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Our DANCING DAUGHTERS = = ' XzHptzaR

cocktail. She wanted 10 see what
it was like. she exclaimed, giving
him i mischicvous smile. He
thought 1t very cute and encour-
aged her to have second. But he
was not prepared TO have her order
a third. Also quick suspicion
crossed his mind when he left the
table moment and returned to
find his glass empty. She ex.
planned, q bit sketchiiy. that the
glass had been upset and the con-
tents spilled
However, he accepted the ex-
PLANTATION. noting with alarm how
flushed she was. how She kept
sending pointed smiles toward a
group OF young fellows at a nearby
table. Rather curtly he bundled
her away.
But the next morning she was
so humble and 80 loveable in her
remorse that he banished the Incl
dent from his mind not recalling
1t for a long time. ~
Late in the fall they returned
to Paris, having spent not one day
in a quiet corner. and sailed for
America and home.
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Syndicate, Incl
Continued Tomorrow
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Mrs. ODay ended up rather
weakly, for her. She acted ar
though she had no resource In the
face Of thing like this. II was
the first time that Nancy had
ever seen her when she wasn't
ready to stand on her two feet,
10 honestly face, and TO work and
fight, If necessary, against any
thing that wasn't decent and
clean and healthy.
At once Muddy O'Day scemeu
old TO Nancy. She had never
looked that way before. There
was a grayness about her face
where usually there was 4 flush
of color. Nancy saw the tsar&
start in her eyes. She saw tina
effort she was making to keep
them back. It was a losing fight.
The tears would come. Mrs. O'Day
lifted her broad. blue apron and
flung 1t over her head II the
tears would come like this abe
would hide them. .....
In an instant Nancy was kneel.
ing before her. her golden head
buried In Muddy's lap. And they
both cried unashamed.
Monty Deane, jr., did not wake
until almost noon the next dav.
Doctor Peabody, thin and tail.
looking just the same as he did
az long ago as Nancy could ~.
member was with him. After
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see the Rue de Ia Paix. dear. We
will before we leave, won't We,
Benny? I'd be so disappointed
il we didn't
And he would answer: Why. OF
course; anything to make you
happy. That's what Want-to
make you happy" And he would
whirl her away to Paris, to the
crowds and the lights-wafting for
her to weary OF these and turn to
the isolated places. But she never
seemed TO weary.
In Paris they quarreled. 1t was
when Ann declared she hadn't
rag fit to wear. and proposed very
prettily. with her arms about bis
neck. that they go shopping.
But your clothes are beautiful,
sweetheart. And such quantities
OF them
''Oh. those old things she pout.
ed. You don't want your wife to
look sight, Benny dearest"
So he took her to the shops, and
was first bewildered and then
amazed at her reckless spending.
And when he called a halt she
turned furious, leading him back
to the hotel. where she flung her.
self on the bed in a storm of sobs,
beating the counterpart with her
small fists, wailing for her mother.
He was so distressed that he
took her in his arms, saying silly,
soothing things calling himself
heartless fool.
He resolved then and there never
to thwart her again. And when
sha smiled through her tears, hold
ing up trembling lips to be kissed,
he determined that she should have
anything he could give her, no mat.
ter how unreasonable 1T might be.
Such a child she was, so unused
to the hard, practical things OF
life. He must stand between her
and whatever might cloud those
pretty. trusting eyes.
In Monte Carlo Ann slipped a
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tried to kiss her one evening siiO
brought up her hand and slapped
him a blow across the cheeA
which sent him spinning.
And IL was Freddie who. In
drunkenly brilliant moment, de
clared that Diana was like her
namesake, Diana the Huntresss,
az fascinating and as cold and
az chaste.
only your quarry IL hearts.
M dear. Hearts " gather Just
for love of the sport. Diana
the Huntress-here's to the game.
kid. May y always hit a bniIs
eyer
The honeymoon had not gone as
BENNY Black planned. though he
could not imagine why. 1t was
not that Ann failed to defer
"a his every slightest wish. to
cor "Oh. that's wonderful! That
will ha lovely"' Her soft win
sbneness, How strong and pro-
tectiye it made him feel to
nossess this slip Of a. thing.
