“MY DEAR CHILD!” 8 By AVERY W. RUBLE ©. by MoClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Bervice, ¢ ND you'll be eighteen tomor- row, eh?” seorge Carter gazed pridefully at his diminutive auburn-haired offspring as she slipped into her chair at the breakfast table, “What'll we give a great big girl like her for a present, Mother? A nice big dolly?” He looked expectantly from Myra, his wife, to Nancy, his daughter. Then his gaze turned to hurt aston- ishment when neither smiled at this witty sally, “Yes, you would suggest a dolly,” Nancy's fresh young voice was scath- ing. “You've been acting as If I were four ever since I came home. If you want to know what I really want-—Iit's a lip stick and a boy friend.” A bomb exploding in their midst could not have caused a greater up- heaval. George Carter choked on a piece of toast. Myra in the act of taking her sec. ond cup, poured the hot coffee on the breakfast cloth. “My dear child!" horrified chorus. “Yeah, that's what I want—a boy friend. All the other girls have them, M'ree Collier, two years younger than I am, has heaps of them.” “Oh, she has?" Myra gasped help- lessly. “Yes, and it isn't enough that I'm handicapped by Inheriting Mother's snub nose and your carrot-top, but you have to dress me queerly.” “My dear—your mother's pose Is retrousse—it's her best feature,” George Carter defended gallantly. “And your father's hair is auburn” Myra reproved, not to be outdone in chivalry. “As to your clothes—" *I know what you're going to say. I ought to. I've heard it often enough, You think just because you're presi. dent of the Parents’ league, you've got to be an example of how to keep young girls young—so I'm a fright in jerseys and flat-heeled shoes” she fixed her mother with accusing eyes. Mr. Carter threw In a mild “Now, my dear child, I'm sure your mother knows best—" “Yes, ‘she knows best,’ and because you're a college president with young women to save I can’t have even a box of talcum.” Tears were very Imminent now. “Here I am practically doomed to be an old maid by the two people who ought to help me the most. No boy will look at an out-of-date blotto like me.” “Thank God for th ulated fervently, “The clothes I've got were all right in a Switzerland boarding where there 1s such a thing as a jeune fille, but here In America they are a disgrace. I want a fur coat, hat and high-heeled pumps like M'ree Collier's got.” Nancy's voice was almost a wail, “When I walked home with her yes terday every boy we passed looked at her.” “I'm thankful you are not the kind of girl boys stare at,” her father in- glsted. The parents In at!” George elac. gchool a chile “That's just where you make a mis take. In the proper clothes I am!™ replied his daughter provocatively. “Certainly not. You're still a little girl, No amount of clothes could make any difference. If I were a bet. ting man,” sald George Carter in sud- den Irritation, “I'd bet that if you walked down town with me not a single man would do more than glance at you!™ “Atta boy, Dad. and come through. Nancy pressed point. “Nancy I” came gentle reproof from behind the coffee percolator. “I've got to convince you. Let me walk Just six blocks with you.” coaxed the wily Nancy. “You walk behind me and watch, Only, Mother, I'll have to wear your pumps and fur coat” “No, Indeed!” “You see!” jibed afraid to bet—you right.” “All right! All right!” Myra threw up her hands, “But 1 think you are out of your mind.” Nancy wore a cherubic smile, “You didn’t name your bet, Dad” she reminded him. “If I win I get a fur coat and a make-up box.” “My Godfry!"” “Nc backing out!” pleaded Nancy, “Backing out-—never! But you're going to get the disappointment of your life. Not a man will look your way" “You're going to be surprised, Dad,” retorted Nancy. “Do we start now? George Carter looked at Myra. “1 guess she Is too big for the doll” he sald ruefully. Then sternly to Nancy: “We'll be right behind you, young lady.” “Of course, that's part of the bar gain. Give me your things, Mother.” “Absolutely ridiculous,” grumbled George to Myra as they followed Nan. ey’s tapping high-heeled pumps, A young man with a brief case passed them, He glanced at Nancy curiously, and hurried on. A solemn, black frocked clergyman passed, ’ Be a sport now jot.” home her vantage Nancy. both “You're know I'm - I He stared at Nancy, looked away, looked back again, His face showed Intense interest, He hurried on. Trafic forced a’ passing motorist close to the curb. He looked at Nan- cy, bumped the curb