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THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, BiG TiMBER COPYRIGHT BY BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR AVTHOR OF “NORTH OF FIF T‘Y-THREE AUGU oo eS STORE, PINE AND WESTLAKE NEW Paterson Co. SECOND AND UNIVERSITY PHONE MAIN 7100 The Special Price A Remarkable Value in (Continued From Yesterday) CHAPTER XXt An Unexpected Meeting | The formatly worded wedding card of June. enough, for She managed that eanily|of hin career, too | the business takes me to Victo That'll watinfy the and let us both out, I n't be taken by Do you mind?” | impatiently awaiting | portant rather dreading the pub |ria and so forth onventions was becoming day Why tm Sam Hill can’t a man and &@ woman get 1 without she great card for managers to curtly override her wishes Almost © whe realized tt a drawiy called you so you we Juni arri all this | surprine ‘ arrived in due course, Following} was at hand. Linda wrote again| tum he complained onc “Why Of course not,” she answered tn-| close came a letter from Linda Ab-| urgently, and Stella took the night | should we make our private affaira alstantly, “Why # ia 1" J bey, & missive that radiated friend: | boat for Vancouver a week before | #p for the whole town There was a yliness and begged Stella to come &| the wedding day, Linda met her at | eipally becau mamma has! Wel ho sald at last, FE. Dp ¢ 0 B . week before the date the dock with a machine, Mra, Ab-|her heart set on a spectacle,” Linda} know how you'd foel about tt oe. asemen ‘ou're going to be pretty prom: | bey was the essence of cordiality| laughed, “she'd hold up hands! way, it will only be for few min ' inent is the public eye when you| when she reached the b Abbey | in horror if she heard you. Decorated | utes, and it's unlikely to happen sing here.” Linda wrote “People yuse on Vancouver's aristocratic | bridal bower, high church dignitary rain.” * " 1 alle a r are going to make a to-do over you, dahta.” where the toeal. carital’| Gridbematan, ‘avahe hee aya AG ag Meets the requirements of thrifty shoppers. Unusually attrac- Stella the hook It lacked room put the recelver back on and looked at her watch. A quarter of two, In the} adjoining, Charlie and Linda jubiiantly wading thru the rag” in @ pasmable so and baritone, with Mra, Ab-| bey listening in outward resignation. | Ever so many bought for quick our store. have mentioned you since the announcement was made that you'll sing tive special offerings are made on merchandise disposal through the channels of this department of on to show off it's done in and all, Mamta ii iden, at's the | ists, all those fortunate climbers en riched by timber and mineral at the Granada con-) wealthy in a decade thru the tl woclety, And the jcertn I'm getting’a lot of reflected | Coast boom, segregated themselves| They both giggled, as at glory as the fut sisterinlaw of /in “Villas” and “Places and | mirthful secret 4 rising singer, So you may as well | “Views,” all painfully new and some Shall we tell her? Linda nodded come and get your hand into the | times garish, striving for an effect toward Stelia | social game in preparation for being | in landscape and architecture which | “Sure,” Benton maid. ng fl —Special purchases of merchandise are secured at very low prices fussed over in July.” the very intensity of the striving | you had.” jStetia aut soberly for @ minute,| | In tho same mail was a charac | defeated. They were well-meaning | “The happy comple will spend thetr|{en Joined them. | and are sold at a small margin of profit, thus keeping our base teristic note from Charile which ran:| folk, however, the Abbeys included. | honeymoon on a letwurely tour of the| “J&ck’s in town," she informed ment al s an interesting shopping place. | “Dear Sis: | Stena could not deny that she en-| Southern and Eastern states, remain-|them placidiy, when the ragtime “As the Slwashes my, long time T) jo.0q the luxury of the Abbey |ing for some weeks in Philadelphia “He telephoned that Specially Priced for Saturday at crown | Be way ymoon,” some —Every article offered is at a special price and the quality is thoroughly dependable. were prano song “I thought Ixpasm en © was & utes ing yo a dropped to snatch a few min see you no. T might have dropped &| menage, the little festive round|Where the groom has wealthy and vo which was shaping about Linda in|!fluential connections. It’s all pre , Important — business | these last days of her apinsterhood,| pared for the payapura,” Linda |°onm > run out and see me Me you're becoming a real noise| sng relished the change from unre.