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David shook the reins. "We're going
to the most beautiful spot in the world
which Pat and / discovered. It's on a
hill But I'll not tell you any more I'M
til we get there" With that he seemed
to close all the doors upon conversation.
A streak of trees hid the town and a
cool breath of wind blew upon AIMS
tear heated face. Davidge began to
whistle softly. Now no man whistles
when his heart is breaking, and Ann
started in amazement- But before she
could speak Pat trotted out into an open
space among the trees yellow with sun
light, tuneful with bird voices. They
had reached the summit of the hill and
below was a most wonderful outlay of
scenery.
Look, Ann" said Davidge. And Ann
looked, gaped, drank in with widening
eyes. we found this place long ago,
Pat and l." Davidge said over her
shoulder, "and / told Pat-he's a good
conhdant-that some day / would bring
the girl ] loved here and ask her to
marry me-"
"Oh, I'm so sorry she didn't come"
Ann murmured in a broken voice.
"But she did come" Davidge said.
Ann gasped and the color went out of
her face in a tide. Il oh, no. I'm only
the substitute" she stammered.
Listen, Ann" Davidge said. II was
not disappointed when Jacqueline did
not appear today. I've not been disap-
pointed at the last three or four times
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minutes now"
A horn squealed below and Jacqueline
ran out and downstairs without seeing
Ann. Ann, at the window. saw her
beautiful elder sister climb into the
fashionable new car, saw gay Dick
Churchill, who went with all the girls,
smiling into her face as the car moved
away.
Even as Ann stared after it she heard
the olank. clank of old Pats hoofs- She
almost outdid Jacqueline in the haste
with which she reached the lower hall.
With n thrust her panama was on;
with another her coat Davidge and the
sorrel had not waited a when
she ran out. She said to herself that
this immediate appearance ought to
warn him at once who was going with
him. Jacqueline kept him waiting
whole quarters of hours while she did
things to her hair and face.
I'm so sorry, Mr.. Davidge," Ann said
as she approached and met the smile in
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give you board, that should be enough
and ever that | shall cut off at the end
of the year. A young man OF your tai
ents should be able to meet his ex-
penseS Look at Ig. He's never asked
me for a cent, and even before he left
the grammar school was doing odd jobs
and paying for his books"
81 hope you don't compare me with lg.
father" protested Henry sullenly. He's
Just a grubber. He never even learned
to dance. and wouldn't know a dress
suit il he saw one. There are lots of
expenses fellows like me and Frank here
have to meet hat he never heard of. l
doubt if he ever bought a cigar in his
life, and you don't object to them. You
use a lot"
zig doesn't cven treat the girls to ice
cream or soda water" laughed Frank
Don't believe he knows any to treat,
for that matter" said Henry. @Why,
his 81 a week is a long way more than
my $l2. Guess I'll ask him for a loan"
81 shall warn him not to let you have
a cent" said his father, sternly. you
have plenty-four times what l had at
your age. More would do you greater
harm than good. ! would rather Ig
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office assistant who just got married,
and how she worked and did this and
that and every other thing"
"Jim, has he got anyone YETI"
II don't think so. He's too hard to
please"
do you think I'd do?"
Certainly notf'
WHY"
"You couldn't stand that kind of
work. It's very hard, and long hours"
"If he doesn't have to have a regular
professional nurse | believe l could do
it. I'd o learn and wouldn't mind
the long hours. Dads away all day and
mother won't be home all summer. /
was to go with Uncle Harvey's family.
but I'll let them into the secret and l
can fix it up easily. If you think you
could get me the place"
"I1l try. Betty dear, f you really want
me to. I'm anxious for dad to get to
like you. He can't help it, of curse. He
told me this morning he had a girl he
wanted me to marry and ! want him to
change his mind"
By pulling curtain ropes and wires
another week found Jim in Betty's ia
theirs bank, and Betty in Jim's fathers
office. Both were working hard to learn,
Jim pouring over ledgers until late after
Dor when all the others had gone. Bet
ty interviewing patients. stcrilizing in
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An End Of Substitution

