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oy SRR P — (Cunt(nuedA from lass issue) she cried . . . “Let mewhere. - They will one. It will be better “%0h, no—no,!" us go away never let you to be in the city than here. “Just a little while longer we stay in this place, eh? Then we meet Mon- sieur Boyce in Memphis, an’ you mar- him, an’ he take you away for the honeymoen, peraps to France. An' Tie buy you the silk dresses, an’ muny beauntiful things. An’ then I come and Join you, an’ we all live happy—eh?” “But—but I do not like Mon Iy Boyce!” “Ha! You learn soon. He is a fine s man. Wait till we see him in Mem- phis an’ you know him better. You will love him then, an’ be happy. . . . I go now. 'Au revoir, ma p'tite” Stepho went down to his boat, feel- fng. that he had outwitted her impa- tience of the swamp, and she ran by to her room to gaze through the win- dow. But soon she came out w a -big leatherbound book of play put it on the ground beneath the oaks, Then with 2 broom made of Stiff twig: she swept the ground, unstrung a erpillar swinging down and carried it away out of the range of her stage. From the house she brought a narrow strip of rush matting, spread it be- neath a tree, raising one edge as if to form of it a sort of back, a From the house serve for a table, and vond the palisade of cane she gath- ered ‘lilies, plucking from: the great bloow that looked like pet. These she hung on the loy ing branches of her pla or with sharp ‘thorns pmnml them lu the rugged back, a curtain to drape the wall above her “pretend-like” di- van, She sat down and waited a long time. The cane stirred, and sh lier’ book, opened where a I marked her- favorite play, and matie lgersé’]f believe that she was reading. It was only a breeze that rustled in the cane. could hear it now, lisp- ing amid th ssy leaves above ler. t- Why should she be impatient? She ! could wait, Hud she not waited nizlit after night for her father's footstep? | at in the house, alone | Had she (lut and not d, when the storm tangled (he tops of the cypress trees nand lashed the bayou mad? ., . . She had not heard a sonnd, but look- ing by chance, she saw Drace coming through the cane, and she sprang up to meet him, the play-book pressed against her bosom, “Nadine.” “Monsieur!” “Don’t call me ‘Monsieur.” Virgil.” She dropped her book. Te bent to pick it up. but she snatched it from beneath Lis reaching hand and stood back from him. - “Oh, it v you, then!- It was you the so strong man that would. break my father’s wrist. It was you!” “Nadine, it was not to hurt him., ‘With a knife he would have killed an old man; and then they would have hanged him. Nadine, my other hand held yours, to protect you.” “It must be true. I will l)ello\fl you —Virgil. I know you brave and not wish to hurt an old man. No, you could not do that, You will, forgive me, y She held forth her hand and taking it tenderly, he touched it with his lips; and like a prince: she accepted the homage due her rank and her beauty. “Come,. now, we play,” she said, sweetly laughing. “And it must be free, like the boy and the girl. But first you sit down here and tell me.” She led him to her “sofa” and they sat down, leaning back against the tree. . “fell you what, Nadine?” “About the great big world you know so well.” ¥ “I don’t know the big world, as you think it. But I know the universe as T feel it. It is here.” Abant, her finger she.sat wrapping the Iitf-stem “that’ had marked. her favorite pl. Was It that she did not understand his reference to his uni- verse? No, for she shook her head, and with a sigh that did not mean iness. hé universe could not-be on this little island.” “It could be held in your dimpled hand.” “Oh, my hand dimpled!” She held it fn front of him, touched his brow with the paim. “ft is not soft enough to, be dimpled, Virgil.” “T would kiss It soft.” He caught her wrist, touched .the’ tip of each finger with his lips and]] then kissed the palm. 'Sk laughed, drawing back her hand. “You must not do that. Call me ILLUSTRATED BY RHLIVINGSTONE l “Yes, but first let me tell you of my dream.” & “I'do not like to hear dreams. We always forget them and make up some- thing we did_not dream. . . But did you not tell me once?” “No, I don’t think so. In my dream you touched my heart with a toreh and set it aflre.” “Rut T would not do that. T would save you from the fire. Ah, and Teny he has gone to the cit¥, but when'he tomes back., we must watch close. . . . One time le tried to take my lwh--n you h Wo mist’ hand, and he said he would me. And I say: “That may be, Tony. You can Ki wu stronger. Bnt . then you be dead. And he knew that I speak what was to come.” “We care nothing for him. TLet him keep out of my way. . = . And when Y saw you at the ball, T knew u were the girl with the torch, ou know what I suid to my- is no one to hear.” id: ‘You are to be my wife’ just then you turned about and leoked at me.” “But I did not see you.” “Come, now, you must have scen me.” “well, perhaps. But T did not say: ‘I am to be his wife” No, I did not say that. And it cannot be, Virgil.” “But it is going to be, all the same. and you know it. Why, what is all this univer: or if that is not