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Lnurcnco DIblcy looked ruefully nt
'tho Hat punctured tiro of his automo
ibllo nnd tli on around nt tho thickly
wooded section In which ho was
stranded.
The road ran through tall woods and
nil along Hb length It wus perfect for
motoring; Lnurcnco had never been
on tho Cross highway beforo and he
jhnd been nn ardent admirer of the
;qualnt little villages and picturesque
farm houses scattered through this
iNow England country. Onco In a
whllo ho camo upon tho river and
crossed It through echoing covered
(bridges. Ho had Just passed through
itho wood when a tire burst beyond all
repair. Laurence slipped It off and
jnppllcd tho emorgency tiro ho had
.carried nnd had barely gone another
Ihundred yards when a rear tiro ex
ploded loudly, ruinously.
"Talk about disasters at seal"
grumbled Laurenco as ho pushed tho
light roadster Into on open spaco
among the trcc3 besldo tho road and
gathered branches of autumn leaves
to heap over it until It was qulto hid
den under October follngo. "If ever
a mnrlnor was marooned at sea this
landlubber is wrecked on dry land I I
wonder how many miles from civilisa
tion I am?"
He pulled out his road map s,nd
studies it closely. "Four miles to a
repair shop whew 1" He pocketed
the map and tucked bis long dnst
coat Into a locker with his heavy fur
coat, and with cap tilted on the back
of his head sot forth to tramp tho
four miles Into the next vlllago, Mel
ton. At last he emorgod from the woods
Into a more open country and there,
jtemptlngly on bis right hand lay a
Hong, low, white-painted farm house
Iwhose great square chimneys denoted
'ho'spltallty aa well as did the roomy
front porch furnished with comfort-
able chairs and tables. Laurenco could
isee large barns in the distance and
)on rolling meadows in the background
were dotted a dozen cows.
"That looks Uko glasses of butter-
milk and hunks of cold Johnny cake,"
murmured Laurenco wlBtfully looking
backward as ho passed the place.
A quaint signboard Bwlnglng from a
tall elm trco near tho gate arrested
his attention and sont his feet speed
ing in tho oppostto direction and up
tho path to tho Inviting front porch.
'"Refreshments Served to Travolers,"
'It stated plainly.
Laurence Ufed tho polished brass
knocker and mado known his pres
ence there.
Light footsteps sounded and there
wbb the click of high heeled shoes
on bare polished floors nnd the door
swung open revealing a girl clothed
In a chine blue pinafore that envelop
er her from neck to heels. She was
a protty girl nay a beautiful girl,
with n mist of One dark hair breaking
into tendrils around her rose-tinted
face and with delicately arched black
browa above largo hazel eyes. There
was a dab of flour on her nose of
which ahe appeared unconscious. She
looked inquiringly at Laurence, for so
absorbed was he in contemplating the
charming vision of her that he quite
forgot his errand.
He whipped off his cap and stuffed
it in his pocket "Good afternoon I
er have had a breakdown with my
car hack here in the woods and I am
on my way to Melton for a mechanic.
I happened to bo mighty hungry and
I saw your signboard so I came right
In. Is that right?"
"Certainly," said tho girl gravely.
'If you will sit down In tho porch I
will bring you whatever you wish. It
Is so warm and sunny out there peo
ple scorn to prefer It, but if you'd
rather we havo a room inside."
' "Out hero by all means," protested
Laurence dropping gratefully into a
comfortable rocking chnir. "I dream
ed of buttermilk and cold Johnny
Jcake," he smiled.
"Your dream will bo realized, only
Ithe Johnny cake is hot from the
Joven I have Just made it" Sho
(flashed out and lntho door again
heaving In his band a small card on
which waa set forth a list of viands
Jsorved at Elm Farm. The handwrit
ing was angular and the ink waa of
lotd-fashloned violet hue.
Laurence ate his hot Johnny cake
and drank gloss after glass of cold
'buttermilk in addition to various oth
!er delectable viands, all served by the
beautiful girl In the blue pinafore. She
went about the business of serving
him with a quiet gravity that charmed
him. He could have remained hours
and would willingly have eaten up
land down the bill of fare several
times over If he had not feared the
igrnvn Inquiry of her eyea.
