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she dallied over her coffee:
Finally She said: "Mr. Munson
is taking a party on his yacht
to Santa Barbara. He wants
me to CO."
Jennie's face rosy. her eyes
beamed proudly as though they
said, 'There-what did I tell
you? declared She glanced
over to Jonathan. He doubled up
his chin, looking fixedly at
Chickie. "Who else is going,
Chickie? Do you know them?"
Eyes, of course-ten, altogether.
Three married couples: so you
see, cutie love, lots Of chap
erones."
you want to go, CHECKER"
"Oh, Jonathan! Well. now.
wouldn't you il you were me2
Out on the water. Oh, I'd love
it'd just love it!'
Il suppose so. Well" he
shook his head, heavily. "You
think about it, Chickie. I sup
pose it's all right or he wouldn't
ask you."
"A AAAAARAASSO PcS66ON 6OALAy AlbO
her veins. Abruptly she knew
she was counting on their opposi-
tion-indeed, half hoped for it.
Their consent threw her back on
her own judgment that was one
moment clear and relentless: the
next, beaten down by her hot.
leaping desires.
A trip like that-out on the
ocean-riding with the wind. Miss
that! Because people might talk?
Because Janina would give her a
sneering look? She should
worry!
But at noon she hurried off
alone to lunch. She went to the
restaurant where she hoped to
meet Barry Dunno. He was al
ready there-waiting at the table
where they. often sat. But he
didn't wink or give her a gleeful
look, or wax blithely laxative. .
He regarded her with yelled
accusation in his young ardent
face. $50 we're going on a little
yachting trip. CHECKER"
"Oh, Barry, you're coming"
Unconcealed joy made her eyes
shine.
II? Want me along, CHECKER"
why, I'd say that was mighty
joyous"
'Well-So you ARE going?
It's all settled, then" He snapped
his jaws sharply.
A SILVER of dismay made her
cold. made her heart bound. She
answered with a touch of fire:
What do you mean? Why are
you angry?"
why, I'm not-not at all. I'm
a trifle surprised, that's all.
It's your own business, of course"
But you're going? When did
Jake ask your"
"He-didn't-ask me"' biting
the words out roughly.
''How do you know about 1t,
them" She spoke quietly, feeling
his anger like a needle Of flame
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L. STORY OF "CFICklE" e1 Sz By ELENORE MEFERIr

with delight. A week previous,
as they drove through the park
early one evening, she happened
to see a girl walking with one.
She said she wished it was hers.
She'd feel like q princess out
walking with a noble canine like
that.
Feel like a princess? Come
here, Wilde, and make a bow to
your MISTRESS
els he mine for keeps? Do
you mean to lett me have him all
the timer She kneeled on the
floor, taking the beautiful, long
head in her hands. And ssud-
denly, with a joyous laugh, she
stopped down and kissed the
dogs head. He licked her face.
Jake touched her shoulder, his
red lips drawn together. He said
quietly: "Chickie-wellv' Then
he laughed, but he gripped both
her hands and stared at her.
Don't you do that again! Don't
do 1t while I'm around"
She couldn't sleep that night
because of her excitement. She
got up several times and went
into the Kitchen and put her
arms around Wildie's neck and
laughed. Sunday she took him
for a walk. Barry Dunno went
with her.
When he saw the dog he said
suddenly. yours? Jake gave
it to you? Say, do you realize
that a dog like that might cost
as much as an automobile?"
She stood stock still and stared.
"Now
"They do-some of them.
Hump-What's a thousand to
Jake if he wants to toss a little
gift to a grip
"You think l shouldn't take 1t?
l can't give it back now-I love
it"
why should you give it back?
Novel; keep it! Nice COM
pany for us! Come here, Wilde
take a good look at your dad
new one"
The end Of the week Jake said
to her suddenly: well, it's all ar
ranged. Chickie. Well have the
finest kind of weather"
What do you mean?"
1.-THE yachting trip, Of course.
Haven't forgotten, have you?
Down to Santa Barbara. ThereW
be ten of us-jolliest kind Of a
crowd
"Why, 1 couldn't go. I can't.
really"
Eyes you can! You're the main
sail. my dear. Therell be no trip
without you. So-you're COM
ing"
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CHAPTER XIV.
IOVe's Handicap.

