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moon: or manner scream?
. Capt. [Mock planato‘swing
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the motors of the plane.
cm hast: moo,
. . Death Takes 7
(Continued 1910111 Page one.)
________ .
the time were subpocned for the
hearing. including ‘the three riding
on the trolley. Daniel Dwyer. 4o“ 0:-
chlu'd street; Joiln Florilio. 94 Lex-
ington avenue; and Samuel Dude,
27 Chapel street. Norwalk.
Jennings At “heel. '
Thus was some question official-
ly as to which ofthe two man now
dead was driving the ca;- when it
crashed. The belief that Jennings
was driving was confirmed later by
the men who helped dislodge ‘the
meatroln the wreck. . _
Testimony of the rate of speed
, by the' police from Robert
“ Worthy whose cai- was posed . by
Jennings a moment before the col-
lblon. was that the death our was
.- ‘ over so miles an hour.
nears. Worthy refused to set the
‘butshid that .lennlnu wag
. m “V” “to" “9" m 9 t.-
m thlt
“a down
mood the
but it wasse badly W
'been reachedon
as the caravan drive-
corner of New'Canaan " "
FLIGHT—Tile
his plane, from New York ever
”and. to Paris. It lsforthe most part far awayrromthosteslnshiplsneg.
BUILDER AND PILOT—Capt. Rene Fonck. left. shaking hands with
Count Igor Sikorsky, builder of the great triple motored biplane in which
the ace and his companion? no trusting their venture on the New York
to' Paris non-stop flight. lathe background is shown in detail one of
nity company. according to papers
found on the scene of the wreck by
police. In addition searchers pick-
ed up Jcnnings' false teeth and a
blood-soaked fountain pen be was
carrying in his pocket. Even the peg
was broken.
Jennings was a widower.
survived by three daughters.
He is
Mrs.
., Harry S. Jennings of Wilton. and
Mrs. Clarence A. Seymour and Mrs.
Albertson S. Beers of Norwalk. Fun-
eral services will be held from lllrs.
beymour's residence at 5 Ohio av-
enue. Norwaik. Saturdayafternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. Interment is to be
in Hillside cemetery, Georgetown.
The Art Lodge of Masons of George-
: town will hold their ceremony at. the
grave. .
The accident is the second due to
reckless driving on Main street in
the last three days and residents of
the thoroughfare are aroused. It
was reported this morning that
some action might be taken among
them to request the service of a mo-
torcycle officer along the street.
particular-H in the late afternoon
_' and early. evening. when th’o major-
ity of motorists hit up a. high rate
. lit-speed there.
’ Berkeley Chapter
. Accepts Invitation 0
. Of E. A. M. E. Church
The members of the Berkeley
Chapter of the Order of the Eas-
tern Star accepted an invitation
frenzths East avenue. M: Erchurch
to attend the evening service. 0c-
tober 10, at their meeting held- last
evening.
«Owing to the small number pres-
ent. the business hour was of short
duration. followed'by a social’tlme
and refreshments.
Returns Home
, Mrs. A. 1-3., Chasmlre. of Wash-
ington. D. 0.. formerly of this city.
who has been visiting Mrs. Alice
Brown. has returned to her home.
was insured by the Royal Indcm.
Nell-StopFli'ghttponed
beau-(lulled line indicates 1h. great northern are, along
Boston. Halifax, Queenstown, southern
GASLEAKIN '
1 , .- lull 5101’s
lllGlll TODAY
WESTBURY. N. Y.. Sept. 16 (AP)
-—The New York to Paris flight of
Captain .Itene l’ouck. French ace.
has been
postponed until tomorrow and per-
haps indefinitely. because of a gas-
last
and three companions
cline leak discovered at the
minute.
or of~ the huge three
ten gallons an hour.
Captain ,Fenck was cheerful
spite of the postponement and
rented {he .bclief
in spite of difficulty.
