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Inmmspilr Herald
_ Established July 4 1892_
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New York: 370 Lexington Avenue.
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Building Modern Cities
How differently would we build our cities of today
had we but been able to forsee yesterday what today
would bring!
Had the founders of the city of Brownsville for ex-
ample been able to visualize the Brownsville of 1031 a
city of 25000 inhabitants capital city of a new empire
would they not have laid out the streets of the city just a
little wider?
Cost of land in those days was no object and on the
other hand neither was there any particular object in
having wide streets in those days when the automobile
wa« unknown and probably three buggies on what is now
Elizabeth St. would have constituted a crowd.
We are sure that were the city of Brownsville being
laid out today as a new city with the certainty that 25000
people would inhabit it. several things about the arrange-
ment of the city would he materially changed.
Of course that cannot be.
We must take Brownsville as it is today.
However because we must perforce take the city as it
Is today wo are in no ways bounds not to plan for the
future trying as best we may to remedy conditions for
which neither we of the present nor they of the past are
in any way to blame.
City zoning plan prepared hv members of the city
zoning commission ably assisted by Maj. A. E. Wood city
planning expert is the step in the right direction which
will help the Brownsville of the future to avoid the mis-
takes of the past.
It is significant of the public spirit which is character-
istic of the new Brownsville that no objection was voiced
to the plan as a whole in the public hearings conducted
before the city commission for four nights.
True individual property owners appeared before the
city fathers and aired their views. Many of those ap-
pearing wrcre in favor of changes from the plan of zoning
as proposed. They presented their views without excep-
tion in spirit which was without opposition to the plan
taking the attitude apparently that the change they ad-
vocated would he welcome to them individually butj
prepared to accept the principle of the greatest good for
the greatest number:
At San Benito where recently a city zoning ordinance
was passed the same spirit was manifest.
Valley cities are preparing for the future. They ex-
pect to grow and have every right to that expectation.
And before it is too late they are preparing to direct
that growth in channels which make for attractive cities.
More Advertising for Wide Open Nevada
Delegates of the Presbyterian Synod of California and
Nevada in convention at Sacramento extended sympathy
to their fellow Christians who must live and labor to “pro-
mote morality in Nevada under the unhappy handicap
which the moral breakdown of the state presents.” Also
the Synod condemned as un-American and traitors to the
best moral interest of America and the nation those res-
ponsible for moral conditions in Nevada.
A Hint to the Taxpayers
Col. Robert R. Penn said to be one of the wise men
of the oil industry remarked to the house investigators
“East Texas has been unfortunate in having unwise ad-
visers; its production has caused the oil industry to col-
lapse; unless checked it will cause Texas to lose hundreds
of millions of dollars in the price of oil and hundreds of
millions more in unrecoverable oil.’' Col. Penn spoke his
mind freely as to the cause or the alleged cause.
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I The
Once Over
By H l PHILLIPS
THE SUN DIAL
Elmer Twitchell on the Slump in
the Wild Animal Trade.
“Hagenbeck's Zoological Gardens
greatest distributor of wild animals
Is in serious financial difficulties as
a result of the business slump. Mr.
Hagenbeck says there is practically
no market at present.’*—News item.
Dear Mr. Hagenbeck:
I am sorry to hear that condi-
tions In the wild animal business
are bad. too. Personally I do not
need any wild animals just at pres-
ent or I should be glad to give you
a little order to help out. I am
still getting along with the old lion
I bought three years ago. AI1 the
gloss has worn off and It Is not
very smart looking but like so many
other wild animal fanciers I am
putting off buying a new Hon until
things take a turn for the better.
• • •
Of course as I tell all my neigh-
bors now is the time to buy lions
and tigers if they want to get them
at bargain levels. Never has there
been a time I tell them when you
could get so much lion for so little
cash. This is thg day of big lion
values. If I had the money I would
| buy a supply of lions from you right
: now for investment purposes. The
! man or woman who buys a lion now
| and puts it away and forgets it
will profit handsomely. All the buy-
! er need do Is show a little patience
j which is also all the lion has to do.
• • •
I do not want to butt in on your
l business. Mr. Hagenbeck but have
i you thought of boosting sales by an
International Wildcat Day or a Buy
; a Dromedary Camel Week?
