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Derk," she laughed, you simply
/ took my breath awayr'
met your grandfather and he
happened to. tell me that you'd be
on this train. had to speak to
you, Jill, his voice was low now,
do you understand? Before you
marry Jim Weaver he waited
a moment, but she did not answer
nor look up. IT made good In
big way, Jill. That bungalow you
Nsed to talk about have II
waiting to be occupied. White and
low with a little inner court. cool
and still except for the splash Of
a little white fountain. I can
make you happy, Jilly, dear, I
can give you all tho good things
Of life."
Milestone
mo, no." she stammered feebly,
helplessly, nervously pulling off
her gloves, you know what parted
US, Derk. Your gambling"
He laughed softly, triumphantly.
Dear ckild, IL / had not gambled,
taken, a big chance. would + have
the money now to give you all
the things you've longed for?
put every cent and more In this
last transaction and won't He
drew her hot little hands in his
cool clasp.
Her face famed. mo. no. she
protested weakly, but 1t sounded
like yes, yes"
"You can't marry Jim, jill dear"
Derk was talking earnestly neqv.
II met him. q few months ago.
He was down and out. Lost what
money he had and hadn't the
nerve to borrow. Wouldn't even
accept a ticket home from me.
He confessed that he was wash
ing dishes at one Of the big
hotels. He tried to laugh 1t off.
Well, a man alone can rough 1t.
but he can't with wife tied to
him. You understand. JILL, dear,
don't you? You'd be a milestone
tied around his neck"
She drew her hands away and
folded them in her lap. Her Lead
sank a little as If in shame, but
her heart was not pounding, In
fact, a delicious sense OF peace
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NOlD 60 or WIN &c StOry

: safe: as though nothing would
happen now to infringe on the
hush and calm.
Cut OFF Completely
Sometimes moving about like
this she would feel Ramon's pres
ences She would open book at
would see his brown, laughing
eyee turned on hers pleadingsly;
She would feel his hands: she
would seem about to emerge from
the shadows whispering: love
you. Do you care? VIII you
carer She walked more quickly
upObtrusiye. They came and van
1shed. they did not alter the feel
ing that she was now cut Oft
completely, with an utter finality
from the whole world Of her
former life: the feeling that M1-.
rillo. his house. her friends. even
her mother and Alice were now
showed utterly from the sphere OF
her life.
She wondered. what had hap
Yet she dreaded the moment Of
EC#CAtIbA0AAs Af 80
Down from the house was an
immense field and this was now
spIashed with the first golden
radiance OF peoples. In an bid
coat OF Ramon's she walked
through this. Quickly because
the flowers were so perky and
bright like friendly little fairies
they made her feel the nearness
Of q happy world.
Letter From Alice
Beyond this field were the
rocks. the white sands and the
sea. Alone here. gazing exuItant
and sad at Point Lobos jutting
into the waters, she said to her.
self, I'm happy She took deep
breaths OF the singing air, pre-
tending to ignore the pinching at
her heart.
It was Friday. There would
be a letter from Alice. Ramon
would forward It. Surely here
now. He would direct 1t to his
box under his name. She had
the key to this.
But she went reluctant She
took a long, farewell glance at
the waters marching SO blue and
splendid to the shore. She
thought, I'D like to stay here
always-aIways."
The letters were there. She
rushed breathless back to the
house. She said impatientIy,
Get down, Shaggy-down," and
put her feet lightly on the dogs
back while she tore the envelopes.
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From the beginning You nave
not seemed "a understand tllest
as1Irations. You seem TO have eIl;
ferkd marriage as lightly a. YOU
entered fIirfatfons.
sBut / VIM remand You thar
vosi cannot end ft in this casual
y,sss,,sser 4 hive Kent sacredIy The
feYTsaS IL otIr contract. require
o1slv thaf Won do the same. II
ssnss have ANY IInnerInx thought
~ i res,ara ION. SIfsnliss It You
~ 80 49, 800 f,.tnnA II, f11ld
Is. q, 49, 49, 5000 &
you y hl.s ~ ~ ,,. ,,.,asss :.
a.. ss.,,
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NtAsnlm AtlEntS
N would also inform you that
u !. -. .sv.. s husband fl,a riaI,t
49, - 49,, 3 ,.',.,,..