It made no difference between
them. 1t seemed only to heighten
the half smiling gallantry of his
manner. Often his eyes dwelt on
hers with a sudden look of
startled eagerness, like Jimmy's
Then an amused CLINT would pass
into them, like a shade pulled
down.
Yet fora long time Chickie didn't
wear Jake's sapphires. She kept
them in her drawer, hidden. She
tried them on at night.
One Sunday morning, when she
and Barry Dunno were going for
a walk, she wore a tweed suit
with a white waist that had a
little frilled collar. And impul-
sively she took out the pin and
set it at the neck. She was so
delighted with the effect that she
stuck it in, saying to herself with
an impatient trembling: "Oh,
keep still! Why, shouldn't II"
1t was morning, soft wind
blowing. They stood at the beach
against some tall, Weedy grasses,
watching a man and a girl run
ming into the waves. Chickie was
remembering with a wistful smile
that Sunday SO long ago when
she and Arthur Sontag had come
out here and she had been so
tremulous and brave with young
emotion. She felt like that now
only then it had been as
though gentle, distant hands play
eJ lightly over the keys of her
heart, raising a faint music, poig-
nant in it's sweetness. Now the
bands were quick and vital, as
though they would sweep into tre-
mendous chords.
BY a strange coincidence Barry
turned to her and, as he often did,
pushed few blown hairs from her
forehead. He said, laughingiy,
"Ah-hasn't she the pretty eyes?'
And noticed the pin, 'Hey-what'
this!' He fingered it, turned her
so that the sun caught in the soft
blue fires. What beauty. l
never saw that before. Had it
long timer"
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When she didn't answer, his
eyes compelled her. With aston
lshment she found in them "a
pleading, sintent anxiousness. like
the look of Jimmy. He said. hur-
riedly: That's why 1 should
give 1t to you, Chickie."
She waited in a spasm of sus-
pense, curious, yet reluctant to
hear more. His expression under
went subtle change, as though
lid were put down softly on
some inner fire.
He said. with whimsical
smlle $50 you've been thinking
OF all the things the black wench
told you, Chickie? Wouldn't it
be a lot fairer if you give me a
chance on my own account? l
want to tell you that l honestly
bought that pin just to give you
a kick. hadn't a notion of do
ing 1t until we were talking the
other night and that old mummy
war shining there like the Tower
OF Jewels. You had your flowers
pinned on with a rusty old nail.
That's homogeneous, you know
why, Chiokie. beautiful things
belong to you. And you start in
raising fuss when little trinket
comes your way. Well--don't. be.
cause I intend to buy you any.
bauble l please. Now, that's
that
She protested weakly. MOI
don't want you to. And I can't
keep this"
ITS yours. Chfckie. II you
hand it back now. I'll throw it
on the floor and stamp on it or
I'll give it to the waitress as a
tip"
She laughed. "Oh-is it nov
elty?"
He looked at her with a sudden
earnestness: I'm half afraid,
Chickie, that it isn't! Now-don't
let's begin it all again. Didn't you
tell me once that when you found
bogies in the parlor, you closed
your eyes and ran? Well, don't
run when there are no bogies,
Chickie-put it on and wear 1T
and God bless you. Do" He
laughed, his eyes surveying her
with a pleased humor.
She felt relieved and glad and
triumphant. She put the pin in
her waist.
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going into her mind.
"Oh--so you didn't intend to
mention it! You weren't going to
tell me about it? Going to slip off
quiet-liko?"
She claspcd her hands, looking
down at them, trembling. She
could feel the blood leaving her
face, sinking from her heart. She
had never seen him furious like
this before. Her voice trailed:
why are you saying such things,
Barry?"
Because I'm a damn fool!
That's whyv He saw then her
still, white hands; the quivering of
her sweet, pointed chin. A flush
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stole through him, drew him so
that he wished to stand up and
cover her with his arms. He SAID
softly, ''Chickie--I just can't un-
derstand it. don't know what to
make of you. When Bob Larkin
told me you were going-that Jake
was taking you along-I could
have knocked him down"
Wouldn't you go, Barry2 I
think it's a glorious chance"
He stared at her modify. "Have
you ever been on a long yachting
trip like this?"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright, 1924 Published by arrange
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CHAPTER XVII.
Her Answer.

She felt herself lifted to some
glittering peak-the world out
flung in brilliance before her.
She saw herself standing grace
fully on the yacht, beautiful and
careless. in some stunning sport
clothes. She let her thought drift
delightedly: closed her eyes. say
ing sharply, I'm going! A
chance like that! Any time!'
She went through her closet.
counting over the dresses that
might do. She would have to
buy two or three outfits-white
pumps. a sweater
At breakfast the next morning
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CHAPTER XVI.

