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" When a Girl "
By AX.V LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER CCCXXXVIII
(Copyright, IDI9. King Feature Syn
dicate, Inc.)
Mason's dinner for Irma
Warren and Mr. Haldane followdtt
hard upon my unhappy experience
•with Virginia in the motion picture
theater. I decided, however, not to
tell Jim about it until the dinner
was over.
Jim, as experience has taught
me, is always upset at the mere
mention of Anthony Norreys' name.
Whether it is because he hates to
remember the days when he was
struggling so hard for a place in the
world, or whether the embers of his
Jealousy are ready to fan to a blaze,
I can't decide.
But I felt it best not to risk any
discussion that would put Jim in a
dangerous "mood on the eve of a
dinner where my friends were the
guests of honor.
Off we went, therefore, with the
incident involving Virginia, Carlot
ta and Tom all untold.
In the back of my mind was the
wish to make our social life cfnter
about some other group than the
one composed of the Cosbys and
the Pettingills, since they hurt me
too much by making me realize it
was Jim they liked, and I—l was
only a secondary consideration. They
made me jealous and bitter, and in
order to avoid those ug!v feelings I
felt I had best avoid Val and Aunt
Mollie.
The incident of their snubbing
me in the shop remained also un
told. But this I decided to bury
for all time. 1 wouldn't let myself
tattle. To defend me, Jim would be
compelled to quarrel with people
he liked. Not to defend me meant
a quarrel between us.
It would make me very happy to
be free to tell Jim all that happens
to me. But life seems to insist on
silences and secrets between we who
love each other so dearly.
The dinner was charming, and the
evening passed delightfully. One in
cident occurred which colored ev
erything for me. Tom. Irma and
1 were chatting with the adorable
little old white-haired lady who
keeps house for Tom.—"Souny," as
she calls him. Jim and Mr. Hal
dane were deep in A conversation
which seemed to absorb both. Sud
denly Jim called Tom. and a few
minutes later he and Mr. Haldane
were seated on opposite sides of a
chess table.
"Oh, how wonderful of your hus
band to remember the thing Uncle
enjoys most in the world!'' cried
Irma Warren with great delight.
"Xot many young men would be so
thoughtful."
"I didn't even know my husband
played chess." 1 replied carelessly.
"I knew he liked cards"
Mrs. Hill put her blue-veined old
hand over mine gently as if she felt
the bitterness that was creeping into
my voice.
"None of us know all about the
people we love most," she said
gently.
I looked at her in amazement.
Either she was a witch or the nerv
ousness to which I always fall prey
when I see Jim crouching over a
table in the posture he takes for all
games betrays itself clearly. I gath
ered my faculties for a laughing
rejoinder:
"I suppose, then, you don't know
all about your 'Sonny' even to-day?"
"He surprises me every day with
new kindness, new thoughfuiness,"
replied the old lady gravely, and,
turning her faded blue eyes from
me to Irma Warren, she said: "My
dear, you were telling me that you
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| loved linens. I'd be happy to show
I you those my boy just bought for
! me. Will you come, Mrs. Harrison.
| or are you going to give Sonny the
i little tete-e-tete I think he's longing
| for?"
"I'll stay and chat with Tom," 1
' said, wondering why some people 1
I knew couldn't have some of this old
I lady's graciousness in arranging
I things that suit herself without
i hurting anyone else.
There goes the two sweetest girls
j in the world." remarked Tom, com
| ing and sitting next to me. "And
I the way they cotton to each other
!Is great. The only thing I've evfr
| seen to equal it is Jim and the old
! gentleman. Jimmie sure has a way
i with him."
"Jim has charm," I said gravely,
j "My friends all take him on sight. 1j
wish I had the same happy faculty i
of making good with his."
"You made good with me all
right—on sight." said Tom.
"Are you flirting with me?" I
asked, refusing to take fright as
once I had done at the slightest
sound of hidden meaning in Tom's
voice.
"I'm done with flirting," said
Tom in a tone that sounded like a
vow. Then he jerked himself round
!to something else. "Anne, I told
: you once long ago that I am your,
! friend. More and more I see I real
i ly meant that and—deeply. You've
i brought a lot into my life. I owe |
j you more than I can repay. Will
i you think I'm making a bum re
| turn if 1 take a high dive right in
! to the middle of your private con
| cerns?"
