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; was to her. Was she a coward
herself, she, Mamie Mcguire, that
she would stand in her boys
way? Into her eyes crept sacri-
fetal light and strange mist
that was not tears and yet in It's
piteousness and grief was more
poignant than tears. Danny"
said she softly.
He did not hear. She raised
her voice. Danny"
He looked up and the smile
with which he always greeted ner
leaped to his lips though his eyes
were still distantly focused and
filled with dreams.
Danny" she said slowly, in
an effort to sound convincing,
''I've grown tired of playin the
grand lady. I'm thinkin' of
goin' to work, just as you're
thinkin' of goin' to war
Ma" he cried, in dismay anc
confusion.
Don't deny it! Think I can't
read you palmer nor book!
And you'd be fine son if you
weren't wantin' to. You're want
in to be soldier an If it wasn't
for me you'd a-joined up already.
l know that, Danny. Well, I'm
not goin' to be in the way.
Argument
He had sprung from his chair
and had rushed over and had
folded her in his arms. You're
not in the way! You never
were in the wayp'
''Ah, Danny" she said Groom
ingly, there's many a woman
as would give her eye teeth for
son like you. You're a brave
lad, and that's why you're goin'
to do as you wish. ."
She had to argue with him
long and to do a bit of white
lying to convince that work was
what she needed, and that the
job she had found was ideal,
and that there was nothing to
keep him from volunteering. One
sentence finally did it, one
sentence with her head cooked on
one side and her old gray eyes
twinkling challenge. Tell me,
Danny" said the willy old darling,
are you afraid?'
Danny threw out his chest
and clenched his hands. You
know I'm not!' he Numbered,
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mouth with an insfnuating THE
Kid ia the office again? Rich.
isn't he9p
Hes got d wonderful job there.
Things don't cost much.
Alice, raising her eyebrows and
her lips: Well. far be ii from
me to- discourage your little In
trigue. kid! II you ask my advice.
I'd say, Make the most Of your
opportunities Better to have
regret in your life than vacuum Il
And Sandy would flippantly re-
join: No monopoly on regrets,
Ally, ole dear. Why don't you
go out. and acquire a few?''
At such illusions to her age,
Alice became morbid and shrew-
ish: wen. ii were % and
knew what | know today" She
Haunted down the hall, that
shoulder blade of hers sticking out
pathetic and accusing
Sandy would fold up the gift,
all her anxiety, her foreboding
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:
kindness but rs though she. had
read Of it--as though he were re-
moved from her. And the. thing
was ended. Il
Now. standing In the garden
this sense OF remoteness, OF
isolation from these tempest ous
days, encompassed her She felt
quiet as a nun.
Alone AT Night &
often ii the night. sitting alone
with her mother, this causeIess,
poetic sadness filled her. But the
next day she would be. fevered
and restless. She would whisper
to herself in agitation: This
isn't going to last! It CANT.
last!'' She meant the duilness
the depressing emptiness. Then
her dreams would sail buoyantIy
to heights Of romantic adventur-
ing as they had In her giElhood.
She went in nov and filled the
hot water bag. Isabel was cold.
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and young and splendid and
clean.
"A fine boy; good son. =
thought Mother Mcguire, and
sighed to herself in the fashion
of mothers since time imme-
mortal. "A good son.
Dan did not hear the sigh. or
turn to her with his ready smile.
1t was the third time that eve
ming that he had not noticed.
Never before had he been so
silent. though OF late laughter
had gone out OF him and dreams
had come into his eyes. Mother
Mcguire knew what was stirring
in his heart, knew and had been
afraid. He was all she had in
the world.
Life had been hard, cruelty
hard, to Mother Mcguire. As a
young girl she had come to the
States and found domestic en-
ployment which she left to be-
come the bride Of Tom Mcguire.
a good lad, but with weakness
for the bottle. After that there
had been misfortune and hard
luck. Tom had died, and three
OF the six children born to them.
There were left now Jim and
Peter and Dan. But from Jim
and Peter she never heard. They
might be dead for all she knew.
Neither had ever been much
good. Only Dan remained. Dan
the baby and the pet OF her
heart, Dan who loved her and
wanted but to make her days
easier and her life happy for all
the sorrowing days she had en-
dured. And now Dan wished to
go.
Wanted TO Be Soldier
She had guessed it before, his
secret. 1t had been shining
from his eyes that day when he
read in the papers that America
was going to war. He wanted
to go to war. Ard she, his
mother, did not want him to go!
She knew that 1t was knowl-
edge Of this which was troubling
him, just as she knew that
were il not for her he would
already have joined the colors.
1t was for her he was holding
back. She knew that in his
heart Of hearts he considered
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enfolded her like the repuIous
perfume Of The garden.
March three months since she
and Ramon had stood here, the
rain pouring on tlaeIn--l1is wet
lips pressed on hers. Sometimes
she awakened at night with
vision of their two forms drencted
and shadowy, confronting her
from a dream And IN the routine
OF the old home with the cooking
! to be done. dishes to be washed,
Isabel to be served. the whole
episode of the cottage at Carmel
now seemed a romantic. incredible
fantasy.
did it happen? Was it all
real2" she would sometimes
whisper. Then the mail would
bring her a gift--a brief message.
Ramon was in China. Every
few weeks he sent her some rare,
beautiful treasure. Alice would
lean over her shoulder, snap her
tongue against the roof of her
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. himself a coward and that he
ought to go, yet his love for
her was so great that he did
not wish to cause her pain.
We're he to join up, who would
take care of her? lie had not
let her work since he had found
his first job. She was not
very strong She knew he would
ask no sacrifice of her. What
right had she to ask him to
make sacrifices for her?
Had he not always been a COM
fort to her? Had he not always
thought Of her and for her, so
much so that even now he had
not voiced or limited at the dreams
which were in his breast. She
knew he would never leave her
as long as she needed him; as
long as she seemed helpless; as
long as she should want him to
stay.
Mother Gets Job
But had she any right to keep
him? She knew the answer to
that. 1t was No. And yet, and
yet! She loved him, she wanted
him near her, she dreaded the
thought of him over there in
France, perhaps wounded and
hungry and thirsty, perhaps even
dead -" No! No! A thousand
times no! She would never let
him leave her. He was her sole
support; her all in this world; her
very life and being.
Again she sighed and looked
across at him, noted the deter
mined line of the chin, the splen-
did contours of his neck and face.
A fine lad! A good son! The best
in the world! Could she give him
up? But If not, why had she
that morning. while Dan was at
work, gone to an employment
bureau and found job? She
was to begin the following Mon
day-if, if her courage did not fail
her. and she were able to tell
Dan. That was it. She had to
tell him. She could not allow
him TO ask.
He might never ask. Yet he
wanted 10 go. Why wouldn't he?
Didn't every brave lad born of
woman always want to go to
war when his country called?
And America was calling to Dan
and all the other Dams who were
as dear to their mothers as hers
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and depression returning. Like
this morning. when there came. A.
shawl from Cathay brilliant
thing with background OF green
embroidered IN soft, rich hlles Of
lavender, blue and furnished gold.
The green was like b light against
her red hair and sllad owed eyes.
Ramoll,s note said Dearest;
you love these glowing things.
Your old one that YOU got from
your unluclSy cousin, that lovely
Spanish girl you told me OTIS
worn to thread. Besides, why
should her unhappy mantle fall
on you? Wear this. And may
tbs slooR shine sweetly through
year grapevines. May it shine on
us. I love you more
In a flood of tenderness her
thought went out to him. She
saw him, bronzed. vital and
laughing. Yet always with an
other--not herself.
She remembered his gallant
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hid her face III her mothers
hands. She looked up Death
like = cold, gray shadow went
over Isabel's face.
CHAPTER rs
k<xZoUR husband brought
these. Angus Mcneil catpe
into Sandys room and laid an
armfnl of clothes on the bed lt
was very late the night before
the funeral 1iooix at them a'sla
see Il they're III right.
Her black bengaIine with the
white errdine collar and cuffs
tlree-piece suit new just before
ale ran away. And the small
black hat with d bunch or white
aigreffes on the side.
Her three sisters were In the
f,fn front room the mother
room. They we're sorting out
Isabelss clothes and her few
Tnev sat st 8 table before the
bid marble uaantel In the quaint
fireplace framed with iron mold
ing the logs cracked.
Madeline said: Well. what does
she think she's going 10 DO [
wondgr2 Surely she cant expect
to stay on here nnoOching On poor
papa. With all the bills he has
to pay now
Alice. curling her lip: IN
sure she's welcome as Tar IS I'm
concerned. MnrillO seems to ne
about the only man she couldn
work You wouldn't tina aaa
forking over 800 and telling me
to set myself some clothes
would You
You don't mean to say she
paid 500 Tor that coat
Eighty Tor the coat ana so
for the dress The poor lid hash {
got rag"
Eighty dollars for that coat
and not 8 scrap Of cur on III She
must me insane.
Sandy sped III like 3 flash:
.sSuppose Il am insane. Maddy2
What's Il to your u my father
wishes me to have d coat what
1T to you2 After six months
working on 3 twelve hour o day
shift here I guess I've earned
500 worth Of clothes. Don't
forget I gave up my job where I
earned my own keep and came
down here because my father
asked ii. And don't forget thar
I've worked night and day here
and saved the price Of = trained
nurse!
Go Be Continued Tomorrow.
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"a Romance Of 4 Girl Forced Into ! Love
less Marriage BY ! Family That
Thought Only Of Money

