South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 340, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 5 December 1920 — Page 28

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A RAMBLE IN APHASIA

By 0. Henry

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from his grayp. "My r..m;e in I'inkhanmr. You v. ill excu" no." The man drrrr 1 to r.r.r. H le. n pjarer.tly astonI.eh-d. A I walked to tho cNrk's I hanl him call to a tli hoy ami s-iy something

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To the r'.rk. ".'ind hiv- my rai.'gag I rought (kiwn In half an hur. I do not cart to remain whr- I am anr.oyed hy ronMr.co nu n." I mow J that aftf-rnnr.n t- nr.nthT hctl. a 5'dat. old-fashioned ono on Iowr Fifth Avnu. Thero was a restaurant a little way cf? Eroadtray vhTe nr.i could j-, rvd almost al fr-''o In a, tropin array of rcrefr.lr.g flora, Quiet and luxury and a perfect rv!co made It an Meal place In which to take, luncheon or refreshment. One nfurnoon I ws thpro pirkln? my way to a taK itnonjf tho ferns when I felt iny Ffjv caught. "Mr. BfJlford!" exclaimed an amazingly wert vr.lt. I turned quickly to re a lady Kated alone a lady ab.out thirty, with eiceedlrgly handsome eyes, uho looked at m a though I had ten her very dear friend. "You wer about to pasi mo." he Kaid. n ecu? Intel y. "Don't tell mo you did rot know niA. Why phould v. o not thake hand, at leutt on:o In 15 years?" I hook hands with hr at once. I took a chair oppo.ito her at tho table. 1 summoned with my '- lrcs a hove-rln; walttr. Tho lady wus philandering; with an orango le. I ordered a crem du mtnthc. Her hair was reddish bronze. You could not look at It. because you could not look away from her oyes. Hut you wer ronsrlous of Funsct whl'o you look Into the profundities of a wood at twilight. "Aro yuu turo you Know mo?" I H. 3 J "No." she paJd pmlllng. "I was nev.-r rurn of that." "What would you think." I f.ald. a little anxiously. 'if I v.ero to tell you that my name la Edward IMnkhan:mer, from Cornopo!l5. ldnsas?" "What would I think?" bhf reloaded, with a merry glance. "Why, that you had not brought Mrs. IJellford to New York Tclth you, of rourse. I do wish you had. I would have liked to see Marian." Iler voice lowered tdlghtly "You haven't changed much, Klwyn." I felt her wonderful eyes searching mine and my faco moro closely, "Yes, you have, fche amended, und thero was a foft, exultant note In her latter tones; "I Fe It now. You havent forgotten. You haven't forgotten for a year or a day or an hour. I told you you never cold." I pok"d my straw anxiously In the creme do menthe. "I'm uro I beg your rardon," I tald. a little uneasy at her gaze, "nut that la Just tho trouble. I have forgotten. I've forgotten evt rythin sr." bhe flouted my denial. Ehe laughlaughed dellcioufdy at something she seemed to Fee in my face. ' I've heard of you at times." she went on. "You're quite a big lawyer on west Denver, Isn't it, or L03 An sei o.4? Marian must be very proud of you. You know, I suppo that I married tlx month after you iid.- You may have nen it in th papers. The flowcra alono cost two thousand dollars." fci'h had mentioned IS years. Fifteen 3 ears is a long time. "Would it be too late." I eskc 1. Norrsewhat timorously, "to offer you congratulations?" "Xot if you dare do it, Fhe an(vrer?d, with such fine Intrepidity that I "uag dient, and bepan to ereasH patterns on the cloth with my thumb nail. "Tell me one th!ngr,M ?5he eald. leaning toward me rather eagerly "a thlnjf I hA-e wanted to know for many years ju3t from a woman's curiosity, of course have you ever dared elce that night to touch, mell or look at white roses at white mses wet with rain and dew?" I took a sip of creme de menthe. "It would be Uselee. I suppose I Mid. 'with a sigh, "for me to repeat that I have no recollection at all about tht'fo thinfr. My memory is completely at fault. I need not say how much I refrrct iL" The lady rested her arms upon tho table, anil aa!n her eyea disdained my worda and went traveling by their own route direct to my soul. Hhe lausrhed oftly, with a tran Quality In the. eound it was a. Juch of happiness yc, and of -ontfcnt and of misery. I tried to look away from her. "You lie. Klwyn Bellford," he breathed, bli5fullr. "Oh, I know vou lie'" T pazed dully Into the ferns. "My name la Edward Pinkhammer." I Faid. "I cam with the dol--?atM to the Drupelets' National onwntion. Thero i? a. movmMit on foot for arranging a r.w position

would take-

before I took

for the bottles of tartrate f.f antimony and tartrate of pctah. in

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little. Interest." A shining landau stopped the entrance. The lady ro.e.

