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Storm Country Polly by Grace Miller White

Copyright by Lhtie, Brown & Co.

CHAPTER XI—Contlniratt —1*PoUyop 1 * i

M«d. The KtrmliMd moacUa about his moot. leMTlnj It a jtsh; and thus did Uw Storm « ( back to Evelyn Bobertaon

After that came dark da/a tor PaUy- " ren the rep rod action at Ike eateat Mother In the World, which &< In Ita accustomed {dace on the inty wall, tailed to lift the heavy ad that mated Ilka a atone In tfcr No more did ebe stand before Ireem—dream of a deep-toned Ice teJIlox her of lore and a future.

on to see Evelyn, bat the rick girl appeared aa the Uttle trill 3nat after myttfa!: la the

ha bad booaht the farm of Oscar's betra Terrid whispers went from month to >uth In the aattlemeat that he had

PoUy was happier. She coaid not have explained. If abe had been asked, why the agony of doubt had given place to. a warmer glow about her heart when abe thought of Daddy Hopkins. Away off op there In the gloom of the orison, be bad received a mother's benediction; l olly believed this with all her aorl. Jer-y and abe too bad come In for their share; and this new confidence lifted the efaadow from her eyes a little and lessened the stabbing hurt In her side. The thing that tormented her i was Jerry's constant mourning for his father. Day by day the had racked her biatm for ways to amuse him, _ aa soon as the novelty of the play had worn off. the old-time cry would begin: . “Want to play borne wtf my Daddy Hapklns! Wee Jerry wants Daddy

Ing after one of hla spells of weeping.

be a way to burry Auburn for a day. when Evelyn Bob ertaon suddenly appeared In the

i Polly Hopkins t* aae the girt that abe neglected to ask

played hide ana go seek at the corned* of her lovely mouth. The stmlyhlue glint faded from her eyes, leaving them the color of heavenly ttata. She was certain her secret waa aa safe in the breast of Polly Hopkins as ft was in the heart of the dead Oscar. “Ton shan aee your father." abe said, dropping her hand, “and yos can have any dress I have to wear. Ooma up tonight, at seven. The foUca will be at dinner; and 111 slip out and bring

you In."

Then she neat away, leaving Polly Hopkins alternately plunged Into the depths of despair when the thought of Robert Perdval end singing with giAdnem over the joy In atom Wee Jerry and Daddy Hopkins. It was still broad day when PoQy Hopkins left Vfee Jerry playing by

for the Bobert•on borne. True to her word, Bi the grape arbor at oevsn and hastily led her up the back stain

“Take anything you like, Polly, but harry. The cook's In the kitchen, and the other maids are busy. I’ll go down for fear someone will c« “ ‘ There's the dinner gooj * In the beautiful room, Polly's gate swept Its broad It did oot occur to her I ast of tbeas gorgeous an She only wanted something to wear to Auburn, something to celebrate her visit and do Daddy frtpklna proud. She swung open a. cloSt Uoor id peered ‘In. The sound of laughter somewhere « house sent s wave of terror over bar. She snatched* at the first gown her hand, rotted It Into a bun1 down the stain. Until she waa in the lane again, aha did not ‘ neath* easily. Once back la the shanty, Potlyop hid the dress beneath her bad without even daring to look at It. How Evelyn eras to arrange the visit to Auburn, she

golden glory: eo she took down Daddy Hopkins cracked piece of mirror which be had used when pulling «Mt his shaggy whiskers with the tweesers. By tlie aid of it. she could get glimpses of her slim young figure and the gncefut -weep of the skirt. Holding the glass higher up. she studied her slender neck where the sun had tanned It. But tan did not matter, for Daddy Hopkins loved her in spite of It. All et once she beard a knock against the aide of the hut. Hastily slipping out of the dress and folding It. she shoved It under her pillow, ^hea she put on her old dress and opened the door. Larry Bishop was there, extending her a letter. Taking the note In

MARCONI REALLY FATHER OF RADIO

•Ain't yon earnin' In. Larry r abe asked. “Kinds chilly tonight, huhr The squatter gapped teakte. his cap In his hand. “Tep, too cold for summer. Poll," be returned. “Say. brat, how you gettln' on? Oot •nougb beans left for

a whiter

“Sure, more'll enough, Larry." aha replied. “I writ Daddy In my letter yesterday how blessed good you'd all been to me. I bet. when I get face to face with Tm. ni tell things I can’t scribble. An' now you go bringin' me Upped the letter with bar fingers as a mysterious smile touched

" sr lips.

