Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
And So They
Were Married
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright, 1919. By Public Ledger Co.
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TN THE meantime Scott and Dot
darkness in the Moores' car. Dot had
Unanswered things to suit herself. She
had managed Scott as n clever woman
can always manage a man provided she
hides from him the fact that she is do
ing that very thing.
After Dot had left Ruth in the dress
ing room, an enhancing vision in scar
let, the very first opportunity that she
had, she went up to Scott with a muir
INJURED request.
Scott, I've done a very silly thing.
I've come away from home without my
fan, and 1t gets so warm dancing"
Scott with no suspicion Of what was
in Dots mind said instantly, "we'll
manage somehow; perhaps we can bor-
row one"
20, no, I have a better way than
that. Will you drivetpe home? 1t won t
take but moment, we won't even be
missed
can right"
Just wait till get my coat then"
And few minutes later they were of.
q Dot snuggled down by Scotts side
In the front seat and they sped through
the soft darkness. She did all manner
OF little coaxing things to tempt him to
make love to her, fluttering little taps
on the arm with her nervous little fin
gers, surreptitious touchings of his hand
: on the wheel, but when they finally
turned into the dark street and stopped
before the plain little white house where
the Salisburys lived. she was thoroughly
aware, nevertheless, that he gave no
thought of it.
She was too clever to let him notice
her pique, however, and she led the
way up the steps of the veranda and into
the dark house.
Here, give me your hand until can
reach the lights" she said when they
were in the hall. And slipped her soft
little hand into Scott's, as she led him
along. Dot did not light the hall lights,
she turned en- instead, a very dark
lamp just inside the door of one of the
rooms. 1t shed a soft light out into the
hall but hardly lighted up the dimness
of the corners.
"Wait for me here" Dot murmured.
and went softly upstairs. OF course she
did not want a fan but she hurried I'd
her bureau drawer and pulled out ones
She snapped on the lights and touched
her face with powder. rubbing on sonae
rouge until her white cheeks shovel
scarlet. Then she fastened on a pair pf
ear rings and stepped back to get the
effect Dot was, after all, just jealo1s
little girl. She knew her limitations
she knew that as a vamp she would
never do at all, that all of her powsr
lay in her bird mannerisms, ant
yet she longed TO look as Ruth had
looked, tall, slender, and with just that
bizarre touch that set her apart from
every one else.
On the way downstairs she called
! softly to Scott. He got up from the
chair and came toward the stairs. 1t was
at that moment that Dot, with soft
little scream, a little scream that could
not possibly be heard by any one out
side so carefully was it calculated, ap-
parently caught her foot in her skirt
and with a graceful little stumble, fell
into Scott's arms.
She gasped, and lay still, her face
turned upward to him. In the gloom
of the hall it looked very sweet and
young. If Scott had not been so miser-
able, if he had not been thinking all
the night Of girl in red and the ex
preston on George Everett's face as he
looked at her, if something in Dot S
manner had not made him vaguely con-
scious, he might played up to the f1irta-
ton. After all a man often does foolish
things and does not mean them one
way or another.
$ As it was, Scott did nothing at all,
but stare down vaguely at the blur that
was Dots face and murmur namely,
.'Are you hurt!'
II don't think so,' she murmured,
inwardly furious, but staying where she
was. "But what if you hadn't caught
me, o, Scott 49,.
''You probably would have caught the
bannisters as you fell.'
Dot pulled out of his arms almost vim
dictively.
whats the matter, what is it?"
Her movement had been too brusque
and sudden to be natural
Nothing at all; we'd better hurry
back though, I'm afraid we'll be miss
ed
They drove back almost in silence.
Even when Scott made an effort to
talk, Dot responded so briefly and so
2 cuttingly that he felt her displeasure.
without being sure of what it was all
about. But in this friendship Dot had
one idea and Scott another, and they
were as far apart as the poles.