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The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

Matt and her brother Jas. T. left
| Tuesday for Raleigh, Jas. T. to en-
ter the A. and E. college, and Miss
Ninett to enter Kings Business col
lege. We wish them much success.
-Mr.~T. A. Dixon has accepted a
position with the Parkton Mere. Co.
Mrs. Printiss Stanton of Florence,
S. c., returned home Wednesday af-
ter spending several days with her
father and mother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. l.. Stanton.-Mrs. Justin
McNeill and small daughter, Helen
Marie, returned home to Lumberton
this afternoon after spending sever
al weeks with home folks.-Visitors
too numerous to mention for the pres
ent.
Must mention most wonderful
pumpkin vine, a volunteer discovered
and cared for by Miss Nellie Thorn
asson. 1t has borne four pumpkins,
the largest weighing 62, the second
As, the third Al and the fourth 80,
total 178 pounds. This is no joke, as
the writer hos viewed them and can
testify he never dreamed that one
vine could produce So much meat.
Mrs. c. B. Thomasson and children
We're visitors to relatives near our
town last week.-Mrs.. J. A. Thomas
son returned home to Charlotte We'd
nesday after an extended visit to
her son, Mr.. S. J. Thomasson, and
family.-Mr. John Ferguson of St.
Pauls was a caller in our town last
night and today.
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contributors to Monument nf Stonho,
Little at FairmOnf p''oi

In Mondays Robesoni Al It was
stated that Mr.. A. B. Little, who l;vos
near Fairmont,chad secured contrib, bu
1lons n'ounting to $22.25 from Inv
! perton to help pay for {. monnuen+
e. t. BE erected at the grave OF his e.,n
otephen, who was killed while in The l,
service OF his country on the Mex;-
can border in 1915 and whose 70
Rs Rpalns We're inferred at Fairmont
deceased I was a member of comnanJ,
L, T.: S. infantry. The fo1lop;r f1lny y
contributions were secured 'Jhlowang -. Mlgg
H1ttle e. I'll at Lumberton: R. 3. LOWS
O. $i.o0, A. p: Spivey 25c, M. w T"ls FiouJ
g. p 4: y: Caldwell Soc, Frank Gongyh -
e. =. Il. M. McAllister Csc, W. p NJ -
aslllster 25c, @. T. Williams SOC W w
5. Britt 25c, A. W. McTesn 0SI' 81 W. W
T. 7 - rreneh soc, H. B. Jennings 25c
nn:;h:CalIdiwell26c, ,HowardM olrison 5oe 5oe'
TX D1xon Mclean SOC, R. C. Lawrenoa, ~
p goc, cash 25c, c. M. Fuller ST. r II
rope: SOC, J. A. Sharpe Soc r. Tbo d PoL L.
esonian 81, Sandy Mcleod 5oc me POP
v'ephens y Man ~ ". W. Carlyle 25c. p p
v MCDANIEL 25c, T. A. Ranosanar OK ~
.: .. NJ. McCallum 75c, L. R. Stenhonn' 1v.'
Eoc' Eo' All Il; Mcleod 81, A. IT. Preuats Pne4s
goc, "A; T. Page Csc, Bullock Rros So g.
:. y y; Proctor 25c, D. G. RnliarJ ESl' g.
NJ NJ II nracy 50c, I: J. Moore 1Oc NJ M
M M: 81 Kozier o. 25c, J. F. French '' 5oc M'
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
Army Cantonm~ ~nts Are Pitched on
Big Scale

Army CantOnm ntS Are Pitched on
Big Scale
Wilmington Star.
The tremendous scale on which the
army cantonments are pitched and
are being conducted is amazing.
Gllmpses of what is going on, at
Camp Jackson, near Columbia, for
instance, are given in items from the
Columbia State. Four car loads of
army hats have been unloaded there
during the past few days. Three car
Loads Of mems socks have been re-
celved this week-woolen socks. I'm
Gle Sam will not have his men wear
anything else. An officer told the
Columbia reporter that it takes lots
of socks for soldiers. Even if Ma
poleon was right When he said an ar
my travels upon it's ''tummy" It re-
mains true that one also moves on
It's feet, and it wears out socks ran
aily. The sexcessive walking and
dfllllng soon makes punctures. Manv
a pair never gets to a wash tuhy
it's off with the old and on with the
new. And Uncle Sam doesn't mind
! He is liberal with his socks and snn
plies a-plenty Great care is takan
With the feet of soldiers. In addition
to socks and hats, two big cars Of
trousers have come in this week for
the private Soldiers; and speakino
OF that, it is noticed that quotations
on olive drab suits for officers rnle
around $50. The State publishes =
cut of the paymasters, holding in
trays over 100000, for the camn
Workmen last Saturday.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

