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Show tM andbe r THKIUI.IKTIN i:i.,lt M MV I Ml I , THUS KAR. "Alicia pleasant Grove in rJto afternoon Tom K iV ,,d they u,ke.d Mel wai upset, , Mtk VK'L?",nd hheerr f"adthaerr,,nf'; Win otber. e remember- - ",,. Mt late the night A do KT" ihe Anally jldvou?" She was stunned. ,u6Sest. d they make a K'" that I ... ou o, Vnforiet you were trystlnf tlde ' I her breath and could Wshe had spoken, though ,eemed to quiver In let-- between them. Her fa-K-with a little jerk. His white and hard and his veiled, so that she could his thoughts. Moment that seemed a cen-- I eyes met hers, and very softly, "No, my H "But that's perjury," she whs. pered faintly. Her father's face darkened an-grily "Don't be an idiot! You did not kill her. Neither did I. So what possible difference can It make- -if nobody knows that we went tor a walk? I'm absolutely positive that I wasn't seen; I feel equally sure you were not. So where's the harm If we protect ourselves in a situa-tion that could easily become very unpleasant?" She hesitated and he said quietly "Because. Megan, if It becomes known that you and I were not In bed and asleep that you were out on the Rl.iye with Fallon it's not only going to be extremely unpleas- ant for you, but It's going to finish him, once and for all. He'll never be able to get another Job as a teacher no matter how Innocent and accidental your meeting was. Peo-ple will remember Alicia's little thrust about your spending 'hours together on the Ridge,' and people are good at adding two and two and getting six or seven." Megan said quietly, "Where were you, Father?" with the thing that was in her heart; the thing that had been there-w- hc couIq say how long'-b- ut whos. Presence she had not discovered un 01 under the shock of Alicia's death "I like to talk to him. Miss Meggl. yo' think he Bin' comin' anv how, how 'bout yo' calling him u and askin' him to' So I could tall to him?" Annie was grave-eve- d anf1 portentous Megan, jerked out of her unhapp abstraction by Annie's tone, looker up at her curiously. "Why, Annie, what's wrong? Wh' do you want to talk to Mr. Larry?' she asked, puzzled. Annie drew herself up a little an. there was a gentle, yet implacahl dignity about her as she said flrml "It'l a private matteh. Miss Meggl but it's powahful Important. Yo call him f0' me"" "Yes, of course, Annie," Megai answered and Annie thanked he and went out of the room, paddint softly In the heelless felt illppen that she wore to "ease" her feet. But Megan did not have to cal Laurence, for at about four o'clocl I j ,i" it was a shocked, ln- - gasp that came scarcely breath. "How-h- ow can hink-" fcer lifted his shouldera in that was not quite a shrug led coolly. "Why not? You erfectly willing to believe Dad." In that breathless U endearing diminutive ilv from her tongue. "I ik'vou had- -I couldn't ever m had" ou put the question very reminded her dryly. M only that I heard you last night a little after minutes after you came rcember," said her father is eyes never leaving her raged face. se we make a bargain, my an." Her father'a voice :, scarcely rnisper, in the tone of one ir to another. bargain, Father?" she faintly. , led. "You forget that I was bouse I'll forget that you trysting with Tom Fallon dge," he said in that terrifying drawl, it of crimson poured over ad reached from the collar it cotton print frock to the he came down the road and turnec in at the gate grinning at her warmly and happily. "I came over with the coroner and some of the county officers," he told her cheerfully, dropping down on the steps at her feet and baring his head to the soft wind. "Pleasant Grove's certainly getting" her name in the papers. There was a newspaper correspondent for one of the Atlanta papers at the inquest." Megan asked, after a moment, "What what did the inquest And" "Death by means of a sharp In-strument at the hands of a party or parties unknown," answered Lau-rence, looking up at her white, drawn face with surprise. "Oh look here, darling, I had no idea you were such a close friend of hers." "I wasn't, really." admitted Me-gan. "But I knew her and it's been a shock" "Of course." said Larry gently He took her hand In his and held It closely. "We won't talk about it""Yes!" said Megan so sharply that Laurence turned surprised eyes upon her. Megan managed a faint smile and said, "I I really want to know whatever they could learn " "Well, It wasn't much," said Lau-rence. "No trace of the weapon, a knife or a dagger of some sort. No trace of robbery or anything of that kind. The girl at the bank said she had cashed her usual monthly In-come check for fifty dollars, a few days ago, and her purse was found with more than thirty dollars in it. They feel sure that if she had sur-prised a burglar at work, he would not have left the purse. They be-lieve that she was killed by someone she knew or at least, someone she was not afraid of. There were no signs of a struggle in the place " Megan sat very still, her hands locked tightly in her lap. Killed by