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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1919 HOTEL TO OUST £Q Rach LOUNGE LIZARDS} (i) Rasimr-Pxrerson Co. a < er ath eaiday vba saeve. Soon ies SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STRE by Vernon Goodwin, g manager veer ume are core : OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS of the Ambassador Hotel system Sowrhing and bleeding. van howe Rachael Hrecke c ity a da married to a man wh more tor hie wine and bie 1?-rear | June wins meann will be uses to de Pesrrhea, cocatied Riczw’ Die ’ Brecke . ughter, ter nickname " vel aland ay |e 100 per sara Re cra tn a Ti ridge home: Rachect eit " “d, 80d of be her's married life in California ta eck | the worat offenders are well known Dbealth, We are the Dentists Age, sick with over . are men who habitually hang ™ the Northweet who apectalice im this dreaded disease = Examt s her age there were a;bald—a man who had traveled, who] joy would stand in her bright eyes ation and ertimate tree Spectat t detached Englishmen in| knew people of title, know books, and) They had seme happy days are taken of children’s teeth. wr jourth and fifth » re |manners, and guages—that he! happy hours, in the frat new Reasonable discount to Unica | mittan: n, family scapegrace ould marry an fertaker’s daugh | being together men and thelr families, " . » banished to eter in Los Lobo It was unbelieva Gerald's map or by relatives who re /bie. Clara's only mingiving during| early cause of anr nee to Clara has not been worked out. Many of why, he was even a little, felt his arm about her, tears of actual teat lane ag pene re not guests of the house and do little more than stare at the women who must pass thru the lobby. There are some women who must nate favorite lounges on the mez Al work guaranteed 15 years t was hinted yesterday rita as e|her short engagement wax that the would not have objected to cook . : eat gossip, and ‘ would disappear like a dream. She ling for a farm “hand”; that wt bu regular arrived quarterly arrying ber new allegiance to Ue) mers’ wives. ut Thomas w might get some sleep, I should think . these gentry, who had only to drink, | point of laughing @ little at her own | pritish, in al) that makes the British | !'™ going to hang around until some Dentists Jeep. ards, and demoraline the ple: the layer cakes her mother | opjectionable, than his master, and |*Ft of @ family Jamboree in over girls of the’ country, Here and there! for the Sunday noonday dinner; | Thomas wan quite decidedly addicted|! O'clock—your mother Insists tha INC, them, to be sure, were pink handed, freckied «wain Wholte drink, He never thought of wip-| ¥® bave dinner—and then I'l) go out to the rawnch, But I'll be In in the roing!” 608 Third Ava Cor. James St as fresh and sweet a 4 on her your mister in the ing @ dish, or bringing Clara in a t somes under which they sp, moonlighted winter evenings! bucket of water from the w He Phone Elliott 3633 horses, but for the most/and the fact that her father shaved| ate what abe set out wu ‘Girl!’ said Clara, apologetically whimate eprecatingly, her weak migrants were dissipated. |in the kitchen. kitehen table for him, three times a linging loyally to tt A few weeks slipped by, and C y, chatting pleasantly enough of | older country that | duly confided her youth and inno |iune farm, the horses, chickens, and had discarded them, and scorning the and her roses to her English Hours FM am tos pm Bundays, 9 to 12. c lightly to him ¢ garden, if Clara was in an Dhilo — agrant and inexha , “ husband, a little ashamed of the wed siabl but ff, busy at the| ave @ row of jolly little welcome, Th were, as a class, si-\even a little doubtful of her parents’ | table, she was inwardly fuming with|CM4ra, having east her fortunes in his with her lord, was faithful to him nt, only voluble on th ject of |nandsome gift of @ birdseye maple | resentmer aks aiaahinte It’s the neglected cold,cough, (“007 Soluble 08 the sublect of handsome gift of a piwre acral zistence. | ru every breath she drew. But be despised country adop | bedroom set and a parior set in UP | Thomas Id be silent, tee, an tender throat or tonsils, that , ately non-committal | holetered cherry would presently saunter away, aturt.|fore Rachael's first crying, feverish debilitate and leave the | ly i stories. But far] On her side she accepted every-ling his pipe, without even the com ile | cuasnee Was over _there had their credentials, |thing unquestionably: the shat mon courtesy of p his dishes to at | disposed to serious germ on and girls everywhere &c | tle ranch house that amelled of Wood | pether for her washing. Thomas held|Fanch. ‘Thoman was gone, and ¢ nd exhausted with the heat ee ses. he . n smoke, and tobacco amoke, and dogs ie conver r t ter aceent and some | the easy scorn of her old friends an they idled a Hila, a young woman 4 9 thing of an English arrogance. her husband's part that so soon alien | would hear their sman.