San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06

say: "Go ahead. / can leave you
to take care of yourself"
'T have never been to a night
club in my life," said Humphrey,
looking straight into the big eyes
at his side. 'I've visited the cafes
chantant that one sees abroad
the noisy fetid holes that pass for
houses of entertainment, but
they're totally different"
She moved scarcely muscle OF
her face as she said:
"And l suppose you went with
a Missionary"
"With a revolver, as a general
rule" he said, quietly.
"How topping|
Stuart Carteret into posed:
"You should have some wonderful
stories to tell of your tarvels.
Tina must make you talk"
'Not wonderful" said the sim
ple soul. "And there are thou
sands who could tell them better"
Perhaps it was the inviting smile
that came to Tina's lips in that
instant, but somehow his embar-
rassment went. He added, with
greater simplicity than ever: 81
used to tell my old mother the tale
of my wanderings but l found
that even she preferred the fiction
to the fact"
"Tell me-" from Tina, flash
ing a signal to Charlton.
"'John,' she said, that's quite
sufficient. / believe your tales of
head-hunters in Formosa, and
monkeys that can talk like human
beings, because we've sprung from
them, but when you say that
you've seen flying fish l feel that
you're fooling your old mother"
"Ha, ha," laughed Charlton.
Then, as Mrs. Humphrey taking
up her residence at Wingrove?
mo" said Humphrey, seriously.
81 wish she were, but she prefers
the old cottage in the north that
my father bought for her out Of
his savings when he was young"
lawfully good of him." said
Charlton trying to hide his amuse-
ment by bending to his plate.
"They were lovers all their life,"
said Humphrey, simply.
Tina bit at her lower lip to keep
back the laugh that demanded ex-
preston. Love! How ridiculous!
Yet how refreshing to meet some
one who believed in it!
Carteret said, carelessly: "You
must look over my museum when
you have the time. I've travelled
a good deal and managed to get
together a tolerably good collec-
tion-most of the idols were made
in Birmingham, but l bought them
in the country of their adoption so
there's a little sentiment left"
"And it will be a great honor
to me if you and Miss Carteret
will come to Wingrove to look at
r1ine," said Humphrey, and again
the flush of embarrassment spread
over his cheeks. He couldn't rid
himself of the impression that both
Charlton and Tina were regarding
him as though he were some great,
clumsy pumpkin who had man.
aged to struggle into evening
clothes and didn't know where to
put his hands. Charlton wore that
rough tweed suit of bis with such
annoying grace.
81 should love to come over to
Wingrove," said Tina. Don't
be surprised if / should stagger
across tomorrow"
THANK you," he said, awkward
ly and looked to Cartaret for
guidance. Did she seem that she
would come along? Surely not!
"Of course, Pm not quite settled
yet" he said; "there's only a
housekeeper and a few servants,
but if if Mr.. Carteret doesn't
mind"
Don't expect me tomorrow"
said Carteret; '1'm goin to town
to a board meeting"
Splendid" said Tina. "And
Emsley is toddling back to his be-
loved circle so l shall be at loose
end"
Nothing more was said about
it, but they all knew that Hum
phrey was perplexed and uncer-
tain what course to pursue. Car
teret took him off to the billiard
room to show him a particularly
fine "head" that was hung there;
Charlton smiled at Tina and they
went to the drawing room.
"Well?" said Charlton. "Where
did you capture it?"
isn't he perfectly adorable"
she exclaimed.
you frightened him to death
with your suggestion that you
might 20 there alone"
"You don't think he's as mar
row as all that?"
Marrow? He's so narrow he
could get through a house gas pipe
with a little squeezing"
She took that literally for the
sake Of the comparison she wished
to make.
He'd make two of you. And
he would have made a topping
Presbyterian minister"
Gust what ] was thinking when
he talked about his mother"
"What a lovely thing to take
about with one. Egad, I'd like to
get him to town for a couple Of
days just to see him fall"
Tina shook her bobbed red head.
How do they get through life"