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Show changed again. Worries! And all major worries! Walter and Molly! Margaret Fairweather! And my thoughts always broke here and melted into a kind of dim, troubled H KM r:: gioHTIN EZHAYNE5IRWIN Continued DNESDAT irkandTwatched that silent I felt the behind my eyeballs pneking look grew, as I knew it when he was touched, did s beau-Someno- n. lv more iliik, Pat," Walter started, come for me to Ske time has whole relation yaa about my Ace Blaikie. course. o (ml" Patrick 'ou and i ill said. remember," Walter strangely enough he himself to me, "that I act-8Aces secretary for two You will perhaps remem-Au8 Mary, if you remember and I became en-- d s that Molly while I was Aces secretary; broke six months later Molly ad-se- d S nt and engagement ths later, ice." that, six she became engaged I said, remember all that, Walter went on, understand, ru-- ; ,t Satmt has rocked with shoot that broken engage-- l Almost every theory has and i advanced to account for it everything that could be None of them has been said. ue. Oh, I do think that one or that Ace people conjectured jue deliberately set himself to work of breaking our engage-s- i That was true. But how It done, nobody but Molly and 1 t the remotest idea. 'alter paused and his look hard-- l I was astonished at the Sud-j- f age that came over him. he looked, not so much ten a older, as ten years wiser, 1 would put knowledgeable, His Sir became hard and I had the feeling that if Blaikie had not been dead, t would have been hatred in it, jr, biting hatred. the exact truth of the matter is est g. desperately in love Moly. I didnt blame him Iftat? Here Walters smile is bad. "I have never blamed I man for falling in love with iy 'die wonder to me is that 'jjman in the world is not at her 1 am not cji naturally a jealous Hw and I wasnt and never be the least bit jealous of i have known irom the mo- tI we became engaged that I bad me and would always me. But after a while, I could that Ace was making a genu-Bfla- y for Molly. I realized that tfrst Jhing I had to do was to Ja as Aces secretary. Then I Pd have a talk with him Kans him to lay off Molly. I Iff 1 much further than that in 4 But I had a dim suspi-'i- l -- t if he didnt keep off, de- fca disparity in our ages, I ipuig to beat the face off him. as Ace conscious of the i'e hf your attitude? Patrick Ace fell say he was. but we I did my never exchanged a did not concern busi-r- it St aow I have to go back and ,f about my sell I have a faculty ,'r signatures. When I Ace, I signed P crs and nobody ever no-difference. Several times As needed money, he had to make out the check "hl name to it Then 1 down to the bank and i The checks all ,,, Naturaly I gave Anyway, one Sat-l- l Eave Ace notice that my job. He said 11)34 come to that Jfo 3r 'ccausa he had several fils,!?01.' Com to the same then to my aston-sai- d that Id got to r I wanted to keep out faturaJy, I Bsked what 7 that He said that my father and much he would lodge '"against me If I left 1 stayed, he would hSted toT forgery on in checks. He said ole sheet of paper on practlced writing his Something Pf two-thir- . t c had taken the Ihnrt.' !gned to a handwrit- 9 ,W,hK.med UP Kn",n' m WUh ' the expert had th! "a knol ,0rgeries- - I said, Vei7 well I . - .'.r ?. I used. J ! r h, U Well, Pat, Im telling you about the epoch in my life of which Im most ashamed," Walter admitted. I have to admit to you that that that Walter choked back the epithet and began again. I have to admit to you that Ace Blaikie put it over on me. I was frightened, not on my own account, but for my father and mother, I did not know what to do. Did you tell Molly? At once. She didnt know what to do. We were like the babes in the wood. We clung to each other, but we did not know what to do; and because we were so inexperienced, we lay down to the situation. Molly and I pretended to break our engagement In reality it was never broken. I left Satuit and went to New York where I got a job, and a good one. Ive given that up. I can always get a job. In the meantime, Ace was devilling Molly. I did not know how much, of course. After a while she realized that in order to protect me, she must get engaged to Ace. She wrote me that But she said, Ill die before I marry him. "Have you those letters? "All of them. Then one day, I waked up with the realization that in spite of my feeling for my mother and father I would rather go to prison and work out my sentence