The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1921, Page 32

ipes Zs PSR sey a bi t? ce “muoh of the selling now coming market results from the ne- of individuals and oorpora-jthat refineries in the vicinity of the Id are offering premiums | | “Runes & Baker say: Signs that the va y tm Wall Street Pinal of The Evening World.) |4 ‘ stock market this morning was |, ‘ealled upon to withstand heavy | Av for the account of both the) vhap was the caw yesterday. At the wume time several prominent ‘issues ‘Wouched new low marks for the year, the most notable instances being Unit- ‘@d Btates Steel common and Reading. ‘The cotton and «grain markets all An group of stocks. Crucible was the worst sufferer and registered a d.- line of more than four points. This ‘selling had all the earmarks of bear Am Am Am Aen, Am Ad Romets ‘ Ad Remetr ot Wilk <eeohauge |sex nove ‘ iMesha teld Curb Quotations Appear | Ac icine Am Agr Chom eet Sagar towch Magneto Am Can Can pe Car & Foundry fh Cotton 0) Drug Syndicate nH ler professional clement and ac-| \" 4 iA"? AuaI Molders of stocks, but except In | sm ive Comparatively few instances it dis- ‘. ton ot m International playeds greater powers of absorption | {" | ne Am Lacomot ive Ned Chem alety Ranor Ship & Com Smelt & 1 m Steet Poumnlry Sugar closely followed the trend of the stock | 4™ Suan rt “marker, and both gave unmistakable | \ oo . e ‘evidence that real liquidation was 17} 4m tamoco progress, Cotton fell $1 a bale and| Am Tuco cin B | Gwheat deviined three cents a busin!. | Am la Fmvce / Most selling was felt by the sec! | wa, Am Writ Paper pt Aw Zine Acanconrla Ann Arbor i R Anacts Realization origin. United States Stee! touched | Atohison Ry “481-2. Its previous low for the year pra Ny fl was 193-8, at which figure {1 Closed) qu Ga @ WI yesterday. Independent steel shares | Austin Nicholw, “Jost from one to two points. pores eo : ‘ din Loco pt Next to the steels in point of weak- lino, 1 ness was the oj] group of shares, Mex» jean Petroleum fell two points and other leading oils, lost from one to two points. Weakness was accompanied ‘by persistent reports of further reduc- Heth Motors Beth Steel B Boot) ‘Fisheries Mkiyn Rapid ‘Tran Whlyn Rapid ‘Tr etfs Throw Shoe pt Hruns ‘Teem tons in the price of the crude product, | ie con «win ‘and by talk of wholesale dividend re- | putte « sup ductions. in this connection {| should ‘be remembered that the Mexican Pe- troleum Company, the Pan-American |(! and other leading companies involved ip such talk recently declared the regular rates of dividend payments, Except for Reading, which sold as | (, low ag 701-8, Atchison and one or two other of the high priced shures, rails gave a good account of them- selves, Changes in most instances be- ing limited to fractions end being Ch Caddo Cent Om Cali€ Pot Central ‘Leather Cerm De Chandier Motors Cher & Ohio Pet pl » Pacific Vanco. . iM & St Paul iM & BUD pt Chi Proumatic ‘Poo! N1 & Pa 1K 6p Reet fi enly divided between gains |Cni Grea Wes of ™ 4 BT of cw ‘ithe miscellaneous industrial list |CM 4 Northwon Sears Roebuck was a conspicuously weak feature, selling at 736. of nearly two points and a new | ‘Mark. Genera! Motors was heavy for sale and it is known ‘What the question of the continuance present dividend of 2 cents a which wiil be decided when di- meet ol ‘al Co! col | co the on March 24, on the of ®usiness during the next) ‘two weeks. Coppers were decidedly , and it appeared to-day that jow selling price of 12 cents for the metal was pretty wel! ing brokers agreed | Con to-day Chile Commer no Copper Cova Cola