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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 192(5.
Quicksands of Love
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
kULCOLMl
J-1 vDUARTy
FICTION
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Madge Manages tlic Meeting of
Kallirrlne and Ilarrlcl.
"Kalhrrlno! My flour girl! How
good It Is to see, you again!"
This wua my slatcr-tn-lnw's
greeting to Katherine P.lckctt,
when we had cnl' red mil- hot fl
sitting-room, and though there was
apparently nothing but alKctlunan:
cordlulliy in the greeting, I vson
dored if 1 were liy in.Tori t lea L in
recognizing u, siruiiu'd nolo in her
voire.
"It Is Indeed wonderful to seo
you again, Mr?, Firatthwaltc," my
little kinswoman returned quietly.
"Jlow Is Dr. liraithwaite?"
Tito Inquiry was inevitable, 1
knew that, on i ti as I knnv that it.s
omission by Katlnrino would have
been moru marked, more slgnill
eant, than It.s making. Yet as I riw
my si.-Uer-ln-law's ( y s narrow
ever ho slightly I was sorry thai
tin.1 famous surgeon's most valua
ble, war-time nurse had asked the
question. Time, had not entirely
killed that old-tlmn jealous an
guish when Harriet ISraithwalto
had believed that her distinguished
husband's fatherly affection tor his
winsome and gifted assistant, was
in reality a stronger feeling threat
ening her own reign in his heart.
Never had 1 so honored my sister-in-law
.'is in that time so tragic
to her. Though she had poured out
her anguished fears to me, and I
had b- en successful in proving to
her how mistaken she was, she
never had altered her manner
either to Katherine. or to her hus
band, and never at. her tensest mo
ments had given even the thought
of bliinio to the little nurse, as a
wife li ss strong, less honest ami
I'jns keen of perception might have
done. That Kat herine always had
honored her for her forbearance, 1
knew, even as I knew that contact
Aith Harriet ISnillliwaito always
made my little kinswoman uncom
fortable. Junior Sees Harriet.
The query still hung In the air,
but Harriet's tone was grariousness
personified when she answered it.
"f to Is very well Indeed," she said,
"and he was speaking only the
other day about you. He said he
never should see another nurse like
you. that they didn't produce them
these days.''
HEROWN WAY
ya Girl of Today
niu: mi;i;ts rmi;
"Did you m'H Gerald at the res
l.riraut, Miss Dean?"
' "No, I only met your son last
ilsrht: You see, this friend of mine
; .it a bbel; eye in the melee and 1
.'as stili in my bk:o!c mu.id's ceis
'1:1110, so wire were hunting an in
conspicuous place to eat when Mr.
Hathaway, who it seems, is a part
ner of my friend "
"You don't mean that Irish Jimmy
slllo, do you, young woman?"
"My name is Miss Dean, Mr.
I fat Ihi way."
"Yes, yes. I know, young Miss
Dean."
"Your son. sir. rail thr.t Jimmy
("ns'.ello was not only his pn finer but
ids friend."
"He's a genii bnv and n smart hoy
Jimmy t'osiollo," remarked Mr.
Ilalhawny. Senior, "but wish he
and Gerald weren't such good
trie nds."
"Of eour.se, Mr. 1 laihaw ay, I can't
l:mi r-rs-l :in .J t!::.! hr'ause I think
"Oh, Kiora, we heard the
Teacher ny
"Crcen Jii.da we fbould
tat each day
"And wast w,-.i mor.-, He
had caoit priie,
"For tood D.UJH RIBBON
fliok, Calendar r.m!
Caekinu (ir tnblt to
niAhflrd HKni.m. (no.
Lent laland City, M. Y.
HELLMANN'S
BLUS RIBBOH
Mayonnaise
lest
for Pastry, Bis
Fell "I 9
ilisBurys
I "How dear of him!" Katherine
(answered pret'tlly. "Do thank him
for me. And now I suppose, you
i won't want to wait any longer to
sec Hint famous young sheik, your
nephew. He's been promised that
he shall see you as a reward for
taking some medicine he doesn't
like. You sen I hud to give him
the strongest Incentive possible. Just
a minute, I'll bring him in."
