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p The Girl on. the Cover.
E8&S By VINCENT O. PERRY.
(Copyright, 1917, By the MoClure
K -. NCwipaper Syndicate.)
? tERBERT N1CHOL waited ntrrl?l
mulr at the telephone. Would
(A A aba never anewer The operator
fi ^ee eel rlV Iniirf annnoli Tf
I there was no one elie In the houae and
>gne? wss In her own room, she could
-sot possibly hear it. Ah! She had answered
It at last!
"HSUo, dear!" His tons was eager.
"How do you do." The answer, was
stiff, but in his eagerness he did not
notice it
"Hare yon seen your favorite magazine'for
this month, Agnes?" he asked
Is the same eager tone.
"Yes, I have. Mr. Nichel, and I was
.never so insulted in my life. When I
sai {or you to paint my portrait 1
8 thought the painting was (or yourself,
not (or a ma gains cover. I thought
jv|-. your'interest in me was a friendly one,
not a commercial one. 1 am sending
hack your ring today. Goodbye, Mr.
$k NichoL I waa Just going out." He
v heard the receiver go down.
Y' It waa some time before Herbert
coold realize what it all meant He
...hid thought she would be delighted to
r ?? oer picture on a magame cover,
f or he would not have submitted it.
: How was he to know that she wonld
think It distasteful? Surely, it she
wag .as anxious as she was to go into
moving pictures, a magaine Ulustrat!o
not herself could not be so terrible.
: ' It was the best portrait he had ever
pointed, and to have one of the leading
% magaines use It for a cover?his name
rg: would be worth something and he
ijv *-would never again have to wonder
:>>. whip the next rent was coming from,
f v It vu for her he bad persevered with
. his art gnd swallowed discouragement
.. more often than square meals. How
was she to know that, though? He
had never told her he was bo poor,
and she thought Urn more successful
' } . than ha was. She had money- more
than was good tor her, snd could not
I /'anqw what it was to be poor.
|r- ; He would never paint another picSj
tore, he rpgolved- He could never get
. - - the" inspiration again, after this. In
every mark of the bruBh he would see
something to remind him of her. snd
. every face he painted would radiate
her "loveliness. No, he could never
R, paint again. He would have to go to
workrr-real work, that would take his
mind off the girl he bad WTonged. Tea,
- . . he had wronged her, he could ?oe that
l^igibp./jjavyq nw uioukiu it OTPr. A. p?j
P. w well known In society to be classed
is as artist's model! He should have j
thought of that before.
I: So Herbert put aside his brushes and
tpoked for work. He had nevor donej
It;. manual labor in his life, and when he i
feV. secured a position in the shipping
g' room of a larsc manufacturing conIt''
tern lid found It harder than he bad
|t? expected. Ho began lo like tlio work,
but at timet) he felt almost unbearably
restless. The men about him interested
him. They soeued to get much
- more enjoyment out of lifa' than ho had
S ever got. and ho wondered why it was. I
!> The head shipper seemed more!
' thoughtful than the rest. Herbert
ji. asked him one day why It was-thc meu j
seemed to happy and contented.
The shipper scratched his head, and
; after thinking it over replied: "I doj
s rot know, Herb, unless it's because
I they fit In here. A man's ihade tor!
v something .and unless he finds that!
something he'll never be satisfied. You. |
f< for instance, ain't cut out to be doin'
t this'" work,-and no matterf how long |
you stay at It wou ain't going to like
i It or fed satisfied. You'll bo restless I
11 X CONFESSION
Hi<lrto;nt1??wiftn.n T rnntinipfl at that
!|f:^ awful meeting of the Sclwyn Booh
Concern whore Dick had been accused
)) of tiBinx me to Mock the Idea of a
consolidation of the publishers, "my
husband has been accused of playSi
log you false. Please take my word
pi for it that he knew as little as yon
jgj what X was going to do today. " He
r- .expected to bring my proxy here this
)' morning and undoubtedly would hare
y/ discommoded the gentlemen who
W- wanted to get home early, as, doubt*,
less his family will be much dlsappointed.
The absence of such a de;
- llgb^iil personality even for one hour
form his roof-tree would surely he
most deplorable."
'For goodness sake sit down, Margie.
Don't you know that Is Brown,
the biggest man In the whole business,"
whispered Dick.