Chickie combed her hair
long while dreaming. Her
thoughts went back to the morn.
ing as she walked along the
beach, sending the sands flying.
She put the comb down, looked
at her hands. They were trem-
bling.
Five years at least before
I'll even begin to make a go
Of it. There's my mother, TOO"
She wondered why she was dwell
ling on these words Of Barry
Dunne's.
And she felt as though a lu-
minous searchlight had been
thrown across her path. She
saw herself going along, now
with Jake; now with Barry; her
day made bright-full of sparkl-
ing interest because Of them.
She pulled her hair back tight
from her forehead, screwed it
into a knot on the top Of her
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wanted to- run away, to get
hold Of the thing that quivered
and stormed within her. Tears
were at her eyes so she kept
looking out at the waters and
saving: isn't the light strong?
Heavens, it's dazzling"
He went on quietly, swinging
her hand. Abruptly, he said:
There's something cruel in the
present economic order, isn't
there?"
"A great deal, I'd say-for in
stance that one so young and
beautiful as 'should have to
work; and one so strong and
brave as thou should have to
pinch.
"Yes-well that's just it. Five
or six years at least before I'll
even begin to make a go Of it.
There's my mother, too. No mat.
ter what / might wish to do
have to put it out of my thoughts.
That's not right. There ought to
be some new arrangement"
Like what? Do you mean
that old stuff about dividing the
money all over again?"
He shook his head back, laugh
ing, rubbing his hands: mo,
ma,amv'
"Then what?"
This dungeon question should
be rear1anged."
''Marriage?"
."How bright!'
How would you have it?" She
asked it softly and stole a hasty.
, flushed look into his eyes.
well as it Is now-most fel-
lows who make their own way
can't afford to marry until
they're about thirty. A fellow
can't throw up his whole future
even If he might wish to. But
because he can't marry is no sign
he won't love before that old age
descends on him. Why shouldn't
there be some scheme so that
he'd have a right to this love?
It's a part of life. Why should
this everlasting postponment Of
living be demanded Of u.s."
A red stain spread slowly up
ward over her face. But she said
yalorously: you mean there
should be some substitute for mar
riage?"
He shrugged: well - they'll
have that in fifty years at most.
Lots Of people you and I know
today aren't waiting for the con-
ventions to catch up with the
little old nature, are they? But
what I meant was more-some
adjustment between economics
and emotions. For instance, some
Edison ought to find a way to
put us in a state Of suspended
animation until our pile is made.
Then we would have the capacity
and the means to enjoy 1t at
once. AS it is now, when we've
made enough money to be able to
live. we're ready to die"
Observation-Disclosures at
our head and feet"' she said
blithely enough. But she looked
out at the immense gray water.
feeling suddenly a forlorn. chill
1esolation. She said sadly: Don't
the emotions ever wait or last
until the economics wait or catch
up with them?"
1T guess they do-that's the
only hope. isn't it? He laughed
merrily and added. But suppose
the economics and the emotions
wait, but the girl doesn't?"
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Dl DIT. N1dluWtH SOyTup
Pepsin, a compound of
Egyptian SIENNA with
pepsin and palatable
aromatics, a prescrip-
ton written 30 years
ago by DR.. w. B. Cald-
well, who practiced
medicine AZ years. You
can buy a bottle in any
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Here and There

