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TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1933.

Mi Aan Cuoker, formerly fainous as world's high dive cham plan, who is now beginning to recover after serious accident during a dive in Vissna, when her back was broken. Although she is rapidly being restored to strength, doctors fear that Mies Booker will be permanently crippled.

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A distinguished man le the driver of the conch of the Lord Mayor of London. Our photo shows his wife arranging his dross embroidered with gold before he proceeded to the wed ding of the daughter of Sir Maurice

Janki recentlys

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Prince Oscar of Prussian fifth

son of the Kaltor, who is taking

an active part in polities.

The Japanese have increased their forces in Manchuria on the plea that the spring growths are granting cover to rebels and insurgents. Our photo shows Japanese making Us of such concealment.

The new George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River for which tolls are being anforced,

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Despite administration opposition, 1000 members of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans of the world War recently marched up Capitol Hill in Wasatugson and peioned Congress to pay the remaining 50 per cent of the soldiers' bonus. They demanded an appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for this purpose. This picture shows messed cotours on the Capitol stops, with petitious piled in the foreground.

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BEGIN HERE TODAY

BV JOAN purights CLAVTON:

in love with Larry Harrowanie, nest Ellen Raalter, beautiful 2-year-old, falta whom she met at reamland where Ellen works dance hall hostess engaged to Ellenbeth lowes, a

Larry

beg Steven to allow it to remain hand and smiled. there. On reflection she patted his

1. "Go ahead if you must," the girl

interest in me, she would stop at nothing to make things disagree- able for you, She would stop nt nothing to obtain for herself col- amas of newspaper publiefty-nny kind of publicity."

His voice stopped. He was tor- tured with the burning embarrass- ment of the shy and self-contained who are forced by circumstance to abandon their reserve.

hut. he shows attentions to Pari waaid gently. "Why do you want anouncement?" Ellen asked.

fiancee returze from Europe.

Fromanse of grailture the girl narren

quet wedding?”

to marry Steven Barclay, kind and wealthy "It's hard to explain," Barclay man of 6 who has paid fitat expenses replied. "It's hard to explain to a woman you love what a damned

for her young brother, Mike. InFured Ta street accident. Barclay

wives Deri

also

Armatead, her sister's Baner, a excellent fool you've been.”

Job, Ellen beterre gratitude can pince of Love.

take the

Barciny a been married to Get valle died and the second, divorced, was Loda Grayson, notorku dancer. Barclay fears that talk of the divere may be seed when he marries Elen ile teils lier they must have a very quiet wedding.

CHAPTER XXX

Strangely enough Ellen had never thought of Steven's divorced wife.

"Have you ever thought the wo- nan might understand?"

He sent her a grateful glance. You'd understand, Ellen."

"Give me a chance then." "Very well, my dear. 1 don't want things spoiled for you by the newspapers or by-Leda.”

The newspapers 7" Ellen echoed. "Can't you see what a story She was as embarrassed as was the they'd make of our marriage if we rann hlruself. Far from forcing announced it his confidence Ellen did not desire You-"

publicly Can't

socond wifo.

"When #hull we make our an- "After we've sailed," said Steven promptly. "By the time we've re- turned our marriage won't be news any longer."

Just twice as pretty as most beauty contest winners are the Senorita Rosita and Lolita Agramonte, dark-nyed twin niacer of A former Cuban government official. Judges saw double and awarded them two first prizes in a beauty show held recently in

Madrid.

"Abroad most of the time," he precisely conventionul," Ellen coun- answered and the topic died. Buttered. "If you say again that it's Ellen was to remember those words I who is marrying him I'll scream. long afterwards.

Are you going to be so stiff-necked that you won't even let Steven and me buy you That's to be the present.

a wedding present? "I would love to,' Myra admitted wistfully. "Imagine plcking out exactly what you want instead of what you need."

They talked of Hert and of the things Steven planned for him. Their talk drifted on to Inconse- quential subjects and finally Steven rose to go.

"Then it's settled." "You're not disappointed because you won't walk down the aisle of dent to me St. Thomas' with an armlond of Blics?"

"Disappointed!" she scoffed. "I should say not. I'd be frightened to death. Really and truly, Steven, I prefer a quiet wedding. I wanted that all along."

"

"Ah, you are a darling!" gently kissed the palm and closed He raised her hand to his lips,

her fingers over the kiss.

"Then why won't you?" "It's Bert," Myra said belelly. "Bort ?"

