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ISABETL CHAPTER T. “Why, Frank! You're back again and safe!” The young woman in mourning held out her hand to the chauffeur, 1y aunt wrote you were ” prisoner in Germany." “It's fine to sce you, Miss I turned the chauffeur. us loose after the armistice,” He hes- Mated, “I—I'd like to say, miss, that we ail felt something terrible—the servants, 1 mean-—when the news came about poor Mr., Tudor.” He shut the door and, ¢limbing in behind the wheel, drove down the village street. Ifay's s9ft Dblue eyes Iad blurred at the reference to her brother, but she winked back the teurs determinedly. Sandy Cove was onc of the most exelugive of summer colonies and Fay looked at the superb estates which hdd once been so familiar with a sense of bewilderme Everything secrmned just the same, 18 she had remembered it, and there ap- peared to be a subtle, angible dif- ference. Could it be merely her nerves again, those wretched over- taxed nerves which had driven her from her reconstruction work in| Prance? She leaned forward impuisively. ¢ aunt and cousin; they are lwlh‘ well, ank . “Yes, Miss Fal?" I'ay sat back once more. Dear st yet O STRANDERS i could conjure sion of him, Mrs. Tudor rose,= " 1 did not mean to touch upon your brother's death so soon after your return, but I think you may be glad to know that Wilbur's friend brought all his things to us, and they are in his old room now. The Key I8 on your dress- up a flecting impres- Warren who “Did you was Captain brought them?" Fay asked. like him?" “We did not even meet* him, We were up in the Berkshires when he came, By the way, | fancy we shall have a crowd from the club for tea," “Please, Aunt Clara,” Fay protest- ed, “you will let me escape, won't you?" “But they will be so disuppointed!" Laurel exclaimed. “Seecing them in stiff off calls of meeting than if they all paid condolence. If you put them there will be talk.” such an informal way will be easier | this me I feel like finds hersel( smiled, “Silly, fsn't 2 \ ‘No, | don't think it's silly,” he responded, “You've been living under such high pressure that this seems | unreal, as though you were looking on at some pleasant-mannered com- edy on the stage “Yes, that is it!" “1 want to talk to urged suddenly. “Do you know, I haven't yet got over the shock you gave me just now? 1 can never quite realize thut you are actually grown up, even when I read about the citation from ( ral Petain,'” “We heard about you, too, Ilhrirn " ay seated herself. “Our |unit was at the very last of its re- |sources when your train-loads of food came!" | ‘Lam glad it was of servic ton paused, “Well, upon my worc Mrs, dor's voice sounded from the door- way. “When did you arrive, Ken? I'm glad you found but you've kept the whole crowd waiting for Aages out on the lawn,” | "I'm sorry.” Clayton rose, | The next hour was less of a trinl to I'ay than she had fearcd, for after i'hl‘ first flurry of greetings, the cen- versation returned to the current gos- sip and the girl was content to sit back and look on, That evening after her (cousin had departed with ton to a country club strolled into the library She extin- guished the lights, seated herself by the open window and looked out over the sloping lawn to shadows which marked the clump of trecs surround- ing the tea-house. So it had been Captain Warren who brought Wilbur's things home. He had come to gee her in Paris on his first furlough after her brother was Killed, and she recalled him as a tall, self-contained man, with kind- !ly gray ecyes. She wished that she bhad been at home here 'to receive ing duncer of who step a suddenly | out ™ Fay | Al ifay exclaimed you," Clayton over ' Clay- Tu- aunt and Mr. Clay- dance, Fay R For Constipated Bowels— Bilious Liver The cathartic-laxative to physie nicest your bhowels when you have Billousness Colds Indigestion Dizziness Bour Stomach is candy-like Cascarets, One or two BOY SCOUTS DROP Headaches SELVES FROM TROOP Novel Idea to Keep Up Standard--| A system pline themselves, their scoutmaster do it, vised and is working succes troop 2, Boy Scouts. Recently the boys held a meeting at which it was decided that a con- wsi would bg condunted hetween va- trols, éach patrof getting two points for attendance, one point for punctu- ality and five peints for every