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declared, flatteringly. and hid the
money in the top Of her rolled
stocking.
CHAPTER xxvI
Late that afternoon, when long,
blue-gray shadows lay across
Aunt Elnily's lawn, q big, brown
car drove in between the gate.
posts and came to stop before
the steps OF the house.
''Why--it's John Nyeg' sally
cried, her wisttul eyes on the
tall, dark. Sood.IoOking man who
swung himself out Of it. Some
thing in her voice made Aunt
Emily give her sharp. quick
look before she trotted brislkly
away to welcome him.
$50 1t is" drawled Mile, pull.
ing herself up from the basket
chair where she had been taking
q quiet cat nap. HE said last
night he might drive out to get
me today"
HE can take us ALL home
and we won't have TO- ride the
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derstanding eyes on. the unhappy
race beside her.
1T know you have! But 4
never believed you till now"
Mabel answered, frankly. "You
see, was 80 much in love with
him.
Aren't you still?" interrupted
Sally. you've been married only
only a week. you know"
Mabel put her head down on
her knees and began to cry.
Sure, I'm in love with him."
she wept. do you think I'd stay
with him. and pay his board bill
and his laundry bill IL / didn't
love him? spent every nickel
OF my salary except S. yesterday,
Sally, setting up for the week
I tell you. we're just up against
Very slowly Sally opened her
little gray leather handbag, and
took out 4 s. bill from it. she
knew what she was expected to
: do, and she did 1t.
81 can only lend you this,
Mabsy," she said. folding it into
Mabeps eager little paw. Mother
was going to buy you q wedding
present, but III try to persuade
her to give you the money in.
stead. And then you'll have to
pay this money back to me. I'm
sorry, but rye got to have it
again.
Sure, TIL pay 1t back! You
know I willp' And Mabel jumped
up. brushed the tears from her
eyes, gave her skirts q shake,
and was herself again!
You're sweet cooker she
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the cab, was driven away before
the curious and critical eyes Of
people she knew.
Let them wonder, let them whis-
per! They'd be glad enough to ex.
change places with her II they
could!
The cab pushed It's way tortu.
ously through the rush.hOur traffic.
1t halted at last before d big
square red building that was some
how Disappointing. George had
thought Ernest Brooks had lived In
much grander place.
She went up. up, up to the
fourteenth floor, walked down an
echoing corridor, and turned the
handle of an oldfashioned bell.
AS she did 50, she was angry at
herself, because her heart was
beating too fast. She was just a
little afraid. Ernest Brooks and
herself-they lived in different
worlds, had had different expe-
riences. Instinctively she felt he
had no great respect for her,
only an admiration of her charms.
A japanese servant bowed her
In and that was rather wonder
full, of course. And down the
hall wall came a man in a flow
cred dressing gown, smoking Q
cigarette in a long holder .
Ernest himself.
She followed him into the bir
high room. past disordered bed.
room and q tiny kitchen. Che
looked up at the tall ceiling, at
the skylight, at the bare furnish
ings of the place, in which q
davenport and an English setk10
seemed like insignificant objeOGA
A huge easel looked like an in.
strument of torture to her i'm.
agination with its levers. crosa-
bars, and framework.
''Sit down. Giro will have some
tea in q minute. Well, how are
your"
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6 A ND now ovsrthins's Just fine

6 A ND now Overthins's Just fine
"A again." - MIRA Jerome said
plAcidly. a. she took her third
helping Of chicken salad.
Mrs. Jerome was more than
likely to think that everything in
the world was ''just fine" so long
~ she had plenty Of chicken
salad, q comfortable garden chair,
ana 4 daughter to brush the flies
ana mosquitoes away from her.
as Sally was doing now.
But 1t seemed that everything
in the family was not 'aiust fine"
For after dinner Mabel drew
Sally away, behind the ctrrant
bushes along the fence, and told
her q story Of disillusion and dis.
gust.
