tat
Ginger Ella
ooprrubt. b, B.M umui oe,
STORY FROM THI START
is the usually quid horn ot
Itev. Mr. Tolllv.r cf Had Thruh.
Iowa. Me motherleaa daushtara.
Helen. Miriam anS Ellen "Olo
tr Ella" are buay "aroomlns"
hlr etater Marjory for partlcl.
patloa tn (ha "Baauty pagaant
that evenlus. With Eddy Jack
ton, proaparaua young farmer,
her escort. Marjory leavea for
Ida anticipated triumph. Over
work kaa affertpd Mr. TolIlver"e
araa to tha point of thraatantd
bllndneaa, Marjory win the
baauty prise, 1(000. 8ba glva
tha tnonay to bar talhar to con
sult Chicago speclallsta. Mr. Tol
llrar leavea for Chicago wltb
Miriam. Dinner meets Aleiandet
Murdock. Mr. Tolllver raturne,
tha Joctora giving blm little
bopa, Olngar gata an Idea for a
"Paraonaga Homa for tha Blind'
and aollclta funda.
CHAPTER IV Continued
It was she Tho announced the early
arrival of Horace Langley. Mopping
bU brow, aba tald he wag. and cling
ing Ilk trim death to the nn of
Eddy Jackson, wbo laughed at blm.
Much liter, with the final announce
ment that the other bridesmaids were
on band, aha dispatched tha twins, tn
pastel pink and jellow, to Join the
springtime bevy of orange, green,
mauve and rose la tha primary de
partment. Then aha led her father down tho
stairs n the living room, where be
was to watt for Helen.
All tba who's wbo are there.' she
proclaimed blithely, "and all the hood
lums art perked.
She ran np to ber sister's room, and
tare a test tender toocb to the white
ell. "Oh. Helen," aha whispered.
Helen took ber In oj arms and the
two girls wept together. After all.
Ginger waa Helen'g baby, bad been
Helen's from tba moment when, re
turning from the little cemetery on
the bill where ber mother waa laid
away tn flowers and snow, are ran to
tba npatalra mom of that other old
parsonage to answer tha pleading wall
of tha orphaned bahy.
"Yon too mustn't" aald Ginger
stoutly, winking away ber tears.
"You'll apod your looks. Helen I
wish father could sea yon. Now, dont
cry. fm going right down."
She smiled bravely, tearfully, at ber
sister, unfailing refuge of sixteen
years, now leaving her, and ran down
tha stain.
"Tell him to wait for ma Just a
minute, I am coming at once," Helen
called after ber."
Ginger went to her father. "Father,'
aba said, "I must go now. Helen aald
for yon to wait here for ber Just a
minute 1 think shea going to pray,
father, aba looks Just like praying.
Oh, father, aha la beautiful. She
looks like a picture of s Madonna
wltb all kinds of secret happy
thoughts In ber heart that nobody
else knows anything about Just wait.
darling, aba Is coming.
And Ginger tripped daintily down
(ha flagstone path Uka a floating blue
cloud In ber airy gown.
'In tha living room Mr. Tolltver,
accustomed to patience by weeks of
blindness, waited quietly. But Helen,
la the room aha shared with Ginger,
was not praying. Helen was not s
sentimental girt, but one ot deep Una
feeling, much of wblcb centered
round tha bahy sister whom sba bad
so long beld aa ber especial charge.
Helen was not going away bruskly to
happy marriage without a final tender
word and gesture for tba child who
would coma borne lonely In ber ab
sence. 8ba bad written Ginger a let
ter written it tba night before ber
marriage, when girls may well be
excused if their every thought la for
themselvee and their lovers snd tbelr
hopes. Helen's were for her young'
est sister. It waa for that purpose
that aha denied herself to Horace, and
to the girls, shutting herself op for
hours behind S locked door, to writs
to Ginger Rile telling ber how much
she loved ber, bow much sha bad en
Joyed tha years of caring for ber,
how much aha hoped for her future.
Hot a flowery letter, no literary work
of art. but one that came from Helen's
heart.
