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common cult. They might be
thankful that somehow they had
found each other in the world.
When, after a few days of shar-
ing TINS menage, she told her faith
err she thought she would go down
to see Jeanne, he said, sure, that
was all right il she felt like it,
and was she sure she didn't need
any more money?
Under the thick green shade of
pollarded sycamores sat old Jeanne
in the wheeled chair Marise and
her father had given her. The
young girl, whom Marise and her
father paid to take care of Jeanne,
came running to unlock the gate
and let the visitor in.
There was old Jeanne, her head
tied up in the black Golf, just as
Marise had seen her a thousand
times, her face all twisted to one
side just as she had seen her that
one time she could not forget. And
how glad she was to see Marise,
pulling her down to kiss her on
both cheeks, crying little for joy
and wiping away the tears with
her one active hand; for although
she had recovered somewhat, 50
that she could eat and talk a little
if she formed the words very slow
ly and was not excited, she had
never been able to use her para
lyzed arm or leg again.
Marise must sit beside her AMI
let old Jeanne look into her face
closely with her loving old eyes,
and stroke her white young hand
with her gnarled fingers that had
worked so hard for the child Marise.
And when her first agitation was
over, and she was calm enough to
try to talk, the questions, the
loving, anxious questions: Was
she well, the darling, darling girl?
And was she happy? And did
that Partisan slut of maid look
out for her decently? And who
did the marketing? And who did
her hair, her beautiful, beautiful
hair? Jeanne's brown hand rested
lightly on the shining dark head.
No one had hair like her Marise.
She must let it down so that Jeanne
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By Dorothy Cantield.

TToW do ] know l won't
have a slump some time
later? A human being
is SO full of such damn I'M
expected things-I must be sure
for Marise's sake. How can any
man be !" At this he
was shaken by so terrible a throe
of desire, Of longing for Marise
that he was frightened. He sat
pale, breathless, helpless before il:
suffering, tortured, exalted.
When he could breathe he wiped
his forehead again. His fingers
were shaking. He would go out
of his mind if she didn't come back
soon, His need for her was like
mans need for air and food and
water and sleep. Think reason
ably about such essential needs az
that! A man cannot live without
them. He could not live without
Marise. He had not lived before
he knew her.
'How moved he u.s." thought
Eugenia, seeing his pale, shaken
look. "But he doesn't dare speak.
He will tomorrow. Or the> day
afterwards"
The waiter brought the dessert.
Also coffee with the unordered cor
dial.
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CHAPTER LII.

Father had grown stouter. He
always did. But he looked very
well. And his shirts and socks
seemed to be all right. Melanie
had seen to them, although the
dust was thick all over the fur
niture, and the windows were semi
Opaque with smoke. Father was
glad to see her, said she was look
ing very pretty and asked hel
kindly if she didn't need some
more money; but he was not in the
least enthusiastic over her re.
forms in the housekeeping. "Who
cares about dust" he told her.
"And as for smoke on the windows.
I'm never here in the daytime
anyhow except for lunch--and l
don't want to look out of the
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BOBBIE AND
HIS PA

TT was kind OF cold today wen
81 went to skool & toald
the teecher it was cold & the
teecher sed That is nothing, in a
n1ilyun yeers or so from now,
our teacher sed, it will lie so cold
on this erth that nobody can live
on this erth, our teecher sed
Wen I told that to Pa. Pa sed
Well, who cares?
think it is foolish to worry
about anything a milyun yeers
from now, sed Pa. Instead of
worrying about the poor 1ittel
boys a milyun yeers from now.
sed Pa, Bobbie shud ought for
to worry about sum Of the poor
littel boys that is trying to live
rite now in the Sluns, sed Pa.
I am sure we cannot helpt it
if sum peepul wants to live in
the Sums sed Ma.
That is a tippickal Woman's
argument, sed Pa. All wimmen
is thotless, sed Pa.
1 like that, sed Ma. / suppoas
ure mother was tnotless wen
she was Reering you, wen you
were a helperless ittel bundel Of
blubber, sed Ma.
was never bundal of blub-
Der, sed Pa. / was always in fine
fizzikal condishun, eeven az =.
baby, sed Pa.
OF course, I mite have knowed
that, sed Ma. But jest the saim
/ think it is fine of Bobbie to
feel sorry for the littel chillern
that will be trying to live on
this Plannit wen this Plannit is
cold, Ma sed.
1t is soolish to worry about
sumthing witch we can't change.
sed Pa. You doant see me
worrying any about our mar
rage do you? sed Pa to Ma.
What do you mean by that?
sed Ma. Jest what do you meen
by that?
Bobbie, sed Pa, did you ever
motifs that ladies is slower to
grasp a gents meening, sed Pa,
than what men is?
You can leeve me out Of this,
I sed.
Bobboe knows you have sed
something churl-ish, sed Ma, but
he is too much of littel gentel-
man to say so. He has got too
good hart, sed Ma.
He has got too good he'd,
sed Pa. Bobbie knows Wen he
is well off, sed Pa.
You bet I know wen ] am well
off, & I know I am weller off to
be living on this here Piannit
now than a milyun yeers from
now. wen thare wont be no Pro
hibishun or nothing.
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ROUGH HE w n

