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li Miss—Mrs. By CORONA REMINGTON (©. 1920, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)^ “Carefully, dear, and don't put ycuir tongue out when you write.”.. : The young woman eat on the grass beside the little boy and gnided the unsteady hand. „ _ : - ’ .. . :~ “That’s it I” she said a moment later. “You’ve done It beautifully. Nov?, If you want to play a little you may.” With a squeal ,of delight the boy threw his arms* aronnd ' her * neck then ran away to chase the dancing butterflies. ' - r'-!" “May X Join the party, Mrs. Frank lin?” said a pleasant voice beside, her as the owner dropped carelessly on the ground at her feet. c ' “What would you do if I iverl to say ‘no’?” she laughed. “Too late now—besides, I knew you wouldn’t.” “Talk about the vanity of women! How about the conceit of men?” she teased. “That nephew of yours is one more kid,” he said, changing the subject “I think he’s wonderful,” she put in, her eyes following the little fig ure in front of them. “And he’s learn ing to write as'a surprise for his moth er. Do you think hq can do anything in three months?” “Sure he con If he ■ doesn’t blow himself up or set the hotel oq fire first” ; %&, Ht ■" She smiled as she handed the sheet of paper to Arthur Mantell. “That’s not bad when you know he’s only been at It a month and we .have two whole months left.” “Fine, I should say,” the man de clared as Billy came running toward them. ...... “But Auntie says I put the .tum mies to my ‘d’s’ on the wrong side,” he said woefully as he pointed a " pudgy forefinger at, the recalcitrant . ‘d’s.’ . •* ,5 CO “Never mind, you’jT soon' get that . straight,” the man soothed a? Billy trotted oft again. . , ;■ “He’s SO much stronger since ’■ we w came over here,” .Mrs. Franklin re marked irrelevantly. , “By ^lie end of the summer he’ll be a, real little man again.”. - <> , " * .. “But I don’t see how your husband can ever exist without you for three whole months;” the man said sin cerely. - .Mrs. Franklin blushed and" turned her head away. “Oh, X know I’ve done something ■ wrong,” he declared apologetically. “Do forgive me.” “N-no, - you haven’t,” the girl re plied hesitatingly. " \ •’ “If you’ll look at me I’ll be con vlnced. I can always tell In your eyes when you are hurt or happy or ■. £ead.” . f-V, Slowly, she raised her' head and looked ' unwaveringly at :■ him.- “Now -■ .—see?” she smiled. “T-e-s,” he answered rather lafhe Ijr, his heart thumping. • 1 J5 After a while she excused herself ' • and took Billy back to .the hotel for his nap. Mahtell’s eyes followed the ’ two as. they walked across the lawn. V *1 don’t believe she’s so very much older than Billy,” he said to himself, • “but, Bord! why are all the nice wom en married? I know she was meant for me, and even If there is some thing wrong with her husband I’ll bet she loves him.- She’s just the thtck and-thln, for-better-or-for-worse kind, and who wants to marry a girl that’s . already given her heart to some other ! - chapr . xie iubb uugruy auu siroue towaru the hotel. ' „ “Never mind, tomorrow’ll be Mon day and I can work. It's not quite' so bad when you don’t havp to hang ] . around all day and think how,won derful she’d be in a little home ail V; our own. Til keep out' of..her way the Whole week. No use burping your ft# fingers for nothing.” . But Mantell’s resolution was 'as i j wish-washy and weak-backed as most resolutions and he broke It the next • evening, „ >'i 11 " “Mrs.' ‘ Franklin,h . he said and shifted boyishly from' one foot to the ■ other. , > ’• < • ■ >- . ; She could not help smiling and won " dering at his embarrassment as she tried to help him out. . IHi “just say it right out,” she coaxed. “I know it’s not so bad.” "Well, well\ would It be any harm for a chap to ask you and Billy to go to the movies tonight y* : ' * “I don’t think it would be a bit of , harm,” she laughed, “and I. hope the 'chap' will do It because I kuow Billy and I wokld enjoy it.” “Great! he exclaimed, throwing his hat In the air. ‘Xet’s go,” , ‘TToufre nothing but a boy,” she told « him her eyes sparkling. ‘Tm twenty-nine years old the fourth of August, possess one Mas ter’s degree In architecture, an office, a second-hand typewriter and coni tracts for five different buildings,” he told her in Injured .tones. y 'T . “That’s quite a wonderful record, she admitted graciously, “and I take t It all back. Now I’ll run and find Billy and my hat and we'll go.’-t That was the beginning of a - hi-; larious round' of movies, canoe rides and tennis sets, and all the time Mantell. knew that he was getting in deeper and deeper and Sirs. Frank lin 'was ' wondering what the people at the hotel were thinking of her, but she really didn’t care so very much. It wasn’t any barm going'; out,with him and Billy and often Mrs Mantell took Billy. on a little jaunt without her. He was evidently very fond of the child. > ; . .j. In this way the days slipped by *nd the boy grew rosier and fatter" and more, skillful with his pencil tiff til, at last, the time >came for theni;' to return to their home city. " - ■ The night before they left, Mrs. Franklin put her ljttle charge to bed;" then slipped downstairs' and out'.pn to the lawn to take a last look at the place that had grown so dear to her; In the half light she saw a familiar figure coming toward her-and was de lighted to recognize