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^ v*-- , .T’i —^ • z y >?Wj: *>" t ? j ,; -\> if ^ ^ * '. ; V ■; ■ *.• PRUOENCFS DAUGHTER » hii EM? By Ethel Hueston Copyright by th« Bobbs-M«rr!ll Co. SYNOPSIS PART ONE 4? & SShf, fc < fir-- _E* 5*“ t i |:- u K; 1 E v - ■r k; CHAPTER I.—At a merry party In tb« atudlo apartment of Carter Blake. In New York, Jerry Harmer, Prudence’a daughter, meeta Duane Allerton, wealthy Idler. He becomea slightly In toxicated, and Jerry, resenting his aa- sumptlon of familiarity, leaves the party abruptly. CHAPTER IT>-The story turns to Jerry's dhlldhood and youth at her home la Des Moines. Only child of a wealthy father, when she Is twenty she feel* the call of Art, and her parents, with some misgivings, agree to her go ing to New York to study. CHAPTER HI.-—In New York Jerry makes her home with a Mrs. Delaney (“Mlral"), an actress, who, with The resa, a painter, occupies the house. Jerry takes an Immediate liking to Theresa. ~and the two become fast friend*. CltAFTER IV.—The friendship be tween Jerry and Theresa, who Is ec centric but talented, grows. Jerry poses for Theresa's masterpiece, 'The Ocean Rider." Allerton calls on Jerry. The girl, recalling his conduct at the studio party, refuses to see him. (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) CHAPTER V i,- - sr Jerry Meets a Geniue. Jerry's slender band upon the fllmny banister of the stairway grew sudden ly tense so that the blue veins stood out clearly upon the delicate white ness of her skin. "Will you tell Mr. Allerton." she said gently but’ with firmness, “that I do not care to see him? I—” “8h. for heaven's sake !'* begged Mlml. "He'll hear you. I’ll tell him you're out. Til give him a cup of tea. If you don't mind, to put him In a good humor and then—'' "But I'm not out, and I'm not busy, and I'm not engaged. I’m Just not interested." Jerry’s enunciation was perfect, the hallway narrow, the transom open. She vent into her room and closed the door. Theresa In a similar circum stance would have flammed it furious ly, but Jerry was not given to furious alammlngs ss a means of expression. 8he closed It softly. Mlml, left alone, distracted and be wildered In her predicament, threw out both jeweled hands In a reiuon- atratlv#, anxious gesture. “Now, what can you do with a girl like that?" she walled. The answer came from the farther doorway. Mlmi'e doorway, where Duane Allerton stood and laughed, but ruefully. "Not much, I’m afraid. Not espe cially keen about seeing me. Is she?" With a visible effort. Mlml pulled herself together, dimpled, used the long lashes to the best possible effect. “She's tired, poor thing," she said sympathetically. "You roust excuse her. She works so hard, you know." "Oh, she does! I understood that did not work at all." I mean she—er—she’s ilred, any how. And nervous, she's frightfully nervous. Don't hold It against her. Can’t I give you a cup of tea—" "Oh, ho, thanks. T feel I shouldn't pollute her atmosphere any longer than Is absolutely necessary. Aw fully good of you: thanks very much." He went downstairs at once, and let himself out into the narrow street. And Mlml knocked on Jerry’s door, opening It herself without waiting for an answer. “Jerry," she began plaintively, "you have hurt his feelings Just terribly, poor hoy—and so good-looking. Now, that’s positively not nice." “Go and cheer him up If yon like," •aid Jerry. “He's easily comforted.” "He wouldn’t wait—I mean— You might at least have Introduced me. The heat-looking thing—" *•••••• Jerry learned afterward that he had gone to Rhoda for her address, and two days later he went to her again, to ask her to Intercede for him, to re- monstfate with hfer disagreeable prote- . gee from the Middle West.' He asked Khbtg If Jerry was a flirt. *A flirt r echoed Rhoda vaguely. "Good heavens, I don’t know. What la a flirt? They used to say In college’ "*», hut they meant it nicely, was craxy about her. That’s know. A girl who Is quite wickedly awful In the Middle Went mmm like an angel flrom heaven when they transplanted to Greenwich. Don’t anything about her. I don’t She’s'm lovely 'thing, and I a lot of her.” ■* ' V e' o e • e It did not remotely occur to Jerry Instead, “ bee tor mow; file i&nrhd tfle~mar€ei for tempting delicacies, and became very proficient In preparing them nice ly on her little grill. One day Theresa •deed If she would mind rummaging through a couple of old boxes for her. In search of a particular bit of tinsel she particularly needed for a