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Good Methodist friends from all
it Mount Mark came to the assist
ce of the parsonage family, and
my gifts and delicacies and knick*
jwks were sent In to tempt the ap*
tlte of the Invalid, and the others
well.
"You all need toning up," said Mrs.
.dams orossly, "you've all gone clean
er. A body would think the whole
lljr had been down with some
MgiM
Carol's friends at the high school
'tittd the members of the faculty also,
ok advantage of this opportunity to
ow their love for her. And Profes
•lor Duke sent clear to Burlington for
great basket of violets and lllies-of
:$e valley, "For our little high school
iftng bird," as he wrote on the card,
Carol dimpled with delight as she
ad It.
"Now you see for yourself, Pru
ce," she declared. "Isn't he a
ikf*
When the little parsonage group, en
re, gathered once more around the
,bl« in the "real dining room," they
|irere Joyful indeed. It was a gala
occasion! The very best china and
silverware were brought out in Carol's
Honor. The supper was one that
Jill* dear, that this will be a lesson
Id you, and impress upon you that you
iu£$piUSt always change your shoes and
erMftoekings when your feet are wet!"
jarill And for the first time in many days,
ittelpflsar, happy hearted laughter rang out
cM» the parsonage.
PRUDENCE
OF THE PARSONAGE
THE FAMOUS STORY OF A HAPPY EAMILY
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Wh her account. It will do her so
plnueh good. Now sit down and eat
four soup and I'll stay here a while
!*ad tell you all about her. I gave her
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pansies you bought her—it was
gweet of you. too, Larkle. It must
ive taken every cent of your money,
_jdn»t It? 1 suppose you ordered them
&rtr the telephone, since you wouldn't
nyi jfeve the house. When I told Carol
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I must take a little of it up to
jrt-—maybe she can eat some. And
will do your best to be strong and
lght and rosy—for Carol-—won't
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"Yes, I will—I'll so and run across
ths field a few times before I go to
lid. Yes, I'll try my very best." Then
|h« looked up at the doctor and add
"But I wouldn't do it for you, or
body else, either."
the doctor only smiled oddly,
Id Went away upstairs again, won
trine at the wisdom that God has
9m*3 in the hearts of women!
^Drtary miserable days and nights
Mowed after that. And Prudence, to
hom Carol, even in delirium, olung
1th suflh wlldness that they dare not
if her, grew weary eyed and wan.
it when the doctor, putting his hand
her shoulder, said, "It's all right
f, my dear. She'll soon be as well
ever,"—then Prudence dropped
to the floor, tmmbling weakly
the great happiness.
Urottld have gratified the heart of a
bishop, at the very least!
"Apple pie, with pure cream, Carol,"
•aid Lark ecstatically, for apple pie
^irlth pure cream was the favorite des
rt Of the sweet toothed twins. And
irk added earnestly, "And I don't
tieem to be very hungry tonight, Car
61—I don't want any pie. You Shall
have my piece, too!'
"I said I felt it in my bones, you
jemember," said Prudence, smiling at
Carol, "but my mental compass indi- sleeves, Fairy. It's more stylish this
jgated Connie when it should have
)Oi pointed to Carol! And I do hope, Con-
CHAPTER IX.
fUrlP Practising Economy..
foe® It was a dull dreary day in Decern
in differ. Prudence and Fairy were sew
•ifljing in the bay window of the sitting
room.
NONE OF YOUR OLD DYNAMITE WAGONS FOR PETE
Co.
CHAPTER VIll. (Continued.) (scraps out of the way before Connie
:hM "Oh, can't bear to be fresh And gets home," add Prudence, carefully
ifltiwy when Carrie la sick!" fitting together pieces of a dark,
"It hurts—but you are willing to be warm, furry material. "It has been
ittrt for Carol's sake! You will do it. so long since father wore this coat, I
«eu got them for her she took them
la her hand and held them under the
iovflt. Of course, they Wilted right bitterly disappointed. If the members
(Way but I knew you Would like Car-' would just pay up we could get her
J» to have them dose to her. Oh, you one. November and December are
ilust eat It all, Lark. It looks very such bad months for parsonage peo
•&*. pie. Coal to buy, feed the cow and
the horse and the chickens, and Car
ol's sickness, and Larkie's teeth! Of
course, vthose last are not regular win
ter
am sure she will not recognize it."
