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LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
I Knew Him, Well
By HAROLD GRAY
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TALEVIT
1 fjr BANOR ARLY
f run HAS HAPPENED
JlY BURNHAM, who hat re.
Vl ,iln i Italy to care for llttl
SfWTON, the child of her
!. woman named ELSIE
I kil mailer.
L H determined to marry BOB
E?nM Ritas father, although
f.. hin widowed leet than a
(' cJ, Molly to tea her
ft. h Bob. an doe. a little
!K Moll dlaguatad. pro.
f tMt the alr " n,n o! h"
Jl'.Mmn her second play "Sao-
CoS'si In New York. And. in
,frow. sits Jaok W.H.,
" i iweetheart, with a middle-,
uiitu tuc srnnv
GO UN ""n
mane it spoiled the evening for
E. i.,t;x beine with a woman.
Li-dni as ther were, in the
w where Molly could hardly
'btrV." off then M even.ns
t woman, tool
if ,he were young and Pretty, I
JWt mind half so much!" fumed
r-
,!t that, of course. w rong.
I iouid haTe minded a great doal
Jr,, wretched creature!" she fret-
"Done up ui.e v".u.
(at enough to burst! A woman
that would wear red it's ex
, the color of her face."
ra wa no doubt about It. It
jlre. Bulwer-Katon all right,
charming matron," the papers
Id i,r! TV 1. Molly knew wnat
4. call, hp-onl th papers
iaai pi"., it . . . is. c-m - --
dn't abe aenae enougn io nuw
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really. What do you care about a
few adjectives?" '
"But I do," she moaned. "I care
terribly."
"Tou're just afraid of your moth
er, he joked.
'.",.she. sa,d- "Jt's not thst.
Maybe I m foolish. But I do car
what people say. I can't help It. I
suppose it's weakness. After 'Del
phine,' when they all said euch lovely
things, I was thrilled to death. Then
mother started finding fault. And
it spoiled the fine edge. The beauti
ful glaniour was gone. It wasn't be
cause she was my mother. It was be
cause 8he represented a certain pro
vincial group who were going to
think 'Delpnine was coarse and
crude, and not fit for nice people.
That hurt me. Because I don't want
to write things that anyqne will
think are vulgar. ,
"I'd lots rather that people would
think I was just a niee, every-day
sort of person, with a nice, ordinary
every-day mind. I don't want to be
intellectunl, or hard-boiled, or any
thing of the sort;"
The Durbins laughed, humoring
their guest.
"You sound as though you were
giving an interview for a religious
weekly," declared Mr. Durbin. '
."You cou laugh all you want!"
she flared. "But it's true I'm noth
ing but a country girl. I'm Snod
grass, born and bred. My mother's a
pillar of small town society. My
father's the salt of the earth. And
no daughter of theirs could ever
glory in a lot of cheap publicity. It
simply goes against the grain. I'm
provincial. And proud ot it!"
"Hear! Hear!"
Mrs.
at coouetry In a woman of her age
Z limply disgusting? The way
m wai Hanging on to Jack s arm !
t Jack red aa a beet Molly was
4 be naa me accrue; Lu wo cm-
it Ut It was over. The curtain
J i down on the last act. And the
a went up over the theater,
a. Bulwer-Eaton was clapping her
Ift handa. And her diamonds were
jsisg like mad.
Author! Author!" cried the au
aj.
AJt mi asaln. Molly found her
t on the stage, ' breathless and
Ea'was wearing yellow tonight.
low taffeta, with an enormous
in back, like the bustles of long
p. Over her shoulders she wore
paneled scarf of chiffon the color
f water-lily leaves.
Mrs. Huiwer-rJaton, against ner
hitrn front, clasped a corsage of
t orchids. With a quick move
nt, ihe snatched them from her
n. and threw them at Molly's feet.
Molly had meant to ignore Jack.
I now she stooped for the orchids,
I accepted them with a smiling
lick's face was as scarlet as his
It'l sown. Molly was glad If he
si embarrassed. She wished he
feld burst a blood vessel. It would
f him right!
Afterward she had supper at the
arhsire Club with Mr. and Mrs.
trbio. And there they Baw the
fwniog papers.
- On the front pages were the
treats of the censors! They meant
ft Hose the show. To padlock the
Inter. To srrest the author and
ft producer and all the actors.
Molly's roffee cup clattered from
hand, and. breaking on the table,
affied ita amber contents over the
Vt of her lovely yellw frock.
