Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1927, Page 29

4 welfare matron of a large depart- | 3 ont store, and—but where was | 7 ng Fone, student at his own old | r / THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ] Uy D. Darling, just then coming down the stairs. “Oh. has Toddles been bothering you? I'm so careless. I ought fo keep | her on my floor strictly, but when I'm |busy I forget. And then I suppose |she wanders all over the house. though most of Aunt Marilla’s cat heles have besn pasteboarded over." “Cat holes?"’ Yes. This was my Great-aunt Ma. rilla_Darling’s house, you know, and she had seven cats. and she had cat holes—little round holes—cut in the base hoards of all the rooms, o her pets could have the—not ‘the freedom | but of the house, and THE EVENING STORY |3 time. You have heard me speak of Mr. Sherburne, Dora.” | Young Fane's place at the table had | Ohe |been beside Lioyd Sherburne, who | now looked down on a dainty golden | | head—while that piquant perfume | | made his head reel. Of all the But in the morning he decided that he must have heen misiaken. And |Pets could ha just then he met Miss Datling floating | 9f the cits down from her top floor wever where she | inte 4 ally the suit case cramp out of his arms 5!‘,’,‘.‘,",‘,.',!_r,':,',,'.',",‘:::,’: ,:Ey',':(\- Iong. And | (p i Ceven temporarily, deprived of Then he made a dive for the broad : down with | ji004v and the pursuit o ppiness.’ *"Iun. couch by the door. But he [her! No use—it was so! \!"*;"'hgl‘””;“ pursuit of happ! “'rabounded as it he had alighted on a | But how it G S OOy P bed of nettles instead of Mrs. Carless ‘;.W- e o ae AR, AL Bew S couch.” The pillow: to which he | There was the littla round Rad barely touched his cheek was | tur warm. Warm in the center, where ‘Was & neat. round dent, as of a dainty h8ad! He felt it with his palm. Then | woulq, hd laid his cheek against it. The slow [ idiot! or rose In ' that usually cool and | ‘Rut every afternoon N f-possessed cheek—a faint, hewitch [turned from his ofice that pillow was fragrance had ingratiatingly | warm and dented and perfumed’ [uted his nostrils. | Tt wore on Sherburne. until one aft 3*What the [ prmoon. atter an especially trying day He rubbkd he came home quite devoid of his on applied al ptimistic and expecta to the dent q,‘».p "‘”Yk“rn nmam of rattling the key pre than thers was ans diliking it avenel 1kt doer: ....11. I and was too piquant and at the same | (GG 008 N D W, He ne ton delicate and dainty for mis : 4 had determined not ta look that ®ing or disliking—or ignoring pillow again, let alone sniff it. _But he “The chosen by id look at jt—first thing he did murmured Sherburne | there. exactly in its billowing ce Be just think it? He was not was a golden fluff of in he felt his face grow hot. |blue eves, dewy with just relinquished he | Sleep. Rut those eyes grew twic he |big as the little ereature | presence, and with a light | was off the couch and under it hurne was down beside tended vellow tail d when he peeped under | He dashed out the door streak flashed from nd and with a sprang for the The Mysterious Intruder. H, but it's good to et home —even if ‘home.' just now does consist only of room and bath!" Lioyd Sherburne droppe fl8 heavy suit cace, hang! with a big | igh of relief, flung his raincoat over & chair, threw his cap at it, Kicke Bis rubbers at the radiator, and went through a series of gymnastics to get hesagos shut inte any one in the name of common | ghe stand week of mingled bliss and tor- | pyme followed Llovd Sherburne Any person who would not feel bljss |2 the Soclet? o Miss T .I.H,,“..:_‘Are Your Potted 5 e Plants Starving? The limlted amonnt of €0l in a pot ean hold only a small quantity of faod for your piants. When | this fond becomes too scarce your plants grow straggly and wither, and fin- ally die of starva- tion Plantabbs contatn all the food required by forne, begonias, geranjum and other poiied plants. One tablet sach week will keep them growing fine year after year. ATl florists, druggists and seed dealors sell Plantabbs. Thay sell for 25c, 50e and | $1.00 per package. Professional size $3.50 Fach package contains full directions and many holpful hinte on growinz potted plants. Insist on Fultows Plantebbs. the dis \ppeared, but | | FULTON'S . Plantabbs e en? hall | ODORLESS PLANT FOOD TABLETS Mfd. by Plant Products Co. Baltimore, Md. protec e for when iny his reflectivels nos experimentally i | perfume Simp! Pull irself together Rrowled Te that .r»\\ led Thera can’t have heen any herwise, in this room v s the only person likely have been here. Oh. 1 imagined the Whole thing—the perfume and the warmth! And the dent —well, Amarylly My have set the =ay, the lamp globe Wn on that cushion when she was usting. Pretty heavy, that globe, | Natural canses.’ of conrse And yet | ~—" He leaned forward again and | tested the “dent” by the sense of feel | %€, and also by the olfactory organ. | T was no longer warm. But that perfume—it was there! No doubt of that! He was sniffing the pillow again when the half-hour-warning for-dinner Bell rang, and he straightened up guiltily and dashed for his hath. Rut he could not resist ene more sniff befare he went down to dinner guilty flush was still on his cheeks or &t least he felt so—when he entered dining room. Ah, good to see his fellow lodgers again—a topping lot, far as he knew them-—and he feit that he knew | them pretty well. The old doctor. | | With his wrinkling smile: Dorne, the slectrical expert; Prof. Bart and his | young son, motherless: Miss Kane, the interior decorator: Mrs. Deering, epring it Sher Hard or Soft Corns— Corns between Toes You'll | right off—root and all—without any | pain or soreness. on that sore, | A tiny hottle of “Freezone” costs touchy corn or callus. Instantly it {only a few cents at any drug store stops aching, then shortly vou lift | sufficient to remove every hard corn, that bothersome old corn or callus | soft corn, or corn between the toes. Hurt? No, laugh—so s le! Just drop “Freezone™ not one bit! hool? "Mg) Sherburne, meet my niece, ora. Darling, just home ‘Trom France. My. niece takes Mr. Fane's place, since he had to go heme for HOURS, 8:45 to 5:30 PHONE MAIN 1294 fl, Dulin & Martin Company 1215-17 F STREET 1214-18 G STREET FURNITURE CLEARANCE reduced prices from 10% to 509, Off We List a Few Items to Illustrate: _TUXEDO CHATRS IN BROWN .. _DECORATED MAPLE —DOWN-FILLED BARREL. 3 hole through which Toodles had made |slon of them all—with the owmer her leisurely entrances and her (prob- ably) hurried exita. “one. greatly? sort of mystery to me—how she did it Bother me, Toodles, and cushion ad 1ib: herself of | Sherburne. run the risk of being accident. | later, AND FIGURED TAPESTRY. Formerly $75.00, now CHAIRS IN TAN DENIM, DOWN —LOUNGE FIGURED FILLED. CABINET, 2 DRAWERS AND 2 SHELV Formerly $137.50, now.....$68.75 CONSOLE CHEST: RED LACQU OVER SOLID MA- HOGANY:; RAISED DECORA- BACK CHAIR IN FIGURED SATEEN, Formerly $85.00, now......$55.00 —FRENCH SECRETARY, MAR. BLE TOP AND BEAUTIFULLY INLAID, TION. Formerly $225.00, now —FRENCH VANITY HOGANY. & Formerly $78.50, now.. Formerly $150.00, now....$117.50 Formerly $350.00, now. .. ..$11250 —PDECORATED MAPLE IN MA- TABLES. —~FRENCH MARBLE-TOP TARBLE, INLAID. Formerly $45.00, now. . ANTIQUES Many of the pieces assembled in our .. $22. interior Decorating Salon, Third Floor at 509 Reduction ANTIQUFE CHEST OF DRAW. =+ — ERS IN WALNUT. Formerly $235.00, now... ANTIQUE GHAIRS, Formerly $30.00, now. ..., _ARTIQUE - LACQUE! MAHOGANY CHEST. i Pormerly $250.00, now....$125.00 | EM. ED : | | 11750 | .$15.00 t —ANTIQUE MAHOGANY FIRE SCREEN. 98,75 4 Formerly $125.00, now.....$6250 —ANTIQUE MAHOGANY SOFA TABLES. Formerly $150.00, now. _ANTIQUE _HIGHBOY, PIRE IN STYLE. Formerly $197.50, now. NOTF, All Furniture items not specifically re- - duced are included at 10% Discount, VAIONDAY. JANUARY 31, 1927. SHOOTS DAUGHTER, THEN |¢rtnk,potson Sacura just tired, ke 2 #. TAKES POISON; BOTH LIVE : ‘coulany Teave Tl et Mha sald she did not remember shoot- |ing her daughter. but sald she plan- | Takalor2 AatiKamaia Tablets and | ned to give her poison hnl-h Peine !mn rheumatiam, besdaches, o, Mrs. Frv sild shs had no financial | neuraigia.sciatiea, toothache. | troublea and thera had bean o trouble | etc. Rellgve woman's patas: and i 3 | between herself and her son-in-law. | Bervousness. Preseribed bydoctorsfor. | Asailary in hand> tins, 25 ceats. Mrs. Oakley is in a critical condl- | ._“.“, e - tion, but Mrs, Fry probably will rv»‘ Rollef from Pains and Aches thrown fn. And to this day Mrs. Lioyd Sherburne does not know of Mr. "I suppose Aunt Dora forgot this| Lloyd Sherburne's week of mental tor- Rut has Toodles annoyed you|ture, aithough that gentleman pro | T-—I'm sure she has.” | fepsem to helieve that me: ol have | ” Lloyd Sherburne still stood | no secrets from thetr wiv Tired of It AIL" Bays 1il Mother | g—as the lady told him later— THE END. in Explaining Her boy caught in the jam closet. (Covsright. 1827.) s | P2 F i By the Associated Press. “No-—oh, no, no! But it has besn a $50,000 Contract fur Aimee, NASHVILLE, DES MOINES, January 31 U®.— (11l health and a d Almee Sempla McPherson, Los Aa-|daughter behind eles evangelist. announced accept prompted Mrs. Hattle He ‘nn 000 contract to write ot her daughter, Mrs. Hillf Hide of fou ont nd sermonattes for newspapers, f four mon and I should say not! avail yourself of my Miss couch ’ Toodles never again availed any belongings of Lilpyd until. not many months | her mistreas took gleeful p But Strawberries are grown then |one of the United States in n\ary4 J ro:omonoaonomonofii—&o=o:==o=ot==or~o==o=o==u=o féiruary S a/e Our Your home—the pride of your life, the joy of your existence—make it embody every comfort and charm you can give it. Make it a real home for your family, and do so at little cost during our February Sale, the source of noteworthy bargains for all home-makers. Our Extended Payment Plan Will Simplify Your Furniture Buying! 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