Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-14
Raking Over Scandals

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Raj,inr Over Scandals
,WDO YOU want to hear all the scan
- da, Of two continents, jimmy?
\ che asked.
"why?"
1nis nodded toward a very snail old
Irntlemnn accompanied by very large
slderly lady. who were marking off the
runners on their cards.
"That's old Roddy Farquharson and
n, wife. You'll have heard of them.
TS.y're everywhere you CO.. Kind OF
,h;cuitous. That's the word. isn't It?
WV wv isdv knows all the. dreadful things
~ have happened to everybody worth
Inowine in the past thirty years.
shs's n walking secret history OF So
S.ty, DO you fancy a joyous half
Warkness shook his head. I'm
.frad YOU are dcteriorating. Lois. Or
s,e Won merely living up to the highest.
A. lowest, standards OF your sex! Let
rs w i've in the present for this afternoon
It any rate.
Lois squeezed his arm. "That' $ right. "
,be said in quicter voice. well just
io,set the past until after the race
From the start the Sterbergh Handi-
so was Lady Pandora's race. She
vas a smart sprintcr and she got clean
svay from the gate and won by lengths.
"Ani you're going to sell her,
Iimmy?" asked Lois In amazement.
Eyes She's in and out. She would
h,rn out In the same race tomorrow
and refuse to start. She happens to
M In a good temper today
"Arcn't you going to lead her In
I'd love to see you as a cOnQuering
hero sort Of chap
Hardness shook his, head. "No. But
! shall run round and see her sold.
Coming?'
Lois was just going to say that she
would not miss it for worlds when
Presow and Audrey strollcd into the
Enclosure.
II say, Jimmy. there's Miss Brent. y
Ilarkness looked across the lawn, and
Lois saw his face set hard.
with PrcslOw again." lie might
have been speaking to himself. He
stood staring at Audrey almost rudely.
and during his silence Lois brain was
very busy.
Audrey Brent. the daughter Of Con-
stance Brent. of the Eros. with Sir
Richard Prcslow nephew of Lord Con-
ningtOn. How had they met? 1t was
easy for PreslOw to become acquainted
with herself. for ladies of the stage had
vast opportunities for meeting all kinds
Of people; but Audrey Lois asked
Z question.
81 didn't know that she and Prcslow
were friends, Jimmy?"
IL knew they were acquainted, ="
nuttered Harkness.
Lois looked after preslow and Au-
drey. 81 wonder how they met" she
murmurcd.
Hardness looked down at her. "Nfrs.
Brent is very friendly with Lord Con-
and her mother to the Academy day
or two back, and we met Connington
and Prcslow and Preslow's mother
there. Connington greeted Mrs. Brent
q an old friend. PreslOw mOnopolized
Audrey"
Poor old Jimmy" Lois tone was
bante'ins, but her brain was working
swiftly.
Lord Connington. the man of unim.
peachable reputation, on friendly terms
with woman who ran a gambling
club. 1t was almost unbelievable. Lois
bad all her scX's love of intrigue. and
In this affair she scented something
which was not obvious to the casual
observer. Where darkness, with
mans blindness. calmly accented the
facts as he knew them. Lois began to
wonder what was behind them. She
had an inspiration.
Look here, Jimmy" she said, in
Tusng her voice with the slightest note
o. annoyance. 'Old Mrs. Farquharson
as spotted me. simply dare not cut
nef, because. after all, she's not a bad
.ort: lou don't want to meet her, do
you!"
II don't" answered Hardness de-
asuivsiy, his eyes still following Audrey.
well, you run round and see about
kuins your old horse, and III trot
acfosS and endure the secret history
NuI until you come back. shall have
pau my tribute by then and he able to
aee hcr next time we meet. When you
A'e hnlshcd you can come over, I'll
M'foduce YOU. and then you can drag
NV away, Cut along"
harKness moved off and Lois strOllcd
,er 10 where the FurQuharsons were
"anu'hg. They greeted her effusively
sna, inter telling them that she was
.UHh WV with darkness, who had had to 60
wv wv See ABOUT the sale Of Lady Pandora,
D., nave you seen Dcky Preslow? No?
nMs down there on the rails with
Audrey Brent"
AIRS Farquharson's eyes flashed.
t.,, i"m knew the sign of old. and, with
SSsnhg ot glce. realized that she had not
MI th lar wrong when she had sur
1,isM 1i.M mat something was behind this
""Mn.ush'p between Audrey and Preslow.
Muurey Brent, repeated Mrs. Far
Ia,soh slowy. Does she happen to
H. "ny ronllon to Mrs. Brent, who runs
nocently. ""'"''e' ''''S ~"
yrs. Farquharson eyed her wisely.
R,n course, ! remember that Constance
iho ih%. ", mad daughter. The look and
msoi' o"' conveyed that II she cared to
"IaG Ina she could disclose IL great deal.
nr.,as "s spok" rehectively. There is n
ycn ycIhry about Constance Brent. DO
irIa, hm"oW, not only Is her daughter
"A nm wv with l'reslow, but she herself
very good terms with Lord Con-
TU" T,v =, Extraordinary, isn't it?"
in0,in. tarquharson laughed. IL cant
sLs ',aG 1ai, 'nose two being on good terms"
you sald ruttingly. "My dear child,
"R"tt making II great mistake
's.5aied Lois. -" ''''"" VI ~
onnter'y absurd.' asserted Mrs.
10 hnna hnarson. IF you were old enough
teen NV vons remembered what happened six
inpossib%,r,Si, ago you would realize the
I on,oha. oM,hha. huppcned?" asked Lois, with
M.s MI.sArnlng of her pulses.
Althonsah, ah,qah"rson m smiled secrctivcly.