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Show LIFE IF TiE MOT BY ELIZABETH JORDAN O D. Appleton rev;: CHAPTER X 25 Continued rm quite sure," continued you were not asleep. Miss pour Jianna, when youIntotried to Knee-d Joan M of tills poison water bottle. te color in her face changed to ulsh white. Her hot eyes, which l met the steady look of his up CXi now, turned aside. Thats a terrible thing for you l lay, ahe muttered. is. It's a terrible thing for flt It to do. In fact, this is the most rible hour of my life. Miss Hosan-- I cant imagine anything that tld ever happen to me that I illd feel more. Joan in such dan-- I and you! Lately I have begun to almost everyone else in the Rpect Jiae of trying to hurt Joan. Never X'' one aecond have I suspected you. Rusted you absolutely. I havent -lized it till now but well the t U, I was awfully fond of you. all the time" JjSv'Tou dont understand. fUas Hosanna stood up, but her It i gged and her voice had the acss of utter exhaustion. Ho one has been poisoning You cant prove hcel'in," the said. Sf of the wild things youre saying. ril talk to you about them in ie ng. I cant talk any more And le, ' .i tight" Alhe LaK turned to leave, but de imperative gesture stopped M. elf! , - a tn'You cant go. Miss Hosanna, "The door aver..'said almost gently. I locked have and the key in my app: iketi Sit down, please. jestic' jjjijlh did not obey. She stood look-- ! at him in silence. He kept his went on patter1' can prove what Im saying. 1 Thj jl Jt this bottle of poison from your 1 w y jds. A minute before that you by opening Miss door just when you were DUt to put some of its contents - 0 her drinking water. You will have to explain to me, r s roim to Others, why you were door at one oclock in morning. dlsa Hosanna spoke as quietly as had done. At his sudden change expression she smiled. The smile 1 mas liko the look in her eyes some-frowhich he turned away, of K That gives you something to USJnk about. doesnt it? she asked open-Joan- -- - ton It - fo, heifivTtes, it does. Im thinking of desperate you must be, Miss to say such a thing. But rbininsanna lfe an prove my charges all right, d without hurting Joan. This isn't your first visit to her room at , fat. You have been there before. e recognized you and was horri- f frightened by your looks and Ur actions. She told me about a visit the next day. If piss Hosanna did not speak, but oppad back into her chair. Hale time to get the full effect III his words and went on. ffTonight, over the telephone, just came upstairs, 1 received a (Usage from a leading New York . lyst He reported to me that the 1 cimcn of milk I had sent him for lo.sialysls contained a dose of the ldf'e poison you have in this bottle. (iVlook that specimen from the milk iin? 5 Joans thermos bottle, which Rose h0 ,r brought up to Joans room by order to Jane. I had confls- 'iW ited that thermos bottle. would confiscate it," Miss )g la Ptanna said dully. From the first 71 have interfered with every-- , Ing and everybody here. faiti- VP nodded. have interfered, he admit-noiijTve interfered with saddists 'gd extortionists and malpractition-.(- . Now Im interfering with a Idd-- b killer. Do you understand ftnat. Miss Hosanna? Im preventing murder. .Suddenly, as she sat there before m in silence, his gave -self-contr- "r. ; for Gods sakel he broke Why did you do it? How jei;ild you do it? The girl you were ying to murder was your own Jeca, your brothers child. What against her? What had she to you? If you can explain it -to Gods name. Im going head under the shock of Anyone else I could handle. you you He ended with the loijibspairing gulp of a small boy. "I otfll you I was getting fond of you! wfelt almost as if you were taking place of my mother. As if the words had been a sort of lvocation, Miss Hosanna's manner .hanged again. She threw out both palms upward, in a strange '.csture of acceptance. nidi I will explain, she said 2 uietly, Iu have to, later. I might well do it now. rallying her courage for the jj' .r.rdeal she raised her head In her familiar proud gesture. 4. ssk me what my niece has ver done to me, she j began. My Answer is that she has never done --'- m Cntuxy Co., Zno. anything to me. She has never done anything for me, either, though she could have changed my whole life with a few strokes of her pen. At Christmas time and on my birthdays she gives me a new dress, or a wrist watch, or a pin, and Im expected to be touchingly grateful. At Christmas time and on my birthdays my brother hands me a ten dollar bill or perhaps a twenty dollar bill, if hes feeling generous. These doles from him and from her are all I have in the world. They are all Ive ever had, since my father and mother died and I was left dependent on my brother. Casper and Joan have about a million dollars each. Ive worked and slaved for Casper since father and mother died. I could have got a situation then. I could have supported myself and lived a life. But Casper's wife, Julia, never liked