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■ LX-. t* ? *r M' • j ' . w a <*:'■■■■■ ■ By Ethel Hueston ; A /• WHTJ ServiM Copyright by tb« Bobba>M«rrlll Co. Stfe-™ '• •• Si r. -At. SYNOPSIS PART ONE CHAPTER I.—At a merry party In th« atudlo apartment of Carter Blake. In New York, Jerry Harmer, Prudence’* daughter, meets Duane Allerton, wealthy Idler. He becomes slightly In toxicated. and Jerry, resenting his as sumption- of familiarity, leaves the party abruptly. CHAPTER IT.—The story turns to Jerry's childhood and youth at her home In Des Moicea. 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 I1L—In New York Jerry makes her home with a Mrs. Delaney <"lClmi , ‘) l an actress, who, with The- resa, a painter, occupies the , house. Jerry takes an- Immediate liking to Theresa, and the two become fast friends. - .•la,**' r - T ? . CHAPTER IV.—The friendship be tween Jerry and Theresa, who la ec- oentrlo but talented, grows. ' Jerry poses for Theresa's masterpiece, "The Ocean Rider." Allerton cells on Jerry. The girl, recalling hie conduct at the studio party, refuses to see him. CHAPTER ▼.—At a hotel dinner Jerry aeea Duane and is conscious 'of his admiration but refuses to changs her attitude toward him. Jerry be comes convinced she has not the ability to become an artist and offers her ex- _jtaslva pstlntlng imidgmant-la-aa -al most peantleas girl etedent, Greta Val, , wrha cannot-nndecatand-her generosity. ▲ painful eeene results. ■ - --*■ CHAPTER VTI.—Returning from en evening of geyety, Jerry Is shocked at hearing from Him! that Theresa has killed herself. She also learna that Mlml Is Theresa's mother, and la C tned at the seeming frivolousness of e older woman In the face of the tragedy. The "present" Theresa had promised Jerry pspves to be her pic ture, "The Ocean Rider." Jerry le deeply meved. After the funeral of her friend ahe decides to go home. CHAPTER VI —Jerry, with theresa'e help, convinces Orel* of her good In tentions, and the two girls "make up.” At a party Jsrry again sees Duane, aad will not recognise him. Theresa ^Inta that Jsrry Should go horns, and promises her a "present.'' PART TWO CHAPTER I.—At home Jerry Is en- thusiaatioally welcomed by her ador ing parents. She wins their sympa thies with the pathetic atorles of The resa and of Oreta ’Val. CHAPTER II.—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 the houses In the city, has shocked Jerry's art 1st Instincts and given her an Idea. She determines to create a standard of beauty In house building, borrowing money from her father. JerA>ld Hur- mer, to do It. and Incidentally deter mining that the work shall be her "ca reer.” A letter from Rhoda La Faye Informs her that Duane Allerton has lost bis fortuhe In Wall Street and la prMtlcally destitute. In pity and sym pathy ahe writes Allerton. offering him a position In her father's^ automobile factory. * CHAPTER IV;—Allerton applies to Jerry's father for a poeltton, partly ex plaining the situation, which Mr. far mer, Id a measure, understands. ' He la yatber favorably Impressed with Aller ton. and after a bt.lef interview telle him to go and see "Prudence.” CHAPTER V.—Mrs Harmer, under standing much moie of the situation than AUarton realises akes an In stinctive liking to the young man. CHAPTER VI—Mr. Harmer 'gives Duane a position In his auto factory Jorry s business^. enterpri.se--niai<lntr over ugly looking houses into' thugs of beauty and selling them at a profi.— Is not altogether a success, but she perseveres. Despite her studied aloof ness Allerton finds opportunity to as sure Jerry of his love and his deter mination to win her. (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) ‘TTeTecT th* wny across to Dip wide, bright, charming room he .shared with Prudence, and Duane looked about It with pleasure. But .Terrold frowned. “Women are—well, women are cer tainly—Sometimes I think I don’t know Prudence very well, but then, what can you expect? We've been married only twenty years." Duane watched him, laughing, said noth'ng, while Jerrold stalked grimly ont into Jerry’s stairway lounge and returned dragging with, him a heavy, bronze smoking stand. * “I have many bad habits," Jerrold went on gloomily. “One Is that I will •moke every morning before I get up. Prudence doesn’t approve of It So •very morning la the tweniy-two years of our connubial bliss, she has lugged my smoking stand out in the lounge where Che says It belongs, and every night I lug it back before I go to bed. Twenty-two yean ,of Ifr , - ' ” Duane laughed in keen enjoyment "Uat tbidg'aha did before she left Was to trot that stand put of the bed- . Knowing all the dam the minute Fd trot It back - v t dots .not smoke, 1 infer.'