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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH Pradeices Daughter - By ETHEL HUESTON Copyright by the Bobbs-Merrl- Co. ll WNU Service NOT INTERESTED SYNOPSIS PART ONES At merry party In the etudlo apart ment of Carter Blake, New York. Jerry (Geraldine) Harmer, daughter, meet Duane Allerton, wealthy Idler. He ad mires her tremendously, and she likes him. But Allerton gets a bit exhilarated, with unfortunate results. Jerry, resenting his as sumption of familiarity, leaves the party abruptly, the story turns to Jerry's childhood and youth at her home In Des Moines. Only child of a wealthy father, when she Is twenty she feels the call of Art and asks her parents to let her go to New York for study. With some misgiving, they agree to her going. In New York Jerry makes her home with a Mrs. Delaney ("Miml), an actress, who, with Theresa, a painter, occupies the house. Jerry takes an immediate liking to Theresa, who Is talented and eccentrto and the two become fast friends. Jerry now devotes herself to Theresa, who returns her liking. Pru-denc- CHAPTER IV Continued "Art Trailers! That Is what I nrn, I suppose, an Art Trailer." "Oil, no, Jerry, youre a student. If you want to ntmi.se yourself studying "Its nobody's business but my own," Jerry finished promptly, when Rhoda hesitated again. "Righto! Ithoda laughed, agreeing. Rhodn hogged her to stay for dinner to cook most delectable promising things on the grill, to lake her out any- where site liked, to go to the theater, generously profuse In her enticement. Rut Jerry would not be persuaded. She said she had to go home and 11s something for Theresa, who was looking wretchedly III, who had no proper regard for food, or rest, or exercise, and who certainly required a strong coercive hand to force her Into reason. "Theresas making heaps of money," Rhoda said surprisingly. "Shes doing marvelously. Theresa Tell me." ly. She turned expressive eyes toward know. Shes a lovely thing, and the celling to convey the extent of her think a lot of her. 1 rapture. I took him In my room to give yon a chance to fuss up a little, after It did not remotely occur to Jerry that she was unhappy. Instead, she messing about with Theresa. Shall I felt that she was quite Joyous, caremake some tea? free. She took a great deal of pleasJerrys eyes were no longer starry, ure In doing things for Theresa, makWho Is It? but cold as Ice. ing her comfortable Theresa, who "Sh, liell hear you. Duane Allerton cared as little for comfort as a honey the stunningest thing Ive seen In bee for snow. She scoured the market for tempting delicacies, and became years I" very proficient In preparing them niceCHAPTER V ly on her little grill. One day Theresa asked If she would mind rummaging a couple of old boxes for her, through Jerry Meets a Genius. in search of a particular bit of tinsel Jerrys slender hand upon the flimsy she particularly needed for a costume. bsnlstr of the stairway grew suddenJerry flushed with pleasure. ly tens.) so that the blue veins stood "Oh, will you let me? May I go out clearly upon the delicate whitethe drawers, and everything, through ness of her skin. and fold things up Ill be very quiet" "Will you tell Mr. Allerton," she Theresa laughed at her. "Go as far said gently but with firmness, that I as you like," she said generously. do not care to see him? I about you, Jerry. You "Funny thing, Sh, for heavens sake I begged never bother me. Most people nag no MlmL Hell hear you. Ill tell him to sixes and sevens over nothing at all. youre out. Ill give him a cup of tea, Mlml especially. I feel she Is coming if you dont mind, to put him. In a when she starts up the last flight of good humor and then stairs, and I begin to see cross-eye"But Im not out, and I'm not busy, right away. You are the nicest kid. and Im not engaged. Im just not After that, Jerry, took entire charge Interested." of Theresas room and Theresas beJerrys enunciation was perfect, the longings, sorting out soiled hits of silk hallway narrow, the transon open. for the laundry, things Theresa had She went Into her room and closed overlooked for months, and washing d First, I suppose It was Just a personal emotion I wanted to ride the waves. I chafed at my bondage to I thrilled solid, sordid earth. myself Theresa In a similar circum- out especially fine pieces with her own to n rapture hy fancying myself swept (he door. stance would have slammed It furiousl- hands. high on the topmost wave. And so bebut Jerry was not givfn to furious Oh, Theresa," she said one day, I fore long my thought a mother to the y, os a means of expression. wish slaimnings you were my sister." I thing, suppose it reully seemed to She closed It softly. Oh, good heavens me I saw her, the Ocean Rider, a loveMiml, left alone, distracted and be"Yes, I do. I had a little brother, ly, slim, white woman triumphant on wildered in her predicament, threw but he died. I cannot remember him. the waves. I worshiped It. It was a out both jeweled hands in a Oh, I do wish you were my sister! god to me. I have only been able to anxious gesture. Then I should be satisfied to live work on It when the passion Is hot "Now, what can you do with a girl on this way and take care just of you and upon me, so It lias been a very slow like that? she walled. do little for you. I should feel thing. A dozen times, In a storm. I The : . wer came from the farther I was things very Important, Indeed you do have gone off to the Islands to do an- doorway, Mimis where paint