and looked again. Nancy turned to glance back at George and Myra Carter. Her piquant little face framed In the fur of her mother's coat started a train of thought for them, Yes, she was grown up. *They had been suppressing her, She was not the little girl any more they had fondly tried to keep her. The six blocks were nearly done now. Grant Manning, the new young man in the chair of international relations passed them, People said he had a private for- tune. Dolng research work, “A coming man” “Now there was the type he'd like Nancy some day to , , . Manning was looking at Nancy. Without a doubt. Hard. George saw him actually eyes away from her. Poor little rascal, George she shall have her high keeps. “Oh, Manning!” he called, “You've met Mrs. Carter, but I want you to meet my daughter, Nancy." Nancy talked to Manning In a self. possessed manner, which more than ever convinced George that he and Myra had narrowly escaped starting some sort of a complex in Nancy by refusing to let her be her age. When they left Manning, George was in such an expansive mood that he not only pald his bet in full, but he also gave Nancy carte blanche In the ex- clusive shop to which she took him. That was Nancy's debut. Perhaps George Carter helped things along by his unexpressed de- sire, Perhaps Myra did it with cholce food. Perhaps It was the new clothes and the make-up box. Or the red hair and the provocative snub nose, But certainly a year later when things came to such a pass that when- ever the front door opened and it In. variably was to admit Grant Manning, George's hopes soared like an alr plane. And when Grant actually Nancy to marry him George pleased he almost went out trol. “I was so young 1 thought you'd never notice me, Grant, What first made yon notice me?" Naney, after the fashion of all lovers, asked him. “You acted so oddly, darling” said. From the snug Nancy merely wrinkled little snub nose, “Honey,” he added In =a “why did you put out me that morning ¥ tear his thought, heels for asked Was so of con- he of his arms that haven delectable whisper, at your tongue Thrills in Profusion for the Adventurers The adventurers of this century the Aare Popular Me Theirs is the thrill of finding the new, the and the startling. Trekking through jun gles, the archeologist can thrills than the big-ganme hunter of Af. rica or the alrman of the wastes Expeditions sent archeologists, BAYS chanics Magazine, sirange find more oceans from Washington recently uncovered stones with inserip- tions unfolding of a whose very existence was unknown be fore America Spaniards overwhelmed them and the conquered people dropped into obscur ity. Now, however, their history is be- ing uncovered and the world is learn- ing the tale of the Maya people of Cen- tral America. There is Tezna, for instance, an im- portant outlying city of the old Maya empire. It is a great acropolis more than 500 feet on a side, having on its summit five Impressive temples sur. rounding an immense sunken court. Several score large and small cities and towns have been located in the jungles of Yucatan showing that the old empire was mighty and powerful, with arts and crafts as superior as those of ancient Egypt. The whole of Yucatan seems filled with these lost cities, Some are un- important, Others are yielding price. less treasures in Jewels and art, and still others are yet to be explored. That the Maya people were intelligent and cultured there is no doubt. The Spaniards who suddenly swooped down upon them were children In compari son. Maya rulers offered the Span. fards cotton shirts and, later, jewels, Cotton was one of the great gifts of the Maya nation to the world, At that time it was unappreciated. stories people was discovered. More Elk Last Winter More elk were counted on feeding grounds to the Jackson Hole (Wyo.) region last winter than in any previous year, the reservation protector of the United States Department of Agricul ture reports. At the elk refuge, maintained by the burean of biological gurvey, 7.450 animals were counted, and thoke found on three nearby state feeding grounds brought the total to 11,280, about 1,250 more than ever be- fore eounted. The count was made cooperatively by the biological survey, the forest service, and the Wyoming state game department. About 2,000 tons of hay and 100 tons of cotton. seed cake were used during the win. ter In feeding the elk on the refuge. Ready Cash Cashmors—What it takes to win women, I've got. 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