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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.
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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.
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” 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 ~~
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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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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
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; LAWYERS BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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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. C.
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Some Things to Beware Of
Beware of idle moments! Beware
of the beginnings of evil! Above all.
and more than all. beware lest you
once admit the fatal intrnsion of evil
thoughts. In solemn and awful earn
est I woqld sny to you. “Watch nnd
pray lest ye enter Into temptation.”—
Fsrrur.
Eloquence
Eloquence Is the uppropridfe organ
it the highest personal energy.—Bmer-
No appeal Is so international as that *
to the humanity of every people. The
sum of $1.50 from a Japanese boy in
Toklo to the Sants Barbara relief fund
bespeaks a world of friendship, en
gendered by the American Red Cross.
When the mariners on the high seat
enroll ttfi per cent, in the American
Red Cross, should you lag behind?
Jofn the American Red Cross whose
work Is your .expression of year
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Wkh a constraining JovA for-Christ
there I* no room left in the been for
the hatred of any person for whom
Christ died. — Presbyterian . of
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