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slightest regard for my feelings,
Gay, you'u cut it out"
you have no right to raise
such a fuss over anything so alb.
soluteIy trivial"
And so on, and so on.
Gay privately rather enjoyed
these tiffS, whether or not she
emerged victorious. They gave her
the only excuse she had for being
angry with Alan, for feeling
abused, for saying to herself.
Jerry would never have acted
like this" Jerry would never
have spoken like that to me-"
She regretted having married
Alan every day she lived. This
was not because ne was Alan, but
paradoxically because he was not
Jerry. She had been insane to
marry any man not Jerry, so long
as there was a chance.
1t seemed to her now that she
had abandoned hope too easily.
After all, the girl might have
been lying. Altar all, Jerry
wasn't dead. She had behaved as
IL he were dead; lost irretrievably.
She had given up too easily and
too soon. and for this she per-
versely held Alan accountable. If
Alan hadn't been there, just at
the psychological moment
il Alan hadn't worked on her sym.
pathies if, il, If.
Her pride would not permit her
to let anyone guess that she was
unhappy. Too many women. she
knew, would have Leen glad of it.
Instead she allowed them to envy
her, to think her in all things
most fortunate; md dramatizing
herself to herself, seeing herself
as a lovely. tragic figure who
laughed while her hurt heart
wept, she frivoled the days and
the tinsel nights away.
CHAPTER %
The taxicab drivers ears were
cold, and his nose was cold, and
his hands were very cold and
stiff, and he wished that the
lady for whom his fare had
waited so long would come, he
wished to cripes she would.
The fare, young and raccoOn-
coated one, slumped in corner
of the cab with his collar high
and his hat brim low and his feet
on the let.down spring seat. He
smoked incessant cigarettes. At
intervals OF a minute or two he
consulted his wrist watch. and
from it's dial his eyes repeatedly
lifted TO the building before which
hta nah r,nR nark - ThiR VPn9 q
slim five.story building, fronted
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bright light burning in Pats
room.
Hes worser' she thought, with
painful twist OF her heart, and
as she jumped out Of the automo-
bile ana rar across the porch 1t
seemed as 4 she had known for
long time Pat was going to die.
There was no surprise In her
mind, just terror and grief
Eobbing, she threw open the
front door. and rushed up the
stairs. This Ii the end Of the
world for met she thought wildly.
IL he's dead"
At the top of the stairs Eliza.
beth Ertz met her. She was as
calm-browed as usual, and IN her
hands she held the tea tray upon
which Pat had hi meals.
What's the natter" she asked,
softly. and as she spoke Pats
voice came from the bedroom be.
hind her.
: I'D like the sport pages Of to.
nights paper, Elizabeth" he called.
Oh, he was all right, then! He
wasn't dead or dying : The
relief In Lily's heart was so great
that It was almost Joy.
She collapsed on the top step of
the stairs, and began to cry fran.
tically, while Elizabeth Ertz stood
over her and begged her to be
sensible. in whisper They were
not letting Tat know that she was
In the house.
You're going to say good-by
to him, aren't you, for Pete's
sake?" Florence asked that night,
when they were all at supper in
the neat. coy dining room.
Lilly. shaking her head, thanked
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on any husband betraying the
smallest sign Of jealousy over his
wife, whatever the Indictment, or
even Of interest in her where.
abouts.
He hated the way in which In.
ter.family flirtatiOns were taken
for granted; encouraged, more.
over, by hostesses who paired off
the participants. and by the rest.
who left them severely alone.
He hated the gallantry that the
women expected of him; and the
devotion the men, one or. two
men in particular. accorded Cay
openly, as II she were no ones
property.
He was quite human. Up to a
certain point he rejoiced in Gays
conquests; he considered the adj
miration OF men for Alan Pom
eroy's wife a tribute to Alan
Pomeroy--until it became too ob.
vious and too intense; then i'm
mediately he viewed 1t as an in.
suit.
He felt an enormous superior.
ity over all men in the world to
WIIOAIA Nay was Hol 1ldTElCub Dut
unless they kept quite aloof from
her, worshippers afar off, they
filled him with a wild insensate
fury. He was like a collector
who exhibits his choicest bit, saw
ing, There! You may look, but
you may not touch"-and Is out.
ragged il his audience fails to
heed his warning.
This was the third bone of con-
tention. Compared with this
quarrel, the recriminations over
whether or not they should go
out of an evening, and whether
they should play with the Crowd
or with the less riotous friends
that Alan preferred, were as
nothing.
