The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 5, 1921, Page 9

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1921. Cynthia | rey Do We Pay Too Much Attention to Making a} Living and Too Little to Making Life? RY CYNTHIA GREY Bome of ws start early to make a} Eo Reing. Others have before them th Dkiest of making a life Glass do we delong? Maybe two've given it no special consideration ; | @ayde we've thought if we made the | ng, the reat would take cure of | JA But enters we devote seme time be live, & ts apt to grow weeds, just dena would de naught but | hes did we not tend them A} | to Te which | | fully. There might de @ strag- | diossom here and there, but the | Spi beauty would be lost, We'll find| d enough to keep the weeds s hard a3 we may. One occasionally in spite of efforta. And if & ten't ted up tt will seed and spread couse any amount of trouble to ‘@ leter on We've all fownd this se, Some- iy Gimes we've thought that some weed | res @ flower in disguise, and cared for it tenderly, only to have it prickie "end sting ws os does a nettia. Or! may have, by some chance, es- | its discom/orts, onty to see it) scourge of soma one we love. ¢ unconsciously Rave passed if on ; ating remains Life means #0 muck more than) oo living, necessary as the} ter ix Life means helpfulness, | means happiness, life ntful self-denial often. not do just as we would We it think of those among whom are placed. We can be self-for- ful instead of petulant when ws do not go just right, We can vate patience and cheerinass and our garden of life "No; it isn’t enowgh to make « lie Making a life i much more | ating and wii bring the living train, Lor work %, \ ilor’s ‘onus Dear Miss Grey: I was born and 4 in’ this state up until ed. Now they say I am not en- ed to the bonus i thought a person had to be In a six months before he was a/ nt? If that is so, was I not Fesident of Washington at that ? Thanking you, | remain, AN EX GOR, You de net state who gare you! information that you are not en- to @ bonus, 0 J cannot advise | fully. You should go to the euditor’s office and make! for bonus if your) stay in California before your | ta ali that ts keeping you edtaining it, 1 should say you! WORRIED. PEntwe Pubber sled shors, if worn f My, are not healthy because induce perspiration of the fect » 1 have not heard that the rubber soles were in any | injurious to eny portion of the) e Miss Grey:. The question asked in last evening's paper Sag fs an office girl or «woman up to much more than the two | aths before my enlistment; 1| nt to California and while there, | E nly ts a good one, and one that | lke very much discussed. Yes, | Cow Country BY KR M. BOWER (Copyrteht, un, & Littig Brown ’ (Continaed From Yesterday) and 80 do, “He's Marian's brother, too young to be with that gang } keep him here, safe and out of sight, until | come.” ‘The aberift had a couple of men froned and one man down and the THE DOINGS OF THE DUFFS SEE HERE WHERE PRESIDENT HARDING A FEW ynmes TOLD CONGRESS THAT SHOULD BE Done! IF THEN'LL ONLY GET BUSY i O SOME THING Pud told her what he wanted seb Now An 1 WISH landiord of the hotel was doing a| great deal of explaining that he had Hover seen the bandits before. “He's a lar, sheriff,” Bud cated, | 2 old cut-throat! 1 was sitting on the courthouse porch last night and I heard every word that passed be | tween you and the Catrockers!” The sheriff slipped the handcuffs on the landlord. —Investigutton proved that Jeff Hall and hia friends had mounted and galloped out of town when the first shot was fired, In Jimmy Lawton'’s kitohen Bud feceived his money, and when the Prisoners were locked up he saved himself some trouble with the sheriff by hunting him up and explatning | just why he had taken the Collier | boy Into custody “He's just a kid. I belleve T oan |make a decent man of him, Just |leave me this deputy’s badge, and | 1'R be responsible for him, sheriff.” “And who, in blases are you?” the sheriff inquired. “Name sounded fa nailiar,”* “Bud Birnie of the Tomahawk, near Laramie.” “Why, I know the Tomahawt Ike @ book. And you're Bob Birnie's boy! Say! D'you remember drag. ging Into camp on the summit one |time when you was about 12 years old—been hidin’ out from Injuns about three days? Well, say! I'm the feller that packed you Into the tent, and fed yuh when yuh come to.