a Ap i nid ot an next day. Her mo bed-room, lying. d a no particular reason 5 3 CR kl | Dave talked sb stiftly and formally he did; About Dave and how hahd- ;, | somely the warden - spoke of him, : . " i about the weathes and how he enjoy- Supyrigh: Houghton Miflis Company 87 special arrangement with, Thea AN | ej row being ofi"duty at dawn, for ern. : Sesoute {had heard a Yobins ng only day be- per over he kitchen table; hanging the HAPTE -- 3 7"".She had been hearing about Patrick! fore yesterday in the park cand then | papers as often as necagsary mply &° BHA G R XX YI. "iy stl): ine Maguieo- a0 Ht Ap to her--almost, abruptlyl sw you Walking AVthY much serubbing 'of tha white oilcloth SEDY of gost . Ee a ever since she could remember. How Patrick Maguire yesterday. «alk [TA4 saved. i ja Sation, : The 'woman who knéw 'watched her| on grown-ups, ha would exclaim, slapping his knee, hi, "Oh, -yés," sdid Nora. ; "Say, Mrs, Corcoran, won't you give LT ren ot so. goods! With him quite often," After' pause, : oman er 0 efits | ad ; 2s she did not want to punish him too| with a new interést in what had.be-| gone three, years it begins to look as if replace. it. | This} ug that again?" And when she 2 She al Nad, complied, he would be likely to say, natured-locking too? She always "cio rey 'she added, "I give his little) come prosaie, 'dragging housework.!y new' one must: thought of a political boss as a ma » d if cota et oie sein , o ia "F can't sing a note; but just to hear | CE Oy Ste and 'hrust| niece music lessons, and some , i you, Mes, Cbeoran, mas me feel! ot her ek Jaw, drew Rd cor- {hes going down street, he waits a ong! 'dressing could be canned just as easily] frayed: at cuffs and collar. «Tn, Tt was Ihevi having been | Hers of her month, and swaggered | with-me. He aiguite interest «FY 'as peaches 'the 'Woman doubted, but mal times the mother would have', was inevitable as, \AvIng DES | bacle and forth across the room in an 1 have ho doubt he would be fig experien¢e proved 'that enough"dress: en' it 'to the Salvation': esos erated a the | absurdiytruculent magnet. {was to tell all he Knows," replied ing yo last three pronths . could be|hought a new one/ This 5 singer." Nora had fully determined Laura backed against the wall and dort. "Jery pleasant," said Nora made at one time dnd with a big sav-| ever, she decided on new collar that this should result. When he locked awed Maguire LR rg "Not atoll y pish. And he's very Ing of time, fuel and dishwashingl | cnffs.' For the cuffs she simply began to escort her home after: the | VES EUR INO & RAO CEE ne nice with his fobs." * The girl who read went, back tolon thirty stitches, knitting with lessons, she felt that they were aD-| i cm have and look at this)" ho called:| "Jerry," she said in a wistful voice, school but the woman who thought she! needles, "and knitted back and * poaching a basis on which she would and when Mrs. O'Brien appedred in| "do you ever thik much of what life} knew subscaibed for three good maga-| until the cuffs were ag deep : ¥ De able fo negitiate with him. BUE| the doorway he said to Nora, "Come ight have been for us if--if the|zines and set hereslf the task of be- for that particular. sweater, | Jl she was going to do nothing premd-| now Mrs. Corcoran, give it t0- us/Purroy Works had 'gone-on just the| coming the. woman who, could and depth; mien y turely; she was going to be sure thatisgain," Ea , {samo as always?" : would 16rn. oy eT a The col the shock of surprise and disappoint-| "¢Oh T couldn't," Nora protested: "I|. "No," he answered, and he did not| = = as ar 1884s Just imp TT he ment would not flatten out the: wave | was just being silly, Mrs. O'Brién."" [mean to be cruel. "I find plenty to} | The H ife's Part. a Just ea hy titoker nd k of sympathy. Besides, she realized ®Go on, go on," urged Maguire "It's; think of with life as it is." & 5 Th ousewl e's Par st on sevens es A knit that an application for pardon could hey idea of what a political boss should | "Yes, but don't you ever ike fo] Again the housewife has to prove; acrbss the back. On the third time hardly be considered until Dave had|pa the way she thinks I -ought to|imagine things, Jerry?!" _ | "the "policeman of food control" In| across cast on two more, served a term proportionate to the of- look, Let's have it again now." "Not that sort of thing. AE her hands lies mainly. the success fifth th, ninth, : fense whieh he had confessed. Per-1 85 Nora, with some réldctance, per- | the age, when you're hungry, of "making 1% pounds. of Sugar do for] til -you ; haps by the A, or summer, | formed for Mrs: O'Brien's benefit, and ning a dinner?" ct doh person in the family for a month,| The when he had Been in'prison a year and | Mrs, O'Brien was as entertained asl "It might make you enjoy-it all the "The 'burden of ow Soir the Al Hadr 4 Y icient a half, it 'might be safe to make the her brother. more when you sat down to it." ¥ canoe 1 Th is| to start the point on the other side I effort, She thought that a. year and | ' "You've got a comical way with you, "It might! admitted Jerry thought. | sugar supplies fails on us.