The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-11-18
IN THE WAKE OF A
SIDE COMB
by SYLVIA LEE
Copyright, fg1s. ta 7. {. Mcclure

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
When the girl one loves as one has
never loved before throws her arms |
about ones neck and says And ] |
think II would be So lovely To have
diamond side combs instead of soil
taire, if YOU don't mind, dear" and
bushes
Well one buys the side combs with
out question, and later perhaps one
reflects. But then its too late.
1t thus bcfell with Hardness, and |
Leda wore the Two starry bands st
DEITY posed amid the knottcd tangles
of her sunny curlS that they suggested
diadem and in nuwise led any man
10 the conclusion which time honored |
custom has drawn from the solitaire
Ia fact before the betrothal was Il
week old Hardness himself began tc
wonder
And When, at Il dance ut the Lake
side club. young Wryeroft, the very
famous half back. invited Ledn to &c
out for moonlight row around the
pier with him and Leda accepted and
Went darkness not only wondered, but
grit his teeth rs well. No man who
has spent ten years dancing attend
anee oh other u.n's tiancees and other
mems wives is going 10 enjoy lif,
while his own personal tianccc and
future wife Is OF with fellow who's,
name has headed newspaper columns
and Whose chest can hardly find space
for all his medals. The couple Were
gone an hour and seven minutes 10y a
Watch which had come down through |
three generations of The Hardness fam
lily. and when they did rcappcar the
owner of the watch stood at the head
of the wide stair and claimed the
young lady for the next waltz. Wry
croft. happily oblvious Ia his crime
strolled off. and Hardness led the girl
around the wide promenade 10 place
which wus quiet and retired enough
for private conversation He was boil
Ing within hut nothing could have
been more swrctly calm than the wag
in which he put his arm about her and
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rewed g"
Hardness kissed her with exceeding
gentlenesS 'Did You land anywhere,
darling on the Point, for instance
y u#u=o,' said Icda.
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first gray strnnks of dawn appeared
above the Point Hardness sprang up
whom lao nnrccived them and yawncd
,.ioornuslv
Pm going TO bed" he declared, and
sboH NOT fairy long upon the order
Of my seeming. either"
YounS Wrvcroft stood up. too. and
passed his hand over his forehead.
u don't feel very fit" he said slowly. |
II believe I'm 70 for "A little row and
mayle take n dip from the Point"
He went down the steps as Hardness
entered the house. Later curiosity led
the latter TO wander to the window and |
look To see if Wrycroft was really car
rying ont his purpose.
A rowboat lay on the sandy stretch
opposite. and the rosy light Of the ris-
Ing sun illumincd Il figure which pnced |
restlessly up and down The rustic paths
skirtlng the shore
Il shouldn't call that exactly swim |
mingf" said Hardness TO himself a lit
tie grimly. He pulled down the shade
with violent jerk and got into bed
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