* ’ *
An **Awn and Emu Week” wool*
I go big in America especially among
crossword puzzle addicts or • - «
! might try something in the lies
of slogans like “Hippos for Happi-
ness!” “Reach for an Eland Instea
j of a Camel!” or ‘‘You Owe You.
| Family a Thompson Gazelle!” I have
| a!wavs felt a great market could
; be created for chimpanzees on the
! claim they would keep moths out
| of the clothes closet and I am sure
j you could boost your yak sales by
guaranteeing they keep a man non-
chalent.
• • •
Well anyhow keep a stiff upper
lip. Mr. Hagenbeck and don’t let
anybody tell you the buying public
is never going to want any elephants
rhinos hartsbeests giraffes or
laughing hyenas again. Once the
tide turns the old demand will be
there the same as always. In the
words of my pal. Mr. Brisbane
don't sell Africa short.
Yours truly
ELMER TWITCHELL
The navy department has refused
to allow bathtubs on its new cruisers.
Uncle Sam is determined to take no
chances on losing some future sea
fight Just because a couple of its
admirals were trying to recover the
soap at a crucial moment.
NEW VERSION
Yankee Doodle came to town
Ariding on a pony;
They took him for a billion bucks
And made their loans all phoney.
SERVICE
John C. Weston former prosecu-
tor in a New York court says he
took money from lawyers “like tips
that would be accepted by a waiter.”
Possibly in return he gave the at-
torneys and their clients a table
near the window and told them
he'd have the Judge play any selec-
tion they might request.
This Is the time of year when
the papers appear each day with an
Item about a turtle being found
with the Inscription “J K B 1882.“
“Ella Loves Eddie 1876." etc. It’s
become pretty much of a bore. But
it Is interesting to know that
America waa full of turtle carvers
40 years ago or more all of whom
regarded it as a daily rite to go out
and letter a tortoise.
The term "lousy" is rot libelous
a court has decided. But just the
1 same wed hate to see what would
happen if somebody applied it to a
court decision.
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Elmer Twitchell says ”T hate the
new golf ball because it don’t give
me the distance I didn’t get with
the old one."
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Daily Health
__ Talk __
MY MM. MORRIS FISH BE IN
Editor. Journal of tho American Medical
Asaoriation. and of Hxeta
tko Health Ibmlni
Whereas the medicine of a pre-
vious era concerned itself largely
with disease and the oontrol of dto-
«oso by drugs modem medicine
gives as much attention to diet as to
any other single factor in the con-
trol of the human body. Modem
medicine is concerned with appe-
tite and with digestion. It has learn-
ed to control many diseases through
control of the diet and to influence
the appetite and the ’. ody structure
! by the use of foods properly pre-
pared.
In addition to all of the attri-
butes of foods that have been men-
tioned. there oornee finally the
question of food poisoning and food
infection. The development of
transportation In the handling of
I food has brought problems of food
• contamination that are of the
! greatest importance in relationship
i to health end disease.
Previous to the publication of
j Upton Sinclair’s book "The Jun-
gle" but little attention was given
J to the cleanliness of food. Previous
. to the time when is became realised
i that typhoid fever dysentery and
; similar infections were spread by
contaminated food little attention
was given to sanitary control. In-
deed. there used to be a proverb
to the effect that everyone had to
eat a peck of dirt in order to be
civilised. Everyone can remember
when milk used to be left in a
bucket at the family doorstep when
unwrapped bread was teased from
tiie bakery to the wagon and from
the wagon to the grocery clerk
when vegetables were polished with
seiiva and a dirty towel Our point
; oi view it can be seen has changed
in regard to food cleanliness. Now-
i 'iays bread is baked untouched by
■ . ".nan hands wrapped in sterliaed
j w . appers. and delivered to the pur-
c baser In the original wrapper.
Milk Is collected under sanitary
conditions transported with refrig-
eration pasteurised and delivered
to the purchaser in a bottle that
has been boiled and sealed with
bertartalogic cleanliness.
When anyone complains of the
increased cost of food today he
should be reminded of the increas-
ing fastid'ouitnees of civilised man
in relationship to fond cleanlineas.
Even fruits and v—rtiblm are to- I
day thoroughly washed and wrap- '
ped in individual wrappers before
delivered.
New York
NEW YORK -From Tarrytown-
on-the-Hudson there comes a tale
as told by Will Hays to someone and
by someone to me.
