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Show ~ THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT, SS low RESTA LEWES tric sei father didn't believe |-.. did, kinder-" Ya was looking somberly ahead wal resentment smoldering in her ‘ian't blame you, if ™y thought I was Wehitterly. "\elieved you, said. ftiia's look my own a liar!'' she right through," was scornfully in- sn,QUS. a ‘aestly I did,'"' he "seemed jr not true, want said. to me ‘‘Truly. that anyway, you and Peter to be married." 't love marry Peter. anyone I'm not go- I don't love." shrugged. mehaps you're waiting for some- you! Il never find," he said. th had known that you knew be I was," Sheila said, after a ' ause, during which her blue ad rested steadily on his face, i d have run away eBiere, I mean." rouldn't have -Jooked again- done you up suspiciously. uldn't?'' you can't run away from It only makes people think got something to hide."' 't care what people think." But, where you were, I could sm you were all right,"? Frank eh knew it wouldn't hurt you off your mad. I was down he day after you came, and s. Kearney. She's a good 1," Frank said. ‘‘She said eep an eye on you and not didn't tell her much." of helpless anger stood in eyes. she comdid it up in style, , aryly. 7 now listen-'' Frank began. n nothing!"' she said, with n choke in her voice. ‘‘You ‘crossed me. You've all been at me, all this time. Mam- Joe and everyone-" e isn't one of them has the idea where you are!"' Frank Ipted. ¥, Sheila," he added, as she speak. ‘‘Do you suppose your d let an hour go by without down here after you? She's ng her heart for you. She'll orgive herself that she didn't i? you that day."' de4mma-" Sheila said thickly, vallowed, ut and was every third still. night I tele- Joe at the office,'' Frank went Aa ind tell him to tell her that all right.'' ( oe working?" a got him a job, with a conthat makes it does,'' e me feel happy!'' Frank said en- over on Long Island. Papa e little houses there. Your and Angela were going down .f at one."' louse!'' that, you see, if you did go Sheila, you'd be in a new rhood-everything'd be dif- jl, what rent would Ma have a place like that?"' I guess that part to of it att worry her. My father knew ther you know, and your faPhair m pondered, with a knitted ir father's an awfully She said slowly. a, why don't good you come * Frank besieged her suddenn't,"" Sheila tone. lropped answered in a She did not look up; on her hand. ‘‘They'd "4ink-everyone-that I had iomething wrong,'' she said. dn't face it.'' couldn't,'"" he said persua- "just slip in with-whatever again, and you had to "with? Would it be so hard? fall got to take it on the chin pmes, hat that matters?"' Quake and fire had ld apart. Now Isn't torn her she had had ely, weary days in which to 44 &@ new world within her own Prayer, loneliness, most of contemplation of other wom- yes had helped her. g, looking down. came old. She sat And in the still She must clear carry d. heer heroism of it appealed Perhaps the Sheila of a /ago might But today's not have dared was a different "Mother was awfully mean to p ihe faltered. ‘‘I never knew he when she didn't stand to us before!'' you know why that was,"', aif, in his quick, sure way. _} mother's like my 4 e "I have mother, glanced at his wrist. to see a man dler Building is," he said. in the Chan- here, wherever that "It's twelve o'clock. We could lunch at one, and start at two."' "Is there a two o'clock train?" "Train! I flew down, and I'm going to fly back." "Fly!'' she said. "Certainly."" He laughed at her bewildered face. ‘‘Haven't you ever flown?'' *‘When on earth would I fly?" he said, "‘you can fly to- day. You'll be home at three o'clock. I always fly down here to Atlantic City and back. I've done it for years."' Home at three o'clock! The mere thought made her heart soar with sheer ecstasy. Ma-at three o'clock. - "T'm taking you to the Commander for lunch!" Frank said. At luncheon she tried to tell Frank some of her experiences at the Pendergast, but she was much too excited. "‘You're different today from the poor little soul who came into house two weeks ago, Sheila." our He watched her, in satisfaction, for a few minutes and then added, with izing air, ‘‘You have a new good friend in Miss Kennedy, Sheila." "Miss Kennedy?'' "The young lady who's. going to marry me in June." *"‘Oh.'' said Sheila. *"‘She's so much interested in everything I tell her about you. She thinks-no, no sauce,'' Frank said, interrupting himself. ‘She thinks what everyone else does, that you're staying with some friends of your family. She doesn't know I'm in the secret," he said. ‘"‘I'll tell her this last chapter of your adventures tonight."' ‘*‘T hope it's the last!'' Sheila said, and added: ‘‘Peter's given up his law?'' "Oh, yes. He wasn't''-Frank shook his head-‘‘he wasn't a lawyer!'"' he said. ‘My father's delighted to have him with my uncle in the family business. To tell you the truth, Peter probably took up law work because he thought it was easier than a job!'' he added, with a lenient, brotherly laugh. "You're a lawyer, Frank?" He looked surprised. "I'm in the district attorney's office."' = "I knew you were-sort of-politi- cal."' "Yes. Bernadette wanted to live in the country,' he said, but Mr. Lillie wants me here in town." Sheila watched him in fascinated admiration. "Ts it interesting?" *""Very."' father in poli"Is Miss Kennedy's tics?'' But her grand"Not officially, no. father was Senator-state senator- McLally."' Frank looked handsome, serious, The satisfaction he as he spoke. felt in all these facts was obvious. "When we're married, and home want again," he said, " 'Dette and I She wants you to visit us, Sheila. to meet you, and I want you to meet You see,' he went on smilher. you ing, ‘‘no matter what you do, I tell aren't going to escape me. sort a 'Dette I've constituted myself of big brother to you." at Sheila looked across the table She him steadily, without smiling. did not speak. she A quarter of an hour later first airclimbed confidently into the close at seen plane she had ever range. onarte' XIIt little the of icke' Se The ing pale wW streets and the long,waver the and beach the lines that were The world, surf fell away below. shitftand only a map now, wheeled ed: the settled plane to steady a space. droning flight through silver circled, Her thoughts wheeled and Her . busily ng too; she was planni almost over, great adventure was shame and it had been a time of Sheila knew pain and anger, and yet it richfrom ing emerg that she was girl of a few er by far than the Oo. with this richer, was adh ibe Joe had a to help her. friend new a he had job, and in Frank Mc Cann Carsvaluable caddens horizons, new friend, might to too. be moving new ideals, The to wider in a 4 er grieve weeks more. And howev nl be at Mrs. Mc Cann might the and at trude's disappointment, a hand there, will you?" somehow dragged himher. They were in a on snow; green benches her line of vision. With a desperate effort Sheila opened both eyes and immediately began to laugh and cry, to hiccup and strangle all at once. She struggled toward something like a sitting posture. "Get a priest!" someone whispered. "T'm all right, Frank," Sheila said, carefully, because her mouth was stiff, ‘except that I think I had a nosebleed, and got knocked out."' ‘Sheila, Sheila-you're not seriously hurt?'"' "I don't think so." *‘But tell me-oh, God, my arm!"' There was agony in his voice. ‘‘You -you're all right, dear!'' Frank said shakily. *"‘We've sent for an ambulance, sir-'' "My shoulder hurts, but I can move it,'' Sheila said. "My dear, my dear, your face is all blood!'"® Frank told her. He laughed brokenly. ‘‘Look at us!" he faltered. He fished out a handkerchief; his handsome, fine handkerchief, beautifully monogrammed. Sheila moved a cramped arm; one of the women gently began to wipe her face. *‘Could you wet that somewhere?'"' the woman said. ‘Poor girl, she's as conscious as I am myself."' The cold water felt delicious on Sheila's hot face. just a hint of his kindly and patron- you know. What do you people say? Your own love you and want you. ence as of Frank *‘Well," any d have had to find you. "Sheila, will you go home?' She looked at him, suddenly surrendered. "Yes, I will, Frank." "Good girl,'' he said. "Shall I just walk in on my mother?'' "‘She'll be ready for you!" It warmed her heart. There was something tremendously exciting in the process of yielding her will to that of this young man. *‘Give me Frank had self next to sort of park, were within an a "Playing golf!' she cried in disgust. ‘"‘Are you trying to tell me you can play golf in the dark?'' "Oh, yes, my dear," he said quickly. ‘‘You see, we were using the night clubs."' These Things Endure [F WE work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear temples they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon men's immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow-men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.-Daniel Webster, ‘‘Speech in Faneuil Hall,'"' 1852. SESE A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects € The Questions 1. What tragic handicap afflicted the composer Beethoven? 2. Are all meteorites fiery when they strike the earth? 3. What city in Europe is known s "The Bride of the Adriatic''? 4. Where and when did the tuxedo first make its appearance? 5. Are any dogs naturally tailless? 