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CHAPTER VIII.

Life, when it takes so giant a hand lin its puppet show as to upturn a |cauldron of world war upon the pup [pets. may he imagined biting its hng- |ers in some 'chagrin at the little re- suit in particular instances. As vegc- Ration beneath snow, so individual de- |velopment beneath universal calan |ity. Nature persists; individual life persists.
 Sabre was called up in his Derby Class within eight weeks of his en- |rollment-at the end of February. |1916. He was nearly two years in |the war. but his ultimate encounter |with life awaited him, and was met, lat Penny Green. It might have been |reached precisely as it was reached without agency of the war, certainly without participation in it. Of the Interval only those. few events ulti- |natey mattered which had connec- |tion with his life at home. They seemed in the night of the war tram |sient as falling stars; they proved EhemselN es lodestars of his destiny. He first went to France, in one of Ehe long string of Service battaions Ehat had sprung out of the Pinks, in he June following his enlistment. Mabel had decided to get a paid comp panion-it was rather lonely in some ways-and she had arranged to have that girl, Miss Bright" Sabre, leading her letter, exclaimed aloud, By love. that's good l am glad" And he thought, Jolly little Fife, E'hats splendid" He somehow liked immensely. the idea of imagining }right Fife about the house. He
 bought, T wish she could have been l. Ions ago, when I was there It would have made a difference. Some bne between us. We used to work on pne another's nerves. Pretty little
 fife. Like a jolly title sister,"
 II.
 He was writing regularly to Mona tnd regularly hearing from her He never could quite make out where she vas, addressing her only to her sym Dol in the Field post office. She was
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absence he and Effie were much thrown together, Mabel frequently came upon them thus together, and when she did she had mannerism that somehow seemed 10 suggest catching them together, And some lime she used that expression,
 Continued in Our Next Issue),
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Fine for Lumbago

Musterolc drives pain away and brings in its place delicious, soothing comfort. Just rub it in gently.
 It is clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. It will not blister like the old-fashioned mustard plaster.
 Get Musterole today at your drug store. 3s and Csc in jars and tubes: hospital size, $500. BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
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The story thus far:

The story thus far:
Mrs. Hudson the landlady OF Sher-
lock Holmes, went one day for help
10 DR.. Watson, saying Sherlock Holmes
WAS diving. For three days he had been
sinking. He would have no doctor,
but finally agreed To see Watson.
When Watson reached him he was in a
very bad way, but would not let Watson
touch him. He said hew as suffering
from a strange coolie disease from Su-
matra. about which London doctors
knew nothing. Holmes condemned
Watson's limited knowledge.
DIR. Watson was hurt. Seeing TINS,
Holmes assured him that he only
meant that Watson knew nothing OF
the obscure Eastern disease from which
he suffered which he had caught while
working among some coolies at tho
docks. When Watson insisted he
would call doctor, Holmes sprane
to the door and locked it. He stag
rered back TO bed, saying that al
the end of two hours, at six o'clock, he
would let Watson go for help. Watson
while walking about, picked up small
black and white ivory box. Holmes gave
a dreadful cry to Watson 70 put 1t down
He seemed ievcrish and delirious. Al
six he asked him to go fetch MIR. Cul
vcrson Smith, who knew about the
treatment Of his disease, but to return
ahead of him.
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Little Benny's
Notebook.
BY Lee Pape

| had 4 medium size males in my
pockit yestidday and after suppir was
taking a wawk with pop and asking
him diffrent questions without pop
ansering on account of him thinking 70
himself about something, and | took
the males out Of my pockit TO see il
they was still there and one of then,
axsidently dropped in back Of pop and
pop quick termed GROUND and looked
and stuck his hands in his pockits, say
ing, Wat the dooce was that, did you
heer eny money drop, Benny?
No sir, / sed. Not saying wat | did
heer, and we kepp on waking, pop
saying, l lose more darn money throo
holes in my pockits that ! don't know
enything about. And he started to feel
in all his pockits and jest then another
male dropped on perpose on account OF
me dropping it, pop saying, Confownd
it, I'm sure herd it that time.
And he started to look all GROUND,
saying, I don't see enything, itB very
funny.
Wich it was, ony pop dident know
WV, and we started to wawk agen, me
feeling sorry l ony had 2 more males,
and pritty soon l dropped another one,
pop saying, There, did you heer eny
mopey drop that time?
