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THE WILL THAT TURNED THE SCALE ♦ , By H. M. EGBERT «e> w Mt»rn tfwsptper Unloh ) ANXA FOCLKES was tlilrty nine, and her boy, lite apple of | her • eye. was twelve. Her worthless husband had aban doned her seven years before Anna's friends and acquaintances had con gratulated her when six years of mar ried life ended' in her freedom. She would not get a divorce, hut then she did not want to uiarry again. Curtln having run through all her money, had departed. At first Anna dared only hope his decision not to return was true; then she d-.red to believe; tftiaily convict ion became cer tainty. She left tin- neighborhood and took ap Iter residence In a different City. Anna's folks had' been gentle. The boy was to go to an expensive* pre paratory school. For this she had toiled and scraped in the office where she was employed its a stenographer. The hard-earned money had been gath ered tosrthei). In three Char lie was to enter Gruntwlch. And then—Curtln mine hack. Anna found him leaning against the gate of her lUtie cattage on the out skirts of the town He vrtis In rugs bat aober. ne wan thin and wasted and deadly pale. Instinctively the woman shrank away from him as site saw and recognized her bus!iund. •"Curtln!" she whispered. "Why have yoa route hack?" "HI tell you. Anna," he answered. "May I tome to 7* "Ten tt'a your right," she answered. "But—- "Ob, 700 needn't be afraid that I'll do any harm to the boy," he answered. "Ton" needn't a*—" Thai Is his right, Curtln," she an ewered She coiled Charlie from the tardea. "This la your father," she asld The lYank-eyed boy gazed with nat aral repugnance at the wretched » tramp before blm. "Yoa didn't know that he was liv ing. toy dear."' she said to her aon. -But—" "I knew all about him. mother," the bey answered. "Near lH tell you why I've come back. A ana," aald Curtln Foulkes. "I'm dying. I've got Just two months to ■ht. It'a aoinethlng that can't be carrd. Ton needn't -be afraid of me any more. I've bee a a bud lot. but even a dog *•niea home to die. and 1 wast to die here, Anna." 86e took him In and the next day gave np her poaMion 10 take care of. blm. Tbear wan money enough for tbe bay> bat term at Grnntwlch, and at tbe *«d mf the two months biyi to be able to go back to the •flee Tbe sick man grew neither better aor arorae. The doctor confirmed his atatanwut. but be extended the period •f saHfiag to three months. Before ~«ha flm month wna ended there was ne mare money In the bank. Anna was confronted with the alternative af sacrificing her boy's school career asd aacrtftciag ber husband. She sac rlficed tbe buy- At least, she meant to. But Curtln' FOolkea made a move which was even jyame Aiamaftr thna his renppean?tjjp, "Jkimm," be aald. the evening before riha wan to write that letter to the head maater of Grantwlch, "I want to teM you aomethlng. They say the -wwraf aan baa a streak of good In blm. Do yon remember that Insur ance policy for a thousand dollars 1 took eat when we were married? I've ha* « np-for yoo. I've borrowed to I tbe limit on It. hut there will still be aewn hundred for you and Charlie, after —T* gone." IV letter waa never written. The tradaMea. clamoring for payment, ware told tbe circumstances. The doc tar raafl rated Anna's statement. Thenceforward U was a race with The batcher, the baker, the grocer, (he phgrsfeiaa, and, laat of all, the un dertaker looked forward, each ahd all. to the death of Curtln Foulkea, that they aright get their money. And the Mwv of Charlie Foulkea depended apaa his father's death likewise. If ever a man aroold be well out of the ■arid Cartta would, blackguard that he bad bsea. had. at range to aay,. as he lay there Ihioagh thoae weeks, humbled, re paataal. a ahadow of her former love taps to grow In Anna's heart. And esse day ahe kaeeled down and prayed Chat he aright Uve. lherr aeeased no Thance of thai. , The doctors all agreed hla case was hSfnltaa. V aoemcd the _ height of Irainy that tbe wl: had rulne. Ma wifr*a life should have come back , to rata hla aaa'a career. If ever wlahea fought, Anna'a wlah wna Igbtlag the determination of the tfihamia. af tbe aick man himself It waa wOl against will, pitted In todj struggle—a