Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
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SHr HOLT. t,o. GOOD. .ess,ed oass.
)ssl}sily n levs 'o'sA Ross~s'Y.
ouasreasoms Lsvess
ru1Ys took bin exactly four strides.
i Amer I've hours work four strides
A.et to have bis lunch (also served BY
Nh. Bates). =,
Tns same four strides took him back
ss,in to his reception room, which had
hen bis Office In the morning.
Nowadays. when bis Office became a
,,c,psion room II was . distinguished
.isee. indeed. II saw guests who would
not have condescended to set foot In
.any more luxurious abodes.
O:oseouently Carmichael took q Ger.
al. sti& pride in the place. He had
Ssnskt q couple Of second. hand saddle.
Sssf chairs, he framed print or Co., be
Sss,icd Mrs, Bates into clea sing 30 that
~ a speck Of dust was ever to b found
\. kis ebony edged tee squares and
stiss tools, After all, this was hts own
visse: it was all the homo he had. just
- ~ mast was all the child he would
Ssvs. He used to tell himself that there
~ more hops In that mast than In
NAV growing families. He had no
nonsy yet, but be had hope, He also
hsd eeli. respect. Every penny he had
,scsived from Elphinstone Brothers Tho
IA almost succeeded in driving the
nsme Clover out Of his working memory
and Of substituting the name Of her
6rml-eyery penny that he had received
from Elphinstono Brothers had been
snt back.
A. we'll as hope, he had certainty. He
worked with that a. well land h0 would
have told you, considerably more hap.
plly) that be had worked with hope de.
Sometimes, for health's sake, he
walked up to Hampstead and took a
tramp On the Heath otherwise he
msde do with bare boards, open win.
dows, and 4 daily half hour Of Swed.
hh exercises. He lived, briefly, as
Clover Mved-namely, as though that
fantastic marriage contract had never
been, nor those invitations, nor that
ceremony at St. Marsaret's. Wcstmin.
ster, nor that honey moon for form,
nor that house warming.
When the world talks. II Is certain
that the family talks az much or more.
Mrs. Meadows began by mild pro.
tests.
but, Clover darlinsl Surely your
husband isn't always busy? Surely he
could spare an afternoon or an evening
sonstimes to come up and see us2 10
~ nothing Of you! 1t must be $50
dull only seeing each other at your Of.
6ces." (Clovcr's aunt was under the
Impression that the young people met
"Well." she wound up presently,
with Q unge of stiffness, "he knows
the, way up here. One doesn't ask
members Of the family" (What she
meant to say was, II shall never ask
him.w To her daughters she muir.
INJURED. Il shall never interfere or pry,
1t 10 no business Of ours, and dare
~ there's some good reason for this,
but It 10 peculiar, to say the least.
That doesn't matter; of course the
des. child's own family understand"
. THE last thing. By the way, that
families ever do.)
lavender, the married cousin, said:
Good Heavens But this was the
spring that her babies developed meas.
!es, which meant she had little time
sor neditatins upon q BRIDES tragedy;
Avender was at Broadstairs with the
convalescents (Clover's check paying
her expenses.)
The attitude Of Rosemary Meadows
varied a. her feeling toward her own
young man. On days when Jim Holt,
handsome, tactless, untidy and ardent.
bad made himself acceptable to her,
ehe vas half .disapproving. half plain.
tive about Clover.
Mother, rs such a shame and
waste! OF course. one knows that
plenty Of married couples have separ.
sts Oats, but It's generally In the same
house. and they've usually had years
together first! OF course. Clover was
always hlishtly mad on the man hat.
.ng tack. But he's so good looking
!tor a fair man, that isl and we all
t!nI,ought !I, It was going to be a success?
Why start this extraordinary line?
WY miss the best that life has to
But, another day. Rosemary declared,
i, Excellent Idea these separate estab-
ishmentS. Men and women never were
intended to live together day in, day
GUT. They make each other too uncom.
!ortable By their violently different
tastes. What girl likes TO live In 4
tutsy chaos Of shut windows and pipes
ana bottled beer and boots and braces
al over the floor? Who wants to see
husband more than say q quarter OF an
aonr daily and . day q fortnight? Clio.
vers wise. II I were married should
suRSlate TOR an arrangement like hers"
ihs Eternal jim growled: Better
.Sok Y. out Tor fish instead Of q husband,
snen, Take him out OF the refrigerator
Swnen you want to speak TO him and put
weeks"
Rosemary retorted that q fish, in
\ Sseses that fitted, was at least nicer to
.oCk at than q man turned out ~ her
eamlrer was at that moment.
lyim Holt's was the type OF good
nsure; that 10 the despair Of any cut.
YER Nothing suits It but q sweater and
runnlns shorts.)
Rosemary. with her eye on his new
Que serge. added: "YOu know those
saestly animal pictures In the Rainbow
mat Teddy will take in? Elephants In
trousers, and Appropriateness In hiSh
az, nSs and girafies with collars ont well,
xSnoeyer builds the clothes for those
SInsle Jinks, he must be tho tailor
"rS,e you 30 for your things, Jlm."
Ipeatd often enough before - proved to
Do the last atcaW On this occa sion HIN