THE
FORBIDDEN YEARS
by
WADSWORTH CAMP
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mm In two mind* about speaks
Mg U> you of It. tout Adelaide's
ataggrttrig announcement of
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Me atttfaUofi in effect It's
Me aeefdng of one aide of a
baraain Wit It1"
Mhm elaspod her hand*,
“I hope so, if he really wants
to see me,"
“He wants to see you right
enough, and his fear that he's
«lfended you goes a lot deeper
Uurn his rushing away from
Um Ham and Stripes, He was
rogue as the deuce, but any
luti aw id see be thinks he's
tone something pretty shabby,
Tou ran t guess what It Is?"
, “Only hi* running away
practically saying that the
bargain was ended. He * been
In Rlniford ever since?"
“Yes, probably waiting for
Me news Adelaide gave me
fuel now "
The corners of his moifth
went (town
“U requires no genius to
gues* how he got It."
Barbara looked at him.
•How?"
“Through his mother. It’s
a thousand to one that as soon
as she heard from the Holders
ahe telephoned Gray at Elm
lord to ask reasons to argue,
to plead, to scold; for she had
her Mart set on that mar
riage. From my observation
atm cooked It up In the first
place. At any rate, as soon as
lar was informed he was free
•f Esther he sprang In action
towards you."
Barbara's lace glowed.
“Then I must *ee him.
Stove, I'll telephone him my
rit. right away,"
Steve wouldn't have It,
“You’ll !<•*, me arrange this."
She laughed at him.
“You never trust me, Steve."
“1 don’t trust either of you.
Sul you shall see him."
“Where ?"
“Here at Adelaide's. I’ll
telephone him he may come
to- morrow afternoon."
Barbara was doubtful.
"Li Unit fair to him?
Mightn't it put him In a false
position?”
Steve stood up.
“All the better. He’s put
you in one."
"No.”
He took her hand.
“Anyway he'll know about
tt beforehand. He needn't
cun it* unless he cares to. Good
bye "
He called bach from the
door.
“Don't worry. He'll come."
f*«4* as it developed. Gray
didn't, because Essie Holder
intervened by supplying her
aew sensation. She forced the
city editors to take a fresh
tabrrest in her, and got her
portrait In the papers once
more, and for the final time.
Her last dramatic act, how
ever, was designed to hurt no
•nr exeept herself.
Hnrtwr i the next morning,
fclloivtng the custom that had
fteeri established since her re~
tarn, wrrit down to Mrs.
Twintax % sitting room for
bnrnkfiLst. and walked directly
into the presence of disaster.
I& was readable in Mrs. Twin
ing'* serious expression and
■n certainty of manner; and
the newspaper on the table by
the tray was unusually
rumpled Barbara learned to
look on newspapers fearfully
as the anurce of much dis
comfort. Mrs. Twining com
manded her
puth rtmn hoi k
Ch»m CaJ —(UP) -Oeorfe Long -
jrrirr proprietor of a soft drill:
stand. Imu wlut you might call a
"nowaaUr bustn»«a Mince he
Mewed htt hu. Una* two years agu
Ida baa osipiored aeven girls, six ot
when* lave resigned to oe married.
•w gaurtaod Did it.
^ rrcawdis Pathfinder.
tjmt siimncr live finance* of the
IfertUab floswnuiittiU were in such
a shape that the state hang Issued
a sharp saarnKtg utractlawUy au ul
tlism*xrr «ni' statesmen, saw clls
asbw stsrtng tltam ha efts (boa Cs
"BU down and eat”
Barbara sat down, and
reached for the paper, but
Mrs Twining Jerked It away.
"Bat,”
Barbara had no appetite, '
I Bhe indicated the newspaper.
"It's something new? It’s
all started up again?’’
"Ill tell you after you’ve
breakfasted,”
Barbara tried to eat, and
couldn't, because It was /ob
vious the paper held matter
that Mrs. Twining believed
would destroy her zest for
breakfast. Her entirely natural
hazard was that this matter
had to do with her stepmother,
and she remembered Steve’s
comment yesterday that Es
sie needed a fresh sensation
to keep the wolves on the
scent. The inference was that
she had produced It.
Barbara’s coffee had a bit
ter savor; the toast was too
dry to swallow.
"Tell me. I can’t eat any
more.”
Mrs. Twlnlng’s maid
knocked and slipped in.
"Hoskins says, ma’am, that
Mr. Masters has come to see
Miss Helder about ♦something
very Important. He’s waiting
downstairs.”
Barbara cried out Irritably;
all she was Interested in was
the paper guarded by Mrs.
Twining.
"Of course I shan’t see him.”