than submit to what I was submitting to. I wrote that to Molly and she wrote back that she agreed with me absolutely. She said in effect Lets get married. If Ace Blaikie chooses to act in this horrible way, let him do it If you are arrested and tried and sentenced, Ill stand by. And when you come out of jail, well take up our life just where we left it and go all the way together. So I made up my mind to that First of all, I came back in May to have another fight with Ace." "Do you remember what you said to him when you met him in Locust Lane? "Not all of course. Nobody ever remembers the whole of a long conversation, but I remember telling him that Id kill him before Id let Molly marry him. I drew a long hissing breath of warning. All three looked into my direction and smiled, Patrick In a grim amusement Walter with a detached humor, Molly in a soothing tenderness. "I returned to New York. However, Molly and I made our plans. We agreed that just as soon as I could wind up my job, Id slip back. Then wed walk off and get married. How did you happen to choose the time of the Stow party? "Just because It came at the right time. I had the money I needed. Then I knew everybody in Satuit would be thinking of the Besides Molly and masquerade. I had had so many swell times at the Stow masquerades, that we wanted to go. So, as I told you the other day, I came on secretly and stayed in Aunt Marys Little T oung t0 Molly, Mol-- , bucs bad turned I Ipcned? ' many times from her mother's She is a perfick disgrace. Im ashamed of her. Shes got to have a whole new wardrobe. She doesnt take care of her clothes at all. She gets them dirty. She spills her oatmeal all down the front. She catches her clothes in the blackberry vines. Shes a terrible, terrible child sometimes." Energetic nodding and vehement emphasis accompanied this diatribe. Of course, like all mothers, mouth. per-fick- ly &A? 4s-- - Jr? ft - i . , ,i Ace Fell Desperately With Molly. in Love came pattering Into the living-rooShe seated herself on a cricket beside the low table on which stood a telephone extension. Patrick, she said, did you know that Doctor Ace had gone to Heaven? Before Patrick could answer the her eyes, wandering over the surface of the table, fell on a little Dresden box there. Now Sylvia has been brought up not to c touch or books without permission. She is an extremely docile child and I cannot recall that she has ever broken anything in my house. Now her eyes fixed themselves hard on that Dresden box. Her fixed gaze recalled no association to me, but apparently it suggested vaguely something to her. Suddenly she jumped up from her cricket and lifted the cover. Oh there It is! she exclaimed. There's the beautiful buckle I found. I forgetted all about it I found it I found it Her eyes seemed to look inward in the effort of her concentration. I found it the day after the party. A silence as bleak and cold as ice seemed to fall on my piazza. For when Sylvias tiny fingers lifted the brilliant buckle old paste and old silver from the box, a series of mental cataclysms shook me. They came as fast as successive shots from a revolver. Instantly I recalled Sylvias entrance to the piazza early Saturday afternoon, carrying a Dorinda Belle who glittered an alien with a magnificent splendor. I remembered taking the buckle from her and, as the telephone rang, slipping it Into the Dresden box. Suddenly too now, I recalled, though I had not recalled it then, that that buckle was one of a pair which ornamented the slipper which Myron Marden wore at the masquerade. Instantly too, I recalled another thing that I would have said must have departed completely from my memory-depar- ted, leaving no trace behind. And that was an event of Sunday morning waking and going to the bathroom for a drink of water, returning and for an instant gazing out my window onto the scene. What I saw in that instant merged completely from my mind in the oblivious weariness with which I again sank back into sleep. Yet now, I saw the picture perfectly Myron Marden coming out of my Spinny and up over my lawn in the direction of the park and of his own home. Patricks eyes had narrowed. Never had I heard silkier accents than those which emerged at that moment from his throat "Come over here, Sylvia," he wheedled. I want to talk with you. Bring the buckle with you. Sylvia pattered over to him and he lifted her onto his lap. She opened her little fist and they surveyed the paste torether. How it