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We don't quite know what the elder generation is coming to. Our photo shows Mrs. Mary Hartman, of Philadelphia, celebrat. ing her 103rd birthday with an aeroplane trip.
A gutation in sign language by a famous dancer at the Lido, Parlo.
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Don Salvador da Madariaga, the new Spanish Ambasador to Washington, and his wife.
MEDE DIMALOF
it is quite evident that all her little troubles, on the beach and elsewhere, were little ones. A delightful.barch photograph but not among the entries for our temere com-
The Melody Girl.
By RUTH DEWEY GROVES.
Author of "The Innocent Cheat," etc.
BRQIN DERE TO-DAY.
Beryl Harden here that a radio career will help her forget her hopeless love for Teensy Wilson who senged to her half-later Irene. Young Preis Gaylord pays nĖten- then to Beryl until lerne learns he is rich and tries to win him. She succeeda and after hasty wedding they depart for Gar- kard's waƐUTH <
I despute Tommy
drinks heavily, lowes his job, and Joins exit
companionu.
she has made this axerifies to save him be
in Oakdale and that her presence there meant trickery to his friend. Asit Wasn't included to say who had been with Irene but Gaylord could guess easily enoughs and Aan saw no occasion to lle about it.
"Which way did they go?" Gay lord asked. Toward town?" He nicant toward Oakdale. The river park Iny in that direction from Old Town and Asa answered yes.
"Bad gin."
Petition.
"I
"You've become terribly ferocioua since I went away, haven't you?" Irene taunted him, "What's come over you anyway?"
Just because he's her. She khow this and did not cut In, "it just proves that you Gaylord.
wish to risk ridicule, wouldn't understand me any more rich-" than Gaylord did. I was a fool,
"Just because ho's rich he's what "Do you intend to stay in Ouk- "You said a that's what I was, but I've learned you want, no matter how much you (dale?" Derry naked. my lesson.
pretend otherwise. You don't give while ago you weren't going to "Don't be sure of that," Derry a snap of your fingers for him. You What are you going to do, Irene? cautioned her. "People don't couldn't care for anyone, I guess." Did you come out here to tell me change ao casily."
Irene laughed. "Just because I've you've made up with Gaylord?"
"Never mind what I came for. I "Derry Mende! Are you calling discovered that I don't care for me a fool?"
you 7"
thought you were a gentleman, but "What if I am? But I'll tell you Derry winced. "So you have dis-now I'm not a bit sorry for you." wpne thing. You're not going to covered that?" he said fiercely. "It
"You needn't be if you go back make a fool out of me! How Jo has nothing to do with the fact to Gaylord," Derry told her. you think I feel? People have bean that I haven't any money?" suppose I could expect you might Irene looked at him disdainfully do that. But if I thought there was saying I broke up Gaylord's home."
Well, didn't you?
"You will peralst in your conceit, another man in the picture I'd "I guess you had something to she said as though merely musing wring your neck right now.". do with it. A man doesn't go all aloud. the way without some encourage-i Then Derry laughed. "My mother ment. I'd never have told you I warned me what to expect," he re- was crazy about you if you hadn't marked with no small degree of dis Beryl develope throat trouble and catch
nld you were unhappy.
gust. "Well, I wanted to do the
Derry looked at her thoughtfully. more cold while seeking Tommy to beg him to leave the bootlegging gang. Her throat
"Oh, you wouldn't?" Irene scoffed. right thing. You can laugh," he Then he said soberly, “You're "Ifow about that night at the Har-added unemotionally as Irene con- through with me, aren't you?" becomes war and the doctor announces her
Then Gaylord began his search. mons barn dance?" singing days are over. When Tommy realis
tinued to smile. "Of course I lova
avolded his eyes. In the meantime Irene and Dorry reforma, geis stather job, and starts sight
it's final all right." Dorry you, but I don't want to be known college, code to Briah
free had reached their destination, the Then
continued. "I can see that.
