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CHAPTER IX—Continued
—14—
“Who? Martin Holmes? Not
here?” asked Kelsey.
“Right here. And he wants to
see you. Hey. Ulysses! This is your
cue,” called Gloria.
Holmes came in. He stopped
•cross the table from his tenant and
regarded him with a scowl, ignor
ing his outstretched hand. “I’ve got
a few things to say to you, Hare,”
said he.
“Say 'em.” Kelsey looked at his
own hand as if surprised to see it
there and stuck it into his pocket
“You took the fifteen thousand for
*Love Beyond Sin.’ ”
“I did.”
“My story. Do you happen to
know that the prize was awarded
before you bought it?”
“I do.”
“Wait a second,” put In Gloria.
“You’re going at this wrong-end to.
D’you want to split fifty-fifty, Tem
*>y?”
“No.”
“All right. You win.”' This from
Holmes. “But I just wonder what a
bird like you thinks of himself.”
“I wonder a little about that, my
self,” put in Gloria.
“Oh, not so badly, if you ask me."
“Would you care to have my opin
ion of you?” queried the other man
silkily.
“Not before a lady,” grinned Kel
sey.
u “Don’t mind me,” said Gloria. “I
™ guess I think about the same.”
“You wound me to the heart. In
other words, you make me sick.
And that goes for both of you. I’ve
taken plenty from this household,
but I’m getting good and fed up.”
“Calm down, Big Boy; calm
dov”i," soothed Gloria, for his voice
had assumed an edge which inspired
misgivings in her experienced soul.
The inside door opened. Marne,
clad in pajamas and dressing gown,
stood glooming at them with heavy
eyes. “Hasn’t a half-pay star got
any rights on this lot?” she asked
plaintively.
What’s your trouble, kid? coun
tered Gloria.
“Sleep. You’re making more noise
than a cageful of hyenas. I don’t
know what the debate is, but why
not leave it to the League of Na
tions?”
“Too tough. It’d bust the organi
l zation. What d’you think, kid; we’ve
got two Templeton Sayleses here.
Count ’em, two.”
“One is too many.”
“This is the real one,” said the
beauty-girl, with an indicative wave
of her arm. "And a pretty interest
ing specimen, if you ask me. An
swers to the name of Martin Holmes
in real life.”
“He’s certainly an improvement
on the other,” opined Marne, ac
knowledging the introduction. “In
fact, he couldn’t help but be.”
"Thanking you on behalf of both
of us,” said Kelsey evenly.
“Just another fake,” said Gloria,
regarding him sadly. “I thought
I knew something about men. But
he had me fooled.” She outlined the
financial deal according to the
Holmes version. “There’s the lay
out. Anything to add?” she inter
rogated the accused.
“I’d like to speak to you alone,”
said the tenant to his landlord.
“Well, I don’t want to talk to you
alone or any other way.”
"All right.” The lower part of Kel
sey’s countenance took on a look as
if it had been chiseled hollow and
filled with cement. "I can be just
as unpleasant as anybody else, if
necessary.”
Marne nodded a sapient head.
“What else would you expect of a
face like that?”
“He certainly does jut a mean
Jaw,” admitted Gloria. “And yet”
—she sighed—“I dunno.”
“Anyway I don’t have to have him
playing opposite me any more,” re
joiced the star.
“I dunno about that, either. We'd
better wait on A. Leon. We don’t
want to gum the picture.”
“I’ll settle that point,” put in
Holmes. “Something tells me that
our friend, the ex-Templeton Sayles,
is going to take a long journey.”
“Yes?” queried that gentleman
interestedly. “Where to?”
t “Any place on a one-way road.”
“Too kind. But, after all, why
should I? Charming place. Con
genial company. Atmosphere of
friendly warmth. Why depart so
happy a life?”
"Because you’re not wanted
here,” said Holmes tartly. "I be
lieve that’s unanimous. Any dis
senting voices? The yeas have it.
So, Hare, I’ll remind you that this
is my house.”
“And I’ll remind you that my
lease still has a month to run.”
Kelsey rose. “I expect to be sit
ting on the front porch for the next
hour or two. Any Committee on
Evictions can find me there. I might
add that I really need some exer
cise.”