right up and make you feel fine and vigorous
want you to go back to the store and pet YOUR
money. Dodsons Liver Tone is destroying the
sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine
entirely vegetable. therefore it can not savate or
make you sick.
l guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver
lone will put your sluggish liver to work and
clean your bowels of that sour bile and constpated
waste which is clogging your system and making
you teel miserable. | guarantee that bottle Of
Dodsons Liver Tone will keep your entire family
feeling fine for months. Give it to your children
1t is harmless; doesn't grpe and they like its pleas
ant taste.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
TAXES Bz$$eER6i& TIE RLAGE A$GGE d|El, Of
New Discovery! Dodsos Liver Tone Acts Like Caome But Doesn't G
Saae or Make You Sck-Dont Lose Days sor-Hamess Liver
Medicine for Men, Women Chidren-Read Guarantee!

Ugh! Calon1e1 makes you sick It's horrible !!
Take dose of the dangerous drug. tonight and
tomorrow you may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes
necrosis of the bones Calo1nel, when it comes in
to contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
1t up This is when you feel that awful nausea
and cramping. If you are sluggish and "all
knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels
constpated you have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, lust try
spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone TONIGHT
Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store
and get so cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
Take spoonful and if it doesn't straighten YOU
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
MUST INCREASE PRODUCTION
No Power in Food Bill to Fix Prices
for Meat and Dairy Products
Meat Prices Will Soar as Long as
There is a Heavy Demand

Meat PrIceS Will Soar as Long a.
There is a Heavy Demand
Price-fxing for meat and dairy
products has no place in the govern.
ment's food control plans, Herbert
Hoover, the food administrator tolc
the national livestock conference
Thursday. Not only would it be in.
advisable to institute price-fixing in
these industries, he declared, but the
food administration has been given
no such power.
AS long as there is a heavy de-
mand for meat with a decreased pro-
duction, Mr.. Hoover said, meat prices
will continue to soar. The hope of
the food administration is that il
can stabilize quotations and thus
eliminate speculation.
Il cannot believe there is a pam
acea for a situation of this kind
said Mr.. Hoover. "Our problem is
to increase production. The best we
may expect is a slow development
towards the ends we seek. Drastic
control of packing plants with gov
eminent operation an alternative will
not work. We can administer food
control only through the cooperation
OF all interests concerned.
Ihere Is no power in the food bill
to fix prices and we never have ask
ed that power. Everywhere in Eu-
rope price -fixing-that is the naming
OF maximum prices-has failed. We
had the fixing of wheat prices thrust
upon US as it is our duty to purchase
80 per cent OF the crop for export
and We had the wheat committee
name a price as a guarantee to pro-
ducers and to stop speculation.
The meat situation is such that a
high price to producers is guaranteed
Tor many years. If war were to end
suddenly or if the submarine were to
be overcome, however, great stores of
wheat would be released in Argen-
tina, Australia and India and the
bottom would drop out of the mar
kets in this country. These three
nations will have on hand soon
enough wheat to feed the world, but
SHIPS cannot be had to transport it.
Beer and pork present different
situations. We export a small amount
OF beef relatively, but now we arr
over-exporting pork and it may be-
w tdhc measures CC
keep a proper relations between the
price OF corn and hogs. We want
your advice as to how this may be
done. ~
There is nothing that can be
done to stop this rise in meat prices
II the shortage continues, but if we
stabilize prices the rise will move
at continuous level. Producers
must have price that will st;mu
late production and must get thai
price, though there can be no gov
eminent guarantee and l see no way
TO bring about voluntary agree
ment as to the prices that should be
paid. ~
L doubt if legislation to guaran
zee producers a minimum price i:
wise, and in meat / believe it impos
sble to accomplish this" ''
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
war Spirit Deepening the Countr,

