Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

tended with grand air of ceremonial by an old man
in rusty black young who held him by the
arm in the vicinity of Washington Square.
Il believe have the pleasure of nhabiting cham
Der near yours, Sir the owner of the card
whose dignity was only trife impaired by crushed
and dusty old silk hat askew upon his gray head,
the armhole, and splash of mud with sew
eral bleeding scratches his fine old face.
ooh, say, you did have narrow shave of it, MIR.
Carrington answered the good looking and athletic
youth who had just dived from the sidewalk into the
perilos traffic of Fifth-ave and dragged from the path
of avenging taxcab this victim of a careless trades
mans boy the motor cycle which had knocked him
down. "AIy names Ridgely Carr. didn't see at first
that YOU were my neighbor the third floor Lucky
we're just here place You won't have far to
walk
you are very kind Mr. Carr" began the older man;
but came to a halt through weakness, and with
difficulty assisted to the steps of nearby apartment
house, where Carr half carried him up two flights of
stairs assisted by the anitor his wife, and several of
their progeny chewing gum they brought up the tail
of the procession.
FROM the first, Carr had felt dmly familiar with the
= clear cut features suggesting Colonial mezzotlnt.
Now he of his ground
He had seen him the last winter when looking down
the table dinner given by the parents of his souls
idol, Miss Angelica Travers
BY i'll luck, Mrs. Travers' secretary had placed the
Virglnan next to woman so recent a recruit OF high
society to be that evening coat and
painstakng courtesy of manner are not equivalent
to confession of social infeority Promptly deciding
him to be beyond the pale she proceeded to freeze him
where he
Carr remembered how Angelica's bright eyes had
flashed indignation upon the little episode.
THAT horrid Van Snyder woman! Angelica had said,
between her peary teeth. what Mother asked her
for | can't conceive. Now mind Mr.. Carr, when you
see the dear old boy in the smoking room, depend
YOU to speak to him, and be nice-awfuly NICE mind
you as nice you be when you're not too silly to
live
"Im not likely to be silly that way outside of pres
ent company" Carr venured to whisper. But she had
already turned away to Freddy Goldmore, whom Carr
loathed because everybody said he the best match
in town.
When he had left his lady in the drawing room, Carr
had made haste to do her bidding; but the quaint
stranger had already disappeared.
From Angelica he subsequently learned that Caring
has been boyhood friend of her fathers, who had
aided him to position clerk IN well known
bank Wall-st. some fifteen years before. She did
say that owing to her fashionable mothers small
relish for specimens of MIR. Carrngtons class he came
seldom their house.
They knew that he lived alone in meager way, and
possessed of but ambition, buy back the old
home of his ancestors the James, sold after the
"And to me he is always lovely the girl added.
These things and others swept out of sight
presently by Cars consciousness that Mrs Travers
was doing her best crush the growing intimacy be-
tween her daughter and himself She had taken her
abroad "for the spring in Sicily they said but Carr
knew better And now here was Angeica's friend and
protege actually fainting upon his hands!
Carr had promised his friend Williamson to run down
dinner with him his car his place in Long Island,
and it already time to start
"Be nice to him. came in Angelcas sweet voice, and
WilliamSons dinner sacrificed without ado He
stayed with Darlington until the old fellow COM
fortaby resting for the night and left him in the kind
hands of the anitors wife, with whom this poor old
ledger evidently favorte.