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was ready to start. 1t was still
raining.
And, oh boy. what rain like
this will do to brown velvet
coat!' thought Lily. standing In
the front windows looking at the
downpour. She knew that 1t would
ruin it.
Finally she decided to telephone
for a taxicab from the janitress
suite In the basement.
She had no money to-. pay for
the drive down town. but she
knew that Staley would be wait.
ing for her in front of the High
tower Building and would pay
the driver for her. And.
sure enough, there he was, stand
ing at the curbstone with a large
umbrella in his hand. waiting for
her.
II was afraid you wouldn't
come" he said to her when they
were in his own big closed car,
and on their. way to the Park
Lane restaurant on Albemarle
Street.
As they turned the corner
picture flashed out of Lily's mem
Dry for an instant-the memory
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LITTLE SINS : By KATHERINE BRUSH

But for neither love nor money
she did nothing. She had quite
a long time ago made up her
mind that life was too short.
The band drew n sudden pro-
tracted whining breath, and all
over the Garden the lights faded
until they were no longer fires,
but embers.
Come onp cried Mr.. Mac
mahon. and bounced TO his feet.
NO." said Dolly firmly
She saw him hesitate, non.
plussed. Then he was looming
over her, and she could feel his
hands, pinching her arms, paw.
ing her, seeking to drag her from
the chair. THE kid says. Make
me-" he chuckled. she likes
the ole caveman stuff"
mo" The voice scared hysteri-
cally. mo, no, mo- won't. You
oh, let go!-"
He had left a cigarette burning
in the ash tray on the table.
Swift as thought she picked 1t up
quashed it on the back
of the hand that clutched her
shoulder
CHAPTER 4
The dressing room for women
employees of the Garden of Jazz
was an ugly room, ugly and dirty,
with a worn bare floor and pea
green walls and a line OF mirrors
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boys gimme" he explained. See
ing that she was about to restore
the card to him, he added with
a grandiose air, Keep 1t, keep
It. I got THOUSANDS"
A waiter strolled near their
table, Intercepted Dolly with his
eyebrows. Obviously. action was
expected of her, and soon.
"Sh.shall we order something
to eat?" she stammered. Some
how it was Unfortunately difficult
to ask. She would as soon, ,she
told herself, have stopped a
stranger on the street and Inn
plored him to buy her a sand
wich.
James (Gyp) Macmahon shook
his head. Nav. amt hun
cry"
The waiter came to her aid.
Maybe a little something to
drink"
Mr.. Macmahon regarded the
waiter coldly. Pete" he said, Il
know what you got here. And IL l
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want any I'll say so. I can make
up my mind easy, without no
help from you"
But maybe the lady,
1.-THE lady," interrupted the
Iady's escort with conviction, don't
want nothin either, yet a while.
She don't want nothing but music,
so she can dance with me-" He
captured Dolly's small hand and
flattened it between damp, squeez.
ing palms. Am / right, baby?"
did all the eyes in the Garden
have that look-that look that
made you want to slap faces0
II bet you can dance like
fool" he continued. Then,
whats the natter"
Nothing" Dolly said. She had
attempted to withdraw her hand.
II thought we'd better go over
to the both and get some tickets,
that was ALL"
mo need. I got plenty. Some !
had left over" Mr.. Macmahon
released the hand of his own free
will and reached in a hip pocket.
He produced a worn black wallet.
parted it with his thumbs, and
took out a pack of small paste
boards corseted with an elastic
band. These he sorted. A rain
check from the Polo Grounds.
A pass to a cinema theater in
Passaic. Two trips on q Coney
Island roller coaster. A pawn
ticket. Several cigarette coupons.
A soda check worth fifteen cents.
FL -
Lastly, a considerable collection
OF dance tickets in variegsted
colors.
From the latter, Mr.. Macmahon
selected lavender ones and laid
them out on the table before
him after the fashion OF a man
about to play solitaire. There were
nine lavender tickets. They all
said "Palace of Jazz. Broadway at
tn Street, Good for (one) Dance
only"
Dolly Quinn contemplated them
gravely. She was thinking that
each of them meant fifteen
minutes in the probably bearlike,
certainly unpleasant Terpsichorean
embrace of James (Gyp) Macmahon.
Nine times fifteen was-we1l, far
too big a total of minutes anyway.
And without profit. No profit
whatever would accrue to her
from those lavender tickets, pur.
chased doubtless under the super.
vision of James purple gowned,
peroxided Past across the way,
and credited to the account of the
same.