hoy who appears before the court of hon- or for a degree or merit hadg Pince Tree Expects To W The patrol which wins the contest will get a free trip to the scout camp | site near Rainbow next summer. Members of the Pine tree patrol hela a meeting the other evening and de- cided that if either the Raven or IFly- ing Eagle patrols won the contest, the whereby the boys rather than has been de- sfully in disci- have | |or gripe like | found troops. V6 e ET5 10¢ 19! tonight will empty your howels com- pletely hy morning and you will feel splendid, “They work while you sleep.’” Cascarets never stir you up uts, Pills, Calomel, or Ofl and they cost only ten cents a box Children love Cascarets too. If he falls to pass these requirements he finds himself suspended for thrge weeks. At the end of the three weeks, if he has not shown any prom- ise of redeeming his record, the boy, according to the rules' of the roop, automatically drops himselr from the rolls, Five Boys Out Although it has meant nation of onc patrol, the plan has succeeded in stirring the boys to Egreater efforts, So automatically does it operate that five boys who showed a lack of pep and interest within the past few weeks, have themselves outside the the elimi- of New Sacred evening, Troops Heart of Jesus scout executive Walter . (‘ook was present and helped a new troop. IFinal organi- zation plans will be completed Tues- day. Charles Abell is scoutmaster, Troop 0 Reorganizes Troop 9, of the Baptist church, is being reorganized and the troop com- mittee has appointed ‘Norman Ber- tini, scoutmaster. Mr. Bertini is an active member of the scoutmasters' training school and is expected to do big things for the troop. Training hool. The scoutmasters' training school, | At church the last EXAMINATION FEES PAY FOR HIGHWAYS Fnough Money Collested to Make Needed Repairs [ Hartford, Ieb, 27, Enough maney | to build two miles of improved high- wiays was collected last year in fecs | for examining new applicants for op- | erators' licenses, it was shown vester- | day by figures of the motor vehicle department, The tota) received from | this source was $46.772, ns compared to $70,004 taken in during 1920 in| such fees, Under the law this money, | like all other fees, fines and forfeit- ures collected by the motor vehicle | departizent, must Le turned over to the state highway department for re- pairs and replacements, With the 8201,362 collected in fees for operators' licenses, a total of $368,134 was paid to the state last year by operators alone. This would be sufficient to build twelve miles of improved highway If but the money will he used to restore io nor- | mal condition roads which were forced to suffer during ihe war ‘when oils and other materials and fabor were diverted to war activities. A fec of $2 is charged ‘or the ex- amination of each applicant ‘or an operators’ license who has not held such a license during the previeus | year, Some people have been under | the misapprehension that ihe fee, which is usually paid 10 the ‘nspector, ts rgtained by the latter, but the in- spectors are paid regular jalaries and | all fees must be accounted for and | transferred through the state treas- ury to the highway department. About 21,000 more aperators licensed in Connecticut in 1921 in were | than | VITALITY! VITALITY! VITALITY! Have It To Keep Your Your Friends, Your Happiness, Thousands of thoughtless people needlessly let themselves run down in health, The day comes when, with a terrible shock, they suddenly realize that they are permanently broken in health. For your own sake Kkeep well, If you feel weak or run down or do not sleep well or are ner- vous and have a poor color, don't walt until it is too late Gude's Pepto- Mangan taken with your meals for a few weeks will restore your good health, give you renewed strength and vitality for your dally work. The healthy life is the only happy life— do not let it slip from you. For thirty years Gude's Pepto-Mangan has been helping people who were run-down back to good health, It was made famous by the medical profession. Sold by druggists in both liquid and ablet form. Advertisement. e aa———— —— ] collected from these additional oper- ators accounted for $42,000 of the $66,772 total collected by the departe ment for examinations. Various oth- er examination fees brought in the remainder, You Must Job, CASEY TO COACH TUFTS EL/ Medford, Mass., Feb. 27.