South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 259, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 15 September 1916 — Page 2

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWNl

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The New in Gloves. Pt rrin's l ine Fren h Kid C.b.vea . !.sp. black, white, colors: some with contrasting stitching, SI.Tä. Field's Washable ("Moves Tan. P :tty. ivory, grey, white, with outraging stitching, half pique sewn. si.-j:. si..v.

Just arrived New Fall Line of Sleeping Garments for Women. 59c to $1.9S.

Director Roncy to Meet Today With Various Organizations Which Participate.

Th('s are l.u.-y das for the 1. rectors of tli '"ntenrual pikant a ml with rath d-y from now until the pr. at celebration opens th'ir lrjri Tis will continue to trow. Vesterlay thre rncftir.g-i were hehi at wli!ch work rnnn rfl with the jaLcant w.i tak'n up and several linu-H that number of meetings are .che-duled for to. lay. Paip.mt lürfcTor ll'üry II. Itoney. alone, hus four lug planned f.-r today. At n meetin- last ni-'ht between I'a'unt I 1 r t -' t i Honey :i:n! inetnl.rr.i of t Fi Son- of Veterans at the old court Iio'im', nlar..- for the part the Sor.s of Wt'-ran were taken up. it i.R int'-rulPfJ that '." uniform-! numbers of the sociMy, sh ill take th part rf I " n i t 1 States soldiers in the pageant so in- in whiTi the Pottawatomie Indian-. are represented ; be ir-c traii-f- rrii from St. .1 -.v-ph coaniy to i wn rn i' mtvut i o n . MMiawaUa 1 1 ix I Hj" Pail. Yesterday afternoon .Mr. II-ii-y went to MMiav.aka here h- discussed with l"i studt nt and the teacher of the hitrh school, th part that til- student1-- a it to take in tho p.meant. 'Hie I n h rs in the Mi.-ili.iuii'iw'i high diool i oopcratin very cordial!', with Mr. Iloiuy in t he i.i;:f' ml work. Mr" W. K. Lamport and i ". )'. Karnes, who hae prinipal .hargof the work of ettinu oct "The Story of The Pageant", the souvenir Look of (he 'eutennial . eleio ation. put the hniMhnm touch's to iheir work Thursday and the Pook will po fu the printers this- week. It is epetted to he nnished and ready for o'i-triPatiou early next week. 'Tho Story of Tho Pa-cant", will !. a handsome little volume ,.f 7J pae tastely done up. la-rides um if! t eret -in historical skea ii of Si. j.-,ejh county it will contain the program and JoUsi.' of the ju;e.ir:t and will lankc a uio.t attractive souvenir. The book will al-o runt tin an "In Memor: am" tribute to Judu'e Timothy '.. Ilov,inl, who a.-- i hairrnan thrt historical committee of the pageant on t rihsi td ?nu -it to tin- valve of the ho-.k as a hi.- toi n a l v. ork. To Mvvt !IotH-U;il-. Tin- first riie-tin in orinertion ith tlip p meant, y 'hfth'h d for t(day. will le at noon when Inreetor Itone and inemer of IN lekah Iodi;e ine t tr arranjre for the part which the lode will take in tho rasant. The late Vice President t-Vhnyler rolfax. fouralt d th- !irt JN.tkall Jo!e );ete in South Heinl and it :s thon:ht that the ln-; way th.e 1 d'-e. whit h n w his nwinhers in almo.-t every til.1" in t'o eounrry. ein work in the paSeant and at th" f.uno tini" pay tiü-ato to the ieniry of South fau;'l' he-t known itier. would h" i'or it to t k eii.u'e of the Soha ler 'o!fa f-v.v of the jM-'f.iü!, in v hkh iiuu ienr iliutlat-

