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there had seemed to be no other
reasonable thing for Sheila to do.

there had seemed to be no other
reasonable thing for Sheila to do.
But Angela and Mrs. Carscadden
were no sooner out of the house
than Sheila was dressing. She trem-
bled for sheer joy as she put on her
best clothes. They were not hand
some clothes, but the blue coat had
been brushed and pressed by her
own hands, and there was another
dark-blue hat. Looking at herself
in the cramped little mirror over
the sideboard, she knew she had
never looked any better.
No subway today. 1t was the first
day of real spring Winter could
come back again, but today was
languid and sweet and soft, with
blue in the sky, and florists win
dows bursting with new blossoms
and freesias, lilac and lilies. Roses
were everywhere; potted little red
roses, on feathery light branches.
Sheila took the elevated road, and
sat looking out of a window, only
half sensing what she saw and
heard. Children, mad with spring,
were running and screaming in the
streets below her. Church bells
rang, and the whistles of boats
sounded newly sweet and soft from
the river. Windows were open to-
day; the world was all abroad.
Some of the walking women carried
small sheaves of blessed palm, and
some of the men had little crosses of
it pinned on their coats.
Sheila walked from the elevated
train to the Nc Cam house steadily,
yet without any hurry. She was
going to see Frank: nothing could
keep her from seeing Frank; there
was no need for haste The day
was singing in her heart like a glo-
rious song; it was a thrilling day,
and yet it was soft day, too, filled
with dangerous charm.
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and the rest. Never going any,
where that you didn't hope to meet
him, never doing anything without
thinking whether he'd like it or not.
Hoping-hoping that everyone else
would hate him"
Hate him! Love him, you
mean?" Frank calculated incredu-
lousy, as she hesitated.
Hate him-so that you could
make it up to him by loving him
all the more" she said.
Frank could only stare at her.
Il don't love Bernadette like that;
I'm glad when anyone else admires
her." he finally observed. And she
feels the same way about me-"
Then you're different" Sheila
commented mildly.
How do you know that love is
like that?" Frank demanded.
1T is for me-"
1T would be for your"
1T is. Her head was singing:
she felt her hands cold and wet.
A silence.
"You mean-Peter?" Frank asked
respectfully.
"Peter!" Sheila cleared her
throat. mo, not Peter" she said.
you mean you don't love Peter
any more?"
Il never did. We just had IA
case" the girl explained, land he
promised he'd come to see me, and
he didn't come, and that made me
mad-I thought more about him than
if he had, maybe"
well, come on" Frank said en-
couragingly. you've only made
half a confession! If it isn't Pete,
who is it?"
Peter was the-the first gentle
man I'd ever known" Sheila, in
stead Of answering, said hurriedly
and nervously. Il liked him, for
that"
$50 much SO that he didn't keep
his word to your"
He lost my address,"
"And forgot your manner"
II forgot his" the girl said hon.
estly, laughing. But you see we're
not in the telephone book, and he
said that the only Carscadden that
looked possible to him was in Brook
lyn."
You're lodging the ISSUE" Frank
pursued. you can't do that when
you're talking to a lawyer, you
know. Come on-out with it-whom
do you ike?"
II might know what I thought
about it, without being-it," Sheila
stammered.
1T and it! What d'you mean by
it?"
well, might know what being
in love was, without being in love-"
She was suddenly scarlet, the clean
color flooding up under her trans-
parent skin like flame.
Eyes, but you aren't guessingl" he
answered shrewdly. BE . sport,
Sheila. / won't tell on you'll"
ITO BE CONTINUED
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seam where the skirt of the slip
cover joins the top, and an invert-
ed pleat at each corner of the skirt
also give a professional touch. l
suggest lacking the slip cover
firmly in place as shown in the
sketch.
If down or feathers are used to
fill the separate cushion, make an
inner cushion of ticking with a
top and a bottom piece the size Of
the box top; and a straight three
inch piece around the sides. II
kapok is used for filling, this inner
cushion may be made of muslin.
The cover of the separate cushion
has corded seams to match the
box slip cover.
NOTE: These directions should be clipped
from the paper as they are not available
in booklet form. However, complete d.
rections for making slip covers and for
making corded seams are in SEWING.
Book No. /. No. 3 also contains valuable
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they've been writing to each other,
and that they've made II up"
peter and Gertrude?"
"Yep."
"Oh, I'm gladl" Sheila exclaimed.
'Honest. are your"
"Oh, honest!" And she looked at
him in surprise.
Frank was cycling her with a teas
ing expression.
II thought you liked Peter"
well, I don't"
you're not jealous, anyway" he
said. And after minute he added,
81 don't believe that after five years
of being engaged, you'd suspect a
man of anything, would you, Shei-
la?"
81 wouldn't be engaged for five
years." Sheila answered.
you wouldn't! Why not?"
Because" She was thinking it
out. Because l wouldn't want any
man to feel-sure of me, for five
years." she formulated it slowly.
There was a silence.
81 don't think any man would"
Frank presently said, with a not
quite natural laugh. And after a
minute he added dryly, Fortunate
ly for me, Bernadette doesn't agree
with you.
$50 you don't think you could be
faithful to any man for five years."
he asked, as Sheila did not speak.
81 didn't say that. I only meant
that-if l loved man, I wouldn't
want to wait five years-to-to be
his wife," Sheila answered simply.
"You wouldn't want to be sure?"
Il would be sure
Frank unused on this, watching her
steadily.
What would you call being sure?"
"Sheila thought while before she
answered, looking down, biting her
full, red lower lip.
Dividing the world into two
parts" she said, after pause. him
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1t Must Be Admitted Thas
Clerk Had No Snap of Job

