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SYNOPSIS
RUTH WOO'DSON, a pretty,
high-spirited girl of 19, an orph-
an, lives with relatives, the
LAWRENCES. Feeling herself
hated by her cousin, LETTY
LAWRENCE, Ruth impulsively
takes a bus for the acid -west in
hope of finding work. Running
out of money, she is put off tho
bus in a small town just as a
storm is breaking. She •seeks re-
fuge in a big, gloomy stone
house with a blue door, and faints
from hunger.
She is carried upstairs by the
old housekeeper and a young mart,
JOHN McNEI•LL. The old house.
keeper has mistaken Ruth for
ELAINE CHALMERS, whose
grandfather built the house. Ruth
allows the mistake to stand, in
order to enjoy the good meal and
comfortable bed which she needs.
The old woman says to her,
"Please call me Penny, like you
used to do."
Elaine Chalmers, meanwhile, at
school •at Graycastle College,
vows in a sorority meeting to win
the love of her first sweetheart,
John McNeill.
Ruth resolves, with regret, to
quit the old house early :next
morning.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
Ruth did not realize her own
exhausted condition. When she
sank into a sleep, dreamless sleep
it was not to waken at daybreak.
as she lead planned, but in re-
sponse to a knock on her door
hours- later,
Sitting up in consternation, she
cried, "Conte in!" and there en-
tered the old woman with the
hent back and peering eyes,
"Oh!" cried Ruth. "i meant—"
Site stopped abruptly, for, of
rourse she could not say, "I meant
to run away before you caught
etas was worried about- you, Miss.
Maine. Are you feeling better?
And will you take your breakfast
now?"
"Now I'm In It!"
Ruth thought, "Now I'rn in
up to my neck!" Yet a lilting hap-
piness mingled with her dismay.
She would have to Spend another
day here and another night! In
this situation there wore blended
three elements that cheered her;
adventure, a little respite from her
wanderings, and (most important
of alit the chance of seeing once
more the young man named John.
"Oh, bawdy me!" :.:claimed the
c"ld woman. "Are you too sick to
talk, 112h, Elaine?" She came to
the bed and put her hand on the
girl's forehead. "Where d(, you
hart most?"
Ruth laughed. "l don't hut't at
all, Penny, and I'm not sick. Just
tired and stiff and sort of jumb-
led in the head. I' was so surpris-
NI to find myself here that I
couldn't 'answer you."
i't'miy said, "When your letter
titliz, se
sees'' 5
`1 1 l,li<hotl by
" th. ('uttatln.
-i it 1a :thaw Ser.
Vico :Dept- !regress
h,r %.
tI . •titter,
fumaua (inking
.\nth(,rit,' is n,
rsluithih B. t !'let
t:nlitled 'Ci2(ill' fir ;tour 1.1:3.:1ropy
rt r~• owlreiflg a (Tara ti stud la hot, t.r (Smtula
i•rrrh 1knia'irivrtim3 i)(.pt. ,I';, 40 W,1I,nptm,
tsturt, 1;: st .r rr,nto
came Tuesday, sayin' you were
cornin' to the old house for a rest.
1 didn't think you'd be followin'
it so soon. 1 thought you said
you'd be here in a couple o,
weeks. My eyes are terrible bac!,
1 reckon 1 read it wrong,"
".Don't you ever wear glasses.
Penny?" asked .Ruth scoldingly. •
"They don't help, Miss Elaine.
think it's cataract, 1'11 end up
by bein' stone blind, I'm afraid."
"Oh," Said Ruth, "Pm sorry!"
She impulsively took the old wo-
man's hand and held it for a •mo-
ment against her cheek:: Mere was
another human being with trouh•
les as deep as her own, and with.
out the hope of ,youth to help her
bear thew. "Poor Penny!" she
murmured.
"Not that 1 can't see to take
care of the house!" the old wo-
man declared hastily,
"Olt, no!" agreed Ruth. "Did
you say breakfast, Penny?"
"ryes, Miss Elaine. There're
plenty of fresh eggs. 1 still keep
chickens -- white leghorns, the
same as when you were a child."
"Pd like a couple of your white
leghorn eggs, Penny," Ruth said
with enthusiasm, "and- a cup of
coffee. Sonne toast, toe it is not
too much trouble."