| Whispered with exaggerated nec I could told you that halt | mitting work. It amused her to | behind her hand jan hour ago, my dear,” Mra. Abbey jMusically. How about it? |. “Can't you break away from the | Se’ Witte ereuneé ‘With: the) fakes Benton snorted. responded with playful archnens on and fortune stuff long enough | tra quality pa vaan es nae | “Can you beat that?” he appealed | Mr. Fyfe will dine with us this Sarabelt Tweens invited ty year |aaked her to sing. They made ato Stella a tin | “Oh,” Stele felgned webding, But I'd like to have you at | MUCh, 840 over that, a genuine ad terrae Shel pacer gg eerie. off Pte aed Ke of going lmine, Jack © it's up to you to| mation that flattered Stella, It was | ued, “the happy couple, unknown to} | bi Hoel ge hy Seavaiiens the Fete Po Paley to | easy for her to fall into the mwing | every one, will be spending their days |'oria on resell jet, tae bony... comarevet te Se- St thet tite; it wee caly © tapstag|!s posse and quietness in their hiv making = dash eat attle and pao bfa if you say so.” ~ | eee to the old ways oe i ees arr yy tween Seeatten pe wey atatt She capitulated at that and wrote| But she saw it now with a more , gee cpa tong olga “Oh, 1 hope he won't saying that she would be there, and | critical vision. It was soft and satis Sigg. 4 ie away on’such short 6 that she did not mind the trip alone |f¥ing and eminently desirable to Mre. Abbey in the least. She did not want |>#v¥e everything one wanted without She left Charlie asking pertinent questions |th® effort of striving for it, but a about why she lived In auch grubby | beesing, wheedling game on the part Quarters and practiced such stric |} Of these women, They were, she told economy in the matter of living. | hersett rather harshly, an rincompe Then there waa the detail of ar-| tent. helpless lot, dependent one and ranging a break in her engagements, | &!! upon some man’s favor or affec | which ran continuously to the end| tion, just as she herself had been pe alidosal | all her life until the past few months | Some man had to work and scheme |} pay the bills. She did not know why this line of thought should arise, | | neither did she #0 far forget herself jam to voice these social heresies. But | it helped to reconcile her with her new-found Independence, to put a laa formidable aspect on the long, hard grind that lay ahead of her before she could revel im equal af. | fluence gained by her own efforts All that they had abe desired homes, servanta, clothes, social standing—but she did not want these | p | things bestowed upon her as a favor ’ « by some man, the emoluments of | “Conceited ninny.” Linda amiled.|py fire. | wex. ho reproof in her tone | timber.” She expected she would have to be comradeship and affec-| “Don't be a pessimist,” Linda said SAUCE on her guard with her brother, even ton returned 80 | sharply | to dimembie a littl But she found TS ee Oe | eee ee a ‘TUE GURY CREEL WORCESTERDONE [iin too deeply engrossed In what to /°t UP and left them with a pang Of/now?" Stella asked thoughtfully : Refuse substitutes. him was the most momentous event | °"Y¥, & dull litte ache in her heart. | rhere ways the fire danger tn} — |She had missed that. It had passed |the dry montha That's been a bug-! her by, that clean, spontaneous [4% | aboo ever since I came to the lake.”| ing of two personalities in the big-| «yes, but never like it ts this gest pansion life holds. Marriage and /wurimer,” Benton frowned. “Oh, line before, but you know what a punk correspondent [ am. They tell recy | have murprise. | to Vice He! mad —A special purchase of advanced styles in early the Fall Dresses was secured at a very favorable price. ‘These Greases would ordinarily sell at a m higher price, but we offer them tomorrow at t low price. $25.00 $25.00 A big selection of delightful models in embroidered and Deaded designs of the very latest. In Georgette, tiee as that murmured politely. the re presently penseless to squander money gadding about on trains living in hotels when we'd rather be at home by ourselves, My | husband's a poor young man, Stella ‘Pore but worthy.’ He has to make|lie had turned to the window, star | his fortune before we start in s jing at the biue blur of the Lions ing it. I'm sick of all this rors the I ing {t on because dad has made a pile| “It's a wonder Jack would leave of money,” she broke out impatient-|the lake,” he @ald suddenly, “with ‘Our living used to be simple | things the way they are. I've been ough when I was a kid. I th hoping for rain ever since I've been can relish @ little simplicity down. I'll be glad when we're on a change. Mamma’'s been trying the again, Linda four ra to marry me off to her conception of an eligible mi It didn’t matter a hang about his exsen: | tial qualities so long as he had money and an assured social posi line effects in plain of cord They are made in straight They Overskirta Out ner of her eye Stella saw Linda looking at her queerly, Char of one cor tallored models. have belts and braided trimmed with bh and fancy ‘They are of serge, wipes, 16 to 44. pockets. stitchings. gaberdine and Chine and Organdie in all the most popular shades. Your choice for Square, round ne tricotine. SERVE appetizing, nourishing and enjoyable food at every meal by using ‘The most exclusive pat- Leaerunig alg service in the coun- : A Every bottle is guaran- teed. It is a distinct aid to cooks and cooking. LEA:PERRINS agal “Wishing for rain? Why?" “Fire,” he sald shortty suppose you reallze it, practically no ratn for two} |months. It's getting hot A few weeks of dry, warm weather, and slangily. “I have all the essential this whole country is ready to blow! qualities and I and | aw The woods are like a pile of social pow yo my vings. That would be a fine present—to be cleaned out avery dollar I've got’s in Stella echoed 144 Georgette Waists $5 Each A lot of splen- did Georgette Waists are shown .00 each to- There are many different styles with bead- ing and embroid- ery in the new style necks. Colors are navy, flesh, white, bisque, league blue and sunset. All sizes in the collection, 120 Silk Petticoats $2.95 Each —Silk Petticoats are specially priced for Saturday’s selling. Made of good quality tub silk in green, navy, tan, rose, copen and black. These are most unusual values at the price. 200 Crepe de Chine Waists $5.75 Each Let's go buy Boldt’s French Pas MILLION IN SILVER Is Pe Uptown, 1414 3rd Aves dowm SENT OVER TO CHINA town, 913 2nd Ave. i eae ope ‘BAD BREATH ly a million dollars’ worth of silver , “meen by bullion was taken the Pa | cific Mail steamer Venezuela for How can anyone with # bg ania? case Sole Seattte Agency for Vogue Patterns “I @on't but there's been “Forget that Chartie counseled. Ht have the mor here was only fon, which pure openty and you #0 wuneary) 35 Coatees _ $15 and $25.00 Each —Coatees will be popular for fall wear. A special shipment arrived for early showing. They are made of tiger cloth and black plush with large roll collars and patch pockets and belts. Sizes 16 to 44. —A special purchase of Crepe de Chine Waists, in well tailored models, arrived just in time for Saturday’s selling. They are in rose, tan, navy, white, flesh, light blue and black. Special, each.....cccsccccccccccccceeee es Peed Women’s $5.00 to $8.00 Women’s $8.50 to $10.50 Shoes; broken lines $2.70 Men’s $8.00 to $10.00 Shoes $6.30 Women’s $7.00 to $10.00 + Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps $5.30 Women’s $7.50 to $10.00 Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps $5.70 Women’s $8.00 to $10.00 Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps $6.30 Men’s $9.00 to $10.50 Shoes $7.30 Na went She wasn't that came Women’s $12.00 to Shoes, Oxfords and “ $16.00 Shoes ee 9.70 $6.70 $ sini Children’s $3.00 to $3.50 Women’s $9.00 to $11.00 Shoes and Slippers Shoes, Oxfords and $2 30 Pumps Men’s $7.50 to == aboard derness glow in the eyes of m mating |tur6 of reluctance and regret. Shel ne or org aid set ar thera, bow need Ket face & eeeeed Gk en he did not feel herself hopelessly dread of him, less sureness of her. If I had to ait and wait /**lf, a9 be swung out of the ma-| for each to bring what it would, |Chine and took the house steps with | will ] di l I believe I'd go