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That depends" said Westguard.
Hes rotten specimen, even IL he
is my cousin. And he knows !
think So"
A few minutes later O'Hara
sauntered In. He had been riding
in the park and his boots and spurs
were shockingly muddy.
who Is this Sir Charles Nal
lison, anyway" he asked. using the
decanter and then squirt.ng his
glass full of cafbonic. els 1t true
that he's goin' to marry that char
min Mrs. Leeds? I'll break his
bally Sassenach head for him; I'll"-
The rumor was contradicted in
this mornings paper" said Quarren
coldly.
O'Hara drank pensively: II see
that Eangly Sprowl is messin' about.
too. Mrs Ladwith had better hurry
up out there in Reno-or wherever
she's getting her divorce. / saw
Chef Ledwith ridin' in the park.
Dankmere was with him. Funny ne
doesn't seem to lose any caste by
sellin' his wife to Sprowl."
Only The Truth.
The whole thing is a filthy mess"
growled Westguard; ''let 1t alone"
why don't you make a novel
about it?" inquired O'Hara.
Because. you dub! don't use real
episodes or living people" roared
Westguard; newspapers and few
chumps to the contrary"
"So-so-o!' said O'Hara, soothing
whoa - steady boy" And he
pretended to rub down Westguard.
kissing the while as do grooms when
currying.
Anybody who tells the truth
about social conditions in any sec.
ton of human society Is always re-
garded as a liar" said Westguard.
Not that have any desire to do 1t.
but IL / should ever write a novel
dealing with social conditions in any
fashionable set, I'd be disbelieved."
You would II you devoted your
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"Oh. About Mrs. Leeds. Why
not7 She's the most attractive
woman / ever met
Very well. But don't talk about
marrying her-as though you had
merely to suggest 1t to her. You
know, after all, Mrs. Leeds may have
ideas of her own"
Probably she has admitted
Westguard sulkily. IL don't i'm
agine she'd care for a man Of my
sort. Why do you suppose she went
off on that cruise with Langiy
Sprowl?"
Quarren said, gravely: II have no
idea what reason Mrs. Leeds has
for doing anything"
you correspond"
"Who said so?"
MY aunt
Quarren flushed up. but said
nothing.
Westguard, oblivious OF his an
noyance, and enveloped In a spread
ing cloud of tobacco, went on:
"Of course IL you don't know.
don't. But by the same token, my
aunt was in "a towering rage when
she heard that Langly had Mrs.
Leeds aboard the Yulan."
Misunderstanding.
What" said the other sharply.
''She swore like a trooper. and
called Langly all kinds of impolite
Names Said, shed trim him IL he
ever tried any of his tricks around
Mrs. Leeds"-
What tricks? What does she
mean by tricks.
"Oh, suppose she meant any OF
his blackguardly philandering.
There isn't a woman living on whom
he is afraid to try his hatchet-faced
Establishments"
Quarren dropped back into the
depths of his armchair. Presently
his rigid muscles relaxed. He said
coolly:
IT don't think Langly Sprowl is
likely to misunderstood Mrs. Leeds"
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other, and this time It's all off for
keeps. i told her II she sent me
another check ia send 1t back.
That settles 1t, doesn't lit"
You're foolish. Karl"
Never mind. II / can't keep
myself alive in an untrammeled
and self-respectinE exercise Of my
profession--" His voice ended
in a gurgling growl. Then, as
though the recollections of his in
juries at the hands of his aunt
still stung him. he reared up In his
chair.
''Chrysos Lacy he roared, lis
a sweet. innocent girl-not a bale
of fashionable merchandise! Be-
sides" he added in a modified tone,
IL was rather taken by-by Mrs.
Leeds"
Quarren slowly raised his eyes.
T was" insisted westguard
sulkily; "and ! proved myself an
ass by saying SO to my aunt. Why
in heavens name was idiot
enough to 90 and tell her. DON'T
know. Perhaps / had a vague idea
that she would be 30 delighted that
shed give me several tons of
helpful advice"
Ibid she?"
did she. She came back at me
with Chrysos Lacy. i tell you.
And when I merely smiled and at
tempted to waive away the sugges-
ton, she flew into a passion, called
me down, cursed me out--you
know her language isn't always in
good taste-and then she ordered
me to keep away from Mrs. Leeds
--as though I ever hung around
any woman's skirts7 I'm no Squire
of Danes. I tell you, Rix, was
mad clear through. So I told her
that I'd marry Mrs. Leeds the first
chance I GOT
Don't talk about her that way"
demonstrated Quarren pleasantly.
About who? Nv aunt2"
II didn't mean your aunt
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after all? But he looked away so
quickly she could not be sure.
1t had come on to rain heavily
when they left the restaurant. and
there was trouble in getting taxis.
I'VE can't all 60 in one, that's
very sure" Calligan said cheerily
when only was forthcoming. He
looked round at Peter. Who's
going in this?" he asked. "win
you, Mrs. Winterdick7"
Eva moved a step toward her hus-
band. 1t required almost a physical
effort for her to speak.
Philip - SHALL we will you
shall you and /"
He looked down at her with
dispassionate eyes.
NO, that's not fairp' he said,
laughing a little wildly. AN old
married couple like we are! I'm
going to take Miss Arlington IL she
will have me.
TO Be Continued Monday
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E0D WI By Ruby M.
l. ~ ~ AO VIZ Ayres

