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Show ," HAVE UTILITY APKON FOR WORK BERUFFLED ONE FOR HOSTESSING TILE VALLEY 3 PATTFRX 8370 A little olive oil rubbed nver p:(l(.r that has stuck to a polished softens paper and makes It eui-- to ain-E-- r by Copyright by Bn Ames WiHiimi WNU Berries SYNOPSIS tithtrlni At In tti Tlllid of Lib- erty, Mains. Jim Ealulln llatan to tho hlatory of tho neluhborlnx Hootilo Volley, and tho mytrlnu, ontielni "IIul-dy- ," wife of Will Forrln. Intorertcd, bo drlveo to tho Valley for a day'o flehlnr, and to ora tho alamorou Huldy Forrln. "Old Warm'1 Plorco and hor nlneteon-yoar-ol- d llvo In tho granddaughter Jenny Valley. Blnco childhood Jenny haa deeply loved young Will Perrin, older than aha, and who her aa atlll a child. Will loavoa lo take employment In nearby Auguita. HI fathei'a death brlnga Will back 'to the Valley, but ho returna to ra-ar- de long-empt- ea g, you and Jenny, living hem alone, he Those deep scratches on his cheek suggested. where a branch had raked him were The Valley gets some folks, she black against the brown of his skin. agreed. Folks that dont know how to No, Saladlne admitted. No, she be alone without being lonely. You've didnt" got to know how to be company for Then put a name on It, Bart whisyourself, to get along around here! If she didn't fall, and didn't pered. And she added with a wry chuckle: Jump. . . "Just the same, I'm full ss well pleased Rut Saladlne was alwaya Inclined to to have you round." think twice before he and there You mean on account of your was matter enough for thought here brother Y today. He shook his head, slleptly."Land, no I" she said scornfully. Bart thiugh they were quite alone I No, dont pay no heed to him. He There ain't a soul whispered: comes and goes. But I'd as soon have around here would blame Will! a man In the house right now, for all But Saladlne stared silently at the that I stove, and Bart did not repeat his sinHe watched her curiously, but be- ister and a little after. fore she could answer his unspoken Marm suggestion; Pierce came briskly In. was a step on the porch question, there Well, you've let the fire go out, outside the door; and they turned to between you !" she said sharply. Thla see Bart appear. He leaned s steel was almost true. She whisked off a rod beside the door before he came In. lid of the stove and thrust a billet lie had changed luto dry clothes, coat In, scolding them Impartially. She and overalls. hung up her coat and hat Wet to "Where's Wllir Marm Pierce de- the knees. I am. Got to go change. manded. She left them, departing through lie wa'u't around, Bart explained. the dining room; and Bart's glance Nor Zeke either. I figured they'd flicked after her through the open heard about Huldy and come over door, as were drawn though his here, lie looked around. Where's Irresistibly that way.eyesThen the two he asked. Jenny? men sat a;one a while, till Saladlne "Gone to fetch lluldy's clothes, heard a familiar sound, remotely, com- Marm Pierce told him. Its a wonder you didn't meet her I Bart shook his head, Saladlne saw a broad leather belt about his waist, with a bull can attached, and to- which a holster hung. "Yon pack s "IIullo," he said. gun?" Sure, Bart assented, and produced It. Saladlne took the weapon In his hands. It was an old model, the front sight gone, of heavy caliber; and when Jim, holding back the hammer, gin- ske, - . d tl:,i,i. 'lintill think you'd be nervous, w assented. "Zeke looked like a sick me, Saladlne suggested. man, to Bart grinned as though abashed. Hes failed s lot, he said. But he was an able man, two years ago. He worked me over, proper, one day. The Valley will whittle aman down. And he added: Some, like Marm Pierce and Jenny here, they're alwaya the aame, and Will's always the same, or would be If It wa'u't for Huldy. She'i twisted him, turned him wrong ways." Ills brow clouded. I wouldn't blame him for anything he was to do. If I was WUI. I'd have. . . ." He changed this. "If she was mine, I'd have known how to handle her I ' Rln. rain, rain; the lash of whips against this little house, the pelt of bullets "I never did see a place where It could rain as hard." Bart declared. "Wonder where Oranny went. he said, half to himself. Saladlne made no reply. The wind was Increasing; there was a hiss of rain drops