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wwwmwvi- the acton free frbss slj lire p pbb sijnrt t i a promised happiness harriet lumuis smith hen alan phllllpi went to bed r l thatf deoamber nlffbt ha had vsax every expectation or lytnjr awake after the randingmatlonof thepwrt two weak slaep aeemed an impossibil ity astonishingly he had slept thirteen hours and when he awoke he did hot fchow where be was ru predicament came back with a rush within sttty seconds and alan groaned aloud if only he could sloop on and on alter the biassed oblivion of thoae thirteen hours remembrance was torture oomlnff home from college for the christmas holidays alan hod been as well satisfied with life as any younjr fel low between the two oceans bis parent were dead but hie aunt and uncle with whom he- had lived since babyhood hod admirably filled the places of father and mother be had inherited a comfort able fortune lacking the incentive of necessity he had done only moderately well in his studies but he had enjoyed collage life immensely prom those sunny heights he bad plunged instantly to the depths of dis illusion when he reached home a wild- eyed- woman he hardly recognised as hla aunt had sobbed out an incredible story his uncle had disappeared was in fact a fugatlve from justice caught by the- sudden collapseof the stock market putti up new seeurttles to save those he had already risked he had sacrificed not only ihls own fortune and that of his nephew but money entrusted to him by outsiders you know walled aunt margaret that he never meant to be dishonest alan had answered that of course he knew it but wondered dully what difference that would make to the law matters had moved rapidly the big house and its contents had been turned over to the creditors one of aunt margarets friends had offered to pay the expenses f at a sanitarium and aunt margaret had been taken there the pre vious day such a wraith of a woman that when he kissed her goodbye alan wondered if he would ever see ner gain v when he left the house that had been his home ever since he could re member he had gone to a cheap down town hotel and taken a room there be had slept around the clock and wak ened to face a future more terrifying than the wont of bad dreams the few dollars in his pocket were all he had in the world thin in itself was staggering to one who had supposed that he never need wrry akt money worse than his lmoeuunlous state was the realisation that tnj mention of htt name would no longer ensure kindly at tention on the part of the listener alnn phillips wellborn and wealthy seemed to nun quite a different person from the alan phillips whose nae hal be come dishonored for twentyone years alan had thought rather highly of himself but now hts struggle was more difficult because of a disheartening conviction of inferiority after two years at the university he had no idea how to go about earn inn a living htf had always thought himself rich in friends but now he could jim think of a person to whom he could confidently turn for help alan had gone to bed about three oclock tn the morning and had slept until four the next afternoon after dressing he came downstairs and went to the dining room tor dinner an un appetising meal concluded he settled himself in the lobby with a newspaper whose date told him something he hod forgotten that this was the last day of the year as he read on he began to notice unusual noises in the street the tooting of horns the blowing of whistles pre sently he realised that all this was pre liminary to the celebration that would be held in the town square and in the adjacent streets in this old city the observance of new years eve had been reduced to a formula young and old tlu wv 11 todo and the poor turnrd out y give a noisy farewell to the old year and a similar welcome to the new mimy wore carnival- costume clowns mid gypsy maiden skipped along llir side walks arm in arm alan hud never attended one of these fantastic civic crltvbriuioiw he hd al ways gtwu a new yrarit party in his own house or had been invited to the home of one of hi rr lends pisretrarding the racket pulsldf he kept his oe in j the dark uncomfortable lobby of the hotel nd bent over hla fciwr thvuutr of lucrvaxliigly difficulty ln uinvnirat- lllg on the news he studied the want ud column without results at lust he aung the paper aside and went out into the chill of the winter night alrrudy the crowd was grrut the square which was the supposed centre of the celebration was packed willi a throng moving slowly around the central fountain blowing horns and singing snatches of popular songs j at one of the cross streets he escaped j tom the closepacked slowmoving throne and stood back against one or the tall building to decide upon hi next movt thraa other young people who uke bjmsatf had saoapad from the crowd stood near him he them not so much because be was in terested as because his slok heart wel comed anything that would distract his attention from hi own torturing thoughts i guess bettys hod enough one of the girls was saying want to go home betty x the other stoutly disclaimed any such desire it would spoil everything to be home before midnight if only the people didnt push so she added rue- fully that a way crowds have said the young fellow who acted as escort for the pair and who judging from the