.she hurried from the room, and
I I think Harriet shared my appro
ballon of the skillful way in which
Kath"rlnp had shifted the subject,
And in another minute, she reap-
i beared. leading Junior by the
hand, repressing with professional
obedi, nre to the physician's orders,
his tendency to run.
i Is IaIIIIi Vanquished?
I Harriet held out her arms, sr.d
Junior went into them with an ex
cited demand
( "Hid you bring Roderick?"
j "I'll give you five minutes to an
swer all his questions," I told
Harriet, smiling, "and in the mean
time ni freshen up for dinner."
"I have a, little dress with me,"
Harriet n turned, and I remember
ed that, accustomed as sho was to
frequent trips wilh her husband,
she always kept a small dressing
hag ready packed, and a quiet din
ner dress always hanging apart
ready to slip into. Even her worry
over Alary had not caused her to
.omit (lie habit of years.
J "If I'm more than five minutes,
dismiss my son, and start dress
ing," I said .is I whisked out the
door and went down to the booth,
for I did not wish either Harriet or
Katherine to hear my conversation
I with Dicky. There is always tho
jpossihlity of his temper flaring
I over some chance remark, and then
II find It difficult to control my
I own voice. Always if (hero Is any
'possibility of my being overheard I
take a booth when talking to lilm.
K lit li Fairfax answered my call
and her voice was frigidly con
strained as she said:
"Dicky? Yes, he's .here. I'll call
jhlm."
I My heart gave a mean little thrill
lot triumph. Her voice was that of
one vanquished, and who did not
;bcrr defent gracefully.
Copyright, by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.
Jimmy is perhaps one of the most
wonderful boys in the world."
The old man cocked an eye at me
over a pair of nose glasses that
hung around his neck on a bro.nl
ribbon. I really think he wanted to
v.inlc at me but lie restrained him
self. "Oh, of eourne, of course," ho
sputtered, "but let's get back to
your story."
I reminded him that he was the
one who had gone off on a tangent
about Jimmy.
As I said this I hoard a queer
little suppressed exclamation. I turn
ed and faced the secretary whoso
eyes were bulging out of her head.
Kvidenlly no one in 1 hut office, had
ever dared (0 lie a human being
before, when the autocrat of the
HaUiaway fortune spoke.
I confess I began to be a little
nervous myself.
"lie yourself, Judy, be yourself,"
I kept repenting inside of me. espe
cially as ' h-ard "r. Hathaway tell
his secretary that she might go out
to luncheon and I knew that he had
understood that suppressed little
inenln reney as well 11s I did.
When sho had left, he turned to
mo wilh a laconic:
"Go on."
"Thire isn't much more to tell,
Mr. Hath: way. Only this." I held
out the M'l.-ndid hag.
"This morning 1 got this by
!) rial met.';, ngor and it isn't mine."
(1 'opv richt, )n:i;. NFA Servi"",
Lie.)
TOMOHHOW: Fearlessness ISc-trct-.
Admiral. on.
Your Health
How lo Keep It
Causes of IHness
(1!Y Dll. HFCH S. ITMM1M!)
Suiginn lienor. il. 1 r, iti) States .
J'uhlie Health Service
Tlie ipsire tn r' main young in
ind i.nd body is riult- natural ami
imnnuid ibl . Too often, however,
forts to Mu off the inevitnhle
iprmt of !.dve neiag ;iire i, r een-
iti. .1 to imprnv ire or presi ning tlie
ti'-rr.l api eiinipen.
In proof of this s'atinKiit. ti e,-,.
aay be ei'el ihe innuieeialde
Flour
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Tlorltontal
Having courage.
Narrated.
Tumultuous disturbance gen
erally caused by a mob.