* “You bet I remember. the kid? Can I have him? Morris, the man that kept ten on the wrong side of the law, ts dead, I |heard the doctor say.” “Why, the kid. him cute town.” Bud attended the tnqnest of Lew Morris. The sheriff offered Bud a horse and saddle, which he promised liver to the widow's corral after ns of Crater had gone to And while he did not say that ft would be Ed's horse, Bud guensed shrewdly that it would. When Bud returned for his supper wakened. like to take a trip yes, I guess you can have | with me—ae a kind of @ partner?” Bud began careleasly. “rll pay you $40 a month and § per cent Bonus on my profita at the end of two years.” If you're trying to brie me into quealing on the reat, you're @ fool,” | eaid Eddie harshly. “I ain't the squealing kind, You can lead me over to jail first.” Bud turned toward Eddie, “Kid, you're breaking your stater’s heart following thix trail, I'd like to see you give her a chance to apenk your name without blinking back tear. That's why I made the offer j—that and because I think you'd carn your wages” Eddie looked away. His Rp be gan to tremble “You—I—1 never wanted to aint worth mving—oh helt! I He Gropped, sidewine on the bed. buried his fhee im hie arme and sobbed hoartety, Ifke the boy he waa CHAPTER XIX. Bad Rides Thru (Cntrock and Loses Marian “You'll have to show me the trafl, pardner,” said Bud, when they were making their way cautiously out of town. “I conld make it by morning: but I'll let you pilot.* “You'll have to tell me where you want to go, first,” said Eddie “Little Lost.” How long Eddie had mtpped and slept with thieves and murderers, Bud cauld only guems, Fe was plac- ing hirheelf literally in the hands of | an acknowledged Catrocker, because of the clean gaze of a palr of eyes, the fine curve of the mouth. For a long time they rode without speech. “I guem you come thru the Gap,” or girl who works as @ do-| radie whispered. “[hey’s a shorter or factory hand? We need oth. Yet, I, who realize this, rather have the office woman friend than & scrub woman or tic. As a rule they can con- way than that—Sis don't know it.” After hours of perilous riding they followed « twisting trail along the canyon's wall, rode into another pit of darkness, came out into a sandy Rut look out how yuh git) had & chance before—" | How abent| gd | * i te ———————— is age THE Yon can fort tmagtne It for yourself. There was jhe new home up In Skagit county, where the salt sioughe ran fn long, fingers which reached out tnto the marsh land, and dividing again into stil emalier sloughs |] found thelr way to the wooded slopes, Fartyday farmers had chosen that land because It was pomsible to market thelr grain and pota They built their |] the big green trees and the momy, ferny places to build play houses, everything was fust as much fun’ as they had expected tt to be when they told mother goodbye and came West with Aunt Sadie and father. ‘That & everything was fine un- tl It got to be nearty Ch: Aunt Sadie mid, “I wonder what we would better do about Christrnas for the ehildren.” And, kat bel ol? 5 INS of course, father @an't know fust what they could do because fathers rarely plan an much about these things as mothers and aunties de ~ It rained @ great deal and not jevery day was full of nice things to do, Then a lovely thing hap pened. Libby's mother and father talk ed over Christmaq too, and Libby’n mother sald, “I am going to ask Aunt Sadie and the ¢wins and thetr father down here. You can cut « tree and we will make here in this new country. ‘Then such o taking and brew uch a lot of whispering among the grown fotks when they got to wether, and at last Christmas eve 1 | came Aunt Badle got things together and father put out the fire, they all went down the path to the place where the cance waa tied up, the twins climbed im, the tide wwished the water wp nice and high, and they were off for their house party. | It was 6 o'clock when they feached Libby's house, and nearly dark, but the three litte girls were as far from thinking of bed. time as though it had been early dawn. Who could be sleepy with the alr full of Christmas smells and Christmas mystery? (To Be Continoed) wah ADVENTURES “OF oa ME. ive_Koberts B: TWINS | WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS# FOR