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tl* «moke-cl*aded ttridlo. far op, look*
in* oat over Eaat river to th* bravo
H*hta of New York. She retained to
the time and the place violent
atari when the tow car InT dood of
duat swept op nhreast of her, and
atopped with a crunching and grinding
of brakea. She atopped out brlakly,
with her naual cordial nolle for one
of her father's employees.
M 1 can’t Imnglne what’a the matter."
she began brightly. "It'si- deader
than—” The smile froze upon her
face when she met Duane Allerton's
eyes, her voice became a still cold
thing. "The starter won’t \york. Will
you take me In quickly, please2!*
Dunne got out and stood beside her.
"Why, bow do you do?" he said. "I
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SYNOPSIS -
PART CUE
CHAPTER I.—At r merry party in
the studio apartment of Carter Blake,
la Maw York, Jerry Harmer, Prudeftca'a
daughter. mcete Duane Allerton,
wealthy Idler. He becomes slightly In
toxicated, and Jerry, resenting his as-
aamptton of familiarity, leaves the
party abruptly.
CHAPTER II—The etory turns to
Jerry’s childhood and youth at her
home in Des Moires. Only child of a
Wealthy father, when the Is twenty she
fee la tbe call of Art, and her parents,
with some misgivings, agree to her go
ing te New York to atudy.
CHAPTER III—In New York Jerry
■takes her home with a Mra. Delaney
4"Mlmr’), an actress, who, with The
resa, a painter, occupies the house.
Jerry takes an immediate liking to
Theresa, and the two become fast
(rlanda. .
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CHAPTER IV.—The friendship be
tween Jerry and Theresa, who Is ec-
pentrlc but talented, grows. Jerry
poses for Theresa’s masterpiece, ’The
Ocean Rider.” Allerton calle on Jerry.
The girl, recalling his conduct at the
studio party, refuses to see him.
CHAPTER V—At a hotel dinner
Jerry sees Duane and Is conscious of
bla admiration but refuses to changt
her attitude toward him. Jeriw be
comes convinced she hafe not the ability
to become an artist and offers her ex
pensive painting equipment to an al
most pennlleae girl student, flreta Val,
who cannot understand her generosity.
A painful scens results.
CHAPTER VI!.—Returning from an
evening of gayety. Jerry Is ehocked at
hebrlng from Mlml that Theresa has '
killed herself. Mhe also learns that
Ml ml Is Theresas mother, and la
pained at the seeming'frlvolousness of
(he older woman-In the face of the
tragedy The ‘present’' Theresa had
promised Jarry P5»>ves to be her pic
ture, “The Ocean Rider.” Jerry Is
deeply moved. After the funeral of
her friend she decides to go hums.
CHAPTER VI—Jerry, with Theresa s
help, -convinces Greta of her good In
tentions. sad th* two girls "make up."
At a party Jsrry again sees Duane,
and will not recognise him. Theresa
hints that Jerry should go home, and
promises her a "present."
PART TWO
CHAPTER I—At horns Jerry te en-
tboeiastleally welcomed by her ador
ing parents Hhe wins their sympa
thies with the pathetic stories of The-
and of Greta Val.
CHAPTER IT—Unable to settle Into
the routine of everyday life In her
home city, Jerry Is dissatisfied.
CHAPTER III.—The ‘■sameness," the
lack of Individuality In th* house* In
th* city, has shocked Jerry's artistic
Instinct* and given her an Idea. She
determine* to create a atandard of
beauty In house building, borrowing
money from her father, Jerrold Har
mer, to do It, and Incidentally deter
mining that the work shall be her "ca
reer." A letter from Rhode I .a Fay*
Informs her that Duane Allerton hasi
lost hls fortune In Wall Street and Is
practically destitute In pity and sym
pathy she write* Allerton. offering him
a position In her father's automobile
factory.
CHAPTER IV.—Alierton applies to
Jerry's father for a position, partly ex
plaining the situation, which Mr Har
mer. In a measure, understands. He Is
jratlier favorably Impressed with Aller
ton. and after a btief Interview tells
him to go and see "Prudence."
CHAPTER V.—Mrs Harmer. under
standing muefi mme of the situation
than Al.’arton reallaeo akes an . In
stinctive liking to the young man.
(CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK)
Duano had been In Des Moines one
full bitter month without a word from
Jerry. And then one morning there
was u telephone call In the machine
•hop, and Dunne knew It was Oppor
tunity calling for him by the modern,
mechanical contrivance, us It seems
•he often calls. The boy turned from
the telephone and called out to the
man In charge of the repair shop:
"Send a tow car for Miss Harmer.
