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in the center betrayed the scene.
A jazz orchestra at one end OF
the hall was just posing its in.
struments, to pick up the tune
where the other orchestra seemed
about to leave Ii. Every where,
blue and gray overalls made a
back ground for the light gIng-
hams and hair ribbons Of the
girls. Linda caught q glimpse OF
huge cider barrel in one cor
ner. presided over by a buxOm
wench In pigtails and pinafore.
Leonard was gently guiding
her toward the door Of the ladies
dressing room. I'll wait for you,
here" he said, punctiliously.
She found the room crowded
with girls. the mirrors ringed
deep, and every chair occupied by
lady pulling up her hose or
buttoning a slipper.
Linda gave her. cloak to the
maid to check, drew a little silver
comb out Of her bag and began 10
edge toward q mirror. Something
familiar about the plump neck Of
the girl who stood primping in
ALUht Va FnCT IuduG AlAuu0 PNuSS"
The voice, too. was familiar.
Yeah" it was saying. .The Ale
pha O's got about everybody they
wanted this year. Had some
trouble pIedglng Dulcie Ellis,
though. The kappa's gave her a
heavy rush toward the end. But
as usual--we came out on top"
A tall, thin girl wearing the
Kappa key tossed her head. You
pretty nearly came out on. top,
once too often, / guess! The
laugh was on you. in that Lucy
Whitlock matter, all right. Whole
campus is roaring over it"
CHAPTER XVII
The Alpha Q turned angrily.
We couldn't help it If that
Waldron kid chose to take us in.
Anyhow. we're not SO sure she
wouldn't have been a. good bet,
Whitlock or no Whitlock. She's
got a n1illion-dollar wardrobe:
Her angry blue eyes, sweeping
the group, fell on Linda's white
face. oh" gasped the plump
girl, II didn't know you were
here"
The color flooded back into Lin
da's cheeks as she turned from
the group, handed her bag to the
maid and left the room. Young
Van Horne looked wondering1y at
her bright eyes, and fiery cheeks.
You're marvellous" he said. sort
of a Spartan Helen" he added.
But she did not seem to hear
him.
They walked down the end of
the hall to the cider barrel In the
corner, and Leonard held a tin
cup for her with the greatest dig
nifty. The cider bubbled about its
brin, throwing off sweet. spicy
perfume. Its woodland favor re-
minded Linda Of home. Of the
cider presses that flowed In the
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u, Gan I 60 out and drive and
Linda looked 1T him with mis-,
giving. II m sure Ill like, the
party, she said.
They drove discreetly. not too
fast, through the dark streets into
Providence road, which led west
into Gym Valley and there turned
into a winding poplar drive ending
In a huge parking space before
the gym doors. The gym building
crOuched in front Of them, like a
dragon breathing fire from every
lighted window.
"Oh, hurry" cried Linda, as
Lesnard carefully backed the run.
about into a little wedge OF space
between two other cars. He de-
libePately stopped his engine,
turned off the switchboard light
and climbed out.
But even he. once within those
great doors, stood open-r1ounted.
This was no college gymnasium,
but a corner of a woodland. with
cornfields beyond. The great
bourhs that had been trundied
into town all week now hung from
ceiling, walls and narrow balcony.
Some wild grape arbor had been
ravished of the vines which now
dropped, heavy with grapes, from
the pillars of the balcony. And
the narrow walk beneath might
have been an aisle through a.
cornfieId, so thickly were the
corn shocks and the pumpkins
stacked along the walls.
Only the polished dancing floor
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She proceeded slowly up the
stairs and gained her own sitting
room. 1t was an octaginal room,
tapestry hung, with window-seats
heWn out OF the thickness OF the
walls. Shirley piled one Of these
seats high with cushions and
settled down at the easement to
watch for Rogers return.
There could be no danger
absolutely no danger about GOrtO
Bellas. it was an insult to Roger
TO think otherwise. For that I'm.
spoken insult, she must contrive
10 make amends,
III was past sunset before Shir.
lev awoke from the sleep that had
plunged down upon her. The
shadows in the octagonal room
had blurred together into sin.
lister dusk. Ontaide--she glanced
outside and depressed an exclama-
lion
Rain was already slanting down
against a high wind. Above the
woods, clouds were massing.
purplish, black batIalions of them.
1t was going to be q Wild night.
AZ she tried her weight. ging
erly, first on one cranped foot
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orchards of RedhilI in the autumn.
