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ing to do with fist full of them. p"
Her voice dropped into a murmur.
Gosh! I wish mother, or father,
were around the corners"
Ell HATEVER it was that Brand
\Mt on would have said, he
w didn't say it.~ They had come
to the street door and Brandon
touched her arm to guide her across
the crowded pavement to Graydon's
car. But Joanna suddenly stood,
plainly confused.
"Wait. minutew she exclaimed.
Then, smiling, wanly: you see, l
don't know where to go!'
Brandon seemed to consider this
unexpected statement. Joanna was
looking up at him frankly, not con-
fidingly, for she wouldn't trust him,
but in brave effort to impress him
that she was amused at her own
dilemma.
II don't suppose I'm expected to
go back to the store" she went on,
her voice quavering, a little; "And
there isn't any place else--eXcept
Mrs. Adams-she's my landlady,
you know. I don't want to go there
yet, because when do I'll go up to
my room and cry like blazes. I'll
put that off as long as l can; it
spoils your eyelashes and besides, its
so darned old-fashionedl"
do you then, avoid everything
that is old-fashioned?" Again the
girl was overwhelmed with a sense
Of distrust of the man beside her,
with the conviction that, in some
way or other, that man, stranger
Of the morning, would be one Of the
figures Of the fate into which she
was blindly plunging. She couldn't
think of anything appropriate to re-
tort-and again she realized that she
must read up on how people with
money in their handbags said things
to other people who had money they
didn't have to spend before they got
it. So, she replied bit viciously:
"You mean something you don't
say; I'll have to think that over.
Now I suppose I've got to go-the
Lord knows where!
"It would be frightfully easy for
me-" Brandon assured her, ito sug-
gest that I go along, and help you.
But I know, as my banker uncle re-
marked, that you will want to be
with yourself. I warn you, though,
that I shall soon pay my court"
Because he smiled at her, joan
ra smiled back at him. She
gave him her hand, when they had
reached the door of her car--the
door held open by the wondering
eyed chauffeur. Brandon asked If
he might give her directions, where
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GLORIA

Come down and open the door,"
he said.
Without stopping to put on her
kimono or slippers, Gloria ran across
The room and down through the
darkened house where the moonlight
lay in patches here and there on the
walls and floor.
She unlocked the door and pat
tered out onto the porch. She stood
there in the mingled radiance of the
distant moon and a street lamp just
in front Of the house. >. Some
passing neighbors stopped to stare
as she threw herself into Dick s
arms. But neither he nor Dick saw
them. For they in that moment
were oblivious to all the world. i.
except themselves. Dicks arms
drew her up. He bent his head and
kissed her as if he never would let
her go again.
Then, abruptly he freed her.
Il thought you never were going
to kiss me again." Gloria said
bteathlessly. you said you never
would, you know
I'VE say a lot of things we don't
mean in this world" Dicks voice
answered her. He put his arm
around her and drew her into the
dark house.
His hand CROPPED for the lights.
Under their glare Gloria saw that
his eyes were almost black in his
haggard face. There were lines
there that the last weeks had writ
ten indelibly.
1--WE do a lot Of things we don't
mean to do, too" Gloria faltered.
Life seems to carry us along like
bubbles along a wave. 9. Dick,
I've done a lot Of things 1 haven't
meant to do. ="
Dick made a gesture of finality.
oven, there's no use talking about
it now" he said. Spilled milk, you
know :"
Gloria followed him. ''Have you
come home for good?" She was half
afraid to ask him that.
And in an agony Of uncertainty
she watched him fill his pipe.
waiting TREMENDOUSLY for his answer.
Slowly, as things seem to happen
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BY iseatrice Burton

