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) each picture a girl; each girl a
bathing girl in a one-piece suit,
with q lettered ribbon slung
from shoulder to opposite hip.
Which is your girl, Kirk?"
Cav inquired. 1.-THE one you're
going to buggy-ride around?"
81 don't know yet" said Kirk.
"They haven't notified me. But I
know which / hope"
which, Show u.s.
"This one, I'll bet money"
Benny said pointing to fluffy
blonde.
"Or this one" Irene added, in
dicating a Castilian brunette.
Miss Detroit isn't bad" OBJ
served Gay.
elbows Miss Topsfield. Massa-
chusetts?" demanded Alan from
the floor where he sat with his
back turned.
Miss wha'at?'
"Well, l was born there" Alan
said defensively.
(Which is it you like, kirk"
Cav reiterated. Come on, show
u.s."
Kirk leaned again, and his fin
ger lowered over the spotted page.
II like this one-and this one
and this little honey over here.
And ony of those three can dig
for my gold, any time"
This ones the best" Benny
said, as man to man. Miss Man
haitian"
"Umm," agreed Gay.
Her eyes fell from the picture
to the two lines of script below it,
and she read them aloud. Miss
Manhattan, Dolly Quinn-DOlly
Quinn!"
do YOU know herr"
Gays yellow head moved in
negation. mo. I don't know her.
Remember having heard about
her, that's all"
So well did she remember that
she could almost hear again the
bantering, teasing voice Of Parker
Lane. Brunette, he had said.
BLACK hair, and blue eyes, and
awful good"
She stared at the picture. Brn-
nette. Black hair. Eyes probably
blue. although it was hard to tell.
Pretty certainly. A face and form
that Parker Lane would be sure
to call awful good" Dolly. Dolly
Quinn. From New York.
New York was a very vast place,
of course-but did it, could it,
contain more than one little bru-
nette Dolly Quinn?
There were other considerations.
Jerry's Dolly Quinn was an ex-
dance-hall girl-'the sort Of girl
exactly" Gay told herself, who'd
enter a contest like this" And
Jerry over the telephone had said,
Atlantic City, eh? Along with
the rest of the beauties" His first,
his immediate, thought.
Gay sat back and drew deep on
her cigarette. I'D love to see
this Beauty Pageant" she re-
marked slowly. II imagine 1t
would be---interesting.
"If you'd stay" Irene began
again YEARLY.
In the lend, Gay STAYED and
Alan with her.
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his fine plans for the piston.ring
had come to nothing? And also
to tell him that, even IL Staley
Drummond had put money into
the Scintilla company, he had
not done it because he wanted to
send Pats own company on the
rocks?
"Of course I ought to tell him
those things" she made up her
mind. and dropping her mending
basket on the floor beside her
chair, she ran upstairs to dress.
She dressed very carefully .fpr
a woman who is going to see g
husband for whom she no longer
cares, supposedly = a husband
whom she is getting ready to d.
vorce.
1t took her an hour ard a half
to battle and shampoo her hair
Pat always liked. to sea her hair
light and fIuffy-"wlld looking
as he called 1t. Then she got
into some new scarlet clothes
that she had just charged at
Angouleme's, where Florence
France would know about them,
and put on a new red slicker and
hat.
Looking as gay as red bird in
the rainy gray day, she started
/. out at 4 o'clock for the humble,
crowded part Of town where Pat
lived.
1t was when she reached Roy
Jetterson's garage, where the La
France piston ring was still ad.
vertised on cardboard signs all
over the painted brick walls.
But neither Roy nor Pat was
there. Probably over at the shop
gittin' things cleaned up down
there" suggested the mechanic
who was in charge, and over to the
shop where the ring had been
manufactured, went Lily.
She was shocked when she saw
it, with it's soot-blackened wallis,
its lop-sided roof. and the mud that
was all around it.