Her eyes yclouded as she drank.
But there was the orchestra,
striking into Valencia" and
Leonard was lifting one correct
arm in invitation TO the dance.
I'm afraid / don't dance the
steps that are new here at coll
lege," she apoiogized. I've never
danced much at all--really."
The boy brushed aside her
apology chiyalrousIy. But it proved
to be correct. Linda could not
dance the strange, hesitating one
step. into which her partner tried
to lead her. He stepped on her
pumps once, twice, tried pivot,
and had to swing her clear off
the ground to keep them both
from falling. His face grew pain.
fully red: Leonard Van Horne
prided himself on his dancing.
Linda was near tears. IT
shouldn't have come she MUIR
INJURED I'm going to spoil the
evening for you. You know, /
thought at barn dance they
do the square dances 1 know"
"Never mind" he treasured her,
manfully. Its a treat just to
have you hereto look at you"
His fIattery might have dam.
med the tears starting from her
eyes, but, lifting her head, she
saw the plump Alpha o and two
Of her sorority sisters watching
the scene, with iIl.concealed
amusement in their eyes.
Leonard Van Horne never knew
why his Spartan Helen, one
moment talking intimately with
him, the next had vanished among
the other blue and white eing.
hams, like a grain of sand on a
beach.
The music struck IN again,
with q louder tremolo from the
saxophones and a vicious attack
upon the drums. AS IL it had
been tom-toms in a jungle, Linda
fled from 1t, stumbling against
vine-clustered pillars. lurchinS be.
tween Charlestoning couples in
dark corners. She could think
only of reaching the haven of
the dressing room.
An improvised BARNARD in a
corner, occupied by shaggy little
calf and several geese, mooed. and
squawked at her as she passed
but could not surprise her into
stopping. A man rising from his
knees in front of her brought her
to a halt. 1t was Thomas Moon.
light Vaughan, holding a Soueal.
ing white pig in his arms. He had
apparently been trying to secure
the animal on a rope within the
limits OF the barnyard.
You see" he said, reproachfnl.
ly. when you wouldn't come with
me had only the pig to bring !"
Linda turned on her neel, hut he
dropped the pig snd caught her
arms. The animal tell gruntinw
and strainlng at ths end of its
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CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 10
Shirley had let Alan infer That
she was returning in haste to
lunch with Roger. As she sat at
her solitary meal, she felt guilty
about that; she hoped that he
would not appear, on some pre-.
text or other, and catch her out
at her feeble make believe. That
would mean more criticism
Marsden. she said to the but
Ter. has the paper come
oh, yes, ma am.
Bring It here, please.
Marsden, brought it. a heading
caught her ey
.sS0naetI1ug sof d seTlsa tom was
caused By il sudden collapse d.
Corto BelIas though the drop
caused li1tle silrHrlsek IN well Int
formed circles.
.eShiflev was uaversed IN money.
iargon, hut she knew wlnere TO
look for the rise and fall in stocks.
She soon found what she most
wanted to know.
Forty. points," she exclaimed
aloud Good heavens. what
crash hope wonder but, of
course; Il must rise again, We'te
sure to ,e al II eIIst. really 8
ire laid the paper on the
black oaS tai3ls with an ivory
paperltHife across 1t, she saw sew.
eral letters addressed to herself.
BTarsdefi was not too brisk about
things it might be better to get
sonaealaS else
RfIig, an Invitation. more bills
land ~ letter from her aunt.
Mrs. Sibley waa an active con-.
frfbufor to her niece's already
voiuniinous correspo ndence. Shir-
lev read the postscript first:
ssp. .s-Mr. Cynaz called just an
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l was addressing this letter and
I feel I must add few words--In
fact he gave me message for
you, so / should have had to
reopen the envelope in any case,
shouldn't 4? He Is really q queer
creature. don't think, Shirley,
that / very much like him, but
Ia q way his bigness fascinasest
me. He gets an impressive effect
just by being-haye you ever
felt THAR
tP. P.S.-He said quite suddenly,
while / was giving him coffee
Us Shirley,s husband the greedy
fool who dropped a quarter mil
Hon on EoFto Belfast j told her
only to put up twenty-five thou
sand Ask her what Kelton's
been playing at" But, Of course
Shirley. you're both all right.
aren't you? You couldn't be at
Pinecliff il you weren't.
II told him that and he gave
that queer. hoarse laugh and said
PERHAPS they've tried Brenna.
way again He simply wouldn't
explain.
