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The Queen remains true to white linen for table use and the fine reached Bartlett's before we did; but the wires were down so Mrs. Bart- and her re lett couldn't call for help, One : shes ts 3 aa) ae ore MISS ALADDIN —By— Caristine Whiting Parmenter P Author Of “One Wide River To Cross” “The Unknown Port", Ets, SYNOPSIS Nancy Nelson is a sub-deb, a gay, ‘irresponsible girl of nineteen, with no care beyond the choice of her cos- tume for her coming-out party. Sud- denly, in the market crash, her in- dulgent father loses all he had, and his family is faced with the neces- sity of a simpler method of living. At this juncture a letter is received from an eccentric relative in Color- ado, who offers the girl a home on what seems to be impossible condi- tions. : After much consideration Cousin Columbine’s offer is accepted, and Nancy and Jack arrive at Pine Ridge. Nancy set out one afternoon to climb to the top of a hill so as to obtain a view of the surrounding landscape and misses the path Aurora Tubbs had told her to follow. A truck comes along the road, driven by Mat- thew Adams, and she asks him which way to go. They ascend the hill, look around, and then go on to Cousin Columbine’s. There Mark Adam tells Nancy that his brother Luke has broken his leg, and that Jack Nelson has been hired to help out while Luke's leg gets better. With Jack away, Nancy finds that she is lonesome, and having no books to read, the idea of starting a public library at Pine Ridge seems a good one, and Nance writes home to get _her parents to send all the books they could spare and all they could induce others to let them have. Nancy’s parents and friends gave their liberal support to her request for books, and a sizeable box arrived in due course. Father Adam painted @ sign for the library, and the Adam boys worked on the shelves for the books and decorations to make the room look presentable. Jack Nelson, Matthew Adam, and Nance go to the prairie home of Mat- thews’ uncle for the ride, and after Nance and Jack leave for home, they are caught in a blizzard. Blinded by the swirling snow they collide with a bus full of school children, which was stalled across the road with its back wheels resting in a snow-filled gully. Their car being wrecked, Jack and Nancy stay with the children and do all they can to help. The next morn- ing Jack sets out for help in the bliz- zard. He succeeds in finding help, and the party of children and Nancy are rescued. As a reSult of the ex- posure Nancy’s feet are badly frozen and Jack is seriously ill with pneu- monia, but both of them recover. Now Go On With The Story Medicated with ingredients of Vicks VapoRub Long as he lived Matthew Adam was never to forget the terror that possessed him when, after hours of tramping snowdrifts, he stepped into that stalled school bus. And, per- haps strangely, his first glance fell, not on Nancy, but on the mound of apparently lifeless children beyond her. Then, all in a breath, they focussed on the girl herself—a girl only half clad, her hands moving mechanically in an effort to bring circulation into a boy’s small feet which were, it transpired later, not frozen so badly as her own. Her head, drooping forward on her breast, lifted with difficulty as the door opened, then dropped again, but not too soon for Matthew to have seen the glassy look that clouded her blue eyes. a‘ i “Nancy!” he cried. Just that. He was on his knees—had snatched at the fur coat and wrapped it ’round her. It seemed to him that the girl fought back the overpowering drowsiness by a supreme effort. One icy hand groped for his cheek, as if to make sure that he was flesh and blood. She struggled to speak— struggled so valiantly that Matt’s eyes misted with pity when, after a moment, the words came. “Bind, . . Jack. . . . You must find, Jack, Matt. ...And.. . and then take . . the children. . . . TeAMieeealloo .eealliriphts , 0. ..7 After that Nancy knew nothing at all for a long time. She retained only a confused memory of rousing for a moment to find herself in a room that seemed very full of people; wondering why Matthew Adam and a strange woman were packing snow. about her legs; and hearing a child ery out as if in pain. She recalled that later (how much later it was impossible to say), she had cried herself with such pain as she had not imagined; and then things blurred again. Even the long ride to’ the hospital was but a dim remembrance of being wrapped in blankets and held tenderly in strong arms, Once, they told her, she opened her eyes and asked for Jack, but drowsed again before the answer came. Her first clear memory was wak- ing to a sense of intense suffering, and seeing bright sunlight dancing across her bed. It was a white bed in a small, white room; and a white- clad woman was speaking to a shadow in the door. Nancy's eyes travelled upward and saw a cap. So the woman was a nurse. And this must be a hospital. “But why am I here.” she asked herself confusedly. “And what has happened to my legs?” Then she remembered! Those the drifts. But if Jack hadn’t gone there’s no knowing when we'd have found you, Nancy. He was all in, of course, but—but he will be all right.” This was Matt's verdict, not the doctor's; nor did he add that Jack was only a room away, fighting pneu- monia. Time enough for that knowl- edge when she was stronger. Then the nurse warned: “That's all for now, Mr. Adam,” and Nancy opened her eyes, which had grown sleepy, and asked: “The—children?” “(All safe,” Matt answered; then, as a cry of pain escaped her, “Oh, Nancy! is it as bad as that? It was very bad indeed, but with returning strength came self-control, and though there were times in the hours to come when her face twitch- ed with anguish, no whimper passed the girl’s lips again. Later she woke to find Cousin Columbine beside her bed. “How do you feel, child?” The crisp old voice was shaken with emo- tion. Nance scarcely recognized it. “How's—Jack?” she asked. “I’m stronger than Jack. I... .” The weak words lagged, and Cousin Columbine said quickly: “Your brother’s making a brave fight, child. I always said he had the courage of a pioneer. And you have too, Nancy. I—I am so proud