to be? Why was this little island cast up here? Why did the word ring forth: ‘Let there be light'? It is part of the plan of creation, and nothing eitn pre- vent it. . . . I shall have to walt, but “Will wait a long time, Virgil. But we must not talk like thet. Come— let us forget such things.” She put her spell on hifh, and he was a boy again. Hand .in hand they walked about, pretending that the acre and was miles and miles in extent. Time was a day-star shobtinz unseen across the sk wnd then a heavy sen- tence fell upon him. It was time for him to go. In the cane she stood with him where his gfiog #ns'moored. He held her hand,” Urdwing -her toward Lim, but she took it away. “No—no, you must net . . . Quick Virgil, you must go now. The sun is low.” isl (Contiuuca in Next lssue) | MAHENDRA, GREAT SEER IS SHOWINSG AT REX THEATER Mahendra, India’s greatest seer and erystal gazer will appear at the Rex theater agein this evening. He has been playing at Duluth during the past week and people have been turned away from every perform- ance. While in Duluth he was enter- tained by the leading clubs and was| a luncheon guest of leading ofgani- zations every day he was there. At the matinee Monday® afternoon he conductyd a meeting for the ladies only. Every person in the country is requested to write “'flahnndra a question on your own paper at home. Mail it to the Rex theater and he will answer it from the stage during the engagement here on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Otober _7,'8, 9. He has performed some of the most wonderful thoughts by his system of mental telegraphy. All Duluth wanted SAYS INDIGESTION WAS ENTIRELY "OVERCOME L9 h— Hope for the millions of unfurtu- nate men znd women who are vict- ims_of h lrnuble xs ded vy o 4L kg St Paul, Minn. Mm Tiffin \vas a victim of stemgch troublesinyits worst form but wasicompletdly 'ratnr&g to Bealth by taking Tanlac. He says: “I hzl suffered from indigestion for a year, and my system was soj run down there were .times when 1 could hardly stand up. Tanlac put my stomach in fine condition and now I feel like a brand new man. Tenlac is snnp y great.”” I)mhgmu'd food ferments in the stcmach and soon the entire system is filled with poisons. Tanlac was de- signed to restore the stomach to a althy condition and build up the wkok body. Millions everywhere have acclaimed its wonderful power. Get s bottle todzy. ' g'xsts‘ |eFIVE DAYS To LIVE” AT ‘o get into the theater to see him, ill of the society folks are talking about him. He told a lady where her husbahd was that had been lost for ‘en years. He told another lady where she had lost a“purse with a lot of money in it while in Minne- apolis, just who got it and his name and address. He tells all, knows all, sees all. Write him a letter and ask him. Youw’ll find out he can tell you. “‘Rags to Riches” featuring Wesley Barry. A Harry Rapf production di- rected by Wallace. Worsley. Also the the great Mahendra, India’s greatest seer and crygtal gazer. GRAND THEATER TONIGHT "The'i American tl\entre-gbmg pub- nilie, arways in searchyof a novelty on i the-sereen and stage’will find an ‘ar- tistic treat in *“Five Pays To Live” the dew Sessue Hayakawa production distributed by R-C-pictures and book- ed for screening at the Grand theatre tonight and Tuesday. It is one of the biggest dramatic subjects in which the Japanese- American star has ever appeared. The story, based on the original nar- rative by Dorothy Goodfellow, is a iramatic romance that approches that of Romeo and Ju..et in the sublimity of its theme] and treatment. “WHILE SATAN SLEEPS” AT ELKO THEATER TONIGHT “The story of how a hardened crim- inal was shown the error of his ways through the smile of a beautiful girl, forms the basis of Jack Holt’s latest Paramount picture, “While Satan Sleeps,” Elko theater again- tonight. Mr. Holt plays the role of the way- ward son of a bishop who poses as 2 parson in order that he might clean up a mining camp which he plans to rob. His conscience is strargely awakened and he wages a great bat- tle for his own soul. In the end, the vietory is a glorious one. Fritzi Brunette is his leading woman. “THE UNDERSTUDY” AT GRAND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Bristling with the spirit of fun and frolic with which all of her ve- hicles are so riciuy invested “The Understudy” with Doris May in the star Tole comes to the Grand theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. It is Miss May’s fifth production pre- sented under the . auspices. of R-C pictures and advance reports indicate shat it even goes further along com- edy lines than many of her preceed- ing subjects. | As the title indicates “The Under- study” has to do with the stage and its people, with the adventures of a little stage struck "country girl, of whom a .veteran .chorus:girl takes advantege and then unwittingly sends | her forth to ahappymarriage. . Ap- pearing with Doris May are such well known players as Wallace: Mc- Donald, Christine Mayo, Adele Far- rington, Otis Harlan and Arthur Hoyt, “LIFE’S GREATEST QUESTION” AT THE ELKO TUESDAY Producers of “Life’s Greatest Question” which is to be the feature film attraction at the Elko