The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-25

IN his big hands he looked 1t IT, a1sn
wound with an anxious eye
%, its q clean wound. saad ths gil
calmly. II used sterile wstsr. But a.
most went through. you Sc That Mtle
hruise on the instep shows whsrs ths point
stopped inside. was wearing esnnh sosAk-
srs and the soles were worn thin
Thomas did it UP In . more vnKmanrks
manner
Yes, guess you-vS dpns sbSSt ID
any one could have done for you b con
oeded. but II w can dig or way 10 tbs
car tomorrow can get some sodins md pat
Q few more frirls on the dressing
He rose and looked with q quixzicany mad
eyebrow at the log deployins over the floor.
Mind Try to improve on NJ
isn't 1t horrible! said she. Poor hshAes,
How they worked on n and how proud thay
werel But an my wood Il that length I've
been saving It to stove length - needed II.
But thought IT would burn like this safely
enough tonight and would stay here and
shove IT In - 1t burned until 1t was the
right length. II you don't mind getting your
self hand lamp from the kitchen and find
ing the woodshed 1t would be glorious to
have q ios the right size"
As the door closed behind Thomas, Mar
tina, who had been looking intsntly from the
girl. face to that of the bride In the photo
graph, made an exclamation.
But" she said, with catching breath.
but-you-youre Marian Applegate's little
sister! You're little Jean Applegate- had q
dance with you at the Bleecker house when
she brought you up for Prom week And we
sat next each other at senior dramatics!-
And you.- cried the girl. after a startled
silence, you were the class genius, Martha
Carter. was 30 scared and 50 honored-"
In the woodshed Thomas confronted q
small company Of four foot chunks. One
Of tn I'm lay ACROSS a saw horse. half cut IN
two, q tough bit of oak. that pulled smartiy
at his muscles before he had finished the
Job. When It had fallen sullenly apart and
he was gathering its halves into his arms,
Martha came out. her eyes wide and black
with excitement, and shut the door into the
kitchen carefully behind her.
lUtn- So1o oher ~ jean AppfeBdte, IL
sister Of that Marian Applegate who mar
ried Ranney Bakerton that was killed In
France. Ranney never saw the boy. and
Marian died when he was q few weeks old,
and on top of that they lost AL their money.
and there was Just this girl to look after
Marian's babies. Think of IT! She's nothing
but kid herself Why, she isn't even "a
old as you are. Marian was one of the
richest girls in college; kept a saddle horse,
had lovely gowns, gave to all the different
funds, helped out poor girls on the sly-that
sort And then-Jean found that this old
house up here was every blessed thing thsy
had left. Jean bad never had any useful
sort Of training She says she was stupid,
but, Of course, that's q lie. Then she got
tho idea Of having a gift shop here. II
seemed practicable enough. right In the
route Of summer autoists. But-shs hid
to hook after the children. too, you -. and
she wasn't used to that or to business. n
hasnt PANIED out very wen. I've looked
into the shop. It's full of unsold stun.
Tom. There's hardly q weeks rations.
They're positively on the edge Of starving.
The -four barrel n % clean II ismt svsn
whfts insi6s. She pssts.ds shs ~ >zpspt-