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THE

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THURSDAY, MAY -31, 1934.

by MABEL

McELLIOTT

Married Flirts

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GYFRY - MOREĜI, and TOM WEAVER married the same day sa LILA JIOTALING end DEREK BIJSH, Lila expects to Ure In Zuxury, while Gyper Intende tu ko on with her job, touching “in a seitleusent mcliool.

After returning from her tuneymoon In Eures Lite invites, the Wearers to dinner, Among the

wealthy MAJIKO SQUQITON, who once asked Gypes, to marry him. He shower her with sitesine which the wreels because she is fealous of Tom's interest in HEDA BLANCHARD. After the party Tum Anil Gypsy quatre), but pence 34 later restored,

the

Hooping for Christmas, Cybex nete Broughton who offers her job cataloguins his library. Gypsy hesitate, planning to use the money thus reized in hup Tom's Christmas elit, reubtes gives

her to advance, payment of $50.

CHAPTER XIII

Mr.

it all. ..., ale loved everything, ¡came along," und he was thankful, the sunroom couch and snatch 40, with Marko-aho would give him and he was a smart boy to remem-just to have his dear ones gathered winks.

the very best she knew how to givo ber her likes so woll

around him. There was Gypsy So the party separated, as family in the way of labour-and then Then they had breakfast. and that nice, boy she'd married. parties have a way of doing. The she'd not see him again. Marko's Gypsy's woolly rose dressing gown. Gypsy was all right, He didn't wind outside blow colder, the early way of living was too Insidiously was bolted about her slim figure. have to worry about her. A dusk fell and the lamps were light-easy for a young working wife. Her curls were tossed and. her eyes couple of years brick, he hadn't e In the kitchen regions Clytie He made things so soft, so luxur

first Christmas quite known. Gypsy had been cinttered cheerfully away with the lous. bright. Their together was being a great success. going places with that oldal, rich fast pans. She would don hor now At long last she fell asleep to She had even set up a tiny tree in man. He and Mother hadn't liked purple el presently and go offdrenm troubled and uncertain corner of the living room (Derek the fden. But then the thing had to the African church in the vill-dreams in which Marko Broughton, hud been right!). Later they straightened itself out. All his age. The bill that Mr. Morel! had wearing a long beard and flourish- would go to mid-day dinner at her worry had been for nothing.given her crackled enticingly In ing a big stick, threatened her with mother's house. Tom had brought Gypsy had fallen in love. Nowher purse. Clytle was thankful dire happenings. the car into the city the previous she was starting life as he and She experienced the Christmas

She woke, trembling all over week-end, so that their bundles Mother had. There wasn't much spirit.

with nervousness. Tom was stand- might bo transported in comfort.

The house quieted down. money, of course, but the boy was Under her happiness she felt the young and clean and ambitious. Morell dozed by the fire in the liv over her, blg and young and

vital. Tom stared at the box he held in tiniest pin-prick of compunction Gypsy was taken care of

Hing room, his wife and Cousin Lou

"What's the mallor, dariing? its hand. "But darling, it's for deceiving Tom. The tempta

No one would have known, played checkers at a table nearby magnificent! How did you over tion to take Marko's money had watching his lined and prosale and In the sunroom Gypsy, curled Think you see a ghost 7**

Then he remembered. He been too great for her to realst. countenance, as he sliced meat and up under an old Paisley shawl,

"Oh I had such a dreadful was not just any husband, worry-After all, sho argued to herself, it spooned dressing, that such tried in vain to sleep. A first she dream"

He put his arms Ing about hills. He was Gypay's wasn't a gift-or even a loan. It thoughts were his. "Some of the had been desperately drowsy but,

around her. Tom and this was Christmas Day, was payment, for value received, white meat, Bertram? I gumes he once she had stretched out, she had "Lazybones, that's what comes of when anything might happen. At least, in the near future she thinks the second joint is choicer." come stark awake and her con-eating too much dinner and going Just the same, the platinum watch would meticulously render Marko | The old white china, with its gilt

feel great." leave gone deeply into debt to buy Why, then, illd she feel guilty? rose wreathed plates for the pud

What a fool she'd been (she It. What an adorable thing she Hecause she knew in her heart that dingall, nli wore in their accus- thought) to let Marko talk her into WILK!

Tom would not approve? It must tomed places. This was Christ- this! It would only mean keeping Gypsy's heart was going very be that. However, she wasn't go man, with all the good old things a secret from Tom and he'd never fust. She stared at him with ag to let the thought spoil her as they had ever been. Morells in the world understand it. round 'eyes. "You mustn't nak happy holiday. Everything would had eaten from this china 100 Well, she would work out the $50 questions, dearest, on Christmas coine

at all right. Tom need years ago, thought the father Day

never know about the pael, or if gravely, and would 100 years from He kissed her,, pentent he did. Inter, it could all be satis now, please God! abashed, his heart fairly swelling factorily explained.

Clytle rolled in with fresh plates, with love for her.

They drove off, just after noon, rolled out again with laden ones. Gypsy opened all her packages. In the little chr., the rumble seat She was brave in a stiff new unl Little squents of delight greeted crammed with gaily wrapped bun-form to day. Her crinkly hair had the scent, the gloves, the flowers.les. Gypsy snuggled close to been "straightened" for the occas She put the book under her pillow Tom's side. What fun Christmassion.

rather worried him, Gypsy must her careful services in his library. bands, the deep blue glasses, science had begun to prick her to sleep. I've walked miles. I

and the eandy on the coffee table-was! It had a special, a different

year.

She said, and truly, that she loved flavour from any other day in the Gypsy was cracking walnuts for Cousin Lon. Across the table, There was turkey. There was the girl twin squeaked joyously at Franberry sauce. There was plum sonte joke of Tom's, Gypsy's new pudding. The old house worescent was much admired and every- wreaths in all its windows. The one exclaimed over his or her gifts. hit smelled of fr boughs and fruit They all felt expansive and happy. cake and candle-wax. Mrs. Morell Afterward this sense of well-being had her hair waved; there was a Hush in her thin checks,

"Dear children! No, you're not inte-Clytle was just basting the bird. Duddy's down at the fur nace. He'll be Upstairs in n minute. You run up, and lay your things of in' my room, Gypsy. Cousin Low Is in youra and I don't bofieve she's dressed yet."

would deepen Into drowsiness. The younger one would go off to const, the elder ones would steal a nap, perhaps. But at the moment all was cosiness and laughter.

Gypsy collapsed into her favour- te deep chair by the fireplace, afterward,

"I didn't know I was so tired un til this instant,” she confesed lux- uriously, "We were up until Cousin Lon was a spare, smiling, hours. I hadn't wrapped any of middle-aged woman from Asbury my packages.

and I had to Park, always included in the trim the tree Christmas group. Mr. Morell Tom said he proposed a walk in looked around the table with a half an hour or so. Did anyone swelling sense of life's goodness. want to come along?. Gypsy stifled A man had his shares of burdens a yawn.. She knew, she said, that and worries-often he didn't know a walk would do hor worlds of how he was going to make both good, but she wasn't going to havė ends meet--and then Christmas one. She was going to curl up on

anew..

She sat up, shaking the sleep out of her eyes. "Where is every. body?"

"They're congregated in (Continued on Page 12.)

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