Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-27
CHAPTER VI-COntinued

| She was sitting up In her seat fresh
and glowing, looking squarely at him.
81 was thinking Of YOU" he said ear
nestly.
II thought you had decided to forget
! disagreeable subjects until tomorrow.
she replied coloring.
my subject is not disagreeable: on the
contrary, 1t is very charming" he said.
81 was wishing that I were a wizard,
and could transport you back to where
you were five years ago."
and you would deny me all the pleas
ures and triumphs Of those five years."
she queried. a far away look in her eyes
that his words had called up.
II would have spared You all the griefs
and palms." he answered.
She looked quickly at him.
How do you know" she asked. Gam
changed so very much?"
you are more beautiful than ever, Di,
but there Is a sadness in the back of
your eyes that was not called there by
pleasures and triumphs.
''You are q keen observer" she replied
slowly. "And by the way, think you
are very much changed, too"
IT suppose I look, oh. very, very old.
At least, 4O,'" he said, trying to keep
the anxiety out Of his voice.
She laughed outright.
''Now you are really funny. Do you
know, Larry, you look ever so much
younger than you did before I went
away? At school l used to tell the girls
about my elderly guardian, but now 1
feel older, and you seem to be younger"
she said sagely.
1t took the lawyer a second or two to
suppress the joy her words impaired.
at suppose you think it's clever to jolly
an old man by telling him he looks
young" he said in affected injured tones.
Di arched her eyebrows in surprise.
what reason had 1 to suppose it
would please you to think that you look
young?" she asked in pretended aston
ishment. 81 should think that age was
an asset to a lawyer-it inspires conf
dence."
There is something besides confidence
that / want to inspire" he said mean
ingly, but Di was looking out of the
opposite side Of the car. When she
spoke again 1t was to direct his atten-
ton to the green lawns and beautiful
cottages they were passing at the time.
Although so little had been said, Larry
felt some progress had been made IN
the subject near, his heart But when
out Of the car and turned around to
assist Di to alight, he found Philip
Morell was ahead of him; and unless
his eyes deceived him Morell held her
closer and longer than the occasion re-
quired. There was no doubt, however,
that Di blushed furiously.
"Who is this fellow Morell?" he asked
DIS mother that evening, while the for
eigner was hanging over Di at the plano.
Diobr no n har
had anything to conceal, and would not
have understood If she had been told
that any one else had. So without any
comment she repeated what Philip Mo-
rell had told her.
HE is from Porto Rico" she said,
"and has lived a number Of years In
California, which accounts for his fluent
English. He is rs years old, and be- !
cause his education has been neglected, |
he Is only this year entering Yale. His
father is South American nabob, and
his mother a Porto Rican OF course" |
Mrs. Richmond explained, philips IA
Their being a nabob are Toms words, not
Philips. He is very modest about his
fathers great wealth"
'Di said that Tom met him at the |
Country Club. Who took him there?"
Tilton asked casually.
Arthur Fawcett met him somewhere
and invited him home Then Tom |
brought him here. We are very much |
attached to him." she said innocently.
''Will you invite Fawcett to dinnec
some night, Mrs. RichmondT" Tilton |
asked. II haven't seen the lad for a |
long time l used to think he was in /
clined to be wild. I'd like to prove my /
self wrong in this particular case"
'I would like to oblige you, Larry" /
his hostess replied, "but the rawcett !
family sailed for Europe a week ago.
That is the reason Tom invited Philip I
here. 1 can satisfy you, however, about
Arthur He is really a good boy and
model son."