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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-05
CHAPTER xI-Continued.

But she went steadily on. "You
were always so dear about 1t. But
tonight-oh, Rodney !" Her
silly, ragged voice choked there and
stopped, and the tears brimmed up
and spilled down her cheeks. But
she kept her face steadfastly turned
to his.
"That's what l said about being
married and not sowing wild oats, l
suppose" he said glumly. 1T was a
Joke. Do you suppose I'd have said 1t
II meant it?"
at wasn't only that" she managed
to 60 on. 'It was the way they looked
at the house; the way you apologized
for my dress; the way you looked
when you tried to get out Of answer
Ing Barry Lakes questions about
what you were doing. Oh, how l
desplsed myself And how knew
you and they must be despising me !"
"The one thing felt about you ali
the evening"" he said, with the pa
tience that marks the last stage Of
evaporation. "was pride. l was rath-
er crazily proud Of you"
"As my lover you were proud Of
me-" she said. "But the other man
the man that's more truly you-was
ashamed, as / was ashamed. oh, 1t
doesn't matter Being ashamed won't
accomplish anything. But what we'll
do is going to accomplish something"
"what do you mean to dor he
asked.
II want you to tell me first" she
said, "how much money we nave, and
how much we've been spending"
II don't know" he said stubbornly.
Il don't know exactly"
"You've got enough, haven't you.
of your own mean, there's
enough that comes In every year, to
live on, If you didn't earn cent by
practicing law? Well, what l want
to do, is to live on that. l want to
live, however and wherever we have
toto live on that-out In the suburbs
somewhere, or In fiat, so that you
will be free; and can work-be some
sort Of help"
"You can wash the dishes and scrub
the floors," he supplemented, "and l
can carry my lunch to the office with
me In little tin box" He looked at
his watch. sand now that the things
reduced to an absurdity, let's 90 to
bed. It's getting along toward two
o'clock"
"You don't have to get to the Office
till nine tomorrow morning." said
Rose. "And / want to talk It out
now. And don't think I said any
thing that was absurd"
II shouldn't have called 1t absurd"
he admitted after a rather long ST.
lence. "But it's exaggerated and un-
necessary. Next October, when the
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lease on this house runs out, we can
manage, perhaps, to change the scale
a little. There you are Now do stop
worrying about II and let's go to bed"
But she sat there just as she was,
staring at the dying fire, her hands
lying slack In her lap, oil as II she
hadn't heard. The long silence irked
him. He pulled out his watch. looked
at II. and began winding It. He mend
cd the FIRE so that 1t would be safe
for the night; bolted window. Ev-
cry minute or two he stole look at
her. but she was always just the
same. Except for the faint rise and
fall Of her bosom, she might have
been a picture. not woman.
At last he said again. Come along
Rose dear"
"It1l be too late In October" she
said. That's why | wanted TO de-
eide things toulght. Because we must
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Something Queerly like Iangh
broke his voice when he answered.
"Oh, you darllngl Yes. It's all right.
That isn't why I'm crying. It's Just
because I'm so happy"
"But the baby!" she persisted.
"Why isn't It here?"
Rodney turned and spoke to some
one else. "She wants to see," he
said. MAY .shel"
And then woman's voice (why.
It was the nurse. Of course Miss
Harris. who had come last night said
In an indulgent, soothing tone: "Why,
surely she may. Walt just minute"
But the wait seemed hours. Why
didn't they bring the baby-her babyl
There! Miss Harris was coming at
last, with a queer, bulky, shapeless
bundle. Rodney stepped In between
and cut Off the view, but only to slide
an arm under mattress and pillow
and raise her little so that she could
see.
And then, under her eyes, dark red
and hairy against the whiteness Of the
pillow, were two small heads-two
small, shapeless masses leading away
from them, twitchlng, squirming. She
stared, bewildered.
There were twins, Rose" she heard
Rodney explaining triumphantly, but
still with something that wasn't quite
laugh, "a boy and girl. They're
perfectly splendid. One weighs seven
pounds and the other SIX"
Her eyes widened and she looked
up into his face so that the pitiful
bewilderment In hers was revealed to
him.
"But the baby" she said. Her wide
eyes filed with tears and her voice
broke weakly. II wanted baby"
"You've got baby" he insisted.
and now laughed outright. "There are
two Of them. Don't you understand,
dearT
Her eyes dropped shut, but the
tears came yelling out along her
lashes. "Please take them away" she
begged. And then, with little sob.
she whispered: 81 wanted a baby,
not those"
Rodney started to speak, but some
sort of ndmonitory signal from the
nurse silenced him.
The nurse went away with her bum
die, and Rodney stayed stroking
Roses limp hand.
In the dark, ever so much later,
she awoke, stirred little restlessly,
and the nurse, from her cot, came
quickly and stood beside her bed. She
had something In her hands for Rose
to drink and Rose drank It dutifully.
us there anything else?" the nurse
asked.
II just want to know" Rose said;
have been dreaming, or Is 1t true7
Is there baby, or are there twinsw
Twins, to be sure" said the nurse
cheerfully. "The loveliest, llveliest
little pair you ever saw"
"Thank you," said Rose. II just
wanted to know"
She shut her eyes and pretended
to 60 to sleep. But she didn't. 1t was
true then. Her miracle, 1t seemed