uel & tron & Sauthern & South 20 pt Gan & Ble: mba Grape Consol Otgar Consol Textile Cog Anter-Cal Cont Oandy Min at Inewranas .. | Comden Olt High, Low, | Last 10% 18h) 18Ye | Colum Amer Sumer 10% 49% | Del & Hhxlaon any s Det ack & West 1 1M | Teo & Mio Crande AN i | Hen & Mio Gr of 4 | Doom Minow % 42% | endieotttuin h bs | trie | Rede be uf 85 | brie a. it 1% "i 1914 10% 19% Om Oe 6% sh 4% 61% 41% General Coaar Hieet ric nn Macor ot neeal Motor To Genera) Motor tw ‘ h 9's Girnoy Mining 100% 10044 Gay & Davis H0% 80% 11% IO ¢ Northern of it Nor Ore 114% 14% Greene Cananee 12% 112% Gulf Staten steel iy 8% Hankell & Barker 20') My Hormion 0. 62% 62% Hupp Moto 2% Hilinoin Contra Se 8% | Indiahoma Refining FAN Tomnemtion Cope 1b AL. eter Cae Cop “2 Inter Conn Cony of + NM |anter Harventer iH 784 Ae ay Inter Motor 40% 41 | Hater Paper Dig ‘ig [IMor Mer Marine ao et [tt Mer Maro as 40 [Titer Nicke! ‘ Invinatble Ot! ae 1 on 1h 4% 4% | Karman City So 1S 118, M94 Rally Soringtio‘a % TH | Releey Whee Ne T2M | Kenntont: Couper {| Keystone ‘Tito 4% [Lackawanna Stool is | Lee Rubber & Tire 12s Lehigh Valk ST 8% | Lowe Inc in 1 | tate Ine 11 101% | Gonse-Witen 65 | Lo 23% | Marian ‘Parry | Minn SL 6 8 87% | May Deut Storer tt | Mexican Petroleum 8% | Min 1% tI, 6 ey 0% S NYNHAH & Warten P oN tn 1 tay Nomoll mt Now Se | Usiabomm Pk KR Yors York Gouin! Commer Stato O1 Stool mk St Laue M> Kan & Tes Mo Pac Mo Wacific of Muilios Body a1 | Nat Ry Mex 24 wr O% | National Acme ..., oa, | No Amer Co. Natiopal ¢ Airbase ith © | Otin Steet parting with their security in order to meet income tax ts due next Tuesday. Such ° selling is likewise being felt crude fond market. Both, Liverty | ba: ly the lowest level | year or more. 86. ‘il industry 's recovering from its re- | slump are evident in several Oo. despatches announce NKING AND FINANCIAL. JONES & BAKER pokletcontainingthe enerat Rules of Trading, Commission Charges, etc. on request. Call, phone or write for No. EW-379 07 G {Cushing F 86.80, up mand, mand, % cents a rel Liberty 31 10; 4, up 04 43-48, 169 12. up 1685, uilders dem., bur LABBRTY ope: Ist 41-48, 86.88, off unch. Marks demand, .0158 1 0001 1-2, $785 unch. cabl a Vasile Dev Cow Woe, phe ge: | oae Gee oy waxy ea OH ‘ , 2 Am Wott Bie 2% 2S Lean Am det B. Pena it te : Penw seu'd Steal fl for Cush as has BONDS. ned 90.12; Ist CURB. Can. ing | 9 Present posted price ts $1.75 a! p, Larger pipe lines are reported | ‘and corporation bonds are sell- to be taking 100 per cent. of their ca- pene on patity instead of pro-rating t chases of crude oil, recent custom. cre Marquette Nhilada Co biti rere Werse Astow er PUT fisitie c veen the jaitin @ W Va Pot Anvw “ | Picts & BV Va pt Pond Grek Premed Stee) Pallman ¢ 4s, { Paring Rail Steet Spel Nay € cables, | sere dis, de- | Sba Coa! Car Pb Sere of Nd & Bingham Comer Arizona, Swiss francs de- | sbell T & 1398, up .0007,” Sweden’ kr. demand, | BROAD STREET OFFICE J | 2250, calbles, 2265, up .0005. Norway 50 Broad Street kr. dem., .1625, cables, 1680, off .0010, Teiephone Broad 7150 MADISON SQUARE OFFICE a 225 Fifth Avenue Tel. Madison Square 1377 “42nd STREET OFFICE 505 Fifth Avenue ‘Telephone Murray Hill 7120} Offices in 8 Principal Cities Direct Private Wires. pi 1 Denmark kr. off .0010, cables, The hip Company 3-4 per cent Arg. pesos, demand, 7805 unch, DIVIDENIDS American-Hawatian declared a quarterly dividend of 76 cents a share, com- pared with $2 three months ago. dividend is payable April 1 to stock of record March 15 preferred, April 1 to stock of record March 2 The Certain-Teed dem., .1715, cables, .1720, The