Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

thing l ever saw in my life too!' he added
enthusiastically. give got past the i'm
| questionable age, you know, but that girl
could make fool of me whenever she
chose
"At present." Lucille continued smoothly,
"she seems to have no inclination in that dl-
rection. l agree with you, of course, that
she is very sweet and very beautiful; but
all the same"
@What?"
Lucille smoothed her muslin gown over
her knees. al don't want Jermyn to marry
her. she said quietly.
as he thinking Of it," ~.
at is Just the sort Of idiotic thing Lucille
declared, "that one might expect of him.
| The more think of it, the more frightened
l become Jerrnyn lives all the time with
his head in the clouds. He is straining al
ways to find something better than the
things that actually exist. He worships
beauty, and he wants to believe that every
thing he sees is beautiful. 1t is very dan
gerous state He won't condescend to look
down and see the way ordinary human
beings really live. If the girl has her wits
about her, l am afraid it's all up with Jer-
myn; unless
"Unless what?'
"Unless YOU can remember
7 AKENHAM grinned, amiably yet not
~ pleasantly. "Deviish amusing, thls!"
he exclaimed. "Here we are, you and |,
villain and adventures in the latest melo-
drama. Can we pick hole in the spotless
heroines past?'
at is at any rate melodrama of real
life,' Lucille declared. "You see, the whole
affair is really most annoying for me. |
have always intended to marry Jermyn my
self"
"Quite a natural arrangement" Laken-
ham agreed, "if you really do intend to take
up matrimony again. l am much better
match you know
She looked at him with faint smile. In
her way she was more beautiful than Sybil;
but she was certainly not the type that ap-
pealed to Lakenham. IL don't think you're
quite my style, Aynesworth, she remarked.
@You have lived too long and too rapidly.
You should marry an .ingenue-that will
probably be your fate in few years time.
Why not male Marchioness of your long
legged friend down by the pond? She'll be
as pretty as her sister, no doubt, when she
grows up
THANK you," Lakenham grunted, "I'm
not taking that sort into St. Georges, Hano-
yer Square
"You ought to be thankful to take any
thing you can get, Lucille said severely. Il
uOn tnlflk any nice girl WHO klleW "lidI
she was doing would look at you.
"If you slang me much longer he grum-
bled, "I'll leave off trying to remember"
She smiled at him. Il am not afraid of
that, Aynesworth. You know you are
rather a vain man, and you are little
piqued. You are in just the frame of mind
to be logged. Besides, you admire Miss
Cluley yourself. Every man does, of course.
Nothing would please you more than sud-
denly to remember the sort of thing you
would like to remember about her, and to
take her into quiet corner and remind her
of it. She'd have to be nice to you then,
wouldn't she?"
Il wouldn't be your husband for any
thing!" Lakenham declared. "You're too
clever to live with in comfort. Here's the
child coming back"
Lucille rose to her feet. II shall take her
to see the peacocks," she decided. @She
might be worth cultivating. You had bet
ter come too
Lakenhan shook his head and threw him
self into comfortable chair mot l, he
answered. al believe her sisters told her
not to talk to me if she can help it. She
avoids me all the time, and I'm sure don't
want to play around with a long-legged brat.
am going to sit here-and stir up the ashes
of INV sinful mast PerhaDS in that waV |