diet is very important in cases
of rheumatism, says a doctor.
MEAT and starchy foods should
be reduced, and more green veg
.etables and juicy fruits eaten
An old lighthouse at st. Agnes,
Scilly Islands. has been converted
into a holiday home by the Earl
of Qnslow.
The greatest depth at which a
diver has worked with success Is
1s2 feet, the hero of this exploit
being a Spanish diver who recoy-
cred $4,000 in silver from a wreck
off ,Finisterre.
Although only 4,400 stars can
be seen with the naked eye, q
catalogue Of 100000 is being
prepared? 7
Z Gold and silver beads and
'.pearls" as large as marbles, are.
a fashionable novelty for neck.
-laces and earrings7
Three hundred miles an hour is
the speed aimed at by builders Of
airpianes. The present record is
about 266 miles an hour.
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T was one of those sleepy Au-
gust days when the sight of
a tree casting its shade upon
the ground makes you want to lie
down and take nap.
This had happened. to Bobby,
Bunny and me on one of our trips
in the mountains out West.
There we were snoozing away
for dear ife-in fact, Bunny told,
me afterward / was snoring
when what should Bunny do but
wake me mp.
At first 1 was rather provoked.
but when he pointed to a little,
TAT, brown animal pulling away
at a tall stalk Of rough grass L
tell you I sat up and started TAX.
ing notice.
What's he doing?" 1 asked.
Laying in stores for the win.
ter" replied Bunny. These little
marmots are very prudent. When
they go to bed in October for their
long ! winters nap, they have
everything in their house thsv
need" ~. !,
'So-ov' 1 replied. ,"I'd like to
see one of their houses, Bunny"
I'm afraid you could see only
the entrance, Foxy Grandpa. and
that looks like. any other hole in
the ground. But the interior Is
very fine, I can tell you. Why,
the hallway to a marmot;s house
is ten feet long and when you get
into the living room--which is like
a big oval basin with galleries
running out from it--you just
want to sit down and spend the
day! I think I'll go over and call
on him now We're all rodents,
you know, and after all that is a
bond"
So off Bunny hoped. He was
gone quite a while, so I took an.
other nap. Just as I was dream:
ing that / had got into a mar.
mot's home and had grown little
like Alice in Wonderland" /
woke up, ! was just in time to
see Bunny and. the marmot com.
ing along together and evidently
chatting like two old men.
This time the marmot came
close enough to me So that i
could really see the little fellow.
I suppose Bunny arranged that.
and you don't know how sur.
prised Twas to see that the mar.
mot's back looked moth. eaten.
When he and Bunny had part.
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CHAPTER XVII
Love Ushers In the Dawn For
Nora Lee and Dane g.


swollen some days? This may
be caused by the blood settling
in them. You should get imrne
date relief through practising
this simple exercise. =
Hold your forearrns straight UP
and shake your hands vigorously.
using your wrists !. as a pivot.
Do not move your arms any more
than you can help. This process
will stimulate circulation through
your hands, wrists and forearms,
and should Danish the red, swol-
len. appearance that annoys you.
Whenever you feel a return,u
the redness, repeat the exercises.
I Another point. never wear
sleeves tight enough to cause you
the least discomfort. Have your
sleeves. fairly loose from arm
holes to cuffs. Otherwise the cir.
culation through your arms and
hands may be seriously inter-
fered with, even causing cramps
in your arms.
These beauty measures take
but a few moments Of your time
each day. But those moments Of
intelligent care will add much to
the loneliness of your hands.
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THE GREAT SECRET OF CHARM
What Is It? Where and How Is It to Be Captured and
Made Ones Own? Seemingly It Is as Elusive as
the Blue Bird VIZ

