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FACTS
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
The Light in the Darkness.
By A. W. PEACH.
(Copyright, 11#, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
?^ ADttffl r iWP .alhar Mttlck
I A UIWVIO JL/Ana vwuiu |?WHVI ? ????
I 1 from the kind eyes of the physlclan
who removed the bandages,
and her hopei rose. From the
moment of the explosion in the chetnIlcal
laboratory in which she had been
employed, during the long days of
suffering in the hosplta'. she did not
dare to ask if she would be left with a
badly scarred face. The question
eeemed, tor the time being, vain and
foolish in ber situation, but now that
life was assured, she began Ij wonder
if to.- ail her da/i> she waj to meet
the pitying, question mrj look that the
unmalmod give the rani mint.
"Doctor, how di 1 look .'" ?!in asked,
smiling as bravely as she could.
"There is Just one bvi scar, the others
will fade, I am sure. You might
v bring Miss Lane a mirror," he said to
> the waiting nurse.
When she saw in the truthful glass
the livid scar that raced Its ugly line
n/?rnq?i hup fnrnheA.d. find thi blntrhns
below where' the flying acid had
touched, she moaned in anguish.
"Hello, By-way!"
The pleaBant voice cut through her
darkness, and she opened her tearftlled
eyes to Bee standing above her
the attending physician known to her
as "Dr. Walter." During the month
that her eyes had been bandaged he
had been to her merely a pleasant
voice and gentle fingers. Now she
saw he was tall, tanned as If from
much time spent out- of doors, grnyeyed
and dark-haired. His mild fun
In calling her "By-way" instead of
Lane" had pleased her In her childish
weakness; now, however, she turned
to the pillow.
His voice was gentle, for ho seemed
to understand. "Look here, you must
not feel that way "
"No, but If you ? were?to?go
through lite?this way?pitied?by
everybody," she returned broken U'"Besides,
I"?ehe paused . "Besides
what?" he urged in the same gentle
fashion.
She shook her head and waved him
HOiUC.
The next morning Dr. Walter
stopped again. "Miss Lane, I have to
come to make you a formal offer ot a
position as my secretary; 1 want you
to look after my office; are you willing?"
She lifted her scarred face. "Even
you pity me."
"No, I am sincere. I really need
some one, and you have had experience
with drugs," he said patiently.
The quiet reproof in his voice was
enough. "Forgive me, I hardly know
what I am saying. Yes, If 1 cau serve
you, 1 want to."
So It came about that after a week
she found herself in charge of the doc'
tor's pleasant office on the wldo street
where the leading physicians of the
city had seemed to locate themselves.
From the day she had seen her
blue-scarred face she had not looked
into a mirror.
Worst of all, and unguessed, she
found herself being drawn more ano
more to the tall, handsome physician.
His personality seemed to the weakened
and worried girl a shelter within
which there was kindliness and
peace.
The full force of the situation did
not strike her until one momentous I
day when a girl came into the office,
lovely with the loveliness that is always
suggestive of June time and
roses. She was welcomed with manifest
pleasure by Walter, and the
stricken girl In her simple gray with
* white dress felt the world sink about
her.
Two weekB went by. The Junetlde
girl came and went with Walter; and
his Interest In her presence was evident
Then came the day that bore with
It a change of destiny.
The Juntide girl, her face flushed
with iov, hurried from the office, and
Whiter, following with as much pleasure
shining on his, went with her.
POTIs watched them go, and guessg
ing what had taken place between
K| thong, feit the room about her grow
as with dusk. Prom her worta
BgL.1T the 'last sunshine went. Through the ;
Kwlftofjcaess came a suggestion. She
'ffo aJtemoon waned. 8he est iu
felL' atiaiUiA ihnn nsi(nil? ..i.? .? ??* ?- *U?
mr? Wfr^HT.***y DIIU wcul LU IUC
s-'t cabinet in which liu kept the drug'
! with grfUcb be ttoeked his case. From
I a she shook out with a steady
& io^ud three tablets?morphine?enough
to send her into the long and restful
- sleep which would carry her beyond
| butfpriog, beyond pity, beyond heart|
. ' ' 1>kl|tig them, and shivering only
I ^jljwJy in the act, she turned to the \
fm & fi>& darkness came a volca,
| lpslhhhi, firm and thrilling, with a
" meaning thht broke Into bar conscious|
ness. She opened her eyas, feeling
Ki ktrgpgtfy rested apd st peace.
