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CHAPTER XIII

"stand stilll Stand absolutely stlllw Robert Barry roared the command like an army major.
 When the lantern dropped and Mary Melissa had screamed, the two of them had been on the brink of a subterranean cliff. Bob didn't know just how high 1t was, but he knew 1t was dangerous If Tissa moved carelessly in her fright, instant tragedy might re- suit.
 "Tt's all rightp he calmed her. stand where you are, and III They had been l5 feet or 50 apart. Carefully he felt his way through the darkness, talking Tn soothing tones.
 "Oh-h-h-h, don't know h-how I could have done thatl" She trembled when he finally touched her.
 "No matter, Lissa. Accidents happen to anybody. I should have held the lantern. It was my job, not yours. But there's no harm done, We have others in camp. you know. Five, all together, and plenty of gasoline for them"
 She was still trembling, and his arm went around her waist. There in the blackness she felt so utterly little. He held her tight to him. in both arms, betting and com fortinR her as best he could. ln a moment she had her composure again. .
 "All right?" His voice had hia old smile in 1t. , IA,
 "Yes. thank you, Bob. But it's the worst fright I ever had ,,,
 shouldn't wonder. Now well take the candles and go back out"
 "You have candles?" She waS both surprised and delighted.
 "Yes. But"
 Ue didn't complete his answer Sudden fear chilled him!
 Yes he had brought candles, in his shoulder pack. But-he had ior- gotten to put the pack back or when they had halted while ago to reGti ,a
 The thought almost appalled, him. Easy now" he calmed nm. self. This was a new danger, pu. maybe luck would hold. He could go back to that pack in darkness maybe!
 Maybel
 l3ut he couldn't. And of course he soon had to admit their req plight. He had collected his wits by this time, and tried to speak lightly of 1t She didn't answer for a moment or two, then
 Bob, I'm not frightened now At least am no longer nervous about 1t. But you aren't fooling were in predicament, aren't we?" =,
 He reached out to pat her hand in the darkness. ,
 "Yes," he admitted, husKiiy i've are"
 Sine said nothing else then. Sht merely waited.
 Mary Melissa, am the mas terpiece among fools. coult choke myself with satisfacti He was not funning about tt. H' was, rather. in deep despair, con- denning himself in all serious ness. .,
 T won't ask forgiveness" ht resumed, for don't deserve IL I'm going to try my damndest tt get us out of here, but you ough to hate me forever, even If I do I almost wrecked our expediticf plans by swinging from that rop' in my haste that day. can think but 1 think sketchily. I am no, mot dependable. I'm sorry, anc r."
 "Bobp She squeead his arm Hush it! You are no worse thar I. Not as bad. You've been won' derful, all the way through. From the very day I surprised you al
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POLICE PUT LEISURE ABOVE
 PAY

Ocala, Fla. (UP)-Policemen here told the city council if it was question of more pay or shorter hours, they would take the shorter hours. They voiced their opinion through City Councilman William Tucker, who asked the council to reduce their hours from l2 hours daily, seven days a week.
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CAST or CHARACTERS

CAST UF CHAISACAbESO ROBERT BARRY - hero, ex- plorer.
 MELISSA LANE - heroine, BarryS' partner.
 HONEY BEE GIRL = Indian; member of Barry's party. HADEs JONEs-piOneer; mem- Der Bsrry's party.
 =
 Yesterday: Exploring the straneg underground cavern. Me- lissa drops the lantern and she and Bob are stranded In utter darkness. Melissa screams!
Evening star., 1937-03-28

Ted's responsible for Gracie's new low The
mans menace. and after it's over you have
to take the girls out and give them the cure
Or perhaps you know"
Il don't" said Nancy crisply
Oracle was still in negligee before the
vanity, her resplendent blonde hair in
studied waves
why Oracle, what's the matter?" Nancy
dropped her furs on the bed, and pulled the
black velvet Juliet cap down over her tawny
hair. Tell mother
The name is Ted Brandon" murmured
Oracle alphabetically. Before you know whats
hit you, the stretcher bearers are dragging
you into the ambulance. And he's coming this
afternoon. He'll just smile at me vaguely -
damn it,
This afternoon She managed to smile
at Oracle. "Oh, come now No man is that
fatal
That what they all say - Oracle grim
aCed - beforehand"
The even set of Nancy's red lips the arch
Of her black eyebrows gave no hint of the
turmoil inside. She had known it was bound
Evening star., 1937-03-28

