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Show i BJl.lSI'.NjhsRtS u a. a. & ii. By Emilie Loring CHAPTKK i seiise 1- With a nice the heel cf values, EmllM Loring. of dramatic Brooke Rey-turn- 's shoe turned sharply as she ran across the street. She went 'down on one knee just as the traffic jlight turned green. She had a confused sense of an automobile bearing down on her, the screech of brakes, of panting cars, of arms lifting her to the sidewalk. "Hurt?" a voice demanded. "I'm all right, really I am. It was my silly heel that threw me," he assured breathlessly, even as she moved her knee experimentally. It worked. It wasn't broken. "Why wear such fool heels? If you're not hurt, why did you "1 never did understand Lookout House was cut in WXU two houses built exactly alike, one for his daughter, Mary Amanda, and one for his son, my father; the Other House, the family called ours. Not satisfied with that, he had them set side by side on a rocky promontoryhe intended them for summer homes only with doors through the library downstairs and the hall on the second floor and connecting balconies; he was a glutton for balconies. Aunt Mary Amanda recently has lived there the year round. I inherited Father's house, but I haven't lived there since well, for three years. It has been closed. I haven't rented it because I thought it might be unpleasant for my aunt to have strangers near when she was wheeled into the garden which serves for both places. Now, see what she does to me. She picks up this girl and later, while I'm starting a branch office in South America, leaves her her half of the real estate and all her money. Well, I'll be off. I have a date." "Don't go, Mark. I asked Miss Reyburn to come here this afternoon to tell her what financial arrangements have been made for her, but principally to get you two face to face so that we could straighten out this mess about the She slipped behind one of the hangings to shut off the electric light in the room behind her. What a view! Roofs. Tiers of roofs alive with pigeons. Patches of bright blue broke up the pattern of gray clouds. dow. Weather vanes pointed to the north. Innumerable wires etched gigantic cobwebs against the sky. Skylights shone like sheets of molten brass as they reflected the sun. Her eyes lingered on the roofs. Beneath them business units were Honesty and pitched together. wince?" fraud; virtue and vice; ups and The man's voice was husky; his downs; efficiency and stupidity; amintentness bition and lethargy; each unit moveyes had a which roused a little demon of op- ing in its own orbit and each thinking itself of supreme importance in position. Brooke retorted crisply: "If you insist upon probing the the complicated pattern of the busieecrets of my young life, I think ness world. She had been bufleting her way in it for five years. I've skinned my knee." "Miss Reyburn ought to be here, She thought the man spoke as 6he merged in the stream of passerMark, but I suppose like the mas-by. She passed the building to jority of women she has no idea which she had been hurrying to of the value of a man's time." The annoyed comment in the keep an appointment when she crossed the street. She wouldn't go room behind her snapped Brooke In yet, he'd better wait till her out of her reflections. How like a still thumping heart quieted be- man to assume that she was at fore she entered the offices of Stew- fault. She would make a dramatic art and Stewart, Attorneys at Law, entrance, and then she had too much pride to appear "Glad she is late. I told you, Jed, personal property in the house." there breathless and shaken. That that I didn't want to meet her. It "Mess! Do you call a sound, unhad been a narrow escape, not only was a beau geste for her to offer breakable will a mess? Aunt Mary for her, but for the man who had me half of the money, all of which Amanda Dane warned me that if I snatched her from the path of that married Lola she would cut me off with the proverbial shilling; then, speeding car, and horrible thought she hadn't even said "Thank when my divorce became necesyou!" sary, she was more opposed to it If only she knew who he was she than she had been to the marriage. could write to him, but he might Can you beat that for inconsistency? have been a stranger passing I've always had a hunch that the French man and wife who have through the city whom she never would see again. In that case she worked for and worked Mary Amanwould have to bear always this da for years might hypnotize her into leaving all her property to them pricking sense of being ashamed of I warned her against them and herself, it would bring her sitting somehow they found out and have straight up in bed when she thought of it at night. hated me ever since but I didn't think she would leave it to a comShe stopped at a flower shop. Its color and beauty were like a soothparative stranger. In my opinion, Clotilde and Henri Jacques are no 9 ing hand on her smarting conbetter than a couple of bandits; science. The air had but a hint of they'll bear watching. I don't trust the crispness of early October. the Reyburn female either, her fine Overhead a steeple clock chimed. Italian hand crops up all through The sound reminded Brooke of her that will, but I don't like the idea She winced as she engagement. of a girl living in the same house moved. with them. However, she'd probAfter a furtive look about, she ably think I had an axe to grind if examined her