;n th' (- ami C'hararter of Colfax will he depir 1H. At 2 clock this afternoon. Mr. Honey will meet with representatives of the progress cl::h ami arrance for the part mern!ers of that lub will fake in the pageant. It planned that 1 1 members of the I'roKr-s rluh shall represent the 1 J members of .South Mend's original Woman's epili. who took an active part in the early affairs ( tho city. soIm! i lilldren To ItelUmi-'Hi. At 2 o'ekd-k thi. afternoon l..00 school rhiMron will calhr In the hiJTh :' hool for the lirst rehearsal for the (irand ch'nus of 10.00"' oil es w hich will rlo.e the three das' enter.nial celebration. These 1..'i.m chialren will form onr .vvetion of the 7, 00m children who will sint? In the chorus. The linal meeting of the day in preparation for the cehbration will be at S o'clock tonight when Mr. Honey and committees from the South Uend and Mishawaka Redmen's lodges, will meet at the Chamberof Commerce building for a further consideration of the important part which, the ftedmen will take in the pageant js representatives of the Indians of primitive northern Indiana. W,r7e A. Maker, secretary of the Northern Indiana Historical society, ifceived notice Thursday of his appointment to the advisory committee of the state entennial pageant of Indiana. The appointment, which comes from the Indiana Historical commission, is well placed. Mr. I'aker having Ieen for furs u-sso-ciated with all the iii.'t'. rical restart h work done in Northern Indiana. I'or an equal number of years he lias been one of the moving spirits in the local historical society w hit h has secured for the city maeuru widely known for the extent and the quality of the collection of reins which it contains.

S25.000 BLAZE

FIVE TO JOIN NAVY

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

In-ign (ioff is rtlcrel to HcMr t at I

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Big Stock of Mclnerriy & Doran Ruined by Smoke and Water.

HAD NO LICENSES Tio IVddler. Amsteil at Intor-Statc lair (.rounds. Two arrests for peddling without licenses were made by the police a? the fair grounds. Thursday. Kugene Mc(uaid. was arrested by officer .Montonic r . for peddling razors ami hone, -vhib- ('harles Webb of Indianapolis, was arrested by Chief of f.etectives Hanson of Muskegon for peddling jewelry. He had Jive cheap tins and a big knife on his person when sfatdicd. Vernon Morse. een years old of Seventh st.. Hiver Hark. was the only lost child that wandered into headquarters. le was safely returned io his mother.

POCAHONTAS LADIES TO TAKE PART IN PAGEANT

Hepre-entiitives of the pageant committee met with the I'ocahonta ladies at their meeting held at the Kedm. u hxie lat -venins. The ladies will cooperate with the local He.liii n and the combined forces v. ill hae one of Hu- tnrtst prominer.t parts mi the coming centennial. This evening the IoimI Hedmen anil a committee from the Mishaw.ika lodge will meet with the centenni.il head-, at which time the ' karai t r-' will le selected, and other details decided upon.

Fire was started from an unknown source in the basement of the McInerny and Horari cigar store. 126 W. Washington av., Thursday night, caused a loss of over 523,000 worth of stock. Cigars, tobaccos and perishable stock were piled high in the basement and the entire lot was almost completely ruined by the smoke or by the water thrown on by the fire lads. Smoke ;icx Hattle. Creat dense clouds of stimng smoke poured out of the cellar and enfirulfed the firemen who were trying to locate the flame in the basement. No man could work for more than five or Fix minutes when he would dash for airs and a new man take his place. Holts had to be chopped in the floor of the store to permit the smoke to get out of the basement and give the firemen a chance to fight the blaze. It was three-quarters of an hour after the firemen arrived before they had the blaze under control and the store cleared of smoke. Ralph Jackson, employed as caretaker in the pool room, noticed a thin wreath of smoke curling up the back stairway and notified II. II. Mclnemy who was in the front of the store. Tiie two made their way to the basement and saw the blaze, hut had no water with, which to tight it. IUao Spreads Quickly. The tire department was sent for and before they arrived, the store was filled with the choking smoke, so quick did the tire spread. Unes of hose were run into the basement from the front and rear of the store and gradually the two streams got the better of the fire. I'. H. Doran said that practically the entire stock of the establishment, an extraordinarily large one. was in the basement at the time of the tiro, 11- placed the loss at over Ili.uOOO, a part of which was covered by insurance. Investigation , of the premises by Fire Chief Sihrel failed to ieveal the cause of the blaze, which is believed to have started in the joists of the basement near the middle o? the store. Hy the time the smoke could reach the back stairway anil become noticeable the fire had plenty of opportunity to spread.