Mrs. Twining held up her
hand.
"Don’t deliver that message,
Ellen. Wait in the hall until
I call you.”
The maid went out and
closed the door, and another
apprehension flooded over
Barbara. Harvey’s coming at
such an hour suggested some
thing wrong at Elmrord. Her
aunt hadn’t been well for a
long time.
“Please tell me. Why do you
. want Harvey to stay?”
Mrs. Twining tapped the
paper and sighed,
i "You’re right. There’s more
unpleasantness here. Yet I
can say honestly that what
happened last night is for the
best in every sense.”
That settled it. Then it was
her stepmother. Mrs. Twining
spread out the paper.
“Don’t look so frightened. I
can see you guess, Barbara.
Your stepmother is dead.
Barbara experienced no
particular shock; Mrs. Twin
ing’s manner had discounted
Just that announcement; but
she did suffer from a sweep
ing sympathy, and sorrow
that she hadn’t overcome Mrs.
Twinlng’s objections and gone
again, or brought Essie Helder
here in the face of any
amount of publicity. She
glanced at the open sheet
which Mrs. Twining spread in
front of her. Although she
couldn’t read she saw quite
distinctly on a cluttered table,
in an expensive, untidy room,
a chemist's bottle, and a glass
half full of water.
“She killed herself.”
Mrs. Twining reproved.
"To spring at conclusions
Is inexcusable. Even the police
for once refuse to do that.
She had a medicine jwhich
contained a great deal of
strychnine. They are of the
opinion that she took an over
dose by accident. I heartily
agree with them, and so shall
you.”
Barbara closed her eyes. The
police! A« the last Essie Hel
der had had to send again for
the pc'lce, and Barbara hadn’t
been there to awaken.
“Yes. That’s the kindest
thought.”
' penditures were so much larger
than, receipts, and had been lor so
iong, that the nation’s credit wns
undermined. Statesmen saw dr.tetic
action wns necessarv, and they
gritted their teeth n resolution.
They c il’.od for cuts n &U direc
tions. including the doles to the
unemployed, and higher iai.es ail
along the Ur.t m order to balance
the budget, and they summoned the
voters to sustain them. Politicians
opposed, charged that • American
bankers were dictating to the coun
try. objected to -any sacrifice b°mg
made by the poor, and demanded
whatever was ccedcd^e taken from
the wealthy, cr borrowed from the ■
Mrs. Twining nodded vigor
ously.
“Fact, I dare say. Her maid
had been to a motion-picture
theater. She came back about
ten o'clock to get Essie ready
for her work. She found her
cn the couch with the bottle
of medicine and a glass at
hand. The bottle was nearly
empty. She got help, but there
wasn’t the smallest chance to
do anything. She told the po
lice that Essie was very care
less about the medicine, and
had often said that if a little
was good for one a lot was
better. That's why the police
incline to record it as an ac
cident. So the Bars and Stripes
Is closed.”
Barbara opened her eyes,
and said nearly inaudibly:
“It didn’t last very long, did
it? I ought to have gone to
her again. I ought to have
done more. Isn’t there some
thing I should do now?”
Mrs. Twining scolded.
“I won’t have^you getting
sentimental. You’ve nothing
to reproach yourself with.
You owe no duty to Essie Hel
der, and whatever obligation
remains belongs to Lyon. I
gather from the paper he’s
acknowledged it.”
She tossed the newspaper
aside and took Barbara’s
hand.
“That’s why I told Ellen to
wait. I didn’t think you ought
to send young Masters away
without knowing.”
The story of Essie Helder’s
end had brushed Harvey
from Barbara’s mind.
“What could he have to do
with it?”
Mrs. Twinlng’s sharp eyes
narrowed.
“That’s what I’m not certain
of, but I do know coincidence
won’t stretch too far, and I
prophesy he’s come about
your aunt in Elmford, who,
doubtless, reads the news
papers, too.”
“But why should he? Is
anything wrong with Aunt
Barbara? She hasn’t been well
for a long time."
Mrs. Twining’s grasp tight
ened.
“Your uncle telephoned
from Elmford a little while
ago. Slocum thought you were
still asleep, and asked me
what she should do. I told her
I’d take the call. He told me
that your aunt, while at the
breakfast table this morning,
suffered what the doctor
thinks is‘a stroke, and that
she was asking for you. I
promised him you should
come. That’s why I think
young Masters is here, to take
you.” --
Barbara stood up, swaying
a little.
‘‘Why should two such blows
come at once?”
Mrs. Twining smiled know
ingly. -*»>*■ ■ "»l ■ ---
‘‘They don’t. That’s why I
say coincidence won’t stretch
too far. They come one a little
while after the other. The
second, therefore, might pos
sibly be dependent on the
first.”
