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------ pnp tes ms 3 ef oy Ee ER ----' A --------_-- Serial Story A Page of Interest to Women Fashions Recipes Canada's Favourite Tea TEA 807 SHAM SUTANTE BY Sharon Wynne CHAPTER I The place might have been a spaci- ous drawing room, Its entire decora- tive motif denoted modernistic mas- siveness and richness. But one felt a somber note and a sense of depres- sion. Perhaps this was due to the ugly idol's head with its crossed-sword crest which leered from chair backs, patterns in the rug and upholstery. Only a large table, on which was a dull brown card with the word "Re- ceptionist" on it, told that fhis large giiita. 1ndated seid tase ed the fop of one of New York's skyscrapers, was an office. The name on the door was simply "Bernal Van Gordon." The only occupants of the room were two young and exceptionally pretty girls. Gay Needham was a grey-eyed redhead. One looked at her and thought of the free sweep of wind on plains, of gay mountain flowers, of the smell of sage and pines after rain. A typical outdoor girl. The other girl, Irene Stromley, was quite the opposite in type. Slumber- "ous black eyes. Coal-black hair, An olive skin. Behind The Door The two girls kept glancing toward a door marked "Private". In the room beyend this door, their mothers were in conference with Bernal Van Gor- don--a conference which was to change the course of their lives. "We've been waiting thirty min- utes," Irene fretted. "And. I'm dying for a cold drink. Let's go down to the lobby and have a soda." "Let's." Gay jumped up. "I'm not very keen about this business any- way. I'd rather go back to the ranch and live like I did before I inherited this silly money." "Silly money!" Irene started at Gay. "You mean you don't care about getting into society? I wouldn't be out of it for anything in the world! And I certainly want this debut. I need it to help me land a rich hus- band!" A few minutes later, the two girls | were sipping sodas at a counter in the lobby of the building. Gay sighed as her thoughts winged back to her home --the big ranch at the base of Cry- ing Woman Mountain, with beautiful Rimrock Canyon only an hour's ride away. Things were so different here in New York. "I suppose we'd better be getting back now," Irene interrupted Gay's ihoughfs, "They probably have the plot all hatohed." At that moment, a deep masculing voice interrupted. "Hi there, Irene!" Gay turned and saw a tall, dark, and excéedingly 'good-looking young man hurrying toward them. "Rodney, I'm so glad to see you!" Irene cooed in a silky voice. "This is Gay--Gay Needham. I've talked of her so much--don't you recall? This is Rodney Sinclair, Gay -- the boy whose picture I kept on my dresser during our boarding-school days at Madame Le Gran's. You remember?" "Why, I--I , . ." Deceit did not come easily to Gay. Rodney saved her the embarrass- ment of answering Irene's glib false- hood. "Say, Irene, what do you mean, holding out? Why haven't you given us fellows a break?' He looked at Gay, his dark eyes frankly showing admiration. Gay's heart skipped. She liked Rod- ney Sinclair. If all society men were like this, maybe society wouldn't be So bad! She liked his twinkling eyes. And the hand that had reached out and taken hers was such a nice hand --strong and firm and capable, "Oh, Gay has just come to New York," Irene was saying. "And Rod, isn't this exciting--we're going to have a joint debut!" "Thrilling," Rodney commented, with a smile. "But won't you be jeal- Rell your = PACKAGES - 10c POUCHES . I5c Yo-Ib. TINS - - 70c IN ous of so pretty a co-deb?" oF-47 - Delicious Chocolate Desserts - Most of the time when you think of desserts for the family it means simple puddings or fruit but some- times you feel in the mood for some- thing good and sweet. Chocolate Fudge Drops are one of the best pos- sible answers to that sugar craving. So turn to your cookie jar once in a while for end-of-tlie-meal sweet- ness. These are grand just "as is" with hot coffee for the grown ups or milk for the children. Another use for them is in cookie sandwiches. Spread tart jam over the bottom of one cooky and place another one un top. Or still another use; with cream cheese. A square of cream cheese with a serving knife beside it and two of the little cookies. It makes a simple dessert but served like that it looks like a party. CHOCOLATE FUDGE DROPS 114 cups sifted cake flour 1% teaspoon soda 14 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons butter or other shor- tening 3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 egg, unbeaten 2 squares unsweetened melted 1% cup sour milk or buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1% cup broken walnut meats Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, ahd éteam togegher well. Add egg "and beat throughly; then chocolate and blend. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small am- ount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla and nuts. Drop from teaspoon on ungreased baking sheet and bake in moderate ven (850 degrees F.) 15 minutes. Use pecah of almond meats instead of walnut meats, or substi- tute chopped raisins or dates for nuts, if desired. Makes 4 dozen small drops. These little cookies, so quick to mix, have many uses and are fav- orites with old and young. For special occasions, spread with chocolate, Chocolate Orange Frosting, fluffy frosting. CHOCOLATE ORANGE FROSTING 4 tablespoons buiter 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar 3 teaspoons grated orange rind 4 tablespoons orange juice 14 teaspoon salt 3 squares unsweetened melted Add orange rind to butter. Cream butter well; add part of sugar grad- ually, blending after each addition. Add salt, and chocolate and mix well. Add remaining sugar alternately with orange juice, until of right consis- tency to spread, beating after each addition until mixture is smooth. Here is another dessert suggestion or a chocolate, on the sweet side.