housekeeping. As soon as they came East they said they needed me to run their houses. So I have run their houses." She stopped an instant, drew a deep breath, and went on. I endured their selfishness and indifference. I never knew what it was to have a penny of my own. Casper thinks hes a wonderful brother. Isnt he giving me a home, and three meals a day? Isnt he supporting me in comfort while others work out in the world? He thinks Im quivering with gratitude, but I hate him. I've always hated him. He has made me a beggar in his home. While his wife was living I was worse than that She needed me; but during the last years of her life she hated me, and she let me see it twenty-fou- r hours a day. By that time it was too late for me to get an outside job. I was caught. There was a short pause. Hale did not speak. Miss Hosanna glanced at him once, lowered her eyes, and went on. Still, if it hadnt been for Ruth I would have left Casper long ago. I would have taken a job in someone's kitchen, if I had to. But after Julia died Casper let me have Ruth here a good deaL Even that wasnt done for me. She amused him, at first. He doesnt like her now, and he lets her know it. In the beginning Ruth enjoyed being here. She likes comfort and luxury, and Casper will always loosen up on anything that makes a show, close as he is. Anything he gave to me didnt show, so why should he give me anything? Thats the way he looked at it. The bitterness of the low voice was indescribable. But why are you taking out your hatred on Joan? Don't interrupt me, please. Miss Hosanna spoke with sudden You wanted an explanadignity. tion. Youre getting it. Now keep quiet and try to take it in. Im coming to Joan. When I heard she was to live with Casper that was eight years ago I was glad. I thought things would be different, I especially as she grew older. wanted to mother her. I even I thought she might love me. would see she my position thought and understand it I was sure she would help me. I had dreams of a possible income, however small. She had so much! But well, she never thought of such a thing as helping me. Perhaps it wasnt her fault. She simply stepped into the picture and things went on exactly as they had always gone. She is never unkind to me, of course. But she is as remote as the stars. She gives me an occasional present, as Ive said. Thats all. She hardly realizes that I'm on earth. When Im desperate for a few dollars I can He is suralways go to Cass. prised when Im driven to it, and he shows it. He cant understand why I need money, when I have such a good home! Her lips curled and the words ended almost in a snarl. I don't want to Interrupt again, Miss Hosanna," Hale interjected. But I still cant understand why you are taking out all your resentment on Joan. I'm telling you, if you will keep quiet, Miss Hosanna said wearily. She went on more slowly, as if now dragging forth her words by sheer will power. Three years ago I learned from Caspers pompous talk that he had made a new wilL I thought perhaps he had left me something. That shows how hopeful I was, even then! If he had I wouldnt have much chance of getting it, of course. Im only two years younger than he is. heBut had well, the knowledge that warmed have me of might thought my heart It needed warming. By that time I was getting pretty hard. Not one of the family cared for me, or paid the slightest attention to me. They merely looked on me as a useful machine around the house, a sort of Robot. I love Ruth Spencer Forbes, but I know I'm only a habit with her. She likes me as much as she likes anyone, though, and she has lived long enough to That s appreciate unselfish devotion. Weve all I ask. We get along. me always got along. She has given d C. Houston Goudlss Offers Practical Help in Planning Meals That Avoid Hidden Hunger; Illustrates Right and Wrong Methods of Menu Building By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS WNU Service the only glimpse I've ever had of real friendship and affection. She stopped definitely now, as if to give Hale another chance to interrupt He did not take it and she continued. I knew Caspers will was in his safe. I have the combination. Well, purely as a matter of curiosity, I opened the safe and read my brothers wilL It ran true to Caspers form. He did not leave me a penny. Neither had my other brother, who had just as much money, left me anything. John ignored me entirely. I suppose he assumed that Casper was generous with me. Generous! She laughed, and Hale shuddered. Well, she continued, in his will Casper commended his dear sister to his son's care. He explained that he was sure that Herbert would always give me a good home. After all my work for him, he left me dependent for the rest of my life, in my old age and helplessness, on the charity and the caprices of the wife and children Bert will have some day." Youve been abominably treated. Miss Hosanna, Rex muttered. But I dont see yet where Where Joan comes in? You wilL Joan had made a will at the same