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By ROY L. FOLEY

giddy slipper it was. scuffed.s
Ridiculousiy high heeled. It
seemed to typify Ginger. Ginger.
too, was fully dressed. Waves Of
reyulsion swept over Nancy.
She looked into the mirror Of the
Uttered dresser. The girl who
looked back 1T her couldn't be she.
She was so white.
The chimes Of the cathedral, only
q few blocks away, started to
strike. One, two, three-how
slowly they struck-nine. ten,
eleven.
Nancy O.Day had never slept un.
til IL o'clock in all her 10 years.
Mud and Dairy were always up
long before 8, summer and winter.
What IL they could look into this
room nor!
Nancy shuddered at the thought.
What would they think OF Ginger;
what Of THE Carmondy," OF Vic,
OF Collette?
such people" Nancy unused. II
didn't myself until. last night"
Ginger awoke with a sigh,
stretched, rubbed the sleep out Of
her eyes. and started to laugh,
shrilly.
"Of all the pictures of misery
you look as though you'd lost your
last friend instead of finding lot
of new ones. What ails you, Go16lie
Locks? Look at Ginger and
smile, and say-give = pull to that
shade. The light is hard on my
eyes,"
She Jumped up and started pull
ing her crumpled dress over her
tangled hair.
1--WE must have both Topped
right in the way we was" she
said. How would you like some
good, black coffee, Goldie? If
you'll just lift the lid of that
box over there you'll find q per.
colator and some coffee.
She started to detach an elec-
trio curling iron from the light
socket above the dresser.
9TH only take q minute to
perk." she said. And then
Goldie Locks and Ginger will be
ready to face the cruel cruel
world the morning after the night
before. Some party, wasn't it?
How'd you like Collette?"
Nancy didn't answer. She
couldn't say what she truly
thought.
What's the matter, kiddo? Not
homesick. are your
Still Nancy couldn't answer.
She tried to humble something
but the words died on her lips.
She opened the box to find the
percoIator. In 1t, beside the per.
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Wescott was different than most
Of the men there. He had the
mannerisms Of one used to wealth.
His very clothes looked different.
He was asking Coliette about
some advertising drawings, evil
IDENTIFY anxious that the work be
hurried.
II must have the drawings by
Thursday at the very latest" he
said. THE Wear-Ever catalog
goes to press on Monday. We're
two weeks behind last years
schedule now"
Wear Ever"
Nancy picked up her ears when
she heard the word. Weren't the
Wear-Eyer Knitting Mills where
she was going to work. Wescott'
wasn't the letter OF introduction
John Blair had given her ad.
dressed to Mr.. Wescott. general
manager of the Wear-Eyer Mills?
Howard Wescott turned TO
Nancy and Vic.
Going our way?' he asked.
Anyone going east? Anyone want
a lift?"
Someone spoke up that they lived
on Kane Place near Prospect Ave.
nue--was Mr.. Wescott going that
Way?"
Sure thing" he answered. III
live near Kane Place myself. Just
q little south. on Prospect, across
from the Deanes."
Deane! Nancy's grandparents
name. He must mean the Mont
9omery Deanes, whom she had
never seen, never had known ex.
listed until Julie Abbott, the circus
lady, had flashed into her life from
nowhere, flashing out Just as
quickly, but altering Nancy's whole
life.
Her head was beating again. She
felt that unless she got out of Col.
lette's studio she would smother.
She ran out of the door and down
the dim hall, Vic lurching after her,
X
The sun was pouring into Gin
gers room when Nancy awoke next
morning in a sort of terror. She
jumped from the bed and stood in
the middle of the untidy room try.
ing 10 remember how she got there.
She looked at her crumpled dress;
she was fully clothed She even
was wearing her shoes. She looked
at her feet and thought how silly
silver slippers. Ginger's slippers,
looked at that hour.
Down the front of her tan crepe
dress her only dress.up dress, was
string of spots, and on the side of
her skirt wine stain.