clean m soon look won — ow. stricken with a strange recurrence seeming comment. I had no choice of the feeling she had first disliked Shout noming to Vancouver, It was|%im for arousing in her—a sense of 4 business matter I couldn't neglect chance for the impression that 1|¥#% no shadow of expression on his | shipment to Shanghai, wanted to avold you. Now, here’s| {ce only in his clear eyes how I propose to fix it. Il come|® sleam of feeling |, om cx who is constantly belebi ing, motherhood she had known, not a8 | wai), no use borrowing trouble, I| " man who has ever Inin passive in defrauded of her woman's heritage: [a man’s arms can ever :again 100k She went up to her room, mood that effortless lightness on his feet| A maid interrupted these eelf-com- that she membered so w | munings to say that some one had ding to be on her guard, of im-| — And as luck would have tt, Abbey Pending assertion of a will infinite-| a ran into me as I got off the train lurked) DEPENDS ON MANNER |__The bullion is consigned to wl t x ry | Yokohama Specie bank and was | out about 2:30 and pay a hurryup),, “Well, lady.” he said at tenth! QF SMOKING, HE SAYS} fiveminute call. Then I'll excuse| “You're looking fine. How goes| nd |heartburn ‘and suffers from indigestion have janything but a bad breath? All of these \ the flowering of love, not as an eager | suppose.” | ] fulfilling of her natural destiny, but| stella rose, as nomething extraneous, an avenue! ‘when Jack comes, IT be tn the: ae ing, & weariness with sordid thing’. |reaq a while.” 7 which she knew now had obsested| put the book she took up lay Idle! her out of all proportion to thelr re /in her Jap, She looked forward to| This remarkable Shoe Sale will soon be brought to a close. Stocks have been reduced sufficiently, and ; a watied’ Gap [tars nat, as, eres, with, sxeubee > eb sete aati the pancrtn indifference. §he may hate him of E Borin c spirit seeking the out- or love him with a degree of intens e . F Pri . merely friendly, or nurse a slow re unk the Lord I"ve got some 4 ‘ again remind you that the new Fall Prices are to be J 3,0 09) 0% 20% soy, sesimest. “ut there In nlwaye ea er, so you are to e ~ - pores, Ban dbk an gb ery entiates him from other men. Stella| stantial td sh till my lfe embrace something more savings on your oe jaseés you s&s than She heard him in the hall, his} deep voice mingling with the thin,| ied her over the telephone, and . . down to the tbrary,|Penetrating tones of Mrs. Abbey.| we or the voice pared for the voles). 4 he came ip had risen, _ " and stood uncerta! at one corner ized it ntly as Fyfe’ 7 2 pry are : taid. “I'm|°f & big reading table, repressing sorry this has bh , but T can’t more powerful than her own, |the beginning. T meant to have it] Ta Gnisaik of your tiie doula. ad) Bet. NE Oe told herself,|that way until the kid—well, Fate} eda gg oa soars evosagters e of mind, and Fyfe put/took a hand there. Pshaw he | 0 It'll look queer, if I ° for dinner. ss up to the table and seated himself|jet's talk about something else turn train for the Springs before|" the edge of it an arm's length! (Continued in Tomorrow's Star) 9:30 this evening. TI accepted with. {Tom her, swinging one foot free.| on uent, 1916, by Little, Brown & Co. $7.30 $10.00 Shoes brought to the ship on four truc! ne e leo! | LoNDON.—(By Mall.)—Whether| Under extra guard. There were 62 Women’s $10.00 to $12.00 $5 30 myself to Mrs, Abbey for inability /@verything?” | ministers should smoke {s arousing | bars, valued at $904,000 e 1 them at dinner—prees of im: Fairly well,” she answered. ldiscussion among clergymen as a Shoes, Oxfords and os Seems vdd, de om and the rest from Virginia City By a ae ‘ a have | cent convention of Methodist min- | other Nevada mines. {stomach disorders mean just one thing = Men’s Boyden $14.00 oie png * isters as to whether it Is Christian- x09 y' $ evon there's no harm done, I im:|2"0 0 miniaters to smoke. EATONIC. the wonderful now stom: 30 be f f int 4 If th ellet ito mth sonenmies Smmiast ee EAT Ms e free from interruption, he » rel rom these stomach miseries. eae) smoked a pipe in his study, but sweetens the breath because it mak $8. a doubt the exceedingly cordial dame had an| ook a cigar to the glory of ns inkling of how thin stand be God.” | . he ox b 1 |tween us, I daresay she'd be holding| ~~ ear) mi nae est c her breath about now." Pi, Pn era you ta : ’ smoked a pipe in Men’s $8.50 to HavanaCigar jsack2” swoiia protested nervousiy, || Signe think i “Well, I have to say something,” $6. 