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the jungie"-''put tubes In their
mouths and turn 'em into fountains!"
"Modrynskir' cried the girl. with
blazing eyes. overwhelmed by the
injustice Of his outburst. But Mod
rynski was already headed for the
door. with Torrie fruitlessly trying
TO intercept him. He waved her
aside and vanished down the half.
lighted hallway. rumbling and cough
ing and cropping his way TO the
stairs.
Torrie stood motionless, with one
hand against her thin shirtwaist.
Then she turned and advanced
slowly toward Storrow. SO tragic
was the light in her eyes that Stor.
row laughed. not altogether happily,
but easily and impersonally. The
situation, after, all. had clarified at
a stroke. Hardy had been right. A
master had confirmed his hint. The
era Of the mud zoo was over for all
time.
And I thought he'd help you."
Torrie mourned. still stunned by the
force of that outbreak.
He has" asserted Storrow. not
without q touch Of bitterness.
There was still pity in the girls
eyes. How could he?" she de-
manded.
by persuading me I'm about
finished with this stuff" was the
answer. There was a quaver in his
voice as he spoke. for. no man can
contemplate the abandonment OF
what has been his life work without
a pang of regret. Nor could he. I'M
INJURED In his own emotions as he
was, SEQ his way to resent the others
instructive movement of sympathy
as she placed her two hands on his
shoulders and turned his face toward
the light.
In that movement Storrow per
ceived no hint Of appropriation. But
before he became aware Of II he
stood within the aura of her influ-
ence, and as she leaned closer with
her fingers linked behind his neck
and her lips murmuring. I'm sorry
so sorry!" he found, as other men
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and there alone the hand OF Time
had been stayed They remained
by some accident or organic re-
pair. the eyes OF youth.
From behind them. intelligence
looked out, as from a ruined tower.
They seemed to mock the seniie
mask of the body through which
they peered. And their still half
humorous alsrtness. their full
raised ironic power of penetration,
left the younger man vaguely but
unmistskabiy apprehensive.
"Ah, this Is the boy from the
land of the caribou" cackled the
broken old voice. The flaccid lips,
slightly moist at one corner with
saliva. were pursed up critically AS
the bony and shaking fingers held
the monocle poised. Storrow. at
the moment. was forcing himself
to remember that this sodden and
worn-out hulk Of man mad ac-
complished In his time, what
dreams he had sought and found.
what beauty he had released from
marble. Torrie. making no effort
to hide her laughter, was repeating
the younger mans name to the
older, slowly and deliberately. AS
though she were talking to a small
child.
Modrynski dropped his monocle.
Then he let one tremulous hand
rest on the shoulder OF the girl be-
side him.
And apparently much more APP
pealing to the eye, my dear. than
anything he'll ever chisel out of
Tennessee MARBLE croaked the
old libertine.
But this work Of his Is clever"
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argued Torrie. Modrynsh. how
ever. was not to be diverted.
You young fools" he sighed. as
he sank into the chair Storrow
placed for him. you never know
what youth is worth until you lose
IT," And he sat there blinking like
a captured eagle. mumbling over
and over: "Youth-delicious YOUTH
And since Mahomst refused to go
to the mountain Torrie brought the
mountain to Mahommet She did
so by resolutely taking up Stor-
rows models and placing them di-
rectly In front OF the ruminating old
sculptor. He sat confronting them.
but he paid no attention to them.
crowded them still closer about Mod.
rynski's knees, as one captures the
attention Of a spoiled child with
toys. But Modrynskis mind was
fixed on other things.
A Typical Greeting.
so you're the young barbarian
nas captured this daughter OF
beauty" his flacid lips mumbled.
You and your silly. big. numbering,
thick.muscled glorious, wild-animal
body! And I'll be damned II he
hasn't got a head! I'd like to model
now / come to think OF II. But
what's the good. And he's yours.
my dear. and suppose you're his.
That's the way Of youth. The young
must walk with the young. Like
appeals to like. Youth calls to
youth. And you put a wall between
them, but they soon have a hole in
the hedge. as my French friends
phrase itr'
Storrow stands pityingly at the
ruinous facade behind which lurked
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The Story of an Ambitious Young Sculp-
tor Who Goes to New York to Win
His Way to Fortune.

