Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-19

,,,, Garter ,oas not equipped toith
az strsu0fh of character that other
n;rts had at her age because are hdd
Seen held do,on from f,,,,d oM,dno9a ~ pend
srto s,r 10 his ,oiH Ho,oever, his choice
~ wofe for her made the girl rebel
%.IHh ali the strength there toas ~ her
III wv" after Geraldine CARPENTER had
ea,ne i,,fo her Hfe aud Anne had stolen
o3"'e e,syv afternoon to the Carpenter
~ pouse TO do secretarial pork for, Mrs;
STorpenter, something " her reoeHsd
ous,n Perhaps " tods her meeting
,oith Dane GREY, the wrtter, that ga
but q tssg sng sSss sss dsJy isns" her ' Safssp
W. and for all she tods determined
onvd do a. she lett note for him and
,Cent of to dinner party.
,>rRING the dinner, whenever Anne
~ stopped to think, she felt exactly Ike
cinderella. whose beautiful clothes were
changed to rags at the stroke OF twelve
,rs.re,ore she tried not to think. she
,rIsd 10 grasp her moment with both
..ras and not to think ahead at all.
And the prince, he sat opposite Cinder-
,,,o at dinner, he had iron gray hair and
,,nrv blue keen eyes, eyes which she
,voIded. He wore conventional evening
s.oss hut he was a prince just the same.
At 10 o'clock when dinner was over
tho rugs we're rolled UP in the big draw
,no room and the dancing began. There
,as a small orchestra arranged behind
some palms and all the rooms downstairs
we're thrown open to the guests. There
vas an informality about the whole
thing that made for good time. Ger
o,dine was an ideal hostess because she
made no effort to really entertain Peo-
ple did as they liked,
Mabel Hills whole heart was set on
teeping Dane Grey by her side and
az they rose from the table, she took
possession of him with a proprietary air.
shall we get up table of bridge"
she asked.
He shook his head always courteous,
and his eyes followed streak of sill
yer ahead of him. At that moment one
Of the Greenvllle women came up to
them She was Mrs. Bradley. a rather
cold. hard type of woman Geraldine
hated her, but Mr.. Bradley was one OF
Mr.. Carpenters business associates.
really splendid type of man.. and the
Bradeys were nearly always invited to
any affair at the Carpenters'. Mrs.
Bradley knew Mabel very well. Both
women were great deal the same,
only that Mabel was younger and not
quite so hard.
vi didn't catch the name Of that girl
in silver" Mrs. Bradley said evenly.
but her face looks strangely familiar"
Mabel, conscious that she must not
say what she wanted to before Dane,
choked back what she had on the tip
OF her tongue, and said simply, -
Garter, believe"
Garter, Carter?" The other woman
said, wrinkling her brows and trying to
remember. "She isn't that queer little
Anne Carter whose father keeps her
chained up in. a dungeon, is she?" And
Mrs Bradley laughed.
II believe she is," Mabel returned.
But how does she happen to be here?
Why understand that her father won't
allow her to go anywhere, and that she
never has anything"
Mabel laughed neryously. you'll have
to ask Geraldine" she said lightly.
"All right, come along. I'm really
curious" said Mrs. Bradley, taking pos
session Of Mabel, and nodding to Dane.
And before she knew it Mabel found