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No, no he reiterated, mot now. What l want to ask, he began hasti- ly, choked by emotion and one of my collars, which was quarter size too small for him, lis how do you break off an engagement7"
 You have me there, never broke of an engagement iu my Some one else always broke my engagements for me
 You mean you were jilted?"
 That's short. ugly word. l unused, tempted to put him in with the clans, but twill pass aye, it will serve. -
 But am afraid l won't be tilted. ' said Clair thoHahtfulIy "You see. I am very desirable match,
 bowed and picked up a piece of cord wood.
 He went on obviously: T am wo. man hater The ornamental sex has no place in the world of man of genius. All my life have escaped, and here on bleak, inhospitabc Is
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The custom of NaaEA- 4eaAs mourn iH- for many month. ur even Sear~. at d time has passed aWHE and th"re aro HauA eeea reasons ahy it should pass The main one is the sense o1 oh. HeatieH and consideration for other people. who are depressed by the mourning of thp,r friends Another k that strength of character a~ meas ured hy fortitude. among othsr things. aHd e1cfs must be borne without com plaiut Women put ou ali black and wear il for several mouths or a year hut if k not the deep mourning that used fo he=Narn lu~fead at faH4 Ncii9 of erape. they wear wells If net bor dercd With crape. fer frst mourning and latcl small net wells without erape
 The first mourning hats uay he cn- tirclF covered Witb efape= or with tHe WeaYes tn black siJk that aro H>ed for mougaua Thr share> sHrlHd hc medium tn s.za aud mol 4uH=4H ta tbe best mouuiu- millinery Heh dec esattoas a~ ffe Haf~ H=ta=.fr,= =55az .af tAe material that i ..f#..##f #fsae Hhe shape leaet lHi. and aNqa. t. workmanship must #eh#earterlle rl.s making ud thr uua.nea maWulna hate above lt athar na.. aHita cfape k tha .neiz9' at uonEans u3
 - varu for as -haH pH4a e"e month a~ iou. ! Near tha t.e. denc4 - f1aaro .'e#a.fsa H.
 that ceape .~ 4au .a4 n-a a.& ta affaa Hrtea fH=fp#d
 The ~@al -attar igE H f. with round eroVH e7var=t HfHG duii finished black silG h a-tleH Hnlaba.ana excellent mourning hat The band about the crown k made of folds of silk and emalt pointed taHs of silk are turned over L. The He.l k q square of Brussels net with a border of crape
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Iu the seasons collection at pfrttN thiusS for the flaPper and for younger sTl~ there appear many plain little dresses made of tal1eta pougcc and other wash silks that are praet.cal for litlIe Indies The "aincham taffet;S.' that were presented early in the spring were especially welcome for ehildren's dresses and led up to the Use of other silks PeHgee turns out h be aS good q choice as can he made for the smaller girls who may have this and giusham taTIetaS To add something splendid te their possessions. while the dapper re jeices in plain taifeta. finished off with q little simple embroidery. and sius# ham tattetas made Hp t9 ~uit her youthfulaess. with nef#oe ef1aadHe.
 The pongees and giu4ham tafctas fer the smaller girls tfr dr~tg1r.d ahout as their cotton er linen eress,s are. Very marrow tilet ed4iH2~ CT efun3 eddnss provide Il feetts finish for them and simple H,raIceerI iii fuy Sti',htS Is used a~ 4 .@ ou couou~ The
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dfe~- Ja tho ttIurfauaa ls au eNamr.e in hch aerdtaNnrk ea pea-ee reveals haa ehidish and Tasteful tbis biat of dctoraliuu.i~ TLe madrl k NcIA plaju Wnh panel sci in atthe front under pl.at~ at each side Across he fane at the neck there=t- GMroU band If the Pen2ee outlined at tl~ cdae with feather stitching ar any uuron fancy stitch wider band. finished ia the same way. takes thr place of Il belt. crossing fhe panel II rhe 0ai~tlfue= TAere#are lbree-qnarter length tS.eeeeS wide at fae bottom and tut9ed back cuffs
