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been wondering about and hating
herself for doing so.
Changed
She loved Martin. with all her
heart she loved him, and she had
been and was ready to make any
sacrifices for him. But-alas,
there is always a but---there were
other things Of which she had
not dreamed, little things. unsus-
pected things, annoying. There
was Martin, the same handsome,
muscular creature, whose strength
had allured her and whose very
roughness had won her love. He
had not changed, and yet he had.
He was not so kind to her: not
her help1essness. At times he
was even mildly contemptuous OF
her ignorance Of cooking and
housekeeping and lack of all the
attributes that a poor mans wife
ought to possess. His open an
noyance over her when he was
displeased over her ignorance OF
the value Of money hurt her.
And he hurt her untntentionally
in other ways.
She felt that sometimes he
wished he had not married, her,
or, to put It differently, that he
regretted having married her,
since marriage had deprived her
of her money Not that he felt
that he wanted any of her money
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for himself, but that he wanted
her to have Ii so that she might
have some of the Injuries to
which she was accustomed.
Differences
But the real disturbing factor
was the difference between Martin
and herself, their ideas and ideals,
the way he had been brought up
and she, and their lack OF COM
mon interests. She had been edu-
Gated at private schools here and
abroad. He had not even COM
pleted high school. They looked
at the world through different
eyes. He thought he had good
job driving q delivery wagon at
$50 a week. She-when she found
how little $35 would provide
thought it nothing at all.
Still she did not complain. Ar
line was not the complaining or
the self-pitying type. She tried to
do her bit. But 1t was hard to adj
just herself to this ham and cab
bage existence and a household
where no one took baths except
on Saturday nights. There was
much which revolted her, try as
she would to shut her eyes. One
thing, though, she could not I'M
derstand or forgive. Martin
would not shave every day. She
hated to see him with two and
sometimes three days growth on
his chin. And on Sundays he in
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Story Of Real Life
Complete in This Issue

