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swered her. She had thought she
was unconscious. but the blue eyes
opened and she droned out a ques.
ton In a slow, drowsy voice:
Does an appendicitis operation
cost a lot?"
Now. don't you worry about
that" answered Sally, fiercely.
Wen take care of that" Then the
lump in her throat choked her
again and made her stop talking.
Outside in the street there came
the clang of an ambulance bell.
If you need any money, ask
John Nye for IT," Miles voice
ran on monotonously. He'll lend
you anything-for me-"
Mrs. Sloan came bustling into
the room. 1.-The ambulance is
here" she said, all importance.
Here, Sally. wrap that blanket
around her when the men pick her
up"
But Millie shook her head. my
pink bathrobe," she gasped,
wincing as the white.uniformed
doctor slipped his arm under her.
Her vanity never deserted her,
even in her hour Of danger and
agony.
The last glimpse Sally had of
her showed her pulling her soft
yellow hair into little tendrils over
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desperate step. She said In q
whisper:
Il want you to like me-"
You want me to like your"
He was still staring, still looking
at her in amazement, in utter
disbelief.
His gaze held her, but it held
her for one instant too long. Sud-
denly she felt she had cheapened
herself, and she despised him for
having been the cause of 1t, de-
spised him and her own traitorous
heart.
She got up swiftly, she heard
him call to her, but she was hurry
ing as if her life depended on 1t.
Her senses seemed to swim in q
mist. The next moment she was
out of the gates, and had pushed
her way through the crowd. She
was afraid he would find her,
catch up to her, but when she
reached home at last and realized
that now he couldn't, her heart
was like lead.
She began to sob even as she
undressed. She was still crying,
with her head buried in her pillow,
when she heard Georges step on
the stairs. Then she stifled her
sobs. and lay pretending she was
asleep, as George softly opened
the door and tiptoed into the room.
CHAPTER 81
For George the evening had
been equally full. All that after.
noon she had thought Of one
thing only.
Ernest Brooks had offered the
chance for color and excitement
and a new fascinating life.
She thought of him with closed
eyes as she sat at her desk. A
smile touched her mouth. He
was good.looking, distinguished,
interesting. Shed be proud Of
anyone like that. She must be
in love with him, or else how
could she admire him 30 much?
And yet perhaps she wasn't in
love at all, or she wouldn't hest.
tate like this. OF course his de.
mand was a strange one, but
then he meant what he said. And
he was right; things were differ.
ent today. Girls did what thew
wanted, had love affairs, and no
one thought any the worse of
them.
To BE Continued Tomorrow
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She looked away suddenly, looked
across the black water, with the
streaks of moonlight lying on it
like sword blades, the swans NOV
ing silently on their slow round.
He must know. he must under
stand! Her heart seemed to pound
so loudly now that she felt 1t was
audible.
A little tremor ran through her.
But presently she looked at him
covertly and quickly. His eyes
were on the ground. He had not
even noticed. He was blind-blind
and deaf. Must she tell him
bluntly to make him realize?
II never thought much about
love before" He was talking as
If to himself. But you know
I've been pretty lonely. All my
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cigarette from him with a nervous
gesture.
What do you mean?"
IT mean. you're still in love
with George of course"
Gosh, Ann, you're wonderful.
The way you read my mind.
But-but I'm not in love with
her"
You keep thinking about her,
Bill-you've been thinking about
her all evening"
He seemed grateful for the
chance to talk, to unburden him.
self with confession.
II don't know whats the mat.
ter with me. I swear I don't.
You see, last week 1 thought
everything all out. I saw it was
useless, and / gave up. was
blue until did that. And then
It was easy. 1t was just as If
I'd never liked her. I felt cheer.
full. too. And I wondered why it
was used to lie awake at nights
and think about her and-and
things like that"
But, Bill, you've been thinking
about her tonight"
II know I have. When she
came into the restaurant, 1 saw
her right away. You didn't know
that, did your"
"Oh, yes, I knew"
Did you?" He looked astonish.
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relatives are out West. And when
l fell for Georgia, we'll it made
things different somehow. l wanted
to work and make lots of money
/ don't care much now"
'But-but George isn't the only
girl in the world"
He looked up, little startled.
Funny, your sayinug that! I al
ways thought you wanted George
to like me-"
well. I've changed. I can
change. can't II"
Her voice was unsteady. He
had noticed It now,
What do you mean?"
She tried to answer and could
not. Then she turned slowly and
deliberately. The moonlight was
on her face. on her eyes that
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And Sally knew that it would
have been the same. no matter
what girl Beau had married.
why, Mother, he was at the
house last night to show US his
car" she reminded her mother.
gently. Don't you remember?
He and Mabel had steak sand
wiches out in the kitchen"
But Mrs. Jerome refused to be
comforted.
"Somebodyd better telegraph
your papa" she said suddenly,
with q sniff. After all, Miles
his child and he ought to be
made to pay for this operation
and If Miles going to die he'd
better be here anyway. I'll wire
him myself when I get home"
A nurse came into the room.
"Miss Jerome's out of the operat.
ing room and she's still uncon.
scious," she said, looking grave
and pleasant at the same time,
as nurses manage to look. Or.
Ambleside is sure she's going to
get along all right, but he'd
rather no one saw her this after.
noon. So If you'd like to go"
She held open the door that led
into the whit,-walled hallway.
Wen telephone you If there's
any change" she added in that
same half.cheerful way, and went
rustling down the hall with her
stiff white skirts rustling like
autumn leaves In the wind and
her rubber heels making no sound
on the cork.covered floor.
All the way home Mrs. Jerome
scolded because she had not been
allowed to see her own daughter,
and because DR.. Ambleside him.
self had not come down to the
waiting room to tell them that
Millie had como through tbs
operation safely.
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scornfully. jealous Of q bird like
that! No. I was just sore at seeing
her play around with him-that
was all. And then when she turned
her back and wouldn't look our
way-I don't know how to tell
you-but just felt-I just felt"
He stumbled hopelessly and
ended his words with a gesture.
II know, Bill. 1 know" And
Ann was sorry for him, and sorry
for herself.
Gosh. you're a good sport, Ann
to listen to me rave on like this.
You certainly are sympathetic.
You're wonderful-that's what
you are"
"Oh. I'm nothing-it doesn't
matter-I-Id do anything in the
world to make you happy"
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burned up into his.
He stared hard at her. His
hand went up awkwardly, and
brushed his hair back from his
forehead.
But listen, Ann, don't get
you. don't know just what you
mean"
Oh he was blind. blind not to
take her in his arms. Why
wouldn't he do that at least. Then
she would tell him. then she would
pour out her undying faith in him,
her eternity of love, her will to
comfort him and make him happy.
But she couldn't tell him these
things now, like this, while he
stared at her, incredulously. doubt
ing his eyes. She took the last
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ed. You're 80 clever, you see
everything, Ann"
LAS if any girl wouldn't see IL
shelf she were noticing things"
Bill locked his fingers together.
He was silent for a long moment,
as If he were trying to arrange
his thoughts that were troubled
with emotions he could not ex.
press.
II don't know how 1t was that
it all came back. l guess it was
just seeing her with that jazz
hound. Listen! I'd have enjoyed
going over and punching him
one. Honest! And then It all
came back, and I felt low
can't tell you how low l felt!
You were jealous"
Jealous? OF him." He laughed
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The table in the waiting room at
the hospital was covered with
magazines.
But neither Mrs. Jerome nor
Sally picked them up to look at
them,
They sat there, staring at tbs
pale-green painted walls, at the
canary in its cage by the window,
at the photograph of the nurses
class of 1917, at each others
solemn, unhappy faces.
Did you telephone Beau and
Mabel?" Sally whispered. The
deadly quiet OF the room and the
hall outside the room subdued her.
Mrs. Jerome made a Disguised
face. "Why should I call them?"
she wanted to know. "They don't
care anything about anyone but
themselves-and racing around in
that ramshackle car that's painted
up like the fire department. I
wish I had that hundred dollars
back from them that I promised to
poor Mile"
She had given them the hundred
NoAioA9 VI ucT OWu Tree VIII, Out
now that Mile was sick she
couldn't forgive them for taking it.
III try to get Beau at the
bank" said Sally. starting up from
her chair. He ought to be here"
But Mrs. Jerome pushed her down
again with a silk.gloved hand.
Il did try to get him when I
phoned your Aunt Emily. but he
wasn't there" she confessed. IT
suppose he's helping that little
china doll of his move into the
flat they've taken. He's forgot.
ten that he ever had a family"
And with that she burst into
tears once more. Beau was the
apple OF his mothers eye and she
never was going to forgive him
for marrying Mabel wilmot,
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SALLY'S SHOULDERS :: By BEATRICE BURTON

