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pAULES-MALETAS- MALETI.
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je. P.
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n preciOs razOnables. A. A. Monte
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C0LARES.-6 solares,. 625 mic
$3.50 metros de contado, $500
metro plazos. Henry w. Dooley.
No. 9 Tapia st. Tel. 1895. Santur-
se. p.
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foulard dress to every party for the
last two years.
She was beaten. whipped. Life
had passed her by.
Well. that was what life did to
you If you let IT,
That was what a husband did, If
you let him get away with it!
And just let Dick try to keep
from her.. from Gloria Gordon
Gregory ......the things that were
coming to her! The attention! The
clothes! NThe good times.
She'd be no Lola Hough to sit by
aud cry. Not this year.....or any
other.
The door opened. Dick came In.
"Wen, everybody's gone" he said.
Then he turned 10 Lola.
"Bin's waiting to drive you home
I'll take you downstairs" Dicks
voice dropped to q whisper, Don't
say a word TO him. He's sore as a
pup"
ITO BE Continued)
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Mary went down to Honolulu on a
visit. She wrote: Chickie. do YOU
remember Angela in The Octopus
and the strange idealist who believed
she came to earth again for him?
Well, there's a girl here all white
and gold, Ike you when you were
20. She thinks that Jimmy is the
finest thing. l don't know If he
thinks OF love. wish he would.
She's awfully dear and would he
just the wife for him" \ year later
Jimmy married the golden girl.
So Martha had no tasks for her
rich and willing hands nor Cor the
mellow soul. She offered herself to
Chickie.
She said. How proud you make
me feel. Chickie."
Chiclie answered, Martha, do
you ever dream how much you did
for me. and even taking David was
half because Of things you said?"
And Martha Graded in her wealthy
arms many and many one that
no one wanted-cradled them and
sang to them.
It was but half Of a dream that
Chickie had-less than that; only
beating around the bush: only the
prick of a pin against an iron wall.
Girls We're hunted just the same and
little ones were branded. Sometimes
a mother wanted her child most
and didn't dare to take 1t,
dreading the shame. That seemed
so cruel-making out the child the
wrong. Why couldn't the world be
big and decent about it and say,
We'll, since you're here, you little
Yet Chickie could stand in that
garden and bless the flower. bless
the sun dancing on leaves. and
wonder why so much was granted
her
And in the afternoon David came
to look at all the waits and see that
they were we'll and take her off. 1t
was then she wondered most, for
hers was yet a homing heart. And
she never cared if he saw tears in
her eyes-and she didn't care that
he knew how much she loved him.
He was glad in her-their lives
were mated. The love was given
and the purpose. The life she
thought all stilled opened now with
rich. deep music in her heart-notes
Of giving, not notes Of taking. They
were sweet, and struck in chords OF
apdea ring beairtv
(THE END
Copyright. 1925. by Elenore Meherinl
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Chickie and David Ramm Are
Married-Her Story Ends
Happily.

David was busy Jonathan would put
out his hands as he had so many
years ago when he wanted TO keep
Chickie at home. Then she would
get the manicure set, even a little
bowl of suds aud trim and shine the
tough old nails. curl up the long,
straggly mustache. She rejoiced do
ing this. When she finished he
always leaned down and whispered:
You're very happy Chickie girl?
Whom do you love most-your old
dad or that new fellow"
Jonathan with his stale old jokes.
But they made her glad. For he
knew she was happy. And he saw
the deepening beauty in her face.
At night she stood at the window
OF the living room, looking down
through trees. The dog sauntered
in and pressed his noble. weary old
head against her arm. Then the
boy came stamping down the stairs
their son-even the buster of him
gave Chickie a thrill. He would press
his small button OF nose against
the window and, seeing David drive
up, initiate his grandfather: "Dere
he is, Chickie-girl. Here he comesw
And he would fly out the door to
be swung TO his fathers shoulder.
Wilde followed with a quiet dignity.
