Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-26

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~ "sS9gfGR 9ifeGe'R HARRY CARMIGnAIR9;h, FL,
LA war rcteran. man OF persono.uv,
W~aoinecr who has inrsnted neg
/. s"S N finance ichich ne agrees .
se", sio.,r 3 !, "strict'v business pf0p0'''
d'sso 'ssosEuARY MEAD%0Ws: % :,os;na GlSre'''
nT pretiy girl OF me porioa'
FWPS MEADOWS, aunt; wno "!s
,f1;rnded Ciorer in adversary ""u '"
'somsrSd nth fdrors. ,u,,.. A
SANDAL, younger oa"0"'
f22}PWW BOLT. big. good -naiured chop
,..ifullv in lore rith Rosemary.
Clover Is Wistful
n. CROSS to the big willow they swan.
Tho bovs shook back their dripping
.i.. sandal, all in red and scarlet
..nned sprang lightly up TO the boush
s,ood. one arm lifted to higher
Isr,ucb. Clover Carmichael D'"'N l.,
v.,o.tbeJ and with IN "rahs" Scor'
nrd about her head, edged along to
n. ni,,ow trunk. her slender rounded
Iumbs dangling :, ,,,
Thoro ore men who will have it that
fannie form is ugly save wh'h
Lbrouded and skirtcd from hip to call
Eboso individuals 'whose iI'-lu"k ono
G,r,orcsl have not met tn" like "t
Vrlover Carmichael in her club SWIM
Ining suit. 49,. a..
| sbs was. Of three lovely girls, the
|nost beautiful. She knew she wns
ksoutiful. It didn't make matters any
kc,tor for her on that early morning OF
Yhat promising June day. She was
s,oubled to the depths Of herself And
mis- trouble had nothing at all TO do
nth business fascos and Elphnstone
prothers and the curious feeling of be-
Iinp once more n poor relation ana n
Imest at n river party instead OF a
Ireolthy young hostess. All these facts
,smoincd. But Clover could have
|,haken them off her like diamond drops
from the pool. II only she could have
h-go,ren something that she had torn
ont Of her life. in London. Here. it
returned.
Secretly. wistfully shc had watched
|Iim and Rosemary from her window
Just now. How happily had those
lovers been able to start this day
They had plunged together into its cX-
QuIsite beginning.
Clover could not Griyc from her MIND
thoughts Of what il would have meant
to her to hav" dT'ed in that morning
beside the man with whom she was
itoo latc.l in love. Surprising h" had
been there TO warn her. ''I.o0k out for
weed. darling rather lot Of it here -
Supposing he had swum through thos,
cool depths besd" her. and had givcr
her wet hand ny TO til" willow bougll
Another swift. graC"- Of q
Thought Clover had never seen Harry
Carmichael III any sort of sports rig
even. Only in his gray lnung" suit tha,
he wor" every day. Even after f"ur
months Of not seeing him. she re-
membcr"d th" look Of that suit and oi
the ties he w"r" with it she liked best
the plain dark blue sill; one with tho
thin white lines. Then there We're his
evening things ,that had once been worn
| with her own golden wrap flung over
them'. And tn" conventional wedding
kt FOR the ceremony, of course.
~; how much better he would have
looked in the shnbbicst coat than Rose
marys eternal engineer. Infinitely
nor" grnr"ul, too. Probably n better
twlmm'r, Better ull around odr"idrl
'iS girl in l"ycl than anybody else on
the river or in the world.
DabhIing her toes in the pool below.
|ehc felt curiously detached from the
|c'hers, who r"ttcrcd and splashed like
u mock of wnter- wagtails about her.
Evidently ii was her fate to be Odd
|Girl out. all today.
4, Topping day it's going to BE- - ey-
fla!ned b"ylSh voice near her Tin
concert. no d"ubt. with thousands Of
ther voices all up and down the river
|nt 'hal m"nl"nt for the mounting sun
N"raid"d th" first day Of Henley Re-
Ssttal.
Oh, topping
hat tim" do We start. .Iimt"
ought not b" later than ten thirty
snarp' II "" want to get good place
oh the boom. Races started ut half
past "I"Y"n. About time we got back
M dressed now il we don't want to be
'",hrd' Com" along, YOU people,
'"m" on. Rosemary Let's SOC
fhst rous" of yours mt the end o stroke.
%0b, So :" r"GrS "1"}S'"S = IT, IIer I"S'r, rlrocJ
mead rose above the stream, proudly as
yellow water lily. "Isn't it perfect q"
In" heart within her WHISPERED. at
"o0iM be 50 perfect. il only-if only
Sandals latest undergraduate shout
',r.,. ' ! say. breakfast is going TO tast"
hr"akfaS'. SCI out on the house.
"'at MhItc-ralnted deck, was Il merry
u"a'' Hu', ah, thought Clover, if only
W" ,"'h W"r" tn"r" 10 pass hOmrly
,',y''S ,o'l ""'"n and eggs, 10 jump up and
i,n h"r coffee. There were other
souhg men to look after Mrs. Car
in"hae! Jim Holt was conscientious
IoSt' i'ut h" was more than that when
Nv peeled that pear for his Rosemary
Inu spread Rosemary'S toast with am
DER marmnlad". That was the gesture
aug the look Clover lent to the imnge
,"at seemed ahou, TO haunt her ever
,ygre p; pcrSistently as the day wore on.
'hlSts drfted and dwindlrd now
Sriore victorious sunlight skies were
aa.I as"hI b!n" and white. diamond dew
TIashed upon the green of blessed. every
.'S English country. Vanished was the
h".e hn,. hr"amlGnd Of two hours back {:
%uC %un no sunshine chased the wistful
"ram from 'lover's heart.
wa going to be hot.
as as yet III" river breeze blew cool
epaon apon Ihe barred throats of young men in
p; it tlipp"i at the girls skirts.
nosrmary wore Jin'S fnvoritc sur-
sasy Ihlu"'nnd- white striped linen gown.
rrnns amnnFs pIgtatl swung over skirts Of
a,;ah', ,;d' patterned with p0rrokects
with outstrctched scarlet wings
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