New Britain herald. [microfilm reel], September 02, 1925, Image 4

About New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976

Image provided by: Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

                
tm
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1025.
A Wife's Confessional
AM Garrboo't New I'haM of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Subterfuge and Diplomacy Bring
About Dramatic Climax
For a tecond, I did not under
land fiteve'a meaning. Then I
realized that h wished m to un
derstand he would turn "stool
pigeon" If hU own iafety wa guar
anteed, and would give up Informa
tion concerning the mall robbery In
which I had discovered he was In
volved. I voluntarily stepped back
ward with a feeling of loathing
that I did not try to disguise.
"Honor among thieves!" I had
hetrd the time worn platitude
often, and believed It to be a virtue
to which criminals clung. Tet this
man appeared willing to betray his
comrades to the death.
"Better take it." h said with a
sardonic grin. "Then when you've
checked up on me and found out
that I'm real blood kin to your
husband, you'll know where to send
for me so that we can have a fam
ily reunion."
"You may mall It to me later, if
you wish," I said firmly. "I do not
wish to take it now."
"Oh! The ear tips of the colored
gentleman In the woodpile are
emerging," Steve gibed. "You want
'- be able to look Innocent and an
nounca that you never heard tell of
a nobody like me."
Consciously or unconsciously, he
had pierced the bull's eye of truth
with his vrbsl arrow. Instead of
replying, I looked at my wrist
watch.
"I told you before that there. Is
no time to waste," I said impatient
ly. "When you think It safe, you may
, write me your address."
T took a bill from my purse snd
held It out to the Chinese, but he
backed away as if it were a weapon
aimed In his direction.
"Lee Chow no need boss lady's
money," he said, and then as If by
a pre-arranged signal ha and his
brawny associate ranged themselves
upon either slda of Steve.
"No more time, come quick," he
adjured. Then to me, ha spoke
' meaningly.
Lee Chow's Alibi
"Remember, Lea Chow know
nothing. H go by Mlssee Tlccr. sell
soma tea, this man say he want go
to Klverhead, pay good money. I
say yes, here money." He fished a
ragged ten dollar bill from his
pocket and held It up. Mlssee Ticer
she hear man ask me, so she think
everything all right. Lee Chow have
Letter From Mrs. Joseph Graves
Hamilton to IjCsIIo I'rescott
My dear daughter:
Thera was a short paragraph In
I he London paper this morning to
the effect that someone had been
breaking Into your house again. I
am very much worried. I do wish
that other man could be captured.
I'm afraid something is going to
happen. I would even be mora com
fortable If 1 thought he had the old
pearls.
Foor'Karl always gets nearly be
side himself when anything Is said
about them, for he seems to feel that
he Is to blame for tho whole thing
not only your having the pearls, but
Alice's death. I was awfully eorry
he saw this paragraph in the paper,
for he had been more like himself
lately than I have known him since
Alice's death. This news Item, how
ever, has sent him back Into melan
cholia again.
I'p to date have been having
such a wonderful time. As you see
by this letter, we, are tack In TCng
land. We came back to slay for a
couple of weeks at. Hetty Stokely'a
house party. You remember she won
poor Alice's bt friend, and both
Alice and Karl staved with lur he
fore thev were married. She mar
ried one of the 'arnovans, and an
nexed a wonderful country estate as
well as a tl'le. Karl and T have
been staying with her for the last
tn davs. and she wants us to stay
until the end of the month.
Bttv's younger sister has grown
up and Is a lovely girl. She Is also
staving her.
Between us. my dear, I think the
Stokelya and the farnovans would
like to make a mutch between Mary
and Karl. Karl likes her very mii-h.
They have many tastes in common.
1 do wish he would fall In love with
her, for he has been so unfortunate
In his heart affairs. I would like to
have him have a great, love before
iHGnus
fir
By SISTER MART
Breakfast F!cd peach's, pre'
pared freat, thin cream, creamed
li I'd bee' on crisp graham toast, 1!
milk. eoffe..
Lupelieon Sweetbread and mush-
room timbal!', whet, wheat hr. ad.
pear r:.i'p. ttund celery, yilh'd
ft nit sa'ad. toasted
crackers.
iced
tea.
Dlnnr Chl'ted rotifumin' . ri
rgseed, rhlrk'n. steamed rice, lima
beans, encumber .icily ralad, brown
bread sandwiches, p'ach lee renin,
drop nut rookie.', coffee.
