a tight wad, eh? Most of these religious guys are. Pinches the pennies, don't hs? Lays by so much a month no matter how much the tam'ly hast to skimp? She smiles and shakes bar head. Tve a good mind to tell you Just who Pbter Is, says she. Til try to stand It" Shoot," says Then ehe leans over and whispers the nama Bay, she handed me a jolt all right Easily Ho;; (Copyright, 1020, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate) tare studio on Cad street Maybe you've heard of me?" ("No, eaye she. I'm afraid I haven't" "That's discouragin'," eaye L "But think back. I used to be lightweight ONE NIGHT . By Sewell For.d wounds, n fqw broke bon, but nothing and desperate hurt that Uko to onto might hv boon. Only tha ntn lay on ftP aid, down to bank. Th fireman, Jim Smith, had aoeapd. having Jumped. But th ngtnor lay dead beneath his angina. Instantly killed, said tho examining doctor. Tb sleeper Thessaly the sleeper fipata, to sleeper Arcady escaped with llttl Injury. Xt was toe day coaches and too mall coach Vo bean dragged from to track and overturned. Th Aroady, being to end sleeper, appeared Indeed to have gone scot fro. It ooeupants had received a violent Jolting and some had been shaken from their bertha. Bom had thought tt aa earthquake; ethers waked at one ta the knowl' AD wore excited; all edge of accident. wero talking; all had dressed or war dressing on tost en they could with some inattention to fullness ef apparel. Th readlevt were gon forward through to Sparta and too Thessaly to the rain and blaoknasa, wreckage, and voloae ahead. Young Brews had thought ft aa earthquake, The window pens had struck trig hand, he told Bonham and to college whan he encountered them tn to stale. He teemed dased. A trickle ef blood went down hto forehead, Bonham looked, " ItS nothing much. Com late to air wfih aa." Yeung Brown started then ho I'd better aw tf my uasU hie brows. wonts anything." Hasn't he gone forward with toa ethsrt?" Young Browne didnt think ae. "XdtVy gee." He went lute the stateroom, aher. : hto frightened voice earn Iran;!!' ,.'7, I Bonham! Mr. Bonham!" g They found John Douglas C ad. C from' his berth and hto neck trcLtn, "I , a taut death," oald the ex&mtnlr j 1' " . pro-few- er ' ru-L- id ' (Copyright! 10SO i JrKa-y- J |