theatre Tuesday and Wednesday, have taken to present on the screen a thrilling exposition of the age-old question: Should a woman tell her husband of her past life? However, it would appear that those responsible for this particular production had given up hope of ever finding a suitable solution to this problem in' the center of civilization, since they have chosen. their Iscale of the story an outpost viliage in the Far North. Characters. in the story are piayed by Roy Stewart and Louise Lovely, who are co-starred. - The latter nlays the newly acquired wife of the vil- lage‘s most prominent citizen, while the former is a courageous member of the Royal Northwest Mounted po- lice, in love with the brides’ step- daughter. Superb bnckgrolmds Jaake this pro- duction, scenically, one of the out- standing pictures of the year. It was directed by Harry Revier and was p‘hotogmphed in the country in which it is supposed to occur. HIS LIFE FOR FIVE DAYS’ HONEYMOON 'The dreamer-artist lost His l:e;rt to an exquisite lit- tle Chinese Cinderella. For five hya bliss' with her, he pledged his life. which will be shown at the | The Shiftless Goop never Cuts the Grass in his Yard, never Clears the Ashes or Cans from his Alley, never Paints his House, never gives his Wife or Kids any Attention and Looks like 2 Trimp himself. Were we all Shiftless Goops, the Old Town would not Look So Good. : ‘SANDWICH” LONG IN DISPUTE Invention 'of Toothsome Morsel Has Been Credited to Many, Including the Great Napoleon. Both Napoleon and Lord Sandwich have been given credit for inventing the sandwich, but Voltaire, in his his- tory of Charles the Twelfth, king of Sweden, {ells of, how the king during. his campaign- in Poland and Russia never or seldom took time to sit down and eat his meals, but generally stood up, spread some butter on a piece of bad with his thumb and put a piece of meat, fisli or clieese on top of the butter. - This” happened almost one'| hundred years before Napoleon. And in 1762, or seven years before Napoleon was born, Edward Gibbon of “Decline and Fall” fame, noted in his Journal under’ date of November 24: “1 dined at-the Cocoa Tree. . .. . ‘That respectable body affords every evening a sight truly English. Twenty or thirty of the first men in the king- dom supping’at: little tables upon a bit of cold meat or.a sandwich!” When Napoleon was two years old Foote introduced; the ‘word in a play| of -his, “The Mpid ot Bath,” steged in 1771 -But the origin of the word was traced by H}@rre Jean Grosley in his “Londres,” published in 1770. He re- sided in Lomjpn In 1765, and refers to “the’ word ag lmrln" reeenuy come into use. The tlfle to authorship rests with the butler ‘or ‘attendant, who served "thig shices 6 beef between thin slices of toast to Johin‘Montagu, fourth: earl of < Sandwich (1718-1792),” while ' the latter was gttending a prolonged l&‘l- sion’ at the-gaming table. Vit o In. Generous Moaod. First Workingman—What sort of a Job have you got now? Second Workingman—Oh, I collect. alins om thie Putreaux bridge, between midnight and 1 o’clock in the morning. First Workingman—Are the peopls particularly generous there at that hour? Second Workingman — Yes. . -They generally give me everything they have on them.—Paris Le Baionnette. The Dress Is the Thing. A \\rlter in the Dallas News says that peaple will soon have to agree with him on the subject of dress. “The dress is the thing,” he asserts, “wheth- er it be undress, full dress, or. hair- dress.” Depends on the Resuit. “Don’t you admire determination in ® man’s character?” “That depends. M it brings success I praise it as a splendid perseverance, If failure, I denounce it as confounded obstinacy.” | The story of his love, his: dnn;ettnd his-marvelous 3 pE fromithe Valley. of st romance unoe “FIVE 0 LIVE?- Directed by Normuggbnvn Tanlac is scld by all good drug-| \q_lhd €0 an ule!.' LATE The Originak Feminine. ;... Adam came walking up 'the path WItl his pet dinosadris: “Hubby,” said yEve, “shinny up that tree ‘andiget me the gold and purple leaf on p bough.” “Eve, for heavel's' sake, away P there? Why,*T'd falk and break m) “Never mindathat, Adum, you shin- ny! I'm going over ta Nod to a card party. this afternoon and I've got to show some class to llmc bunch of stuck-up hens!” b wistfully, time, Aflnm:l ok a chani d shin Under the direction ‘of Pro. Gils- dorf, 36 years experience. Fall term now opens. TWIN CITY BARBER COLLEGE 204-Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. And so, setting the mn!ple for all || GOOD.BREAD For Good Health Our bread is bak-d in lh-.. most / sanitary way peulhle. ASK FOK IT AT YOUR DEALER Every Loaf Stamped “I Kn;nd" coivieH e \Llu\ #of H Al'so a Full“Line"of Paste ating g SAN!TARY BAK!NG co. S .. Al That The Name Implies l’. R. Péterson & Lawrence Larson "l'ry one orderi—See how good bread can be made Phone 252 “*" Across from Rex Theatre TODAY LAST TIME . REX THEATRE Mahendra and His Gompany HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW WES I.EY (Freckles) - ‘Ragsto ~-3enneft Comedy One of the big pictures of the Year 'Ri'cheS’ A Sflflw THAT HAS EVERYTHING! 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