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1935.
SERIAL STORY.
DONNA BIG TOP
by BEULAH
POYNIER
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
DONNA CARRIEL, and MAULIN bries
Ülserwolves "The DAL who kil Sirlets are eircus performers. Years earlier her grandfather's Bladeline ENT away from home.
to Bonna.
that only a themselves in a way couple that means to get married should, then I feel it my bounden duty to speak ̧uut!”
to
face, "B," she said, "If we don't a Rant anything in life quite no else as long as I lived. I've fought
"You know" Bill gasped. "If I hadn't already guessed it Mrs. Planter would have seen to telling me. So you love each other?”
"Yes," me, Mrs. "It never occurred
Donna anid. The angio
have done. When Donna is Injured in a fall from the Planter," said the old man gently, word carried more feeling than long
"And I
you've been worry- trapeso Madeline arrange for her to that even young couples who intend phrases could
what I'd think laken to RANDFATHER SIDDAL'S farm. to be married should misbehave them.
Justing and wondering To please her partner Donna pretends to be selves. Suppose you tell me
Wondering and worrying Madeline, the falls in love with DILL SID what these blood cousins have been about it.
whether you had a right to get DAL, Madeline's emisin, and though she is nahaard of deceiving it and Grandfather, doing?"
married. Maybe They're holdin bands in the field
20 years ago ahenfraid to tell them the truth.
Meanwhile Madeline merries CON DAVID-nothing else but! And kissin', too, have said, 'Better any good-bye and animal trainer with the elreus. Although sheI seen 'em with my own eyes and let time heal the hurt, but I don't terrified of the Bons and gem he fores "And a spy glass?" he interrupted feel that a-way now, Real love isn't her to take part in the animal act
so common that we've got a right to Back on the farm Bill costosen his bell, innds sakes, when there's crush it.
And I'm figuring the love have for each other sich carryings-on a body has a right you two children CHAPTER XVII
to use field glasses and anything else,
"It is Bill said solemnly. "I I should think." Donna moved away a step so that "S8," the old man smiling, know the first minute I looked at she could look into the young man's "to hold hands is misbehaviour. And Madeline that she was the one for ma kiss-de you know, Mrs. Planter, and that I'd never care for any one there marry-what will we do?"
"That's what I've been thinking sweet as a first kiss between a boy tooth and nail against my love, but it
I wasn't any use." about day and night," he answered and girl in love for the first time.
first believe their souls sort of ly nway gloomily. "Almost from
their I've Been thinking about it.
from this earth when When
lips you fell and were hurt I was even Poets have written a lot about love it's as well you did a little fighting.
hope
you might be and musicians have sung some mighty Sort of proved to yourself that Maddie cad enough to
was the girl you should marry. tunes about it, but I don't crippled so that I could take care of pretty
ever anything been know you were going through some you alwaya Then every day you think there's grow stronger and lovelier and it written or sung that half expresses sort of a battle, but I couldn't any unything till you came to me to talk it all became more hopeless" He it."
Kasped "My land!"
aver," sturent 'ncross the orchard, seeing
never dreamed 'you'd take it like ."It none of the beauty of his surround-"Do you mean to tell me you can sit
there and rave about love and kissen this," Bill stammered huskily. inge.
when it's your Granddaughter and makes me feet all kinds of a fool. If poward?" Donna her cousin, Dill Siddal, I'm talkin' Madeline hadn't" it
about? Cousins! Making love. Cousins!"
the
-Ek
"Are you asked tensely,
"What do you mean?"
I were a man who loved woman and knew that she loved me I wouldn't worry about publie opinton or anything else. I'd take her and hold her.and let the rest of the world
bang
When
was
we?"
I
touch.
"I know, Sonny, I know," mur mured Grandfather Siddal. Maybe
the woman.
•
•
Grandfather interrupted with an- "What of it? and me my pipe, other chuckle. "Since time began,
the women
who've please. Love is love, Mrs. llanter, boy, it's been whether there's a strain of kin or not, shown us men the way, I calculate few men ever did their own wonder what was very Perannally, I'd
even if they think they with Bill if he didn't love proposing, Madeline, and if she couldn't see him did."
"You old rascall" Donna laughed for the fine up-standing lau he is she wouldn't be all I'm thinking she is happily. "If the truth must come
ROTE
about them wouldn't
too gut, i nsn't proposed to me yet, but then neither have I proposed to much, if I whe I'm not
the house him." not
"Want me to go down on my knees keeper sniffed. might have knowed she'd play up to him though, and ask you to marry me? I'll do it And of course it's to his advantage Hill went on. "It means a lot to me. If you think it's necessary." Seriously to marry her, That'll keep every-
Grandpup, that you feel there's no thing in the family, so to speak."