"But she Will ask where we got it,
and what shall we say?"
"We must tell her it is goods we
have had in the house for a long time.
That is true. And I made this fudge
on purpose to distract her attention.
If she begins to ask questions we
must urge her to have more candy.
Poor child!" she added very sympa
thetically. "Her heart Is just set on
A and held theto under the a brand new coat. I know she will be
expenses,
but they took a lot of
money this year. Every one is getting
ready for Christmas now, and forgets
that parsonage people need Christmas
money, too. November and Deceniber
are always my bitter months, Fairy—
bitter months!"
Fairy took a pin from her mouth.
"The velvet collar and cuffs will
brighten it up a good bit. It's really
a pretty material. I have honestly
been ashamed of Connie the last few
Sundays. It was so cold and she wore
only, that little thin summer jacket.
She must have been half frozen."
"Oh, I had her dressed warmly un
derneath, very warmly indeed," de
clared Prudence. "But no matter how
warm you are underneath you look
cold if you aren't visibly prepared for
winter months, It's a fortunate thing
the real cold weather was so slow in
coming. I kept hoping enough money
would come in to buy her a coat for
once in her life."
"She has been looking forward to
one long enough," put in Fairy. "This
will be a bitter blow to her. And yet
it is not such
A
bad looking coat,
after all." And she quickly ran up a
seam on the machine,
"Here comeB Connie!" Prudence
hastily swept a pile of scraps out of
sight and turned to greet her little
sister with a cheery smile.
"Come in, Connie," she cried, with
a brightness she did not feel. "Fairy
and I are making you a new coat.
Isn't it pretty? And so warm! See
the nice velvet collar and cuffs. We
want to fit it on you right away,
dear."
Connie packed up a piece of the
goods and examined it intently.
"Don't you want some fudge, Con
nie?" exclaimed Fairy, shoving the
dish toward her hurriedly.
Connie took a piece from the plate
and thrust it between her teeth. Her
eyes were still fastened upon the
brown furry cloth.
"Where did you get this stuff?" she
inquired .as soon as she was able to
speak.
"Oh, we've had it In the house quite
a while," said Prudence, adding swift
ly, "Isn't it warm, Connie? Oh, it
does look nice, doesn't it, Fairy? Do
you want it a little shorter, Connie, or
is that about right?"
"About right, I guess. Did you ever
have a coat like this, Prudence? I
don't seem to remember it."
"Oh, no, it wasn't mine. Take some
more candy, Connie. Isn't it good?
Let's put a litle more fullness in the
wjfr indict hn. Rura all thiv- of you*.wbMe-was itJ" demanded Gau-
year. The collar fits very nicely. The
velvet gives it such a rich tone. And
brown Is so becoming to you."
"Thanks," said Connie patiently.
"Was this something of yours. Fairy?"
"Oh, no, we've Just had it in the
house quite a while. It comes in very
handy right now, doesn't it? It'll
make you such a serviceable, stylish
coat. Isn't it about time for the twins
to get here, Prudence? I'm afraid they
are playing along the road. Those
girls set more careless every day of
their lives."
"Well, if this didn't belong to one
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nie. "I know the twins never had
anything like this. It looks kind of
familiar to me. Where did it come
from?"
"Out of the trunk in the garret,
Connie. Don't you want some more
fudge? I put a lot of nuts in, especial
ly on your account."
"It's good," said Connie, taking an
other piece. She examined the cloth
very closely. "Say, Prudence, isn't
this that old brown coat of father's?"
Fairy shoved her chair back from
the machine and ran to the window.
"Look, Prue," she cried. "Isn't feat
Mrs. Adams coming this way? I won
der—"
"No, It isn't," answered Connie
gravely. "It's Just Miss Avery get
ting home from school—Isn't it, Pru
dence? Father's coat, I mean?"
"Yes, Connie, it is," said Prudence,
very, very gently. "But no one here
has seen it, and it is such nice cloth—
just exactly what girls are wearing
now."
