San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-20

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81 was kidnapped" said Tina,
without the slightest falter. Gar
ried off in limousine and dumped
on my own doorstep without the
foggiest ceremony"
against your wishes, Thar
from Charlton.
mot altogether" she confessed.
'"There was something so beauti-
fully mad about it that began to
like it before we were half way to
Hawksbridge. Mr.. Humphrey is
nothing if not original" 4
Gina" said Lady Pinter pious-
ly, "there can be only one end to
this infatuation, and | congratu-
late you, my child. Get married;
life is too dangerous for single
young woman of your energy.
Personally | like Mr.. Humphrey
immensely, although he owes me an
apology for last nights desertion."
Tina puffed thoughtfully at her
cigarette.
81 wonder why everybody is so
anxious to get me married?" she
unused, looking at the black-haired
Charlton, who was content to leave
everything in the capable hands of
Lady Pinter.
''It's because we're all so fool
ishly devoted to you. Think of
the risks you take when you're
in the mood for raging"
"Risks" The red head was
thrown up. "What risks have l
taken?"
"Must she be told?" sighed Lady
Pinter, and Charlton nodded gloom
ily. Then, to Tina: "Poor Charl-
ton is worried about you, my
dear"
(Which Charlton? That?"
'My dear Tina" he protested.
you've been seen together so
much of late" said Lady Pinter.
"And Charlton's second or third
wife is dangerously imaginative
creature"
"What are you two talking
about?"
s"Be careful with that cigarette"
cried Lady Pinter, you'll burn a
hole in my cushions.
Charlton, poor boy, has had the
wire that Mrs. C. is very anxious
to collect evidence of. =.
Tut, child, don't look at me in that
manner. Your feigned ignorance
makes me feel old. If anybody
should know the workings of the
modern mind it is yourself. I'd
hate to see you cited."'
Tina gave vent to a peal of
laughter. 49,
"How absolutely ridiculousp
she cried. Charlton! And meW
"Steady, Tina"-from Charlton.
"I'm not so impossible as all that"
Impossible" she echoed. "You
are Observation-Disclosures as for
-. For PHYS sake, Lady Pin
ter, find me a cup of tea. No,
thanks, your cocktails are beyond
me. Now explain. How does all
this affect Mr.. Humphrey"
"The marriage would be blow
in the face for the scandal-mong-
ers," said Lady Pinter, adding, in
dead seriousness: "And a quiet
husband is such a useful thing to
have by ones side these days"
The next moment she frightened
she ran over some of the social
events of the season, the plans that
had been discussed by her little CO.
terie of long-haired men and shin
gled women; the whole colony had
talked of going south, probably as
far as Cintra, in Portugal; there
was mention of a yachting cruise,
if Sarling, the decadent play
wright, made progress with his in,
ducements to the theatrical angel
who financed most of the big
shows in town.
Altogether, the year promised
well, and it would be little short
of a calamity if little thing like
the jealousy of Charlton's second
wife interfered with the carrying
out of the programme.
Tina listened as though she were
alphabetically inclined. There
was "a subconscious whispering that
these two, Lady Pinter and Charl-
ton. represented a set to whose inn
poverished souls marriage was a
ceremony of less significance thar
dinner; for them it held nothing
of the lavender fragrance with
which an earlier generation had
endowed it.
Charlton yawned. Glow are
YOUR brothers?" he asked. "Have
not seen them for weeks"
'eNeither have l." said Tina
'They seldom come down into the
country. Harold is still abroad, Of
course Charlton, are
YOU too lazy to see me to a taxi?'
Don't ask me to pay for it, ole
girl. I've exhausted the jolly ole
overdraft." 49,,
"What a knight you would have
made if you had lived in Eliza
beth's day." said Tina.
Lady Pinter kissed her on thu
cheek and whispered.
: "Don't forget what I said abOu
Rumor."
at leaves me cold," said Tina
absolutely stone cold"
And when she was gone Charl
ton smiled in a sickly fashion.
awe must marry them, m!
dear" he said. cts the brainies
idea you've struck for long while
Then we'll take the 'hick' in hant
81 MT n LITTLE noIish IN him.