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nMary Marie By ELEANOR H. PORTER AUNT JANE OAOPSISIn t ry Spern.atY a t he ia - . giends a : r mo rng:.e d., . •t , hr '. a r-tv al . tt.. . . . . IyIa .li l. i . . . dIl"ry'li r Sd tior " .iat,' . t l gote a stro ' r t.. \' , prtft.l l l r h .i g e La or ani. ':," 'i r ' ' a IM tt ..... I l.. Sill eit iotonr iti:" t ' om uae diersr i atws . ' " ' t ir 'i x er a a c ottf , .l h" ' r. S a d ! .' gt elr mther, hind t s'': t d bU monh f :the1 tti hr M Fa rahfl I, . ! 1!r t sther , oryt itn.- nw quite l lit. T ee, ther ix inth. ti r.'t 'i t p.V g tre t i to i nd hi k t, F:lti. r :..'. i Ir l afraid mther rif ae fil. ; lt itiLw ' illndtrstanJ,. e,, h' :"'", I :".: iat it y She atu lil t t.' rit ' L.ki a te A lt Jatu. N':ithi -1 itt o. f irt Mher reat "oit \tl .-t" ti Aunt .Lperfectly all r:Eht aItrl gfnte .l. . and iordant in h.r l ithtrr' y It. tnary sifountable bet ;iitl<r. If ttid. Sary dsomethi like chid : is sp,,nd atu toand sx months with hyer fa g Bostin n is the f,,t ht , home. Sto the dscri~ herof thi court, his e r her er In it .tron anid ter Marnt!r's "rsto 'ole to hi on -7 er I rm him as to n quile ur of hrt. wiye. er t at tile station." 'rt 11 Thoar she signed her itum, A"lta itl iAlre got. (Stoie agtk s t, I':thed for. r mother, Grandr i Anfilers nitl, slme mt iL Plit. S i:hl ai I,.I,',r hl.,t ý, etrk SAunt JaneI I"'r:lhif'" :irt,.r. I b ather wanted thet tt ,u1, to Atte. i P ndlad in they d idn't. Mary". I d ernough, but "Abiga l :il diJane"-!)d id is Momethier like itti i -"Dar Madahnl: I tr. .Aln dhers, on dlc it bSe to s tay tat alk truot y art b---e ( tIn mind the facet that, u"'cl<r'-r Inter Marty Is to collme to hiln o~n " rs' t day of' May. If y iu will kind m him as to tawfe ul itur wasf her Llk1 grlg met at the u station. whole _IM she signed her tltlatnl, Albir:ail 'ilAndernon. (Sihe it.s ,anted fuIr it anther, sending her brsn. littlne I tl alltted thMare nto ntlll timb-. _I rml glad they diln't. "Mary" bhe ghi but "onl Abhlgii Jane to--!) bW Mother read the letter aloud. lle began to talk about It--how Sst, d how Nurseawful it was to 1b o giving me up six whole sly ad sending her bright little 'heLarted Marie into that tomb lpllee with only an Abigail Jane tO ;fib for refuge. And she said that .Sw A wished Nurse Sarah was s againa-that she, at leust, was 'W me that she's properly met.' b" went on Mother. with an in M little choke in her voice. "Oh. -* I aowr! Now, if it were a star -a dmet that he expected, he'd go IS sad sit for hours and hours a for it. But when his daugh dlles, he'll send John with the Slike enoughi, and IHpssibly that Abigall Jane of his. Or, may srt Is too much to expect. Oh, I can't let her go-I can't, I L isl the window-seat around the Ot the chimney, reading: and I h w as she knew I was there. I was, and I heard. And I've i ither things. too, all this week. BiS adited. And I can't help won ow it's all going to be at Fa Oh, of course. I know It won't * IIIh ton, and I'll have to be s ad all that; but it'll be dllelreat, and I always did _m things. Besides, there's *estory to watch. Maybe ins somebody. Maybe he ait year. Anyhow, if he immisebody rm sure he wouldn't I wlintg to wait as Mother et know Nurse Sarah said er wanted to wait for any that's why he married Mother II the first place. But if a nehody. of course I'll find 1. there. So that'll he In And, anyway, there'll be _ . I shall have them. dig now. and mnake this the i * chapter. It'll