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THIS HAS HAPPENED BERTIE LOU WARD marries ROD BRYER. who had previously been engaged to LILA MARSH. The only shadow on the bride’s happiness is Lila’s persistence In broadcasting to their friends that she was Rod's first love. A position in New York is offered Rod by TOM FRASER and he accepts.. Anxious to make a good impression they go it an expensive hotel until they can find an apartment. This seems to antagonize MOLLY FRASER, who urges Bertie Lou to buy more than she can afford. Rod wins money from Tom at Poker and. feeling under obligation to them, recklessly invites the crowd to a night club. Lila visits Molly and goes to the party where she meets a rich MR. LOREE. The affair costs the Bryers more than SIOO and Bertie Lou scolds Rod for the extravagance. But their quarrel is forgotten in the rush of getting settled in the new apartment. . , „ Lila surprises them by marrying Mr. Loree. and she asks Bertie Lou to forgive the past and become friends. She showers favors upon them with such sincerity that Bertie Lou is deceived. But keeping up appearances with their crowd Is a severe strain on Rods finances. He becomes discouraged and Lila grasps her chance to force her sympathy upon him by offering a position with more money under her husb*NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XX (Continued). "It’s a shame the way the poor kid slaves in that apartment. Just for your pride. If you love her so much I should think you’d oe glad to sacrifice a little of it—though I can’t see how you’d have to do that just by taking a position with Cy—to make her really happy.” An influx of guests interrupted their conversation. Lila left Rod, to take up her duties as hostess. Bertie Lou came in a I'd joined her husband where he stood by the chair. ~ "What’s this?” she said, taking up the half empty glass of milk. “Nerve tonic,” Rod told her. “Say, how about going home? I’m dead for sleep.” „ „ . “All right, I’m tired too,” Bertie Lou agreed. Rod told her nothing that night of Lila’s talk with him. He was swayed by it, tempted. After all, if he earned the salary ... he was a whiz at figures . . . what had his old puppy love for Lila to do with it? Bertie Lou was the one person to be considered now. And Lila was a brick to want to help him. What a surprise she’d turned out to be all around. A regular fellow. She’d have been still more of a surprise if he could have seen her at that moment. CHAPTER XXI Lila sat before her dressing table removing the jewels she had worn that evening. She lifted the long string of pinkish pearls from around her neck and tossed it carelessly into a velvet-lined jewel box. It was the first time she had handled them carelessly. Always their glimmering beauty had excited her with the reminder of thair intrinsic worth and the fact that they belonged to her. Tonight they were, for the moment, of no more importance to her than any of the imitation strings she had worn in Wayville before she had ascended to opulence. The bracelets came next. Just two. Lila had thought them crown jewels when Cyrus presented them to her. Since then, however, sbp had seen women wearing six and eight of them at a time. Hers, she felt now, were nothing to write home about. Mere single width affairs. A real bracelet, she

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was about ready to tell Cyrus, should be an inch wide at least A flexible string of “decent” diamonds would please her more. Jewels were not in her mind, however. Something more Important to her than jewels occupied her thoughts. She was smiling over a campaign . . . the campaign she had launched when she had extended the olive branch to Bertie Lou. At the moment Rod was thinking of her as a surprisingly good fellow the smile slid off her face like a mask. Cyrus had opened her door and came in without knocking. Lila •quickly took up a hairbrush and began stroking her bob over her face. Some day, she feared, Cyrus would see the telltale change in her features for which his approach was responsible. The dumb ox! Coming in like that when her mind was filled with a man who made him look like a caricature of the beef trust. Cyrus was a little fat, and more than partially bald. But his eyes were kind in spite of the hard lines that business competition had set rou and them and his wide, firm mouth. He adored Lila. To him she was a kitten—a greedy little kitten who would lap the cream he gave her and then scratch. Not a soft kitten, but an amusing one. Cyrus was not unthankful for having the cream to give her, and he did not inquire too deeply into the real measure of her affection for him. So far he’d never heard of the other man. Lila always ducked his kisses and ran from his hugs, but she was ever teasing and wisecracking about it. Cyrus took it all in fun. That she really meant it never occurred to him. But upon this occasion she sat very still when he put his hands on her shoulders and pressed his forehead dow non her sleek hair. He sniffed appreciatively of its perfume —he knew what that particular scent cost. Unexpectedly Lila turned and thrust her arms up around his neck. Cyrus was delighted when she kissed him. “It ’Was a swell party, wasn’t it?” she said. “No casualties.” “You’ve got them all beat at entertaining, baby,” he told her. “Where’d you acquire all your social talent?” “By keeping my eyes and ears tuned in on those who know what’s what," Lila laughed. “Came on pretty speedy for a little girl from the sticks, didn’t I? Proud of me?” “You bet. But that sounds to me like the preliminary round to a touch.” , “Maybe you could call it that,” Lila assented. “Say, did you notice anything about the Bryers tonight?” “I noticed that Bertie Lou is still almost as pretty as you ~-e.” “Don’t you think they’re both looking sort of . . . sort of done In” “Well, Rod wasn’t pulling any Samson stuff. The roof stayed on.” “He’s sick with worry. And so’s Bertie Lou. I feel awfully bad about it because if they were compelled to quit the fight and go back to Wayville I’d lose a good girl friend.’*

