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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29
Restricting Happiness

they say" Still Harriet could not be-
lieve It, But she had to when she
heard the news confirmed. Jessamy
West was really dead and her home
was made desolate.
1t was nearly a month later that
Harriet met Norman walking with his
two children. He looked pale and for
lorn. She stopped to talk to him.
ct was fearful blow, Harriet" he
said Seems like 1 should never re-
cover But have my boy and girl
left. thank God! Mrs. Barry is keep
ing house for us. 1t was the best ]
could do. My business is in bad shape.
and it takes all my time to attend to
it."
Harriet thought as they parted
That fat. slow. mussy old woman.
Those poor babies And poor Nor
man" She walked or with her head
down and never saw the Rev. Thomas
Brooke. rector OF fashionable Christ
Church. who gaZed at her from the
other side Of the street. 1t was known
to every body in Canton that Harriet
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

good looks come first
Perhaps that will explain why John
Graham. the most popular young man
In the village. failed entirely TO re-
member the text the frst Sunday this
little gray-eyed teacher attended
church. His mother told me this her
self She said it had not happened be-
fore in years. John always prided
himsel. Oh knowing something about
the sermon when they talked 1t over
during the course OF the MONDAY meal
That day. however. his MIND was q
blank so far as the subject under dis
cUsslor was concerned.
This young man had dreams. too.
Ambition had LONG been whispering In
his ear TO leave the little country vii
lage and go out into the world where
be could make a name for himself
John wanted 10 amass a fortune-1e
liked the sound OF the wcrds-and AM
bition SAID he could do II.
CT course everything would have
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29
One Woman and Another

for the time when they could AFFORD TO
get rid Of the old house and build a
new one. The $1,000 arriving uaex-
pectedly to the two girls. sent them
into a great furry OF excitement.
Il don't have to think for one mo-
ment what I shall do with my money"
May said. Il shall have a new house .
What will you do with the old
one?" Olive asked.
Tear II down. It isn't worth much.
But the lot is lovely. And l know eX-
actly the kind Of house want-like
Stewart Gibson's over there"
But that's such a big house Just
for two people!" Olive exclaimed.
Il like big houses. shall have It
little nicer than Gibson's some ways.
I've got the ideas all in my head
about the fireplace and the buffers
pantry and the porches-" She broke
OF. Laughing. But there. I've not
asked yet what you are going to do
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29
By Phil Moore

save me the trouble, Norman"
Harriet" he cried. You wouldn't
you couldn't-Oh, Harr.,t. you'd not
stoop to marry mel"
1T wouldn't be STOPPING to marry
you, Norman" she answered quietly.
So they were engaged. And two
weeks later they went to the Methodist
parsonage and were married. Har-
net's friends would have made her
wedding. but she declined. AS for the
Rev. Thomas Brooke, the day he heard
she was going to marry Norman West
he demanded a vacation on account
OF his health and went away and stay
ed until 1t was all over.
Harriet took the Vests to her own
home, where her housekeeper's cook
ing soon restored the roses TO the
neglected children's cheeks. In no
time also people began to look at Nor
man West with amazement He seem
ed to have undergone a mental and
spiritual change. He never had been
accounted business success, but sud
denly he was making his townsmen
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

When Dave was half q mile away.
he looked up and saw the lodge like
g little white flower opening out OF
y green calyx- Smoke curled laziiy
from the chimney. Evidently the old
careteker was ready for him.
As he stepped on the rustic porch
he saw a merry little Are OF Black
Jack logs cracking on the old brass
andirons that had been his mothers.
A rough basket OF wild flowers hung
outside the door. Within gay pillows
gave q festive air 10 his worn old
leather couch and he saw a ukelele
dropped carelessly in the corner A
Chinese tea set that he had picked up
in Canton was on a wagonette and a
little blue fame burned under the ket-
tie. He stood in the doorway. a little
amazed. wondering II his eyes did not
deceive him. Many times be had pic
tured the little house like that, warm
and intimate and coy.
Possession" said Edmee Boynton,
dressed in a dull blue smock that half
hid. half revealed the curves OF her
young body as she came TO meet him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