‘‘What do you mean?” Bar
bara asked weakly.
“It’s quite reasonable that
your aunt was thoroughly ac
quainted with your step
mother’s history, and mightn’t
have cared any more for her
return than Martha did. Re
member she was taken ill at
the breakfast table, and I
needn’t instruct you that we
are by no means the only
people who divide their at
tention at breakfast between
nourishment and news. I
can’t help feeling that Essie
Helder’s unexpected death is
to some extent responsible for
your aunt’s sudden illness. At
any rate you should go, and
as quickly as you can, and I
hope you won’t find matters
as critical as your uncle thinks.
Old people grow confused and
sensational in such crises.
Run now, and come back to
me as soon as you can.”
Barbara kissed Mrs. Twin
ing. She was flushed and
hesitant.
‘‘I think Gray was coming
banks. The people, to their great
credit, backed up the statesmen
and politically buried the dema
gogs. They showed themselves
willing to help save the country.
So in March the budget was bal
anced. Credit was rescued, the
pound advanced rapidly in value
and the whole country rejoiced in
a feeling of restored confidence
and much improved conditions. The
English task was much harder than
the one America faces.
The Blow Hard.
From Answers.
Bore: There I was on a lonely
road, miles from anvwhere, with
here this afternoon. I don’t
know where he is now. He
was in Eimford.”
Mrs. Twuning patted Bar
' bara's cheek
“I’ll locate him and tell him
you won’t be here. Don’t
worry. Run now. This is a duty
you do owe.”
Barbara sent Ellen to tell
Harvey she would be down as
soon as possible, and hurriedly
dressed for the journey. She
found Harvey standing stolid
ly in the low’er hall. He took
her hand reassuringly, without
pressure. She had a sharp,
sympathetic feeling that he
hadn’t really touched it.
“Your Uncle Walter said
he’d telephoned Mrs. Twining,
so I suppose you know.”
“Yes, Harvey.”
“I’ve come to take you; he
was so concerned you should
come as quickly as possible;
said she asks for no one else;
and he seemed in need of a
little steadying himself. I’ve
my car outside. If we can
make the ten o’clock it’ll beat
driving down, and we can rent
a car in Trenton for the rest
of the trip.”
“Thanks, Harvey. Then let’s
rush.”
Without mentioning her
stepmother, he sympathized.
“Queer and unfortunate,”
he said in the car, “that you
should get two such shocks
together.”
“Not together,” she mur
mured, and told him Mrs.
Twining’s theory. “I don’t
fchink there’s any doubt she’s
right.”
“Probably,” Harvey agreed,
“but why should it hit your
aunt so hard?”
“I don’t know, but I dare
say I soon will.”
She was grateiui ior ms
cautious, considerate manner.
She had dreaded seeing him
again after giving him the
discipline he had forced her i
to apply. It was only when they
were driving up the curving
street in Elmford that he let
the hurt show.
“There’s the old store. That’s
where, I began to get rich
and that’s where I began to
get poor.”
“Harvey, I know what you
mean. I’m sorry. It just can’t
be helped.”
His laugh wasn’t steady.
"Don’t bother about me.
I've got the gift of making
money, and it’s fun; gives me
plenty to do.”
She patter his hand.
“You’ll get rich in other
ways. I feel it. I know it.”
The car stopped in front of
the Gardner house, and as
they goF out Mr. Gardner
opened the door, and beckoned
them with an air of stealth,
and they went it^o the gUent,
chilly living roomf Barbara
looked at the table against
which her aunt had braced
herself the night she had
withdrawn behind the old in
violable screen, crying out
furiously: “Then go, if you
want. I don’t care where you
go as long as you’re out of
my sight.” And as on that
night Uncle Walter took her
arm and whispered; but now
his monotone was tremulous,
and his face was drawn, and
his good-natured eyes were
full of terror.
‘‘Thanks for coming, Bob
bie. It may do some good.
She’s bad, and she’s been ask
ing for you every minute since.
Doctor’s with her now.”
Barbara and Harvey each
took one of the shaking hands
“How did it happen?” Bar
bara asked.
He freed his hand from
Harvey’s grasp and snapped
his fingers. His face twitched.
There was moisture in his
eyfs.
tTU BE CONTINUED)
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Not Near Enough.
Brom Buen Humor, Madrid.
Her automobile had broken down
and a farm laborer offered the ser
i vices of his horse.
Thank you very much," she re
plied, "but you need 14 more—our
car has 15 horsepower, you know."
