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stud nothing to Sonia of had happened. _ Stransely. \

husband nevei~ menticneig gm »~w»i eww

felt it would be a sort o

to speelk_~ od :it-feeling as 0 a

'Su-ongs motive in keep- la u wonderful relief for Colds,

sill-ent was known only to him- Cuqgnh. Chopped Skin, Ete.

was huns. received .... ui.. ... ¢......l

'* -+_e-_*__ Elway. Hle could no, longer think of ' Sonia as Strong's wll'e._h1, thought of her only as a woman. 'woman desirable in every why_ ag.

And there was more than -this. The ezo in the man was aroused.

trim'-ive. younz. beautiful, null vit-_ al.

UD to this he h°.d -beena boy, eng-f Ned stood 'before his easel, tall

ms Bhouldem ,hut often reeur_i er, easily pleased happy. New and still-a statue of vital youth.

in it in , - he WHS Shaken by Irs desires, lllsl H°"’“°" g""'°"' bi" he” ei” film cnnbtei- xxv.

nlwlays in n way that angered hectic' -thoughts which revolved ed' A" the C°|°"l‘?BS'105S Bile Dre-

' around Soh1a_ _hut Wh1ch_ “nuke tended. all the suppressed _fire of There 15 1h woman 11 yhgolm

A1, She -looked at her pictured the past single devotion he had h"" ‘iliifit 'WIIS nitilessiy Hhliiimlli- ada-ptabllty. ‘Her mind may bc in

Sonia often murmured to her- given her, did not prevent him 'H9 ‘Wad Y0“liS'-ready fill' 10*/0. a turmoil. her heart involved, yci

looking at other women .with a f'"`,|"if"- she, can -be actually commonplace

make her portrait." -Ned was om. harrassed. Why -had he spoken of

her? lie did not realize that wheni

I- P0i`B0u's mind is fudi of a person it is almost impossible not to talk °f that Person. “She had mysteri- DUB Wei.” he went on, “and her mouth is iuscicfua. es. I must ask her to let me 'paint her portrait!" The artist was now uppermost.

"She is too dark to suite me,”

Sonia sa-id in a tone very unlike her usual voice. Then: "Why dol.l't YOU go and ask her =pemllsslon?"

“l'd rather stay with you-if you

don‘t mind Sonia.-"

"Liar," Sonia returned, but the

- somibsr look left her face :ind she smiled up at him. -to all appeal- ances her old. naturai self. She must not show her jealousy.

'But ‘when the dancing common.

ced she noted that Ned sought Le- nore out and that -they danced fre- ileliliy togeth-er. lie danced only once with his hostess. He never dreamed that 'lv“h Sonia and Dorn were wildly Jeallus. - __'_§1l|

_ Chapter XXIV.

_Sonia let herself into the studio

'He moved 9. chair for her, then

sank into one himself.

,cults and -lots of gl-avy,"' Ned said

boylshly, ns he assisted hor with her wrap. -

“l'll see you have all y_ou can

eat" she responded , then to Strong:

“-Come early. Beverly. and 'we'li

go somewhere afterward. A play or moving picture." '

“Very well.” Once arway from the studio So- nia said to herself:

"I shall have no more trouble

now. ~He 'will think I care only as a mother cares. And why should- n't I? Many wom-en care for men younger than themselves. There is no wrong in my loving him as long as I wrong neither myself nor him-_-nor Beverly." _ -

lShe had often thought of the

fascination very young woman and. glrlshave for older and for very old men. Why sho1.lldn’t youns men have til., same fascination for women older than they? What was sauce for the gander might' well =be sauce for the goose also;

Like many other women she Ior-

got convention, forgot that some- thing in society that frowns upon a woman and laughs nt the some thing in a man.

is how he thinks I om new sense of their importance I 1"edht“}';"ed "nd mnned ‘if S0” in her speech and actions h 3

e wav he cares for nle- He saw now the glances of admir S 9 ‘"1 mst "me"i§e‘l fm!" \»o mere man possesses to the whosdthoughts are pure ation they threw at him to which another struggle Wm* herself Shi’ same degree this ability to act a

she tried to keep the he had before _been obhvlmm would treat llilll always as if he hh,-1_ N9 wonder the, sa, even

.a"ve_ to refrain _Soma looked on astonished were a ‘big child. That same de- wommh every gh-1.ch1h1_ 13 11pm.

