The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-28
EVENING STORY
Eve to the Rescue.
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS

BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS.
Eve had waited long and patiently
for Teddy to keep his appointment in
the hotel lounge. 1t was apparent,
however. since it was a full half-hour
past the time of meeting, that the
business engagement had prevented
him from coming.
Eve was most thoroly disappointed.
She was looking even more adorable
than usual in her new Poiret twill that
was distinctly bizarre in silhouette, yet
curiously suggestive of extreme ele-
gance.
Also Eve felt in most chatty mood
ard wanted to dance more than she
had longed to for many months. AL
together she was feeling rather abused
and more than little lonesome.
At least she had been lonesome I'M
| til she had found intense interest in
a young officer who she considered
had-been abominably treated in the
tea lounge.
Eve had watched him go in and seat
himself at a small table among the
dancers. only to be told by waiter
that he could not have tea there I'M
less accompanied by a lady.
She had watched his thoroly as
tOnishad gaze at the waiter and his
we1l-bred and immediate succumbing
to the law of the hotel Eve felt
sorry for the young officer; he so OBJ
viously wanted his afternoon tea
British" marked him all over
his easy carriage, the well-worn uni
form, the peculiar air of detachment
to his surroundings.
In another instant Eve had recog-
nized him as the famous war CORE
spondent whose every word she had
read with an interest bordering on
fascination And now his personality
was claiming her in a far more amaz-
ing manner. One of the most unhoped-
for longings of her life had been a
desire to meet John Travers, and now
here he was before her very eyes and
in most distressing need of feminine
>companionship.
He was sauntering slowly from the
lounge and in a moment would pass
near enough for Eve to touch his
khaki shoulder.
Eve had never before made up her
mind to a most unconventional act so
quickly. Her heart had no time to
| treble its beat before she approached
the famous officer. Her smile was of
the truly Eve variety.
"Oh, Mr.. Travers,'' she called soft
ly lit is perfectly scandalous of me
to ask you, but would love to be the
lady you require in order to have a
cup in the lounge
Eve was a trifle breathless by the
time Travers's eyes had turned upon
her in wholly delightful surprise. A
brilliant lsh,- too. swept defiantly
into her cheers.
Altogether Eve was a lovely appli-
cant for favor.
How jolly of you" Travers said
quickly His acceptance of her was so
| swift and natural that even the most
eagle-eyed Mrs. Grundy would have
| failed to see the delightful unconven-
tionality of it. He turned then and
| they went toward a coy table that
boosted a suggestion of seclusion in
the big room.
Eve was smiling radiantly now She
tried to tell herself that she had ac-
tually approached strange man and
offered her company to him, but
somehow the facts slipped away from
her mind and they chatted with a nat
| uralness born of the fact that the
great adventure had claimed them.
You have been here only a few
days" Eve was saving as she daintily
poured the tea, land if any one had
| told me that L would have the pleas
| ure of offering you cup of tea like
this"-Eve suited the action to words
II could not have believed him."
| The sincerity of Eve had quickly
stamped itself on Travers's brain. That
keen, sensitive mind of his was not
| likely to err in its impressions of hui
| man beings
! He would have been grateful to any
] one who had been good enough to tide
| him over the lonely hour that threat
ened him, but that the particular one
| should have velvety eyes and scarlet
| lips as two of a full dozen charms was
a tremendous bit of luck.
Travers took advantage of his good
| fortune and held Ewes entire interest,
| giving her a few of the vivid sensa-
| lions that New York's streets had Of
| fered him.
81 am coming to hear you lecture"
she confided to him. but l will treas
ure what you have told me here far
more than anything you tell the whole
| audience"
John Travers had a queer un-Brit-
ish desire to tell Eve that he felt as