The Washington herald., 1922-07-17
Continued From Yesterday.

Continued From fesfeTddy'
Anthony stretched out his arms
and the brown mass of fur tumbled
into them.
Thanks"
What do you think Of her. An
thony?" Richard Caramel demanded
barbarously. Isn't she beautiful
Well" cried the girl defiantly-
withal unmoved.
She was dazzlins-alight; It was
agony to comprehend her beauty In
a glance. Her hair, full of heav-
enly glamour. was gay against the
winter color Of the room.
Anthony moved about, magician
like, turning the mushroom lamp
into an orange glory. The stirred
fire FURNISHED the copper andirons
on the HEARTH
I'm a solid block Of ice." MUIR
INJURED Gloria casually. glancing
around with eyes whose irises were
of the most delicate and transparent
blush white. What a slick fire.
We found a place where you could
stand on an iron-bar grating, sot,
of. and 1t blew warm air up at you
but Dick wouldn't wait there with
me. 1 told him to go on alone and
let me be happy"
Convential enough this. She SEEM
ed talking for her own pleasure,
without effort. Anthony. sitting at
one end of the sofa, examined her
profile against the foreground of
the lamp: the exquisite regularity
of nose and upper lip. the chin.
family decided, balanced beautiful
ly on a rather short neck. On a
photograph she must have been
completely classical, almost cold
but the glow of her hair and cheeks,
at once flushed and fragile, made
her the most living person he had
ever seen.
best name I've heard" she was say
ing, still apparently to herself; her
glance rested on him a moment and
then fitted past him-to the Italian
bracket-lamps clinging like lumi-
nous yellow turtles at intervals
along the walls. to the books row
upon row, then to her cousin on
the other side. Anthony Patch
Only you ought to look sort of like
a horse. with a long narrow face
and you ought to be in tatters."
That's all the Patch part. though.
How should Anthony look?"
You look like Anthony" she as
sured him seriously-he thought she
had scarcely seen him-"rather ma
jestic," she continued, land solemn"
Anthony INDUCED in a disconcert-
ed smile.
"OnIy like alliterative Names"
she went on, all except mine.
Mines too fiamboyant used to
know two girls named links.
though, and just think IL they'd
been named anything except what
they were named-Judy links and
Jerry Jinks. Cute, what? Don't you
Think" Her childish mouth was
parted, awaiting a rejoinder.
Everybody. in the next genera
tion."i suggested Dick. will be
named Peter or Barbara-because at
present are the piqant literary char
acters are named Peter or Barbara"
Anthony continued the prophecy:
"of course Gladys and Eleanor,
having graced the last generation
Of heroines and being at present
in their social prime. will be passed
on to the next generation Of shop
girls-'
"Displscing Ella and Stella" in
terrupted Dick.
And Pearl and Jewel" Gloria
added cordially, "and Earl and El-
mer and Minnie"
And then I'll come along" re-
marked Dick, "and picking up the
obsolete name, Jewel, I'll attach 1t
to some quaint and attractive char
acter and it'll start its career all
over again"
Her voice took up the thread of
subject and wove along with family
upturning, half-humorous intona-
tions for sentence ends-as though
defying interruption-and intervals
of shadowy laughter. Dick had
told her that Anthony's man was
named Bounds-she thought that
was wonderful! Dick had made