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Show THURSDAY, TOE WEEKLY REFLEX Page 6 Bells and Bells Our Pet Peeve Along the Concrete jrv. By ELSIE YOUNGHANS . Dr McClnra Now,papor iyndlcata. WNU 8rlca Princess Alexandria Sophia The ever so slightly. a and was ray of breaking day small on her shone dimly light white face. Her eyelids fluttered, but were still too weary to lift their, heavy fringe of lashes. She pulled the cover closer around her THE shoulders. Cold I Cold Really she must ask Katja to unpack Aunt An . 1 na Karlovas. coverlet That funny Cover of lace and- fur and silk that Aunt Karlova bad spent an entire year In embroidering. Winter! It must be winter I For suddenly slelghbells were ringing In the streets. Strangely muffled and far away they sounded. Perhaps a heavy snow had fallen during the night Belial Bells 1 Bells An Incessant ringing of them . . . an unending procession of them. Would they never stop I Where were they all going? Ah! But of course I Strange that she shouldnt have remembered. Suddenly It waa clear as crystal. How could she have forgotten I Her wedding day I This was her wedding day I The jingling droshkas were bringing the wedding guests. From distant provinces, from the suburbs, from - 1 Voscow Itself, were coming uncles pnmtx imac AMD uf m Hf neaa USUALLY Hits OMI AT FiST a RAjy ah14m That TO 1lp AlKfP Mil Auo FRieWO TfcMi5MT coh.t a aim. Ol HBR.S A TOUOH TiW jTtiwa A a'Ai. AnJhWBC, AMD Loom; ALL IM M asif hbt AMO aiHL and aunts and cousins Victor's as well as her own ; schoolmates, friends, officers from Victors officials from the court and their families Why, there must be hundreds of them, thousands of them, there were so many bells I And now, as suddenly as they had started, the bells stopped. The guests, then, were all assembled all waiting. And Victor, her adorable' Victor,, be too, would be waiting! How splendid he would look In his uniform of the Imperial guard, all white and gold, with the flashing order of St Stanislaus upll on his breast ' Ah, bat be was her Swiftly, swiftly, thoughts flew back to the day she had met him. It was at the ball of the Dolgoruky palace: she was making her first formal appearance In society. Victor had asked her to lead the procession with him. They had passed through an arch of flags, and Instead of returning to the ballroom, he had carried her toff to the gardens. Cnder the. willow by the fountain, he had kissed her, and told her she was the most divine lovely thing God had created. And now here at last, she and Victor were to be married vsMa' ft Hbu WHOUOHT Vou VVlTH f MB OVID, IWfu MUSiClAM AMO SUft IWCKTCO OM My IHSTHUAMT tui would OUT To SB A S-- i HAWfUTl won-derfu- never, so Victor had sworn, would BOBBY THATCHER-Ho-ld" G ... Iff VILLACB COUMOL. C MARGES COMSTABUS CROWDER WITH BBiMC OBR6UCT tH HIS DUTIES CONCERNING DISPOSAL. OP STRAY OOCS IN TUB HB MAS POUND PROCRASTINATED UNTIL TUB OOCS HAW COMB TO RECARO HIM AS THEIR MASTER AMD BARK JOYFUU-- V AT ' HIS APPROACH DOWN, SIR CST DOWN. SUSP JUST CANT BRING MVS6LF TO FIRE THBA CoulomT Bear amysodv blsh either. SHOTS to see do t ( a crwb to big shep that shoot AND THE REST OP 'EM, tYo BB MOST OF EM IS PRETTy NEAR thoroughbreds. ITS MY he allow her to part from him. But more suddenly, guests seemed to be arriving there were the sleigh-bell- s again. The wedding banquet must be already spread In the great ball. But she, Alexandria Sophia, the bride, she was not there. Where was she? Oh, where was Katja? Why didnt Katja bring the wedding dress, that