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hold account this week towards that
hat, Mile"
Patty went to the desk and took out
Miles bank book and check book.
Millie rarely remembered to put down
her checks and never knew exactly
how much her balance was. But Pat
ty had sent the book to be balanced,
so she could tell to within a hundred
or so.
1--WE must economic, or make more
money" she said.
Mile picked up the book and look
ed at the figures on her balance.
''Why-"She stopped in amazement.
'Why-where did it all go?"
1T costs to live in this town." Mrs.
Parke announced with cheerful dole
fitness. Anyway, we never had
much You got an awful price for
that house.
81 think l did very WELL" Millie
flared up, angered at the suggestion
that she wasn't a good business wom-
an. IF Humphrey hadn't gone off
as he did
! 1t was one point of agreement.
Both blamed Humphrey and peace
was restored
| But next day when Paul appeared at
/ the office at one minute to five, he
!, knocked in vain. Patty had slipped
away three minutes before, to regis
ter at employment offices. She found,
after some discouraging searching,
: that knowledge of shorthand was es-
sential.
There was a business college with
j evening courses near her, so she en-
/ tered a beginners class.
81 haven't found you in for ages, "
Paul complained, after glance
around the office to see that no one
else was present. Where have you
been?"
Patty told him.
you'll work yourself to death" he
announced as soon as she had fin
j ished "Well, come on for a drive,
and I'll argue you out of this. It's all
nonsense-you can't work all day and
study all night.
/ 81 can do anything I must" she an
swered, and smiled at him. "But
can't go-really. You see, the class
begins at Z and lasts until g., so must
be home in time for dinner at s
o'clock.
Paul sat in his favorite position
his chair turned around so he sat
aStr1de, crossed arms resting Oh the
back of it.
i You make me feel so useless
Patty" he complained, using her name
for the first time. 81 hate to be made
to feel useless. 1t hurts my egotism.
She laughed little. Her cheeks
had turned pink when he called hel
, Patty.
You're not useless, Paul. she said
1--WE decided that working is rathel
silly. Those who can play should DE-
so-we carry on a lot of business il
the world and feel awfully importan
about it, and l wonder what good We
get by it, Not much. I'm sure"
"Then you'll come for drive!" HI
!, jumped up, ready.
"No''-and not all his coaxing would
make her go.
Tomorrow-A Discussion
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each day, in improving or preserving
her good looks.
Preserving ones beauty and youth
are as important as anything else in
life, and more important than many
things a woman wastes hours and
should be a pleasure to her family
and her friends, and as important, to
herself. If she is young and pretty
she accomplishes this very important
duty that much more easily.
l wonder what a man would say,
if he were asked whether he would
rather have his wife stay young and
attractive and be poor cook, or grow
old early, and tired, and be good
one? I'm certain he'd rather have
the good comrade than the good
housewife.
/ wonder whether a man would
rather have his wife prettily dressed
and admired by his friends, than to
/, have that extra money spent on his
table and the management of his
home? I'm sure the average man
would go without desserts for weeks,
to let his wife have the becoming hat
she wanted.
OF course, all this speculation L
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WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S


. Sally Brabant, a society butterfly,
mas been given a years leave OF alb
senee by her husband
hlchard Brabant. who hopes that she
VIII learn something of life. She mas
Ihriiiing filtration with
Keith Gilbert, who has always been
iapeled Dangerous" and is horrified 10
Iearn that, despite his position in So
n1ety' he is a bottlegger One OF nj MS
bert is held for murder. He escapes,
eaRing Sally with him, but she is res
Neal Calhoun, who gives her some
good advice. She finds herself without
iunds and. not knowing where her hus-
nahd is, assumes the name of Mrs
Claire Finch. who has more money
resort where Claire fails in love with
rex Mallory, the son of a prominent
aSuIomobile manufacturer. who prefers
house with Claire and Mallory. and in
the dressing room finds a girl picking
t ner pockets. The girl is the sister Of
tne employee of Keith Gilbert who was
arrested for shooting a revenue offic-
ana mas resorted to desperate means
20 get money for new trial for him.
sally promises to help her, so she goes
70 New York to consult Calhoun. She
mas luncheon with an old friend.
who has re ce eioped, and who hopi is
summoned home by strange telephone
eau Patricia's husband had been hurt
Sally realizes the depth of the girls
DEVOTION, and the change that love has
made in her.
