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A Vivid Serial Of Adventure, Mystery,
Romance, jealousy, LOUe and Sacrifice

dreams, but one which had not
passed his lips for many dark
nights. And Abelard repeated the
name duly, and told Estabrook
that this must be some mad fan.
tasy. Surely Estabrool was mis-
takenl Surely he had not asked
Becky to marry him.
A dark flush covered Estabrook's
face, and Boris, in answer to the
accusing glance, conjured up an
afternoon Of spring that had
passed. He told how Becky had
come, fearless, despairing, to say
farewell to Boris. who was her
Oldest friend. He told of what she
had said, and told wherein her
story differed from that Of Esta-
brook. He told how Becky had
quoted Johns words that struck
at her inferiority OF class and
breeding, that said she was not fit
to be his wife, but that still he
wanted her for himself.
When Boris had done. Nov I
understand" Estabrook said. And
he said again, in q choking voice,
"And Becky? Where is she?
Doris shrugged. Becky he
had not seen, or heard Of, since
that spring afternoon. But he
thought she had married, he
did not know what man. Prob
ably doing household drudgery
for some clerk who supports her,
IL, said Boris: "She wasn't driven
into the g.g-gutters to which you
.-..Nt.... ~rrf%Ja xyA1rTs H.daTaVS.
able airs" Swiftly he added:
''F-f-forgive me, my friend. That
was unjust. Yet in my way I
too loved Becky. Let th-that be
my excuse"
NOW what q strange ana
cruel thing Is fate" Estabrook
cried, with q quick harsh laugh.
For look, Boris, you have given
back my precious illusion, for
which I have been mourning all
this long time, and with it you
have given me back the torment
of my first love But Becky you
cannot give back to me, nor can
you take away the bitterness Of
my knowledge. Dear God, Boris,
but fate Is strange and cruel"
Slowly, with hand that was
not quite steady, Abelard fixed
his monocle and scrutinized his
friend.
'.John," he said, "Wh-what il
passed is d.deader than the Kings
of Egypt. Let us forget"
Then, as Lady Travers appeared
on the terrace, and beckoned to
them with a smilas ''T.tsn your
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that. after all. IL the worst Of an
the ills that we mortals are heir 70.
Sally leaned over the BID and
kissed her on her soft. cool cheek.
Dear, you'd like some more Of
that rye bread. wouldn't your"
she asked. "I1l get you some
right away"
''I'll have q little Of that apple
sauce we had last night for sup
per, too, IL there's any OF it left"
her mother called as she left the
darkened room. with its over
towering smell of cologne and
camphor.
TED Sloan was stu sitting on
the corner of the table when
Sally went back into the kitchen
for the apple sauce.
You still here, old thing?H she
asked him with light carelessness.
"I'm sorry I'm so busy right now.
But ! aIn-and after I take this
apple sauce to mother I've got to
get supper for Beau and myself.
So II you've anything to do, you'd
better not wait for me-
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sary item in Mrs. Jerome's life.
"Oh, you mean Ted?" asked
Sally innocently frank. why, he
wants me to get married to him.
At least. I think that's what he's
been trying to say to me out there
in the kitchen"
Mrs. jerome gazed ut her for a
long minute with wet stricken
eyes.
"Sallyi You'd never do it, would
your" she asked in shaky voice,
and Sally promised her solemnly
that never, so long as she lived,
would she marry Theodore Sloan!
CHAPTER v
Mrs. Jerome dabbed at her eyes
with a handkerchief that fairly
reeked with cologne, She bathed
her forehead with cologne when
ever she had one Of her sick head.
aches, and all Of her clothes and
her bedroom smelled of It from one
years end to another.
Sally" she said forlornly, but
tering q little piec0 Of the Bohe.
milan rye bread and popping Il into
her mouth. at isn't only that I'm
afraid you'Il marry Ted Sloan.
don't want you to marry anybody
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Wkat Has Happened 50 Ear:

