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Show I The Lovely Pretender ISanC- ' ----- Haetf Into a mere answering af th Iterations they eeemed ta want bar ta iniwrr Tea Mary rV Muaaa Leonard eettled barb at thla. It was certsinly a haeky thing for Alpha Rha that they wer In on th ground floor wttp thia girl She'd a a find In any girls' aeirsrlty. Aggis ruahed breathlessly Inta lha ( conversation, forgetting that ah had railed ts find out whether Ibis Mia Clareeta could poaaibly be a relative of relatives of ber awn In New fork City ha lsvr axlstatt -f-t as vent MstraUaar "1 suppoas you'va been educated In a" she ayad th chi satin robe, t ha adorable sat in mules - "In a convent con-vent I suppoas a a rrenrb convent con-vent T -Yea" Mary wondered If they could hear how her heart pounded, flhe feared thia ronveraat ion. -tHV pkaaa lell ws about It. Mi -a rtareeta. That sounds perferlly thrilling. Ta b educaUd la a rrenrh con rant. How gorgeous. Himply gorgeous! What waa It llks?-' . , "Just a Juat a simple school." Mary said mtaerably. thinking of th Hops fhlld riarlng soriaty. -Juat a wall, a vary plain plara." -1 suppoas so." Agnes said. "They do go la for simplicity, don't they? I Within tha auiet. clolelered wall of a convent- Horn an ttr " Kuaaa sat forward suddenly. She'd had an Idea. A perfectly splendid Idea. What good was It ta her that ha happened ta be arte of the so claty reporters on the Ially Chron. Irle student publication af lha )our aalism claaa-lf shs didn't aenaa aa Interview with a student wha was real celebrity? -Yeur father. Mlas Clareet. la ba la th diplomatic eervlre?" ic'ontlnued t'rraay.l (Copyright, 1WT. for Th Telegram) Mary rtele. sa arpr.aa. taken ta tvtna fne mooev aill aa here la a frwt a autw iee aieaa aav- eaia la ea fnvmaS ae ne aaeainenl leate. ( hrMiopnea Iti Sc. nea ka rails at Maria hoiaa. aa erpnanaaa It leaulir4 irl maaaa M'HJ plana la leaa the coolie, ment Uval haa aeea here einra aaarh-aa a aeeia her eo,fraloa In a ttniveraiir. nn Kata ftieeiM. ataelnlenanl sf Ina na- fhanaae. -amir laforma ber thai MMS M the laeacr miwl be I.tfaa4 oer la the Irt Hut Ion I Marr. ionl.lt ao4 aevllaereS. Serltwa, al OialiL. w leave the koma at on- A aeea ehe tiptoea aaai. an4 i-vl ia Intra raetelere al a cheep h-14-H. anon ahe Seepa aa appotnuneatl vita Rin. I hrte Kin Jr al al Ihe of tire Mare la lAnnee ahen the falhee latcurta Ihe aaa In er ontpear her la tha hank. Artec luaxhin arlia Cnrla, Mary ev-taea ta entev gtate unlfer-attv. unlfer-attv. haae he attenaa noe aura a hear aaramhe than real a neiea th Mr Anna aaenaon ehoaa ana. J"ha heroej. atao plena 10 enter Mate V Taa waeaa later Mar? ar. firaa al tnleraltf Cla b'll-la hioa hae tommy ftnan lha arphaneae--ahe Instate.. IMI aa Mary Crete, art! aa Marr lereele of Haw Var Cltft Al. tinerrrrvineiv alte rrmta tha ho. let a moat er-oi.e a'tllel SOW UO on wna thi aTonr. oiAPTrn tKvr.x In th (usurious quirt af th "A suil Mary unpacked that part af her luggag sh knew sh would need quickly. Ith looked about her with appreciation appre-ciation and yet with coneidrrable temertty I If shs had gueaeed for on minute 'that th "A- suit would roat jn a day. plua a ronetant stream af gratuities la th matter af tips, sh 1 would not have raoertenred the Surgs af happiness that filled her aa aha unpacked her new treasures. ' Mary had bought good clothing It had roat a great deal af money. I even though shs had rhoaea wiaaly and had purchaser! only th things she abeolutely needed. I Already aha waa becoming painfully pain-fully conscious af th shrinking quality af money, I Khe aat down at tha handsome idreaaing tahle, placed tha pictures of her mother and father en either as atcety aa sh thought It fitted then 1 h arranged ber lovely hair cart-fully. cart-fully. 