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"When a Girl "
By ANN LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of a Girl Wife
Copyright, 19X9, King Feature Syn-|
dicate, Inc.
CHAPTER CCCX
To take on myself the responsibil- [
ity for Daisy's gravely responsible
position with Tom. Mason was ;
one thing. To face the actual fact;
that I had sponsored a girl whom I |
felt'to be a thief and had endangered
the possessions of Jim's friend was \
another.
This came to me with growing!
force all through the morning after
Daisy had gone to take charge of ;
Tom's antique shop. My warrant
of Daisy's honesty was dishonest.
I was playing fairy-godmother at
Tom's expense. The ethics of what
1 had done seemed questionable to i
me as I thought it all over.
One thing was clear, however. If ■
I had to do it over I'd have to do
the same thing.
I put in a miserable morning !
and started off in a pretty unhappy i
mind after lunch to call for Uncle
Ned and Aunt Mollie. Driving the '
car wasn't a pleasant process, but
for their sakes I felt I must do it. t
In a traffic block as my car stood i
still waiting for a side street to |
empty itself across the avenue, my |
attention was attracted from idle |
staring to half-awakened but eager i
interest. On the curb, waiting like I
me, stood a girl dressed in black, !
unnoticeable but for the uneasy
way she was watching me out of the !
corner of her eye and trying to hide
something or someone from my |
notice. Naturally, as soon as I be- |
came aware of that I fucused my i
attention on the girl and tried to j
place her.
In a moment or two I realized |
that the girl who was watching me |
so uneasily and trying to pretend
that she wasn't watching me at all
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was Bertha, my ex-maid. On the
inner side of the walk, instead of
the outside, where he would nat
urally be. stood a man. Ho was
slight, slim, pale and stoop shoul
dered, and wore a broad visored
cap pulled down so its shadow made
his features an indistinct blur. Sud
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him from view. At once he turned
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second we locused on each other.
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Bertha's ever acknowledging that
there was some one near to whom
she should have bowed.
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lor, that this must be her convict
husband. But on arriving at Aunt
Mollie's hotel, a few minutes later,
1 dismissed it from my mind because
of the greater problem which X
couldn't dismiss—the problem of my
unfairness to Tom.
Instead of sending up word that
J the car was waiting and asking
j Uncle Ned and Aunt Mollie down to
j join me, I went up to the suite
j where there are always bowls of old-
I fashioned Howers, Uncle Ned's per
! petual gift to his "bride." The little
j old lady radiant in one of her tight-
I bodiced, full skirted silks, greeted
ime with a hug and a kiss. The
she held me off at arm's length and
| called:
"Neddie come here! Our little
, girl looks a mite peeked and wor
| ried. You see whether she needs
j some aromatic or a lectie of my
I blackberry juice."
Uncle Ned came striding out ini
! mediately from the inner room as
he always does when Aunt Mollie
summons htm. He muicned over
took my hands in his big ones and
i led me to the light. Then, after a
j grave inspection from his deep blue
eyes, he marched me back to his
1 wife.
"What this child needs is mother
ing," he said quietly.
"It is. Oh it is!" I replied sol
| emnly and with deep conviction.
I'd like to cry on your shoulder,
! Aunt Mollie."
I "Come on, dearie, cry on your old
j Auntie's shoulder and then let your
| wise Uncle know just what's both-
I ering you so he can tell you what
' to do,' said Aunt Mollie, pulling me
! down on the old-fashioned sofa that
i they had managed to have in their
, suite.
And all in a second I was blurting
| out my story:
"Once upon a time," I said, "a
dear lad 1 know brought his wife
| a beautiful pearl ring for a birth
, day gift. There were three persons
i there at the time, and circumstances
I left each of them alone with the
valuable jewel. It disappeared. It
might have been taken by a servant
who swore her innocence, or by the
man guest who hadn't any possible
motive for taking it. But the wife
felt sure that guest was the
thief." •
"Sure? Sure's a big word. Why
was she sure?" asked Uncle Ned.
So—naming no names—l told of
Daisy's love of beauty, of her envy
and of the three minutes alone with
temptation. When I finished, Uncle
Ned came over and put his hand un
der my chin and so he held my face
' to the grave scutiny of his eyes.
"Judge not, little girl," said he.
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"Judge not. It's easy to be wrong.
