AUHTS WISTARIA

•y hiloa MOftmt.

AT THE CHURCH

•r viNcewr i_ pcray.

Pic* L«y^1 to W» w«r i lh»M left «m« ud

to W*. *

^ w, ht> tat »*a#«5 to ttat, for •tat 1* tta ttatgrto of Tta o«b*T otodmt wta tao y«t to «ork for aa0 ton

Dirk know mdc of (*• o bai ffld not U f«-!lBf Of U herd.

Saddosty Ow-rr wto a lorch and a ttop at a ,'Jar* wtarr no atop waa rotJr tnwodfd—that K wtar* no was rnarkoi* on rrpular oeheUalra for eittar Duonsh or cocun ntInr ttalaa. Bat rvrr after Pick kora thtt In tta signal taaet of Deottn’s

the Lain to atop right ttat« beahle a meadow In which rtieep were piacidtr erasing, a row of gray gwwe t etunadlr and tastily retreating— a beflotlfo! gray-eyrd girl In blue

his eyaa finally held her. and ahe ami led and nodded In a Quite friendly manner, he ceased groping In that

bottomless region of looeltaeon. Tho enguw whistled then and pre-

pared to depart. -Good lock!" she

called. It was meant for Dick. "Sloe* obliged.’' be called back, sppreristiou ahowlng In. his eye*. “Where nee yon gotagr asked tta girt. » the taa!r> didn’t more. •Genrgia." aald Dick. Tort Ogle-

■ of i ***t J*taa boose was not Imprew r as ! to Itaott It wae a eery old bouse, ats- i taaare and brow*, topped with a

j sQWar* brow* cnjicla that gar* It a de-

Degg ovtiro appearance of rta*. It was not rflk , - *“*« bo me. and it wood on a comer lot oppowte an tooratom new apart- tollJ h

meat bonding which quite dwarfed it by comparison. Tta apartment was so ntw and glittering, so proudly dlsrtalaaat of anytLtag that wmi not op-to-date that It woo Id hare made Annt Jane's boast look almost shabby tad tt not been for one thing. This one thing was tta glory and the splendor of tta old brown boose—a huge wistaria rise that core red one whole aide. Kitty Oarow, tta young niece who hnd come to he Aunt Jane's companion, did not like tta old house. It jnsde her homesick for tta tight little New Tort apartment ahe had left. "Aout Jane." she ventured to aay <»« day. “why don't you build a partmeota tare? Too could put a large

talidlng on this lot"

Aunt Jane lifted horrified hands. “Apartments’" she exclaimed in a tone at withering scorn. “Do you think I would dig up the wistaria for spart-

mantar

And very soon Kitty found that the wistaria waa tta very soul at the house, almost Its reason for being. Aunt Jane ' iray worahlpvd tta wistaria. Tta fact that it darkened some of tbs rooms Bd not : vine wa» too sacred to he trimmed. Kitty used to sit behlc long, inwardly, to ase the pruning But very soon Kitty found that tta wiatarta had Us uses. There was a young man In tta apartment building across tta way. a very He came and went in a huge gmy Kotor, apparently always in a hurry, alwr.ys looking very important. Kitty learned that he was a in. By cring the wistaria su she could watch hi* coral:

! FAIRY GODFATHER

By GRACE HACY.

mind, and tta thought frightened be*

have been so tad. she f she had ever seen the going to marry, but she

hadn't, and ttara waa Clauds Boy. tta she tad pledged to marry three years before at tta commencemaot

