Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-11
Katherine CLepeldnd

MARCIA confided her fears concern
1v1 ing Anne 10 katherine Cleveland.
For long time Marcia had hoped that
katherine would attract John. She
was exactly the type of woman that
Marcih would have welcomed as a
daughter In law. Tall and dark and
the only daughter of Arthur Vincent
Cleveland. Of Wall street fame, she
would have made an ideal wife for any
man, and If the truth be told, Kath.
crime herself was not at all averse to
the idea.
She wanted to marry and settle
down. She was tired Of living in her
fathers house, she wanted a home OF
her own to manage, and John Steele S
reticence with women interested Kath-
crime, who was rather bored with the
men who attached themselves to her
and hung on her every word.
Like most girls who are fairly at
tractive and possessed of plenty OF
money, Katherine had been much sought
after. She had never had to exert her
self In the least where men were con-
cerned, but with John Steele everything
had been different.
In this case 1t was she who was the
aggrcssor. 1T was she who had sought
him out. who had made personal
friend of his mother. and although for
a time 1t had amused her to do this,
she was beginning to be irrltated be-
cause he remained adamant against her
charms.
Katherine was not strongly senti-
mental, nor was she inclined to be at
all emotional. Marriage to her did not
mean the elimination Of great pas
sion. she herself was too cynical where
men were concerned to believe them
capable of giving n woman anything
deep or lasting. What she wanted In
a husband almost any well bred, clean
cut man could have offered her: mutual
tolerance, consideration and social posi- :
ton. She had hoped to obtain all Of
these things from John Steele, but
Narcia's confidence had dashed her
hopes and filed her with an intense re-
sentiment.
The two women were seated at tea
in Marcia's sitting room which ad-
Joined her bedroom, and Marcia, be-
| cause she felt that she must unburden
her mind to some one, had been telling
Katherine some Of the incidents con.
nected with the night when Anne had
been snatched back from the very gates
Of death.
II tell you. Katherine. I had the
strangest feeling when / walked into
the room and saw the girl in Johns
arms. For moment I couldn't believe
my eyes, for John has never cared 70,
women, and In that moment l had q
queer premonition that this girl weult
| figure in his life. Since then I have
alternated between hope and fear; you
know man of Johns temperament 1:
apt to lose his head If he fancies him.
| self in love with woman
Katherine sat back in big chair
Her dark eyes under the rolled brlm o.
her hat were reflective. She held Gig
arctic loosely IN her fingers, and strang'
to say her thoughts were occupied Will
wondering what It would be like to b.
held in John Steele's arms. 1t wa
the first time she had visualized such
thing. The touch of his lips on hers hat
not been n part of her campaign I,
marry him. but now rs she called hin
up before her in her minds eye sh,
found herself suddenly curious. Their
was no gainsaying the fact that he wa
attractive. She had always admired
the lean swarthlness Of him. the haught.
set of his head on his shoulders, tn
cool. level expression in his dark eyes
His domineering manner and the cas-
with which he kept women at a dis
tance had always seemed to Kntherin
pernment. Therefore Marcia's conf
dence had been something of revela
ton, and Katherine found herself won
dering II there weren't hidden fire bur
led deep under John Steele's surfac
coldness.
The idea was interesting because sh
herself had never been able TO rous