someone she knewl Someone she was not afraid ofl "There was one sensation," said Laurence after a moment, not look-ing at Megan. His eyes .were on the garden, where, despite the fact that it was almost Christmas, a few late zinnias and marigolds were still in bloom and the chrysanthemums were great shaggy things of glowing beauty. "That was when the tele-gram from her husband arrived" --Her husband?" she repeated in-credulously. " 'Scuse me, suh but could I talk to yo' fo' a few minutes?" He aat very still for a moment, his eyes clinging to hers, and she thought he scarcely aeemed to breathe. And then he said casually, "I went for a walk." And as proof that he had had his say on the subject and no Intention of speaking again, he got up and left the room. She couldn't oelleve that her fa-ther had killed Alicia Stevenson. It was an incredible thought; but he had been out of the house, and he was very anxious that no one should know about that. And she thought of herself and Tom Fallon, on the Ridge. And then he remembered his face tonight and the tone of his voice when that little word "darling" had lipped out - the look in hia eyes, naked and poignant and un-ashamed, the warmth and tender-ness in his shaken voice that had been like a shining garment wrapped about her chilled body. "Oh, no no I won't hav it like that! I won't be in love with him I won't!" she wailed, deep in her frightened, stricken mind. But her heart went relentlessly on, "You can't help It! You can't stop It. You didn't ask for It but you can never deny It! He knows it too-- ha it In his feels as you do-- you saw eyes, heard it In his voice tonight You love him a.id he loves you and he has a wife who has a greater claim on him than if there were children. Your love can never nev-er mean anything except heartbreak You know that and self-denia-but you can't stop loving him! Any more than you can stop breathing! The inquest was held the following afternoon in the rickety, n" building where the Draft little frame Board met. and it seemed that, e bedridden in the cept for the few town, everybody was there. Everybodv. that is, except Megan father. For contrary to her Sim's uneasy fear, neither he nor Megan had been called to appear, l ittle Betty Hendrix, Bill Logan. of the others Stuart and a few wh" had been first on the scene had Megan did not quite been called. whether to be more relieved, know frightened that neither she or more father had received order, nor her firmly But she had US Mr. Stuart', hearty tnv,-Utio- n that she go. anyway. made herself keep busy MPKan that seemed age-- throughout a day ner beside Megan ana !!MlM Meg. "Suppose so; Annie. ' Megan - i of her hair. it trysting with Tom Fal-- r mouth twisted with dis-b- e thought, and the ImpU- - u did meet him there " 'by accident!" she flashed, her smiled thinly. "I be-m- y dear though 1 am a btful as to whether other Hid. if It ever became nec-- I other people to know of accidental meeting." ber face in her hands for t and her father watched i curious tensity, (course, I can see no rea-nyon- e save the' two of ua w anything about it," he monthly. "Surely If my nd I wish to go for a H fresh night air, it is noi-siness but our own. Un-l- i in a murder investiga-i- t many seemingly unre-- I come out. Of course, likelihood that we should way connected with tills ffair. Neither of ua had "to want Alicia out of the I had none. I hoped her!" Id at him, caught by some Ml voice. And after a I answered the look in her curse If it should become at you were violently op-- marrying her, that you e thought of having her "house, and had been me to give up my "tarry her-- well " Once W his shouldera in that I as not quite a shrug. M an effective dismissal. few a long, hard breath. I couldn't possibly She set her breath against n Clutched at her throat. my dear- -I know that "ipletely incapable of any violence!" her father i and there was i P was very close to 'But It won't 'nw that will count. Me- - hat We an pf0Ve irovep !i huddled in a heap n' as though to think kM then he said quiet-wh- y I say there is no nyo-'- e should be told 1 e out of the house S?nately' not ""'Irs last night!" d,d you think I'd be likely ne asked him huskily, fnt m which she fought rseH together ao that a Possible. a be an inquest, of reminded her. "Un-(le-as her closest neigh-f-pos-her closest ac- - be called to testi-'impl- y ay that we Uttle after ten" Laurence nodded. "That seemed as much of a shock to everybody there as it is to you," he told her. "But it seems that when the detec-tives were going through her papers yesterday they found that she had a husband and that he was the one who was sending her fifty dollars a month. They wired him and the answer was brought to the inquest this afternoon. The husband Is somewhere In the west, but he's g east to claim the body. Should be here tomorrow or next day. they thought" "But she was a widow! Megan protested, dazedly. "Apparently not," said Laurence, looking up as Annie appeared be-hind the screen door th; t led into the hall "Hello, Annie how about