* *»• either—here.” said gulckly. “Mostly the nice a. It didn't seem to take la tha Middle West, Jerry did In college a few times for fun—all tba. girls do—and ahe told us she smoked a great deal In New Yoffc. But ahe doesn’t here. We didn't tell her not tot mind you. Prudence says even daugh ters are free souls when they grow up. She's got a stunning little stand that some sculptor made for her In New York—a beauty—uses It for plan'* • And then, with that gentleness of Instinct that made Jerrold Harmer the man that Prurience cotilri adore throughout her life, he said: “That's Jerry’s room across the hflIL. <io on over aaduhayt a look, while.! tgH Mify ubnilt rifnher. It*» very cute.” ^ ' . f . ' ~ ' “Do—do you mind?" “Not a bit. it’s worth seeing. We did It over to suit her—you know— In opposition to The House Beautiful. I'll be up in a minute." And be struck off downstairs whistling blithely. Daane waited until a door closed be hind him somewhere below, and then he crossed quickly to Jerry’s room. Involuntarily, he smiled. How could lie have failed to recognize the In congruity of her gaudy black and orange surroundings in Reilly's alley? This room breathed of her, it sang of her—soft and warm, subtly fragrant with' same elusive perfume. ' He knew Inatuntly, in spite of the presence of the two maids, that Jerry was expect ed to do her own room. The waste basket had not been emptied. And lying among the silken cushions of the day bed, lay a soft rumpled bit of lav ender and lace—tt handkerchief Idly foaaed and carelessly left \iiere. ' “ < V . THURSDAY, NOVEMBER **%> coulij do »• , ’f ao clever, be marveled ar it, rejoiced aver her saccess ae though he were In tyme way reeponal-,' hie for her akilL He asked a thousand y questions about It; the management, the financing, the profits. “That settles it for roe," be'said de cidedly. “I’m going to turn In on Iowa real estate. I’ll bay up old wrecks of bouses for n song, tarn them over to Jerry to gild them Wlth^ her fairy wand, and we’ll both sit back on thd cushions Wltl* the coupons 1 Pretty good, Isn’t It?" After o blissful weeF that was of reminiscences of Pfudence and J In the past and countless hopes fdr Prudence and Jerry In the future, the telegram come to announce thajr re turning, and Jerrold said regretfully: “Sorry, old fellow, I've got to chuck you out The girls will be home this evening.” , Duane's ^disappointment and his re- at leaving wfere almost childish. Tax levies by school districts for the year 192s. TAX NOTICE! In thO Intimacy of Jerry’s home he had .ir.fi in almost forgotten their estrangement “Yes,"Very ‘ good. The only ohjec* ! an ^J e . ,t 8he 8hou,d b<? t0 hlm tlon that I see la that you don't seem as Prudence came back to Jerrold. to be on- «ny too pleasant terms with • .. 1 ^«'«*avr. whiLWftUlll happen if I Sshool District yonr prospective collaborator in the ^ a8 ^ 8 ^^ dn and * nced the U1U coupon business." Then Jerrold went , * on soberly, “It would be a g/tame foiT 1 "* re * said to Jerrold, “as tf I had a right her to give It up—even for the sake of acquiring such a matrimonial prize as I am sure you would be. She Is crazy about it—and she is doing something worth while, too. AH over town they are talking about lt-rnobody dreamed she had such stuff In her. I •didn’t myself. Prudence says—but you know Prudehce." “She won't have to give It up," Dunne said, witlwas much assurance as though he had a final voice In the disposition of Jerry’s future. “I wouldn't have her give It up fi>r any thing. It’s the cleverest thing I ever heard of—and -a girl like Jerry—you i Just wouldn't telieve It! For the most part, I must admit I think the Iowa ! bnrns\ are a little more esthetic Ipok- ' ing then the Iowa residences—But of course it's a farm state—sweets to the Wage earner, you might say.” 1 “It Isn’t ns if we couldn't afford a "Oh, good lord,” was all Jerry's fa ther had to saj\ So Duane tucked his hags bitterly, unhappily, and moved back to the sor did stupidity of his hotel room. Jerrold stunt the rest of the day go ing through the house, removing every trace of evidence as to the presence of a guest. He cautioned the maids, over and over, to breathe not a word of what had transpired, and In the eve ning met his wife and daughter at tha station. In deference to the returning of Pru dence, he generously removed the bronze smoking stand from the side of the bed and put It back in the stairway lounge where she had left It. He al ways made that concession on the night that Prudence returned. And I'tudence In gratitude for Jils gener osity, always curried it hack when they went to 'bed, and put It where his a. p , *—• . 1 V't w o 3 o. CD H » X • S R> Z o 2 - p 3 • sr 3 » 2 3 f> CO »— 1 » £ —-w" s ■ - - ■ '' 5T CO fT* rt- — % SI He walked slowly up Jh£ three steps softening vt the atmospiieft, as Jerry T . ?ou, • 1 l? . 