" When a Girl " By AW 1.151.E A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing Problem of a Girl Wife CHAPTER CCLXVII (Copyright, King Feature Service, Inc.) "Phoebe-Neal!" I cried and again Just that: "Phoebe-Neal!" Then I rushed across the room fairly babbling my joy even while the unwelcome, unbidden tears surged up to my eyes. A second later they were tangled up in my arms together. Together! Together that was the glorious, wonderful, unbeliev able thin come true under my Aappy eyes. However much he wanted to eliminate himself. Tony couldn t escape, for we blocked the door wav. After a minute Neal reco\- ered his poise and detaching hu "- self crossed the room to Tony, who stood a lonely figure, but smiling his blessing. "Norreys, old man," cried slangj young Neal, rather poetically, "give me a welcome home. I've been on a long journey, but I've come home. "Welcome home, young chap, from wars and camps and journej ings," replied Tony with an alto- ( gether satisfactory twinkle in his C> He gave Neal a fine rousing thump on the back, and then came to Phoebe and me. "I—about to depart—salute you little Miss Phoebe," he said with kindly understanding. 'I ve seen nothing at all of you since the good old days when we were gio.tt chums, and the little girl usei * * kiss 'Uncle Tony' good night at nine —wasn't it? A very protesting and protested against nine, too. "I'll kiss you again. cried Phoebe. "Dear, dear Uncle Tony, what a dear you are to forget the day you came to lunch and read us Betty's letter about happiness, and I broke down and ran away like a jealous little fool." Her eyes sought Neal s as she spoke. And there was enough hap piness there to make up for a mill ion other unhappy times. ( "Dear me, I am getting old, laughed Tony. "I had forgotten. But I haven't forgotten something that was just said about your kiss ing me." . Then, stooping, he laid his left hand lightly on Phoebe's hair and laid his lips very gently to her fore head. But Phoebe rose on tiptoe and flung her arms around Tony— and she kissed him on each' cheek, on forehead and then on his lips. Very lightly, like flower petals, her lips touched him. "A four-leaf clover, Uncle Tony, for happiness and luck." Tony, without a farewell glance, murmured his good-by and hurried away. "A prince of good fellows. The salt of the earth," said Neal, and added mischievously, "What do you say to our having him for one of the ushers at the great even, little lady?" Phoebe blushed and buried her face against my shoulder. And though I was aching with curiosity as to how all this had come to pass, I just held out a hand to each and asked never a question beyond. "Any one care for tea?" Neal threw back his head and shouted. After a moment Phoebe joined him, and, exchanging a glance, they seemed to consent mu tually so something I didn't under stand, and falling upon me. they dragged me down on the couch be tween them. Then: "Tell her, Neal!" commanded Phoebe. "All right," said Neal, eagerly. But, pulling himself up short, he corrected himself gallantly. 'No, you, dear." "I'd rather it was you," said Phoebe, shyly, and slipped down yito the nest my left arm made for her. old lady, I suppose you wonder how it happened?" queried Neal and, without waiting the af firmative nod of my head to en courage him, he went right on and told me. "I've been moping around the of fice for a couple of days that seemed like a couple of years. Wondering and wondering all the time how 1 could find out if Phoebe still cared. And breaking a brain cell to figure out how I'd ever scrape up the nerve to tell her I'd never stopped caring —even when I hadn't any right to. Gee whillikens! It was fierce! "Then this morning when I get to the office, there sits Pat Dalton at my desk. And he hits out from the shoulder. Man-talk. Once or twice I got pretty hot under the collar. Once or twice I felt pretty cheap. .And more than once or twice I was about ready to kick my senior partner out of the place. THE CALL OF HUNGER is answered by Nature with abundance of food-but be sure you eat the food that Nature intended for human beinds. The whole wheat is kind of all fooas. