The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-07

Copyright. 1911. by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
'Marplou Have / got to tie YOU
" A~. NeIvin demanded gleefuliy,
nIngling q length OF ribbon about
Ruyuers arm. NO doubt you want
to go inside and talk to Patty. Con-
tent yourself. sir, with me Even
me! Patty is luxury. She wouldn't
be at all good for you, Nor ter your
career. And l have but just got her
and young Atherley Well settled for
the evening II he stays unti! II.
shall know he has proposed
How shall YOU know il Ray
interrupted. smiling, Yet not quite
easily.
Mrs Nelvin laughed softly Patty
Is q wise virgin. she said. she never
sacrifices her beauty sleep for trtlers,
q. no." as she caught Rayner's look ot
annoyance. She won't accept him
not on three days acqualntance--she
VIII merely take him under consid-
GRAFTON, Trust my child for that.
l have brought her up even more
beautifully than il she were my very
own"
"Hm. ARE YOU six or Two years
her elder Kayuer demanded,
Again Mrs. PeiVln laughed. As
though Il mattsreq-the least bit," she
said. ''Hy Bible count am four years
ahead Of nay husbands dear daush-
ter. Spiritually I'm four centuries--
bat for me the child would have
ground absurdly sentimental"
''Ihen--l wish size al had an
other Stepmother,s Kayner broke out.
still refuse 10 believe even YOU.
much as she loves you, can make her
mercenary, cold ana calculating. When
she marr.es 1t viii be d man. not
his money"
why not say man and his
, money! Mrs. Nelvin asked archly.
You can't deny. Jealous Az you Ar@.
that Atherlay Ia good sort
But not good enough for Patty
, she-she deserves the very best" Ray
nef began eagerly.
!, Meaning yourself" Mrs Nelvin
interposed with a prstense OF n yawn.
: Then she got up and half dragged
= Rayner cut into a moonlt garden. rose
scented, Vital with the spice breath OF
pinks
, Listen to the words OF wisdom.
!, she began. Il IN your friend in this
I even more than Patty's. You are
frightfully ambitious-you have 50
= much in you it Is no wonder. Re
member kipling He travels fastest
whe travels alone. With Patty you'd
be too happy--you'd let so every
nothing bat 10 keep her ia cotton
WOOL and give her Jewels and rings
y and al the hna things, Take my
t word fer IL. you'll never be great
n man without the spur of unhappi-
:, ness
q Stop hooking Rayner said.
1 hotly,
: She went on As II he had not
:. spoken AS Pattys husband, you d
haN. of 1liza al 10
|, Then-you Il remember--and regret
You'd see the men YOU know are your
= interiors going ahead each In his
n way--and you standing stiu. You Il
be sour and discontented. And that
= would make my girl miserable. so
- lot her be- 1 won't have her miser-
n able. She was made to be fed on
= the roses and laid In the lilies Of
q life
= Il don't believe it. Anyway / shall
), ask her" Rayner said more hotly
% than before He stepped past Mrs,
e Velvin and onto the piazza they had
Q quilted 1t gave through long French
e windows upon the dirn-lit parlor.
where AtherIey sat baskug in Patty s
e presence. Rayner peered at them.
= grinding his teeth He had sought
n them fun of a mad impuIse--it died
: at sight of them securely conyen-
: tionaI-Patty at the piano. striking
Il minor chord now and then; Ather-
n ley telling sprightly tales OF life in
a Paris
e He had spent year there. making
: believe 10 study philosophy, He had
a come away not much wiser than he
l. went-still he had certain air. Fur
= 1hef, Ills globe ir@tting gave srirn
> a long advantage convarsationally.
" He had good eyes, and = certain
u knack of seeing the humorous side
:. Of all things.
;. How could even a desperate lover
burst In upon such a pair and de-
mand that the girl take instant
y choice? Rayner had been counting
!. Patty steadfastly for six months. He
. had never got around to proposing
: by Ill luck he had thought--now he
= began TO realize it was by will of
= Mrs, Velvin. Atherley was palpahly
hit-still he was not a declared
sutton. Convention may shackle even
- burning Jealousy-Rayner merely
= called "a gay good night through the
= window, shot past 1t, mounted and
/ gailoped headlong away.
l. AS the thudding hoofs grew fainter.
| Patty got up and walked to the win
| dow, straining her eyes through the
| moonlight. yet seeing nothing. Sud
| denly she shivered. Il wish Billy
| were not riding Daredevil tonight.
| she said He is gentle as a dog by
| daylight--hut moonshine sets him
| Wild
'tOt / dare say his master car
| manage him Atherley returned
| They tell me at the club he car
manage anything. even women
laughing significantly after the last
| word. Then with a mock sigh, fol
don't wonder / envy him a bite"
II Why How can you help i'll
| Patty cried with artless cruelty. "Ht
IL SO out OF the common every way
He manages horses and women by
not being afraid Of them. Both know
they can trust h,m--unless they hap
pen to be moon blind"
| 80 you believe in moon blindness
| ! thought that superstition had beer
thoroughly discredited,' Atherle.
said lightly.
Patty did not ausMAr-shA WAS L.