Arthur Mantell. ‘Tm so glad to have this chance, to tell you two, things,” she said. “Would to heaven I had the chance to tell you one!” he almost groaned.1 “Ton mustn’t talk so tragically,”,she reproved gently. “There’s no neces sity for it. Now, what I wanted to tell you,” she went on, “was, first, how much your kindness has meant to -Bil ly and pie this summer, and, second— but tills is a dreadful secret and; ydU" must promise not to give it away.”1 I promise,” .he Said, listlessly. “Well, I—I’m not Mrs. Franklin at' all. I never was married,” she con fessed. ' . “What!” he gasped, Jumping up in front of her. “No,” she answered breathlessly, catching his excitement, r “Well, well! Oh, heavens! How do you propose, anyway?” he stammered. “I never did it,” said the girl de murely, An hour later he confided solemnly : “You nearly killed me-this summer, Alice. Why did you lead me such a dance?” ” y,. ’ “That’s easily explained. You see, Billy’s mother has two other children, ,so she had to stay home and care for them and her husband, but the doctor insisted that Billy have a summer of this wonderful air. . I was the only one to take him -and, unmarried, I could never- have stayed here without a.chaperon, so I decided to~be—mar ried!” . “So you shall,” he said in raptured tones. “I’ll get the license and the preacher now If you'll let me.” “The setting Is ideal,” she replied dreamily, “the moon ’and the stars and those big wonderful trees, but!I guess we’d better wait a while, dear.” New Mexico's Big Turtles. Fossil turtles, some* of them" not less than three million and others, seven million years old, have recently been found In San .Tuan county, north ern New Mexico. Remains of extinct turtles are rather common, but most of them'consist of many small pieces., badly crushed and flattened or other wise damaged. The remarkable feat 'll j of many of those lately discovered In New Mexico is that the bony'box like shell is almost as perfect as when it was occupied by the body of the living animal during the tertiary and' cretaceous periods. No less than 50 specimens were perfect 'enough to be Identified and described by specialists of the United States geological sur vey. Sixteen of them are new to sci ence and have therefore heen given new names.*1 ' S 'X India’* Cave-Temples. ,-. ,r- , Cave-temples of Ellora are a series of remarkable rock-cot temples, IS miles northwest of Aurungabad, India, and excavated about 800 A. D„ al though Hindoo legends give the date of the excavation as 7,000 years ago. There are 84 temples of large dimen sions, some of which are cave-temples proper, cut out in the Interior of the solid rock, and have an exterior as well as an interior architecture. The most famous of the latter Is'called the Kallas, its interior being 103 feet long. 56 feet wide and 17 feet high, and stands In the center of a vast quad rangular court, embellished with obe lisks, colonnades and sphinxes. .. ; - ■ - ■ r '• Thimbles. We are told that the art of making thimbles was brought to England by John Lofting, a mechanic from Hol land, who set up a workshop at Isling ton, near London, and practiced the manufacture In various metnls nnd forms with profit nnd success in 1005. But according to some authorities the thimble is mentioned earlier than 1650. All tlilmhles except the tailor's, which Is open at the top, are or should be bell shaped. The most serviceable thimble is ror.de of steel, but other? are made of gold, sliver, hprn, Ivdr.v and bone. » -m *#j8£C #* -«* a -$» Some More Truths. .,J '■’r's.'n'’'1'1' ■ . ■ v - 5 V , yi*£':s -f ' ■ " " ^ * a- y _ •: , , VI/OULD you use a steam shovel to, move a pebble? Certainly not. implement* are built according to the iwp^k they have to do. k ii / I - •««' r . , . •**. ,TJ * ' ■. • • — -• *— *■•-. '■*-.• ; ■ *; 1’'*■*.</". ± .)j . . 4»j.* v ; -« yf*, • •• would you use a grown-up’s remedy for your baby’s ills? .Certainly .not* ’ ■ Remedies are prepared according to the work -THEY have to da . . , ir-w-t-Jia All this is preliminary to reminding you that Fletcher’s Gastoria-was sought out, Found and is prepared solely as a remedy for Infants Slid Children. And let M m ■ this be a warning against Substitutes, Counterfeits and the Just-as-good stuff that may be all right for you in ajl youf strength, bift dangerous for the little babe. t All the mother-love that lies within your heart cries out to you: Be true to Baby.". And being true to Baby you will keep in the house remedies specially ' f prepared for babies as you would a baby’s food, hairbrush, tootbrUsh or sponge. • - - -■ W'l ■ I i •tfot Contents ISTluid Prachira is—' ' \ INFANTS v(HliDR£S I ftbtnym*/ljnr [ I AhelpfulReraedyfav | Constipation and Diarrhoea II and Feverishness and 1 Loss of Sleep j l|resirttm^heretonj^gfancy' j " facsimile Signature^* ij Exact Copy of Wrapper. Children Cry pc 'v.' .^r . C v Mi ^ E , Are You Prepared? A doctor inthe house all the time would be a good idea. Yet yon can’t afford to keep a doctor in the family to keep baby well or pre vent sickness. But you can do almost the same thing by having at hand a bottle of Fletcher’s Castoria, because it is a wonderful remedy for indigestion, colic, feverishness, fretfulness and all the other dia orders that result from common ailments that babies have. Fletcher’s Castoria is perfectly safe to use. 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