New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1925, Page 10

A —— A Wife's Confessional Adele Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Yee Chow Shows His Talent for |cended nimbly to the driver's place Fabrication and starting the engine began to Los Chow's face held the nearest | back the car with infinite skill approach to a smile 1 ever had iH'uMZ the narrow twisting path, esen upon it when 1 told him the ‘When we Wad gone about an eighth account of the visit to her kitchen | ©f @ mile he jumped ,down and be- Mrs. Ticer had glven the govern- 8an (o lift @ mass of vines ut the ment operative, Eldridge. side of the trail. Suddenly I real AMissee Ticer ver smart lady," l.c’:"’fl" “””” they hed ‘“”‘I"‘” ““’”‘: o 2 Fhapkid nfinite pains upon one side so thal mid. “She tell that ver' straight. |yt RS S TR S Bhe tell just what she hear, just | 2 R = what she see. 1 get chance whisper “;f" MACEL JLERERL QUL LR $o big bad man when she not look- |P!2¢¢d again in such fashion that ing, tell him you'want him, tell hiny | N0 CAsual passerby would suspect pretend aak me fo take ride, pay |UN€Y over had been disturbed e two. follars. That way, Missew \When he lald them back upon & Ticer she knew nothing. she can ©lUMP Of bushes, 1 saw an opening #ay nothing to man from New B the bushes suficiently large to Tork. hold the car. Lee Chow jumped o . into the car again, backed it into It was a very good scheme, Lec | {he opening and ran it out again s?ltl‘w)'(»e; s’u\:;!, ‘l'.‘nd 1 l\rlmv i\Tu headed in.the direction we wished your story exactly 1ke to go. When he had again descend- ed and_was looping the vines back into their cunningly posi- tion, he uthority: hers. Now tell me what happened en your journey and why Mr. Dackett did not come back with you. Remember you have to repeat #t to the man from New York in a arranged ald with calm “This Is the Mar n “Missce Graham beter drive! few minutes. now, she come on main road. Be- He looked at me shrewdly. fore we get to main road, Missee “Missee Graham want what really Bappened or what Lee Chow thinks | he ought to tell man from New' York." “Later I'll hear the real sto @ecided promptly. “Just now, here."” want only something which will I reflected whimsically that Lee| satlsfy the New York man and set | Chow had a pretty taste for melo- him hunting for Mr. Dackett some- | drama himself. But 1 knew that his where else. than around here. But | precautions were necessary, and I | one ‘thing you must remember. |obeyed his instructions mr-hculous-: | Graham stop engine, Lee Chow run ahead, sck it anybody on road, if everythin' all ri’ whistle for Missee | Graham to come on. Then nohody know she drive car down through | This New York man thinks that I ||y, When I turned into the main never saw Mr. Dackett except at | Mre. Ticer's one day.” ness that no one could possibly | “That all rl',”" he answered. “Lee | have scen me coming from the Chow fix up good story. Think bet- woods and 1 sent the car on to- er ‘not tell Missee Graham now. | ward the farmhouse with higher | tell nobody till Missee Underwood ask’' me questions. Then your face look like you never heard story be- | fore. Befter so if man from New York already think things.' “That is a very wise precaution, Yee Chow,” I eaid, restraining an amused smile with difficulty. The Chinese evidently had no faith in spirits than 1 had possessed since the advent of “Steve' into our lives. | The return of Lee Chow proved that the man I so dréaded had go(- ten away safely, and 1 had faith | that the astuteness of the Chinese would provide a plausible story for the suspicious Mr. iridge. There was no one in the lower my histrionic ability, and meant to [ rooms of the farmhouse when we take no chnnce‘s of * my possible |arrived and I made a mental fallure to simuldte surprise at the |amused comment upon the care | story he meant to relate, . “Let Lee Chow Dri “Yes. Good idea,” he said, com- placently. “Think better go back in boss lady’'s car, leave mine fn bushes. 