such doorway, exquisite things, Theresa other hit on my Ocean Rider. It Isnt I should he so proud of you. Id probright yet. The ocean Is good enough, ably take all the credit for everything but the Rhler I havent quite got It." you do, and brag about the way I There was brooding discontent In brought you up." Theresas voice. "The light In her eyes laughed gleefully at this picJerry Its not right. I wonder, Jerry ture of herself, but Theresa did not Her voice took on a sudden join her merriment. Jerry had never heard In It Funny thing. Jerry, but you are the I wonder before. would you mind first person in the world the first would you let me use your eyes? I woman who ever wanted me for anylmve wanted a hundred times to ask thing friend, foe, or fellow citizen. I but you I must he quite getting on In think Oh, Theresa, I shouldnt mind at nil the world, to have somebody craving I should love It. Why didnt you nsk me for anything. I feel quite stuck me before? Rut she looks so lovely to ahout it. up me the way she is. Im afraid you will She put her brushes down abruptly spoil her. went out of the room without and Theresa shoo: her head. "Net and apology, Jerry, with that new wisright. ,tu her eyes. Ive known It dom of which was only Intuition bars the time that Is, Ive felt there vas and not the least understanding, went something lacking. And when I saw on with the papers shj was filing and you, I knew what It was. She must paid no attention when she went, nor have the light In her eyes that you . when she came again. had when you came first o the city, us jou were when I saw you first. I s Jerry went about a great deal, shall never forget It flint sort t Mlml. fond She not with was radiant assurance. Look Her eyes of Mind, but enjoyed her immensely are too deep, they are too subtle for a She was n constant source of gay defree worn: n." with her prelty vanities and light, Jerry flushed. Theresa, that Is boasted conquests, where Theresa was Irony Lyes like mine for a free like a brooding pain to her. Sin woman Why. I dont know what laughed at Miml, but in her heart she freedom Is. I havent the nerv to find out when I have a chance. wept aloud over soul and I am Theresa. hound hand and foot to conventiors Duane Allerton sent her flowers. to convictions to Prudence." in such a case, would have Rhoda, Tes, that Is what I mean. You tossed them from her window In hoi" don t find that blithe and buoyant con- That Same Afternoon Jerry Posed for scorn. Theresa would have crushed fidence, that triumphant Joyousness the Eyee of the Ocean Rider. them to crumpled petals between her of surety. In freedom Itself. Only In hare hands, the thorns of them prlc the pursuit of It. In eyes that have Duane Allerton 6tood and laughed, ing her skin to crimson. Jerry looked seen freedom she waved n light hand but ruefully. at them, gave them to Miml. He wrote toward her Ocean Rider like tills, Not much. Im afraid. Not espe- to her. Jerry read the notes, t.nd tore subtle, understanding, inscrutable cially keen about seeing me. Is she? them up. She never thought of re"Perhaps perhaps you mean liWith a visible effort, Miml pulled them to him, unopened, alturning cense, Theresa, instead of freedom. herself together, dimpled, used the though she knew from whom they Theresa smiled at her gentle diffi- long lashes to the best possible effect. enme. That would have been too dradence. "Shes tired, poor thing, she said in .tic, too theatrical, for her. The Yes, I get the distinction. You must excusa waste basket served her Rut unfortunately, Jerry, one must sympathetically. purpose well try her. be works so hard, you know." ootli before one knows which Is enough. which! Theres the pity 0f it And I understood that Oh, she does! One afternoon she saw him Sho the eyes are faithful registers, no she did at work al." was dancing at tea nt the Riltmore they record It all. So my brave little I mean she er shes tired, any- with Miml and two young friends cf Oioun Rider has got to have not eyes how. And nervous, shes frightfully hers, boys fresh from, college. One that have known freedom, hut which nervous. Dont hold It against her. was cubbishly Infatuated with Jerry, hold a vision of it unrealized. Cant I give you a cup of tea and she, In mischief, had set herself That same afternoon. Jerry I feel I shoulfli. i Oh. thanks. no, to tantalize him to the limit of her posed for the eyes of the Ocean Rider, who pollute her atmosphere any longer charm. In t lie midst of her pretty must know not freedom, but cherish a than Is absolutely necessary. Awcoquetry she looked up suddenly, and dream of it. saw Duane Allerton at a table across fully good of you; thanks very much. I think I missed at He went downstairs and once, from them, sitting with a woman, very my calling after all. she said. I should be a model. lot himself out Into the narrow street. lovely, very sophisticated, very young. 