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Show mmmmmmmm THE BINGHAM NEWS V ' BY ETHEL nug T' "Oh, I thall love anything you give me, Theresa, you ( seldom do things like that But I hope It la juit a little teeny acratch of youra a splash of paint on an Inch of canvaa If no more. I should lore something of youra. I've been wanting one ao aw-fully much and " "You're very lnqlsltlve." snld The-resa. "But I shan't tell you a thing. It will be here when yoo come back." "I've a big notion not to go at all," declared Jerry. "I don't care for the old show I want to aee my present." "Ton go along." ThereRa tossed her wrap from the chair across her shoul-ders. She followed her out Into the hall and leaned over the banister as Jerry stood on the second step below, smiling up at her. "Jerry, you wished once that I might have beeu your sis-ter. Do you still?" "Yea. more thun ever." "I wish so, too," Theresa acknowl-edged soberly. "But of course It "She might have left the pictures," Mlml chattered nervously, with cold Hps. "Some of them were fine. 1 could have aold tbein for a great (Seal of money." "Mlml. did she owe you money-The- resa r Jerry'a voice was eager. She should love to do that parting kindness to the memory of strange Theresa to pay her final debts. Mlml stared at her, shook her head "Of course not She owed nobody any-thing. We took thla house together, but she has always borne the expense of It, from the very first." "Urn, she would," whispered Jerry, disappointed that she was denied that final happiness, but understanding Theresa with the cold but kindly hand. "Oh, that Is why she said good-by- , and klssod me," Jerry whispered. "That's why she said she would give me a present " Mlml caught upon the words hope-fully. "A present I Theresa suld ltl "A PRESENT" BTNOrSIS. PART ONE At a merry party In the studio apart-ment of Carter Wake, New York, Jerry (Cleraldlne) Hartner, Pru-dence's daughter, meets Duane Allerton, wealthy Idler. He ad-mires her tremendously, and she likes him. Hut Allerton gets a bit exhilarated, with unfortunate results. Jerry, resentln his as-sumption of familiarity, leaves the party abruptly. The turns story to Jerry's childhood and youth at her home In Den Moines, Only child of a wealthy fitther, when she Is twenty she feels the call of Art and auks her parents to let her go to New York for study, i With some misgiving, they agree to her going. In New York Jerry makea her home with a Mrs. Delaney ("Mlntl"), an act-rea- a, who, with Theresa, a paint-er, occupies the house. Jerry takes an Immediate liking to Theresn, who In talented and eccentric, and the two become fast friends. Jerry now devotes herself to Theresa, who returns her liking. Jerry pose for Ther-esa's masterpiece, "The Ocean Klder." Allerton calls on Jerry. The girl refuses to see him. At a hotel dinner Jerry sees Duane and la conscious of his admira-tion, hut refuses to change her attitude toward him. Jerry be-comes convinced she has not the ability to become an artist and gives her expensive painting equipment to an almost penniless girl student, Greta Val, who can-not understand her generosity. CHAPTER VI Continued "Jealous I Not a bit of It. I'm Just tired of supporting husbands, that'a all." "Well, the last two were a little nh " "I ahould say they were. One stole half the furniture to hock for booze, and the other made love to everybody In the house Including me ao you table, but he retained her one Instant longer. "Then you really .refer the violent Russian method to my more plebeian style?" "Yes, very much." They abandoned bridge, then, and played penny ante, the seven of them, gambling furiously for pennies. Jerry was very quiet, her bands like Ice, but ahe kept a steady eye upon her cards, and after two hours was a winner by 42 cents. She said she knew It was playing a wicked poker to win and leave, but she had an appointment with Theresa at eleven, she B'Ust really go. Leonid also Insisted he had an engagement uptown and would wnlk by Itellly's alley with her on his way for a bus. And they went out. quickly, the others barely pausing In their play to say good-by- , although Duane'a eyes followed her to the door. She did not look back. Theresa surprised her one morning by asking abruptly: "When are you going home, Jerry T" Jerry blushed and