OALLY had looked in once or
~ twice during the morning, and
each time Mile had been lying
in the same position, her face
flushed, her breath coming regu.
larly but quickly.
She's just fine" Mrs. Jerome
had decided. Sleeps what she
needs. She's hardly ever in bed
before or o'clock, you know
and it's my guess that she's just
worn out"
So Sally had not been worried
when she started out into the
bluest, brightest, windiest Octo.
Der day that ever was.
The office was empty when she
arrived, and the morning mail
was scattered on the floor by the
door where the postman had
slipped it.
Sally took off her hat, smoothed
back her hair with her fine, sen.
sitive hands, and began to open
the envelopes.
The telephone rang shrilly.
That's Mr.. Peevey, to see If
I'm here on time" thought Sally,
and she smiled to herself as she
lifted the receiver.
But the smile vanished in.
stanty.
For it was her mothers voice
at the other end of the wire.
"Sally-Sally-get home here as
fast as you can," it gasped. Mil
lie-get here, Sally!'
Then there was q click and 81.
lence.
CHAPTER Xxx
For just a half-mnute Sally was
too stunned to move or to think.
Then her brain cleared in
flash, and began to work quickly
and surely, as it always did.
She phoned for a taxicab. scrib-
bled few lines to let Mr.. Peevey
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know where she had gone, picked
up her hat and purse, and went
down stairs to wait for her cab.
Five minutes after her mothers
message she was on her way
home, gazing out Of the cab win.
dows at the familiar streets with
eyes that saw nothing. The ride
was nightmare while 1t lasted.
All her life seemed suddenly to
have narrowed down to one single
terror-the fear that Mile was
dead or dying.
Its my fault" she kept telling
herself. II should have had the
doctor last night whether she
wanted him or not.
should have known that that
sleep she was in wasn't a nat.
ural sleep. It's all my
fault"
She prayed with stiff lips. She
telt that there was nothing on
earth she wouldn't do for MilJie
IT only God would spare her now
She would give her up
TO John Nye and never think Of
""lAh wye again. What
old anything or anybody matter
now that Mile was at deaths
door? ="
For Sally never doubted that
WINE was there. and she was
coio and shaking with fear as she
Went up the stairs to the flat.
Halr way up she heard the door
ABOVE her open, and Mrs. Je.
rome heavy footsteps on the
That you, Sa1ly?" And then
she was sobbing on SaIIy's shout.
DER. "Mllie-Millie's got to 90 to
the hospital! She's got to be
operated Oh" Her words
ended In a muffIed Shrek.
Crying like child and clinginr
to Sally with her large, soft hands
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CHAPTER 20