He would say, IT want you to
quit flirting with Kent"
Don't be silly. l wasn't flirt.
ing with him."
But you were! The whole
darn evening. That's one trou.
BILE with you, honey-you Simply
do not know how to talk to any
man living the way you would
well, to another girl. You have
to lift your eyelashea that slow,
provocative way you have. and
purse up your mouth, and do all
your other stunts"
Whats the harm in that, for
heavens sake?"
mo harm-except that YOU give
these fellows a wrong impression.
You make them think they're Iget-
ting away big-that you've tum.
bled for them-and that makes a
sap out of me. If you have the
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with enormous oblong sheets of
loaded glass; a studio apart
ment building. He glared at it.
He thought, "oh, come on, sugar!
Tell him you've got to catch a
train. Tell him anything" And,
Hang 1t all, what's keeping her?
Six,twenty-five. She told me six"
And, "B-r.r. it's cold Why didn't
l bring that pint along?"
He slid the frosted front pane
open an inch or so and said on
a cloudy white breath to the taxi.
cab driver. BLOW your horn"
The taxicab driver obeyed with
considerable gusto.
The lady behind the fifth floor
studio windows heard the horn!
She thought, II s'pose that's
Jerry" But she did not speak
nor stir. Not the least bit.
A calcium sun made high day
in the center of the studio, while
its edges were vague with
shadows. You would scarcely
have noticed the walls or the
things along the walls; your eyes
would have swept past these
Swallowed thingS-paintings gorge
Gus tapestries, squat fat touches,
crowded bookshelves-past these,
straight to the man-made sun.
shine and the living picture Of a
picture in the making it revealed.
You would have seen a small,
exquisite girl perched atop tall
stool on a model stand, wearing
a Spanish shawl and a rose in
her hair. And you would have
seen a blond young man stand
ing before an easel with a palette
on his forearm and brush in
his thin. long fingers.
The blond young man was S3
years old and one inch over six
feet tall. and at least once a week
someone asked him why he
didn't use himself as his man
model. The query had neither
the wit nor the originality which
each Of its proponents ascribed
to it, ana 1t is repeated here only
that you may guess how very,
how faultlessly splendid to look
at the young man was
Go Be Continued MOuday.)
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around this house and twir1 my
thumbs
III you can name me five nights
since we got back to New York
that you've stayed around"
Presently, from this quarrel,
they would proceed into the second
quarrel, which had to do with the
restless young married set afore-
mentioned.
This set styled itself simply
'TheA Crowd" and it was forever
converting somewhere, going some
where, or just dropping in some
where. These things it did
nightly, knowing no repose. 1t
was q tight little clique of con.
genial spirits. sort of club. whose
habit 1t was to blackball unani.
mously everyone else in the world.
1t had not blackballed the young
Pomeroys. On the contrary. it had
elected them enthusiastically, as
being fun to go out with, and at
home, no end Of fun to drop in on.
Club members in good standing
numbered IA. Seven couples.
GCSCA SIllhAhS CAdIAlplcSt AldH
said bitterly. ''of what a mess you
can make of marriage il you put
your mind to it," None of them
seemed to have found marital fe.
licity.
None appeared to prefer the
companionship Of his or her mate
to that Of anyone else. nor even to
enjoy it half SO much. At a gath
ering of the Crowd it would have
been possible for an outsider to
guess who was married to whom
only by the amount of distance
that separated wife from husband.
IL at one end of the house a
vivacious young woman whispered
to a masculine vis-a-vis, and IL at
the Furthermore other end Of the
house tall young man looked
softly down into a dancing part
ner's eyes, then quite probably the
tall young man and the vivacious
young woman borc the same last
name, dwelt at the same address,
had come to the party together,
and would, when nothing more
stimulating offered itself. find one
another and go home together.
Alan liked the Crowd as indl.
viduals; but though he was by
no means a prude, he hated the
things the Crowd did. He hated
it's light amours, its careless
kisses, its excessive drinking, its
ra.modern, what if-we.are-m
ried code. He hated the INVITING
that fell to the lot of any man
attentive to his own wife.
H0 hAted the dariSiVe term
"j0u.O" bestowed by the Crowd
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i've been here a long time" She
said airily. Ever since you were
taken sick, in fact. I've been
helping Elizabeth take care Of
YOU. She's wonderful nurse,
Pat and an awfu1Iy nice girl.
I'm sorry for all the nasty things
/ used to say about her she
choked up and couldn't finish the
sentence.