But Mr. Durbin struck his knee
ti his hand, with a mighty slap.
Great!" he applauded.
''Great?" echoed Molly faintly.
Re felt as she did thst day In
lesion White, when she opened the
e that told of Rita's death. .Quite
If ahe were going to faint, and
ritht under the table.
A waiter whs trying to mop her
a). A buaa boy came running with
serviettes. But she waved
ra away.
"Pltaae.' It doesn't ir.att.jr."
flie reached, instead, for a glass
ater. It would h too awful to
am s scene.
, "Wonderful !" Mr rt,rWn w.
W 'Toe best break I've had in a
time."
J1! think it's dreadful. " quavered
. "Perfectly dreadful!"
.23' ,hink o' he advertising!"
; Jjlnt If they Hose us?"
k ,-loe us?" he cried. "Thev can't
I we us. Msrbe they can bring us
2-w"u"' nnd maybe they can't. I
S il lher Mn- But anvhow we
2- Tney rant put a legitimate
jMTor ont of business. There
t a fslr-minded judge In the
rouM find us gu.'lty of prcaent-
in cMrene spectacle. We'll get
jean bill of health all right. No
r but a bunch of fanatics could
tto " P'y like 'Sacrifice.' But,
pastime, while the thing la drsg-l-whil.
they're trying to pad
Jna think of the publicity we'll
fhink it's awful." said Mollv.
.k"" b'n accused of writing
Mwfn. plT!"
'.Jirn.,h th'.jgbt of her mother.
:V. Vrr. ",h dear'." she wept.
H t ,,,lr.n Patted her shoulder.'
rl :,r. Durbin patted her hand.
M '"""hed at her a-niibllities,
" an h.f fPri.
s an you don't know mv mother."
n4. -Thi, wU ju5t ,lmpy
aWlhr.',r,' " '." contradicted
Fi Durhln gaily. "It will p.y off
Z. "ertgag. on the old farm. It
M:J m,"'h'r fur rt,t- "J "
c re.ngerator and a gas fur-
"1 IA
ah, ... '., "ou didn t know her.
nl,T- "Sb vouldn't touch
ST""-! cent of mj. TLtphine'
SrTiJ T" ''" 'he'd soil her
o"r?'h"crifire''fi!thv lucre?"
W' i.. Durbin waa not psrticu
ifW ;"H ln morl scruples
"B a "'"nham.
i,.',' hst the critics hr to
: be.r.r"1- ",t11 m,k l"a
i"', "1 PPr at tie dra
k.r,?,, ,h,t-" he directed.
yenthhl plsvwriihL has scorI
rifle
unprecedented snccess with
an emotional drama
c V r,r nndrfandin and dell
l.V. ""rr.bam has drawn the
V,.. . ?' an emotional
morton.l kirn;
t . L 'n the throes of a
"..wn romsncr, the girl turns
r h M'ents. But the lover.
woa she would sacrifice . . ."
Tr
"r.rw
Ppr
!? sAn "
r
?-I , .V oj re still a new
Y fame. You'v, got to be
T--' i ',T"'t you. tieorg'"
'- he snrd. "Tbst's the
1 rit V
nnnlflitfifH
P'jrb'n "?!? this lit'L- sir! a fca:;.i "
. "I'm not putting on an act!" pro
tested Molly. "I'm telling you the
truth."
Du rbin grinned happily.
"It's good ituff anyhow," he ap
proved. "Give it to the reporters.
They'll eat it up."
Molly looked frightened.
"That's right. There'll be more
reporters around. Oh, Lord!"
Tve an idea!" proclaimed Mr.
Durbin jubilantly. ''We'll giT a
benpfit mtineet and we'll turn the
theater oTer to the clubwomen.
Ihat will mean we ll have their en
dorse men t. And the censors won't
have a leg to stand on, if the moth
ers of young girls approve our show.
"Then we U hare an invitation per
formance for clergymen. You can
give them a little spiel from the
btape, Molly."
"Count me out," instrocted Molly.
"I've had all I can stand now."
"Well, leave it to me," compro
mised Durbin. "I've a clever little
press agent, and I'll let her manage
it all.
"Maybe the papers will start an
argument pro and con. Solicit the
opinion of clubwomen. Educators.
Keformers. It doesn't make any dif
ference whether they pan us or not.
We get the advertising anyhow, and
it's publicity that money can't buy."
The little producer smiled happily.
"You're a lucky girl, Molly, he
pronounced. "Only you don't know
it."
