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Show THE MURRAY EAGLE mother steadily; she had not moved a muscle. Now she swallowed with a dry throat. There were tears In Magda's yes and in her voice; and she stopped short and looked away over the daz zle of blue water. "Oh, the break is terrible, I know that I know it now! But after few weeks after a month or two everyone gets used to it and the two persons who have grown nerV' ous and irritable and wretched to gether are free!" "But then when will I see Dad?" Victoria asked, tears gushing from her eyes. "Can I write to him?" "My darling, of course. And he'll come to see you at school, take you out to movies! Why, I'm writing him today, and I'll put your love SYNOPSIS Victoria Herrendeen. an vivacious little glrL had been too yountf to (eel the ihock that came when her lather. Keith Herrendeen, lost hii for tune. A gentle, unobtrusive soul, he Is now employed as an obscure chemist In San Francisco, at a meacer salary. lilt wife. Magda, cannot adjust herself to the change. She Is a beautiful woman fond of pleasure and a magnet for men's attention. Magda and Victoria have been down at a summer resort and Keith Joins them fur the week-end- . Magda leavei for a brlde party, excus ing herself for being such a "runaway. Later that nlcht Victoria Is grief stricken when she hears her parents quarreling. The Ilerrcndeens return to their small San Francisco apartment. Keith does not approve of Magda's mad social lifo and they ouanel frequently. Magda re' celves flowers and a diamond from Fcrdy Manners, a wealthy man from Argentina whom she had met less than in." week before. Manners arrives a few It seemed less strange the next hours later. Magda shows him a Chi' nese shawl that has been in the Her day; Dad and Mother separating. rendeen family for many years. Vic Is Still Victoria tried to adjust her shocked when she leame her mother to all the amazing angles thoughts It. Manners had contemplated selling turn of affairs, thought new of this for Into an evening wrap has It made that she would go and see Dad Magda. often, too, if she could get away from school And perhaps next CHAPTER It was on this night that there was the first talk of sending Victoria to a boarding school. Victoria's heart rose on a bound of Joy at the thought This seemed to be a time of thrilling plans. It appeared almost that she and her immediately mother were going up to Tuhoe to visit Anna Drock. Mrs. Brock was an old friend who had a daughter Catherine; Victoria and Catherine had known each other, not very intimately, all their lives. They had always rather shyly liked each oth- er. "Dad, will you be up at all, week- ends?" That's a pretty expensive trip, Vic." "But once? If we can afTord to stay there, surely you can afford to come up once?" "I ll try." "It Isn't to cost us very going year he and she would have their little dream house on the shore for a few weeks, and cook waffles and scrambled eggs. This was late August. It was In early October that Victoria, slim and busy and happy in the dark blue Dominican uniform, with the dazzling collar of her bluejacket's blouse turned back at the neck, and the pale blue scarf that marked her as a freshman blowing in the autumn wind, was stopped as she was racing in Catherine's wake across the school playground. "Letter for you. Victoria," said Sister Beata, extending it in a clean, cool hand. "Oh. thank you, S'tcr," Victoria gasped, seizing it It was from her mother, who was down in Santa Barbara with the Arnolds. It told her happily, simply, that her mother and Ferdinand Ainsa y Castello Manners, "for you may as well have his whole name, my darling, although I've only got the first and the last on my new cards," had been married that day at noon. much," said her mother. "The cottage belongs to Anna's sister, and our food won't be much." "Oh, are we sort of boarding. Mother?" Her father came to see her now and then, on Sundays. They were "Something like that." Keith Herrendeen. putting them oddly silent, oddly ill at ease with on the train, gave Victoria a little each other. box in parting. Victoria saw her stepfather only "Tnat belonged to my tuuUier. In flying glimpses for the remainder and her mother before her you've of her school life. He and her seen it, the pearl and onyx tvi. I mother were at the big Manners want you to have it." cattle ranch down in the Argentine