Wltb thla letter, aha was going to
lea re for Ginger a precious thing, tha
little diamond ring that bad been
tbelr mother'a engagement ring.
had been given to Helen, at her moth
er's death, had been worn by ber tn
sacred remembrance for atxteen years.
but now, wltb tba band of ber own
betrothal upon ber hand, and soon to
be enforced by the wedding circlet.
she would pans this treasure on to
Ginger. Bha bad Intended to leave
ber farewell message on the dressing
table of tha room they bad occupied
tosether, but now, anon sudden Ira
pulse, thinking of Ginger, sba knew
In flash of revelation what the girl
would do upon her return. She would
fly straight up the wabbly ladder to
ber private aanctuury In the attic,
where, alone wltb ber loneliness, sha
would weep nut her heart to axhsus
tlun, and fall asleep.
Helen smiled to herself with qulv
ring Hps. "Tha darling," slia whis
by Ethel Httcston
lllustrationa by Irwin Mycrt
pered, and then, mischievously, but
with determination, sha carefully
draped ber veil about ber shoulders.
ran down the corridor, set Gingers
ladder under the trapdoor, and
climbed round by round, pushing open
the trapdoor above ber. In the Mile she
drew herself up, crossed the dusty
beams, and stood beside Ginger's tidy
Uitla table desk. Her sympathetic
eyes noted the pada ot paper, the
well-sharpened kX-notla, tha little old
doll's trunk, the plueou-nole of letters
"Oh. Ginger, my darling." she whis
pered. and wept again for leaving ber
But sha wiped away the tears, laid her
letter In Its sealed envelope, "My
Ginger," on the table,' wltb the ring
In velvet box beside It
e esse
The bride In stately whits and es
corted by s falry-Hke vision in dainty
bios frills, floated aUng tha familiar
old path across 'he velvety lawn. A
low murmur of admiration drifted
down tha walk, and Helen, smiling.
lifted a hand to ber townsfolk In
friendly greeting. Ginger, leaving the
bride at the door of tha primary room
already vacated by the maids in their
alow procession, flew around the
church and grabbed ber father.
Slowly, solemnly, rose the strains
of the wedding march. Eddy Jackson,
breathing bard, accompanied the
groom to tha whits chalk marks placed
"Oh, Ginger, My Darling," She Whls
pared, and Wspt Again for Leav
ing Her.
for them before tha altar. Down the
ribboned aisle tripped small wblts
fairies, sprinkling flowers, after them.
the bridesmaids In' pastel, ralnho'
tinted gowns, after them, tha bride.
serene, unruffled, sweet-eyed.
Ginger, cool snd slight tn ber crisp
blue, wltb s Arm Onger on ber fa
tiler's arm. led him slowly down tha
alile and placed blm squarely upon
the chalk mark, before aha went to
stand by Helen, serving the double
role ss maid of bonot to ber sister.
and as her father's escort.
"I do," murmured Helen aweetly.
Tba familiar voles of ber father.
resonant and low, outbreaking, eon-
tinned tha service. And presently
Helen's band was In that of Horace.
A great lump rose In Ginger's small
throat And In the momentary breath
lesa silence that followed Helen leaned
forward, put both arms around her
father's shoulders, and kissed blm
tenderly.
Helen was married It was all over.
With laughter and kisses, and many
gay words, tba crowd surged down to
the Sunday school room for tbs buffet
luncheon served by the Rut beans And
when tbs proper moment came, Uelen
slipped sway from the others, and
went into tbs small room beside the
pulpit where she changed quickly
from ber bridal rones to trim black
and whits, tor traveling. And then,
Just very little later, there was a
cab at tha curb, and the guests from
within flocked out to mingle fra.
temally wltb those aqially Interested
outside.
Horace took Helen's band In bis.
Animals and Reptiles
It Is fact that cows, on account
of their supposedly sacred character,
srs allowed to roam at will lr India,
but the animals are venerated or re
spected rather than actually wor
elilped. Ileal worship of cattle, bow
ever, has existed at other periods of
the world's blstory. It was common
smong ths ancient Egyptian I, who pos
sensed the cult of the bull Apis. When
one representative of -pis died, s
new bull was sought and specially edu
cated in sacred matters for four
months. Celebration ot Its birthday
was held annually, with sacrifices of
white oxen, and It was unlawful for
women to go near It Apis was sup
posed to have oracular powers, and
after death, was mummlfled. Another
" m
WtTO Savvies
and in a shower of Cowers and rice,
they ran down the walk. With bet
toot on the running board of tha car,
sha paused. Uer eyes swept tht
small sweet sea ot loved and loving
faces. Sha found tha bright eyes of
Marjory and Miriam, found her fnthot
standing a little away by himself.