tions just to eat these. | was hungry then"
Gosh Jery's eyes opened. How you've
changed, Grandmother Will you marry me-
he asked in muffled tone.
I'm married to my career"
But - Jerry poured himself drink un-
steadily - you're just my type"
'Oh, am I?' She wondered if Jerry had
an inkling of the frightened little girl she still
was oh no. I'm what you said before
chameleon - sophisticated lady now, but let
me be with farmer awhile, and you should
hear me talk about the potato CROP
'If that were so, said Jerry darkly, you
wouldn't admit it. Don't tell me you've fallen
for Brandon, too
The cracker in Nancy's hands snapped in
pieces Ted's name had been dropped in her
presence before, but it never failed to
startle her. Whatever are you talking
about"
Ted Brandon my editor Oh yes, | have
new job now | introduce myself on the
telephone by Manhattan Mirror calling
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-HE rectangle on her wrist licked out
five o'clock. She would be early for
Grace's party. Nancy Dawes sighed
lightly and leaned back against the taxi
seat. Taxis were her only relaxation these
days - pauses in the scramble she had made
of her life.
But it was all 50 new and heady she goried
in it. the Crescent Roof, latest darling of the
satin night club trade, the weekly broadcasts.
even the screen tests. But success in New
York was like slinky new dress. 1t would
have to wear thin before she could bear to
change it for another.
A professors daughter on Park Avenue.
The product of small Western college in the
glittering city. And she had built it all her
self; Dads public speaking course had been
her only tool Roll on thou deeeb and dark
blue ocean, rolW That had been for tone. And
The quality Of mercy is not ar-ain-ed, for
infection
But her father, who knew everything about
voice. had been unable to teach motherless
girl what she needed so much more How to
compete with the bright, carefully groomed
young things who had roadsters, house
parties, sororities. Nancy slipped through
college, her large dark eyes empty of light,
her small mouth dropping And now they had
named coiffure for her. Dizzy heights of
fame!
Her father hadn't lived to see it. Just as
she had no place to crawl and lick her
wounds she had no place to bring her triumph.
Well, she had evened the old scores with
herself anyway All but one And that score,
too, would soon be evened, after all these
years She knew Ted Brandon was in New
York, editor of the countrys smartest maya
zine knowing him when" meant nothing
His when" had been as magnificent in its
way, as his now"
He had been king of the campus that year
at Boldin, and later Hasty Pudding, Football
Captain, and Class Marshall at Harvard He
had always worn everything including girls
like charms on his watch chain But Nancy
hadn't known anything about men like that
She thought she knew now
Nancy made her way into the foyer of the
East River Apartments. She liked cocktail
parties, because at parties there were people
and people were her stock in trade She
studied them and used them, and the people
she used rushed up to her afterwards, gurgling
My dear wherever did you get the idea
for that type? 1t was marvellous" So every
body was happy.
These white apartments were strain on
the eyes, Jerry Marsh. moodily fumbling with
the cocktail accessories, stood out as darkly
as Hamlet.
Are we the first?" asked Nancy, Tipping
off her gloves She liked Jerry, he was SO
prodigally adoring,
He raised his head All the chameleon.
Yes, people are getting awfully Gght-hearted
about their drinking these days. Novelty's
wearing off,
You keep the torch burning anyway.
Nancy picked up canape. You know, she
continued. Il wouldn't tell anyone else, but
l used to go to department store demonstra-
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to happen sometime. Well, now was as good
a time as any other. Nancy was ready
Oracle arose duly and made futile gestures
toward dressing. There ought to be an in
oculaton. Id like to see someone take him
for ferry ride
I'm immune" said Nancy slowly. I've
had my dose of serum
SO that's your mystery. Well, if anyone
can do it, you can Oracle eyed her narrowly
1T would make me feel less of fool to hear
someone ese's troubles, she said
Nancy briefly considered. Once she couldn't
have talked about it, but it wasn't good to
keep things in a musty trunk too long.
1T was at college, she said finally. Il
was little sap who read books about white
knights and fair ladies. locked myself in
a tower because the real world was so un-
bearabe
He sat beside me in English Five
Dads course. made the spring play 1t was
the only exciting thing ever accomplished
This man was the lead. There was dance
afterwards. Id seen 50 little didn't realize
he could make the girls swoon Just by looking
at them. He had been so nice to me, thought
it was personal asked him to the dance
And he said - 'sorry'?"
mo. He accepted. 1t spread all over the
campus At first was puzzled, then pleased.
In a day my reputation scared. The other
girls were jealous of me. Nobody had ever
been jealous of me before. 1t went to my
head
Nancy paused. The scene was traced in her
memory as clearly as an etching. She was
back at Boldin she was seventeen years old,
in glass world that could be broken with
feather.
Well on the night of the prom waited
and waited but he never showed up He had
gone to the party with another girl. Of course,
didn't 60 at all. After that was the laugh
ing stock of the school, He didn't come back
the next year, but | had to come back |
never forgot
1t didn't blight your life?"
mo, but my proud Castilian blood de-
mands revenge. took an oath that if ever
met the man again -" She broke off, then
finished: ''Or any man like that it would be
the other way around"
Would it really" Oracle wriggled with
glee oh, how | want to be in on the kill"
Nancy didn't reply, she was thinking too
furiously.
'Oh, come on Oracle urged. ut would be
rather a stunt The bitter bitten
Funny, Oracle trying to push her off the
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Fashion
In
Washington
Times staff Photo
BY BAB LINCOLN

