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By Dorothy Garfield.

w ELPLESs she listened to
him as he poured it all out
pell-mell, what he had
been struggling to lay hold of
ever since he had left Hoosick
Junction.
Zone of the things that keeps
coming over me, is the various
ness of folks. We don't begin to
take enough account Of that.
Plants now, they're various too
sure they are. An Alpine hare
bell Is as different from an
oleander as am from a natural
born artist. But everybody that
has any sense knows that an
oleander would freeze and starve
to death il you planted it up
near a glacier. You can tell
that much, just by looking at
it. But you can't tell a thing,
not doggoned thing about a
human being just by looking at
him, can your"
Marise agreed with intense
conviction that you can tell less
than nothing by looking at q
human being.
"And then the hupnn race
has got itself so mixed up. There
isn't the slightest chance, not
one in a million, that a hare
bell will spring up in a Roman
garden, and be burned to q crisp
by sunlight that just makes an
oleander feel good and comfort
able. But that's what happens
the whole enduring time with
folks"
"Why, wonder" cried Marise,
with a startled look, III that is
what happened to me-"
IT know It's what happened 70
me-" said Neale. IT believe it
happens to lots more folks than
have any idea Of it. They blame
it on the climate, so to speak.
But the climates all right for
some one else. It's not their eli
mate. that's all. Let's start out
on q hunt for our climate, will
your"
I'm afraid it's very hard to
make a guess at it," said Marise
soberly but making no comment
on the "our"
''It surely is. It's terribly hard
The point is that nobody but the
person himself can make any sort
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day thought 1t fearfu1ly immoral
"Oh, I suppose that every wise
man since the beginning OF the
world has found it out in his way
before now. But they're not allow
ed to tell the rest of us plain folks
so we understand. Or maybe you
don't understand anything till you
find it on tfor yourself. don't
believe do. Do your"
I'm sure" said Marise, with
quiet bitterness In her tone that
burned like q drop Of acid in
Neale's mind, I'm sure that l per-.
sonally haven't found out anything
nor do I understand anything
whatever. Nor, till this minute
did anybody ever suggest to
me that there was really some
thing worth while to find out
Nobody - nobody but you--ever
dreamed OF asking me to
go on q quest to understand.
That's why I-go on, go on with
it. Why do you stop?"
But that dag Neale had been
too much startled by the glimpse
Of a. somber discomfort under her
keen, bright intelligence, and too
much moved by her speaking OF
his bringing something different
into her life to Ego on
He tried desperately to think
Of some way to ask her about
1t, to offer to help her, to I'M
plore her to open her heart as he
was opening his. But he was
stricken with shyness, with q fear
lest he had misunderstood, lest he
say the wrong thing. He could
only look at her hopelessly. What
a clumsy, heavy-handed china
smasher he was, anyhow!
But such glimpses of what lay
beneath the surface did not come
often, though he thought about
them a great deal. He wondered
If there was any connection be-
tween them and her evident habit
of not taking seriously, Of banter
ing keenly abut superficial things,
rather than giving any idea OF
what she was really thinking. Per-
haps she did not trust people
enough to give them any idea OF
what she was really thinking. Per-
haps she fell into that grim mood
when she thought seriously. Why
should she? And yet she was
always making him talk seriously,
about ideas no really cared about.
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of a guess at 1t. And it's awfully
hard for him. Wouldn't you
think, when 1t is so hard under
the best Of circumstances, that
folks would try to teach every
youngster to make the best sort
of guess possible as to where he
really belongs? But they never
give you any hint of that, in any
of the education you get III
school or out OF 1t. They seem to
be in mortal terror for fear you
will find it out yourself. Thev
jam your beak down on the chalk
line and hope to goodness you'll
never look up long enough to see
that only your own foolishness
keeps you there. Or they keep
you there till you've tied your.
self up with responsibilities, go
you can't get out. Whatever is the
fashion of your country and Of
your century, that's the thing for
you to do, whether or not.
II believe that's what Europe
has done for me, made me realize
that our present fashion isn't fore.
ordained, nor the only one natural
to men. Think of all the centuries
after the Roman bridges went
down, when people got along with
out bridges, because no provision
was made to keep alive the minds
that happened to be born with
latent constructive powers. No,
no, there must be no fooling
around with goddess abstract
mathematical ideas, nor fiddling
with compasses. A crucifix or i
sword must he in every mans
hand. Every man must be a
tighter or a saint, If he was to DO
allowed by public opinion to have
his necessary share of esteem and
selr-respect. And there are so
many kinds Of folks besides fight
ters and saints! Century after
century they died without having
hved' and we're walking around
over their dust this minute. And
yet even the fighters and the
saints needed bridges! And here
we are in the twentieth century
jumping the life out Of anybody
who isn't interested in building
bridges, and hooting at him If he
feels the impulse to try to be
saint. It's enough to make You
tear your hair out by handfuls,
isn't it?"