These menus aie planned for the
woman enter'aining a we. k-cnd
guest. There are no dtslvs succ.st-
ed needing complicate! last minute
preparation and the initial prepara
tion Is rot over-taxing.
Jellied salads are ideal for the
raldte?S hosiers fo fop" llnre th
,mo!d Is merely removed from the
Ice te to the f. rvlng plate and
perved at the table by the hortcss as
a aeparat course.
6
ilitlilliilittt
business In Rlverhead, not come
back till lata tonight. Goo'by. Come
along!" This peremptorily to Steve.
He managed a salaam to me even
as he shoved Steve toward the
door. I did not see thfm go. Spent
and trembling. I fell back In the
rickety old chair Lee Chow had
provided for me and covered my i
face with my hands. I was sure
that I had effectively banished thej
menace of Steve from my mother-in-law's
life, for I believed the man
to be too terror-stricken ever to
risk communicating with us again,
despite his protests to the contrary.
Rut my conscience, smothered by
my terror of disgrace to my little
son, and by Lillian's tacit encour
agement of my course was now
having Its way with me I told
myself with savage self-scoring,
when the thing was now out of my
hands.
But I had no time, I reminded
myself sternly, for maudlin Intro,
spectlon. I must get back to the
house, and by going to Lillian's
room, apprise her, without telling
her anything definite, that my part
of the affair was finished. Then I
knew she would arise from the
feigned nap which she had taken
in order to keep herself In Igno
rance of my activities, and prepare
herself to meet the operative whom
Allen Drake had wired to come to
the farm for the purpose of appre
hending Steve. Later, I knew that
I must prepare some plausible
story for my mother-in-law's ears,
but for that. I needed Lillian's as
sistance, and it was something
which could be. postponed to an
other day.
Carefully reconnoltering to sen
that no one was in sight, I made
my way back to the farmhouse. I
passed my mother-in-law's room
where she and Katie were keeping
each other from spying upon me,
and went to Lillian's room. I en
tered without, knocking, finding her,
as I expected, In a pretended slum
ber. Keeping tip the fiction, I bent
over her and shook her slightly,
smiling at her when sha opened
her eyes.
"If you want to be dressed In
time to see that operative when he
comes, you'd better get up." T ad
monished. "He should be here in
side of an hour."
She stretched her arms lazily
then glanced up at. inn meaningly.
"Did you g"t all your errands
done.'.'" she asked.
he dies.
Although I am sure you didn't
mean it, my dear, you treated him
rather cavalierly when you fell in
love with Jack, and it very effectu
ally spoiled Karl's life. T don't think
he'll ever care for any other person
as much as hn did for you. and his
love for you was more of an obsen
slnn than a passion. lie married
Alice, I am sure, onlv beeanse lie
saw he could make lnr happy by
doing so, and he thought he would
like to be in our family.
But. 1 cannot, complain of Karl,
dear. Whatever he married her for,
no man could have be"n better to a
woman than he was to my poor,
unfortunate younger daughter.
Betty told me th other night that
Allee was always crazy about, Karl,
and she always was railing at yen
because she said 5 011 had treated
him so badly.
Do you know, Leslie, I hope these
fateful pearls have gone out of all
our lives. T have tried not, to he
superstitious, but you must acknowl
edge that in the eases of both yon
yon and Alice they have spelled
tears. Honestly. I hope you will
never find them; T would gladly
think of you as loMnc; the money,
beeniirc 1 nave found that, money
means very little in the making of
real happiness,
T cot the hoys' rl-1urc. How
much brother looks like you! He
has th same wtMful epresslon you
had when you were a little girl.
Strange, -n't t, that little Jack
Icoks so mueh like John" You
would almost, think he nir r'ally
his father. I hope he will neer
know he Is not.
They have hist sent for me to
eome down and have tea, so with a
kiss to the boys, and love to John
and yourself, J am
Just Mo her.
(Copyright. 1 !:.". NKA Service, Inc.)
Tomorrow t llprlng from
burgh Sun.
Pitts-
a
SISTEx
MARY
SweetlW'il and Mushroom
Tlmhnles
O'io rup rhoppd nvu.hi ooms. 1
Inie s'.veet bread. 2 tablespoons bilt
t r, 3 tnble.spoons flour. I teaspoon
salt. 1-4 toaspoonful pepper. I rup
milk, nip ilnle br'ad rrunihs. 2
cess, paprika.
