Evening star., 1925-11-28

understand after ALL" she added. And
then: You We're glad to come to me
because you think / am of today, and
not yesterday: that / am the proof
of all your little theories Of what a
woman ought to be today--isnt that
it?"
Joanna's reply was eagerly grateful:
Yes. That is what l tried to say.
want to be able to do as please and
not be criticized"
Yvonne rose and crushed the fire
from her cigarette. That all the
talk we shall need. I think" she said.
I'VE shall enjoy each other tremen-
dously. l imagine. Shall we go down
to the Winter garden? There will be
somebody, besides Teddy Dorminster,
still there"
Joanna was conscious of something
having been said. of some confidence
reached out to her by Yvonne. which
she had not fully understood. She
was puzzled,as If she had been con-
fronted by SOME subtle challenge that
masked a strategy. For an instant
she was at the point Of breaking
away, of running away regardless of
the two trunks, a shining new one and
shabby old one. which had been
lifted down from her taxlcab. This
impulse subsided Immediately, how
she would understand Yvonne per-
fectly.
And after a while, long time after,
Joanna did!
In the Winter garden the group that
Yvonne had left around the stone
table had broken up. Only Teddy
Dorminster and two others remained.
One of these was a swarthy, dark
haired. dark-eyed man. who might
80 A>&,
IS. He was presented by Yvonne as
Pendleton. Joanna thought him a
very grave and unaffable person. The
other. besides Dorminster, was a wom-
an, who was easily more than 25,
but could not possibly have been
40. Yvonne identified her as Mrs.
Marks. "Jove" Lord Teddy exclaimed
when Yvonne had named Pendleton
and Mrs. Marks for Joanna. I've
thought of something clever"
Think 1t over carefully. Teddy"
reveal 1t. You're so often mistaken"
But this is excellent" the ire
pressible Lord Teddy insisted. "Posi-
lively ripping. Pend1eton. here. and
Doris. Doris Marks-don't you see?"
"Only that both are of a mind that
alcohol Is better than tea, and that
you agree" Yvonne informed him.
And also that the tea I have poured
for Miss Manners is waiting to be
passed"
IA thousand pardons. Miss Manners
by the way, is 1t quite all right for
me to repeat now what 1 let escape
from me few minutes ago? About
your being a devilish pretty girl, you
know? I was telling Pen here. All,
that clever thing l thought of. I
must tell you what it was before l
forget it"'
zone thing at time" Yvonne in.
sisted what were you telling Pen?"
THAT I'd just seen the kind of
face that no man could ever forget
after he'd once held II close to him.
You said absolutely nothing Of the
sort, or spoke Of any face whatever"
Pendleton grave1y assured him.
perhaps I didn't" Teddy admitted.
But l thought it. and meant to say
It. So Miss Manners will consider
that / did"
Here the woman Yvonne had called
Mrs. Marks interjected: IF she sees
much Of you, Teddy. she probably will
actually do say, without being bother
ed with what you merely think"
Don't alarm her. please!" Lord
Teddy exclaimed. mo woman ever
remembers anything I say to her."
"They don't dare, perhaps" Pen
dleton observed.
bot you and Doris" Teddy be.
gan, and broke off. 'Pendleton and
Doris" he said again, that brings
me back to my clever thing. Listen,
everyone: Pendleton and Doris Marks;
whenever come upon Pendleton here
at Yvonne's I come upon Doris Marks.
Pen.marks! Isn't that clever? Pen
marks! What?" It was only Lord
Teddy himself who laughed, and
Joanna wondered why.
Copyright. 1925. II. L. 0ates.l
Continued in Tomorrows Star)