Brunswick Balke-Collender declared the regular quar- cont. preferred div dend, April 1 to stook of record M The California Petroleum Com any declared the regular quarterly Products Cor Steam- | 785, | Scttenarine Hoa: ‘on ‘The Som Son! ide Times ‘wbaceo rh Iy | srand O41 oF J pr "1690, Up. .0002, | Sinclair O1 ‘HaOCEmbles, 4440, oft | slow She Steel 0005, Pesetas, demand, .1388, cables, | Souther Pacific Ry of Olof NJ Warner Vac Coal xiucts | ‘Pranseon Ol payable | po- | PM, On : lassen’ “Kindly notify Brooklyn Hall ration declared the regular quarterly | vidends on both the first and second preferred stocks, both payable April | 1 to stock of record Mareh 21 The Kaufmann Department Stores declared the regular quarterly $1.76 preferred dividend, payable April 1 to stock of record March 21, The Liberty Securities Corporation | declared the reguldr quarterly 2 per cent. preferred dividend, payable March &1 to stock of record March 31, The Liberty Bank of New York de- elared the regular quarterly 41-2 per cent. dividend, payable March 41 to stock of record March 26. ! H. R. Mallinson and Company de- clared the regular quarterly 13-1 per cent, prefer dividend, payable April 1 to stock of record March 21 $20,000 Reward for A $20,000 reward has been offered for the return of the Jewels stoi from the home of Mrs. Charlottg King Paimer, No. 59 Kast 90th Street, Noy, 16 Mra, Palmer at the time of the rov bery said she had insured her elry for $5) aleo were stolen at the same time h almer Gema. sae AR ae j United Unind Vo Ke vn Un Retail Stores wane t U U i i {Ui via Vanact Va-cw iol And Alcohol wf | ‘Cranage & Williams ou Pacitic Pact Alloy Dru rant Food Urod Wy Inv Co. Co ot Aieatio! Itiutiver Smeicem Steel Steal pt Cope Securities hn Stee! Chemica Wabwr Weber & Weat Vow Weet On as) Hei Mary wad Mary 2 Pacitic Op Western Union Wastin givin veel dL .. Wheel & LW out White Motor White out | Willow Over aug Wilre-Cterund yt ny On Wilson & Oo sions 2000. “Furs valued at s6b,0u) Won 2 Hearn & Chan | #Pexas Oompeny Texas & 0 ‘Tex & Au Salon Huai 8 OHM ate wna 1%. 2 12% 184 19% 70% 10% 19 10% rh 30% aw 491, Mh 8 1 05 (i 10% % aN ry 13 U4 Opened steady Int, Pet., 141-2, Off | Reading . 1-8; Intercont, Rutyber, 10, up 1-8; ices let uf. Durant, 201-421; Retail Cundy, [fee 2 We Oh 7 8-4—8 1-4; 71-81 1-4; | top ‘tron & § 14 Marac,, 2 Creek, | fe Irom & Stoel pf 5 97-810; Carib, 6 3- | Regntatio Motor 1% FORHIGN EXCHANGE OPENING, 7H Dutch SY @ Demand sterling opened 9.90 1-4, ca- | 4, A yew ot bles, 3.91, off I-fc, French franc de-!st 1. & Sven pe a6% mand, .0715, cables, .0716, up 0001, Lire | Seveae Anns 13 demand, .0368, cables, .0369 unch, Bel- |" eee ae gian franc demand, .0746, cables, .0747 | Ae tomnok Pe 13 Rasen re eneenierey emeenierinnetenrenes reesiverene—'+ <= aaa low, Last Bi 8, 8% 210% 18% 1% 1M . 2% th WELL “FOR TO-DAYS HUMOR s bid WE WILL PICK ON SOMETHING 40% a AY, RID HUMORS OF THAT EVERY BODY KNOWS AND HAS BEEN TO - “THE STREET CORNER ” AND THERE WE SHALL TRY TO FIND SITUATIONS AND HABPENINOS ON WHICH TO WAK SATIRICAL —— - 30 AS WE LEAVE THE HOUSE AND APPROACH THE CORNER WE FIND. THE CAKE-EATING FLIRT, WHO BOTHERS EACH SKIRT. | KNOW THAT YOU SURELY HAVE SEEN HIM HE WEARS OXFORDS THAT HURT, AND WOW; WOTTA SHI OFFICER, | HOPE THAT You" BEAN ‘HIM THE LETTER IN THE DROP FoR iM, HE WILL HAVE To LETTER DROP HER DUCKIE BOY WAS GOINe THE WONDER OF THE AGE! THE TO TAKE HER MPRONED PATENT NEEDLE & HREADER' ONLY 10 ¢ OR HE WOULD HAVE "RASsED” WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DOWITHA STREET CORNER?" WHY SHE HAS A"CORNER" Ory