 The most Interesting detail in fhe design urpcarS in square pieces of Foagee. cut with short Iah~ al the iop= thai are sel on ai lhp Wai-tliue on each side. \ WGtuu. covered Win paa4ee, aud ofaameufea Eith stitches. i~ ~e0sd to cach rap. Ou these pieces the ~maH gathered pockets ttad posi- tta1 and tl1o effect is that of Il sborf jacket with peckets at the sides
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 os HY.. ! eXf.ethe1 @rez'nt'E
 5 n5 to Caire .Wheu sou eat en
 4V tac uiaf .utd tua ee, u
 marriage license. ana aa- lese yoa prefer church w,j5ug would suggest that you hunt ID td2 justice ol tae peace and Get il oSee wi,h I don't believe in long ehsase- meDts myself l was perfectly will ing to tease ths pedantic hraeemt Ne owed hun something for that fast. Ing article anyway.
 "Eut don't want t0 marry any one, lie cried. T must uot sacrifice my ea- reer to romance and sentiment l be bong to the world There must be a way out.
 If you don't want 10 marry Miss Dunmore, why did you arouse the spark ot passion in her innocent breaSt;H demanded. II don't know" He writhed in men tai anguish "I didn't dream that was even being agreeable to her"
 Some women are more attracted hy indifference than by attention, com forted Others are fascinated by ! downright brute violence
 .I suppose there must be some cha rnl about me that l did not dream of, he unused nedestly Don't you think she could forget me If she did not see me for long while2'
 Pm aIrmd.' sighed "that, hn,ing once met you, no girl could ever for get you"
 "Come now" he sad sharply. tryina to detect smile oi.-uY face If isal as bad as that. If could get away and write her letter saving that had been taken down with some III ness and Coud moi as a dying man hold her to her promise, that would solve the difficulty.
 "Haiher nifty idea. l commented 5ut as a novelist you must know tha, ftc heroine alWeS fies to the bedside af Che sri ken horo oad uurses hm taea ta#ala. There is a1 H#e aia- 84nmoie 0aul= not auoW yoa To die.
 Ne suppose -uot lie abandoned fris borc reiuetautly. Another a.t.=-ht= Fri -Htcntd him "'fhe setting away part of if iS al right If did a4tI enHld get put II jail Of some ring like that where ae couldn't pos sibly see me. While I was there could write an artiee on prison re forms"
 | heartily indorsed this scheme. The idea of seeing him in prison appealed to ne personally The colossal blind
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No matter what nils your child, F gentle. thorough laxative should al~ ways bc the first treatment given.
 If Feur little one k ont of sorts. halfsfeb, isn't resting, eating and act Ing naturally lock. Mother see if tongue is coated This is a sure sign that the little stomach liver and bow els are elogeed with waste. When cross. Irritable. fcFerish stomach sour breath bad or has stomach-aehe, diar- rhea. sore throat. full of cold give teaspoenful of "Ca'ifornIa Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all the con stipated poison, undgested food and sour bile gently moves out of the lit tie bowels without gripping, and you have a well. playful child again.
 Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless fruit laxative, because II never fails to cleanse the little one's Ever and bowels and sweeten the stom- ach and they dearly love it's pleasant taste Full directions for babies, ehil- dren of aIl ages and for grown=ups printed on each bottle.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups- Ask your druggist for q bottle of Cal lfornla Syrup of Figs" then see that lt Is made by the "Calfornia Fig Syrup Company Adv
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#A around H EAe hat eeAeeeA Asth erape# k shown without #veli but a Get veil @a> he worn a3ith it. II bos plain eellaf of cfap- about fhr crown and an odd ornament made ot rrapeaud -rozerafu rithou at thr SJdc=
 There Is somueh luliudein the mat ter of Wrarlre mourning that il is diff deun to h. definite ahoaf mautain= styles They are chosen aud meat fled ta suit lhe individual taste Al an events thol must h. uuohtu-jlr
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Returned to His Allegiance.

