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time to play nine holes anyway,
have dinner, and stiIl get back In
time to see part Of q snow. How
does it, strike your"
"Csolf--in these things
She made q despairing little ges-
ture about her smart dress, her
high-hee1ed shoes. her silk stock
ings.
Z wen stop by your house, and
I'll wait downstairs while you
II haven't any clubs.
'.Get everything you want At
the club. Come onv'
"Oh. I'd love to- Il sounds
heavenly wiIlr' said Eileen.
Are you sure you don't mind
waiting while / changer
t'I1l try to possess ny soul in
patience, he said.
She looked marvellous. and she
knew it. when she came down
90 minutes later to get into his
car. Her short sports itess was
perfect; her legs looked as slim
and lovely in wool as they ever
had in silk; her brogues were
absurdIy feminine. tor all their
masculinity of cut, She was
wrapped In 4 thick wool coat.
They drove straight out Of brick
and stone and plaster into spring.
Everywhere I'm the northern out.
skirts OF the city the yellow for
svthia blazed; the brooks among
the trees were outlined III the
vivid green OF skunk cabbage; the
trees were newly In leaf.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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MOI No1O Go On With The Story.

TNEIE thing was incredible. But it
had happened. Not to someone
else. To him. He faced. and he
was beginning to see it. a crisis
far greater and more dangerous
. than any he had ever met in bust.
ness.
CHAPTER
Eileen, aware, now, that in
Magraget Drew she had a re-
Rourceful and relentless enemy,
was still very far from suspect
ing the whole truth. OF the
lengths to which the girl had
gone in revealing the state of
her mind and her heart to John,
Eileen was totally unaware.
John, not unnaturally, had never
mentioned the extraordinary scene
young Ransome's intervention had
precipitated. 1t had been easy for
him to evade the issue. He had
seized the opportunity to go
away, almost Immediately after
its occurrence, on an inspiration
trip-partIy because he did not
want to meet Eileen with his
mind in the turmoil into which
that amazing episode had thrown
1t, partly because he was not yet
ready to face the facts of his
own feeling for Margaret.
That he was, definitely, emo
tionally, interested in the girl he
did not attempt to hide from him
self. 1t was natural that he
should be. after all. Few men
are proof against the flattery of
an avowal of the sort Margaret,
by implication at least, had made.
But he was by no means pre-
pared to admit that he was in
any degree in love with her.
And he was equally far from any
readiness TO face the fact that
the bond between Eileen and him.
self had been finally dissolved.
He needed time to examine his
feeling for both women, to take
stock, to see where he stood.
His resentment against Eileen
was definite, stark fact. lie
neither could, nor wanted to,
deny that. He was out of all
patience with her. She had failed
to cooperate with him; her ex-
cuses were, he felt, flimsy and
absurd: the truth was that she
had simply fallen down on, her
job-a thing he always had hated
and always would, in anyone, no
matter what they were supposed
to be doing
But he was fair-minded enough
to see that it might be that, IN
his turn, he had also fallen down
on his own job. Margaret would
never see that, no matter how
true it might be; she was too
biased, too prejudiced an observer.
Some reason, though, there was.
there must be, for Eileen's fail
ure to help him in New York as
she had helped him at home.
He was profoundly disturbed.
deeply worried. He resented the
power Margaret had to stir him,
TO appeal to him as for many
years no woman had done. Not
since the ending OF his truncated
and abortive love affair with
Marcia Lovewell had he so much
as looked at any woman but
Eileen.
Why? He asked himself the
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head a little on one side.
mo, she said, soberly. II don't
think so. Why? What crime
have you been committing
Look straight ahead-down in
the next block, in front of the
Racquet Club, he said. do you
see that slightly shopworn green
roadster"
She nodded.
Its mine," said Ted. Free and
clear. It's also parked in a place
where you cant leave car for
more than an hour, and It 3 been
there for SIS minutes. and the cop
on the corner is laying for me. I"
'Well--wfy don't you move it?''
'sYou may well ask | wiIl-on
terms. III move 1t very fast and
very far IL you'll get into it with
me. We could motor up the Hud.
son and have a latish Lunch at
Tongue Vue. Then we could strike
across country-do you play
golf?"
She nodded.
II haven't. for ages-but / used
to. love it.
Better and better! / belong to
4 club in Connecticut where they
give you food that really il food.
