Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-28
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that she had specially invited. and VA VA
expecting, q. caller.
"A caller, however, who was not the
young man whose silk hat now appeared
round i,ss the'privet hedge; . young man
VINO W, came forth. as a bridegroom from
nis chamber and walked with q certain
familiarity up the path.
Une," Clover commented softly but
audioiy; And Two," she added as
aeain the gate swung open, and hard
upon the heels Of the first came the
second young man.
a.. Here are the boys Of the old brig.
nYou talk to them for a few minutsS. Ts
Rosemary. will you? In the absence OF
the eternal Jim you might attend to
these for me. simply can't bother
With them until ten time. I'll send
Sanaal down to help you COPE"
She could watch for that expected
visitor even better from her own room
Clover's room, to which she ran two
STAIRS ut time, was in odd contrast
10 the room she had just left.
For the drawing room Of her aunt's
large. old.fashioned house (though II
showed traces of three centuries), was
chHa,l,acteristic In the main Of only one.
.ha lne eighteenth century appeared In
Gainsborough, Romney; portraits Of
was what Is called ayery en'c. we'll connecte'l ted
on one side From that side she in.
herlted the harp that cleaned in one
corner OF the room, the harp that she
Kept strung, with its strings of gold
and silver. it's red string, its strings Of
sut--but that she was almost never
known to play. Graceful relic of the
eighteenth century!
The nineteenth century, however,
predominated. An auctioneer's list
would have gloated over:
;A;ll that handsome furniture. com:
55s,s,ns 5srn pea. beautiful drawing suits Of solid
.o,;.i Handsome and, set off fender.irons in
"Mantel clock with exquisitely de.
signed signed, figures Of Shepherd and Shep.
80 solid that no one could lift the
thing, Everything, in fact. was solid
something =. 80 unlike now, when
everything is wholly hollow" Clover
had commented. She loved the icicle
| chandelier and the tall Brinsmead rose.
wood piano with its frilled panel Of
apple. green silk behind fretwork, the
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papered ballads by Tosti and Molloy:
she loved the China cupboards guarding
Chelsea. Rockingham and Spode. Al.
| together there was something comfort.
able, renssuring In the atmosphere Of
these things. like taking tea with a
benevolent downger Of the old school
who is always glad to see you and who
has never heard of the high cost Of
living, Bolshevism, Pisarroism, Dada.
ism, or anything else that may have
GONE in" since her own girls "came
out in the year Of the diamond
jubilee.
A Woman's Place
The twentieth century. gnily ram.
shackle. spread its top dressing Of
jazz over this foundation. In an i'm.
mcnse bowl Of papier mnche (tangcrne.
Yellow lowered dozen nightmare
! blooms Of iris. crOrhcted in black wool
with centcrs OF flame. .anL- purple beads
and long wire stems mOOrcd to a glass
boulder. Beside this clustered growing
hyacinths. languorously scented, in n
basket tied with strcamers Of gold.
The last syllable in modern monographs.
Electric light fittings in that vivid
glassware now beginning to flow in a
steady stream from Czccho SlOvakia
into Great Britain. Cushions to stock
a hnrem. Other trifcs provided by the
money Of Elphinstonc Brothers.
This note Of new riches. over. age.
worn comfort sounded throughout the
house. 1t gave the history Of Clovcr's
position there.
She had come to it as IA waif Of
fourteen, reserved and strange, fresh
from wandering from hotel to hotel in
Sout hern America with her darkly
handsome ne'er. do.wel! half Spanish
father. The orphan Clover, taken to
the heart Of her aunt and cousins. had
become one Of II thoroughly English.
family .circlc. Sh" had gone to school,
TO business classes. 10 the Office; She
had been married from that house, and
after the tragedy of her wedding day
she had returned to the room she had
presumably left for good that morning.
"Lct m" stay" she'd said to her
aunt. This is my only home. I'll
! sell that other house We were going
to- live in. | want to live for keeps
with you and the glrls----'
She was now enormously richer in
comparison with them than they had
to lavish.
At first there had been protrstations,
endless half -playfulrows when she had
come home and announced that she had
ordered such and such altcrat ions to be-
made or that she had Lol!ght such aud
such things for the house.
dearest child, its not necessary.
Central heating? Why: Two more
maids! Oh. Why new French
kitchen stove? The old range is not
really So tiresomc, Clover"
And from tho girls. "Mothcr, she
mustn't, must she: Why all these new
curtains and carpets: We won't be
bossed by Elphins,onc Brothers, will
we? Besides. it doesn't go
| with the house. Clo. Its too grand
for us. Why don't YOU so away from
your poor relatives, woman. and live ut
some crmshngIy opulrnt suite by your.
self, that you can do exactly as you
like with-----?'
But clover Elphinstonc had refused
TO leave; sh" had accustomed her aunt
to accepting and her cousins had
presently come to take for granted.
And she had don" "eyactly a> she
likcd' with her own room--or rooms.
For she had now taken the smaller
bOxrOOm aS her bedroom and in II she
had indulgcd every fancy she had for
decoration and color.
Glover, who could give not what men
call love, appreciated nll Surfac" beauty
and conscious Impressions; she did love
! color. Yellow was her favorite. Her
room, Ms she entered II. was luminous
and golden as the inside Of u great
golden tulip; she in her velvet frock
forming the brown slim piStil to this
flower. Later. M ones eyes took in
the details Of decoration. ,onc saw the
many shades Of her favOritc hue. All
buttcrcup, with creamy panels, Gl0wed
! tbc nuiutrd walls the floor WAS covered