Show I b Ginger Ella 1 I I. I 1 r STORY FROM THE START I In the usually quiet home ot of Rev Mr Tolliver of Red Thrush I Iowa his motherless daughters daughten t Helen Miriam and Ellen GIn Gin I ger Igor Ella are Fula are busy grooming theIr sister lIster Marjory for Cor potion pation In the beauty pageant rt that evening With Eddy Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- farmer Carmer son prosperous young O frier her scort escort Marjory leaves for Cor forthe forthe i the be anticipated triumph Over Ocr work has hag affected Mr Dir k eyes eyu to the point of or threatened blindness Ginger has tried In Inmany inmany i rn many ny ways waya to add to the family's slender income but she Is not notI I discouraged Marjory wins th the i beauty prize u Ize She gives give the money to her Ca father ther as po part rt of the expense necessary for Cor the r treatment of his Ce eyes b by Chicago go pecla t C CU CHAPTER III III-Continued III Continued U 5 lils one small section ot of the house from rom the Uie very beginning of their rest resl lence nc was Gingers Ginger's own It ll was cum lull lt of approach for there were tin nil tarts lendIng leading to it It and sole lion l n was by means menns ot of n old lId t adder of ol six sis rounds which carefully b against the wall Ht tit the end end If tf f. f the upset hall hail led to the trapdoor ur opened upward Into info the rhe Singer loved the most of nil all for Ct C t ts is Inaccessibility The trapdoor which swung on a hinged lock and ond had hadt tto t o be pushed upward with one hand was was no obstacle but hut an un added charm charmin ln in her eyes On the HUll attic side of r thedoor the thedoor h I door she had with wll h her own hands driven n a big bib staple added another hookland hook hunk land and d when she went v thither on mutters matters of of f any special sIlecia moment she looked loC li it f furtively behind berThe herThe her ber The The studio was her sacred retreat and on this particular Sunday SUf after afternoon noon Boon oon she had a n definite motive In retirement retirement re re- re- re for she sought the guidance of t the Muses Gln er had hod made a n find Eddy Ed y Jackson Inkson had brought bruu ht to tole the le parsonage as ns a Saturday gift from tram his mother a Jar of preserved peaches wrapped In an nn old page of the New York World Helen had hod crum cruet crumpled pled It lightly Into the waste wasie haslet basket where here the sharp eye ot of Ginger Ella lIa bad had espied It It whence her grEed tin gers had rescued it IL And from frum It she learned to her delight that the NewYork New NewYork ew York ork World would pay fire fi e dollars each for the Bright Sayings of Phildren Phil dill dren One of ot Gingers Ginger's great grievances In I life was the tendency of her sisters t to recall and rell repent repeat lt smart sayings sn of nf of her own flone too none tuo childhood u Such repetition reduced her to abject and and helpless fur fury But she noted that the nu auditors always s 's laughed am nm ampie pie proof of the presence ot of humor She cast about In her memory for the most amusIng of these pseudo laugh producers and unable to discover merit by her own judgment she hh hit upon apon the one that had produced the gre greatest test gales of ot merriment Merely Merel Changing names no rues and nud relationships from her own and Helens Helen's to that of ofa a i mother and daughter sh she wrote entire Mrs tIrs Ingraham spent an un afternoon assisting u a neighbor to cutout cut cuti out i ut and tit lit a gown and when the garment gar gar- ar ment was entirely finished she wished to make payment for the time con on L Oh no sa said 11 Mrs pleasantly 1 shall not Dot take a u cent for It IL I did It entirely out of It friend ship Buhl The neighbor was Insistent hut but Mrs remained linn and would not nol take ke the money A At I last Int she site turned to Alice Mrs airs Ingraham's small daughter standing near tutu and said Bald Alice Allce tell me row cap I make your mother take this live liv dollars which sf she c has fully earned e Alre e considered a moment moment and then rm an announced gravely You VU might ml hr give I e It to kU U UJ me and she hp 1 will twill borr borrow horrow w it It II OJ kU U UJ me 1 Ginger wrote corrected und unit copied Then she fhe read rend It It dis Its s a dumb thing she thought But Bul the memory of unfailing laughter encouraged tier und not she folded It neatly tucked It tt Into an envelope und and andI I addressed it In III u a large hand k At six o'clock the girls came cune to 10 toI together I gut gether her In the kitchen where they riley bur hur hurriedly set sel out a II light ll ht supper In order k to tu be at Dt church again ut at seven for tilt the meeting meeting of ot the Epworth league lea u Mr i Tolliver er did lid not attend att this us It wasa wits was wn a service Ice especially c to ro en ell