- *1 dont care if he Is the biggest
man on earth, he can't call you a
traitor, Dick," I said as I sat down,
Even that did not mollify Dick, little
book, and he has not spoken to
me for twenty-four hours.
,'/ " In the meantime we have boarded
' the train for hone. Dick letting Jin
!?v take pare ot ne and get ne aboard.
;V 'Then he went straight to bed in his
,t. own compartment,
jr . Yes, little book, I found that he
[?. had purchased two compartments,
k Well, I can stand it If he can and
^-.' / tomorrow morning I will be back in
'> : my dear old home; I will eee Mollle,
V: and EUene and AUge and Aannie and
jV- all the dear women that I hare known
K- ad. lored for years.
sg': i wet Into the club car after dinIff'
.' ner with Jim and after a little heatl\
tatlon he said:
"Margie, I would not If 1 were you
R cross Dick too often. He is almost
B&-- In a state ot collapse tonight"
? . "But Jim," I expostulated, "I can't
B;'. always let him hare his own way
It . when a great principle Is Involved
Js .-as It was today. I can't understand
' ?' '* why all the men there should want
to do that thing. Certainly they are
jfe." what the woyld calls good men, probS'
ably, some of tbem are members o(
Rr> - the church and pillars ot society, and
CY- yet they would band together to steal
ffiK" from the poor."
, 'My dear girl," answered Jim, "I
am afraid tbat you have not yet
learned tbat to the average man bus-.
VASSAR GIRL TEACHES I
TO PLAY AND FC
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Miss Julia Norton with French c
near front in trance.
By A. C. LYONS. ]
Daily West Virginian's Special ?
Correspondent.
i BEHIND THE FRENCH LINES
ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Dec.
II.?Miss Julia Norton of South Or- ;
ange, N. J., a Vassar graduate in i
1916, la here teaching French children I
how to play!
Only a few miles behind the French
lines she has a big playground. There's
hardly an Hour, day or night, that the
French and German cannons are not !
booming and It's not at all uncommo
to count five to a dozen French and
German airplanes flying overhead.
It's a very necessary work she's
doing.
The hundreds of children In the
Red Cross Institution in which she '
Is working have all come from towns
and villages that are under constant
vxtil you strike the other thing you're 1
made for, though perhaps now you i
don't just know what it is."
"I think I do know what it is." Herbert
replied, as he felt iu his pocket
for a crumpled letter that w> nearly
two months old. It was an offer of a
steady position in the art department i
of the magazine that had used his por- 1
tiait of Agnes. He had received it in
tbe same mall with the returned en- 1
gsgement ring and had never answer- .
ed It. . '
When he went the next day to the
| jfctija.6?uv> uo xuuuu uiiii iuo x?usuiuu <
Lad been filled, but when be oxplaiued i
v. ho bo was room was made for hint. i
"We can't let you go," the manager '
,said. "Your last worlc received more i
commendation than any other cover 1
v a ever used. Wo have been trying '
ever since to gel in touch with you. 1
Wo can use all tho covers you can '
turn out." I
Herbert was not as delighted over 1
the praiso of bis portrait as the manager
had expected. lie said "Thank
you very much," hut ho did not seem I
j to mean it.
I "By tho way. do you mind telling us 1
I who the model tor that plcturo was?" I
| tho manager said, as Herbert was ieav- 1
I lug. "We havo had a number of In- I
iqi;lrlc3. I can get her steady work at i
tho highest rate." .
I "1 cannot tell you her name," Her- 1
S OF A WIFE II
II
iness Is business It is a thing entirely
outside of ethics and to those concorned
in it the motto, 'All is fair in '
love and tear," is stretched to include
business."
'Then Jim, in the minds of moat
men anything in life is fair that they
can get away -with."
"I am afraid that is about it." said
Jim. rather ruefully, "and yet," ho
added after a moment's thought. "I
think most men have a. code that they
live up to."
"Sometime you must toll me what
it is, Jim for I have been bunting
that code ever since I have been married
and Just whan I think I have the
least part of it, something comes up
which tells me that I am on the
wrong track again."
As I went past Dick's compartment,
I opened the door softly and looked
in. I caught my breath sharply as
I caught sight of Dick's face on tbe
pillows. It was so white and still.