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the whole wheat,nothing wasted,nothing thrown away -the most real food for the least money. Two or three of these crisp, brown little loaves of baked wheat with sliced bananas; sliced peaches, or other fruits, make a , nourishing meal at a cost of d few cents. Ready-cooked. Ready-to -eat THURSDAY EVENING, But at the finish I got pretty' darn sorry for him. And when he left I sat mulling over the last thing said. This is what it was: " 'Neal, young fellow, my lad, I've made a tine botch of my life. And I've done little enough to make the finest woman in the world happy. Do you want to come to my age feeling the same way? Pride's the most expensive luxury in the world, Neal. Are you going to wreck your life on yours—your life and hers?' "Next thing you know, Babbs, I had Phoebe on the 'phone. And I was asking her all breathless and scared if she'd see me for five min utes. Dizzy 1 was for fear she'd turn me down." Then Phoebe interrupted with a happy laugh: "1 was more scared than ho was, Anne. But I said—why not for ten minutes? I almost died of shame when 1 heard the words coming. But he called me a darling and said he'd be at the appartment in a taxi in record time. And I was in the lobby waiting" "And I gave the doorman a fiver for knowing enough to look the other way at the right time." added Neal, interrupting in turn. "And now all I've got to do is persuade the little girl that next week is the ideal time for a wedding." "Don't be in such a rush," I said, getting up and turning my back on their unashamed joy of each other. "I'll show as much knowledge of which way to look as any doorman can display," I added lightly. But my thoughts weren't light at all. I was wondering how Virginia —who had never approved of Neal —would accept him now. Now that he had been publicly jilted by Evvy Mason. Now that he was Pat Dal ton's partner. (To Be Continued.) DAILY HINT ON FASHIONS ). ||j A DAINTY FROCK FOR THE LITTLE MISS • 2575 —Figured voile, or organdie, soft silk, lawn, batiste, dimil>, dotted Swiss and challie may be used for this style. It is good also for gingham, chambray and percale, i The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 4, | 6 and 8 years. Size G requires 2 1-2 yards of 36-inch material. A pattern of this illustration i mailed to any address on receipt of : 10 cents in silver or stamps. Telegraph Pattern Department For the 10 cents inclosed please | send pattern to the following j address: Size Pattern No j Name - Address City and State Bringing Up Father -*- Copyright, 1918, International News Service - By McManus [ MA,E-K.N . HAVE 1 MOM HAVE fT , j~| -I[ II WLLTI H|ppDVMJ TEE 1 -TE - OLE? h U ,\ T^ ONEY * PA.DTHEBOTLEK rOU^ R PLAY A 1 OOH'V R * TUM -TUNT: IWANMA- _J Hft SALW AND ~ , . WHILE- RUMEMQErL fl KIN },. 4r ,LJ jfk—[T7V"/% 1 HAVEN'T A CENT , , J THE CANE | "SEE uJIZr T| VIENNA TO TAKE | OVER VALUABLES Will Use Funds to Purchase Coal and Raw Materials Vienna, Aug. 7. The Govern- I mcnt has decreed that it will take | over all gold, silver, jewelry, foreign i bonds and forests which are in the I possession of private individuals, ( who will receive compensation for I them. One of the governments j objects is to obtain funds to pur- I chase coal and raw materials in j order to provide wbrk for the peo- j ] pie, incidentally to buy foodstuffs, | without which the starvation condi tions of lost winter will be horribly acecntunted this fall. It is predicted that unless the allies occupy Budapest and end the j present communist regime the coun try will be wasted and the peoplo will starve in the coming winter. The first effect of a kind of block ade established by a force of Amer ican soldiers along the Austrian frontier of Hungary will be to pre vent money, or materials which l represent money, from flowing out of the country, for It is known that i the communists are sending money | abroad for propaganda purposes. The Americans are experiencing great difficulties in controlling an immense amount of contrab and traffic that has sprung up in small I border towns like Bruck, through ! which the communists are smug- I i gling out money and Hungarians | who fled to Vienna are trying to bring out their buried treasures | find bonds. There is said to exist a special smuggling service carried out I by airplanes by means of which | hundreds of millions of crowns have j been conveyed out of the country. Japan Will Return Shantung to China, President Wilson Says • Washington, Aug. 7. President j Wilson issued a formal statement last I night saying that the "frank state | mcnt" made by Viscount Uchida as | | to Japan's policy regarding Shantung . "ought to serve to remove many of i the misunderstandings which had ; begun to accumulate about this ques i tion." j Reference in the Uchida statement |as to the agreement between Japan I and China in 19t5, "might