"Dive in," 1 replied unsuspicious-
I iy
"lts about Pat Palton. He s a
• darn good friend of mine—always
j was. Sometimes I think it was his
j friendship for me that helped get
I him in wrong with the haughty
Virginia. . . . I'd rather not tell the
I story if you'll just take it for grant
led. Will you?"
"I haven't the least idea" —I be
; gan, but Tom waved his hand in a
j large gesture which he seemed to
I think covered the case.
"Oh, the usual thing where a
' couple of young, wild devils of our
j stripe were concerned. Well, I've
I changed. Completely. And finding
out whaj the right sort of woman
can mean to a chap. I feel darn
sorry for poor old Pat. But I trust
him. Think he's man enough to
come out top-whole in the end,
! however. It's another matter that
j worries me."
i His tone was heavy with mean
! ing.
"What worries you ?" I asked
. with a sudden gladness that chess
: was as completely absorbing to Jim
'and Mr. Haldane as line;* seemed
!to be to Mrs. Hill and Irma.
"What worries me is Sheldon
Blake," replied Tom. "Shelly's a
wild 'un. And I see him travelling
all his well-worn paths with Vir
ginia."
To Be Continued.
Advice to the Lovelorn
i
A BIRTHDAY GIFT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Kindly tell me what would be
a suitable birthday present for a
I girl of eighteen to give to a young
man of nineteen. We have been
friends for two years.
PEARL.
Find out what his hobby is and
perhaps you can give him some
thing in this line—books, tools, a
kodak, a silver pencil, a picture for
his room, a pair of cuff links —any
simple gift which isn't too personal
and represents one of his prefer
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TIIE LOVE GAMBLER
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
CHAPTER LXXVI.
(Copyright, 1919, Star Co.)
The trip from Washington to New
York took six hours. Almost one
half of this time was .spent by
David DeLaine in composing the
rough draft of a letter he proposed
to send to Desiree Leigliton upon his
arrival in the metropolis.
He .'-ad made his plans definitely.
He would go to a hotel; register
there as David Smith, send his note
to Desiree and await her answer.
He had never found another
epistle as difficult to indite as was
this short one to the woman he
loved.
He was a victim of conflicting
emotions. At one moment he hoped
that, with her charitable nature,
she would consent to see her
father's ex-chauffeur. But by the
time that he had laid this flattering
unction to his soul he was assailed
by doubts. Perhaps she would con
sider David Smith inexcusably im
pertinent in seeking her out—lie, an
ordinary chauffeur who was no
longer in her father's employ, and
who had left in direct opposition to
his employer's wishes^
If she were to consent to see him
would he have sufficient courage to
tell her the truth about himself?
And would she, in indignation, order
him from her presence?
Of one thing he was certain. If
she did consent to receive him, she
would plan to do so when her father
was to be out of the house. There
would be no danger of DeLaine's
meeting the proprietor of the Leigh
ton mansion.
When David came out of the
Pennsylvania station in New York
a persistent rain was falling and it
was very cold. He shivered slight
ly as he settled back in the taxi he
had summoned.
He might have been so happy re
turning to New York a rich man
after having worked here as a poor
one! But happiness could not be
his until he had had the Interview
which he dreaded yet longed for.
In his hotel room he threw oft
his hat and coat and glanced over
the last tentative letter he had
written on the train. Then, with an
impatient ejaculation, he tore it into
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bits and tossed these into a waste
basket.
lie Writes to Desiree
Seizing a pen, he wrote rapidly
the following note:
"My dear Miss Leighton: I am
taking the liberty of asking you to
spare nie a few minutes. I have
just returned to New York for a
short time and desire to speak to
you about a little matter that is of
importance to me. Kindly set your
own hour for seeing me. I will
make my plans suit yours.
"Respectfully yours,
"DAVID SMITH."
He did not re-read the note. He
was afraid that if he did so he
might not have the courage to
send it.
"Deliver this to Miss Leighton,"
he directed, "and bring the reply as
soon as possible."
When the boy had gone David
walked up and down the room a
half dozen times. He felt slightly
dizzy and remembered that he hail
eaten nothing since his light break
fast.
"Ye gods! lam in a nice state of
nerves!" he muttered. "This inter
view has knocked all other thoughts
out of my head. And no wonder.