be Anderson aest time. CHAPTER V Whn I Am Mary. ar I am. rve been here two l, ald I guess I'd better write h happened so far, before - out may leaving Boston. U1 Mother did take on dread 'li I thought she just wouldn't _ - She went withl me to the where I had to change. and tha onductor to look out for 4.. it i needed that-a yvoung le! I'm fourteen now. I y last week.) - lghllt at the Itist she just Lt me go, she cilong to me baed me to forgive her for haight upon me; and said it - il , l Cel shane. whien there +.'' and eipi*le outght to ai nd rememiber, and be - . ail anytthlng. And then. rath, she'ld beg me not to e i to to love Fnther bet I dl her. (As if there was Sthat!) And to write to mauate. P at ried, "All If l 1: fi , lll to be :.111 u." a i d t Iirr : N :. \ , .,i. ,:,'l \ I li rt'et tht . li '\ i ý i ll - :It " . '. , .I , , n , ý, TI.,! ', l',, , ":' I I' t i r " 1 , . ., , , . .a :t ." t' h , l** 1. Tt . i ' " . 1 t e n,'\ l l i lt' t i l l h ,,' t £ D - al e i n t h 'A a: I hl iT I .,i. IL t i h l . h . Th. . h!" \w!' t k w'i k tol him tl'lilll uilll thl, nixt Ilm inuleip It hail, \hizz0'l outl +,f thi stal th\ i . :i1i II . \ui ,t ii" wit the 10b gin " ir -ng .f 1 1i r....t if . .l ,, ..-. \ f :I1\ t . n 1 I.::1. . : . i i a "I'.\ tle I l II " I II t . " e Ill I; tl.1ih . 'tli r .I o " hn, as l .te t ult.l hi tl hM+'." \r,lit 1-wk." ,hi;I . l-, lll tOiw'h. next -4 Then the Conductor Called "All Aboard!" and the Bell Rang, and She Had to Go and Leave Me. hat, and thie next was a "!oiw do you do. Mary?" fr,ni Aunlt Junie. And I knew right off that first nilnute that I `li+nt Iolitg tm like Aint .Jane-juist the way she s:ti'l that "M::ry," and the way she CNokd mue over from head to foot. Aant Jane Is tall and thin, and wears bllial.k--ollt the pretty, stylish lhlack, Hut the "Ildon't-d';rt" rusty black--al! a stiff white collar. 11er eyes are it, kiald thttt says. "l'm suir priseid at Mot r'" ill the timet, and her ttuttth i1 thtt kitil thztt tevier slhllws titi" teeth whien It sitl s, tnd d,,''sti't smile nmutth, lt atyii ily. lHI.r halir is sEttill grtiy, and h.,leit't kltik or utirl iny where; and I know right off the first nminute sie lbt Ike! at ite that she dIhn 't Ilk inito ',like Ait Jahl -ur. I was lretty sure siht. i, dtni't like my clothes. elither. I've since found out she diidn't -hut more of thiat anon. (I just love that word "anon,") And I just knew she dIsapproved of my hat. But she didn't say anything not In words-and after we'd attended to my trunk, we went along to the ear rlage and got In. My stars! I didn't suppose horses could go so slow. Why, we were ages just going a block. You see I'd forgotten; and without think ing I spoke right out. •nMy Horses are slow, aren't they?" I cried. "You see, Grandpa has an auteo, and--" "Mary !"-jus t like that she Inter rupted-Aunt Jane did. (Funny how old folks can do what they won't let you do. Now If l'd t Interrupted any Sodys like that :) "You may as well understand at once," went on Aunt Jane. "that we are n,'t interested in your gratdfather's auto. or his house, or anything that is his." (I felt as If I was heariug the cnttechism in church ) "And that the less referi'nce yoiu make to your life in Boston the better we shall be pleased. As I said before, we are nut interested. Besides, while under your father's roof, it would seenm to me very poor taste. In deed, for you to make c.nstant refer ence to things you may have been do lag while not under his