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——— > 4 it 2 . staying away from 3 uicksands of Love i 2 et Beatrice Burton ner, blew her 3 ‘hf\«k of her thin 0 N S€ R 1 . f W'f | £ Author of “Love Bound,” & ng "‘;]r\:x*il'»‘Tvil(!.lf: see t eve atlons ora e “The Flapper Wife” Smictin eniiias: & o0 | i ald, and led the we the din- s the Way for Katherine: that it Dicke I : ) 3 4 (Nlustrated and Copyrighted by Johnson Features, Inc., 1819 Broadway, New York City) 3 g room. “I was fu L To Lscape tweer pages of ‘Oliver | q!for myself. I find that a cup of therir 1 3 ’ good and hot, in the middle of morning, sustains me.” She pulled READ THIS FIRST: 1p, T . o = A . they're too much |01l @ €hair for Sylvia and took on: 3 : across from her, “You certainly do look peaked! went on, rattling the tea-ball in suppose you're worryin: wretched hushand o en dolng now?' s 1. “Not a thing in the world,” sh answered loyally, “everything's fine with us—with me Adele Garrison’s New Phase of ‘ - ighty and nstant. But ng | SYLVI : wanted | asks her to bl ndent, ; it have discovers Fay has neve y broken off her love affair EDDIE CARTER, to whom she i been e 1 at of me. fallen in love with her O n et o FAY SHIRLEY. 1 St iR Broken-hearted, Sylvia gives Sylvia t ¢ e dec ) s The guests pla children, in the nd Sylvia finds e o occupy her | | = = S _ s AT rile twisted Aunt averted 1 mine, throb of sympathe- 1 w that she anish the trouble- | e or liiat ‘2 ®ecard iich Hal Meredith's g ; 4 1a she threw of her had pre- gt . L I ) e n the direction of the Shirley’s ankful that my next 3 SRR S g 2 AR 2 J c stroet, notional sidelights i s SRR G s o 2 i T e I saw you you were & e i | vou estimate the average ¢ Ay \ S i . it noss - 3 1 Ranny was still ! month which your work 3 S ) b g 2 am anc B M| fussing around your fine friend over Didn't Want to Get Rusty.” |} vou clear of all living ex- P S . ; i 3 a the ¢ e napped, jerking her t iry for ance 2" ¥ 3 swered Ka nas a thrift, and exacti- | \part- | ¢ he is most generous nd depend- |y with her time and her mo ome from | “Would you mind telling m hat when- |{t js2"” head toward the drawn blinds of ti room where F lept Sylvia laughed a little, “Oh, houldn’t have said anything 1Imost neymoon is over, and k town where he ! his card-playing flat that would 1 id, with stud anny play ey 1ar little 1 cottage with a | : g Al o oY ’Iv doesn't mean anything—mar- Horizontal ‘ f an er G i 1 & 5 Y b any young [Tled People have little friendships in the lap of | “Of course not,”” she nd named a vously on my ears IR o4 o " . the ez tit—an : Suppose You Tell Me.” Rylvla, Lthatiwnle, Meredith— 1 to me | “If the second and third of you . ¢ | & . AN ! A el “Fos " T said, reserving |reasons were taken care of,” I sald || : s | & : > § i RSl eay e RO RALIaNS that comment t 1 was sure she |glowly, “if you could earn what vou oney to pay hi never nent one penny of the have been doing, and thus have vour tojdonplievaniie money husband had sent her |cconomic independence, an and pretending not to motice the Ihaye a task which w 4 5 & | 2 & g 4 edite Ranny to be such good friends with flush and hesitancy at her mention |vour mind, could vou risk g SO RLEIRECCRIn £ - 8 . . § ¥ ae nee more 1 leome other woman of Hal M h's name against |rusty in your profession for a wt Steeng ' ki : g r o o stepping around which even her poise had not beenm |in a job I in mind? You'd : 3 , AT proof. il e | ChARCE city hospitals | 1 3 ; i | L ; : § 5 e i out toiielcars aninoTss of r color! “Espectally the lap of Iuxury |oecasionall o v & etk Spr ! mgashiy % " A : & ONIRGS s, and finds | “But Idon’t want to! I don't wan Yhing,” T added with a little laugh. t vou wishec A i : Wik ¢ : . : s L 1 any man but Ranny!” cried Syl #It's my remembrance ’Hw: your | A sudden gleam in h es t ) Oppasit ¢ - G R f o i L s i ol ¢ as she lifted her cup of tca. days and nights at the farm have d 1 R : 4 ; old-fashioned.” been engaged for the most ¥ an| IPPOse ,flf‘;“‘\"'kh s P atove { ¢ (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) i E i jage old yelleving the my and toe-aches |yeu are pla S . y S : g L R APTER XVIII ion Aunt Agony broke in the family. | demurely rharef LAY 20 . 