Bhe Irok'e down out on Eleventh, oth
er aide of the park. She’s In a hurry."
Before the man In charge could
make a move or give an order, Duane
was on his feet
“Hold up that call a minute,he
said with Impressive authority In his
tone. ‘Tve got to speak to Mr. Har^
amt. I’ll be right back.”
He broke into the sacred precinct
of the president’s office without cere
mony. V
"Listen, Mr. Hsrmer," he began
with boyish eagerness. "Her car
broke down—Jerry’*—and she phoned
for a tow. May I go after hern
Jerrold looked at him, laughed a
little, shook hls head. "Sure you may.
And God help you!"
e • » • '
Jerry sat patiently behind the wheel
of lie: handsome little roadsteg. be
neath tlf groaning branches of a great
maple, n skeleton in the late fall, and
waited for tbe tow car. Her thoughts i
were far from the quiet lows street
ay, fti Brooklyn, in a lit-
“The Starter Won't Work. Will You
Take Me In Quickly, Pleaeer
think I met you once before—in Brook
lyn." i
“I don’t recall it."
"Good I Let’s both forget it and
start afresh I It will be so much bet
ter In the end."
"Will you hurry, please? I have a
tuslness appointment" She consulted
the platinum and diamond wrist watch
with s mpst professional alertness.
"You’ve changed,"'he told her. not
heeding her words, hls eyes on the
slender contour of her face. “You are
paler. Perhaps' you use less rouge
here than In the city."
"I don’t use any on my car," she
said, and turned her back upon him.
Dunne got out the chains and
fastened her car lo hls. but when be
had finished he came to her again.
“You're Just as beautiful us ever,"
he said softly.
Jerry did not turn her head.
"I'm afraid you will have to sit In
your own car to steer It,” he said re
gretfully. “I'm sorry. I'd so much
rather have you ride with me, but—"
**I don't mind. I’d rather." She
slipped qulokly Into her place beside
the wheel.
He stood beside tbe car, very close
to It. leaning upon the door. She did
not meet hls eyes.
“Jerry,’’ he said very softly, "don't
you think you’re treating me very
badly?" '-
She hesitated a moment. The ap
peal of his voice uas a positive pain
to her, but Jerry had listened to that
appeal before, to her sorrow. Her
tone uas low, her accents Incisively
cold as she answered:
“Yes. Why not?"
He could not hut smile at the direct
coucJusiveness of her retort. He
turned about and started for the tow
car ahead. Suddenly she leaned for
ward. and called after him.
"Mr. Allerton,” she sai<L.. and ~bA
came back tb fier with hopeful eager
ness. "I wish yoO would go awny
again. I was vei*y foolish to send for
you. I—didn’t realize how It would
be. I will pay your way back to New
York ond give you money enough to-7
to take care of you—until you get
started again—’’
"No. thanks, Miss Harmer, I am
staying right on In Des Moines,’’ he
said quietly, without smiling.
“I—I wish you would go," she said
pleadingly. “It—it makes me very un
happy-having you here.”
He shook hls head. “I nm sorry. I
have a nice position with your father.
I shouldn't think of leaving."
Jerry’s chin lifted defiantly. "I
shall tell my father to discharge you,"
she threatened.
"Then when I come begging to your
back door, will your maid refuse me
a crust of bread to stay my hunger?"
he asked lightly.
"If my father dismisses you and
offers you a ticket home, you will te
glad enough to go."
"if your father dismissed me and
gave me a ticket to Heaven itself, Jer
ry, I would not go without you. I
shall never leave Des Moines until I
take you with me." ’
*TH go away myself then." she cried
furiously. "I don’t have to stay here
to be Insulted —and humiliated—
and—" , , r- -
"I shall wait until you corns hack.
Jerry," he said soberly.
“Hi never come back I"
"Oh, yes, you will come back,”. h«
said softly. "As long as yonr Pru
dence Is here, you will come buck."
CHAPTER VII
In Jerry's Citadel.
Jerry announced s sudden desire te
visit her twin aunts in Mount Mark,
down la the southeastern port of the
Min and PrttOsnon with bar usual
gentle willingness to please, acquiesced
at once though with secret relucts nee,
for Jerrold said .he could not possibly
accompany them, and pleaded business
without reluctance, nor returned to
him without Joy.
From the hours of her earliest recol
lection, Jerry bad assumed a solemn
share of her mother’s responsibility
for all the aunts, and for thelt hus
bands. and their children, their homes
that Connie had remained awajt when
Jerry w»i tn New York, that she hafl
gone so suddenly and remained so
long. And when she was alone with
•TirM*,*. I. Wi th, TMr, ef their PrmtaM. M id,
WTrint* I'rmJcttc. b.0 never left blm | . Too thInk SS
lecting Jerry, jlris—in »ny way. Yon
see, they had been talking of making
that trip, anyhoqr, so—( Just wrote
and begged them to go at once—and
to linger as long as possible.’’