putting another plate on the table and letting me stay for supper? "Yessuh, Mist' Larry us sho' be glad to " she assured him, beaming, uneasily, '"Scuse and tnen asked me, suh-- but could I talk to yo'-- fo' , few minutes?" Laurence looked surprised, but got to his feet. Annie don't tell me "Of course, want to divorce Amos, after all fnese years!" he laughed, excusing himsHlf to Megan as he moved to-wards the screen door which Annie held open for him I ain't suah. Mist' barr, , dat 1 ain't gwine git rid 0' dat shlf'lesa, nigger, sho' nuffl" she as-sured him darkly as she led the way to the kitchen. from the chair Megan got up vhere.he had been sitting for more ian an hour. In the late after-noo-the sunlight had been warm here, but with the and pleasant chill Uttle wind got of dusk, a I? and tiptoed through the trees. L she went into the living room, ere she built up the fire, making it hUk and cheerful. (TO BE CONTINUED) , WOMAN'S WORLD Plan Trim New Dresses for Fall While Fabric Selection is Good JJtf rlfa Matey Easy to Sew IT SOMETIMES Is hard to realize during hot summer days that all the big stores and feresighted wom-en are planning their wardrobes for 'all, but that's a fact. If you plan vour fall wardrobe now, your jhances of getting better material D a wider selection of colors and weaves is greater than if you wait i few weeks. Every woman likes a few trim new dresses for fall, and the matter s easily solved by selecting pat-'ern- i and materials that will be Igura (li ttering as well as practical. One dress for the woman whose vardrobe does not permit the of too much money is a ;ood batle style with several hanges of collar and cuffs. She niyht like one set of collar and ulTs in a prim and dainty sheer abric in frosty white. For more treaty wear, a good choice would be a gay stripe or plaid, in taffeta or ane of the rayons. Then again, the basic dress may lot need collar or cuffs for really Formal, dressy occasions. For this vou might like to splurge on some clever costume Jewelry a touch of glitter at the neck, and a matching bracelet. Remember how popular pearl type necklaces wer- e- and still are and how much they do for a simple black, brown or navy blue dress? That's what I mean. Basic Dress Must Flatter Figure Unless you select the most flgure-flatterin- g basic dress you won't be able to do a thing with it. The side drape is only good on some figures. Others look better in gored or slight-ly flared skirts. Still others prpfer neat pleats or strictly straight lines. A simple pattern plus it simple rayon fabric that Is easy for a be-ginner to handle makes this a nice frock on which to start sewing. The neckline can he worn high or low, and the fluffy peplmn at the hip adds nice detail to the cos-tume. so that they will balance the figure, but this is an individual problem that must be handled directly in front of the mirror. Another important problem In fit-ting is the bodice. To give a line, it's advisable to take one or two darts under the arms to get this effect. How much of a dart, and just where It should lie, Is best determined by basting and fitting. Just where the hemline should fall Is another point that has troubled many of us for a long time. This should not be determined, I feel, so much by what the fashion Is, but rather by where the line is most attractive to you. If you are short and plump you will want a longer skirt to give you the long line that is most flattering. The shape of the legs is often the most Impor-tant factor in the length f the skirt. Waistlines and sleeve lengths are another detail which would be judged by the figure. For this there Is no guide like the full length mir-ror. Another detail which can be used with the. basic dress is to have one of those soft sheer wool or wool jer-sey jackets to wear over it. There are some gathered-at-the-wais- t styles that are nice. There are oth-ers that are more tailored. If you wish to have a bolero jack-et as another change of costume with the basic dress, select enough material and then choose a contrast-ing print for lining it and make a belt of the print to have with the dress. Select figure-flatterin- material. All of these .things must be im-portant considerations in choosing a dress that will take the place of several. Select, too, one that has good sleeves and neckline. If you know for example that a V neck doesn't do a thing for you and it doesn't do much for the very thin, woman then choose something with a little fullness in the bust. If, on the other hand, you have a well-se- t pair of shoulders and are well-fille- stay away from too much material at the top of the dress. Should you be planning several changes of collar and cuffs for the dress, then you will want a basic style that will be usable with collars most flattering to you. Buy a good pattern, a good ma-terial, put the dress together as carefully as you know how, and you will then have the most important ingredients of the successful dress. Black, navy blue, brown, dark green and gray are the classic col-ors for this type of dress. The