1 tf&Wh ffere colt and shining IB
the office hmeeluig beside her, bit
B W&SS.With anglous question,
ill - "D&rfB. Doris, what have'you'been
I tTO& to do!" The grief in his voice
woke .liter to full cppscipusness. ban
ffihdame. with a low cry sha sprang
up, WJtfad perse^ caught |n his arips
pity me,'" she begged breath*
voice Indicated that bs hag
found himself "I don't pity you." fta
her doner to him. "I love youl
"
AND FAN
Let me bring it peace. May 1? Just
say 'Yes!'"
Alter a struggle she whispered:
? 1 e J a -?
auu i nave iovea you irom me mo*
ment you looked at ma and spoke to
me, but I did not dream?"
"The dream begins now, my dear,
to come true." His Hps brushed bar
warm and quivering ones.
She remembered . Horror filled her
eyes. "But I took morphine 1 Why
did?"
"No/ he said gently. ">was worried
about you, and was fearful myself. 1
had filled that bottle with harmless
sugar pills."
"3fou love me?even my hideous
lace!" she sal dagaln, as If the news
were too good to be true.
He turned and going to tbe corridor
returned with a mirror. "You sensitive
soul, you ought to know those
scars have faded out!"
She took the mirror, wondering, a
lest wonder surging In her heart All
those long weeks she had kept her
vow never to look upon her marred
face. One glance was enough. The
blue, livid scars were gone.
I, =.-1
The Story Ladypeter
was sitting on the front porch 1
in deep thought when Mama came out
on the porch. ,
"What are you thinking about dear"
she asked.
"I was just thlnkln' about the differ
ence In grandmothers. Percy's moth- 1
er made him go to see his grand- 1
mother. She give him a quarter to |
go and he give me a dime to go with
him. His grandma was havlil' a wnm. 1
?n fool with her hair and Just told ub
to alt down. Whon we first went In '
her hair was the color of nay grand- 1
ma's and when we come away it was
more like yours. Her Hps was redder J
than yours and she asked Percy how I
he was and about the folks and told
him not to call her grandma lmil 1
Mother Lansing. Then she said that 1
she had to rest for the party tonight 1
and for him to run on home and come
back some day. She gave him a five '
dollar gold piece and pecked him on 1
the cheek and told him to run along
and to come by himself the next time. 1
And when he got outside Percy said.
Thank Heaven! Thai's over for an- '
other three months.
"Well," said Mama, "which kind of 1
a grandmother would you rathei
have?"
I'll take hugs and kisses and cookies
every time, 'specially If they tookl'
the money away from me and put it I
In the bank like they do Percy's. He
says he thinks they take it away from ,
him and give It back to his grandmother
and It's the same gold piece
hu gets all the time."
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When You're
Traveling\ '
Take These
Everyone is going on a journey or
returning from a vacation,?or starting
back to school these days,?and
the POnVAnlPnnoa nf trnwol urn rxf nme *
ent and perenniel Interest.
So when you travel?
Take only crepe, knit, or cotton
crepe underwear, to be washed out
and dried over night without Ironing.
Choose a dark colored kimona and
slippers for Pullman wear.
Provide a dark silk cap to protect
the hair. |
Take a rubber-lined Pullman apron
with pockets ot different sizes to carry
toilet articles.
Try carrying a book of soap leaves,
paper towels, and powder loaves Instead
of your regular toilet supplies.
They are easy to pack and use and
may be thrown away when used.
Provide small chamois bags and
pockets to be sewed to the underclothing
for the carrying of money and valuables.