~ correct nis VIE WI nSk ss'vAA-
duct Is ungeemly. Any impartial
i,Ydea WI admit that 4 man NAV
y,s,l,,t 80 .t., I,ie M fl,e eIanc6rr
81 smoking and drinking and al
wise Ia matters q propTiety xou
nans ~. v ., He e.,ss 81, ~
ala last saturday. was within
my rights ana can prove 4.
pq VII galn nos g D1s l l.s
49, ts 10. tisIs
II aIn willing to overlook the
entire incident 70 wipe II out
Completely. when you return
you VIII find welcome. I be.
.Iieve YOU acted on an impulse
that Won now regret. And T
shall overlook the anxiety you
caused me and receive you bacik.
s snan . 49, lo y, 1nss ,assa,
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Jim, trying to measure exactly
how much they could give me and
now I'm going TO see what ! can
give! can give Jim encourage
ment. cheer, sympathy. my unfail-
Ing faith in Airp and my Lover
his suit . little shabby. but his
At the station there stood Jim,
his suit little shabby. by HIS
face beaming. ready to sweep jill
In his arms. Nothing mattered
now EXCEPT that they were to be
married on the morrow. Jill
glowed with sense OF victory.
victory over herself. over. Grand
father Bohart, though his
triumphant chuclkle was rather
puzzling.
Jim's AIIbi
''You know. honey Jim ex-
planned that evening. 81 haven't
that white spanish bungalow. i've
had rather a hard, time Of it.
You see. l. didn't know thing
about real estate and lost every
cent I brought with me IN q
couple Of months. Just wiped out.
I was up against It for while,
and because I had to- eat, took
the first job / could land dish.
washing. Well. / got a job in a
hardware store soon afterward
You see, that fellow who bought
my store was Hate in his last pay
ment, that's why i kept writing.
asking you how he was gettirgx
along. A couple OF months ago
he sent the money at last, and.
believe me. left real estate alone.
I've started hardware stors Of
my own. and. Jill. with the build
ing going on here. I'm doing more
business in one week than ibid in
half q year in my old stores
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me out Of Jim! Oh, why am I
SO easily influenced"
mo, Jill," her grandfather told
her gently. If you'd really loved
Jim, you would have married him
before he made good, or you'd
have let him stay up here where
he belongs. He had a fine hard
ware store and he worked hard
for years and now when 1t was
just about to yield profits, you
made him sell out. How about
his success in Florida? Is he urg:
ing you to come DOWN."
"You ought to read what he.
writcs!' AS matter of fact Jim
had not written one word Of max
ing good or Of her coming down.
He wrote a good deal about being
homesicls and asked how the man
who bought his business was max.
ing out.v Didn't Derk Stevens
clean up in Florida? They say he
made lot Of money in some big
deal. and hurried out Of the room
before the old gentleman could
reply.
Jill was upset. Was Grandfather
Bohart going to talk her out OF
Jim? She might be married to
Derk now II he had not told her
about Derk's gambling. She flung
the thought away, afraid Of it.
I'm sick and tired of this town
and all the people! l don't want
to settle down in an ugly little
frame house. don't want to be
snow-bound six months in the year:
/ want a darling white stucco
bungalow all splashed with sun
shine and roses! I want to pick
oranges in my back yard and see
a distant top of palm tree. L
want to meet new people glowing
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with enthusiasm. Derk could give
me all this. But Jim viii give it
to me and much morer' she told
herself ficrcely. I'm going down
III telegraph and start tomorrow!
l must before Grandfather changes
my mindv'
Grandfather to Blame
The two aunts with whom Jill
lived could not go along so It was
decided that Grandfather Bohart
should accompany her.
After tremendous rush-of shop
ping and packing, Jill found herself
on the train. trembling from excite
ment. a queer, unsteady feeling in
her heart. Why had Grandfather
told her that he had met Derk on
the street the night before? Why
should she feel so upset about 1t?
Had Derk come North purposely
to see her? And she was going to
Florida to marry. Jim. Perhaps
she had acted too impulsIvely.
Maybe she should have waited to
hear from Jim. Oh, Grandfather
Bohart was to blame for all this!
She closed her eyes in a futile
attempt TO blot out her thoughts
and when she opened her eyes she
blinked, utterly bewildered, not
believing what she saw.
But there he stood, tall, brown,
his dark eyes smiling down at
her, Derk Stevens. II thought you
were asleep, Jill, his soft. pleas
amt voice made her gasp, won't
you shake hands?" He took her
gloved hand between his own.
