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Tense Situations Thrilling Clmaxes and the Amors Of
HOt-Headed Youth Feature This EngrOssing
ss and Exciting Serial Novel

been, ne repeated thickly.
well, femme ask you something.
Din / tell you where was 60.
ing when / leE' home this morn.
ing
wen. where did / tell you i
was going?' he asked then. It
was clear that he had forgotten
what he had told her, and
wanted to find out.
you said you were going "a =
picnic that your father was CIV.
ing Peggy told him, steadily.
TeII-taIe Perfume
He nodded solemn e. an owl.
..Then that's where I was, he
said and staggered into the bed.
room.
He sat down on the edge of
his bed and tried to nnlace his
soaking wet shoes. but while he
was doing Il ne went to sleep
and collapsed sideWise against
the pillows.
II was while she was struggling
to get his wet clothes of that
Peggy noticed faint odor OF per-
ftirle that cIung to them. III was
hardly more than Whit OF fra
GRANGE, bur il was there unmis.
takabIy
She picked up his coat and held
Il to her nostriIs. Yes, there 1t
was! "A fatnt Odor Of lilies on the
shoulder Of the garment, e. Il
some perfumed head had lain
there not no long ago.
Evidently the owner Of the blue
handkerchief used valley lily per.
fune In lavish quantities.
Peggy opened Ranny's bill.fOld
and took out the handkerchief
and held Il up daintiIy yes. the
same scent was IN It's azure folds
valley -lily2
There was no bitterness ii her
heart as she folded the handIker-
CHIEF into the leather case and
laid it. down on the table beside
Rannyss bed.
She knew. suddenly, that she
was not going to offer Ranny b
divorce. after all!
Decides 10 Keep Him
She was going to keep hirnI
Neither the girl who used the
vallev-dly perfume and blue
handkerchiefs was going to get
him, nor any other girl on the
face OF the earth. He was her
Ranny-hers. Peggy Starts and
he would 60 on being hers until
the end Of tImel
why. no one else could love
him as q dor she told herself
with d kind OF ferocity. NO one.
VIII ever take care Of him as /
do! Why should / give him up
Z 20 anyone? He belongs to ine!'
She bent over him, so close
that his warm breath poured over
her from his parted lips. M
wonder women made fools Of
themselves over him! How won
derful 10 look at he was! And
how gay and amusing he could
be when he wanted to be! There
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He serned 70 be carsfa.iy feel
Ing his way when he aiisWered:5
Why, yes, pretty good
She saw him glance Iiefvpueiy
&C his wet clothes, drap - on the
backs 81 the chairs, and then
look quickly away as il 20 pre-
tend that he didn't see them.
She wondered Il ne relmeE1a-
bered his Homecoming iast night
TImpuIsiveIy she Ieaned toward
him and laid her hand over one
of his.
sFsanny she said auiesly. ''bs-
fore We were married, % yoa re-
member how you came 70 me-
and told ms you were crazy
about Fay2 DO your
Instead Of Answering her nues-
ton he got swiftly out IL bed and
reached for his bathr0Des III
you're going To start talking
twadd1e." he began, suikslS, but
she stopped him.
Now wait n1iItI she
warned him gently I'm not
going 70 razz you tor put you
through the third desree know;
you were with 3 girl III dry ye1.
terday, and / want 70 ask you
something. Are you a love With
herr"
bis handaoms eyes met hers
resentfnIly.
At first she thought he was
going to lie 20 herr going % say
that he hadn't been With the Girl
who used valley lily scent, but ne
tossed his head suddenly and NUT.
tered that ssif he was 81 love with
anybody he'd tell he. faat
enough.
Then he wsnt into the bath.
room before she could say any.
thing more.
4 half.hour later. wtlen she
wa1 giving Rafny JaniO, his
n1id.morning feeding. ne came to
her on his way out Of The Nest.
ExcusIng Himself
ssPeggy, he said. standing -
side her chair, with Otle hand 81
her shoulder. Try to understand
me. I'm like an men--I have tsg0
sides to my nature 1.-The side o.
me that IS your husband and the
other side that you know roth
ing about: all men are DR.. Jelgyls
ana MT. 1yOGSs
She turned III her cnasr and
looked up at him, with her eyes
burning with tears that. she kept
blinking back.
You mean that there's 4 ride
Of you that stiIl keeps falling b
love with other girIs21 She asEed.
For answer he bent AMI kissed
her. you've got TO remember
that no matter what / 10. love
only your he said % her. Men
aren't like women. They aren't
angels, you knOw-and / WAS
with q gir1-aH day yesterday. z
After she had gone she reflect
ed that after all she kneN almost
nothing about men. Raunv was
practically the only one she ever
had known, except Peter Wilk
Did Peter have two slles, too,
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, Park was new Jimmy Brown
born, the real Jimmy Brown. the
jimmy whom only sally Wynn
had recognized and loved and had
tried to encourage.
Often she had urged him to quit
his job and set another. Many
and many q time she had tried
to break down HIS inferiority com.
plex without avail. II know you
can succeed. know you will
succeed" she. had told him so
often. "only you've got to get
out Of this slave shop. Cashton's
q crab. He's dishonest. He's a
bully and tyrant. He pays you
$40 a week. And you do the
work OF man whom anyone else
would give q hundred to-"
''Who would give me that7'' he
had asked believing to squelch
her.
"stokes & Co. would" she had
retorted.
Stokes & Co. were Cashton's
biggest rivals. And he had
thought she was mad.
"Try Them" she had urged.
Eyes, and have some one tip
old Cashton OFF that / was look
ing for another job. He'd fire me
then, for sure"
Just Suppose
He remembered her answer
now. Well, what of it il he did:
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By Beatrice BurtOn
80 Author IF sFlapper VIE. Z
bus 5llqsa 1850. 80
M 4s4W9ANEONg 18..a.a9&