10 hold her life in his swed
hands. 60,
He had wanted a quiet, lsisurely
tourney along the Riviera, one
which would permit more in.
innate acquaintance with his
wife. away from the crowds and
the lights Yet he was forever
finding himself among crowds
and lights. assailed by the clamor
~ London, the gaudy swirl OF
paris, the feverish excitement OK
Monte Carlo.
Not once could he recall Ann
having asked him to take ner
=" these places. 1t was only
hat some time after he had sug<
,,ast.d A somnolent hotel at Capri
~ Amalfi. perhaps. and she had
,,,rrled her pleasure, she would
t,,rn thoughtful. fixing the wide
blue gaze upon him and murnnur
Wistfully: But l do want to
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and put his strong brown arm
protectingly about her shoulders.
On the road, the other side OF
the hedge, q boy passed. wiiistiing.
He he'd walked up from the hol-
low, just to pass by the house.
1t was quite dark in the OLD
Van Fleet place. -
Guess she's in bed by now!
The whistling grew fainter, blew
away on the salt wind.
! Aunt EWES letter went rush
ing on its way. and Spring, VINO
knows no letters, went leisureIy
about hers.
Tender, green leaves. pale and
new. made a delicate lace canopy
through which you could look up
and see the azure sky and the big
white clouds drifting over the old
orchard. The hills teemsd with
wild flowers. The green waters
OF the bay, specked with white
foam, sparkled in the sun and the
little boats anchored there bobbed
joyousIy up and down.
1t was all new to Joan--alI the
old familiar sights and soands,
and smells of Sausalito in spring
because she was sharing 1T with
Bill. And when the big yellow
moon rode low in the sky, ana the
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ROY L. FOLEY

said. and he would have to be
watched every minute because
there was no knowing what any
one so addicted to drugs might do.
He said he would stop in again
that evening. The three OF them
followed DIR. Peabody to the door,
Dairy O'Day bringing up the rear.
1t seemed he was the only one who
had words for the doctor then. and
his wife suspected he would say
the wrong thing.
"Ye know what that sick man
Is, don't We. doc? They do be
sayin' he's the hayward son OF
gintleman. He's Nancy'S fa-"
Dairy O'Day. will the day ever
come when We know enough to
keep your mouth shut? WIN We
begone?"
Old DIR. Peabody only smiled and
became suddenly, interested In ty'
ing his faded muffler. To all APP.
peara noes he hadn't heard. Nancy
remembered the old saying
there's none so deaf as those who
won't hear"
Once the doors were closed Mrs.
O'Day vented her wrath on her
carpet slippered spouse.
Continued Tomorrow
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Mrs. O'Day had fed him some
broth hefseemed to improve great
ly. He asked TO see Nancy.
MY girl, my baby girl. Are YOU
the girl who was here last night
he asked.
The effort tired him and ne
closed his eyes. Mrs. O'Day let
him rest a moment or two before
she answered and then she told
him the girl he had seen was
his daughter, and she was nearly
49,
Mrs. O'Day left quietly and
Nancy went close to the bedside.
The dull depths Of his eyes seemed
to become bright.
So you're my girl" he said,
"nny girl. How much Won loci
like your mother. Kneel down
here. want to feel your hair,"
Nancy knelt and he put out his
hand, slowly, gently, until his
fingers just touched her hair.
ITS gold hair. isn't it?" he said.
gold hair. Just like jules hair.
You're like your mother, child. she
was a lovely thing your mother.
! loved her. but we were not made
for each other. We should never
have met. left your mother.
I've suffered for II.
Nancy didn't know what IN nm.
aw"r. This man was he rrul" hsr
father? She couldn't believe IL
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tossed into the waste basket, and
there was left only the envelope
with the dancing feet penciled on
the back.
Diana held this a long while,
wistful and uncertain. and ended
by putting 1t back in the box.
This much she might retain of q
luminous memory; this much be-
longed to her out Of things which
had been and were not.
