<un may oomm tod*, bba gtg oitt, h. t.

Polly aottd toe glitter vn BroDetfS angry eye* tnd fait again the qolrer of rear. “She gtrea yon all the gets her fi» gera on," she came back at him In defense of the absent Evelyn. "Lott o* tunes she’s got along on shoot nothin* fo yeod yon cash au' didn't I come nmnlo' np here with it as soon as she give It to me? Now her ma's get tin’ on* that Eve ain't apendln’ her money on herself, an’ she watches 'er like a hawk does s chicken. She told a»e

<d hack Into the boose. For the rot be passed la the kitchen: he

! In his bedroom.

The SQtwtter flrl roce to her feetf anxious to he gone. “Oscar, yjia might be lettln' me have Just c wee bit of milk, lea ain't losln' notBln’ throngh me.” She picked np the ps'l. tud with i* growl the man snatched ! out of her hand. •TVotnen'r*! a d—d nuisance," be gmmbled. “Weil, watt bere.went oat of the room, and Polly Hopkins drew a long breath. It waa gettlnx harder every day to get the

rt PaB**?."+** tk* *i**'Cr 'PoUt EopiiMs. Mv daddy \ it Jertmuk Eopl'JU, ikt wtcifor of tint iattkm&a.' "C** l in wmeOUxt for you. PoOf Boptingr queried Bobtri, (LS At fmi'ttd igRinq abcht lift ** Vu aqwtter*' dtp. Ski fiMUfi ent boiA hard* in a co«pnkaitive festvre as mmek at it tap it oonii tu for Omtslf how mnek Ar nttdod. ~Bor,, tnrt.fm can,” A* arid wish fierce naphatit. ‘Tea can srai* Old Marc leave tu tavaUers ba YrJrt biffte'n he it! The

tgaaUen need fen awfnl bad"

Her trioe broke. Robert 00% a tseaik. Of conrtt hi mild ktle this dri and her people. Me would, toe/ As for c-

U, he could «<ni ' and rurpast karcut MacKeune. to talk tenu ; V-. MacKenoa'c itead.” It re- „ now I well tnokt kirn leave pan alone.” the carved lipo about chick a tattle larked, there

I did

mu CfpnheneAn m he voice when eke atkti: ''Can. aen tick'in k * finrh. mieterr t Tee. Y Aink l coati," laughed K^eri; “bat it won’t be-nec--Them I tee at tliltmt Citp foOr bein’ kappp again,” tifked PoBp. ~We goi a awful let of things an’ folia to take care of here.” Urns* pm hare them Ulmm Csnnlry Polly sad Robert PsTstv-J. has Wmaaad hea^ a* amlhar of

J,

standing wttfc her bend or the dose kooh, ready to go. In silence she took the pall be oDered her. “Looks here, Pollyop," be began abPrtlT. aa Pour ooeoed the do«. “What's to hinder yoor paying ft*.

He an Id it with extreme deliberation.

1 Ha, Oscar,”

k don't never have no money. Too km/w that, an' Paddy Hopkins don’t pm mvch. eliber. If I had a dollar, I bet Pd «eud every penny ct U fillin’ erry an* Daddy an* Orann;- Hope milk an' egrs.“ To make him ■nderatand bow anxkma she was to

“An* Pd bey ’em an of you, Oacav. That's as tme as Granny Hope's God

1' ap In the sky."

dot ask you for money," answered Bennett, staring at her. 8nd- • came done to her; and Polly to *he door. His face was rod the cords In hi* neck while his fingers twisted

-amt th* door?” he shouted tf he* “Wbrnafs your manner*, Polly Hopkinsf Chut .yoe an Cm rain’s cos. log In STjar yoor Th* atsUe faded from

a chak end placed S "80 yov’ve ctrme h>i •at cm the fanner - th* aleose of hit ~Weu. poc might as

. PoUyoR” '« hi. Op*

h*-r»" Th* girl’s her* wot teat Crow teuae- •> UHcwsrd molar the chair; hot she r«i*inrd dnereedy elicit. Oscar al

' "he nuae f ». the anlgd ado a - that OacaPs eyesaoftanod It» ttma be was aOsnt. Tat r*** * rt l In h#? errand; bat Ben ■ tied was mat aa milk er any « '1'- suffer-mg for the -rant of tt. He hod jam dfiacwvewd tha* Polly «u heoajte-! oron it She

i*w Oaear hectoroo his wife for

ear it jtm so Aortirr thtt

Mtaad was tt I been afraid of th* powerful Boh ertson fansllj, ho wnoM her* forced Evolya Into Ma home lens b*f»ew this. It had been a hard two years’ task to keep him qaiet. “Mefb* you art SOtUB* ttek, Oscar. me Interposed. “1 don’t knowmabM: btrt r* knew what that old M — Robertson would do to yoo tt.' bsr gM If yon told. Ton d get E«r mebbo. hot yoa sure v aildn't get an}

mwe money.

