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he'd 20 like q house afire, and
you couldn't make him stop! He
just forgets entirely that his
models are human beings. A lot
Of 'em do. for that matter, but
usually II you remind them
they're all apologies. Not Fer
nando. I'd say was tired, in a
weak little. squeak, and he'd say,
Great Lord. but you can't move
now! Hold on couple Of min.
utes longer''
She shook her head, smiling,
MY, but that seems ages ago!
And 1t was only September"
Al lots happened to you since
then" Jerry said.
Hasn't IT."
She shut the magazine, laid It
over the chair arm and sat pat
tering q slow tune on its cover
with her finger tips. Would you
believe that q persons life could
change so, Jerry-just in such
little while?" She hesitated, crop.
ing for expression. Its all so
wonderful, and it's all reeled off
so fast--I can't haven't had
time to get used to the idea,
somehow or other. / go around
just hoping and hoping that no
BODY will wake me up - yet =
While.''
Sweet" announced Jerry. ir.
releyantly but very positively.
You're the sweetest thing alive"
I'm the happiest," said Dolly.
II know that"
He stared at her for some
seconds then in a rather singular
way Through the mel
low gilt cast over them by a. near
stlk-shaded lamp she returned his
scrutiny. Merrily at first. Then
soberly. Then with a small
scowl Of bewiIderment. @Jerry!"
What are you looking so fear.
fully funny about?"
His eyes shifted. Nothing"
Tell mer
Nothing, really. / was just
thinking"
Thinking what?"
Again he stared at her. He
said slowly. 'aThinking-that these
things that make you so happy
are making me very damn miser-
able. Oh. know he pursued
bitterly. checking her startled out
cry. IT know it's selfish. and
all that. But can't help It,.
You see. when you were Just a
little kid who worked in a store.
without any money at all and not
much prospect OF ever making
any, ambitious as the devil and
not able to do anything about it
well, then used to feel there
was q chance for me.
I figured that some day you'd
| get tired Of that stuff--tired of
working 50 hard. and scrimping
and saving. and not getting any
place. That's why stuck 40
close sweetheart. I wanted to
be sure and he right there beside
yoii. with these arms open--wlnen
you rot tired.
! His voice sank ainaoMk - q
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old. She is frivolous and extrava-
CANT and selfish and vain. She is
bored with her husband, or she
bores him. or both. She has no
children, or she has a lonely
one, whose upbringing devolves
upon her servants. She cares
nothing for domesticity.
She exists for such excitement
as she can find in the fifth or
sixth cocktail, in the highest notch
of speed, in the maddest bleat of
Blues, in the dark, bold, predatory
eyes of the newest man. She Is
flagrantly, perpetually indiscreet;
but she is seldom immoral. Poten-
TALLY her sins are tremendous.
Actually they are only little
sins
Gay Pomeroy had been married
less than a month when she dis
covered that marriage, after all,
didn't make, or needn't make,
much difference.
Her first intimation of this
came during her honeymoon. At
one of the hotels where she and
Alan stopped a handsome young
man named Don Durant was also
stopping; and because he wore
fraternity pin twin to the one
that Alan would have worn had
Alan been a little less long out of
college. a friendship began, Dur
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By KATHERINE BRUSH

