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Send it to Miss Betty Teasley,
Pleasant Ridge, Missouri"
So Jo' n wrote the letter. and
the girl answered it.
Weeks sped by and the cor.
respondence continued. At first
1t was all in fun Then it became
more serious. John found himself
very much in earnest about those
letters. He loved the way Betty
expressed her thoughts and he
loved the things she thought.
One day she wrote asking for
photograph. That worried Jed.
He was big. uncouth fellow and
he knew that he was homely.
Finally he solved the problem by
slipping John McDonald's picture
into the letter which John had
written for him.
II don't suppose she'll ever see
me-" he chuckled, land I'd like
for her to believe I'm handsome"
IT was during the spring time
that matters became really serious.
Jed wanted to marry the girl. He
said so.
Mother Dugan's grandchildren
ar coming out here for the
summer" John said. 'She s
worried 10 death about what to do
with them. Lets suggest that she
needs a governess for them; and
recommend your school teacher.
Betty did say that she hasn't
any folks" unused Jed, and she be
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~,

She isn't the girl who was
in Beadle's store"
There were two girls in the
store that day." declared John.
This is one of them"
THE girl / saw there was
nice. hefty blonde. This is
sweet little thing; but / never
did favor brunettes."
John Mcdonald gave one loud
word he started toward Mother
Dugau's.
Mother Dugan, please tell
Miss Betty Teasley to come out
here" he begged
Betty Games in answer to his
summons.
Listen. Honey" said John,
grasping her arm.
who was the big blonde girl
who came into Beadle's store
that day Jed and 1, were there?
That was Kate Smith" Betty
answered" l lived at her home.
Why do you call me in the
middle Of the night to ask me
that?"
'"Ten me the TRUTH COM
manded John Mcdonald. ignor-
ing her question Are you in
love with Jed Burkes."
mo, l hate Jed Burkes and
] hate YOU Why did you send
me your picture? What pic
ture?"
Then Betty darted into the
house and came back with
pack of letters and a picture.
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when / can try again and again.
Dear friend, 1t Is no use. "
Els there someone else?"
"Yes.,'
May / know his name?"
I'm afraid not At
least, not tonight. In q few days,
perhaps, 1t will be announced. We
have had to keep quiet for family
reasons that are not worth tell.
ing
'You aren't marrying for
money!" he asked sharply.
NO"
I'm sorry. That was an i'm.
pertinenee. But
NO, it wasn't an impertinence.
It was quite logical From the
moment / knew what lot it costs
TO enjoy life as intend always to
enjoy 1t. / realized that should
do best to marry money-big
money. Aunt Marion always
wanted me to, OF course. But, as
it happens. although this man II
OF what the French call the high
world he has next TO nothing.
And I have only my Is 900. That
won't get us anywhere at all. J"
Then for his sake you'll give
rtnp
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THE Narrative Of Girl Who Cast Aside Her Husband and
Reputation to Enter the Isolated House Of Her
Former Lover