Hays and a party of well-knowns
had been cruising in Roy Howard's
palatial yacht and had put ashore
Just off Tarry town so that Count
von Luckner writer and hero of
many a high adventure could catch
a train into New York. The count
was in a hurry since he had to meet
his wife and rush off to a dinner
affair.
Hays the high chieftain of mov-
iedom agreed to act as a courier!
and commandeer an automobile. It'
was a Sunday and a long line of |
cars stood waiting in line on the
highway near the anchorage spot.!
Hays put his foot on the running'
board of the first car he came to '
He thrust a friendly hand to the1
driver and explained:
“I’m Will Hays!” Wherewith the!
driver looked slightly stunned. “And
I wonder if you’ve heard of Count
von Luckner.”
The driver had.
•'Well it would be a great favor
if you would drive Count von Luck-
ner to the railway station. Would
you mind?”
Still dazed the driver nodded.
Meanwhile other members of the
yachting party had arrived and had
started some rapid-fire Joshing.
Von Luckner started to get into
the car followed by a barrage of
raillery.
“Don't let him fool you that Isn't
Von Luckner.”
The persiflage failed. The driver1
tossed out his chest appeared to;
recognize a face or two and efforts
to delay him failing drove off.
A few minutes later Von Luckner'
noticed that the depot had been
passed. The hospitable Tarrytowner
was speeding down the highway.
“Pardon me” said he hero of a
thousand adventures "but you’re
not taking me to the station.”
“I know it” retorted his host.
"I’m going to drive you into New
York. It isn’t every day I get a
chance to do a favor for gents like
you.”
The count smiled to himself.
“Suppose” he asked “If the boys
back there were right; that I didn’t
haopen to be Von Luckner at all?”
“I’ll take the chance ...” and so
the car proceeded to the very gang-
plank of Von Luckner's ship. He in-
vited his beaming chance acquain-
tance to come on board.
“You’ll have to excuse me." the
sea-rover explained “but I have to
dress for dinner. So has my wife.
Meanwhile if you choose you can
make yourself at home on the boat.” !
When Count and Mrs. von Luck-
ner came out in dinner attire the
hospitable Tarrytowner was beam-
ing all over the place.
“You know” he hesitated “there's
only one thing the matter with this.
If I go home and tell the wife that I
I’ve been out chumming with Will
Hays and Roy Howard and Count
von Luckner. she won’t believe me.
Shell say I’ve been out at a speak-
easy or something. Could you give
me something to prove it to the wife
and the boys up the river? They’ll
never never believe It.**
With due ceremonial. Von Luckner j
took out a photograph from his col-
lection and wrote upon the back of
It a brief tale of the afternoon’s ex-
perience. Then he formally auto-
graphed It.
And so the anonymous charioteer
went singing upon his way.
“Well sir” he said. "I never
thought anything like this could
happen to me.”
If he doesn’t happen to know it. t
he has a valuable document.
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A French scientist claims the
mysterious thunder we sometimes ]
hear in dear weatlwr comes from
sun spots* j
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&tPAUaHT JACKETS>» „ m. .
And to think that the Reich but
for & letter might be rich.
• • • •
Most folks says the office sage
spend their vacations ? pending.
• • •
A French railroad i* experiment
ing with rubber wheels. It can't be
that they are intent an making
travel more tiring?
• • • •
Then there's the boy who was
too well bred to stick out his ton-
gue at the doctor’s order.
» t •
The man who goes fishing on
Sunday feels guilty as a gunman
because he has a rod in his hands.
• • •
8oat*hm*n are said to be moat
a
charitable when giving their daugh-
ter* away.
• • •
A Scotchman offered several thou-
sand dollars for some rare editions
at a recent auction. P. 15.—He got
the works.
• • •
An automobile was driven by
rockets in Berlin recently. This 1*
probably more desirable than the
usual run of back-seat explosions.
today hi THB
Anniversary f
LETTER TO *****
On July 30. IMf Andrt Tardtet*
French high commissioner to th«
United States made publ*. through
a letter to Secretary of War Bake^
many important facts legating the
pmtent strength of France is •
fighting unit.
