Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-09
Anything pair of gloves"

"Anything-a pair of gloves"
"Done!" said Inky.
Defiantly the woman faced him.
Even in this moment her air of quiet
good breeding did not desert her
and her voice was soft cadenced and
musical
You're going to tell me that your
boat won't accommodate as many
guests as you had supposed and that
during the remainder of your trip
you will have to forego the plea sure
of my society,"
Ingraham spread out his fingers
81 only wear seven and half
though you mightn't think It,"
DO you mean I've lost? You were
not going to say that? Perhaps not,
now that I've said 1t for you" ended
Mrs. oliver, proudly.
ooh, come now" said Inky quickly
he had seen the sensitive lips trem-
BILE and then hold themselves firm.
And he had not thought that a
woman like that" could know proud
dignity, You don't think I'd shut
file about bet-do you, Mrs. oliver"
~ beg your pardon. Seven and a
half And now what was it you were
going to say to me?"
Very gently the man answered her
1
going to ask If you'd tell me how you
happened to come"
Like the Rest.
Still defantly, she replied: Surely
Mr.. Packard eX-fained that"
"Yes-but after all, he gave his YER
sion-not yours"
She looked at him intently for a
moment. That's kind Of you-that's
very kind"
mfr. Packard made a dreadful
blunder-I can't see yet howl He
told me that he had the loan of a
friends yacht over the week end and
that there would he no one but our
selves. He couldn't have known. Ont
he thought he was taking me on a
bachelor party-how horrible! Have
I come to that-to be taken for the
sort Of woman who goes on bachelor
parties, rovdY. vulgar, champagne
drinking affairs?"
"Packys an idiot told him that"
interrupted Tngraham
you think there's no difference be-
tween my coming with him alone
and my coming with him on a party.
Mr.. Tngraham. I lead my
own Iife-T'm answerahle to no one
I don't adhere to the established
code Of morals, but I have standards
Of my own. I lead a quiet, exclusive
life"
The man answered MS frankly and
( simply as the woman herself Yes
but Won do lead it. I wonder-With-
out impertinenCe or curiosity-I won
der Why"
"I cant say that took It up DELHI
erately-or that II is what 7 should
pt,t 7 4 20, 10 |,
, way of life that is open to me.
wasn't educated for a profession
and I can't do hard, manual work: I
haven't the strength Besides. 7 de-
mand some share in the beauty and
happiness Of the world. | can't live
in sordidness and loneliness-utterly
without affection. I claim entire
| freedom in my way of liVing-but | do
feel that the dignity with which |
condition it makes a sort Of career for
1t. OF course, the prudes and the
moralists will never agree to this, but
YOU"
She looked in his face for a mo-
ment-and then dropped her eyes
no. You are like all the rest You
recognize no degrees in a life like
mine. once a woman steps out Of
the conventional pale she is black
black as the ace Of spades"
She walked a step or two away, and
as the Magdalen spoke the attitude Of
the world, she felt that attitude COM
ing close to her. holding her fast.
After all, woman can not live to her
self alone"
You're all the same, you men-all
color blind"
After a moments pause, Ingraham
answered her gently.