of you.” Nance said nothing for a little while. Scenes from those tragic hours were crowding back. “You were right—about the—the weather, Cousin Columbine,” she ad- mitted in a curious, small voice. And then, a tear slipping from beneath her lashes: “I wish. . .” “What do you wish, dear?” asked the old lady, bending closer. Nance tried to smile, but found herself too spent to manage it. “I’m only a —a little homesick,” she acknowledged. A nurse came in just then with a strange doctor; and Cousin Colum- bine went out. They looked at her legs, and brought another doctor to look at them, Nance wondered what they were thinking, but was too tired to ask and dropped asleep be- fore they left the room. It was night when she opened her eyes again. A dim light burned, and a different nurse was there, and a new doctor. No, it wasn’t a doctor, Nance saw after a moment. It was just Matt Adam. She heard the woman say to tell Miss Nelson that her niece was sleeping, and that after a consultation the doctors felt that, after all, she wouldn’t lose her feet. Now how in the world, mused Nancy, only half awake, could you lose your feet even if you wanted to? That nurse was crazy. She spoke as if your feet could be mislaid like a TRY THIS the thi delightfal for Dare Bran " SUGGESTION for a tempting Bridge or Afternoon Tea Date Bran Gems Meat Paste Sandwiches Fish Paste Sandwiches and Tea Look forthe Quaker Natural Bran display at your grocers. He has all you_need for this tea, The recipe Gems is in ic package. muffins, cakes, delicious, more brans. bran flavour. more economical ESPECIALLY ECONOMICAL FOR COOKING Ouse NATURAL BRAN is a special cooking bran. 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She's staying down here to keep an eye on you.” “And—Jack?”” There was a noticeable pause be- fore Matt answered steadily: “Don’t worry about Jack, Nancy. That kid’s the dandiest fighter you ever saw!”’ The nurse turned at this, and going to a window, did something unneces- sary to the curtain; while Matthew, bending down, said quietly: “Is there anything I can do before I go, Nance?” “You're so tired, Matt,” she an- swered with irrelevance. He smiled at that ahd didn’t look so tired after all; but the girl said: “You won't drive up the pass to- night, will you? Promise you won't or—or I'll worry.” “I promise. I'll stay down here with John. Mother “thought Miss Columbine might need me in the morning for—for errands or some- thing,” he add hurriedly. “Now be a good girl, Nancy, and go to sleep.” “Couldn’t you stay till I drop off?” she pleaded. “I’m kind of—home- sick.” Matt glanced at the nurse, not knowing what rules there are in hos- pitals; and at a nod sat down by Nancy's bed. “We can’t let you be homesick,” he told her gravely, you “but mustn't talk.” i As-the nurse (smiling in a manner that would have brought a blush to the young man’s cheek if he hadn't been so utterly unself-conscious in that moment) turned down the light and left them for a little time, it seemed to Matt that all his weariness had dropped away. Nance wanted him there! No matter what hap- pened, he'd always have that to re- member. He might be awkward and bashful where most girls were con- cerned, but now, when she was weak and suffering, the one girl in the world had asked him to stand by. After all, life was pretty wonderful, thought Matthew Adam, forgetting in thr: moment, the grim fight wag- ing in the room beyond. (To Be Continued) Give Away Money Directors and large stockholders of various United States corporations have given away about $53,000,000 worth of securities in the past six months. About three-quarters of the $53,000,000 was given away after President Roosevelt had asked con- gress to increase gift taxes. Lady—“You would stand more chance of getting a job if you would shave and make yourself more pre- sentable.” Tramp—‘Yes, lady, out years ago.” I found that .“Have you any green-edged note- paper?” “No, madam, we have only the usual black mourning edge.” “I’m afraid that won't do, You see, I'm a golf widow.” Reeds were commonly used for pens in ancient times and as late as the Middle Ages, 2120 damask has interwoven in it the let- ters, “G. R.” and a picture of the Castle. Opening from this apartment is the smaller drawing-room. This is carpeted in rich lawn green, and has chairs and settees dressed in gaily patterned cretonnes that have a tur- quoise green foundation. The pictures here show many roval pets, past and present, on canvases of eminent art- ists. Dogs of many breeds there are, and cats, canaries and parrots. One large oil painting is of the Kaiser’s mother, a former Princess Royal, as a child feeding her Shet- land pony. Like the smaller one, the large drawing-room is carpeted in cool green and dressed in bright cre- tonnes. One little pine-framed armchair, however, is different. It was Queen Victoria’s favorite, and stands apart, upholstered in Royal Stuart tartan silk, The crystal candelabra in this long apartment are augmented by pedestals standing at intervals along the walls and bearing white marble figures of Hihglanders very much in action. Each holds aloft a group of lights encased in crystal. From this principal room a door leads to the library. Here Their Majesties when alone or with one or two members of their family, fre- quently take breakfast, and some- times tea. | Little Helps For This Weeks I will instruct and teach thee in the way thou shouldst go, I will guide thee with mine eye. Psalm 32:8. Oh, keep thy conscience sensitive; No inward token miss; And go where grace entices thee, Perfection lies in this. We need only obey. There is guid- ance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word. The heights of christian perfection can only be reached by faithfully each moment following the Guide who is to lead you there, and He re- veals His way to you step by step, in the little things of your daily lives, asking only on your part that you yield yourself up to His guidance. If then in anything you feel doubtful or troubled be sure that it is the voice of your Lord, and surrernder it at once to His bidding, rejoicing with a great joy that He has begun to lead you. 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