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Show fffilVRACTEKS IV T1IE STORY. Dane Richards, who has left her po-Lss po-Lss private secretary to prepare !'KMier wedding. A gypsy fortune tell-Bdas tell-Bdas warn hrr against a dark man, Kay parti, and the possible death of Klover .lan" sniffs ii superstition, begins to fear th km curse Bf events lead up to a near-tragedy it the Ball Ies Artistes. Erman Traverse, Jnno's fiance, le VOted in his attentions but during Wdanc' of th;-' w-ven , lis performed !, Bjladajnc N'uraniova. :l notorious Bfie vamp. Jane hecomt's Jealous M begs him to take h'.v awa he Kises. Jane dances with a Frcneh- rbri, Jules Marchand, a portrait Biter To hide her hurl pride, Jane E Into the gaeis of th party, de-Elding de-Elding more muic more dances ! Ere punch' Traverse interferes I ere 1 a fif:ht After the nieleo tversc i t a k . n i tin. I 1 f : h A n 1 1 Epital Jane goes home with Leahj BJ-chand, wife of the artist, who; Ens Jane against the free life in art- H circles Hjfext morning Jane visits Traers'. She hospital. INSTALLMENT NO. 67. RENEWED VOWS. BTane was hardly ahl to believe it Ben Traverse told her that Jules Echand was a drug addict and that Bthealt In "dope." BfFo thin.- U von had inter-fctcrt, inter-fctcrt, 1 mU'ht h:i f permitted him MCort me home " !Be might not have taken c Bfec," Traverse drew Jane into his Bbrace and whispered tenderlj. BTou do not know Bohemia and Bjple In Marchand s set lane deal i K no matter what n.n: between Eproniise that. In justice to our-' If, If with no t ' o l; i , !.,e 'or B you w i ! 1 ne' i Kiln trust our-K our-K to a man you do not know. ' i'But how can I know?" HOu must le-arn more of the i s" Rio world, and you will not be so Hlly deceived ly rm n of the type of By Roberts and this cad Another fr. to remember is, that when a IT has a bad reputation, he's prett to have earned it. Once a fellow s tho pace, it Is seldom he can be Brmed. Women like to think theyj 'work miracles. It's true lhaj. loo work miracles, hut men like that' fnot looking for love! Ask the Ben who have sacrificed their lives them pledged their souls' Theirs love love such as only a woman i know But does Marchand caro I fcne realized In her heart that he! right she had i.e. ii i little sala-t sala-t nder, a snip, I I, -He tiiti.-r. who H f happened to imagine she could fa ipe in mil rlmon . . ane stopped short at the'thought Borrow was the wedding rray' it llJ they be married " Norman 1; - helpless in a hospital And all on T Bunt o? a quarrel h had to protect 1l from a man any d. cent girl ought ft have shunned lntultiv. 1 . g I've been a little fool " Jane bed. "Can you ever forgive me?" I Forgive you? I expect to spe. lalize gat I'm going to marry you'" rhen you're not not disgusted i me?" cm Vm just in love with you, that's a I know," h. admitted hom-stlv . 3nd If amthinK ever happened to ffm. little Jane. I'd I think I'd kill jSman'" aBjane knew that he meant it. She Shed now that th. Artistes had. Indeed, been a near- BBwothing shall ever " Jane began ggSrbmise, hut ho interrupted quickly. "That's what we think, but then there come3 a Jealous moment, a moment mo-ment when our understanding Is not big enough, when our love Is not real enough, when " "I know, dear I was all wrong I realize now that even if a woman has cause for Jealousy, even if she has been deceived, as I thought I had beer, deceived even If a 'vamp' like Nara-mova Nara-mova could take you from me a real woman could not noil herself by revenge. re-venge. It's getting back at some ono that makes too many women cast i themselves away!" ' Then we shall not hang up a Green Village poster What's Sauce for tho Goose Is Sauce for the Gander?" Gan-der?" "No. let's be old-fashioned and stick to Home Sweet Home!" Tears wore In Jane's ees as nhoj laid her chf ek softly against his and breathed in deeply the Joy of his love.' Words could not mean much after this kiss. Jane rested silent and happy in the knowledge that sho had, not lost the dearest thing in the world hy her Ignorance and folly she had I risked her love through fire but it had been only tempered strength -I cned i Thero was no doubt In the hearts of Norman and Jane that they loved each other Each had suffered Jealousy, Jeal-ousy, the fear of losing each was more grateful for the Inexplicable blessing the thrill that ronus only once in life with a love that cannot take two into hea en Norman kissed Jane again as she vow ed: "I'll love you always, dear, and; thank God always that 1 found you."' Just then th-' nurse Interrupted. "I'm sorry, but your time is up.1 miss! The doctor says rest andl quiet.'' Her glance was insinuating cvnlcal. Jane flushed angrily. hat right had this pert little thing to come in upon them'.' To send her nway like a child from the man she loved was to possess "I I'm not like an ordinary visi-1 tor." Jane stammered in expostulation. expostula-tion. "Explain to her, Norman, that you want me to stay." Ho looked at the nurse seriously. The doc says What?" "You slept not at all last night, and. unless j ou want to 1 kept here v. c".U and weeks " Weeks and weeks! Good Dord. am I as bad as that? I have to leave here tomorrow I'm going to be married Miss Richards is my is going to be The nuise replied with Irritating complacency, "Yes, I know she told me!" Jane flushed With fury The idia' The way the nurse repeated It. it sounded almost as if Jane had been bragging about it The nurse wa-s holding the door slg-, nlflcantly. The r alUatlon that thel girl was pretty knew it and Intend- , ed to make her patient know it i swept Jape beyond tho control of her' newly-made vows. "I won't go so there' And what are you going to do about it?" she demanded. Jane was jealous again furiously, miserably jealous. (Copyright, 1922. by the Bell Syndicate, Syndi-cate, Inc.) Another flno installment of this story tomorrow |