promise, for often she Ionged
for him and dreamed Of him
and would have forgiven him
everything had he come to her.
But Martin never came. In
stead he started suit against Ar
lines father for alienation Of her
affections. The case was settled
outside Of court, and Martin col
lected q good sum. for neither
Airline nor her father wanted
publicity.
Ronald Atmore never regretted
paying that money. Martins &C
ceptance OF it definitely killed
any love for him that might
have remained in Airline.
I'm sorry was so harsh with
you when you married Martin.
said her father once, but il
was the only way could bring
you to see quickly that oil and
water don't mix"
airline bowed her head. But
she wonders now, though she il
happily married, what the out
come would have been had she
been able to bring Martin to
her home instead of going to his,
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sisted on sitting around the house
in his undershirt.
Little Things
Little things. all But enough
Airline had been married three
months now and she was begin
ming to wonder If Martin and she
would ever meet on a common
plane.
She missed her friends. She
missed-but what didn't she miss?
And now she was beginning to
wonder If love really were big
enough to make up for it all.
It was dangerous thought But
there was SO much complaining,
wrangling and pickering in the
Work flat. She knew that his
people did not approve OF her,
that they despised her In many
ways and that they were poison
ing his mind against her. II
only she could persuade him to
leave and take her to flat OF
their own. But he had told her
he would not do that until she
should be able to run the place.
She was not much USE" Even
now as she sat at the table, with
its red cloth and cheap cutlery,
in the hot baking Kitchen for the
evening meal she knew she could
never be the woman her husband
expected her to be. But he loved
her and she loved him and that
made up for the everything else.
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breath. was seated by the window
seeking a breath Of cool air,
which was not there.
The other occupant Of the room,
a stout redfaced woman OF moth
erly proportions was STOPPING
over a small cook stove and NUT
tering to herself. She, too, was
feeling the heat and her temper
was short. Finally, she spoke
out loud. I'D think, Airline" she
said, you'd want to help a body
gettin' supper. This Is for your
man as we'll as mine"
The girl rose and came over.
'ITl try, Mrs. Work." she said.
but I'm afraid I'm not much
use."
The woman snorted. mo, I
can't say you are. But a work
ing mans wife has got to work,
too. And what'n you do when
you and Martin get your own
placer"
Airline did not answer. She
had been wondering that herself,
had been wondering 1t for a long
time, ever since Martin had
brought her to this small flat,
and she had begun to realize just
what it meant to be married to
a man who earned every week
less money than she was wont to
spend on a single pair of shoes.
1t was not the only thing she had
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now she would ask you to do this.
You can give this last tribute to
her memory
Sandy pressed her fingers
against her cheeks, steadied her
self against the blood rising in a
sitting tide.
'No--I will not walk with him. 2
Her fathers green eyes, now
black. lit with anger. He thrust
his hands furiously in his pockets
and glared at Sandy. Then he
walked stiffly from the room.
She heard him thudding down
the long, narrow hall to the room
adjoining Alice's; heard his shoes
drop heavily --
She felt SICK with a cold, within
pering chill
Downstairs in the old salon
parlors, candles burned above the
coffin. shedding a gentle light on
Isabel's still face and folded
hands. The soft, wavy hair was
fluffed prettily against the satin
cushion
That vague, fleeing smile
seemed caught on her mouth as
though she rested happily here.
liking the graceful, violet robe;
liking the dignity and peace.
Gone
Would she ask this-that Sandy
walk down the. aisle with Ben
Murillo? Sandy touched the lace
at her mothers neck. All. yes
Angus was right. II Isabel could
speak, she would ask it.
And she would ask II, feeling
it her right to point out the path;
never doubling that the way she
saw was the right way Sandy
must follow it. Even from the
grave Isabel would now reach out
and demand this.
Sandy trembled. How complete
was her mothers belief in her
own infallibiIity. And how grtmly
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She ignored this attitude, taking
refuge In her old brazen indiffer-
ence. But she was crushed.
The whole house had an empty.
desolate afr. With Isabel gone,
there seemed no reason for keep.
ing the big, roomy place no
reason for serving three meals
q day, for washing towels and
mending socks.
Alice Melancholy
Alice became melancholy. She
went about with red lids and in
pair of old house slippers much
too large. She looked no more
destitute than she felt. She
would be expected to stay on
here taking her mothers place:
living out the remainder OF her
mothers life; caring for her
mothers husband as though she,
Alice, at 80, had no flaming
thought--I1o wild wish Of her
own
One afternoon blustery, April
day. Sandy came quietly up the
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ried. the. night before. But al
ready she was cut off, cast
adrift as he had promised. No
longer was she Airline Atmore,
the daughter Of a rich man. Not
even in name. Now she was
Airline Work, the wife of a poor
man, the wife of him who had
been formerly her fathers chauf-
feur.
ReprOached
She shuddered and then forced
q smile. What did she care If
her father had cast her off? What
did that matter? Did she not
have Martin and love? And was
not love worth everything else in
the world?
Whats the trouble, Kitten?"
asked her husband when she re-
joined him at their hotel, and he
noted the worried lines Of her
forehead.
Briefly she told him.
He laughed mirthlessly. KID"
he said, "I'm afraid there amt
Goin' to be no honeymoon"
NO honeymoon 1t was plain
she did not understand.
You've got no money, and I've
got no job. Honeymoons are not
handed out free"
"But-but wl1atll we do?' For
the first time there was fear in
her voice.
Reckon I'll have to take you
down to my folks in New York.
They'll put us up until / can get
a job. Then we can get a place
of our own"
A place of our own. Somehow
that was comforting. She caught
hold Of his hand and squeezed
his fingers and smiled up at him.
We're going to love each other
always and always?" she asked,
He bent and kissed her hand.
Always" he said.
And Airline marveled at the
wonder OF love which reconciled
her completely to giving up all to
which she had been accustomed
to take up life with a poor man,
q servant from her fathers house.
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Outside the sun was shining
mercilessly on the white hot
street. Waves Of heat were rad.
iating from the sticky asphalt of
the roadway and the air was
heavy with the odors of tar and
decaying garbage and the myriad
stinks of the slums. few feet
away from the narrow square Of
open windows occasionally passed
the noisy 81" trains. InsiGe. the
small linoleum carpeted Kitchen
was sitting and Oppressive and
almost unbearable to the thin,
lightly clad girl, who, painting for
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1t was severed now She lay
quiet and smiling. She would
smile on ultimately removed
from all their petty strife.
Sandy snuffed q waning candle,
closing her eyes. II couldn't do
it, even IL she Sat up now and
begged II. =
She walked with her uncle.
Bob Mcneil.
And in the newspaper was an
account OF the funeral with this
line: "Mr. Ben Murillo was not
in attendance, as he Is confined
to his home with an attack Of
'flu'. .
It was the last but one OF
Sandy's encounters with her nus.
band-the last but for the one
CHASTITY finish.
Her father said no more Yet
she was allowed subtly to feel
that they all thought her caJous
and her grief feigneds She had
played the traitor-she had re
fused what was In a manner
her mothers dying wish.
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Oil and Water Won't Mix