He was impelled to writ* he said
to correct a hat he termed toacctr it*
information In American news-
papers regardin'! the mUUarj condi-
110:13 in Europe. He showed in hi*
letter that France after three year*
i of war. was lust as vigorous s id
powerful as at the beginning. Where
as at the beginning of the war
France had 1.000000 men she had
three years latter more than 3.000-
000
•The Frenoh army .‘•he wrote
"holds more than two-thirds of th«
western front that la to say. jf
the front where the enemy his al-
ways directed ita chief mrtlon ' ia
addition he said. Prance had com.
pletely rr-equipped and re-armed
j the Belgian Serbian and Greek
j armies.
Quotations \
It h iioasible to create a waring
world if we Christiania® our ra-
tionalism. but never if patriotism
deChrist mnlres our religion.
—Prof. Jerome Darla of Yale Di-
vinity School.
• • •
Many prize liberty. Few allox it
—George May chin Stock i ala
• • • |
The groat old log ftreplacr* are
a glowing memory but chilblains
were their Inevitable concomitant
—Isabel Paterson.
• . •
The United States talks fast sng
nie* slowly. England flies fast
talks slowly. 1
—Alford J williams fenaar 1
speed ace.
Slide-rule civilization has tbea
un organization and distribution of
our various forms of wealth
—Ray Lyman Wilbur secretary of
Interior.
e e •
The nearer you can bring thi
war-making power within the run-
trol of those who must do the
fighting and the dying when wif
comes the more certain It will be
j that war will not come.
—Senator Borah
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BEG1X HERE TODAY
UAXi: BARRETT Daiktn of
CASS BARRETT aetrtu In «
alnrk rniwpnny nrrla aa< falls la
love with VAX ROIIARI). hand-
some man of the world. f'a«* aaka
l.lane to have nolhine In do with
Rohard. MRS. CI.EF.SPACC.H.
rleh widow In the l.nny Island
■mart set fakes Llaae as her
protege. AAhen Cass Is recover-
ing from a eerlona Illness Liane
learns that Van has become en-
gaged te Ml RIEL LADD debu-
tante. A n ilons to make her
mother happy Llaae aeeepta
CLIVE ri.EF.SFAl’GH’S proposal
of marriage.
Cass has babbled la her dellrtnm
of some mystery eoaeernlnsr
1.lane's birth. TRESS A LORD
who with her sister. MRS. AN-
BERTDX. Is n house gnest at the
rieespnuah home dislikes Llaae
aad plots to break the eagage-
nient. l.lane la threatened by
hiaekmnllers hut SHAXE Mc-
IIKK MID. a police officer who once
befriended her settles this dllff.
rally.
At a hall given for a visiting
prince l.lane Is kidnaped for ran-
som. Clive MeDermld and
CHICK DBDIOND a reporter
who In Interested la Muriel fol-
low the kidnapers and rescue her.
Cass la alarmed and nrgra an
early marriage. Clive wants
l.lane to elope with him hot she
rrfnses. One day when she Is driv-
ing Into Xew York for a fitting at5
her weddlns gown the ear de-
velops a fiat tire and Roltard
comes along altering her n lift.
She lunches with him and again
lie makes love to her. Later he
aeenere Llaae of marrying Clive
for his money.
ROW GO OX WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXII
I/-ELLY was voluble on the re-
turn trip. “A thumb tack .ft
was in the tire Miss" he told
Liane. "Looked as if someone had
jabbed it in. Funny."
She scarcely listened to the man's
talk. Vang words came back to
haunt her. What right had he to
say such things to her? Not once
in the months she had known him
had he given her any tangible evi-
dence of his love. Words words
words all meaningless! It was to
Muriel the girl of bis own world
that his fealty had been pledged.
She. Liane had remained outside
the chosen circle until Clive had
raised her up with his honest de-
votion.
Some men were like tint she de-
cided. You had no value until you
were promised to another. She
tried to work up a furious anger in
her heart against Van. Better a
dean rage than this sickly yearn-
ing after a man who could be so
savagely bitter toward her.
She realized suddenly (hat she
bad forgotten to telephone her
mother. The whole day had been a
muddle.
She went straight to Mrs. Clees-
paugh. "We had a breakdown and
Mr. Robard came along. He drove
me into town for my appointment
I was just in time."
"How fortunate" Mrs. Clees-
paugh said warmly. "How is the
dress? I am so anxious to see it"
"It’s perfect” Liane said hon-
estly. "Scarcely anything was
wrong. Oh. the sleeves were not
quite tight enough. Miss Lilly says
it will be ready next week.”