time Casper did. He advised it, and Mr. Phelps prepared both wills. I read her will without much interest, and with absolutely no hope of being remembered in it But Joan had come up against the discovery that she had a small family and a large fortune. Her few relatives, except myself, didnt need any extra money. She left the bulk of her fortune to Bert Because she didnt know what to do with the rest of it, she left a hundred thousand dollars to me! I think Mr. Phelps had suggested it." She stopped and looked at Hale. He stared back at her. "And because she did that, he you tried to brought out slowly, kill her! I did. She made the confession with perfect calmness. There wasnt a chance in a million that Id ever get the money in a natural way. Shes a young girl. woman. Besides, Im a middle-ageas soon as she marries her will must be changed and all her money will go to her husband and children. She would never leave me a hundred thousand, with them in the offing. I knew that Just the same, she went on quickly, as Hale tried to speak, I didnt do anything about it till last summer. Then Ruth told me that Mrs. Stuyvesant had tentatively asked her to come and live with her The as companion and secretary. situation was a sinecure. Ruths no good as an aid to anyone, and no one knows it better than Mrs. Stuyvesant. But shes a lonely woman and shes really devoted to Ruth. So there was a little income attached to the offer. Hale's lips parted, but Miss Hosannas expression checked his words. Youve been talking pretty steadily ever since you came to Halcyon Camp, she told him grimly. Can't you listen for half an hour? Hale flushed and nodded. Then Ill soon finish." She went on in the same flat voice, from which all vitality seemed to have fled. The matter was not settled. Mrs. Stuyvesant confessed that the only WHAT to EAT and WHY GENERATION ago, homemakers approached the problem of feeding their families with but two objectives: reason she hesitated to urge the sug- to put weight on their children and to send adults away from If the child failed gestion was that Ruth occasionally the table with their appetites appeased. took heroin. She wanted Ruth to to were crowded and subhis teeth if or gain satisfactorily, promise she would give that up. That made Ruth furious. Shes fond ject to decay, he was said to "take after his Uncle Abner of Mrs. Stuyvesant, but she won't or perhaps to have inherited bebe dictated to. The flare-ujthe poor teeth of his maternal every child, a pint for each adult, tween them gave me my chance. I grandmother. And if adults which may be served as a beverwell, I rather encouraged Ruth to were chronically tired or suf- age, with cereals, in soups, sauces take the heroin. I was driven franor made into desserts; an egg from "nerves, fered that, daily, I tic by the fear of losing her. or at least three or four would have lost her completely if too, was blamed on circumone serving of meat, fish weekly; she had gone with the Stuyvesants. stances that had nothing to or chicken, usually at the main Id have seen her at first, but the do with the diet. meal of the day; a second protein off. A p friendship would have tapered No one had ever heard of hidRuth finally admitted that she den hunger! For nutritionists had wasnt keen on going to Mrs. Stuynot yet startled the vesant," she continued after another world by demonpause. She said she would rather strating that food live with me. She said she would may satisfy the apShe even feel more independent petite and yet fail said she would ask nothing better to feed . . . that for the rest of her life. But she the absence of miadded that Casper was getting pretnute amounts of ty brusque and she didnt know how minerals and vitalong she could stand his bad manmins may be reners and the suspicious way he had sponsible for a long of looking at her. I had hardly train of deficiency thought of Joans legacy for two diseases which years. After that I I remembered cause untold misit. ery and are responsible for menMy God," Hale groaned. The tal and physical inefficiency. interview was a growing nightmare. He could no longer convince himself Planning Meals Scientifically So last that it was taking place. we know that a definite Today summer you began to to exists between food relationship No. Miss Hosanna evidently and bodily activity, consumption shared his dislike of putting the mat- and that normal individuals can ter into words. I began very early usually control body weight by this last spring. I gave Joan a few regulating the amount of fuel doses, as well, an experiment. I foods m the diet. We know that didnt do any more about it until we minerals and vitamins play a powcame here. I thought it was safer erful part in building and mainhere. I was so ignorant about such sound teeth as well as taining things that I didn't know how to healthy nerves; and that we can I books and read about build resistance to proceed. got disease, defer the effects of different kinds of poi- old and even lengthen