room he went ID the office. 4
solitary postcard awaited him.
He took it from the rack. no
ticed that il was typewriter, but
before he could read 1t he was &C.
costed by an old acquaintance.
He slipped the postcard into his
pocket.
Towards / o'clock he was the
center OF a small group, al Dc.
lighted to see him. all pressing
for details OF his adventures Then
the group was broken by an
angry man.
/ say. this Is tough, you fellows!
Look here
Halo, Colmore. got grievance
as usual. I seer exclaimed Alan.
by George. Brennaway. It's
YOU. Awfully sorry, old man. !
thought you were But 1 say, this
Is tough. Al postcard can be
libelloue. can't it?"
.what are you dwelling about,
Jimmy" asked someone.
Half minute, said Alan
with sudden suspicion hs he re-
membered his own postcard. A.
moment later he exclaimed:
SIS ii about Kelton and Rood?"
Yes" cried Colmore eagerly.
1T Is libel. isn't it?"
Were all in the dark except
you two, said someone. What's
it all abOut?'
Listen" said CcInore Its
a iamnable thing but I'm going
to read 1t aloud and well al be
witnesses. Dear Sir, you may ne
interested to know that Kelto1l
and Rood win shortly be forced
into bankruptcy and accused Of
embezzling funds entrusted TO
them by their clients Yours
truly j.. Random
Mine Is the same word for
word, said Alan.
Does Keltoh know about thisz
asked someone. III not. we'd bet
ter tell him. After all we can't
have member insulted and just
do nothing. Why are you two
chaps picked out?'
Clients, / suppose answered
Colmore. perhaps all Kelton's
clients have got One. Lets look
at yours, Brennaway It's.
Just the same. I believe ii Ii done
on one OF those typewriters that
You know rolls out a hundred
or SO all alike. Makes you think
it's been specially written for Won
until yolt tumble to the trick.
AIan's mind was made up.
CTo he Continued Tomorrow
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to bed for hours and hours said
Shirley.
Alan looked doubtfully at Mrs.
Sibley.
yes, do" she echoed. Shirley
il so excitable,' and hate to
think of her reading at night.
But you won't mind II / go to
bed?"
Mrs. Sibley's was an eminentlY
modern household in which the
servants were never expected to
wait up. Shirley produced a.
Iatchkey, then. drifting ahead of
them. opened the gates of the ele-
vator. Alan had never seen a
woman operate an elevator.
Shall I do it?"
mo. thanks. she answered in
differently. and stopped at the
second floor. They said good
night to Mrs. Sibley and then:
Come onr' said Shirley. You
shall inspect my room" and Alan
re-entered the elevator and was
taken TO the fifth floor. THE
whole of the fifth floor is mine"
she told him, which shows what
a nice aunt I've got. Stand still
while I turn on the lights"
She opened door and a mo-
ment later light flashed on, He
followed her and for the first
time in his life realized that he
was sensitive to surroundings, to
furniture, to brocade and wall.
paper and things ole could do to
mantelpieces.
For q, moment the room itself
held his whole attention. 1t had
a personality but he doubted
whether Shirley knew it. The room
was a whole, indivisible into sepa-
rate pieces of furniture and paint
ings. And the whole was at once
mysterious and clear-cnt, young
and confident, yet tentative as
though at bottom it were not
sure of itself, as If it were-the
unfinished painting of room.
You're staring frightfully," she
reminded him. Don't you like
nv taste? Take this
chair and stretch your legs COM
fortably"
your boudoir?" he asked.
what have you been reading?
There aren't such things nova
days? It's just a room. I'm going
to give you liquer."
He watched her as she swung
open part Of a cabinet and filled
a liquer glass. .rhe movements
of her body were lovely to watch.
There were about a thousand mo-
tons, he guessed, in filling that
glass. A perfect balance of nerve
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Did you send me those or did
Jed Burkes? Answer me that"
Il wrote the letters, Honey"
admitted John. but / certainly
did-n send you that picture"
II started this idiotic affair,
because l was so dead lonesome
way out there in the country"
sobbed the girl. That's the only
reason answered that first let
ter. Then after your picture
came II l."
Who sent that picture to me,
it you djdn't?" she demanded.
II sent the picture said a voice
behind them. 1t was Jed speak.
ing.
And / might as well own up
TO the whole thing. When / sent
1t | never really hoped to see the
girl again. / wanted her to think
l was good looking. l was crazy
about her" He stopped suddenly,
and cIutched Johns arm.
Where the devil is that blonde
girl that came into Beadle's store
the day that we were thereg'
Kate Smith" exclaimed Betty.
~ asked the storekeeper who
that girl was and he told me
Betty Teasley," Jed muttered.
He Just misunderstood your
question laughed Betty.
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She moved jerkily, then sat still.
II think you know what / am
trying to say. Shirley. Women
girls-giris Of twenty, even are
pretty good at telling what a man
il thinking about without his put
ting it into words. / did not tell
you that day seven years ago at
the FELTON, that / loved you but
you knew it,
II did not tell you that all these
years I've been thinking of YOU
sitting there in the lobby of that
miserable hotel. but / think you
know it. / think you knew the
moment we met this afternoon
that ] intended to ask you. az !
asking YOU now, to marry me.
II didn'tn she cried. I've al
ways loved you in way-but not
the marrying way. Oh, Alan, I'm
so dreadfully sorry"
He sat rigid for moment; then
took a cigarette. He discovered
that 1t could be quite a compli
Gated process TO get cigarette
from the box to his lips. 1t was
minute or more before he spoke.
I'm a persistent kind of devil
shall treat your refusal with the
utmost reverence, but at the same
time ] shall wait for the moment
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Continued from Local Page)
ago that syndicate he spoke Of
very nearly tricked me into"
He stopped. Shirley had been
separated from him. He could
hear her voice q few feet away.
talking what seemed surprising
nonsense, but he could not see
her. In another minute he had
lost both Shirley and Mrs. Sibley.
He wandered slowly the length
of the room through wide folding
doors to a second drawing-room
where there was more space.
though this was being rapidly
filled. In this room he was rec
ognized by a worldrenowned
chemist who had known his father
well end now asked him interest
Ing questions about Mexico.
He was interrupted by Mrs. Sib-
.'oh. here you are" she ex-
claimed. What is this talk about
Roger Kelton?"
''I haven't heard any"
Nor have /. I hope it can't
mean anything, for Rogers sake,
j mean. AS regards Shirley it
really might be warning. Though
Cuthbert used to go absolutely
everywhere.
IN find Shirley, shall TT sug-
gested Alan. II think she said
that Kelton would be here"
tYes-he said so. But he isn't
here, so / wondered. But don't
breathe Al word to Shirley"
A queer way of talking, thought
Alan, yet effective-why should it
distress Shirley? Young Kelton
was a restless, self-conscious boy
of 20. Nor, of course, the head
of a business.
He must try to remember that
slice OF time and get into focus.
CHATTER 5
If Shirley had heard any whis-
0ers about Roger Kelton, she did
not say So Mrs. SibIey was
frankly sleepy, but Shirley was
Infinitely alive. During the drive
hack to. East SEVENTEEN Street,
she chartered delightfully."-. Alan
did not listen particularly to
what she was saying. On the
prairie he had imagined her
voice richly ripping, Just like
that. No wonder people wanted
Ia meet her-insane phrase-he
himself wanted TO meet her every
dav. for the rest of his life. In
b few seconds, it seemed. he was
superf1uously helping her from
the saloon.
Come in, Alan. I'm not going
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How Much Water.
Should Baby Get!
rAEmous Authority Rule
by Ruth Brittatn

