1938-04-11 — Page 10

THE BRIDE WORE RED

LÄÄSTEN JAOM TAG

Hawa Galligan Mayoretum

Copyright 1977-6469's Ind.

Byxorms: Count Armalia de ona of the old aristocrate of Tricsia. ile fond of expounding his theory that life to ci préat roulet- to wheel and a man's station in life purely the result of chance, It's young friend, Rudi Pal, strongly disagrees with him. Ond night, Armalia visita a water front cafe and meets Anni, ono of the entertainers. He offers her two wooks at fashionable Ter ronto, whera Rudi' to ataying with his fianose. She will have clothes and money: but whom sho return it will be over. She must not come complaining to him,

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Chapter Two

The train was nearing Torronto and Anni watobed the passing landscape. Her eyes were wide and whining, like those of a person who realizas for the first time that she Is alive.

Thus, one short day had changed

her life.

Bho thought back, with incredul Ity, to the previous morning. It had taken every ounce, of courage to entor Galil's and ask for the travol- ling suit in the window. She, with ber tight-fitting, mended dress and cheap beret. But Count Armada's) name had been magla.

In brilliant array, there had been displayed for her, lingerie, aport clothes, evening gowns, Finally, there had been the luggage shopa and beauty salons,

SPARE

RICE FABER

"You moan ambitious," Ho clucked again to the donkey. “I used to think it would be wonderful to go to Vienna, Paris, maybe Roma." He shrugged, "I got over it. I noɑ so many people at the hotel who come from thean cition. They aren't happy. To be happy you must bo contented; To be contented, you must find your place in this world and stay there. I'm happier than most people."

A cloud of dust appeared and a speeding automobla Bbot past them.

"What was that?"

'Car from the hotel. My cousin Pletro must havo delivered your telegram."

"Why didn't you stop it?" she de- manded furiously.

"How?"

This won. Blowly, she began to relax and a contoníod smile survod accept this beautiful country. with her lips. After all, it was better to its strange people. The hotel would still be thore when she arrived. Atartled, she realized that some- thing of Gullfo's own peace and calm had invaded her. "Tell me," she said dream!ly, "are these treca always this beautiful?”

"No, Bignorina. Yesterday, they wore less beautiful and tomorrow, they will be mere."

"You really bellove that?" she asked queerly, "And you live ved hors all your life?"

He nodded. "When I was very snow, I wanted to grow like that-- I saw a pine tree in thỏ young. tall and straight and strong. Then, when I was older, I saw a poplar in the sun and it laughed. And I wanted to laugh like that."

Gloatingly, she caressed the pig- There was a moment of allenco, akin bag at her feat. In it, an "thej Ann! looked at his fenn brown pièce de rōsistance of hor whole hands, alack on the rains, and aud- wardrobe reposed the coveted reddenly had a queer desire to silp her evening dress, glistening with own trembling fingers over them. beads. It was symbolio somehow, a "You're the strongest postman I've flaming torch, to light her way into ever met," she wald slowly. this world' of enchantment.

"wouldbeununial,Signor

ina," he retorted. "But great ladies can do unusual things"

"And has Signorina niet many

Her chin jerked up. "Of course

The train puff-puffed to a stop, postmen?" her bage were placed on the pla form, and she found herself quite not." alone. There was a hollow space It doesn't matter," he saio im- within her. It was so quiel Just a perturbably. "I would still be the few, quoor, twittering sounds. Birds, strangest. Ah, the hotel. We have probably, But no car. No driver, arrived." No one

She whirled swiftly na a low, thel- low voice said, "Signorina, you are going to the hotel

Anni caught her breath, na hor oyes surveyed the white terraces, the bright awnings, the green, green grass of the lawns, All of this beauty was to be her home for two whole weeks,

In the lobby she turned to Gullfo and held out a banknote, "Thank you so much, Postman."

The young man was tall and lean with careless way of standing, awinging forward from the hips. His eyes were the clearest gray she had ever seen, as it they had never heard of a secret. She felt an old She saw his faw muscleb tighten stirring in her breast that had as he bowed with dignity, "I have never been there belare. To cover my salary from the government, the unwonted fooling, she asked thank you Signorina." Turning on brusquely, “Are you the driver?" his heels, he left.

"No. Bignorina, but my cousin is. Only Pietro-that's my other cousin

She paled and then blushed crim- son. Her first mistake and an im.

- must have been into with the portant one. But there came a nwift telegram so that the hotel did not stab of pain. That hurt look on sond the car in time, I am so sorry."Quilio's faco. Ho had been sweet She asked sharply, "And am I and kind and she wanted him to expected to walk to the hotel?" think well of her.

