The Four of Hearts A Serial of Yonth and Romance By Virginia Van De Wtr It) VirgiuiiL Terliunc Van de Water OHAPTKR LVIII Copyright, 1918, Star Company Milton Van Saun and Dora Living stone had had their talk out. The man had appeared in compliance with her request, arriving at 4 o'clock on his way uptown from the office. Dora, with a calmness that had surprised even herself, had told him of her desire to end their engage ment. Milton, with a frankness that did not wound her, acknowledged that he approved of her decision. "We have never loved each other," Dora affirmed after a while. "I have liored you and you have bored me." In spite of her relief, she protest ed when Milton suggested that the truth should be confessed to her parents at once. "Oh, no—please not yet!" she begged. "Let us wait for a day or two until Cyn and I decide what we are to say or do. We are both scared almost to death," she added with a nervous laugh. "I don't blame you," her com panion said. "I am a bit fussed my self." Cynthia, in her own room, won dered how matters were progressing with her cousin and Milton. The ruin that had begun yesterday after noon was still falling, giving an ex i fllent excuse for not finishing fhe little shopping that Aunt Amanda said must be done before the wed ding preparations would be com plete. In spite of her efforts to remain calm, Cynthia found herself listen ing anxiously for sounds from below. How long Milton was staying! What made him linger like this? Caught by the Mother At last the front door closed and Dora's light footstep sounded out side. The girl looked up eagerly us her cousin entered and dropped clown upon the couch with a gesture of despair. "Oh. Cyn!" she exclaimed. "What no you think! Mother waylaid Mil ton in the hall just as he was leav ing and told him he must dine here to-night. 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"Tell me about your talk witn Milton," she suggested, when the pair were again calm. "There's not much to tell," Dora said. "He knew already that 1 did not love him. Oh, Cyn—it's good not to be engaged! I may as well enjoy it for a few hours, for when mother knows the truth —as she soon will—good-night!" Cynthia smiled at the slang ex pression, then she sighed. "When I think of the combination arranged for us this evening I ftel as if I must die!" she declared. "Dora, for pity's sake what are we going to do?" "We'll have to talk the thing over with Milton and Gerald to night," Dora replied. "They will \ have to face the music with us. We might all confess in unison that we are not going to get married. But, jest as they might, the girls | found themselves confronting a se | rious dilemma. Both knew enough ' of the temper and will of Mrs. T,lv \ ingstone and of Mr. Livingstone's agreement in her plans, to realize that a difficult experience was ahead. A Bombshell It was at the dinner table that night that the hostess threw a con versational bomb, causing a mental panic among her listeners. "Well, young people," she remarked, smil ing upon the quartet, who, she noticed, were strangely silent, "I have a surprise for you all. I to-day mailed the invitations for our beau tiful double wedding." Dora started so violently that she upset her water glass. "Why, mother!" she exclaimed, "what under the sun did you do that for? Two weeks before a wed ding is an abundance of time to .send out invitations." "I do not agree with you," her mother said. "A few days more than the fortnight is better form. It gives people ample time to select wedding presents. Don't you think I am right, Gerald?" she appealed to Stewart, who sat beside her. He flushed crimson, yet did not lose his self-possession. "I do not think that a mere man should express an opinion on the matter," he evaded. "In such a case as that, the ladies are really the best judges." "We can always depend upon you to say the pretty thing, dear boy," Mrs. Livingstone smiled. She glanced expectantly at Milton but he did not meet her gaze. Nor did he make any comment on the subject, although his hostess refer red to it several times before leaving the table. # Stephen Livingstone was dining at his club to-night and Milton Van Saun and Gerald Stewart did not stay in the dining room to smoke. Instead, they accompanied the ladies into the drawing-room. Here, Mrs. Livingstone bade them good-night gracefully, preparatory to going to her room. "A new novel demands my atten tion," she explained. "I must finish it before I sleep." As soon as she had gone, Milton, hitherto so silent, spoke. "The time has come, my friends," he declared, "for a council of war. Gerald, shall we decide what's to be done?" "I would suggest that we consult Dora and Cynthia, first," Gerald said. "Good!" Milton agreed. "I will appoint myself a committee of one to talk the matter over with Cynthia. You can discuss it with Dora." "Cynthia," with a bow, "let us ad journ to the library, where these two people won't disturb us." Upstairs, Mrs. Livingstone read her new novel placidly, little guess ing what was happening in the rooms below. She was satisfied that her young people were carrying out her plans to the letter. (To Be Continued) Advice to the Lovelorn Dear Miss Fairfax:—l am a young man nineteen years of age. Do you think it is right for me to go with a girl? I work on the railroad and 1 think it would be nice to have a little friend to help keep up my spirits when A get back from a hard day's work. If you think it is advisable for me to do so, X wish you would kindly advise me how to get a girl, having never been out with one. Thankfully yours.