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Show D Kathleen Norris Says: IT 'tur 5 BKATHIPPIJ NOftftIS FAR: Charlotte JoM Up Your End Bell Syndicate. WNU features. CIRCLE STORt SO WL uwllBK. orphan, knows at i'.' . th. wishes ol ber Im Hwkell, she become! Uw of Mrs. Porteous Porter, ', Francisco Invalid. Busy as WJL ees the Juds from time Jfrf meets the member, of hi. J ! ..........i.l olif mother; MS i i fiii m SEW1N6 arirJ thf, riot, bet ntir brother rreu, . Zt "id wl,e- Cberry ,oon jZarb Emma that her mother married) had been Emma'. .Is. :.!: that her father was the i irother Fred-Amy', father-Lt father-Lt shortly after Cherry and Amy torn Cherry's mother had switched babies. Cberry Is really Amy ttuksl The Judge eonflrm. the . in nrntect Amv hll Ail van u w r " " '. ...i, in tinners that would , troved Its trum. racauwu. j (alien In love with Kelly Coates, 'm artist (who for a time had Ufatoated with Fran Marshbanks); imr U determined to marry Count o (6oso) Constantino. The Judge is n, death in bis.uuwj u under suspicion. Kelly finally wet Cherry that he is over his jtton for Fran ana sne nappuy Is to marry him. Amy flies to Reno nrrt Goso. Cherry aiscovers mere Lpowder marks on Fran'. negll- Police find love ieiier miij uau U to Fran. She conresses, saying hot the Jndte during quarrel over . ml the poUce take them both to Weri to' flnesUoning. Keuy t Fran's story. George Comstock, ler. writes Amy staUng he ha. a i I tent her lather left for her. L.,,Hnn with the storv. wmw vmu""" ' 25$k V j y - " 7 1 -t V - T 11s-Uoi 11s-Uoi -so icks wk tted Ing tin vite 'ten sery !S ts onar ; b; s. CHAPTER XVIII wj, shedding his coat and hat, Cherry into the drawing room, f're hot!" he said anxiously, all right? You haven't caught it f. I've been near a fire. Kelly, 's happened?" hair was mussed; bis eyes dark with fatigue. He put his about her, and their cheeks ,ei at a comfortable person you Cherry!" he said. "But your 'eels hot, sweetheart." is it been horrible, Kelly?" a bad. Yes," he admitted. t they don't believe her, Kel- I think I'm . uul 01 my mnd!" she saM in . m TT UlSpsJf Ereat wave of utter th!,i of her body went through Cherry'i e; didn t for a while. I don't what they believe now." j told them she was lying? m them the truth. I feel lor her, but I wish I knew n.n, titer. ill UsyH not believe her." the irl Asp, acre V JosJlafiaently. slaraie, ley aim to begin with. But several hours you know. . wily said interruDtinz a, occurred to me for the ae today what a conviction to an innocent man. It han. It's even happened when it a.j m . -"Hi as iar as execution.' kush!" she said impatiently, s I know. But I'm not talk. IT myselt 1m just saying iicnave Deen cases of innn. f being convicted. It's the and if f remg. Evidence piling milli men whose mentality isn't ivch,..- . "c6"us ii ana to r . u tu"ung to ineir fusions. Hours going by e thick in the air. anri o t " white as a sheet answer- ; "'g sun and answering ar- Coates and I had often wished my husband was e way.' 'Mr. f!nnt0e e " poisons, without ever :jn t he thnM I I ev use them.' ' n't say that!" :.a,H T- She had them S, all right! " pack ing i thoroi ;ain. ' is ban! yjupSJ xttm 10 mil' St ptly toi i e.1 der.l me sell the what did you say?" you 0 inch T L . , 1 naa never hart -is-i.. g toward the juTge toat see you i n,. J 7 :ayhome:?r- SSSvel:!,sheclunsto JI ft"ei "Don't go be alone . , s. where it . .3 and fnr0a anrl ... 7 u wrget it all!" 3ef0re ims won't last f for & -TW. " we'll be U7'11 rrt e, anri u... " eci back t "!ve. lunch. and Mi, . .iop.cote. and fus, j lltft u Hlar."faven-"' She 36 raised V mrough tea". is, aise ber face for his you So in to 1 t ' voice eJnaidsaid, see Mrs. i aste- "dT ,aU rel"ctance "0 She ni. i . io see :e Sre ever Mr. Coat. sn . . -cui we tele- hnriJ Won you? e er- r 8. 