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job take my fiat.

MARCH 27,1020.

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A Modern ltery er Home m Iueinees

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Ui-iiAPTER 83. -. "Gerry Meredith, you have got to g3 your husband or your job. hich is it soins to be‘! Mary Ryan looked st me serious-

"l mean it, Gerry. Before Robert as married he piannedto have a rue, you in it. If he had known u would not make a home for lm, be would have married Mar- n-llovey. Everyone"—

"Ylcn donlt understandl Mary. - e talked it over, and he said I uid keen 0n working."

"i know all about that -— what o said. But he thought you woud ve him well enough after you ero married to do as he wanted. e was always taking about a ome when I first knew him, and

at wasn't until you were mar- ed."

"rBut, Mary, he doesn't ough to live on."

"Ha would have-if you hadn't utted in with your salary. It will ks blm a little longer now to get head; but I'll bet my last-dollar e'li make good if you will do us I

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"It's been in my mind to tell you ings for a long time. Gerry-to ll you that Robert was changing r the worse. But I guesg Marion bbed it in. so there aint no need r me to. Robert is affectionate, kes to be made a ifuss over. Mar- n has done it. Don't scrowi. If ' hadn't been her. it would ‘have en some otherwomsn, and per- pg a worse one. Now will you _ something I have in my mind? it don't work out, why no dam- e ls done. If it does then it is ._ to you." _ l “What is it?" I asked meekly. ary too had accused me of being harmful influence to Robert.

‘I have hinted and hinted that

‘ thing would lbe different unless u got out of that miserable board- g house. and into o. place rby your-

vos. He knows you ain't ever one when he is‘ out, he hates the ace, so he stays out and leaves

u. Now Gardner can't very , II come and see me like he ants to; -it ain't proper, and he

won't do anything to compromise

What I have planned is for

I'll take your

Morn for a month or six weeks —

' It ain't uch, but it's e home. Tell

dame you must have a vacation.

won't dare refuse you. If she

g and you want to go back to

work, you woir't have any trouble

getting a job.‘ There ain't many can sell hats i-ke you can."

“But, Mary!"-

"Wait. Don't ask Robert u thing bout it. Just loll him i~t is done. at you are tired nnd need u rest. hen put ii up to irim to bristle so u can get it. I'll inovo over to- lgiit. Gardner will help me. and on and Iiobcrt can move in."

,"l don‘t'scc how I cnn"--

_ ' "You say you won't give Robert

p. it's him Gerry or the job. It's

p to you."

: "Ail right. Mary, I'll try it. I'd

ry anything rather than lei Mar-

n Ilovcy have him." Then I ad- d‘: "I know very little about

- ousskeeping nnd cooking Mary."

"You got common sense, ain't on? Then there's my cook book.

didn't know ham from boofsteok j hon I started a home all by my ‘ itilo lonesome. l guess you know s niucb as I did."

"I'll tr," it for a month."

"I guess that will be long enough i0 prove I am right, and that rill

_ bet ails Robert Meredith is loo

much boarding house, too little wife. and so no ambition."

Thai. afternoon I told Madame I Ill-I" have at lr-us‘. a month's ‘vaca- rinn nud int r1 ust leave li-t night.

"But Gerry! I can't let you g"

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ordinire Strong, Ro- bus Iieelthy, Vigor- ous en and Women

You ‘Are Weak, Run- Down’ ‘and Ailing; Let Vino! Enrich Your

Blood and Create

Strength and Vi-

tality for You

For the weak, run-dorm, iiemic, var-worked, ailing mcn and women licre is little joy in life. 1t is ens!

i0 drift into this condition. 0V9" Fork, a neglected cold, or a severe Sickness may. have left in its wake. IMP. thin, devitaiized blood, a Irlrll‘ gish circulation, no vitality and you lire simply dragging around from tiny to day. setting up each morninil lust as tired as you went to bed.

New, wiry not change nil this by

inking advantage of your drugglsii 4 guarantee that VINOL will enrich our blood, quicken your circulation nnd carry strength and vigor t0 "B?! part of your irmly, or return ~ 9dr money if it frills. Mrs. W. J. l ixou. of Ysnirieck Hill, Ont., any!’ I will lei for rnnntlru. had no

lrnetlte and could not sec-m to i!" l y strength bncri. I told m! not!”

We! lining to try vmol». m! i" r id it was fine, I found ii gnvc lr- '

800d appetite nnd I rapidly girirrcrl

r "hm ‘II

For all ran-down, ncrvou» anne- Nliditlfmli. Wonk Wrmron "W!" tar; Jeep fecbic old visit‘ " "i" IIIINII there il noiirlirg

cnheseeqwuvbnsvelnnrl. ysthnvsthebeetsrnlilQorly svesfild.