No sir, sed, and pop sed, Are you
def or wat? and l sed, l bet you O
dime none dropped, do you wunt tc
bet, pop? Being good chance tc
make a dime, and pop sed, How can ]
bet on something we cant prove? ano
1 sed, Well if l can prove they was
males insted OF money do | win the
dime?
Wat? pop sed.
Sir? sed.
Open that hand, pop sed. Wich
did, and wat was in it but the last male
and pop made me keep on dropping /
and picking it up for 5 more blocks
taking all the fun out of it and givinI
me a fearse tired feeling in the back
Proving bizzniss and plezzure don
|
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certainly is no better than she should be
or else she wouldn't be going to certain
places, and when anyone tries TO stop
the gossip about her the scandel-monger
always says, "Oh, it's perfectly true. She
told me herself that she did these things."
Now the pity about this girl, and
thousands of other girls who do exactly
the same thing, is that they get the name
without the game. They have to pay the
price of wickedness without getting any
of the fun Of it. They settle the score
with society for feasts that they have
never eaten, for orgies they have never
taken part in, for music to which they
have never danced.
|. The woman who throws her cap ovel
the windmill at least gets some fun out
of the gesture. She has her mad mag
enta moments, as our futurist friend:
would say. She has some wild thrills
some devil-may-care days and night.
} that are at least some poor consolation
. for all they've cost her, but the littl,
. domestic stay-at-home girl who onl,
pretends to throw her reputation away
, and who is nothing but make believ
vamp gets nothing in exchange for tn
: precious thing she filngs into the gutter
, Hers is the sorriest bargain that eve
J a woman can make.
: She loses out on every count. Tn
people she would like to know, the solio
substantial, decent, respectable peopl
t who live in good houses and wear goo
, clothes, and give good parties, fight sh
! Of her. They don't care to have thei
: daughters associate with girl who ma
: not really be as bad as she is painted
: but who looks off-color, whether she
) or not.
The kind of men who arc attracted b
+fast women soon find out that her wickec
= ness is only cam outage, and they despis
! her because she is only tin-horn spor
/, an1 hasn't the nerve to play the gam
e out to the end. They look upon her wit
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contempt a. a wclcher, one who wishes
70 collect all OF tho pcrquisltcs OF the
Prodigal daughter without suffering any
OF her penalties.
Moreover the men who like TO play
around with. that kind OF women seldom
marry them, for it is automatic that the
less particular man Is about ms own
conduct, the more particular nc is about
the conduct OF hi, wife. :.
And the worthwhile men, the kind OF
men who can give their wives good
homes, and good position in society,
and who mean TO be good husbands, are
rot on the lookout for sporty wives,
either real or pretended. No girl recon-
mends herself TO a man when she boasts
Of her knowledge Of liquors, or OF her
ability 10 Wt away with large number
Of highballs, because no man wants n
drunken wife for the mother of his
children. No girl costs her stock IN the
matrimonial market by telling what a
grand little poker player she is, or how
much she wins or loses at bridge because
nobodyfwants gambler in the family
circle. Too many men have seen other
men worked TO death to pay for their
wives losses at cards.
No man il looking for a wife whose
skirts are bcdraggled. Custom and
necessity have cultivated the forgivlng
spirit in women, and made them able
TO overlook a mans past and love him
in spite OF it, But men have no such
ability to condone the frailties OF women.
A man must believe in his wife. lie
must have faith in her goodness. She
must he something white and shining
before his eyes. Sometimes he loves
a woman with past enough TO condone
il and marry her, but such marriage
are rnrely happy. Always his smlrched
ideal stands between them, and this
knowledge makes the wise man pick out
for q wife the woman to whom nothing
has TO be forgiven.
II is strange that girls cannot be made
to comprehend that there is no othei
charm with which they can so surely
conjure man ~ innocence and artlessness
This is the fatal lure that makes mel
marry little debutantes with the brain
Of canary birds. This is the Irresistible
fascination that causes eligible men Of the
world, who have escaped the wiles o
the sirens Of hundred cities, 70 fall II
love with the Maud Mullers who ar
raking the hay in remote country places
And it is to preserve this innocence tha
hsrems have been built, and wells hun
before the fares in those places wher
men could treat women like they wante'
TO.