"It's not," Penny said, "You've
thing to tell you, Von not -
There carne a knocking at the
front door and Penny said, '"bull
elle later, Miss !;hive. It's young.
John McNeill •come to ask about
you, Re carried you upstairs Alen
you tainted last night. Ile was
weeried--."
She went hobbling' down the
stairs to open the door', while the
knocking con tinued, with some irn;
patience.
Presently Penny called, "Will •
yo•t come down, IVtiss Elaine?"
Ruth made a quick survey of
Herself in they mirror, added a die -
crept touch of lipstick and went
down. Her heart was pounding
with both panic and pleasure.
The young man was Waiting at
the foot of the stairs. John Mc-
Neill just missed being handsome,
but Ruth's eyes, in their hasty,
survey, saw that he had the rare
quality of distinction. He looked
up at her quizzically and Ruth
thought, "He'll know 1'rn a fake,
I shan't have to confess:"
tint he said, "Good morning, 11.le
aide:" and held out his hand.
She was surprised to find her-
self saying, "John McNeill!" and
putting her hand in his.
There was a little silence be-
tween them after they had shak-
en hands, but it was not an awke
ward silence. Penny, who was ob-
serving then) like a benignant
owl, remarked curiously, "Do yort
find her much changed, Mr. John?
I can't depend on my eyes any
"Changed for the better." John
liIcNeill answered coolly.
Penny remarked, t"She hasn't
muck. as big a woman as I thought
she'd make. She was always an
over -tall child, and well filled out
too.''
John put his head on one side,
considering this. "Let's see—how
old were you when you visited here
last?"
"Twelve," Ruth replied glibly-
9'o .herself she observed, "Bright
girl? 1 know the answers—so far."
"And I was 16," John McNeill
said thoughtfully.
".I was in love with you," Ruth
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By Carol Alines
664
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changed a lot, Miss t.'laiue. You
never used to think whether a
thing was trouble or not." She
went, out, shaking her bead in
wonder.
• After break feet the girl mime -
ed the old servant yet further by
making her own bed and tidying
her. room. "1 don't want to cause
you any extra work," Ruth ex-
plained. "You've enough to do as
it is,"
"1 can manage the work tine,"
the old woman declared positively,
"I hope you'll tell your 'mother
end stepfather that, if you get a
slut te. l don't want. to be pen-
sioned off, not. till 1 drop in my
(0(1(e."
Beth saw that. the •old creature
uad a burro' of giving up her
plate, She longed to reaosuro her,
yet elle felt that stunt deceptiut
t,i,uld he cruel in the end, As Tho
thought. of the old wornau's trou!)-
le , her own schemes look seenn(1
Marr. '1".he impulse tante to Lel1
1'enny, then and there, that :?he
was not 00 tOl-to in ug "Elaine,"
hut jest a tramp girl who had wan-
dered in for Shelter,
"Penny," she said, "1've ; 0ni('e
FEv
i
�'a1 '
1
„''omen ,cls , . uttrr palnfitl irregular
prriods wilt nervous mo sly ;Tolls due
tarfunetkorairang(',should try Lydia 1:.
i'inkll(tnt's Vegetctls)rt (•outpmund, made
especially 1 n help werek, rundown 'amen
during troch "trying times." 9'ry its
renla.rked audaciously. "You were
too old to notice me nut('h, but. 1
was crazy; about you just • theo
same." (She thought, "Whn -
evel' made me say that!" 1
Penny said with a cackle, "Yes.
you were, Miss Elaine! ! You used
to follow hint around everywhere,
lnal(10' eyes at hint. Such airs as
you put on, to get him to notirr
you!"
Tolle '1IcNcill laughed and join•
ed Penny in looking back througl2
the years. "But 1 noticed she WIl'
a good-looking• kid," be confessed.
"I remember 1 said to my moth.
er, `Give Elaine Chalniere tour
of five years and she'll be a pro-
fessional heart-breaker..ti"he'; tat
somethim e "
' "It seems Lo Inc leer hair lucks
darker," Penny stattcd. '`Cler meth.
er': hair turned dark that wat'.,
too, though not so noticeable."
Ruth thought, "Wily hove 1 got-
ten into t.hie. thing! In just a mill
lite something's. going to be said
----.olrrething's going to In a at...
taut 'nothing was said, and noi.h
ing broke. ,Tohn lurnt•d
the conversation from the trust
the present, as if that alone 111
it- osteo him. "1'111 ton my tray t•:
work now," he. rtlnlat•ked. "but 1,l!