somehow, had gone ludicrously awry.
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his pipe was properly lighted. wheth-
er he altogether liked this method Of
approach or not
Common sense always was a sort
Of specially of yours, SIS" he said at
lasr, "and Strengthening out. You
were always pretty good at It," Then
out Of cloud Of his own smoke,
Fire away"
"Well, In the first place." she said.
'1f you had your house today you'd be
lucky II the paint was dry and the
thing was fit to move into by the first
Of September"
"But we've got to get out Of here,
anyway, In October. And that means
we've got to have some sort Of place
to get into. 1t is an awkward time,
I'll admit"
mo, you haven't" she said. "You
can stay right here another six
months, If you like. I've heard from
Florence. When found how things
stood here, l wrote and asked her II
she'd lease for six months more II
she got the chance, and she wrote back
and simply grabbed at It,"
Rodney smoked half way through
his pipe before he made any comment
on this suggestion. "This house isn't
just what we want" he said. "In the
first place, it's expensive"
Harriet shrugged her shoulders,
picked up one Of Florence's poetry
books and eyed the heavily fooled bind
ing with satirlcal smile before she
replied.
"I'd an idea there was that In It,"
she said at last. "Freddy said some
thing. Rose had been talking
to her." Then, after another little
silence and with sudden access Of
vehemence: "You don't want to go
and do a regular fool thing, Roddy.
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The collars shown In the pt,|
selections from a display 4 4
collars made Of voile or Orn,t|
cannot forget the war and ri
to, and therefore, even the nxI
Of our belongings reflect d. \
thoughts that are in the al. !
are the last presented syls Z
heightened at the shoulder ~ b 7
fall over the top Of the ar1 D
fringe on an officers epaulet 4
the models are edged with q
and ornamented with set.ln NJ
Of lace. The third collar b 4
cred with eyelet work and "a
foliage. None Of them pisxi
difficulties to the average rsI
an, and lace, vOile and Orli'
scattered abroad In all u
stores. When made by handN
stiff prices In the shops hi
them are made in this way. Y
made collars are plentiful 4
and inexpensive.
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You're getting on perfectly splendid
ly. But If you pull up and 60 to live In
barn somewhere and stop seeing any
body-people that count, / mean"
Rodney grunted. you're beyond
your depth, sis," he said. "Come back
where you don't have to swim. The
expense isn't capital consideration,
I'll admit that. Now 60 on from
there"
"That's like old times" she OBJ.
served with not ill-humored grim
ace. II wonder II you talk to Rose
like that. Oh, know the house is
rather solemn and absurd. It's Flor
ence herself all over. that's the size
Of 1t. But what does that matter for
six months more?"
He pocketed his pipe and got up
out of his chair.
"There's something In It," he ad-
mltted. "I'll think 1t over"
Better cable Florence as soon as
you can," she advised.
Rose protested when the plan for
living six months more In Florence
McCrea's house was broached to her.
She made the best fight she could.
But Harriet's arguments, re-stated
now by Rodney with full conviction,
were too much for her. When she
broke down and cried, as she couldn't
help doing, Rodney soothed and COM
forted her, assured her that this no.
tion of hers about the expenslveness
Of 1t all, was just a notion, which
she must struggle against as best
she could. She'd see things in truer
proportion afterward.
Very fine and small and weak, Rose
Stanton, lying In bed with people
about her, let her eyes fall heavily
shut lest they should want her to speak
or think. Then, fora long time,
nothing. Then presently, hand, a
firm, powerful hand, that picked up
her heavy, limp wrist and two sensi-
tive finger-tips that rested lightly on
the upper surface Of 1t. After that,
an even, measured voice-a voice Of
authority, whose words no doubt made
sense, only Rose was too tired to think
what the sense was:
"That's a splendid pulse. She's do
ing the best thing she can, sleeping
like that"
And then another voice, utterly un-
like Rodney's and yet Enthusiastically
hi. "a ragged voice that tried to talk
in a whisper but couldn't manage 1t
broke queerly.
"Thats all right" 1t said. "But I'll
find 1t easier to believe when"
She must see him-must know
what 1t meant that he should talk
like that. With strong physical ef-
fort, she opened her eyes and tried
to speak his name. She couldn't; but
someone must have been watching and
have seen, because womans voice
said quickly and quietly "Mr. Aldrich."
And the next moment, vast and tow
erlng and very blurred In outline, but,
like his voice, Enthusiastically, was
Rodney-her own big, strong Rodney.
She tried to hold her arms up to him,
but of course she couldn't,
And then he shortened suddenly.
He had knelt down beside her bed,
that was 1t. And she felt upon her
palm the pressure of his lips, and his
unshaven cheek. and on her wrist
warm wetness that must be-tears.
And then she knew. The urgency
OF a sudden terror gave her her voice.
"Roddy," she said, there was 10
Ing to be a-baby. Isn't thersf'
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begin right away" Then she looked
up into his face. "It will be too late In
October" she repeated, unless we be-
gin now"
The deep, tense seriousness of her
voice and her look arrested his full
attention.
"Why?" he asked. And then, "Rose,
what do you mean?"
"We're going to have a baby in
October" she said.
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RaIna Uncover Gold Nuaae,s.