Cleaning lame frocks are
putting in their appearance at
cocktail parties. They are made
exactly like wooden or crepe
frocks, with short skirts and
high necks. Frieda Frazer wore
a beautiful blue and gold lame
at one of Sundays parties. Her
hat was an exact match, and
rose to great heights from a
foundation skull cap.
A pompaudour hat in black,
with folds of black and scarlet
across the front, made a frame
for Dorothy Terrill's pretty face.
She wears it with a frock of
black wool with scarlet zippers.
Gertrude and Kay Pearson
were a picture in all black at
a party yesterday. Both were in
black suits with silver fox and
high-crowned black hats.
Anna Neagle, star of Victoria
the Great" which opens here
today, was present in person at
luncheon at the National
Women's Press Club yesterday.
She wore all black and a bunch
of Violets underneath her chin,
shoulder cape Of taupe kid
skin and small black hat with
a peaked crown and Q round
lace veil.
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By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckn1an
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I am going to be married
Thanksgiving Day at o'clock,
I am going to wear white satin
bridal dress. The groom and his
best man will wear dark bust
ness suits. What would be the
best head-dress for me to wear?
Should I have very short veil.
a three-quarter veil, or a hat
with face veil? w.
When the bride wears a white
bridal gown and veil, this makes
a formal wedding, and therefore,
the groom, nest man, and ushers,
to be consistent with this for
mality, should wear formal at
tire. For a formal day we'd
ding, this means that they
should wear cutaway coats, dark
striped trousers, and appropri-
ately formal accessories. If the
men insist on wearing dark bust
ness suits, this is a great diff
Guilty, for this informal attire
looks inappropriate to your for
NAL attire. Either they should
change their clothes plans, or
you should modify yours. You
could wear either a street
length ensemble, or, if your
heart is set, as I am sure
it is, on wearing the white satin
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HOneServ1Ce
CAV toasts put Sparkle ID YOUR

Gay toasts put sparkle in your
charm.
Suppose your fsvorite escort
leans across the table with:
Here's looking at YOU
Now's my chance to tell you
What a nice thing
That is to do"
Or a bit of flattery:
'You can't be as grand as I think
you be,
But you're grand enough to daS-
zle me-"
Reward him with a comeback
like this one:
There are millions Of toastS,
But, heavens above,
Here's the one ! like most:
Here's to Lowell"
When a crowd gathers, pro
pose this grand old classic:
Here's to eternity: may We
spend it in as good company %
this night finds US"
Or better yet:
"a health to all those whom We
love;
A health to all those who love
us, :"
Turn to our 32-page booklet
for toaSts for every occasion.
Toasts for two, tender or witty:
party toastS, weddings, anniveF.
saries, holidays. Jokes, Inner.
ticks.
Send 10 cents for your copy Of
TOASTS, JOKES AND LINER
ICKS to The Washington Times,
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Personality Hats
Please Fancy of
Partisan Women
By BETTINA BEDWELL