costume. Jerry flushed with pleasure, j “Oh, will yoq let me? May I go through the drawers, and everything, and fold things upML’U he very quiet." Theresa laughed at her. "Go as far as yon like," she said generously. "Funny thing about you, Jerry. You never bother me. Most people nag me to sixes and sevens over nothing at all. Mind especially. I feel she Is coming when she starts up the last flight of stairs, and I begin to see cross-eyed right away. You are the nicest kid.” - After that, Jerry took entire charge of Theresa's room and Theresa’s be longings, sorting out soiled bits of silk for the laundry, things Theresa had overlooked for months, and wrashlng out eepecialiy fine pieces tfltir her own hands. "Oh, Theresa," she said one day, "I wish you were my sister." "Oh, good heavens!" "Yes, I do. T had a little brother, but he died. I cannot remember him. Oh, I do wish you were my sister! Then 1 should be satisfied Just to live on this way and take care of you and do little things for you. I should feel j I was very Important, Indeed—you 1 do : point such exquisite things, Theresa— 1 I should be so proud of you. I’d prole 1 ably take all the credit for everything you do. and brag about the way I brought you up." r Jerry laughed gleefully at this pic ture of herself, but Theresa did not Join her merriment. “Funny thing, Jerry, but you are the first person In the world—the first woman—who ever wanted me for any thing—friend, foe, or fellow citizen. I think I must be quite getting on in the world, to have somebody craving me for—anything. I feel quite stuck up about it.” She put her brushes down abruptly and went out of the room without apology, and Jerry, with that new wis dom of hers which was only Intuition and not the least understanding, went on with the papers she was filing and psld no attention when she went, nor when she came again. *•••••• — Jerry went about a great deal, some times with Mlml She was not /ond of Mlml. but enjoyed her Immensely. She was a constant source of gay de light, with- her pretty vanities and boasted conquests, where Theresa was like a brooding pain to <her. She laughed at Mlml. but in her heart she wept abmd over soul and body-worn Theresa. Dunne Allerlon sent her flowers. Rhoda. In such a case, would h.tve tossed them from her window In holy •corn. Theresa would have c-iushed them to crumpled petals between her hare hands, tne thorns #f them prick ing lur skin to crimson. Jerry looked at them, gave them to Mlml. He wrote to her. Jerry read the notes, and tore them up. She never thought of re turning them to him, unopened, al though she knew from whom they came. That would have been too dra matic, too theatrical, for her. The waste basket served her purpose well enough. One afternoon she sow him. She was dam-ing at tea at the Hlltmnre with Mind and two young friends of hers, boys fresh from college. One was cubbishly infatuated with Jerry, and she, in mNchlef, hud set herself to tantalize him to the limit of her charm. In the midst of her pretty coquetry she looked up suddenly, and saw Duane Allerton at a table across from them, sitting with a woman, very lovely, very sophisticated, very youug. "Francy," Jerry thought at once. Mlml would have redoubled heratten- tlons to the young admirer, to whet Allerton's interest, to stir his jealousy. Jerry could not do that, she did not even think of It. She yielded to the natural hush tlwt swept over her at seeing him, and sat, a subd&ed and softened figure. With the others at the table. She knew his eyes remained steadily, on her face. She knew he marveled that she permitted the silly exaggeration of this ardent boy’s de votion, and yet repulsed his own more finjshed advances. Jerry herself did not know why she did. \Vhe?l they arose to go, she turned and looked squarely In his direction. She could have answered the call of his sober eyes, gone softly to him, touched his hand. “Are you ready?" she said to MlmL drawing up the folds of her cloak as the amorous yotith placed it about her shoulders. ' Duane's eyes followed them as they passed out. Jerry would not turn her head, te look sway from him, pretend she did not see him. She would have been ashamed of subterfuge. She looked at him frankly, and did not know him. "Jerry, there's your friend," whle* pered Mlml, "Isn't he the beet-looking thing yotf ever saw?" She turned the effective lashes upon him brightly, and Duane nodded to her, and smiled. Jerry said nothing. • • • . • • e • On the following morning Thereae went down to