The mast face dsrkeoed. “That** Jam the rob." ho “bet at that Kre ain’t P'ejlng eauvi* with roe.- Th# Robertson* ksvt tmney » bum. and shs Joels tt Put to m* In smalt hni* dsitwra I tOl yee Tm s^k

to Sov-Iy, her eyes blaring, her carls la tonfosion on her shoulder*, that be r wild have taken his pay ter th* milk without her permission If she thrown st him a threat he fsarwd she would carry out. “Man’s kisses ana what you’ll get. my pretty laas," he predicted grimly. If I was finished with Eve. by Otd. I’d set about tatting my share I won't always be married to my lady ■nbertaou mind yoo. PoDyop." The blood had left his face. He gali< white and stern, and by this time Polly was on th* porch. “Ttln’t *0 easy to get unmarried os 'Us to get married/' she told him i' me I Tin Jast Dsddy Hopkln* brat, an' I don't want any kisses bat bls‘0. Td let Jerry’s tonga* go twl*’ for milk before Pd psy for It with—

with—"

Oscar sprang t her. She was *0 tantalising!) beautiful. aoaliuHagevec In her grote*dae attire that for the moment he forgo! he had reason to

fear her.

“I’ll turn sou. anjrwny.” *>» auarled. hut Putty, flert-footed and afraid, ah.ii (ruo, the porvk and reached th* lane th* milk Jr.thing against th* cover of

wo* doing the work hie wife ought tn bo! What a fool he hod been to marry Evelyn Robertson! Instead of the fortune he had expected, he woe tied hand and foot without money cr woman. He thought of the radiant squatter giri who had Just left him. Two years ago wmesnb wd had not dawned upon Polly Hopkins, but today— He undertoned an cath and went out to •e bsm. Polly Hopkins ran down the lane as fast as her legs could carry her. Th* milk was safe In the bucket, and she had scarcely reached the rallrostd tracks before the had decided not to mention Oscar’s vicious demand upon It sht told Daddy Hopklna. be would do some barm to Bennett, and there would be no more egg* and milk for Granny and Jerry. If she spoke Evelyn, there waa no telling what the‘girl would do. The tangle-haired squatter girl was the daughter of Jeremiah Hopklna, the mayor of the Silent City. Use lefcder of all tiione who lived In the rows of huts that ran along t^e Lehigh Valley tracks and on down the lakeside. Uncouth and Inuqrant were Jeremiah and his kind, and vlrltoos who came to the little city of Ithaca agreed with the town’s Inhabitants tost It was a shame th* law allowed such s Wot as the Silent City upon the natural beauty of Cayuga and Its majestic surrounding*. Pollyop stood shivering, her troubled gase searching the lake for a boat Daddy Hopkins had gone away early with Wee Jerry, and ah* always worried a little when they were out Tet the knew that the only way to get the bread, beans and feaeoo for the family was for Daddy Hopkins to defy the law and drag his nets whenever the game wardens wVre not about Without the lake srd Ita hidden food. It would be a desolate world

tdeed.

Wee Jerry was Polly's five-year-old brother, and long before he could walk, be had chosen his father’s big shoulders upon which to beat his way through an unfriendly and often hungry world. Buv thtt same world which had wttened Jerry had given to Polly a wild beauty, a body strong sod as pliant as a maran reed. • With a sigh Pollyop turned to th# bouse. The door was shut against the atom, and a thin curi of amok# twisted upward from the toppling chimney, lodng Itself hi the baby leaves of th* willow*. The little lines that had traced the troubled brow vanished at the sight of a s!ab of wood over the door. On tt waa palmed la etude letter*: “If your hear* te loving and kind come right In. If It ain’t, -coot rtf." Pollyop and Granny Hope had worked a long time to make lis tigu. and even longer to uatl It “It*tl help the Silent City folks. Granny” she had said. “’Specially, If I smile s lot at ’em." She flung open the door and went tn, rioelng It behind her. In one corner cf :hs kitchen, an old woman, oj dd that nc squatter could remember bet otl«er than aged, sat osar the siova. About her shoulders was t shawl, and It# edges were held together wttfc dawlike finger*. Munching on a bit of hay at the wcod-box waa a leap goat, an old friend of Polly HtpMns. Long age aha bad found him. lost In the wilder asas of the fitena country, tnd hsd brought him to the Silent City. The ouanty consisted of three rooms. Back of the kitchen Daddy Hopkins ulopt. and In the miserable coop-bol* where Polly had snee stored rubbish Orkney Hope stretched out her weary bones at night. Polly's bed ranged the kitchen wall, and the room had but a bench, two old chairs sod a throMcggvd table to oder tn rue* hospitality. “I wheedled a little milk from Oscar, Granny, said the girl- “Ooddy, but he’s gettin’ stingy!” She put down the pall, weal to the stove and tbnmt a piece of wood lute -Wood’s as wet as bell," ahe complained. almost as If she bad spoken ' herself. The old wcuan stirred and lifted ir withered llda. .let! ain’t wet." ahe muttered. "Ifa dry an’ warm—hot. I mean." and she drawing nearer the flte. Talu’t like thtt le.keside.” Granny Hope had been la the Hopkin* shack since th* first winter snow. rz Hut stood ««n a little point abowt a quarter of a mile away. In U she had lived aloo# ever alnre her busband bad gone down In the Big Blow, a storm that we- a tradition In the settlement, and ohlcti only the oldcet inhabitants of the HUent City could