Take a cheap watch with luminous
dial, which may be easily consulted at
night and relieves the worry over the
care of an expensive watch.
Carry & compact sewing kit and a
ta ail first-aid box.
Take a paper bag to protect the hat
when not in use.
Supply extra hairpins, hairnets, veil,
and a hatbrush for "freshening up.".
Don't forget safety and plain pins.
Be sure to carry a metal Identification
tag or card with name and address 11
In cue of Illness or accident. i
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CIES FOR
[ROMANCES of a
By ZOE B
frnnwi^a-tit 1Q
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(Dorothy, aged 26. is spending the
her job and $500 savings on the chano
the summer. These are her letters home
?29?
Sllversand Lake,
August something.
Joan dear:
It Is amusing end a little exciting
watching Anita Corley getting tutsed
and still more fussed over met I am
a mosquito which keeps bussing round
her and Tom Benedict, whom she has
resolved to capture. And anyone
knows that while a sheet Is a tiny
thing, It can Just about ruin .your
evening for you.
Many times, without Intention on
my part, It has happened I was having
a nice comfortable talkfest with
Tom when Mies Corley wanted him.
And once he actually forgot an appointment
for golf with her because
we had got to reminiscing about
Bentsvllle and his mother, and the old
lays when Tom was taking correspondence
lessons in electricity, and
messed up everybody's telephone with
his "improvements," and the house
where Nina came as a bride, and
where they all lived in such beautltul
discord!
To Miss Corley it looked like a tenlar
affair. Which only goes to show
that you can't always tell from appearances.
Well, Bhe has forgiven
Tom for the forgotten golf date, but
ihe hasn't forgiven me. She Is now
thinking up some way of slapping
ww, duu ending my uz-zlnglng round
her ears.
A lot of us were having tea the othsr
day In the lounge of the hotel?a
lovely brown and malze-tlnted room
with fat chairs and a gorgeous fireplace
and lots of Interesting things to
read. Someone picked up a magaitne:
"Oh, look here! A story by Wallls
?you know that dashing captalntellow
Just back from the war."
It startled me painfully as the
speaker turned, holding out the book
ior me to see the photograph that
tdorned the article. ,
"Hows that for a heart-breaker!" '
he babbled.
In a second or two I had got back '
my composure, but my cheeks refused
:o cool off Immediately, and while no
pno else noticed my self-consclou3tess,
Anita Corley did.
"A friend of yours, 1 see," she
smiled, sweetly-sour. "Tell us about
him, Miss Varlck. Is he such a hearthreaker
as they say?"
Every eye turned upon me. I want
3d to sink through the floor?but
nurder her first.
"I think you'd like him," I said
luletly, but with vltrol in my glance.
"That's one on you, Nlta!" laughed i
:he man at my elbow.
"Why don't you ark him up?" said '
:he Corley. turning on her ingenue expression.
"I adore meeting him."
The Snake Woman Coils to Strike ?1
No nymph In a deserted grove was 1
3ver lonelier than 1,'as I lingered by 1
'.he fountain after Brother Jim had f
;one. Happy human beings, men ^
ind women, youths and maids, stroll- t
3d close to me, but outside of the j
floriffO fV>? at-- ' '
? ?o-. *uc |iaiu Wlliliu LI IB -neuau
circled the pool. It had been roped .
aff when the lights went out, to keep
careless merry-makers from an un- (
expected cold plunge. NJim and I, ,
mowing every nook and corner of the ,
;rounds, had crept under the ropes. j
No one would Intrude. I felt sure, |
;o I stretched myself on a bench and
ndulged in a half hour of self-pity. t
Everybody seemed to be so happy i
?exerybody except me. Steps came <
ind went, voices grew loud and soft on (
:he further side of the hedge. I rec- t
agnized some of them and Bmlled to i
ihlnk bow astonished the chaperons e
vould be could they guess the number i
>f dangerous flirtations were going
>n that evening. i
Not that I oared enough about any- >
>ody's love making to "listen in." I i
vanted them all to hurry along and
et me enjoy my misery by myself, c
Suite a procession of lovers passed, i
lome trading sterling and some coun- t
erfelted coin. Presently came a step (
[ knew, then a question dn Bob's t
relce and a reply by Katherlne MUleri
Immediately, I found I could be still I
nore miserable than I already was. t
Bob and Katherlne were smoking s
ilgarettes. They paused on the oppo- ]
ilte side of the hedge. My heart stood i
itill with terror. If Bob was going to I
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SUMMER GIRL]]
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summer at Lively Beach, having staked
t of winning a suitable husband during
. to Joan, her chum.)