THESTREET" THERES ONLY A DRUG STORE ON THE CORNER BUT —~— ‘ TOSSING! AsHowW, BUT, | | EVIDENTLY HE OW Not’sHow" | | THEY GET For RT! BONYNGE FAVORED STABBED BY FOUR MEN. who described Epstein, ‘No. 158 Belmont Avenue, Samuel’ Singer, No. 205 Powell They denied taking part in the themselves as FOR U. S. ATTORNEY oy h, Attacked Near Home. Is = EEE torn ip in this district jx being | held up until the bigger question of | patronage involved in the Collector's ; By Mildred Lodewick job ix settled. Robert W. Bonynge | Copyright, 1921, oy the Press Pubtishing Os. (The New York Bromine World.) appears to be leading for the post. rs so far ae the New Yorkers are con- EE Sine cerned. women who, with incomes of practically | Herman W. Beyer, Republican leader | of the southern section of the Sth As- sembly District, is said to be a con- {| pothing a year, tender for the position of Appraiser of ; 1 " look the Port. He is now a clerk in the) @!ways ‘0 turalization Bureau of the Hall of | smart. They are Records and has had long and valuable political experienec. 0 | | SEVEN GIRL PICKETERS HELD the envy of their friends, who won- | der how they do | it, The secret is | harmony —having one’s clothes in harmony with |their personality, | and in harmony with their activ- ities and sur- roundings. From each item in the wardrobe is thus gained the great- est possible util- ity, It takes real thought to accom- plish this, and a woman who is clever enough to expend thought in this way, I am sure, will not miss the attributes of style and neatness which are neces- sary to complete 4% | Arrested im Feather Trade Strike helt as Disorderly, Charged with seven young girls, disorderly conduct, who the police as- sert are picketers in the feather trade strike, were locked up in the West, 30th Street Station last night, on complaint | of Miss Frieda Harders, twenty-four, of No. 301 West 97th Street, a feather goods worker, ‘The girls were arrested at 9th Street and Columbus Avenue by Patrolman Ford, of the West 100th Street Station. Word said, Miss Harders alighted trom a taxicab and asked him to arrest the seven girls, who were riding in two taxicabs In which, she said, they had followed her from the Grand Central ‘Terminal. She charged, they had threat- ened her with violence Unless she quit worl eee £15,000 FOR SHORTENED LEG, A verdict of $15,000 was returned yes- terday by a jury before Supreme Court Justice Strong in Brooklyn in favor of ‘Thomas F. McAuliffe, an accountant {he city finance department, ‘aguinet the New York Railways Company. A year ago McAuliffe was riding in an auto- mobile which was struck by one of the company's. surface Avenue and 6th Stroet, Manhattan. "thie pa ies cal jes left one le : other © shorter then the/ "Tam showing _ S an individual lit- D tle model which O YOU ['5 “conservative enough to give KNOW continued wear without becoming QUEsTioNs, or i ya Hew many minutes are there in| allows opportun- i ity for variation bey at is the largest city in Okla- in the chemisette, which may exploit @ round or square neck and a collr sin neg, Which of the United St ‘ S% 9% | dere upon only one other @eennt” the name of th 1s oe roine | ir desired Faust?” we 0 ' a idee 5. What is a writ commanding a ULE A ye Ht ee ll # $9 appear in cou called? “| adaptable “tabric NN Nl more tn saver hare fs avendue! for this frock, 4 hose t dis. rh Z What le a young salmon, called? | tinctive feature la : 5 sul ; ‘i obtained from the head of the epenm | (ne,set, of Slashes J THIS MODEL. in the skirt, These are cut to round @ up in a graceful and are faced back