Baby specialists agree nowadays
that during the first six months.
babies must have three ounces Of
fluid per pound Of body weight
daily. An eight pound baby, for
instance, needs twenty.four ounces
of fluid. batter on the rule is two
ounces of fluid per pound of body
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sorbed by a breast fed baby is best
determined by weighing him before
and after feeding for the whole
day: and it is easily calculated for
the bottle fed one. Then make up
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Giving baby sufficient water often
relieves his feverish, crying. upset
and restless spells II it doesn't,
give him a few drops. of Fletcher's
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OF ever increasing use. 1t regu.
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Just a word OF caution. Look for
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on the package so youll be sure
to get the genuine. The forty cent
bottles contain thirty.five doses.
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II shan't give I'D anything.
hope. We shall be clever.
Il don't follow Alan said
We shall be with the right
people, at the right time, as Daddy
was. /" She smiled brilliantly. ITS
awfully simple. dear old Alan,
when you know the ropes. I've
watched
All that--yOuIl find that's all
froth, flotsam. The thing Is, do you
really want him."
II think so, ALAN"
Slowly Alan crushed out the
newly-lit cigarette.
Good enough he said
She held out her hand. He took
1t for moment, then kissed it.
Suddenly she chung to his coat.
You'll always be my friend,
Alan. won't you?"
II I cam he answered. Is he
younger than / amp
"Oh. yes! Ever so much
younger
Her eyes were on his grey hair.
CHAPTER VI
For half an hour after Alan had
gone Shirley thought about him.
She had an odd sense of having
made lucky escape.
But how ridiculous! There was
no danger of my accepting him
how could there be?''
Yet she knew there had been a
danger OF just that--and what an
appalling mess she would have
been in. Apart from any other
consideration. Alan would make
an impossible husband. How dread
full to be loved for your potenti@
alitiesl 1t was funny that he
should have the effect on her of
making her feel small and I'M
important.
Was she2 1t did not matter
after all.
II must 60 to bedr She ex.
claimed. Abruptly her mood
changed and she forgot Alan. She
went to her bedroom and began
the long, careful process of un-
dressing. At last she was in bed.
What can that old spider Cy-
max have meant about talk about
Roger? How could there be any
talk about Roger?' She smiled,
and, smiling, sank into sleep.
The business of love was, after
all. very simple, so Alan reasoned
on the following morning. To go
on wanting a woman who ex.
planned honestly and decorously
that she did not want you. would
be mere romantic egotisIn.
1t was impossible. he told him
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glad to have a nice place to spend
the summer"
Mother Dugan who owned and
operated the hotel, near their con-
struction camp was delighted with
the idea. She asked John to write
the girl asking il she would be
interested In such a proposition.
At last came the long-antici.
pated day of Betty's arrival. Jed
was hilarious until the hour ap-
preached. Then he had an at.
tack of stage-fright and begged
John to go with him to meet
her.
When Betty stepped off the
train, both men were standing at
the steps. But it was upon
John Mcdonald that Betty Teasley
smiled. 1t was his hand that she
grasped.
John devoured her with his
eyes for one instant; then he
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John Mcdonald and Jed Burkes
dashed into Beadle's country store,
as a sudden down-pour of rain
began.
Mcdonald was a surveyor, just
completing his first job of survey
ing. Jed Burkes was his lineman.
How long before train.time?"
Burkeg asked the storekeeper.
saTen minutes" was the reply.
Burkes started to say something
else, but before he could begin two
girls leaped through the open door,
way breath1ess and mirthful over
their race with the rain. And Jed
stood with his mouth open staring
1T the larger of the twoo fair
arrivals.
go back to the stove, Miss
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turn to Ted, bowed, and moved
back.
Wont you introduce me?"
she said shyly. turning to John.
why that's Jed-Jed Burkes."
he gasped.
The three rode in silence to
Mother Dugan's and somehow
they got through the evening.
The week following was pain.
full one indeed
Jed moped around until John
could stand the strain no longer.
One night he lost his temper.
whats the matter with you,
fool?" he cried. You act as if
there had been death in the
family"
Buddy, I've got to tell you
something, and you've got to tell
me what to do" declared Jed.
"This is not the girl that I've
been loving all this time.
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Former Lover