All my future happiness depends
upon the outcome of it!"
Which soliloquoy shows how
much in love David Smith DeLaine
was.
Nevertheless he ordered some
supper brought up to his room. He
was averse to going into the public
diningroom. He might meet one of
# the Leighton's acquaintances there
—someone who would recognize in
him the ex-chauffeur.
But he must sustain his strength
by food. So when his dinner came
he forced himself to take enough to
stay fainting nature, and drank a
cup of strong black coffee. He had
just finished this when the mes
senger knocked again at his door.
David DeLaine opened it eagerly.
The boy held a letter out to him.
"You got back very quickly,"
David approved.
The boy gasped at the liberal
"tip" paid him in addition to the
regulation charges.
Quickly Answered
"Thank you, sir!" he grinned
"thank you ever so much!"
"Oh, that's all right," David re
joined, eager to be rid of him.
Yet when the door had closed be
hind the lad the man stood for a full
minute before opening the letter.
He noted the heavy white paper,
the strong, yet feminine quality of
the handwriting. It was almost as
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if he were touching the garment of
the girl he loved.
When he at last tore open the
envelope, the brevity of the mes
sage startled him. It was almost
blunt. <
"You may come this evening
about eight forty-five," he read.
"I shall be alone at that hour. D.
Leighton."
She would see him! He drew a
long breath of relief.
Then he read the note again.
There was not an unnecessary word
in it. He could not guess if the
writer was displeased with him or
not.
She was to be alone. Probably
this was one of the nights on which
her father went to his club. David
Smith had driven him there upon
several occasions. He wondered
vaguely who was driving him to
night.
And, with this wonder, he appre
ciated—his heart sinking as he did
so —that, after all, he had been Sam
uel leighton's chauffeur. And be
had written to Miss Leighton ask!
ing her to allow him to call upon
her.
What colossal impertinence! How
could he have had the effrontery to
make this request!
| He glanced at the clock. He had
just time to get into his dress
clothes and reach Mr. Samuel
Leighton's house by eight fortv
flve.
(To Be Continued.)
Scientific Discussions
by Garrett P. Serviss
The hand of science is almost on the
key of an amazing revelation which
may make the mechanical miracles that
have lately swelled U3 with pride seem
like the invention of children at play,
handling materials of whose real qual
ities they have no conception.
This premonition of a vast discovery
cannot but be felt by anybody who
keeps his mental eyes open and seeks
to put together the indications that
come from so many quarters where the
best minds are driving their way into
nature's secrets. When science ad
vances, everything advances. It is the
march of God. leading the human soul.
Take, for instance, the experiments of
Professor Francis K. Nipher, of the
Washington University. St. Louis, on the
relation of gravitation to electric
charges. No investigator, tied by acad
emic restrictions or restrained by scien
tific caution, would care to dwell upon
the tremendous consequences that may
be involved in these experiments, which
show that by means of electric charges
|it is possible not only to nullify the
gravitational attraction between the
suspended balls used in the well-known
Cavendish apparatus for ascertaining
the density of the earth, but actually
to convert that attraction into repul
sion, which may be several times great
er than the original attraction.
Professor Nipher first announced his
results nearly a year ago and now he
follows with a statement of observa
tions since made which show that even
the daily variations in the electrical
potential of the earth cause measurable
increase and decrease of gravitational
attraction between the suspended balls.
Here, then, we seem to have nulli
fication of the greatest law of nature,
the constitutional law of the universe,
which holds worlds and suns together
with tyrannous power, suggestively
placed within our control through our
ability to guide the flow of electric
currents and to manipulate electric
charges. It would not do. of course, to
jump, to the conclusion that in a few
years we shall be making regular jour
neys to the moon or summer trips over
the cool ocean of the ether of space,
while the engineer, with fearful hand,
reins in the subdued, but yet protean
and capricious, giant of electric-gravity.
But who can avoid guessing what
may come? What matter though all
that the experiments thus far show is
that, in a very minor degree, ascertain
able only by delicate methods, and
strictly within laboratory limits, It is
possible for man to so adjust electric
forces that gravitation can be dimin
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from attraction to repulsion. Does not
every great discovery or invention he
gin thus? The river starts as a rill, or
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