The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-02-04
PART /.


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straight up and down, broad of Shout
der and narrow Of hip. sandy-halred.
blue-eyed, nose slightly appended and
wearing saddle Of faint frecliles,
clean shaven, well groomed. very cor
rectly dressed, and twenty-six years
old. Let IL be added that his eyes
were placed just far enough apart 10
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
huge leatheTn chair half facing the
fire In the open crate, one leg very
much under her. the other waving n
satin-and-sillS combination or foot and
ankle in distraeting accompaniment 10
her disturbing speech.
Bobby" said Miss Van r., "you are
darned good-looking; you're strong,
straight, and gentleman; there ore
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 hoy; sou
don't have to say anything You have
one Of those faces that IS absolutely
beyond the aid of vocal organ. II
says everything that is IN your heart
Of gold before your brain has time TO
tlnkle n bell"
"Took here. MadEe," said the panied
Mr. Randolph: "are you making ran
of my face or Of my brain or Of
bothT"
MY dear" said Miss Van r. quite
gravely, I'm not making FUN Of you IN
any way whatsoever Tim merely ten.
ing you how lovable you are. 80 that
You viii understand how serious Il Is
when ] say that I've decided not 20
love you any more"
'B-but how can you help ~" STAN.
mered Mr.. Randolph, his tongue for
once saying the same thing as his face
at the same time.
Miss Van It's breast futtcrcd ag
though rising against It's mistress 10
the defense Of this dIsinecnuous Young
man, and she was obliged to swcrvc
her eyes from his and draw long
breath before she answered.
81 can, because ] will" she said, her
face paling, "0h. Bobby can't you
wake up2 Look round you and come
TO earthl You are born and bred on
Manhattan, yet you've never seen New
York"
~ guess you're right" said Bobby
thoughtfully. Look here Madge why
should try TO see New York. and
why should we be talking ash-cnns
when I've got you to look at IN one OF
the most bewItching and abbreviated
bits OF dress goods that ever revealed
n completely adorable personY Tell
me that"
"Well." said Madge. her face hard.
ening, II will. It's long story. not IN
words but in generations. The Van
Telliers have lived I'm East Ninth
street since the year one Of the island.
That Is, they used to live here; now
they hardly exist. They are merely an
assorted lot of animated corpses that
crawl out Of their tomb periodically 10
take n strange afr, leaning on rotten
stave called the old ORDER Listen ia
this, Bobby: The new New York is n
fever, and I've caught II. I want
rainy-day car, calliRg-car. and a
touring car; want dresses that win
stab with envy the heart OF every
woman that looks at them; 7 want ms
Jewels 20 run TO size and quality. and
I want yacht just for the papers 10
talk about, because hate 20 ride in
the smelly things"
Bobby's eyes had grown roundcr
and wider as the list progressed.
do you think you could get along
on hundred thousand Year," he
asked very softly.
II don't know" she said slowly.
'T've been going into the subject
rather thoroughly, and a hundred thou.
sand would be running II on a pretty
close margin. BY the way, just what
is your allowance under that crazy
WHIP
"Ten thousand" said Bobby
"Well," said Miss Van r., there you
are Just enough TO keep you com.
fortably in debt, and you want to
marry me on It'll II wouldn't be quite
so out Of the question II you knew YOU
we're going 10 have II forever. but you
don't. It may be cut OFF,"
"Any day" said Bobby promptly.
ut isn't likely, after all these years
but It may
swell, there you arel" Miss Van Il.
repeated herself. I'm not altogether
pig, Bobby. Ten thousand with you
thrown In is enough to make any
woman think three times. but the
truth is YOU have been killed by toe
little and too much kindness. II you
had never gone on as super for dis
appearing heiress, you might have
amounted TO something by now. In.