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DARLING FOOL

to one of Deltagare's rich familien, Monies

Suddenly there was

BEGIN. HERE TO DAY MONICA DARE, beautiful, poor and to, 3 in love with BAN CARDIGAN he belon works to help dupport her MOTHER, her younger sister, KAY and brother, MARK, When BILI. an older brother, brows. at the garage where he works, Monnie goes to his aid. She gets in touch with CHARLES KOSTAGE, hasdsome newsomer to town, who ake la sute will help her.

CHAPTER VI

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by MABEL MCELLIOTT

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1933.

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to remember that Bill O'Dars had The younger girl, lovely even in SOFT FELT

Monnio said in a voice which she made cheerful with a decided effort, "I certainly do. Be a good girl and fix it for me. I'm half dead.” around!" said Kay in a coldly con- "The way you go. dashing

temptuous tone. "You make mo She sick, you do. If I were you I'd let "for- Bill O'Dare light his own battles. Getting us into this mess!"

Monnie stared at her indignant- ly. "What on earth are you talk- ing about? I never heard such nonsense. As if families oughtn't to stand together! And besides, it wasn't Bill's fault."

Kay was really too silly. They had potted her, babled her, and it too late to to anything about it? (now she was horribly spoiled. Was

passed on the stroot glanced at others. She couldn't show the them curiously. Well, tha trus white feather. She went down- story would be about soon enough, stairs. Still there would always be people "Kay! How about a cup of tea?" been arrested once upon a time het sullenness, In spite of the lines She couldn't help that. It was no of dissatisfaction etching them- He is?" This was Dill, a new, good worrying about it. commo- tion in the outer room. A small ardent Bill, unaware that such Bill said suddenly, "Drop me

melven about her charmingly mouth, whirlwin burst through. A ellp people as his sister and her escort at the garage a minute, will you?" rose from the sitting room couch. of a girl with flying yellow hair existed. "No fooling?"

Monnte understood. He wanted Want it fresh?"

"I made somo a few minutes ago. above extraordinarily plucked eye. Two uniformed men Interrupted to see Mr. Harnett, to know if his

the acono Ono sald, gruffly,Job was safe. "Where is ha?" she demanded. "You're all washed up, young "Oh, Bill. What a sap you arol" foller. You can go home now."

Presently she was alighting from the car at her own door. Bill looked sheepish." The girl—| It was a simpla that. A sho.couldn't have been 20-whirled moment before Bill had been inner engagement," Charles Eustaco

"Don't forget about that din about and stared at Monnie and the hands of the law. Now he was reminded her with his faintly Bill said, "I'm not; blabbing, Charles Eustace.

released. Tho oddly assorted ironical smile. geo?" He said, "She's just a girl "Isn't he a nut?" she gurgled, quartet left the building.

She caught her breath. I know Shoellright, Sure, Acting like a movie hero just Charlen Eustace said, "I can had utterly and completely she's got a husband. What does because he doesn't want to say he drop all you people wherever you gotten it. that matter? She's just a friend took me home from the Inn lost say...”

"I'll be here for you as I said." of mine.""

İnight. "Course I was there with Bill, remembering his manners She rushed up the walk. "Mo- BIII, blustering beneath his Bill. - Thore big boros breezed "up rather belatedly, announced:ther, it's all right. They got the fright Blil, pale and big-eyed. to our table and tried to get fresh "This is Angie Gillen. My sistor. thieves and Bill is fre

Monnio touched his hand. "I and be told them to light out. Mr. Eustace,"

Kay came out of the kitchen, a know.. But it will help-lots-That was all. Imagine - Jimmy The girl, Angio, flicked her ten towel in her hand.; Kay looked you can prove you weren't with, Garyan trying to say Bill had a lashes at Charles Eustaco and pale and sullen. "She's upstairs." that crowd last. night."

"cofiference" with them! She mi smiled at Monnio. "No need of Bill not his law stubbornly, micked the policeman with dia-dropping me any place," she said at a time.-

Monnie ran up, taking two steps "I'm not dragging any girl into belical effect. She told Bill, "I cheerily. "I ran over in the old "It's all been fixed. B-stopped this. Don't you worry. It'll all gave Jimmy Garvan something to bus," indicating a shabby touring at the garage. He'll be home in a Was she so deeply steeped in her come out right. They're crazy, all think about! Anyhow they've just car at the curb. Bill helped her minute." of them. They know I had nothing caught the gang over at Newton in and there was a moment's low

own selfishness that sho couldn't Mrs.. O'Dare was sitting up in see anyone's side but her own? to do with it."