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The fault had not been CUcde's, ahe uM herself. He waa too good for her; that was tta trouble, and aha silly at- ; tie thing that she waa. tad thought tarscif too brilliant to be a minister's -rife, for be tad entered tta ministry

shea Her frivolity had

Irene tried to dry tar lean and get ready. She would show her friends, tta: she would make aa pretty a bride as any of them. If only tta groom; was attractive tar wedding would be! a nucceaa from appearancca, at any rate. But what If the groom w us bald, co- tad a beard or some other hideous oddity that would make tar a laughing stock? Tta thought chilled her. Ha wrote very idee letters, but It was hard to tall what type of man be was

from that

It lacked fifteen minute* of the time

£n46ai{y the girl ed up file Mg. fat MjufimUng and protesting. Before Diet knew whet she was doing, she wa* over the fence, holding tar offering Up to his window. “Here, lake her for a mascot." she said, ktsaiag <ta top of the astonished and Indignant fowl's bend. "Call her Katherine.” she aald. “Katherine It la." answered Dtek. gratefully- He knew that the knew he tad asked her name end been given It Tta englM whtelpd again. This time The train pulled out with waving! and good-br»-Katherine tightly is bis arms, felt like singing for pore Joy. Days, weeks, month* of hard traln-

umrori to uw ywiu* —- — taught often of the real gray-eyed -athertne. somewhere up In Ohio. One day—3 Sunday afternoon, when e was off duty and feeling partlcuirty lonely—be tad picked up tta

sirr one oi ms Hletiy and naegpectedly. beard him flung ts some one. and peering over h- fence, found Wck addressing bis It “Katherine. yonTs tta most »dorale person I ever saw. Tour eyes navcwa. aoch eyes! I can't sleep for linking at them. And your smile! wonder If ITl ever see you smile rain 7 J must see you Fve got u> re yon. that** sll. If I bunt tta ■*>rtd over. Pm going *® ** iptsln. Katherine, because you k**h4 me good ter*. Tv* worked for oo-Jnst for yon. " , , f “Hey. rouT called the captain. «

H« guardian tad made all amasgw mtnto at the church. There was a large crowd waiting auMide to see her en.er and she Bailed maJesticuUy through It followed by tar bride’amaMta Tta ertaa of: “Isn't she sweet r “What a tanntlful gown." and numerous other compliments did not escape tar. She was gUd Mabel Duran was one of th. bridesmaids and could boar them. too. Mabel also looked sweet, but all eye* wore on the brida. Irene was In tta veotinule welting for tta proesastoti to bo formed. Tta

- * —- told her.

ELUSIVE VIOLET

By JACK LAWTON.

but it artnaBy 1* wtat he said, ek sprang to hi- fw* ««» d ndlriog tta lotlcr In his superi^w%m two Mt It no. I don’t

veranda where she could be seen, rocking gently, by tta people who paused by cr stopped to admire tta wonderful dowering vine. She made Kitty put on a while frilled frock end sit there too. One afternoon Kitty enme to from tta veranda to find Aunt Jane lying on tta floor In the sitting mam, groan tut- • - — - “I was trying to straights® a picture and I fell." At exclaimed. T thin* my lag’s broken 1 Out a doctor, quick!K«ty helped Annt Jane to tta com* and ran across the strew *• lack would have It young Doctor Avery was just getting out of his car. -Aunt Jane!" aha said. “Please come st error Doctor Avery found that tta leg was not broken, after all. but fcs lost no time in getting Annt Jane to tad and ordering a nurse from the hospital. Tta full had given the old Indy a decided shock, but was nothing eerie However, as the dry* want by and Aunt Jane’s accident became a thing of tta past young Doctor Avery still found K necessary to continue dally visits. Only one might 1 thought that Kitty and not J Jan* was tta patient. One afternoon he and Kitty mt on the veranda r* ' tend by tta huge wistaria vine. •Tt*a a wonderful vine I” Doctor Avery remarked during • sudden pal In tbrir conversation. Kitty nodded without eothosia'BB “And a wonderful old house* want on. “and yon are a wooderrul girl. Kitty. Do you know It was tta wistaria that first attracted me to you 7 I used to look over tare and see this quaint old place, with Us mantel of freon leaves, and think that tt looked like a stage already set for a taeutifd maiden with smooth, dark hair tike •EraiigeUne’a.’ And then one day I looked over and saw the maiden. Just as I tad pictured her. only far owe and more beautiful. And then wl came to know tar—Oh. Titty, I tar* no right to ask It but could you marry meT -I—could.” whispered Kitty, and her answer brought hla arm around tar. After be tad gone she mt alone In the leaf-shadows, dreaming. The wistaria." ahe muted; To notkwd me first because of tta wistaria. I used to hate It but now—why. I love the wistaria!" After they were settled In tta Uttie

