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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. LTAH And of All Things Hitched to a Milk Cart I O ARCADIA HOUSE PUBLICATIONS ' WNU SERVICE For an instant, she felt herself to cided to accept Aunt Linnies invibe swirling in a great, black void. tation to visit her in New York. Mary Loring and her father. Jim. an She couldnt remember where she Janet, always eager to give her chilattorney, meet a train which unmarried was, or what had happened. Then, dren every possible advantage, felt briny bis wealthy Linnie Cots well and her friend. Leila she felt Chris arms about her, and that a sojourn in her sisters comOrmsby. divorcee, for a Christmas visit. heard his anxious voice. fortable apartment would be a great Waiting at home for them are Marys mother, her younger sister. Ellen; her fa Mary! Mary, darlingl he was treat for Mary. thers nagging maiden sister. Aunt Mamie, saying. As for Jim, he thought, Are you hurt, dearest? Mary and Peter, the baby of the family. At the must have her chance, God , bless depot Dr. Christopher Cragg helps the Darling! Look at me! Say someher! A change will do her a world guests with their luggage. Though secretly thing! In love with Doctor Cragg. Mary has paid of good, and Linnie will be a fine He called had dearest her and little attention to her beauty. In leaving, her Aunt Llnnle urges Mary to visit her in darling. He was clutching her close influence. Shes a wholesome womHew York, but Mary refuses. At work In to his heart as if, he would never an, in spite of her sophistication, a rental library, where she spends her spare let her go, as if as if he loved her! and she has both feet on the time writing short stories, Mary is dismayed when her father tells her that he And now, his lips were touching her ground. has been let out as railroad attorney, the closed Mary could pay her own expenses, eyelids. fees of which were almost the sole support There was the magfortunately. of his family. To earn money she decides Mary! he pleaded. Cant you dolto begin writing in earnest hear me, darling? Are you all nificent balance of ninety-seve- n balin lars a her account savings right? ance that meticulous represented lifted a Mary limp hand, and CHAPTER III Continued swiftly, fleetingly, touched his lean saving over a period of five years. 3 cheek. Tm all right, she mur- With a feeling of daring, she went Mary placed her typewriter and mured, thinking, Im happier than to the First National Bank the folpaper on Mr. Hormels oak desk at I have ever been in all my life. lowing morning and drew out every the rear of the shop, inserted a sheet He loves me! Chris loves me! cent of it. This final gesture buoyed of paper, and pounded out a title His lips were on hers now, bring- her up considerably. and her name: At Sea by Mary Lor-inThe entire family went to the stathem back to joyous consciousto see her off. For half an hour, she sat there, ing tion Dont worry I love you, Mary, he was ness. she - whiscudgeling her brain, her vague saying in quick, breathless words. too much. Dad dear, a to held her in for about as he her father plot jangling pered thoughts Ive loved you from the very first in He his farewell embrace. her mind along with the harassing moment loving 1 saw you, darling, that and insurmountable questions: night last summer at the country looked so gaunt, standing there on What will we do, now that Dads platform, waiting for but 1 shouldnt tell you so. My the to been let out? Where will money club, the train in, so sort of pull I shouldnt tell you! come from? How will Mother react God, kissed him first; hunted. had Mary Why not, Chris? Why be afraid in when she hears? with terror her heart at then, to tell me? his appearance, returned to him, At last, her fingers fell upon the he lifted to her her feet, Silently, keys. She had an idea. A simple, and gently, firmly, pushed her from after bidding the others good-ba straightforward idea, about large him. Because, he said, his voice to give him one last hug. She thought for a mad instant of panic, family at loose ends financially. I dont believe Ill ever see him She wrote with eager haste, the fluid of her homely, again. Oh, God help him. Help us story thoughts all! conceiving themselves in her fertile Lelia met her at the Grand Cenmind; passing magically through tral Station, a redcap already in her Angers and on to the sheet of white paper before her. ' At last, it tow, and guided her dexterously was finished nearly five pages of through a milling crowd that had gathered to pay homage to Robert neatly compiled thoughts, of swift, done had She defined action. Taylor, boarding a nearby train for clearly it! She had at last written a story Chicago. Well find a taxi," Lelia said, that seemed, even to her own critical mind, to be worthy of editorial putting an arm through Marys, as soon as we plow through these notice. , movie fans who are doing their best Of course, she thought, Til to get a lock of that poor mans have to read it over again and hair. Aunt Linnie sent me down to again, and revise it, and retype it, meet you, and to inform you, postbut, at least. Im on my way. haste, that she is simply enchantIt was not until the following ed over your change of heart about Christothat before six, night, just visiting her. Shes attending a guild pher Cragg made his appearance rehad meeting at Saint Thomas this afterat Hormels shop. Mary but shell be home by the noon, the her slipped manuscript, typed we time diget there. and story into a long envelope, . Aunt Linnie, true to Leilas rected At Sea to the magazine she promise, was at home when the prayed would