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mines. agriculture and industry, with
safety for life and property and an hon.
est and efficient administration, would
be amazing.
Consequences Are Cited.
The consequences of such a reorgan-
ization would be q complete change in
the whole economic organization. At
first there would be great importations
of machinery and other means for i'm
proving agriculture and industry Ex-
ports would be enormously increased
The demand for labor In industry and
agriculture would elevate wages and
raise standards of living Plenty would
replace famine; prosperity would drive
out misery. China would revive as Ger
many has done, for the greatest wealth
OF China is the character of its peo-
pie. And if the Chinese people are
given a chance they will work miracles.
Practically every one who knows
China is enthusiastic over its potentiali-
ties. The great agricultural mineral
and industrial resources of the country,
combined with the unusual intelligence,
industry, perseverance and thrift Of the
people, would make it quite possible for
the ravages of civil war and famine to
be repaired in a relatively short time.
Under proper methods the recovery
of the Chinese people from any catas-
trophe is one of the most marvellous
things of the age. The whole of Cen
trail China was devastated during the
Tai Ping rebellion of the last century.
The loss of life at that time has been
estimated at from 10000, 900 to 50,000,-
900. In less than so years the ravages
had been obiiterated and the rapid in
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sible in operation. exchange Of cars and
locomotives would be permitted and gen.
eral efficiency would be at least doubled
This has been proposed many times, but
always rejected by the Chinese.
There are possibilities of income and
stamp taxes under certain conditions,
while the land taxes could be reserved
for the provinces and cities.
Administration OF Finances.
The commission would be expected to
produce complete, detailed plan Tor
the administration of finances tnclud-
ing reform of the currency and a
banking system modelled after the Fed.
eral Reserve System OF the United
States, with perhaps some features
copied from the central banks of
Europe. A scheme for preaudit as in
Persia and the Philippines would be
necessary as we'll as devices for insur-
ing the honesty of officials in the
financial departments.
1t would, of course, be necessary to
have international control as in Ger
many, of the revenues required for the
service of the huge international loan,
most of which would have to be fur
nished by the United States.
1t seems probable that the Chinese
government could be assured, by adopt
ing the plans recommended by a Dawes
Commission for China" of ample rev.
enues to pay its expenses, including in
tcrest on its existing and future loans,
with surplus for public works. If the
government received the taxes actually
paid by the people, it would have
enough now. Additional revenues which
would result from the development of
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crease of population had more than
made up the deficiency.
Even during the recent civil war,
trade, agriculture and manufactures
have continued in spite of every diff
Guilty.
Vast areas now uncultfVated because
flood dikes have not been repaired could
be opened to profitable farming. In
one case. an American engineer con-
nected with the famine relief, by in
telligent expenditure of $780, pro-
tected from the annual floods a district
upon which crops valued at $4,000, 900
were grown the next year.
The operating expenses of Chinese
railways are so low that they pay enor-
nous profits from the start, even If
their rates are exceedingly low.
Shall the self-conceit of a few young
idealists and their anti-foreign propa-
ganda, quite contrary to the precepts
and teachings of their revered master.
be permitted to rivet the chains of
famine and misery on 446,000,000 hu-
man beings-nearly one-quarter of the
human race?
Should not one of the first acts of the
new President, the victorious Marshal
Chang Kai-shek. be to communicate
with Owen D. Young and ask him to
arrange to visit China with his former
associates to rehabilitate another great
nation and devise a Dawes plan for
China?
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AS soon as Harriet was out of
the office Westcott came to
Nancy.
Il expect you're anxious to go.
he said, wish ] was driving you
up. It's your home town. isn't
It? No doubt John Blair will be
out to see how his little prodigy
Is getting along. If you see him,
give him my best regards, and a
thousand thanks for sending you
TO me-"
He reached over and took her
hand. She pulled it away quickly
and walked over to the closet for
her hat and coat. Westcott fol
lowed her. took her by the shout
6ers and swung her around. say
ing:
whats your big rush. I'm not
through talking to you yet
III have to hurry she an
Gwered.
What ] want to say" he went
on. lis that mother and Mrs.
Deane would like you to start
helping them Monday. The recep'
ton is set for the twenty-fourth
and the time is getting short.
Mother Is always nervous wreck
after these affairs
WAS he trying her, looking at
her 80 intently because he had dis
covered her relationship TO Mrs.
Deane?