Since the uar broke out my boyss i've and eight years of age, have done nothing but talk er play war. one day with four other little fellows they de- elded to play War. insisting that my youngest boy be on the German side. Alter much arguing aud srJing and yet afraid of breaking up the game he ahalr dectdcd. to he a German Zach -Iac fool, fhsfr rfar"~. supposedly be- bind tho trenches Nhau thr cali came ra fire 'ts Htte fellow turned and tra1 ..f as.of h.-1aeH The older one nj ~a Hr2 lMs YelN3- "Aan can't
 taal| #a= af a3r ana- aea @hes de~ r4aHE Ie rrP.ed 't.. Tn turned
 =sftee. l4# aH=> >atzH.e#ze l<ehange.
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Aa..e I clcar SEln.

Make Cut-ua Saap Foar efefy-dny toilet soap and assist ii uaH aad then hv touclas af Cu6cua Ointment to soften. saa,he GH4 haal Fer free samples address @tu-H4-f bept K, Boston" At druggists mad by mail soap 25. Ointment - unl 59-Adg.
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SIX edrS Ol age anu had all the symp- toms incidentto thaI change-heat fash~ es. nervousness, and wasi in 8 general run down condition, sc it was hard for me, to do my work Lydia F. Pnkham s Y oge table Com 0cunl was recon nended 10 me as the best remedy for my tryur!Fo which it
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THAT CHANGE IN
 WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Golden Tells How It May be Passed in Safety
 and Comfort. ,.a

Fremont, O.-'G was passing through the critical period of life. being forty
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and, where there are only two women, l am trapped by one ot them.
 T take 1t that you are engaged to Miss Dunmore.1 I hazarded.
 ..Eracttealiy," he retorted slamlE. she trepaed me into sort of m. H3sal didn't know what Iea= Sa. ing
 'And she accepted you:
 Not yet. he rrplel, "aut yte.' i7 TO hope sle Wi. d,at suppose S.ee aas me5 many men of culture ataaz her assoo'lres. az 1 imagine 5m a 4avelty ta '.es.
 N-a, 1 said aaa4siusIy, you'd ae 2 novelty to any gtL@
 Thank yaa said he absenG.s. .Hat what can da LOW:
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surely proved to ba. feel better and stronger IT every way since taking it, and the annoying ezu urtems have dlsap- bearel. - Mrs. E.. aaDbEE, 325 Ma po5eon s., Fremont, Ohio.
 Such annoying symptoms as heae flashes. nervdasoess. bacEaehe. head aesa. irrieat y and tha blues, " nay ha erselHv overcome and the system restored t3 narmGi coG5itiona 1y this famous rect and herb remedy Lydia l.. Iirkham Vegetable GomPo md
 Ii aav cations present them- s.Ives write aa fIlkhnm Medicine O.. Ivnn. Mas, 7 suggestions how to overcome chem. The result of forty years xneunnee is at your service and your ialt | Evfi in strict confidence.
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sa.Lla.a.a- o--.aa far HaL.-

Q.ta leu #H t".la..eH H- .HtM fh- #Ha hlaaE 1mttafn -f=f85Hef5 tH= EdVJE E#F crown lt i-tl.aa a-mR ua.a e
 IE#t. z- 0le ef tHa enlogs of fhe stnelmm The laein4 is If ~Ila ~tf8W in a pastel color and lho band about the crown i> iu the same shade as the fncing.
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kIatulal ExcLan-at- t-or-

4Aha. .aa Aa4 eHeaasa aae. tief= .+lIa- ~a4a-4EaH Ha--au tae 4-e-reF- tars adv#haiu= toward h4z .es#.'s aI zrsI.z=a.5 he gffe8 6H 'tireaE -Uahgst
 NfaH= v Y mistake and 4au#h F an .se,e4hle b'HHa'l
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Miss .Dunmore.N I hazarded.
And she accepted you3
CHAPTER XI
"l Loved He Sc

n Lo4eQ He1 So,7 aS sIIY." c2f..iHei into eutlF AnF to Ciaire. when sou get an 4 ' tar moiH ami Fuu ea, q. ,,,.,,.i.,,,,= it.o,,,o o,5.# ffs4
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with all the props and plants for allG