Previously. however. fear
not get underway
conditions might not permit
to start this year.
Mcmallon Bros.
(Continued From Page One.)
pioyed before the probe ‘was
through.
As hairs stand new the district
commissioners must allow the city
auditor to go over their books and
approve them before the adjourned
meeting or John McMahon's chise-
tlon to the commissioners' report
will be as valid then as it wu'last
night.
FIRST DISTRICT V
REPORTS PROFITS
Igor Sikorsky. designer and build-
motored bl~
plane gave orders to put the piano
back into its hangar when it proved
difficult to stop the flow of gasoline
which was leaking at the rate of
in
ex-
that the flight
ouid get under way very shortly,
had
been expressed that if the fliersdid
today. weather
them
increase. It was aiso'veted to ap-
prepfiate‘uJM‘fos a new heater
and repair-work. The library ag-
cents to within at cents of
the 91.990 appropriation for the
year past.
The circulation of books. accord-
ing.to. the report of the directors.
given by Dr. J. Gregory. has
lumped 1,098 in the year to 63,615.
By gift. and by purchase- 1.450
than valuable works. The total on.
rollment of book taksrs increased
in and. is new 4.9". ' '
Smith's Death Regrcttal.
City Auditor Benjamin 1“. An-
drews presented the following mo-
tion concerning the death of the late
Herbert. R. Imith yesterday.
tinssolved. That the first district
of the City of Norwslk, informed
of the death of Town Clerk Herbert
R. Smith. expresses the deep rc-
grot and lo- sustained by the Town
and City of Norwalk.
"The district. wishes to express its
acknowledgment of the many years
of faithful and painstaking service
and high ciiis'enship exemplified by
Mr. Smith." .
The district report was read by
Clerk Edward J. Finnegan, and the
troasursr's report presented by
Treasurer Frank c. Goodyear. Com-
ml-iencrs John D. Milne. E. J. Fin-
negan and Wallace Dsnn were pres-
ent. Charles H. Dilwerth was chair-
man of the meeting.
The report of the commissioners
was. in part. as follows:
Day season.
caplta debt was $60.“. and in 1917
To the Electors of the First 'i‘ax.
ing District City of Norwnlk. Conn.
Taxing District of the City of Nor-
walk, Conn. herewith submit their
Annual Report for the Fiscal year
ended August 31. 1926.
Parks.
“In. our last report we stated that
the laying of curb and gutter on the
Green and Union Park was under
way. This work has been complet-
ed and greatly improves the ap-
pearance of the Parks and at the
same time affords protection to
lawns. The cost of this improve.
ment was.82.7ll.83.
Lighting.
"At a special District meeting of
the electors of the First Taxing
District held January 11th 1916 it
was voted to extend the ornaments!
lighting on West Ave. from Wall
Streetto the Amory. The Commis-
sioners were instructed to arrange
with the Conn. Light a Pew r Co.
for the installation of these lghts.
s
and the work will start in the near
future. All wooden poles will be re-
moved and steel poles will re-
place same. The Conn._nght 8: Pow-
er Co., engineers have arranged
lights so that West Ave.. will com-
pare favonbly with the lighting
condition on Wall and Main streets.
Water Dept.
"The work of raising Brown's
Reservoir Dam was started in Aug-
ust 1924 and completed August
1936, by Contractor F. B. Hastings.
of Bridgeport. Conn. Engineer Sam-
uei W. Hoyt certifies that avork was
done as per specifications to the
First District. Proflu.
The report of the first taxing dis-
trict read last night in the uptown
courtroom showed a profit for the
your from all operations of 830.681.-
15 as contrasted with one of 911.-
(.4142 for 1925. The figure has been
on a gradual increa’se from year to
[year except 1924-6 when there was
a standstill and this year's profit is
in strong contrast with that reported
in 1923 of $5,967.12.
Operating income this year has
been about $3,700 higher than last
and gross income has been about
55.000.