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1 1 11 1 th nfrnld C . entlal actress. L ng ng of I m n any 0 er l’ef°"e_”“" 5° fi" famed 1° keeii- lSonla had long realized that if

put .nflllle one can uomrnl asain, - cllulptel- xxlll ' _ ~ she were to keep not the kn°w~

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"Y°u"`9 9- deal' b0Y!” silo Shill. f . \1 1 1 11 h b 1 11 i

,Dora had been home a week _ ed ol 1. el _rom er us uni s e.

0n1h_st,.ong found out She had called on ssma MRL with :_‘R:__k_kiii_;§'_1___ i_?_i)mh___l_;g:f_i_yoix1n _;-1);: must never forget she had it part “S 5h°'w°“m “he wnsiantly ii 'Pretty iiefiiiiide 0f CC‘iiV0i1¢i0i1~ Hi harrassment and his she went on' £0312' even m.e1em1,,(1 1 wha

0f N00- Hlili U10 fiivfo S0 the studio Then there came en- --D111 .1 h.1gh1Ch - ' ‘ ' U

_ _ 1 ~ you. Hash! filly S1 .11 h . fd _ '_

had “fveml "mes 5“l7I""5 sl"-‘Wed C0l‘dB- She 'mil her father one cver kissed you before? l've 111;-_0mf,1_h‘;0 3' :1,‘i,nfl1hc1l1‘1;‘.3edwhc,f?» i°°k‘“'“ at “CH ii “GW ex- were giving n dinner dance. ls~ nlnau you .blush lure et girl vnu'll "‘ r pa ` which she could not fat- npding that she had sent the for- have 10 gm M_(_u__wmed to _:ne Ned sel_f’P_1_l_l)l_¢_s__v;'_z;_r_ltel£_to___l_>_l;_1_Y._1 womani bil".-'l - . -- _ »°-“

t)l?onl.S iSt:<§l?g sieleemgdlstontgge i]lta:tnIrrIlvlllteigt:el¢1lsh?l‘o’t»E1lJ ggogstle 22:] heqgolng to mother Jo" a mt' U) ‘ook “ner mm' and I am “h“°m

in th_ms_,_mg them __0ge__he__ mme, ___M_aq(e that nice Mr G__n_p_ __(__i_;C;’_‘;__i1_i_i_l__l_-i§§_i1_{S;;i1;_¢ihhilllZ__h ine old enough tic be his mother," she seldom left .them alone. He bell and your husband colne, too," 11h-gm-_ It nlnlgst -liglrrnzxlwller ‘it Yinenf said 1:1 eggs? nhl-1s0me mt like _a__t_‘_';lt lihlylng with uh she had caution_ed. _ _ __ _ was so h01_ Then me patted ms “(‘;f_;"_‘_'°_:`r_5e;_"s___;___;‘_;`_e;;‘___m Ned ______\_vt:__<.e ____f,_:_B c__sm:L:_i:)ny_;__x;'.___l .lt was Neds f rst ren p u ge n. hand_ It was Icy com wD_____ ____eSt_on ___m__e____ . . _ y -_ to society. Whon he came to the ..Do you want me to he “hm 10 “What does she _mean by bel g

the sbudlo unbearable-almost wc-men whose names he had heard she could -heap 111m 111m 1h15_he, was youu er in the ways or-_ho

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been -would had

to stuff

good he eat.