They moved down the platform
together. The man in the booth,
with a string of tickets falling
invitingly from the machine near
him. grinned mechanically.
"Try 1t again, folks. Second
times the big thrill" he said
briskly.
Bill glanced at Ann. but she
only shook her head. Her pulses
were jumping. No scenic rail.
way could make her heart leap
as it was leaping now.
What she had determined upon
frightened her, took her breath
away. But she must show Bill
how she felt, she must make him
turn to her in realization and
Tenderness. And he was brood
ing now, thinking of George
sim, as If the thought gnawed
at his spirit and would never give
him peace.
Anything you'd particularly
like to do?" he asked, but his
tone was flat. The joy had gone
out Of him, and the carelessness
that was his charm. No memory
Of the good shots he had made
with a target rifle could cheer
him up now.
What do you want to do.
Bill?"
"Oh, I don't know. One things
about the same as another.
can't stand the Park more than
once a season. We might go
over and listen to the band"
mo, let's go over there"
"By the lake, you mean?"
She nodded. Eyes, let's just be
quiet--and-look at the water and
the swans. always like to
watch them when I come here"
A moon had risen, and it's
pale, soft light made all the
twinkling lights of Hollis Park
look garish and tawdry by com.
parison.
The swans floated gracefully
on the dark water. But except
for Bill and Ann there was no
one to watch them. The benches
that fringed the artificial lake
were all deserted. The crowd
seethed and hummed where the
lights were and the barkers sold
their wares.
Bill lit a cigarette, flicking the
match into the silent water with
a snap Of his fingers. He was
silent.
AIMS fingers stole under the
edge of the bench and gripped it,
as IL she were bracing herself
for physical ordeal.
$50 you're still in love with
her." she said.
Strange how quiet her voice
was, how matter-of-fact!
Stranger still was his surprise,
He turned quickly, startled that
his thoughts should be so plain.
He threw the scarcely smoked
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NOIU Go On With The StOry.

GVOU know that right now you
i look just like-you look like
Georgie!'
His voice had begun cheerfully
and died away. His face grew
somber and desperate again.
Georgie-still thinking of Georgia!
Then Ann made up her mind.
She would not hesitate or hold
back. She would use the last
weapon of all. She would let
him see how she cared for him,
how anxious she was to comfort
him. She would show him that
tonight-now!
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A vitality Human Narrative Based Upon
Dramatic Letters Received By
Miss Beatrice Fairfax
What Has Happened So Far:

Ann and George Hastings, sisters together Mrs OTeas
boarding house. Ann, the elder factory, and George
IN an insurance office Ann of
charming and pleads accept attentions Of
BIZ warren who mady In love with nothing
more to do with Ernest Brooks
rushing her. Bill makes COnfdant of
who refuses him. AIMS .Ocitude for her quarrel
DeEeen the TWO and Ann becomes
% ana the DAY after the quarrel he asks her have
n ur1ng lunch he shows he still devoted
MIN why he doesn't call her sister that evening
Ernest George vndictyey tells Blu she doesn't
she would be willing to out with him and then.
MIN On On Will Tho Q4n.,,
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By
M. GeNevieve Sylvester