He didn't like all these intruders at
first-all these new favorites his
pretty lady gathered about her. Now
he viewed them with the tolerance Of
his mellow age and licked David's
hand. This scene gave Chickie a
shock of joy. And it didn't matter
that it was repeated almost every
night, nor that David swept off his
hat in the same gallant way and put
the little fellow down to kiss her.
He was happy-nor had the great
ness Of his work been hurt because
she was his wife; nor the peace Of
his horne stained
There was no longer space in her
head for bitterness, nor need in her
mind Of fear. Her days were rich
with much serving. One afternoon
Janina told her that la Moore had
gone to New York. taken Barry
DUNES child with her and left him
here alone. They had only the one
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book and tell of some gossip he'd
heard, or give her papers to read.
She would see that she had not even
been in his thoughts; he was not
one to harbor hurts or look for
them. She grew ashamed of her
constituencies; saw it for what it was
"a morbid sell affection. Other
things in life to love besides ones
precious self! Other interests.
And in the beginning, too, she
prayed the little children would all
be sons like David and like the old
fellow standing behind her chair to
look down with such awe at the
pretty angel in her lap. But when
the girl came she forgot it was
another son she asked.
Yet she took the girl more
seriously. Hard business this to
be a woman these tumultuous days.
This dainty one must not grow
strong through being weak. She
would not have it's spirit thrive in
sorrow.
Chickie looked back on her own
life and on her own mother How
sacred she had kept her thoughts.
How little Of them Jennie, living In
her days Of lavender and kiss once
a year under the mistletoe, ever
guessed. How little she had ever
dreamed Of wild songs humming in
Chickie's heart.
But she would know that golden
morseTs dream. She you'd be like
Martha Blake and live in days that
are not in those that were. She
would give the girl a hundred inter.
ests and a great deal, but most of all
q sturdy sense Of her own value.
She tried to find some rule that
would guarantee life of I'M
troubled beauty While the poor little
thing was but two or three months
old she became greatly agitated
about it and confronted David every
night with her theories.
He laughed at her. I'll tell you
lady. Well put a lump of sugar
in her pocket. Thatll make her
sweet. You want a rule to escape
the wear and tear of life? The only
solution Of life is meeting it. My
dear, darling girl, We'll do as Adam
and Eve have done for centuries
lie awake many a night and tear
our hair and hope that the road we
set her on is the right road. That's
the best we can do. Stand by and
cheer If the going is good; stand by
and help II it's hard. Shush now
she's safe, l dare say, and won't ask
for a cigaret till the age Of two or
diamond necklace until five"
He had a ruggeder, happier way
to look at things. He could always
make her laugh. Men are that way
Jonathan, too. He was with them
now, for tho little cottage on Fair
Oaks was sold and the wondrous
garden with its spring song of roses
and tulips had lost the gentle soul
who cherished it. Jennie was gone.
She went so quietly-just sitting in
her chair one evening darning his
socks. then looking up with a smile.
A startled look darting through the
pretty, faded eyes--that was all
and left the old fellow alone except
for her, his bright and pretty one.
Sometimes In the evening when
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a delicate boy OF eight. The father
wanted him. Janina said he was
wild about the youngster. but the
talk was that they had separated;
that she rushed away quietly, steal.
ing their son for herself: that she had
not even told him and now she meant
to fight for the lad. keep him en-.
tirely. Chickie thought it a cold.
shabby thing to do-a pitiful and
warping elimination. She was sorry
for him-deeply.
Janina said: The placid lump Of
selfishness. I may be loose. but
thank heaven I'm not vicious like
some Of the immorally good"
The years scarcely touched Janina
and they didn't dull the rapier
tongue. The nearest she ever came
to admitting that in keeping her
freedom she had lost her soul was
one day when Chickie took her to
visit the house OF many children.