The whole district new has a to-
tal bonded debt of $420,000. on
Which interest of $15,300 was paid
during the year. Profit and loss
surplus of the water department is
$294,850.49 and the excess in gen-
eral funds is $128.0”.00.
Total revenue of the district gen-
eral fund was reported as $69.20!.-
29. of which 958,541.15 is money
collected in district taxes. A deduc-
tion of $57,446.88 for departmental
expense left the account with a bal-
ance of 81.762.96.
Departmental expenses for the
year are as follows: Administrative.
$1,081.20; Finance. "£681.":
Parks. 84,558.48: Library. 37.499.12!
and Lights. 811.177.".
Sinking Funds
The water department sinking
fund increased during the year $9.-
823.“ too new telal’of 852,501.94.
while the general fund sinking fund
increased tlisosm to $244,179.95.
The district is still carrying on its
books considerable dead wood not
really creditable-as anetsin the
form of old accounts receivable on
taxes and tax liens but not collectible.
The lien figure for years prior to
1911 is practically 92,900: _
More Honey For Illhrary.
On resolutions presented by '1'. C.
Bsicem fertile board of directors
of the Nerwalk Public library the
seven tax-payers present voted una-
nimously for an increased appropri-
1 sites for the institutionkust year’s
' appropriation was 87.600 and tho
’ one voted was. ".500. 'or a 31.000
the steering mull
smallest detail and compliments the
District on increasing the water
supply to the capacity of one hun~
dred and ten million gallons at
such a low figure. The expense of
the work was as follows:
I". 8. Hastings. Contractor 32,865.06
8. W. Hoyt Ce. Engineer 3,746.29
Clearing a: Cutting Brush 1,519.50
Inspection 1,128.87
Miscellaneous 290.96
Total Cost "9.585."
"Of this amount the District had
to borrow fit 185.97. The Balance
of‘ "5.899.70 was paid from the
earnings of the water department
during the years of 1924 and 1926.
With this work completed cur
water supply will be sufficient to
a number of years to come."
. NewServiecsIaidl
First District ..................
EastNorwalK .................
Outlying
46
:6
............u....... 3‘
Total number new services . ..
Renewals
96
-Of Iron Matias
Pleasant St. 76 ft. 4"
Harding 8t. .. .. 1".» 4" " ..
mum at. :15 "' 4"
Sherry 8f. ........ 815 " 4"
Prospect Hill ..... no ” 4"
Hudson at. ....... 150 " 4"_
Total ..........1.118 "
Bummitt St. a. ‘
Reservoir Ave. . 910 ft.
Strawberry Hill ‘
Ave. .......... so "
Maplswood Terrace 450 "
thnscung‘Cress it.
with Belden Ave. m " r'
Walnut at. ...... zoo " t"
Emmoreon it. with
eryssr Ave. .... 180 " t"
Fitch at; ........ as " 0"
River It. (replacing t'P
Cement with 0"
Iron 700 " 0"
Total .....,....I.9u"' 6"
' From Deids‘a‘Avs. to the Nor-walk
Itiv‘dr—tllfest- of 11" Iron, replac-
ing' chrold u" Cement was
Th6 h a. total of‘1.I‘ll’ foot o'fnsw
4'" Iron )fslns laid during the year
19:9. and ' 8.9“ feet off" Iron
)failwaiao m faster when; '
Grend'total of' 4.931 feat “of new
rssia' laid during the year at a‘cost
of $9,141.15. k.
,
i"
6" Iron
“to
an
. Osmcnp noted an“. 1-! lemon.
or meat. 1 mm.
1-10!!! rhinitis monuments.
um' ._ : .- .
gem- rind trem‘ toner and
mm “gird-until
sensuous“ “integrated
riots!» lessen grated senot,"salt
Huger. ’nropfrolnaaaaa'ento
mlumwmmlsrwitn
wits-no: . =»’
books have been added. mlny of.
r
“The Commissioners of the First-
’ ', WING WEB-SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Lions Take Championship
On This Slide Abrahams Broke "in Finger——
' ‘ M‘ll m."