CHAPTER LXVIII
ri LORIA darkened the house
N turned the key in her bed
- room door and lay down to
try and go to sleep
But it wasn't the kind of night
for sleep. A ray Of moonlight lay
like a slim reckoning finger on
the wall beside the bed. The dark
ness seemed to be filed with an ex-
pectant hush.
There was a high excitement lin
Gloria. She swung her naked feet
over the side of the bed and crossed
the room to the window.
A large white moon hung low in
the sky like Japanese lantern.
1t turned the fluttering leaves OF
the poplar trees to silver spangles.
The world outside seemed unreal
disturbing in it's beauty, but the
lonely woman at the window hard
ened her heart against it's magic.
She had feeling that the only
way for her to go on was to harden
her heart against everything-not
only against things, but against
people-against Dick. She must
never let the thought of him into
her heart again, she told herself
with kind of dull anger. And
then she went on thinking about
him.
Somewhere out there in the
breathing night, he was.
And suddenly Gloria remembered
another night when she had stood
at another window and wondered
where Dick was. That had been
long ago-on the night before she
had married him. She remembered
how he had driven up in the mid
die Of the night and whistled softly
in the darkness for her--a low Bob
White" whistle He had begged her
to come downstairs for just a Sec
ond to kiss him and she had re-
fused
What a fool I was"' she told
herself. land how glad I'd be now
if he wanted to kiss me! How glad
I'd be-. But there's no chance OF
that ever again. 49,"
The tears that she had felt in
her eyes all day-and in her heart
overlooked. She dropped to her
knees on the floor and laid her
head down on the window sill and
sobbed.
And then she seemed to hear a
low whistle-a long, clear note fol-
lowed by a shorter one. She held
her breath and listened. Was 1t
Dicks Bob White" call?
Oh, no; it couldn't be. And
then it came again!
Gloria raised her head Down on
the lawn in the shadow of the trees
was q darker shadow. 1t detached
itself and moved out into the moon
light. 1t was Dick!
Gloria's heart leaped in her breast,
"Dickr' she said. And there was
note of relief and sudden happiness
in her voice.
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ooh, I see" he breathed. Excuse
me, Miss, for thinking you would
bother with giving me a date. L
might a known you was bait for
big fish only. Where to, did you say,
Miss?"
Joanna snapped her bag. The
lines that some of her boys would
have recognized as sure signs of
squat, formed about her lips
the much too-red lips.
Say, your she said, Take a
look at your license. It's for driv-
ing, and it says nothing about fish.
So get along and see if you can steer
straight"
The chauffeur was not impressed.
"And where to, Miss?" he repeated,
still very stiff.
I'D like to tell you one place
but you can go there when I'm done
with you. Meantime. just pull up
in front Of my furrier's, will your"
He touched his cap and received
the address. MY furrier's" proved
to be in a neighborhood not fire.
quented by the most fashionable
shops-in fact, by the most unfash-
ionable ones only. those that dealt
In installments. The name was Co
hen.
r. COHEN came out Of the
IM back of his store, in response
III to the clamorous changing Of
the bell set off by the opening Of
his door. AS was his custom, he
had set his face into its blandest
formations. When he saw Shat his
caller was Miss Twenty-seve,n" his
face became stern. He assumed his
most relentless manner, and tinged
it with suspicion.
This isn't holiday" he greeted
the girl: "Fired?"
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TEE SIOhl 80 FAR
Gloria Gordon, beautiful flapper, mar
ries Dick Gregory. a struggling lawyer
Her idea of marriage is fun and fine
clothes but no work or children;
She refuses to do her own housework,
and hires a maid But Dick has to let
he maid go Gloria has swamped him
with debts for her parties and clothes
She becomes infatuated with an out;
of-work actor Stanley .WaybCrn, and
follows him to New York. But he
spurns her. Then she tries to get a ldo
as a chorus girl and fails. Discouraged.
she comes home to Dick. He takes her
back. but not as his wife
Gloria begins to suspect that he IS In
owe with his secretary. Susan Briggs.
AT last she wrings from N IS Briggs, q a
Dick. and insists that Dick discharge
her When he refuses she goes home 10
that Dick is the man she loves
Dick puts his house up Tor sale, and
goes home TO live with his father ana
mother. He sends Gloria. 500 weekly
but she sends it back to him and goes
to work Her employer makes love to
her and she resigns her position she
can't screw up her courage to go out 10
look for another lob.
Homesick and lonely for Dick, she
gets the KEY of their house from, Miss
Briggs and goes there TO spend the
night She can't bear TO stay at her
mothers TO" another night; Dick
earns from Miss Briggs that Gloria has
home
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Million Dollars

