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ment with an Independent New
York florist, and I'm going to grow
flowers under glass for the metro.
politan market.
And IL succeed, I may try
fruits outdoors and in. My small
brain Is humming with schemes.
millions of them. Isn't it heavenly?
Besides, from my second-story
windows I shall be able to see Molly's
chimneys above the elms. And
Molly is going to remain there all
winter, because. Rix--and this is
close secret-a little heir or heiress
Is coming 10 make this House of
Wycherly an habitation enforced
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BY Robert w. Chambers.
Whose Novels Have Won Him In
...s ternatiOnal Fame.

Whose Novels Have Won Him In.
ternational Fame.
A FTER a moment he spoke. but
"A she made no answer.
Through and through him shot
the thrilling comprehension of that
exquisite avowal, child-like in its
surprise. A wave Of tenderness and
awe mounted within him, touching
his bronzed cheeks with a deeper
color.
III you will. Chrysos," he said in
q still voice.
She lifted her head and looked di.
rectly at him, and in her question
ing gaze there was nothing of fear
merely the question.
IT can't bear to have you co." she
said.
II can't go-alone."
"Could you-care for me?"
IT love you. Chrysos."
Her eyes widened in wonder.
you - you don't love me - do
your"
YES" he said. II do. Will you
marry me, Chrysos?"
Her fascinated gaze met his
in silence. He drew her close to
his shoulder: she laid her cheek
against it.
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A Spirited and Swiftly Moving Romance of
Hearts and High Society, by the Greatest
Living Master of Fiction.

? INV worldly affairs seem to be
going from bad to worse. know
It perfectly well. yet where is that
deadly fear?-where Ia the dismay.
the alternate hours of panic and
dull lethargy-the shrinking from
a future, which only yesterday
seemed to threaten me with more
than I had strength to endure
menace me with what had neither
the will nor the desire to resist?
Gone. my friend! And I am
either a fool or a philosopher, but
which ever I am, I am a happy
one.
IT wish to tell you something.
Last winter when they fished me
out of my morbid seclusion. I
thought that the life I then entered
upon was the only panacea for the
past. the only oblivion. the only
guarantee for the future.
Now I suppose have gone to
tell you what I've done. Will you
laugh? can't help 1t IL you do;
I've bought a house! What do you
think of that?
THE owner took back a mort
gage, but don't care. I paid SO
very little for 1t. and thirty acres
Of woods and fields-and It is a
darling house!-built in the eigh-
teenth century and not in good re-
pair. but 1t is mine! mine! mine!-
and 1t may need paint and plumb
ing and all sorts of things which
perhaps make for human happi-
ness and perhaps do not. But
tell you I really don't care.
And how I did 1t was this: I
took what they offered for my laces
and jewels-about a third Of their
value-but 1t paid every debt and
left me with enough to buy my
sweet old house up here.
But that's not all! I've rented
my town house furnished for a
term Of FIVE years at $1,000 a
year! Isn't It wonderful?
A Good Bargain.
And that is not all, either. am
going into business. Rix! Don't dare
laugh. Jim has made an arrange
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care for any man. Don't you
think so?"
Now all this letter has been de-
voted to matters concerning myself
and not one line to you and the
exciting success you and Lord Dank-
mere are making of your new busi-
ness.
"Oh, Rix, am not indifferent; all
the time have been writing to you,
that has been surging. and laughing
in my heart-like some delicious
aria that charmingly occupies your
mind while you go happily about
other matters-happy because the
ceaseless melody that enchants you
makes you SO.
ST have read your letter 80 many
times. over and over: and always the
same thrill of excitement begins
when come to the part where you
begin to suspect that under tie
daubed surface Of that canvas there
may be something worth while.
A Real Treasure.
us It really and truly a Van
Dyck? Is there any chance that 1t
is not7 Is 1t possible that all these
years none Of Dankmere's people
suspected what was hidden under
the aged paint ard varnish Of that
tiresome old British landscape?
And 1t remained for you to sus-
pect it-for you to discover it? Oh.
Rix. I'm proud Of you!
And how perfectly wonderful 1t Is
that now you know its history. when
1t was supposed to have disappeared.
where 1t has remained ever since un.
der its ignoble integument Of foolish
paint.
mo, I promise not to say one word
about It Until I have your permits
sion. I understand quite well why
you desire to keep the matter from
the newspapers for the present. But
won't It make you and Lord Dank-
mere rich? Tell me-please tell rne.
I don't want money for myself any
more, but do want It for you. You
need 1t: you can do SO much with 1t.
use it so intelligently. 50 glorious!y.
make the world better with it-make
II more beautiful. and people hap
pier.
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Refurnishing the Home


