The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-27

shoulder and hurried on
xLvill
Clavering. when making up bic
list with Mr.. Din widdie (by cour.
tesy). had. with the exception OF
Todd. who was always the life Of
any party. Cora. whom he always
liked to have at hand. and Eva DaT.
ling: who was q favorite Of 1.-THE
Ambassador to the Court Of the
Sophisticates." as. Todd bad long
since dubbed him. chosen his,
guests at radon. taking whom heb
could get. careful merely to ask
those who. 80 far az he knew. were
on speaking terms.
But he hardly could have gath.
cred together q more congenial and
lively party. nor one more delight.
ed to leave New York for the
woods. Henry Minor. editor OF ono
Of the intellectual and family radi.
cal magazines. whose style was 90
involved In his efforts to be both
different" and achieve an unre-
hitting glitter. that he had recent.
~ received o. petition to issue
a glossary, was as amiable as 4
puppy in the society Of his friends
and when In the woods talked in
words Of one syllable and discor
IA mighty appetite. His wife.
who had demonstrated her origi.
nality by calling herself Mrs. MI.
nor. was what is known 40 q spit.
ing cook and a topnotch dresser.
She had. in fact. the most charm.
Ing assortment Of sports clothes
in the camp. Eva Darling. who
danced for pastime and Illustrated
for what little bread she was per.
mltted to eat at home. was as live
~ as . grasshopper and scarcely
less devastating. Babette Gold
wore her black hair in smooth
bands on either side OF the perfect
oval Of her face. and had the sad
and yearning gaze OF the unfor.
given Magdalen. and she had writ.
ten two novels dealing with the det
mesticities OF the lower middle
class. treating with q clinical
wealth Of detail the irritable mo-
notonies OF the nuptial couch and
the artless intimacies Of the nur.
sery. She smoked necessarily.
could walk ton miles at q stretch.
and was as passionless as A clam.
Gerald Scores. who wore q short
pointed beard and looked the com.
plete artist. was one Of the chief
hopes Of the Intellectual drama
cunningly commercialized: and IS
capable as Clavering Of shutting
up his genius In a water-tight com.
partment. and enjoying himself IN
the woods. He was mildly flirta!
tious. but looked upon emotional
intensity In the personal life Of the
artist as q criminal waste Of force.
Halifax Bolton. who claimed to DO
the discoverer Of the Younger Ger.
Grafton lin action) and was Just
twenty.eight himself. was q critic
Of formidable severity and the
author Of at least i've claques.'
The intense concentration of writ.
ing routed his sense Of humor. but
he had as many droll stories IN his
repertoire as Todd. His wife. the
famous Alberta jones'" fierce
Lucy Stoner. was the editor at
phenomenal salary. OF one Of tho
"Woman's Magazines" and wrote
short stories Of impeccable styl.
and Indifferent content for. the Cen.
fury and the Dial. ~
They were all intimate friendS-
and argued necessarily and amis.
bly, And they were all devoted to
Mr.. Dinwiddie. whom they ad.
dressed az Excellence. without &C.
cent.
When Mary and Clavefing arriv.
ed at the camp in response to the
dinner bell, Eva Darling. who wore
very pretty pink silk bloo1mers un
der her sport skirt. was turning
hand-springs down the living room.
while the rest OF the party al.
plauded yociferously. and Mrs. Lar.
sing. who was entering with the
fried chicken. nearly dropped TIE
platter.
"Just in time. Madame zattiany."
cried Minor. This 10 the sixth
round and she Is painting"
But she interrupted him. MARY
from this time on. insist. You
make me feel an outsider. "
won't be addressed In that formal
manncr nor answer to that foreign
name again."
Mary! Maryl Maryi" shouted
the party with one accord. an6
Clavering drew q long breath. He
had wondered how she would man
age to feel Mary Ogden under the
constant bombardment Of q name
that was title in more ways than
one. But he might have trusted
her to manage It'll y
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