A FEW DAYS! 1D START SOMETHING! TELL "EM A FEW THINGS ABOUT TAXES AND, THE PEOPLES’. WANTS! SEATTLE STAR "Dp FEW ‘THINGS ~ SEE IF ‘You CAN MAKE HIM DO A FEW “THINGS AROUND Here! te a" [|] WELL, AS YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, WHY DON'T You 60 OVER AND TELL OUR LANDLORD A HOUSE ~- WOW BY ALLMAN YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE HIM GNE US SOME NEW SCREENS. PAPER THE BEDROOMS AND PAINT THE GO AWD PRETEND ‘You ARE IM CONGRESS ! I BY BLOSSER Confessions of a Bride dragged into the affair.” “I think ‘she feared mere than that, Bob!” “What, then? “Bob, I firmly beflewe that she unlocked the closet and released the taxi-chauffeur!” & better, have higher ideals in} way. I think a person that | his or her brains is more of an | to the country than one who} stretch that seemed bh familia to Bud, In 10 minutes 1 s herae | Ms f My husband's astonishment em backed suddenly against Sunfish's| ploded in a prolonged whistle, He nose. Bud stood in his stirrups, tn | shook his head with decision, only use his muscle a great deal | his brain hardly at all. er, Miss Grey, you are right | gaying that the common people | sometimes the biggest “sobs,” the people who have becom successful in life h to be sa, cee She turn Gifts? 3 Dear Miss Grey: Please answer ane question: When a girl her engagement must she re all of the gifts sent her by her nce to hirn? NELLIE. Personal! Bian gifts, 20, of course, would ad- Whee you to keep the presents; that of course, unless your former ince placed a time lease upon the Gifts when he presented them. eee EVA hould Query t Poll Taz Miss Grey: ple are under the impression that are paying the poll tax for the bo rs’ bonus. I would like to know | this is what {t is for, and, if we not pay, what the penalty is, MRS, C. J. The poll tax law was passed to! ip to ratse funds to pay the sol-| rv bonus. If anyone eligible re- 2 to pay tt, personal property to fe amount of the taw may be seized 4 sold and the proceeds taken for taz. | Bud's side. have brains} | waiting here most all night. I do not believe in In-| A good many | emphatically. his right hand his six-shooter with the hammer lifted, ready to snap down, A tall figure stepped away from the peaked rocks and paused at Tt was Jerry. “I been waiting for Marian,” he said bluntly, “You know anything about her?” “She turned back last nicht after she had shown te the way.” Bud's t went dry. Ho leaned aggreasively, ‘Not till breakfast time, I was wasn't minsed, and I never flagged her—and she ain't showed up yet!” | Bud mat there stunned, think what might trying to have’ happened. | Those dark passages thru the moun tains—the get lost “No, she conldn’t—not Sian What horse was it she rode?” “Boise,” Bud spoke quickly. “She said he knew the way.” “Ile sure ought to,” Bddle replied “Bolse belongs to Sis, by rights. Dad gave him to Sis when he was a suckin’ colt, and Sis broke him herself, Lew sold him to Dave and gambled the money, and Sis never signed no bill of sale, Sin couldn't get off the trail if she rode him.” “Something happened then,” Bud muttered stubbornly, “Four men came thru behind us, and we waited to let them pass, Then ehe turned back, If they got her—" Ho turned} Sunfish in the narrow brush trall. “She's hurt, or they got her—I'mn going back!” he said grimly. “You can’t do any good alone,” adie protested, coming after him. “We'll go look for her, Mr. Birnie, but we've Kot to have something 60 | we can see.” “You wait, Jerry called guardediy. lanterns.” ‘Three hours tt took them to search ledge— “Ed, she could I'm coming along,” “I'l bring the passage where Eddie thought it! possible that Marian had turned amide he ain't here, I knew she wasn't," Eddie announced when the fina] tunnel let them into the gray ing dawn beyond the Peak “In that case—-" Bud glanced from him to Jerry. who was blowing his “Did they ,miss | See | at Butter-Ball. Mr. and Mra. Rrown-Rear went lippetylopalong out in the woods hunting for their breakfast. Follow: ing them were their twin sons, Putter-Ball Brown-Bear and Billy Bunch Brown-Bear, hungry as hunt ers. “Whatll you have” Mr. Bear asked Mra, Bear, _ Mra. Bear replied that as she al- ways woke up with @ headache, there | was nothing that did her half #0 |much good as hone “Then honey