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CHAPTER VIII—Continued
—13—
"Who is she?” croaked the
wretched and disillusioned magnate.
"Search me. Some bright little
extra, maybe."
A. Leon Snydacker exploded.
"That’s the girl that turned me
down. Me-me-me-me-me! Setting
4 herself up for a day-bun-tay. Pho
^ ny. She’s fired. From date. With
out pay."
Moby Dickstein perceived with
pain and apprehension that he had
committed a major error. If the
star went, the job went. And Moby
was well suited with the job. He
did some quick thinking.
"Oh, no; she ain’t. Calm down,
Bwana. Calm down.”
"Why ain’t she?”
“Think of the build-up. Think of
the investment. The All-Class, All
White Purity Supercreational Pic
ture. That’s our story and we’re
stuck with it and stuck good. What
• sap you’d look if we dropped our
star now as a snide!”
"Sap? Me?” yelled A. Leon.
"Well, wouldn’t you? Give it the
once-over.”
The Great Man gave it the sev
eral-times-over, and the more he
went over it, the worse he felt.
"What’ll we do, Moby?” he qua
vered.
"Carry on,” prescribed the facto
tum with energy and persuasive
ly ness. "You beat it and leave me to
handle the gal. I’ll figure out some
thing. Let’s let it ride for a coupla
weeks.”
"And I was ker-razy about that
girl,” faltered A. Leon. “Why, Mo
by, I pretty near married her.” He
brightened up at a solacing thought.
"Anyway, I got my diamond and
emeralds back.” Wistfully he add
ed: "But I’d rather have the girl.
Lemme talk with her.”
“Nothin’ doin’, Bwana. Anyway,
she ain’t here,” lied Moby. "You
just climb into your car and go
back to New York and think up
some fresh supercreational no
tions.”
No sooner had A. Leon Snydacker
shaken the dust of Maiden Effort
Headquarters from his superballoon
tires than his First Assistant went
back to report.
“Saved,” he asserted, striking a
noble attitude.
"Who?”
au or us. bavea irom tne wrecx
age. By my single-handed endeav
ors.”
“But the picture?” asked the
practical Gloria.
He waved a graceful hand. "Like
an insubstantial pageant faded,” he
intoned. “Until further notice,” he
qualified.
“Has everybody left?” asked
Marne.
“Except you two, the agonized
victim of alcoholic thirst who ad
dresses you, and Templeton Sayles
Esq. Oh, yes; and Glunk.”
“I could do without Templeton
■Sayles,” stated Marne.
“He’s laid off. But he’s stickin’
to the ancestral acres.”
For the first time in weeks the
still, small voice of conventionality
stirred within the blithe and eman
cipated soul of Miss Marion Norman
Van Stratten, and roused misgivings
therein. She turned to Gloria.
“We can’t stay here with those
two men.”
“Huh? Oh, 1 get you. You want a
chaperon. What’s the matter with
me?”
“You aren’t married, are you?”
said her friend, staring.
“Well, maybe not just exactly at
the present moment,” confessed the
beauty girl.
“But you have been?”
“Nothing but,” Gloria assured
her.
“Just the same, I don’t think we
ought to stay.”
“If you quit the place your half
pay stops,” pointed out Moby.
“That settles it,” said Gloria, cor
rupted by Moby’s poetical example.
“Here have I lived and here I die.”
“Mightn’t A. Templeton Sayles
have something to say about that?”
queried Marne dubiously. “After all,
it’s his place.”
“I’ll handle him,” returned the
self-confident factotum. “Our lease
runs through the month. Besides, if
we go on with the picture, he goes
» back on the payroll.”
CHAPTER IX
Opportunity never knocked at
Miss Gloria Glamour’s door with
out finding her at home. Upon A.
Leon Snydacker’s departure for an
indefinite period, she quietly pos
sessed herself of his commodious
west wing bedroom with bath.