lwas almost .toe fat

them eat it?" said -Sonia. “I am

sure they would be delighted to have you." "Dora asked me, ibut l refused,"

lle returned quietly. So they had correspondedhnd Ned iilld not told her. Why? She made excuses and quickly left the studio followed -by a jeerlng laugh from irons. who remarked: “lSonia‘s iealouai" . _ “.l_ea‘lr_l_us-of 'wllat?" Ned asked. "Oh, cl*-because" she wasn't ln-

vitcd til helip eat that turkey." Again he laughed' unpleasantiy. As Sonia left -the studio all ller lhollizllts were on the girl wilo in~ listed upon -looking like a .menace lo her. 'Sho tried to wllllp her pride, her self-confidence. into reason- ableness, .but the plain fact was she was distressed, jealous, un halilly wllenever she thought of Dorn Delong--and Ned. Then. too, at this time Sonia was llorcli. And 'boredom is th9 8l‘€i`ii~ ist help to unhealthy thoughts and ideas one can have. Ned was try- ing to finish a. niece of work. at tile same time he was conslderllrs :fling away. He compelled himself lo stay away from Sonia. to refuse §ii‘0nl:`S invitations. insistent iilvllsh they -werep He must get

the test shows that your blood is in s very poor eondidon. y°“ “ii

Slmpletely run-down. You have Ylpepsie, Liver-'Rouble and

_ Constipation, too. My recommend- . lim to you il a bottle of

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m °id.r¢liable family rm\edy,mlt|\ hill the prblciples of Dandeliom llndrake, Bur-dock and other puri-

ivlnz lam. A ll .4 ' lil - -Eff ."»1i°E.s,’ .i1’.'...‘i'IWl7.?, in WW Up he entire system. “ Ukabetdu. Pnmilysin hurtimso

N ` ' ' au. ll.s °"° "°"° _ ..w1, ,.. _ 1 1 scorrw lnuulonn __ wlnt it pnrlrnlt nl... wnnln _hm ,,,,,,,,._. _,1,,,,,, 1,.,,l.l, nm

his way to ~Lenore s side. He was

"No-yes; I mean. immensely. ll thought of -Lenore that he had

she moved on to the drawing room. Ned in her train. While they had been milling Lenods bud .passed

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Yet should he leave he some of whom he knew were So- b0_v_ _ 5 _

not 'be able to S29 S0l1l2l.tU nla‘u friends. He was emharras- She WQ11111 he 1,1,e1»y1h1hg 111,11 “orlidtthan I‘_;‘”“hy dbcys of gmflen

011 terms Of illtiiiiiwy in her sed st their clothes. or their lack was 1;o0¢1_10 h1m_ 11 whhld .he °" een' Pe la bee? H ‘YGSTA

Di 0100195-_BHD€’Ciii\iy of the YOUDS easy to be a ncibie woman if llc be- 5,26: g:g1s1'ty `_1§r}:;‘_£sth_;1 :gs wfm

le some_E)h)i_hgh a-i;i;\;_t gir_lIs,_ Doras ri'riend~s._ _ ___ _tw lie_ved in her, expected it of her. _Sonia _S'_mng.s attention at mst

e ts a queen DM’ Y. S11 - Come, tilerl, shake hands on lt. It get him apart from me Umm

Dfevellleil Dora smiled 'wp at him C0fl\\@mSh- I nm to be your nlother. you my

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I mine. Makes rather; a hedge- _He just touched her ouistretch- _mc _ 1 . V ‘

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pcdge dont you think But dad ell hand, his eyes lowered then 1

nnrl l both like lt. so _:ve do it shew fingers away. -she laugh- wgzffn _f;"‘_fadb;’;§‘_f_‘ff‘_: WW' B” Y°“ “°“" “Ye “’ S ° e 8° Y' . contact ban dazzled mln He lnm x_txht_:'ha‘;_‘3_de gggfgséndl soyI;rf5_‘_m.‘l _.___ fg'I;_I;;' S_‘Hgy°;o;xf.' I"e§lE§;)I: slslglé endowed her with every v.irtue,llad