'Juat be vary rareful ta bruah It eiaetly r-ght," tha hairdreeeer had told ber. "You are. you, hava a natural wave. It swirls this way You'd be vaVy foolish la bav It ever aat with anything but water. You rs got th ktnit af hair vsry irt Inngi ta hava and few girls ver reslly do have " Mary bluahed now, remembering tha aretaaiee of that beauty operator. oper-ator. Tha girls enthusiasm almost emrrarraaeed her. Your hands srs lovely, dear h had said with all lha friendly effervearenr af ber kind. "Juet keep puahmg th cuticle barb with an orange stick and rub tha rream In at least otic a day. After Iwa or three manirure you tiet won't know your Bails, they U b aa lovely." Tha girl's wards hsd been true Mary had had three manicures Ms person could tall now that tha so ft prettily tapering fingera had aver I known clone and ronetant acquaintance acquaint-ance with diahwater and arrub I mops. Oh II was grand ta ba aa lusurt-loua. lusurt-loua. Mary told herself, ftha got up 1 Walked arroaa lha room )uat to know tha shear delight la tha feel of lha lovely aatin rob and the careaalng aoftnaaa of th lilt la aat in imulea that snatched IL I "tisan Leonard and Agnes Raker ,held a hurried ronaultalion In th lohhy of lha hotel. Agnes was ail for making an Immediate Im-mediate rail on the new girL "What did Ruth aay?" shs demanded for the second lima. Ruth was tha president of Alpha Rho. tha eororlty of which Hum and Agnes wer members. Hue waa very poa, tire In reporting what Ruth had said, -f he said for ua ts uas our awn Judgment, but not ta stick our necks out too far lalavha Ihe ...1 l. 1 Agnea was pre party Indtgnat al ' that I 'What af that? Alpha Rha badi aniseed ant plenty af timaa before ' Just because a student's nam wasn't on tha list. Yen knew lhaL That's an af th thing that put us where w ar today tha smallest eorertty isa lbs campus and mighty apt la loas aur hewas If w cas t pledge laasmbece ass aaa help aa aaahe the 1 payments." I "I know." tu agreed diamalty. I "But. avea aa. w ran I ga hotfooting I It up Inta ber room and aay, 'Leoka here lady, ar you coming le college and hare yen got plenty af dough, because If you hava w want la cinch yen for Alpha Rha bera-is we haven't got plenty af dough an account at what w owe," sh stopped, laughing. Makes reewi! -Why. look. Aggi. I mad a poem And a gooeVsne. Alpha Rha. dough and aw certainly are associated rhymes, aren't they?" ' Be eertoua. Why raat w g up there and get acquainted?" "What will we say T Aggt bad already started. "Leave it to ma faint heart near won fair lady. Well, tha same thing applies with ua A chicken-hearted Rha never did connect up with tha dough. Coma an. Now what waa ber name?" 'Mary Clareet "Yea. That right Com an." Carets f an Mary Cala flareets rroeeed "A" suits ta snswer the brisk tapping at her door. Twe rsrited girls af ber awa age fared her. Aggie, th bolder ef th twe. took tha lead. "You re Miss Clareete?" "Yea." With a sudden bit af dread. Were there other llareetea on the campus? Hsd sh gotten I herself into some kind of a mess 7 Miss Mary Clareat?" "Yes" "Of New York Otv?" ticee) your earn aa tha hartal regie-. Wf." I , Swsaa. sure thai Mary waa net I seeing bar, frowned Is impress span ! Agnea the need sf being rarefuL How had they area ber name aa the regleur unices they'd beea ameping? But Agnes panned aver that grandly. grand-ly. "I have relatives In New York by Ihe name ef ( lareete. It's aurhi an add nam that t thought maybe1 w might be related- Wha knows?! M I just took the liberty af earning right up bar. Maybe w art related" re-lated" hues a gssped at lha audacity af th fib. Ho watched Mary ana- leusly. Mary. loo. waa suddenly wading through deep, conversational water Hh bad read about a H roadway in New York plenty af times. But was that a residential district ar Just a part af Ihe elty where the bual-naa bual-naa dial rlcta war ? Art re sees war named la newspaper aa being "aa Broadway " That probably meant onhjr the theatrical district. Har deduct ioa waa correct enough, but ehe did not dare ta rtek Voicing It "1-1 havea't really bred ia New York." ahe managed, miserably, wondering what thia pretty, pert girl would ask nest. Aha had eocaalon la ba appre-hensive. appre-hensive. Aggie mind was working with lightning-like speed and about as Indirectly aa aggd lightning "Your from abroad, then?" "Yea. rreea abroad." That seemed suddenly to sound Ilk quit a saf place. Abroad covered a vary great many place a The very name sounded comfortable. Suaaa woks up bow Is ths teal of ths Interview. -How thrilling Then you've been educated abroad'" If anly Mary had aean the swift ruthless direction In which the ran-vereatloB ran-vereatloB was leading her. But ah did not. Mi waa bewildered by the well dressed, eelf-eseurtd poiae sf thee girla. The ronveraat Ion waa reaolvlng sid 01 ins mirror and sat gasing at them. The man In th miniature was grave and handsome. His gray eyea tMary wondered If her father eyes really had been gray; tha miniature minia-ture painter had made a very handsome hand-some painting out of what had been a faded picture af th cheapest typ. T 1 amines Anna Rha unfolded tha delicate blue satin robe she bad purchased only the day before, sighsd with satisfaction satis-faction to see that It really did fit i' 1 ' 1 ,.tu nuniiii 10 I college and wed ba risking J'sn I Hellenic rule Infringements for nothing at all." W hy Nat Rosa Mer,T "Now. listen." Aggie used ths sarcasm sar-casm of bsr go-getting type, "what I would a awcll girl like that be doing in a dead town like thla If she haan I com her to ge to college? You know yourself Ihst na real celebrity aver cornea. I lell you she s coming le go ta colics" "She' not en th list ef enrollments enroll-ments " "Yea - If Mary hadn t ber a a bit worried ahe moat certainly would have been amuaed. "I'm Agnee Baiter and this I Susan Leonard. W attend th university uni-versity here We r Alpha Rhoa." "Yea." Mary bad graciously Invited In-vited them in aad offered them chairs. Right there her power of conversation seamed to flsg. Alpha Kho might ba something listed an a dinner menu aa wall as anything else so far as shs knew. "You'll pardon aur breaking In Ilk thla," Aggi said brightly. "I supposs you're busy with unpacking and getting sett lad?" Mary's PI ret Vkutora "Not too busy to atop and entertain enter-tain guests." Mary said graciously. She wondered If theae girls could possibly gueaa that they ware th first girl visitors shs d ever had In her whole life. Hhs wondered what they had com for. Agnsa was floundering Inta aa explanation. ex-planation. Hhe waa painfully conscious con-scious that sh must be vary care-fuL care-fuL Alpha Kho. the wsaksst eororlty eoror-lty an the campus, bad been disciplined disci-plined for more than en fan Hellenic Hel-lenic Infringement Hhs knew perfectly well, aa did the rest af the Alpha Rhos, that, being la diafsror. everything they did was watched vary carefully. But she had hit upon what eeemed to her a vrry bright Idea. "Wa no- |