By Peggy Shane
Copyright by Peggy Shane.
WNU Service
SYNOPSIS
A pretty young woman finds herself
in a taxicab in New York with a
strange man who addresses her en-
dearingly and speaks of “an awful
shock.” He leaves her for a moment,
and she drives on, for she fears him.
She stops at the Biltmore, wondering
who she is. Her memory is gone.
From the evidence of her clothing and
wedding ring she concludes she is
married to a wealthy man. The name
less girl meets a young woman who
speaks of her desire to go to Reno for
a divorce, If she can get the money.
The woman vanishes with the name-
less girl's $900, An elderly woman,
Mrs. Oscar Du Val, cordially greets
the nameless girl, addressing her as
“Doris,” wife of Mrs. Du Val's son,
Rocky. Rocky is abroad, and Doris,
bewildered, is taken to the home of
Mrs. Du Val and her sculptor husband,
Oscar. Doris falls in love with Rocky's
photograph, but cannot remember hav.
ing married him. Discovering a trade-
mark in her clothing, she visits a store,
and is astounded when a saleswoman
insists she hide from observation. She
returns to the Du Val's, more mysti-
fled than ever. Rocky returns, to dis-
cover the deception. He demands to
know who she is and why wife
sent her to his home, She cannot tell
him. He assumes she is » form of
gold digger. They agree
of his parents, to pr
time being, they are hu
CHAPTER 1V—Continued
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She took up his picture and studied
it. Rocky was even handsomer than
his picture. His looks not at
fault, It was the everlasting mockery
In his eyes that she could not bear.
She paced up and down now, beat-
ing her fist Into the palm of her hand.
“But can I blame him?" she muttered.
“Look what he must think I am.”
Someone knocked on the door. Doris
sat down on the edge of her chair.
“Come in."
Mrs. Du Val entered and raised her
pudgy hands In protest.
“What. You are not
Doris. Doris. 1 came
night”
“1 was just getting
She dived Into the bathroom,
Du Val would not
was under the covers. Well, she could
get und and get in bed, and
when the fussy little woman was gone
she could get up and pu
again,
She eame out
were
Ah
good-
in bed?
to say
ready for bed.”
Mrs.
be satisfied until she
ressed
t on her clothes
and began taking off
her clothes as quickly as possible. In
a few minutes she was in bed Mra
Du Val was kissing her good-night.
“I leave one little light for Rocky,”
she sald tenderly. closed the
door g
Doris bounced out of hed.
She switched on several li
ishly put on her stockings. She con-
sidered the room wildig. It looked too
intimate. She began to make up the
bed, tucking the covers In neatly at
the sides,
She gave a long sigh, straightened.
She would put on a little cotton sport
dress, low heeled At least
Rocky would see she wasn't trying to
look seductive, She to the
closet to get them, and heard Rocky at
the door,
She stepped Into the closet,
He eame In quietly. She listened.
Her heart was once more playing Its
familiar rat-tat-tat, At last he spoke.
“Aren't you being the least bit old.
fashioned?”
She made no answer,
“For God's sake come
closet. I won't bite you. You seem to
have caught your clothes In the door.”
She was struggling to put on a long
lacy negligee, but It resisted her. That
was It, then. It was caught in the
door,
She opened it eauntiously,
gave a small protesting
“You've ripped It, Baby.”
She came out, trying to look dignl-
fled. “Please don’t eall me Baby.”
“What shall I call you, thea?
The fact that she In't answer
his question Irritated her. To have no
name had been a tragedy. Now It was
merely an annoyance. Being a false
wife was so much worse,
She fixed her eyes on him gravely,
She was surprised to see a slow flush
come Into his tanned cheeks He
dropped his eyes. In spite of herself
Doris was mollified. She smiled na
ttle,
“That's a nasty little smile.” said
Rocky. “Have you been practicing it?”
All her fury came back,
“You're awful.”
“D-n It all, Do you have to be the
prima donna every minute?”
“I? 1? A prima donna!™
“I don't know what else you call it
to keep up this part of injured inno-
cence, You'd think from your attitude
that I was trying fo palm myself off as
your husband to your family.”
Doris sat herself down violently.
“You—you! You twist everything!
Didn't I say I was willing to tell your
parents? Weren't you the one who
wanted to keep this up? Another
thing. I won't have you In my room.
If you don't get out immediately I'll
open the door and scream.”
She watched him light a cigarette,
“Will you have one?”
“No.”
“No, thanks,’
term, I believe.”
“This situation Isn't entirely conven
tional. If you think you're poing to
spend the night here, you're mistaken.”
“Oh yeas?”
*I meant it when I sald I'd scream.”
“You haven't screamed yet, Honey.”
