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formed herself from an Ugly Duck.
ling into q Swan, to say the least.
She gave Ranny q radiant smile
from under her 'darkened lashes
when she shook hands with him.
And her eyes followed his tall fig
ure as ne started up the stairs of
the little white house with her
bags.
"My dear" she said excitedly
to Peggy when he was out of
hearing, my dear. I've never
seen anything in my life half so
good looking as your husband"
For the life of her Peggy
couldn't have told you why her
heart sank at the words! But it
did.
1t was like lead in her breast,
as she led Babs Delano into her
living room.
Babs dropped down into a low,
lowered chair in front of the
merry CRATE fire that cracked
and sang in the CRATE. She took
out green enameled vanity case
and carefully rouged and pow.
dered her face.
Then she leaned back, crossed
her silk-stockinged legs, and lit
q cigarette.
Peggy Old Fashioned
Peggy could scarcely believe
her eyes, as she watched her.
She couldn't believe that this
handsome, worldly creature was
really the plain Babs Delano she
had known at Library School,
four years ago.
"Babs, If I hadn't been expect.
ing you today, I'd never have
known you" she exclaimed.
you've changed So"
BabS puffed long gray plume
of cigarette smoke at the ceiling.
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grandfather taught her when ne
took her out there, and although
she was a city girl, brought up in
the East. she soon learned the
way of that frontier country. She
became a good shot, and learned a
lot Of things that she never ex.
pected to know.
And she learned everything
about a farm. She even learned
to milk cows, because sometimes
that was very necessary when they
were without help on the farm.
zone evening, when she was
alone and had sent the man to
town on an errand, and grand
father was away, TOO, she went
out in the barnyard to milk the
cows. She went to the barn and
got the bright, shining buckets
and started back to where the
cows were huddled in a corner.
ut was almost dark, and as
she drew near the COWS she saw
that they were very much fright
ened. What was frightening
thena7
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; ing.room fire, his car swung into
the driveway.
Through the gathering darkness,
she could see that there was no
one but himself in it. But q sec
ond later a taxieab stopped In
front of the house,
From the doorway, Peggy saw
Babs get out of it. Then Ranny
Jumped gut of his own car, and
hurried across the lawn toward
her. He paid the driver who had
brought her, and gathered up her
three hhEdbaga,
She heard him explaining TO
Babs how he had waited for her at
the station and missed her, some
how. They were both laughing as
they came up the walk and into
the glare Of the porch light. y
mo wonder he didn't recognize
her" was Peggy's forst thought
when her eyes fell on Babs. For
Babs had changed miraculously in
the last four years. She was al
most handsome.
Her hair, that had been oily and
dank as an Indian squaw's locks.
had been .bobbed and permanently
waved.
She haG always had good fea-
lures although her complexion had
been bad. But someone had shown
her how to color her lips and
cheeks and to shadow her eyes
with brown powder so that they
looked large and soft
Her clothes were no longer as
terrible" as Peggy had described
them to Lolly. They were simple
and clinging and delicately fra.
grant with some kind Of spicy per.
fume. In short, Babs had trans.
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little closer to Frank, I'D IKE
to have that. she murmured. =
s'pose you couldn't spare E7''
.'MaffIeFs protested jim.
Frank. flushing rather pink.
LAUGHED ana glanced AZ his
brother. who nodded
Accept this portrait 81 Frank
Pemberton from me, with Owens
blessing! said Frank, placing tie
picture in Mafalda's hauds. The
portrait of Poor Man, to q era
cious lady. You'd better leave Il
here til It's dry. I'm glad You've
got 1t.
'.she set it gently against the
wall, and turning, halted before
another picture that hung cppc-
site. The Mortified JIM won
dered II she were going to ask foF
everything IN the room.
"Who,s this? asked Mafalda
The two brothers laughed.
shat. said Frank, ''is our
father"
"Your fatherg exclaimed Ma
falda.
she stared at the portrait.
charningly executed III paste, of
4 handsome aIad distinguished
looking elderly man with q pointed
white beard.
MafaIda eyed the portrait keen.
