Show i CLARK MCMEEKIN WWl fOlTTHClFAEs America L ebjIibA - A® i ikia I® ernt ! ffUlrt wy now on and a gf in the respectata’e s I’m glad to offer all Lark 4 ' Vpy u® Dr- ptrato Lark sad David bnt o Dr Motion the bioiJi arrivo ta aijht and flnany meet David M ipe‘ lidei Red RaskaU hte talr Lark bobbl (h had manned ta and wtoi die race s&lpwreck Gair tree Honey the buy In la a dispute there swettr of the horse !t (he ownership I dir ihn t0 Very glad indeed The Seth Thomas clock four silver notes - M n burf dear t U te te wblcb be 0Btf loun4 by ft tscapc ibA t 4ia- Acait Partd North who la - rington’s fammi' pulled to a halt at the 'o'! e gate Lark said "Daud I'tr r te rlbly sorry but ve wouldn t be ha’ py together " "You mean vmi re n r 'I g marry me0" Djv was perfectly gcnuro ti ts why Lark'" The arriving guest m doorway CHAPTER XXI Latched up a tray filled with oldt and carried it to the When she came back mise 'said "Ye look real Ah wants ye ter look mme atop now an cook ye Alter dat I’ll press you’ ie iberzine Miss Lark whilst nyoc Wtl romt large going to crimp it” Lark speratedly “You go get Mr j nner I’ll finish this” Don’t churn so m Lark you suah Lawd Itiss de cream away” Cupsie went to the kltch-rworked until she was completely fagged out The ick as berries on a fruit dry-clung heavily to the cheese-larshook it and sent them I sturbed buzzing protest She I the last of the butter Rnd set and went Into le Just as Galt came home Lark!’’ Galt followed her warm pleasant kitchen Into chill of the parlor He to touch a sulphur iffy the frilled paper fan under p Then he straightened up need around with a vaguely usual with tion at ha'home cooked meals and "Something’s funny" aome thing looks different somehow Where are worsted mottoes?” “I took them guilty said primly "those and Dan and the portraits Oh Galt they’re so Vhat u looked she yon so outrageously "Lark this vulgar is Minnie’s Minnie yours or mine pride Why Lark she took She won the RaskaU for Lark honey it wasn’t said not ie Farrington or Mara of their breed first guest to arrive was It was David expected one “ apologized that the press had kept him from call-- ! but refused the tea that He had be said only ninutes to stay lOavid" she said "I was so hat you yourself won" ected to wifi” be said stiff-lIn the right ' That's what f law are for Lark to carry ce" He ess ner srei of course” she said e understand that J Just you how happy I was jto And you to teU you so that 4 couldn’t catch you" I?0® Lark 1 did you to teU really? that" David crossed sat down beside her Yt1now love seat 1 didn’t Mara aald you ran f me that the wanted to ?ou comfortable I f and happy 1 com back from my M ts trip and we could aU be urf itA i rod aK David I didn’t want to be vhet you belonged to her perribly f you nown 3 I r f ' v ‘i hurt that you hadn’t promised to Mara’ that sooner 1 1 wasn’t I’m not promised Lark she didn’t teU you rh® couldn’t have!" A DvldIt doesn't matter 1 °1 over caring the way So I many things have hap-- I Perhaps it was because only man Td ever ou thought I was Just a i girt Well I guess I was" pnt you to come back to Ma- ark She herself suggested Pointed out that the might " an equestrienne course for her young ladies You quipped she felt to In She heard that had shown you n!l thought perhaps you ° hafiuence her to tout of tjep grandchildren to you t' j said the commie-Ityours Then you were living on her ®°t even thought he the leait little ®ot J Ud going back to Mara" gently jln happy here" tenant’ life Lark? bailie that tn Virginia 1 don’t know anything °ciety Tve no place ? Jon'1 want to have U‘ young Withe any" hers Wnl wt to ms how t ti t°r you tobs staying V out a chaperone Ifeelliks youI promised I’d look r I haven't dons It r°'1 ef n14 t0 MrI her But Lrk r I levsgrvatly you!” 004 or?! proU!l I v jt kou A thovmnd pounds nn i e °u of hunnens a shsrs ths Company from Virgin! el are aon tir ’s CJGS5TSR MOMENTS with freshjveready Batteries irr e Helds K '“ed te a'’it haih” yo’ Ip Fm rington patted her In spite of her share your admlra-"'e We were all deh’ed S’ti r wa her thlnk thl the horse for you If o'i lin case he would h bee v‘rc?ed completely i " t?e t the entire county" o1 l roust be going now but e eri osl iry visit immensely come to see me soon '1 'dame Farrington rose and e u her reticule and furred f i” wng toward the door ' HI ou come bring that k voung beau of yours ' 'h o Tell him if lie's going to d e a farmer he'll need a his winter wheat and it 'I e R jrsk s training I've the g mie a long tune and a tlimg or two in spite ol nvn gandchildien’s opinion tc the a trars You two young people will pull well in harness together " With a twinkle of laughter tn her es she it ed over and kissed Lark quicklv as she started calling het coachman to leave that pretty little jeilow wench and help her Into her with the imiib home meolj ami If h comes home greet him eeclkmnfWy him with a friendly gatherings and as toan as you are alone ask him in to mans H'ord cainage threatening whipping If he didn't come this "JThat is I hit about a divorce