.Six applications have been received bv the navy recruiting station

( in the federal building during the

patt five days. Two of the men. Ford H. Persons of Mhhawuka, und Joseph B. Napieralski of this city. passed the examination hut have not reported frince. Knsign A. S. CI off, who has been in charge of the local station for the past nine months, will leave Wednesday for Chicago, where he will be stationed at the recruiting otlice on the corner of Fifth ami Randolph.

WITH VARNISH FIRM Jkirl S. Dickens to Be Iullk-itjr .Manager.

Earl J Dickens, well known in .outh liend as having been for eight years, and up until a year ago. private secretary to Rev. John Cavanaugh. C. S. C. president of Notre Dame, has accepted a position as advertising and publicity manager of the O'Urien Varnish Co. .Mr. Dickens has had broad experience in this line of work and has been in the la.st year in charge of publicity work for the Planters and Morrison hotels in Chicago.

LAW EFFECTIVE NOV. 1

One Year's Service in Army Will le Stilliciciit In Some Cums. A new enlistment law passed recently by congress w hich will go Into effect after Nov. 1. will boot recruiting, according to Corporal .kees of the local army recruiting station on S. Michigan st. One year of service will be all that is required of young men between the ages of 19 and :b", if his superiors think he is sutheiently drilled and disciplined.

Prom Records of Indiana TitU and Loan Co.

Frank Simon and wife to Ferdinand C. Haff. part of lot G. Haft's lirst addition. $0,000. John C Marble to I sitae H earner, a tract of kind in Liberty township, Fidelity I-and Co. to Hassell W. (lever, lot 11. Southwest addition. Sallie J. Hergcr and hubmd to s.-me. lot 10, Southwest addition.

WIFE'S STORY SENDS HUSBAND TO JAIL Child .Now at JIoital Because of Iack of Sufficient Nourishment.

Declaring that he had strangled her, and that on account of hid refusal to support her child it is at present at the hospital suffering from starvation, Mrs. Corinc Hexstraw charged her husband, Albert Hexfrtraw. 71 : N. Tenth st., Hiver Park, with assault and battery, in city court Friday morning. Supported by witnessing neighbors. Mrs. Hexstraw testified that her husband had pushed her to her knees and strangled her. The trouble starte!, she said when, following his failure to support her, she had called the city authorities to force him to supply the necessary fool and clothing. In revenge for this act he assaulted her and tore her clothing. During the last two weeks Hexstraw has worked but one duy. according to the testimony of his wife.

He refused to turn over to her even

these slender funds. When placed on the witness stand he told a weak story in his defense and was sentenced to :.) days" imprisonment.

Mi:i7r MONDAY. A board of directors meeting of the V. M. C. A. has been called for next Monday night. Reports from the different departments will ! read and arrangements made for t he ensuing year. A probable successor to Myron Campbell will be chosen.

TO REVISE PARK LAWS

Olticials of State to Meet at Indianapolis Oct. 7.

MARCHING CLUB WILL BE FORMED TONIGHT

Completion of the organization of the Flambeau marching club, composed of 200 members of the young men's republican club will be attempted at a meeting in republican headquarters Friday night. The club expects to take part in several demonstrations throughout the state, the members being garbed in white coats and hats.

COL. 1IOVM S BACK. Col. William Iloynes. dean of the law school at Notre Dame university, has returned for the coming school year which starts Sept. 19. He has been spending the summer on his farm near Baltimore, Md., and in Annapolis and Washington, D. C.