take notice OF him. Harriet didn't do
so badly. after ALL" they said.
Harriet had done far from badly.
She made Norman the man he always
should have been. He grew stout.
rosy, light hearted. He paid of his
debts without help from her. and be-
came such a prodigious money maker
that folks gasped at his success.
81 wonder IL you're as happy as
you've made me. Harriet" he said TO
her one day.
Harriet smiled. You do act happy.
Norman. I'm fattered I must be
success as a second wife. Not many
women are"
He took her in his arms. Dear, II
you hadn't been so rich you'd have
been my first wife. wanted you all
the time. but l didn't dare ask you"
oh" commented Harriet. She
rubbed her cheek against his and
laughed a little. do you know. honey.
knew that all the time" she said
softly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

~vERYONE in westmore liked
May Hammond and Olive Bis
bee. who were friends as well
as cousins. besides being extremely
young wives. and when old Miss APP
pleby. their auat. died and left each
OF them $1,000. everybody in town felt
a thrill of interest
They had only been married a year,
and had Just nicely got TO housekeep-
ing IN neighboring dwellings on Pink
street Olive was living in Jim's old
home. which had come to him from
his mother small. gray house. rath-
CT shabby now. but which Jim hoped
TO tx up after he got to earning more.
Olive had Just the necessary house
keeping things. but they were comfor-
table. May. too. lived in an old house.
one which Will had bought cheap at
q time when real estate was down. AS
May said laughingly. they merely con-
sidered themselves squatters, waiting
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

Hall could have the Rev. Thomas
Brooke for the lifting OF a finger. 1t
was not known why she did not have
him. That was Harriet's secret and
she kept II as religiously as she kept
Sunday. Even Miss Jessup. who knew
everything. did not know that.
Harriet loved Norman West II had
begun IN their school days. She never
had any reason for loving him. but she
did, so strangely and perversely are
women made Three different men she
refused because OF him, and now she
was about to refuse another. She
never expected to marry Norman, but
she could not marry anybody else.
And she was all OF thirty years old.
The strange. sad occurrence kept
Canton talking for a long time. Miss
Jessup had a great deal to say about
H. to Harriet. The best thing Norman
can do is to get married again quick
as ever he can. or course, I know
he's poor and in debt, but seems like
some woman ought to take pity on
him. He's a fine man, Norman West
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

pat these thoughts away from her as
unworthy the loftier aims Of ambition.
Then one day John heard o; g place
IN the far West where golden oppor-
tunities awaited young men OF pur-
pose and character. and he decided 70
go.
It was whea he was bidding Allison
good-by that the v1ne-covered cottage
dream came to him again. and. act
ing on q sudden impdiss. the nsXt mo-
ment he was telling her all about it
Would she be willing to start life with
him in such & humble home7 Would
she wait for him: Then suddeniy he
stopped. abasheG at what he had done.
With flushed cheeks tho girl told
him OF her career. and thu ladder of
fame she must climb. No, she couldn't
promise. They could DO friends.
though-gooG friends-but nothing
more. She was right Of course. John
reasoned. Then he determined anew
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29
By Joella johnson

ished. he buried his fe>ce - h;E hands
ashamed OF his weakness.
But Allison was speaking. I'm go
glad you've told ne feared you
wouldn't" ne heard he saying. IA .
Vo.co that thrilled him.
Then Ids hands were drawn gently
away from his face. aud be looked
straight into a pair of tender gray
eyes.
"OA, Jchr." she cred. have yoU
never guessed that = Is Lonesome work
climbing the ladder OF 1sne-alono?
Have yod never realized that e ia
heGrt-breAx!rg work arnass.ng q fo'-
t1ne-elone
she hssitatso o moment. then. in =
voice IA witch soes ard laughter seem
ed 20 mingia. exclaimed
Can't Yca gee VIII yoU never IN
derstsnG7 o.. hind bcz. don't want
vss:Ib or fame; wan that une-eoT-
cred cottas you
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

