Show M 1 t T awry WW ry 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 A I 1 I 1 I 1 8 as N DISPOSING OF THE PROP POP ai 91 I 1 I 1 i 04 1 1 ay JOAN RUG L y I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 howard throw wAils ills fountain penh pen furl bously on the ilsk desk as it a timid tapping came on thedoar thedo the door dr I 1 blame blaine that squint eyed oriental 1 what do you wanta want ho he cried I 1 please mr landreth tho the aclo telephony rings I 1 I 1 howard jerked open tho door welt well might the little japanese tremble for his masters scowl was terrible to behold gone done was ivas tho the idea lie he had just managed to grasp after days af t futile effort ills mind inand was just beginning to yield beld to the quiet soothing pence peace of tho the country after days of irritation wid unrest following a rel with sylila avla lv la and now his chance of writing for the uny klay vas gone ile he strode to the lie phone and jerked down the deceiver roce cr hello I 1 he snarled A feminine voice came over the ft lie P uio you sou lilly any potatoes to acell fc ell i 0 no roared howard oh I 1 camo Came the ioui acil haw bare zou lilly any corn coin pr or onions 1 not nor answered the master of W ania sant 1 I have no cum cornor or unions onions I 1 I well lVell lieve you yon uny anything thing atall at nil to sell bell tomatoes or cablinga cab cali linge buge or apples or eggs or 01 anything nod nothing ehg jun madam dani but ideas but lately tho crop has been small ile he hung up and turned aay what fire yott SOU fussing about were not i tinning K d market garden juit ju st because were in tho country will master 1118 sier come and see there Is so much potatoes I 1 men lien dig all day yesterday yester duy outside there theio 1179 Is like it 11 house of potatoes and tho the coral corn I 1 enough for all america and cabbage no flo I 1 spreading ills hi arms high and wide and onions so I 1 and beets beet sand and turnips turnip I 1 everything there Is so much t and andade the eggel eggs the chickens malce make so many ity 1 I 1 nil 1111 the night one day two days das n week two weeks 1 some baskets I 1 throw over the hill when they got old 31 mister ister eat only one J ibana cake throw v out I 1 make everything throw out kyuma danl san tell mister many days das before and ana mister alter say only baily shut up 11 aughee aug hed ail AlIx right ight yama sant I 1 egues you did say something I 1 bout about a it and 1 I told you not to bother me ine well it if tha laby calls up again oraf or 11 apu can find mt who she Is gl ve her iala al she wants for nut nothing hingl howard lion aid put pui on his hat an and dwell out it biou it aias was ti it beautiful day la in eirl early yAil n ani tile the country vas OA exquisite with brouzes and d reds rede although lie he had I 1 the same walk many times before lie he had never been able to seo see anything thing 0 ing but jit sylvia after all perhaps she rho was right to go away it some of those english chaps in bermuda dont carry her lier off and marry her before she gets back 7 he felt better after his walk in the cool I 1 bracing air and called tho jap 00 Yama sant nl have hav e you jou found out who the neighbor Is who wants the onions oli lons yes I 1 think mr landrath aman A man drive by and stop he say there elsa alsa ug house over therewith there with many children and they eat eat eat everything oh 1 il l seel an orphan asylum or childrens home well get those men that were hero here yesterday yeste iday and a nd haul over all tile the stuff you ou can find after this im going to mite and if the telephone rings smash it do anything butr dont you call me the days sped 0 on n und and howard lost track of the thorn m one afternoon who as he reached for hn hl pipe he found some letters fars ho had lindl forgotten to open lie ho tore them opan without jin interest terest nt at ali nt st but an itemized bill puzzled him and lie ho unfolded the check with considerable interest it was made out to cash for 45 and it was signed sylila farnswor farnsworth th sylvia farnsworth ills his sylvia silvia what could it mean it dt announced that sylvia silvia F arnsworth arns woith was debtor to afkind a kind neighbor for the Jol following hollowing items 20 bushels lius liels potatoes at 80 cents 4 bushels tomatoes tomp toes at li 1 and so on put nhat bad sylvia silvia to dewith do with all this without waiting to tol wonder any longer he wen went back to theroan the road that cd to his neighbors farm ashe As he dime near to tile the house lie he heard tho the 11 ll E shouts ou ts of df children there were hundred hundreds af them it see seemed nied all sorts sort of sunburned little boys boya find and girls Is miss bliss farnsworth farns worth here he asked one of then I 1 yes ashes in the house ju justko busl go I 1 on oa up p advised tho the small informant then mea sylvia silvia camden came in not the sylvia lie ho had knoten tho the lie lad accused of being useless in id the heat ol 01 0 the quinel toils one was uns brisk and with an air cf i one artho responsibility so mr kind hafl called at last r 1 I thought sou were in bermuda I 1 1 the others went lut but well J I 1 d decided C that bobring to bring jhc thc ae kiddies biddles away acre them would vo uld be moro useful site she half closed lier her eyes and looked at I 1 I 1 him lim the color flooding her face howard oward 11 looked very guilty dear girl can you forgive ne h q ive ive been punished lunt sheil enough by remorse moise re she hesitated only nn na instant yes I 1 dear deartie jot got the habit of being useful and I 1 think you need reform lag 1 I copyright 1917 bythe by the mcclure newa per syndicate I 1 |