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BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST '4,925.
A Wife's Confessional
Adelo Garrlou' New rha.e of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Madge Meets flrr Guests
Vndor 1
I
1)111 IrnlilcA
'1 never thought I'd be thank?':!
for my Illness." laughed Lillian as
I turned te open the door for Kutle.
"But if it spare ir this .sitation
of Mrs. Meredith's. I'm going to of
fer several oblations to the kmd'y
Fates Uut I do wish I could help
vou. However, yon don't need any.
Tin fle f your llshtlng ancestors
Is In your cheeks and I know you
won t let her put anything over on
nu."
I made a desra'rlng U'tle grim- ,
see st her over iny shoulder as
Kalle, demure now as- one would
wish any maid to be, told me. tor
many that Dr. and Mrs. Meredith
were calling, i
"Say that I will be down direct
ly," I told her In my best manner,
for tho acoustics of the farmhouse
are su:h that, almost any 'out save
a whisper uttered upon the upper
floor can be heard distinctly upon
the floor below. But when I had
Closed Lillian's door behind me, I
did not follow Katie immediately,
but walked to the window seat and
stood there for r, minute or two, '
pulling myself together for the en- ;
counter I so dreaded.
Only a woman who is the chat
elaine of a home and responsible
for Ita appearance can understand
the chagrin which was sweeping
over me, threatening to destroy the
poise which I felt was the only
thing left to present to Lucia Mere-
dlth .
Through my brain was whirling .
fragments of the comments Kath-
erlne had made upon the wife of j
the brilliant specialist who had re-
newed his old acquaintance with my j
little kinswoman In so odd a fash-
ton over the strange medical case
of Fanny Powell.
Madge Oterlirars a Comment
"The snobbiest kind of a snob
weighs and measures every smile
and word she gieH, suiting each to
the social standing of the recipient
glvea her husband the back
ground of n impeccable, beauti
fully appointed, Immaculately kept
and correctly addressed city apart
ment In the winter coming litre
because she's tremendously interest
ed In Dicky, and wants to see what
his wife looks like wants him to
'roar' at her parties saves all her
undeniable charm for her men ac- ;
qualntances is considered a great '
beauty hr portrait by eminent
artists in noted galleries"
And it was this woman, for
whose, anticipated call I had upset
the routine of my home, and in
augurated a bark-breaking house,
cleaning, who was now sitting in mv
living room which, thanks to Katie's
LetiT rrom Sally Atlvrton to Ioslle !
I'rcseolt fntliiuifl
Taula left before hie!; ciin He
went direc!y to T'-e's room. I"
a'out an hour heemv. ou and said
"Pee wants yr.ii
Whn I looked at v.er 7 knew that
it w. as rieariv o" r-r Her voire, how
ever, seemed quite strong although
she did not opn hr eyes.
"Pally." she said, ' I want you to
know that I have ak"d Pick f
marry pau'a, and I ha' B'"" rev
little girl to hr She has premised
me to take her heme richt after 1
am put iray fr"m mortal sight.
"I am sure th"t l.'tck and Pauls
n-,!' f. ,rv happv tog'tlver. and I
iino't h will irak' a better ni"'h'r
than I would.
"p as vt-rv s-'t o' v ni tn -oine
Put here, t-'all; . and I w ant you to
t5y a whtl af,rr I'm S"ie until
t)rY getS tJSd tO the I'.nrVjnej of
)oms vl'hout m
"He is used to hs' tng m around
v.j see. fllv a"d !e will iM e-ry
lonlv vvban vv hiKn t nve en hi1
nlrd "
Eh" dido' nv "'.!rg !"r- "
!1 T-'Ick i-ar:ic 10 nl'n s1"1" ac.ked
h)rr m lake h'T in h's arms.
I m v 'ry tir1. d'ar,'' she said.