t :b* McCi -jro P per wnMcsuj “I don't nee how ws'ro ever going to choose which ockW is U to go. do think that he might have deigned designate some one by name." ‘Usum to Teen prepare for a diet at sour grapes. It's never the princess royal who la chosen. ITl tat a cookie Ere goes." Eve glanced up from tta pattern ahe was stenciling on a ponge sunshine. “No, I thank you." ahe laughed. “1 have none of the ‘bade to nature’ Impulse at ■it " “Well, I wish he’d ask me." Dick returned. “Til tat tta old duffer has a dandy place up there 1c the mountains." “Hush, here comm dad." warned Christine, as the study door slammed, and the doctor's quick step sounded along the tan. He looked the group on the veranda over with shrewd, kindly eye*, drawing on his motor glove*. "Have you chosen the victim yet7" "Dick wants to go.” said Eve. “but I'm sure Mr. Caldwell experts one of us girts. Don't you think so. dad! Yob see, be says his sister is staying with him and ta wouldn't have mentioned a chaperon If It had been Jnat a cose of Dick. I can't go. and Teen doesn't want to." Suddenly from the army hammock at the end of the veranda, there bobbed a tousled bead of red curia. “I want to go," called Pipes, confidently. Td Just love to go. dad. You know I'd get along all right.* Her elder siMcrs eyed her hopefully. Pipe* would ta tta beet to go. after She was Just between fifteen and sixteen—what Dick culled a fine pattern of a •flapper.’ So tta letter was sent tack accepting Mr. Caldwell's Invitation for on* of tta young I’restona to spend the up at hL camp In tta Catskills. And one week later Miss Constance Eleanor Preston, otherwise Pipes, found herself deposited tie platform st Indian leap There waa no station, only a waiting beech with a projecting roof over It. Seated on this was a young man reading a ms ferine Pipes approached him with

“Do you know the way op to Caldwell's place." Tm going by there. Can't I take you up 7" he asked. “It's about six dies. You're not M ss Preston, are

your

l Thank goodness .i “Oh. yes 1 am." answered Pipes, .f Ms mining itHStaA ’•Wbji Did ta sand you down to

rtn. Upon tta right aha would have companion, a middle-aged man. tfllng In secret complacence at the per across his kn-e, upon tta left the vacant seat waa by tta side of a

eantlful woman. The

young woman, meeting Margery's undecided glance, smiled Invitingly and moved nearer the window. Kero ruing the smile, Margery dropped Into the place, and the young woman adju* the costly fur collar of her cloak, that It made a sort of screen about 1 lovely taro, then tar Jeweled bands

eted Idly upon tar lap.

Margery opened tta morning paper, and gated wistfully at an Ulottreted

at a neat, heavy cloak.

Tta light Uttie suit sta waa wearing. quits Inadequate to tta win-

MARTHA 1ANE

By AGNES Q. BROGAN.

dinoer. Rta deecst a Beans yea or tta gpuse. D “ I taping-" He grinned. “Oh Kuttariu*. Kstherinr. HI have to klm *ou for that." sold Wek. and Dirkins an tta old goose he kissed «be top of tar bead where the glri's Ups tad once rested.

hern

Utj after all under Klttyte

housewifely toueb—Kitty ussd^ over st the old brown bnnse. with ti* •, appeared frem ter «T«-

was sbie to breathe again.

growing Impatient n of the wedding

party took their pUcoa to be ready upon tta groom's arrival. Irene eras left alooe in tta veetry. Sta warn going to ta-.e modi chance to tare look at this man before she married, him. ahe could aee that. It was one’s fault as re tar own that she * in such a predicament and she did not blame any owe. How different nhe would fed If sta was to stand at tta altar with CUnde Boy. eta thought as •Hr fought back tta tears. “Irene!" It was Oaode's vote* and

