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Show L Mtagumte Muster tet,aii .v; ..A mftr .jhav'aBgSSftaKwM 1 CHARACTTERfi W THE STORY j J IJAXJO RICHARDS, who has been em-. f ployed as private secretary by I;'BKHTS millionaire insurance rr.nn Aft r his divorce In which Jane has! been Innocentlj named', ho propos-1 .-- marriage. Jane refuse. He diet with the request that Jane be cared for by his son. IHARRY ROBERTS, a young waster, I ho has Inherited the weak traits of his actress mother. Harry has had i t an affair with Flo Flo. a dancer ofj e the MMnicht Frolic, and is gericral-I gericral-I y known J fast younr man about -I town. Jane, nevertheless, feels a unpe fascination about hlni and' I continues to work In tho office un-j , . his direction. He tries to mak 0ve to her, but fhe tells him that1 ... is leaving to marry a younr, I writer. IN'mKMAN TR v VERSE 1 l are well known, and sufficient inl loyalties to rent a handsome honey-! I moon apartment In Studio Row I l off Central park. About a week be-I be-I fore the wedding, Jane visits the sin - j i 1 i.ks m i :i 1 1 N"D, s neighbor artist ' ,i blase Frem hmajrl, begs her u posel ror h.m. and promises that, if she f will go to the Artists' ball, she Will win the golden apple, to be awarded! I the most beautiful girl Traverse is jealous, they quarrel, and Jane, leaves in the park eho meets Har-I I .--s and os for a ride into! tl'.e f.iiiiiry. Thej d!n at a hotor-lous hotor-lous lxtng Island road house. Harry Har-ry drinks a great deal, and threat-! ens to kidnap Jane. She will not ride home with him alone, so tel-Cl tel-Cl .phone: Norman who has a car sent I from Forest Hills, She leaves, hut M .i i. f.'lIn'.M- hi Ins racer. A flat M I tire! Harry tips the chauffeur $10 I m tries to :-clzc her in'o Mx machine, I but doesn't succeed before other I motorists stop and drjve Jane to t New York. I Jane is reconciled with her fiane-e. a f-sv 1 1 : i i icfhi i he wedding he r meets a gypsy who want to tell her to rune INSTALLMENT NO. 5.". nn: gypsy t "Tell your fortune, miss0" the gypsy i Wheedled. "I got to tell you I lthlnp quick Important- before II is too late." k Jane began to laugh, but something ; In thM iinrk ces of the girl struck feri r into ln-r heai t. "What do you mean?" she demund-, demund-, ed in a frightened voice. "I man two men is after you. ne Is dark one Is light Know what r If.mian' (in,, man might ruin your llife. Quick lady! ( 'onie In thi . ar.rl 1 tell y,u - fr .r. (.n . 'I h,. truih. i tell vim honest the truth!" Jane thought: how silly to believe tin fortune telling' But what might the gypsy girl tell Iher-1 Only 50 cents Ir might bi Ifcniuslng. Jane had heard strange pro-j pro-j phesi. s of gyp'sie coining true. T a-S a-S j there something' to 1m warned agaln-f M I Perhaps fate had sent that gypsv to fltherdoor. Yes, fate' J j By this timo Jane was .ed on a m benrh in the hall, crossing the palm m tbt the gypsy with sIIv.t and listening ! in rigal attention t ih admonitions: K 1"a'iV- V" J l't '"'s of fu"' !,IM n 1 Bon'1 meai no I rra You get men crazy about y,, f.s - you marry one vn yep ? Mavhe " W r "Maybe." !' ""'day!"' von d... and ror" :,o ,-,., , a rtf':i ; r- ' 1 oil . ,.: 1 j i !; I od kny one ever te'l you that you got Jl had luck" No? well. I t.dl von that spb you got had luck i on el hlng i w ih i .Something always happens ust when ,U 'good luck comes Something follows a, you like a snake evil charms;" She irk stopper! and icntiimed I houghtfnli . ; ad a You got pretty white skin soft hands. Bad men Hoy like you. ou row that, lady" Had men' You fflin too but you don't mean no harm rn lady." ' i L Jane drr'w away. Her face was asj J while n3 her hand? It was dreadful; ' to hae this soiled looking pypS accuse ac-cuse her of flirting with , But. ,v;i,'t ir true ' Hudn't she tak- 4 ' eh mi.