Every time he mentioned the
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By ROY L. FOLEY

wear" she said he likes liis
models-that is. he likes his girls
to look we'll when they come into
town, He told me to wear this.
1t isn't mine"
Then she turned to Mrs. ODay.
You'd better be getting dressed
now. want you to look your
very best at the theater. And
you too. Dairy. Go put on ycllr
collar. And shine your shoes. ne
sure and get the heels good and
black"
How she thrilled at managing
these two again, at busting about
them, half bossing. as though they
were children. Loving them every
minute. Heartsick for them now.
She didn't know why.
The Appleton show was a repe-
tition of the success. but as far
as Nancy was concerned the
previous revue was very mild.
Nancy in her 'Debutante" was
appIauded again and again. Ziesel-
baum. back stage, was running
about. Such a thing as a model
being applauded like this was un-
heard Of A style revue wasn't
performance of the Greenwich
Village Follies. He couldn't IN
derstand it.
But Ginger did. Ginger, CARRIED
again In the tight fitting black
velvet, knew Nancy was gor-
geous looking girl. that she had
never been dressed becomingiy be
fore. and that now, under the
stage lights. gowned beautifully.
her head a mass OF tumbled god,
that she was an enhancing vision
1t occurred to Ginger too, thai
1t occurred 10 Ginger, too, that
art OF wearing clothes, or in the
way to walk across a stage.
After the show was over Nancy
was the center OF attraction back
of the curtain. This time Ginger
chung close TO her. on the de-
fsnsive her ears open for any
sighting. jealous remarks from
Maybelle Montague or her kind.
How out of place Mud and
Dairy looked back in the wings.
When Nancy brought them 70
meet her friends, to be intro.
duced TO Ziegelbaum. They we're
standing there now. Mud in her
queer old hat with it's bobbinS
rose, and Dairy with the toes of
his shoes turning up ridiculousiy
Ziegelbaum, Ginger, Vic, some
OF the other girls, all wrong the
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tha dav was over; the hampers
had been repacked and the car
had gone, and after the ride home
there would be great scurry to
make ready for a ball they were
to attend that evening at yacht
club. on the Sound, an hours trip
by fast motor.
Now there was the confusion OF
getting under way; shouts OF
Coming, Bea? Hi, Freddie" Ann
hung behind, blue eyes on Benny.
And when her horse jerked sud
denly she stepped backward al
most into his arms, giving him q
pleading look.
''You certainly need pro-
tector, Ann" She chung to him
and he held her a moment. finally
swinging her up to the saddle,
spending a moment fussing with
her stirrup. She could not fore.
bear a glance of, triumph at
Diana, and this, as he realized all
in a flash. was her undoing.
Benny" called the other girl
over her horses back. PLEASE
this saddle-what's che matter
with it? Oh, dearr'
He left Ann for Diana, but
could find nothing wrong with
the saddle, lingering straps and
buckles. And, as the crowd swept
away without them, he looked up
to meet her laughing eyes. He
understood then; she was ridicul-
ing Ann again, making him a
party to her fun.
Yet he could not help laughing.
The pert little face was so clever.
so full of mischief twinkling at
him, so trimming with spirit, az
she came around the sleek roam
and stood grinning while their
friends rode away down the bride
part. Feet apart. hands in her
pockets. an unlighted cigarette
between her lips, head on one
side, she might have been
naughty hoy. except that she was
so very feminine. such 4 merry
little figure, alluring as q happy
song.
Warmth swept the man,
memory of the kiss she had
given him so long ago. This girl,
whose smile was an invitation,
whose every glance was a. chal-
lenge-without half knowing what
he did he crossed him arms on
her shoulders. drew her against
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name. Deane Nancy's heart
pounded and she felt guilty. 1t
seemed as though anyone must
notice it. Well. If Howard Yves.
colt were playing game. she
would play a game, too.
What kind of a woman is Mrs.
Deane?' she asked. I've read
her name in the society columns.
Mrs. Deane? Oh, she's all
right. Terribly blue-blooded, il
you know what j mean. The wife
OF Montgomery Deane, banker
here. They're very reserved, nice
though. They live in a big house,
all alone. Guess | must have
pointed it out to you on the ave.
nue.. They had two children, both
dead. A daughter died while she
was away at school, and their
son diss ppered long time ago.
There was some scandal about
him.
Il was only kid at a military
school when they had some kind
Of a. rumpus about him. Never
did find out the details. In fact,
] hardly know the old folks my.
self. They're friends of mothers"
Didn't he know? Didn't he
really know?