Corded cloth.
Drova,
Work of genius.
Thin plato used as an astrolog
ical instrument.
Metal used as a clothes fas
tener. Exists.
Opposite of artificial.
Seventh note In the scale.
Destiny.
Imitated.
Founded (used with upon).
To acquire, knowledge.
To corrode.
To think.
Fence stairs.
To cry (as a sheep).
Observed.
Kcndered fat from a pig.
I'rlnter'H measure.
Daily allowances of food given
to a soldier.
Sun god.
Cooking utensil.
Leaf of a fern.
Obstruction in a stream.
Colored portion of the eye.
Conjunction.
Fermented grape juice.
Slumbering.
Heces of paper.
Vertical
Sewer.
Ventilates.
To decay.
Neuter pronoun.
lledueed to small particles by
rubbing with anything rough.
"beauty shops," hair dyes, "youth
ful lines" In clothing advertisements
and preparations offered In the
shops for youthful and beautiful ap
pearance.
The eternal search for the foun
tain of youth is not peculiar to the
present age and generation. The
legends of many of the older nations
tell of a magic water, closely guard
ed and diffb'ult of acquisition,
Maglo AVater
According to these, fables a
draught of this poient fluid caused
time to turn backward in its flight,
transforming Ihe. fortuiiule, recipient
of the charm from a decrepit old
man or woman into a handsome
youth or maiden.
The quest for rejuvenation of
Ponce de I.enn at the front in
Florida is a tale greatly beloved by
school children. It is entirely prob
ahin that the fables of this type were
natural expressions of the desire of
old people for rejuvenation.
Rejuvenation may lie regarded as
the state of remaining young or of
growing young again. At the same
time, the diaablities incident to old
age are relieved. However, from a
physiological standpoint, such a
transformation is Impossible.
The truth Is that old age Is an
inevitable and inescapable process.
It will come to every human being.
Health is dependent in great
measure upon the normal function
ing of many glands wilhin the hu
man body. As one grous older, the
normal functions of these gland:.'
are first modified and fim.lly sus
pended. Scientists have been zer.lous in
their t fferts to' replace, the biiint
cut glandular elements, hoping that
rejuvenation might result. Some of
tlnir xpcrimnis, especially upon
the lower animals, have been Inter
est inc and deciding suggestive.
lirMilts Disappointing
S nsa ! iotia 1 mvvspiiper r- ports of
r. juvi nation following the trans
plantation of certain glands have
arous.d false hopes and focused at
tention upon this operative proce
dure. Many have, fep that i1 was
particularly unfortunate that elderly
persons V. it li means could procure
this etir.ir of life while tlie elderly
ooor ' ere condemned to proriatuv?
snfr-rlng nod .bath, A study of (lie
( suits thui far obtained thrnuBh
ibis oper-i'ion plainly indicates th-,t
so-coibd rejuvenations have
be, p.. ,-it best, short-lived, transitory
and cfnerilly disappointing.
Coinpot.,r.t authorities vg.Trd the
suppo'-edly 1 en, fleial results as pur
figments of the Imagination Indue
el by suggestion, ardent desire toi
results end expectation of benefits.
Corner
jOSStD S
"ftlmmc Yiuir !:"
That husbands in many states
may legally grali their wives' pay
envelopes, sp. nding the shekels for
what they will anj no questions
asked, is one of the many juicy
bor.i-s of contention gnaiscd by the
Nationa Woman's Tarty in liatlle
for its "equal rights" amendment.
IMtl Helen lU loiiR?
ID b n ot Troy must have been an
enrly number of this party, aceord
inc 10 lh" lnii rpri tation of t:nr
Helen by John Frskine who writes
her "Priva'p t.ife." Or perhaps it it
Hebn'a husband. outraged old
Menclaua who was the charter uieru-
I 6 Circling around.
