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"very well indeed." "Happy?„ "That's more difficult -you know I'd never seen him before, so it would be hard to tell. • If oyou-why didn't you let me tell him the truth; then probably you'd have seen for yourself." - "No, I wouldn't. He might have thought that I deliberately tried to see him. Anyway I don't want to see him. I was onljr curious. Don't speak about hint again, even if I -ask. I want to forget him." -Ruth went out with thoughts more conflicting than before. One mom- ent oment shethought she:" detected in Gloria a sentimental interest in her former husband; the next she ap- peared 'to hate him, and apparently there was no hope of persuading her to send George away. She went to the restaurant on Eighth Avenue for lunch, where she met Nels and Doro- thy. • "What do you think?'f said Nels. "I just heard that Professor Pendra- gon is ill -paralysis or something like that, and he certainly looked well last night. I can't understand it," "The news doesn't seem to have affected your appetite any," said Dorothy. "Certainly not - must keep up steam, Shouldn't wonder if that was why he's ill. -He never -eats anything much. One can't paint greatly unless one eats greatly." • "When did he get ill, and how?" asked Ruth. "When he went home from the show. last night- It's extraordinary because he's never been troubled that way and he was quite well just a short time before." Ruth was thinking of George and of all 'the old tales she had ever heard of the'evil eye and black mag- ic. She was thinking of these things with one part of her'$rain, while with another part she scoffed at her- self for being a superstitious; silly fool. - If only Amy hadn't persuaded her to look through the keyhole. "I'm going to' go and see him to- morrow afternoon," said Nels. "I'd go today, but I have to work." "Take us with you," said Dorothy. "He invited us, to tea anyway and he seemed t� be interested in Ruth." "One can't go to tea with a para- ytic, Dot, besides, he lives in• a ho - el, unless they've moved 'him to a rospital. I'Il find out and if it's all ;fight of course you can go too," "Just look at Ruth, Nels; she ooks as concerned as i the dragon were a dear friend." - "I'm not at all; it's just, that it's Hidden -and I was thinking of some- hing else too." She was remembering Gloria's last vords about not mentioning Pendra- ;on's name again. Here was another 3iece of information that she must seep to herself. It was, so annoying o be just one person with only ones, air of eyes and ears and only one small brain. If she could only see inside and know what Gloria was really thinking, what depths of ignor- ante or wickedness were concealed behind George's black brows, what secret Professor Pendragon knew - and even, yes, it might blight ro- mance, but" she would like to know lust what Terry. Riordan thought. Did Glossa love Terry or did her heart still belong to her first bus - and? And what of those other two whose names were never mentioned? [f only she could be one of those won- ierful detective girls one reads about n magazine stories. How simply she s-ouid solve everything.. She found Terry with Gloria when she reached home. They were talk ng interestedly. as they always did, rith eyes for no one else appayently,• Ind her` heart sank. George came in o ask some question about dinner. 3e did look like something that had stepped from 'the carvings on a pyra- nid. His fine features were inexpres- sibly cruel, yet there was 'something splendid about him too. He was so alt -taller than Gloria. Tall en - ugh to play -she stopped affrighted t her unnatural thought. CHAPTER VII The entire regime of the house on 3ramercy Square had been changed. nstead of rising at eleven o'clock, loria now left the house shortly af- er eight, to be at the motion picture studios in New Jersey at nine, .• ad hat „Ruth seldom saw her before din - ter time. The balancing of Gloria's yank book disclosed that she had eeu living. at a rate far in excess �f her income -news that ala• not seem to trouble Gloria at all. 