be mis -1 | leading," the President said, "if not 1 commented upon in the light of what occurred in Paris." When the question of disposal of j Shantung was definitely decided on ! | at Paris, President Wilson said the I Japanese delegation in reply to a question from him said:— ! "' 'The policy of Japan is to hand back the Shantung Peninsula in full sovereignty to China, retaining only the economic privileges granted to j Germany and the right to establish a settlement under the usual conditions at Tsing Tao.'" j 400.000 HIFI.ES OBSOLETE | Washington, Aug. 7. Announce- I ment was made to-day by the War I Department that the 400,000 Krag | Jorgonsen rifles and carbines held in ■ arsenals for years and which it was reported during the war, were to be sold to Russia or other countries; have been formally declared obso " lete and withdrawn from the service BAHRISBURG TELEGRXPEC THE LOVE GAMBLER By Virginia Terhune Van ,-ie Water CHAPTER XL Copyright, 1919, Star Company ' David Smith Dolaine followed in structions, driving uptown to the Leighton house for the parcel men tioned by his employer's daughter. It was a strange coincidence, he reflected, that he should be in the service of the girl of whom his aunt had been fond—the girl she hail wanted him to meet and to care for, the girl to whom she had left a piece of jewelry her nephew had admired. He was now sent for the pendant—just as if he had never known the woman to whom it be longed. TJhcre were many queer situations coming his way nowa days. , This situation was of his own making. Yet, when he had decided upon his novel adventure he had no idea where it was leading him. Well, he would see it through. He must, for he had his living to make. He was assailed suddenly by a keen doubt as to whether he would be willing to give up his pres. cnt position. This doubt annoyed him. lie wanted to feel that he was heart free as well as foot-free. Annie answered his ring at the front door. He explained his er rand. Miss Leighton says that Norali knows about the parcel she sent me for," he added. "Norah's in her room dressing— for she's leavin' in a little while. But I'll tell her," Annie said. David waited in the lower hall for at least ten minutes before Norah appeared, dressed for her departure from the Leighton house hold. Her face was hard and dis dainful. "Here," she said, thrusting the small box toward him, "take it! 1 wrapped it up days ago for her. She's been a long time gettin' it \ downtown. Remember—lt's out of my keepin' and in yours now." Thanks," he acknowledged, dropping the box into the pocket of his overcoat. A Parting Slam "You'd best look out for it," the girl said significantly. "It's up to you, now—rbad luck to you!" Then she slammed the door, leav ing David both amused and irate. But his amusement got the better of his temper and he returned to his car with a sensation of relief. There would be no more meetings with this all-natured creature. He had made a mistake in the begin ning in asking a small favor of her. He had paid for his indiscretion. When he entered the big jewelry shop of Fifth avenue, he carried the little box to the repair depart ment and asked for Mr. Perry. "Mr. Perry is busy just now," the clerk told him. Can vou leave your message with me?" David hesitated. He preferred to carry out • his instructions to the letter. It was his habit to do this. "If I could speak to him for only a moment, I would not detain him," he said. The clerk addressed a middle aged man who was talking to a customer. "Excuse me, Sfr. Perry; but could you give this person just a minute of your time?" Mr. Perry turned to David. Daily Dot Puzzle - '<>• *lB f.\ 15* *' Zo •14 Z i • , | 24 .2.3 ..13 Z i •, 5 V • *|o " 5 3 , -4 - 26 *7 a s T. 3. ® K <*} • SO 51 *32. 33; 33 f . 4) * =? : 3E • 54 5b 2 • • • <■ 47 . 40 • 55 . L. . 46 58 4.1 w -• Draw from one to two and so on to the end. "Well, what do you want?" lie de manded brusquely. The chauffeur handed him the box. "Miss Leighton instructed me to give this to you," he explained briefly. "She wants the catch of the chain repaired and the setting ol the sapphire and diamonds in spected as soon as convenient, please." The explanation was so business like and concise that the older man nodded approvingly. "i .will attend to it at once, just as soon as I llnisli with this cus tomer." "Tlianlc you." David said, turning away as the jeweler laid the par cel, without opening it. In his desk. "Aunt Jeanne's pendant!" De- Laine mused with a whimsical smile. "Life's certainly