“You’re going to stay?” queried
Marne.
“That is my present intention.”
“And do you expect to be treated
(
like a human being, after what
you’ve done?"
"Not by you, darr-ling,” retorted
Kelsey with his sunniest smile.
"Well, I guess that’s that," com
mented Gloria as the door closed
behind Kelsey’s broad and ob
stinately set shoulders.
"It’s going to be a full house with
two Templeton Sayleses,” grinned
Holmes.
“You’re sticking?”
“I certainly am as long as you’re
here.”
“Believe it or not,” Gloria shout
ed up the stairway to Marne, “the
sun’s coming out.”
"Well, I’m not,” Marne called
back, "if that’s what you mean.”
"Ah, come on,” invited the beau
ty-girl. "There’s nothing else to do.”
"I’ve got some unanswered let
ters. And this is my day to get ’em
off my hands.”
Belatedly she had recalled a prom
ise to Liggy Morse that she would
write him all about it. Good old
Liggy! He must have collected his
lucky bet by this time. She would
have loved to see him celebrating
“Something tells me that our friend, the ex-Templeton Sayles, is going to take a long journey."
his victory. Inspired of a touch of
homesickness, there crept into her
letter an implication that she would
not be averse to seeing him if he
happened to be up-state.
Gloria went out alone. Strolling
lazily along beside the roadway, she
noted with some surprise the ap
proach of a large, strange car, slow
ly driven. It came to a stop oppo
site her. A small, prim man in black
leaned out.
“I beg your pardon.”
‘‘What for?” asked Gloria.
‘‘For addressing you on the public
highway.”
‘‘I’ve been addressed before. Be
sides, this isn’t a public highway.”
‘‘Then I am lost.”
“Where do you want to get to?"
“Maiden Effort headquarters.”
“Check, professor. This is the
rear entrance.”
“Then I am not lost,” pronounced
the stranger. He gazed about him
with a melancholy eye.
“Check again. But you don’t look
happy about it.”
He shut off his engine and got
out. “I am Mr. Gormine.” he an
nounced.
“How do you do?” said Gloria
politely.
"May I ask if you belong here?”
"Temporarily.”
"In connection with the A. Leon
Snydacker production of — er —
Maiden Effort?”
“You guessed it.”
“Then,” he decided after a slow
scrutiny, “you must be Miss Mar
ion Norman Van Stratten.”
True to her principle of never al
lowing her conscience to cramp her
amusements, Gloria smiled in a
manner which might have been tak
en to indicate assent. In fact, it
had that tentative purpose. There
was also the intention of playing for
time. If this meant trouble, as it
might—for she distrusted the prim
man’s looks—she would stall along
until she could get warning to
Marne.
“So what?” said she brightly.
“You are pretty,” he charged, as
if accusing her of crime.
“Thanking you for them kind
words. And still so what?”
“Very pretty,” he added in a
tone of deep discouragement
“Should that make you burst out
crying?”
“It is a complication," said Mr.
Gormine.
“Sometimes,” she admitted. “Not
always."
“Miss Van Stratten, I have a mat
ter of business to present for your
consideration.”
“Don’t tell me that you're putting
yourself through college by selling
an elegant and instructive set of
volumes on easy instal—"
‘‘I have long since completed my
education,” stated Mr. Gormine
stiffly. ‘‘Before you were born." He
added: “I am a lawyer.”
“Sorry, but I don’t need one.”
“May I ask that you abandon this
attitude of levity. Miss Van Strat
ten, and attend to what I have to
say?”
“You may. Shoot.”
“I represent the estate of the late
Phineas Peckett.”
“Pills, pellets and persuasion?"
“Exactly."
“Well, if you’re here to persuade
me, go ahead and persuade.”
“As you are doubtless aware”—
there was a marked emphasis on
the “doubtless”—“the heir to that
estate is Mr. A. Leon Snydacker.”
“Now you’re getting interesting.
Let’s sit down here, side by each,
on this mossy bank and you tell me
all about it,” she suggested with
an encouraging smile.
