Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-05-16

w whenever trouble came d-knOckluS at
Philippians door all kind friends raised
hands of innocence to the skies and de-
alared thankfully that 1t was nobody's
fault but her own.
"He had no earthly right to raise his
hat and smile when | met him in the
elevator"
HE had every right in the world"
contradicted Elizabeth calmly. If l
had been in his place l should have
come right down and called on you aft
er you had acted like q loyelorn lunatic.
Pippa."
1T was not lunacy. 1t was inspira
tion,' Philippa half turned from the
piano to argue. you weren't in the
studio at the time, Beth, and you don't
know blessed thing about 1t. l wasn't
even practicing. was cleaning up
Elizabeth smiled. She had seen Phi
lippa's cleaning up process. 1t meant
the hustling of everything disorderly
out of sight, under the divan, behind
the wardrobe, anywhere at all, SO long
as it was unseen.
And he sang my pet duet from ii
Troyatore' Beth, it was splendid.
You poor, old heather, you don't APP
preciate music a bit. All you can un-
derstand are few oily, dauby daubs
or pen and ink sketch, but if you had
only heard him
IF | had heard him 1 don't think
that l should have flown to the win
dow and warbled back an answer up
New York air shaft"
II don't care" Philippa's tone was
lofty and her attitude belligerent. Il
didn't care rap about him personally.
and hadn't the slightest idea what he
looked like, but the voice was divine.
1t was the voice of Manrico calling,
and Leonora answered 1t for arts
sake"
"Well, Leonora had better attend to
her cleaning up and mind her own
business Now, she hasn't any cause
| for complaint at all, because Manrico
raises his hat to her in the elevator and
says sHowdy?' in neighborly fashion
| Are you sure it was Manrico?"
''Oh, yes. He looks it, Philippa
spoke, with vague enthusiasm. And
Lafayette says that he is the new one
in the studio over ours
We'll you had better send Lafayette
little printed slip to post up in his
elevator:
Students may sing grand opera
duets through the air shaft, but any
promiscuous greetings In elevator will
| be followed by eviction"
Il suppose the poor fellow was go
amazed and delighted when he saw
how completely l fulfilled his ideal Of
Leonora that he lost his presence of
mind" Phllippa could be as sweetly,
simply and contentedly vain as Narcis-
sus among the water lilies.
Presence of mind Is never lost"
Elizabeth added high light daintily
| to the left eye of an Italian fruit vend-
err on the canvas before her. 1T Is
mislaid. As long as he didn't lose his
heart he needn't worry"
| Philippa laughed and ran her fingers
teasingly over the piano keys.
! 81 think he is worrying" she said.
| But there were no more duets
through the air shaft. If the occupant
Of studio 5, on the third floor. happened
| to be practicing her trills and quavers
| the occupant of studio IL, on the fourth
| floor, sat by his open window and lis
| tened, and when a full, rich tenor float
ed down from studio IL Philippa would
tiptoe to the window and listen also
and be glad and proud in way, be-
cause somewhere in the golden tomor-
rows of hope success lay snugly and
surely tucked away for the tall, broT,n
eyed boy who dared to greet Leonora
In the elevator
He had dared only once. Long
after even Elizabeth deigned to bow a
comra1ely good day to him Philippe
passed on her own way, slim, AFRO
CANT, blond young person In gray vel
vet and squirrel furs Elizabeth pre-
served graceful posture on the neu-
trail fence. Warning factions were not
In her line, but when she was sending
out invitations for the monthly Dntcf
picnic in studio 5 she did not think Il
amiss to send one up to studio IL.
II Philippa was passing club sand
witches when Bobbie clarkson intro
duced her to the tall, brown eyed boy
She did not drop the tray. She merel,
smiled most graciously and asked i
Mr.. Eliot liked club sandwiches mad'
of a celestial combination of chicken
salad, chopped almonds, olives, deyiles
ham and tabasco sauce.
1t appeared that Mr.. Eliot did. Ii
fact, he paced after the dispenser o
celestial sandwiches all around th'
studio In a deliberate. determined, maj
overheard fashion. most disconcertini
to the dispenser, until he finally cor
nered her In the Japanese alcove ana
| forcibly finished up the remaining
sandwiches himself.
.sAnd he never even said wor'
about the duet" Philippa answers
later when rhe sat, like Hindoo lido
in pink kimono on the bed ans
thoughtfulfy reviewed the evening
Hes a gentleman and scholar, AM
Bobbie says he's all right; solid, oil
| Maryland family and all that sort Q
thing; first names Marbury Marbur.
Eliot. He has only been In New Yor
a couple Of months, and he doesn'
like it very well He thinks it's lons
some. He says we're conservative an
cIannish."
There's good remedy. Tell hir
to be clam unto himself"
PhIlippa SHE'D a pillow at the scot
er.
AGoose." she said Cant you see