roof. The situation is deploraile enough, how ever you take It. without making It SMALL BIRDS ARJ Peregrine, Like the Pirate He ls Takes Toll From Weaker Crea tures of the Air. It was reportel recently that In the eyrie of a peregrine, a vil.lous bird. the rings ,f " racing pigeons were fund. The pere-rine falcon often kills birds which are unfortunate enough to cros its path. Peewlts and other birds that frequent the coast are relentlessly pur sued by this hawk. snd another prey is the golden plover. but this bird at fords the hawk a good chase belote it is emugb. i I ' t' : , r -A ' .r -" I l . - I , "a . ' , I.it n ri. up 21. rids t ooi IT::n t iu v i nd , at, I .. ..t 4 , t b~riiicit ul' tIil tr{ll , :tI 1 titij-:ok4't i It;. " 'l n I .li-t t hu lry il t X it . s -it ir. " It " 1 4 i. It , 1t'\ 11i t. , " ' t: ' '. tI 1, ' ' , ,, 'h." rl :l1t. ,,ly l i: ..t k' '', ; ofl -I, , . - ui t ,1 I* li u I.t x - - ; ti "'l'. .I thlr \.oul 'h t 'l e iu h t:ii ", extra tl)< with h1,r. Aunt J.iin, satl I waI I.. hale my old r"*llnl eth I so, it, s.-n as I >:"t hIlre, I %rl l ri lut p 1il. took "i1" lily h t :ildl tllant, tin- ,r.et ty qurlk they tirol gilht ti lk i u nk ti r ilk. iia I itu'-ikl It; anti I fli n't hlrry alout it, e.it.her. I ulatiall i bit h nli lus to net . ti' utaiEn 1ant:uiS tII Aunllt .T: u . n it - i, .. I lmay a 1\.ll 11 o\\ Ill). I l\l < "'r}1 i - S i ttlet . .tinthsrr t r tl \\.e s riht alr,, th tlhn.- il. n l it sl k l so lone-tit IlIlll,. :t11 il -i11ul t11 't htelup r hil'- :e ll ,d - i I' t ,I' t .; " u 1t Ir t th-ls lll ttu ' In- .n t\ t t'from::l the to in l . '"lni. s,_'i In t I:.." I il r *:r V nt ;; ; to t e t!ll. the .-t't. ut l it` tru " t ,h "o t 11 t' " ,:t r" ot1,''- . :lll I 1\. : ! th. ,' AIu';It .ia,. t!:,t \r:n t It , t. i , .. i t1, .;t tLe< h11\Ai . \f ,:e til t a .rl trf\ 'th, li t:ittl , i tiy ov, r ul.hly te\r h talk I. t t'i hIat lin e so th. t I tn" ts lit , t h,,v i \i autl t\ aIll dl. s ]'lit tll t . t''ii l i , tu se'le llte. [ kli ,\e"th alt. . a ! it 1 t' i tI ,, to nthoo. l tlluit wI ht,'k. itn lll ,l uellhe' .11i blue thinkl In ,Illh it to. awh ill ltt l the liret of )11ay. Sue'< ' llnl to l.ik i the W ni:th g ,iiI t'oi. lisIak to hi. about .ilw elthel ; tuit he delM l 141 ttt lt , i t le t le herse lf. ltili t I btlte r hlls i. .., d ,nli't like ty ltre:.'w . SA h, tcaIll into lll r unt l till 1 ske 'l to seeil imy tlh oitu it. li td: *it lii't J It hatke to show tll*l to hli t 'lie? . trie lsairl tshei ottutl 'tlll but .Ir)ly obediently 1 trtte, tol the t.lhet and brough t theulm outi Inle 11y ll e. Auilt J.ne turnll thile around it tith the tilp s f lher iers.i, aill the tiant I'hl brolus lt thtell ti ll out. the shook her a h lel) ag in antl said t -hey n tuld Tnot ers at all-not in Anflttrm onville; that they were. extrallalant, alit| mIntu t e elahtllate fol r i tllolng girl ; that s-he would see thel dreall smakellr and ir range that I had .~mi.n serviceablet blue lind brown wr;.es at ine,. Ililte anvid bron sere, rindeed lIiut. there, what' the t? I'is Mary not\\. I keep firgettiug thaiit; though I tllon ' sot" holW I lan forget it--wilth Aunt J Mne around. But, listen. A funny thing hau penedl this mt rning. Silt tlhing Teine tfll tme a question. Thn s.iThe lasked .n other iand another, and sitm. klptl fite ,talking till I guess I talked 'listr a iwhole haIlf-hor shoul t Iiriiniitp lie.