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MERRILY WE LIVE

PRECEDING CHAPTERA:'

Wadenian, roughing it on the Pacino Coast, is stranded when the richoty old oar he is At driving, falls in a ravine, the Kilbourne home, where he goes to dalt to phone, ho la mis

A. ICH- Taken for a tramp. bourne has a habit of taking in tramps and an the chauffeur had

unpoured that morning with all the silver, Wade, before ha con explain the situation, la on- paged to the vacanvy. Ifa decides to atay na the family in no refreshingly eccentric he will get material for stories, The first night he handles a number of embarreaing alituations with mich delicacy that Mr. Kilbourne inho objects to

"made-oveT

trampa is forced to let him stay. Mr. Kibourt to anzious tent a dinner party for Bonalgr Harlan shall not run smoothly.

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Chapter Eight

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LUCY HUFFAKER

bourne would it, but there was something-the couldn't quite nay what but there was certainly some- thing-not exactly right in the way Wade was playing his part, Par- haps it would be batter it Wade played he was Mr. Kilbourne and she was the walter.

All was going well, until Mrs. Kilbourne, remembering ber bus- band was so anxious for this din- ner party to be perfect and being carried away by this piny, whis- pored to Wade.

"In everything all right, doar?" She realized her error immo- dintoly and explained she had reaily batioved for the minute he was Mr. Kilbourne. But Gronvenor who heard the whisper rather than the explaantion, had backed through the door. He announced to the sorvants in the kitchen that thin was the end. If the family wirled to demean itself by treating tramps and lunatten and criminis as their equnis, they could do it. He would I not.

"I'm leaving," he announced. And then glaring at the cook "and don't Bay I've aid that before."

But you can't with this dinner party on." said Ella.

"And your check-how will you et 17" asked Roan,

That alone would probably have made him change file mind but when he heard Jerry's excited volch In the dining-room, he know ho could not leave. In her presont She might mood, she would not hesitate to

beyond blackmali, rally telegraph that first wife of

Jerry was a serious young woman that day, Just why this dinner seemed so important to her father It did and that aho did not know. was that. What concerned her was that she had given hor word that for once there should be nothing "Kilbourno-ish" at the party. Thero wan need to be serious. It was a high burdle she had had got har aelt, she know, but there was a certain excitement as there always in in taking any hurdle to nos that she did not coine a cropper. The house itself, she knew would be in perfect condition. The house-maids, Thornton could not come. It would who had never been trampo, were be necessary to remove two pintes

hip.

Jerry had reason to be excited.

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Grosvenor was anothor mattor. He was a good butler but he hated all tramps and he had been aigh- ing over since to fret saw Wade. He didn't dare leave, because he was "sort of a bigamist" as aho reminded him when the necessity became great. But he might faini, which would be even worse. decided the way to win Grosvenor was to flatter him. She could do

"I'm leaving," he an- nounced, "and den't say I've said that before.

"

and tell Marian she must forget the party or have thirteen at the table. Which did her mother wish?

"Nelthor" said Mrs. Kilbourno do. cisively. "You know I am super- ntitious, so thirteen at table to simply out.

And I've promised

Marian, no removing two plates in You go and phone equally out. Frank Thornton he can't treat us thin way."

"I can't phone him, Mother. Hote in the hospital"

Sho "Well, it'a nicer here than in a hospital and he ought to know it." "But, Mother. I fold you he was

Jerry, I'm surprised at your tak

it honestly that day, for when she in an accident. Ho has a broken went into the dining-roum to make leg." nuro the table was perfectly lald, every pieca of the beautiful nowing that for an excuse. Why my Bliver and there were many pieces grandfather-that makes him your was told in mathematical precl-great-grandfather, doesn't it? -- wore crutches for years and ho sion

never missed dinner once. And ho ate na much as anyone, too."

course.

"Oh Grosvonat," she said, "I looks just, like pictures of how a table for a formal dinner should look-except that it is better, You are a genfus."

Grosvenor did not smile, of But he did slop nighing, So Jarry did the amlilag.

Kane, ahe knew. would be right, It wasn't just that he had been no anxious to have Wade stay and so grateful to his father for finally agreeing. He was just at the nga where he would get a thril

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Franit can't como, Mother" Jerry said patiently, as if speaking to a beloved but rather backward child, "and it's too late to get anyone Bo it's either thirteen with elec. Marian or Martan doesn't-"

"What?" came a cry of anguish Marian" WIN froni tito doorway. standing there.

