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BTWOPdIS: Marsha and Bob ara at
tlio brink or .divorce, due to uod'i aiuo
born mlsun dors tan dim of Marsha's friend
ship with Geottrey Tarleton. But Bob's
mother falls 1U of an Incurable disease,
and Bob decides that he and Marsha must
pretend happiness until hla mother
Bone. It Is Christmas time; Bob leaves
December 28 to finish hla work in. Mexico.
Chapter 27
PRESENTS
"I want to go on with my dress
ing, If you'll please leave," Marsha
said distantly. Bob nodded, moved
toward the door.
In his own room he stood by a
window fingering the heavy cord
that tied back the old-fashioned
hangings. The early winter dusk had
shrouded the small court which in
dented itself between two houses, a
court that, upon the brightest days
knew the sun for only a fleeting
space at glaring noon.
The space had depressed him as
a little boy and it still could and
did; the city grit which scratched
under heel and that could never be
quite swept away; the ivy that was
both soiled and frail and that had
traveled so few inches In- so many
years; the sort of moist, tropic and
evil looking plants that in summer,
would grow in the shaded spot.
Occasionally he had with a smile
at himself for his own self-pity and
that which he deemed, his "rather
yellow habit of analogy" likener
THE BEARS' SORROW
By Mary Graham Bonner
The dogs were rather ashamed of
themselves after their fight. They
became friends again, wagged their
tans and tossed sucks for each oth
er, and then they started a baseball
game.
Willy Nilly was only too ready to
provide a ball for the game, and
there were bats to be had, too. In
the big box in which Willy Nilly
kept Things Just For Pun.
Top Notch, the rooster, was so
upset at what had happened that
he didn't know what to do. He
changed from moment to moment.
Now he would strut about and talk
in a grand way to all the visiting
creatures, and then he would go off
in a corner and wonder if they
would all leave before long, or if
tlicy were going to stay forever.
At last he had a chance to speak
to Willy Nilly.
"You see," he explained, "when I
was around calling on all my
friends I told every one what a nice
place we had and that they must
come and visit us. I had no idea
they would nil decide to come right
away an that every one of them
from every barnyard where I had
been would come. I'm afraid I said
too many nice things about Fuddle
Muddle."
Willy Nilly understood how Top
Notch had boasted, and ho was
glad, of course, that the rooster was
so proud of his home. But certainly
this crowd had overdone It to say
the least.
"I'll just have to tell them that
they must go home," said Top
Notch, "but I'm ashamed to do
that."
At that moment there came
growls from the bears.
"This Is too mucin" they growl
ed. "Oh, oh, how terrible."
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Suggestion"
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the court to his life; he had worked
much of the time In remote spots
that kept him far from people of
kindred spirit. He had worked
steadily, sometimes grind ingly, since
his college days and the moments
of sun had been short and few.
Then Marsha had come and he
had felt his "court days" were done
and he had gone almost mad from
happiness . , , and then the clouds
had so thickened that the court, in
contrast, seemed bright.
He had lost Marsha. He would
lose his mother, and he must walk
the rest of the way alone; his the
ill-luck to be a one-woman man.
"Going weak again," he said un
derbreath and sharply. He saw self
pity as the most sapping of all evil
habits; a destructive habit which
laid low hope and usefulness. He
must not let himself go that way, he
reminded.
Turning, he heard a light tap on
his door. His "Come in, please," was
answered by Marsha s pushing the
door open.
She crossed the room. "If it will
make you happier," she said, and
as if she had learned her message
word by word, I'll take your money.
But I don t need it."
"I thought for cigarettes and
things "
"I'm not smoking much; your
mother thinks I 6moked rather too
much."
"But you were so dependent'
"No. I have other things now. I
don't miss smoking," she broke In
to say: "but if you'd rather I took
your money, I'll take it."
"You've been so wonderfully good,'
he said, "and kindl"
"No, really I have not!"
"Don't you think I should engage
a nurse-companion before I leave?
I've thought it would be too much
for you; the constant strain. You
should set out."
