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LOVE BLIND
Story of a Girl Who Loved
Life and Adventure
By ROB EDEN
The Story Thue Far
Dee Bradley, a pretty girl of 19, meets and marries Tony Cur
tis, a carefree, handsome young fellow. Unknown to her, Tony’s
job, which he secured after their marriage, is bootlegging. Tony
is arrested. Rather than accept help from Clary, Tony’s em
ployer, Dee borrows bail money from Phil Roche. Phil, a serious
minded, suceessful young man, is still in love with her. Tony is
fined and released. Dee tells him that Dennis, her father, sup
plied the money. Tony promises to reform, and Dee, through
the influence of her younger sister. Babe, gets her old job back.
Tony gets a job clerking. Dee returns from work one evening
to find Babe and Tony kissing. Tony has lost his job. Tony goes
back to bootlegging. Dee is sure that she Is going to have a
baby. Phil calls to deliver a letter from Dennis. Tony comes in
intoxicated and shoots Phil. Dee tells him to flee. Phil’s condi
tion is serious. Dee is held for atttempted murder.
CHAPTER 32
It was In all the papers.
“Girl Wife Shoots Stock
Broker. Mrs. Dee Curtis, wife
of Anthony Curtis, Held in Jail
In Attempted Murder.’’
All there. Even a picture of
her, enlarged from a kodak
Bnftpshot. A picture of Phil.
“Curtis is out of town, and
does not yet know of the
tragedy.” At least they hadn’t
found Tony. They believed her
when she said he was away on
* short trip...
The daughter of Dennis
Bradley, former Cleveland
architect.
Philip Roche, rising young
stock broker of the firm of
Roberts, Zaner and Roche...
dying at Huron Road Hospital.
Dying! Still unconscious, unable
to say a word about the
shooting...
Dee’s eyes hung on this
paragraph! Phil dying!
She was alone in a small cell
in the county jail. They had
taken the dress she had been
wearing away from her, and
she had on a gingham apron,
too big for her. 11l fitting.
Dying. Still unconscious!
They had given her the
papers. She hadn't asked,for
them. Indeed, she had thought
nothing about them until
Sergeant Cook had come in
with them under his arm and
handed them to her. He was
outside now, watching her read
them, watching her closely.
Hard to read in the cell, the
light was bad.
Questioned for Hours
Last night—had been so
terrible. They had kept her
upstairs in a room for hours,
questioning her. Five officers
grouped around her chair, one
pelting her with questions,
then another, and another.
Why had she shot Philip
Roche? Why had he come to
the flat? Why had they
quarreled. Why—until she
thought she would go mad from
this word. Why, why...it was
still singing in her brain.
Was Philip Roche her lover?
No, no, no...they didn’t be
lieve her. She knew it from
the consultation they had said
when she insisted he wasn’t.
Knew it ffom the look in their
eyes.
All she would say was that
Phil had brought a letter for
her. The letter Sergeant Cook
still had. That was all. She
didn't know why she had shot
Philip Roche. They hadn’t quar
reled. She had just shot him,
that was all.
“You don’t shoot men without
a reason,” one of them had
said, the biggest of them, a
burly, great man in a civilian
suit.
Finally at 4 in the morning
they had taken her down here.
They would question her again
in the morning, they said. Ex
pecting her to sleep after.. .she
had tried, but couldn’t. So many
things to worry about, to think
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about. Praying every minute
Phil wouldn’t die, that they
wouldn’t suspect Tony...
Hoping they wouldn’t find
but what Tony was doing...
Everything in Papers
Here it all was. Everything.
Where she had gone to school,
where she had worked. Her
picture. They must have
searched in her trunk for it.
She knew it had been there.
She hadn’t taken any of her
snapshots out since she had
been married.
Phil’s picture.. .Ph 11 who
might now be dead.
“Is he—still alive?” she asked
Cook, who was still standing by
the cell door.
He nodded.
Still alive! Perhaps he would
n’t die. Perhaps he would live.
He had to live!
