The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-02-02
CHAPTER !.

Richard Carter had called the place
.Crownlands." not to please himself,
or even his wife. But II was to his
mothers newly born family pride that
the idea of being the Carriers OF
Crownlands made its appeal. The es-
tate, when he bought 1t, had belonged
TO a Carter, and the tradition was mat
two hundred years before 1t had been
a grant of the first George to the first
of the name In America. Madame
Carter, as the old lady liked to be
called, Immediately adopted the IN
known owner into n vague cousi1ship,
SPOKE Of him as "a kinsman of ours"
and proceeded to tell old friends that
Crownlands had always been 'in the
family"
Il was home of creamy brick, Co
lcnial IN design, and set In splendid
lawns and great trees ON the bank of
the blue Hudson. White driveways
eircled II, great stables and garages
across a curve Of green meadows had
their own Invisible domain. and on the
shining highway there was full mile
Of high brick fence, a marching line of
great naples and sycamores. and a
demure lodge beside the mighty iron
utes.
On one Of the wide benches that
were placed here and there on the de-
scending terraces, In the late hours Of
an exquisite summer afternoon, Isa-
belle Carter had seated herself, and
Anthony Pope, her cavalier, had
thrown himself on the steps at her
feet.
She was woman worthy of the ex-
Quisite setting. and might well have
turned an older head than that of the
boy beside her. Brunette. with smooth
cheeks deeply touched with rose, black
eyes, and a warmly crimson mouth
that could be at once provocative and
relentless, she glowed like a dover
herself In the sweet and enervating
heat of the summers first warm day.
She was the FINEST of women, and the
little foot, that. In its transparent silk
stocking and buckled slipper, was
close to Anthsny's hand, was Ike a
ehIlGs
he man was twice her size, and as
oafk q she. earnest. eager, and today
WITH troubled expression cloudfng
nh fee. 1t was to banIsh that lOsk.
she might. that Isabelle had deifb-
efafely stopped him here.
she had been behaving badly toward
NM aAd In her rather irresponsible
sho shadow way she was sorry for It
isaDelie was a famous fiirt, her hus-
psno hew It. everyone knew 1t.
.nefe WAS always some man paying
oesperate court to ther. and always
nsn-a-donen other men who were
saser to be In his place. Isabelle
nsed Tor This. went from one Adven-
sae 70 another with ohe naive conf
renee Of woman whose husband
snlles upon her playing, and whose
position is imppegnab,e.
But this bog. this Anthony. was diff
seent In the first place he was
S.ms-but tweuT-six. In the second
rAee ne was. or had been, her own
s4as closest friend Ward Carter was
~eees-twc. and tfs mother nineteen
yean older.
xnfk<,w
sony was youxx, and he was alb
s s.1 nj ne did not know 1t. and Isa-
"e oegan to feel the difficulty OF
p'ne me whole world from SIscoy-
.'as = before he did. He made mo Sc
y M passion. He came straight
! nef n any company; he never
u anybody else. To her ovn
lighter Nina. seventeen wears ola
attitude vas almost paternal: he
ward as IL their friendship |
= never been.
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Il the very beginning. TONY |
IKE the older men, willing to |
&c zane with Just a little seorcb. |
q angera Appearances meant |
-. % Tony. and she had let the |
~ y 700 far now to convince him |
- e.n ud not return something of |
- 'eoked down at him now, con- |
- g alone with her and at her |
u,r- 80 hundred mixed emotions |
- His feeling for her was
hut 4 uaoie and absurd in him,
M = :. t.pidly reaching the point |
pll,sk, would make her absurd and |
srDs,-- 700. Nina. instinctively |
lr~rsS &c sRsir. had already ex- |
Z ~ - hating that idiot y
49, q iata. At the mere |