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j WUFREOVIWWiZCR , immm “THE GOOD BAD GIRL” The Stcfry Of New York— And A Girl. —By— Winifred Van Duzen Chapter 28. Mimsifelt as if she were imprisoned in a sort of stjtiirrel cape. K was a gilded cage, fitted with luxury, colorful as a rainbow arid fla grant with flowers. Ardent, “1-love you” roses brought freshly to bei each day, Perry's roses. She grew to dislike them; ever to fear them. For to her they were sym bols of what was in his heart. They stood for her day of reckoning. Round and round the squirrel cage. Never getting anywhere, never chang ing. She'd awaken middle forenoon. Have a perfumed bath, an alcohol rub. Coffee and toast on a silver tray. Sit in the sunny window till luncheon time. Once she picked up a pencil, found some rough paper, tried to draw. Bdt Tt was no good. -Something had g' ne out of her hand of her heart. Once she went to the telephone an.: gave Merle’s number. Hut she hung up the receiver before there win an i>nswer. ■ That was no good either. “He is coming back and 1 must lis ten to him then. Oh yes, 1 must listen T’ni living here in his home, spending his money. All those things I bought —hip. money. All those things 1 bought—links in the chain that binds rre. I'm forging the chain myself. Destiny is drawing close. Nita would come in ihe afternoon ind they’d taxi uptown to the liveliest of the tea dances. Soon they became i familiar figures on Broadway among the stage people, society folks, th«- 1 unexplained persons who regular!y j patronise those places. Mimsi with her haunted eyes her l hair curling points of fire, her slim j grace and her beautiful clothes was a i marked personality and a favorite, J Waiters led her to the most cor.- j spicuous tables: orchestra lenders played her favorite tunes; gigolo* c'freled about, demanding her dances. At first she was adverse to dune- . lug with the sleek haired, slender- ' wnisted, blue-collared young men tc v.hem she hail not been introduced. She sent one away with a chilly shake of the head. “Oh, he s only n gig, Nitn ex plained. “That’s what Tie’s here for— to dance with women whose escorts are missing. Professional dancers, you know. Management employs them. Mostly they work in shows r.nd do this on the side. Go on, dance with him. He's one swell hoofer <r he couldn’t hold the job.” Minisi discovered directly that Nita was right. However ligla or totaM.v missing the gigs might be on heed work they were- finished scholars from the ankles down. Under their willing tutelage she picked up a series of in tricate steps and became proficient in the Charleston. Once the producer of a famous “girly” show approached her and made . overtures. He was willing to give her a chance in a special number; he had ti e right dancing partner for her. The money he'offered took leer breath away. But she refused him. Despite al' her experiences, desnite what she con sidered her ontlaw ?.fe, something of Tranquility clung to her. She could i.ot go on the stage. Not even ; > forestall the reckoning with Perry. “That has % cen forced on me,” she thought fatalistically. “That was written in my life long ago.” Sometimes over the shaded lights she caught sight of the Yellow Fared Man. He stared at her intensely, lu:t made no attempt to approach her. N«r did he appear to recognize Nita, al though Minisi felt that her friend was sharply conscious of his presence. Occasionally unaccompanied men, seeing Minisi would summon the head waiter. He'd shake his head; a bank note would change hands slyly. Tn^n the head waiter would come to the girls with a great show of diffidence and present a card. “The gentheman would like to Join' Madanies—’’ It was always Nita who gave par- j mission. Mimsi found such chance ac quaintances obvious, clumsy as 'Luck in his gnmbols. Bui Nita managed to see thht they paid the bill before they left and gave n great many orders Insides. One such person, having commanded a bottle of wine, found that he was obliged to catch a train before the cork wait pulled. “Drink hearty, girls" he eaHed over a retreating shoulder! But he hardly was out of sight be fore Nita beckoned the waiter. “Hbw much was rvvt stuff 7” ..he imjtttred. "Twenty dollars, Madame." d‘A$l right. Take it back and get ttye money. You keep half for your | gdtf mud we’ll take the rest.” ;Whe'n two bills were turned over to bar she parsed one across the table to Mi nisi and pocketed the other. “Why NR*, I don’t want to take it. It- stems awful somehow—" ‘“Don't be silly. You can use a little, bii of cash. Me? Say, kid, really coini aiJfR what it was. Jimmy—I don’t know. Sometimes I think . . ] Mimsi was star Jed, For a seeorvl. all the arrogance, the hard, swagger ing pretense went out of her friend's j eyes. It was like n veil drawn aside. And behind it was the “waiting look.’’ Chapter 29 Mimsi spent her five dollars lor crayons and drawing paper. She could have ordered them anu'churgod the hill to Perry, huL something Tieid her hack. “It’s my own,” she told herself. “My drawing, my pairing—all mil e. He’ll never touch it. No matter wlutt happens. I’ll keep it separate some way. Keep it clean. Oh, what am I saving ?” She felt a queer conLcmpt for iic r- I self. “I’m disloyal. Just plain un- j grateful. He’s done so much for me; saved my life. Why I have everything I’ve wanted as long ns I can remem ber. Sitting on top of the world. I can look down on New York at lu'et. New York at my feet. Wealth xdnes that; puts New York at your feet. J must try to feel differently. It’s my duty to lie loyal to Perry—to be gruro lul . . . She took the drawing things home and spread them out in the sunshine. But there was no spirit in her fingers; her work was flat. Toward evening she began to make a new set of marks. The crayon seemed to move on its own volition; she watched it idly. In the early twi light a face looked al her from the sheet. Laughing eyes wide apart; a mop of touseled curls . . . “Merle!” she whispered with a catch in her throat. “Oh no—oh no--” She was bewildered with wonder of it. Her fingers had drawn a pic ture of Merle while her mind raced in the squirrel-cage of another man’s building. How could that happen* Her knowledge of technique told her the work was good. A fe w outlines, a bit of iinpresiVonistlc shading. A likeness true to lifa. It was as if Morlp were there before her. A longing seized her, compelling ns a physical presence. To sec Merle; hear him speak . . . She would go to him, toll him everything. He’d be lieve what she said; she’d make him believe! She hid her drawing behind some books; rushed to change her dress. Then she was called to the telephone. It was Nita, oddly excited, j “Minisi, you’ve pot to come over ronight. .Jimmy has a riend from out of town. He's a live guy, a banker from Detroit. Throw on Something flossy and hurry.” “But I eanV You’ll hnye to got someone else. I’ve a thing to dc— something important!” “Oh you can’t throw me down! The other women I .know—Jimmy said someone with class. Yon’ro the only ( one can hold up your end. He’ll hr furious. Don’t make it hard for me, near. Things aren’t so good.” She was crying. “Well, all light. But listen, Nita None of your bootleg for lye. That s I r.t. Will it do? 1 “I suppose so. Jimmy won't like it Hurry though.” The squirrel cage; the weary round. Getting her nowhere. "Destiny elos 'ng in—•” She put on a gown of dove gray, trimmed with a big siar of cut step, across the bodice. On an impulse : he ! broke the stems of some roses anj pinned them to her waist. They made ja vivid splash of color against the 1 cloudy chiffon. She ran the comb the wrong way through her hair; it fluffed out and i framed her face in brilliance. So a vivid figure went forth to meet ■ Jimmy* who proved to be much like Bill, and the banker from Detroit, i Introduced at “Wallie,” he was a fat lish person with a heavy purple chin. As the evening grew old and boister ous Mimsi wondered wluit his idea of class might be. He had drunk steadily and attained a state of mellow limpness; sh<* thought of a stuffed sack as he leaned toward her in a shaded co-ner. “Guess maybe you’re wonderin’ who lil ol’ Wallie is,, sweetie? Here,” he fumbled at his clothes. “Lil ol’ WalHe's business card.” .mu) tooK wnat he handed her. 'Why, it's a fifty dollar bill!” she Rasped. “Sure. Lil ol’ Wallie’s card. See? ’ He pointed to the name of a Detroit, hank engraved on the face of the note. “ 'S me. Clever, what? Lil ol’ Wallie’t clever. C'mon, sweetie, what yon doin’ way over there by yourself? *S me; believe in bein’ sociable.” She moved beyond his pawing hands and held out the note, hut he waved it away. “Keep it. Wallie treats’m right. Y ’sir, r.obody’n say’t Wallie don’t trcat ni right. ’S yours.’ She tried to lay the money on his fat knee and he thrust it at her. She . had an impulse to tear it across and tling it at the purple chin and et*n trolled herself only when she eahfchi Nita’s terrific gate. The man sank into a brief, alcoholic dote finally. Then she tucicCd it between the cush ions of the divan. t At midnight she announced thnt sh. must go. ThcP§ was a general nrn tost; she saw Jimmy glare at Nit.i She pleaded her recent illness. how e'*er and donned her wraps. “I’ll just slip oul and have you i three,” she said lightly. "I live around the corner, only a step. But Wallie was not to be dropped so easily. He was on his feet, grop ir.g with his coat. “I.il oi’ Wallie goin' too. Botcha. Nobody’n itfty Wallie’s no gen'man, drunk V sober. ’S me.” “For Lord's sake keep him go..,! nature;1,” Nita whispered. “There’ll be hell to pay with Jimmy. Please— I’m on the edge!” So they left for the apartment on Washirgton Square. Mimsi twiatirg