■ She was weak, dizzy when she
turned back to the paper. The
matron brought her some break
fast, but she couldn’t eat it.
She thought she could never eat
again.
K only Tony would send her
some word. Tell her he was all
right. Some message...
“When Roche dies,” Cook an
nounced slowly, “you will be
charged with his murder...”
Murder! A low cry left her
lips, and she turned frightened
eyes on the sergeant. Murder!
No—not that—
One Chance in Million
“We’re holding you now on
the charge of attempted mur
der. As soon as Roche dies,
you’ll be held for his murder.”
He was watching her as he
spoke.
Her body swayed, and he
thought she was going to faint.
When she sat up again he
looked relieved. A game kid
she was. Stood their question
ing last night without a mur
mur. But why—had she shot
him? She wouldn’t admit a
quarrel.
‘‘What does the—doctor say?”
“The doctor says Roche has
one chance in a million to live.
The bullet pierced his lung.’’
Then it wasn't his heart—
he might live. He had to live—
The papers dropped to the
What Do You
Know?
Answers To Today’s Test
Questions On Editorial Page
1. Flesh. 2. Lares and Pe
nates. 3. Thomas Moore. 4
Reduction of the human body
to ashes by fire. 5. Moving pic
ture. 6. Bib le. 7. Alaska. 8.
Philadelphia. San Francisco,
Denver. 9. In agriculture, as a
fertilizer. 10. lowa. Illinois,
and Nebraska. 11. Advocate of
woman’s suffrage. 12. Ameri
can novelist. n. Actor who
killed Lincoln. 14. Probably
visited America in the year
1000. 15. Helped to improve
the treatment of Insane.
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It used to be that only the boys of the family
were seized with wanderlust to go far into the
world to seek their fortune.
That was because all the books of adventure
floor unheeded. She had had
enough of them.
What would her mother say
when she read them? The
thought had occurred to her
hundreds of times during the
night, during the morning.
She must know —by now. And
Babe—Dennis—
“You never gave me that
letter,” she gasped.
“I have a copy of it here if
you wish to see it.” He took
a sheet of yellow paper from
his pocket and handed it to
her through the barred door.
Cold typewriting. A copy of
the letter.
Dee reached for it through
the bars of the cell. It didn’t
seem as if she were reading a
letter of Dennis’. There was
none of his sprawling, familiar
writing, none of the. words that
invariably found themselves
joined together—
“ Dee, my darling, you can
reach me at the Mirador
Hotel, Los Angeles, for a month.
Tell that husband of yours
whom I’ve never met, to take
good care of you for me. The
check enclosed is part of one
which was hard earned on my
part, but which I want you to
spend as you did the one I
sent before—on yourself for
something you’ve wanted a
damn long time. Go out and
blow it on a string of beads.
Myrna and I send our love—
mine, of course, a greater
bundle than Myrna's, but re
member even if hers is
smaller, it’s something. Your
Dennis.”
A Check For 5200
“A check came in the letter
—for S2OO. We’re holding it
for you,” Cook explained.
A few tears gathered in Dee’s
eyes. The first she had shed.
Dear Dennis. Now, at least
she knew his address. . . .
“Will you wire to this ad
dress for me?”
“If you wish. Will you write
out your wire?” He handed
her a slip of paper tom from
his notebook, and a stubby
black pencil.
The message she handed him
a few minutes later, he read
carefully, and then tucked in
side his coat. It was simple,
short.
“I need you. Can you come
here at once? Dee.”
“Will you send it right
away? Now?” she begged.
“I'll have to take it upstairs
first. Then if it’s 0.k., it'll go.
Glad to do it for you.”
“Have you—did you phone—
my mother?” She was afraid
to ask this. Afraid of what
Mrs. Bradley might say. . . .
“She’s upstairs now. Came
early this morning. I guess she
had read the papers.”
“Does she—want to see me?"
“I guess so. They told her
The Enchanting Romance of an Everyday Girl
that she could come In at 10
o’clock.” He took his watch
carefully from his pocket and
looked at it. “Nearly 10 now.”