The twins stared,'then laughed, then
^ . lightly shrugged their shoulders. "We
mJh '^h baD h her might ha\e known it," was what they
mother brought them up? Prudencs '
bad accepted Jerrold ond Jerry as a
bountiful, beautiful dispensation of s
generous nnd living Providence, and in
them felt only on Implicit confidence
and Joy ..But.her sisters were a sa
cred tfuaf, accepted In all solemnity
and retained with
•aid.
| "But Prtdenbe," -protested Lark,
( wheij, she had thought it over, "she
, could have made it so pleasant for
Jerrftl
y didn’t go to be pleasant,*
, Prudence defended herself; “She went
« AM . a 1, — fidelity, to f ree , and she. said herself she
“1 A P ,* r ' I"? T ! »« free If we put her li Con-
" * J, 1 * * rare. Beeldee-lf her life Uj
In that obligation almost before she
could talk.
there, she would have found It. But
„ . _ . , .V . if there was nothing for her In New
So WbeQ Jerrs MUl brtettj., U, ,he Tork _, w>ote(1 And ne
way, mother, wed tetter run down to
Mount Mark nnd see what those twin
Prudence could only
aunts are up to.'
yield,
Carol was Jerry’s favorite, a fact she
tried with kindly Intention to conceal
from the general knowledge of the
family. She loved the quiet hush' of
Carol’s life, and found a thrill of ex
altation In the knowledge of the gentle
widowhood that followed the riotous und a can - of oll -.a
youth of the merriest and most mia- y> ualie J —
"ftudence and Jerry have gone
one but Jerry could find that out
Prudence ..and Jerry had left Dee
Moines eh the early morning train,
about half past six or seven. At half
past nine that same morning, Jerrold
called Duane Into the office.
“How’s business?” he asked cheer
fully. '
"Fine. I’m learning the trade from
the ground up. I picked up four tools
cklevous of nil the minis: The tender
Immersion of her entire life In that
of her orphaned baby, Julia, after the
frivolous vanities of lier gay girlhood,
seemed to Jerry a tiling divine.
Baby Julia herself, now grown to a
moody, misty-eyed, dream-enwrapped
girl of fourteen, had fascinated Jerry
from the first, and never more than at
this time In the light of her new wis
dom and understanding. . Jerry looked
at her keenly, noted the murmurons,
far-away tone of her voice, remarked
the subtle depths of her dreamy eyes.
She shook her head ominously.
“You keep an eye on that girl, Aunt
Carol.” she said warningly. "You keep
an eye on Julia.”
And when Carol laughed at her, tell
ing her that Julia had never given her
an anxious moment In all her life, that
she could read her Inmost soul like s
printed page, Jerry grew only more
anxious.
"Dm. that’s the kind," rhe said.
“The thing you think is h*“r Inmost
soul isn't soul at all. It’s Just a little
borrowed cloud put on to hide what's
going on Inside—like a smoke screen."
"Jerry, that’s not nice," protested
Julia’s mother. "Julia has nothing to
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hide from anyone. She Is the most
honest child, the least deceitful, the—”
"Oh, It Isn’t Julia’s fault,” Jefry In
terposed quickly. “Don’t think I am
criticizing Julia, by any means. She
doesn’t know what's* going on Inside
her, any more than you do. She’ll
be ns much surprised us anybody ode
of these days."
And later she said, "Perhaps, after
nil. I'm Just bom to be n gorgon lady
with snaky locks to feed the fires of
somebody else's talent."
And when her uunt did not under
stand. and said site did not enjoy rid
dles. she explained. Incomprehensibly,
after this manner:
"I think she's got It, poor child! The
divine spark! It will burn her up."
“Prudence, what In the world Is she
talking about?” Carol turned to her
sister for enlightenment.
"Genius," went on Jerry moodily.
"She’s the only one of the tribe that
bus the earmarks, but It sticks out all
over her, and believe me. Aunt Carol,
I know the symptoms. Such a pretty
girl, too. Isn’t It a shame?"
"Of course she. Is a genius," said
Carol complacently. "Everybody says
so. Why, she’s been writing poetry,
and books, und plays—even tragedies,
where everybody dies nnd commits slll-
Cldq—ever sines . she eotrid’ hehP' C
pencil." • . -
down to Mount Mark to visit the aunts
and cousins. How wopld you like to
come,up to the iiuuse^and stay with
me in their absence?. I can only ad
mit, with all due modesty, that we
have a good cook."
