Show V T T Opposites tes tesi 1 i By RALPH HAMILTON v Copyright ht 1917 b by th the western No Now paper Union Martin successful business roan man nUll mid manufacturer felicitated 1 himself with the belief belle that he ha had 1 V V mapped out n a pleasant retirement from trade activity and harmoniously adjusted his family affairs in n It masterful mas inns wa way lie He had sold eold his old home at al Taunton hud hind given gl a capitalist an nn option on his plant with the n agreement agree agree- lee ment that he hc would remain in charge I for a year car until his hiI affairs were u grooved under the new re re- re VV gime Then Thon he had hod gone to his spinster spin spin- spinster st ster r sister Emily and asked for her coun counsel 1 and co lOt g Its I ho the girls I 1 want to talk to 10 you rou about Endly 1 he said With the thc old home gone they will have to come and stay with you Ou till we decide on n new newt t one I hope It will he be permanently re responded Miss 1 Martin sin sin- I dont don't know which I love lo the thc most Edna most Edna or Grace Grace but but It will willbe f be the thc happiest da day of m my life when they come under my roof Y And charge Emily added her brother You are a wise worthy r woman and I feel teel it will be a blessing blessIng blessing bless bless- ing if It you ou will guide and guard them They rIle will graduate next month Spare V ri no expense In giving them all the f fashion and society advantages due to the daughters of ot n rich man I dont don't want ant to lose them for tor a long time yet et but sooner or later both will wUl get mar mar- ried ded In regard to this feature I wish you P to bear in mind their different characteristics i study them analyze them an and select for tor them only such VV V acquaintances and friends as ns are arc temperamentally tem tern In accord with the same I 1 think I comprehend you brother V V s said ld Miss Martin thoughtfully She was well fitted to undertake the ch charge committed to her care As its their father had told Miss Martin Martin Maru Mar Mar- u tin i the girls were temperamental each eachIn In her own peculiar wa way Edna was wasn wasa n a flitting a flitting flashing beam of ot sunshine merr merry to the point of ot Innocent folly t skimming the realities of ot life lite care care- leis leas and free tree her ringing laugh a ac c constant nt accompaniment of ot her volatile volatile vola tile presence Grace on the was as serious sedate emotionally impressible t tp tg the tho point of ot emphasis Tears came readIly readily read read- ily lIy with her The sorrows and troubles of others affected her as though they were rere direct reIn relations Hyacinth Lodge became an enlivened enIl center of enjoyment for tor the sisters and within n a month after their new installation in in- was the center of ot a new coterie co co- co r terie of friends There was a select group of young oung people whom Miss Martin favored and the lawn of t the e. e lodge was a pretty sight afternoons and evenings with Its pleasing array of ot youth and beau beauty Mr Martin came caroe cameto to Acton one week e end d and seemed to take pleasure in watching the group I j- j at tennis arch archery I and Ind ether o ir TI IJ 1 have ha noticed two of ot your four yount 5 m n d o divide their attentions between Edna and Grace he be wild to In his M. M sister ter That bright fellow Roy noy Blake Is nn an exact counterpart coun coun- counterpart of ot Edna In his light freehearted free free- hearted wa way There is a n temperamental tal lill Mend blend there that suggests perfect t as to tastes Ites nn and 1 Ideals And AmI what do lo you OU think of his rather serious opposite Sidney Morton Is for or Grace declared declared declared de de- Mr Ir Martin Do you kno know i Emily I think omie one half of the hie trouble with Grace Is that people do not understand understand un un- her therefore she does not ot I meet with that attention ail and d sympathy Ih thy a n man like Mr 11 Morton Is likely to award 11 They mate very prettily this quartette Business kept Mr 11 Martin ll from visiting vis vis- iong Hyacinth Lodge for tor nearly three months after that The warm greetin greeting greeting greet greet- in ing he hc received Cd from his daughters however something In their manner and looks Indicative of a It subtle chan change e for the better Impressed him Once alone with his sister she made matte the remark re rev mark Well Waldo lIdo you have ho arrived just JUS In time to receive Importunities from Mr Ir Blake and Mr Ir Mo Morton ton As to what qU questioned her brother Your sanction or 0 declination of ot their engagement to Edna and Grace I fancy all nil around they hey he ore are Cl very much In earnest Mr Ir Morton Is 18 certainly deeply In love lo with E Edna an and 1 Mr Blake will positively eJ be brokenhearted brokenhearted broken broken- h hearted If It you ou forbid his attentions to Grace Wh Why I exclaimed Mr Martin things are all nIl turned 1 around 1 That wont won't q do at all I You know m my expressed expressed ex ex- pressed plesse opinion opinion- Yes brother gently Interrupted Miss 1 Martin bOt you OU lire are all wrong Now listen to me mound nn 1 trust In my judg judg- ment mente The pr preferences f lences of the young men wen followed the dictates of sincere love lo an and the result huts lias been strongly harmonious As to J Edna dna Mr Mortons Morton's Mor- Mor t tons tou's ns n's sensible seriousness seems to have ha toned down her natural exuberance exuberance exuberance ance to a n most desirable balance while the 01 volatile e sparkling effervescence effervescence cence In the time nature of ot tiny Roy Blake has hits led Grace to realize the brighter side of life Trust me mime Edna will be le transformed transformed trans trans- formed into a rational leader lender of so so- clety while Grace e will exert her sympathetic sympathetic sym sym- pathetic Impulses to some practical use You know best declared Mr Martin Martin Mar Marv tin with a gesture of surrender and later luter he wits was sure that Edna and Grace knew best an at well There are children attini- attini Ing grammar ram school in the seven tat states of ot the Twelfth Federal Reserve Reserve Dis Dis- l Figure it out yourself what they ther alone alene would save in a year if they each bought one 5 War Sayings Savings Stamp each month |