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Show 1 1 Marguerite Hurta: . j Ma&Wr. 5 rh Jer.rv to meet Ins rwt1', "., a vnungr waster, m !;olehreweak traits of hl Ken1' .. h.ne and aids his CeM1'1 1 oili'nc Roberts -JT' of ?e Midnight n.'.n' Hill. fPl S. of JnPr cu-i mhi - who her to dine ,TK follows aiTT0'dn 7 sent b3vZii r.il in 'L'..?el -orM. T, .... ' UkivS - 11 'aaaf d!f5iiiW,,Vw- 1 ''',n'1 ,wn' '" bt,n.:- ..if into an...' rllljl v.! IksiiW,'..:. ....... Vou Loj and : ilBi T-t-'1 f'1 '' 1 ' ttel J k"''-'' 'L A ,ri like you with a "' f .. . . CMj ral5f t!, 'f?la? and then when JtSbbbV I ,0',j u"Bjt -brew a stone viciously Into But: . MirrM'1 In JLW Vbi: did lh Hn fcjr-anb :' 'SI If,, i" i an office that you want-j want-j someone who c ould give ' position a lovely home, ill the luxuries .1 girl tied office ran only dream did hv something like 1 admitted ' But it is my I I can marry whom I f! But see the parados' 1 ti a career she wants iho its r.nd admirers, loo And) romance, moonlight and all that sort of thing. And tmands a country home, a juries only a milllonalie Jane cried out bitterly, ft'hat do you think a about a girl like 1 ha! ' II offer you'' My heart's I id a four-room flat!'- he j Ind you'd probably tell m you wouldn't have m. . laven l curly h-lr. Thai's ' he sense the average girl SWcaTi't marry every mnn wh( Jane protested. mtm no- he :, n i ,ud not m::ke tho poor fel I . 8e:J'0d.dy"1 Ja"o cried lmpul-il?.y" lmpul-il?.y" .Touve m"" me see things right. I m terribly sorry. Jane turned away with tears In her eyes, but he slipped his arm affectionately affec-tionately about her. "Dont cry old girl. I'm talking to you Mice . brother, i want vou to think things orr. and when von meet ! a regular fellow who tells vou he loves you be stralpht with him." ' I Will, Teddy." Jane promised "Girls get theso Ideas from reading silly novels. - Teddy went on seriously. serious-ly. 'But a regular girl who get- , out lnsthe world to make her own iivlns. ought to have her Ideas set for the. real thing 1 ' You're right. Teddy. ' Jane admit-' 1 ted meekly JTOU want the LjUfeosalble And ill the while you ro on with our mind ' in a rut. You're too busy to tal'e ;the time to figure out that the hap- , plness you crave for i not In the , twinkling stars at all. but it may be - d!,i,- home next to you any night on the I reading the sporting extra t o:- eating waffles at Child's." "Teddy! You're a wonder'" Jane breathed and then looked ;.: him with new eyea lie seemp(i .-, mtio I older, a little Bidder, and a little more interesting than she had ever though: him bffore. But Jane still glancej up at the stars and wondered. "I know- what you're thinklnc." he '.nd honestly. l m not asking yon to quit st.ir-gajting. and to trade lo your Ideals for a flat furnished on the installment plan. I'm Just asking vou to be snuare wlili inrif.. . nd the man. Don't tell him he h.in ': money enough, or he's not In your mental sphere, or you're not ready to settle down--that s all rot' Just tell; him he-'a not the one. Believe io that there is one. The right man' may he poor, or he may be rich but your heart holds the answer. Do you lOVe nlm'.' If you do, slick to him' through hell." "Toddy!" That's all I've got to sav,' he fln-!hei fln-!hei gloomily. ' bores been another girl?" Jane! asked suddenly. "How flo you suppose I disrovereJ all that'.-' he asked cynically. "She turned me down when I got; out of college, because I hadn't a pro- ' (salon. I striiKKb-d through the law. and when 1 was Jusi getting on m feet, she said I wasn't earning enoucn she wanted a man who could pro-Vide pro-Vide more. When 1 was busy making money, she said I wasn't artistic enough I had become sordid and , hardened In business. I reallv loved her and 1 think she would hive' loved mo. If I had paid no attention to her whims and BSlSed her off In caveman fashion But while I was trying to work up a temperament am) was sending her orchids and limp leather volumes of poems, she went to New York and married a ball- i player. Can you be;it it'."' "What a shame"' "You are the first girl I have tried' to like- since Peggy. You can un-1 dterstsstd how r feel to find you just the same. You women Just don't know what you want. You want something i.nusua! a sensation. All 1 hope is thut you draw something better bet-ter than her bali-plaver," he said bitterly. bit-terly. "W hat happened to her?" Jane ' asked. "He was a brute. she ran awav and wanted to get a divorce and marry mar-ry me. She said she loved me all the time." "And you wouldn't?" " She died." ho choked. And then Jane did what caused - !), lal around the hotel. Sis put both arms about Teddy and kissed him. RlRht there on the shore. H'opyiight. in:':', by The Bell Synd eate. Inc.) Another fine installment of this story tomorrow |