"It's too bad, dear," Jerry nald gently, "but Trank don't come we all promised Father to be good

someway"

out of acting as a sophisticated for once-we'll make it up to you young man of the world.

Kane who had heard Marian's Marian? Usually she would have worried about her. But Marian acream ran in and put his arm would be even more thrilled than around her. Kane, to at into the picture of a

"Bo a sport, Marian, I'd let you perfect dinner party. Any four- have my place, but that wouldn't teen-year-old, allowed to dine with do you know the number of men guests for the first time, could be and women must be the name." depended on surely-even when sho was Marlan Kilbourne.

Marian was not the wooping kind, so she began to scream, Sho Her mother was a different mat- had been promised! she was going No one could over tell what to be so good: it wasn't fair; no sho might or might not do, but body cared anything for her; sho

1er.

she was so beautiful, so charming would not eat in her room; if they that it never seemed to matter.

didn't let har come to the table, So everything and everyone they'd regret it as long as they seemed accounted for. But Jerry's lived; whatever she did would be Anything their own fault; she had promised mind was not at caIC, could happen in the Kilbourne to be good as a guest, not as n house and usually did. All she banished child; they treated her would do now was to go to har like a red-headed atop-onlld! Bud- room, put on her prettiest gown danly the tirado stopped. and hopo-or should she pray? "Of course we can get some ano," "I read annd abo sald firmly. for the best.

Mrs. Kilbourne, too was planning this morning. A young man who to do her bit toward plossing her has a tuxedo- bot is a brand- hunbond. She knew the dinner now one-will, for a considera- would be perfect-thare wasn't a len

Kilbourno.

Jerry saw she must be firm. "Stop being foolish, both of you," she said.

cook in the state who could mur "Do you know whore the paper pase theira. But after a most was in so we can phono-" askedTM Mrs. cooked, it must be served. That was whore she must take a hand. Hor offoria almost undid the good work which Jerry had done, so far as Grosvenor was concerned. II didn't faint, but he did havG to hold on to the door for support, when he entered the dining-room and saw and heard what might be called a rehearsal.

Marian sorenmod again.. "You don't belong at dinner party, but in a nursery" said Jorry,

acting like this,"

If only bor mather would not apsak! But of course she did."

"Your dear little sister is right. Jerry" she said. "She seas promised,

prom her ego."

"Oh no, Rawling," Mes. Kilbourne wall saying, "you must always not Just now and then, you know and she should be allowed to ex- Morve from the left."

Rawlins had nothing in hie hands but they were held as if be word carrying a trap.

"But, madam ho paid, "this is your left hand.

"go it I am always getting mixed up. I suppose it is because

Kano had run out of the room, but no one had noticed it. Ho returned to say he had called thras to fill in. They were all out. friends to try to get one of them Marian opened her mouth again. Kans clapped his hand over it.

"There's the door-ball," he said.

I'm naturally right-handed and I've "The guchts are arriving."

nover, takon the trouble to change. Now, Borve Mt. Kilbourne, ploned,

I can watch batter when I am not

doing anything, but watching."

She indicated the chair at the hond of the table where Mr. Kil-

‚' (To be continued)

I Believe In Moon Madness

DOZENS

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these

SAYS

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In Essex they still refuse to collect Courting couples in the Orkneyo have a

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Mothers all over the country cover Moon madness, subject of con- Poets and song-writers throughout up their windows for fear the Dale- troversy for centuries, still has the the ages would have been lost if it ful influence of the moon's rays

had not been for moon experts and the laymen guessing.

madness. reach their babies, while fishermen Old wives' tales of Hives ved How many times have the lovelorn, will swear that their best catches light of the full under a sinister spell that can turn since disillusioned, looked askance are taken in the the steadical of us into criminals at a full moon which promised much moon.

JUDGES KNOW still give us quaims. And we are not and let them down?

to cross According to un old sailor, the all superstitious enough ingers when passing under ladders. explanation is simple.

I pass it on for what it is worth. Its pale golden glory seems to be He says the moon orders the tides. the invincible seal of Nature to the It also controls the tides of human fulfilment of her promise made in

the spring. emotion.

So it is ull

the a question of Influence of the moon on water.

Moon men will admit that a full meon may make some people giddy, and others, that effects of the moon's rays are definite factors in the grow ing of garden produce.

extra to

The harvest moon is known to all.