shimmering thing that had been sent from Paris? Where was the veil with headdress of pearls that had been worn by her mother, and her grand; mother, and by conntless Orlofski brides before them? Why this strange sense of Impending doom In Alexandria Sophias heart I Why this pain, this anguished foreboding this heavy, heavy weight 1 By GEORGE STORM OUT, ) NO SIR.! AMVBOOY YOU,p WANTS TO PAY Clear UCBHSS YOU THEIR OUTA here', CANT SHOOT BM. (mm. TUATis THE BUB...HOW ' LAW 11 t Slelghbells I Slelghbells! Would they never stop? Was all of Moscow coming to her wedding? And she, the bride, not ready cot jreadyl Ah I They were calling her It seemed she was hiding somewhere. They were coming for her, some one was pounding at the door, shaking It. Dear God Some one was breaking In. ' Why, she had been asleep, fast asleep I Her eyes were still dazed, her mind vague. Some one stood on the threshold. Katja? good old Katja with the wedding dress? But, no, of course it wasnt Katja . . . tt couldnt be Katja. The little princess was wideawake at last . . . rushing with a shudder Into the complete awareness. A slovenly woman In a faded wrapper stood before her. She was holding ont a thick white cup and talking: See, dearie, Its coffee Tm after bringing up to ye. I feared as yed over-see- p this morning, It was so late If WMF POP A Larger Area, Of Course Michigans Michigans population seven times in the deni' 1830 to 1840. Razor Bui 50 for $1.00 FlU all Gillett Typ, Manor refunded if m COOMBS DRUG Salt Lakt Citf, l tti THIS WEEKS PRIZES la Ultra not tendency k L tka largar city i trad b gnality wa can End at a Iowa ( at ai been dmw karat many Going a atop deeper. w ngi that from a different eeetka g J try wa could porch ue a kttta J1 prod acta. Dot tka aoener wa nUa k n product art bath wa cm kring Prosperity H r 1 Hama-Grow- Iatormooatala for oal Made Geo4 MISS BEXTIil wa SiEORESHDAl i Seven Bills of Is! The seven hills of Bonet legendary, but actually i SPERE TENT Taota I Am Canphf K Awainga "Erarythlag la Caara M S7I 8. W. 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And bitterest of sHaitO . remember., that longer young, no longer beautiful, that no one In all the world really cares what happens to her. j: Climate Conte Gasoline INTERMOUNT AIN PRODUCT! Gentlemen: Taor ckack far tha Maatdaya Mail and I tkaakFT far tka money. It wai a waa not axpoctlng tt th . i to. mora than I ora warda. W not Aj Pianoy kaa with ao lately, Tar W . m long way and wlU I wanld otkarwtoa kara aw , I will da all I tarn contain Mada GooeU, aad ahligatkma tn naa thorn -- fHJJj F J'y talj nS' aro'doinr I awarding thaoa pn again, Tkanking yon " . oineoroty. I tn, Ono af ti-- Fj Or-lol- l, ' KEEPIHGUP-WITH-THE-JONESE- S1 TB TMr TVStv? ! A! Defines It, All Right Yjctptl Kalial-AnMAi- EVERYTHING W o Jf, 4th Write for Pnf- - V. n. BINT m. lovu?' Where were they? The palace, court balls, wedding Produce Most ells of lace, silken coverlets?' . Columbia, S. Ay .Gone, gone! Bone Moil Long and producer of largest long ago had they all vanished. Buf ra ddenTy tli e' 'm u ffled bells, V again. Now at last she knew their real meaning. With a despairing akonU naa gesture, she pulled an alarm clock Similar Good," J, from under the pillow and threw lUrt ! it against the wall Tt didnt wake' tcrBNDttia Bag IMS. Salt me," she sobbed, didnt Take I atory nppaara wUl Cj me at all j me dream, colama yan far ckack Ah. Mra Murphy . i,. . codra jt fc not o flream of , P004 slelghbells in my Russia !" Dol-goru- - FI RE WO kl $3.00 W it ... 1 1 |