"A story by Wallis?you know thatj
dashing young captain-fellow Justl
back from the war."
"The magazine will give you his ad- j
dress, or forward a letter . Authors are j
awfully used to that sort of thing."
I knew it waa catty, and regretted
It the moment I'd said it. But tha
crowd tittered again, and apparently
awarded me the honors in the little
conteBt.
What bothers me is that I saw in
her face a sudden resolve to do Just
what I foolishly suggested?write to;
him. I wonder if she would have the
nerve to do it. And would he really
come!
Devotedly yours,
DOLL.
V. S.: The photographs have Just
arrived dear. Tom and 1 had the delightfullesi
time with our heads together
looking them over. How pretty
Bentsville does look! It has grown
up. The dear place gives me the impression
of a woman of thirty who
has Just awakened to her own charm
and is dressing and acting accordingly.
DOT.
fe ?fac2pq^Entvrpria<Asior!ahai j| '
: My Love and Honor,
tlss her as the silly Fletcher Haines
tad Just kissed Madge Oswald, 1 would
simply have to scream! Not to present
It, heaven was my witness! But
o warn them to let me flee from the
ilacei
"I need another smoke," Bald the
tlrl, "And a light, please!"
The light flared between tkeim. I
lould see their faces close together,
tlmost close enough for a kiss. Kathsrlne's
hare shoulder drooped toward
3ob and she struggled an unnecessar
ly long lime witn tne clgaret.
Then my Bob pulled himself up,
straight and splendid. And on they
Talked, ever so slowly, Into the deep
tarkness of the taller trees. "You
:an't know much or you'd better than
:o try that pretty trick on Bob." quoth
: unable to forget that insinuating
ihoulder. And I whispered to myself
'or my own comfort:
"It didn't mean much to Bob, after t
ill, but it meant a lot to that?that v
voman?or she wouldn't make herself a
10 cheap!" r
Bob always loathed cheap girls. So- l
ilety beauties of a certain type always
innoyed him. Yet I had clnsldered f
ilm human, like most men, and I had t
sen, for myself that he was far finer 1
han I had ever dared to hope. 1
I was no longer weary nor bored. 1;
relaxed and rested on my bench by t
he pool and listened to the far away u
train of a -violin, and heard the soft q
aughter of the city's most elegant c
vomen and the subdued clatter ot t
glasses and plates. All the Bplendor
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fifty-five dol
view them. For,
tempting garmen
costly. Every Si
silk lined and ini
Autumn and coo
tailored of excelh
vet de laine and 1
there are several
brown for which
selves particularl
tumn Suits at thi
of them.
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vhich the Lorlmer's could command
vas mine whenever I cared to take it.
But I didn't want It. 1 wanted but
me thing in the world?to take Kathirlne
Miller's place by tuy husband's
ilfle.
1 wondered what tney could find to
alk about! And by which path they
vould return to the crowd!
Then their steps came again. They
lid not pause near me but I caught
arts of several sentences.
Katherlile spoke first?and what she
laid made my heart flutter and stand
itill!
WHAT TO EAT
NEXT WEEK
By BIDDY BYE.
August, the harvest month of pleny,
still supplies the markets with a
vealth of fresh fruits and vegetables,
.nd the prospect of lower prices in the
tear future cheers the housewife's
leart.