IN never occurred to Peggy that
Ranny was to blame Tor
=, their niarriag e.h beat going upon
the rocks. e. e surely was coins.
The iaait, she was positive. must
Be hers
she figured that marriage was
the w0inaIlss job And Is Il failed
3 II WAS the Woman's fault. ~
Z successful wife had to be not only
housekeeper. q sWeethearts g
mother. but q pal az well.
perhaps that's where We
fallen down, Peggy thought,
faching her brain, maybe ! ought
Is read more and talk more. and
IS more entertaining. more
eppy
Ana, moved 81 sudden Inn
plilse: she went into the living.
room. turned Oh all the lights ami
{ started to read the Sunday paper
from beginning to end. She must
know what was going on IN the
world She was getting duh and
etalel
All $50, when she heard the
street door close quietly and fo0t.
steps creak their way up the
stairs, she swiftly |. a cigarette
. md crossed her bare feet on, tie
seat Of 3 chair opposite hers.
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we've been looking for some one
tor position we have open here.
The work Is the kind with which
you are familiar you see know
what . valuable man you were to.
Mr.. cashton, though naturally
never told him so, not being on
exactly friendly terms with him
land Il would require Here
he went into q description OF the
position. re you would be il1ter-
ested I'll be glad to have you
come to US right away What do
you say?''
.'Irr-er--the salary?', STAN
mered Jimmy completely over.
come by this reception.
'oh-er--compensation. Natu-
rally you would want to know
that. Now I'm not aware what
Mr.. Cashton was paying you.
But would you consider . hum
dred dollars q week?"
a hundred dollars q week!
gasped Jimmy.
Mr.. Stokes didn't realize the
cause Of Jimrny's gasp. Misun.
derstanding. he FASTENED to add:
Cor q hundred and twenty.
five. say, to start.
Ten minutes later. from q pub
lilo telephone booth in the main
hall Of the building where the
Stokes offices were located
Jimmy was excitediy giving the
number Of his old office to the
operator.
Sally Wynn answered his call.
i've news" he said, wonder
ful news. dear, I've got q new
job. a real one. With Stokes &.
Co. go to work tomorrow.
One hundred and twenty-five q
week.
"oh. Jimmy! / I'm 80 glad. I'm
so proud Of you'll And I'm 50 de-
lightedl''
And we can get married right
away now?" he demanded.
"As soon az You like, You see.
dear. I'VE a BIT Of news for you.
too.''
You! what?"
eve just bean fired. too :"
"You! Fired? In Heavens
name. why?"
Her voice was 4 laughing
caress when she answered: Mr..
Cashton has just discovered that
was the one who gummed up
those letters over which he fired
you"
''That you were the one?'
Yves, Jimmy. I've u secret.
really am the one. But-hut
did Il on purpose.
II wanted 10 get you fired. ]
knew it was the only way you
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vas no one ike him. anywhere,
no one!
It's not his fault that he has
these little affairs. Peggy told
herself, looking down at his
flushed face and rumpied hair.
eThese Women--they run after
him because he's so good look
inc. It's their faultgs .
But she was crying softly.
soundlessly. to herself as she
went into the tiny room where
the baby slept. to see that be
was covered.
Little and small and blOnd--
the living image Of Ranny ~
lay in his little crib. His little
hands were folded on the pink
eiderdown cover1et Pegs slen.
der, sensitive, long fingered lands.
are only thing that he had In.
herited from her.
Here they were herself and
Ranny, her husband, in one
flesh, in his little baby, this lit.
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Now Continue

