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THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER, THURSDAY, FEB. 241027 Is •' • P# : r i •> rt. »IP SWEET, BUT NOT BITTER By GEORGE HASKELL tCopyriffht by W. O. Chapman.) orFSS this town ain't MR enough fer you P sniffed Mrs. Tucker. "How Ion* since has It been •town'?" laughed Jennie Ames, a of a girl with blue eyes that altfrays seemed to be surprised or wonjjerlng, and fluffy yellow hair that was "I ways blowing about her face. "Wal. It's bigger now than some towns, if it ain't anything but a vilretorted the woman. "My. I #ctuldn't g(Tdown there to New York. v- ttot knowin' anybody, fer the hull "• ' world!" "I shall know Miss Kraft," protested " Jennie. - "Huh T' exclaimed Mrs. Tucker. "Miss Kraft is one of them sassiety -• fplks. I guess ..she won't, have much time fer--fer--" "For me. you mean." The surprised Iteok gave way to a defiant gleam In ' ,, blue eyes. "I am not going down there to be In society. Miss Kraft has ifeund me a position, and I shall be "/ . too busy to be lonesome." , .^"Well, New York Is an awful place, young girls, an' I hope--' . " -':Mrs. Tucker had a way of pausing fcipfore a momentous clima&,. Jennie :^|raln supplied It ' "You hope i won't go wrong." snapped the girl. "Well, I guess I know enough not to get out of the straight and narrow path. I've never had anything, all my life but narrow paths, and I ought to know one when I see it." An audible masculine chuckle just |M*ide the door of the store where they were standing made Jennie quick- • ly take leave of Mrr. Tucker, enter, and pass rapidly to the farther end 8he saw it was Joe Banks who lux laughed, but she did not let him know ripe saw him. Joe was the son of the proprietor, Seth Banks, a skinny, shriveled, money-making machine who kept his sole heir very carefully In line with his object in life. Joe worked the farm part of the time. . and helped in the general supply store at Intervals. Before Joe's mother died she had stood by her son In his desire for an education, and so, much against the old man's par slmonlous ideas, Joe had been allowed to go through the high school In the neisliboring town. His taste for good reading was cultivated in his spare hours, and Jennie being somewhat like him in that respect, a mutual attraction had grown up between them. Then came Miss Kraft to visit the Stevensons, who lived in the most pretentious house in the place. She was a settlement worker In New York, and havttffi accidentally met Jennie, she became Interested In her; and when the girl told her of the necessity of finding work, and her desire to go to New York to try to earn something, Miss Kraft promised to see what she could do. This, however, was not till she had tried to dissuade the girl from leaving her - home. "But," reasoned Jennie, "there won't be any home pretty soon If I can't find something to do. There's just mother and me. She used to be able to sew, but she's not so very strong now, and the orchard that used to help support us has failed for twj seasons." Joe had very jlttle sympathy with Jennie's desire >for New York. She wal fferhaps foolishly reticent regarding the real reason, not explainiftfc as she had to Miss Kraft. She thought he did not care. He did not ask hej Jo stav. And Joe believed* sTie wished *to get away from the little village, himself Included, to find in the great city the chance for excitement and the kind of life he loathed. So It was • misunderstanding all around. He did not know that one word from him would have kept her there, even though she had scrubbed floors for a living, and perhaps he had not ytt thought of speaking that word. So with the hitter memory of his Indifference .M-; rankling In her heart. Jennie went down to the great city. Hie place Miss Kraft had found for her was that of a saleswoman in & cheap department store downtown The pay was so small that though si if, shared a small, comfortless room wl»l another girl, prepared her slender breakfast over a gus jet, and ate a ten-cent lunch, there was very little left at the end of the week. Out of this meager amount she sent something to her mother with reassuring words of a raise In her salary. At first It seemed to Jennie she would not be able to stand the privation an<i hard work; but pride and a determl nation to hold on kept her at It. Miss Kraft conducted a club for working girls on the East side, an" she asked Jennie to join. The mem bers were mostly of foreign pnrenta«re At flrst Jennie, all unused to thpli manner and mode of expression, un Wittingly held herself aloof. But s»h« found them so bright, so resrvuislve and with such an eager desire '• learn, that soon ail harrie-s w»»r< leveled. The subjects for dNcitK/io* ranged all the way from domeptl" hgtrne to a studv of Fri.Trninf*: an Interest amounting t > enthu«1asm Wa> Ipsver li»e1-|r«r. In .T»no the Hn* d'«"«riM»ti. t*"e summer f'vf tll, . glrW she was •• • *wo wp< nr»' . We- • '•--fir til' employed Governmental Bona You cannot possibly have a broader tasTs for any government than that %hlch includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands.-and with •a equal power to maintain their Jrtfchte.