Shirley. mystified. read 1t all
two or three times; then she took
the Iatter upstairs to her own
room.
She was as greatly at los a.
Mrs. SfbIey. Roger could not
have put more than twenty-five
thousand dollars into Corto BelIas
for the simple reason that he had
not the means of doing so without
consulting tler--it was her money.
1t was with relief that she re-
Elected that "the greedy fool
could not, in any case, have been
Roger. II Roger had thrown in
ali her fortune, that would only
have brought it to &200,0o0. And
CNnaz had gossiped Of 3230,OOD.
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gone into the gutteralI your
fortune and more
He was crying she saw i
with disgust "a she forced him
into ! chair, Ioosened his collar
poured him ont stiff brandy, put
the glass into his hand. he was
crying like 4 terror-stricken child
and he could not or would not
answer the question she asked
him AGAIN and yet again.
II only had 5000 900. Roger.
How did you get hold % the
other fiftyg : Roger YOU must
answer mel How did you set
hold 81 the other fifty Not not
clients money!"
He Turned on her suddenly.
"Oh, don't nag don nag!
Where d'you suppose got y
from? You're not q child Or 9
fool. He drained the brandy In
two guIps. He began to bluster.
.And may as well make It clear,
Shirley. that iii stand no re-
proaches. 1T was, from the first.
your idea TO play this game. You
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then on the other, she heard
Roger coming up the stairs.
He was coming quickly rum
ming almost.
She knew, then, from the sound
Of his running. stumbling haste,
that what Cynaz had said was
true. Roger WAS the greedy fool. s
Roger-but how had Roger
ever managed to do III?
She knew all--o.' simost-yet
she was not prepared for the
truth when she faced it In his
terrified eyes. She had leaped
to lamp and turned it on
she felt that in the dark she
might catch the infection Of his
fear.
Into the sudden glare Of light
Roger came running. stumbling.
the marked paper in his hands
As he swung the door shut be.
hind him. she saw rain on his
coat Raln-drops fell from his
coat to the floor and the news
paper rustled with them because
he was shaking all over.
Shirley, we-I--Ir.y God.
'tIf's true, then?" She found
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Continued Tollolrow.l

forced ii on mel wasn't tenn
permentaIIy suited to IL"
Don't worry, I'm not going
ia reproach YOU.
she was hack 1T the window.
aufvering with contempt for him
This was what she had married
thisI And she could have had
Alan Brennaway - AT Alanfs
name there flashed up 4 fresh
bafflement. What had Cynaz
meant bvs dragging AIana name
into itg III Roger had borrowed
that fifty thousand from Alan
# would be clear enough But
Roger had not borrowed TIE had
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Sour
SeUeetened Instantly

Just tasteless dose OF Phillips
Milk Of Magnesia in water. That is
an alkali. effective, yet harmless.
II has been the standard antacid for
80 years among physicians every.
whore. One spoonful will neutralize
al once many times it's volume in
gcid. 1t IL the right way. the
,iuick. pleasant and efficient way
= kill the excess acid. The ston.
eh becomes sweet, the pain de-.
carts. You are happy again in five
minutes.
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Don't depend on crude methods.
Employ the best way yet evolved
in all the years of searching. That
is Phillips Milk of Magnesia.
Be sure to get the genuine Phil
lips MIX of Magnesia prescribed
by physicians for so years in cor
recting excess acids. Csc and soc a
bottle---any drug store.
MIX Of Magnesia' has been the
Y. s. Registered Trade Mark OF
The Charles n. Phillips Chemical
Company and its predecessor
Charles H, Phillips since 1875.
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stolen from trust funds Stolen.
Now look here, shirley
Her words cut across hist
Fl want to know everything,
Roger. Everything What how
far has Alan Brennaway helped
US airea dy ~
The glass liz still held cen %
the floor and rolled. without
breakinE. almost TO her feet she
was able III take All interest IN IT.
wonder why II had not broken
she had startled him
considerably. He MAS skamnlef
ing ana hedging
90 Re Continued Tono1rew,l
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"A Thrilling Romance of High Courage
and Of Two Who Gambled for
Life's Highest Stake
Read This First:

Alan Brennaway New York
Millions He Shirley
beautiful society girl whom he has always loved and finds that though
she did
father left her 500 600 which i In the hands q
$4,000 Alan
this high rate Of interest and rather resnts The superficial
him but
fes there another and beEs him as9s e De her friend
clients been swept owing g e ne
He him half million 70 SQUARE a collateral
Macedonia and what M 90 with the conces
shirley Alan 90
d specialist and heaing Shirley that Gle
staying
her Keton begins to Jealous q Alan md
Macedonia
him She offers to tel Alan that keitOn
the subject Later the day she finds Alan waiting Or
Shirley leaves and Keon IN Alan brings
ton going there
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Houses - either furnished or unfur-
nlshed--cam be located to rent through
tOdayss Times and Herald classified
ranfal enlnmna.