'sThere! she thought, ''now 1t
any rate / look like Fay and the
rest Of the wild women he I'D.
mlresr'
she heard him tumble with the
lock and then softly swear to
himself in 4 thick uncertain voice.
She got up and opened the door,
for him and he came IN.
His clothes were sodden wit =
rain, his hat pasted on one side.
Of his head. and over the shoulder
ne carried the raincOat he should
have been wearing.
Hello. Merry Springtimei
he said. Ilrching a little. and he
put out hand and pinched ONE
81 Peggy's cheeks with It.
Fanny, where on earth have
YOU been all day ans' night.
she asked him over. Fine bits
81 confetti cIung 20 his clothes
and from one pocket Of his coas
peeped bullying bar Of popcorn
balls. A long strip OF tickets
from an amusement park trailed
from another pocket.
The Worse For Wear
His eyes followed hers. and he
laughed fOoIishly. Look 1T me.
All dressed up like broken arIn
and az wet as prohibition he
said cheerfully.
Then suddenly ne Strengthened
up and became very solemn and
dignified.
You asked me where I've
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you, commenced Arnold Cash.
ton. "a pretty mess you've made
Of things. q mess. you
idiot you. you puerile pseudo
moron. Damn your hidel Read
taisr' The letter was thrust into
James hand.
You've cost me q big order.
You've cost me the friendship Of
these people. : - God knows
haven't expected much intelli-
gence from you but at least /
believed you had enough to put
a letter in an envelope without
making q mistake. The letter
that should have gone to the
Whiteson Company you put in
an envelope to the Reading peo-
pie and vice versa. i suppose
I'll hear from them, too"
Dismissed
James felt himself going a.
shade paler. In truth. he had
committed q terrible error-if he
had committed 1t. But he re-
membered distinctly having made
no such mistake. He was well
aware that It was his boss bust.
ness to keep hidden the fact that
while pretending to deal with
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The Story Thus Far

PIGGY STARR has been engaged to RANDALL PHELPS for
nearly when he break their engagement ne
tells her With brutal fankness that he's il love with her chu
FAY shirley
HearboeN Peggy gives him up greatly the satisfaction
ser AUNT AGONY shreWd Did maid who reared herr Aunt
Agony SAYS that Ranny and she
dubs him lazy besides She Peggy
bachelor Of whom kanny
always been jealous.
Her opinion be justified when he and
Fay give each other M Peggy after ALL for he
falls under Fays spell and worries Peggy BY going out
with her and losing great OF money
Uncompanng Peggy does Der holsewok ana gets along
an yefy little money rewarded Tor when she tells
RAINY she going have baby he turns over new leaf ana y
model husband for time Fay Der engsse
nt ~ EDpIE and shortly marries Linz
Rsnrgs Young sister LOIY. eommOtlon Il The family
1919 ~ arfvne her fathers chauffeur THOMAS BOYLE who
81 studying the sde MOTHER PHELPS VOWS she vii
ssever fnraise the pair finally does
go heene friends might when
lp4rgys baby Phepe she telephone t0f
fk out uayiSx Peggy doesn't know where
lind him Hours md when FANNY 1uNIOh
ard comes ~ 70 see MS VIE nhu
aid with tears streaming down his face
Don't cry Peggy whispers TO him. I'm 81 HAPPY could dls
ef0ht u0NPs
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