You're not cross that I'm on
the train, are your"
She drew her hand away and
made room, for him to sit down
beside her. lit isn't my train,
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At II I phoned: Has saniy
come home yet?''
l At IL I pl1oned and before
had the ''heiIo'' out he yelled:
She's not here!',
said: Whats the meaning Of
this. Ben Muriilo? I'll notify the
police. Has Sandy disaDpeared?''
He banged up the phone.
Now It's Wednesday mOrning
and he's just stailxed out OF the
kitchen. He came through the
grape vines a few moments ago,
timing II so that I'D be here aloha.
He walked right up and Missed
in my face. Yes, she's disap-
peared! Did you know about It?
Where is she?"
My cue VISA to look horror
. stricken. Disappeared What in
the name Of God do you mean
He turned sickiy yellow. lust
that. She left Saturday night and
hasn't returned. You say she's
not here. found out this morn
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ing that shes not with May Ar
liss Where is sile?.'
Well. you can believe III gave
him all he was looking FOR.
caught his shoulders and shook
I him, the shrimp! said: she left
Saturday night? Ben MuriIlo, did
you do something viIIainous to
her after we left? Did you force
her to walk out? Admit II, or
I'll make IL hot for you.
He yanked himself free. almost
choking with anger and alarm.
I'D advise you to keep your
mouth shut IL you've any regard
for your sister. She's not gone
very far without hat or coat or
money!
You sent her ont like that?
II didn't send her" He said
this and began claWing through
his pockets. He brought out an.
envelope and dropped II on the
table. II didn't send your sister
away and / suspect you're in
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ing the glow in the bowls ats
almost a year since was here
ana then Jim Weaver was hang.
ing around this house good bit.
And the time before that, seems
to me. you imagined you cared a
lot for that Stevens fellow"
jill flushed angrily. She did
not want to be reminded Of Derk
Stevens. Hadn't she been per-
fectly happy with Derk until
Grandfather came along and
pointed out all his bad points?
"Jim's gone down to Florida to
make good. Grandfather" Jill
ignored the reference to Derk.
Eyes. I heard you sent him."
the old man said bluntly.
"I did," emphasized Jill with
little toss Of her head, "I fairly
had to talk my head off to con-
vince Jim. You know how I
always raved about Florida. I
just long to live in a warm eli.
mate. Finally got Jim to sell
that sIow-movipg hardware store
and go, and as soon as he's made
good, I'm going down and marry
him! He's going to buy me a
white plastered bungalow, built
on Spanish lines with a little in.
ner court! And I'm going to wear
summer dresses all year round
and"
Pants Stricken
"Just a minutew interrupted
Grandfather Bohart, "young lady,
you love Florida, not Jim
Weaver"
Jill laughed in tolerant amuse-
ment but she thought panic
stricken, Now he's going to talk
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0y EleuOTG WIENER AALs
Author Of "Chickie, " Ann,
Ann and PhiI' and
Mora Lee. "
GIVE stacked up for a week.
But I'll be back with clothes
and letters for you before that.
Terrified and Alone
She put on LONG coat OF
Ramon,s. They went for q walk.
the dog romping ahead, rushing
back to follow for few moments
at their heels No one win dis
turb you. Sandy. But IL You
meet anyone or anyone calls at
the house you can intimate that
you're a writer You won't have
any trouble. There's q typewriter
there. So you can keep on with
your practiclng. .
He looked at her a little sadly.
Every day you viii be walking
here. Sandy. Every day III be
thinking OF you. I wish we were
alone IN the world. Does It seem
70 you now as though we were?
NO. oh, It doesn't seem that
way to met
he left. she sat before the
dwindling fire. the dog on an old
rug at her feet.
She could hear the humping OF
her heart-hear it thump above
the boom OF the waves. She felt
alone noW-terrified and alone.
She sat very still. staring at her
clasped hands. She said to herself
quietly: What's to become of
you? What win become Of you
now2.
CHAPTER LIV
CANDY stood in 3 Swallowed cor
~ ner Of an Immense room. IShe
touched the hooks on shelf;
studied the candiesticks before an
Immense Buddha. From iler POI
sition she could glance from the
window framing that wind blown
cypress. It might have been the
last. forIorn tree Of earth so alone
It appeared: so Isolated there on
the rocks against the vast, level
waters. A tree on the veey out.
posts OF the world. She smiled
imagining this-she and the tree
and the dog the only living things
on a hayward shore.
