The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-25


9 In aict corner of the salon
stood III. bernstein, the celebrated
Psychologist, the center Of an excited
crowd Of enthusiastic admirers.
Alicia approached a group Of chat
tering women. Each was more elab-
orately dressed than her neighbor,
and loaded down with rare gems.
They at once stopped talking as their
hostess came up.
1T was SO good Of you to comet
said Alicia efasiyely to q fat woman
with impossible blonde hair and a
rouged face. II want to introduce DR..
Bernstein to you"
"oh, shall be delighted" smiled
the blonde. Gushingly she added:
How perfectly exquisite you look to.
night, my dear"
do you think sO?' said Alicia,
pleased at the clumsy fiattery.
Your dress is stunning and your
tiara simply gorgeous" raved another.
Your musicales are always SO de.
lIghtful," exclaimed a third.
AT that moment Mr.. Jeffries caught
his wife by the arm and drew her al.
tentlon to some newcomers. With q
laugh she left the group and hurried
toward the door. Directly she was
out OF earshot, the three women be-
gan Whispering:
Isn't she terribly oVerdressed?" ex'
claimed the blonde. 1.-The cheek Of
such parvenue to wear that cara"
Her face is all made up, too" said
another.
These affairs OF hers are awfuly
stupid, don't you think so?" piped the
third.
Yes, they bore everybody to death,
said the blonde. She's ambitious
and likes to think she is a social lead
er. l only come here because 1t
amuses me to see what fool she
makes Of herself. Fancy a woman
OF her age marrying a man old enough
to be her father. BY the by, don't
see her beau here tonight"
You mean that scamp. Robert I'm
derwood?"
Isn't 1t perfectly scandalous, the
way he dances after her? I'm sur
prised Mr.. Jeffries allows him to come
to the house."
\ Maybe there's been a row. Per.
haps that explains why he's not here
tonight. It's the first time I've known
him absent from one OF her must
Gales"
Hes conspicuous by his absence.
Do you know what heard the other
day? ! was told that Underwood had
again been caught cheating at cards
and summarily expelled from the club
kicked out, so to speak"
I'm not at all surprised. always
had my doubts about him. He in
duced a friend OF mine to buy pic.
ture, and got a tremendous price for
it on the false representation that it
was genuine Corot. My friend found
out arterward that he had been duped,
Proceedings were threatened, but I'm
derwood managed to hush the affair
by returning part OF the money"
In another part Of the room a couple
were discussing Mr.. Jeffries as he
stood talking with Judge Brewster.
Did you notice how Mr.. Jeffries has
aged recently? He no longer seems
the same man."
NO wonder, after all the trouble
he's had. OF course you know what a
disappointment his son turned out?
"A scamp, understand. Married q
chorus girl and all that sort of thing.
Not exactly, but almost as bad.
The girl was a waitress or something
like that In restaurant. She's very
common; her father died in prison.
You can Imagine the blow to old JEFF
fries. He turned the boy adrift and
left him to shift for himself"
Alicia approached her husband, who
was still talking with Judge Brewster
She was leaning on the arm of tall
handsome man with dark Van Dyke
heard.
who are you discussing with such
INTEREST,"" she demanded, as she came
up with her escort.
I'VE were talking Of Capt. Clinton
and his detestable police methods,
said the banker.
Judge" said Alicia, turning to the
lawyer, allow me to introduce Dr.
Bernstein. Doctor, this is Judge
Brewster"
The stranger bowed low, as he re-
piled courteously:
1.-THE fame of Judge Brewster has
spread to every state In the union.
A faint smile spread over the face
Of the famous lawyer as he extended
his hand;
I've often heard Of you, too, doc
tor. I've been reading with great in
terest your book, Experimental Psy'
chology.' Do you know" he went
on earnestly, there's lot In that.
We have still much to learn in that
direction"
81 think" said DIR. Bernstein, quiet
", that we're only on the threshold
OF wonderful discoveries"
Pleased to find that her two distiIl'
guished guests were congenial, Alicia
left them 10 themselves and Joined
hnr nther gmaRtS