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AN UNUSUAL
SHOWER

WITH an eye to the fact that
w Civilized man cannot live
without cooks" friends giving
showers for the bride-to-be have
sometimes presented her a cook
book or perhaps a set OF priced
recipes: but a sorority in Wash
ington a few days ago did some
thing Just a little more practical.
The members of the sorority
knew that the young couple were
fond OF good things to eat. A
kitchen shower had already prov
vided pots, pans. kettles and other
cooking equipment. China. silver.
and linen showers had gone far
toward providing for the dining
room. Almost everything was at
hand. except the actual things to
eat.
Then a happy idea came to one
girl, and she Immediately an.
nounced a canned food shower. 1t
was something new. something
practical. and it took" Dozens
of cans OF soups. vegetables,
fruits, sea foods. condiments and
jellies, made up the shower. To
avoid duplication the brides
friends compared notes before
selecting their gift and the result
was a collection of canned foods
that included not only the we'll
known staples. but many varieties
with which the ordinary cook is
none too familiar.
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My proposal may seem funny"
Morgan added thoughteCIly. Per.
haps I will make a funny husband.
But at least you know am gen.
erous and kind. Perhaps you can
train me to be more of a man and
less of a machine"
"But--but-"
Morgan's nod of dismissal was
not denied. Force of habit car
ried Myrtle to the door. AS she
opened 1t. she had presence of
mind enough to stuff the ring
into her pocket.
Immediately after lunch hour,
the next day, Mile Bennett, book.
keeper, twice married. and known
in the office as "KPO" because
she was forever "broadcasting,"
said loudly to Myrtle:
Listen, grille! ! saw Henry
Dobbs at the Coffee Tavern to-
day, and he said that Claude Rix
and you are engaged. Claude told
him So"
Myrtle smiled weakly. "Well?"
Where's the big diamond you
always said you were going to
show us when you got engaged?
C'mon.. Show us"
The other girls gathered around.
That's right" they chorused.
Lets see the ring?"
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struggling human things do
something without quite knowing
why we do it. Afterward, when
it turns out to be the very thing
We should have done, we give all
the credit to Luck or Chance.
ut was just Fate" we say
But really wasn't it God?
Who knows?
At any rate that night Sally
Jerome had an odd feeling that
she was doing something that she
had done before when knocked
on the door of Mr.. Peevey's tall
dark house on East Eighty-fifth
St.
Her heart beat wildly as she
did it. Mr.. Peevey was always
so cross when his lunch was late
that she could imagine how furi-
Gus he would be if he were rude
ly Weakened from his sleep.
She waited for a minute, and
then rang again. Almost at once
a light flashed on within the
house, and through the glass
pane in the door Sally could see
Mr.. Peevey coming down the
stairs.
He was in a red bathrobe and
his thin hair stood up all over his
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The Story Of Beautiful Girl Who Bore the Burdens Of Her
Family and How She Eventually Found True
Love and Lasting Happiness

small head. He looked positively
murderous.
"Yeh? Who's there?" he asked,
sharply, opening the door a tiny
crack and putting one eye to it,
as If he expected nothing less
than a burglar or a cut-throat at
that hour of the night.
It's Sally Jerome" The girls
clear voice came out of the dark
ness bravely. I've come to you
for help, Mr.. Peevey."
At that he opened the door, and
she stepped into the warmth of
the hall. blinking a little in the
light.
81 want hundred dollars
now-tonight," she said, and it
seemed to her that she could say
no more.
Her courage suddenly had de-
serted her and left her weak and
horror-stricken. Why,
what crazy thing was this she
was doing? Coming to Mr..
Peevey, of all people, for money!
Why hadn't she gone
to Aunt Emily? Surely Aunt
Emily would have lent her the
money rather than see Beau
turned over to the police!
And, anyway. why couldn't she
have thrown herself on Ted
Sloan's mercy; begged him to
give Beau the chance to make
good his bad check?
"Peevey'u never part with a
dollar of his without getting the
whole miserable story" she
thought, and she knew she never
could tell it to him. Never!
"a hundred dollaxs," he was
saying now, and, his voice was
oddly gentle. He stood looking
at her, with his head on one
side. a grotesque little figure in
his long red robe.
His old eyes took her in. Took
in the white face, the dropping
mouth, the look of downright
misery In the blue eyes that
usually were so full OF the JOY
of living. He saw that some
thing had gone all wrong with
Sally.
why, yes, I guess I've got
that much money in the house,
he said, quietly. How will you
pay it back? Two dollars a
week." He looked after his own
interests even when he was be-
ing a Good Samaritan.
'I'll pay it back any way you
want it back"' cried Sally. only
let me have it. He started
up the stairs while she was still
talking to him.
1t came to her again, as she
stood there waiting for him to
come back, that she had lived
through this scene before. 1t
seemed to her that she had
known all along that this would
happen--that somehow or other,
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A Story Of Real Life
Complete In This Issue

