The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 29, 1920, Page 9

ad RAIPVSEFL 23 mersom Howse 1919 BY EMERSON HOUGH— COPYRIGHT CHAPTER XX1 good bread as you kin.” lane out-bour Huh! way “Yes, “Why didn't he say good-by, any Ways, when he left Wh, tw x “Went off like he t some: | the thing.” lamn nuisance, Annie, | about it.” Is that so!” Squires. /happy if they wasn't. no we whole wide world his way,” replied wn her sleeves, They had| Ht He's a live wire,| wrath and cook apricots and bacon and fry ham as good as you can, was looking out of the corner | w she was passing from the of bis eye at Annie, witnessing her Ys make you feel that way? Ialn'tever {grandest little man that ever lived ivertised for no wife, have somes to that, I can make just @ 1 alone by hiswelf! Well, here's where 2'll get your chance to be left alone again You ain't gone, yet.” said W calmly ! What's the reason I ain't, or won't commented | there was any to fry, Me, I'd be | be | en in Well.” sald Wid Gardner, rench They're «ling down for a straw anyways, ask ary! moving me slowly over toward a saw horse that stood in the yard, “like enough I n't let you go.” What's that you say? demanded None the Annie, seoffingly enn she anyways. God knows this country} “The gall of you™ exclaimed Annie. | ciowly drew over to the end of an Reeds them rea of tee “Why, what's the matter with thia | “On they're damn country?" demanded Wid “Ain't it all righ 4 . it ain't nabited nuisances, fixed your Til I come here tt) you. Holes? G to see where it “Well, then?” ° ! You can go plumb to, henceforth and for “And since then, ff it wouldn't of all of me, Been for the Doctor yonder, you and . Sim Gage would be sitting down Yet and looking at the burn socks again and saying, "Weill, | wonder how that/agoing to keep Pappened" soovenira Such darning 1 “Weil, if you didn’t like this here/have saw in my born days. said Wid calmly Sountry, now what made you come|couldn’t darn better'n that I'd and with snapping eye. | 64). exclusively with | there by a bum lamp that you had to them socks never! “I ain't had time to bulld-my own | er saw horse and mated herself *| "rl go when I get good and ready mildly.|they? Well, th Ill tel you. I » last night Me setting in ‘Of course, you can't tell much about a woman first few weeks. They put on their best airs th But any I've sort of got reconciled to you around here, I had a r book in my house, Like it says, I first endured seeing you, and then felt sorry for you, and t for was. |“ T ain't never going to wear them Cut out the poetry stuff,” sal “It ain't past noon yet.” “lm for | Annie. If I}house over yet go} now, tho.” Pianny and ut here?” demanded Wid calmly and/jump in the creek. I didn't ask you! “Gee, but you do le easy,” ‘without resentment “You know why I Jamb in there needing me. A/me, that's what you done.” fine sight you'd be, to come a thou} The war light grew sand miles to look at! You and him!| Annie's eyes. “You never did Say, hanging would be too good for|but one pair }to darn them socks nowaya come. him, and drowning too expensive for|/ Souvenirs! Why, one paird last you I suppose you wrap | your whole life you.” “Oh, come now—that's making it} things around your feet in the winter | m dstead, and my @ little strong, now, Miss Annie, ain't/ time, like the Rooshians in th at? What have I done to you tojtory. Say “The Shop Ahead” Where Shoes of Quality for Ladies ARE OFFERED AT PRICE REDUCTIONS A Few of the Specials “THE BETTER SHOES” All $10.00 to $11.00 grades now... .$ 8.85 All $11.50 to $12.50 grades now... .$ 9.85 All $13.50 to $14.00 grades now.... All $15.00 to $16.50 grades now.... All $17.00 to $18.00 grades now... .