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THE DECISION. When James Marvin's wife died she bequeathed the little money she could call her own to her two daughters, - Julia and . Caryl: It was only four hundred dollars, yet ber husband was conscious of a slight resentment that in disposing of what was left of .the sum she had when she married him she should have thought of her daughters rather than of him. The fact that he had had the use of several thousands which had come to her from ' her father's estate, and that she had never, asked him to account to her for a cent of it, did not prevent his feeling that his wife had dealt rather unfairly with him when planning for the disposal of her small funds. ; Still, he had set these thoughts aside, and before filling the .blank left in the home by his wife's death he counseled his two girls to put away in the savings bank their four hundred dollars. "The cash will come in comfortably later on," he said to them. "Let it lie and 'gather interest until you are ready to get married. Then there will be enough of it for you to pay for your own wedding clothes and for your own wedding." 'The two girls had followed their frugal father's advice Julia, the elder, willingly; sixteen-year-old, fair-haired Caryl with some rebellion and many protests concerning the number of "perfectly lovely things" she could buy with, her share of the money if she were allowed. Although she had little stability of purpose and an imagination that sometimes got the better of her. sense of proportion, she had been her mother's favorite, and during this parent's lifetime, had been petted and indulged -as the none too happy wife does pet and indulge the child whom she loves better than all the world besides. Julia, Caryl's senior by three years, was entering upon her last year in high school. Caryl was still in the final grade of grammar school, from which position she had already seen one class graduate and leave her be-, hind. It was not that she. was not lever enough to keep pace with the other scholars had she applied herself sufficiently to do so. "My teacher doesn't understand me," she would say plaintively when she carried home an especially poor report. Her mother, ever ready to stand between her child and the father's displeasure, would smooth the matter over while in her husband's presence, and comfort Caryl when alone with her. Yet, in spite of this daughter's seeming dependence upon her mother, Mrs. Marvin's death produced upon her younger child only a transitory grief. Her facile nature shed sorrow easily, and in less than a fortnight after the funeral she was singing about the house and admiring the contrast of her black dress and clear complexion before the long mirror in the porlor. Julia, on the other hand, grew wan and haggard under the frightful loneliness of bereavement. She had loved her mother with a deep, passionate affection that was fed rather than quenched by the knowledge that she was not the best-loved daughter. She was not as pretty as her sister, although the thoughtful observer would have found her face more attractive than her sister's doll-like beauty. Her dark hair grew low over her broad forehead, and her gray eyes had depth and seriousness. Caryl was very pretty; Julia was almost handsome. It was upon the latter that the burden of sorrow fell when her mother closed tired eyes upon a world that held uothing for her but her children. The husband's grief was of the stormy kind that shows itself in lamentations and self-pity, and interferes neither with appetite nor sleep. Caryl sobbed wildly through one whole night, and thereafter slumbered as calmly and unbrokenly as ever. ' , Mrs. Marvin had died in early September. On the first day of the New Year James Marvin .married again. His second wife was as strong and Inflexible of will as he was weak and unstable. Even before his remarriage his daughters had formed a dislike for the woman who was destined to take the place that had been their mother's. Their father brought their step-j mother directly home from the parsonage where the pair had been made one- and a new regimen set in. The self seeking New England woman made no effort to alter Julia's and Caryl's sentiments toward her. I'or a time their father tried feebly and fitfully to keep things smooth between the warring elements in his household. Then he gave up the