--individual Choco- late Upside Down cakes which call for rich chocolate with apricots. Per- haps you have never tried this un- usual combination but you'll find it simply delicious. If possible, bake these in glass, brown earthen or metal cups. Muffin pans can be used but the cakes are harder to re- move from pans when these are used. CHOCOLATE UPSIDE DOWN CAKES 1 cup sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 1% cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1% cup milk 3 tablespoons melted butter or oth- er shortening 1 square unsweetened melted 14 teaspoon vanilla Sift flour ofite, measure, add bak- chocolate, | ing powder and salt and sift together three times. Add sugar and mix. Add milk and butter and beat togeth- er thoroughly. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. For topping -- Place % teaspoon melted butter, 1 teaspoon brown su- gar, and 1 apricot in each greased cup-cake pan or custard cup. cake batter, fill pans about % full. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 30 minutes, or until done. "Of course not." Irene's face finsh- ed, but her, tone was softly FrSing, "Now we must dash" "Well, I'll be seeing you soon." Rodney turned to Gay. "And you too, I hope." Can't Fool His Mother As an elevator whizzed the girls back up to the floor where Van Gor- don had his office, Irene looked at Gay evenly. "That," she said, "is the son of one of the richest dowagers of New York and Newport. I'm going to mar- ry him." "Oh--you're engaged!" claimed, her heart sinking. "Not yet," Irene answered hastily. "That's one of the reasons I want this debut, and the only reason I'll tolerate this arrangement our mothers are making. We need each other. 1 need your dollars, and you need my prestige. A winning combination, But Gay , ex- take this advice--don't you get inter- ested in Rodney Sinclair." "Im not," snapped Gay. i "You might fool him," Irene went on imperturbably, "but you couldn't fool his mother. She'd know you were a nobody." Gay didn't answer. They had re- entered the luxurious reception room. Meanwhile, in the inner office, their mothers were watching a foreign- looking man busily filling out a num- ber of forms--Ilegal-looking documents. Bernal van Gordon, who operated a bureau which bartered impoverished aristocracy for plebeian dollars, was small in stature, but one sensed a ruthless power about him. Exceed- ingly dark. Small, watchful eyes. When he smiled, his thin lips turned up, and his eyebrows elevated crook- edly, giving him a sinister appearance, 'Now, he rubbed his soft white hands together as he carefully per- used the papers he had filled out. "Now, you sign this, Mrs. Strom- ley," he murmured. "And this is your part of the bargain, Mrs. Needham." The women wrote their names on the papers he gave them. "Ah-h-h. Now, Mrs. Needham, here is your lease on the house on East 63rd." It was obvious that Mrs. Needham was highly nervous and that she had not been faring so well in the hands of her more experienced co-plotters, For the first time, she was wondering if she was wrong in her plans for her daughter, and thankful for the trust company that, as legal administrators, had control of Gay's newly inherited wealth, "And now, I hope it's all very clear," purred Van Gordon. "Only you, Mrs. Stromley, can bridge the gap of years usually needed to get one into New York society. You sponsor the Need- hams, who have heen 'travelling for years and living in the Orient.' Gay and Irene are 'oid friends' -- were roommates at boarding school when Gay was sent home from the Orient for her schooling." £ "About the debut party," Stromley put in. "I handle all the details," said Van Gordon. "You will, of course, furnish me with a guest list. It must be an imposing one. Now, if you will call in the girls," Signing The Papers It didn't take long for the girls to sign the papers. Only Gay hesitated. Her younger sister Celia's voice came to her--took her back to the day Mrs. Needham had announced, following news of Gay's inheritance, "I know just what we'll do." "Of course," Gay had responded hap- pily. 'T'll invest the first part of it in a plant to purify our irrigating water, where the stream flows from the Platte. If the water is low again this year and we have another epi- demic . . ." "What is it to you?" her mother cut fn sharply. "They've got along without a purifying plant all these years. It's my brother's money you are inheriting, You're not twenty- one. You'll consider my wishes. I've always hated this Western country. We'll dispose of the ranch soon. Mean- while, we'll go to New York at once --get into society . . ." It was then Celia had said: "Listen Jock!" addressing her brother. "The Needhams--nice country folks--have designs on New York society. E- mag-ine!" "Why not?" good-looking, indolent Jock had drawled. "The bright lights look good to me, "It's the craziest notion," Pa Need- ham had put in. His wife had simply looked at him. But Celia had not heen so easily squelched. "Wanting to reach the crest of society!" she had scoffed. "Even the most beautiful mountain iz cold at the crest. Winds are sharp- er--storms are crueler. What are you trying to do to Gay? Well, don't de- pend upon me to go with you. [Ill stay here and marry Dick." Now, as Gay signed the papers, Celia's words came back to her. And the higher the mountain, the colder the crest. She shivered. She didn't want to sign these papers, But they were 2ll looking at her--waiting ex- pectantly. And Rodney Sinclair had said he hoped to see her soon. Her hand, as she signed, shook. 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