, "She must think I'm a glutton," he
WORK
Work as If thy task were .mad for thee:
Bo strong a If thou hadat courage,
And charitable aa If thou hadat been rewarded;
netnaln poor If riches are dishonorable,
And carry poverty with the dignity of virtue.
When others dlno sumptuously, eat thy crusts
Let love be thy guide and Jusllco thy god
Not for thyself alono, but for all men.
Pursuing thrso things thou wilt bo misjudged. .
Then, uncomplaining, llo thou down at oven,
Cheered by tho lovo In thy heart
And by tho full grown soul of thy charity;
Tlion hast thou won the heroic battle.
Max Ehrman.
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CHARLETON
thought with chagrin as she carried
tho empty dishes away. "I never ate
so much in nil my llfo at ono tlmo,
and I'd do It nil over again Just for
tho prlvllcgo of watching her trip in
and out!" Ho summed up tho cost of
his meal and asked the girl if It was
correct "What is my reckoning?" he'
smiled.
Sho said It was and he thrust his
band into a pocket for his wallet Ho
wont through one pocket after an
other with growing embarrassment,
finally fishing up a solitary dime.
"I I must have lost my wallet,"
he stammered awkwardly, before tho
concern in her eyes. He was con
scious then that his clothes were
dusty nnd thnt his hair must be un
tidy. What If sho thought him an Im
postor? Ho blushed deeply.
"I'm glad you've got grace to blush,
young man," rasped a shrill voice and
behind tho girl appeared the sharp
features of a mtddle-agod woman clad
In a violet print dress and whlto
apron. "That's an old story you're
not the first impostor I've cooked for
nnd waited upon only to have serve
me such a trick I I'd be ashamed "
"MIsb Malvlna!" protested tho girl
with a shocked look at Laurence. "I'm
sure this gentlotnan must havo lost
his money pray, give him a chance
to explain."
Laurence turned a grateful look
upon her and then addressed Miss
Malvlna. "I am sorry, madam," he
said a little stlfflly, "but appearances
certainly are against me; my auto
mobile broke down in tho woods back
yonder and now that I come to think
of it I must have placed my wallet in
my dust coat and the dust coat la In
a locker In the cart If you care to
send somebody with me as a guaran
tee of my return I will go back after
it, and return to pay my reckoning!"
"Fiddlesticks I" sniffed Miss Mal
vlna. "There isn't a soul to send
along with you now. Here I am with
out a mite of help around the place
todny everybody gone off to the
county fair at Melton. If Miss Fairly
hadn't put on her big apron and come
down and helped me I don't know
what I'd hnvo done It ain't right eith
er, her being n boarder and up here
for a rcstl You can Bet right down
hero, young man, until my brother
Samuel comes back from the fair I
reckon he'll walk back with you after
your pocketbook!"
"Miss Malvlna!" cried the girl
again, and this time she was quite in
dignant "1 will pay you the money
becauso I am sure this gentleman will
return there!" Sho flashed in and
out of the house, returning witha sil
ver mesh purse, from which she took
some monoy and paid Laurenco Dlb
ley's reckoning with Miss Malvlna.
"I hope you don't object," sho said
with a smile toward him.
"Miss Fairly, I am deeply grateful,"
he said warmly, and under the scorn
ful eyo of Miss Malvlna Lee he strodo
down the path and returned to his dis
abled machine. When be reached the
spot he came upon a large motor car
full of people lunching in tho shade
of the trees. Among them were sev
eral friends, and after he had told
them of his troublo there were many
willing hands to pull out his car and
with an elaborate tool kit tho chauf
feur of tho big machine repaired the
broken tires sufficiently to sond blm
rejoicing on his way to Melton.
No one could blame him for tooting
his horn triumphantly as ho stopped
before Miss Malvlna's gato, and when
he reached the porch and bad paid tho
monoy he had borrowed from Miss
Fairly Into her pretty pink palm, ne
grasped It for a moment in his own
strong clasp.