July mornings can be uncomforta
bly chilly in the Finger Lakes re
gion. Waking at early dawn amidst
the Snydacker luxury, Gloria heard
the familiar and monotonous drive
of the rain against her windows and
felt the southeast blast sweep her
bed. Too sleepy to close the room
or gather more bedding, she cow
ered into a ball and drew the insuf
ficient single blanket over her head.
Her rext half-waking impression
was that the rain had increased its
fury, if that were possible. The
splashing localized itself as being
within the house. A leak? Must she
get up into a cold, dank world?
Miserably she turned over, and then
perceived that someone was taking
a bath in her shower. She hud
dled closer and fell asleep again.
An indefinite time afterward, she
became aware of an alien presence.
Without emerging from shelter she
contrived an orifice for her eye.
Through this she made out a man
seated in the arm-chair. His long,
gaunt, haggard, not unattractive
face was freshly shaven, and his
whole person gave forth an effect of
cleanliness and vigor. No casual
hobo, certainly. Who, then, at such
an hour and in such a place? Evi
dently the invader of her bathroom.
But why should a house-breaker
preface his nefarious day’s work
with a shower and a shave? She
peeked again and seemed to dis
cern, if she was any judge of ex
pression, a light as of battle in the
young man’s eye. Gloria hastily re
tracted as the visitor fixed that eye
upon her retreat.
“Now, you human worm,” said
he.
It was an unpromising beginning.
Never having been addressed in pre
“Saved,” he asserted, striking a noble attitude.
cisely those terms before, Gloria
deemed it expedient to await a fur
ther cue.
“Come out of there.”
It was said as if he meant it.
Gloria burrowed deeper. The chair,
relieved of its incumbent’s bulk,
squeaked antiquely. Almost she
could feel the impending grip upon
her defenseless neck. She raised a
forlorn and muffled appeal for help.
“Glunk!”
“Huh?” ejaculated the invader in
a startled voice.
“Glunk!” whooped the besieged
in a super-soprano. The door
opened. "There’s a man here.”
“Urgck,” agreed Glunk, exhibit
ing all three fangs in pleased recog
nition of the fact.
“Well, I’ll be— It’s all right,
Glunk,” said the intruder authori
tatively.
“Aw ri’. Aw ri’,” echoed the grin
ning Glunk and withdrew.
“Glunk!” wailed Gloria, outraged
at this abandonment.
“And now, if you don’t mind,”
queried the young man, “who are
you?”
“Sweet cheese’n crackers!” Glor
ia breathed.
“What? Say that again.”
“Why should I?”
"You—you—you’re the girl!”
“Sure, I’m a girl. Any objec
tions?”
“I should sa^ not,” answered the
man with intense conviction.
Gloria dimpled. "That’s nice,”
she observed.
“You’re not only a girl; you’re
the girl,” continued the visitor.
"So I’ve been told before,” was
the composed reply. “What about
it? And who are you? The sunrise
bandit?”
In his absorption he ignored this.
“I never hoped to find you here,” he
marveled.
“Why should you?"
l “You’re the girl on the telephone.
I The one that wanted to sell me a
sewing-machine. Gee, but I'm glad
I’ve found you.”
“Well, that may be all right, too.
But what’s the idea of busting into
my dreams at this hour? As a mer
ry little sunbeam you're a bit pre
mature, if you ask me. Who’s the
human worm you’re after, Early
Bird?”
“Kelsey Hare.”
“Never heard of him. And I’m
still waiting to hear who you are."
“Martin Holmes.”
“Never heard of him, either. ’
“Don’t you remember telephoning
me in New York to ask the way
up here?”
“Oh-h-h-h-! You wanted in on the
trip, didn't you! 1 thought you’d
gone to sea.”
"I’m back. Unexpectedly.” He
reflected. "Ever hear of Templeton
Sayles?”
“Sweet cheese’n crackers! That’s
all I have been hearing this last
month.”