"But I wanted a new coat!" Connie
did not cry. She stod looking at Pru
dence with her wide hurt eyes.
"Oh, Connie, I'm just as sorry as
you are," cried Prudence, with start
ing tears. "I know just how you feel
about it, dearest. But the people
didn't pay father up last month and
nothing has come in for this month
yet, and we've had SO much extra ex
pense.—I wll have to wear my old
shoes, too, Connie, and you know how
they look! The shoemaker says they
aren't worth fixing, so I must wear
them as they are.—But maybe after
Christmas we can get you a coat. They
pay up better then."
"I think I'd rather wear my summer
coat until then," said Connie soberly.
"Oh, but you can't, dearest. It is
too cold. Won't you be a good girl,
now, and not make sister feel badly
about it? It really is becoming to you,
and it is nice and warm. You know
parsonage people just have to prac
tise economy, Connie—it can't be
helped. Take some more fudge, dear,
and run out of doors a while. You'll
feel better about it present, I'm sure."
Connie stood solemnly beside the
table, her eyes still fastened on the
coat, cut down from her father's. "Can
I go and take a walk?" she asked
finally.
"May I, you mean," suggested Fairy.
"Yes, may 1? Maybe I can reconcile
myself to it."
"Yes, do go and take a walk." urged
Prudence promptly, eager to get the
small sober face beyond her range
of vision.
"If I am not back when the twins
get home, go right on and eat with
out me. I'll come back when I get
things straightened out in my mind."
When Connie waB quite beyond
hearing, Prudence dropped her head
on the table and wept. "Oh, Fairy,
if the members just knew how such
things hurt, maybe they'd pay up a
little beter. How do they expect par
sonage people to k£ep up appearances
when they haven't any money?"
"Oh, now, Prue, you're worse than
Connie! There's no use to cry about
it. Parsonage people h&ve to find
happiness in spite of financial misery.
Money isn't the first thing with folks
like us."
"No, but they have pledged it," pro
tested Prudence, lifting her tear
stained face. "They must know we
are counting on the money. Why
don't they keep their pledges? They
pay their meat bills and grocery bills
and house rent! Why don't they pay
for their religion?"
"Now, Prue, you know how things
go. Mrs. Adams is having a lot of
Christmas expense, and she thinks her
four dollars a month won't really be
missed. She thinks she will make it
up along in February, when Christmas
is over. But she forgets that Mrs.
Barnaby with two dollars, and Mrs.
Scott with five, and Mrs. Walter with
seven, and Mr. Holmes with three, and
about thirty others with one dollar
each, are thihklnfg the same thing!
Each member thinks for himself and
takes no account of the others. That's
how it happens."
Prudence squirmed uncomfortably
in her chair, "I wish you wouldn't
mention names, Fairy," she begged. "I
do not object to lumping them in a
body and wondering about them. But
I can't feel right about calling them
out by name, and criticising them.—
Besides, we do not really know which
ones they are who did not pay."
"I was just giving names'for illus
trative purposes," said Fairy quickly.
"Like as not the very ones I named
are the ones who did pay."
(To be continued.)
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Rosette sprang up. "Today! Why on
earth didn't he pick some other time?
He'll completely ruin our garden party,
"Of course he will." agreed Daisy.
"That's the trouble, If father were
rive in the midst of all the festivities
sombrero, boots and all. Oh, dear, I
can just see us introducing him to Mrs.
Star Page—'Our cousin from the west,
dear Mrs. Page!' I can see her lorg
non fairly quiver with indignation. Oh,
what shall We do?"
"And Aunt Margaret just telephoned
that she is bringing an Englishman
along! And if her neuralgia gets too
bad she'll see that he gets here any
way. She's so anxious for us to be
nice to him and says she Is not at all
averse to having him in the family.
As she puts it. an alliance with such
a rich old English family as his would
be most gratifying to her! I can see
us Introducing our country cousin to
him!" The girls groaned in chorus.