accept it. two girls arrived at the smart Park and The front door opened, Mary, Avenue apartment house. Rising a copy of Sabatinis most recent tale d from her quickly deep, mid-air in her of adventure clasped before the fireplace, she chair hand, turned about. came the length of the room to Nothings sensible for a pretty The late Doctor Cragg, he anwoman except a good marriage, welcome Mary with outstretched will nounced with a grin. People Linnie decreed. arms. have babies in this town, and thus, Im so the I and havent Darling! she cried. tense, clipped my dear Mary, keep enterprising deso 1 that to be you married very glad, glad, Im going young doctors away from the best right. cided to come. Did Lelia tell you a to known next all month Ive A girl sellers. But thank God for itl that shes staying with me, too? Life. baby yesterday at four oclock! A myWith a Poor Lelia didnt Mary laughed. of movement her vague baby today at half past three! for something to have a chance to tell me anything," hand, Mary sought I was so busy exPaying babies. Doctor Cragg?" hold to, found the corner of a table, she replied. Mary demanded in mock seriousand clung to it. Thank God, the claiming about the sights and lights ness. I do hope you havent been sounds and smells! gathering dusk prevented his see- and And wasting your time! you havent seen anything with Thank face her any clarity. ing Chris brought his eyebrows to God, told him that she, yet. Oh, Mary, youll adore New she hadnt ' gether in what was supposed to em- too, cared desperately. He would York! Well, about Lelia here, shes ulate an expression of severest rep- never know now. He would never sublet her own apartment for a few rimand. Any baby is a paying know. She managed at last to months, contemplating, as is her proposition, my dear Miss Loring, speak, and even to her own ears, habit, a dash down South later on, for a guy thats just starting out her voice sounded- calm, almost so I prevailed upon her to come and in business. Experience, my child, careless. She said, .Good luck to stay with me in the meantime, and of the price, or someis you, Chris. 1 wish you the greatest thus brighten a few moments of the thing to that effect. However if happiness." declining years of my life. And, at the same time, save me you must know, one of the arrivals man the repeated Happiness! into this vale of tears will bring sardonically. a number of precious dollars And" large "Happiness! me absolutely nothing in dollars and then, Well, I must be getting on, on hotel bills! Lelia added with a well, do you think Mary. Are you sure youre all grin, removing her fur turban, and , cents. The other fifty dollars is too much to charge right? Are you positive nothings brushing her hair back from her for the safe, sane, and most er Come on, Mary, Ill forehead. hurt? modernistic of deliveries? our show room, and you Jan you but my heart," she Nothing Fifty dollars? Why, its' really thought; but aloud she said, Quite rest your hat and coat, as Addie ' i pretty cheap, I think, providing the positive, Chris. You arent 'going says. Addie? proud new parents possess the fifty. without your book, are you?" .. Aunt Linnies very pretty MulatIve saved your book for you, but Chris , was swinging away from not, I must admit, without consid- her and towards the entrance door. to maid, counselor, bodyguard and erable difficulty. Its hidden away I dont want the damned book, friend. , on a shelf in the back of the shop. he almost shouted, and disappeared Shes been with me for ten A bit of favoritism Im showing, into the darkened dreariness of years, Aunt Linnie added, and Doctor Cragg , Come on back and Main Street. shes a treasure. Ring for her right IU root it out for you. There goes my very life, Mary this minute, Lelia. WeU have some He followed her to the shadowy, said to herself. And now that that tea. I know Marys tired from her rear room of the shop, noting, as is over, theres nothing left for me journey, and needs something to he did so, the valiant way she held to do but hitch my' wagon to a star. brace her up. We dont dine till her shoulders, the slender lines of It wont be the kind, though, that eight. Its up here, Aunt Linnie. meant. It will be a Mary repeated autoher young back. Eight? she said, pointing to the shelf that career. Ill mail At 'Sea tonight; matically. seemed to be the carry-al- l for every- and, tonight, Im going to tell the Darling, youre in a' dream, thing not wanted for display, and, family that, after all, I shall ac- said Linnie. 1 I feel as if were, Aunt Linnie," before he could say anything, she cept Aunt Linnies invitation to visit Ive never behad ascended the ladder. her in New York. I can write there, Mary admitted. to room 1 a seen And fore recompare with cant I could have done that, he perhaps, really write. of loads flowers! Or such Or I thisl couldnt let bear me here! monstrated. Here, Mary, simply stay No. You wouldnt be able to to stay here, and meet the girl so many photographs of fascinating-lookinpeople! find It. Ive hidden it behind a lot Christopher Cragg is going to Well, youre going to meet some of trash. Back there, somewhere marry. those of were intriguing creatures Sunquite Jim and Janet Loring And, reaching beyond her distance, Im informed to giving a party to introwhen and day. balance amenable Mary lost toppled she her to duce had de my friends, and, she you them that night that she the floor. SYNOPSIS sister-in-la- ' g. wind-swe- pt y, chintz-covere- - nine-tent- hs - - g It was early morning. Driving home from a party was a young chap somewhat the worse for liquor, steering a course that would have puzzled a snake to