. ' ‘ ' . ` _ worshi ed as at the shrine of _ _ -

501" h' slJe"u;~:’ler¢]l“thA§uml:1t asfey¢;lll1:1g lat: haggllillfidslggts sgltd gopllmill-geltagvglls *mme Slrllillt. scarcely daring to lift ~ --.1 . - .- - ~ - - ~.»" ~» »-~~~ . ==\~'~-iw - ~ ~

every glnimf; olden so§le’l_eu,eatefl |n_ "ke musm y l his eyes to 'her face, .- This had -~--~~ - - Y '- - -

wrote to silence feeling out of place il lShe ssrw the flaring sdlniraton been 5° tw” Yea" “$0 'when h”

wad_ either "sfo: guests hh his eyes Bm in her own there first came to the studio--to a cer- _ '

around- the yard lBut ~by andlby Dora returned to dwelt a -brooding fire tam extent 'it W” Sm' 9°' ‘me mlddle aged and me youthful Sonia. read the ‘letter loud to him 'this time 'bri i a sweet- 'Just then Strong came in His Yet 1” me days after 11° me' “mst” forget s°ma'3 presence and

' 8 i ' ' “Eng h 1 _ 1 h 1, 1111' Lcnore Fleetwood her. face was 008111110 talk Ui' 8i'l»0fti19ii° W0i‘i\-.

and ‘B°Ve"lY- and Neil 1°“$h" heed dark haired gm whom B 0 game swap t e wo 8 ng so often before him her mysterious 301113- lit first leaned back in her 1-emahhed: " 1 introduced as Lenore Fleetwood. near each other. Sonia quivered_ eyes _her midnight hair her red chan, with me ah” a pleased a__d_

h h 11 .From that time Lanore was a as if a wound had been touclled, ' _ » gratified audence_ -showin no “gm

can see er with er ye ow , , _ ‘11 _ 11 h _ 11111( 1 11 f1y_1n,g chasmg that wrkBy_.. _name stamped upon lved_s mgmolhy. :gmd_?_sperateiy did she resent his hs? p0__g_\;_t_€ ;'_§>_:1at __oye_Lo“l_a_l;.__hd that She _Mshed to intehrupt the

his voice sounded to- £‘1_d8i_;';th';g__;g'?_u";g Thggéhtehu; "Wes were begmnmg to under_ be tg- have her 511 10 h1m_0cchS10n__conversation. -She made her first he would “ke to see -he 'would love to paint her lior- stand each other" she said to her._ lilly 10 S99 her TU-|59 £11059 W0i1l1' ;`|°g’}_‘i"`kfW:§_“ _strong St°i‘Ped "°.

' ` ‘IUIWQ 1 h 1f_ h h d 'C1 1 _ rous eyes to his as he spoke to _ a rr' cSHF- \

Why dom; you nm up _md help 3‘_i;l;h xiniht D:_i;_B;__0f___l_i_1»_i__i;i_:\eB 5e\_i_*3_l; zfaspifg inamesr m;_Bm,Fgen'_m.(.N1;g _her. il thought wc were Soing out

»- ‘He wondered if she had ever Sdmewhefe- 'ii' Wu two S0 011 will-

seemed fathomiess because oi KW6 me ii 0iZ€ii'0lt€. 11101189. H0 Im and S ki 1 hl 1 U 1

_ had taken one from 11.13 0111 case had her portrait painteddf any one S m0 UZ i W 10 me U

lxhgwdghat tlzeshtd lllyhlttfee ytfizuhleliilg- the case she had sawed Dgrt of her' h°d med ii’ catch “nil PM 0" C311' 3° W ‘bed when V9” have f'“i5h°d'" thy skin. those red. red lips. -He i`i\i0Wiii'lC0 -t0 give him, and was was the mystery that lm-ked he- Nedmlgssltilegoltmtoslilrglfgetaid’ rising'

had 51”-911 1,1 her 1m111_ 5581118 he, lighting it. -He passed it to her. hind those curling. lashed eyes. "1 am afraid we fargo; you"

flu1s11.he-had realized it and npol- Til_9i\_SU`0il8 B'D0‘k0_1 Wh 'He wanted 10 11111( to 501113 "1 am afraid you ahh.. Bohm _

ogfifditllnner he carefully avoided is 1uPVl;?i?a$ged?5:l?i;b¢d l§2f°oI;;':2€u1tln‘d;!r'stghh ‘i{lll`llre:z1y§h\?/h::v0ulll(l|: turned wmmut mncor' “where wis’lcd