The Visitors* Room
He went away and came back
soon after with the matron,
who opened the cell door. Then,
motioning for Dee to follow
him, they went down the nar
row corridor and stopped be
fore another barred door. “The
visitors’ room.” he said, as he
waited for Dee to pass in.
In this room—rather a cell
than a room—there was a
bench. Her mother . . . com
ing here . . . seeing her like
this ... in jail. . . .
It was just a few moments
that she sat there, but it
seemed an eternity to her. The
seconds crawled and she gazed
pleadingly at Cook, who was
outside the door.
“Dee!” Mrs. Bradley was
there, and the girl half rose to
greet her, then fell back again.
Only reproach in her face, an
ger. No sympathy, nothing she
wanted, needed, so badly./
Mrs. Bradley made no move
to kiss her daughter. She sat
stiffly down on the chair, and
glanced around the cell, dis
gust, horror, on her thin face.
“Dee, how dare you do this
thing? How dare you disgrace
me in this fashion?”
“Don’t—mother—” She be
lieved it. Believed she had—
shot Phil. Believed what the
papers had insinuated, that Phil
was her lover . . .
“Dee, this is too terrible—
awful. I can’t think what to
make of It.”
“Mother, don’t scold now. I
can’t stand it ”
Shocked to Death
“Babe and I were shocked to
death. Babe is home now. I
came here early to see you, to
ask you. Oh. Dee. why did
you do it? Haven’t you any
regard for anyone? Don’t you
understand?” She broke off,
abruptly.
“Please " More than she
could stand, having mother
talk this way. Believe it all.
“Just like Dennis, that’s what
I thought when I heard It.
Just like Dennis ”
Dee didn’t hear the rest.
Mother blaming Dennis for—
this. Always blaming Dennis.
Close in here. She had been
cold before, but now she was
hot, suffocating. Close. Her
hands touched her throat and
she fell over in a faint.
(To Be Continued Monday)
When Manners
Are Correct
By Mrs. C. Beeckman
“The Mermaid In the Zodiack”
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
1. What Is the correct pro
nunciation of zodiac? Is the
ac pronounced as “awk” as in
awkward or as “ack" as in
acknowledge?
2. Is it ever correct to pick
lettuce up in the fingers to eat?
3. Is it correct to pick up a
leg of chidken in the fingers
when eating?
4. When a lady speaks to
anyone on the street whom she
knows, should not the young
man with her lift his hat. My
friend says only older men lift
their hats, young men only
touch them.
W. S.
1. The last syllable of zodiac
Is pronounced like the ack in
acknowledge. The poet Keats
makes a brisk rhyme of this in
his delightful poem "The Mer
maid Tavern”:
And pledging with content
smack
The Mermaid in the Zodiac.
2. No, lettuce should either
be eaten with a fork, or, if you
prefer, with the salad knife
and fork.
3. No. Chicken should be
eaten with the knife and fork.
4. Your friend is a bit con
fused on this. I should say. I
never heard of such a differen
tiation. All men should lift
their hats under such circum
stances, or when they meet a
man with whom they are
acquainted who is accompany
ing a woman, whether or not
the woman is a stranger.
The National Djatty
and success had for their heroes boys who
climbed from humble beginning to the heights.
But in these days girls are even more restless
to go forth and find that easy fame and for-
Miss Fairfax Advises Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
An Authority on Problems of
Love and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 18 years old and en
gaged to a young man who
acts as a mechanic around an
airport. But he has no ambi
tion or pep and I find myself
growing cold to him. He has
been up in the air only twice
and then said it made him
real sick. He doesn’t seem to
care about going up any more.
Well, Miss Fairfax, I’d like to
marry a man full of pep and
courage like Lindbergh, Post
or Gatty, so I’m thinking of
giving this bird the air. I love
ambition.
DAISY B. N.
If that’s the way you feel
about the young man—that
nothing less than risking his
life will please you—l think it
would be better for him if you
did “gVg him the air” as you
put it. Not every man is born
to take the supreme risks of
the heroes you name, any more
than every man who crosses a
river In a ferry boat is born
to be a Chrisopher Columbus.