Becky McCOey young and good looking trying way
alone New York meets Dan Scarlet who lives BY his wits He
share IN her profits Becky has made an ideal Of John Estabroo
uene she joins Broadway chorus At the studio Of Boris Abad
friend EsabrOOs,
kisses
nun 20 De different He apologies He hears her sing and little by
marry her what him,
makes violent
eope with her when Becky cOnfrons Them convnces
escapes EaroOk tells Becky he loves her but in such
imagines
provided she viii leave the country and educate herself
the the bank where the money viii be deposited and leaves
river He evivng
er tells her they can clean up fortune; y using Mans letters
100000 Eabrook deposited provided Scarlet
stipulates
band in only Scarlet He pretends
herself She
bye Boris him. She tells him she is already
After work in Paris Becky becomes
famous prina DONNA One Of her good friends Princess
robbed Of wonderful Scarlet tells Becky that Abeard
EStabrOOk visiting Nan, Lady Trayers in England
o. IL TIL Z
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who made away from me because
was . dull dog"
T-t-too pessimistic. There's
Nan, for example. She's bloomed.
She's m.m-m-made magnificent
wife,
Yes. that marriage has turned
out splendid1y. But then Nan
got settled before she had 4
chance to be spoiled"
You ought to m-marry, John"
Estabrook's face stiffened as
though his friend had suddenly
unveiled the head OF Medusa.
Then he laughed uneasily. "I'm
lor.''
"on the c-contrary, you're what
they call splendid catch. R.r.rich
handsome sOh yes, You
should t.take a wife,"
Estabrook sat sulIenly staring
into his empty glass, and tapping
out q tune on its rim. Boris"
he spoke abruptly, II never asked
but one woman to marry me. Ill
not ask another"
"she t-t.turned you DOWN."
There was a pause. "I turned
her away" Estabrook said at
length. She wanted money: /
wanted love. So gave her
money and turned her away"
He attempted heavily to infuse in.
difference into his tone. 1T was
better so, Of course"
Y-you are glad, then, Of what
h-h.happened?''
I've always regarded it as a
most fortunate escape. I've not
been fooled by another woman
since, Boris. I learned my lesson
we'll"
You've been happy then?
N.n-no regrets?"
None" And, having spoken,
Estabrook raised his eyes and
added passionately: 'But why
should / lie to you? have had
regrets. There have been lonely
nights when ! have asked myself
whether peace, and even honor
and pride, had not been q small
price for the possession Of that
dark angel. And there have been
other times when I have cursed
her memory, yes, and cursed you,
Boris, Tor having been the means
Of our meeting"
"M-m-m-me?" suffered Boris.
"Ah, perhaps you wouldn't re.
member. But yes, you Boris, you
brought us together. A dark girl,
alien and haunting"
And as though the name were a
torment to him, Estabrook spoke
1t aloud. A name he called in his
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at least not for . long time,
What on earth would I do without
= you, sick as am? And, anyway,
married life isn't all rose leaves
and sugar pills, either! Don't you
be in a hurry to jump into it.
Look at me! ] wish I'd never
heard the word 'marry'!'
Sally began to set the bedside
table to rights-brushing UP the
crumbs on it, smoothing down the
dog-eared pages of a book, putting
the medicine bottles ard the pill
boxes in a neat row along the back
of it. Her hands moved quietly,
quickly, deftly, like the hands Of q
trained nurse.
81 can't think married life II 80
terrible, mother" she said firmly.
after q minute or two. Her blue
eyes were serious and thoughtful.
"Or so many people wouldn't get
married and Live together, would
they?'
Mrs. Jerome's face began to
quicker up again. and sally saw
that for some reason or other she
was going to cry again.
'fOf course, that doesn't mean
that I want to get married" she
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NOIO Go On With The Story.

GECHE went out about o'clock,
y and said she might be here
for supper, but that she probably
Wouldn't" Beau told Sally az she
passed his open bedroom door on
her way to her own room. I've
been sick all day. I guess it's
the heat. Anyway, had to come
home early"
He was lying on his bed. His
coat and shoes were off, and he
was reading the sport section Of
the evening paper.
The door of Mrs. Jerome's
room was closed. Sally softly
opened 1t, and loked in. The
blinds were down and the cleo.
trio fan was going. In the breezy
diInness, Mrs. Jerome was sound
asleep against the pillows of her
bed. Edna Ferber's "Show Boat"
was slasped against her breast,
and rose and fell with her heavy
breathing.
II won't wake her up" thought
Sally. Poor thing!-I'lI set her
something to eat when she wakes
up"
MFSs JSEOm0 NyNw OpSuSos &u0
she yawned.
"oh, it's you, sally" she nun.
INJURED. What's that. you have?
Rye bread? I'll have some for
my. supper, think, and nothing
else but q drop or two Of milk.
Warm IL q Bit" She raised her
eyes again.
would you like some supper,
or do you feel too bum?" Sally
asked Beau, when she had slipped
into her thin bungalow apron q
few minutes later.
I've never been too sick to
eat yet, and I never expect TO
be-" Beau told her with cheerful
oluntness. never glancing up
from Jack Dempsey's "Own
story.9
Out IN the kitchen there was .
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you can look that wayl