Well home
paying
"Of course. Lay it on the drinks. as a home wrecker." - the hua quarrelled semi-sheltered parking space in the with Prentiss and le going to get a divorce. B
might as well tell you Irene regarded him mockingly. I
Виррове heated conversation excuses!"
I might have known you'd make and Bary) reallace that Irene le trying to w park back Tommy's love. Mr. Everett object had begun the subject of breaking:
"Haven't you found that it adds to myself about what's happened to Irene tried to lead
me. I'd rather like to see how you Well. I wasn't drunk when I told your reputation?" she sneered.
Derry looked back at her, his take it. First, there's Just one Irene goen, back in Oakdale to dispose of their engagement but Derry's love you I'd fallen for you, and I'm not. Prentls. She leaves the train at a suburban sick mind leaped ahead of her. He drunk now. I'm off the stuff and eyes blazing with anger. "If all question I want to ask you. Dld ion and telephones Derry in 201 her accused her of tiring of him be I'm telling you still love you, girls are like you," he said tensely, you ever care anything at all for
need don't want to hear any more talk"I won't
me or were you playing with mu a reputation.".
nil the time?" Irene did not understand this "Of course I cared for you," Irene but she chose to appear offended. instated, "but caring isn't love, amaze-"Dorry Meade," she cried, "If you Derry. Maybe you'll find that out The words were accompanied by ment. Derry'd never shown so say another thing like that I'll slap some day, too." a puzzling smile. Irene hated have much spirit before. What had come your face!" Irene was not to learn that eve-ing anyone assume a mysterious over lum
"I guess you don't quite under-Derry assured her, "since you seems ning what it was that Derry, air and her annoyance with him
stand, Derry said quietly, "but you to know so much about love. I Mende had to tell her that was so grew.
will later and when you do you'll thought I loved you, but maybe I important. One reason for this was
"As for as that goes," she said
seo that the joke's on you."
only cared for you." that Irene did not give him the haughtily, "Gaylord is something
"You needn't try to excuse your- apportunity. Another rearon was more than a rich man"
self
In riddles. by talking in that Ana Crowe telephoned Gaylord |", "Yeah?" Derry rotorted. "Aren't "Listen to you!" Irene flared at retorted. "If you ever apeak to me. Irene did not like to hear this us soon us Irene and Derry dienp you late in finding it out? I thought him. "It wouldn't make any differ again on the verge of threatening tone he used seemed to bello the Til She and was not satisfied that the peared and told 'Gaylord that his he was the sort of fellow who was what you said after calling paused on
enco wife had been in the store,"
all right in busines but a bum in me a fool, you concaited idiot!" him with punishment at the hands words. It was too much like losing Asa did not know of the condi- married Hfo. Seems to me I've "Conceited?" Derry echoed, not of her husband, but remembered in something that belonged to hor. tions Gaylord had imposed upon heard you any he neglected you." minding the "idiot."
time that she had no right to that "Don't be mean to me, 'Derry," Irone and Derry but ho did know. "If you choose to remember what | "Yes, conceited. To think a girl husband's protection. It was a faint she pleaded, suddenly becoming gen-
Continued on Page 2.) that Irene was not supposed to be I said when I was unhappy," Irene could love you and not care for hope that Gaylord would forgiv
cumies
to izena's receiving daily letters from Derry
Monde,
Derry and try to effect a reconciliation with
While waiting Trene talks to a ațare clerk,
It sprake guardedly when sho mentians Prentis and Irene wondera të de bo ne. counted her. Then Derry comes and they drive to a secluded spot lo tak.
CHAPTER XLIII
gradunily to
fore she had actually spoken.
"I see," he said bitterly, "you've been thinking it over and you don't i want to marry a poor man."
about mistakes."
Irene looked at him In
anyway?
"Dear me," she murmurod sa castically, "Aren't you-impressive when you're giving orders!"
"Never mind being smart!- Just listen to me
Ireno
"I take your word. for it,"
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