Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-19
rHE engagement was broken on
before it was announced. So

only thousand or SO OF the
intimate friends and relatives
Of the parties knew anything about II
What they knew was that there hao
been an engagement and that there
was one no longer. Tho cause OF tho
breach they merely guessed and most
of the kuesses were, in most particu-
lars, wrong.
Each intimate and relative hao a
fragment Of the truth It renamed
for me to piece the fragments TO-
gether. 1t was a difficult job. but
did 1t. Part Of my evidence IL hear
say; the major portion is fully cor
roborated.' And not one Of my wit
nesses had anything to gain through
perjury.
SO 1 am positive that have at my
tongues end tho facts, and believe
that in Justice to everybody concern.
ed, / should make them public.
Ellen Mcdonald had lived on the
north side Of Chicago for twenty -one
ears. Billy Bowen had been a sorth
slider for seven years longer. BUT
neither knew Of the others existence
until they met in New York the night
before the Army-Navy game;
d
nuaintance at a neighboring table In
',onio's, was spotted by male MEM
ger of Ellen's party, Chicagoan, TOO.
lie was urged to come on over He oio'
nd was introduced. The business ac-
,.uaintance was also urged, came, was
Introduced and forgotten; forgotten. that
!. by every one but the waiter. VINO op-
erved he danced not nor told stories,
nd figured that his function must be
D pay. The business acquaintance
ad been Billy's guest. Now ne Pc
anne host, and without seeking the
It was not that Billy and Miss Nc
ponalds male friends were niggards.
tut unfortunately for the .b.a-. the
1ecks always happened to arrive
, hysterical over Billy's repartee as
/, be potentially insolvent-
Billy was somewhere between his
fourteenth and twenty-hrst hfghball;
other words, at his best. from the
a1dience's standpoint. His dialogue
as simply screaming and his dancing
st~heavenly. He was Frank Tinney
,ublinE as Vernon Castle. On the
,of he tried and accomplished twin
ies that would have spelled catas-
ophe IL attempted under the four
en- mark or over the twenty-one
: I'd he said the cutest things-ons
CHIT after the other.
you can be charmed by q mans
I, ,ncing, but you can't fall in love
it'll his funninees. If you're going to
II in love with him at all. you'll do
Il when you catch him In serious
i ood
Miss Mcdonald caught Billy Bowen
n one At the game next day. En-.
rely by accident or a decree OF
! tie, her party and his sat In adjoin-
/ e boxes. Not by accident. Miss NC
,,onald sat in the chair that avs
!: arrest Bflly's. She sat there frst to
= - amused: she stayed to be con-
I. 1ered.
TERE was a different Billy from the
Billy Of Tonio's Here was Billy
10 trained his gun on your heart and
j your risibles alone. Here was .
1; eamy Billy. Billy Of romance.
How calm he remained through the
3. element! How Indifferent to the
.:.iils Of the game! There was depth
: him. He was q man. Her escort
/. l the others round her were chill
&. n, screaming with delight at the
s. rifle deeds of pseudo heroes. Foot
!. Twas q great sport, but . sport. 1t
asn't life. Would the world be bet
or worse for that Vineyard gain
e Elephant or O1iphant. or what
,s-er. his name was, had Just made!
]. > knew 1t wouldn't Billy knew.
{, for Billy was deep. He was
= hiking mans thoughts. She could
I Il by his silence, by his inattention
+: the scene before him. She scarcely
Id believe that here was the same
son who. last might, had Kept MS
n, yes, and ned ghboring tables.
ring with laughter. What q COM
i character his! 5aF e@C
= sooth, Mr.. Bowen was thinking
As thoughts. He was thinking
t Il this pretty Miss Mcdowell or
NELLY were elsewhere. he could
to sleep. And that il he could re-
uber which team he had bet on
1-could tell which team was which:
would have better idea OK
ether he was likely to win or Jose;
Them, after the game. they parted
- " rallied to the extent OF asking
:, mission to call Ellen. 1t seemed.
ild be very glad to have him. but
couldn't tell exactly when she
/. ia be back in Chicago: she still
:; :, three more places to visit In the
st Could she possibly let him
w when she did get back? Yes.
80, could and would; II he really
tied her to. she would drop nun
}. He certainly wanted her to.
liz, thought Billy. was the best
.sible arrangement. Her note
~ I'D tell him her name and address
:,1.t save him the trouble of phoning
- al the NcConnei1s, McDowells and
y, ,nellyB on the North Side. He did
It to see her again; she was pretty
"a. judging from last night, full Of
81. And she had fallen for him; he
w 1t from that last look.
ite watched her untn she was lost
~ 90 - hllnfAA
his pals and the car that had
,ught them up. At length he gave
.. the search and YEARLY climbed
elevated stairs. His hotel was
Broadway near 18th He ieft the
I guess you've rode far enough"
4 the guard. Fifteen cents worth
a nickel. I guess we ought to
e Pullman on these here trains"
Tut the repartee well was dry. He
smbled downstairs and hurried
n toward Broadway to replenish 1t.
Hen McDonald's three more places
visit in the east must have been
IDLY dull. Anyway. on the eth
week after his parting with her
New York, Billy Bowen received
promised note. It Informed him
RELY that her name was Ellen Nc
maid. that she lived At so-and-so
alton place and that she was back
rhat day, IL you'll remember. was
,nday. Miss McDonald's parents
d tickets for the opera But Ellen
a honestly just worn out and
,uld they be mad at her II she
we'd home and went to bed? They
,uIdn't. they would take Aunt
Try in her place.
On tuesday morning Paul Potter
Ned mn and wanted to know II she