6. Where is frankincense obtained from? 7. If an army were decimated in battle, what fraction of the men would be lost? 8. In what city are the ruins of the Parthenon? 9. Have diamonds ever been known to explode? 10. Is the beaver a docile animal? The Answers 1. Deafness. 2. Although meteorites shoot through the atmosphere in a blaze of fire and are thought to be very hot when they strike the earth, many are actually cold, reveals Collier's. In fact, one completely covered with frost fell in Colby, Wis., on July 4, 1917. EEE E a ee 3. Venice. 4. In the cheap dance halls of the Bowery of New York city in the early nineties. 5. Yes, the Schipperke poodle is. 6. Frankincense is a fragrant gum resin obtained from trees. 7. One-tenth. 8. Athens. 9. Yes, freshly mined ‘diamonds occasionally explode with considerable violence. 10. The beaver appears docile, but when aroused will engage in a fight to the death with his aquatic foe, the otter. I'd Rather Be- I'd rather be a Could Be, If I could not be an Are! For a Could Be is a May Be, With a chance of touching par; I'd rather Than be a Has a Might Been, Have Been, by far, For a But Might Have never been, a Has Are. Been -Ladies' Been was Home ao has once an Journal. ot "BIG 4th of 2 ‘Look how her arm's under." twisted way to stillness, and the plane interrupted her musing with a graceful forward gliding, like a gull. And instantly the line between unthinking safety and desperate need to save life-just life-was bridged, and Sheila's throat was thickened and her heart stood still. She saw the world rush up at them, the fields with lines of black trees on snow, the long gray and white curve of surf. She clutched Frank, as they both instinctively struggled in their seats, and buried her face in his shoulder. Then there was a rending sound of wood, and metal shrieking, and her- self shrieking. And then two long, droning moans, with her eyes shut, and pain like a fire at her shoulder. Then blackness. After a long while silence, someone said and a dead conversation- ally, ‘"‘You're all right now, aren't you, dear?" and Sheila answered politely, "I'm fine, thank you. Except head was sort of buzzing-"' "Straighten the poor thing out a little," some woman said compasmy sionately; ‘look how her arm's "Oh, thank you,' she said, as eyes and mouth and nostrils were freed. ‘‘That's so much better. We -well, we came down, didn't we?'' "Tl tell the world,'' the woman who was bending over her said solemnly. ‘‘You had a mighty narrow escape."' "The man-that ene aviator-?"' She looked from as woman's face to Frank's. Frank nodded gravely. His rich black hair was uncovered and tumbled, his face streaked with grease and dirt. *"‘Couldn't we-couldn't the young lady and I be driven straight home? It would be a great accommodation to me," Frank was saying. "Keep those people back there!'' one of the policemen ordered. *"‘Ah-h-h!'" murmured the crowd. Something was being carried away, some motor engine was starting. "T think your arm is broken, sir,"' the sergeant said. *‘I know darned well it's broken,"' Frank agreed ruefully, with the laugh of a person in pain. *‘It would take you another hour. You wouldn't rather go to the emergency hospital in Newark, and then go on, sir?'' ‘"T'd much rather get home. I don't want my mother alarmed, or the young lady's mother alarmed."' "There may be internal injuries, sir,?? "You mean-th} young lady?"' "Well, either of you." "T think she may feel the shock. She'll be much-much better at home,"' pers Frank said. will get this-we ‘The newspa- want to make uired. : "He's geant,'"' a goner, some man all : right, muttered Ser- in a pe aoe SIZE 6.0016 6. as little of it as possible-"' "The pilot was killed, sir." "Oh, that part. No, we can't hush that up. But the less excitement, the fewer reporters-"' "This was a very nice fellow that twisted under!'' was here now. Potter, of the Lead"Better leave things like they are er. I know him well. He's a Newuntil the ambulance gets here," a ark man," the officer said. man's voice demurred. ‘"‘Wouldn't you much rather go Sheila did not know they were home, Sheila?'' ‘Oh, so much rather, Frank! If speaking of her until someone began gingerly to raise her shoulders. Ma saw it in the papers she'd die she and comfortable, of the shock."' It felt more ‘"‘Here's the ambulance now, Mr. said feebly, ‘‘Thanks." she's blood, all Mc Cann."' mouth's "Her | first the 7° fe 7 vessel," blood a burst Evidently Frank did fix it, for imspeaker said in a whisper. mediately it appeared that they There seemed to be a good many moving were to be driven straight into the and murmuring persons city. Sheila was conscious of no about. interest, much less concern, in what Frank limped toward the big gray was going on. Consciousness waned, car, leaning heavily on the police ofShe again. waned strengthened, ficer; Sheila found herself strangeheard a jumble of words. ly shaky, too, and was grateful for took up his last plane!" "He's the quick, kindly support of the amsomeone said solemnly. And a chorbulance nurse. "'That's right. He's done us agreed. "IT wouldn't look over there, for."' dear!"