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Show Ginger Ella by Ethel llucston ! CVi'iiisi.t. iu.t,i. M.irtu . Illustrations by Irwin Myi'i WNm.rri.i i w . i; CHAPTER IX Continued IB-ISM IB-ISM ll..lillit ol these lll.Ml;hlH Hltuwetl in t.lncis t.uiiuilil luce when Kilt leeli.l lli inln'l ot the Ihiiiw IikIiI ui nklasl on .Mon.hi.t iiIiik Al. 'I llll llt' . ..III, I III I Ul'll .Mill. Mill. I to lli'iini ilio l. o, I li - ii re IliM-nilleil Mini in l;ii. k ... I li II u ns. Ion. llll i;i'iiint ml ii l.l I ii rinlini mi; (.erviihlvt Kim 1 i I r Mini It l.f lulil . rnniLjeil I for .Mm ..r to eh'oi llie mllilslr III . H.t I l 1 1 t-l m lno! no lih'il l Sioli.lHit; ni"lu' lo innl.e u tfliool leu. hel I liel Si. xlir lilileil hei lllno. 'iilllii: K ureal linel sill Isrucl Ion In Miir..rv's iiilrki'iieii rii.piin.e liel hl-.-allilri-s In illliilii'X hel vlvlit o. mot iilnillilnt lo tiers, II Mini houevei Iis'.'iisi inu Mils business ot limit until uess iiulii lie. It .I'linlnly tvroiiutii oiulei III Marlorv phvslciil up pen mm e To llilih In. ks.m she relieved her s'lf ot ll.e luirilen t.f phllosnih which Iniil eoleil from her painful eie rliMue "You ktiott IMil ne renll.t Imveii I any rlln lo run ot tiet people bust in-ss-iioi even n lii-n we ctin lo H whole lo' Ixltei tluiii I hey din " "Nil!" lie e)in ipiiteil lltc-reilillotisly -Ahsntiitely Keen it 'bey miike mess ui II- why - there yon nrel l-el r I it-ni One tniiy i- nt le to foresee the the end. mid lo know far. fai beilei I tut it ihey where net conduct will lead--" "You d beltei switch to the first IHTs.m. " lie Interrupted kindly "You're geilliiK m pretty deep" "W ell liny how I can t run oihei peoples lives-not Mi.rjory s. nor any bi.dt else In Hie wurlil It s imi iniirli like trying to piny Ilea veil. I suppose ' Cut si e si-hed iln le. Hill Willie she schooled tlerselt to tic eeit even wilt, a pleasant satisfaction satisfac-tion llie digressioit it hel sN'er tliere was ..he plin-e ol the family HfTalrs thai lie would novel ilecept-the f.ict of li,t father S tiMli.IllesS "lie caul he Mill. I forever.' she as sund hel own he.in stoutly "lie , simply ciiiuiot. lie i list isul mid , tiHi yoiie. Hlld 'mi very, very dear ' He shall Co to all i tie d.s-to In the world one iifrer I tie other, until tie Minis the one thai inn x-rform mlr ! hi Ii .s Kverylu'dy uia they d ht fnrtn iniracleii li.'W. Ihe ilmlnri and Ike sturgeon. And they've tpd In do ! one ti r father lust ns soon a he i gels tn.nger and illile les ivor.i j out. and there Is a lillle more nioiiev In the irunk then he slinll hegin " When she ciime to discus." her new 8. heme of family eo-nomy with tiet father she encountered an unexpected ohsiai le. "Yi.u must see yourself, father. It is Just nonsense to sperd money to make her a tea. her w hen glie Is g"lng In marry a rhiiri h " "Lllen. you n-.usl rn mistaken she la tH youn " -Tin Dot mistaken father. I knnw this nian-tuislness us fai as 1 can see II I'm nut so dumb liesldes she Jiisl as niMid us told me. Oh. 1 don I think they'll he In any hurry about It hut it 'e on It's way." Mr Tolliver was silent for a mo ment. "1 never thought of that." he said slo.vly "She is so young And so beautiful He Is u fine chap Then that Is why site told ue If It could be arranged any way she would ralhei go to regular college than lo normnl school." "College I Colleger Slarjory? And wltn us retired on pension?" "She said she would work hei way." "Work I Marjory? Father, why. she's she'a crazy." "No. In love." "College I And wors her way I Why. father the only thing In the world she hates more than study is work." "Oh, that was before she was In love." "Well, I hope you put your foot down hnrd " "Oh. I did. I told her I would make the arrangements." 