The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-15


ering the dsiica,ely peneiled brows
Doesn't IL show at all. Dobbin. tho
ruthless march OF advancing years.
The man narrowed critically hiH
eyes and withheld his verdict as n
In doubt. but a corner OF his mouth
was twi,ehlng.
You are iovener today than ever.
ioveliar even than III. memories Of
you that have quickensd my
dreams
Truly. Dobhin. you've lost moth.
ting OF your ancient eIoquenc.. That
iast speech auiiA carried mo back
across the bridge Of time 20 the days
when. more than once. you all but
talked mo off my feet and into your
arms
PITY ever stopped talking"
How direct and persistent you
are. It's only fair 10 tell you. tho
traditions OF our kind TO the con
trary notwithstanding. I'm stili IN
love with my husband"
For a moment Richard Daubeney
was silent. staring at his plate. Then
he reused with a light.heartcd shrug
and smile.
TITS like you. Dobbin. 10 start
making love 20 m. all over again.
precisely as II my being married
meant nothing. tn the first minutes
OF our first meeting In five years.
without offering 10 tell mo a single
thing about yourself"
Nothing much TO tell. Everybody
knows. when you engaged yourself
10 marry Druce. / rode off to the
wars"
We heard you'd later taken up
ranehing In the Argentine. and made
tidy fortune"
Il didn't do badly. that's a fact
But what IL a man profited II he
shall gain the whole world and lose
his own SOUR"
lis one to understand you lost
your soul In the ArEentine7 II
sounds 20 amusingly immoral"
Il realized down there my soul
was in a fair way 10 prove a total
loss. SO I sold out and shipped for
/ horne"
Hoping 20 find me unhappy
enough with Bei--7"
That's unworthy of you. Cinda.
No: simply to be In tho same world
with you"
After n little Mrs Bcllamy Druce
said severely: "Dobbin. IL you keep
on that tack. you will make me cross
with you. How does New York look
TO an exile OF long standing7 Much
changed7"
"Oh. don't know. Skirts and
morals bit higher. Jazz "A little more
so. prohibition Just what one expect.
ed. society even more loosely consti.
tuted--a vast influx OF new people.
Astonishing lot OF pretty girls seem
to have sprung up since my time
who's the raving beauty on Bill Sed
ley's right7'
"Amelie Severn. Amelie Cieves
that was before she married. Surely
you remember her"
Good heavensl she was in long
dresses when | saw her last"
Pretty creature, don't you think7"
Rather. Can't blame the chap
next her for his open infatuation."
Laughter thrilled In Lucinda's re-
| ply: why don't you recognize
him7 That's Bel"
As II the dlmlnutive pronounced In
the clear accents Of his wife had car
ried thru the murmur Of talk. Bell.
amy Druce looked up. Perceiving
Luclnda's smile at the end OF an
aisle OF shaded lights. he smiled In
turn, but with the muscles of his
face alone. And looking from him
to the flushed and charming coun.
tenance OF the young woman on his
left. bending low over her plate to
hide confusion engendered by Bels
latest audacIty, Lucinda thought,
with n faint pang, more OF impa.
tience than OF jealousy: He's In love
again.
with small sigh OF animal de.
light In the caress OF fur. and the
chin, sweet draught from the open
window upon her face, Lucinda
Druce settled back IN the town.car.
aware. yet unmindful Of the fluid
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