PARIS (SpeciaD The millin-
cry fashions of the Paris au-
tumn season are broad-minded,
letting everybody pick and
choose according to personality
and to personal convictions. The
hats are high, and they're low
down. They expose the fore
head and cover the entire back
of the head. They also cover
up the upper frontage of the
modern girl and leave the hair
out in the open. They have
every kind of brim, or no brim
at all.
There are girlish pigtail hats,
designed by Maria Guy for Mar
eel Rochas. This is the new
est off-the-face hat, made of
black felt. with a split crown of
turquoise velvet that becomes a
braided pigtail hanging down
the shoulders.
Then there is a Patou hat
that might be worn by Marlene
Dietrich in a dangerous mood.
1t is a take-off of the hats that
Spanish shepherds wear, and is
made of black antelope felt.
banded with grosgrain ribbon
and a ruffled veil.
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one told us about her makeup and just how she
used it, and they were eager to know whether
their selection was correct. The boxes were
nearly all some one Of the better grade, small.
weekend packages and they said they liked
small packages, so they could change frequently
and before school was out in the spring they
hoped to try ever so many Of them.
They were polite but frank in the comments
of each other. and we found their criticisms very
good
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Given
Advice
By Beatrice Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax:
When I became engaged to
Harry he had a good position.
but he has been unemployed for
the past Is months, and it seems
to me that he might have been
less particular about the jobs
offered than he has been. Our
wedding day has been set and
deferred several times. Now he
wants me to marry him and use
my savings to complete the pay.
ments on his car, so that we can
go on a honeymoon and visit
his relatives in a different State,
and then start housekeeping.
I intend to keep on working,
as I have an excellent job, but
it does seem to me, from Har.
rvs conduct for the past 10
months, that III be expected to
keep on, without any financial
cooperation from him, till the
end Of the chapter. Am I get
ting morbid or what?
STENO.
You don't seem morbid to me,
my dear girl, only a trifle pru-
dent, and I hope your prudence
may grow to the extent of de-
clining to marry Mr.. Harry until
he has got himself job and is
prepared to share the household
expenses at least fifty-fifty.
Many girls who have started out
generously and assumed the fl
nanciaI burdens, when their fl
ances have been unemployed,
have found themselves still as
Stunning the financial burdens
after 10 years or more. Watch
your step.
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Tints AnaIyzed

OpalS differ from the rest Of
the principal gem stones in be-
ing not a crystalline body-but
a Solidified jelly. Each crack
has the same action upon light
as a soap film and gives rise to
precisely similar phenomena
the thinner and more uniform
the cracks the greater Splendor
of the chromatic display. The
tints depend on direction in
which the stone is turned.
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axe Precaution

Don't let a permanent wave
lead you into careless facewaSh-
ing habits. Unless you lather
right up to the hair line you
are practically inviting erup-
lions on the forehead and
around the ears. It takes only o
moment to pin a towel around
your hair or to cover it with one
of the new cap arrangements
designed especially to protect
synthetic fluctuations.
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BY DONNA GRACE