with silk frin |dropping from under them. The a mosphere of elegance and subtle ; Which this trimming affords is worth \the task it involves. The bodice is not whale? oallent'e is the main root of a plant 10. In what continent ar, th Mountains located? nang Atlas ANSWERS, 1, 60; 2, Oklahoma Cit 4, Marguerite; 5, narrow ribbon applied as straps. cuffs of the same silk, si trimmed, soften the edge ¢ y; 3, Maine; subpoena; 6, auc- without worthy tion; 7, salmon peel; 8, spermaceti; | features of attraction, the very low|ly flaring sleeves. ‘This mode! would |!ns room, (Read to-morrow’'s concluding chap- | ® taproot; 20, U opening outlined with a prettily|be in dark blue or tan. [father’s chair, heard the clock fok~ ter.) i ‘ t y A 2 it r "at - bul Pipchintion PY = , " P ff Noles pan tnt atin et et ght i Main gig Widely wate ae te fea ms i ee A i APR sathnainea == —— Se — = 7 Nathan bing, aceording to the polic but ad-y AD ile ~ —- : ‘Taken to Hospital. (mitted they had had an altercation: wv, Filling of Post Held Up Pending samuel ortich, twenty-five, No. 1625 aa an a Aldridge’s Decision oa Col- Pitkin Avenue, Browusvilie,~was at-| ,.ve (meastity® New Sevens | ectorship. and Powell [Street st 3A. MM. to-day and Commission will meet at a dinner here | a sorta Sah «tise sta: ree times In the and once | to-night #nd discuss the beautifying of | _ Republican leaders, in touch with in the chest. He is in Bushwitk Hospital | the city. ‘This. is “ihe first tine elt | George W, Aldridge, Republican boss | in w serious condition. and university have ever got toxether| of Monroe County, said tc-day| Policeman Brown arrested two mento discuss such a plan. th he had not yet decided on ae- 7 — somal aS a == = pling the position of Collector of e e the Port, e him if b a aera nities cae ae | New and Original | For Smart we witer'ne teres? |! Fashion Designs | Women line at the front |shaped collar whieh drops so iow as \fo conceal "he belt being especially pretty. Tiny inward turning revers of y |self-color silk exploit a vivid touch in ‘Tiny the slight- and reet. st @ | served, sir.” Copyright, 1921, by The P CHAPTER XVIE. <4 Publishing (Continued) E cursed his fate and the} blindness that had made| him think Nina was the) woman. | Varia had showed him very ¢ that she did not want him now He couldn't go on living here—pre- tending that he only liked her—play- ing a game that he could never win. What was there to do? ‘There was his work; it took on the unimportance of an ant’s struggle to lift a grain of sand, a8 he reviewed it. ‘There were his friends, but they gave him bare comfort now as he thought of them— Jim Cather, and Hank Baldwin, and a scattering of others, with their own interests, and their own small words. Varia was the only thing that mat- tered to him—life without her was a waste. It wag bitter to the taste, Most terrible of all was the knowl- edge that he had had his chance and lost it. He had had her love and thrown it aside, without considering its fragility; now, when he thirsted for it, it belonged to some one else, Should he. give Varia her chanée? Or should he hold her against her will and last batter down her} slight defense? If he was going to do something, | hé would have to do it soon, She might wake His face was ashy when he went to the closet and brought out his suitcase. He began to pack it with trembling fingers, putting in shirts and collars and ties, shoving them in recklessly, in a mad disorder, of which he was not conscious, It was almost packed. Just one more thing. He jerked at his low- gst drawer and it slipped open and