Then she found Gluger, email, sol.
emn figure, with lips forced to
grim smile. And Uelen tossed ber
great bouquet lilies of the valley, for
get-me-nots snd tiny rosebuds.
Ginger had not thought of this, (
must have been sheer Instinct which
shot hor lithe young arms high ovit
others to catch the precious trophy,
Helen smiled at ber. .
"My Ginger." Uer Hps merely
formed the words, but Qlngvr, staring,
read tha syllables distinctly. .. '
The cab rolled away.
A ahout of laughter, chorus of
prophecies, surrounded Ginger, wltb
tha captured bridal bouquet In her
hand. But she beard none ot It She
was going boms. She answered no
smiling thrusts, called no responsive
greetings, to the merry throng about
ber. Sha just set ber small face
toward tbs old brown door, snd bet
obedient little feet carried ber lead
enly toward It
Up tha stairs, heavily, beavlly, and
down tha hall to tha bedroom shs hrfd
shared with Helen. The room looked
strange big and roomy. 8he marveled
at Its bigness, for sba snd Helen had
often complained laughingly of Its
alight dimensions. Suddenly sbs real
lied. One of the little twin beds was
gone, snd the other, her own, was In
the center of the space tha two bsd
occupied. Ginger's eyes burned sud
denly. But she was glad tbat other
bed was gone. She had not realised
bow It would have been, lying there.
snd gating across at that empty pil
low where Helen's brown hair. Helen's
gentle face, Helen's friendly eyes, had
been before.
"Shs thought of that" sbs said
aloud.
Conscious of the weight ot the flow
ers, she crossed dully to the desk by
the window. There sr. found fat
blus vase, filled with fresh water,
watting to receive them.
"She did that Bhe meant all the
time that I should have ber flowers."
Carefully, with Angers that seemed
unfamiliar and strange to ber, sbs
loosened the white ribbons, folded
them carefully, and placed tbs flowers
tn tha blue bowl
Then she sat down, on tbs solitary
Uttls twin bed, snd staied at them,
stared all about tha room.
"That's what ahs was doing sll
morning," sbs thought "fixing this
room for me. Putting my things where
ber things had been, straightening tht
drawers, snd tidying ths closet so
everything would be full of me, sod
wouldn't show so much emptiness el
Shs got np suddenly, anl turned
down the balL The ladder waa against
the walL Sha climbed dismally, pull
ing herself, a great weight through
the trapdoor, and crossed tha beams
to the dormer window. From fores
of habit she drew the small stool op
to ths table, snd reached for her
pad. And then sha saw wblts ta
velopa. '
"My Ginger." 1
She picked np the letter. It wst
then shs saw ths velvet box. 8li
opened It curiously small diamond,
in an old-fashioned setting her moth
er's engagement ring that Helen bad
worn for sixteen years. Ginger beld
It In ber bond long time, and stared
into ths dim recesses of ths dusty old
room wltb grave, glad, wondering
eyes. This was to ber a symbol ol
Helen's trust
"If I'm not s whole lot better a fist
this, I'm wbols lot worse than I
think I am," shs decided finally. "1
know Uelen expects me to keep a
motherly eys on father and the twins,
and I ahall not disappoint ber. Ob,
bow pleased shell be when shs bean
about my homa for the blind."
There was certain confidence In
her manner as aha slipped ths small
gold band npon ber finger. After all,
already, sha had taken ths family
affairs tn charge. Tbs first links ol
ber chain were firmly forgefl.
(TO BB CONTINUED)
Worshiped by Mankind
animal that has received great respect
has been ths whits elephant which It
believed, In Slam, to carry dead
man's soul It cannot be purchased,
and feasts srs beld for ft snd
funeral when It dies. Dut perhaps
ths most feared snd respected of all
la ths serpent At Whyduh, In Africa,
there Is s serpent temple, snd these
reptiles In many parts of Africa are
regarded as incarnations of dead
relatives.
