Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1926, Page 19

Crisp. tasty and nourishing SHREDDED WHEAT All the food in the wheat Mysterious Sweetheart BY ELLA WISTER HAINES (Copyright. 1926.) the command of her fuinlm«u. whom has never seen. Shortly before the end ot her journey a man is found in one of the liman berths. apparently dead. An ex- traordinary ruby. found on the floor of the car. is recognized by Carolita as the com: panion ring to one in her possession and was to worn by her guardian to identify him upon their meeting_in Los Angeles. Paul Reynolds. a young New York lawyer, whom Carolita’ mei on the train and Who 18 in_love “with her. claims the ring to bro- with fatigue and I wouldn’t mind sleep myself, shall we adjourn? U is waiting outside, as badly worn out as we are."” Paul’s eyes rested upon Sweetheart’s She wasn't his hungrily, ‘longingly. sister! She was no blood relatio connection at all—yet! some chita n, or food for days and day get up and dress!” Sweetheart broke into a hearty laugh. “‘Mother precious, is this newly re- covered child of yours a boy or a girl, and do I adorn this palatial hotel in the handsome Mexican trousery which Sako so tactfully provided!” And then her tone changing to a quieter one, she sald: *Oh, mother, he liked my hair!” “I suppose you mean that Sako haven't an extra dress with me, owing to my wild flight from Santa Barbara. Suppose you slip into this neglige, and after breakfast I'll go out and get you some real things!" Paul was not invited to breakfast, and when he called the room by tele- phone his stepmother commanded him golf veterans—out in 61, back in 65" Cynthia laughed merrily. “Uchita is here in a decent car,” Paul volunteered. “I rented it this morning, and if you say so, we'll mo- tor back to Santa Barbara in it to- vay, stepmother Command your vassals! Later, their shopping finished, Cyn- thia and Frank Hyatt sat together in the automobile, waiting for Paul to report the story of the rings to Blake, the old lapidist. Uchita, tucked away listen to me! I know that you have only recently been widowed, that it is perhaps unbecoming in me, your legal adviser, to press my own claims so soon, but dear, you already know that I love you, kave loved you ever since you first came into my life. I'm not asking for anything now, Cynthia! It took forever for women to dress! And then he saw her coming, a slip of a girl dressed all in white, her dark halr closely cropped, revealing an exquisitely shaped head, and in her arms a bunch of white roses. Automatically Paul advanced and took her hand, leading her out to a deserted corner of the garden, while Cynthia, who had followed her daugh- ter downstairs, turned to Frank, her eyes wet. “Isn't she lovely!” she tried to force a smile; “how Edmund would sweetheart rings. take Ramon's.from him. I stole it, but in the confusion of yesterday I was not quick enough to return it. Do you supposs that we can find him now and give it back?" “Yes,” Frank replied; “I think I know where he is. Shall I take it Cynthia, or would you prefer to give “But_sweetheart you don’t under- stand; I mean today, this minute, as soon as we can find a minister and get a license?” Sweetheart’s eyes deepened. “And leave my mother so soon!" she shook her head. *“I cannot so hurt her who has suffered so greatly for me! We must be patient, Paul, beloved, until our mother has time to regain her nerves. She i§ much exhausted, deeply upset in her heart. I must not go from her, so far—to New York!"” = llked your hair!” Mrs. Reynolds|in front, was beyond earshot, and ; WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. I was in the dressing room belng |teased, and then, quick to catch her | Frank, taking Cynthia's hand in his, | have loved her—I can hardly bear it, | “But we could be married and stay Carolita Menendez, a_beautiful young y the maid!” daughter’s discomfiture and not wish- | ventured to give utterance to the long- | Frank—" here, close o her, aarling, if you e et DICHEDS O 12 3ov Ausoice st + sald Paul, slowly, “and now, | ing to embarrass her further, she went | ing in his heart. And a moment later she sald: | like!" id of her gu s Angeles ! | Gynthia, as this little girl is dropping [on: “I've been thinking of that! I| “Cynthia, brave little woman, please | “Frank, I've been worrying about the | “You mean for always, Paul, or for I have no right to | but a short time?"” “For always, if you like this smiling country best. You belong in the sun- shine, Sweetheart; you are part of it “Then,” Sweetheart agreed, but only after some minutes had been totally unaccounted for, “why then = Footsteps sounded close by, quiet The low tect her. believing it is en. unex- | “Suppose we all go back to the|to escor i g I know that your heart is heavy, in . volces were speaking. 