Very plainly you don’t care
about the young man and I
can’t advise you to keep on
with him.
♦ ♦ ♦
Boy Friend Is Younger
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I seem to have a weakness
for falling in love with some
one younger than myself, but
this time I am really serious.
Several years younger than I
am, he did not seem to mind
Your Ruling
Star
By William Shwader
Tomorrow’s Birthday:
George Bernard Shaw, bom 1856-
English Dramatist.
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Bora July 26
The coming year will bring,
you much intellectual progress
and your mind will be on the
alert and well able to cope
with all arising emergencies.
There will be a tendency to
ward legal disagreements which
In the end will be decided in
your favor. Use great caution
in your dealings with the oppo
site sex during the months of
September, October and Novem
ber, particularly during Octo
ber 27-31, December 15-18, guard
your health during October 12-
14, January 9-11, 22-24; avoid
quarrels, accidents, etc., during
September 17-23, December 17-
19.
A child bom today will be
very intelligent and easily will
grasp all the studies. He will
be quick witted, resourceful and
will be able to succeed through
his own ability.
For Those Bora July 27
The coming year will bring
you many lasting friendships
which will be of benefit to you.
If delays and little disappoint
ments, crop up in the everyday
affairs do not give way to a
tendency to worry over them,
for in the end things will be
adjusted to your satisfaction.
Guard your health and use
general caution during October
1214, January 9-11, 22-24; be
ware of quarrels, accidents, etc.,
during September 19-23, Decem
ber 18-20.
A child born today will have
a serious mind and a great
power of concentration and as
he is liable to periodical spells
of melancholy it will be well to
bring him up in a bright and
cheerful environment.
Tomorrow’s Birthday
Tendencies for tomorrow: The
morning is under a bad aspect
of the planet Venus and caution
should be used in all dealings
with the opposite sex. The
afternoon is under the dynamic
force of the well aspected planet
Mars and provides a good time
for the expansion of business
and new undertakings
SATURDAY—JULY 28— IBM
tuna they read about in the fairy tales of film
land.
And many of them do, but soon find, to their
sorrow, that much they have been led to believe
the difference until lately. It «
comes up every once in a while
as a sort of barrier, otherwise
he seems to care a great deal
for me. It will be hard to give
him up. Must I?
R. G. L.
The trouble, probably, is that
you’ve been stressing, in your
own mind, this question of dif
ference in ages too much. Un
consciously you’ve probably
dwelt on it, talked of it and
made the young man conscious
of it. If you continue this
friendship, try to ignore the
question of age entirely. The
best way to keep young is to
be vitally Interested in a num
ber of things. Don’t sit in a
comer and rust.
He Has Been Aloof
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I have been going with a
boy for two months. He comes
every week to see me, usually
the same night as my sister’s
friend. I don’t know whether
The Marry-Go-Round
By Helen Rowland
The Sweet and Lowdown
It must be difficult for a
man who thinks he is God’s
Gift to Women to understand
why so many of them manage
to slip past him without paus
ing for a second look.
When a man begins roasting
women, listen for the wedding
bells; a confirmed bachelor is
too sure of his immunity and
to indifferent to the other sex
to waste time talking about
them.
An old-fashioned woman is
one who watches the skirts go
down and the waistline go up
with a tremulous sigh, and
secretly prays that bustles,
high-button shoes and pompa
dour rolls won’t come back to
torture her before she dies.
The more intoxicating the
summer love affair, the worse
the headache when you dis
cover that it was just a com
bination of moonlight, imagi
nation and cocktail parties that
was “making the world go
’round.”
Give the first mate time to
season and the first marriage
time to “jell” before you take
them back to the Exchange
Desk and trade them in for a
new set of troubl s, problems
and disilluslonments.
Some girls would never feel
actually “married” without at
least five bridesmaids, a 20-
pound wedding cake and their
Interesting and
Timely Facts
A new electrical system of
automatic train control was re
cently tested in England which
causes a whistle to blow and
sets the brakes when the sig
nals are against the engineer.