7 Measure of area.
8 Peak.
0 To prepare for publication.
10 Coarse cotton fabric.
13 Dird similar to an ostrich,
15 Tardy.
1 7 Hack of the neck,
:o Filthier.
?1 Commanders.
?.1 Abstains from food.
2i To fear In a rjreat degree.
;i Motor conch.
2S Fishing bag.
H2 Two pages of .1 book.
3 3 To ensnare.
34 Persons of fair complexion.
35 To disembark.
35 Figment of rich brown color.
41 Jin mages.
43 Electrified particR
44 To talk extravagantly.
4il Nothing.
45 To perish.
50 Foint of compass.
52 You and I.
ber. For we read that, with Troy
fallen, "Meii'laus went looking for
Helen, with a sword in his hand.
1'ndecldeil whether to thrust the
blade through her bosom, or to rut
Ikt swan-like throat. He hadn't seen
her for some time. Sho was waiting.
He looked at her. The sword em
barrassed him. "Helen," he said,
"it's time wo went home." Someone
bad given that husband training in
the art of "equal righting."
T5ad r-tiqurt
But. though forgiving against
his will, husband Menckius could
not brook the mirth of the multi
tude. 'o read more -"Ho had to
take her to the ships for the night,
but he couldn't make up his mind ir
what order they should set out. Not
side by side, of course. He sent her
on ahead to take unprotected what
ever insults the curious army might
care to hurl at her."
Just As Had I
We laugh at tlie manners of
Menckius, but. strictly speaking, our
modem code which says that, it man,
when walking with a woman, musl
itaka the outsido of th walk, is as
'crude. The idea behind the code is
;"pro'eetion of tin) woman from the
; danger:; of the street." As a matter
of fae', today's woman should be
j protected from the pool room loaf
jers and other unphasantries on the
;lnside of the sire-1. This custom was
i started in Ihe days when gutters
'ran down roofs which projected over
jibe, streets where the curort, on the
; outside, got tlie drippings, protecting
'his lady's plumes and mantle.
j Way to Man's Heart!
; "M-T.elaus was busy with his
food on tlie other side of the table."
i This is tlie very laK line in the
.Look, proving that v, hes then as
now knew perhaps the value of a
good table in keeping a man home
ni, ilits if one seeks nothing more
subtle in the line, and forgi Is the
j wist fnl look" for the something lost
behind tlie ranges in Helen's yi s as
"lur while hands pas? the wine."
Perhaps Meii' laus was bury with
ham and raisin same which might
explain and condone his s;hsn,p! ion.
Modern v. ivrr, make it like this; One
cr.p raisins roiked in 3 cups water
nn'il plump. Cook S minu'i s. Add
t tablespoons vinegar. 1-2 cup
ihro.n sugar, 1 tablespoon eorn
flai ch miv d w it'n li'tle eold water,
cool; until thi-ii, about in minuti s.
Serve hot with baked ham.
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nr.GiN iii-;i;k today
HAIUtY MORTON, wealthy. i:n
married, middle-aged, imiiu nsely at.
tractive to women, has a problem
In his adopted daughter, AFDHKV.
Sho is madly In lovo with him. To
divert her attention from himself,
ho throws her into tho company of
his secretary, JOHN PA1UUSII,
whoso Ideas aro prim. He also lets
her see him in company with NONA,
New York stage girl, who ulso Is
in love with him. '
"Yon AIU3 a good woman, Nona," lie said, soberly, "You're a sweet,
affectionate, good-hearted girl even if you do trot out a crap-shooting
cabaret dancer once In a while lo in ako it hot for nut."
Audrey makes preparations to
lance in cabaret revues, so she can
learn how stage girls manage to at
tract. Morion. Parrish disapproves.
She hires a young man to be her
dancing partner. .Morton goes to
Nona, to asl her to drop her own
engagement and herself be Audrey's
stage partner. Nona, consenting,
sends for another girl, who had
tried to blackmail Morton earlier in
the story.