Consider these things, girls, and dro
the pose of the tin-horn sport. Don
pretend to be wicked when you arc no
There is moth ing in the vanp stuff. II
Is the women who look good and are goo
+ who get the good husbands.
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THE LADY IN THE MOON.

All stories told by fairies are true
in Fairyland, and this one is just as
the Queen told it one night to her
fairies when they had grown tired of
dancing on the green moss that covered
the dell where they were holding a
festival.
Tell us a story, dear Queen" they
all had begged. ut is so quiet and
the night is so beautiful with the
moonlight falling on the trees and
flowers; it is just the time for one of
your lovely fairy tales. Do tell us a
story"
On her throne of flowers and moss
the Fairy Queen sat and smiled at
her eager children as they gathered
around her What shall it be about?"
she inquired. "A mortal, fairy, or
fiower?'
All the little fairies sat down at the
feet of their Queen and began to think.
The subject must be one that was worthy
of having its story told by the Fairy
Queen and so they all were very still
| for some time.
Suddenly one little fairy looked ur
at the big moon. The lady in the
moon," she exclaimed. Tell us, deal
Queen, how the beautiful lady happened
TO be in the moonp
"Oh, yes, doP' cried all the fairies
clapping their hands with Joy tina
such a beautiful subject had beer
thought Of
Come close and listen," said tn
Queen, "and l viii tell you her story
"She was not always a lady, tn
beautiful lady in the moon. She wa
once baby, but that was, of course
long ago. She is now grown up ant
probably does not know her own story
Zone night long, long ago when tn
moon was very young it was shape'
like a crescent and q stork flying alon
with very heavy basket saw it.
His basket was heavy because IL
it were two plump babies, girl and
boy. He had long journey to max
. in opposite directions. If he coul
leave one baby in some nice place h
} could quickly fly to where he was t
. leave the other
, Then he could return and pick u
the baby he had left and be off to II
; home where the people were waitir
for it.
"All this the old stork was thinkir
when he happened to see the crescen
: shaped moon. And he saw at on,
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! know young girl who belongs to
the very incest sort Of well-bred, well-off,
refined, cultivated family. The girl
herself is a good girl, and if she would
only be her real sweet, sensible, domestic
self, she would be most attractive and
lovable.
But, because she is no raving beauty,
she has decided that the way to attract
men is to be loud, and to affect tough
ness. Therefore, she dresses in the
exrcme of the style. Her skirts barely
reach her knees, her bodices are scarcely
bigger than postage stamp, and not Sc
thick, and she puts psint on her face
with trowel. More than once she has
been hailed as ''Cutie" by some man or
street, for she looks like the sort oi
woman to whom men do not need to be
introduced.
This foolish girls conversation con
sists mostly of references to the numbe
of cocktails she can drink and where t
get them, and how much money sh'
has lost at poker and where the iazzies
| Jazz palaces are, and how late she stayec
out at a party the night before. Mos
of these details are fiction, pure ant
simple, for her mother sits up for he
until she gets home at night, and tn,
only beverage she ever inbibes i
sarsaparilla, and her only poker expert
ence is in playing with matches fol
counters with her father.
The point is that this really innocen
and unsophisticated little girl tries t
make everybody think that she is will
and wicked. And especially does sh
want men TO think that. She is whit
lamb posing as black sheep becaus
she is under the delusion that there
something peculiarly fascinating to me
in feminine black sheep.
1 Of course she has gotten herself badl
talked about. People whisper behin
their hands that she drinks too much
| and that she is gambler, and that sh
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that it would make g nice cradle for
a baby TO rest n.
''In minute more he had placed
the baby girl IN the curve Of the young
moon and was flying away with the
baby boy.
"But~the trouble which the stork
did not foresee was that the young
moonman fell in love with the pretty
baby and decided that he would like
TO have her for his daughter.
So he ran away with her and when
! the stork returned he found no trace
| OF the crescent or the baby girl.
/ He thought that the cradle must
have been rocked by the WIND and the
baby tumbled out.
The moon grew bigger and older,
/ but all the time the moonman kept
| his daughter hidden well and the stork
never guessed what had happened.
