Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-09

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am descended, the lights rose, the
ludience heated Men hurried up
the aisle and climbed over patienti
women. People began to visit,
And then the woman two seats
head of Clayering did a singular
thing.
She rose slowly to her feet.
turned her back to the stage,
raised her opera glasses and lei
lureIy surveyed the audience.
81 knew III" Claverings tongue
blicked. European No Ameri-
Ian woman ever did that-unless,
O be sure, she has lived too long
abroad to remember our customs"
He gazed at her eagerly, and felt
IA slight sensation Of annoyance
khat the entire house was follow
Ing his example. The opera glass
es concealed her eyes, but they
rested upon the bridge of an in
dubitably straight nose. Her tores
head was perhaps too high, but it
was full, and the thick hair was
brushed back from a sharp point.
Her eyebrows, thank Heaven, we're
many shades darker than her hair.
They were also narrow and glossy.
Decidedly they received attention.
Possibly they were plucked and
darkened-life had made him skep-
teal OF points" However, Claw
ering was no lover Of unamended
nature, holding nature, except In
rare moments of inspiration, a
bungler the first water.
In spite of its smooth white skin
and rounded contours above an I'M
damaged throat, II was, Suotiy, noe
a young face The mouth, rather
large, although fresh and red lpos'
sibly they had lip sticks in Europe
that approximated nature) had
none of the girls soft flexibility.
1t was full in the center and the
red of the underlip was more than
a visible line, but 1t was straight
at the corners, ending in an almost
abrupt sternness. Once she smiled.
but it was little more than al
amused flicker; the mouth did not
relax. The shape of the face bore
out the promise of the head, but
DETECTED from its oval at the chin,
which was almost square, and in
dented. The figure was very slight.
but as subtly mature as the face.
possibly because she held 1t un-
compromisingly erect; apparently
she had made no concession TO tia
democratic absence Of carriage
the Indifferent almost apologize
mien that had succeeded the limp
curves of a few years ago.
She wore a dress of white JET
made with the long lines of the
present fashion-in dress she waS
evidently a stickler. The necS
was cut in a low square, showing
the rise Of the bust. Her own
lines were long, the arms anc
hands very slender in the long
white gloves. Probably she was
the only woman in the house who
wore gloves. Life was freer since
the war. She wore triple string
of pearls a%
He waited eagerly untfl she
should drop her glasses. ..''e
He heard two girls gasping and
muttering behind IN There
was a litter across the house.
She loworet the opera glasses
and glanced over the rows OF up.
turned faces .nnrediatoly before
her. scrutiniz.ng them casually. as
if they wers fish in en- aquarium.
She lad dropped her lids slightly
before n" eyes came to rest on
Cha r~s"- He was leaning for
waW>, We eyes hard and focal. do
ing 10 est to compel her notice.
Fea - zee did linGcr on his
for e-ment before it moved on
indiflerently, but in that brief in
terval he experienced curious
ripple along his nerves al
most a note OF warning. q.
They were very dak gray eyes,
Greek in the curve Ct the lid, and
inconceivably wise. cold, disillu.
stoned She did not look day
over twenty-eight There were no
marks of dissipation on her face.
But for its cold regularity she
would have looked younger-with
her eyes closed. The eyes seemed
to gaze down out of an infinitely
remote past.
Suddenly she seemed TO sense
the concentrated Alteration of the
audience. She swept it with a
hasty glance, evidently appreciated
the fact that she alone was stand
ing and facing it, colored slightly
and sat down. But her repose was
absolute. She made no little en-
,arrassed gestures as another
woman would have done. She did
sot even affect to read her pro-
gram