Brlgadier-General w. A. White
head OF the British recruiting mission
IN the United States, declared on his
return to New York Thursday from
q tour of the country, that "the war
Ieellng IS deepening every dav from
east to west. During his trim 70
erultlng off ices were opened in the
most important cities from coast to
IN the west we found no opposi-
tlon TO the war;" General White
s sala. indeed, We found plenty Of
ee:nthuslasm: Some EMPLOYERS did not ~
lke the idea of the possibility of of
losing some Of their men but We inn
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

pressed on them that unskilled or
some-shlled labor could be done bv
women. In England we had 200 900
women workers when the war start
ed and now we have 100000"
British recruits are beinp ohtoin-
cd at the rate of 100 a day through
out the country, General White said
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-02-26

$yn&s. cor:i2r2 81 de:ersa a c~u&i5uie
- te ca,~@as De Lyon. quu 10 Sa-
.'.a@..o 10 80 aba q. po&ria defender
. -: r,;aa;e cca mas descmbara=o.
L. i"s:"Gac:oaes del miserable pro
+ t@i - e, ete~,o qre esDe~aba.
Lo G:e hah:a iicho bastaba para
lie = tjsoa, Sc ~canven~;era de Que Sill
:-@ao Stna< era un perfecto cana:ia
= 4.c ei ac;o cue ie valera ser u
rr">taGo Ell .Arrel. estaba ju>t4ic"do
r.e"&mente.
IN t21o 10 ose guerra Remain Gil
her. gJien des1Ie ~eHtonces estaba Sc
49, ,,e Oh IA a~gaSaci5n que contra
"quci s. Hranu'"iara, habia de rczea-
,irse lie las .!isposiciones en- que coln.t
n osi,jal eacargado de ella.
! Cono 81 ST cualidad de gnanGata-
rio do Si;~ana 7rr.ia libertad de &C
mGnicar on 8! i toxin bora. dir;giosc
Embellishments 4 IA rrisi6n para con
~fcrenclar con e. deteaido. y sin cspc-
rar 4 cue este Ia anurciara ST de
ciSlcn De nombrIr nuevo letrado die
le que Va co2ceia su determination.
por IA senor:ta SperaUdien, ' que le
fe!:citaba nor haber obrado asi, como
q le hu5iera ~aconsejado. de no hallar-
So tan ocupado en- Angel, pues era
tanto 10 cue en- aCuel mor,ento te-
MA que hacer, que nc contaba cen ST.
ficiente tempo para Freparar ST. de
fenSa.
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"a muo~tc CO. padre De Gsta.

- -.-l'--'S ~ l'sN'sL ~ -
-iAh! :ardicz!-cxclam6 70.
man.-;C"aIdo vino a Francia!....
iToGo concor;a!a! En- acuciia tpo-
~ fue c,laalio S!:irano SC aprop!6 los
dee mil fran.os. Saba. adeTas,
rna cl seNc- Sp&raudicG iiav6 a Fran
cia a Rosrlina ron el fin de mcjo
rar su salud. ouehrantada. ac9UC Sc
leeia, per c! crecimicnto pra"o=. y
Cue crardo reores6 con ella h"b:a
eXperiMentaio II i2ven una vcrda.
dera transformation Y disttrutaba de
p~crfecta salud.
Fl senior Sp&raudicn habiI DECADE
81 Mia en- Marscl!a irran:c mis- de
dos mesaS que durG 81 riaje " Cham
payne. Era cvidcntc que Gurante
csc tempo fuc cuando Rosciin" die
a luz. FL cariHo cic~o de Il gong
n Gros por a4uella nina a~scGuraba
perfectamel.te su ccm?!icidad.
Ccntinuando en- s;s c2vi,2ciones
deduio que ell parto debi5 te7er Ii
gar en- Marsella 0 srs al-edadorss.
81 las prec4uciones fueron ben to-
maGas.
por W momento p-ns6 cue r.uy
bicl lutheran podido ocIltar el ma
cjmiento del nino, no declarandoio,
cor,o Ia lev dispone, ante n autorl
dad municipal: pero desech6 en- ST.
cuiia aquella idea POI ahsurda. Sill
yano Senas tcnia Gemasiado interGs
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.Iiab,aron des3uts d JOS asUntos G2
Arca,. : Ci;ncr, hi"o s@5er 4 Silva
10 cue su cu2ata DE participation
en- Ia casa SpGrauaiea So vcrificaria.
20 cbstantc Ia caltI dc ~cont.ato; ne
70 L no ca co&a de IN momcnto.
--csto cue nreciSaha pravticar IiGui
,iacianeS. cXaminar cueHtas Y GCcu-
aocntoz Y auH tai ,cz acudir = los Til
bvaaies contra 81 tutor y liQuidador
de Il sehorita SpGSaudicn, Todo aqIe
lla cn~tretenGr;a muchis;mo 4 Gilbert
quien dlricia todo q ?rocedimiento.
p"esto que el procurador SC limitari"
tn =G!c 4 secuiG SIS instruccioncs.
~vaiienGosc de Ia suprema habilida6
~" ;c caracterizaba. consi2ui0 el ca
bal,ero de Industrial corducir Ia con
~varsaciGn al tcrrcno que deseaba, y
rc- medic de sutilcs insinuaciC:,es
acerca de Ia cue sobrc 81 conducta
Sc haDlaha eli Argel, consigui3 de Sill
vano que Sc le esca7ara IA re"cla-
ci6n de que sus ar2orcS o Rosplina
haitian teniGo conseeuencias.
,Luego no sc habia enganadc. ISL
vano habl6 de conSecuencias'... no
podia tratarSe r!as cue de I'M miro.
-iOh! iAhora tenia segura IA pre-
sa' iDueno del secreto de la seno-
rita Speraudien, sabria tenerla bien a
su MERGED
No obstante Ia algeria que aquel
descubrimiento le causara, recibi6 un
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Don l~'adrique.