|0f her mother’s nelecting, to t 4 So Clara Mumford, a rose of a ated her from them; the drink (hAt| servant glept in a small shed detached | “! 1 wash and carry In stove wood cream-skinned, blue-eyed, and o-|ahe quickly learned to regard w from the main house, and there were Ps “9 managed them all, Ge he ts ent with the terrible innocenc uneasiness and distrust. It was NOt! times when he did not appear tn the | DAbY and the maid. Perhaps at first he village girfhood that feels itself so | that Jerry ever got really Intoxicated | morning. At such times Gerald with she was just a lttle astonished = y | wise—Clara, who knew, because her/but he got usty excitable, Irritable }& pot of strong ¢ * Ukewise dis rg gl husband as easily managed ; a be taken at the first sign | two older sisters were married, where even tho quite In control of BM & appeared into the eabin as Ela and far more enaily managed | Of lowered resistance, cold or babies come from, and knew, be-| tons and his senses : ,|_ “Pore old rotter! the husbana|than Rachael. Gerald Vairfax wa» e rea es a e ro) rons The zi 3 cause of Alta Porter's experience,| Clara was a good cook, altho notl would gay, generously, “He's a de. | *Urprined, too, lazily conceding his a # energizing virtues ~ cae ' th vert an her fond mother’s Ittle | centian sort, don't you know? 1| tered little wife her new and ener : ‘ that girls—nice girls, who went with |as expert a 4 cert, doe - eH 's bring essential Jone thru the high sch tutions and inne t manipula canter aay, pe old * an ¢ v with a mental reservatior oe and help to Ito temptation and be F ara|tions during their engagement bad/ino an awrully good turn once--and| ! n ahe wan strong and well Th t W. H E A d weakened system. ~ lonty felt in shyly announcing her | led Gerald to believe, But she loved | tnae again and the child less a care a e ave ver rrange f a jerald Fi : please him. dQ when fushed 4P4) Ciara inferred from various hints| things would be as they were, Bu Give Soott’s a trial. engagement to Gerald Fairfax, tt ’ ve h . y down some esp Clara, once in power, never weakened ‘un al Dr a English army. und hed inet Thomas, |fr & Mmontent again. Rachael grow Two Thousand Four Hundred Percale Bungalow Dresses and and befriended him, or been be. | UP. @ solitary and unfriendly, yet a * |tritnded Ue nine, siithat period ot hie| tactful and diplomatic, ttle ‘person Marguerite Aprons Go on Sale Thursday * nad been too d jaumphant she pt that Gera had ones been in the Govtt & Bowne, Bloomfield, Nj 00 | Peat this perth eee totes fe Aegesggtnnr bese pevaieees collage lay Ol bag Macamrmenlae clltgsc Bie wag ap eociatame ut nat o the little|0 the ranch. She early developed eee Canna Cocca taver|® Great afmiiration for her tather In Three Groups— | epoke of his old home or his connec-| #94 & consequent regard for herneif sats thate, sad to draw what|® ®Uperior to her associates, She ig er ar ao tree wat | ir eh 85c $1.69 $1.90 tien that all h relatives were unbe fourth year, and rema her ° bet evably eminent and distinguished, | T’ndmother’s great favorit Li the least of them superior in brain|® Constantly | t : —We bought these aprons many months ago, at extremely low prices, which make nd achievement to ahy American | erandchildren . , possible this remarkable sale event now. Prices look now as though it will be a long ever drew the breath of life wan aie hae eee en Me time before we can duplicate these values. It will be wise to come early and buy 1 dayy; her young cc as many aprons you will need for “gifts” and your own wants for several months. heat and dogs and| Were bewtldered them , mfort. in the over-|fespect and fealty they ytel 7 Plain, figured, striped and checked patterns in a wide range of attractive color- ing prayer that the coming |espite the contempt in wh ‘ ings—trimmed with wide bands of contrasting material, or with narrow white and hout whose advent Gerald, at | held her affectations | self-piping at the neck, belt, sleeves and pockets. Clara had never been and scorn and dig And presently t Thomas ance of coc and schoo noyed, had later been #0 gen good natured, might prove a| Woman and, married to an —Plenty of the popular slip-on style. Plenty of the coat styles that many women Gerald, living uncompiainingty erory ashe had little enough prefer. Plenty in neat Marguerite styles. this dreadful little country town,|% child of her own. But Ruse, # F , endaring Western conditions with at hn a ae —Just in time for Christmas preparations. Aprons that will cover your best frock oe ey ae A Jovins Or coer fr wala ‘dae, tke tes nicely, from top to toe, or you may wear the apron itself as a dress, to work in. be seriously disgusted, ehe|ford"—Rachael's great grand : Aprons in neat Marguerite styles that slip over the head and button at the waist, knew, if she gave him a daughter, | —-ho taught