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which she might turn if her worst
fears were realized. But they
never were, and when the news
came OF her. Uncle Fred's death,
: and she learned that his $40 acres
of young trees, with their rich
!, promise were hers, she could not
but believe that this was at last
divine recognition OF her patient
steadfastness.
Philip and Harry.
: Her two sons, Philip and Harry,
were respectively ten and nine
years of age when she and the
Judge came to .Vacaville as pro-
prietors OF the Tucker Ranch. and
as If heaven wished to manifest
another blessing, third child, a
girl, was born during the first
year. Lucy was an exquisite
baby with the dreamy dark eyes
of her mother, and fine glass-spun
hair of splendid yellow. and Ma
tilda Baldwin felt that. here of
joy was indeed overlooking.
A conviction grew. upon her.
then, that she had at last not
only come into the heritage Of the
land beneath her feet, but of a
righteous happiness, to which she
believed she was likewise entitled.
She rose from her bed Of travail.
her New England spirit mounting
strong within her, splendid de-
termination vitalizing her. She
resolved that all her uncle's plans
and hopes for the lands he had
SO carefully cleared and planted
should be realized, that she would
make her easy-going, fantastic
husband a figure Of forceful influ-
ence in the community, and that
her little family should grow up
with the background Of a simple,
Christian home, wherein affection
and decorum prevailed, and should
take a part in the village life in
accordance with an inheritance Of
homely. honorable respectability.
She told herself she wanted her
home ana her family to be Amer
Jean" She did not use the word
with any particular, patriotic sig
nificance. ''American1 to her
meant honest living, honest work,
honest pleasure. It implied a liv-
ing made from the soil, and even
in a. Biblical manner, "by the
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Thrilling and Gripping Serial of Married Life From the
Pen of Successful American
7 -.-..-: Novelist

= gentleman-as in those days it
was conceived to be. He had
fine sense of chivalry.
At the outbreak of the civil
war he had enlisted in a volunteer
regiment recruited in defense of
the cause of slavery, only to be
forced to remain at home by
malignant attack of typhoid fever.
which nearly finished him. His
sympathies were always with the
South, and after the war was
over he might have been admitted
to the California bar and prac-
ticed brilliantly. had it not been
for the fact that he refused to
take the necessary oath of allie:
glance to the United States. He
spoke Spanish & fluently and was
regarded by the legal profession
throughout the State as an
authority on old Spanish land
grants and the, validity of prop.
erty titles. He was well known
III San Francisco and Sacra-
mento, and generally accorded the
title of Judge In 1870, he
married Miss Matilda Tucker, of
Winters. and through the death
of his wife's uncle, a few years
later, came into possession of the
fertile lands of the Tucker ranch
at Vacaville. -.
Judge Baldwin was not cut out
for an agriculturist, but his wife
was Of different nature. Matilda
Tucker had been born on a
Massachusetts farm and had
crossed the plains in a prairie
schooner when she was but seven
years old. Her father and uncle
had seen more possibilities in the
fertility of the land than in
delving beneath its surface in
search of hidden treasures. Philip
Tucker, Matilda's father, had at
tempted to apply his New Eng
land ideas of farming to the new
land and had failed. His brother,
Fred, however, had felt some
thing different. in the golden
atmosphere, and had seen oppor-
tunities in the sun-kissed sides OF
Pleasant Valley. Matilda had
known a cherries childhood OF
struggle and priyation from which
she was Unexpectedly delivered, by
the death Of both parents. There
had followed some happy years
with her uncle in the first days
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HOW BUNNY FOUND A STRANGE FAMILY IN HIS
COUSINS HOUSE.