"Well, now you’re seeing him. I’m
Templeton Sayles."
“If you want me to oelieve your
fairy tales, speak slow and soft.”
“It’s a little complicated. I’m
Martin Holmes. But I was Temple
ton Sayles. Until I sold him down
the river," he concluded. Perceiv
ing the doubt in her eyes, he add
ed: “Glunk is my reference. Hi,
Glunk! Come in here, you hirsute
protoplasm.”
The servitor reappeared.
“Who’s boss here?”
Glunk thought it over. “Gal,” said
he.
“Huh?” queried the genuine own
er in discredit of his owm ears.
“Whom does he mean? You?”
Gloria began to laugh. "No. But
there’s been a new deal.” From
Glunk she inquired, “Do you know
this bird?”
“Urgck,” said Glunk. He patted
Holmes’ shoulder with a hand the
size of a platter. “Aw ri’. Aw ri’,*'
he beamed and rolled away.
“I guess that’s an endorsement,”
acknowledged the girl. “So you real
ly own this place.” He nodded. “And
that’s why you wanted to chaperon
us up here.”
“That and hearing your voice. I
figured out you were somebody I
owed it to myself to know. If I’d
seen you as well, I’d have can
celled my passage, sure.”
Glunk opened the door again, and
grunted a suggestion.
“He wants to know if we could
use some breakfast.”
“I could. If you’ll kindly call this
bedside consultation off and give me
a chance to dress. I’d feel more at
home if I had something besides a
nightgown on.”
“Sorry. I never gave it a
thought.”
“Neither did I. I guess that’s
something. But I don’t know what,”
she appended reflectively.
Two young people in the Initial
stages of becoming quite pleased
with one another sat down to
Glunk’s bacon, eggs, and toast.
“Now tell me all about it,” com
manded Gloria, having poured the
coffee.
Martin Holmes did so, giving full
details. The tawny head opposite
him nodded comprehension from
time to time. “Then the award was
already made before you sold your
copyright or whatever it is for a
mess of pottage,” she commented
at the finish.
“Certainly it was. On my story.
Just as I wrote it.”
Gloria delivered Judgment. “Boy,
I’m afraid you haven’t got a leg to
stand on.”
“Probably not, legally.”
“Then what are you here for?”
“To tell Kelsey Hare what I think
of him.”
“You told me. Human worm.”
“Well, was I right?”
“No. Wrong. Anyway, that's my
guess."
“How do you get that way?” de
manded the aggrieved Holmes. “I
suppose I’m the one that's wrong.”
“No. You’re O. K., too. But I
kinda like this Sayles guy.”
“Maybe you think that makes him
more popular with me,” growled
Martin.
“Be yourself, simp. Nothing like
that. Only I think he’s on the lev
el.”
“Sez you! Wait till I see Mr.
Kelsey Hare, alias Templeton
Sayles, Esq.,” was the grim rejoin
der.
“Listen, boy. How about you go
ing out and sawing a couple of cords
of wood? Let me feel the lad out.
We don’t want to spoil a swell grift
for want of a few soft words. And
when it comes to diplomacy, I don’t
see you wearing any spats.”
“All right,” consented Holmes aft
er thought “Take over. But noth
ing in this contract shall be con
strued as preventing the party of the
first part from crowning the party of
the second part with a stout brick if
he’s double-crossed me.”
Gloria cocked an ear. “Fade. I
can hear him stirring upstairs.”
Entering the dining room Kelsey
Hare stopped whistling and regard
ed Gloria with surprise. He glanced
at the clock. “Five to seven,” he
observed. He glanced at the table.
“Breakfast for two. Are you girls
staging an early morning walk-out
on me?”
“Sit down,” invited Gloria. She
flipped him a cigarette. “The ques
tion before the house is whether
you’re a human worm.”
“The last opinion Was that I’m a
louse.”
