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z Cuca A War Bride By Charlotte Wharton Ayers 1918, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World). The story of a self-centred young wife, whose husband is fighting in France, and of the “other man,” who secs in her husband's absence his own opportunity, (9 CHAPTER VI. Swain Surprises Sara Into Visiting the Jeweler’s With Him, Where He Announces He Is Going to Present Her With a Ring. ‘ WAIN sat looking at Sara for a moment in silence. He knew for a certainty that he would have to strengthen the posts of his influence or the whole structure he had 80 laboriously bullt up would go to pieces. But he must have time to think of something convincing. He realized that it would take a differ. ent kind of an argument now to prove conclusive, and he was not prepared. Playtng for delay, he said authoritatively: “Dont be foolish! Of course there are stil! lovely, deantiful things left in the world. If you'll be ready at 4 o'clock, I'll show you where they are, too.” Sara looked up in surpriss, She had been absorbed In her own gloomy thoughts, and she welcomed with relief change of venue. Brightening visibly as Swain continued to smile in a tantalizing way, she dimpled and | blushed as «he demanded persuasively: “Where umm?” | | Swain laughed aloud. How he loved her quick changes from one mood to another. He meant to take her at her weakest point and try and tempt her beyond her strength, but he was not going to tell her beforehand— at least not until he had to, “Never you mind,” he teased—a0 mmenso relief that she could S0/¢hings teft for you to have and eco—| quickly respond to a suggestion Of] 4¢ you wit). his in his voice, There might still be] Gwain was not at all sure of the a hope that the thing had not g0t-| suecess of his etrategem unt!] he «aw ten under the akin after all, Sara’a thoughtful, speculative look in | “Just you be ready at 4 this af-| nis direction and realized with a ternoon, and you'll see, if you're &| thron of relief that he would probably My WIFE'S A CORKER MIXIN’ UP My ‘THINGS SHE'S OCEAD FROM TH { NECK uP! — ALWAYS YES‘ OnLy I WANTA KNOW My DIAMOND PIN —Y¥-8-3 33 WHERE You PUT WHY, “WILL, -ER-h — at b WHERE T S'POSE you'LL TOUCHED (IT ¢ Say. YOU HAVEN'T YOU'RE ALWAYS DEAR, EAH | CHANGIN’ MY THINGS [ AROUN’ ~— DAWGONITY 5) \s ANZ wf, LAST NIGHT AN‘ HAVEN'T SEEN ae “ata ‘ good girl.” still be able to hold her. He thanked | At 4 o'clock Swain was ready, 4N4) his stars that he had thought of just Sara mot him downstairs, Her curt-| that expedient for clinching matters. osity was piqued by the mystery! ry had been a toss-up and he had Swain had made of it, which was 6x-| won, He was also far-sighted enough \ctly what he had manoeuvred for.) to tot the thing sink in before he eaid To get her mind off the problems of! another word. As long as Sara did he war and her part therein. not deny him he knew he was quite When they were nearing the place| safe in going ahead along those lines. Swain had started for, he considered! garg shrunk back into the corner | for a moment and then decided that| of the car and appeared to be quietly no had better tell Sara something | speculating, As a matter of fact, she about his object, so that if the idea| was trying to argue herself into the did not appeal he would be spared) state of mind where her engagement embarrassing explanations in the/ to Gwain would be the logical con- store, So he began—much to his| clusion, It was something of a relief, surprise—somewhat diffidentty, to bave bad the decision taken out of “Want to know what I'm going to/ her hands in that arbitrary sort of | get you to-day?” way—though she sensed the relief in| Sara turned her head quickly. Aj his voice that she did not deny him, funny Ittle maovement like @ dog! and knew he had not becn at all sure does when {t sniffs something up in! of ner until then. | the alr. From out of God knows| when they arrived at the jewellers where Gara had imbibed some queer| swain sent for the manager, whom he notions, among them being one Of| knew well, and asked that a private he queerest of all for a girl of her! pooth be given them and the rings ype, brought up without example or| sent there for inspection, He did recept as she had been—and that) Not want curious clerks gaping over was that @ man could spend as much| Sire beauty, nor speculating over uoney as he liked on her for pleas- | (To Be Continued.) ure trips, candy and flowers and non-| ssential things like that, but she had vet to accept a gift of any real value vom any one except her husband, oither before or after her marriage o him. For a girl who fairly wor- shipped Ddeautiful things, and the ovely soft easy places in life, Sara vas as paradoxical a type of woman-| 1ood as she could possibly be, She| nust have been a throwback from mo Puritanical ancestor, Nothing ould so epitomize her character as! he fact that she did not own a single| wel of any account nor have a thing f value that Jim had not given her. ( Swain tried for as casual a tone! ,,Dr ss he could manage. “You haven't Vrank A. pyright, An Adventurer From Meets the Fair Daughter Of Another World SYNOPSIS OF PREGCED! Pa ‘AT'S WHAT T CALL Ive ») YM. TRYING TO TELL you !