The theatrical agents new clerk
entered the private room and said,
There's a lady waiting to see
you, SIR"
SIS she good-looking?"
eyes, SIR"
"Show her in"
Ten minutes later the clerk was
summoned.
"Well," said the agent, gruff1y,
you're a nice judge of beauty, /
must say"
"Ah, but I had to be careful.
sir. I've got to look after my Job.
For all I knew, she might have
been your WIFE"
eyes," said the agent, acidly,
"she was"
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CHAPTER XIV

| MAYBE they won't let me see
him!" Sheila thought. But she knew
that Franks father and mother were
away; they had gone to the big
Charity Drive lunch-their names
had been in the paper. And when
Joe had telephoned this morning, to
ask as usual for Frank, Mrs. Nc
Cams voice, Joe said, had been
quite cheerful-Frank had been out
yesterday, and had sat up for sup
per with Miss Kennedy the night
before, and she and the Judge had
no anxiety in leaving him today.
Sheila anticipated no trouble, and
sure enough, everything went
smoothly. There had been some
thing in Sheila's spirit all day that
had promised smoothness; she had
had no doubts of what the outcome
of today's venture would be. Mamie
admitted her, and if there was any
hesitation or doubt in her manner,
Sheila did not see it. The girl, fol-
lowing her, walked straight through
the great spacious hall, and mount
ed the stairs, and crossed the upper
Railways to the doorway of Franks
room.
The door stood open; Sheila saw
open windows, and pots and Jars
of exquisite flowers, beyond. She be-
gan to tremble now, and felt as
much like crying as smiling as she
walked into the room. Mamie did
not announce her. merely stood at
the door,
Frank was alone, dressed, seated
in a great chair piled with pillows,
his bandaged left arm strapped
across his breast Over his silk
shirt he wore loose blue silk coat:
his hair was neatly brushed, he
looked thin, and little pale
AS Sheila walked slowly to his
chair, her unsmiling eyes fixed on
him, he glanced away from the win
dow, and instantly a sort of magic
seemed to be shimmering about her,
and she felt hardly conscious of what
she was doing.
why, look who's hereI" Frank
said, with his broadest smile. well,
l am glad to see you! How are you?
Sit down, sit down. No, pull your
| chair nearer. I'm all alone"
Sheila sat down. and looked at
him.
do you know, I've been thinking
about you, and want to see your"
Frank asked. And as she did not
answer, he went on, Funny thing,
l was talking about you only last
night. Bernadette was here-Miss
Kennedy, you know"
II know" Sheila's voice was very
faint. His nearness, the sight of the
hard, blue-shaven jaw again, the
flash of his white teeth, the half
] smile in his Irish eyes, were too
much for her. The tones of his
voice made her heart feel as if it
were melting wax.
81 said to Bernadette that you
were the darnedest kid / ever saw"
Frank said. II said I had the fun
niest feeling of-being responsible
for you'll"
is this your room, Frank" she
interrupted.
Nope. I'm up on the next floor;
it's not so grand as this
Whose room was this?"
well, this used to be an upstairs
sitting-room. Then Pop put the
kitchen and the dining-room into the
basement floor, and turned the old
dining-room into a library, and gave
Nom sitting-room next to that, and
this has been sort Of spare room
ever since. And beyond the bath
room, there-the room where they
set my arms Gert's room.
And that reminds me that she's
coming down to dinner tonight"
Frank went on. And Pete's home,
got here yesterday. And We think
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Power 10 Do

