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Show SMITOTIELD, UTAH what Oh, I know, they wanted .ook at the ice cream. Patrick made big eyes at her. 11 he asked in an of them? tounded voice. "Every one of them!" Sylvia re-ie-d with finality. You mean that there wasnt a ingle one of the 3irls there?" Pat-- k Not Sarah, nor kept it up. essie, nor Caddie, nor Jessie, nor ittle Alice There wasn't anybody but me, mouuT Im ashamed have a whole, wardrobe. She doesnt take care of her clothes at She all. She gets them dirty. the down all oatmeal Her spills front. She catches her clothes in the blackberry vines. Shes a terrible, terrible child some- DONT TAKE UNKNOWN REMEDIES 15C r9 il FOR new per-fickl- H DOZEN FULL w oTHt-iTT-w,n-c times. y Energetic nodding and vehement emphasis accompanied this diatribe. Of course, like all mothers, GENUINE Sylvia was enjoying the utter unregeneration of her offspring and of BAYER course, like all children, she was violences of exquoting grown-upression. Indeed, when she had finished, she looked up at me with a Keep Health sunny smile. Then she set her lips wealth would lose rather Qua She ought to be sent to a again. much, as than health. It requires wisdom to keep one as the other. reform school. I ! wondered whpre Sylvia had received her education in regard. to reform 'schools and. then I remembered that that was a pet phrase You with Bessie In regard to naughty children. But after all, I remonstrated, it seems to me, Sylvia, Belle is a pretty good child. Shes very quiet about the house. She treats your other dolls very EC FOR DEMAND MU) GET ASPIRIN p . . ... When Want to Alkalize Stomach Fast that-Do-rind- es 'seemed to look inward in the effort of her concentration. I found it the day after the party A silence as bleak and cold as ice seemed to fall on my piazza. For when Sylvias tiny fingers lifted the brilliant buckle old paste and old silver from the box, a series of mental cataclysms shook me. They came as fast as successive shots from a revolver. Instantly I recalled Sylvias entrance to the pij azza early Saturday afternoon, can rying a Dorinda Belle who glittered an alien with a magnificent splendor. I remembered taking the buckle from her and, as the telephone rang, slipping it into the Dresden box. Suddenly too now, 1 recalled, though I had not recalled it then, .that that buckle wag one of a pair which ornamented, the slipper which Myron Marden wore at the masquerade. Instantly too, I recalled another thing that I would have said must have departed completely from my memory-depar- ted, And leaving no trace behind. that was an event of Sunday asserted. Sylvia ' Wasnt that wonderful? Patrick commented. Go on and tell me about Doctor Marden, he said. Well, Doctor Marden came out into the kitchen. Did he Bee Yes." "What you? did he jay? He didn't say anything. He putted his finger on his lips just like this. Sylvia's tiny forefinger and thumb moved upwards to press her lips close but the lips pouted outwards as they emitted a gentle, Sh-s- h sh!" And didn't you say anything?" Sylvia's eyes grew sparkly with mischief. No, 1 didn't say a word. I just did this. She put her forefinger to her lips and emitted a Sh sh shi And then what did Doctor Mar-- , den do? Well, he went out through the pantry and into the garage and I heard him open that little door in the back wall of the garage. Idiots all of usf Suddenly I remembered that little door! Of course Patrick had posted o: policeman there. It was extremely unlikely that any guests would enter that door, would even remember its existence if indeed they, had ever known of it. Mattie herself rarely used it. I should have thought Doctor Marden would have got all dirty going out that way, Patrick com- morning waking and going to the bathroom for a drink of water, returning and for an instant gazing out my window onto the wellr scene. What I saw in that instant hit SylCompunction apparently completely from my mind via hard. Shes a beautiful child!" merged in the oblivious weariness with mented. She which I she admitted remorsefully. he Oh, Sylvia explained, again sank back into sleep. picked Dorinda Belle up from the weared his long dark cape. It was She was still kissing hammock. in the garage. the