"I'm not feeling any too good"
he replied.
I'm sorry" Myrtle said honest
~.
You ought to be- Claude
snapped out. "say! Where's that
ring you've been showing the
girls. Did you buy it on the
installment plan? Why. Hen
Dobbs told me that Millllie Ben
net said the diamond was as
big as an egg. And he wanted
to know what bank had
robbed"
Myrtle slumped down on
chair. 81 might have known" she
whimpered, that l couldn't get
away with it,
Get away with. what?" Claude
demanded suspiciously.
Slowly Myrtle extended her left
hand, onto the third finger of
which she had slipped the ring.
There it Is" she murmured
unevenly.
Claude stared, mouth agap.
Where-where did you get THAR"
he managed to growl. Tell me!
Where did you get that ring?"
From Mr.. Morgan" Myrtle
said timorously. oh! Claude!'
The man clinched his hands. "I
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NOW Go On With The Story.

T DON'T know why I should be
l. so darned soft about this
thing" He'd said in a hard, bitter
tone. 'None Of you people ever
treat me like human being. You
tell me not to touch you when you
know I'm wild about you.
oYur aunt treats me as if were
dirt under her feet, and your
mother pretends she's sick to keep
you from going out with me"
"Oh, Ted, that's because she
doesn't want me to marry you.
She's so afraid that l will" Sally
was beginning, when he cut her
short.
well, will you?" he asked, turn
ing on her sharply. ITS all up to
you-if you'll say the word, I'll
tear these checks up this minute"
He held them between his fingers,
and she saw that he meant what
he said.
She looked him straight in the
eyes and shook her head.
NO" she said quietly. Beau
would be the last person on earth
to want me to do such a thing.
He'd rather take his medicine"
Ted laughed a nasty laugh. HE
would. would he? Don't fool
yourself-Ask him tonight, and
see! Ask him"
Sally turned on her heel and
walked into the Women's dress
ing room where a hundred girls
were struggling to get to the
mirrors to put fresh ma ke-up on
their smooth, fresh faces.
When she came out he was
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Beatrice Burton Author Of Her Man" "The Fapper Wife"
and Other Popular Novels Penned This
- Story of Life and Love