Another day Marise launched
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By Charles G. Norris.

- ELLA had mentioned the Mis-
sion-an questionable, crude
and sraceless part Of the city
-Ms q section in which they might
fsfsa a home where they could live
eAfeaply, and be forgotten by their
triends. The flat the Jones family
had occupied was located In the
Mission and one day Philip visited
the old neighborhood, and looked
up at the building where he and
Marjorie had been married, ana
had lived for the first happy
months Of their Inflated union.
The familiar locality was haunted
with memories, some gay, some
sad, all poignant. New shops
filled the street, aud, although this
section of the city had not been
reached by the flames, the fire
and earthquake had brought about
many changes; commerce OF q
CHEAP and tawdry order had in
truded, elbowing its way In among
the older shabby dwellings. Ho
wandered further on, toward tho
old railroad station at Twenty
sixth and Valencia streets, past
which only heavy freight trains
numbered now, since the cutoff
had been opened up. He was in
terested in the ITO Let" signs
pasted upon the front windows of
empty flats, and occasionally asked
for the keys to investigate dirty,
iIl-smelIing rooms. Late in the
afternoon, near San Jose avenue,
he came upon a little six-roonl
house waiting for a tenant. The
fat German grocer on the corner
from whom he got the key, in
formed him the owner had only
recently reHnodeled it, and Philip
found it bright with new pain.
and paper. It's attractiveness was
enhanced by a small garden that
had been some former tenants
labor of love. There was a white
picket fence along the wall that
edged the sidewalk, a little swing
gate. and In the garden a narrow
path OF old Clipped bricks, bor-
dered with mignonette and. Ian.
gushing beds Of violets and pan.
sizes. Against the house crowded
unkempt bushes Of marguerites,
rusty geraniums, and thick masses
OF brilliant-leaved nasturtiume,
with yellow blooms peeping partly
through the fiat, green foliage. (
In the tiny back yard was a
weedy patch Of grass, and a
struggling. half-dead apple tree.
Philip. viewing it, saw in 1t an
ideal and safe spot for a rompered
baby.
The house was sn1all-there
were only two square, little bed
rooms upstairs-but the cherry.
colored wood. made brave with
paint; the clean floors, the bright
new electric fixtures the gay.
fresh paper, won his heart. The
neighborhood might have been
more cheerful. perhaps. There
was an abandoned shoe factory
across the street, with dilapidated
boarded and cobwebbed windows;
dingy, ugly flats Rugged the little
house on one side, and were
balanced on the other by row Of
shabby cottages. From the corner
grocery fumes Of stale beer coca.
eionally were waited.
But the unloYeliness OF the set.
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WAYS OF A HUSBAND



situation which has so much In
common with the widening rift
between Jim and me.
When q woman loves q man,
suppose she can forgive
him anything even humiliation. :
Ralph said wistfully.
but poor Mabel plunged into
this marriage to escape her I'M
happiness over ParI deserticn.
said, thinking aloud :'She didn't
start out BY caring. She hasn't
anything on which to build tclera-
ton for Decentralization she is
enduring"
''Of course, you're going to help
her., she said. ''But the problem
you are facing is how best to help.
Do you think this marriage OF
hers is sacred just because It IL
marriagev'
I'm afraid / do" ! confessed
I'm old-fashioned. ] suppose. Blu
/ can't help reverencing the insti-
tuition Of matrimolly It's sacred
to me. don't want to help her
out. / want to help her make the
most Of her Life irl-the situation
in which she finds herself. DO
sound stilted new conquests '
FIGURING IT OUT.
NO. Anne" his voice rang out.
II respect your point Of view. II
admire your principles. And when
you .apply them even to case
like this / think you're being con-
sistent."
Through my mind was going
the realization that it was with
Jim I ought to be discussing the
situation. It is Jim who brought
Mabel into my life. But knowing
Jin's interest in Ruth Gregory.
how can go to him and discuss
MabeI's husband and his Haunted
interest in other women?
Ralph broke the silence with .
question:
"Do you think you can change
Bonbright Buchanan Do you
think any Influence can make him
play fair with the girl he's mar
ried2'
HE must have loved MabeK
when he married her. suggested
vaguely, striving for some clue
out Of MabePs labyrinth.