"You've been a friend indeed to me,"
ho said soberly. "My reckoning with
Miss Malvlna is paid but my reckon
ing with you. Miss Fairly well. I
never want to settle thnt!" With a
smile and a blush from her he was
gone but he went back again.
A Gala Night.
"Last night I saw a cab full ot
calves."
"That's rather strange. What made
you think tho cab was full of calves f
"I was merely judging from the
number ot French heels I saw stick
ing out of the window."
The Apparatus.
"I was Just wondering one thing In
all this talk of weighing souls."
"What are you wondering?"
"If they can do It with a spirit
levol."
The Reason.
"I wonder why gossip travels so
fast?" "Because the tongues which
carry It are always on the rail"
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NO up-to-date costumo is consider
ed complete without the inev
itable hand-bag, which must har
monize with, if not match, the
costume. This bag is suspended from
the shoulder either side and made of
URGENT NEED FOR A NAME
If the. Bisected Skirt la to Be Gen
erally Worn Let It Have Femi
nine Appellation.
It Is thought by some In Germany
that the name "harem skirt" or more
horrible still "trouser skirt" Is the
only thing that prevents the spread
and general use of this much talked ot
article of wearing apparel. So these
same people have offered a prize for
the best names and have hit up "Ama
zon" and "cavalier" skirt as a result,
nnd hope by keeping these more allur
ing titles before the feminine public to
popularize the garment. Not that it
needs so much to be popularized, they
say. Tho leading German shops ad
vertise It In bewildering variety, and
privately claim that orders are pour
ing In to a degree which shows that,
like other extreme modes gone be
fore, tho trousers er, that Is, tho
cavalier skirt is sure to conquer In
the end. But if the moro timid fol
lower of fashion buys one, and keeps
it hanging In her closet to gaze upon
with nwo nnd admiration, yet Is afraid
to wear a "trouser" skirt upon the
street, by all means let us christen it
with something softer and more femi
nine. CHILD'S SIMPLE FROCK
This pretty frock is ot gray bluo
easbmero embroidered in tho same
shade. The waist is finished across the
front with a band of maderla embroid
ery on linen, of wbloh the shoulder
collar is also made.
This last Ib placed over a collar
of black satin, bands of which finish
tho silk cord matching tho gown forms
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embroidered moire three Persian,
palm loaves bordered with pearls being
the chief decoration. The fringe and
fringe 1b tho mode at present Is
made of pearl and wood beads, in
brown to match the cloth suit.
DRESSES FOR EVENING WEAR
Slight Change In Styles Will Be Note
In the Coming Season's
Garments.
An unusually decollete neck finish,
extremely short sleeves and an irregui
lar-shaped train Inclined to shortness
are features having: a bearing on the
new evening gowns for fall and win
ter. i,ace plays a large part, both as
a foundation material and for trim
ming purposes, every variety being
used, no matter what the texture or
pattern. Allover designs or robe
gowns are used as an underbody, In
which case the filmy draperies par
also used for draping over soft fin
tlally conceal tho pattern. They are
lshed sltks, crepes and satins, and In
these Instances usually are cut in ono
with the waist. Some of the newest
models show the allover lace exten
sion below tho waist line In cutaway
coat effect, Cltoyenne frill or peplum.
In some Instances the pointed effect
Is made In tho front, with tapering
lines cutting off to the waist In the
back. Dry Goods Economist.
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Detachable Flower.
It must have been the girl of small
allowance who invented tho detach
able flower for her hat. Trimming
the winter's chapeaux- is so simple
that it is an easy matter to whisk
off one flower and put on another to
match the next costume worn.
Velvet polnsettlas are a favorite
flower on winter hats for those who'
can stand the vivid red bo close to the
face.
Anothor popular flower Is huge vel
vet roses in rich dull tones. A new,
Idea 1b to outllno the edges of these,
roses with tiny besids to correspond
to the color of the costume worn. '
Instead of sewing on the detach-j
able roses each time, they' are pro-;
vided with tiny safety pins on the'
under Bide, which aro quickly adjusted
to the trimming.
Making a Pillow Cover Fit.
