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and Nance turned as she always
did. for that matchless view OF the
whlte-crested Peak.
We'll. were home" she said, and
added. laughing: THAT sounds ex.
acily Ike Aurora. doesn't III I've
had n great time. Matt. and do
appreciate your letting me tag
along. II your cousins stockings
don't turn out the right size. the
saleswoman said they could be
changed know your mother will
love the linen-anyone would: and
WIN you look at that" They were
approaching the Nelson mansion"
now. There's a light In the par
Tor Is the President. or governor
or some one calling on Cousin Col
umblne7 Why" (as they turned In
the gate). there are lights every
wherel What can be happenIngT'
She looked up. at Matthew this
time. There was. Nance saw. an
lnscrutable smile curyIng his nice
mouth. but all he said was: Lets
so In and see"
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CHAPTER VIII

NANCY was never to forget the
v moments that followed. As Mat
thew drew up before the house he
blew three sharp blasts on the au-
tomobile horn. and said: Don't
bother with all those bundles.
Nancy. I'll Ing 'em In In just a
minute" Indeed. Nance was so
puzzled By the amazing illumination
that she failed TO see that they were
stopping at the seldom-used front
door; and. still dazed. but with
Mats hand on her elbow. she was
firmly propelled into what Jack
called "the sacred parior.-
For a moment she Just stood still,
thinking the room was full OF peo.
pie until she realized that II wasn't
a crowd at all. only the parlor beau
tlfully garlanded with Christmas
greens, looked different. A sec,
ond glance disclosed the company
Cousin Columblne in her scarlet
MILDLY and laced boots: little
woman with soft brown hair. and
eyes shining with merriment, who
must be Eve Adam" By her side
stood the tall. lean. sunburned mar
who was her husband. looking, II
seemed TO Nancy. very little older
than his sons. Then came Juanitf
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tnlnment. There were charades
old d-time songs with melodeon &C
compartment "a melodeon brough'
from Chicago in 1881. Miss Colum
b.ne assured them proudly a.
well as strictly modern "crooninRs
rendered by Marx while Matthew
left Nance brcathless for the sec
ond time that evening when. with
the simple aid ot Juauita's tam o.
shanier and a plaid scarf, he WAS
transformed into n very crcditablc
Harry Lauder. and forgetting his
shyness. sang = Love "a l.assie' ln
q delightful baritone.
Not until then did Aurora remove
her apron
I'm going 20 rccite 'Curfew
shall Not Rims Tonight" she told
the company 4 said that piece a.
a church sociable when Tubbs was
couriius me. and there want a
dry eye Ia the place when / got
through
This number brought such q
dcafenins round Of applause that
the good woman beamcd with
pleasure
ITS your turn now. Miss Colnm
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Is Mrs Adam slck9" questioned
the girl as be went out.
NO. my dear responded Cousin
Columbinc. but Luke comes home
tomorrow aayway. and Matthew had
some errands be wished to do. Now
run and get your things together.
child. aud don't hurry through your
shopping f0r Matthew Adam or any
body else. n you're back BY sup.
per time iE's soon enough
The early winter darkness had
fallen when they returned. Nance
had had a wonderful day. She
had Iunched at a delightful tea
roora. done her own Christmas er-
rands. Anrora's. Cousin Columbine's.
and even Matthew Adams. For
when she met her escort az the ap-
pointed time. the young man con-
fessed that be had delayed his own
holiday shopping Ia order to profit
by her advice Would Dot Mere
dlih. the cousin who was 10 col.
lege at Denver and was 20 spend
her vacation al the ranch, approve
81 silk stockings as gift7 And
what size must be Eei7 what color7
narned II he knew And would
Nancy look az a luncheon set he
wanted FOR bis mother. and see II
ii were really any good7
So Nance stored her parcels In
the old car. and Jared forth again.
this time with Matthew. But Il
was ail fun. and after weeks
Of comparative solitude In Pine
Ridge. the Christmas crowds seemed
thrilling. Their errands accom-
plished. Matt took her 20 a place
where they had bot chocolate and
delicious sandwiches: and on the
way home be drove with exceeding
slowness. even after the dangerous
pass was left behind
The stars were out when they
bumped over the railroad track aud
started up the struggling. familiar
street Dusk hid its shabblness.
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Indians Spurn All
Beads Save Italy's