3 pectedls” the” ey man, Mario Mllana. 3 | Ambabendor Hotel,” ‘Cynthia_agreed, | wae cont oL Ol & OO L oulq | SDlLe of the recovery of Sweetheart. I It to him yourself e et v seling AT Tay: t e bran m thc wheat him ' immediately upon reaching Los An: | “have dinner and go to bed. ''Then to- | be thoroughly rested and refreshed, [ know that you loved Edmund Rey-| Cynthia = hesitated. think, [ nolds, Ramon Milana and Frank gelen by threatening to kill ‘Reynolds if | morrow we can begin life again:” besides being daintily dressed before | nolds, and that he was worthy of your | Frank,” she sald slowly, “that I|jjvaet. One questioning glance, a mo- b Tomorrow! Paul's heart soared loyal devotion, but dearest, life is long. | should like to see Ramon. After all | ant's hesitation and Sweetheart was Prompt Approvals on HLRust Co brother Walter wi train_with them. and his brother is planning a blackmail plot in connection with their father's will. Dears that thelr etepmother, Reynolds, had a daughter who was stolen o from her as a baby. _Walter now turns up with & youns girl, insisting she is Cynthia's daughter and the heiress. 60 that he may claim the reward for her discovery. But a, Reynolds learns that a bl It ap- cynthla married Edmund Reynolds. d the Milana' brothers kidnaped Cynthia's little dauchter. = However, Ramon Milana, the childs father. was really forced into this by Walter. to ‘whom he owed large gambling dobts. So Ramon carried the child away to a’ South American convent. where she within him, singing a hymn of praise. Good-bys were quickly said, as U hurried Cynthia, Sweetheart and back to the hotel in the shabby old car which had served them so well. “You needn't hurry now, Uchita,” Paul warned the grinning Japai “everything is all right. Mrs. hand met Uchita's brown one long grip. “Uchita muchly pleased, Mr. Paul, servant. hell! After a whole nolds’ daughter has come home.” His, Imple dinner in Mrs. Reyn- olds’ room, Pdul bid his stepmother and her daughter good-night, and the much-needed chita Paul nese, Rey- in a she met Paul again—Paul whose eyes gad gleamed with such sudden hidden res! And so, breakfast over, Sweetheart was persuaded to stretch out upon the bed again. “I'll send a woman up from the beauty parlor to look after what hair you have, darling, and I'll hurry back h -your clothes as soon as p ‘What color shall the dresses be —I'd like white, I think,” Sweef painful to be separated from Sweet- carrying a huge box of flowers. Mr. Paul Reynolds,” the boy ex- plained, “for both ladi Cynthia laid the box in Sweetheart's Paul will absorb Sweetheart—"" “I know,” she answered, with a catch in her voice; “oh, Frank, help me not to be selfish now!" “Cynthia, make FPaul transplant himself out here, where you can share her with him! I'm sure he will do it!" “I've thought of that—do you think it would be right?’ “Of course it would be right, and I am sure that Sweetheart will be thia; and by A pause, during which Cynthia wiped her eyes with the handkerchief thoughtfully provided by the lover at these years there ar® many things to be said. Do you think it would be painful for him to come here to lunch with me? After all, he is Sweetheart’s father, and I can see tnat her heart has gone out to him. He can never come into my life again, but I should like to bring about a friendly part- ing. “You are right, Cynthia,” Frank replied. “I think that I can have him here in 10 minutes. Will you low branches shutting out the world, by. You're not my sister, you're not my sister, beloved Sweetheart,” he whispered again and again, while she in her mother’s arms. “I love him,” she whispered; “I love him!” ° “I know,” a mother's understanding love answered; “I have seen! Dear- est, T have sent for your father to Will you speak to him?" art held out a hand, and ssed it reverently, Cynthla said, “Sweetheart and T want to glve vou back your ring, both rings, if you would like to heart answered, “and white slippers y = o marri 5. and there was a suspicion of molsture % the first one to insist upon it! Your | wait in the garden? HTarT SHitana, and hat he desirteq CAthia | in the dark eyes of this forelgn.born |y fave the proper sizes, and Cynthia | jaby won't want to leave her moth-| -~ She inclined her head in assent. have them. They are on a chain about shortly after their marriage. Cy