Sally returns to the hotel to find
that during her absence Claire has
been flirting with
Ned Ralston, young man of doubt
made without an Introduction.
with Mallory Sally goes to the road
house to see the little dancer once more
and promise her aid. Mallory is fascin-
ated by the girl
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After Ten Years
BY MARION RUslNcAM
A REFUSAL
Chapter SO

After this quarrel with Millie-or,
rather, after Miles sudden jealous
interest in the number of drives she
took with Paul Patty went about
wondering whether or not she should
refuse to go.
She tried to argue both sides of the
question with herself.
After all. what difference would it
make to Millie-or, rather, what DIFF
ference should it make?
What interest could Mile have in
Paul? And why, if he liked her,
shouldn't she go?
The next time she went home from
the office late, it was because she had
been working late.
Il suppose you've been driving
again" Mile remarked.
Patty looked at the clock Dinner
was to be at Z o'clock, as usual, and
it was only half past six
mo we're getting our pamphlets for
a public meeting to protest against
/ the conditions of the streets up here .
Patty said.
"Oh, so that's the excused" Mile
said.
Patty did not answer. She had been
folding pamphlets and putting them
! in envelopes for hours. Only one
member had stayed to help. The next
night Patty was late again-for the
rest of the pamphlets were sent out.
1--WE been addressing and stamp
| ing envelopes" Patty said
They had sent out 1000 pamphlets,
! as it happened And as someone was
i giving a dinner party that night, no
one had stayed later than 4 o'clock
! to help. Patty knew the letters had
to go out, otherwise the meeting
might be a failure-they were already
late sending notices and propaganda
so l stayed Patty said
Better get a new excuse, you've
used that one" Mile answered
The younger girl grew furious with
resentment. But the answer that
came TO her lips she suppressed. What
was the use?
/ you've no business getting a new
hat" Mrs Parke said TO Mile that
evening eve can't run this place
on the amount of money we have
that's all You took So from my house
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insisting, over and over. He'd been
out of work for so long-and he didn't
know there was going to be any shoot
ing; he'd got acquainted with one of
the men, and he thought ewas just
going to have the truck that carried
the hooch; the man who usually did
it was sick, and they wanted some
body they could trust. That's ALT
just happened that way. He's a good
kid, honest he isl"
well, we'll get him out, straight
off the bait" Mallory assured her.
Sally smiled to herself at his enthus-
iasm. And then-then we'll get him
a job-and then"
He did not finish that sentence.
Sally knew that both he and the girl
hopefully finished it for themselves,
In the same way, despite the fact that
they'd known each other for less than
an hour And when she and Mallory
started back to the hotel she felt hap
pier than she had been in a long time.
AS soon as she reached the hotel
she ran up to her own rooms. The
bridge party had broken up and she
felt sure that Claire would have re-
tired. But there was no sign of her
anywhere; her bed, though opened,
showed no trace of her having lain on
it, Sally was turning away, perplexed
when she noticed a long blue wrap
which Claire sometimes wore, dropped
over a chair by the dressing table.
She picked it up, almost mechanical
ly, and Claires' bead bag fell from it.
half open, its contents spilling out over
the chair and floor, Sally bent to pick
them up, and scrap of paper, scrawl
ed over with big, loose writing, stared
her in the face.
THE Blue Kitten Inn. tonight" il
read. And it was signed with Ned
Ralston's initials.
Sally stared at it in horror Their
she ran TO the closet, stared unbeliev
ingly at its empty hooks, and ran bach
to the chiffonier It's contents were
tumbled; one drawer was quite empty
No need to ask what had happened
Claire had run away with Ned Ralston
after hastily snatching up what cloth
ing she would need She must have
left very hastily indeed, Sally decided
for she had forgotten her pocketbool
and surely she would think of tina
first of all. Money was ever upper
most in Claire's thoughts,
Sally picked it up again, and pu
back its scattered contents. The thicl
little role of bills, all rather large
ones; the change purse, crammed witt
silver-obviously. Claire had prepared
for this elopment. The vial of per
fume, the small. flat powder box ant
rouge case, she tucked into their com
partments, hardly knowing what sh,
was doing. Her mind was leapins
ahead, trying to plan what she woulC
do next.
To appeal to Rex Mallory was he
first thought. He would know wha
, to do. would be able to help her. The.