~, shot q glance at the two boys,
and winked at Jill.
stYou can't kid meg' said she.
eve seen his picture before. with
his name under tin the news
papers. I never forget face 0r
d name. And his Is Richard Perm
berton, isn't it? Doesn't be own
q steamship liner
Frank nodded Several" he
laughed, hes m Engiishmau.
too
sAnd he is your father?' aid
Jill awe-striclken.
Then have youp two young
idiots qtlarreled with hinl7" cried
Ma3alda.
s'Quarreled with him? with
Dad! It couldn't be done, said
Frank emphatically. No! Two
years ago we informed him we
intended to devote our lives 20
music and art. we refused to be
d burden on him.. SO we came to
New York"
what did be say" gasped
Matte.
He was disappointed, replied
Owen calmly. he wanted me to
90 in for shipping and Frank for
banking.
TO BE Continued Tomorrow
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"All women have changed the
last four or five years, Peggy.
she said slowly. We've All taken
to doing a lot of things that we
shouldn't do-painting our faces,
smoking cigarettes, taking a
cocktail now and then. and other
things"
Peggy shrugged her shoulders.
1T don't smoke or drink" she
answered rather sharply. II
guess I'm old fashioned"
She frowned, as she wondered
what the ''other things" were
that Babs didn't mention. She
wondered If one of them was
falling in love with other WON
ems husbands.
Ten minutes afterward she saw
that that was exactly what Babs
was doing.
When Ranny, in a clean shirt
and his newest necktie. came
down to supper. she turned her
chair toward his and smiled at
him flirtatiously.
$50 1 don't look like my pho.
tograph, Ranny?" she asked him
so coyly that Peggy could have
slapped her face.
Ranny shook his head. You
have two eyes, one nose and one
mouth" he said. $50 has the
face in the photograph. That's
the only resemblance / can see"
Babs rose, with silken swish,
of her skirts, and picked up her
photograph where it was stand
ing. propped against silver vase.
Suddenly she tore it in two and
threw the pieces down on the
dancing flames In the CRATE.
That picture was taken when
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the Second down to the living
room. "Of course, you'll have TO
meet her, but how viii you know
herr You've never seen her and
cant 90 with you, because it's
the baby's bedtime"
Then Q sudden thought struck
her, and she laid Peggy the Sec
ond In Ranny's arms, and ran up.
stairs to the attic. There, in her
old steamer trunk, she found the
thing she was looking for. A pho
tograph of Babs DeIano.
Ranny groaned when he saw 1t.
'WheW. she certainly Is some
flaming mama" he exclaimed,
half shutting his eyes as IL the
them.
Peggy couldn't help laughing
at him. she isn't half as home
ly as this picture" she said.
She really would be good looking
IL she fixed herself up a little.
She has nice features, and you'll
like her. She's just as smart as
a whip"
A Grin from Ranny.
Ranny grinned. Shed have to
be smart as mustard to get away
with q. face like that" he an
sWered.
But at o'clock he left the
house on his way TO meet Babs
Delano. He had her picture in
his pocket.
Although / don't really need
IT," he had said to Peggy, when
he kissed her good-by, "IIl just
look around for the homeliest
woman in sight-and that will be
Babs, know"
At o'clock, when the baby was
in bed. and a cold supper was laid
on the tea-table in front of the liv-
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my grandmother found some.
thing in the barnyard once. 1 re-
member her telling me about it
when l was a little boy
Bobby halted his step, looked
up into my face and asked:
win you tell me what she
told you, Foxy Grandpa?"
Il WILL" replied, and we
walked up on the porch and sat
down in the swing.
You see, Bobby" started, at
was q long while ago that this hap
pened, when nay grandmother was
a very young woman. She and
grandfather had just been married
and they went out West to start
housekeeping. Although the place
where they lived was near a town.
1t was right in a wild part of the
country and there were Indians
and all sorts OF wild animals in the
surrounding, country"
Gould she shoot o gun, FOXY
Gfandpa?" asked Bobby
That was the first thinE that
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She looked around, and at
first she could see nothing. Then
she heard a growl. She looked
over in the corner of the barn
yard and there was a big, dark
animal. She gave a gasp of ter.
ror as she saw 1t was a great.
big. black bearw
Mercy" exclaimed Bobby
Did she run to the house to get
her gum"
She didn't have time" re.
piled, because the big bear be.
gan to walk toward her.
