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Show r V- 4 - - T , , - , i ' v '- J: -' - ,N i TEET SAL? LAKE'TRraUNE, SUNDAY. MORNING, APRIL' ; AND" PEPPER ft r-- K t?SiAkV's4tj 13, 1921. Comes Riding In, When 'the Knight-ErraMost It Goes Hard With the Eligible'Suitor. nt . ' J?Hu - AH'S'A! By 'MRS. WILSON WOODROW 'Eh? What's that? snapped Pep- Com. girls'ar fcorn to fl.pp.rlnn: be ahy wiser. Ha brought out a roll artistry, and sprinkled them lavishly whose bovariug pretence prevented proud end flattered at hi preference. and will be quit apt to regard me un- his tvi But h will oomg to CosJas-vtll- e That la something I would per. "An Important business conferTherefore it was with eitght mis- kindly just dli same. achieve it; tom. bv it thrust of bill and, peaiing off flv dollars, with the cinnamon and sugar ha had him from making any inquiries to ence? If Mr. suravoid ey like. on a h mechanion Involuntanlv, on laid set Tow turn Friday?" H looked t Betjy hi it that forth Fleming He wa tad. possible, Just (be them. doth. waffle ordered rogues giving upon Betty Mr. FUsnihg nodded comprehendturned toward the bedizened Cassan- with a regretful shake of th head. of thorn who are Flaming congenitally dx your back Betty waited a little broathissslv. cally. and at thm gloomily, beset by prise visit to Whitredg House,in re-an H Mrs. before the dra suson my dear, but those dances of his so him ing ly: "Sorry, would Part gate. th toward th Fleming tha fee began th babbling It fear standing th that retain mosey estate hearsing high nay Batty th. flapper pushed idyl, advntur qualiiied sinking yours will have to go to the highest romantic level, or did disillusion await piciously started, had mat an untime- agreeable interview which n intended eagerly that Bety should never know looked helpleesy St hire Fleming, Th. vivid stripes sod . plaids of with a disdainful finger. at back bidder I hav a hen on myaeil for looked no ah himdoubt but of as hi and that occur and But waa her Intervention, should kmf between in aha tha helplessly fork? and and. and us. thin curtly. faded of ly bar his Betty Sorry," repeated gone Betty completely sports Would ha cuddle hi cup, or poeatbly some sligbt bxperieno out. At tamea she eras a dub; on Drinking is aot permitted here.' the tac- self He wa on of those men who when she returned bom and was once him. H swallowed hard, and sur- Friday night. the choose own more would two Of circle la her sh rendered. drink of aiwav and ftUer-tsex evils, in r frame tics mentallv among he from Bill! "This th ahe availed. Jeered. a saucer? .arrange a "O, hit nonentity, Drinking "I think parties, merely brought opposite real.se th unsuitability of such an least. She relaxed. one of th. ladies of th. ensemble. Just a litue harmless celery tonic. No attack on food time more comforting reflections. She an event In advance that a perfectly sneaking of you. And the Sine Trench young "Er and be bitterly acquaintaneesb ip Her little hsnn. were ne'er made t Try I it yourself, U you, don t bUv could have been mor faultless, easy, was hardly likely to hav abandoned I'll I've stood mor for Mr all th tU you, Trench was be But man seem ret on a berth In the mill,- neglect and restrained. at such an interesting Tbs m votary deep- th gam mice and men 'a general ashamed of it. Im going to. If you don t preferred me. manipulate a cigaret; abe menb Oould tt was about Horae do His But Bettys nostrils bad caught th ened. An exiled nobleman cruising Stag - He d d not flatter himself to thatthan you point gained. her finger 'ale without m kick In it: (uppoea coma and to that which attends th keep yourII promise him for text fares was nowadays a com- tturt ha had proved ae attractive to best laidadversity I upon her llpa undergraduate patter sickly sws.t odor of gin, and oh. plans, and his return , to to leave, but the banker deta.ned Now Horace bad been as averse to dance, . became strangely twisted. Che oould tinatoly .lood htr gro "N,o, you won't, honey," he broke monplace; but a young American so bar as she to him, but h had COatasviUe was almost precipitate ; to put some anxious questions in reth of as otfroraiien-"ThatIon mills. to th either tn upoc Hsihad heard,. lb Th. roan beoama not even easiy. a timorous "fema" ahe, tb Avow obviously to lb , . given gard proposir it Isn t this bortfctb4, would never dream of y . and until s. drfreraift mauar, 'T' re;-Tumor since reaching home. her. and wa already framing th ex- dance that counts. It a our whole fuwithouTTfltaSfitfg ym.' be frowtoli.TBanlr !W.g leaving such systematic forethought etUl rsrslstent that was s possibility cuse h oould give to Betty alack ture yours and mine that Im playthere And with equal perplexity, eh that waa satisfied. It was a bluer moment when tb over that ringer ale.' Tet. discomposed, although a- shutdown. Was there anything employment, no vacancies, old hands ing for. and mlMi f am much nils- h i shall not band over tha ginger realised th grey eyes fixed on her At he pondered this suggestion and finally admitted thie; but with that ha was by no means defeated. He of but-bea SeMfur.. th iWlk laid from hi plats being ttits&t WSSnscc thr Smelt of character which U the ala, and 1 tbail aak you to leave with fisttaring ardor from acres th lifted his had another striae re. bit bow, and la It? strength i, . m ma poor F leirlTg w ail ' UK war .. table Trefflsfc.vpsrre . urned But, sneaking1 isrth word, invariable attribute of th. ahy. swt, now." 