There's something else I want to tell you-something pleasant this time," he said, smiling down at her. "If you had a father or older brother I'd discuss it with him but you've been in business no long "You'd be amazed at Bert," Myra yourself that you'll undorstand. I said lightly but with half unwill- want you to be absolutely Indepen- ing pride in her eyes. "He's held financially. So if that new job of his one day and there's any little thing you'd ko already he's proud as Lucifer." to buy either for yourself or for your family, you can do it freely without consulting me at all."

Ellen appreciated the tactfulness which made him avoid direct re- ference to the fact that Molly and Mike would be dependent upon him, said gratefully,

"That's over so kind of you," she "We-li, in that case-" hesitated Myra. She dimpled, 'I'll do what "Only the usual thing. F'll be I want to and fight it out with Bert tied up all day tomorrow winding afterwards. When he sees mo look- up affairs here. But I'll meet you ing like the Queen of Sheba I'm at 4 o'clock at my lawyers. Symes sure he'll be reasonable." and Prendergast on Park Avenue."

He was gone.

.*

"I don't care how proud Bert is," Ellen snapped. "If you won't go shopping with me today and buy everything you've always wanted, then I'll simply go to Europe with the clothes I have now. That's all there is to it."

The matter was settled. Still Myra maintained faint doubts. "I do hope Bert won't" she said presently in a worried little tone.

"Let Bert go ciimb a tack," Ellen suggested, giggling at the other's serious mien.

It. She did not want to hear from "You mean they'd call me a gold-Then I'm not even to tell Miss Steven of his second marriage. She digger, Ellen interrupted mis-Elcott that we're being married," knew all she wanted to know about chievously.

Ellen said, permitting her hand to Leda Graysori Barclay, the un- "More likely they'd call me a He in his hand. scrupulous little dancer whom cradle-robber," he countered.

"Oh, I've already told her. She's Stoven Barclay had taken for a "The muckrakers would never as quiet as the grave. If you have Ellen watched him off down the dare to infer such a thing!" the time you might run in to see her stairs. There went the man who in Loda's world and Steven's also said in mock indignation. "A some time during the next fow three days was to be her husband. had been astounded when the dan-young fellow like you!"

dinys. She'd like it. But it won't In four days she would be on the cer had contrived to marry him as He laughed, sobered suddenly. be necessary.”

way to Paris with him. His life auch women do often contrive to "It's not entirely a laughing mat

would be her life.

"Oh, I don't know that I mind marry fine men. All the world hadter, darling." He went on slowly,

"Haven't you anyone you want For a moment there on the stair-Bert's being this way too much." sald, "I told you so," when the "The reporters could make a horto invite to the wedding?" Ellen way panie gripped her...

"Mind it?" Ellen commented, "I couple were separated two weeks ror out of the time. I want you to naked. She went on shyly, "Here following the nuptial day. The rest remember as the sweetest of your don't know a blessed thing about real quarrel between Ellen

should say you didn't mind it. Iwo are about to be married and I The following day opened with a You're pleased as Punch." was nowspaper history. A filing of life.”

"Of course I'm pleased!" suits and countersults, an endless

your family or even if you have Myra. Ellen was determined her Myra danced over to Ellen. "Ad- washing of dirty linen before the The girl felt her heart set up a

one."

alster should have a trousseau na mit it. Isn't it fun to be bossed public. Finally after a handsome thick, uncomfortable tattoo. She luctantly, "We don't get on, my It had never occurred to her that you?"

"I have a sister," Barclay said re- luxurious and complete as her own. around by a man who's crazy about settlement Leda Grayson had pout- would not meet his eyes. ingly permitted Steven to obtain "You know how unfortunate my sister and I. She hasn't spoken to Myra might object. But Myra was "I wouldn't know that," said El- the Sonora divorce, had bought her-second marriage was," Steven was me since the day I married Leda objecting.

ler with dignity. "Steven always self a famous string of pearls, re- saying in that grave, dieturbing Grayson. She has a son I see oc- I'll never forgive you," Ellen does what I want to do." sumed her maiden name and re- tone. "Even if I would I couldn't casionally, a nico chap but lazy as declared passionately, "If you re- turned to the stago and the life sho explain Loda

She tried to say the words casual- Grayson to you. I they come. You'd like him. He's fuse me this pleasure." loved--the life of Broadway.

ly but she was horrided to realize don't and will never understand young and full of life.”

"But, Ellen, it's absurd That was all five years in the her. If she knew of your existence, "Do they live here?"

that that sho was thinking of Larry "I'm sure I would," Ellon eald. Steven should buy my trousseau." Harrowgate. past. Ellen's firat impulse was to though she has long since lost any

"He's buying mino-that's not. (To Be Continued.)

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