'TRmake it all up' again in a• few seeks now that I'm working," she said. "If you'll only write out a book ull of cheques for my poor, dear :reditors, I'll sign them and then you an mail theta out andeverything vill be lovely= -for a ''few months at east." "Yes, but don't you think you ought o regulate your expenditures aee'brd- ng to ytiur ase'ured incetne, Gloria? you know you aren't always ,Work - ng,"" said Ruth. "1 oaan't be troubled With that now. e. fait until I get tangled Up apac iC something alwa , ' pens, and noth- ing couldbe worse, th., 'the pictures; regular hours like a sshopgirl, and no audtenne-t' Ruth returned. from school to find Gloria not yet home and the, drawing room empty,-- except perhaps for •Sit- Ile Irwin and Ben Stark, a tall, good- natured youth, who had followed hard upon his letter and who was perpetu- ally asking Ruth to go' • to theatres with him, where he had "profession- al courtesy" due to 'having worked, on Broadway the season before. If Ruth refused as she sometimes did, he cheerfully turned his invitation to Billie Irwin, seemingly as pleased with her society as with that of the younger woman. It troubled Ruth to think of them all, herself and Miss Irwin and Ben Stark, all living here as if Gloria had Unlimited wealth, while Gloria went out every morning to uncongenial work to keep up with the expenses of her too large menage. Only that morning. Amy' had complained to. her of having so many breakfasts to -pre- pare for people who rose whenever they pleased and never remembered to make her any presents. If only George would grow dissatisfied -but he never seemed weary of serving Gloria's impecunious guests, and if he was still engaged in midnight orgies of enchantment Ruth could not know. She dared not repeat the keyhole ex- periment.. She, wished that she had not taken. Amy upstairs to sleep; then she would have had a spy below stairs. It was foolish of her to con- nect Professor Pendragon's illness with George, but she could not help it. If she could only have some other opinion • to go by -or perhaps when iahe had seen. Professor Pendragon again, her illusion would be dispelled. Nels Zord had talked with him over the telephone and Professor Pendra- gon had made light of his illness and said he would be glad to have Nels and the two girls come and have tea with him the following Thursday. He said he was not ,going to a hospital and hoped to be quite well when they came. If he was well then Ruth could laugh at her superstitious fears. Thursday was a good day for Vall of them because there was no Iecture Thursday afternoon and they could all leave the Art Students' League at half -past four and gd together to Professor Pendragon's hotel. The idea of visiting a man in his hotel, even a man of forty who was i11, and in company with two other people did not seem quite - proper to Ruth, but she did not say anything about it, having acquired the habit of taking customs and conventions as she found them. Nevertheless she was quite relieved to find that Pro- fessor Pend.ragou had a suite and that they were ushered into a pleasant room with no hint either of sickness or sleep in it. She even took time to wonder where the prejudice against sleeping rooms as places of ordinary social intercourse first orig- inated. • - Professor Pendragon met them, leaning on a crutch, one foot lifted in the attitude• of. a delightful, old stork: "It's really kind of you to come," he said, after he had .made them all comfortable. "You know I have hun- dreds of acquaintances but very few friends, as I"have discovered • since I became a victim of the evil eye." Ruth could not restrain a start of surprise and he looked at her, his dark eyes wrinkling with mirth. "So you know about the evil eye?" he questioned. "No, I don't. Only I suppose the phrase startled me. What really is the matter?" "I don't know and neither do the doctors apparently; that's why I call it the evil 'eye. I came home from the show that night and went to sleep like a good Christian with a quiet conscience, but when I woke I found that my right leg was paralyzed to the knee. It was the dark of the moon that night. I know because I always think in more or less alman- acal terms -that would be when the evil eye would be most effective, you know; and I'm waiting for the full moon to see if I will not be cured as mysteriously as I. have been afflict- ed" Nels and Dorothy were listening with puzzled eyes, •not quite knowing whether Professor Pendragon was jesting or in earnest. "You mean alt maniacal terms, if you believe such rubbish," said