"Wcll, how did you happen to
come down here. though? Pat
wanted to know, still looking At
her as II he couldn't believe his
eyes.
Once more Lily shrugged. II
knew you were sick" she man
aged to blurt out, and then she
went down on her knees beside
the bed and began to cry.
ooh. you've been so sick--I
thought you were going to die
she sobbed. forgetting that Eli1-
abeth Ecrtz always said that
cheerfulness was the first rule
of the sickroom.
She felt Pats thin. fine hand on
her hair. Don't cry" he said.
II promise not to die
without her telling him any
thing more than she had, No
seemed to understand just what
had happened.
you like me after all, don't
you, you gold.dlgger?" he said,
trying to be casual and light
about 1t. Hold up your face
so that can see you.
You do like me after all, don't
you? Answer meT'
Don't look at me-" Lily beg
ged. "I've been busting and
cleaning-and I'm so dirty"
Pat tilted her face UP to him.
"You do look dirty" he said.
"And there are q lot Of other
things about you that some peo-
pie might not like. But
l like you. anyway"
And he kissed her. Just let
me catch you running around
with Staley Drummond again,
though" he said, presently. You
were a bad wife, and If / had any
brains I wouldn't take you back.
I'd make you get your divorce
and then you'd marry him and his
money"
She shook her head. "Not me-"
she said. Really, / hate money
lately-now that I've seen how
terrible it can be when you like
it too we'll
Don't talk about IT," Pat an
swered. You'll like 1t plenty
when I make a lot Of it for you
with that new million dollar piston
ring of mine, won't you? You'll
hke--it finer And he kissed her
between each word, to show her
that he meant exactly what he
said.
CTHE ENID
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ing her vagarieB srn:lingly. with.
out protest: but on the subject Of
evenings he displayed an unex.
pected obstinancy and a decided
mind of his own. There were
three major quarrelg that REQUIRED
again ana again.
One was the conflict between
Gays Unsuitable appetite for
gayety and Alan's longing for oc-
casional solitude and rest.
Good Lordr' he would grumble.
Cant we stay at home just
once?''
I'VE stayed at home last night"
"Yes-aDd 20 people piled in
and stuck around till q. M!
Nice peaceful evening that was"
1T couldn't help It,"
''You invited them.'
''I only invited Irene and Ted
and the Sullys. The others just
came.
well. tell you, honey" Thus
Alan, very earnestly. This has
got to stop. I'm not fooling. 1t
has, really. It's all very well for
you-you can loli in bed all day
+ Out i nave 10 Do OH LuS JOD SFCTy
morning at sharp, and If you
think / do any good around there
on three or four hours sleep per
night"
What difference does 1t make?
You work for your father. He
wouldn't fire you IL you never
went near the office at ALL. Look
at Julian"
yes! Look at him!''
well, look at him! He gets
away with it. doesn't he?"
Heated discussion for some min
utes OF the defectlons and short.
comings of Alan's older brother. to
whom life was a string of holidays
starred with pay-days.
Then Alan: We'll. anyway.
That's neither here nor there. The
point is. about this party tonight.
I'd go II / could, to please you,
but honestly, sweetheart, can't.
I'd fall sound asleep at the wheel
driving down there. I-oh. Gay,
don't you care enough about me to
give up just one par"
Don't you care enough about
me to want me to have good
time? didn't marry you to stay
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s.And dom, " she told him
graVelv, after 8 seconds pause.
" don't. know I'll be free
woman IN while, for I'm going
Is rs ahead and get It In case
Pat wants to marry that Ertz
woman and ! think he does
But I'll never be married tO you.
81 to anybody Staley. Never.
she stood UP To 50.
staley shot her disguised look.
His liDs cnrIed back scornfully,
under his little nnustache that al
WAYS made Lily think Of Prince
Dani1O's mustache in THE Merry
widow
you'll never marry anybody!''
he scoffed. What's the point in
telling me any more tales Ike
that. Lily? You know doggoned
well that you're going to walk
straight 0aIt Of this house. and
back to that cab dTiverl"
I'm nOts' She denied It furi-
Ousfy. I'm going back to the
house, but only because I've prom.
fsed myself 10 stay there until
Pats better-and he's really bet.
ter now. I'll probably leave to.
morrow. as d matter OF fact.
StaIey said nothing, but just
stood, with his hands in his we'll
tailored pockets. watching her
with haggard eyes.
And where are YOU going
when you leave there? Back TO
your fathers l1ouse2" he asked.