Dunne flushed with pleasure.
'Td like It, if you’re sure I won’t be
In the way," he sahturtth great eager
ness.
"Not a bit. I’m glad to have you.
The bouse Is like a morgue without
them—they talk so much."
"You know I don’t really know Jerry
very well,” Duane explained cautious
ly. "I’m only in love with her, that’s
all.”
“You’re sure of that, are you? Sure
ft’s not Just a little infatuation that
lingers on—from pique—because she
remains recalcitrant.”
Duune iphook hls head. “I'm. sum
Surer than deaffi since I met Pru
dence." And then on a sudden thought
he said, "You—you are sure Prudencs
will not mind."
“Prudence suggested it. my boy. Pru
dence suggested It." And he added
dryly, "When you’ve known Ih-udence
as long ns I have, you'll know that she
bus a nasty habit of thinking of things
first."
They went over to the hotel at once
and got Duane's hags and then drove
out the lovely avenue toward the great
house, showing broad and white among
the bare maples that hedged it on
•very side.
Jerrold led the way Into the living
rtsirn, where Duane had sat once be
fore with Prudence, and called Katie.
"We're going to have Mr. Allerton
with us while the family's away,” he
explained amiably. "Now look after
him nicely and make him comfortable.
And tell Mary I’ve been bragging about
her cooking. Mr. Allerton is a par
ticular friend of Miss Jerry’s, you
know."
Katie smiled broadly. "I know," she
said, with the respectful,- friendly fa
miliarity of long und devoted service.
"I heard her tell you about him.over
the telephone.’' ¥
Both men laughed, and Duane
blushed boyishly.
"Well, he’s a friend of mine any
how, so be good to him,’’ said Jerrold. ’
"And mind you say nothing to any
one—" -
' “Oh, no, Mr. llarmer, I wouldn't."
Site smiled toward-
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ant sympathy and curious Interest.
Jerrotd took Duane’s bags and lad
"I knew It." said Jerry despondently- up ^ wide comfortable
I felt it the minute I looked at her. itajrs .. Xhll , den the end of the
hull is Jerry’s Idea," he explained, in
dicating the beautiful lounge at the
head of the stairs. "She says It seems
so sordid Just to divide a house with
a hall—so presto—a lounge. We’ve
built the house over three times on
Jerry’s account. When she was born,
to make her a nursery. When she
grew up, to get rid of It. And the last
time when somebody gave her The
House Beautiful for a Christmas pres
ent, to make the magazine look like
thirty cents, She says she did every
thing that the magazine made fun of,
Just to show It up. This is where we
hung out.
I’d rather have the measles, myself.
Well, we’ll Just have to make the best
of it, Aunt Carol, so try not to worry
about It. If It proves too much for
you. I'll back you." And then she
said, "I learned one thing. The gods
seem to scatter their good gifts with a
free and lavish hand, but I tell you
they demand payment In full. For
every genius, a human sacrifice. Blood,
I tell you, heart’s blood! A~mother, a
lover, a friend, somebody has to be
offered up on the altar of every talent."
Carol looked at Prudence. '‘Site’s
sick, poor child You ought to do
something for her."
Jerry laughed. "Don’t worry about
me. I’m no genius and thank God for
it I’m' Just a commonplace maker-
over of other people’s houses, and I’m
glad of it—and making mopef/lnto the
bargain. But I know wbht I’m talking
about. To keep a genius going, a hu
man heart must feed the sacrificial
fires. And If I’m not much mistaken,
poor dear little Jolla will be calling for
kindling one of these days."
Carol and Julia went with them te
the country to visit Lark ant) Jim on
(TO BE CONTINUED )
Notice of Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that I will
file my final report with the Hon. Jno.
K. Snelling, Judge of Probate, on the
24th day of November, 1925, as ad
ministrator of tbe estate of Julia A.
Templeton, deceased, and petition
the said Court for an order of Dis-
their lovely Iowa farm,. Lark’s three , h d Letters nismissorv
children Jerry Inspected with solicitous g setters Dismissory.
Interest, pronounced them very olds,
very healthy and quite human, thank
God, and washed her hands of them.
But site hovered constantly over Jnlia
with a passionate pity which sent the
aunts off Into peals of merry laughter
and exasperated Julia herself Into
seething fury.
It was pleasant to be In Mount Stark,
among the old friends. In tbe old home,
discussing old days Yhd deeds with
the mischievous members of the par
sonage family. They talked of Fairy
and Gene, they talked of Connie and
Prlnce and their miraculously golden
trafficking in ott.
Xhe twins said it
J. M. TEMPLETON,
Administrator.
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