10 anass fortune. and some day, aft
er she had won fame, be would lay his
wealth 81 her fees- Yes. be would
wait until be could offer her a man
sion instead Of \ uncovered cottage.
In tho days that followed letters
passed between the two occasionally.
but It was ave years before they met
again, In IN EastAr- city. Here they
spent several happy days In each orh-
er's company. and their friendship
deeren.d. bat they pA.t>d again just
good frisuds" for the younx mans
fortune was not yet made.
Again the years slipped cdexly
sway and 1T last II seemed - :; Johns
dream OF wealth was 10 be realized.
Ons day he received . letter frrra ALI
son telling him that sh, had secured a
mrca coveted position IN a city school
After this message he applied himself
to his business with ~answed energy.
Mansions. gray eyes and = wonderful
smile we're becoming mingled IN his
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

the oak trees by the road.
He was going back against his will
and better judgment Five years be-
fore he bad built the little white lodge
and furnished II out Of his store OF
treasures, picked up or his travels all
over the world. They had planned 20
spend their honeymoon there-he and
Carolyn Maynard. But fate, in the
person Of another man, had interposed
and Carolyn had Tilted him and mar
ried young ambassador who had
taken her abroad Immediately. Dave
had pried open the old wound every
year by going back and living over
again his old.love AFFAIR. Now he was
going back 10 pack up a few OF his
things. for he had planned 20 sell the
place TO Edmee Boynton. young girl
who was beginning 70 sell short sto-
ries TO the magazines. He had met
her at little studio tea and had come
TO like her we'll enough to sell her his
little house OF dreams. the dreams
that had never come true for him.
She was coming up the next day to
look II over.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

is. I've been trying 70 get Allie Hit
TO 80 after him; but she says she was
not cut out to be a second wife.
dunno. / hope when he does rlarry
he won't get some little SIMPLY young
piece that'll misuse the children. They
are dariings. both OF EN-"
Yes. they are" Harriet replied.
Margaret is Just like her father and
Francis is the image OF Jessamy." She
changed the subject, but 1t did not
leave her mind.
And so months went by. Mrs. Bar
~ stayed on and Miss Jessup said that
the house was becoming a pigpen. But
what better could Norman do?
Spring came, and summer, and then
fall again. Jessamy had been dead a
year. Norman looked like despair It
self and the children began to show
their neglect The misfortunes Of the
Vests were on every tongue.
One day at sunset Harriet picked
Norman up In the car as he was re-
turning from work. He looked shah
by. thin, piteous.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29
The Magic Of Woman's Love

out Of the world for him. but love eau
be born In the moon OF failing blos-
SONS as well as IN tho sprngtime OF
Mse
Arc you going 10 make me sorry
that camel II will be such a dis
appointment not TO stay here"
She turned away. her lips quiverng.
do you think that you car writs
stories-love stories-up heTe?"
She smiled then ard looked Up at
him. There is one disease that peo-
Pie never acknowledge" she told him
Writers never admit that they can't
write anything they sttorn2t to pro-
duoe. The disease Is fatal. One never
RECEIVERS. Won't you have some tea"
she asked, Hospitality. "a you= 0wn
houser
He turned and took both her dut-
tering little hands In his OVID. IF YOU
will promise to be partners and own
half the house and-snd-all Of rue"
he answered He drew her into his
arms. and at the touch OF her yielding
young body all tie old doubt and mis-
gvings disappeared like magic and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