,r"! voir a'"'- .'''Ti'it me !'. r
-'! rr" "
VERY NERVOUS
Weak, Blue, Discouraged
Relieved by Taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Medicine
Cincirtr.ti, Ohio. ;'! w nrvniia
8,d could not. s:ce ... ,-rA crvme "pella :
'. tr." blues, and
in't rare if 1
ed or died. My '
r'.phtsido wasvery
t.adar.d Ihaiihaek-'-he
and a weak j
ncss. ! read alKiut I
your medicine'; in
the papers and 1
w riito fnr further i
I n i i , r m u t I rm I I
fif ' M I took I.vlis E. I
& ' .: Pin'.-l.a-i.'t. lVm. :
table t'orrrfltind,
Jie,od Mi-dicit.j unrt I.iv.t Pi'ls, rr.d
n-co l.vdia L I'mkkam's Sanative
H s-h J have had d rcsnlt.a m ov-
f avand am able to do my work 1
efram and ran cat anjthin that.
Comes aleir.g. My friends tell me he'W '
weii J am Iwliirj?. " Mr. F K. !
ConiEI.1,129 FVi'c St., Cincinnati, O.
Willing to Answer Letters
Fhilade'jihi;., P. "I hav u""d
your rr.edicir.c-. for nervousness and
a run down system wi'h a ?cvrre
wkr!f. A'vr taking I.yrJia E. 1
Finkr.-'im r veable Lorr.ponnd Bnd
asmg !,fi a L. Pinkham'a Sanative
Xl-tH I fi i;k a ?iff?rnt woman
sid ) v ir;r.d in nvry v. ty. I am
willin? 1. inswrlettri arlnng ab'.ut
the meiiemtHi."- Doha Holt 2643
a I'.tb St,. Philadelphia, Pa.
W'- Hei
energy, tas ssns run. curislns,
draperies or cushion blips!
If on')- she '111 not guess that the
cleaning had hr.-n Inaugurated for
h'-r esp'clal r'nrflt: That was the
one hope left to me. but It was a
'urleni on, I kno-' , although I
eiurg to It. I turned toward the
stairway with the prim determina
tion to salvage, from the situation a
pretended nonehalanee concerning
the embarrassing situation In which
I found myself.
Put as I neared the living room
my pumps had made no sound
upon ti.'i padded smir covering I
heard a comment and rc'olndT
which brought the angry blood to
my cheeks.
"Hush? She'll Hear You"
"It's too amusing for words," a
woman's voice drawled In so low a
tone that if I had not been ojose
to tho living room door 1 never
would have heard It.
"Hush!" J'r. Meredith's voice
hissed savagely. "She'll hear you!"
I stopped short, caught hold of
my vanishing poise, hauled It back
by main strength, then with head
up. and the most hypocritical smile
of welcome my face ever had held,
I walked into my dismantled living
room.
Dr. Meredith sprang to his feet,
a tall, slender woman rose languid
ly from the least comfortable chair
the room contained, and held out
an exquisitely shaped and beauti
fully kept hand to meet mine. Her
husband, with a touch of confusion
that sat, oddly upon
him. mui-
mured an Introduction,
"I have been so anxious to see
you, Mrs. Graham," she said, "and
your picturesque home here. My
husband has been raving about the
farm ever since Dr. Petit brought
him out here."
It was the typical patter, with
inflections so carefully modulated
that they might have been re
hearsed. But. I was sure that I had
caught a significant sweep of her
eyes around the dismantled living
room as she spoke. I set my teeth
with the determination to make no
apology for tho room, and waited
an instant before replying.
"We find that many people like
It." I said primly. "It. Is considered,
T believe, rather a good specimen
of the Long Island Colonial, and my
husband has not. been quite sane
about It ever since we purchased
it."
I watched h r furtiv ely as I spoke,
tie mornhcring KaHierine's com
ment. I was wend' ting how she
would react to the mention of
hi' kv
Copyright. It?'., by Newspaper
1-V,lttire Service, Inf.
Poor Dick look"!
I- a Mi than IV-e, but
ins a r uis as t ivouh f 1
and :.!.. n-st ! d do- t
much nearer
ie took her in
. were a baby,
in Mi. in with
eeiit'.nted Mgh. 'Ih'ie "as not a
tMini'l in the rfioni exf'-,t p-e's
s.m i e 'v 1, 'i i lab'U'd br'athii1?.