I'm just having the most
awful time with Beauw she be.
gan. holly. not looking at sally
40 she talked ."T7e got paid yes.
terday noon, and last night at
5 o'clock he sailed in with half
OF his salary gone. He knows
boolSmaker, and he'd been play.
Ing the races. He picked the
wrong horse. Of course. You'd
just know he would! And he
. wears 30 many clean clothes!
You should have seen our Iaun.
. dry bill this week. and | had to
pay it! What he had left last
night he spent on . quart Of
liquor and = big tin Of cigar.
ettOB."
Hes always spent his money
that way. I've told you 30 q
thousand times" Sally spoke
gravely. her compassionate. un.
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ing. t,p a magazine In front Of her
as IL abe were reading. She did
not lower It until she heard Aunt
Emily calling "Good-by" to every.
one, and then the low murr1ur OF
the brown car as it started away. .
WAS l very rude?" she asked
when Aunt Emily, trim and 20.
we're In gray linen. came back
across the smooth grass to her.
And do you mind II stay for
supper? invited myself" She
put down the magazine.
Aunt Emily did not seem to
have heard her questions. She
stood squarely In front Of her,
with her piercing eyes on Sally's
big blue ones.
..SallyP she said finally. "You
like that man Of Miles. don't
your"
The question came 60 unex.
pectedly that sally answered it
almost without thinking. She an.
swered 1t with a short little nod
of her head and Eyes" that was
more like q quick sigh than a
word.
And then she found herself
telling her aunt all about it.
Aunt Emily, for all her snap and
matter.of.factness, was the kind
OF person to whom other people
go with their troubles and their
confessions.
Confession IL good for the soul,
ana 1t has way of taking a load
off the heart. too. And Sally felt
a certain relief when she had told
Aunt Emily the whole story.
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crowded street carr Mrs. Jerome
broke in eagerly. Before Mile
could stop her she was halfway
across the lawn. calling out to
him.
"oh, Mr.. Nye, how nice Of
you--I'1l go right In and get
my hat and be ready in q
minutew She went up the steps
with swiftness that she had not
shown ia years,
Mabel burst into q laugh.
"Well, look at the old girl go,
win your she giggled. she sure
can show some speed when she
wants to. can't she?" Mabel
probably never had read the Ten
Commandments. and knew moth.
ing about honoring her mother
and father-or her mother-in.
law or anyone else, for that
matter. She had no respect for
anyone, really. She laughed
again. and Beau laughed with
her.
Mile gave them a blighting
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look. Elbow can you laugh about
. thing like THAR" she asked
bitterly. II think It's terrible
wishing herself. on him for q
ride home! When she knows
perfectly well that he came out
for me and for nobody else!--I
could just shake herr
Mabel, still giggling. turned to
Beau. "Well, as long as your
mothers going to drive in with
Mr.. Nye. you and may as we'll go
along, too" she said to him.
Come on. darling"
They jumped up from the grass
where they had been sitting, hold
ing hands. They were still In that
blissful honeymoon state where
they were making love to each
other.
Mile groaned. watching them
cross the lawn with their arms
linked lovingly. They got. into
John Nye's car az II they owned 1t.
isn't that the pink limit--wish-
ing the whole family on him?" she
appealed disgustedly to Sally, az
she shook out her runpled pink
dress and fluffed up her tousled
yellow hair. "Well. come along.
we may A. well start"
But Sally shook her head and
did not stir from her cushion on
the grass.
mo. thanks, Mile. I'm going
TO stay and have supper with Aunt
EN-" she said quietly and firmly.
Not for worlds would she have
driven off In John Nye's car be-
hind him and Millie. Not for any.
thing.
She stayed where she was, hold.
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Then a. II making up her mind
for her. a taxicab chauffeur, Z
man whom she remembered Ernest
had hired for one Of their previous
expeditions when the roadster was
laid up for repairs. stepped up to
her respectfully.
you're Miss Hastings. aren't
you? Well. Mr.. Brooks said !
was to call for you
The sense Of luxury, Of being
waited on and served 80 perfectly,
was Irresistible. Georges last
doubts dissolved. She stepped into
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} said quickly. "Ann--my sister
In expecting me-"
That's too bad. You see, I'd
arranged 4 little tea. Some peo.
pie are coming whom / thought
you'd like to meet"
oh, that vas different! No
harm in going to q mans apart.
ranent for Tea, Z regular party.