"Plsisir d'smour ne dure qu'un
moment;
Chagrin d'smour dour toute la
vie"
In strange contrast to the beauty
or the accompaniment. he heard a
mans voice, broken, quavering. tim.
berless, attempting in vain to follow
the melting chords as a crippled beg
gar might hobble after a gliding
bird. II impressed the listener as
being the voice OF "a very old man.
Yet Storrow. oddly stirred. crossed
TO his window and threw II open.
He could hear the wheezy and asth.
matte voice palmer than ever, sus-
tained and almost redeemed by the
pellucid notes of the piano.
The next instant there was a
sharp knock at the door. Storrow.
still perplexed, slowly crossed the
room.
He found Torrie there, with a small
frown of anxiety wrinkling her fore
head.
"Modrynski's here" she said, Wis
IDLY excited. Storrow did not re-
spond to this statement. apparent.
ly. as she had expected him to do.
He could help you tremendous.
ly," she explained. I'VE knocked
an hour ago, but you weren't in.
That's him in my studio. playing
Schubert"
And singing?" demanded Stor.
row. not concealing his scorn.
The girl nodded: It's awful, isn't
It? The poor old fellow has soften
ing of the brain. or something worse.
At least they say so. But he still
has more art In his little finger than
most men have in their whole head.
I'd like him to see what you've
done"
But he wouldn't be interested in
animals" laughed Storrow, to whom
the name Of Modrynski had once
spelled magic.
Hes one of the three greatest
sculptors in America" persisted
Torrie with studied patience, "and
1 hate to think Of you missing the
chance Of a lifetime"
Storrow could not altogether disr
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agree with her. Yet he stood study
ing her face II had lost it's passive
ness and seemed narrowed and more
alert than he had imagined II to be.
Excitement. for some reason, hod
given her a splash Of color on either
cheek, and there was less OF the
rebel.look in the habitually medita-
tive eyes.
Bringing Him In.
mo, stay here. I'll bring Mod
rynski in. ThatIl make II easier
TO get him started on sculptor. But
don't let anything he says offend
you. He's like a child, remember.
They were longer in getting to
his door than Storrow expected"
And when Torrie appeared. lead
ing Modrynski by the arm through
the uncertain light of the hall.
faint chill fluttered through Stor'
rows startled body. That serious
eyed girl. radiating a vitality which
she found hard 20 repress to the
laggard movement of the man be-
side her. made Storrow's mind
flash back to an old print Of Anti
gone leading a blinded Oedipus
For he saw a fumbling and dod-
dering old man who walked with
difficulty, as though the will and
the worn out body were no longer
in coordination. a very lean and
tall old man with a narrow. high
forehead and the beak OF an eagle
II was not until his visitor was
we'll in the room and Modrynski's
heavily-veined and slightly tremu-
lous hand was screwing his mon
ocle In between the eablebeak and
the shaggy brow, that Storrow no
ticed the old artists eyes. There
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Andrew yet? know he's going to
be overjoyed."
Where's Virginia?" repeated
Neal
There was an inexorable quality
in his voice. i realized that 1t was
my ugly and unwelcome task to
explain Virginia's position at once.
There was no use trying to gloss
1t over in the hope that shed feel
differently by morning. l knew
enough Of her temperament and
it's similarity to Jim's to feel that
her grievance will grow, with
thinking II over. Her pride has
been affronted. She-the head of
the family''-has been ignored and
she won't easily bring herself to
sanction what she considers an
undignified runaway match.
felt that II Neal called her again
and she hung up the receiver foc
the second time, the breach might
become irremediable. For both Neal
and Phoebe have pride and dignity.
and in the first complete sufficiency
of their love for each other they
won't be overtolerant Of anyone who
not only fails to understand thcl-
feeling but who tramples rudely
upon IL.
All this flashed through my mind
in the moments between Meals first
demand for Virginia and the second
impatient:
Where's Virginia?"
She's gone" replied. she
came here almost an hour ago. seek
ing news OF Phoebe
As l spoke, however, l realized
that Neal wasn't listening to ms.
For / got faint murmurs as II he'd
turned aside to explain matters to
Phoebe. Then his tones came over
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the wire direct and clear:
For a moment / believed that /
was mistaken in fancying Virginia
had refused to speak to Phoebe or
me. didn't want to believe she'd
do such a thing. / couldn't believe
IL. Who does she think she is? The
Queen of Sheba or Empress Cath
crime of Russia? Some big ruler and
some big tyrant. evidently. Wen.
she knows where she can 60"
Neal, darling" l cajoled, don't
get so ,redrheaded the first hour OF
your honeymoon. You'll scare
Phoebe and she'll think she's taken
up with Red Ridinghood' wolf in
sleeps clothing. Let's forget Jeanie
and be happy, happy all the day.
You've got your little sweetheart,
and Mrs. Neal Hyland has the dear
est boy in the world II do say so, as
shouldn't l. l wonder II you can af.
ford another minute of long-distanc.
ing to let me tell Phoebe how pleased
l am"
put II this way, so In case Phoebe
didn't wish to speak to me even now,
she could get out of II by some refer
ence to the extravaganza OF talking
so long at the rate of a cent sec
ond. With all the side lights l am
getting on the feminine Of the Harri-
son temperament. couldn't be sure
that even in the joyous first moment
of finding herself Meals wife,
Phoebe would forgive me for my in
sistence on being friendly with Envy
Mason. OF course, Phoebe can sf-
ford to be sorry for Envy now
still she may go on resenting the
fact that I forgave Envy before
the fact" as II were.
SO I was surprised and delighted
when Neal said:
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Arthur Stngers = THE WINE OF LIFE James Montgomery
Principal Actors in This Stirring Romance