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1926.
r
«
+ *At the High School]
. 'l‘lw llNSI'i‘ililIy at tho Norwulk
1 High school )‘csli-l'lllly \vua treated to
{ill i'hillllllit! of collullullily enter-
prise which should sink under the
skin nml ulm llm proud illl‘lllilt'l'i!
of Hil‘ Mellon! something to think
about, inn-.illc their lessons.
The lligh School lltlllciic ilsso-
(‘iéilltlll wus bnnkrupl. There was no 2
mom-y to buy uniforms for the foot.
bull lollm. \Vlly won it bankrupt?
{\luinly because the student body has
not sllpporlt‘ll school teams by their
.nllnnlllinve nt Killllf‘ll. if the same
condition continues, well some think
' the buys and girls should be spank-
' ml. but that is a big order for any-
I Olll‘.
Students were in quantity yester-
day. Attorney Pnul Connery, on-
tlluslustic rcprescnlnilvo of the1
'l‘orumlors. in u bristling tnlk. picnll-
It‘ll for support of this club. even to
' the point of offering protection
"going! the wrath of Principal Jakob
who is rt Iiion.
! llr. Jakob was in furor of the stu- ‘ ““m'm'SIY
:lvllls chorring loudly for the Torch-I:
:lors because be “'11.! sure
.wnulzl need sympuihy. They did.
if there is anyone so callous 110‘
this ill l-xplnnnilon: the Lions and
’l‘oronllm-s staged a lmll game yrs-
inrllny of .‘\lllllS(‘lilf‘lil park to resur-
lrm-t the shattered finances of lhe
illillf‘Ill‘ nssocluilon. I
i ii is believed he a result of the
l wonderful turn-out iii the game. tip-
lproxlmzllely $500 was raised.
’ ('nnl‘ll Perry Evan. nnolhcr assem-
‘bly speaker, urged a. large nttcmi~
:nm‘e at the hush-bull game and his
’u'orlls wrre hm'dml. Principal
lJnlmh mntlr- a few npt remarks of
gwhlch the following is characteris-
. llr:
. "if many of the business men of
{the Mun l'llll take time off lo‘llt‘lpl
.lho High School students. the Stu-i
iiif‘llis‘ Iiif‘fllN‘lVf“ ~lmulli get out and
.unrk for a change and help them-
Attorney Connery. who sold nonr-
ly 300 tickets for the ball game.
pnlnlml out loyalty to the school is
just as important as the various
subjects studied. llo Nil'i‘ if u 1.... h
:l lllll pt'l‘ crnl. pupil. but not 1...
ills efforts uru ill will.
lie rilllll lilo hnlilll turnout of
iIi'illli at high school gnmw
disarm-v. Jlu linked |l(l\\' u l- w,
play If it knows it is not in u .-
.porlwl by its l‘liléitl mops, l
the pupils lili'y must lmn -
huge numbers at gulms til i
will lose interval. In lh- m.
(Continued From 13;» ..
obinlncd
ills
kill)“ 1. .l.-. ..
slarclllng and real «Mm. 1
Will Illlt'i‘ lo lnulul him In.
lust informed llli‘ll of l‘.‘
that line. In 1890, 311'. >3 i.
and Herbert Smith \\:l~i
{ill
o'lI
0n the other hand, 1 succeed him. And for 1:? \
llm' -‘.
choice for the liliriil o
they . wars. of both pul'll- :,
.‘lr. Sniiill “us 2: 5141.2”!
liensn'l knew what it was till about. ; politician.
