The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 15, 1920, Page 7

3 . ee ee } Columbia ' Grafonola | : THE SEATTLE STAR--THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920. HORACK ANNESLEY VACHELL Copyright, By H. A. Vachelt SON sy ONE is a test for the ear, not for the eye. The glorious voice of the Grafonola can sing r its own praises far better than any words we can put in type. Before you decide upon a phonograph you should: certainly hear the Grafonola. Test its tone by ear. Play any record on any Grafonola— whenever you wish and as often as you like. ufragh ia Dorothy's NOW GO ON WITH STORY beat (Continued from yesterday) CHAPTER IV Her Son He was baptized George, after Dor. othy’s own father. From the first the baby adored her. The child clawed at her heart strings. With divine audacity be demanded love- |love unstinted. And Dorothy was no niggard. “L\love you,” | the tiny pink ear, traction!” This happened three months later. when spring was abroad in Brittany. Then a bolt fell, Richard Gasgoyne had perished. A white man stag gered into Sierra Leone. Before he died he described the aftack upon the expedition, the massacre of companions, hin own eacape and sequent sufferings, There were pa: graphs in the paper: obituary notices of @ young man of brilliant promise. A tamous soldier expressed his pro found regret; tha, greatest editor in the world observed that such men as Gasgoyne were scarce. Dorothy coflapeed utterty. Susan, looking very dour, scowled at all the | world, expecially the baby. “What are you going to do now, Miss Dorothy?” Our door opens with a welcome. UPRIGHT AND PERIOD MODELS Priced from $25.00 to $900.00 TERMS IF DESIRED | Pushs Jane Piano G. 1519 THIRD AVENUE Victor and Columbia Records she whispered fnto “I love you to din representing an incresse of 25.4 per| RT. REV. E J. O'DEA, Catholic cent since 1910. P. lati Gai Easton, Pa, with 23,813, showed a| "0D of Seattla, wrote Wednenday w ‘Apefl 18—A gain of 18.5 per cent. os to the committee in charge of drive ing to the 1920 population resuits an-| Few men have falth enough to |‘? "ise debt on St. James cathedral, nounced by the census bureau today,| leave their umbrellag in the vestibule | COM#ratulating them on thelr ef. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. now has 35,000, | of a church. | forts. Poughkeepsie Shows eA Gooo What If You DO Drink It Morning, : Noon and Night? What if you do drink GOLD SHIELD Coffee morning, noon and night? No harm is done, for really this cheer- ing beverage is good for you—actually a necessity for your complete enjoyment and comfort. It nourishes and invigorates—clears away the cobwebs that form in busy brains that too much work has fagged and stressed. Of course GOLD SHIELD Coffee is unusual. It couldn't help but be. Its delicious flavor and rich aroma come from the super-roasting process and the method of scientific blending that oth- ers do not successfully imitate. Leading Grocers Recommend Gold Shield jig i Roasted, Packed and GUARANTEED by Schwabacher Bros. & Co., Inc. IMPORTERS AND ROASTERS OF COFFER Seattle's Oldest Business House | Poor Dorothy, miserable in mind and body 4 irritably: “Ot I whall bring the ehild up as my own courne, To this Susan replied with one word: “Lor'!" Some five days later Motra Cur ragh rushed down from Paris, Her astonishment and exasperation when she heard the truth may be imag ined. “My poor Dell, you are crazy! Do you know what the world will say? “Why should I care what the world saya “They will any that thin ehild—that Dick Gasgoyne “The world, you say, Motra, believe that Dick's son is mine? ts your will “Of course—"* tl | “Then I accept the world's ver.! dict. His #on loves me. He is mine minef* At these words Motra Curragh whom her enemies stigmatized a heartless butterfly, b burst into teats. Dorotty comforting, after all; and her eyes were quite dry Later Lady Cur ragh asked an important question “What will you tell your poor Aunt Charlotte?” | | “Molra, how understanding of you |to know I can’t tell them everything. | It would be like throwing mud at | Dick's grave.” “You, yes. And the pompous ‘I told you #0; I warned you, my ¢ jthy. © © © But still, something | “Half the truth—eh? I can write {that I shall never marry, thit I have adopted a child, that I propone to call myself ‘Mra.’ I must expect red-hot letters, but they will cool crosfing the channel, It is #0 comforting to remember that both uncle and aunt are the worst sailors in the world.” Next day Lady Curragh returned arts © pleasant orchards of France she time to reflect dispnaanionately upon what Dorothy At parting, she had whiep told you before that you are a heavy enly fool.” w Moira clenched her fists and her teeth. In spirit she was groaning out: “Oh, Doll! Dey Doll! you are a fool—and that is thy I love you som Within a month Dorothy moved to Champfleury, a pretty village not far from Vouvray’ Here she found a small furnished house standing in a pretty garden, which she took on a three yearn’ lease in the name of | Madame Armine. . The reasons which constrained her to borrow @ name are fairly obvi Fed but they were fortified by the elmingharn letters, which streamed across the channel for a fortnight, and then stopped suddenly. When Dorothy received these let ters, her first tmpulse was to crons the cAannel and to comfort her uncle with the baby’s birth certificate Doubtless a wiser, more worldly young woman would have done #0. The temptation to clear herself of a sRNameful imputation was strong. but her loye for the child, her love for the child's father, was stronger. She realized clearly enough that all the truth must be told. and, in faney she would hear the pornpous condem nation of Sir Atgustus y dear Dorothy, the story you have told me only fortifies me in my own good judgment in having shown an unfor tunate and, permit me to addy un principled young man the door? Lastly, the adopted child of a spinster would excite endiers gossip. A shadow would envelop him from the beginning. When he was old enough to think intelligently he would ask for details about th mother who had abandoned him A foolish, an indiscrest, a short sighted determination was reached by Dorothy. She was furious with her ar Doro had predicted—they placed the worst planations, And she was too young, and too sore at that moment, to for give them, or to try to look at her act with their eyes, She replied cold. ly that she had nothing to add to her first letter, faithfully the opinions and judgments of the world in which she had lived hitherto, Dorothy determined to drop out of it altogether And 80 it came to pass that Dor othy dropped out of one circle of ac quaintance into 6 one, which, with cepted her as a with a beautiful dent means Long betgre this the masterpiece could say “Mum” and “Min.” He called ,Dorothy Mum,” possibly an imitation of Susan's “M'm.” It is certain that “Mum” was the first ar. ticulate word the Wonder uttered Later he christened himself “Min,” presumably an abbrevjation of Ar- mine. Two years had passed when an English spinster had come to Champ: fleury to pass the winter and to im prove—so she told Dorothy—her French accent. The spinster’s name was Mirehouse. Miss Mirehouse was in ane out of Dorothy's cottage at itt? once a day, In return for such small cour tesies as occasional meals, the loan of books, a nosegay or two, Miss Mirehouse was punctilious in bring ing Dorothy the Ilustrated London News. One with hand. As she h widow 1 indepen: day Miss Mirehouse arrived the paper in her cotton-gloved 4 it to Dorothy, with the usual keep It as long as suits your conyenience,” she added: “It is more than usually in teresting this week, There is a re- Let's go eat at Boldt's today. YOU are a moth- er, see THE END OF THE ROAD, tell daughter what then your you Saw. An the train bore hér thru} relations because—as Moira Curragh | construction possible upon her ex.’ Because uncle and aunt reflected 1 | | view, and wome interesting pen and ink “Mr.—Gasgoyne—?" DOWNSTAIRS STORE Smart Out of All Proportion to Their Low Cost Are New Taffeta Frocks at $24.50 : LL the old-time witchery of Puffs, Plaitings and Rufflings and Sashes is revived in these Spring Frocks—all the more interesting when considered in connection with this moderate price. The Taffeta is of the pliant, lustrous quality that lends itself particularly well to the vagaries of fashion. There are draped-bodice effects and boleros, with long or short sleeves—colored stitching, braiding and embroidery for embellishment. These colors to choose from—Gray, Tan, Copen- hagen, Navy, also Black. Particularly good values at $24.50. FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE sketches, of Mr EALERS tell us that many people infer Vacuum Cup Tires and “Ton Tested” Tubes are high priced, assuming that quality and Aigh prices naturally go together. To the contrary, they are very moderately priced, due to a perfected factory or- ganization operating in a plant utilizing every modern improvement and prac- tical labor saving device, and marketing under an independent zone selling sys- tem which makes possible highest quality at economy prices, Compare these prices — standardized net and uniform throughout the United States—-with those of ordinary makes. Pay no more for Pennsylvania products —do not expect them for Jess. Adjustment basis— per warranty tag at- tached to each casing: Vacaum Cup Fabric Tires, 6,000 Miles Vacuum Cup Cord Tires, 9,000 Miles Channe! Tread Cord Tires, 9,000 Miles PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER COMPANY Jeannette, Pa. Afterward Dorothy wondered that| that Miss Mirehouse must be Gasgoyne’s | she had been able to speak; but, altho| ing of the other Gasgoyne, the book.” Ned name struck her with violence, Ther quick wits apprehended instaritly