The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-03-03
PART !.
Moral Emblems,

PART !.
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Moral Emblems.
Please don't skip this description Of
Robert Hervey RandOlph-six feet
straight up and down, broad Of shoul
der and narrow of hip, sandy-haired
blue-eyed, nose slightly appended and
wearing a saddle of faint freckles
clean shaven, well groomed, very cor
rectly dressed, and twenty-six years
Old. Let it be added that his eyes
were placed just far enough apart to
stamp him forever honest; he had an
open and most prepossessing coun-
tenance.
At the moment of the start of this
rapid yarn, he was standing in the
Van Telliers' library, looking down in
panied and flushed surprise at Miss
Madge Van T., who was sitting in a
huge leathern chair half facing the
IRE in the open crate, one leg very
much under her, the other waving a
satin-and-silk combination of foot and
ankle In dlstracting accompaniment to
her disturbing speech.
Bobby" said Miss Van T.. "you are
darned good-looking; you're strong,
straight, and a gentleman; there are
times when you are wholly adorable,
but, nevertheless, I'm not going to
the show with you tonight, or to the
opera tomorrow, or anywhere any
more. There, there, dear boy; you
don't have to say anything. You have
one Of those faces that is absolutely
beyond the aid Of vocal organ. 1t
says everything that is in your heart
Of gold before your brain has time to
tinkle bell.'
Look here, Madge," said the panied
Mr.. Randolph: "are You making fun
OF my face or Of my brain or of
bothY'
my dear" said Miss Van T. quite
grayely, I'm not making fun of you in |
any way whatsoever. I'm merely tell
Ing you how l6vable you are, SO that
you will understand how serious It Is
when say that I've decided not to
love you any more"
"B-but how can you help it?" STAN.
mered Mr.. Randolph. his tongue for
once saying the same thing as his face
at the same time.
Miss Van Us breast fluttered as
though rising against It's mistress to
the defense Of this disingenuous young
man, and she was obliged to swerve
her eyes from his and draw a long
breath before she answered
Il can, because will,' she said her
face paling. "Oh, Bobby, can't Won
wake up? Look round you and come
to earth! You are born and bred on
Manhattan. yet you've never seen New
York"
4 guess you're right" said Bobhv
tnoughtfully. Look here, Madge: WHY
should | try to see New York and
why should we be talking ash.cans
when I've got you to look at in one Of
the most bewitching and abbreviated
pits Of dress goods that ever revealed
q completely adorable person? Tell ,
me that"
"Well.' said Madge her face hard.
ening, 7 will. It's long story, not IN
words but in generations. The Van {
Telliers have lived in East Ninth +,
street since the year one Of the island | s
That Is, they used to live here. now /
they hardly exist. They are merely an q
assorted lot Of animated corpses that /
crawl out Of their tomb periodically to t
take a strange air, leaning on rotten
stave called the Old Order Listen r.
this, Bobby: The new NewjYork Is : G
Iever, and I've caught It. want ; v
ralhy-day ear, calling-car, and . s
touring car; | want dresses that will v
STAB with envy the heart of every l
woman that looks at them; | want NV "
Jewels to run to size and quality, and a
want'a yacht just for the papers II "
talk about, because / hate to rida N o
the smelly things" q
Bobby's eyes had grown ronnco, a
and wider as the list progressed o
DO You think You could get a,on, o
q hundred thousand a YEAR," '' he
asked very softly. a -
! don't know" she said SLOWLY "
I've been going into the snb,sct S,
atner thoroughly, and a hundred thou.
and would be running It on . n ,sSh fl
l'ose margin By the way, lust what Al
z your allowance under that c,a. r, e
silly '1a' crazy )
Ten thousand" said Bobby re
well" said Miss Van T., 4there Won h.
're !! Just enough to keep Won com. "
.or'aoly In debt, and you want 70 81
marry me on It! II wouldn't be on,te at
9 out Of the question il you knew WON Won b
we're going to have itsforever. bu, y you m
lon't i maybe cut OFF," '04 Dc
ANY day. said Bobby promnt,v a
. isn't likely, after all these years m
~ y IVY. a,gsssag sil
Wen then uh afs!" Miss Van = q
epeated herself. 'l'm not altorethe, J, Sd
!. pc, Bobby. Ten thousand with Won he
bsQE seqapEh ,to. make any %
'o.esn sn1nk mrs timea but the 20
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