"Hm." thought Dolly Quinn.
She was by no means altogether
mercenary. On the basis of a
fiftv-fiftv split with the manage.
ment. she might have brought
herself to dance nine times with
Mr.. Macmahon-but II Mr.. Mac.
mahon had been charming she
would gladly have danced nine
times with him anyway, without
any remuneration at all. She did
some things for money. did Dolly
Quinn, because she had to. And
she did something's for love-.
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their precious Pat! A washing
machine!'
Staley roared over that. Il
cant imagine you doing the
washerwoman act he said, and
tehn his face sobered. Cad
zooks! Lily. / know it's none Of
my business-but it burns me up
you're living! You weren't made
for this sort Of thing! A wish
ing machine! What do they
think you area peasant woman?
Lily picked up her coffee cup
and drank daintily. Above It
her jewel.like eyes smiled at
Staley.
NO. They think 1t makes
washday easier for me-" she said.
And so it does. But honestly.
Staley, you're right about the
other thing you said. ] can't 80
on living the way am! / don't
mind the work so much, but ]
haven't any friends or any kind
Of gayety or amusement. I
might be dead for all the fun
have these days-and ! don't
know how to change things for
myself. / Just seem to be caught
In that little flat the way an
animal is caught in trap in the
woods"
It did not seem to Lily that
she was being disloyal and unfair
to Pat by pouring out her I'M
happiness and discomfort to the
man who had been Pats rival
and still was. for the matter OF
that.
BY the end of the meal he had
the whole story-her poverty--her
dislike of Pats family and Sadye
Jetterson-her anger at the way
she had been made to work.
why, Pats mother even.
wanted me to clerk in the grocery
store!' she cried. "Can you i'm.
agine me wrapping UP bread and
cutting cheese, Staley2"
He said he certainly couldn't,
as he gave the waiter big tip.
1.-THE whole thing Is wrong, he
added. ut always was wrong
and you're not happy.
Before she had time to contra.
dict him he went on: If you had
been happily married you'd never
have telephoned me that day about
the Angouleme bill. You'd have
gone to your husband for the
help you needed"
Would I?' asked Lily, falter'
ing. "Are you sure?"
Staley laughed shortly. why,
of course - But yop didn't.
Your first thought was of me
and do you know what made lTp
my mind to do that night after
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you telephoned me? Do you
know"
s'I'll tell YOU" he said. Lets
get out OF here first though"
He told her when they were in
the big car once more, sitting side
by side on the front seat. II made
up my mind that I'd have you
after all, he said. I'd never
have come near you IL I'd been
sure you were happy---but after
that / knew you weren't
.'No-I'm not. Lily spoke
slowly and thoughtfully.
No, she wasn't happy. She still
loved Pat, but she was no longer
happy with him. Life had become
a treadmill for both OF them
II want you to think things
over for day or two, were
staley's parting words to her
when he dropped her at her cor
ner at 5 o'clock. And then let
me know what you're going to
do. .
Why. what did. he mean? What
did he expect her to do?
Deep down In her heart she
knew exactly what he wanted her
to do. He wanted ner "
leave Pat and marry him. II
made up my mind I'd have you
after ALL" he had said.
She went up the street, think
ing It over in confused sort Of
way, wondering how things were
going to tnrn out for her.
Would she ever leave the little
flat? She doubted 1t. She felt
as il she were buried In II,
Buried alive in 1t.
IT never had looked so unat-
tractive to her before as it looked
that night, after the brightness
of the Park Lane and the lux
uriousness of Staley's limousine.
And as first one day and then
another went by it began to look
really unattractive.
For Lily had suddenly lost
every bit Of interest in 1t. She
only half-cleaned 1t every day.
She made the beds up in q care
less fashion. She forgot to put
on clean napkins for every meal
at the table. She stopped polish
ing the SILVER anu the UEesS ISL
trays. She let everything slide.
After Pat was gone In the
morning she would climb back
! into bed and lie there, with her
pretty arms crossed under her
head, staring up at the ceiling
and wishing that she did not
have to get up to do the ironing
or whatever was to be done.
wishing that she had q
maid to fill her bathtub for her
and lay out some fresh, lovely
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the mushrooms Under glass, or the
broiled lobster were just as they
should be. So long since she
had worn orchids. Staley
always brought her orchids.
