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' , TOTS STA11T8 TUB STOBY
W Jennie Malouc forges a check for
ft "which heNJs arrested, but allowed lib-
fi rty on bell. The next day she baa
f disappeared. "Uncle aconte" has
; quietly taken her to fashionable
boarding school,, where sho registers
i. us Jennio Miller. Four years havo
passed and Jennie has studied hard
and done well. Fr6m being snubbed
, he can now hold her own and easlty
take her place with the best, un com
mencement day Jennie delivers the
valedictory for her class. Her father,
Black Jerry, goggled and muffled,
watches her from a distance, proud of
her accomplishments. She accepts an
Invitation to spend the summer with
V the house' shows open admiration for
her, though engaged to marry her old
time' enemy at school, Gloria Itay
t tt tnond
&! AND IIEHB IT CONTINUES
IT WAS a wonderful dinner a thrill-
fng dinner. But at length it was over,
fend just as the curtain rose on the
second act they took their scats in a
theatre. The setting of the act was
a ballroom in some millionaire's house.
tFhere was not much of a story, but
there were lots of girls "With Lots
bf Girls," that phrase was run beneath
the play's title on -the posters in very
large hats and in dresses, which ccr-
tainly had never been selected by Miss
Vn der Brunt. And after the clrls
had sung something with an ogling air
of naughty innocence, and had danced
4 nad maneuvered, they marched off as n
tramp comedian came on with his trick
. dor; and after the tramp comedian had
" finished tho stunts which he had been
repeating without variation for five
years in vaudeville houses, a young
woman entered in an evening gown of
a cut which knew no fear (eiit tramp"
and dog) followed by the previous young
women now gowned as guests at the
ball, and followed olso bv chorus men
also in supposedly fashionable even
nmg wear. The young uoroant evi
dently the hostess of the stage party,
advanced to the footlights, conscious of
her every charm, with tho air of being a
personage that every one knew and
wished to see, and sang a supposedly
t humorous topical ditty, dealing with the
1 varieties of stumbling men a womnn,has
to dance with, each erse mournfully
ending with "And that's the sort of
' partner a hostess always gets." After
' she had responded to her last encore,
there was dancing of tho ballroom type
by the guests then J.here was an in
stant's pause in the action of tho play
whtlo the guests retired upstage then
through a gilded doorway sauntered a
Blende' young man.
Instantly tho whole theatre was an
plaudlng. The young man had to bow
' his appreciation, which he did with cx-
"traordinary grace, holding his silk hat
with none of the half-afraidneia with
which men in real life manage that in-
Bignla of formality. TTe had to bow
again ana now someuunK uisuncuy
familiar about him drifted into Jcn
'We'smlnd. She tried to place him she could
not hut the sense of familiarity per
sisted. He had a few words of comedy
dialogue with the hostess, then laying
his hat on a chair, he slipped an arm
abont the lady Snd the two went circling
around in a ballroom dance.
And then, suddenly, Jennie knew
"Mm. It all came upon her with a rush
those long-gone years the Pekin
their petty) rogueries. She almqst gasped
aloud.
"Who who is he?" sho at length
asked Kenneth.
"What you don't know who he is!"
Kenneth exclaimed. ,
"Miss Gresham didn't let us come
In to see plays very often," she ex
plained, "and I've read almost noth
ing about the theatre the last four
years."
"That," said Kenneth with empha
ha, "Is Jackson Holt."
''Is he is he very good?"
"flood? He's the best there Is in
Ms line. He's a marvel! He's the
real star of this show!" And then
Kenneth, added: "He's not only good
orf the stage, he's a gentleman off of it
I Happen to know him a little. And
the women, who like to dance are crazy
about him; he goes just about where
he likes in society." ,,,,
Jennie drew a slow, deep breath. So
.that was Slim Jackson! And so Slim
bad made good his boast about getting
to the topi Sho watched him closely.
