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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, “The Gracious Gift of God” By H. L. m will be shocked when the bills [ wrist. And he saw, toos that Joanna him. More than a hundred | watched, and that the marks of her and dollars, I'm sure. You have | teeth were redder than the flesh red me extravagant, = you|of her lips. Brandon reached down und found atever you do, must be done |Joanna’s hand. He gave her fingers | e retorted. “Isn't that a be-[a gentle pressure. As if something | fitting ambition? I have understood, | startled it, her body relaxed. And you see, that you look upon your!if she were announcing the conclu | lcney as a means to excitement. |sion of some very deep consideration 1 You will have it when your fete is in | she said: | tuil swing, and the memory of it will | “T have decided to have the trellis Le just as exhilarating. roof that will be over the crowd when GATES it gathers here for my little surprise | D. C., FRIDAY, tempted to rise. Brandon caught her and brought her down beside him again. “I fancy she is only rkpaying me,” she breathed, her glance probing the flowers at her feet. “It is said that I hive stolen all her courtlers, you know. T haven't tried to, but I suppose I have. You have all wanted me to take you from her, it seems. And I've wondered why. Now it is only fair that she should do the thing that, to her, must seem retaliation.” DECEMBER 11, Joanna always added something to Whatever she was serious about. As he expected it came, suddenly “He never did know very much|serve Corps of the Army have been about a girl. It will do him good to | issued learn all that Yvonne can teach him.” 1925. __{(Copyright. 1626. H. L (Continued in Tomorrow’s as a fi Address on Art Treasures. Burtis Baker will make on address | before the Washington Study tomor- Commissions Thomas J. Frailey, a captain in the Quartermaster Corps; 3. SMll, 1354 Monroe street, | t lieutenant in the Ordnance | Departren | 1010 California s lieutenant in the to Norman, Commissioned in 0. R. C. the Officers’ Re. | IEERREER YRR CRRE You'll Be 100% Satisfied Stuart th b second PlusIDiy I Department to 1706 M street, as yon. handle OK be- fore 1t fini d and 1| 5} made with mimosa blossoms. I must | taking from you the one you'd rather | fo8 JoornIng Ao0Rr Art et {have them gathered. It will take a |not los well known in Washington both as an | She turned her eyes full into his.|artist and as one of the faculty of There was much of bitterness in her | the Corcoran Art School. He is a member of the Guild of | D fifhad & : R e hed Boston Artlsts, the Salmagundi Club | X . s romstly Jealous, |oF RIEN ool ToN. ! ‘f"“ "1 | the siender columns of wood that had | |'of New York and the Arts Club of 11 g 202 = smilec much or as often since |y o ", ly made were being set | Washington. In 1921 he won the . uhe_ wide grounds ¢ John's arrival in the vicinities of Villa | been e Aot vabearen] 3 | oran: eitver: modal | auric J C ]b rt reaching down the slope Amette. She had been gayer, if 5 i itlars (cloeing in the g | i € J. Lolbe Heating—Plum ing -Tinning ) 621 F Street Phone Mair PRERAR tin to the sea, hezan 1o thing; more reckless, more | in some great outdoo- temple. Why, indeed?” she agreed. briefly hey walked acrgss to the T pon Summer house, skirted it, and | great many.’ “Have you chosen them It is. refallution; an't He2WEhe kil T O S e e u.! i Colbert standards must and are, var y | “Why should one bother with cost | maintaimed “ontinued from Yesterday's Star.) AT | came to the most pretentious of all | Brandon | was little e temporary structures being erected | of the accustomed of eagerness | % il istomed lisht glje i m the estate. Around an open e He noted that CHAPTER XXVH SOUTHLAND BATTERIES Built to Last Service Guaranteed WHY PAY MORE? Southland Battery Co. 910 Pa. Ave. M. 5555 000900 0 0 0 R T e perspectives of their tra n her whimsical escapades. But Bran- | I hat had begun, two weeks before, 10| s n her merriments ldne o o0 St Sootti| place thelr stakes fud now becons il e said of e’ she mur. | PAth that completely” skirted the fn-| polished dane rs deved by e, Golden Girl, won't 162 © | busy grading the lawn so that it eat potted paims brouxin from | g une doubis vour sight o that |sloped gently. as a theater auditorium, | Cannes, were taking definite shape. | g sured | to @ broad s 4 3 sed | Graoatnl sl hmne: Blenneriann tasyed e oo wsured | 0 short pillars, fixed like piles, into | Formerty EPt: 1689 into semblance of fairy Spires. Tose | haen so curelees of Ihe fortune ihat | the ground. Over all the workmen | o BT, in companies that, later > o be e o Sou a1 Seneraily | Were hanging a latticed canopy of A, | B - 4 > | 'City " Club. hung With trailing feci and hidden | SRR trellis. For “whatever_entertainment | z ights. was planned for spa Joanna and Brandon st throusgh | glance, and then feil again to calmly [ dround which wings the Jawns on their customa Erining e Aokt frames were being_ placed, apection. Workmen touched their cabs | and gardens peopled with noisy we atofs might sitcomfortably be. to the Golden Girl with thelr curios- | man’ ~Yot would not expect o ¢ en the pergoly walks. For that | ities shining in their eves. o them | to admit that I hed heen. ons many folding chairs were already piled she was of more inter SouldlFouttibhe axked’ GuIsGy. under a canvas blanket nearby. When ;‘re)m{nn]nn; they G have done as we pla i I should, as | they (T u\l“ !-Ql\j"“PHI the “]‘ llars 5 1‘1‘ ete of which the entire vou and Yvonme and {after | 50w that this structure er For a one night's whim of this e, | Graydon and Mr. advanced thun any of the other prep- | restles 1 their hands erected an help me with thet ions, Brandon asked | AT ored bower, to be covered. for this| hougnt whatever seemed good to buy “You still insist upon keeping this : 3 ¥ R A night, with choicest rc That is all part of your program a secret?” ALY i 1 ; THE ihe gardens of the Mone: You have been spared Jjewel “Yes,” she replied “You shan't! A b % o3 a i WAY ondamine ilis, T must admit, 1mdor know anything about this, or what I'm B A G . DOWN tone wouls thay marke “Kenilworth, Michael, to do here, until you come i Tu N vear's pay Dorminster—even 1, under the blossom-laden miniature lake u ca lemon wood | g, was belng laid. and fo! vou the ornanie k. The National Sore Throat Remedy £, SHOULD QUICKLY RELIEVE IT ALL DRUGGISTS OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS Now Located in Our Own Bldg. 922 14th St. Opposite Franklin Park CLAFLIN Optie Optometris IF YOU HAD A NECK A8 LONG A8 THIS FELLOW AND HAD 15 of groves | the water that would he pumpe “And when,” she softly, iden to speculate?’ the lake a canopied s A5 very clearty, v “You are not, but you will I leopatrs have en s tGll—ora k successful. It's to be my idea ¢ ing hewed from cedars. oSt 10 he di him, nor move. | climax. I've asked every one I know to would have sent the child Brandon was uncertain | remember the most sensational things 5 =, ily to school for a year, freed as to whether she had mocked him, | other tenants of Amette have done to hold from its r of oldage pove ed him, or merely teased hin make t} es remembered. 1 know | EBZ[MA UVER dowered 2 daughter or erected a | S5 o] ant senti + | abor e on feast pre e But the bowe Lo et i =i :»Im-l‘yil e :“hy 'x'hn“ na ll)'l(‘l.