"No, no Bignorina" With onsy The reglater was placed before strength ho slung the mail bag over her and she caught herself up short. his shoulder. Ann! felt a Uny, in- A postmen, she thought contemptu- voluntary thrill race down to her ously. She was forgetting heself. toes. "You may ride to the hotel with Well-bred young woman did not the mail and me, if you wish." bother about such lowly creatures.

Following his gosturo she saw a

With rising excitement, she took dejected looking donkey bitched to up the pen. "Anne," she wrote and, a cart. "Do you think I would ride after a second's hesitation, "Vival In tant?" she demanded indignant-di." The boys had picked up her "Ladies don't ride in donkey luggage and she was moving toward ly, carls.” It was her first attempt at the staire when a young man, saun- class distinction and she was mak-tering by, stopped. ing the most of it.

"Good afternoon, Signor Pat," Nobill sold unctuously.

Rudi's eyes were riveted on Anni. "Good afternoon, Nobili. Fine day, isn't It"

"It would bo unusual, Signorina," he retorted gravely. "But then great ladies can de unusual thing" Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. Ilad he seen through her? Perhaps Ascended the stairs. There was no Anni felt her spine tingla as eko this was what passed for native doubt that she had made an im- wit. Troubled, who stood there la-pression on him. All her self-con- decisively. Then she stole a look fidence flowed back. Signor Pal. nt his face. No, his words had been How handsonie and self-possessed sincere. Without a word, she cilmb- he was, she thought. Here was the ed lato the cart, assuming a very sort of man who had always been dignified postura. The young man on the other side of the barrier. clambered in boside her, the don And now that barrier was down. key tossed ite head and they were she was tree to meet him, to know off.

hipi and his kind. "I suppose," be sald conversation- Alone in her suite, she began to ally, "that you'd better know some explore. Har smile was radiant ag thing about me. Everyone in Tor, she threw open closet doors, peskod conto doss. My name is Guițio and I into the spotless bathroom, rever- Inherited my position of postmaster ently stroked the white silk bad- and telegraph operator from my spread. Then she ran to the win- father.” He ‘ofusked to the donkey dow, Below her, in the tree, was as and added, sa un afterthought, “My bird's nest, the mother robin chirp grandfather was postmaster, too." ing to her two fladgings. Anni Anni looked at him uncertainly, ¦ stäred in acute wonder. It was the Surely he was imposing on her good | closest to nature nho had over boon. nature. Why should sha bo intor A door opened behind her. "Who saled-in his life story? Then curive in it?".

Ity vanquished discretion. "Don't "The maid, Bignorina. May I 'un- you ever think of getting away from here, to some place" where

you can amount to something?"

pack for you?"

She snailed proudly. A maid to un- pack for her. Oh, glorious luxury, "I do amount to acmething. It's "Yes, please come in,"

"Which dress will Signorina wear

an important position, you know. Sometimes as many as a hundred to dinner?"

fetters come through In one day, Anni turned and suddenly her Not every day, of course, just gyes dilated. The maid was Harla some time." "His cyoa sparkled. Maria who had worked at The Car "Oate there was a money order for allera. Mario who knew her and 's thousand Ure.”

ali she stood for. Her spine was a The cart ratlled over a small column of leo. boulder, and Anni was thrust mud- daniy- against him. For a brief eso- ond "aku faft the steel strength of

hii arm as he steadied her. Her color was high an aha moved away and and breathlessly, WI ipean, to become rich,' important, respected."

(Álmost befora aka ia autflod, Anni la confronted by her past. Will Maria · prove enemy...or friend f Don't miss reading about Annľa further adventures in, tomorrow's installment.)

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1938.

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Love's Power Rules All Worlds

By Dean Grieve

THE highest humanity, the

lowest animal organisms, the trees, the tomatoes, all feel the urge of Love. There are jealous jelly-fish and crotic earthworms. By the deathless amours of Abelard and Heloise; de Musset and George Sand; Anthony and Cleopatra and others ad libitum; by the "affaires" of the algae-Love's paramount power is proven.

The Spider-

ARACHNID AMOURS

Arachne is not always a nice girl. One of the species lies in wait for males on their way to work in the

She is

morning and lures them away to her The spider's web lair. There she fools, flatters, and, might stand as a finally, fondles them. Then she eats symbol of love and them. Not because she is hungry, tragedy. Indies and gentlemen, but because It's her kien of the end of a perfect day. With a little manipulation, is a cow.