kET AM very sorry, Miss At
more" the paying teller's
voice was polite but firm;
I'm very sorry. hut We can't
cash this check Tor you. Your
account is already overdrawn."
''Overdrawny' The girls fine
blue eyes opened wide in amaze
meat, and her eyebrows arched
themselves in mystified surprise.
why, there must be some mis-
take. I deposited a large check
yesterday, my usual monthly
allowance from my father
eel know" The teller permitted
q note Of sympathy to dominate
his tones. But payment has
been stopped on that check"
For q second she did not COM
prehend the full import of his
words. Understanding then came
In a sudden rush. II see,"
she said bravely, and turned
away.
Already her father was max.
ing good his threat It was not
yet noon, and only two hours
since she had phoned him at
his office that she and Martin
Work had eIoped and been mar
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When he held her close in his
arms and kissed her she knew no
doubts or fears.
Summer gave way to autumn
and autumn to winter. In the
Work flat things were the same
except now airline was truly be-
ginning to realize what it meant
to be poor. She needed clothes,
and her heart was starved for
association with her own kind.
even then she would not have
complained had Martin not tired.
Even when they began to have
many uuarrels and when he
called her vile names, she stuck
to him. For she loved him.
But one day she discovered him
with a buxom blonde girl who
did not attempt to deny the
conquest she had made.
Then she left Martin. quietly
and without a fuss, and went
home.
Her father welcomed her and
forgave her and helped her to
divorce because she swore she
was through forever with Martin
and would never have anything
more to do with him. A rash
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stairs. She heard her oldest sis
ter. Madeline. talking talking
about her. She stopped and lis.
tened.
Madeline's eyes widened with
horrcv. Tears rushed to them.
She began to sob: You want to
be paid for taking care of your
mother? Oh. poor mamma! Oh,
II she could hear you say thati''
Sandy stood before them,
blanched and shaking. II don't
want to be paid for it. No one
could pay me for 1t. I'm not
going to be called moocher!
You, bringing your kids in here
by the dozens for breakfast,
lunch and dinner-making reg
ular slave Of Alice calling me
lnoocher!'
Essie put a set of old tortoise
shell jeweiry In brown leather
box. She said, frightened; How
would mamma feel IL she thought
we were duarreling already?
Quarreling over who took care
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she had enforced it. This sweet,
shallow, retiring personality had
yet gone through life with Ghs
force OF d juggernaut. riding
stolidIy over Alice, over Madeline,
over Sandy.
And now she was gone--but
asking that, even dead, their lives
conform to her wish. Close to
her were these children woven
nf her flesh. To themselves they
might seem unique individuals--
utterly new and independent be-
ings, chatting at the meshes her
love sought so continually to
t@ine about them.
Ghastly Finish
But to her they could never
be so separated. She was the
mother in whose thought they
had existed before they knew the
breath OF their own distinctive
lives: and in whose thought they
would always remain an intrinsic,
organic part Of her being. She
felt intimately, like the beating
OF her own pulse, this bond.
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and Bobby threw it down on the
pavement below to the Italian
who DOTTED his hat, looked up and
smiled.
Bobby was out in the street in
no time and soon came back with
a little pink slip of paper which
the bird had picked out with his
tiny beak and given to Bobby.
What is your fortune?" l
asked Bobby, laughing.
1T says" read Bobby. Be
ware of dark woman l guess
that's my teacher. 1 didn't know
my arithmetic very well yester-
day"
Bobby paused a moment and
then asked:
What kind of birds are they
anyway. Foxy Grandpa?"
They're love birds" / replied.
"but they really belong to the
parrot family"
IT'D love to have some" said
Bobby, land why do they call
them love birds?"
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Author Of 'tChickie, = sAnn,"
Ann and PhiP' and
Mora Lee"