10 you?" id J?5'" Cherry ?'iI1(,sinkinen suddenly H "F? 00 her ees kBo you h , how cuid SyouV010 yu know KeUy ' wanted it all to De over to be out of Iti Ar. vn uvcu me, tnerry . M Still acting. Cherry's heart! opened on a sudden impulse of hope and wumiuence, closed again in despair, wuai ao you think they will do? ran Dreamed the question, i opening her eyes. "I don't know what thuv'ii An know it will ruin his life," Cherry answerer Ditterly. "Oh, no, no, no! Oh, my head!" ran murmured. "Amy's here,' sne announced faintly. "Yes, I know." Cherry sat back on ner heels, chilled and weary. "They stopped off here on their way w uei Monte, she said. "They're not on their way any- wuere uniu uiey And out the meaning mean-ing of that notice from Comstock. I never knew anyone to show his nana quite as plainly as Goeo did!" "You saw him?" "No, but she came in here a few minutes ago to find you. She'd been crying. And married yesterday!" "She wanted me?" xes. it seems Gogo couldn't wait to go down to the office tomorrow, tomor-row, and telephoned the lawyer tonight to-night Comstock's coming up at half past eight He asked Gogo if he knew how to get in touch with you, and Gogo said you were right here." "Tonight!" "And Cherry," Fran said, onen- ing her tired beautiful eyes, "about this other thing, don't judge me too hard! I never would have dragged Kelly in. They did that these great husky beasts of men asking me question after question!" "But why should you say you did it Fran?" Cherry demanded sim-piy. "Because I did it" Fran persist ed. "Or at least I know who did!" she added half aloud. "Or at least think I do." "But you wouldn't say who did it to protect Kelly, Fran?" Why should I? Nobody's protect ing me. I'm sick of the whole thing." Fran tossed on her pillows. "I think I'm going out of my mind!" she said In a whisper. "I'm going down to dinner, Cher ry," she added, "I can t stay here and think or I'll go mad!" At dinner they all talked triviali ties by fits and starts. When the lawyers arrived Cherry and Gogo and Amy took them into the draw ing room, and sat solemnly facing them. George Comstock opened a long envelope and took from it another long envelope. He asked which of the young women was Amelia Marsnbanks, and, upon Amy claiming claim-ing the title, handed it ceremonious ly to her. Amy opened it The lawyer then stretched his band for it and she surrendered it obediently enough. He rtad it aloud. "My dear daughters, if both of you survive until the day set for the reading of this will," it began. Cherry's Cher-ry's head was rocking. ". . . beg you, my daughters, who read this, to believe that it was only the conviction that my child by my wife could not possibly survive, and my hope that the substitution sub-stitution of Charlotte's baby in her place would be an act of charity to all concerned . ." It was true. The expressions on the faces of the others told her; she was Amelia Marshbanks, Amy was Charlotte Kawlings. The long mvsterv had come to its end The voices about Cherry seemed suddenly loud and confusing. She re membered saying, "Air!" and men everything was blackness. Cherry awoke three days later to a new world. She had been vaguely, vague-ly, uncomfortably conscious of what was going on about her through long nights and sleepy days. Now it was morning. . "May. I feel wonderful," she sud- denly said to the maid. was i very sick?" Well, we had the doctor come iu May said, "and then yesier- soul. Mrs. Marshhanlro Vi i-, " " alu Bue a noi wwing the truth?" "Said she didn't know what she'd been saying She and Mr. Coate, " ' " lous wuc about it yesterday.' m,. "7. W(L 1 wank thee!" 5aia, m her souL Her break-last break-last had come; she fell upon it rav uuusiy, I J I - 1 1 . . j'citeu tjoux mem m nntumhni Mn,rfim i r mur rft.Ur.- J. i . j . - "". ueorgs cross, ana . . Src. cui tai icas quarrelsome and unpleasant. see Kelly sitting By KATHLEEN NORRIS T F YOU are one of those I women who feel that they have made a Pnral mess nu ... . -uerry finished her rnffo snj 1 f matere tVt nm H im trav -s.v uu uic tilU, JVU1 U1C UJ mi..k i . "' nnW fiili ll.- -...U. loumc, uicu 1C111C111UC1 that we can always start fresh from where we stand, that it is always possible to look our affairs honestly in the face, make a plan that includes ev erybody and everything, and begin again. This is a good time to try it, because life just now is at a low ebb for us all. The increrl- ther, Frederick Marshbanks. left an ible rlrenrifnl thinr haa han. uneniiivnpal ct, . j ,. o r . oMfcciiicijL. H r Hi nin I i. 11 1 . . . Judge Comstock, the one who died : , "( also left a DaDer ennfirmin it vl all the money and all the man- mucn later to watching her. Feeling all rieht?" h acu., a ii w " AVJLC1J teus me you had some breakfast Good girL" "It's SO gOOd to see vnnl" eh. said with a little effort tw don't go away. You are the Marshbanks hi roe a Your Grandfather Wellington lefi you a pot of money." I