(lay's must'en(1. Could 1 invite MY.
self to dinner tonight. Penny, if 1
1)1'0tii'ht a steak a11(1 cooked it rn
`(17 f n+r
.1'i'2177 y' •aid, ,. ,.hy-. yes, 111•.
,1Uh21, Be; ' itenh!11'I- yell Mtn;
"»,lobes.. t .,, of t(\.1,'' lrt, 0,11-
FRESH AND FLAKY!
severed, "visiting Arun Saran in
Scranton." (Ruth realized she had
been holding her breath.) "So you
see it's pure charity for you t:+
take me, in."
As he left he said to Ruth, "No
more fainting! Promise?"
She laughed. "I was just
a gay nineties heroine last night,
`avasn't I? I can't imagine what
Tilade Made (lo it!" •
He looked at her curiously. "You
seemed pretty tired," was all he
said,
She's "Touched"
After he had gone Penny seem-
ed to want to talk, but Ruth set
about evading her. John MCN: se's
'visit had caused Ruth to abandon
all 'thought of the confession sl'e
shad been on the verge of mak-
ing. She thought, "It would spoil
the little party tonight. It would
spoil everything. I'm going to he
Maine for a few hours longer. It's
the nicest thing that ever hap-
pened to me!"
So when Penny sail, -after a
while, "Ixt;use me, Miss Elaine,
• but does your stepfather; X.
Deal, say anything more about.
selling the house?" Ruth replied
cannily, "I think it's best for us
not to discuss things like that,
.Penny•"
• She felt contrite when she saw
how rebuked the old creature
looked, so she exclaimed hastily,
"That funny nickname 'Penny':
H -ow did you get that? I've forgot-
ten."
"t«rhy," the old woman answer-
ed, diverted, "it happened when
you were just a little tot. 1 gave
you pennies for your bank becaen:e
_you had a fancy for dropping them
im Every time you dropped in a
penny a little iron plan stepped
• out. and saluted. SO you. called me
`Penny! Penny!'
- Paint Off The.Door
Ruth laughed •absently, but she
w 'I-ooking at•her hands. "1 wean: •
to ask you, Penny --have you any
texpcntiiie? I've got blue paint on
my hands. It must have come off
the door last night. I didn't real-
ize it Was freshly painted wht tI
1 was pounding on it--"
"Oh!" cried the mu woman re-
proachfully, "You're :carred the
door!"
She loo.ketl so streek en tds:t
Ruth said quickly, "If 1 have, 1'11
repair the damage. Have you any
paint left?"
"Oh, yes," fenny said queerly.
"But the (!natter moon's past. FR
have to wait now----"
That was the :first intinlatiott
Ruth had that the old woman was
"touched," chat mystery as well a,
pathos dwelt under. this roof.. .
Penny hobbled • quickly to th(,
porch and Rath could see bc',
through the prismatic glass of the
side panels. rubbing the door with
her sleeve and squinting at it awe -
(To Be Continued)
Protect Hair
From Weather
Trichofogist Says You Must Wear
t Cap When the Thernome•
ter's Zero, If You Want To
Keep Your Hair
Wear a, cap in ztl0 weather it
you want let keep 1011r halr is the
warning' by Arelriu tone:, stutter!.
ngiet, Quite true a ltul(` pate 119
hair as a ttrntorti1(4 (,Ov(•fill„, tut!.
present day civilization huts reduc-
ed this protection to (1 minimum:
hence of must now protect 1110 del
irate hair -growing struclnrt of 112c•
tea.lp front ostrem 11 1etnllera-
t are. If we wish to 1 0111111 0111' hall',
eto;nte. trieltok>.gy 1s an et:aet set
vete treating of the hair and the
scalp, Mr, .itnles says it is 'almost
lnero(libie ]tow li11,14 pueltive loons
ledge 111051 people posse.,: re:etre
}ng event the most el('n1t'nia:•; (•etre
Of the hair 11(i sea11).
ASTHMA
BRONCHITIS
AND 7f1i1Gfl. 11101flf•1
'COUGHS T COLD
FQ'
1000 FASTER TO
1.
Women Don't Go
For Wasp Waists
Corsets For the Next Six Months
of 7940 At Least Will Follow
Normal Lines Instead of
Hour -Glass Contortions
A group of eorsctiers agreed at
New York last week that the Ant.,
ericnn woman crossed them up me
what the female form 511001d look
like this year.