Victoria clung to him. "Dad, tot two years, and when they came you're not going to have much fun. back Victoria was preparing for a . I wish you were going!" And she called back to him over her shoulder: "I'll write you I love you!" For the first day or two Mrs. Brock and Magda talked together and inexhaustibly. confidentially Catherine and Victoria did not care, for they were embarked upon the most enchnnting adventure of ihcir lives. All day long, and far into the beautiful summer nights, the two girls talked and laughed, swam and conked and walked together, giggled their way through adventures that supplied them with endless material for laughter and reminiscence. The little cabin was on the eat side of the lake; it was so stnall that the happy parly had the filling of living cuit if dtvrs. A mile or two to the west was tVe hotel, in a settlement if t:.f nii'!' grouped lake homes; fie Prvk . !ace was nil by w.'h a triangular sandy beach if its iwi Anna and Mag. fa and lie two g rls concocted for themselves ll. e sort of meals that women love in summer; salads, bowl ( f berries, boxed cookies, fruits. Victoria's beaut-fumo, her had for a friend one if the homeliest of women. Hut Anna I'.rock had an odd abrupt charm if hi r ow n, and she was extremely brilliant. She spoke French and German, and in September she was gomg to to tench latin in a boy's school And then Catherine Joy of joys! would be placed with V.o toria in the San H.if.n-- bo.ini.fg school. They would ;.!! be tcgeih-trilM-'.f- 1 l New-Yor- ! "Mother, how can we niVrd that?" Victoria asked rre day. M.'gda and her daughter hii swi.ni out through (he shallow clear water to a great rock and were b.ukii g un it. second trip to Europe. Mother Raymond had written to her mother about leaving her in the school there for the final year of French and music and culture generally, and Victoria had only one real visit with her mother before it w as time to go. Ferdinand Manners had leased the big Chalmers place In Burlin-game- ; Magda was back among her friends again and giddy with happi ness and triumph. Victoria spent a somewhat be w tldered yet happy Faster vacation thrre. exploring all the garden paths and all the big rooms. She came back to California at another Faster time, eighteen years old. and ready to graduate with her class Her mother met her in New York, and they nude the transcon- trip together. Tin weeks later Victoria's hand-sombags were packed ogam, and )w went down to the Chalmers tv for the summer. The bciiut.ful Chalmers home was e en to summer breees mid (i!V.i w l suMi'vrr flowers; the Chinese b u'.ier. difcreet in his purple and bl..e silk?, motioned her upstairs. An 'her Oriental took her bags; her mother's m.i;d. who had crossed the continent with them a few weeks I t f re. met her at the top of the st. ins, Vic asked to sec her mother. Magda was In her magnificent to.sroom. a large airy apartment flat'-keby an enormous bath, by a complete drr.sing room, by an upper balcony. Victoria found her mother .t: etched on a couch by a window; M'e was not reading the magazine she held, and her eyes were absent s:;d rcd.leied a little from recent tr.irj. At the sight of the girl she began to cry again, and they c' is) ed rach ether closely. My d.ntitig. ycu're hmr at last! H you knew if you knew how I've W illed yen!" M.u'd.l Sobbed. She in tanl'v regained control of herself and sm.Vd with trembling bps, straightening the Collar of Victoria's biou. e as the girl knelt beside her. "Wa.. it all wonderful?" she said, ' It was perfect. And at the end we till cried because we weren't ti!i'-n!.- e i "ili:s is a good chance to t ilk to you. Vic, without Anna or K!'v bearing." Magda said, by way if reply, ttflcr a moment'! hentat.on. "Vic, I don't want you to feel badly about this," her mother t res-- ' rt lly began. I'm getting a divorce j from Dad. We're in Nevada-d- id ou realize that? Aunt Anna! Cabin is will over the linp, and on that day all going when we toek a long drive we went Victoria to Reno and arranged it" dearest Victoria was looking at herj "I've awn-ifKi- d Rnmptriinff." Mrs. Manners laid hesitantly "something rather nor rid happened last night, and Ferdy was arrested." Her eyes filled again, she straightened the collar again. "It was all rather horrid. and It'll all be forgotten this time next week," she said cheerfully. "So let'! not talk about it!" "Arrested!" Victoria