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ir= .V - nYi Yrirt'ir'f^.n A Trial WiU Convince! lMl>r>llii ^TAiXm our •BSiWe!ir*»«*''«W^*jy»*r^W«|"* â-  '^^ "' AraWb Japane8«'l|tot< an5,8 GraiKH. ; .,.,.., . flora nuitraxlia, aifli whieivtiier liUIe LouiS JOS«piif Vanoe ha« thln«», •wla^'lwMtur^togoverthe written more ^hait a score of plant caught my IV*. And right then novels. None surpasses Alias and there I had my big idea. the Lone Wolf, a startling I said nothing then, just paid for and enthralling romance of ad- what we'd ordered and let Mr. PbH- ^^j^^^^^ ^nd mystery which laer go^an to the next bouse, but th*t • . . i . . i ev€».ing I wtnt tlown to the hotel and bcgms m this paper next w.cek. saw him again, and ordered two of Don't miss the first installment the plants whos^ name I'd seen in the ^f jjjjg thrilling tale. catalogue Is Aot eQualled by any otHer tea. U Say It With Flowers" BY SOPHIE KERR. BEGIN HERE TO-DAY. John Thomas Ix>ng, Jr., otherni-sfi known as "Red," helps support his niothfir and crippled father by work- JiiK at odd jol>s round the town. His industry leads old Judge Gordon Jo Kive him the opportunity of studying law in hiit office. Judjfe tJordon finally, gets him a joJj as clerk in the town hotel, so he may have more time to study. "Red's" boyhood girl is Ellie Treadwell. The judge promises "Red" n partnership in the law business. Arthur Boarmnan comes to towiifrom the city to' run hi.'-, father's business. Hoardman has a car, good t-lothes, a takinpr way with the girls and is good looking. He ha."! a letter of introduc- tion to Ellie's father, and mi<'ts Ellie. Bed gets jealous. PART IV "Red," Baid Ellie musn't tallv like that gently, "you .'Arthur Board- went up to Boardman and I said, very politely : "Would it be too much trouble for you to take Miss Treadwell home to- night? My father isn't well, and I'm anxious to leave early. In fact, J don't think I ought to have come at all." "Surely, I'll do it," he said. And with that I went out to the doak- rconi, got my hat, and went honje. I thought he could tell Ellie, Jydâ€" well, I kept telling myself I i^dn't care what she thought, or said, or did. I was through. Now, in a town like ours nothing can happen out of the way that i.sn't noticed and commented on, and so the story of the trouble between me and Ellie about jx>yng Boardman was buzzed about pretty freely the nextr dny arid from that time on. I never said a word, but plenty of people man's nothing to me, and you know spoke to mc about it^remarks rnng- it; but he's a decent sort, and he's a ing from jocoseness to serious at- fctranger in town and his father sent tompta to be symp^^thetic. I wouldn't him to mine, and I can't be rude to talk to any of 'em. I had just three him, just for a siHy little whim of places to go, i^nd in one of 'em you Tours." could find me at any time: home. She was perfectly reasonable, but the hotel, or the judge's office, and I couldri't stand it. ji" every pl»ce I was hard at work "Ve:7 well, Kllie," I said. "I've every ni aaid my last word. If you prefer him imd his 'Say it with (lowers' to me, you're at perfect lil)€rty to choose. I thought you had a little more char- acter than to )>v curried away with a chap whose best recommendation is that his father's got moneyâ€" but 1 see you'r«* like all the other girls." ry place niini^K. 1 khew Hut 1 knew what wa.** going on. Ellie wept motoring with Boardman every <jiiher evening or so. And he was up theic all the time he could spare fixim the millâ€" and it was con- siderable, for he was an awful light- weiglit when it came to business, and tho manager was only too pleased It waMi't the end of the dance, but when he was out of sight. And he had â- we were near th«» side, and she let go my arm and walked away froni me, with her head up and her cheeks on fire. 1 didn't follow her. I picked up little fat May AUaband, who's always a wall flower, and finished the tfanc*- with her. Presently I saw Boardman and Kllie dancing together. "They look fine together," said May. "All dressed ujt like thai. He's giving her quite a ru.sh, I hear. It's H wonder you put up with it. Red." That was May's idea of perfect tact. No wonder she was a wallflower. When that firft dance was over I The old fellow laughed. "You must be thinking about get- ting married," he said. "I'll have to find a girl flrit;" I told him. When thif weather l^roke and it was time to make the garden, our bundle of shrubbery wime, and I took It out back at.d unpacked it. , It was a Saturd'ay night, and I heeled in everything bat tho two little plants I'd ordered se.-retly. There they were, dry little runts, with a laiiel nearly as big as they were. They looked like nothing at all. I stuck 'em in an old wash boiler in the woodahi^d, where Mother wobldn't find 'em, and went in and .".te my supper. Upstairs I went after supper, and shaved and dresced in my bestâ€" rot a dres.s suit, but. being with Judtje Gor- do.