But he can't afford it Just yet" Ann
said quietly. "And he won't go in debt
ever for your sake. Besides, he loves
old Pat. l don't think it's fair. Jack"
you needn't preach, miss, I'm the
best judge of my own actions. There's
no reason why l shouldn't go with Dick
if l provide a good substitute for Da-
vidge. You like to go with him. don't
your" she insinuated.
Ann flushed. But she answered calm
ly. Eyes, | like to go with him. but he
doesn't like to go with me when he
Van you"
Jacqueline caught AIMS dovncasr
face in her palm and kissed ii. There,
now, be a good little sister," she coaxed.
"Be Davidge's little sister. For / really
do mean to marry him some day. you
know
ut isn't fair. Jack" Ann pleaded
again, drearily.
Ssh! Run along. I've got to get
ready. Dicks car will be here in ten
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three older brothers scattered along the
trail behind
The day after graduation Ig took a
job with a coal merchant, driving a
team about town in old clothes and with
smudged face, to the amusement of his
brothers and indignation Of his sisters.
viii, when he graduated. waited for a
job in the bank. and Frank loafed six
months TO find a position suited to his
ideas. Ig was then at the weighing
scales, to which he had moved slowly.
keeping tally, and passing the rest of
his time in the Office. where his figures
were as reliable as those OF a tabulating
machine.
There had been one really red letter
day in Igs life. Another was now
come. He had entered home by the back
way, as usual, and was starting up
stairs. Some of the family had gath
cred in the front hall and were talking
rather loudly. He heard on the stairs
and even after he reached his DON
above.
81 tell you, Henry" his father was
saying, "1 shall not lend you one cent.
You arc in receipt of a salary now and
must make that meet your wants. If |
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Adjusts the Hat Band,

The newest hats Tor m~ascuIinity are
being supplied with an adjusting device
which will be welcomed by the hat deal
or, for the reason that it will relieve him
Of the necessity of carrying such great
assortment of sizes as he is now com
PEELED TO do. In fact, hats of two or
three sizes, fitted with these adjusters.
will cover the entire range of heads,
meeting all demands from the boys size
to that of the largest man Two spaced
apart members are supplied with hooks,
which engage in perforations in the
leather band of the hat. One Of these
devices is placed on each side. and their
action is TO draw the band 20 that it can
be made to conform to the shape and
size OF any normal head.
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Makes a Pitcher of the Can.