You've probably henrdof this well-

nown plan of melting cough syrus at home. But. have ‘on ever use it? Thousands of fsml res, the wor over, feel that they could hsrdl kee house wit. out it. It's sinrps sir eheir , but the way ‘it takes hold of a coug _wiil soon earn it a permanent place in our home.

Into a il-oz. bottle, pour 2 ounces of Ibncx (50 cents worth); t sri add pilifl granulated s er_ szrup to til up the int. Or, if eerre , use clari- fied mo asses, honey, or corn syrup, instead of su ar syrup. Either way, it tastes g , never spoils, and gives

ou l8 ounces of better cough remedy ban you could buy ready-made for five times its cost. _

It is‘ really wonderful how quickly this home-made remedy conquers a cougb—urrually in 24 hours or less. It seems to enetrnte through every air passage, oosens u dry, hoarse or tight cough, lifts the phlegm, hqnls the membranes, and gives almost rm- mediate r is . Splendid for throat tickle, bearer-nose, croup, bronchitis and bronchial as ma.

Pinex is a highly concentrated com- pound of genume Norwa pine ex-

ract, nnd has been used or_ cnera- tions fer throat and chest ar nrrnts.

To avoid disap ointment ask _your dru gist. for “ZZ ounces of Pine!" witfi directions, and don't accept. any- thing else. Guaranteed to give abso- lute satisfaction or money refunded. The Pine: Co., Toronto, nt.

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on ‘such short notice."

“It is short, I know. not help it."

IShe stormed for a while. but final- ly paid me and let uie go-flrst as- suming hcrseif that I did not intend going elsewhere.

I felt a strange exhilaration as I hurried home. I had burned my bridges‘ benind ine. I would put ‘all the effort I had put into the busin- ness of selling bats, into this busi- ness of winning back my husband. I didn't yet believe that just keep- ing house was all that Robert need- ed, but it might be one of the things. Mary had been so sure; and Betty and Jane both bird bften told me that Robert would love a home. '

As I bad told Mary, I would do anything to keep my husband.

A SURPRISE

But I can-

CHARTER. 84.

Robert was at home. lie sat by the window, but I could see he had not been watching for me. but bad been engrossed by his thoughts.

"Genre on, Robert!" I cried gayiy. “We will hurry with our dinner -— tben I have a surprise for you." He got tip immediately. but show. ed no interest. Neither did he ask anyquestlons.

We bad dinner at a nearby restaurant. When we returned to the house, I said:

"Help me to pack, Robert. I am going to lake a vocation."

"You need it. Where will you no?" His tone wiis so cool. so in- different, lt brought the tears to my eyes.

"Not. far! And you are going with me,"

"Don't talk nonsense. Gerry!" lie sirrugged his shoulders impir- tientiy as he turned away and walk- cii ovcr to the window. "You know very well I can take no vacation."

"I don't want you to! You'll have to hustle all the harder to give me mine." I remembered what Mary had said. I would make him feel the responsibility.

"Kindly tell me what you are talking about, and what you intend to do?" I had dragged a heavy suit case from the closet. That would be nll we need take. I could get the rest-of our things the next day. It would be all I would have to do. "Robert, we are going to be babies in the wood. Mary is going to lend us the woods. We are the babies. If you get chronic indigestion, don't blame rne. I'll try not to poison you, but that's all I can promise.

"You mean-J" a gleam of in- terest had come into his eyes.

"l IIIGIIJII that Mary Ryan can't let Gardener come often enough to suit blur because she is alone. She oiifered to swap irer fiat for our quarters for a month. I left Madame this afternoon. We'll have another honey-moon. Door." I was so near crying I had to keep on talking- to hide my feeling from

hi .

TI-Ionest, Gerry? You're not fool- ing " There we; a llit in his voice I hsd not heard in weeks. Then in the old tired tone: "But its too late now. If we could hove done this when I was with Guiding, we could have bud it heap of fun-bad the Weeds and Murphy's for eats, and had a good time generally. Now we can't afford it.

"We will afford it some way." Now that I had decided, now that I had given way to Mary's _oplnion. I began to feel as if it were a game I was playing.

"I don't see how."

I said iro more, but packed what we needed. Mary and Gardner were to remain at the fiat until we got there, so that Mary could introduce us to the superintendent. She had said:

"He's got a good tenant now and be knows it. I-Ie might object to n] change if I didn"t say you was all‘ right."