with all the props and plants for al
kinds of exercising.
But belonging to an athletic clut
and being an athlete are, of course
two widely different things.
You haven't got to be all athlete
to belong to an athletic club. But
you have got to be able to pay
some right smart dues and you
should have fair line of the prom
inent young sporty conversation.
Most games are played, fights
fought, and Exercises taken in the
lounging and grill rooms.
Sports Writer Saves Day.
The seven-round dinner is as pop
ular an event as any ever staged in
an athletic club. Oh, this isn't
against the clubs. Clubs are clubs.
We need 'em. But there are usually
more members in any club expert in
swinging wicked fork at a baked
potato than accustomed to swinging
a bat at ball.
Most athletics are fought out
nowadays in the sporting sections
OF the newspapers, anyway.
A sporting writer is never at loss
for a topic. He can take most any
pugiliSt, or golfer. or billiard crank,
and by skillful manipulation of the
old lingo make him into champion
or something.
This is why he is indispensable
as all excuse for clubs: he provides
the topics that are thrashed out by
the boys who go the full nine in
ningS in the wicker chairs.
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Only the faintest gray survived in
the sky above the trees. The shad-
ows were thick about them. The
whispering snow urged him to use
this moment for his happiness. 1t
wasn't. the thought" of Graham that
held him back. Last night, under an
equal temptation he might have
spoken Tonight new element 81
fenced him and bound his eager
hands. Hisawakening at the head
uf the stairs raised an obstacle to
self-revelation around which there
seemed to exist no path.
I'm sorry. Let us go back" he
said.
She looked at him inquiringly.
What is it, Bobby? You are
more afraid today than, you have
ever been before. Has something
happened 1 know nothing of"
He shook his head. He couldn't
Increase her own trouble by telling
her of that.
The woods seemed to receive all
ashy illumination from the passage
of the snowflakes. Katherine
walked a little faster.
Don't be discouraged, Bobby"
she begged him. Everything will
come out straight. You must keep
telling yourself that You must
fight until you believe it."
The nearness of her dusk-clothed,
slender figure filled him with new
courage, obscured to an extent
hise real situation. y He burst out
impulsively: : y
Don't worry. I'll fight I'll
make myself believe. If necessary
III tell everything ] know in order
to find the guilty person."
She placed her hand on his arm.
Her voice fell "a whisper.
Don't fight that way. Uncle
Silas is dead; Howells has been tax
en- away. The police will find moth
ing, By and by they will leave
1t will all be forgotten. Why should
you keep it active and dangerous
by trying to find who is guilty."
Katherine!" he cried surprised. |
why do you say that."
Her hand left his arm. She |
walked on without answering. Par
edes came back to him-Paredssl
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.Bo;p CGoutS

Reginald de Scribber or Scout
>Scholes, as he is known by his scout
friends, has written another letter
for the Scout Column. Here it is:
Dear Ma: How is Omaha get
ting along? We are spending our
first Sunday in Camp Welsh,
There were great many visitors
here today.
For dinner we, had chicken,
cookies. potatoes, ice cream and
many other good things. We sure
filled up.
This morning we had a church
service for the boys in the cleared
space in front of the tents. | mean
the underbrush is cleared away.
The great cottonwood trees still
stand; they make fine shade trees
Father McCool had a short serv-
ice for the Catholic boys and Rod
man Brown held a Sunday school
class for the Christian Scientist
boys.
Last night at the campfire we
elected our officers for the camp.
They were a mayor, chief of police,
fire chief of the camp paper.
After election the Bush brothers
gave us a song. Oh what (beauti-
full y voices. They are SOME
singers, believe me.
Yesterday morning we settled
down to drills and various scout
doings such as FIRST aid and signal
ing. 1t is sure some life.
we go swimming three times a
day. The water is fine in the morn
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out to Reno, New, or Pendleton,
Ore. or Pocatello, Idaho.

out to Reno, New, or Pendleton,
Ore, or Pocatello, Idaho.
But it is not always a matter of
locality.
Here is one reason why sick peo-
pie get we'll so quick in the west:
they stay outdoors more. And if
they put, that practice into effect
right here at home they would prob
ably gel, we'll just the same. l.
Prescriptions Expensives>
OF course there is something in
dry air. The atmosphere of the
desert or the high hills carries very
little moisture and that helps a
whole lot. -
Doctors prescriptions are becom-
ing more and more expensive be-
cause they are becoming more sem
sible. If the "croaker" knows that
a fellow won't get we'll unless he
gets out into the air and exercises
he prescribes Just that. And the
prescription is liable to involve 500
worth OF railroad fare and All
imagined 100000 worth OF COM
fort.
The trains during the first of the
year will be crowded with boys who
are travelling on doctors orders.
Convers alton Needed.
And the gyms are crowded for
the same reason.
Right at this time when exercise
is getting to be something more than
a fad, the Omaha Athletic club opens
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ing. The fellows don't all go in
though. More boys quit going in
every day. We have a good dock
and spring board to dive from.
am trying to learn to swim better
and am making some progress.
We'll, this will be all for today.
| received letter from sis and an
other from Mabel.
( REGGIE"
Scouts who distributed their
share of Red Cross announcements
of the membership campaign Fri
day hiked to Camp Clifford Satur-
day with Scout Executive G. M.
Hoyt and Scoutmasters L. N.Bexton
and c. r. Stewart. The boys prac-
ticed work to enable them to pass
the test for the merit badge in con-
servation.
The Scoutmasters' Training as
ISOLATION entertained the executive
board at Elmwood park at a camp
fire at s o'clock December II.
All indoor scout meetings have
been postponed until further Or
ders by order of w. w. Head,
president Of the Omaha Local Coun-
Gil B. S. A. This order will not in
terfere with outdoor hikes to Camp
Clifford and other points.
The Boy Scouts have been asked
to distribute $4,000 cards to Omaha
homes for the benefit of the Red
Cross Christmas roll call. Each
troop has a certain district to cover
and will make a thorough canvass.
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Funny Sayings Heard
from Youngsters at
School Board Rooms

