The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-08

ances before he could reach them.
Anne looked regally handsome in
,gold.colored tissue and paillettes
that gave a tawpy light to her eyes
and hair. and to her skin an amber
glow. She held her head very
high. and in spite OF her mere Ave
feet Ave, looked little less stately
than Madame, Zattiany, who wore
a marvellous velvet gown the exact
shade OF her hair. Marian Law
renee was small but so perfectly
made thats her figure was always
alluded to as her body. and she|
carried her head not regally. but
with an insolent assurance that
became her. She was very beautt
full, with q cleaning white skin
that she never powdered nor col
cred. and hair like gold leaf, parted
and worn In smooth bands over het
ears and knotted loosely on her
neck In the fashion known as la
Verge. Her large grayish-green
eyes were set far apart and hel
brows and lashes were black. She
had straight innocent-lookine
nose with very thin nostrils. into
which she was capable Of com
pressing the entire expression OF
face. She generally wore the fash
ionable colors Of the moment. but
tonight her soft, shimmering gown
was Of palest green. and Clavering
wondered II this were a secret dec
isration of war. She, too. was OF
the siren class. and 1t was possible
that she and Mary Zattiany de
rived from some common ances.
tress who had combed her hair on
rock or fioated northward over
the steppes of Russia. But there
were abysmal differences between
the two women. as Clavering well
knew. Marian Lawrence, witty
great natural intelligence, never
read anything more serious than Q
novel and preferred those that
were not translated into English,
She took no interest whatever IN
anything outside her inherited cir
conference, and had prided her
self during the war upon IGNORING
its existence. She was as luxuriS
Gus and AZ dainty as cat and one
OF the most ardent sportswomen In
America. She looked as IL she had
just stepped out of stained.glass
window, and she was a hard. sub
tie, predatory dirt; too much II
love with her beautiful body tic
give It wholly to any man. She
had never really fallen, in love with
Clavering until she had lost him
and 'he.- his brief enthusiasm for
her unique beauty and somewhat
demoniae Jrharm having subsidized. /
had avoided her ever since: al
though they danced together at the
few fashionable parties he attend
ed. He knew her better now than
when he had seen her daily. n.
most hourly. at q house party in
the. White Mountains, and almost
as often for several weeks after
his return. This was shortly after
bis mistake with Anne, and her at.
traction had consisted :. largely in
her complete difference from 4
really fine. character toward whom
be felt Q certain resentment for
having 50 much and still lacking
the underlined essential He had
not deluded himself that he would
find It in Marian Lawrence, but her
raradoxes. diverted him and be
was quite willing to go as far as
her technique permitted. 1t had
never. occurred to him for a mo-
ment that she was seriously in love
with, him. but he had had more
than one glimpse of her claws and
he regarded heraupeasily tonight.
MISUNDERSTANDING she and Anne wl,is.
pering ABOUT? tsfR'
. = s"Tou will take ir Miss Good.
rich" Madame Zattiany had said 10
him, her. eyes tWEinpkllhIYs. AND. he
had merely shrugged his shoulders.
He-did not care in the least whom
he talked to-: 1t was the ensemble
that, interested him. Anne, and
Marian were the only girls pres.
ent. The other women were be-
tween twenty-five. and thirty-ave-or
six. Madame Zattiany would seem
to have chosen them all for their
good looks. and she looked younger
than several Of them.
Mauve was the fashionable color
OF the season. There were three
mauve gowns and the table was Iii
by very long. very thin mauve
candles above a low bank of or
chids. Mrs. Ruyler had disinterrec
the family amethysts, but Mrs. dc
Lacey and Mrs. Vane, "Polly's"
daughter.in'law. wore their pearla
There were several tiaras, for they
were going on to the opera and
ater to a ball. The company mum,
oered twenty IN all and there were
lhree unmarried men besides ella.
rering. and. including Harry vane
clavering found Marian Lawrence
IN his left. and once. more he cauRh,
twinkle In Madame Zattiauy's
ayes as the guests surrounded the
able.
He had not seen Anne since the.
light of Suzan's party. when they
sad varied the program by sittins
IN the floor in front OF tho fre
casting chestnuts and discussinr
then playing poker un
II two O'Clock in the morning. HI
'sked her II she were comfortable
md happy in her neville.
Rather" She smiled with ali
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