There was a little black haired Eel.
low with rich, dark eyes and very
red lips who won her favor. She
got down on the floor and played
with him. When she was leaving
she said: AT the age Of forty, and
that, sweet satan, is but four years
hence, I'm coming out TO get one Of
your fondlings-save me a black
eyed little william like this"
Chickie hated giving these charges
up. 1t was stabbing grief each
time one left. But she had to do
1t. For this was but a great old
house with an immense garden and
there wasn't money enough, though
David added SIS. 900 to the $40. 1000
Jake had given her. Even so they
couldn't keep the children always
And this had been her dream .
oh. have a temple where every child
would be Gods blessed child and
none would dare put a brand upon
them.
The best she could do was to keen
them a year or two-give them the
wealth Of Martha Blake's dear arms.
Martha came and ran the place. Her
work at home was done. Tommy,
though only %. was married-then
Jimmy.
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The
Sequel
to
BY Gilmore Meheriu

BY Gilmore Meheriu
Helena, If there were no world
but us, would it be right?"
She smiled. But there is a world.
David. We can not hush or flout
it"
1--WE can and I have told it So"
"Oh-I know Of thatr'
He laughed a little: Then you
must marry me, Helena, for I have
told them all L love you. You would
not have me shamed?"
Il would not be the one to hurt
you"
Then you must not put the world
above me-" He lowered his head a
little so that he could see her eyes,
and holding them with his he
answered: THAT Is not the stronger,
but the weaker, thing to do. You
want to leave me alone because Of
things that will be said. Is this
what you call brave? But 1t isn't,
my sweet lady. I am asking you to
do the stronger thing and to meet,
with me, what any one might say
Vi yOui IIcACIlet, SOdl0 any
fight. Won't you make this one for
me?"
She gave little cry, remembering
Marthas words. She looked at his
eyes as though they held all beauty,
all truth, and their light were now
poured upon her. Many tears were
upon her lashes.
David, Is 1t your heart that asks
this-your real, true heart? Oh, are
you very sure that l should take
you--that you can want me SO,
knowing ALP"
ut Is my heart, and more, that
wants you, lady dear. l have told
you why, for you are dear to me,
Helena, and your thought is very
pure"
She reached up then and touched
his face. The branches arching
above them swayed and a wild
canary tossed out a note of song.
She said "Oh, David, why has this
come to me-to me?" Then she low
cred her head against him and was
crying.
He folded his arms about her He
bent his face down to hers and
kissed the lips that were to him the
chastest in the world and most
sweet.
She did not resist him. So there
came to her, though she did not ask
it. though she did not think that it
could ever be, the beauty she had
always loved, the richness and the
peace.
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at home! He hardly ever gives me
a cent for the house! I'Sl up to my
eyes in debt. And then
when we go out any place where
May Seymour is, he drinks and
makes a fool OF. himself over
her.
And what does May do? She
snaps her fingers at him." Glory
broke in. And that's why he's in
love with her because she
doesn't care whether he lives or
dies. o, can't you see,
Lola, that the way to make Bill
love you is to treat him like a door
matt"
Lola looked at her,
wide-eyed.
How could 1 ever treat Bill like
a doormat? Why, l love Bill!' she
cried. Hes all l love in the world
besides the babies"
Yes, the babies Always the ba'
bies" Gloria mlmicked her. 1.-THE
babies are all you think about!
for the babies! No man wants his
home to be a day nursery"
What does he want 1t to be,
them" Lola asked.
"A jazz palace" Gloria told her.
"You show your husband a good
time at home. and he won't wan
der all over town looking for it,
somewhere else! Show little pep.
Lola. -. Go cut and buy yourself a
face massage and some new clothes
-. and make Bill foot the bills
But Lola shook her head
you don't know Bill" she said.
HE never pays for anything!
LORIA looked at her.
Lola's hair was faded. Her
III mouth dropped. Her sallow
skin was innocent of powder ....
And she had worn that same blue
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CHAPTER LXXXIX.
Fulhllnent

TX Of the glowing years were
done-ten since soft April
- evening and young girl
with great sadness in her face
started on her way alone.
Ten years since Chickie stood at
a depot bidding goodby to the two
old ones who loved her So. yet sent
her into the waste she had made.