Her hands and feet were icy.
SANDY went I'D the dark, creaIK-
! ing stairs. running her hand alone
the old red Iiicrustra.
All the LANDING, she heard Isabel
j g1oaklirIg She ran
Her mother raised her hand
!. mir from her forehead. Her
head nv hack Oh the pillows the
mouth open.
Bt1f she heard Sandy step and
made q faint effort ito smile. ~.
the pretfiuess was gone from the
plump, soft face. The eyes had
haggard. troubled look. But this
faltering attempt to smile sent
rush BE tears to Sandyss eyes.
was ] gone long, galubchilk1
/ had TO make the fire, Are you
very cold ~
she touched her 1notherse hands
ana was terrified, The fear was
stnayvirag All tn 3 time like 8 small,
i've thing on andysS heart
When she saw thai blue OF her
mothers Iipg she told herself
FITS been that way its no
worse.
Then slle listened III her noisy
breath. no l0slder its just
the san1e!'s
But the hands and Seet were
Jumps Of lee. She chafed them.
) She put the bag against them
ran down stairs and filled bottles
with hot water.
she was afraid to return She
didn, want to 50 back to her
mothers room. ~ dried the
~ - 49,
tearing up the Poor Isa-
bel poor little d lei LETT alOne
there with that look Of fright
IS he's sweet. shallow eyes.
Sandy leaned down sand whig-
pered III her mother GEAR: Are
Won In pain, darling
isabel shook her head
sandy stared at her mother:
She told herself slla King: She's
dying Lord. shes dying. ia
better call them
But she stood moti0nless, her
1 mothers hands gTipped on hers.
II cant leave her
isabel wished TO speak. She
raOtiOned Tor Sandy to st0op.
Sandy kissed her. She touched
her n1Other'a cheeks. Do you
want ANYTHING
va don Z leave eme
don't 20 away again. You were
gone long too long
oh. mother 40 .
Isabel braced herself. her hand
fIfnRtn wildly up to her fore.
head Sandy ar you happy
happy as can be-
Sandy took those cold hands
and held them against her breast.
She said IN q stricken, hollow
tone: sTIl call Angus mother,
do you want Angus And she
was so frightened she could
scarcely move afraid lest
isabel would pass and she there
with her alone. The cold hands
against her breast made her
think Of the baby-tfat little
child 81 hers who lay 80 quiet
and so still against her heart.
she said. Mother. wall And
fancied again that vague, faint
smile on Isabelss lips. .Mothern
Sandy dropped on her knees,
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Author of ssChickie, ? aAnn,"
Ann and PhiP' and
Nora Lee"
By EIenore Meherin.