the child her catechism doing away with all strings. je ¢ © © © © ¢ © ¢| Whenever she could get hold of that) a F 5 , “Aa girl?” Clara stammered, her | restiens and lawlens little girl —If you like to give practical gifts at Christmas time, here is an excellent opper- eyes on the doctor's face, her panting | Rachael had great fear and respect tunity. In these three price groups: little figure lost in the big outline of for her greaterandmother, and her mother’s spare room bed. She | *¥erything that was fine and good in 85¢ $1.69 $1.90 managed a brave emile, but there was | the child instinctively responded to a bitter lump Im her throat. the atmosphere of her little home. It A girt! was an unpretentious home, even for - eer rs: And ohé hed ‘been ss brave Loa Lobor:; only a whitewashed Call-|+) nis we'd better be there,” but she sweet with Jerry, who had not ¢ rnia cabin with @ dooryard full of |) new in her heart that a few months |[——— up dave of wait 1 flowers and geraniums, and pun:| night find them all beggars | Is, and marguerites that ty, weak 3 | No Christmas Gift Like It! od the three PAVE mn her agonies, as beca ¥ , blossoming, and gon on one and the ram bush. The narrow paths were ou Her father bought her a loose, big. noft blue coat in San Francisco, and! }| a dashing little soft hat for the|}| steamer Rachael never forgot there garments thruout her entire life. It\])} mattered not how countrified the gown under the coat, how plain the ||! shoes on her slender fect. Their|}} beauty, their becomingness, their! [} comfort, actually colored her days. For $20 she was transformed; she knew herself to be pretty and pic turesque, “That charming little girl PIANO—Player or Reproducing Piano Thursday night, and this was in the|no bathroom, no light but the kero: | © esd 7) pe selgt ipl eee ae Ae ae ek but the ‘anmait| inher foone, noft biue coat, with a THINK what pleasure—what delight—what a musi- cal treat, such an artistic instrument would mean in your home, in your own family circle, this Christmas. Her mother bent over and kiased| kitchen stove. All the furniture was|!ck quill in her soft blue hat. her wet forehead. Mra Mumford's| old and shabby and cheap, and the| England received her wandering and choose the piano you desire from our complete stock. | “Right here! I'l) let him tn for a| She read the Bible to Rachael and ¢ring to crossexamine him, when s healthy, normal little cour «ir she waa! Fate owed her a non, she had done her share, she had not| lined with white stone ale bottles flinched. And now—a girl! Fresh | turned upside down and driven into/ tears of disappointment came to take|the soft ground, and under the! the place of tears of pain in her eyes, | rustling tent of a lilac bush there| She remembered that Jerry had aaid,| Were three or four clay pots filled a few days before, “It'll be a boy,| With dry earth, There was a railed of course—all the old women about|Poreh on the east mide of the house, seem to have settled that—and 1 be | With vines climbing on strings about Weve 1°) cable Cleasin Mareld it, and here the old woman, clean Nothing can compare with the real lasting value and enjoyment-giving possibilities of a PNR DENEN NEA NAR vite oagp pag ° fn sauce; sometimes she picked ing her husband any of the jars of birth extremely v nd she re|& s in her own garden| life, was keyed to frantic anxiety lest joiced in the making of a nat ‘Such a r baby, darling!’ ehe| pudding, but if her children brought|had come back. Clara met the fow nd s made herself a rice! Jerry be unappreciated, now that he whispered, “with her dear little head | her in a chicken or a bowl of soup) men to whom her husband intro Jal covered with black hair! Neta’s| she always gave it away to some duced her tn London with feverish * | dressing her.” poorer neighbor who was ill, or who ¢®gerness; afraid—after 15 yea “Where's Gerald?’ the young| Was “nursing that great strapping *4Y One word that might sug mother asked weakly. aby.” own concern in Jerry's future, quiv big kind face was radiant: #he had|antimacassars and pictures and tea-|*0n coolly, but Rachael never knew already ur small grandsons: this|cups old Mrs, Mumford prized so|!t. Her radiant dream—or was it an was t firet grand-daughter. More| dearly were of no v xcept for ing?—went on. Her mother te ‘that, the waves Was wet here sclation’s make. Rachael's great-|% neat, faded, querulous little woman, he Med beus cantons % pete Amother lived upon tea and tohst! ¥ » one great service was in spar No waiting, no rushing, no worrying. ; El moment!” There was a satisfaction exhorted the half-belleving, half-|they were alone, as to what had been THE STYLE YOU CHOOSE i|in Mra, Mumford's voice; everything | ashamed child to lay its lessons to| Said, and implied, and suggested. WF wan proceeding absolutely by sched. | he rt é IE pisses |, Nothing definite followed. ‘Ther * ¢ ‘ ‘ fs le. “And just as anxious to see you| “Your Ife wil be full of change!lived for a month or two at a de - is set aside for you and delivered at any time specified eiiyou are € nee tanh” be etter, | nadiee plaature.