effort and threw his weak influence on the side of his domineering wife. It was more uncomfortable to incur ; her displeasure than to go counter to his daughters' whims and desires, and he took the line of the least resistance. The two girls drew closer together In the months that followed upon their father's second matrimonial venture and supported' each other vehemently in the open disputes and altercations that came to be a part of their dally life. The breach widened and deepened day by day, and1 the climax was reached one morning early in April when the members of the household were gathered about the breakfast table. - Marvin, illf at ease as was his habit when in the company of his daughters ; the two girls silent, and Mrs. Marvin hot and fuming from her preparation of the. morning meal over the kitchen range. The man was visibly more nervous than usual and after a prolonged silence cleared his throat, glanced uneasily at his stern-faced wife, and spoke: "Girls, I don't like it that your mother should- " he began then paused. For Caryl had made a wry face at his use of the title "mother." He saw It, flushed, hesitated, and, with an effort, spoke more firmly. "Remember that you're at my table, girls!" he reprimanded. "What I want to say is that I'm not going to have your mother doing all the work of this house while you two fritter away your time in school. And what I say, I mean." Julia had been " sitting silent, her eyes .downcast, apparently absorbed in her own meditations. She had ac

quired self-control during, the months of unhappiness, but she looked at her father now with an expression of sur

prise mingled with- disappointment.

"You mean that you are not willing

to have me remain at bChool and grad uate?" she asked slowly.

The man . moved uneasily in his

chair met his wife's stern gaze and cleared his throat again.

"Yes, that's it, ; he ; acknowledged

awkwardly. "I've been talking the matter over x with your mother." There was defiance in .the emphasis he placed on this last word. , The girl started to speak, but checked the impulse. "We have decided," the . man went on, "that it's time that you and Caryl were helping her a little and doing something toward earning your own. living." Caryl spoke quickly. "Then I won't have to go to high school at all?" she asked. There was a note of hope or relief in her tone, and her sisfer, hearing it, looked at her reproachfully. "Caryl," she protested, "it's bad enough for me to have to leave school before my graduation , and before the education I expected to have is nearly completed. But as for you, you ought to stay long enough at least to " . The stepmother interposed impatiently, hard lines about her lips. "Ther you go again!" she exclaimed. "You are just proving, Julia, the truth of what I said last night and this morning about you and your highfalutin notions. I have slaved for you girls all that t I'm going to slave. If you don't like the way you're treated here, suppose you go somewhere else and try supporting . yourself." (To Be Continued.)

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Old Reddy Fox had gone over the hill to the farmyard late one night, hoping that the henhouse door would be unlocked, arid that Mr. Fox, who aMays seemed to be the first to get a place, would have left at least one fat duck or hen. Old Reddy Fox knew he was old and if was no use for him to try and get even with young Mr. Fox, who was much stronger than he and, of course, a much swifter runner. This night, however, was the night of his revenge, only Old Reddy Fox did not plan it. When Old Reddy Fox got to the barnyard he saw Mr. Fox coming out of the henhouse with a goose and a

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HARRY PAUL SPENCER. 10ATON Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in First U. B. church over the body of Harry Paul Spencer, -. who died Friday morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Spencer, three and onehalf miles southeast of this city. Death was caused by acute indigestion, from which the i child suffered only a few days. Burjal will be in New Madison, Darke' county.

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fai hen, and as the hens were cackling he knew it would not be safe for him to venture very near that night because the farmer might appear at any minute with his gun. Old Reddy turned away with a sad heart, for he was hungry and the supper Mr. Fox was carrying away looked very good to him, but he knew it was useless to think of taking it away from Mr. Fox. Just as Old Reddy turned the corner of the yard on the other side of the barnyard fence he saw a big board on a rock where the children of the farmer had been playing. Old Reddy stepped on the board and walked to the center of it, and then he found by walking carefully down to the other end, the end he had stepped on first would rise from the ground. It interested Old Reddy and he tried it again just as Mr. Fox came along with his mouth full of good supper. "What in the world are you doing. Old Reddy Fox?" asked" Mr. Fox, dropping his fat hen and the goose on the ground. "I am having a seesaw; didn't you ever try that, Mr. Fox?" he asked. "No," said Mr. Fox, "I never did. but it looks like good fun. I believe I will. How do you manage to get on?" Old Reddy walked to the center of the board and tipped one end to the ground. "Step right on there, Mr. Fox," he said, "and I will show you how; don't be afraid. It takes a great deal of courage to- learn this game,