When the records of mental has-" pitals show that inmates of homi- cidal tendencies give full play to RAY CONTROL Plants put in the ground at full

savage impulses every month; moon take twelve days

Chemically, we are mostly water. when books of travel tell of the un- grow. Beans planted two days be- fore the full moon yield twice as big For every stone of weight we can civilised orgies of savages under the a crop. It is a rule in some market count a gallon. On this reckoning I light of the full moon; when I have dances gardens to plant all flowering vege- um full enough to all a sixteen seen many nations, both sides of the

and my

old salter Atlantic, dance their nationaearted tubles

and plants which produce fruit gullon cask,

madness beneath the same old above the ground on the increase of affirms the moon can and does in- into a crescendo of

moon, fluence my tides at emotion. the moon.

periodical emotional rhythm 1 must believe in moon madness.

There are many institutions work- of each of us is influenced by outside rays, molding us alternately cheerful Ing on the problem with the object and morose. In some of us the of putting the modern Jekylls and

minds. rhythm is so marked us to make us Hydes back into their right

In the opinion of eminent judges temperamental. Then we are most

influenced by moen the. major

proportion of persons In the animal kingdom veterinary likely to be

who come before them on serious have noticed

madness. that horses, dogs and cats behave

That the light of the moon has charges are, in certain senses, not peculiarly at the full moon. Then stimulated people must be true when responsible for what they have done the animals become very moody and we look back upon the rural super at the time they erred. sometimes savage.

Root crops are sown on the want, when the moon is in an earthly sign and below the earth.

ANIMALS, TOO

surgeons and others

The

a

row

etitions still surviving..

Although the disease may never So it is with some humans.

When we turn our money over or be mentioned at those trials, many "Hundey,"

moon are the victims of moun madness. "fortunately refuse to look at The word now discarded for the terms "un- mind" or "mental disorder" sound

of under the inder descriptions New Mental Treatment Act, was de.

from rived

the Latin "Luna"-ki

moon.

It was the ancients' definition of moon madness.

To-day expert psychiatrists pay madness. great attention to moon They know that patients in mental homes are more troublesome at the rise and full of the moon. It is then the dangerous and restless need more careful watching.

Great detectives and criminal in- vestigators do

do not reject the idea of

such a discasa.

They have many times turned it

to good account

"In bringing mad

criminals to justice,

Particularly so 'in the

chacs at

enttle malmers and persons guilty seemingly unnecessary assaults

of

on lonely wayfarers,

Think back

suffered from ever If you have

Temember you can sleeplessness, when. Most likely you were "un- reatful! at the full of the moon?

I have noticed that I cannot sleep when the moon shines into my room. My windows are only covered by the bunds when it is fuli moon.

Yet the moon has a stimulating affect on me. I work faster and feel Jess tired. I sleep less and am happy to start work at 5 am. Instead of 7.30.

Thero fe Bille doubt that the effect of the rays of the moon is something more than "moonshine."

Those raye evoko mental aber- rations.

That is why the tribal celebrations! of our forbears took place accord- ing to the moon,

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1 Does this film star offer advice

on the choice of a car? (8).

5 Does a blow from thlo shocking resulta? (0),

1 No

creditable

inhabitant Australia perhaps (8).

10 Equine colour (0),

12 Myrlad (9).

have

of

14 The sort of water in which to

And plenty of flah (5).

15 This begins to tempt in a tee-

totaler (3).

10 Pacific island or islands (6).

18 A stout mixture (5).

21 Working time perhaps (5).

22 Of course a museum would invest money in buying this relle of past punishment (8).

24 River of Wales (3).

27 Three pronouns can be seen in

this official (5).

28 A icind of contract...in a kind

of plate? (9).

31 The

to got four in to have clerle a meal (6),

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B Advice to paterfamilias who has difficulty in making the joint go round without assist- ance (8). 11 This drink comes from a still

(4).

13 The pangs of despised love,

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17 Confidence (9).

10 Hostesses should not give this

Joint cold to guests (8).

20 German port (B).

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22 Hido unnecessary advice to

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23 Hint (3).

25 This atmospheric phenomenon appeared not long ago (6).

20 Exccute an order to take com-

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29 Commonly extinguish (5), 30. The loss of a letter might im-

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32 No, this flower does not

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more coarse (5).

34 Is this early hero calling one under his guardianship? (8).

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1 Taelles that might be a docu-

ment of 17 down (0),

2 Varsity College (6).

3 Did early man get his weapons from this part of Wales? (0),

4 Were magiciana who wished to do this to the devil trying to re- form him? (0),

6 Only an Oxfordshire village but Important to timber merchants COS.

7 This dnimal puts the wrong

before the river; (8),

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