'ist35.rteKSr pondering possibilities. to A that him cam waa onehe over, th Vd , there tlalli "Methes m4 to' Ha snatched admitted, h admitted with yicvv-e- c suggestion Ask away. I all at that." trailing1 arbutaa girl, Batty unhesitatright, effective Mr th cooks never mads such waffles" h ing. with th sun sloping dowh to the knew, things war In a possibly it would be the quickest a liul laugh, for this is a gumshoe ingly mads her gesture of renuncia- tb bottle from hr, wrenched off and Mrs. Fleming wer at hom. prettvFleming had way. Th Burleson mills in mean of fading BUI Pepper out m Job of th cap, sod, tilling hi glass, took a long murmured as he finished: then, ab- meet tq a cloudless sky. Off at the heMrreflected first So don't aek order tion. enr, station, having a neighboring city were a stiff com- the pteture Hard work and a loose me any . wjth "Hows some, that you are side of the house was a row of Ulac now. darling, but ruptly "Too might as well fac. it. ahe drink. haok from their western trip a petitor and pushing them hard, and chap of that aort were not apt to wait and questions keels clicked acres th floor Juggling a tray, Ladv Clare Vsr de bushea and behind thts a blur of com me see out told her --rebellloua reflection in the the rabbits Battys bring h waited only old Pheldon, th owner of th davs before, add local agree: and Horace could ae to It that from under the hat." Veref Sociological experiment, a de- puik, apple tress In blossom. A girl few Sh heard a rumYou rs a throwback to early to th telephone mirror to brush the dust of travel from him was shout ready to glv up lh the work was made not only hard Victorian ism. You cant compete, or bled oath and tha scraping back of sire to lead your own life or did th with any sense of the eternal fitness and "But yielded. Betty Flsnt, of bit dinner to snatch a haety Whv not? He wss a man of but disagreeable enough to sicken as aha comfort of homo-Jus- t I admit, of things wouldn t miss such a setBlU Pepper, Uus is th even keep in th. procession. All that hi chair, and th ran pall before setting out to call upon them enormous wealth, with many Iron In anvbodr time is left for you i to live up to yeur could, reached 'tha Instrument, and thev often eh in brightest in retro- ting alHi cold ey glittered: hut he news, Horace' the fire With him this was only a po'And whets th Ha teok a chance, and. paving hts village was spect" Friday evening raw th heaviest type and become a ptMt, womanly waa just about to call the hand lowed no hint of hie purpose to show dozenpour She was amused : her sves, demurs, bill, departed decorously by th front plaoidlv asked Mr liceman whan a heavy Fleming after minor Interest; and he could hardly woman. that CoAvitl had knowna vena to he In had he been and continue his blue receiver walk response exchanged, th th down at him. losing twinkled in her expected Frenchman gracious But although it cast then, greeting mouth, I strolling year So, following th. clapped gentian, gat, had dropped Into the porch cnair to ture "How come, yourself? she coun- outside as if with no particular purif it will h of anv damper over th gayety at th country sir. your defects," she waa wrested from her, and aha was INIIghted. 'Exploit roveelf. hastened Horace for -town she "The "As in which a motonedhlm the her tn of modern tered. view, It Sweet back. pose of to not eeera to affect th Bettv gap did satisfaction sought club, pushed roughly sternly abjured the way. to explain. "I 'would not be greatly to want to help ths yontig man along, spirit of BUI Pepper. H wa blithefor "A direct hedge beyond that screening row of might be swallowed up by an earthHe grinned, tantalltlngiv Her next thought waa t make cusfeminism and the hire of the great one have I or the with an other James. affected and or found answer his way lilera. to incriminate tie it. bullnecked tend th Injured sloshed tha and, h her wilt but he I distinct quake, to worthy pushing and might betterment, the door, outdoor. ly whistling through hope pro's would never Mr. Sheldons confldenee and he Is of It. only cAlls my office in the flooded streets ta th shabby, garag all textbooks on health to the con- tomer held her penned to the corner degrade me. Anvway." tohe shook hts wav through, thanked the ktndlv star glance at her sure to look out for ms. Bui morningIf Ihewill neeatwhat he gave head, "I am Inclined think of mentioning It." can b dons tt her he kept Cassandra and. mountthink that that had guided hie steps aright trary, of her appee ranee. Hard mus- by tha telephone. The scowlShe fretty sake It th returned raw after today Othello's occupation will "No particular new" 8hs was sitting on some cushions deeplv for, regret for him. cles, tan, a peeling Dose were, in fact, her was ugly, menacing. more heaving to hts old sezU. drove off to th be son under the apple trees, a large hat on Trench, pausing with dramatic effect of the town. I have many pleasant But there no need of waiting, railroad station. anathema to her fragile, blonde that he had been drinking associations her, and it would be a exclaimed Bettv "He a out there in "You mean." he? laughter changing the grass beside Tier; and she looked to light one of Mr. Fleming's e Icel ily than sh had suspected, and. for beauty. Ordinarily but on er two cabs th cab IU call him in, and you can made a practice of meeting the S id She no longer tried to dance all tha first time aha became frightened. And. And then an olive gray angel of resth matter right now settle night and top off with a roistering up trom New York, aa the trat- train out fie waa five oclock breakfast of ham and eggs cue vaulted through th open winspringing down the etepe, ahe tm mogenerally light, and tonight, to the rnadwav, to return a few tro-and buckwheat - cakes and maple dows a, young man who wore a chaufas he expected from the weather, he coat end cap, but looked, like feurs ment later with Bill Pepper in her prayeis said Conseln line wa th srrup;waabutInoften had only one football player in masquerade. The her little white bed beIt was a distinct shock to ths throe and the lone passenger that veranda Hardlv ltkelv, of quently, th man fore the activities at the country club swift, easy way he flashed across tha with ted a stout, Upon elderly align room waa avenging: and so. Betty rewere fairly started. 