cused it of being not second, but
third hand, and pointed out to Mr..
Cohen a score of mythical moth
nests. Then she announced, quite
calmly:
"Just to do you favor, you old
sl1inflint, I'll take it along. I'm GO
ing to give it to my maid" she
said.
"Oh, yesw the installment furrieI
retorted, with the smile OF a trader
who has traded we'll: "Furs for
maids, that's the golden rule, my
dearl"
GAMMA knew the price. 1t
had been displayed with the
LII same pride as had been the
coat. in the window, "One Thou.
sand Dollars. and" Joanna re-
marked as she opened her bag,
Worth every cent of half that
much"
Mr.. Cohen's eyes watered, cleaned
and grew wiser than ever when the
girl who owed him twelve dollars
back" and fifty odd to come OH
her last years wrap, handed him
three five hundred dollar bills with
the reminder that she could count
change as well as he could.
AS she turned to parade out Of
the store. triumphant in her first
conflict with the unpleasant figures
of her neager days, Mr.. Cohen
touched her softly on her shoulder.
Reaching his lips close to where her
ears nestled under her bobbed brown
hair, he whispered:
Maybe the rich gentleman win
buy you another one, soon; maybe
an ermine this time. I'll have one
for you, cheap-right from Fifth
Avenue"
Joanna turned upon him. What
do you mean, rich gentleman! she
demanded, glints of steel emerging
from chr deep brown eyes.
Mr.. Cohen meek and apologize,
but insidious still:
"Of course, I don't know any
thing about a rich gentleman. But
when a pretty girl like you buys one
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THE
FLAPPER
WIFE
Dick and Gloria Are Reunited
Story Ends
Happily.

