Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-13

ssssssiercc," sss s" to fend Of "the harpiei, !"
sIt2GgoR 2.gge,R HARRY CARMfCHAEL.
III Way ceferdn, man Of personality,
MH.soirsey Uko kos inpeNted Hep
"a fronce uhich he agrees 10
msrsr's "strictlv busincss' PROPOSE
t'ss;osrxARY MEADOWS. C1oyer's
..s.;s. so a pretty pirl of tho period,
ERS MEADOWS, oxnt, rho, hes
s.zsiSrd,d Glover IN odUersitv and 70
:irwsred pith facors.
EINDAL, younger dau9"fer' o
psPT BoLT. bio, good -notured chop,
A..ifuliv In loco pith Rosendry.
= Hopelessly in Love!
ruBpUED, but still audibly, the lady's
SvoIce had answered: "Honeymooners7
~. ,bev You can always tell those.
-, those two have only just met
~ a young man giving his sisters
j,,.nd duty lunch or something OF
,A.t sort. Anyhow, those two," with
. tiny movement toward Glover and
nrmiebael "are nothing to do with
,ach other g..
I .cloyer's faint blush Mt that, just
:,impsed rs Carmichael had turned
rtftly to the walter.
Then, that night. The white door
y;tb the gilded number (S) Of Nine.
c,rmichael's room. Clover's fingers
s,prp the key. Clover's head, turned
AVER ' her golden. .draped shoulder to-.
-.,d him as he paused four yards away
S"~n the corridor. ("Well, good
Sirht. Fairly early tomorrow for our
S.Iti Right" Her little nod. GOOD.
Sisht!'') The door opened and shut
Csrmichael had not known at the
Anne that it meant anything to him,
thst shut white door. But now--how
,bs thought of it jabbed him. That jnb
must have been there before; it was
now II hurt, though.
~ am" he muttered. in a manner OF
ono who now definitely gives up all
attempts at pretense. He was, hope
l,ssly. In love with her.
The thought Of her obsessed him.
Now 1t came upon him from different
angle.
Carmichael in the matter Of love
would never be the type to whom sex
bsolely, as some one put 1t, something
bstwecn n scent and sweet lie
acknowledged, of course, how much
there Is Of the fragrant and delicious
element In all love that Is worth no.
udng. ct Is ut least prcttier than
other elements exclusively emphasized
" some Of these highbrows!) For
lin Clover held the intoxication OF
al the senses, but he now realized that
shs held other things as well. Visit
fully he began to wonder about her, ~
piece together the essential girl. How
changed his impressions were from
those first impressions Of heri He had
Seen her hard and calculating; the
stonily ambitious secretary girl who
had schemed marriage with the head Of
he firm: he'd guessed her shallow,
selfish, unreasonable. spoilt--one by
one those ideas of her had melted.
.-'Frue, she was totally unaware OF
passion. Hence her marriage-both her
Marriages, But she was warmly
afectionatc. Look Mt. her with those
cousins of hers! She had been sweet
With them this evening ut the party {;
10 the middle Of all the other. guests she
had taken them aside to send them home
loaded with sweets and flowers and what
not. Then she was frank and straight
forward. Didn't she herself confess
that she was 10 sound business woman,
but that this money making fair Of hers
VA just fuke? Yet she was clever.
More brain than she chose to use.
How she'd summed up Cox. 10y.
atty, too. decent she'd been ubWit
~ mast \ sportswoman. a chum
when she cared to be she'd stick to
q man, help him. Yes, she had the
makings Of an uncommonly tine woman,
carmichael thought. Sound and whole.
some as any OF these vaunted "old-
nShioned'' girls, yet alive With the
modern. spirit that makes of the woman
Z companion as we'll.
II could be so fond Of her," decided
0michael, realizing that to be "fond"
another thing from being attracted
nassionntely. In one way It 10 a greater
!any, In one way a lesser thing. The
ieDal love affair has both. This might
Ays been both.
90 ran his thoughts, and only grad.
uauy did the young man realize that
~ channel was not now to them.
mis- he decided, "must have been
coming on for some time. And l never
AneW. ] never forcsaw. l thought the
whole idea was out OF court, before w.
even began. It's been burrowing
aa9aerground. and now everything S
!taen In crash. Now what's to be done
about III"
At this point the door of the book
!Oom opened unexpectedly and Clover
men, oil cleaning gold and white,
-"Hullo, you haven't gone to bed
INI' she said. Tho soft matter of
1ct tone wiped out the quivering Won
SW OF his last half-hour. ct seemed
.aesedible that the last time that voice
1sa aN addressed him it had called him
Its pretty late, I suppose" he
se.Tered as he rose, quickly. 'But
!e,rs still up1'
~ Just wanted to telephone again.
III say good night, then" He
ed TO the door; reluctance betray-
Itself in his movement.
mo, don't co." said. Glover, "n
~ were having a smoke" (Hs sat
sswn again. "Only I do vish I had
telephone extension put through
~ bedroom. It's annoying having
Wsphons nowhere In the house but
a,ie, he answered, hurriedly, be.
sn'nI to oil that pipe which hs had
- aosently holding. Anything for a
~, moments with her! II thought you
.S% going to order that extension?"
., .tte; l was. Twice I've been Just
sS.a. SSae point Of it. Stupidly, forgot all
Sa' y. ! don't know how 1t was, It
t right out Of my mind"
hCere, Carmichael might have been
ss~sstsd II he had happened to re-