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LEAP YEAR BRIDE

by Laura Lou BROOKMAN

DEGIN HERE TO-DAT

CHEAPER WIVES

£50 MINIMUM REDUCED

Belgrade, Aug. 8, At n special meeting of promin- "it is a great life," the woman lent Moslems at Колотака Cherry Dixon, preity 19-year-old daughter jussured him. "And it is what you Mitrovitan in Southern Serbia it of wealthy parents, falls in love with should have, Dan. For to write you was decided to reduce the price of with her father about Dan and then, allur iust really know life. You must advantars of Leap Year, saka Dan to marry have experiences-adventures her. They are married and Cherry for the Ther take a beep apartinant and her strug-must see something of the world. frat tine finds what it means to lack money. You want to call them that. You xics with housework are discouraging. Bixle Oh, you have talent--I am sure of Shannon, movie triile of the Nowa in felend.

reporter, the role

Pearson, also on the News

if

ly with Cherry. She meets handsome Max that. But you need to develop It." "It's wonderful qf you to be so After several weeks Charry's mother becoMEN seriously ill. The girl is called home and encouraging.", there la reconelllation with her parents but Brenda Vail put a hand on the The faint odor il from them. When Mrs. Dixon is stronger young man's arm. she and her husband frate for several months of mimosa, heady and pungent,

pride will not allow her to accept financial

at the seashore.

And Cherry, starta with Pearson.

A ntorm

Cherry and Dan are invited to a swimming came to his nostrila as she moved. party at merly resort. Dan is delayed "You must let nothing stand in overtakes them and while they are wa the way of your work," she told "Nothing-do you under- for it to pa he tells her he loves her. him. They finally reach home but after that Cherry stand? You must go to New York. You must travel. You must have frocdom and you must be with those who understand." -

avoids Pearson.

lirenda Vail, magazine wrlier, cones

Wellington. Dan mecia her and she ka him to enllaborate with her on L play because he can supply information she does not have. Dan is delighted but when Cherry meet in Vail she does not like ler,

CHAPTER XXXVI

"I'll do anything you say," he as- aured her eagerly.

wives, the prevailing minimum figuro of £60 being considered oxcessiva in view of present economic circumstances.

have

Intending bridegrooms now to produce £12 10s, which must be spent by the bride's

parents on providing a suitable

trousseau.

This money is to be paid against a receipt stating that it is for thei trousseau only and that the bride- room is under no further obliga- tion.

The resolutions were carried unanimously by the meeting, who no doubt saw "cut prices" to be the only means of disposing of the increasing unmarried female population.

"Ah-you are a dear boy!" Front a radio in a nearby apart-work on the play?" Dan Phillips looked up from ment come the strains of a waltz.

Dan shook his head. Ho como the typewriter. "We've been, at It was softly played, melodious. As over to where Cherry stool and this thing for two hours, Brenda," the song reached the chorus the vlo- took her chin in his hand. "I do- he complained, and I haven't even linist took the melody, sent it forth cided to knock off for a while." he

throbbing as a lover's plea. The grid. written half a page!"

"It's been a long time since The typewriter table stood a few rhythm of the music caught at the we've had an evening to ourselves. The song reached its cll-You don't mind having me around. feet from the davenport in the liy Benges.

do you?" ing room of Brenda Vail's apart-max, ended on a high note.

Din looked at his watch. "Why." ment. A lamp made of a Chinese vase with a taffeta shade illumi- it's almost midnight!" be exclaim- ed. "I had no idea it was so late nated the young man's face.

Cherry will be sure I've been mur-

"But this isn't late!"

Brenda Vail turned. She had dered." been standing before the open win- dow and now she rented one hand

"It is for Wellington," Dan told against the

casement. It was a her with a grin. "Anynow. I'll have pose that was becoming as Brenda to dush aling. Are we going to be Vail very well knew. Her figure able to work to-morrow?" was silhouetted against the black "I'm not sure," Miss Vail told sky. She wore her favourite costume him, "You can telephone me at -pyjamas, They were made with noon." trousers of black velvet and a tunic She always spoke us though any of gold brocade.

thing another person did for her was a favour to themselves. Some how Dan admired her for it. It made her seem very sophisticated. very much a part of that outer

There's nothing I'd like better! It has been lonely here this last week but of course I know what it; means to you to finish the play. How's it going, Dan."

He frowned. "Not coming as fast as I hoped it would," he said, "but of course I don't know much about these things. I guess if you didn't have anything else to do but sit down and write you could turn out plays and short stories in no time."

"Some day you'll be able to do that."