In the chimney behind the stove. Bart looked thoughtfully at the door Into the dining room; and said huskily, with s nod toward the other room: "You see her this morning, yon said. What did you think of her? "She was a queer one," Saladlne confessed. Bart leaned forward with a deep Saladlne," he said. How would she come to fail?" Got dizzy. maybe? Or tripped over something? "She wa'nt the sort to get rllzry." Bart prof rated. And-- the ledge Is all smooth, and It's good footing there." You mean to say she Jumped? Bart grinned almost In derision. She look to yon like one that would Mil herself, did aha? bs demanded. Rings of canned pineapple browned and sprinkled with chopiwd peppers and plmlentos make im attractive garnish for steak, chops r roast a. o When potatoes are baked In Mnir sbe took one step forward to meet him steadily. Will looked down at her for a long moment In alienee. lie said at last, heavily: Jenny, where you golug In this rain? 'To find you, Will, she told him. "I'm on my way to Bart's, he explained. To see If maybe lluldy's skins the moisture In potato supplies the steam that makes the texture of the vegetable soft and mealy, at the same time preserving the flavor. House palms should not be exposed to the direct rays of the siid nor should they be placed near a radiator. there!" Jenny felt tier spine chllL "She's not there, will, she said. She's at our Alwaya Iron ecru linens on tha wrong side. Ironing on the right house. He frowned In a deep bewilderment Your house? Will, she tolil him gravely, TIul-dj-'- s dead I The man stood huge above her; wind whipped his hHt brim, rain lashed his cheek and struck his face and filled his eyes He wiped his eyes with his hand, shook the water off his hand, wiped It on the side of his coat A storm, visibly, swept across his countenance and left a shadow there. Yet she thought he was not surprised ; and she spoke quickly, to spare him need of speech. "She fell off the ledge down back of your house, she said. "Bart found her, and fetched her over to our place, case Granny could do lier any good. But she died. He asked, after a long moment dumbly: Bart know how she come to side robe them of their luster. Varnished dark woodwork will have a fine gloss If washed with warm water and kerosene. Add a cup of kerosene to a large pall of warm water. ' Some stucco walls may be washed with eoap and water, but a coat of stucco sprayed over the whole surface la much more satisfactory thnn washing, When pressing neckties, cut a piece of cardboard the shape of the tie and slip Inside of It, Cover tie with n cloth md press with hot Iron. There will then be no marks left by seems and hems. fnlir Put the fork In the fat of steak Jenny steadied her tones, made them when turning It If put Into meat, all reassurance. No one will ever Those utility aprons (of which the Juice will escape. know that Will," she said; and she EVERY Good Housekeeper needs C AuacImUd Knmpm. WHO Barrie. added: "We did all could be done! half a dozen !) are best made of a "I guess you would, he agreed. like the lower "Even for Huldy. I been out hunting sturdy printed percale her. I didn't know where she'd gone. one pictured. The buttons on bib and beltline are a bright accent and Her and Zeke. The girl's pulse lifted. "Zeke? those big roomy pockets are Just the I But those handiest catch-all- s dainty, Wheret her which dressier are quite anapron He was always around where lluldy was, WIU confessed, humbly. I dun-n-o other story are best fashioned of where hes got to, now. And ha sheer dotted iwlsa, cross bar dimity and the like, and you've no Idea how asked: "Want he with her?" -n ruffle lound the edges dresses It up She looked at him Intently, bravely, his pays her comcountenance. No, Will," until your searching Your Doctor she said. Not that anyone knows. pliments I See how the shape of the His shoulders bowed ss though under big pockets conforms with the deep s crushing load; and after n moment scallop feature. Both aprons In one he said heavily: Well, Ill go on over. pattern I You Is Safe. Pattern 2310 Is available In sizes Rut Jenny checked him. I have to get some clothes to dress her," she small, medlnm and large. Trimmed said gently. You'd best come back to apron takes yards 30 Inch fabthe house with me, show me her ric; 1 yards 88 Inch are required Dont Entrust Your for untrimmed apron. Illustrated things. Own or Your Family's p He accepted this without speech; sewing Instructions InWell - Being to Unknown and he and Jenny climbed the steep cluded. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) In grade side by side. In Wills barnyard Preparations Jenny saw a car standing, and so re- coins or stamps (coins preferred) membered Saladlne. That man, he's for thla pattern. Write plaintake any prepara-tio- n over fthe hoiise, she told Will I ly name, address and style number. IJEFORE you don't know all about, you he wouldn't mind If we drove BE SURE TO 8TATE Rizw guess for the relief of headaches; or tho bis car over. He'll want It, and that Address orders to the Sewing Cirpains of rheumatism, neuritis or way we can keep nuldy's things dry." cle Pattern neuralgia, ask your doctor what ha Dept, 213 West Seven"Over there, la her Will echoed, teenth thinks about it in comparison New York City. St, with haunted eyes. "Last time I see with Genuine Bayer Aspirin. Ilnldy, he said, she was taking him More 'We say this because, before the Humble About Our off down to the '.edge. Said ahe'd discovery of Bayer Aspirin, most show him the brook trail. Opinions in New Kinship pain remedies were advised against by physicians as being And his brow furrowed. I want At the moment, many people are bad for the stomach; or, often, for to talk to him," he said, ominously. And the discovery of deploring a lack of leadership In the heart. He left her on the ledge," Jenny Bayer . Aspirin largely changed CL says religion, Lloyd hi Douglas He never see her, after." urged. medical practice. In my opinion, the They went Indoors. Now yon get Cosmopolitan. Grantless thousands of people bewilderment of the some dry clothes onto yon," she bade confessed who have taken Bayer Aspirin year him. "IH pack the things well need chnrchcs Is n sign of health and in and out without ill effect, have progress. The recent use of the soft for her. Where are they, Wllir proved that the medical finding about its safety were correct. He looked at her In a sort of shame. pedal has mnde the prophet of more value to the people. They sense an In there," he aald, and pointed Remember this: Genuine Bayer throngh the dining-roodoor to the bedrooom Intellectual kinship with the honest is rated among the fattest Aspirin methods yd discovered far the relief That's hers. I mostly slep man who admits he la a bit at a logs beyond. of headaches and all common pains np attic." He opened n door beside to know exactly where we are, . . . and safe tar the average person "Editors who were used to saying the stove, and she heard him climb to take regularly. the last word necessary for the adethe narrow stain quate Instruction of their constituYou can get real Bayer Aspirin at (TO BE CONTINUED ) ents are writing In phrases tempered any drug store simply by never asking for it by tha name aspirin' by a new shyness. Statesmen, tench-era- , Mediterranean Cork-Oa- k alone, but always saying BAYER n chilparents, even Provide Stopper Supply dren ire no longer laying down their ASPIRIN when you buy. Cork stoppers are cut out of the hellers with n bang. We are all becorky layer of the bark of the cork coming humble abouf our opinions. tree or cork oak of the Mediterranean. Thla la the type of kinship we have Spain and Portugal chiefly supply the needed more seriously than any othworld with cork. er. It la somewhere along this road The cork tree Is not of great slxe, that we may find our peace." generally 20 to 80 feet high, the trunk often three feet In diameter, much Not a Fact branched, with ovate-oblonThera la a mistaken notion that ud bard t sL Hand your anUr evergreen whlla tha aupply liut. IS addltlanal leaves. The tree Is usually twenty to any very old Illiterate song Is dlana, aid U. a. other. Only IS eanU twenty-fiv- e VAI.LKT BTAMr CO, folk" song. years old before It yields' a approval.. South at, Denver. Cals. gathering of cork, and attains an age of one hundred and fifty yean About every eight to ten years a crop la THE taken from the tree. Besides being nsel for stoppers, cork Is much used for floats of nets, lifebelts etc, and because of Its Imper menhlllty to water, and being a slow conductor of heat. Inner soles of shoes are made of It. The cork tree, occasionally planted In England, has been found to do well In certain parts of the A United States. Philadelphia Inquirer. Find Out From if the Pain Remedy Take tea-gue- st i ! 