She glanced at the bed. Ginger
: was lying there, on her back. Her
mouth was open. One slipper was
Off, lying on the floor.
Nancy fixed her eyes on 1t. A
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shoulder ana stared straisht into
ill., what aid Won conis y talk
about7
II came. aid Tom ITO tell
YOU about the fight, - you
wouldn't Be shocked when the
papers come out n TIE morning.
rs nasty mess TOR gifI
like Won to b mixed up Il.
Linda.
she frowns a girI like me2
Oh. please. ten me Whist YOU
mean. what fight was III What
have I to do with Il ~
He shook his head. That
damned rotter keeps dragging
your name into this business q
she cIutclied IL his coat. You
have been fighting Dovle2"
zee, he said. have. I
tried to kill him. but he vinegar
cruet slipped z
The vinegar crnet7H Linda
gasped.
(To Be Continued T0morrOW.l
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Heart Throbs, Thrilling Situations and
Needless Love Abound in This
Serial Of College Life

! it pressed against her hands as
she worked with it.
She stepped back. "A man stood
on the threshold. she could ses
III the half.light from q street
lamp that he was hatless and he
had a dark streak across his
cheek. He was elutching his right
forearm with his left hand a.
though it were hurt! She could
not distinguish his features.
Hello. Beautiful, the man
said, advancing cautiously across
the doorstep. She held out d
hand to Thomas Vaughan.
why have you come here RI
she whispered in q panic.
Tom did not answer the Ques-
ton. "Can we talk here?
Linda glided across the hall
peered into the dark parlor and
came back. Wed better not.
Mrs. Morris sleeps In the room
just beyond the parlor, and she
sleeps with one ear open.
He turned so that the light tell
on the side Of his face. Linda
saw that the dark streak was
blood. whats happened, Tom
She puf out her hand to touch
him, but he drew away gingerly.
Make velvet paw. Beautiful.
That arm isn't what It used to
{ be. His flippant tone changed to
swift urgency We got to talk
to you il not here, somewhere
else. Can you dress and come
out in my car. But you'll have to
drive IL you do. can't work
these fingers"
Linda looked wildly around the
dark hall. Mrs. MarFis Is likely
to open that door at any
moment, Z she said. But there's
an alcove on the landing where
we can talk minute, Il we
whisper.
He followed her silently, plant
ing his feet where she had placed
hers on each stair.
The alcove was q Victorian
architect idea Of cory fantasy.
III was j semi. circular nook in the
turret that ran UP that corner of
the house. Beneath its circle of
windows was q broad, cushioned
seat. Linda sank down on the
cushions and stared up at Tom.
He was carefully disengaging his
arm from his coat sleeve.
You're hurt. she breathed
TREMENDOUSLY.
But you should see the other
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All midnight. Linda grew tired
81 watching the freight dancing
81 the ceiling For five hours, she
had lain On her pillows in the big
dark room, and Followed the fin
rers Of light and shadow that
beckoned and interlaced across the
willis and ceiling.
Al last she began to wonder
WHISTLER the fingers of light were
not stationary, and the bed roll
inF. she was in the first qualms
81 seasickness. and she knew
what to do about it. With her
electric griIl-if she could muster
courage to rise--she could make
fea, or coffee or some other COM
forting hot drink to drive away
tlae riddiness
she was lying still. trying to
make IN her mind to get up,
when something soft and wet
anIashed with q snothered sound
arainst her window. She sat up
quickly. The pane was smeared,
- though 4 handful Of loose, wet
SNOW had been flung up from
The ward below. She jumped out
81 bed and seized q velvet loung-
ing robe. Then she ran to the
window and tried to raise II. II
was i side window, seldom used
FOR ventilation, and the sash had
warped. 1t would not bulge. She
pressed her face against the cold
glass and peered down into the
yard. Against the dim. gray
drifts OF snow a mans figure was
siIhouetfed in black. He was
waving his arms wildly at her.