Some folks ain't fair to our Val. You
wouldn't do anything to fasten
blame on an innocent person. I
know that, or I don't know a thing
about folks."
Then I told of the one day
remaining before the husband put
the law on the criminal's track, ard
of the position of trust the wife had
aided th girl in obtaining. And
when I had finished the two old
dears were looking at me with grave
tenderness in their eyes. Uncle Ned
sat holding Aunt Mollie's hand be
tween both of his. and looking at
her for approval he spoke with no
pretense of misunderstanding who
was the "wife" of my story.
"Have you searched all through
your clothes, Anne?"
"No, I haven't." I confessed.
"Well, we'll call the rest of our
afternoon together postponed and
you go straight home and search
through everything you had on that
day. I reckon you'll find your rin£,
in a pocket or caught in a hem or
same place that's so likely you never
thought of it at all. But anyway,
we love you for the way you've
stood by that girl."
"I believe you're right." I said,
unutterably relieved. I'm going
right home, and I feel sure I'll be
back here in an hour with the ring
on my finger."
At Aunt Mollie added a
gentle word.
I'm sure my Neddie's right. Anne.
We'll see you back with the ring in
an hour, and we want you to know,
dear, that we are proud you came
to us. But we ain't gding to make
any mention of this confidence ever,
nor yet let ourselves figure on who
the little girl who might have taken
thw ring can be —unless she needs us
some day."
"You dears!" I cried, "I know I'll
find my ring. And you've made
me very thankful I didn't steal —
the girl's chance!"
(To Be Continued.)
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THE LOVE GAMBLER
By Virginia Terhune Van dc Water
CHAPTER I,XII
Copyright, 1919, Star Company
In spike of stern self T chiding,
j Desiree Lelghton was too thankful
land happy to succeed in composing
1 herself to sleep before dawn. In
I consequences she was still slumber -
! ing when her father went downtown
i to his office after breakfast.
When she did awake she lay still
lor some time musing on what had
I happened.
The shadow had been lifted from
Smith's reputation. She was glad
! to believe that even her father no
! longer doubted his chauffeur's in
; nocence, although he had sneered
' at what he called "love affairs be
low-stairs." Desiree caught her
breath sharply as she recalled that
speech. She could not dispute it,
| yet she resented what she regarded
! as an injustice on her father's part.
Then she tried to reason the mat
ter out with herself, only to find
I to her dismay that to this affair
, that concerned Smith so closely she
could not give an unbiased judg
' ment. All she could say to herself
. was — •
"I knew he was incapacble of any
| thing mean. I knew, whatever
I happened, that he was a gentleman
at heart and in action."
AVas she entirely disinterested in
these views?
Suddenly and without her will she
asked this question.
When she tried to answer it she
was frightened. For she was can
-1 did enough to acknowledge that
her liking for this young man had
grown so fast that it had passed
beyond her power to check it. She
could no longer hide from herself
the fact that Smith meant much in
her life. During the past two days,
when she shrank from seeing him
because of the telegram she had
sent, the hours had dragged. She
was already wondering how soon
she might see him again.
What would her father say? A
sensation of guilt seized her as she
remembered how her parent trusted
her and how much shocked he
would be at the painful interest his
daughter felt in the doings of this
young chauffeur whom she scarcely
knew.
, Theory From Xorali
Her remorse annoyed her, but it
could not make her drive Smith
from her mind. But she did want
to follow her father's wishes as far
as lay within her power. He had
told her to question Annie again.
She must do this now, disagreeable
;is it was to reopen the subject. ,
She rang her bell and, when the
maid appeared at the door, informed
her that she would be ready Jor
breakfast in three-quarters-of-an- ,
hour. Then with a fine show of un- :
concern, she added:
"Oh, by the way, Annie, have you !
heard from Norah yet?"
"Why, no, ma'am," was the sur- i
prised reply. "I'm not expectin' to :
hear from her. As I told you, me |
and her ain't on the best of terms." i
"Why? What is the matter?"
"Well," Annie admitted with evi
dent relish, "'tis her temper, ma'am,
that made the trouble."
"Oh—she has a disagreeable tem
per. I know. Was she ever unkind
to you?"
"No, ma'am—not as you'd say un
kind. But she did try to do me
some mean turns. And she was al
way threatenin' to get back at folks
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to the end^
•as crossed her. She wue that mad
I at Smith that she said she'd like
| to kill him —if she dared."