sparkles!" Patrick comHow lucky you were to mented. find itl When did you say you question, bric-a-bra- Sylvia was enjoying the utter unregeneration of her offspring and of course, like all children, she was violences of exquoting grown-upression. Indeed, when she had finished, she looked up at me with a sunny smile. Then she set her lips again. "She ought to be sent to a reform school. I wondered where Sylvia had received her education in regard to reform schools and then I remembered that that was a pet phrase with Bessie In regard to naughty children. "But after all, I remonstrated, "It seems to me, Sylvia, that Dorinda Belle is a pretty good child. Shes very quiet about the house. She treats your other dolls very welL Compunction apparently hit Sylvia hard. "Shes a beautiful child! House. She "And you had no contact with she admitted remorsefully. the from Belle up Dorinda Patrick inquired. picked Ace at all? hammock. She was still kissing "None. Patrick drove "You did not see him all day Fri- the china face when to the door. up day? "I left pretty suddenly yester"Not until the masquerade. "but at to him day, Mary," he apologized, "And did you speak it gave me such a what my old the masquerade? to call a turn picked it up? For the first time there was a lit grandmother used from Walter Saturday afternoon," Sylvia anthat story bear to "I tone. tie asperity In Walters with a childish explicitness. swered think I told you before that I did and Molly. mutual consent we Eight after lunch! by As though not "And where did you say you to get to the living-roo"Then I am to understand, Pat- withdrew found it? Patrick asked, turning haunted "Its rick summed it up, "both from you away from Sylvia. the buckle this way and that, so admitted. I all me night Blaikie Ace and Molly that you saw 1 guess that it flashed fire. "Mary, Patrick said, only once between the time you some "Near the path to the Spinney. from that admit to Patleft Satuit and the night of the weve got were you going? "Where a was pretty Ace one time points of view, asked in the most casual of masquerade and that Decoration rick actor." . bad was in Locust Lane on It wasnt exactly a surprise, I tones. was was a surprise day? "I going to the Little House said. agreed, "and yet It "Thats correct, Walter we go any and I saw this buckle in the path. before course Of Patrick looked Inquiringly at Mol too tell you, Patrick, So I runned right back to get a further, Ill have to word Walter ribbon to tie It on Dorinda Belle. ly. that I believe ivery "That Is correct, Molly said. Now, who do you suppose, Patwent on, "that buckle belongs Patrick bent forward until hiscon-el- said." rick So do L" bows rested on his knees. He Idea no to? bad T "But I went on, down-sho- t I (TO BE COXTISVLD) templated with a steady, Ace was capable of such that he that believed gaze hia neat and wouldnt have Transmitting Rabies shoes. "Well, he said after to compel Mol- U would have tried But I children! Babies Is a central nervous sys while, "go home, was spoiled tem disease, the virus of which have to repeat, Walter, stick Well, you see, Ace transmitted by the around! I dont know when I h ns far as women were concerned. usually i In animal bitea the virus need you. way with saliva. his had Hed always as they medicine for any Is transmitted by the teeth them. Thats bad skin ana flesh. The sathe THURSDAY it lets pierce man man. Especially, it tf even it get bun liva containing the virus him. And Ace let on a break tn the skm. night. troubled I spattered a and as you I spent was young, Again did not When he such as that made by a small hang It was not so much that I now well enough, he was a chaser. exknew send the lethal germ on I call him a chas- nail, can to the Oram In violent sleep. I slept fitfully; for her I dont know why its way more was demanding much nature hausted er Ho was chased feU lor him rabies, the most common type the Girls toll It was more that dreams In an animal is a he with han.,, I thmk you're first symptom bothered me broken dreams chance in disposition A" marked him great, ever gave or out logic continuity, one who affectionate dog becomes nioruse which glided the only Mary. ing. shadowy scenes his and depressed Asnappirg tre-owas in love with me. crous willi an incredible ease and laPl never Are deg may become coward! blended for ity, one Into the oilier, Inand affectionate. Uksome an interval and then by not Hes always separated owl p fog-lade- n d 1 conceivable magic