TWO APPLY. Two applications were received at the national guard recruiting station Thursday afternoon. One applicant. George Hughes, was accepted. He will leave for Fort Benjamin HartiFon Friday morning. Hughes was enlisted for tl'.- infantry.

;irrs pkomotion". Fred M. Steinharter of Youm;stown. .. formerly of this city, has been promoted to chief clerk to F. D. Hurst of the 1' Iii nklin division of the New York Central lines.

Mcnfbers of the local park board are making plan Tor attending a joint meeting of park boards of 1J Indiana cities to be held at Indianapolis about Oct. 7. The date of the meeting has ?iot been definitely decided upon, the invitations from Mayor Bell and the Indianapolis board inviting each city to set a

'date convention for them. Then a I satisfactory date will be selected for the meeting. Revision of the park laws in Tndiana will bo the aim of the dele-

-ates. Through the conference it i? hoped to draft changes in the law which will meet the requirements of each city. The chief change desired by the Indianapolis board, is the creation of a park bondir.g district so that the cost of much park work may be thrown on future generations. Anions; the cities named in the call are South Bend, Clary, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Hammond and Hit hmond. The local board suggested a date

Either before or after the centennial Icelebration which will be held ect.

Garments. $1.00 to $2.50.

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Robertson Bros

Chiffon Broadclots Suits at $25. 00 and $35. 00 We are fortunate in bein able to oiler you thee beautiful Suits at such reasonable prices. These garments are made of Botany finest quality Chiffon Broadcloths, in such desirable colors as Ruby, Egg Plant, Burgundy, Plum, Navy, Taupe, Browns and Blacks 52 to 36 inch Coat Jackets Very handsome Skirts Sizes for Misses and Women to 44. Early Fall Coats at $10.00, $15.00, $25.00 to $50.00. A wonderful collection of extremely fashionable Coats for immediate and fall wear. Made of Fine Velours, Bolivias, Broadcloths, All Wool Serges. The celebrated Wooltex Coats are included in this splendid collection. Colors Plum, Burgundy, Taupe, Navv, Black, Dark Green.

The New in Millinery. Tomorrow we will exhibit enormous displays of Dress and Tailored Hats at $5.00 to $10.00. Sailors, Poke-, Mushrooms, in Lyon's Velvets; all colors; trimmings of gold and silver braids, feathers, ribbons a n d flowers.

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50 Dozen Fine

Petticoat

All Wool Serge Dresses at $7.50 and $10.00 Peter Thompson, Norfolk and Middy styles Navy blue, fast color, all wool Serges with braid trimmings; all sizes. See the new pleated model also included in this lot.

Macks Purple Green Navv

Newfit, Halycon Serge Petticoats. The manufacturer today wants 25'' more than we are asking for them tomorrow.

Men's Furnishings The lie-vest of the new patterns in Men's fine Dress Shirts just arrive J. Tomorrow YVe olVer you the finest lot of Shirts ever seen in South Bend all new and fresh. The Standard Robertson Quality

Underwear Fall weight underwear in Cotton Union Suits whiie. ecru, line soft and perfect lilting garment, specially priced at 89c.

Sweater Coats inr the uirl at school c for motoring. A new assortment of Shetland Wool Coats at $5.00 to $15.00.

SENT TO PENAL FARM

Ihmliie Dclian ;ets $100 Tine and :.o Days' Scntonc-e.

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For the third time "Pepper" Ilucy Hehan will spend a month at the .vtate penal larrn at Putna mville. Arraigned on a charge f intoxication hi city court I "rid ay Dehan pleaded snilty. hut declared to the court that he had heon on his pood hehuvior since 'lis last release, and 1 curbed the clenu ncv of tho court for

this initial full from prace. It was denied him and he accepted a sentence of ?100 and costs and :;o day.-' detention at ;he penal farm. John .culy received a similar senten-e.

TO ATTEND CONVENTION

.Mr. and Mrs. (). A. Ilojor to Represent I H'al IxmIccs.

