Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26

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An Unhappy Marriage
/, ORD CONNINGTON,s' marriage
,... in opposition to the wishes Of
WU,,,ycs and when his wife failed
~ 'ed and proved their objections well
hlm, hlm,s.J his wrath knew no bounds. 1t
lou",thn .hn sensation Of the dny that. al.
a..sh w. w bt had been given the custody
l.Vus" ~ laughter. he had refused It. say
W. ,hs child was tainted with her
ns,.,,s blood. and he wanted none OF
nv'" nv From then on. lonely. disil.
,ss...,ored ma.,, br !.aI wandered the
urh,
An this Constance Brent thought Of,
"a much more. which was not known
M :. M,he general newspaper reading pub
W a. shc. Constance Brent, had once
w., Constance Lady COnnington.
she lifted her head and studied her
,.asction in the mirror. a superb
'.ur,,0" Nam.n whose hair was n pile of jet.
.h,nv and silky. framing face ns beau.
hiui and coldly chiseled ns that OF the
a,tued Venus.
She crushed the newspaper with ner-
mus fingers. and tossed it pctul0ntly
% the floor
"You fool" Her thoughts jcercd at
,,i,kt hasa f,pDn onp,hovoI
iii the greatest. And instcad---"
Sbc looked round her. Instead. she
m tbc Eros Cub. the smnrtest thing
y y rs kind in town. Constance Brent
,Aected. She had nothing to be ashanl.
i IL Of in this product Of her strivings
,iuce her temperance in the world.
.isr the years Of retirement which
Ind followed on her divorce. Play was
,lrays going on at the club: but it
r,s discreet play. Every year saw
ne social standard Of the members
nlsed.
Lord Conninston had come home.
Constance Brent ioyrd idly with a
somb, swapping its teeth off short mt
ma base in her abstraction. lie had
ome home on the same day ITS his
laughter had returned from abroad.
The girl had finished her education in
France. and. in the company Of Con-
sance Brent's elder sister. Ella. had
made a tour Of some Of the more in.
eresting resorts in Europe. and was
now returning with all her life before
her. =,
Her life Constance Brent wondered
usuey about It. Audrey knew n0thin:
Of life. She did not know the identity
d her father. nor how her mother
earned her living. She thought her
father dead, and that her mother had
some business in town. For the only
home Audrey knew was the cottage at
KnockhoIt to which Constance fed as
10 sane uary when the fight became
too strong for her.
The father and the daughter had come
together. Constance Brent saw an omen
10 It. she who was gambler born.
Il frightened her.
7"If the World Roll by"
A low hum of conversation rose to
TIE carved chi: ceiling. from which
cunningly concealed lamps she'd a soft
light over the long room. on the few
choice pictures on the panclcd walls.
and on the throns Of people who COM
prised the clientele of the fashionable
Eros Club.
constance brent. standing Tor mo.
neht outside IN the corridor. surveyed
them. They fitted in with their sur
foundings: we'll dressed mon. wonder
tul women: and on them al! was writ
YEN 'ne hnllnhrK or taste ana caste.
Stirred out of her usual calm by the
paragraph in the newspaper. feeling
Tue dread or something unknown
Nretchlhg out toward her. she telt
tnat moment that she mated tn"m.
fot sne might hay" been one OF them.
inMead OF one win them. Inc subtle
ulne.ehce MADE her vince as shc ap-
~seiateh u.
sne walked into the room. and each
,hem greeted her after his or her
nna. Among them she was the gra-
'lonS, easy woman OF IA" world. yet on
Inis night she knew that her mask Of
rom p'ar!dity MD self tortured with
regrets ana mdciinabl" fears.
'HarkncSs is in town. saw him
.n's morning in Piccadilly. The speak.
er addressed the company generally,
OUT nhly constance answered.
ne iS?' Her tone was Indifferent. 4.
more than she cared to odmit She
mag thought the Eros rid of llarkncss,
sna now he had come back.
iittlc period of chatter followed.
dha inc people began TO distribute
,rnemselveS about tho various tables.
rour OF the men made their way to
discreet baizc. .colorcd door which
yea 10 an inner room. Had tho police
may room Eros might have found it.
Sf In contact with The law.
Constance did not play. She felt
ceUoo cou RESTLESS mentally to b" able to
''Ivea'fate apa rate on II game OF skill.
nnu mu 'heh tiarKnrSs arrived.
s,,; ne was immaculate in an evening
,ua! ana Constance. as she went for
his undeniahly handsome appearamcc
''P"l,ed ,lIan or attracted her.
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