Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-08-12
published by special Advancement with tn
Chicago Tribune Hyndicate)
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
The O So Far

IN TWO PARTs-PART TWO
The Story So Far
Eddie Keedick, vaudeville dancer, has
q chance In a Broadway musical show
and takes 1t, following a quarrel with
May Mckay. his dancing partner. He
proves to be the hit of the show n
receives q fat salary. He leaves his old
crowd when he becomes acquainted
with Daphne Poole, who belongs to q
very exclusive set. Daphne becomes in
fatuated with Eddie, but her father in
~terferes and insists upon her going to
Paris. She and Eddie decide to have
a wedding at the City Hall just before
sailing time.
And now the story
At noon the next day he received a
message to come to Mrs. Ravens apart
ment at the Ritz. He arrived there. not
without misgivings, but that lady's smile
of welcome was very %graciousi
Daphne has told me-" she said. Then
her world weary eyes became grave. ut
would never do. Peter Poole is quite
right"
''But II thought you were my friend"
said he, a little hurt.
II am. I'll tell you why you mustn't
marry Daphne-because she isn't good
enough for you"
EQQle btdreu at Der, MS mouth SllBnCly
open. Il don't know what you mean"
II mean that I think you're a real per-
son, Eddie Keedick. You're all mixed up
Just noW-you don't know quite what
you want in life-however, thatll be
Strengthened out in time. But Daphne
isn't the girl for you. She wouldn't help
you the way you need to be helped, and
she might ruin your perfectly good young
life. No-don't say anything yet. I've
known her since she was born-I've seen
more of her than her father has-and /
know what a vain, spoiled little sensation
seeker she is. Oh, I love her, heaven
knowsl She's my sisters baby. but she's
little OF the world. II you marry her,
Eddie Keedick. you'll be doing her-and
yourself-a great, great wrong"
Eddie, his thoughts confused, stared at
the carpet.
Tn sorry If I've hurt you," said Ca
milla Haven very gently. But some day
you'll thank me. Now / want you to give
me your promise tina there won't be any
nonsense about the city hall"
After a moment he looked up and
there was a wtstful sadness in his dark
eyes, as II all this were something he
could not quite understand.
tt promise" he said huskily.
you're a sweet boy" murmered Mrs.
Haven, and kissed him.
So the boat sailed, with Eddie occupy
ing his own stateroom, down on F deck,
and Daphne n her aun in their elab-
crate suite on B deck. Peter Poole, who
fortunately had no knowledge of the
vaudeville fella's' presence on the ship.
had babe them an expensive bon voyage
and cautioned Camilla to keep a sharp
eye on Daphne. though he know only
too we'll how futile this advice was.
Thus began for Eddie Keedick q new
existence. On the ship he was much in
the company of Daphne, and sat in the
restaurant-which was more fashionable
than the main dining salon. He saw.
too, many people he had met the winter
before in New York. They were not. he
noticed, quite SO friendly toward him as
when he had been dancing at the Club
Parasol, blu he dismissed this as imag-
ination On his part. Daphne and Ca
milla Haven treated him with the affec-
tionate regard OF old friends Moreover
though he was not more vain than the
average male-he realized that there were
few men on the ship more attractive than
himself, or who appeared to better adj
vantage in dinner clothes or IN flannels
upon the deck.
Only one mishap marred the voyage.
On the night Of the ships concert the
staid liner came into a squall and rolled
a bit, SO that Eddie was unable to go on
with his dance. After this incident he
sensed in Daphne's attitude a certain
disappointment. as If she had wished him
to perform at the concert SO that every
one on board might know he was Eddie
Keedick, the famous dancer.
London was q gay adventure. There he
did the things that all Americans do; and
because 1t was his first visit he took q
vast pleasure in lunching and dining at
the great hotels; in having smart suits
tailored in over street; in motoring out
to Ascot for the races. where he saw the
king n queen; in witnessing the Eng
lish musical comedies, though he saw In
them no dancing comparable to the
dancing in America. One memorable
evening at the Kit Kat club he was pre-
sented to a certain royal parsonage and
later danced for him at a private party
given by a pretty young duchess in May
fair. All this was intoxication, inc as
the bright days of Jun fluttered past he
seemed to be living in a romantic world
of fancy. He rarely ever thought of his
old life now. or Of May Mckay.
In London t. Brumby Winston unex-
pectedly turned up n Daphne, who had
peared glad to see him. Eddie was some
What puzzled by this at first, but when
he learned that Brumby knew a lot OF
swells in England, his sister being mar
ried to one, 1T was not so difficult to
understand. Daphne always liked know
ing the right people.
1t was not until they had been in Paris
a week after the Grand Prix that he be-
came aware of a subtle change In
Daphne. In New York they had been
friends at first, then sweethearts, though
no particular emotion had ever f1ared be-
tween them; on the boa and In London
they had been SO completely surrounded
by other people that he was not exactly
sure Of the state Of her affection for him
h vague reserve that had come into
her was inexplicable. 1t seemed
almost as II back In New York she had
enjoyed going about with him because he
was the dancing sensation Of Broadway
n the night clubs. Here in Paris he
was unknown, nobody pointed him O
in crowded cafes; nobody remarked, as
they passed, there goes Eddie Keedick
and the little Poole girl" 1t seemed al
most as If Daphne had figured 1t out this
way, n yet he told himself that she
could not be so cold and calculating
Unworthy Of him to think such things
about her. Still-this attitude of hers
was peculiar.
She was staying with Mrs. Haven al