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Show WHIP . FICTION- v.. - 'V'-r f NEA SERVICE 1928 COPYRIGHT - :: t " " " " N ... ' ELEANOR EARL INC - "More's the pity" tunted Jack. "We'll, take care of our own affairs countered Ricbard furiously, "And I'll thank you to mind your own business". Jack smiled maddeningly. "Don't thank me," he begged politely. "Because :you know really,. Eustis I've already got my finger In the r pie." , Nonchalantly he fingered the ofcard of Isabella Petite. fending ' "I wonder," Tie speculated idly "how do you get that way, Eus- - ; . ' ' ' $ . : t '- . tis" ' i v .,' y A 4 ft 'ly-&r- I a4i .. - . --- 1 ,i 4, ' ' i - i. contemptuously. ,. he read. .'"Isabella Petite,"' "'Amlstad and Cognac. Una, I .a . , Grounds for ABajo.r-.divorce if I'm riot mistaken, my friend I think, if you don't mind, name I'll keep the and address. , They, might come In handy." He took out his billfold, and deI 4. posited the little card carefully between the pages at a notebook. Richard laughed.' "Moore, you're an awful fathead," he sneered. - "You don't really think do you, that you've got any grounds for divorce there? Why, you poor chump, some bell boy dropped that most likely. I never saw It before. "Sybil's got sense'enough not to go to court with any. such flimsy evidence. JQyou. suppose there's a judge who" would believe Do you suppose after taking one look, at Sybil any Jury's going to be- 1'1V?I li'f "ted hur--to go chasing " a little "Well I. don't now." Jack was "Anyhow - I blandly Indifferent Is grounds for divorce in Massachusetts.-An- d with me to testify against you, Sybil won't have much trouble getting rid of you." But good God, Moore don't you know I'm crazy about Sybil!" so kind "and good. And .. "Yeah?" Moore had an annoying thought, irrelevantly, of other eies drawl. "Well, she ain't crazy about mad blue eyes, that devoured aer body and soul. And she wonderpd, you. as she toyed with her salad skid "pidn;t.sjhe leave any message fur mi' Jack?" to !Dnfy that she ,., .1. happened to Richa There, had been a wireless mes- see your face again.' TabnTTelieve It!" sage on the boat from Jack Moore "Well, have It your own way. But lacking altogether In detail. "Every if you want to keep out of trouble, ; thing fine," he had radioed. "Of all ... the . dumb . mesRags! here's a tip. Sybil's got a brother! understand, and sputtered Sybil, and showed It. to a big MabcL "It doesn't mean a tiring." something of a boxer. I reckon he "Oh, yes It does, and I think," COUTH clean you up with his little opined Mabel cooly, "that Jack is finger, any time you tried to make trouble for Sybil. And If, by any quite worthy of being trusted." chance, he cot incapacitated, I'm That was the day the" redoubt no gilded lily myself. able Mr. Moore, fortified by a few "If I were you, Eustis, I'd steer drinks, dropped round to the Seville clear of Boston for n while. It for intention of t.Hitig would be about as convenient for Richard what he thought of,, him. you to desert F jil as anything" I He delivered himself with scant can think of at the moment Nice forbearance and considerable elo- respectable divorce, don't you know. quence, saving his finishing touch No more dirt than necessary. Think for his grand finale. it over, old man." "You you" Richard was speech"Sybil and Mabel," he proclaimed, his forehead, for the less with anger and chagrin. wiping "No-o- f fvnse intended," Moore as- strength of his endeavors had made - "Just a him hot and moist lie smiled with surad-hifriendly tip." sardonic satisfaction. "Get out of my room I" Sybil and Mabel," he announced, "Certainly. Your roomas R. mat "sailed this afternoon." ter of fact, is about 'the last place Richard looked at him blankly .I'd choose to park. By the way, is "Sailed?" he repeated stupidly. that Sybil's trunk over there? I'll "Ye.s sailed! . . . And you've send the porter up for It. Goodby, lost one damn fine little wife," Eustis. You might tell Isabella, if ! prodded Moore savngo!y. you see her again, that I think Mrs. 