; sat on his hind legs with his ears
dropping and every whisker
twitching as if he were going to
burst into tears. Finally he said.
Indignantly:
"Well, of all the nerve in the
world, Foxy Grandpa! What do
you think? I went into my
cousins house expecting to find
the family there when who should
I bump into but a great big bird
sitting on the egg. It was Mrs.
Puffin, and before I could make
myself known she flew at me and
we had quite a scramble down
there in her sitting-room."
"Mrs. Puffinv' I exclaimed.
What was she doing laying an
egg in rabbit hole?"
"Well. that's just the trouble,
Foxy Grandpa. Those Puffins
have no honor at all and are very
lazy. Do you know what she and
Mr.. Puffin did? When they got
married and decided to go to
housekeeping, instead of digging
their own hole they looked around
until they found my Cousins
house already made, and they just
uuonf in there and ohio fba,,o
out the back door and took pos
session. And there Mrs. Puffin
is now sitting on her one egg.
They're so lazy they only hatch
one egg at a time.'
"What about your cousins?" I
asked.
"Well, Mrs. Puffin did have the
politeness to tell me where they
live, so If you don't mind I'll run
over to see them now
Away Bunny ran. When he re-
turned, he told me he had had a
very nice visit.
On Fridays Story-How Foxy
Grandpa fooled the leopard 3
that hunted him.
Copyright. 1929. by International
Feature Service, Incl
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ness and girlishness fled, never to
return. If establishment came,
it came without too much bitter
ness, She had learned to know
her husbands generosity and un-
failing courtesy, his. frequent ten
der consideration, his cultured and
brilliant mind, and she loved him
for these qualities even though
she had discovered at the same
time his vanity, his clustering
egotism, his inability to make or
save money, and-his unfaithful-
ness. Her years in Sacramento.
became a renewal of the trials of
her early youth, but she did not
complain, nor think of doing So.
Memories Of the happy carefree
days she had enjoyed on her.
uncle's ranch came frequently to,
her, sustaining her in hours Of de.
spair, with the knowledge that
there awaited her a refuge to
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sweat of the. brow She was
ever saying to her children:
t'You shouldn't do things like
. that, boys; that's not American.
Lucy, that's neither lady
like nor American. Thank
God, this is an American home
without any heather ideas"
She worked hard for her ideals
and she succeeded in attaining
them. Her elder son, Philip, could
hardly remember what his mother
had been like before the family
had moved to Vacaville. He had
a vague recollection of second-rate
hotels, cheap boarding houses and
dismal attempts at housekeeping
in Sacramento. There had been
: spasmodic intervals at public
schools, long periods of daily
swims in the muddy river. adven-
lures with leaky .rowboats and
first fights with gang Of hood
lums that pestered his brother
and himself, His mother moved
through those days, a shadowy,
accomplishing figure who some
times sighed and looked at him
with sad, round-staring eyes, but
who sometimes walked from her
lethargy, made both boys resume
their weekly baths, clad them in
clean clothes and sent them off to
school.
But the woman he learned to
know in Vacaville was of differ
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-. H. 50.
vas an arbitrary man where his
family was concerned; he did not
believe in spelling his children.
Philip was his son, but he was
also the ranch superintendent,
and as such must not take it for
granted that he could ride in the
same vehicle as his employer.
Ten minutes later they were
jogging comfortably over the long
dusty road which for six miles
wound it's way across the valley
to the whitewashed gates Of the
Tucker ranch.
The Old Settler.
Judge Baldwin was forty.
Miner" or so he liked people to
believe. AS a matter of fact he
had come to California in SO
when he was but twenty years
old. He was a South Carolinian,
his father the proprietor of a
young ladies seminary in Charles
ton. Young Samuel had been
destined for the bar but an affair
with ones of his fathers most
lovely charges had precipitated
his. departure from home. The
gold fever at that time had had
its lure for all young men, and
he had undertaken the three
months voyage around the Horn.
His experiences in the. early days
of1sCalifernia had been fervid and
diverse. He had prospected.
gambled,' and gai1iVanted., He had
made money over night and lost
it in the morning. His was an,
irnprovident, impractical nature;
heA was forever buying mining
shares too late or selling them
too early. Money had never mat
tered to him except in so far as
it provided him with, cash to
squander upon his favorite Of the
moment. Women played a large
part in his life but there were
not many a desirable sort in
California at that, early day; and
among these, there were more in
love with him than he with
them. Numerous tales concern
ing aIienated affections and
broken hearts were wrongfully
laid at his door. His charm, his
physical beauty, his Southern gal
lantry were responsible for many
CT these, but in all affairs of the
heart he played the part of a
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Bacon! bacon that would well
cannbals It's tough and s too salt And
bread make
tice this bread any wetting
right praised 1T It habit
about
should plaster hostess with compliments about
her cooking. At
MRS GEORGE: II your mother brought well I'm
surprised refinement does cursng the
successfully compimenng
the 5. a. ssE3
MR.. GEORGE: I praised the melon. -. :
MRS GEORGE Ignoring hirnl wonder your mother didn't
not throw your
And, by the why did have second slice Of
understand plan; eat first and complain later.
Inc.
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ried used to work in the factory, and
! had pains just the same then as /
have had since | have done my house.
work. would not be without bottle
in the house now. 1t has stopped the
pains all right and have found out
that it is a wonderful body builder,
as it has made me well and strong.
1t is going to be the odd reliable
with me hereafter, and / am always
willing to tell other women how it has
helped me. You can use this letter as
you wish as I can honestly say that
my words are true. MRS. M. LoDIc,
RID. No.a4, Box 40, Tyrone, Pa.
Letters like this bring out the merit
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. They tell Of the relie1
from such pains and ailments after
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
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1T ISN'T SO HARD TO ACQUIRE.