“It has come to my professional
attention.” said Mr. Gormine, “that
young Mr. Snydacker is in process
of being compromised—in short, of
compromising himself with you."
Gloria’s swift mind began dimly
to perceive potentialities of profit.
“Compromising?” she retorted.
“What about his compromising
me?”
"That also enters into it,” he con
ceded. “In fact, I am willing to
admit it as an element in our ne
gotiations."
Negotiations! Gloria’s eyes were
veiled, as she did some hard think
ing. If negotiations didn’t mean
money, she was an Alpine chamois!
And she certainly considered that
the Snydacker outfit owed her money.
“Do you draw Mr. Snydacker’s
contracts, Mr. Gormine?” -she
asked, lifting limpid eyes.
“I do.”
Gloria lowered the eyes to prevent
his observing the murderous gleam
in them. The game now was to
draw him gently on.
“A. Leon is very rich,” she mur
mured.
“Not as rich as is supposed,” was
the cautious reply.
“And such a dear!”
“Such a fool!” grunted Mr. Gor
mine. "He knows no more about
this motion picture business that
he’s got into, than I do about the
North Pole.”
"Wouldn’t you think that getting
married and settling down would di
vert his interest from the screen?"
inquired Gloria with a face of inno
cent candor. She had the satisfac
tion of seeing him wince.
"It may have escaped your at
tention that he is already married."
"It hasn’t. Nor that he is getting
a divorce.”
"Trying to get a divorce. There
may be difficulties.”
"He says not,” improvised Gloria.
"I think I will sit down,” said
Mr. Gormine, who had been stand
ing stiffly. He parted his coat-tails
and settled himself gingerly into a
tuffet.
"O-kay, Big Boy. You don’t have
to be stand-offish with little Glo—
with little Marion.”
Fortunately he was too absorbed
in the difficulties of his task tt> note
the slip. “If I may be permitted,"
he began; "how far has this matter
gone?”
Gloria looked coy. “You might
say we’re engaged. Practically, that
is. As soon as he gets his divorce.”
"Mm. So I fea—So I understood.
Then it is actually your intention to
marry Mr. Snydacker, Miss Van
Stratten?”
“I should hope to kiss a pig!”
returned the false star with fervor.
"May I assume that nothing—er
—nothing decisive has thus far tak
en place?”
"Oh, Mr. Gormine! I love him
so,” sighed the girl.
"Tut-tut! I am pained to hear it
Very pained.”
"You look it.”
The lawyer found a grateful res
pite in shooing away a persistent
horse-fly. Well, it must be finished
somehow. He braced himself and
said:
“That leads us to the next ques
tion.”
"What? More?”
“I regret that my professional
duty compels me to a course quite
as distasteful to me as it can possi
bly be to you.”
"I know,” she conceded, not quite
seeing what was coming next
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Many Cactaceae Species From Mexico;
One Grows in Clusters, Cloaked in Hair
From Mexico come many inter- ;
esting species of the Cactaceae.
Many of these have been discovered
only recently, writes E. C. Hum
mel in Nature magazine.
One of the comparatively new dis
coveries is Mamillaria hahniana,
known as the Old Lady of Mexico.
This was discovered in 1929 in Cen
tral Mexico, where it grows in
large clusters, completely cloaked
in long, fine hair. During the bloom
ing season it wears a crown of pink
or rose flowers. Little less con
spicuous is the crown of red ber
ries that is later pushed from be
tween the flowering tubercles, to re
main for weeks like a crown of
rubies on a white-haired lady.
One of the most difficult plants to
locate is Roseocactus kotschubeya
nus, which belongs to the living
rock group of the Cactaceae. On
account of the shape of its tubercles
it carries the common name deer
foot cactus. It has a large tuberous
root and the entire plant is sunken
entirely in the ground. Here it is
safe from the eyes of the collector
until blooming time, when the large
pink flowers that arise from the
center disclose its presence.
Cephalocereus hoppenstedtil is
one of the rarer of the old man
group. It is also referred to as one
of the torch cactuses, as it takes
very little imagination to make it
such, when moonlight or late sun
light finds a reflector in the mass of
beautiful white spines. In its nat
ural habitat it reaches a height of
ten meters; in collections it is usu
ally found as a small or medium
sized plant, raised from seed.