'u don't mean-Sybi- l's really fciusus owes ner a vote or inanRg. .. . Outside the rqorn Moore squared gone?" "That's exactly what I mean. And his shoulders and drew a deep what's moore," gibed Jack, "she breath. Downstairs he scribbled a - radiogram: never wants to See you again:" "l)on't worry. - All's "The devil she doesn't!" Richard well." And Mabel, when she received it, sprang angrily to hisfeet. "You keep out of this, Moore," he threat- - smiled. "The darling fool," she ened. "Sybil's my wife." doesn't know what he's it !4r - '. Hefhpped theoiled pasteboard ( , -- ... half-breed?- traess-drunkenn- - '- '"P 4 ' - emplary little wife. I would have CVRII THORNK. hridA of two had three children by this time', and weeks, leaves her husband and, been a model of all motherly virtheir honeymoon. She Is returning tues. .1 was - cut out for domesticity, with Havana from jn.isr.L really. "Then Daddy died. And' Tad BLAKE, a Boston social worker, with whom she took the voyage on married .-the wrong girL And oh. which she met RICHARD TtSTIS, my dear- Ofcourselhere's no use tisr In. five talking; but . . . " k A MMj " ; ' rtrt An tholr ' wnddlnr. nlcht Mabel patted her hand comfort? Richard becomes Intoxicated and ' -remains In that condition the great- ingly. "There.dearDon't get yourself er part of the time, Sybil, disgust ed with him, leaves mm, returning alf excited." "I'm not But Mab, what chance nnntnn nrlth Mabel who. mean time, has become engaged to JAfchave we anyhow? Creatures of clr-MOORE, an American whom she cumstances. Buffeted around1 "You're 4oo retrospective, Sybil." X met In Havana, "I know. It's a modern disease. Sybil's marriage has been particuif you hayea.mlnd jsou. have larly unfortunate because of her But, engagement to CRAIG NEWHAIX, to use it once 1n a while. Life's who has loved her devotedly for such a riddle. Here I am. . . " 'Asking those questions,' " interseveral years. Mabel hopes and Mabel, "which of old men be obtained, rupted divorce may quiet of seer and roacle andTfo that Sybil may still marry Craig. soughtwas told.' " But If SybU Is going to have a child reply "Why, Mab!" Sybil was plainly that complicates matters. Prior to her eniraprement to Craig surprised. "I didn't know you read was Craig who taught Sybil loved JOHN LAWRENCE,ona Wilde. It me to enjoy him." slodler who was sent to France "Oh, I'm not as dumb as I look, the eve of their marriage and never returned.. Following the death of dear," volunteered Mab good inil-vAn' .. man . i ' and Craig Valerie was sorry she had an engagement. "Why, you're thinner," cried Craig, as he took her handr He did not offer to kiss her. "A Emaciation is all the rage, Lordy. it's good to see you an again V How have you been. Mother? Bless your heart, Tad you old married man how are you? you're looking like a million! Aren't you at the Cape?" people "We closed the place yesterday," mother. "Val wasn't her explained enjoying herself at all.- - She thought she'd be happier In town." . "In town! This weather!" "Well, Fall's . almost here, - you know, Sybil. Here Jt is September, : aloe ady."' " They hd dinner together at the Touraine. Valerie was late, as usual She was very dazzling as she came flying in. American beauty was the vogue just then and Val's ensemble was unquestionably stunning. The color heightened her glowing, checks, and the bit of mole about her high collar was And-Craigi- e . most becoming. "Hello, everybody. Sorry I'm late.4 Win Wingate was at Barb's teaand he's a perfect howl. I simply couldn't get away. Why, Sib, what's the matter? You look like a wreck. Guess Havana's fast life got you. darling. Too many cocktails make crows' feet" . Sybil could hace choked her. "I'm aH right" she said evenly. Thanks for your solicitude." Craig pressed her arm lovingly. "I thought Sybil looked wonderfully well," he lied loyally. , "I know my Bubaiyat her father and the marriage of her had the anbrother. TAD, to VALERIE WEST, too. Wise old Omar a selfish and flighty little thins, swer when he said : SybU suggested to Craig that she take a vacation with Slabel In order 7The moving finger-- writes; and, having writ to reach a decision regarding her Moves on: nor all your piety marriage with him. Because of her nor wit Sybil persevering love fornotJohn. Shall lure it back to cancel love