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By LOUISE HOLMES THING 1 By-ouL /. | 6 © CAST OF CHARACTERS ANN BROWN—Orphan daughter of a _ gambler, alonié in an unfriendly city. 7: PAUL HAYDEN—Stock' room boy with

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date. Later she meets the other room- ° wn y © ers in her mew home. One of the girls, TH a A ie ¥ ae ao Nig tin psa Florabelle, promises to arrange a date Z ih oy \ Jw Uy te gy = \! EY)

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4 Amn followed her into a small +, living room. Worn carpet, sagging ¥ chairs, limp curtains, grimsy walls covered: with = pictures. Evidences of Clara’s artistic attempts crowded the room. Artificial flowers, ’ blatantly artificial, sprangled from ry . : Lo. - cheap vases and bowls. The pic- | : bh NRA TY AE» + Ee Corr. 19s0 mY 1 M0. REG. U. 8. PAT. OF! tures were ga:.sh and impossible. : A! Tr BE ' ; . Off the living room, was the Cope, 1:0 by United INS ure Syridioste, Bae, Lit ABNER et kitchen, a small cupboard arrange- [3-2 Tan, Rec. U. 8. Pal. OF.—A\ rights reserved FE YO re er To

* ment with doors swung wide.| , i + : 3 “My coat’s simply a fright, and I know very well you could pay for THEMSELVES ON 70 OFA FAS > En an all pr y one simply dashing off a new text-book!” CARRIER TRIE THEY Ls Tone atrocious color combinations, the ; : on/VeR ak HR HINT NO DRIVER THAR @ Dblace had a homey, pleasant air. wis , “Isn't it nice?” Clara asked| HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyds Le a" SP Boys, proudly. % ce “It's very nice,” Ann agreed, \ wondering what her little violet plant would think of the riotous atmosphere. Clara led the way to the bedrdom. Ann's quick eye noticed 5 that the bed was a good inch thicker than the one she had left. ‘They were interrupted by a quick knock on the door. “It’s Sam,” Clara exclaimed, “my boy friend— the one I told you about.” She opened the door to admit a big, loose-jointed youth who looked * most uncomfortable in a necktie % and ill-fitting suit. “Hi, Sport,” Clara greeted him. “Come here, Ann, and meet Sam Little. Little—” she laughed. “Isn't

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Clara bustled into her coat. . “We're going to the movies. Make ’ yourself at home, Ann.” “eT will.” . She watched them as they went ~ down the stairs. She saw Sam kiss Clara at the turn. She stood there a moment, thinking of Clara and Sam? Were they in love? Was that why they had kissed? ‘Strangely enough Ann had never : been kissed. Lis Ri : fi : * She thought of Paul Hayden with “Sometimes 1 think. honorable brother Confucius talk too much. a quickening of the pilse. Perhabs i he would kiss her some day u 3 fe sein . » 10, he was afraid of girls, afraid! FLAPPER FANNY irs By Sylvia that one of them might marry him. 2 2 2 : ¢ 5 / | ANN WENT BACK to the bed- eT : room. She put clean newspapers in { the dresser drawers and carefully 7 placed her few belongings in neat piles. ““Clara’s- jumbled toilet - ar- | L ticles had been moved to one side - » and she set out her jars and boxes, comb and powder puff. ‘A “warm feeling of home ‘enveloped -her. The girls in the hall : had been friendly. It was nice to * know that Clara would come in later. She had a date for the next evening—a date with Paul Hayden. » Perhaps life had found her at last.

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little preparatory straightening. She’d buy shelf paper—only a dime —and a tough little scrub brush— a nickel at Clara’s store. ! " “Mind if I come in?” It was Florabelle, still in the orchid drap- \ eries, still insolently smoking. i ~s “Mind? I should say not. Sit 7 down.” Ann came from the kitchen and dropped to a chair, curling one oot. under her. “God, I'm sleepy,” Florabelle groaned, throwing herself among ’ the rainbow hued cushions on the cot, stretching her long, lovely body. “Didn't get in until 4 this morning.” “Gracious—I'm afraid I couldn't