beads OF his own. He uses porcu-
pine quills. dyed and sewn In Intrl-
cate designs, for some OF the dec
orations on his apparel. or other
gear. and there are horn and bone
and feather embellishments to his
ceremonial dress. But Il Is re-
markable. and to me unexplained.
fact that the Indian In distant cen
turtles possessed beads and used
them. Whence they came | do not
know. There were bead designs on
the costumes OF the Peruvian Incas
and the Aztecs. In the burial
mounds beside the Mississippi they
have dug up remains OF buried he.
roes, laid TO rest long before De
Soto ever saw the river, that wore
on their last Journey garments EN-.
belllshed with beads similar to those
sold today"
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Interesting are those letters re-
celved by Frank Crumit, shepherd
OF the Lambs club. and chairman OF
that committee recently formed to
war on the racketeers who extract
money from those ambitious TO be
come radio stars. The letters dis
close the fact that the racket, dis
gulsed under the name OF schools" ;"
has spread all over the country, and
that the racketeers are collecting
huge sums by Offering to make stars
over highland keeping them pay
ing as long as possible. Various
schemes are used TO extract dollars
from those with radio ambitions.
First there Is an enrolment fee OF
only 81. But in a month, another
81 Is due. Then only music pur-
chased from the school can be used
In additions and that music costs
several times the market value Of
ordinary sheet music. In addition
the schools accompanist must be
hired at 81 an hour. There is a
suspicion that the head OF the gyp
school not only takes the profit on
the music but splits the 81 with the
accompanist. the usual rate being 81.
Fake broadcasts are also report
ed. They are heard no farther than
the next room but cost the student
from SO up. Or there may be
real broadcast. Time on some small
station Is bought for about SIS and
the school puts on a dozen or more
pupils at from $40 to sl5 each. To
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protecting arm through his. and
Aurora announced shrilly:
Come on! Get seated while I
dish up the potatoes. Sakes alive
Nancy. you look Ike those pictures
In the love magazines And YOU
too. Matthew Adam. That white
shirts awful becoming. Every.
things ready and all those pesky
candles lighted Come on In"
i never saw a prettier table :"
wrote Nancy to her mother. Even
that awful green-brown china was
inconspieuous. because IL blent
with the green-bronze leaves OF the
kInnlklnnlck with which Mrs. Adam
had decorated everything. There
was a biz brass bowl of II In the
center OF the table. and long SPRAYS
laid at intervals on the white cloth
IA cloth bought In Denver In 1901
please understand. and used only
on state occasions
The terrible lamp was banlshea
and four tall brass candlestlcks
held red candles. while a big red
candle stood AT every place. Even
Cousin Columblne's scarlet MILDLY
seemed made for the occasion. She
looked very distinguished at the
head OF the table: and they put me
at the foot with Father Adam on
one side. and Mark tdespite pro.
tests regarding his apparel, , on the
other.
And did we eat? As Jack re.
marked. Aurora had done her
darndest.' and the old-fashIoned
Christmas dinner was superb. Mr.
Adam made place cards; and the
minute | saw his beautiful lettering
! knew who was going to paint the
sign for my Aladdin llbraryi But
TO get back to my debut.
The account OF this party grew
into the longest letter that Nancy
Nelson had ever written. which
ended with a request to forward II
to Aunt Judy. :" for can
never write all this again. wonder
what those wild Spear girls will
think of my debut. Mother? Not
much like what We planned. was
It? But believe me, IT was a grand
party just the same"
1t is probable that all those pres
ent agreed with the girl. When az
last they arose from the table and
sought the gaily festooned parlor,
! each one a. led his bit 10 the ente-.
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CHAPTER vII-con,inued