—— you WORE (T t (T SINCE Ip-E-€ } - WOW On , EMMA '— EM-M-AKT FOUND ‘TH PINT ou taTeR OTT = ij? SX a 7 GS AN 3) \ aw Luck ¢ \T = TOOK @ROUN’ Sat the G@ CHAPTERS, Munsey Company.) a wealtl fa week, wud adds Tecalia Croft to vour ring yet you know. Which do, forme the byuitian, tat" hay dust turned trom foe dog star Vln," one, o ou prefer—pearis or diamonds?” Provlah ie tearaled Wil 'Eecetee "he was present in apirit Only, while lis body retmained asleep oo couch, Sara looked astonished, “My ring?” sho repeated. “Yes, Don't girls always get a ring} when they’re engaged?’ Then Sara continued to stare at him tn a| Jazed sort of way, Swain leaned for- | ward and, taking her hand in his, he said earnestly—compellingly: “Look here, Sara, You know you wouldn't let a man Kiss you unless you were going to marry him, would you? Well, then—we're engaged. I'm going'to take you to Tiffany's ind let you select your ring. Then ou'll get to know, and realize that here are plenty of lovely, beautiful | CHAPTER IV, (Continued.) RAVEL began to thicken along the road. The natives seemed heading to the city, to sell the produce of their fields, Croft found himself drawing aside in/the press as the caravan over- took the others and crowded past. So real had it become to him that for a time he forgot he was no more than an impalpable, invisible th people could not contact or se he remembered and gave his attention to what he might behold once more. They hhad just passed a heavy cart drawn by iwo odd creatures, resein- bling a deer save that they wero larger and possessed of hoofs like those of earth born horses, and in stead of antlers sported two 1i horns not over six inches long. were in color almost a creamy whit and he fancied them among the m beautiful forms of animal life he had ever beheld, On the cart itself were high piled crates of some unknow fowl, as he supposed—some edible bird, with the head of a goose, the plumage of a pheasant, so far as its brilliant coloring went, lon neck and bluish, webbed feet, F \cart they came upon a band of native women carrying baskets ther burdens strapped to their shoulders, Croft gave them particular attention, since as yet he had seen only men, the Palogian females were fit mates, he decided, after he had given them a comprehensive glance. They w strong limbed and deep busted. 'T) peasant folks at | clad. Like the men, they wore single garment, falling just over the bend of the knees and caught together over one shoulder with an embossed metal button, so far as he could tel The other arm and shoulder were le completely bare, as were their feet and legs, save that they wore coarse sandals of wood, strapped by leather thongs about ankle and calf, Thwir baskets were piled with vegetables and fruit, and they chatteved and laughed among themselves as they walked. And now as the Sarpeleas shuffled past, the highway grew actually packed, Also it drew nearer to the river and the city itself. The caravan thrust its way through a drove of the taburs—the woolly hogs such as Croft bad seen on the side of the mountain, Housewife’s Scrapbook. If you should upset the lamp in your bungalow and the oll gets afire, 40 | not try to put it out with water, Use) gait, meal, ashes or sand, When washing spinach, dandelion, ettuee, cress and similar greens add 1 tablespoonful of salt to the water, This will bring the insects to the surfase of the water and you can readily remove them, When the kiddies get bad bruises ind you have no arnica at hand, you vill find vinegar a good substitute, | Use one part vinegar to three of) water. If you use arnica, take two easpoonfuls to a cup of water, If your white ostrich feather has) yecome soiled, lay it on a plate and| pour warm water over it. Brash it eently with a toothbrush and a little, ap. Rinse it thoroughly, When dry tt will be like new, When making apple or fruit pies pile the fruit in @ pyramid, Make a groove around