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CHAPTER SS.
An Addition to the Staff.

what Is it?" replied Joan. Her
eyes searched the strangers face.
There was curious tingiing In her
veins.
II am out OF place." said the
tall man. and I have hoped that
your ladyship would give me EN-.
ployment on the staff OF Knayth."
There was n pause. The mans
attitude was humble, yet Joan was
conscious OF something strangely
compelling about him. II occurred
to her vaguely that the Abbey was
badly In need OF more help, with 80
many guests coming. Mr. Deane
had said as much.
'T remember YOU" said Joan,
and you are seeking work--here3"
"If you please. my lady"
Howl In the Rerdens-the
stables? Are you used to horses?"
II have had experience with
horses. But II there 10 room for
me, think I could give your lady
ship most satisfaction as n man.
servant"
"a man servant! DO you under.
stand a. footman's dutiesf" asked
Joan.
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do You Know

Eraning his living by playing a
tin whistle an Engl shman is walk.
ing from London to Constantin.
ople, a distance OF 1900 miles.
To stop motorists from racing
about the roads. the villagers
around Deuville, a fashionable
French seaside resort. have dug
shallow trenches across the roads
With Sleeping Accommodate
for 200 passengers, and able to
carry. 100 tons Of freight for
nonstop run OF 1000 miles, an
airship 30 feet long has been de.
signed by German engineer.
In Iceland men kiss when they
meet, but a man rarely kisses a
woman.
Remove grease spots from your
wall paper by applying a mix
ture OF p'peclay and water. Tho
mixture should be quite thick
and left upon the paper for twen-
ty-four hours. n the grease
marks are Of long standing mig
the pipeclay with petrol.
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"WHAT'S THE USE?''


either! Why should / regret any
thing I may be missing? am
young; I have friends who are true
and congenial. And though have
no great beauty, brains or charm.
have my share Of enjoyment and
don't have to compromise with
my sense Of the fitness of things
to get 1t. Maybe this would help
other girls who are balancing be-
tween their longing for fun and
their desire to have the right kind"
Why shouldn't this message
help? 1t is from a girl who isn't
discouraged by seeing the most
thrilling attentions 60 to the girl
who Is girlish and gay. 1t Is from
a girl who has a sense Of values
and the common sense and patience
to be selective and willing to wait
for the real prize Of life. Is there
any girt-or man, either-who
thinks this regular girl is missing
anything worth havingf
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Well Worth the Trouble.
BObbie and
His Pa
BY William F. Kirk.

r WAS lerning in my Joggrafy
about the other nashuns In
l. this wurld. the Dominyun OF
Cannady. the British Umpire, the
nashun of Rushy. the Jugger
Slaves. etc.
Pa, sed wen I went hoam, I
dident know thare was SO many
kinds of peepul in this wurld un-
til I Termed my Joggrafy lesson to-
day, sed.
Is that SO. sed'Pa. Well. Bobbis,
sed Pa, IL Is a good ,i.ins AZ. a
human beeing to reelise that the
wurid is a big place with many &
Divers sorts OF reepul In 1t. We
shud never maik the mistaik of
thinking we are the whole cheese,
sed Pa, that was the little slip
that cost Bill Hollandzollern his
Umpire, sed Pa.
OF all the nashuns in the
wurld, this is the greatest, amt
II, Bobbie7 sed Ma.
You bet II is, Ma, sed.
The wimmen are looked up to
in this CRATE nAshun. sed Ma
Here they have the rite to vote,
sed Ma.
How did 1t cum that you never
got to be President, Pa, sed.
You are all the time telling Ma
how this nashun shud be ran,
sed. Why Amt you inside Of the
White House looking out? I sed.
know a littel boy that will be
inside Of the woodshed locking out
for sound spanking. sed Pa to
me. IL he doant keep his littel trap
closed, sed Pa.
So then I began to whissel,
that Is new one Termed, wen I
want to talk back to Pa or Ma I
chainge my mind q I whissel. 1t
is O. good sistem. our teecher toald
us musick had pour to smooth a
savidge brest, I will close with a
poem jest rote,
II we whissel a sing along life's
hall
On the sect Of our pants no blows
will fall.
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Jane, are always on the run, and
are captured only by pursuit.
They are usually well worth
the trouble though, and make
doclle captives. After that smile
from the door felt that
Jane was mine; all I had
to do was to keep off outside
enemies, charge upon her defenses
when the times were ripe and ac-
cept nothing short of her own
sweet self as ransom.
The next day Brandon paid his
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BY John Goodman.