Ard SUDDENLY he took his hands
cut Of his pockets and came
step nearer her He put his
arms around her. Don't be q
1ool. Lily. You can't SO back
there ana 1--we with your people.
There's nothing for you there.
You'd better come down TO earth
and tell me you're going to
marry me az soon as you're Tree.
Why you belong In this
house
ne stopped abruptly as she
pushed him away from her. No
use talking to me, she said.
sT know what I'm going to DO.
I'm going to be Of some use In
the world to somebody. Either
I'm going TO keep house for Dad
and Mother. or I'm going to set
d job. Z
She appealed to him. "can t
you see how useless I've always
been?'' she asked him. I've
been worse than useless. I've lied
to you from the time ! first knew
you, and i've been dishonest with
lots OF other people. I've been
lazy and good for nothing
You ought to know what
they think OF me down in Pats
reiskborhoOd. There's q terrible
garI there named Frazier-a
bIeaclled blond. who Il just AZ
hard-boiIed ~ anything they
class me with her! They're
pfgIaf. too
staiey gave q bark of laughter.
~WeII, I'm glad TO know what
you like at last" he said. "Evf-
IDENTIFY the way to make q ten
strike with you In to treat you
badly and tell you how tough
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her lucky stars that she would not
have to eat another meal in that
house, where she knew she wasn't
wanted and wasn't liked.
She could feel Mrs. frances eyes
on her as she answered. NO,
there's no reason why ! should
even let him know / was here
she said, simply. II came because
I couldn't stay away--and there's
no use in my denying II. But that
doesn't change anything. I'm go.
ing right afead with my divorce"
She saw Elizabeth draw long
breath, and she knew that Eliza
beth was glad to hear her say
that. In spite Of all her sensible
talk on the subject OF Pat, 1t was
perfectly clear to anyone who
bothered to watch her that Eliza.
beth was still in love with Pat.
The way she fixed his trays of
food, alone, gave her away.
And, from the hall where she
was sweeping or folding linen in
the big chest, Lily could hear her
talking 70 him sometimes-and
every word was like q caress.
''WelI, you've been great
help TO us. anyway. while you
were here" Mrs. France said
suddenly and amazingly. with
me busy In the store most OF
the time. and Florence down
town in the job, Elizabeth just
couldn't have taken care Of Pat.
/ must say, now that It's all
over, we were glad you were
here. although the neighbors
must have thought 1t was funny
-" She sighed. Her neighbors
were q great source Of interest
to Mrs. France. whose whole
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mothers bread board by glass
to the floor. taking paper and
were intending to get out Of
bed.
Where do you think you're
golng?" Lilly asked him. as he
pulled himself up against the
pillows.
He turned his head and. with
ont a word, looked up at her with
unbelieving eyes. He did not
seem to be able to realize that
she was there. He opened his
lips, as IL he were going to say
something, and then he closed
them again. His white face went
a shade whittier.
Its all right, Pat. It's just
me, said Lily, without expression
in her voice, and with fine dis
regard for perfect English.
She came farther into the room
and picked up the breadboard,
the pencils, and the sheet of draw
ing paper. Her eyes took in the
familiar lines and circles that he
had been drawing upon it.
Another piston ring?" she
asked, laying the board down upon
his knees.
yeah" said Pat. ''This one Is
going to be a cracker-jack,
though"
He spoke in an ordinary tone,
but his eyes never moved from
her face as she came up to him
and them backed away. She saw
him swallow hard once or twice.
What are you doing here?"
ne asked, after a minute.
Lily shrugged her shoulders as
IL IT were the most ordinary thing
imaginable for her to be here
in the house of her enemies. "Oh,
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and Il it's any comfort to you,
i've made q bigger fool Of my.
self.
she knew that she had. She
had bungied eevrything for .
year and more than q year.
She could look back upon it
all now and see Just whore she
had made her first mistake.
= When she had decided 10
marry StaIey Drunmond's money.
Nothing had been right since.
Nothing. Her love Of money had
made all Of her unhappiness.
She could see It now with great
cIearness.
Money wasn't 40 greatly to be
wished for. after all, then, was
10 III was 4 convenient and
wonderful thing to have, Of
course. But II couldn't buy any.
thing really worth while health
Or friendship or happiness or
love.
Love thought Lily: and that
brought her back to Pat.
II she left the brown-shuttered
house tomorrow. she probably
never would see him again,
EXCEPT by accident. He wouldn't
contest the divorce suit that she
had begnn-and some day she
would 60 to court and be told
that she was no longer the wife
Of Patrick France. but plain Lily
Lexington again.
