Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-24
CHAPTER II.
81 HAVE THE WHOLE woRL
WANCIIIhG EnR ANlIr MOVIE


81 HAVE THE WHOLE woRLI
WATCHING FOR ONE FALSE MOVE"
What! are you infected with tn,
same complaint desire to thaw ou
beautiful icicle, Carfax?" remarked
handsome young fellow, with frank
smiling blue eyes, in the stalls of tn,
Elysium.
do you refer to Senorita Caldara p
his lordship asked, with an amused
smile
Decidedly; there is only one divinity
We fools all come and worship every
night; take my tip, dear boy--cut it, o.
you'll SINCE your wings, as we all have
upon my soul you will"
Make your mind easy, Alton; the
senorita and / are old friends"
1.-The deuce you are! You never tolt
me-"
Nevertheless, she would not refuse t.
dine with me tomorrow. if l asked her.
Cad you astound me. / wish she
would only condescend to dine with me-
Wig, she fatty refused necklace Of
brilliants from the Duke of Fairbanks
and snubbed him ever afterwards"
Considering his grace is verging OF
his dotage, it is not so very surprising.
But what does that matter, so long
as he can give her diamonds galore ?"
Perhaps she is proof against then
when proffered by a senile old profit
gate"
'I'm shot if know. 1t is very GER
tain I'm out of the running, and Pm moi
very ancient party"
"You are perhaps little too shy, and
forget woman likes to tantalize us, tt
lead us on"
"You are an old campaigner, and know
the ropes, it seems"
No woman can stand out long if voc
60 the right way to storm the citadel;
| they must yield to love or lucre in the
end"
There are women and women. wish
l could come the free-lance style-but
there, it isn't in me, suppose" adjust
ing his eyeglass ready to feast his eyes
on the attraction of the evening as she
rose from her couch of lilies, with the
glare of the limelight full upon her.
upon my soul, I'd marry her tomor-
row morning if she'd have met" he
calculated.
"Then you would be fool" Carfax
rejoined bluntly; ''no woman who holds
such a position is worth fellow sacri.
ficing his liberty for"
what hardened old rascal you are!
I believe you'd resist even Venus her
self"
Carfax only smiled. and made his way
out when the curtain fell upon the bal.
let.
When Mia emerged from the stage
door. his lordship stepped forward.
$50 you did come" she said. her eyes
| lighting up with pleasure as he placed
her hand on his arm and led her to a
hanson waiting at the end of the mar
row passage.
At North Gate, Regents Park, they
alghted, and Nita held out her hand to
bid his lordship good night.
'You will not send me away like this
surely?" he expostulated.
81 have no alternative, if l wish to
keep a shred of reputation"
Rubbish! What has Mrs. Grundy to
do with your"
"a woman never dares to defy her
censurers, if she is in her right senses
and you must admit this is not a time
at night for lady to entertain a gen
tleman, though her profession is only
that of dancer"
"Nita. this is sheer nonsense. You
know my feelings for you, better than ]
can explain them. Anyone would think
/ wanted to injure you; God knows your
reputation is as dear to me as yourself ,
"Cannot you see the wide gulf which
yawns between the son OF an earl and a
person placed in nv position"
"Why, then in the name or goodness
do you widen it by this hard heal ted
conduct '
care women OF your world in the
habit of receiving their lovers alone al
this hour of the night 2"
Chat is totally different; they are sur.
rounded by prying eyes and slanderous
tongues"
"0f76nly their own household, while J
have the whole world watching for one
false move"
Gas you will, dear little moralizer
you know / am your slave, that youl
wish is my law. All beg of you is K
have faith in me, and my love-"
A lingering pressure of hands, pas
sionate glance from her dark eyes. al
she glanced for one moment into his
and then he was alone.
81 am no nearer the prize than I was
month ago" he muttered, as he saun
tered towards the nearest cab rank
''Yet / know she loves me-every look
every gesture reveals it."
REX, my love- my lovel shall wiz
you, my hearts king?" Nita said, as she
threw herself on a couch in her dainty
drawing room; will you ever call m,
by that sweet title-wife! Oh, bitter
relentless poverty why have You driver
the only child of a grandee of Spain t.
seek her livelihood in a calling that meI
and women condemn
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