conie-uppanc- rreihps - it dress-makin- sLtmni Vmn7 t,e oppression 0U t W.N.U. SERVICE en you for granted, that you were within hand's reach so to speak. He felt that he could close his fist on j you at any time. But when Mark began to specialize on you he didn't confusion. like However, I was up and dressed Ace and Mark and I were alas soon as I had finished my break- ways good friends," I commented. fast When I came downstairs, I Thats right! And Ace and I found Sylvia occupying herself with were great friends. Damn it all, I Dorinda Belle on the loved Ace. I love him stilL That piazza. How does it happen that youre story Walter told me yesterday not down at the Merry Mere? I rocked me more than anything demanded. thats happened in a long time. But Nancy isnt coming over to- there was something about Ace day, Sylvia informed me. "And I I thought Id stay up here. I think charmsuppose he had more natural than any human being I Ill make a new dress for Dorinda have ever known." Belle. It was that charm that ruined She was sitting on a little foothim, Patrick carried my thought stool beside one of the Gloucester on. It brought him so many hammocks. Beside her was her things when he was young that he little work-baskthought he could keep It up forOver the cushions lay bits of ever. Yet, by God, I shall always dress material which I had given feel about Ace her from time to time; patches of Its one of the puzzles of life, silk and chiffon; snippets of Once or twice in a liferibbon; I said. tags of lace. She was threading time, this happens to everyone. as enermous darning-needlI took Charm is as strong as the force of it that Dorinda Belles sorry wardgravity. People who have it sweep robe much the worse for play near our hearts along in the very face the water was about to be replen- of disapproving judgment That ished. was Ace. "This child hasnt a thing to I think I raised my voice a litwear! Sylvia announced in the ac- tle; for Sylvia, suddenly abandoncents, faintly disgusted, faintly in- ing her seized a dignant, which I had heard so freshly dressed Dorinda Belle and j if Experiences of STAR DUST s J JSlovie Radit By OVER at Tlieir Significant Interest and Some Ways to Meet Them journey through life is with experiences from the time we are born to the day we die. Without them life would be dull and uninteresting. The more experiences are crowded into our fives the fuller and more interesting they become. When we are in the midst of events that have elements of danger or when they are of momentous proportions with matters at stake that may be disastrous, THE VIRGINIA VALE the Paramount you are just a wallflower if you dont know your American history. Directors, players, authors and any visitors who happen to be around swap stories about pioneer days, and anyone brash enough to mention current events, like who won the second race at Santa Anita, or what happened last night at a cafe, is quickly squelched. Life- - velopment would be retarded. There is no age limit to the series of experiences. Learning by Experience. The benefits of our fife experiences come through our way of taking them, and on our wisdom of decisions when these require our consideration. If we think of ourselves only we become selfish, hard, and difficult. If we decide with a larger vision of results, and of the best good to others as well as to ourselves, we become fine and strong characters. By the exercise of good judgment and by making the best of things we learn to develop well by ences. Bell Syndicate. To the great success of "The Plainsman goes the credit or the blame for all this pride in the past The company is so enthusiastic over that picture, and the forthcoming "Maid of Salem that they are delving into history for their next big production, "I, James Lewis, the story of the early days of the Wells-Fargexpress. experi- WNU Service. 