|theep wil be suany|ghttul, rvone’ oerdlag ; bause.“ta $11.95 wil buy @ dandy warm . 5 : These aa wer temptations and much responsibi ndon, where the modest meals c during the week preceding Christmas. Sei memes ond oro. She Said tha ROMER NOM LOlR Wome ap - ee *“Y Blanket Bath Robe at ee cay teas Pie a eisai Sen ee ee MacDougall-Southwick’s, to give “TI than any pageant, any opera, any so. | Wickedness of the world!" sullied her pretty hands with dish é © 8, g ne No Matter How Great the Demand or how serious the shortage is later, you are absolutely sure of getting your piano. AN INANANTS PAN OF cial distinction could have been, ‘To chael, pulling the old collie's| Washing. Then they went to visit | [| Man” untold satisfaction the year comfortably, soothingly lead the|«iIky ears, thought nothing of the|“Aunt Elsie” in a suburban villa for |f/ trembling novice thru the long expe-| wickedness of the world but much of | Several weeks, a visit Rachael never through. |rience, to whisk about the house|poxsible change and pleasure, She|thought of afterward without a mem: aia |capably and briskly busy with the fa-| hoped her aged relative was right;| Ory of stuffy, neat, warm rooms and millar paraphernalia, to cry in sym-| certainly one would suppose Granny |@ kushing of canaries’ voices. ‘Then |] | pathy with another's tears, to stand | to be right in anything she said. jthey went down to Sussex, in the de- Other robes range In price—$12.50, white-lipped, impotegt, anguished| The time would have swiftly come! licious fullness of spring, to live with |}| $13.50, $15.00, $16.50, on up to $32.50. thru a few dreadful moment. and | whe hi child's changing ro several othe erso: fark co! TERMS AND PRICE, CONSIST- then to sate, and. rejoice, nd ‘re-| would have found no room for this|try. House, where “Cousin Harold” assure, befor the happy hours of/ association, bu before Rachae as a a there ch odorous , ,, y ENT WITH QUALITY, MOST : and feeding, and cuddling | 12 Granny waa gone, the littie house, orepe and a‘funeral, Cousin Harold Here's a Very Practical REASONABLE FOR CHRISTMAS this was the greatest satis-| with its few poor treasures shut in- evidently left something to Gerald. ||| Christmas Suggestion Push slane Piano G, Clara, afraid in this first moment| only a year or two later a far more Mediate problem. Hot weath pame } —From the to face hia disappointment, felt in an-| important change came into the girl's 4nd, they went to the se 4 ng came girl's sed Men’, 's Second Floor Shop Manufacturers Wholesale Retail other the most delicious reassurance| life, She had always disliked Los Lo- 4M efficient relative called Ethel, and Seattle Store—1519 Third Avenue aN ANDRES and comfort she had known in| bos, had schemed and brooded and Ethel's five children, La back in months. Jerry, taking the chair by| fretted incessantly thru her child. London, Gerald said, in his daugh the bedside, was #0 dear about it!/hood. It was with astonishing de ter’s hearing, that he had made The long night had much improssed| light that #he heard that her parents, “rather a good thing of that little the newmade father, They had had| who had never, in a financial sense, ame of Bobbie's. Enough to tide us “The Store of the Christmas Spirit” coffee at about 2 o'clock—-Clara re-| drawn a free breath since their mar- Over—what? Especially if the Dick membered wondering how they could| riage, who had worried and contrived, 1¢8 ask us down for a bit," he had sit enjoying It, instead of dashing|who had tried indifference and “dded, | | the hideous cups to the floor and| bravado and strictest economy by! Th | 1 rave f etext econo , ho Dickies did ask them down for ||) rushing out of the horrible enclosure | turns, had sold their ranch for almost a bit. They went other 5 es. Ger ac oud Ld oO ¢ NAAAD of walls and curtains—and as he bent! $2,000 more than its accumulated ald made a little money on the races over her she knew he had had some:| mortgages, and were going to Eng-, made good thing” of this, and pee stronger since—but he was so! land. | "turned a bit over on that.” Weeks | dear! It was a glorious adventure for made months and months years, and SECON r c ow, , vt ade o y 4 d ECOND AV AT PIKE ‘Well, we've had a night of it, eh?""| Rachael, even tho she waa too still they drifted cheerfully about, J) he sald kindly. Funny how much] shrewd not to suspect the extreme Gerald happier than he had ever been | ]) | aREN jone takes the little beggars for|hazard of the move. She talked in|in exile, Clara fearful, admiring, 11) iar until It's one's own that) Les Lobos of her father's “people,”| at ease, Rachael in a girl's paradise. | kicks up the row? You've not seen| hinted that "the family, you know, (Continued Tomorrow.)