The man shook hlc heed grimly. “You won't be see in' your dad vary on. Polly op." I guess right T “Mebbe I will," she told him, fingering the letter. She likrd Larry Bishop very much, rt abe was eaten up with curiosity to know the contents of the envelope in her hand. Perhaps, oh. might it be— “Where'd you get this. Larryr aba asked, bolding'U up. “I was cornin’ down the lane. pUlrfed Bishop, “an' a feller i If I knowed where the Ho. wen I says, Tep. Tm goln' there He says. Take this letter to the Hopklas girt' an' 1 says. 'Yep,' an' •an' I brung tt“ He paused, hoping she would open It In his presence. Being persuaded she did not intend to. be went out. His footsteps had jo sooner died away than Polly sprang to the door and barred It Then ne turned the tetter 1 over ant looked at It Her is on It; so It mast be for her to read. A thrill of pit over her. Perhaps Robert bad her a word of forgli might have written that some day ha

Greatest Mother in the World” seemed to stand out mot* pit Inly than even when the sun Potlyop placed her warm cheek against the picture and smiled She go and aee Daddy Hopkins. 8be turned and looked longingly at the ward to the woman's face. “You've done so much for me an 1 Jerry, ma'am," she whispered. “Mebbe sometime you’d roaLe—him—smile just once st me.” Then she Look the bundle from under her cot and spread out her treasure. It was a delicate shimmering silk, soo In it was the cv.or of the sun Jic before be sailed over the hill on his journey around a could not be such i' gown in all the world, rod; thought. Then she dow-

»Eb grief, Mx wept a while. Then *e took the dress tram unrisT kfcs pillow, rolled It cere fully in a ctean doth and put It away. The shock of Evelyn's cold note brought back the shadows to Polly op's brown eyes. As the days passsi slowIT by. and the rich girt did not come to the shack again, Polly last aU hope of_seeing her father. er decision to go to Auburn in spite of Old Marc followed a tetter that aha reed red from Daddy Hopkins. HO was vary lonely, be said. He was counting off each day as so many boors nofiror the time when be could ace deer children. with the picture of Daddy's looriloess stamped In ml on her mind came the thought that no out had the right to keep Jerry from hla father. "om the time she coc reived this

$to.y of the Gifted Italian’s Work In Development of Air Communication. While experiments along the line of radio really suited as far bade as 1827 and hundreds of scientists were Interested in solving the problems involved for many years, ft was not until 1898 when Sen a tore Gugiidmo Hardoul tool; out his first patent that the mastery of air communication got Its first great impetus. HU life history is to all practical Intents the hUtory of radio communication. Senatore Guglleimo Marconi, G. C Y. O, L. L. D., D-Sc. M. I. E. E_ was born is Bologna, Italy. April 25. 1874. His mother was Irish, white his father was of s family whose mechanical abOfty waa marked. After an education at Leghorn and Bologna, the young man Interested himself in the problem of wireless telegraph, , starting his research u 18»5. He went to ■agtend and to 18P8 took out the first' patent ever granted for a practical system of wireless telegraphy, by the use of electric waves. HU early experiments In EngUnd were made st West bourne Park. Shortly afterward

■ request made some experiments

••Trices st the disposal of King Tietor and was given the rank of Uoutenant In the Italian army. He was employed on Important military missions to England by the Italian government and after this service was transferred as temporary commander In the lUllan* navy.. Marconi visited the United States in 1917 as member of the official mission sent by Italy. In 1919 Marconi was appointed plenipotentiary delegate to the peace conference at Paris, and In this capacity signed the peace treaties with Austria and Bulgaria. He was afterwasd awarded the Italian mllltarx cross. ThU very Important figure in the wireless world, who has received about all the honors possible for the scientific world to bestow noon him.

Hay. 1897. in the Bristol channel, wireless communication being esubUahed between Larernock and Brean Down, a distance of nine miles. On the luvlutloo of the Italian government Marconi afterward went to Spexla where a land suiton was erected, which was kept in constant communication with two Italian battleships working from a distance of 12 miles. For thU success the Italian government conferred upon Marconi the honor of knighthood. After a return to England further experiments were conducted and on July 20. 1897. the first radio

Including the Nobel prise, has Mt given np active work, but U even now engaged in radio telephone erperi-

rus.

