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She Didn t Try to
OutdazzIe BrOadUuau

dropping corners Of Nora's
mouth. that Mitzy caught q sud.
den fire burning deeply in his
dark brown eyes.
Her own eyes dropped to the
bit Of fancy work that was to be
q present, later on, for Nora.
But she felt his eyes burning
into her very soul. She felt the
hot rush Of color from her neck
up to her ears, over her whole
face.
After that Jimmy Morgan
came often Ito see how Nora
was getting along" But more
and more he talked to little
Nifty. He talked to her Of
books, Of the theater, other than
the jazz revueS, and Of the lands
where he had been and she had
merely read about.
Then, when fruit came for
Nora, or flowers, there would be
q book, q bit Of perfume, per-
hapS a Japanese print, for Nifty.
Days passed and Nora was
about again. Being about to
Nora meant back into her dizzy
whirl. And 1t was thus one
night q rap came on the door,
and Nifty faced the great dark
form Of Jimmy Morgan, smiling
there in the doorway.
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'Nora's gone" she stammered
but her heart beat high.
II know it." said the straight.
out smiling lips. '"I had to wait
out there in the cold for most
an hour until I saw her whirl
away with Charlie Morris and
the grand. didn't want to see
Nora. I wanted to see you.
May I come in?"
They sat there, many minutes.
with their conversation stilted,
their glances averted. They
knew, and yet neither knew just
how to say what was bubbling
in their hearts.
Then Jimmy did it.
Nifty" he blurted, II want
you. I want you because you're
different from the rest of the
girls I've known. You're fresh
and clean and wholesome, like
the brooks and the country.
You're not like a Shopworn dress,
just hanging on a sample line,
all crushed and wrinkled and
worn. Mitzy-I-want you to
marry me-"
She looked UP.
His eyes were like burning
pools.
There still are fairy princes"
she murmured, dreamily, as she
Snuggled up to his shoulder.
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An Intensely Interesting Story of the
Romance of Beautiful Blonde

Forbes was in q mood TO
grant anything. He might even
have been willing to play
bridge with Dulcy at this mo-
nent, If she had suggested It.
well" he began, per.
haps I wasn't very generous
about that deal Of ours. What
do you say to coming in with
me for 20 per cent?" he asked
Gordon.
Gordon would have jumped
at the chance, but Dulcy re-
peated in q tone Of abject dis.
appointment, "Twenty?"
"Well. say IS. then" Forbes
offered, hoping to clinch the
deal and forestall any further
bargaining by Dulcy. Women
ought to keep out Of business
affairs. ~
THAT satisfies me-" Gordon
broke in, before Dulcy could
interrupt.
well" Dulcy thought It
over for a minute, and then
added. IF 1t satisfies Cor
don"
He crossed over to her and
claSped her In his arms, as
the others quietly stole away.
II didn't mean to interfere,
dear" she whispered. IT never
will again. I always say"
But it was a time for kisses,
not promises.
Dulcy'S kisses were better
than her promises, anyway.
THE END.
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relief. He put his arm around
Bill paternally, and beamed on
him and Angela.
VERY clever, my boy. I al
ways said I liked you."
II sent Bill along with them"
Dulcy edged In, delighted at
the turn events had taken.
It had been o day of sur
prises for Forbes, and he Yas
prepared to believe anything
now. He saw Dulcy through
entirely different eyes. He
wondered why he had disliked
her 50 yesterday. Why she
was o lovely girl, q beautiful
grill You'd never think to
look ct her that she was 50
clever.
80 this Is what you were
working for, really, when you
pretended to be in favor Of
that fool Of q Leach" he told
her. Inarveling.
Dulcy was willing to claim
credit for anything: 1t was
such O relief to be praised.
"You don't understand wo-
men very well, Mr.. Forbes"
she began, when the kitchen
door behind them was flung
open and they all turned to
see Perkins walk Smilingly in.
"PerkinSl" Dulcy exclaimed,
as startled as II ne was o ghost.
Paying no attention to the
others, Perkins strobe straight
toward her, holding out An
gela's pearls.
Here are your pearls, Miss"
he said confidentially. II found
them up In your closet, and
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Adapted From Marion Davies Forthcoming
All4Talking Picture Play