The little flat looked very pleasant and homelike when_ we reached it. Mary had cleaned until everything shone. It was very tiny. very cheep. But evcn I felt the homey atmos- phere as soon as we entered.

A gay cloth was on the kitchen ‘able, a plate of red-checked i‘, 1s a center piece. In her impro- virwi window ice box Mary had halif n dozen eggs. some slices of bosom,‘

nd a put oi’ butter. The bread tin "old hair n loaf of bread! For

"rt, sho cxrieined.

"But I supposed we'd have to so w’ to breakfast!” I exeiaimert. deiivlrted that Mary had been so ‘irormhifrri.

"My vrcntl" sire replied.

seldom since he and Mary hrrd_ be- come ensued"; But new I had none of the old legions-feeling. My reel anxiety overNtlte one nun I loved bad mode all other things email by comparison. glad of their bapplneli.

"Indeed she is!" Gardner replied to my question. "And she needs a rest. It will be good for her to get away from' housekeeping for a while. I shall make her dine with

“You see. Gerry, I knew what I was about!" Mary slipped her arm through Gardner's. “Come on. deni let's leave these children alone. They said goodnight to Robert, who remained in tire kitchen while I accompanied them to the door, and lingered chatting Just a moment. I gasped at what I saw 0n my return to the kitchen-

ble, his arms folded on the gay cloth his head upon them, his shoulders shaking. Robert, my in-

a child. _ GERRY TRIES HOUBEKEEPING

CHAPTER 85

I crossed ihs room nnd laid my hand on Robert's shoulder.

“What is it, dear "

"NBPIIOBfI guess!” he raised lris_ head and a defiant look came iuto_ his eyes. replacing the tears which he wiped irway. "I beg your par-l don Gerry. After your planning, to titke your vacation doing somethw lug you hate to do because you can't afford to go away for the rest you need it isn't very square in me to let you see t-bat I am weak and silly."

"What makes you say I am doing something I hate to do?" I asked.

“Don't I know how you loathe anything like housework. And you, haven't room in this little coop for_ a maid."

"A maid-here!" we both laugh- ed and the tension was relieved.

Before we retired I fixed some sandwiches of bread and cheese, and we grew quite hilarious ovcr our first supper in anything like tr home. |

In the morning I_ cooked a nice breakfast. Fortunately, I knew how, to make a good cup of coffee, and’ we bad some of the fruit Mary had used as the center piece for the table, eggs, and crisp brown toast. | Even I bad to own that it tasted; quite different from iMrs. Lane's coffee and toast.

"You're a great Cook Gerry," wirs all Robert said, but he rite more heartily than ho bad for months. When be kissed inc good bye ire said:

"I'll be home early," then hurried away before I could answer.

All day I thought of him as he was the night‘ before when I re- turned after seeing Mar and Gard- ner Kenyon out. hat did it mean? Was it simply nerves, as he had siridpor had something hnp- poned of which I know nothing?

Naturally now my thoughts turn; ed to Marion lrlovcy. Had he learn- ed to cure so much for ircr tirirt the thought of keeping irorisc even in this crude way with another was

lovcd Robert, nnd that I was un- wortiry of him, bad rirnklcd con- stantly. .

I s-iroppcd zr little, for necessary (mill. llolng to thc store Mzrry bird patronized in the neigbborirood, I spent irn hour before I went out studying ilrc cook book which had been one of Mary's first purchases I decided not to attempt anything

tatocs, which I would bake, some rice for a pudding»! bad noticed it recipe for "Mother's Old-fashioned Rice Pudding" which read simply. I would try it. Then I bought some rolls-i would heat them both for dinner and for breakfast-Robert was very fond of hot bread. I-irnd cleaned the little place be- fore I went out. There was rciriiy very little to do as Mary had loft it immaculate. I made my pudding 30¢ myself o. bite of lunch, and tlieir wondered whrrt I should do with myself rintil time to get dinner. Thoughts of the shop came io me. I wondered who was waiting on my customers, nnd if they would make Ii. fuss because I wns not there] I bud ii iirrgo clientele, women whom I had waited upon. and pleascdJor

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It was painful-arid disfig- uring, wbi was even- werse. She remembers

what she did for chapped hands and put on

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it heeled the poorlip gently -the very next it was

better-and all well when "her" Joe come on Sunday.

I: was a friend In need

Mentheletura stops n heed cold

res-apply it re the In

restore fine breathing.

unarme- u "rainb-

‘he Neetbel sou-swims“ ,_ e-nrutr minis

me nearly every night." r ‘

l Robert was sitting beside the ta-

! diiiferent husband, W85 sobbing liko'

elaborate, so purchased steak, po-l

rue crmnnomrown GUARDIAN.