‘The notices are ready for the
papers—all but the date" Mrs.
Cieespaugh told her. "Clive said
you might decide that while he was
away. I was hoping we might
make it Christmas Eve. SL
Simon’s will be lovely then *
Liane thought a little wildly that
they might be making arrange-
ments for a luncheon or a dinner
•
instead of so important an event as
a wedding.
“That would be all right" ahe
said quietly.
The old lady looked at her with
calm satisfaction. “The 24th then”
she said. “I think we will hare the
chancel hanked with pine and I
want mimosa for the altar Vases.
It may be hard to get it but I shall
try.”
“She la enjoying this wedding
more than 1 am" reflected the
young girt Tet she entered into
the plans as completely as she
could. Anything to still the dull
ache in her heart
“What was the trouble with the
car?" the old lady Inquired pres-
ently.
Liane welcomed the diversion.
"Kelly said a thumb tack bad
worked Its way Into the rear tire”
she explained.
• • •
VfRR. CLEESPAUGH sniffed
ivl “How very odd. He was sup-
posed to take all four tires off yes-
terday and look them over care-
fully. Two of them are brand new.
And you say It happened Just a
short distance out of the village?”
Liane nodded. The old >dy looked
annoyed. “I shall have to repri-
mand Kelly. He must have disre-
garded my orders about overhaul-
ing the car yesterday.”
It waa on the tip of Llane’s
tongue to say “Van took me to
luncheon” but she refrained. 8he
scarcely knew why.
At dinner that night Tressa was
unusually gay. Liane had not
known she couud be so cheerful so
amusing. “I think I'll push off for
Aiken next week Eva” Tressa
said affably over the coffee cups.
Mrs. Cleetrpaugh looked at ber
benevolently. Evidently Tressa
had won ber way back Into her
hostess's affections since the cool-
ness the night of the ball.
“If you must.” the older woman
said “but I did hope you might
stay for the wedding.”
"Oh is that all settled r Tressa
asked. Her bell-Hke tones w#e ut-
terly guileless but Liane felt a
sharpness in the gaze Tressa turned
upon her.
“Christmas Eve it’s to be” said
the old lady amiling. "The papers
will have it tomorrow. Very quiet
of course. No maids. Liane want-
ed It that way.”
“Ah!” Tresaa's monosyllable was
noncommittal. "Well then perhaps
I’ll Impose on you for a short while
longer."
“You never Impose" the old lady
Insisted graciously. Yet Liane felt
she was relieved that Tressa was
going at last Mrs. Amberton had
departed the day before for the
south and her sister bad made some
excuse for lingering.
"I always have such a beautiful
time here Eva and you’re ail so
good to me" Tressa murmured. "It
—it feels somehow like home.” Sho
allowed the suspicion of a tremor
to creep into her voice. The faint-
est suggestion of moisture filmed
her lovely eyes for an Instant
Mrs. Cieespaugh gave evidence
of being touched. "It is your home
as long as you care to make it
that my dear” she assured Tressa
Lord. And this time Liane knew
she was not mistaken in the qual-
ity of the look Tressa gave ber.
There waa triumph ther* And a
v
queer little spark of amusement
• • •
T IANE went upstairs early ftlead-
■*“' tug weariness. Fot a long time
she sat In her dressing gown before
the Are staring Into the flames
trying to piece out a pattern from
her confused and painful thoughts.
Was she wrong to go forward In
her determination to marry Clive?
She had been promised to him. be-
fore all tha world. And was there
any spectacle so painful she won-
dered. as a Jilted man? Ah per-
haps tbe jilted girl was as sorry a
sight.
Well she would not Jilt Clive.
He was fine and honorable hand-
aome and good. He was fond of
her as she was of him. They would
make of their marriage a clean
noble partnership. They might
miss the thrills of romantic lote
but they would have companion-
ship. They would share Jokes read
books together.
8he looked ahead of her down
the years and something about the
calm prospect made her shudder
i “I may lira for 40 or BO years." she
thought "I may never really know
love. I shall have missed the only
thing that matters."
But what could she do? Van was
bound and even if he had not been
obviously his protestation* meant
nothing. No. he wa* not to he de-
pended on. It was her ill fortune
that that dark sombre charm of
hit had captured her fancy. Liana
sighed.
