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BEGIN HERE TODAY,
LANET. HILL_breaks her engagement, with ROLF CARLYLE after earning he he going out with BETTY KENDALL society diri. Janet Jespereisty to BRUCE HAMIL TUM, advertising manager of Every Home Bisgacine, and Rolf is employed in an Ad verthing office.
Janet is silly mucis in love with Rolf and -trual aho tries, can not forget him. One night on street car aho meets rently remared to the rooming house where she lives GLANT, Young ongloerr who has recently
She does not a Grant n for some time. Then on a'alotmy March evening abe walk down a street that is unfamiliar and wist lose her way. Coming back shu sere a chlid trying in x doorway. The little girl in ROSIE SILVANI. Janet burs her hot meal
and set out afterward to take her home.
They are on a dark street when a mat
It
was
been
bu LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
•
for
How bout the Tavern Coffee Shop? seldom left the house. The sight of the big tent sent. Resle into squeals of Could you be there nt 12:57"
he could. She was waiting just rapture and from then on the circus inside, the door of the restaurant was an assured success. when he awong into view. They They visited all the animals in the found a table for two at the side menagerie They saw the llons, the of the room and Janet began to pour elephants, the zebras and the baby, out her story breathlessly. She was camel that let Rosio touch its velvety excited she could scarcely take nose. The hippopotamus fascinated time to order lunch. Could they drive Tommy and he could scarcely be out to the Silvania' homo to-night? moved from before the big cage until
something the job that. had Jeffrey mentioned that it was time
the clowns to be settled right away!
to appear. Finally Grant got the straight of
Then they went into the big tent it. Janet had told Bruce Hamilton
It was a about their "adopted family and he and found their seats.
Hamilton had typical circus, beginning with the hind
Interested
enrefully and thorough- impressive pageantry of a parade catches Janet's Arm and demands her purse. made inquiries, carefully and
Hamilton manner. Ono depicting a Roman emperor's trium- Rosle serrama and auddenly Jett Grant aply in the pear. The holdup man Turn and Grant take of the men who, had been an officer phant return from war. Immediate
with he car. They talk to TAT BILYANI, Role In the building corparation employ-ly afterward the three rings borama action. Thero wero father, who has been out of work for nearly ing Pat Silvani. two years
be a member of one prancing white horses with beauti two years. The family la almost destitute.
and manes. lumed tails fully On the way home debet and Jeffrey decide of Hamilton's clubs. He knew no-
diving to "w" the Bilans. They drive to the home again Saturday afternoon. Self hething of the workman but know Acrobats flow through the found temporary work for Pat and gives Mrs. someone who did. It had taken very from breath-taking heights. There that Pat were trained seals and a dancing! vani money to pay the rent so that the little effort to establish family will not be dlapossessed.
A skilled, intelligent elephant and girls in slim tights who Coming home he says to Janet, "I wonder Silvan was
through paper workman, that he was trust worthy rode bareback, leaping If you would do something for me?"
hoops, always to land in safety, and reliable,
Bruce Hamilton laughed about it. bowing and kissing their hands to the CHAPTER XIX
audience. There was the man who 4 hand
to do something for the went into a cage with 12 snarling fellow," he explained, "to get my went secretary's mind back on my affairs lions and cowed them into perform- All the while the band played been thinking hasn't
and the ringmaster cracked his whip
Janet and Rosis to the tile girl's rise to
Janet smiled. "Why, of course," she said. "That, is, if it's anything I can do!"
before alive
happened to
Sho
talking
oring
"I was going to ask if you'd have wooth about anything else for and boys wearing white caps went up
dinner with me" Grant toll her. What Hamilton had done was to and down the aisles shooting "Pop- earn and pennuts! Pop-corn and "Afterward we might drop in to see find out that the Channing store was
about to hire another watchman for peanuts!" a movie, or perhaps drive"
The girl wasn't smiling now but heir warehouse in the black next to there was more to the sudden change the Every Ifore office. It was a in her face than that. "I'm sorry," steady Job, for which the main re she said, "there'sl've made an on-
gagement. I'm awfully worry but I'll lenta were honesty and
have to keep it."
or.