She thought her life was finished
then and all its music stilled. She
saw the empty years stretch out
the bleak and tragic things.
Now the years were come-her
hands were filed with gifts. Once
she cried because she was so branded
and now because so many blessings
should be hers.
Often seeing Jonathan come swag-
gering down the block, his young
namesake astride the giant shoulders
she laughed aloud, so joyously the
love had come to her. Other times
going out to that house where the
children she befriended played, she
looked into the many little faces
tears rushed into her eyes because
this service had been granted her.
She could turn back now to that
other time and admit the richness
Of her life and its purpose grew
from it's tragedy. Because the flow
ers were fair she could forget the
dark and bitter soil that nurtured
them. She thought of her son, her
teasing, brown.haired little Jonathan
as her first born and David as the
only one she had known.
She said to herself once: "It was
he always that loved" She meant
by this that it was the beauty. the
faith and the glory she asked Of
life and through him obtained. She
had always wanted this. Once it
failed her-now it endured. And this
was the living reality; the other
shadow that is lost.
In the beginning she was afraid.
II David came home tired or not
In mood to talk, she watched him
with pang&of terror. Had some.
thing happened to make him sad?
Then he would look up FROM his
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THE STORY so FAR

Gloria Gordon, 20-year-old beauty,
marries Dick Gregory for the money
she thinks he has.
She has made up her mind that
marriage for her will mean clothes
She scorns Bill Hough's wife Lola,
who works hard to bring up three
babies
Dick tells her he can't afford
maid, and borrows Maggie. his
mothers maid. to teach Glory to cook.
Glory refuses to learn
Stanley Wayburn. an actor whom
Glory once loved calls on her. Dick
secs him leaving the house. and Glory
tells Dick that he is an interior deco
rator.
Dick is confined to the house with
a cold His secretary, Miss Briggs,
comes there to work with him. While
they are busy Gloria plans a house
warming. When the party is at its
height Stan Wayburn comes. And
Dick recognizes in the actor the man
he saw leaving his house. He is sure
Gloria lied TO him.
Later Gloria finds Stan making
love to Myra Gail a. married friend.
She rec1lessly takes too many drinks;
and. while she is dancing with DR..
John Seymour, the husband of May
Seym our. who is in love with Jim
Carewe, Glory faints away.
NOW GO ON WITH TIE STORY
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DICK TRIES TO MAKE GLORIA TELL OF
HER FEELING TOWARD STANLEY
WAYBURN, BUT SHE EVADES HIM.

Glory" he said harshly, I'm go.
ing to ask you a question. And l
want the truth. the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth! Get me?"
Glory nodded She held her breath.
This fellow Wayburn. Eow
long have you known him.
"Oh, a couple OF years. / used to
have a sort of. kids crush on him, I"
Glory answered.
And you still have?" Dick asked
You still have a crush on him."
Glory closed her eyes.
II wouldn't answer your foolish
question: she said Look here
Dick Gregory. what do you think
YOU are doing. giving me the third
degree?"
Dick set his square jaw. Sudden
ly he seized Glory in those flexible
steel hands of his. He shook her.
Answer mer' he said. You are
in love with him. aren't you?"
Glory gave a little scream.
"Oh. you're hurting me-" she
cried.
Dick loo3ened his hold. There were
white marks on the pale-rose flesh
of her arm where his fingers had
pressed.
Instantly he was all tenderness.
Darling I did hurt you. I'm
sorry" he said.
Glory leaned back on the pillows
and closed her burning eyes. Dick
stroked her hair back from her damp
forehead.
How like a child she was, he
thought. with her love Of fun and
pretty clothes.
He looked at the dress Gloria had
worn that night. as IL lay across the
back of a chair. lie wondered what
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The FZapper Wife,
THE STORY OF AN IND1ANAPoL1s GIRL

staggering sum she had paid for it,,
. We'll, when the bill came in he
would pay it cheerfully, no matter
what it was!