So this was the sad and gloomy
place where Pat had been working
at night for months, after he had
finished his days work at the
garage! She could have groaned
at the sight of it - No wonder
he had wanted a hot bath the min
ute he stepped into the house. after
hours in a place like this! No won
der he had wanted a decent meal
and a clean, quiet, cheerful wife!
No wonder he was out Of pa
tience on those nights when he did
come home early only to find his
flat dark and cherries and his
wife absent-driving around with
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der feet Of him, inpeccably attired,
and topped by a comedy dark
head. He arrived with his hands
In his trouser pockeas, his shout
ders rounded q little, the head,
which was without a hat, thrust
forward. He said, Hello, GUS
TONER'S" to the foursome in a
tired, bored, man-of-the-world
voice; and then with a note of
genuine boy gusto. well, IL it
isn't the Gay! Herself, not a
lithographE' He took~her extended
hand and wrung it. Hello there,
good-looking, how's your angina
pectoris?"
Zine. And yours?"
"Middlin', middlin.
''f've been Joking for you all
day" Gay went on. Where'Ve you
been?"
"Where'd you look?"
"Oh, I'D and down the board
walk and ir and out of bars
Kirk wagged his head gravely.
Should have tried the police sta
ton"
We've been hearing things
about you, old man." said Benny
Henley.
II should say we have! Where's
YOUR uniform, Kirk? And your
leather puttees?"
Kinks face was bland. "Have
thew made me a second lieuten-
anti" he queried with interest.
81 hear" Gay said severely;
passing over this, I near on
good authority that you're go
ing to act as charioteer TO a
Venus from Idaho or some
where"
IF his audience had expected a
"rise" from Kirk, they, were
doomed to disappointment. He
grinned, quite unembarrassed:
"Say. how's that strike you? l
catch fun"
I'm jealous" Gay pouted.
"Cheerio, my dear" said Irene,
they're nothing to get jealous
about, I assure you"
who aren't?" Kirk, beligger-
ent.
"These alleged bea uties. 7
looked them over last year at
one of the parades, and when l
got home I said to Ted. Do you
know who / am? I'm Helen of
Troy"
you're demented!' said Kirk
Indignantly. why, some of 'em
are the meringue! You ought to
: See-Wait."
He reached in a side coat pock-
ct and brought out thin maya
zine folded in the middle. Stand
ing on the running board, his
feet in line with Alan's but point.
ed inversely, he leaned and
turned on the dashboard light.
"Thereg he said, spreading out
the magazine across Gays lap
and Irene's. Take a squint at
those. will you please"
Tha heads of Gay and Irene
and Benny bent forward obedi-
entity.
Boardwalk Illustrated News"
murmurAd Irene. Look. they're
all In here"
A page speckled heavily with
ANAL oxab TotograXurs pictures;
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} hair with her soft little fingers.

hair with her soft little fingers.
She saw his jaw tighten as she
did 1t, and hard CLINT come into
his eyes. Suddenly his arms went
round her and he held her so close
to him that she could feel his heart
beat jerkily under his coat. His
mouth fastened on hers hungrily.
iYlsistently, and he kissed her until
she was out Of breath.
Hating herself, she let him do
It. If she did not. there were
other women who would. Nice
looking, alluring women like the
little blonde secretary who had
sat upon his desk. And she
wasn't going to lose him now.
Now that she had lost Pat and
his love through her association
with him. oh no!
fsI'm going to take him now,
she thought, Thin and his money
even IL I've lost the only love
that ever came to me, that's no
reason for giving up this chance
to live decently again.
The heavy perfume OF the
flowers in the room swept up 20
( 1(SAAACI ~~AAAN~S
Staley, close-held in his arms.
They seemed to tell her just how
well he did live-not only de.
Gently. but luxuriously. with klis
laps and his beautiful rooms and
his dollhouse, where spring
bloomed for him ahead OF every
body's else spring.
