I' .w 1 KIE DAILS NEWS PAGE FOtJ "THE. UlRLS HWOE. 5H6 BAH(rfeS fVT e Ii, tt f 1 m. im Or I till At Am Copyright. 1927. by E Phillips Oppenhelm INSTALMENT XLIV. Miss Brown, notwithstanding her 8000, went home a little samy. brie her good luck. Nevertheless before be hud reached her destination her brain was already at work wonderim whom she could befriend In her new condition of ever. It's good to come back to all of this." He talked much more than usual throughout luncheon, although he avoided a discreet Inquiry from his companion as to the nature of the business upon which they were bent. In the car afterward he closd his eyes as though content to' rest." XTlea Prftum tonifllnert nlrt anri (happy.-'faselnated by the country through whteh they passed, with 'the smooth motion of the car and 'the breath of the wind, sometimes flavored a little with the odor of the pine woods, sometimes bringing faint reminders of hyacinths and daffodils from the cottage t gardens. Soon they left the great open stretches of heath starred with Ipfecmed to be an older world. "Something fresh?" Miss Brown quainter villages with small, asked, with pleasurable antlcipa- thatehed roofed houses In the tlon. 1 garden of which hollyhocks and "Not altogether fresh," he re- even in the sunnv corners earlvl was very much alone in the world . plied. "It's been hanging on for roses were making a struggling ami hit! there i.ni v was "w no one to share - i some time, and it's got to be appearance. J tican-u uii. aiuug, ii juuic, me region oi siraigni roans was ready." ended. They curled and twisted: They passed out into Whitehall, ' over fir-clad ridges and into shady I and a chauffeur, who was seated j hollows where the meadows on upon the box of a powerful-look-! each side were rich with green1 prosperity. Perhaps Frances might ( ing limousine, sprang down and i herbage and here and there aj be induced to accept some help: opened the door. Miss Brown J wealth of primroses peered out, with the chicken farm, or Paul I breathed a little sigh of content 'from the moss-grown stone walls.) mirnt let her simply some of the 1 as she feit a rich nw wrapped or through the long grass of the i farther capital which was needed for the restaurant. She certainly did not require 8 a week for herself. She was. as she quite well aruunu jirr, aim auist. uaxtt. uinuiig , sku ui.cjn.-a. xiie uirtiui ui nu-; the cushions. lets came to them from manyj "If you're warm enough," Des-t places beneath the hedgerows fac-j siter suggested, "we'll have the car Ing southward, and Miss Brown open." !gave a little sob of delight when i th.i, nwuiMttr knew a re- mine, sne assented, u win , on a aneuerea siope Between two ??lBiL,IJSi TT vlrv be delightful." strips of woodland sne saw a wav- capable secretary; and she always! They started off. and . Miss ! tag mist of fatat purple, herald of was sure oi a suuauen. one it a "W1""L 7.T ",Y'". ,1X2 filled 4-. Dessiter little more cheerfttl as she unloc-jW" an entire novelty, was ked her front door and entered pleasurable excitement. Soon Krf.ifHT,.rrm thre tn re-, they passed out of London by opened hi? eyes with a smile. "Fond of the country, Miss ceive a shock. Frances was sitting Hampstead and , Barnet, and 1 found ; Brown?" he asked. upon the bed and Paul was oc- t hSn? "l was brouht UP 1x1 W she copying the one easy chair, but! there was green upon the S. reminded him. 'No one who lias gomehew a different Frances and a different Paul. She looked from one to the other in amazement. "Young men are not allowed in heie. ?, sne sne told tyOlu ram raui severely. ocveicijr. nine wcie jiuwcts ill uk uuiteiie .. i;j i v, i ..,. gardens, warm sunshine and a fn,pt ar,H an Tmnn it' soft west wind. Miss Brown talk ed occasionally but not very much. She - was - quite content to sit still I have been here before." he j an.d P?Jy everything. At . Newmar reminded her unabashed. "It wasi1". uwy swung unuer an arcn vou who let me In. "The conditions " she began. "Oh, shut op" Frances lnter-ruotd. "You tell her. Paul." Paul, who had risen to his feet, held out the easy chair for Miss Brown and stood between the two girls. He seemed bigger than ever in the tiny room. The change in his face became more noticeable with everv word he spoke. 