"Lucky," she thought, "with the
cennors calling me names and Jack
down front with a woman!"
She smiled politely, and admitted
that maybe he was right. Only she
couldn't see it, not for a minute.
The next day, anxious to avoid re
porters, Molly hurried back to Bos
ton. T lt1 T7(. .V. rlt.Mw...
already twined herself around! her
heart. Each day Molly had tele
phoned from New York, for the joy
of hearing that baby voice.
"Hello, Mama, tcua woum say.
"Oh, hello, darling. How are you.'"
"I'se alt wiirht." . . . Such a flut-
tery, street little voice, with inflec
tions like the trilling of a bird!
The child of her own accord,
called Molly "mama." At first Molly
thought she ought not allow it. It
seemed like robbing Rita of aome
thin? that belonged to her. But.
afti all, you can t rob a dead wom
an. Upsides, rut a woumn t mina. one
wanted really wanted her child to
belong to Molly. It wjis a little word
and it was beginning to mean
more to Molly than any sound in the
world.
Her first night home ahe per
mitted Rita to stay up late. For a
special treat, they had their evening
meal together in the drawing room.
Rita bad cambric tea. and there was
ice cream for dessert
Later Rob dropped in. He greeted
his daughter affectionstely, and
seemed surprised at finding Molly
there.
I thought you d have to tay
over in rsew lors, Be remarked,
with all that rumpua about your
uh, no, sne saia. flir, Luroin
can take care of that. I didn t want
to be mixed up in it."
Mixen up: no exciaimea. iou
wrote (he thing, didn t you 7
"Rat you didn't think I wanted
to stand around, and let them throw
dirt at me!"
Rob umilen disagreeably.
"Don't pull that stuff on me." he
admonished. "You may be a simon-
pure maiden to all the yokeia in
Hiiodgrass, but you're a darn smart
young woman to me, i flat airr s
going to make yon a pretry penny,
isn't it?"
T suppose g, jibe conceded,
"Well? That doesn't make yon
sore, does it?"
t was on tfie up or ner tongue
to retort that ahe would need sev
eral pretty pennies to raise bis
dsughter. ut that would be stupid
and pointless. If tiey quarreled.
Rrtb might take the child away.
And that, she felt, would break ber
heart.
It wai not until little Rita had
kissed them goodnight, and gnne to
her fairy-tale bed, that Elsie Smith's
name enured tbe conversation.
(To Be Continued)
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THE TINYMITES
By KNICK
yiJE3 circus bois vm gldd" insert
(fait be btd spread a dandy fed
for all tbe little Tiny mi ten. 'Tftai fun'
to aee them ret. Beid tie, "Go on and
rat jour fill. We have a lot of time to
kill." "Uh, we have eaten all we
can,' laid Hfouty. Twai a treat."
Tbe bona then pulled a big inrprlne.
Soon, rfijht before the Tlnlea' eyev
appeared a monstrous platter full of
tee cream. Ob, bow grand. "Ob, my,"
he heard the whole bunrh roar, "We
think we'll have to net some more."
And ao they ate of he cream til'
'twas really hard to stand.
"Sow right back to the tent we'll go
and get ail ict for our next show,"
the friendly bona eiclaimed. "I think
I have a plan lo store. You've been
as good as you could be and brought
my big tent back to me. I'te treated
you to quite a n.eal, but you deserve
much more.
"Tonight, when we ' put on our
r-how, 1 want tlie amltenre to know
that you are atnr fnr formers, so I'D
dress you jp like kings. Ao elephant
ftU all shall rie and hare a sertaut
y your side. Within a t'ir old trtink of
mine we'll find nome claMy thing.'
They found the trunk and looked
Iniide and very nhortly t iowny cried.
"b, gee, what pretty rlottica are
here. It's hurry and get dreed. Ni
crowns and nUvr tiniel, too, And
ererything looks jut like new." Tlie
Tiinmitea put on the clothes and all
looked at their he-it.
A horn then Wew within the tent
and on pared? they gnily went. The
snd on parade they gnily went. J he B
elephant that carried them was art- R "
ing very pmtid. The folk wh enme j( mIww.vm .J.- '
to ee the ihow were i O.lcd. They aTV rC'W sv nu stnvicc Me. . v
said. "Ah!' and "Oh t' And. as the, i 'taifc ki V
..tsrM chesrins,
bos so.
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(Ths Tlsymltsa gal fins prsasnl I Iho asxl story)
(Coprrifl,'. 1929, NUA O.rrlcs, lao-t
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