red wall paper removed. Ruy
paint remover and a regular knife
which comes for the purpose and
remove the dark paint from the
woodwork. II you can afford IL,
have a professional painter do this
Tor you. as II Is not an easy lob
for an amateur. Have the wood.
work given two coats of white
paint and a coat of white enamel.
Have the walls finished either In q
washable paint or in plain paper-
no design Of any kind. 1 suggest
for a room on the dark side of tho
houses q bright color scheme like
yellow and blue. Have your walls
finished in a creamy yellow hue.
For the floor, select either plain
taupe-colored carpet or II you have
a finished floor, the same shade
may be acquired in a rug.
II the mission furniture is of
good style and workmanship, use
the paint remover on II and have
1t finished in either an oyster or
a creamy white. Have a fine
linen table top with bits Of en-
broidery in either yellow or or
ange or blue, placed upon the table
and a glass cover placed over II.
You can make cushions to fit
each white chair. The shops are
showing delightful materials for
decorative purposes in fade-proof
blue, yellow and other light colors.
You might select either yellow or
blue,
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By Ann Isle.

S(DO you mind my putting in
this order or part of my
salary in advance?
asked, annoyed by Carl Booths
steady gaze. It's just little
the voucher I'll be able to get the
cash l happen to need
ITO need!" he repeated, in a
strange voice. That's why you
came back here to Haldane's-be-
cause you need the money. And
I-your oldest friend in this town,
the chap you've always called big
brother the pal through whom
you got your first glimpse of your
husband-I didn't see the facts.
And they were clear as daylight.
Anne, why didn't you say some
thing? ought to have doubled
your old salary. I'll do 1t now.
can't have you needing cash like
this. you poor little kid-and ask.
ing for 1t in such a shy. fright
ened voice. Wen fix that"
There's nothing for you 70 fix
beyond signing this voucher I
said crisply. II need the cash to.
day. But my salary's adequate,
and l don't want more till l prove
I'm worth It,"
would you march in this Of.
flee and ask for an advance on
your salary the very first morning
II you-didn't need it," asked Carl
almost bitterly.
1t startled me to have the ordi.
narily easygoing, steady old slow.
coach so moved by pity for a -yo-
man who was up against It. I saw
that before got down to the bust.
ness basis for which 1 was 80 anx.
ious I'd have to do a little ex-
planning to the old friend who
could not adjust himself to a cold.
blooded efficiency basis with me
all in a minute.
I've plenty Of money coming in
at the end Of the week, Just as INV
salary check would do IL I didn't
requisition II in advance" I ex.
planned quietly. And I'm living at
fine hotel where-thanks to the
fact that my husband has estab.
lished credit can sign checks for
anything. But I happen to be out
OF ready cash. Really, the whole
matter is very simple and not a
situation at all, Carl, except os
your protective masculine instincts
insist on making II one"
You can't put II off like thatr'
cried Carl. You're living at a hotel,
you say, not with one Of your hus.
bands family-not with Neal. Bar
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and a happier habitation than It has
been since they bought 1t.
$50 you see I shall have neigh.
bors all winter-two neighbors. for
Mrs. Ledwith is wretchedly Ill and
her physicians have advised her to
remain here all winter. Poor child
for she Is nothing else. Rix-I
met her for the first time when
went to call on Mrs Sprowl. She's
SO young and so empty headed. just
a shallow. hare-brained little thing
who had no more molar idea Of sin
than a hummingbird-nor perhaps
has she any now except that the
world has hurt her and broken her
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
Losing a Man Friend.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A year ago l met a nice,
home-loving fellow who soon
grew to like. We lived quite a
distance apart, but by correspond
ing our friendship deepened. A
month ago / invited him and
friend over the weekend, as a girl
friend was with me at the time.
My girl friend made quite a fuss
over the man l like. I haven't
heard from him for a month, but
! see this girl friend of nine quite
often and hear that he takes her
about quite frequently. Would you
please give me your opinion?
]. c. B.
Neither Of them had much con-
~ sideration for you. But then
can they be blamed II they felt an
attraction stronger for each other
than the feeling either had for you?
You weren't engaged to the boy and
he was under no obligation to you.
The girl was invited there to meet
him and he seemed to like her.
Don't belittle yourself nor injure
your own soul by making q fuss
over the situation. Be friendly and
natural and make sure that you
don't do your own nature a far
greater injury by taking the wrong
attitude.
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CHAPTER XIV.