“So yon are the brida. Irene 7" ta aald slowly. “Accept my congratula“No. no, CUnda. don't congratulate ms; I am making n tod of myself and I can't stead ttr All tar fortitude

Tta Joung man nodded, gravely. “i wns sent down to meet Mias Oo stance Preston, from New York. You see." ta added. T thought you'd be about twenty-five." “I am itxlee\ " replied Pipes, with her best air of aloofness. The camp waa In the hemlock belt on the south side of Indian Leap. Tta lodge was a. big one-storied affair surrounded by a wide veranda. Miss Eunice Caldwell, a dear Uttie old lady who slept moat of the time, was chat. Ulne and hostess. Mr. Culdwell. himself was Uke nothing so much as a big. shaggy mountain bear. H* was out all day long, following hla pursuits as a naturalist, and Pipes tramped with him happily. Very unexpectedly Miss Eunice let tta eat out

of the bag.

“You know." she aald. In her

foruble way oue day when Pipes and she were alone. T have to laugh to ace how reconciled Hoi ace Is getting. When be wrote that letter 1 think be

. rather hoped that Ere would

I haven't seen your sisters, my daar. but I believe that Evelyn Is tta pretty

“Yep,” answered Pipe*, happily-

“Ere Is the pretty one. Teen Is the clever one. and 1 am the freckled ona.

Pm sorry he waa disappointed." “Oh. but ta Isn't now, my dear, quite satisfactory. You see. It's

lonesome for him Titan Gerard Is

try v

From behind tta ataUer of tar collar the young woman spoke softly. “Win you nove the picture." she aald. if Jewels stolen last night from Judge Markham's residence! The theft waa ilng reception. Tta diamond necklace with pendant. Is originally beautiful, so. also, the arttiny of that antique cameo." The low voice pa need a moment “Do not ta startled." tta young woman mt on. “and please do not betray by movement thai 1 am speaking to yon. If you win reed farther down the own you will learn that a reward five hundred dollars is offered for • capture of the society thief—more, for tta return of tta Jewels. I stole them alt They an now concealed in te fur cuffs of my clonk.' Margery bent lower over the paper ie was holding. - - - log. her eyes painfully downcast effort to be To disobey tta seemed Imposslt tinned tta voice. T am obliged to speak quickly, a* time Across the aisle from ns Is a famous detective. Many times la his humiliation have I eluded his skill, to elude him now. You must have that rewi Margery caught her breath. "It win all be quite simple. Baadlng the notiro and seeing the pictured Jew.' you turned to your astonishment, find tta necklace's counterpart obtr tng from my sleeve. If yon wIU look at the am beneath the fold of my is so. Swiftly. It In yo< tta com discovery, and intis*, that ta hold ms And—Mr. Oliver Haines, detective, will

rey.“

Margery rested her bead against the back of tta seat . protertlngly wide. “I can't do It." ahe "I couldn't benefit that way. If you wish to frustrate tta dehy don't you confess to tta conductor! Give yourself up—please, now, he's coming this way. tt nuy

(Cop>r!«M. J

Martha Jane mt between bar two aunts end rend the paper in tta lamp light. Even the reading of on evening paper was. in the aunts' opinion, a eon*! cession to frivolity. Their constant dl*-; I dpUne upon ibis |K>lnt bad Imbued their dependent young niece with the Idea that every desirable thing must to

frivolous.

One following the routine of Martha Jane's busy day would scarcely have calk-d her dependent but tta glri's gratitude for her “upbringlag" tad been shown In unceasing obedience to the elder women’s wishes. Other girts had bean courted and married, other girls wdre pretty fancy dresses and dainty, high-heeled shoes. Martha | Jane wen* quietly about In sentibta gray, with shoes bought for service. She glanced now with a smothered sight, from the glint of her aunts' busy needles to the concentrated frowns upon their faces, then listlessly turned ■ back to the paper. There would be at | least the pleasure of the daily abort [love story. What was love like; she 1 wondered. Then Martha Jane’s eye fell upon an appealing letter. It was publish'd beneath tta beading at “Everyone's Column." and she read: A LONELY SOLDIER. tvij some on* b* kind comigb to writs me a letter? I will rvpty. ultag team ■bout camp R(e- It makes me tern terribly lonely to eee other fellows o-tto* letters while 1 have nooe. Not a rale ttys left

away.