What on earth did she do?"
cried the boy.
Grandma lifted her milk pail
high above her head, and with all
the strength of her young arms,
she hurled 1t at the bear. She
hit him right on the nose! Then
he turned TAIL. jumped the fence
and ran off whimpering into the
woods"
II bet she carried her gun after
that" said Bobby. looking very
serious
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"CUESS what / found out in
Va the barn" exclaimed Bobby,
running into the house one morn
ing,
"A birds nest" ] replied
NO." declared Bobby. TN
give you two more guesses."
"A big rat" guessed.
You're not even warm"
| scratched my head and
thought a minute, and then l
said:
kittens. Brand new kittens"
"A brand new spotted calf"
cried Bobby with delight. You
must come out TO see it,
Isn't that finew said, end
went out in the barn to see the
latest arrival on the farm. And
the mother cow was just as proud
of her new young son as Bunch
Is when she has q new family of
kittens. And the little spotted
calf was something to be proLd
of, too, ] want to tell you.
As We were coming back TO the
house ] laughed and said:
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things they once longed 30 much
to leavei They save their money
to buy 4 little home in the ccup-
trywfth flowers and lawns far
away from the noise and lights!
Many Of them marry a man who
Is not an actor and joyfully leave
their career for q home and
children!
And perhaps they would ray. to
these girls who long so much for
what they are ready to leave:
Stay there, my dear! Success
Is just q disappointing 1etolIr,
which, II 1t succeeds, will bring
you right back to where yOd
are?'
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MAFFIE nodded at her. And
U1 I'm going to take you to tea

MAFFIE nodded at her. And
U1 I'm going to take you to tea
with those Pemberton boys"
II don't want to goE' quayered
Jill.
"But I'll make you go!'' replied
Maffie. You aren't going to stay
here alone and worry"
In the curtained garnet with its
two angIed windows. on the top
floor Of the little street which
abuts on the back Of the alley sat
two young men,
One was perched on the piano
stool. The other, seated on the
edge Of the deal table in perilous
proximity to some coffee cups and
an empty sardine can, had an easel
before him and was painting and
what Is more, painting weIl-a pof.
trait Of his brother who sat at the
piano. The pianist was touching
lightly at muted notes, and jctting
down quyers and semi-quavers at
q little desk attached to the side
Of the battered old instrument.
Presently the youth who was
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not satisfied with all the world
at their feet! They are probably
miserable because some certain
one man Is MOTT
Why does beautiful and tai
ented and successful star allow
drink to get the best Of herr or
take to drugs? Or succumb to
jealousy?
these early dreams?
No! But something IN her
world Of fame and glory is want
ing-7and this Is her way out!
The successful, at the height OF
their careers, seem happiest when
planning 70 return to the very
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two boys live up here All alone?'
she added, looking round.
Rather! said Frank. And
there isn't a little paradise to
beat 1t in all New York, even
when we're broke. .
Maffie looked at the sketch Of
! Frank on the easel, her eye lit
up, and she gave 4 faint gasp.
The portrait was mastery;
Owen had not merely siyetcled
his brothers face: he had put
the boys soul down on the
canvas.
NY! that's clever. Amt Il
like him? And don't his eyes
speak to yon?" She moved
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get into picture Of q play, but
never in their dreams Of fame and
success do they think how much
depends on whether the show is .
hit or a failure! And how. some.
times, before their letter gets back
home telling OF their good luck
the luck has changed the show
closed ana they are on the look
againi
Some few Of these girls do
finally arrivel Actually climb to
stardom, but even then 1t isn't
the place of peace and happiness
and content they pictured long
ago! 1t Is q tottering throne
always apt To collapse. They. are
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He shook hands with her warmly.
Soon they had sorted them
selves out as II by instinct Owen
was beside Jill: her blonde pretti-
ness and charm appealed to him.
Frank sat at the feet Of Mafalda,
feeding her with cream puffs and
exchanging verbal salIies as. sharp
as her white teeth that bit rather
greedily into the pastry.
