, 1924-10-29

nut HcI MUMMY was AauN
both voice and face was a vivid eager
ness not to be missed.
thine hasn't a thing to do with 1t.
Men live all their lives here and are
never westerners. Others are Of US in
a day. think you would qualify
early"
She knew that she ought to snub his
excursion into the personal, but She
was by nature unconventional.
"How do you known" she demanded
quickly.
That's just a guess Of mine" he
smiled.
A musical voice called from within
the rouse. "Have-, you seen my
Graphic. Moya?"
A young woman stood In the door
way, a ~golden-white beauty with soft
smiling eyes that showed a little sur
prise at sight of the fisherman. A
faint murmrr of apology for the inter-
ruptIon: escaped -her lips.
Kilmeny could not keep his eyes
from her. What a superb young crea-
ture she was. what perfection In the
animal grace Of the long lines of he
soft rounded bodyi Her movements
had u light -buoyancy that was charm
Ing. And where under heaven could a
man hope to- see anything ~lovelier
than this pale face with Its crown of
FURNISHED hair SO lustrous and album
dant?
Miss Dwight turned to her friend.
81 haven't seen the Graphic. Joyce,
denr."
Isn't 1t in the billiard roomf
Thought ! saw II there. I'll look"
verlnder volunteered.
Good Of you." Miss Joyce nodded,
her eyes on the stranger. who had
turned &c leave.
Kilmeny was going because he knew
that he might, easily outwear his well
come. FL, had punished verinder. and
that was enough. The miner had met
too many like him not to know that
the man belonged to the family Of
common or garden snob. No doubt
he rolled In wealth made by his ia
ther. The fellow had studied carefully
the shibboleths of the society with
which he wished to be Intimate and
was probably letter-perfect. None the
less. he was a bounder. a rank out
slider tolerated only for his money. He
might do for the husband Of some pen
niless society girl. but he would never
In the world be accepted by her as a
friend or al equal. The thought Of
him stirred the gorge Of the fisher
man.
Checklist beggar I ever saw"
fumed verinder. Don't see why you
let the fellow stay. Miss Dwight"
The girls %scornfui eyes came round
to meet his. She had never before
known. how cordially she dIsllked him.
Don't your"
h rose and walked quickly Into
the house.
verinder bit his mustache angr'iy.
He had been cherishing n fiction that
he was In o v with Miss Dwight and
more than once he had smnrted be-
meath the lash of her contempt.
Joyce SINK gracefully into the
easiest chair n flashed a dazzIIng
smile Mt him. Has Moya beer very
unkind, Mr.. verinder?"
He had Joined the party n few days
before mt Chicago and this was the
first sign OF interest Miss Seldom Ind
shown In him. verinder wns grateful.
Dashed II understand Miss
Dwight at all. She blows hot md
cold" he confded In a burst Of frank.
ness.
THAT'S just her wny. We all hive
our moods. don't we7 mean we
poor m Don't all the poets credit
us with Inconsistency" The least rip-
pie OF amusement at her sex sweIled
In her throat and died away.
"Oh. by Jove. II that's ALI say.
do you have moods too. Miss Joycef'
Her long thick lashes fiuttered down
to the cheeks. Wus she emba rnssed
ut his question: lie felt a sudden llft
Of the heart. nm access Of pew.born
confidence. Dobyans verinder had
never dared to lift his hopes ns high
as the famous beauty Joyce Seldom.
Now for the first time his vanity
stirred. Somehow quite u~nexpected-
ly to hlm-the bars between them
were down. Was II possible that she
had tnken n fancy to hlm7 His imari-
nation scared.
For a momen her deep pansy eyes
rested In his. He felt n sudden In
t%oxication OF the senses. Almost With
a swngger he drew up n chair and
scented himself beside her. Already he
WINS the ~conquering male In hcadIonr
pursuit. Nor WINS he disturbed BY
The lenst suspicion Of having becn
flled with the sensations and the I'M
pulscs'thnt she had contrived.
Miss Seldom had that morning Incl.
dentally overheard Lady rnrquhnr tell
her husband that Dobyans verInder's
fortune u be nearer two million
pounds than n million. II wns tho
nrst intimation she had been given