doten to one. If wfll eaaata far aaythlng In tbe affair* af mea. Aad tbe boy's future, against the hashaatTi life, with no poaalblllty at mm tsssprnailael Aana had reckoned that If her hus haad Hred the three months there mM ha Jaat two hand red dollars re aaMc with which to face the world «aaw. If be llrod the toUl debt woald II waa at the befhrahig of the third MM* that the physician came to the I«at tMth a yoaagiah. keen-eyed man. this la Doctor Ste- vens," he said. "He IK the greatest authority In the world on such cases as your husband'a. I was speaking of it to him last week, and be wlshea to make an examination." Half an hour after the doctors came out of the sick man's room to the woman, who had risen hastily from , her knees. She had been praying that Curtln might live. Tbe prayer was to be heard. • "Doctor Stevens thinks that there is n chance to cure your husband," said the physician. "It will necessi tate an operation." He hemmed a lit tle. "Of course Doctor Stevens' fees are high, much higher than those of an ordinary practitioner," he contin ued. "Never mind the cost," said Anna Koulkes. "(Jive me back my husband." "Excuse me, doctor." said the physi cian, und the great man withdrew a little way across the room. "It Is necessary to be businesslike, Mrs. Koulkes." her doctor continued. "He will operate for two hundred dollars." Two hundred dollars.! If Curtln died that would be the last of the Insur ance money. Hut if he llveH —what years of toll! And the Idea of Orant wlch would have become ludicrously absurd. Anna did not waver. "Well. It must be done, of course," she suid. "When can Doctor Stevens operate?" "Now." answered the physician. "In fact, the sooner the better. To be ."rank with you, Mrs. Foulkes, I brought him here for that purpose." If he hud been franker he would have added that Doctor Stevens would have been glad to have operated for nothing. It was an unusual case, and much wus to be learned from It. As a matter of fact, he would have paid two hundred dollars for the experi ence. But of course Anna could not know anything about that. "Get tbe table scrubbed," continued the physician. "And take down the curtains. I have telephoned to the hospital for a nurse." An hour later the fumes of ether began to permeate the cottage. The white-robed doctor and nurse were working busily Inside the parlor. Out side Anna prayed. She thought of her life with Curtln, of those miserable years, his drunk enness, his dishonesty, the total wreck of their happlneas that they had made. It waa partly her fault; Curtln had been an average aort of man. But she had high Ideala, and. In fixing ber gaze on them she had forgotten to be tolerant of human fallings. As she kneeled there It seemed to her aa tnough her single will were lighting a lost battle against the will of all, these men, the united wills of tradesmen, of the undertaker, of the physician and surgeon, even. As In a vision sbo saw tfie terrific battle. And there waa one thing that ll depended on. That was Charlie. His will, added to either side, would change the sltu ntim* If he were againat her, then there was no hope. A shadow fell acroas the floor. Bhe looked up, to see the white face of the boy. An agonising lovp rushed Into her heart. How like a little man he was! And he had alwaya known about hla father, and never told her! She roae and put ber arma around him. "Charlie, dear, I want you to under stand," ahe said. "If your father dies, ills Insurance money will take you to Granfwlch and give you an education. It will pay the bills of the tradesmen and the doctors, too, and the funeral expensea. But If he Uvea—why, my dear boy, there will be no more school fur you. It will be Just ©Be JUang a&4 dreadful' battle for the rest of our lives. Yotf and I will have to work as hsrd aa we can work. What do you want to happen, Charlie?" The boy's Hps quivered. "I want my father," he answered. "in spite of all you must give up, dear?" "Yea, mother," he' answered. Then, In that Instant.) Anna Foulkea felt a sudden uplifting of her heart. The hoy'a will had turned the acale. She felt It: ahe knew the devll'a legions of tradesmen, doctors and all the rabble rout were beaten. Her heart went out to Curtln with all the love