He wheeled her about, holding
her there in the darkness and
downpour. He crossed his arms
about her shoulder, brought his
wet face near to hers. That's
not true. Sandy. It's not true,
Sandy, darling. don't want TO
hurt you. I don't want to make
you unhappy. came tonight
because I was driven with long
ing just the longing to see
you-to hear, perhaps. q single
word-jlIst a word that you
cared-cared a little.'s
She kept her face down. The
rain sh0wered on her neck. It
raced IN chilly trick1es down her
back Her feet sopped up and
down In her soaking shoes. And
she was now crying.
Look at me, Sandy. Tell me
IL can help Il that love you.
I'm willing to go away--t0 leave
you alone. Only let me hope1let
me keep hoping. Cant you do
that?''
1T won't do any good. RIA
mon-if you would only see
I don't want to see It. Oh,
I mustn't hold you here in the
rain. I must take you home.
And this is the last time we
may meet for a long time,
Sandy q long time"
They reached the gate leading
3 to the back garden. He fol
lowed her IN. Wait, Sandy, -
he took her hands. They were
icy. He kissed them. "A year
remember? Sandy. you're not
sorry for all that followed?"
Don't make me sorry for II,
Ramon,
'Will 1t make you sorry be-
cause 1 keep on loving?"
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Sandy n Movies