ing three afternoons then Durant
played golf with Alan. For three
evenings he dined with Alan and
Gay, and danced with Gay, and
told her things.
AS they danced on the third
evening he told her that the fol-
lowing afternoon he would not
play golf with Alan, but instead
would take her riding in his
roadster, This was the method of
Don Durant with ladies. He did
not issue an invitation; he made
an announcement.
silly" said Gay. II can't do
that"
And why not?"
ALAN wouldn't like 1t.
"My dear girl, Alan wouldn't
know it! Listen to me. Wen
time our arrival back to the hotel
to coincide with his approach shot
to the eighteenth green. BY the
time he's holed out and added up
and collected his bets and started
in, you can be awaiting him in
your rooms, wearing the injured
expression peculiar to golf widows
and polishing your nails with the
air of one who's been doing Just
that all the afternoon long"
"You talk it WELL" commented
Gay.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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marry you and take care OF you
and give you things. And / used
to think that some day maybe
you'd let me. IL only because you
needed things so badly. And
then, all at once, everything
changed. You don't need me
now. You've got work that you
like to do. and enough money to
make you comfortable. You're a
successful artists model, and in
a year or couple of years you're
going to be a successful artist
yourself-and you're perfectly
happy. And So" he shrugged
hopelessly; pathetically, Dolly
thought. ut looks as IL I'm just
out of luck. that's ALL"
She had never so Ionged as
then to hold his head against her
breast, to caress his hair with
her hands, and Groom to him.
Little boy, dearest boy ."
Her hands went out to him Inn
pulsively. He caught them in his
and clenched them, searching her
eyes with his eyes; and then at
once he was not a little boy at
all, but q man, who loved her
terribly and whom she terribly
loved
but I do need you, jerry" she
whispered.
They remained as they were for
another agelong, strangely cleo
trio instant. Then Jerry set free
her hands. Almost roughly. Al
most he threw them away. "You
don't" he said. That's just talk.
You'd marry me. il you did"
There is only one reason why
] won't marry you. I've told you
what that Is. several times"
In the pause that followed she
reached out and took the empty
glass from the little lacquered
table. This" she said.
She, replaced it. II didn't mean
to lug, the subject in again, Jerry.
We've discussed 1t enough al
ready, goodness knows, and I al
ways sound purftanical and-and
naggy. And / never accomplish
anything. I just annoy you. But
there's the answer. It's not
the work I'm doing. or the money
I'mS making. that comes between
you and me. And it's not" she
touched the glass again, mot
just one drink Or even two or
three. / wouldn't care at all. II
you drank like other people. But
you love it so! You've let 1t get
such hold on you---
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lcontlnusd fron GO 80

- = - - - -
face: broadly, but silently, for
he remembered the doctor at the
and 0f the corridor.
They are right to have GER
titled you mad. citOy he
sid softly. Decidedly You must
aaave here for madhOuae.
she shank until her shoulders
a0Hched the bars Of the window.
What horror! What infamyI
K0n know. you know that am
not u1ad. It was by your contriY-
fnr that ~
sshl Hush! Husl1g Name Of a
nnr1eg His alarfn WAS real. his
eyes swepk uneasily to the door.
KIis head inclined little. like
nnn rvlaO listens. s..TaIk 10, Cit.
nvenfa. and you destroy us both.
She thrilled q note or two Of
laughter. In mockery Of him and
his sudden fears.
IN this land OF freedom, mon
Nlaur III this Age of Reason Of
which You are one Of the priests
surlev q WOMAN may destroy
herself without comment Il she.
win. And ~ 4pr your destrllc-
kion, can you conceive that Il
would concern me q.
He nighed have admired
your spirit, Citoyennee. begin
- feer You have too much o. II. !
Ia approached her BY y step or
two You are very young Can
y0u already have been 50 robbed
oe what we call Illusions that You
must count every man your
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I'm afraid to marry you,
Jerry" she finished.
She expected argument, and 1t
was forthcoming. Rats ex-
pIoded Jerry. /" Hold on me! 1
like 1t, certainly-but I can take
/ can't! You've never seen me
belligerently. Feeling good a
couple of times. maybe-but what
mean is, really drunk"
mo. And 1 don't believe I've
ever seen you really sober"
"What""
"I'm sorry" Her voice was
very gentle. IT honestly don't be-
lieve I ever have, my dear. And
I've known you-over a year, 1t
In now"
Another short pause. Then
Jerry began patiently to explain.
THE trouble IL, honey" he said,
that you don't drink anything
yourself. I've noticed time and
time again that people who don't
drink themselves always suspect
that people who do are tight il
they so much as have a breath
on. Whereas the breath may be
the result of one drink only
One'll do it-and they may be
just as sober as you are"
Yes" Dolly granted, nodding
earnestly, II see that. But the
point about you is, Jerry, that il
you've. had one drink you've al
ways had more. meant S
taken for granted. Tonight, for
instance. You'd been drinking
before you met me, hadn't you?
Some?
mot very much"
mo, but some. And you've had
three whisky-and-sodars one right
after the other since we've been
in here"
Listen" cut in Jerry. "Would
you say 1 was tight right this
minute?"
Unexpectedly, Dolly chuckled.
Darn it, she said, every time
we talk like this l feel like such
a crabapple" She stopped, and
grew grave again, responding to
his query. why, no. / wouldn't
say you were tight at all, Jerry,
But you're not exactly cold sober.
Are you, dear? You're Just sort
OF fiftyfifty, the way you-gener-
ally are.
ooh, let's not talk about it," she
added moment later. Whats
the use? l despise talking like
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Love, Intrigue and Adventure Abound
In This PuIse-Stirring Serial Of
the French RED Terror