of old time. She would make a man of him yet Their Uvea should begin again together, from that day forward. There waa a atlr within the operat ing room. The surgeon came to the door. "Your husband will Ure, Mrs. Foulkea," he said. "There la no doubt of It." The nurae and the physician were wheeling the unconacloua man Into the bedroom, on the table. Anna foulkes looked after him •with eyes that awam with teara. Her prayer was answered. Forotoot Wood Shortage A German Interested In the lumber trade, Ernest Wlche of Bremen, haa oubrtsWe* Wt . weal paper a. note of yarning. .y*f Europe la wasting Its lumber supplies In meeting the •norniously increased demand since •he -war. AH the wooded areaa of Eu rope. including Ruaala and Scandi navia. amount to 158.000.000 acres, and these are being cleared ao rapid ly, according to Mr. Wlcha. that In the yeara to come Europe will bare to Import wood. "Whito CoaP In Franc* The French ministry of public work* haa announced thai on January I. 1924. tbe hydraulic electric power hameaaed In France amounted to 2,- 400.000 horse power. Of thla amount. 2.250,000 horse power operatea electric reoeratore; 87 per cent of that total, or SBOuOQO bona power, la used by elec trochemical and electrometallurgtcal Industries. WINSOME CLOTHES FOR GIRI.S; SMALL BUT BRILLIANT HATS I~\ IKFICULT," and even "awk ward," have been applied "to the age of the youni* miss who hus passed eleven and is still on her way to seventeen, and sometimes "diffi cult," at least, Is merited. But those wio make It a business to create clothes for the young have turned out such winsome things for this between times period that charm replaces awk wardness and difficulties disappear. To begin at the beginning, they start out with carefully selected patterns In popular materials. This season they ore giving much attention to- plain and striped 'flannels, twills, velveteen, vel vet and many dependable woolens. After fabric they consider color, which ' % W" ''& l MMQB* ;•« Plain, Straight Ov»r-Blou»«. must contribute a cheerful note to the little maid's winter garb. Plaids In many color combinations, red and gold (or silver) embroidery on dark, pluln backgrounds, and other colorful embroideries, sparingly used, tone up tli% day frocks. The elements of neat ness and, above atl, simplicity are never forgotten when chlldren'a clothes are considered. Collars and cuffa which may be kept fresh are every where present. Simple one-piece straight dreaaes In brilliant plalda usually fasten to one side and are bound at the edges with black braid. Narrow black leather belta are worn with thlm. Plaid aklrts with plain bodlcea worn with T^^s H L M S H , -'***/ r |UV #. ">W;: : v£ .. '^^ JLM H ■ . W . ' uftßF '^^HTCB/ S«m MUllMry. velveteen Jacketa make a fine combi nation for girla In tbetr teens and plain, round linen collars Contribute tbe neck treatment On younger girls fining aklrta of vci.eteen, buttoned to long blouses of coir rod linen (finished with collar la the ai.me material) are found to be becoming. Plain straight overblonaea. In many patterns and cheerful colors, like the one pictured, vary the wardrobe of Mies Earljrteeua THE ALA MANGE GLEANEB, GRAHASf. N. 0. , and are worn with linen collars and cuffs an a finish. "When she will she will, and when she won't she won't-'-and she nas signified her intention of wearing small, 6r at most small to medlutu- SIJIHII, hats, with # her winter furs. Therefore designers of headwenr are busy with these amall but Im portant affairs, making brilliant gems of millinery, as full of life and sparkle as Jewels Their task Is to take the popular, be-.roming shapes and vary them endlessly, by means of materials and trimmings, so that "age cannot wither nor custom stale" their infinite variety. It seems a little absurd to speak of ige In reference to anything so brief is the career of a dress hat for mld vlnter. But, as things are, It does Its >lt for two or threu months, before ipring turns all headii away from win :er. A group of new models. Just aunched, is shown here. The shapes ire almost Identical, but each hat has in Individuality that gives It dlstlnc lon. At the top a brilliant satin clle n black makes a background for a ihnped band of leopard