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Little Women
Spring came late to the new England hülside, But the miracle of new green leaves, the song, of returning birds, and the pleasant warmth of sunshine lured folk. from their replaces to shel- tered sunsweet, out of door nooks, Marmee - and the girls and Laurie and John Brooke were having tea one after- noon in the Marches grape-ar- bour laughing and talking happily” together when Hann sh burst upch them her plain (ace flushed with anxious fear.
"It's one of them telegraph things, mum." she exclaimed net- vously, extending the yellow paper. in a trembling hand.
Mrs March took it. Her face swiftly whitered as she read it and looked from it to four frigh- tened faces.
"Father?': Meg breathed, volc- ing their common fear. "He's in the hospital," Mrs March said trying to keep her voice from breaking. "I must go to Was- hington, at once.
She turned to Hannah "Is the
man
who brought the message here?" She asked quickly.
No. he's went, mum," Hannah mumbled."
"I'm here Marmee," Laurte put a comforting arm about her waist.. Isn't there something I can do?." he begged.
"Yes, Laurie-will you take a telegram, saying I will come at once? And find out what time the train leaves?" she called- after him, as already his feet were carrying him swiftly across the way.
Isn't there something that I can do, Mrs March?” John Brooke Inquired earnestly, "
"Yes, II you will she forced a smile to trembling Ups" Help Hannah bring down my small trunk. And Jo--she turned to anxious girls. longing im- patiently for a chance at help- ful activity" Bring me a pen and paper...... You must take a hote to Aunt March for me. I'll need money and I'm not too proud to beg for Father" she broke off with a sudden rush of tears which she proudly checked, as Amy murmur- ed grief-striken: "Marmee;"
"There's no time for tears now, children, "shê said steadily "We must help each other-trust in God, and bear whatever comes." Together they hastened into the *house to pack the trunk.
Old Mr Laureree. came in, fol- lowed by Brookes, bearing a rug and two bottles of wine in a bas let "Broke's going with you." he exclaimed as he greeted her. "Oh, there's no need-Fll be..." Marmee began, overcome by his thoughtfulness.
"My kind friend! I can't thank you"-Marmee began, her voice choking in spite of her effort at- control.
But tactfully Mr. Laurer.ce changed the subject, "Come Brooke, he ordered get the trunk out, Laurie's waiting there with the carriage."
"Where can Jo be?"! Mar- Mee nurmured nervously" It shouldn't have taken her so long, The front door banged. Jo, breath-
·less from hery, and with "a strange expression on her face, brust in. "Here's Aunt March's
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Twenty five dollars" Mrs March
·looked wonderingly at her tall young' daughter. "Jo, dear”— Jo tried to make her voice sound careless "I only sold what was my own. With a sweep her bonnett саме off, revealing a roughly-i cropped head. Marmee and the girls gasped: "Your hair-your' own beauty...... Oh. Jo'.
My dear gizi you shouldn't have."....... four shocked volces exclaimed, in unison. Four pairs of eyes grew wide.
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Jo rumpled the roughly shorn locks"fercely "Aunt March crook- ed as she always does" she ex- clained, striding up and down the room "She only offered enough for the tickets. And I knew Mar- mée would need more And I don't care how It looks, she stat- ed with assumed bravado. "It feels so light and comfortable- Besides. It will grow again soon.
Laurie popped his head in at the door to warn Marmee to hurry, and stared open-mouther at Jo. But there was no tline for- comment. Hurriedly Mrs March got into the carriage, looked baɖk tenderly at the four girls waving in the doorway "Goodbye, my darlings' God bless and keep us
1" she called back to them.
Silently the girls stood, waving til distance and a rush of unbide den tears blotted the swiftly mov- ing carriage from their sight
They tried to keep very busy during the anxious days that fol- lowed, Beth went dally to visit the family that had received their Christmas breakfast, Kind friends had helped the little fa- mily out of its darkest difficulties, but there still was much that kind hearts and generous hands could do,
Jo, coming home one day from Aunt March's found Beth' sitting in a corner of Marmee's room. er face pale her eyes shining feverishly a medical book on her knees. Bethy Jo said alarmer,
What is the matter?"
"Oh. Jo!" Tears coursed down Beth's thin cheeks "The baby's dead."
"What Baby?" Jo looked "dazed "Mrs Hummel's-you know I've » been going to see them since. Mar- mee went away Oh, Jo-she sank into Jo's comforting arms, Jenn- ing her"hot" cheek against her 'sister's shoulder "it died in my Jap before she got back with the doctor...
The doctor said it
was scarlet fever" she went on fainty, as Jo tried to comfort her, "You mustn't let Amy come near me She hasn't had it.”
'Beth," Jo paled, in consterna- tlon "Are you sick?"
QUEEN CHRISTINA
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CHAPTER III
Christina's life, after she became "King" of Sweden, went on much as it did before. She romped with her dogs and she went for long rides with Aage. But the was not so much time to be spent with him or in play. Her education became amatter of deep importance. Training for ruling is not an easy Sweden was proud, even in the seventeenth century, of the education. It gave its children. But for Christina there were more les- sons, longer hours than for other children.
.matter.
She was an apt pupil. She loved to read and many a time, Aage who still served as her nurse, would take a book from her hands, against her protestations,
"Remember" he would say, "A king must be strong-you must not should be riding or sleeping." waste time on books, when you
"It is hard to be a king" she said once wistfully.
"It is truly you have spoken" he answered." But you are one to do hard things. You are your fa- ther's daughter.”.
Her mother did not live long after they brought the dead king home, Never strong, she had suffered too much during the long years of war, to live to an old age. She was a good queen, a kindly woman and a loving mother. Perhaps she felt her work was done. She had been a faithful wife to her husband until his death, She had given an heir to the throne of Sweden. For her ahe need not fear-all Sweden lov ed her, Oxenstierna would see that she was trained in all that a king. should know and Aage would care for her as he had done since the hour of her birth."
