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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGR5I, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1916 t r-TT-n Helen arid Warren; Their Married Life 1 wo sisters

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When she reached Broadway sne paused. She was hungry and remembered that It was long past her usual lunch hour. Besides, there were several little things which she felt she had a right to purchase, now that she was making her own living. To be sure, the money in her purse was Julia's, but she would pay it' back when she got her first week's salary. Therefore, as she had this little shopping to do, she would not hurry home. Stepping Into a lunch room, she ordered a meal that cost more than her usual noon repast. Coming out again upon Broadway, she : drew a deep breath "of happiness. It was one of those brilliant, breezy days tbat'eome in late, summer, the sunshine was golden and not too hot; It was good to be alive. The mood of contentment with herself and the world at large lingered with her as she made the purchases which she persuaded herself were necessities. Since she must wear a plain shirtwaist to business-r-at least since Julia said she must she certainly ought to have a pretty necktie to wear with it. , This selected, she remembered that the plain sleeve links that fastened her cuffs looked cheap, so she selected a pair of rolled gold ones. How she loved jewelry! she thought as she waited for her change. Just as soon as she was getting a really good p.lary she would begin to buy jewelry for herself. ' Yet if she would succeed, she said to herself, she must seem successful. If her employer thought her able to dress well, he would think her better worth keeping than if she seemed to a In actual hmH rt (ha wnrlr ho nf.

fered her. If Julia would only appreciate these matters should would not mend and darn her old clothes as she did. Yes, nothing succeeds like seeming success. This thought gave her courage to purchase before she left the store a pair of side combs that attracted her fancy. Those she was now wearing had a dull, common look which she had noticed only this morning when she put them in her hair. On glancing Into her puree she appreciated that she had spent two dol

lars and seventy-five cents of Julia's

money over half of Julia's weekly salary. ,"Ob. well," Caryl Marvin told herself, "my own salary will soon be ten per week, so where's the harm!" It was late afternoon. Julia Marvin

thoughts had been with Caryl in her new position. Remembering her own painful discouragement during the first "'-weeks that she had been at Balrd's, the older girl's heart ached for the little sister who might have to face the same depression and the same feeling of desolation. Yet Julia be

lieved that if Caryl would only have courage and perseverance, she must, after a while, become as much interested In her work as she Julia was in hers. She had reached this juncture in her mediations when a voice speaking her name called her to a sudden appreciation of the 'fact that one of the men in authority in the store was addressing her. "I have something pleasant to tell you," he said, "but I have been too busy, to see you until now. I want to say to you before you go home that you are to be transferred tomorrow to another counter." "Julia felt the blood rush to her face. "Oh, am I? Where?" she questioned eagerly. rTo the laces," replied the man. "Are you pleased?" ."Indeed I am,' the girl said, "only I have become accustomed to my work at this counter, and, I am very ignorant of laces. Still they are such pretty and interesting things to handle that I am glad J am to be in that department.: "And you know," added 'her informer in a lower voice, "the change in the department means also a little rise in salary, not much, but a little, and every little bit counts.

' "Indeed it does!" exclamed Jnlia. So earnest was her exclamation, that the man looked, at her keenly and wondered just how badly this brave girl needed money. i : The "brave girl" did not let'; even her sister know how badly she did need it. Slowly because of her rigid economy but surely, the - little snm Julia and Caryl Marvin had was slipping away to pay running expenses. Julia often denied herself a regular " luncheon at noon. Caryl hated frugality as she hated hard work, and,. when she wanted anything, looked no further forward than the present. This' afternoon she reached home several hours before her sister and was , lying down, resting,, when Julia - entered. The older girl smiled with relief as she noted her ' sister's happy expression. "Well, little sister!"sbe . exclaimed. "From your face I fancy that work went well. I have worried about you, dear'." "You needn't have worried," answered Caryl lightly, returning Julia's kiss of greeting. "I got on finely." "Good!" Julia ejaculated. "I am so glad, dear! I want to .hear about it." (More Tomorrow.)

Your Daily Laugh

FOR ECONOMICAL REASONS. "Do you believe women ought to smoke?"

"Indeed not. A box of cigarettes

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NOT SO DEEP.

"His book Is said to be rather deep. "Can't be very deep. That little

has enough hands to grab from it as " ofa sirl over yonder told me she it is." hanaged to, wade through It."