8ay you found me walking along road,” he added. “But Hhow am 1 going to get my ear turned around?” 1 asked, re membering the narrow path, hard- 1y wide ,enough for one car, along which T had just traveled, with the #edan of the Chinése blocking my |and looked at l.ee Chow avith exit. something in his eyes which re- You let Lee Chow drive little | minded me of a tracking dog scent- ways, 1 sBhow you." | Ing a trail. with which Katie and Mother Gri ham were each keeping the other out of my way. With Lee Chow at my heels 1 hurried up stairs to Lillian's room and knocked lightly. Katherine swung open the door, re- vealing the scene set just as I had left it. Lillian, pale, worn-looking, as lying upon her bed and the government operative, FBldridge, was sitting near her. As we came into the room he sprang to his feet “Of course.” 1 assented, leading This is the man who took him the way back through the thicket. [away?” he asked. He 4todd ceremoniously by while 1| Copyright, 1925, by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc. elimbéd into the tonneau, then as- "(An intimete story of innermost emotions revealed in private letters.) LETTER FROM SALLY ATHLR- at least one hundred and fifty cou- . TON TO LESLIE PRESCOTT |pies might dance. —Continued. | Paula's 1. thought, that 1 home Spanish house, is a marvelou old She bought it partly dear Leslie, wbuld not write any one again be-{furnished from a man who had got- fore I tarted for home, but 1 am |ten suddenly rich in oil, and as sud- 80 fyll' of Paula Perrier and her |denly poor again. She had added to |its interior furnishings lovely old | Spanish picces and paintings until wonderful party, and I fear 1 shall be so busy with the work of the of- fice when 1 got back, that I am |it might be the home of ancient Cas- afraid I shall not have time to tell |tilian nobility. you all about her and her activities. In this house, strange it may Leslle, ‘she is one of the most re- |5ctM, Paula Perrier, perhaps the siatkable women I have ever met, |08t beautiful cloak model in New “ork, looks as though s ore 1 am sending you the clippings of ‘\h\"‘”‘y ‘y?’:_“ “:H' hough she were to her dinner which she gave to Mel- b "‘“ e et sl cars ville Sartoris. These clippings do not | = "’v ”‘ TR T w\vhmv\l 4o it justice. It was the most beauti- | {058 10 you that & m Father as . 0l dinner 1 ever attended, 1 was|[oF I found that T was small enough 614 "xt the Tncheon ‘given 1o you |12 o "’,,,‘ hureming voman 1:;: 0od fortune, The other evening she y Melvil)e Sartoris was a most mar- by Melvilje Sartoris was a most mar- | 001 forinc. The other benng e welous affair, but I am sure it could 3ot havs been as gorgeous as Migs |0 alone, and so unhappy, that she Parriers’ dinner. It scemed to make |COntemplated sulcide. . that blase, much-traveled man of the 1 sometimes thin sald, world, Melville Sartoris, sit up and | “that although perhaps I was too RsEtles cowardly to die, yet in living, a|'vh | I am sure that you did not have at | Hme Trade AiEreatanAnct e b your luncheon the exquisite southern fhat ol AU California omon whi X K o) D herifich v fortuned by regular moving pictutr ! P e Hghting, gave a silver ratiance to |changed. Immedinicly afiervard 1 Paula’s fairy-itke gardens e Fisteing per Her guesis in great e il well as In the music room which is ! Agh situated at the other end. -1 oty o e patio Hawailan m ks o RN erer A and in the music roc | L ROREE e e Rl dand. in Los Angeles held fort} hoil Hzdsoal ; two places are too far apart to inter- & t, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) fere with each other e -music room containg an Aeo- —_— ; lht and a grand pia is a TOMORROW—Txtter from Sally glorious great studio room in W hich Atherton to leslie Prescott. mily | road, I had the relieved conscious- | : SISTEx MARY = By SISTI ppe am s 1 served with ed co t never with iced tea. reakiast ] *°- | lemon or some other tart fruit bl MRLY U St | juice with sugar is served with iced syrup, milk, coffee s | Lunchoon- — Cream ‘of 7 Watercress and Cheese Rall Salad | soup, tomato and cabbage galad One and one-half cups dry cot- oatmeal macaroons, s, wi fans ahadeetnapic nely chopped wheat bread, milk, t Rib: Lomator eatstip 1 ABRS] Dinner — Jellled boui yon salt, 1-2 teaspoon paprika, 1! loaf, creamed string beans. - vatercress, French dressing. eress and cheese ball salad, sliced| Combine cheese, T 5 peaches cake, graham prika and « nd shape | bread, milk. coffec into small b Serve ee or four The tea and coffee may alls to each person. Wash, chill er not during the summer cress. Arrange balls on 88 preferred. Tt iced the bev ess and serve with should be made stronger an | French dreasing. vsual and poured hot and freshly (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Made over cracked lep Sweetened 4 inal NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 15, 1925, | seem like fine wire, and then — if anything happens any shock— crash! and the whole lot is shat- tered." “What are you going to do?" he asked presently. “I — I hate to feel that — that 1've had to bring this trouble to you. I'd give my and Tim Endicott, Joan's hukband, both serving their country on the battlefields of France, | Peter s reported seriously In-| Nap tried to understand, but her right hand if I could undo it . . jured. Slx weeks later, just as re-|prain felt like wool; ehe could only ~ “Perhaps 1'd give a great deal ports to Nan are telling of her|ihink of Peter as she had seen him more than that she told him. lover's improvement, in that anguished moment laugh- “But it wouldn't be any good. ‘And | John Arnott, licutenant in Peter's | ne with another girl. and all my letters?” Nan asked. regiment, brings the news that| 4o had not forgotten how to "I have them., I'll send them Peter is in London but that the (jaucht He had not forgotten how back to you if you wish,” shock of his injury has caused )\im’m talk and amuse other women!— “Yes, Then, if’ you will, please to lose his memory. He tells Nan ({4 was only she, who loved the lct me have them." that Peter docs not remember her. | vary ground on which he walked, “I'll bring, them round tomor- Contrary to Arnott's advice, Nan | po had been wiped out of his row.” They had reached the flat insists on seceing Peter. memory. now. and Arnott stopped. They -arrive at the hotel to find | " wpyt he asn't forgotten you--" “There's one thing 1 wanted to Peter in the library engaged N gho gaid with sudden harshness. “H.. ask yo he eaid hesitatingly. “Of sprightly conversation with a pretty | nasn't forgotten you. I sippose.” course, you may not know any- Nan young woman. steps into the | «No" said. Arnott. reluctantly. thing about it, 'but . . . but Lyster room — &he sighs audibly — Peter | “But then you see I've been with Ikeeps on asking about a signet ring turns — their eyes meet, | him all the time; I've been. with of his; apparently it was a great NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY him so much that even if'he had favorite, ! There was a moment of tragic forgotten me, 1 should have cre- ~ Something seemed: to catch Nan Here's a puzzle which will cause| 8. Scoria of a volcano. silence; the first throb of exquisite 'ated a fresh place for myself In his by the throat: for a moment she you to reach into the darkest re-| . Viscous fluid. joy that, rushed througlh Nan's mind, it you . understand what 1 could not answer. . cesses of your sub-consclous mind |10. Part of a verb to be. whole being ;"U“li\‘ ‘IJ""I lfl\\'fl!-fmrnn. 