"Ah? Why—what had Smith
done?"
j Annie giggled. "He hadn't done
| nothin' ma'am, 1 guess. That was
what riled her. She wrote to him
I acceptin' his invitation to go to the
| movies."
| Desiree controlled any outward
| evidence of the inward start these
j words produced. She recollected
i perfectly the note in which Norah
I had invited herself to go to a rnov
! ing picture show with the good
i looking young chauffeur.
1 "Smith never received that note,"
| she remarked quietly,
j "No, ma'am,'.' Annie rejoined—"so
1 Norah was sayin'. But it seems she
! tried to get him to come to see her.
!or something like that—and he
i sorter shied off—and they had some
| words, but she didn't tell me all the
I facts. I do guess, ma'am," sinking
i her voice to a confidential pitch.
| "that she kinder run after him and
J that he felt himself above her and
sorter run away. Anyone With half
(an eye could see that. But she was
| iiiad at him all right! She was al-
I ways sayin' as how she would get
even with him before she finished
! with him. Then at the very last
• she said she had."
Part of the Truth
Desiree sat up in bed eagerly.
"What? When did she say that?"
| she questioned.
"The very last mornin' she was
here, please ma'am—right after she
"had give to Smith that little box for
the jeweler—and had come back up
stairs."
"Annie —try" to recall just what
i she said," Desiree urged. "I have a
| reason for asking you to do this. It
! is not idle curiosity—but very im
portant."
"Well ma'am," the maid explain
ed, pleased to find herself in the po
sition of informant on an interesting
point, "she come back up stairs, and
when I asked her if Smith treated
j her polite, she said cross-like—'He
| did not! But I've fixed him all right!
j I've got even with him—the beast'.'
I Excuse me, ma'am, for usin" her
I very words, please."
) "Certainly, Annie. lam glad you
; told the truth. I wished it because
• Norah tried to cast suspicion on
Stnitli—tried to make him seem un-
I trustworthy. Since she has not suc
j ceeded, it is well to let the matter
i die a natural death. So we'll say no
; more about it."
"Very well, ma'am." There was a
j note of disappointment in the re
spectful reply.
Then Annie went on down to the
kitchen to repeat the conversation
to the cook and to express wonder
as to what "that divil Norah had
been up to."
(To Be Continued)
Advice to the Lovelorn
SHALL. SHE VISIT HIMf
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
There has been a dear friendship
between a certain young man and
myself for several years. He Is
stopping at a hotel in a summer re
sort and has invited me to come
either w:tli friends or my mother,
cr alone, if I wish. I claim it is
perfectly proper for me to go to see
this young man. if I happen to be
at that restort. and yet my girl
friend seems to think that it is high
'ly improper. What do you think?
' I don't think It would be fair to de
| mand that this young man call for
j me, as my home is far away; also,
jif I am accompanied by some one,
! do you think I ought to insist upon
j his taking me home? It is about
two hours' ride from my home to
1 the place where he is stopping.
ANXIOUS
It will be proper for you to dine
! with the young man at his hotel if
i your mother or / some older woman
1 goes with you. And it will not be
necessary for him to "see you home"
if It is two hours ride by train.
' Don't think of going alone with an
! other girl. While I realise it would
! bo all right, it would "look" all the
j things your friends say.
i Soldier Fails to Make Known His
Return
j DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Since childhood I have known
l a boy three years older than I am.
He was among those who went to
fight for our country. All the time
;he was away we corresponded. In
; fact, his letters were written to
make me understand he really cared
for me. Now, through a girl friend
I heard that he has been home for
two weeks. Should 1 bother about
| meeting hipi, as he has never let
me know that he was home?
Though I loue him dearly, I have
| never showed him that I cared. If
I made any attempt to meet him,
would he think I was running after
him? A READER.
A great many girls have written
to me about similar experiences
with young soldiers. And one can
only judge, while in France, they
probably forgot their American
sweethearts. Ido not think I would
igo out of my way to meet this
i young man, as it is up to him to let
! you know of his return. If you hap
pen to meet him. however, I should
act cordially.
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Good morning!