$13.85 BLACK KID and PATENT LEATHER PUMPS An Offer Extraordinary! $6.85 and $7.85 Formerly Sold for $12.50 and $16.00 WHITE PUMPS, OXFORDS and BOOTS—all the latest in patterns and combinations to s from. SALE PRICE Ladies’ Fine Hosiery A Large Stock, Most All Sizes $2.25 grades hite and bl $2.50 and $ ein ¥ ck and colors; sale pric te and colors; sale price. sale price te and colors black; sale price., um, in black; sale price. LUT OMAR FOR BONY, 1318 Second Avenue “The Stove That Guality Pouilt Spoiled | Annie. That)a perfectly good pair of socks for| ning tiar I ever did see.” strong in ways, all summ you'r way i ed | “You're the am heat run And all my books and things, and pictur dishes.” need “All of your both two tin plates huh? And my other suits of clothes, and devvingport ta and ery thir all, @ gone, Miss the | Squires Is that so! Oh, m |must of been rea | mail | dreams some of th order catalogues in your) "And my cook stove, too. I've just} been cooking out in the open when I couldn't stand your cooking here no more—out of doors, like I was camping out | tf any sheep herder was ever than you two, God help him’ ou wasn't one of you fit for her to of on—that doctor least of t me out here under pre on that she was married happy I find her married to that 1 God whe could see all thin fand see you all, for just one mint Just once, that's al | | “Yes,” said Wid Gardner, suddenty feerious, “I know. There ain't noth » do to square it. But a or expect to have—why, it's free for you ake along and do anything you can for her and your }own self, Miss Annie, if you want to, | even if you do go away and leave us | But look at my land over there.” | | He swept a long arm toward the jwaving grames of the valley, “I've got my land all clear, She's worth fifty a acre an sho lays, and’ll be| | worth a hundred and fifty when I get| water out of the creek to her. I got three hundred and twenty acres un der fence. I been saving the money the Doc's been paying me here Say.” he added, presently, “what {kind of a place is that Niagry place |1 been reading about? Is it far from Cleveland ?* “Not #0 very,” replied Annie to bis | sudden and trrelevi “It's @ great place for yeu ried folks to go and visit, 1 reckon? I was reading about it in a book onct, before my books was burned up.| Seems like it was ented “A Chanct} Acquaintance.’ Ever since, I allowed I'd go to Niagry on my wedding journey. | “Well,” said Annie, judic “ri |been around some, what with floor: walkers and foremen and men in the factory, but I’m going to may, that when it comes to chanct acquaint lances, this here pl has got ‘em | taded suddenriess! Go on over |home and rub your eyes and wake up, man! You're dopy | “No, I ain't,” waid Wid, “I'm ina perfectly sane, sound and disponir jmind. You're getting awful sun | burned, but it only makes you good-| |lookinger, Miss Annie an “But now lemme tell thing.” he went on see you making no | |corporal in there. Plenty |the Army has run away |three, four wives at home } “I don't care n ng about no} man’s past,” sald Annie. “They all | look alike to me.” | | “Well, I Some ways yo girl. Your around th may that about you.| sunburned like Karen Jensen‘s. | |And your eyes—turn around, won’'t| you, #0 I kin remember what color your eyes is. I sort of forgot, but | they ain't much Not that I care jabout it. Women is nothing in my| “Huh! you're eighty if you're a a of | “It's the way I got combed.” | Extending a strong right arm she | pushed him off the end of the saw horse. He rose, dusting his trousers | a ly. “Oh, dear, I didn't t much sinfulness could be pack #o young a life! But say, Apnie,| what's the use of fooling? I got to| | tell you the truth about it sometime. | Like on my flour sack Eventual, | why not now? And the plain, plumb truth is, you're the best the pertiest girl that eve on Montana dirt.” Annie's face was now. “Your hatr and eyes and teeth, | and your way of talking, and your] |way of ng hold of things and| making a home—hs ‘ou been} m™ ing a home | my hatr| turned | 28 people | |here? I told you e to tell| |the truth a t , 1 said 1} j was to blam erything that's} |gone wrong here. I was But Tn} |give you all I am and all 1 got to| jsquare'it, anyw you like.” | “Well, anyways,” said Annie | Squires, drawing a long breath, “1| jthink if you took on something, | you'd see it thru; and you wouldn't pass the buck if you fell down.” | hat’s me," said Wid you,” said Annie. mid that to me right out |here in broad daylight n presence | | of witnesses, four hens and a dog.” “I said I understood you. That waa all.”