A little apparatus which transforms
the can of condensed milk into a cream
pitcher has been devised and patented
recently. A metal framework, plated
with silver to make its appearance as at
tractive as possible. is made to take one
of the standard ans in which condensed
milk and cream are put. Tht device en-
tirely embraces the can, and when the
latter is in place it IS firmly held. AS
the parts are locked together, as is
necessary when placing the can in the
new ~container, a sharp prong is forced
through the metal Of the can at the bot
tom, and this being located at the lower
end of the pouring spout, it enables the
contents to be emptied through the
spout from the bottom, which greatly
facilitates the pouring operation, as
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Frank This is the time for you TO be
learning economy, and-er, haven't /
seen YOU with Florence Forbush quite
often lately, Henry!"
Several times, father. and that
that's why l need more money. She's by
far the richest girl in tow and the
prettiest and incest. All the fellows are
wild to get a smile from her"
Eyes, George Forbush is quite a pow
er financially" admitted his father. a
hand going tentatively into his pocket
I'm glad to have n of my boys
friendly with his daughter
Florence is sending out invitations
for an exclusive birthday party next
week" added henry, by way of a chinch-
or. I'm to lead the dance with her, and
l need a new tie and gloves"
Their fathers hand came out of his
pocket. "Weli, here's $40 for you, Hen
Nv" he said, ito buy tie and gloves, and
S. apiece for Frank and Rouse. But
mind, they're only loans. 1g won't want
any, for, of course, he won't go
Much of the conversation had come to
Ig without listening. 1t made his heart
suddenly warm and his eyes misty. He
had a great regard for his father, and
this was more commentator than had
ever come from him in all his life.
Maybe l AN make them get over being
ashamed of me" thought gratefully.
But the conversation was not all. He
had seen the invitations of Henry and
Frank, which were both alike. His had
something written on the back, and he
had slipped it quickly into his pocket.
And as he was just Ig they had not
thought to ask for a look.
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gratefully. wondering what the outcome
of it all would be. Did the doctor still
think her silly, she wondered.
Jim took his vacation then also. He
was going away with his father.
Out in a launch on a beautiful Cana
dian lake, one day in the next fort
night the Kingslands passed another
boat containing two men.
"Jim Stetson," cried Betty.
"Dr. Stetson," corrected her father,
"and a young Mr.. Stockdale. who is IN
the bank"
In the other boat Jim had exclaimed
involuntarily, There's Betty Kings
lands"
"Mr. and Mrs. Kingsiands," corrected
his father, and a Miss Knox whom !
told you about in my Office"
An hour later they all met on the
plaza of the hotel. There was no use
trying to carry the masquerade any fur
Their, especially as Uncle Harvey had
appeared and he knew everything.
But nobody seemed surprised at the
explanation. Betty and Jim looked
fearfully from one stern parent to the
other and were dumbfounded to see
them shake hands and laugh heartily at
something.
And while they were congratulating
each other on the success of some plan
or other. Betty and Jim slipped away,
down a solitary path by the lake.
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soar viii take that off. And it won't be
there many years. First we know you'll
be looking back to your coal days and
be speaking of them with gratitude as a
strong, solid step in your climbing. But
you will come to my birthday party,
won't your"
"Yes, I will" promised Ig. still dazed.
As he drove from the yard his mind
went back to the other red-lettcr day,
when they were in the fifth grade. Flor
ence had been the leader of one side in
a spelling match, and as her first choice
had called "~Ignatius" in a clear, as
sured voice. II was the first time that
Ig had ever liked his name. And he re-
membered that he had never heard her
SAY zig" or "Just Ig" in all their school
days. Could it be-
That could it be" flashed into his
mind again when he read what was
written on the back of his invitation.
"Piease come this time, Ignatius. !
want you to-"
So Ig went, and to the wonder and
wrath of Henry, Florence sat through
three dances with him in an alcove- The
rest of the time, for the most part, he
spent with her father. talking.
"What did you and Mi. Forbush find
to talk about so long?" asked Henry at
breakfast.
why the consolidation" answered Ig
in his usual matter-of-fact way. "The
lumber and coal company have CONSOLE
dated, with Mr.. Forbush retiring. He
wants me to be the manager, to look
after his interests. And-and," his
voice now tremulous, Florence has
promised to marry me-"
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Machine. Cartoons.

The work of making the animated car
toon. which are usually a very popular
feature of the moving picture pro-
grams, involves an immense amount Of
labor. Hundreds of pictures. each one
varying very slightly from the other.
must be made and exposed to the cam
era, one after the other. The apparatus
is the invention of a Brooklyn man for
simplifying this work. 1t combines the
handiwork of the artist with photog-
raphy. the camera being made to supply
the background. which is often the same
through a great length of film This is
photographed on one sheet after anoth-
er, and the artist fills in the figures
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
How Coal Was Formed,