train the HIP younger er bers bens of the congregation In active c par pur and he inclined to thet I the he hellei t that they took part with more inure free dom dint In his absence II On Monday afternoon at nt one olle o'clock the noxious anxious little salt ered eyed In the living room to say sa good b h by to Mr Tolliver and Miriam starting shirting fur for Chicago Such tremendous I Issues were vere Involved ol In this small email journey Journe Perhaps he would return re urn without wll the rile bated glasses perhaps the dent deat I tired eyes eyes would see unc onre more the love ewe that that shone In theirs shears Perhaps the dreaded operation would wl be bt declared inevitable Perhaps things would just lust drag on un and oft on month after month a n as had dragged In I the he past They went out OUI to the veranda Miriam tending leading the tell n with wit ti h the tilt light 11 bug bop Her father reached tor for It It strut struggled t Bled with her playfully for possession of IL It She tucked her hei hand Into Inlo his unit looking back linck The fhe lie girls smiled ut at her she smiled in return u Their tt h smiles were sad their father futher could r not see the smiles sUllies Their young eyes e eF yearned with pain Their father could not s see e the he yearning UP Hr waved II a It hand ham ul at them In tn farewell fare I H Be e good girls Ellen dont don't let lei any by Ethel t e Hueston Illustrations by br Irwin Myers M Copyright by br Dobbs Bobbs Merrill Co Co 00 Service body budy else go man man mad d while I 1 Rm am away You must mean Miss Jenkins She Is the un only I one title left ft Light words they were and gay cuy voices for their belt father futher heard But nut Mss Miss Jenkins Jc unaccountably without n a word detached rI ht herself from the cluster of lit girls tarts unit and ran up to to him She threw hoth hut hi arms about ills uh ders and kissed him on both cheeks Be De careful oh lh he careful she said nid anti and her face worked wor cI with emo eino lion In n the dramatic silence which tot fol followed towels lowed this unexpected outburst Ml III rin light lI hr hand hll nei led tier her father her away awn y Why Why my my dear dear dear- gasped Helen nelen Why wily why why Oh the pour poor brave brn ve dear den r soul wept Miss Bliss Jenkins lenkins Going n Il away lH like e with that-with hat with just that helpless help helpless less young girl irl to ru look after him I 1 shouldn't ha hays hay e permitted It L I should have hn hn n m myself self I to Oh Miriam Is Iser er very verj capable She has airways s ul I gone before She will take care of him hint Rut Hilt Miss Jenkins still weeping I II I without u a word woid pulled puller H away from frum her fl I 11 ra I Ginger Wrote Corrected and Copied Then She Read It Distastefully Its a Dumb Thing and ond hurried down I the he flagstone path toward to her own o home hume Gingers Ginger's eyes were ere stormily the tive lira she muttered lIm I- I Man Mun The Tile darn dill things thing's I catching Later that afternoon Eddy Edd Jackson LUlling calling by telephone got Ginger on the Hie wire Have Ha you anyone an one there who would like tike a n little he Inquired teasingly Marjory would like It I l suppose out OUI Im I'm here lucre to see that she doesn't get gel It Miriam there 1 No she site has hus gone to Chicago with father ruther Helen hits has gone bone driving and foi tot dinner with wits the rhe h mitt mathematical I squire and wont won't ne De borne bone until late Inte Margies Margie's I U here Im I'm here 0 and nd It 11 you want to hold hands we rte e can set el MIs Miss Jenkins 1 dun don dunt t. t But I have ve a chap IJ here lucre man luau 1 I met stet In Chicago a lung long time ago pretty nice fellow fellow lives lives In hr New Ness NewYork York just fork just hack back from frum u two years tour tom of the world und and all points east I thought perhaps Marjor Marjory night might take him on nn for the rhe evening hut but since Miriam is 15 away uway you would have to friend girl me Even en over O the telephone Eddy could feel r the he sudden D avarice va In Gingers Ginger's Gln ers er's voice ulce the covetous glitter of her bright c eyes es t the he guile In her tI flying Hying ln thoughts th New York York York Chicago Chicago o around the Ule world world- Why hy Eddy ot Eddy ot course I 1 Id I'd love to Marjory will adore It me It-me me too You Truly Eddy youve you've know I 1 al always WH'S enjoy you son nt lt so much sense Well breeze In about eight then Ginger new Hew up the stairs Margie Margie she culled Quick put Quick put on the dress ss Marjory's calm culm was maddening She was manicuring her pink nails mills She looked up evenly enly looked down con COli to polish The dress dress the the dress 1 He Is from New York and Ed Eddy y Jackson la is I bringing him to to to-to to look at you yon Around the world my dear two years of ot It