We'll, Angela" he said coldly,
ARE you marrtedP"
Angela seemed to think 1t
was all q glorious joke, ~
she nodded yes"
"Then--where Ia your hus.
band?"
His voice was calm, omin.
ously calm.
Answer me, angela" he or.
dered grimly.
Bill came in the door smil.
ing rs II he, too, shared An
gela's glorious Joke. With o con.
fident nod ut Gordon and
Dulcy, he strolled over to
Forbes. But there was Just one
thing Forbes wanted to know,
one person at whom he wanted
to explode.
where is Leach?"
Angela passed off his vi.
cious question with a shrug, and
Bill seemed as little interested
In his whereabouts. It was some
time before Forbes could pune.
ture their smiling composure
enough to make them explain.
"1t was just the most TO-
mantle thing that ever hap
pened," Angela twittered gaily,
keeping everyone in an agony
Of suspense. Pill kidnapped
me-" .
"It was like this" Bill ex.
planned. I'VE started from here
together last night, and down
the road a little way 1t oc-
Cured to me that my tail light
might have gone out. I stopped
and Mr.. Leach was Kind enough
to get out to see that every
thing was all right. Well"
he added as If that explained
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not seriously hut, but listed
for a fortnight or more in bed
Nifty faced her first great trial.
Her loyalty to Nora made her
get up early, bandage her, battle
her, get her breakfast, get her
books and papers and fruit
with which to while away the
day; fix her a lunch with the
coffee percolator there beside
her bed, just needing to be
plugged, and still keep on with
her work. that their slender in.
come might not be too much
impaired.
And at night, after work, she
kept right on playing nurse girl
to her friend.
It was one of those nights,
sitting there while Jimmy Nor.
gan sat nearby and tried to
bring the smiles back to the
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men seek when they are ready
to bestow their name, their
money and their hopes of home
and youngsters.
Girls who play around are
just like dresses on a sample
line. They get shopworn. They
lose their freshness. And they
wind up for sale in bargain
Easements.
when my prince finds me,
he won't get a shopworn.
crushed and bedraggled gar
ment from the sample line. If
you stopped to think, you'd
slow up little, too"
The night the skid chains
failed to hold, the night Nora's
gay party slid into a lamp
post and they brought Nora
home limp and cut and bleeding
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and Bohemian circles in which
she moved.
You ought to come along"
was her almost nightly invita-
ton to Nifty as she left the
little flat.
Those there were, too, Of
Nora's legion of boy friends
who tried to coax the field
mouse" from the feathered nest
beside the radio, who tried to
make her shy blond loneliness
part Of their nights of revelry.
But I guess I'm different,
Nora" Nifty explained one Sun
day morning as she prepared
the breakfast for both of them
and the party tired Nora
SKINNED through the morning
papers. II guess I'm old.fash-
toned. I know that some
where, sometime, somehow, my
fairy prince will find me. He
will be big and strong and dark
and honorable,
when he comes he will Just
sweep me off my feet. But
until he does I haven't any time
to waste with those who are
burning out their lives trying to
outdazzle all the lights Of
Broadway. You'll find out,
Nora, dear, that the girls that
men play with are not the girls
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I didn't think they were safe
with o lot Of funny-looking
people around here
But Perkins''-Dulcy couldn't
help chuckling at his suspicious
Of the others---"where did you
60 last night7"
ITO the probation officers"
he told her In surprise. when
came here to work told you
had Il, report to him once q
week and you said that would
be all right, could give
over TO Middletown Friday
night and come back as early
as I could Saturday morning.
And this Is aS early as I could
get back"
Perkins seemed q little hurt
that she hadn't remembered,
but Dulcy's beaming smile Of
gratitude would have made him
forgive anything.
AS Dulcy clasped the pearls
around Angela's neck, she was
thinking fast. She mustn't
make ali mistakes now. What
was that old saying that al.
ways seemed so wise to her,
"A slip in time saves nine
stitches" or something like
that.
Think Of Angie being a mar
ried woman" she chartered,
feeling that she was just on
the verge of q great inspira-
ion, land Willie q married man.
We're all sort Of one family
now, aren't we? And Mr..
Forbes, you know is % per
cent isn't very much to offer
a close relation son-in.law's
brother-i1-law!"
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I'm not going to sit back
here with you two any longer!"
Sheila said suddenly. You're
so wrapped up in each other
that you don't know I'm alive!
Ten minutes ago asked Love-
JOY question and I'm still
waiting for her to answer i'll"
Lovejoy laughed. How could
I answer it? How could I tell
you that our driver is stunning.
looking when Steve's right here
beside me, listening?"
We'll, anyway, I'm leaving
you flat!" And Sheila swung
her long, silk.covered legs over
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away from her. II don't want
that cowboy to see you-kisS
me-"
Hills ranch house was o
long, low white building, ablaze
with many lighted windows.
It was everything that O
ranch house should be. There
were Indian rugs on the floor
Of the big center hall. The
chairs and tables were In Mis-
sion style and there were ant
lers and deer heads on the
polished brown wood walls.
Opening off the hall was a
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the front seat and dropped
down beside the surprised
young driver Of the car.
Want a cigarette?" Lovejoy
heard her ask him, and in two
minutes they were chattering
like a couple Of long-lost
friends.
Don't you make eyes at any
Of the good-looking cowboys
around, here while I'm down IN
California;" Steve whispered to
Lovejoy. Remember that you
belong to me now!"
He laughed but she knew
that he meant what he said.
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$ Todnys True OTT0DTXT0DN