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looking at her. He had taken in l\°i~hi"§ like li SiY\0k0- had slpoken of another wcmlan or S a we go

ll girl WYIOBB Mme he dldift FG- Ned hem “ut me case' S"°“5 girl, Sonia had made sclno disparai- “'W-hat do you say. Ned; wilcre

menliller and who interested him £0011 ii Cigarette. iight-ed it iiilii mg remh_1,,h_ or sum Sho dh1h»1 h11_ shall it be?" 'Strong asked.

not nt all. Lenore sat directly op- moved over to thc easel. ' _ “I 'would Suggest that new play

mire them

Pwnc' "Bee" 'worldnnu he asked' He and Strong lcft the stlldi to- “The Lead" It is very mgmy

[But .Nell strained to hear what \“Nct long." other 0 'spoken nf,"

silo said above tho hum of conver~ The picture on the easel. a por- g _,,We` t .t _k th Hr “i‘l| _he really in a Jiffy!" Sonia satic/n. H1; watched her out of the trait of il child about eight years cults "ms “,, S__e°'p ' hoier called as sho 1-lm lightly up the

corner of his eye until once on 01d was chm.m1“g1n1_he s.1.hI,11c11y U _Wa "gk _ "mg “‘ M ` stairs.

locking up qulokiy.he found -Sonla's _ ' _ Q,” y rem” e‘ ,, They reached the tllcatrc just

hi l i cr "5 ‘mnccpuon and ammgemum' N°_0r the gravy' Ned had re` as tho curtain went up Naturally

eyes bent ulpon m, a g cam n . _ them he did lint understand, Af- T110 Siraisht little f1~U¢h_ the tous, plied, laughing. _ _ c_ they could not see who was in the

l8i‘ iiiilt lie ccascd to Kale at Len' sei hair' and color n some m“°°“~ Dusk “_” WS °‘"_“m°" "5 "" house until -the intermission. But o,e_ -brown in others, the wldc-open. 0%'-‘S0tii1b i;’li;2_i_l they dreacilfll the the “gms om _smm looked abou," As the elaborate nltllsl of a q“°“"°“i“8 W9' an Wm’ °h“"’“‘ Shree’ “ de "ge "5 ghmv R Her stare attracted Nell's atten-

l llnne un 01-It its full |611 “sly 'p°m`"yed ' t 0 sky ma 6 it Suu "5 t' tion to a box on their right. Len-

forma l r sp - __ ' _ _ sth. Ned rbegan to reel that Lenore. ____ol:_e o_f_ the -b_e_§l_tu:_h__i_hss Ned ever fiiitlrewh/:S nm F___etw__o__ was smug ___ the

like himself. mi5ht DOBSib|Y Wish (.,_- ohh yml »_,.» _ 1r11-,1,1_w00(1_ stron. and ,Ned 1-1,15, front of the box, looking surpass-

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it were Ove# 'Hehha?1e§agg:1t:: “Yg;l; it [ls ggarmlng " ed their hats in suixutation and pas- ingly lowly' in her low-cut I-r0Wl1.

immuent S' mg 'W en ph ' "You hear, Ned. Sona says it is sed on. Ned had an almost uncon- tal-king to lt young naval officer in ful attractiveness of other girls lle__ hm mmmssed her' It was as H 8 3000-" trcllable desire to rush back and ““if0\°m- 'Dora Dclong. a little

b°"°" he” ` "And von?" Ned‘s eyes were nslr to walk with ber. lie wanted bavk of 11°F- WHS e"i°"“““‘“g ““

wgéhlzrgegtig ggrllgno; dghlggéé, h}1{;_ralsed to Strong. the man all for- 1,0 hem- hm- 1,,-11( 10 gaze 11110 he, army officer, also in uniform.

