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nanny and Nanny Become Homesick.
Of course Danny Meadow Mouse
told Nanny of having aeen Hummer
the Hummingbird, and how Hummer
said that many of the birds were al
ready on their way back north or
were getting ready to go. Because
they had known no real winter
weather down there In the Sunny
South Danny and Nanny had almost
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forgotten that there wen such tliing
as seasons of the year, Rut Hum
mer'i statement that Sweet Mistress
Spring was already on her way North
set them to thinking.
Danny noticed what he hadn't no
tired before, and Hits was that there
were now many more flowers tInin
he had seen at any time since they
had come down to the Sunny South.
He noticed, too. that such of the lit
tle people of the Sunny South as he
*.tw were buty with household af
fans. All that he Mtv lie told Nan
ny. for they talked over everythin*
together. So It was that gradually
they became homesick.
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they had looked for the coming of
sweet Mistress Spring and the re
turn of all their frathered friends.
They remembered with what joy they
had discovered the first green grass
each year. They remembered with
what a thrill they had heard the
vohe* of the first Spring I’eeper com
ing from the Smiling Pool.
The more they thought about these
things the more homesick they grew,
and the more homesick they grew
the more they thought about these
things.
"I want to go home!” sobbed Nan
ny. "I want to go hack to the dear,
dear <;rf#n Meadows! I want to see
my friends up there!'’
"You know we never were so safe
as we have been In this great man
bird.” said Danny, trying to comfort
her. "We don't have to worry about
Reddy Fox or Old Man Coyote or
Hooty the Owl or Redtatl the Hawk
or Rlack Puasy or anybody else here
in this great man-bird."
"I don't care," sniffed Nanny. "I
would like to see Reddy Fox. 1 would
so. It would seem good Just to have
him try to catch me. I'd like to hear
Old Man Coyol* sniffing for me thig
very minute. Oh Danny, do you sup
pose well ever, ever see the Green
Meadows again?"
“I don't know." replied Danny.
"Wa’ve had a wonderful winter, and
we va seen some wonderful things.
But I—I—well. I wish I vvera bach
home. Do you suppose all our pti
vale little paths have grown up to
grass again?"
"What a silly queetlon!" gald Nan
ny. "There hasn't been any grasa
growing up there. It lias been win
ter up there."
Danny looked sheepish. "That's
so." said he. “We haven't had any
winter. That is. we haven't had any
cold weather or snow or Ice for eo
long that I have forgotten there
could l,e such a thing. You know,
N'annj", I wouldn't like to live whers
it Is summer ail the time. No, sir, 1
wouldn't."
"You may have to." retorted Nan
ny. "If this great man-bird doesn't
go back we’ll have to spend the rest
of our lives down here. Boo-hoo! I
want to go home. I do!"
The next story: "Danny and Nanny
Become Greatly Excited."
(Copyright, astt.t
CORDELIA THE MAGNIFICENT
By LEROY SCOT7. <eopynf»u. mi.)
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•YNOPSUI.
(iirdrlii Marlowe, moat striking figure
in NH'irty'a youngest art and railed hy her
friend* '‘Cordelia the Magnificent.'' sur
prise* a pnrty of former tm lioolmate* at
lunrhron by announeing cancellation of
all engagement*. and after the other*
have rone diaeloaea to her eloaeat friend,
Mr*. *far(fiiellne Thorndike. the reason for
her atllon. Ilrr mother, ahe eiplatned. hart
Inat her fortune in an oil speculation and
It wan nereoaary for her to go to work.
Together the two young women looked
over the “help wanted" column* of a
newspaper.
(Continued from Yraterday.)
“I'll not back down on a dare!”
riled Cordelia. "I'll advertise, but I'll
(oil the exact truth!"
“The more truth the better! We'll
not waste any time getting busy on
this. Here, use the ads in this paper
as a sample, and dictate to me. I'll
write the thing on the back of this
menu card. I'm ail set—now shoot.”
After elaboration, condensation, re
vision and frequent reference to the
newspaper for the proper form, the
completed want ad on the back of the
menu card read as follows:
American girl. 23. strong, consider
ed good looking. Best social stand
ing Expert at swimming, riding,
tennis, dancing and can drive racing
car. Has other accomplishments,
but no useful training. Desires posi
tion with adequate remuneration.
What have you to offer her?
Jackie summoned the waiter and
paid the bill. “Just so you won't
have a chance to renege. Cordle, I'm
going to take this right over to the
newspaper office, and ray for it.
A Fine Experience.
laiughing. Cordelia followed Jackie
out of the Hotel and over to a news
| paper office, where Jackie copied the |
advertisement upon the blank pro
vided and handed it in. The clerk
counted the words, added “R 113”
and handed Jackie the slip of paper.
This Jackie gave to Cordelia.
"There s your lottery ticket, old ]
dear—R 113. Sounds like a lucky
number. The clerk said you might
have a bunch of replies by Wednes
day morning. You must tell me what
happens.”
"Jackie, you dear fool you—noth
ing is going to happen!”
You Just wait and see.'' pro
phesied Jackie.
But even Jackie did no? guess what
a good prophet she was.
CHAPTER II
The Making of (ordeiia.
Since this history Is primarily a
record of a brief period in the life
of Cordelia Marlowe, then to under
stand the striking, gay, impulsive,
confident creature that Cordelia was
at 23, one must be equipped with
some further knowledge of her family
and of Cordelia's history. The Mar
lowe's were for generations one of
the bluest families In that unnum
bered group which tradition has bap
tized under the numerical name of
the Four Hundred.