Undoubtedly he did care
once" Ralph agreed.
And she didn't love him." I
unused. perhaps she has disap-
pointed him. Perhaps he's proud
in his perverted way. Not being
able to win her heart may have
driven him back to-evil compan-
ions. Do you believe that, Ralph7p
mo, don't. I think Bonnie
Buchanan's a plain rotter," said
Ralph grimly. II don't believe
Mabel could have held him r.
she'd given him her whole nearr.
He would have wanted change
new conquests-
There are men like that"
broke in. After I'd spoken the
words I WINGED. And the fear
assailed me that perhaps Jim
would have tired of the hum
drum certainty of marriage even
if / had not developed more per.
sOnaIity and individuality than
he expected in me.
Decent men aren't like that.
Anne" Ralph declared freely.
Don't let any woman excuse her
self or explain a man to you on
those terms"
He halted suddenly and his face
crimsoned. In = flash he changed
the tenor of our conversation.
Sooner or later Park and Ma
bel must come face to face" he
said. '.EIe still cares. Neither of
us doubt that. His love Is max
ing a man of the lad. believe
it's the one big love Of his life.
There are men like that. Anne"
Eyes" I answered simply. II
know there are men like that"
MAuNM0WN
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- SMILED my thanks for the
delicacy that kept Ralph
from offering to lend me
money. He never seems to
intrude, never goes too far
to his declarations or willing
ness to help, but he il as def
nitely and firmly there as the
Rock Of Gibraltar. And even
| while the difference between his
attitude and inns hurts-it is
a wonderful thing to know there's
some one to count on. couldn't
put this into words, so ven
tured no more than:
.:IIl never let myself and the
business meet s1iipwreck, because
I'm too stubborn to let q mere
man have 4 useful say, especially
when the mere man is you, Ralph.
I wish Mabel Storrs had someone
to count on"
NEED OF HELP.
caught myself up, struck sud-
denly by the fact that IL Mabel
could let him help. perhaps Park
would stand by her now as faith
fully as Ralph was standing by
me. It seemed almost as If Ralph
were my Park-and the thought
entailed certain. morbid and I'M
happy ideas, which / didn't want
to entertain. As / stood there
frowning and wondering who
would keep Mabel off the rocks,
Ralph said with his uncanny
sense of how things are going
with me:
"Is there any way we can form
yourselves into a league to stand
by your friend Mabel?"
.'I'm afraid she'll insist on go
ing it alone I answered sadly.
"She can't" Ralph retorted. II
tell you the whole city knows
Bonnie Buchanan and his ways.
If she would play the game his
way and trail along with the COM
pany he enjoys shed smash in
one way. If she doesn't, there's
loneliness and the sort Of hurt
pride don't believe she could
stand up under"
"Ehe may have to V / be-
gan, but Ralph interrupted with
a quiet force.
'Some women could. But that
girl has no friends-no intirNates.
Bonnie Buchanan has already told
a crowd OF his intimates at his
club that he put beggar on
horseback when he married Mabel,
and that he isn't going to stand
for any pride or interference.
That has gone the rounds"
'Oh!' I cried furiously. NO
woman has to bear such hunnilia-
ton. Mabel has right to be
happy. Park has right to be
happy. And here they are bound
hand and foot"
Something in Ra1ph's eyes com
PEELED my gaze. And the hideous
parallel between the case OF the
woman for whom I was fighting
and my own growing tragedy
seemed. to stalk out before me
with scernful demand. could
hear myself say to myself: S
what is Mabel going to do
about it? What are you going to
do about it,"
mabel doesn't love Bonbright
Buchanan 1 declared defensively.
"She should never have married
him"
Ralph smiled at me with some.
thing wonderfully understanding
in his eyes. felt he knew what
was going through my mind as
we sat there in my office discuss
ing the tragedy Mabel had re-
vealed to me only few minutes
before-the tragedy which was
already clear to all the city His
reply told me how thoroughly he
was In sympathy with the terrible
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saw your adver-
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paper, and read it
to my husband. He
said, You had
better try Lydia
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illness Of his small discovery, of
ting did not outweigh to Philip
which he sent glowing descrip-
ton to Leila, and waited 1mpa
tiently for her decision. She wrote
ir1differently; 1t sounded attractive
and the rent was certainly low,
If he thought it would suit, he had
better take 1t; it was terribly hot
In the country, the baby fretted a,
night with the heat, and she'd be
glad to get back TO the city. He
FASTENED to pay the first months
rent, arranged TO have the front
bedroom carpeted. and selected
some Of the smaller pieces OF fur
niture in the Vale house to be
moved over to the new home. He
wanted to have it all ready for
Leila when she came down, but
he failed pitiably. AS she passed
from room to room, assembled the
narrow bare stairs glanced into
the two little bedrooms crowded
with heavy furniture awkwardly
placed, inspected the sleeveless.
