New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1925, Page 4

2 e ey A Wife's Confessional | Adele Garrison's New i REVELATIONS OF A WIFE ¢ Rrgeto ottt SRS T Lillian Finds a Colleague By An Artful Ruse have paid tribute but effective tinued, tel $323232323320332332323232¢ “but will you me how quickest to get places? I've never driven in umton much, and it's so con- nig be so kind as to to Lil- [ th never | Bingl 1 always la did than hos} jeal p ly ago a more scene | [ the inquiry at the | 1 al in Bingh ! yth- [ tun dire atlent, the viet 1 on-existen Cautlol mpatl tions, which I sflently , for 1 knew that Lillian pending upon me for that aid with profuse thanks to the man behind the s hurr outside, speaking no word until | well on our way down the wding from the hospital to enter of the efty, be Alla or o T want is vil- man 1y people’ meme » rushed Into apparently distra news of a Wet Liltian of stricken and manded Amanda employ Smith lage “But > patient by name he tendant of the ght an cou rust in, a e to she sald on this paper who is on the | 1 always carry But, as you know, one of | &= [tha strictest rules of the service fs | gnitiny one member shall never make iry for another. This man fs a corker. however, He did | n serviee during > you seen of a ne ‘han that startled night re “This Man Is a Cork “Oh! but there st L asserted ly, choki plausible sobs, “A n open i m yeom the very “Ha r of my !, o ever him 1| | i | | Phase of i | | to | attendant patiently gave her | | ned to me this eve- Aman mo- carried into taken to the No, but I've studied his descrip- and his latest photograph," she “and 1 that he always n himself, pretty mira know ht trick safe.” w in another two min sald, “According to that s directions we must be near- Iy to our destination T &0 rug store, and then must be some mistake," attendant replied, “for there s Amanda Webster here, But," with an evident desire to be helpful, | /0 B0 SRR 0 el ki n& out that way, | tion of annoyance as wo drew s o are closa. | the ighted windows of the pharmacy ; i C we wished, for there were two or of the few all 100 other belated customers in side, But wheh we enterca, she w casnal enongh, Lillian Uses the Code “We'll have a hot ehocol waiting for the preser A 4. “It will take some ';‘,”r' {o put it up, 1 faney.” Then s a raised her voice a trifle and and ad dressed the pharmacist, an alert looking middle-sized chap his i ma ALl up to n find somett but it migl on That Lillian's obje out the whereabouts druggist without dir \quiring for him, I knew, vet I do not believe the e r would b ined face upor s to find ain tiv ey whil iption,” tir shrewdest forgotten, 1 Seems to me it was Lucas or Lewis—it rewhere in it, I think, in, it might not, re noyed at ically concealed strip of p: in Do you use ‘Blank’s’ chocolate?” giving a name 1 had heard in connection with choco. late, but which was familiar enough to me in the code of the service I that it hich served in the itn H e had a ' but then, It the atter this futility, s it, but picl and a pencil, ‘Tl write and a who a “You may have to ring the bells at that, You'd police station 2lso. “Oh y that Lillian asser mar that the last to see at thi . ‘”\n“v“m you," sl T ant we down here :‘w T ! 0 he e ir night [only th ing ; but nd go nn a qu A e ter go 10 the an- to his imfilar that Til- g his w T saw his b and adjust it in a fa hoth of ug, and T 1 lian had found th (Copyright, 1 ature a man D CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. Thornton W | where ind after on out own at was Man ( for v was vent dsy her do 10 It 5 1 S Mrs, TPadd rangely happy snu ming 1 1 16 1 40, 41, 47 5. Word u; is here b the | Whitefc “Thank you ever . Encrgy. 1. . Portugue . Curses. What Whitefoot terer the NEW BRITAIN CROSSWOI'D PUZ DAILY HERALD, SA' wv-‘ _-(u...J BEGIN 1 Mo a f I cot Je at a ron n has Many which a1 ruce of st in v to nts. Barbara ge girl named Vi wers | reads of violetta € 1 realizes t n e sh To content. Children Deity, Rubber rim to a wheel To animate, . Second note in scale first books. IForced air . Wet soil. . Poplar. 