—The ap- pointment of Edwin L. Casey of Na- tick as football coach for Tufts col- lege, was announced today. Casey was formerly chosen as & member of the All American eleven in 1919. He will succeed Dr. Willlam H. Parks and will introduce the Harvard style Aunt Clara. Her uncle's widow was as close to her as her own blood, and JLaurel, her cousin, had been like a little dark-eyed, vivacious sister. The car swirled up the driveway, and halted before the steps of the “wide porch, upon which a slender, white-clad figure stood. I"ay had only time to note that the piguant facc scemed as childishly ) 3 paive as ever, before her cousin fold- 7 | ed her in a tense embrace. e ; “Oh, Fay! Fay! 1 ‘thought transport never would get in.” ] . “Laurel, dear!" Ilay Kkissed her 1 warmly, and mounted the steps to| | meet the gracious figure advancing | toward her. Mrs. Tudor was thirty-seven and | looked twenty-tive, with the delicate tender irregularity of featurc which| just escapes actual heauty. FEve . thing about her was pretty blond hair and soft blue the rose-leaf skin, which cent of the slightest linc. giriishly slender figure moved a slow rhythmic grace. later, during the meal, her aunt and cous i It secmed there was a strained note in Laurel’s vivacity which betrayed a nervous tension. She was puzzling over it when the remarked: ‘Yo haven't asked about any of the old erowd. Fay. Now that the men are back it is like the old Sandy Cove again.” 3 “Mr. Clayton and others are staying at the Country club.” “Mr. Clayton?" Iay quickl “Yes. One of the dollar-a-year men Washington. “He been magnificently gener- ous!” Iay's eyes glowed. T shall be glad to sec him again!” udor glanced across her niece and smiled quite the same as ever,” she “Plays abominable bridge and talks shop. “Oh, mother only abuses cause he is as insane about during 1920. At $2 wach, the ices LEny B of football at Tufts. With a start her thoughts me abruptly back to the present and |she leaned forward, Had something moved there Lencath that clump of trees? ; It must be simply her nerves, which peopled the shadows. With a |shrug she sank back among the cush- ions, and her mind reverted to the captain once more, | Suddenly she was aware of a rust- |1ling in the shrubbery directly beside the window and without warning ace appeared within a few inches of her own! It was a white, drawn face with | disheveled hair and eyes which stared wildly into hers for a moment, while she held her breath in surprise and terror. The riest instant it had disappeared, and there remained only the night Ibreeze rustling through the shrub- bery. Pine Tree patrol would furnisa the “eats” on the Rainbow trip. Inactive Poy Fires Himself This troop recently devised a way of checking up on bays and keeping its membership up to” the high stand- ard which has made it one of the ieading troops in the city. The boys of their own accord, devised -a set of | rules, whereby each boy must | at least {wo requirements a month. under the instruction of I‘rederic 1. c I y, is drawing to a close and will wind up its affairs on March 13, there being but three more meetings on the program. The school was organized January 9 and has been meeting Monday evenings at the Central Jun- ior High school. There are enrolled men as follows: corge 5. Peterson, Cleon George K. Talbot, William 8. War- Iner, Howard P. Vermilya, lLloyd R. Rogers, Horace D. Greentield, Warren Hale, Jarl Elmgren, John L. Hall, A Emerson G. Morse, Curtis Christ, Clarence Nordstrom, Norman Bertini, Allen Nilson, Walter H. Stanley, Thomas Jones and Charles | H. Abell. I R. Gilpatric, the scout council, self as well pley a A. Bell, that o e s, FIERY, ITCHY SKIN QUICKLY SOOTHED WITH SULPHUR WAS A WHITE DRAWN 'H DISHEVELIRD HAIR. FACE 3 Ity demanded. “Well, they'll think it queer of you! Cervous breakdown' is such an cla term “Laurel means, dear, that they will think you are really ill, when all you need s a good erest,”” Mrs. Tudor in- terrupted smoothly. ay passed her hand over her eyes, “I am a little tired. 