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The new employer's name, she had learned, was Wilmet --George Wilmet. When it had come jo giving her own name, Christine had hesitated with an unprecedented reticence. Then, almost as if someone else had Spoken, she heard herself blurting Hurrying along the crowded BoardwaJ0t, avoiding the omni-pre-senl wheel-chairs, the loitering pedes train?, and the pigeons that swarmed under foot eager for the grain thrown them from the benches that lined the promenade, Christine tried to explain her squeannshness about giving her name. Eventually she excused it on the grounds that Cousin Emma would be embarrassed to find that a Thorenson was working on the Surf City Boardwalk. She found her workshop to be a small booth next door to the Twentieth Century Pier--one of the noisiest amusement centres along the Boardwalk. It was several feet below the level of the walk, and you went down to it by a ramp at one side. The "studio" was frugally furnished with an easel, a camp stool, and at the rear, on the beach side, with a bench some eight feet long, having a slab of concrete for a top. The place had apparently taken a beating from dampness and frost, for the walls were crarked and crumbling; and someone had recently mended the top of the bench and the floor about it with fresh cement, into which Christine's heel sank and stuck. Mr. Wilmet, coming to her rescue, was nervously apologetic: "I'm sorry, Miss Thorenson. I had to skctc do s Chri to use them. When, after 15 minutes, no customers appeared, Christine suggested, "Nothing draws a crowd like the sight of someone working at an easel. Why don't I begin with the Maharajah of Bahawaipur --or whatever his name is?" She indicated a figure that stood by one of the pillars of the pier. He ha nated, a magnificent spectacle--his warm brown skin set off by a robe of some rich Oriental material and belted with a golden cord, through which was thrust an exquisitely chased dagger. About the head of SALADA" YOUR FAMILY WILL ENJOY "LEFTOVERS" CREAMED MEAT A LA PREMIUM Cooked Meat White Sauce Christie's Premium Soda Crackers with the wonderful flaky texture Cube meat, add to highly seasoned white sauce; heat thoroughly and for an easy-to-prepare, tasty treat, serve on Christie's Premium Soda Crackers. Because these crisp, flaky crackers are so full of rich flavor, they bring out all the goodness of favorite dishes. Always keep « nackage 0T two on hand. CHRISTIE, BROWN AND COMPANY LIMITED 3 TORONTO * WINNIPEG the "maharajah" was draped a turban of bright silk, fastened with a single gem; and his slender brown feet were laced into jeweled sandals. He stood like a statue, his arms majestically folded, gazing with brooding brows out to sea. Already Christine was at work; and almost immediately a -curious crowd began to gather along the railing of the Boardwalk above. ,-.'< As she sketched, she heard someone say, "She's drawing Chandra-- • ther -ned, ard. the gorgepits 1 his t , up- his pill. . tall n which the moved to the raili looking down. . . .] tine was surprised t dark, but a tawny b: ing yellow lights. At length the "s and detached himself Although he was there was in his authority, betoje. fell back.' Her iltng and stoorj,. .His eyes, Chris ivn, with' lurk- a bill into her hand "Wait," Christine c; change--" "I have said that it returned ,and strode ; people advertise each other." It did prove to be good advertising. Soon Christine was busy. For a while Mr. Wilmet hovered on the NAVY GETS A 'JAP' TO MEND A THREE CORNERED TEAR That bayonet-jabbing Jap soldier at top is a tough-looking hombre whom you've probably seen a number of times. He's actually Antipas C. Cobalis, 43-year-old Los Angeles Filipino, pictured in one of many Jap parts he has played on the screen. Below, he's shown in j his latest--and real--role, as Ap-I prentice Seaman Cobalis, USN. | Stationed at San Diego for train-I ing, he hopes to be assigned to Pacific theater of war, where he can help liberate his homeland from the Nips. outskirts of the bootli; but eventually he melted away into the crowd, and Christine did not see him again that day. He had been surprisingly generous about her commission. Although she had worked only a little over half a d|y, it would be almost She must, however, look for cheaper quarters. She found a room on a side street, and having already corn-street, and having • already• committed herself as "Grace Xevin," she registerred under that name, and hurried back to the Crestview7 to retrieve her belongings, and see if Cousin Emma had not sent some message. But there was no message. Christina went upstairs, puzzled arid uneasy. She told herself that it was this uneasiness which accounted for her strange^ feeling that something1 She had unpacked very little the night before. Getting rcadv to move should not take long. . . . Nevertheless, she sat down, a frown between her brow's. The maid had finished her work-here before she had returned from breakfast. There was no reason whv anvone should, have entered the room afterwards. . . .Nor why the bags should have been disturbed on their rack. . . . Yet thev had been. . _ ^ " ". all "in their places: yet her "uneasiness persisted. Descending in the crowded ele- Use an overhand patch for a tear like this. It is not as strong as a hemmed patch but it is less conspicuous Cut the tear in ihe fabric to a square or an oblong. Turn back the edges. Cut the patch slightly larger. Fit the patch exactly into the hole with its edges turned back as in the lower sketch. All the sewing is done on the wrong side of the garment. Overhand the patch in place with tiny stitches, as shown, on the wrong side. Overcast raw edges and press well. If the patching is carefully done if thread and design of the patch are both matched with the garment, it is -carci.lv noticeable. vator, she was startled out of her preoccupation by murmured conversation behind her: "It couldn't have happened if Emma Talbert had been there." . . .'■ "She's been fighting this merger tooth and nail--and she owned enough shares to lick it single-handed. Why in God's name do you suppose she didn't come?" The murmurs added, unreasonably to Christine's uneasiness. Even if Cousin Emma did riot take her responsibility as hostess in a life and death way, it was out of char- "acter for her to play truant when money was concerned. Once established in her new lodgings, Christine's restlessness -made the indoors unendurable. Going down to the street, she turned • without conscious' volition toward the brilliant lights of the Boardwalk, climbed the stairway that led the Twentieth Century Pier. The blare of a band and the shieks of the crowd told her the shows must be in full swing. A little forlornly she stepped down into her own booth, next door, to listen to the The booth was in almost total darkness; a gleam of white drew Ckristine's attention. It proved to' be a sheet of paper fastened to her easel. Carrying it to the lighted Boardwalk, she read: f "If you are worried--if vou arc 'unhappy--consult Chandra. Free public readings at the Temple of. Truth every evening at 10," * Christine crossed the Boardwalk and sauntered along. A doorman, resplendent as a rear admiral, stood in "front of the hotel just opposite her booth. Then came a shooting gallery-- so po'orly patronized that the proprietor: had leisure to follow Christine with an appraising stare. Afterwards: the window of the Paris Smart Shop, featuring one jade green hat and a cluster of violets; a small, glass-enclosed stage on which tiny mechanized mannequins displayed the fabric of a manufacturer of synthetic cloth; a cosme-' tician's exhibit, in Chinese red and silver jars; a bowling alley; an auction room; an oculist's window, with a grotesquely animated replica of a pair of human eyes. At last she came to an entrance that looked like the facade of an Oriental temple. Over this concession Christine read the words, "Temple of Truth." (To Be Continued) AH Farm People Asked To Support 6th Victory Loan The farmers of Ontario have always been strong Victory Loan supporters, says Alex McKinney, Jr., President," Ontario Federation of Agriculture. They see in these loans an opportunity to accomplish two things. 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