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VACUUM P A C K I • A I WA V i rRISH \iU,(/y THE SYLVESTER DIAMOND By BLANCHE ROBERTS CONCLUSION T!ic door of room 240 was clobcd ind she pushed it open gently with- out making a sound. A nurse was • landing over by the window and did not hear or sec her enter. Dan was lying tliere, his head wrapped in yards of bandage, and his eyes were closed. He was very pale. "Dan," she breathed close to iiis tar. His eyes came open instantly. "Honey!" he cried and reached a hand to touch tlic face so close to his. "Honey, darlingl" The glad- ness in his voice warmed her heart aa she kissed him. The nurse spun around. "How did you get in?" she demanded sharply, threateningly. "Never mind," put in Dan. "I'leasc leave us." The nurse looked uncer- tain. "Go on," he ordered firmly. "Get out." She went then. "Why did you come hack, Honey? Why didn't you make good your •scape?" His eyes caressed her while his voice scolded. "I was «iot running from you, Dan," file said slowly, and lifted hi« hand to her lips. "It was Joe. I was running from him. But he if dead now." ''Ye«. In ail auto accident. He tried to kill me before he died." She touched t h c bandage on her •houlder. Dan closed hij eyes for a moment M If to shut out the thought. Honey took a deep breath. "Dan, look at me. Let me tell you before they come and fake me away." He turned his eyes up to her and ntw hope was in tlicir depths. â- 'The woman who had the dia- mond was not the real Mrs. Syl- vester," she stated witli empliasis. Hire of her ground. "The real Mrs. .Maxiiiiiiiii wjirdi'olji lur iiiliiiiniiiii •cwing! Make .i l>uih-iip skirt or a regular skirt from tliis. Have both with nialcliing jaikd for chic, *llni .1-way combination! I'atlern 492J; sizes 34, .16, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, SO. Size 36 jacket, bnilt-up .skirl, 5'4 yds. 39 in. This pallcrn, easy In use, siniph to sew, is tesliil for lit. Has com- plete illustrated instructions. Send TWKNTV-FIVK CICNT.S (2Sc) in coins (stamps caitnot Ik- accepted) for this pattern, I'rinI llainly SIZi:, N.XMK, AUDKI'.SS. ITYLK Nl'.MHKR. Send your order to liox I, IJ.i Kiglitccnth St., New loronto, Cut Sylvester died and the woman im- personating her was her nurse." "How do you know. Honey?" She put fingertips over his lips so he would not interrupt her again as she hurried on with her explana- tion. "The Sylvesters lived in Europe. After Mr. Sylvester's deatli his wife moved to a mountain village. Slie was an invalid and soon became bedridden. The nurse took up the position as widow and passed Mrs.' Sylvester off as an aunt." Her voice was soft and vibrant with feeling as she went on with lier story, her hand gripping his firmly for strength. The pain in her shoulder did not stop, and neither of them saw the small circle of red tliat came tlirougli the bandage and kept getting larger. "Harry Sylvester was the black slieep of his family and when he left home as a young man, he took his mother's diamond, the most pre- cious thing she possessed. It broke her heart to lose it. So before Harry's wife died, she managed to get a letter posted to his mother, telling of the nurse's activities which she was unable to prevent. But his motlier died before she could do anything to recover it. Tile nurse did not know there were any living relatives and presumed her schemes were safe." ".'Vnd you. Honey?' He could not keep back tlie important question any longer. "Harry had a sister who liied and left a child. I am that child â€" Honey Sylvester Monroe. 1 promised grandmother just before slie died that I would get the diamond back. But she did not want to go to court about it and let the world know tliat her son was a thief." Her voice was getting weaker but neither noticed and she went on, struggling against tlie pain in her shoulder. "When I met Joe Danburne, I knew he was a jewel tliief and it was through him I learned of the where- abouts of the stone. He was i>lan- ning to steal it. "That is (he reason 1 u.is seen so iiuich with him. I had to get tlie diamond." A tear splashed ajjainst his hand ai she added: "Graiidmolher has her diamond now, and nothing else matters if you forgive me. If I still have your love, Dan." "Honey!" Never had slie heard her name spoken in such a loving voice, and lier heart leaped with supreiiic happiness. Then lie saw. her shoulder and the blood soaked bandage. "Iloneyl" he cried in alarm and reached out quickly to pull her into his arms. The door opened in that instant to admit nurses and a doctor with An at their heels. Honey had faiiiled, her bright head ag.iiu'.l Dan, his anus around her. The doctor picked up llie limp figure, but he saw the question in Dan's eyes and was compelled to answer. "Not too serious, I iindrr- .sland," he said kindly. "Jiisl weak- ness from loss of blood." "How soon will " IJiiii liegaii but the dorlor inlcrriipted. "She'll be line in a week,' he said. "1 was going to say how soon could we he married," Daii said, "but that answers my (|iiestioit." An smiled and walked over to inlroduco himself to Dan. (Ihe F.nd> I lie >.iiiall one was being a pest. He bad dashed across the aisle of the railway loacli, had gazed long into the stout man's red face, and was now engaged in the serious enlreprise of counting billions on llir genth'iii.iii s vest. .