'Sftmothinc verv fortunate has , bppoe so me." he exolained, inoto!yv to me hut to all of us. My mint whn was married to an Italian nc-htanan and who was very rleh .died last week and her will J very generous for us. She offered no assistance while she was alive perhaps because she knew that my father, with whom she had quarreled, would have refused It, but she has left my father and mother a villa at Cannes and quite enough to live on,, and to me she has left 3000 a yew iraam hold out her hands. tortuae for herself she could accent calmly, but for others, well, the tears of Joy swam In her eyes." "I am so Klad, Mr. Paul!" she1 exclaimed. "You have been so brave." "I have tried to do what seemed right," he answered simply. "But now you see I am happy, for I can marry Frances." Miss Brown went over and sat by her friend's side upon the bed. Paul turned away and continued to talk with bis back to them. Tt is good lack for me." he declared. nand I am very happy. And I am going out now to fetch a t&xlcab because we are all to dine together at the Cafe Ruase." "And you will wait upon us. won't you, -Paul?" Frances called out. "I ndore you in that shabby maitre d'hotera dinner suit." "I will do that certainly." Paul promised. "And I will wear a clean snm. It took a matter of three weeks to wind up the affairs of XYO Then one morning Miss Brown-very lonely these days, for Fran ces and Paul ware married and In the south of Prance arrived at the office, enmetual as usual, not withstanding the fact that thre wk very little to do. to find Des-slter. whom she had not seen for several dura, waiting for her. He nodded In approval as he saw that snt was weanne ner tur coai "Olad you have that on," he re marked. "We have to go down to the country longtsh motor ride. way and drew up in a courtyard "We lunch here," Dessiter told her. "Lets sit on this seat for a minute and they'll give us a cocktail." They sat outside a bar parlor, and presently, through the window, a barmaid handed them two wine glasses. An elderly head waiter came hurrying from the coffee room, and greeted Dessiter with great respect. "You are lunching, sir?" he asked anxiously. "For two," Dessiter assented, holding out his hand. "How are you, Simpklns? Oood to see you again." Its wonderful to see you alive and well, colonel, after all the stories we've heard, and seeing it in print and all," the man replied. Ah, well, you mustn't believe all yon see In the papers." Dessiter said, smiling. "I hope you've got good mncneon, simpklns. Do your best for us because we're hungry and - if there's any of the Montrachet Chablis left we'll have a bottle. The man departed, and soon af terward Miss Brown for the first time in her life in a public place sat down at a table with Dessiter. She was very happy, but a little shy, although that curious air of composure, childlike in its perfect naturalness, still remained with her. Hungry, I hope?" her host asked. "Nothing like motoring for giving one an appetite. it is wonoeriui, sne assented. Have we much farther to go?" "A good distance. The roads around here are perfect though. It won't take us long. Quaint old place, tnu. he went on. I used to come here racing when I wa a lad. All my people were rather keen on it. see that picture of a horse on the wall over the door? That belonged to my father. How you must ave missed all these things, she remarked svm patheileaUy. "I was bom in the country so l Know wnat sport means to a man He sraikd one of his curious unanalysable smiles "Dont Im&fitae that I have been without It. Sometimes I have own the quarry sometimes I have been the hunter. You get all the thrill you want when you know that your life's the penalty for a mistake, or when you're watchine for that one slip which means Is so difficult. The suburbs seem' to reach forever." He nodded-UHderstandlngly. "It costs something In beauty,"! he remarked, "to own the greatest! city In the world If one can only' travel so far as the busses go.' Every season they extend, but so' does the curse of villadom." ( Presently the villages changed once again in character. The , thatch was replaced by ancient red ' tiles The faces of the cottages were plastered and lncrusted with ! oebbles, the tangled waste of wood 1 land gave way to scantily grow-j ing forests, and Into the ataios- phere there crept a faint Hang of; something, drawn far Inland from the sea. Miss Brow took a deep' breath and sat a little mere up-1 right. "Are we getting near the coast?"' she asked, In an awed tone. "Not