Even nthe august headquarters
of the Board of Education in the
city hall lots of funny things hap
pen.
A colored boy was sent in to see
Miss Ryan, assistant superintendent.
He had changed from the Cass to
the kellom school without permits
sion. He was very black and quite
sassy"
What work do you do outside
school hours?' Miss Ryan asked
him.
rs a dishes buster at de Henshaw
hotel" he replied.
DO you wash dishes??'
Nom, All. carries out de dirty
ones
Director OF Research Smith was
testing a bright 4-year-old to see if
he was fit to start to school at thai
early age. After the youngster had
answered a number of test questions
he looked UP at Prof. Smith and said
very seriously:
Now, I'd like to ask you some
questions and see how much you
know" The professor didn't sub
nit to the test.
William, the efficient colored jan
itor of the Board of Education
rooms, was sent on an errand to a
school in the far southern part of
the South Side. When he returned
he said:
"Tha's an awful school, miss. All
had to go through a grave ya'd to
get there. Tha's had on a black
man."
A colored mother came up to see
about her young hopeful.
"Howard's so brightly she said,
"he's so bright in mos ev'ythlns
'cept learnin.'
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The Abandoned Room rAp.r nosn CAM,

serenely calling attention to the
fact that Katherine had alarmed
the household and had led it to the
discovery of the Cedar's successive
mysteries. He shrank from asking
her any more.
They left the thicket. In the
open space about the house the
snow had spread a white mantle.
From it the heavy walls rose black
and forbidding.
Il don't want to 60 in," Katherine
said.
Their feet Jagged as they followed
the driveway to the entrance of the
courts The curtains of the room of
death. they saw, had been raised. A
dim unhealthy light slipped from
the small-paned windows across the
court, staining the SLOW. Robinson
and Rawlins were probably search
ing again,
Suddenly Katherine stopped. She
pointed.
Whats that she asked sharply.
Bobby followed the direction of
her glance. He Saw a black patch
against>the wall of the wing OPP
posite the lighted windows.
1T is a shadow" he said.
She relaxed and they walked on
They entered the court. There she
turned, and Bobby stopped, too,
with a sudden fear. For the thing
he had called shadow was moving.
He stared at it wifi hypnotic be-
lief that the Cedars was at last dis
closing its supernatural secret. He
knew it could be no illusion, since
Katherine swayed, half-fainting,
against him. The moving shadow
assumed the shape of stout figure,
slightly bent at the shoulders. A
pipe pretruded from the bearded
mouth One hand waved q care
less welcome.
Bobby's first instinct was to cry
out, to command This Old man they
had seen buried that day, to return
to his grave. . For there wasn't the
slightest doubt. The unhealthy |
from the room of death |
shone full on the gray and wrinkled
face of Silas Blackburn.
Continued Tomorrow J
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By Robert y Horton O. SH/

well, Bill. the painters was first
on the job when the peace table ar
engagements started" observed Hank,
lllling his pipe at S:+5 in anticipation
of the mornings work,
so? How do you mean, Hank"
why, Wilson couldn't bulge an
inch until the painters got that
/, transport in shape. Didn't you read
how they put few fresh coats of
battleship gray on the George Wash
iugton and frightened her up inside!
and rcdecorated the presidents
SALOON, and fixed Mrs. Wilson's
cabins, an eyerything?"
Sure, sure" grinned Bill with en-
thusiasm, They'd have been in a
swell fix trying to run this war with
out the painters, ch?3
The Value of Paint.
"And over in Paris-how about
Paris? Soon as they heard Wilson
was coming over they hollered for
the painters. They had to paint up
d house for him, Why, ever since
the armistice was signed its just
been one grand orgy of painting!
"Of course, them big g0ys know
the value of fresh paint. You know
how much more you can get for
a house don't you if it's all freshly
painted up? | tell you we've got
4 great profession, Hank. If it
wasn't for us the world would sure
be a drab place. How>do they sell
these old Fords and other cars?
Paint 'em up, that's what! Why,
any guy that's boob enough to buy
secondhand car will look at the