Linda drew back trembling, and
then looked again. He made still
more desperate motions Of en-
treaty. She could not be sure
who the man was.
she tied the silk cord of the
robe. tightly around her waist
and ventured into the dark hall.
Long practice had taught her
where To step To avoid creaks on
the stairs. she achieved the lower
hali without making d sound. The
night light had been turned out.
Il was q minutes work 10 nm
bolt the door and another min
ute's to pull III open inch by inch,
80 that it made no noise. She
realized, with little thrill Of
horror that somebody on the out.
side was pushing ii. too 80 that
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for me. ! don't know what I've
cot ID ~ with it And then the
female would out 81 don't think
much Of it AZ shirt. anyway.
THAT terrible striped STUFF win look
better as d first class dust rag 4
wouldn't be caught dead III such
shirt II / were = man. She
was ii that pefiiOus stage of ten
sion where laughter trembles into
tears and tears into laughter
Tom looked At the shirt again.
ne patteN III. ut was good
shirt he said.
After moment he looked up 1T
Linda again, with q hagf-smile
upon his fncorrigibIe mouth. But
she looked 50 white and III that
the smile died on his lips H.
flung himself down beside her On
the window seat nd put his arms
around her. inda darling don't
look like that. WAS only being
fool to put Off being serious.
i don't want tn talk abOnt what
came To "a TX about. I'm sorry
Beautiful. Please don't cry.
She raised wet eyes from his
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she stamped her foot.
ssVici1
Vic paid no attention. He didn't
hear, or he didn't want to hear.
Angry now, over tired, excited,
Nancy ran across the studio, her
high heels clicking on the painted
floor, grabbed his arm and swung
him around and demanded that
he take her home right then.
Now, Vic. Right this n1inute.'
Home AS Nancy followed
him she thought how ridiculous
her demand was. Home. Her
new home Ginger Varden's clut-
tered, untidy, hot. perfume laden
room on the third floor of The
Carmondy."
But that, even, was better than
this place. She ached to- get into
the room, to fall onto Ginger's
bed.
In the vestibule Nancy met
Howard Wescott. He and his
startlingIy white faced companion
were telling Collette that they
had been to the theater and
taken q. spin out the Blue Mound
road. On their way lights In the
studio had caused them to stop.
Collette introduced them. it
didn't take more than a glance,
whirling AZ Nancy's senses were.
for her to see that Howard
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colator and 4 package Of coffee.
was i plate " hard rolls, two
cans of sardines. ! corkscrew.
some stale crackers, hairpins,
cheap magazines.
Guess don't want anything
to eat Nancy finally forced out.
II have 4 terrible headaches.
think I'll go out for some air. .
There's some aspirin over
there In the top, left hand drawer,
and some brono, too. They ought
to fix you up" Ginger offered.
tNo, thanks"
Nancy tore off the wine stained
dress, changed into one OF tan
flannel, one she had made her
self, and ran from the room,
down the three flights Of gloomy
stairs and into the sun drenched
street. She wanted to be alone,
to think. She hurried along
Biddle Street toward the lake and
Juneau Park.
CHAPTER s
Seated on q bench in Juenau
Park, Nancy pulled out the letter
John Blair had given her ad.
dressed to Howard Wescott, man.
ager of the Wear Ever Knitting
Mills. 1t read:
Dear Wess: This win Introduce
Miss Nancy O'Day, a friend of
mine. who wishes to find work
in Milwaukee. She intends to take
up some stenographic and secre-
tarial work at Miss Browns School
of Business, at night, but needs
to work in the daytime.
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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(liOu cannot be attractive,
11iJ71Out n clear skin

and herbs, and gives TO Nature
what she needs in building you
mp 50 that your system throws
Of the cause.
When your system Is filed
with rich, red blood, you don't
have that tired, languid feeling
when you awake in the morning.
Instead, you feel refreshed,
ready to meet the world.
Your appetite is keen-you
enjoy work or play your skin ID
clear, cheeks naturally rosy.
All this because rich, red blood
builds and sustains the body.