G,lbcr. Gsi6 LIVER sir mas nrcccu-
r~a,io2cs con r2slc:to nj proceso dc
S,i>aao L ias &c saber 4 cue rena
go e cc~&!ynar;a y Ge este estaba Sc
~sr: l. ten. si2mr.rc Il Moticia.
T.io % atraia ahora a Marsena. Y
.r?a ..,i2.. 81 !as c.:cunstaHciaz 10 accH
-, .,an. aut,lcra yo:ycr 4 .Ar@c,.
:, ..:r;l urantn sc nrcruntab@. en-
,co~-o. di.HGa en"ontraria los irfor-
hes ~rev5Sar:as acegca de aQuei niAo.
IA ey;Stcicis "a indudabl@, pues-
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"crdadoro ao!ne c.i&alo Gilvaro ic
aseguri IL ;: ~ coaso~uia 81 abso
iUcion. c3sa no r."r diiicil, raGria
obtcacr Il ind~ito y nm rez eli e
:cgim;ento, 5btca"r L. naccsa:ia auto
r~izaci6n IN casar<2. bas&adoSa en-
n situaciGta irr".ula~ On QUO respect,
lie RoseIina sc hallaba.
En- efer55. acuello en- muy rosi-
bie-r"nsaba Ii,Hcrt.-y aauiva,G~:. .
n ruiaa dc Il n~royc2tos. puez una
rnZ crr Sil"ar9 ccntraiera n7atr;mo-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-02-26

la asmerscamrfa


no Sc queaaroh SIN pTe&ul'atie, l"
miSino que &c hnoieFah nregul'aa' 4"
cuaiquIera !naIVlGuo s'SpechCSo &c
trata de blancas o de c!Eeulaci'n dc
6Iii'teS falsos.
-@Quc FIehe HsteI d hacef aQui
eiia no sup" cue r"''eS''E'
"a gu" i';'; = WYE 4 F''''
otra ''3a Hn" 1t DC 81 "~!"@H'e,2 y"''-
90! Guy" c!eio t5U" a!e'Ip'' C"''u'e'
! a !'"F Il "o':'" "e ""@ i@";'''S, 'I'I
H' '%e - { '' F"'
u' l""'s "i''." '',S''''' |''.'eo ;
"s''" '''"'"H P'i'''"'' 4"e I'll NtS'''
heben ser hoFFi'ies; co@oe In heEil"-
no 'aj"C" III arc" ""i" q" "''S"%.'
'at''c ' "''''e - '""'''" t''T '" '".'
' '"''"'pa Poi q 'o'' "e 10 '""'e-
EeS'
/. sobre TODD, fonde lie ~arrebata-
jan Il uni"c de:ccho or" 81 iuvcntud
= 81 bellezn ror!4"1@!a iwrcrio&amcn
te: cl dcrccho de a-aar.
: Ia chigrilIa. uac tardc en- que 81
im~aginac:5H y 81 care Sc prsicrcn
De acucr1o para rcrd":!a. Sc march"
a Ia Gale. c>hG 4 andar hacia !a ba-
hia, eli habia un barco, Sc subjG 4
q pasaje On mano. Y resrir6 I pul-
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National Exchange and Commission CO.