lis nine points Of the Law. Mother and
1 have moved n. Truthfully. We arc
stopping al the hotel on top Of the
mountain. but coald aot resist run
ming down here and getting things al.
homeliks for you. Like TT" she ask
ed. smiling at his expression.
$50 much that I can't think OF sell
ing the place now"
Suddenly q little pulse In his throat
began to hammer with painful insist
ence. He vented to take her in his
ems and Kiss her where her shining
black hair waved back from her high
white forehead. He had always felt
that she attracted him powerfully. but
a burned child breads the Are. and
having been fooled By one woman had
made him wary OF the eek. Seeing
Edmee Boynton against the back
ground OF his little house OF dreams
that had Powered into a real home IN
der the magic touch OF her def fingers
made him realize that he had fallen
in love again, hopelessly. happy in
love with the little story writer. He
had believed that romance had died
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

I'm really not At to get in beside
you, HarrietI" he said vistfully.
''Nonsensei" Harriet retorted. She
looked fresh and brilliant in her
brown, fur-trimmed coat and velvet
hat. It was snappy weather and her
cheeks glowed. Norman West dare
not look at her and she knew It
There was satisfaction in the knowl-
edge. Norman" she said, laughing
ly. wat would you think of woman
who proposed to a man7"
Il would think he was a pretty poor
stick OF man who'd put her in the
corner where she'd have TO do it. He
wouldn't be worth proposing TO. Har-
riet, now, would her
Harriet laughed again. "oh, don't
know. That depends. Maybe he was
timid or-something. and maybe she
saw her happiness going and felt
bound to save II II she could"
II wouldn't let a woman propose 10
me, Harriet" Norman sighed
Wouldn't your" retorted Harriet.
Then please propose TO me quick and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

happiness greater than be had ever
known flooded kis heart She had
taken Ills cold. empty little house and
opened the windows to the sunshine OF
love. fIling Il Win dreams. rosy
dreams. the dreams that must iaev-
itAbly come true, Il lovs yo1." ha
whispered passionAtely. II lovo yen.
dear"
Outside a bird called tender little
mating note. and tie answer cana soft
and sweet from q contented heart
Their. were steps or the porch AID
through the door came a vision that
Deve thought could n0t be real. Car
olyn Maynard, IL the pGls gray of vid-
owhood. was smiling st him. Ho ven.
forward to meet her, his Erm still
around the little story writer. EEcr
as he greeted her. this womEc wko
had once thrilled him. lie wCndere3
bow her coming would affect hin. hut
bis pulse, ssTe when 10 looked at The
wondering Ecmee. was Just as steady
as usual. &c might have besn greet
ing any chance acquaintance. Re was
conscious that Carolyn looked rather
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

But how?"
Just wait and see."
Presently not only May, but all West
more, saw. Paint. paper, a changed
partition or two, a bathroom, a fire.
place and a porch transformed the old
house. Besides all this, there were
new rugs, easy chairs, e talking ma
chine, new curtains, books, and hun
dred other beautiful and comforting
new things. A little work turned the
barn into a garage and one morning a
Few hve-passenger car took up It's sta
ton there, for" said Olive. IT shan't
be selflsh!" There was still a gocdly
rainy day sum left to draw interest
and yield an income.
Across the street Mays Lew house
ca1no TO maturity II was very fine.
but Nay began to look worried
TITS going To take a lot OF furni-
ture," she said. Well. some OF the
rooms will havo to wait" SAa laugh
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

w THAT is more natural than for
w girl to desire a career,
especially II she is just is
and possesses a generous share of in
telligence. ambition and good looks?
And. be II known, Allison Kent pos
sessed OF the qualifications.
True. she was only country school
teacher. but she reasoned that every
one must start al the bottom Of the
ladder and climb rung after rung TO
the very top Why OF course. II
would be hard work. but il was worth
the struggle for the topmost rung
meant-fame Ambition whispered
that she could achieve this.
/ have mentioned before that this
country school teacher possessed a
generous share OF good looks. Strange
20 say. It was this fact that started
trouble at the very beginning OF her
career. Yes. she had brains and am
bition, too. but 10 he masculine mind
they are OF secondary Importance
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