2l it seldom has an audience; and while they ate, he encouraged her, skillfully, to speech. Marm Pierce, at first guardedly and then warming to her theme, told him about Jenny and W11L Once the waa well started, he listened without Interruption, finding In what she said the explanation of much that he bid seen today. She didn't know the meaning of It, first off." tha old woman concluded. Didn't know whnt waa happening to her. Sbe want but a girl then. And added: "But Jenny's growed to be a woman now . . . She broke off, seemed to listen; and be asked softly: Hear something?" "Nothing, likely, she said after a Seemed like I heard some moment one In the barn. Like as not It was brother of mine. that And she talked on and on ; and rose at last and began to acrape the dlshea clean and pile them In a pan In the link. She chunked the fire, noisily. Mere It was warm and all secure; but outside the rain pressed down upon the Valley. Then suddenly the old woman replaced the lid on the stove with a clatter, and crossed as quiet as a mouse, to the shed door. Jim came to her side. Seemed like I did bear some one," she whlsjiered. He touched the latch and swung the bed door wide, to revenl nothing. Don't see anything I" he sold doubtfully. Ilut Marm Pierce pointed to the floor. Here were wet, muddy traces where booted feet had stood, where sonked garments hud dripped upon the hoards. "It's that Win," Marm Pleree decided SfornfMlIjr. lie's forever prying srorii'!" She shut the door with a o BEN AMES WILLIAMS atlll uneonadoua of Jenny1 womanhood, and love. Bart Carey, of a la atnomethlng tracted by Jenny. Tha girl repulaea him definitely. Learning that Will la coming home. Jenny, azultlng, aeta y bla houae to right, and baa dinner ready for him. He cornea hla wife, lluldy. Tha glrla bringing world eollapaee. Huldy bccomea the eubject of unfavorable goaelp In the Valley. Knterlng hla homo unlooked for. Will Undo aremlngly damning avldenca of hla wlfa'a unfalthfulncaa aa a man ha knowa la Seth Uumph-rey- a breaka from tha houae. Will over-takhim and chnkea him to death, although Ifumphreya ahnttera hla leg with a bullet. At Marm Plcrcea houaa tho leg la amputated. Jenny goea to break tha newa to Huldy. Huldy makea a mock of Jenny'a aympathy, declaring aha haa no naa for "half a man," and la leaving. Will la legally exonerated, and with a home-mad- e artificial leg carrlen on," hiring a helper, Zeke Hare. Montha Inter Huldy cornea bark. Will acrepta her preaenea aa her right Two yaara go by. Zeke and Bart Carey engage In a flat light tha trouble arla-Inaa all know, over Huldy. Salad Ina cornea to tha Valley. BHd road a eauaa him to atop at Ferrln'a farm, where ha meeta Huldy. Biladlna, rnught In heavy rain, takea refuge at Harm Pierce'. Bart Carey arrives, carrying Huldy. whom ha elalma haa fallen from a ledge, and aeemlngly la dead. Harm Pierce deelarea her dead, but while Huldy and Jenny are alone, tha woman, with har la at breath, aaaerta Will killed gerly tried the trigger, he found that her. Horrified, Jenny deeldea to tell no the pull was feather light one of the accuaatlon. She goea to the "I always carry It when I go fishPerrin farm to notify Wilt ing, Bart explained. "Yon never know when you'll run Into a mouse down CHAPTER VIII here la the woods, or n wildcat 14 Marm Pierce waa In the dining room, When Jenny, tluin departing, left and Bart lowered his tones. "Thats Saladlne and Marm Tierce alone, the tha gun Seth shot Will Ferrln with," womnn old geemed for a moment al- he said. most emliammsed. She looked at Jim Marm Pierce returned, and Jim with her small bright eyes. handed the weapon back to Bart Can Ill boll np a cup of tea," she de- yon hit anything with It?" he asked. cided. "It's past dinner time, and I'm "If I've got time to take aim, Bart hungry. Low yon could ent n bit your replied. own seir." She filled the kettle The old woman-- was putting on an the pnmp In the sink and clapped It on oilskin coat Bart yon see anybody the stove. Bread from the pantry, Jam, fishing down' brook' this morning?" she batter from the cellar, and n bit of Inquired. "I hear there was tracks aalt pork and some cold boiled pota- along the