(on, but he was lllll
“<- nt'\'ll' l..'rl
‘ullll‘e in the 01-month“
‘ Mr. Smith “us on.» (-1 ", c
slogklluldrrs of the: .\'~ul "
try club, and his will :
(ludml: Noru'ulk V .. *'
nnll lloxburya
For many yours llu x-- -- \
lcr umnivur (‘llll‘lliimw
than 'l‘nun (,‘lv-l'k Sum"!
nlorlst. be \\'IS mill-l :
soclnl function. .\ In! .
t)', he was v'l'vr in llv m -
perhaps it little gruff .: . .
appearance, )liH $|m|l
and a friendship with
pleasure.
His ability :lil lump :3 ‘
friendliness “ill lm 5mm :
lllr‘ pcnplo of .\'ur'.\..ll.
known “IIi‘l‘l‘i” so long
him so deeply.
CLASSIFIED ADS are t‘::-..’* -
sages.
Arrangements have been completed .
take care of the District's needs for
CHAPTER I
RS. LANE lowered her heavy.
middle-aged body into her chair
with a groan.
no attention.
or "Muggy." as she was variously
called by her
greancd when she sat down
pulled herself
they were used to it.
“Where's Cherry.
be late for work. You shouldn't let
her overslcep sd often."
spoke with the complaining. mar
iyred who of
"I called h
ago." Faith Lane deposited a platter
of fried eggs and bacon upon the big
round table, and wiped a clinging
strand of straight. dark brown hair
from her persplrlng face with the ,
back of a work-marked hand.
really haven't
back to her room to see if she's up."
In her large,
her one good feature, the family
said—there was a flash of resent»
melli.
"Don't speak to your mother in
that tone of. voice. Faith!" Mrs. Lane
rcprovcd her
new bungalow
on you.
livens up that
Ain't it sorta
critical eyes swept the tall. splendid
figure of her twenty-year-old dough
ter. Too bad
pretty—like Cherry!
"No. it's not
"It's three inches below my knees
and Cherry wears hers‘so the knee
She mddo me shorten
that new green organdy I made
cap show-s.
her"
"New, Faith, there you go!
can't say a kind word for poor little
Cherry! Che
dresses-she's
The pale green orgsndy sure sets off
bar co pol-y curls. doesn't it? Joy.
site so much butterl With
butter sixty cents a pounds. it does
seem to inc-Jim. for heaven's sake.
watch what you‘re doing! You can't
don't
read the pope
at the same time. without slapping it
all over the
:I'his house I!
clone had struck it!"
Jim Lane lowered his paper and
smiled a dim,
wife. his brown eyes twinkling at
. hirilthrough steel-rimmed spectacles.
your digestion. Take things a little
easier. honey." His tblck-knuckled,
right,
broken-nailed
spoon with which Joy. his youngest
daughter —- ninegolng-on-ten - was
scooping into the egg platter. "Don't
be greedy. Chicken-little. Only one
to eat yet, you knew. Faith. honey.
where's Junior?"
“I wish you wouldn't call me
Junior, Dad."
good-looking boy paused to straight-
en his new dark blue. polka-dotted
tie at the murky mirror of the side-
boI-l'd. “Gab! I'm twenty-one! I‘m
not a kid. The fellows call in.
'14"!!! and I don't see why you have
to Junior are
was three years old! Hey. Faith!
Moteha got
stuif's cold as
"Your name isn't ‘Inng.’ Junior-
or many. if that suits you better."
his htber '
“lacks to ins
of assailed 'mg huh"
“I'saleag
‘ tar." .ley laughed sill-lily. "that's
Will. they got his nickname. Pop. ’0
ashabonttbslongsstunginm.
lit“. 1 goon. Ain't'ws got a any
. none—lane!