with MAS bs:,. s's rssS,s 9i ,s 5a
her she had Just heard over
the telephone that Jessamy West was
dead. Harriet Hall was quietly paint
ing some china
Dead" Harriet cried She sat.
gripping her hands together. staring at
Miss Jessup. her face as white as her
little ruffed apron.
Through her mind raced a picture
OF lovely Jessamy West, rosy. fuli-bos-
omed. laughing. Ten days before they
had been partners at a game Of bridge
Dead" she repeated family. "Oh.
Miss JessUp. It can't be true!"
II guess IL is. all right" Miss Jessup
said. grimH. The doctor told her
when the children came down with
diphtheria and they quarantined the
house that she better stay away from
them. The disease always goes hard
with full throated folks. But she
laughed at him. And now she's dead
and poor Norman is almost crazy. The
children, however. are getting better,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

eachi Jim. Mays been over and we've
been talking. She's wild about having
a new house. But / like this old house
better than any we could build"
Jim's dark, earnest face lit UP. That
pleases me-" he said. You know I'm
fond Of this house, Olive, I can't help
being. I'd hate to give it up"
We aren't going to-" Olive inter
rupted. Nov listen TO me-"
And you're goine TO stay In this old
housed" May said a few days later.
She and VIII were boarding while
their new house was in course OF con-
structon. Just wait till you see my
new domicile, Olive. You'll wish for
one yourself. then"
Olive shook her head NO, Jim and
/ are content with this house.
But aren't you going to spend your
money!"
Most Of it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29
By Elsie Endicott

old a tribe blase. and her complexion
was made Up too much for beauty. He
had been fortunate 10 cscsye ner. He
found himself critically coupartnE her
70 tho sincere naturally taauutel 1T
tie creature Who held lis heart. How
could Re ever have loved Co-olynl
The fair visitor did not tnrry long.
She realized. ali too wall that a won
an OF thirty can not successfully con-
pete with youth. al twenty.
The eternal TRIANGLE" exclaimed
Edmec. when trey were alone. 7
think that I will wri,s a love storT
now-ebout you" she told hirl.
And how VIII you end Il. little
sweetheart" no whispered. bis lips on
hor eyes and her mouth.
The hero aud the lady Who took
BIS house right away rom him
Were married IA the moon OK fall
ins blossoms, ne supplemented.
and lived happily ever after" she
propbesied. TAcn in trne housewifely
alarm she ran to the wsgonette. THE
kettle" she said dramatically. has
boiled dry"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-29

%HE happy voices OF children. as
they played around an old CT
der press. where the older
people were engaged in crushing late
apples. came to the ears OF Dave
Thornton as he turned his runabout
from the white road OF the valley TO
climb Roam mountain TO the pretty lit
tie stone lodge he had visited every fall
for five years.
Some day they. too. would be ,udely
cisinusiOned about life. as he had
been. thought Dave. But none OF his
own gloomy thoughts were reflected in
the scene about him. The mellow fra
GRANGE OF late autumn was IN the air
and here and there a patch OF crimson,
the result OF an early frost glowed
against the green Of the trees. To the
left, IN the valley. an acre OF golden
rod rippled in the breeze. like a field
OF grain ready for the harvest. The
whistle OF a bobwhite. calling sweet
and clear. sounded from a nearby
cornneld. where pumpkins lay yellow
IN the sunlight. A trumpet vine
spilled its scarlet bloom riotously over
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I sprayed and gargled, wore a mask,
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1 felt my pulse, at tongue look
Each hour my temperature I took,
But strange to say, quite sick I grew
The doctor says I've got the Flu.
If he is right then I am sure,
I'd like to try the Ticker cure.
I wonder if 1 stayed up town
Cut out the dope, kept worry
down,
Stayed right at work nor had a drink,
Would I have Flu, what do you
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