china face when Patrick drove How do you know he put it on? door. up to the He came back to the door of I left pretty suddenly yesterthe kitchen and ne said, Sh sh but he apologized, day, Mary, sh! and he putted his finger to his it gave me such a what my old again. And I said, Sh shlips grandmother used to call a turn ah! and I putted my finger to my Try This Amazing Fast Way to hear that story from Walter lips. and Molly.' I knew the garment very well. The " Phillips Way As though by mutual consent, we The heavy, dark cape that the to get Millions Are Adopting withdrew to the s French peasants wear. Doctor Its haunted away from Sylvia. tall, thin figure in that dark On every ride today people are me all. night, I admitted. blue cape and the dark blue beret urged to alkalize their stomach, Mary, Patrick said, I guess which matched it was an accepted thus ease symptoms of "acid indiges-Conausea and stomach upsets. weve got to admit that from some detail of the Second Head roads. To min quick alkalization. Just do points of view, Ace was a pretty And did you see Doctor Marden bad actor.' this: Take two teaspoons of PHILcome back to the party?" Patrick LIPS' MILK OF MAGNESIA 30 It wasnt exactly a surprise, I asked. minutes after eating. OR take two agreed, and yet it was a surprise Yes. of Milk Tablets. wo too. Of course before Magnesia Phillips' go any Did he come back soon? Relief comes almost at once further, I'll have to tell you, Patrick, Yes. usually in a few minutes. Nausea, that I believe every word Walter Was it a long time like this?" fullness after eating and said. "gas" Patrick put his hands about a yard "acid indigestion" pains leave. You So do I. apart. Or a little time like this? fed like a new person. But, I went on, I had no idea Patrick drew his hands towards this either the Get liquid that Ace was way. Try capable of such I each other until the space of a foot Phillips or the remarkable, new wouldnt he have believed that Phillips Milk of Magnesia Tablets. lay between them. Each one equals a teaspoon of the would have' tried to compel' MolIt was a littler time like this,' ly liquid. Only 25 a box at all drug Sylvia answered. With the utmost atores. Well, you see, Ace Was spoiled care, she placed her slim, brown as far as women were' concerned. little paws first about nine inches ALSO M TAIlfT FOCMi Hed always had his way with apart; then about six. Each Hoy tabiat -i x5them. Thats bad medicine for any Patrick kissed her. And were httoaqniwUnt af a to man. Especially, if lets it you still in the kitchen when DocM of tor Marden came back? get him. And Ace let it get him. "Ob, I Know Now, Sylvia AnWhen he was young, as you and I Yes. nounced. knew well enough he was a chaser. Who was there? I dont know why I call him a chas- Yet now, I saw the picture perfectOh lots and lots and lots of er. He was chased much more ly Myron Marden coming out of people! I forget, Patrick mused aloud, m,lkof than he chased. Girls fell for him my Spinny and up over my lawn in magnesia in all directions. I think youre the direction of the park and of his was Doctor Marden in Mrs. Stows the only one who ever gave him own home. house when they unmasked, Syhis had Patricks narrowed. lvia?. eyes Mary. Sometimes Ita Pleasure Ace never was in love with me, Never had I heard silkier accents Oh yes! Sylvia said. In combining business with than those which emerged at that Patrick. Over Sylvias head again Patrick one the or other suffers. pleasure, Come looked at me questioningly. Perhaps not. lies always tak- moment from his throat. Again en you for granted, that you were over here, Sylvia, he wheedled. I I nodded in assent. Did Doctor Marden have on his hands reach so to speak. He want to alk with you. .Bring the A Three Days Cough within felt that he could close his fist on buckle with you." mask the first time he came into at any time. But when Mark Sylvia pattered over to him and the kitchen? Patrick asked. Is Your DangerSignal you Yes, Sylvia answered. began to specialize on you he didnt he lifted her onto his lap. She How did you know it was Doctor like it .Believe me he didn't like opened her little fist and they surNo matter how many mwHrinAa Marden then? it. Mary. He couldn't do anything veyed the