Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

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Marriage 7'nfler
HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR

mhcn barbara Hnfght moIT.eu
u,tth Grant " ,',eant 20 ner o"e ~ no,n ~
frisrnph n a oTtsmd"s had ss,,ervtHino. she
her NJ ~ briIitdnoe OF being leader N
nsea,,,s. nsea ~. set, she sdto only the qHt-
ths w poSsJtir Jtirset Of society soithott Stop
tsr a "a think that there tods mothang
pp,nnY about ". Keith Wanseo Yntp
friends; ,;,,sssrS. sss as Ms . prGsato sseretsry,
orfno ~ Ia nh, as friend. she Hked
dppea..gsao he liked, and her frfends
the tnsn9 oeonle toho did things. She
ns,e 90 ,osfl bred as Bdrodro he,seu;
,vud und mad gone TO couoge' ,ne mi he
her and oGse" be, alone. % Neither did he
neven .hnra about knot1tn0 her. 1or He
tem s,, pSat she you'd not understdnd'
n,.pA left the next day for the
b Bmo,or trip which was to last three
and Keith settled down down TO
w.'a ,,o club. He rarely went home
- 90 ,be apartment. 1t had never seemed
~. home to him, and now with bar
-, out OF Il, It was less IKE nome
ua o,er Even his den with Its cor
'" commitments seemed to him too
'. ons TOO artificial, II had no lived
nno,rance There was no air about
:. :. 20 ,eonIe who lived in II. 1t lacked
,,o atmosphere of the Newbery living
lar, for instance, with It's chint7es' its
l.U I..a,o light and its glistening mahogany
',, n.on,e in comfortable che irs inter-
.,n,,rp each other In their eagerness TO
talk.
Ito,th had never taken Katherine any
.,oro 4, fnct he had never seen her
,,one It was feeling OF loneliness tnat
,mns,led him to ask her to lunch with
hlr, one day, and Katherine went with
hIr, outwardly calm and serene. but IN
.a.d,v more excited than she would
Mo- believed possible. She tried to
.ns,vze this feeling in the taxi that they
.nol. % M to the old French hotel which
wss one Of Keiths favorites. put she
could not. She knew. however. that she
Was not in love with Keith. IT wasn't
,hat at all. She was too sensible, ,her
,,nhrineing had beer too well balanced.
she would not have allowed herself to
beeome interested in a man who belonge,d g q q
to another woman. She liked tnt
Npst touch of the personal between her-
aelf and Keith. He was so gorgeously
seif-possessed. doing the right tm,ns n.scea Was
| lacked out for wher she was with him,
and when they reached the hotel, and he
nnfaed carelessly at several acquaint-
ances and the walters all rushed to do
his bidding, It seemed very pleasant to
be the center Of attraction. ..
They had a table near the window,
and outside, spring was creeping % IL my to
them, anG Katherine sat back and le,
Keith order expensive, delicious disnes
| for her. No matter wnen or where sne
ate she always ordered meals with .
! due regard to their cost. In the spring
we're out of the question. and In the
winter hot-house fruits and vegetables
She never exactly missed having expen,
slve dishes, II was simply the fact tha'
she could not have them that subcon'
scIously ranked. Now she. sat and ate
gardless of cost. Keith, opposite to her
wished for a mad moment that she was
Barbara and then told himself that Bar.
bara could never take the time to lunch
With With, him at nG a Sns no anch t nsa9s
unless she had to go to a big luncheon
OF some kind. '
Keith and Katherine were on sucf
good terms that they talked quite freely
about anything that happened to IN
terest them. They were In the mids'
Of heated discussion when walter
chair officously and smiled ceferen
TALLY into the blue eyes of a very pretty
girl She. was followed by man ole
enough to be her father. He looked
slightly disspated and there was an ex
preston about his eyes that Katherine
did not like, Keith was not facing thu
table, but Katherine could not help look
ing at the interesting couple. The cir
was exquisitely dressed. and had fluff,
blonde hair. She threw half-petulantly {
THRILLING mass Of old gewgaws upon tn,
table, a cigarette case. a coin purse.
vanity case and several other things
suspended from gold chain. Sh,
loosened her furs. and picked up tn,
menu with a spoiled little Jerk. When sh,
had ordered, she flung 1t aside. ant
looked coolly and appraisingly arount
the room.
What on earth did you want to com,
here for, Kendall" Katherine heard heI
say. TITS SO stupid. and conservativ,
and not bit smart"
Katherine could not hear the man.
reply. He was fitting a cigarette into
jade holder and he looked across at th
girl with narrowed eyes.
Katherine leaned across the table he
eyes smiling, and said to Keith. There
the most sophisticated young girl at tn,
next table that I've ever seen In my life
She's bored at everything nothing Il
the world interests her. and she's witt
an impossible man who's old enough t
be her father"
Keith smiled and in a moment or tw
turned sideways to see the girl better
AT that moment, she half turned he
mead, and Keith started. The girl wa
Eleanor knight, Barbara's sister!