CHARLOTTE KIRKNER-Storrows step-cousin,
rich and unusually attractive girl, whom he
from drowning and who falls desperately in love with
him. and tells him So
CHESTER HARDY-A novelist, who persuades Storrow
to give up trying to model the life of the North Coun
try, and write serial of II instead.
PANNIE ATWLL-A friend of Tories who watches
her infatuaton for Storrow with concern, and asks
him frankly what he proposes to do about it.
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
BY Arthur Stringer,
Wsll.known Novelist and Author
Of Ceuntrywids Rsputstioa.

! Of Ceuntrywids Rsputatioa.
I'VE nursed no envy for the
younger man and his type.
They messed things up, as a
rule. and burned themselves out be-
fore their time. IL was the colder
men. the harder men. who maneu-
lvered life into success.
Yet Storrow. Hardy felt, had an
incongruous streak OF the covensnter
In his makeup. That, possibly,
would serve to leave him more
,preyed upon than preying. But. on
the whole. Hardy concluded, he was
q man II would be profitable to
watch, for his own sake as well as
the others.
II Storrow was in any way con.
scious of this double-edged surveil.
lance. he kept his secret to himself.
AS sculptor. he felt. he was already
ridiculous In the eyes OF Hardy. He
had no intention Of appearing ridicu'
lous before him as a man. No word
of Wizards studio or its occupant
escaped him, much as his thoughts
still centered about them. But
day or two later these same thoughts
wandered more than ever in that d.
rection. for as he stepped into his
room at the end of the afternoon.
Storrow heard the sound of a piano
from the other side of the wall.
He knew, after listening a mo-
ment, that 1t was somebody playing
"Kenst du das Land?" And he also
knew that this Mignon song had
been a favorite of his mothers, and,
what was more. was being played by
a hand much too mastery to belong
TO Torrie Throssel. 1t moved him.
as he stood there intently listening,
more than he had imagined any
music could.
Then came a fragment Of Chopin
nocturns,. played aimlessly and be-
tween broken scraps of talk, then
another song, familiar to him from
his youth-a song he had always
looked upon as one of the loveliest in
the world
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
THE RHYMING OPTIMIST
By Aline Michaelis