; must have passed Claire, she realize,
now, as they came back from tn
roadhouse. And Ralston's talk of try
ing out his car must have been just
4 ruse-he must have known all tn
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that he would go down and bowl bit,
as he wasn't sleepy. But she saw
nothing of him there, and she turned
to one of the attendants, still clutch
ing Claire's beaded bag, and not real
iZing how flushed and anxious she
looked.
Mr.. Mallory - is he any where
about?" she asked
"No'm-he went upstairs right after
he came down-said he was going to
turn in the man replied, cycling her
curiously. She turned and ran up the
stairs to the main floor, and hurried
over to the desk. The girl at the tele-
phone switchboard connected her with
his rooms, then calmly listened in as
Sally, in nearby booth, began to talk.
REX, this is Sally" she hardly
realized that she was using his first
name. will you come downstairs at
once-I need you very much. Some
things happened"
Tomorrow-In Pursuit of Folly.
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Heart Problems

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am troubled
with an oily skin, especially in warm
weather What can | do for this?
GERTRUDE.
There is usually an inward cause
for an oily skin, such as indigestion.
If no material effect is gained by the
following treatment, it would be well
to get your physician to give you
treatment. Apply the following lotion:
Sulphate of zinc, two grains com
pound tincture of lavender, eight
drops; distilled water, one ounce.
Danish all rich and greasy foods,
because diet has a great influence on
the condition of the skin
Wiping off the face occasionally
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to turn the hair grey that would mo-
injure the hair itself
w. K. c.: Buttermilk is not fatten
ing and it is an excellent food. 1t viii
also correct an acid stomach and slim
ulate sluggish liver.
B. A. B.:-Even though your eyei
are blue, with the complexion and
hair of a brunette, you should choose
the colors which look best with tina;
type. These will be all the rich
shades in autumn foliage.
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Prices Are DOwaa!

THERE are many advantages in buy
= ing your piano now. Prices are down
values are worthy. This week we have
some particularly attractive offerings in
serviceable used pianos. Our new instru-
ments reveal certain fundamental i'm
provements that add greatly to their
inherent value. Yet prices are now sharply
reduced-in some cases several hundred
dollars below war time figures.
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only in case where there isn't a great
deal of money, where extravaganza
in one direction means extra econ
omy in another. The woman who is
really clever gets a. great deal for
a small expenditure. In the matter
of beauty, at least = exercises cost
nothing but a few minutes time, and
keep her young-the few essential
cosmetics can be afforded for every
one. Time spent on beauty culture
is never time wasted.
Constant Reader:-There is nothing
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Constant Reader: There is nothin
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Our Special Terms

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to make him leave.
She had learned
the girls name
Rose Hewitt-and
something N or e
about her. And
Mallory had enlist
ed vigorously in
campaign to help
her brother.
1T wasn't b i S
fault truly it
wasn't" Rose kept
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CHAPTER LxV-CLAIRE'S LITTLE
PLOT

1t was later than Sally had expect
ed it would be when she and Rex Nal
Tory left the Blue Kitten Inn. Rex
had been so absorbed in the little
dancer that he could hardly tear him
self away, and Sally. seeing the ex-
preston in the girls eyes. was loath
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with diluted alcohol (25 per cent
strength is beneficial in the case OF
an oily skin. A. few drops of am
monia or pinch of borax in the water
with which the face is washed is also
helpful
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as size came suddenly upon him,
she blushed, and said, t.Oh, beg
your pardon sir I didn't see you at
first and he looked UP from his
book and smiled at her.
An attractive smile it was on
that big ugly face. Such a gentle
man, Mr.. Cayley,'' she thought to
herself as sheawent on. and won
tdered what the master would do
without him If this brother. for
had 10 be bundled back
| to Australia, lit was Mr.. Cayley who
would do mostof the bundling.
so this is Mr.. Robert said ,Au-
i drew to herself, as she came in
sight Of the visitor
| She told her aunt afterwards that
she would have known him any
where for Mr.. Marks brother, but
| she would have said that in any
event Actually she was surprised.
tDapIer little Mark, with his neat
ipointed beard and his carefully
curled mustache: with his quick
darting eyes, always moving from
| one to the other OF any company
| he was in, to register one more
smile to his credit when he had
said a good thing. one more ex-
|pectant look when he was only
waiting his turn to say It: he was
very different man from this
!! rough-looking. addressed colonial,
staring at her SO loweringly.
