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The Washington times., 1927-11-14
By Beatrice Burton

He had said that he was
mot very hungry" but with q. man
that meant, usually, that he was
very hungry, indeed.
I'll take a salmon.salad sand.
witch and d Swiss cheese sand
witch with me, il you'll wrap them
up" said Sally to the white
aproned soda clerk, and carried
them out with her into the hush
of the downtown streets, always
so quiet after the days roar-as
quiet, by comparison, as the
hushed aisle OF a great cathedral
or a forest just before a storm. A
quiet that is like the soft sound Of
the great city breathing a sigh
after its days work.
The air was filled with the gray
violet twilight OF autumn now, and
the shop windows were already
lighted. Now fall and winter
clothes were on display in them
hats of velvet and satin and felt.
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supper tonight" she wrote on a
slip of paper which she slid un-
der the door of her mothers
room, so Just get something cold
for fathers lunch. I've left some
ham sandwiches In the icebox.
II you go TO the hospital with
father, please take Miles clean
nightgowns to her. They are
wrapped up in a newspaper on
the table in my room, I'll be
home at $50. Sally"
But she was not at home at
$50 that night.
For at o'clock, just as she
was leaving. John Nye poked his
head in at the door of Mr..
Peevey's little office and asked
her to give him some extra time
that night.
I've a new salesman coming
on in the morning, and I'd like
to get some prospects lined up
for him." he explained to her.
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cried. "And there's some coffee
for you! Where's your bag? Put
it In Miles room, Beau. Your
old room, you know.
Talking and laughing. she got
them all into the dining room
and around the table. She
poured coffee and passed food
and did her best to get things
going. To break the ice.
Rut a pail seemed to have set
tied down over the house. Even
Mabefs light laughter sounded
mirthless, and Beau looked from
his silent father to his silent
mother with puzzled. questioning
eyes, and hardly spoke
At half past eleven he and
Mabel went home in their tenn
peramental car, and the rest Of
the family went to bed.
Sally kissed her father good
night, but Mrs. Jerome did not.
And when Sally tiptoed into her
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Dresses of heavy silk and dark
glossy cloth. Shoes that were
little masterpieces Of leather. All
the thousand.and-one things that
every woman-every woman, at
least, who cares how she looks
longs for inexpressibly.
Sally longed for them. For all
her up-and-comingness and her
hard-worIxing life, she was 20. and
low to look at. And she was
in a, Se, besides. -
In one window was the prettiest
dress she had ever SEEM yellow
taffeta, trimmed with little blue
velvet bows.
Sally looked first at 1t and then
at the purse In her hand. In one
pocket of Il 10 one-dolIar bills
were Stuffed-all she had left Of
her weeks salary.
So much for dresses with blue
bows" thought Sally, wistfuIly.
But I wish had q new hat
tonight, especially"
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SALLY'S SHOULDERS

so if you could go over some
lists that I've made I'd be very"
Right away? Do you want me
right away?" asked Sally, i'm
politely breaking in upon his
sentence. She was beginning TO
strip off her jacket when he an
swered her.
Better go and get something to
eat first" he advised her. i've a
couple Of hours work piled UP In
there" He jerlled his head In the
direction OF his office.
"If were Mile he'd be asking
me out for something to eat" Sally
thought, not bitterly, but with a
kind of duh unhappiness. Ii she
were blonde and clinging and baby
faced he wouldn't be treating her
like an office machine instead Of a
flesh.and-blood girl who was in
love with him.
mot that I'd go with him. any.
way. l wouldn't be disloyal TO Mil
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WNLARA MARGARETTA," he

So iLAhA MAINTAINED La HS
~ said softly, and actually held
out his hand to the woman who had
been his wife for almost a quarter
of a century. There was no
affection-and no lingering re-
eentment-in his manner to her.
He was, as the sharp-tongued
Mabel remarked later. as polite
as a floorwalker.
She winked now at Sally, and
shifted her tongue from one cheek
to the other. She was enjoying
all this, hugely.
"Yes, Papa" answered Mrs. Je-
rome, who had colored up like
girl, but had never moved from
ner place by the window. 1t was
plain that she did not know how
to greet this gray, middle-aged
man who had been rorceful
young husband when he had
banged the door of that very flat
violently behind HIM nine years
before.
1t was Sally who saved the day.
She ran across the room and
threw her arms around her
fathers shoulders and kissed his
dry, wrinkIed cheeks. She tried
10 keep remembering the day he
had taken her to the circus.
Were so glad you canle!" she
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with a sigh she sat down.
What a relief 1t was to be back
with Ann, with all her gentle
ness and sweetness. She was
conscious Of a feeling of peace.
After all, peace meant happiness.
Ann, I'm awfully glad we're
together tonight" she said Inn
pulsiveIy. IF / didn't have you
here. don't know what I'd do
What's happened?" Ann asked
quietly.
Nothing. Only you happened
to be right about Ernest Brooks"
You mean you've quarreiled
with him. You're not going to
zee him any more"
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there a face stood out vividIy in
the flare of the nearest light.
Here and there whole groups were
obscured in the blackness Of the
pier.
"oh. let me off! I've got to get
off,
People were staring at her.
There was a little stir OF sound
and talk. She saw man in
uniform hurrying down the deck.
The steel plate that guarded the
gangway was lowered again, the
gangplank swung out. She went
down it alone. feeling ashamed
and frightened with all those eyes
watching her, those voices specu-
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NOp Go On With The Story.