<(T CANNOT. for 1t has not
been all told to me.
u Yet the authorities know
II; they have the whole story.
and they alone. Don't let 1t grieve
you, little Joan. have tried to
keep II from you"
Joan was silent. She had insist
ed on the information. 1T could
only mean one thing; that no small
matter had caused her father to be
hunted by the law. She guessed.
reading between the lines. that his
very life would have been forfeited.
Think only this" :" - Philip.
laying a hand on her Lridle rein.
that your father lived a wild life.
in wild countries. and that he met
q brave mans end at last. And I
can give you this comfort. Joan.
That story will never be made
known. II il locked away; q Sc
cret, for good and ALL"
But that il impossible" ex.
claimed Joan. Things cannot be
hushed up, officially. In this coun-
"You are mistaken" said Philip
quietly. 1T can be done. and was
done in this case. I may mention
no names. but one high In author
ity made that decision. II was
said In effect: William Tallbois
ID dead. Guilty or innocent, he
has gone before higher judge.
To drag up this story now will
only throw q stain upon an hon
ored name-a name that has al
ways stood high. Also II would
cause pain to an innocent lady.
and perhaps cloud her life. So
the secret OF William Tnllbois shall
remain locked away That was
the decision. Make your mind
easy. Joan: Lady TaiIbois OF
knayth has nothing to fear from
that source. And no one else
knows"
Joan bowed her head.
The three judges who tried your
case were made aware OF Il. I
was consulted. Had Il been neces-
sary for establishing your rights,
the whole story would have had to
come out. But Il was not neces-.
sary, and having been warned. I
was able to steer clear OF II, JOAN"
II understand" she said softly.
How good you have always been
to me, and how much I owe your
IT think you know there is moth
ing ! would not do for you. Forget
II. then. Joan, and do not let II
grfeve you"
II have no such feeiingsr' said
Joan. MY father was my father.
and loyalty is the first OF my
creeds. We need speak no more
about II. Shall we turn back,
Philip" She refined In her horse.
MY guests will be arriving soon,
and suppose ought to be there"
who is coming?" asked Philip.
as they turned about. She men.
toned some OF the names.
Harold Drummond7" repeated
Philip, and his Tips frightened q
little.
Yes. You know him7"
'He is one OF those men," replied
Philip rather dryiy. that every
one knows"
He hsd.no opportunity to pur-
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See This Romance of Princess Mary
Tudor Starring Marion Davies in
Motion Pictures Now at LOew's
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Continue Indefinitely.

sibly to two others-Jane and me:
certainly. II James truthfulness
should become unmanag able. as
II was so apt to do.
After we had settled everything
we could think Of. the girls took
their leave; Mary slyly kissing
Brandon at the door. I tried to
induce Jane to follow her lady's
example. but she was as cool and
distant as the new moon.
Jane Is Unkind.
saw Jane again that night and
told her in plain terms what
thought Of her treatment of me.
I told her 1t was selfish and un.
kind to take advantage Of my
love for her and treat me SO
cruelty. told her that II she
had one drop Of generous blood
she would tell me Of her love, IL
she had any. or let me know II
in some way: and II she cared
nothing for NE she was equally
bound to be honest and tell me
plainly, so that should not
waste py time and energy in a
hopeless cause.
thought 1t rather clever in
me to force her into a position
where refusal to tell me that she
did not care for me would, drive
her to a half avowal. OF course,
l had little fear Of the former.
or perhaps l should not have been
so anxious to precipitate the is
sue.
She did not answer me direct
ly, but said: From the way you
looked at Mary today. l was led
to think you cared little for any
other girls opinion"
s."Ah! Mistress Jane" cried
joyfuliy; 81 have you at last; you
are Jealous"
IT give you to understand, sir,
that your vanity has led you into
a great mistake"
las to your caring for me. or
your jealousy? Which," ask
ed seriously. Adro:t. wasn't that?
"As to the jealousy, Edwin.
There, now: I think that is saying
a good deal Too much." she
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was not angry; and Furthermore
shed an Illuminating ray upon a
fact which I was blind not to
have seen long before: that Is.
that Jane was one Of those girls
who must be captured vi ct armis.
Some women cannot be cap
.tured at all: they must give them
selves: Of this class pre-eminently
was Mary. Others again will meet
you half way and kindly lend a
helping hand; while some. like
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TO BE BEAUTIFUL