-+ i nttdll. A nti lliattie, Milithere. rtid the lhousel., what wde dlii. atill. oil, ua whole lot o: thin. . And here. usti two days agoO she was thelling ele that she wasn' t interested in itriilnda Iftes inlnd, his ho.it', or his daughter, or anything that was his!et There's sopnetlileng funnoy about Aunt Jane. "He wheels around and stops short. 'How it your mother, Marytu he asks." TF L BE CONTIN'ED.) See the effects of a long ttwehie at ffsic at a public ctaert. The orches tra is breathless with attenthet. JUs'i ilng ieii tiSt. I f. hii ven en.r keys. exutl'. Ing fugues, atod hiddling with the nrst Istatfne r atelitn. Inl the mnidte t a f all thit t' ndtrfil scl e , the i itlit nc'e is dvn rd half .th 'v4ur.d with Tentutl. ofn ai ,ierdden there isUtring tup tulie Iiwly little ash, elforesosive fof ree latiranl f:a, foot ieats time. anamad evory htkart al.ro; she humsaI minand ten ossi.ly enjo. ASyduney Smi lth. Veterans Need Not Worry Over WVar Gas n rw i r~s1 CL to AD ro i ii-" ' seut nuw l it a 'ear at White ou -g at tl ,,rsent ti no cu::'.e i St, , I. 1 ' "ts fr" - . . uthoritative. Uncle Sam Can't -S WiHtt Ithat ti. e snitie Sdtiatet att the Ihlrini. iti'rii, miln trade n'l t.:lt:: that tin- gnlt.- n shinaf its 111 lillile nt h ita : -, 'y t,\' -iur h i tn iii. t th .ri\n ti e dii-r l , 1 u, ah , r ,l tie llt t.in r ,.I'l of Nlil ir,.al-, hant, , i. 1% i 11 ; II i' T i ll - ,i - lll' h , 1 I, + te. \iltu h , ~-nt ir,,n- titt Uinit-l" t ii.l - I r .e.. di. : thi --i , :-f \it" h. .:t" " :1t 1;,' ":,. --P r,-, hr'itri ili It i mt .lii, fl tithli.,. om.r l ds.it. 1 bewe busn 4luiint e n n t, Unitin States.r It I1 l,; takes i, f Irnt ! tccr lu t thet' \ires-nt 1i r ii.-':, use of ri trati ,n in this A tional hfor i rit inir nirtitre iiji. Aso an rbi trione s sugg ii itns fi setting ip Iar itrs tio iiaitler by nit stater iet ctmuelltir cif ri-nitedr t or.i t nizatiin. r"lthlanr t silke Int. a toi their oiwi IU. Sli . aniltliPassportles l Arllkn it Hfi sits of " tpliaktins are teh l., re'elvd ex ery wnek at thie Statie ueiihrtmnti for Ameenn hi. ss orts fto alliens elii have fiised their "pirst papers" dsti.lrng thei. r tintention i'of becoming American. Itzens or who.l Iden1 this counil,-Itl l or lthellr va-, i'sons, have forfeited their righ to U. S. Passports from their own govern Refusal by British consular ofare bicials to asue r passports, except in cases ofit special necessity, to British subjects in this country who have taken the first step toward Amerin citizenship, e even though two lyears must elapseirl before they can he naturaltzed, hras a sled attention to the pretincaent of i-eclarants. espeiltly sito-r c tihe re Inl two yearn atg o ithe ct of Manthe ofrt state authority in is tiscretizeon to issue hassohrtswo t)ersmus not e-itt btrets of the United Stantes" who hal declared their intention to i rihei 're itizens tant had reilded fors three years in this country. h eo America, Canada a Secretary of State Hughes an nounced that he has notifced tLe ibritih ambtass.ador that the United States ouhi bhe gladi to negotiate a treaty with the Canadian g,,vernment l:oling to the construction of theic Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway unanimously recommended to tihe American crngress and Canadian par itament by the internatlanal joint commissIaon. The State departmeant issued a statement alang: Tbe note to the to tBritish smbasa *nr ufeil to thectt that e Jam-d . . .... t : .. . r ! ]. , . . " t )i I t list teem to See Russia t!?T . I" of ! :,t t , 'i T if 1 I ,,ih - , tii., ni if ii- lianuiti