) E6VXIELL, Bill, I told you
w couldn't go with you."
"Yes, but you didn't tell me
you were going with him."
"But what difference did 1t
maker"
None to you. I guess"
''Bill. did you come out here
Just to quarrel with me-"
'I'm not uuarreling with you.
I'm just telling you what l
think. that's all"
She smiled at him now, smiled
as she might have done at a petu-
liant child, perversely refusing to
make friends, perversely woundlng
himself.
IA lot I care!" he interjected
with a sudden laugh.
"Bill, il you don't mind, l
think I'll go back to the house
now. We might as well say good
night"
Then his last defenses were
shattered. He turned to her
beaten and with a look OF
despair.
'.Ann, don't leave me. I'm
sorry to be acting like this. But
I'm lonely and nobody seems to
give a boot for me. And IL
can't even talk can't even
tell you
''Tell me what?"
''Tell you that I love
you."
1t was said, 1t was done, it
was complete and final. "Oh,
Bill" Her own voice trembled.
Suddenly she was in his arms.
He kissed her unresisting mouth
fferceIy. Cant you love me?"
{ he whispered.
Even now with the knowledge
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lating about her, wondering how
It was she had been nearly car
ried off.
Don't try that again, young
lady" 1t was the elderly port
captain who warned her.
She did not answer. She was
glad to make her escape. She
walked quickly with her brain
feyerishly active, trying to get
away from the crowd. But for a
long time she did not dare meet
any eye for fear she would be
looked at curiously. 1t was min
utes before she began to breathe
easier, minutes, years.
Then at last, scarcely knowing
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how she had gotten there. she
found herself climbing the stairs
at Mrs. OLeary's. She felt dull
and lifeless. She didn't want to
think. She wanted only to see
Ann-good, patient Armand chat
OF little, friendly, familiar things.
Ann had been right about Ernest
Brooks--right from the very start.
Married--and never letting her
know. IL it hadn't been for the
woman who called herself Mrs.
Mountford. Georgie knew she
would be on the boat with him
now. Luck-it was really only
luck that had saved her.
She wondered IL Ann were In
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their room. If she were she
would certainly think 1t queer to
see her carrying her bag-and
then the note she had written
flashed across her mind. Suppose
Ann had already read it!
She set the bag down In the
hall and slowly opened the bed.
room door. Ann was sitting
there, and George saw at once
that luck had again been with
her. Ann had evidently not yet
found the note.
She wandered over toward the
bureau, making a pretense OF
fixing her hair. and quickly pick.
ed up the envelope.
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mo. Never again"
"oh, George, I'm so glad. Do
you really mean it,"
II have to mean 1t. He sailed
for Italy tonight"
There was a long silence, and
Georges thoughts revolved slowly,
summing up this experience that
was already a thing Of the past.
and trying to judge the future in
the light OF it.
Sitting there, thinking about
what her life was like, and what
it might become, she dreamiiy
turned her attention to Bill.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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medicine. Now ! am q house.
keeper with six children. and
! have taken it before each one
was born. | cannot tell Won an
the good ] have received from It.
When am not as well as can Be- /
take it. / have been doing this for
over thirteen years and It always
helps me. read all Of your little
books can get and tell everyone
/ know what the Vegetable Com.
pound does for me. Mrs. Frank
Sellers, $40 7th Avenue, Vinton.
Iowa.
Many girls in the fourth genera.
ton are learning thru their own
personal experiences the beneficial
effects of Lydia e. Pinkham,s Vege.
table Compound. Mothers who took
1t recommend it to their daughters
as Q dependable medicine.
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Color Of Ducks

TN many species of wild ducks
4 the males are large ami
strikingly colored. Their mates.
upon whose shoulders fall the
family cares, are smaller and
dressed in sOmber garb, says
Nature Magazine. The dun con.
cealing colors Of the female serve
to protect both her and her eggs
from the prying eyes Of enemies.
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enough take the first occasion to inform Of it. though
you may meet her husband!
bound be rather unromant to be mistaken Tor
husbands mother ones wifes father
think since all these little angles have really great deal TO do
always them into consideration
there exceptions to all rules. But why gamble
being exception It's much
ones and grow older together.
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ungn enough mention this fact when there
is why they should.
probably the lady with much guso and when she
hesated of this slight difference in their they
that should know.
they go Of their conversational to that
they do!
have also noticed pretty young married
older herself also
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What Do You KnOD?
ANSWERS TO .TODAY'S TEST
Questions on Editorial Page.