“And don’t call me"
i
'
She
ghts, fever-
shoes,
oTossed
ont
of that
The lace
murmur,
conle
is the conventional
r
“Honey? All right, but what do you
want to be called? Sugarfoot?”
“Look here, I can't sit here and chat
with you all evening.”
*“'Frald you'll have to put up with
me for a little while.”
“I won't.”
She rose and began pacing back
and forth excitedly. The lacy train
of her negligee swished after her like
an angry little snake,
“Look here, I can see all your charms
quite well when.you're sitting quietly.
You don't have to display them like
that.”
“I'd like to
your head!”
Rocky got out of his chair and faced
her. He put his hands on her shoul
ders. “You're a cutie all right, aren't
you?"
“Stop It.”
The yellow and lavender draperies
of her gown were being crushed In his
fingers. “I'm only a susceptible male,
after all, you know."
An electric current swept her, leav-
ing her helpless and more angry than
ever. “Let go of me!”
“Nice perfume you use!”
“I don't use perfume.”
“What Is that lovely
“I don't know. Get
Talecum powder, I imagine,
Is too awful” What a fool
being!
She was confused,
smash something over
smell?
away from me
Oh! This
she was
avoiding his eye
He dropped his hands, “Oh well, |
thought you might kiss your husband
goodnight.”
She looked at him hopefully.
night?
“Yes, I think
to bed by now,
another room."
An absurd flush of
“Good
ve
the family ha
and I
gone
can sneak Into
grati
tude swept
stoop to flick a bit of ashes that hal
dropped to the coverlet, Her foot un
der the quilts drew sharply away.
Rlocky, still bending, looked up at
this movement, “So timid.” He shook
his head. “Doris pulled a subtle one
on me this time. For a minute |
thought you actually were afraid of
me."
Doris eyed him disgustedly as he
sauntered across the room. “Afrald
of you? Certainly not—but If you
were to get out, I might get up,” she
said.
“Why, we're going to have a cozy
little breakfast here together.” He
picked up a pretty slipper and began
slapping It In his palms,
“lI wouldn't want to be separated
from my wife at breakfast. jesides
Mother's having It sent up for ops It
seems that you're in too delicate a con-
dition—""
Doris scowled but she felt her cheeks
growing red. “I'm feeling quite well"
“Yes, Mother's been telling me that
at such a time—" he discarded the
slipper—*what a fluent liar you turned
out to be."
Doris felt hot all
make up that story. You did”
“No, Doris did Fooled me,
least I think so now.”
“You mean the real Doris told you
she was going to have a baby?’
He nodded.
“And she's somewhere
it? And you don't even care enough
about her to look it up. You ought tu
be with her this mi tend ot sit
ting here talking to me”
He smiled lazily, “But
about you
Doris bit her lip
He rose “Here' break?
help you, Estelle” He took
from the maid and placed it
bed.
“I'd
before
over, “1 didn't
At
now having
nute in
I'm so crazy
angrily
at Doris’
like to get up and get
breakfast" Yoris,
He answered wit nock tends
one eye on Estelle all I Lie
my bath
SrNess,
ip you,
her. He was being nice. And he had
meant to be all along. She had only
made an idiot out of herself with all
her silly Imaginings,
She saw this to her annoyance in his
quiet smile as he left
CHAPTER \'4
Doris had a heavy sense of guilt,
Now that she had found that she did
not belong there, where should she go?
She thought copfusedly of Rocky—-
Rocky as he was, Rocky as she had
Imagined him—of Mrs, Du Val and her
kindness of the past few weeks, of
Mrs. Du Val when she learned the
truth. At last she slept,
When she woke, the sun was shining.
The birds were singing. The paper
flowers on the walls were gay and
friendly. Rocky's picture was still ar-
ranged so that she conid see it from
her bed. “He's too wonderful” she
“Handsomer than the pie-
ture, and more desirablé-—but--he
despises me.”
Doris meditated. The situation be
tween Rocky and his wife seemed very
odd. Why was it that he did not want
to expose his false position to his fam-
lly at once? Why was he not more
worried about the whereabouts of the
real Doris?
She opened her eyes. Rocky stood
at the foot of the bed. How long had
he been there? She went hot all over,
“Well?”
“My sweet, beautiful wife!”
She pulled the comforter ap to her
chin. She tried to glare boldly back
at him but the color flew to her cheeks,
“1 don't think that's very funny.”
“Funny? Gosh, It's no joke, [I've
just been with Mother and listened for
one solid hour to the epic entitled:
Lucky Rocky's Beautiful Wife, My
sweet, beautiful wife” He sighed,
smiled with patient disillusionment,
“The old pose of wounded virtue, eh?
