Evening star., 1924-01-06
An Unconventional Sequel,
BY j. A. wALDRON.

/" HEY had quarreled. Justine
and Ted, and this was the
way OF II: Justine was pretty
She was more than pretty
Yet there is hardly young woman
who Is simply pretty whose eyes
will not take on new brightness or
a. provocative CLINT when any pre-
sentable young man tells her, either
in graceful phrase or by a glance Of
his own, that he thinks her charm
ing. And Justine, an orphan, with
means of her own. was her own
mistress She had as companion an
aunt. but the aunt spent most of her
time here and there playing bridge.
and was good to Justine because
Justine was good to her.
Ted. a handsome. strapping fellow.
had somewhat selfish conception
Girls had always looked at him in a
way that was eloquent of admira-
tion. And he liked it, Yet when an
other young man looked at Justine
Ted straightway went into a. genteel
fury. And. to tell the truth, Justine
had a grain OF jealousy herself.
Justine and Ted were engaged.
ments are broken. And both tragedy
and comedy result. One evening he
had Justine at the opera They both
drew admiring glances. Ted resented
the way in which a chap looked at
Justine without noting how Justine
had looked at the chap. 1t had been
rumored that the young man had
been engaged to Justine before Ted
himself had consummated that some
times imperative preliminary. Jus
tine had told Ted she hadn't cared
for the fellow. "Then why should
she have looked at him." thought
Ted.
After the first act of the opera Ted
reopened the question. Justine re-
minded him that he had just gazed
with unmistakable approval upon a
young woman who had invited sill ent
praise. And she reminded him also
that only day or two previously she
had found him at luncheon with her
dearest friend, Elinor.
That is the fourth time you have
mentioned a perfectly innocent en-
counter" he replied. when a chap
meets a girl friend at luncheon time
wnat else can ne 90.
What else. indeed"' Justine's pretty
lip curled.
"Well, I shall tell you right now
that I would. do it again In the cir
cumstances. And wait a bit Do you
remember that you asked me to
luncheon at home, and cautioned me
that 1 must be there on the minute?'
"But I've explained all that"
mot altogether. In my desire to
see you / was waiting for you a
quarter of an hour before the time
AS 1 looked out j saw you come up
in Osmond Henry's car. He was
driving and you sat happily with
HIM"
NVOUVE forgotten that I had gone
shopping in a hurry in order
to meet you; that my chauffeur col
lided with another car and so injured
mine that he had. to have it towed
to the garage; that I was hurrying
to get a taxi when Mr. Henry came
along and insisted that he be per-
mitted to take me home"
"Oh, well! No doubt it was so.
But the fact compels me to say that
I think Elinor is very pretty
young woman, and more than that,
I think she is a very reasonable one"
"More reasonable than I am, you
think?"
'd decline to answer that question"
(which is equivalent to answering
it. release you from your engage
ment."
What is there in an opera when
such a colloquy happens with half Of
the music still to listen to?
Ted drove Justine home. On the
way they had word or two togeth-
er about the weather, discussed the
opera briefly as connoisseurs, and
were as polite to each other as dfplo-
mats are assumed to be- Ted assist
ed Justine out and saw her up the
steps with chilling ceremony, which
was internationally responded to. The
sgood-night" was as metallic as an
ancient phonograph record.
This really ought not to have hap
pened, for Justine was more fond OF