Newspaper Syndicate, New Ycrk. but I feel sure you are not a coward and will not jump off even if it does seem a little scary at first." "Oh! you .need not be afraid; you cannot frighten' me," said Mr. Fox. "Oh! of course I will go very slow and be very careful at first," said Old Reddy. Old Reddy Fox walked slowly and carefully for about two steps, and then he made a quick dash for the opposite end of the board. Up went Mr. Fox with a spring and jerk that sent him heels over head in the air.

and by the time he landed on the! ground Old Reddy Fox was running down the road with the fat hen and goose as fast as his old legs could carry him. . 1 Mr. Fox picked himself up': and I rubbed his head, then he rubbed his1 back, for he landed on his back and i

felt sure it was broken right in the middle. After making sure his back was whole he looked around for Old Reddy B'ox and then Mr. Fox looked at the place where he had left his supper and knew that he had been tricked. "Well, if I am not a foolish fellow to let Old Reddy get my supper like that!" he said. -Well, there is plenty where that supper came from if the farmer does not see me."

Mr. Fox got his supper after all, but he did not feel happy becailse Old i Reddy Fox had played a trick on him and outwitted him. Mrs. Fox met him at trip rinnr i

"Where have you been all this night?"!

sne asked. I saw Old Reddy Fox pass here long ago, and he had a fat hen and goose, much nicer than those you have." Mr. Fox did not dare tell her how might be angry and not cook his supOld Reddy had tricked him. She per when she found how sillv hp hart

been; so he said: "The farmer's dog was watching for me and I had a verv i

narrow escape, my dear; you are lucky to have me, not to mention the hen and goose."

Lady Colebrook, wife of a British Government official, has arrived here for a rest, after working six months in the VicersMaxim munitions factory in England. Lady Colebrook, who never dressed her own hair until the war came, was one of thirty titled ladies who "signed up" for six months in the munitions factory. That was late last summer. They were put to work finishing gun parts and shells. The splendid example these women set resulted in thousands of others following in their footsteps, until today, according to Lady Colebrook, there are 15,000 women working in the British munition factories. One by one, however, the titled ladies, unused to such arduous labor, dropped out. When the six months' term expired, only fifteen remained, among them Lady Golebrook.

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wheel.-They were doing -their- forty fire miles, tn hour. . Half in hour afterward Crawley and Brooke faced each other In front of a blazing fire in the letter's study at the Laurels.' .---':"-------- The dreadful thing had been done, and It had, been done thoroughly and well: there had been no interruption, ho hitch. The great motor, car wa Jn the stables. Norris .had been roused out " of his " sleep and had brought refreshments, and had been - told he might retire. He had done so immediately, for he was very sleepy; As for the other servaet, they were all abed and asleep hours : ago. ".; Neither of the men spoke. The situation was too stupendous to permit of conversation. Were it not for the crackling and fizzling of the wood fire, one' might have heard the beating cf their' hearts: Both looked pale, both seemed ' to ' have aged considerably. The nervpus strain had been enormous: It " was " entirely ' owing to Brooke's tremendous fund of nerve, his consummate self-control and his clear head that the thing had been carried through. Crawley poured himself out another glass of brandy and suggested that Brooke should follow his example, but the traveller shook his head. "I've had enough," he said gruffly. "If I have any more I shall have had too much; and there may be - other things to do yet." He walked to the window and looked out. "Yes," he exclaimed with unwonted excitement, "the thing is. well alight!" Crawley gulped the brandy down. "Don't you think," he said, "that it would be as well for us to put out the lights?" "Nothing Can Save the Stable Now." "Yes, you are right," answered Brooke. "We ought' to be in bed when the alarm comes. Come, I'll show you your bedroom. I hope you'll sleep." It was only now that the thing had been done that its real significance came, to him the real understanding of what it meant. . "It's rather a farce, to go to bed tonight," he grunted, "but we must keep up appearances. Besides, the longer the delay in sending the alarm into Guilford the safer it will be. Though," he added, grimly, with a nod in the direction of the blazing barn "nothing could save it now, thank heaven. "You are sure?" asked Crawley, with a return to his old nervousness. "Positively!" returned Brooke, laconically. The young man held -is hand out impulsively. "How can I ever thank you for what you've done, old man?" he asked huskily. "Nonsense," retorted Brooke, "You'd do the same for me if I were in such a deuce of a hole. Any man would for the matter of that." "I'm not so sure of that," answered

