THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 11. 1921.
S L E E PY-T l,M E. TALES
"THE TA L E OF
TOMMY FOX
, BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
ISA
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CHAPTER XIX.
Tommy Fox Learns a New Trick.
New, there was a road that ran
'.hrough the valley, along the bank
Df Swift river. And when Mrs.
Fox reached it, with Tommy close
Iiehind her, she turned again this
time to the left and ran along in the
ueaten track which the roses and
leighs had made.
Tommy Fox thought it very
strange that his "mother should lead
iiim to the road, where they were
,ure to find people driving. Tommy
followed her. Hut he was very un
happy. They swung into the road
lust ahead of a farmer, who was
.Iriving along in a sieign. J lie
leigh hells tinkled merrily as the
AndMwFox could tell what was
: happening iack. therein the road
r -, I .1.. I . I . .
' uoic wuitcu Miiainy uuw u wit
-oad. But the jingling of the bells
i id not sound at all pleasant to
Tommy Fox. It only frightened
uim all the more.
The farmer in the sleigh did not
ice Tommy and his mother, for the
now rose high on both sides, and
:he road wound in and out. Little
lid he know that Mrs. Fox and
Tommy were scampering along in
iront of him. Of course, he couldn't
. :atch them, anyhow. Tommy knew
:,hat much. But if they ran very
:ar down the road they would be
Hire to meet some other man.
To Tommy it Veined bad enough
HOLDING A
4 Adele Garrison's
Revelations
The Course Madge Took When
urace Draper raced Her.
If I had followed my first im
oulse I should have fled shrieking
iown the stairs at the sudden ap
pearance of Grace Draper in the
Souse I was inspecting with a view
lo its purchase. AH my old aversion
At-- " , 4 . r
10 mc gin, my very real terror 01
her, swept over me until I found my
self as near utter panic as I ever
had been in my life. 1
. v But pride,' that most potent of
stimulants, came to my rescue. Of
ill people in the world, this woTnan
was the one before whom I could
least afford to show any sign of a
white feather. Unthinkable that she
should see me quart even for an in
stant 1 I summoned every bit of will
power I possessed, and spoke to her
coolly, steadily.
"Ah! Miss Draper, is it not? I
hardly recognized you at first. But
your voice hasn't changed."
I had spoken only the simple
, truth, but with any other woman
than the one before me I would have
tactfully refrained from commenting
upon the marked alteration in her
appearance. But there was no room
in my heart for truth toward Grace
Draper, and I am afraid there was
meanness enough in my soul at that
instant to rejoice at the change which
had come to her.
Grace Draper Had Changed.
' ' For she was no longer the vision
of beauty which Dicky had so ad
mired in the first year of our mar
riage when she had been the model
. for so many of his illustrations. At
that time her beauty had been fault
less, and I had always felt myself at
a marked disadvantage biside her
..But ever, the few years si ice then,
though they had touched mc lightly
enough, had decidedly aged her,
: probably because of the combination
with them of a code of life far re
moved from mine, and of the pen-
' alties which she had suffered for her
m iiucs.
' "She was still attractive, her figure
J-iraa still lissome, but it and her fea
tures' were far, too thin, while the
r. brilliant coloring which of old was
one of her chief attractions had been
replaced by rouge. I guessed that
beneath it was an unbecoming pallor,
materially detracting from her old
charm. There was a hardness, a
. . r -i , ... , . .
roucn oi cneap vulgarity aDOUt ner
also, which made her only a cari
cature of the woman she once had
been. But her lustrous dark eyes
were still beautiful, full of unquench
able fire and spirit. But despite
them, however, my old jealousy of
the girl slipped from me forever. I
no doubt had cause to fear her, but
in this moment's concentrated gaze
at her I knew that never could
Dicky be attracted to her again. I
knew, also, without vanity that the
' ia
had the advantage of her in personal
appearance.
That she realized the same truth
as she looked at me nay, more,
knew that I had seen it also was
evident in the sudden curling of her
lips back over her teeth, while into
her eyes for a fleeting fecond there
came the exprssion of something
catlike preparing to spring.
Linda "a Good Scout."
How I ever held my ground before
that look I do not know, but stand
motionless I did, looking calmly
into her eyes. But when the savage
look faded and was replaced by
something inscrutable, I knew that
" nothing in my action had changed
her. intention. She had forced her
self into passivity. . -
"It is hardly to be expected that I
should be unaltered, is it?" she
asked with a little smile, which, in
Hki nry aversion, to her, I had
' ef
to have that dog chasing them, with-
I - . . . 1. tl.A.. ...nrA n
OUt gUlllg WWCIC liicy nm. ouit
find other enemies. Tommy heard
the dog baying. And he knew dogs
well enough to know that that dog
felt very sure that he was going to
catch them. But pretty soon lommy
heard the dog talking in a very
different fashion. He gave a mini
ber of short barks which meant that
he was in trouble.