IObEI 70 10
When there's q log 10 lift, an old
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Relief At Last
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to have your money back
CREOMULSION
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Tight Place

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till it seems as if you could not
hold on a minute longer, never
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Transforming a Box
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my mother have the calm judg-
ment that IL the good fortune Of
my mother-in-law. II ever
woman was blessed with the
faculty of tending TO her own
business IL is that dear little old
lady.
My mother can't help 1t but she
is one of those bossy. overpearing
types. think she is that way
because IL Is born In her family
but that doesn't help me any. She
is always rubbing my husband the
wrong way and 1t makes me nerv-
Gus because I know that some of
these days she and he will have
trouble and / dread to see that
happen.
Already mother has had trouble
with the young men who go with
my sisters They are older than
my husband so naturally they
don't like my mothers highland
ed way. In fact. one of the young
men told my sister Ito whom he
Is engaged) that IL mother doesn't
stop her interfering he will break
the engagement rather than go
on worrying with an old woman
on his doorstep all the
rest of his life.
Let me repeat, mothers-in-law
don't cause all the trouble in
by any means I wish my
own mother could mind her af-
fairs as we'll as my mother-ln-law
does. And that doesn't mean
don't love my mother. I do. but
| know her faults as well as her
and believe me. tending
to her own business is not one of
her virtues. DAUGHTER.
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DANCER
b. BGGLx

ter read the last service at the
grave. the girl knew that Mrs.
Seldes had chosen the easiest way
out for herself.
1t required little more than
week for Waring to present his
case and for the defense to make
what effort il could to alleviate
the sentences of the guilty ones.
Both Beatty and Tatum were
sentenced to 20 years each in the
penitentiary, while the Engles got
off with penalties only half so SEE
we're. They had been tried only on
the charge of kidnapping Madge
Kendall. and with Mrs. Engle's
own confession to back up the
girls story, there was no surprise
at the jury's verdict.
Light Terms
Most of the lesser members Of
the gang got off with compare
lively light terms, although sew
eral of the strong-arm gang were
found to be habitual criminals and
were sent to prison for the rest of
their lives.
With the trials ended. there re-
manned only Dan Nichols to be
accounted for among the princi-
pals. Although nationwide
alarm had been sent out for him.
he had not been seen since the
night he deserted Madge and fled.
The day before her father was
10 return from his vacation, Madge
received a letter bearing for
eign stamp. The name of the city
had been smudged, but the country
was Guatemala. She suspected
that 1t might be from Dan before
she opened it, and her guess prov
ed correct.
II was long letter, and detailed
his movements since he had fled
from Altonia.
Il made the Mexican border
without being stopped" he wrote,
"and drove into Mexico City. There
l looked up American newspapers
in the library, and learned what
had happened since I left and be-
lieve me, Madge. I'm happier than
I can tell that the whole gang has
been rounded up.
1T astounded me TO learn about
Mrs. Seldes. although from this
distance and since learning that
Avery posed as her butler, can
see now how perfectly the plan
operated. Her charities were a
fine cloak for her underworld &C
tivities. and certainly no one would
ever have suspected her if you
hadn't got on her trail
II ran short OF money in Mex
leo City and sold my car, and when
my funds started getting low
again, l made my way 10 the
coast. There ] was lucky TO get
a berth as a common seaman on
a coastwise freighter.
Continued on Page II. Col. 81
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BY EMILY POST

A situation, which at some time
has occurred in the lives of all of
us, is one where some ones be-
havior gradually impresses us as
being rude-and yet we feel quite
sure that they cannot have had
any such intention. Then some
one else exclaims, How rude they
were." Whereupon we find our
selves jumping at conclusions with
which we do not really agree. This
is perhaps somewhat involved, so
let me quote the letter that sug-
gested the thought:
The other evening we stopped
at the house of friends and found
them having an unusually late din
ner. because unexpected relatives
had stopped by on their way
through town. They urged us to
sit in the living room and listen
to the radio and look at some new
magazines while they finished din
ner. We did. After a little while
someone at the table got up and
closed the doors between the living
room and the dining room, and my
husband and | felt rather shut out.
Since then I've told mutual
friend about this and she said their
behavior was the rudest thing she
ever heard of, so now I'm wonder
ing whether this would not be con-
sidered rude by everybody. In our
own case. the rest of the evening
was so pleasant that had forgot
ten all about the incident-until
don't know how it happened to
come into my mind when talking
with the other friend. But now
I'm hoping that you will discuss
it for the sake Of general infor-
nation"
1t might, think. have been more
polite had the person who shut the
door given the reason for doing so,
but judging by their manners later,
agree with your first impression
that they had no thought of rude
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Good Taste Today