1 talked to him, and tried The ring that even then lay p 2 " Y en't | Ieaving her cold and stunned. | to help him, remember things—we against her heart! The ring he had s I‘(r;:}gaés;‘h words:you Maven't |11, A rod that unites the drawsear iyep eyes wont pist Lyster o the | were always pals. you -Knoweor . . gieen” hor hecatse it had been his g Horlzontal 1g, b the opposite ends of o trail girl perched on the wide fender: | Mr. Arnott” shc said suddeniy. most treasured possession — and . Reduces in rank. |13 Tending fo promote matlonal tnen she forced them again to his| “Would you — If there: was any- he did not‘even remember having Arrant coward. ke face. [thing els that you think 1 ought given it. - ' : Verbal. ”" AT ; She thought she cried his name | to know — you . you wouldn’t I thought' perhaps you might . To bang. ‘16' B ettt in anguigh, but her lips did not keep it back from me, would know-something about it,” Arnott . Alleged force producing hyp- | sy 'r" i“»’r °| . ater, | move and no sound escaped them. | you?" sadd . uneasily;. he seemed to take notism. (12 m T B eiaet s She thought shc held pleading | give you my word of honor her silence for negation. After a 17. Threg-toe sloth. fis2 o arms to him, but they still hung | 1 would not. - moment he held-out his hand. 18. To rent. Mustcaliote s {limply at her sides. She thought| “Not from a mistaken sense of [ “I will say goodnight, then — I A aa e ol e, . Point r?( compass. | that the intolerable pain in her . 21, Fourth note ale, o DI (e, eart must kill hef. She prayed ¢ “r:,‘:;,hmnin'(.;(" et [iete ity frantically that she might drop o § i | 31. Spotted. . dead rather than euffer any more, ilmpslling: | 43. Rounded convex molding. as she stosd there in the silent 3 ’\“-" ot aeod: | 86¢ Puls p (poker), room, staring hack at this man 30, .I«‘,,"L‘:,'S',‘,‘:‘,”, | 88: To:nem who looked at her with the casual Pt |35 Intention; eyes of a stranger. 5 e 0. Perched. an 3 de Standard type measure. I Cooking utensil “‘h!rr) :\p.;lhfl:‘rmmrl on the fender oward: 43. Fought. “Are you — ‘are you looking for b Decr. e [ 46. Asks for Divine protection. anything?" e 48. Man of valor. She had a pretty, rather childish . To value. Rubber wheel pad. . Paild publicity. 59, Exclamation of pleasure. 38. To rescue. : It 40. To orack (as a whip). W 42, Protest. e 44, To unife metals by heat. Py 45, Portable house. i 47. Exclamation of surprise. 59, 0. N cgntive. 61. To wander. To decay. 52. Point of compass. Morindin dye. . Beverages. . Madnesa. | . Owned. . To decay. . Mclancholy note in scale. . Indefinite article. 62. Melody for one voice. o r’;"nc:?(’(];:;:.l LI “the voice of which she had been 61, Delays. U ALY dreaming night and day since last 63. Possefsive prgnoun. she heard "._‘ a sudden (aln(ne_ss §4. Behold. came over Nan; she swayed a lit- 65. Stop. * tle towards the table, clufching it 66. Before. with both hands to steady herself. 67. Either's partner. She could not bear it—she could 69. Like, not! For an instant her nerves 70. Fluid rock. stampeded; all her natural com- 72, To gleam. posure fled! Tf it had not been for 74. Blunts. the presence of the girl she knew 5 75. Those who applaud. she must have flung herself at Ly- Vertical | ster's feet and implored him to re: 1. Languished. mgmber how he had loved her — 2, Talian river, )\0\\" much they had been to one [ i another, ii T\}’.‘\i‘rlisuhne;?m' With . tolghiy. efiart she qulla ] 5. Deity. herself together; the girl turned 7. While. away ang was lifting the cushion IR from a big armchair in a friendly 3 attempt to find the gloves, but Ly- — COLOR CUT-OUTH Little Two Eyes , ,,., SARCIOTOO gy 0 %, - e A “\M girl and all the Pleats give the neces- Smart and Neat By O n TR0 n psm o 2T This frock is designed for a school | answers | ments of the school frock. blue serge {rimmed simply with tabs and buttons. sary fullness voice, ed as Nan's tragedy. Nan found her voice then, she answered incoherently: “Yes'— my gloves must have left my glove: Lyster walked over to the paper- strewn table and moved a heap of magazines. . “I don't think they're here,” he said, and at the sound of his voice and her eyes grew interest- they took in the pallor or face and ifs unconscious and 1—1 ster stood quite still on the other Peter stared at Nan with a puzzléd sort of look | blindly to the door. Lyster reached it before she did | — he opened it and held it for her; as If we'd never been engagdd. nevet . nyet.