Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-30
The Second Honeymoon
& BY RUBY NJ AYRES
Author of "The Woman Hafer' and "The Black Sheen,
BY RUBY NJ. AYRES
ru,s STARTS THE STORY

MI actress, Cynthtn rarToU' She Jus
kim. and. IN desperation 10 rnshes to
4 t,. bophood Sweetheart, Christine
~ rw,atf for sympathy. "Sdn1ster,"
Jimmy,s friend, is Introduced to Chrts-
tins and her mother and accompanies
them TO the theatre aud dltertoard TO
J,,ny,v Is not more tnberosted " Chrts-
t,me. ipho so eagerly shoUs her delight
a. Ma co,npunp and the surroundings,
for this Is her first visit to caje Of
",sf ",@f suppose you come here oftenp
,he sad sho looked up into Jimmv's
boyed vo,tn1 face. ~ suppose tts not
al all neto or ,oondcrJui to your
0f He smiled. a.'.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
ttyxJELL. I'm afraid II isn't; you
w sec" He broke of; he sat
staring across the room with sudden
fro In his eyes
~. A man and woman had just entered.
n The woman was in evening dress, with
n beautiful sable coat. Her hand WAS
J resting on the mans arm. She was
iooking up at him with smiling eyes.
Jimmy caught his breath hard In his
swam before him--for the woman was
cvnthia Farrow, and the man at her
sIde was Henson Mortlake.
Sangster had been sitting with his
her escort had entered. When he saw
the sudden change In Jimmy Challoner's s
face, he turned in his chair quickly.
Cynthia was seated now She s was
nsudy drawing on on fsTo her long ps wh5fs sabts
coat; without It the elaborate frock
she wore looked too snowy; II was cut
too low in the neck. A diamond necklace
glIttered on her white throat.
cover OF the table he gave Jimmy 9
tick. He saw that Christine had noticed
the sudden change In his face. To hide
his friends discomfort he rushed Into
He sss6y trsd to my dIs,rae' .ss sr
y Mrs Mrs, wyatt alone had not been con-
scious of any disturbing element.
She had lived all her lie IN the coun, !,
been exceedingly brief, and always con-
duoted on the most severe OF lines-a
dun, highly respectable hotel to stay In,
stalls for plays against which no single
and perhaps a visit to a museum or
PIT Il had only been under protest that
ehe had consented to visit the suburban
theatre at which Cynthia Farrow was
Under the guidance of Jimmy Chal-
loner, London had suddenly been pre-
pented to her In an entirely fresh lgnt.
Secretly she was Thoroughly enJoyinss
herself, though once or twice she looked
at Christine with rather wistful eyes.
Christine was so wrapped up In jim
INV and Jimmy !-of course,
he must know many, many other women
War more attractive ana ,srs Ueau' She half hall
sighed as she caught tho expression @ OF
C6ristine's eyes as they rested on hini
Suddenly Jimmy rose. o,ar,,
will you excuse -,Is me g g niins o',ene over
+bere Please excuse me-.
Sangster soowled. He thought jimm,
was behaving like a weak tool. n' m
would have stopped him had u oeen q q
the table and crossed to where Cynth''
We" The sight of her in Mortlake's con.
pany for the second time that day sea-
tered his fine resolutions 70 tne w,,ius !,
There was a raging fire OF jealousy IL
his heart as he went up to her. Ia,
waiter was filing her glass VIII
champag Mortlake was whispering l.
her confidentially across the corner o
~ Good evening" said Jimmy Chal
He did his best to control his voice
| s/but in spite of himself a little thrill
v rage vbrated through It.
Mortlake raised himself ana ha'
"Evening." he said shortly:
Cynthia extended her hand; she wa
rather pleased than otherwise to sc
| him. She liked having two strings =
her bow; 1t gave hsr worldly heart a.
odd little pang as she met the fiercenes
OF Jimmy's eyes He was sue
dear, she thought.
Marnios was not place whore h
posing she shot a quick glanc
unfortunate Jimmy should have see
them together--just at present, at an
y rate; 1t would not have mattered IN .
had heard anything, II already he ha
| discovered by some unforeseen mean
how she had lied to him? Sh'
gave him one of her sweetest smiles.
Are you having supper here. Jimmy
| didn't see you"
It was not the truth. She had seel
/ him the moment she entered, but sh
Thought 1t more effective to preten'
otherwise.
IT am over here with friends" sal,
Jimmy curtly. He glanced across TO tn
table he had just left and met Chris
tines eyes.
Somehow he felt uncomfortable HI
looked sharply away again and down a
the beautiful, smiling face raised to he
When may I como to see your n
He spoke quite distinctly; Mortlak
must have heard every word.
Cynthia looked nonplussed for mo
ment then she laughed i,ee, III. NV d.a
boy. am always pleased u
see you-any afternoon, you know.
She smiled and nodded. Jimmy fel
that he had been dismissed After
moment he walked away. =,
His heart was dead welght mn. ~ ~,
breast He sat down again beside chris
tine. She turned to him eagerly:
|lt5- Wasn't that Miss Farrow? -,
oh. Jimmy. why didn't you tell meT
1 Jimmy drained his wheslass oetor
"I forgot you were interested; In
sorry. She isn't alone. you see
or-or I would introduce her-if yo
cared for me to. that is"
for Miss Farrow," said Arthur Sangste'
quietly.
Jimmy looked furious Angry word
rushed to his lips. but he choked then
with an effort.
''Narrow-minded old OWL! he said
half Jokingly, half In earnest
Later when tho two men had left Mrs
AWyatt and Christine at their hotel an
were walking away together. Jimm
NV 'what 8a' tRs ssVessiH' dsyiy do you mean abou
Christine not liking Cynthia2
It's Its a sross piece of impertinence to ga
anH, s The rgtn S the rss same" sr, sa
are as different as chalk from cheese
Miss Wyatt would soon dislike Cynln,
they live In different worlds"
Fortunately for Cynthia, perhaps,
sad Jimmy. savagely ''For pur
snastly dullness recommend me to VIVA
s called the best society =
Christine Is only child--she alway
VIII be as long as she Is tied to he
mothers apron strings. like Mrl
wyatt awfully, but you must admit tina
we've had distinctly dull evening"
There was moments silence.