—VEßY LONELY. The best way to meet young wom en is through the church, for I judge by your letter that you desire to meet only the right kind of girls. Do you attend church? Connected with the church are many whole some social affairs where you will meet with plenty of girls. Assume a tactful attitude when you do meet girls, do not show them too openly that you desire to cultivate their acquaintance. Merely be polite, friendly and interested in them and interesting to them. Request the present privilege of calling . upon them after you have met them. You will find many very nice girls as anxious for friendly companion ship as you are. Surely it is all right for you to go with a girl. But you are too young to settle down with one of them. The U. S. Food Administration Says' Berlin thanks j you every ti, y ,e >' ou i ' take an extra lump ' MMIIN IWW n f sugar. Our sav- j ' lnK or selfishness will show success : within 1% pounds of wheat flour per week for each j person. "Wheat is the test." Sponge l Cake 4 eggs. 1 cup sugar, Vi teaspoon I salt, 1 cup barley 'flour, 1 tablespoon j lemon Juice. 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Her speed is claptrap trash anyway. That set tles it for ever taking her advice about a play again." "The conversation continued in the subway after they had st/olled down Broadway. "Why, if there had been one amusing thing in it I wouldn't have cared," said Warren. "That's true; It was so artificial." "How did you happen to take Mrs. Stevens' word for it? Why , I get as much amusement out of a trip to the office, and 1 don't have to pay $2 a seat, either." Helen, trying to agree with him and to keep him in good humor, hastened to assent. "It was expen sive entertainment, wasn't it, dear? Why didn't you get cheaper seats?" "Not for me. If I can't sit in the best seats I want to stay at home?" Helen was silent. "The evening was ruined so far as any excitement or pleasure Is concerned. If you had kept still we might have gone to see 'Sacrifice.' They say that's a thriller." Warren kept up a running fire of criticism about the play until they reached the very door of their apartment. Then, as the elevator let them out and shot down into space, Helen's eyes widened as she looked at the guilty marks sur rounding the keyhole." "Warren," she gasped, "look!" .as if some one had been busy with our lock, doesn't it?" Warren remarked, a tense note creeping into his voice. Helen tried the door. "It's open!" she said, almost in a whisper. They went into the ' apartment qtlietly, and Warren snapped on the lishts in the hall. The next mo ment Helen had rushed into Wini fred's room, but nothing had been disturbed there, and the child was sleeping calmly. | Wherever Cool Breezes Jj § Blow Wicker Furniture 1 | Will Add to Your Pleasure 1 H' Goldsmith's Wicker Furniture is ideal for the porch—sleeping rooms —and liv ing rooms. H The construction of this inexpensive |p| furniture reflects coolness and comfort. 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"Where are the rings and your bracelet?" "I hid them in Winifred's room. I don't know what made me do it. but I found a hiding place there and I took all the valuable things and put them away last week, when Mary and I cleaned." "Well, for once you were lucky— that is if they're still there." "I'll see. Yes dear," calling from the other room, "they're here all right. 1 don't think this room has been bothered at all." Warren began a thorough and systematic search of the apartment, ending with the kitchen, where, in the little room just beyond, he wake Mary. Mary shook as Helen told her that burglars had been there, but she vehemently denied having heard anything. "Yes, Winifred's all right," said Helen in reply to Mary's anxious query, "but most of the table silver is gone." "Well, I don't know what you think," said Warren a few minutes later, as he dropped into an easy chair in the living room and lighted a cigar, "bat I think we got off pretty easily." "But the silver, dear. 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"Well, if they didn't steal all the food there was in the house, how about some eats? Strange, we spent two dollars to' see a play that will not excite or amuse us, and we come home and get all the excite ment for nothing, minus a few valu ables. To Be Continued. Germany Would End Raids by "Agreement" Rotterdam, May 2 4.—Herr Kuck hoff, the Cologne deputy in the Reichstag, said yesterday that he will ask the Chancellor whether it is possible to discuss the subject of air raids on open towns so that the "senseless murder of women and children" may be ended by inter national agreement. 9
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