* (To Be Continued Tomorrow) ““AWhere the best food costs the least. Let's eat at Boldt's,—Adver- tisement, THE SEATTLE STAR Miscellaneous Specials From Many Different Departments 360 Pillow © *, 600 cach weight, firmly Infante’ Shoes, at 6H pr 1 at $1.00 a pair and Hrown Soft ie Shoes, in button 108 Japanese Luncheon and Break fast Cloths, 36 inches square. Specially priced at $1.00 each Second Floor 36 Iicture Frames, at $1.95. frames, gilt finish Regularly $3.30 —Firat Pioor Dressing Combs, at 50 priced at Tbe Heavy 45x38% inches H oll spots, which wash woven swing Regularly Made of white ivory First Floor Regularly First Floor Bathing Caps, at 50 priced at 65c and 75 Music Rolls, $3.95. Regularly priced at $6.00. Fifth Floor Ribbons, at S0c a yard. Regularly 6be to $150 @ yard. 6 to 12inch width. Virst Floor Bag Frames, with chain handles, at 50c. Regularly priced at $1.00 First Floor _—— Shoes For Women and Children 60 pairs White Canvas Sport Boots h coloréa leather strap trimmings at $5.85 pairs Canvas Lace Boots, at 40 pairs White Oxfords 30 pairs Mixses pairs Children's Sandals. special at $1.85 pairs Misses’ Sandals, 11% to second Floor Cotton Mattresses $15.50 Full 45-pound Felted Mattresses, wi Regularly 4, for the full ize, 4x6 width, at $18.7 Fourth Floor cibiintebtinn From the Art Section 1 Dresses on fine Sizes 1 ana 2 Special Stamg Dresses in 2 and 4 year « } at $1.28. Stamped Pique Coats, dyear ize, at $1.25. Stamped P special Five-plece Hats, regularly 50c, Sanitos Luncheon ® 45-inch Sanitos Table Covers, regu: larly $5.50, at $3.00. ASinch Centers, stamped on crash. Regularly $4.00, at $2.00. Polychrome Floor Lamp Rasea, spe otal ak $18.00, —Fourth Floor _ Rug Specials 5.09 Bigelow Imperial Ispahan w h Rug, size 9xi2- feet Sets, low — Imper Ardebil iton Rugs, 9x ot Fine Windsor Worsted W size 9x12 feet. Special 0 Wilton Rug to ve, sine §-3x10-6. Special at $1 $116.00 Seamlens Vélvet Wilton Rug size 9x12 feet, in two-tone tan. with plain band border. Spe 7.80 $118.00 extra heavy sine 9x12 feet Itone sh and 50, Sear Axminster Rug. old rome, With band border, 2 feet. Special at $88 50 Axminster Rugs Chinese effects. Special at 0 Seamiese Brussels Neat conver Baby Carriages Greatly Reduced $25.00 Go-Carts, special at $19.50. ris, spe $10.00 Sulkies, spe $11.50 Sulkies, special $19.50 Reed Sulkies, specis 6 Reed Sulkies, spect an Carriages, Pifth Floor Challis Kimonos, $2.95 Attractive styles of Cotte tn floral designs. Trimmed with satin ribbe In Rose, Copen, Pink, Light Blue, Gray and Wistaria. Chalite, jecond Floor Photo Albums Size 5x7 inches, regularly $1.00, at 6 Size 7x11 inches, regularly $1.50, at $1.00. Size 7x11 inches, regularly $1.75, at $12 Size 7x10 $1.00, at 60c. The leaves of these books aro chemically treated and will not dis color the prints. First Floor dound leaves, regularly Women's Gloves Chamoisette Gloves, in White, Pon: gee and Gray. Special at 690 a pair. Women's One and Two-clasp Mocha Gloves, In Pearl, Gray and Chamois Regularly priced at First Floor Sizes 6% 7 $3.50, for $2.45 —<———— Outing Hats, $2.50 Regular $5.00 to $10.00 qualities, In an excellent assortment of colors, For motor and outing wear. —Virst Floor __ Drapery Specials —Ruffled Volle, Swits and Marquisette Curtains yards long, with pink, blue and white stitched edges. Special at $2.75 a pair pink 36 inches wide a yard 176 short lengths of Cretonne, mostly 2% yard ths. Regularly priced at $1.25 to $1.60. Special at Drapery Silk, in Special