« ore Hien Harr Joint gn, 4 ; time' a- bali would. not seem an inadequate | Mys, Corcorun, there's no doubt about fully. "It might. But: if the best|Tot enough sugar available for us all} when ow on, every second term for' attempted robbery. Until it" she sai "To think you Should [that's ahead of you is a stand-up feed| fo livé in our peace time habits. ~ Our | across Tn Sh that stfficient period . of penance) ever have theught Patrick was that!at 'a lunch-counter--~how about it}great war y ' has reduced| collars then dome. - . «. « ; 2. chil ys should 'expiré she would abstain from | kind of a fellow!" : f then?" = i our sugar-earrying fleet; the 'sugar|~ The cuffs aYe'sewed together £00! gi &CO ny appeals; she "would devote the! "Nora that her concep-| "I don't see why anybody should yequirements of the army are very|tacked onto the sleeve, the worn ! H. M1 ra Mento CO. fo ar 1 : to : interval to stréngthening * her hold | tion aro@ediin Mrs. O'Brien amuse-|feel so hopeless as that." 'he. Ashexican crop Ry " So Me A a 2 ) 3. 0 8 I'S i . pis Tess than | cuff being cut away. = With the . i upon. Patrick Maguire's interest... |ment re Chan hostility, Shocwas Xt ve Bupeotéd; we have diverted 50,000{ white' collar. sewed: in piace, stat CRIT ROS JL t had beep a long. time since she! qtill further relieved by other evi- ~ #CHAPTER XXVIL Shs of or shipping in order that! sweater has a quite dressed up look "MONTREAL + QUE... hi been disposed fo make hefself | dence, as time went. on, that her in-| On arriving at home, Jerry walked |e E5 SEEE NCE 50 Pel for the simple outlay 'of Afty cents in a RSIS : as charming as she could. New she|creasing intimacy with Maguire was!i, upon a tableau, especially arranged 1 Ve L000y mans : pe outlay. g recovered much of her old pleasure not, disapproved by his sister, .Hav-|fo, him because from the window . : ) : in exereising that facility. 'She flat-ing expected that Mrs. O'Brien would| peter had, seen him coming down thels tered Patrick Maguire on his own ac-|discourpge the growth of social inter-| street. = At- first Jerry could not count as shamelessly as she flattered | course betweenrthem, she was some-! make out just what was the mgtter; him' and Mrs. O'Brien about Laura.|what puzmled as well as gratified by| the family were all placed found on TT TE rn chairs in the sitting<toom, tooking at Sal him expectantly; with mirth and in- " { terrogation in His mother id sat in the mrid h# room, with | Peter on one gi-fier and Betty on the other, and the ices seampd al- { most "to dance as they looked at him. * L | He turned to Kate for explanation; enew i a ar er S 4} and 'then, though she sat with her v . i {head down, very demurely, mending ? Th, stockings, he saw that she was quite a 3 when different Kate from the ong he knew. The clothes you were 0 proud of wh "Hello!" he cried. "Why, you've new--can be madé to appear new agalnf gone and put your hair up!" 7} Rd * : ; i : K 2 ? Fabrics that are dirty, shabby or spotted Then they. all laughed, as. if th ? y i »! : Ea in, TAR Ind a i will be restored to their former beauty.by ware something humorous 'shout lth | BEE Fd Canada is receiving only just énou igh sugar for her actual needs! sonding them to Parker's, SR {ef the ypmark of orem. Kate} io. : "Theres 0 syfplus for wastage. ~~ © Bi ne too as she lifted a rosy face : a . and shining eyes. a CAR ¢ aste of 8u must second; d; wherever. possible; 5 : CLEANING and DYEIN repos it make me look quite olds : 4% 3 gst ige a an alternative for sugar," = a Nh : Ha 3 bu ; Fi ' 7 "I should say so. = Stand up and 5 a SNE : ay yrs fs properly done at- Parker's . J fan round, go that I can see You} : Eo ' You will discover a real.economysy-and' a delicious. es, th as Kate ob ntly § : é i i ee this cat big ih Nn : RE ao y NL . » 11) jes if 3 Send articles by post or express. We pay nd, Suned Jetore «Bim. tho ore] : Bh % addition to Your household suppl kw yu & : carriage one Way and our charges are reason- "1 litle girl amy more at all. ~Do youl ; = : / able. - Drop us a card for our booklet on [feels ad different as you logk i 3 Poin ¢ . "No; only a little shy at' ng peo- : household helps that save money, : fo The Sirgedt a : or "The change is very becoming, #0 ] ; A : you needn't feel shy." P ARKER S DYE WORKS, i LIMITED Yd Do you really like it, Jerry?" : be oe "Yes, vefy much," ro 5 , Dl and Dyers, fo tow Then th it nice} Now 1 Shant, fee] y ER PER CE eR ; \ e St. heh oron "half so shy about showing myself at pi % 5 pp : 2 og Vi 79} Yong ie \ hei ry PED Here are a few suggested ways to use CROWN a Of course you won hy, all the i BRAND or LIL Y WHI TE Corn By rup to gi! to o# ! géhool -like this to-morrow." boys ~will be interested and all thel i girls: will be jealous." a i Ns erry; lots of the other girl \ heir 'hair up, So I don't belie Fd