1 he other night I was a corpse for And Mlml knocked on Jerrys door, Frnney," Jerry thought at once. Rhoda. and now Im a meruiald for opening It herself without waiting for Miml would have redoubled her attenan answer. you." tions to the young admirer, to whet And sho sat. sweetly "Jerry, she began plaintively, 'yon Aliertons interest, to stir his jealousy. patient. In a bright light, starry-eyewith delight have hurt his feelings Just terribly, Jerry could not do thaf, she did not Unit she could be of Now, even think of it. She yielded to the service, while poor hoy and so Theresa worked passionately on not natural hush that swept over her at nice. thats positively the eyes that were not Just right. And Go and cheer him up If you like," seeing him, and sat, n subdued an when she had finished, and declared said softened figure, with the others at the Jerry, lies easily comforted. the result far exceeded her She knew his eyes remained He wouldnt wait I mean expectaYou table. tions. she kissed Jerry Impulsiveon her face. She knew hsteadily least have at Introduced me. might ly, for the first time, not on the she marveled that the silly " permitted Ups The thing but on the brilliant eyes which could exaggeration of this ardent boys desee visions. Jerry herself saw no difvotion, and yet repulsed his own more Jerry learned afterward that he had finished advrnces. Jerry herself did ference In the picture, felt that Theresa had overestimated the importance of gone to Rhoda for her address, and not know .why she did. two days later he went to her again, an unessential trifle, but she was glad ask her to Intercede for him, to reto Theresa was pleased with her. with her disagreeable protemonstrate As she as tripping, almost hapJerry may not be a flirt, but gee from the Middle West. lie asked almost In as she Is doing Just the thing to pily, the days before the Rhoda If Jerry was a flirt studio party of such sorry attract Allerton if hes In A flirt? memories, echoed Rhoda vaguely. down the stairs to her own room, earnest. Is he? she was stopped by Mlml, a radiant vision "Good heavens. I dont know. What Is a flirt? They used to say In college in a filmy gown of silk and silver that she was, but they meant It nicely, (TO BB CONTINUED.) lace, who held a cautioning across her lips to Insure silence.finger every one was crazy about her. Thats Iowa, yon know. A girl who la quite Fatal Defect Shi She whispered. "Go wickedly awful In the Middle West quick "Bess Mae says she will never go and get dolled up. You have a seems like an angel rom heaven when calkr Jack with again. Jess "Why? the thing you ever saw shes transplanted to Greenwich. Dont riding know when to use "He doesnt Mae In your lif ask me anything about her. I don't the clutch I Town Topics. 1 6 Art" tlful I It Is the most thrilling thing I ever saw. It makes you feel so full of freedom. Theresa nodded, her dark eyes "Dm, freedom. alight with pleasure. Ive been working on It for years. Jerry. A thousand or more, I think. I used to spend the summer on the coast In Maine with my nurse when I was a kid, you know. I adored the ocean. It Is the only really free really relentless thing I ever saw. It knows no law but Its own. Oh, yes, I know what scientists say about the moon, and the tides. No, no, what little moon riding the heavens could harness a fathomless orean I I used to sit, like an ugly blackbird, on the highest rocks, and adore the ocean In a storm. A hundred times I went home drenched to the skin, soaked, but exalted with rapture, to be soundly whipped for my mischief, and put to bed in disgrace. She paused, smiling at Jerry. "Go on. go on," she begged feverish- I ! Yes, why not? llut tlmt why for henvens sake, then, why doesnt she get a decent room, and eat a decent meal once In a while? I thought "Well, you thought wrong. It Isnt the money with people like Theresa like all of ns. Its that burning up Inside we ennt help It.. Dont try to know what Im talking about, old Angel-face- ; the more you think about It the less youll understand It was the next morning when Jerry slipped softly upstairs with a breakfast tray that Theresa asked her diffidently, almost apologetically, If she would cure to see a few of her things. "Oh, I should love to, Jerry cried, flushing with pleasure. Theresa was vaguely surprised, a little troubled, at her eagerness. If you wanted to see them, why didnt jou ask me?" I "Oh. I couldnt ask, Theresa. thought perhaps youd rather not show me I was just hoping you would suggest It pome time. For the first time In the weeks she had known Theresa, she really took time to do a thing qnletly, deliberately and with romfortublp easiness. She spent the full morning with Jerry, showing her dozens of little sketches, unfinished hits of landscape, lovely heads, delicately draped figures without number, discussing them meanwhile with an Impersonal, judicious Interest that charmed and fascinated Jerry. She touched upon their beauties of composition and execution generously, hut without personal warmth. And she pointed out their defects with a keen eye and an unsparing tongue. Ami then she said : I have saved my best till the last, Jerry. This Is my one passion, my darling and my adored." It was typical of Theresa that she did not keep It on display, her darling and adored, but packed away with tender care In a dark closet, obviously the one thing in her life that received her tender care. Jerry almost held her breath ns Theresa brought It out, removed the protecting wrappers, and turned It about for her to see. It was a cruel green ocean, lashing great waves into white foam, an ocean of blackening shadows, and shifting lights. At first glance, Jerry saw only the tufbulenre of a multitude of waters, and then, looking deeper, standing out with sharp incisiveness once she bad discerned Its presence, riding the highest, wildest wave of all, stretched the slim white body of a woman, triumphant white face upraised, dominant white arms flung wide a joyous, jubilant, fearless figure of youth, swept on the black waters, sprayed with the white. Jerry cried out. enraptured. 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