She was prejudiced. I m not so
sure about Martin Holmes.”
‘‘Mart — Do you know Martin
Holmes?”
‘‘In-tim-mitly,” smiled Miss
Glamour. ‘‘In fact I represent
him."
‘‘Oh! Do you? In what respect?”
‘‘In the matter of Templeton
Sayles, Esq.”
He studied her face, which had be
come serious. ‘‘You’ll have to be
more explicit. How much do you
know?”
‘‘Plenty. But not enough.” This
apparent contradiction was received
with manifest suspicion.
“How do you come to know
Holmes?”
“We’ll get to that later. Now look.
You’ve copped fifteen grand for the
Templeton Sayles picture. Wait a
minute”—as he undertook to inter
pose—“I know you can put up a
good claim to the story. On top of
that, you’ve been drawing down a
nice piece of change for being the j
world’s worst lover.”
“He can have the part,” broke
out Kelsey with violence.
“You’ve helped yourself to the
character of Templeton Sayles."
“He can have him, too, and wel
come.”
“And what does he get? A trip
on a tramp steamer.”
“He can’t come back too fast to
suit me.”
“He is back.”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Gorges as Deep as the Grand Canyon
Discovered Below the Ocean’s Floor
The discovery of a world-wide se
ries of underwater canyons rivaling
the Grand canyon in size is report
ed by the American Geographical
society of New York and called one
of the most important geological dis
coveries of this generation.
One of the largest near America,
discovered off the California coast,
is 70 miles long and varies from
6,000 to 3,000 feet below the ocean
floor, the current issue of the Geo
graphical Review reports.
Near the Philippines the Chotsui
Pii canyon reaches a depth of 9,600
feet, or nearly twice the depth of
Grand canyon.
Existence of the canyons has only
recently become known through de
velopment of an instrument for
measuring ocean depths. The ap
paratus, known as a sonic depth
finder, accurately measures the
time required for sound to go from
the surface to the ocean bottom and
be reflected.
With this instrument on a ship the
geographer can chart every detail
on the ocean floor whether depth is
10 or 10,000 feet, while the vessel
steams as fast as 10 knots.
According to some students the
canyons give evidence of having
been cut by rivers that once flowed
across the continental shelf and
down its steep slopes. In this case,
the continental shelf must have ris
en 8,000 to 10,000 feet higher than it
does now, or the sea level must
have been 8,000 to 10,000 feet lower.
Science cannot account for such
great changes of land or sea level.
Much water was withdrawn from
the oceans during the Ice age, but
scientists have found no evidence
the sea level was lowered more than
300 feet as a consequence.
Why It Is 'Nickel Plate’ Road
The Norwalk (Ohio) Chronicle of
April 14, 1881, in speaking of the
glittering prospects of the New
York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad
and the gilt-edge character of its
financial backing, referred to it as
the Nickel Plate road. Another ver
sion is that when in 1882 the Vander
bilt interests acquired control of the
railroad, William H. Vanderbilt, on
being informed of the price demand
ed by the owners, derisively in
quired if the road were nickel
plated. -
WHAT to EAT and WHY
ss. _ ___
C. Houston Goudiss Analyies the Food Values of Nuts;
Discusses Their Place in the Menu
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
THERE is one food that can lay claim to being almost uni
versal. It is eaten with relish by people in almost every
quarter of the globe. It forms a main article of diet for the
natives of some tropical countries, and is said to have been
important in the dietary of early settlers in America. I refer
to nuts.
Nuts, of course, are seeds. But unlike most other seeds
used for food by man, they grow in a hard shell that does
not open naturally when ripe.
This forms a sealed package
which makes nuts easy to
store, and comparatively easy
to keep.
A Concentrated Food
Nuts are a highly concentrated
food and provide a large amount
of food value in a
small, convenient
form. Once they
are shelled, there
is very little waste
in using them. It
has been suggest
ed, therefore, that
they might profita
bly appear in the
daily . menu far
more frequently
than they do.