For. after all. she was his only
reason for working and making
money. Without her well. Dick
couldn't picture lite without Gloria.
m HERE was a knock on the
| door. Then Maggie's troubled
. voice.
Mr.. Dick" she called. Shall
l serve supper or not? The com
pany seems to he leaving Some
things happened You'd better come
downstairs
Golry opened her eyes.
There. you see" she cried. Il
told you to go downstairs and get
that wild crowd out of the house
before the whole party went blooey;
. . What's happened Maggie?"
But Maggie had followed Dick
downstairs.
Gloria crept out OF bed. Her head
swan. But she went out into the
hall to listen.
Below there was a babble Of
voices. The front door slammed.
Then she heard some one running
up the stairs toward her. . . II
was Lola Hough. She was crying.
What in the world is the mat
ter down there? What's happened?"
Glory whispered. She drew Lola
into her bedroom and closed the door.
She was much more interested in
the outcome Of her party than in
Lola's tears just now.
oh. it was just me and my crazy
jealousy" Lola sobbed. She had
sunk down upon the floor beside
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She'll be all right in a minute .
she was a bit dizzy" G!oEy heard
Dr.. Johns kind voice. II tell you,
Dick, these girls shouldn't drink!
They can't get away with it. No
body can"
Dick made no answer. He picked
his wife up in his arms.
Goodnight, Sapphor" the
girl heard Bill Hough call in his
clowpish way. And she knew that
Dick was carrying her upstairs.
She felt him Juggling at the SNAPS
on her dress pulling off Der
silver slippers and stockings.
And then, at last, she was in bed
Oh. the cool. delicious feeling Of
the pillows the comfort of the
quiet room.
Glory half opened her eyes.
Dick was hanging her clothes
neatly over the back of a chair &.
He really was a dear, after all.
She tried to tell him so. But she
was too tired. If only the sick
feeling in her stomach would go
away! Ugh!
WV HAT a CHASTITY party!
iWI And what a fool she had
l1 made Of herself
II only she hadn't asked Stan
Wayburl' to GOMEZ
For Glory knew that if she hadn't
been so upset about Wayburn and
Myra, she would never have taken
those last two cocktails, and then
tainted!
=. That was the effect Wayburn
had always had upon her. to
make her do wild, reckless things
that she didn't want to do. Things
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81 90 EPSON Salts, lob.
Dag ..'......,...,... 74C
Harriet Hubbard Ayers
Bath Salts ............65C
Mayis Bath Salts ....S1.4S
April Showers Bath
salts ................S 90
81 80 Plnaud's Lilac Bath
salts ..,...........,. ID
Narcisse de Chine Salts S1.4S
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Glory's dressing table. You know
g.. You know Bills always been
Wild about May Seymour! And she
doesn't give a snap Of her fingers
about him! Well, he was try
ing to kiss her behind the curtains
in your sunroom, and l saw him.
. And l guess l lost my head.
Her voice ended In a burst Of
sobbing.
What did you do when you lost
your head?" Glory asked coldly.
She had no sympathy for this
shabby woman who did not know
how to hold her husband. It
was her own fault IL he made love
to women who had sense enough to
take care of their looks . . to keep
their pep" ana style.
"Oh. bawled him out in front Of
everybody" Lola replied dismally.
Il bawled the whole crowd out! &.
I said my soul about these drink
ing parties, Somebody's hus.
band and somebody else's wife max
ing love in dark corners! Everybody
getting pi-eyed and spoony!"
r. OLA stopped TO wipe her eyes.
Then she went on.
H What fun married people
get out Of petting parties like these
I fail to see"' she cried. ITO me
they're horrors"
Glory drew in her breath. When
she spoke her voice tinkled like ice
in a glass.
Wei. Lola" she said, sarcasti
cally, I'm glad you enjoyed my
party"
Lola stood up and began to brush
her hair before the mirror.
"Oh, ! know I've made you angry,
Glory" she said. But I've reached
the point where I don't care what
people thing Of me. Bits
just driving me crazy. He's never