A minute examination Of coal has re-
Gently given rise to al interesting theory
as to how that fuel was formed Means
have been devised for slicing it into sec
tons so thin that they are almost trans
parent and can be studied to excellent
advantage with a microscope. The use
of this instrument revealed but little
cellular structure in the coal, and where
fragments of plants existed they seemed
to merge directly into the noncellular
mass. AS a result of the study in the
course of which these facts were
brought out, the belief has arisen that
in the formation of coal vegetable mat
ter was first entirely decomposed, be-
came saturated with this liquid and
eventually was changed into fuel. This
comedies with the theory of most scien-
fists that the entire earth at one time
was a globe of dough-like substance, so
to speak.
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Nov, Ann" she said, "Ill look at
that petticoat. What'd you have to do
TO it? Cut it of-run a tuck?"
Il ran a tuck"
Jacqueline snatched it and held it up
to her. Eyes, l guess its all right.
And now, Ann, I'll reward you. I'm go
ing to let you go driving with Davidge
this afternoon"
Again." Ann caught her breath. II
thought, Jack, you told him when he
'phoned that you'd be sure to go this
time"
We'll. ] meant to. but I've changed
my mind"
"Its-it's Dick Churchill said Ann
in a tone of fnality.
Eyes. it is. He just sent rue a note
by messenger. When a man takes all
that pains-and, anyway, Ann. it's lots
more fun to ride in that beautiful new
car of Dicks than behind Davidge's old
sorrel. Horses are all out of fashion.
II he'd get q runabout-"
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ster was at the door of the Kinglands
and Betty got in. She had been crying.
In fact the tears were still threatening
to run over and Jim longed for an OPP
portunity to kiss them away.
whats wrong, dear7"
dad says he won't have you hanging
round. He called you all sorts of dread
full things-a loafer and a spendthrift,
and-too good looking for your own
or any girls happiness-that's what he
said" she sobbed into a soft little hand
kerchief. "And he said that he had
plans for me. There was someone else
he wanted me TO marry"
We'll, I'll be hanged. That's about
the dope I've been getting from father,
tool What's the matter with every
body?"
Betty wiped her eyes indignantly.
You don't mean that your own father
is down on you, too"
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dithdent. prone TO withdraw after
sights.
All his more or less brilliant brothers
and sisters emphasized the feeling. Be
fore he was old enough to commence
school he was "just Ig," and "just Ig"
he began in the primary and went on
through the grades.
The teachers, of course, used his fun
name, and usually spoke it very dis
tinctly. II was a name that couldn't be
slurred over.
Not being a boy to suIk, nothing
seemed left him but books. He gave
himself to them, and at least once in
two years passed a grade. When his
oldest sister wa graduated from the
high school he was in her class, leaving
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Not memo, it's YOU
What do you mean?"
why, he says-er-you see he thinks
you are-you spend a lot of money"
"Extravagant-say il"
"Yes, he says you're e~xtravagant and
and foolish, and that he wasn't going
to have me making a goose of myself
over a pair of eyes and a pretty face"
"Jim!'
He nodded.
why, he doesn't know what l look
like! He never saw me"
No more did your father ever see
me. I'm as freshly Matched out of the
college egg as you are"
Its queer" sighed Betty, "and very
hard to bear. They can't make me mar
ry anybody else, so there. I'll die first"
Cant you think of anything? I'm
willing to do anything for you. dear.
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Don't bother me with that just now,
Jacqueline said, decidedly. She signed
her nane and thrust the note into an en-
velope she had already addressed. Ann
caught sight of the name. Wait a min
ute, I'll be back" ~Jacqueline added, and
ran out and downstairs. No one ever
went up or downstairs as fast as Jacque-
line. In the Lee household it was con
stantly predicted that she would break
her neck, but she never did. Tap. tap,
tap, back came Jacqueline, a little flush
ed from her haste.
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New STYLES Of Corkscreu.

A cork puller which is designed espe-
cially for particularly stubborn corks,
and where it is especially desired to per-
form the extracting operation without
allowing the particles of cork to fall into
the bottle or vessel has been recently
patented, The new implement consists
of a pair of aligned blades, pivotally
mounted. with inclining serrations,
which are inherited in the cork in the
usual manne., and when the two handles
of the blade are grasped. the blades are
separated slightly. causing them to take
a firm hold On the cork. when the latter
may be Withdrawn completely.
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N LEE, coming into
her sister S room,
found J~acqueline at
her little mahogany
desk s~cribbling for
dear life. Across
her shoulder she
glanced hastily at
Ann and at the mass
of blue satin ~fiounces
in AIMS hands.
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Holds the Carbon PapaI.

The carbon sheet enters so largely in
to the accounting systems at the pres
ent time that there has been felt a de-
mand for some means of handling it
without getting its sticky coating on the
fingers and clothing. There is hardly a
store of any importance where the use
of the carbon paper is o ~resorted to as
a means of keeping tabs on the activities
OF the sales-persons, but these sheets
arc generally voted a nuisance. because
they are heavily loaded with the trans
fer material, they leave their mark on
everything with which they come in
contact. The new idea coutemplates Sc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Driving Cattle.

An electrically charged rod for driv-
ing cattle is being introduced upon some
of the ranches of western Texas. 1t is
said to be specially suited for making re-
bellious cattle enter dipping watts. brand
ing pens and other Enclosures into
which it is ordinarily a difficult matter
to drive them. The rod is constructed
with four dry batteries and a coil, and
is equipped with a button by which the
current may be turned on when it is
desired to apply it to an animal.
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A Bit Of Popular Science

manufactured which will furnish so
much light a person may read by it.
within 10 years" he said. there will
be plenty of non-skidding automobiles
running OH two wheels. built on the
principle of the monorail and retaining
their equilibrium by means of the gyro-
scope"
The listening torpedo" of which
Professor Wood is the inventor, is fitted
with delicate mechanical devices which
record the sound waves made by a ships
screw and draws the torpedo in that di-
reCtiOu.
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would probably arouse the ire of the
automobiles, but it would probably make
it impossible for these accidents to oc-
cur. The idea consists of making a
sharp curve in the road at a point just
before the tracks would be reached I'M
der ordinary circumstances, SO the
chauffeur is compelled to slow up and
make two turns before getting on the
track, and while performing this evolu-
ton it is thought that there will be am
pie opportunity for observing the ap-
proach of a train in either direction.
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Road Bends at Tracks.