+ Ll | “If you wish it.” i | | opinion of women was not great; vears ago one had treated -him -bad- iy, and more out of obstinacy than his eyes searched her face again as “Please; and now fell me | anything he had chosen to class the she passed out: when she had gone | just what he said when you re- | whole sex under one heading ever he stood for a moment looking | minded him about.me -~ before since. Nan had shown him his mis- after her, hefore he turned back | You came home.” | take — Nan was not the sort of He gave a little exclamation of | woman to let a man down; she had distress. | taken this blow like a hero—atter “I'd rather not — it's no good— | the first staggering. shock she had he didn't know what he was say- | faced it unflinchingly; not a:tear— |ing — you've got to remember that| not a sign’of a tear — that was into the room Arnott was waiting on the other side of the lounge. He took her hand and. drawing it through his arm, led her out of the hotel, 'I'”.'i;".”;;{ She walked quite frmly “and |— and I'know you'll find it diffi- | what filled Arnott with amazement: !steadily, and he glanced at her|cult.” What would she do? He knew uriously in the light of a street| "T shall only find it difficult if that, the thought had been in her lamp. |you try and .hide anything from |mind that Lyster had not genulne- So there was to he no scene! He me,” she said steadily. “Please—"- [ly forgotten her — he knew that was faintly amazed; almost any| T told you that'I found vour|the doubt was there even . now, TWO EYES GOES HUNGRY This is the second day's chapter of | famons fairy tale of “Onw h\'r,‘ Ei| Two Eyes, and Three: Eyes. Chil with a black ribbop on it o (Copyright 1025, Associated Editors, loa) |lopse muscies of the face can like-|dgad or <dying | wise be made firm and more beauti- the natural course of etents. Don't| ful with progar asercise “ other woman in the world would | 1etters.”” he said at last. “Of coyrse, hate fainted. or broken down, he|1l'd heard about you-from Lyster—| told himself with a vague feeling of |there was a photograph he shm\'ed‘ discomfori; when they had gone|me. . . ." ; théugh she “had seen him, and for the first time the suspicion seemed to drive a wédge into his own mind. Lyster was still /in'.the reading- some way he asked if .sho would | “I know." - Nan -tried. to laugh,|room when he got back to the ho- like a taxi {but it was ~more like a sob..:*A|tel; but now, he was alone, sitting “it's a gond way back fo your dreadful photograph I had taken |in an armchair, ‘reading a paper. flat.” he said. “AfRd if you feel last year on the sands at Margate | .He.looked-up and stified a yawn. tired—"" g | — that was before I.kpew him — | _“Where op carth have .you She laughed, |and the sun was in my eyes and |been?" he gsked.irritably. “I've “Tired! 1 don't think 1 &hall ever | My hair blowing all over the place, |100ked, for you everywhere—you're feel anything again,” she said | but it was the only one I had, and |a nice 'sort of.pal to go off and “T wish vou had not seen Lim,” |80 leave me to-myself like this.” dren who follow the Color Cut-Outs | Arnott stammared. *T did my best| She stopped,’ ~With a desolating| ‘I Tan across a girl T know in for the next two weeks will have al to prevent you—" | memory. of the.day she had given | the:lounge after dann.er‘ Ripping confPlete sot of dolls with which to | “T know — you were very kma,‘n to Lyster, and of how he.had [fine girl, too — you'd ‘like her, act out ghe story but T had to—" Just for a moment | Kissed it and’. put it away in his P':'r . P Y | her voice shook, biit she went on |tunic when they said goodby. | Really!” Peter .yawned again. Every day Little Two Eyes was steadily: “What am T to do? Oh.