Removed utterly from all human
ntaets-dwelling In elemental
quiet. She drenched herself in
this sense OF isolation. She whis-
pered into the pulsfng stiffness:
"Alone-I'm here alone" This
filled. her with a subdued, melan-
choly peace. AS though she were
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Sandy IN Movies

Sandy soon win Be seen a
L.oew Palacs The FOX Filli
Corporation alrcady has started
production.
Madge Bethany, sllorn 81 her
luxurioaa fresses. has been
selected for me pArt of TIE
red.Ilendsd bob-haired. lIaming
SANDY
sandy viii make Ilense
debut While tie story 4 run
ming III The washington Times.
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A Romance Of Girl Who Was Forced Into LOveless
Marriage by Family That Thought Onlyin
Terms Of Luxury

He cfouched on the rug, burrow-
ing his head between his paws
and eying her with tolerant ptiz-
Element.
1t was dated TUESDAY. mid.
night. Through four pages Alice
bristled and fumed Finally was
this:
Went to your former home the
moment your Letter came this
morning and I'm atili shaking
with fury I'd like to kill that
Murillo shrimp. Needless to say
didn't get your clothes, and Z
doubt IL you'M ever set them.
Scared Stiff
The part that makes me wild
Is this he came snoOps
ing around here Sunday morning
as though he'd been on d seven
years bat. You.can realize that I
wasn't in q mood TO be very civil
after his attitude Saturday nigl1f
or course / never dreamed what
had happened after we left. I'd
certainly have knocked him for
q loop and stepped on him. But
he said, very casually; Did Sandy
drop In here? She said she might
on her way from church. z
] said, MOI but you're welcome
to-. wait. He wiped his face,
mumbled something and DEPART
ed. dare say he was scared
stiff because you hadn't spent the
night here. never dreamed the
real state OF affairs. or believe me
I'd have been panicIxy.
Monday ] phoned to know how
you were. He answered and said
you were out. Then 4 called
again this morning before got
your letter. He answered NagaAl1
and said: She's out. So 4 take
it he's been sticking close TO
home waiting for you to return
and frightened into fits.
This afternoon / went there, in.
tending to grab your clothes and
anything else that might be useful
to your. Ida wasn't in. Your
husband twas. This = the CONVEX
sation WE had:
Door Locked
where's Sandy?"
Your husband. white as q sheet,
answers: shes out.
OF course ] had the goods on
him, so / said: Seems to be out
a great deal lately. Where y
she2'
Il don't know"
sat myself down, picked up q
magazine: I've got to see her.
She usually returns about dinner
time, doesn't she:'
"She doesn't do anything in the
usually manner. I'd advise you
not to wait. She may not come
till all hours.
I nodded at him, and before he
knew my intentions I started up
the stairs, calling to him: III
leave afnote on her bureau.
But your door was locked,
Sandy. Think of It, he'd locked
the door. Was he afraid you
might come back and try to get
your things?
I beloved at him: 'Her door
is locked"
He answers: els that sou
So / came down pretty mad. I
said to him: What's the matter
with you? Have you killed her
and locked her dead body up?r
Gosh, never saw anything
look sicker than he did when /
said that. His eyes got starcy
like the eyes OF a dead fish.
She's probably locked it. nave
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Swift Adventure, IInglng ROMANCE,
and the Thrill Of Young
Love

with her. she probably came
here Saturday night Where elss
Maybe she went into the
Re rave 4 whining kind Of
laugh: mot very likely I'm leaNf
il1u fl1ie letter Tor her with you.
When vou Sc her IA advise you
is Give Il to her IL ycuy know
where she q, mail i to her. ~
WIN open her eyes 4,
SIS I'm enclosing the letter ana
I'm lust bursting TO KNOW what
nee ssnf IN aIay Please have the
decencv 10 let ME know. s..
Tsrn Going 70 dash out to mail
fl,ia now and I'm going ~ your
hnlSra fo make another try 10F
your clothes. Write me ever e
thing
SANDY tore open the letter rom
Mnrillo. She read ia DIS
Wrapping her from head % AOos'
Chapter 81
nRUR1LLO'S letter laid down
me terms tor sandyss SUR
rsT,S,eF This he seemed to be-
1sav@ would be swift and 1nevl-
ralIe. size would forget his hand
sfrIIxinr against her. She would
even cortcede that her errors alone
&, reanonsfIoIe for his viOlence.
