Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-08

Iohe. JsrjJrs TO marry husband for
s.a,r"snisncc," 7. %" TO tcnd oil. "fhc harpies,"
s"aapgfoR s"aa p,GsIR HARRY CIRMICHAEL,
~,a.M war rctcrdn, man Of personality,
","o;neCr pho has inVcntcd a neU
w 10 finance rhich he agrees to
m Tio,cr's "s,rictlv business PROPOSE
tissSosEuARy tissSo MEADOWS. clorsr's
Aoasn. a pretty girl OF me peyod.
WRS. MEADOWS. Gant, ,chy nag
Ii,frjrnded Clorcr In ddce's''v anu is
IsSsrsrrd pith fdpors!
SANDAL, younger dduo"'o''
HsgpPPW UOLT. big, good -natured chap.
A,,bfu,lv Il, lore soith Rosemary.
|l. Not in Khaki
las A matter of fact he did think that.
FIA subtly the message had conveyed
,,.,f from his mind to hers. Not in
sh.l, thanks. He'd worn it in all
decency. so far. 80. =.
s,ung she went on: "At all events I
.h.ll want you to make list Of all the
II.on,e--as many as you can, please.
|VrSSnr,o Won want asked to the wedding
SaoL %T '' said Carmichael calmly. edo
H., nropose to ask a single soul: v" g.
ny. ",FFhen F l." said Clover Elphinstone.
..sm not going to marry man without
I shy friends. ,.,,. anti, +.
rben he told himself. Here. steady
~ Needn't be uncivil to the girl;
smarrelinp as IL you were actually be-
inning to mind what she said. It's
curious thing that ever since that dance
~c'ye been ruder to each other instead
| A more decent. Steady on!
And he repeated more politely.
.please Yourself; / mean about your
invitations. But as for mine-cut them
mt. Oughtn't you, If you intended me
| do provide friends as well, oushtnt
YOU TO have told Inc sooner! lou
,houldn't begin putin these new
clauses into the contract now. :.
u,ntsd sI - she retorted. Don't you see
| tow odd it would be if you didn't?
| Fricnds of the bride--a big crush on
.ne side Of the church. The other side
,mpty because the friends Of the bride.
rpom don't matcrializc. What would
i Il look ikc:"
like nothing on EARTH he admit
ted trifle detiantly. but don't they
\ say marriages are made in heaven!'
she gave q tiny Outburst of anger.
"Please be reasonable. Anyhow, you've
sot to be. here. If you actually haven't
sot any friends---'
"They are mostly killed as n mat
ter Of fact" he put in grimly. -.
II am very sorry said Clover
quickly, gently. in a voice he hadn't
II heard, 81 am sorry.
For he had touched the chord which
vibrates in the heart Of any woman at
/ the sight of that stone or column to
be seen set up in city church. on. every
village green throughout our land--''to
the glory Of God and to those who gave
their lives, 1014-191S." Cottage posy
and costly wreath lie side by side at
the foot Of those memorials. They, AZ
some soldier said Of the Cenotaph,
"mean Christian names to all Of u.s."
She wondered what Christian names
were they TO Harry Carmichael? Who
bad hen his best friends? Had he cared
20 deeply for friendship, this man who
cared nothing for love? Friendship had
been taken from him. Power he'd never
had. Except through the channel of her
money. he must lack every means to
express all of himself that mattered.
lie hadn't had much OF time up to
now, had he?
These meditations, however, were
not In the bond; after seconds pause
H. was as though that gentler voice of
Cl0ver's had never spoken.
Her curtest tone resumed: Guests
o. some sort you must have, please,
sm you'd better get some. What about
those men who are going to be useful to
Il {ou' Those mast people you have to
sqy all those lunches for? Get them.
ioa must have had something to do
Win them already! Get them from the
fshippng. And from the highways and
hedges and the huts in st. James
Psrk II you like. It's all to the good il I,
you have really posh wedding (don' {
they call it that;) to ask these luEni-
naries to: the sort of function that gets
iIef reported In endless columns. It'sj
ali to your credit. don't you sec, to be
soIe to show Them rather handsome
lR from her tone 1t might have
eeen rather handsome furniture"-
we'll"
This point. now. was among the
snMss Carmichael had seen already. lie |
nSd considered her as hostess for his |
mast. lie had realized that she pos
Nssed foresight, tact when she chose, |
vyah,zatlon, self possession, as we'll |
q means.
put now: striding with her through |
W. rain. he didn't think of these
,ninss again; he repeated to himself |
Ser,aim Ser calmly appraising words, rather
handsome. Rather? But of
solrse she knew she was quite beauti. |
~ 70 look at as far as that went. |
soed--well. everything. He glanced ,
soHn at what he could see Of her profile, |
asld slantwise against that driving
Sorm' between the buttoned UP collar
tae white tarpaulin coat and the ,
s,i S.im OF her crisp rain-hat. All her
."'les were as well "done" as those
any Partisan. Yet Clover Elphin.
:'oae Possessed that blend Of daintiness
~ or outdoor healthfulness that
Ts the best types of Englishwoman
~ ~. nad their curious mixture of seen;
n. Nv fresh air, of luxury with trough.
E r.. Under the cold downpour and
t m Ouneting wind Of this afternoons |
Sod' e%dp' the most piquant Latin woman
AIM AIM lose her poise; the "dandiest'
Era Ers.'can would wilt into pallor, fa.
ms NV ana chill. What foreigner can
Iu up 10 that which sets our island
eoa., girls aglow with gayety and
\, mere are compensations for living
,mne worlds worst climate y
non " tnese were things Carmichael
,,no,,'ed. He told himself, a little
S;sH.eht'y now,. that all this beauty,
fe'lon and charm were natural
tS'es tSs Of which his mast would have
xor' use The vaunted magnetism of
,S.n o,Sas would be turned on to aid that
fh"u,. fh"r, current. Far. far below thes,
ssstSS"sh.S stSoss stirred an unacknowledged
oSr ,r thought. "If she were only nv
n. II II Wero all for me-, liz III