''Staley," she said, drealnlly.
ssyou have the greatest power in
the world when you have money.
haven't you? Tell me what you
did to Pat and his piston ring
company? You bought It for next
to nothing, you said. But what
is your idea Of next to moth.
ing'?"
She waited for his answer, hold.
ing her breath.
IF he gave Pat very much
money for it, he'll probably marry
my divorce she figured out,
about flat broke"
She did. She found herself
hoping and praying that he
wouldn't have a nickel to bless
himself with when his debts were
paid. She knew that he had
debts. He had borrowed on
everything, even his life insur
ance. to swing the La France
piston ring.
CHAPTER LVII
Staley leaned back against the
end Of the sofa and deliberately
clipped the end from one Of his
fine. tat. expensive cigars, very
slowly and deliberately. He
smiled to himself as though he
were enjoying the thought Of the
story he was getting ready to tell.
WELL" he began, his narrowed
eyes on the yellow flames that
danced in the CRATE, 'your hus-
bands piston ring was a good lit"
tie ring enough. But this Scin-
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NoU Go on With The Story.

Lily nodded, her eyes on the
two paragraphs that staley had
written: Darling, IL you'd be
nttIs more kind to me / wouldn't
do that sort Of thing However.
tt was nothing that needs to
bother you for minute. let
Miss James 90 with ! months
pay in advance to prove to you
that mean this.
please let me see you tonight.
want to tell you about 4 Ger.
tain piston ring company that
bought today for next to nothing.
think, pleased, perhaps.
Best love from
The telephone rang while Lily
finished the letter The
sentence about the piston ring
company. that Staley had bought
seemed to leap up at her from
the page.
So he had bought Pat and Roy
Jefferson Quit But how could
they have become so discouraged
in 3, few weeks that they would
selI out to him. Perhaps they
got lot OF money from him
she found herself actually
hoplng so, for Pats sake.
Eli that's Staley,'' she called
kaGra. Lexington without raising
eyes from the letter, Tel
fsl1 can't answer the phone,
bfIf that I'm expecting him to-
cpn1s over here tonight"
y y
Whi1e she was having dinner
with her mother and father at 4,
TO. Staley's trusty Jap servant,
arrived, bringing big box Of flow
err from his het-house--blue and
pink hyacintns, tulips. jonQuflS,
daftodiIs. all the flowers Of the
spring that was just ahead. Staley
could even bAy the springtime be.
fore II came to other people!
BY the time he arrived the hv.-
fng room was bright and perfumed,
and Lily, in a pale pink dress that
She had bought at Angoulem's,
where he had told her to charge
anything she needed, was sitting
on the davenport reading a book
he had sent her, and smoking one
OF the monogrammed, gold-tipped
cfgarets.
Mrs. Lexington might be doing
the dishes in the kitchen alone, I'M
aided. Tomorrow morning Lily, in
a folded house dress, might be
dusting this very room in her
slippy-come sloppy way. But to-
night she was the old Lily of burn
Yshed hair, delicate clothes, pol
fshed nails, and luxurious ease.
When the bell rang she went
slowly to the door and opened it,
blowing blue cigaret smoke through
her nostrils and never saying a
word of greeting to Staley. She
had made up her mind that she
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had given up his cherished dream
81 success and prosperity when
he sold out to the Scintilla COM
Dany-and, knowing Pat as she
aid know him, she was sure that
he was as blue as the ocean
over 1t.
Poor Pat!" she said, unhapp1ly,
and her eyes went to the CLOCK
above the mantelpiece.
Half past nine. Too late to go TO
him now to try to comfort him,
even IL Staley did leave pretty
soon. And Staley showed no signs
of leaving. He stretched out his
legs to the fire, puffed at his
cigar and reached out an arm tor
Lily.
to him and his company do you!
he asked. mot that had any
thing to do with the deal, any
way. for / didn't / just hap
pened to have some money IN
Scintilla and they Just happened
to want to buy out this other
little company. The whole thing
IL pretty small potatoes"
Lily nodded. 81 suppose 1t does
seem like small potatoes to you,
she said quiteIy, ''Eut il was life
and death, almost, to Pat.
know. He's thought of
nothing but that piston ring ever
since I've known him..
