Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-25
maps I have not quite understood you.
10 you mind II we have IL cleari''

Oh. how Glover Elphins,one ba ed
MIN tor that! Already, at once BY his
look. by bis tone, she knew that her
oher was going 10 be refused. That
ought to have been enough. but this
man would not forso the cheap score
Eot having her make tina offer In 10
many words In plainest English, In
black and. white. Brutei
AZ the pride In her rushed to her aid.
certainly, since you wish it," she
replied. c0mpose,lly and distinctly. II
am making you this firm offer; want
you, Major Carmichael, to marry me-"
Instantly, looking at her. he resre ted
that he had tnken bis advantage and
pushed her to this extreme. He would
rather have thought Of her as just a
half mad, feminine mixture Of inde.
cision. shrewdness. absurdity, and ef.
IRON cry. But she showed courage, too.
She stood up to him.
and 40 soon as convenient,
please" she said.
He bit bis lip, feeling small. What
!uckless star had led him to the Holts
last nisht3 And just because he was
angry with himself and angry with her,
and because a man must axe It out OF
something, he cursed Jim Holt. -
Always a clumsy begsar! - Always
brought the wrong. people together, no
good Of anything but engineering md
swimming contests ConfOund
But It was no use cursing; also no
use admiring the courage OF girl who
nad, BY her preposterous suggestion,
ihsnlted him. lie had made slip in
insisting upon her crossing the rs and
dottins the Is Of that insul:, but
that did not alter the point. The
calculating iceberg Of woman
who imagined that mans self. respect
was among the things money could buy.
The sooner she was disiliusioned the
better. lie took UP bis hut.
Before l 30. will you let me say
I'm sorry for the last thing l said. Mrs.
Elphinstone? 7 think perhaps It was
And . - cr - thunk YOU for the
compliment. Shall We let it 90 ut
that? Good-by."
She ood up. the finger. tips Of
one hand resting upon that acre Of desk.
The other hand had taken from the
glass q violet. and held it to her nos T..
rils. Over the flower once more she
looked at him with that oddly mingled
glance OF anger and Of approval-un.
concealed APPROVAL Of those qualities that
she coveted to use. For II lie could b,
such pig to her (as the girl mental,
. expressed ~. he could be- worse pi;
: to hose others.
, His back was tOwnrd her, he ha'
, spoken over his shoulder. his hat wa
half lf.way to his head, his hand on th
knob Of the door.
, Before the door opened she spok
again: "Major Carmichnel----''
Then with barely pause she brough
out her trump card: ''Ilow is the moor
. ing mast COINS on?"
A Mans Place
His Mooring Mast!
/. His single purpose In life. his ne,
O model of a mast. All, how that 60
- him!
e What had his moorins mast for air
I For this-his design for Moorin
Mast was his passion, his child, hi
, mistress. To get he thing recognize
\ md adopted by his country, was th
e vhole OF his ambition. There lay al
s lis dreams. To zee his country mis-
sress OF the air! TO know that tb
Carmichael mast was as necessary I
r ''er sky. liners rs were her lighthouse
r her ships that plowpd her sens
1t all existed in his dreaming brain
\ good deal of it existed already o
aper. But-unless something un
> ,oked. for turned UPON that paper
, ,eemcd likely to stop. Vision was no
= 'nough nor ambition, nor research, no
passionate love OF he work, nor eve,
the knowledge that 1t was we'll an'
, truly done.
Money was wanted to make that mas
, to 60. In haf-a dozen words thi
strange young woman at tho desk hat
r reminded him OF that.
I; lie flushed, with the vivid boyish re
n If the very fair. r.complexioned man
For in that furious moment he felt thn
she had offered to him the las insul
Il all.
Him. she could not buy. No. Ilarr
o Carmichael himself, the needy skille
!. 'ngineer. fallen on the market at il
= owest ebb. She bad been made
"calize that she couldn't buy him. Bu
t Harry Carmichael, trustee Of an In
Il vention for his country's use-Harr
d Carmichael the jealous slave OF h
Mast. who must see all his toll 6
y Tor nothing unless something that wa
~ not his were supplied to help him-thi
;. vas a different Harry Carmichael. per
). hars?
{. Supposing she had been man! SUI
~ nosing q man had offered II bargai
It wi his Mast ns one of its terms
d Supposing Il man had sa id: II Wal
" YOU out Of this country. Go and live
- Australia for the rest Of your life, al
}. I'll give you the money You want Il
y that mast Of yours Carmicha
II would have called that man cowa'
= aud a bully for thus 60 ting under h
u guard. But you cant say these thinl
10 to woman = Tint made 1t q
ID the more unworthy, on her part. j
y ,lcspised her for getting in tn
hriist. -"
His mooring mast.
ID ~ didn't know you knew anythir
about my mast nc said coldly fro
/. the door.
!. You seemed rather surprised" 81
returned quietly across the length Of Il
It Office. But do know it's oil yS
er think about"
pr Holt been talking?"
is "Oh: ! hear good deal OF what
ps going on
Then Carmichael found himself rea'
" to say more things for which he won
ID be sorry. The girls insolent belief til
,. her sIckening money could do anythil
r. came over him again like u wave. 81
{. had been making sure of her groul
b. beforehand, then. She had even foul
B. out that here was no one he wanted
A marry. ("You." she'd say, ~ kno
t don't want u wife."D Insolence!
~ Io tu,rsd pwsv from tho doop arai