I suppose you're not accustomed (uo
having gentlemen callers in your
boudoir?
“No, I'm not,”
“But a husband is different I
Doris was a bit startled by his con
fident maneer. She watched him
Beautiful?”
eriet,
Doris ¢onld hardly speak for a min
ute. Then she raised herself sudden.
ly. The comforter fell from the lace
bodice of her gown. “You're behaving
like a boy of six.” She snatched her
lavender Kimono lying over the font
of the bed. She got Into It, hardly tak
ing her eyes from Rocky's face,
The maid left the room as she faced
him,
“If you're embarrassed.” he began
grinning
“I'm not embarrassed.”
veyed him ealmly. His grin
lifeless, awkward, He reddened. “Jen't
this all rather unnecessary ¥' she asked
im,
He spoke slowly, the awkwardness
disappearing. I was just thinking it
would have been better I guess if Doris
hadn't sent me one as preity as you
I had all sorts of thoughts looking at
you a minute ago”
She smiled gently,
His hand touched the cov-
She sur
:
throat, The other hand held the soft
folds together on one hip. She half
wanted to add “But you know Doris
didn't send me to you." But there was
something vaguely pathetic about him
now. Poor fellow! He didn't know
why she was here any more than she
did herself,
“You know I could almost believe
whatever you might hanpen to tell me
about yourself right now” [lis lips
moved slowly Into a cynical expres
sion. “You women!"
Doris escaped into the bathroom.
locked the door,
When she came out, she found the
breakfast table heavy with coffee,
oatmeal, grapefruit, pancakes, bacon
and sausages, In the center a bowl of
early roses lent a bridal touch, Rocky
was standing at the window, whistling.
Doris stood still, severity in her ex
pression. “It hasn't oceurred to you, |
suppose, that 1 might like to he left
alone for a minute,” Her hair was
pinned back quaintly but becomingly
Her face was earclessly dusted with
powder and, judging from the way sh:
held the robe closely about her, ph
had very little on,
(TO DE CONTINUED.
fantastic
the
touches of fur
sth counts
for
ison through,
from the
r-adorned
proving nit less than a
Do not be surprised at any
doings of these fur embel
lishments, for they just about as
tricky as | i can devise,
Not even the uctur of
vyelops a
other
side,
AS TO the
which gle
not a dull
the autumn
new ¢l
ent in
and winter se
wrify
mom prospect
cause of their departure
ace, the Inco
sensation
of the
a coal de
are
questio gl
ning glar e
fur bows gambol up and
fastening.
sleeves and shot
idiosyncrasies with good
antics which they
the cause of smu
or ii
art fash 3
strips of fur run criss
cross or spirally
tire length
until
wn the en
of a coat sleeve—Jjust wait
you see sole of the tricks
are playing!
'
the most startling role of
np and d
the
ngs
Perhaps
wich fur is st
re, which are that
they
34 at a glance. By wa
that whit true,
figure
Nth
coll
arcing is that of
the new colla refresh
ingly out of
season 1003
the ordinary, bespenk
y of
cast
in
de
ars
whose
it's every
ird the
Unusual
fur
proving
seated
to the
which
tow
the picture
gree is the
this stitched rough
color is & rich autumn beige. A many
winy affair i= this chic collar. That is
can adjust it £0 suit your whim
cofhfort—like you see Ht
button it in a more
protecting manner, or unbuttoning it
entirely, it may be made to lay fiat
like as If 1t were a wide scarf or stole
device
wool cont
You
and
here,
your
or Across
~jots of fun fur
standing
to play with. The
is beaver, which is in high
this season
als of the other two coats
are Intriguing. They
the img gners
attach to fabrics this The
story of the new cloakings Is one of
the many chapters. Paris 18 especial
iy doing spe high-
often the silhou-
fined In i sien
The nar
way to
where in-
gare
most
The materi
in the
emphasize
picture
ortance desi
season,
ngs wi ith
color tweeds
elie is exq
derizing
row ubula ntou gives
genious cont
architect
part they are
into sq
the
tris short-hair
furs such as beaver, Persian lamb,
mink, weasel, and often gay-spotted
pelts, tnese fur touches co ncentrat.
ing the neck and in
cunning ways.
Lots of brown Is color
tumn fashion picture
of the striped model, centered above
in this trio of smart new coat fash-
the material is brown on a8 beige
ground. The beaver and cuffs
reflect a harmonizing brown,
‘he young looking checked travel or
sports coat, if you prefer so to call it,
to the right in the illustration, is also
brown and beige. The belt is brown,
so is the beaver fur which trims it
The Peter Pan collar ties with a bow
of the checked material, which
very youthful way of doing.