Staley grunted. 'He thought OF
you long enough to get you away
from me last spring. he re-
marked, moving closer to her
and laying his arm around her
shoulders and Lily had nothing
to say, although she knew it
was not the truth.
Pat had not taken her lway
from Staley. She had taken her
self away from him. and then
she had set about marrying Pat
who knew that he ought not to
marry her.
"Well, he can't marry now for
a while, even after l divorce
him" she told herself late that
night, lying in bed and staring
at the stars in the dark-blue sky
outside her windows. Hell be
too poor, even for Elizateth Ertz.
who probably isn't used to much
in the way Of money"
- y
The next afternoon. while she
was nending her stockings for
the first time in her hfe-and
doing a very poor job Of it, too
the idea of going TO Pat came to
her.
Wasn't it the very least she
could do? To go to him and tell
him how sorry she was that all
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was going to put him in his place
that night.
But the minute she saw Staley
she was sorry for him. He looked
SO down.at-the-mouth that he was
pathetic. and his eyes pleaded with
her like the eyes of nice dumb
animal, or small boy who las
been bad and knows 1t.
Il suppose you suspect me OF
ali kinds Of wickedness now, don't
your" he asked her when they
were sitting before the fire on the
old. lowered damask sofa that
was not 50 gay and bright colored
as it had been In the days when
Mrs. Lexington made the servants
fly around the house with scrub
pals and Whislx brooms. Just
because my secretary was sitting
on yay desk
And rumpling up your hair and
holding your hands, said Lily
and, suiting the action to the
word. she began TO rg1mplo up his
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CONTINUED from Local 'age)
though He intrisues me. Where's
me been since we came, anyway"
Heaven knows said Irene
piously. He ducked out. Ny
crowd is too old and too slow for
little Kirk. All but you, Gay. He
adores you, Of course. Has since
/. he was II. Never shall forget
the day he met you! It's written
, In red letters in my memory as
being the first day in all his life
he ever brushed his hair without
being told"
THERE crowed Gay. "Who
says I haven't done some good in
the worldY'
Kinks car, was on the garage
now. They could see him climbing
out of it, over the side. Then he
switched off the lights.
kid him." Irene said on sur
den inspiration, when he gets
here, about his chauffeur's job"
His chauffeur's Job?"
Irene nodded, her eyes on the
approaching lank figure. TITS
this Beauty Pageant" she ex-
planned in a hurried undertone.
Each girl in the thing has a car
and q driver at her disposal, day
and night. lille she's here. Peo-
ple around Atlantic City volunteer.
Kirk volunteered this year
wouldn't you know he would?-
which means he'll spend his wax
ing hours next week driving some
-Sh-h! Here he is"
There he was in truth, six sien"
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tilla one was so much better that
his didn't have chance. And be-
sides he didn't have any money to
advertise his. He didn't have
Dutchman's chance to put it over,
and so he was pretty glad TO sell
out to us for a song. So was
Jefferson. They won't have any.
thing left out Of their venture by
the time they pay everybody
what's due them"
He shook his head. mo, they
won't have a dollar of profit. Not
a dollar"
Not 4 dollar, Lily repeated to
herself.
She had been hoping all along
that Pat would not have, any
money left when he had paid his
bills and closed his books.
But now that she knew that
this was Just what was going to
happen to him, she was unhappy
and depressed over it.
She knew how Pat had shaved
over that piston ring thing. How
he had sold his cab, his own little
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Lily Lexington Had Always Gotten What She Wanted But
Could She Land the Richest Man in Town
And Still Love Another?

sta1av Drumnond and making her
nlans to get away from the httls
flat and from him and his poverty.
