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17==== The * Grace Livingston Hill his arm and something protectii flared in his heart. He looked up the flabby Mortie triumphantly, I was needed here to shelter Ali< from these half-drunken people, i would get her away from the presently and bring her home at try to dissuade her from this sort thing. He remembered their bea tiful intimate dinner, and lookt down at her again, her face turn< in profile there against his shoulde What did that remind him of? There had been another face qui recently turned thus against h shoulder, closer than this, white ai sweet and fragile in its beauty. Ma garet! Involuntarily he drew bai just a fraction and looked at tfc beautiful painted face. Somehow did not belong there. Somehow gave him a start. What was like? Those red lips, glaringly r under the bright light of the ves bule chandelier? Ah! Those girls on the train. H< he disliked their memory. Refined, educated, exquisite garbed as Alice was. she yet 1 sembled somehow those girls, tho dreadful girls! Or was she refine He didn't know. He honestly didn His mother didn't use to think s was refined as a girl, but he h thought her wrong. Suddenly he lifted the lady's ha from his arm and held it out Mortie. "With all appreciation of the h< . _ . - The Cherokee Scout, W Christ * By Grace Liv HnaBICMnBHBHBBBMKI said to Alice, 1 must forego the p pleasure. This gentleman I believe t( se has prior claim, and I have a duty fi se in another direction. I will bid you f( in good-evening?Alice!" y ~y Then with a slight inclination of a 'd his head toward the others of the a to party who had not noticed him until 11 now. he went out the door and left d ,r" them. h r" He heard a clamor of exclama- d l!S t'on behind him. "Oh. Alice! Alice darling! You n it got it in the neck that time!" shout- it g- ed one hilarious feminine voice, h ik "You thought you had some one to ci ie pay your gambling debts, didn't B ps you, darling? But you thought too ti in soon!" And then a perfect ava- it e. lanche of laughter gurgled after him n is and re-echoed down the corridor as a ht he stepped into the elevator and if dropped to the level below out of tc at sound of it. I d d CHAPTHR VII a ft n_ Greg stepped gravely forth from D je the elevator and out into the night, '' the hot blood burning ;n his cheeks. a "jj So that was Alice! His old sweet- a lg heart! b et Yet now as he thought of her c: silly laugh, that had come after she a had had a drink or two, of the way she let that cur of a Mortie hover I about her with flattery, his heart [t_ was hot with anger and shame. tt Alice! Lovely Alice, with her di- tc voices and her tearful confidences, t! e her delicate, fragile, startling beau- ir ty! And then Alice with her wine s; t- si w "This Gentleman, 1 Believe, Has y Prior Claim." Jg glasses and her men friends and her gambling debts! ^ So that was what she wanted of y m him! tl >n Somehow she had learned that he t, re had money. But Alice was not for at him. d !e His business, for the present any- n way, was to find that other girl who n le had been flung across his path when m he entered his home town, and now v id was gone, and was perhaps in peril. ? of So back to the hotel he went, u- "A letter in your box, Mr. Sterid ling," said the night clerk as Greg 1 id passed toward the elevator. r* Greg turned with eagerness. A ^ letter! Who could be writing him a te letter? lis As he went up in the elevator he id studied it. It bore a Virginia postir mark. That would be from his ^ :k friend Steele. s 'is Of course it was conceivable that h it Margaret might find the money, k it .hot h- h-J ' ..>? ??*s nau put ib mere, it and come back or write back to ed thank him. But he didn't remem- a ti- ber that she had been told where he s stayed. Unless perhaps she had y >W gone back for her things and her tl landlady had given her the word he c ly left for her. But she was probably v e- gone out of his life forever, he se thought sadly, as he fitted his key f, d? into the lock and switched on his a 't. light. Then he settled down to read c he his letter. t ad It read: s "Dear Brother: c nd "You don't know how glad I was h to to get your card bearing your ad- t dress, and to know that we really s >n- are to be lasting friends, for now I ii he can find you, and write you, and g CHAPTER VI?Continued "But if he won't, and if we loi it, why we thought perhaps v would just go down the mounta and find some place where thi would board us for what we cou do this winter. I'm still able cook, and your grandfather can < clerical work. So you're not to wc ry. He thinks his friend. Elihu Mo tin, will let him keep books in h hardware store. "So we are quite cheerful about now. And I'm just writing to su gest that perhaps if you would spc; to some of the rich ladies that con into your office sometimes, perhai you could get them interested buying some of the old furnitur You know that old walnut chest OVPf ?flO fPTre nlH nnrJ ronlltr nnrr to bo worth something. "Your grandfather just said th he feels there might be just a po sibility that Elias might weaken at let us have a little longer time i paying the mortgage if we could I sure of having the whole of the i tcrest in hand the day it is due. f thinks he can get together enouj all but S25. and he is wondering you would have any way of gettir that other $25 by