HERE 1* often more Joy, in the heart of 1U owner, over a remodeled dress, then over a #p!ck-and-spen new one. The exercise of Ingenuity in planning the madeover drear, the sense of economy and the addition cf one more satisfactory frock to the wardrobe—all work together to Inspire th* thrifty woman with a comfortable foellug of havtuy accjtnpllabed something creditable, especially when she does the planniac

and s

self.

Coat dreaaaa and the popular redlngote styles suggest the eeriest ways

sewing In anttciparion of spring. It U well worth while to get thr cfrild/en's sewing and that foe the house out of the way. for the allnretnents of springtime reach everyone and nothing la more worth while than leisure enough to enjoy them. The little folks must be provided with sturdy, washable clothes for school and play and with some for great occasions, as birthday or dancing parties and visits to one’s relatives and friends. Very early In the year the new wash goods are brought out In the shops. They follow the holiday business and

Exvntpias of Btytt* far Romodolms-

for converting street suit* Into frock*. It tt spring and not winter that en-

A redingote model, shown at the left of the two pictured, requires a pttln satin or crepe underskirt with a vretoe and girdle of the same material as the skirt. The wool redingote tt pointed at the bottom and slashed to the waist line at each ride. It Is decorated wl'h narrow folds of the satlr. or crepe and has flaring El*e*-c*. split at ttw back and faced with the rilk material Sleeve* la suit* are often plain and close flttlts. and those In frocks are neither, so that they are likely to pre-

sages the mind of the merchant,

erythlng that U needed for making doth** for the younger g.oeratk* b provided, together with reedy-mad* Sarmetit* that set the pec* tn style*. In thtt year’s showings much has bean made of fauullar material' and com-

binations of these materials

The whisper, that attention will na centered on fabric* rather than on &te orations in spring style* fr grown-vu*. tt more than c whisper In th* affairs of children: it u aa edict that appear*

Fourth kstst*. ••the fount, estat*;newspaper wurk-ers. la Edmund Burk, who is quoted In Tbomos CeriyW* Bftb lecture ea "Heroes sod Hero W«. nap as -a. lug. “There ■«. three l-writtuienf. but In th* rep.irirrs' gallery yonder there stla a four i. aetete. more Impnrui.i far than tbsy nM*’ Tins w*e la 1«» In *htt ipnMy »here r-laas dttiinetlona >re ■** mate potitiesuly little ever I* hoard of th* three estat**—the nebUlty. th* ctergy snd tte peo^-hut «b# wrw Teuftt

Pretty Frock fpc a Olrt.

Win

1 |.r.>bh*ni In remodeling- But are many way* <>f eriviug It.

Th* ri*w»i.« may be mt ‘‘If nbeve til* Vhew Mtd a full lower -w.e set on — or the* may t- split al«*g the outer•rein snd Hav* ■ fiarlni: *•*»* tosertsd er an rt ’lr* steer* insy I"- made o! the ritt wrd in roml.1 nation. Tb* leant gbvlh* finished Willi b«l).!>-’U»

is cB elrgxl111 11 ttsir that tt •n lm|wrtsnl da*all In llii-'. us4el Is til* esdd Iwari id Sluter, wltrta

vtu- «u-b«iunw-iit> ot oui1 <l.*c*n sp|iJal to tbs youngrirre. I ut rail !u tula to their elders, mi.tfsne and meny idimra Nuey ttremaeirag wia

to Is- empha’teed la the uet» Ulaptay* In the snares. For a girl «f nine (» thinesn <* a prrtty rroek of |irii)U-d tuM.e: ts shown In Hie pteiure abuv* It has a long bodice and tuii skirt wltb four ruflk-s shout 11. Plain .eatendi* *e i.ml f»r folds tha. finish ii<e stUsw sleeves and round nert. and to make the vnsh -v-