whose charm we all attested and
agreed, realized that it had the
fair. elfin quality Of cobwebs on
the grass at early morning and
Of birdsong- at twilight and eve
ming dew It was nothing tau
gible, nothing startling or con-
spicuous, merely an exquisite and
enchanting something like the
hush Of the woods or the first
faint tinge of sunrise.
Charm is the perfume Of rare
and fine personality. 1t is the
exquisite aroma and fragrance of
a life beautifully and graciously
lived. It is due to thought Of
others, to unselfish love for hu-
mainly and to all the truly de-
lightful qualities which anyone
who thinks kindly and expresses
his thoughts delicately and with
quiet courage is bound to ex-
press. a.,
Perhaps not all Of US can az
tain the magnetism of boundless
vitality and forceful strength.
But we can strive toward the ex-
preston Of belief in life and the
gracious sweetness of meeting
each day with high hope and
kindness which is bound to give
US some of the charm we all
long for. -.
BY rejoicing IN each new day,
by striving to make it bring to
life something of courtesy and
consideration for all who cross
our paths, we will attain charm
and so revive our powers and
vital energies that some Of the
magnetism of health and strength
shall be ours, too. For in the
final analysis, both charm and
wholesome magnetic qualities
come from a fine spirit rather
than from any physical form Of
expression.
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[[NKT HATS the matter.
" Bunny?" I asked one
w day when we were in
the Faroes, group Of islands be-
longing to Denmark. They lie in
the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland.
well, Foxy Grandpa" said
Bunny in choking voice, you
know that I love you and Bobby
very much, but this has been a
long cruise and I haven't seen
any of my relatives in a long,
long time. Why, feel just like
sitting down over a carrot and
having a confidential chat with
a member of my own family.
hope you aren't offended because
feel this way"
Certainly not, Bunny, that's
only natural. I'll just inquire
around and see if there aren't
some rabbits here. Then you
could call on them and have a
nice visit, talking over the affairs
Of the rabbit world"
1t didn't take me long to find
out that there were plenty Of rab-
bits on the island, but none very
near where we were staying, al
though the man asked said he
knew there was one rabbit warren
a little distance down the road
near the beach.
Good news" shouted to
Bunny when 1 finished talking to
the stranger and pointed to the
place where he was sure Bunny
would find a cousin.
Off bounded my little pet.
I followed him to see how hap
Ply he would be. He ran along
the ground and all of a sudden
pop! into a hole he dove! I sat
down by the side of the road and
looked off to sea, waiting for
him.
Imagine my surprise when in a
few minutes Bupx1N dashed out
of that hole, ran up to me and
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"A Narrative of Compelling Interest by the Author of The
Amateur" and salt, the Educational
Griffith Adams"