Rasio and Tommy cach had a bag of popcorn and peanuts. Ob, yes, it was a wonderful circus! It was too bad. when it was all over at inst but The pay would be $22.50 even circuses must end. Still there was ono sailafaction for Rosle, and week
and Pat Silvant could have Tommy Silvani-there was nothing on chance at it if he would report to the entire lot that they had missed. the employment office of the store The roadster made a return Grant heard all this en-thren were still talking, tired
Journey to Silvani
Grant nodded. 'My bad luck," he said. "I should have asked you soon- of court about other things until
course. Buy reached the rooming house. Ilo
claimed. "We can drive out there said good-night. Yes, it had been u good-by, and drove away. Janel went right after work and tell him about great circus. A great day indeed! In the house and up the stairs to her it. Say, that's great! Swell of your Somehow it seemed perfectly own room. Th
There was no other en boss to take such an interest. I'll get natural little later for Janet to Grant gagement, of course. Nothing but the car and stop around at your office and herself facing Jeffrey Jinner to
be cooked over the two- for you"
across a rose-shaded table In
Janet was tired burner gas stove and eaten alone.
quiet dining room Nothing but the book from the library
It was settled next day that Pat but she was happy, too.
"I don't that so far hadn't interested her.
Silvani wan to have the job. He wont
left Janet there; smiling as ho called the cally. "Why, are!" he ex-but exuberant, when Janet and Jeffroy
She tossed aside her hat and cost to work that very night. Pat's voicela good when I've had such
she said. "It's been gone to a circus."
abd sank into a chair. Well, it was choked up when he tried to tell Janet years since bester
to be alone than to go out and and Jeffrey how grateful he was. Rose "Never miss them myself." Grant -protend to be having a good time.
stop going nights to seruh. Sho'd admitted. "I guess it's a weakness!" could She had tried that. The disastrous
It was a little later that Janet, forward, safel ReriouAly, evening with Mollie Lambert and her need to be home with the children and
with $22.50 a friends!
"You know, one thing that has im get along famously regularly they'd leaning
mo so much about the Memories of other Saturday even- In fact the Silvanis seemed so well pressed
Silvari family is how fond they all ings came back to torment her-din-cared for, so settled in their
of rach other. The way nors here in this very room with Rolf security that Janet and Jeffroy Grant are
about Pat-and across the table, dancing with Rolt might have had Hitle reason to pay Mrs. Silvani talks at the Chinese restaurant, bus rides, them another visit soon, except for the children and the way he talks too-1 Even with all walks in the moonlight, the time they one thing. The circus came to town. about them, wont to Riverside Park and rode on the roller-coaster-
now
It was Jeffrey's idea but Janet in the hardship they're had they're do- stantly fell in with it. There were to voted to each other!" be two Saturday performances-one in
Grant nodded. "Yes, I've noticed
Presently Janet aroso and began to prepare the meal. After she had enten she washed the dishes, read two chapters in the library book and went sulting Mrs. Silvani, before Tommy cheeks coloured.
(To Be Continued). to bed.
Whatever her worries may have "Lordi' Jeffrey Grant said, "did you been about Jeffrey Grant repeating his ever see two kids so excited? Invitation, they proved groundless.thought Rosie's eyes were
the afternoon and one in the evening. that," he said. He raised his eyes They made all the plans, even to con- then and at the look in them Janet's
and Rosie
sie heard he naws.
I'
She saw him several times the follow-pop right out of her head-Eving to THE BIRTH OF FATIMAH
Rover
Ing wook but always it was to con Janet laughed. "But she's sider the problems of the Silvant seen a circus Tommy has and he's family. Jeffrey did not ask her again told her so much about it. I'm almost ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION to have dinner with him. It was afraid sho'll be disappointed," Janet herself who brought about their But losie wasn't disappointed and first social engagement and it happen ed in this way:
ON SUNDAY.
neither was Tommy, who found the · Under the auspices of the Họngkong new circus even more miraculous than Chines Muslim Cultural and She telephoned his office Wednes- the last. The day was exciting for Fraternal Association, the Chiassa children from the moment they Musilm community of Hongkong will celebrate the anniversary. of the Birth pitched voice came to her over the they both dressed in their new clothes Prophet Mohammed at No. 7 Chan
Rosle and Tommy of
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day morning and when Grant's low. arose in the morning until, exhausted, Fatimah, daughter
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I'm so excitedl. I think I've found aand waiting when Grant stopped the Tung Lane, Wanchal Road, on Sun- Job for Pat Silvani. Yea-a steady car before the door. It was a little day, September 8, at 1 pm, when a one! I want to tell you all about it. jerawded with all four of them in the sermon will be delivered and a dinner
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