NYORA BRANDON always
~ laughed at Nifty Mar
"A romantic little fool" she
called her.
And the two of them, room.
mates and fellow counter clerks
in Elkins' big department store,
remained friends in spite of
that, in spite of the fact that
they apparently had no single
trait in common.
Nora, dark eyed, black haired,
with natural vivacity and high
coloring that made her wear
well the almost bizarre and
gypsy-like clothing she affect
ed. was constantly on the go.
Nifty, blonde, shy and blue
eyed with the blueness of the
summer sea, chose books and
the radio in their tiny little
apartment in The Bronx.
Nora numbered her boy
friends by the score. Theaters,
cabarets, dance halls, bathing
parties and JOY rides were the
bread and meat Of her exist
ence. She always knew the
latest song hits, the newest
dance steps, the "dernier cri" Of
gossip in the world Of stage
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great dining room. In the
middle Of it stood a long table
covered with a red-and.white
cloth. There were plates and
glasses and silver at one end
Of 1t.
1--WE q cold bite for you ALL"
Mrs. Hill told them when she
came into the hall to make
them all welcome. Just some
cold baked ham and a bowl Of
salad greens. remember how
you like your salad, Mrs. Net
tleS!"
The food was delicious. And
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stunning, isn't he2" C..1cila
whispered into Lovejoy's ear
as they left the town behind
them and started out into the
wide scented country.
The wind was cold end Love-
joy pulled her hat-brim down
and Struggled close against
Steve. " This was like a
dream. The stars coming
right down to the ground along
the horizon, the strange seen.
cry, the cowboy on the front
seat, the bowling of a coyote
coming to her ears above the
hum Of the engine.
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He did feel that she belonged
to him now that she had taken
this last step-noW that she
had crossed all her bridges and
come to Minden. There was
something Of ownership in the
kisses that he pressed on her
mouth now-and all at once
she remembered the kisses that
Tom had given her almost two
years ago on the night when
they had come home for the
first time to the little flat in
Hewlett Street.
Don't kiss me, Steve!" she
whispered, pushing him gently
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THE END.