NeIs, "and you need a brain specialist, not a doctor." "I think that's our tea at the door, if you'll please open it for me, Nets, and I promise not to tack about the evil eye in the presence of such mod- erns as you and Miss Winslow again. "Why don't you include Ruth in that?" hrsked Dorothy, as Nels rose to open the door. "Because Miss Mayfield is not a xdtldern at all; she belongs to the dark ,middle ages." "I'm afraid I'm a bit superstitious," admitted Ruth, and then hoping to test his sincerity, for he had spoken throughout with a smile, and also tb throw, if: jYbssible, seine light en the uncanny suspicions that troubled her 'f you did believe in the "evil eye, ,Who virpuld *ant to hart you?". a.'1'obee Clio stogy," said "Dorothy, '''It'ott're 401:fin:g ii%'y tea with 3 -ilii« gruesome tall. re's the picture that Nels was to• po"11n, t out and advice you about hangingr4' "That is •perp&tis i" a more whole some topic but five' °were only joie, irlgg, Miss Mayfield 4n.d I.", "I've found the• giicture already," exhiaimed Nels-"U a one with the fat Bacchus -you see I picked it out of all the others 1 don't blame you for buying It; it's delightful humour, depicting Bacchus as a modern busi- ness man, fat and bald, yet clad in a leopard skin with grape, vines on his head, and tearing through the forest with a slim, young nymph in his arms -it's grotesque and fascinating," - "1 thought you'd ` approve," said Professor Pendragon. "Now where shall we hang it?" • "It's all right where it is, unless you have a larger picture to hang there." "Now, while you're unable to walk around, why don't you sit for a por- trait -you'll never have another time when the sittings will be less irk- some. I'd come here and Ruth could come with me as a chaperon, not that I need one, but we might as well be perfectly proper when it's just as pleasant -you know," she continued, slightly embarrassed by the smiles on the faces of Nets, Pro- fessor Pendragon, and Ruth. ' "I'm not looking for a commission at a11; I just want to paint you because you will make an interesting subject, and because, if I can hang you -I mean get your picture hung in the Acad- emy, I will get real commissions, just because you sat ,for me. Now• I've been perfectly frank," she finished. ' Pendragon held out his hand to her, laughing: "Any of those numerous reasons ought to be enough," he said, "and if my infirmity lasts long enough, I'll be glad to have you come and help me kill time." "Better start before next dark of the moon," said Ruth mischievously. "That gives you . only ten more days," said Pendragon. ' "You don't really believe in those things?"--jDorothy's blue eyes were wide with distress -"Please tell me the truth; Nels,-they're just teasing, arent' they?" "Of course, you know they are; don't be a silly goose, Dot," said Nels. "1 know they are, but even 'if they don't believe in all they say, they .be- lieve in something that I don't un- derstand, now, don't' you? -confess." She turned to Ruth, but "'it was Pendragon who answered. "If mind is stronger than matter, and most of us believe that now, then an evil thought has power over mat- ter just as surely as a good thought has power, and the power of the evil • thought will continue until it is dis- pelled by good thought. There if you. like is black and white magic. I belieo'e that there are people in the world so crushed by fear and wick- edness that every breath of..their bodiee and every giande of their eyes is a blight on all who come near them, and I believe that there are people who, are so fearless and good, that where they walk, Health and happiness spreads round them as an aura, as sunlight on every life that 'touches them. Does that satisfy you, Miss Dorothy?" "Oh yes, that's very beautiful, I'm sure," said Dorothy, looking a bit, un- comfortable as if she had been lis- tening to a sermon, . "When will you let me come for your- first sitting?" "Sunday morning it you like; that won't interfere with your classes, and it's a good day for me too, because I am duller thau usual on Sunday," Ast they were leaving, Ruth linger- ed for a moment, , "'If you did have an enemy who was trying to harm you, what would you do; Professor Pendragon?" she asked. "Evil works like good, can only be accomplished with faith; if I had an enemy, I would destroy his faith in