AZ any rate. it was a glorious
la. and al that snow had van
ished sinking into the ground and
leaving everything quite dry again
Nance opened ber door. 20 be greet
ed hy The aroma % frying bacon
After all the day might no, be -
bad. she was going 10 the Springs
with AirS Adam (whom she had not
Jet meil 90 purchase the sport hose
as well as some ten cent Jokes
for Christmas: something 20 make
laughter al the dinner table. though
Cousin Columblne assured her that
there would be laughter at the Adam
dinner table. Jokes OF no Jokes
Nancy was late 70 breakfast.
Cousin Columblne pretended 10 be
provoked. but the girl Erlnned At
her.
I VAS too comfortable to move /:
and besides. l-well. I started day
dreaming
About whatT" asked The old lady
cTispiy.
Nancy consumed two bites OF
mufiin. and then said: ~'Os all sad
words 81 tongue or pen Cousin
Columhlne. the ssddest are these
II might have been I'll admit I
was plying myself a little. This
happens 10 BE- the day when Nancy
Nelson expected 20 launch her bark
on ihe-the social sea -
She laughed. bat il wasn't a nat.
ural laugh. and Cousin Columblne
observed her gravely.
"was giving up at that fuss and
feathers a disappointment
II was some Jolt said Nance.
Gould ] have two eggs. pleascF
And what time did Mrs. Adam say
she'd Gomez
AT nine O'Clock wish you'd
run down 10 the store before you
leave. Nancy. and get some baking
powder. Aurora's going TO make
cake
DO you want chocolate or COCO.
nutT questioned Aurora. pokinx
her head In at the door. ~If It's 10
be coconui. you better Ect another
box but conslderln'--
Get the cocouut anyway broke
IN Miss Columblne. and motioned
Aurora 10 GO away. I'm glad you're
q have this trip today. child. You
wont have time 20 te regrptilns
what can't be helped I want you
90 cot n pretty scarf 20 give Eve
Adam. something good. since were
going there FOR Christmas dinner
Eve never spends a penny on her.
self. and she likes nice things. and
knows EN-. too. That's all. excep,
a book for John"
~You mean the old AdamT- asked
Nancy. dimpling.
Cousin Colnmbine nodded.
"you bring a couple o pounds %
powdered sugar called Aurora as
Nancy started OF. "And" Gas she
reached the gatel "a cake O. choco-
late"
When Nance returned laden with
paper bags OF various sizes. the
Adam car was standing before the
door; and as she laid her burdens
on the kitchen table. Aurora said /.
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"well. here you arel And Matthew
Adam waiting six minutes. His
mother couldn't go; and I hope 10
goodness shat boy don't keep his
mouth shut all the way. He's In
the slttin' room with Miss Colum-
blne right now: but II you was TO
ask me. his brother Mark would
have give you a more exciting