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stay ct ON .
from school. Z
finally had toQuit
school, I was 50
weak I suffered
bou t two
y ears before I
took Lydia y.
Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound,
then / picked up
one Of your books
and read Il. ] be-
gan takinR tha
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~ ~.
While Ann was pondering over
her winning of Bill. George, in
Ernest's stateroom, was hearing
the steamers siren and franticalIy
realizing she might be carried to
sea.
Ernest faced her--Mrs. Mount.
ford had fled. He came toward
her.
George" he pleaded.
Don't touch met she said.
What fool was ever innagin.
ing that you" But she could
not finish. Fury and humiliation
seemed to choke her.
His hand shot out, grlpped her
wrist. He dragged her close to
him.
You're coming whether you
want to or not" he said.
She fought herself free. Ernest
stood regarding her.
''Oh, well--if that's the way you
feel" He was cool enough now.
"Allow me--is this. your bag?"
He opened the door and George
was conscious that she was run
ming along the deck GREATNESS,
the bag in her hand.
She saw the crowd on the pier,
waving handkerchiefs. calling In
distinguishable things. Here and
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This Day in Our History

THE Treaty Of Commerce. between Britain and the
Republic Of Texas signed November H. 1910 The
Texans had gained their independence Mexico four
before the battle Of San Jacinto.
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A vitality Human Narrative Based Upon
Dramatic Letters Received By
Miss Beatrice Fairfax
What Has Happened So Far:

George Hastings sisters i've together n Mrs Oiears
proud Of her sisters good looks and
the
who is with her nothing
George
he asks her to have lunch with
still devoted George and Ann
evening" Bill
Bill doesn't
Ann and asks her
she be willing 60 out with MIN and then.
NOIU Go On With The Story.
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EngIdnd's Oldest Mines

TLINTS are still cut or napped. Brandon, in Norfolk
England Near this Grimes Graves where there
flint mines the dwellings used by the miners who worked
in them 5000 years
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By FAY KING

WY is certainly impossible for people to be happy
w truly in love though there be vast difference in
" still it is always couples
Youth should with youth
years difference either does not matter much but
than it is make deal
of difference later
have noticed married few years
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CIRLHOOD TO
MOTHERHOOD.


vinton, Iowa.-"When I was
seventeen years old had to
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} OF her triumph making her heart
glad. she could not admit every
thing.
II think III might grow to
care for. you.' she whispered.
But when she was in her room
and sat down there In the silence,
she wondered why suddenly things
seemed so much flatter than she
had expected. She felt no joy
now. only a dun depression, which
the thought of her successful cam
paign could not drive away.
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help myself, but I wouldn't live
with you again If you came crawl
ing to me on your hands and
knees with your tongue hanging
out"
The Note
This note, so Characteristic OF
herself. Honey Lou tucked
between the bars of the lovebirds'
cage where Jack would be sure to
see 1t.
Nov, don't you peck at 1t and
push 1t out of the cage" she said
to the birds. wagging her finger
at them. "It's a very important
letter."
The next three weeks went by
with lightning swiftness.
Almost every day there was
some kind Of party for Daisy
Deane, and Honey Lou went to
all OF them except the one that
Angela gave.
Then, on the afternoon Of Hal
lowe'en eve, Honey Lou gave
Daisy her splnster luncheon.
I'm going TO have 1t right here
in this fat" Honey Lou told her
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but is a symptom Of some under
lying trouble.
Its popular name Is. st. Vitus
Dance. 20 called because at St.
Vitus's Chapel, on the Rhine. IL
is said, many miraculous cures
useG to take place of habitual
1umpingS and twitchings.
The signs of chorea are restless.
ness and fidgets, also crying
spells, night terrors, pains and
Indigestion, followed by the onset
OF habitual, jerky. irregular move.
ments Of the hand or the face.
Movements may be so severe as
to make the patient unable to get
about, to feed himself or to dress,
sometimes even to talk. Patients
are generally children between
i've and fifteen, and three out Of
every four are girls. 1t seems TO
be found most often in wet, low.
lying countries.
There are several reasons why
symptoms OF this kind should be
treated with great respect and
taken to q doctor as soon as pcs
sible. The first Is that chorea is
very likely to be sign Of under.
lying rheumatism, which 1t Is pos
sible to cure ii taken In time,
but which If neglected may lead
to the lifelong Gripping Of
arthritis or to chronic rheumatic
heart, which may be a permanent
disablement or a cause Of early
death. A second possibility Is
that the chorea is really a habit
spasm which may be the fore
runner Of severe nervous trouble
or insanity. The muscular jumps
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Story of Young Love