his own power," he answered. •Ruth found the entire family, as Gloria called her household, assemb- Ped when she reached the house. en Gramercy Park. Terry Riordan was among them. ` "Please, Ruth, won't you go to the theatre with Terry tonight? He has a perfect passion for first nights, but as an honest workipg man I need my rest and I'm' too tired to go tonight," said Gloria. "I'd like to, but-" Ruth glanced in the direction of Ben Stark. "Oh, don't mind me," said that youth. • "The fact that you have re- fused me three times won't make any difference. I'm accustomed to such treatment from the fair sex." "Why don't you come with us?" saki Terry. "I have three ,tickets and intended taking both Gloria and Ruth if they would go." "Please, Miss Ruth, will you let me go with you? I'll walk a few paces in the rear and be a good little boy," said Ben. "You really must be kind to ,me, because I'm going into re, hearsals for another trip to the coast with a company that Will Probably go at least as far as •Rtiffalo. You'll rias my cheery smile 'When I am far away." "Then we'll all go tp lather,;; agreed Rath, rather anno e7 t ti'Terry shoii1d have sttggesthd ti'.iht 8'en. gd `kith.. them: bivideltty ;e' •seieiiteted .0) ea 1.4,70 e ueglected Bap, ma *0lnan beanW t1 `pl :41 41, white T?r y seelalte tot to observe' It s' 7tt' sleeted iltate .a t. •all,''• ,'What s wrong, Qts•; clxap? You are 'as soleim1 as an owl.and you 00bt to be as happy as lads are e!kl►lao " ed to, be, with .a, real, honest -to -goad rise, allow on Broadway," said. lien. "It's :,going off neat week," said Tert'y, "It's been nothing but a pa- per house for a week,, and they're going to try it on, the road; I don't seexn to have the trick or the recipe for suecestl," "I'm,' so sorry; perhaps it will go well on the road," said Ruth. "Don't feel sorry; it doesn't Matter very much; I'll write another. A man must do something and if I grow very successful I might be tempted to stap:' 'a "Yes, one must " play some game; that's what Professor Pendragon says." "That's right, you met , Gloria's hus band, didn't you? What's he like?" "Very nice; I'll tell you later all about it-" • They were entering the theatre now and Ruth wanted to talk to Ter- ry about Professor Pendragon when no one else was listening. Ben Stark was a jarring note that precluded ab- solute revealment of her hopes and fears. Nevertheless she forgot to be annoyed at his presence in .the-- the- atre for he amused her with his com- ments about •people on and off the stage and Terry was strangely silent. The .play was a partiularly inane bit of fluff and seemed. -Co be making a great hit. Ruth could imagine the trend of his thoughts, the discourage- ment attendant upon doing Ms best and seeing it fail; and watching the success of an inferior endeavour, yet she envied him, for he at_least be- lieved in his own work, and the more she. studied and ' compared her work With' that of other students, the more a creeping doubt of her own ability filled her brain. "I need cheering up! Won't you go to supper with me?" he asked as 'they passed out of the theatre. His ..invitation' was addressed to both Ben and Ruth, but Ben, with mo- tives which Ruth understood only too well begged off. "You know I have to report for re- hearsals tomorrow morning, if you don't mind I'll run along." He evidently thought that Terry. would like to be alone with Ruth, and Ruth, realizing his mistake, was yet too timid to protect, even had she not secretly desired to be alone with Terry. She had never gone to sup- per with a man alone. It would be an adventure, and the fact that -she loved the man even though -he did not know or care, made it even more thrilling. She bethought herself of her eostume and wished that she were in evening clothes. "I think I'd better take you some place near home," said ,ferry. "If we use a cab we can save time, and there won't be so many people down- town and we'll -be served quicker. I. feel a bit guilty about keeping you gut late." "I'm not a .child," said' Ruth, pout- ing, - "I know you're not, but you are - you'll always be one, I hope." She was about to ask why, but they «were entering a cab now and she did not ask. She wanted to ask where they were going, but she did not ask that either. Shea found •her- self with Terry, afflicted with a strange