"No, please don't. I like it this
way. I d much rather you dldn t im
port anyone else. We get along beau
tifully. Bob"
"My dear?" he murmured. He
could not help that nor did he want
to; in this role she was perfect and
he was certain that she did not pre
tend in it.
"I wanted you to see what I have
for your mother . . . Christinas, you
know . . . and we'll have to give
each t other things, you know, be
cause' of her."
"Yes, I have your present. You
needn't hint any morel"
She laughed a trifle unsteadily.
His banter had carried her swiftly
to the dead days.
"I have nothing splendid for
youl" she assured him proudly.
Ho followed her into her room,
She brought from her closet vari
ous packets; he saw, with a rise of
tenderness, that she enjoyed open
ing them for him. that she was as
excited as a child would have been.
"They're beautifully wrapped," ho
said:. "It's a shame to make you
open mem.
'O, but I want to! It's no trouble,
I've wanted to show them to you
for some time, but for some reason
I rather lacked courage. I thought
It might bore you. Then I thought
if I took your money, you could look
at my presents. I do want to know
whether you think she'll like them."
He started on a lavender dressing
gown; he who didn't know bucram
from chiffon fingered it. But people
did that, he'd seen them doing it.
"It's lovely!" he assured her.
She said, softly, shyly, "I put
things In the pockets, I thought it
would surprise her."
She brought forth a matching
handkerchief, a little lavender bot
tle of smelling salts, a small, Ivory
elephant; a tiny, gold scissors, a
packet of solitaire cards in a laven
der leather case and from the last
pocket she brought a silver chain
that was studded with anethysts.
He was deeply touched, but he
said, as lightly as he could, "I would
tli ink now that even you could use
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a little of what you see as my mon
ey." "But Bob, the Investment wasn't
great. Not as great as I wanted to
have It. The chain was my mothers.
I wanted your mother to have it. I
never was nice enough to wear It.
And I thought she'd like knowing
I wanted ner to nave It, you seel
He turned to her; she was looking
up questlonlngly.
"I'll never be able to thank you,"
he murmured thickly and then
rather slowly he lilted one of her
hands to hold It against his hps. He
saw her lips tremble; he thought
she said "Thank you," but later, re
membcrlng mlstly, he could not be
certain of that.
He did remember that she had
hurried on to tell him, with lips
that still trembled a little, that she
had, too, lor his mother an assort
ment of very old-fashioned plants
In small pots; that she had thought
his mother would like them on a
window sill, and that she had scour
ed New York to find them mig
nonette, and heart's-ease, hens-and-chlckens
and such . . . and that she'd
loved doing it.
"They're sweet," she said; "Han
nah has them In a corner of the
pantry where she's certain your
mother won't find them. I visit them
each dayl And if anything happened
to any one of them, I think I'd ex
pire! I'll show them to you tomor
row," she ended shyly, "If you have
time.
"I'll have time," he promised,
heart swelling. He started down at
her, flushed, happy, young. Where
was tne girl who nod drawled. "Bob,
darling old thing do get me an
orchid or two, with a few valley
lilies thrown in for luckl You
know?" And how could this new
creature have suffered Geoffrey
Tarleton's soiled caresses? But she
had.
The dinner gong rang as he stiff
ened and grew rigid from recollec
tion. "Lord, and Im not even changed!"
he murmured.
"Could I put studs In for you?"
she appealed In little above a whis
per.
He answered loudly, chilly, with,
"I can do very well for myself,
thank you." Her face changed, she
grew pale; then she flushed hotly.
And as he closed the door he saw
that she had stood, motionless, look
ing after hun.
She had thought. "To have you
ducki to nave you Dock; I want
you so; I don't thuik I can live with
out you!"
Hurrying with his dressing he de
clared he must, hereafter, avoid such
moments when he could. Otherwise
(why the devil must ties stick at
the back of a collar?) he would
some duy let go, sweep her Into his
arms and hold her close. He would
ten ner that nothing mattered but
having her whom he loved, dcsolta
everything she was, was not. But
he must not think of that!