Radio enthusiasts have increosml tenfold within the test tew months. I appears from a survey conducted 1

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central west, Kentucky and Texas. At virtually all points from which reports have been received, them are thousands of radio seta, parti cularty

had often stolen rides c-j the Lehigh Valley train from ’ths^ to the Silent City and dropped off where the engine took e switch while the Buffalo Special dashed by. Why could she not steal a ride dear to Auburn! While the eqnatter girl was making arrangements to carry out this mighty plan, preparations for the Ms eFeprie-Robert soo wedding were going rapidly forward. Evelyn, happy to bar new love, untroubled by sympathy for the dead Oscar, passed the days meetly at dressmakers and In the shops. Her contentmert would have been complete If her coo sin Robert had not looked so sad. or If she mid have rid herself of the sense of aoslblllty for hls unhappiness. But hoping In her flippant way that rould come out well after she wbi married, she gave little heed to him and eooe at all to Polly Hopkins. Early one morning Polly hopped quickly oot of bed and after a breakfast of bread and beans, began to dress Jerry In the best he had. The day ras riUlly. and a fine rain dritxled •ver Ute lake. PoUy.tp wrapped Granny Hope’s old shawl around the little boy and tted a warm rag about hla bead: and the child, satisfied with hls sister's assurance that he was going to aee fate father, sat on the cot wide-eyed, watching aer in •'lienee. <TO BE CONTIKUED )

O. K. nil Their Fuse Blew Outl Their meeting wee mutual She being Immediately attracted by hls magnetic personality, while he was not repelled, for hla Ups soon made contact with ben. and the sparling grew intense He proposed with lightninglike proisioo. then they were united. Their friends were electrified Wasn’t Uxtee-ww* |B

M. O. Corcoran of Washington, D. C, His Receiving jVire Being Connect ■elf to commercial purposes. In Do-

paratus to provide communication between the South Fore .and lighthouse and a lighthouse on the south coast. In 1809 Marconi read a paper on “Wireless Telegraphy" before the In-

Early Ui 1901 telegraphic communication waa established between two points more than 250 •miles distant and st the end of that year Marconi transmitted signals from Poldhu, in Cornwall to St. Johns, Newfoundland. In 1902 he received on board the steamship Philadelphia la the presence of tha* officers, good messages on the tape when at a distance of 1,500 miles from the transmlttiug station and signals at over 2.000 miles. In Deeembjr. 1902. the station at Cape Breton. Nova Beotia, under a contract with the Canadian government for transatlantic wireless telegraphy, was put Into communication with the Cornwall station at Poldhu and inaugural messages were transmitted to the KL:f of EngUnd. the King of Italy end to the London Times. In October. 1903. the steamship Lucania published a dally wireless bulletin from unsaages received from the Marconi stadonr*. A powerful station at Cllfden on the f Ireland was opened early in 1907 for the establishment of commercial relation* with the American continent st Glnce Bay. Marconi's work bss l*een rec may govem-uent* and seats of learning; he has been decorated by the King of Italy and the late ex-Caar of Kussis «• an honorary doctor of taan; universities. Indtiding Oxford. <;!*««••". Aberdeen. Liverpool sod pennsyltnnla. beside* having rwetveC th* freedom of the priurl|«l Italian etOac. In 1914 he was -Isrted a senator in the Italian Ur also bolds many aci awards fr. 'ied by various eotho dwterattes uf wv by

Aerial far His Radio Outfit, id te the Wife Springs of Hla Bad. ing market and weather reports, sod police are receiving bulletins. Sarmoas. concerts, health talks and styU talks are transmitted. Usiverxltiea and professional operator* are co-cp-crating. Approximate figures are reported from various states and centers Indicating the present number of radio seta. According to A. L Benson of St. Lonls. division manager of tha American Radio Belay league, about 90.000 radiophones are used In four states as follows; Iowa. 23.000; Missouri. 25.000; Nebraska, 22.000; Kansas. 20.000. In St. Louis alone there are some 2.200. The radiophones chiefly carry concert music, but In many localities fanners have Installed them to receive market reports. Correspondence from Texas reports 283 stations In Dallas, ranging in slse from ^4 K. W. to 20 watts, and almost equal numbers In other cities of the state. Cleveland. Ohio, reports probably 15000 radio enthusiasts, 1.000 sending stations In greater Cleveland, virtually all amateur, and 10.000 receiving sets used almost nightly. These estimates exclude commercial sets. Cincinnati eports 500 ret*. Indiana has 4.500 amateur radio ants and Indianapolis 1.000 radlopbonsa. Wisconsin has nearly 1.500 statiooa, and the number la said by Molcomb P. Hanson. University of Wisconsin operatic Increasing at the rate of five a day. Nearly 1.000 sets are reported Ui Milwaukee and vicinity. North Dakota has a number of receiving stations and s few fairly powerful telegraph sud telephone sending stations The North Dakota Agrtrultural college Is planning to Install a lUO-watt service for fanners. The vacuum tube Is displacing older equip-m-*nt Iti the state. Marked growth Is reported ad Omaha. Neb., by two radii risks, which have hern In existence only fifal montns. The University of Nebraska and Nebraska Wealrysn. co-operattaB. •end to B’nstaurB la Nebraska. Soatt