\t last. III unhappy vieliiii liiiii- ed despairing; eyes upon the siiial/ one's bcamiiiK mother. "Madam," lie asked, "wlni d.. \ on 1 all Ihi.s dear child?" "Kenneth." slie replied li luilly. "Then pray, call hint." How Can I? By Anne Ashley b^... c llie aiilicled \>\ liie Just One Of The Many Services olici-ed to Red Crc-^s. You can help by contriljiitinq; money and also, if possible, time to help carry on this woi-k. Volunteer nurse's aides hel]) jjreatly in making professional nursing care go ANN£ H5RST "DEAR AN.Vi: HIRST: In most of your answers to worried wives, I notice your advice has been to try to save their marriages. Please tell me if 1 have done ihe right thing. "I've been separated from my husband now for four months. This is tile third time. He is 24 (I'm 21) and very nervous and temperamental, a man who cares only for himself. I've grown nervous, and so have the children, from his always coming home angry. "He breaks down the doors, frightens the children, preaches all night about the war. He would never take mc home to see my fam- ily, though they live only six miles away. He says when I married him 1 was to give them up; when tliey came to see u^. he ordered iheiii otf the place. â- 'lie never trusted iiie with one cent. He fussed when I asked for the babies' clothes. He had our telephone put in his mother's house so I couldn't spend 15 cents to call my mother. Three cents is too much to spend for postage; all the mail goes to his ofllce. He even told my neighbor not to lend me magazines (which 1 read to relieve my mind). I've given him hundreds of chances, but it's the same thing over again. UNCONTROLLABI.K TEM PICR. "When my last baby was born (two weeks old now) he made so much trouble at the hospital that they sent mc lioiiic on my fourth day. (I nearly lost the baby before 1 went.) He has even threatened to take his life. "When I found out he (hank, 1 knew my marriage was a mistake. We have gone without groceries so that he could buy beer for his parents and himself. (They even gave my baby beer!) "Now I am living with my par- ents, who are wonderful to me. 1 receive only live dollars a week for support. lie sends me roses instead of money! "I am trying now to forget him, and raise my baliies to he fine bovs. Have I done right' UNCEKTAIK. ' 1 HAVE i:ONSIDERI:D your • situation from every angle. 1 do * not sec what else you could have * done but leave this husband who * caused you so much anxiety and * alarm. ' He seems to be one of tiiose * badly balanced young men who * indulges himself as he pleases, / and takes no thought of the con- * SL(|i!ciiccs of his tantrums on you * and the children. He does indeed * seem to love only himself. De- * termiiKd to have his own way, * he keeps you shocked and upset * by his outbursts of temper, his * disregard of the babies, and his * neglect to provide for you ail * No young wife can stand such * a life. You tried to. You left * him three times, only to return at / his beseeching. Now you have * reached the end of your rope. * Who can blame you? * I do try to help unhappy wives * and husbands to preserve their * marriage â€" if it has good in it. â- * But of what use can such a man * as your husband he to his wife * or his children? It any man has * reason to BE A MAN in every / sense, your husband has. Evi- * dently it is beyond his po»-er to * clianpe. * I am so sorry! ♦ * ♦ Uiien a husband lacks the char- acter and self-control to cherish his wife and children, the wife must take things into her own hands for everybody's sake. .\nne Hirst can help you out of your confusion. Write her at Box I. 123 Eigliteenth St , New Toront6, Out. Overdone .\ doctor who li:id a neurasthenic patielit said to him: "Say each morning, 'The Mcditerranian sun is beating down on me and curing me!' " :\ week later his patient >veiu to report progress. "Doctor," he said, "I'm much better. " "Good," reidied the doctor. "Go on with the treatiiient, and don't forget that the Mcditerranian sun is beating down on you." In another week the doctor called on him and was horrified to find the blinds down. "What happened !" he inquiied of Ihe maid. "I'lease, sir. Mr. Uohinson's verv ill." "Heavens, wli:it was the cause?" "."sunslroke, sir." 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