The family had Once upon a time
!>een wealthy, though the Marlowe*
had never i«-en wealthy upon the
scale by which present fortunes are
considered. The later males of the
Marlowe family, however, had lacked
the ability to retain what the earlier
Marlowe* had acquired, though there
had always been sufficient to main
tain the family name as one of the
be*t in N'ew York City,
Hut Cordelia's thoroughly likeable
father, that almost famous polo play
er. had In an even greater degree
than any of his forebears the gift of
letting money slip through his hands;
so that when a galloping pony
stumbled with him. and he was picked
up dying—this was when Cordelia was
12. the lawyer had to report to liis
widow that the estate had almost
passed out of existence with its last
proprietor.
There whs something left, however,
and Bernice Marlowe, who had always
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had everything, Raw no reason why
she should not still have everything,
or at least the appearance of every
thing. do the long-legged Cor
delia was kept on at her very ex
clusive private school (Lilly, eight
years younger, was as yet no such
economic problem); after which, as
parents who are somebody do with
their daughters and as also do par
ents of recent wealth who want to be
somebody. Cordelia was sent at 14 to
one of the hundreds of girls' finishing
schools which find the vicinage of
"New York a rich soil for their growth
and prosperity.
Cordelia's debut a year afterwards
at Sherry's (then an institution, .and
not as now a memory), though mod
est as to cost, was everything it
should have been as to its appoint
ments, and the best people were pres
ent. Her mother had carefully seen
to these matters. After her debut
Cordelia's mother patiently and In
silence waited for her to marry any
one of the several nice rich young
men who paid her court.
Mrs. Marlowe, with affectionate,
deprecatory* Insistence, demanded that
Cordelia marry one of the several
desirable suitors, and backed up this
demand by revealing something of
the Marlowe financial circumstances,
which until then she had protect
ingly withheld. Thirty thousand a
year—they'd be reduced to that, and
the strain of making ends meet on
that figure—well, Mr*. Marlowe sim
ply could not stand It *ny longer:
Cordelia was sorry about the finances;
she would do her best to keep down
her expenses; but she was not ready
to marry. Perhaps a little after she
might; almost any time a man might
corne along whom she really laved.
“Magnificent" became attached to
Cordelia's name in much the way
that most of the nickname* of every
day life and the more formal so
briquets of history become attached
to their owners; through some minor
incident—through the color of the
hair, size of body, a limp, a crooked
hack, a terrible temper, a splendid
manner.
\ Splendid Trihuate.
In Cordelia’s case it had been her
manner. Her very handsome and
very popular father noted she had
the t -e Marlowe air; the air which
had made him so popular, made him
accepted as a leader among hi* fel
lows; an air composed of genuine
good nature, pleasantly Imperious
self-confidence, an Implicit belief that
of course she was going to have her
own way- was the best way. “A true
Marlowe-" he ejaculated proudly
“God—bet she's a magnificent child:
Magnificent:"
CHAPTER III.
When Cordelia and Jackie parted.
Cordelia drove her smart roadster to
the Marlowe apartment on Park ave
nue. still humorously regarding her
want advertisement as an absurd ad
venture.
However, the following morning her
mood was to discount entirely the
humor and the expectation of her
advertisement. The thing was just
a hit of folly of two extremely foolish
girls.
Her eyes fell upon a stack of un
opened envelopes on her writing desk
and in Cordelia's mood those enve
lopes seemed the concrete symbol of
her present situation—indeed, the
chief and bitter fact of the Marlowe *
existence. They were bills. The first
of every month saw just such a stack.
Bills—fore' er bills. Cordelia sighed.
That was life's direst tragedy—meet
ing bills!
She forced her thoughts to her
more immediate problem, making a
living and tried to consider it prac
tically.
She considered many kinds of pos
sible work, and out of the great num
ber of undesirable possibilities, sbe
tentatively decided thft a private sec
retaryship might be the least unde
sirabie. But she had to have in
formation. Information was some
thing Jerry Plimpton might bo sble
to give her.
"I've just had s letter from an
umpty-seventh cousin, Jerry." she
was presently saying over the tele- i
phone. "The girl wants to corns to j
New- Tork to be a private secretary. !
How much is » private secretary
psid!
"From nothing up to fifteen or
twentv thousand a year. How good
is she?"
"I don't know. Suppose she s Ju*.
flair."
Thirty Dollars • Week.
"A girl has got to be mighty skill
ful end tellable to get as much as
thirty s week."
“l’vrhaps she doesn't know any
thing. What s the best way to start
in?" , . .
"Tell her to go to a good business
school, and then get experience with
snv decent concern that will give her
s chance. But how about this even
ing. Cordie? Won't you let me—'
Cordehs evaded the Invitation.
Thirtv dollars a week'. But 1*0 •
week considered merely as ISO. had
no meaning to Cordelia. Obviously
its meaning bad to be expreesed in.
term* of what t would buy Board
and lodging for instance, bhe had
to knew about this
flair an hour later Cordelia was in
S house over in the West Seventies,
the address of which she had found
In a newspaper under the heading
"Boarder* Wented."
"One of my best rooms. Very pri
vate. The bath only two door* down
the hall-" ....
"How much—how much t oroe
Us managed t ' get out through he1
muffling handkerchief.
"Only *15 a week and the secern
modattons cannot be e-iv*;ed at lb«
price in the city
Thanks -1 11 tell my oouslr mu*
mured Cordelia and hurried out to
bar roadster and back across Cv
tral Park
Half of her salary for such accent
modatlona' And she wasdt •'*«
|warning that sal ' jet
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