The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-03-10
PART I.
Moral EmbIeme

MOTdl EWpiCWos
Please don't skip this descrip
Robert Hervey Randolph-sl'
straight up and down, broad of snoul-
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-slx years
old. Let 1t be added that his eyes
we're 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 Telllers' library, looking down in
panied and flushed surprise at Miss
Madge Van T., who was sitting In a
huge leathern chair half facing the
Are IN the open CRATE, one leg very
much under her, the other waving a
satln-and-sllk 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 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 a vocal organ. 1t
says everything that is in your heart
OF gold before your brain has time to
tlnkle a bell"
Look here. Madge," said the palned
Mr.. Randolph: "are you making fun
Of my face or Of my brain or OF
both?"
my dear" said Miss Van T. quite
gravely, "rm not making fun OF you in
any way whatsoever. I'm merely tell
ing you how lovable you are, so that
you will understand how serious It is
when I 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 It's breast fiuttered as
though rising against its mistress to
the defense Of this dlsIngenuous 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 pallng. "Oh. Bobby, can't you
wake upi Look round you and come
TO earth You are born and bred on
Manhattan, yet you've never seen New
York"
Il guess you're right" said Bobby
thoughtfully. "Look here, Madge: why
should l 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 bewltching and abbreviated
bits Of dress goods that ever revealed
completely adorable person? Tell
me that"
swell" said Madge, her face hard.
ening, II 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
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 strange air, leaning on rotten
stave called the old Order Listen 20
this, Bobby; The new New York is a
fever, and I've caught It. want a
rainy-day car, calling-car. and a
touring car; want dresses that will
stab with envy the heart OF everv
woman that looks at them; want nv
Jewels TO run TO size and quality ana
want yacht Just for the poners %
talk about, because I hate 10 rlde IN
the smelly things"
Bobby's eyes had grown rounaar
and wider as the list progressed
do you think you could get along
on a hundred thousand a YEAR," he
asked very softly.
II don't know" she said SLOWLY
I've been going into the subject
rsther thoroughly, and hundred thou.
sand would be running IL on prettv
close margin. BY the way just what
Is your allowance under that crazy |
VIM" way
Ten thousand" said Bobby
well" said Miss Van It. "tbere vor
Trsl Just enough to keep you com.