ness. Reasons that seem most like
ly were either that Grandpa was
sitting in a draught, or that they
thought their conversation inter-
rupted your reading or listening to
the radio. Or it may have been
that they thought you would be
afraid the radio would disturb their
conversation and keep you from
turning it up, etc.
Giving Party with a Friend
Dear Mrs. Post: When a friend
visits me soon we would like to
give a party together. Years ago
she lived here. Some of the guests
are our friends. some her friends.
and others my friends. don't
want any of her friends to feel
obligated to me because they will
not be able to invite her back, as
she will go home soon after this.
Is there any way the invitations
could be sent so I wouldn't be in
viting her friends? That is, could
We send some of our invitations to-
gether and then each one send her
own invitations besides?
Answer: Your visitor can not
very well send invitations from
your house. She can include her
visiting card in your invitation.
This will show that your invitation
Is sent on her account. Or she
could (if you for example are shar-
ing the expense of the party write
her name under yours on third
person invitation. If they do in
vite you to their houses in return,
it will be because they would like
to see you again.
Copyright, 1s40)
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AS rule shorts not tolInokine socks However
it you want to them, have them H0HNASTED Not
uroy you won't the horizontally striped bozer left
which will brooden you OF the top-noke you distinctly top
heovy
Then you're plumpsh you'll want shorts tho beittle the
hips Weor your shorts short for leg length But hove them
fitting with such motif the buttons and peots
OF the right hip width. tailored shirt with shrugged
shoulders ond high pockets will give you lift, too.
Watch for your type tomorrow
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

1Elftt
It was Acting District Attorney
VictoS Waring who completed the
case against the Glover Leaf Ring
gang, the appointment being made
by the governor when Roland
Beatty, faced with overwhelming
evidence OF his crookedness, wrote
out his resignation from his cell
in the county Jail.
Even the papers which had been
favorable TO Beatty and Louis
Tatum turned on them when they
were exposed in their true light,
and 1t was taken for granted by
politicians. that no one could beat
Waring when a special election
was held to fill Beatty's job.
Captain O'Malley and his men
had arrived too late at the Seldes'
home to capture James Jordan
alive. Other servants said he had
come in shortly after Mrs. Seldes
left. received phone call and
hurridly left again.
Rubber Hose
Inspecting the garage, O'Malley
found the motor of big car run
ming at high speed and on the
floor. with rubber hose connec-
ton attached to the exhaust and
sealed to his mouth. was the man
they were after He was dead. On
his finger, as last gesture, he
had placed his silver clover leaf
ring. At Warnings suggestion it
was buried with him.
Mrs. Seldes. who was permitted
to send out for her meals. re-
manned silent. fatty refusing to
make any statement regarding her
leadership of the gang. and al
though Tatum and Beatty were
willing to involve anyone in their
eagerness to turn states evidence.
neither could break her down for
they had been completely in the
dark as to their real leader.
Hard Blow
II was a hard blow to Madge's
father when he returned home to
learn the truth about the woman
he had intended to marry, and al
though he dropped active cam
paigning. he was elected over
whelmingly when Mayor Wayne
withdrew from the race.
The day after election. he for
mally resigned and the city coun-
Gil appointed one of their number
to serve as acting mayor until
Kendall took office. six weeks
later.
Taking advantage of the oppor-
tunity. Madge PERSUADED her
father to take a long motor trip
TO the coast with close friend,
as she wished TO spare him the
pain OF seeing Mrs. Seldes
brought TO trial.
She dreaded. too. facing Mrs.
Seldes in the courtroom. but she
knew Leah was guilty. more guilty
than any of the men who had been
her tools. and justice must be
done despite her personal feelings.
Saves Trouble
Mrs. Seldes. however. saved the
state a good deal of trouble and
money and Madge from embar-
rassment by swallowing a deadly
pill Struggled in TO her with food
sent from restaurant.
Msdge and wsring were the
only ones who followed the casket
to the cemetery. and although
tears came TO her eyes as a minis
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can't say that much for my
own mother. She IL always
shopping into my affairs. wanting
to know what my husband and ]
plan to do and why we do this
and why we do that.
What did you buy that for ?"
she will ask without stopping to
realize that my husbands money
paid for the article and that after
all II Is not matter of her con-
Germ.
Now I am not ungrateful or
harsh or mean. I love my mother
but am not foolish enough to
think that because she is my
mother she can do no wrong. She
is very wrong at times and /
don't hesitate to say so. just AZ
she does not hesitate to say so
when she feels that I am in the
wrong.
To be frank ! would like to see