Show OONG LONG JONG LANE ARINE RINE INE m by the McClure aper Syndicate r. cord ord once known among amongas lord as he gay and lightn light n Q o feel that his way hr Trough uh gh the pro proverbial t tHa 3 has as no turning Fur- Fur eme md emed that behind every h ide there lurked har hard luck Just at the thes I s prospects his proposing to the world other- other I tty Underwood the locked him out of two r contracts lu he last st minute switched i ili tp li this his least suspected Ind md Just as he had hado o tract for tor a gigantic for tor another firm t ita wordY postal ruling possible to use postage double purpose of sealing 5 ling without which mailing proposition lost f harms and ho he could conid he firm In any of hi his g for a a. e s business misI mis- mis I for fora r a week end house rest t lodge the home of ofT to 10 T uncle George Wilas Wil- Wil as aa thrown still deep- deep seeing b- b seeing Betty accept the chivalric jono Sono no Charles Arthur allt dark dreamy eyed Id to have returned but buta id a long stay in the theRon Ron son of her uncles uncle's old h as invited to Hill fill here his delineation of Ith the orient was a chief feature for Betty and th ther r girls in the h house use 1 Iq to this young mans man's earan e and conversa- conversa I pj aling way In which reference be- be sighs to a tragic ro- ro ow own life while in the end I have no doubt I when hen he heard the thea a good looking chap of woe with a tuff about some far- far mu nits s a halo around his y girl who listens to II I m mood brought on by bys s H did not enable Tom parison with the he easy casy suave flattering chivalry of ot Mowbray Mow- Mow bray And Betty being young and pre pretty ty and fond of novelty and of flattery was visibly impressed It seemed to Tom that no matter where he turned he found this man with Betty sitting Betty sitting out dances w with th her in inthe inthe inthe the evening walking in ht the garden gailen with her in the morning sitting be beside beside beside be be- side her at luncheon and at all times pouring out in that deep but su subdued dued voice legends legends legends Ill bet he a crook rook for sur sure sai said Jack Chisholm a as they packed their suit cases Sunday night preparatory fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel to returning to town When a low purrs like a cat I 1 always look lookout lookout lookout out for cats cat's claws to show themselves themselves them them- selves sooner or later Tom refrained from the time profane Continued on page 7 SHORT HORT STORY Ll Sued led from page 5 5 I felt with merely e I 1 ejup eup his mind to have with B Betty tty be be- fand and h he hurried down- down to find her forested group listening of or Mowbray s. s y j-y ty ended the talker was conversation with his afloat lost no time In capy cap- cap y had a glimpse of you rou d. fd S May I steal iteal you long enough to prettiest October moon fIt But on the broad porch Sut hir br hands rapturous- rapturous I I Uthe the great golden disk above the horizon and through the lovely she exclaimed to have an oriental 1 of commonplace mod mod- gardening and aud arc archi- archi ll- ll ce cc Gee whiz whir Betty Ii look at that sweep the left and that studied ed hills on the comfy home on of them all An Any Any- 41 place about it all aU 1 L I certain rugged beauty reed Betty but It itI I t legends like must do know said Tom who fr from m his advertising T et any personal anger landing a contract zed that he was now most important con- con D hoped to la land d. d Cant Canti Some ome Iroquois maiden l i r big hunter trysting S It it was waB the land of You know were we're too tood d ives today to concern legen legendry but In Ine e our land will have haveS bli S i pity pity that ours is such uch 5 ked Betty it Modern men and conquering neY r before and a moment The same old oldon r g on those faraway I. I c to shine on ours V. V ctt same but a better ws 9 up in the hearts I lour our r women omen Betty I sll you yet but my g with love for you for you every S enough of ofus us re of you safely will willm Ja Jm m you were ere dream dreamy and her heras 5 as Tom Torn took abut t ut Just as she bet beto beyeS be- be t yeS to meet Toms Tom's ha halt hall l door opened w figure of Mow- Mow ith catlike swift swift- I TAR TAI couple uple at the end of with catlike silence until quite near them HC- HC oice voice he re- re v she had promised promis' d while white he her r e Shalamar remained at atthe at the the other guestS deday de- de day aday evening after ladleS had finished S 4 the library George S. S a fresh cigar and f jre t seen een the last x jf f our rEf he began and d look from her toes bew be- be t w- w ire You see Mow Mow- L my office last Jast week t being here to get getS geta S a f novel n ovel In preparation at once that he was wasS S I didn't sus- sus c Ithe degenerate Ive I've Ivee e is His Ills faultless S-o S 5 o like his f fathers father's ther's fhe he had some of the lJ s ts of his father and ut here hete His Ilis evident jl lv I. I mentioned Judge recently come here tsi I i. i t ty convinced me that thata a r Pf to have Morton Morlon tell ten about his home J y business to make makeI I about about Mowbray of ofIs V hO Is a professional S George Wilson m his cigar Into he arm of his chair u suspicions well wells Irs s Underwood tion it only because you OU and Betty not to uld he call After mothers mother's money 1 a girl who had a abune bune tune Their bridal was to equip Aerial erIal rial his genius was wasAl o 0 Immortal poetry Al the fortune and sethe sethe se- se the health of the 1 wife who died shortly after their re re- re turn Soon after he married a widow of means who kicked him out after supporting him In idleness for a while Then he went back and lay lar around his mothers mother's home until she died and with the money secured from Crom the sale of her home he equipped himself for social conquest lest doubtless with the expectation of Inducing some other girl to devote her fortune to the development nt of his genius The t telephone rang Just then and George Georte Wilson S ilson answered It himself Bett Betty and her mother sat silently before be before before be be- fore the fire and heard Wilsons Wilson's part of the conver conversation n Hello Good evening Mr Ir Mo Mow Mow- bra bray Yes quite comfortable Yes Miss Underwood od and her m mother ther are both here an and Ive I've j Just st been telling them a a. tale told me today by Judge Morton of ot whose ability to tell In Interesting Interesting interesting In- In tales you ou doubtless know No youre you're not Interrupting the story had been finished and our conclusions conclusions con con- drawn and there will wUl be no sequel to It The receiver clicked Into Its holder and Ge George rge Wilson re returned returned re- re re-I re turned to his armchair lr by by- the fire A few tew moments later he addressed Betty Delty Betty rye Ive been interested for I years yean In Indian folklore and my I clients clientS' the Brown and Martin Real Estate company have finally got a al clear title to that large Jarge tract of land known as the Iroquois Triangle and supposed to have been the scene of many a wild Indian escapade They purpose to divide It Into small tracts for residences and to enhance Its value by br weaving some of my Indian I folklore Into their advertising Wouldn't you and your mother like to motor through that country with us tomorrow and help fit the folklore into the landscape as It were Oh wed we'd love it wouldn't we mother To which the mother re replied replied replied re- re plied in the affirmative e and asked how many others the party would Include Just Mr Mv Martin of the real estate company and Tom Whiteford who mailed the tile contract today for the advertising And It was on that motor trip that Toms Tom's long lane that had seemed to have no turning turned abruptly into a a. lane Jane that led to success and happiness hap nap and Betty |