windows then" And as for getting
hold of Biron to keep him up tn
the mark. Marise found that it
was trying to put your finger be.
tween the tree and the bark, to
get between Biron and her father.
Every evening after they had both
earnestly finished the serious bust
ness of eating dinner, Biron Left
Melani to the mere brute labor
of cleaning up and washing dishes
while he put on clean apron and
came into the salon to consult
with his employer about the two
meals of the morrow. Marise was
astonished at the learning and
acumen displayed by both of them
in the matter. However had her
father learned so intimately all the
resources of Les Halles in all the
seasons? He subscribed to a news
paper which gave a complete re-
port Of the arrivals at the market
from both sea-shore and country
side, over which he and Biron
pored intently, putting on round
spectacles and bending their port.
~ frames over the page. Ana
there was q wine-selIers' journal
too. the news items of which were
brought up for consideration once
O. week.
when it fails, go out and run
a mile, and then can eat any
thing"
Melaine was no longer al.
lowed to serve the meals thus
prayfully planned and created.
1t was Biron himself who
brought in the plat, set it down
and waited anxiously till it hal
been tasted and the verdict pro-
nounced. He did not sit down OPP
posite his master and share the
meal-not yet! But Marise had an
intuition that it would not be long
before he would. Why not? He
was the only other person capable
of appreciating that meal. He and
her father were bound together by
a common passion, they completed
and rounded out each others lives
Where else could Mr.. Allen find
such another cook? They were
blood brothers, fellow-priests of a
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A Story of
DestinU

: could see it again as in the old
days. And how about her linen?
Jeanne was troubled on this point.
Linen was not what it had been
and the way it was washed in Paris
was a crime. A Partisan family
were staying near by, and Jeanne's
daughter-in-law did their washing.
Such grimy, gray linen-it made
Jeanne sick to think that perhaps
her darling was no better cared for.
Marise must needs open her valise
here and then and take out a chem
Use to show Jeanne, who handled
it, held it close to her one good
one, touched the tip of her tongue
to 1T, and gave it back, saying,
with an attempt at tolerance, ooh,
well, it's as good as a laundress
can do nowadays, I dare say" and
possessed herself of Marise's hand
again, holding it to her heart
fondly.
Marise found the tears were in
her eyes. How sweet it was to be
loved! She chung to the old hand
as she had when she was a child
and Jeanne's had been the only
hand held out to her.
The old, crafty wrinkles came
around Jeanne's eyes. She pulled
Marise's head close to her and
whispered. you've never told?
Nobody at all?"
mo, no." said Marise hastily.
mo one" She felt the old sick
ness rise in her throat as she
said it.
"And you're not-no man-you're
notsengaged or -"
mo, oh, non' said Marise, still
more hastily.
Jeanne's face quieted. She drew
long breath and stroked Marise's
hand. That's right! That's
right! They're all alike, my dar-
ling. Don't forget that. They're
all alike when it comes to women
Next morning Marise was
amazed to have JJenne greet her
all over again, as though she
had not seen her, with fresh
surprise and joy, the same ques-
tionS, the same trembling StrOk-
ing of her hair. Only why
was her hair up on her head?
That must be a joke. She must
be playing being a lady. And
was she sure she knew her cate
chism? Her white veil was ready
finer than any other little girls
veil How lovely she would look
in it!
yes" whispered the youn
caretaker, in answer to Marise' S
look of bewilderment, "she does
not remember you were here yes
terday. She often imagines you
are with her when she is quite
alone. We hear her talking hap
PLY to you. And now she does
not know the difference between
you and her own daughter who
died. No, she will never know
II you just slip away now.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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By Charles G. Norris.