| “Yes" said ‘Arnott. “Yes, that:Anybody I know? sent out into the field to look aftrr Mr. Arnott, what is there left for| wWas the one. - Tt “was "there, with fimtt ghru[geri' his shoulders. ;,1, goat One day when she was so me in all the world?" | your letters. I wanted to show it Couldn’t say, I'm sure — I may Ut ane b aGEhteke]| He tried to comfort her in his|to him, but theidoctor wouldn't al- | have mentioned her to you. Nan wonld starve she sat down on a| clumsy way. | 1ow it. Ha said it was no good forc- [ Marraby her name is. hillack beside her goat and gan | “Things will come all right—the | ing things — that-1 had far better He was looking hard at Peter as to cry. She had ben crying a 16ng | doctors say that he may get quite | let him alone. He always got so ex- | he asked his question, but Peter time ten she heard a noise hefore | right in time. Not that he ;sn'L;ci(nd when. we mvr‘i_ to make him | seemed to have lost all interest in I her, and looking up. she saw a little, | | right now — T don’t mean that — | remember anything. d tth» conversation; and ‘had taken up 414 woman but it's so difficult to explain; it's “But my name,” Nan said eager-| the newspaper -once more. i “Little Two Eyes, why do you | just as if a slice has been cut clean | Iy “Surely when. you spoke my It seemed ages to-Jtmn Endicott cry?" she asked = jout of his life. If you'd heen out|name to him—" before, she.-heard Nan's: knock at “Have T not 47" answered Young men ca ould awrv»‘n\nrv in France, 1 think you'd n.nlA} “I don't think I did speak it. I|the door. She was a sympathetic Little Two Eyes. “Because 1 am |Clate it It there was a a-|ize more how it happened; it's im- | think alf T sald was, hadn’t T better | little.soul, and her. heart ached for like other people my mother and 300 for birds in cuckoo possible to try and describe it for | write and tell the girl in Eng-|Nan, even while' she was conscious sisters do not like me. They treat < you. The shell that got ],yswr‘lflfld?" He broke off. A little dry|also of a: nameless dread ih her me most cruelly and do not give me | Sounds Sensible | killed 20 men; it was a marvel he |sob had escaped Nan. heart: with regard to her own fu- enough to ¢ Oh, T am so hun-| lLondon—A beauty shop here is| wasn't finished. too." o) ‘No, no,” she said as he paused. | ture. iy offering, for a small sum, to make| He gave a little apologetic laugh.| “Go on; please, please. She flew ‘to the door when she “This is Two Eyes' poor, ragged. |young faces out of old through a| “We get so used to It out there.” | “He asked me what I meant. Hejheard the knock — she selzed Nan little dress Color it grey, with a|course in muscle culture. The pro-|h# explained 1ch day and every |said that 1 knew there was nobody| with- both ;hands and dragged her red shaw! and red paten wpon her |prietor claims that just a flabby|day seeing men you've lived with |in:England he cared for. I remem- | in. L skirt. Make her shoes and stock- muscle of the arm may be made|for months and stood drinks to. ih-r he had:told me months before “Nan," said Joan tremblingly. ings black. ‘Her hat should ba tan|rounded and firm by exercise. The|and chummed with.” brought in|that"he hadn't a relation in the Nan lookad up — there was no 1t all gets fo be in | world." - sign of“emotion.in her .face, oniy a “Yes, 1 knew -thy n answey- | wéary ‘sort of ‘pallor. thiok I'm trying to make things| ed. . "He ,came. from: Vancouver - ‘Well" she sald-in a bard voice. -, . p 5 % One forgot " BEGIN HERE TODAY worse for you,” he added, as he when the war broke out and join- an Marraby and Joan Endicott | felt the little quiver that passed ed his old regiment.” are sharing w small London apart. | through her. “I'm only trying to Arnott's admiration of this girl ment, awaiting the return of make you understand how a man'was growing. 'She had grit, real Peter Lyster, betrothed to Nan, gets worked up till all his nerves grit. side of the table, staring at Nan with a puzzled sort of look in his eyes. honor—to try and e&pare me?" may call tomorrow and bring your “Fm sorry.” he said. “I'm afraid | “Miss Marraby, I promise.” letters— they're not here — I'm sorry,” he Nan choked back a sob. “Thank you.” He held her hand eaid again, almost stupidly, and Thank ~you!