; : Copyright. 1916, by the McClure Once upon, a time there "were two brothers who lived not.far.apart. One was ,very ricb, and the other poor, for the' rich one had taken all the property the father left when he died, and left the younger, brother with nothing except a few acres and a tumble-down house. One day Ruben- for that was the poor brother's name went to Arac, the. rich brother, to borrow a few pen-1 nies to buy food for his children. But Arac would not let him have a thing. I "Get out of here ! " he screamed at his brother. "Get back to your hun-1 gry impish children. I have no mon-! ey for such as you and,' thank heaven I have no children to pester my life." i So Ruben went back to his sad home in great distress, o That night Arac thought he would take a walk over his estate by. moonlight. As he stood on the top of a hill and saw his great fields of grain, his vast meadowsj his great stables, all showing plainly in the light, he felt very proud; then his greedy soul wanted more. "I wish I had as much gold as I could use," he exclaimed aloud. ' "You can have it," said a voice at his feet, but on one condition." Arac looked and saw near him a gnome of a bright, metallic yellow in fact, he was of a golden hue from the top of his cap to his sandals. "I am the Golden Gnome and have

; mines far back in the hills," he continued. "I will give you all the metal

you can use if you will promise to give each day half of what I give you to your poor brother.' Greedy Arac , was delighted. He quickly promised, and the gnome put hito his ' hand a big bag of golden coins. "Now, send exactly one-half of those to your brother," warned the gnome, "and if you fail in this, if you keep all, you will not only lose what I have given you, but all you already possess, and your brother shall possess your vast wealth. Arac ran to Ruben's hut and poured out half of the gold, then took the rest home. The next morning he bought more land and more cattle. But on his return in the evening there on the table was a bag of gold just like the first. Again Arac took Ruben part of its contents. The next day the same thing happened, and the next. .. That evening at sunset, as Arac stood on the hill overlooking his possessions he saw Ruben's family moving Into a pretty house within a small grove. They' were nicely dressed and looked prosperous. For the gold had been used to bring them1 what they so badly needed. Instead of being pleased at his brother's good fortune and content with his own good luck, Arac was jealous of his

THE STORY OF "ZOE"

Newspaper Syndicate, New York. ; " , brother having, anything. When bV got borne and found the. usual bag of gold on the table he was angry at the bargain. . . "What! Give that man more of

my money!" he exclaimed. "Not a bit; I will keep it all myself." That night when he went to bed the bag of geld was safe in his own chest.

. - But the next morning when he

awoke he found things different. He lay on; a pallet of: straw in a log hut on the side of a rocky hill. , His clothing was rags; in the cupboard was a jug of-water and a loaf of dry bread; before his door - grew thorns and weeds. Off in the distance' he could see that his brother was in possession of all his great estate, its vast fields and' forests.; Crazed by grief, he wandered again to the hill on which he had seen the Golden Gnome and there sat the little fellow just as he was a week before. "Ha, ha," laughed the gnome. "1 knew you would act just as you did; I knew your jealous greedy soul; I am badly in need of workmen, so come along with me to my mines down deep in the bowels of the earth and dig, dig, dig for four thousand years." With these wor.ds the Golden Gnome struck the ground a hard blow; it opened, showing a stairway down till the bottom was lost in the darkness. . He placed around Arac's neck a heavy chain of gold and then with a

laugh he led the unfortunate man down the dark chasm till they disappeared and the earth closed over their heads forever.

By MRS. MABEL HERBERT URNER Originator of "Their Married Life," Author of "The Journal of a fceg- ; lected Wife," "The Woman Alone," Etc.

A LIKELY REASON. Green was knocking Brown terribly yesterday. I thought -they were the best of friends. What has happened? I guess Brown must have asked Green to pay back some of the money

"We'll have a corking dinner, and take in a show. That's a much better train lhan the 5:33 anyway." While Helen dressed, he sat down by the window and looked through a long envelope full of papers. "Ready Here, let me do that!" He pushed her away and strapped the suitcase. "We'll leave this in the office, and have the porter bring it to the train. Got the key?" , "Wait, dear!" He had taken up his hat and suitcase and was starting for the door. "There's there's something I want to tell you. "Eh?" J "Put it down just a minute," she took the bag from him. dragged him to the couch and nestled beside him. "Listen, dear I ' 'All right, out with it!" She bent her head, frantically twisting a button on his coat. It might spoil

the whole evening. He was fn a rarely i good mood it had been months since he had called her "Kitten." "Fire away!" he moved impatiently. "Get it off your chest!" If only she had told him at once! It was so much harder now. "Dear, I " No, Fhe COULD not tell him but she must say something!

