Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-06
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSlS
,o0,ct stone has been sent oy ner
bdate' ;nterpiep Granville Burton,
pdpG .to,t business man. she IS
on impV' trom most of the toomen ne
dHertns r and he is interested.
has E"Vwd ond Wbona Bell, another
JoHre sr S ,pomdn, have an apart
@ent together
CHAPTER V
,,,prr,s interview with Granville
,Rnrton TU was used with very good
,.,osraph of the man. He opened the
pnO.vSi pnioIe ot breakfast one morning and
onrvn ;rterview through with great
reau ~ ~ interest. He liked the way 1t
dca' ,o,dled. the simple choice of words,
was INV NV she had made the most OF every
.ns .nsortupity, ~f, the way she had supple,
oppV ,,a thc truth with well constructed
p,ea,r .onces that introduced personal
Sn .nt He wondered idly how much
'''A, ,os maid. He paid his own secre ,
tne we "weli, but this girl was a specla,
lai I;tor on a newspaper ana lie supposeu
WI NV was paid much more.
su. natter of fact, Laurel received
AS e. more n week than Margaret
ohE % and that was an unusually good
hlUr iory for a newspaper woman
''o pnrton imagined that it would be
bur'G;n G;nn+eresting to talk to woman
is.hTI iS,a Ianrel Stone, to hear ther opinion
ike .b;ngs h%"r She led such a different
o. tf.nS fro1 Harriet's, and yet she had
llle llle,1ntIv % come from as good a family
ev!a'r was as finely cultured as any
anu mob be knew. The idea of knowing
wonSSnt Natter appealed to him as an. ad !.
ner NC He liked to do unconventional
Veh.u ti.us he liked to win out against odds,
lnl1s1 yot he knew that there was nc
anu a,;S,e chance Of his own path and
PSrOi Po.s.i stones ever crossing. He want
laa, ~ 20 coz her again. to see what kind
~ ~ or impression she made on him,
St St. % had been in his office so short q
.in,o nne that other day and, of course,
~" l,."' pprsonal views were not touched
upon at ALL
lote one afternoon in a picture gallery
Ia had been lured there by the pros
nact of buying a Zorn etching. and she
Was WAS doing feature story for the paper
He recognized her instantly. and held
mt mi his hand in brilliant, impersonaI
wsy. He fancied that she looked some
what surprised, but her blue eyes met
his quite frankly, and she smiled al
him family. They chatted a moment
about pictures, and then quite sud
deply he had an impulse to take her
somewhere where they could talk. II
he noticed the faintest, barely imper
csptible hesitation on the girls part
when he suggested that they go some
where for tea it was forgotten the
next instant in her frank acceptance.
Laurel felt n sense of luxury. sense
o. kinship and relaxation when she
found herself at the softly lighted table
in the big hotel where Burton took her
She liked the companionship of this
brilliant man, she liked the way he shot
sentences at her and she enjoyed an
swering his questions. He studied heI
as she sat opposite to him so plainly
unimpressed. Burton was not a par,
ticularly conceited man, but he knew
that any woman of Harriet's set woult
have been thrilled and excited by q
tea engagement with him, would have
made an obvious effort to entertain him
This girl was different. She plainly
thought that there was no more reason
why she should be. impressed than there
was for him to be fattered because she
was here. Laurel had way of living
IN the present that was altogether de
lghtful.
She had been telling him about hel
home.
80, you see" she finished, 81 haG
10 come to New York. There was moth
Ing else to do"
"And now that you're here. what
do you intend to do?" he answered.
She considered this a moment. 'l
don't know" she said finally. 81 dom,
believe I have any plans. Don't 70,
think it is foolish to plan? / should
rather do the best l could with eacl
day"
you must have some idea of wha
you want from life
Yes, | want to write"
"Stories?"
Yes, fiction, but then. of course