6h. ceased course, that th cab would be stand-so gray sidewhiskera had no other to Interlard her conversation membered afterward, waa his fac. ta. dithere without its driver; yet ing hurriedly choice, but, climbing "Thl way out! Ha laid a hand on taken up had thev been in th dis- rected that he be driven to th bachewith pep and profanity; but. Instead, tha bootleggers shoulder and twisted learned to listen with a cussion that they had given no lor home of Horace Trench. him about toward tha door. "Youre yourself look In her V. thought to hts presence. Certain!, to "Wait," h said curtly when they ids sapphire eyes, fche appeared on forgetting yourself, Cuthbert have him thus unceremoniously thrust reached their destination. "I shall had want exclaimed th e beach, or at the tenins courts or them was more than they zras "What th upon you to taka me back to th staThen, as he links only as a spectator, choosing startled bootlegger. bargained for. Trench especially tion to catch th U.iS south. coraround and caught a glimpse furious Under Bettys eye, end with rather as her metier the shadowy BUI nodded. Ha bad intended to wriggled fans: "The cab of tha Intruder' ners of verandas and solitudes-e-deu- x th desire to hold her esteem, he could ttait aajhow. Into aot afford to b ungenerous either in in secluded retreat, of lawns or gar- driver! th Say, where, do you get You hie From vantage point under visYet to wage or th quality of em- trees along the saw th ah. found, strangely this?" he started to bluster. dens. curb he regard becon to offered. where back unconventional , chase he you in her that Horace yourself person, admitted enough, ployment by itor Hitherto unno- long Buttinski, on Afraid of betraving hi true feeling, ventionallty scored. then the jknadee were hurriedly Th chauffeur1 ton short as and After you. ticed. she now oould give odd. to all he made the interview as took before the window of tha lidrawn hin-re"And of let her waa quiet but imperative. of the two the blown and blowsy maidens possible, and then hurriedly brary. But th shadows Invime remind you that weve n. time to Bill Penper, at Betty off circle. men upon the blinds wer plainly visleaves tations dropped inie th efialn he had ible, and anyone who suspected th Playing her line, she adopted frills waste. The train forIn New York Just about ten and lace and modesty and tiny slip- Bellehaven station vacated, and. In spit of the somewhat purpose of th Interview could have to minutes. Youll have to burry from pers as her portion. And then she frigid atmoephera. remained. gained considerable significance discovered quite by accident, and as make it, Also, the aaeh of To Mrs. Fleming' relief he wa not the it movement Th Tire train to New York? the reward of a kind action that the in a chauffeurs uniform, but waa one window had been raised to admit costume which most enhanced her other stared at him. "O, I see. with th air, and BIU lid not scruple to garbed aa any of tha young men who Well, get this, young fella: charm was the trim, black frock, a sneer. ere accustomed to appear at the do a bit of eavesdropping. New York, that white apron, and butterfly bow of a aint taking no train tome too, house, fihe had ta admit, Tzco hour later, th rata having to Good hired you to drive waitress hta manner were much better than stopped tn th meanwhile, and his Her father, a banker of Coa,vlTl, Ground, end I ordered this jane to She had expected; but sh told herself mysterious caller having departed, on serve me waffles and ginger ale, and. Connecticut, had been called away be only a deceptive Trench made bis belated arrival at that thl mmt sooner a business tfip to the west: her moth- by golly, ho was the dance. As he drove his shinv car or veneer and that, lgter er accompanied him: and Betty, dur- - "o, no: you arent. Interrupted tha to disclose th cloven hoof. How sure th to road lighted man. He was smiling, but the ever up th ha winding ing their absence, elected to Way with young was feeling In excellent Batty, that daintya flower, sohadoutsid club, loam in his gray eyes waa frost. a distant cousin. Mis. Sarah Whiperson been attracted to business ttrhich hadHi both mind homeWead spirit. unold who in Youve lived your th. changed the pals, she still found hsrself been causing him some anxious mo-- tredg. of her famtlv down on Bong Island. waya And SA there a now only eight able to comprehend. h raw Just how that dleeovered a ment until Both th house and its mi stress wer minutes to batch that train,-you'- re h tor At bad Fleming, conference turned out satevenings and it going to get e move on you. You. for although, lad, tha steeped In ancestral traditions; sneaking liking consummated tn his entire Is possible Betty hoped to pick up a toor he snapped to the girl still sit- -' his banker1 wiles, he found been to ail with free waa enjoy Now he isfaction. few points ting at tha table. that him hard to plumb. Pepper apparenthad an id And then. In some dexterous fashAncestral tradition a though, do not was clever himself Also he had been leas distant. ly wa frank, but be alsofrom recently Betty afford much nourishment: and lfi the ion. so quick that Bettv couldn't folJxlmself the with at turning infatuation subject Probably her aiilv wa fare of a steadily dwindling income, low it, h caught tha man and proand hi experiences .wearing off. the Pepper person Mias Sarah had been farced to adapt pelled Atm rapidly out of Ahe house. After he had finally raid seemed to be And certainly In of things the team didn't to methods the with herself reluctantly Thsir progress turned aa both and parent left, tonight. hi Perhaps way. the moment. She took stock of her slightest degree Impeded by th boota common purpose to their daughter: coming marketable assets. There waa her legger frantic struggles. who managed Mr. zras aa he it but Fleming waa softly H humming v Down the path and through th old colonial dwelling, with the to fire I an Inga backed ta to park hi car. And then scarlet hatted deha passing directly before her door gate thev want, the lady, the "Look young at hers, turn A disagreeable and many motor traveling thereon. girl stumbling after them. The chaufyou havent gone he gotof Cassandra manded sternly, there ahead of soar kur A is any kanJ There was her big drawing-roofeur, throwing the man Into the cab, fool of vourzzeif, hav you? sight a mads turn piattJ and mor A disagreeable him. StU with its wainscoted walls and polished held open th door for her to follow: There Isn t anything between you ana awaited him: for a bulky shadow disfloor. There wa her cook, who had then he mounted the box and drove ' that fellow Itself from the shadows of engaged In with lent a new meaning to the coveted away In the direction of the station. lovo were lent cigar. "xept that I teok a run real grief to me to have to go away. Nothing but that a picture out of an th dripping branches and stepped