tn a,aor,s,, ) J. e'-4ss : I" -
SANDY colored her astonishment
replaced Immediately with a chill.
n1onrnful bitterness He brought
clothes because she would pc
polntedsoul as Ben Mur1llo,s WlIe.
Sne must LOOK the part.
one shook OUT the coat ana iaia
= low assln careIuIy;
1.,nsu,s Ilu0Iea Win MS Walcn
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FOR their biz, comfortable flat.
THE landlord hadn't raised the
rent. but he refused any and alI
repairing If they didn't like the
nile gxeen and briclzy yellow tint
ing let them close their eyes "a
move
S. Judith bought several pack
ages Of a1abastine, experiment
until she had faint warmth Of
lavender ii the color.
And Douglas came over to help
They took one OF the leaves from
the dining room table, set i on
two ladders. With the can OF
Uniting between them they set ~
You must care 4 heck 81 .
lot Tor this dame. Of q Sandy,
Jude, seeing that you risk your
lovely hands for her.
Judith pulled on = great pair
of gloves and laughed with
bound Of Joy.
Why so. wench q
ssrTofhingts, But she thought,
thrilling: BY the same token
Doug, you must care q heck Of
lot for me. else why give up
three nights all Ii row
They talked Of so many
things love and when to get
married, and how much a fellow
needs and IL the girl should keep
on working Judith was sorry
when the room was finished
Now she went over 70 the
closet. There WAS little win
dow here. And It looked into
the kitchen Of the flat mex
door. Very often Judith stood
at this window, hiding behind her
coat when one of her sisters
came into the room.
Boyish Grin
II was o'clock. In this next-
door kitchen b small, thin woman
with 4 sweet, earnest fact washed
the dishes. And b boy with a
young, rollicIxing look picked up
three plates at once, wipfng them
absent1y.
He talked Something great and
exciting must have happened be-
cause he II1nched his head be
tween his shoulders and laughed
ioyously. Once Judith heard: Gee
Whiz think Of it. Emu
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

''They call them love birds" I
said, because they appear to be
so fond Of each other and always
stay cuddled up close together.
And it is said that If one of the
couple dies or flies away that the
other one pines away, too. in a
very short time and. dies from
loneliness"
Well" said Bobby, 'if ever
had a pair of love birds I'd be
careful to always keep the cage
door shut So that they couldn't
get out"
Bobby's birthday came along
soon after that. and the day be.
fore / went downtown and bought
him a pair of dear little love birds
in a bright red cage. / brought
them home, and the next morn
ing. when Bobby woke up, there
were the love birds cooling in
their cage on a table by his bed
You never saw such a happy
boy in all your life. He could
hardly wait to get home from
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school to see his new pets and he
decided that he was going to
train them to tell fortunes like
the ones on the hurdy -gurdy.
Bobby tended his birds very
carefully and never forgot To
change their water and give them
seed and keep their cage clean.
They should have been very hapf
little birds.
But / regret to say that those
two little, love birds, although
they did snuggle UP when they
went to sleep at night and some
times during the day. spent most
of their time in quarreling and
fighting!
II can't understand it," said
Bobby. II thought love bird:
would do nothing but love each
other.
Haven't heard something
about true love never running
smooth" asked Bunny looking
dreamily out of the window.
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TT WAS springtime and as
i Bobby and l sat by the open
window we suddenly heard the
music from hurdy-gurdy. Bob
by jumped up with delight and
Immediately gave me a fine ex-
hibition of the Charleston. Even
Bunny tried it and said he
thought he would introduce a
four-footed Charleston and that
he was sure il he learned to do 1t
well, he could win in any contest.
I lay back in my chair and
roared and at last the two little
dancers were out of breath and
went to the window for air.
why, Foxy Grandpa" shouted
Bobby. THAT hurdy- gurdy has
cage with two little birds in it
and they are telling fortunes.
Please give me nickel. I'll
throw il down to them and they'll
play longer and then can run
down to see them"
] tore off a corner of my news
paper, wrapped the nickel in it.
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"a Romance Of 4 Girl Forced Into 3 Love
less Marriage BY 4 Family That
Thought Only Of Money.