skin. and practice the best rules
that you know to keep it in the
pink Of condition, you will try al
once to get behind the cause OF
this sudden. unpleasant change,
You know that II comes from the
first onslaught OF harsh winds.
but you must know. too. what
quality II Is the winds take from
your skin. and how to supply
the lack they cause by artificial
means. .a,
You know II is the dry skin
that wrinkles easily. The wind
which blows against your face Is
drying. of course. Then you
allays this drying tendency and
supplies an agent to make up the
deficit. This agent is nothing mort
nor less than grease.
> Your problem, then. is to find
a good. pure grease cream. Thit
is a very necessary toilet re
quisite. and must appear on tn"
dressing-table of every woman
who wishes to assist nature by
artificial means.
am going to give you the
formula for making just such 4
cream. II is pure. and contains
the healthful ingredients for
building your skin up and coun.
teracting the influences that work
against II:
Lanolin. 4 ounces: cocoa butter.
ounces; glycerine, 4 ounces;
eiderfiower water, 3 ounces: rose
water, 5 ounces.
Melt othe first two ingredients
together. and when they are well
melted add the other three.
Keep this cold cream In jar
on your dressing table with the
top well screwed on. Massage
your face thoroughly with the
cream at nikht, rubbing upward
and outward with a motion that
is firm but not harsh.
This should help to keen your
face soft and smooth and well
rounded. Leave the cream on
five or ten minutes before you
attempt TO wipe off the small
amount that has not been NJ.
sorbed by your sl<ini A BIT "
soft. old linen serves very well
to wipe off the cream remaining
on your face, and there's also. n
skin cleanser TO. he found az the
drug store that's very sanitary
and nice TO use. You can get n
package Of smnn sanitary Tissue
handkerchiefs. These are OF fine
soft tissue paper. which feels
pleasant TO your skin. You can
remove the cream with the hand
kerchfefs. and they can h.
thrown away efterwprd. y
In rubbing the cream into yo6f
face YOU must remember al'vavs
to rub upward. Give specte, At.
tention TO the parts OF your face
that register tiredncss. Often
this means at the corners of your
evee and up toward your TEN.
pies. also at the corners Of your
mouth. A soothing. upward mo.
tion of your fineertipe st these
nioces can do wonders In hanish
iu~ cere and wvtnst~> and mny
even refresh your feelings. 4
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including two chaperones, the old
Earl Of Hertford and the dowager
Duchess Of Kent. Henry might as
well have sent along a pair Of
spaniels to act as chaperons-it
would have taken an army to
guard Mary alone--and to tell the
truth our old chaperons needed
watching more than any of us.
1t was scandabus. Each Of them
had a touch OF gout, and when
they made wry faces 1t was a
standing inquiry among us
whether they were leering at each
other or felt a twinge-whether II
was their feet or their hearts. that
troubled them.
Mary led them a pretty life at
all times, even at home In the
palace. and know they would
rather have gone off with a pack
Of imps than with us. The induce
ment was that 1t gave them better
opportunity to be together-an ar.
rangement connived at by the
queen. I think-and they were sat.
isfied.
The earl had a wife. but he
fancied the old dowager and she
fancied him. and probably the wife
fancied somebody else. so they
were all happy. 1t greatly
amused the young people, you
may be sure. and Mary said.
probably without telling the
exact truth. that every night
she prayed God to pity and for
give their ugliness.
One day the princess said she
was becoming alarmed; their ugli.
ness was 30 intense she feared 1t
might be contagious and spread.
Then, with most comical
seriousness. she added:
Mon Dieu! Sir Edwin. what
IL should catch it? Master
Charles would not take me-"
mo danger Of that. my lady;
he is too devoted to see any
. thing but beauty. in you. no
matter how much you might
change"
do you really think so? He
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FILLING THE
HOPE CHEST
by L0retto c. Lynch

IN ROM time to time we hear
Of girls-alas. not enough of
- them-gathering together va
rious articles for home-making and
setting them aside in the hope
chest for the some-day home-to-
be-.
A good start is half the race.
But far too few Of our poorer folks
make good start in home.mak.
ing. They Simply do not start far
enough In advance. Starting a
decent, comfortable home In really
expensive business. For there are
many things besides the actual
furniture that one must have all
at once.
Bed sheets. pillow slips. blankets
and the like often show a com.
bined cost OF mucn more than the
cost Of the bed, spring and mat.
tress.
Young men and women who
pooh.pooh the hope-chest idea often
have so much to buy all at once
that they presume to economise by
by buying cheap, inferior linens,
silver and even furniture. Or,
worse still. they pay very high
prices at shops where they can
obtain liberal credit and, at that,
tie up Nheir income to some ex.
tent for months, and even years
to come.
I believe the average couple in
Europe start with a better home
than most OF our Americans. And
by better home I do not neces-
sarily mean as TO architecture.
but ~ 10 the accessory comforts
in that home. The girl in Europe
has ample bed clothing OF an ex.
cellent quality to properly dress
not only one bed, but usually two
or three.
Often there are enough table
linens In the foreign girls hope.
box to make replenishment un.
necessary for years.
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THE RHYMING|
OPTIMIST
Sosnsfhing for Nothing
BY Aline Michaelis.