Was it possible that a man as
keen as he didn't associate the
Deanes. and their son who disap-
peared so long ago, with the story
that Nancy had told him of her
pa rentage?
80 if you're ready to go Mon.
day afternoon. I'll let mother
know" he continued. What
say"
No he did not know. He did not
know. He had no suspicion Nancy
knew it. her intuition told her
so. 1t was incredible. No doubt
he had dismissed her story ~
her relationship to some family
here in Milwaukee, with the tell
ing. He probably had never
thought Of il after he had tried
50 hard TO guess the name AS he
drove past the Prospect Avenue
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CHAPTER 81
For the life of her Nancy
couldn't have told anyone why
she so dreaded meeting Mrs.
Deane, why she had such a terror
OF anyone's discovering her true
relationship to these people OF
wealth. influence, family. When.
ever she thought of the Deanes
or heard the name mentioned, her
mind flew to dear old Maggie
O'Day. Had Nancy known it, she
was sub-consciousIy afraid that il
Mrs. Deane claimed her she might
separate her from Muddy ODay.
The cottage on Lawrence Street
seemed the more precious to her
I now there was danger or her
losing it.
Vic Fleming was waiting in
front OF the Carmody when
Nancy arrived home. AS she
came up the street, back of him,
she recognized his car. his light
gray hat, turned down all around.
The thought of driving TO Apple
ton in that car, struck Nancy
with terror as she hurried To-
ward it. She hoped it would be
dusk when they arrived.
Hello there, Vic?'' she said and
her CHEEKY voice gave no indica.
ton of her thoughts.
10 there, Goldie Locks" Vic
answered. II hear you're the hit
OF the revue and you've already
made one girl SO jealous she's
started big row. I'll say you're
progressing. Say, how about let.
ting me be your press agent. I'll
have Ziegfeld and Ed Wynn fight
in for your services"
Nancy wished Vic wouldn't call
her Goldie Locks. She wished he
wouldn't be so familiar, so full OF
buster; too much of the so.called
pep that some Of the young men
she knew were always exhibiting,
tired her.
She had told Vic she thought
that sort of thing was cheap in
a man or girl. But Vic only
laughed and said she was the
queerest little devil he had ever
known and that the more she
scolded him the more intriguing
she was. In other words, he just
wouldn't believe she was serious.
She amused him. he said. and he
kept right on calling her Goldie
Locks.
1t was puzzling, too. Nance
thOught-after she was with Vic
awhile she forgot all his glaring
faults. There was something about
him whole hearted and generous.
His sensibilities were not as fine
as Howard Westcott's. but she
doubted IL he ever could be guilty
of Westcott's deadly anger or OF
his metallic GOODNESS toward some
people.
1t was dusk when Nics big car
drew into Appleton, even though
he had raced with the setting sun.
lie said that he wanted to take
her to the Conway Hotel for din.
ner.
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crowd. Not before the wide,
wide world, she murmured.
There is a time-a place
She gave him a dazzling look,
her eyes filled with light, and was
into the saddle in bound, can
tering away, smiling backward.
Coming" she called softly. Are
you coming, Benny Black"
He followed more slowly, all
the old doubts. the old questions
milling through his brain. Diana
Rand--what was Diana Rand?
there. her willingness 10 give.
Did she wish To give herself. than?
All in a breath so--was this SUR
render?
And did he want this? All.
well, if it We're true there must
have been others. He could not
have been the first. Love! Bit.
terness scared his thought.
At fork in the road the girl
hesitated, looked over her shoulder.
Their friends had gone down the
mountain; they were out of sight
now. But she was not following;
she was taking the narrow trail
which led to the high loneliness
known as Inspiration Point. She
wished to be alone with him.
then Oh, he would not
hesitate. Let her take the in
itiative: he would not have that on
his conscience.
Upon the narrow ledge which
overlooked the lake and the val
ley beyond they dismounted. and
Diana stood gazing afar. stretch
ing her arms to the wide pano-
rama isn't it,, she breathed,
wonderful! Just to be alive,
Benny = isn't that splendid
thing?"
He answered huskily, Yes, !"
and she turned TO look at him.
You want TO taste all of life.
don't you?" he asked. lis that
it? Tell me, Diana, Is that what
you wish?"
"All-every bit Uncertain,
hurt by his sudden aloofness, she
took step toward him. His arms
went around her then: the world
swirled and blurred out.