Beatrice telephoned later in the
day and invited her for the week
end. Diana was listless. inclined
to remain at home, but her friend
insisted. and so she drove to the
stucco house up the hill and made
supreme effort to be gay.
The effort was needed here.
Diana realized this wonderingly.
sensing certain something--an
odd tension--in the atmosphere OF
the pretty home. Norman Gre CORY
loved his beautiful wife; no ques.
ton Of this. But it was as il some
thing stood between him and that
love; that which made him sit with
his eyes on her as il In harrassing
study. listen rather too closely to
what she said, glance up sharply
when the telephone rang, cast an
inquiring look over her mail.
Was Norman suspicious of Bea-
trice? 1t seemed unthinkable to
Diana. Yet there was that some
thing between them; his air or
watching and waiting.
Also there was difference in
Beatrice. No longer sullen and
rebellious, she nevertheless APP
Deared burdened by sort of anx-
iety; an eager humility was in
her attitude toward her husband.
She seemed pathetically eager to
please him and afraid she might
not.
Still she assured Diana that
she was happy. "Oh, happier
than l ever dreamed of being, Di!
Norman is so kind--such a mar
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lanterns on the little boats over
Belvedere way gloWed like fire.
flies in the night. the beauty was
almost more than she could bear.
IL only she could put ont her
hand and touch him-know that
he was loving 1t all, too There
must be a way---they must find
a way to meet at nights. too.
! A. first 1t was enough to meet
on Wednesday afternoon, when
the two old ladies had gone
primly into town, and he came to
wash Auntie Evvie's car. Enough
to stand near, and talk about
anything. To smile at each other
wordlessly, and find funny little
excuses to touch each Others hand
or hair.
They were both so young and
inexperienced. Even tall Bill who
lounged around the docks. and
liked q fight now and then.
He didn't intend to do odd jobs
ali his life. He told her about his
dreams, shyly at first, moe con.
fidently and fIuently later.
You see. / had to be out Of
school so much. Dad died when
was little shaver. had to
work some. 30 always seemed
kind OF overgrown when got
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, ready she was fitting him into
all her bookish dreams.
How hard he worked on EWES
car. His khaki shirt was open
at the neck. She had never no.
ticed boys had pretty necks be.
fore. Well, not pretty. exactly
but nice. How blue his eyes
were. Dark hair and blue eyes
My father had dark hair ana
blue eyes!' she called to him
across the bushes.
did he2" The color rose IN
the boys freckled face. He stole
another look at the girl in the
sun. Your hair is awfully
pretty" he said. 1t was his
list commitment. He had never
had a girl.
A warm blush climbed to the
-roots ..of her crinkly gold hair.
do you think I'm pretty?" she
asked, very low.
He nodded, embarrassed again.
He had never had a girl. but
he had never heard of a girl like
this one! Like some sort OF
a shy wild thing, bold one min
ute and getting ready TO run the
next. And how lovely she was,
all gold and ivory and slender
With a convulsive movement he
stuffed the rags he had been pol.
ishing the car with under the seat.
See you next week. Good'by--
And he fled.
4
The rose garden was soaked.
Joan was winding the hose when
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back to school. Didn't fit in with
the rest, somehow. So was glad
when / got through. lou might
not think its much to work In .
garage"
'Oh 1 dol do
well, your aunts wouldn't" Be
amended reasonably. "But I'm
learning the business. After !
learn it,"
She drew . littlo nearer. her
lovely. sensitive face all aeioW.
What then what are you going
to do then
He didn't know, and he hated
himself for not knowing. Oh
Quit, I guess. I'm kind Of no
account, I guess
Oh. no--nO. yOu aren't.
You don't understand, he
burst awkwardly. ou--oh,
well you're different. Were 20
doggone poor. Ma and land my
sister and her husband live with
us. and the three kids
"Oh. but we're poor, too!
Joan's eyes were shining. she
was glad she was poor, too, so
that Sin wouldn't mind being poor
alone. You don't know how poor
we are. why. our roof leaks ter
ribIy. The whole third story n
awful In winter. Mrs. Heeiey and
I have to put wash basins and
buckets and everything out to
catch the rain. and the wall paper
ID an peelink Off
He looked IN at the big house.
with its yellow turrets reaching
affluently skyward, and shook his
head. That's not the same. It's
q different kind OF poor we are.