I Parboil and blanch sw e, thread.
U'hop wry Coeiv. Met ; tablespoons
butter and cook mushreoips over a
iw fre for ff minute. Add sweet
bread. Melt remaining butter, stir
In fl'iur and slowly add milk, stirring
renstantly. When thick snd smooth
add salt and pepper and add to
mushroom and sweetbread mixture.
i !Mx we
snd add bread crumbs and
paprika. Rcnpv e from Are and add
yolks of egtrs well beaten. Fold In
whites of o?gs beaten until stiff and
dry. Half till buttered custard cups
or tlmhote molds with mixture,
riaee In a pan of hot water, rover
with buttered paper and bake
minutes In a moderately hot over
(CepjTlht. 1915, NEA Service, Inc.)
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
brlEzD
14 47 I 49 I f" ....
i "" sf"i " """"" , """" "" """""
CZ Lj 7 I j
55 3m '7 II'5 II' 4 '
illldpilicrrill
i cr Ltt
H - H" 1 -1 : 1 H I 1 : r d - b
"t'nder the " is ena of Rud
ard Klpllng'i famous works. Th
missing word la found In 26 verti
cal. Literary folk ought to discover
It without looking up the definition.
HORIZONTAL
?. Pertaining to the air
6. You (biblical)
11. B'.acknsh
IS. That which holds the ear
15. Fur-bearing anlmala
is. Ghost
17. Decay
IS. Ancient Persian viceroys
?('. Hasten
?2. Large bird
?4. Approaches
25. Document
Spanish gentleman
Free
To wait on.
Vibratory motion
Appointed
To give forth
34. Entreated
35. Accident
3!). Small fur-bearing animal
43. Labor organization
44. Beverage
41. Commerce
47. Killed
48. To sing
50, To coast (past, tense)
51. Automobile license plate
52, One who thinks
54. Pounds (abbr.)
55. Closer
57. An evergreen shrub
53. To speak to
fin. Attempted
CI. To put. to proof
62, To appear
VERTICAL
I.
Article of clothing
To do
Extends
To run again (past tense)
Sea food
Your Health
How to Keep It
Causes of Illness
By IR. Hl fiH S. IT'MMING
Surgeon (Vineral. I nitod States
Publii- Health Service
The purpose of municipal care
and .supervision of the tuberculous
ic, two fold; firt. to relieve the suf
ferings of the indigent sick and to
r.'p that, they have comfortable sur
roundings and proper care, and,
second, to prevent the spread of dis
ease and to protect the well from
infection.
To sen that the sick have proper
tare and attention it. Is necessary
that, their existence be known and
that some means of finding out their
nreds be provided. The e-xlstence of
cares can be ascertained only by re
quiring practicing physicians to re
port such cases as are seen in their
practice to the health department.
A halii department, having se
cured information concerning the
tuberculos in the community through
such reports from physicians, can
immediately ascertain the needs of
the tuberculous by having a compe
tent person visit each case for that
purpose.
A .sanitarium for the raxe of both
the advanced and early cases should
be provided. It should admit both
pay patients and free patients. Dis
pensaries should also be maintained
in charge of competent paid physi
cians. Periodical physical examina
tions for the early detection of dis
ease should be encouraged.
Open air schools for weakly chil
dren should he provided, where
breakfasts and lunehea should alto
he supplied to the needy. The
chool nurse should visit, all homes
to give advice concerning proper
li'lng and sleepin- conditions.
It is surely as much the duty of
the municipality to protect the we
from disease as to core for the sick.
Protection of the individual from
the sick of whose existence he Is
unaware Is the function and re
sponsibility of the community.
Th" municipality should nlsn ex
ercise Jurisdiction over Its milk sup
ply. The only safe raw milk is milk
Horn tuberculin teste,) herds, and
by tuberculin tested herds the
l.'nlted States public health service
does not mean herds which at some
time er other wer subjected to the
tuberculin test, but rather herds
which sre periodically, at least once
a ?ear. subjected to the test and to
which no additions are made except
of cows proving negative to this test.
Thorough pasteurization of milk
will kilt the perm of tuberlosls.
City authorities may also render
effective sld in the campaign against
th spread of .tuberculosis by en
forcing regulations against the use
of common drinking cups In public
places and by enforcing anti-spitting
laws.