Where could you find a better,
salutation In its unabridged form!
it is, "I wish you a good morning," I
and every one who utters it is tacitly I
saying:
"Here is a brand new morning, j
It is the only one of its kind. ln|
all the history of the world there'
never has been one quite like it,!
and it can never be duplicated. It !
is entirely your own; you possess
it outright until noon, and then it j
will spread its wings and fly from
you forever. But while you have
it, 1 hope that you will enjoy it,
and that you will regret its de
parture."
Obviously, the tone in which this;
wish is conveyed should match the
. f mcVment. It also needa an ac-'
companying smile. But the smilei
'is frequently omitted, and the voice!
is rargly in harmony with ll;oi
, words.
There are fifty-seven different'
ways of saying it. Sometimes It i
is growled, sometimes it is barked,
op snapped, or sighed, or moaned,
or snarled—all of which is unjus
tifiable. It is the putting of a beau-:
tiful thing to base uses.
The favorite method is to say it I
in a curt, unpleasant way which j
implies: "I don't care what kind of'
an old morning you have. I am
rather hoping that it will be dis
agreeable. I haven't much use for j
you anyway, and I'll shed no tears I
if you get what's coming to you." [
One woman I can think of al- '
ways says "Good morning" in such j
a despairing, hopeless way that it:
is enough to darken the day and
shut out the combined light of the
sun, moon and stars. I don't know
i whether she has a bad conscience j
or indigestion or whether she is |
I simply letting a grouch get the i
upper hand of her. But, under any J
circumstances, she hs.s no right to ]
impose her gloom on others.
If they have had something to!
make them happy there is no rea- j
son for her to cast a cloud pver j
their sunshine and If they havo j
something to bother them, there is i
no reason why she should deepen!
and increase their troubles.
And there is no excuse for her i
crepe-draped voice. She has had J
more than the average share of!
good fortune, and no more
than fall to the common lot. But j
she has let what was in the first!
place a mild, baby grouch grow to I
such proportions that it completely
masters her. She has gotten into;
the habit of fussing over every
trifle: she is dissatisfied with:
everything and envious of others;
who enjoy themselves.
She is on the wrong side of thej
sun and sees only darkness. She:
has turned the whole fabric of her!
existence inside out and is wear
ing its seams outward, which is an
unseemly thing to do. A bad pun.;
but let it stand.
No matter how beautiful the!
material of a garment is, it's noth- i
ing to look at if it's made with
raw seams, and people would . nat-1
urally regard it with disapproval. :
Many persons are fond of pets. !
Some like cats, some dogs, others!
prefer goldfish or canaries, ami!
sti'l others chose "grouches."
These fall to understand that;
one tenderly cherished grouch is;
n t much more dangerous coin-I
panion than a lion or tiger cub: !
for like the cub it will inevitablvj
reach to turn and bite them, and j
they will find that instead of being 1
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j Brave Men and Women Who Made
j Possible the Peace.We Enjoy Today S
3
Out of the sacrifices and suffering of the great
est of all wars came Victory and Peace and your
home coming. '
Let us be worthy'of the blessings of Peace.
We who have given so little, even tho we did our
bit at home, salute YOU who have given so much
| to win freedom for the world.
Again we say Home.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1919.
the "grouch" keeper it is theirs' |
and rules them with a rod of iron. J
When I was a child 1 had an j
old nurse who, if 1 got into a:
I temper and whined or howled !
; very promptly put me in a chair I
jin the corner and tolil me I could !
! sit there until 1 stopped yelling l
j and counted my blessings. Of |
i course I insisted that I hadn't any j
j blessings, but nevertheless, 1 w.„s !
, not allowed to get down until I j
! had recited a long list of reasons,
| why I should be a good and happy
! lititle girl instead of the devil
j child I was enacting. And I
usually got so occupied in think-
I ing new ones that I quite forgot
, to develop the tantrum upon which
; I had started.
You may get up to-morrow morn- }
, ing and look in the glass, and '
i yawn, and then say: "Oh dear| \
i How blue and depressed I feel. It's
j awful!"
j That is an unfortunate state of
mind, but it's one that you've got
to settle with yourself. It isn't
fair to scatter your "blues" broad-1
icast and cloud the day for other!
| people.
We will all probably say, "Good
I morning" a number of times to-!
morrow. Then why shouldn't we
jdo our little share tßward build-!
1 ing a gladder, gayer world by say- \
ling it with some fervor and sin
cerity and enthusiasm and good
cheer, while at the same time we
.count our blessings.
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