hat was really true then?" mat was really true. Your fa once. day he looked in when he was here to see Mrs. Marshbanks. "Was Mr. Coates here? "Rieht alone until this morning. He went home to get some sleep. He's coming back. Mrs. Marshbanks," Marsh-banks," May pursued with a jerk of her head toward Fran's room, "re-trarteH "re-trarteH Thaf what they call it father believed you were dying; his wife had taken the other child tr her heart and as time went by 1 suppose it grew harder and hardei to think of undoing it alL" "What's Gogo doing?" "He's keeping very mum. But he looks years older." "What will Amy have. Kelly? wnat money will she have? ine next visitor, unannounced, was old Mrs. Marshbanks. She came in carrying her knitting, spoke quietly qui-etly to Cherry as if this were the most natural procedure in the world, and seated herself comfortably near the bed. "Amy came into my room a few minutes ago," said the old lady. to tell me that you had made hei very generous offer." "She won't accept it," Cherry told her. "She may not have any choice," said her grandmother dryly. "She mentioned it to him, and I gathered that it made a big difference in hi: plans. Amy's married now to a man in whose country women don'1 count at all. He'll accept or he'll refuse things, he'll do the deciding, from now on, Cherry's face brightened as Kelly appeared in the doorway. He spoke to the old lady, asking her solid tously of her health, "Well " Kelly said, "I came in here with news this afternoon, la dies. Dreadful news, and yet news that is going to be a relief to us all. The mystery is over. They have made or they are making at thif moment an arrest" "Fran!" both women whispered together, "Not Fran. no. But Fran knew all the time What's that?" "What would have been enough and more than enough for you anc me. Marchioness, The name brought back her coloi and her smile. "Not the Porter money. But she'I of the money he left itiu w " hor lnne a eo. And the legacy tin judge left, supposedly to you. Shi is vou. now. And what her grand mother can leave her. Plenty. Plen tv if she hadn't brougnt uogo in. Cherry's eyes were far away; shi spoke thoughtfully: "Kelly, have ! quite a ioi vi muuc; j "You have indeed, Marchioness Under a capitalistic system yoi havo done welL I don't know how much. It'll take weeks to get thing! Ktraiehtened out" KeUy watched for a moment th pale cheeks and dropped eyeiasnes and then telling her not to worn about anything, he went quietly out Dozing and waking, and some times seeing May quietly busy in th. room, and once seeing Kelly's sil bouette against the window, Cherr; let the day slip by in utter res and peace. But she was wide awake and feeling more like herself ever: minute when at dusk the doa opened softly, and Amy looked in "Oh, I wanted w see juu, The girl came in with a perfunc tory smile, a pertunciory quesuo. about Cherry's health. She went a once to a chair at the window an. balanced herself on its wide arm. power we have are smashing civilization to pieces on a score of battlefronts. Our hearts are sick with longing for our boys, with prayers for them; our home life is disorganized and changed. Nothing Is as it was, and from buying a new car to buying three shirts for the new baby, we can't get what we want So, since things are bad, make them a little worse by getting your own problem ready for solution. We all hate to do it We hate to pay old bills, to forgive old wrongs, to change old ways. We hate dullness, we Americans, staying at home instead of floating all over the high ways; discussing brown points with our friends instead of cutting into great thick red steaks; putting up jam or fruitcake for Christmas in stead of buying things in shops, Good Credit Important. But it's going to be that kind of a period, and believe me, it will be one of the most interesting of your life if you determine that in 1944 you will live well under your income, pay up your bills to the last penny and be able to face whatever the future holds confidently. There is a family in our town that has paid off about three thousand dollars in petty debts in the last 18 months. They own their own home now, and while the big salaries go on they are planning to buy some modest mod-est bits of rentable property, so that when the war is over, if the girls marry and have babies, the older couple can offer them holidays in the old