Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-12
yet. because Parker lived in nervous,
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dutiful and gracious note with which
Miss Leila had accompanied it..
The truth though Leila did not
know 1t, was that Mrs. Frotninghana
had pretty social secretary named
MarEarex Clay, a. strange. attractive
nttle' person eighteen years old.
whose. mother had been the old .lady's
jeonpaaion tor many years. And to
Mr.. Hoyt hAd paid some decided at
tenuon not many months before. Mrs.
rockingham Had seeR At to- disap-
prove these advances When, but she
was an extraordinarily \ erratic and
c~ross-grained old lady. and her
silence o had forced her nephew
uncon1fortably to suspect that she
Notwithstanding mind. -.
to himself Its none Of her business,
anyway. what I dol" But it made
/. him acutely uneasy none the less. He
vas the possessor of a good income,
as he stood there, this mild little
blond; it came to him steadily and
regularly. with no effort at al on his
part. but, with his, aunt's million-it
must be at least that-he felt that he
would have been much happier
she was seventy-six, aud without adj
rect heir, 1T would be ltoo bad to
miss IT nowte.{ 7'a . -Net@ S.&
He; thought OF 1t a great deal, was
thinking Of 1t this rnoule It, in fact,
and Leila suspected that he was. But
Mrs .Buckney, aside from a half
tormed wish that young persons were
more demopstrative In these days.
and that the wedding might be soon.
a not a care in the world. and. aft
er a moments unresponsive silence.
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4 haven't seen lin" responded
:rgppnx.; last year dial't
miss a day -.
"of course he'll get. the cup as
usual, this year" Mrs. Buckley said
brightly. But I don't suppose young
people with their heads full Of we'd"
ding plans will care much about the
lgolf!" she added c~ourageously. {
To this Miss Leila answered only
with a weary shrug.~
Been drinking lately" Mr.. Hoyt
volunteered.
took him up promptly. Its, that SO?
| knew~he did all the time, OF course.
but I hadn't heard latley. WELL!
Pretty herd on : Mrs breckenridge
Miss Leiia drawled. He. has ali kinds
OF money, hasn't he. Park?"
"scads." said Mr.. HQyt succtntly.
Conversation lansuished- Miss Leila
presently said decidedly that unless
her mother stood still. the sun, which
was indeed sinking low In the west
ern sky, got in everyone's eyes. Miss
Edith said that she was dying tor tea;
Mr.. Hoyt's watch was consulted. Four
| rSNIE>oi.. ar ~ 1,oc - REEL. - =, $o~
tea.
4. AT about FIVE O'clock the, sunlight
was softaned bye steadily rising nank
fof. sogTS whfch NriFfed a!17h ffrotnsdthe
: east; a: mist almost like e light rain
beat upon the faces of the last golf
ere. There were no riders on the
bride path now. and the long line OF
motor cars parked by the clubhouse
doors began to move and shift and
, nAented mysteriously away. lights
iiblooned suddenly in the dining-room,
shades were drawn and awnings
But In the clubs great central
apartlnent-which was reception
| room. louugtns room. and tea room,
.aadpwh1eh% opened to5t.the immense
ilporches. swas used FOR dances In sum-
mer. and closed and holly trimmed
was the scene OF many a winter dance
as well-a dozen good friends and
en-. sunk in deep chairs about the
blazing logs in the immense fireplace,
sossiped In low tones together, pune
tuating their talk with an occasional
burst OF. soft laughter. The men
watched teacups, adding an occasional
comment to the talk, but listening in
silence for the most part. their
amused eyes on the women's interest
ed faces. arsg.s .,aaa No.
Here was a representative group,
Ranging. image from old Peter Pom
aroy. who had been one of. the clubs
founders twelve. years ago and at six
ty was one Of its prominent members
today, to lovely Vivian Sartoris, a de-
mure. >ba~by-facsd little blonde Of
eighteen. who might be confidently
expected to make a brilliant match
in a year or two. Peter. slim, hard,
sray-hatred and leader skinned, we'll.
'sroomed and irreproachably dressed,
was discussing q cotiuion with Mrs.
Sartoris. a stout. ferid little woman
IWho- wa. only twice .her. dausbter's
aga Mrs, ,Sartoris really! did look
young TO, be the mother Ola popular
debutants; she; rode and played, golf
and tennis az brlskly as ever: It was
her pose to bring up the subject Of
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Wan with terrible penalties if she
dared marry before her mother was
forty at least.
Old Peter Ponneroy, who had a
shrewd and distllusioned gray eye.
thought, as everyone else. thought,
that Mrs.-Sartoris was an empty
headed little fool. but he rarely talked
to a woman who was anything else,
and no woman ever thought him any
1 ~ &bGs ASMALy A~9 -L .
Thought him anything but markedly
courteous and gallant. He wal old
new. rich. unmarried. quite alone in
the world. For forty years he had
kept all the women OF his acquaint-
iauce s~peculAtinH Is to his plans; mar
frtASeablD women espectaily-perhaps
Edfty OF tfem-hAd been able In All
EmAidAulti1ass To indicate to him that
ttheyf1night eaaaly 5hs persuaded Ito
But Peter. went on kissing thar
Ihands; and thrilling: than With. an. i
innate casual word now aud then, md
Perhaps be smiled about it some
times. IN the privacy Of his own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which were
vartously located An a grsat city no.
tai. IN Adr1ndackss camp, q LUXURIOUS
Club: hi. own yacht. and the bsautt-
within hsmilA. ,ef the spot where ne
was how having h1s tea. sc1astiznss
|tt ssslnsd auausinE, 70 him that 30
many traps were laid for him. He
IcouId appratse women quickly, and
now and then he leased a woman OF
his acquaintance with delightfully."-
tworded description Of his. idea1v Of u
wife. II the worDan thereafter care
llessly indicated the possession Of thu
AAnkoAA ASrn1 A&HAAEa. spnAA~As-
that. too, but she never knew III And
lnAYAr aaN him lAli1hine II hAH