S6uURRY UP, Bobby" said,
IL as we wended our way
through a thick jungle in South
America.
He moves about as fast as a
sloth," murmured Bunny under
his whiskers, but not quite low
enough for Bobby not to over
hear him.
What is a sloth?" asked
Bobby with look on his face
as II Bunny had insulted him.
"Ill tell you when we see one"
waf all that Bunny answered.
We pushed on and pushed on,
and soon we could see through
little spaces between the thick
foliage of the trees over our
heads that the sun was directly
above us.
We opened OFT lunch and ate
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tie son, born Of their love Tor
each otherl
II won't even think Of that
blue handkerchief ever again"
Peggy made up her mind firmly
as she closed the door of the
baby's room and went back 10
her own bed.
But she did think 81 II. She
couIdn,t help thinking about Il
1t was the first thing hat
popped into her mind when the
baby's hunger cry awakened her
in the gray. rainy dawn the next
morning.
A Pampered Husband
AT s o'clock she carried
Ranny,s tray Of coffee and the
paper to the side Of his bed and
Weakened him.
Did you have good tins
yesterday7s she asked him AZ
she put the cream and suga.
into his first cup.
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it. It was fine, and after lunch
/ thought l would stretch out on
the soft moss and just rest my
eyes.
Just as was doing off, re.
member seeing Bobby climbing
up the big tree, and laughed as
I thought how much he looked
like a monkey in a blue suit, as
he pulled himself up hand over
hand, clinging carefully to the
strong limbs OF the tree. How
long it took me to wink those
40 or so or go times can't re.
member; but the next thing I
knew ! hard Bobby scream, "oh!
Foxy Grandpap and saw him
getting down out Of that tree as
fast as he could. while Bunny
stood on the ground holding his
sides with laughter.
I looked up into the tree, and
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there was a furry animal. It had
q funny face something like
monkey, and it had four long
legs with claws like hooks, and
It was walking along the limb
of the tree upside down!
We stood for a moment and
watched this strange creature,
and It was amazing how slow 1t
moved. Each step it took upside
down was taken with the utmost
care, and It never raised one foot
until it was sure that 1t had a
secure grip on the tree with the
other.
And now I'll tell you the most
interesting thing about it.
Around that animals neck was
her baby, with its little arms
tight around ito mothers neck.
and appearing to enjoy the slow
ride very much
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Foxy Grandpa" said Bobby.
after the mother and child had
disappeared up In the tree-top,
IT never had such q fright in my
life. I was just climbing up that
tree and ! reached out to put my
hand on what / thought was a
knot OF the tree covered with
brown moss, when the knot woke
up, and there ! saw 1t was that
animal with her baby"
mo wonder you were startled.
Bobby said. THAT was
enough to frighten anyone"
did you ever see any creature
move so slowly?" asked Bobby.
That's why / called you a
sIoth this morning, Bobby, when
you were walking so slowly"
laughed Bunny. You're friend
up there IN the tree with her
baby il Mrs. Sloth."
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8 good SIDE and 3 bad side9 Was
IS hair saint and half devil g.
Ranny said al MEN were?
CuriOusly enough. she htppened
"a see Peter that very morning
Bys 10 o'clock that hot July
morning Peggy was out IL the
blazing sunshine 81 the street
She turned RanrIy. Jrss. buggy
toward the green and distant
c0lo1iess of the park She had her
lnonding with her and she could
SIT there tor hours beside the
sleeping baby and think khings
ever
FOR the hundredfh time d her
life alse ton8ed that morning for
her dead mother the young and
beautiful mother she had neyek
seen. For she knew that there
war no one on earth who could
ten her Just what 70 DO about
Ranny ana this newest heart at
air ok his
Tor instance. she couldn't 80
20 Mother Phelps and say: Give
] me some advice about Ranny
He's running around with other
women. and while be admits that
It's wrong. he says he can't hello
doing II. What shall do. leave
him or stick TO him. binding
myself 20 hts althfuIness7
hat N wife supposed 90 &c
Wien her husband K6Ils ont Of
love with her. anyWay
Neither could she So "a Aunt
Agony Tor help For what could
Aunt Agony who had never had
sweetheart III her dun Life.
possibly know of love and low
ers. Of marriage and az heart.
breaIs2 Nothing
No, Peggy knew that she had
TO thresh the whole thing out for
herself Her maria Sc to Ranns
- she saw IL, was chastity
failure had been CHASTITY fail
ure from the beginning almusl
from the end OF the honeymoon
And its high time that Is
made MP my mind either to Ave
Ranny free % run around he
pleases. = she told herself. as she
settled down under q lilac bush
IA shady corner of the park :
..sor To make one last Wild e1foTs
at holding him-@he was in love
with me once. why cant d
make him fall ia love with ma
again -
But how could aheG why. she
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An American Cooperative Group

TUE Americans cooperative community called estab
lshed ia Texas d 1sas r 1850 moved e Nauyoo Illinois
which been vacated he MomOns and 1851 vent q g
Adams county ID Iowa
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would ever be able g make
good :
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became Great RalIrodd BuiLder

rrENRY MEIGGS aSan Francisco lumber merchant who failed
n IN 1854 went o Chile and later to Peru and proved great
railway construction HIS greatest work the ArOya
Railroad over the Andes.
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SNDRoWNr