Bettv hung out of th window, to quick sympathy, "that that beast like family recipe for waffles and also of each othar. -- daddv, darling. Don t forward. Th banker assented gloomily, bock of beauty. down to BUehavn thta morning heedless of Miss Sarah's martinet feg-- will hav you fired" to perfection the rare art over that, though, death- hav as a came Indifsaid he Coatesvill would he Mr Not It apoplexy He TUI, What Really matter? Fleming Pepper, Trench, Ive got something to say shrugged Joltexthe tea. The unification of, these illations, and watched until J are not Take the Sheldon either of you. Bill and of in her lap. blow," he raid. I am promised a better toward her. "is not life. It la a movie, dropped her knitting ferently. vehicle saffron us la such to you." rAwaking disappeared Job items resulted In an Inconspicuous ing Llk actly engaged. Neither is left? course? milts of raw tired The subtitle the "And with and what of two at waa not Just the proper way tor you sway Bettv, tha drudge end and, It month, tt wax Now corner. That around a good-e-nd sign over th. gal, Waffles and all Tell me bow sh Is. Sh telephoned you. I could get along; my outside in an Idiot. But when he make humble employee to address hie then, with reasonable economy, gains a brief respite from her wearmartea. over, she thrilled to th adventure. until not be I shall he will well, can manage to scrape along. I have ing toil and quite naturally, tn a yesterday that since Cousin Sarah vestment are sufficient to keep me )nan&6r; m1 Hora gDr&i Her fame spread by that unsur- Hidden beneath that demure, arbutus tknocked b But to Horace before eo i ried frock would ah But it know need and hTench to on her didnt seemed my family badly, down enough my grinding ed to walk by without replying. him personality of here was a strain of passed advertising medium with which And leaving them to sleep or, rath- Pepper reached that those things were true I thought thought sh would stay a week or financial jolt, there no denying that. out and. catching to cover the Interim no printed slogan has ever been able ardent romanticism, and ahe found employers on to Betty that, not In I er. 1 see listen d to a to the veo were forced And hate sleep conceived two him executed and decided. on more, he the whole, "No, longer they bv the shoulder, to compete, word of mouth. To take herself etirred. fascinated by the shall Horace looked down at the glowing town wrecked and a lot of good tripped blithely away upetaira anx whether he would or no. not let myself he fired J shall delirium " tea at Mtass Whltredges became the drama of the incident and the opporIn th outcome. bowvr, tnlrsomebhe laughed delightedly. "Is It any tip of his cigar "Mls Betty is well," neighbor driven to the wall " But before I leave, I shall buy I sized you up for a crook when smart thing to do, and the profits of tune arrival of her "debonair deliverer. resign " verv Before Trench could respond to this iety ovr the silueUott proved old bus, and I shall make a prac- more movlesque than that you should he replied guardedly, I mot you down at Bellehaven, he But th fat cook we tugging at her th of her first season exceeded her most being Instead on what of wheels Next to came here sound find mef exaggerated. there almavs the The here "She of dropping down mother beamed. you every day. gues just Just frock, almost tearfully pleading for tice raid, and after I learned that sanguine expectations. But now. Mis. nor waffles thrives so on the sea air And Sarah the drive before the bouse, and Into fcji Incubus to them, BUI Pppr. Nor hedge. mills up thts afternoon's experience, I subtitle the details, and while she waa still AfterInclined innuen wore running tha I Sheldon as spring was at its height again. the gleam of the porch lantern spit of- - Trenchs sneers and th to think this place is in oould etav the .knightly cabman from Whitredge Better, I hope?" would take t thought here, barah waa taken down with an attack deef In her recital of them, th taxi- am Costeevllle "Miss Whitredge Is Improving, I be- flashed Cassandra, resplendent In red does waa taken up by bouncer succeeding id his quest. to find out what your gamto of Inflammatory rheumatism, and cab again rattled up to th bouse, and- need of nthought corrected lieve." He paused again aril, laving and green, and parked directly behind eagerly and enthusiastically. Had on a trouble hor"Cabman no longer," Mis Sarah of time much Betty doorIn didnt waa require tha chauffeur It Delis, th of heels this the wleh to appeared calamity, upon ror at the mention of such a thing, Pepper, dropping down beside her on down his cigar, rubbed his hand across Horaces shining, decorous roadster of th flapper attempted the town dwoover tliat every thing wa being without WAV the waitress, departed I am In an uncom"As you apprehended, his forehead It was as If some rakish, wrinkled taxicab driver on them, to the cushion 1 understood the term. "Not In a deed faint, or anything even If sh like do; but muddled, itbutwas still couldn't decide warning. would have known what crone took his mean revenge, fortable position." looking from on to rubbed elbow writh that man and woman th bootlegger Visitors through purpose or of Uk that? he inquired cheerfully whether Betty, arriving upon this sceneInto I ETyof the haute monde are me for Bcicv Fleming to indulge In such to there of and had canned aphate them rare here," ahe said primly. other are the Still, There you had me inoomneteuce. her realized wasted conopportuinto them Betty threw Isorganlxatlon, promptly steppedcous-iian the of tumbled me Cassandra there Out eccentricity as and remind taxicab a. th thats let Batty yet talebearer, compensations. pear House, good Whitredge stumped. But tonight aaI got the that nity. An 18S7 heroin would have to breach, and. In spite of her is exclusive, patronized entirely old bus Is now mine own. and by is something which I think you ought and cam running up the tups. At fusion, and before they quite knew g outage, been found gracefully swooning, with you, Bill walked in and on you. Managerial tot protests. Insisted upon donning even to of take be It, will I was how transformed Horace am tomorrow to Of course. And know. with the what