home, help them get started, and live themselves without money anxiety. Yes, that's what these years might easily mean to you and yours, if you use them wisely. The woman of whom I write is one of the mothers , whose boys won't come home; she t is carrying a deep load of sorrow as she plans for the postwar world I wish I'd known," she said to me the other day, "that it was so simple to solve the money problem. We had plenty, all those yeare, for George never made less than about (50 a week. But I was younger, and extravagant and the children needed so much. I fretted about being a household drudge, and that made George cross, and our children heard a great deal that was quarrel some and unpleasant They tried so hard to avoid trouble, to keep us friendly I see that now. Just before Pearl Harbor we be- can to talk divorce; we were all miserable and upset looking back. it seems so sad to me, for if I could have Hugh back, just for a few hours. he'd never have one moment of to ri armony at home to remember. Our darling one boy. he was 18 Just one week after Pearl Harbor and in the navy one week after that He went away in January, was lost at Coral sea. For awhile it seemed to me as if I never could enter his room gain, but now we've all shifted bout so that the association is slow ly dying away. War Makes Mother Wiser. "Now there's plenty of money, for our. girls of 18 and IS are both in the production line, and I earn my WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME W e will always be indebted to our soldiers now going mrougn me trials of war. The least they deserve when their pghting is done, is to be greeted greet-ed at home by happy families in a position to help them back to civilian normalcy. If mere are aeots, quarreling or any other unpleasant conditions condi-tions in the family, now is the time to get them straightened out. Don't wait until Johnny comes marching home-to unburden un-burden your troubles on hi shoulders which already havn felt the weight of more suffering suffer-ing than most civilians will ever be subjected to. mm I $300 a month, too. We'll be independent inde-pendent when all this is over. But I wish I could have those lost years back, to share George's responsibili ties better than I did, to keep expenses ex-penses down, to keep home the happy hap-py place it might have been, instead of the scene of so much worrying and bickering. I wish I could see my boy Just once, to tell him how much happier and wiser we are now!" Life is going to be changed for us all, make sure of that. We are not going to rejoice in an armistice as we did 25 years ago, and go back serenely to the old ways. It has to be a better world, now, a safer place for us alL We will have to assume some of the responsibility ior malting and keeping it so. Thousands on thousands of women making big salaries today will be out of work. Taxes will soar, for we are counting on the care of a million injured men. Anything that you are buying on the installment plan will be badly wanted by someone else. and your failure to pay up promptly will mean that you lose it To face postwar conditions with a load of debt to start right in complaining and worrying when the boys come home, will mean being a bad citizen. an American who is dragging down the struggling nation rather than holding it up. We can do our returning soldiers no greater service than to mept them with good news. The house is paid for; we've bought a little farm; we don t owe anyone a cent We're all In good health, we've a pound of butter in the icebox, and we're all ready to enjoy the better times with you, when they come along. Service Men Want Normal Life. Our boys don't want to come home to any troubles or any complaining ai au. Zhey don t want to hear anv bad news. They'll be tired and de moralized, and sick of troubles. The one thing we can do for them is to be normal, to have serenity and books, good table talk, confidence and affection waiting; to convince them that the towns to which they come home are the most prosperous and contented in the world. Your share of that, however small, is very important If you don't do your share, your soldier will have a right to feel badly treated, when he comes home. So clean house. If the family is quarrelsome, get out of the quar reling habit If there are unpaid bills, settle them. 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