was won't to say In her tart way.
: my head would ache, too, IL I
lived the way she doesl Lying
around in bed half the time with
her nose in book, and eating
herself to DEATH If she'd get up
and stir around size wouldn't have
so many aches and pains. She's no
moro sick than I am. And / GER
tainly am not. She's got
the dry rot, that's aiI!''
There was q good deal Of truth
in what Aunt Emily had to say on
the subject. Mrs. jerome wasn't
half so sick as she was unhappy.
She was filled with q deep disgust
with life, and had been ever since
she had lost her husband.
Now that her children were
grown and no longer needed her,
she had no interest in life except
the books in which she buried
her humiliation and her sorrow.
Her sickroom was a kind Of safe
harbor from the world. There
she hid herself from the people
who pitied her, month In and
month out, year after year.,
She was, as Aunt Emily said,
''no more sick than I'm sick"
But she was broken-hearted. And
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large puddle Of water on the
floor, where the drip-pan under
the ice-box had run over.
How the ice does melt this
kind Of weather. said Sally
aloud. While she was hopping
it up. Ted Sloan opened the
screen door and came into the
neat little room where the sun.
set glow set the aluminium pans
and the water faucets to CLEAN.
ing like silver. Ted often came
up the back steps to the Jeromes'
flat when he heard Sally walk
ing about In the kitchen.
Hello, he said, and seated him.
self on a corner Of the table.
Gosh, this day sure has been q
blazer, hasn't 1t? I never was
80 hot In my life.
Fierce! aWful!' answered
Sally, wringing out the mop and
ernptying the drip-pan down the
sink.
"I could have done that for you,"
Ted went on, but you move
around so fast that ! never know
what you're going to do until
you We 00uS IL. he began 10
scrape out the bowl Of his pipe
with his pocket knofe. His gray
eyes were on Sally's white face.
It was damp with perspiration,
and around the forehead her hair
chung Ia little rings. The cheap
pink bungalow apron was turned
back at the neck, leaving her
throat bare.
She got down on her knees to
put the pan in place under the ice.
box, and when she arose Ted was
standing close beside her. She
glanced up at him in surprise, and
then something that she saw in
his face-in the sudden masterful
CLINT In his gray eyes-n1ade her
turn sharply away from him and
walk over to the other side Of the
kitchen.
She could feel her face growing
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emaciated arm, bony at wrist
and elbow.
Blanche = thought you
had left" Becky came forward,
smiling. The Woman-it was
the Marquise OF Saint Sole,
whose Jewels had been stolen
faced her, showing q blanched,
agitated visage.
"Cherie. / had to stay. I had
to talk to you. hid behind
the curtains. I didn't want
your husband to know
My husbandr' A chill OF fear
ran through Becky, sending her
happiness out in ripples.
Yes, yes. Oh, my God, Cherie,
9 terrible thing has happened.
! have fought ana fought against
it. But there was no other
way. I had to come to you.p
Becky took the bony, shaking
hands, which were ice cold and
unpleasantly damp, ana led
Blanche to q chair.
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warm and rosy under his steady
concentrated gaze while she heated
some milk for her mother. and cut
thin, dainty slices from the loaf
Of Bohemian rye bread.
He cleared his throat. "Say,
Sally" he began suddenly, lever
think about doing that for me?"
She looked up. wide-eyed. do
ing what?"
Getting supper for me-IthO
rest Of my life?"
Supper for your" Sally echoed.
why. what do you mean?"
As they stood there, facing each
other across the neat, comfortable
kitchen. Mrs. Jerome's voice called
shrilly from her bedroom:
sally! Sally! Have you for.
gotten me?''
whats that boy talking to you
about?" she asked suspiciously,
when her daughter came to her
bedside with q trayful Of food.
The greatest fear in Mrs.
Jerome's life was that someone
would marry sally and take her
away. For besides being q daugh.
ter. Sally was so many other
things nurse, and cook ana bread.
winner. She was the most peces-
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hurried to say, because don't
and there isn't a chance that III
marry for perfect ages. II / ever
do. Ted Sloan's practically the
only man I know except Beau and
Mr.. Peevey-and / wouldn't marry
Ted IL he were the last man on
EARTH Re
"Well, I'm glad to hear you say
that, at any rate" her mother an
swered with long sigh Turn
off that electric fan before you go
out. Sometimes think 1t makes
my headache worse"
Mrs. Jerome's sick headaches
were the family tragedy. They
had begun nine years before, soon
after her husband had eft. And
they had been growing worse ever
since.
The only person IN the family
who did not take them seriously
was her sister.in-law, Miss Emily
Jerome, q smart spinster, who
lived alone in the ramshackle Je-
rome homestead far out on the
River Road. Aunt Emily only
shifted when she heard about the
headaches.
''of course she has themw she
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By Rayner Seelig