at 85c SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ohOVE Wednesday —The culmination of a remarkable seri of special sales events. With the greatest number of special items and the most pronounced savings we have offered for any one day this year. —The items listed here include some of these Movey Day values. extraordinary Stockings for Women Underwear for Women and Children and Children 200 pairs Women's Pure Silk Full sits fashioned Hose, garter top and lise also bode with tape sho foot. In Black, Browns and Grays Sizes 4 to 9, Special at 85 All sizes, at $1.59 a pair Knitted Silk and Lisle Vests, in Flesh and 300 pairs Women's Lisle Hore, tn vb Regularly $2.00, ne $ White only All sizes, at 4 a ) Knitted Silk-top Union Su pair 36 only. Special $2.00 each 125 pairs Children's Lfwle Hore. 80 Children's Union Suits, sleeveless, low neck in Black and White, Some siight itch neck, elbow and knee length, and a few seconds. Not all sizes, At 39 a ankle lengths in the lot Regularly $1 and pair. —First Floor $1.50. Special at 7éc @ sult First Floor sleeveless, with band Jer straps in White. Size Women’s Apparel Plaid Skirts at $15.00 Regularly priced at $18.75 to $25.00. Plaids, Checks, Stripes and a variety of color combinations. Plain and pleated styles, including ac- cordion pleated models. Navy Serge Capes at $25.00 Were $35.00, $39.50 and $45.00. Dressy wraps of smartest styles, full silk lined. All sizes. Women’s Suits, Reduced to $45.00 High grade suits of the season's best styles. In Na Black and the best street shades. Regularly priced at $65.00, $69.50 and $75.00. Blouses at $5.00 Regularly priced at $6.50 to $10.00. Georgette and Crepe de Chine Blouses, in very attractive styles and trimmings. Odd Garments at $10.00 Three Silk Suits, three Wool Coats, six Serge Dresses, in sizes 16, 18 and 36. Sixteen Velveteen Skirts, in all sizes. 200 Percaline Petticoats at $3.00 —With chiffon taffeta flounces. In a wide variety of plain colors and changeables. Regularly priced at $3.95. —Third Floor Jewelry Novelties —Included in the entire assortment are Bracelets, Brooch Pins, Bar Pins, Neck laces, Shoe Buckles, Cameo Pins, Pen Lockets, P is, Bud Vases, Var Cases, Earrings and Lavallieres. One lot, regu 50c to $1.00 at Specially Priced Luggage —$22.50 Fiber Steamer Trunks, special at $1850. All fiber-bound, with heavy corners. Cretonne lined. Size 34 inches $25.00 Fiber Trunks, special at $19.50. Strong fiber trunks, fitted with two trays cretonne lined. 27.50 Fiber Dress Trunks, at $22. $21.00 Trunks, special at $15.95. One lot, regularly 50. $6.00 Matting Suit special at One regularly $1.00 to $1.50, at... $4.75. Of fine woven matting, bound on One tot, regularly 50c to $1.75, at.... all edges, with leather handles. Size 24 Cases One lot, regularly $1.00, at One lot, regularly $2.75 to $5.00, at Matting Sulit Cases, of light special at $1.95. One lot, regularly $3.50 to $5.00, at Biack Cowhide Bags, special at —F In crepe grain, with sewedon cor nt lift catches. Sizes 16-inch Neckwear 200 pleces of the season's new styles, slightly soiled from display. Regularly $1.25 to $2.50, at —Shoulder Pieces of Fur Fabrics. Reeu lar $15.00 to $24.50 qualities, specially priced at $10.00, ck Walrus Grain Bags, at $9.95. Large Black Walrus Cowhide Bags, leather lined, with sewed on corners $25.00 Traveling Rags, special at $19.50. 00 Traveling Bags, special at 5 00 Overnight Bags, special at $19.50. 