Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08
WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY

ARCHIE LAvEROCK. the ''arrant
Rover" who is Through with girls
in his mid-twenties! This mood
prevails until he .'rescueS, as he
thinks, from some brutal villains
LUCY JOY. good looking, piquant,
poised. She has won a big prize in
the "prettiest English girI'' contest
and is a noted film actress. Archie
has merely saved her from some
"she Was a Topping Girl"
"Mumme. The Admiral hasn't
seen the new Arbuthnot photo
graphs of me that came yesterday.
=" Oh. yes: they're rather good.
we think. Frankie No. III
fetch them"
She stepped across her dogs, and
skipped up the shallow brick steps
between the mauve- and-white cush-
ions of rock-plants; presently re-
turning with hands and arms full,
not only of, the huge brown card
board envelopes, but of various
framed photographs as well.
Here they are. Ana I've
brought the Bassano ones that
Mummie likes better so that YOU
can compare them; and here's the
keturah Collins for you TO see how
it looks in the lovely silver frame
you sent"
Her talk was now all for the ad-
miral. She knelt in little-girl fash
ion on the grass at his spats, hold
ing out for his inspection, one by
one, the portraits. All had ap-
peared or would appear in the week.
ly papers. deliberately finished, pos
ed, retouched out of all spontaneity
but still her.
Miss Lucy JOY, England's love-
Hest cinema star, lin her charming
Surrey home. a thing of beauty
and a joy
1--WE only count the sunny hours
Miss Lucy JOY at the Sundial'-
graceful even in odiously pseudo
Greek draperies and tango shoes
from Raynes.
"Ah. Very pretty. /" Very
pretty! Charming. Delightful eX-
preston :" or This is just YOU,
Miss Lucy" her middlc-aged ad-
mirer approved each in turn. And
which am | to be allowed to carry
away"
Choose" cooed the girl.
He chose C'Iet ah. that sprin:
should vanish with the rosa
study of Miss JOY musing among
the the narcissus, at Kew and lent
his fountain pen for her to auto
graph it in immense curly writing.
C'Yours very sincerely. Lucy Joy,
otherwise Little One'.'D
After which, from the admiral's
hands, the portraits were passed to
the younger man. Archie Laverock
permitted himself polite. All.
that's very good" and 81 think that
is the best, myself; the one you
chose, sir"
The peculiar gift already remark
ed upon, of guessing what the Wo-
man in question would like him to
do next this gift took the form of
a whisper to him that what the girl
expected was for him. Archie Lave
photograph for himself. 1t would
have been only the natural thing to
do. She was the most -photogra pied
girl in the country at that moment
Her post bag, bulgcd daily with let
ters from the public begging for a
photograph or for her to sign the
picture postcard portrait sent there
with: everybody know that. Yes it
would have been natural enough for
Archie to make the request.
He did not make it.
Instead he collected the shcaf and
said to the girl. Let me take these
back into the house for YOU
"Oh, you don't know whore they
go Mr.. Laverock. | took some of
them off the dra wing-room mantel-
piece. | hate having things put
back in odd places" she twittered
importantly, and she skipped after
him. all the blue cherries a-hob on
the brim Of her big garden hat.
What n world" croaked the for
rrottap nprrnt on his
In the pretty drawing room. all
chintz and luster and fashion papers,
the lattice windows were SO long and
flung 50 wide open that the room
was as full of fresh air and flower
scent as was the garden outside.
But in that room there stirred sud-
denly another atmosphere. The
clash of personality against person.
alty. the intangible ION guard" Of
the duel between man and maid, the