some overhansing rock you can
often discover it's position by the
remains Of rabbits neatly laid in
the short grass at the top of the
cliff. In districts where food is
scarce the raven will attack with.
out scruple a newly-born lamb.
The raven has a passion for soli-
tude. He will tolerate in the neigh
borhood OF his nest not even his
own offspring. He drives them
ruthlessly away as soon as they
are able to shift for themselves.
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TORRIE THROSSEL-A beautiful girl who is struggling
to win reputation the stage, although she has so
far had only small part in the chorus.
OWEN STORROW-A young man of powerful frame,
who has come to New York to perfect himself in
sculpture who meets Torrie by accident and wins her
love-
HERMAN KRASSLER-A theatrical manager, who
sees great possibilities in Torre, and determines to
make her famous actress.
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
GIRLS! GROW THICK
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WITH "DANDERINE"

Buy a 35-cent bottle
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In a few moments,
you have doubled the
beauty OF your hair. II
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easy to do up. But
what will please you
most will be after a
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you see new hair-fine
and downy at first
yes-but really new
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hair growing all over the scalp.
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An Inadvisable Marriage.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

I am deeply in love with
my aunt, twenty-five years Of
age, and only about two months
my senior. She reciprocates my
love, and all would go well II
the family would not interfere.
Your reply in a coming issue OF
The Washington times., 1921-11-01

THE blood relationship between
couples 30 closely related makes
marriage inadvisable. Science has
decided that cousins may safely
marry. But your relationship is
a step closer-nearer than science
considers wise.
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax

your paper will be sincerely ap-
preciated by an almost heart.
broken couple. A. a d.
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
This Day in Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of the beginning Of the oper
alton Of the Stamp Act in America, in 1865. I'M
posed on the Colonies by the arrogance of England IL
reused the people and finally led to the Revolution
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
King SOlOmOn's Mines.

THE enormously rich mines Of ophiE, frOM whieh
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba obtained the
gold that made their cities places of dazzling magn
cence, have been found again. and being worked.
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Women's drop-stitch mercerized cotton
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Boys and girls school hose, heavy and fine
ribbed, some spliced with real Irish linen,
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Savoy bread boxes black apanned extra large size priced
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Shnup the universal cleaner for cleaning and polishing
silver gold, platinum etc soc can for Saturday 21c
Old Dutch FreeWith every package of Golden
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Of Old Dutch Cleanser
Absorene Wall Paper Cleaner for cleaning wall paper
shades usually sold 15c priced for Saturday
cans for 33c
Special sale Of Wizard Furniture Polish unequaled for
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IL ounce size, regular Coo for :30C
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Silk Petticoats
1893

An especially fine assortment of pretty
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changeable colors. These petticoats are
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Banner Tricoettes-When you buy Banner Brand" you
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BIG WHITE GOODS
SPECIAL =.

Not for years have We been in position offer such
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ment of dainty patterns. Every piece is worth much
more and ordinarily would be marked at Csc to LOO
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English Long Cloth
Vail Paper

Bedroom paper, 3 patterns, per roll 12t
Kitchen paper, patterns, per roll 15c
Living room paper, 5 patterns, per roll zoe
Tapestry paper, patterns, per roll 4Of
Duplex oatmeal any color, per roll 33 1-3f
Vanished tile fer kitchen and bath at SOC
Evening star., 1921-12-18
42-Pc Cottage Set of
Syracuse China
lOO-Piece Dinner Set of
Syracuse China

Our No. 1882; dainty gray Dor
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full service for IL people. Reg
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will give service for many years.
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Evening star., 1921-12-18

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has purchased the William il. Snei
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Hazel Kisby, for the past thirteen
months LONG distance night operator
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home at 52l Michigan ave, Alma, on
sunday, Sept a., at noon, NJ the age
of 96 years. She was taken To her
old home at Hamburg, Mich, for the
funeral and burial She leaves To
mourn their loss loving husband
hcr mother, three sisters and a broth
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