seif--told himself with the utmost
emphasis and constant repetition
it was impossible to be nelan-
choly and depressed over such .
rejection.
Suppose she had said: Eyes. Of
course / will marry you, but |
don't want you"4-very well, then,
what was there left to argue
about? He had not even made
fool Of himself. He would forget
the whole incident.
Yes. ii would be easy enough to
forget the love business. Easy
enough. for example. to forget
that white and rose face against
the background Of darkness.
Faces. good heavens! There were
millions or them. all about him,
and IL they all wore black hats
romantic irnaginery the weak
ness Of every normal man.
Forget the background Of dark
ness and the whole setting of that
amazing room of ners-forget her
beauty Think of Shirley dis
tracted and dishevelled. He
thought Of Sherley dishevelled and
i'll and discovered a new emotion
in himself.
Shirley he repeated her name.
He had bungIed somehow. The
thought OF Shirley in trouble was
a thousand times more t0rturing
than the thought Of Shirley cool
and beautiful, saying that she was
very sorry but
'fWell. I'm jiggered.' he ex-
claimed. Rank morbidness. Shir-
ley is not in trouble. She h very
happy And she is going to marry
someone else. and / hope she goes
on being very happy.
The first thing to do was to
break the association OF ideas
and a good beginning would be
TO leave the FELTON,. BY midday
he had installed mir elf at his
club and had drifted into the
smoEdng-room to pick up the
threads OF seven years ago.
The Luke Club had distinct
personality of its own. It was
not an exclusive club yet it mon
aged to exclude. 1t was the boast
of the club that in all its existence
it had never blackballed anyone
which Ia merely another way Of
saving that members Of the
Luke Club were very careful
whom they proposed. No one
had ever been known to define
the conditions Of membership
which was shared by men of al
most every calling. In its exter.
nails 1t was the most comfortably
shabby club in New York.
Having settled himself in his
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Serial of High Life in New YOrks Gilded Society and
Thrilling Adventures In the Bandit-lnfested
Hills of Macedonia