'Tavotite A(tf TQeclpe o Virginia Batter Bread 1 egg 1 pint of buttermilk Vt teaspoonful of soda Actors are apt to be a pretty gloomy and pessimistic lot when know them you well. They are always worrying because the career of an actor is apt to be short, always pointing out men in the extra ranks who only a few years ago were stars. Now they have suddenly Little piece of butter and piece of lard the size of a small egg. cupful of meal First melt the butter and lard together. Then mix in the other ingredients and put in last one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake twenty to thirty minutes. that discovered their worries were imaginary. Jack Holt, after twenty-fou- r years in pictures, just signed a new contract with Columbia to make six Westerns a year. He is as popular as ever, maybe more so. WNU Service. Copyright. E$on9i Sleep on Left Side, Croivds Henri A Child Is Puzzled Over Some of Her Experiences and Believes Mother Is Free From Such Things. GAS PRESSURE MAT CAUSE DISCOMFORT. RIGHT SIDE BEST, tf you tots In bed and canft ateeo on should things turn out differently Bide, try Adlerika. dust ONE right too is our mind the from wishes, dose relieves stomach GAS pressing For weeks Clark Gable has been on to you sleep soundly. too heart or much engrossed completely mystified by receiving excited Adienka acta on BOTH upper and but to with results grasp anything tower and brings out foul bowels high offers for the decrepit old Ford matter you would never believe was the immediate moment. Carole Lombard sent him as a valin your system. This old matter may have poisoned you for months and entine last year. Now the truth Reviewing Experiences. caused GAS, sour stomach, headache is out. A Mr. Brown of Richmond, nervousness. However, on looking back over or Dr, II, L, iihoubt York, trporitt Virginia, wants to buy it to exhibit thrilladdition to Intmuinal clranting, Adlrnkm we what 9ln discover the past, at County Fairs. But Clark wont reduemi bnrtertn and colon barillL n grmatly and stom Mrs. Jas. Filler: Gas on sell unless Carole gives him per- ing times we went through,out as ach was so bad I could notmy eat or how the experiences stand mission. Even to hurt. my heart seemed dramatic and of significant ini cr- sleep. The first dose of Adlerika brought me k relief. Now eat as wish, sleep fine est. Often we find ludicrous feanever Instead of raving about Henry tures entered into the better. experience andGive yourfeltbowe's a REAL cleansing Fonda and Sylvia Sidney in the gripbut we had no eyes to see them with Adlerika and see how good you ONE dust relieves GAS and dose feel, ping, tragic "You Only Live Once, over We can laugh at the time. constipation. At all Leading Druggists. Hollywoodians come out of the theaand actually enjoy the rethem ter making up silly couplets. That membrances of what were breathis what the company gets for disHes Always So taking events when they happensing with grammar in the title. pened. One thing which the pessimist One of Henrys best friends said, has on the optimist is that he No Age Limit, You Live Only Once may be betisnt nearly so apt to be ter but You I grammar, Only Live Once is elegant drammer. Another one, playing with the same idea, said, " You Live Only Once may be more grammatical, but You Only Live Once is very dramatical. Susan Fleming thought that she had retired from the screen when she married Harpo Marx, but she made the mistake of stopping in at the studio to have luncheon with her husband, and first thing she knew the director called out, "That girl over there shes just what Ive been looking for. So, she is playing in A Day at the Races with her husband and his giddy brothers. Ginger Rogers is not only the most popular girl in Hollywood these days; she Is the most surprising. Night after night she is out dancing with one of her many beaux Jimmy Stewart, or Cary Grant, or the visiting socialite, Alfred Vanderbilt but ail that gayety hasnt stepped ber from breaking into a new career. She has written a song called 1 Cant Understand. Maybe you beard Fred Astaire Introduce It over the air recently. That Is team work for you. Myrna Loy isnt complaining, but she does think wistfully nowadays of W. S. Van Dyke, and the way he can direct a marvelous picture like "The Thin Man or its sequel in eighteen or twenty days. She has been working in Parnell for three months and the end isn't anywhere in sight John Stahl, who directed "The Magnificent Obsession and many .other thrilling pictures, Is very deliberate about his work, and in making "Parnell he is just as apt to have Myrna and Clark Gable do scenes over and over as he Is to repeat the scenes of minor players. ODDS hni AD F,DS: liirn filmed I Since life is so full of experi- ences some of which turn out felicitously, and others not so sat isfactorily, there must be a good reason for our having to go through the events. I remember when I was a little girl and there was something which, to me, seemed very important to decide rightly, how I envied grown-upThey always knew just what to do! 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