far off," he answered. He too was sitting unright now. They passed at a reduced sDeed through a village where the stone- fronted houses were' covered with i creepers and where the lKy-grown church with it souat tower seem! ed to bare been stand log fromi tune immemorial. A lew people I Ktanriincr nhnnt tmi at them iur. I lousiy. onee a hat was Hurriedly rais ed, and once an old man stopped n his leisurely progress and, lean- ng upon nis stick, stood iookine after them as one might look at a ghost. Presently the speed of the ar was slackened and tney came almost to a standstill before some massive iron gates. There was a lodge on either side, a great coat of arms in the middle, gardens ablaze with yellow crocuses. As they slowed down the gates were opened, and a woman, who had hurried out from one of the odges dropped a curtsey. Thev oasted into a park dotted with lately though dwarfed oaks, and trlth here and there little ringed otantations of fir trees. In the distance were sloping meadows In which cattle were grazing, and beyond, where the land seemed to Tall awav with a sudden drop, a Tlint of blue. "The seal Miss Browit cried. "Oh, you didn't tell me that we were so near!" He smiled down at her with the kindly, amused curtositv of one who is offering a ehfld an unex pected treat. The gum of the sea was blue andthe sky above, between the masses of white clouds. was blue, but neither of them were quite so blue as Miss Brown's eyes. weu," ne remarKed, "I thought death to the other man. Still, one' you'd see H all soon enough ran t ao on with those things for- "But where are we going here? C,0 CAUGt-l WIM KIV ? WELL ITS MO Ainunvr? wiTH A MUG- 1 -w,-"'-'s J Lk THAT -LOOK. AT i EES AND 1VAT DESP'CATS CHIM - AjS 1 ALLUS SAID .VOU C6M RE AO A tAAW$ nu-rv i " mw ' she asked, a little is all Drivate." "We are going to call upon a friend," he confided. They passed through some inner iron sates, hospitably opened, and came In view of a long, low" nouse with Elizabethan front and Tjidor chimneys! a hoilse which seemed to have been built In Irregular fashion and added to at various times and In ' diverse styles, ytt through the centuries to have become toned down into on5 Incongruous yet beautiful whole. The broad sweep of ear- dens In front were ablaze with the flowering shrubs of spring, and in the middle, lust in front of the main entrance, there was a great bed of hyacinths, pink and white and blue, almost deliriously rrae rant. The car came to a standstill "Do we get out?" Miss Brown enquired timidly. "Of course," he answered. "Since we have come so far my frlent will expect to see us." A manservant was holding the door open, a footman in somber livery had descended the two steps to take their wraps from the automobile. De.sitcr nodded to bot pleasantly. They entered a great circular hall, flagged with white stone which shone like marble and with oak wainscoted walls hune with a long sueeelasion of oil paintings. An older servant. In plain clothes, came from the interior, srnv-headed but still up right. Dessiter held out his hand "Olad to see you. Andrews." he said. "The old place doesn't seem tn Hair h,naa i Klf I "Nor you. sir." was the some-, what husky response. "Dive us some tea in the lib-! rary the small library," Dessiter ; directed. They crossed the hall, and proceeded down a broad corridor until they reached a door which led into an irregularly shaped room ; lofty, with red lacquer walls, very beautifully furnished m the ear-1 Her Georgian fashion, and with! high French windows, and Miss Brown gave a little stifled cry as below, beyond the limits of the pieasaunee. she saw sandy spits and shining estuaries leading out Into a long peninsula, and then the breakers, and beyond the sea. The footman who had followed them threw open the windows and a little breath of its witness seemed to creep In. "Tea shall be served immediate ly, sir," the older servant announ-H ced. as he left them. Miss Brown had lost all her pretty color: she was, in fact, almost - ' - pale. "You you haven't asked for your friend," she reminded her companion. "Plenty of time. Hell turn up all right." . "But what a wonderful place!" the gasped, looking out at the gardens, the cedar trees on the lawn, the hedae leadlne La. the walled garden, the ringed meadow starred with primroses ob one side, the flush -of bluebells in the spinney. "Come out and have