a funny proposition!" A .Message From Perry Then lie got into liis car and drove back to the employment agency where ho was to wait lor 1 >esi ree. Desiree Leigliton's hour at tbo agency had produced no satisfac tory results. Such maids as slio had Interviewed were very few and thoroughly incompetent. At the end of the morning she was well nigh discouraged. "What am I to do," she asked the manager of the office. "Well, it's late in the week, and Friday's a bad day to get help in." the woman told her. "I guess per haps you'd do better if you would wait until the fore part of next week, —say Tuesday or Wednesday —and come in then." Desiree sighed, yet submitted to the inevitable. "I will make a point of coming on Wednesday," she said. bear my need in mind, please." It was luncheon time when she reached lier home. "I shall not want the car this af ternoon," she told David. "You may do as you please for the rest of the day." Annie greeted her as she entered the house. "Please, ma'am, they called you up from somewhere down town. I think the gentleman who spoke said his name was Mr. Perry. Ho said you was please to telephone to him just as soon as you got home, and that I wns to be sure not to forget to tell you." He probably wants directions as to what I want done to my pen dant and chain," Desiree reflected as she asked for the number of the Jeweler. "Yet 1 was sure that Smith got my directions nil right." But Mr. Perry did not want nnv directions about the pendant "Miss Leighton," lie said, "1 must speak to you of a very im portant matter. I am sorry to die tress you, but when I opened the ease loft with mo by your chauf feur this morning it was absolutely empty." Sproul Will Address Governors' Conference Governor William C. Rproul will address the Governor's Conference or the "Expansion of the National Guard System as a Basis of National De fense." Tliis subject will raise somr interesting discussions, it is believed Not less than thirty-live Governors will attend the sessions which will be held at Salt Lake City, August 18 to 24. Addresses on the "State Budget" by the governors of Maryland and Wis consin. will likely prove interesting. Maryland and Governor Harrington have had four years' experience with the Executive Budget system, which gives to the governor about complete control over the state's purse strings, and consequently unsual control over the State's policies. Wisconsin and Governor Phillip have had about six years' experience with a real legis lative budget system whereby the legislature controls. Idaho and Nebraska have attempt ed some interesting experiments in the consolidation of administrative boards. The experience and recom mendations of the governors of those two states will be submitted to the conference. A DISCOVERY THAT BENEFITS MANKIND Two discoveries have added greatly to human welfare. In 1835 Newton originated the vac uum process for condensing milk with cane sugar to a semi-liquid form. In 1883 Horlick at Racine,Wis..dis covered how to reduce milk to a dry poicder form with extract of malted grains, "without cane sugar. This product HORLICK named Malted Milk. (Name since copied by others.) Its nutritive value, digestibility and ease of preparation (by simply stirring in water) and the fact that it keeps in any climate, has proved of much value to mankind as an ideal food-drink from infancy to old age. Ask for HOIILICK'S —Avoid Imitation* Senators Predict Treaty Ratification With Reservations i Washington, Aug. 7. —Ratification j of the Peace Treaty, with reserva i Hons satisfactory to those Senators I opposed to the League of Nations | and accepted by the President, is predicted by several prominent Sen ' ators. Neither side will confess to : a compromise agreement. Both are | firm in their public attitude, but not | withstanding it was learned that I conferences have been held which i point to an understanding in the | near future. Circumstantial evidence corrobor ; ates these reports. President Wil son returned to Washington with the announced intention of immedi ately taking the stump and appeal ing directly to the people for their i influence in favor of ratification. Ho : has not started upon that tour and I according to reports, no date has [ yet been set for his leaving. Just |at present the high cost of living ! is occupying his attention, but even j before tliis subject was brought acutely before him by the demands j of the railroad men he had not de j cided upon his tour. 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