For more than 100 years SIS.
has been giving relief IN thou.
sands of CASES, as testified to Ii
unsolicited letters Of gratitude.
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launches and rowboats out of
plain meanness. They call IL
Distnrber Number Two.
well, you're like that. You've
disturbed my life tin 1t resembles
the last days Of Pompeii. Not one
stone left standing on another.
Look at that Shirt
He held up the tattered sleeve
in i1istronic gesture. + II never
be able to astonish female fresh
men with II again. The Girls e
chem lab just loved that shirt.
It's gone, all Tor you Just because
YOU have turquoise eyes and
heart Of marble. =
He was as tactless as most hon
est young men. He had come to
4 young woman struggling III 3
morasa Of personal tragedy And
ne came with the song Of Il shirt!
Linda's lips trembled Nobody
asked You to sacrifice your shirts
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noisy, half-intoxicated circ ~,
stumbled across the studio to the
hallway: snatched her shabby
little coat, damned her felt hat
over her disordered hair and stood
waiting for Vic to come.
vic, Vic. Mr.. Fleming" she
called. Vic, Oh, Vic"
She knew that she was calling
by his first name q man whom
she had met only few hours
before. and she knew he was
tight ~ the other girls in the
party had said.
seVirps
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her presence. For few minutes
she watched him absurdly man-
euvering the finger. It was
swelling visibly at the joints.
she was determined not to take
the lead in reopening the con-
versation. But he showed no
signs OF doing II.
AT last she stood up with dignity.
II you aren't going to tell me
what you came for, I'm going
back to bed. IT isn't safe, stay
ing here like this"
Thomas Moonlight looked al her
and raised his eyebrows. Her eyes
had grown used to the darkness,
and now she could see the dim
gray outlines Of his face and the
diaboIic CLINT Of his laughing eyes
In the faint rays from the street
lamp. Over his forehead his tou-
sled hair fell in picturesque con-
fusion. The stark stripes CT his
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Continued from Local page.)
asked. Are you tight,
kiddof'
II wasn't the Ginger that Nancy
had started out with. All the
snap seemed to have gone out Of
her. she appeared anything but
the poppy girl Nancy had met
an the train earlier that day.
Let me 60, please so away
Nancy pleaded. Take me home,
Vic, please.
She forced her way through the
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EVERYBODY wants to be at
~ tractiye. It is . great and
lust ambition. But no one can
be attractive without . clear
Bkin-yOu know that.
Do you realize the Importance
Of pure, rich blood in preserving
the health, and that the source
Of most skin disorders is in the
blood?
Remove the cause, which L.
not in the skin itself, and PIN.
Piles. boils, eczema and that SAL
low complexion win disappear.
You may have tried many
things without relief. Why not
try S.S.S.?
S.S.S. is extracted from the
fresh roots Of medicinal plants
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wouldn't you call it q lucky day
when you found hair dressing that
ended wave troubles for the summer
season? Here it Is. Wave and Sheen
is the only product I have found
which will keep the hair in periect
trim.
Apply it before waving or setting
your wave. Il use a comb. II can
be applied with brush. Then put
in your curriers', or set your wave
If YOU have permanent. By the
time YOU are ready to dress, your
hair viii have not only a soft, fiat
tering wave but a glorious sheen
On the hottest days you can be
ha INV in the knowledge that your
hair is in keeping with your dainty
summer toilette.
Get : bottle of Wave and Sheen
today at any toilet counter Your
Is eents hack II YOU are not pleased.
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shirt stood out even In the meaeer
light.
When did you begin to be con-
cerned with safety, Beauti1IlT' he
asked her casually.
Linda threw her head back, 80
that her blond hair shook and
shimmered against the dark vel
vet robe. What do you mean.
Tom Moonlight"
He shook his head over the
nnangled relics Of the bizarre
strip shirt. You simply eat
danger. Ever since I've known
you that IL, all my life you've
been the storm center OF some
row. You breed trouble for your
self and everybody else. You re-
mind me OF that satanic speed
boat that rushes around Lake
Okoboji In the summer time, up
setting canoes and raising he'll
with all the little sedats steam
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fellow. " he rejoined cheerfnlly,
pre-occupied Iii tearing the sleeve
of his shirt from wrist to elbow.
