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For Ginger's Sake.

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By ETHEL HUESTON.

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

Life 14 The town of Hd Thrush. lows, way too unexelting to suit Ginger Ella Tolliver, she conceived the idea of or Junior Country Club and shun waring the younger set from ample be dom. Accordingly she arranged for the pur chase of the Mill, Stuch farm, a 10-mere traci

with an old rambling house on it, and she Amanned with Jenky Branka und her has. band, blind Danny Brocke, to sel as chaperone.

The idea was that the club was to be rtuaire. No parents allowed-and no chil dren. The pullon was freartily wecandied by Ginger's Jatinare, all of them tending agirlia in fled Thrush-Eddy Jackson, Wesley "Mæer ker, and Patty Heari

Ginger was the daughter of a minister and the atebdaughter of a very wealthy wo men, the farmer Phil Van Doorn.

The farm and farms house bought, Ginger proceeded with a general overhaling In which all the high school kits of Red Thrush esthusmattenlly Masted. Furnlakings weto danked, dr Jekion even gate an old mare, maar Mr. Jackson. And them the ading aprit preceded with the formal organization of the club,

It was agree that the purpose wmn tir have a good time. And one day, while the rehabilitation of the old tour was Roing on. (lnger wee Somthe kitchen of her home makin erektom, Kimated by nextby, the ink, when a shadow fell acrime the doorway.

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY,

CHAPTER · VIE

"I beg your pardon, madam." said a pleasant low valen, "but how would you like to exchange a

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would be expected of a kitchen whose exhalation la un aroma so completely delightful, for a small crayon portrait of yourself-simi liar to this sketch I have here?" "What?" naked Goodly, who was a direet woman,

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a true patron of the arts would pay 25, 60 dollars for a sketch like the done by an honor student of three fine art schools?”

"I think he wants something to cat," said Goodby apologetically, turning to Ginger.

thus elevating his knee to im- provise un casel for his drawing pad.

"Everything," sho said firmly. "For you're one of them. It told all about you—the book did.

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When he had rübbed down the "Any woman who hands out point of his pencil to antisfaction feed to a hobe over the back porch he looked at Glager for the firs is absolutely contributing to his time, looked at her with quick and moral delinquency. She's as bad searching intentness as an artists he is. Every man has a right must. And he became aware that to a living wage and proper liv In spite of her im expression iny conditions. It BRYA In the and her somewhat shrewish nian- book that every man can earn raw-Up Capital nor, caricatured though she was

living

If he is willing to work, Raerte Fanā by the ugly red handkerchief and You would be arunzed at what it|Resorts Liability of Proprietore, 19 3,000,000 her white arms fercely akimo, her saya, about men like you in De- eyes were of surprising seraphic pendents, Defectives and Delin- blueness; her face, although dish quents. ed from her labour, creamy white and delicately featured: throat slim alabaster

She flapped across the room in her, flat-heeled sneakers and set the mixing-bowl on the table with looking," he said a resounding thud.

grent surprise.

her

you're not ut all hod In n tone of

One who knew Ginger could in- "Not bad looking!" repeated atantly have interpreted the amol- Ginger. "Well, I rather hope I'm dering fire in her due blne agre not. Most people consider me ex- "You want to do a portrait for tremely good looking. Extreme your dinner, do you?" she inquiry! Look at my mouth. Could an cil coldly, "All right. De me!"

She rolled the white loves Purposefully high above her elbows and at grimly down, arms tolded sternly afore her on the table.

"Go ahead!" she comaanded 1) "

The man on the porch wasteil no time. He opened the screen door, placed his portfolio on the table and silently took from large pad of paper and a couple of thick pencils, which he sharpened

with meticulous care.

"

Ginger watched himn blackly, said nothing.

He was tall and slim and sun- burned. He were no hat and his dark hair was slightly ruffled from the wind. He wore heavy English brogues, mach travel worn,

and

thick woollen socka. His knicker sult was of a light pattern and a loose weave, the coat more than a little baggy.

His shirt, of what is commonly called a soft sporta style, appeared not to have been ironed, an indeed it but not, he washing it out him- self each night.

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"Now, I don't enre anything about having my portrait done. I am not one of those soft and spineless women who contributes to the moral delinquency of her fellow beings. But I just mále what's up my mind to tell you what and make you ashamed of yourself.

"Perhaps you've never had, aj chance to study that sort of thing. and don't realize that at your age artist quaint a better bow? It's you should be able to retire and better with lip-stick, but I always live in quiet comfort for the reat lick it off when I get to work.

of your life with your children and Look at my eye-there's a blue grandchildren about your knee- for you.

And see how my lashesine generation at a time, of course earl up. Not bad looking!

and all of you-er-living on "Or course I'd rather be n your income. You-you would be brunette if I could choose," she add-- bonded gentleman if you had ed, in n

That was Lone

alm lived up to your opportunities In- friendly. "but as blandes go, I'm stead of resorting to degradation supposed to hold my own."

ind-er-beggary. You-"

"Gosh, you-you're frank abort it," he said faintly.

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"Why not? It's the truth, isn't

You admitted that you are a good artist, didn't you? If you were good looking, would you be abave saying anying an?"

"Why, am I such an eyesore as all that he asked in some Ninyag- ment.

"Oh, you're all right," she said kindly. I probably won't bragging about my looks either when I am your age."

I laughed a little, but as he was already

deft sure mukiny strokes on the block of paper he did not bother to reply.

Ginger leuned for across the ta- ble toward him and there was grim determination in her manners.

" merely wondered. continu- ed the pleasant voice. "if you When Its Springtime on the world not like to have Rokica.

crayon sketch of yourself, by my Down th: Biver of Golden self? Like this. I assure you Dreams.

um quite good. I studied at the best schools in Philadelphia and New York, won a three years' scholarship in Paris, and have the very best of recommendations. His hair, Ginger was surprised to In exchange for a square meal, notice, was quite black and showed

"Listen," she said, "you nught. with as much of the rulinary no grey at the temples, nor the to be ashamed of yourself--bum- fragrance as 1 can assimilate."

thinning on top that she had vague ming ments fram house to house "Do you mean," inquired Goodly expected. His pointed, well like this. A man of your age, and by painstakingly, "that you think trimmed black board of silky text without ahlilty! Certainly you could make picture look like ture was also untouched with grey. you've got a good line! Well, one thal and look like me?"

As if entirely oblivious of her of the courses they mudo me study The voler coughed deprecating- cold and unfavourable Appraisal, o bronden my mind when I he pulled a chair up to the table wouldn't go to rollnge was one on "Alas, that even the divinest of and sat down, tipping it back un-society in general. I had to wond the arts should be thus cireum- der him upon the two rear legs, book on Dependents, Defectives scribed," it mourned. "But one of his left foot proped beneath to and Delinquenta.” this general size and style at any bald it steady. His right foot he it balanced nicely on the round of rate-a likeness of you-and must be a very good dinner, Why, the chair by the heel of his shop.

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