Morion has lived for 15 years In
Mrs. fironsc Hail a Hail Night
I!y Thornton V. Burgess
Why does the darkness of tho night
So often seem to double fright?
Mrs. Grouse.
ft is queer, but it is true, that, the
thing you are not afraid of In the
day time scares you at night. At.
Ui s , that is the way It is ivilli most,
people. Of course, il isn't so with the
little people of the Green Fori si and
tho Green Meadows who sleep dur
ing the day and come out at. night.
Hut for the other little people the
night is full of fears, and really
'here shouldn't be any at all.
Mrs. Grouse is one of those who
sets by day and sleeps by night. She
cannot si e in the dark, so she sits
I tight and trusts that no one will s e
Ilootj tlic Ovl rainc tn tlie (roe Just
j above her
her. But she sometimes has some
great frights. More than once sho
has heard the footsteps of Heddy
Fox as he has passed very close.
Then she has held her breath. Hut
frights are a part of the daily life
iof the little people of the Green
iMeadows and the Green Forest.
P. eddy Fox. Old Man t'oyoto and
(Yowler the Hobrat are bad enough
I but eve n w orse in the minds of
some of these little people is Hooty
the Owl. I111S IS l eeau."e Jlooty Illes
so silently. There is never anything
to give warning that Hooty is near
In spite of nil h's care. Hiddy Fox
will occasionally rustle a leaf. Hut
Hooty the Owl is like a great
shadow In 1he midst of other
shadows. Ho seems to float rather
than fly.
j Now it happened that one night
as Mrs. Grouse, fast asleep on her
nsf with her ten eggs under her.
was dreaming (he happiest kind of
i
I HI 'Jtt 'I
J I
j dreams, Hooty tho Owl came to the
New Britain, without, possjpi there
ever learning his past or Hie souroo
of his ttenii.li. He maintains ulso an
expensive apartment In New York.
NOW (iO ON WITH Till" STOItY
(The names nml situations In this
ilory are llelidcnu.)
CHAITlCIt XXVI
"Come on in, you little fool!"
called Nona, and midline out tho
door, seized her visitor by tho arm.
The girl, ut sight of Morion, had
started to retreat. Now, yielding to
.Nona's steady pull upon her arm,
j she entered, reluctantly, her eyes
! fixed in fright upon Morton.
He watched as Nona propelled her
(to a chair, shuUing the door behind
i her.
Wiih n touch of irony he asked:
"Pack from London so soon? The
last. 1 remember about you, .1 sent
you the money to take you and that
dancing partner of yours abroad."
She hung her head.
"Site's not a bad kid," interposed
tree just above her. He didn't know
sho was there and, of course. Mrs.
Greiuse didn't, know that he was up
above her. It is Hooty's way to hoot
with that terrible voice of his and
(hen instantly listen with his won
ilcrinl ears. That sudden "hoot" in
the darkness wakens the little peo
ple, who may be sleeping somewhere
near. It is apt to make one, or two
: start, and rustle a leaf or two.
j Hooty's great ears catch the very
i faintest rustle of a leaf, or thej
j scratching ot a claw on the bark.
Then his eyes, made for seeing in
jdarkness, are quite sure to find tho
;one who made that tiny noise.
I Hooty hooted up there above Mrs.
I Grouse. It was a terrible, sound. Her
jives flow open instantly, lint she.
! didn't move, which was very for
jtunain for her. For quite a while all
was silent. It seemed to Mrs. Grouse
i that her heart was beating so loud
ilhat. Hooty must hear it. She didn't
jknow just where he was, but she
l'inew that he was somewhere near.
Then ho hooted again. Poor Mrs.
Grouse! It. seemed now that her
heart had stopped beating for a
moment or two and then began to
thump again. She knew now thai
Hooty was in ihe tree just above
;her. It was dreadful to have him
!so near. She just felt his great eye-s
Hooking down at her. Of course, they
I wore doing nothing of the kind, but
Is'ne couldn't know that. Oh, how
I bard she tried not to move tb
: tiniest, tiniest bit: and how sho
dreaded hearing him hoot again.