time"
Nance whirled about. laughing as
she saw Matthew In the doorway
He said. apologeticany: Il Srow
Aurora, but Mark couldn't be
spared this morning. Don't Kill
yourself to hurry. Na-Nancy. I've
got TO put some water in the radia
tor. Just ta-take your time"
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Tuhbs-Juauita In a sleeveless Eowr
Of such dazzling. yarleEated coiors
that Nance almost hllnked when she
looked straight az II and was thank
ful that Mary Taylor was wearing
white Marx can dressed up Ia
his sunday best. thought Sance)
lowered between Mary and slen.
der girl In blue t''The cousin from
DeuveE"l while Jack. splc and
span ln bis blue serge suit. and an.
other boy t'>rhe last ~ the Apostles
o. course!") stood just behind
them and rs a climax came Au-
rora aiurcd 10 a gown of emerald
taHcta with SIX aounces on the skirt
and the inevitable apron tied snugly
around her ample wals,l.ne-
40 wonder Nancy stared She
stared 80 long that everybody shout.
Cd with laughter and Il was Cousin
Columbiue who explained IT'S
only your debut child Don't look
50 dazed -
your debut. staged in a different
setting" smiled Eve Adam. and
coming forward Kissed Nancy on
the cheek. Welcome to Pine Ridge
society. my dear, I really thlnk we
gave you a surprise
And II she don't run straight up
stairs and pot on that pretty dress
took out Of her closet" spoke up
Aurora. my company dlnneru be In
ruins Matthew Adam. youu find
your good clothes In Miss Colum-
bine's bedroom. and don't be slow
as cold mo'asses. either"
"Dla--dld you know this all the
timer" cried Nancy. wheeling on
Matthew.
III sort OF suspected g." he con
fessed. Il mean"
"Oh. come on, Matt broke In his
brother Mark impntienily. Time
nles: and you've got 70 beautlfy
yourself Ia honor OF our debu-
tantef"
And will you believe H."
Nance wrote home next day. when
] came down, there stood Matthew
Adam looking absolutely stunning
In a well-cut TUX l almost passed
out at sight OF him"
Probably Matthew felt somewhat
the same az the same moment FOR
Nance herself. In orchid chiffon.
and silver -shod. was tnccordlng 10
Mark ADAM too easy 70 look at
for any fellcr's peace Of mind
~You'u have TO seat her next 20
Matthew. Miss Columbinc. be said
rucguily "She makes the rest Of
US look Ike hlek cowboys I'd have
swlped that TUX myself. Matt, II Il
had been two siEes bigger. It's the
only Tuxedo In Pine Ridge. Nancy
a relic of campus days which trans
forms my cowherd brother into a
a glorious Apollo. as you can see
for yourself. And"
shut up commanded Matthew.
bluShlng. while bis mother slipped
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THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