After that the success Of his
advocacy was no longer in any
doubt. his demand that as ,
commencement OF reform the
mental cases should instantly BE-
removed from the Arcteveche, 20
- 10 afford the screly needed
anace for other sufferers. was
unanimously supported.
Al he descended the steps Of
the tribune. he reflected with
cynical amusement that the blue
green eyes Of Mademoiselle De
Hfontsorbier were becoming re-
snonsible for internal politics In
France. But there was. he also
reflected, ample precedent IN his
tory from the days Of one Helen.
the shape of whose nose nau
hroIIgnt about the siege Of Troy.
quincy. the middle-aged physi-
cian who controlled the mad
house IN the Rue du BAG, received
visit late in the afternoon Of
the following day from the
nani1tv Chauviniere. The deputy
came in q travelling chaise. from
which he removed Vallse 70
gether with himself
This he set down in the doctor
private room. He came straight
Ia business in his peremptory,
overbCaring fashion.
"AmonR the demented prisoners
entrusted to your care this morn
ing Is a ci-devant. Cheyenne az
Montsorbier."
"An. yes! The plump doctors
countenance became eager. her
case - 80
Never mind her case. She y
dead"
stricken. :
"Isnt that why you have sent
sent for you? But didn't
send for you"
You are losing your memory,
Quincy. Fortunately for both q
us. am not. His note was SUD
denly hard and family sinister, Tor
ali its eternal mockery. You
sent for me, as the nearest respon-
sib1e member OF the Government,
to assure myself of the decease,
and countersign the death certifi-
cate which you are about to draw
up and sign. Ny own signature
will be witnessed by my secretary.
He will appear presently. Now,
pray conduct me to view the body"
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1888, BY Metropolitan
NewsDapeF service. New York. Copy
right. 1925 and 1927. by Rafael
Sabatini. All rights FeseFved1
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GIamOrOus Narrative Of the French
Revolution BY the Author Of
Many Romantic Novels

him now q certain dignity, which
was not without appeal.
But why, she asked quietly,
should you desire to serve mel
A smile momentarily softened
his saturnine countenance. do
not believe man has lived since
the world began who did not 1t
some time desire 70 serve one wc-
Iaan. z
That was plain enough, and the
traditions in which she had been
reared rendered IT an insult In her
eyes. She let him see this clearly
In her sudden stiffening, the uptilt.
Ing 81 her chin, the frown above
her blue-green eyes and the angry
flush that stained her delicately
tinted face.
You forget your place, ST, :. she
told him. speaking as to an ifnper-
tinent groom. You presume In.
GufferabIy.
Il It stung him, he betrayed no
hurt. His gentle smile grew even
gentler; sadder. 1T vas within his
considerable psychological lknowl.
edge that he who would gain en-
pire over d woman must begin by
making himself her slave.
Presume? Is Il presumption to
state an historical TRUTH DO I
ask for anything2 Do / demand
wages for the service proffer7 Il
am at your command, cheyenne,
to save your life, because ~
He paused, and made d little ges-
tIre Of seIf-deprecaklOn Because
49, H@n4&se
guerdon or hope Of guerdon, ii
stronger than myself. Il that to
presume? ~
No. monsieur. II 4 to be IN.
credible. "
Gravely he considered her, stand
Ing there so slim and straight, i
figure almost boyish.
sIncredfble, yes, he agreed at
last. II have often been &C.
counted that. There Ii 4 twist in
my nature. Nv mind was cast in
an ir0nical mould. The unexpected
beck0ns me. One Of these days
It may beckon me to my destruc-
ton. But shall 90 with =
smile, aavourinE the moment.
He waited for no answering
comment, but swept on, quicken
Ing his tone to q brisler pace.
I'VE waste time, cheyenne. Lis
ten. and afterward resolve your.
self. You will have leisure for
thought between this and the
event. Mistrust me, and remain
to be presently guillotined; or
trust me, and let me lead you
hack to life. That shall be as
Won nleaae. offer hut i do not
persuade. Listen now.
Swiftly, briefly he traced for
her the course Of events to come.
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Monsieur the President, will
you permit this man to continue
his monstrous advocacy OF amen
tiles for aristocrats?''
Chauyiniere. standing very
straight ana looking very tall, his
black head thrown back. his fine
hands resting. one on either side
or his plumed hat, on the ledge Of
the rostrum, stamped out at once
the sparks Of that spluttering APP
p1ause.
'Aristocrats?" His voice broke
about the heads of the deputies like
a peal OF thunder, and again:
"Aristocrats?'
The silence was instantaneous.
His indignant, questioning cutlery
had caught their attention. He
paused now, and his sardonic inn
perious glance sought out that dar-
ing fellow from the Loire, and
riveted him. he knew the value
Of suspense. and for long moe
ment he held them in It. Then he
loosed his answer:
I'm q nation Of free men, JUS
tice, citizens. should at once be
inexorable, blind and undiscrim-
mating. She can admit neither
prejudice nor preconception. for
these indeed are the negation of
justice. In her divine eyes, which
the ancients in their wisdom sym
bolicaIly bandaged, there are
neither aristocrats nor plebeians,
but only accused. And lest Justice
err in her findings danger re-
voting to enlightened men in this
age OF reason she must presume
the accused to be innocent until
her own sitting OF the evidence
constrains her to convict them. =
Applause rolled in yolleys down
that long half.
! Chauviniere, who knew so well
the. power of words and how to
WELD them. knew also the value
of dramatic pofse. He remained
now calm, precise, unmoved; the
complete patriot with a duty to
perform, who himself was MOTH
ing. No longer did his eyes seek
out his erstwhiIe interrupter, lest
he be suspected of gloating over
the mans discontinue. He did
not even perceive-at least he
did not return-the approving
smile of the deputy for Arras.
that notorious humanitarian, the
frail and livid Maximilien Robe
pierre, who removed one OF the
two pairs of glasses from his up
tilted nose to beam upon the
vehement tenant of the tribune.
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SINS