Cant we have lunch together"
he was asking her now. That's a
great idea. It will give US 1all
afternoon to falkland / partic'
larly want to talk to you. Why.
yes, let's meet at the same place,
only at instead of 81
And so they planned it.
The next day was another day
OF icy rain and cold high winds.
1t was pouring when Lily opened
her eyes to q world of darkness
before dawn at 6 o'clock. and she
dressed to the wild music of rain
beating against her bedroom win
dows.
The kitchennstte was cold and
1t looked cherries even when she
had set the table and lit the gas.
stove for the coffee pot.
''Oh, my Aunt Eliza. but how
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I'm going to hate getting up in
the cold ali winter long to cook
this breakfast for your she
gro4ned to Pat when he came out
to eat his toast and grape fruit.
'tI didn't mind it so much on
summer mornings when the sun
was shining, but this business of
getting up in the middle of dark
ness BrrrI" She shivered. She
hated it.
Pat laid a blue shirt down upon
the table. "You didn't get this
shirt very clean" he said. Better
wash it over. Baby, before wear
it." He sat down and picked up
his napkin and spoon.
"T,m not such a great success
AZ a laundress, arm ~ Lily asked,
nournflllly. 81 wasn't cut out to
he a housekeeper, was !, Pat?
She leaned over him and kissed
the back of his neck, for she still
loved him very much, even IL she
had no love for the kind OF life
she had to lead as his wife.
Pat turned in his chair and
looked up at her. his blue eyes
shining in the sparkle OF electric
light. He pulled her down on
his knees. well. you know.
Baby. you just would marry
moor mani! he reminded her.
"But you're not always going to
be .,oor. The old piston ring is
going to put us on Easy street,
and you'll soon be having a laun.
dress 20 run the Laundry Queen
for YOU" He kissed her, and Lily
could feel his heart beating
against hers under his coat and
she was very happy.
Long afterward she remembered
that scene in the kitchen as one
of the last OF their briefly happy
moments together. It would come
back to her-the stove and the
dishes sparkling in the artificial
light, the toast on the table, and
the blue shirt folded and lying
beside it.
She looked at the blue shirt
now and sighed at the thought
of the next wash day. She hated
wash day-not only because 1t
represented hard work, but be-
cause it was so sloppy and so
soapy. somehow.
She loved comfort and luxury.
How much she loved them she
never had known until they were
taken from her.
She hated the little flat that
morning as she went around it
with a buster and carpet sweeper.
"It would be lots more fun to
take care of it were pretty" she
said to herself. wishing for the
hundredth time that she had
spent her fathers check On Things
for the house instead Of on that
gray-green dress from Angou.
leme's.
But at half past eleven, when
she began to get dressed to go to
meet Staley, she was thankful for
the gray-green dress. She put 1t
on under the new brown velvet
coat. and it was very stunning.
At half past twelve, when she
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some big times up here. See that
peroxide baby straight across?
Purple dress, looking this way?"
yes"
She's sore as a floorwalker's
corn"
why, what about?"
"'Cause I'm here with you.
Cause / tossed her the third
strike about a week ago. Her
and me used to be just like that
till then" "That" was a close
conjunction of two fingers on
the young mans up.propped
right hand. He held them so for
a moment, then plunged them
into vest pocket. They fllpped
out again with white square
cooked between them. my card,
said the young man impressively.
Dolly read. James (Gyp) Mac
mahon." And printed in small
facetious letters in the lower
corner. III you forget it, ask
Central"
"Gyp is Just q nickname the
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In This Story Of Girl Torn Betwxt Two Great Desires
Beatrice Burton Has Woven Vibrant Serial
PuIsatng With Romance

clothes. instead Of the old blue
bungalow apron that hung over
the back Of q chair, waiting for
her to slip into It and set TO
work. 49,
she did not write or telephone
to staley to let him know what
she was going to do about him
self and her. She did not
know what she was going to 40
about anything. She had no
plans, nothing but q great dissat-
isfaction with her life as II was
here in the flat.
on the Saturday Of that week
q florists boy brought big
bunch Of flowers for her from
StaIey. His card came with it--
as IL he did not care who saw
II and knew that he was sending
flowers to her.
Five minutes after the roses
came Sadye jefferson arrived TO
ask Lily IL she and Pat would
come to Sunday night supper.
Where did you get these3S
she asked, poling her nose into
the mass OF dewy pink blooms.
Have you secret admirer-cr
what?"