In a little v. i.o ,.;)rli hr. ,,t b - -(.line
short, r and siinrtei. ;. 1 1 ) all a'
"i:'e I be, .anie ron;-'"ious that. I was
list'
ning for something I did not
h'ar.
I Stepped fnr"ard.
ilo that the bodv !
h.vl ! niiK du" n a lini,
hid P'-e t"-iitlv do'vn
As h" looi '"1 on h"r f.
Dick sensed
v.is hol'lmg
Turriimr. h
en ti,. ,e,
ilptored face
sigh. b"nt
i.-s on ?"h
l,e E., a. fllU'J
down and pb'ie
b ring
d a I
ef.'l
'I!i' nut se drew up ' h
pre .0 b'-ad. and In a m"m' 0
r ft IV- T'-eni.
,i v. .- n..j,r"'d tbr"uh (1
door.
hi-k and I. he b'fko down.
I. 'site, did you ev r hear a ijrown
i:'au rh? 1' "'is tb 'irst time I
bad ever ,..rd l', and I tell you 1'
"'is tee most, terrible thing t" !
vmch I bad ..'r 'is'n'.J. He threw ,
l.iiiv" do"-n on fn'a. and thr
1 1'ti Jjim. thinking that the kindest
thing I rou'd do would be to lean
him a. on- " iMi his ere it grief.
Ck"'- sn e'l'pe nut fev Vte
ui'd' H v.h'-re 1 v. as sitting and said.
In sueli a hu''t tone:
' ?u I j ". 'li -1 nu tpow
wars F l l 1
blbv "
"b,- r)r,
. I, r , , ,; :,
PlI'T I"
r-p-.f
- n't
t I W.I
takinc rare nf i
' t '.'" be nke d
('"'; - --'". !!:
ow n little
N FA
TOMiiRHOW Letter from
A'1"11"" "' isrott.
-
Youthful
'rrrti T
I'lir-g rob'ir is f.-a-'ird
t:s and 1 1 j'i and is 1
or. t ii'
.try elv.e this fill and
VT'l
n xpf ' a muh rjrt.r
-!.-! io- h . j, .,. , n tve n'k nd
ph" collar than h'S exls'ed b-for.-.
land mtioh 1'ss exposure of flesh thin
has been the rule.
A
v -vvv
-ril'LEa UN
Laughter Is a
A lerlous, grouchy face doea not
Indicate Intelligence. One of the most
solemn, grouchy looking animals Is
the mule.
Yet the nu'i ha a small brain, a
nicked eye and nicked heels.
Laughter I the etgn of Intel!!
gene. Man Is the only animal that
laughs.
In addition to laughter being the
sign ot Intelligence and a. gloom
chaser of the first rank, It Is a
health tonic.
It lift the lungs, revitalizing the
nf-rvr., and shake up the stomach,
aiding In digestion.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ZCS 7 9
l2 75 14.
is
rnn Tie 19 ""320 p"5!
mj I mmmm 'm3
21 22 TT 23 24 25
26 ; fir
Q30-- Urn
W 32 33 j34 f 35 36 37
38 39 J I 40
I4i "-4T 43 44 "45 "
mm Md , kiwi
to 47 48 49 50
51 SZ
L ,,.
' I In I I ' ' ' ' '
At first, glance H f.'ms that this
puzzle starts off with a difficult,
word, but then the note helps a lot.
TIOKIZONTAL
t. Hvps kiln (variant of oast)
4. Pertaining to the tides
5. Anger
11. To throw off tiain track?.
l!i. One who is clothed J
1 ;i. 1 o paint
It?. Pall line
17. Paid publicity
Is.. Tart, of a millstone ipl.)