whisper on the last four words.
For d moment after he had ut
tered them he sat wordless. slid
ing his fingers absently UP and
down his glass, frowning into
space.
Dolly waited, studying him.
''There are things about this
model racket that cant bear"
he said. Things like your kiss
ing that chorus fellow, for I'M
stance. You don't realize how
that wallops me. Dolly! want
your lips for mine. Always and
all the time. You say that It's
just business, that 1t doesn't mean
anything maybe not-but I don't
want my girl in that kind of
business! Don't you see? Not
my girl. Not you.
And / hate the things It's do
ing to you, sugar. It's changing
you In little ways. You're more
sophisticated. Your eyes know
more. don't want you changed.
Not one particle. And / hate
your being closeted for hours
every day alone with these art
lists. They're a rotten bunch,
everybody knows that. Oh, l
know what you're going to say!
You've said it before. That they're
not as. black as they're painted.
that you haven't had any trouble
so far, that the ones you've posed
for have treated you with all the
respect in, the worId--All right.
hi bat do AZ
you're going to run across one
who won't"
"Dear!' breathed Dolly. "Please
not so loud! People are looking
at U.S."
CHAPTER 80
He glowered around the room,
at the pale hazy faces that here
and there were turned toward
their corner. LET EN-" he NUT
tered But his voice,
when he had drained his high.
ball thirstily and resumed speak
ing again, was once more low.
for Dolly's ears alone.
Most of all. / hate your sue
cess" he said cruelty. I'm proud
of it, in a way-but ] wish you'd
fallen down on the job. For my
sake" His lips twisted in a sort
of humorless smile. II guess
you can't understand that. can
your"
No" replied Dolly reflectively.
mo, / can't. l should think if
you really and truly loved me
the way you say you do"
That's just it! It's because /
love you so that feel this way"
He was inclining toward her now,
grim with earnestness. You see,
honey. love isn't generous. Love
isn't liberal or big-hearted or
broad-minded-except in books.
Love is mean. 1t wants what it
wants, and when anything inter.
feres--I want you. little Dolly.
You know that. I've never made
any secret OF it. have /?
Since the start. want to
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ssIf ~ he YOU mean 600
Jerry began CALAMITY.
II suppose Z said Dolly, unheed-
mr. "the time will come SOME
day when / won't set any lift
out Of seeing my pictures n =
magazine but not 80 soon
Her voice trailed off absently.
she turned ) page and examined
the last illustration Of the group.
'.oh. but 7 had > time on
aheser. she half laughed, half
sighed. s.EIe was only the second
artist I ever worked for, re-
member? Charles Fernando. Mr..
UIing sent me up there. First
he wanted me to pose for the.
figure. Undrapped, that means.
II seems he does almost all his
flustrations that way. Draws
che nudes, and then draws the
clothes on them afterwards-he
says he gets much better lines,
and more 9race. I understand
that, but OF course I had to say
/ couldn't do 1t. But Jerry,
think how darned hard to turn
him DOWN. i was just beginning
--and he was Charles Fer.
mando-
II don't care said Jerry
etOutiy, II he was HaIlelujah G.
Heaven, you shouldn't have even
considered"
ssWeII. I didn't do It," Dolly
emkMr4arted sfT Raid m Ya0lftelv
but firmly, and he growled a
lIttie bit about false lnodegty
ana .psrfectly idiotic, but finally
he said he guessed he'd use me
anyway. And he nearly killed
mel Observation-Disclosures He
would Jump up and pace the
dcor and rIimple his hair and
ray - can't get 1t, I can't get
Ths4 when ne finally started
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HE SHRAK UNTIL SHOULDERS WINDOW