No harm In going there, any.
way!
IAN right. III cOnas." she said
abruptly.
5, "Juet because other people are
coming, = that IT."
NO, Of course not"
's.You mean you'd come anyway
even II 1 were here all aions7"
Eyes"
AN right. I'm going t. cali
sgsrybody up and tell them to
stay awayl Expect yoA at i've
He rang off abruptly, and
George put down the receiver
with the feeling Of having been
fooled. She felt q little irritated.
OF course she'd stay away, ana
there probably hadn't been any
people coming to meet her, any.
way. Ernest had never shown
any great eakernesS Tor her TO
meet his friends. now that she re-
n1emberoc 1t.
But IL she didn't show up, he
would think she was afraid, he
would kid her ana call her his
modest violet. ana ask her how it
felt to be sweet and old.faSl1ioned.
Her pride roAo In revolt at that
thought. Very well, she'd 70 there
ana show him, even II she stayed
just q minute.
Nevertheless. the thought made
her vaguely uncomfortable during
the rest OF the day. It got be.
tween her ana the letters aha was
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tipping. to the detriment Of typog.
raphy and spelling.
Why did she mind? What was
there really to mind? But AIMS
serious face, her pleading voice,
came before her again. and she re.
GREETED once more that she had
been so rude and 90 headstrong.
Ann really loved her. George
knew that, and was forever max.
ing resolves to show her gratitude,
to try to please Ann. But as
soon as she met Ann. her resolu.
tionb went up like smoke and dis.
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NOIO Go On With The Story.

DUT these things did not happen,
ID pen, and week. 10 days, went
slowly, desperately by. Ann re.
Elected on how difficult 1t was
TO BE- q woman. to. have to ait
and wait. to have to be patient,
TO leave all the initiative to q
man.
In the end she took to walking
past the importing house where
Bill worked. though this meant
almost half an hours delay be.
fore she could reach home. Then
one evening her patience was re-
warded.
He was Just coming out of the
office building, and he looked sick,
and tired. At first she wondered
what had happened, and then
when she saw his eyes, his drawn
face ana unbruahed clothing, slle
guessed instinctilely that hp. had
been drinking.
bill"
He stopped, looked up with q
ehamefaced smile, looked away,
met her eyes, and looked away
again.
oh, how could you! 70 think
Of you being a. weak - the"y'
"Don'tp he pleaded. II feel
rotten enough 40 e ia."'
well. you're not going on like
this?" Ann asked. How matter Of
fact her voice vast Why all she
wanted to do was to put her arms
around him, tell him not to be I'M.
happy any mora, strengthen him,
hearten him, comfort him.
Who cares anyway" he said,
looking Absurdly like q small boy,
Then Ann said bluntly. Listen,
have you eaten yet? No. Of course,
you haven't. Well. I'm going TO
accept an invitation to dinner
from you."
Would you really?" His eyes
locked at her with eaRerness.
She smiled. Then she put her
arm through his, and they started
down the, street together.
CHAPTER 10
On the same afternoon that
Ann. deliberately straying past
the Office where Bill worked, had
found him at last. with the marks
OF dissipation fresh In his face,
George was having her own I'd.
ventures.
That afternoon she had been
called to the phone in tho inallr.
afce office where she worked.
Mr.. Grantham had called her q
little Grossly. a. If to imply he
was not altogether pleased with
these long ana apparently per.
scnal calls which took up 30 much
Of the time he was paying for.
But George was not interested
In Mr.. Granthan'$ feelings. Didn't
half the men. who came into the
office. sAunter over to speak to
her? Wasn't she. IN that way, .
real asset? She knew her power
10 attract men by now, and she
realized its. value fully.