the edge, using the humb and forefinger, and you will retain all the Juices, If you put the| sugar in the centre instead of sprink- ing it over the top, it will spread more evenly through the pie in cook- ing. Put @ teaspoonful of water on sugar and the pie will start cook- more quickly, The hogs’ herds, rough, powerful, bronzed fellows, clad in hide aprons belted about their waists and nothing cise, stalked beside t charges and exchanged heavy banter with the idlers of the Sarpoleas as the caravan passed, From behind a sound of shouting reached Croft's ears, He glanced around. Down the highway, splitting the throng of carly market people, came some sort of conveyance, drawn by four of the beautiful, creamy, deerlike creatures he had seen before. » They were harnessed abreast and wore nodding plumes fixed to tne headbands of their bridles in front of tacir horns. These plumes were all of a purple color, and from the way the crowds gave way before the advance of the equipage, Croft deemed that it bore some one of note, Even the captain of the Sarpelcas train, noting the advance of the gorgeous team, drew his hugo beasts to the side of the road and stood up in his seatlike sad- dle to face inward as it passed The vehicle came on, Croft watched s it approached. So nearly 1 tell it was a four-wheel nce something like an old~ riot in front, where stood the driver of the cream-white stecds, and behind tnat protected from the syn > by an arched cover draped on each side with a substan silk, These draperies, too, were pur- ple in shade, and tho body and wheels ot the carriage scemed fashioned from something like burnished copper, as it glistened brightly in advance. Then it was upon them, and Croft could look squarely into the shaded depthe beneath the cover he now saw to be supported by upright metal rods, save at the back where the body continued straight up in @ curve to form the top. The curtains were drawn back since the morning air was still fresh, and Jason gained a yew of those who rode, He gave them one glance and mentally caught his breath, There were two passengers in the coach—a woman and a man, The latter was plainly past middle age, e not unlike heavy well built, with a strongly set face and hair somewhat sprinkled with gray. He was clad in @ tunic the like of which Croft had never seen, since it seemed woven of gold, etched and embroidered in what ap- peared stones or jowels of purple, red and green, This covered his en- tire body and ended in half sleeves below which his forearms were bare ay etre coer tet He wore a jewelled cap supporting 4a single spray of purple feathers. From an inch below his knees his legs were incased in what an open-meshed casing of metal, in color not unlike his tunic, jointed at the ankles to allow of motion when he walked. There were no seats proper in the carriage, but rather a broad padded couch’ upon which both passengers lay. So much Croft saw, and then, for- saking the caravan, let himself drift along beside the strange conveyance to inspect the girl. In fact, after the first swift glance at the man, he had no eyes save for his companion in the coach, She was younger than the man, yet strangely like him in a feminine way | more slender, more graceful as sho lay at her ease, Her face was @ per- fect oval, framed in a wealth of gol’ hair, which, save for a jewelled cinv> ture, ‘fell unrestrained about her shoulders in a silken flood. Her eyes were blue—the purple blue of the pansy—her skin, seen on face and throat and bared left shoulder and arm, a oft, firm white. ‘or she was dressed like the peasant women, save in a richer fashion. Her single robe Was white, lustrous in its sheen, It w broidered with a simple Jewelled mo gin at throat and hem ‘and over th busts with stones of blue and green. > Her girdle was of gold in color, catch- ing her just above the hips with long ends and fringe which fell down tho left side of the knee-length skirt. San- dals of the finest imag skin were on the soles of her sle nailed feet, bare save for a studded toe and instep band, lacing cords which were twined abou each limb aa high as the top of the calf. On hor left arm she wore a bracelet, just above the wrist, single ornament, Croft gave her one glance which took in every detail of her presence and attire, He quivered as with a chill, Some change as cataclysmic as his experience the night before above the Dog Star itself took place in his spiritual being. He felt drawn toward this beautiful girl of Palos as he had never in all his life on earth ben drawn toward a woman before, It was as