there, and refined bv the eight And standing gentle toiupt what youvbten up burnt himself Hia agitated attendant waving appropriate costume and preparing to an I am much afraid, that Misa ax you and I Sh feels th call of meant tab a deprecating smile, my an odd, little, old Burleson, understanding smlls made a place for somehow from drew pay your before her nose. feathers Still, afraid, on you serve the customers that Would draw th line at your these Long Island roads, th urge of own feelmgs must be taken Into ac- perked np one corner of her mouth; not a personality chief competitor. Maybe I ehornd But the same malign Influence that should one really desire to impress a Sarah carburetor count. I mav b making a monntain then she hugged her parents In turn. could auocessfuPy snub or put down. our chauffeurs uniform. spring is Tn her withered not tell you. but I ve wired Mr. Shelhad sent vth mistress to bed and the taxicab driver? Trench Horace until zras not we eh me.re-min- d I It long of The th return You be will best Miv molehill. three of a that let th "Rut Ah!" out go he suggest prodigaJ' rejoined Whether it was this latter considdon to come up her tomorrow and maid packing seemed to incite the exclaimed gsyly, After I raw Hoc raw. hia authority openly inflouted, his that tomorrow thie cap and that Judges of on of listen to me be lor he close down a motors to whl past the door without eration. or regret at her oversight, she coat, you social arbiter aa wait sh I danger so not decided to are will this of th be you earth mockingly "What position agreed "Certainly, morning talking servitude, badge that should b Intb thebest paring viciously stopping. The waffle eaters proved answered a trifle But about" Mr Fleming frowned aa I had tntended, out to com hom usurpation at tb hands of th new. plant anything. sway in mothballs. The chrvsa-li- s You may suggest country of its kind up her chin, laid will industry few and straggling, and at th Fainting? toSheth threw will oomer. bus once. Bill So have I Miss his at and I Mrs When and a Whitredge probably clasping pressed Fleming, emerge butterfly If you winds "Listen to you? sneered Horace. when trad easting poss of tha afternoon, te expect at Ion, too. Bill "What Other ideja I am her guest." lordin vagus alarm, muttered into service, and her 1 am I had an as old I Contrary shall be hands a her disguised appear. to suppose In you I should attention when corns did, the hadk't you should have been at its briskest, min. Cheersevere nervously- "Home, you are not try- idea" she glanced up challengingly at worked on steadily at the extra BUI recalled the from a a cell for murder ly spendthrift a spendthrift with an tasks Sheldon will pay to aor wire long room, with Its dollied tables, waa probablv now be inknife Indifferent to the I should find tell us that anything haa hap- Trench to you that for waffle slanfully addiction and unoontrellabls the to tearoom, any ing in looking spinster'of th kitchen That employ, bfg carving mv empty here " and tea piled upon his shoulder and all thto disgruntled or a moment hts face feU, then he pened to Bettyf in ders against m from such a source thoughts." Finally, after a long period of wait- was strongly sentiments a f forts of th general manager T hope not, srith an attempt to be "Er Juat dropped in to talk over "You dont know Cousin Sarah." leaned over and took her hands with discharged of a clinging Your record sumps you . Hardly the " Job. the - s him ing, Betty, standing at the window. with It Hts iteken vour to of with father business bit is better "But then hlnshed Settv and resolution broke sudden a in, give His anger suddenly reassuring taxicab driver Idly, watching th shadows cast by th vine; but they seemed to meet th he had not been In Coat-vione manner for had for h failed to at arrived assured Indeed, von When I the But facta Miss could Even hardly apparently Whitredg "Trving to -to rose mans aa explosive pitch. Take approval. westering sun. taw a dejeetpd looking. young mor than a month before Batty threaten me, with Whitredge House thl morning. I saken him. "But you'll want to b to era you object to a brief afternoon drive Or. at notice th slip of th tongue. he nodded. jour Jaundiced taxicab draw up before th notice a marked slewing up to HA grabbed uncerwas not at yourselves now w Mis are that began Since be found said. b she "You said, and stand Betty "that think. may fiance, lout your f eaae you coat, off avoid Justifiable a clear my hand any rate, drw Aback hastily to rat. She Sh had gone driving, thev tainly at hia had. and extended his In his tighter activities and a deeper out 1 U look askance at my weaaheas, -- maj living in movies, let me offer for your hom or Inof way, wish I I almost hadn't homicide waitress my been. th I'll-"at in dawdling his duties being plant absorption censure me (or my gluttony I True , approval that time tried movie title. told me; so I rat down on the porch hand to Mrs, Fleming. "So ad terfered." He foolishly drew hack hia Artfare lounging in the window. waavsomething No Bettv oooed a protest Hia evening were no longer given After an if abe has any Business instinct 'Cam love to thsm amid th apple to wait for her return counteH was looking at her a one who but Miaa Sarah would sot got any want yon to star. Theres some- over to dancing and frivolity, but he spoke, but he never 1 at love,-yow batever. sbe will hardiy turn me out. blossoms or two." will hi And hour know, lip tightened rare treasa discovered th it back; for has suddenly nanced. ths moot part In the ther than, to hdraw th recollection, she drove up in a thing that's got to be settled among were spent forfellow way waa even slightly awed, and Mark my worda t shajl become an el wavs findnoa need was sprawling on the Peeping out. though, from behind ure. He workers, er alone next moment haunts of his of going into de- red and green taxicab. Sh was sit- ua and yeur help will be There is habitun And tha first rule of an He scrambled turf. Bettv was not unconscious of it. of a series and the curtain, she could see a man and room wet encased muddy upon In his one the In seat the count. front beside the on tha; fact, you're.of any sating place, he tails. It is only results that