Show f I IBY NEW By G GERTRUDE ARMSTRONG R NG j lUO 1920 by McClure N w Syndicate 4 No 10 Mm Marthy there going tobe to tobe be no telephone hone Got something els else j to spend mj my m mone money for tor Just cause nus Sarah Surah and I Faed reri has lies got su such Ja newfangled new new- newfangled notions Into their heads i s sup sup- up pose you jou got to have o the tho same Weve We've lived here all these years and m mi my folks before me und and never had hall any 1111 of these fool Ideas until jour your sister started Guess you'll be wanting an ana a automobile lIe next Welt Well never nover mind replied his wife Ifo meekly I 1 Just thought t 1 be bekind bekind e kind of or handy in case of sickness Hv Ih lug Ing a n mile from frolD our neighbors neighbor and aad 1 get lonesome sometimes and could talk to Sarah Her Het hush husband made no reply but hut went about the evening chores awns Tn eo so unlike Murthy MI to ask him to waste money on anything thing s so foolish handy Hondy indeed I There was old Molly whenever when- when e ever tr she sItu wanted muted to visit und and to run run Into town who w would uld take her hr in to less than an nn hour She bhe so o seldom n asked ked for anything or complained that his conscience bothered bothered bothered both both- ered him a little and the look of disappointment dis dis- disappointment appointment on her face tace he found hard to get out ont of or his thoughts thoughtS' Never mind some time soon BOOn when he ho got his work alon along the they would go Into town for a holiday She had been n working pretty hard lately and 1 probe ably needed a n dl change And thus like most of us Ul us he soothed d his conscience with promises of better bettel better bet bet- ter tel doing In the future Wh When n he returned tp the hou house e Mar Mai- thy was just finishing r her dl dishes he I guess gness Ill I'll go right to bed ed John she said I dont don't feel very ery smart tonight to to- night well ell Well I would he replied looking at her keenly 1 ni And Aud take som something hot for tor that coI cold I don't dont like the m ivay Its It's hanging haning lan on Been this WI now note for most a i week And he kissed kissed her herand herand and patted her kindly It was two hours later tater when n he opened their bedroom door He ne tip tiptoed tiptoed toed softly to the fhe the bed where she lay laj ln open open eyed and apparently awake Looks s like a a storm said John and antl he crossed crossed th the room and carefully careful I j closed the window muttering as he did so More newfangled new notions There was no response froth from the thc bed What was the thc matter not at nt all like tempered sweet Martin Jarthy Martinto to hold a grudge rudge H HP He bent over hrand her hr herand and and antl then n started back The rhe staring eyes ejes eyes and aud b burning face did not look fa In- Go and see If It David Is covered John Its It's chilly tonight she gasped gasped Their boy boj bo who had been dead five years jears Then It burst upon him she him she was delirious What should he do It Get a It doctor of course If It he could could only get word to Sarah I And Am his heart sink sank as IlS he thought though of the time he would waste driving all nil those those miles miles Oh God Godl 1 I. I what would 1 I give for a II telephones telephone I t burst from his agonized agonised lips He rushed out to the the stable r fox for r old Molly backed her from her stall and harnessed His hands seemed palsied It was Sins ages before he got st started Driving with all speed he came In sight of They were up he could see ee the gleam of lights through the trees Five minutes more and with bursting heart he rushed In anti and told them thE his errand What was there for him in life an anyway any any- way if she was tyas unhappy r She who had helped him save save day b by day lay never complaining ni always cheerful when cheerful when she had asked risked for a II apart apart part of what was really renny hers she had hud been leE n refused he calling It a waste of money moner when but for Just such n II newfangled newfangled new d notion he would have lost the best little partner man ever hadMan had Man Inn Many w weeks ek after a handsome little runabout drove Into the yard from which alighted three men car carrying wires and tools tool's Heres Heles your auto Mr Cobb The telephone phone men were coming out this wa way so I 1 drove them over If there is anything wrong let us know Be over again b bj by night So long John what does this mean menn asked HIked Martin Marthy when the themen men had started started start start- ed cd to work york downstairs N NIt It means menns that the men have hare been working far foY f r some time and nd jour youre a going a-going to have ha that have that telephone and nd If you jou ou dont don't like this li here re re machine youre you're oure a going a-going to have 0 another one and and pick I It out yourself They rhy might be newfangled new new- newfangled led notions notions' but they're d darned good ones to have around a n house hour And Marthy trailed smiled and thanked himas him himas as only she knew how |