echoed, aghast "Why what happened?" "There was an accident. I don't know just what happened," Magda said, her eyes watering. "It was all ao horrible! He had been drinking, of course, and he was driving May Finee home they were both in the car asleep, right near where the smash was." "Who were?" "If it had been anyone but Mayl" Magda sighed. "However, they say the poor fellow'U get well, and Ferdy can itand the damages. He was all smashed up, the man they ran into, and it'i a miracle they weren't all killedl But if he'd been with anyone but Mayl" "Who's she?" "Oh, she's a cheap little idiot I used to know years ago May Smith; she married Tony Feeney and divorced him and spent a few weeks in Paris, so now she's 'Madame Finee,' and she can hardly remember an English word!" "And does Ferdy like her?" Magda looked at her daughter ruminatively. answered mildly. "Rather. And of course she's making passes at Ferdy." "Oh?" Vicky said. It was the old atmosphere again! "Or rather, at the Manners mon ey, which is very stupid for me," Magda ended the subject cheerfully. "Stupid, that's what it is, for Ferdy'd never look at anyone like Mayl And now tell me more about today did you say Grace Peacock was there?" "She's Margery King'i mother." "I know she is, and I know she went all over Europe trying to get a priest to marry her to Joe Pea cock, and couldn't" "Margery'i nice," Vicky said slowly. "And you're adorable, only you have those Herrendeen eyes that you must remember to keep open,' Magda said lovingly. "Did you get yourself some lovely things in Par But the beginning of was of course going wrong womthere were always other the wear to His wife was only Charming Panel lo this Vicky. St en. to all the jewels and be introduced and German big friends, business of scores men. Spanish cattle after a is figurehead wile The them! and the first year. If she has sons, and his family, with the peace keeps the man is forgives him everything, If she gets her. with pleased tries to assert herself, his own he is annoyed. Bat he goes way just the same." Victoria looked thoughtful her fine dark brows drawn together. "You oughtn't to stay here." "Where," Magda asked simply, "ought we go?" auThe summer idled itself into went and Victoria Magda tumn, and down to the shore again. This tune at they had the smartest cottage the lodge, and the beautiful Mrs. Manners was much admired and entertained. Mr. Manners, she to everyone, with a flash of white teeth, was fishing for steelKlamath. the in Every head up hostess told Victoria's mother that she had a "wonderful man" for her as a dinner or bridge partner, but Victoria noticed that Magda found none of them really wonderful In October Ferdy went off on somebody's yacht for six weeks. He seemed a little guilty about it and gave Victoria a large check "to waste in New York." Later she suspected that his twinges of con science were because the yachting he had mentioned as in "a few fellers" actually only volving included the owner's wife, another woman, and the ubiquitous May. 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Allow (peJmitM c Bill your uw .i ua m Dealer trip that not They came back to California in December, and Ferdy came back for Christmas. Little was said of the feminine element on the yacht ing trip, and the threft spent the holidays In a splendid suite in the Fairmont hotel up at the top of the hill with the green iron balconies of their breakfast room hanging over the fascinating jumble of masts and stacks and long pier roofs on the Embarcadero. Ferdy now said that he thought he must go back to is?" for a few months. He thoughtt "Some. Not expensive. But I would be a great fool to go. Magda got one yes, I have two or three It would be hot traveling; and she you'll love." hated the place anyway. It "Have you had waved, Vic? An unusually long period of affec"My hair? No, that"! just brush tion and placation resulted in April ing and setting." Convent-bred- , and with an instinc in Magda's decision to go with tive distaste for Ferdy and for Fer Ferdy to South America. Victoria told her mother she was going to stay In California. Well because Catherine and Mrs. Brock were going up to the lake again, and wanted her. Well and because she really would like it like It better. She might come down to later, all by herself. But but really she would like It better this way, now. Magda was gently hurt