3 ¢ n that pin before, | “It's got 1o be Sy “"Yau’re an nunconsclonable little | ’ ?“‘F"‘r“{‘;:“m an iy & ¢ hose W ; {thousand yea o il ot fibber, and you k%ow it,” she said.| Copy 26, by Newspaper rprihtind 6 s B : E ; | suac P men !And just y oung #And you're £0 Artful n[mrl:»r; Inc, $ . § IS ; % 3 day and age, try er during the first threc life together, fo EONY folks, FASHIONS [Tl liftls wee el ot ™" "7 ‘ ' i v e B e 3 Jovine animz < RS that 1Fay Shi wore in the ing | fangled ideas of trotting around everything that is chie. . ) ) . . e haie S fa ety e The sketch today is a striking ex- Romans S 1:':. LT 1 P S AT FLVIA 3 . X = n this car anny, and not been bitter polson and gave By Sally Milgrim | Dined with vivid colors. Tt 1s a coat|#3 Exclamatior quiry VIA HAD SEEN 9 U, : 1 cither, for that |house ncross tie streetia, hiost AN had driven it. |friendly look from har sharp ey Aol Trotee: t night tha “T could tell you things, |49 To have in min a purp = | anted t ; is father's \I was of a mind to, abou bout some busi- |and that one over there!” st of black satin made in slender, | youthful lines. It is short with the 4 brevity that mode decraes. At [ the neck there 16 a narrow streamer- {1ike col From the shoulders, in| L ; L sk Sedliac bl adlnhe Eala | the back, falls a pointed cape edged | \"'“' s 4 : d 5 R i lof Fay's bedroom. ! | with dyed squirrel. The tight-fitt A e p § { sleeved have broad cuffs of the fu Ly [he Tining 1s @ daring_combination| 4 T finieh i B ‘u’ emerald green and fu X 1 en and t e ) [ S h n be The two are| ! S of : I = onsckeep! ¥ he waited. ® OVET NOwW, ANy as she Sylvia only smiled, “T lot of ecach other,” she « Melting Snow that Didn't Mclt h n small once more, A MIST 1 ' A : e g : . v ' ‘ ‘ ) be that ¢ ed m ¥ lestionnisvent dariol IK's sister, Sarah, “I was nev - : 2 it sat beneath = : on dead wood. he it blue Sep- re surprised in all my life!™ 1 s, : . fous hate y i cing u 3 ; o0 wasn’ I i z as she started the ° sat looking at Sylvia for a i ; 3 § ¢ and drove slowly toward Aunt moment more. Then she got up. b marched around the little round : \Was Ranny in love with Fay. after (table and put her hand on one of Ber |3 v A little dro P e A man to |her shonlders, ‘ Al 2 ‘ : : - . Was it possit DAN O Bkt e man bent 1 : ‘ i i s on of the nose. T s feonlan’t: tt £ e to in love with two women at the My dear, if you really love Ran- vy murmured. o tea xhe was o aucer. ¢ was sure the - laqu s 3 e , you're very sensible to have this o \ drop hac llen fro alder 3 1d be mor was his feeling for Fay noth- child—just vo: re doing,” ; it e 1o liking that one |said in a queer tight voic iled dnwarily s 1 bowed my | turn. Yo vhat looked like snow : happy-go-lucky person naturally has |there’s anything that will knowing. (ha befor ar ‘ ‘ el e f Vhy were they sweet? for another of the same kind down to his home it's a ay, Senior, it 1 of Jer e b iy ; oo By this time Peter's e ' 2 2 ¥ know—T know he cares for fust |own! T've never known it to fai let him think so, not realizing Lear ot i 4 Iy wldes Couldathay (B fnn . me fram. s m met” Sylvia told herself, suddenly | Sylvia looked at her. \ i r t He began to s i Jering how Ranny had taken really love ¥ 1v?” she repes ‘ : in his arms last night when she |Softly, “if T really love him! Why 1 \ “Perhaps you will et e t AR e 1 e Al et s e er and over In his mind Pete m about the baby. “He may |Aunt Agony, T love one hair of his I\ : Perhaps yo =0 me | she was en snow and 1 bl =5 i 1il | ppioy batting around with Fay, but |head better than T love anything els o) fiies . me ofher | : ushing. ! i uiihey G oatla all the time he | 5 he Joves!” on this earth. He's the whole world 04 s remine ] e 1 s ldie ot summer, t e s 1 d Sylvia felt almost as shy and 1 heaven, hesides. 