Baauty la Toteratloa
Ths only hope ef preserving that
which Is best lies In ths practice of an
immense charity, wide tolerance and
a sincere respect for opinions not ours
P. 0. Damertton.
Jugoslavia s Coast
r I ?1 v?i
Zt ;
Dalmatian Peasant Women.
(Pmxtrxl by th National Oaosraphle
uclatr, WMhluatoD. D. O.I
IF ONti enters Jugoslavia uy rail at
the northeast corner where Italy
tud Austria meet that country, his
routs follows the gray-green Save
eastward to Zagreb, the old A gram of
Austro-Hungarlnn days. If one then
turns westward toward Flume, the
harp detour crosses the panorama of
Croatia's magnificently forested moun
tain country aa the train climbs to tha
regional watershed before descending
to the Adriatic,
Ths routs holds Its surprises. Im
agine s mountain town halved by a
rushing river which plunges 40 yards
Into a crevasss under ths sidewalk
and then, three miles farther on, pops
up unexpectedly, to resume Its surface
course. Yet such fluvial feala char
acterize not only Croatia, but ths en
tirety of those barren highlands which
extend southward behind ths Jugo
slav coast
They form the so-called Karat re
gion, whlrb geologists have compared
to s vast petrified sponge. 8uch are
the tricks that time and rushing
streams bare played wltb ths K a rut's
casdly decomposed limestone. "Now
yon see us and now you don't P gur
gle In chorus a whole system of such
lack-ln-the-box rivers, at they plunge
Into the mountains' eastern flank, tri
umphantly reissuing, scores of miles
westward, as feeders of estuaries or.
In one case, as a fresh water spring
emerging from tea bottom.
Hnd some Marco I't lo left as an ac
count of the marvelous Land of
8pongy Mountains, nhose rivers cut
through the bases of ranges 1.UO0 feel
high, we might have dismissed blm
ss s fuliullst; yet In sober fnct s
Montengrln river baa performed that
Identical feat
While descending through ths In
describably sterile looking Karst one
putt to himself the question t "Why
In 'his desert build those inntimer
able, circular stone walla to Inclose
at most a bit of grass V
Farming In Holts.
But you learn th.it what yon see
sre karst holes ex'remely rich oases
and that In this land of jack-in-the-box
rivers, natural precipitation, la
stead of draining into stresms. sinks
through the porous stone, carrying
vegetahls matter slong wltb It, and
enrlchea a regional tt-rles of funnel
like ditches. Thus, "farming In boles'
the karst holes, ahlch sometimes
numlier several hunired within a small
area provldea grain tor the Inhab
itants of this mountain-side desert
The blinding, sizzling Karst comes
to spectacular end when you espy
from nearly half mile above, what
appears as s gigantic relief map, the
Istrlan mountains curving around the
Gulf of Qunrnern, and to ths south
ward the Veleblt mountains outfiung
rlilte spanning the rim of illimitable)
Adriatic blue.
In Flume, you learn that tbs city
has Its front doors on ths ses and Its
back doors among the mountains.
Any prospective visitor to Flume
who may question this bat only to
climb up 42A certain ttept, taking them
In ?ool weather and "on low." lie
will find himself among the city's
back doors, overlooking the Velebll
ridge. A turn about .ll give him an
airman's view of the terraced billable
by wblcb Flume-Susnk descends to
Its far-stretched curve of wharfage
and from one's feet titers plunges
headlong the mere ribbon of water
that divides what It practically one
city Into two porta, Flume and Huaak
the former In Italy, the latter In
Jugoslavia.
When you buy and tussle with
map of the Jugoslav coast, It will give
you that hopeless feeling which pos
tlbly overcame the first explorer who
attempted to chart Maine's const line.
Also, you will sympathize with that
Cape Cottars Are Popular
The big flat cape collur that Is
easily snd chirmlngly sdlustablealtout
the neck when the weather requlrea
It, Is a youthful type used on cloth
aud fur conts. It It very sttrnctlve
on s coat of cnracul designed to fol
low the do') slim straight Hues niuuy
women still cling to.
Mare Squirrels Are NoatUJ
Willi longer skirts, enormous collars
and the new bell cnfTs, It takes con.
siderubly more tklot to tuuke s fur
,m m
'
other explorer, who, weary of count
ing Itlsmls In the St. Ijtwrence, prob
ably said, 'IHi. left name 'em the
Thousand Islands snd call II a day's
work I"
Qussr Coast, Queer Nsmss.
