San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28

Il want you TO go and see Dr.. Car
michael ~ 49,,
I've, been" The low words wer,
like a judges Sentence. he said "a
tell you and mother"
Bertillon'S hands trembled. He looked
into her young, terrorizcd f5ce. The
miserable scoundrel." he said. He
shouldn't have told you. He should
have told me-"
"Sh-sh." she cautioned. Don't let
mother know, not yet. Come on" She
pulled him forward. Laugh, dad
Laugh"
He laughed. II was pain. He
laughed, and passed with her into the
more brilliant light of their dining
room. He had forgotten for the mo.
ment the Polar Forge Company.
This girl of hiS--ths girl of Il
OF flushed cheeks, of golden hair. How
had he been 50 blind? Little Alice
so slender, so colorful. so bc"";iful
with her strange spirituality, so mark,
ed for extinction.
He found himself cutting a filet OF
sole in senseless pieces. The drum
| ming, whirring wings of ruin were
beating on his ears. lie talked blithe.
I ly with his wife, with Ted. with
| Cynthia. He did not know just what
he said. He had conversed as one
who is at the top of success. And
yet he had forgotten business, he
had stared coyertly at the thinness
of his youngest daughter and wonder
ed at the bright color in her checks.
Ted was talking now. Bcrtilon
| noticed curious. offensive tone in
his sons voice. Ted was talking OF
Cynthia and Cynthia was glaring AT
him. hate in her eyes. Defense-and
| hate.
Her brother had said: Cynthia is
enthused about Millspaugh.r
1t had. as Cynthia had shown. de.
! served no answer, or else a great
deal of answer.
: Millspaugh. Great Scott. Mills
paugh Suddenly Bertillon realized
, that Cynthia was over twenty-onc
There had never been any talk oI
her marriage. She-his dearest. some
hOw-still appeared TO him as thu
| little girl he had known so long. H,
could not conceive Of her as having
any intimacy with Millspaugh. Mills
paugh An old beau. from whom The
| BLOOM had all gone--a master OF
/ fliriati1nS.
Suddenly Bertillon remembered 9
passing remark at the club. 1t came
/ back TO him like an echo. He could
hear Newbold saying as MilIspaugl
passed 4There goes the old boy. He
\ says he has come TO real love al
last. Found his renewed youth in
( a young untouched sOul-debutante
My stars"
And Bertillon. like a man coming
out of a stupor. remembered that his
wife had said one mornings three
months ago: "Jobn, do you think il
! is right for Cynthia TO allow Everett
Millspaugh TO come in for callsf'
| He had not done more than raise
his eyebrows then. Then he had
heard little Alice saying that Mills
paugh had overtaken Cynthia on the
avenue and something about a walk in
the park. He felt like n man who
had failed TO sense any of the life GO
ing on ABOUT him. Millspaush with
his arts and crafts. Cynthia! His
own Cynthia.
Out came his voice: he heard him.
self: Cynthia :"
"Yes. dad
81 wont have it. / won't have
that man: that
She turned her head slowly TO-
ward him. 1t was terrible 10 see in
the light-the merciless too bright
light of candles and electric glare
above the table-the hardness in
Cynthia's face. 1t had almost a
snarling. leopard look. Her skin
grew crimson. Then he thought he
saw the tears of rage gathering in
the corners of her eyes. She rose from
her chair.
Ted said unpleassntly: ave ought