"A To accomplish
:i. Lets If stand
:s. Fishing boats having open well
for keeping fish alive
To yield
!!7. Devoured
One ot the bones of the fore
arm to. Leaps
51. To sleep
S4. Fish caught off New Enjland
coast
MV Story
SIS. Releases
I". Animals similar to donkeys
41. Female parent
4!!. Inclosed
4V Malo parent
4H. To h'ar
M. lo oil us a sacred rite
h To complain
52. Common blooming shrub
roi.nn ciT-tiiTS
TheWater-Sprite
X3
TBF. W ATFR-t .'.IT HEt TS
Thi is one day's rhnpter of the
lfry of "The at r-SprP." If you
jout ou' and color these dolls every
(dav vou s 1 1 1 soon ba'. a whole t"t
'of dolls, with which to art out this
fan v ta'.
Wln-n the children ""re about
radv to ft out the .vater-cat said
f t.i theni. "Vou do wt-ii m run aivay.
Hut do vou think tnv mistress will
alii, vou t es'Spt if she can help
she uiii put on her magic
!ooak of. sv Iftrn 'R and catch vou m
a i ' ml line.1'
j "Hut. whit ran we do" asked
' th t hildren In dis 'r-sj
"Ther H orib- one thirr lnr you
to do" repl.'i the tat. "Vou niu't
'tal" the w tr-spritf s i oral). hi
Irrtn-h and her mirror. They sri:
I .
jtnagie mings r.a' it -uur vn-i imm,
i she i about to catch you tnro--
one of ths- things over your
! ..boulder. Hv thl means only
can
vr-n hope to rsape "
I c'otor this suit tan w (h a green
sash).
' (Cof yrlght. 1 ?!. Associated Editori.
Inc
M 1
UEALTH-
Health Tonic
There are but few situation that
cannot be handled better with cheer
fulness than with grouehiness.
Folk resent a grouch, aa it la cer
tain that being grouchy docs not
help the mind in thinking.
A grouchy parent usually finds his
children leaving home as soon as
they can get away.
A grouchy business partner may
eat the office Into gloom by one of
his eour looks, but he cannot force
better work by being grouchy.
A grouchy sportsman finds it hsrd
to get partners In a game,
Grouehiness does not pay. Don't
be a grouch.
r3. Writing instrument
E.4. Principle
65. To sin
VERTICAL
1. Poem
I.pper I.-. S. House
. Exchanged
4. Row upon row
f.. Badly
fi. Reverentially feared
7. Smallest
5. Chemical formed
ndlc
aeid
9. Reputation
10. I nit of w ork
12. Part of most common verb
14. Measure of area
15. Opinions
21. Muffler
2;, Witness
24
Oxidizes
Vaults for nvcnv.
Poriion of a circle
To finish
White, small
valuable Siberian
animal
To t,alt
To long for
Thinner
To i-mell
ftxpert '
37.
33.
4".
43. Poker f.tak'
44. li-ish
I". To drink deg fashicn
47. K-ve nMi rote of stale
4 Jlll.
5". Organ of hearing
cT5 r
Sr.O.i.'J
n . aTi
lrl.0,7
d nit it
;pe.e,p
I'l'ftcrl Unfiles Seen
-,-,.,'1 r'!fat'.d ruf'I's art the only
j trimming on soi"ne of the mcf dis
tjncti"' af'einccn frocks of crepe
I d chine
To Insure narmnny
drrs.s is rlaboi't'.. t
P fn
si-
; most sure tr, be cohnl'-d with a long,
plain ret, but if h' d'ess is a
! s'raiEh'- tube. Mv coat n11y be as
elaborate as ;' pi' asr
orv Fcnilnnn' Wrap
Whit v-.et. and -lveteen arc
bring us"d tor tumni'-r C"9tSi usual
ly bandd with light, fluffy fur.
Hla. k anil F!nl
FlKf h-reiored chiffon is effectively
eejnblncd with Mack chiffon in the
nw dane'i forcks.
FLAPPER FANNY sayr-
Many girls would soonT help nivn
mend their ways than mend their
socks.
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?y QEATBICE PUQTON g
TITE STORT SO FAR:
My Seymour, whose husband, Dr.