though suddenly he had found something he had lost—as though he had met one known and forgotten and now once more recognized. Without giving the act the slightest thought of consideration, he willed himself into the coach between the fluttering cur- tains of purple silk, and crouched down on the padded platform at her feet, aaa CHAPTBRR V. ASON CROFT knew now why no earth woman had ever reached to the centre of his being with her soft attraction, He knew now why the Dog Star had always drawn him during his student days. ‘That longing to span the miles be- tween Sirius and earth was explained, This beautiful girl was his twin. He knew her, He had found her, He had found her, yes; but to what avail? ‘The mere fact that he saw;her SUFFERIN' MAC-RUL! I've WENT AN Lost AT PIN = GOOD NIGHT! — £50 BUCKS FLOPPED ‘TT TH’ ANGELS! WHAOD'YA “THINK 2 —TH' POOR BOOB WHO MUSTA STOLE (TT TH PAWN: SHOP 3 pelcas outward Mi) bed CORNER — now aud Was unseen by either her or her father, as he judged the man with whom she ro » to be, was provf that his finding her was vain, She was a living, breathing Woman, and he knew himself but a spirit--invisible to her. The stopping of the gnuppas, «3 he was to learn the half horse, half deer like sicers were culled, brought him back from his introspection, Le could hear the driver shouting, and now quite oddly, these people being human, and thoughts being more or leas akin to ail thinking ds, he found he could und even though the ords stra . ! "Way for Prince Lakkon, counsellor to the King of Apbur!” e words the girl opened her There is a wonderful pre int ers this morning, my father oft glorified in the'soft, full tones voice, even before Prince Lak- kon made answer, "Aye, the high- way is like to @ swarm of Insects, Nala, my child." Naia! The sound Croft's ears, He whisper over to hit 5 more advanced through the tir market people, carters, freighters, past @ caravan of heavily loaded Sar bound, Naia, 1 seemed oddly appr priate—was music in his ears, N wia—the other part of his soul. Th word beat upon his senses through the shuffle of paasing feet. word fitted her “1 shall tel) Chythron drive di- rectly to our home,” Prince Lakkon Sal You will go on to confer with Uncie Jadgor from there?” Aye. You will have most of the day to set the servants about the preparations for the com ot Prince Kyphallos. Spare no n. Naja, in those preparations. hath it he is @ bard young man to please.” ‘Such reports e heard would net confirm yours, my father,” Nake retorted with @ contemptuous curl of her lips. Lakkon shook his head » chided in wmbilant fashion not speak such words of a e of ‘Tamar! Nala.” “What brings him to Himyra?” sbe questioned at length “He comes on matters of state.” Prince Lakkon’ reply was almost rudely sharp and short. As he ended his answer he sighed and Lifted bim- self to @ cross-| at. “Ah, bere we are at the gate Nala, there is nothing finer in all Tamarizia than this, No, not even in Zitra itself.” Whet he uttered the exact truth or not Croft did not then know, but as he gazed from the coach between the curtains of fluttering purple he was inclined to agree. They had come to @ place outside the walls- those monster walls Croft had geen hours ago, shining # dull, deep red in the morning sun Beyond the walls was the river—a vast yellow flood, moving slowly along. It was at least a half mile wide where it met the wall, And the wall crossed it on a series of arches, leaving free way for the boats. Croft now saw upon the yellow waier, equipped with satle and masts, mek OLy smone ft! TIL HARTA PUT AN “AD” IN TH’ PAPER RIGHT AWAY? AN’ RIGHT AWAM THEY ECOGNIZED Nene, f short skirt exte mm (WSS \t As mine {! ing slow advance against the current, or driven perhaps by thelr crews at long, sweeplike oars. He noted that ch arch was guarded by what med gates of metal lattice, and that drawn up abov ch one was a huge metal door which could be let down in case of need to present an unbroken outward front above the surface of the flood. It was a wonderful sight, river, wall and wide payed approach, as the gnuppas drew the carriage swiftiv toward the gates, ‘Then it all van- ished. Croft caught sight of two men, dressed something like ancient Roman soldiers, huge rful fellows, wita metal culrass, sp and shield, bare- legged half up r thighs, whero a , thelr shins cov ered by metal greaves, thelr heads in- wide metal casques, from the top of which sprouted a tuft of wine-red plumes. ‘They stood beside the leaves of two huge doors, fashioned from copper, as it seemed to Croft, things solidly’ moulded, carved, graved