The Washington times., 1923-01-11
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
~ ABSORBING SERIAL or EARLY WEDDED LIE

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men. Park had elected himself
master Of ceremonies. Az he
bowed to Miss May and offered
her his arm with 4 fIouriahing
gesture to Indicate that Mr.. Rock
hin could take me IN. Max Head
ley stepped forward and placed
himself on the right side q Mrs
May. BY right of being the
Oldest present., he said with lust
q suspicion Of the usual croak n
his voice. ..I claim the honor ok
q place next TO the heroine ~ the
evening.
This LEFT Ralph Lacy to AT o.
my left when we found ourselves
at table III & corner Of the bal-s
coined room. received i queer
impression that ne did not wish
to sit next to me. And was
again all at sea concerning the
remarkable mental processes II
which men.folIxs sometimes IN
duIge.
The table was glitter of ex-
quisite damaslK, shining silver and
glassware, with the soft glaze q
8 fine white and gold china, and Of
perfect appointments. AT my place
lay i corsage of orchids ii niauve
tied With i ribbon Of deep pink
At Miss Mays place were
uuisfte soft yellow sweetheart
roses with one marvelously rsd
tacQueminot III their midst. Look
Ing down ct her flowers. she sat
for & moment absolutely still.
Then she raised her eyes which
had darkened almost to black.
asweetheart rosesF' she wins.
pered. rive seen them 81 florist
shops. But never thought 20
have any given me.
The dinner proceeded with
lavishneas that never overstepped
good taste. Nothing which could
delight MISS May had been for
gotten. Nothing that could mark
her out for honor was neglected
throug i1out the feast. Park ana
Ralph Lacy We'd with each other
in making it evident that If was.
an tribute to her.
When we had arrived Ct our
deni-tasses. Park leaned forward
and quietly said:
.'Mr. Rockhill has 2 statement
to make. Z
Then with Park and Ralph
Lacy cycling him as Il to give him
his cue IL he turned out not to
be letter perfect ia his part. IF.
RockhiIl announced:
sour dinner, as we All know, =
TO celebrate q business coup. We
are honoring the lady who made
the astonishing negotiations -
thedeal she put through. So
it's particularly the dinner Of
Wayne Parkinson, 3rd, and your
humble servant II. Rockhill. Ours
because we are announcing thaf
tomorrow we join forces In the
zelda Importing Company. We
feel that this partnership il start
off splendidly.. and we want to
tell the world that Miss. May Is
the fairy godmother Of the new
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He sat back coTnpIacently, look.
ing back from one to the other Of
the men. They had an air OF
breathing freely and Of saying:
"Bravo@' and well done.
Miss May seemed frozen to her
chair. Suddenly she flung out
her hands in q wistful gesture.
You're all sweet" she raid.
Taking an officious old wounan's
-blunder and making something
out OF it. I was going to saddle
Park with q manufacturing bust.
ness for which he isn't suited. I
had an absurd and crazy idea, No
one tells me how-silly and Off
cious it was. You just made me
out heroine instead of goose
None of us stirred for . mo-
ment. Miss Mays eyes were wide,
her lips trembling as she pro-
tested:
''This is beautiful. YOU'RE al
wonderful. But I didn't deserve
it."
Then Max Hoadley leaped To his
feet. Again he had distinctions;
and authority. He spoke in.
voice that had a clear ring:
''I rise to do honor to the little
lady who made all this possible.
I rise to thank her for saving me
my business and finding my
nephew his partner. To the best
business woman In New York
bar none. To Susanna May
His eyes found mine. I smiled
in misty wonder. Was. this Max
Hoadley's way OF assuring me I
could safely accept his friendship
now?
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