Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-02
ErHE DANCING MASTER
az WHO IN THE STORY
By RUBY AYRES
Il "rhs Phantom Lover" "A Bachelor Husbsns.~
"Ths One Unsvantsd," etc.

-o,a WHO IN THE STORY
v.yru CONYERS, q dcn'.rt
9A1S,.i Seovtitul In spite OF hev
Ee9ty g", 10 on the death Of a
eelAsss. - socs 10 London to make
Gviss w dancing ono '"''' !"
~ ssn,,vsTOy. s,,cs a hdndsome young
..iswes, eho, after tho 0or. ~ ta'"s
/, srciessional dcnc,ng 70 Scse "a .
sk Css lie had been frosncd 70 no
sssI;ssiex. In q ~or rom'"'' 10 "u'
cs'ss ~. develops into a foshy, sor-
r M. ritk nhom he cannot I've.
Rovston's dancing partner,
sIss si,e loves him and Is jeo'ou' o,
~ i''M'fii 'M'fiisoN. EIsooeth'' s"oobish
.s y"srI = RMER, a rich mar about
L ia ..Sn nroposes TO Elizabeth and
~. .s.,: H H,r Lessons Hith
tfI. SENESTIS, O "o'ed oo"e'
.:.ssTER :ssTsESiR SHEATH, a country lad, in
~ v''A El':'oeih.
| 20 sl,sd Rushed to Her Face
x,rizABETH had walked half the
~, before she saw a taxicab, and
~: ,ssrer q o'clock than 8 before
cached the restaurant: 49,,
c,tS. von't have waited,' she told
...W IN a panic. but he had. and was
= M door OF the cab almost before 1t
n stopped. ,,...,n.v -
u,aahsth said impulsively. and then
SIaIed in confusion.
F;No." said Royston quietly.
n lad the way to the same table at
-tIsb tbey had sat the night Elizabeth
~ sxly from her aunt's house.
ifSis is where we sat BEFORE" she
M, meeting his eyes.
| i,em't IT,
\ issbeth did not answer.
"I'ye ordered dinner" Royston went
:, II know you don't like being asked
A. lsushed. II never know what to
s,der. everything always looks 80 dread.
Hiv .Ypensive," she said, simply. "On
TdSay Nine. Sencstis ordered every
am, and am sure it must have cost
"W course. you lunched with
hr.er. Well. how did you get on?"
II. don't like him; I knew !
Aeuldn't."
"Isa't that rather a sudden judg.
pent! Why don't you like him?"
h"I don't know; he was very kind. l
Aink he tried to be nice TO me; he gave
~ some lovely flowers
"rlowers?"
"Yes, violets. I gave them to Meta
n soon as got home.'
That was kind of you."
"No. II wasn't. I just didn't want
them." She looked at him with a lit
u pucker between her brows. ''Mr.
1ayiton, aren't people di6erentf"
"Hcw do you mean!"
"It's difficult to explain; perhaps
you'll laugh at me, but, do you know,
] hated shaking hands with him, and
~ never felt like that about any one
Als eyes dwelt upon her consider.
W.
~ am afraid I prejudiced you against
Ill.," be said. "You must try to be
alr 10 him, and forget what I said.
Start again, as 1t were, and only re.
member how much be Is going to do
fsf you."
Elizabeth picked up a fork and began
tracing the pattern on the tablecloth.
Il keep trying to remember" she
nid with q sigh. ''and all the time
lnd mysef wishing that it wasn't he
!hS . doing 1t at all, but--some one
de-"
YOU must try to look upon 1t purely
q 4 business arrangement" he told
~. After all that is what 1t is. He
invests certain amount of money in
llufn."
u know, but 1t makes me feel as il
/! don't belong to myself any more, but
y him and Nine. Senestis."
That is sheer nonsense" Royston
Hd roughly. You might as well say
~ all these laS weeks you haven't
eeelIed to yourself. but to me-and-
0a Netta," he added hurriedly.
That's different. I didn't mind
uit' Elizabeth answered simply.
kcyston's face seemed to tighten with
Spain beneath the innocence of Eliza.
kth's eyes.
Idont see why 1t should be differ.
It, be said with an effort.
ana, then. all at once Elizabeth
new 1t was because she loved him
xila every breath of her body, with |
Tr1y oeat OF her heart she loved him.
Iaa 10 1t made all the difference. and
Issa!s would to the end of her life and
ine blood rushed to her face in such |
burning torrent that for moment she |
Ia 70 cover 1t with her hands to hide |
..Om him, and the wings of tragedy beat |
',9y c'ose to them both during the ri.
a.s soS,, !nat followed. For, man Of the |
"Wa as ne was, Royston had read the |
|.ss 70 his question in her eyes, and
II ~ niue while he could not trust him.
!. Ing waiter bringing dinner saved the
~,uallcn, ~ and when Elizabeth looked |
" ssslh with the dreadful feeling that
3, ner the end Of the world had come. |
nh 'on on was calmly studying the wine
n. Is'u !, ana voice at her elbow was ask.
nees!' LUCK UT ciear,
-, one pulled herself together though she
I.na. lssMoling In every limb, and her
n Nv tslt cold and dead; there seemed
s,,sn,.Ie weisht on her cyelids. too, which
'lH!satsd H.a her from raising them
NJ t..a -! ,noyston guessed? Did he know?
N. -. u. mat she would die of shame
so,ss s ,eaa pity In his eyes, or, still
Ielly had called him n a;rt. No,t.
IN IN @!a that many women had loved
IN IN Ell.abeth suffered agonies mil
) N, eat efort she forced her eyes
ii, y. on,. ,ace. and then every nerve in her
n. ffsiseied fsisesed with relief as she met the
isrssli tIh"%i'ness th"t .s OF bis smile, and tod
nd thai u. ,,s M she had nothing to fear,
"at Tue storm thut hnI ,I..