Then he gave a sigh and I shut the
door with great relief.
xio noo uuijr asieey. I
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>RGET WAR'S HORRORS &
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hildren at Red Cross playground b?
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bombardment and (or the moat part 1
they were nervous wrecks, starved Is
and ill-clad, when the Americans rescued
them.
Many of the waifs (ailed to re- pu
spond to mediacl treatment. It was vll
round that their best medicine lay iu
outdoor recreation, where they would
forget about-the war and Its horrors. G1
On the big playground, Miss Norton Tt
romps with them every day the da
weather will permit and the kids become
wldly enthusiastic over 'blind id
man's bluff,' "drop the handkerchief", -vll
'tag" and "hide and seek." in
On bad days they have music and
indoor games.
"There are scores of the smaller a
children who never in their, unhappy Bn
lives played games," said Miss Nor- ha
ton one day on her playground. be
"It takes so little to make them be
happy." to
? >1
L.ert replied, and the manager noticed
the sad look that come over his face. "
"She is not a professional model, and
would never pose for me or anyone a
r.lse again." - PJ
The months that followed found P
Herbert-very busy. The wound In his
heart healed much more quickly than
he had expected, and the quality of his ~~
work showed that he wa3 wrong when j.,.
lie' thought inspiration had fled with
Agnes's love. Thero wero plenty ot
cihcr beautiful girls in the world, he ,.
tcund, and most ot them were not
sshatned to have their pictures appear ?
on magazine covers. His work did tj,
sot go unheeded by IJic public, livery ?'
lay be was forced to decline invita
fions to paint faruoUB society women ,
rr e(iually famous actresses. Tbcro
were plenty of professional models to ;
choose from. without running the ,
chance of offending outsiders by using J?"
their portraits "commercially," he de- J.
tided. be
Cue moviug picture actress, dean ?
Pener. was particularly anxious to
have her porlratt painted liy him, and n
in an UTernge of ouce a week he re- j"
solved a letter from hor company's
press agent asking to have him paint
ber. ilo bad sent a, curt nolo slating J
that he did not do outside work, but
is tho letters kept coming they Interested
him. Ho would see if he
Louid not ond her persistency, he con- 'I?
cinded. and wrote the pres3 ageut ail
and said: to
"Although 1 have never had tho c"
pleasure of seeing Miss i'ener, 1 like ot
ter persistence, it she can prove to
mo that she is as beautiful as any model
I have ever p'aintcd. I will bo pleased 6?
te do her portrait without charge."
"That will settle her," Herbert laugh
ed, as he showed one ot hlsifcllow ar- ;ti
tistB the letter. "My models are all W'
well-known beuuiics. and if she Is as "?
hcautuuL as any one of thorn she would &*cot
be an obscure movie jctresr." f1''
The next evening. while he was read- lu
ing In his library, his telephone rang.
He answered it. he
"This is Jeanette Fener speaking." 'n
The voice sounded ftrangely familiar lri
to him. "I have taken your offer, and
am going to prove to you I am more ,h
beautiful than any oj! your models. l?
save your first one. Agnes Fuller. Will 1
you count her out?" 1*'
"How do you know Agnes Fuller was ;pj
my first model?" he gasped. ~
"Don't you know my voice, Her- SI
bert?" *1
"Agnes!" he said eagerly. He was > J
cure it wse her voice, and the little
silvery laugh at the other end of the
line made him'doubly 3tire. si
"Yes. Herbert, Agnes. I have been ho
trying to see you for so long, hut you j |J*j
wouldn't see me. I am Jeanette Fener, j ?
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movie Actress. and I signed a con-'
:t today that will make ma a star,
s all through your magazine , cover
n.e. too. Yon secured me the chance
avo always longed (or, and I love
tor It. I am coming up tonight'
take back all those nasty things I
i over the telephone to you that
ht. Will you be in, Herbert?"
I will always be in to you, Agues,
l know that!" ho answered.
[ie heard the silvery laugh again
I the receiver hang up. It remind
him of their last talk, but It was
different now.
i"or hair an hour Herbert rummaged
ough his desk in se&rcb of someng.
He beard the bell ring and
ird the servant answer the door
't as he found It
Thank goodness, the ring!" he existed.