Joer stant and then when she saw hitn already outside giving him the sugBy KATHLEEN NORRIS HE’LL GET OVER IT ar cake she had filched from tea for HEN your service hushis latest picaninny Her black eyei band writes you from smiled meirily at Lark "Don't The misery and loneliness of y some get to ask Minnie Hbout the Christplace do strange things to a man mas party" she said "But I’ll be that he wants a divorce the Many happily married soldiers then best seeing you and Galt before to to do is ignore thing and sailors tvho have been many times!” his request Or if you want As Lark went back in the house tell away for tteo or three years she heard Galt’s voice calling hei casually to mention it somehow decide that the wives from the stable asking if she didn'l him you wish to wait until he they once thought were the want to come help him pitch dowr comes home Then go on with lot'eliest women on earth are hay for the horses’ upper a ah usuaL When he etters Freusually did no longer satisfactory He looked up comes hom £reet him affec‘ She ran to him quently they he ve met some the ely surprised to see her in her good blu while on occupayounger girl dress "Oh I remember now" tion in Europe or the PaDid the old said "I’d clean forgot friendly gatherings and as cific duty area She is flat ter by lady come? Was she Kim as as y°U meant to come help you out Lark f00n attention not used to luxuries Is In so many words honest I did honey!" so she makes a big hit with the Lark said "She came Galt and this about a divorce Joe?” lonely serviceman she wa But before then fine jf y(m keep slmple and Presently he is persuading arms She was In his now ry I didn’t know you had another visitor” "I was Just going ” David picked up his beaver and bowed a stiff farewell to the two ladies “Mr North wasn’t it?” Madame Farrington asked with a twinkle In her eye "I suppose he wanted you to come back and teach at that dreadfully genteel school that those obnoxiously elegant Miss Hastings run” Mad"I ame Farrington said curiously hear that the most objectionable one of them (Mara is that her name?) is planning to marry him” Lark said as she led Madame Farrington Into the parlor "Mr” North is a fine business man “Business man!" Madame Farrington dismissed the breed with a wave of her ringed hand "Thia la farming country” she said "all our men round here are farmers" She glanced out of the window to where Galt could be seen astride Red busy with the direction of the hands Immediately she fell on the embroidered texts gilded com and highly colored chromos with delighted appreciation She laughed with Lark over them And the ice was concompletely broken when Lark fessed her temporary desecration of were superb she They them hiding said typical of Minnie whose expert estabhandling of the law case had falished her as a neighborhood vorite "Minnie’s got a quick wit and an engaging personality" Madame Farrington said approvingly wants "My granddaughter Sherry All Over But the Shooting Dy mcilAnD POWELL AoJr VAt EKmflgM WakSdagtoo found warfcn tm£l U wlfa Arab quit ras iful arrived Than thin 3 k?33 dal happening and many to Andy himself J Chicago Son ayil "Arab and Andy Blake can take their place well towards the head ol the list ol deeet e and amusing Th detective friendly you'll get the truth out of him easily He’ll either mumble in embarrassment that gosh he doesn’t know why he wrote that letter or he’ll tell you: there is a girl in Belgium French English hi He arm her around put ing!” Russian— perhaps American Sh nd 19 foolish so blind First I wanted Da- and gee is she in love with him! vid more than I could bear almost P"r Then J Then I didn’t want him wasn’t aure Did you ever know such a allly girl Galt ever in all your born days?" "I never knew so aweet a girl Lark ao dear a one!" Then auddenly she wai laughing "Even Cupsie had mora sense thac Sht Sha knew all along I had Galt yov tried to tell me don’t like girls whor crimp their hail want yout do you? You wouldn’t ?H wife "I Ilka He atudied for a minute Your part now Is maternal and calm Is sha coming to America Joe? Well eventually of course And you’ll be married here? Well you see they haven’t gotten that far Perhaps they are going to send Joe to the Pacific for occupation fluty la which case your argument must be that tt would ba folly to get a divorce aend for Vera and under take the maintenance of you your child and his new wife to say nothing of her traveling expenses Ask to write her that everything your hair Lark I like everythin! him about you Just like it is I wouldn't must wait until Jaa comes back for good want a change" It wai She was in bis arms now Jey of Getting Homo comfortable there Her heart wai This reasonable attitude must win at borne Red RaskaU whinnied soft- for Jot won’t bo too anxious espestroked hand ly again and Lark’s cially In th pleasantness of getting the silky sheen of his neck Tbs home to break off all his old assohorse turned and nuzzled her shoul- ciations and friendships as wall as der his relations with you After aU it wa'U earns "His colt and