The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
BY MARION M. WALTERS.
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)

Copyright 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
There was a queer half humorous
twist to Ada's lips as she said to
Barclay:
Don't waste pretty speeches upon
me. please. refuse to go on the
waiting list--it is too long already"
Barclay flushed visiply. Il nate
riddles. Please explain" he entreat-
ed piaintively.
Ada laughed softly. Actually
you bear q conscience In spite of ev-
erything." she said. cor rather half
= conscience-your face admits what
your lips deny
Il don't In the least understand.
Barclay murmured. then tried adroit-
~ to talk OF something else.
Ada shook her head at him. Little
pitchers have big ears she said.
Tiny was in the library while you
talked with her big brother--she
came to me with eyes Of wonder To
ask what waiting list was
What did you tell herr" Barclay
interrupted, with a sickiy grin.
oh. That ii WAS a charm string.
but made up of girls. not buttons.
Ada expounded airify. You must
know about charm strings--we all
had them back in the dark ages when
/ was brat"
"You forget that boy is another
name for ignorance" Barclay answer
ed. THANK you, though, for ensight-
eminent
NO need" Ada interrupted, going
on remorselessly. Instead. tell me
all about this waiting list. As | un-
derstand now. 1t is made up of half
Il dozen girls you mean to make love
10. after you finish the affair with
Mabel Brough."
Il am ignorant. still too wise to
contradict a lady. II her mind Is
made up To anything accept it as a
factor the time being Barclay
said with his grandest air.
There was mockery in the gram
deur--it made Ada angrier than ali
that had gone before. Out of her
anger was born a purpose---to captt-
Nate this self satisfied, vain creature,
whom heretofore she had disdained.
So she masked her wrath under her
brightest smile and began To talk.
gayiy, brightly, Of affairs In their
summer world. -
barclay was gratefui-~he hated any
cloud In the emotional sky. And
really II Miss Ada Noon had chosen
10 do ii sh. might have made him
uncomfortable She had attracted
him. IN way, from the Very first,
but there was Mabel on his hands. q
beauty. a belle, past mistress also OF
the fine art OF flirting, and there were
the others-Allee Eweii. Jenny Wars
Cora Linton--severai more~he had
thought and even said, they would
have their turn
He was SonnDisseur In beauty,
In fasciaai.oa. Marrying WAS for
ham out OF the auestion---he had
never cared enough for any one wo-
man to make him proof against the
charms Of another--ana still others
temperament az that sort Was the
dynamite for married happiness Wo.
men had spoiled him from the era
uf roandabouts. yei he had somehow
a sense that there we're those Of the
sex WIN would not put up with phil.
anaeringa. a sixth sense had told
LA early In the game that Ada
Noon was that sort.
Notwithstanding, he had not been
able to resist her temptation oil max
ing half love to her--thes were ou'
in the Bretcns' adorable garden. gay
with Scpie ber's wonderful roses
Ada in her leaf green froek, touched
with gold and .slashed with duh scar
let fitted into The picture, He had
told her SO, adding something of his
desire to keep the picture forever. Sht
had promptly taken him mp. and
shown him where he stood With her
BARCLAY was not conceited beyond
the masculine normai--but IL Is no
In the sex to rest easy under mis-
prison. What wonder then that nj
set 10 work. delieately but un!nistak'
ably, to show his Lady Disdain how
little ground her disdain had H.
no longer made love to her with hi.
syes~-~in fact. he no longer made ips.
to anybody save Mrs. Breton, Tin,
and Hoh's grandmother. grand.
dame. adorahly young at seventy.
Mabel brought WAS plainly ptaued
as plainly puzzled. A. the others--ths
waiting list---they went their happ,
ways blandly unconscious Of theil
sometime designation Bob's elias.
came and went in a procession of tbs
perfect also the imperfect. bet on.
that made the house gay every min
ute. Barclay WAS older than the 9th
ers by i've ycars--fsob had been hi
adoring flag at school, and no late
friend had ever superseded.