-Mr. and .Mrs. tto A. P.eer. S. Eddy st.. left Friday for Indianapolis where- they will jjin the ( idd

Fellows and Itehekahs from all . the state en lullt' to ! l . i ! t . . I . o Tenn.. to attep, th.. : ..! ' lo.Jp,. luertinp. They will , i-;T .; Nashville and I irr;tMi and i si'ht seeing trips thn.ü-;h (', , l'.oth Mr. .linl Mrs. l'.--r .in- ni: . : -i of the local organization-. !".. special cars wer chartered t- im the visitors.

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Mr.-. fsar Skeath .;

':ty. Pa., one of iu;i, . ii, :.i Ra e l.irth to o health;. i;irl". The pew tOn-" father iof twin hrothers.

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Bl'.TTINA !hut up the "Golden Magazine" and hurled it impatiently on to the table. "What a lot of rubbish these shortiiory writers turn out nowadays!" ?he remarked, i-liprüng her hands behind hpr head er.d lej:ii:ir; lan.uiJly hack in the easy chair. The Ioe stories nil finish up happily, and the people concerned always seem to pet what they want in the end. It's not a bit like th't !r. real life." I surveyed l.cr critically. Turning into a cynic at jour ace, let?" I ta u. "What's up with you lately? You don't F. .-ni quite the thine." "Oh. its nothing. Mamie." she said, a trif.e rb.-eutly, 1 thought. "I'm only feelinp a bit 'fed ' 1 suppose it's the war, or this murg weat her." Hut I was not convinced. Bettina is tat prettiest thine on earth, though I pupposp I ouht not to ?ay It of my own sister. :.e lias the loveliest creamy skin, and beautiful, aprealir.; sea blue eyes, with long curved la?hes. I always feel awfully pleased when anyone notices any resestnblance between us. which isn't often. P.ut of late I had noticed that Ilettina had not seemed quite her vivacious, lischt hearted self, and I had a strong suspicion that there was a man in the case. Plenty of men have loved Hettina, althoupli f he is only twenty, but somehow she has nerei Feeraed to take much interest In anyone, except Uasll Hadley, of course, -who has known us since he was a schoolkld. and Colin Green. 1 mpt Colin Green when ptaing with some friends in London, and when he Rot an appointment at l.adyniere. our neighbortnp town, we renewed the acquaintance. He Is quite the nicest man 1 know, not really Kood-lookine. but rail and straight, with a dear, humorous mouth, and queer, fascinating green eyes. I can r.ver quite make out what It i that makes him so utterly lovable. 1 suppose it's because he'.- juit Colin. And since l eetn to hae given myself away, I may as well admit at oai e that he i. the only man I have evtr icivea two thoughts to Not that I wa ever foolish nouph fo think it lO-ild be of any use. Colin has an interne love of the beautiful his father was an arttt and 1 am simply nothing to look at. Wherea P.ettir.a I shan't forget th" first time hr saw her. "My word, she is a little beauty, i ? n " t he?" he whispered to rr.e and hi eye lit up iu tl: 1 inny av tüe- do when h -es . r.y t ri i uT thai DiiA Ahd though 1 Ui.d hT l?u

