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

garden" said Humphrey. 81 have
no desire to live in anything save
peace with him, although he struck
me as being rather curt when | met
him the other day."
Don't misjudge him." said
Clough. ale belongs to a very
old and distinguished family"
"Was that his daughter saw
careering along the road yester'
day in a carr"
THAT would be the inimitable
Tina" Clough laughed softly.
"You mustn't judge the Carterets
by the impression left on you by
Miss Christina, as the villagers
call her. A red-haired little vixen
one moment, a whimsical, lovable
child the next"
"Isolated in a country district, a
young girl is liable to be spoiled"
"And there's nothing of the
country mouse about her, either"
said Clough. "You mustn't for
get that the times have changed
since you first went away. The
postwar woman knows how to
look after herself even If her con-
duct does implant wrong notions
in a fellows head. =. You
didn't see much Of them during
the war;"
81 served in German East
Africa"-quietly.
"Of course you did, therefore
YOU didn't see much Of them. I'm
supposed to be old-fashioned in
my ideas, Humphrey, but / con.
fess that I have a great deal of
admiration for those women who
Just poured themselves into the
European trouble and took their
chance along with the men,"
you'd have thought they would
have had a refining influence on
the fellows"
"They craved no privileges"
"They learned to smoke"
"And swear"
"Swear?"
eyes, but they do it rather pref
tily."
Humphrey shook his head re-
gretfully.
"My family" he said quietly,
twas not very distinguished, but
no woman would have smoked or
sworn in my mothers presence.
This young girl was not drawn
into the maelstrom?"
, "She was at school, but the eff
fects of the war have spread and
lasted among the women to
more marked degree than among
the men,"
Humphrey nodded to his
thoughts. =,
During the last fifteen years"
he said, thoughtfully, 81 have
travelled the world from Plymouth
to Peru, Zanzibar to Fiji, and a
fellow meets pretty well every
type of woman during such trav-
els. One of the notions cher
ished when l made up my mind to
head for home was that / should
meet again the simple, modest, re-
firing English woman / knew when
first left the country"
Don't let me give you false
impressions" said Clough. Were
still very proud of our English
women, and it's rather a relief to
know that they're not so great a
responsibility-that they can look
after themselves, to use their own
interested to have your opinions
of 'Hawksbridge'-you dine there
tonight"
"Carteret pressed the invita-
ton, although it's against my prin-
ciples; hate dining out. Yes,
yes las Clough wagged his head
chidingly), / now Pm slow and
old-fashioned in my ideas, but I've
turned the forty corner, and it's
not easy to absorb and assimilate
new ideas. Besides, the Carterets
are a little above my station"
"The war leveled US all a good
DEAL" said Clough, encouragingly.
"And you are a wealthy man."
"Ah! That's where the sting
lies" said Humphrey, smoothing
back the hair from his temples. 81
should be accepted as a friend of
the Carterets only because I'm
supposed to be wealthy. How can
that give me any satisfaction"
"Oh, come! You're an educated
man."
"Self taught. I can boast of
no college. | know a little Latin,
taken from the end of a diction-
airy; a few French phrases have
been learned parrot-wise. Talk to
me Of the arts and ! respond with
the stare of mule"
"You're too fond Of demeaning
yourself, Humphrey"
at is the truth, Clough. / have
bought this place, but l fancy |
might have been happier if had
taken a small place in the north
among my own people and married
a staid, sensible body who would
have blended good housekeeping
with marriage"
That's undue optimism" said
ClOugh decisively. "NOw let's
have an hour in the study so that
may 90 through the deeds with
you. BY the way, l don't
suppose you'll meet Carteret's
sons tonight. They are disposed
to be snobbish."
Thanks for the warning"
1.-THE young lady may run you
off your feet"