The Old Woman and Her Pig
She met a rat and said,
"Rat, please gnaw Rope.
Rope will not hang Butcher.
Butcher will not kill Ok.
Ok will not drink Water.
Water will not put out Fire.
Fire will not burn Stick.
Stick will not beat Dog.
Dog will not bite Pig.
Pig will not get over the stile.
And I must be home tonight"
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She met a rope and said,
"Rope, please hang Butcher.
Butcher will not kill Ok,
Ok will not drink Water.
Water will not put out Fire.
Fire will not burn Stick.
Stick will not beat Dog.
Dog will not bite Pig.
Pig will not get over the stile.
And ! must be home tonight"
Rope said II will not"
Evening star., 1927-05-30

HOWARD WARRINGTON. young bond
o o9uss sse Of hoSseSod Ms arc e
Bayne's sister. and HOLLY. Mrs. Bayne' $
danghtec who IS reuetantyo AM ACCEPTING ,,ihs fhs
and fashionable young man. Brooks tells
woman of his social set abon: HE calls On
Baynes are socially dead. She adds some.
thing about move to get Tom Bayne out
people had lost monny because Of him; She
would have, too; Il she hahn ! overdrawn
most unhappy one. Mrs. Bayne makes
determined attempt at serenity ~ his pres.
are frankly miserable about something. He
overhears, Mrs.; Bayne nolitaly bullying Mar,
set. or il will ruin Hollys chances
Shortly after this Marraret tries 10 kill
herself and, WARRINGTON saves her. Just in
sees her on the floor in the 'iaricned room.
he thinks she is Holly. and the agony that
the girl. When Margaret RECEIVERS sha leaves
the house. She tells Warrington that she
has friend of whom her sister. does not
approve. Her departure causes Mrs Bayne
10 take 10 her hcd--to he waited on by
holy There @ ere n1ysr 9 any servants anont
Of "Hilda." The Bayne household would be
much less MYSTERIOUS 70 WARRINGTON Il he
ly's father, Tom Blyne. former bank cash
ieri had stolen large amount cf securities
n little girl. Mrs. Bayne. on a rncrrt visit
TO him, has been informed that he is soon
10 be released. Returning home. she col
lapSes again, saying that all ncr plans for
everything ara. upset. Llle is a series of
msfortunes-the old disgrace. their novtrty,
Margarets conduct--now this. Holly saws
she will marry Furness Brooks, if that win
help any. Mrs. Bayne is better at once.
The engasement is announced and. when
" arlington conquers mis- feelings and wishes
Holly happiness she bursts into tears. He
asks her If she loves Brooks. and she renlies
that she can't ''let her mother down" Mar
Earet has done that it seems. by marrying a
"'erk. JAMES COX. Warrington Kisses the
girls hand and notices how work SCARED it
ia. And Mrs. Bayne talks of servants
Needing money for Holly's trousseau. Mrs
Bayne asks Warrington to sell bond for
her. He does SO, and Margaret is achast
when she learns what has happened Secret
~; she searches the attic and finds there
suit case containing the securities her father
had had stolen Years ago. This is the explana-
ton Of her mothers sudden afluenae. War
rington agrees to get the suit case out of the
house and see the bank officials the next
DAY. Although he does not say so. he is
alarmed at the thought ot having sold a
stolen bond. Holly is unwilling to have
him involved further. tut he tells her he
must help her-that she is everything in the
world to him.
Continued from Yesterdays Star)
Evening star., 1927-05-30
MOTHER VISITS GRAY
IN SING SING PRISON
First Relative Calls on Convicted
Murderer-Wife Still Re.
mains Away.
BY the Associated Press.

OSSINING, N. Y, May 30-Sep-
arated by heavy wire screens, Judd
Gray, convicted with Mrs. Ruth Sny-
der for the murder of her husba nd,
talked to his mother in the Sing Sing
death house yesterday. 1t was the
first time relative had visited him
at the prison.
Mrs. Margaret Gray, his mother,
was accompanied by his sister of
Brooklyn, her husband, and Samuel
Miller, attorney for the convicted man.
Gray sat inside the cell and talked
to his mother and relatives, who were
seated In small booths across q three.
foot passageWay, for more than two
hours. Mrs. Gray is quoted as tell
ing her son ''you must hope for the
best
Gray's wife had not visited him at
Sing Sing. Mrs. Snyder received no
callers yesterday. Prison officials
were forced to turn back thousands
of motorists who jOurneyed to the
prison yesterday, many of them said,
out of curiosity to see where the mur.
derers of Albert Snyder were await
ing death.
Evening star., 1927-05-30

Continued in Tomorrow's Starr