For those who cannot afford to buy
rult and vegetables in large qu&ntlies
for canning and preserving there
s aid In the habit of buying Just *
Ittle more of the fruit than is actuals'
needed tor a meal or two and puting
up the surplus in one or two cans,
itillzing the same heat and labor reulred
to get^the meal, and slowly acumulatlng
a food store without exra
labor or expense.
Learn to simplify the menus. One
A MILKIN' AND THAT'S \
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[E HOME
Si A1
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u /iuiumn
t a Moderate Pri
; value of Osgood Suits offen
lars will be instantly appan
at this moderate figure, we ha
ts which compare favorably v
lit is a new and distinctive s
;erlined to insure ,comfort du
ler days of Winter. They a
mt qualities of tricotine, men
checked wool velours. Besid*
new colors among them bei:
we predict a decided favorin
y fortunate to display a larj
s engaging price and we invi
$55,00
hot dish, nourishing and substantial,
good bread and butter, and a salad or
fruit is sufficient for the summer
meal.
Sunday.
Breakfast?Cold molded cereal with
sliced peaches and cream, cinnamon,
toast, coffee.
Dinner?Grape ice, chicken pie, new
neas and carrots creamed eiinimher
and tomato salad, cheese, coffee.
Supper?Potato salad, brown-bread
and cottage cheese sandwiches, Iced
tea.
Monday.
Breakfast, Grapes, waffles, honey,
coffee.
Lunch?Tuna fish aalad, nut and
ratsln sandwiches, milk.
Dinner?Cream of pea soup, baked
eggplant, green pepper and lettuce
salad, fruit Jelly.
Tuesday.
Breakfast ? CantaKfupe, creamed
toast, coffee.
Lunch?Cream of tomato soup,
toasted cheese wafers, chilled plums
and crapes.
Dinner?Planked fish, with glazed
carrots ana onions, corn bread, peach
custard.
Wednesday.
Breakfast ? Sliced oranges, corn
fritters, syrup, coffee.
Lunch?Succotash, cucumber sandwiches,
Iced chocolate, cookies.
Dinner ? Meat loaf with tomato
sance, fried eggplant, cress and egg
salad, watermelon.
Thursday.
Breakfast?Ripe pears, puffed rice
with cream, muffins, coffee.
\LL)?BY ALLMAN.
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j i Htfb.OUVIATSl COM,
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Suits I
;d at the price of
ent to those who . ! >.?
ive gathered many
rith even the most
ityle and is richly
iring cool days of
ire all heanfi-Piillv
's wear serge, du;s
black and navy
ng rich shades* of
g. We deem our;e
number of Aute
your inspection
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Lunch?Buttered beats, spoon Com
bread end butter. Iced grape Juice. 1
Dtnn*r?Fried liver and bacon
fresh apple sauce, string beans, peacfl
shortcake.
Breakfast?Grapes/scrambled egg J
toast. Iced or (Tee - iSSjSM
Lunch?JCscalloped Una beans, or*
Ion and brown bread sandwiches, milM
Dinner?Penned fresh ilea. mJHH
pBlTOBsrTiuTTnrea carrots, blackberfl
rles and cream. ^
Saturday.
Breakfast?Fresh appls sauce, mhtffil
ed oorameal mush, dinned lr. egg ana
fried, coffee.
Lunch?Corn pudding, watercrejB
and chopped egg sandwiches, lcea
grape juice, cookies.
Dinner?Lamb stew with vegetables
cucumber and tomato salad, sliced
peaches and sponge cake.
A CASE FOR YOUR TICKETS. J
Street car tickets or coins, railroad
tickets or identification cards. m|
have some excellent
ful leather cases for them. Very han-1]
ut unu kivus yuur tickets irom tossa
Come and see them. Cranes Drugl
LIKE AN OLD FRIENDI ' ^
Soldier boys, back from Prance.'mm
expecting to get married, irillSH
pleased to know that Hall's HardwAra
Is equipped to furnish their SmI
homes with the same line of stores
that they saw In Prance (Cole's Hot
Blast Heaters).?Adr.
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