knee. Skinned. She I warned her." had known it. Shreds of her silk "Yellow journals and hectic ficstocking clung to the raw flesh. She tion to the contrary, lawyers don't winced as her lowered skirt scraped talk about the affairs of a client, It. Her unknown rescuer need not even to their best friend, fella." fear that she would forget that les"Don't blow up like a pouter pigin she a son hurry, thought as she eon, Jed. Of course I didn't exentered the office of the junior partpect you to tell me; equally, of ner of Stewart and Stewart. course, I wouldn't try to upset that "I Told You, Jed, That I Didn't Where was Mr. Jed Stewart? will. My aunt's High Church conWant to Meet I'er." There was an open book on his victions wouldn't permit her to aplarge flat desk. The title fairly should be mine by inheritance. I'll prove of my separation from a wife at her. Jumped before she who had been sordidly unfaithful. make my UNDERWOOD ON WILLS comes. Let her move into Lookout I thought she might soften toward Brooke's heart did a House pronto. I'm the only person me when Lola married the third Did that particular book on that in the world with the right to con- time, but evidently not. If she particular desk mean that Stewart test Aunt Mary Amanda Dane's wanted to bequeath her house, her and Stewart were preparing to con- will, and, much as I would like to money, and her jewels to a girl she test the will in which she had been own the family heirlooms and add had picked up via radio, okay. But named residuary legatee? her part of the house to mine, I why didn't she tell me about the I would have to Reyburn female? Why not ask me Silly, she derided herself, wasn't won't do that. the firm executor of the estate of prove 'undue influence' or 'unsound to meet her before I went to South Mary Amanda Dane? Hadn't Mr. mind, wouldn't I? How could I do America? That's what makes me Jed Stewart notified her that the that when under oath I would have suspicious. The secrecy of their will had been allowed, that she had to acknowledge that my aunt had friendship. Was the girl afraid that acquired a fortune, hadn't he asked said she would cut me out of her if I knew I would try to influence her to be at his office today at four? will? The fact that I didn't believe my aunt against her? If I was so It was her late shake-u- p and this she would do it wouldn't cut any ice dense, how do you suppose she got wise to Mary Amanda's fortune? I gloomy room which had started her with the court. Nothing doing. I've doover had understand that she had supper and on enough my Where the publicity rampage. imagination a week, it wasn't knotty pine it was walled mestic casualty to last the rest of spent a night with her once the night the companion-nurs- e had with books impressively, if mustily, my life." bound in calf. Brooke's hand dropped from the off. She must have had a strong From outside came faint distant hanging. That must be Mark motive to commute 20a miles after noises in the corridor; footsteps Trent's deep voice tinged with an- business hours. She's fashion adviser in one of the big shops, isn't thudding, scuffing, springing past; ger. By "her" did he mean her- she?" the incessant clang of elevator self? So he thought her offer to share with him merely a beau geste. "Yep. Worked up from a model. doors. Inside, "Tick-tock- ! the wall clock marked time Should she have refused to take any Mary Amanda Dane tuned in on for the quick procession of the min- of the legacy? This was hardly the the radio one morning just as tactful moment to make her en- Brooke Reyburn was giving her utes. And the minutes were marching trance. He was going. As soon a fashion talk. She fell in love with the door closed, she would appear her voice, and wrote to the girl askalong. Where was Mr. Stewart? and explain to Mr. Stewart why she Was it part of legal procedure to invalid ing what the been at the window; meantime keep clients in suspense? The sec- had tied to a wheel chair was wearing. be honorable would she strictly retary in the outer office had shown Miss Reyburn answered with such finher into this room, had said that she and not listen. She stuffed her that ears. into her understanding sympathetic gers was expected, that the junior partAt the same moment on the other your aunt invited her to Lookout ner was in conference but would be side of the hangings, Jed Stewart House." at liberty in a few moments. (TO BE COSTIMT.D) Restlessly she crossed to the win- - was saying: third-degre- e 1l Air W - i get-awa- nose-div- y e. Tick-tock- l" well-dresse- H rm rr r d Farm XOPICS why two. Mirk." "It wasn't. Grandfather Trent had Servic. For Discriminating People CITES RULES FOR TRUCK OPERATION Full Loads, Backhauls, Are Important Points. rv A in Die Ahbv. AssortI'lit Ch:e u rall of Miriir'.' IHl.'