14, Secured. Region. m. Faction, To imitate, : £on Hope. Similar to an ostrich £ . Mother. To loiter. . Turkish moncy Mensure Tnlet sure Ted flow . To serape. Thought. | Bruco \-.n.) th genius. Pavtabla bed ruin him by e of “a. . Odds and ends e iman > money 1/mk4 q fowls. through nose noisily the Manners, enterprises ar a the s Manners of area ave hin of length Barbara rk of Pounda oW To stuft. Tanguishes ¢ in th ndard type measure. | vindow. The To help. tath across {1 dua, Specifying the tincture of the Moon went do who loves another S o To Arir e heard Native me ollecrnan on evoured ing of a dog f Pelt. 67. Taftle, smbnstible One k dog f hion. Irowse, a m reot. Tl of hi Sixth note in light, “iekoo. jot post g instrument 1er, The s} till am scale - {open on her 4 Darl ot her h. A on the table | hands down of compass. again, Vertical A fow, A divoree ) b at on pension £0! pronoun. seated with to. v 'into the hall sick roon all. i em, [ i 377 0| rbara s N2 tened She 1 night nv Mrs. in bed, il 1he merse ide, Thi n't f CO1OR V't have 1 wonder For her > of ev she ough und her yet, 1 tried for me jus where Mrs, Grouse !sliping into ot 3 “What's the 1 A etie’s Christmas || o s member of her fam- | It scemed to that Terror | \. mother's | | the red dus) | \ The older w “No, We own sake 3 know ver 3abs, and B Her cr kept under the hemlocks | crror could mot gt at him,l a bit Tcrror flew away umper came out and at once | a to Mrs. Grouse, On w caught a glimpse of | e Wood Mousy | minute, Whitefoot,” said | lo he k for m arted it, topped with “Wha-what | little to better Wy his hole, squeaky mother {me today | You musn't lIe get hold of ng ing you Goshawk is here,” erled Whitefoot. “Oh, | As if l didn't » trouble din room in his sin low, t you would like Jumper know *erhaps, Bab { But anyhow, now Barbara it , ad, of * squeaked ared you frig demands irrel from You Thank v you course 50 mu. and disapp wer shoulc with ought NGHT LETY DFN PRE A GII'T OF HAM: » Have Good Hair And Clean Scalp :,r-'\.\'u'nrk Wonders ew Shaving Stick. Do arf 5 1 like it and reports it her Lydia goes e to Violclta, GO ON WITH THE CHAL when Baor on on said four betwoen the sheets, omeone Ifawley “Mother dea to eves hite 's heart almost mother's dow Are darling. going to be t down on the bed again PRESCOTT 26, 1925. e T ——— T S, SERVICE INC. HERE oy, . TODAY nch not gloomy things in. | and 1 What's on your min¢ ihis * her mother lowly worrled ab It seems to be you're livir able life, Day after day, tehed you and feared for How long cun you go on like e nd throusi Son a3 erything Ba TR aboul s lifc worth lving.” Mrs, Haw- | , where a prom- 10y sank lower in the bed from the ‘f AT speaking v honey,” replicd “I'm not leading such a Tt's long hours and heavy work, but And you know I wanted | through the hall life. You musn't worry | “Just some big mother." Darbara reached office an hour late. “How come, 2" asked Bob. “Secms to lecting your precious K. stopped at sight of sy They'rc He on down the try! Barbara tore the Black scare headlines told story: “Millions lost in Vale Mar Kkips town with entire bank account of firm. Hundreds of local people hit.” Barbara turned faint. She leaned zainst the door a moment, and hand | ied a her forchead. At | bounded off the steps and ran street. “Wuxtry! Wux- ag villed s v ith her tiance, | them, 1 gots ch on! “tdus true n't stand | s paper open. Tl the in Telograph, in order you i I've you this? that mott, the managing friend her s friends with Bob ormer of n BOTC sing ¢ ronie ma 1k dho sulcide picks room by of the stairs, L3 “What was the extra, Barbara?' lled her mother as she Barbara, hard life. Biarbara Teft in the woman companion my own business ahont Her mother was not listening. “If I should go, Barbara, what would lecome of you? It terrifies me, I'm Dar d to ai¢ of it. You'll be jofned the real « is promoting nmouth project vich refu ale Acres, when 1 pond to her blandish tat: Rey the Vale i Bar- civie me paNy ' » you're ne yee dfro becanse ol oS knocked around with nobody to care ¢ hat happens to you face. It fsn't the old maid part Wells looked up, that is so awful—it's the bein lone he cried testily. in your later yea not having any have you been? plece that belong to you. I'm afraid (hirty. Ly. a box factory girl, | | should not have encouraged you to "‘1 in o has engineored Eive up Bruce” Mrs. Hawley's head 1 to :‘y‘(w;l'n‘ ni‘ I:m ylm‘x‘\, A drooped sideways on the pillow, Bar- @nd get a statement. You're the only bara saw tears glistening. one that knows his story all the Her own mouth tightened. “Listen, | WY through.” mother dear, I'm all right. I'm one | H“‘ was "‘:‘nllin‘r-'r:hrovmhl e abroad. McDhermott | Of those restless souls who can never clippings and did not see ,n‘?