Postmasters General in Cabinet
From the organization of the fed
eral government down to the year
1829 the postmasters general were
not recognized as members of the
cabinet. The first postmaster gen
eral under the present Constitution
was Samuel Osgood of Massachu
setts, appointed by President Wash
ington September 26, 1789. He was
regarded as the head of a bureau.
But it was not until 40 years later,
when Andrew Jackson became Pres
ident, that the postmaster general
was asked to sit as a member of
the cabinet. President Jackson nom
inated William T. Barry of Ken
tucky to the office of postmaster
general and invited him to a seat
in the cabinet. Since then the head
of the post office department has
been considered a member oil the
cabinet.
I
Color Is Major Theme in
Gay Spring Song of Fashion
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
IN CLARION notes loud and !
clear the spring song of
fashion rings out the message
of the importance of color for
coming modes. That which is
destined to prove a dramatic
color program starts out in
midseason with handsome
woolens that are being tailored
alluringly into smart suits and
ensembles, also topcoats as
attractive as ere the light of
fashion shown upon.
laouiun otiumi u^uu.
If you are impatient to don color
you do not have to wait for the
actual arrival of spring, neither are
you called upon to travel to sunny
climes to wear one of the new bright
woolen outfits, for at this very mo
ment fashion-alert women are ac
quiring tailleurs of flashing, dash
ing gay wool weaves that forecast
the color-glory of suits, ensembles,
dresses and coats that will enliven
the style scene throughout the com
ing months.
Early spring tweeds "say it" ir
resistibly via plaids and stripes that
are superbly colorful. Playing up
bright woolens in trios is one way
of showing enthusiasm for the new
novelty stripes, plaids and checks.
In such instances a stripe, a plaid
or check and a plain are so inter
related in color values as to make
a stunning costume such as any
lady of fashion might covet.
The tailored suit of plaid woolen
in the foreground of our illustration
in softest shades of rose and green
with wool jersey blouse of dusty
pink would sound a triumphant high
coloratura note under a fur coat in
any clime where the thermometer
persists in registering low or with
light accessories it will prove ideal
on a southern cruise.
From Paris comes the dramatic
sport ensemble shown to the left in
the group. Lucien Lelong creates
this style-significant costume of mul
ticolored stripe tweed. The blouse
is in green jersey enhanced with a
brilliant studded belt
The oncoming rush for plaided or
striped woolens is modishly told in
the two attractive models shown In
the background. Crossbar plaid in
blue and white imported tweed
makes the topcoat and jacket for
the costume shown to the left with
matching blue monotone skirt.
Bright yellow, red, blue and a nat
ural beige blend harmoniously in
the beautiful plaid topcoat of import
ed tweed at the right. It is lined
with matching blue silk crepe.
The task that fashion sets before
the designer of smart wool outfits
for spring is to so inter-relate colors,
that combined make a harmonious
individualized entity of their own.
It is not beyond the bonds of good
taste to combine a stripe, a plaid
and a plain. In fact, the working of
novelty woolens in trios is one of
the smartest newest moves among
designers who notably lead in cos
tume art
The dominant note in early spring
fashioning is, as it has been for
some time past, the contrast Jack
et and skirt two-piece suit The
stripes and plaids and nubby wool
weaves that go to make up these
youthful suits are more fascinating
than ever. In stylizing these popu
lar numbers designers are making
a big play on pockets. Sometimes
the front of the Jacket is fairly plas
tered with innumerable decorative
as well as useful pockets.
Newest among woolens in use for
spring are diagonal stripe effects
such as a gray wool with wide white
stripes running diagonally across.
Prospects are that we will be see
ing more of stripes this season than
ever.
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Bows and Beaux
It takes a bow or more to catch
a beau. With bows at her waist,
there’s sure to be beaux to the fore
for the girl in the portrait dress as
you see here pictured. Naively
draped off the shoulders, the dress
in black velvet has as its only adorn
ment a soft gold kid belt which was
especially designed by Criterion to
enhance its richness. Note the tiny
bows frolicking ’round, adding a so
phisticated air to this girdle of gold.