anything to have him look at me like that, still I didn't grudge Bettina a wee bit of his admiration, for she Is sterling right through, and worth tho best man in the world. They had got on very well together, Colla and llettina, but so far as I know he had never made love to her. Yet somehow I had an idea that her adamant little heart was touched at last. And that night something happened to make me sure of it. Defore going to bed, I went, as usual, to Bettina room to say good-night. Tho door wasn't quite closed, and I pushed it quietly open. Bettina, in her pink and white striped pajamas, and her thick, bronze hair hanging loose about her shoulders, was sitting, with her back to me, Rt the dressing table. In the mirror I saw she was reading a little booklet a tiny, suede-bound volume of poems that Colin had given her on her birthday. Then swliftly, but almost reverently, she held it to her lips and kissed iL In that moment I somehow felt as though I had stumbled Into a sanctuary, and would have slipped out again unnoticed. But Bettina suddenly caught sight of me. Hastily she put the little book down on the dressing table, then she jumped to her eet and turned a very flushed, confused face to me. "Oh, Mamie, how you startled rue!" she said. I put my arm round her and perched myself oa he. bed. "Pra sonr. Bet.4' I said, "but I I couldn't help seeing. Don't pretend to me any more, dear." She did not look up. but swung her little bare pink feet backwards and forward. "I don't pretend to you, Mamie.' she said. "There there's nothing to pretend." "You care for him, Bettina?" I said, though I knew, of course, before I asked. "Yes." She raked her eyes. They "were misty, and something of the "woman" "seemed to have crept into them. "Yes. Do ycu know, Mamie, I think I must have cared all alonr. though 1 didn't realize it till just lately. But I'm afraid he doesn't want me in that war, Mamie, lie's never said so. you see. Semefirnes I wonder if there's someone eis sorce one away." I didn't think so. I felt sure that Colin must love her. How could he help it? But 1 meant to find out for certain, without Bettina knowing of course, for she is the proudest little thing who ever lived. So I just gave her a hug nd kissed hr. "Bet." I aid. "I'm sure it will coxe all riLt. du". wu td bei iiok, ii Aqu t :rJt

your silly little self." When I thought about It afterwards, it struck me as being rather funny that I should try to comfort her like that, when all the time my own stupid heart was just aching for him too. But that was my own poor little secret, the first that I could not share with Bettina! The next day I travelled down from London with Colin. As it happened, we had the compartment to ourselves. I'm not used to pumping people, and was wondering how on earth I should begin, when Colin suddenly informed me th.at ho had just enlisted. "You see, I couldn't very well do anything ele, Mamie," he said, almost apologetically, though I knew that it meant he was sacrificing a good appointment and jeopardizing a promising career. "I'm glad you feel like that about it, Colin." I 6aid. "But weren't you thinking of applying for a commission?" "Yes, but I've had no previous military training, you see, and somehow I felt I couldn't hang about waiting for a commission. We've had over a month of war, and I can't stand this inactivity any longer. Look at young Hadley lucky beggar! hi battalion Is expecting to go abroad soon." "Yes, but Basil's been in the Territoriais for several years. He's already pretty efficient. When do you actually Join, Colin?" "I get my uniform to-morrow. I shall be coming home each night for a few weeks, till the battalion's formed. Then we're oS to camp in Surrey." I wondered what Bettina would think about it, and whether he would have sufficient sense to speak out before going away. And then his quiet voice cut in on my thoughts. "Do you know, there's only one thing I shall mind leaving Iadymere for," he said. "What's that?" "I shall mis? you all so much. Mam. You've been frightfully good to me and 1 shall hat saying good-bye." I felt a bit choky in the turoar, bit I swallowed hard and said: "And we shall mis you, Co! in. ?oine of us will miss you more than you pues, perhaps." His face seemed to brighten a bit at that. I thought. I'or a few moments lie stared, in hU funny, dreamy way, out of the carriage window. Thn: "Mamie." he said. "I want to ack you something. I always alu your advite. Tell mwhat do you think of a rcan w! o is fool euyan U äl tu oalcQ at a draui a fello vLu