The device is operated by a
shoe mounted beneath the en
gine which makes an electrical
contact with a movable ramp
between the rails.
A new streamline airplane
tire has been developed. It is
parabolic in shape, with the
narrowest part of the tire at the
tread, and la designed to cut
through the air with a minimum
of resistance. A lower air pres
sure than usual is maintained.
The danger of ground-looping
also is said to be reduced by the
shape of the tire.
A “camera-mirror” which re
flects a person’s image as that
image will appear when photo
graphed has been Invented in
Germany. The mirror is based
on the principle that the cam
era’s eye takes In only a cer
tain part pf th? light spectrum,
giving a different tone in a
photograph from the image as
it appears in natural light.
he is coming especially to see
me, or just because F. comes
to see my sister. He has been
acting very peculiarly and aloof
of late and I can’t think of
anything I have done to make
him so. I like him very much,
so won’t you please tell me
what to do? Is his interest
fading? Is there any way by
which I could hold his inter
est? DIANA.
I think. Diana, it would be
quite all right for you to sug
gest a walk to this young friend
of yours. It is very possible
that the constraint that you
notice may be traced to the
fact that he wishes to be with
you alone and that he is em
barrassed by the presence of
others. When you are with him,
put him at his ease. Get him
to talk about himself, his job,
sports, his men friends. Boys
and girl friends ought to make
each other’s interests their own.
if the friendship is to have a
substantial basis.
♦ photographs in all the news
papers.
When a man says he’s
“through,” he’s through. But,
when a woman says she’s
“through,” that Is usually the
point where she takes a fresh
start and begins the argument
or the campaign all over again.
The first time she marries,
a girl wants a show-wedding,
with a crowd of witnesses to
her “triumph;” but, at her
third offense, she wants just
as few people present as possi
ble to throw it up to her after
ward.
Clothes do not make the
woman—but they make the
men LOOK at her.
(CBpjTfzht. I*ll, Kin< Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
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vacationist... and regardless of
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Jones who is stumped at the all-im
portant question of “Where, oh
where, shall I go,” the Herald and
Times Resort and Travel Bureau is
equipped with data on all types of
vacations.
Consult with our Resort and Travel
Bureau attendant today!
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Your Health
and Diet
By Dr. Logan Clendening
"The doctor said for me to
eat spinach to reduce, and I
don’t like spinach.”
Some such similar wail goes
up. Well, you can eat any
thing you like and still reduce.
A good system for doing it is
the checking account system.
Just like a checking account
in the bank. You have a bal
ance and you check against it.
1,000 Calories a Day
You can have 1.000 calories
a day. That is your balance.
It is distributed as follows:
120 grams of carbohydrate, 60
grams of protein and 30 grams
of fat. (This adds up to
slightly more than 1.000 cal
ories. but the difference Is
negligible.)
You can draw out this bal
ance any way you like. Sug
gested amount: 300 grams of
10 per cent fruits (this means
10 per cent of carbohydrate),
100 grams of 10 per cent cereal,
5 grams of 85 per cent but
ter (85 per cent fat),.3o grams
of bread, 400 grams of milk.
300 grams of 3 per Cent "vege
tables. 100 grams of 10 per
cent vegetables, 100 grams of
20 per cent vegetables, 100
grams of 20 per cent meat or
fish (20 per cent protein), 70
grams cottage cheese, 1 gram
of egg.
Breakfast—loo grams 10 per
cent fruits, 100 grams 10 per
cent cereal (two heaping table
spoons), five grams of butter,
100 grams of milk, black coffee
(no value).
Lunch—2oo grams 3 per cen'
vegetables, 100 grams 20 pe
cent vegetables, 100 grams 1
per cent fruit, one gram eg
100 grams milk, 50 grams cc
tage cheese.
Dinner—loo grams 3 per ce
vegetables. 100 grams 10 j
cent vegetables, 100 grams
per cent fruits. 100 grams
per cent meat or fish,
grams milk, 20 grams cott:
cheese.