p her and i they got paid
They were all crying now.
Money Advance
But i few days later sandy
went through the living room,
where her father sat smoking.
she wore the new coat. He said
to her Why didn't you get 4
coat with fur on It, Sandy
'.Oh, I'd rather have good line
and good material than Lot Of
shoddy fur.
FOR d coat like that II
She knew that Madeline had
talked with her father
.sOh, don't know, she an
swered bIithely, turning that ho
might not see her face.
IA thought that she had cnsE-
ished since her quarrel Win
Madeline. she now spoke Isabel
had her life insured, didn't she,
Angus? I'm to get $500 40 NY
share.
yes when it's settled
Gould you advance If to mel
want Is 70 back to work
10 her establishment: es--O but
ven don't need to hurry.
She could scarcely breathe.
Childish tears went flying to her
evas. No place Tor her here.
They would be glad to- have her
gone .
She said laughing But 4 want
to-I'm In b great hurry SprlIlS
il the time to get the best Jobs.
CHAPTER IA
TNoR the hundredth time Judith
draped the gauzy curtains.
The room was ready for its srI-
chanting guest. Sandy would ar
rive in the morning.
Half Of the dresser drawers
were cleared for her and mali q
the hooks IN the closet.
Well have 81 pip OF time.
Judith thought, gazing delightedly
ct the windows, done after
sketch she had admired IN one Of
those magazines about homes
beautiful Brilliant eretOnne
shades and over these Turing wells
81 silver wolfe that toned il WITH
the soft gray walls, the ~ l1ole
offering b mellow background III
the fine old rosewood bed ana
dresser.
This set had come around the
Horn when the McEIeils were In
the lIeyday OF their glory. II was
greatly priced by Juditfss mother,
but when the craze for painted
furniture was at It's height the
two older girls refurnished on the
instalnent plan. The fine old
antiques were pushed contemptu-
ously to the basement whence
they were quietly rescued by
Judith.
They looked quainter and more
beautiful now with the walls so
delicate and fresh. These walls
were Juditt.s great pride. Tinted
them herself!
The Moores paid but $50 rent
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Sandy II Movies

Sandy soon win D. seen at
LOew's Palace. The FOx Film
Corporation already has started
production.
Madge BeIIanly, sI1orn VI her
luxurious tresses, has been
selected Tor the part 81 the
red-headed. bOb-haired. Naming
SANDY
SANDY win make her screen
debut while lie STORY 3 run.
ming hi The washington Times.
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Swift Adventure, Tingling Romance,
and the Thrill of Young
Love
The Story So Far

Sandy Mcneil in love with hfe marries Ben Murillo
rich Italian to please her impoverished family Tyranny by
MuriO and frequent quarrels follow dies at birth
Bob Mcneil her uncle aids in plans for Sandy and her
mother to take trip to Honolulu There she Ramon
Worth who her life in the surf On the
home he declares his love- Muo says he will release
her Judith Moore cousin, tells Sandy love everything
Murino overtakes her she goes for tryst with Ramon
He appears unexpectedly at party she giving for her
house and accepts the kindly attentions Of Ramon whose
home she shares She then accepts position in the city
spending occasional weekends with Ramon his home
She summoned home because Of her mothers illness She
meets Murillo and refuses to hive with him few days
later she and Ramon meet to say goodbye few DAYS
later Sandy's mother dies
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Climbers Lost All Sense Of Taste

EXPLORERS who attempted Everest the Hna
p Iayas highest peak ID the world that ~ g
altitude they lost all q taste al things being
without flavor
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The First Spanish Settlement

THE first Spanish settlement the New World La Navdad
fort built by the northern of Haiti in
January 1888 1t short distance southeast of the present
Cape Hatien