mnrveled thot she did so. She would have said she bad never thought of going home. "I don't know perhaps not at all," she said confusedly. "I am not think-ing of It yet. Theresn, what do girls do when there Is nothing to do and ti rensoL for doing It?" "God knows. I've often wondered," said Theresa tersely. She had tried to help Jerry come Into her own, had offered countless suggestions In that Impersonal way r.f hers which kept her Interest free from all Intruslveness. But to every sug-gestion Jerry had but the one answer: "But why, Theresa? Why?" For Jerry, still passionately In search of a ralson d'etre, saw no en-ticement In a hard manual work which would wear her out mentally, phys-ically for the sake of earning a few couldn t possibly be, not by any man-ner of means." She hesitated a little. "The things that go Into making a Jerry, and those that go Into a The-resa Oh, no, not by the wildest stretch of Imagination." She Inughed a little, ruefully, and, lenning over, kissed Jerry suddenly on the top of her head. "Hun along now, and be a good girl." CHAPTER VII And Jerry Saw Prudence Jerry left Alinee at the entrance to Itellly's alley, hurriedly let herself Into thj house, and started up the stairs on a light run. She was Impatient to see the present Theresa hud left for her. She noticed no unnotural quiet In the house. And yet when she saw Mlml walling for her at the top of the stairs, a lovely picture In her bright gown with trailing tinseled fringes, she felt a sudden chilling of ber eager-ness. "Oh, hello." she said. "Ton atartled me a little. You look like a solemn ghost In silk and fringe." "Come Into my room a while, will you?" Mlml asked, and there was i. hollowness In her usually lilting voice. "Everybody's out. You're the first one home. I don't want to be alone." Jerry, with her usual willingness to please, followed along Into her sitting room In the rear of the narrow hall, an effective room, 'which Theresa found unbearably stuffy, but Into which Mlml fitted to nice periaetien, all shaded lights, with great bronze burners of pungent Incense, oriental hangings, silken cushions. "Sit here, denrle. In this light It just suits yon," Mlml snld absently, from force of habit, tucking a cushion against Jerry's shoulder as she liad done a hundred times before. "I'm frightfully upset You don't mind my troubling you, do you? Too are so Lome, quii'Kiy. They ran feverishly down the hall to Jerry'a room and reached for the button, Mlml's hand ahead of Jerry's, flooding the room with light. They saw It Instantly, standing out vivid and bright In the small room, propped upon the piano against the wall. The-resa's parting gift to the one who had most desired her the "Ocean Klder," a tumult of green and white. Jerry atood before It. sobbing plte-ousl-twisting her hands together. "Oh, Theresa, how could you?" she wept. And then, remembering Mlml, she tried to stllte her emotion, to be quiet, "She she wasn't unhappy about It," she stammered weakly. "She was quite gay. She luuglied at me and kissed me " Her voice broke on the pitiful words. "Per-haps she Is really getting rested, as she said." "Come on back," said Mlml. "It makes me nervous. I never liked that picture. There Is something so defiunt-nbo- ut It." They sat down opposite each other, stiffly. Jerry In the great chair, Mlml lighting another cigarette as she lay tense and rigid on the chaise longue. Looking at her suddenly Jerry realized that the painted woman In the trailing silken gown was broken-hearted- , suf-fering things Indescribable that her very thoughts were bleeding. "Mlml, you loved Theresa, didn't you?" That curious, clinging friendship be-tween the young girl with her terrific energy, and the frivolous, light-hearte- d woman was the greatest mystery Jerry had touched upon In the great city. Mlml smoked passionately, twisting the cigarette between her lips. Sud-denly she tossed It Into the fireplace, lit another. Her fingers were blue. "You didn't know that I am There-sa's mother, did you, Jerry? I dont suppose she told you." That was more than Jerrv could bear. She broke Into high, hysterical laughter. "Mlml ! Don't !" Mlml nodded again. "She was my daughter." She began to explain with nervous Intensity. "She called me Mudder when she wna a little bnhy, know he was crazy and