would give his head for something beyond his reach something very precious and wonderful, but terribly elusive?" I drew a deep breath. I was glad he wasn't looking at me particularly, for I could feel the color surge into my face. You see, I, too, wanted to catch at a dream. "Colin," I said, trying to keep my voice as quiet and impersonal as his, "I think a man who lets the dream slip by is rather foolish and unfair both to himself and the dream. Besides," I added rather more recklessly, as the train bpgau to $dow into my station, "haven't you ever heard the old maxim, 'Nothing venture, nothing hive'?"' We pulled up with a jerk, and s Colin held the door open for me ti get out. he looked at me a litle queerly. His eyes are very puzzling sometimes. t "Thank you, Mamie." he said quietly. "I'll think over what you've :aid." And as I walked home I was conscious of the horrible, knowledge that, strive as I would against it, I was, for the first time in my life, jealous of Bettina. Next morning when I got down to breakfast I found an envelope on my plate, addressed in Colin Green's characteristic scrawl. Wonderingly, I slit it open and unfolded the single sheet of paper inside. This is what I read: "My Little Mamie: Your dear words last night have given me courage to tell you what I have been wanting to say for months. Girl dear, I'm not good enough even to black your little boots, but I love you. You mut have known it all aloes, I think. "You strange, elusive little creature! I have never been able to be sure if you care a little for me. and I've been afraid to speak for fear of losing you altogether. But I'm taking the risk at last, dear, along with the otter risks of war. Kven if you do not want me, Mamie and, please Heaven, you do I shall always be ours absolutely. COLIN." I think that letter gave me the mot amazingly mixed sensations I hae ever experienced. I wanted to leap and stout for sheer joy, and yet. at the sam time, my heart seemed .o fink like lead. J-'or Bettina loved him! And I. in all innocence, seemed almost to hav played the traitor. It all seemed so unaccountable, too. That Colin, with his artistic temperament and lovn of the beautiful, should pass over an exquisit little Thing like Bettina, fcr me insignificant me. with my irregular features and indifferent complexion! When Bettina came down Jo brktat--?h-U later- 1 c'.üiplj cuulJli t ppjck

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uifTieien; courage to tell her what had ha pt-ned. The idea o hurtins her was abhorrent to me. Should I could I be brave enough to refuse Colin for her hake, in the hope that he would afterwards tur:: to her? My brain seemed in a ridiculous whirl, and 1 went straight out for a walk across th heath in a vain attempt to bring a calm mind to bear upon th problem. When I pot back, about middüy, Bfttica greeted me at the door, vigorously waine a. flimsy looking letter. I stan-d at her questioningly. for her face was glowinjr and her eyes shone like great sapphires. "I've had a letter from Basil." she said joyfully. "He expects to go to Kgypt shortly, so h's coming home on a week's leave." "Is he?" I said, wondering at her enthusiasm. "Good old Basil! It will he nice to ecc him again." "I should think it will. Jt's a whole month since he lat wa- home. And he says for goodness sake, don't look so vacant. Mumie! says something tlse in his b.-ttT." She tolored and fumbled with the (!o--ly written sheets of paper. "Mamie, I mu.-t have been quite wrong in thinking there was anyone e!-e lie cared for. Because he says there's .something very special it's underlined that he wants to ask me. something That he r, j-t make me say 'Yes to. Say you're glad, eld girl." she finished, flinging an arm round my waist in her dear, impulsive way. And then it dawned on me. It w..- Basil Hadley she had wan-d all The time no Cohr:. my Colin! What a fool I had been! I cauptt Bettina to me and kissed hr, thankful that she wa. too excited to notice my obvious relief. But still I was puzzled. Why on earth. If she didn't love Colin, had sh.- kissed the look l.e had given her? To satisfy my curiosity, I deliberately sneaked upstairs to Bettina' room and found the fateful volume on her dreeing ab!e. ! picked it up. and there, inserted befwon the leaves of a passionare love pom, was a small, slightly faded snapshot of Basti :id'--y! How I had jumped at conclusions! A little afterwards I told Bettina about Colin'letter to me. and. raiher to my surprise, b;a grinned broadly. "So h'B plucked up courace at la?!, has he?" she said. "Well, I'm awfully glad. MumK I've seen that you've b.en he-id over heels in lov with each other for months!"

Colin has been in France tor Ue!v month no, and has ju-t l.e.-n guru a i om:uU:o.: II- All! P;tne ip.lte the .- n'p ef f; a , , r lieU iujü i oagut to Kn.', tu 1 La h.s wile.