-;, I'd been able to get something that didn't lock like a candidate for a cornfield scarecrow, at least. I had a necktio that Ellie had croch'>t- ed for me two years before. I pjt that or. for luck. I went dowrstairs the back way- to keep out of Mother's sights â€" Mother's so oarned clevf^r in guessing what I'm up to without a word being said â€" and I hunted the little wrapped-up plants out of the wash boiler and hot-footed it across towji. It was .so early that I figured Boar<lman wouldn't have time to b© at Ellie's yet, even if he wa.s coming up that evening. Well, sir, my hand.s shook, and I wah all hot and cold when I rang the bell. Mrs. Treadwell let me in. She's a nice woman. "Why, Red IxHig!" she excaimed, hearty and kind. "You're a sight for sore eyes. Come in, <io. Step into the parlor. Ellie'll be right in." She turned on a light, and kept talking retty fast about how was my niotlier and father and how pleased she was about my lieing with Judge Gordon, and stuff like that. I don't know what I answered, or if 1 an- swered at all. Then she went out, and after a few minutes Ellie came in. I hadn't sat down. 1 just stood and looked at her. We dichi't either of us speak. At last 1 held out my fooli.sh- looking little package. "I've brought you something," I said. "Do you want it?" She stepped over toward me and reached out her hand and took it. "That is â€" " she began. And then ' she read the name on the label : I "Matrimony Vine." I And what do you suppose she did? I Womer. are the strangest creatures land do the oddest things. She looked j up at me and she burst out crying, things .'icnt down from the city for her â€" music, and books, and candy, and lots of flowers. My mother heard the gossip, of course, and she saw that 1 didn't go to Ellie's any more on Sunday ni'Jfht. She didn't say anything to me â€" my mother knows nie pretty well- â€" ^but she kept cooking all my favorite dis'n i , , , . ,. , , i i- i es for me, and trying to t<K,<, mo upjf"'' ''V ^»"»' ^'"^« ' ^^'"'^ '>"''''"'^' ^'' with the things I liked the best. If *'»f"^ able to laugh at anything, 1 in my arms, and- thing WHS all right, ' ever ! I (The End.) -<. "- â-  -and â€" «n'ery- forever and I'd been think I might have laughed ul her notion of healing my broken heart with waffles and spicod peaches and almond spongecake. But, believe' vVhv Not Make a Service me, 1 needed feeding uj.. I was los-j ^^J '^°* WlBKe a oervice ing weight right along. j WagOn. They talked so much about work: ,f ^,,^ ^,„^ ^,^„.^^ ^ ,|g,„ ,,„,,, bemg an anodyne m trouble. Jt j^n 1 1 j^,,,. ,^gg^, ^^„,, ^ n,,^ .g^,^^ ---not in trouble .ke mine. I flung ^^.^^,,,,, „,^^. ,,,, ^^ ^^ ,i,^,^ „,. „„ ,.^^ myself on those old law books, and 1 j ^_^j ^^y,,. „ ,„,,„ ,,^,.p«.n,,y. This Is studied like a son of a gun. but there ^ ^^p^_,|_„jy ,,.,,^. j, ,i,e arlicio is an old- wasn't a minute of the time that i f^^,,.^,,^, ^asbsland with a fram» Ellio's brown eyes didn t look out of:^^,,,,,^,, ,,„.p^ ^|,,^, ^ t^^.^i ^.^^^ „j the page at me, and when « wa.sn t ^ ,,„^ ,.,,,, ^i^^^.p,. „, „,g ,^p g„j ^,„,^r ju.st crazy to go round to her hou.s,- ; ^ ^,^.^^^,,.,. ^„. p,a,r„,,„ „,j„,„ ^,x inches and iKvg her to make it up. I ^^^^^ ,^^, f^^^^. It did one thing for mo, though.; ,„.m |,„i„ i„ ,i,el,>g» for easy-mo-- Whon 1 went to take my bar oxam , |„jj ,.j,^,^.,.^ „,, ,,p,,p, ,,|„ „„„p,, „„g], I rode through with flags flying. And ^ ^.,,gp,,^ .^ ,,,,,„, ,„„,, ,,^ „^,|pj ^„„g, the chief examiner wrote, a letter to „,,. f,.,„„ „,. ^„t|,.^,j, ,„.o,„„t, if ,i,ere Judge tlordou and congratulated him j ,^ „,, fniineworh almul the top. The ,on having prepared me, and said j ,„„,j., ,.«(,,^ ,„„,,^.« „„ pm,.|pi„ i,anUle; , such nice things about me th.nt the ,f ,, ,„ ,„cklng. u similar pusher may ol.l judge rumbled with joy. | ,,^ ,,,^,,^. ^ ,.,py,.,. ,.a,.,,e,„er would , Hut It was dust and ashes to mc. , ,,.^ possibilllles In a diacunled baby Here I'd expected to be the happiest .^.^.^.j^^p handle, bnl the amnleur mlgW fellow III the world when 1 got «d- j n^,, ,^1, ,||fflnill. The drawers will mitted to the bar. It didn't give mei,,^ ullll/.e<l for crumbor. extra napkins ' a thrll. Even leaving the hotel and ' TH^ BOLERO DRESS IS SMART. This bolero dress is decidedly smart, yet quite easily fashioned. The skiit has inverted plaits in the front and is joined to a front bodice, while the back is in one piece. A bolero is at- tached at the side seams and falls in gracefiil folds in front, and the long sleeves aro gathered to wru^-bands. A wide girdle fastens with a buckle in front. 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Patterns aent bj return mail. taking my place in Jnilge Gordon's office and having everybody come around and wish me good luck, and tell ino how pidud of ine tbcy were â€" and our folk.s in town were mighty kind -why, I hardly took any inter- est in I nud «llv«r. A I'oat of paint or vaniLsli then coiiverls the attic relic Into thai which every woman wants. "A Stylish Dress for 15 cU!" It help* a lot «hnn a woman is wise to home dyeing. Old, fadml dresses made the iksw colom oT the hour. Just aa perfect nn any profiksHloiml dyer could do It If only you'll use rral dye. It's e«sy to DIftiiinnil dye dof.ens of things, and do wondorful llntliiK of underwear and all dainty i>li-c(>s I7»lnx (nio dye i* the secret. You laii IHa- nioiid dye all your curtains and crvers. I » - â-  -i scarfs and spreads; any iMaierl.il, Hnd'''l>''«k to her, to tell her how I fell, to rlRht over niher colors Ho eiisy, irslln'g her to Ut me conic biu'k on any, fun! answering them with any i projier gratitude. 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