furiously against the prison sys-
tenn, and the state Of things he
had found In the overcrowded
prison hospital OF the Archeveche.
He was superb in his audacity, full
minating in his irony, which spared
mono of those responsible, nor
hesitated to indict even the min
lister of justice, Camille Des-
mouths. He claimed to speak in
the name Of Humanity, consumed
by the fire OF a just and righteous
indignation.
A deputy from the lower Loire
ventured to interrupt him with a
gibe that drew some applause from
the crowded assembly.
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He would procure the removal Of
the mental cases IN the Archie
veche to madhouse in the Rue
du BAG, whence evasion would
be easy. The removal would take
place in the course Of the next
day. AS soon as it was effected
he would depart for the Niver.
nais, being already commissioned
by the convention to undertake
there tour OF inspectiaG. His
passports were ready, and they
included a nonexistent secretary.
That was the place that she
should fiji, Ii she so decided, suit.
ably dressed in mans attire for
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the purpose. Let her take time
for thought. and let him know. to-
morrow, when he sought the
house in the Rue du Bac. how she
decided. He hoped that she would
choose wisely. In the Nivernais
she would be free to go her
ways, and no doubt would know
how to find shelter there in her
native province and perhaps pro-
cure assistance to enable her to
quit France should she so de-
sire it.
I'VE are Nivernais both" he
ended by reminding her. Per.
haps it is comprehension that
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strengthens my interest in you"
He flashed a quick glance at the
door, then. at last. swept off his
hat. and bowed low. my hom-
age, cheyenne. take my leave"
He was gone. abruptly, giving
her no time to answer, leaving
her there frowning in perplexity
and buffeted between fear of
death and mistrust OF her pre-
server.
CHAPTER w
That night from the height of
the tribune in the hall of the con.
yention, Chauviniere inveighed
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What Do You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST

Questions on Editorial Page ---
l. True; False-Uncas the of the last the
Mohcans; g. True True; FalseSimon Bolivar established
the independence FalseNapoeon Bonapae
called the Little Corporal" True; 8, Fowl; Coal; TO-
Poen IL, Grab; ~ Terrapn; Is, Half Moon H. Botanst;
is, Samson.
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Testing Eaas With EvebaLLs

Egghatchng Egypt the egg hatchers keep
Of efficiency; with nothing more reliable
eyebaIs guide the tempera-
turs.
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This Day IN Our History

The first Memorial Day celebrated May BOZ 1858
was inaugurated Chief John Al Logan ct
of the Republic for the purpose ~
who had died in the late rebellion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-02
WINS Z PALAIS
SANTA PRIZES

Mrs. Anne w. Newton. 1924 Nor.
rfson st. N. w, Chevy Chase. a. G..
again wins first prize Of $50 IN the
Santa Claus story-writing contest
being conducted BY the Palais Royal.
Last week Mrs. Newton received
the SIS check for her entry in the
second week Of contest.
The second prize of $15 goes to-
Ralph 4 Egan, 1TI3 Newton ST.
N. w. Egan is widower and
father OF three children. He II eTn-
pFoyed in the Department Of Com
merce Is a stenographer. He says
he Is going to keep on trying and
hopes to enter the competition for
the final grand prize OF $3.50.
The third prize winner was Mrs.
Mabel s. Van Tassell, It'll r ST.,
no has won the third prize for
three successive wees.
The judges for the week just
closed were Miss Al. Lamborn. or
Stuart Junior High School; Miss
Eta Matthews, OF Langley Junior
High school, and Miss s. Elizabeth
Hawthorne. Of the Sidwell Friend b
Private School.
The contest II becoming more
popular each week and az there are
seven weeks yet remaining In which
to come In on share Of the 81 900
HI cash prizes being Offered, II ~
not vet too late to enter. Full de-
tails of contest are being carried IJy
The PaIIais Royal IN an advertise
ment elsewhere In The Times
Each Friday evening at $50 the
winning story Of the week previous
Is broadcast BY old santa Claus him.
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