ent caliber. She rose in the
morning before tsun-up," busted
herself with pans of cream and
regarding the meals for the day,
visited the cookhouse and inspect
ed its kitchen before either. of her
sons was down to breakfast.
While Philip was still at the table,
she would have finished her part
of the meal and be out on the
side-porch discussing the program
of the day with the foreman. All
day long she was occupied with
the affairs of the ranch. She
stumbled over broken clods in. the
orchards, studying the green.
hard, egg shaped fruit, deciding
when the trees would be ready for
the first go-over. She watched
the cherries, the cots and the
pIums; she visited the apiary. the
barns, the chicken-yard. and, hog
pens; she inspected the pump
house, the water-tank, the smoke
house and cutting sheds; she knew
her ranch as the good house
keeper knows her cupboards and
her icebox. She was. silent, OBJ
servant, indefatigable. AS. she
became older, the habit of silence
grew upon her. When there
was more than one other person
present, she never Joined in
the conversation, and when she
To Be Continued Tomorrow
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CONTINUE THE STORY;

= ~ HURCH and the Judge stood
in the doorway of the
~ saloon and each followed
= him with a thought which the
half-hidden moment of embarrass-
/, ment had suggested.
-'. '.Fine young feller," went Joe
: Church's mind. Hell make a
: good husband for Rosemary.
ST.. :. They'e cut out for one
E another"
Ulysses and the SIRENS" ran
= the Judges thought. God help
= him when he hears their songr
Philip was back presently,
shouting a greeting and waving
his'big hand to friends on wagon
seats as the caravan of trucks
filled slowly up the street,
Ma told me to remind you to
see Dermot Phelan about that
; fire policy, Pa and 1 have to
get some paraffin at the drug
store. Got room for package
= IN the back OF the Surry?"
- How'd you come out?'
+ "Biked," was the brief answer.
Put your wheel in the back
seat and I'll drive you OUT
The Judge turned and walked
heavily in the direction of the
insurance office, his wide-brimmed
straw hat Hopping with each step.
Philip crossed the street towards
= the drug store. There had been
:, no expression of thanks on his
part for the offer of the lift home,
yet Philip appreciated it, and his
father knew it. Judge Baldwin
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Macrame work should never be
washed, but cleaned with equal
parts Of dry oatmeal and very
stale breadcrumbs; lay the work
on a clean cloth, sprinkle freely
with the mixture, scrub with a
brush having fairly hard bristles,
shake off the soiled oatmeal, and
repeat the process until the lace
is clean.
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KNOW THAT

A dean. seldom lasts more than
five seconds.
,...,--
The number of stars visible to
the naked eye Is 5000.
A single banyan. tree has been
known to shelter 1000 men at one
time.
The film Of soap bubble Is the
2.5OO,OOOth part OF an ipch in thick
ness.
When a seventh son is born in
Argentina the President Of the re-
public becomes His godfather,
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By Beatrice Fairfax.
who Holds Unique Position in
the Writing World as an Au-
tl1Ority on the Problems
NJ TfrIG\

tWnO Holds a Unique Position IN
the Writing World as an Au-
tl1Ority on the Problems
of Girls.)
~ HARM is a fairy-like elfin
thing which the dictionary
~ defines as the power of
delighting, bewitching or en-
chanting.
Magnetism is defined as hypno-
tism and carries with it the idea
of a force which attracts one
even against his will.
Now a few nights ago a group
Of us were discussing certain peo-
pie We knew in terms of great
enthusiasm.
she is one Of the most mag
netic women I know" cried a
man Of one friend, and then
commented of another:
He is irresistible. You for
get everything about him except
his tremendous magnetism when
you're with him. OF course
when you get away"
The sudden break made me
stop and think, but it was filled
in by comment on a third per-
son whose charm was a thing we
all felt and loved. Now the
charming woman is a shy, simple
little creature who is devoted to
her husband, her home and her
child. She will probably never
do anything very startling with
her life-but all who come into
it are refreshed and delighted.
AS contrasted the woman, to
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COMPLAINTS.

MRS. GEORGE: l suppose
the breads uheatable, too.
You know / do get SO sick OF
your perpetual complaints.
and / suppose 1t never strikes
a husband to appreciate any
thing. BY the way, can you
manage to praise the melon?
/ spent an hour finding one for
you, but l don't suppose you
even noticed you'd had it. It's
most extraordinary how you
men love to grumble and
would rather die than praise.
{ MR.. GEORGE: I've every
chance of dying rather than
nraiain0 IL 7 90 on eating the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-28

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of
These Ugly Spots With Othine.

