South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-08

Mrs Bellamy Bruce. Rather a
mouthh1l. that"
us that why you make face
over it,"
Didn't expect me 10 relish IT.. did
YOU Cinda p
'Tm afraid ] wasn't thinking Of
YOU az all, Dobbin. when ] took it,"
Meaning. II you had been. you
might have though twice before
.aking7"
$50 fear. = was too madly in love
with Bel"
Was"
'Dobbini"
sorry didn't mean 20 be imper-
rinent. / only-welL naturally. I
wanted 90 know whether or not your
matrimonial incubation had taken"
OF think one may safely say II has.
I've grown go old and wise in mar
riage 80 really seems funny 90 re-
member ] was ever an innocent"
Its seemed a long time TO me
Cinda-dve years since these eyes
were last made glad by the sight Of
you"
AT least. time hasn't impaired
your kuack at pretty speeches"
Nor your power 10 inspire them"
Pm not so sure. To myself
seem ever so much older" Lucinda
bruce turned full face 10 the man on
her left. anxiety feigned or real
pickering the delicately penciled
/ brows Doesn't # show at all, Dob
bin. the ruthless march Of advancing
. years 2"
The man narrowed critically his
. eyes and withheld his verdict as II
i'm doubt. but corner Of his mouth
was twitching.
you are loveIer today than ever,
lovelier even than the memories Of
YOU that have quickened my
4 dreams"
Truly Dobbin. you've lost moth
ing Of your ancient elOquence. That
last speech quite carried me back
across the bridge of time TO the days
when. more than once. you all but
talked me off my feet and into your
arms
PITY / ever stopped talking"
How direct and persistent you
are. It's only fair to tell you. the
/ traditions OF our kind TO the con
trary Notwithstanding I'm still in
| love with my husband"
For a moment Richard Daubeney
was silent, staring at his plate. Then
/ ne reused with a light-hearted shrug
and smile
It's like you. Dobbin. TO start
making love to me all over again,
precisely as If my being married
Of our first meeting in five years,
without offering TO tell me a single
thing about yourself"
Nothing much to tell. EVERYBODY
/ knows. when YOU engaged yourself
90 marry bruce. 1 rode off TO the
wars"
I'VE heard you'd later taken up
ranohing in the Argentine. and made
a tidy fortune"
Il didn't do badly. that's a fact.
But what is a man prohted if he
shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?"
rs one 10 understand you lost
your soul in the Argentine? It
sounds so amusingly immoral"
CT realized down there my soul
was in a fair way to prove a total
| loss. so l sold out and shipped for
/ home"
Hoping to find me unhappy
enough with Bel"
That's unworthy of you. Cinda
/ No simply TO be in the same world
with you"
After a little Mrs. Bellamy bruce
said severely: "Dobbin. if you keep
/ on that tack. you will make me
/ cross with you How does New
York look to an exile of long stand
/ ing? Much changed?"
/ "Oh. I don't know. Skirts and
morals bit higher, Jazz little more
\ so. prohibition just what one expect
/ ed. society even more loosely consti-
] tuted "a vast influx Of new people
I ] don't know half these people AS
/ tonishing lot of pretty girls seem. to
/ have sprung up since my time Who
The raving beauty on Bill Sedley's
/ rght?'
Ameue Severn. AmeHe Gloves that
was before she married. Surely you
remember herr"
Good heavens, she was in Ions
dresses when / saw her last"
Pretty creature. don't YOU think ?'
Rather. Can't blame the chap
next her for his open infatuation. q"
Laughter thrilled in Lucinda g
reply: why, don't YOU recognize
him? That's Bel"
AS If the diminutive pronounced In
the clear accents of mis- wife had
carried through the murmur OF talk.
Bellamy bruce looked up. Perceiv-
ing Lucinda's smile a the end OF an
aisle OF shaded lights, ne smiled IN
turn but with the muscles OF his
face alone. And looking from him
20 the flushed and charming coun-
tenance OF the young woman on his
left. bending low over her plate 10
hide confusion engendered by Bells
latest audaCity. Lucinda thought.
with a faint pang. more OF impa-
f tence than Of Jealousy: He's in love
again.
With a small sigh OF animal de
light in the cares Of fur and the
. Chll. sweet draught from the open
window upon her face, Lucinda
/ bruce settled back IN the town car.
I aware, yet unmindful Of the fluid
I nocturne OF Fifth Averne
BE. had asked 10 be dropped az the
+ Brook. alleging a rendezvous OF one
I sort or another. safely masculine. Of
/ course. Beyond rejecting that Bel
was in all likelihood lying Lucin Ia
had paid slight heed 70 his excuses
Then too. she was not in-pleased
with havei.g herself all 20 herself.