Toward the end of the first week
in August Strelsa wrote to Quarren.
Sometimes I wonder whether you
realize how my attitude toward
everything is altering. Things which
seemed important no longer appear
80 in the sunlit tranquility Of this
lovely place. Whatever 1t Is that
seems to be changing me in various
ways is doing it so subtly. yet SO in
exorably, that scarcely notice any
difference in myself until some morn
ing I awake with such a delicious
sense Of physical well being and
such a mental happiness apropos Of
nothing at all except the mere awak-
ening into the world again; that.
thinking 1t over. I cannot logically
account for 1t.
Strelsa's letter to Rx continued:
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that he has never been to call on
Mary Ledwith? He keeps to his own
estate and nobody even sees him.
Which is all ask. at any rate.
so Sir Charles called on you and
told you about Chrysos? Isn't Sir
Charles the most darling man you
ever knew? l never knew such a
man. There is not one atom of any
thing small or unworthy in his
character. And l tell you very
frankly that. thinking about him at
times. I am amazed at myself for
Not falling In love with him.
Which is proof sufficient that II
I couldn't care for him l cannot ever
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Household Suggestions

A tablespoonful Of lukewarm
water added to eggs before mixing
in a cake will make It light and
spongy.
To make kid gloves look like
new after they have been cleaned
rub over with the white Of egg.
A tablespoonful Of ground ginger
mixed with the flour when making
a cake will make II very, very
light.
Fancy cake tins, whether large
or small, should be well creased
with melted butter and busted
with a mixture Of flour and castor
sugar.
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wings and damaged her plumage;
and the sunlight in which she spar
killed. for a summer has faded to a
chill gray twilight!-Oh, Rix, 1t Is
really pitiful. and somehow I can't
seem to remember whether she was
guilty or not, because she's so Ill. so
broken-lying here amid the splen.
dor OF her huge house
You know Mrs. Sprowi Is on her
way to Carlsbad. You haven't writ
ten me what took place in your last
interview with her, and I've asked
you twice. Wont you tell me?
"Langly. thank goodness. never
disturbs US. And. Rix. do you know
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Finely ground oatmeal Is excel
lent for cleaning light suede gloves
or shoes. 3d. w.,
Cane~chairs that have become
shabby can be greatly improved in
appearance by the following
method: First, make a lather Of
warm soap and water, to which
has been added a little alcohol.
Then, while the cane is still wet
strew It well with flowers of sui
phur and leave In until dry. The
sulphur must then be thoroughly
brushed off with q soft brush.
Care must be taken that this is
well done and that no powder Ia
left in the cane Of the chair.
The Washington times., 1921-10-04
BY Beatrice Fairfax

<r 4 FEW days ago you had an
~ article about seeing what
you like as you go along
through life. And you told about a
storm which started to blow in from
the sea-and then blow right by over
every ones head. Now won't you
please give me a little encourage.
ment in the line Of making me be-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-08
.D0DSlN SOUNDS
CAL0NEL'S DOOM
The silver Tone" Man Warns
Folks AGAINST the Sickenlng,
Salivating Drug.

URhl Calomel makes you sick. It.s
horriblei Take desc Of the danger-
GUS drug tonight and tomorrow You
lose day.
C.Iomel is mercury When It comes
INTO contact with sour bile, It crashes
INTO It, breaking 1t up. Then is when
you feel that awful nausea and ramp
ing. u You are sluggish, IL liver il
torpid and bowels constlpated or Won
nave headache. dizziness, coated
tongue, If breath is bad or stomach
sour just try spoonful Of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone .onight.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store and get a bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone for a few cents. Take a
spoonful and fit doesn't straighten Won
right up and make you feel fine and
vigorous 60 back to the store aud yet
your money. Dodsons Liver Tone is
destroying the sale of calomel because
1t can not salivate or make you sick
Advertisement.
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Liant On the Depths.