in a dream, she saw him strike a
match, blow out it's flame and lay it
in the ash try beside him.
We'll" he said finally, cts this
way, you see. This is the only place
IN the world where 1 feel at home,
somehow or other. and L..
can't get used to being without
you"
Gloria laughed bitterly. I'm a
habit of yours. =. that you can't
break. -. is that it?" she asked.
1.-THE most deadly dun of all things
Ia habit?"
Dick shook his head. NO." he
said, ''it strikes deeper than that,
Glory. You're my woman. There
are a lot Of mem who can love a
score of women in their time, but
I'm not one OF them I'm the kind
of fool who can never care for
more than one woman, I supposed
...."
And am I that ore woman for
your" Gloria asked. Her eyes were
wide and eager. Are you sure?'
Dick looked at her. His mouth
frightened as he took her into the
hard ring of his arms. You are, b"
he answered, and his voice was
thick and tense.
Gloria leaned back in his arms
and looked at him. "Then 1 won't
be jealous of Susan Briggs any more
and I'll stop heckling you about
her." she said.
Dick waited a moment before he
answered. I've an idea that Susan
Briggs stopped working for me to-
night" he said then abruptly. Il
don't know what makes me think
so, but I do, somehow"
Gloria laughed. She'll be right
there when you get to the office to-
morrow morning, just as usual" she
cried. Unless she knows you've
come back to mer'
"I think she does know it," Dicks
voice was grave, .''but don't worry
about her. You know / never cared
about Susan Briggs, don't your" He
put his hands under her elbows and
held her away from him.
And I never cared about Stan
Wayburn, eitherp' Gloria broke in
shrilly. 1--WE thought it all out,
Dick, these last two weeks. He was
just a part of jazz to me, like cock.
tails and dance music. 1 was hunt
Inc hn
me. 80"
Her small face with it's uptilted
lips sobered as she went on. HE
told me all the things 1 wanted to
hear from you. e. how beautiful |
was and how l could knock him off
his pins. Oh, Dick, we women need
f1attery and love. or lovemaking
It's our job, you know! To keep
you men in love with us -
Dick laid his hand over her mouth.
"All right, all right" he said impa-
tiently. "And that about ends Stan
ley Wayburn and Susan Briggs for
good, doesn't 1t? ID. What I want t.
know just now is whether you're
going to be contented with me from
now on?"
"Contented? I'm going to be hap.
pier than any lark!' Gloria dubbed.
why, it seems wonderful to me to
be here in your arms again!
thought I'd lost you forever and
ever-just when 1 found out how
much love you. -"
Yes, but there's more than just
love to this marriage business" Dick
answered. Loves only an occa-
sional flash to brighten he whole.
-. You're going to have TO do your
own work, for shall always be poor,
suppose. And there'll be worries
-. and illness.
And babies, and bothers. and
all the. things that make life worth
living" Gloria went on. She had
one Of her penetrating flashes.
| And. shall grow old and lose
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mink coat, she buys one ermine coat
next, and then, maybe. its sables.
And that's the way rich gentlemans
improve If you handle them right,
they go from mink to sables, quick.
I'll have the sable one, too, when
the rich gentleman that don't
know anything about and won't ask
no questions about is ready
Tears, tears Of rage, and some
thing more: OF fear, dimmed the
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deep brown eyes. Joanna went.
stumbling a little, to her car. Be
fore the chauffeur's formal stiffness.
she shrank. She gave him a NUNS
Der and a street. "
Its where 1 live" she said. Eve
got something to do there, and ]
guess I'll go and do 1t now instead
Of putting 1t Off"
Copyright, 1851. L. Gates)
TO BE Continued
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my looks, and you'll grow staid and
pompous and prosperous. she went
on with a wry little smile. But
wen still love each other, won't we
And let me tell you sometime
49,. you'll have to set your foo
down harder than you ever did be
fore with mel A woman loves a man
to run her to a FRAGILE. II you'd
done that in the beginning I wouldn't
have got into so much mischief
Dick threw back his head and
laughed. GLORY. you're a wonder"
he said, his eyes twinkllng. Il knew
that, somehow or other, you'd lay
all this trouble we've had on my
doorstep. Well, all ri ;ht, It was
my fault you got into mischief. What
else did l do that shouldn't have
done?"
Your technique as a husbaud
was all wrong" Gloria made
sweeping gesture with one SINAI
dramatic hand. You shouldn't have
let me leave you and go home to M
mother. . But thank heaven
we've both fallen on our feet, and
we're here together at last! oh.
l can't believe it. L thought you
were gone for good"
She drew his head down to hers.
q. . All, it was good to be here.
to be held to surrender herself!
Gloria felt as If she were in a globe
Of happiness.
Dick" she said drowsily, con.
tentedly, from the shelter Of his
arms, did you ever stop to think
how it is for two people to care for
just each other . and TO have
little children because Of their car
ing so? Don't you think there's
something very fine and sweet about
it?"
Dick held her closer. "Of course.
l do" he answered. I've been try
ing to tell you that an along, Flap
per, but you never would believe it
before, would your"
She shook her head. "Oh, my dear.
to think that I almost lost your she
arms. Most surprisingly she burst
into storm Of crying.
What a simp 1 am to cry like
thisr' she sobbed against his coat.
What am l doing it for when I'm
so h-happy?"
Dick patted her soft hair. There.
there, cry all you want tor he said.
Il
He raised her hidden face and
kissed the tremulous scarlet mouth
. . the wet white eyelids. Then he
moved away from her, toward the
outer door.
Where are you going now?"
Gloria cried in foolish panic.
Just out doors for a second"
Dick answered. "Wait here for me
- want to pull that For
Sale sign out of the front lawn"
ND so the story of Gloria, the
Al Flapper Wife, ends, and the
- modern chronicle Of Gloria,
he Wife and Mother begins.
We say today that we have New
Woman who votes and drives her
)wn car, who plays golf and-some-
imes-smokes a cigaret. But shes
not a New Woman at all! At heart
ihe is,the same woman who brought
Up her stalwart young in a cave
who reared them in log cabins or
he New England coast three cen
uries ago. who took them with he
into the Covered Wagons that were
part of westward moving army al
most hundred years before our
incl
=. And she is the same woman
everywhere, whether you find her
n an igloo in an Eskimo village or
IN many-towered Manhattan y, OF
IN the romantic islands of the south
ern seas.
THE END.
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SYNOPSIS