I'm not hurt. But / am cold,
from standing out there making
snoWballs with my one good hand,
~ throw at your chamber win
Cow IA fine Juliet yoii arr. No
Romeo who couldn't put q thirty
pound shot through your balcony
window need apply
There's blood on Your face, =
bi'eathed Linda
Tom shrugged. Its not my
blood He was rubbing the
wounded arm. Il did get
wrench, though. seeking him so
hard. Almost busted my fist on
his jaw. Damn He worked his
index finger tentatively, painfully:
Tat's my mandolin finger, too. r
Linda sat up angrily. He
seemed almost to have forgotten
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something
problem
that there's non-
ing looking Ct than the back views the AUTUMN s
evening lingerie The coat Else GIT
crushed collar and shirred side
The back sIgh bloused.
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What Do You KNOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST

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brown Ariadne; g. Tbe Princess; Coogne Abacus
Henry Wadsworh Longfeow Ariel H. John Erkine H.
Booth Tarkgton; ONe; IA Samuel Hopkins Adams;
IL. Fannie Hurst
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Hour Greenland Received It's Name

According legend named the island Greenland
Iceland to settle ~ the new
country The successful, for ne had no dcuy y
getting people accompany him on his second voyage
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HotU Bleach
Ny Skin White

! 1.-THE camera is nnerciless eye.
says Miss Genevieve Barr, noted
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our own for keeping our skins
white and flawiess.
I'VE buy no ready.made prepare.
tons. but get three ounces of
Orchard White at the drug store
and add to this the juice of two
lemons. This makes several weeks
supply OF very fine skin bleach
which softens. refines and Whitens
the skin without any harm or irri.
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for tan and freckles. too. Every
girl who takes up posing In New
York. sooner or later learns this
studio secret. The bleach costs only
Q few cents to saakA"
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is from 15O to 200.

is from l5o to 200.
 Victor Belden. Richard Walsh and Barbara Payne attended the annual Herald dinner held yesterday at Odd Fellows hall in New Britain.
 Ernest Bourgeois. |. $. N. has re- turned to his ship at Philadelphia after q furlough spent here with his parents. Mir. and Mrs. Amos Bour- geois.
 On January 1 $ there will be mo- ton picture on health shown at Community hall. The proceeds of the evenings entertainment will so towards furnishings for the supply closet for the visiting nurse. It is hoped that the townspcople will patroniza the event. At 9 meeting of the Community club some weeks ago committee to work with the visiting nurse was chosen. It con- sists of Mrs. Archer Walsh. chair. man; Mrs. J. Rose Belden. Mrs. Lenore Clark. Mrs. Agnes Lawrence and Mrs. J. A. Williams. All of the women In the East Berlin section Of the town are invited to help with the sewing meetings which are 10 be held in the near future.
 The Sacred Heart whist parties will be continued. the opening one of the new year to be held next Monday evening at s o'clock at the church social rooms. Mrs. George Nelz will be the hostess for the oc- casion.
 Sessions were resumed at the Hubbard school this morning.
 Mir. and Mrs. James McPhersoa entertained a number Of their friends to party at their home New Years Eve.
 A meeting of the ladies of the Methodist church will be held in the social rooms of the church to- morrow afternoon.
 The weekly prayer meeting of tho Methodist church will be held to- morrow evening at 7:So o'clock ill the church parlors.
 Carolyn Read has returned from a visit with her grandmother in West Cromwell.
 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Narson and family of New Jersey were the holi- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adam krauth of Grove street.
 Miss Dorothy Sugenhime enter taincd friends at her home over New Years.
 Robert. he young son of Mir. and Mrs. Walter Werdelin was operated upon at the New Britain General hospital Saturday evening for ap- pendicitis. His condition was re- ported as good this morning.