~rR. TIMOTHY TUTT had
M q small. frugal soul and his
A'A mind was overly clever; to
get something for nothing was
Timothy's goal. and he never for.
got this endeavor. When a friend
took up tennis or squash or Gro.
quet and would cry; Join me.
Timr' he'd refuse him, for Tim
hunted bargains all day. every
day. and this one kport alone
could amuse him. Quite . lot Of
folks learned about Timothy's fad.
and they told him of gains to be
gotten from mines that were soon
to make Rockerbunt sad. and Of
marvellous flyers in cotton. Oh.
they brought him fake oil stock
all spotted with mould from the
sears II had loin in their Golfers:
when he heard how exceedingly
low II was sold poor old Timothy
fell for their offers. Timmy bought
a large farm on the Florida coast
at q price that was really a won.
der: but Of this wise Investment
he soon ceased to boast. for at
high tide the whole farm went
under. To get something for moth.
- afs.
some salesman came by, fresh and
breezy, then he walked off with
all that our hero had saved, as he
dubbed cautious Timothy: "Easyr
Though the list Of my bargains
ls varied and long" Quoth poor
Tim, there's one thought makes
me pensive: II n always the,
things I have bought for a song
that have proved in the end most
expensive"
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Advice to the
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
The Girl as Hostess.
.EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Is il perfectly proper for a
girl to ask a young man to go
to a party with her?
My girl friend is giving
party and we were asked to
bring a friend along.
This has caused some dis.
cussion in my family as my
father objects on the grounds
that 1t is improper for girl
to do such a thing as II lowers
her character in the eyes of
other young men.
disagree. Many, many
girls are doing It now and 1
think all the young men, es-
pecially those who have sisters,
know the circumstances.
Don't you think I am right?
SARAH B.
THERE is no reason why "A girl
should not offer the courtesy
OF her home to a man friend. And
the hospitality OF your own home
Is closely related to that you Of.
fer In inviting a young man TO
an affair given by another girl
In her own home. The custom
Of the day approves Of this sen.
s.ble idea. and when people OF
good taste set their seal Of ap.
proval on a thing. only an alb
surdly conceited or evil-minded
young man could misinterpret II.
Your father wants to protect you
from the consequences of doing
anything which might ne criti.
c.sed or put you in a false posi-.
tion--but in this case he is not
keeping abreast Of the times.
am sure when you talk 1t over
with MIN sanely and good-temper.
ediy, he will fall in with the
march of custom.
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By Lucrezia BOri,

By Lucrezia BOri,
Prima Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and Noted for
Beauty as Well rs Her Art.
A CHANGE in seasons. such
"a as the first really cold
"A weather after the balmy
days of autumn, brings it's
changes in the texture of the
skin.
The woman whose skin is
lovely and soft with q rose-petal
bloom in warm weather finds her
creamy complexion plunged into
a sudden transformation that may
cause her no small amount OF
CONSERVATION. The harsh. cold
winds seem fairly to parch and
dry her skin, and fine, thin
wrinkles appear which are her
perceptibly.
II you take pride in your lovely
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BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies . Unique Position
IN tho Writing World - IN
Awfl,ovStv ~. thu Pr0h