puzzled, Ferdy smiled, but Vicky knew that he was furious. She held her and affectionground, ate, but not to be moved. In the end they left without her. and Vicky and Catherine went up to the lake. A week later, when she and Catherine were sitting down on the lake shore one day, Victoria told her the reason: "Catherine, cross your heart and hope to die if you ever tell anyone A Moral Success TURN SPARE The highest needs must have most care, and the lower needs the least care, and we must so train ourselves that hunger for the ideal things shall chasten and subdue svery worldly hunger, fulfil the true ideal of men and women, and maku life a moral success and not a moral failure. John Hunter. TIM INTO MONEY There are hondrij of , m I nn ., tn trticW . .. Lame 1GO oast bonk .n and comiame. carelully poupm , J"" " Urrai """ et're OutriuABSOLCrS y.w'lh I REE and ail offer yoa lure Ttmianik onoortunitiei. J -- ani LTT make eood monn. - it,.. Uil. , ' Snd tiefor big book finif Hum tntnt im DIRECT SELLING mSTTrUTLW 75 E. W.ckw DriT., D.p. R, QMftl (r7 "Oh, I remember now you bWht 3 cyjart of Quaker State Ro-sari- when first we were engaged! Ro-sari- mm I ,' . good-nature- d FdR7ffK GO BEFORE YOU NEED A QUART l ) this!" "I do." said Catherine solemnly, suiting the action to the word. oil? Then make the"First Quart"test. It's easy. Just drain, and refill with Quaker State. Note the mileage. You'll find you go firthcr before you have to add the first quart. That's because there's an "txtra quart of lubrication in every gallon." The retail price is 33 r quart. Quaker Sate Oil Refining Corp., Oil Gry, Pa. "It was he," Victoria said. "Who? Your stepfather?" "My stepfather nothing!" Vicky echoed, repudiating the relationship. "e talherine, if you ever tell anyone this I'll never speak to you Victoria Spent a Somewhat Beagain! he followed me into the sitwildered Yet Happy Easter ting room one night we'd all Just come home from a movie and Vacation There. kissed me and crushed me against dy'a world, yet she knew that she him." must cither meet him halfway with flattery and flirtatiousness, submit Victoria was at the dock, in the to kisses and embraces, concede fine soft November fog. to see the him confidences and little harmless big ship come in; the of irtimacies. or he would not like her Panama was on time; Empress at exactly at all. On the very f.rst evening one minute before eleven o'clock Hint she drew Magda told him up alongside, and all tha he must stop carrying on vita her excitement of landing began. daughter. Then mother and daughter were The idle days brgan to go by. In each other's arms, and Victoria Victoria wondered what she was to was laughing. do with the endless line of Hum ituj "And how's Ferdy?" -" stretched ahead, For a week she Mrs. Manners' dunce enjoyed the new l.fe lazily; t .en returned from the luggage and fixed dvntc suddenly the whole thirg bL. itself upon Victoria. "Fcrdy is gan to pall. just the same as ever." Magda had her own be.ut.fil "And when does he ret here Or suite of rooms; Fcrdy had h.s. Vta y docs he go to Pans? You were so lived entirely separated bves; Mine, vague!" saw each other times they during "No. here. When the LouL-hbns the course cf Die day, and oughs' yacht does, whenever that not Quite often they dned is." Mrs. Manners said, in the same at the same house, but the dinners tone of pleasant ind. (Terence. "And were large, and Fcrdy went to Item now, is a car here, and did you rebefore Magda did. explaining serve my rooms?" she demanded to a servant that he was rrvr gaj'ly, as the customs formalities some friend first at the club f r were concluded and she could pick preliminary cocktails, and Mii;!a Xhi Pekinese from Victoria'! arms always went late, in great statt, m again and accompany her along tse her beautiful car w ith her own env-cr- . pier. "Don't tell me it's guing to So that even then thry !,.,( no be freezing like this." moment together. "It's been actually hot. until day. Th.s is Just fog," Victoria t k "F-rdy- sc:i,c-timc- per-hap- s inrTi hi Her mother was not happy. R ,;. latil and smiling, keeping a luvp front to the world. Magda's s uI a s trying to feed itself on husks. Vlutt she told Victoria of the last fl W years was a story of disillusinr.rrt.t and loneliness, in a setting if ury. travel, extravagance. Biarritz had been dull. LoH r) dull. 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