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Show M1YI1 FOB MONEY H Mrs. Eva Leonard's Story, Marrying for Money Spring M Dresses Exquisite Wide Revers on Many Blouses H Pastel Shades for Evening With the Mushroom H Recipes for Preparing Them. H "Well, Mrs. Morton, I ran In to say B good-bye. All my packing is done. 1 H have just seen the last box nailed up H and tagged for shipping. The honse H will be empty tomorrow night." Or- H trude Townsond sank wearily into the H easy chair Nell drew up for her. H "I am sure you are thankful that it H is over," sympathized Nell. "It is a H forlorn task to break up a home, H and you had been settled only a few H months," H "It is only a Cow months, but it H seems half a lifetime. When I han- H died the things I had selected so H short a time ago filled with such H pride that I was to be mistress of a H well-appointed home when I handled H them. I sav. I wondered how many H vears had passed. I felt so old, so H different," Ortrude leaned back H wearily and closed her eyes. H "A change will be good for you. H With new surroundings you will soon H feel like yourself." Nell's tone was H cheerful. H "I know what you think; that I B have not suffered an irreparable loss H as long as I cared so little for my H husband." There was the old toss m of the head that Nell had liked so H little in their first acquaintance. "But H you do not understand what I mean. H I do not see how I can tolerate life H with myself since I have had a good B view of myself and see how con- H temptlhle I am." Nell laughed, but H Ortrude's face remained sober. M "I have been thinking of something M vou said the first time we went rid- H ing together. You said, 'Anyone who B is so self-centered as to push his H own plans through with no consldera- H tion for anyone else is doing himself H as well ns everybody else an injury.' H T realize how true that is and the in- B jury was greater than I ever dream- M ed it could be. And I must live with B that knowledge all the rest of my D H There was silence In the room H when Ortrude ceased speaking. Fi- M nally Nell said: H "I wish deaV Mother Morton was Hi here. She could say something to H help you; she has lived so nobly and H learned so much. So many times H when I am regretting something I H have done she says, 'Don't mourn M o- or v.iiat is past; that is yours no H longer Learn the lesson your failure fl should teach you and leave it. The H past is gone; the future wo cannot B contiol; only the present is ours in H which to make amends for past mis- H takes.' H "I wish I knew her," said Ortrude H after a pause. "I need someone H strong and helpful to help me learn H to live so that I shall not ruin any H more lives." H "I think there is always plenty to H help one who is really trying to do H the right thing," said Nell. "I have H noticed that just as soon as I was Hl ready for truth I found it in some B form, and when I needed help and m was doing all I could myself, the help H came, too. H "Ihat Is a comforting thought." Or- j trude's tone was low and distinct. H "Perhaps the shaking up I have re- Hj ceivc-d from this earthquake in my H life was necessary to wake mo and M make me think. I do not believe it H will be possible for me ever to be Hl quite so selfish and self-centered H again." She rose as she spoke. 1 ''I wonder if we ever shall meet H again. It is not kkely that I shall M ever come to Fairport again" she M said, extending her hand. M "Oh, I hope so. We are always 1 running into people we never expect- j ed to meet In this changing world. j Where do you expect to make your B home'" asked Nell. M "I have not decided. I may live H in the same town with my cousin, or H Adelaide may come and live with H me in some place I like. Everything H is very uncertain. I am sending my H furniture to them to store for the H present" Ortrude moved toward the H "I hope you will be happy, wher- H ever you are," said Nell as they part- H ed, "for that will mean that you have j learned to be friends with yourself."- H (To be continued). If you live, the mushroom is a mushroom, mush-room, verily. If you die, it is no mushroom. Yet there Is a groundwork of sane advice in this statement. And the best way for most of us to do, so far as mushrooms are concerned, is to buy them of roputable dealers. Tinned, Tin-ned, too, they are cafe, for reputable cannera cannot risk their reputation on toadstools. Unless you are a real expert in gathering mushrooms, don't try to gather them. The best signs fail. Whereas sometimes those with a sweet odor are poisonous, again the sweetest-odored Is the most harmless variety thnt comes; and the same turnabout sort of the rule holds good with color, shape and every other ) earmark of mushroomdom. : Broiled Mushrooms. Broiled mushrooms are easy to pre . pare and delicious to eat. Use fresh i mushrooms. Trim and peel them and : put them in a wire broiler. Broil on each side over a slow fire and servo ' on thin slices of hot buttered toast Deviled Mushrooms. Deviled mushrooms are not much different from broiled mushrooms; in truth, they are a sort of broiled mushroom. But the slight difference adds to their delicacy. For deviled mushrooms, peol and trim the mushrooms mush-rooms and then dip In melted butter. Broil nslowly and slip immediately to a hot dish to serve. Mushrooms au Gratln. For this very appetizing dish select a dozen big mushrooms, trim and peel them, and separate the tops and stalks. Chop the stalks fine, with two tablespoonfuls of fat bacon. Add salt and pepper to taste and two eggs, beaten well. Put the dozen tops of the mushrooms In a buttered baking dish and then add the chop- I ped mixture. Sprinkle the top with fine breadcrumbs and melted butter and bake until brown. |