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I Synopsis: A luxurious * five-m^nth cruise around the world aboard^ the ‘"Marenia” brings together a group of passengers for adventures, romantic, entertaining . . . and tragic. Like in “Grand Hotel” these passengers offer a study in human lotions and i\-ac^embi-ace. I feel, when I possess you. SUPPORT OF NEW-DEAL OVER NATION SHOWS STEADY DROP \ Buf South Carolina Still TO Per Cent For Roosevelt Policies; dragging herself from a deep aby.ss. to meet his love with her owm pale ardour. Clare, was ti^iged with a flu.sh of sur- prisev and she looked like a bird that had been winged. She moved sti^ight .. ...55,342 2,766 South Carolina . 4,071> South Dakota ....^..- 4,210 Tennessee . 14,646 South Carolina voters are 70,26 perjTexas .... 26,908 Literary Poll Shows. “But, my dear, yb'U’ro so far away.” , Peter’s lips' were against her mouth. I “It’s like calling a ghost back to my that you’re perched orT a distant mountain, looking on. Dariing, w’ake ypl Ijove me as I love you.*’ ^4 tions which unconsciously bare theic souls. These characters are aboard the chip: Macduff, dour Scotchman, si:^ gle, of middle age; Miss Mudge,I school t««her wh^'^'h7 b«‘iher>'ui'k " U ^ M years; Aa^la fa. hful wife cu r.yinir-ehe.*a IjoVat, gigolo; Dick Charlton, first of- - fieer; Clare, a person of experience; Joan, a dissipated flapper; Jenny, run-away wife, and Peter; "^Capta-.n Baring, master of the ship . . . and his soul. (Now Go On With the Sto^^y,)- w'hite scarf berflnd her. “Peter, I. overslep. I’m didn’t waken me.” He sprang to his feet. “YoU’looked over to the table, dragging a* long 'according to the past week’.s release. — !of Literary Digc‘st poll figures, shirw- Sony youji^p ., 079 ag FOURTH INSTALLMENT The Red Sea stretched like a velvet carpet under a sky studded with stars. “Venus!” said Jenny, looking up- \wards. “I always know it because of - its^translucence, and it seems so much clos^ to the earth than the others. I uaed to watch it over the river at • . Little Oaks, and now I’m seeing it near .\den with you!” She clung to the rail, her figure en veloped into a dim blue haze. She lis- tenetl to the swish of the boat through the w'ater, and watched its trail of firam. The funnels rose like black towers, pouring a stream of smoke nto t^ night. It was hot in a smooth ¥ Jenny heard his words in a dream. was was re mote, alone on & mountain-top. She could see the bluish line of I^is half-, closed eyes, and his hair damp op his brpw. Why did she feel so soothed irr-^ stead of the stinging pain of love? She was drifting now on calm watere. It seemed as if she were back in the dhoby op the Nile, and she* felt that she must be .swooning. “Jenny! Jenny so exhausted, Jenm, so 1- just let you sleep. You didn’t mind my coming on without you, did you? I was going back to get you for luncheon.” » “Not a scrap, Peter. Good-morning, Mrs. I^angford.” ; . •-I cent' in 1‘avor of New’ Deal/policies,Utah . .. * Vermont Virginia Wa.shington ig 4,079 state ballots/or and 1.727 \v<»st Virginia fuinst the Koo.sevelt^administralj'ion. j Wisconsin In the nation-wide tabulation, how’- Wyoming .. .... ever* more than thiw of every: five j ^tate IUnknown . ballot casters arc* oppose^il to the New i>t‘al. A- grand total of 1,907,081 bal lots are reported received with—H7.34 «|K'r cent voting “yes” and (>’2j,6G per cent voting 3,'7D6 2,043 10,456 12,131 7,238 15,.576 1,469 8,939' 120,6361 6,104! 1.727, 7,4.50 8,3911 .17,479 S 3,192 6,334 9,525 20,356! 10,105 28,336 2.247 11,091 Totals ri2,368 1,19.5,313 no. “Hello, Mrs.‘Rumford! What a gor-, ,, , , , ^ ■ou.s Vhade of gixHJn you’re'wearing! i .Utah and II Southern and border War Cost To Hit $45,000,000,000 geOUS Minuvr vi ic It’s just like turf, hnd suggests a lawn [ gave a final verdict in favor of in this dusty part of the world.” admini.stration’s acts and ; Increase In Staggering Sum To Clare’s voice Was V flattering, butl^"^* rogistered majorities ^ darling! Where are you? Oh, my Jenny shrank from the i)ersonal note, i ^l^ainst it. She- her. Jts- an absolt The* latest report follows, “ye.s” be- Come With Veterans Bonus. Future Takes Burden. love!” Peter w’as calling to her from a long distance, pain in his voice. She could hear the .sw'ish of the water out side the l>orthole. 