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Printed bu inreiat nirnnacment uillh
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CovvrteM, 1)10, bu Lcrov Scott.
THE door closed behind her. She
glanced back. Despite the cell, despite
bis disordered, iucongruouti evening
clothes, her last glimpse of Harry gave
her an impression o an older, n more
manly nnd characterful figure than he
had over been In her mind.
As she hurried through the corridors
the clang of cadi steel door behind her
was a direct Impact upon her raw
nerves. Hut the sharpest impart of all
como out in tho street, when Uncle
George was helping her into the taxi.
And that impact watt merely the quietest
of whispers boundlug close against her
ear! '
"I'm still hoping you make good,
Jennie. Hut, remember, if the brcnl.s
ccr go agalust jou, tho pinch belongs
to me."
She went chill. That voice she know
only too well. With a great effort she
turned about. Hut, his bark toward
hoc. Detective Scrgeaut Casey was
moving in hit slow-footed mnmirr to
ward the Criminal Courts Building.
liven when she was snfely back in
the luxury und occlusion of .Silver
Bluffs, that low, even volco of Casey
kept whispering its messngo in her ears.
Tho Great Step
HARRY'S assurance that he was a
willing party to u framo-np
brought Jennie relief. Hut a roitless
ncss of soul developed, though she con
trolled all external manifestations of it.
Sho had won much, very much but
iho was not satisfied with herself: and
a sense of uncertainty, of insecurity,
began to fill her with shadows. Sl'io
was finding life, whish she had believed
could be easily managed if one only
took the proper thought, becoming rerv
complex and showing hints of insta
bility. Ho it was that when Kenneth began
to urge a very early marriage, she con
tented. Marringo would bring order
and security out of nil this complexity.
Tliev nt once began the business o'
house-hunting; rather Kenneth did It
all through a broker, and .It mile had
nothing to do but ehooe between tin
two apartments to which the selectln
had already been sifted down nnd cpu
between these two Kenneth hnd nlumly
established his preference before In
had seen either.
Khc was rather appalled by the mag
nificence of his choice the afternoon
Kenneth took her to see It. Despite
herself, as sho stood in the living-room,
there Unshed upon her the contrast be
ta ecu this Inrge room nnd the room
where she hnd seen Hurry but h few
davs before.
"Kenneth fifteen rooms and ,sW
baths! I never snw an upurtment like
it!"
"I should say not," ho laughed.
"There arc not manv more like it on
Park avenue or in New York either."
"Hut we don't need nuything so large
the first year."
"Oh. yes we do!" He put his nrm
about her. "Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Harrison will be doing a lot of enter
taining this winter and wo can't be
having the best people of New Yoik at
anj ehcap-.Tohn place. We're going to
bo the real people don't you forget
that!"
The best people of New York ! Yes,
that wns where she wnb now ntnong
the best people of New York. And once
she was away from the friendly and ex
perienced guidance of Mrs. Harrison
and In her own home, she would have
to face the great brilliant world nil
alone. She caught a sharp breath,
Could she do it?
When be told her tho venrly rental
she was ngaln taken bnck. "Nine
thousand dollnis!" she bieathed. "Ken
neth, can we jou, I mean afford that
much just for rent?"
n laughed, delighted at the effect
of it all upon her. "The tent's noth
ing!" And then ho explained: "I'm
not going to bother you much about
business, Jennie, but it's like this: I
guess you know that things Inn''
pretty bad for the firm because of some
trouble which threatened Mr. Conway
from that Mr. Murdoek Kdwards killed
Hut now since Conway is out of
danger the firm's in better shape than
it cor wus before. And besides, I'm
carrying a lot of stock in several com
panies making steel ami tne siockb
Zooming and there's going to be a trc
'mendnu clenn-un." He ended with
M his light, half-humorous laugh at hlm-
O ol "T nntrhf n lm nVristid ; it's
simply scandalous the way I'm making
money and the way I'm going to make
mom money!"
Sho had winced at his reference to
Harry as Murdock's slayer; but that
feeling she had instantly suppressed.
After all, Kenneth hnd spoken only out
of ignorance. And as she gazed upon
him, standing there by the great Italian
fireplace, his naturally pale face u little
flushed by his recital of business sue-
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
T1Y DADDY
THE PADRE'S PIGEON
(Peggy anil ItiUt, (Mined info tiny,
wispy pcrjons, sail through tho air to
the Southland in a snow sleigh. They
lurprlse their oli frirmts General
Swallow and King Jiiid, and hear
alout the mystery of the padre'
pigeons.)