"Gerry's name is Quay, pa
gangs-tom «moth.-
terrors: lb: ‘1' Bell 5%";er Did your had little ass-bath bannlsws.‘
Charity 1 m m a up when she came "Daddy." My ‘th
muss. Butwhhimm—‘adss-slmugmt iwslksosocsr'o- mauvuflsun
rd , pl asdltiptosdissoeasyteki- Whgflyaa'd
Faith. That pink klndn
(
‘
lfllll
The family paid
"Mother." or “Mom."
children, always
(‘1‘
up out of chairs. and
Faith? She'll
Mrs. Lone
the chronic Invalid.
er forty-five minutes
"i
time to keep going
wistful brown eyes—
automntlcnlly. “Thut
apron looks real nicr
sallow skin of yours
short, though?" lie:
that Faith wasn't
too short." Faith said
You
try can wear knee
such a tiny midget
I
thing.
:- and stir your coffee
tablecloth! Oh, dear!
ways looks like a cy’ 0"”
I
rent. steaming
uncertain smile at his
Martha. Don't upset
at night.
hand reached for the wise to herself.
“Is that sol
08! apiece. Junior and Cherry have
clad fairy.
Tl. tall, very thin.
all the time. as if I
charms.
no bet toast? This
sgelddigger‘s heart.“
lu—ll
"Aw. shut up!
snowed reasonably
like you'd be ashamed
lane tut has no turn-
Iio—Joy use!
l
her children. with life, with every-
"Well. Mother. they haven't nick»
named me,” Faith smiled at her
fondly, as she filled the half-empty
. her mother's plui
hot coffee.
“If you don't lay off me. 'Long'
Lane. I'll tell hinggy about Pay Al-
Mind your own
business! Better feed your face and
beat it, or you'll be late for work
again, and come home tonight with
a great aongand-dance about quit-
ting because the boss get fresh with
“Muggyl Make him quit picking
on me!" Cherry Lane jerked a chair
from its place next her brother and
drew lt scrapingly across the lino
learn of the dining room floor, to
plump herself down as close beside
her mother as possible.
"How are yen
this morning
v
‘w.. '
Anne Austin
lib (mg.
and
handed her brother a plate of .hln
crisp toast fresh from the oven.
“Yeh, Faith's the only virtue we
have left." ‘Long' grinned. “Where's
the Charity that turned into a
Cherry? Say, that kid's out too late
Somebody oughta put her
She’s getting her-
self talked about something fierce."
Well, Mr. Smarty.
who's going to put you wise to your-
self?" Cherry Lane appeared in the
dining room door, like a tiny, green-
magiailiy summoned,
She stuck a tiny pointed tongue be‘
tween the ripe. full lips of her small
month, then whirled to the mirror
in the sideboard, to run her rosy-
tlpped fingers through the mass of
short. copper-and-gold curls 'that
rioted over her small head. Then
she smiled at her image. crinkllng
her short nose, and her topaz eyes
gleaned Mth appreciation of her
mm,
REE
BY NEA seaweemc.
Cherry leaned forward and gave her
mother a butterfly kiss upon her
heavy, stifling cheek. As the other
children said resentfuliy, Cherry had
her mother'“wrapped around her
finger."
“Yes. honey. you did’wake me up."
her mother confessed, labor patient.
complaining voice, but it was curi-
ously different. charged as it was
with a doting love for the beautiful
girl who was bending toward her so
solicitously. "But I knew it would
worry you, if I let on, so I inst kept
my eyes closed. Played 'possuln on
you! I never slept a wink all night!
And my head's just splitting this
morning. I declare, ilfs don't seem
worth living. when you're sick all
the time and poor as a church
mouse." ’ '
"Well. Mother, such is life!" Mr.
Lane pughsd back hll chair.
dropping the sprawled sheets of his
paper to the floor.
“Jim lane. if you say that to me
again, I'll—I'll divorce you!" Mrs.
Lane struck the table sharply with
her clenched band. "i’hat'sall you
ever say—well. such is life! Such is
life!" she mimicked bitterly. ”I'm
sick and tired of the, sound of the
words! If you hall more gitoupsnd-
git to you. such wouldn't be life in
the Lane family! Such is life!