-... ujih Hair;. Roberts'" .Ul It not he, fault In -.t r.k'ht that the cnt' r' Vf' '-be rr'"d h"use had oc.-urred'' tol h'- k.npn' Harry was, and vet nffll something in his personality always at- IaH frrictr'' ber- frightened her but drew .ted '' i Not .-.-n the eeue o a quarrel', Bfl prith Trav.Tse ould explain wh she S lent to Lone l.-l. u. v.ith llairv 1 ho ntA lri)t'' v ' "n ' that -he had want. ,! to go Sh Ilk. i ihe thrill .. it 8 Ing him that be loved ;i r. ."n j ihourh . he old not intend t allow jhlm to kls her or even to hold hr, hands h-r vhlto hands ! Tho gvisy had tat.en her colC palm again. ' r tell you lady, another man with 'dark eyes and black mustache! He like: you. Somo place where you go. you get great honor, but he tjiys I something to you and you cry:-' ''With, a black moustache ' Jat.e echoed stupidly, and then her face dyed with the recollection of the COV-letous COV-letous glances of Juice Marchand, the ; little French artist who bad ask. d 'her to'pose for him who wanted her to go to the Artists' ball! "You gel a present llko Jewelry, Elegant: But wdth tears" The gypsy sighed. Kfo more ?" Jane 6m I "Iady. you got bad luck." "I am not superstitious," Jane ue-j nied. The black snappy eyes of the girl I were fixed upon Jane seriously. j f "You got bad luck but I can tell 'you how to fix It good again. Bhort time ago sontfebodj died who lovi I ydu. Spirits near you all the time.; No man loves you but he gets bad, luck, and no time you get married can you bo happy unless " l nlesa?" "Unless spirits go away. 1 fix It. You take me to your house where I pour a glass of water and tell you tho .truth. lad Honest!" I "My mother would not like it, and really I must be going " J:i:i" pud:, d up her handbag and gloves and b g in to walk away. The gypsy was I lng a game of some kind. Although Jan" was intrigued with her sly observation ob-servation she realized that It was far from dignified to be sitting In tho entrance of her apartment having herj fortune told. I do not care to hear any more." she dismissed However Jane was still fascinated with the dark look in the gypsy's eye?., She wondered whether there could be anything hi the tnought that Mr.'Ii.b-orts Mr.'Ii.b-orts had died lo-.ins her almost as a result Of her trifling with his affec-tlohs? affec-tlohs? Was it true that she was to j have bad luck? Would it bo her, punishment? How weiid to chink the! dead could care' L,ady, you get a glass of water. I tell you what you do to keep your lover." I ' I'm not interested. " Jane said. j I show you how to gc-t rid of the one you don't want." "Indeed ?" The gypsy caught at her palm again. I "You got white hands soft skin. Men like you and I fell you how to get any man you want " Jane noticed some tenants of i he building coming out of the elcatori look upon the gypsy with disapproval.! She determined to send the ragged creature away, but again was ln-trlgued ln-trlgued with the promise in her eyes. Finally, Jam- su iumbed to the temptation, temp-tation, and took the gypsy Inio her apartment. Fortunately her mother had gone out to the store. The privacy of the apartment was theirs. Jane gol B Klane of water. The girl passed a sign over it "Got a handkerchief'''' Jane gave her a nice linen handkerchief. hand-kerchief. "Now listen to your ear and tell me if you hear something" The gypsy held the glass upside down and Jane' uncovered her ear to listen Gurgle Ourgle. Gurgle. How silly It all was. But. "Yes, I hear something " Jane replied. "What do you hear? Tell me the truth, lady what do you hear?" I ( Copyright 1022. by The Bell Syndicate. Syndi-cate. 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