GINGER | CLILA vv by Ethel Hueston Illustrations by Irwin Myers Copyright, by Bobbs Merrill Co, WNU Service CHAPTER X—Continued wT “Certainly not. It wouldn't look well. He knows there's quite a fam. ily of you, so it would be too pointed Just to throw him headlong at Mar. Jory’s complexion, #8 you might say, No, you'd better have Miriam on hand, too.” Ginger leaped to her plans with young enthusiasm. “Now, we must rush the thing through with a lot of snap,” she cried. “Sweep him right oft his feet—and sweep BMargle off too. For you know— Walt till | see if anybody's around! You know, Eddy, she's awfully gone on— You know who— Preacher! Walt, till 1 close the door! Yes, he's nice, but he can console himself with Miriam. Such a sensible girl ought to be a great consolation to religion.” Eddy’s invitation for them to come out to Pay Dirt for dinner at the farm she negatived after a moment's con- sideration. “No. Too prosaic. Your mother is 80 practical. She and Miriam would be sure to talk of esnning fruit, or frying chickens, or what not. No, you bring him here. t don’t know how in the world I'll get rid of Hiram, but 1 will. ['Il get rid ot father, too, for he'd be sure to give it away, he's so bonest. Make it rather late—the fur. niture doesn’t show up well—] mean so badly—when it is dark. Come for dinner, but not too early. Come in the gloaming.” “All right, What time is the gloam- ing?" asked Eddy. Ginger hung up the receiver. Then she went straight to the atiie. This was opportunity tapping at thelr door. Tapping? Why, it was fairly scream- ing for admittance. A cool milljon— Eddy was righi—hot million would be better, a fiery million, a boiling mil lion, a skyrocket million. She un- locked the doll’s trunk. The precious cache had been rifled often, and pretty thoroughly, in the last three weeks, but a steady stream trickled into It every day. And this was .0 be an event in the lives of every one of them. a thing t. remember forever, as long as they Hved Slinger, with that springing imagina. tion of hers, could already see Mar Jory, with softly silvered halr and the delicate rose flush of old age on her peach-bloom cheeks, recounting to the grandchildren clustered at her knee— beauriful children, all with golden curls and dimpled elbows, and all aboat the same size, clustered together like the cherubs in old religious paint. ings—*and this party was planned. and paid for, for my sake, hy my dear little sister Ginger Ella. And there met—" She filled her shabby purse with money, all dimes, and went down town. There was buying to he done, much buring But there was one small detail thar required wer first attention. Af the dry goods store she went into the private office of the president, to pny her Methodist re spects to Joplin Westhury, “Hello, how's everybody 7” he greet. ed her cheerfully, “Oh. Just fine, thanks. getting a double chin. The twins are fine, ton. They go to college In Just ten days now I'm tine. ton.” “How's our young preacher?” “1 don’t know. | don't see much of him. I think he's hlue—or fone. some, or something. You see, he feels that he's sort of out of things, be canse he's .not a regular preacher, | dare say he thinks the members sort of snub him on thm aceount. and feave him out of their church talk, and all” “Why, that's too bad. 1 suppose he doesn't want to Intrude—with your father there. and all. We like him firsi-rate.” “But you never do have him com to your house to talk church—the way you used to do with father, do you?” “Well, you tell him to come around and see me. Tell him | especially asked for him. ['ll pretend he's heen neglecting me, and put it off on him. You tefl him | want to know why he aever cod 8 around te talk church!” “When? Tonight? “Weli—yes. Tonight.” “He'll be pleased.” sald Ginger gently. “He's so young. He Just loves to go about with father, and hob nob with the old pillars, and feel you are all salt of the earth together.” “Maybe your father would ike to come along.” “He'd love It hie.” “Of course | want him, 1 want both of them. They've been making me run everything myself, and 1 .don't fike it.” “Early this evening? Right after dinner?” “Teil them to come for dinner. I'll call my wife right vp, and tell her we're baving all the preachers for 80 Father's It you really want dinner, Don't you want to come along? When it comes to running things, you can put it over the whole board, if you ask me.” “Oh, Mr. Westbury, what an idea! It's nice of you to invite me, but 1 can't come tonight. 1 have some per: sonal business to attend to.” From his office, Giuger plunged into an utter orgy of buying, For the first time In her life, she abandoned herself to reckless spending. She bought an alligator pear. There were only two in town, and she bought one of them. She had never tasted an alligator pear, but she knew it was something elegant. She bought a jar of ripe olives. Ripe olives were not common in Iowa, but she had seen them ad- vertised In her systemutic study of the magazines, She bought salted almonds and after-dinner mints. She bought an angel-tood cake. In the furniture store, she bought two small rose-col- ored lamps for the living room, In the dry-goods store, she bought two pairs of white silk stockings, silk-to-the-top. Miriam didn't really need them, of course, but one could not well show partiality between twins. Then she went swiftly home, and into the kitchen, where she rolled up ber sleeves and went to work. She had 70 notion of announcing antiel- pated events until the two ministers were well out of the house, and dinner was ready. She realized that she could easily fool the men with this most timely Invitation out, but her sisters would certainly suspect her of connivance. So she postponed her announcement, and in the meanwhile, she worked. At five o'clock, she sought out her father and Hiram, deep in a discus clon of recent progress in the mastery “It’s Nice of You to invite Me, but | Can't Come Tonight.” informed them that they had been invited out to dinner most importantly, and that Joplin