half-lighted kitchen with fits dark
green-painted walls, gazed at the
sordid peighborhood through the
curtainless windows slneared with
paint and the marks, of workmen,s
fingers, he saw its ugliness. its
rawness and its meanness through
her eyes. The baby, left for a
moment upon her back in the
middle Of the empty dining-room
floor to be out of harms wav.
began to wall Philip stared at
his small daughter unheeding.
swallowing his hurt ana disap.
pointment.
Soon as the big house rents"
he said gloomily, scowling at the
whimpering child, 1--WE can get
something better. -. It's only
for a little while. Leila; Just till I
get going again"
His wife turned from her resent.
ful inspection OF the dreary street.
biting comment on her Inns.
But something in the broad back
and bent shoulders of her husband
stopped her. Suddenly she felt
sorry Tor him-he was so helpless.
80 clumsy. 30 ridiculousiy pathetic.
She came toward him ana aIirrad
her hand beneath his elbow.
'oh cheer up. Phil" she said
with affected brightness. .It isrp
so bad. Wen be very connfortab,e
here. I said I wanted q place 90
hide. and certainly nobody WIN
ever find US out here"
She patted his arm reassur-
ingly. and smiled up at him.
It's only until I get going
again." he repeated eagerly. am
get a lot Of business lined up-we
can save and get out of debt
ana then we1l move back to the
Jackson street house, and-and
you can do all the entertaining
you want"'
they kissed each other af-
fectionately, while the baby at
their feet whimpered.
The Sad Story
Lucy and Beckey found them
thoroughly established upon their
return from Honolulu, and It
was In the bare, rather cheerless
little parlor that Philip went over
the painful circumstances of Bald
win & Lansing's failure for the
final enlightenment of his sister.
He had written her, but the let
tiers had not been sufficiently
explicit. She had been frantic
with worry, hadn't been able to
secure passage, ana she and
Beckie had been obliged to remain
there in the Islands, wondering
and wondering what had hap
pened. She wanted Philip to tell
her just where she stood finan-
cially.
Go Be Continued Monday
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Evening star., 1923-09-09
CAUGHT ON THE FLY

Goose Goslin provided the best
fielding stunt of yesterdays fray in
the sixth inning. when he ran to the
left-feid pavilion and grabbed Hof-
mann's foul loft.
zahniser did not care much for
Pennock's pitching. The National
fhurler stepped to the plate foYr times.
and on each occasion waved at a-thtrd
strike.
Double plays Nos. 1Ss and 1s7 Of
the season were accomplished by the
Bushmen. Harris started one IN the
Pipp's grounder and touched out
Ruth on the line.
Elmer Smith was sent in as pinch
batter for Pennock in the ninth. He
was another easy victim for Zahniscr,
rolling weakly to Judge.
A few drops of rain just before
game time caused, the huge canvas to
be spread over the diamond. Lack Of
O'Dea and Tim Jordan's henchmen
made the removal of the covering a
slow job. AS a result the contest be-
gan twenty minutes late.
Three Yankees were strike-out vic
Tins. Ward took the count In the
fourth, Pennock In the fifth and
Meusei In the eighth.
Capt. Harris wias mn unusually ac-
tive athlete around the middle sack.
He had and accepted thirteen chances,
eight of them assists.
That win yesterday was the sixth
for the Nationals in their twenty-five
starts against the Yankees this year.
Connie MacIS,s hitless wonders, the
Athletics are to- be guests of the
Bushmen this afternoon. They are
here for but one game; then the club
win be idle until midweek, when the
Tigers are due.
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PECK TIES LEAGUE MARK;
BEGINS AZ DOUBLE PLAYS

When Roger Peckinpaush grab
bed Pehnock's grounder and threw
to Harris for n force piay ON Scott
In the seventh inning OF yesterdays
game between the Nationals and
Yankees he started n double-piay
: for the forty-seventh time this
season, equaIIing the American
League record for the total of such
fleldlns feats fnnugurated by .
xhortstop during an annual cham-'
pionship campaign. The mark was
established by Johnny Lay.n while
playing with the Browns in 1915.
Peck must start n dczen more,
though. to set a new major league
mark, for Rabbit Maranville while
playing for Boston I'm the National
League in 1sf4 began hfty-eisht
doubie-plays.