ting "I I came back to give you this.' habitue and .al -- Even when he was writh up again and mad another furious girl emerging from the cab; calculation out were hoth rot and stood In case counts.!!!, Thev driver to thie And results lancad th her is at a out ten significantly, dollar j,. captured hit hat as ah Betty, he zras often preoccupied and pass, but this time he landed tn a the eight of them Betty, nos crin- he stammered, holding PHe deftly that" Brfty consenting to a compro- talking together on thq sidewalk. Supo( hi waitress,'' These wer ob. bill. "He didnt have time to pay mow th earns kled disparagingly. and after that thr waa, nf som over waa Bill aincathis left him no oth silent, lines of deep concentration - tn puddle, nothin and, mendactoui.lv there more spoke; me did as difficulty mise strikes "It present man Important. an posing honest left for him. to do but . viouslv not the folk Whitredge house when he left, but course, W hltredge as an old the fare, I went cut to settle ithe er recourse, he forced n indugent his face. sh said, 'that tha waitress, should Pepper au under pressure was accustomed to rve a big, dark vou about lean into hi car and drive, drenched "What are grousing shd wn. Betty introduced smile and dropped back lnt,n his chair. acquaintance, and that thev did, with matter, "But-didnt owe anything like (iret man with a purplish tint to his careftnaJlv home, ahe and Bill? ah Ab cursing, pouted. with time. aa of circie' a her friend Then, cabman th complete, That quizzical sparkle showed again th aid of Cassandra, discover Long me to though, want ta Bill Pepper, fully massaged face; a tithe girl who You're not a bit of fun any more leaned against on of tha pillars of Island discover, too, with thousands hers " seat until eye. "So h said. But the train wax Just In hi tripped over her long gray draper!the Tm not grousing. Betty. Im mere- and danced with unwearied had diraotiy . Mr Fleming iifioksd. and leaned for- the veranda and commenced. I eta enrolled at the garage as BUI of their Uk,- - that- - fat w hav time didn't and out, of as she got out. Betty noted that fit and smiling, apcounsel pulling daylight: then, before First, I must tU you shout Bin ly following thenoexcellent my own name, too. as tt hap- singled them out for association, and ward almost out of hi chair. Mr. noon at the advertisered hat dipped down until tt showed to haggle- - You can charge up the Pepper, school shortly "He'a taxi peared the sh said. th correspond eat thunderstruck s that for them alon wa written the Flaming merely Pepper, tens And I can assure you that, mveelf for railroad station to meet th up train gleam of balr so long glided rest to disinfecting the place of hi Horses met dozen at Cous- ment. and studyingDoto fit never Two shall liv tha our friand of this afternoon pre- hackneyed line"He wa driving the cab and had driver that York- le a strange, dry PIShnthousht read New from h you eon. up. as a h in Parti and coat may t this morning, place higher cap." Surah Ivtng terit an assault charge against ma I whole wide world apart, and meet, on a chauffeur' of Mis b on of th fac whitened by Horace, looking distinctly worried "but I naturally have mentioned I don t believe that bow 'Ed Devon used to our am In no danger from the law. Won't and read life's secret ta each others tinned Horace; leyera of powder upstairs, waiting to countof her profits shop, hut and with a dark tabruize undertoona eye, on tha Force could appreciate hire on such most shiftless men in thought it was simply a lark an that dull you take me cm faith at that for th eyes" the meager profits washed that more-en- d response r zras also ther now after onlv six leaaons he P ac short ecnualntanc. But O, And so, as th movies put It the part of some young fellow, th money. present, and reciprocate?' summons from hi chief; but shoe, that afternoon and she took who been giving me the most golf dailv with the hoes'? h had mad down there, on. hes moment. a for hesitated quatntano She cam he days passed east on malevothat recollection to tune th Then If hat. I apply tnyrolf be had only there, and he knows? Perhaps. The distance between CoetesvlTle and th mor so when aha urged him wonderful tiroes down My name la Betty On tha two cams through tha gat would undoubtedly expect her to di Why, dillgentlv, even Horse will som day lent glanca in th direction in.of Pepcrow in with u and hav waffles th nicest man J evsr knew. is come to the as realise flies, 1 and he Bellehaven, him. with repeated. excess "Betty! eld th train crimson pulled with it H smiled, hut per before the rambler, arching my only a matter of a few hours but and tea on the porch. But net a bit he saved my lifo or pretty nearly recognize my merit"waa to him. after now that It haa always beenWhitIt really all belongedamount over thetr heads, and up the path borIn som way, though.ofPepper only a smlls H summed m that raved it. anyhow. And she glowingly Betty noted that it In atmosphere, at, least so far as of It." grimly r name. lavorlt of Betty th him aij Mr. the had deduced She row ahead redered by prim aged to get pi bright miring concerned, th two he in a licensed cab drtvr. recently recounted thS story of th encoun of ths lips; hi oyoa wer puzzled, Betty Fleming was aa er and possibly any tip h might redge? Sheldon stepped to tb platform. Th flowers Betty waa uiiw flective. on of th Mg New York ter with the bootlegger. the bv and a were far as flushed She bit "No matter tropics apart employed hesishe somehow ye hut not and received; to run surveyed th deboshe ought Her father, as h listened, assumed "Fact is, Betty, he confided to her latter stopped them and Th psychological baromeat his recalling that slip qt th the pole companies but let out bv them from the place as sns would tated about offering it. Reason and He and Bettv what Betty called bis thunderstorm more seriously, conditions out there nair figure In hi path. of thw fool hlsow-now sunshine Indicated of Bellehaven name ter at first waita The operating It was bee told that both tongue. as experience meaning any other stray mongrela Jut "Whats thesent t th plant hav got tn interested and summer. whUe that at CoatssvUle had Jut been out picking up trade expression. Is