The Washington herald., 1921-11-06

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rather than NV. He was hs4iled md tsa1s1s
and miserable but helpless. How soft and
dainty she looked to b able to put enc into
such prichiing torture! DID she know she
w.s torturtng him7 OF oourss not Absurd.
She wasn't enough interested IN him. one
way Or the other. to take the patns-shs'd
made that piatn enough
o. wer. he'd besn = concettsd, asinine fool
Merely because . giri lets you take up some
Of her tns, becanse she smiles on you . bit
merely from that to infer Wen.
he'd been q fooHlet It 20 at that Quite clear
he didn't stand one-two-thres with that
damned oocary Immet. He felt an Insane DE-
sire to dear up this last point absolutely. BE-
yond an shadow Of doubt; to throw aAds
poffte couventonal subterfuges and. with
indecent but soul atisfyins franlne1, to
shout out: Are you in love with Nick
Immet? II %, say % outright, and lss's
have that over WITH
But Of course he throttied ths mad I'm
pulse He only continued to regard her
silently. cFoochtng behind the screen Of has
suspicaone. % 10 speak, while Corinna, -
soft and eaustvs - the moon soon to appear,
kept her dreamy gaze on the deepening dusk.
In violent contrast to her aspect she was
thinking bitterly: And I was IDIOT enough
to think he really cared! He's fallen for
Becky already. =. And all this scenery
and loveIfness wasted. I've got to
20 or with Nick Immet again, while he re-
monstrates just enough to be polite. He's
really Et>d 10 Be- rid Of us! Well. he shah
novE gue0
Into the room noatsd Becky's voice. pitched
high to q Esy humr:
20. Andy. there you are Come to the
d2nans room and help me With some fiowsr."
tn o,at moment Corinna had IN her heart
been wsvering about her evenings program.
Immediately sfs~ dinnsr. On the way from
on tho vranda and on toward the beach al
moscoefore he knew wt1.t w1sSsappsnAng to
I'm He hooked back over hi shuasosr once
a-twsnA bat couldn't very wsA ehrssk ost
pro0est Cortnna had tuciseAa,sr arm through
II. To obssrvsm her sp,att dsau4 gt-s
~-es11ence Of RtanaptnS.
well. We seem deserted again. sd
BECKY. Joining Andy - he wa4ched from the
doorway. What are ,os going to Odd
been counting on bridge
-Pdhaps you'd hke . Htt1e strod dong
the beach. too he s1ggesoed- Shall We
fs5f1ou the ofherx4s
Good heavens. not" win q laugh Andy
dstnt nke the implication that laughing pro-
test carried. He stood moroseiy puff,ns at
hh cigarette and watching those two figures
sIUw dam in the gloom. 1t wss. indeed ~
Corfnna hd prUphestsd. q sforious night.
t1,e sfr sweet with the evasfve scents of
spring: the rising moon, nearly at the fun;
the shfmmertng carpet It stretched across
the Sound: the silver nood It poured down
On the hwn; the shadows it pushed back into
soft carbon vagueness-everything beauty
and magic and mystery.
Becky seated herself on a WIDE porch ssat.
Room here for two" she invited
Andy seated himself beside her
-wh1t q wonder Of a night" she observed:
not q strikingly original remsrk-probably q
thousand other girls on the continent were
voicing approximately the same words 1t
that identical moment. Yet, II the circum.
stances were right. suficing as well a. the
veriest wisdom.
The circumstances here, wore evidently
not right. for Andy shifted uneasily and
frowned q little Not that anything vas
wrong with her observation per se-that was
only too correct. It was the nights glamour
he feared. He looked up at the climbing
moon which would be strewins magic along
But IT'S a bit chilly" he heard Becky
aying.
Il should think Corinnad have taken a
wrap" he said. grimfy. "ItT be damp down
there"
20. Corinna won't know whether it's cold
or mott" And she gave that hateful little
laugh again. This time he couldn't make
himself ignore 1t.
what do you mean7" he asked
Haven't you eyes Of your own to sec
WITH she demanded back
What have they failed to see?" inviting,
while dreading her confirmation whic,, he
didn't need.
why, that Nick's crazy about her."
II can understand that. But that doesn,t
imply the-resard IL mutual. does 1T"