The Robber Raid
iTmilR-R-R-R! Like a whirlwind,
VV birds came rushing through the
trees. Whlr-r-r-r-r-r! After them
flew a flock of pigeons, tierce, unsiung,
fighting. , , , -
gy ana uuiy, moKing irom mi
lip of leaves whore they w ere hidden
i ucneral bwuuow nuu img "
ied in surnrlse. Never had they
n nlwoiis so bold, so fearless. Like
liltnir rnhhAM Hip (loves drOVC tllC
birds holler skelter in wild flight, peck
ing at them and picking up the food
which they dropped.
"Old Toultcr himself is lending them.
Don't let him see you," whispered Gen
eral Swallow, pointing to a poruy
nlceon who was at the head of the
attack,
Coo! Coo " cr ed Od Poulter in a
voice as harsh as the caw of a crow.
"Coo Coo! He brave Get food I For
the Kood padre's sake ! Get food ! Coo !
iCoo!"
Then, as nuloklv as it beean. the raid
las over. The pigeons, loaded with all
me loot) they could carry, new nenvuy
way. The birds, hungry and angry,
allied from their fllirht. General Swal.
aw and King Hlra sprang from tucir
ldlcg place.
"War! War!" shrilled General
fallow. "War! War!" shrieked
ine Hrd. "War War " clamored
11 the birds, among whom Peggy saw
many of her Ulrdlnnd subjects ami
fiends.
"Lead us into war. Princess Teniy
nd Hilly Belgium, " shrilled General
wallow,
Hurrah for Princess I'eggy nnd
Illy." shrieked all tho birds. "Lead
s Into war!"
icggy ana Hilly looiceu nt cacn otner
n puzzled surnrlse. They couldn t
nderstand what all this fuss was about.
'hcv hnd rnmf cnuHi fnr n nlenisnnt
islt. not to plunge into a fluht.
reii us what is the matter," sold
etflV to Ihfi birds. "Whir 1iva tlm
laeons become raiding robbers? Why
TWO WORLDS
York IAto
SCOTT
fltuare." "Hani Recan," tie.
cess, her admiration of him so mounted
that she was almost dizzy with It. He
was eo handsome so at his case so
thoroughly a man of tho great world
and so mnrvclously successful! And
with it all, bo was still only twenty
nine I
The npartment was to be ready for
occupancy in October. Tho weeks that
followed were, largely filled for Jennie
with visits to the city to supervise, with
Kenneth nnd bis mother, the decorn
tion nnd to purchase furnishings, it
wus u thrilling experience, this mak
ing such n wonderful home so thrill
ing, so consuming, that she was hardly
aware these Into summer (lays of 1014
that war had just then lighted its giant
conflagration over nil Europe.
When Kenneth hnd pressed an early
marriage, Jennie hnd inado only one
definite request. This wns that the mar
riage should be 'as quiet ns u marriage
could be. Sho gave her reasons of
course uot her real ones. She had had
t pictures taken since she had left the
l'ekln ; and she knew thnt at a show
wedding there would be reporters and
also unfollnblc men snapping 'their cam
eras. Mho felt safe after so many jcars ;
but nil the same she did not want her
face appearing in millions of New York
papers not just et.
Tnere wns no trouble over this re
quest for n quiet wedding. Kenneth
consented nnd Mrs. Harrison thought
the idea most sensible, nnd it Increased
her esteem for Jennie. Jennie, planning
with utmost caution these final details
of her transformation, made another
suggestion to Kenneth, It seemed to
him u mere whim, but at the same time
he. snw no reason why he should not
gratify it; so oue September day the
two of them motored Into the interior
of New York to a county sent where
records arc not too closely watched
oer by teporters and their data tele
graphed to the great city.
Jennie had thought over one last
Item very carefully, nnd as they stood
before the license clerk she remarked :
"Oh. there's oue thing, Kenneth,
I'd almost forgotten. Miller was my
unclo's numo und I was always called
that, but he never really adopted me.