Mrs. Fox looked over her shoul
der and smiled at Tommy. She
knew that they were safe. She
knew that the dog had not reached
the road until the farmer had driv
en right over their footsteps and
spoiled their scent. After the horse
had passed over their trail the dog
could smell onlv the horse's foot
prints, instead of theirs. And Mrs
Fox could tell what was happen
ing back there in the road. She
knew just exactly as well as if she
had been there herself she knew
that the dog had stopped short, and
was running all around, with his
nose to the ground, trying to find
where she and lommy had gone.
But he never found out.
You see, he wasn't half as clever
as Mrs. Fox. It never once oc
curred to him that Tommy and his
mother had turned into the road
just ahead of that farmer in his
sleigh. And finally the stupid dog
gave up the chase and 1 went back
to Farmer Green's house.
By that time Mrs. Fox and
Tommy were safe at home. Yes
they were even having a good laugh
over the way they had fooled the
dog. And Tommy had quite for
gotten how frightened he had been.
In fact, he began to feel very well
pleased with himself. For he never
once remembered that it was his
mother, and not himself, who had
thought of that trick. lie ought to
have felt very grateful to his grand
mother, for having taught his moth
er that clever way of cheating a
dog out of his dinner. But Tommy
Fox was so conceited that if his
grandmother had been there with
them he would have thought he
knew 10 times as much as she did.
I've no doubt that he would even
have tried to teach her to suck eggs
never once stopping to thing that
sne knew all about such things many
years before he was born.
(Copyright, Grosset & Dunlap.)
HUSBAND
New Phase of
of a Wife
to admit was full of genuine oathos.
Prison life is not generally con-'
ducive to the preservation of one's
attractiveness."
I turned involuntarily toward the
woman who had admitted me into
the house, wondering that Grace
Draper should speak of this chapter
in her life before her. But she was
no. longer to be seen, and the wom
an opposite me laughed lightly at
my gesture.
"Oh, Linda is a good scout!" she.
said. "She won't listen to anything
not intended for her ears. Besides,
she knows all about me. I knew
her years ago before she was mar
ried, and we've kept up a sort of
friendship ever since, enough so
that I was able to use her to get you
here. I knew you wouldn't want
the house, but it seemed a very
plausible way of seeing you. I
must admit that the various
guardians of your welfare are very
devoted and strictly on the job."
There was a distinct sneer in her
voice, but I gained the impression
that it was almost subconscious,
that she was striving to appear
friendly, whether or not with some
sinister purpose I couldn't ascertain.
But I resolved to be wary.
Her next words were an abrupt
question.
"What have you finally decided
about the letter I sent you?"
I had expected- the question, but
I knew that I was not yet ready to
answer it. I glanced quickly, fur
tively around the hall in which we
were standing. . She was between
me and'the stairway, but I spoke as
nonchalantly as though the knowl
edge of that fact had not sent a lit
tle apprehensive thrill through me.
I am rather tired," I said, "and
you do not look strong. Suppose we
sit down in some place where we
can talk more comfortably."
(Continued tomorrow.)
Do You Know the Bible?
tieiS r.LUP th?n"e, read the quea
T?n M A? you can answer them
IrVrtiht) aDSWer' t0 ,e " Si
Follow These Questions and An
swers As Arranged by
i J. WILSON ROY:
I. vVho was Apollos?
... Why was the first day of the
weekly rest changed from the Sab
bath or seventh, to the first day of
the week?
3. What is meant by the "syna
gogue of the Libertines?"
4. Who was Felix, before whom
Paul was tried?
5. Who was Festus?
6. Why was Christ said to have
been the first to rise from the dead
(Acts xxvl 23), when others before
Him had risen, as the widow's son,
Lazarus, etc.?
Answers.
1. He was a Jew of Alexandria,
an eloquent man, and deeply read in
the Old Testament books, one
"mighty in tlie Scriptures."
2. Because it was on the first day
of the week that our Lord's Resur
rection took place.
3. There are two opinions regard
ing this. First, they are held to
have been a congregation of freed
men, persons having been either
born or made slaves of war and
had obtained their freedom. Second,
they -were from a city in Africa, near
Carthage, called Libertina, and
hence were called Libertines.
4. He was the Roman procurator
of Judea under Claudius Caesar.
5. Porcius Festus was the suc
cessor of Felix, appointed by Em
peror Nero.
6. He was the first who rose
never to die aeain.
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is one of specie payments or, say, of building. For four years
now house construction has been practically at a standstill all over
the world, with requirements expanding all the time.
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the subject. We are still conservative, but the information now
in hand leads us to believe that conditions may become only slightly
more favorable during the present year if at all, while there is
some probability that costs will increase over the current level.
"According to R. G. Dun & Co., the total building permits
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This is an increase of more than $30,000,000 over January, or 60
per cent. The total for February of 1920 was $93,673,918. Con
sidering the reduction of building costs, the volume "of building
contracted for in February of this year was as great as that of
last year.
"In view of this resumption of building activity, it is not
probable that the makers of building material will be inclined to
grant further reductions of prices. On the contrary, it is quite
generally predicted that increases will be in order.
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is indicated by the statements of savings banks and loan associa
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that prospective builders have considerable sums to use as down
payments on residences and other buildings. "
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will be governed by the general demand and not by the demand in
any particular locality. At the present time the lack of building
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