Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-04
The Second Honeymoon

BY RUBY NJ. AYRES -,
.,,sor of "The Woman Halter" and "The Black Sheep"

ry,s STARTS THE STORY
P.o cbolIoner, club man, depend
Jimmy Iss N, an errutio elder
stt for ,noa1ss himself to a oedn-
brofse,, e"S C,,nthid FdrToto. She Jus
th dcreSy, desperation he r1.shes 20
NM ssn,hood snu s,ooethcdrt Ghr,shme .
Mgyott. g for sympathy. .d ~ yTh,as-
Wg, WWggmv,s i,lcnd, is s,trosnceu sn"ostep g, % teiis
wys dnd her ntother. mn, mat GYM
yhnmp moooed mos TO Mortldke. He toon-
TITS y e"yht ythat can bo since she - a.
ders how ,--Ied, Jimmy calls on OyH
ready Wu, ncc,,sss her Of HHtng htn !or
ih,a,,nrs ih,a she admits " Is trne ,.n.,.
Mgi~S W, ~aSout your husbard oe.ng "e' .hnT'
nsrp so asks, and she 90 od h,,, M
.oo" .oo' adding that sac wVoI t;,n,rw. INV dis.
eonIa 10, ~ Curthia's treatment OF hsw,
trdotea thonohts to Christine. she
furns w. Nm radiantlp. Blnntiy dnd
geieon,t'' gnso,,t preiiminaries. ne proposes
Shn, S.,,oe 10 her. Sdn1ster 70 s,efh 'ss ~"
re mar"I n altitude tohen Jtmnp .ens
Nm Nm Nert day fnds q ra."e' bnt % az
bver M, NTH eyes darcinq and Jaoe
ree.e ~ Ths ring Is purchased dhd
Fusn.ui ,,.ors marriage at once. Oh Te-
Jtmmy ~ ibe hotel they dnd that
thrnn9b has been In attendance on Mrs.
S9o,yt, Snt, - Christine 70 mofhertess
Wy's for a little bit Jtnnty yorge.s
- arm ,pocs and condotes Wt.n "1,,
"pont CIV, my poor M cr.," w.
80, nOh, Christine, doht oTb'
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
o,NGsTER, watching. saw the way
s ,.r arms crept forward till they were
..n.d around Jimmys neck: saw the
- .sy sbe clung to him: heard the anguish
| IN her voice as she said:
T,vs got no one now, Jimmy; no Ole
st ALL" , ,s,
,,wnd head. his eyes met those OF Ms
tIsnd with a sort Of defiance IN thein
"you'ye got me. Christine" he saio
-,,, now sort of humbleness.
I'm going to be married. |o'''"'
| ..td Jimmy Challoner. 40, 81
said ~ was deep in an armchair, with ms
Ia ne stnck up on the seat Of another
~, Sa vas blowing rather agtateo
s ~ ~ smoke into the room from az
vpgnansiye cigar, for which he had ho'
psld. . ,,,,skv and soda
at the table, and Just ior atrean, of 500.
nvOlOn JeThtu Sphet'e
water over the cloth. .o-to Miss
"' "Yes, sir; certainly, sir; too MISS
rarrow. I presoom, sir. ~ .,a, .
TbeTe was a momentary silence, tnen :
NO, YOU fathead," said Jimmy Mas
ioner curtly. ITO MISS Myai to he
christlS5e, ..,aS ,ns Wat Say aiter naa tomorrow nm
ayes air: I'm sure wish you every
,,,nnsss sir, And II I may ask, sir a..
wIil YOU still be requiring my services ).
IImmy stared. "Of course l snail'
No said blankly. "Who the police DO SYs
think is going to look after % my his T Fee,
snur from the opposite chair and sa'
SSppa,,etIv" he said he did not looE
a; Costin now. Miss Wyatt has los'
ssr mother recently-1 dare say >, yot
know, I-er-I think that Is All. II, m
added with a sort of embarrassment, " "
hs had made a conidant' OF Costin u
the days before he was engaged 70 Cyn
thia the many little gifts that CostiI
mad conveyed to her; the notes ne hae
brought back. Jimmy stihed sigh
his broad chest; he rose to his Feet
"And Costin-
Yes, sir" .,
"There is no need toto mention
Miss Farrow--if you understand"
Very we'll; get out" said Jimmy;
Costin obeyed imperturbaoly; H'
knew Jimmy Challoner very well am
| n this case, at all events. the mnsle
| Jimmy subsidized again into his chai
with sigh The day after tomorrow
Il seemed as II II must be the end o
everything; as II he would be brough
UP sharply against an umscalable brlc'
wall when his wedding day came.
Poor little Christine! She had change'
very much during the last Few days
she looked somehow older-more grown
up; she smiled less frequently, and sh'
was very Quet-even with Jimmy. Ant
she loved Jimmy; she seemed to low
him all the more now that he was al
that was left to her Jimmy realize,
Il, too, and II worried him. He meant t
be good to her---he wanted to be goof
70 her. but--involuntarily he glanced
toward the blank space on the mantel
shelf where Cynthia FaTow's portrai
used to stand.
: He had not seen her since that night
when she had told him the truth when
che had told him that she had thrown
him over because he was not ricr
enough, because she valued diamonds
and beautiful clothes more than she
valued his love. He wondered II she
knew Of his engagement; II she na-
been told about 1t, and II so-whether
she minded
So far nobody had seemed particu-
larly pleased except the great Horatio
who had cabled that he was delighted
and that he was making immediate ar
rangements to increase Jimmy's al
lowance.
Jimmy had smiled grimly over that
part OF the message: 1t was hard luck
that the great Horatio should only shell
out now, when--when--he pulled up his
thoughts sharply. he tried to remember
that he was already almost az good aA
a married man he had no right to be
thlnkng Of another woman he was 60
ing to marry Christine.
The door opened Costin reappeared.
..wSst ..RwIsSa;es ;. s'r-a lady to see you"
Jimmy stared incredulously. "A lady
nsee me" Rot! It's some mistake---'''
No, sir. begging your pardon. sir, II
said ,CostIn stolIdly. "It's-if you please
cir, It's Miss Farrow"
=, Jimmy stood immovable for monieii,,
shen turned around slowly and me.
financially, almost az II some one had
,aken him by his shoulders and forced
him to do so
"Miss---Farrow |" he echoed Costins
spologetic utterance OF Cynthia's name
esIpressioniessly. "Miss-Farrow. = ;. -
Inc color rushed from his brow to chin
ms heart began to race Just as II used
gee her, and was waiting In her pink
srawlng room, listening to the sound OF
Ist hn coming steps on the landing outside
After a moment:
,Ask-ask her TO come in"
~ ne turned his back to the mirror me.
s.nsanlcally he passed hand over the
refractory knlf in his hair: be looked
,S.ls ~ ms tis with critical eyes he wished
mere had been time TO shave no wished
anu then he forgot to wish anything
NOR more at all, for the door had opened
AnS cynthia herself stood there.
,zsd Sne was beautifully dressed he real
baS b.ea IN vague sort of way that she
nSa nst never looked more desirable, and
isyot tVr The life Of him he could not
csnt cTe ,S IoId what she was wearing, ex.
tept trpp, mere was big bunch OF lilies
'usSed exec into the bosom of her gown
"as smiling adorably '>
Jimmy" she said,
osSmImmys first wild instinct was 10 rush
SH' %Sra TSrOa, ana take her In his arms; ther
he ber rememoercd, He backed away from
"er step; he began to tremhIe