0 ; fuil , - find 11 lhe ,uo ' at led to the day bed. a pretty calls It. There la moftey enough here »ienl he should awaken that throne-like duls, with- hangings of royal blue velvet, and he stood beside the silk and velvet couch that served as a b&l for Jerry at night, looking down at it somberly. He lifted the bit of linen and lace and touched It to his lips and smiled at Ids own folly, telling himself he was getting to be a sentimental fool. 1 There were but two photographs In the room, those of Prudence and Jer rold, handsomely framed In I Inc and gold. No countless snapshots, no tnoftey enough for anything. The state Is rich, ul- i most too rh-h. But you know how ve are, we Middle Westerners. We had such a tussle with nature In the begin ning that we have sort of forgotten how to make ourselves comfortable. These retired farmers have money to burn. They can pay for anything they want, hut they don’t realize what they Want until some one—like Jerry— shoves it right onto theiu.” “Then all I have to do now ts get clubby with Jerry,” Dunne sum. % to schoolgirl chums.no {K-DcljtaJjikgtliiejB^ .’Jj see■ ow-fatnre:—1 htry-nirTnrrnry Just the two pictured face* she loved the. best. Among the ember and gold en articles on tier dressing table lay a strand of crystal heads lightly dropped. There was only one picture upon the delicately tinted walls, and this.sur prised him, representing us it did I lie thought of one who had studied Art. It was a great green and white ocejm. giant waves lashing themselves Into foam-and spray. There were built-in b«>ok shelves all over the room, and hundred* of honk* —fairy tales, isH-try, philosophy, love stories, wild adventure*: He smiled at the breadth of Interest displayed by the assortment and looking more close ly he saw tliHt It represented epochs— new shelles having been added to ac- commodate iJm; changing taste of hi- ereaslng years. There was a book of poems In the window-seat, lying open, face down. He smiled again when he noticed uinotlp those on the shelves an occasional protruding hit of lace, or delicately colored linen. Obviously It was a favorite trick of Jrrr.x's to murk her place In a book with the handker chief she was using. Duane was boy ishly pleased to have discovered this trait of hers, alone ami unaided, in her absence. Turning about suddenly he lifted his eyes and started violently. He was directly opposite the rioting mean of green and white and saw It clearly for lhe first time. He felt abashed as though it were Jerry herself, white, unashamed, who rode the waves before him. He looked away, curiously con fused, embarrassed,• and then went In the Confident Aecurance of the Joy< cue Eyee, He Saw Jerry. •-359 back to It. He stared at it, studied It, the slim white figure high and untram meled on the highest wave. In the confident assurance of the Joyous eyes, he saw Jerry—Jfcrry as be had seen her first, as ahe stood with Aimee dorian In Carter Blake’s studio —with the warm welcome of her youth in her eye*—Jerry, a-ihlmt for adven ture, for romnnde. When be beard Jerrold whistling on the stairway again, be went ont quick ly and doeed the door. That same afternoon Jerrold took him out to see Jerry's booses. Daane was fascinated with this pRane of Jer- ry’a Ufa. fills had nevei sites and inveigle trig business into us- ( Ing them—and Jerry 'dolls up tliefr j ^ houses!” * ' jhb Those days In Jerry’s lovely home with Jerry’s father. Duane felt were the luippiest of his entire life. They had breakfast together In the morn ing. reading the papers over their cof fee. drove to the factory together, and went out for luncheon to a cafe or club somewhere. And In the evening they played pinochle, smoked nud read, sometime* just smoked and talked. They went to the Princess to patron ize the stia-k company which will go down In history as the start In life of Fay Bainler. Once Jerrold hud some men In. and they played poker. Sometimes Dunne forgot that Jer rold was to l»e his father-in-law, thought of him only as n remarkably companionable old chap, and easy to have around. “You know. Mr Harmer," he said one night, "since I've !»een so-so keen on Jerry—and so d—n mad at her stuh- bonine**—I’ve sort of lost interest In —you know- women and things. That’s not natural. Doe* It hang over—or do you get back when you’ve been mar ried a while?" “You act like a blase old roue,” said Jerrold, “hut you talk like a kid.” And then he said with a great assump tion of sternness, “See here, young fellow. I’m on Jerry’s side. Don’t you try tfb gel anytlflng out of me that you may he able to use against me later on. You stick to the straight and nar row.” He laughed a little. “I won’t say that In all my twenty years I haven't felt the Meeting intrigue of a foreign dimple jor_curl, of maybe an ankle —and thereV no denying that a woman does get on your, nerves, es pecially the way she lugs your tobacco out of your reach—hht I’m strong for Prudence. Rut of* course, there I aren't many Prudences. You wouldn’t expect that.” One night he