wards the street car line at the
corner.
She had no notion Of where she
was going or what she was going
to do. Her thoughts were as wild
as the weather itself. = Beau
had stolen more than a hundred
dollars from Ted Sloan, and Ted
had proof of it. Proof that could
send Beau to prison! Some
how that money must ba found,
and be paid back to Ted tonight.
Every nickel of it! But
where was it to be found? Where?
Especially at this time of night.
II don't think that Ted really
would turn Beau over to the law"
Sally told herself, sensibly. I'm
sure he would not go that far
and yet he might. You never can
tell what people will do when
they're angry"
And Ted surely had been in.
sanely angry back there among
the golden lights and the haunting
music of the Blue Lagoon.
Yes. I've got to get the money"
Sally finally decided, remember.
ing his white face and the look in
his eyes as he handed her the two
checks--the pink one and the blue
one. But where to get it-that's
the question.
She racked her confused brain
as she went along, chilled to the
bone and buffeted by the wind
and hardly conscious that she was
cold and wet and shaking all over.
She reached the corner and saw
q street car coming along through
the rain like a lighted ship on a
stormy sea.
Just as it slowed down to stop
Ted's little car skidded around the
corner and stopped beside the curb.
He called to her. His words came
to her in snatches above the rush
of the wind.
Hi, you!-can't be out on a
night like this-must be losing
your mind-talk this thing over
sensibly--" and so on.
Sally paid not the slightest bit
of attention to him.
With the tail of her eye she
could see him leaning out of his
little car, waving one arm at her
as he yelled into the wind. Then,
just as the street car slid to a
stop and she started toward it,
he jumped out.
But Sally was too quick for
him. In the twinkling of an eye
she was on the platform, with
the door closing behind her. She
had escaped.
There were only a half dozen
people in the car and all of them
stared at her sodden clothes and
dripping hair.
Sally did not even see them. so
wrapped up in her own gloomy
thoughts was she. She barely
saw the conductor when she
leaned toward him across the
fare box and spoke to him.
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saying something that she could
not make out. Then, as he saw
her. he banged the receiver down
upon its hook and came toward
her.
"Come on in here! want -
talk to you" he whispered hoarS-
ly, and Sally turned back into tie
living.room and switched on a
lamp.
"Sit down." Beau went On, n
that same hoarse whisper, and
she dropped down into a chair.
In the light she could see that
his blue eyes had a wild look in
them, and there were sharp little
lines that went from his nose to
the corners of his mouth. Beau
looked 10 years older than he
ever had before in all his lazy,
happy go-lucky young life.
Listen, Sally" he said, not
looking at her, I'm in a heck of
a mess! I've got to have some
money, and I've got to have it
quick"
He shook a cigarette from a
dirty little paper packet and
pasted 1t on his lower lip. While
he was lighting it, Sally spoke to
him.
Beau. I've known you were In
trouble" she began, and opened
her handbag with cold, stiff fling.
ers. 1--WE been so worried"
Eyes. and you'd just better be
worried" he took her up, ''be-
cause I'm just about two inches
this side of the county Jail. Now,
listen, this is what l did,
II know what you did! I know
all about it"' Sally interrupted
him eagerly. and tonight
promised Ted Sloan you'd give
him back that hundred and ten
dollars-Here it is. You take 1t
right downstairs to him! Never
mind il you have to get him out
of bed! Just give it to him
that's allv' She began to cry
now. that everything was settled
and Beau was out of danger.
She crushed the bills into his
hand, and ran out of the room,
blinded by her tears and shaking
from head to foot.
Fifteen minutes later, when she
had hung up her wet clothes and
put on a warm flannel kimono,
she went back to the living room.
Beau was not there.
She opened the door that led
into the hall and listened. No
sound came from the lower floor.
Beau must have given the
money to Ted and then gone
straight to his own room to bed.
But the door Of his room stood
pen, and there was no light in It.
Beau" Sally whispered. stand
ing in the doorway. Beau. are
you there?" There was no an
swer.
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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. might have known it." he snarled.
me! Poor fool! Trusting you!
Well. tAis is enough. I'm cured"
why Claude"
"oh! Don't act so innocent.
Morgan's stenogra pher. Ha! Ha!
That's good. YoU needed a ring
and told your boss. So for old
times sake"
Claude! Claude! You don't
know what you're saying. Mr..
Morgan asked me to marry him"
Morgan asked you to marry
him. Don't make me laugh"
The coarseness in the mans
face and voice caused Myrtle to
draw back as If from fire.
I'm telling the world" Claude
went on fiercely, Il wouldn't
marry you on a bet''
Something seemed to snap inside
Myrtle. She laughed shrilly.
II guess you wouldn't" she said.
Now +" Get outm
A little over two weeks later,
Myrtle sat in Clark Morgan's pri-
vate office and confessed every
thing to her employer.
$50. you see. Mr.. Morgan" she
concluded. IT can't marry you.
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waiting for her. putting stolidly
on a cigarette. Under his arm
was his new gray felt hat with a
loud scarlet-and-blue silk band.
1t seemed to Sally as if she
never had loathed anything or
anybody quite so much as she
loathed him and his loud hat
band at that particular moment.
1t seemed to typify him
and everything that he stood for
in some obscure, misunderstood
way.
He turned and put out a hand
towards her, touched her arm.
Ready he asked.
But she shook him off, glared
at him with two great angry eyes,
and started out of the dance
hall alone.
Then suddenly she turned on
one Of her light heels, and swung
back to him for a second. She
flung one sentence at him.
I'll see that Beau gives you
that money tonight. if I have to
go out and steal it myselfr' said
Sally. a-
CHAPTER XVIII
Outside the Blue Lagoon an au-
tumn storm was raging. Rain
was coming down in sheets and a
cold high wind howled and tore
about the streets.
Sally shivered as she stepped
out into the streaming darkness
and started along the wet, gleam-
ing sidewalks. The downpour
drenched her silk coat and thin
dress in no time, but she put her
head down and struggled on to-
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LET ME HAVE SOME MONEY QUICK"

Tell me--you pass East
Eightyfifth St., don't you?"
Yes. lady" He nodded look
ing her up and down curiously
"I'n get off there. Let me
know when we come to it, please"
said Sally, her troubled eyes on
the windows with the darkness
and the rain behind them,
1t was perfectly clear to her all
at once where she was going for
that money!
Not to Aunt Emily, who would
demand to know what that money
was to be used for. Not to John
Nye, who would probably lend
1t to her because OF his affection
for Mile.
Sally was not going to either
OF these people, but to Mr..
Peevey! She had made up her
mind to go TO him, almost with
out thinking. 1t just seemed to
her that some inner voice had
suggested him to her as her best
bet" in this terrible trouble that
had swOoped down upon her like
a hawk upon some helpless prey.
Afterward 1t seemed to her that
the thought of him had been a
direct answer to prayer.
Every now and then we poor
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THE SOLITAIRE