Then one night there appeared IN
the moon the beautiful lady YOU all
see, but no one but the moonman and
| knew her story, and If the stork does
hear it now 1t will not matter Tor ne
would not know what TO do with a
grown up lady"
Il think the stork is very careless
with babies" said one fairy when the
Queen had finished her story. That
is the reason so many homes are With
out babies; the careless stork IS 70
blame"
Yes, that is true" replied the
q Queen, though, OF course, they are
not really lost; for many a dainty
flower or little star started out IN the
basket of the stork as a pink and
white baby and just as he did with
the moonmans daughter the storS
left it in a tree or tied in a handker'
chief, hanging on a bush, and the
fairies found home for it.
. "Oh, yes, many times, said al the
fairies. Only we did not know tha'
was the story Of the beautiful lad,
in the moon,
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Says he is a physician and understands
this drug. You will soon be able to as
certain if he is taking Please question
him while / get the two operatives in
here. Then il you need him up in young
Chester's room they can carry him up
there"
She went swiftly through the door,
and DR.. Petit with equal quickness
crossed the room to Smiths side.
This is not to be taken internally for
poison in an external wound, he said
with decision.
mo, no." Smiths tone was con-
temptuous. at is most recent dis
covery, a serum, in fact so recent that
| am surprised the hospital had it,"
Never mind that now" DR.. Petit
said peremptorily. There isn't time.
Tell me Just how | must use this"
The quick colloquy which followed had
scant meaning for me, because it was
couched in medical language. DR.. Petit
turned gravely to Lillian when she re-
entered the room bringing with her the
two stalwart government operatives.
II shall need him." he said succinctly.
Have him brought upstairs"
(To be continued.)
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Efficient Housekeeping
By Laura A. Kirkman

The first thing to do was to see
Just how much left over meat we had.
There proved to be quite little after
it was cut off the bene-and it was
tender, delicious spring lamb. 1t
would do, warmed up in a well-sea-
soned brown sauce founded on the
gravy. There were plenty of new po-
tatoes in the pantry and enough time
left TO cook them in. Then we decided
TO make vegetable salad Of the beets
and beans, topped with some home
made mayonnaise and made attractive
by lettuce.
Mother breathed more freely now
but there was still another anxiety
the dessert. The pint of berries wa.
certainly a small allowance for fiv,
people I'VE have four in our family
Then we discovered few pieces o
plain homemade cake in the cake box
aud had an idea: we would arrange
the cake in the bottom of our cut
glass dessert bowl, sprinkle the berries
over the cake, pour on top boilec
custard (which, fortunately. there wal
plenty of time TO make and top al
with egg whites beaten stiff with {
| llle sugar. uls Was CeeStll OdlLlN
enough to please the most fastidiou.
diner:
Mother set the table and congrat
ulated herself that Peggy had bought
few pink roses the day before from
flower vender and they made lovely
eenterpiece for the dinner table. Sh,
was also glad 10 find that she had oil
hand few pieces of preserved ginge
which, in a pretty dish, not only gar
n.shed the table but would serve a,
an appetizer between the courses.
AT a quarter after six mother anc
daughter, in fresh summer dresses
awaited serenely the arrival of thei
guest, comfortably conscious that tn,
dinner with its savory meat, new pota
toes, delicious salad garnished with /
handful Of pistachio nuts, tempting
dessert, with crisp little cookies (mad'
hastily by Peggy and fragran
coffee, was ample in quantity and needed
no apologies"
Tomorrow-Requested Picking
Recipes
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My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrson's New Phase Of
Revelations of a Wife
Copyright 1921. Nv Newspaper Feature Service. Ino
Copyright. 1921 hY Newspaper Feature Service. Ino

said. "But, my ingenious friend, there's
nothing doing in the hand-freeing line
until DR.. Petit says so. He is an ex-
ceedingly able citizen, and you will be
able to give him the necessary direc.
tions for the use of this. Are you
ready?"
Her eyes narrowed to pin-points as
she snapped the question at him, and
Smith bowed his head in unconditional
surrender.
Il will do whatever you say" he re-
piled sullenly.
You're wise gentleman" Lillian re-
torted, walking quickly to the door as
she spoke, and summoning DR.. Petit.