"That will do," Amos Siddal said barrier between Madeling and me. with unusual sharpness.
Worrying."
E
I'm not kidding myself that there won't be talk. The thing that bother- et me most was whether you'd feel the way some others are sure to, that it's against nature for cousins to marry.
He gave a sudden, boyish laugh and awept her into his arms again. "And that's what I'm going to do. dear. Just that! Maybe no one will even bo
we should surprised that marry. And if they "do"
"We shan't always be here. Grandfather dies Her voice lost under hin kiss
"We'll tell him now. Shall he mid after few moments,
She nodded. Hand in hand they walked through the orchard and neross the meadow, their fret sinking
Mr. Planter clamped her lips into deep, fush grass. Now and then together. Then, with a subt and Bill paused to kiss her or give her an toss of her heart, she left the room, restatic bug Maglike, he had let
"Tain't ntural," she muttered, "I
"Some cousins, yes," mused Grand- her
solve his
his problem and his spicit just ain't natural that he shouldn't father Siddal. "Where they've been had risen with the det
decision.
care if they marry. He's getting brought up together and sort of drift But before they reached the house childish, Meble he thinks in Madelined into what they think is jove, when Donna's elation vanished. Slie marries Bill she won't banker to go it's nothing more than propinquity triumphed over Bill's scruples. Sho back to the circus, or ebbe there's that the word? Such marringes are knew, though he didn't, that there something else. There's something sure
to be a fizzle. But you and aw, I knew how the in the was no real obstacle
she's | Maddie-psław, way of funny about it
wind did, I' kinship to their marriage. But she changed and everything.
ay long before knew no that there
another WALM
But firs. Planter's bewilderment wager a cookie! Not but what I'm Maddie barrier far more real and sinister, over Amos Siddal's attitude did not grateful and happy to see
tr stny on here and willing Conscience hade her to tear it down, prevent her from stealing into the contented
to give up the circus, but I'd have to share Berret with B and ballway to eavesdrop on the scene
Siam leave it to
decide whether that took place when the young couple be hind two ways, both my eyes and
vision not to realize it my Inner or not she was worthy to become his came in to announce their news,
he
Donna's face was rather tense and wasn't the farm and it wasn't me would learn the wife. Some day
but Hill's cheeks were that was the attraction. And you, truth. It whe too much to expect colourless, that their lives could go on without crimson ns, still hand in hand, they Bill-shucks, you carried your heart like a bugler carries his horn, and you the ugly secret being revealed. Out entered the living room. of the past would come some person,
the child." some memory to disclose the truth.
"1. reckon." suid Bill happily, And then what?
"you've had a grand time watching
im to
"That you, Maddie and Bill?” Grandfather asked.
Bill "Yes."
answered. We've something we want to tell you."
Engled oll it every time you come near
1% live you? Not had news, us suffer."
1
"It's been kind of interesting, but Mrs Planter stunding on the backIt lan't to us. It's it's wonder -"Amos Siddal lowered his voice, porch, saw the two approach. With ful, but you Bill stammered hope the best part of the low was Mrs a pair of field glassen she noted their less old man chuckled. He held would make a donkey laugh. Won't Planter. That woman's speculations ខំអារ entwined and her thin lips The curled over her yellow teeth in an out his hands and boy and girl step. she have the time of her life spread- ugly snarl. She whirled about and ped forward. "I think I know what ing the news?ilere's a little advice If you've got to mis- went into the house,
You're trying in Bay. Seems like for you two. "Amos! Amos Siddat?" she called. can see light in your eyes and behave yourselves-that's her words "What is it, Mrs. Planter?" feel that sort of choke in your throat. for it--such as spooning and all "Amos, I'm no meddler and if you It's been a long time since I felt that that, don't do it where that woman.
but I reckon if you was up and could see for yourself In-way myself
"Huh!" eniffed wouldn't say a word about what ain't were ever in love and bashful and my business. Nobody can say I ever happy and and at the same time you from her vantage interfere where I shouldn't, but when I never forget it." He put their hands living room door,
(To Be Continued). blood cousins
misbehaving together and patted them lovingly.
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Richard Dlx picture, closing to-day at the Queen's Theatre, which is showing at the Star Theatre, became acute when Charllo Tutt fell fluenced Tutt in Delty's favour. The in love with Betty Ramsbotham, a share-pushing business did well and "Baby Face Harrington" Dix portrays a two-Batod marshal striving to ond lawlessness in the A new type of comedy, different fact that not only upset their respec- the wedding day was fixed for Decem- West and protect his brother and from anything the screen has seen tive parents, but sont old Nicholas ber 1st. All went well on the great
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Their historics are
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