FTER PHILIP had eaten
IA solitary lunch, he would
drift around to Jules
place just to see what the
bunch" was doing. He would
always be acclaimed with delight,
and the next day would persuade
himself that an occasional visit
could be justified on the ground
that it kept his seat among them.
There were others who wanted to
join the jovial group. He was not
always going to be so hard-up;
he'd put a big deal over some
day-like a hotel or an office
building-and that would fix him
up right. Beside, he heard a lot
of insurance gossip across the
table, and this, he considered,
was really essential to him in his
business. On one excuse or an
other, he went back among them,
until the throw of the dice went
against him; then he would tell
himself that one more remittance
from Harry would not make any
particular difference. He might
rs well postpone definite break
with the ''bunch'' and enjoy him.
self for the rest OF that particular
month.
When he returned to his office
after one of these late lunches,
he would occasionally be detained
until after o'clock, and this
kept him from getting home in
time to play with the baby. Lucy
was growing into a radiant child
with glorious fine-spun hair that
framed her fair little face in a
bright aura of gold. She could
walk and talk now, and her father
was continually trying to fix in
his memory the cute things she
said and did, in order some day to
mention them to an appreciative
listener. But when the opportun-
ity came, his heart misgave him.
He could never quite bring himself
20 the point of speaking about his
baby girl. He would blush and
atammer as the temptation came
';pon him, but he never yielded to
=, and he kept her sayings and her
emartness to himself. Some day,
he thought, he would write them
ali down in a book; it would amuse
her when she grew up.
AS money became scarce and
continued to grow more and more
80, Leila developed a sullen mood.
She considered Philip altogether
responsible. When they had
moved into the little house off San
Jose Avenue, he had been full OF
assurances that they would only
have to be there for a short time;
just until he got going again"
But there was no prospect that
they would ever be able to afford
anything better. 1t was to be like
this, for the rest of their lives.
Her sistF-in-law's bright pros
poets as Mrs. Jasper John Fargo
with the income of millions to
spend as she liked, ranked; Leila
was consumed with envy; her own
marriage had turned out to be
hideous misery. 1t was just this
shaving and skimping, this ever
lasting toiling and self-denial, she
had hated all her life. She had
refused man she might have
really come to love, she had de-
clined other offers of marriage in
order to escape once and for all
the drudgery of penury. Now she
despised her husband. He was fat,
lazy, good for nothing. He in
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Church Built From One free.

Chufch Built From One Tree.
Santa Rosa, in California, has a
baptlst church which seats 200
people built entirely from one giant
redwood which, while standing,
was eighteen feet in diameter.
This giant tree produced $4,000
teet Of lumber, besides many thou
sands of shingles. with which the
church was rooted. After the
building was completed, 10000
shingles were left over,
The tree grew upon high noun
tain range fifteen miles from the
Pacific coast, and when fe1led
was estimated to be 500 years old.
The Washington times., 1923-11-21
BY Virginia Terhune
Van de Water,
Author of Nationwide Reputation
and Writer of Popular Novels
and Short Stories.

