The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-01

the dining table winch faltn hdu
setting for breakfast.
Here's Cherry, big as life and
twice as handsome, right spang in
the middle of the front page! And,
gosh, this photo of old Monkey-Gland
Cluny musta been taken twenty-five
years ago. Don't he look noble?
Hey, Cherry" he bawled, Come see
how 1t feels to be famous!"
Don't tease her, Long" Faith
begged, looking at him imploringly
with tear-reddened eyes. The violet
left by sleepless night lay
like the very shadows of tragedy
upon her pale ivory cheeks. And
for heavens sake, don't make any
wise cracks before Dad and Mother
about It. Dad looks as If the miser-
able business is killing him by
inches"
you woke me up. Long" Cherry
at the dining room door.
With her glorious, touIsed mop of
curls, her sleep-dew-
ed golden eyes and her sleep-flushed
apricot cheeks, she looked like an
adorable, innocent child. Whats
the racket? Oh, the paperl Give it
to met She was galvanized into
action; sleep was completely routed
from the misty topaz eyes, which
blazed with excitement.
(Which picture did they use? Oh
They did take that one with the rose.
Didn't it come out well? oh, dear,
there's q smudge Of ink under my
right eye, but it really looks like a
beauty spot, doesn't it? Heavens
What enormous headlines! You'd
think I'd committed a murder or
something! Famous Attorney to
Wed Flapper Beauty Gee, 1 bet
that'l make dear old Ralph froth
at the mouth. "Flapper beauty y
she giggled. "And more headlines
under that-'Ralph Winston Cluny
former district attorney, former
State Senator and noted criminal
lawyer, confirms engagement to
relatives of rich and aged fiance re-
fuse to believe news. Confirmation
also comes from humble Myrtle
st. home Of illuminated beauty
Cherry read on, excitement making
her voice shrill. "Well, like that
Humble Myrtle st. home"
well, it amt a palace" Long
swung a chair to the table and
reached for the bowl of corn flakes
Invite the reporters out to see the
new wallpaper and the brides on
the window curtains, and that rug
bought and the red and black paint
ed furniture" he suggested, chuck
ling wickedly. KNOCK their eye
out! Maybe they'll get you to write
articles for The Home Beautiful
section Of the Sunday paper. How
I dolled up my parlor to catch a
rich husband. he went on, grin
ming widely and without malice.
Hey, Faith, call this cream? It's
positively blue!'
I'VE can't afford cream for the
cereal. I SKINNED off the top of the
bottle for the coffee" Faith answered
hoping to divert his attention from
Cherry, whom she expected to see
burst into tears of humiliation and
despair at any moment.
But Cherry showed no signs of
tears. Her cheeks were glowing rich
" with excitement, and ner shining
ewes kept darting back for another
glimpse of the two-column portrait
Of herself in the middle of the front
page. She gave hardly a glance at
the picture of the old man, n one-col-
umn cut conferred below her own
lovely face.
"WeIl, can you beat this?" she
calculated, looking up from her
swift silent reading Of the column
and a half devoted to the story.
"Just listen, Faith-the nerve Of EN-,
Just after midnight this morning,
Mrs. Seymour Albright, nee Miss
Alice Cluny, daughter of Mr.. Ralph
Cluny, made a personal call at the
editorial offices of The Star and de-
manded that the C1uny-Lane engage
ment be killed.
"'Since she would not give her
reasons, a reporter was sent to inter
view Mr.. Cluny for the second time,
and again secured confirmation of
the engagement, with the additional
information that the wedding would
take place on Thanksgiving Day.
Although reused from sleep at that
late hour, Mr.. Cluny graciously
answered questions of the reporter
and commented voluntarily:
November twenty-ffth will be
the happiest day of my life. Miss
Lane, while extremely young, has
the charm and dignity of a much
older woman, coupled with rare
beauty" Cherry laughed gleefully,
and looked up at aF'ith with bright,
untroubled eyes. Cant you just
hear him say it-'Has the alb
charm and -ah-dignity of much
-ah-older woman Boy, howdy!"
Still laughing, she bent her head to
read on, absorbedly.
"Well, can you feature thisp She
struck at the page with a small
clenched fist. Just listen, Faith, the
mean old things!-'When little Miss
Cherry Lane, not quite nineteen, be-
comes the bride of Mr.. Cluny, whose
age is 6S, she will also become the
of Mrs. Seymour All
bright and Mr.. Alexander Cluny
noted corporation lawyer, and the
step-grandmother of Mr.. Ralph
Cluny II, assistant district attorney,
of Miss Eileen Cluny, daughter of
Mr.. Alexander Cluny, a sophomore
at Bryn Mawr and the same age as
the future Mrs. Ralph Cluny.
she will also be the aunt by