Craig fears that she may half a line, " enough to marry uiu life grows more Nor all your tears wash out a meets Eustls-e- nd vror& 0f )t." complicated. NOW GO ON WITH TUTS STORY . Sybil had sent a wireless to Tad, She felt his eyes on her all and they were at the pier to welCHAPTER XXV In come her. Mrs. Thorne and Tad through dinner, searching, anxious SybU leaned comfortably back . "Mother wasn't very well you know, and they packed me off to boarding school about as soon as I could walk. Dad had plenty of money then. "From the beginning I was a square peg In a round hole. 7 If a litle girl at convent school doesn't conform to the standard pattern 4f propriety, sne tits aooui as weu as a little skunk at a garden party. Nobody had much use for me, except the Mother Superior and she didn't see me often enough to count "So I grew up Into a rebellious, discontented child the product of my environment All an accident you see, If Mother had been well, I could have lived at home. Association wjth Tad and my fcther would have made a different girl of me. "Then when I was 12, I went .to public school for a while. I was such a misunderstood little wretch, nobody liked me. Of course I knew It and that made me more miserable than ever. I. simply couldn't : make friends. "After a while they sent me to Miss Middleton's. And before I was there very long, the war began. The rest of the girls made Red Cross PAGE PROVO EVENING HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928. ess talking about" ' For weeks Sybil waited fearfully for word from her husDand. Every time the telephone rang she feared a message. She watched for the pastman as she had watched once. years ago, when every day brought a letter from John Lawrence. sorted the mall, lookNervously she -stamp ing always-forwas mean still Richard would that V in Havana. Jack Moore had written that he understood Eustis had moved from the Seville to a smaller hotel In the suburbs,, where John Arnold 'had taken a permanent residence.' 'Ar' npld had become friendly with an American widow and had' financed AmerlcatrTea the -- opening -- f and Olfte Shoppe, of which they were to be Richard was probably In on it too, wrote Moore. Living expenses were high in Havana, and he had reason to believe that Eustis had already found himself In debt Away from the glamour of his presence, Sybil put Richard calmly down as an- - adventurer ahd a philanderer. "I don't care that for him!" she would Bay. and snap her. fingers derisively in the lonely darkness of her bedroom. But. then,., when sleep would not come, she would put her hands wild ly to her head' to still the madden ing beat in her temples. And, by and by( she would lie quietly on her back, with- - her arms stretched along her fevered body. he "O . LoveJ" O FIrei drew Wlthone long kiss- my whole -soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh n - -i-- . dew." - Herman Hemmandhaw- - was In the shop, this morning, to get some coonskin r hair cjitlng done on hi .. good omen. I've nothing," she told herself, overcoat, before taking it with htm "to remind me of hlm-na keep--sak- back to I complete his education. NEXT s nor a, gift . . . Nothing- - to haunt me but wretched memories." ' She thought less often of John I Room ( Lawrence, and more frequently of Craig Newhall. "To the hospital" at which I am (To Re Continued) ' an Interne," begane a slick looking (Sybil thought there was nothing smoker, "there ' came, one to remind her of Richard Kustis. younga decent but evidently; day, But Sybil did not know. Read the exhausted old looking man, but none of us next chapter.) , could understand his language. However, his bid face was blotchy FOR THE LADIES as if with measles: and so, we There probably is no more un burnt hli clothes, bathed him and creature than the house J put him to bedcNext morning, Dr. popular mouse. And yet, if the women folks urawel:r a "sure would take courage to examine him had a- - talk -- with enough Unquiet, arand appraise him they'd have to raigned us young medio before admit that he's quite a hanrtsome him and said: 7 little fellow. To bring this out, " "Wellboys, you've 'don a klnd-l- v Curator Paul Howes, of the Green- thine, 'thoutrh I nnl wlch, Conn., Museum of Natural! for your, professional discernment. 