Then he hurriedly took it
m its box. ahlned it up. slipped it
his pocket, smoothed his hair bee
a mirror, and went to meet Agnes.
BITS OF
STATE NEWS i
Preiton county deaths: Mrs. Ida
Jler, Martha Llrcngood, and Mrs
lljr runci.
Road work has been abandoned, tor
s winter in Fayette county because
the scarcity of . labor?not a Single
in could be obtained.
Dr. J. N. Deahl well known educator,
seriously ill at Morgantown.
Miss Susan V. Thistle was the first
rchaser of a thrift stamp In Sisterslie.
The Eva Tanguay film?"The Wild,
rl" was cancelled at the Camden
leatre at Farkersburg after the first
y.
A Court House, jail and Jailers resenco
are to be erected at Glenn*
lie. New Court houses are needed
Hartlson and Lewis counties.
John Zanas, whose father conducts
retail business on the corner oppoe
the Bishop Garage In Morgantown
.a taken his swim in the MonongaIa
river every day this year, and will
io? is up it he has to break the Ice
get to tho chilly water. Last night
ys the Morgantown New Dominion
Saturday he took bis usual plunge
ough he went down to the river thru
e light ski it of snow. Zannas is
young Italian who has the tradeirk
of a great athlete, and should
i University timber for almost any
ihaL .tLUtl WW- 1.1 - I
autu v?i amicuts. ne laKes a rnreci)e
run every day, boxes well and is
ceptlonally strong. That he swims
*11 is self-ovidcnt from the story of
3 mid-winter river dip.
rant weeks Weston Independent had
is to say:
Alvadoro Hughes, of Mineral, Earlo
innstt, of Wolf Summit, and Roy Mcifuey,
of Clarksburg were here Frity
on their roluru from a thrco
;ek's hunting trip In Webster oouu.
Thoy succeeded in getting a fine
or which netted about 200 pounds of
?at. an da lot of small game. No bear
is iu sight. Tho antlere and hide of
e deer was left with E. J. Hughes to
mounted.
feyen Swamp-Root |
Aids Weak Kidneys;
The cymptoms of kidney and bladr
troublos are often very distressing
id leave the system in a rundown
iidition. Tho kidneys seem to suffer
Dst, almost every victim complains
lame back and urinary troubles
rich should not be neglected as these
nger signals often lead to moto danrous
kidney troubles.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which, so
suy people say, soon heals and
rengthens tho kidneys, is a splendid
dnoy, liver and bladder medicine,
id. being an herbal compound, has a
ntle healing effect on the kidneys,1
rich le almoBt immediately noticed
moat cases oy inosa wno ur-e it.
A trial ttfll convince anyone who may
in need ot it Better get a bottle
am your nearest drug store, and start
aatment at once.
However, it you wish first to test
is groat preparation, tend ton cents
Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghainton^ N.
, for a sample bottle. When writing
sure and mention the West Virginn.
umslead's WormSyrupt
h safe and aura Sssudy for Worms]
ooa Oa toot for SO yoars. XT SJIVXM
L2X3. To ehildraa It Is aa aagol of
>TCT. PWBAgABT TO TUX. SO)
CXWJ5SS. BO PHTSZO HX2DKD. OBO
ttlo has killed lsa worms. Alt drags
rts aad dealers, or by mall-aSe a bet.
fc C. A^ VOOBHBES, K. D? Phila., Pa.
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Your Soldiers'
Presents
can be left at Hartley's (tore,
where a large box has been placed
tor gifts for Bed Cross shipment.
Buy this gilt NOW?be it ever
so small it will brighten some
boy's Christmas day.
Enclose nothing breakable.' and .
wrap and tie neatly and ilnnly,
with sender's name ?nd_ sddreps '
within. Do. not fail to send Christ- j
mas cheef to the men who
| FIGHT FOR YOU. |
i monongahI
Wen -Contest,
tilts Madge Lawson woi> the pretty
ntrls' contest at the box supper given I
: t the Monongah school yesterday,
evening. There was a large crowd attending
and the proceeds were exceptionally
good, one box selling as high
ac$10.
Acme Meets.
The Acme society net yesterday
evening at the home ot Miss Halite
Orr in Brookdale. Despite the cold
weather there was a good turn-out ot
the members. The n?tf meeting ot the
society will be held at the home ot.