A "male" becomes "meal," as it were. also a prude. She Or "niate"-"meat." She is known is so jittery about reputation among the spiders as the girl who her

that she clears the puts the "men" in "menu."

mice out of her

MARINE

The

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room at night. It you see

FL little deer locked in the enthusiastic ein- anything less than a compound frac-

python or boa-constrictor, ture.

octopus has a distinct ud-brace of vantage over other marine lovers don't jump to the conclusion that

He

has eight arms A mackeret, his liking for her is view mat. He LATER MODELS ike the lesser bottlefish, is handi- bel

belongs to the Rentia IM capped. He hasn't any. Oysters

The serenade is not popular in this are reckless flirtations have been seldom Involved in breach-of-promise but are not approved of. A platypus country, but I once knew a man who suits or divorces, because they know is extremely unpopular. He has the tried it as an aid in winning the hand when to keep their mouths shut. bill of a duck, the claws of a dog, of a lady no longer young, but The pearl found in an oyster is a the body of seal, and a tall like rich. His

volues was putrid, and cost him his

peurt of wisdom. The crab is con- nothing on earth. sidered a bit of a lad among

Violets

the

judgment of musical

а

chance. He picked on "Old Faith-

and she sniped him from thirst-alorey window with part of the tollet set.

man

know was

Crustacea. He has crust enough to PREHISTORIC PHILANDERING crash any function where there's a girl or two. A prawn is frequently The cave-dweller did his wooing disappointed in love, and that is how with his Bsts and feet and had

Conversation witty, topical and with a soupcon of spice-is (I have the term "poor prawn" originated. club for hard cases. His procedure heard) no mean thing to have about LOVE AMONG LEGUMES

was to dreas in his best mammoth- skin-which he had pressed under you when pursuing pleasure with a

modern, mödish miss

Another the mattress overnight and plek on This is going to be difficult. Can a likely-looking girl. Having ten proached for the dullness of his re- I reconcile romance and rhubarb? derly murmured, "I love you," he marks by n'girl he wanted to get on Portray the passion of a pumpkin? followed it with a tooth-shattering with. He took the lesson to heart- blush and ivy clings. The uppercut and got a cash order for and studied. At dinner with her a less said about passionfruit the bet- some fullure. Recent excavations week later, his small talk brought tes. Plants have to employ a third indicate that mothers had trouble an embarrassed flush to the face of party in their affaira. Bees. A with their daughters in those days brass monkey in use as a table bee (stop me if you know) has hairy just as they have now. Inscriptions ornament, hind-legs to which pollen clings in on the walls of caves tell of the wild charged him for melted cutlery. The and the management the same way that fuff from a towel parties held by a Troglodyte younger girl fainted, and when she recovered clings to your face when you haven't not. One girl was deprived of her it was found that her reason was shaved.

When a sunflower gets a miniature sabre-toothed tiger for affected (temporarily, I am happy crush on a modest violat he gets coming home punch-drunk night af- to say). She married him while stil In touch with a reliable bee, loads ter night. Another was so blase dizzy. Love's own reward for ap him

Цр

with

a love-gift

of pollen, that she couldn't get a thrill out of honest trier. and gives him the address. The beo

at once buzzes off to Violet, wipes. his legs on her blushing face, and, vollalect ces accompli|

You may have heard

singer sing a song about the rose falling in love with the rain, but don't you believe anything ever came of it. It just Isn't done. There must be a limit to these mixed marriages. Flowers which close up in the dark do so be- cause they won't have any funny business,

BEAST!

H

a hippopotamus's girl friend calls him a beast he doesn't worry. He knows he is. A female elephant

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1 The way a ship goes when dragging her anchor (two words ----5, 8),

10 A supporter of Royalty (7). 11 Part of this American town ir

fashionable (7).

12 A humble

(4).

Dickens

character

13 Part of New Guinca (5).

14 Does this European exist

fish? (4).

оп

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18

No it Is no disgrace to the troops when the drums sound this (7). Unimportant test about a num ber (7)

19 The boy thought this meant Ane,

until he took to golk (7).

22 No, this bone is not the funny

bone (7).

24 Knights of old used to incline

this way (4)..

20 Saw (0),

20 The destruction that comes from

23 down without one (4)..

20 A mounted sentinel (7).

30 Whereby one tries to gain the

advantage (7),

31 Intelligence of a subordinate?

(12).

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3 Look for this on a penny (7). 3 Chess-plece (4),

The sweet product of a foolish Insect (7).

6. Describe a potl, incident ((7);)) 8 The chief objective of the police who try to stop rockfighting (4).

7 African language. (7). 8 Dogmatic (13).

D Stupidity of the partners who never scored in the rubber (13).

15 No this gun does not come from

this Scottish island (5). 10 Adriatle port (8).

20 The, boy in pain appears a fine

fellow (7),

21 Wicked (7).

22 Meal that sounds like an in-

struction to

the enddle (two

words—4, 3),

23 Suitable island for

vous? (7).

a rendez-

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28 Sour (4).

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