the age, sons. in small doses, over a long of life by choosing our food, period. One book described the ef- span not merely for its appetite appeal, fects of bichloride of mercury, but for the qualities that contribit said they varied in different per- but ute toward what nutritionists term sons. Some persons were quickly affected by little doses. With others a balanced diet. it took a lot I got the stuff from The Balanced Diet Jim Haines. I told him I wanted it homemaker modern beEvery for household use and I think he lieved me. Then I experimented, therefore owes it to her family not very cautiously. Experimented? How? Hale asked the question under his breath. On Joan, of course, with very little doses, several days or more apart On animals, too, Miss Hosanna said simply. On the two cats? And on Joans Pekinese?" Rex jerked out the question after a moment of stupefaction. Yes. But the doses were too large, and the effect too sudden. I learned to be more careful. You see, I had to get the effect the book described a very gradual breaking down of health a natural-looeffect. Rex got up and moved around the room. He felt that if he sat still any longer and listened to that flat voice going on and on and on with its horrible tale he would do something desperate. He turned back at last, plunged his hands in his pockets, and faced Miss Hosanna. For a long moment they looked at each other in silence. Then, as she began to speak again, Rex raised a king shaking hand. Don't tell me any more about I think Ive got it it, he said. Common Errors in Menu Planning Common mistakes in menu planning are a concentration of too many proteins or carbohydrates in one meal; the failure to include adequate bulk by way of fruits, vegetables and whole grain cereals; and the massing in one meal of too many foods that are high in fat. The following menu, for example, contains more protein than necessary, and too little bulk, yet it is typical of the dinners served It'i Balance That Counts It requires no more time or effort to prepare nutritionally correct meals than those which lack balance, nor is it more expensive. For elaborate meals can lack balance, if they are deficient in minerals, vitamins and bulk, while those composed of such simple foods as bread and milk, and stewed fruits may provide an abundance of the protective substances which satisfy the hidden hunger of the body. My plea to homemakers is to give less thought to the preparation of elaborate recipes, and more thought to supplying the food values that will create abundant health and vitality. In that way, I believe we shall take a real step forward in human progress. C WNU C. Houston Goudlss AROUND the HOUSE I think you Yes, she agreed. The Cutting Cooking Time. have. You see, she added, I didnt cooking time of hominy grits, kill her. whole-grai- n cereals or rice can No, you didnt kill her. be shortened by soaking over (TO BE COST1SUED) night in water to cover. g ST cv 'T'HE high-waiste- d Items of Interest takes 4Vz yards of 39 inch materiaL One yard edging for neckline. to the Housewife No. 1670 is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. With long sleeves, size 36 requires 4 With A Spotless Tub. Baths can be yards of 39 inch material. 4 yards. short sleeves, rubbed if clean made spotlessly Pattern Book. with a cloth dipped in paraffin be- NewSpring-Summe- r Send 15 cents for Barbara Bells fore washing them in the usual Pattern Book! way, while lemon juice and salt Spring-SummMake smart new frocks for street, will take off drip marks. daytime and afternoon, with these er Varnish the Soles. Paint the simple, carefully planned designs! soles of boots and shoes with any Improving Whipping Cream. 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Carefully arranged newspapers make good paddings under fiber rugs and SOCIAL and BUSINESS mattings, because the dirt which sifts through may be easily reACTIVITIES CENTER at the moved with the newspapers. quick-dryin- step-by-ste- Greensky Hill Indian mission, one the windows, doors, and trim, of northern Michigans most impor- which were brought from Traverse tant historic spots, will be preserved city by dugout canoes, and transas a perpetual exhibit if plans by ported up the steep hills on the the Charlevoix board of commerce backs of the Indians. No bell was and the county board of supervisors available, so a huge conch shell are successful, states a correspond- was blown to call the Indians to worship. ent in the Detroit Free Press. Between the church and Susan Originally, Greensky hill was a lake is an old Indian burying council place of the Indians, who of trees to ground, where the graves face the council a ring planted as has always been the cusmark the site of their powwows. To east, tom. prevent the trees from being cut for timber by the encroaching white Britons Take to Tubs men, the Indians bent them to the Evidence that the Englishman is bassground and tied them with more baths is given in the wood thongs, rendering them unfit