a little thrill Of satisfaction to
think that she pulled Scarlet up
with her. Thief, blackmailer.
scoundrel. But he was a re-
spectacle member Of society now.
She had done that.
Softly humming one Of the
melodies she had interpreted that
evening, Becky started toward
her bedroom. Then she remem-
bered that she had left her
fan In the drawing.roona, de-
cided to fetch it first.
She pushed aside the curtains,
and stopped on the threshold,
astonished. She had thought
her last guest was gone. And
here, facing the mantelpiece,
was q woman--an unnaturally
tall woman with brown hair
cropped short. like a mans, and
q cardinal red evening gown
cut low in the back, but with
long full sleeves. one OF which,
having fallen back, revealed an
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Coated in the
Morning?

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NOw Go On With The Story.

Of theirs. "Corne along. Well
forget the miserable past"
And, even as she spoke, the
miserable past was martialing
its forces for the assault.
CHAPTER 3S
Meanwhile Paris made merry.
Paris laughed, drank, danced. and
extravagantly admired the singer
whose first concert, in the great
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cultivated her speaking there remains n important
factor for her to consider
The expression she will
The expression is very important also.
Now is well into this factor and weigh it carefully
and since matter what chief
is appear favorable in the eyes Of let
fully the expression that to be most popular with
The three most popular be the snappy
dreamy lovee expression
lar of all s the startled-fawn expression.
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brother, Nan, that an incident
once over sh.shotld never be
brought back"
Indeed that IL true" Nan
answered, her color mounting
little, "Tho past is a book that
should never be reopened. The
futures the thing, darlings.
Come along, Geoffrey's waiting"
She slipped an arm through each
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An Amazing Narrative of the Trials and
Pitfalls That Confront Our
Girls of Today
What Has Hnppened So Fnr:

SALLY JEROME 90 pretty clever prop MAIN
arated from for
!. family consists twin and
MILE Sally Jerome il semiInyad 80 SaIy
In the = - -
In the flat below the young SLOAN who's
e sally Sally, small
- dancing partner. She
The she senimentaIy q
NYE, whose real estate office
office. She doesn't know him. however,
knows what looks Hike
On hot Monday in August Mile
news that she has quit her Job because her
les quitting was because he did NOT to make love
never stay In any office where she doesn't "get thrill"
Mile catch glimpse Of
the hall and determined to get job bis office
dreadfuly afraid
Of Mile Nye.
Mile fOrestaled
to lunch She starts home disappointed after borrowing g from
milk in the corridor and Nye happens goes
another bottle while Sally clears the broken pieces the
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becky !

6gVoU n.nevei were much for
! the ladies,a murmured Abe
lard. breathing In the sweet night
cir.
',And the ladies' never were
much for me, Boris" Estabrook
was aware Of desire to talk, to
loosen the bonds Of his tongue
as q woman in tight stays longs
to unlace herself. Good old Boris,
understanding, a sound fellow.
Perhaps I'm unjust to women"
he confessed. But I seem only
to have met two kinds
those who made up to me be-
cause they thought they could
get something out Of it, and those
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do not mention the laughing girl for all seriOusmnded misses
the when in mood Of fun, and the girl who IL
always laughing not taken seriously where concerned
The giggng girl who is always a-twinke may be popular,
but she is rarely adred deeply the serious
Note the stage and that most popular with
and will find that invariably they have that startled
expresson-a look Of half fear the of
Il is popular than the baby stare. .s.xj
You're in luck if you can look that way III
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BY FAY KING.