Pipes paid no attention to tta word* then. She was getting ready for a trip to Indian Leap after a particnlai

. there, little girt." ta told, soothingly, and ta put bis arm about tar. She sobbed It out on hla a no ai-

der.

“I hats myself. Gaud* I I am marrying a man I have never seen and Just for money. It's nil through a stupid old will my node made. I had a false idea of my position in sort*] drcics and lu relationship to my happiness, that's why I sent back your ring. But I lore yon. Osuda. and I would give It all up now. but tt'a too late T “I am glad yon have come to your

. senses, dear." ta said kindly. T am kind of moth they had been

glad you hare omo that a life of work j | for weeks.

that counts Is far superior to a butter Ttay missed her at lunch time, but fly existence. It Isn't too Into to cell ! It wa* not until iwUlgbt that Gerard this wedding-sham off. swerttaort. began to be frankly uneasy. Yon will nevar regret It. dear." ! nice told him timt Pipe* bad gone over “I know I Dover will. Ganda. I will to tta Leap after some sort of a tag call It off no matter whet aoy»o« The two men rtarted out with lantenu says tt Will ta an awful stack ta> to srok her. Gerard never forgot that IhU poor cousin that I am s«ppo»**d ulgbt tad Its danger*. The LenP^wai

to marry, but ta cunt really car* for me and tta money la all ta waste. If I many you ta will get It all and 1

don't ear*.'

and tta

“You poor littl# fort." cam* beck e soft vole# at bar aide. “You poordear. Uttie fool." And then the conductor stood awaiting their tickets. Lsatiy the ywmg woman leaned forward. “Mr. Conductor,'

yon notice the

this lady's lap! WsO. Sta s a pretty slick young detective, and she's got me all right 1 -

cuff, where

to be. What Pm asking yon Is this Can't we grt ont quietly, without any pirtnr* snapping or fuss! Do you want m* to go with you—dowT" The conductor vrtaeled around ahe.pl/. “Hate**." he called. "com« here." Thro ta stooped to shake taodi with Margery. “Congratulations, mlaa." ta said “So. you've rocor-tiaed tta gamer the detective inquired blandly, “bean shad owing Mlaa ’’Inlet Armand since abi left tar apartment thl* morning Knew we had tar this time, sure. Go Ing to put oo tta brakes and take hei off next stall >n. No use making toe moeb exrttem-mt on the way." H* turned anghlng to the lovely young woman who calmly adjusted hex einab The eltudvs Violet!" he

-I tor. U 1«* •• I” would aay. “1 can b<,w * 0 V , “ t Itaut ti-but eh. John. It's awfally toouMrrvs being picturesque 1 Pm a# tth your

Into the vestry. Her* te a trtegrsm: open It. quick! tt 1* probably from him." he aald ro-

ritcdly.

Irene’* nerves has about rsartad

mb being patriotic."

stand and smiled at TL toy. nine out of tta vs tagan a-wn rartr talr. —BUmingnom n#«r

fall Into a chasm hundreds of With Mr. Caldwell's help

be lowered himself over the predplro when they heard her first answirtnj

cell for help.

}n«» my snkte," said Pipe*

“And maybe a shoulder and irtlar huoe. I wa* getting down her# all right when 1 slipped and fell, but I gol the motu. tell him. Don't crush IL ItT

In the net."

It was a month inter when tbi Preston family received a letter fron

Mr. Caldwell:

With a graceful motion ahe wnvrd her hand toward Margery, who •* t ^ wilderedly gating at a aoft packet ot tar own lap. "Sony to disappoint you. Mr. .Haines.” drawled tta culprit, “but ti»l» clever little lady here has forestall ed yon -hadn't a chance from tta moineni tar ryes spied me out from the door way. Couldn't have done tatter wort myself, tta Jewel# arc In her pmwes

sion."