"Oh, it's it's nothing. Only I while I was waiting at the station," her Inventive mind responded nimbly to her need, "when you didn't come oh, I was so frightened! Dear, if anything should ever happen to you, I wouldn't want to to go on. Oh, you'll always be careful, won't you, very. VERY careful when you cross the strets. His arm tightened about her. "I'll be careful. Kitten, and don't you take any chances! There there, none of that!" She was sniffing through sheer nervous emotionalism. How she loathed herself for the deception! "Come on. we'll have to hustle if we're going to a show. Guess we'll try Rathskeller. Remember that planked steak we had there?" Down the dark hall to the elevator. As they waited for the slow running car. Warren gave a hasty glance cjout, then drew her to him with a curt, "Here, give us a kiss!" Helen flushed and sparkled. He was so rarely demonstrative. She drew beck with a happy, confused little laugh as the yellow lights of the risin car shone through the iron grating. Outside it was still light, but already a fresh evening breeze cooled the air. Warren, now freed from the suitcase, swung ahead with his long, easy strides.

"Feel in the mood for a real jamboree?" he tucked her hand through his arm. "We're going to have a bangup dinner and go to the best show in town. Sorry now that I missed that train?" "Oh, no no, dear. I love having another evenins'here!" But Helen , knew that for her the pleasure would be shadowed by the thought of her. deception, and the lurking fear that the incident was not yet closed. If only she could be sure she would not tell him before the evening was over!" Another Story Monday.

BE CAREFUL, PROFESSOR. Mr. Bugg That blamed professor ;as made a big mistake. I ain't the ug he's put on that ta. 1

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"Isn't it strange," continued Miss W'arren," that Mrs. Lady' Brooke should have been with us at your apartment only the day before she is reported to have been missed?" "Why, was she? Was It? You surely are mistaken," Crawley blundered along In his surprise. "Yes, I am sure it was only the day before from what the papers say!" 'I am not sure. I can't be positive that you are right, Eva," the artist responded. "But it matters little. Now that I have consoled Brooke and helped him all I could I will run over and see you today." Again fate's playful Irony impressed itself on Crawley. Yes, he had done all he could to console his friend. He had carried the limp form of the beautiful Diana Brooke to Brooke's machine. He had allowed Brooke to plan the ghastly, terrible deed by whlch his own wife's body was cremated in an old barn. There would never even be a tombstone to show where her body was at rest. But while his mind wandered his fiance talked on. "I know," she was saying. "But it brings the tragedy so close to us. It seems as If we almost had a part in it. Lady Brooke alwayc impressed me of being of rather peculiar tsamp. With her husband away nearly all the time since their marriage, it is a wonder she remained true. She was so attractive in appearance." "But what," Noel attempted to interrupt. Exercising her woman's perrogative Eva talked on. "Is there any trace of her at all?" "None at all." Crawley truthfully replied. "I wonder," said Miss Warren, "if there could have been another man. Perhaps she has gone with him or he has learned of Si? Godfrey's return and has made away with her." "Why, Eva," protested Crawley. "What has interested you so in .this case? I never heard you talk 'this way before about anyone? You do my old friend and his missing wife an injustice." Crawley was uncomfortable. Eva's Intuition and her shrewd remarks worried him. He was anxious to cut off the conversation. "Because there is something fascinating about the case. Then Sir Godfrey was such an intimate friend of yours and I had only met her shortly before." "Well, the less you think about it the better off you will be. I will be over to call shortly." With that Crawley terminated the conversation although he knew that when "he visited the Warren home, he would be made extremely uncomfortable. He wondered if he could look into Eva's trustful blue eyes and maintain an outward calm while he talked about the disappearance of Zoe. After days of- work on the case Paton had been unable to obtain any

thing that resembled a clue. He was on the point of giving up completely. He was convinced that Brooke was not telling all he knew, but if Sir Godfrey wished to keep something back that was his business. Often ideas come almost uninvited and unsought after the mind has pondered over a question for hours and hours without reaching a conclusion. Paton felt that, for some mysterious reason, he should visit Leveredge's gallery. He had no motive, but was impelled by some mysterious hunch

which kept tugging away at his will power. ZTinally he yielded and bailing a taxi speeded to the gallery, arriving shortly before the closing hour. The great

hallways were almost deserted, ex-j cept for the presence of Leveredgej himself and an attendant. I He talked aimlessly -with the j connisseur for sometime, when hei

happened to remember reading in the papers about the famous "Circe" which had attracted so much attention. . "Where is the picture, "Circe," he asked Leveredge. (More Monday.)

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