Duluth, Minn., has started plans
i for a 1 million dollar Medical Arts
office building, the largest building
project in downtown Duluth since
I the World war.
a blazing car, no water, no fire ex
tinguisher, or anything. What do
you think I did?
“Took a deep breath and blew it
out,” said one of the bored club
members.
MORE WOMEN TEACHERS
More than 3.5 per cent of the
gainfully employed in the United
States are in the teaching profes
sion, according to the federal of
fice of education. In the secondary
and elementary schools, women
^ mlnate men teachers by five to
1 one.
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What Doctors Know
About four Brains
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BV DR. MORRIS FISHEIN
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
The difference between man and
the ape is the difference between
an automatic machine and reason
ing power. In other words, brains
make the human being different
from the animal.
In Liverpool, Dr. W. Blalr-Bell
noted British surgeon, considered
some of the means devised for de
termining whether or not a person
has the amount of brains necessary
for success in life. It is commonly
said that one man has brains and
another has not, the comparison
usually referring to what most peo
ple consider average.
The mental tests commonly used
fail to take into account numerous
factors which are significant; for
example, the amount of sleep that
the individual has had. his physical
state of health, and perhaps the
variations in the testers.
What we call intellectual gifts,
such as the ability to learn music,
the ability to figure accurately in
mathematics, and the ability to re
member, are probably inherited in
many cases. Theoretically it should
be possible to breed people with ex
traordinary memories or of special
musical tauent. Some day the world
may make a serious effort in this
direction.
Memory is called on to play a
part in most mental activities.
However, all Intellectual abilities
are capable of education and fur
ther development, the degree of de
velopment depending, of course, on
the amount with which one begins.
Records are available of a light
ning calculator who was taken to
Cambridge University and who
gave marvelous answers to all of
the questions, but who could not
tell how he got his answers. Neither
could he apply his methods in prac
tical use.
In his case it was too late to edu
cate him. He did not have brains;
he had talent.
wo aouoc, most ox us Degin witn
some brains, but they are of little
use unless they are properly
trained and adjusted to daily life.
A motor car is full of energy, but
It cannot use that energy until the
Ignition switch is throwTn and the
clutch engaged. Control, therefore,
Is necessary for proper use of hu
man brains.
After control comes energy. The
lazy man does not think because
he does not try to think. If he
tried, he probably would find he had
the mental equioment to accom
plish the result he was seeking.
Onp of the finest examples of the
presence of brains is the develop
ment of ideas through imagination.
The man with a perfect memory
may never create a single thought.
His hrain merely records the
thoughts of others.
The artist the genius, the intel
lectual leader, is the one whe».e
brains, through reasoning, 'develop
thought and ideas which all human
beings recognize as important.
CHILDREN PRESERVE HOME
Yet More Than One in Every Si*
Marriages Ends in Divorce
From the Literary Digest
More than one in every six Amer
ican marriages ends in divorce, Dr.
Alfred Cahen reports in his re
cently published 'Statistical Analy
sis j£f American Divorce,” and this
directijTSt/ects mqre than half mil
lion men, womem and children
every year.
In addition, desertion, popularly
known as “the poor man's divorce,”
rivals divorce in frequency of oc
curence. The national desertion bu
reau says that total desertions in
urban United States may be in ex
cess of 50,000 annually, but no re
liable records exist.
At the present rate of increase,
51 per cent of American marriages
will end in divorce by 1965, Dr.
Cahen estimates, and he points
out that “alarming prophecies” are
not new, for such a prediction was
made in 1785 by the Rev. Benjamin
Trumbull, president of Yale Uni
versity. *
“Children preserve the home,"
says Dr. Cahen, “since only 8 per
cen of American married couples
possessing children end in the di
vorce courts, while 71 per cerft of
the childless marriages terminate
in divorce. Furthermore, every ad
ditional child cuts in half the chance
of divorce."
“Likewise,” says Dr. Cahen, “the
shortening duration of these mar
riages, where the home is eventu- i
ally broken, is a distinct trend that
has paralleled the increasing di
vorce rate, the fourth year of mar
ried life now being the most com
mon for divorce, as compared with
the seventh year at an earlier pe
rjpd.”
The urban rate of divorce is prob
ably twice that of rural areas, and
the Pacific Coast states have three
times the rate of the Atlantic sea
board.
Give a Job.
From Answers.
“Just what have vou done for hu
manity?" asked the judge before
passing sentence on the pickpocket.
“Well." replied the confirmed
criminal, ‘Tve kept three or four
detectives working regularly.”
SOME THOUGHT DISTRACTER!
From Tid-Bits
Kind old lady on ocean trip to
fellow pascenger who is a bad sailor:
‘They say a novel will sometimes
distract ones thoughts from sea
sickness — would you like to read
his one?”