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Apartments near yOur office can he
located and rented through the classified
rental columns. In today's Times and
Herald.
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are preferable to enameled iron.
IL. Test second floor floorings by
jumping up and down in center Of
IA. Lights for first floor nail
should be controlled from second
floor by three-way switch.
Is. Examine walls around win.
dows and ceilings on second floor
for discoloration on plaster or paper
due to leaks.
s. II easement windows are used
they should open out.
Roof Important
IT. Examine roof rafters. For tile
roofs these should be from by 3
to 2 by II, depending on span and
roof pitch. 16.inch cent4rs. For
lighter roofing the rafters should
be not less than 2 by s. All pitch
roof rafters should be tied with
/ by collar beams every third
rafter.
Is. All roof sheathing should be
one inch, entirely covering rafters
and forming base for roofing ma
terial.
10. Additional saving in heating
costs will be obtained by lining
under side of roof rafters and all
exposed cornice work with an APP
proved insulating board felt or
quilted.
20. Attic space, il finished, should
have an operatable ventilator.
81. II electric wires are not run
in conduits, flexible or rigid. they
should be examined carefully to
see that none touch woodwork. All
fixtures on floor below should be
solidly blocked or braced. This can
be determined by looking between
the attic floor joists, above the
points from which ceiling lighting
fixtures on the second floor are
hung.
~. Ii house In brick, rough tex
tured brick is preferable to q smooth
Drlck from the artistic standpoint,
and is equal to any brick in service
ability. Mortar should be natural
gray cement mortar, and should be
hard and firm when tested with q
knife or other instrument. Mortar
colors should be avoided, as they re-
duce strength of mortar. Window
and door frames should be caulked
with plastic caulking compound be.
tween wood or metal frames and
brick
%. Flashings, cutters and rain
pipes should be Of copper, excepting
around vent stacks through roofs,
which should be flashed with lead
carried to the top of the stack. For
stucco houses with wood windows
and door frames, window and door
head should be flashed. Flat rooms
and decks should be copper.
"a. Chimney caps should be one
piece stone or concrete.
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GIRL
| BURIED AFTER
new DEATH

The body Of Mrs. Mae Josephine
True. who died in Casualty Hospi-
tai on Thursday after having lived
Tor 81 hours after she was pro.
neunced dead. was taken by rela.
tives last night to Wilson. Nd
where funeral services viii be held
tomorrow.
Mrs. True was found in Pull,
man berth in the Union Station.
Her face was wrapped in cloths
that had been saturated with chloro-
form ana she was pronounced dead
bS j physician and sent to the
ln6feua. There It was noticed. that
life still existed and members of the
tire department rescue squad and
physicians carried on a game but
losing fight to save here.
Identification Of the body was
made yesterday by Mrs. Rosie
Zelda, Of Wilson, Nd, q sister.
Coroner =. Ramsey hewitt issued
L certificate OF suicide. Mrs. True
ID survived by her sister, Mrs. Zelda
her father, Frank McRObie. Sugars
old. Of near Altamont. Md. and
two brothers. Wesley McRooie, Of
Corinth. W. Va, and Luther Nc.
RObies OF Blaine, w. Va.
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to know Just what to look tor
10 be self-assured that the home
you ara buying has all the qualities
/ of home Of long duration, safe con-
struction and ideal conveniences. 1t
! III worth your while to have a yard
stick with which you can measure
the merits of the dwelling you are
about to buy for your home.
The building OF a home calls Tor
the service OF many WOrkmen, who,
in the pursuit OF their labcrs, use
dozens OF different materials. and
few home buyerh have time to mas
ter knowledge Of all thu materials
and detailed processes that go into
the making Of a home. To be OF
service. the home buyers yardstick
must be easy to understand and SIM
bic to apply, and to that end, X. Alex
Wilson, designer and builder OF ma.
tional repute, has set forth the -
points which he considers most es-
sential to the true home buyer
yardstick.