bsasd anaaeaI ~ the eek market nelson
merchant breaks
on the verge % her ln,roaae,on % society before
os 70 her At ns Ride ceio paid
aeesp The proposition 70 relieve their father
and Offering that
sErses that JACK shall write Cousin columbiue
to Of
swings - arranged that the shall
sF but realize she has of
Ridge
Colrrbins
tens %
ter acquainted Matthew
hops@ and The
eooHA The family
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50 Bill Redeemed

Mystic. Conn.--Ninety years ago
the Mystic River National bank,
now extinct. issued a 50 bin. A
month ago II was received by ]. b.
Stinson, treasurer OF the Gro
ton Savings bank. from a woman at
Peeksklll, y. T., demanding It's re-
demption. Stinson sent his per.
sonal check for SO and framed the
bin.
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u. S. Midshipmen Get
Best Wisconsin Cattle

Waukesha, Wis.-The cream OF
Wisconsin cattle will provide the
cream for mIdshipmen at the United
States Naval academy.
Sixty-seven pure-bred Holsteln-
Frlesian cows. the largest shipment
OF its kind In recent years, has been
sent from here to the academy dairy
at Gambrills. Md.
These cows were selected from
27 herds in nine different counties
OF wisconsln's dairy country. They
were chosen for their high produc.
tIon and excellent type.
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blne. !" she said You tell Us = story
about old times. % calm Us down.
Cousin Columblne smiled as Matt
drew her chair into the center OF
the group.
I'm going 10 tell you about my
arst Christmas tree" she began. =
couldn't have been more than three
or four years old. and Mother and
I were alone m we 80 often were
in those days when Father was OF
adventgriug We were expecting
him home. Of course but on Christ.
mas eve when he did not come
Mother went ou, and cut a tiny
Christmas tree herself. aud set u
up Ia the corner of our one room.
4 realize n0w that for months.
possibly longer. she had been saw.
lng every bright scrap OF ribbon or
calico. or paper that came her way
saving them 20 make merry
Christmas for her baby. and after
was sound asleep she must have
spent those lonely hours trying "a
make the little nr tree gay and
pretty. while she listened tenseiy
FOR Fathers returning step snd the
longed for whistle (lt was. she told
me. Ike the song of the hermit
thrnshes In New Hampshlrel. with
which he always heralded his ar
rival.
"well. no whistle came that night.
and al last. bitterly disappointed.
fearful for his safety as she al.
ways was at any untoward delay
my mother crept into the big bed
and dropped asleep. No doubt her
pillow was wet with tears: but
things looked brighter in the morn.
ing. II was a beautiful day. and !,
OF course. was twittering with eI-
cltement. She could scarcely per
Suade me 10 eat breakfast I was
so eager 10 examine every orna-
ment and open the two parcels tied
10 the topmost branch OF my small
tree.
AT last she pushed aside our
soiled dishes. This morning they
could wait. for after all. Christmas
comes but once year She drew
chair close 10 the little tree: took
me on her lap and put into my
hands one Of the gifts she had pre-.
pared so lovingly. You see. she
had contrIved two dolls out OF
homemade clothesplr's - painted
their faces very cleverly. and
dressed them In scarlet flannel from
an old petticoat. wrapping them
separately so that | would hare
more 10 open"
For moment Miss Columblne SAT
silent. as II thinking; then she went
on: II do not. of course. remember
every detail OF this story: but IL
was told so often that the scene
rises before me very clearly. | was
so enthrslled with my doll that
forgot to be curious about the 9th.
or package: and as | sat there or
my mothers knee. caressing this
new baby. something. possibly the
sense of being watched. drew her
eyes away from me for a moment,
and al what she saw her poor heart
almost stopped beating. For there
was a face az the window, peerlnG
In at us-the face of an Indian :"
Ny soul :" breathed Aurora in ar
awed whisper: and as II not hear,
ing her. Miss Columbine continued
(To RE CONTINUED
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Missouri Orchard
Granted a Patent

Louisiana, Mo.-The Starks
orchard here recently obtained
the first patent ever granted for
4 fruit tree.
The tree Is a peach and It Is
patented under the title Hal
Berta Giant" The name Is
combination ot two types of the
fruit.
he patent was granted IN
der a law passed by the Seven
ty-first congress, which provides
protection to originators Of new
fruits.
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Indians Invent a
''New Deal" Dance

Wanblee. S. D.-Indians on
the Pine Ridge reservation are
gyrating around the camp fire In
new dance which they call the
New Deal"
Bucks and squaws, In brilliant
costumes and colors, devised the
dance as a variation OF custom
airy Sioux rituals. II is some
thing akin to the Sioux rabbit
dance" but the braves maintain
Il Is the New Deal"
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Impossihle

Prisoner--I took the money in
tending to put II back. You sec, |
wanted TO get married and
Lawyer-And you expected to put
money back after marrying? I can
get sou of on the grounds Of La.
sanity.
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Lights of New York ByL l. STEVENSON