'The light of the moon lay wan-on the floor of their stateroom. Jenny’s eyelids lifted. She was back from the distant places and W’as holding Peter in her arms. How she adorod him! He. w’as breathing gently and dropping off to sleep. She stranger. “Well, I’m lunching with Johnny,” said'Claiv, lightly. “I must be getting along.” Then, turning to Peter, “Yoii win.” We’ll have to discuss it again,” he said, freezing his voice; but Jenny W’as inattentive. Clare strolled over to the other ta ble. “I’m famLshed for lunch,” she aiinounce<l. “I w’ant some curry, John- , j . !ny. We’re entering the ai'ea of star- stroke/i his face like a mother with aiyation now ” child. Jenny, darling! he murmured m, staring at her w’ith a tragic 1 Illinois through sleepy lips. She lay in aLj,. Secietly Clare hopenJ trance, hour afWr hour, her eyes fixe<l ^is throat or . moonlight that pierc-j^j,^ ocean. Stupid infant, si and milky way. She threw off herr” parthole. ^ le.sson. She leaned w i-ap and clutched at her throat. Peter slid his hand along the i-ail and caught her fingers. “Strange, isn't it?” Jenny whis pered. - “Why strange?” “1 feel as if we’ro all alone in the night and very far from everyone. I’m lather afraid.” “Afraid of what?”- 1 She .shuddered and pressed close to his side. There were moments when cne W’as alone in all the universe, when there w'as no aid, no communion, anywhere, but how’ could one convey this sense of isolation, even to the man one loved? She sank to a deck chair and lay looking up at the stars. For an hour they seemed to be racing purred: pvatter a Five days later the Marenia.steam ed into the wide, flat harbour of Bom bay. The Apollo Bunder, gateway to India, rose magnificent against a fleckless strotch of blue. A heat haze i shimmered over the waters, and small 'her go. craft sped like white-winged birds to their destinations. Angela stood on the top deck and watched the city taking shajH* at the water’s edge. F'ar to the-left she could see a fringe of green — Malabar Hillj^ overhanging Bombay. . Mr. Charlton. So long. Hoik* you en joy your curry.” IVamn!” fnuttertMl Johnny, and let All afU*rnoon the Marenia lay l>eacefully at anchor, with most of her passengers ashore. They w’ere shop ping and seeing the sights. Joan had slept all day, and wakened just in time to have her cocktails ,be- The Jthip heaved and turned to a i fore dinner. She was going to romain l>oaceful anchorage. A tender came|l>ehind because she knew that Dick puffing importantly at her side. When [would not be leaving the boat the boat ceaseil throbbing at la.st, An--^ Three hours later, she was coming gela’s ears continued to drum, a faint I out of the l>ar when she .saw ‘thiWgh' foam ^a“Tan6i)y“mTn’Hio wouW- -not leave her; ■1, leached to infinity. “What a fine .sense of exhiliration one gets on the top deck!” .said Peter, turning from the rail to I^k at the .s lent Jenny. “But I wLsh we werej The chief officer came strolling up [ that she was not supposisl to go near to her side. jhis quarters; that nothing would of- “Good-morning, Mrs. Wynant.” fend him more. It was hard to forget “Good-morning, Mr. Charlton.” jthe sizzling w’ords he had tixs.sed at “Well, it’s India kt last. I must con-j her for br<*aking in on him the night having a roaring storm; this' is so|f«ss I like it as little as any country she had been so drunk that she had tiune. I like the. fury of the sea..! know." _ itried to rip off her frock in the bar- You’ve never been in a real storm,| —“I like it, nevertheless.” .room. Kiive you.'TTenhy?” ' . t “You should see it in a typhoon,* (Continued. .Next Issu^*). - “No, never. I wonder if I should with the water breaking against the l—l mind.” I Bunder.” iWr ▲ ' llk’T TP “I think you wouldn’t like it. for; “Perhaps we .shall” W 1^ ‘ 'A ^ j ing in supiKirt of Roo^^evelC s pdlicie8,t and ”no” being agairwt: i I Yes No 1 Alabama * 7,379 3,590; ; Arizona . 1,200 ^1,724 .4rkan.sas 5,358 3,555 (California . 61,003 81,’293 (’Colorado . 7,636. 15,038 Connecticut . . 8,778 22,743 i IX'lawaro* 1,276 2,336 Florida 5,794 5,971 Georgia H 1,838 5,738 Idaho i 2,’267 3,789 1 Illinois 53,905 102,375 Indiana ‘25,805 38,153 I Iowa 17,228 24,4181 I Kunsa-s 17,437 24,126! Kentucky /. 13,948 9,685 i * l.ouisiana 6,839 . 4,897 j Maine 3,379 13,238 ' Maryland - 7,471 14,623 .Massachusetts 17,505 70,526 Michigan 20,536 44,190 Minnesota 18,009 31,752 Mississippi 5,064 1,918! Mis.souri 28,40*2 38,572 Montana •2,936 4,001 Nebraska 10,660 16,406 Nevada , 666 839 New Hanip.shire 2,240 8,031 New Jersey 20,763 56,356 1 New Mexico 1,161 1,396 New York 81,475 180,286, North Carolina 10,783 .. WM North LHikota 3^030 4/02' Ohio 41,905 (/4,351. i Oklahoma 11,‘207 .12,6311 ;■ '-Tjrri /to/ti^ Washington, Jan. 18.