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Crawley. "Do you- realize what : it means, what it may mean?" - - -7 - "I'm bectnntn to." said- Brooke.

with a grim smile.; "Still, what's the good . of crossing , a bridge till yon come to it? We're as good as out of the wobd--oh, confound it all, what the dickens am I talking about?" He shuddered went ; to "the5 fire and crouched' over it. "Hang it all, Crawley. he muttered, "your nerves are infectious! I seem to have gone all to pieces ! I'm I don't know what, it is, for I've never felt quite like I , do now in el! my life, and Ive"been in a jolly sight tighter place than this: but there's something in .the : air. -I can't , shake it off. I'm well, I'm beginning to feel rather-sorry for Mr

mai poor woman, aner an, sne w only a woman. --v. ' y iITo Be Continued ASSESSORS BEGIN WORK '.: ; " ' '"' . EATON. O., April 8. Preble county's twenty'-three assessors of personal property begin the annual, spring 'assessment Monday. They haves-beetf instructed and given supplies by County Auditor Rehfuss. i

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GETS COMPENSATION FOR ACTON'S DEATH EATON, O., April S.An allowance of $865 has been made by the State Industrial commission for the death of Earl Acton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Acton of this city. While at work in the Reinheimer stone quarries at New Paris a few months ago Acton lost both legs. He died in Reid Memorial hospital, Richmond.

But a few moments afterward, as they purred through the narrow lane. Brooke turned to Crawley, who was now seated beside him, and nodded in the direction of a quaint old Surrey church. A fitful moonbeam illuminated his face, and Crawley, who was watching him, held by a mesmeric spell, saw the great sombre dog-like eyes melt into a woman's smile, and the hard lines of the grim, grizzled fac-f relax. "Chapman Church." said Brooke, reminiscently. "Thafs where I married my little Di. Ah, thank God, she knows nothing of this eh, Crawley? And this lane we're running through now is where I first reallv learned what love is. She was Di Melhuish then, you know. Do you know, sonny," he added gently, his whole manner changed, "I think it is because of Di that I am doing this for you. You're a good sort, Crawley, and I'd hate to see your life messed up over a sordid business like this. One day soon I hope you'll know what I mean. When your Eva is to you what mv Di is to me. God bless her!". Crawley bit his lips and turned his face away. The devils in his soul were laughing. His whole being was consumed with flaming shame. At that moment he could have killed himself. The great car swung out of the lane into the high road. "Now we can let her out for a bit," said Brooke, and the old hard, bronzeimage look came into bis face. "The whole sorry business will be over in

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very uniorseen Happens." "You don't anticipate anvthing will happen?" asked Crawley faintly. "Oh. no! But you never knew your luck, you know. Anyhow we are prepared for any and every eventuality, aren't we?" He bent down low over the steering

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NEW PARIS. O., April 8. The regular meeting of the Tuesday club was held with Mrs. E. H. Young. Egypt was the subject for study. Ancient Egypt, by Mrs. Frances Murray and The Prarnids by Mrs. Mary P. Reid, were subjects of Interesting papers. A short discussion on Egypt followed the rcadins. Mrs. S. C. Richie was a uest. April 18 is the last meeting of the vlub season.

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