displayed an oblong case. He laid that on the top of the clothes He wished that he could go in| and see her just once more, but he| crushed down the desire, knowing that it might lead to downfall ‘The shades in the room had not been drawn, His light blazed down into the darkness of the court, He drew the shades down slowly and went to his desk. Sally Lou shook her kinky head as} she moved about the kitchen “That chile's ben sleeping since afternoon,” she mumbled to herself; “fooks like to me things is pretty bad. She pushed open the screen door, and peering into the dining room saw | that the table was still set and that not a thing on it was touched. She padded along to the door of the room from which the light streamed: “Mist’ Amory, yon dinner is done at to-night,” he said ot eruffly ‘Phe old colored woman stood star- ing at him with a watchful eye Some roast chicken an’ a lil cake?” she pleaded “No—nothing.” he eaid brusquely and then as she shuffled away be called her back and said, “Thanks, Sally, this is for you", He held out a bill and Sdlly Lou taking it thanked him profusely, but that same troubled question was on her face “Seams to me laik it looks bad,” she | told herself again, shaking her head. | She stood in her kitchen with her | hands on her hips, trying to find the} She had bungry solution for the problem seen that open suitcase, and John Amory's agitated face had not ts- caped her “[ reckon they ali had a row and he's goin’ to leave her,” she thought mournfully. ‘Money, that’s what it {y—most troubles is over money.” She racked her brains for some way to help. She passed the door again and heard the man stili moving about in the room. He was so busy that he would not notice her, In the dark- ness of the hall she found the tele- phone book at last and bent over it faboriously At last she found the number that she wanted. She listened again and then went to the telephone that stood on the desk. She gaye the number with bated} breath. 1 am speaking for Miz Amory,” she explained to the pert housemaid that answered “Mr, Grey is wanted up here just as soon he can get She hung up bling with fear as she heard some one moving about in the hall, But she made the return journey to, her kitchen without detection. Varia woke with a start. There was not a sound. Not a breath of air either, for she had forgotten to open her window. Her room was stifling hot and a heavy perfume hung on the air andsfloated to her in waves The scent of withering roses. ‘Whether it was midnight or almost morning, she had no idea. But in the darkness and silence she felt a pr monition of evil as plainly as though a voice had called to her. Shg struggled out of her aif sl fecling for her slippers that she ti kicked off, pushing her hair out of her eyes. as the telephone trem- to the 0, (The New York Evening Worl+> ing comfortably on the mantel But that choking sense of fear still held her in its srip: ‘3 She went on down the hall, John's door was open a icrack,~a yellgyw streamer of light wavered across the floor, No sound came from his room, cither, She stood there with her hand thrown up against her throat. She wanted to ery out but something held her back. Very gently she pushed on thé door and watched it give Her eyes were fascinated by what she saw on his bed, the open suitcase filled with clothes, on top of which was the ugly shape of a revolver, + The pulses hammered at her tem- ples, the room was wavering before her eyes as she stepped across the threshold . “John!" He turned to look at her as though she were an apparition “You're going away?” She tried