one you look best in should be first, second and third choice. Small Details Make Dress Fit Wearer Recent figures prove what most of us have always suspected That is that few women come close to the perfect figure. This means that small adjustments must be made on pat-terns and clothes to make tvem fit xTfectly. "r if i Adjust clothes to your fixure. Some women run narrow in the shoulders and need an extra dart there or at the collar to make the iress lie smoothly. Shoulders, of course, can be built up with padding SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Saifor --Z)Y'JJ or IJouna Cjirti 2)a? Zrrocliy Jcijiofe IJccLfine Keyhole Neck CTttfi I A s NKW us tomorrow is this en- - QflW TT-- "' chanting date dress designed JT especially for junior!. It feature! W POQ tlie Pf)ular keyhole neck, deep ITi JU OUOJ sleeves and softly rounded hipline. Hf I'jLJ 2 yn. Make the wide belt of the same mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammu fabric or use one of the smart new I DUAL school frock for the gram- - purchased ones. A honey of mar school crowd. Sailor frock, ... dresses are a favored style with young girls-the- y're so cusp and g fresh looking. Make this one in yBrds of 35 or 3 inch fabric. a bright check or plaid material and have the collar in snowy white si: winh riRCi.K pattrun DIPT, trimmed with contrasting braid. 709 Minion St.. Ban Francisco, cam. She'd love it for that first day TiitoiT " "" back at school. ptei.n No km Pattern No. fl'if.9 Is fr fibes 4. B. 8. 10 Name and 12 years. Size 6. 2'4 yards of fabric; raid for contrasting collar; 3 Auaresa yards braid I I Ketchup on tuna makci a tasty cocktail StaiKiit Fancy is best at our 3 guide mm Smpydefcoas RAISIN BUNS made with Fleisrhmarm's Fast Kis- - WWlla tog Dry Yeast! IF YOU BAKE AT M HOME -- use it to help you turn out Mj&J -' ' delicious breads at a moment's notice. jj WmIWu f Stays fresh for weeks on your pantry S ' WSy if ItT If shelf-rea- dy for quick action. Dissolve fffl tTi f4,f, ; ij according to directions then use as Sfvt flf f.jf fresh yeast At your grocer's. 7C" Stays fT6Sj1-o- i. your pantry shelf 7 JB. ML V-- When painting doors or furniture cover the knobs and hardware with a coating of petroleum jelly. jAfter painting has been finished wipe it off. Paint spattcrings and spots are removed at the same time. For a good swinging - gate sup-port, use an old wagon wheel hnripH nnrl Btaked Hnwn sn thp huh Hub tin and iron utensils with unsalted fat and they're rust-pro-for even a long period of rest. A holder for kitchen knives can be made in a jiffy by cutting half a dozen grooves (to take blades) in a block of wood and nailing a piece of plywood to tha block to form slots. is level with the ground. The gate is bolted to the axle, which is then placed in the hub. Don't overcrowd the dishpan. 'Wash one pan at a time and you'll spare knobs and handles from use-less dents and breakage. Way to locate a tiny leak in a iroof is go into the attic on a bright sunny day. Then no matter how small the hole, the light will show through. Before reputtying seal th wood with a coat of paint so that the oil in the putty will not be absorbed. Putty, if used over plain wood, may become dry and fall off. Before dyeing a garment, it is best to remove all buttons, buck-ile- s, or other trimmings and rip out hems, pleats and linings so the dye can penetrate the fabric more evenly. L Lingerie Touches A dress will always do more for you if you have proper cloth-ing to wear underneath it. A bulky slip can ruin the good lines of a dress, and a sagging slip is a mark of poor groom-ing. Slender figufes can wear bias cut slips; the stout figure should have one with gores. Pay just as much attention to the seams on the slip as the fit. A bias-cu- t slip will ride up and yield little comfort. Select the correct length for your height. They now come in short, medium and tall lengths and everyone can be fitted prop-erly. Leave only the minor ad-justments for the straps. Seams on slips should be flat and double-stitche- The zig-za-stitched seams wear well, but they may look wrinkled if you are wearing a sheer dress. The top of the slip gets hard wear and should be flat and around the edge. Lacy tops are pretty and dainty, but if a lightweight dress is worn, a simple slip will give the best lines underneath the garment. Fashion Forecast A good fall pick-u- for last year's suit or this year's too is a smart stitched dickey. It's fine foil for Lhe felt hats which are destined to appear soon. If you're buying a good skirt for day wear, select at least two alouses to go with it for extra wear. 3ne may be tailored and in bright, lewil-lik- e colors, while the other nay be crisp tubbable white. i Tailored frocks for business and school carry ever-popul- saddle stitching, leather belts and other bright accents that liven the cos-- j tume. You'll notice some influence from men's wear in some of the sports wear. Some plaid jackets are tai-lored like the men's, and there are coats, so very sporty looking, that have four pockets. |