There was nothing vulgar or suggestive
or exasperated in his work ; it was
irrnpefnT. finished, refined: It was ball
rnnm dandnE at its truly highest. His
partner was good but he belonged to
a 'different order of dancers- The gods
had cut gifts in his feet. Indeed he
was marvel I
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But how lrad he done it all? How
had he got up here? Jennie sat won
dering through tho succeeding scenes
of the play Once she had a' start
of a different sort. Glancing back, she
saw a roan leaning against the orchestra
rail who seemed to bo staring fixedly
at her. Sho thought it was Harry Ed
wards, and oho turned quickly again
to the stage. But a few minutes later
curiosity impelled her to look' back
wards; a moro composed giace snoueq
her that the man standing whore she
thought Harry stood was not Harry
Edwards. She had been deceived by a
mere fancied resemblance, had been
played upon by this rcsurgoncc of old
momnrfftR. TTVir thn rest of the OCT-
form an cc she continued to wonder about
the rise of Slim Jackson.
She was relieved to get away from
tho theatre. With Slim out of her
sight, and in the company of the little
party which was now in gay mood, she
tried to throw oft tne uisiurmng mem
ories, tho sense of nearness to her old
life. By the time Uiey were nil in
Kenneth's car, the feeling of security,
of confidence, which sho had slowly
won during tho last four years, had
returned; it reassured her, convincing
ly, that time had wiped out all re
membrance of her, that she had gone too
far, bad risen too high, ever to be con
nected with the Jennie Malone who
once had been.
Spring had ended with summer-like
days that year, and tho roof-gardens
wcro already open. Ten minutes after
they had left the thcatro the four step
nod out unon the Astor roof. A cap
tain instnntly sighted Kenneth and was
beside them. "Your table is this way,
please, Mr. Harrison," he said, and led
them across tno root io a ihdio db
ncath an arbor of varicolored lights.
The quickness with which her escort
was recognized, the deference paid him,
elated Jennie; and sho as further
gratified when the saw that the table
was already set, and when waiters
began immediately to serve. She knew
then that tho tahlo had been reserved
and the supper ordered in advance.
This, indeed, v.as attention !
Then she noticed something else
which in the first excitement of this
new experience she had overlooked.
"Why, there are five covers!" she ex
claimed. "There aro only four of us
who's the fifth place for?"
"A friend of mine promised to drop
around if ho could none of jou know
him." Kenneth answered.
He spoke casually. It was an cle
ment of his character, which Jennie
was jet to discover, that he liked to
do carefully planned and perhaps even
big things in an offhand manner as
though they were commonplaces to him;
Perhaps ho feo acted because It was a
subtlo way of increasing his own im
portance becauso it fed his egotism,
which his sister had declaimed against,
but of which Jennie had seen no trace.
Perhaps it was merely because of his
quizzical bent; perhaps merely because
he had a penchnnt for little surprises,
Jennio had danced ono number with
Kenneth, dancing it very formally, and
niii srafpd ncain ot tho table with Sue
and young Grayson, when coming out
upon the roof she saw that which
caused her whole being to go suddenly
nil. It was Slim Jackson. ' Captains
and head waiters hurried toward wis
great celebrity o their world, cageriy,
obsequiously; but before they reached
him his scanning eyes had caught sight
of Kenneth, on his feet with a signal
ing hand, and he was crossing toward
the table.
It went through Jennio like a shot:
so that fifth cover was for Slim Jack
son! Frantic, yet controlling herself, she
turned her back as if to pluck a sprig
from n tubbed privet-tree; but all the
while her sldcwise glance was watching
Slim draw nearer. "Sorry if I'm latel
Kenneth," she heard him say "but
you know you can't just wish'ybur
make-up off." And then she watched
his introduction to the others. What
would he do when he saw her? her
frenzy kept aBklng. He would start
with amazement at this unexpected
meeting with her, and his involuntary
start would liad to her certain ex-
noRtire
"Miss Miller," called Kenneth.
It was Inevitable. Jennie summoned
her strength, and turned, holding the
spring of piivet she had plucked.
"Miss Miller," -said Kenneth, "I
want you to meet Mr. Jackson Holt
whom you saw tonight."
