Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-11
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In New York Dane Grey was see
ing a great deal of the dashing Mrs.
Hill. In spite Of her frivolousnesS
there was something light-hearted
and spontaneously gay about Mabel
Hill 1t was refreshing to get her
viewpoint to hear her sophisticated
remarks about life and people and
things .
She had a luxurious little apart
ment near Fifth avenue in the eight
les. 1t was a reflection of Mabers
own personality with its Sheraton
mahogany in the small dining room
and it's Chippendale In the drawing
room. There were always cut flow
ers about, and the latest mag
azines. Mabel usually had sew
eral socialistic magazines about
her place. Not that she ever
read them, but it conveyed an idea to
others that she kept abreast of the
times, and she was hardly ever call
ed upon to make good with any
knowledge that h obtained from
them.
Mabel's husband had left her well
provided for, and just now her great
est wish was to marry Dane Grey.
She had evoked a very real interest
: in him until recently when his atti-
tude had changed subtly. Clever as
she was she could not tell just exact
ly where it was different. but she felt
1t, nevertheless
II Dane Grey had changed he was
unconscious of it. If any n had
told him that Anne Carter in Green
Vile, Massachusetts,, had anything to
do with 1t. he would have laughed:
He looked upon Anne as a child. II
he remembered her comments on
- - rae A~I 4ha naanIa thew
discussed together, and unconscious
ly c~ontrasted them with Mabeps he
was really not aware of it, but 1t was
true just the same .
1t had been said that a woman can
influence a mans feelings by suotly
admitting another woman's attrac-
tions and then making some trivial
remark about some one little failing.
Mabel Hill had no idea that Dane
Grey ever gave a thought to another
woman until one night at dinner
when they were discussing a week
end with the Carpenters. Dane made
some trivial remark about Geraldines
protege Anne Carter. 1t wasn't what
he said, 1t was the way he said 1t.
Quite suddenly Mabel realized what
Dane Grey had no idea of himself as
vet that this girl, this nobody thai
Geraldine had picked up. had made
some kind of an impression on Dane
The more she thought of it. the more
certain she was that she was right.
"Oh yes" she drawled, "GeraL-
dimes little find. I couldn't think OF
whom you meant al first. I think
it's perfectly splendid of you to give
so much of your time to helping her,
Dane! OF course, she's never had
any advantages. and you don't want
to her too much; that
kind of a girl can become a great
bore"
If Mabel had calculated on arous-
ing personal interest in Dane Grey
she couldn't have managed Detter'
He resented. without knowing exactly
why, Mabel's remark about Anne
For the first time he conjured up a
picture of the personal Anne and
contrasted 1t with Mabel. Mabel was
faultlessly groomed, and everything
on her was chosen with a regard Ior
the tout. ensemble. She was the
typical of the world. Anne
was the untutored child. And yet
as he recalled her, Anne's remarks
: were fresh her viewpoint was orig
inal.~ Wasn't Mabel's slightly hack
neyed? Didn't 1t bear a resemblance
to other peoples ideas. mulled owe
and made into her own?
Mabel observing him across the
table, saw that he was thoughtful
She wondered If 1t were really true
that he admired this girl. Why II
seemed absurd. That Dan Grey. the
courted, the popular who might have
had any woma he wanted, should
give more than a passing thought 10