It is said that at depth Of only
200 fathoms the light Of the unclouded
sun penetrating the ocean Is reduced
TO equality with the starlight Of a
clear night on the surface AT more
profound depths the sunlight is en-
tirely extinguished. Yet there are
both light and color in the abysses,
and at the bottom Of the sea. The
light is Of phosphorescent origin, and
Il may be remarked that in general the
fixed marine forms Of life are not be-
hind their free swimming allies in
ligEt-emitting powers. There are IL
lumnations produced by the move
ments of abyssal fishes through the
forests Of phosphorescent sea-pens.
fan corals, red corals, and other Alcy-
Onaria. The cOlors OF deep-sea animals
are both brilliant and varied. IN
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-08
Reads Tor lnauLatlon.

In certain installations, such az
radio eQuipement. are lamp wiring and
laboratory apparatus, it Is often nee
essary to resort to beads for insular-
Ing bare wires. Heretofore, says the
Scientific American. the beads have
been Of a plain design, with rounded
ends. resulting In rigid covering
which prevented the covered wire
FROM being bent as desired, or left
barred sections Of the wire between
the beads because fewer beads had
to be strung In order 70 allow for
bending.
An English concern has recently
introduced a new type OF bead which
is rounded at one end and followed
out at the other, thus permitting OF
one bead fitting into the hollow Of
the next bead. These beads permit
Of covering q wire for its full length,
yet do not interfere with the bending
OF said wire
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CHAPTER XIV.
A Letter and 4 PropOsal.


The Moreland Coal company's two
big rough buildings were completed
In record time. There had been no
further manifestations Of interference
from the Balls and TOrreys, and Hen
dersOn Goff had been nowhere In evil
dence since the night of Bill Dale's
ironclad verbal ultlmatum Work on
the little railroad was progressing like
wildfire, and everybody was In high
spirits.
BY Heck had just arrived with the
mail. He stalked with an air Of great
Importance into Dale's office, and
threw the mail down on the new roll
top desk; then he stepped backward,
dropped into a straight-back chair and
began to nurse his rife tenderly on
his knees. There was a puzzled look
on his leathery face. Dale had re-
celved half dozen letters, and BY
Heck was at a loss to figure out the
why Of such an overwhelming amount
Of mail.
Dale finished his figuring, leaned
back In his swivel chair and took up
letter that seemed altogether too
bulky for a business letter. More
over, its address was in pencil and
somewhat scrawled, though a chirOg-
raphy expert would have said that
the handwriting showed strength Of
character
Il wonder who It Isl" Dale muttered.
'that mistakes MS for q newspaper
ONCE and Is sending us copy7D
"Jest what I was a-thinkin',.
drawled BY Heck through his Niagara
Falls mustache. open her up, Bill;
nebbe IT'S money. By Jakel"
Dale saw the postnark then. and
his brows drew with interest Il was
the postmnrk Of his old home city.
'From Babe he told himself ana
IL was.
he opened II and read Il She Mad
spelled most Of her words c0rr9cfly
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-08