stray from the reaching hands. Tb Be Continued Copyright 1920- Kings Features Syn dicate, Ihc. The RdmahcV Of Wilkes Charlotte News In no eoiinty in the State, perhaps, has the educational progress of North Carolina been more conspic iously emphasized than in Wilkes, i county that a few years ago was notorious for its backwardness in criry respect, hilt one which today stands well to the fore and especially in its educational attainments. The Wilkes Journal' recently gave some informative facts relating to what has been accomplished in that county and it reads like the thri'i-1 .ng romances to those who are inter -1 eyted in seeing one important county of the Statfe set its foe; toward toe morning, throw off the shackles :>( illiteracy and abashnient and spread its Wings for flight. These are some of the facts about the educational progress made in Wilkes bv The Journal: In 1900 the school enrollment it: Wilkes was 0,2.‘13 In 1925 it was 10- I 280. ~ ! In 1000 the average dally attend-' | a net* was 2,312; in 1025 the figure had grown to 7,022. Value of school property form 86, 508 to $427,835. Frame and brick schoolhouses front 64 to 144. Districts with no house from 63 to , none. Schools with desks, from 14 to 11). Teachers employed from 130 to : 6io. ( Monthly salary of teachers, fr > n $20 to *85. 1 Length of school' term in Wilker, from 18 to 25 weeks. I Schools "ith assistant teachers, irom 3 to 86. Schools teaching high school sub jects, from 3 ,o 29. Medals for seven years’ perfect attendance, from 0 to 22 Gastonia Suggests Closer Friendship Thinks Civic Clubs Oughl To Gdt To gether For Meetings At Cleve land Springs Gastonia Gazette. The civic clubs of Gastonia, Shelby, Lincolnton, Clover, Kings Mountain end a few other comtnbtiities around here ought to pet together once in a while in a hip community gathering, say ut Cleveland Springs, Lin wood college or any other central meeting place, 'purely for the joy of meeting bach other and getting better ac quainted. The stunt could be put over with very little expense or trouble and tne resultant good would be worth far more than any amount of trouble or expense. We are sadly lacking in that sort of civic friendliness in this part of the state. To the great mass of our folks, Shelby and Lincolnton, for instance, are stranger-towns. Wo know something about Charlotte and Charlotte folks but we know very little about York, of Kings Mountain. We are all located right here rvithln a radius of 25 Or lit) miles Of each other and wc Ought to know each other bet ter. Take the triangular cities, Gre». in born, Winston-Salem and High Point—they arc in a Sense, rivals in trade and business, but the warmest sort of cordiality exists among the three. They have these get-together meetings ever so often and they re sult in real good. This weeh, for in stance, there is a joint meeting of all the Kiwanis clubs of all the towns ur.ri cities in that section, covering Iw > or three counties, at Greens” oro College tor Women. Cities and communities are like in dividuals—the more they nn'x, the better they know each other and the mutual benefits are always profitable. ASHEVILLE SEES MAN WITH LONGEST BE A KM Asheville—S. G. Brinkley, who claims to have the longest beard in the world, is visiting his nephew, J. A. Brinkley, of 227 Broadway. His beard is now five feet and four inches long but while out on 'he street no one would suspect that tin li ed in the bosom of his shirt was such : wonderful fine long heart*. Mr. Brinkley claims never to have used tobacco in any form and to never have been drunk, arid while he is 75 years old he is in general good health. Mr. Brinkley has- had this h>rg beard for about 35 years and during this time has traveled with a number of big circuses, wild west shows, also a number of carnival companies. He is also a good entertainer, and has taught in 22 public schools. A Riff warrior made 70 miles afoot in ore night. Dili it along too, with no Spanish troops in front to set *le pace. THE BIBLE, THE BEST OF CLASSICS There is a classic, the best the world has ever seen, iho noblest thut has ever honored and dignified the language of mortals. If we look into its antiquity, We discover a title to eur veneration unrivaled in the kis tory of literature. If we have le spect in. its evidence, they are found in the testimony of miracle and ;rr phesy; it. the ministry of man, of na ture. and of angels, yea. even of “Rod manifest in the flesh.” of “God bless ed forever.” If we consider its authenticity, no other pages have survived the lap <e of time, that can be compared wun it. If we examine its authority, foe il speaks ar. never man spake, we dis cover, that if came from heaven, in vision and phophesv, under the sanc tion of Him, who is Creator of all things, and the Giver of every good and.perfect gift. If we reflect on its