‘ ‘,;‘ ’”,‘,l\i:,p r":;,"‘ be satisfied to belong anywhere, I White face. *“Dash over to the Pro- loave town suddenly |7 were tied to a hon A abnan sional Bullding at once and seo it to Mehermott. whe 1'd be Kicking over the trace a you can caich young Reynolds. Get A e s or tvo und golng out for ad- £ome kind of statement. By God, if the first tip on the | venture. And would be worse won't talk, he's apt to be sorry e L e before he's through. e o R will for a statement, Mr harsh—"he's proved what sort hi but 1 won't do by marrying his Violetta. You o to thank God you backed me up in | | that.” She “Miss Hawley," “Where on earth It's almost eight- Young Reynolds was expect- the eight o'clock train, and ts many of it oictia, v letters from a iich she prints n the lovelorn column Brucc's marriage to Stone and a pi i " hom¢ voi 5 ink she \posure, id that hed to for he in revenge back her he Wells starec her, his pipe 1g between his lips. “Cusced little wild cat,” he od under his breath. Bob Jef- s heard him and bit his lips. Darbara left the Telegraph office. As the clevator door closed on her MeDermott came out of his office. “Where did you send Miss Hawley?" he nsked the eity editor. Over to get a statement from voung Reynolds.” replied Well chewing his cigar and thumbing a telephone dirvector “She was late this morning—of all the days in the orld."” MeDermott “Be &he flung 9 walked awn Wike suddenly and turncd v her mother could not her face ut Mrs. Hawley h for her hand. “There's nothing all the world so fearf1) as Joncli- she sald. “We all have ough life more or lezs by Nobody can meet t But just to have who loves us—that's the there is against the STOT R lept little that night. #ec e dark, staring at the °d moonlight erept in a!lin roor, and when the | 1 wn, the room w X is \\)lh somehody only defense cold “hon't forget you won't alws and lovely and sought ht now with the And sometime that there is no- d you or finds when that day She sat 1p in n to clasp and the whistling of the us, his beat, and the hark away. Toward morn ara had begun to t clattered down | sound of the milk the porch and the s milk hottles aronsed vs be 1k he voun paused by the littla careful, Wells, girl's finer timber hat we got in this office. he'll break ene d a4 we'll be out a damn good reporter.” He strode back to his office Bob Jeftries buried his face in his paper. He smiling broadly. n the Professional Building Bar- bara found herself in a crowd that stormed the clevator, Men were ges- ticulating and women were talking in high pitched voices. When the car reached the floor on which the , Stone and Reynolds office hours and , you'll know Who really n le. And I'm afraid.” n and be » her hand i 20k look! lessly do, the window v but she could he hping in the ng the paners than mos con bed at her help. ou want me to ed. “T'd do ou happy. ised her cves tfo were glittering me that if love you'll it, up in bed and foit £ flashlizht rev 1 beside the bed. Th o'clock. She lay wearily mun nise bed her tehed ce ghe was out of und came from 1. Barbara a chair and ran night candle in m intc eve in, take ; turned her head lnrge promise, m “T don’t trust love. And it ¢ some agoin. But T'll always| len were blocking the door of the allo to take care of mysclf.” She Siite. Barbara pushed through the Mty throng and set out for o rear door, e which opened around the corner. ly and Her heart was pounding and her a felt giddy. The door opened in d Bruce came out d and walked wher he T The 1 threw was thrust forwa her will. mey.” d against ared g red ik tole to the and was stirring in us the door oper The asleep on her | restles was sitting ur her head droor r." whispered B: the room noiselessly natt oman raised her head Barbara that her stirred among thing the bed down a terrible in slipped At rae front of her He was bare- as thou was. he coi saw a bara brought a glass of fresh nd smoothed her mothet to get some sleep, mumsy You musn't waste these valu le hours worrying about a malke. | UP on his head. She gave were black coals in belicve bogey. You're going to be | §03p and ran toward him. of the room. Her better soon and then we'll go to all | Bruce did vm} seem to see her. and thin the shows together and have a gor- | CHAPTER XXX she said geous time. I'll never be lonely with | rbara stood in front of him, but . Ihe only looked down. His hands rust deep in his pockets and houlders slumped. She stared at him | ened eyes for s Rarbara | At length he star | his eyes to her face, together as if ognize her Bruce word, he he had ar 1 ha Barbara he lit huskily stopped 50 unfa- you was no answer. a2 went back to bed and to most at Youth and | I demanded their due. the morning, when