70 flection. - “I can't sit here and just] . look ‘at would be rude, able today is sotto sty smvarrassing.” —— ¥ Stella bit her lip. that special “I don't see why we can't talk) like any other man and woman for}! for that nasty’ taste, congested throat | “beady feeling" after too much smoking. It neglected, Acid-Stomach may cause confessed he | alot of serious trouble, R Jende z aery " insomnia, melancholia, his tudy, but por toe wise for ministers ch. It makes its | of victims weak and miserable, listless, ing in energy, all tired out. It often bi | about chronic invalidism. premature old | a shortening of one's days. You need the help that FATONIO can you if you are not feeling as etrong woll as you should, You will be surp to see how much better you will feel just soon ag you begin taking this wondel stomach remedy. Get a big 50 cent box from your druggist today, He will return yous money if you are'Dot satisfied, ATONIC Regents Park | Women’s $11.00 to $14.00 Shoes $9.30 Men’s $10.00 to $11.00 Shoes $8.30 Women’s $6.00 to $8.50 Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps $4. 70 of éncape from an irksomeness of UY-|iprary, she said. ality. She had never seen that ten-ltnat meeting with @ curious mix-/ i i i But | time to display new fall styles is near. But let us J»: ap pete ee ee ee Tecan make iret now a shyness of him, @ little juat food and clothes and #0- e e s * celal trifling. have time to do it, but none to spare. Prices like these And then the lbrar ry door opened, the line, but she an impulse to fly, finding herself very well avoid it now, without her ease. He came|broke off with @ quick gesture, don't, as I can’t possibly get a re out stuttering rather than leave any|He looked at her intently. There All rights _Fenerved. Most of the silver is from Mex n't it, to meet result of a question asked at a re- Pamps Pe bey 7 rer remedy in pleasant tasting tablet form and $15.00 Shoes Mra. Abbey assured me we'd) “ste aii depends on what you stomach sweet, cool and comfortable. Rev. F. C. Spurr, Why do ike that $10.00 Shoes rf ; Papper to smoke in public, value obtain- remat r a moment's re juorsittting 0 That PORE MUg) you If your gums are sore, sloughing and bleeding, you have Pyorrhea, so-called Dis se, which 18 a menace to good health, We are the only Den in the Northwest who spec in this dreaded disease, Exami- fation and estimate free, Spécial care taken of children’s teeth. Reasonable discount to Union men and their families, { LEMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN MANUEL VALLE Riggs’ she observed. Men’s $12.00 to : a few minutes,” $14.00 Hurley Shoes sizeofFlorde * fee in” ane know why, too, if you sto; $8.70 if Murias ‘ae im ‘the an old Jack Fyfe, Stetta.| much where you are} United Cigar “iro0 a Stores at two- for-a-quarter. . away from everything and made a The superior |trert stare. “You averted vour own individ ity in a fashion that rath. passed on? 1} business setting myself up to think.| : . Girls! Make bleaching lotion if skin is sunburned, tanned or freckled 888 eee teteoteteite feel?” she askea,| “**™ squarely. “If you you must at least you Men’s Boyden and other $12.00 to $14.00 Shoes $9.30 Baqueeze the Juice of two lemons tn. to a bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and) any drug store or tollet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and seo how freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan disappear, and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes, | All work guaranteed 15 years. United Painless Dentists INC. 608 Third Ave, Cor. James St. Phone Elliott 3633 don't rather despise me.” “Neither,” he said slowly. “T ad. mire your grit, lady, You broke quality and size |er surprised me. Maybe the incen-| 7 tive wasn't what it might have beer for that price are | but the resuit is, or promises to be.| je I was only a milestone. Why should manifest at a 1 hate or despise you recognized that and ogee GEO: maiz dsb jundays, 9 to 12, glance. had no be the end of your road instead of} Yes! it is harmless, |