all that counts" ms he demanded the man absurd to Imagine anv New York taxi ress they reached tha step beaches Ths idea of Sarah "Whitredge at There I no good reason that 1 can b telecram youwith for storms accompanied bv by taking peonia to near-b- y t yet explained, was "But you haven of lurched a little, and th girl caught driver refusing a gratuity:tn yet some th suggestion should mills h ' aa to Burleson waitress!" yet th a act whv sternly, me. seemed and of In you both lowing and h told thm distinct temperature a waitress? drop . "Some new devhi shrill creeoendo of Intuition warned her that this oast why ey in his arm with twinkle ns of out the existence; plenty fellow pr with tb success of crowding exploded. "No wonder "And I don t Intend to, Ihe flashed nicping front! delighted mistake. a heard I be into. would It lAst laughter.. both in their respective iltry youve got remarkable variation was due Tb banker relaxed "Thev were sumed on it She la to blame for the of room for our back at him. "If you can be mys- lar-e-This on with She felt like Alice In Wonderland Still a public bona must aerr th sales and production about you. you were carrying Island he broke off eb fields Tet ty to Mr. Horace Trench, who. kidding you. Horace," ha declared whole unfortunate" as they com. Betty hurried the customerr values and relations terious. eo can I. a dwindling while some zraltrees down onBUILong wife. public both Vicfrom bis at steadily of keep outbreak nudge a einoe ever Joeularttv sharp heaw with to could reply ruptly this, Betty's Before h ke the kitchen. .Orders for two. ehf, were ail Jumbled. It was aasv enough raid laconically, to am. I been "Still have trying theirs go up. "I would hardly call it presump"Cnfortunatelv. and from toria intis. had been her most perthey were not taxi motor drew up at th gate, yAused up th. somnolent cook dosing to conceive of a gentleman as a come tion." ah said reouktngly. "It seems get th kzidown on th reuse of It, Onlv, shes here it descended a party of Mias Sarah's sistent aultnr. prepared, metephori-cail- y Trench could afford to overlook th In. Alt. In a rocking chair, and then came driver, a gentleman who had At this point Horace edged Flem- to m praiseworthy of th young mao but. frowning, so far, I must T took th Mr. to trouble. all out alt rivals most even select speaking, world Russian In Pepper promptly til bis gib. patron. Mr. Rheldon extended back. Her patrons bad taken a table down without much success However, Treoch. ! Until encouragement of him, even ing. en reaching New York, to call to have com to aBetty's assistance tomorrow, btnt. It but nothtook th ta jnv Bettys This sear th window. sr "How clew grand dukes were doingdown you last 1 a at hand. mor onto ve stumbled row, the likely,' "Spoiling for h I murmured, and, rising, When Judged by Dora Copperfteld at the office of th cab company and out then. ' Azrful solemn and (inlet, aint tty ing could seem less Sheldon IV, and son. William Pepper what could voung men had named, and found hfs growled Mr Fleming, not to be re which mav lead me somewhere; hi way standards, had hardly been mad but than this particular young man. He bowed and" hurriedly lie heard th girl commenting. I see a lit Ue dont know what hea doing -s hi kind, apparent it while following up, if. was strained In detail "That essential all thl verified but tor'enthusiastic.;called kitchen. be th . on out of one the You a through to report. sitting peak i'Tlaaa" returned the man. Oofeat hadththe air that less of vou vouII understand, won't he ravs he wantswith afternoon Whitredge offset to some extent by-- th hearty He had been on their list of regular ly. Didn't Horace justth tell ua com next Th him sit month universe, surveying Its lesser of mutation. Anyhow, youd better bet not Inclination that a it's that to waa cab for he an you. been He dear, and discharged of her by of dlochsxged drivers got reversal a showed House parents conficomplete approval an his "" eata with unimpaired Bring He grinned altitudes wnethtng: we both had that h couldnt Almost pany for beating up aa unoffending is wrong with me. forbutu aalldeaira to from one them. colloquially speaking, the unnrevoked assault upon a cnirtemer mob mycbology with no fie'p from dence rnirtcenUy. and th girl giggled for that time, make a ten strike Mrs. Fleming eoHsrwed with a low customer snake's hips and the gnat a eyebrows Old stuff. And while sh debated tha matter, o clock on, the tearoom was full, even friends. h! or Bettv stood demnrely at attention. ra not hut zras either satisfied, at such Trench .. entirely Bettv was Th Poor over of eooeternatlon. but cona hanker little he moan Id, squirmed crowded Although Betty was kept on a Waffles. said the man and then she little dreamed how sasv It to maks such a I edmIL but 1 couldnt think ot zjiv fatal disclosure. Tact and diplomacy since Bill stant rush:' but. busy aa sbe wa. she general manager of the Sheldon mills, seemed petrified on ilk a hilarly to the girl: "Want same to read her varying expressions. thing more original, and hold "And you thnk, be finally man- seemed hopelessly ioet in the. shuffle point of it. she ultimately, enterprise of about me, he did not rail to note the early arrival the principal huriness s the ? Youre worrying told him to go to It. ther. Trench! Good God. what emus manifested But look was and He cononly sweetheart, to "that my stammer, And to had Cnatesvllle Betty she good quiet, girl Bill of aged It worth , Isn't vou rick Pepper. your " Ihe made a dissenting murmur, end grinned, "and two weeks bod passed, matter with th man?saidAre When ment not boasted vainly Ing. settled, impeccable from every thl roustabout are are Bill, taking turned to Betty, eyeing her With while. You keep that: It' no mor fess that he had n more than need air," TI and "O, she laughed tightly "but that though, to meet the standards standpoint. On could go on Inter"Well, they call each other Rill arm s'-the - Horan bv than your due. I got mins, my far " of his ability admiration. of and the H whett zees limp him, afoccasional of rase Th the Horae my bootlegger. glimpse a and drvly. of Mise Sarah Betty, raid clientele, for this minable enumerating htsIt virtue, too also under