Even Maine's short are rivaled In
their ilgxag conformation by those of
Dalmatla. While a direct course along
the Jugoslav littoral measures 9tK)
miles, the Indented length of that
coast U almost three times aa long.
At for tha Dianslsed job of Mitntlng
nalmatla't Islands, that hat been alm-
pllflsd by Ignoring Insignificant Islets
and putting the archipelago's units at
OtH) and Ita area at 2,nw squars miles.
The locally published utuia present
other difficulties The kingdom of ths
Serbs, Croatr and Slovenes (Jugo
slavia) baa made a clean sweep of
former Austro-llungarlan place names
In favor of their Slav equivalents
Like ths out-of lurk American tourist
who wouldn't stop off st "I'raha" be
cause he wanted to gut on to I'rnxno,
the traveler today often needs a bilin
gual key to ascertain where he la
lle-e Is a Itst of soma Jugoslav place
names, ltb their prewsr equivalents
bracketed: I.ke Hied (Veldeser See)
Lake ftohlnj (Wochelntr Bee), Za
greb (Agram). Zndar (Zara). Sthenlk
(Scbeulco). Troglr (Treu). Solln
(Salona), Split (Spnlato), Cms Gra-
voaa), Uubrovnlk (Itagust), Kotor
(Cattaro).
As neither railroad nor motor trail
spans tha Jugoslav coast one hod heat
take tha olth'st and Most appropriate
of routes, the sea lane, to rediscover
those shores whose maritime fume
entcdnted England! by centuries.
From among luxurious liners, more
modest steamers, snd fleets of snlllng
craft Jns may choose one's traveling
ttyls slong what Is Mis of the best-
served littorals In south European
waters.
As Susnk fulls astern, Italy disap
pears behind Islands With an arc hi
pelago barring the open ses and with
the Veleblt a barren helhts rising be
hind the nsrrow coast. It teems as If
one la navigating s-ircesslon of blue.
flawlessly calm lagoons.
Along the lllyrltn Coast
Sow snd then your boat touches
port tu some deep-set bay with Its
bill perched townlet often an aim!
street leu cl'jmp of vine clad house
which had dug Ita heels Into the Vele
blt tnd held on while at yet Venice
win unheard of. Tet tin liecer of
the Ingooo republic, medieval t ml-
niolla's protestress, a' III haunts every
oook and corner of the Jugoslav coast.
8, null iteamers wind through the
narrow lagoonlike waters, known
slong ths const as "canals," wblcb
were once ruled by those petty poten
tates for whom, Croatian traillilon as
serts, mourning weedt have become
perpetuated aa s national costume.
As ons sails slong, now ths Veleblt
range, Its barren, sistsgrsy dnnks
queerly diagramed wltb walled karst
holes, thrusts menacingly forward.
barring Croatia from tht Adriatic.
Occasionally there aiqiear V-shaped
valleys where some tiny, stucco port
nestles among luxurlanfc of trees.
hedged gardens, and terraced vine
yards.
A wild atrip, this, of the ancient
lllyrlan coast Willi, too, were the
first lllyrtiina, a mixture of pre
Homeric Greeks and those wandering
Asians, the l.lbitrnl, after whom Home
called the country l.lbiirnla. Legend
tayt that from t'oduiusand llnrtnonln,
through their ton lllyrlua, sprang tbs
trlhit that iMTpetuiiled hit name.
Just north of Znrn (Znrtnr) one en
ters the waters of ardent Palmetto.
Hanging In width from I to 8.1
miles, thlt little silver of a state en
joyed a well iti'vi'lopid .count which
played 'is famous tole In the sea
commerce of the Middle Aunt.
cont thlt season than it did last sea.
son. One furrier says that while 115
squirrel pelts were enough to make a
coat Imtt season. It would bs necessary
to have at least MO this season.
Rochas Emamblaa
One-piece heavy tweed frocks srs
pniieinhled with long cools In the orig
inals shown by Sin reel Rochas. (Julie
a novelty I droMriot of black broad
cloth wllh matching coins forming en
sembles of vliuriii uud comfort in cool
weather,
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