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You'll easily recognize the distinctive Vitamins and minerals .of 5 fresh Vegetables nt-W- urn.- ( tfie and minerals that build strong bodies and regulate health). " rogant .on top but underneath tjh, mydear.rl wed tobaaulte sweet and nice- But then my hopes died, and mydrcams and all my lovely Ideals. J"Tt "ua o. nut 4 --itvui i u a 4iV4 fool of hlng around" and making myself. And I got a reputation you know. If John had lived, I would have married him, and been an ex heakhand growth of childreru-Buwhat a battle it is to get youngsters to eat their full quota of spinach, carrots, lettuce, celery and tomatoes But no more need the Family meal be a7 continuous pleading, and arguing withr" tearful children who "don't like vegetables." Now youngsters will eat a gen- - r erous allowance of 5 fresh vegetables at every meal...and plead for more! Vege-tize- d Whole Wheat Wafers have changed 1, the daily battle to a party! ,, 1 WiU your children-e-at crisp, crunchy, tempting wholewheat wafers? Then you can,feed them; thevital elements and "" mirrefalsfr5"fresh7vegetables by mcrely 'J;, serving Whole Wheat Vegetfced Wafers. Have Vegetized Wafers ready for in- - between-men- l nibbling... picnics and par-ties. "Elderly folks find Vegetiied Wafers in a bowl of milk , . a complete.meaL , I14IF4W knows that EVERY MOTHER are necessary to the t: - a.gtiui. AiLcr easier vacaI ol announced that I was through-schoand, for once,. I T" - mi wiving MISS BORI wm ..ked W mok eehof 1"fmUMnt brod,clMrmihrUMwilli ent Whole Vheat tion 'frSAtl JIM I IU e Here's a Way Children ivill Eat Vegetables.,.and like' em - I cannot sing, it seems to me as though the world stops! ,.. "So you can imagine that I choose my cigarettes quite carefully ahd that I welcomed the opportunity to make this scientific test. "It was most interesting, for one of the four cigarettes was so smooth and gentle .. . . and yet of such fine flavor . . . that I chose it at once. If was an Old Gold." "I always worshipped Tad. Well, he was in France. Anothnraccl- dent Some maniac killed a grand duke somewhere I've forgotten their names now. Probably everyone else has, too. All a crazy accident and the world went to war. "Then I met John Lawrence. And I don't believe a girl ever loved -more man 1 lovea mm. we were going to be married, when they seit Ma regiment over. Another accident missing out that way.. I almost wentfcrafcy with grief. , JUIU il rvij OWUII nicy LUIU IIV he was 'missing In action.' 'Presumably killed,- - his lieutenant wrote. They were getting blown up ir wiuiiiiio. juiiuuitg in 1114:11 vault; through alive. Tens of thousands were killed. Life or death It was . just an accident I - became a - dtrrerem, person when I. knew was dead.' .1 hud alwavs been en Holistic little . Battle is Over "When anything happens to my throat and won out- With bare legs in fashion, the silk manufacturers now know how to sympathize with the cotton weavers, and the safety razor makers are giving both the laugh. Prof. Dlggendelve, - who knows nearly everything, la --making a study of economics to apply on a principle whereby everyone has an operation performed will be able to turn in the old parts 00 some sew ...Your Daily charming Lucrezia Bori makes the Blindfold cigarette test But I never was a conformist, and refused to do my "bit They thought . x was a rwisnevisi, ana x got in prehensively .through the day's mail, she remembered that she would not know Richard's handsee It. writing, if she should "Jt never even- - had a love letter from him!" she reflected blUerly. The ear rings he had given her she bad left on her dressing table at the, Seville. They had been his only gift. The little sapphire circlet she lyid worn aft a wedding ring hed mysteriously disappeared, and Sybil regarded its loss as a The Bobber Shop xi 4 ed . . . when ....... , never-wanted OLD-GOL- D ' "I hate html I hate him!" she sobbed, and her heart was full of loathing. Weeks passed, and there had been no word. 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