peated. why, that's the girl
Angela said was vamping hin!:
Well DO you suppose she 10,
Margret? Do you suppose Angela
was right, after all? Do you sup
pose that's why he is giving her
your job, and sending you aWay?"
margret shrugged her shoulders.
I'm sure / don't know she re,
piled. But do know this
that he didn't give me any reason
for letting me go. OF course, /
didn't give him a chance to say
very much"
The next morning, while Mar.
greet sat at her desk, the door Of
the office burst open and in
walked Honey Lou.
The wind had whipped bright
coral color into her cheeks, but
something besides the wind had
made her eyes glow with an
angry light.
II think I'll just take a look at
this Miss Ayresw she said firmly
to Margret, glancing around the
big office.
AS she spoke, a heavy, dull
looking girl with rather sweet
expression in her eyes, came into
the room and sat down at the
desk that had belonged to One.
Armed Annie.
CHAPTER Tx
Honey Lou looked Miss Ayres
over from the top of her head
with its old.fashioned coil of hair
to the soles Of her sensible shoes.
"Wellr' she exclaimed. turning
to Margret, "I'll say this for her
she looks as II dumb enough to
think that q plumber sells plums,
doesn't she?"
Margret merely raised her eye.
brows and remarked that Miss
Ayres was a good worker.
But look at herr Can you fea-
ture Jack Wallack getting q case
on q girl like that?" Honey Lou
almost walled the words. why.
she's q regular piano boz of q
woman
She couldn't imagine Jack, with
his masculine passion for beauty
in the woman he loved, taking q
second look at Jane Ayres. Still,
You never could tell about men.
Sometimes they fell for the plain
est women, just because they
wanted someone to mother
them and look after them. Funny,
wasn't II?
Maybe IL I'd mothered Jack a
little more and darned his socks,
ia kept him longer" she said to
herself. "But didn't have sense
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Read THIS First.

HONEY LOU HUNTLEY private secretary Ia old "GRTapv.
WAAdAa&ks head Of the Walck Fabric 'O"At
JACK WALLACE Wbo ,arr -. 49,,
mees faLs with O"SF
ANGElA ALLEN preends of HOney ana
er n0G 60 take Jack seriously Jack
MAsalEWs 2 friend Of MARGRET: Honey LOUIS sister.
4Oney Lou In NJ
A0enna One
whom Jack calls THE HEAD because she manages
Honey Lon meets Angela who tells Waack is talDe
Honey Lou with TIM DONEGAL restaurant ana he
49, gtnng Inc place add by dry agents Honey
- Mas ueng him and ends By telling her that and
aek and Honey Lou return honeymoon and stay With
NJ WanacIs while looking for q nat. - - ~
Lon ana Jack settle down in their Mary Ne
Head scOdS Honey money she as pent furnshe
- mousse Honey Lou makes her mind
the
LAT Gone ana then shopping with Clemens On
sne .Way nome Honey Lon stops to see Angela.
&sa As money Lou she s going to have
nsn Honey Lon goes home and find Jack reading
80 Honey Lon decides 70 let Mary the morning.
an uy 90 make the kind home
80 angela calls and asks Honey Lou
cut dress for the party = - - - = go
influenced ~ Angela Honey she knows
n nos afford Angela tells Honey Lou
Angela telling Jack she tried Honey
rom the because
donegal tells Of the card he Honey
nd me next morning Jack forbds Honey have Tim
Honey Lou by Jacks objections TO Donegal leaves the
nat for her mothers
acu OF Jane Ayres but watch Angela
70 the flat quarrel follows.
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The Blessing of a Friend

All. yes-bless them! Even the
ones who just believe without say.
Ing anything about 1t excepting
perhaps with a friendly loolxg
It's largely the fashion these
days to doubt everybody. To look
askanee upon all motives.
To be, in word hard boiled.
What does 1t do for ANYBODY,
that attitude? What, :aat is. OF
good?
It puts suspicion and uncer.
tainty in the hearts of those TOT
ward whom it is directed. 1t builds
a high, bleak wall Of isolation
about the one who maintains Il.
For no one is held In less affec-
ton, actually, than the 10-minute
egg.
That person may say to you,
I've seen too many fall down to
put my trust in anyone again.
Nope, I'm too wise to be fooled"
But is he? IL he goes on dis.
trusting everyone, he Is sure to
be fooled some time. For sooner