and embossed in an intricate design, These doors were open and the car- aga TANOXe Home Dr By Mildred HEN we con- sider that there islesathan two weeks before for- mal introduction of fail, discussion oon- corning a saitable street dress is reason- able, Fabrics for tall are many in weave and color, but the soft textures are most modish, in dark colors —green, blue, brown and egg-plant purple, The loose- hanging panel effects continue to be favored, and many variations make them ever interesting, My design to-day offers & pretty sug- gestion. The waist is cut @ little broad on the shoulders, the sides finishing sep- arately in straight lines which continue past the waistline to complete long narrow panels that are looped up and fastened to the skirt ®y means of buttons and eyelots, Across the front they jare connected below | the delt-line ®y the |lower finishing edge jot the Bodice, which }is defined with silk braid and embroidered arrows. Across the back, however, these panels are dropped from the shoulders where the waist fin- ishes dn yoko effect with braid, having ar- rows to define it, Be- low this line buttons and eyelets down the centre add a smart trimming touch, which corresponds with that on tho long sleeves. A nasrow belt marks the watst-line, but in ordor to interrupt the loose | panel effect it tactfully disappears | through the bratd-piped qyelets, placed |a distance away from the edges of | the panels, The design is convenient for remod Hing, the skirt being of the plain two-piece kind, which might be util- = eateeeeerieeeeenacell SON * a Bea of the Emperor Tamhys shall expire.” | Croft picked up his ears, even as 16 | saw @ quickened interest In Nata face, Plainly Lakkon spoke of varie | ous stat yf the country, and it was) evident that the girl understood the | full import of her father's words, | “Only Hithur would be ‘ainst him,” she said, and her bosom swelled be- | neath her shimmering robe. “Hardly all of bithur, © It lies too we to the lost state of Maghur for were that," Lakkon replied. “The seven states in the Tamarizian pire, as you know, before the war | with the Zollarians took ong and gaVo | their first seaport in the an, through 98.” His | ned as he spo “smail | 1 thom, however, since there nd our other rivers to pay toll, if they wish to sail to Mazzer or the other barbarian tribes, And as long as Cathur and | Aphur guard the gate small good will} it do them, Zitemku take them and | all their spawn As long as Cathur holds!” Nata exclaimed, riage darted through, enteringashad- The carriaga paused before the} owy tunoel in the wail itself. double leaves of a molded copper door. | It was high, wide and deep, the lat. Chythron reached out and, seizing a} ter dimensions the actual cord which hung down from an arm width of the wall its Croft Judged at one side, tugged sharply upop tt to | it to be Nearly as wide as tall, ‘Then sound deop-toned gong, which t was passed, and he found bimself boor faintly within. gazing upon ‘such a scene as had — Hardly had the sound died than the | hever Met mortal eyes perhaps since tWo lnaves rolled back, sinking int the days of Babylon. wockots In the walls uf the building ‘Tho great river flowed straight be- ‘twit, to reveal a vast interior to tli tone rr tie a distance #0 great that CY and in the immediate foreground the further will was lost in a shim- mering haze of heat. It tween solid walls of ston fitted to perfect jointure, the jowest quay the banks sloped back in gentle terraces, green with grass and studded with tr and blooming masses of flower and shrub, Huge stairways and gradually sloping road ways ran from terrace to terrace down the river's course, And ba of the terraced banks there stretch off and away the splendid piles of house after house, huge, masalve, each & palace in itself, unul beyond them, ceemingly hi » wonder- ful river & there loomed a Structure greater, vaster, Mora wide ing than any of the rast, In the light of the riven sun it shone an al- most blinding white, To Croft at that distanc it appeared built of an ab- Solutely spotless stone, Prince Lakkon spoke now to Chythron a word of direction and turned to his daughter again, “I shail be with Jadgor the greater past of the day, You, Naia, as head of my houses hold, must see to these preparations, since ag counsellor to the King I must show a noble from Cathur what courtesy 1 may, in an official capacity least rand Cathur guard highway to all outer nations. who would carry goods must 1s through the gate and so up the even to the region of Mazer, thur is @ mighty