Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-16

As he sat dn~.'' o"'i" in front az
TIA. hr.. his cy"s Travelled slowly over
ln- walls: oyer tnr sttprlc en
cravings ~ nnrtoiozzi. over the rich
,n-zzo,in,s OF Valentine Green ami
.'oLn Raphael smith. over the BE-
y !tching face of i.Hdy Hamilton 80
1t .hour back 81 him from tn" pr'n =
%. John Jones. OF Checsman. Of Hen
~ Meyer was not Corinna's place
among ,hos. vanished bcnutt.s of a
richer age rather than among the
sour-fac-d r"formcrs ana tho Gideon
V.,chcs OF today: The wonderful
ton. Of III. old prints. III" siivcry
dusk. or TIA" softly glowing colors
'hR, were Liz" the sunset % another
century: thu warmth and slender
81: the few broCaGcs she had picked
UD in Italy: the SuaVc rclic iouS feel
In. Of The worn red velvet from SOM.
church in Flor"ucr: the candles in
wrCUEht-iron s,oucr-. the simmer
ing nrcliGht and tho dreamy fra
Crane. Of tea rr-"S-ai. ;h-t. thing :
together mad" him ,hlnS suddenly
~: sun shine over IN" Canpagna and
I-.le ~ II s'llS az ~" tlt4lll pi MAY
aud the burning reds and blues and
soIden greens OF tn. Middle Ages.
Coriuua with Ter Uut.dinc youth be-
came a part OF all IN" l"velin.ss
that hr had ever Scen-uf all beauty
everywhere.
4 haven; had chance To tell
YOU" sh" said that | am going 10
meet the Governor
Where" At ia" H"rk"lrys'?"
YES. at the Berk.l"y's dinner on
Thursday. Are you going"
II" laughed. "Mrs. Berkeley called
me up this morning and asked me II
would take somebody's place. She
iidu't say whose place i; was. bu,
dinner Is given {" N"tch. told her
I'd com"--thnt was so used to ;ak-
ing other reorl"'s places could
MI six at the sam" tiinH. Iiut n dln-
-cr To V"tcn. wonder why she is
.oine it"
That's easy. MIR Rcrkc,cy want.
something from the Governor |
don't know villa, he wants but do
know tina; whatever II IS h. wants
II very badly"
And he thiuks h"ll get /, 10y ask :
ing him ia dinner" There seems TO
me an obvious RAW in EcrkelGy's
reasoning. doubt IL Nctrh Is the
Kind q! man who follows when you
hold on; AN apple. lie appears to
be- exactly the opposite, and | think
he's more likely To dash on than To
'ome when he Is called wonder.
by the way. IL they are going to have
Mrs Strihling?"
Rose Strihlingn" 4 glenn 81
anger shonc In Coriuna's eyes. "Why
should that Interest YOU
oh. they say--at least Mrs Rerli-
"i"y says. huh II there IL any mlsin :
formation abroad she ought to he
aware Of it-that Mrs. StriOlinr' :.
latest attachment 10 her train is the
Governor himself"
He had Expected his gossip to
rouse c"rnna. and in this he was
not mistaken. SprluCins up from
rcr relaxed p"si:!un. She sat straight
ana unbendinc. with hrr Indignant
eyes on his face. Why. | thought
tac war had cured her
TN" war was not cure: il WAC
merely temporary drug for our
vanity he rcjuincd gaily. Il; didn't
cure me, so you could hardly regard
II as remedy for Mig Strlblinp's
complaint. Imagine coulictry is
Il more obstinate malady even than
prissishness. and. heaven knows. |
tried hard enough to get rid Of that
hoped You would" admitted
C"rinna. Put. dear boy. tn. way
TO make you Humankind vou.vs
never been really human all through
you know--.was not with a uniform
and glory" She WAS talkin. film.
PANTY. ."r they made prctence nov
"f ailudinS lightly 10 his years In