skin brocade, >nding at the sides In metallic ribbon lands that terminate in hanging loops, rhls is certainly a very original con ception and most becoming to certain types of faces. The bit of splendor at the left is made of velvet, with an aimless pat tern of gold braid making a tracery iver it. Colored jewels are scattered ibout in ths pattern and, just to show that there Is no end to Its affluence, a long ostrich fancy falls like a scarf from one side. One can imagine this tint in the rich fuchsia shade, or any 3ther of the season's favorites. A pretty little hat at the right la ronde of velvet, embroidered with aUk ZSj ( 73p|0|c and metallic threads—and thereby hangs s tsle. In this Instance several talis of brown fur are posed st each side, where two or three of them snaggle agnlnst the puff of hair that peeps from under tbe turban. A very regal looking affair occupies the center of the group, made of satin, with aectional crown 'and rich em broidery of colored silk. which proba bly reveals the glint of metal threads. A close-fitting turban flniahes the group, with embroidered crown and facing of metal tissue, which makes a background for ornaments of em broidery and fur. » Tli* all-fur hat la, so fsr. conspicu ous by Its absence, but bands, fringes, ornaments and tiny pelts are plentiful la trimmings, which Include furs dyad In pastel colors. JULIA BOTTOkLBT. (4 ISS«. Warns Kwiudii Dskal HOW TO KEEP WELL Dr. Frederick R. Green, Editor of "Health." ((g). 1924. WMtero Newapaptr Union.) SIDE-SHOW FREAKS r WENT to the circus the other day. After the circus I went |nto the side show. • The jostling and crowd was only moved by curiosity to see these unfortunates. - But it was evident, to the trained eye, that prac tlcally every one of tlihi "world's greatest collection of human ■ curiosi ties" was sick. Let us go down the line and see what alls them. First, "the tallest man In th£_ world." Giantism, or growth beyond normal Is generally due to disease of the pituitary body, a small gland at the base of the brain which regulates growth. These giants have normal trunks, the excessive growth being in.the long bones of the legs and arms. • They generally die young. Dwarfs have always had a great' at traction' for the public. For centuries every royal or noble household had a dwarf as an attendant. There are two kinds of dwarfs. One is born very small and Is always under nor mal size, probably due to lack of some essential part of their body machinery. Others are normal at birth but be come stunted through some disease, such as cretinism, rickets or water on the brain. Some dwarfs havfe ; keen minds, but most of those ueen In side shows are feeble-minded. The rubber-skiniled mm owes Wis place to the fact that his skin Id loose from the disappentance of all fat and that It has an atwiormal elas tic quaHty. The living skeleton Is, of course, the victim of one of half a doxen diseases which cause extreme emuciatlon; on the other hand, the fat woman Is usu ally suffering from disease of the thy roid gland. The blue man has an ahaormal con nection, either In his hemt or large blood vessels, between the venous and the arterial systems, so tfc«t the blue blood from the veins ts not pumped through the lungs, where It would be come red. but goes back lato the af terles without change. Bearded women are sometimes men disguised and sometimes women with abnormal growth of telr on the fac«. The ossified man has what doctors call "artbrltls deformans," or In flammation of the joints, all of which are locked tight by lime deposits. Tattooed men and women are prod ucts of Intention and uot of nature. Most freaks, like mo 8.: deformed persons, are short lived, • They be long in hospitals and asyljms, rather than In public exhibitions. Some day we will be sufficiently civilized and Intelligent not fo regard deformity and misfortune as a sour :e of enter tainment. \ WHY ATHLETES DIE YOUNG FRANK CHANCE Is dead at forty seven. The peerless leader, the captain of the Chicago Cubs, the win ner of National league mnd world's championships, one of the greatest first basemen In the history of the game. He Is dead when he should be tn hit prime. / Looking over a Ust«f champion run ners, football and baseball