The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-08
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Didn't expect me to relish it.,
didsyou. Cinda q
s4SSs..sI m afraid L WASH thinking
fsyou atSa1l, D obbin. when ! took
IN Gaming. it you had been,
s#yons mi ghts have thought twice be
fore taking
Bel
q ss SssStsss.S as (? 90
II. Do bbfn. Il
ssSgssss Sorry didn't mean to be inn
only-well, naturally,
Iswanted to know whether or not
your matrfmonia incubation mad
gtaIen ..,,,a
Sss Isthink one may safely say it
z as Eve grown SO old and wise
it really seems funny
sto#remem was ever an limo
9cenk. !,
sssEssF.... II. 8 seemed a long time to me
gCind afiYe years since these eyes
sssw ere last made glad by the sight
SS7;sAt least. time hasn't Impaired
knack at pretty speeches
1orSyour @ power to inspire
them ~
|sE5ltsS.ss m not so sure. To myself !
SO much older. Lucln-
daDruceE turned full face to- the
I'm on her left, anxiety feigned
Epen ciIed HbroWs. Doesn't it shoW
tai, DO bbin. he ruthless march
years q
The man narrowed critically his
snyes ndawithheld his verdict as II
on BIT; but corner OF his
mouth was twitcEing.
e Y ou8are lova1ier today than
lever, sloYelie than the mem
ssorfes Eof you that have quickened
SMmy dreams
Truly Dobbin. you've lost
I mot S1ll x. h ,:i1g your ancient eloqu-
s#ence hat last speech quite car
sSsr1edame back across the bridge of
ssAtime@to% the days when more than
all but talked me off my
@ieetgandHin to your arms
ity$I8 ever stopped talking.
sSs ow direct and persistent you
fare. Is only fair to tell you. the
trad lions Of our kind to the con-
sstraryRnotwithsta I'm Sill in
tn my husband.
For Ia moment Richard Dauben-
seyswas lien t, staring at his plate.
Ihenghesroused with light-heart-.
and smile.
Ms ssssatI t s. like you. Dobbin, to start
love to me all over again,
If my being married
ssIn cant nothing, III the first min
Iutes@of our first meeting in five
Syears,switho offering to tell me
Il aSsing1esthing about yourself.
,5sTTsssssssgf....N othing much to tell. Every
knows, when you engaged
:syourself to marry Druce,g l rode
soft IT. the wars"
e heard you'd later taken up
sin the Argentine, and
ma deaf tidy fortune"
didn't do badly, that's
fact. But what is a man profited
ssifssh e shall gain the whole world
SSsandNlose his own soul?'
f1sssssss: j s. one to understand you lost
your soul n the Argentine? It
sound so amusingly immoral?"
allied down there my soul
was ina fair@way to prove total
ssloss.. So sold out and shipped
gsf Or home
$S.:.Hopfng to find me unhappy
enoug hSwith Bel-?''
a That's unworthy Of YOU,
ssCfnda. 10 simply to be in the
q sameEWOrldEw with you.
After a little Mrs. Bellamy
SsDruce8 said severely: .Dobbin, If
you keep on that tack. you will
INA ke@me cross with you. How
does y ork look to an exile OF
Hong standing? Much changed?"
Oh IL dom know. Skirts and
morals a bit higher. jazz a little.
prohibition Just what one
sgexpected, society even more loose-s
Fly ed vast influx Of
new people. Isdon't know half
sfheseEa people. Astonishing lot OF
spretty8 girls seem to have sprung
ssIlpssince my time. Who's the raw
ling beauty on Bill Sedley's right?'',
sssAmelie Severn, Amelie Cleyes.
ssthatsWas before she married. Sure
gu rememb Der her
Good heavens: she was in long
en- saw her last
sretty creature, don't you
mink 81
..R ather. Can't blame the chap
for his open infatuation. "
daughter thrilled in Lucinda's
IsTep1 y:sss w by, d. n't you recognize
Sshini}? That's Bel
the dimfnutire pronounced
lin theMclear accents OF his wife
sShad carried through the murmur
SofgtAlk, Bellamy bruce looked up.
lend of an aisle Of shaded lights,
he smiled in turn, but with the
SInusc1es Of his face alone. And
SI opkin ESfrom him to the flushed
sandscharming countenance Of the
ssYoungswoman on his left. bending
How over hersp plate to hide confus-#
ion engendered by Bells latest au-4
SSti city. Lucinda thought, with
faint pang, more of Impotence
than Jealousy: He's in love
again.
isiS4s HI IS II.
Withssa small $sigh Of animal de-.
flight IN the cares OF fur, and the
chill draughtfr from the open
sSswfndowlsupon her face, Lucinda
sssDruces settled back in the town-cnr
ssaWaTesy ret unmindful of the fluid
Fifth Avenue.
Bel had asked to be dropped at
ssfheBrook, alleging rendezvous
another, safely mas
sculineIofNcouIse. Beyond reflect