- . 80
.terest in people. ,rhisecan be cti.
stIvated. we can learn to look Tor
the interesting characteristics m
others-the -lovable qualities
and, study new ways and means
Of bringing these out 1t Is also
possible to shut. ones eyes, to
great extent. to little faults. small
irrltabiiities. What We look for,
we shall find. Looking for the
loysable in others we find It.
And how easy 1t is to be agree.
able to people in. whom we are
genuipeIy interested. Of whom We
are really fond! m
The strange thing about charm
ig1that those who possess. it==in
the greatest degree are least con:
.scfous that they are charming.
They are so busy-usuaiIys these
charming people-that they have
little time for self;analysis. Their
big interest in life is not. self
but quite outside -of self.
So don't look far afield in your
search for charm. You have It
now, at least to some extent. You
couldn't be a woman and not
possess the fernininity that is In
itself SO great factor Of charm.
And as for being sweet-doubt-
less you are that. also. and you
can grow more so every. day Of
your life il you will but let your
self study how to make folks
happy. BY the time you have
become quite expert at this art of
keeping them comfy and happy
and gay. you'll, forget to worry
about whether you, yourself. are
charming.
And then you win have cap
tured. charm. For the moment
we are not thinking about charm
nor about ourselves, that is the
moment when the Blue Bird Hap.
piness, the charm for which we
have searched in vain is right at
home with us. ~
OF. course, there are persons
who do not seek charm because
they are convinced that they pos
sess it in superlative degrees.
These people are impossible.
So, forget yourself! Be pleas
ant and natural. You will in do
ing so have the loveliest of good
times. and will acquire, before
. YOU know it, that mystic, elusive
Irresistible quality, called charm
the magnet that will bring
straight to you when the time
comesyour own Prince Charm
ing. - ~
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vigorous work open to the modern
woman, have developed the mus
cles Of her hands, causing a slight
increase in size.
However, this increased size and
strength have resulted not In less
beautiful hands, but in pew
type of loneliness. Today Jew
women's hands are frail and help
less-looking. They are supple,
strong. flexible and above all grace
full. For grace is dependent on
muscular control.
These hands OF the modern
woman are not always lily.white.
Wilderness of the skin is no
: longer looked upon as requisite
to beauty. But they are capabls
as well as graceful hands and
they are as soft and smooth IT
skin texture as the down of a
peach.
This is all true. however, only
of hands that are well cared, for.
Too many women neglect their
hands, especially during the days
mostly spent outdoors. There is
a mistaken idea that because the
weather Is not cold enough to
chap them, all the care they need
is frequent cleansing with soap
and water. AS a matter Of fact,
this very washing, repeated as It
is many times day because. the
hands soil easily and quickly in
outdoor activities, may chap and
roughen them
While. rthe hands should be-
washed whenever they need it,
the washing should always be
carefully done with pure soap.
Rinsing them is equally .impor-
tant and the drying should be
gentle and thorough. Then il
there is the slightest suggestion
of roughness or oyer.dryness,
pour into the palm Of one hand
a small amount of a good hand
lotion and massage it well into
your hands. @>
The following mixture is ex.
cellent for the purpose: ysi
Comp, tincture Of lavender, 3
drachms. ,s AM
Citric acid, 10 grains.
Alcohol, / ounce. IA
Water, ounce. .a
Glycerine sufficient to make
four ounces Of the mixture.
The lotion may be used both
on the hands and the wrists after
washing them.
Are your hands a bit red ana
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81 sss 4as#.s. of the "Flapper'

niserablx:: 'I never heard a girl
talk, like this before. They all
seem to like the knowing fellows.
They jeer at any one who Is slow.
i Didn't think anyone but a Eel.
lows mother cared much about
all that. Do-=you think It makes
such a difference, Nora Lee?"
She. answered as though her
heart were broken: "oh--yes--"
s'Well-is II all oyer-then?', !, !.
She didn't answer.
Danes ideals.
He went on from the depths OF
gloom: '.Weil-tliete. are some
things I've thought about, too.
I've had q rev ideals. 1 suppose:
The big things though, They
often seemed idiotic and i've
thought Of hurting them over.
especially just before 1 met you.
But ] haven't yet" =
She caught his arm, pressing
her face against his shoulder:
''Dane--do you mean this? Do
you? And you won't, now will
your"
He flung an arm about her, a
sob on his lips; "Is it enough.
Nora Lee? Is it?"
Shesstook hfs hand and pressed
it against her cheek. II knew it,
Dane, from the, first minute
looked at you. You have such
/. beautiful, clean look---- - z
Dim ,streanlers of light seemed
falling about them. The dawn
came up family, like far off
silver bells. The sky was a,flut.
ter with misty color soft, golden
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K nee Hl@SlSaxtksaaP
WHY THE MARMOTE COAT IS. SHABBY.

ed and Bunny came over to me,
said ,s
You'd better bring out some
camphor balls for your friend, the;
marmot. They must have moths
in their house"
why. Foxy Grandpa" laugh
ed Bunny.
Certainly the moths have been
in his fur coat-its shabby" 1
said:
"Ha! Ha! giggled Bunny. What
queer ideas. men do get about
Us! Why, do you know that Pliny,
the old Roman who was the first
to write about animals, and in
fact, many, Others. since then
sensible men, too, believed that
the marmat's back looks like
that because when they carry
food one lies down on the ground,
the Others load him up and then
! they pull him by the tail like q
wagonp'
NO., don't tell me that"
laughed.
MANY men have believed that"
insisted Bunny. But it really
isn't so.'
What does wear out their coats
that way. them" I asked. Can
you tell me?:
II can and I will tell you,
Foxy Grandpa" said Bunny,
standing very erect with one paw
thrust into his little waistcoat.
TITS this way. /. The tunnels GO
ing into the narmot,s house are
very long, but not very Wide or
high. In fact they fit tightly
around the marmot wnen he runs
in and out. Now it stands to
reason that the best fur in the
world will not stand the friction
without looking the worse for
wear" =.
Would hair tonic help them9''
asked Bobby, waking up and rub
bling his eyes. ~ ;E& : :
n a. y