; Vou see, that, voice was so sudden,
iso loud, and so altogether frightful,
that she was afraid she. would move
iin spite of all her efforts not to.
After the third time Mrs. Grouse
j waite d and v.t;ed and waited and
dreaded to hilt that voice again. It
jgot so that it wb almost as bad
I not to he.ir it ar " hear it. When
Irhe did hear it, she know where
Hooty was. When she didn't, hear it.
jshe imagined 1 hat Hooty was very
Iclosc, indeed. P.y and by. after what
jseemed to her half the night. Hooty
I hooted again. This time his voice
came from a long distance away.
jMrs. Grouse gave just the faintest
of sighs and settled herself on lur
eggs once more. "Surh a fright,"
I she murmured, "such a dreaful
fright! I do wish jolly, round Mr.
Run would hurry up and get out
of bed."
j But Hooty the Owl wasn't wish
ing anything of the kind. You 8e,
he hadn't dined yet in spite of all
his hooting.
(Copyright, 15:6. by T. W. Burgess)
The next storv: "Mrs. Orousc
'la True to tier Eggs."
Nona. "I not hor Into that mean,
when sho played tho 'badger game'
on you. She never did anything like,
that, hefore."
Morton looked underatindlngly at
tho newcomer' face, Jler eye were
hollow, und her neck sunk In tiny
hollows behind her jawa. nine veins
showed in her temples.
"Heen hungry lately, haven't
you?" he asked. "Haven't paid (lie
rent; landlord wants you to move;
that partner of yours borrowed your
last piece of jewelry and pawned It,
and didn't give you any of tho
money?"
The girl looked up in surprise.
"How did you know?"
Nona patted the girl on the
shoulder. "Ho knows things Ilk
that without being told," sho ex
plained. "I've seen you, and I've seen your
dancing partner," Morton supple
mented. "What did he do with that
money I sent you?"
"Lost it all shooting craps," sho
said, dropping her head again. "But
It wasn't his fault they trimmed
him."
Morion leaned back with his arm
upon the piano keys, and waited for
her to go on. She did so, after a
moment. "He just, has hard luck.
He's nice to me, (hough- ho bought
my dinner yesterday, rind he had
hardly any money himself."
"And," asked Morton, easily,
"what did he borrow from you when
he bought your dinner','"
"Ho borrowed her ring tho only
ono sho had left, and hocked it,"
snorted Nona, indignantly.
Tho girl began lo cry.
"Did you call me down here just
to razz me?" she sobbed.
Repentantly Nona patted hor
shoulder again. "Don't cry, babe,"
she soothed. "Listen, do you want
a job?"
"Yes," said the girl, dabbing at
her nose with a handkerchief, woe
fully. "Of course I do."
"Well, maybe we've got you one."
Nona frowned and bobbed her head
at Morton. "Wo can frame It so sue
can take my plnco in tho show,
can't we?"
The girl looked up. profoundly in
terested. The tears still were
streaking the powder on her cheeks,
but she had ceased sobbing.
"1 think that if you HAVE to
quit," said Morton elowty, looking
at Nona, "that. I could speak to the
manager about, this young woman."
"So can I," said Nona. "Maybe
we can slide her in right away.
We'll try, honey," she added to the
girl.
"Let me tell Joe," cried the young
woman, and ran to the telephone.
In a few moments she had tho
number shrr sought. "Oh Joe!
I'm up in Nona's room and she has
a job all framed up for us! Wc can
go to work right away!"
There was a bit more excited bab
ble, and she hung up. Her eyes were
alight, and her form had lost its
pathetic droop.
"JoeTl be so happy to'gel. to work
again," she said. "This long lay off
has been terrible, for him!"
Morton glanced at Nona, who had
turned her face away. Then he said,
gently: "I'm afraid there isn't any
place for him' in tho show. I only
thought I might be able to placo
you In it."