You don't know
''Yes. do. / know where you
live. In the little white house
down in the hollow"
Near the fishery. s he finished
defiantiy. and the old saloons
..I don't care. I'd as soon live
there as our house,
Johnnie -yon wOuidn
1t was the first time he had
called her that. Her very finger
tips were tingling. Yes, | would"
And then the gate creaked, there
was a scufflinS along the gravel
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AmOurs Form Plot Of This
Thrilling Novel

walk-Aunt Eyvie and Aunt Babo
coming home. There was Barely
time tor Joan TO scamper up the
hack stairs before Eyvie'p latch
kew turned in the front door. -
was always that way. SOnaebC0y
was always illterrupting theM,
Once he held her hands light.
suppose ! won't Lot yOu so9 10
teased.
clear dark eyes we're serious.
Sometimes wish you wouldn I, "
she said.
In his saner moments, counting
out the money for the butcher bill,
or putting up q new clothes line
for his mother, he knew that Il
waa all wrong.
Lord, must have been crazy.
a Van Fleet-and me. Ye sOdsi
shes just q fool kind stringine
me along. guess. guess she
wouldn't ever care for fellow like
me-
And then he couldn't rest until
he rad seen her again. Just this
once" he would think. It'll zee
her this once, and I'll kind uf let
her know that it's no good ,and
we'd better cut II out befOre her
aunts find out and have fft.'
Il suppose I'll be clearing out
Of here before very 1ong going
aver to the city" he said guard
edly, ona afternoon.
she nodded. II ssp6se 20
mo opportunities much here
No
4 feeling Of utter dsAolation
swept over him. You don't
CARE ne cried sharply.
'Oh-but didn't think
didn't think you meant that you
wouldn't come back The words
fairly tumbled out Of her aching
throat. .sBill-you didn't mean
not to nee me any mores
He turned his head away, muir.
INJURED something about Best
thing that could happen TO yOtl
swiftly her arms tWfned reuno
him. She was clinging - hinA
with all her strength. Mo- no
- she painted. It wouldn't b.
And besides, I won't give you
up-everv, Her lips. incredibly
soft and red. met his. wUnt
give you upever
with Joan's kisses aWesk On
his hips. and her honest eyes,
clear and green a. the sea.
promising, Bill made one last
lame effort.
.sGeeit would be years before
I could-marry anybody. I'd have
to clear out for 4 while first and
ret d Job. L haven't even got
the price OF q brass rims!
she kissed him again. 7
wouldn't care!'
slowly they got to their feet.
The sun was setting. III have
to hurry They looked 1T each
other and laughed deIightedly
They were hardly mevins, they
were walking 20 slowly. but the
Van Fleet hedge seemed running
to meet them they we're 20 soon.
''Good bye--dearF'
Good yev' The word was q
carsss.
Joan floated into the kitchen.
Sh1 was walking on air. Mrs.
Heeley was MASKING potatOes.
and her head was tied up In =
red plaid shawl. A sign that her
temper and neuralgia were At
their worst. but Joan was blind
to cad signs.
She began to cut bread In =
beautific daze.
II said" Heeley was shouting
now. Joan had to hear her,
said your Aunt Evvie Was
wajtin' in the library to see You.
She got letter about you today,
and ii I was you, I wouldn't
keep her waiting"
CONTINUED T0InOrrow.l
(CopyriRht, 1928, by king Features
Syndicate. Inc.l
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veIous person! And to think OF
him-well, forgetting every
thing
Diana caught her up short on
that. You'd better do some for
getting yourself, ole dearie. For
heavens sake, let what's gone lie
in peace! Spoil everything IL yon
don't" Then, because Of the
white fear crossing the other
girls face: why shouldn't he be
kind and marvellous to you? Few
like you, Bea-so square and
lovable. He's lucky. and knows
IT,"
Beatrice brushed Tears away,
smiled a bit TREMENDOUSLY. She
said: You really think that, Di?
hope it's true. / love him so.
you see."