POBBEH HAIR looks wonderful
with the tiny tint of Golden Glint
Sliampoo. Advt.
a. To
7. Musical Instruments
S. Periods of time
9. Yale
10. Accomplish
12. Put in tune
14. Someone else (p! 1
17. Recuperate
15. To rush in on
21. The first garden
23. By some means
25, Indian trees
27. Citizen of Rome
2?. Covering
31. To tear
32. Baby bear
35. Urgent
36. Areas away from the oce-n
37. Harassed
3 8. Thin
40. Between two hills
41. Foods
42. Bolshcvista
44. Desire to drink
45. Joints In legs
43. A game
49. To vex
52. Where lumber comes frcm
53. Strstegem
Bfi. Skill
58. Male sheep
(.'roamed Soups
Creamed soups are too heavy for
the first course of a dinner unless
the second course be of vegetables
or a less nourishing fish.
Colored esligees
Negligees of chiffon velvet in pur
pie, Chinese blue and deep lavender
are now being displayed. They are
embroidered In while or Ui self
colors.
COLOR CCT-OtTS
David Copperfield
SAD NEWS FROM HOML.
This ia one day's chapter of the
famous story of "David Copperfield."
Have you been eaving these pic
tures? If you have y0U wm have a
complete f.e of David Copperfield
dolla at the end of this week.
One day David was called into Mr.
Creakle.'a office. He oft"n received a
package of goodies from Pvggotty
so he hurried In excitedly, thinking
that was what It was. But no sooner
had he seen the solemn face of the
principal than he knew It. was for
something far different that he had
hiep summoned this time.
"My dear boy." began the prln
cipnl. "I grieve to tell you that 1
have heard this morning that your
mother is ill. She la very danger
ously ill."
David began to tremble. He
knew It even before Mr. Creakle
told him. "Alas," said Mr. Crcaklc,
"your dear mother Is dead!"
(This coat, of Steerforth'a la of
dark red velvet. His hat should be
black.)
(Copyright, H2h, Associated Editora,
Inc.).
3jALSEEEPjU!rit3
TOODE BroC HDAp!
A P AOL Ag S OOH I E
B A S AlLTiriE PPfOR S
sB K Hi H II e M03G1
pAlrlgr l NIKE
acOTeubeetLle
doeOTTmBe sqs P
ATtKURAmESnPA
grip AlRtanrgN e eD7
PRl 1 lDIEIRlTlALiE
W KATQICE PUQTON
TfTE STOUT SO FAR!
May Seymour, whose husband
killed himself because of her love
affair with another man. returna to
her home town after a year's ab
sence. She sells her property, and
with her tiny fortune in cash, sets
out to find and marry a man with
money,
At Atlantic City she meets Her
bert Waterbury and Dan Sprague
through a divorcee, C'arlotta Frol
klng. Both men pay suit to May,
greatly to the distress of Carlotta
who has long been In love with
Dan. She and May become great
friends, however, and C'arlotta asks
May to spend the winter with her
in her California honi".
May finds Dan much more at
tractive than Waterbury. But she
decides that Waterbury is the rich
husband she Is looking for. So she
seta her cap for him. He finally
propose) and May accepts him.
When he offers to Invest her money
for her the turns it all over to him.
Almost, immediately he disappears
and the money with him!
Fenniless, May sells her furs and
diamonds to b,uy a railroad ticket
to California, where' Carlotta lives.
On the way she stops off in her
home town to see her friends, Dick
Gregory and Gloria, his wife. There
she meets a widower, Vlysses For
gan, who falls in love with her at
first sight and aska her to marry
him. But May refuses him in aplte
of his wealth ... for the reason
that she likes him too well iu
marry him without love!
On the train bound for Los Al
tos, she meets Dan Sprague. Not
knowing that she has lost all her
money, Dan makes love to her. But
May Is Interested In the proposal of
a movie magnate, Lemuel flsn-
back. to give her a part in a new
film of his; and she leaves Dan to
the tender mercies of Goldie Gay,
a would-be film actress. May dis
covers the pair locked In each
"I wouldn't care if you kissed every actress in America!"
others' arms on the rear platform Then, as Dan said nothing, she
of the train. added: "Fossibly you've forgotten
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
May's first Impulse was to turn
and run before the shameless pair
nn the platform could look up and
see her.
But the sight of them there,
laced In each other's arms, held
her to the spot in staring astonish
ment.
