Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-04-08
WHO'S WHO N xxz s1o1x

In his mia-twenties. This mood pre-.
,sIn. xatls uns tin hs s sr,.S v,,s;n. be
Lucy Joy. sood:lOofiaf. : pisaan..
poised. She has won . bis prize In
the .prettiest English girl contest
and q q noted film actress. Archie
has merely saved her from some cin-
SEYMOUR. movie man. her admirer.
FRANKIE Luey's half-grown ire
pressible brother, Q naval cadet.
THE ADMIRAL. rubicund. choleric old
officer who dotes on Lucy.
MRS. JOY. gay. charming. almost A.
ms oointS oRlcEMATHEWss x III Sssnsa snei.ns inva-
lid. tired Of being bossed by women.
MAUVE, his granddaughter. slim,
lovely, poised and cool, who attracts
the interest Of the Rover, but ig-
nores him.
GENEvIEvE wILMOT. piquant
rescues, and whose small boy adores
Mans Choice
And o man who loves money may
as well be content with one guinea
as I with one woman.-Beggars
Opera.
Gently he took her by the upper
are 10 steer her through the press
of people: meeting them as they
went on to dancing, overtaking them
on the way to the gaming table and
revolving wheel. People glanced up
at them, probably taking the ef-
fective pair for q brother escorting
his handsome sister. His was q
brothers gesture. But those who
seen her face. She kept it averted
q fhR,pOh Sha hated fha c{uht pf tho
young man, 1.-THE and lightly moving
as some cat-beast, with "fauve"
eyes and small head (golden as her
OWN held joyousiy high. Her face
was still tense; her generously
nodded lips pressed tightly together;
her eyes intently ahead. 1t was q
face holding back the quivering
radiance that filled the heart of her
because she was where she was.
Close against his shoulder he felt
the warm softness of her arm as she
put down the first of the franc notes.
He did not even watch what
became Of that. He was watching
the girl who played his stake. .
She was beautiful. She was even
very beautiful. In q way SO un-
English. in another way almost
English in type. deriving from races
that left their mark upon our
islands centuries ago. "ss
There; she was gathering up some
coins. She did not look at him. She
put down another note. Archie,
who ten minutes ago had been keen
to get back to the Dulcie and his
dreams Of Genevieve Wilmot. found
himself as keen to stay yet a while
near Genevieve's friend. . ."
Confusing world, in which one
was led definitely to believe that
being keen on a woman precluded
any possibility OF being stirred by
another at the same time. That was
not so, the Rover found. Already
in his career he had found that it
was not SO. One girl seemed to
show" to you another. Was this
contrast? Was IT because of get
ting ones sensibilities quickened
generally, so that one felt drawn,
not only to dark loveliness, but to
golden beauty? Lord! the whole
thing was such blur.
So was the place. The sale had
become to him just one colored blur.
Only she stood out as she leant for
ward over the green table. Vividly
clear, radiantly white and gold, this
Northern girl.
Archie thought: "Where did
hear that the Scandinavian woman
Is volcano under snow?"
"Faites votre jeu!" intoned the
cropier. - Selma was gathering
up notes now - Winning? Actu-
ally?
Archie thought: What a wicked
waste that can't kiss her."
Then, he thought. But, dash It!
Considering that all / want to win
any money for is just to chase off
to Basse Bretagne after another girl.
where on earth are we?"
No answer to this; in our present
phase Of civilization. -
At last the girl drew back, turning
again to Archie.
TITS enough" she said, always In
French. I'VE stop now. Nine is a
good number. You have won 5000
francs, Monsieur Laverock."
Archie Laverock stared. Not
since the war had he seen so much
money all together as he now saw
held out to hfm-to hlm-a crack
ling sheaf in the hands OF the girl
who had brought him luck.
observation-disclosures" he
echoed blankly. "A hundred ana
eighty pounds?"
Yes. - And. If you please,
will you give me my necklace, be.
cause I ought now to so back to the
others7"
He took the money from her; re-
turned the beads. He saw her snap
them about her throat, saw her
smile away his thanks.
DO not come back to the terrace
with me-" she said-and he realized
that she meant II. GOOD might"
"A demain," he got out lust an
she moved quickly back toward the
Casino windows. -
Well. he would see her tomorrow
Wasn't he going up to lunch at Mon
Repos? He would see Jennie, too.
He able to tell her (Jennie) that
they would presently meet again in
Concarneau. He had his fare ali
right now, at all events. Nine thou
sand francs. Nine thousandi Think
of 1t! sss Nearly two hundred
pounds to play about with, thought
the Rover In a jazz Of exultation.
Ha! 80
That lovely Golden Girl - ssuch
calm voice, but she didn't look az
IL she would always be so infiexiblv
calm. sShe little knew the luck
that she had meant to him.
Blue Cancarneau. with Jennie ana