)ur hand, and bowed. "I am d-eply sorry," I paid to her. "that I cannot remember. I could explain, but fear you would not understand. You u1ll not concede IMnkhammer; and I really cannot at all conceive of tht tho rosc-3 and oth'-r things." "Good-by. Mr. Bellford." ?ho said, with her happy, porrowful smile, sh' stepped into her carraige. I attended the theater that night. Winn I returned to my hotel, a quiet man in dark clothes, who err-m-d interested in rubbinjr his finger nails with a silk handkerchief, appeared, magically, at my jdd "Mr. Finkhrimmer." he said, casually, giving the bulk of his attention to his forefinger, "may I rr o.uest you to .itep aside with me for a litt! conversation? There Is a room her-." "Certainly," I answered. He conducted me into a mall, private parlor. A lady and a gen--tleman were th'r. The lady, I surmised, would hae been unusually good-looking had her features not bvn elouded by an expre.ion of keen worry and fatigue, fcjhe was of a fctyle of figure and possessed coloring and features that were agreeable to iny fancy. .She was In traveling dress: sho fixed upon me an earnest look of extreme anxiety, rnd pressed an unsteady hand to her bosom. I think idle would have started forward, but the gentleman arrested her movement with an authoritative motion of his hand. He then arne, himself, out to meet me. Ho wa.s a man of 4U, a little gray about the temples, and with a strong, thoughtful faro. "HUlford, old man," ho Raid, cordially. "I'm glad to see you again. Of rourae we know every thing is all right. I warned you. you know, that you wero overdoing it. Now, you'll go back with us. and bo yourdf again in r t time." I smiled In ' lcally. "I have l'v?n 'Hellforded so often." I paid, "that it has lost its edge. Still, In the end. It may grow wearisome. Would you be willing at all to entertain the hypothesis that my name is Kdward IMnkhammer, and that I never paw you before in my life?" Before the man could reply a walling cry came from tho woman. She t-prang past his detaining arm. "L'lwyn!" she sobbed, and cast herself upon me. and clung tight. "KIwyn." she cried again, "don't break nfy heart. I am your wife call my name once? just once. I could nee you dead rather than this way." I unwound her arms respectfully, but firmly. "Madam," I said, severely, "pardon me If I suggest that you accept a resemblance too precipitately. It to a pity." I went on. with an amused laugh, as the thought accurred to me, "that this Bellford and I could not be kept side by Kide upon the Fame shelf like tartrates of sodium and antimony for the purposes of identification. In order to understand this illusion." I concluded airily, "It may be necessary for you to keep nn eye on the DrugeistH National convention." , The lady turned to her companion, and grasped his arm. "What is it. Doctor Volney? Oh, what is it?" she moaned. He led her to the door.

SAGE TEA DANDY TD DARKEN HAIR

It's Grandmother's ItexHpo to Bring IVack Color and Iiustn? To Hair.

Tou can turn gray, faded hair beautifully dark and lunrous almost over night 1f you'll get a bottle of "Wyeth' Sage and Sulphur Compound" at any drug store. Million" of bottles of this old famous Sage Tea lU'Cipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, are wold annually, aiya a well-known druggist here, because It darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that no one can tell it hns b?en applied. Thoso whose hair la turning gray or becoming faded have a. Furprlso awaiting them, becauso after ono or two applications tho gray hair vanishes and your locks become luxuriantly dark and beautiful. Thlf is the age of youth. Grayhaired, unattractive folks aren't wanted around, so get busy with Wyeth' Sage and Sulphur Compound tonight and you'll be de lighted with your dark, handsome h.iir and your youthful appearance within a few days. Advt.

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JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS Vou will Teccive all the money you have saved when you join OUR CHRISTMAS SAVING CLUB If you arc not a member this year, prepare now to ioin the 1921 club that starts Monday, Dec. 1 3.

A dozen different plans to suit your saving convenience. Surely one of them will suit.

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"Go to your room for a while." I heard him say. "I will remain and ta'.k with him. His mind? No. I think not only a portion of tho br.iin. Yes, I am sure he will rerover. Go to your room and leave me with him. Th lady disappeared. The man

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still manicuring himself in a thoughtful -way. I think he waited in the hal.'. "I would like to talk with you a while. Mr. IMnkhammer, If I may," said the gentleman who remained. "Very well, if you care to." I replied, "and will you excuse me if I

take It comfortably; I am rather tired." I stretched mydf ar.d lit!

a cigar. He drew a chair nearby. "I.et us speak to the point." he said, soothingly. "Your name Ls not Pinkhamnur." "I know that as well as you do." I said, coolly. "Hut a man must huv a nam of Fonie sort I can .assure you that I do i.ot extrav.i-

jgantly admire the name of I'infc-

hamm-r. Hut when one chri.-ten.-? I

one eu suueemy, nie line nanit s do not seem to surget themselves. Hut. suppose it had been Schering-hau-sen er Scrocrglns! I think I did very well with I'inkhamnnr." "Your name," said the other man.

seriously, "is Klwyn C. TU-llford. You you were in N-?w York through a I "AVhaf.s the us to trv?" I nvked. ! wiM rs.i. t ,-.