There are many
different kinds of nuts, and they
vary in composition. Some of
them contain large amounts of
both protein and fat. Others con
tain a preponderance of fat, while
a tWrd group is starchy.
The protein of many nuts has
been found to be rather similar to
that in meat and fish. In fact,
most nuts are classed as complete
proteins, meaning that their pro
tein is of a type which is capable
both of supporting growth and re
pairing worn-out body tissue.
Comparison With Grains
Because they are somewhat
similar in nutritional character,
nuts have been compared to vari
ous grains. In regard to protein,
however, they may be said to
serve as a supplement to the pro
teins of some grains.
The high fuel value of many
nuts is due to their fat content.
Coconuts, pecans and walnuts are
especially rich in fat, containing
respectively 50.6 per cent, 70.5 per
cent, and 64.4 per cent of fat. A
few varieties, such as chestnuts
and lichi nuts, so popular with
the Chinese, are more notable for
their carbohydrates. Like most
starchy foods, chestnuts are im
proved by cooking, and there
fore, are preferably roasted be
fore eating. Fresh chestnuts con
tain a little over 42 per cent and
dried chestnuts a little over 74 per
cent of carbohydrates.
Mineral and Vitamin Value*
The amount of mineral salts in
nuts varies with the type. Gen
erally speaking, however, nuts are
considered a rich source of phos
phorus and a good source of man
ganese and of copper and iron, re
quired for the formation of the
hemoglobin or red pigment in the
blood.
Most nuts are considered a poor
source of calcium; or at best only
a fair source of this mineral which
is required for helping to build
teeth and bones. Two noted in
vestigators, however, determined
as a result of careful experiments,
that in adults the calcium of al
monds was fairly well utilized by
the body. It is not as well utilized,
however, as the calcium of milk.
Nuts are not regarded as a sig
nificant source of any vitamin ex
cept B, though some kinds have
also been found to contain vitamin
A. As they are frequently served
in combination with fruits, how
ever ... in salads and as des
*
serts . . . the fruit-nut combina
tion usually supplies a substantial
amount of minerals and vitamins.
Place in the Menu
Because of their content of pro
tein and fat, nuts are frequently
compared with meats and may
be used interchangeably with
meats. They make a splendid pro
tein food to serve at lunch, supper
or even dinner. They are espe
cially good when combined with
vegetables, or a carbohydrate
food such as rice or noodles, and
made into croquettes, patties, and
casserole combinations that con
stitute a one-dish main course.
Nutritionists are of the opinion
that nuts might well constitute a
larger part of the American diet
ary . . . chiefly because they are'
such an economical source of pro
tein and of energy values. Though
they can be used for a main dish
as an alternative to meat, it is not
advisable to allow them to replace
milk or eggs.
It is highly desirable, however,
that homemakers and their fami
lies regard nuts as a food and not
as a tidbit to be served at the end
of a meal that is already nutrition
ally adequate.
Thorough Mastication Desirable
It is also important to encour
age the thorough chewing of nuts,
as this helps to make them more
easily digestible. For children, nut
butters are especially desirable.
Some nuts are also prepared in
the form of meal or pastes. In
these forms it is not difficult for
the digestive juices to penetrate
them, and nuts may be consid
ered as easily digestible as other
foods of similar composition. Be
cause they are highly concentrat
ed, as we have seen, it is also ad
visable to include foods containing
a generous amount of bulk or cel
lulose when nuts are included in a
menu.
fr-WNU.-C, Houston Goudiss—1939—47.
Smart Advance Fashions
TPHESE pretty dresses will be
exactly as smart for spring as
they are right now! So get a head
start on your sewing for the com
ing season by making them while
the winter weather is keeping you
indoors so much anyhow.
Blouse-With-Skirt Fashion.
