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Summer Sweethearts
CHAPTER XLI Mian Daley didn't know much about the route the Millards had taken but undoubtedly Mrs. Houghton would. If what was it, Heatheroe T Mr. Heatheros would wait until luncheon Mrs. Houghton would be back from Santa Fe and could give him the direction,
"At least I think she may be abis to," added Miss Daisy conscientious
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boy, he might feal himself very lucky, j'avary 'vohicle which pamed him. A But he must not be discourteous touring car it was that Katharine was to forego traveling in; a large-gray, touring brge her enough luncheon
car with green wheele, za So' they lunched in the long, evol Michael drank some of the coffee a few of tha, sandwiches scaredly know what he ate. While Margarita had prepared. He might room open on two sides, Michael and ata Mise Daisy and Miss Rosana packed have to go all the way to The daintily at thoir sulads Bits. Houghton mountains, in the event the Millards Look two helpings of everything had delayed their start. Ils must be drank great cups of taa, and loaned roady for that. Ille eyes were blur- back in her chair for a cigarette red from barching the horison FIRST CLASS Michael, would have cheerfully killed Once some Mexicans passed him in a Her:
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No one went out in the heat of shabby car with a California licence, Margarita showed him to s narrow mid-day here if he could possibly with some bedraggled children in the TOURIST CLASS room and he washed bia handa and help li he knew that. But the in- back sont and a shiftions looking brushed his hair and tried to control trepid Mira. Haughton put on the couple in front spleni drifters. the raging impatience that tore at monstrous old straw hat again, and, him. When he came down, the cool while Miss Daley and Miss Roxana salon was empty and be was left to went delicately away to enjoy slentis, amuss himself with the books and the she and Michael Heatheroo climbed parrot, hopping from his awinging
Into the roadster and took the road perch and fearing openly at that led to the Millard
pisce chael lie strolled out Into the patio. In the shade of & pepper tree Hiss Daley worked at her crocheting and gave "him welcoming smile,.
#The
Millards have been so o interest- od in Miss Katharine," show aid cheerfully. "She has real talent, they, summons asy. And
Mr. Frank has won young. no charmed with her. She's lovely, we all think."
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Long past noon he came in sight of three or four dots on the desert floor straight ahead and his heart | ENCLOSED THIRD CLASS leaped. But he reminded himself that it was idiotic to suppose that
This is really very kind of your Michael said with some compunction.
Not t
*t all," wheezed Mrs. Hough-
ton. "Was young m'aslf once."
The Chinese boy had been asleep and came drowally to the door at their
Katharine's party
algn of Kfo he saw meant
Bonidos, na he drew peurar,' he could see that the dols `wero" sta- tionary. There was a car, but it was not moving. And there was a tent. No seasoned travellers pitched camp Yes, he know the way. But he in the desert during the day, could not leave the place. Ife was But the car was n gray touring in charge,
•Wilts Car
STOOT wheels. Michael drow "We know that, 14,” said Mrk. up with a screech of brakes. A Houghton patiently, "The gentleman middle-aged woman in camp clothes, only wants you to tell him how to go with signs of agitation in her face, camp around the corner of the car and stared at him,
·
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Michael scowled at the thought of young Mr. Frank, whoever he might be, and Miss Daisy looked frightened, This handsome young man could bo quite florco. Perhaps who shouldn't have said that, but it was true and and the boy, with many mods and Michael had a map in his pocket nho meant no harm. And Miss Vin- cent had told her explicitly that Min profound head-shaking, finally agreed- Strykhurst was not engaged to any-
on route.
ong,
"Is this Mr. Miliard's camp?”. "It is!" Amazement in her voice, "I Miss Strykhurst here?" MI,
sounded cracked
and
Not that I'in at all Birkhurst Illida, come
Mrs. word out of him.
loft. can never get connible
"You did that vory well," and the Chan's voice Michnol had to wait and make woman admiringly to Michael as they pollte conversation until fat Houghton, in dotted linen with a big, old-fashioned straw hat on her corian head, ar
arrived.
A
"Why not well here until they wait here for Katharina? He began volubly.
""We're nearly distractual," aka
enllof Evelyn Vincent, Michael the road is right. They'll
palad, What mystery was this?
A blund woman of 40 with, her numit anything just to be agressio fair in the wildest disorder, her I do think "Can't tell you a thing about it,
you're being rather foolish.
riding breeches torn and stain- back day after to-morrow They'!!
