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36 THE EVENING STORY The Solution. MAY BURKE had read somewhere that “poise was the ability to smile calmly in the face of your tormentor.” The words came to her now as she sat facing her acquaintance, Mrs, Powers. Hot that Mrs. Powers meant to torment, indeed, she was quite unaware that she Iras doing more* than to advise and tonsole. . “You see, I’ve always known Ambrose >nd Taresa.” she said, in her husky, full-throated way. “I call them by iheir first names because I always have fnown them and known all about them. Hhich Is more. Now, my dear, talk about cats and dogs!” May smiled. “They are my husband s lather and mother. I've always expect ed to have them come and live with me lome time. Frank explained it all when I married him. He is their only child, pnd old people must be looked after by lome one.” „ “It's too bad,” sighed Mrs. Powers, fYou'll never see another happy min fte. You don't know them as well as do. Os course, 1 suppose you do know them a little, but doubtless they’ve al ways appeared at their best when you were around. And then you don i live in the same town with them. I did for a long time—-next door. My dear, they begin to quarrel at breakfast and they keep it up all day. They've always fought and they always will.” “Nevertheless. I shall be able to get along with them. They're Frank's father and mother, you see. ’ This was definite enough, but Mrs. Powers was not to be convinced. She stared a little at the imperturbable younger woman. “Well. I'm sorry for you. You ve got Eour work cut out for you for the next ■n years.” she said as she arose to go. At lunch Frank said: "I telephoned dad that I’d meet him and mom at the n o'clock train. They'll need a bit of supper, something light. And you 11 see that their room is warm? He paused. “May, dearest,. I expect you re going to need ft lot of patience, but I don’t see what else I can do. I haven t monev enough to keep the dear old folks'in their home, and of course we ran t cut loose and go there/’ “I know, dear. It’s all right. Its the right thing to do. We’ll get along, pever fear.” “They—they’ve never agreed the way you and I do,’’ poor Frank said. Mav smiled. “Few married folks do. But they may love each other just the same. And they're getting old. “Yes, that accounts for a lot of it, Frank admitted. * That evening Mr. and Mrs. Burke, sc, arrived. May met them at the door with daughterly affection. “Come right in,” she said Im so glad to see you. Frank, help Father Burke with his overcoat. Let me untie your veil. Mother Burke. I hope your Journey has given you an «PP«tite, for I waited dinner, and there s hot veal loaf made after that recipe you gave m ' lt’ S just like getting home, Isn’t It, Ambrose?” Mother Burke said. “It sure is, Taresa,” responded Father P B k P hlnT“eS baefcs. Frank K.ueeaod hie ttrif#. “May! You're. a little angel. I love y °The r old i peopte were tired from pack ing, leaving their old home and the 60- mile Journey. They retired soon after dinner to their room. “So far, so good,” May thought as ghe washed the dishes. “But tomorrow —ah! Tomorrow!" . . _ Tomorrow it began, at breakfast. In fact, Frank looked pained when his father and mother entered Into an ar gument over some trivial detail of their iouraey. An argument with this old pair was like a fire among damp leaves, which smokes and smokes and then, to one’s amassment, bursts into violent conflagration. . . “Oh, Father! Motherl" groaned Frank, but his words were lost in the rising uproar, and, rising hastily from the table, he fled, leaving Poor May to wrestle as best she could with the Issue. . . May passed through several phases of feeling— amusement, pity and blank apprehension of the future. Leaving the old people at the table, she arose and went upstairs to the farthest cor ner of the house. After an hour the came back down (to find Mother Burke washing the dish es, her beautiful old face wet and crum pled with misery. “May! We’re a pair of old—v-vul tures,” she sniffed, “to behave like this the first morning. But we’ve always done it, and I guess we • always will. But we didn’t use to get mad the way we do now. Ambrose is so het up that he's gone to walk.” “Maybe he’ll walk it off,” soothed May. “It’s too bad. You might take' such a lot of comfort together.” “It’s worse than having a wen,” bobbed Mother Burke. “The least little thing and we’re started. And neither of us seems able to give up till—till we’ve said every last thing we can think of.” May laughed. “You old dear!” she (laid. But she thought: “This is a serious matter. I must think of something. It’s simply that they must have an outlet for their tem pers. If they could concentrate on something or somebody—let me see!” That afternoon May went downtown fend came home with a large parcel un ; wi I\ WJI A \%\ I ’ c> ‘ > V 1 tvv e | I '\ * \A*- V ' „t^«“ , °^ ee '^e«f , * v m I »?-.»»» *s* * ?t>^^Zspzk HIZ >l*^ der her arm. Dinner was not a auccess atmospherically, and afterward In the living room May provided a large, shin ing. red and black checkerboard. “Come on, Frank, It's time for our game.” she said. They sat down and ranged the checker men upon the board. May with slightly unsteady fingers. It was a ven ture—she had told Frank that it was— still one had to do something. If her scheme carried all would be well; if it didn't „ “I don't know a thing about this,” whispered Frank. “Never mind, neither do I,” whis pered back Mav. They bungled through a few moves while Father Burke drew near to watch. Soon the old man was direct ing Frank. Then Mother Burke drew near and directed May. The game be came an exciting contest. May's cheeks warmed with interest and she tried not to laugh when Frank gave her a wink which denoted that the scheme was working. “Frank, you're no player. Let me play a game with May,” ordered Father Burke. Relieved. Frank arose and the old man sat down. A moment later May was called to the telephone and she asked Mother Burke to take her place. An hour later Frank and May peeped into the living room. The old pair sat absorbed, fighting for dear lives. “It was an inspiration!” whispered Frank into May's ear. “I had to do something, Frank; they'll fight so hard over the checker board that they can be agreeable to each other the rest of the time.” “I understand you’re getting along beautifully with Frank’s folks.” Mrs. Powers said to May weeks later. “Ev erybody is remarking how peaceable an old pair they are. It seems hard to believe. They’ve been such notorious Don’t Let That Cold Turn Into “Flu” That cold may turn into “Flu,” Grippe or, even worse. 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In 24 hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and : waste, so we can readily understand the vital importance of keeping the I kidneys active. Drink lots of good water—you can’t drink too much.: also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts. Take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morning for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, com ; bined with lithia, and has been used | for years to help clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the system* so they are ino longer a source of irritation, thus often relieving bladder weak ; ness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot i Injure: makes a delightful efferves i cent lithla-water drink which every one should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this; also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and backache*.—Ad i vertisement. THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, T>. C., THURSDAY. JANTTABY 17. 1929. fighters. By the way, where art they this afternoon?” May smiled. “Upstairs in their room, playing checkers," she replied. The End. (Copyright. 1929.) JERSEY SLAYER OF JOY IS SENTENCED TO CHAIR Kudzinowski’s Defense Counsel Plans Appeal From Death Ver dict on Insanity Plea. By the Associated Pres*. JERSEY CITY, N. J., JanOary 17. Peter Kudzinowski yesterday was sen tenced to die in the electric chair in State’s prison during the week of Feb ruary 24 for the murder of Joseph Sto relli, New York East Side boy, in the Jersey City meadows. The 25-year-old wandering workman from Scranton. Pa., sat unmoved as Judge Charles M. Egan pronounced sentence. Kudzinowski was found guilty of first degree murder by a Jury last Friday after a three-day trial. 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