Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-18
WHO'S WHO M rHE sronx

Rover" who is through with girls
in his mid-twenties!
poised. She has Won a Big PRIZE in
the ''.prettiest English girl" contest
and is a noted film actress.
THE ADMIRAL. rubicund. choleric
old oflcer. anxious to marry Lucy.
MR.. RICE-MATTHEWS. ancient in
valid. tired of being bossed by
MAUVE, his granddaughter, slim.
lovely, poised and cool, who attracts
the interest of the Rover, but is-
GENEVIEVE wILMoT, piquant Amer
lean widow, whom the Rover res
cues, and whose small boy adores
ETHEL TOMBSTONE, our Ginger"
who had nursed Archie in the war
some rich people for whom he is act
ing as chauffeur An old love for
her is renewed in the Rover.
The Disturbing charmer
Evening brought them once more
together; his body, soul and spirit
to 'exult again.
He gave her the bunch of white
heather that he had found that
afternoon en- his way to fetch the
sportsmen. She tucked it into the
breast of her coat with quite a
SOu CNOhAhS
she was not so much the good pal,
he discovered, as teasing. ready to
pick holes in things as they were.
He did not know how it arose;
presently she was Raging him
about some other white heather that
she remembered had been sent in to
him in hospital: a growing plant OF
white heather in pot shaped like i
black cat.
That ought to have brought him
lots of luck, she supposed; and, still
dwelling on hospital days, she rag
ged him again about 1.-The stream of
peaches and roses that used TO flow
his way.
Quite the belle Of the ward. More
popular even than little Navy" she
Knocked him. We all remember the
lovely gray Rolls that used to come
and fetch Captain Laverock out for
an airing"
A light anger seemed to surge up
in the young man beside her. he
wanted to say something personal.
Intrusive. After all, he couldn't
turn to her and shake her as they
walked along in the peaceful even
ing. . d" He said, without knowing
he was going to say it. Perhaps
you remember some one who used to
come in car and fetch you out,
those days."
Yes, do" she retorted. u was
engaged to be married to my car,
you know"
This was an arrow into him; as
was perhaps intended. OF course.
She had been engaged to be married.
Everybody in the hospital knew 1T
at the time. A somebody on the
staff. He used to come.
Archie remembered suddenly the en-
gagement-ring there had been once
on her finger Goldy-red
flashing stones. Fire-opals to match
her flaring hair. 1t hurt him to
think of that. 1t hurt him.
All he could think of to say was.
How do you know that | was not
engaged to he married MYSELF"
"Oh! YOU" she Knocked. Il know
you were not"
You know?"
"0h, people like you aren't en-
gagged. They think it would be talk
ing razor to chop firewood. for any
of them to get married. They'd not
be happy. They wouldn't make
anybody else happy"
They? D'you mean me-"
II mean your type"
You don't know anything about
me-" muttered Archie Laverock.
Whats the good of talking about
types?"
oh. Don't I know anything
about you? Do you suppose |
haven't net people who knew you?
Oh. yes, outside the hospital. More
people know the disturbing charmer
than the disturbing charmer knows
-
What rot" he barked. reddening
holly in the gloom beside her. Il
beg your pardon, l didn't mean to
be rude"
"Oh, 1 don't mind at ALL I'll pre-
tend you have a temperature. or
that you're coming to after choloro-
FORM the theatre with patient
coming cut of the anesthetic Is
hardly G. II. .. pcliteness," she tor
mented him.
Come. | only mean you know
you've the reputation of being
frightfully popular and of having
people simply falling at your feet
like ninepins: don't mind meeting
Just one-one who sees through
YOU"
Yes; how he would have loved TO
shake her! To shake her, hard. .
And through his hot anger there
flowed an icy stream of dread; that
tormenting memory of what had
been prophesied for him when he
should meet the one girl in the
world.
CShell be the one woman who
won't want you. She, proba bly,,
won't look at you;"D
Ethel now laughed wickedly. He
knew she was preparing something
fresh to torment him. He braced
himself for that. Also, he did some
thing else. He gave a queer. back
ward glance toward mind pictures
OF other faces. Girls faces that had
smiled upon him with kinder eyes.
Ihese seemed to give him en-
enlargement, help; seemed They
did give. One cannot be so near To
yet gain nothing from--a force,
So now when this red-haired fer
magant who was his darling and his
despair asked with that laugh OF
mischief: For instance, have You
had what one might call a good
summers"
"Oh, fairly" answered with a
world OF artfully quiet retrospectjon
in his tone) the lad who had so ar
rantly rofed throughout May. June
and July. Yes. Fairly good, thank
you." A
His score.
She turned abruptly right .ho,,,
on the road.
Time to go in.' said she, CURLY.
They had been barely a mile: IL
was still light enough to see The
colors of things; but he made No a.
muir and walked back beside her
They scarcely talked going hars
At the head of the lane wbe,,
they had parted before. he said
well. good night. Thanks so much
for taking pity on my solitary state
up here. Ell don't dare TO ask
you 10 come out for a stretch again.
tomorrow evening""