it', i tl i r u.' - , Ii'I f l .1 3"ii r."i - .i e . :T i " ,, n i l. rty ri n arid " ,r '","' . f,,nm Io part ,,f tlheir ritu l': " to Settle Disputes 1iiritri ti.fi r the u-a of gir I iitiiies nt apr. ] , Itr .lif . -,t t t of ;il 'rller tle irnti r iof lal i. , : tro\. lr.i.s tiy |, tl : inI -t In* r, i ,ti hom ,: of <*'ttl*'elmhnt of di t resirht within an in .h -try by tra,, i- a,:lt i n I is of lth. handling In tlhe aitltional ch:almllir oif c·asves tl:hat d(o not full trithiin lo, l or tiate jurisdiction. aTh' rnaitJinal chit: er' ilr lly t has prti vib.,{ rInchin,'ry for haillling p inlh Iputesrit niy coline to it. Thi'h, plan prolvide<. flste fronti arbl trtillon, fir the uit"e of g, toi tici s lon the part (if bll irl sjs ,,rL:t ailz ,t . i .ii as a nIll'niIs of settlinglie lltrterncs. whller ever p,-s.lhl, y conilliation l without resoirt isto arlitrtlla n. A.ttention is alled t to the ndvalntlce of artlbtration over court procedure in a p:illr irpihi whleh ms that it iif forlds a miianns for dclisln upoln the merit,; of a hlilness transa.tion as It is ilnderstod bl y iulit."ss illln. Thera is no clrafee for lthe r,'sllt to turn uponn s,oite technlcrlity or rulel of nhliich neitle.r party had thoui£ht. dliliator:'y Iprocicciin s and the clase. ,],es not hnlie to take its turn on it lo€1 .iit of ,other t.nI t". Whenl a dchcislion is rendered It is linit . e Scarce for Aliens A PASSPR. Such a passport, however, was good only for six months, could not he re newed, did not include famtlies, and was Issued only in case of dire neew sity on the part of the applicant andl never to tihe country of which the ap plicatlt was a citizen prior to the filing of his declarnatlion of Intentions. Since Jllne 4, 1920., Almcicrlan pass ports can'; lie i-sueld otily to Alericmln citiztens. ln anl alien does niot ti-co ,me jin Arnimtricin citizn uintil his petitiin for :ltlltralilzattion is gr;antedl lalid him renmlulnce's hi is fmlllrumr ;iat llinnce anld takis tihe oath of allegianmce to the Unitel Stlates. nd the St. Lawrence United States and Canalda referredl to the international joint commission for investlgatlin and report, under the terms c' article 9 (of the treanty of January 11i, 1, rilating to bolund ury wmte-s, qtuestions with respect to thte inipr\vemellit of the St. Lawrence river 'etween Lake Ontario mliln M.tI trenal. both for navigation all! the de elplmiltenti of water pcwer. This corm mnllssiin reported ,n December 19, 1921. "The secretary of state said that he was tuthortizedl to stiate that tihe l'resident fnvmrs the nilegmitimin if a treaty ,ni the basis of this report of the inlternxtinal joint c(itmnission. m,r such nillfic:,ltios rs rrtight he ag:retl on, and requested to be informed as to whether the alprpriiate British and Canadian authorilel are disposed to undertake the negotiltion of a Lreaty." The Canadian prime mlaister has made reply to -he United Statea that the Canadian government is of the opinion "that It would not appear to Ibe lpe t to der with this uttr , a the, -M M' I- in this paper will bring good returns on the money invested ,.O.Y IARRIS' S4. + NEW ORLLANS. LA. ' Country OrCers Atterded to o D + 3 rI -* * SAde sing : NCAN BiUYu : * * goed free Yonr the * * * : 1s D de PS : * *o * *1 * MADE FROM THE FINEST * r t ' ". S S t s - n * Delivered from Your Drug * 0 Sgist or Directn S P n c 1 I. " rS 0 JOHN P. VEZIEN, President CARSTENS & VEZIEN CO., Ltd. 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