--William Lloyd Garrison. Jennie failed In August and closed Its doors. Then began a discouraging search for work. When day af^gr day of the weary tramp of the hot streets resulted In nothing and Jennie beheld her small store of money nearlng the vanishing point, the only alternative of going home loomed op before her. As a last resort she went to the exchanges where women's work Is sol& but It required money to buy mat* rials, so she took the train for home Her mother, glad beyond expression to see her, could not, however, conceal the fact that finances were at a very low ebb. But Jennie, In the club and her tour of the exchanges, had learned a ffew things which she meant to put to practical use. There was still some fruit on the place, the plums were looking well, and wild blackberries in plenty were to be had for the picking. Jennie had arranged with two of the exchanges to try her jellies and jams, and while she dti not know much about making them, she knew her mother did. and she could learn, so she set to work. The first consignment sold a bit slowly, but there w%s an encouraging call for more. The next onhtard-of thing she attempted was the forming of a girls* club for mutual Improvement and social enjoyment. She had obtained per- . mission to use the schoolroom for the first meeting. Kfther through a misunderstanding, overmastering curiosity, or sheer deviltry, several of the gmtr* brothers and sweethearts drifted In and sat together In the back seats. The girls were up In front curious and expectant. Jennie beheld the male contingency with just a touch of dismay. She also discovered Joe Banks among them. When she rose on the little platform the noise faded off Into silence. "I believe," she said, "we can get together for study and social evenings and have some very good times. In a small place like this, although we are thrown together a good deal, we never really know each other very well. It is not knowing each other that makes the, miserable, foolish gossip, makes us say and do unkind things we never would If we knew. Where I've been I've seen what it did for the girls. Oh, you don't know how wonderful It was to me to see how the unselfishness, the kindness seemed to wipe out criticism an<! spiteful words among those girls, Just from getting together and knowing each other in the right way." The young men, who had come to have some fun, looked at the floor, or up at the lights, but remained quiet. Jennie went on to explain the business of forming the club, and added: We had not thought of having gentleman members, but it may be a great advantage to have them." Here audible snickers came from the back of the room. They subsided when Joe Banks rose to'his six feet of height and said; "I think It would be greatly to our advantage If,the boys were allowed to Join, and I hope the ladies will amend their constitution.** Jennie promised that this would be considered at the next meeting. But It was all in such a formal. Impersonal manner that Joe wondered If she had forgotten his existence. After the meeting he hung around to speak to her. He wondered how it was the great city had not spoHed her, but instead had opened into bloom a nature quite wonderful to him. In a stammering, ineffective way he tried to tell her this, hut she stopped him with some businesslike questions relative to the preparation of the ground for spring planting. She meant to have a garden, and especially wanted to start smqll fruits. He asked herlf he might* come an? glve"heP any helpful service he could. She asseqged in a dignified manner more beflttffig the new president of "The Helpers" than the Uttlfi Jenni§ Ames he Gse J To know. Yes, decidedly, relations between them £ad changed. Jennie now knew that time and new experiences had made Joe less of the altogether essential factor to her happiness he was when she went away. It was surprising the number of new facts that sprang up regarding the culture of small fruits, which made It necessary for Joe to call at WEEKLY PERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR CITY As Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed In By Our Friends the Ames cottage. The Jams were selling well, Miss Misner spent Saturday at Chi cairo. Lyle Bassett visited in Chicago, on Tuesday. Miss ODwyer was a Chicago visitor Saturday. Glen Gundersoft visited at Waukegan, Monday. 'r * Mrs. J. Justen and son were Chicago visitors, Wednesday. Mrs. Leo Zimmer is quite ill at her home on Greeri street. Mrs. Joe W. Ro therm el wa Elgin visitor, Tuesday. Miss Gladys Rietesel -of Chicago spent Sunday at McHenry. Albert Vales and son, Alber&'were Chicago vistors, Saturday. Miss Charlotte Frett was a Chicago visitor one day last week. George Stenger of Waukegan visited in McHenry, Friday evening. Miss Mildred Welch was a Woodstock visitor Monday evening. • Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Peterson were visitors at Woodstock, Sunday. Mrs. W. F. Vogt spent a few days the first of the week in Chicago. Leo Conway and Miss Ruth Kent spent Sunday evening at Woodstock. Misses Loretta Steffes and Charlotte Frett spent Sunday at Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Malone of Elgin visited friends in McHenry, Friday Miss Loretta Steffes spent the weekend as the guest of friends in Chicago. Mrs. Jennie Bassett is spending several days with freirids at Woodstock. John Gulachson of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the George Meyers home. