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months. You will understand I
would not take this action without
considering its many angles.
st refer to Celia and your plan!
for her future. I am willing tx
take the girl and offer her the ad-
vantage of education, foreign trave
and a home Of established socia
position.
You know, am sure, that am If
position to do much for her. She
soon will be Is. The time has come
when her future must be considered
It hope that you will consider hel
welfare first in answering this
offer. All of the arrangements ]
have in mind depend naturally or
your decision. AS the matter is OF
the greatest Importance to me ]
hope to hear from you soon.
Very sincerely, John Mitchell.
Celia Rogers mother was Sob
bling now.
HE shan't have her. He shantl"
she cried. "I'Il NEVER give her
up"
Then. because she was both tired
and feminine, her head dropped to
the pillows and the tears came.
n
MO one could have been more
IN blissfully unaware of influences
about to change her destiny than
was Celia.
She was leaning far back in her
seat in Barney Shields chummy
little roadster, her hair tossed by
the night breeze, lips bowed in a
smile.
Barney Shields, the young man
beside her, stole a quick glance in
her direction.
swell breeze" said Barney.
Celia agreed.
wonderful! Oh, Barney, Look!
They were driving through Druid
Hill park. Lights in the distance
glowed and sparkled like many
many necklaces made of balls OF
fire. Celia pointed to the dazzling
vista.
isn't it like fairyland' she
asked eagerly, Don't you think
it's beautiful?"
yep, but I like the breeze bet
ter. Lord, today was so hot 1 didn't
think I'd ever cool off again!"
Lights from other motor cars
twinkled in and out of the winding
highways. They added to the illu-
sion of unreality. Like giant fire.
flies" Celia told herself.
Have a good day?" she asked.
Barney nodded. He had, to Ce-
liza Rogers way of thinking, the
most exciting job in the world. Bar
ney made pictures for newspaper.
He was one of its staff photograph
ers.
That particular afternoon he had
been photographing a golf tourna-
ment. Hot work, Shields assured
the girl, but on the whole satiStac-
tory.
He had gotten as pretty a mega
tive on the hotly contested twenty
sixth hole as he'd seen in a good
while. Mostly a matter of luck, OF
course, he added modestly.
1.-THE match? Oh, yes, Dorgan
won. Yeah-the match was all
right
Always the pictures were to Bar
ney Shields of prime Importance.
He might photograph a president,
q brutal murder scene or a film star
but Barney's interest was always IN
the magical little black box that
was to take back a "snappy shot"
to his city editor. Others OF his
calling rated Shields a good man.
For six months Celia Rogers and
Shields had been friends. The &C
quaintance had started shortly al
ter the young man had moved in
to a rooming house across the street
from the Rogers flat.
1t was quite unconventional. Celia
saw him for the first time one jan
uary morning when she was having
a distressing encounter with a snow
bank. She hadn't expected the
snow bank to be there and then all
of a sudden there SHE was!
Seated unceremoniously in a pile
of cold, damp snow, she was found
ering and trying to get to her feetl
OF course she thanked the strange
young man who helped her rise and
collect her scattered books. He
was grinning and sympathetic and
Celia liked him instantly.
1t wasn't just the thing to stand
and talk, to be sure, but the
stranger helped her knock the snow
off and who can be strictly proper
after a dive into a snow bank?
A week later there were pictures
to be made Of senior activities at
Western high school. Celia was
to meet her neighbor of
the snow storm incident, intro
duced as "Mr. Shields of the Post. !"
Shields gave her the most prom
inent position in the photograph
and rightly too, according to city
desk comment later.
Il y
4 FTER that Celia said a shy
n Hello" when the two met. Be-
fore long Barney Shields had met
and won the approval of Mrs. Rog-
ers.
1t was almost impossible not to
approve of Barney. He had such
thrilling stories to tell about celeb
rites and exciting events Gov
cred" in his days work.
He knew every one. went every
kept his engaging boy
ishness. That, no doubt, was the
quality that convinced Mrs. Rogers
the youth was a suitable companion
for her daughter.
So Celia had gone to motion pic
ture theaters with the young pho
tographer and for many drives in
the little car which was Barney's
pride and joy.
Barney always explained that the
car was a business necessity, but
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