1

"Well I hope so! This working Miss Vail shrugged impatiently,

all day on a news beat and then What is the use she said. "I

trying to keep up with Brenda Vail have told you that when I am out

nights isn't so easy. Anyhow, let's of the mood I simply can not work.

forget about the play tonight. I am tired. My head aches. This world.

don't want to even think about it." trying to build up action, to plan "I'll call you about 1 o'clock," he "Then we'll forget it"

Dan entrances and exits-ol, it is mad-promised. "And I hope you'll feel They sat down to dinner. dening!"

better in the morning."

talked about a medical discovery Ho "I'm sorry!" Phillips' tone was

The door closed after him. Bren-reported in the day's news, apologetic, "I didn't know you da Vail crossed the room with a de-mentioned the fact that Max Pear- weren't feeling well. It's only that termined stride. She took another son had been offered a new job and you know we promised ourselves cigarette from the box, lighted it was undecided about taking it. Dan we'd have the first act done this and dropped comfortably to the bad discouraged him. week. You should have sent me davenport

"Maybe it's selfish," he explained, away long ago."

"He's a fool," she said to herself, "but I bate to think of old Max Ife arose but the woman put out but useful-and amusing!"

Koing away." a hund to stop him.

--

It was later while Cherry was

"No," she said. Don't go. Stay Cherry sat on. her knees sur-putting up the last of the dishes here and talk to me and maybe the veying the stretch of yellow cot-that the telephone rang. "11 an head will feel better. I am as tton cloth. It was spread on the awer," she told Dan and a moment: xious to have the work finished us floor before her and laid on in later added, "It's for you!"

A little rest and perhaps curious fashion were oddly shaped I'll be able to get at it again."

you are.

She sank to the davenport. Her titian head was pillowed against ahead. cushion of jade satin.

"Sit here beside me," she went

nieces of yellow tissue paper.

There were lines in Cherry's fore- "Now I wonder," she said loud, "if that can be right?"

Since there was no one to answer 011. "You're comforting, Dan. 1 the question went without reply. feel as though I'd known you Cherry took up the scissors and bic- long while, yet what is it? Only about two weeks. Most of that time kan to cut around the paper pat- we've been talking about gunmen; It was her first experiment in and gangsters and other terrible dressmaking. Mrs. Moreau had creatures. Talk to me about some thing else, won't you?"

tern.

been making house dresses and had promised Cherry that she might He dropped to the sent beside use her sewing ranchine. The pat- her. "Wouldn't you rather I'd tern was one of those labelled "Tor go?" he said uneasily. "If you're beginners." Cherry had read the tired rest is what you need."

directions half a dozen times but as it lay

For an instant the grey-green the result of her work, eyes met Dan's. "If you go I'll be befort her, was more puzzling than lonely," Brenda Vail said softly any problem she had ever encoun "And I am lonely so much of the tered in school days. time!"

Slowly and laboriously she cut Phillips smiled. "That's an odd around the last bit of paper. The thing for you to say. You have so sections of cloth did not acem many friends, Brenda. 'Why, you're look like much but when Cherry the last pers in the world I'd ex-held them up she thought she be peet to be lonely.

gan to understand how they atted "You think so? Ah, then you are together. not as clever us I thought. Loneli

to

She was gathering up the last of ness comes from the heart. What the strips of yellow cloth when do you know of a woman's heart?" key sounded in the lock. Cherry

WhyWhy I don't know. I don't scrambled to her feat.

Bpend much time reading those "'ness, Dan. I didn't know it lovelorn columns if that's what you was so late!" mean. I've always had the idea

The young man looked down at men and women are really pretty the floor. "Say, what's going on much alike."

here?" he demanded. "What in the world-7"

Cherry laughed. long piece of cloth. cutit!" sho' sald. like it?"

Sho held up a "My new fall

"How do you

Miss Vail leaned her bead back "Cigarette? "She said idly. Phillips held the box for her and flicked the automatic lighter into flame.

"Men and women are alike," Brenda Vail said slowly. “And yet| "Well, it doesn't look like much they are differert. Each of us, to me. What's the iden?" suppose, is doomed to much loneli- "It doesn't look like much to me. ness. .is only when mnin Qalther," Cherry, admitted. "But woman meets another who really wait until I'm through with it! It's understands that the loneliness is going to be a dress, Dan. You lifted. But there have myself didn't know. I was a modiste, did for company all day, I want you you?" to talk now."

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"Do you think you can make a dress out of that?"

· • •

Phillips smiled. He tooked vory boyish and very attractive The girl nodded. "Mrs. Morcau when he smiled. "I'm sorry, but promised to help me," she told honestly the only thing I've been him. "Of course I don't expect it thinking of for a week is this play.to be very beautiful but the colour's Do you really understand what this pretty. Don't you think so? It'll do means for me, Brenda? Do you? to wear around the house. Besides, Why, I'd begun to think I was sunki wanted to see if I could really do in this place forever! I thought Iit. The pattern and cloth together was nover to have a chance. It was only cost

the greatest pleco of luck in the "You're getting to be a miser,”. world for me when you come here!" Dan told her grinning. "Pretty She was pleased. "And I think soon you'll be wanting me to wear it was luck for me, too," she said, homemade shirts and crocheted

Toll me--what are you planning necktion."

to do if our play is a great suc

I'll have to learn to crochet first.

Cherry had recognized Brenda Voil's voice,

(To be continued),

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