Lily laughed. sWhat a thing
to say, SadyeF' she said You've
been seeing too many movies
lately. and have your head chock-
full Of plots. haven't your"
Sadye did not answer. She had
caught sight of Staley's card
lying on the table beside the
roses. ''Hmmm,'' said Sadye.
'IIo-humr' Her little eyes
snapped.
Before Lily could stop her she
had the card in her fingers.
CHAPTER xxxIx
aMr. staley stanwocd Drum
mond." said Sadye. reading from
the card in high triumph. What
an aristocratic name, Lii!
Lily gritted her teeth AZ
made her perfectly furious to
have Sadye see what was written
on the card. And It always set
her nerves on edge to hear Sadye
cali her ILL. Coming from
Sadye's lips, tLil'' sounded 30
common somehow or other. To
Lily, at least.
LII, that's the man ron were
going to marry when you took up
with Pat. isn't it?"
Lily nodded grimly. She could
nave slapped Sadye's face and
turned her out of the flat at that
moment with great pleasure.
Hmm" Sadye unused. Wen,
a -. - Il.
ven for you. does her Her sharp
little eyes took in the great
bunch OF pale pink roses once
more. She seemed to be figuring
how much they must have cost.
in her own mind.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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Nou Go On With The Story.

1t did not strike Lily Lexington
France that she was doing a
highly dishonest thing when she
sucked Staley's letter into her coat
pocket that rainy October day and
ran down to the drug store to
telephone him.
1t did not strike her that, when
he wrote that letter to her, he
was doing the wicked and unscru.
pulous thing we call breaking
up another man home - Pat
Frances home. Or that he was
trying to break II up. at least.
AS a matter of tact. she scarcely
stopped to consider the right and
wrong of what she was doing.
-" It simply seemed to her
that here was chance to have
q good time-an exciting time-a
thrill" once more. Something 20
break into the dull gray life that
she had been living for four
months within the four walls OF
the little flat.
Her voice shook with excite
ment as she shut herself into The
evil-smelling, dark telephone booth
ct the rear of the drugstore and
gave Staley's telephone number.
Hello, your she said to him
when he answered. 1.-THE postman
Just brought me your note-and l
can meet you tomorrow afternoon.
but why make il so late? Five
o'clock is just the time when /
ought to be at home starting to
get supper. Couldn't we make 1t
q bit earlies? Lunch timer"
1t was so long since she had
had lunch in a smart restaurant.
So long since she had sat
candle-lighted table, with an at
tractive man gazing with admira.
ton at her from his side of it.
the way Staley Drummond always
did. So long since a waiter had
lowered over her to ask her II
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WHERE DID you GET THE FLOWERs?"

of the first day she had seen Pat
in this very street! She closed
her eyes, and that feeling she
had had for him swept back to
her-that feeling that there was
no one like him anywhere. and
that without him life was .un-
bearable.
Eyes, felt like that last
spring. she told herself few
minutes later as she and Staley
settled themselves at a little cor
ner table in the Park Lane res.
taurant where yellow shaded lights
made sunshine above them.
"But life's pretty unbearable
with him, as a matter of fact,
she went on thinking. and then,
like an echo of her own thought,
came Staley's voice asking q
question:
well, how are things going,
Lily? Any better?"
She shook her head and smiled
family. "No-Oh, well, shouldn't
say that eitherr' she told him.
Pats family presented me with
a wedding gift and what do you
think it was? Something to make
me do more and better work for
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Love in a MiIlionaire's Mansion or In a
Poor Mans Flat Is Lily's
Problem of Future
Read This First.

of the CYRUS LEXINGTONS,
b STALEY DRUMMOND wealthy bachelor much
him before the
Get for the wedding and marres her mothers chauffeur PAT
perfected kind of piston ring that ne and his friend
JEFFERSON the market Pat TO work
and later the two OF them rent tiny machine shop
to while
consisting his mother father, sister
Of months she tries to be good wife
her old life and having nothing
hi the way o amusement
Then one day She
Sue giving afternoon and invites Lily
tn to ANGOULEdES shop charges
refuses let her have Them by her
of the store She does and when
he makes out check
the Florence
job bOOkkeeper at AngOuemes
Saeys check. and Lily
StaIey again and mpahes with because
begins dreaduly
heseF-especiay family washing
chi for
Pat working just hard she IS often until late at
nigh and
asking to him the next afternoon at five
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You'll like it." the young man
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