The cover of a sofa pillow can bej
made to fit well by tho following llttin
trick: After sewing up three sides)
but beroro turning tho cover right side!
out, tack the two finished cornors of
the case securely to two corners of!
the pillow. Turn the caso over the!
pillow. Sew up the fourth side for an,
inch or two at each end. Tack those,
two cornors to the corresponding cor
ners of the cushion. Flftlsh as usual.
This keeps the pillow from pulling
and sagging away from the cover,
Houskeeper.
Large Revere Popular.
The use of tho large collar Is no
doubt responsible for tho popularity
of the large revers. Some aro long
and narrow, coming down below the
waist line. Others aro square and a
few round.
In a certain number of cases the
coats are made with a Blnglo rever
on one side and double revers are
seen in some Instances. Tho long
shawl collars are again meeting with
favor.
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The Genevieve Who Married
to Reform Him
When a woman marries a man to re
form him sho falls to toko into con
sideration thnt by tho time sho has
got It done there will bo nothing left
ibut reform the man will bo entirely
Irottod away.
James was n delightful man with
only ono bad habit It was tho hnblt
which most womon call "bad hnblts."
3Io was a real cfltnto man, was James,
nnd his bad habits wcro very active
right after he had cinched a deal. Ho
cinched a deal rather so often per
hnpE Genovlevo met James at a club
party, according to tho commonplace
wont of things, and ho was very nice
to her. She was a nice llttlo thing,
and he got into the habit of driving
out rather often to her father's homo
on the very edge of the town. It is
not too much to nay that Genevlevo
'fell in love with him. James fell in
love with her, too. Then he went
driving out to see Genovlove very
'often and was allowed to stay to sup
'per, and he and Genevlevo had a love
ly time on the veranda in the moon
light. Then, as cool weather came on, he
was rather busy and fell from grace,
as usual, when he cinched a deal. And
at last, at a party, Genevieve saw him
when ho had fallen from grace. He
was a bit above himself, and, besides,
she danced with him and noticed
.something about his breath.
Next morning big brother said, "Jim
had a lovely souse on last night, didn't
he? But he certainly had a nerve to
dnnco with you. You should havo
,turned hlmown."
Genevieve gasped a bit. Then she
.said, "Ho was nothing of tho kind,
;and I don't thank you." And then sho
Iran to her big, pretty, pink and whlto
room and got down upon her knees
and cried and criedJ Then, when Bhe
could get her breath', Bhe remembered
'his; and then she prayed for Jim very
slnctroly and very girlishly, and felt
better.
' She entirely failed to pray for her
self, because she had not yet found out
"Nothlngwrong, Hatstastettuff."
that she was the person who really
needed that attention.
James came out in a few days,
sober and In his right mind. He knew
how bod he had been, and he sup
posed she did, too, so he told her he
was not fit to speak to her, but he was
going to be a man now, and would
isho forgive him? And Genevieve said
!he must bo a man for her sake, and
.she would forgive him, because she
'was sure he was repentant and would
never fall again.
When James went back to tho club
the next night ho lifted a restraining
palm to his friends and said: "Never
again! I'm on the water wagon for
.keepB." And his friends laughed, bo
cause they had climbed on the water
wagon themselves at the bidding of a
nice girl.
About Christmas Genevieve had a
Bhock. James was doing groat busi
ness and, besides, It was the blessed
holiday season. He was to dine with
them on Christmas, and when he ar
rived, rather late in the afternoon, he
had been warding off the cold of the
drive.
Genevieve cried her eyes out that
night, down on the floor beside her
bed; and James went back to the club
and gathered together a monumental
er well, he wsb a title above him
'self again. Because he was extremely
ashamed.
By the time this wore off, he was
truly repentant, and hated the very
smell of the stuff. So he drove out to
see Genevieve and told her so. Gene
vieve had the theory,, held by every
wll brought up girl, about a man re
forming by the grace well, by prayer
and such things. She had prayed sin
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he hated the very smell of tho stuff.
These two things stood to Genovlovo
In the relation of cnuso nnd effect
And this was tho exact moment chos
en by James in which to ask her 'to
marry him.