Jill didn't want to come till
made her" said Maffle. "She had
the sulks, and when Jill has the
suliSs, instead of shaking II off
and seeing company, she sings
hymns! Funny, amt it? Do You
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I was 20" she pputed. "and I
declare it makes me look older
than am now. at "a"
At "a Peggy stared at her
IN blank Amusement. She knew
that Cabs waa 30, if she was
q day.
She saw then what had hap
pened. Babs had fallen in love
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York or California! And they soon
find that there u much detail in
these castles In Spain which their
imagination failed to provide. They
did not include the blistered feet
that trot from agent to agent and
from studio to studio and from
manager to manager!
They do not dream Of the disap-
pointing days and the despairing
nights, when everything seems
hopeless and oh, how good 1t is to
think OF home!
They did not dream how good
sympathy can be-untiI they find
themselves far from anyone who
really cares what becomes Of them.
And some Of them do manage to
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flashed q challenging glance at
Owen, and held out q slim olive
paw.
Pleased to meet you" said
Maffie. VIII you paint me?"
Gwen Admires Jill
II shall be delighted" said
Owen grayely, and turned to Jill.
His eyes lit up with a much
deeper interest. For a moment
the two looked at each other. q
little shyly. Jill thought she had
never seen such dark, dependable
eyes in the face OF a man; there
was a strength and protection
about Owen that appealed to her.
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OF opposites. She is much more
in your style, Owen, for you are
dark and commanding and mysteri.
Gus. But the other"
Two Opposites
1.-THE Tiger Liiy?''
''Mafaida! She's the most fascIn,
ating little demon aliveg' exclaimed
Frank.
It's against all our rules. bring.
ingA girls up here" said Owen.
They always complicate matters.
The deuce knows what viii
come OF It. Is jim the girl we
often hear singing across the
court?''
As Frank nodded, the door
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with Ranny, with the suddenness
and recklessness Of an old maid
when she finally does fan in love
land she didn't want him 70
know that she was older than Ne
was. Hence the lib about her
age.
lTa BE Continued TonlOrroW.l
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BY Fay King

HOW many pretty, ambitious
H girls are sitting somewhere to-
day hating their hometown and
longing for Broadway or Holly
wood? Countless numbers, you
may be sure!
Their one dream is to get away
--somehow-and seek for the
fame and fortune that reads so
beautiful in the magazines and
Sunday sections!
They have no eyes for sunsets
or fields Of daisies! They would
fly to tind Happiness" where ''op.
portunitv" and romance" aboUnds.
Many Of them do come-to New
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swung open. Mafalda led the way
into the garnet. She made her
entrance with the assurance Of
an actress. Jill followed her,
timidly.
welcome to the Robbers
Caver' said Frank. Miss Seaton,
this is Owen Pemberton, painter,
lyrist and the best brother that
ever lived. Owen, be presented
to Miss Jill Seaton, whose voice
has made the alley q garden Of
song-and Miss Mafalda, who win
one day set the teeth Of all the
present movie stars crashing with
envy,
Maffie moved forward. She
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TuiEOrs, Electric Dummies

TaUMES that their heads lips and by means OF
within them have been devised by
tars displaying their and attracting
trade.
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GO e Continued Tomorrow.l
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Meet MafaIda,
Heroine Of
Serial

little closer to Frank. I'D IKE
to have that. she murmured. II
s'pose you couIdn't spare it7''
s.Mafflety protested jim.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-30
By Robert Fuller

Visitors to New York will soon
have an added sight to see, for con-
struction work on a 110-story office
building, the highest in the world,
will begin within the next few weeks.
The super skyscraper will tower
1908 feet above sea level. 1t is to
rise from the Times Square section,
and will front on Forty Second street
between Eighth and Ninth avenues,
only a few blocks from the "cross
road of the world" as Broadway and
Forty Second street has been termed.
This huge office structure, to be
known as the Larkin Tower building,
together with the $4,000 square feet
of ground it will occupy, is estima-
ted to cost $22,500,00O. The value
of the ground was said to be $4,500,-
600.
From rentals the builders expect
to obtain about $3,0O0,OOO yearly. It
is to be ready for use in 1928.
This sky-piercing tower is resigned
to show the stern and simple beauty
of the American skyscraper. 1t will
be of steel, limestone and brick, with
q granite base, Vermont marble for
the first story and Indiana limestone
for the second and third stories of the
Ferty-second facade.