Her telephone rang and she an-
swered It Oh the wild hope that
sprang In her heart at the sound
of that bell! What If. answering
she might hear that deep beloved
voice!
But It was Cass who railed.
“Darling I watted in because I
thought you'd give me a ring."
Liane was all contrition. “I’m
so sorry. I tried to get you and
the line wa* busy." She hated to
I lib but she could not let her mother
i know the truth.
“Ah that's too bad. How do
{things go?"
“Splendidly. Are you coming out
I Sunday? I've a lot to tell you."
“I’ll try. I’m rushed to death
with rehearsals and everything.
My part's a walkaway."
"Lovely. Please come Sunday.
Or let me come in to you."
“Oh I’ll be out Don't worry.
Good night dear."
As Liane placed the telephone
back in Its cradle a soft knock
sounded on the door. Nora'a head
appeared.
“Is Miss Tressa downstairs still?"
The servants all liked Liane. “She's
that human" they said. They
feared and avoided Tressa.
"I think she la." Liane told the
maid. “la there something I
can do?"
"I thought I'd Just slip In her
room and get me a box of thumb
j tacks. They belong to tha butler's
| pantry and I have to put new oil-
| cloth on the shelves tomorrow. I'll
; be needing it."
“Oh I'm quite euro that will be
I all right" Liane told her faintly.
Tbe pattern was all clear before
her now. Tressa bad arranged tha
blowing of the tire. She bed doubt-
less telephoned Van. That explained
much.
“She knows" thought Liane.
curiously afraid. “She knows I am
in love with him.’*
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TNNOCENT as the encounter had
been. Mane's sense of guilt re-
mained. She almost hated Tre**a
for what she t>ellevcd to be her part
in the affair. When Clive came
home she longed for courage to tell
him about It. Once when they were
out driving she tried to form the j
words but was seised with such a
fit of shivering that he turned to
her with real solicitude. **I don’t
believe that wrap of yours Is warm
enough."
“Silly. I'm like toast." She gave
him her small gloved hand to
prove It
“You ought to have sables." Clive ;
told her gravely though his eyes
were dancing. “If you weren't such
a prim young woman you might
have them this moment."
The girl’s gase reproved him. "I
can’t take any more from you. I’ve
already accepted too much."
Clive’s smile faded. “Never mind.
After next week you will have half
of everything I own."
She shook her head. "I can’t be-
lleve it It still neems unreal."
“It’s not though. It’a the realest
thing in the world."
He drove for a few minutes In
alienee. “There's something I want
to say to you" he said soberly.. “I
don’t want you to worry ahogWit.
It’s of no consequence but 1 tlpfik
you ought to know."
Her heart missed n heat "What
la itr
He was feeling In the pocket of
his coat under the thick folds of
i fur. "I received an anonymous
letter this morning." he said look-
ing straight ahead. “God knows
who wrote the filthy thing. I don’t
and I don't want to know. It’s the
sort of thing insane people do."
Liane discovered her hands wera
gripped together desperately
"What does It say?” she managed
to ask.
For reply he laid the letter on
I her lap. She touched it aa If It
were a live thing unclean. The
words were typewritten. “Your
girl Is tn love with somebody else.
Ask her how far It’s gone. Don't
take second-hand goods."
She felt the blood pounding la
her temples. She thought her face
must be scarlet.
“Oh!" she choked.
Quietly he said “You don’t need
to tell me. I know No one needs
j to tell me you're the beet—the
finest—"
Hie voice broke utterly.
Liane said very softly "About
the first—you ought to know. There
te eomeone I deeply care about
Oh. it’s nothing more than n dream.
He’s scarcely touched my hand."
“1 know. I’ve known from the
start"
She east a frighteaed sidewise
look at him. "How could you?"
He laughed shortly. “Oh. there’!
something about love. With some
people it’s like a tangible force. Like
a wind blowing. You can feel it
1 knew you felt that for him. No
wonder! He'salways been the sort
of man women fall for."
Liane said slowly “It wasn’t any J
thing I wanted—or asked for. Ijfl
Just happened. It’s like n spell t*
want to shake it off and cannot."
“Don’t I know!" he youth said
with a note of bitu.-eea.
(To Be Continued)
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