'Oh. father, you would! It's sc like tji Itetlred on pension and rollege and operations " "Oh. there's no nurry aboat the operation op-eration But college can't wait espe dally, it she is In love." "Hut. father, darling don't you see? What's the use to spend all that money on her when she is Just going to get married, and keep house, and go to ladies' aid?" So her father sat down with her very quietly, and talked It all over He said that Marjorv was right. She musi go to college. She would need the experience, the knowledge of books, of people, and ot things Espe daily, in these troubled times, would she need complete equipment so that In case she were thrown upon het own resources she could earn her own living, with dignity, with ease, even with pleasure. "Oh. yo't ueedn'i w-orry about that, argued (linger "Methodist ministers may not ulways he crazy about theli wives, hut 'hey don't divorce them They wouldn't dare.'' He smiled al er "1 wasn I think ing ot divorce." he said ' 'Km sup iose N'i titisliii in I died Ol ulppoKn he nceiiK blind. .. - - lilnger clasped his mm (Julik tears hurhed In her e.tes "I 'iiiilng,' she w hlbpcrcd. "Hut It I., mil altogether tor the sake of the unpleasant mid I lit- aiitore seen.' lie weld on cheerfully "Sin-Is "Sin-Is ho young And lllriiin Is a lii'llllant sin. I. -ui Mm Jui t w ill need training and expel leiice. and knowledge, to lilay liel hand In his game." As lo the ill-lulls it could lie ar runted MelhoillMii uiiikes education easy fot the chlldieii of lis iiilnl-slers She could w oik she said tide was willing lo woik-toi hei expenses In the dorniliery There are funds lo take tare of tlinse who must borrow scholarships for liaise who will make (he elnrt "itul It is (oo had io separate them, mourned (linger "'Ihey will have such a Utile while longci to be In gellier. And twins are so very tw Inny." "oil. we can'l separate fhetn They must tinlti go." (llngel was uppalled al tils cheerful acceptance of this wildly extravagant measure. "Kin her. you you re you Why father, the less we have the mortj we get ready lo spend." "Oh well. It says Ir the lllhle. He tleve that yi hate received and ye shall have.' So If we usl believe they've gi t their fingers on their edu riitlnii. they'll get It." "I siipHitte so." Id her heart, foi Miriam's sake (linger fell It was very good (lilng It wnuld give her a much wider range from which (o scle-t a substitute foi the can grocer llesbi-a. Mlrlutn el cop! for her one aberration, was sensl ble. K.dut-atlon might really make snmethlng ol her she might go Into politics or literature, or dinger's lliiagltiuthin failed tier. She knew the world ottered wide atomics to brllllanl women, but she tin m.l whither ihi.se houlctards filially led The wliiMk- of the postman brought Miss Jenkins to the vernnda. "Wilt, (linger." she ejaculate.!, "w In. Ill Ihe world are ji.u w ritltiK to? 1 here re glxti-eii letters fur you SUtt-en ' (lln-ers greedy tlngi-rs lis.k lliein away fioin her. "ON." she said non chahiiilly . , "I urn l.s.klnj; up a lot nf things and I have a heap of Irons In halt a doren tins let me ell you Hesldes. ynu know yourself, father. I nm list old lo be quesllonr-d every lime I .vrlte s letter." "Iiai "dinger." he said tolerantly "I Im;. ymi. sinke 'ay Idrt of your ow n You deserve to ' (linger was glad to innke her esca without further discussion, nm) with her sixteen little white angels Sli Hen dimes tinkled on' lo IoId theli hrolhers In (lie doll s trunk "I'ay I'lrt. Ill tell Hie oih.- she crowed. "W by II beats Sunday col lections all lo pieces And li.-sldes that has lo he dltldci Willi ihe psu and llie chun b oral foiolgn missions and every cent of il Is s straight haul for Ihe parsonage." She read Ihe letters, slowly, one afler Hie ether, sixteen letters, such friendly sympathetic litiers. wishing such good fortune lo (he parsonage home calling down (lod's blessing usui II In such words of Inuh thai (lingers eyes tilled with tears "You darlings." she whispered. "You dear. good. Christian darlings." lu spite ol her enthusiasm, she could not quite banish a slight un comfortable pang of regret thai the home was not entering to at broad a field as lis kindly donors thought. "P.ul afiei all. It la a very good thing to help the blind. Kven one blind. And perhaps If we get enough money we can start a big one Inter on." CHAPTER X All Gingers holiest arguments could, not shake her father's determination The small matter of his ..wo vision must wall upon the education of the twins. The money they had