. . . Why, they never had even
seen each other until two hours
ago! Yet here they stood now. as
Anthony and Cleopatra might have
stood together, with the man's head
bent to the woman's straw-colored
one. his mouth pressed down upon
hers!
The train rushed past a group of
Mexican workmen who waved their
hats and jeered at the sight of this
petting party. Neither Dan nur
Goldie Gay so much as stirred.
They seemed to be deaf and blind
to everything on earth but them
selves. A spasm of disgust twisted May's
face.
"How sickening!" she said to
hors"lf. "They can't possibly care
a rap for each other! They're just
making love, for the sake of a cheap
little thrill. ..."
.
Heavens! what was the world
coming to if people kept on behav
ing in this free-and-easy way?
The petting party had already
taken the place of honest courtship.
In the old days a man had "kept
company" with a girl, had finally
asked her to marry him. and then
had kissed her to seal the bargain!
But nowadays, a man kissed a
girl the first time he met her, kept
right on kissing her so long as lie
wanted to . . . and later, if he
wanted to. he asked her to marry
him. Maybe.
Love was no longer the tender
and romantic thing of which poets
had sung ... of which lovers had
whispered to their ladies at twi
light In hushed gardens.
Troubadour no longer stood be-
low ivy-hung balconies to serenade
their sweethearts. Today knlghti of
th whisky flask and the Ford car
honked their horna loudly to call
their "cutles" forth to drive to the
nearest cabaret.
Love, these days, thought May,
was a farce. . . .
Then a sudden memory flashed
across her mind. Hadn't she, her
self, made a farce of love when she
had promised to marry Herbert
Waterbury because she thought he
was rich? . . . Hadn't she, her
self, been only looking for a cheap
little thrill when she had let young
Jack Darnley kiss her under the
stars of Atlantic, City? ... Of
course, she had!
So, who was she to sit In Judg
ment on Dan Sprague? v
He was only doing what men had
dona since the beginning of time
. . . kissed and ridden away. It
was In the nature of men to do
that, careless brutes that they
were!
At that instant. Dan raised his
eyes and saw her watching him.
Without any show of shame or sur
prise, he flashed his ivory smile at
her. quite as If it. were the most
ordinary thing in the world to bo 1
caught kissing a, blondlned mov,
actress whom you had Just met.
Then he shoved Goldie gently out
of his arms, said something to her
out of the corner of hia mouth, and
came toward May, smiling his en
gaging smile as he came.
"Were you looking for me?" he
asked cheerfully, as he straighten
ed his rumpled necktie.
"Why, yes, I was," May answer
ed, and her I-should-worry smile
was every bit as radiant as his own.
"I was looking for you to tell
you I've been thinking over your
offer of marriage." she went on,
"and I've decided I don't, want you
Wouldn't have you for a gift. Too
bad, isn't it?" She laughed aloud,
a little devil of malice In her eyes.
that you did ask me to marry you
about an hour ago! Just before you
loll for this blond who seems to be
the newest 'only-worn an -I -ever-loved'
in your young life!"
As if she divined that May was
talking ' about her, Goldie at this
moment came swaying Into the car
and stood at Dan's elbow, looking
up at him with eyes of childish in
nocence. Then she calmly lit a
clgaret, and smoked it, blowing the
smoke from her rouged nostrils.
"I do remember, now that you
remind me of It," Dan said coolly.
"But to tell the truth, it did slip
my mind for a minute."
His tone was impudent, and
May's slow-gathering anger flared
up suddenly.
"I hope you realize that what you
do doesn't mean a thing in my life,
Dan Sprague!" she cried. "I
wouldn't care if you kissed every
actress in America! But what flns
me with fury is that you can treat
Carlotta this way!"
"Which way?" Dan asked inso-lentlj-.
"I'm sure It's my own busi
ness if I chat ndth a young woman
for ten or fifteen minutes. . . ."
"Yes, and besides, we hunted all
over for you and couldn't find you,"
Goldie Gay fibbed, still with that
babyish look in her eyes. "We hunt
ed all over the station. . . Where
were you?"
At that May laughed sgain.
"Well." she said with cruel sweet
ness, "If it'll be any satisfaction to
you to know it ... I waa with
Lemuel Flshback. and he'f Just of
fered to star me!"
