Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-20
Moonlight and
Money
By Marion Rubincam
CALLER

rN,o dov that Louise quarreled with
,u. T,otTer was certainly the very
,ynrst time Mrs. Salisbury could
choose to call, but it so happeheu
that she did come that afternoon,
Louise had been completely upset
bv her mornings outburst or passion.
/ Woman-Iike, she had cried herseit
a,,irt Int came out of it feeling ~eaK
and with a dizzy headache. In the
middle of the afternoon ammo
/ brought up Mrs. Sh~aftsbury's card.
Her first instinct was to refuse 10
see her. to send down word she was
foo in. Then she new what would
happen Harry would hear OIL IT, anu
he would come up to the mousse: Anu
she knew she could neither refuse -
see him. nor refuse when ne asked
7 bor 10 90 hack to him. SO h chose
the lesser of two ordeals ana sem
! down word that she would see Mrs
SALISBURY at once.
SIN following out her feminine in
Istincts, she fuffed her hair more De
cominely. powdered her face, ana
slipped into the prettiest of the house
dresses her mother had given her.
As a last touch she put the nierest
shade of pink on her pale cheeks.
Then she went down.
you look like q saint" was Mrs.
Shaftsbury's greeting. And she took
both Louise's hands In hers and then
kissed her cheek.
I'm afraid don't feel much like
one" Louise said by way of answer.
Mrs. Salisbury regarded her with
the friendliest eyes
But you look like one, like an
angel. 1t may be the heavenly plue
of your gown-do you know, my
] dear, that special shade makes your
ewes look blue? They were gray last
time 1 saw you"
We're they" Louise said without
enthusiasm.
But Mrs. SALISBURY was not tho
type to be discouraged or snubhed.
II she suspected that Louise did not
want to see her, 1t only awakened
some impish impulse In her. At al
events, her eyes sparkled more than
ever as she looked at her young
. hostess. And once more Louise had
that helpless feeling-the feeling of a
Young and unsophisticated girl be-
fore a woman armed with all the
arts and advantages that come with
years of social life. Mrs. SALISBURY
could carry off any situation; Louise
could not.
you look very, very much better.
my DEAR the visitor said. Il sinai
tell Harry your stay hero Is doing
you good"
you'll tell Harry Louise began
with upliftcd eyebrows.
MY dear, don't let's beat about
tbe bush" Mrs. SALISBURY leaned
forward earnestly. Harry has told
me all about this. IL he hadn't l
would have guessed it as soon as l
heard you were here at your parents
home. He looks quite as k
hearted as he feels"
! And of course o think It's all
my fault" Louise said resentfully.
mot a bit. l think it's almost all
his, and l told him So" Mrs. Shafts
bury said with a nod of her golden
head. This much Is your fault:
that you were too yielding, too ready
to let him run everything-your
pleasures, your finances, even your
clothes. But it's rather a dear fault
and belongs to a dear lovely little
girl like yourself
She leaned back, loosening her
coat-a marvellous affair of n
: color suede, embroidered with gold
en- threads, which fascinated Louise
in spite of her dislike of its wearer.
and | hin you did quite right
to leave Harry for a time. He was
a boy before, a boy who had been
lonely and who spent several blind
happy months with his little play
mate she smiled at Louise. lou IL
find him a man, with a mans sense
Of responsibility, a mans balance"
"When will this be?" Louise ask
ed, not yet thawed from her reserve.
"Whcn you let him come back,
which viii be in a few months, L sup
pose. He would, of course, come
back any time"
Instead of answering, Louise put
her hand in the pocket of her gown
and took out Harry's letter which
she had slipped into it rs she came
downstairs. She looked at the enve-
lope a minute, so her caller might
also See-and 60, gnize the hand
writing. Then she deliberately went
over TO the open fire and dropped
the letter into the blaze.
Mrs. SALISBURY understood. Her
face lost its animation; for n mo-
ment 1t looked older and rather ten
der.
There you are wrong, my dear
child" she said. "a little separation
is o good thing, but not too much.
Don't brood over this and become
7 bitter-for youth can be more bitter
even than age. You don't like me
now, so you won't like my advice.
But you viii feel differently when
you are older"
Monday-Iouise Has a Fright.