to pull herself together and ask without a sign of emotion, “It seemed wis Varia flung out her arms and began to sob brokenly like a child. With one qnick step John crossed to her and gathered her close in his arms, holding hen tight until her sobs quieted, while he bent kisses on her soft, brown hair. The tears still splashing down her cheeks she’ choked out, “John—is it ou're sorry.for me?” He kissed her wet cheeks and pulled her down on his lap, where he told her over and over again how he loved her, how there was never any one who had been like her, who could be like her. He touched her hair where it curled inst her cheek, and Varia, close arms, knew the first peace she had known for weeks. “You're wonderful, Varia, to forgive in his me. If you knew how I adore you"—— She laughed at him through her tears. “Oh, don’t think I am too wonderful, John. I'll gopple down and then you'll see me as I am—just Ja very haman girl, who loves you.” “You're sure, darling?” he asked. She put her hand up against his cheek as she said: “You mean Adam? He's been so decent, John, all through. I hope he'll know what it means some day too!” After a pause, in which she heard his heart-beats, she said slowly: “T said goadby to-day and he sent me some red roses—at the end.” “Red roses” Varia nodded “Those were my roses. I was afraid ask you outright, [ thought you didn't care, that after all you'd: been through it was Adam"— “and that’s why you were going »ff-and that revolver” she shiv- bell rang sharply. CHAPTER XVII HE bell rang again. What had become of Sally Lou? John was beside her ag Varia opened the door. “What's the matter here?” Grey asked sharply Nothing in the worfd!” Varia said with that old lilting note of joyous- ness in her voice. “I was just going to sit down to dinner when one of the maids said there was a phone call that I was to come right up her “You take him into the living rodm and placate him, John,” Varia said. ° Her father preceded them down the hall, and John put his arm about his wife, while she slipped her hand over his. * Anything to eat in the house?” Mr. they asked gruffly ‘Of course! ll Varia trilled. she remembered now that ghe and John lad had no dinner, But, first she must fix her mussed hatr and wash the tear stains from her cheeks. Her face was vivid with excitement and the color burned in her cheeks as she brushed her soft hair and put it in place, She slipped into an amber colored gown and put some great beads of amber about her throat. The tuble was set in the dining and Varia found the chicken still in the oven, She made some cof- fee and heated up the vegetables, wondering what had ‘become of Sally Lou. Mr. get it for you, room “Dinner’s ready,” she called “Have uo had anything to eat yourselves?” her father asked; "8.30 already and not a bite of food. Look out, Varia, or your husband ‘I! leave you!” he warned as he sat down at the talble. She met John’s eyes across the table, ond at what she read in them she glowed with happiness, John carved the chicken\and helped it generously, but neither John nor Varia could eat “Mighty, good cook you've got!" the old man growled. “What's the mat ter with you two? You're just play- ing with your food," “T had lunch late at the club.” Jobn explained lamely, and Varia dimplod For some reason she went door on tiptoe, ‘The hall was in dankness, No sound broke the quietness of the flat ‘Stealthily she moved along to the liv- felt the familiar grand- as she lifted her eyes to his, ‘Don't seem to have much to say for yourselves," Mr. Grey complained; “doesn’t seem quite natural, Varia.” {