SiS.s read II. q Wild heat In her
u,iT,6 she Whispered: Cod How
! I hate him ..,s.s
the paIxe tightly before tler. This
- -
fters your cQnd Uck RI Sattar1s
49, nfgi,t YOU ioub kiess fear to
return. i am writing this 70 say
that my house ~ open 70 you.
You may come back You VIII
find the door open and no anger
cherished for the reckless manner
Or your departure.
Is your husband 4 feel Il my 7
duty to give YOU this chance %
keep your marriage vows and 70
remind you that those vows are
for life. wish % safeguard you
frona the consequences Of your
.Iefiance, and folly
You probably are In q frame
mind now To appreciate the
ease and comfort Of the home ]
have made for you. Il - still
yours. You need only make up
your mind to conduct yourself
as q wife should. There VIII be
no quarrel when yOll 90 your
part.
Binding Power
ct Is. 4 year now since you
have refused all wifely obliga-
tons, though you have not hest
tated 70. demand fIloye han wi
PRIVILEGES. Looking back yp:l
probably VIM Teai ne that the
benefit of this reIat tonshl are on
your side. the burdens on nkne
You probably will see that your
refusal to accept all guidance.
your determination to shirlx you
manifest duties, are responsible
for any and all unpIeas antness be 4
tween MS. bore with you In the
first year Of our marriage be
cause Of your extreme youth.
r believed that you would learn
to appreciate the gravity Vf the
step you had taken: that YOU
would come to realize marriage IL
a life contract. ! arn still waiting
Tor this awakening.
Ny motives In marrying you
were the highest. Aside from Fay
emotional regard. which was great.
wished to found home; /
sought q mother for my children.
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Gain Needed Weight
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Cod Liver oil would do Just as well,
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cod liver oil tablets made by McCoy's
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There's more vitamines Of the first
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and take on good healthy flesh after
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Be sure and ask Peoples Drug Stores
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For grown-ups they are just as won
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MccOY'S COD LIVER
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q key. hi open it for you ana
you can. leave your note.
Perfectly Furious
So we went up. our heels click
ing very amiable-liIse. He opened
It and stuck In the room. his
arms folded. while I faxed q mes
sage to you. OF course I couldn't
grab your clothes then.
So this evening at nine
phoned and at ten he got per-
fectIy furious and shrieked: She's
not come hOme!'
I screamed back: "WeII where
Is she?n
81 don't know
Hasn't she came In since this
afternoon?'s
She's not come in since this
afternoon!"
Sometime. may have happened
to i1er."
"Nothing's happened to her.
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stole over her, a wonderful feeling
Of security. @
"Jill, dear. you're cryingT
She brushed the tears away and
looked up, smiling, From sheer
happiness, Derk. In suddenly SO
overwhelmingly sure that I love
Jim! Just now another astonish.
ing fast flashed on my brain. All
my life, 1t seems, have been
weighing men, weighing you and
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In This Issue

That's why / haven't had time To
] set that bungalow. but maybe
you'n be Just as pleased to run
around and find it for yourself. s.
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GrGndfGther BokGrt had a pro-
Peasity for 6utting into JiLPs Love
affairs. He separated her from
Dert and no1U he doesn't like Jim.
However, fate and the young men
rescue Jill.
GRANDFATHER BOHART
VI stuffed his pipe leisurely and
then when Jill struck a match
for him, he lit II up with great
ceremony. Yes" critically exam
AnNERYiREMENH
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Terms OF Luxury
What Has Happened SO Far

Sandy Mcneil in love with LIFE marries Ben Murilo =
rich Italian to please her impoverished family Tyranny by
1ulo and frequent Quarres follow dies at birth
Bob Mcneil her uncle aids IN plans for Sandy and her
mother take trip Honolulu There she meets Ramon
Worth who saves her life ii the sn on the
home he declares his love- MillO says he viii never re-
lease her. Judith Moore cousin tells Sandy love every
thing Muro overtakes her she goes for tryst with
Ramon He appears unexpectedly at party she Is giving
FOR her friends After che party he strikes her She leaves
his house and Ramon Worth who drives her to his
home and overwheims her with his kindness.
NOlD Go On With the Story
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Tlais Day Il or HISTORY

gIIs L lie anniversary 81 birth 1863 81 simon New
comb who ofessOr Ct natheaIs e ops
o INV condcted invaluable Investigations He occupied
high place ii /scence. Re died il 1909