Dosta’s isn’t Ukely that Vera is going to ofit Madoc won’t wa Galt?" "Lark" Galt held her close tt fer him a good Job In somo other city and support him until ho is him "Lark I never hope to see as dear again ei sweat woman Oh Lark honey un be so beautiful! If on tha other hand ha la disUn pridea my heart!" charged from aervice then help him (THE END) la every way you can to get reestablished without dwelling on his proposed change Be as cheerful and natural at you can Remember that thousands of thesa men corrie back wbola in body but sadly twisted in mind and that only tlmo can cure them A few months — perof homo weeks a even few haps life of good meals of movies and malted milks and swims and contacts with old friends will ba aU tha curt Jos needs He will suddenly come to bis senses and although be may never apologize never say that he feels himself a fool to hava written that letter ba will ba only too glad to sink back into his old normal happy American ways Violet's cast is a little different Her husband in tha aervlcf two has only recently left years America He came home after about tlx months and told ber ha was tired of ber he did net think that theirs wai a successful marriage He attyed home a few days grew affectionate and kindly (gala and went away with tha usual wrench of parting from wlfa and daughter A few weeks later he wrote her a letter saying that theirs had not Read this fast iurfoas and the really fanny spy story by author ci "Don't Catch Me Lock fsr It IN THIS PAPER next issue "SAe U arattv mmd mart and 19 ft word "f twraarfy" Is a rtfUtarad trademark pf National Carbon Company Ina successful marriage and ha Violet a divorce wai but she wrote him temperately laying aha waa sorry ba felt ao and including tha usual news of herself and the baby Kent then began to aend her long analytical letter! explaining in Just what psychological and physiological ways sha had failed him Ha said ho had never in their alx years together been really happy Ha looked upon the whole thing ai a fallura Thera was no other woman ha would albut ba ways aend Violet money would stop avery cent of allowance right now if aha did not at oncastart been a wished stunned for Reno Don’t Pay Mach Attention Instead Violet wrote to ma and advised her as I advise all women in this fix to go steadily on without paying much attention to such letters'! suggested that ahawrite lesa often but keep ber occasional letters pleasant and ordinary War is the real trouble not these difficulties ending in "logical" and yet without a trace of logic about them! Perhaps Kent was being bitten from bead to foot by tiny penetrating gnats Perhaps his company had a bad cook and ha was having indigestion Perhaps his top sergeant or young first lieutenant was puffed up with power — arrogant inexperienced unreasonable Perhaps ho had blisters on his feet or prickly heat on his neck Perhaps he’s Jusi bitterly homesick bitterly lonely feeling bitterly that Violet was hie ing it pretty soft In a cool clean freth house with good books clear skies plenty of ice and watermelon and the right to go to a movie or dance whenever aha wants to Thera's a touch of the sadlit in us all lonely a dreary barracks Ufa sometimes brings it out 1 BRING combinations BEGINNING himself that his wife at home not so much compared with this foreign woman He eventually gets up nerve to ask his wife for a divorce so that he can marry this new love Hiss Norris tells uives who receive these letters to try to ignore them or at least to take them as A weary lightly as possible serviceman far etvay enduring discomfort ami abuse can easily convince himself that he It isn’t that wonts a divorce he actually has stopped loving his wife but that the girl at hand is so sweet so comforting and his wife is so far away is No mob wrrn to accept substitute for fresh doled ‘‘Evereadv’ flashlight batteries! 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What One Language Do i Speak? i know the answer to that one They all speak the silent X language of earth and weather— of crop and stock— of planting time and harvest Por they are farmers — llood brothers the world over XT'OU Today many of the farmers of other lands aren't doing so Their lands hava been mined fought over ravaged Their stock has been butchered Their farm buildings burned They have no seed to plant the soil well They desperately Deed your help And you can give your help— through the to your Community War Fund dollars you givt Those dollars you wring from the toll and give to great and worthy cause help more than the farmers of other lands They help farmers' sons— and other men's sons— endure the tedium of prison camps They help provide the blessing of entertainment to service people throughout the world And they help solve war problems right here in your own community The dollars you give to your Community War Fund go farther than any dollars you’re apt to put anywhere cite And this year— they need to go farther than ever before So give again— and generously — won’t you? 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