extract still more money, there are
fake telephone conversations with
radio executives. One young man
who had parted with a $50 fee.
heard the gyp apparently inform a
well known executive. 1--WE got just
what you're looking for" So I'M
pressed with his future was the boy
that he promptly quit his job. A
friend induced Mark Arrow to listen
to the boy slng-and the orchestra
leader was forced to inform him
that he never would be a star.
Not all the radio schools are
fakes, Mr.. CrumIt said, and care
full effort is being made to separate
the good from the bad But when
the complaint indicates that the
school may be placed In the criml-
nal class. the district attorney Is
notified. Some Of the complaints
are to be turned over to the federal
radio commission. Other members
OF the committee are DR.. NJ. s. Tay-
lor. Everett Marshall and Johnny
Green.
Another racket that has been in
existence for years but which still
fiourishes, Is the fake song publish
er. Racketeers In that field will
publish any song submitted. no mat
ter how terrible. provided the au
thor Is willing to pay from $50 up.
the total amount being dependent on
the number Of copies printed. After
the song is published. It's up to
the composer to find purchasers-if
he can. The business is very profit
able-for the publishers.
Once upon a time. ! got gypped-
sent dime to Kansas City mall
order house for a mustache grower.
Some salye came and | followed d.
rections carefully in applying 1t.
But though ! persisted for weeks.
earnest inspection night and morn
luS IcNcdlcu nOL tic SiiEHtCol lidCC
of the luxuriant black hair the pic
ture in the ad had showed For a
long time after that, / got more
mail than any other kid in town.
was offered everything from potato
peelers 10 pain killers and from
lucky stones to love charms.
Just as | had written the fore
going paragraph. the telephone in
terrupted. The man on the wire
started right in to tell me about a
bargain In a certain stock. l tried
to break in to inform him that / had
grown up and knew about "dyna-
miters" and boiler rooms" but It
couldn't be done. So | put the re-
celver OH the desk and It Is still
there. But a thought bothers me
maybe that Kansas City sucker
list has been revived and sent East.
O. Bell syndlcatS-WNU Service
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Non-Skid Collar Button

oyster Harbors. Mass.-Chain-
store executives, In convention here.
decided to market a square collar
button--one that can't roll under
mans dresser.
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Red Folk Are Very Par
ticular About Quality.

New York.--For generations Italy
nas been supplying the American
indian with beads employed In the
decoration OF his apparel and his
horse gear. 10 the exclusion OF the
products OF any other nation. The
red folk viii buy nothing that isn't
up 20 their own standard OF quail
Iiy. and thus far. no people. save the
italians. have been able TO meet this
demand.
Just how American manufactur-
ers have managed TO neglect this
aeld OF production Is yet to be ex-
planned. but the fact remains that
that don't count at all In the compe-
tltIon for the Indians trade. and. In
point OF fact. Czechosloyakia is the
only other country which has at
tempted. without success. however.
20 horn In"
Right In New York Is the center
OF this bead importation for the
whole aboriginal population OF
America. and from the wholesale
district her conslgnments OF these
tiny decorative globules are dis
patched almos; daily to trading
posts all over the West and to
considerable extent 10 the remain
lng Amerlnd communities OF the
East, such as the New York State
Indians. the Semlnoles OF Florida
and the little groups In Maine.
Tribal Taste Varies.
According TO tribal taste the size
and coloratlons OF the beads vary.
but whether the eventual output OF
the Indians Industry Is moccasins.
war bonnets. war shirts. knife and
tomahawk sheaths. belts. legglngs.
rife slings. or papOose carriers. the
beads themselves are Italian. made
for the most part In the neighbor-
hood OF Milan and shipped 10 New
York via Venice.
Dan Frost. sole proprietor OF s.
4. Frost's Son. In Howard street.
explains that the buying OF the IndI
ans" supplies OF beads requires a
complete knowledge OF the taste Of
the various tribes. Alaskan In
dams. for example" he said. buy
he smallest beads manufactured.
Eastward from that territory slight
ly larger beads are preferred. None
OF them, however. are large, for
the delicacy Of the designs most
generally requires the use of quite
tiny beads. But every Indian tribe
has some variation OF taste, either
as 10 size or color. In the beads they
acquire for their industry. They
are disposed 10 use the more deli
cate and exquisite for the things
they make for themselves as com
pared with the things they make for
sale. but they maintain a pretty
even standard in the matter of de
mand at that"
Forty Shades Are Used.
Difference In the size OF the beads
is not the only test OF Indian taste.
according to Mr. Frost. Some OF the
tribesmen want clear glass beads.
whereas the larger demand Is for
those OF the opaque type.
The color range is wide. about
forty different shades of glass beads
being sold here with all the rain
bow colors and many variant tirts
based on the seven shades OF the
spectrum. The largest demand for
beads centers Cpon the Opaque
white variety.
"0f course" Mr.. Frost resumed.
-the latter-day Indian makes no