and muscle. She brought him the
glass full to the hrim, her hand
steady as supple steel.
Thanks. Aren't you having
one, too?"
Good Lord, no. You can't
keep fit on alcohol"
And you don't smoke, either"
he asked as he took a cigarette
from the box she offered him.
mo, used 10 smoke a dozen
or so a day. and my shooting
went off terribly"
He laughed. A few hours ago
before his love of her had taken
him by the throat-he would not
have laughed.
TELL me what you do all day."
he begged.
So that you may philosophize
at me?"
''Oh, no Tell me. I want
to hear"
"I'll tell you what I did today,
IL you really want to hear.
"I began with riding-that's an
absolute necessity. Then / had
breakfast changed, went to
gym. changed and had a fencing
lesson. Changed back again and
went to my lressmaker. who is
evolving my dress for the Middle
Ages ball. She's bit of genius
at fancy dress. So am /. Then
again and we lunched with Bishop
Farley.
"Then came back here and
had the fun of seeing you. Then
tonight there were the Westburys
land you can see I'm not a bit
done.up. Do you think could
do all that on cocktails and cigar
cites.
Good Lords' exclaimed Alan.
'You work as hard at this game
of going round and meeting people
and being met--as II you had
to get another $4,000 year out
of it,
IT may have to. one day." she
said, half TO herself.
He ignored that. She was sit.
ting in an armchair opposite him,
her head against dark velvet, and
once again there flashed up that
memory Of her face outlined
against background Of darkness.
He knew the memory was STAINS
peding him-let himself be stam-
peded.
shirley ." he said hoarsely.
She looked MP. still half-held by
GONE long thought.
What is it, Alan?"
81 think you know what 1t Is,
Shirley"
Startled color rose in her face.
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A STORY OF REAL LIFE,
COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE

I'm going To write Kate that
you are crazy about her. 4
And tell her, darling" inter
rupted John. '.that when you and
are married we want her and Jed
TO stand up with us at the wed
ding"
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Ne,U Silk for old

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higher quality have just been completed
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HarDesting Made Easy

Two Alberta farmers have produced machine which cuts ana
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revoutonize harvesting ana -
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Esther had told Dr. Woodcourt that she could
not marry him because she was pledged to marry
Mr.. Jarndyce. But when the kindly Jarndyce
made it clear that he knew of her love for the
young doctor and would release her from the
promise she was overjoyed.
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Esther married DR.. Woodcourt and they went
to live at the new Bleak House near by, dupli-
cate of the old home that Esther loved, which
Mr.. Jarndyce had built for them. Thus our tale
of the adventures of geherous-hearted Esther
"Summerson" ends happily.
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Following Lady Dedlocks death the suit
the Jarndyce estate was settled. The legal
expenses had been great that there was no
money left for the two heirs, Richard Carstone
and his bride. Ada. The disappointment of the
discovery resulted in Richards death.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-07-05

Hammond: There are two sides to
every question"
Holland: Until you get married.
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FIELD DAY PROGRAM,
RAIN OR SHINE, AT CUP

Representatives of manufacturing
companies will be at University Farm
Wednesday,, July II, to direct the
operation of seed cleaning machinery,
when the Minnesota Crop Improve
ment association will stage it's sum-
mer field day. Seed cleaning demon
strations will be new feature of this
popular event. Separation of wild
oats, quackgrass seed, kinghead, COG
kle, wild pea, wild buckwheat, and
other weed pests from various farm
grains will be demonstrated by the
use of improved machinery.
Officers of the association and staff
men of the Minnesota Experiment Sta
tion have about worked out the details
of the days program. A MONDAY
meal in the open if the weather is
favorable, will be followed by few
short addresses and a tour of the ex-
pertinent station fields to study meth
DDS of plant breeding for new and i'm
proved varieties, farm crops variety
testing, control of plant diseases, and
advanced cultural methods. Some
thing of interest will be provided for
all visitors, the farm women and chill
dren as well as the men. Under the
impetus given by recent rains the
field plots are doing we'll and should
be in excellent condition for inspec-
tion on July II. Those who have
special problems to present to station