Diana left the house puzzled
and I'll at ease. There had been
nothing tangible, nothing she
could put her finger on, TO indi.
cate a lack of complete &C ord
between the Gregorys. Yet in
her heart she felt unhapp!ness
waited just around the corner for
them both.
And that unhapplnesS always
waited, ready to pounce upon
her own small self. she knew
without so much as a second
thought. And set about moving
so fast and upon such an cratic
course that, az she believed. it
would have great difficulty catch.
ing her.
Diana was rather like a per-
petual motion machine those days
rushing here and there, dart.
ing into fhis and out Of thai.
the life OF every party a gay
somewhat bizarre, somewhat noisy
little girl. careless OF appearance.
always In he found where excite
ment mounted.
There were those who said she
was going too fast. growing lax.
getting wilder than she should
be. Yet when Freddie Sheldon
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grown up like mushroom over.
night
When 9 o'clock had come and
Joan had closed her books and
gone to bed, Evvie turned to Babe
who was sewing on q white can
ton flannel nishtgown destined
for the Foreign Missions Christ.
mas box.
wen have to. do something
with JOAN she said decisively.
Haven't / always said
''Oh. yes. you said . lot, but
there wasn't much point in 1t be-
fore. She's growing up so fast,
/ don't know as / want the respon.
sibility. Do you suppose Cousin
Belle would take her? A school
like Bellies il what Joan needs,
and she could help Belle in some
ways"
'sBut think of the fare TO Phila.
tielphia, sister. Why, 1t would
cost"
belle ought to pay 1t. She prob
ably would: 1t would pay her In
the end. believe III write"
Upstairs Joan leaned out of her
window In the moonlight. There
was a little ghost of a smile on
her lips, but her eyes were heavy.
Heavy with sleep, and yeraning
for Bill Bill who had kissed her,
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the aunts came home after the
meeting of the Sewing Circle.
II don't think I'll care for much
dinner" Aunt Babe was saying.
Mrs. Thomas always serves such
rich refreshments"
did the boy clean the carr?
Aunt Evvie demanded, making for
the stable.
Joan went on winding the hose.
Her eyes were starry. There was
a radiance over her that did not
come from the last slanting rays
of the afternoon sun.
'Yes-he was here she said.
well, 1t looks pretty good.
Aunt Evvie came out, and bolted
the heavy door. New brooms
sweep clean"
Something in the pose of Joan's
1.-THE blue figure. something in the
way the sunset gIorified her burn.
ished, wind-blown air made Ev-
vie catch her breath sharply. 1t
was as IL she were seeing Joan tor
the first time, seeing the ivory
and rose of her youth, her round
slenderness, her delicately perfect
profile.
''veronica ali over again. she
thought bitterly. And grown up
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CHAPTER q

The newspapers were brought
to Diana on the tray with her cof'
fee the next morning. Propped
against the pillows. all flushed
and sIeepy-eyed. with the dark
curls tumbled, she read about the
wedding which, the society re.
porter gushed, united Manor
Parks most beautiful belle to the
towns most romantic and popu-
lar young business man"
"Huh!' grunted the reader. And
she looked not at all the PROUD
she went on down the column,
had left for a long trip abroad.
Had TO leave his precious fac
tory after ALL" she unused. But
/ suppose Ann wound herself
around his neck and ne didn't
know what was happening. The
wiser they are the sappier they
act. Well"
Her face was pressed into the
pillow, but only for a few min
utes. Then she got out of bed
q butterfly thing in blue and
green and gold pajamas, and
Drought q NItIA pox from the
desk, raising the cover slowly,
with small tightening of the
lips. A dried and faded flower
came out first and was dropped
into the waste basket. She had
gathered 1t on Inspiration Point
gathered it when 1t was color
fun and fragrant az the love it
symboilized. And now it was
dead. and love was dead
A dance program, with Bob"
scrawled many times down the
lines; cheap, torn fan--A SOU
venir of a dinner party: a place
card; a tinted pebble from the Yacht
Club beach. Negligible trifles vet
they had meant much--ard = -"
much to q girl in love. All were
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