VNCoR1Cc SAA4uO Oos~-os.
In tho Writing World - IN
Authority on the Prob
lens Of Girls.
~ O many girls write me Of
- their loneliness, Of their lack
~ Of good times. and then add
Sssperateiy:
whats the use? II ! weren't
what the modern man calls q
sssdy-goody. II I could cope with
the flappsrs' and the 'jaxz.babies'
On their own ground. things would
b. diffegsnt. I'm almost tempted
70 change, to 60 in for the actions
ON which men seem to insist"
Nothing I can say affords >
more conclusive answer than that
contained IN . letter from one
who s.gns herself Regular Giri"'
% I am going to offer what she
ayu in the hope that It will es.
tsblish firmly In the minds OF
the 9trls like her, that It pays to
b gDed." and that dignity and
aeceney are not q handicap.
"f'm twenty.four years old, fair
" GOOD looking and business
woman. I am neat and modish---
yet the other giris--all good bust
nes women, coax and flatter me
and say I would look stunning II
would only doll up o bit.
"At dances I am not q wall
flover. Perhaps I DO not have
rnea running after me. several
Tanting the same dance. and per-
haps once or twice I am partner.
lsse during an enhancing fox
trok. when q man who might have
asked, prsferred one OF the paint.
"a doils' instead.
"But I have a good time.
though sometimes I wonder why
I waste my time on that sort OF
thing when I might be reading q
aood book. But since have
plenty of hooks to read. and man.
are 10 ret them all In somehow.
and since I can't read all OF the
time-why, being young and iik-
Inn companionship OF others. and
enjo1ing 4 good time like the rest
of them. keep on going to dances.
theaters. movies and keep mp In
the sports. =
"Never once have any Of my
men friends behaved In any other
vvay than would have them be-
havs. I enjoy myself despite the
fnct that do not blacken my eye
lasAss, paint my face. or do any
thing which offsnds my own sense
q dleplty. Men may treat the
othsr kind Of giri differently. but
when they ere with me lind no
fault with their actions.
II think that like attracts like.
snA IN the long run n girls win
just stop chasing the will o. the
wisp and be their real selves and
stick 10 their guns like real soldiers.
they will find that things are not
ss bad a. they seen--that every.
tbing Gomez to her or him who
waits, and that II there's n little
bit o, bad in the best Of us, there's
q whole lot OF good In the worst OF
US!
I've had the courage to stick
10 my ideals and I'mrnot sorry,
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THE STRANGER Rnrii'ins Rnmanes
STORY OF MYSTERY, LURE AND INTRIGUE

sue that subject. for the pace in
creased, and over the final slope
homeward through the park Joan
extended the mare 70 aful gallop.
They flew along at racing speed,
and when the girl at last slowed
down to a walk on enaring the
Abbey her cheeks were glowing and
her eyes shown like stars.
THAT was gloriousr" she cried.
Yes, and rather risky, among
those rabbit holes" said Phillip.
You have a splendid nerve, Joan.
Who is that fellow yonder? One
Of your retsiners? Hardly that;
he looks too seedy a customer"
Joan glanced at a remarkably
tall stranger who was standing on
the path leading to the stables.
At once she was conscious that
she had seen him somewhere be-
fore.
The man stepped forward. as II
to intercept the riders. 1t was
with a slight shock that Joan rec
ognized him then for the tall tramp
to whom she had given sixpense
on the day Of her first visit to
Knayth. He was clean-shaven
now, however. the neat. gray
beard was gone, yet there was no
mistaklng that lined face with It's
clearly cut features and the deep
brooding eyes. Joan refined in the
mare and halted.
The tall man took off his hat
respectfully, and stood before her
bareheaded.
MAY I make a request, my
lady7" he said gently.
what 10 it7" replied Joan. Her
eyes searched his face. There was
a curious tingling In her veins for
which sh could not account.
II am out OF a place for the mo-
ment," said the man. And bet
that your ladyship would give me
employment on the staff OF
Knayth."
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Nv Charles Major.


I0HT horses would be
II. procured: -Four to be left
~ - . relay at an Inn
betvssh Berkley Castle and
RrtSeol. and four to be kept at
the rendezvous some two leagues
tie other side Of Berkley for the
uss Of Brandon. Mary and the
two men from Bristol who were
to act - an escort on the event
ful night.
Great Stakes.
There was one disagreeable
httls feature that we could not
provide against nor entirely
eliminate. 1t was the fact that
Jane and I should be suspected
~ accemplices before the fact
Of Mary's elopement; and. as
you know. to assist In the abduc.
ton Of q princess is treason
for which there IL but one rem
ely.
thought had q plan to keep
ourselves safe II could only
sttfis for the once James trouble
some and vigorous tendency to
preach the truth to all people.
upon all subjects and at all times
and places. She promised to tell
the story I would drill into her,
but I knew the truth would
ssep out in . thousand ways.
She, could no more hold it
than . sieve can hold water.
We were playing for great stakes,
which. II do say 1t, none but
the bsavsst hearts. bold and dar.
inS ~ the truest knights Of chiv-
Alry. would think Of trying for.
Nothing less than the running
away with the first princess Of
the first blood royal of the world.
Think Of It! 1t appalls me even
now. Discovery meant death to
enc Of US surely-Brandon; pos
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respects to the king and queen,
made his adieus to his friends ana
rode off alone to Bristol. You may
be sure the king showed no signs
Of undue grief at his departure.