She would not allow the child to be in the room when she died..
Christina missed her mother, but healthy child does not grieve long and it was not long before her mother wish was fulfilled. her child's memorious of her were pleasant ones.
Despite the long hours in the school room, there were ̈ many
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Latest News of Jan Kiepura
Most Interesting news of the week ds that Jan Kiepura, the young Polish tenor, is going to star in a film called "A Song For . You" for Gaumont. Maurice Elvey will direct.
Klepura's first and only talkie, produced jointly by Gaumont and Ufa In the good old days before. Hitler, "Tell Me To-night," was a terrific success. It was really the forerunner of successful British pictures in America, where they
really prefer snakebite.
Wise old Uncle Carl Laemmie noticed this, and at once made moves to sign up Kiepuras, but the deal didn't take
I am informed that in "A Song For You," although the story is laid in a grand opera setting, and Jan will sing arias from "Aida" and "Il Trovatore." filmgoers need not fear the heavy hand of clas- Bicism, for these beautiful works are blended humorously into the action and the atmosphere throughout is one of gay and lighthearted comedy,”
I trust the lady joining with Kiepura in song will not sub ject to any physical indignity in the cause of hilarity, Perhaps they won't book Flanagan and Allen for this one, though.
pleasant times. There were many boys and girls at the court and Christina was friends with them all, whether they were the chil- dren of the nobles or of the ser vants. She still had her hair short and for the most part, wore doub- let and hose, but when she appear-" ed at any ceremony, she donned elaborate, long dresses
While she was still very young, the regents as well as "all Sweden -began to speculated as to the man she must one day marry, They knew there would be many offers from may lands, Christina was not only beautiful woman with a kingdom of her own does not need to be beautiful to make an advan- tageous marriage she was clever and Sweden was a great country. But it was the desire of all her peo- ple, high and low, that when the time came for her to marry, 11 would be to a countryman. There were princes of other Protestant countries who would be suitable, but there were princes of royal, birth in Sweden-more or less closely related to Christina. Form them, she should choose or they would choose for her-her mate But of this nothing was said to the child or to the growing girl
while she had many friends, Christina had few intimates. But there was one girl of whom she was fpecially fond the Countess spese small
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Christina would shake her head, "Come on, Ebba, lessons are over. Don't let us bother aur heads about such stupled things. Let us go for a ride."
Christina's daydreams, were 0. other things-when her busy days lett any time for them. There was one, especially which came to her again and again. She did not tell it to Ebba, but she did speaks to the Chancellor,
"I would like to travel" she said to him one day.
"Where?" he asked, "Everywhere" she said, with a sweeping gesture of her arms. Then laughing: "Well maybe not quite everywhere. But I would like to go to Spain."
"It is a country of Popists" he made answer.
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I am afriad It is impossible."
"And Faris" continued Christina. "The French are our allies. I have read Moliere's plays. I would like to see them done in his theatre. Then I would bo to England. It is a great country-it is the land of Shakespeare."
Oxenstierna shoɖk his head. "I am sorry" he said, but it is not Yessible now. Your are a"wo-
an nowyoung, to be sure, but a Woman. Your country needs you.” "Sometimes I will go to far places" Christina answered.
"Sometime, I hope you may," he said. "But now you must atay at home and be our Eing."
She had learned early in te when to be silent, so she made no answer. But the dreams did not 80. And in time, other dreams came, too. Magnus, the Lord Trea- surer, was a bandsome man and brilliant.. "He was older than she. He was not of royal blood, but he was a nobleman. As she came toʻ a real responsibilities of hor position, she saw much of him. They had many matters, concern- ing the state to discuss and hey" found other things about which to talk. He did not have the passion for reading which was hers, but he was a man of culture and he had traveled widely. He, would tell her of the lands he had seen and for which she longed. He loved to ride and often they went dash- ing over the countryside together.
Aage did not like Magnus. He never said it in words, but Chris- na knew it by the look' in his eyes, by the pretexts he would use to prevent her beng" with th Lord Trasurer except when business de- manded..
"Poor Aage" Christina would say to herself. Then with the arro- gance which all youth has, whether it has been born in a palace or a hut, she would say: "He is old. He does not know how we, who are young, feel."
She had felt for some time that Magnus loved her. It gave her youthful spirits a heightening. It was partly vanity; it was good to know that a man desired her, not because she was the ruler of Sweden, but because she was fair. in his sight. It was aprty," also she found him glamorous.
One winter day as the sun was setting, she stood on a hilltop. where she had ridden alone. She beard the clatter of hoofs on the glistening snow and the next minute, Magnus was beside her.
"Is there anything" she said. stretching out her arms to the white hills and the pine trees be- low them, more beautiful than this?"
"Yes" he said in a low voice. before she could ask him what it She turned toward him, but
was, he breathed: "You"
She never knew just how it came about but the next moment she was in his arms and their Lips had met.
It was a new Chrisina who went riding back to the palace" that winter evening. Aage's keen eyes noted the sparkle in her eyes, the glow in her cheeks, He wanted to think that the clear frosty had brought this glowing look to her face. But he had seen Magnus. riding back with her and is evea were troubled.
They had a few brief encoun- ters. They were exciting but there was something, she could' not say what, which kept her from being really happy It was not that she knew she must not matry below her rank, As for that she was the King and she would do what she liked. Any- war, there had never been any word of marriage between them.
• Magnus knew full well that mar- cage was out of the question. But he had other hopes-not only for the present but for those future days when Christina, tor
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he wished she could ask Anges why he did not like Magnus, but her pride kept her silent. It was not to be long, however, before she came to understanding,"V
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