A great percentage of the automobile
accidents are caused by the driver find
ing himself rushing onto the tracks of
a railroad already occupied by a train
roaring toward the Inflated vehicle.
Such a meeting is almost always dis
astrous. The railroad authorities are
most anxious to avoid these unfortunate
incidents. and many schemes have been
tried to prevent them. Patent papers
have been recently granted on one
which has some unique failures, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
SoY Bean Coming.

It has always been supposed that a
city in New England called Boston was
the authority on beans. 1t now appears
that China has a few bean tricks that
Boston has yet to learn. So interested
has the United States become in this
discovery that DIR. Yamei Kin. a Chinese
woman graduate of an American col
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"All right. l was just going to ring
you up and ask YOU to go for a ride.
It's a peach of a day and / can't settle
down to a thing for thinking of you"
"All right, dear; I'd love to go. III
be ready in FIVE minutes. Mind. it's aw-
full news I've got to tell you" .
Cant be worse than mine" came
back gloomily. We'll console each 9TH
er. That's something, anyway"
In FIVE minutes Jim S~tetson's road
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cObbIcr-certaInIy, as Tar as the re-
placing of the sole and heel Of our shoes
is concerned. The foundation sole and
heel are supplied with slots into which
the exterior sole and heel fit. II is the
work Of but a few minutes to rip out
a worn sole and replace il with a new
one, after which the shoe will have been
supplied with an entirely new sole, good
for much wear and tear. As long as the
uppers hang together, the new sole and
heel may be placed upon the shoe at
will.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

Frozen. Buf Live.

Interesting experiments have been
made by two French scientists, who
placed a number of caterpillars in test
tubes or metal boxes in a refrigerating
mixture of ice and salt at a tempera-
ture varying between IS and 20 degrees
eentigrade. The same caterpillars were
frozen six times in the space of a month,
and they always cam back to life, but
at each new freezing operation their
movements and reactions to mechanical
excitation became slower.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
MonoraiI Autos.

Two-wheeled automobiles and torpe-
docs with mechanical ears. to chase ships
BY sound waves. are brain products OF
Prof. Montraville NJ. Wood. who gave
a demonstration of his inventions at the
Union League Club recently.
BY radioactive paints, he asserts, an
expensive mural decoration may be
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curing the sheet on a roller in order that
it may be out of the way when arrang-
ing the sheets on which the copy is to
be made. and when the copying sheet is
desired, it may be pulled into place. The
carbon sheet is always under entire con-
troll in this manner. and it is also main
tanned in good condition for use when
there is demand for its services.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Hair.

Rabbit hair IS supplanting wool in the
felt hat making industry Of Australia.
where there are 80 factories IN operation
at present making use Of rabbit fur Tor
this purpose. 1t IS said to be superior TO
the finest merino, and millions OF rabbit
skins are made use OF annually.
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flew TO the
telephone as soon as
she heard her IA
Tiers car o
away. u, Jim, l
must see you right
away. I've some
thing awful to tell
YOU" she cried to
someone who an
swered her call.
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vermin-P Proof Fences.

Since 1891 the state of South Austria
liza has built 10000 miles of vermin-
proof fences. sufficient to e~ncircle the
world and then build a double line across
the southern border of the United
States.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Mend Your Own Shoes.

DETACHABLE and
interchangeable tread
for footwear IS the
invention OF an Eng
lishman who has just
recently taken out a
patent in this country.
By this idea, we may
be all placed in a well
come position of in
dependence of the
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len old enough to
n his inferiority
Ig insisted his name
was wholly to blame.
No one staggering
under the weight of
"~Ignatius could be
l~ight-hearted and
full of fun like other
children. II made
him slow witted,