The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30

face. which showed symptoms of dis
tress and a desire to be treasured, was
sufficient to cause the banter to die in
their hearts Lefore it had reached their
lips.
1t soon came out that there had been
a scene between father and son. These
two, for many years, had been the only
members of the family; and probably
better than any one in the world the
father had known the sons weaknesses;
representative to new influences, vanity
and inability 10 say no; and he had
pointed out to him the many ~disadvan-
ta~ges-dangerS to one of his tempera-
ment-which he could see in such an al
lance. To the fathers thinking, the
boy would have no home-only estab-
Iishments, yachts. racing stables and
motor cars; and he had contended that
there were far more desirable things
in life than the possession of these
from which it can easily be surmised
that j. Lawrence Challoner, senior, was
a man little in sympathy with the ideas
of modern fashionable society.
Now to appreciate the mental anguish
of another organism-even if that or
ganism is ones own PARENTS never
an easy matter and of all men, the
modern lover is apt to be the last to
succumb to an argument that predicts
a blighted future because of an inten-
ton to marry an heiress. And so it
was only natural that Lawrence should
have regarded his father as an old
fogy. have resented his warnings n
have replied that he was competent to
look after his own affairs and that,
anyhow, the consent of the girls par
ents had been obtained and no inter-
ference vas possible. And with that
the fathers name had completely
changed; he had wished the boy the
best of luck; sent him ava happy.
Obviously. all this was years ago; par
ents on both side had passed away;
and yet things had turned out pretty
much as the old man had dreaded. In
deed, matters nae come to this pass;
how long this indulgent wife would
continue to keep her eyes shut to her
husband making ducks and brakes of
her fortune, and why she did it, were
questions which interested all who
knew this couple. but which Challoner
apparently thought wholly unnecessary
to ask himself
An automobile-Mrs. C~halloner's au-
tomobile-was largely instrumental in
bringing matters to- a climax. AS
trouble-makers the machines rank
in fact, there are moments when
it would seem as if the arch-fend him
self were in them; otherwise. how ac-
for the mysterious influence that
people lose command of them
selves once they are in command of
them; that leads astray, as some one
has said, the great and the good as
we'll as those of lesser clay; hat pro-
duces the extraordinary state of
mind that r~ejoices in riding rough
shod over the rights and feelings of
others; while one and all claim to rec
ognize his handicraft in the ingenuity
which the machines display in select
ing the most inopportune times and
accessible places for an exhibition
Of their mechanical ailments.
But, be that as it may, in this par
instance the devil was not lurk-
ing in, tampering with the improve
ments and refinements of detail in the
big. red body of Mrs. Challoner's Mas
rodon model-no, it was not with the
machine that he was concerned. but
the man himself, ~befuddling what
ever brains he had left; and the devil
it was and no other that melted Chal-
TO leave a certain establishment
about which we shall have something
to say later on-take the wheel from
the chauffeur and embark on a sensa-
tional, bacchic career up the avenue at
an hour when the view of that fashion,
bic thoroughfare through the silken,
curtains falling over a win
dow in a corner house facing the park
too alluring not to he irresistible.
And so it came about that the COM
ments on the passing throng made by
two women, INDUCING in afternoon tea
in Mrs. Challoner's white and gold
drawing-room. were interrupted in a
manner that was as unexpected as 1t
embarrassing.
Look, Mir.am," Shirley Bloodgood
was saying to her hostess. apropos of a
woman passing by whom they Goth
knew. did you ever see anything more
than that gown?'