truths, they are lovely and spotless, sublime and holy as God himself, unchangeable as his i nture, durable as his righteous do minion, and versatile as the . moial condition of mankind. If we regar 1 the value of its treasures, we must estimate them, not like the relics of classic antiquity, by the peri sable glory and beauty, virtue and happi ness, of this World, but by {he endur ing perfection and supreme felicity of an eternal kingdom. If we. inquire, who are the men. that have recorded its truth, vin.li-; cated its rights, and illustrated -he j excellence of its scheme, from the I depth of ages and from the living world, from the populous continent and the isles of the sea, comes forth the answer; the patriarch and the prophet, thi evangelist and the mar tyr. If we look abroad through the wo id of men. the victims' of folly or vice, the prey of eriielty, of injuries ahd inquire what are its benefit*, pv„ , in this temporal state, the jfreftt and the humble, the rich and the poor, tl.<> powerful and the weak, the leariie I and the ignorant reply, as fcith oriq voice, that humility and resignation, purity, order, and peace,-faith, hope, and charity, are its blessings uno i earth. .And if, raising our eyes"from time to eternity, from the world of mor tals to the world of just limn mad * perfect, from the visible creation, mar - velous, beautiful, and gloridtts as it is, to the invisible creation of arig<dx and seraph, from the footstool ,.f God the throneo f God himself, n* ask, what are the blessings chat f’ov from this single volume, let the due-, tion be answered by the pert of the evangelist, the harp of the prophet, and the records of the book of lift. Such is the H-sl classic the world has even admnTJf'such, the nobh t that man has ever adopted as a guide. 3-YEAR-OLD NEGRESS HABITUAL StfOKFI! Kinrton, May 24.—Hope Rudkin-, three, smokes a pipe. Nothing so aiild iif. a cigarette for her. She is t-o youngest smoker in this section, per haps in the country, and is the only child of a negro couple living in the eastern part of this city. Perrons who saw the child toddling down the street near her parent's home yesterday investigated and di. covered she had been “at it'’ since shortly before her Second birthd'ay. An unde passed his pipe to Hope dne da\. He was diabolically mischievous. In stead of gasping and cringihg. th ? girl took readily to the pipe and beg ged to keep it. And those who are worrying now about wlierc to go the summer would be happier if they'd go to work. * Carolina People Have Invested Heavily Several hundred prominent citi zens of North and South Carolina arc investors in Lake Lure. They have y>ut in more than a million dollars. First they bought the company’s, se curities. Now these same investors are buying lakeside home sites. Ir» the preliminary sale of Lure mont on Lake Lure, leading up to Opening Day. June 15. numbers of these investors have selected beauti ful home sites—enough in Charlotte, for instance, so that there will be a Charlotte settlement on Lake Lure's shores before another year iitts passed. v ’• i; < LAKE Lure is the “Big Hit” o' 1926 in The Land of the Sky, the great Summer Playground of the South. Lake Lure becomes its largest and rnosi central ■attraction. The South is rapidly buying up Luremont. its first lakeside residential park. But only the van guard of the visitors has arrived. The big rush will come after June 1. The opening Day at Luremont is set for June 15. This'gives our near neighbors—residents of Carol mas—only 19 days more of ad vantage in choice of locations at the original prices. The average cost of a homesite at Luremont is low —too low, compared with what is being paid in resort areas far less attrac tive, because Luremont has so many non-duplicatable advantages —lake frontage—lakeview—frontage bn State Highway N. C. 20 all city utilities—plus central situation in a $6,000,000 development. There can be no question as to prices and values going up. The thing to do is to “cinch” one or more of the choice sites before all are gone—Only 1000 acres can be made ready this year. Consult district office and arrange an early trip to Luremont via Lake Lure lines. GiimncyRock Within that time Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana wiH be here, bidding tor Luremont lake front and lake view home srttes. Beat them to it! Come along! Those who wait may be too late. K. A. Barnhart District Manager Phone 3233 Sir Waiter Hotel fliteiffh, N. C. Sidney A. Gayle District Mrtnugt-r Phone 3150 3 It Ilford Hotel Hide:. Greensboro, N. C. C. R. Ile«!tfe District Manager '.’bone i;8 805 N Muih Street tfendersonvllt*. N C. •V J. Olauiiin r>i»lrlcl UaniMirr Phone sisvrto: •l.>bn»ton Hid*., Charlotte, N. C. Mu Poll** DUtrk-t Maq*ger PhoOO Sifl IS Haywood Street Asheville. N. C.
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