The man who was on the other
AMd Of the wire was. az she sais-
pected, Ernest Brooks. Like
George he could talk on the
phone easily and smoothly for
many minutes, bantering, 1nsinuat-
ing saying things funny or serious
alternately.
But today he was rather brief.
See here, youngster," he said with
HIS ha1f-mocking drawl, you've
promised me q. dozen times to come
over to my studio. I'm tired Of
simply dancing all over the town
wit you. Come on over today
when the jobs done"
It'll have to 50 home" Georgia
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boarders, besides caring Tor her
own family. The burdens Of life
seemed too heavy for her falling
health. She had lost confidence in
herself.
One day she began taking Lydia
n. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her general health began to Inn
prove. She took 1t faithfully. Now
she can do her work without any
trouble, sleeps we'll and is no longer
blue and tired.
This woman, Mrs. Cora Short, r.
R. ., Box 3S7, Oklahoma City, 0kla.,
writes: Everybody now says: Mrs.
Short, what are you doing to your
self? weigh 1876 and my weight
before took 1t was lis. ! have
taken seven bottles Of the Vegetable
Compound"
Are you on che Suplit Road 10
Better Health2 II
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doub tabout Il.
"Why / wouldn't be surprised II
! were really in love this time!
she said to herself.
She remembered his quick
kisses, holding her close while her
breath was stilled. touching her
neck with his deft fingers. Once
he had kissed her throat. She had
been troubled. she had felt some.
how unhappy with 1t all. But he
knew so much more than q boy--a
boy Ike Bill Warren. for instance.
Just to know Ernest waA an ex.
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appeared. Then she did ana said
things all over. again that only
made her unhappy when she
thought about them afterward.
But this thing was settled. there
was really no getting out of it.
She'd had some wonderful times
with Ernest, he always seemed to
have plenty Of money. and he
knew Just the right things to order
in restaurants, and his car would
make so without any trouble, and
he had lived In Paris. He was
really wonderful, there was no
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by actions words that there isn't she couldn't get
she her mind and looks to it'll
But the pretty girl who unconscious Of her beauty who
makes another girl unhappy fearful that
she vamp away the this girl loves beauty
much admired by by
pretty girl who unpopular with girls
lights telling friends these other girls
her just because she pretty and popular with
But II is for other reasons!
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perience.
Coming out Of the office at last,
pushing her way through the
crowd that scrambled out of the
elevator. she felt that she alone OF
all these people was really on her
way to an adventure. The rest
were just living humdrum lives in
which nothing that happened to.
day hadn't happened yesterday
also, and wouldn't happen tomor.
row again.
OF course, shed 20 to Ernest
Brooks studio, ana YETI
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However they mistaken in the idea that this
fact that they preter than their girl friend that
because the girls jealous Of her popularity with
The fact of the matter the girls do her looks
but they do resent her attitude toward them.
She unpopular because she not fair she beautiful
She delights acting aof and making very apparent that she
conscious Of being the preiest creature in the crowd.
She delights using her ws to enchan the best
girl pretty And she does do this outright ners
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T ey m ad . q
pretty picture.
But. the thin
woman In the
blue checked
apron sighed as
she looked ct
them. She was
tired Of cows.
tired OF her tedi-
Gus work In the
dairy. She was
tired Of cooking
for a houseful Of
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By FAY KING

THERE Is that idea that pretty girl unpopular
I with other girls because she is pretty
One need only to tune the conversation Of girls any
time hear them singing the praises pretty
They delight in her charm and and beauty almost much
admng would They her charm wit
sweetness with unseh pride when about introduce her
friend.
But S true that pretty girls unpopular with other
girls and with truth that girls do ke them"
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Make q little book of "a pages, each page
inches square. Then make cover Of stiff
paper. Number the pages Of your book.
The page opposite the inside cover is Page
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Peter saw two children .
playing under a tree.
Myra said, Ned, will you please
give my doll a rider"
"Oh yes" said Little Ned.
Myra put her doll in his wagon
and Ned gave hera good ride.
Peter stopped a long time,
Not a cross word did he hear.
Then Peter rolled
right under the tree.