We had a lovely time
recently when we went
out to give a little talk
to a group Of girls in
one of the exclusive
girls schoofs up along
the Hudson. They were
all that refreshing, ami
mated type Of girls as
only the teen age can
be, and no Hollywood
star could possibly be
more interested in her
makeup and general
appearance LI1dL4 O1ACy
were.
After the talk we
were a bit surprised to
see a number of them
dash out of the hall,
but they were back in
a flash" and each girl
had a box or bottle Of
perfume with her. Then
the discussion started
in real earnest. Each
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applied to the hair next the scalp only. The ends
will retain the light color, and it is necessary
to keep the rest of it the same tone as it
grows out
After the talk about hair they said they were
going to try to brush and care for their hair just
to see what they could do with it.
II you are not sure of your DUN correct color.
ing you may haze a correct makeup chart tDttIE.
out charge. Enclose stamped, SeltGddresSed
envelope for your reply and address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor of this paper.
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WOULD LIKE YOUTHFUL
APPEARANCE
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm not quite 80 years old,
and the muscles in my face sag
terribly. I'm afraid to look at
myself in the mirror. I've even
noticed a change in my hus-
bands attitude toward me. Also,
he's not a very good provider.
All I get is $40 a week, and that
has to take care of four people,
so I can't visit a beauty parlor
very often. M. E. K.
Suppose you write to the
Beauty Column Editor for a
series of facial exercises, and if
you will send me a stamped
(3-cent) self-addreSsed envelope
I will give you the name of a
book which has some very good
formulas for creams and tonics
for muscle building. I also will
send you a budget I have worked
out for four persons on $25 a
week. You will, Of course, have
to pare it down to get it within
the $40 limit.
mrs. BeecknGn tDill be glad
to GnsWer question on Good
Manners submitted By readers.
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BOYS PREFER HER NEW CAR
TO THEIR OLD ONES
Dear Miss Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax:
When I graduated from high
school last June, my father gave
me a new coupe as gradua.
ton present. Most of the boys
I know either have no car or
have an old one. It is getting
so almost every time they ask
me for a date, they ask if we
might take my car. OF course,
they put gas in it. It's not
that they're chiselers, but they
think would not go in their
old cars.
Is it proper to take my car
when they ask to, or does it
seem as if I'm too anxious to
go out with them? Please adj
wise me about those who have
no cars, also. DIANE.
It's much more agreeable to
ride in new car than an old
one, and that seems to me to eX.
plain why the boys suggest your
car instead Of their older
models. AS long as they buy the
gas, that acquits them of being
chiselers. If boys who have 10
cars buy the gas. that's re-
garded as fair return for being
given q lift.
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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I3edLu4 C0urlAoE

A blue-eyed girl with
chestnut hair used .
far too vivid npstick in
stead Of a soft red or
blended tone. Another
had been using a bright
rinse for her home
shampoos and could not
understand why her
hair had turned almost
blond at the ends while
that next to the scalp
was a light brown. We
told her what to do and
also how to use the
rinse, but they were all
surprised to hear that
bright rinSes are made
up with a bleach. It
may be Of any tint. but
when it gives the hair o
lighter tone it Is .
bleach.
Beaches, we told
them, are permanent
and when they are used
a.
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Skillet and Spoon
By Sibilla Campbell.

With the cold fall and w1nty days with us again. our
families are interested in substantial food served pip
ing hot they been for time Steamng cas-
seroes highly seasoned soups tickle the palate and satisfy
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mrs. BeeckmGn tDiH be glad
to GnSt0er question on Good
Manners submitted by readers).
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he inner man.
CHEESE TIMBALES

CHEESE TIMBALES
Melt two tablespoons Of butter
and stir in the same amount Of
sifted flour (do not brown.
Add one cup Of half milk and
cream, constantly stirring. In
this melt one-half pound Of
grated American cheese; remove
from the fire. Beat three whole
eggs with the yolks Of two eggs
and add to the mixture. Season
with salt and paprika and beat
the mixture well. Butter the
little timbale molds, pour in the
mixture and let it rest in pan
of hot water. Cook in the oven
until the center is firm, unmold
and serve with tomato sauce. #
the mixture is too firm before
adding the cheese, add quarter
of q cup of white stock.
OYSTER SOUP
To one quart of mild chicken
broth add one carrot, one onion,
and cut off all the trimmings Of
one quart of oysters and add to
the chicken broth. Simmer on
the back Of the stove for an
hour or so. A few. minutes be-
fore serving, strain the broth
and add the oysters and liquor.
Let boil up once, season with salt
and pepper, add one-half pint Of
double cream and serve.
BEEFSTEAK CASSEROLE
Fry in butter a twopound
steak Of one inch thick, sprinkle
the meat with flour, to which
Satl and pepper has been added.
Brown the steak quickly on both
sides. Place the meat in a
casserole dish and brown two
tablespoons Of flour in the but
ter left in the pan. Add water
and let come to a boil. Pour
over the meat and cook slowly
until done. If the onion flavor
is liked, brown onion first and
add to the meat. The toughest
steak will become tender and
delicious by this method.
Don't let a cuStard cook more
than a few minutes after the
eggs have been added to the
milk. and don't salt until you
take the custard from the fire.
Here is a new cranberry dress
ing, particularly good for fruit
salad. Beat a cupful Of salad
oil and add salt, little pepper,
a half teaspoon Of paprika, a
teaspoon Of granulated sugar,
and three tablespoons of Gran.
berry sauce.
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Etiquette and Manners

dress, wear a hat rather than a
bridal veil, even though a short
veil.