They sat upon a flat boulder
and even as his lips pressed her
throat he re nernbered things
vision of miniature Diana upon
the palm of Mrs. Sheldon. Diana
tipsy and hilarious. grotesque
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figure OF Diana curIed about
cocktail glass while Freddie
leered. Drink her down, boys. To
a good little bum"
This mounting emotion-what
did 1t mean? Well--Iet her take
the initiative. Follow her lead
- and IL would have been so
easy to have loved her differently;
to have thought OF her as the
one beautiful love; to have made
of their association a holy thing
set apart from sordidness. from
! the light and easy affections the
world knew.
He gave no thought. of course,
to jnexperience. to the heady. pas
sion of first love. He could not
know that to Diana this indeed
was surrender, but only to the
greatest of all things as she ui1.
derstood tia love which must De
enduring and sacred.
She was so sure OF 1t, so JOY.
Gus, that in the end she slipped
out of his arms without hesitation
saying they must go. And Wnen
he caught her to him again, almost
roughly, she laughed, feeling ne
could do her no wrong. Beantlful
days to constellation years
how marvellous life. could be!
They rode back into camp,
Diana glowing. Benny silent and
white. And the crowd greeted
them noisily, with only Ann
catching her mothers look OF
fury---a look she returned.
Diana went to her room. hugged
Bea. kept murmuring So happy
so happy" while her friend
helped her off with the riding
boots.
I'm in love again and my heart
strings are drumming
I'm in love again
Thus sang Diana. And Bea
asked. rs it Benz" Seeing the
flame in the gray eyes. she added
fiercely: Thank God you'll marry
the first man you love-
"Oh. Bea, darling. You see
nobody asked me, sir. she said.
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How familiar that sounded to
Nancy. Every day of her life,
almost, she had passed the Con-
way. When she was a. little girl
it represented all that was elegant
to her.
On only rare coca siona had she
eaten in the big dining room when
she worked in Appleton and then
it had been an event. She didn't
answer Vic right away. She
was thinking whether she should
ask him to drive her to the O'Day
cottage.
No, that would never do. If
the neighbors ever saw her get
ting out of that car after the news
had spread that she was a model,
there was no telling what the
gossips would say. Nancy could
imagine the faces peering from
behind every lace curtain on
Lawrence Street for a block on
either side Of the O'Day house
hold.
Besides, how would Mud and
Dairy take Vic. That too, had
to be considered.
Nancy was in quandary. TO
stop at The Conway for supper
seemed just too heartless when
the two people dearest to her in
all the world were sitting down
to their own simple supper only
a short distance away. And they
were lonesome, too.
Mrs. O'Day's letters, blunt and
brave As they were, so much like
Mrs. O'Day herself, told her he.
tween the lines, more plainly
than words ever could, that she
and Dairy had never been more
lonely in all their lives.
Should she go straight home?
Should she invite Vic in to
share supper with her Muddy
and her Dairy? They would be
eating in the kitchen just about
this time, having their tea. and
they would be using the familiar
blue and white checked table.
cloth.
Could she invite Vic in TO
that?
Nancy was ashamed for even
hcsitating to ask any of her
friends come into the O'Day
household, and yet it wasn't so
much that she didn't want Vic
to come in az that she didn't
want Mud and Dairy to see him
before until she had seen them
first.
why so silent?" Vic asked,
you haven't told me what you
want to do. Where do you want
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things. An what do you mean
sendin' SIS in the mail this
mornin? Now. where did you get
all that money!
"Oh, Muddy, Dairy, III tell you
all about it after while. It's so
glorious 10 he here again. II seems
as though / have been away for
years and that I was never going
to see you again. III tell you
everything that's happened since
/ left home, everything. But let
me look around first. / want to go
into the parlor and l want to go
up to my room.
Nancy stood in the middle OF the
kitchen floor, her hands clasped.
happiness in every feature. She
looked at the oven door. Still
broken. Still held together by
Muddy's invention. No. 1t was
we'll she hadn't brought Vic here.
She wanted to be alone with
Mud and Dairy this hour or so
before she had to rush to the
theater.
That's a pretty fancy outfit
you're wearing, amt it," Dairy
remarked after they had per.
suaded her to sit down TO the
kitchen table and drink some tea.
Nancy looked at her dress, 1t
was cast-off OF Gingef's, sheer
and short, an Importation from
Paris that Ginger had wheedled
out of Ziegelbaum.