Notwithstanding the popular west
ern fancy that fashions never change
In China, the Chinese woman Is pains.
takingly particular as to the exact
length and fullness--Or scantiness- Of
her coats, skirts and trousers. She il
carefully precise about the width OF
bias bands or braid or lace that she
uses for trimming, the number and
arrangement Of fastenings. the shape
and height Of her collar All or these
details vary as tyraRically from sea-
son to season under Shanghai guild
ance as certain style features do
with us under tie leadership Of New
York or Paris. Moreover az agalnst
cur four seasons. the fashion devoteo
Of China takes account OF eight.
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her hart pat said. pat said the only
hold Mrs. Dale has on her son ID
through you elizabeth and she is a
sad and remorsefe woman. then |
got to thinking bill mite be the cause
Of bringing peece between you and
yore parents and so | told pat | would
90 and did. lime glad said pat but
lime sorry to lose you but It Is the best
way and we can see each other often
cant we deer.
we'll bill 1t wassent long until q big
mcter car called around at pats for
me and setting in the hind seat was
yore father hisseif john k Dale. be
helped me into the car with him and
he seemed glad to zee me. after We
had said good morning and SO forth
he said anxious like now elizabeth
please tell me ali about bills trouble
for patrisha mite have omitted some
thing you know. at first | was awful
afeard Of him but soon got to like
Ing him fine and told him about you
and that lowdown black adam ball
from beginning to end and when 1 told
him about the fite ii the river be-
grinned and grinned and said you A.
ways was Jam fun Of the Ate stufg.
hell come ont Of Il all rite the worst
o. II a ms hayeing 70 stny 10 Jan until
the trial comes on snid your father
* the next term 81 cote weed bet
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but the only punctuation she used was
a period and her capitals were few.
For a wonder, she had put it into
paragraphs:
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climbed the rugged wall and wert
about to set out through the pitchy
dark woodland, when q voice that
they knew we'll hailed them softly
from the laurels to their left:
"Hold on, tharl"
"John MOreland, by jiggersl" NUT
tered Heck.
MOreland FASTENED sOundlessly to
them. II reckon We didn't mean no
harm, By" he said in tones that ex-
pressed a deep regret, but yit l shore
wisht We hadn't ha' done it."
Samuel Heck was very proud of
himself. He Strengthened there in the
darkness.
"Whatn the name O. the devil makes
We visit sech a thing as that, John? p
he demanded in half angry voice.
Cause" growled the big hillman,
"you went and spilled hi out O. the
main big picnic. We meant to wipe
out all o. them thar lowdown Balls
and Torreys, By. When they went to
hang Bill Dale in the mOrnin', we'd ha'
had good reason TO- a-killln 'em every
oCs-the weasels! Ye see, BY, every
man Moreland but Caleb, and every
man o. the LittlefOrds, isghid here in
these laurels, and has been ever sense
that thar fool trial begun. We was
jest a-waitin'. How did we happen
to know it?
oats easy, BY. Me and Ben Lit
tleford was on our way after more
dynamite, when we seed Bill Dale
a-follerin' that stranger man, and Goff
a-follerin' Bill, and you a-follerin' Goff.
We knowed somethin' ongOdly mean
was In the wind. So I follered you,
By, a-breakin' off bushes as went
to mark the trail, and Ben he went
back and got the rest Of 'em and fol-
Tered me-"
Then to Dale, swell, Bill, what're
we a-goin' to do with this here cussed
polecat Goff?"
Dale turned to the shyster coal man,
who was still being closely watched
by Heck.
Il told you / was pretty apt to
thrash you the next time we met,
didn't II" clipped Dale. do you want
to get out of this country for good, |
or do you want to fight me to fin
ish? I'm through talking right now,
Goff."
I'D guess I'd rather fade" acknowl-
edged Golf.
"Then fade"
Golf skunk off through the brush.
When they had covered mile, John
MOreland grasped Dale by an arm and
said to him:
Il reckon you think we're sort o. blood
thirsty, by us a-waitin' to kill off that
pack back thar; don't We? Well, we
amt blood-thirsty, Bill. Them Balls
and Torreys amt wo'th nothin' to
themselves. nor to their families, nor
to nobody else. The sooner they're
dead the better off they'll be, and
the better off their famblies'll be, and
the better off everybody else will be.
You amt safe, nor amt safe, as long
as they're alive.
1--WE like you, Bill Dale" he contin-
ued gravely. "And you're shore wo'th
1t. You wouldn't sell out to that
cussed polecat, even to save yore own
life, and ats what / calls narve and
principle in We. Bill Dale, the amt
many men In this here whole outfit
who wouldn't give We the last did
drop O blood in their bodies, eff We
needed 1t. To the right, Bul--ahead
Of us is cliff"
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pleasantly. and asked pernassaen d
sit down beside her. She looked up
at him. He was Immediately dressed
"Of course" she granted with q
smile that was very winsome.
He stated his mission briefly, for
Mrs Dale might appear at any min
ute.
Il came, Elizabeth, to ask you to
marry me-"
She sat as still as though she had
not heard. He went on hastily:
II confess that I'm a little ashamed
of trying to take you away from Car
lyle Dale, for he was always very nice
to me. But 1 may be forgiven for
that, / think, because l care for you
a great deal. Anyway--'An is fair
in love and war-you know"
His voice was hardly businesslike,
but 1t lacked original fire. Elizabeth
LittlefOrd closed the book in her lap,
and lifted her clear brown eyes to his
eager face.
no" she disagreed, "all ain't--isn't
fair in love and war. That's one O.
the very silliest sayin's I've ever heard.
AS for the other-I like you. Jimmy,
but not in the way you want me to.
It's Bill Dale that like-in that way,
Jimmy"
Fayne looked disappointed. He was
silent.
You're a good boy Jimmy" she
went on, land / hate to make you
feel the least bit bad. 1t makes me
oh, Jimmy, it makes me blue. l wish
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-08

Mr.. bill Dale.
cartersville.
tennessee.