~ ETER and Kitty were waiting
for them. Peter looked rather
= downcast-Kitty had not been
kind; she had blamed him for COM
ing alone to fetch her-it looked
so absurd, she said pettishly; why
could he not have waited for
Philip-and the othersf
Her eyes went straight to Philip
as he Joined them; Peters Jealous
ewes saw a difference in the smile
with which she greeted his brother
in-law.
But for Calligan the dinner would
have been a failure. Peter was
silent and moody. Kitty drank a
little too much champagne, and
her laugh was little too loud
sometimes and her voice too shrill.
She sat between Philip and Peter,
and the white shoulder with its too
slender strap was nearly always
turned to Peter. She talked to
philip almost exclusively, and Cal
liRan wondered that his friend could
be so foolish as to permit 1t.
She was not in the same class
with Eva, he thought with loyal in
dignation. Kitty might have a line
of ancestors that dated back to the
flood for all he knew or cared, but
her small, dolly prettiness was as
a rushlight compared with the sun
shine OF the dear woman whom he
loved.
He woke from the reverie into
which he had fallen to hear Kitty
say:
we were here, Phil? How long ago
IL Il? We sat over at that table
in the corner there. Do you remem.
Der? And you bought some pink
roses
Because you asked for them,
Miss Arlington, I'll be bound" Cal
liuan struck in laughingly.
Kitty turned on him angrily. She
did not like Calligan.
81 have never been in the I'M
fortunate position Of having to ask
Philip for anything" she said.
Eva bit her lip to hide it's tremb-
ling. Her eyes sought her hus-
bands, but he was too Intent on
Kitty, and with an effort she con-
trolIed herself.
She was sorry for Peter. Her
heart ached when she looked at his
male, sullen face. She was angry
with Philip. She was used to being
hurt by him, but now he was includ-
ing Peter. too, she FELT 1t was more
than she could stand.
She deliberately devoted herself TO
Calligan. He was ready enough to
talk to her, but tonight even his de-
votion and admiration passed her by.
She longed for the dinner to end.
Would have things been any diff
ferent IL Calligan had not come?
she wondered. What would Philip
have said to her that moment in the
drawing room had there been no in
terruption7
Only once did she succeed In meet
ing his eyes, and then the hard
bitterness OF them made her heart
leap.
Was he-oh. could be be Jealous
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A Spirited and Swiftly Moving Romance
; Hearts and High Society, by the Greatest
+ Living Master of Fiction.

wry face. II fancy somebody must
do unpleasant things-even among
the lepers Of Molokai. But I'd pre-
fer real lepers."
"The social sort are sometimes
sicker," laughed Quarren.
II don't agree with you.
BY the way, it's all off between my
aunt and me-"
I'm sorry, KARL
I'm not! / don't want her
money. She told me to go to the
devil, and / said something similar.
DO you know what she wants me to
do?" he added angrily. Give up
writing, live on an allowance from
her and marry Chrysos Lacy! What
do you think of that for q cold
blooded and impertinent proposition!
ws had fearful family row." he
continued with satisfaction--'my
aunt believing so that her footmen
actually fled, and doing the cool
and naughty, and letting her below
her bally head Off"
To End 1t All.
You and she have exchanged
civilities before" said Quarren.
smiling.
Yes, but this Is really serious.
I'm damned If Igive up writing"
"Or that. either. Do you think
I want a red-headed wife7 And
I've never spoken a dozen words to
her. either. And I'll pick out my
own wife. What does my aunt
think am? Fwish / were in love
with somebody's parlor maid.
B'jinks! I'd marry her, just to see
my aunt's expression"-
"Oh, stop your Nominations"
said Quarren. laughing. That's
the way with you artistic people
you're a passionate pack Of pups"
I'm not as passionate as my
aunt?' retorted Westguard wrath
fully. do you consider her arts.
tic? She's a meddlesome, malici-
GUS. domineering, insolent, evil old
woman, and l told her ss.''
Quarren managed to stifle bis
laughter for a moment, but his
sense Of the ludicrous was keen, ana
the scene his fancy evoked sent
him off into mirth uncomfortable.
Westguard eyed him gloomily;
ominous clouds poured from THE
Weather breeder"
Perhaps it's funny" he said.
but she and / cannot stand each
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\ Delightful Romance in Which Beautiful
Girl Makes Great Sacrifice for the
Gifted Young Man She Loves.