When James nnd Genevlevo camo
back from their honeymoon, the hnppy
brldesroom was warmly congratulated
by his many friends. When he went
home to, Genevlevo tho first evening
he snld, "M'darllng' assure you noth.
Ingwrong hatetosteatuff."
All the years that Jnmcs was com
Ing homo to Genovlovo perfectly sober
er that Is, sober at lenst threo
evenings out of the week, Genovlevo
was thinking with some pride that if
ho would only straighten up, ho
would show those friends of his who
had so far outdistanced him in the
race becauso, really, said Genevieve
to herself, James was far the ablest of
them all. It was nothing but bis dis
astrous hnblts that stood in his way.
And at Inst the day dawned when
James came to. Ho saw what he real
ly tlooked like and decided that the
time had come when he must straight
en up and leave behind his boyish
ways. So ho straightened up. Imme
diately? Yes, Immediately. Was it an
awful struggle? No, It wub not an
awful struggle.
He was sick a week or bo and felt
depressed and down for months, but
that was about nil. Because tho truth
is that it is not such an awful strug
gle, as a rule. Tho truth is that
James, and John and William and
Charles are not often in earnest when
they say they want to stay on the wa
ter wagon, bo they cheerfully fall off
again.
Their wives think they are? Yes,
but their wives only see them when
they aro depressed and down in tho
mouth. The, minute James and the
rest of them get outdoors, they are
different men.
You don't believe it? Well, you ask .
your brother about it, Genevieve, my
dear, and watch what he says.
Well, when James really 'made up
his mind to quit he jtrat quit And
the saddest point of the story is right
here he never did astonish the world.
He never set the rtver on Are, ho
never did a thing except to continue
to make rather a shabby living for
Genevieve. (
She had reformed him, hut the re
form was about all there was left. As
Genevieve sometimes said to herself,
"It seems as if he were only a ghost
only a ghost."
As ho was a perfectly commonplnco
ghost at that) perhaps Genevieve did
not hnve much of a run for her money
after nil.
(Copyright, by Associated Literary Press.)
The City Policeman.
"The man in uniform," snys Mngis
trate Houso of Now YorL-, "is a target
for street loafers."
"It'B a funny thing," mused Officer
Flndley some months ago, "but every
body Is against a cop. K he sets the
worBt of 1. In a scrap, everybody is
satisfied, and if p cop waB to walk his
beat with a blacked eye evory citizen
would laugh hlsself to death in the
matter. 'Kill the cop!' that's what they
shout. And yet what Is he doing? He
is doing his duty. Take a fireman; he
does his duty, too, but he's a hero.
Why? HIb work Isn't any more dan
gerous than a cop'-. Perhaps you think
it's a cinch to arrest a dangerous
character who fa waving a gun or a
knife or a razor. Well, It isn't, and a
cop.nover knows when he goes out in
the morning whether his wife will be
a widow by night And Bay! Imagine
this town without any cops for just
ono week! What?"
Baby Was Mother's First Thought
A sory of a mother's sacrifice fol
lowed by her death comes from Cov
entry. Mr. Walter Clifford of Coven
try took his wife, their child aiid a
friend out for a motor drive, and
when about a mile from Stonebridge,
where there is a narrow Btone bridge,
tho car got Into difficulties. It was ev
ident that a collision with the bridge
was imminent Mrs. Clifford, seeing
the danger, took up from her lap the
child, who is two nnd a half years of
age, and in a moment threw it over
the side of the car on to tho grass.
The car immediately afterwards over
turned and its occupants wore thrown
out. Mrs. Clifford sustained a bad
concussion and died a fow hours af
terwards. Her husband and friend es
caped with mere scratches. The child
waa uninjured.
Choice Engravings.
"America is not deficient in patriot
ism nor in love of art," said the cheery
citizen.
"No," replied Miss Cayenne. "But
just tbo same, the seneral enrornnn.
to posess twenty-dollar bills 1b not due
entirety to me race mat ueorge Wash
ington's picture Ib on thorn."
Appropriate Space.
"How much space shall I give this
account of the pillars of society?"
"Oh, glvo 'em a column."
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