.uiS - V. NV Serwtr Full loads, steady use. high percentage cf backhauls and careful handling are four essentials in suc- By R C cessful operation of motor trucks. These fac ts are pointed out in a study which the department of ag-of ricultural economics. University IlLnnis, college of agriculture, has with 15 completed in truck operators a ho kept records of their activities in hauling farm period. products over a Three genera! laws of business are demonstrated by the data obtained, even in the small number of trucks on which records were kept. In the first place, costs decrease with the volume of output, in this case miles covered. Second, lower costs tend to result in lower prices or charges for hauling, and, third, total earnings increase as vol1333 ume increases. The greater the number of miles driven, the less the operating cost a mile and hour because the fixed costs are d;stributed over more all smart is the time units. Cost of operation a mile for NOW to come to the aid of trucks with 23Hi)i) miles or more their wardrobes. of use was Ii8 per cent lower than wants to lend a hand, Milady: 15,000 miles or for the group hence today's trio of less. makers. Return loads mean mere profits. pace At The Left. Trucks which brought back a high A trim little reminder that carepercentage of return loads consist- ful grooming is an asset anyently were among the group having where, is this frock. It the lowest operating costs. Although features anytime, simplicity. Its forte is there was not much correlation be- comfort. Make one version in cot- -' tween costs a mile and average all ton for wear, another purpose weight hauled, it was found that a of sports silk for dressy occasions, the reduces loaded truck fully In The Center. costs considerably. 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It Rations Protect Birds' has the chic of mommy's dresses Health, Expert Explains plus a little-gir- l daintiness that is one-yea- i32r r ill U fr mid-summ- er ton-mi- le more than fetching. Wrap around styling makes it easy for even the tiniest girl to get into and it's quite a time saver on ironing day. The Patterns. Pattern 1237 is designed for sizes 34 to 46. Size 36 requires 4;i yards of 35 inch material plus yard contrasting for collar. Pattern 1333 is designed for sizes 36 to 52. Size 38 requires 7 yards of 39 inch material. The dress alone requires 43,4 yards. To line the jacket requires 24 yards of 3s) inch material. Pattern 1322 is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 years. Size 6 requires 3Vi yards of 33 inch material plus 5Vz yards of ribbon for trimming as pictured. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) each. Bell Syndicate. ton-mil- In spite of high feed prices and low returns for eggs, experienced d poultrymen are using rations instead of cheaper feeds that lack essential nutrients, says Dr. H. S. Wilgus, Jr., poultryman for Colorado State College Experiment station. These poultrymen have learned that many of the cheaper rations do not provide necessary vitamins and proteins which protect the health of the birds and of the chicks and poults. Poults require a higher percentage of protein, vitamins and minerals than chicks. The needs of chicks or poults for these nourishing elements in certain feeds are highest during the first week of life, and gradually decline until the birds approach sexual maturity. More of certain vitamins are needed in breeder rations than in laying rations in order to insure high hatchability and vigorous chicks or poults. It therefore is more economical and desirable to use rations adapted to these specific purposes. True Eloquence True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. La Rouchefoucauld. WHY IS A well-balance- JAR WNU Service. PE-K- 0 RING LIKE A RING? WEDDING BECAUSE IT'S THE SEAL OF A PERFECT UNION. at EDGE JAR RUBBERS If y our dealer cannot supply you, send 20c and your dealer's name for a Trial Package of 48 o live rubber genuine rings; eui prepaia. Sod!? Pe-K- yi mm United StatMUgjRubber Company United Statu Xubbet Prodyc. Inc., Room 610, l7Vfoodway, Nw f7 Yotk Calf Feeding You Stand Alone Squeezed From Iler As you start upward in your cacalves started on grain Many a girl on receiving a probefore they go on grass will con- reer you get slaps on the back ; at posal is hard pressed for an tinue to go into the "creep" to eat, the top, you get none. even though they run with the cows in the pasture, according to the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Equal parts by measure of shelled corn and whole oats make a good feed for calves. About 20 bushels of grain and 200 pounds of hay may be eaten by a calf up to weaning time in the fall, when they are LIFE'S LIKE By Fred Neher usually sold at weights of about 700 pounds at nine or ten months of age. Creep-fe- d THAT - BUBBLES Young Turkey Ration mm mm m ntf 9 2P a BAiMMERS by EMILIE LORING fV O A delightful serial new romantic romance, adventure, gaiety! Share the experiences . . . of Brooke Reyburn, lovely girl who inherited both fortune and misfortune from a doting old lady. Read the first installment in today's issue . . . and don't miss th Evrr-srd'n- chapters! The Missouri College of Agriculture reports good results from this economical ration for growing poults: For the first 8 to 10 weeks, supply a mixture of 210 pounds of yellow corn meal, 75 pounds of bran, 50 pounds shorts, 25 pounds alfalfa leaf meal, 50 pounds meat scrap, 50 pounds soy bean meal, 25 pounds dried milk, 5 pounds salt and 10 pounds cod liver oil. This ration is kept before them all the time, with water and granite grit. Oats for Hay In cases where oats are to be used for hay this season, the Mis- souri experiment station recommends cutting with a grain binder rather than a mower. Oats cut with a mower lose color under the sun's rays and considerable trash may be raked up with them. If a binder is used, adjust the mechanism so that loose bundles are made. When shocking, set up not more than three bundles in a place. Small shocks make for rapid curinj. ; 'I always look . . . there might b an old maid thertV |