Centre and everybody knows you're voiced confusion.

bed, looking fragile and weary Monnia stifled her exasperation. (out of it."

"I'm disappointed in you," Mon- "You run along and I'll see you among the pillows. It was She must make him see what it "You-you're simply fine to do to-morrow," Angle concluded. She strange to see her vigorous, active bother to make the tea. I can get sonic went on coldly. "No, don't meant to all of them!

this for us!" Monnie cried, her whirled the engine into a fury of parent in bed during the day, that my own, thank you." oyes shining,

commotion and barged off with a Mounfe: had to choke back an in- "Fine! The girl patted the rattle of fenders. Bill, rather do- stinctive feeling of alarni

Kay followed her into the kitch- pleats of her pink sweater suit flated now, climbed into the back

en. A slightly placating note had She had made a dent in his nr-carelessly. "Why, I'd do anything seat of Eustace's car.

No, she would not tell her about crept into her voice now. If she Angie Gillen just now. She Joffended Monnie too gravely it mor-she could see that.

for Bill. He knows that.” She Monnie's first emotion was of needn't. That could come later. 'Don't talk foolish," Bill .com-looked coy.

Joy, pure and simple. To have

meant, perhaps, a cutting off of "Yes, I had some top, her moth-privileges-less pocket money. manded her sternly. "You know│·

Bill free-vindicated-was enough. er said in response to a question. I do,"

Bill said, "You should have 'But she hated having to tell her "Kay made it. Suppose you run stand together," she said. "Only "I didn't mean that we ought not "Mother's sick," Monnie told him. kept out of this. There'll be mother of the state of. Bill's down and have a bite yourself.well, I get sick of it all. Being "She's hardly able to sit up, she's all kinda of talk."

affections. A married woman! You missed your lunch- so worried. She won't eat. Dr. "What do I care?" asked the Mrs. O'Dare, who had old fashioned

poor and not having any decent Monnio realized now she was clothes or knowing the right peo- Waterman has given her some yellow-haired girl, airily, "Me nations of propriety, wouldn't like hungry. Almost faint with it. It ple- sleeping medicine—~"

and Stan are splitting up anyhow, that. In a town the size of Bel had been a tiring, and unbearably Bin stared straight alend. What's the diff? Stan knows vedere the affair amounted to

"I suppose I don't!" Monnie a exciting day. She flung her hat on blazed, muting her velce so Monnie sat there, despairing, as have dates-he does, himself, virtun! scandal. Well, there was the bed, pushed back the damp its angry tono should not reach Charles Eustace, detached and Stan," she told Bill confidentially, no use worrying about that now! ringlets of hair around her white the woman above stairs. "I sup friendly, smoked his pipe and paced "Is going to Cleveland- next week.

forehead, looked at herself in the pose you think I like all this. I up and down.

He's got a job."

She fancied the few people they glass with grave dissatisfaction. suppose you think I never have a She experienced the inevitable re- thought that doesn't include buying action of the person who has been you a new dress and rushing down struggling for hours toward a goal to the store on timo." and suddenly, unexpectedly reaches. In her white face her great am- It. What, she thought dully, did ber eyes glowed feverishly. An fit all matter anyway? Life was angry sob choked hor. Kay frank- Just a battle for her. It was goingly stared. It wasn't like Monnio to to be harder and harder as time flare out at her this way. Monnie went on. Bill was on the brink of why she was supposed to comfort Jan affair. Kay was discontented..Kay whenever anything went Her own affair with Dan was going wrong. Kay's pretty lips parted | badly.

to show her exquisite teeth, She "It's all so-so hopeless," she gasped. whispered to her image in the; gloss.

“All right then," she said stead- ily. "You don't care what "happons to Mother?"

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Then she squared her shoulders. She had to be courageous: for the

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"I tell you," Monnie went on In a half whisper, "I'm sick and tired of it all! If it weren't for Mother, I'd clear out of here to-morrow-

(To Be Continued)

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