asked about that pic ture in Jerry's room, the Ocean Rider. "It's a haunting thing,” he said. “It iimkes you think of Jerry somehow-*-” “Oh, didn't you know Theresa? The picture gave me tiw creeps, too, at first. The eyes are Jerry's. She has nice eyes; maybe you’ve noticed It,” he added slyly. “Not us nice now’, I think, us when she. left. She looks more- cloudy. But very nice. The picture is a shock at first sight. Makes you feel as If you've caught her stepping out of the bath:’’ - ' He told Duane then of Theresa and her tragic death, her even more tragic life. , Duane was shocked, hurt It seemed u terrible thing for Jerry to go through, and lacking the support of his tenderness and sympathy. He hated himself, as thongh he had failed her when she had heed of him. Qnce he said, “Why do you suppose Abe wouldn't flirt with me—when nh« did with others? And I know she— liked me well enough.” Jerrold said, “I don’t know, what do you think r And did not realize he had caught that cleverness of evasion from his wife. , “Did she tell you I was drunk that? nlghtT* Duane persisted morbidly. “Jerry never tells us tldhgs until she needs us.” said Jerrold proudly. “She struggles along by herself, until she knowa she la whipped. Then aha conies to Pra&mce and as. She was Ilke.'theWwhen she was a baby* She would work tor half a day trying to fix a broken toy by herself—a thing I could do In s. minute—but ahe never came until alie bed worn heroe^ owt working at It alone and found It too much for her. Prudence Ilkea whet; ahe thinks U shows character.” •* He kissed Prudence first, kissed her twice. Theil he turned to Jerry. Jerry always surprised him. She took hold of both of hi* arms, and looked deep, deep into his eyes, her own unsmiling, pleading, anxious. Jerrold met them bravely, although his heart sunk guilt ily beneath the weight on Ids con science. He wondered If he bore a mark engraved upon his features that her lynx-bright eyes could read and un derstand. k But Jefry Mid nothing. She to- leased, lief, tense i:rip igmn hi* arms after a moment, and kissedIdm. TTO BE CONTI N (JEDT ~~ 1 » 1 ■■■■ mi Red Cross First Aid Popular in America As Accidents Gain The rapidly mounting toll from traffic acridepts has brought home to the public the necessity of being pre pared to render prompt assistance while awaiting the doctor. During the past year 356 chapters of (he Ameri ( can Red Cross were Instructing I classes In First Aid, and In the same i period certificates were issued to ) 20.601 persons qualified by Red Cross , experts. Many cities throughout the United ' Statoe are showing interest in secur Ing first aid instruction for their po lice and fire department personnel and through the work of local chap ters, practical results have been ob tained in such cities as Washington. D C.; Toledo. O.. Boston. Mass.; South Bend and Indianapolis, Ind.; Port Arthur. Texas, and other commu | nities. In co-operation with the Statu authorities, intensive training in first aid and reicue methods has bden given to State police and constabulary members at four State training schools. 'Instruction la these subjects In public and private schools, colleges and universities has Increased during the year. Attention has been given, to training teachers at institutes - and summer .schools. «. - , The Red Cross first aid railroad ca'r baa been in continuous operation throughout the year. It cohered 10,340 miles, visilitv; 137 cities, inhere 1,200 meetings were conducted by the surgeons, with a total of 141.827 people. • , Industries particularly have availed themselves of the instruction afforded by ibe Red Cross. The Western’Elec tric Company, for example, reports a reduction of the accident re-te par 1,000 employees. 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L 1 3 f *•• — j 30 4 I 62 San Hill - ,1IL.2 pi Ul . a .-A ■37 - Seven Pinos ' 7 * 5* n 2 I 1 1 44 f 1 f 3 4 36 Tinker’s Creek J 54 I u 2 1 1 4 * ! i 3 1 8 4 40 Upper Richland • 54 j n 1 2 | 1 1 44 1 1 3 I 3 1 4 35 Williston 1 54 ii 2 1 I 44 1 1 3 27 4 59 > a 1 • * Books open October 15th, 1925 and close March 15th, 1926. January 1st a penalty of 1 per cent.; February, 2 per cent; March, 7 per cent. After March 15th all unpaid taxes will be turned over to the Sheriff for collection. DOG LICENSE $1.25 payable in January, 1926. J. B. ARMSTRONG,* County Treasurer. I LONG TERM MONEY to LEND I 6 per cent, interest on large amounts Private funds for small loans. BROWN & BUSH t ; LAWYERS BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. l Id TE1 ie in LENfl Farm Loans 6 per cent. Urge amounts. Town prop erty in Barnwell, residential and business, 7 per cent. Loans procured promptly at lowest cost. . Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell Counties. THOMAS M. BOULWARE Attorney-at-law • Barnwell, S. 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