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, Work if I stayed out so late.” “They musta asked everybody in town—I never saw such a mob of cars!” | Yul “16s all in getting used io it. I — HOLD. TT A Gosu.1 wore] | figure 1 won; always be young: aid > WORLD : By William Fergus '! THERE! 1 | on FRECK ! THERE'S id GOES Ee may 2s Sa make hay while the THIS CURIOUS ) R y guse A COP AT THE BCL NOW === You TRYING | 4 ny id think of nothing to BO TOF HS DUR any 39 po: 5 say. She thought, “You're beautiful{ WHAT IF HE |

kut not so terribly young.” Florabelle got to her feet, yawning. “Come over and see where I hang out.” She trailed across the hail ' and Ann followed. Stepping inside Florabelies door, her eyes opened wide 7 There was a low daveiport , flanked correctly by two over- - stuffed chairs and a coffee table with a glass top. Lamps and ash trays and pictures of men stood * upon other tables. A radio, encased in aquamarine colored glass, hummed softly. The room was ornate, cheaply and fantastically s modern. “It’'s—it’s very lovely,” Ann said. “It'll do.” Florabelle pushed the bedroom- door open and Ann re- . ceived another. shock. The bed ' was low and wide, it was soft and thick, a velvet cover fell to the floor. The dressing table, two small chests separated by a shelf, { , stood below an immense, circular i. -mirror. There was a gold brocade i, slipper chair and a wardrobe. The Td door of the wardrobe stood open . and Ann saw rows of gowns, shoes on a rack, hats in transparent boxes. Beside the bed, on a chromium table, stood an ivory telephone. » Florabelle opened another door

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and displayed a small bathroom. vol : “Mrs. Follet made this out of a ABBIE AN’ SLATS 7] ia : x oh + closet,” she yawn 4 ve oT . ; ATER ++ OM, HE WAS PROBABLY THIS IS JOHN Y/ I'M NINCE - ah » ; OH, YES, JOHN —7 Mv DEAREST //! (*-THOSE WORDS MEAN HE] fi | : = a private bath. : ALLY : COULDN'T GET | | GALLANTRY. THE PART IS Vt : | REALLY CARE IF YOU REAUZED GETS THE CONTRACT. THE TIED UP AND " | Xx ol a Aa. (aly 8G OY oe wombs, (ou aw 15 ACTING BUT THE | | ARE you BARK. ILL PHONE hi Now | | WELL, HAL-= ) ).yoURS! CoME Tod = She Seif ossuse Plorabelle oa DO--=- ER Qs, MEAN TOME: A GRUS LOVE SEEMS REAL. | | SURE WE_ \ AND APOLOGIZE FOR NOT | | ARE YOU (| MY OFFICE MON{- J Becta I be Xk to find sch WTAE ZO@> 4S MN : : : y : I'M CONVINCED) CUBHINT 1) HAVING WAITED LONGER CONVIN % « } \ DAY MORNE 1 LE 1 » a geal apartment on Mrs. Fok SHEPHERD Sep P 3-2 COPR. 1945 BY NEA SERVIGE. ING. A VINE : Y ¥ BRING i vy let's third floor.” _ —_ Pp " > 2) sal Ee “Well—I just happén to be here] ~~... ANSWER—Twenty-third psalm. SE EL me GIRL wm Ann said, “I want lovely things|™ i ; cl — : ~ = 23. Youu . some day.” “Get men to give you what you redecorated. and paid Mrs. Follet to oe : $8 > EC ; “Why don’t you have them?” |want.” = have the bathroom put in.” oar = i AREY £7 ¥ 1 3 : 2 “ ) The telephone rang and Flora- : 4 3 se - TB a 3.800; know any n men. Anyway, pelle hurried her guest but. “Come R=] Ju 1d 2 "ANN'S EYES WIDENED. “1,1 wouldn't— Ee every few minutes,” she said. 2) 2 - # §: can't afford them. I only make{ “I said Pd fix you up.” Flora-| Ann went back to the worn ; : Ll oi =~/ 20 1 fifteen a week.” . belle looked Ann up and down, her carpet and artificial flowers. She RR ts cd “It isn’t what you make. Ii's|eyes drowsy and speculative. “I|sat down and thought for a long bt ) how you manage.” went” with: a rich guy once,” she| time. A OF aT 2 22h looked dazed. “If you know |said. “He bought this stuff for me| (To Be 2 Continued) “RI * wv. Nei : rs answer I wish you'd pass it on|because he said I deserved beautiful A to me.” surroundings. . He bad. the place A wiv ai willy wal, dager = hia}, EE BREE REN