- The boss stentorian
oice roarded nenacingly from
me inner office, echoed and re-
perberated through the outer
room filled with clerks and stem
ographerss and struck terror into
the heart of him whose name
had been called.
49, Coming. sir" James Brown
hurried. InwardIy he was trem-
lii1g, He knew there was trou-
BE.
Arnold cashton, the boss, was
hitting gIaring. in his chair as
James entered. His face was
apoplectic color and hts chin was
working up and down as he en-
deavored to find control OF him
self. In his hand he was bran
dishing a letter. which he
sbrought down to his desk with
ia thump.
q You blankety blank, blank,
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Y-FREDl Just sUte1t he 1tosts
q iOnnted 10 succeed on Gc-
count 81 d certain pretty girl.
And net, az events proVed, be-
no fired had its contpeMsetiOns.
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PETTY DELAYS
HIS Squirt

Jess Petty, of Brooklyn and Los
Angeles. early season pitching SEN
sation of the major leagues, has
reached the pinnacle after a Ia
year struggle against sickness ana
bad breaks.
The giant southpaw hurler, VINO
has yielded an average Of only one
run a game in compiling flve-
game winning streak, last season
gave Wilbert Robinson little reason
to expect the brilliant pitching he
has contributed to Brooklyn's phe-
nominal rush. Petty won nine con.
tests out of eighteen, but finished
near the bottom of the National
League list in effectiveness, allow
ing 4.S8 earned runs a game.
Thus far this season opposing
clubs have reached Jess for only
three earned runs in AZ innings.
Teams have failed to score against
him in 43 of these innings and his
battling delivery has been solved
for only "a hits, an average of less
than five game.
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WASHINGTON AND LEE
DEFEATS MARYLAND

Maryland lost the second game OF
it's two.game series with Washing
ton and Lee. 3 to s. thus evening
up the court. Maryland won the
first in a walk. but the Generals
refused to be scared and they came
right beck for more in the second
game.
A single tally in the ninth inning
gave the winners their margin.
They made Is hits for "a bases,
which is considerable clouting.
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FAST
TO STEAL
BY BABE RUTH

NEW YORK, May III was talk
ing to an amateur ball player the
other evening about base running.
why it is, this kid asked, that
some fellows who are fast as the
dickens are poor base runners, while
other fellows. not half as fast, can
steal bases by the dozen?"
That's tough question. But, as
/ see it, the secret of base running
is keeping your head up and your
eyes open Fellows like Max Carey.
Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins get away
with a lot of stuff just because
they're able to think fast. And be-
cause they're always looking for
chances.
ANYBODY i'm the world can steal a
base now and then if he picks his
spot. OF course, speed counts too.
for the speedy fellow can pick q
lot more spots than the fellow who
isn't so fast. But tWO-thirds Of the
time base stealing is as much a
matter of judgment as 1t Is OF
speed.
as good as a pro when it comes to
running bases. But there are some
things any kind can learn IL he
keeps trying. He can learn to get
a quick start. That's just a mat
ter of balance.
And he can learn to take the
bases in stride. I mean by that,
clipping the inside corner, and
Judging his distance so he doesn t
have to shorten up in order to
touch the bag. After he's learned
that then he's got to get the hook
IIide down and that takes q lot OF
practice. But IL a fellow is inter
ested in baseball, it's worth the
effort.
There's only one way to learn
to slide. And that's practice. OF
course, it's naturally easier for
some fellows than for OtherS-but
nobody gets it without work.
After you've got all those things
down pat, you're ready to run
bases. After that it's just a matter
of keeping your head up, your eyes
! open and your mind on the ball
game. You can tell when a pitcher
started to let go of the ball, just
about where it's going. And when
| you know that, then you're ready
| to start at the first break.
OF course speed is important. But
| IL you're not speedy there's no need
being discouraged. A lot OF boys
1 who lack speed steal a lot. of bases
l just the same. It's because they
i know their stuff.
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Nomads Would Play

The Nomads, an unlimited base
ball team. desire to book games for
Sundays and holidays with any local
or out of town unlimited team hav-
ing field. A game is desired for
Sunday. For games, phone ]. ID.
Bland. Main 6400, branch 615, be-
tween a. m. and 4:30 p. m, or
write the above at Box 297 Airing
ton, Va.