mentally deaf. let pass unheard, she
had heard. and had even thought
about. And the effort to defend her
ears and mind became less vigor-l
GUS, less instinctive-partly through
sheer WEAKNESS. 20
The wisdom Of woman and Of
man, and of what is called the
world, the girl was now learning
unconsciously in the beginning and
then with kind of shamed indiffer-
ence-but the creation of an arti-
ficial interest in anything is a subtle
matter; and the ceaseless repetition
Of things unworthy at last awake
that ignoble curiosity always. latent
In man. Because intelligence was
born with II; and unwearied intelIi-
gence alone completely suppresses II.
At first she had kept her head
fairly level In the whlrlwind Of
addiction. To glimpses Of laxity
she closed her eyes. Sir Charles.
was always refreshing to her; but
she could see little more of him
than of other men-less than she
saw of Langly Sprowl. however
that happened-and it probably hap
pened through the cleverness Of
Langly Sprowl.
Again and again she found her
self with him separated from the
others-sometimes alone with him
on deck-and never quite under
stood how it came about so con-
stanuy.
Without Ado.
AS for Sprowl. he made love to
her from the first; and he was
trim, carefully groomed and volun.
bly, animated young man, full OF
information, and with restless,
ceaseless range Of intelligence which
at first dazzled with it's false bril-
liancy.
But 1t was only kind of flash
light intelligence. 1t seemed to
miss, occasionally; some cog, some
screw somewhere was either absent
or badly adjusted or overstrained.
At first Strelsa found the young
fellow fascinating. He had been
everywhere and run every.
thing; his mind was Kaleidoscope.
his thought shifted. flashed. jerked,
leaped like erratic lightning from
one subject TO another-from Japa.
nese aeroplanes to a scheme for
filling In the East river; from .
plan to reconcile church and state
in France to an idea for indefinite
ly prolonging human life. He had
written several books about all kinds
Of things. Nobody read them.
CTo Be Continued Monday
Copyright, by Robert w. Chambers)
Published by Arrangement With Inter
national Feature Service, Inc.
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Slips of the Mighty