saved during ihe summer thanks to his own vacation at I'ay Dirt, and to the presence of Hlrntn Rnckwo.tli as regular paying guest In the parsonage mtiRl go to their equipment for col lege. As for himself, he was to he In no hurry. The doctors had agreed that the Pint thing fot him In do was to In-come strong mi.1 robust mid lo live al peace with all the world This, I hen, was his prcacul duly, and lo It tie bent all his energlea Miriam, gieally lo llielr surprise, evinced m real enthusiasm for college -Miriam, the student, the .win of ludgnienl II si-eiiied to liel a was!.' of lime she doubled It irue edilca i ton was In tie d-rlted from hooks, she was nnl yet sun what specific Hue she wished lo follow as a prides shin However, she yielded to Ibelr arguments, with the Having clause that she "mlclii mil go four years a rouble, anyhow one enn learn a lol In two vea i s " In this emergency, Mr. Inlllvei do parted from Hie established rule ot the house, and arranged for a charge iicc.iiiiiI at Joplln Wesihurv's dry goods store He cautioned Ihe girls. In conference wltli Mbs Jenkins to use It ss sparingly as possible, bill wtiai iiher young girls had for col ifk'o. the twins, loo. must hive. (linger and Marjory Held ;helr own counsel They used (he charge account ac-count only enough to allay the sua pletoiia of Miss Jenkins and Helen who was hack In Hed Thrush aflei her honeymoon, and living, strangely In a sumll cottage some blocks removed from the parsonage hut mnsily they drew upon the contributions to Ihe home for .he blind II hurt (linger afresh every time she drew a dime from the precious store linn she had fondly hoped would bring the nlesslng of clear trlslon to tier father tint he had decreed flatly that the (wins came first that he and bis sffalrs muHt wall So (linger obediently set her-self her-self to Ihe accoutrement of ihe twins. Already Ihey were registered at Iowa Wesletan. Already arrangements arrange-ments find hi-cn made for them to live nt llershey hull giving service In re- , imn for llielr accornmn,!ail"hS Mar- I ory al Hie telephone Miriam III charge I of the llhrart And already II was j September the plllllb Schools Were opening, mil the dedication of ihe new church whs bui one sm-Ii aw-ny Mr Tolllter nnd Miriam were hack In ihe parsonage now. a sunburned, j ruddy pair, with rigor in llielr steps. and with appcllles that Under) III for the nt-ertnxed atnre of dimes On Tuesday of that week, Kddy Jackson culled Ginger to the telephone. tele-phone. "Call out your brass band," fie cried, with laughter In his voice. "I have truly romantic figure lined up for you." Ginger snIITed audibly Into the telephone. tele-phone. "A farm hand. I suspect." she snld unpleasantly. "A false suspicion. He balls from New York " ! "So did the can grocer. It seems It ' takes all kinds to make New Y ork. I "Well, tils father pays uouqh In- I come tai to buy Ihe whole state of j Iowa. And Ibis chap Himself thanks to ihe convenient death nf a lol of remote re-mote relatives Is worth a cool million. mil-lion. Hot million. I'd call IL but he says cool." "Is he a cripple?' Inquired Ginger cautiously. "No He is not what I'd call an Adonis but be Is in gisid health. He played halfback at college de Is not disabled In any apparent way Lend Ing members of your sex have been known To make friendly overtures to him without ninth provocation." In spite ot her own best judgment. In spite ot the ninny pitfalls she had found to await the unwary pursuer of romance and riches. Ginger's heart warmed to Ihe chase True. It had warmed In the past, warmed often nnd In vain Hut after all. could so much hope, so much patience and oh, so very much faith, fall In the end to be productive of good results? Cer-tnlnly Cer-tnlnly the time was npe for the smile of fortune. Had not suffering prevailed pre-vailed enough nights In the old parsonage par-sonage to merit the Joy that cometh In the morning? "Oh, Kddy" said (linger anxiously, ) wish we could get rid of Mlrlnrn. She's so likely lo say someihlnt: smart Inst ut the wrong minute, and get his mind off Marjory's looks. Won't you take her out somewhere?' (TO BE CONTINUED |