neither one of them earned a cent during their their Incumbency, as you might say. Well, suppose you go on down now, Mlml, you make me wild. I want to work." "Isn't she polite, Jerry? I don't see bow yon can stand her. It makes me furious, just to look at her." Mlml trailed out. In a fine hauteur, and closed the door upon the two girls. "If yon ever get married, Jerry," Theresa suld, "don't let Mlml have anything to do with picking him out She has the rotteneat luck with hus-bands." Jerry professed her ertlre disincli-nation for a husband ov any picking. ff sootning. "Not a bit I like It" Jerry spoke with truth. She loved being wanted. "But I hope It Isn't a real trouble, Just a little attack of moods." Mlml lit a cigarette and sanh among the cushions on the chaise longue, puffing a cloud of smoke about her. With the light on her face, Jerry could see that she was ghastly pale beneath the creamy layers of rouge and pov-de- r. "It's Theresa." Her voice sounded almost Irritable. "She works too bard," Jerry assent-ed. "We must take her In band, and make ber spare herself a little. I wanted her to go to the theater with ua, but she would not hear of It" "In a way I suppose she could hard-ly go tonight" Mlml spoke apologet-ically, the tone In which she always tried to excuse Theresa's abruptness. "Don't mind her, Jerry. She doesn't mean to be rude." "I don't mind ber. I think she's wonderful." Mlml twisted her Angers Into a rigid, knotted gnarl. "She was wonderful,, but, but she killed herself," she sold hollowly. Jerry cried out, struggled to her feet, and then sfink back white wfi horrified among the cushions. "Mind no oh, don't" she cried. but she grew up Into such a funny, long-legge- d monster of a child I And I had my admirers, my career. In the profession they want you always to remain young, unmarried and free. It was absurd to lay claim to youth with a great girl like Theresa bran-dishing my past In my face. So we fell Into the way of using Mlml and Theresa. Lots of them do, on the stage. She liked It Theresa liked It." Jerry sold nothing, could say noth-ing. Poor Theresa I She thought of the terrible, tragic loneliness of the brilliant young artist. Her mother she had sacrificed to youth and beauty, her love she had given up for Art Now she was dead, glad of her free-dom from a life which had only tired her. Jerry shuddered. She sat mo-tionless, shocked beyond words. "Oh, you are blaming me!" Mlml cried suddenly. "You do not under-stand! I tell you It Is often done In the profession. We think nothing of It. You have never understood me, nor Theresa none of us! You were noi'AP nna tf no I But ber eyea were cloud. e e at t e A few nights later she saw Duane Allerton again. It was a studio din-ner at Almee Clorlun's. While the other four of the little party played bridge, Jerry and Leonid Koraev, one of the new school of Russian actors, with whom New York abounds, washud aud dried the dlshea, and then turnei on the phonograph, and tagoed gayly about the table In the center of the room where the others were playing. Leonid was obviously enchanted, ,ierry gay and not deterring. He held her close In his arms, drawing her ardently closer at frequent Intervals. Jerry laughed, thrust a bare white elbov between them, crooking It Impudently almost In his very face, holding him a little away. Leonid kissed her arm. Jerry was looking up, directly Into his eyes, teasing, laughing, as they (In need slowly about. He shifted his arm suddenly, crush-ing her elbow away, holding her so close that she was obliged to tilt bark her head to avoid his face touching hers. V Ul UJ "No. I was never really one of you." Jerry did not resent It. She was glqd. "Theresa didn't mind. She liked It From the time she was a baby she wanted to be free, to be left alone. She didn't like a fuss made over her." Jerry shook her bead, not grasping It. "Children they never know what they want. But you. Mlml, didn't you want people to know? You should have been so proud of Theresa. My mother why, she is even proud of me I She when she meets people I have known she likes to Introduce her-self that way Just 'I am Jerry'a mother. " "I waa proud of Theresa," Insisted MlmL "I know how wonderful she was. But a woman can't stop being a woman Just because she has a baby, can she? I had my life, my