Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-19
THE DANCING MASTER
By RUBY AYRES
Author OF 1.-THE Phantom osr" "A Bachelor Husbonds
L "Ths One UnDanfed" etc.

perhaps his remuneration Of her love,
out woman's ideals are, after all. set
BY her own requirements rather than
by any standard Of perfection, and 20
It was with Elizabeth.
She loved him. she wanted him, and
nobody else In the world could ever
take his place. She had only desired
success to please him. and by the Irony
OF Fate II was because Of him that she
had failed.
As vet she only vaguely realized what
II meant, and that now she was entirely
dependent upon Farmer for her future !;
for the moment she was n prey to her
own desperate unhappincss and longing.
Then Nine. Senestis arrived. and the
miserable scenes Of rage and vitupera. !.
tion began all over again: when Farmer
tried to interfere and stem the tide Of
her volubility madame rounded on him.
She said Tint he was greatly to blame
for elizabeth ignominious failure she
rayed up and down the room. running
hcr fingers through Her cropped ha,.
frantically.
You spoil her. you are a fool. a
great big fool also.' she screamed at
him. Will she try? Will she work
when she knows you are there waiting
hold out? She fnil. and n do not mot St'
ter. She do not cnre. You take har
but for me. what is there for meY
have failure, what would vouY Nv
good name Il il gone, It is down in tbe
dust. No more I am famous. no more
they come to me have to leave Lon.
don. am ashamed. The Duchess
she never ask me to her house again
Oh. I could kill myself,'
You're talking rubbish" Farmer
said curtly. You're not ruined, ANY
one could see that It was pure nervous.
ness on Elizabeths part. She started
well enough. and she will try again
some other time, and all that we
prophesied for her will come true. She
Is not well; I have seen a change in
her for weeks past. We ought not 70
have subjected her TO the strain to.
night
He stood beside Elizabeth. his arm
on her chair. his eyes defiant.
Madame snapped her fingers impu.
IDENTIFY in his face. "You are rich,
For you 1t is nossing. nossing.' she
declared. "You lose money: you huv.
more; but / have none. I ,Ia,end OF.
what l can get as from YOU but not
again will ] take her." and she looked
at Elizabeth with savage eyes. "Not
again / take a second risk; not all the
money In London will buy the work
or Nictorine Senests second time. -
She bent closer to Elizabeth. "You
60: you leave my house." she said.
Farmer stif1cd an oath. his face was
purple with rage. You're mad
| YOU re out of your mind" he sait
honrsely. ''1low dare you speak to hel
like this? Hasn't she gone through
enough! And now you threaten t.
turn her out of the house. You viii
40 nothing of the sort-you hear
Elizabeth will stay until take hel
away as my wife,
Madame shrugged her shoulders
ciaorstas % tAea ar5 Eyer II. TO 'aG.t' ... lonna
fingers. After few puffs. she wa
quieter. She wirea her hot face.
80, that Is it," she said. ''Ver,
we'll, now we know. She stay her,
till you marry her. but Won marry he,
quick and take her away. have n,
room in nv life for n little fool VIII,
got frightened because there are ,
crowd and many ewes"
"She will stov here ti,I can morr,
her." Farmer said obsinoteIv Sow,
Won mav rest assured thot IL III, ho -,
quickly as nossible ); ~ "'' '' u
He knew Nine soros.;, ,ou, ,....
TINT in ber nro.ont ,,ood w.. en, L.,', H"eT eS
his money os nothi,n 'h w.. 81. nn'o a.,
damaaed. sha m oous,.,nso,, ru.hs nsr Prlde Wa'
tiaa heS ,rno,.,'i'i m~ so"Siuel.u that her pres
uos ,L,n H"oi! ',i s"neree' ana ina
We E,...Lus s SUI .ouI9 not forgive.
H. Haoetm nstehea apathetically
a'nher woros conveyed very little &c
her sne only realized that he was kind
ana mat IN MIN she seemed to have
friend:' When presently he told her
II was time she went to bed. and that
he would settle with Nine. Senestis,
and come again in the morning, she
0beyed without question.
Altar E,,.ho.,,,s U,,,,
she went up to her room and tried
TO unfasten her froik. but its fasten-
ings, were obscure. anl she felt too
tired to trouble. She was still wear.
Ing 1t. sitting on the side Of the bed.
her eyes fixed on the floor, when, an
hour later, Nine. Sencstis came into
the room.
Madame looked trihe ashamed. and
her voice was kinder when she smoke
10 Elizabeth. Neil Farmer had pre- ..
scented her with handsome check for
| the loss she chose to consider she had
| suffered that night. and she was begin
ming to realize that after all IL would
be foolish to quarrel with him he was
an influential as we'll as n ricn man.
"You stay here" she began abrupt
ly. "yOu go to bed and sleep like a
| good girl. We are friends apoin-hev 81