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rsted him that although l.-he girl '"9" “"u“l “lW“'yB“““° ""‘~'-'-°i` what talking of a picture he had seen in _ o hi right talked to htm a run- h“N’°““'" ‘5°““ “id '-0 h°“°" as a. private gallery. For ll moment Nod l;o1.f°d at lli‘l'\-‘ _ T strea of chatter he could “"0 ml' b“°k' mm’ snwkmg and S0010 WM Very giiy at dinner, ore Fleetwood, admiration in his nltghive tnid a word she said A "“te“|”5 £9 ""3 °°'“V°"9a'~°“ “Mui but Ned's thoughts wandered in eyes. Turning ho saw Sonia rc- llag-s Clsrkg on his left tried to ¢- 'me |"°t'“"°' the Placmg °f um spite oi’ chicken,-biscuits and gravy garding him. He flushed as ii’ ‘gage his attention. .but save for lc-_ ‘"3" “nt” “nd “h“d°ws' -‘wandered £0 L°“°"° Fi°°"W°°d'5 caught doing something he hurl no ceivlllg answers to hor questions `ff`[|“_"|:_lVk°‘;° ':;`l°°l:;-__ alan Brin face' he’ ‘l“"‘°Y» 3’“°ef“‘ "g“'°-“S right to do. Soon til., house was she silso failed. 'Ned hmlae mviunner t0_n1;;'1_ Bei €}\:_?__h_;‘f‘€e_i:’_;'_l,2§d and b°W€d W him darkened again and the Dial’ was

. was hted ith the signal ' su ed. H° deufv n as the “hens erly. We are going to have his fav- --you Me hm 1,1, hwhy_ N911; reulrler cover of the _lhrhncshhe

t° rise was 3 e ' it dish--frlcassee d chicken. 11 1_» 111 11 1-- 111 1 . lem' me 'able' Ned “md ‘° ed" 0113:; sure and halve plenty of bis- ‘w“‘i~I¢;!thln;_ml;lotl‘l,i‘ng sift 13?? arhe 2151?/1lc!lht1\:1|;l:1?1l-e '§,‘£_ar(}~1¢%,h?;0h;,;x111l¢;1. lt would mean to her should .\!cd_

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mi-"°°9t°d by s°“l“' wht? asifed' i » -- -- f - f -- - _ 1,§.B1,_ 1’-'e1r:&a;cB 10e11:Y1l:?1I1’gs:1c;::,‘;; fégigifxnhihe :varmggagsf hx ‘$35. what 1h;11_te1-ed it if it were llenore

didn’t wish that either. Had he

f _h her _ not he would not have caught ev- “pon 1h p1ay_ He hmged 1_0 see

egrolhable 'ic see her ace ear N D i en th” mm’ 5“mP5° °f Le“°"° her flee; to compel her attention e ' ' ' h ‘ _ Fleetwwd-' and her recognition, 'But she

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Dor‘l`lMgouIld‘:l|'[tn thugs llelttysoelf xiii; ` 1 0"' the" MSM' "h° tw° men' "°""°d U"-"ly Wi'BDD€d up in her

lil end of that old bore Sher ll, 'U5 1 “T " *T-`-_-‘=”-=‘ naval officer when asain t-110 Clif'

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». h h nd ------ - tain rose so that Ned could see

wow' some ones” 9 to er a _f ‘ “ her. 'He was jealous. furiously

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jealous. Vlfllat right had that young a <hou='lnd time! H0-

! -officer-.tl monop_hllz_e ller'i'_ _He not ondhre lt! b dm _“ok

h _ _ _ ‘wanted to go to t e ox. te ler Her ace wore ll roo g ‘

tllem,djust lifting her lashes as s e _ (°RANuL") how ha fam _D _nk her to __e____l

passe .

.Fortunately Ned had lately be- ` hh? :’::_i:w hway and let him take “°m° °°\’m°""°°°d énmmh 1° hide - Dlooolvo ¢lr0I\ ' "l?m crazy-" he thouxht. as he

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hil;__feellngs,"b\lt not to prevent him _ =;*lrL;¢va.el:.;=¢`at sr octal .do puhed mmm” together and wmv. "..1-f", 11 h ow .h¢1~`_.Leh°1-Q meet. ‘ _ drew his gaze from the box. "plumb w06d°.1.?° ' in ` QUICK RELIEF! crazy! .No sane fellow would act