work, my lovers. Oh, everyone will hlnme me! But Theresa liked her freedom I She should have thought of me before she did this thing she never thought of me Art, always, before everything." "But, Mlml." Jerry Interrupted her, stammering, "If you are her mother, you must know why I" Jerry la now more than ever adrift. The natural thinfl la for ier to go home. But will she? (TO BB CONTINUED.) "Oh, Hello," She Said. "You Startled Me a Little." dollars she did not need depriving some other glr who did need It of Just that same amount It seemed to Jerry It would be little more than a rob-ber- Theresa watched her moodily during those days, wondering what wouid come of It, knowing that eventually Jerry would go home. "When you go home." she would say not "If," and Jerry always flushed and answered stubbornly: "But I do not know yet If I shall." Theresa came to her door one night. Jerry was Just ready to leave, going uptown to a theater with Almee Glo-rlu- "Theresa, you go to bed." said Jerry crossly. "You look so tired. I Just wish my Prudence could get .lold of you for n few days. She'd moke you step around !" "I step around too much as It Is," said Theresa, laughing faintly. "That's the trouble with me. But I am tired, Jerry. I am really going to rest." "I'll believe that when I see It," snld Jerry. "You're flesh may be tired, but It won't rest." "You'll see, one of these daya Jerry, I hove a present for you ! Jerry was girlishly excited. "A pres-ent for me, Theresa? Where la 'It? What" "Leave your door unlocked. It will be In your room when you come back. I hope you are going to like It." "Oh. Theresa, I know I shall love It I can't Imagine what oh, Theresa. I hope" "You hope what?" "You mustn't say sucb things you frighten me." Mlml Inhuled a great gulp of ciga-rette smoke. "They have taken her to Mletta's at the corner you know, the one with flowers In the windows. I'm fright-fully upset It it makes a wreck of one." Jerry's hot young blood ran cold, a great blackness yawned before her eyea. "This terrible woman Is making a fool of me," she stammered aloud. In-coherently. "She shot herself. Right In the heart. There Is blood all over the floor. She slashed her pictures every one with that little bronze dagger I brought ber from Home. Her room Is a perfect mess. You you don't mind my talking about It, do you. Jerry? I can't help It I'm a wrec':." "N-n- of course not," Jerry stam-mered. "Of course not." After a ment, when she could speuk, she asked In such a soft and pitiful voice: "Wliy did she, Mlml? She was so clever, Wasn't s..e happy?" "I don't know why. Of course she waa happy. Everyone suld how br.l-lla- ni she was, what a genius. She bad a lover she gave him up. She said she couldn't serve two masters. She waa right. I tried It and made a muddle o both. She was quite right She didn't mind much giving him up. She worshiped her pictures." Jerry brooded oer It bitterly. "J could have loved her much more." she said. "But she never seemed to want too much." Beautiful, unfathomable Theresa, what tragedies had underlain that teuse alertness! Jerry cried a little "I shall bite your chin If you do that again," she warned him merrily. That was when she saw Dunne, who had come In quietly and was standing In the shadow of n towering highboy In the corner. Jerry strove In vain to throw off the chill of depression, to smile with the same assiduous warmth upon Leonid.' She could not. Tho others at the table, quarreling fiercely over a hand, did not even stop to welcome Dunne when he Joined them. When Jerry and Leonid paused to hear the argument Dunne hurriedly wound the phonograrh and asked her to dance. Jerry shook her head. "No, thanks. Not now. I'm tired." She even smiled a little, to deceive the others In the room. Duane turned his back upon them, forcing her to withdraw from them little and stand 'alone with him. "Wll you after a little when you are rested?" She shook her head again, smiling, not looking at him. "I fancy I shall be tired all evening," she said. "You are more beautiful than ever Jerry." "Thank you." the did not eves flush beneath the warmth of his -- .s. She would have returne 1 to the makes your food do you more good. Note how It relieves that stuffy feeling ajlyrv after hearty eating. 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