We could get there in plenty of
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that even now seemed laughing,
opening to hers: Like me?"
The soft, naive question went
through her like a knife. You're
all right. AS much as I see"
II like that! Would you mind
kissing me?'
Jerry stopped down. her heart
in her throat. She felt blinded
StephaIlie smiled-lying there so
quiet. She was very worn and
white. Now the short, stubby
lashes went up and down.
I've waited years for you, Jer-
about me, too?"
Yes"
You came all this way to see
me; I'm so glad. It makes It
down and folded her hands over
tight feeling in her throat--R feel
ing of blood flying wildly to her
cheeks. This husky-voiced stranger
her sister--so calmly calling
Nara mother" So quiet that
She regarded Stephanie's hand
thin, modelled like a statues
Marza's hands.
1T will he hard for both of us.
Lord. hard! Harder for her"
Maria gliding into the room,
face transfigured-a radiant look.
She folded her arms gently over
Stephanie. You're better! My
darling BETTER
Stephanie said: Mother, dearw
And again Jerry experienced the
shock-the peculiar Tightening OF
her throat.
She was glad to get out in the
air; glad to be walking swiftly
from the hospital to the hotel.
But in the room she became rest
less and went out to wander
through the shops.
She came to abrupt halts with
that terrible wish to sob; to fling
herself against the wall and sob.
"How can we work it out? Who
can work this out?"
1t kept her awake that night
many nights. 1t was like fist
striking.
Especially when she sat with
Stephanie and repeated with ever
fresh incredulity: My sister,"
Then as she found herself
drawn more and more poignantly
with a tenderness-with a deep
thrilled liking for this gallant,
winsome daughter OF stephen
and her mother then she
thought with a bursting pang:
How can anyone tell her the
truth-now after all these years?
Oh, the cruelty"
She wondered necessarily how
Stephanie would bear it-how
much courage did she have.
Stephanie, growing a little
stronger, was puzzled by these
lapses.
One day she interrupted Jerry's
reading with q gleeful: you
darby! You've not accepted me
mot yet, have you? That's why
you sit there regarding me with
such brooding eyes. You're like
Marza-arrogant. extra.fine. But
I'm a common carrot kind Of per-
son. friendly even TO . horse
when like him. .~'-,- -,.--s-s'
- She held her hands In front Of
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time when her emotion was more
significant, more important, in
coming at the truth, than her in.
telligence.
CHAPTER 33
BY pure chance Eileen met
Ted Chandler. Helen Bishops
brother, on Park Avenue, while
John was West. She was walk
ing downtown. aimlessly: her
mind was full of her problem: she
was vaguely conscious of eyes
fixed upon her for two or three
minutes; thought. just for a mo.
ment. as a man fell into step be-
side her. that he was trying to
fIirt with her. The idea amused
her; she was smiling family as
she looked around and recognized
Chandler.
Weir he said. "A dollar for
your thoughts!"
"A penny's the usual price, isn't
it?' she said.
"Oh, but I'm sure yours are
worth much more! A dollars
what I bid. anyway
They're not for sale" she said.
A curious sense Of exhilaration
had come to her. She did not an
AIvze her mood; there was no
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time: she had no inclination to do
so. She liked this boy: she knew
as women do know such things.
that he liked her. There was
salve in that knowledge for her
wounded spirit; it is q good thing
for the spirit of any woman in
Eileen's situation to know that
some man has found her attrac-
tive.
II suppose not, J" he said cheer
fully. Where are you bound?"
II don't know" she said. I'm
at loose ends, really. want to
buy a hat some time today--IIl
have to eat Iunch-o oh. haven't
any pIans!'
II have" he said. with his boy
ish laugh. Look up at the sky!
Breathe this air! And then tell
me two reasonable human beings
haves any business staying in
town.
1T is silly she admitted.
''But-''
Now II he went on, have ali
sorts Of ideas-and q plans too!
To begin with-you wouldn't want
me carried off to felon's cell.
would vou?"
She considered the matter, her
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years ago-that was fourteen
years ago."
Does she know anything of
this?"
THAT I am her mother. She
knows this. And that her father
is dead. She has the silver
bracelet yet, like the one he
brought you. She remembers sit
ting in his lap and that he taught
her to count the bangles. And
that she used to wait for him on
Sundays. On Sundays he took
her out. She's often told me that
he took her to the park, where
they went on a merry-go-round.