Hush! Make me sick. you dot"
"I do the best I can, Martha." Jim
Lane said in a low voice. as if he
would like to exclude the children
from their nsvsrcsdlog ousrrd.
"l'm tryin', my best to land that
liathawsy cemract. ‘I‘wo sis-room
assist.
I ‘ ' ‘ ""5; or: I
«cmfi‘mo . ‘ '
“Hobos unis. ,
aren't
word!
1
Is
word her.
and s. good one. and it's just enter-
- prise on his part that makes him
land a. small bit of contracting now
and then.
away contract. Dad.
bid?"
"Six thousand. three hundred and
fifty," her father answered. straight-
ening his bent shoulders and looking
down lit her with boundless pride
and affection. "Your flggerin' helpli
. me a lot.
' myself. But I think lInllornn is go-
ing to underbid me—crooked as a
‘ dog's hind leg. Halloran is. lle‘ll mt
. the Job at the lowest bld. than rim:
in a bunch of extias. Don't see liivll’
he gets away with it." He renr‘l i
for his sun-yellowed straw hat rim:
lay on the sideboard.
"How will you swing that bit: a
deal, Dad?" Faith asked, her ewe
wistfully following his stooped, «.1.
beforeits-flme figure as he wulllrl
slowly toward the living room dart:
Dear Dad!
"The lumber yard's willing to carry
me for materials. and Pa. will go . n
my note at the bank for payroll m l
incidental expenses." he told her. in
eyes brightening with hope. "Might
have a meat pie for dinner tonight.
honey. if you ain't got nothing elm
planned. I've asked Hathaway to
drop in for supper. Might help is.»
to land the contract, if you fed Mm
good. Decent young chap.
I've been tootin' yo.“
cookin' up to him, Faith. so do yaw:
durnsdesti”
"I wish you wouldn't use such
language in front'of the children,
Jim," Mrs. Lane complained wearily,
as she scraped butter upon her
fourthrpiocs of toast and reached for
Hathaway.
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engineer, or a contractor, and tho
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"You shouldn't say thlngs tl‘..'l
Cherry."
quietly, as she slipped into her full:-
er's vacated chair and drew [Ls
platter of cold bacon and eggs lu-
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“Father is n cal-poplar,
I hope you get the limb
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the isle pot.
Joy 0 circled-
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"Durnsdest!
awful old-fashioned cuss
in
butter.
you ought hear Long reel 'em
off. Mom—damn 'n he—"
"Joy. leave the table this minute!"
Her mother half rose from her chair.
then sank back with s. groan. "Oh.
door! If life isn't one thing after an-
other!"
“Such is life. Mother!" Jim Lane
chuckled. as he left the dining room.
"Faith, it does look like I could
have a decent cu. considering the
fact that I have to work hard all
day! This one's broken and the yel-
lew's as still as glue!"
pushed her plate from her in disgust,
her lovely face petulant and eg-
grieved. like a suiking child's.
"If you would get to the table
when breakfast's ready. your egg‘
wouldn't be cold," Faith rotor-ted.
"I’ll fri you another on
you ‘want it? Bunny
scrambled?"
"Scrambled,
cream." Cherry gave her order in.
guidiy and stretched her pretty, sl-
mest completely bars arms above
her head in a gresl yawn.
Mom, I learned I new step of the
Charleston last night over at the
Warrens'. Look!"
Cherry sprang up from the table,
spread her petsled. crisp green or-
gsady skirt. so short that it showed
her dimplsd knees in their gleaming
white silk"stockings, blew a kiss to
her mother. then began to ding her
tiny fest and her graceful arms in
a modulation. Junior obligingly
whistled. "Yes. sir, that's my babyl"
clapping his hands to accentuate the
tempo. .ley jumped up and iciasd in.
her thin little sticks of arms and
Cherry
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