John Seymour, killed himself be
cause of her love affair with Jim
Carewe, returns to her home town
after a year's absence.
Heavily, veiled, she cornea late
on night to the home of her law
yer, Dick Gregory, and Gloria, hla
wife. She tells them how the ugly
story of her past has followed her
everywhere. And so she haa made
up her mind to go to Europe where
no one will know her.
She asks Ulysses X. Forgan, a
Into a great yellow spotlight floated the figure of a red
headed woman in a billowy white silk dress. This was Adoree,
herself.
j wealthy widower who is in the real
! estate, business, to sell her hous.e
j for her. Llysses advises her to live
! in it, and liv e down hr n-puta'tion
1 among her own townspeople. Put
; M,iv tearfully insists that she wants
i to be footloose.
j She tells Luck to sell hr stocks
'and beinds for whatever they will
; bring. All she wants, she explains,
j is enough monev to dress tho part
of a wealthy widow and "land" a
j rich husband.
! A week later with SS.n'JO In her j
handbag. May goes down to Atlantic!
i:ity for a short rest. There she.
n1pPti-, a divorcee, Mrs. Carlotta
Frolklng, and a nitddle-aged friend
of f.'arhitta's. Herbert. Waterbury.
Waterhury takes the two women
to Adoree's little supper club t !iv
first night he meets May. There they
are joined by L'an Sprague, an ad
I inlrer of Carlotta's.
I May accidentally drops her hand
' l .a 5. and when Waterbury picks it
up and lavs it on the table, May's
: huge roll of bills slips out. Sprague
: asks her if she has been robbing
' a bank
OW GO ON WITH THF. SIORY
H'Tbert Waterbury raised his
eyes from May s r"il of money, and
glanced from li r to Dan Sprague.
There was a que"r, twisted smile on
bis face.
"Imagine that ... a woman car-
rving thousands of dollars with her.
in a Plmsy handbag:" he said. "Not
,ven in tiavelers' checks, but in
Honest -to. gosh money! Doesn't that
prove what I said to you tin: othar i
.1.... t-..,i !. n.V... ..... f.11tr.r
.'.'.,...'. ... ' K ,
lowed to hand!-.' her own money?"
Dan nodd.d solemnly,
i "Is ?n so"" Carlotta piped up
ehrillv "UernlM I've lienrd riifffr-
'iik! And if there's any heller all-
n'onv-i o. , tor in th. ci iiniry than
1 am. lead me lo h-r! Any dav I'm
pot .frfe'-th ,-;l.le to handle my frv ii
nion'-y I'll l"t you boys know about
it bv radio. Station HAN!"
'What do you mum Station
HAN?" Dan Sprague asked.
"Hard as nails . . . that's me."
Carlotta answered cheerfully. "I'm
1 HERBERT
a regular little Hetty Green underlets Lee slip away toward the door
mv soft, sweet, rmiling exterior. . ."
She broke off, suddenly, and
stared across the restaurant with
her china-blue eyes.
NEA
"Oh. look who's, here!" she ex
claimed, "Your old friend, the vamp,
Dan!"
May turned, and aaw a allm young
woman who threaded her way to
ward them through the tables that
packed the white room.
As she came, she looked straight
at Dan Pprague, with her large dark
eyes, and smiled, snowing promt
nent white teeth. Her skin was al-
most as white as they, and her
straight black hair was gathered
Into a knot at the nape of her neck.
"Who Is she?" May asked Water-
bury, in an undertone.
"Her name is Francis Lee, and
she's one of Adoree's hostesses,"
Waterhury said -quickly, as the girl
came up to the table.
Carlot'a pursed up her babyish
lips, and stared down into her glass
of gin-gingerale with the rapt look
of a crystal gazer.
Liy could see that she was in
tensely jealous of the thin, black
haired woman, and that she. was not
gelng to speak to her if she could
' , ' . hv ,,,
l.rln il
and greeted the "hostess'
ith en-
thuslasm.
"Come on 6ver here
Kran. and
I'll give you the low-down on this
Volstead stuff," Dan Sprague said.