follow. Round the corner came a milk cart, the driver of which did all he could to get out of the drunks way, swerving from side to side. For a moment the car wavered, Out then it stopped abruptly. sprang the tipsy fellow. added dryly, I hope youll find Looking up at the other driver them just as fetching as the cam- with a look of tremendous dignity, era has made them, but I doubt it. he demanded: Mary placed a hand on Linnies Wash the idea of you Hi, shoulder. Oh, but you mustnt give driving you! that intochicated horse, parties for me, Aunt Linnie. Im huh? here just to see you, and to work. To work! What doing, for heavens sake? Writing, Aunt Linnie, Mary returned, her dark eyes wide and serious. I want to be an author. Aunt Linnie uttered a little shriek. Heaven help us! An author! Darling, youre far too pretty to spend your time messing around with OPPORTUNITY words. Ive never met a woman writer yet who didnt look like the New field of opportunities! Transform diswitch of Endori Besides, the carded articles into profit. 100 uses for have never been noted for waste 25c. Box 1750, Hollywood, Calif. their brains. Its been all they AUTO COURT. 23 units furnished. U. S. could do to write a fairly decent highway 66, 60. 89. 100 ft. from MORMON TEMPLE. Good income. Space for more letter. units. $13,000. Terms. JOHN CUMMARD, Dont discourage the child, Lin- Mesa. Arizona. nie! admonished Lelia. Theres an exception to every rule. I think Australian Aborigines its grand that Mary wants to try Although the white colonization her hand at something sensible. of Australia began in 1788, the Nothings sensible for a pretty majority of its aborigines still do woman except a good marriage, not know how to cultivate land, Linnie firmly decreed. I know make clothes or build a shelter because Ive never been either beau- other than a windbreak, declares tiful or married! Colliers. These people have always been looked upon as little CHAPTER IV more than animals. In fact, up to 40 years ago, a settler merely reThe days which preceded Linnie quired a permit to shoot, poison Cotswells cocktail party were like or otherwise kill them at will. a dream to Mary Loring beautiThere are estimated to be 60,000 ful, enchanting, unreal, yet bedevaboriginal Australians among the iled by the worry over commonwealths present populahome conditions in Hawkinsville, be- tion of 7,000,000. set at all times with thought of Aunt Linnie Christopher Cragg. dragged her triumphantly through one mad orgy of shopping after another, on to lunch at the Marguery or Pierres; thence to a first showing at Knoedlers or Harlows; then on to someones apartment for tea; finally back home for a quick bath Here good advice for a woman during her and change to evening clothes, and change (usually from 38 to 62), who fears dinner at the Plaza, or the Waldorf. she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries bout hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells. Swank-lookin- g boxes of all sizes, Upset nerves and moody spells. and were Get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and if you colors daily being shapes ueed a good general system tonic take Lydia delivered to her from the shops, E. Pinkhama Vegetable Compound, made and although she reveled in the luxupecially or women. It helps Nature build up physical resistance, thus helps give more uries which Aunt Linnie insisted on vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that presenting to her, her enjoyment often accompany change of life. WELL was decidedly tempered by the WORTH TRYING! thought: The money spent on these frivolities would just about support Of a Kind Mother 'and Petey and Dad for a The alone can recognize sincere month. I suppose I do look well enough," sincerity. Carlyle. she conceded to the person in the mirror, but what difference does it make? Chris is marrying someone else and this thing called beauty doesnt get you to first base in a literary career. It was at this moment that Lelia, taking a hasty shower in the adjoining bathroom, called to her. Mary! I say, Mary I Did you find the letBEAD EVERY WORD I ters that came for you in the afterCots-wel- ls ever-prese- nt How Women in Their 40s Can Attract Men Ask doctor About This Ideal Way TO LOSE FAT noon, mail? Mary, applying a dash of color to her lips, glanced towards the door which Lelia had opened a fraction of an inch in order to be heard above the noise of the shower. No, I didnt, Lelia. Where are they? Is there anything from home? Youll find them on the bedside table, propped against the lamp. I believe there was one from Hawkinsville. Sorry I forgot to tell you sooner. : Marys lipstick fell to the dressing table, and with a mad dash, she made for the table between the twin beds. Two letters reclined against the lamp. The top one, she could tell at a glance, was fron Ellen. Dear Ellen! Darling Ellen! She hungrily tore open the envelope and began to read Ellens cramped, school-giscrawl; then, having got just to the end of Darling Mary, we do miss you so, her eyes wandered to the other letter that awaited her. It was a long, g affair; her address was typed; and in the upper corner was printed those magic words: The National Weekly. Placing the fluttering pages of Ellens letter on the bed, she gazed, as if fascinated, at the impressive, businesslike envelope staring at her from beneath the lamps soft glow. Make up your mind now that youll lose ome of that ugly fat and really enjoy life. No one can blame you if you dont want to take harmful drugs, go on starvation diets and do backbreaking exercises. No sane woman would! 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