81 want to see Mr.. Mark Albeit. i
| he growled. Itsounded almost like
a threat.
Eyes. sir. He is expecting you, II
| you will come this way"
Audrey wentto the second door
on the left, and opened it.
.Mr. Robert Alb she began,
and then broke. off. The room was
empty. youlwill sit down, sir, !
Twill find the ma ster. know he's
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door opygned sud sniI ana
face 1Ookedsou mt
Hasilo. And said Elissf 81
she said IL turning into;
Come III Audrey,'ss called MRS.
Stevens fSSS |.
whats Up ia said Audrey. look
ing IN at the d oor-
(. Oh. my dear. you gave me me
such a turn. Where have you
been ~ j, 4 s ,S5
.Up to the Temple .855ss
Did you hearsanything 2
Hear what f58 III
Bangs and explosions and ter
rib1e thin gs.' 4 ~
.oh.'' said Audrey, rather,re--
I$lieved. One OF the men shoot
ing abbits,', $5.,.
.Rabbits!,' said her aunt scorn-
fully "It was Inside the house,
my girl I" Z, +. s
She was one of the housemaids.
i3.'I said to- Mrs. Stevens--didn't ..
Mrs. Stevens THAT was in the
house. said =
| Audrey looked at her aunt and
then at Elsie
@7i5z3,...Do you think he had a re-
svolver with him q she said in a,
hushed voice. INK
WHO ~ said Elsie excitedly-
That brother OF his. From
| Australia. said as soon as set
eyes on him. You're a bad lot, my
mani Rude!,,' She turned to her
aunt. Well, give you my
word
'..t"There!'"' cried Mrs. Stevens,
! sitting up with start.
They listene ed anxiously. the
1.-TWO girls mstinctiyely coming
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were ssomtnsElss aftsrnoonss..sssSss q
OH he s Iooked M round 81
room THAT d.youS call q his place.
Feh
III ls ..Thes office, sir. !.
THE office q,
..The room where the master
works, BIZ. -
e Works, Ell 2 That's new
Didn't know he'd ever done a
stroke OF work in his life. ss
35s s....'W here he writes, SIR said
Aud rey, with dignity. The fact
that Mr. Mark WROTE though
nobody knew what, was matter
Of pride in the housekeeper,s
room
Not veil dressed enough Tor
the drawtng-room, eh? ''ss
! IT Will tell the master you are
here. SIR said Audrey decis-
lively. 81 .Sss5 .izs s..5 If IL
She closed the door and left
him there e.
Well! Here was something to
tell auntie! Her mind was busy
at once. going over all the things
which he had said to- her and she
had said to h uiet-Hke. Df-
srectlyl lSsaw him I said to myself
- = \; Why, you could have Knocked
her over with a feather. Feathers,
indeed, were perpetual men men
ace to Audrey
However. the Immediate bust
ness was to find the master. She
walked across the Ii alto the
library, glanced in, came back a
little Uncertainty. and stood in
front of Cayley. "a
a W, !nrleas. sir.' she said in
1ow"Sresnectfn1sy voice ..can YOU
eal1 = y =. = 80 the = at is? It's
NJ - ol,srt co11ad s53:55
| - ! :. :, - - :, :
~ nat saiu =. ..Wi D., , % = = 2
up from IT. MS Is h ooo '% 49, ~
Audrey repeated her question
IT don't know. HesWen up 70
the Temple after lunch
Thank you, sir. VIII go up u
the Temple.
Cayley returned to MS book: :.
The Temple was brick
summer-house, in the garden AZ
the back of the house about three
hundred yards away. Here Mark
meditated something's before re
firing to the office" to put his
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their golf an how----W onder Il
he's going to stay p raps he's
brought back q lot Of: gold from d n
Australia s.s. ; ga IS
If Now. now, & ct on. Audr
Just going, darling 81 Shes'went
out 5885 rs m s5535 VI.
Esy AS AudreyFca the hall
she gave little start as she saw
Mr.Eayley suddenly. sittingSunob..
&trusively in a seat beneath one OF
the front wind ows, readin g.