The days Of 40 have been revived
here to certain extent, says the Sac
ramento (Cal) Bee. several Auburn
men having brought nuggets worth
from 81 to $50 which were found In
the ravlnes and streams since heavy
rains have washed the dirt from the
gravel. One nugget. which. II u said.
u worth $40 was found
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-05
silk Skirts for Cotton Now.

It is no longer thought extravagant
to substitute silk for plque, linen or
cotton duck skirts. Its price is within
the limits of the majority Of purses, 1t
washes better and more easily than
the ordinary white fabrics, and It is
cool. Good reasons. all, for Its pref.
erence. With fashion demanding a
silhouette that is slim without sever
ity, the best medium OF obtaining 1t is
with fabric that does not ask for
starch. On separate skirt with white
xash silk with 4 diamond OF cerlse
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AuxiIiaries of the Red Cross.

next enroll with the aunNi'
doing the sort of work the9' !,
In the present emergens =
can Red Cross faces q WI
for the benefit Of our OWL
sailors, In addition TO 'n' \
work 1t has already dOu'
ing, for the countries u NJ
rope. 1t must provide a sysa|
pitfalls, equipped with mea..
pital supplies, sursev.,
nurses and nurses assIs',''1
field and base hospitals vi
some provision for depen's%, \
dlers and sailors, and i@~ ~,
after they are dismissed K
ais. It must gather aau y,
volunteer work thrOus,1'. ~.
try, and is doing 50 al ..,,I ~,
as to be thoroughly p''T
demands of war, a.
Thousands of women
for some practical way i..,itt i
may express their lS'SN y n n
country and their WISH .sas
work Of the war, lis l,,,,h a y
them will be found 'u'SD SIsts
activities and will De u''
ture articles.
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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
ARIZONA SUPPORTS THE
 LIBERTY BOND DRIVE

The Arizona Council of Defense has adopted the following resolution urging the reople of Arizona to pur- chase Liberty Bonds:
 Whereas the Lest support which the people of Arizona can give to the thousands of young men from this State who are now serving their country in various branches of the national service by liberal sub scriptions to the Liberty Bonds, and as these patriotic young men who have gone to the front are offering their all to the country; it becomes the manifest ddty of every man and woman in the state-so blessed with prosperity to purchase hese bonds to the limit of their ability.
 Now, therefore. be it resolved that the Executive Committee of the
 Arizona Council of Defense appeals to the men and women of Arizona to back up cur boys at the front not only by liberal subscriptions to the
 present issue of Liberty Bonds a sountd and profitable investment i but by working among their friends
 and neighbors to obtain such sub scriptions, thus giving to the mer who, are offering their lives to theil
 country the support which they nc justly deserve.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
KEEPING TRACK OF
 ARIZONA'S SOLDIERS

Arizona on November 1st, will have 5311 men in the National Military service, divided as follows: First draft call, 177; second 1889; third, 1889; fourth, not yet sent, 517; Ma tional Guard regiment, 679; Navy 164; Marine Corps, 2S: regular army, 96S. The last item includes, Quar- termaster corps, 53: Aviation, 52; Medical 59; Signal, 62; Engineers, 29.
 At the suggestion of Chairman Heard, the Council. of Defense is ar ranging for a card index, to cover the names of the families of all men who have gene to the front from Ari- zona. The Council will act as a clearing house and see that service is actually rendered in every county in the state through some local or sanitation of the Red Cross, where yer such organizations exist, in CO operation with the county Council of Defense. The plan being to see that definite assistance is rendered when ever needed.
 These cards are to be filled out and maintained with the co-Opera' tion of the Military authorities and already have been approved by Gen eral Wood at Camp Funston and Colonel Cabell at Douglas. Each card will give the following data; Name; age: marriage; place and date of enrolment; present address including regiment and company; branch of service; present rank; compensation from the governme ent ; portion of pay assigned; to whom former occupation; former employer; compensation received from former employer; allowance now made by former employer, if any; former ad- dress; names and addresses of de pendents.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
BRITISH AND CANADIAN ALIENS
 MUST ENLIST OR LOSE RIGHTS