rosemblance was a brother of the girl who had first spoken oet your breath and well go back to the festal scene but any time youre tired the sentence was never finished and alan was responsible for the interrup tion he happened tp be staring over head and he saw an object topple from 4he ledge of a window many stories up and start its swift descent alan leaped forward and gave the two girls a push that sent them staggering back into the protection of the portico almost sim ultaneously with his action a welldir ected blow from the indignant escort knocked alan flat even as he fell a big water bottle crashed on the sidewalk at the very spot where the little group had stood a second before j as he fell alans head came in con- tact with one of the pillars of the portico when he came to himself one of the girls was on her knees beside him and he could hear the other sobbing with- j out opening his eyes ho asked is she j hurt an incisive girlish voice replied no nobodys hurt but you alan opened his eyes and tried un- 1 successfully to get up i saw some- thing falling he began i didnt have time the g4rl beside htm interrupted i knew it was that as i saw that bottle crash you were trying to push us out or harms way she turned to the young fellow who had delivered so dras tic a punch you were too hasty roland she cried if hes badly hurt because he tried to keep us from getting smashed by a water bottle that fell out j of the sky again alan made an effort to sit up and this time he succeeded not feeling equal to looking higher he addressed the knees of the young man who hod knocked him down i dont blame you at all for hitung m he sold but i knew if i took toneto explain the thing would smash right down an the three j of you i thought you were getting fresh the young fellow said you know there are some idiots who think an occasion like this excuses everything i hit with out waiting for you to explain of course i dldnt expect you to throw your head against that post no that was a little addition of my own alan replied and roland laughed he satfln a friendly tone well wed better take you home wlt4ioutwolstlng any more time where you live 1 dont live anywhere at this astonishing statement the three young people looked at one an- j other hastily alan explained i mean i my home has just beejti broken up i stayed last night at the st martins youre not going to stay at the st j martins tonight roland said arte knocking you out the least i can do is to see that you have u comfortable bed your grlps at the hotel i suppose yes well well go around and gel it our cars just two blocks sway do you think you can walk if you hang onto my arm alan was sure he could walk without assistance but a few step proved itm mistaken and tie wils very glad to ac cept rolands arm at the hotel he paid his bill and secured his belongings and then in the back seat of the automobile he lay back with closed eyeo his head was aching violently the drive was longer than he could have wished fur the motion or the cur added to hi discomfort at length they reached a big plcil house in the suburbs and rolund assist ed him up the walk the resourceful sister adelaide hod hurried on ahead and ecklcntly had explained to her parents the status of their guest when alan got inside he was introduced to mr und mrs muynord who asked hhn no questions apparently mrs maynurd had had exihrlcnce in similar emergencies after auuiwiui in btt she applied distinctly soothing remedies where they were most needed j 0 at breakfast he was uncomfortably constous of his unbecoming blurt eye und of the lump on his head but he w hungry ond ho knew that as far as hla injury was concerned he har nothing tj worry about the family scattered after the meal mr maynard retired to his den with the morning paper and sirs j maynard hurried into the kitchen to aid j in the preparations for dinner betty newman a visitor from the middle west and roland went skating alan and adelaide were v left together and after half an- honr of tklk alanuidv v your mother can spare a mlmste id uke to say goodbye to her why youre going to stay to dinner i adelaide exclaimed but when alan shook his head she said resignedly of course you have lots of old friends and we are very new im not sure i have any friends at all alan replied bitterly why not you might as well know first as last im a nephew of alexander phil lips her face was blank for a moment alexander phillips she repeated then with a start why you must be the nephew whose money he stole alan winced at the word he was welcome to it he protested why do you think your rrlends would rfo back on you for that why youre one of the victims listen alan sold if my uncle is arrested and put on trial ill stand by him after a rather long silence adelaide sold do you thnlou are being fair to your fricnds7 what do you mean you stand by your uncle although he has wronged you is it fair to supnos that your friends will go back oi you when you are perfectly blameless alan heard himself saying in ah un steady voice i seem such a worthless ohap tve had two years in college und i havent any idea how to learn a living perhaps father could help you there we told him last night that you wanted work and he sold he was going to nrcd another delivery man its not much of a jo6 but you could earn your living tul you found something more suitable