Thro Violet Armand turned to tb< girt to the thin, shabby suit "Dou'l

you worry, child.’

■ sta smiled, “good

my sentence abort.'' “Then." asked Margery eagerly, “will you let me try to help your “Others have tried." tta prisoner *n

The number at a Southern regiment ended tta letter. An unusual flush flew to tta roots of Martha Jane’s soft hair, an unusual eagerness shone m her blue eyes—she would answer that letter. If there was one other sort aa lonely aa hcrartf they mort Jrtn hand* across the miles. This should be her one eecret. “Good night. Aunt Martha.” said the girl: "good night. Annt Jane." and hastened up to her room Oh I ah* wrote him such a letter—that sollder preparing to answer his country's call / letter of fun and sympathy and all tta girlish life which had been kept •aled so long Then came the delightfully exciting days of waiting Anticipation Ungorad In the glri’s eye*. “What has got Into yon, Martha Jane!" said one of the aunts, disapprovingly. ''You're getting that Melons lookin'." But foe once Martha Jana wa* not subdued. With a dx-ring Utt injh she went on her way to tta po». office, and there It was. In the box. She could see tta daahing script khrough the glass. The postmistress turned U over unbelievingly. “Well!" ah# exclaimed. “Fer you7" “Yea." answered Martha Jane. She smiled provoking!/. It was a good wnlk down to the ravine, but aha felt timt only there might she be son of no Interruption. He was very grateful. the soldier boy. and If her letter had been good, his was wonderful. Not only of camp life did tta lettrt tell, but of an adventurous discouraging life before. “Answer soon, please." ta begged. “You've given me something te look forward to.” Bob Blake, recently returned to town, awaited his packet of mall oo* morning, and turned to tta postmlstran aa Martha Jane, absorbed, passed out with her bulky letter. Bob wrinkled bis brow thoughtfully. “Isn’t that Visa Winter*?" he asked. “Martha Jane Winters? Used to know her at school. But she looks different oome.-ey." “Sta 1* different, the porttnlstr— explained. ' Muce ahe's got that steady lover. Used to go along before quirt and resigned like. Now ita’s ah rose* and dimple*. Beckon they’ll be marrtco when war’s over." Boh Blake wheeled about on an Impulse and followed the girl down the

sirrrt.

“You're forgotten me. I'm afraid." ta said, ns Martha Jane turned

around.

Every morning after that, aha met him at the post office, there were evenings too, when tar letter had delayed to tta later mall, and Bob would walk home with her through the ster-Ught And when *ioe evening she accepted the usual missive in Bob's p'caev'C*, tar eyes fell before hi# questioning one*. Wlu u she raised them from its perusal, relief snd J..y Sashed Bp st him. This Is what Marita Jane read: —“and there's a girl out here vlalp Ing her brother, whom I've got to know pretty weU. Bo. when she goes home she'll write me letters, and yon won’t have to bother any more—“ “From your—lover?" questioned Bob fiercely. "1 never bad a lover ’ truthfully snswen-d Manta Jane. Bob Blake drew her gently out Into tta c "Well—you're going to have now," ta said.

Up,. i, m .i*-» Mr ™»-! •'*«, tta tatar. -o. tat Jta ered. She's engaged to my nephew j she said. -

snd the two of them wl I have all Fv*

rut. They're very bn 'py. I'm sorry: Tta Human Least, the older girl could -<t have enjoy* i -It te * pliy that * man MWOUng <o « tatatlta ta™ ta. ■ !•»«■* "‘2^° “ Tta two girls w * silent, tat Dirt 1 whale# do In si cellar action, chuckled. . "Whal do you mesnr The foxy old fairy g-dlattar." hi i “Tta whales, to* know, always port

•Sid. "Hurrah hBT flysn." L«U ym tta watan-: _ ,tho lany.

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