And then that they went rowing
on the lake. She thinks ] was
ill all those years. And that's
why she was put in school. 1t is
! so easy to deceive a child. They
have such trust in us. She
thinks her name is King. She is
known as Stephanie King"
Then she doesn't know you
have me?"
i've told her of cousin. For
years she's heard of her cousin.
You-Jerry. She knows that
you're coming"
"A cousin?" Jerry repeated,
feeling suddenly crushed and dis.
owned. I'VE will tell her the
truth now? When she is able
oh surely! Oh, mother. after INV
father died-you could have
brought her them
Marza's hands moved over till
they covered her eyes: IT should
have brought her then. How could
] explain her--a child past five,
unless I denied being her mother?
l couldn't disown either of you.
Nor could ] tell the truth. oh
God-how many nights 7 lay
awake. How many years I
planned. Two years ago thought
we might go to Europe. You
remember l had hopes of this
But there wasn't enough money.
And she wanted to finish school,"
Maria rose and came swsaying
to jerry. She said quietly: THE
wrong I've done her is greater
than the wrong / do you-now.
How do you take 1t, Jerry? We
are nearer in thought. l should
like to know how you take it,
"A sister-a sister," thought
Jerry. this seeming so unreal, s.
incredible that she not only put
her arms about Nara, saying in
a high. trembling falsetto: "Don't
be a fool. Marza--don't be alto
gether a. fool. What do you mean,
how do I take it? How do you
suppose I'd take it? You're gor-
geous TO me and brave and / love
you now thousand times more.
Oh, you're so white and thin,
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self, savagely. for the way things
had gone.
1t was devastating thing to
have to face the possibility that
John no longer loved her. But
it was far worse to have to feel,
as she did, that, if that were so,
it must be her own fault.
Her code in such matters was
simple. Eileen believed that it
was always a woman's own fault
if she let her husband drift away
from her. A wife-here she agreed
with Margaret-had everything on
her side in competition with an
other woman. Everything except
one thing-and that an evanes-
cent one, novelty.
Somewhere, Eileen knew, she
had gone wrong. She was not
prepared, as yet at any rate, to
agree with John as to where and
how: her own notion was that
neither o. them at this time knew
just WHAT had happened to their
marriage. or why it had happened.
On the whole, her fault had not
been, she thought, that she had
opposed John too much, but that
she had been too ready TO acqui-
esce in all his decisions. She
could see, now, as she looked
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} question now; it forced itself upon
him. Because he had loved Eileen
to the exclusion of all others? 1t
was a pretty theory; a week ago
he would have accepted it. Now
his lip curled a little. scornfully.
He knew too much, he had be-
come just the least bit too cynical,
to agree that that was suffi-
cient reason.
Al man may be in love with his
wife and still be aware of the po-
tential attractions of other wo-
men. He knew that, he had al
Ways known it. He had no illu-
sions as to the essential and in
stinctive monogamy of the human
species, male or female.
The truth was, probably, that,
until very lately, he had been too
busy to allow himself to be dis
tracted in any way-and espe-
cially in the way that is most dis
turbing and most dangerous and
most certain to reduce the eff
cheney of a man who is doing i'm
portant work. For the truth was,
too, that the first attractive wo-
man with whom he had been
plunged into any intimacy since
his marriage had attracted him to
a most disturbing and troubling
degree.
IllogicalIy enough, and yet logi-
cally, too. from a slightly differ
ent viewpoint, this realization
added fuel to the rising fire of
his resentment against Eileen. II
she had not irritated him by her
inefficiency, her opposition, her
Stubborn refusal to make the best
OF things, he would have been far
less ready to turn to Margaret.
1t would have surprised him to
know how ready an echo of that
thought he would have found in
Ellen. For she, on her way home,
after her humiliating experience
at his office. after her encounter
with Margaret, was blaming her.
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NHRoUGH the strained, intense
hush went Marza's voice in
the low, husky music Of pain.
Vivid pictures flashed.
Maria in love with Stephen, radi-
antly young, bidding George King
good-by. The two years absence
the two supreme, happy years.
And the little girl Stephanie born
to them. Eight months they had
her. One night, one desperate
agonized night, the word Of George
Kings return. Stephen and Maria
taking their child, their adored
pretty little thing, away from the
secret home they had shared, CIV
ing it to the care of a nurse. Bid
ding each other that heart.broken
farewell.
You remembered her, Jerry.