-
The street was In darkness
when she turned into it, driving
the dusty, rain.spotted car, and
as she turned In at the drive
way of the brown-shuttered
house she saw that there was
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world centered around the brown
shattered house and the street
where it stood.
1T Is an interesting place. too"
The thought came to Lily the
next morning while she was pack
ing to go home.
Now that she was leaving the
little place, she realized how full
q life the people in the brown
shattered house lived BY COM
parison, the house on the Mont
pelIer road seemed very dull, In.
deed, as she looked forward to-
endless months and years to
EIIzabethr pats voice broke
In upon her thoughts. Eliza
beth! I've dropped my pencil
and my paper Elizabeth
There was dead silence In the
house for a minute while he
waited for her TO answer him.
ana while Lily wondered where
she could have gone.
Elizabeth he called, and
then there was sound of his
bedsprinEs creaking, as he moved.
Lily heard him make a tired
sound in his throat. and then
he said something under his
breath.
"He knows he mustn't get out
of bed" she thought. But evil
IDENTIFY that was what he was
getting ready to do--and he sim
ply must not do it, The doc.
tor had explained to all OF them
how important 1t was that he
should not get out of bed for
at least another week.
A second later Lily stood in
the doorway. Pat had been
drawing something on q large
piece of paper fastened to his
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while and a great swishing
Of mesh bags and exchang-
ing Of moneys at the end.
Saturday afternoons during the
autumn were exceptions; those
she spent sitting, fur.bundled, In
q seat near a 4O-y ard line. wish
ing that Alan would not below
Get INLAND Come on.EnY' and
Hold 'emy' quite so deafeningly,
and now and then. telling him so.
In the evenings there was laugh
ter. there was bubbly talk, there
were pretty poiso1s, iced, in tall
glasses, there were pilgrimages
into the flaming canyon of Broad
way, there were plaintive orches-
tras for Gays spike heels to
twinkle to, and men to pay her
compliments. low.spoken. =.
Evenings when, dragging Alan,
she Joined the restless young
married set OF which Irene Mat
thews was ring.leader, end with
them hunted thrills and made
furious war upon the common
enemy, Ennui.
All her quarreIs with Alan con-
cerned the evenings. In other
matters he was tractable, indulg.
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Cures Malaria and quickly relieves
BiliOusness. Headaches and Dizzi-
ness due to temporary Constipation.
Aids In eliminating Toxins and Ia
highly esteemed for producing cOpi.
Gus watery excavations.
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Love ii 4 MiIIiOnaire's Mansion Or In q
Poor Mans Flat Is Lily's
Problem Of Future
Read q RS First

1fY LEXINGTON spoiled daughter b
PAT FRANCE
with little
wheres he has to hOuBeWnlL
kind Of plgt0m
machine IL.
~ work. fOurn
ever ahs ssI wildly Jealous d hs
Invites her e card party Lily has
wear 1901 that SaeH still
with auddenH e her that be ht lend her some
Sire AnGOueIne0
knowing that Pat. .latsE & taeLs
but hs does not tel fat asogt snu nouns s.er wnes
Psf and him I gses home sHe nns a. nas sss s..ne
she lonely for Pat and goes g ss nm sne mnss
~ and cute ready e zee stslsgs ave- aDona
stalsy that buys out Pas pston ns re
with typhoid tey ana lily 60 6
nelFun
nS about leaving him because be was poor and tsl
Pat stu cares TOT ne Sns $50 ms 800
SUI Lily stM loves Rat
MIR .(n0 On With VIE StOrH.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-26
All Girls Picked To Attend
National Camp

Miss Lorena Hardinger, of Cumber-
land, was chosen as the best all-round
All girl in Camp Algajoy, on the
Casselman river, near Grantsville, and
will attend Camp Vale, the National
All camp at Springfield, Mass, about
the middle of September, Miss Elsie
Benthien, home demonstration agent,
announced.
Miss Hardinger was the one picked
from 80 girls of Garrett and Allegany
counties, who had been having their
annual outing at the county camp.
Last year Miss Dorothy Stevenson, of
Mt. Lake Park, was the winner, and
Miss Dorothy WEIGH, of Swanton, also
attended the camp last year due to
honors previously won.
Miss Maude Bean, home demon
stration agent of Allegany county, has
been chosen to represent the State of
Maryland at the meeting in Septem-
Der. This conference is held at the
same time the Eastern States Expo
sition is being held in Springfield.
The Garrett county girl campers
returned to their homes on Saturday.