This. oh. this
Nancy didn't know quite how to
explain the dress. She Ciisliked 70
tell these old people that 1t was
borrowed.
ITS a dress that Mr.. Ziegel-
baum. the man who is putting on
these style revues, wanted me 10
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} to eat? How does the old home
town look TO you anyway"
They were passing some of the
college buildings. How beautiful
the campus looked, how familiar
every tree and every house was.
She was home again. and it was
lovely feeling, hut as Nancy
looked at these familiar trees
and houses she knew so well.
she realized this place was her
home no longer, that 1t never
would be. The feeling came 10
her that she had been cut off
from it. 1t brought a lump to
her throat.
What ] want you to do. Vic.
IL to let me out about a block
from the hotel. You go and get
bite to eat, will you, Vic? And
then call for me at a quarter TO
8. On Lawrence Street."
She gave him the house num-
Der.
Vic's face was study. When
Nancy started to make her
strange request he was just on
the verge of sneezing. The shock
of her words was so much that
handkerchief in mid air, his
mouth open.
Huh, What's thst?" he asked
increduIously.
vic. please don't think I'm
crazy, but ! want you to 40 TINS
Will you. Vic? Don't ask me
why, please don't ask me why.
II let YOU out, here. alone? How
a eva N
Vic said. That's the funniest idea
/ ever heard"
"Vic, are you my friend?' Nancy
said.
I'm more than your friend!
Friend isn't the word: I'm your
slave. Eth, kiddo? You like me
little. Say you do"
"Of course I like you Vic. And
If YOU like me as you say you do
vouII trust me enough TO do what
/ ask"
Vic did what she asked. There
was NO resisting her. In mo-
ment she was gone, swallowed in
the darkness.
I'll be d" he said.
Nancy ran up the stairs of the
cottage on Lawrence Street. three
steps at a time. The front door
was unlocked. The O'Days never
locked their doors day or night.
She flung it open. The parlor was
empty. The dear old parlor with
it's shabby green velvet sofa and
it's shiny coal stove with the rag
rug in front OF 1t. Nancy gave A
swift glance about the room, low
ing ever familiar object, The smell
OF FRESHLY baked bread filled the
house. How delicious it was.
"O.o.o-or' she called. "Oh, Mud,
oh, Daryl
GLORY be, an there you are at
last, my Colleen"
Mrs. O'Day'S ample form was i'm
the kitchen doorway, and just be-
hind her lever and ever behind herr
was Dairy.
Nancy tried TO hug them both at
once. She tried 10 look at every
thing in the clearly secured
kitchen. She tried to absorb 1T all,
az though she had been away from
something she loved for years and
years, as though she was hungry,
body and soul, for these familiar
things.
Whats all this we're hearin'
about my Colleen?" Mud was say
ing.
.'The papers was fun OF you're
being at some the-ayter in Fond du
Lac the other night. and it said
you got an o-o-vatlon. What In the
name of heaven is one of those
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Every Parent Should Read This Thrilling
Expose Of Wild Orgies Among
High School Children

but he will, Di, tonight. You'll
see
The boots were off at last and
tha kpickers and shirt changed
for =. slip OF a dress, when Diana
said that now they must break
the news. And when Beatrice
crinzed she laughed again, declar'
ing that nobody could do anything
To stop what already had hap
pened.
They went to the veranda. Diana
holding up her hand for silence,
CRYING to everybody to make ready
for a jolt.
gan with mock pompousness, the
marriage this morning at North
Lake village of Miss Beatrice Shell.
don and Mr.. Norman Gregory.
You all may kiss the bride and
shake the bridegroom paw. Line
will form at the Tight-walk, don't
run-and watch your step,
pIease!''
Al moment of startled silence-a
whoop-and the crowd fell upon
the pair. In the excitement no.
body saw Ann steal away to her
room. And the few moments
Hanna devoted TO hNateria she
later explained az due TO nervous
ness.
What dear Mr.. and Mrs. Shell
don will think of me r she moaned.
Yet she regained her poise
quickly, together with new
hope. Marriage was in the air.
and perhaps, even though the
week had come to nothing. these
last few hours held promise,
liz only Ann were not 81 stupid
and Benny Black so wary:
She left the chattering group
and found her daughter. Ard
things were said between them
which were to turn like poisoned
blades In the memory Of mother
and daughter a. long as each of
them should live.
Continued Tomorrow