THESE essentialities win measure
the two more important elements OF
home construction, namely, materials
and workmanship. Let them guide
you in the purchase of a home.
1. Secure from the builder or the
home you are inspecting, list OF
materials and names OF the manu-
facturers, IL well-knoWn materials OF
national reputation have been used
that is a point in favor OF the
houe.
2. Look for Indications of water
Ar dampness on cellar walls and
floors. Water may undermine
footings or freeze in masonry, caus'
ing 4 failure of the wall. Look
for cracks in masonry.
3. Floor joists should be not less
than 2x1O inches and not more
than sixteen inches on center;
thew should be well bridged, bridg-
ing not more than seven feet
apart. Sub.flOoring laid diagonal
to joists should be used.
4. Plumbing pipes carrying hot
or cold water should be copper or
brass. The wise builder will have
local water supply chemically an
aIyzed Some water will attack
brass.
S. Boiler and heating lines
should be insulated; boilers should
| be of a we'll known make.
s. IL the house is of frame con-
struction, joists should rest on a
sill at least Axe inches, which Is
anchored into masonry walls with
three.quarter inch machine bolts
five feet on center. Even when
fire stops hide portions Of this
sill it is almost sure to be visible
in a number OF place.
z. Examine corners Of room for
serious plaster cracks, all corners
preferably. All walls, as well,
should be reinforced with metal
lath.
8. Examine baseboards. If these
do not tit snugly, the chances are
plaster walls are not plumb.
8. Examine windows and doors
for weather stripping. Brass,
bronze or zinc should be used.
Such weatherstripping will save 20
per cent in heating installation and
operating costs.
10. All fire places for open fires
should be equipped with damper
and flues not less than 12x12, prop
erIy lined.
II. A properly built stairway will
not shake or crack in any of it's
parts. II possible. note whether
rough stair construction consists
Of three. 2x12 stair carriages or
horses with each tread and riser
wedxed.
IL Examine bathroom tile for
Grazing. Viterous china lavatories
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HOUSE GARAGE
PLAN POPULAR

The individual building plan OF
home construction is rapidly pass
ing. 1t is becoming the custom to
conceive a home as being cor
related assemblage of all the diff
ferent factors of the house ana
grounds, and the days Of building
garages and woodsheds with no
particular reference to tho other
features OF the plot are gone.
1t is now necessary to INCLUDE
the garage in the architectural
scheme.
II Is well to consider the heating
and lighting of such places in that
the added expense can well ne
saved through the house garage
type OF construction. When the
garage is placed in the basement
or built into the ground floor q
the house the matter OF lighting
and heating becomes greatly SIM
plified.
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Small Homes Dignified
By Horizontal Lines

III you want to make your rooms
nave the appearance of the low.
hat design, emphasize the horizon
tai lines in the interior arrange.
mentS. These lines can best be
produced by low baseboards. plate
rails picture molds, wallpaper
borders. beamed ceilings and low.
hung curtains and Grapes.
vertical lines are brought about
through the use of tall, dignified
doors window-casings and panel
lnEs. Long curtains. or wallpaper
with tndistinct vertical patterns
also tend to increase the heights
OF your rooms. Ceilings should be
nat and as nonoffensivs as pos
sible.
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DEFEAT LOOMS
FOR LOBBY
BILL

The Caraway bill, which proposes
to turn the glaring light of pub
lieitv on the lobbying activities
that encompass Congress. is facing
stiff opposition among House
leaders.
Unless hackers of the measure
are able to force quick action the
measure may be allowed to die In
committee or brought out with most
of its teeth drawn.
Representative Hersey (Rl OF
Maine. chairman Of the House
judiciary subcommittee, which Is
handling the bill. declared today
that there is no possibility Of q
favorable report on the bill AZ 1t
passed the Senate by . large
majority.
anything more than q registration
bill, If it reports that, Jersey
asserted positively.
The Caraway bill provides not
only for registration Of all lobbyists
under heavy penalty, but also would
force them TO disclose the fees that
are paid for influencing legislation
and the expenses received.
Even stronger bills, introduced
bv House members, are before the
COMMITTEES. The authors, including
Representative LaGuardia (R) OF
New York, Schafer tR.l Of Wis.
consin. Griffin CD) Of New York,
ana Howard d. Of Nebraska, have
indicated willingness to abandon
their own proposals for the Cara
way measure on the ground that il
alone has 4 chance OF being written
into law at this session.