taking current issue of the Geographical for lumber. The symbolic purpose Review, official publication of the of the planting of the trees was to American Geographical society, demonstrate the pledge that, as long which attributes a gradual Increase bore and leaves, in the use of water In England, also as the trees grew the tribes would remain at peace to the fact that more automobile with one another. are being washed in that country. In 1839, ii response to a request The average Englishman uses by Indians who had embraced Chris- about 35 gallons of water a day, tianity, Peter Greensky was sent Brysson Cunningham, author of the there by the Methodist church. The article, states, while the average first church building was a wag-no- American uses over 100 gallons goany constructed of saplings, ing, in some places, such as Chicaand covered with elm bark, with go, as high as 200 gallons. There only a dirt floor. In 1861 this be- is a decidedly upward tendency in came too small for the increasing British use, Mr. Cunningham More water is required for congregation, and a log church was wrote. baths and the washing of mobuilt The Indians felled the trees and tor cars. An increase is expected squared the logs. The huge timbers of 20 gallons a head within 20 were dragged Into place by Peter years. Forty years from now some Greenskys oxen. The only pieces authorities believe the Englishman used to construction which were will be using as much as 80 galbrought from another place were lons of water a day. 1939 dress (1721) is a perfectly to plan meals at random, but to fashion for afternoon charming take into consideration the seven club meetings and lunchfactors that science has deter- parties, eons. It does nice things to your mined to be essential for top figure, because the bodice is gathhealth. These include: protein ered into just enough fullness, and for building and repairing body the waistline makes you look high tissue; carbohydrates to produce slimmer around the middle and quick heat and energy; fats, a over the diaphragm. Make it of more compact form of fuel; min- silk crepe, georgette, prints or erals, which serve both as build- chiffon. ers, and as regulators of body Heres a simple little pattern processes; vitamins A, B, C, D, E (1670) that brings you one of the and G, which act as regulators, styles of the seaand help to prevent the various de- very smartest button-fron- t frock for evson the which ficiency diseases; water, wide shoulhas It wear. serves as a vehicle by which food ery day the fitand a skirt, flaring ders, celluand to the is carried tissues, of Is means all simple by ting norlose or bulk, required for the draw in the waistline mal functioning of the intestinal dartsfillthat out the bust. Flat crepe, and tract. prints, thin wool and linen are nice materials for this dress. A Days Food Plan The Patterns The various food essentials will No. 1721 is designed for sizes 34, be supplied if the three daily meals include a quart of milk for 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 all. Old Indian Mission in Michigan Built From Timber Dragged to Site by Oxen food, such as cheese, baked beans or nuts, usually served at lunch or supper; two vegetables besides potatoes, one of which should be of the raw, leafy variety; two servings of fruit, and at least one serving of a whole grain cereal. By adhering to this plan, you will help to supply your family with the necessary proteins, minerals, vitamins and cellulose. Fuel foods may be added by way of breadstuffs, macaroni, rice and other cereals; butter or margarine and the fats used in cooking. Hamburger many homes: Steak, Baked Beans, Potatoes, Stewed Corn, Custard Pie. Since both meat and baked beans are rich in protein, they may well be served at separate meals, as indicated by either of the following combinations: Hamburger Steak, Creamed Potatoes, String Beans, Lettuce Salad, Fresh or Cooked Fruit. Or, Baked Beans, Stewed Tomatoes, Cabbage Salad, Custard Pie. In the first menu, the beans, potatoes, corn and pastry are all high carbohydrate jbods. To provide additional bulk, as well as to reduce the amount of carbohydrate, it would be advisable to serve a green vegetable such as string beans, and choose fruit instead of pie for dessert. It is assumed, of course, that eggs would be given in some other form during the day. Since baked beans contain both protein and carbohydrate, we omit potatoes in the third menu, and serve a food rich in vitamin C the tomatoes, and add a bulky raw vegetable by way of the salad. in p half-pin- fjotal -- Candles. Thoroughly chilled in the refrigerator, wax candles will burn slower and last Chill NEW HOUSE longer. Let Youngsters Learn. It is the wisest plan to allow young people to manage their own money, after handing over a fixed sum for their they learn the keep. In this value of money and are encouraged to save, thus giving them a good training for future responsibilities. 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