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FARMER WOMAN
IN OKLAHOMA


In a sunny pasture in Oklahoma,
4 herd OF sleek cows was grazing.
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BY
M. Genevieve Sylvester
Little Peter Pumpkin

Little Peter Pumpkin
"Lookp said Ned, "a fine
pumpkin! We can make a
jack-o-lantern." /.
Ned cut off his cap
and took out the seeds
Myraacut two holes for eyes.
Ned cut a long hole
for his nose.
And Myra cut his mouth.
Then they put a candle
in the jack-o-lantern
and lighted it.
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/. Now read your story and color your
pictures. Cut out along black line and
paste in the book in the proper pages.
New pages will be printed here each day.
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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 I'VE together In Mrs. Oeaya
boarding house. Ann the elder, factory
4 Insurance office Ann proud her looks
charming and pleads with her the attentions Of
Bill Warren, who mady In love with her and nothing
do with Ernest Brooks chance who
rushing Bill makes c0ndant Of Ann George
who refuses him. AIMS sicltude for
Of B and the day after the quarrel he asks her to have lunch with
him. During lunch he shows he still devoted George Ann
asks him why he doesn't call her sister that evening Bin comes
the boarding house and after waiting with
George vnalctvey te R she doesn't she
sees him again and in desperation he Ann
she would be willing to out with him and then.
MIR In On With The Cforu
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ADVERrlSEMRNT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
Aliens Must Bargain
I'm StambOul Bazaar

The STEAMBOAT bazaar has been be-
reft of its former picturesqueness ow-
ing to the abolition OF the fez. But
Its varied and valuable wares still at
tract hundreds of foreigners, espe.
cially Anglo.Saxons. There Is no use
to be In a hurry IL ono wants to buy
anything in the bazaar. During oc-
tober an American took a great fancy
to an old piece Of cut glass, formerly
the property of the Sultan Abdul
Hamid. The deaIer-an Armenian
asked 1900 Turkish pounds (about
5000. The other said he supposed 1t
was worth 500 pounds at the most
and that in any case he did not great
ly admire 1t. A week later he looked
in to ask IL the glass had been sold.
The dealer said that q Berlin an
tiQue merchant had offered him 1000
pounds and he was thinking Of &C.
|cepting the offer. The American said
he had been thinking It over and be.
lieved he could afford 600 pounds. The
dealer roared with laughter. In the
end the American acquired the glass
for 7s0 pounds, just over half Of the
price originally asked! But the ma
1ority Of foreigners have neither the
time. patience. nor experience to bar.
gain to such good purpose. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

In Manchuria. The Chinese govern.
ment. unable to subdue It, made
Chang general, and enrolled his men
in the army.
Chang has five wives, over whom
ne is lord and master-except for the
NTH and youngest, who, being very
beautiful, has considerable power. in
Manchuriafi affairs of state. Unlike
the simple uniform which Chang
kai-Shek wears. Chang usually
dresses In a beautiful embroidered silix
Jacket ana takes great pride in his
nnger nails, which are 30 long that
he never attempts to shake hands
with foreigners.
Chang despises the Cantonese. and
IN an interview once granted this OBJ.
server ne called bolshevist advisors
Cninas greatest curse. His program
TOT uniting China is for the powers
70 lend him money and let his army
sweep south.
Young Chang is 20, son of Chang
Tso'Lin's first wife. He In great
bridge player and considers himself An
expert consumer OF cocktails claim
which has not held up under test. He
especially fond OF the company Of
Hritish and Americans and favors
foreign control in China.
Gen. Sutton, aside from the Jana.
nese, Is the strength OF Chang Tso-
Lin's army. As retired and destitute
British officer he once wandered into
Changs camp and sold the old war
lord the idea OF making his own artil.
lery, Sutton set up factory In Muk.
den, and the trench mortars which
he made have won Changes battles
time after time. Incidentally Sutton
owns the best racing ponies In China.
ana is reputed to be one OF the
wealthiest foreigners in the country
fCopyrifht 1927