That, of course, was not strictly
true. Flshback had not offered to
star her In his films, but only to
give her a small part In one of
them. But May wanted to teach
Goldie Gay not to try to steal a
man from under her noae again, bo
she nodded emphatically when
Goldie echoed:
"He't offered to star you""
"Yes, fee't on bis waf to location
eut beyond lot Altoe ' new," aha
said. "And I'm going cut there to
morrow!" Ooldlo'a face brightened. "Why,
that'i where I'm going!" the cried.
"I dldnt know Flahback waa filming
the 'Roae of Bpaln!' A director I
used to work for gave me a. little
part in It. . . .So Iff Flshback's
film, huh? They fay he has his
finger In every pie!"
At If aha wat filled with a sud
den need for action, Goldie took out
her lipstick and began to color her
lips a violent red with the little
tongue of rouge,
"Ftshback'a flm, huh!" she re
peated, with trie alow ainlle of Gla
conda on he rface. "And he gave
you the lead part, of It ? I don't
think!"
She looked defiantly at May.
"Serena Pmlth," she said, naming
a famous atar. "has the part. She'd
fear Flshback'a hair out by the
roots If he starred anyone but her
In this Spanish show! ... If you
think you've got the Inside track
with Flahback, dearie, let me tell
you, you're standing on the wrong
foot!"
And she tossed her lipstick Into
tho bag and snapped It shut with
as much spirit, ns If she had been
snapping May's head off. She
glared, nodding, for a minute or
two and then pushed past. Dan . . .
and left him and May facing each
other.
Dan laughed, "What did yon tell
her a He like that for. May?" he
asked virtuously.
May tossed her head
"Well, Flshback offered me what
he said was the, best part in his
film . . . the part, of a mediaeval
duchess." she said defensively.
And you know, yourself, pan. that
the star Isn't the whole show- anyi
more on the screen, . , . But let's
not talk about that. I want to ask
you something, and I want you to
answer me fairly."
She drew a long breath, snd
faced him.
"Dan, don't you think you ought
to marry Carlotta? . . . Here yon
are, going to see her again, going
to make her think you're, crazy
about her . . . and you're break
ing her heart."
"But I'm not. going to see her.
I'm going to see a man who's in en
4t
ipv?5?"
Peter Rabbit Grumbles
By Thornton W. Burgess
You naught may ever hope to gain
By grumbling at the falling rain.
Old Mother Nature.
It, was raining. It had been rain
ing all day. It had rained all the
day before and the day before that.
Of course it didn't rain every min
ute of all that time, but there
wasn't a minute when it wasn't
cither raining or promising to rain.
Peter Rabbit, didn't. like it. No, sir,
he didn't like it. It had kept him
at. home in the dear old Briarpatch.
He didn't like so much wetness.
Much of the time he. spent in a
hole in the ground In the middlo of
the dear old Briarpatch. It had
once been the home of Johnny
Chuck's grandfather. In there Peter
and Mrs. Peter were at least dry.
Now the rain made no real dif
ference to Peter, excepting that It
kept him at home. Plrvately little
Mrs. Peter thought this a good
thing. She hoped it would keep on
raining. It didn't begin to make as
much difference to Peter as it did
to some other little folk. Of course,
there were some who rejoiced in
the rain. Jerry Muskrat, Billy Mink,
Little Joe Otter, Spotty the Turtle,
Grandfather Frog, Paddy the
Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. Quack, and
a few others who delight in water,
enjoyed the rain. Their waterproof
coats couldn't be wet through. Be
sides, this water that fell from the
clouds washed a great deal of food
into the Smiling Pool and the
laughing Brook for some of them.
But there were others, whose coats
were not so waterproof, like Happy
Jack Squirrel and Chatterer the
P.ed Squirrel, and Striped Chip
munk, and Timmy the Flying
Squirrel, and Whltefoot the Wood
MoilSf. flnri Rprt.1v Vnv and .Tnlmnv
Chuck. And so they did not enjoy
the rain.
"Never have I seen such wrath-
er," grumbled Peter in the middlo
of the rfternoon, as he poked his
head out of the dear old Briarpatch
for a. look around. It had slopped
raining, but, It looked as If it might
think Old Mother Nature was try
ing to drown some of us out. Good
ness, I would like to know what
real hot sunshine feels like. Being
A husband likes to brsg about
taking his wife to thovr.
i e i"M r m stsvici. en1
my ell deal with ma," Din inform,
ad her. "Of court, I may at Car
lotta now and then during th win.
ter . . . but that's all." .