the coffee that followed it was
the best coffee that Lovejoy
had ever tasted It was golden.
brown and 1t was smooth and
rich with heavy cream.
But she was sorry she had
drunk it when she went up
stairs to bed late that night.
For it kept her awake and
she kept tossing and twisting
in her bed for hours.
Downstairs in the stiffness Of
the great house a clock struck
one, and then, after an eter-
nifty, it struck two.
It will be hours before the
telegraph office in town is
open. thought Lovejoy, getting
up on her elbow to stare out
into the moonlight. Hours and
hourS-and Aunt EN- doesn't
know where I am. Suppose
the baby should be sick
She got out Of bed and be-
gan to walk up and down the
bare floor Of her room, too
nervous and unhappy to even
try to sleep by this time.
It must have been q little be-
fore haf-past 2 when someone
knocked softly on her door. SO
softly that at first she wasn't
sure it was a knock.
She went swiftly across the
room in her felt slippers and
opened her door. There was a
lamp at the far end of the hall
and in its dim light she could
see Steve standing there in his
bathrobe.
What's the matter, sweet
heart? Can't you sleep?" he
asked. Just above a whisper.
Worried about anything?"
Lovejoy nodded her tousled
red head. Il forgot to send my
telegram to Aunt En-" she said,
and I'm worried about the
baby"
He stood, thinking, for a few
seconds.
The telegraph office is prob
ably closed at this time of
night-or we'd drive into town"
he said, quietly. But I'll tell
YOU what we can do. There's
a telephone in the hall down.
stairs. We can telephone your
aunt and find out everything
you want to know. sHoW will
that be?"
That would be fine, Lovejoy
told him. She slipped into her
new pink. wool dressing gown
and followed him down the
long, chilly hall, down the un-
carpeted stairs to the big ia
BILE IN the hall below.
steve, you're so good to me-"
she said to him while they wait
ed for long-distance to get Aunt
EN- on the wire. steve, some
times I'm so sorry for YOU"
He looked up at her, his ewes
full Of amazement.
w h a t. are you talking
about?" he asked.
We'll, you deserved better
treatment than I've given you"
she told him. II ought to have
married you two years ago when
I married Tom. Even Aunt En-
said so at the time.
-. OF course, she meant
that I should have married a
man with money instead Of a
poor man. But she was right.
all the same.
He came around the table to
her and drew her into his
arms. 1T doesn't matter what
happened then. Things are ali
right now, aren't they?" He
kissed her. Wen be married
in six months and you'll have
your baby-and everything viii
be fine as silk"
The telephone bell rang sharp
~ in the nighttime stiffness Of
the house.
tn ma r~,,Al,,..o.aN So
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CHAPTER XIII


Steve came swiftly down the
platform toward her. A little
knot Of station loafers were
watching him. and so was
sheila. But he caught Love.
joys face between his hands,
and there in front Of them all
he kissed her on the mouth.
This sure Is a sight for sore
eyes-to see you on this station
platform!" he said, grinning
down at her boyishly. I'D
begun to think I'd never get
you here!"
He picked up her bags and
they went down the platform
side by side, Lovejoy's high
heels clicking like castanets on
the wide boards.
The train moved slowly past
them, its lighted windows throw
ing a moving pattern Of gold
on the ground. A white-capped
chef was leaning out of a win
dow Of the dining car.
Their own waiter waved at
them from a platform as the
train disappeared into the deep
blue darkness of a Nevada
night.
IN bet he's sorry to lose
us!-All the tips we gave him.
Sheila called to them as they
came toward her.
She struck Lovejoy as oddly
out-of-place with her cigarette,
her satin suit and her hat with
its tiny lace nose veil. Above
her was new moon, larger
and whittier than the station
lights. In the air was a faint
spicy smell Of sage-brush and
dust, and a feeling of wide
spaces all around them.
Lovejoy was glad when she
called out to say that there
was a 15-mile drive ahead of
them.
This place where I stayed
wasn't exactly a hotel" she ex-
planned. Its a ranch house
the kind where they take peo-
pie to board, you know. You'll
love it, both of you! We can
ride in the morning If you like,
Lovejoy."
Are you talking about q
horseback ride?" Lovejoy asked
her with alarm in her voice.
She had heard about the wild
bucking bronclsos of the West,
and she hoped that nobody
would expect her to ride one
of them.
They have some awfully
good horses at Hills" Sheila
answered. You're going to
love this place, Lovejoy."
At that time Lovejoy her
self thought she was going to
love it. That is, if she did
not have to ride!
She shifted the good, clean
air - if she couldn't get
enough of 1t. It was like a
tonic after the smell of liquor
and perfume and cigarettes
that had beer in her noStrilS
for the last day or two.
You'll want to send a wire
to your aunt, won't you. dear?"
Steve asked her. Lets see,
I wired ahead for a car to
meet us"
AS he spoke a tall figure
moved into the light of the
nearest lamp post. A tall,
broa d-shouldered, narrow-hip-
ped man in tan shirt and
trousers and a broad-brimmed
Stetson.
mfr. Oglebay?''
"That's right" Steve told him.
you the man from Hills.
Here are our bags"
The cowboy picked '',..l up
and carried them easily across
the station to a big. open car
that was standing in the
shadows beyond the station.
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BY HELEN KLUMPH

