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Show NEW FACES B By GRACE E. RILEY. iff lC IH1. It McClut Nwptr 8rodkt, ! "There' company coming;, Linda." Bti "1 aapposc. mother, yon feci It la iSr. ycur bontMl" JBiw "llla tii way that rooster's crow Kg tng. A rooster crowing In the day ,tfe time. ts. a. sure alsn ,pt company," Hm "Coiiilunj.' Mtlffetl Ijlnda, "proba- 'PPla bly Mary foi her daliy cup of lea and Jr5 Ma Llndsey for liniment' for her' sonj 'tEEM or perhaps David willicome for your sBer recipe for spenge case," 'HSffi! "Well, ain't that company. I'd Ilk. ,lgst to khowJ" Interrupted her mother. ftlttr ''Maybe you think ao, but they aro 'IkI not company to me; 1 long to see u. I(r4 new face." ft M "It's not n mite of use telling yon 'fE tli at old friends are the best. Voting Itfrrv? folks won't believe such things until iraffw experience ling" tnuylit them. But ulfira wIihIS wrong wltii David)" ianB "lMvid ! Mother, every one force ll&flLI David down my throat. David's alt) !tlH right, but so deadly monotonous thu .H aame yesterday, to.hiy nnd forever, ait M the quejntlon gc If lie would only 'al do something uimsuul, Just oticol" M Saying which, Linda left the room. M U liHifbcr watched her; qiiestlonlnu- H ly. J.lnda'tt complex, disposition, her B vagnA.ctirulnw end discontentment M were 'ineoinprelienglMe to her mother. Jt Alma Crn(j bad no dark comers or H shadows In her charnvK'r. She do LUIH mondftd Itttta of life, accepted grata-. H fully what It offered, and warmed all H with itfioni she came In contact with ' 'H her wholesome, ght-hajrt(dneii. Sl , M A tieU peullm; loudly , through thai . H honse hiterVupted'MrrCrltlg'a'Ine'dlU- M ttons. Hastily drying her hands on ' ll her apron and smoothing her hair, sho ,H opened the door to the hnndsomest I 'H young ninn she had ever seen. H "Mrs. Crulg" Ills smile was dlsnrnv i , Ing. "I nm Roger Colherst of Boston,. ' Mrs. C in Ik, nnd nm looking for a j B place to board for a few weeks. I I' 'HJ have been told Hint perhaps you would HHl me , BBl Even whllo her hospllnblc soul do- 'iVJ mnnded that he be admitted, some- BVJ thing warned her ngalust thin BVJ stranger, hut she forced her voice to, HBfl express the cordiality which shu did, jHBa not feel, ns she u ercd him Into th BBl living room where Linda was sewing, HH "My duiighter, Linda, Mr. Colherst; jflBjl now, let's gee, how long arc you to bo lawawJ In Bayncvllle?" HJ "About a mouth, Mrs. Crulg. I do HHb hope you will put me up." HBb LIndu, meiinwhile, sat quietly 111- H teulng to this surprising conversation. HB She, too, hoped her mother would put HHfl him up. 'Then she heard her suylng: HH "If. you'll come upslnlrti 'I'll show SBl you a There followed a month crowded ,-HH with happiness for Linda and with HHal many u mbglvlug for her mother. Da- HH vld came constiintly, but always to HBV Hud that Lltidn had gone out with ') A month iore nwny six weeks fBVJ und still Roger remained. BVJ "I'm sorry, David, Linda Is certain H ly lufiitiiuted, but I do truly believe tt la only Infntiiallon. Just stand by; I BVH am sure it will come out all right, Matty's tho lime I've wished that HVB rooster dead ror crowing company t HHV our house the day that Roger Colliers HBV Dtvltl liiiigheil, hut Mb heart waa HBH heavy, ror his dream was gone. It wojj HH only In the siin.lilnu or Mrs. Crulg'ii HBVj smile that he found a ray of comfort HHVj and encouriigemetit. She had told hlia HHH to stand b, and stand by he would. HHVJ Then one day (he entire country;" HHl aide beenmo ngltnted over the ' hewti HBe thut u haul: clerk who had absconded HHB with thousands of dollnrs, had been BHH traced to thli slate. Thu day tho ) news reached llayneville, Roger Col- BHVJ her.st was greatly Interested, anU.iil- HHH most enthusiastic about aiding In thu HBVJ aeiirch for tlie fugitive. jf "I'll take my motor over to Clayton; H there's u I. Id; In It soineuliore. Then H Mhen lieS In 8lia:e, I'rnuilull, we'll , ocour the, whole btnte." No one hut David noticed that when H Roger I'liutu downstairs he can led bin H bag. Iimtiiiitly a vnguo siiiilclon H Alilch he hud harbored became crys- H 'Oh' I Niiy, CoIher, would you H mlnil runuliig me over to Clayton? You jH can attend to your Iiui1iich while I jH urn attending to mine." BLLa Only for nn Umlaut did Roger best- PERfl tale. Then, "Sure thing, Cranihill," KB he said. Kfliaal After ii huy hour on Dald's part, SiH they tnrted. David, knowing Chi) ton SaB well, W11.-1 assure that If he took Col- aftB her.st to the further end of tho town, ! Ivlfl there would ho no way of Colherst's ,' Xjlfl ear to pas.1 out tluit way, umiotlced. r'r'nM When Roger left him, he apparently ,&- t'linjiKed hl.s mind, n;nl instead of ? ISU stopping ut the garage, he went back ; fl over the road tu llayneville. ir ho ', could innl.e the fork lu the road and ,', V get to l)titln, he knew u way out. Ha ' . ' .fl smiled to think how easily David let 'v.' fl hlui net nwny, for he luiil S"ii.ed D:- .f S vtd'M suspteiuns. At the' fork, how- jfoH ever, Colherst droie straight Into a tPtJH trop which Duvld hud set for him. Not , ' -fB only was a cmud .r men there, but Junl me wiih the president of his old bank. HsEi'tB Roger Ccillicrst' delMiimtr manner ' fw fftllc'l blm. He brolie ilon, utterly, 1 ,tB us he was driven u ny. . Ia V'JB (Ireut wus the enthiiKlusm In Rayiie- ', fT'B vllle over Dnvld'a cjfveminia, but tho ' J -'H wonls most wehiu.ie to thu Id were KiffIfl whlopercd to blm by Linda, when sho 'i'aB said : 'M "Mow proud I chilli be.;, of my bus- Sl'CaB band when I urn Mrs. David Crun- K?KaW y fflsSlcHBaaaa iaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBHBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBBlavBai)HntaaHV |