Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-17
GARDENING FASHIONS FOR EVERY WOM
The Daily Story
Under Patch and Binder

! could any two people be better
suited?" said Mrs. Tom when Tom ha !
| laughinely suggested IL, except, Of
course, you and me- Myra always had
to have money. She simply shrivels ct
4, the thought Of being poor. and De Foe.
| with his diplomatic career ahead Of him.
really needs a tactfuI. know-what -to-say-
/ at-the-right-tme sort Of wife. And they
are 20 good looking they cannot help but
! fall In love at first sight Tom, what
fun it will be to arrange it! We won't
tell them till afterward, of course. tor
that would spoil it. You won't tell De
Foe, will your"
That night Mrs. Tom wrote to Myr1,
20 miles away, begging her to spend a
weekend, and as a postscript added.
You must come because Tom is asking
his old friend, De Foe Forester. He 's
in the consular serviCe-one OF the big
copper Forresters. You are the only girl
{ know who would interest him and
then as she slipped the letter I'm Toms
pocket in the morning she said BE sure
not to let Mr.. Forester suspect our plot
/ haven't breathed word Of 1t to Myra.'
and Tom agreed with his wife that Sc
Crecy was an indispensable element in the
success of the intrigue.
Tom cornered his old friend for lunch
in the city and suggested a weekend to-
gether. by the way he said, as they
were parting, you've met Miss Dale
Myrs-no? She may be out over Sunday.
Sorry we can't have you alone. but when
II comes to that. be Foe, you'll like her.
one OF those deuced pretty girls that
keeps YOU at arms length and treats you
like a sister-a half dozen girls nodded
into one-Spansh eyes, tho grace Of a
T1ar iuiE uEI ft,g4 far tt4ra,s l4t pf
a Russian noblewoman--just the sort for
a diplomatlst. But / know you'd rather
be alone with us, so I'll steer her off If
| can"
on the strength of Mr.. Forrester's ac-
ceptance. Mrs Bateson that night wrote
a second letter to Myra You simply
must come. Myra. Don't tell Tom,
cause we planned not to let you into the
secret. but I simply must tell you. Tom
and have decided that you and De
Foe Forester must marry You were
meant for each other, We think and
surely we ought to know"
The next day Myras acceptance ar
rived and Mrs Tom wrote with tcle-
graphic abruptness:
DO bring your most becoming dresses.
That black velvet. even If it is last
years. Men never care about the date
Of dress II II Is becoming. ! have
learned that from Tom. And your pearls
even If YOU have TO get them out of safe
deposit
Myra was expected Friday morning
and De Foe Forester was expected to
motor out that evening i'm time for dinner
Ten minutes before dinner Tom, who had
Just answered a long distance message,
In his efforts to find Mrs Tom fairly
collided with her as she was coming from
the front of the house-a special delivery
letter in her hand
she won't come" said Mrs. Tom.
He's had a smash-up," said Tom at
the same time and then the double
calamity was revealed. Devoe had been
thrown from his auto on the way. Tho
machine wasn't hurt. but ne was stopping
at some wayside Doctors to be bandaEed.
He was coming, anyway. He would be
there before midnight. He was apparently
eager.
But Myra's letter was a complete dis
appointment. II simply can't come she
wrote. THE more 1 think about that
Mr.. Forester, the more | know ! won't
like him. | don't want to meet him. So
| have left home where you can't even
motor to see me. have gone to Aunt
Nellie's, and / had to break a dentists
engagement to do 1t. And my tooth aches
as a result so you may know how fecl'
That night. when Mrs. Toms eyes still
smarted with the tears Of disappoint-
ment shed on Toms shoulder. De Foe
arrived genial but battered. \ St. An
drew's cross of court plaster covered his
arstoCratic nose ard drew up one side of
his mouth in a foolish smile. over one
eye he wore a binder, and in place of a
collar he wore white surgical gauze. Yet
he was cheerful even hilarious, and un-
mistakably eager. Pm Just trife
scratched" he told Tom. 81 can wear a
collar tomorrow, and I'll try to live down
my facial defects. They will be all right
In a week" But when he came in and
found Mrs. Tom alone his Geniality took
decided slump, and when Mrs Tom
casually remarked that Miss Dale was
not coming, he did not hide his disap-
pointment
Let's so over to Myra's, anyway" said
Mrs. Tom to her husband Saturday after
noon when their guest proposed a spin
In his motor ~ have a queer sort of
feeling that she didn't go to her aunt's
after all.
AS they approached they saw Myra
stretched languidly in the hammock at
the side Of the country house, and at
Mrs. Dale's suggestion the two men left
the car and went with her to where Myra
was reclining. Myra jumped up with
start, tried to beat a retreat and then
tried TO cover her face with her hands
But such a Myra! The "deuced pretty
face" OF which Tom had told De Foe
was swathed In n sling of white bandag-
ing. The one cheek that showed was
nodded in generous pun oyer one Span
ish eye
Mrs. Tom looked appealingly at her
husband, Introductions followed and
then Myra explained
at was a wisdom tooth II doesn't
hurt now, and had to come home from
Aunt Nellie's to have 1t attended to. He
has fixed 1t, but I am afraid 1t still
shows little. Please don't look at me-"
she begged, and De Foe smiled back SYM
pathetically under his black binder and
cross patches. In spite of herself and in
spite of Mrs Tom, who didn't think Myra
was IN a condition TO impress De Foe
she was induced TO pack up and 20 back
with the Batesons for Sunday, and as
they motored home, with De Foe and
Myra sitting on the front seat people
turned to stare back at the damaged
crew.
The weekend party lasted through the
next weeks beginning and De Foe and
Tom Bateson mutually agreed that the
workaday world could spare them till
TUESDAY. The "deuced pretty" Myra still
went with a bulging cheek and one closed
eye and DE Foes features were still hid
den under patch and binder. Myra had
remained i'm unpretentious shirtwaists.
But De Foe had found her fascinating.
There was something intangible in her
personality, something apart from her
nbvafpaI nraaanpa that pranf in tpop hin,