At present the highest building in
the world is the new 85-story Book
Tower in Detroit, but the Larkin
Tower Building will be nearly 800
feet higher. 1t will be 416 feet high
er than the 60 story Woolworth build
ing, now the tallest in New York.
Sixty high speed elevators will
serve this new super-skyscraper. Two
of these will be expresses ascending
without a stop to the eighty-second
story, from which four shuttle cars
will take passengers to the 10th
story.
The three upper stories of the i'm
nnense structure will be given over
entirely for sightseeing purposes.
From these the visitor to New York
can see the busy streets Of Americas
metropolis spread out below him.
Excavations for the foundation will
be in the rock forty-eight feet below
street level. The building will rest
ON a heavy grillage embedded in an
eighteen-foot reinforced concrete
slab, estimated to bear load of thir-
ty five tons to the square foot. De-
signers of the building say less than
90 per cent Of this capacity load will
be used.
No attempt was made to design the
building as the tallest in the world,
declares John A. Larkin, of Larkin |
Brothers, builders.
eve simply endeavored to provide
the greatest amount of permanent |
light and air to the greatest possible |
proportion of floor area with a sur
plus of elevator service" he said. |
"The projected building came natur-
ally out of these conditions"
The site will front 226.1 feet on
the south side of Forty-second street |
and will run through the block to a |
frontage of $50 feet on Forty-first |
street.
Of the 1,450,000 square feet the
new structure will contain, $4,000
will be rentable. In this respect it
~ be surpassed by only three others,
Gae new Graybar Building under con-
stEuction in New York, the Equitable
Building, also in New York, and the
General Motors Building in Detroit
Thousands will visit the new build
ing daily on its completion, it is said,
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and will marvel at is as visitors once
did at the Flatiron Building, now al
most back number. The wonder of
this new Larkin Tower Building may
pass too, but for the time, it will be
one of the sights to be seen in New
York.
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Out of the Mouth of Father
Teacher-What is the meaning OF
the word "matrimony," Robert?
Robert-Please, miss, my father
says it isn't word; it's sentence.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-03-18
BLOWING ROCK ITEMS

There was an old time square
dance at the Watauga Inn on last
Thursday night, given in honor of Dl.
Alfred Mordecai and all of the young
people enjoyed themselves very much
and the music was wonderful made by
Messrs ]. NJ. Foster and Mr.. Denys
Loudermilk.
Mr.. G. M. Sudderth went to Knox
vile last Thursday and purchased a
handsome new Franklin car.
Mrs. W. L. Alexander and two
children are visiting Mr.. and Mrs T.
H. Coffey for few days
Balnhardt-Seagle Hardware Co. has
rented the T. C. Robbins building and
are going to put an up-to-date hard
ware store here, which will open in
the next thirty days.
The Southern Bell Telephone Co.,
have their engineers arranging for the
building of their lines to BLOWN
Rock.
Mrs. Profit who has been teaching
at the Blowing Rock graded school
resigned her position last Fliday to
join her husband who is in the real
estate business at Asheville.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Klutz
baby boy on Sunday evening.
Mr.. N. c. Greene made Il business
trip to Lenoir Monday.
Mr.. Robey Adams of Boone was
inBlowing Rock Monday and told Mr..
G. M. Sudderth that he came up to
the bank to renew MIR. Groundhog's S
note, that he had asked for three
weeks more time, and we hope Mr.
Adams and the grounding will bring
Us better weather if they have any
thing to do with the weather.
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HODGES GAP ITEMS

Do you know that over $10,0e0 Of
real estate has changed hands during
the last two months at Hodges Gap.
The latest transaction was handled
by Smith and Gragg of Boone, they
having purchased John Green's farm
at handsome price. Just watch
Watt and you will see where to place
your money where it will bring you
a quick dividend. Also Bill Ssargil
purchased 20 acres. Mr.. P. c. Wike
and Monroe Gragg purchased from
Bill Sturgill the old store building
in Hodges Gap and putting in goods,
In addition to this and various other
assets we have dog kennel, chicken
ranch, corn mill and hospitality ga
lore.
The latest report is that they are
progressing fine on Grumblers FITCH
way leading into Hodges Gap.