May raid nothing, only thrugged
her expressive shoulders.
"How do you happen to bt going
to see herT You aald you were go
ing to apend the winter In Europ,"
Dtn asked then. "And If you have
all the money you're tuppoaed to
have, how does tt happen you're
around begging Lemuel Flahback
for a Job In the movies? Ton must
know Iff a rotten Job."
"I haven't any money," May'i
llpa curled a little.. .."Your friend,
Mr. Waterbury, saw to It that f
havent a cent left in the world. . .
Ah you probably know,"
"Why do you sny that I probably
know shout It?" Dan Hiked. "1're
told you I don't hear from Water
bury." "And I'm telling vou that 1 know
you do!" May (,id idiarply. "Car
lotta told me lhat you and he are
both crooks . . , that you work to
gether to fleece people! . . . And
anyway. 1 know, myself, that you're
crooked without, her telling me!"
Her pupils dilated with anger and
her eyes met. Dan Sprtigue'e with
out a sign of fear.
"1 know you're crooked about
money because you're, not, on the
square with women." she said slow
ly, with Ire In her voice. "I've
never known a man who was
crooked with women who was on
the level with men!
"For Instance, you ought to
marry Carlotta. But you don't. In
stead you ask me to marry you her
cause you think I have a lot of
money, But In the meantime, you
can't keep your hands oft uny
woman who happens to he around
- - this little movie actress, for in.
stance! . . . There's nothing
straight, or honest, about you!"
"Well." Pan commented dryly
when she had finished. "Well . .
well . . . well, we re going to have
a, pleasant winter, living In the
same town together, you and 1. I
can see that!"
(To Be Continued)
Meat As ft Flavoring
When you have not enough meat
to make a dish of Itself use it as a
flavoring.
iss Bedtime stork
wet all the time, makes me feel
shivery, and there isn't anything to
do but, eat and sleep."
"Huh." cried a squeaky little
voice, "you ought, to be thankful
that you can do that, Peter Rab
bit. If you can do that I don't sea
that you have anything to grumble
about."
Peter looked up, for that squeaky
voice had come from above his
head. Flitter, the Bat swooped low
just over him. Peter opened his
eyes very wide, in surprise. "What
are you doing cut this time of
day?" he cried as Flitter swooped
down close to him again!
"Trying to get something to eat,"
squeaked Flitter.
"But I thought you never hunted
by daylight," cried Peter. "I didn't
know that you could hunt by day
light. I thought light hurt your
eyes."
Flitter gave a squeaky little
laugh. "All the light there's been
for the last three days wouldn't
hurt anybody's eyes," he cried.
"I've seen more light long after
Trying to get something to eat,
' f1"akei3 Flitter.
jolly round Mr. Sun has gone to)
bed behind the Purple Hills than
j there is now, and it Is only the
,,,, t1. .-. .
j ought t0 e asleep- n , m,r t,m
for 6,Peping. reop, shouM fllwavg
1 hB sl at ,h
everybody slept at the time they
should sleep it would save a lot of
trouble in this world. Yes, sir, it
would so. Now I hear you grumb
ling that you hadn't anything to do
but to eat and sleep. My goodness,
Peter Rabbit, if I could eat and
sleep I certainly wouldn't grumble.
I can't see that you have anything
1 0 grumble about. No, sir. I can't
see that you have anything to
grumble about."
"Well. I don't see why you rant
eat and sleep If you want to," re
torted Peter. . "If I can eat and
sleep why can't you eat and sleep?"
"On account of the rain," replied
Flitter. "On account of the rain, 'l
should think you'd know that." "
"But the rain doesn't gH you any
wetter than it does me," replied
Peter- "I dort't believe my fur coat
ia any more waterproof than your
fur coa'. I may grumble because
there is too much rain, but you
mflv be sure, thai T rtejn'l l.f 11 in-
I terfere with lilv l.ieftln"
"You're, lucky," squeaked Flitter.
"You're tucky and don't know it."
(Copyright, 15:5. by T.W. Burgees)
The next story: "Why Flitter Had
to Go Hungry.' t
Vtrleiy in Your Bread
Do not have the eaine kind , of
bread with each meal. By alternat
ing white, rye, brown, whole-wheat,
graham and other varieties of bread a
with your meal at different time
you will add more teat to th dinner.