He put out his hand and pulled a
chair from the table behind him,
"How- are you feeling tonight?
Rather Bacardi'.'"
Francis L'-e shook her head She
looked from May's face to that of
Carlotta. who sat as one frozen. And
she. backed away from the table.
".No thanks, Daniel," she said,
have a. h"avy supper date with thre,
Chicago gentlemen who are in the
hone-button trade, and I must he
my bubbling self for thm . . ."
As she spoke, the lights all over
the cafe'began to go out, cluster by
cluster. And only a great yellow
spotlight shone in the middle of tho
dance floor like a sun.
Into It floated the figure of a red
haired woman in a billowy white
silk dress. This was Adoree. herself.
May turned in her chair and
looked at her curiously . . . tills ;
tiny woman who had made a small!
fortune out of the tiny restaurant.
There was a tired look in Adoree's
painted eyes, and the bioad smile!
cn her scarlet mouth war, strained. I
"Phe's old:" May thought, and
pitted her
"You know, of course, that she)
has a grown son," the low voice of
Herbert Waterbury said In her -ear.
"Fhe looks old enough to be
somebody's grandmother." May an
swered. Then presently she spoke again.
"It's a terrible thing for a woman
when the begins to get old," she
said wistfully.
.Herby laughed. "How do you
know? A woman as young as you?"
he asked.
May sighed. "Oh. I'm not so
young." she answered, "I'm twenty-seven.
That's pretty old, Isn't it?"
"What would you do If you were
forty-five?" the man asked.
May shrugged her graceful shoul
ders. Her eyes dreamily followed
the light, thistledown moements
1 of Adoree.
Then. In the half-darkness, she
fell a band close down warmly
over hers, as It lay palm upward In
her lap. She Etarted slightly but did
not move away.
"ou sweet little kid!" she heard
! liorhv whisper. "You're iust a kid.
aren't you?
Again be laughed. "To think
your carrying all that money around
In vour handbag!" he said humor-
ously. "If ever there was a kid
I trick, that's one. Why don't you put
lit aafely away In a bank? What did
you draw it out for. in the first
place-?"
"I didn t." May answered. "It's
some money that my lawyer turned
ov er to me . . ."
She felt a movement beside tier.
and saw the slender figure of Kran
i of the restaurant.
"Speaking of lawyers, reminds me
that I ought to har from mine,
soon," broks In Carlotta, "He'i
down in Missouri collecting three 1
months' back alimony from my
former husband. Believe me, If that
old boy doesn't crash through with
th coin, 1 sure do run him ragged!"
Just then the lights flashed up
again as Adoree whirled out In a
little gust of applause. Herbert Wa
terbury gave May'a hand a quick
pat before he drew his own away
The restaurant had slowly filled t
with the gay midnight crowd. And 1 "He does that to make me .leal
Msy looked around her curiously at ! ous." Cai'lotta whispered to May.
th tomen with th'lr marcelled j "But I nsl pretend that I'm deaf,
hajr, their bright silk evening coats. dumb and blind."
their Jewels. pj, laughed, but. the eyes that
Somehow they all looked alike. ' were fastened on Spraguc's fe
Surely they all wore a uniform were dark with misery,
the uniform of Prosperity. And 1 n Suddenly she walked over to htra
their powdered faces, their eyes had ! and took him by the lapel of hla
no more life than the shoe-button coat. "Come on. aggravating papa!"
eys of a rag doll,
Near the door, Krancle Lee sat
with the Chicago button manufac
turers . . . heavy-jew led men. se-
rlously Intent upon having a good
time.
May flt a su'iden pity for Fran
cie Lee. What a life hei's "os! To
make a living by being a "hostess"
in a place like this one that be
longed to Adoiee!
To bo pleasant and ciitei-lainlng
night after night, to hnavy-jowlcd,
middle-aged men! To have to listen
to their dull, doubtful jokes! To ac
cept their maudlin flattery! To cam
a living by taking tips from these
men!