it is,” mid old Brutn, her husband, “Boys” turning to his sons, “hurry up and help us to find Your mother has # notion that she'd like some.” “But I've @ notion, too,” protest- ed Butter Ball “ jin about another minute Il be starved to death, and I know where Greenle Grasshopper and all hia rela- | tives are hiding. Couldn't I have just a weeny bite before I hunt for the honey?" “sont mid Mi Bea: sternty. | lantern, “The kid knows better than I do | what would happe: with her and ” Eddie shook hig head miserably. “Lew never, Mr, Birnie, I wae with |him every minute from dark Ul if Lew met up some wild honey in one of the trees. | ve a notion that) Butter-Ball looked at Billy-Bunch and Billy-Bunch looked “Mind your marner#t Ladies first, especially mothers.” Butter-Ball had nothing further to nay, #0 he tucked his tail between his lery—no, he hadn't any tall to tuck and slunk along sulky as sour cream. Billy-Bunch had wanted grasshop- Pern, too, so he tucked in his tafl— no, he hadn't any tall to tuck in, jelther—and he slunk alongside, sour aa buttermilk. Pretty soon old Bruin Brown-Bear called back, “Hi, there, kids! I see | @ great lot of honmy trickling out of |that Dig button-ball tree, You fel lows shinny up and get a big handful apiece and fetch It down, Mama's head ts hurting 80 bad she can't wait. | keep wateh and if I see any been a-coming, I'll call up to you.” Butter-Ball looked at Billy-Buneh and Billy-Bunch looked at Butter Ball, The same idea ocourred to both, (To Re Continued) _Wopyright, 1921, N. KB. AD till the ecakhier shot him. Jerry bit his ip, “Kid, what if the gang run acrost her, knowing | leew way dead?” he grated, (Cone luded Tomorrow) More ‘than 400 comercial airplancs aro io use in England, HOW ARE Kou, CVERETT! ‘Nou KNOW I'M ‘ur ror RE-ELECTION, AND OF Couest & CAN COUNT YOU HAVE MADE A REG OUR: 4 YOU_FINED THE OR eae ‘ore SENDING THEM LO dAlL WHERE THEY BELONG, $0) == on (T To ro JUDGE, Tec vore RICHT cue ar ' Do You Really Want A Beautiful Complexion? —Then Use This Treatment Just Before Retiring. EANSE the sh well Chitnaens sor atren ec the moist = 4 rae eared pers ™ at hy C alg tS no orenty. rabbire Ye well inte che” ty” ol) ointment is gone. effective and healiny iethtst seem thy wrote of pi ohgn Srosese’ ane the minor invilicslonean disappear after a single b= 4 though have Saisie ff thst you will nd re reatment as ‘You may hi d they onl wnt out trled scores of so-called “cures with a positive querancee 70. fetund: your feos If yeurare nce filly sated ery tisbedoery CRAN: com you money. face that Cranolene mI bey ‘and Crano- reed. Eczeme—no e may be, we muaren- using the Crano- mer ales thers trpee I treatment for any skin ons, Drug Store, 1006 Boren Ay. “Bob, you #aid yoourself that you believe she wanted the jewels for her own, that she was wild about | them—like @ child. I think she de | cided that since she couldn't have the entire loot, she'd take any piece she could get, and so she bargained | with the taxi-thief, But the scheme failed. She only succeeded in set ting in motion the powder which caused the bombing ot your chemical plant.” Rob did not reply. I made my point clearer; “She was terrified—she believed | you'd discover the truth, Bob! “You're cragzy, Janie!" There was no sense in arguing, but to myself I said that Katherine had been crazy about Bob; that she would be disgraced in his eyes if her name was connected with the escape from the closet; also, she perceived from Bob's attitude to ~ ward her, his refusal to call on her, that she would have to give him uj | to me, Apparently, he had given her up! A woman has no power to recall a man who has decided to do that, Katherine wag not a clever girt. She was a beauty with the mind of type which has ak ways ruled man to his harm. “Well, it's easy to find out the truth,” Bob exclaimed, “I'll call her up—you can talk to her, Jane!” Daddy came in and interrupted the phone call, “Bob, go over to the Millers and see what's happened,” he said. “They're in troyble. Find out what {t ts." (To Be Continued) cour aPan A. 8580-22 Fremont Ave, Seatfic INSPRCT OUR MONUMENTS CAREFULLY and we ki and we know, you will agree monument iy pon. "We make monuments either from. the standard draw| our Book of Designs Pill submit special for your approy of stone desired,