A spokesman for • the industry
told an interested audience (which
was realy there to watch a parade
of models)
"Nile all snake mistakes. Ou.•
shelves are just •as full of wasp
waist models a.: yours are.
"The American ,women. we
found out, has spent years get-
ting those !tips of hers where they
are today and she is not going to
let thein go haywire overnight.
"I can promise you that for the
next six niouths, at least, corsets
are going to follow normal lines."
WHAT, NO LACING?
The models who came forth up-
on runways among the gaping
spectatbq's, to the accompaniment
of a swing band, illustrated whet
he meant.
While they pirouetted, a wonia2t
designer told tate assemblage:
"Nevertheless, the wasp waist
corset has left its mark: it is a
mark which cannot be erased
overnight."
Site explained that the corset
of to -morrow is still likely to show
up with lacings but that it will
not be necessary for the husband
to tie one string to the bed -post
while "bruising his wife's ribs with
whalebone stays."
5,500 British .poo'tnhn tvet'e at-
tacked last year by dogs. Not all
were hitter,
Ski-ing Dates
Back to Legends
Of Scandinavia
Now It's One of the- Fastest -Grow-
ing Sports in North America
Ottr' of the fastest growing F"itorts
in North America over tate east
decade has been esti-ing, a sport
Unit goes ban eenturios, but that
only .t,o,1 is reaching .towards its
possible pealli as an entet'taitit)Ient
x11(1 ,exercise.
LEGENDARY TALE:;
Unlike malty sports, Lite origin
of which has been dug out al .some
ancient Egyptian or Persian tourer
ski-ing, by its very nature. is to
sport of the northern lteteisllhere,
and began centuries ago in the
Scandinavian countries, still lead-
ers
eadars in produeitta masters at the iu-
trieacios of the sport.
That ski-ing is as old sport is
indicated in Norwegian legends.
According t0 an aneiollt tale the
Get'manic race reached the Scan-
dinavian peniust:lu on skis. There
are also Stories et Norwegians of
1,000 years ago who knew the art
of jumping front mountain ledges
without falling. continuing down
the mountainside (•n their voceleim
ru nn ers,
The t;nthusiaren of C'a01 Hal
youth and of those not so youth,
101 - 1101 found a great outlet of
reeeut ,years in title ancient pas,
time and as soon as there's sooty
111 any 111115 (listriet 'u the leonine
ion it doosn't takP long for the dif.
fel ens.. slopes to .a°.(•t:rut•• eoee." (I
with euthuei:tet',
Slightly Stale
!;read baked 2,500 years ago
was found recently among ode,
relics of long vanished .Se, llai z)
ta'vns by an expedition t'or't tiie
Russian Academy of Saone - it
the I kr•aine.
EXIT AIR. CAFF.EINE.N'ER. VES;
eve a
aris
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IOE: 1', a got to quit this job, Jim—it's got my aetves
al] shot—they're so had 1 can't sleep and I've been
suffering a lot from indigestion lately.
MR. CAFFEINE -NERVES: , %J
lftaboyl
tri fC g() 0111 10
tin. a change!
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MR. CAFFEINE -NERVES:
Look out! - Ucrc
comes the old frail.+•
erli" 0,150 4'!
JIM: Maybe it's that toffee you're always drinking, Joe
--- giving you caffeine nerves. Why don't you try
Postum for awhile! 'You'll see .t bias diiti:rence!
,IOE: Yon were right, Jim.- 1 sooitchtd tt' Pt',.,totn for
a month and feel like a new rcta0t—n0 more eatli•ine
nerves for me! I'm sticking to Posttunl
i"fang people can safely dank tea and roti"&•.
Many outer.—(tnd all children --should never
drink them. if you are one of these. try Posturn's
0.day test, Bay Pootunt and drink it instead .of
tell anti vont.' for nnr: 10,00//' Then, al run rlr,
clot feti 1).01. + �1."trttn The tonti(3neI
Gettcrll foods. Limped, Cc,hout >,'ntario, and
, welt gladly refund 11(11 purchase price, plus
Possum i, deficit/1.a. economical, o;t
to prepare, 411(1 contains no tltflt•itle
Mk. 1CI1FFE]NE NERVES:
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