a look at tt," he invited. He led her along the flagged stone walk, on each side of which were prim rows of crocuses, up a lew nept into a uttle summer house, set to face seaward. Below them, on the other aide of the lower park, was the harbor. It was low tide and most of the fishing boats were lying upon the sand, but the silvery streak of sea was flowing in and already the deeper p were being filled. Here and there one cauaht glimpses of red roofs from the hidden village, and beyond to the ngnt were strips of marshland. faintly mauve with wild lavender, yellow patches of glistening sand, and creeks fuller and fuller while they watched and beyond was al ways trie spring sea. soft ant gentle and caressing. They stood side by side In the summer house, and Miss Brown's eyes were not quite so blue because there was a mist which came there sometimes on those rare occasion-, when she had time to in dulge In very - beautiful thoughts or saw very peavurui inmgs. --Mies Brown," he said, we have known each other for quMeJ some time, and i nave never heard your Christian name." "Edith," 'she murmured. "Mine is Oeoffrey." he said, tak ing her into his arms. Then, for the first time. Miss Brown was kissed upon the lips. The End ZlT0Ki0 THIRD Embarassing Moments i BUT 1HAT51UE tlEVJELER HE B5AT ii LARGE CITY Elfhty-four: Towns to Be Merged Into One by Authorities of Japanese Capital , TOKIO, Deo. 28: Greater Toklo with a pbpulation of nearly 5.000.-000 may claim third place amoi-n the world's great cities shortly. City and national authorities are studying plans for the incorporation of 84 surrounding towns and villages with the capital, making admin ition of adjacent communities to mtke a greater city that counts 2.- 1 330.000 Inhabitants in C3.8 square ! mues, almost tnree times tne area of Toklo proper. Took Census The figures quoted for Toklo were compiled in a census Just completed by the municipal authorities. Of the suburban "villages" which Greater j as the result of the a real earth- A Voice An anonymous nentm quake of 1023 and Osaka's absorp- teacher. ol ' HA-HA! -0E.USTEW 7 ' 1 WTO TK10 - COW ONES U t? J J&$ 5S1tA TO SIX CALVES-) t-B RUSSIA- :5V W fiEk BOUMClWC? CAWES Xmas Celebrated K ifWL V:ii Church Choir iokio wouia aDsorD, tnree nave pop- on Chrlstm-, tv iiiannnir morn tnnn KKinnn unh - i 1 ...... . b r : - riuiw.. i . i , ' "vKuu: . . "I nicy ure oiuuuja, cvxiu ana uig- oi twent' -ion, . "ea vl ashl Sugamo, Greater Toklo would chrtetmas' car.i-,"'(!S 1 not include the nearby port of Yc- Come The L . Ihe W Kuiiama. wrni its nan nuiuon pop- dldly renders t,;, , uiation, although the In tervenlng , gregatlon and f0 t! 3pace is so closely built up that It tea to sine Hn.- i '"''"n1 10 uuiikuu wj mm open spaces ; OUCted and Norm , 7, i , ul)'tl tween tne two ciues. an efficient orm, T.. u tM f rOQ t r TVtlrtn tpniiM mrmrn nhanj , elruCAnjta r,f Ti r-1 istrative unit or wnat u already an0f Berlin, Chicago and Paris, now : spending economic and transportation aggre- j ranked ahead of the Japanese cap-1 Prine? Kupen Buuuti. ... I'tai, ano wouio outdistance Osaka, This WOUld more than double ' Buenn Aire Mnwviw. Vienna anrt rokio's present population of 2,218,-, Philadelphia which hitherto have 100. crowded into the fifteen or-'disputed sixth place with her. Iglnal wards of the city with an area The area embraced in the Greater of only 200 square miles. Greater Toklo plan contains 1,012,000 house-Tokio would have 4,880,000 citizens , holds, of which 623,000 are outside n an area of 223 square miles, the fifteen wards. From this jub-whlch Is less than Los Angeles. 390 urban district an average of 750.000 jquare miles, Greater London's 700 ' persons dally go into the city to square miles, or Greater New York's work, making Toklo's transit prob-square miles. I lem one of the most difficult in the Japanese newspapers claim that world. Greater Toklo would be the second . largest city in the world, exceeded ' t'v by Greater New York, but thev GOT THE DRIFT reckon without Greater London. The ukio papers claim the capital has Teacner An anonymous person regained nrsi piace among jd- is one anese cities, which it lost to Osaka : known. Who at Ulkinc In class? FUNERAL TOD.tf V! Chrtiimi. In,',,. ... ,-"Jl riHfta.-l I hi , 'T'i the lamb" from r1 . T (,,. I under Mr. ntvin ,Tl. caroU and wcr. 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