? the nurse said, as Sheila's gong-gongthe was there Then eyes went toward the collapsed plan gong of a car, and a siren going that lay like a great crippled bird like a great bird ‘‘Who-oo-00-ee!"" on the soot-speckled snow. sweeping through the world. "It makes me feel sick-"' Sheila "Sick-'' Sheila said apologeticalwhispered, shuddering. acly, fearing she was going to be "TI should think it might!'' the But the horrible sensatively ill. nurse murmured comfortingly as tion faded again, and all conscious- ness faded with it. Voices presently came back: He's done "His head's smashed. moved. for, poor fellow! He hasn't pity him-'"' -God eas is broken, Officer, and ra I've twisted my ankle."' defiThis was Frank Mc Cann's speaknite voice speaking over pain, "I'm anxious about the ing slowly. "‘I tried young girl there,'"' he said. I fainted, I think. to get her. "Where did you come from-Atan official voice inlantic City?'' pe Just Think of It! FRESH FACTORY STOCK she helped Sheila into the ambu- lance. "Heavens, what a crowd!" Sheila said dizzily. "Doesn't it just seem as if they come from nowhere?" Frank half sat, half lay on the extended bed; Sheila could see from the working muscles of his face that he was in pain. my frighten "This'll death!"" Frank said. mother to "Your little party certainly had a miserable nurse. Sheila ending!'' This was the Frank did not open his eyes; said nothing. (TO BE CONTINUED) IT'S big news! Here's the famous Firestone Convoy Tire-built with patented Firestone Gum-Dipped cord body-selling at this , amazingly low price! 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Red Network. ssOredina ioe eaYork World's Fair. ut the New Champion @ rye DEALER Tires made in ZurOTTO) your "I wouldn't try to move if I were you,"' a voice said respectfully. ‘‘The ambulance'll be here in a couple of minutes.'' A certain gentleman was very fond of golf, and of a little refreshment after the game. He arrived home very late one night, and was met by his wife in the hall. "‘Well, and what excuse have you got to offer for coming home at this unearthly hour?"' she asked angrily. "It was like this, my dear, I Ve playing golf with some friends ASK ME ANOTHER mI OTTO a publicity that had suddenly dragged a respectable family into the limelight, at least she had been very kind to Sheila, and Sheila hoped that after quiet weeks-months-of a return to normal conditions, she might think of Sheila Carscadden with friendliness and liking again. But more than all this, more than the excitement and change and surprise for which Sheila and Angela had so often prayed, Sheila knew that there was deeper gain. Her own soul had been racked and stretched and stimulated into new growth. At twenty-one she could not analyze all this, yet she was conscious of new wings beneath her svirit, and new courage to face the days that were ahead. She would go home and begin to live on lines completely different from the old haphazard ways of the past. There should be dignity under teasing and innuendo, there should be loving service quietly and simply rendered. Dishwashing should be ennobled, and Sheila would brush her hair a hundred times every night, and rise in time for a bath every morning. And as for reading- "Oh, I love it to slide like this!'' she shouted to Frank, as the deafening throbbing of the engine gave At That, We Doubt Ready Answer Saved the Day OTTO) -12- , is your mother, Frank?'' s Sheila. ' ‘ther feels very badly about "Sghe feels that we could have a little more confidence in t day." be nyt didn't believe me." a was all upset."' Sheila. There's just one thing gets her. And that's sin. You know that. Your mother thought you'd done something wrong. She thought that after all her love and teaching and prayers, you'd done something bad; that's what was killing her. That,"' Frank concluded with great simplicity, ‘‘that's what was eating her!" There was a pause. Then Frank asked again: in a Ot XII-Continued SERVICE added, i SGAPTER NORRIS- WNU another deeper voice, ‘‘Too late here, Van." "Lift that off him-'' There was a bustle, a flurry; watchers said, **Ah-h-h!"' Sheila opened one eye. A rush of vertigo overwhelmed her. Pain flashed over her head like the Strands of a net. She saw big dim figures, black against the sunshine, and shut her eyes again. Presently she said, ‘‘Frank!" "Right here, Sheila!'' he said. *"‘How-how are you?" 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