UToMEN have been alert than they lately
w improve themselves
The shop girl of today well the society
bud and smary dressed girls
they Street.
The movies great promote inspiration
and where the leave off the advertisements
But after girl has selected her style of Dress her kind bob
and made her choice between deep pale nail polish
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20 Languages Spoken in One Diocese

OVER 20 languages spoken the diocese under the Bishop
Of Fuham; spreads north and central Europe from
the English Channel to Moscow and from north Italy to the
North Pole.
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Long Distance Telephone Messages

the end Of 1925 there nearly 6S000O0 tele-
"A phone wire devoted exclusively telephone
in the United States The total about 100000
sages every day. sta
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-16
Joint Installation
At Legion Meeting
V cry Successful

The annual joint meeting Of Fred
Hilburn. post No. IL, American legion,
and the legion auxiliary was held Fri
day night at the Y. w. c. A. Officers
were Installed tor both organizations.
c. q. linton duly appointed installing
officer officiated at the installation
while rs. r. l.. Hoyal, installingg Off
Ger for the auxiliary, assisted.
very large number of members of
both organizations were present. Fol-
lowing the installation of officers and
a short business meeting, program
of unusual excellence was rendered
Refreshments were served and the re-
mander of the evening was givn over
to dancing.
Legion Officers installed were: Post
commander. ]. A. Weiss; second vice
commander, Lieut.. W. II. McKee,; fl
nance officer, NJ. Stolaroff chaplain,
Lea Burnett; sergeant-at arms, r. ~
Foster; and executive committeeman
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-16

comedian of fine appearance and
smooth style, and Winnifred .Axtell
The vehicle consists of Is minutes
of Bright humor
A timely talk on tiklish subjects
will be given by Billy Broad, known
as The Laugh Barage." He is a
nologist-comedian who knows just
what to say and how to say l..
Holden and Graham have a novel
turn in shadowgraphy, they being
the pioneers in color shadow work
The smoke picture is declared to bt
an original idea of Holden and Gra-
ham and consists of black ening twt
white enameled plates with smoke
ana drawing outlines with their
fingers upon the surface of the plates
the picture when completed por-
traying a Venetian landscape. with
bridge, river and other features.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-16
License Granted
MEXICAN AND AMERICAN
I,ROVECTION dtONT,AREn

MEXICO CITY, Jan. Is Especial te
The Dispatch) Under the auspices
Of the department. of foreign reIa
tions statistics covering the last -
years are being drawn UP showing
the attacks which7FhATe been made
against Mexicans an the United
States and against Americans in
Mexico While much of the work
remains to be done, Sit is. stated un-
officially that the attacks against
Americans in Mexico amount to only
40 per cent of those against Mexi-
cans in the United states during the
same period.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-16

The Association vaudeville bill
coming to the Grand theatre has
enough music, comedy and dancing
in the various eneertainnAnts to be
offered for fair-slzed musical COM
edy, Loads Of clean fun gay dane
ing and splash of melody make it
whirl of cheerfulness.
The bill is heddlined by the Serveny
Twins and Their Jazz Pirates in a
melange of song, dance and music.
The Serveny Twins, besides appear
ing wish the Jazz Pirates, also do
an act by themselves. The two girls
are attractive singers and dancers,
While the Jazz Pirates, consisting OF
three men and three women, make
up jazz orchestra.
sketch written by no less u
wizard" of stage craft than Willard
Mack, entitled Who Is She?" will be
offered by Joseph e. Bernard a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-16

MEXICO CITY, Jan. Is tspea.a. to
The Dispatch) = Gambling houses
which were being run in Torreon,
Coahuila, and La Piedad, Micho9
cam have been closed by order Of
the federal authorities. Complaints
are still being made that such houses
are being operated In the capital,
but it is@ expected that action will be,
taken to close them. Immediately due
toS assurances which have been re-
feived by the chambers of COM
merce which have been conducting
. campaigp against such places.