La Casa &c Cmrhin mas ulu?Ea y prcferml rDT To- n~xcanoS NENDEMoS bncts
1r los Pjnrs iuJopiC de. MGNrJ = Ion!eS y Mexico. NmuS del an lie f' para
nas q de IA rTna o. Sc nos >IpGe. SiTuiMES -dinefo MLAHANp y ANkkhAht
" a." N@ETTT1 ITT%Ta Y nIEeCnY Y IeRE DE GASTpS i cuaWer IOhirt1n de Ne
s. usri-an:5 ia enur?a Anrts de hacer sr .onlra 4 ORA casa, .Hrlbaros p-
ITrtS rrrn dc 10 0r u,ce:Ir. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tda cHe de HOFnes.
=. W. "" ,IE, n, = C,s "' T. q. Ron 81 LAREDO. TEXAS.
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err p-eva,crse de II e%istsncia dc
arucl miro. cue era Ia ~rarantia de
<u ~porveni:. para haber eScamoteado
=: racimierta.
I'm e5ta segrridad Sc diriri6 d; fas
o~f!rinas del Registro Civil en- cuatl.
to lI.2G = Marseila.
Su$ iEv"3:igacioncs no fueror Ear
gaS Conociendo sobrc POGO mas O
meuos In fecna dci yiaje de Srerau-
ilcn. no IL cost6 trabajo ninguno Ell
concrar en- los lihros 10 que busca-
ba. %
Sus oics CRISES brillaban de extra
10 mode tras los c~"istales de sus an
t~eoios, r:ieatras cue sobre ell mar2en
&c Til libr0 le:: esta indication que.
Sc GTababa or 81 mentc de ua-nio-
IS m~de.eblc:
Roberto Scenes
l.ijo de Ncmigio S:lvano SGnas.,5.
Y lie Maria Rose!ina SpGraudiea, no
casados
pt %.
NNNNLX -
Ia PARTEDA DE DEFUNCIGN
Ahcra mas Gue nunca era precise
el casamianto de Si!r2no con
IA hiJa del senior S%peraudien, pues
estando ell nino r~econoc:do Y siendo
este un obstaculo i%nsuperable para
cuaIquier oiro proyecto de matrimo-
Mo, estar;a Ia jcven Roselina 4 B,er-
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and then clenched her hands over them.
lie had got up and was ranging
comfortably up and down the room.
81 know 1 look more or less like q
nut to the people Nho'ye always known
Us. But ! give you my word, Freddy
that most of them look like nuts to me.
Why n man should load himself up
with three houses and yacht, q
stable of motorcars, and heavens knows
what besides, Is thing / can't figure
out on any basis except of defective
Intelligence. suppose they're equally
puzzled about me when l refuse
profitable piece of law work they've
offered me, because l don't. consider
1t interesting. All the same, / get
what want, and I'm pretty dubious
sometimes whether they do. l want
space-comfortable elbow room, so
that If l happen to get an idea by the
tail, 1 can swing it round my head
without knocking over the lamp"
'It's a luxury, though, Rod, that
kind of spaclousness, and you aren't
very rich. If you married girl with
out anything :"
He broke in on her with that big
laugh Of his. "You've kept your sense
Of humor pretty well, sis, considering
you've been married all these years
to man as rich as Martin; but don't
spring remarks like that, or I'll think
you've lost 1t. If a man can't keep
an open space around him, even after
he's married on an income, outside Of
what he earns, of ten or twelve thou
sand dollars year, the trouble isn't
with his income. It's with the content
of his own skull"
She gave little shiver and
snuggled closer into a big down pillow.
"You will marry somebody, though,
won't you, Roddy? l try not to nag
at you and l won't make any more
silly plans, but l can't help worrying
about you, living alone in that awful
big old house. Anybody but you would
die of despondency."
"Oh," he said, that's what meant
to talk to you about! sold it today
fifty thousand dollars-lmmediate
possession. Man wants to build
printing establishment there. You
come down sometime next week and
pick out all the things you think you
and Harriet would like, and I'll auction
off the rest"
She shiyered again and. to her
disgust, found that her eyes were
blurring up with tears. She was
little bit slack and edgy today anyhow.
What he had just referred to in
dozen brisk words, was the final dis
appearance of the home they had all
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with that conductor, I've been telling
myself that If l ever saw you again,
I'd try to act like lady. But it's
no use, Is it?"
He said that he, too. had hoped to
make better impression the second
time than the first. That was what
he brought the books back for.
'Tm awfully sorry mothers not at
home-mother and my sister Portla.
They'd both like to thank you for
looking after me last night. Because
really you did, you know"
"There never was anything less al
truistic in the world" he assured her.
II dropped off Of that car solely in
pursuit of selfish aim. I'd enjoy
meeting your mother and sister very
much, but what I came for was to get
acquainted with you"
She flushed and smiled. "Why, I'm
nobody much to get acquainted WITH"
she said. Mothers the interesting
one-mother and Portia. Mothers
quite a person. She's Naomi Rut-
ledge Stanton, you know"
81 know l ough. to know" Rodney
said. and her quick appreciative
smile over his candor rewarded him
for not having pretended.
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CHAPTER III.
The Second Encounter.