Westbury expected them very early. Hiram Buckworth seemed anything but pleased at this hospitable over ture. “But, see here—I] Marjory 1 would—1 him ap" “Oh, it is too late. Why, his wife has dinper ali ready for you.” “Why didn't you tell us sooner?” he demanded impatiently. “Well, | didn't get home ontil very inate, and you were upstairs. | hated to disturb you. And | supposed of course you would like to go.” “Well, of course, | would like some time—but tonight" “He said to be there before six, because they eat early, and he likes his food hot,” she sald. “Come, father. I'll brush you off a bit” And she persisted in her assiduons kindness until she finally saw her fa. ther walking off In the anwilling hands of Hirnm Buekworth, “l can’t find Marjory,” he whispered, dejectedliy. “Yon tell her how it was -will yeu? And tell her "ll break away as soon as | decently ean.” “Oh, don’t do that, Marjory won't mind—she can walt anil tomorrow night for—whatever you were going to do tonight,” And she stood grimly on the verandn and watched until they disappeared from sight. “For it would be just like him to drop poor father Jght in the middle of the street, and come bounding back for a ast jook at tha roof that shel. ters her—-the base pretender,” she said indignantly, of the air, and told call can't go. 1 think I'll ite But when she wus usr ured that thels departure was tinal, she flew upstairs to the room where her glisters were in- dustriously sewing (nce upon bits of silk to wmeccord with the very latest fashions in lingerie, “Girls, burry and get dolled up,” she sald. “Father and Hiram have gone out to dinner—to Jop West's— and Eddy Jackson is coming in, and I'm doing all the work myself, so we're going to pretend it's a party Just for us.” “Put ft off till tomorrow night,” said Murjory, “so—father will be here.” “Can't. Eddy has some kid from some place—oid school friend, or some- thing—~and he wants something to do with him, so “they are coming here, Come on now, let's have a good time. Look, 1 bought you each a present— silk-to-the-top.” She brandished the stockings before them, *A sale. Good ones.” Marjory's eyes were wistful. “They are just lovely,” she sald, “but | shan't waste them on Eddy Jackson and that child from some place. I'll keep them till tomorrow when—father is here.” “Since when has father shown such fondness for silk stockings? And {if you don't put then on this very min. ute, I'm going to wear them myself. Aw, Margie, be a sport. Show Eddy a good time for once, Think how good he was to father.” Either the pleading or the threat was to good effect. Marjory hastily pulled off her shoes and stockings, and tried on the new silks-to-the-top. The shimmery whiteness of them, the silken softness, seemed to inspire her, to inspire Miriam, also, who quickly emulated her example, and Inciting each other to further effort by this brave beginning, they entered Joy- ously into the spirit of the affair. They brought out their entire ward- robe to make selections that would match the charm of the slik stockings treasured bits of ribbons and lace, modest pleces of Inexpensive jewelry. They tried things on, rearranged, ex- perimented. They admired bizarre effects, offered criticisms, suggestions, helped to arrange esch other's hair, Ginger, meanwhile, flew distractedly back and forth, between kitchen, din- ing room and urging them on, praising the results, It was five ml before seven when they pronounced themselves perfect beyond the power of thelr pos- sessions to Improve one ota. And then they looked, at Ginger, 4 flushed, perspiring Ginger, with tumbled hair and starry eyes, a Ginger adorned in a trim, cheap, flaming red smock. “Mercy, Ginger, you are u sight. You'd better dress. They'll be here” jut Ginger had no Intention of dress- ing. She was going to make this a real party, two and Iwo, en tetea tele, She would wait on the table, passing back and forth as service was As the girls, Indeed, often took turns in waiting upon the table when there were guests, they quickly acquiesced, for ns Ginger sald, was entirely hot, and too and ex- cited to dress She straightened her disordered hair, puffed her flushed face with a whisk of powder, and smoothed down the flaming smock. Beside the twins in their delicate coolness, thelr shim. mery silken whiteness, she was like a hot and seething little fire, At the sound of the siren at the gate, she ran toward the kitchen, while the twins, each with an arm around the other's walst, sauntered slowly down the stairs, softly singing, as the two men came briskly up the flagstone path, ut Ginger had pot gone to the kitchen, Not all the way. She planted herself just beyond the base of the circular. staircase, out of sight, but where a mirror on the opposite wall reflected the veranda entrance. Gin- ger was not one to miss the approach of a romantic figure. These things happen too seldom to be taken with nonchalance. And as, in the mirror, reflecting the doorwny, she saw that brisk approach up the flagstone path, black horror darkened her eyes, white anger paled her flushed cheeks. The twins, cool, white and smiling, had descended to the bottom -most step. And in the open doorway, laugh- ing, stood Eddy Jackson, side him Miriam withdrew herself impetu- ously from Marjory's light clasp, and flung her arms about him. “Oh, Alex—oh, hateful thing me ?-Margie, It's Alex” It was the can grocer. (TO BR CONTINUED) bedroom, needed, ehe too tired, too —————————— 1 SL ——— The durability of leather was proved by the discovery, In the course of ex eavating for the foundations of the new Bank of England, of soles of Roman shoes, one of which bore clear ly the Impress of the official Roman eagle, The soles evidently were those of the sandals worn by women and chil dren. Bronze rivets were used to hold together two or three thicknesses of leather and no doubt accounted In part for the life obtained from the footwenr, which must have been much grenter In weight than present-day shoes. 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