Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-30

Ssssors,rc " ,~ cir,, Glover Elpkinstore,
81 a marty. she has married q mag.
ss,s rko died o fep sninutes after the
"srsmomy, @ Leaving her big business.
Corsd Cc,d'ts" 10 "gipkinstone bros" )" ,chere
T;i"vs, tells lin she a. hdrried bv
scysons vko scdNt TO help spend her
Ssonev, Sic says she mMst get q
Husbdnd simply az q convenience 70
lend Of ssitors and schensers. "
10 Be bwsiness. not romance. Car-
wt;ckael 10 afronted at trst oy Me
cVS;sc.ss cVeS,; Il further. She Is ciliing
~ Trance kis invention, q mast, for
iim.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
The ''Harpies"
s,uO,JGH Carmichael's 3 head was going
i round with this buzz he could stu
,reserve intact his impressions Of the
hu,z. makers. These men were slack
ers. Particularly the poisonous fei'
low in the morning. coat. who evidently
meant to dig himself in here. (He
81. tho one with whom Mrs. Elphin'
s,one seemed to be on the nearest ap'
rroocb to friendly terms she could be.)
4. for these pretty. indistinsuishaole
cousins OF hers; Harpies! Cars'
launches. housebosts. maids? SO TINS
va, what Mrs. Elphinstonc meant os
"Outside." His opinion Of her Went
down, His impatience grew. lie for'
~, that she had frankly confessed she
was IAN easy mark" And II he, with
. mast that needed money, protected
her from all these sharks. he would DC
irving. he thought. more than he got.
Presently he founl that this crew OF
people were trooping vociferouSly iortn
from the dining room he. drawing basK
= little. found himself alone with the
woman he hud come to sec. II think we
SsJ hetter 70 out" she said quietly
II want YOU to take me for II turn III
He waited until she came down
again in furs and a little hat OF scar
: lot leather SO brilliant that even ~, Gmr.
michael saw that It was red. CIhis
was before red hats became as many
as the commoH garden poppy,
Walking quickly IN step they rcacnsd
the Park. Not until they entered 'nt
gates did Mrs. Elphinstone spenk;
Clearly, concisely. dryly, as she ha6
spoken In the Office, she asked, 'Wcli
have you decided?"
He answered in a voice as short Ut
You will?"
"Yes."
"Then," she said Immediately. "how
~>>,, <lr co, snnpoap can get mar
fied?"
They had left Ham Gate n quarter
Of Il mile behind; they were swing
ing in step toward Robin Hood e Gnt'
down one Of the broad, vel. kept roads
Every now and then u big car whizZet
mast them, or n motor bicycle and side
car came cluttering toward the town
All around them stretched the Roya
park wintry turf. bracken and clump
of leafless trees showing the phensan
coloring Of January; brown and geld
Ell .russet, rust. red, with glenm o
scarlet sunset through the bare boughs
with Il sOlnber note of rhOdOdendron
green, with here and there the darl
I gloss Of holly.
Carmichael had not answered he
last question. :,
Somehow that abrupt "ies" ha
had come prepnred to saw it, Then II
tbe house with nll that awful mo-
about he had realized it had better b
"No" and have done with 1t
Thoroughly angry he felt with her, he
people, himself and the whole wear!
SOME proposal. Now he'd said "Iet.
mud the moment it was out Of hi
mouth he could have bitten his tOngu
out, With every step he took his tempe
grew steadily worse, With every stel
be resented more this girl swInsin
her expensive furs at his side.
Money to burn, and a dozen pair
Of eager hands to help this feckles
creature 10 pile on the fuel! House
boats. launches. cars! He represents
them to himself in skies and dozens 0
ench, She had only TO be- asked. and
Here. as they walked, there cam
trailing to them across that pheasant
brown wintry grass a gipsy womal
with shawl and bundle; she smiled
she produced wheedling sounds, sh
held out her begging hand with me
chanicai. a practiced. an automati
gesture.
E0ually automatic was tho Restur
with which Clover Elphinstone's han
went Immediately to her black sati
bar. fumbiing for the small change tina
was evidently not there. Already Car
michuel's hand was halfway to hi
own Docket, when he saw his compan
y Ion simply cram a pound note int
Tho gipsy's hand and pass on.
The last straw!
No business of his. But--wasn't II
Wasn't this sort of thing why he