Subjects of Great Britain, who are residing in Nevada and who fail to offer their services to their country, may be shorn of their citizenship ac- cording to a statement made by Ma. Manchester, who is conducting a re- cruiting campaign among the British and Canadians in the United States
 Mai Manchester obtained from Adit. General Sullivan a list of 25l subjects of Canada and Great Brit ain who are residing in Nevada. White Pine county led the list with a total of eighty-three who registered under the selective draft law. Was hoe was second with fifty-four. The list will be forwarded to British and Canadian headquarters in New York City.
 Maj. Manchester said that Canad- ians who registered will be subject to draft under the conscription law adopted recently by the Canadian par liament.
 A considerable number of British and Canadian subjects residing in White Pine county have volunteered since the census was taken, and are now serving under the colors of their respective countries.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
NO WOMEN IN PERsHING's $ CAMP.

The War Department $ previous attempt to keep the wives of American Army officers and soldiers out of France having failed through ire quent evasions, the department has renewed the order with directions for its rigid enforcement By reason of the advantage taken of the opportuni ty for Red Cross service and because of the enien- cy in granting passports, many women kin of American soldiers were enabled to cross that their presence, according to Gen Pershing's report, has become 'demoralizing''
 No doubt 1t will seem d hardship to them to be peremptorily sent home: It is only natural that they should want to follow the army as naval off cers wives i'll time of peace follow the ships. v But this is not time of peace and the question is not of sentiment of family devotion, but of military discipline.
 The and husbands and brothers and lov- CTS who compose the American expeditionary force in France have gone to They have broken their home ties and are in training for the trenches and other interest should be permit ted to interfere with that supreme object Harsh as the prohibition of home companionship may ap, pear, 1t is precaution dictated by military nee essity and emphasized by England similar ex- perience
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
WAR EMBLEMs FOR SCOUTS.

In recognition of the seriousness of the situation and the value of the service being rendered by Boy Scouts, the National Scout council has decid- sd to issue service emblems to all scouts who help food production, as follows:
 1. To every scout who successfully conducts a garden of his own and in- 1uces nine other people to do the same 3r to increase their crops acreage.
 2. To every troop in which every scout does the same.
 8. To the scout who stands at the head of the list for the whole United States for the number of gardens start ed and successfully conducted through ais efforts.
 1. To the troop which stands at the head of the list for the whole United States.
 s. To the local council which stands at the head of the list for the whole country.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
SCOUTS FARM WITH TRACTOR.

The United States government turned over to the Boy Scouts of Amer ica the eastern end of Potomac park, Washington, D. C., for a farm. The tract contained 300 acres, and it was found that it could never be titled with put 1abor.saving machinery.
 Henry Ford was so much impressed py the enterprise shown by the Wash ngton scouts that he hurried one Jrac- tor to completion. He loaded it on special express car, together with blows, disk harrows, spring-toOth har- rows and all other necessary machin- cry. The express car was attached to 3 passenger train and shortly after ward was in operation in Potomac park.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
SCOUTS SHOW PREPARATION.

Scout troops in all parts of the coun- try recently marched to the offices of the mayors of their respective cities and towns, and let the authorities know that they were prepared, by their scout training. to be of such service at nome as might be necessary. The serv. lee suggested included messenger work, sending messages by wire, wire less or semaphore, cooperating in the protection of property, assisting relief workers, and so forth. In preparation for any quick call because of an emer- gency, the Scouts everywhere have praeticed mobilization.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19

CORONADO LODGE NO. a
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 Clifton, Arizona. Jan. 1. 1913
 CALENDAR FOR fSfe
 Regular Communications. December Sth. 1916. Special communications when blue nag Is hotsted. Waiting Brethren always welcome. Wm. T. MORRIS, WcrshiDful Master THOMAS SMITH. Secretary.
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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
REPAIR THE HIGHWAYS.

Boy Scout troops of Savannah, Ga.. aare become interested in repairing he highways. They take jaunts into :he country, sometimes as many as fifty or hundred of them and. select ng some piece of road which needs at- :ention. go to work at it. A hundred pairs of willing hands can accomplish wonders and all those who have 0cca- don to use these roads are now en- hustastic friends of the scout move nent.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-19
Everybody in the district is looking forward W

Everybody in the district is looking forward eagerly to the coming of the Federal Investigating Commission next week. It Is to be hoped that the efforts of the Commission at cancellation will be successful and that the production of this district to the extent of S,000,000 pounds of copper will again be available for the needs of the Government during the period We are still of the opinion that if the strikers had awaited the coming of h. vestgator Joseph Meyers, before the strike was ap proved by President Donnelly, of the State Feder- ation of Labor, that there would have been shut down in the district