A writer In French magazine
mas collected an amusing series
OF howlers perpetrated, not by
school children, but by great
celebrities like Theirs, who,' de-
scribing one of Napoleon's battles,
Gays, Throughout the day torrents
of rain poured down, and 10000
Austrians hit the dust Jules
Troplong, distinguished legal
historian, whose verbose style II
in keeping within surname, pro-
claims in one OF his massive tones:
I'm the midst of many crumbling
institutions, that Of property
stands erect on its feet. seated
upon Justice" Francisque Sarcey
was responsible Tor two delightful
bulls: "On ais helmet waves
missing plume" and ain the tones
of Mile. Ugiade one recognises her
mothers familiar hand"
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bekins and more OF the same to
Neal and the rest, am,
Your loving husband,
jim"
With a feeling OF keen disappoint-
ment looked up from the letter I'd
raced through so fast. hoping for
something - something hadn't
found. Slowly / read 1t again.
The tremendous tenderness for
which l yearned wasn't there. The
passion of love and longing wanted
to find surging from the very pages
to meet the longing in my own
heart-wasn't there.
Jim has sent me four letters. Only
four. I've had two. Only two! He
doesn't know when he'll return
but he's well looked out for-and
by a woman.
I've stumbled across one good
friend who's a hum-dinger and who's
making the fur fly in her efforts to
help me unearth a few facts-legal
and otherwise" l read over again.
Something frightened In my heart
like a gigantic band, pressing,
pressing until I almost stranRled
from lts merClleSS grip.
Wherever he was there was a wo-
man, too. A woman was helping
him. "A hum-dinger." And there
was Mabel Storrs here at home.
Through these women he was be-
ginning to respect the business and
professional woman-to respect her
intellectually as I'd never been
able to make him do.
The love words at the end could
not make up for the one outstand-
ing fact that there was a woman
helping Jim. There Is always a wo-
mah-wherever he is. The thought
which came nearest to comforting
me in my agony Of what / had to
acknowledge was jealousy were the
words which showed that Jim, too,
was jealous; that he remembered my
friendship for Anthony Norreys and
resented II as he's always done.
Strangely enough, the thing over
which we once had quarreled 30
bitterly gave me some measure of
comfort now. Jim might write poet
ically about not telling me how he
missed me-and mean no word of II.
But IL he was still jealous of Tony,
he was still my mani
put my lips to the letter. Then I
tucked IL into the bosom OF my
dress and resolutely rang the eleva-
tor bell.
Jim's letter had overjoyed and
disappointed me. 1t had comforted
and hurt me. But. above all, Il had
given me courage and a new de-
termination.
would fight harder for him
than any other woman In the
world could fight.
When / got to the Sidewalk I
squared my shoulders and gave
Lyons the address Of my happy
honeymoon hotel.
And this time" I told myself
resolutely, 81 won't get the room
where l was once so happy with
Jim merely because sentimental
clerk remembers the number. I'll
get It this time because l shall ask
for it."
To Be Continued Tuesday,
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BY Ann Isle.
Whose Present Serial Has Won =
Nationwide Success.


A LETTER from jim, Post
~ marked in the city. My head
swan and my heart thumped.
But I managed to retain my wits
long enough to realize that must
read my letter In privacy. SO 1
said hastily to the elevator boy:
please give these bags to Lyons
minutes. 1 have-something to at
tend to first"
Then i stepped back into the quiet
entranceway which led to Jeanie's
apartment, and there, safe from in
trusion of question, 1 tore open
Jim's letter and read:
Dearest Griffin giving this 20
a chap to mail right In the big city,
so 1t will get to you more quickly
than II I trusted 1t to the postal
routes from the tiny hole in the
wall where I'm staying. start off
with this information, as I'll bet my
hat that-womanlike- BEEN
puzzling over the postmark for ten
minutes before jumping into the
letter and finding out that there's a
reason. Maybe you thought for
minute that 1 was camping on the
next corner. Now with masculine
efficiency I've explained the mys-
terry"
I looked up with tear-wet eyes,
through which a smile struggled.
I chuckled as I realized how like
Jim this beginning was. But I got
a lot of Joy out OF the fact that I
hadn't fingered over the postmark
at all. II only could tell Jim and
sec his responsive grin. After
moment ] went on reading the
words written by my boys own
hand:
Things are going none too well.
I can't write much about my af-
fairs for the simple reason that
I've no guarantee that my letters
will ever get to you-or be I'M
tempered with II they do. This is
the fourth I've written. I'm hop
ing at least fifty per cent Of 'em
reached you.
ALSO, I hope that you're making
out all right without me. You've
plenty OF good friends and a few
own homefolks who'll keep you from
with any handsome foreigners-such
40 our trienu ~. w. fhlstanCe.
AS to when I'll be back, 1 can't
say. I've stumbled across one good
friend who's a hum.dinger and who's
making fur fly In her efforts to help
me unearth a few facts-lesal and
otherwise. Maybe this will help you
to put two and two together and
come as near the right answer as
five.
Don't worry. I'm in good COM
pany and nicely looked out for down
here. And my affairs at home are
well taken care Of, as you surely
know by this time. When I come
home I expect to find you and a GER
tain business woman won't name
past friends. You will have q lot
In, common with her. I'm beginning
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WEAVING THE
BABY
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