00 Fitted Suit Cases, containing ten 7.60. Fifth Floor —Firat Floor 100 Camping Blankets at $5.45 —Single, size 62x84 inches pounds, Dark blue color; values, Stationery ~Regular $1.00 box, special for 69c. —Regular T5e Corr envelopes to match, Weight, five exceptional —Second Floor ondence Cards, with 50c. irst Floor Special Price Basement Sports Coats—A large range of sizes and colors. Formerly priced at $15.00, $19.75 and $22.50, at $12. —16 Women's Silk and Satin Dresses, mostly dark colors, in small sizes, Formerly priced at $15.00. For Movey Day at $7.5 —23 Dresses Combining Taffeta and Georgette, Sizes 36 to 40. Tans, Grays and other shades. Formerly $19 For Movey Day at $10.00, —15 Fancy Taffeta Petticoats, Formerly $3.95, for Movey Day at $2.00, —150 Fancy Cotton Petticoats, Sateens and percalines, in pretty floral designs. Reg- ularly $2.95, for $1.75. Taffeta Overblouses, tn short sleeve styles. Sizes 36 and 38. In White, Flesh, Mais and Helio. Regularly $3.95. Special at $2.00. —100 Lingerie Waists, of voile, All slightly mussed from handling, Formerly $2.50 to $3.95, For $1.50 each —57 Children’s Tub Dresses, sizes 2 to 6 years. Of $1.49, for Movey Day at 98c plaid chambray. Regularly —65 Scout Percale Coverall Dress Aprons. Slightly mussed from handling. Regu- lar $2.15 qualities, at $1.60 each. Millinery —A limited number of Trimmed Hats, in all colors. Speciat at $2.50, Fruit and Klower Trimmings. Specially priced at 35¢, 45¢ and T5e. Copen, Old Rose and Sand. Very special for Mov- —Untrimmed Shapes in Black, ey Day at 95e each. Men’s Silk Shirts Reduced for Final Clearance Men's Section, Firat Floor Negligee Shirts at $2.65 "Al witha and military Firet Floor Silks, Woolens, Velvets, Linings 1 arge number of Rem irable lengths, for quick clearance. ret Floor Trimming Specials A lot of Cotton Cluny and Crochet Filet Laces, one inc to three inches wide, 15¢ a yard. Formerly priced at 20 and Se a yard. Heavy Edge Val, Lace. and %- inch widths, for children’s wear; 59¢ yards. Formerly 75¢. Organdie Embroidery, yard. Forme $1.75 to $ Soft F 17inch Embroidery for underwe: 0c ai yard. Formerly priced at Laces for camisoles, in bands, points Formerly priced at $1.35 a —First Floor 100 Umbrellas, $5.95 —A speci! purchase of Women's Pure Silkk 24inch Umbrellas, with ring bandies. Ivory tips. All colors. —First Floor Cotton Remnants White and colors. In good usable lengths of standard quality materials, A radically reduced. —Second Floor © Hand Bags, $1.45 144 Hand Bags, of silk moire, im Taupe, Navy and Black. —First Floor Silk Camisoles, $1.45 A broken range of styles and sizes. In Flesh, White and Colors. Regularly up to $3.00. —Second Floor Crepe de Chine Gowns $4.95 Regularly priced at $8.00 —Slipover sleeveless astyle, finish; flesh color, —Second Flosr Children’s Hats —Children’s Fancy Braid Hats, in three lots —Regularly $5.00 at —Regularly $8.50 at $4.95. —Regularly $10.00 at $6.95. —Secoml Floor Bien Jolie Corsets, $2.95 Regularly Priced at $5.00 and $6.50 —Models that the factory has @fscon- tinued, purchased at very advantageous prices —Three models in the lot; front lace in pink coutil; sizes 20 to 29, and two back lace models of white coutil, in sizes 21 to 34, —Second Floor Slip-over Sweaters $8.50 Regularly priced at-$12.50 Attractive combinations of knitted and hand-crocheted filet; made of soft zephyr yarn in all the new colors—~ Jade, Coral, Turquoise, Peacock, Amer- ican Beauty. —Socond Floor Toilet Goods —"Waltz Dream” Toilet Water, regu: larly $1.00, at 750, —"Waltz Dream" Face Powder, regu- larly 600, at 39¢ “Waltz Dream” regularly 25c, at 19, —Doris Rose Face Powder, regularly 50c, for 39¢, —Pound Rolls of Absorbent Cotton, regularly 85c, for 69c, Talcum Powder, First Floor Children’s Dimity Dresses A Specia’ Purchase at $2.95 —For children 2 to 6, Two pretty styles, Of fine quality dimity, in pin stripe, polka dot and floral’ design; trimmed with white organdie and fin« ished with white organdie sash. cond Floor Notions —Hot Dish Holders, regularly 15¢, at 10c, three for 25c. —Clothes Pin Bags, regularly 250, at 190, a —String Shopping Bags, regularly 25¢, —Wood Stocking Driers, regularly 25¢, 100, —Tracing Wheels, regularly 100, at be. Pearl Buttons, regularly 20¢, at 10¢, —Rubberized Household Aprons, regu larly $1.00, at 50e, Children's Rubberized Aprons, regu- larly 60c, at 100, —First Floor tafloredy 4