There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckIes. as
Othine-double strength--is guaranteed
to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-
double strength-from any druggist and
apply little OF it night and morning
and you should soon see that even the
worst freckles have begun to disappear
while the lighter ones have vanished
entirely. 1t Ia seldom that more than
an ounce is needed to completely clear
com piexion.
BE sure you ask for the double strength
Othine, this is sold under guarantee
of money back If it fails to remove
freckles.
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DELAYED RECOGNITION.

The average woman does not
realize how much her husband is
worth until she starts suing the
automobile driver who knocked
him off
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|etable Compound
had helped his
wife, so my hus-
band bought me a
bottle because /
was so rundown,
h ad a nervous
we ak ness, no
strength in my
body and pains in
my left side 80 bad
FthatI could hardly
do my work. Be-
fore I was mar
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-28
This Day in Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of the repeal Of the second
Fugitive Slave law in 1864 which allowed owners to
seize escaped slaves wherever found and resulted IN
conflict between Federal and State authorities.
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London in the Lead.

ONDON'S population of 7,476l6s puts it well at the
~ head of European cities Next come Berlin 400,-
600; Paris 100000; Vienna, 100000 and CONSTANT
nople 100000.
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help FOR GIRLS
Mrs. Lodic Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her

Tyrone, Pa" "a friend told my
husband how Lydia E. Pinkham' g Veg
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READ THIS FIRST.
By Charles G.. Norris,
Author of Nation.W Wide Reputation
and Writer of Popular

The little town of Vacaville, in the
heart of the great California fruit
belt, sweltered in the merciless June
heat Gathered in the commodious
bar of Ray Benefits cafe there as
sembled every day motley collection
of townsmen, chief among whom was
Judge Baldwin, picturesque jurist Of
p former generation. Judge Baldwin
waxed eloquent when he confronted his
: auditors this particular morning. All
his powers of oratory were hurled
against the Japanese invasion of the
fruit country. He urges the ,extermi-
patton of the "canker striking at the
:. NerX rnnta of Civilization -
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RASS = A Novel of Marriage = By Charles G. Norr

". L. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Complaints.
IA M RS. GEORGE: All right dear all right You've told
IV tough And too sat- And badly
49, cooked eating It. Have some bread and butter
instead l~&s"
MR.. GEORGE: won't.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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~ HURCH and the Judge stood
in the doorway of the
~ saloon and each followed
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04

A significant movement is that French
financiers are converting their wealth
into currenCies.
England and Z. S. Must Act.
When France has sufficiently scorch-
ed herself in her own flame perhaps
something will be done. Meanwhile, all
loOkers-on are helpless at the conflagra-
ton. The League of Nations is help
less. England is helpless. Lausanne
and the Turk tie our hands. If we do
anything about the Ruhr we shall hear
from Angora. So we continue benevo-
lently neutral. which means we sit plac-
idly watching the greatest public crime
perpetrated in the history of Europe, a
crime which, if not stopped, will soak
Europe in blood for generations.
This infamous paralysis of the moral
sense of the world must stop. England
and America must act to save some
thing of European civilization if only
| for our own selfish interests. Is his
tory to say the nations of Gladstone and
| Lincoln sat like dumb dogs forever while
Europe was converted into bowling
wilderness?
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Reserve Bank Rennrf.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. 3.-Debits to in
divlduaI accounts for the week ending,
January 81, as given by the Federal Re-
serve Bank We're as follows:
Dallas district-Austin. S4.024. 200 ;
Corsicana. S1,39OOO: Dallas. S39, jO7..
900; Fort Worth. S2S.412,O00: Sar
Antonio, Sj,SG2 600; Shreveport. S.
$4,000: Tcxarkana. S2.O1O.OOO; Waco,
S4.2C9OOO. Total S93.G9SOO0.
FL Paso district-EI PasO, S6.S30.'
WW: AluuoUerQuc. 81 $4,000: Roswell
S3l00o0 Tucson, S1,551 900. Total
Houston Gistrict-Houstnn, 500.
,alu Galveston. &IS.T5O.nOn: beaumont
S5,i02,OOO. Total, SS52, 147 900.