My futher's numc was Mnlone eo I
suppose my legal name is Jcuulc Ma
lone." "Lucky ou remembered to men
tion it," wild Kenneth and after the
next few minutes It had passed out of
his mind us a matter of no conse
quence. And so on the records she wns mar
ried as "Jennie Malouc." The an
lioiincomuitN, however, which had been
prepared by Mis, Harrison gave her
name ns "Jennie Miller" nnd the not
da) the marriage of Jennie Miller and
Kenneth Harrison filled considerable
spacu in the New York papers, though
unfortunately there were no pictures
of the jouug bride.
The Supreme Plan
TTIARIjY in November Jcuuie und
J-J Kenneth were settled in their apart
ment on Park nvonue nnd hnd begun
to take pari in the preliminary ac
tivities of the social season. Hut al
ready tho wonder of the anartment.
which had so overwhelmed Jennie when
she first hnd seen It in August, and ot
nil the nnnrtnicnt svmbollzed. hud ul-
most abated. With Jennie It wns as it
ever is with those who are nnibitlous,
who ure eneigetlc, who quickly adapt
themselves; the daring aspiration, once
it is achieved, swiftly settles Into nn
accepted nnd almost commonplncc fnct
of life, nnd becomes in Its turn meielv
the tnklng-off point for another flight
into yet higher lenlms. I(y the day kIic
Began living in it .lenuie wns accus
tomed utmost, thnt is to her won-
diously lofty home, nnd within the
privacy of her smooth, girlish forehead
she nlreudy had plans looking far into
tin future.
Even during tho bewildering davs fol
lowing her unexpected engagement, she
liuil dimly perceived a ccitalu distant
contingency, and she hud reached a cer
tain conclusion ; and nftcr her marriage
ull tier thinking along this line hnd
made that conclusion seem more wise
anil necessary, tier conclusion was
that us n wife she had to be the most
successful wife possinle; to be less might
be failure. She knew that Kenneth was
infatuated with her just then; but she
mm cnougn o a mature woman s wis
dom in her cuse it was as much
precocity as it was the remembrance of
tno roughly direct human nature of her
enily youth to know thnt nfter p venr.
or even less, the thrill and glamour of
the Initial infatuation may begin to
subsido nnd the mun Inevitably may
begin to reckon the material consequence
ot wnot no lias done. She realized that
Kenneth, In marrjing her instead of
morin, or Gloria h equivalent, had
sacrificed both wealth and assured
soclul position which such a wife would
nave brought as dowry.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
"Why? Why?" shrieked
nil the
birds. "Tell us why?"
"I'm getting all mixed up,1
Peggv. "Tell ns all about it .'
said
"Come," said General Swallow and
away ho fletf with Peggy on his back.
"Come," said King Bird, and he
mounted Into the nlr with 111 v. Awnv
they flow with th$ other birds following
until they came to r tall tree overlooking
u neat garden and orchard in the midst
of which stood n little cottazo.
"Heboid the padre's garden where we
linvo been welcome guests ever since we
nrrived south!" shr.llea General Swal-
ow, nlightiug in tho tree. "Heboid the
cottage in which dwells the good old
pudre who spends his days feedinir tho
birds and doing kind deeds among the
poor of the nearby village. Hehold the
dovecote near the cottage where tho
pigeons dwelt in gentlo content until
that topsy-turvy day a week ago whec
they suddenly turned from helpful,
pleasant neighbors into fierce, fighting
foes."
"Why have they driven us from the
orchard?" broke in Klne IHrd ind in.
nnntly. "Why have they become food
robbers and misers,' What have thev
done to our friend, the good padre? We
haven't seen him since the day their
natures eimugeu.
"They have dope away with our
friend, the padre. War! War 1" clam
ored the birds.
"Come, we will attack!" ohrilled
Geuevnl Swallow. "War! War I"
"Now don't lose your tempers," sntd
Peggv, "There must be somo reason
for tho strange madness of the on en
gentlo pigeons and somo reason why the
good padro has vanished. We should
learn those reasons before going to
war."
"Yes," agreed Hilly, "and now Is a
irood time to do it," and be pointed
down toward the garden. A long line
of pigeons was streaming out toward
the village. They were flying slowly aud
seemed heavily burdened. Another
string of pigeons was going on gunrd
around the gardeu wall.
"War!" shrilled General Swallow.
"We wilt attack nt once."
"No, wo will solve the nijstery,"
said Peggy. "We will go Into the gar
den. General Swallow, but only you and
I, King Hlrd and Hilly."
(Tomorrow will be told ichat they
find fit the garden.)
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