Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-13
THE HONEYMOON
HOUSE
BY HAZEL DALE
Nv HnzeI Dale

BY Hazel Dale
Karen, did you bring the let.
ter with your" asked Janet the minute
the girl entered the studio.
Karen started and looked about her
quickly.
'oh, you needn't look around for
Jarvis; he's out, but he knows all about
it. I have told him, and you ought to
be willing for him to know"
"oh. would be willing to tell him
myself" Karen said impulsively. That's
is, if there were anything to tell But
it's all in my imagination-and it
= unds so foolish, somehow. Besides,
ISsl differently about it to-day"
Well, sit down, and let's talk 1t
over. Why do you feel differently"
And Janet scrutinized the girl before
her lazily out of half-shut eyes. Karen
was so lovely to look at that her clothes
were almost an incongruity. Janet
could almost imagine the girl countess
with her small, high-bred face and her
foreign air of imperiousness.
Here's the letter. Read 1t, Janet
! want you to, and then I'll tell you
just how 1 feel about it,"
The letter from Dick was short and
extremely characteristic.
Dear Miss MikaI," it ran. II won
der if you would like to go with me
to the costume ball that we have all
been talking about of late. 1t might be
of advantage to you in a way. for my
brother, who is a playwright. is to be
there, and If your ambitions lie in that
direction, he might be interested in
talking with you"
Well" said Janet. looking up. "of
course I suppose you're not going. But
mi O In ha f,a FnV
you didn't hate Dick so much.
But l don't hate him." burst out
Karen. Il don't trust him, that's all
But l am going with him. You see
you spoiled me that day you liked my
reading Now l can't get over the fact
that l really might be able to do some
thing on the stage"
And you can, too; don't let what
Miss Alden said make any difference.
They are all like that when they get
famous; they forget about how 1t felt
when they began themselves"
What do you think about my ac-
Cepting the invitation?"
L think ii would do you no harm.
Karen. 1 don't want to tell you that
think you have misjudged Dick, but
want TO tell you something about him
that may interest you. He's unusually
successful with his work, and he is so
good looking that women have spoiled
him. He used to hate me. because 1
refused to worship at his feet and to
agree with him in everything he said.
but we have raised a flag of truce
now.
He has never once set out to have
thing that he hasn't been able to get.
If he ever wanted to know a woman
things were made easy for him. Women
have Just spoiled him and that's the
whole thing"
s'P1t a abput poSipg
don't intend to do that. I don't know
whether l want to be friends with
him even. 1 wish he were more like
Jarvis
oh. no you don't" Janet interrupted,
Ito tell the truth. Karen. I think you
are more than half IN love with Dick"
Janet said this teasingly, but Karen's
eyes suddenly famed
Don't say that she said passion
ately. I'm not in love with anyone.
I'm afraid to be, for fear 1 would care
too much"
why, you darling Janet said soft
ly, you ought to be proud of it." And
then, after moment or two, Shall l
go on?"
Karen nodded.
We'll, as long as you know all this
about Dick. you can see what 1 mean.
He has probably been piqued because
you refused to pose for him, and he is
determined TO meet YOU personally, so
he has taken this manner of doing it.
His brother has had several plays that
have been successful. and If anyone
could be influential for you, he could
Dick is a splendid fellow, Karen; he is
generous to a fault, and makes a
splendid friend He needs a woman
like you for friend; IL l were you,
dear, I would see what 1 could do
about it,"
What Janet did not cav was that sha
thought Dicks interest was more than
usual. She did not tell Karen of the
expression she had seen in Dicks hot
blue eyes the other evening, nor of the
fact that Dick might be caring more
for her than his pride and conceit cared
to admit. How wonderful If something
came of it-something of ultimate good
to Karen and of awakening for Dick.
1T would be almost as much like a
story as my own romance" thought
Janet enthusiastically.
ITO BE COntInued.)