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seem - _ '1 was truly.

demand ltktion. They pave the way or ‘The “Flu”,

IIIAWKER'S TOLU and CHERRY BALSAM

should be taken immediate! the cold or cough makes Itself fe f. if token soon enough, it will break it up III 24 hours.

Iicsd the following testimonial. _We arc receiving letters like this rn every mail:

“I take great pleasure in stating that I have used Hawker’: Tolu and Wild Cherry Balsam in my infill“ for years and find it en exec cni remedy for coughs and WWI. THOMAS McAVITY,

S8. John, N. B.” Sold by of! drrggisf: and ‘men! mam.

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years. I hoped Mary would take them.

I studied the cook book fill‘ fill irour; then, unable to endurc the inactivity uny longer. I wont for a walk in the park.

"Well, how goes lt?" It was Gardner Kcnyon's voice. IIe was irlmost breathless he had hurried so catch up with me.

“Oh, beautifully! We had a love- ly breakfast. Then I marketed. But this afternoon I had nothing to (lo so I came for a walk."

That is one thing business docs io you women," ire had fallen into step with me. "You don't know irow to loaf. Now fl. man. 110 mili- ter how strenuous his business life i! hi; has the chance can loaf with ll clear conscience, and do it com- fortably. But u business woman carries an Alias like 108d 011 118i‘ shoulders nnd won't drop it even when sire is playing." . ‘

- "Does Mary curry it load 001l- stantly?" I asked mischievously.

"Yes, although I have tried to break her oi‘ it. I itin teaching her to play. I don't want. her to miss ibosbop irfior wc are mzrrircd."

A-ftcr we parted I wondered if Gardner were right. I concluded he was, I, for one, didn't know how to

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THE FIRST DINNER AT HOME CHAPTER 86.

painful? Hnr declaration that sire,

"My. but ibis is good!" Robert bud kcpi. his proiriise to come borne early. The ilinnrer was good irnd ire prirlscrl it unstintediy. “Where in the world did youlerrrn to cook?"

"I didn't learn. I followed Mary's advice."

"What was that "

"Common sense nnd her cook book. When I told her she kncw nothing of cooking, sire said she could read, that cook books we“ 'made tn sell, and Il lot or other

nonsense. So when I said I knew nothing of cooking. she told me to do ss sire bird dono." '

‘Hilary's Ii brick!"

, I tircn told him all Gardner bird said about women not knowing how to loaf-business women.

"I guess he is right. i never lrnd thought about the loafing part, bur I don't believe you business women

iknow how i0 carry your business with you. You often break right in wbcn you are talking, or even when reading, to‘ say something about ii. customer, or u hut."

I "lsnt it natural to talk of the

I tiring in which one is most interes- ted?"

"Yes-—tliirt's whore tho rub comes Gerry. When ir woiniin gets so interested in business sho can't think or talk oi‘ anything else, a man feels as if ho were only some sort of ncodicss attachment, and sort of wonders wlrnt he is tircre nt iriI for. There! Don't piry tiny attention to what I any. This dinner was delicious, Come and I'll help clear away and we'll go tb that llttin motion picture house itround the corner."

"Reward of merit, Robert!"

“Yes, and because of a good dinner braking II comfortable feel- ing animal out of n grouchy mun." , "No groucircs during our vaca- tion! Remember!"

"All right I'll do my best to be amlirblc."

Very happily I cleared the table, Robert helping. Then he insisted upon drying the dishes. I pinned an apron around his waist, and I knew from the very way he leriicd it into shape that it was no new experience for him.

"Be sure you wipe thenr dry," l told irim, "especially the knives and forks, We must take good core of Mary's silver.‘

‘ We both laughed merrily, Mary's silver being nearer pewter than anything else. But at tho some time I noticed the easy way Robert dried the dishes. He was neither awkward nor did he make any fuss over doing it, as a man unsc- custonrmi -to helping about the

house would have done.

, "Where in the world did you learn to dry dishes‘! I can tell you are an o'n hand, so teiirme the

truth." <

I said ii gully. but I felt a little lishtcning of my throat, nnd irrv hssrt bent a little faster while I waited for his answer. That I

"You're II. risen-Meryl isn't sli

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imerv whnt it would bo, goes will Will-

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"Oh, I have dried Marion's dishes‘ a good many times! I rather enjoy- od it. because we could talk. Other wise I should haflfbeen in the liv- in; room alone while she did them. She never makes company of mo.‘ you know."