G60F course, l could get you
" diamond ring" Claude Rix
declared, "but we can use that
money to pay down on furniture
for our flat"
Myrtle Carlson frowned. II sup
pose that is the wisest thing" she
admitted, "but I've always told
the girls at the office that when
became engaged I would show
them a nifty sparkler."
"Drat thatr' Claude said, and
sneered. "A woman has the
right to change her mind"
II know. = I" Well, / just want
to tell the girls that I'm engaged,
that's ALL
The man nodded, and got up.
"A good idea" he agreed. Now
Sitting in this parlor gets on my
nerves"
why not g to show?"
1--WE better save the money. We
can use it later"
At o'clock In the afternoon,
two days after. Myrtle was called
into the private office of her EN-.
ployer, Clark j. Morgan. The
latter dictated four business let
ters, with hesitation that was I'M
natural for him. Then suddenly
as If making a decision-he swung
about in his chair and eyed the
girl.
Miss Carlson" he said, and a
soft note crept into his usual
metallic voice, Il admire you tre-
mendously. I'll say more. II
want you to be my wife"
'Are you--are you serious, Mr..
Morgan?" AS she spoke, Myrtle
drew back in her chair as If it
were fort.
Never more serious in all my
life. Oh! I'll admit that I haven't
courted you in the regular sense;
still we see each other for hours
every day and so we're pretty
familiar with the character back
Of the clothes. And I know your
people"
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he would make everything right
il only she went to him. Her
courage came back to her in a
rush.
But when he had counted out
five $40 bills into her hand, and
she was out in the noisy dark
ness once more, 1t all seemed
like a dream.
81 don't know why I went to
him. / must have been crazy"
she said to herself. And he
certainly must have been out of
his mind to lend 1t to me!
Without even asking why
wanted it Without
even the scratch of pen to
show that I had it from him"
Months later she understood
just why he had let her have it.
But not then.
Feeling as If some miracle had
happened to her. she reached
home and unlocked the door Of
the flat.
The living room was in dark
ness, but from the rear hall came
a dim shaft of light.
As Sally entered the dining
room she could see Beau stand
ing at the telephone. He was
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Boy" from Mile Bennett.
"Isn't-isn't it stunning"
Eventually the excitement died
down. But as Mile Bennett turn
ed away, Myrtle heard the girl
mutter, II always thought that
Claude Rix was a piker. Can
you beat itp' And a pang of
anxiety went through Myrtle.
She did not see Claude again
until Friday evening. Then the
frown on his handsome face
threw her into a panic.
Whats the matter, Claude?"
she questioned as she lead the
way into the little parlor.
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Maybe I haven't got one,"
Myrtle returned weakly.
"Gwan! Don't tell me that
protested MiIiie Bennett. You
kidded me about the small one
/ got when was married the
second time. C'mon now. Show
up. I'll bet it's even smaller than
mine"
With an inward prayer for for.
giveness, Myrtle's hand shot into
her pocket and came out with
a box.
"Well, K P o." she declared
grimly, IF / must show you a
ring, here it is.
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I'm too big q fraud. But do
thank you for your proposal. And
here's your ring. At least It
saved me from marrying q very
miserable type Of man."
Morgan picked UP the ring from
his desk and reached for Myrtle's
left hand.
Thank Heaven" he said, ct
wasn't too late.r'
But I don't deserve this"
Morgan laughed queerly. You're
crying and smiling at the same
Time" he said throattly; land you
look prettier than ever. Hang II
all. I'm no machine. Come here
and kiss me!''
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What Has Happened So Far:

SALLY JEROME, pretty and is
her family in the absence
mother for
twins BEAU and MILE; Sally
health Sally
for gEouchy MR. PEEVEY afternoons downtown.
man who wants Sally to marry him and keep working But the
only ~ whom Sally
estate offices Just the hall from Mr. Peevey little office
hires the IraOus Mile his
fused the place because Mile out Of job Shortly after she
heartsiCk jealous.
M and Beau rarely give Sally towards the
the suddenly blossoms
and other expensive tie that Sally becomes suspicious especially
ighfingered
within
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that liquor a
One night AUNT EMILY JEROME III at
and Sally is suspicious unhappy
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Eys Sally tells
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