The wee velvet hat with its twin
bows carries out the theme of this
dinner gown.
Calot With Earmuffs
The clever calot, favorite of
schoolgirls the country over, re
turns this winter embellished with
fluffy earmuffs and warmly lined
with bright plaid flannelette. The
earmuffs can be worn up or down.
Neckwear Means
Accessories Also
Neckwear doesn’t mean just pique
and batiste or organdie collars.
Neckwear (at least the items sold
at neckwear counters) doesn’t
mean just pique and batiste or or
gandie collars. Neckwear tn the
modern interpretation of the word
means ruchings, embroideries, stiff
little Buster Brown collars, Irish
lace collar and cuff sets, little bows
for your neck, with little lacy pock
ets to match. Neckwear may be In
velvet with mother-of-pearl flowers
and jewels. It may be of grosgrain
ribbon or of chiffon, or it may be
of velvet ribbon or of taffeta, satin,
lame or kid It may be an elaborate
sequin bolero or it may be a wee
jacket of ruffled net. At any rate
neckwear is a most featured theme
for spring.
Squirrel Sets Off
Spray of Orchids
For night wear, one of the more
delicate pelts should be chosen.
Squirrel will set off a spray of
orchids like nobody's business. In
undyed squirrel look for clear gray,
untinged with brown, and a close
even pile. “Flank” squirrel is usu
ally dyed brown, and costs less than
gray.
Old-Fashioned Slips
Slips have gone old-fashioned
camisole tops with lace beading and
baby blue ribbon. Lace ruffles and
ribbon decorate the bottom of the
slip, too.
For Winter Wear
A white chiffon blouse banded
with black val lace is shown in one
collection for wear with a black
[ faille suit.
Latest Fashions in
Easy-to-Do Patterns
'S fun to wear the new styles
drst! To have something de
cidedly smart and refreshingly
different before everybody else
starts to wear it. These patterns
bring you ideas for new styles that
are right up at the top of fashion’s
preferences, just as pretty and be
coming as they can be! You can
be the first in your set to
flaunt them, and so economically,
if you make them at home, choos
ing the fabrics yourself. You don’t
1 need a lot of sewing experience to
work with these designs. Each in
cludes a step-by-step sew chart to
guide beginners.
The Petticoat Dress.
If you want something just aa
youthful and flattering aa it is ex
citingly new, make yourself tho
charming petticoat froek. Tho
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skirt is cut with an exaggerated
flare, so that you can wear a real
petticoat under it, or sew in petti
coat ruffles, for rustle and charm.
Above the doll-waist, the bodice is
gathered over the bosom, and has
a crisp little frill that simulates
the line of a bolero. High-shoul
dered sleeves complete its Vic
torian charm. The whole thing
does nice things to your figure,
and it’s just about the most seduc
tively feminine fashion you can
choose. Make it of taffeta, flat
crepe or silk print.
Skating Suit With Hood.
Whether you ice or roller-skate,
this is the thing to wear! And
since the skating silhouette will be
very smart for spring in sports
clothes, too, you’ll want a run
about outfit made with this same
pattern, later on. The fitted,
high-shouldered jacket, buttoned
straight up to the throat, is ex
cellent style for street and sports
wear, as well as the swirling skirt.
If you make this suit to wear for
ice skating or in a cold climate,
line both skirt and jacket of wool.
The Patterns.
No. 1669 is designed for sizes 12,
14, 16, 18 and 20. With long
sleeves, size 14 requires 4% yards
of 39 inch material. With short
sleeves 4% yards. Requires 414
yards of pleating.
No. 1673 is designed for sizes 11,
13, 15, 17. Size 13 requires 114
yards of 54 inch material for long
sleeved jacket, 1 yard for short
sleeved jacket. 1% yards of 54
inch material for the skirt and 14
yard for the cap. To line jacket,
114 yards of 54 inch material; to
line skirt, 1% yards; to line cap,
14 yard.
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.
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My neighbor is the man who
needs me, or whom I need, which
is in the end the same thing.—.
Joseph Ernest McAfee.
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