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nmmmmmmmimQmB Tommy. Everybody thinks I am thoroughly bad. What do you think, Tommy?" She burst into tears and kneeled close to him, resting her wet face on the damp pillows. "I was just foolish, Tommy. I wouldn't let a hair of your head be harmed for anybody in the world. Why, the count was old enough to be my father." "That's all right, dear," answered Tommy. "You see, Marion, I under stood you all along. Only tell me one thing, Marion. Here's your edel weiss. And is there just a chance?" "A big, big chance, Tommy," sob bed Marion, thrusting the white flow er into her bosom. CHAPTER !. OF A FUTURE BEST SELLER. (If the Back-to-the-Land Movement Is a Howling Success.) Young Delancey Wellborn looked out over the sweet metropolitan pros pect. From the distance came the buzz of a flock of trolley cars. "No use, father," he exclaimed. "I must go. The country calls! The country calls!" He buried his face in his hands. From overhead came the gentle scraping of a skyscraper. His old father, Wellborn the bank er, who had banked on that spot all his life, laid his hand on his son's shoulder. "Go, if you must," he said. The two sat silent for a spell. From below came the soft drone of the safe deposit vaults. Next morning young Delancey Wellborn fared forth' to face the temptations of a great farm. CONGRESS AND DEFENSES They may not help us save the Bacon Of San Francisco and New York, But if the signs are not mistaken They'll fight with courage all un shaken Defending their beloved Pork. John Kendrick Bangs, N. Y. Times. TWO-FABRIC DRESS POPULAR SPRING FASHION IB By Betty Brown The two-fabric dress is high in fa shion's favor just now and the design ers are exercising their ingenuity in combining such materials as pussy willow taffeta and serge, duvetyn and faille or taffeta and chiffon. Duvetyn of rich green hue is used with faille of the same color in this afternoon frock which comes from the studio of Mme. Ripley of the Fa shion Art League of America. Tr-e design is quite simple, but there's distinction in the smooth-fitting bodice, in the quaint "flowing sleeve" and the full skirt with its odd ly pointed hem. fiafifiafeiiitiMiiaMiMfeA