state.” ‘As is Aphur, which holds the mouth of the Na,” the girl returned, “Aye, ‘Together with Nodur, whoso interesis are Aphur's interests, the three could place your Uncle Jadgor om the tmperia; throne when the term he figure of a man who gave Croft t of surprise, He was nude as Adam, save for 4 narrow cord about the ing a broad phallary « er. And he was shaven scalp Which supported a sin xle stiff upstanding tuft of ruddy hair throughout his entire sup supple length he was blue, And color was natural to his skin. At first Jason Ubought him painted, unul a glance proved his mistake. Aside from his surprising complexion b seemed human enough with dark eye high molar prominences, and a strongly bridged nose. He was in deed not unlike an Ar an tndian Croft, thought, or per! Tartar He remembered now t in thes long past the locks, too. The blue man bowed fre straightened, and stood wa Lakkon sprang from the cow ‘artars had worn scalp the hips, hand sted Nala to alight Bazke,"” spoke {n_ command, “your mistress returns. Give ear to her words and do those things says until [ come again.” He sprang back into ¢ and Chythron swung the equipage about abe He cried aloud to the Gnuppas, and back toward the road along *roft found him- self si the open door of ity ace with Naja and the at "Call thy fellow se losian princess directed a she passed | inside and Bazka closed the doors by | means of a golden lever affixed to the inner wall, “I shall see them here and issue my commands,” (To Be Coutinued.) | For making these slips, or cutting! |as they are called by florists, first Original Fashion Designs — For The Evening World’s * — essmakers Lodewick Copyright, 1918, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Prening World.) New Adaptation of Autumn Mode ized from @ serge suit or frock, with. the chemise new satin employed fi upper portion, The mitin might mateh the skirt in color, or black satin could be used satisfactorily with almost any reasonably Hght color, | either for the skirt or waist portion. Vashion Biitor, The Drening Word: b I have @ half ball of dull @reen yarn left from a sweater T made, and thought to use it as trimming on another one. What color would go well with it? Am inclosing sample BN. A rich purple would show off the green well. Growing Plants From Slips ~ By Andre Dupont N‘n is the time to “slip” the plants in the flower garden if you want a vigorous supply o* house plants either for an indoor | Window garden or a small conserve - tory, Geraniums afe perhaps the easiest of all to grow trom cutting» for indoor culture, but almost any- thing that is not started afresh from seed each y way, Coleus, fuchsia, lemon ver- bena, heliotrope, &c., all make thrifty | little plants if properly “slipped” select @ healthy plant. It is best to use the terminal bude—that is, the | ends of the stems, and they should be | those of the summer's growth, Sucly grow much easier and. slips will quicker than intermediate outtings, for the terminal buds contain withix themselves all the elements neoes- sary to turn plant food into plant tissue Take off the slip with the blade of a sharp knife by @ diagonal stroke, as (his gives a greater surface for forming the callous from which the jietYoung roots spring, aod in this way you get more vigorous roots, Let the be from three to four inches tong cut It as soon as possible before » you are going to plant, so he cut end will not dry You can root such slips in anything that sl has good drainage. Florists gome- times shallow wooden boxes alled " but @ small flower pot will do as well. Put some clinkers: or irregular pieces of stone in the bottom to keep the earth from - ing close about the hole and obstruct-' ing the drainage, and then fill with good garden soll. Take the slip be- tween the thumb and first finger and push it about an inch id one-hal’ nto the soil and p soil against it from all sides so that it will nov dry out and fail to reot. Never put this slip in shady plac light the sunlight, but ip a where there is pleaty of Water only in the early morn- | img of @ sunny day so that the eur- face of the Soll will be dried by Bight, or you may lose your best slips from a fungus disease produced by dampy ness, When the young plants are well 1, which is shown by their sturting @ vigorous growth, shoul be brought out Into the eun |for & part of each day and watered as freely as auy other plant Many amateur gardeners fail t succeed because the earth in gardens \s too alkaline or “sour, | iw often called, A little Mme quickly — [area wt W@ condition, r can be treated in this,