The happy light fled from her
eyes. "But I can't, work if Joe don't
work! We're partners! But but "
She fingered her handkerchief, un
certainly "maybe if I work, I can
lend him money to ge't along on."
She opened the door and started
out. "I'M think about it," she said,
as she went. away.
"Poor little darned fool!" sighed
Nona. "She's struck on that bum
ami he'd ditch her in a minute! She
gets a little money hostessing some
times. Joes takes it all away from
her.
"Nice chap, this Joe," observed
Morton. "Charming character."
He felt in his pocket, and drew
out a check-book and pen.
"Take this and use it for her." he
said, filling out one of tho check
blanks. "See that she gets some
regular meals, and buy her a dress
she ought to look well when she
sees your manager. But don't Blve
her any of the money."
He handed the check to Nona who
stowed It in the top of her stocking.
"And if Joe horns in on any of those
meals," she said, "I'll feed him rat-
: poison! Fd like to, nt that."
! She settled herself once more on
jllio floor at Morton's feet.
"Let's talk about you and me,"
she said, dropping her flippant air.
"Harry, would you rather I'd just
drop out of your life, so you
wouldn't have to see me any more?"
He did not answer, but looked at
he r. smiling a little,
j "I know you don't love me." she
I went on. "You never SAY you love
jme! Why don't you, Harry?"
j "I never tell any woman T love
her, except Audrey," he answered.
She leaned her head against his
! knee. "But you don't love Audrey
the way I mean. You love her all
! right, but I've watrhed youyou
love her like you would some little
child.
"Harry, even If you don't love me,
lean t you say you do?" She raised
,h'.r eyes, anxiously. "It wouldn't
hurt you just to Bay it."
I He shook his head, and dropped
jhis fingers on her dark hair. "Were
I you thinking of getting out of my
life?" he asked.
j l iiiuiiFuiv niajiic jeiu ini no.
Ito." she told htm. "It must be r.
lawful nuisance, having a woman
crazy In lave with you, and follow
ItnK you around all the time, when
i you don't give a snap for her!"
j Sho breathed a deep sigh, and
lifted her head.
"But I'm just boring you. I wish 1
were a good woman, like Audrey Is!
You'd love me then. Vouldn't you,
Harry?"
She arose, and stepping lo il
side, kissed him on the thick hair
that bushed above his forehead. He
looked up at her.
"You ARK a good woman, Nona,"
h said, aoberly. "You're a sweet,
affectionate, good-hearted girl
even if you do trot out a crap
shooiing cabaret dancer once In a
while o make It hot for nte.
"Now I've got to run along.
He arose, but h clung to hm,
"You're always going away!" she
wailed. "Can't you ever stay, just a
little while, and lalk to me?"
H chuckled,
"You're not the only woman I
havo on my hands, you know,
Nona." he said.
Her face fell. "Are you golnst lo
see some other girl?"
"Audrey," he explained. "She's
ninkingJifo miserable for that sccre
lary of mlno, I thinic she's waiting
'ip for me, at homo, and it's getting
late. J sent Parrish to tho theater
with her this evening, so she could
so how that new Spanish dancer
stages her act. but by this time I
suppose sues sent him away with
a soro cur. She slapped him, the
other day." Ho laughed at the
recollection.
Nona thrust ber forefinger
through tho loop of his coat buttpn.
"Hurry," sho said, thoughtfully,
"you want to w-at'h out. She'll be
marrying that fellow, yet."
"She could do a good deal worse."
he said. "He's honest, and indus
trious, and intelligent. But the way
she treats him Is terrific."
Nona's eyes held an absent look,
as ir behind Ihem an idea was dawn
ing. "There, are ways to cure her of
that," lie said, slowly.
f
The task of placing Nona's substi
tute proved a difficult one. It was
the following afternoon that Nona
called Morton on the telephone.