Jerry’s room before the .oenal time for the dally breakfast trey. This was an occurrence of such Infrequency that Jerry could not hide a flutter of flattered pleasure when she appeared hi the doorway.. But Theresa, even in her most formal mo- io time' fas idle talk. it i' T : " k ' BARNWELL, SOUTH CAfUJUNA d.d.. o«ta BtM* to- •'in yon aura yon wasTto give op •tudytaf Artr ^ ~ •'Absolutely .sure." "Sure you won’t change your mind after a little, and begin again?" "Absolutely sure." "What are you going to do with the lessens? You paid a whole term lu advance, didn’t you? Are you going to get your money back?" **1 don’t think I can. I’ll just have to let it goj '"See here, Jerry, you shouldn’t waste such an opportunity. Now, poo&old McDowell neetls the money, he teaches for his bread and butter, you know. Rut If you stop so soon, he may feel he haa to make a partial refund anyhow. Why don’t you trans- hold fast that which fs good."—I Thoss! fer the lessons to gome one who PRIMARY Word. (Mr asv 1* B. riTZWA •f th» ■ ranSchorl. •tltuti of Chicago.) f®. IMS. Waotorit Ncwapapor Unloa.) Les ton for September 13 FAUL^ IN THg&SALONICA BEREA AND afford would like them, but can’t them?” "To whom, for Instance? You have someone In mind, haven't you?” Theresa admitted that she had, that she -had Just thought of it. The one LESSON TEXT—Acto GOLDEN TEXT—‘Prov* all things; TOPIC — Loving God'S TOPIC — Studying God's JUNIOR Wqrd. f INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Two Kinds of Hearers. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Searching the Scriptures. she had In mind was Greta Val, an un- | prepossessing country girl who had ‘ Preachin fl Thessalonloa appeared suddenly from somewhere, ' VV " ‘ and was earning a hard existence by M e thod (w. 1-2). serving us chambermaid at the old °^ 8erve d the divine order, to Grlller studios on Ninth street. Jerry t,le Jew * flrst wherever he went (Acts hail seen her once when she went to R oni - 2:9-10). He was exceeding- orte of the studios with Mlml for tea, and remembered her as a stiffly rigid young person, with whom one would moiv likely associate scrub buckets and brooms than delicate paints and brushes. % “Uni, she’s ugly,” said Theresa. "But that kid's a genius, all the same. She knows nothing, bus never hud a lesson in her life—and God only knows what she came here for, without friends, without money. Oh, you know how i>enple are, Jerry. They think If they can only squeeze Into the Village they’ll Just naturally absorb Art with the air they breathe. Well, she doesn't do so badly, for all that. The fellows are all good to her, give her scraps of paint and canvas, and tell her little things that help her. Greta Val may be ugly, she may be green, but she’s got It, Jerry, and It’ll boil over some time, you mark my words." Jerry was almost childishly pleased. "Oh, Theresa, get her quick! She can have all my things—the easel, the paint, everything! Get her right away, won't you? I’ll feel so much better when it's all out of my sight." And while Theresa went out to the telephone. Jerry, with her buoyant enthusiasm, set to work, pulling out boxes of paint and crayons, canvases, brushes and books, that all should be In readiness for the girl who had this thing that Jerry herself had not. *•••••» She came at once. Greta Val, and Theresa took her down to Jerry—a slim, straight girl ns she had vaguely remembered, with thin, unsmiling lips ami wide, unsmiling eyes. Jerry caught her hand and drew her impul sively Into the room. “Are you Greta Val?. Listen! I have paid for a term of lessons with Graves McDowell, end I don't wnnt them, 1 don't want to stuoy Art. But they vo all paid for, and it Is a ahamo to waste them, so 1 want you to take , ... 8ha *T roll> 1 ,e Therefore, He la That Christ, the Predicted Messiah ly anxious for his ‘kinsmen in the flesh, hut whenever they proved them selves unworthy, he turned to the Gen tiles. His own kinsmen flrst should te the method of every missionary, but should not stop there. He went out on the Sabbath day so as to find them assembled together. 