pressure. He "II tell you. gweet.nees. toward the car Bring u and a tip, so persist fair mev not be exactly serious vet reported the affatr to th company, moreover, there ws to bq a big dance shoring him Mrs. Fleming had dona Her waa a transformed BtU Pepper, corrotag to I think he "But I want to do ecmethtng th. waffles, and a ooupla bottles Im- me from being dragged an extra special event is honor of nrod air and on. and to' ea was driven to but (t I certainly tending that wav reher and that as to daughter rect ah are. There leisurely ently relieved waa attire, Well dnv voice dad Got ale AU it? It. ed Core right, por ginger Mr Into it. BUI wouldn't defend himself something or other at the ccuntrv get Sh most com hom at one till served of manner. H lingered along, ih tKMivir-Uo-most that a faultless man smiled at him, "those two order had out to the trill, talk things over, and then: and two long glaeeea to tune fresh was the faultHy tiresome being Fleming roused up, and banged hi and got let out. But he Isn't goim: club she felt that complaisance him In the kitchen. ordering from time but th books. And, sinoe waitingmeant Bettr bowed and departed, returning whis env through of .seeking on taxi its limits; and; a Thai; reached driver be his down to of longer. ths chair on th earth. fist the aa ion there of to batches waffle; suggest that he merely She preeentlv with two covered waffle oould to Long Island was reailv "Martha, get her on th telephone, and Is what I wanted to talk to you about. out. Informed him that he simply had Jm taking Trenchsar J.V'Mon tn visit th Her cessation no steed seemed th but words them both; and the th enjov bottles. Th glsnsea. dishes, yin t ff th After he met Horace this morning to be among those presentBill of her mouth patronage, he finally gave up and a strategic effort to evad a plalnlv tell her to eke th first train In th nf zrith a ctffppHi wl'h As she started to open tha ginger !, a ere no more than toout near-bfo aa morning Well cut this thing short and learned thet he wa th head of enough," agreed "Fair him: from on from faultless but, y Hi proproal hie left. impending lap ha S notion into a before man. that flask from stepped ,te 4rWhat blip drawing car. the bepat to think raid th he Jurt Wsa mill I he th to a here, chane found beginning gheldon sh grin. before her was go he slwav got any ounctUllo when its ingenuity whispered and began and drew hack a chair for hrr. click th . pocket, unscrewed th top of lieved that wa plsre for him, that a night off was coming to me; y on further." thwarted bv hi suavw persistence h paid hta bill: n to fl'V Its eon. Ing his heels together and bowing tn portion "O, youT pouring a rneroua Trench because then we could he together. Po. and well make it a good one. Fra Mr. Fleming. In th present Instance, pot having Listen, "I honed to stay them out. but R mm tn he stood behind It. 'and. for tents into hi companion glass. rare anv Intent don't ft to von dance, daddv perfils dally let- leaned forward prsumlv. "Betty got hat to you've an darling, not received God anaconda. any Ym and ajtswsr her quite breath, H altpped nvr. nd H austere She nosed, caught 8arah. Miss high I bespeak all hi ta adTrench. suade Horace to give .film a Job n mrry aignuryi y'U and ?raic tne 9 distinct blun- I girl and th for ever a week wonder, grartl that tomorrow ipay be another ter on and stand Into it In thl tppav-turv- v eeemed to rise before and vance." Mr. wavs uptflt of breaking up such sputtered. Fleming gasped Rettr's part Horace. S bit der might as well take things dull day Th. color roe land one came. honor to th-? there In visible form Thank heaven. ? won't he asked mli a daughter up or Mrs. Fleming seemed about to swoon. But although th morrow ahvrrd nttld. decided that h had given an affair byonlocking And. after all. there they On nf voor said Bettv to tbs voung waitress' cheek, " and sb as a ion trip was never Th velvet glove, so to speak, was ff. tn save anv for him, her It his did the of him tq rope hi liult little lady taking out enough of praver. waa at 1h! the impioqe way especially nothing tkln on ClHnua'v spoke firmlv: but kind Then, too," This called for stern, barehanded re- "He Isn't going to be there or, at Hft choice, and that the question between effective w1h c good; for when be put In his appearthat 1. not allowed In a waitress having tea with a ebauf ance Hordes Tm sorry, To hav their sham pa- least, not until verv late He met rTnish be definitely nettled Not h hesitated briefly, there I perpression Betty wa not there Her place them hmust feur abort? it. a onlv a little whl' had any particular doubt of sonal angle to the quention If you raded undera th eye of all Coat Se- mother downtown Wl, who aroueed that h,The, man. who fulfilled Bettys litre The cook win serve us." she said wa taken by- a waitress so h ww, ulMmatMT we sa'd And all about Never' tnllihand. cnl And it: and to elgan-tlaruup ago. account, or create an un. ville The arbiter call Bttv patently the outcome. "If you step to th kitchen door and no puzxllng quention. R bootlegr. looked up with at nlo Bettv continued cool- an Important hnstnes conference had Of course of Cntvill. and th eligible oleeiwntnes tn the premise, eh win ' wee rbe a waitress and nothing more. And th tell her what w want" blend of rsillerr and insolence-"Cu1 doeen t get work et th com up tor Friday "leht which he "if he am respon(Copyright. "2 bv ) i TT In InstarUlv no that ly. reslire a f from menner. view, every his Also, baked point girl there bv cook. Impressed verboten stuff, out that or a on not mUI wiU to could hav ha dac&pa kaap to senses of postpone driving fail ths facts. would be sible of her your , knowledge lmpoeing appearance, right fir riace.i empty. Isnt It? No onsU fresh waffle for them with her finest haired lady , om w-- n, ' tm-m- rdr pnev -- be-had e - o ff-dsiiv -- rt grip- - It lt d, vr ad-ic- e. d. . - X y 5 lf -- -- Im" -- -- 1 -- - -- good-nig- ht ft hlgh-wa- M -- v z , ni s bewtl-deredl- y; se-nl-th - hlcn-nose- d. ' oon-rud- l- ll e, needed-Horac- ha a -- e -- v- r- ss know" un-a- to daddy-mothe- , , -- vex-ed- lv ' st con-fes- hra L? du-Lf- ui y fc -- B-- n tht w t r hr. fthr - m v-1- sle-ty- r. 4 high-nose- d, M |