©. 1833, Western Newspaper Union.
med in
ng about shoulders
the au-
instance
ing
In the
ODS,
collar
STRIPED JERSEY IN
DIFFERENT EFFECTS
it's Incredible the different effects
you can get with siriped jersey. Take
it In yellow and white, for instance,
for a sports dress with the stripes run
ning and down, There is a two
inch panel down the front, clear from
the neck to the hem of the skirt, with
the stripes running crossways. A V.
cut yoke gives the blouse a geometric
look and a black satin belt and trl
angular scarf knotted at the throat are
all the trimming necessary,
With this particular dress there Is
a coat of black and white striped jer.
sey, the stripes through the body of
the coat (loose and three-quarters)
crossways while for the just-be
low the-elbow sleeves they run up and
down, Standing out from the shoul
ders and tapering to nothing under the
arms are awning effects In the cross
way run of the stripe,
up
Pewder Compacts Are Now
Made to Match Costumes
The Iatest wrinkle in this matching
up business in the smart feminine cos.
tume is to match the powder compact
with the frock.
For linen suits there are compacts
that look ar though a linen weave had
bec~ impressed onto their covers.
They come, as one might expect,
black, white, blue and in a natural
shade of linen.
And to go with pique, that smart
fabric of the moment In frocks and
accessories, there are compacts the
outsides of which resemble the weave
of that cotton material
If the new frock Is blue and white
checked gingham, why, there's a blue
and white checked compact,
The New Belts
Leather holds its own in the new
belt mode. A black crepe frock has
a belt of white leather cut to resemble
a feather, 1 green wool dress is fin
ished with a deeper green leather belt
studded with silver nall heads, and «
brown wool sports suit Is worn with
a waistcoat belt of pigskin,
SAILOR COLLAR
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Sallor collars are on the fashion
map once more. The call for square
shoulder lines Is responsible for the
revival of these youthful sailor effects.
If the dress or blouse you are consid
ering has any sort of a sailor collar
version, buy it, for you can depend
upon It being the latest. The satin
blouse pictured interprets the sailor
collar vogue in softly arranged pleats.
The wide-at-thearmhole sleeves is
further proof that this satin frock is
an up-to-the moment model, This pret-
ty miss tops her satin. costume with
a velvet beret, It is becoming quite
a habit with designers to associate
satin with velvet,
Fall Styles in Footwear
Favor Spat-like Effects
Fall styles in footwear, as displayed
by metropolitan fashion houses, add
several new notes for milady's shoes,
Spats are one; simulated spats, that
is—~not the old-fashioned gaiter. In
some of the new spat shoes the bottom
part Is of black or brown kid with the
upper part, which gives the spat effect
in a contrasting color-gray or taupe
for Instance \
Immense Cattle Herds
of Children of Israel
King Pharaok's dream of seven
fat and seven lean kine coming up
out of the water (Genesis 41) 1s li-
lustrated before the eyes of travel.
ers on the Nile at this very time. In
the land of Goshen and all along the
river where it has left its rocky
gorge im Upper Egypt and runs
through a pastoral country with low
banks, the cattle of the country wade
out into the sluggish stream to avold
the fly pests and the excessive heat,
remaining there with their heads
only showing, untill approaching
night.
Joseph, and afterwards the other
children Israel, when they came
down into Egypt, were well acquaint-
ed with cattle and the care of them.
Although not so commonly used at
that date in Canaan in the land
of the Pharaohs, the Patriarchs all
had cattle, and we remember that
when Jacob sent a present to pro-
pitiate his brother Esau, he included
in it forty kine and ten bulls, and
we were told previously to this that
the land could not contain and nour-
Ish the cattle of both Lot and Abra-
ham. Job owned five hundred yoke
of oxen und must therefore have had
many hundreds of cows,
The plowing In these
done with oxen, and wha
oxen could plow in
a yoke, or in our lang
Today, in the East, m
as likely to be
as bull
of
us
days was
t a pair of
alled
lage an acre.
ttle are
ler the
a4 day was ¢
ileh ea
ployed ui
8 Or oxen.
eq
yoke
Hold Your Head High
A high epinion of oneself sa
a great deal of misery,
Baby Could Not
Sleep—Blisters
over Body
Cuticura Healed
“The bre:
in watery blisters,
feet and
body. It
cal
VER one
ut on my baby was
It started on her
spread all over her
d baby scratched
wet, sore eruptions. She
and could not sleep.
trouble it two months,
tried differen rem but
r never d ¥ good. ad an
Soap and
free
then
itched an
sing
was
The
restless
lasted abot
edien
sam-
nore and
mplete.
Sandy
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One
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Sold every
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