Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-29
THE DANCING MASTER
By RUBY AYRES
~. ,f "The Phantom Lover" "A Bsehslos Hoe
A""'' "Tks One Unuanesd," etc.

sVi ltttiC yuC NuIHeU dVs
pealinsly to Royston, who stood beside
her, when a man pushed his way TO
the front Of the crowd with quick .
eagerness.
He looked at Elizabeth with open
admiration before he spoke to Royston |
In an affected drawl.
II say. Royston. you might intro. |
duce me, will you?' he said.
1t was Neil Farmer.
1t must have been obvious to the
most casual observer that Pat Royston
md Farmer were not friends. as for |
an instant they looked at one another
without speaking.
Farmer was smiling with a sort Of
easy confidence. but the other mans
face was hard and curiously pale when.
nfter an unn,istn kable hesitation. he
turned to Elizabeth.
Miss Conyers--m introduce
Captain Furmcr?"
He spoke curtlS. and he moved a
little closer to the girl as Farmer
bowed.
Delighted. Miss Conycrs. am
sure. I asked Nine. Senestis to bring
you to lunch with me one day this
week, and this is an unexpected pleas.
ure. May l be allowed to congratulate
you on your very beautiful dancing.
and'---hc lowered his voicc---''to also
congratulate myself on my extreme good
! fortune?'
! Elizabeth flushed and drew awny
shc wns not used to fattery; she an
swcred vaguely: 'Oh. thank sou
thank you very much
koyston and ! were in France to.
gether. you knoT. Farmer went on
In the same confident manner. wnich
made Koyston long to knock him down.
It was quite true that for short time
the two men had both served III France
with the same battery, the difference
between them being that Farmer had
gone through Sandhurst without mucn
distinction, but with great deai OF
! money 70 pave ms way: ana ma re-,
!uctantly come from lndia and eood
time to the mud ana blood OF france
eighteen months beiore tue arnistice;; 1nS;
mnescus no! s'"m "uu @ y''hEu h;s nn,;..;on mp ~, .
hS ~, pr''m,s or;t anu Won MS e''A'"''S''"
" sheer "'er'' -.
., The two men had inst'nctivelg aus.
liked each other from the hrst molneht
OF meeting. and Farmer, holding thc
senior rank. had used every pcttY
means IN ms power whereoy 10 MAKE
,One Of the civilian army. rrs you ),
ton had hated him ever since.
| He hated him now as he stood smiling
down at little Elizabeth and uttetins .,shns
inlsomc compliments, wnien shS ne!t"e. =.
wanted nor appreciated; he hated to
!hlhk thut sooo 'n.s ,n~m n m"uW
paying FOR the very 1000 sne ate ehu the
clothes she wore. ,
And yet he was as 'evel: headed e.dsa,,r enough mes
to realize that ne was PROBABLY nct
being. just to Farmer; Tor. beyond ~ M
own instructive dislike o. tue mS"' ny
knew, nothing asa,nst nun; anu ,'a' ma"
heard from NINE. senesus .nu' .,,o,s me va
prepared to oehave ~ '"os' se"''ou'
"Rut he has not seen Miss Con.
yers! 20 Royston had protested. and
madame had smiled and shruseed her
narrow shoulders as she answered:
"AIoi. non. but he is my friend :.
What would YOU? He do It for me !.
I have known him one-two-
three yeurs--oh. a long time!
And now Farmer had met Eliza1etn.
anu thc angry o'ouu .,,a ,,n,,
her: ,n ........ .,,r
lie moved determ'heu'' oe'"'e" '"s"
at iast. co !. .,-od-1 am sire
MISS Cm"'s,s us. har for little
you VIII ~ J.n,,, E,;,.heth.s hnnd
Mnlie. ,;s ' q ~, m''"
'"rSush ho ied hcr away he heard some
ono cav:
~ "WSere on earth did he pick her
nm? NV dear. she's a genius! I always
thought ROyston was clever; eut To-
nisht-well;, he was Just n foil for her'
that was az .,.. .,...-,, es be ,ook esl
lie smiled rather bitterly a;a. as ne '9oxe }oSc
down at EiizaoC.n u"' Snr ,.mGonhtei
he did not grudKe oI m.r % a. - oiresdv
success. anu Hat - h;n' S.I far hshind
she was leaving MIN io' ~ -.
"Are You Pleased With My DancAng''
Tbov went back to. the little room
u.here sumner had been laid, and Eliza.
hntb dronred YEARLY into chair.
.'Tiredf" Royston asked cheerily.
,1 sho nodded: she could not trust
%arsoif n sneak; she pinchcd her wrist
horJ n Keen back the tears of sheer
morUors excitement which would rise
=. hor evas
Rnvston noured out some wine and
h-owcht ~ 70 her.
"Eonsense! =" he said firmly when she
oh;ected. II say you are to drink
= there's n good GIRL"
VIA tooL the cmDty glass from her
.rd nut II down on the table; he
hms,.d himself serving supper, not once
i"nh;m, at her' hut talking away at
nsndnn, '"Uns tho whole time.
'oo proSontIv when he had spoken and