‘le“:’r‘ Sh Caused Deep Eruptions, Hair Came Out. Healed by Cuticura. would do L night, isked nothing of you. I |presented his chosen lady the carpet vide mothir | | shall, of course, ask much, but not too | of diamonds that .was Nourmahal’s fragrant scr - @ stolen caress, and B, And, | promise, I shall accept | nuptial rug, to the Moor who made then, on the morrow, he whatever it may be. You lake and had servants suddenly demolished, I promised that a long throw all the women.into it. I want oo e to excel them by There must b ya saCc URvELS time. ething startling by which to foL RO sk ember the CGolden Girl's of thoreil whaiw : 3 ‘ Besh ANk sn i e i < toi tor | patiently, until you found your she asked 9 : unfair advant: You some hint of the solox : |1 ) : zema which broke out almost all g N \ over her head in pimples. It itched nd burned causing her to scratch, and the scratching caused deep. sore eruptions that were badly in- flamed. Her hair came out in spote and she was very fretful. “1 was advised by a friend to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment 30 1 purchased some and in a short time she was completely healed.’ ones amor, 8 3 i I believe. il which was to be revealed miate ; thoy slancod 1 open-air stage, but he was (Signed) Mrs. Margic Chapman, Johns, Miss. :;.i-‘\geln”t 144}‘\-11}{2‘ consclousgof it stiffening of | ssked. softly, “because vou like their ened & Wibiet aiting!” o e ed. slender body that stood close to{ heavy, intoxica perfurm v be. o rribly ha i lowed 5 ze and | cause they reveal so many colors, and rged ther it An . 4 ) figure ; c in their form PSR b He | which fuced the Trianon She waited @ moment and then w acknowlec ? 5 in flannels s | said, irrele seemed: “The Make Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment your every-day toilet prepa- rations and havea clear sweet skin, ©>ft smooth hands and a healthy i ) - scalp with good hair. Cuticura Tal- which contains proven directions. cum is unexcelled in purity. Was it pot Br . well set form bear perfumes of m er steal one's Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets ard 60e. Talcuen %8s, Soid Solden 1 f ol poise of easy confidence, stood for a | senses or : ey seem to when she answered him, and noment with Yvonne at the top of | match so much of earnestness, too e Also bottles of 24 and.100—Drugmists. | |¢ o e e = 2 more or less Proved safe by millions and pificribed by physicians for Colds Pain Neuralgia Headache Neuritis Toothache o wuliea for her Lumbabu cludinis word he Rheumatism en that . At touched his nd then waved her | R Yvonne wa very youthful]stopped at a I tural | 1 glad that .[n)\n”r‘ume TevE; colaiihs s bRes na. like princess bounding her autiful in the d tones she | arbor that incl garden he Riviera, but. now held " Brandon observed 1, taki the w expanse | affected for tennis and golf. The sin-| Brandon gently ‘ onto the{has come, and T have seen him il 5 16 Vou. after the ech: Amette acres golf sticik John carried was evi- [ bench and sat | hie has seen me ag S this have re find s¢ hing here | dence that they had come in from a “1 have be ise 1o | deep! concerned him. You and to Paris itsel Amette > v t ts ar nd the rc round of holes over the tte | said > | nted to know just how 1 1—that vided some ~splendid guy sl & an seof e come. Or, | fairway that stretched ac ed with n ou to dr vour re question. Well, 1 histor U are Propising t b . Who | vines and flat spaces of Cap. your barrie staved awake a single hour them all. 1 e was seri It will | Brandon saw that Yvo iooked | talk across t ¢ 16 Yvonne has take ney to | Joanna did mot v ' 1dey t any |often into the face of the man beside | and his strans 1 for| John und he is mak fool of | looked down at hey * 4 « g 1 e and « > { her; and that she rested her hand 1| Yvonne ™ mse She w a time, | to him nd " i T cle- and fluttered it aba She stifl mh 3 a vhi DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART Accept only “Bayer” package Enter CASTELBERG'S Great | 800 PRIZE CONTEST == : HOW TO WIN A PRIZE This remarkable and unusual offer is open to anybody in the city of Washington, with the exception of our own employes. Indus- trial, Municipal and Department Store workers are partic in- vited to participate. 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