paste together. you have tried for your cough, chest 'How it sparkles! Patrick comcold or bronchial irritation, you can about it though. I must confess I Oh, when he putted his finger to get relief now with Creomulsion. mented. "How you were to his lips and said, Sh sh eh he Serious trouble may be brewing and took a great deal of private satis- find it! When lucky did you say you lifted his mask way up and he faction out of that. you cannot afford to take a chance winked at me. Ace and Mark and I were alpicked it up? with anything less than Creomul-rib- n, which goes right to the seat ways good friends, I commented. Saturday afternoon," Sylvia anPatrick sat motionless for. a. tiny of the trouble to aid nature to interval. Suddenly, but with ut1 swered with a childish explicitness, Ace That's .Jid and rightl meminflamed soothe and heal the most gentleness, he put Sylvia Right after lunch! were great friends. Damn it all, I branes as the phlegm And where did you say you down. I think Sylvia will want to loved Ace. I love him still. That Is loosened and expelled. Patrick asked, turning go out and see Sarah Darbe, ha Even If other remedies have story Walter told me yesterday found it? failed, don't be discouraged, your rocked me more than anything the buckle this way and that, so signaled to me. He took the buckle druggist is authorized to guarantee it flashed fire. from Sylvias reluctant fingers and thats happened in a long time. But thatNear Creomulsion and to refund your the path to the Spinney.' dropped it into his pocket Then there was about Ace something money if you are not satisfied with Where were you going? Pat- he hurried swiftly across the room results from the very first bottle. I suppose he had more natural Oct Creomulsion right now. (AdvJ charm than any human being I rick asked In the most casual of to the telephone, called up the sta tion. Get two men over here at have ever known," I tried to sum tones. 1 going to the Little House once! he ordered. Put them on WNU W 937 it up. The most delightful per- and Iwas saw this buckle in the path, the Marden house. Dont let Docsonality! So I runned right back to get tor Marden leave the house until it was that charm that ruined ribbon to on Dorinda Belle. tie it he hears from me. Im phoning him, Patrick carried my thought SALT LAKE'S NEWEST HOSTELRY "Now, who do you suppose, Pat- him to come to Mrs. on. It brought him so many rick went on, that buckle belongs See that he comes! Avery's house. things when he was young that he to?" Onr lobby Is delightfully air Then he took up the telephone thought he could keep it up forcooled during the summer months Oh I know now, Sylvia an- again and called a number.. I'd shall ever. I God, Yet, always by nounced. Jfadte for Every Ream Doctor Marden wore like to talk with Doctor Marden, feel about Ace on his shoe. 200 Bonn 200 Batin Oh good morning, Docof of one the life,' "It's puzzles Patrick went on, "did please tor Marden. This is Patrick O'Brien I said. Once or twiefe in a life- youSylvia, see anybody go out of the time, this happens to everyone Stow house the night of the mas- speaking. Im talking from Mrs. Averys house. I'd like to see you Charm is as strong as the force of querade I mean anybody besides gravity. People who have it sweep Molly Eames and Walter Tread here at once. I have some further questions to ask you in regard our hearts along in the very face way7 to the Blaikie case. of disapproving judgment. That I remembered now that Patrick was Ace. had asked Sylvia a similar It seemed to me that my life I think I raised my voice a lit- tion once before. However, hequeshad itself to waiting waittle; for Sylvia, suddenly abandon- not waited for the reply and I had had reduced for to come in cars. ing people seized her a HOTEL not thought it important. ing and not to tremWaiting trying freshly diessed Dorinda Belle and Sylvia leaned her head back ble; for 1 was always poignantly came pattering into the living-rooagainst Patricks chest. She looked troubled about some friend or othShe seated herself on a up into his face, most er. I remember that while I waither smiling to .ow beside cricket the on table $1.50 smile. "Yea," sunny she an- ed for Myron Marden, moods which stood a telephone