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald and L. F. Newman were in Woodstock on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Beckman spent the week-end with friends at Milwuakee, Wis. Mrs. Laura Kent and daughter, Ruth, motored to Chicago last Wednesday. Miss Irene" Conway of Elgin spent the week-end as the guest of homo folks here. . Mr. and Mrs. Marcelus Meyers of Chicago spent Sunday in the George Meyers home. Mrs. Theodore Winkle visited in the home of her daughter at Chicago over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Senten of Chicago were guests in the Fred Karls home, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Utt of Chicago were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rietesel. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schiessle and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Page spent Sunday in Chicago. Herbert and Walter Fenske of Chicago were Sunday guests in the Charles Rietesel home. Mrs. Henry Heimer returned home Friday from a several days' visit with her daughter at Chicago. Miss Florence Keller of Milwaukee spent the week-end with her sister, Miss Esther Keller, here. Neil Doherty of Chicago spent the week-end in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Doherty. Mrs. Emily Thurwell of Grayslake was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith. Mrs. Glen Robison of Woodstock spent Tuesday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Welch. Mrs. William Lanard of Chicago was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Phalin a few days last week. Walter and Dorothy LaSalle of DesPlaines were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bassett. M!r. and Mra. Arthur Werde of Austin spent the week-end with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wrede. Mrs. Ainie Newman, Mrs. George Worts, Mrs. Ed Buss and Miss Barwas much absorbed and happy In her work. Banks, Sr., had found his objections to his son's visits at Jennie's home so ineffectual he said no more. Jot was taking on masterful ways, bat the decided efficiency that went with them had begun to convince the old man that he could no longer dlcr tat«. One day when the autumn began to turn the greenery Into gold and scarlet, Jennie asked Joe where she could find bittersweet. She remembered where there was some, but 6he wanted a great deal. She knew of an exchange that would take all she could send. Of course Joe knew, or at least he was pretty sure, and he arranged to show her. Promptly to the minnte a car drove up to the door. Jennie was somewhat surprised, but he assured her it was too far to walk. He had -Just bought the car, but didn't know how to run It yet, so kept the chauffeur. It was a wonderful ride through the beautiful country roads, and Joe, not being entirely sure as to the location, they had to go a long way, but ttiwy found It at last. "Bittersweet!" said Joe, holding up one of the 'flaming sprays, as they gathered them away from the road. "It's like my being with you. It might be Just sweet t» me If the bitter wasn't there--if I could think you--" He did not finish. The look in her eyes made him take her in his arms. GUCM He Never Will The old bachelor says that he hat STtV™ h'. *? Wh° Wa* P^tier th" she thought she was nor a man who was smarter than he thought he wm --Hillsboro News-Herald. Jellies and j hara Weber and Jennie Tuesday. were Chicago visitors, Fortunate Ones? Some persons are very fortunate la Mng able to talk without patting thwaselves to the trouble of •ays the Detroit News. ' Barest Coin in WorlJ The Confederate half-dollar i8 the rarest coin in the world, says Liberty Only four of these coins were tnfntmA and <mly tWo'tff tifese -«»e fcnown to be extant. Miss Pamela Rietesel of Chicago spent the week-end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rietesel. Mrs. George Young of Ringwood spent a few days this week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs: J. R. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron spent Tuesday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. George Kuhn spent the week-end with relatives in Chicago, at which time they attended the wedding of a niece. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schneider drove to Woodstock, Sunday evening, where they attended the movies. Mrs. Treadwell and her guest, Mrs. Walter Pranger, spent the first of the week in Chicago, at which time the latter returned to her home in California. Those from out of town who attended the funeral of Mathias Blake on Tuesday were: John Blake and Georg^ Blake and Peter Elsen all of Kenosha, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron and Mrs. John Miller and little granddaughter, Rosemary, ; spent Sunday and Monday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Mix of Chicago. Sunday morning callers to see Mrs. Alsena Smith were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapell, Mrs. S. S. Chapell, Mrs. Charles Snook and Misses Virginia and Charlotte Snook of Chicago. Mrs. L. H. Owen went to Chicago Wednesday, where, after a few days visit, she will return to heT home at Cushing, Okla., Mrs. Owen has spent several weeks here with her mother, Mrs. Algeria Smith. Mr. and Mrs. John Stoffel and daughters, "Emily and Lillian, drove to 'DesPlaines, Sunday to visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Howard Garner. Mr and Mrs. (Mtfwu have recently removed to * Sam war