Thanksgiving? L us know what you think. "Your loving grandmother. "REBECCA LORIMER." Eventually Margaret got contr of herself. She ought to have wri ten before. She walked steadily to the tel graph desk and wrote out her tel gram. "New job. Awfully busy. Depen on me. Money Thanksgiving. Lo' ingly. MARGARET." She paid for the message ar turned away, somewhat relieved i mind. But where was she to gi the S25? Now she must get a real jc somehow. And to that end she mu have at least one good night's res So she went to the Travelers A: and asked questions, discovering place where she could get a clea bed for 35 cents. She stopped at a drug store c the way and got a cup of hot sou and a sandwich. Her heart sank as she hurrie down the street toward the sleci ing quarters. She had relieved tV minds of her dear family for tt moment, and had fed and house herself for the night, but she was i a desperate situation. What wi she to do' Twenty - five dollar: Where could she get it? She sighed deeply as she entert the clean bare precincts of the cha ity dormitories. She paused inside the warm e trance hall to slip her grandmot! er's letter into the little compar ment with the other letter she kne was there, patting it tender! choked back a sob. strapped it with the other, and went in to t! desk to apply for a bed. Gregory Sterling looked dow upon that little jeweled hand < lurphy. N. C., Thursday, D mas B ingston Hill * uav iiau ueen nis DCIore Khoderick I'm ame. His telephone rang and there rigl jas the voice of Nurse Gowen! the Nurse Gowen had gone back to caL er hospital work, and was out on " i nervous case that required her f onstant attention. She had not anc >een able to do much to help in the anc earch for Margaret. She had not me ailed up for several days. She had the ier living to earn, of course, and dis hough Greg had paid her more than Thi he felt was right for the brief nurs- bee ng case, and for the help she had | anc iven him the first day of the j erhaps come to see you, and hope sea > have you visit me sometimes. I to 1 nd I was a bit afraid you would N irget the man who traveled with ties ou on the way toward the East, nd think of him as a mere passing Mis cquaintance. And to tell you the -uth that would have been a great "I'\ isappointment, for I found my was eart was knit close to yours and lid id not want to lose you. stre "But I am especially glad just she ow that I know where you are, for strt happens that I found a letter clot ere when 1 got home asking me to her ome to your city and address a to \ ible conference that is to be held tere this very week. They are pay- yet. tg my expenses so that the jour- wh: ey is financially possible for me Pur nd I am as eager as a boy to know the you are to be free and I may hope ) see you some of the time while gra am there? I expect to arrive Tues- strs ay morning at eight o'clock and eas m inclosing the address of the con- By irence, where mail will reach me. Gov erhaps you will let me know what hav me of day you are at leisure? In moi ny event I shall call up your hotel s soon as I know where I am to kno e placed, and find out when we bef< an meet. I do long to see you P'a< gain. sine "Your friend. pro "RHODERICK STEELE." her When Greg had read that letter llJa! irough twice he sent a telegram a ec ) Steele's train. He had learned lat trick on his own trip East, hav- , ig witnessed the arrival of rres- on. ages to travelers. ,or, "Greatly rejoiced at your coming. 1^'. lease arrange to be my guest hile you stay. I need you. and am t your service in any way. Have nportant matters to talk over with in , du. Will meet your train." me] That night Greg had the first full tjie ight's sleep since Margaret disap- .. e"ed' ,, . thm The two young men were like two add oys when they met the next morn- env ig. Greg had never had a man it j -lend since his high school days jr nd he was overjoyed to find this I jejt lan just as thrilling as he had re- cve lembered him. So many things gtr. nd people had been disappointing forj lat he had found himself looking sorl irward to this meeting anxiously, ' ut the anxiety fled in the light of ca|| hoderick Steele's smile and strong. arm handclasp. > They went in a taxi to the hotel. g teele called up the committee who an"~d ad invited him, learned what were is appointments, and then they sa? ent down to a late breakfast, for > teele owned up he had only taken < cup of coffee on the train, and ireg grinned and said he had wakned too late to eat before he went > the station. So over a good break- .? ist the two cemented their friendhip again. Suddenly the two discovered that tj,ir was getting late, and almost time was ir Steele's address at the confernee hall, and they hurried away, a^0 Ireg feeling for the first time in ph0 ears that he had a real part in me lings worth while, a real new in- her :rest. tle Rhoderick Steele had stayed three was ays and Gregory Sterling learned gra luch, and found out how to learn bro tore. ' He had tried to take Greg home "bv nth him, but Greg shook his head sibl ravely. tha "I can't go away," he said, "not j!?e' ill I'm sure Margaret won't need ne. If I find her, and find she is /ell fixed and has no need for me, 'sl /ell, then I can come. But not ? ?W" he Rhoderick looked at him tenderly. ldl On the train he thought of the look g a his friend's eyes and said to him- 0De elf, "I