She looked at F rancie Lee's color,
less, thin face with the stamp of
worldly wisdom upon It. And then
another face flashed Into her mind
the fresh-colored, happy (ace of
Gloria Gregory as she bent over her
sleeping baby!
The women, like Glevria. who set-
1 tied down and had their children.
. . . Were they, after all, the only
very like happiness. To rase and
leisure.
Or was the greatest joy to be
wrung from a fancy-free, footloose
life? These Nomads around her In
the res'auiar.t . . . these hotel gyp
sies . . . were they happy?
"I don't know," May confessed to
liers-lf. "I don't know."
But she had set her feet upon the
open road that might lead to the.
very rim of the w-nrlcl. for all she
knew. And she meant lo follow-It.
Somewhere there must be a by
path that would not be a blind al
ley. A by-path that wou'd lead to
happiness, or, at least, to something
very like happiness. To oaso and
leisure.
She turned suddoi''y to Herbert
Waterhury.
"Let's go home," she said. "I
think I'm tired of aU this. ,,n) 7
didn't pet much sleep last niplit."
Panny Meadow Mouse felt more
uncomfortable every minute. He
couldn't recal lever having felt
finite so uncomfortable as he did
sitting on that board in the fmlllng
, pool with a great, big nsh, called a
pickerel, close along side. Every
time he looked at that pickerel,
Dann'- shi'ered. Somehow that
board which had seemed plenty big ;
enough before that . pickerel came j
along, now seemed very far from'
big enough. j
You may be sure that Danny sat'
perfectly still. He even wished that
his heart didn't ha-ve to heat. Every ,
time a merry little breeze rumpled -
1 1 up his fur, Panny shivered. It
seemed to him that that great fish
was watching him. He sat so still
for so long that at last he began
to feel stiff and uncomfortable. 1
Suddenly that bis Psh shot ahead
iik a flash. Danny had lust time
to se a small fish, and then that
ereat. mouth full ot sharp teeth
op'-ned and that little fisii disap
peared. "And that might have been
m"," whimpered Danny, as the big1
pickerel returned to bis old position
alongside Danny's raft.
Danny had just about made up (
bis mind that he must change his j
position when, happening to look
off on the other side, he o'li'e for
got that he wanted to change his
position. He quite forgot, that he
had the. least desire to move. There,
thrust out of the water, only a
short distance away, w) a big
black head with a pair of cruel
bright eyes. It was the head of
Snapper the Snapping Turtle. Dan-!
ny hed never seen him quite to',
close before, and he. hadn't realized j
what a big fellow Snapper It. Dan
ny suddenly felt, very small, very
small indeed, and very helpless.. My,
how helpless he did feel! If he bad
been uncomfortable before, he was
twice as uncomfortable now. He
was more than twice as uncomfort
sble. You see, he knew that that
big pickerel couldn't possibly get
him as long as he stayed on that
board, which was his raft. But
Snapper the Turtle could climb right
up tbrro after him if he felt like
it. Anyway, he could upset that
board, and then Danny wouldn't
have a chance In the wide, wide
world.
Perhaps you ran guess how anx
iously Danny watched those bright
evea of Snapper the Turtle, lie
could tell by those eyes that Snap-
per had not yet aeen Mm. Danny
.Hist froze, which you know Is the
mv little people k"on still In time I
ofof danger. He hoped the Merry Lit
tie. Breezes would stay awav from
him. He was a'raid that If they
should rumple up his fur Fnapper
would see that moving fur and
would know that there was someone
alive sitting on that board. Any
way, he might get curious enough
to come over to And out what it
was. Fo Danny hoped and hoped
that the Merry Littb- Breezes would
keep a ay.
"Oh. dear.-' thought Danny. "Oh,
dear, this is dreadful' This Is the
most dreadful fix I ever was in.
Whatever shall I do? It's bad
enougn io ce in a tnsni puce wn-n
you have a ehsncs to do something'.
By Thornton W. Burgess Sjjt
When troubles multiply, hold ttffht M' Jwm"m J )
To faith that all will jet come right. f !