This man, Smith" she said crisply,
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learned TO be cautious. 20 lpn"1 -.
have new things diss ppointed ina, eSe''
novel idea is viewed with susplc'on
Conservatism is TO be cornmenoeo
nroyided 81 does not result in fossiiisrn--
but one should mover become crys,aiii@eo'
hardened beyond hope OF change. -,
II ia clearly the duty Of tho mcoicai
profes.,on 10 examine carefully eVery
claim which seems TO possrss VoSsi"i'
value. ~ is the duty Of the proiession
10 do thls, and when II makes Il pra
tice OF doing this thing freely ana non
estly the cults will digappear' because
everything good they possess VIII De aC-
cepted. and viii be fuscd into the gem
erai practice Of medicine.
In The meantime we must use go
Judgment IN tho choice Of physician.
I,rt us not be carried away by fads and
fancies Let us analyze every oi1iH'
and not be fooled BY pretense
Bear in mind always that science no $
discovered no universal cure. inc
method OF treatment which win cure a
| ,ore eye Is OF no use in measles. Inc
! treatment must lt the disease.
Never forget that "a stitch In time
raves nine" and that IAN ounce OF pre-
| ventlon is worth a pound OF cure
| Don't wait TO get sick, because getting
well is much more difficult than Keep
| ing we'll
Learn how TO live.
DO you buy your FIRST car, step into ",
and drive away from the showroom
| Certainly not. You have much 70 learn
before you can drive car. You have
! y,uch more TO learn before you can
keep Il in driving condition.
| Lots OF folks attempt TO drive the hu'
mar machine with less knowledge of II
than the owner OF new car has at tne
end Of his first day.
| Don't be like this' Learn 70 know
your body. Study its mechanism and
It's needs When you know all about II
and it's requirements you Will not b-
carried away by fads and fancies. Yot
will live simply. eat the right foods
breathe fresh air all the time. exercise
properly. and will not abuse your bod,
by wrong ways Of caring for it wher
YOU are well, or by wrong ways OF treat
ing Il when you are sick
If'you follow this advice your illnesses
} viii be few and far between. and ther'
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THE DISCLOSURE THE MAN
SMITH MADE

At DR.. Pettitt's pronouncement that
he did not know the nature of the
drug which | had brought from the
hospital, my eyes went involuntarily
to the face Of the man Smith, lying
bound in the corner Of the room, and
surprised in his watchful eyes fash of
malevolent glee. But in another in
slant their expression changed.
1t became apprehensive, almost cring-
ing, and l only had TO shift my eyes to
Lillians face to see the reason for the
transition.
She was leaning forward in her chair,
fixing him with q gaze as coolly intent
and devoid of emotion as that OF an
entomologist studying some rare insect.
And, then, slowly, with an effect of
casualness, Lillian shifted her gaze TO
DR.. Petit and said with apparent nom
chalance:
That is very sad for young Chester,
and also for Mr. Smith, who in another
thirty seconds will be suffering from
the same ailment. Would you oblige me
by leaving the room for a minute or
two, DR.. Pettit?"
She turned TO the mantel upon which
lay she small stiletto-like knife with
which Smith had struck young Chester,
and which we knew held poison upon its
surface. ! realized her reason for ask
ing DR.. Petit to leave the room. She
did not wish TO involve him in the &C.
ton she was contemplating and which
she knew he would feel compelled to
prevent if he remained.
DR.. Petit Aids.
The physician gave a distinct start
the most noticeable departure from hi:
frozen professional dignity which l have
ever seen, .then-evidently realizing the
advantage of seeing nothing, hearing
, nothing, speaking nothing"-he bowed
st3fay and walked out of the room, clos
ing the door after him.
$50 sorry to inconvenience you, Mr.
Smith," Lillian's tone was courteousl,
solicitous as she advanced toward him
the poisoned knife held gingerly in he
hand, "but since the only antidote 70
this poison is a drug so rare that ou
physician does not know about it.
have no alternative but to give Nj
Chester companion in his trouble. Wi
YOU have this on the right cheek or tn
left?"
stared at her, fascinated. She wa
as airily perfunctory as if she were ask
ing chow many lumps?" at a crowde
charity tea. But / realized that unle:
Smith acted more quickly than he eve
had done in his life before, she woul
make good her words.
That Smith realized her determin,
ton, knew also, as l saw tiny beads
water standing on his forehead and IL
agonized capitulation in his eyes.
II am a physician. can use this,
he said quickly. But / must have m
hands free"
II Shall Need Him."
Lillian smiled Significantly.
II thought you'd see the light" sh