—Payment of And, since w’ars are fought-on the fttallnient plan, there still remain lite a few payments to be made, le Civil w’ar hasn’t been entirely paid for yet. The cost Mvas disclosed teklay by a tabulation of official estimates. Sonu' of the facts, elicited from of ficial sources, which sent some mem- s of senate and house to their study of neutrality legislation with D. E. Tribble Co. 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Why could he never reach].. *%’ ailhoro,jm] the core of Jenny’s thoughts? Why'the fakirs cffrssed her path, with hia r ul she shut him out? He look<*d down •'^nake and mongoose already in action. ’.he dim-corridors of the future and jit amused her to w’atch him, though uondeml if be had made a mistake*lfihe .saw at once that it was the oldj jcQj^ RUNT —One upstjA^is and one-* iq taking her from, iier husband andr^mc. The snake w’as not kilksi, butj downstairs apartment: Fui’ni.she<l or home. Half (if the time he was forcwli was popped surreptitiously into the 1 * comfoi-t and reaasuro her, and shei-'^ack for further u.^e. - l^id for a moment of raiiture' with 1 • Angela sauntered under her jiara- hours of futile regret. alive to the slrama around her. \ She turne<l to him .su(idenly,'-her When she had had enough, she took a .oice edged with pain. “You’iv think- , car and drove to the Towers of Si ng of the future, aren’t you, Peter?”'lcnce. There, from the Hanging Gar- RADIOS checked free. Tubes, P4rU, Aerials. Radio Repairing a l^ecial* ty. Guaranteed Service. PI>Pne 38. RadiQ.^_Exchange. tf “1 was thinking of you.” “I know—the two of us together. How do you think it will be—after- A.ard'S, when all this Is over?” “This won’t come to a sudden stop, Jenny. Our happine.ss will continue.” “It’s peaceful here tonight, but I’m afraid of w'hat time will do to us, i'eter/" . “Rubbish! Y’ou’ie canying your l.roubled self too far from home.” dens, she could s<>e the roofs of Bom- bay,_flat and white, stretching along the ocean front.' The Marenia was- a dot in the distance, Angela thought of liovat. What could she get him that would interest him at all? Something for his own adornment would please him, although it was difficult to pick up, jiqitabl« gifts for a smart young man-about- town. I?he sighed and noticed that Glare and Johnny went pacing by. j bad walked into the lounge with Peter turned his head to watch the t-weep of the figure in violet chiffon. Her shoulders swayed as she moved; i-he Iwld her chin like a bird in flight. He was now abstracted, puffing at his cigarette. Jenny’s voice was cross ing his thoughts. ^ “I’m hypnotized by the sea, PfeTer. It’s like a song in my heart, rhythmic and never-ending. L^k at the queer glow on the horizon!” ' “You never know what you are go ing ito necounter in^ tjiis region. I've seen the Red Sea burned liker a maae of foaming devils, and again as calm Clare, He looked more bronzed than ever in his white rajah suit. She was ladiant in cream-colored silk, a few shades lighter than her tanned skin. There was no sign of Jenny. They found a quiet comer under the palms and ordered drinks. Peter leaned over the table and talked h&fd to CIiu«, whose lashes fluttwed as she listened to what he said. 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A flush-cr^t taffeta. “You make me think of a white peony,” said Peter, m her ruffled frock slid to her feet, “so pale, so dreamy, so fragile, as if each petal would drop off with a breath.” He kieeed her heck and b^kid her ears; he ran his 'fingers down to her slen- up on his face as he kept his gaze on Clare, who was chatting in the most intimate way with Peter. “Where’.s the lovely' Mrs. Rumford today?” he enquired, like one who must torment himeelf. “1 haven’t seen her at all, Angela told him, “I was the only one of our der wrists. “And your skin is as soft j lot to come ashore on the tender. as a peony petal, dnd your eyes are “Perhaps she overslept like me. as blue as the sea at m^nday, and I i “Oh, cheer up, Johnny! 'Things are love you very much!” jnot so bad,” Angela remarked, star- -He caught her in his arms and Jen ny’s head drooped his chest with flut tering eagerness. ^ kiseed her throat and the blue Ikb of her eyes and then her mouth. 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