inability to talk. They rode almost in silence to Fourteenth Street and entered a most disappoint- ing place. Ruth's idea of supper after the the- atre was a -place of soft lights and music with beautifully dressed wo- men and flowers, aril sparkling wine. She didn't want to drink the spark- ling wine herself or even to wear the beautiful gowns, but she wanted to see them. The place they ente,'ed was a low celled, dark paneled room with no music visible or audible. There were white spread tables, but the women around them were far from beautiful, the men undistinguished in the ex- treme -matrons on the heavy order with men who were quite obviously; even to Ruth's untrained gaze, their lawful spouses. Both men and wo- men were giving more attention to their food, than to their compatiions and they were drinking -beer. "It's quite here and we can talk" said Terry, quite . oblivious to Ruth's disappointment, but when they were seated he did not talk. "Tell me about the new comedy you're writing," said Ruth, remem- bering the axiom that it is always tactful to talk to a man about his own work. "No; I want to forget my work and myself. Let's gossip. Tell me about Gloria's husband." In this Ruth thought she detected the interest of a jealous suitor. "Professor Pendragon is very charming and very clever and good looking. He is taller than Gloria, and apparently has no particular 'vocation for he has, given up astronomy, Iiis interest in art he calls a fad; he lives alone in a suite in the Belton Hotel and about ten days ago he be- came mysteriously paralyzed - his right leg up to the knee. That's all I know," said faith, "except that he's one of the most fascinating men I've ever seen and I can't understand why any woman Would ever give hien up, He's almost as wonderful as Gloria herself. I'+d like to say that he Is ugly anct old and disagreeable fol'. your sake, but he isn't." Terry" looked at her umetmilirehelzd ingly: fit 'a InOitibnt and then *mired orCe VerbMAg fide . 4,1W.4',10# "Because Giorta ;1 BMA° at Air $1AuHad1hes,a,^I .• ing fttereat,,' xecen4 had Arne ani stet"e tei,,l,'1ng i .... has its o1 ,'rpgdine'ss, and wxt. that she Meyer ,carries gilt« a e proposed "buildsn trig to Palin• Bea' it Two years. •;ago *ten 1 f rst hiet Gloria she ,would have goner. I! only I could two my coinedy and lanalte it : a real success with Maria. in ;t9e star role "Y'ou would really like to do tbings for •Gloria," .said Ruth. "Yes; I'm awfully fond of her. She's been my friend and has helped me ever since I •first met her." "Then,*, please, can't you persuade her to get rid of George?" There was an intense appeal tin Ruth's voice that surprised Terry more than her request. -' "Why? How would that help her?" • "I can't explain it exactly, There are several reasons. One is that Gloria has been living quite • beyond her income -I suppose I shouldn't tell these things even to you, but I am worried about her and perhaps you can help -and she simply refus- es to give up her big house because it serves as a refuge for professional people, friends of hers, outof an en- gagement. 91 course all these .peo- ple think that Gloria has unlimited means or they wouldn't come. ,She. won't even let me 'fele her, though I could quite easily. It's because she really needs money that .she's gone to work in motion pictures, I imag- ine that George is an expensive serv- ant and I thought if we could make her discharge him,• she could get some one elsefor less money. Of course that wouldn't make much'dif ference in her expenses• -I under- stand that -but it would be a start. It's a lot of small economies that count, you know,"' she said gravely. "I had no idea that Gloria didn't have lots of money. Her second hus- band was ,Darrel Knight, a man who had made a fortune in toilet prepara- tions. It was he who gave her the house on Gramercy Square. Then she married Brooks Grosvenor and he settled an income on her when they were divorced. I always sup- posed that it was ample. Certainly from what I've heard of the man he would have it fixed so that she could not get anything but the income, and even that would be forfeited if she married again." "The incote isn't large, not really large enough to afford such a big house, and Gloria has gone in debt a 1ft ,ro ):r lot and no> off; ' You money if, sl e would eousI