Miss Georgia Downs, near Fairmont.
/ a?. uf.,1.
Gas tu weak in Mooongah all .day
yesterday, seme being so fortunate as
to bave all that was necessary, while
ethers bad practically none. This
morning some families did not bavo
enough gas to light the lights, or to get
breakfast with.
Skating Good.
Skating is better on the West Fork
liver and on Booths creek tban it has
been for a number of seasons. Many
youngsters were out of scbool early
yesterday taking advantage of tbo first
ice of the winter.
Personals.
Charles Marshall, of Fairmont, was
among the out of town callers in Monongah
yesterday evening.
Dick Talbott was a caller in Fair
wont during the week.
Misses Olive Neely, Beatrice Neely
and Blake Neely. of Fairmont, were ;
among the out of town people here yestcrday
att lading the box supper av
the Monongah school.
1-. D. Burt in was among tbo business j
tollers In Fninncnt this morning.
Miss Rdua Jones, of Fairmont, was
in Monongah yesterday evening at- i
tending the meeting of the Acme society.
,
Mike Works was among the'recent
Monongah callers in Clarkeburg, j
Hew Davis was in Westchester rtnr. <
ii.g tbe week end. i
Big Lino of -KM GIotob at hart- i
ley's.?Advt.
I Ovens
(mustleai
J neglect th<
I How Women are Restored to!
Bpartanbuig. B.C.?"For nine yea
toed from backache, wrilmoti, and
I Uritleseo I could hardly do my w
tiled many remedies bat found ne
nent rebel. After taking ILydla X
B hem'e Vegetable Compound I felt
B chance for the better and am now t
strong to I bare us trouble in doing n
I hope every user ot Lydla E. ?ii
Vegetable Compound will get as gre
as I did Irom it< use."?bits. G.D.J]
122 Dewey Are., Spartanburg, 6. C.
Chicago, El.?'Tor about two yea
leied Irom a female trouble ao I wa
to walk or do any ol joy em work,
about Lydla E. rinkham'e Vegetal
pound in the newspapers and deten
try it. It brought almost Immediai
Jly wenhneM baa entirely disappear
never bad hotter health. Z weigh IS
and am as strong as a man. I thin]
It well pent whlohpumhaaes Lydla
ham's Vogetable Compound."?k
O'Dnvaa, 17BB Newport Ave^ Chh
YOU CAN RELY^UPOIS
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Welcome New:
Osgood'
Reduced 0
Any coat in our stock (
25 per cent less than the m
first Coat Sale this season
waiting for the announce]
this welcome news. Osgc
wHncfinn is miorVifir ernrwi
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vertisements always bring
advise that for best selec
the forenoon.
Today the Assor
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FAIR VIEW 1
District No. 2 Pythian Sisters will ,
hold their convention at Shlnnston, ,
Wednesday, December 1&. It will be
in all day affair. All the Pythian Sis- ,
:ers are invited to attend. ,
Mrs. O. R. Miller was at Fairmont
shopping Saturday. 1
Rev. Lawler of Barracksville is |
heading a series of meeting at the
Baptist Church. Everybody is invit- i
ed. ,
O. E. Morris was a week end visitor
at Fairmont
Mrs. Lydia Taylor of Kings Cross- j
rarked V
11 HOI to jj
arhealtitf
Health, W$Wwrelfaa^S
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-BI ALLMAJN.
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bv i fflr l
II a Woo frjrSI., =. '
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s Coats
ne-Fourth ;Jj
:an now be had forjust; ^
arked price. This is oar:
: and many women were ;
nent, that's why we few . I
lod's Quality Coats at a ' ^
investment As our ad;
large crowds we would s '
tion, you try to shop, i^ j|
tment is Large;
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legan % 9 |'|
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up was in towa shopping Monday.
Mr. Easman of Fairmont VH .
i buslnes visitor here Monday.
Mrsr Reason Fox and Son.- Bad.
ivere at Fairmont shopping Monday
ittemoon.
Mrs. Everett Hamilton delightfully
entertained the Needle Craft Sew- .Jit
ng Club at her home Friday Right .
Misses Pearl Martin (ad Minnie
Powell atended the "Love of Wkq"
show at the Grand Friday night j
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