bank. toes to slice and fry In the sweet faL Win likely went that way, Bart reJenny's a fine girl," Saladlne sug- minded her. I noticed tracks my gested presently. It's n wonder she own self, when I come down along. aint married." Figured It was him. Marm Pierce looked at him with Marm Pierce pulled an oilskin hat eyes suddenly shrewd. Yon sold Huldy over her white hair. I get strangled Perrin showed you the path down to for air, when I stay Indoors the whole the brook," she remembered. "Go back day, she declared, out Aa to tha house when yon left her, did she closed the door, and went heard somethey alter thing slither md fall, and saw her I dont know he replied. I looked stoop down. op, from down below, and saw her Knocked yonr rod over, Bart sbe till there. called. Jenny told me," she said, "that yon Cant hurt that rod. he assured her claimed somebody had fished down cheerfully. She stepped down off the brook ahead of you.-porch and disappeared toward the saw tracks In the trail," he as- barn. sented. "I met Will Ferrln, and Mis Ferrln. Rain began to drive against the and Zeke Dace, this morning, Saladlne windows, against the glass panel In said. "I was on my way to your place, the door. She said : "Well, everything's till I run Into the washout; so I backed up and left my car In Will's ready. You can set down I Ho perceived In her the pent gar- yard. "I see It there s while ago, Bart rulity of a lonely old woman who too ne'ar-do-we- remove. step-by-ste- Huldys Dsadl lug near. He rose and moved to the door, Bart at hla shoulder. It's Will Ferrln, Saladlne remarked. "And Jenny. In my car. And Bart said In n low, surprised So t!s! I didn't know but tone: Will would've got out of the country by now I Saladlne, to avoid reply, opened the door and stepped out on the porch. Then WUI and Jenny, Will with an old suitcase In his hand, slighted from the car and came toward them here. When Huldy, with that black accusation on her lips, died, Jenny was at first left desperate; till quick loyaifv brought her strength again, and resolution too. Marm Pierce, seeing without understanding the girl's deep distress, ss soon as they were alone asked gently: Jenny, yon all right? I'm troubled about you. "Seeing her die upset me, Jenny whispered, "That was all, Granny Marm Ilcrce, only half convinced, yet forebore to question further. Well, she's dead, she said. She touched Jenny's arm reassuringly. Child, shes dead; and Will, he'll he coming soon. Nought now to keep him away from you ... Jenny's pulse failed and the blood drained from her lips. "Don't Granny," she protested softly. With her laying there. Not now." And she urged: We'd ought to dress her In dry clothes. Will, he hadn't ought to see her so. Harm Pierce nodded. Jenny'a thoughts were plunging now. There eras In her n blind desperate hunger to see Will, to comfort him, to assure him or her loyalty and silence and deep understanding and forgiveness too. She wished on any count to see him, to ie with him now. Yet It was some time before she devised that errand Involving lluldy's clothes. Keen when she proposed this errand Marm Pierce at first demurred; but longing to be with Will. Jenny would not be restrained. lo s sort of breathless rush, she overbore her grandmnth-er- t remonstrances, and so was away. She took by habit the path toward the woods; and her lips shaped words of tenderness and comforting. But when she caine to the dark border of the wood, the girl paused, shrinking, reluctant to plunge Into the shadows. This path would take her hy the foot of the ledge, hy the very 8ot where Huldy a while ago hud fullen to her death; and Jenny could not endure the pnuqiect. Hu she retraced her way and turned aside toward Carey's And halfway up the hill she saw ahead of her a figure tremendous In the dim rain, familiar! Moved. Will, coming toward her She sHNid. weak and shaken hy the of him; yet when he came near, sight lest bs might think she shrank from him. -- re half-grow- Bayer Aspirin tai 1VEWHOUSE MOTEL Distinctive Residence Nickname of PrciMnli Not all of our Presidents had nicknames Here are some of them: Washington Father of His Conntry. Jefferson-R- ed Fox. Madlsnn-Fat- h-er of the Constitution. J. Q. Adams -- Old Man Eloquent. Jackson-Old W. II. Harrlson-TIppe-ca- noe. 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