$SA1M A@AAOAS N~NOAA@0e
~ YOT ILL" he queried So
licitoualy.
INC, :ndeed!'' she as
sured him. Then she used the
same words she had spoken just
now to Richard.
"I am little puzzled about
some things, that's all. But
shall have them all settled and
in good order by the time you
come this evening" she added
laughingly.
Dinner at severn" he asked.
Eyes. But come earlier if you
wish"
Surely Richard would have gone
away by s o'clock. And she was
in a hurry to see Donald. It
seemed ages since he and she had
had a good, old-fashioned talk.
She was going to put on her pref
test dress, and be as nice as pos
sible to him to confirm him in his
conviction that it had been worth
his while to break an engagement
for the evening to dine with her.
She felt comfortable glow OF
gratified vanity at the thought.
Late that morning she was
called TO the telephone and heard,
to her surprise, Paine's voice on
the wire.
IT am calling you up" he said,
ITO see if you have a free eve
ming this week, and will go to
the theater with me-,
It was well he could not see
her start of dismay, then her
frown of displeasure. But her
voice was coldly polite.
'Thank you. Mr.. Paine, but l
cannot possibly go this week
There was silence, then the
man spoke again, his tone brisk
and practical.
TOO bad! There is q new
Green Gardens-where
we could have supper afterwards.
That reminds me, saw the sub
iect of our recent discussion go
ing into that joint late last
night. He was with a gay crowd
Dillon among them. Tom had
one good-looking girl, Rankin
another. But Rankin's was more
striking than Toms. Looked
like the front of the chorus. you
know
So Dick had had a girl with
him last night!
That was only fair, Winifred
reflected as she left the tele-
phone. If she could receive
Paine, Richard could take girl
out to supper.
Probably Paine, piqued at her
decIination of his invitation, had
given her this bit of information
in the hope of making her UNI
comfortable. But he had failed.
She felt no pang of jealousy.
Yet she had been jealous when
Richard had told her of seeing
Donald Muir with a handsome
woman. And she had not liked 1t
when Richard and she had met
Donald at Tongue Vue with a
woman whom she did mot know.
But about Richard her feeling
was different She wondered if
it could be because she was sure
of his love She did not analyze
her emotions further. She shrank
from doing so.
Richard did not arrive promptly
at 4, as she had expected In
deed. it was almost 5 when his
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ISIS : ANovs of Marriage = By Charles G. Norris
THE LOVE GAME
A ROMANCE OF CITY LIFE

name was announced.
Shall I serve tea2'' the maid
asked.
Moor yes-you may bring It
to the drawing room.' Winifred
replied.
The idea of serving common
place everyday tea helped her to
feel that, after all, there was
no special ordeal ahead of her.
Richard greeted her affection
ately-almost effusively. she
thought. AS she handed him his
tea, he bent over the hand that
held the cup, and kissed her
wrist.
60 BE Continued.)
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UNUSUAL STORIES

1t took several days to cut the
tree down and months to saw it up.
But even this tree was q mere
infant when compared with some
of the giant sequoias of California.
One, when felled, was found to
have started it's growth in A. y.
$50.
Polish new copper and brass
with good furniture cream in
stead or metal polish and the
lacquer will not wear off. Once
a month is often enough to apply
the cream.
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CarniUOrOus Plants.

BOUT five hundred species Of plants carnyorous
= Through modified leaves they imprisnn their prey
which is subsequently absorbed Sundew flytraps and
pitcher plants among the chief animaIeatng plants
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-11-09
FIND EMPLOYMENT
FOR VETERANS

The following interesting informa-
ton has been received from the office
of General Frank T. Hines, Director
Of the U. S. Veterans Bureau, Wash
ington, ID. c.:
"To care for the rapidly growing
number of rehabilitated men seeking
places, the Bureau established an En-
ployment Service. The Government
feels it a part of its task to render
every aid in providing the trainee
with job or position that will enable
him to support himself and his de-
pendents.
Every positive progress has been
made in the employment phase of the
rehabilitation work, especially during
the past six months. On March 1,
1923, with 1884 cases referred to
them employment service for action,
there were 1 ,207 listed as mot en-
ployed". On September 1, after to-
tai of 33,111 cases had been referred
to the Service, there were but / ,158
rehabilitated men mot in employ
ment". 1t must be noted that in the
mot employed" class are included
those who Cannot be located" those
who edo not desire employment, and
those who are sick or defening en-
ployment.
cit is interesting to note that the
Employment Service maintains a "fol-
low-up" system whereby a man is
not listed as employed until he has
shown for a period of four months
that he is able to fill a position. The
figures for employment are therefore
bona fide figures and not the number
of men for whom jobs have been
found.
more than $4,000 rehabilitated vet
Grams have gone into employment
within the last two years. Statistical
studies made of an "unpicked" 10000
Of these show that they are earning
more than they earned before the war
and before they received their disa-
bilities or handicaps from service in
the military forces of their country.
at is estimated that 1889 veter-
ans will be rehabilitated and provided
with jobs during the months of Sep
TENDER, October, November, and De-
cember of this year"
1t may be added that in District No
10 consisting Of the states of Mime
sofa, North Dakota, South Dakota,
and Montana, it is estimated that $50
disabled veterans will complete their
training during October. SO in Novem-
Der, and 1863 in December.
Try a Want AID, it brings results.
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We Must Awake