"What is all the fuss about, girls?"
asked a quiet voice in the doorway. A
girl slightly older than the others
stood there with her arms full of red
roses. Her dark brown hair, deep
gray eyes, and blue linen dress made
a combination of color that might have
stepped out of a frame.
"Hello, Elsa!" in duet. "Come in,
early bird, and we'll tell you. Trouble
enough, indeed." And they rapidly re
lated as coherently as they could all
that had happened.
Elsa laughed. "You poor children! 1
suppose I ought to sympathize, but I
can't. It—it's too funny- How things
do turn out! To think that the very
day you have your smart little garden
party oooked up and asked all the big
toads in the whole resort to come and
play in your little puddle, a great big
cowboy has to come stamping around
and spoil all the fun."
The girls looked their disgust. "How
can you laugh?" indignantly. "It isn't
like you, Elsa! You've come to the
rescue before and helped along some
way. In fact, we rather counted on
you this time."
Elsa wiped her eyes and her face
sobered. "Because girlies, I think you
deserve a little punishment for your
very snobbish ideas. 1 heard what you
said about the English alliance and it
sounds too oold blooded for kiddies
your age. Aunt Margaret ought to be
The girls looked guilty. They ador
ed this cousin who lived with them and
a word of chiding from her was not to
be taken lightly.
"Because," she went on, I can't
see that the joke is on anybody but me
When this Salisbury man comes, I'll
have to take care of him—that's all.
I will stay close to the end of the per
gola, where I can see the drive and all
newcomers. If he is completely hope
less. I'll run away with him at once.
If his appearance is passable, I'll trot
him along to you to say howdy, let him
shake hands with One or two of the
men and then show him the roses and
Italian garden before any one discov
ers that his verbs and participles have
been neglected. Just trust we—that's
all! And If he proves to be all right.,
I'll give him free rein and let him run
loose."
"You're a dear, Elsa! What a relief
Just keep him away from the English
man —that's all we ask. The English
are so particular about family, you
know and this would be an awful
give-away."
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OTTUMWA COURIER, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1918
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COUSIN GEORGE ARRIVES.
By Louise Oliver.
(Copyright, 1016, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Rosette answered the telephone be
cause Daisy was still engaged in open
ing the morning mail and she returned
to the sunlit breakfast room bursting
with news. However, when she saw
the look of consternation upon her sis
ter's face she exclaimed involuntarily.
"What's the matter?"
"Matter!" exclaimed Daisy, holding
up a letter In dismay. "Have you ever
heard of a branch of our family which
went west years ago? Father knows
all about them, but whenever he start
ed on the subject I didn't care to listen
and I don't suppose you did either. I
don't consider rough and ready west
ern relatives any particular asset. Well
anyway, here's a letter from one of
them—George Salisbury he signs him
self—saving he is coming this week
and would like to hunt up the cousins.
He's coming here today!"
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i. fnAiAiirt« A**' "This is—delicious, and —If you will
h0T«e he could
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something, but, of course, he will ap-
"Trust'me. girls. Now I must put hundred employes of the Carborundum
awav my roses!" Co., on stride since July 81, returned
I The garden party was in full Swing. to work today. Fifty per cent- of the
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But to be on the safe side about the
verbs, Elsa had steered him naturally
and quietly away from the crowd and
he fell in instantly with her plan.
As they seated themselves in the
cool shade of the trees, the man looked
up thhugh the spreading elms and
around at the soft, velvety grass and
then his gaze rested for an instant up
on the quiet, pretty girl at his Bide,
dressed simply in soft, exquisite white.
He sighed ever so softly and half clos
ed his eyes
pardon me— a pleasant surprise. I
WABn
Elsa's usually clear white skin was
burning. The westerner and the won
derful Englishman were the same then
What a fine mix-up they had made of
things!
"Do you want to talk to the girls
now?" she asked suddenly. "They will
be fuifous with me for keeping you all
to myself."
"I suppose I'd better," he agreed,
"but not until you'll promise to give
me some of your time tomorrow. We
can motor, go boating, anything you
like, but I must see you," earnestly. "1
leave on Friday."
"I'll be very glad to do anything you
wish," she answered, her heart giving
a queer little flutter.