Here’s a smart design that you
will repeat time and again in dif
ferent fabrics for every season of
the year. Blouse - with - skirt
dresses, like all two-piece styles,
are much in favor right now, and
this one is unusually smart and
becoming. The skirt flares from
a lifted, princess waistline. The
blouse, on classic shirtwaist lines,
has bosom fullness and high
shouldered sleeves to make it
more becoming.
Monastic Dress for Girls.
This is the success of the sea
son—the most exciting of all new
fashions—and it’s the easiest thing
in the world to make with the dia
gram. It hangs loose and straight
from the shoulder yoke, and
drapes into soft, graceful fullness
when the belt is fastened round
it. Every girl who wears 10-to-16
sizes should have this charming
new fashion—in silk print, flat
crepe or thin wool.
The Patterns.
1664 is designed for sizes, 12, 14,
16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 requires
1% yards of 39 inch material for
Quickly Memorized Squares
Pattern 1849.
Use up those odd moments
crocheting this square that you’ll
know by heart in no time. Six
inches in string, an excellent size
for cloths and spreads, it also
lends itself effectively to many
small accessories in finer cotton.
Pattern 1849 contains directions
for making the square; illustra
tions of it and of stitches; mate
rials required; photograph of
square.
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York,
N. Y.
Starving Was One Thing
Webster Couldn't Stand
Daniel Webster once was sued
by his butcher for a bill of long
standing. While the suit was still
in court, he met the butcher on
the street, and to that worthy’s
embarrassment said: “Why have
you not sent around for my or
der? I have not moved from my
place of abode.”
“Why, Mr. Webster,” said the
man, “I am sorry, but I did not
think you wanted to deal with me
after I had brought this suit
against you.”
“Tut, tut,” said Webster, “sue
all you wish, but for heaven’s
sake, don’t try to starve me to
death.”—Boston Globe.
short-sleeved blouse; 2% yards
for long-sleeved. 2 yards of 54
inch material for the skirt.
1661 is designed for sizes 10, 12,
14 and 16 years. With short
sleeves, size 12 requires 3% yards
of 39 inch material; with long
sleeves, 4 yards; % yards for con
trasting collar and cuffs if desired.
2V4 yards of braid.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
O Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Sun Down, Accidents Up
When the sun goes down, traffic
accidents go up. More than 60
per cent of all fatal traffic acci
dents occur at night, the National
Safety Council reports. Since
about a third of the driving is done
at night, it estimates, the number
of traffic deaths per mile is about
three times as great at night as
during the daytime.
In the past seven years, night
accidents have increased 60 per
cent in rural districts, the report
says, and only 17 per cent in cities.
Adequate lighting and divided
highways tend to reduce headlight
glare and accidents, the council
said. Some states are experiment
ing with new reflector buttons
placed along the side of the road
to show the alignment of the high
way on curves, hills and other
hazardous places.
Constipated? You
Should Get at the Cause!
Lots of people think they can’t be
“regular” without frequent trips
to the medicine chest. “I just
dose up and get it over,” they tell
you. But doctors know they
don’t“getitover” at all—until they
get at the cause of the trouble!
Chances are it’s simple to find
the cause if you eat only what
most people do —meat, bread,
potatoes. It's likely you don’t get
enough "bulk." And “bulk”
doesn’t mean a lot of food. It's a
kind of food that isn’t consumed
in the body, but leaves a soft
“bulky” mass in the intestines
and helps a bowel movement.
If that fits you, your ticket is a
crunchy breakfast cereal-Kel
logg’s All-Bran. It contains the
“bulk” you need plus the great
intestinal tonic, vitamin B,.
Eat All-Bran every day, drink
plenty of water, and just watch
the old world grow brighter!
\^Made by Kellogg in Battle Creefc^
Acknowledging Faults
It is a greater thing to know
how to acknowledge a fault than
to know how not to commit one.—
Cardinal de Retz.
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alkaline factor.”
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