perhaps if he knew adelaide interrupted a little impatient ly why should you think you are the only person to whom loyalty means any thing she went an without giving him time to answer you are gptng to stay to dinner with us arent you why jf you really want me of course we do and after dinner you can have a talk with father and when everything is settled you must look up all your old friends alan had found his handkerchlelf at last and adelaide rose tactfully i must see if mother wants any help left to himself the maynards guest blew his nose hard and wondered if he were indeed the same alan phillips who hod entered their home the night before that alan looked despairingly on a life that was over this alan was actually looking forward to new work new friends new hope new confidence a new year in truth the holy month 7tssstdb ofahreathwl a palefaced passenger looked out of the railway carriage window with ex ceedinginterest finally he turned to a fellow traveller you likely think 1 never rode on this line before he said ut the fact is i just got out of prison this mornln and it does me good to look aroancu it is goliurmb be very rough though facln my oldtlme friends i spose you arnt got much of an idea how a man feels in a case like that perhaps i have a better idea of your reelings than you think said the other passenger with a sad smile i am a member of parliament and im going back to my constituents for reelection birds repel army worm invasion a striking illustration of the value of birds to man was witnessed in the east ern part of the province of quebec in august lost when a severe outbreak of army worms threatened the grass and groin in the areas affoctj playing their usual role as mans allies in con trolling insects pests mny kinds of birds were seen to gather in flocks to devour the army worm invaders robins warb lers larks various native iparrows and even gulls and shore birds consumed army worms in large quantities day after day and as long as any of the insects remained every bird in the region had a rotund outline and a satisfied air the ability of birds to concentrate quickly ln flocks where insect food is abundant mokes them especially useful for destroying insects on a large scale anthracite december desrives its name from the fact that it was the tenth month in the old roman calendar the saxons called it wintermonath but after their con version to christianity this was changed to hallgmonath or holy month in honor of the nativity of christ many queer customs are observed alu over the world at the beginning of thj month one of the oldest being that at cralgmadden stirlingshire where there is a triangular hole beneath a number of druldlcal stones women who cant crawl through this believe that they will avoid dying childless curiously enough a similar custom prevails in the temple of malabar point bombay where lhere is a narrow opening in the rocks men who squeeze through are supposed tt leave their sins behind while women believe that they will conceive children you find communism in countries where people are not educated i be lieve in educating the people tr tnlnk lady as tor oranges new navels medium ol large sweet dozen fcixc grapes 2 delicious emperor ja ttis for v jlafc table quality sfeeet waxed adds flavor to your dinner lbs for cranberries head tettuce tomatoes etc fiats ihakr olxvkr k warfuw sunday well gandy ciea l still the good old feller he were when i were just a ktd hefbrot me evry thin z asu for xoept about 40 leven but x xpaet ha dldcfcnt have room for all last in his slay or ottomobeel or areplane baeos theys a few other kids acrost my path monday when i awoke up this a m i had a mlety ane serishen in my feel ings i dlddent haft to get up right now a when i did haft to all i had to do were to play hollidays are fine things in any fnmhly tuesday more of the same about aris ing up out of bed i wander u all the other good kids are injovlng christmas and etc like me if so then they la no dout about all the benniats of christ mas none at all what so ever wednesday still more of the same about arising up out of bed but i see that even christmas has its drawoax tha turkey has air went xceu a few bones soop etc allso the mints pie are a gettlnp ml try soggy they can be too muteh of a good thlng thursday this a m hod 40c of my christmas money still left went down town saw jane ehsy clcut to the drug store thot it 2 cold for ice creem so i walkt up boldly si scd merry christ mas the dames dlddent think it so offlc cold so now i only nave 10c theys all ways sum thing to make me muukrabcl friday jake got in a flte si it must of been a good 1 becos he got 2 teath nohlct out his pa sed cum out hear to the wood shed sz get a ucken for losing thorn teath st jake sed he atnt lost them si that he has got them in his pocket sohbpa laft st dlddent lick him saturday pas edltur give pa 2 back scratchers for christmas a none of us was sure what they was for sz bo ant emmy sed they ott of been s of them so wo could use them as they are 5 of us sz sum of the salld forks have become lost v every carload iavi nini ivis to survive the old companys rigid teats beform it leaves the mines for nine separate samples are taken from every car tested checked and rechecked they are your assurance of qual ity size 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