The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-23

cameo Just for an instant the clock
was turned back for her a dozen
years and more. she waN again n lit
Ito girl. child bringing daEod eyes
OF dream from tho warm and accnted
romance OF matinee. her thrilled
perceptions cropping mutinoualy to
ward reconciliation with the nys
terlous veritics Of streets mantlcd In
blue twilight
ahe was Lucinda prucs once more.
grown up and married diSiliu-
stoned =.
Notwithstanding that. shs DROVE
directly homo. pausinE only TO drop
Daubeney at his club and the Lon
tainea at their hotel.
The telephone rang tn the boudoir.
The maid answered for her. and
came TO report: MIR. bruce had called
% 10 say he wouldn't be dining al
home that night. he was detained By
a conference
without looking. Lucinda knew
that IN, woman's cycs ~cre demurc,
her lips twitchlnE.
Her just anger OF that afternoon
REQUIRED with strength rodoubled.
on leaving her bath Lucinda d.
layed only long enough to shrug into
n dressing gown befor. going to the
telephone. cail nanbeney and make
an engagement for the evening.
X
Al nryt gfance. the hug- main
room Of the Paiais Royal s-emesi
walters: but the influx OF tn. former
was constant. and when a gang OF
lncurabie melomaniacs craAhcd.
hlared and whanEed Into a Jazz fox.
trot. the oval dance floor WAS quick.
ly hidden by swaying couples.
For some minutes Lucinda sat
looking out over without seeing
these herded dancers. only svars Of
the shifting swirl Of color and the
hypnotic influence Of savage music.
her thoughts far from this decadent
adaptation OF jungle orgies which
she had com. 20 witness. And prea-
entity n smile began TO flicker In the
depths OF her eyes.
"OhT' che said. rouxtnr when Dau.
~ was thinking about this after
noon. remembering King Laughiin
rnoplnR and mawsng In his n,Rrnifi-
cent deiusion that he was conduct
inR an orchestra
You don't know about the hand.
some offer Mr.. Cup made me. with
his wife's approval. just as we were
gofng away" she continued.
Dobbln frowned- what kind Of
an offcr7"
ITO become a movie actress under
the Culp banner. n Histerln-art to
Alma Daley"
"Do you mean Cup actually had
the impcrtinence--"
"oh. Gomez Lucinda's amusement
subsidized. Mr.. culp was most kind.
at least he meant to be- He said he.
his wife and his cameraman--whose
opinion he values more highly than
any directors-aii agreed / had
shown a great deal OF promise; and
that. II cared TO try II on. he'd be
glad TO give me good part In Miss
Daley's next picture. and II made
good in that he'd form a company TO
star me"
what rot-
VERY wei. Dobbin. LET'S sny no
more about it,
The constrifnt that fen between
them like n curtain OF muffiing
folds. was presently emphasized by
an abrupt suspension OF tho music.
When Daubcney could endure II no
longer. he broke II with n question.
the most impolitie conceivable: You
didn't tell me what answer you gave
Culp, Cinda3"
Didn't II But I'm sure II doesn't
matter"
But his manifest penitencc earned
him no more than n show OF restora.
ton TO favor. The heart in Lucinds's
bosom felt hot and hard and heavy
with chagrin. she had banked no con.
fidently on Dobbin's sympathy
Don't let's talk any more for n
while. Dobbln--I'd rather dancc.-