"Oh. I wasn't very nice to him,
was I?' Lily asked herself, as she
crossed the muddy yard ana
raped on the weather-beaten
wooden door Of the ramshackie
building.
AfterSa long time--three or tour
minutes--there was sound OF
slow. dragging footsteps within,
and a man pulled open the door.
He was a very old man In a ragged
brown sweater, grease-stalneo
old hat, and dirty overaHs. a
dirty yellow dog was at his heels
and 1t growled at Lily.
us Mr.. France here" she asked,
wishing that the man would hoid,
the dog by its old leather collar.
Mr., France was not there. The
old man told her, while the. dos
circled around her. his nose close
to her heels. .
Seems like he said him and Mr..
Jefferson was going up to Mr.. Jet
terson' g for supper" he said. Any
way, they drove off Just a while
afore you come up. Come here.
Pat!r
Lily stared at him in surprise.
and saw that he was calling the
old yellow dog.
did you name that beast after
Mr.. Franee?'' she asked, and he
nodded his head solemnly.
That's Mr.. Pats dog" he said.
Keeps him company down here
when he's alone, he says. Some.
times when he works late, / get
the evenin' off with my old
woman. Yes. this is Mr.. Pats
dog"
There was a queer lump in
LiIy's throat as she slushed
through the mud of the yard on
her way back to the street :
Somehow, the picture OF Pat, In
his old overalls, working in this
God-forsaken place until all hours
of the night. male her want to
cry.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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run-about car. borrowed on his
life insurance, worn his old clothes
until they were shamefully shiny,
and made her wear hers so he
could put over" that piston ring
that was to make them rich and
contented.
She shook her head mounfully.
''TIe won't have a dollar" she
echoed aloud. why, he'll just
be brokenhearted, Staley.'
And then another thought came
to her Does Pat know that
you're behind the company that
bought him out?" she asked.
Staley shook his head. mo, l
don't imagine he doesaithuugh /
don't know. The president OF the
company is a man named Jen-
nings. He swung the deal, It's
nothing big9 and important, you
understand. Both companies were
tiny ones"
All this was very puzzilng to
Lily. She knew almost nothing
about money and business deals.
What she did know was that Pat
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Love in a MilliOnaire's Mansion or In a
Poor Mans Flat Is Lily's
Problem of Future
Read This First !:

LILY LEXINGTON spoiled only daughter Of the CYRUS iExIN
herself her mothers chauffeur PAT france Her family
JEFFERSON SADYE, whom deess.
Pat invented kind piston that he and Roy want
nickel they
into the venture and Pat works night and day. leaving Lily alone
md
CAIN. ehun. down and
finds
oss She gets and when she has mo way q PAYING tSr
81 BY his sister FLORENCE who boOkeper m the shop
.
LILY goes meeting sy after and bumps into the Jet
sweet
whm she jealous But them tells Pat ANYTHING about
Staey until crisis
Eve when Pat happened 70 find jeweed watch that
parents who have lost great deal Of their money and 90 not I'VE
him and Lily wants to DO Il sure that Pat through with
helping him with his housewOrk and il friendly with him She
divorce and Elizabeth correspondent
md delighted when sy tells her that he has bought Pats piston
ring little.
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Dolly reached for a towel and
dried her hands, holding them
carefully at arms length. She
turned to a mirror, and seeing
her chaperon's reflected eyes upon
her. smiled dazzingly. Then Mrs.
Minafee thought, "She will, she'll
be the prettiest thing there" Mr..
Standish. the fellow from the
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LITTLE SINS = By KATHERINE BRUSH

Star, thought so, too.
But / won't tell her" Mrs
Minafee determined. She's going
to get spoiled enough these next
few days, if what he says about
the fuss they make over them is
true
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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Rirds FIu Across AtLantic

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Betrayed By Hair

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weight of human hairs.
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