8 {1t he said softly as he moved av nilkerah he e b s Tekc mien A S bered tha thing she sard & ot 1526 #Y NER SERVICE Nc, | “Do what?” T asked innocently v e Bt 5 i : i ; st L B s i e Z > of a Black & { | “You know how to lead a man on, ! i at mez % < 5 ad. It didn't once enfer his head lyp the stone steps of Aunt / . F when, they 2at up.in. the Feature of a Black Satin e AP e Ly e e e Ry ik i ’ } G e s. He |1 once that morning and rang the |garret going Hhroughya G :{ lt- Summer Coat. |Charleston she 1s generally & bit|jove with you." ¢ L She > . didn't onee think that there might | pery |Yle, time-yellowed baby clothes: shaky. | I felt the eyes of all the girls up- |gave them fo some S X y WAL e e o et hae lon me as T moved away from the 7, b i Al ra e > S ! e 4 vl e e evening of surprise A= {end of the counter where I had been [Ty t ’ S s hie g vé | and Sylvia wasn't at all sure that her | for him, just the way I do now. I become acensto l. talking with Mr. Robinson. The ¢ d looked at 3 ily he |qunt was ready to be friends with jcan’t help it. He may fall in love heat, the chic we i s in her APP lque |glance of one of them, who had R PRRRAT Aoy found it. What vou think that |her and Ranny again. €he had said (with a dozen women in the next to himselt wse sno wou riled inwardly as 1 bowed 1 = I S = \ hat I would have reason to regret i isome time later. ! Another drop hit hir A Pointed Cape Collar Is the Smart| | ‘@ & In June, when cool aft wardrobe a soft v charge of the hosiery department P hite patch she was “through with the both of |dozen years, but he's the only man Eer delicate gown I whe = right across from me, seemed . e 3 e g 4 1026, by T. W. Burgess) | them! |for me, just the same.” it 18 difficult to che o particularly malignant, If looks A ¥ A & 3 . | As Sylvia stood there, waiting, she | “Humph!” remarked Aunt Agony. zmart I L v s ; could have seared 1 would have . G t story: “The Snow That |gaw the Nottingham lace curtains of |And in the curl of her lip was es Holilart torias SRR e e 7 D A e T A W ihe front parlor window shake a lit- | pressed scorn, not only for Rann sfies her Look at Sarah Smith,” whisper- |capade. / tle, as if stirred by a breeze, and [but for all the rest of his sex! she knew that Aunt Agony v be- | MR — — Ik ? : Menus for the Family nd them, “taking a look” to see| Sylvia put the bundle of baby vho was there lclothes into the back of Rann | V) Toachiced oL d - 2 s X ——— That bay window was her conning [ear. Then she crossed Bleak street 1 Y H : e s Hanat- | it layes ‘wern open erries, careal. cooked | tower. She had never been known to | and ra the doorbell of th l / Our ea 1 o b 0= yery wide 1 f T 2 yen the front door to a caller until {Shirley’s big brown house. : tilen, ¥ VD, : ac had first pecked out through the | . Shirley came to the door. How to Keep It— 1 s {ne 1 } a step or tw ffed potatoes, |curtains to who that caller wa y, it’s little Sylvia!” she sa ( Causes of Illness SUROR rient medi as t t 1 5 1 bread. cot- |and to make up her mind whether |a tissed her. “Fay's still in bed. ) Ao Inrmoloss that brar £ alder, a he 5 ; e, (she wanted to talk to callers or not! |She was up late last night and she's o B 2 5 . e e e 1p with his 1 1 Sylvia was wondering whether she |Jjust having her breakfast; go rigl e i/ ¢ 2 D dliane ) UG iR L : lloy i b3 . would let her in, when the door sud- [up.” S o 5 14 / 7 Surgeon General A ¢ A p r s . Eipmri " lienly flew i i Aunt Agony | Sylvia ran up the broad stairs and Take without Fear as Told - | Public Health Servie : i B own f er drop, but thie |24 Tioe: FRipa nAna | iood ther and straight as any | tapped on the closed door of Fay' 7 | ey T 3 2 . T drop f e 5 well-trained soldier. bedroom. Without waiting for an in “Bayer” Package 1 [— e R A e £ specific methods |MOU Wiy, exointn Ll i g “Well!” she sniffed, “so you've |answer she went in. ) I s. Some : e 3 : t ald . ¢ sir, it's {come at v was propped up in bed live ch in the tikeu ' Rl ; et! ou 4 Cottage You T would, sooner or [against a mountain of little pillows. beings. others in 1 ? _ HEos scarcely 35 |that b, t he fu st Three tablespoons but % latc ou the girl asked, |A lace cap was pulled sidewise on STl loth e arow R ) - r heard ve lot of « 2 cup hot . 