It and and that takes money moncy I 1 lies Be's used to people dressing up for tor dinner every ery e single night I dare say hell he'll himself himself I 1 wear nu nn evening e gown own mean menn dress suit sulL Ill I'll U put on Helens Helen's blue Alice organdie li It Just fits me Marjory considered The mere Joy of or dressing was a point In favor Well WellI I dont don't know v I dare say It would be all right Lots of ot folks do dress for tor dinner Oh Ob darling how good od of ot you yon Ill I'll Ii do all the work Well We'll be having ins after coffee entice by the floor lamp But we haven't hent h ent UK tl right cups cups cups- Were going to borrow v the gold setout setout set setout out of ot Helens Helen's hope bope chest The set the Gleaners gave her for Christmas If Tf we break brenk one of those gold cupa cups We Ve wont won't And If It that dumbbell dumb of ot an Eddy Jackson Inkson gives us os away away- Hurry darling darting and put on the dress Ill I'll J fix flu things g downstairs Ginger sped away awn to ru don her sisters sister's sisters sister's sis sis- ter's or organdie before she carefully removed removed removed re re- re- re moved the trail frail golden n dishes from among the o tl ensures ensure In tn her sisters sister's chest and carried them gin gingerly In cerly gerly down the stairs When some same sixty minutes later Inter Eddy Jackson appeared In the open doorway with his hip bl customary blithe Hello Ilene U ello everybody hody n i s rJ vision presented Itself Marjory lovely laughing sat among the cushions Inthe in to inthe the wide couch by the nom flour lamp with witha a 8 delicate cub cup poised between her white ringers At her side with the shining array of the golden coffee set an on a n small table close at af her hand was Ginger In blue organdie or Come in m. m the she t he called brightly Weare We Weare are having our coffe slowly so youcan you youcan youcan can Join us Coffee Oh Indeed I see Eddys Eddy's voice wn was enigmatical but rallying with a 0 visible effort he proceeded to duce his friend Alexander Murdock Mur- Mur dock duck a 8 genuinely romantic figure although although al nl though oell neither her garbed In conventional cons conven I dress suit nor shinIng coat coal of ot man mali A He e was very tu tall II wll with h a great gren t tease ease ol ot manner and ond complete self self pos session with sleek sleet dart dark hair and dark bright eyes and a v thin brown face inset Ginger could have danced with Joy She poured the coffee wit with t. t fingers that trembled Just a little casting rusting discreet dis creet erect proprietary at Marjory to make sure that sh slip she remained viv Idly alert and Interested and frowning Jackson the rhe side slee terribly at nt Eddy on Eddy sl studied the delicate lines of his tits small cup with a si significant lion Ilon balanced the small saucer pre precariously curiously on his large hand and emptied emp emptied tied the cup ID In two large draughts requesting more and again more Alexander Murdock Mur- Mur ock on the other hand nand ns us became t t genuinely romantic figure handled bandied his with an e ease e a finish bo ho u of long and nel steady custom Ginger er flushed flashed at Dt her sister Ister You reel seel see I her hel expression proclaimed Just ns as I 1 t told ld Soul youl you I Am I so dumb Marjory and I have not been heen abroad yet Mr she said In a n tone which Implied that their depar departure ture tare was a mere m re matter of days It must he heers very ers fascinating Father went wen on R a tour toUl ot of rhe the Holy lund land volunteered Marjory before we were hoin horn For tor myself Ginger touch ut ot her lips lipsto pausing for fur a 8 light to the rim ol the golden Clip cup for fur she abhorred entice coffee 1 should not nut care Caire so much to do tin the Holy land I want to go o to fo Paris and see Mont Mont- Montmartre martre und and the boulevards and the Follies they dont don't have hn things like that In the Holy land How lon long are you yuu to he In Red lied Thrush Mr Murdock Mur- Mur dock 2 Oh flit some sume weeks I l fancy tancy He said fam fancy In n the Middle West I 1 think nn an I 1 dare dure say are quite luite cum corn cornman mon man white while I 1 b guess leSS and J 1 rc reckon ckon are riot not a altogether It her unk unknown J 1 fancy Io la an nn In any but n romantic ti lI ligure ure Po no let me nil ill your four cup up she cooed coned You see continued the low slow voice olce J 1 took hok on un u a Job Job today and shall shull Oo u o to walk tomorrow Ginger leaned forward She did not breathe Oh Oh It he could nut hut he president dent of ot the tIe hank where the Tubby Individual In In- aspired to tn king likin stamps What What what profession profession- The L U and It lt You ou Know the little tittle Orange and Black chain grocery store on the corner of Main and ond Broadway ITO TO BE CONTINUED |