1 think T shall rest for a while if 1 am to meet these people later.” Fay's tired nerves relaxed in the dim quietude of the room which she was to share with Laurel. As she picked up her hand mirror for a glance at her halr, a key on the dressing table caught her eye and she put the mirror aside. The key to Wilbur's room! Taking up the key she made her way to the onc closed door down the hall and, unlocking it, paused upon the threshold. Her cyes strayed to the mantel, and with a little exclamation of sur- prise, she drew nearer to it. A hand grelade, a “tin hat,’ gas mask! Then all at on called what her aunt had Captain Warren had brought Wilbur's things home. She touched the hel- met with tender reverence, and took | up the gas mask, but the dark :;unns! him be- [ypon its case made her recoil, and her as|the full horror and desolation of heps .ri Laurel laughed, but there|joss swept over her. voice s she hurried on. “Jack Hunt-|remove the traces of her cmotion in ington is at the club—and Harry |the determination to take up her life Cadmus.” again_among those carelessly happy | (00 (0 50 HCC BIE 10 Ko draw She drew o people below as soon she could. [0 uble raw materials. Development mentioned the As she came down the stairs a few SR T IR EET, atern Bolivia | eyes scemed to minutes later a man standing in the is cxpected to be one important re- sin's, but Iay hallway came quickly forward. el e quietly: “Oh, there you are, C'ara! | “1g he?" voices out on the Jawn and was Hlarry Cadmus! about to—" e forgotten his very cxistence for more | He paused as the girl advanced an than a vear. How heartbroken she|hcld out her hand. B had fancied herself when the big test| “How do you do, Mr. Ciayton? came and he had frantically pulled|Am I so very much like my aunt? T wires to obtain an assignment atam 4 home rather than face the hazards| “Miss Tudor of active service! With what hotcovercd from scorn had she ted frem him! And!hands cordially. now it was with aifculty that she|turn?" vice-president of expressed him- tic with the school. and 5 ) PHILIPPINE POPULATION s inno- Her still | with W Native Males and Females Almost Equal in Numbers, P. 1., Feb. 27..—The male and female population of the| Philippine Islands is almost equal inl numbers, there being only 134 more| native women than men, according to a bulletin issued by the census bureau | and just made public. The men num- ber 4,715,485 and the women 4,715,-| CHAPTER 11. The next morning, when Fay awak- ened, she was ready to laugh at her own fancy of the night before. . Her 1 overwrought imagination had y d | ritated her strange tricks since her nerves | that had given way, but never had her visions taken so startling a turn. The pallid horror of it, and the staring, almost maniacal, eyes were like noth- ing she had seen in a human being: it could only be the stuff of which nightmares are made: Continued in Our Next Issue, Mentho-Sulphur, a pl soothe and heal skin that or bhroken out with e coverced with ugly rash or s rough or dry. Mothing fiery skin eruptions so yuick- ¥& w noted skin specialist. i'he moment this sulphur prepara- tion is applied the itching stops and after two or three applications, the ma gone and the skin is de-| 619, lightfully clear and smooth. Sulphiy According to is so precious as u skin remedy be. |there are 2,59 cause it destroys the parasites that|690,901 uninarrie cause the burning, itching or disfig-|the islands. urement.. \Mentho - Sulphur always heals eczenia right up. A small jar of Mentho-Sulphur may be had at any good drug store. v studied Mikilss native WARNING! ‘Say “Bayer’’ when you buy Aspirin. 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The road would connect across the |border at Yacuiba with the Argen- tine system and tap territory in east- ern Dolivia from which it is cxpect- Fourth Annual! AUTOMOBILE SHOW STATE ARMORY MARCH 1-2-3-4 It Is Going To Be A Wonderful Show AFTERNOON AND EVENING New Britain Automobile Dealers Association the room as she | and her her cou-| | responded | qifick breath Jast name, burn into merely heard Just | Jray actually had A Keal Hfj—lflow Cub 2 z | THAT'S FINE| TANE = WHAT] O, WE TAKE UP DD YOu VARIOUS INTERESTING), DISCUSS ) “TODAY ? BY MARRYING HAROLD MATTERS FOR i At beRa D\SCUSSION ) WE! L, Well =WHAT D'YA OH, TODAY WE: DISCUSSED WHETHER BETTY WILKINS WAS MAKING A MISTAKE complimented THIS AFTERNOON T The :omer re- his surn and shook “When did you re- new 1 FEEL) up ? SO UPLIFTED, J T ED? 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