1lstepping into the hall. her head and her red hair escapec et 3 : t 1 s flour. poons baking | © 5q door closed behind her, |from it in tiny artificial curls, SRBE S atant y | seashoon delightful, familiar smell of the | Her green eyes looked bare and They multiply oo tity |1 oF SRS 5 or de. |honey when was melte - ! { 1 e swept Into her nostrils staring without the make-up that I B At dine i LS U T, = v slowl 1 'like perfume. It was like no other |she used, when in_the public eve, A b e e § R Unity. that | er dro fall.” ang y {s very lodor in the world—a mixed scent of |and her lips were smeared with the plv. divides into twoce e e A b el er drop did f and Peter |light i hlespoontuis | the °d rose leaves in the jar on |indelible rouge that she used in the rapidly grow to full size and 1 et i caught n mout like t 3 f r ¢ g well table, and of spice, and of |evening. wise divide T ¢ ve 3 aten. Mi 1 sift remaining flov sniture polish | For one instant Sylvia wiched Many Beneficial — === | swect and sticky. P ed away |with haking powder and salt t brought back to Sylvia a flood | wickedly that Ranny could see her L e i e g t first mixture. hot emories—memories of rainy |as she looked now, without her war — a8 ot ° . 1 | stir : bacteria. many of which are bene P D 1k It all that t ch i t until perfectly smooth. |Saturdays during her childhood, | paint. e 4 }which make bread lis (ye ¥ nder and floured shallow pan. Bake [boys for her—cooky boys with |you out at the crack of dawn?" Fay th"'ns []‘B Ygung' those that cause milk to sour a No Cutting or Salves Needed vhere 1 sitt he |minutes in a moderately hot oven. |raisins for eyes and cocoanut for |asked, setting down her cup of cof- Houe cansibe decay of Graanie mas| . v 1 uld wat Little s contin- | res, cerve warm with [hair—memories of June afternoons |fee. terial. While most b 2 are EklEa e ¢ fall. Peter dec that at !tnis sance when they picked roses from the| *These!” Sylvia answered, and s e et Riowd |harmless, there are some that cause | The s atse < te those little drops were fall- Strawberry Sauce bush behind the old house and dried [tossed the handkerchief and the rlier age than | disease, he s a ak, the pa : it wouldn't take lons 4 Fou Jespoons butter, 3-4 cup |them for the jar on the hall table— |shell hairpin down upon the em- The bacterinm causing anthrax | /7% 3 i Sl le white patch to melt y pow Sugar. Joon vanil- [and of house-clecning periods when |brofdered coverlet of the bed. “I was the first disease-producing germ | jies ‘must free e tirely. He decided to stay until c A strawberries. [they had scoured and polished the [found them in Ranny's car this to be grown in a “pure culture,” that fre " throv agnant s. | was all gone -2 cup whippir ream place from cellar to garret. What (morning and I thought you might {s, the artificlal propagation of one nel t t 18 emethod. | But it didn't go. He staved and | Cream butter and sugar. |a good time they had had together, |need them!" particular variety of bacterium in S e ot | Stayed and drops fell and fell, and {1y} hite and creamy beat ind what a mother Aunt Agony had (TO BE CONTINUED) some suitable medium, the most |at work some years ng st eai|so far as he could sce that white [vanilla s strawherries. Fold in |beea to her all her life! The new bond between Sylvia and common media used being broths, y for pile e succo patch was ] was in the |eream whipped until and serve | Suddenly Syivia was in the thin |Ranny seems to have put Fay Shir- bouillons, gelatis, blood-serum, agar b ¢ datiandati il ng. If that snow was melting {at onc lold arms, with her head down on [ley out of his thoughts. But Ranny ; nny ¢ showing it. | (Copyright, 1026, NEA Service, [her aunt's flat chest, and they were |is still in Fay's mind, and she comes . t many years after Koch ' w ¢ did so. water drop- | Tne lerying together—in the silly sentl- |[to The Nest in order to see him. oxes of twelve 3 ¥ I or_salo at had g " culture of the s e easy to ! ! pe t the snow didn’t melt, and _— mental way t women do cry| Read in tomorrow’s installment ents. . Druggists als bottles of | 17 1 J arty lus that causes amthrax that | Sme whe wil bt r Devt | attar a while Peter began to suspect | READ AFRALD CLASSIFTED ADS |sometimes how she leaves hurriedly after Sylvia 24 and 100, e e Kain 3 £ teur dramatically demonstrated | chase price to any diesatistied customer. [that he had been right in the first | FOR YOUR WANTS | “Aunt Agony, I've been so lonely, |has disclosed her great secret.