"I've been talking lo the producer,
and he Just gave me ho raised the
roof," she said. "He said I couldn't
emit, and if I did, he'd see I never
got another engagement in this
town. And besides. he said he
wouldn't take that other girl on a
bet. He says she's too skinny. What
will I do?"
"Guess I'll have to come and see
him," Morton said. "When does the
show open?"
"It's less than a week now," she
told him.
He whistled. "I'll have to hurry.'1
he told her, as he hung up tho re
seiver. Parrish was away from the of
fice, and Morton set a clerk to call,
ing the various haunts of the theat
rical producer, In an effort to locate
Dim. The effort was a tedious one.
The afternoon passed, and Morton
went, home lo dinner. Audrey was
gone "out with young Mr. par
rish," the butler explaiiu;d mid
Morton settled himself for an eve
ning with his books.
Ir. was almost bedtime when the
clerk called, and said he had located
his man. Morton took the teli phono
number, and finally got connection
with Nona's employer.
"Yes, I'll be here," the manager
told him, shortly, in answer to his
query.
"I'll come right away," Morton
promised.
It was a. warra spring night, and
Morton wore no overcoat as he left
the building and hailed a taxlcab.
As he rode, he glanced over a lima
batch of business and personal cards
that he had taken from his desk in
the apartment.
The manager, sitting in a small,
smoky office of tho lobby of one of
the theaters, grunted when Morton
introduced himself.
"Here," said Morton. He laid his
collection of curds one by one before
the manager. Each had a. brief In
scription on it, in ink or pencil.
"These folks are friends of yours.
They're friends of mine, too. I
brought these to introduce myself."
"In the profession?" asked Ihe
man. glancing over the pasteboards.
"No just kind of a broker," Mor
ton said.
"Backing some girl?" pursued the
other.
"Morton chuckled. "Yes in a.
way."
"No use for that sort of thing,"
growled the manager, shoving the
cards back to Morton. "I don't need
any angels in my game."
"Walt a minute," Morton said.
"Nona came in today and told you
she wanted to quit?"
Instant wrath showed in the pro
ducer's face. Half rising in his chair,
he thundered: "Yes, she did! She
had some scrawny girl she wanted
to take her place. Do you know
what, happened?"
He glared an instant. "That girl's
dance partner came in and tried to
hold me up for a hundred bucks ad
vance money!"
(To Be Continued)
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Menus for the Family
(By Sister Mary)
Breakfast Oranges, cereal cooked
with dates, thin cream, soft cooked
eggs, crisp bran toast, milk, coffee.
Luncheon Spring rice, rye bread,
lemon sponge pudding, milk, tea.
Dinner Planked white fish,
martinique potatoes, buttered new
beets, jellied cabbage salad, straw
berry fluff on sponge cake, bran rolls,
milk, coffee.
The easiest way to cook a fish is
on a plank. There is no difficulty in
transferring the fish to a. platter
without breaking lta shape. Tho gar
nishing of the "planked fish" may be
as elaborate as the cook desires but
the actual cooking of the flsh Is as
simple ss broiling a steak. Always
grease the plank well, then lay fho
I fish, epllt and with backbone re
moved, skin side down on the plank.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and
dot with fat- Bake In a moderate
oven about SO minutes.
Spring Rice
Three-fourths cup rice. 1 teaspoon
salt, i eggs, 2 pounds spinach,
paprika, 2 tablespoons butter.
Wash rice through many waters
and steam or boil until toridei. Sea
son with salt. Arrange rice on a
well-buttered heat-proof platter
making four depressions. Tut a tea
spoon of butter Into each depression
and carefully slide an egg Into each
one. Season lightly writh a bit of
butter, salt and pepper and put into
a hot oven until eggs are cooked as
preferred. In the meantime cook
spinach in its own juice, season with
salf, petwr and butter and chon
very finely. Arrange In a border
round the rice when egj tre cook
eel. Serve at once.
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