Old Mother Nature, t Jl ' W- "vVM
' Panny Meadow .Mouse felt more j jt''" -rF?3 tMhIi'
"You should ha taken that llttl
drink I offcrnl 1'OU," he .nweril.
"Nothing like a touch of hardwara
when you're feeling low."
In the dimly-lighted hall outside
the auppor-room, May and Carlotta
waited while the men retrieved their
hats from the pretty chock girl.
May heaid Dan Spragja say
something to her In a low tone as
he took his hat and coat from her.
she cried.
"Why, she's really In love with
Mm'" May told herself. Sh
wouldn't ha'e believed that the soft
pink mask of Cnrlotta's lace cov
ered an emotion so deep as f.
In; she certainly had for Dan
Kprie.
Watfi-biiry U'"k May's arm as
ih"y frl'i-ped out Into the night, and
I'arlotta and Pan dropped idowly
behind them. Unim May looked over
her shoulder, and saw them stand,
ing at the rail along the board
walk, deep In earliest conv trsation.
"Are they In love with each
other?" sh" arlvd Waterhury.
lie waited lor a moment tutors
be answered. "I honestly don't
know .' lie said M last.
"Tell me about Francis Lec." May
asked. " hut Is this hostess job of
hers, anyway?"
"Well. It's a rather new protes
slon for actresses out of work," Wa
terhury explained. "They hire them
selves out to these laipper clubs,
otid th"ir jM is to entertain the
men patrons. . . . But, look here. I
don't want to lalk about the Fr.tn
i.'ie Le"S. 1 want to talk about . . ;.
you!"
He druv her cry close tp him,
holding her anil above the elbow.
"Doesn't, it stem to you that
we've known each other longer than'
just a f' vv hours'.'" h.; asked.
May shook her h'-ad. "No," she
said. "I teel that I don't kiio-v Mill
! at all . . . as, of course. I don't."
j Waterhury laughed almost with
out, h eound
"Well, then, I'm going to tell v mi
' something about myself," he said.
"I'm jusl Herbert Waterhury. plain
i and honest. And li-ictus. 1 .1111 plain
and honest. I'm going to ask yon
1 something. Won't you give me that
j money of yours to take car'; of, un-
til you decide what you want to do
, with it!"'
(To Hr nntlmi'vl)
It was the horl of Snsrpor thn
Snapping Turtlo
bu to b in a place like this with
a hungry enemy on each side and
sitting right out In plain sight all
tho slme with nothing to do but to
keep still, Is awful. My, how hun
gry Fnapper looks! What an awful
mouth that fish has! If I ever ever
gt out of this, I'll never never visit
the Smiling Pool again.
(Copyright, 133?. by T. W. Burgesst
Th next story: "When Danny
Almost Gave .Vp Hope."
Gossip's Corner
AMilto Scarf Stunning
An all black frock on severe lines
has a white crepe da chine scarf
which winds twice about the threat
and bangs to the hemline In the
back,
lcucly for Dancing
Th" black tulle frock with ths
handkerchief . points that give a
very Irregular and flutlerlng 'line
are very much in evidence at smart
j functions,
Rcadixl Fringe Sfen
Kruigc of white pearl beads Is
liked not only for delicate frocks,
but for those, of lead-pencil blue,
lipstick red and black.
An Orlonfnl Idea
Turbans of black satin are vound
about the head with no Inside foun
dation and are adjuster) with fancy
pins or buckl"s.
It Trims Itself
Crepe-bticked satin which Is very
i popular now Is usually made with
j the crepe side out and the satiu
j side only for trimming.
Yellow for Hlontlcs
A dance frock for a debutante
with a clear skin Is of yellow taf-
feta trimmed with large yellow 'el-
jCt .nw '
I at'li One ComplelP
t is not utico'mmon for the street
frock to be made of three layers
of crtpe or chiffon, each beautifully
tailored.
Hlonrte Shades Good
Blonde bengallne. untrlmmefl
forms some of the very smartest ot
ensembles. A blonde satin hat and
pumps frequently complf the outfit.

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