2. His Message (v. .’1). His message was always and ever the same, viz., that Jesus is the Christ. To the Jew the essential thing waa to be convinced from the Scriptures. So 1‘nul expounded to them the Scrip tures. This is the business of all min isters, to expound the Scriptures, to prove their positions by the Word. Concerning the Christ, he set forth three propositions: (1) The Scriptures prove that Christ must be a sufferer (v. 3). ”It behooved Christ to suffer.” No plain er reference need be made than Isaiah 53, but it seems that the rabbis of that time had explained away the fact of a suffering Messiah so that the Jewish people were only looking for a glorious and powerful king to come; therefore They reject eiTChr I st because of His lowly appearance. • The same method of exegesis Is employed by many Bible teachers and preachers today. Only the emphasis Is placed upon the literal suffering of the Meft- sIhJi. while they spiritualize and al legorize the teaching of "‘the glorious coming of the Messiah to Judge His enemies and to reign upon the earth (II Sam. 7:8-lfl; Isa. 53; Jer. 23:5-8; Zech. 9:14; Luke 1:1-13; Acts 15:14- 17). (2) That Christ .Must Rise Again From the Dead (v. 3). | This he proved by the Scriptures. The resurrection of Christ, and the bodily resurrection of 1 elievers, needs sound and practical exposition In our churches today. (8) That the Historic Jesus Whom He Proclaimed Did Suffer and Rise HE MUST STAND TRIAL —MM—Smto _ Catarrhal Deafneaa *** la Often caused by an Inflamed — of the muoous Ilninc of U>« W I Tuba. ban this tube U Inflamed »d : or I aflammatlon nx may be WFT ■m 4- * them In my place. And look!" run quickly to the table, and flung an inclusive hand over the boxes and Jars [died high. “1 have all these things, canvases, brushes, paints, just going to waste, for I can't use them. I want to get rid of them, I don’t even like to have them about. And my easel—It nearly fell down on me in the tub last night and might have killed me—will you thke it, and use It, and—and the lessons, and every thing?” "Are you making fun of me?" de manded Greta Val in a passionate, throaty, strangled voice. “Oh, no, how can you think"—Jerry laughed, nervously—"how can you think of such a thlngt I just want to get rid of it, it takes up such a lot of room. It makes me nervous to have It piled about god—" “How dare you make fun of me!" Greta Val lifted a sharp, resentful nave a ruin puna Hearing. UbUm foe ta be reduced, your heaj-lr ■troyed forever. ^ ■ HAL I/S CATARRH MEDICIF* do what we claim for it—rid your of Catarrh or Deafneae cau Catarrh « Sold by aH druggists for over 40 Ti JfTj. Cheney A C6., Toledo. Ohio. r—SHE YOU! MONEY ^^NP>liwpS» • aawFimarw One Ida i dollars In 0 Rodney Bathurst Birch, self : styled English earl of. Dunbar, and flyer in the Royal Aviation corps, son of Reg inald Birch of 118 East Eighteenth street. 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"Hew Dare You Make Fua of Met” hand and struck Jerry angrily acroaa the face, and then, with a cyclonic burst of tears, whirled about and ran from the room, the door reverberating loudly in her tempestuous wake. I Jerry stood as one petrified, a slen der hand upraised and motionless, her face showing deathly white except for the splash of red where Greta's hand had struck. Her eyee ware wide with horror, her Ups parted In mute ! derment, while Thereae flung upon the conch and screamed helpless laughter. (TO BE CONTINUED) (V. 3). H. Ths Attitude of th# Jews (w. 4-10n). Wliile some Jews believed and many Greeks, the envy of certain Jews was so aroused at Paul's success that they gathered together the worthless fel lows of the town and set on foot s riot. They assaulted the house of Jason and dragged him before the rulers, having failed to get the mis sionaries. In their Indictment of the missionaries they uttered unwittingly some great truths. They said: "These that have turned the world upside down.” It Is true that the gospel is revolutionary, but It Is not treason to right government. The real truth, however, Is that the world is now up side down. Tlie work of the gospel is to set It right side up. They turned the preaching of Paul Into a specious lie. He did preach the kingship of Jesuk (see verse 7), but not as they endeavored-to make ft appear. Jesus is most assuredly coming to reign on this earth (Ps. 2). Let all men ac knowledge Him In humble submis sion. III. , Paul Preaching in Bsraa (vv. 10b 1,1). I. His Method (v. 10). He entered the Jewish synagogue and preached Jesus unto them. 2. . The Reception pf the.Gospel by the Bereang (Vv. 11-12). It waa with gladness of heart. The message was just as new to thepe Jews and juqt as counter to their way of thinking as It was to the Thessa- Ionian Jews, but they had a more noble disposition. The success of the gospel depends altogther on the dis position of tke bearers. 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