Az No reason why he shouldn't be
there; certainly much cooler
place than the golf-1inks on such
a day; but somehow. there was a
deserted air about the house that
afternoon Mr.. Cayley, the mas
ter's cousin, was a surprise;z and,
having given little exclamation
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CHAPTER III


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Red House was
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES There was a lazy
4 In.Gniitrrn1urSof bees An the flower bor--
@ders gentleT cooling OF pigeons IN
sfhesf opssof the eIms.3 From istant
the whfr OF a moving.
that most restful Of all
country$sounds; making ease the
ssgwesterE I'M that it is taken while
;gsotherss aregworking ,ss
tsWasf the hour hen even those
whose business it is to attend to
ssthe wants Of X others have a mo-
ment oratwoT for tn emse1yes- In the
EhoitsekeepeT,s room Audrey Stew
cans sthesprettyEp ar1orma re-trim7
med gher&best hat, and talked IDLY
Ito her aunt, the GOO -housekeeper
saof MN Marx lAblett's bachelor
sssssFunny thing that about MI.
sshfarkss brothersFa ncy.snot seeing
tsf him for&s fifteen years .'$
Istold 9yousal this morning.
said her ai.p t s5s.I We been here five
years and S never heard OF
sbrot her, could say that before
sSeveryb was going to Dis
esssss gu scou1d Il have KIN ocked me
NdoWnWiths asfeathe r when he spoke
about him ats breakfast this IN orn-
didns thea what went before,
ma mat OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES all talking
III I'll the broth Ter when went IN
saIr.sAIarks turns TO me, nd says
vons Know b Is wa - Stevens, he
says, myS bro Their is coming to see
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I'm expecting
him q bout three. he says. Show
81 nj into the office he says, just
We n
sEdI1itelys N but was never so sur
Y,rised sins my life; mot knowing re
shad bro ther.s M " br other from
SsAnstralia he says-there sd for
eSgutteu tia From Austria liza. -
Yell he mayfhayeE been in AUS
trail III m sal Mrs: Stevens, judi
saciaIly Blu what I do. say is he's
HnsVersS been here. Not while I've
sSbeensh ere, and that's five years.
sssWellSb nt,sa untie, he hasn't been
ssheresfo fifteen years I heard Mr..
MARK telling r.. Cayley. Fifteen
ssyears; he; says. Mr.. Cayley having
sarstsh im$whe his brother was last
Mr.. Cayley knew Of
heard him telling Mr. Bever-
s1ey,& t8didn,tsknow when he was
last ss IN iEng1and-see? So that's
why heSarstFMr.M Mark
;ss.sI1 'snl8 not saying anything about
fifteen years, Audrey l can only
prswha I know. and that's
fiYeSyearsE Whitsuntide. II he's been
si1sA,ustSG6tia,;5aAas you say, well |
he's had his rea sons"
hat = easons q, sal said Audrey
light1y 81.
ss ever mind what reasons. Be
I ing IN I'll place Of q mother to
Y You, since your poor M other died,
ssf say this, Aud rey----7w hens5a gem
%tleman9 goes to Austria ia ~ he has
sf1 MS reason S. And when he stays
in;sAustraIi aafft teen years, he has
ss1lf re asons. And a respectfully
hroug ht.u girl d oesn.t ask what
reason 81 5g,$
ssSsss.ssls D e. to trouble suppose
ssaid Audrey carelessly. They
we're Sd aging at breakfast he'd
been anvil on
fh e ringing Of a: bell brought
zudreY toSs hi feet-no longer
t nowaS She ar
.s5fITanged sSheF cap in front Of the
glass
ere, that's the front door,
she ssaid That's HIM Show
iii into the of fee, N said Mr..
lark suppose he doesn't want
eSotheEsl adde's and gentlemen to
seesh im:s Wei they're about at
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icTosersf older WornanS hairss
Was being shake ktc sks;;s
ed tiled sgs
Listen ~
I Audrey and Elsie looked Sa lt:
each other WI h fr1gh ten ed eyes:
They heard %a mans voice. n: t .c'tlfl,
angry. Z "a !. v. u
Open the d oor!"ssi was shout;
ing. d.. Open the d DOR say open
the door, - s:=a
Don & open the door: cried
Mrs. stevens in a pan1c a s II <
was herS d oor which was threaten
ed. .AudrX.. Elsie! Don = let
:. Damn It, open the door"
came the voice again
Were all going TO be murder
ed in our beds, ' she quavered;
Terrified, the. two girls huddled
closer. and with an arm round
each,tM rs. Stevens sat there, wait
ing.
Continued in Our ext Issue) Il
n VI y