‘What is the title?"
“ ‘The Great Upheaval.’ ”
Wh.le trying to launch a lifeboat
to rescue a ship in distress, Patrick
Flanagan, of St. Andrews. Scot
land. was run over by a boat car
riage wheel and killed.
IlsreofizsdWax
Keeps Skin Young
Get an ounce and use aa directed. Fine particles of &R«d
akin peel off until all defect* aucli a* pimples, liver
spots, tan and freckloj disappear. Skin in then soft
anti velvety. Your face looks years younger. M r nljamt
^45 brngs ou* the hidden beauty of your akin. T#
remove wrinkle* use one ounce Powdered Saxoliia
diaaolved in ono-iialf pint witch haul. At drug stores.
Find Revives Interest
in Oldest Hero Story
From Oxford comes word that 50
more lines of the epic of Gilgamesh,
t.ie traditional Babylonian hero, have
been found inscribed on a stone tab
let lately excavated at Kish, a very
ancient city in the desert of Irak.
This is regarded as a most important
addition to the oldest adventure
story in the world. One estimate of
the Kish tablet places its writing at
about 4,000 years ago.
But even that does not necessarily
mean the beginning of the Gilgamesh
epic. From time to time contribu
tions to this adventure story have
lieen made as records have been un
earthed, with evidences of , earlier
production. As digging Is continued
and older and older cities are
brought to light earlier versions of
Gilgamesh may come to hand. For
Gilgamesh is the fundamental, basic
story of heroism. Historically Gil
gamesh Is reputed to have been a
king in the first dynasty of Grach, to
whom is attributed a reign of 120
years, which is doubtless an exag
geration to be understood in the light
of some of the great ages reported
in very early records of man. Gil
gamesh was a soldier who became a
sun god. To him were attributed
many feats of great valor. He sought
the secret of immortal life and per
petual youth. In him are embodied
the nature myths such as are identi
fied with all primitive civilizations.
From the Gilgamesh epic ramified
innumerable legions throughout the
Mediterranean area and southwest
ern Asia. There are traces of Gil
gamesh in the folk tales and myths
of the Hebrews, Phoenicians, Syri
ans, Greeks and Romans, throughout
Asin Minor nnd even in Indin. The
finding of 50 new lines, presumably
dated earlier than those hitherto
available for study, is consequently
an achievement of moment, and it Is
hoped that these lines may supply
gaps in the story of this oldest tale
of heroism of which man now has
anv records.
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Seduced 30 Pounds
Never Felt Better
Srxfe Way to Loose Fat
Take the case of Miss Madelone
Crowley, for Instance, who lives *n
Little Rock, Ark. Just read her
letter:
‘‘I have used Kruschen Salts for
one year —when I started I weighed
140 pounds—now I weigh 110 pounds
and never felt better in my life.”
That’s the big reason a* host of
men and women take Krnschen to
lose weight—as the fat goes yon
gain in health—skin clears—eyes
grow bright—activity replaces in
Take one-half teaspoonful of
Kru§chen In a glass of hot water
every morning before breakfast—
cut down on fatty meats, potatoes
and sweets—a jar of Kruschen that
costs but a trifle lasts 4 weeks—get
It at any drugstore In the world—but
for your health’s sake demand and
get Kruschen Salts.
Robin Had Business There
Some t^pe during th§ winter a
paiT? "of glass was broken in the
clubhouse of the Bath (Maine) Coun
try club and an early arrival from
the south decided that was a good
place to build a nest and rear her
young. As the clubhouse had not
been kept open during the winter no
one knew about the feathered visitor
and recently the glass was reset.
Then it was noticed that a robin kept
Hying against tbe glass and pecking
at It. Inside the clubhouse was
found a nest with two blue eggs in it.
The Power of Smell
Hawaiian natives, by smelling n
tlsti, can tell from what bay in the
island It was caught. But Capt. Wll
Ikim'Mouat of Portland, Maine, goes
them one better by declaring the way
to determine the proximity of an ice
berg is by its smell. Years of sail
ing in regions where they abound
give him powers of detecting them
by their “musty odor.”
Definition
A fourth-grade teacher was frying
to introduce the subject of mining.
"Wliat is a mine, Samuel?*’ she
asked. *
“A mine,” began Samuel, ‘‘why a
mine's the thing we got Inside oar
heads.”
Earth’* Ice Supply
There are about 6,000,000 square
miles of ice on the earth’s surface.
Of this amount 5,000,000 square miles
are in the Antarctic.
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Sioux City Ptg. Co., No. 25-1932.