tkat city from Quoagw. Mrs. Nellie Bacon spent Friday at Chicago. W. J. Welch was a Woodstock visitor Friday. Mrs. Lawlus spent a few days this week in Chicago. Miss Fern Bacon is now employed at Kenosha, Wis. Miss Vera Fouida of Berwyn was a week-end visitor here. Eugene Sievert of Chicago visited his son, Jerome, Monday. Mrs. Mollie Givens and son, Donald, were Elgin visitors, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Schaeffer spent Tuesday evening at Round Lake. Miss Lenore Cobb spent the weekend visiting friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Martin were visitors at Round Lake, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamholz and family visited Belvidere, Saturday. Miss Esther Keller and her sister, Florence, spent Saturday at Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reed of Chicago visited relatives here, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bolle of Chicago spent Tuesday in the Martin Conway home. Charles Owen of Chicago spent Sunday witl\ his mother, Mrs .L. H. Owen. Mrs. Earl Brown spent a few days the last of the week with her sister in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Michels spent Sunday in the Hubert Michels home at Johnsburg. Miss Mabel Gallagher of Wood stock was a guest of Miss Lena Stoffel, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell and children of Evanston spent Sunday in the Nick Weber home. Mrs. A. Hagel and daughter of Evanston visited in the Nick Weber home, Sunday. Miss Maud Granger spent the weekend in the home of her sister, Mrs. R. A. Thompson. Miss Hilda Weber of Evanston spent Sunday in the home of her father, Nick Weber. Mrs. Ellen Whiting and grand daughter, Marjorie, spent several days this week at Elgin Mr; and Mrs. George Zorn of Janesville, visited friends in this vicinity over the week-end. Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughter, Clara, returned Saturday from a few weeks spent in Florida. Mrs. Charles Egan of Chicago was guest in the home of Her father, George Meyers, Sunday. Mrs. Walter Warner and children of Elgin spent Saturday and Sunday with McHenry relatives. The Rev. J. J. Hackett of Fulton, was the guest of McHenry friends a few days the past week. Miss Olive Vasey of Wauconda spent Sunday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Vasey. Mrs. Strain of Richmond visited in the home of her dughter, Mrs. C. W. Klontz, Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. French and son, Bob, of Chicago spent the week-end at their cottage on Fox River. Mrs. John Reihansperger of West Chicago spent a few days last week in the home of her son, C. J. Reihansperger and family. Mr. and Mrs. William VanNatta of Fountain, Mich., visited in the hdme of their son, R. A. Thompson, over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Granger Smith and son of Elgin were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. John «Pitzen of Johnsburg spent Sunday as guests in the home of Mr, and Mrs. George Schreiner, i f : ^'.1 JCMMi §ti|pHes 12-qt. Extra heavy Sanitary Dairy Pail $1.00 12-qt. Never-Meiul heavy weight J Dairy Pail . 14-qt, Extra h^ai^ DairylPail, $1.00 14-qt Never-Mend heavy weight Dairy Pail y v6:^.;.'^89^ Milk Stirrer, good quality, sanitary 35^ Check up on your dairy supplies, buy now and save 20%. Now is the time to look over your Garden Tools, Etc. Spading Fork, that you would expect to pay $1.50 for, sale Price $1.00 No. 2 round point Gravel Shovel, long handled, $2,00 value . $1.40 No. 2 square point Cement and Sand Shovel, $2.00 value .. $1.40 4-ih. Tool Grinder, only a limited quantity, $1.75 value $1.29 Auto Scoket Wrenches, $1.40 value ,., TT^O^ Set of Wood Chisels, !4, Vz, %, 1 inch, just the thing for odd jobs, $1.75 set« We are offering an assortment of Carriage Bolts, consisting of the following: 4 each, y4 by lVz, 1%, 2, 2Vi and 3 inch. 4 each, 5-16, by lVz, 1%, 2>/<, 2%, 3 inch 4 each, % by 2 inch, and 4 each % by 3, 4, 5. This makes an assortment of 50 Bolts most commonly used around farm machinery, which would cost you about $1.00 "if bought separately. We are offering these at 60(^ per assortment. tb -" i ii ~ • f t . - * y Feb. 26th Pyro Meter, $1.25 value, Dollar Day Special v.... $1.00 One gallon Kerosene Can* Dollar .. Day Special 25^ Diamond Window Ventilators, steel frame, $1.25 value ... 70* 10-qt. Colonial Kettle, $1.40 value, $1.00 Snow Shovels, 16x18, heavy steel $1.25 value $1.00 84x90 Wool Horse Blanket, 8-lb. weight, $5.75 value ... $4.00 2 dozen Clothes Pins for 5c Good Quality Hammer Handles, each \ .5^ Brass Wash Board, full size, each, 70^ Dust Pans, one to a customer, each, Hendrix Bird Cages and Floor / Stand, Duco finish, $10.00 _valne at $7.25 One Dollar Deposit will bring the new model E-25 Voss Electric Washer into your home. Ask HI about our special Dollar Day plan. ' You Can Buy Paint at a ridiculous price at this store on Dollar Day. We are offering for Dollar Day only the folowing prices on BPS Paint. BPS Outside House Paint, in colors $2.69 per gal. BPS Gloss Interior Enamel Finiih $2.85 Per gaL BPS Flat Wall Paint, $2.39 per gal. You can save money by bringing your paint problems to this store. We will be glad to give you an estimate on the amount of paint you need regardless of what it is you want to paint. ~ - - Wm.H. 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