-shé -said. “And ' hard for a moment. “I think you're broke oXf. [ now — T-wonder if you will he very | a ‘wonderful woman, he said ! “Things soon get picked up if | kind and promise me something | simply. you leave them about.” the girl | clse?” < “I!" Nan laughed hoarsely, “Oh, | said lightly. “I expect they've been| “If T can . A * 1T'm_net, really. { you coulll only pinched.” She gave a little weary laugh. !seé into my heart, you'd ‘know how Nan supposed she must have an-| “Oh, you can — if you will —{I'm crying and .railing againet fate | swered somethinz. but she never! never speak of ‘me to — fo Peter. | —— Goodnight,”, she said, and, turn- | knew what she said; her one long- | Don't try ‘to make him remember ing,.fled into the house. Ing was o get out of the room be- just . just behave as {f — | Arnott . walked . soberly away fore she broke down: she turned as if T wasn't in the.wbrld — as if | through the . darkness. His .own “I saw him =- and he sow me =~ and - and that's -—— all,”" she add- ed slowly, as If her mind was nlled with a great wonder that it shonld be all, that there was nothing more to add, no continuation of the story that had begun so wonderfully, “All!" Joan repeated. “But . ., . but didn't you speak? ]snenk'.- Oh, Nan, have known you?" Nan shook her head i he didn't — 1 walked into the room. Mr. Arnott tried to keep me out — he did "his best, but I wouldn't take his advice . . I al- most wish — now — that 1 had.” “It's no use crying over spilt milk," he said harshly. “But it was like — it was like—dying to stand there, and look at him, and know that 1 was no more to him than anybody else in the world — not |80 much even as the little — doll— he was talking to! Oh, ye: &he added recklessly, “He wasn't alone | There was a girl with him when 1 walked into the roora. 1 supposc that was partly why Mr. Arnott trled to keep me out. She was quite a nice little thing — pretty — but T felt as if T could — could have ¢ Kkilled her!"™ “And you spoke to him — N — what did you say?" “I said 1 had come for my gloves — that T had left them there — it was a lie, of course — I'd never been in the room before. They both helped me look for them — they moved cushions and things — just to get rid of me, T suppose — 1 was in the way — they didn't want me there — spoiling sport!" Didn't he surely he must an Joan watched fler with fasei- nated astonishment. “It was all like a nightmare” Nan said again. She felt as'if she must go on talkfng. “I wonder I didn't fall down dead, but I sup- pose it's only in books that people do that kind of thing.”” Joan laid a hand on her lap. “Dear Nan, T wish I could help you, You've been so good to me, It seems horrible that TI've got to | stand by and not be able to help.” (To Be Continued) uticura Toilet Trio rousnnd S0 Somples e Walk-Over Store News “Princess Pat” for Women Walk-Over originated th style-comfort shoe in the “Princess Pat.” 1t is buili to fit the natural lines of the normal foot. In ox- fords, $8.50. “Relief” for Women “Relief,” a companion shoe to “Princess Pat,” is extra wide across the tread and extra narrow-at the heel. Many women who thought they couldn't wear a pump with - comfort are now. wearing this' wonderful Walk-Over model. All these models are - now equipped with the main- spring arch. Long-Wearing Children’s Shoes Our new stock of children’s sturdy shoes is here and includes boots and oxfords for the one-year-old up to the high school age. A pencil case goes with each pair. The “Cave-Man” No shoe in years has sold as fast in our store as this snappy ‘“Cave-Man.” If you are a young man of | high school or college age and haven't a pair of these | collegiate “Cave-Man” ox- fords you are missing a ; ’, bet. See them in our win- | dow. The price.is right, $6.50 High School Girls We're selling more low- heel shoes than ever, and we have an extra fine va- riety of oxfords and dressy | pumps. Velvets, satins, tans, patent leathers and | dull leathers are all good The prices i in low heels. are reasonable, $6.50 fo $8. | MANNING’S Wath-Over . Shoe Store 211 MAIN S;o