Portia Stanton was late for lunch |;
so, after stripping off her jacket and
gloves, rolling up her veil, and scowl-
Ing at herself in an oblong mahogany
framed mirror In the hall, she walked
into the dining-room with her hat on.
Seeing her mother sitting at the lunch
table, she asked, where's Rose?"
"She'll be down, presently, thlnk;S
her mother said. Does your hat
mean you're going back to the shop
this afternoon?"
Portla nodded, pulled back her chair
abruptly, and sat down.
81 thought that on Saturday :"
her mother began.
"Oh, know" said Portia, "but that
girl I've got isn't much good"
You'd have known them for mother
and daughter anywhere, and you'd
have had trouble finding any point of
resemblance in either of them to the
Amazonian young thing who had so
nearly thrown street-car conductor
into the street the night before.
The mothers hair was very soft and
white, and the care with which 1t sas
arranged indicated certain harmless
vanity In 1t. There was something a
little conscious, too, about her dress.
If you took 1t In connection with a
certain resolute amiabllity about her
smile, you would be entirely prepared
to hear her tell Portia that she was to
talk on Modern Tendencies" before
the Plerian club this afternoon.
A very real person, nevertheless
you couldn't doubt that. The marks II
passlonately held beliefs and eagerly
given sacrifices were etched with un-
deniable authenticity In her face.
Once you got beyond catalogue Of
features, Portia presented rather a
striking contrast to this. Her hair
was done with severity that was
fairly hostile. Her clothes were
brusquely worn. Her smile, IL not III
natured-it wasn't that-was distinct
ly ironic. A very competent, good
looking young woman, just now droop-
ing little over the cold lunch.
$50 Rose didn't come down this
morning OF all. Nothing particular the
matter with her, is there?" asked Por-
tia.
There was enough real concern In
her voice to save the question from
sounding satirical. but her mothers
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front-door bell rang she left that to
Inga, too - didn't even sit up and
swing her legs of the couch aud
try, with a prodlglous stretch, to get
herself awake, until she heard the
girl say casually:
"Her ban right In the sltting-room T"
SO 1t fell out that Rodney Aldrlch
had, for his second vivid picture Of
her-the first had been, you will re-
member, when she had seized the con-
ductor by both wrists, and had said
In blaze Of beautiful wrath: Don't
dare touch me like that"-a splendid
lazy, tousled creature, in chaotic
glory Of chestnut hair, I'm unlaced
middy-blouse, plaid skirt twisted
around her knees, and pair Of rldic-
ulous red bedroom slippers, with red
pompons on the toes. The creature
was stretching herself with the grace
of q big cat that had just been reused
from n nap on the hearthrug.
II his first picture Of her had been
brief, his second one was practically
u snapshot, because at sight Of him,
she flashed to her feet.
So, for moment, they confronted
each other about equally aghast,
flushed up to the hair, and simultane-
ously and incoherently begged each
others pardon-nelther could have
said for what, the goddess out Of the
machine being Inga, the maid-of-all-
work. But suddenly, ut twinkle she
caught in his eye, her own big eyes
narrowed and her big mouth widened
Into a smile, which broke presently
Into. her deep-throated laugh, where
upon he laughed too and they shook
hands and she asked him to sit down.
ITS too ridiculous" she said. "Slnce
last night, when got to thinking
how l must have looked, wrestling