A s the first step in the weaving
~ Of a baby, cereals such as bar
- ley flour, rice flour, arrowroot
or strained oatmeal are used. OF the
first three, one to two tablespoonfuls
to the pint of water are employed,
boiled one hour in double boiler. II
strained oatmeal is used, it should
be boiled for three hours in a double
boiler.
At first, cereal feelings should be
given in small amounts, being grad
ually increased as the baby estab-
fishes tolerance for them. 1t ls
we'll to vary the cereals, 30 that the
baby will not tire Of any one kind.
No sugar should be used with the
cereals. Sugar used on cereals at
the weaving age-eight to twelve
months-may prove harmful. A lit
tie bit Of salt will make the cereals
more palatable.
The bread given at this time
should be dry or toasted. Most
babies will take zwieback readily.
Prunes may be used as follows:
Cook them soft with very little water
and no sugar, allowing the water to
boil until very little remains; then
strain through a colander.
At twelve to fourteen months the
feelings should be five in number.
Two feelings should be taken from
the bottle, or preferably from a cup,
and then there should be three heav-
Ter meals. Cereals like farina, cream
OF wheat and wheatena may now be
used (boiled two hours in a double
boiler.
Baked potatoes may be given at
the twelfth month.
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY All Means Wait.
BY Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Am twenty and in love with
a young chap four years my senior.
i have not known him a very long
time, but he has asked me to marry
him. He has still one more year
at college but would drop his de-
gree II 1 would consent to become
his wife. My folks do not approve.
saying / am still too young. A. w.
Some day this man may reproach
you for coming between him anu
success. Giving UP his education and
degree will possibly not wreck his
career-but IL they do, woe to the
woman who caused 1t all. You say
you've known each other only a
short time. Why not wait at least
a year and see IL this Is mad in
fatuation or n firm, well-grounded
love?
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"EACH your son and daughter
early how to stop work at least
once per year and take a vaca-
ton.
Notwithstanding the hot weather
and the heavy grind of work, there
are many thousands of US middle
aged and older men who have lost
the art of recreation. We are vic
Tins of an unbreken routine Of
heavy duties assiduously followed
during our youth, and now we go
on helpless.
Nearly every year the victim Of
unbroksn work or business applica-
ton resolves to stop and take a real
vacation or an outing, and as many
times he fails. II always find some
excuse to hurry back to my office
after about three days pretended va
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Funny Bone" Facts.

To discover the connection be
tween the small bone of the arm
which. when struck. produces a
feeling of pain which is far from
being amusing. and the name
"funny-bone." one has to examine
the anatomical terms for the bones
in this section of the body.
The technical name for the funny
bone" is the Inner condoyre OF the
humerus," and IT Is a play upon the
latter word which ed to the adoption
of the term funny" a very old joke
of first.year medical students being,
why In the funny-bone 30 called7
Because II borders on the humerus
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By Robert w Chambers.
Whose Novels Have Won Him In
ternational Fame.

Nv westsuard bluntly.
Reward. Oh 1 don't
know. Theinner temple. 1 have the
run Of thepremises. People like me.
trust me, depend upon memore Or
less. The intriguesand politics of my
little world amuse me; now and then I
act as ambassador. as envoy of
peace. as herald. as secret diplo-
matte agent. Reward? Oh.
yes-you didn't suppose that my real
estate operations clothed and fed me,
did you, Karl?"
What does?"
Diplomacy" explained Quarren,
gaily. "A successful embassy is re-
warded. How? Why, now and then
pretty woman's husband makes an
Investment for me at his own risk;
now and then, when my office is
successfully accomplished. have
my fee as social attorney or arbiter
elegantiarum. There are,
perhaps fewer separations and d.
vorces on account of me. fewer scan
dals.
Il am sometimes called into con-
sultation. in extremis; / listen, I
advise-soemtimes plan and exc.
cute; even take the initiative and
interefere-as when foolish boy
at the Cataract Club, last week,
locked himself into the bathroom
with an automatic revolver and a
case Of half-drunken fright. had
to be very careful: 1 expected to
hear that drumming fusillade at any
moment.
Parting of the Ways
But talked to him through the
keyhole; and at last he opened the
door--to take a shot at me. first"
Quarren shrugged and lighted a
cigarette.
"Of course" he added. Ibis
father was only too glad to pay
his debts. But boys don't always
see things in their true proportions.
Neither do women"
Westguard, silent. scowling, pulled
at his pipe for a while, then: ~
why should you play the sur
seon and nurse in such a ioathsome
hospital?" ~
Somebody must. seem better
fitted to do it than the next man."
YES" said Westguard with q
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Women of Greece.

The war brought about great
changes In the condition of women
in Greece. Only within the last
five years have women been employ
ed in the government offices In that
country, in banks, and even on the
street railways. The employment of
so many women In business and in
dustry has given strength to the
movement known as the Socialist
feminist party, which aims to unite
women industrially as well as po-
liticelly. Numerically, however, this
party is much smaller than the
Greek Women's League Tor Equal
Rights, which was organized several
years ago for the avowed purpose of
obtaining the ballot for the women
of Greece.