From MARION DAVIES Forthcoming AH.T0lking
Picture BY Wanda TachOk and Edwin Justus Mayer
bassd on the play, "Dulcy" BY M0raS Connolly and
George Kaufman. The picture wiN Be ahOUn begin.
ming March 9, at Locus Palace Thsater.
THE STORY THUS FAR
The she tried help the trouble DuCy Parker
caused At weekend party given to help Gordon her
fance, put business deal with Roger Forbes she
irrated the gruff old financier until he In stats Of
apoplecc rage Through her bhs CareleSSness his daugh
ters pearls vanished with the butler who sxConvC
and with her help the daughter eloped with ConCeed
scenario writer whom he loathed Forbes called off his
business deal with Gordon and DulCy arranged that Van
Dyke, another guest would back him with unlimited Gap
ital But Van Dyke proves not to be Van Dyke at ALL
but harmless idiot with Authorizations Of wealth Trying
to patch things up with Forbes she tells him. doesn't
believe her. thinking Is clever to keep him in
the dark about business developments He insists Gordon
living up to his business agreement with him.
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NOW CONTINUE

Angela rushed in. glowing with
excitement, Just as Mrs. Forbes
hurried down the stairs to see
what all the excitement was
about.
Dulcy felt that the very least
Forbes could do now was to
pretend to forgive her, no mat
ter what he felt in his heart.
She turned to him expectantly.
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ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page

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CHAPTER 20
COnClusion-Surprise for
Everyone

The three Of them stood
there, stunned, Dulcy, utterly
limp, leaned against Gordon for
support, while Forbes glared at
the door grimly as though he
dared any one to come in.
The door burst open, and
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yelled, I don't believe he will
care much about seeing me
again."
Forbes drew q long sigh Of
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everything, suddenly the car
started. So tossed his suit
case out to him and told him
good-by. From the way he
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NYORA BRANDON always
~ laughed at Nifty Mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-22
STOCK LIST DROPS
!. TO RECORD FIGURE
New Low Mark Since NoVem'
Der Established in Heavy
Selling.
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER,
Associated Press Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, June 21-Share prices
again shrank rapidly in the stock mar
ket today bringing TO a close three
weeks of almost steady liquidation
Closing prices ranged l to Is points
lower. Selling was only moderately
active, but practically all groups dis
played persistent heaviness. In the
final trading few issues rallied point
or two in short covering, but on the
whole closing quotations were near the
bottom many important shares show
ing no recuperative power.
Price Index Drops.
The price index of go representative
issues showed a net loss at the close of
as points, establishing new low ground
for the period since the middle of No
vember, as reckoned on day-to-day
closing quotations During the middle
of Wednesdays session, however. the
aggregate level was lower. The index
calculated on l pm. ticker prices of
that day was one-hah point under to-
days final level. Total sales for the two
hour session fell slightly under 2,000,-
900 shares.
Secretary MELONS statement on the
tariff measure. endeavoring to quiet
fears of impairment of foreign trade.
was without stabilizing effect upon the
speculative markets. The wheat and
cotton markets, which have moved
closely in sympathy with stocks of late.
also declined. July wheat dropped
about a cent to new low for the move
ment, and July cotton tumbled about
50 bale. also reaching a new bottom
level for the season.
Week end business news was meager
and for the most part unencouraging
Reports of price cutting in the export
petroleum business were partially off,
set by announcement by Humble OIL
that 1t had changed its mind about
ceasins crude purchases in six Texas
counties. The week end business and
mercantile reviews pointed to further
seasonal slackening in industry and
improvement in retail sales Of Summer
apparel
United States Steel dropped points
to a new 1880 low at 154 and closed
at 1854. American Can dropped about
6 points to new low close to 10 and
closed at the bottom. Other shares
reaching new low ground for the year
or lorrer included Bethlehem Steel
Sears-k ,ebuck. International Harvester
and Rock Island
Auburn Auto dropped 81 points to
q new low at 95, compared to its 1929
peak Of 5l4, and closed as 97I2. Allied
Chemical tumbled IS points to a new
low at 236 and closed at the bottom.
Eastman Kodak, Columbian Carbon
and American Tobacco closed to 9
lower.
Foreign exchanges generally reacted
after yesterdays upturn. Sterling cables
closed at $4.S53s, after reaching S486
yesterday.