Competition Is contrary TO the laws
Of Nature, Competition deals with
personal wealth alone. Cooperation
says there should be wealth for all.
Is it just that a minority should con-
troll the majority, because they con-
troll the financial power? Is ut right
that we should be as sheep, following
the herdsmen, or being herded before
him, for slaughter? =
WHY NOT CHANGE TO A HERD
OF LIONS, AND DRIVE THE
HERDSMEN FROM THE FIELD?
There is only one way we may do
this. That is to work in a party Of
our own, for a common interest.
SUCH A PARTY is TUE FARM
ER-LABOR PARITY
A great journalist has said, "There
is only one thing wrong with the
present condition. of things. The
people lack common interest" He
went on to state how the allies won
out in the great war, by fighting the
same menace. They were all working
together, for one interest i'm common.
This certainly proves the success of
the idea of cooperation. All through
history you may trace its mark.
Alone have we come thus far in civil
lization, through the good done by CO.
operation. And in the future we
wish to see it sway.
Then why not lend a hand to pro-
gress and hasten this movement? Why
not be a spoke in the wheel? Orga-
ization is our only salvation. That
alone is the alarm which will awak-
en- us, and make us fight. We may
change Phillips statement, by say
ing: OWE WILL AWAKE BEFORE
WE ARE BORNE OVER THE
PRECIPICE."
Awake! Awake!
Put your shoulder to the wheel!
Join the Farmer-Labor Party!
AND DO 1T NOW!
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OWE MAY AWAKE BEFORE WE
ARE BORNE OVER THE PRECl-
PICE"-Wendell Phillips.
The title of this writing was APP
piled in times tinged with the muir
der of a patriot to the cause. 1t may
be applied today with an equal effect,
and forcing to US the truth OF the
statement
The Montana farmer is facing a
crisis, the worst of its kind, anda one
which may terminate in his financial
ruin. 1t has thus happened to a
third of the farmers already, in this
State. And the industry which feeds
and clothes a nation may tOtter over
the edge and may be shattered on the
rocks of bankruptcy below Drifting
in a trance, who can avoid calamity z
We must awake!
What can a body of men do poll
tically if they are unorganized. The
opposition is organized. II is
ready for the fight in the next cleo
ton. 1t is sure, almost, of victory. But
we still may have the power to put a
burr in the machinery and hold up
the engine of finance for a while.
And the only way we can do this is
by organization.
We must awake We cannot get
along without hope, else all will be
lost. We are going to have that
hope. Give it up, and we might as
well quit 1t does no good to talk of
conditions when We are doing nothing
to better them. We are then hypo-
critics Faith is what we need. Force
we can create. What did Columbus
say, when the forces went against
him? Why, he said: "Sai on, and
on" Let that be our watchwOrd No
one can get anywhere unless he makes
up his mind to fight
The machine of production has
come about through an evolutionary
process. Cooperation is inevitable
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Age of Chemistry.
Sets of these books have been placed
with leading Libraries all over the
country, and they may be procured
through the American Chemical So
ciety, Committee on Prize Essays,
Munson Building, New York City.
Attention is called to the list for
reading and reference printed on the
last page of this pamphlet. The
publications of Federal and State
Scientific and Agricultural Depart
ments and Bureaus will also be found
a fruitful source of information.
Reference books in this list may also
be obtained in Public Libraries.
Committee on Prize Essays: H. E.
Howe, Chairman; w. ID. Bancroft,
Charles H. Herty; Alexander Williams
Jr., Secretary.