, telegram sent by I:d.r Newman, a j with a I:ttb frown. "Vou sav vo -: .-rythirg Is "h- , ,vV. y.

.iraei:ni? man irom lenvt-r. He; . . .

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You are sufferinc from an at

tack of aphasi t. w!.i h has caused you to forget your identity. The caus" of it w.is over-application to your prof.--sion. and, perhaps, a life too bare of natural recreation and pleasures. The lady who has ju.t left the room is your wife." "She i? what I would call a finelooking woman." I said, after a judicial pause. "I particularly admire the shade of Lrown in her haid." "She Is a wife to he proud cf. Since your disappearance. nearly two weeks n co. the has scarcely closed her eyes. We learned that

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me i,ei,fnr,i. ;f T am in-t mistaken. I ft-ctlv: s;ri:':!r:u as su-ld n'v as it ! rant f tf. w t-.'-'-; f c- i Hut df.nt you think it about time, j went." " !uir.d..;. and th- :t 1 'aid .w

now. I or you to introduce yourself?" "Will y..u ur..lert.-ike the treat- ! the rou h "lam Itobert V,lney Uoctor Vol- ment of iv.y cas-. Doctor Vo'r.ey?" l "it t... -.t, T ,.,: I .!. ney. 1 have I e-n your clo. friend : asrd. "to have this cur. happen ':jd-!f :.Iv. for 20 years, an-1 your TdiysicLin for ' frier.d." slid h. "I'll io ! I'm rath-r tir. d f it a!.-.va-.

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trace you as soo as we pot the telegram. Try. Hlnyn. eld man try to rememberl"

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CARELESS BUYiHG

ONE CAUSE OF

HIGH GÜSTS

Not Enough Attention GJocn to Merit of Merchandise Tnere is too much laxity in bnyIng methods. Still people complain

of high prices when, in reality,

careless spending is instramental in keeping op costs. Kot enoagh attention is gtren to the actual value of merchandise. . For example: a housewife goes into a grocery store. She orders a can

of this a pound of that a peck or

a package of something else. She look upon high prices a a condition over which she has little or no control. m

i All too often she entertains the perverted notion that a price-tag is a

badge, of palitythat. high priced

goods are naturally the most meritorious. She has lost the tnie per(tpectrve of worth in. the jumble of

high costs and judges by what she gires more than by what she getsIt is a grierons error and a predominating cause of high prices. Et-

ery buyer of foodstuffs and all other

kinds of merchandise should constd

er QUALITY first If an article

that retails at a moderate price will answer yocr purpose as well or better than one that sells at exorbitant figures, favor the lower priced item by all means.

QUALITY THE ONLY TEST OF VALUE 9

Should Be Baying Guide for Every Housewife j This doesn't imply that all goods lold at a moderate price pessess desirable merit. Poor merchandise at any price always proves expensiveQuality alone is the only test of ralue and should be the btiying guide of erery housewife, j High-priced commodities that are o t worth the prices at which they

are quoted are sold because there is a demand for them. The grocer must handle them because his trade insists on having them. The grocer is not

Jto blame. He hesitates to ofTer buyang suggestions to customers because so many persons riew such advice as an outright insult to their

.troying intelligence.

I The eonseientioas grocer and the huge majority of grocers are of that

stripe is eager to save money for

his customers wfllrng and able to give them intelligent and helpfnl ad

vice along the lines of economical

buying. Bet the enstomer mast dis play a willingness to be advised.

There should be a clearer ender-

S a.nding between the retailer and the

ircr-i sum er a finer spirit of co-opera

lion. The grocer is dependent npon

ihe consumer. His interests lie par

allel with those of his trade. He

carries :ood products of greatest ex

cellence produced by manufacturers who permit retail sales to be made

at legitimate figures.

ENCOURAGE SALE OF SOUND

QUALITY GOODS

I am fully convinced that the bay

ing public should encourage the gro

cer to push quality merchandise that sells at an economical price. This will have a tendency to whip up production of goods of sound merit and fair prices at the same time discouraging the manufacture, sale and use of products that represent extravagance and wasteThere should be no mistake about this matter of economy. The housewife who boils "potatoes with jackets" to prevent waste of peelings who saves her left-over coffees-can, I am sure, defeat her splendid intentions many times over by unwise buying. Proper selection of foods is the first step towards reduction ot food prices. j I am positive that the important 'things for the housewife to remember, practice and preach are, don't jay food products that can be duplicated at a saving of cash and a gam in quality: investigate the food value of an article; don't accept high prices as nnal proof of high quality: do not accuse the dealer of holding up prices when you deliberately persist in buying goods for which he must pay 1 igh prices. Florence King, Prcsidenr National Woman's Association of Commerce.

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