With unusual solemnity MR.. HARK-:
NESS, buyer in the silk department Of
a mammoth store, summonds JOANNA
MANNERS. beautiful clerk, to appear
before MR.. GRAYON. owner Of the
of possible dismissal and thinks Of the
bills that have been accommodating. She
would pawn her, fur, coat II, the worst
Her friends would notice. Only COM
mon. steady John. with whom she had
quaTreled last evening. would not think
less of her for that.
n stead of approaching her. Graydon
delivers an overwhelming message.
know has placed ST 900, 900 ON deposit
at the Metropolitan Bank subject to her
personal check Graydon assures her
there are no strings tied to the propo-
sition' and has his chauffeur take her
to the banker. ANDREW EGGLESTON,
Graydon's old friend.
Joanna cannot comprehend the extend
of her bank account, and when the
elderly man asks her to write her first
check for liberal sum, she draws
500. A. young man, whom Graydon
introduced as Mr.. Brandon, laughs. tears
up her check and writes one for S10,-
900. Graydon sends messenger for
the cash
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-09-03
Prescott

John Taylor and family of this
city, who spent the past month In
Canada camping, returned home last
Friday.
Rev. E. T. Eglin, former Episcopal
pastor here, but of late of Elkhorn
this state, spent his vacation of ter
days in Prescott.
The Cotton building recently pur-
chased by the city, will be occupied
by the Public Library about the mid
die of September.
Several from here took advantage
of the special railroad excursions to
Chicago and Milwaukee the past two
weeks.
The Hastings citizens are taking
a good deal of interest in the Pres
colt Dam, and sent the following
telegram to Col. L. D. Britton, In
dustrial Director of st. Paul, which
says: Hastings is behind the upper
Mississippi river navigation move
ment. If this means a dam at Pres
colt let Hastings help. Better river
navigation means better Northwest,
and better Northwest means better
and bigger Hastings. We want to go
on record as being ready and anxious
to assist. II. A. Sieben, Mayor" A
reply to Mayor Seiben's telegram
says: "We appreciate Hastings Of
fer to aid US in our fight for power
dam at Prescott and will call on you
for assistance at the next meeting of
the U. S. Engineer. Thanks. L. H.
Blitton, Industrial Director.
The fire department was called out
last Friday as a result of barn fire
at John Fitzpatrick's on Dakota
street.
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Cherma

School opened Monday with Mrs.
German as teacher.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Kordovsky
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Vince
Kordovsky spent Sunday in Wild
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Olson and
daughter Of st. Paul spent Sunday at
the Frank Cobian home.
John Stotka is doing some car
penter work for John Pechacek.
Threshing is all completed through
the neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pechacek and
family visited at the John Stotka
home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Andrle spent
Sunday at the Ed. Pechacek home.
Miss Margaret Kordovsky spent
Monday evening with Miss Sophia
Oobian.
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Mann Valley

Miss Anna Bennett is doing nicely
after an operation for appendicitis
Miss IneH Rierstedt left FOR her
school at Schofeld last Saturday.
Mrs. Bernard johnson and child
rem of St. Paul, spent the weekend
at Ed. Grifin's.
Mrs. Chas. Pearson entertained The
Swedish Mission Ladies Aid last
Tuesday afternoon.
A miscellaneous shower was given
for Miss Hazel Sundby last Wednes-
day afternoon. She received many
beautiful and useful gifts.
Miss Vera Griffin spent Tuesday in
st. Paul.
The social held by the Mann VAL
ley Community Club brought 1925.
We wish to thank all those who help
ed to make it success.
The dry weather has necessitated
early silo filling. The corn crop is
better than was at first expected.
The Oak Knoll school started last
Monday with Miss Susan Mungar as
teacher.
Miss Mcnamara is teaching the
Glenmont school.
Oliver Younggren has accepted a
position a. principal of the school at
Somerset.
Mrs. Dick Aide is getting along
nicely after an operation for goitre.
She came home from the hospital
last Wednesday morning.
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TrimbeM

Bernice Tabor spent last Monday
with Mrs. Barney Denzer.
Mrs. Michacel Graetz returned to
her home in Minneapolis last We'd
nesday after spending q week with
relatives in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Olson and
family of st. Paul spent Saturday
and Sunday at the Frank Cobian, Jr.,
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Killian and
family Of Big River were guests at
the Val Buss home Sunday.
Quite a number of relatives and
friends met at the Joe LANCER home
last Sunday.
MFR. and Mrs. Tommy Tabor anc
son were guests at the j. L. Tabol
home Sunday.