SANDY so5n win Be seen "A
Ioswss Palace. Tie FOX Film
Compensation already has started
proamction.
Nladee BelInxiy, sIiorn q her
luxurious tresscs, has been
selected for tlle part " tlse
.hend I'D. bob haired flaming
SANDY
snndys WIN maIke her screen
debut While me story d run
niiIg ii The Washington Times
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" ROUBLED were the eyes OF
old Mother Mcguire. trou-
n bled and worried as she sat
In her big wooden rocker and pre-
tended to knit. On the other side
OF the table from her sat her son
Dan with a paper across his
knees and pipe in his mouth.
A fine outstanding lad with blue
eyes and dark hair and an open,
honest face: a lad Of 10, strong
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CHAPTER ~


CANDY went softly through the
- chilly old house. She made d
wood fire in the stove and set
the iron kettle over the flame.
Waiting for the water to boil,
she stole down the porch into the
old. neglected garden, palpftant
with the nlurnurfng hush OF the
night. The moon SWAN In q sea
OF jade, and all over the vines
went a ghost like silver lambency.
She moved toward 1t in q
dream, head uplifted. FURNISHED
hair in the moonlight framing
her face like nirnbus. She put
out her hands, awed and trem-
uIous in the stilIy radiance.
This night In spring this
warm, quiet night and she here,
quiet as the darkness, still as the
leaves. She looked up at the
moon now floating away in lu-
minous clouds. Three years ago
she had so watched the moon IN
the mountain garden where Ben
Murillo took her the night of her
marriage watched the
moon and felt all happiness: all
youth. drifting away in q golden
mist.
She watched it now with smiling
lips and eyes filling. A sadness,
yearning, pervasfve and causeless,
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Grippe

Now when the germs Of
Grippe abound, Physieians
advise keeping the bowels
open. Constipation pOisOnS
the blood, lowering your ne.
sistance TO the germs of me-
6ecticus diseases.
Constipation d dangerous
for anybody. Nnjol Is safe
for everybody. Il doei not
affect the stomach and % nOt
Absorbed BY the body. Med
ical authorities approve
NniOl because if 10 20 safe,
% eentie and - raturd II
II action.
Nuiua mlalpee 90 foe O dakesancy
Il nafural iubricaaf n tiae in1sop
aines. L oofaem ths waslN masas1
and then psrmils ti.mDngh a1
regular bowel naovemaAlD wiGfh-
ct gripping.
Nuiol ca b ealnsn Eoe anY
tenReh Of time wiGisout u olSaeaa.
Unl7ke laxaeives, 4 dOes not fr2
. habit and en- Be dise0nlnls4
e amy ema.
Ak your dEuia fr N4l
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OF him who awaited her. Danny,
who. unbeknown to her, had been
killed In action the day before.
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Then she sank back. She
was gone to her great reward.
gone who can tell!-tO the arms
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The Second Largest Diamond

TIME second largest diamond in the world IN ne 1ags
fontein Excelsior the Orange Free state Sousp
rica June sol weighed 971 carats y 1904 n ~ c
into ten stones.
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KneD Bible History at Tue Years

CHRISTIAN HEINRICH HEINECKEN, "child Of
Lubbock his Germany, noted for his
extraordinary preocousness At he knew Bible history at
three French and Latin.
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NOlD Go On With the Story