players re-, cently, I was astonished to find how many of the athletic heroes of twenty years ago ar# dead. Most of them die In their early forties. I knew many of the star runners of the early nine ties. I only know one who Is still living. Why Is It that thewe men who are Ideals of physical strength and athletic ability In their youth, seldom, us the Irish say, "make old bones?" Because In becoming the stnr per formers that they are, they develop tlielr heart Tfmuscle far beyond the needs of everyday life. The football player who can go through the long and hard-fought games, the rutyier who can stand the strain of the four mile race, the baseball player who can beat the ball to the plat®. and espe cially the sprinter who can do 100 yards tn ten seconds flat, n.ust have s heart which is far stronger and larger than that of the ordinary man. This I* aU right a* long as the ath let# Is young and keeps up his game. But bj the time he Is tbirty-flve or forty, be has passed his prime. Younger men take his piece or break his records, as he himself won fame by surpassing his predecessors. He goes Into business. Thli generally means fitting at a desk eight hours a day. He. goes on eatldg as he did when be was in active sports. Fat accumulates In his muscles and around Ms irttlst. His heart Is much larger than he need* for his present work. Wben any organ In tbe body Is not worked 10 Its limit. It begins to degen erate, so what was once the athlete's greatest asset becomes now his greater danger. His heart becomes flabby and soft. Pneumonia, bronchitis or asthma throw an Increased burden on a weak ened heart muscle snd the once vigor ous man dies, sppsrentiy of the dis ease but really, of an overdeveloped and degenerated heart. Sports snd games are of great value In developing and training tbe body. But they should be chosen so as to produce tin soundest and best-tra'ned xxljr pomdnle. for the longest and healthiest life possible. Games whim develop the whole body rather tfcan ■ part and which do not overdevelop any oae organ at the expense of the MDm ua, la the end. tbe meat valnsbla. HOUSEWORK NOT DRUD6ERY - - - For Women In Good Health Head How Lydia E. Vegetable Compound Changed Conditions For These Housewives Back Don't Bother Me Now Lincoln, Nebraska. "My back would bother me ao and when I had to do any heavy lifting it made me sick to my stomach with the pains in my back. I have my housework to do and four babiea to take care of ao when I heard of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I took-it and I feel better. My back don't bother mi and I can eat more and work. I do all my housework and washing for six in the family. I will tell other women to take the Vegetable Com pound and you may publish my let ter/'—Mrs. CHARLKB F. DOLEZAL, 1201 Garber Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska. Felt Better At Once Volga City, lowa.—"l will tellyoa what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for me. I waa all run down and could hardly be on my feet. I waa ao cold I could not keep warm. 1 had numb feelings and then heat flashes would paaa over my body. I had severe pains in my sides and was • very nervous. I saw your advertise ment in the newspapers so I thought I would try your medicine. 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This goes to prove that a medicine specialized for certain definite ail ments—not a cure-all—can and doea do good work. For aaie by druggiata everywhere. An Expert A—"She's Just like a chess game." B—"Yesr A—"Plays with 32 men at once."—Williams Purple Cow. Cutlcura for Sore Hands.' Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub in Ota* tlcura Ointment. Remove surplus Ointment with tissue paper. Tills la only one of the things Cutlcura will do If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used for all toilet purposes.—Advertisement. * Described "How's the new baby?" "It's a scream," aesponded the flap per aunt In correct partance of the day. Many paopl* Imagine that Worm* or Tapeworm cannot be expelled entirely. A ■fncle doee of "Dead Shot" prove* that they ean. >7l Pearl St.. N. T. Adv. t)eep Affair Aeptune— Where are the mermaids? Davy Jones—Out parking with the bell buoys.—Alston Recorder.