Apart dear by," Mrs, Houghton in any case." my
jed, appeared from the shadow of the wheezed, taking boulenly at him. Michael shook his head stubbornly.. turn? We'll make you comfortable." couldn't live through another day, not have wandered off while we
"Katharine munt Michael wald that she was kinds knowing how he stood with her
*Intl. My husbatud, and his brother have he apprecinted 1 is great deal but
ils business was urgent.
They found a car for him. Mar-looked and looked. It scents, hopie "Well then, after lunch I'll
gurita's brother had an ancient sedan ingk?"" over to the Millinrd's place." make of
which would go. Michael know the Michael Ald sharply, "Lost nald his hostean, fixing her dark eyes He started out in the full blase of ask who he was or why he was there. war. Tie had driven it before. Since when 7" No one bothered to on him shrewdly. "They've a Chinese boy, there who's mindo the trip and mid-afternoon with his stat nentur They told him all they knew,
waving to him from the
courtyard, perhaps he can tell you something wild goono chase, Margarila,”/ Kotharing had been gone since sun- about the roads. That is, if you c* murmured Mrs. Houghton, winking in./p. Frank and Dirk hnd wandered i
you
get anything out of a Chinoso boy-
anist.
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to a
Do
about calling-
Ifa
"Good God" he repeated. "We must do something. A plane!"
banket chair and fanning herself "I've known a lot of 'em," Michael vigorously. "But that's what it is to hands together. If he had only "Oh, really?"
young, my dear. Biring na sume started sooner this dreadful thing Imends there's a good girl."
not would Many times during that afternoon thought, in an
have happened.
agony, of his hour Michael,, prennod, told her about the did Michaol ranch and what ho remembered of his burning engine cool ure to let the t luncheon on the day before, of off slightly. He the enforced waits during the after- father.
raged at the delay, but there was no noon as the engine cooled. "featherve?? mused Mrs, Hough-helping matters. When night fell he ton, "There was a Franels Ileatheroe kept on. His Montans days stood at San Diego about 1006. Charmin' him in good stead at this juncture, fella. Know him well. Good family. He was used to empty ronds and "That was my father," Michael told coyotes howling and the arched loneli
ness of the far-away sky. The desert really?" Mira. Houghton hold no terrors for this man. beamed. "How very interestin
Toward morning he rested a little "Poor child. I hate to say it, but The man fairly ached to be on hia so as to be fresh for the new day, I'm
afreid we shan't se way, but there was no hurrying this As yet be had not passed a single her
gain."
said Hilda Millard. She capable woman with the, assured air | car. The Millards did not travel at beran hopelessly to ету, and the twinkling eyes. Besides, he night, Mrs. Houghton had assured Michael shook her arms "Where was more or less at her mercy. If him, so he was certain not to lose can I get a plane?" he asked harshly. she chose to drive him to the Millard them thus. By day he would have "I must find one at once." ranch to interrogate their Chinese to be abnormally alert to strutinizo:
To Be Continued).
Her Ne
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NOTES FROM THE THEATRES.
That's what I Anid," Miss Vincont began, "but Frank wouldn't consent to going off with the car. He said she might come back and would think she'd been deserted"
much
"Folies Bergere" is released through whom Sam Goldwyn himself has been United Artists.
so impressed that he has taken her to "Only Yesterday"
Hollywood! Jane and the other 40 The most absorbing love drama "lovolies" aro pupils in a girls' finlah- shown on our screen for many years ing school, genially and amusingly comes to the Star Theatre to-day, revolting against their gymnasium This remarkable picture is the Univer instructor and ocean, at Malibu Beach, Californía, asal prodchievement of John M. Howard's last role before he went to Howard deputy headmistress This was also Mr. crowning Stahl, that the tally any possible
problem Hollywood, to get a case of real sea bring to the story a tense quality
Barbara Stanwyck Ilves on the
five miles from the ocean, to
twenty-five the First National studios in North
tho
"Only Yesterday," the
clothes to
The sickness developed in which is admirably "Giris. Pleaso" was directed by.
"Surging emotion** 22 of school visitors, and
all star cast of TE
sickness.
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Barbara appears on a yacht of Hill, Bonita Hume, Onalow Steve Howard's Alm debut. Since then the]
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*** "Carioca", and "Con-diverting command was the caso in varofèasional man musical ensembles. Chevalier
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194, which were made possibl Burton Lane and Harold Adarason, features likely to arouse greet inter the"; tear
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