The Washington times., 1921-03-18
BIRTHRIGHT
A Fascinating Romance of Society In Which a
Poor Rich Girl Sponsors
]. Rich Poor Girl

!, the season will be opened In about
another month. When do those
Entire Nous invitations go out?"
II don't think II would be possi-
BILE for her. this year"--Patricia
began, gently. .regretfully.- My
aunt. Mrs. Anthony Page, Ia really
In charge of that. and l imagine
that the list Is all made up by this
time"
Exactly. your aunt is Mrs.
Page" he said. "and you are re-
lated to the Pomeroys and Eyres
and Throckmortons, aren't YOU?
Exactly Now. I'll tell you our
propositions. stiss Chesebrough.
and you can take 1t or leave 1t.
just as you see fit.'
FREE AS AIR.
His rather heavy face was lit by
excitement now, and he was lean
ing forward in his chair. you
have undoubted position here" he
said. You belong to one Of the
oldest families, and you have rela-
tives in all the others. You know
them all, and just how they grade
socially, and they know you. Now
I'm not asking you to come here to
live. that isn't my idea at all. I'm
asking you to meet my sister
you'll like her-and to take her
about with you. and get her
started.
You'll know better than how
to manage 1t. You will be sup
posedly cataloguing our books, but
you will be. as free as air. You'll
have the cars and the boat--any-
thing; all the money you need!
And, of course I'll make 1t worth
your while. You're a business wo-
man, and I'm talking business.
You understand this" he con-
tinued earnestly. "and I'll bank
three hundred dollars to your ac-
count on the first day of every
month. More than that. IL Pansy
marries, and marries decently.
twenty-five thousand dollars cash,
Now, how about it?"
Patricia's first thought was that
of all the delicious gossip that had
been drifting about concerning the
Palmers this was the most delec-
table scrap. She must remember
every word Of this for her intimates
to laugh over.
But the mention of $500 a month
had given her q. seconds resentful
pause. They could offer her this
these plebeians! And. oh. she
groaned in her heart, "Why couldn't
1t be something l could do?"
PATRICIA WAS POOR
For Patricia was poor. only her
self knew how desperately and how
humiliatingly poor. She went to
luncheons and teas, she drifted in
and out of the Countrywoman's
Club, the city's most exclusive doors
were open to Patricia: but she owed
money at her cheap little boarding
house and she had not q dollar in
the world.
She don't have to marry money"
Mrs. Palmer said, when the son
paused "but gentleman, that's all
Now she met a man coming across
the ocean. two years ago, and she
liked him real well and he didn't
have a cent. But she was only six
teen then. and, of course, she was
only a little girl. But a man like
that, / mean. 1t was Sidney Hutch
inson, the artist"
Sidney Hutchinson! Patricia's
heart gave spring. But i'm
mediately amusement blotted out
every other emotion. Sidney the
exquisite, Sidney the rare, casually
allotted to Pansy Palmer. She had
quick vision Of him, in his
dainty smock, dreaming over his
piano: she seemed to hear his
strangely sure and half-cynical COM
ment upon a book.
Dye know him?" asked Dan.
"Oh, very well. He--Ive known
him since before fathers death,
eight years ago. He Is just paint
ing my debutante cousin, Roberta
Throck norton"
Ito He Con tinued TomorrowD