Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-05

expensive already. Pending mis- taking
up his duty az a barbed wire. fence
husband, he had sold out a fair pro.
portion OF his very modest stock IN
War Loan. Walters had to be paid,
and taxi .drivers.
In the taxi this suddenly happened.
He turned to her and began casually,
,.n!. atst me, t9s see; tod'y's the twentieth
"Yes." she said absently. To-day"
"Thcn It's today, l believe, that I
hsys the honor to sSsk you to accept my
At that instant Clover was not list.
enine to him at all. She sat there
beside him wrapped In something soft
and voluminous that covered her up
from black lace headdress to black
bucklesi shoes; her thoughts had
morning In tho Office with her CHIEF
her against a deal that he considered |
with soms % frm H IN BSs Brssi,. '''Ias'nI, He had
pulled his beard and murmured, II
don't wish to. alarm, Mrs. Elphin.
stone, but the fewer risks Il. B. takcr |
just now, the better.
rsas. shnt my En:sys :y ;S y: II. ts.t ;sS
see chnnges for the better
Clover had announced definitely.
soon.
Mrs. Elphinston., I can only hop.
1t VIII prove TO be a. you say"
! ,'Ilave l often proved to be wrong
Sn,einI when iye 70, told @ you something big was
,.s,sD.i, %so fqr you s;, have always been extra;
The manager had glanced at the girlish
head Of affairs: just as Il priest might
glnnce toward the Temple of u Siby
whose dvining powers he could neither
explain nor deny. AT the same time
I've never known things to look 90
serious for the business. Not IN az
these years I've been here with e. B.
% - But yosS, see the business look.
~ do" Glover had said unhesl.
tatingly. Something fortunate is near
to that brazilian firm. we can take
risks. There's luck coming, Mr..
I'VE need it," he had sighed. ~
, wish l knew what was going to bring
Clover had secretly smiled. Luck
4 would be brought by this otherwise
I negligible Major, Carmichael. Why, and
r how she did not know. She only ''knew''
q. her--and therefore, Of course, to Ell.
, phinstone Brothers.
= Only sometimes she was dreadfully,
q dreadfully tired Of being Elphinstont
I Brothers. Sometimes she would like tt
q be able to chuck it all, the Office, the
!. family, and everybody who knew her
y To start a completely new life as just
. girl! What fun! But quite lin
q possible. How old would she be wher
she was able to 'retire"?
r. Into her musings there cut the voic'
!: forgotten toE that he was beside her in thi
% "what did you say?" she aske.
y ~ with a turn Of her lace. .bedecked head
Harry Carmichael repeated with grea
:. distinctness his last remark.
|. oh" she took up shortly. pleas
N don't be 30 absurd. Ask me to nc
;" cept'.? (InwardIy she thought, .'lIo,
hateful we are. both Of us!"( "Ther
"nytnkt"s q" tnkss a. "sG%i .aa that yourself That
ID "Tnken az said? Oh. no." he de-
te murrrd. "I'usiness Is business, and
;. bargains targain. ! should alway
!. wish to-er--give full measure.
D, II quite intended that. So will you
IN Mrs. Elphinstone. marry me?"
}" "Silence Gives Consent
Pause Of impatient surprise fror
II, her. Then, from him, this impcrti
nence:
"silence gives consent? You will
THINK you-Clover.
n Her Christian name!
er Now there are many ways OF using
81 n Ing it. 4 man can say miles So. and
ie So" in tone that proclaims aloud III
a net names he omits for the time beinl
ad For instance. Bobby Llewelyn, VII
te never called her anything but "Mr
or Elphinstone, managed to make thu
re sound positively intimate and tende
lis But Harry Carmichael managed
n. make Glover sound--wcll, like moth
nd ing but the way he said It. \.
is. lntimste.ch. anything but that! n
nj score" She knew 10 was quite rieI
cir in using her name now. When tV
at people agree to play an elaborate pa
llt before the world, they must get In
lat the Glover habit. 1t would bs Il
wo disastrous if-after they were engag
ID, the "Mrs. Elphinstone" went
10. slipping quite naturally from him. s
'er realized that. 1t would never do, eithe
TO II she forgot to leave off saying M
he jor Carmichael" to him. She must a
it. quire the habit as soon as possib
u. "Harry" In public and "you" or notl
ing in private would be too risky. 3
er. must get accustomed to "Harry'.i
ID. soon; but she couldn't. she simp
in. couldn't Just this moment
ioS So. ignoring the question of nam,
ted his or her own. she said, '"The ne
of hour or so is what matters. Very II
for portant.'
20. "iou mean-when we announce o
ade engagement"
al, "Yes,"
ace "Then Mrs. Meadows is coming
ak to this nautch?"
dr. MY aunt? No."
yer but oughtn't your aunt to be
lid. first person to he told?'
~ have told her." said Clover, lea
not ing back and feeling that this "
Ink lie exclaimed, "You have told
d" already?"
had Eyes. She had to dine out ea
lif- with friends this evening. ! told
lilo just before she went. Before you cam,
the "A bit previous, wasn't 1t? Al
less all, I hadn't actually asked You theI
ne "You know. ! don't think you n
are have actually asked me ut oil. tn
ims It would have been," she hesitat
nat "rather nicer Of you not to-
i'at i.;s "Do you? I'm sorry, thought I
ing as long as we were business. like mi