wole, sho found her mother much ctter. Miss Upton, the nurse, ar- ranged a breakfast table by the bed where Barbara could eat with her mother. Mrs. Hawley was brighter | than for many days, and listened cheerfully while Barbara talked. But sometimes a shadow passed across her drawn face. A newsboy out on the street shout- “Wuxtry." Barbara ran to the ow. The voungster wore the supplied to Telegruph carriers. knocked on- the window and | oned to him met him with nies on the front estate swindle,” d face heaming at her. this morning. ody in town's lost some voice was with large, veral minnte d and His brow n on the hedeide once. around her you fecling worse 1 T call Miss Upton?" oman shoak her head 1 want to talk to you may not have another an: Tig In drew a4 nothing. whispered at last, At | drew back. In aff in- | turned abruptly and back into the office, closing the door in her face. Barbara almost staggered as she turned away. In the front hall, the crowd had disappeared. She opened the door of the Manners, Stone and Reynolds company and found a throng inside. bald little Mr. Stone was standing on a desk trying to talk. Ahove the exclamations of the crowd his hin voice could he heard only ly. “New, gentlemen,” he was saying, over and over. “Now, men."” Parbara | tront ro " she the ant “Nonsense m told neftd night thoughts In a few days sitting up by the ed with Kiki you. Just choked. Dr. G 1w the t these you window, cage beside he b per real and perhaps not nt to talk to you the porch. “Big said he, his Sellin’ Guess money Tiw neces wl and mother's at her rought ahout justed a a s her nillow freck Totta ever) in it aper to the He pushed through Stone rccognized her. from the desk and vy 8 into my c “I want to talk to v, but don't ever fice," whispered. The erow s prey eccaping A to block his way and Bar were, them. They re in his e and the door was shut. Miss Hawle he “don’t blame me for not last night. You know how things are. An ounce of pub- will destroy what chan are of recovery. T still thin ave come tl if the dam alone, T beg your I sometimes swear when 100 quick for e not love her 8o | private oft her for keeping| “Loo 1 that if T ever get | stamme you you have 10| talkin tay with me as long as T shall live. these Somctimes it seems to me, dearest at most of our confiiences, most nderest love protestations ave been made by let- | is not what it should be, I want you here, de: ant vou right in my arm to be able to press my lip: blue-veined eyelid, shut ftly over your beautiful ey t of all, T want to Kiss t draw my 1 T touch them Your adoring h Tell Ruth if I much I would 1 from 1 TR PROM JOHN AT SCOTT TO LESLIE k you red, home a w o sage J to confer s e ther: we'l pres Perie 1 the purc 1g th nd his profan- that Barbara al- the midst of agony. Reynolds and I never e till two days ago. to Chicago to try iled in ng | most st es, | “You o | smelied a me Reynolds wer | get a loan to help out. must have guessed | him and decided to skip before Rey- nolds got back. I'll swear we never ight he'd do it. In fact, we had goods on him so straight T he'd not dare to make a nd JACK lie Prescott to John n Prescoit in for home. doodad is t No woman on earth letter. Didn't quite Syd although he to do something of by little y work. Reynolds and I are innocent And if the public isn't too oodthirsty, maybe we'll save a scrap of reputation yet. You'll try 1p us?" He looked 11ke a bashful child beg- ng for a cooky. Barbara again love you, |stifled the wish to laugh at always Tl try to write the LESLIE T e answered vt or any Will Mr, ma “He will if the for en they wake | h T truth, Mr Rut T can't else. ynolds ody a state NEXT: Clipping from Pittsburgh | sux you can catch hima" Acres. | she went into the house and up | paseed | story, | Telegraph | her | wanted to send you to meet him | of more than a and | after | city | ited, the crowd poured out. | h un- | fled lock of hair standing | T o trying 1o rec- | colzed | to ! Manners | we were, on to | | replied the man. “But my guess that he's gone home, Ie looked so {slck this morning that we tried to | keep the erowd away from him, He's probably sneaked out the back door. Barbara went down the finver | corvidor and knocked at Dirur door. Nobody answered, 8he tricd the knob. The door was locked §he left the sulte by the rear door nd went back to the newspaper ok fice, MeDermott was watching for I through a crack in his door. | d her in. “I'm sorry Wells gave assignment this morning, s Ha Meant to warn him. But sup