And to add to the general excitement
when the girls heard the truth that
evening they learned also from their
aunt over the phone that he was not
only a colonel in the army, but a real
live earl besides.
"We'vs missed our chance!" they
pouted ruefully. "What sillies we
were!"
"But how about me?" asked Elsa,
smiling happily.
"You darling!" they cried as they
threw their arms around her and kiss
ed her, "We'll keep him in the fam
ily after all."
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Summit Lake had been asked and all
kinds of smart equipages lined the
drive. A gaily dressed crowd formed
itself in groupg around* tea tables un
der striped oanopies and low shade
trees. Som« were in the pergola, some
wandering through the garden and oth
ers had found seats in the natural
grove of elms that the landscape gar
dener had had the good sense to leave
undisturbed. Here on a rustio bench
were seated Elsa and Cousin George
Salisbury.
Elsa had adopted the second plan on
her list—that of presenting the west,
erner to the girls in the pergola and a
few of the guests, then running oft with
him. The outward appearance was re
assuring, in fact perplexing. Certainly
they had no need to be ashamed of
the smart trap that had brought him or
of his well made white clothes. True,
he was bronzed—but the weatherbeat
en look only added distinction to a
clear cut striking face.
expecting anything so agree-
ablo."
"I don't quite understand, Mr. Salis
bury!"
"No wonder! It's inexcusable of me
but 1 am a little out of sorts today and
things have a way of popping out that
I don't intend to say at all, I mean that
these trees are wonderful, they are
like home and—and you are wonderful
—you are like home, too. There!
Don't ask me to explain any further.
I'll only get In deeper. I want to
thank you for not trotting me around
to all these tiresome people to be pet
ted like a poodle on a chain."
"But why should 1?"
"I don't know why you should, but it
seems to be the thing. I have a feel
ing that I am on exhibition most of
the time." Elsa smiled involuntarily
but her answer was irrelevant.
"You like our trees! They are won
derful aren't they? But I don't know
they had elms like these outside of
New England. Where in the west do
they grow?"
"Oh, I was not speaking of the west
When I say home I mean England. You
see, my mother was a western woman
and my father married her there. They
lived in Montana only two years,
where I was born. Then my father
took us to England. I've always lived
there. I've spent the last year and a
half in the army in Belgium and
France however. I'm only here for a
short time on business. Being in this
part of the country, 1 thought I'd hunt
up my relatives. I wanted to see Aunt
Margaret and these little "girls. I'm
sorry their mother and father are away
But there are compensations—I have
met you!"
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A Breathing Exercise
ALL wou», Builr. too-, ot Dr. ti«
Mueller. Many speak of him as the then. Mutfltt Minn w«i ii»
foremost health teacher of th#
world. H« ia a Danish lieutenant, take
the picture of health himself, and of^hia «anf systems of exercise
the author of half a dozen little
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I
had not the pleasure of meeting
him when In Denmark, hut I »«piy—tray not lot it grow whits?
with several friends of his, who very prattjr. I would ad
told of the rejuvenation his exer- shampoo with watar containing
clses had wrought among the worn- tablMpoonful of ammonia, to a
of Copenhagen. Look!., .t th.» «.A tt
strong, handsome, rosy cheeked „Uh
women, It- is hard to believe tnai
any among them could be weaklings
or in need of building up-—the na- yeu used.
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First, the breathing exercise,
Lite depends on breath. This i*
first and greatest In importance.
Stand erect and naturally, with th#
hands en the hips and the chto
tilted back. Breathe deeply and
slowly, filling lunge and stomach
with
fchr.
Hold, release slowly. Re­
peat several times.
After some days of this, breath'
lng every morning after this fash
Ion, try this: Stand as before, but
as you inhale, raise yourself
your toes, lowering yourself to tli*
heels again as you exhale. And
when this has been mastered,
breathe this way—rise on the toes,
bend the knees till you "squat"
while Inhaling, rising to straighten
the knees and lowering your body
to rest on the heels, as you exhale.
Thie third form of breathing is a
bit hard and needs the practice of
the two other methods before you
will be able to balance yourself.
Other exercises for body-building
will appear later.
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