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“What’s the trouble?” Cyrus most obligingly asked. "Oh, money,” Lila replied with a gesture that Implied the situation was a usual one. Cyrus frowned. “Well, you know,” he began doubtfully. “I rather think they must be spending more than they make.” “Os course they are!” Lila exploded. “Rod’s borrowing from his father. But don’t blame them. Tom Fraser brought Rod here Rnd Molly started Bertie Lou out trying to keep up with them. And Tom doesn’t pay Rod half enough,” she added complaii'ingly. “Oh now, Li’a, you know Rod hasn’t got a very big job. I. dare say Tom’s fair enough to him.” “That’s just it! Rod hasn’t anything to look forward to there. And I don’t think Rod’s father can lend him very much. It will be a pity if they have to leave New York. I wish Rod could get a better job.” Her voice trailed off wistfully. “H’m. Maybe I could do something for him,” Cyrus suggested. Lila became highly animated at once. "Why, of course,” she exclaimed gleefully. “We should have thought of that before. You must have some place in your big company for Rod. And I’ll be so glad If Bertie Lou can have more money to spend. It’s always so hard to get her to trail around with me when it costs anything. Just as if you didn’t give me oodles of money, you precious oid darling.” “Well, I’ll see what I can do.” Indeed he did something about it. He sent the auditor of his company out to take charge of a western branch and put Rod in his place. He invited Rod to lunch with him when he reached this decision and put it up to him. For a moment Rod was nonpulsed. lila certainly had worked fast. But he wanted no undeserved favors. All right Cy,” he said, “you’ve knocked me off my feet, but there’s one thing I want to know. How much of this is due to friendship. You’re offering me a lot more money than I’ve ever earned and I don’t want so take It unless you think I can make good.” Cyrus scowled. "Young fella, I’m able to offer you a reasonable salary because I never made it a practice to overpay any man, no matter how valuable he was to me.” Rod grinned. “But I don’t mind giving a leg up to a real hustler,” Cyrus went on. “And I guess that little wife of yours won’t weep over having more bacon in the house.” How literal that was only Rod knew. The rest of the conference was

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occupied with details. Rod returned to the office treading on air. And Bertie Lou was so thrilled at the news when Rod told her at dinner that evening that she was rendered thoroughly incapable 0 f further household duties. Ii was great news! Then when, finally, the first flush of enthusiasm had disappeared. Bertie Lou began to wonder what had won Rod over so completely from his recent stand that he would accept no favors from Cyrus. Unwittingly Rod supplied the answer. “Cy’s a generous old buck, but the gold-plated loving cup goes to Lila for this work,” he said. Bertie Lou understood. He had talked it over with Lila. And without effort she seemed to have convinced him more forcefully than Bertie Lou could that there was no reason why he shouldn’t be in the employ of Lila’s husband. Too bad Rod didn’t tell her the rest of it . . . that Lila had worked on his love for Bertie Lou. The latter was left to believe what she would, because Rod lacked her ability to guess what other people would think of given circumstances. Had she been in his place she’d have known that it must look rather strange for a person to right-about-face. She’d have made an explanation In a case like that. But she was not disturbed by her conclusions. Just the merest bit piqued. It wore off soon in the happiness of their release from money bondage. Later she wsi to remember it with far more poignant significance. Rod remained with Tom’s firm for the customary two weeks after giving notice. Two more weeks were taken up with work under the man Cyrus was sending west before he finally took charge of his new position. Tom—and Molly too—was Inclined to be a little angry about his leaving, but lila took care to explain. She induced Molly to help her try 666 Kills Malarial Germs and quickly relieves Biliousness, Headaches and Diziness due to temporary Constipation. Aids In eliminating Toxins and Is highly esteemed for producing copious watery evacuations.—Advertisement.

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to inveigle Bertie Lou Into moving. Rod came near going through the roof when Bertie Lou mentioned the idea to him. “Suffering swordfish, I thought we were all through being fools,” he said hotly. “All right, all right,” Bertie Lou hastened to appease him. “But Lila gave me a hint about Cy. She said he liked to see the men who worked for him living well. Not like spendthrifts, of course, but he wants them to do justice to the positions they hold. He’d hate to have a Loree man who holds any kind of a job at all, making a poor impression.” “Now look here, Bertie Lou,” Rod said soberly, “we’re gonna save.” One month later he came home to learn that Bertie Lou had sublet the apartment. (To Be Continued) WELDER ASKS $25,000 Hit by Car, Sues Street Railway Compay for Damages. Elmer Skinner, welder's helper for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, has filed a $25,000 damage suit in Circuit Court against the Union Traction Company and receiver, Arthur W. Brady. He claims that he suffered head injuries when struck by a Union Traction Company car at Fifty-Ninth St. and College Ave., July 23, 1926. He was welding a rail at the time. Portugal Revolt Reported MADRID, July 21.—Reports Friday night from Lisbon said that a revolutionary movement had started throughout Portugal. There were no additional advices today concerning the movement. FOB FIFTY YEARS Ciiticuru Soap and Ointment hare afforded the purest, sweetest sad moet seta** factory method of earing for the. skin mad hair.

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