extension. swered. Doctor Marden." TKm Ilotrl TmpU Rqniif liat chased each other through my Patrick, she said, did you know highly drlralils frlemll? atm When did you see him go? mind. One was a kind of despairpIim,Ym will always fIml It Inami Ace had Doctor to Heavthat gone Patrick asked in a friendly way, ing impatience. How ulala, aupremrly comfortable, long was this en? thoroughly MrwabkYoM ran ll "And what door did he go out of? fora tamlerataaad why thU hotel flat ghastly suspense to last? Could it Before Patrick could answer the Sylvia snuggled close against be possible that the mystery would HIGHLY RECOMMENDED question, her eyes, wandering over him. "You see, she wen. on in never Tee eoe alee eppreelate why i be solved; that we would all Of surface the the on fell a table, the most confidential manner, mt rflstfiDCtfoo to ate fftamrh to death neve, knowing down go box I this hMmfifMl hostelry little Dresden there. Now went out into the kitchen. who had killed Ace Blaikie? The Nobody ERNEST C ROSSITER. Mgr. Sylvia has been brought up not to was there. All the girls had gone Other was more desperate. or hooks without downstairs into Site cellar to 1 for- touch (TO ne CDNrLWW fog-lad- en First Stirrings of Spring - living-roo- m "PHE chic young miss above,, cen- - 4--H Mar-den- n, . . v - - Phillips come-uppanc- germ-lad- e, . en . I ... 1 dress-makin- Temple Square t $3-0- 0 -- bric-a-br- ac g, ter, says, I make my own clothes. 1 learned sewing, from Mother first, got a touch of if in school, end a' real exposure in activities. I choose this dress for. Spring because it' looks like Spring, and because it takes the minimum of time and money. Puff sleeves, and princess lines give a formal note if I wish to impress the folks, (which X often do) and the peplum jacket is added for frivolous reasons when I want to feel a bit sophisticated, and it makes a sweet all occasion dress. . -- Practical' Choice. A The Lady on the Left says, Im practical I choose patterns that I can cut twice; then I have a gingham gown to set me off in my kitchen and an afternoon dress in which to entertain the Maggie-Jigg- s club. The yoke and sleeves make me look years younger, the shirred pockets give the decorative note every dress needs, and I can run it up in an afternoon. Pattern. The Girl in the Oval has a faraway look in her eyes. She says its because she wears glamorous blouses like this one. She cuts her pattern three times no less and evolves a blouse in eggshell for her velvet skirt; one in velveteen for her tweeds, and the third in metallic doth for after-fiv- e activities. The skirt with its simple well directed lines is equally well suited to tweeds for sport, velvet for dress and wool for business, Three-Purpo- se says Madam. The Pattern "Pattern 1958 (above right) ii available in sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 46 bust). Size-1requires 2 yards for the blouse in 39 inch material and 2 yards of 54 inch material for the skirt. ' New Pattern Book, Send, for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting .designs from the Ba6 - rbara Bell well-planne- d, easy-tor- ake patterns. Interesting exclusive fashions for little ldren and the difficult junior slenderizing, n and chiage; pattern lor well-c- m the mature figure; afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Send 15 cents today for your copy. Send- your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New Montgomery Ave., San Franci. sco, Price of Calif. patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. Ban Syndicate. WNU Sorrid. Patterns. (above left) comes in sizes 32 to 44. Size 34 requires 4 aad Caaollna Prmi yards of 39 inch material. pmvida a hixh cnSwxo Pattern 1263 (above center) is rwtlitanatnimliliirtiri1.'- designed in sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 tomawK tba flaaat llsiil tearirV bust). Size 14 requires 4 yards' Taa eaa aniv hana aaa afford to ba wttbd of 39 inch material, for the dress nljrhtnaa.Ma Bor heal Cda It from Port a, FEU raMara-SaIJgf and 2V4 yards for: the jacket to line 'it' requires 2V yards Jof 35 -THE CgUMAN IAMP AND STOWCa CWmMLi LWWIJin. WlrUia. Kaaw ' inch material Thi dhfchla. PaaXca Aafdw. Cdt 1832 od . LIFES LIKE THAT : . .. By Fred Nets |