You remembered your little sister.
And frightened me with your talk.
You used to ask where the baby
went. oh, how terrified was.
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CHAPTER So
Jerry paused with her hand on
the door. She felt warm with the
crowded hush of a vast excite
ment.
I'll go alone" she told Nara.
Now she wondered why she said
this.
Behind this door her sister lay.
She pushed it breathlessly.
And stood backed to it, staring
at the quiet figure on the bed.
She saw the profile clearly. The
short upper lips Of full sweet
mouth; the short. straight nose,
brown, silky brows. And fallen
carelessly across the forehead. a
lock of hair. the rich shade of
old mahogany.
"Oh," thought Jerry, brushing a
swift, fierce little hand across her
eyes. CAN right so far
She stepped lightly to the bed
and gazed. blinking in the sleeper's
face. Tender and child-like 1t
seemed with those brown silky
brows and parted lips. The eye
lashes gave a kind Of merry look.
for they were short but amazing
~ Jnlck ike n SLuDDle ABOUT tho
waxy lids. Even closed, the eyes
were provocative. The mouth
bore traces of pain, but 1t had q
gallant, winsome look.
Like he was" thought Jerry.
Like Stephen. Oh--one of us!"
She closed her eyes with 4
strange, bitter longing to sob; to
kneel at the bed and kiss these
sweet, parted lips.
my sister," she went on vague.
ly-"really my sister,"
And she wondered, with a sink
ing, what this girl would say
II she would like this. I"
1t would be hard for her. She
would bear the brunt of it. OF
the three Stephanie would have
to fight the hardest.
This suddenly brought tears to
Jerry's eyes that were now sur
prised by a faint: Hello! / see
them. Been peeking. You're just
as / dreamed you. And me? What
do you think of me?"
The short upper lip quirked.
Jerry found a pair of hazel eyes
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her as though she were counting
the fingers, making sure there
were ten. Jerry, does my mother
mean to take me home? She's
promised this so long. Each
year. Then always something
happened. But this time 1t was
to be certain. And here I am.
Will this be an excuse, do you
think?
co Be Continued Tomorrow
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Maria darling. But I'm glad you
had courage enough-joy enough.
Is she worthy of you? Oh Maria
what is she like-what is she
likew
She hid her face with a soft,
hysterical laugh against Nara 3
soft, sweet neck. What shall we
do with her-Marza, what can
we do with her
II want to take her home
want you to help me take her
hoyoA-'S
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This Story Of a Girl Who Gambled Her
ALI for the Love of a Married Man
Has a Punch in Each Line
What Has Happened So Far:

Eileen Randall bObhaired blonde and pretty first manifested her
senior And how the townsfoId talked John was wdC Wild
attracted Eileen BY her Onss and not the fact that
early IN lfe clearly demonstrated his ability for driving hard
played with the affections Of Henry Lovewers wife, Marcia And
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

Bruno and Vittora Mussolin young of the Italian
dictator, Rome after Mediterranean cruise
members of the Avanguadst the Fascist organization
spending to the Boy Scouts Q Underwood & Underwood
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Down the stretch at the Aqueduct. An unusual snap
shot of well punched finish during the Fall the
Long Island track. divide World Photos
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SPRINGTlME
ny n, C. rEATTlE.

Where the loan is none too thick
and the shade thin, as they are in little
groves OF sapling scrub pines and on
the edges of dry meadows or upon the
hiIlsides under the leafiess hardwood
trees of early Spring, there blooms now
the golden star. II comes into its
towering very close to the warm breast
of the earth. a spangling of gold all set
in its soft carpet of green leaves. or
all beautiful Spring flowers 1t is the
most unhonored and unsung, because
few notice this beautiful little blossom,
because few watch closely the ground
beneath their feet. 1t is safe to say
that more heels have trod upon this
little flower than there are eyes that
have admired it. and yet when 1t Is
taken into the garden and planted on
a rockery this little dwarf of the mighty
Composite family will make a splendid
show.
One may know 1t by its very short
stem terminating in a single head of
flowers and sending out running stems
from the base. linking mother to daugh-
ter plants The leaves are opposite
and oval. on long leaf stalks. and the
flowers, like others of the Composite
family. are built upon the ray-and-
center plan. as in the daisy, but the
broad. bright golden rays are only four
or five in number. and for this reason
look precisely like the petals of an ordi-
nary flower.