He met Marsha at the head of the
stair.
"We're frightfully late!" she said
with compunction.
She explained breathlessly, to
Mrs. Powers, that they had talked
and forgotten the hour. Mrs. Powers
nodded, smiled. Bob, having settled
his mother, pushed a chair beneath
Marsha and, leaning down and over
ner, ne kissed her check. "She's
quite a marvel!" he said to his mo
ther. (Barthlomew's trav tilted dan
gerously!) "and we know it, don't
we?"
Very gay," Bartholomew report
ed in the kitchen, "and he's a show
in' his feeling as a gentleman should
and would. Quite, if you'd ask me,
an hintfatuation and of the kind
that will lost."
"And what did he do?" asked Ella,
whose cap had slid to a rakish
angle.
BOSS BLAMED IN DIVORCE
Los Angeles (LP) It wasn't the
"other woman" but her husband's
"boss" who was named when Mrs.
Freda La Pointed filed a $75,000
alienation of affections suit. The
defendant was avid Edward Henry,
who, she charged, wielded a "sub
tle power" over her husband, Achil
les, causing him to leave home. Si
multaneously, Mrs. La Pointed fil
ed suit for divorce. The couple
were married In Ottawa, Can, Aug.
12, 1922.
Stayton Mrs. Harvey Smith mov
ed to Salem the last of the week
where she will keep house for her
son, Wlrth. Another son, North, ex
pects to Join them In Salem later.
Whut's tills!" Puffy shouts. "We've
got apples to eat."
The Pnnle agrees they're dcliclous-
ly sweet.
Thry nibble at apples the rest of
tue morning.
But LOOK! can't they sea there's
a terrible warning?
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way, and Italy. EJjJd.
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net ball (American basketball),
swimming, cricket, track, xolk danc
ing, light gymnastics. France: ten
nis, cycling, hiking, volleyball, bas-
betball, rhythmic exercises, light
gymnastics. Norway: skating, ski
big, folk dancing, hiking, swim
ming, canoeing, tennis, German
handball, track, baseball, camping.
Italy: camping, hiking, bicycling.
swimming, gymnastics, track and
field, volleyball, basketball, tennis,
folk dances.
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A. During his first year In the
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has spoken over the air twenty-six
times.
Q. Which side of Stone Mountain
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V.L.F.
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Q. How many people In the Unit
ed States have been graduated from
college? C.E.W.
A. In 1930, there were 1,740,744
college graduates living.
Q. When was tne safety razor in
vented? D.B.R.
A. It was invented by King Camp
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September 28, 1901.
Q. What amount of carbon mo
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W.H.
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Q. Please give a biography of C.
Aubrey Smith, English actor, who
is playing in Queen Christina. W.S.
A. Bora In London seventy-one
years ago, Mr. Smith has spent the
past forty-two years on the stage
and screen. He was educated at
Charter House School and at Cam
bridge University where he was a
well known cricketer, being cap
tain of the Sussex team when he
took his degree. For a time he was
with provincial stage companies,
later making a London success in
The Prisoner of Zenda, The Wil
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first American engagement with
Sir John Hart In The Notorious
Mrs. Ebbsmith. In 1904 he again
played In the United States in
Hamlet and "The Light That
Failed. It was in 1915 that Mr.
Smith made his screen debut in
Builder of Bridges for the Froh
man Amusement Corporation. He
was brought to Hollywood by Me-tro-Goldwyn-Mayer
in 1930.
Q. How does the birth rate of
Russia compare with that of the
United States? G.MJl.
A. The birth rate in Russia In
1927 was 43 per 1000 population,
and in 1928, 42.7 per 1000 popula
tion. No later figures are available.
The birth rate In the United States
per 1000 population was 20.6 In
1927 and 19.8 in 1928. .
Q- Is there a position known as
army field clerk? E3I.
A. The grade of army field clerk
was abolished on April 27, 1926.
Those retained were given the des
ignation of warrant officers, which
grade is still in existence.
Q. What is the estimated number
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first wine of the previous harvest
was drunk.
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