wonder!" and then rested ^ us head back, closed his eyes and taj iegan to pray for Greg and the little Wc Mrt girl. con Greg turned back to his hotel C fter seeing his friend off with a " trange desolation upon him. And iy. et it was not like the joneliness cat 1 i Oh Wad the Powers the Giftee Gie IJs? The pompous old gentleman in the railway carriage had been boring his fellow travelers for an hour or two with tales of his success and his superiority to everv y aiarm ner, telephoning her t way. I think that's a good J a. Well, I hope you find her. ; id-night." j Ireg lost no time in getting long ;ance and putting in his call for j Lorimers of Crystal Lake. i iut suddenly the bell rang and found his heart beating very rapr as he took up the receiver, lut it was only the long distance rator talking. Are you the party calling CrysLake, Vermont, name Lorimer? U, that telephone has been disnected." lismay entered Greg's heart. Are you sure?" he asked eager"Perhaps it's only listed so beise the bill wasn't paid. If so, i willing to pay the bill at once it here at the telephone office in hotel This is an emergency L It is most important!" Wait a minute," said the voice, 'inally came a chief operator, 1 then a district superintendent, 1 Greg turned heaven and earth taphorically speaking to induce telephone company to annul that connection, but all to no purDose. :y told him the telephone had n disconnected (or six months, 1 the wires were down. (TO BE CONTINUED) ecember 23, 1937 !ride WNU Servic# j rch. her pride had sent her back Aork. ow her voice was full of eagers. Have you heard anything yet of s Margaret?" she asked. Nothing yet." said Greg sadly. J re sort of given up trying. There ;n't anything else to do. though id plan to go down to Rodman et tomorrow and ask again if had been there. It seems inge that she hasn't gone for her hes yet. She has the receipt for back board. She wouldn't have vait for that." Maybe she hasn't discovered it Maybe she didn't understand it you said about putting it in her se. Where did you put it? In outer pocket by any chance?" No, inside with a letter from her ndmothcr that was in a little ipped compartment. She could 1 ily miss it if she didn't know, the way, you don't suppose. Miss von, that Miss McLaren could e gone back to her home in Verit, do you?" Well, that's an idea. I don't w why we never thought of that jre. That would be the natural :e for her to go, wouldn't it? And :e she had money in her purse bably she did. But what about things? It does seem strange t she didn't go for them immediy after you told her her board i paid." She's probably afraid of me, 't you see?" said the young man ornly. "I suppose she's perfectustified in her feeling after what t nurse must have said. But d night! It doesn't seem as if I Id give this thing up! She never ;ed to you about where she lived Vermont, did she? You don't rember the name of the town, or name of her people, do you?" Why, yes," said Miss Gowen jghtfully. "She did give me the ress. I wrote it down on an old elope. I told her I ought to have n case she got worse or anyig, and 1 wrote it down after you on Sunday afternoon. Now whatr did I do with that envelope? jnge I never thought of that be in all our searching! It must be lewhere among my things. I'll and look it up right away and you again. Are you going to be re all the evening?" Right here!" said Greg, uddenly the telephone rang again he sprang to answer. Well, I've found the address," 1 Nurse Gowen. Yes," said Greg, eagerly. It's Mrs. John Lorimer, Crystal ;e, Vermont." That's all?" asked Greg as he ite it down. Yes, that's all. I'm dreadfully ry I didn't think of it before." Don't worry," said Greg. "I ik I'll find her now!" His voice > throbbing with excitement, n not just sure how I ought to go ut it, but I think I could telene them and say she spoke to about a job and I failed to get address. That wouldn't starher grandmother. You know she : terribly afraid I had telephed them when she was ught to the hospital." Yes, I know," said Nurse Gowen, it I can't see how it could pos one else. When the ticket collector came into the carriage, the old gentleman merely looked annoyed and handed a ticket to the collector, ( who looked at it and remarked: "Where are you going, sir?" "Good gracious, man, can't you read?" shouted the passenger. "You've got my ticket, haven't you?" "I've got your ticket, certainly, sir," came the quiet reply. "But it's for a watch." 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Lacking size and strength to pull down larger game animals, he has to content himself with "rats and mice and such small deer," and especially with birds?including hens. At the same time, he has to keep clear of larger and more ferocious animals bent on his own destruction. The greatest of these is man. If there ever was a stupid fox?which is doubtful?he and all his offspring were long since ground to nothing between these upper and nether millstones. What a difference good bowel habits can make! To keep food wastes soft and moving, many doctors recommend Nujol. INSIST ON GENUINE NUJOL Ccfr.lOT euMlnh Happy Fellow Happy is the man who has both money and sense; for he knows how to use his wealth aright.? Democritus. Jh Jh Jh checks EEC colds OOP FEVER UOUIB. IASLTTS . . SALVC. MM BMP* Hwfcdw, 80 RiMM 1
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