ore herself reluctantly away. It was|o.”aomg again, but even so, Cyn-| Under the arbor in a snug retreat, | our daughter’s neck. Wil you give them to your father, dear? fell i Tove “with har “Missy muchly lovable young lady. | heart even for an hour! In the door. his. fathsr over her. tor wae disin- | muchly brave, too. Mr. Walter 0| & * In oe she murmured, low. Paul came into his own. Sweetheart No,” Ramon Milana's tones wers herited. and. seeking’ revenge. e an » too. Mr. Walter 1o way of the room she met a bellboy, | wyont thers be room for me? By | was in his arms at last, time whirled | aienificd, impressive. “I do not wish now or ever. They belong art! One for herself, one * his eyes rested upon Paul, v you be worthy of these rings to Sweeth for hes “Rer husband! was kept until B party sought a # 4 3 c Improved Property Loans || f it sl ST | Soenime n cutornia sunsnine, e [™5ies Vey soot ana kina and true, sho whispered. o ¥ouwse not my brother e i o e 3o Meanwhile. Walter has eubetituted “another singing of birds, music in the air, the v little daughter,” she whispered, s not given in words, His answer W “If I had lost you—o" the cry of blessed memory & However. at Reynolds' death. Ramon i i " G . Sinimons tha real girl Caralita. from South | Scent of countless roses drifting up | “just like his father! but people in Los Angeles are too|all lovers since time pegan, but as| . . OU are relieved of all uncer: America put fis brotter Marie: M'{?a"{u fds | from below, and a mother and hev| Left alone with her roses, pure|busy with their own affairs to peer | new as the dav it was first uttered. |, e call you 5““"”'"“"; Lt . ” i o alter_is traveling on the train W hild reunited after years of uncer- | white and deliciously fragrant, Sweet. T “Do yi Ve by y | love with you. rom the r d o nat | € united af 3 w y fragrant, into motor ca and Uchita, as has Do you mind very much about my tainty when you discuss yous them. “and it is through Tear ot him that hatr? the eternal feminine must be | hotel orchestra upon‘the terrace; “let Mortgage matters with us. For more Milana tries to carry off Carolita after re- eovering from the severe attack of iliness At the tainty, doubt and suffering! No to tell of the scene which heralde need d the heart shed a few tears, ha v 3 “Good-by Carolita Menende: - and then she hid her flushed been said before, was out of earshot. And when Paul returned a few min- satisfied. “I adore you without your hair- me hear you whisper that you love me, too.” that made him appear as one dead. At vakeni » ) 7 years wi ading of ‘Edmund lds Wil C: awakening of these two! For a time | by iter Cynthia and Frank were 0 than 37 years we have had a broad et NI iRl e monor: wnd fond”embraces, a few tears mingled | checks 'in the soit petals—Fauls onventionally. Only a| Ob, well, the rest is so easily un- iI's eyes clung to Carolita’s, deep. erience in solving mortgage . {5 are being explained. | with smiles, absorbed them as they | flowes cerning eve would have no-|derstood. No need to repeat such a | bassionate, while hers, timid and yleld- experience in solving eag Conthia “conterces, that ehe and| Bamund |y side by side, locked in each other's{ Frank Hyatt was waiting in the | ticed the rising color in her chgeks, | conversation as this. No need what-| Ing. answered the light in his. ources adequate Alonk, but ‘hesitated to bring her home for | arms. Then g ¥ they began to | lobby with Paul, begging to be taken |and Paul's thoughts just then iwere nt, with trembling fingers, problems. 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Then, as I was regalning my own berth, it slip- ped from my finger and rolled, I know not where! T told Mr. Gaines about it, ; but that was before Paul recovered it | %0 cleverly, a circumstance I never | knew until Frank Hyatt tdld me. For | at the time Paul claimed it as his own haltingl be told and retold, such world waiting to open its ool little convent wail “I must_get So mucl L great last, “ to the you some breakfast, darling,” Cynthia roused herself at| ave been without proper h to new Can MARRIAGE and MORALS? Four writers—one a woman of exalted social position—another an internationally famous judge —the third and fourth the greatest social novelists in America—give their along on the shopping expedition. “Nobody can work in the office of Burns & Hyatt today,” he explained, laughing. “Mr. Carr and Burns have gone for an all-day golfing bout, ought to hear their boas I Carr he was one of tho: fully occupied. 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