posed you wouldn't care to have ye 1 or special privilege for you Did you get a statement " laid her hat down desk, “Not from Reyv- ays he und Rev- are both innocent, The office full of angry men.” She seated | herself and laid her head on the | back of the chair. MeDermott look- ed at her with compassion in you thut M Jist~ “Better go home early tonight, d. “You are going to have a [had smashup one of these days if you don't rest.” She looked up and tried to smile. “I guess it docsi't matter,” she said, | “Oh, yes, it does,” contradicted MeDermot “Who'll take care | your mother if you break down | “I don’t know,” sald Barbara dvs perately. Her eyes were far away. | She went back to her desk and st down to write her story “Have yi good hot story Mi: Hawley?" ked Wel leaning over her shoulder. “I'll give you what faets T ecould Barbara spoke coldly. 2 e e | At four o'clock, she called home. The day nurse answered t | telephone. “Your mother seems bet. ter, Miss Hawley. She has had | something to eat twice today and is sleeping quictly now, Dr. Graham {wit n a little later.” Barbara hung up the reeeiver with a lighter heart. “Do you know,” slie 1 to Bob Jeffries, as she was pro- | paring to go home, “if only my mother gets well 'l not ask any other thing of God as long as 1 ive. Just one person in this worll is all T necd. Dut 1 do need her” “Clonrse you do, Babs, and I hop: she'll be all right soon. Believe me I know what it means to be knoeck- round from pla to place, withiout anybody that belongs to you, I haven had even a relative to write to since I was a littie kid, 1t's pretty Lad—and still worse for a £l Girls fust weren't meant to |live all alone.” | “And what about men? The most pathetic persons 1 know are haclh clors past Far worse than oil maids.” Bob only smiled. v o ot | me, et her Her mother was sitting up fn bed when Barbara reached hom fever held color in her cheeks and an unnatural sparkle in her cyes, but she looked better. ‘Hi, there, mumsy, erled Rar bara throwing down a huneh of long emmed o e what brought you The pink re over the connterpane, Hawley picked one up with caressing fingers, | “Why did you do it, Bubs?" she asked. ou have so many ex- | ses just now. It worries frichtfully, Have you heard any th from my lawyer? T ought to an acéounting on my soon. I'm afraid I'm a poor business woman." arha were seattercd bet me V ) have “There'll ounting aft: “Just en looked aw for an she evaded, rOSes NOY 4 don’t scoll ringing them to you.” | 0 juto hier own room to dres: dinner. It was about ten o'clock when 11 doorbell rang loudly. Barbara rush: ! to answer it before it shoull wal r mother. She had spent the 3 ing over her bills and her head ching violently. 7‘!47))’\7‘ Ball stood at the door. cllo, Babs,’ 'he sail gaily. “Come u\ to make peace and to ask you out for a spin. Bob tells me you're } ing hard lines right no and everything." Barbara looked at him eoldly. “It wasn't ne sary for you to come Jerome brought out a long bos. I me of a florist. “Some- g for the sick room.” he sald. . The box was fuil roses and lavender sweet “How nice of you, Jerome 4. “This just about makes up for evervthing. Mother will love them. She called the nurse sent flowers upstairs. “You look dead to the id Jeroms “Won't you ride around the block with me, for a Jit tle fresh air before you try to sleep? I really want fo talk with you.” Barbara looked out at the frosty night. The house was warm, The faint odor of chemicals drifted down from upstairs. Her head was throbbing mercilessly. “I'll go,” she smiled, “but only for |a few minut Jerome was hand- some, notwithstanding hls weary s and worldly mouth. Barbara jen d his masterful, protective the or , ®ickness, and the world,” The rl]:)~t air brought rellef from the throbbing in her head. She be- gan to feel at ease, even young again. They drove in silence for some time. Jerome did not speak of | the escapade that had ended their |last ride together. | Barbara had made up her mind to forget it, “Do you know you're an awfully good kid, Barbara?" he asked. “And {a darn pretty one.” Barbara blushed under the winter moon. | Jerome suddenly stopped the car. He put his arm carelessly around her shoulders. Barbara drew away. just wanted to tell you," he said, “I'm going to be married.” | (T3 Be Continued) Never warm up left-over coffee to serve it again as & beverage. It wil taste bitter, more like a medicine than a refreshing drink. You wiil find that left-over coffee will be very |useful in mixing gingerbread.