differently..' "But Gloriax,is son who wi'11 ever :hive ha,ve,often wondered Yopt�`"t, iii si}cll ; ,big• 1}ouse witk guests and only lira serva liut: suppose she just i idn't wan ther with any More But ,t3 the reason you watt her a"oto! of George, is itt:::It really make any appreciable dui would • it?" "No -there are -otherreasons but I'm afraidto tell you; '- "Something you don't like eta into words?" ' Ruth podded. "I think I know. I've •thought...,0 it myself and I don't like to put:'' i1 into words either, but I will, •o tha. we can understand, each other per- fectly --a necessary thing ,If we are.' to. help Gloria." He paused looking at her, and seemingly trying to ga- ther courage for what he was about to say- "You'think that George is in love with his mistress," , s..... "-- Ruth's --Ruth's horrified face revealed that Terry had put into words something' c)uite • foreign to anything in her thoughts. (Continued Next Week) Irl o rlri�7, ;o au ti ARMY INVESTS $28 MILLION Final army returns show that Cana- dian troops invested $28,890,050 dur- ing the Eighth Victory Loan, the highest amount they have ever sub- scribed..1 Subscriptions averaged $91 each from overseas personnel and $130 from those in they western .hemi sphere. DOWN THE DRAIN k, Garbage should never. bealkowed to go down the kitchen drain: Strong._ chemicals are required to remove this garbage when it accumulates. These •same.,,chemnicals may injure.. copper plumbing equipment. CJIieSNAPSI4OT GUILD MAKING PROPER. USE OF VIEWFINDER Here's a good example of judicious -use of the viewfinder which resulted in good composition and pictorial appeal. A medium yellow filter was used to give emphasis to the clouds. NOW that we are getting into the seasdn of sunshine, flowers, and outdoor activities, it's time to give some serious thought to improving your picture taking so that every shot will be a good one. Proper use of the viewfinder is one of the most important phases of camera technique, and, unfortu- nately, one of the most neglected. The purpose of the viewfinder is to give you a "preview" of your picture. By carefully studying the image in the viewfinder you may determine how your subject will appear in the picture; hoW much background will be included, and how well your picture is composed. The finder is also helpful in leveling the camera, and determining the correct cancera1 distance fdr a sub- ject of a certain size. Many camera owners, however, •tend • to use the viewfinder in the same manner as they would use a rifle sight. That is to say, they cen- ter the main subject as accurately as possible in the finder, and ignore •the surrounding area that may also be included in the picture. Too, in order to insure that no part of the subject will be ,Out off, these snap- shooters acquire the habit of getting too far away fronnt the subject. These two fenny -seeing only the corrected, easily. All you 'have 't1b do is make a practice of studying what you see in the finder right out to its edges -'--making sure you see just what you want before you snap the shuffeie Get as close to your subject as your camera permits so that there won't be a lot of extra margin around your subject. Bold your camera steady, keeping your subject well • composed' in the viewfinder right up to the moment of taking the picture. There is a correct "taking die- tance" for every' subject, determined solely by what you want to include. Suppose, for example, you want to take a picture of a child cuddling one of her dolls. The purposo of ' this picture should be to show the child and her doll ---no more -no less. To avoid an unnecessary amount Of surrounding detail, a e.unera dis- - tance of from four to six feet should; be about fright. At greater distances not only would space be wasted, bot extraneous material woilild detrar:t front the appeal Of the picture, Watch those "taking" distances. Make them fit eaclty4st,'bjeidt. Tata particular care to cho+ the. lglif; distance in eloee-Up lid it'eat .. " shots• ,eand ,dol'"r orget tol e your camera aecb din ly i+ y view.lindef' linage ff% lop •tc+ tont and coruei "to born r beton main at subjeot, •takingpicture, s. hthets•make,' InapproPriate citingeili0aitlt►ik,ifi,n e'p1e• t corrected if you are, to ,get; really b"ett r picttii ee, , appealing ,results. And. th.eyr` Can, be , - 0 �1 rl