Her face was pale; the gaze she
raised to him was strained in its fixity.
But he did not start as she bad thought
ho would. The look he'gave her was
conventionally pleasant ; it was the look
be might have given any woman be was
meeting for the first time.
"I am, indeed, pleased to meet you,
Miss Miller," he acknowledged in an
even voice, bowing; with his extraordi
nary grace.
I (CONTINTTBD TOMORROW)
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
BT DADDY
"IN THE MOUSE'S HOLE"
(Peggy, BMy and Judge Owl ehate
(faawtr, leader of the mice, into a
nUaaohone. and when then come out
of the tmall end they find themtelves
at tint o the mice. Gnawer tavta
them from a eat, and not hnowlng
who they are, take) than 5y the
underground railway to the party of
the field miee.)
The Mouseland Party
GNAWER was eager for the party to
begin. He wanted to have fun. Per
J hint that is why he didn't nay closer
"attention to Peggy, Billy and Judge
, Owl when he found they did not look
like mice.
"I'm herJ" he squeaked. "Let's
, 'There was a "wriggling and a squirm
lug in the shadows around the edge of
the . hall. Peggy and Billy became
aware that dozens ot mice were sitting
there twitching their ears and looking1
t as uncomfortable as children do when
they come early to a party and are
wafting for some -one to start the
games. Bnt while the mice wriggled
" and squirmed 'all were too shy to begin
, Uplay. . . -
However, their eyes were busy, and
they noticed what Gnawer did that
Peggy, Billy and Judge Owl were not
Hke mice. They began to whisper
among themselves' as they looked and
looked, and Peggy began to get ner
vous. Supposing that they should find
that the strangers were two children
and a mouse-eating bird! Then there
would be trouble. It would never do
to let the mice look too sharply nor to
whisper too long. Somebody ought to
Start we Play at once, ana as no one
else did, Peggy started it herself.
"Let's play tag .first," she said.
Tag, you're it." She touched Gnawer
and darted away. Gnawer tagged
Billy, be tagged Jadge Owl, Judge Owl
tagged ono of the .mi's and in less
than a minute the 'game was in lull
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B? antefusTSt
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the way if her father's new auto
mobile was an eight and she said
he called it that, but it certainly
would take somo crowding.
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whiskered mouse made her give up this
idea very quickly.
"This is a lot of fun." squeaked
Gnawer, after he had dropped the
handkerchief behind Peggy and darted
away, "but it would have been more
fun It l could nave orougnt mat gin
here and given her the scaring I'd
planned." ,
Peggy felt a nervous shiver run
through her. She wondered if Gnawer
really suspected that she was the girl
ho was speaking about. But he went
on playing the game without looking
at her, and sho made up her mind that
he didn't; mean anything by what he
had said. Nevertheless, she made up
her mind that she was going to keep
those mice so busy that they wouldn't
have time to think of the girl they had
wanted to scare. She was scared
enough right then without any moro
added on.
But even though Peggy was nervous,
she no longer felt Creepy when the long
tails of tho mice touched her. And they
seemed so jolly at their play that she
was sure tbey wouldn't hurt her if she
could only keep them good humored.
They played button, button, whose
got the button? and were having a jolly
time when suddenly a fat lady mouse
came squealing into the hall.
"Oh I Oh! Ohl Our supper has been
stolen 1" she said, "It was corn and
cheese, and a gang of bad rats has car
ried it away."
At once the play stopped. The mice
were angry. They were hungry, too
and the more they thought of how hun
gry they were, the angrier tbey got.
Peggy, Billy and Judge Owljcould no
longer rely upon the protection of their
good humor, for their good humor was
gone.
Peggy saw that something had to be
done quickly,
"Virginia reel!, Virginia reel! Come
dance the Virginia reel," she cried.
"That's moro fun than eating."
ShoTiad said, just tho right thing. It
turned the thoughts of the mice away
from their lost supper. Jf there was
anything more fun than eating they
wanted to try it. i
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