"Yes her father is a great friend ‘ Ano m neun rom ron 'mon Wifi’ Um- __

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G1 ,Beverly s. She had been about i P lame »-nn’ i ‘ 'Lenore lholls charming it was

_ 1 Lo ' mother and . _ . t uma ovooerrs. pl Sthonrs voce _

Islam ll. Atmouiossrcs to ny "h?1-1`9n11|:".1::1, gsugilt her- f 1, MAKIII 0: __Yes.' Ned answered briefly. ` ,hh ex

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Enhy your dinner e " | 'wished he had not come. No-he was in shadorw. 'He siKhed. was

_ nit f, he had been in mourning for 1, 1_ -_; __ __ “

._\leli, in thinking of what Strong anbunclle who had left him 3 snug gg; Sgghnlfntthoer _5;_‘;“ca5Sl;,° sz too ylhunit? What did it mean

done to the portrait, tried to fortune to add to the one already had hmced 10,. hen £0 mm_; Eve” '$"`°“g Caller mi"

that it might have been an ills. Hie had -been too young for --1*g.heSh S0__ yes__ ~1__ (hm-1 Young] In "his ‘*a‘;°‘;~;§|C it jeailousy. 'But it was lnl- the functions 'Strong and Sonia .1m0w_~-_ The buys en11,h1-m,.5. “mskon yr Wie; "‘ thugt ° er

in view of the feeling attended. The last few months he men1,whs 1,1111-u1_ lhht Sohm 0,111. W"f`_' W" “g‘l_ “_ Swim?

rllanged face had given hinl. i hll1l.l>een too deeply intrigued with 1h.11g11e,1 1m,1_1.,r¢._1em1e,1 hm 11, 1101. ge* ed lm ‘T ‘L 1;I"“" “f ‘|“l‘(‘l"'5' lt- hull been s deliberate nt- snnln, nnll his illnnglltn of her to 1% 11 was 51,,-1, _,,001 he was M1 u_°t"_'_“S "Ye" _,Y-___ ° _“§f°’__

to spoil the innocent rela- think of social dlstrlwtions. awhsmmell 1., hinges. it malls ia lifcaélhog 1 S "rm B if uf; is

lt made his remaining lHe was introduced to men and her 111,-111 W1111 11aph1ne.,,,_ 111 0,11); _ g__‘;a___;’ U;";°0_‘:___gt° gre"__Tn_;_‘; hi;

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I right or thc cake is citilcr -;.1'.~uli<_‘<i or lndlfl'cl'cnt. '

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‘How do you like lllc 1»iay‘."' silo' use of solls_ (‘ut ll l't>l:langie about

asked. _ ‘ till- injllrcll pull,-ll llnli l-elllovh thc

"1-Oil. }'€‘5_V°|'}' Kumi. isn‘t il?" oili grass ruuls and s'ul'fat:c soil to

he siamlllercli, not looking at her. lilo lit-1l'.ll of :l_l~zo<l, say, two inches

“Verly.” she dryly l'uspondc.|._ Rolllgllcrl till- newly axposell s\ll‘i’al:l~

Tllcn: "lsn'l lllal Lunore Fleet- with ll mire. i.lly lilo soils in stl'£:1l.~: W00i1 Wilil U0l'l\ iii iiiilt i>OX'."` Il-lost-ly lligctller. Pound firllll-_~'

11111111 51110,-111m_50hm11me_ _ “l'e=., they just bowoll; didll't`wlitll the buck of zl spade, walt;-l'

Ol' should llespeak to Sonla,ask 5'0i_i\_“f_“_07" ilillllediiltelyi und l-onlinlle ln :viii-r