The rain dripped from his hair
to her face. He wiped II off and
laughed. Put your arms around
me, Sandy. I'm going away. Just
put them around me. You don't
mind II I hopelet me keep
He leaned down, his eyes dark
and beseeching. She reached her
hands to his neck. She kissed
him. her heart tightening oh
be glad. Ramon-can't you laugh
any more?n
II can now. = His wet arms
folded her to him. His wet, cold
cheek touched on hers.
The rain sWiried about them.
That was the way they parted.
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Swift Adventure, Tingling Romance,
and the Thrill Of Young
Love

The Story So Far

rich Italian please her impoverished family Tyranny
Murio and frequent quarrels follow dies at birth
Bob Mcneil her uncle aids in plans for Sandy and her
mother to take trip Honolulu There she meets Ramon
Worth who her life in the surf the
home he declares his love- Mio says he win never release
her Judith Moore cousin tells Sandy love is everything
MuO overakes her she goes for tryst with Ramon
He appears unexpectedly at party she IS giving for her
friends After the party he strikes her. She leaves his
house and accepts the kindly attentions Of Ramon. whose
home she shares She then accepts position IN the city and
boards out spending occasional week ends with Ramon at
his home She is summoned home and leaves Ramon prom
ising to marry him when she is free At her she
confronted by MurlIO who asks her come back She
refuses Then she receives ring from Ramon with
saying "Cood-by.''
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-24
DUST SHIELD MEANS
CLEARER RECEPTION

There is much about the action OF a
radio set that cannot be seen and much
radio theory at the present time is
based on the action of invisible par
ticles of electrical matter that probably
never will be isolated and placed in a
glass case for exhibition.
In many cases Of trouble with ra-
do receiving sets the cause Is some
trivial thing that escapes the eye and
on account of its minutencss is hard
to believe responsible for disrupting
the orderly scheme of things.
1t is a we'll known fact among ra-
do engineers. for example, that sets
in service will become noisy and lack
selectivity and volume from one cause
alone-the accumulation of dust and
dirt particles on the plates OF variable
condensers.
Radio currents do not like to make
quick turns or go around corners and
will always attempt to escape from
sharp points on the surface of con-
ductors.
A shield Of celluloid or other proper
material prevents absorption of energy
and therefore does not cut down the
working efficiency of the set in the
lease. The front and back Of the
shield are composed Of metal, thereby
shielding the condenser against body
capacity effects noted when tuning.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-24
WRITER TO LISTEN
TO DISTANCE TESTS
EN- ROUTE ON CRUISE

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Paul Nc
Ginnis, well known radio writer and
editor, who sailed on January Goth
on the S. s. Laconia on a round-the-
world cruise, has been appointed an
official observer of the. international
Radio Week Committee to listen for
American and European and South
American broadcasting stations in the
international radio broadcastins tests,
January Oath to 30th.
Mr.. McGinnis, who will have charge
of the radio entertainment during the
cruise, will be fortunate in being be-
tween the North and South American
continents and it might be possible for
him to turn from North American
broadcasters to South American sta
tons in the hours preceding the tests.
The results of his attempts at list
ening during the tests will be compiled
and will be available for radio engi-
neers who are making a study of the
distance possibilities of radio com
munication with existing equipment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-24
SHORT WAVE RELAYS
PROVE BIC SUCCESS

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 2s.-Success
Of KDKA's experiment with short
wave relay apparatus in putting its
daily evening concert on the air fore
shadows n time when this method Of
transmission will be used generally for
relaying programs from one station TO
another in Westinghouse short wave
relay system.
Instituted about one month ago, the
short wave relay system, operating on
81 meters, has been used 20 transmit
the regular evening concert from 6 go
to O'Clock to stations KYW, Chicago .
WBZ, Springfield, Mass, and XXX,
Hastings, Neb. The same program also
is broadcast on KDKA's regular wave
length of 300 meters.
At the above relay points the con
cert is rebroadcast, each station using
its own particular wave length.
As result of the successful ex-
pertinent. music from Pittsburgh st
the several in-between stations goes on
the air with as much volume and
clarity as il il were being played di-
rectly at the relaying points.