1181.10 propose h S1111" 10 Lehm.e_ ‘$0 _ _ frcrlllrnlly ntli till. new sol las what a 1m,e1_v hamh gh just Shih Md all-d ilu more. but ht- i<uc~\v lmlllc ll uumn with lin- r-ul-ill iw- ed hcr_Lenm_e! It would nm be that Sollltl had Bvcll l|lr»_lll. _ Illl- nelrtll, 'I ill- _~‘ol_l silollill L11. si‘lt-l-i- easy 10 speak 10 South to exh1h1n|liiUi1Eill \-0i”i`10d ’_’_|iU~ “ ily slloulli ell trnlll tl l-fizuislilv, 1llls‘llll‘l- ill olll- 1he 111,511.6 he had huddenlv Com She try lo deny it ¢_»l'_ pilll-l wllerf- tilt- tlll'f ullpeitr-4 celvcd lo paint the lovely creature. """‘_~" ""9 f""’“ ' l__. __

re Yt he had a feeling that Sonia ll n lm nl»ll>\..ll\ or itsllui

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. . ._ , - - _ _ lu use sod. cle-ln and loosen th.- mum `mnm’e It for mm H bm so soil with :l rake illlll sow l;l'f|S.~l

ser-ll. H<.nl,, sllglroslillns on mulc- sef-fi. i's¢- :l stake :lnli wire ol' corii In iilrep off lresllllssl-ls, Sulllli sllggesliuns on lllllkillg new lawns will he r>fi'u|'i-ll in il llllvr issue. --

exactly," Strong aullell.

Ned llarin'_t thought of llcl' ill

that way, it had been only as at girl, a lovely, mysterious creature. But now he too thought what ll picture she would make in that gown an<i| wondered ‘if she would cali it illl- .pudence if Ile asked her to wean'

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-hc ~Iurncd uhruntly to Sonio to

find hcl' cyns fastener upon llllll with xl look he could not fathom. He had 'zu idea shg had been walvil ing him instead of the stage. just as ho hall been watching llcrlorc

instead ol' following the play.

To Sonia, familiar with every ex-

pression of his mobile face, his at-

traction to Lenore had been very' obvious. To her it had -been slow torture lls she watcllcrl his eyes fixcll lip/in that box where only the slender white arms were visible in tile dl-tl ligi 5. She recalled the din - ner where Ned had met her. ills _ quick appreciation of her beauty, `

so different from the girllsll pret- l tiness of Dora Delong or thc youth- _

Iivzlli 1izlil'ile:~l anti bdrc s1l'_>ls on

he lll\\.'n\ e;lluuili 'bu l'n1l:\ll‘¢=<i lin the lawn should llc rl~1lairell in sprinlz. 'i`lle-.-l» lll:l_v .he thc rc- Isllli of all ililfni. of ;:lllll1lillg ill rv- ,~\. B. (`. ° I irllilll- plllils, ul liulnag., by foot- _ ____4,,____. welll' llllllcl' llilllllllol-ks ul' near “I 1111111 lilly illmln 1\lllltllLll':l1»l1< :writ-es, ol' of lurk of attention :lnll 111 1,113' 1,.. _`-1,1.1_ --| 1.11111 |1119 ,111 111... “

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had mot. _

Could il he that Ned-her hoy-. i

was failing in love? lmpossihle! Surely in one short week sllc had not lost all that had nlulle tho Inst yqgll---,'l-5, the last two-llvuhle? Sha fnllllli nn relief in thinking oi -hcr determination to he only tile mother 1" him. br in reflecting that ihero were other things in hcl' life than love for this boy so llluch younger than she. such an ideal mah- fo: a girl l’ke Lenorc Fleet-

wood.

Sha fillslled as thoughts fiilied

across h=.- mind, thoughts of what

become enamored of some girl-

Fleellvofld or some Other? Aftfbl' all 'her empty years-until ' Ned came. Was she to he robibed of 1he _loythat was hors so innocently with out a thought of man and woman l‘r\ve‘! Was she in ste everyihini .thot now made life.. worth llvimz snatched from her bv some chit of ll girl ilk.. Lenore Fleetwood? No.

uneasy could not fix his attention

when the curtain went un lifter the serond act. She kelit \1°f 1’-Y”-ii on Nadu fnce and saw it llizlll up as hennre noticed them and hnwell gsyfry. Then. as tlhe naval officer nlsk ldokfd at them. she saw him frown.

vv-lint run flint mf-nn? Had he

seen l..\nore more .often than she knew? Was he in love with hcl' in

1.1111 tha. ho was jealous ni

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