New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-28

man named Jack Smythe. who looks
exactly like the Prince OF Wales.
Ashtoreth is taking cruise to the
West Indies for her health. Her
roommate is Mona de Musset, nys-
FERROUS and beautiful lady. whom
Smythe distinctly dislikes. He tells
Ashtoreth that Mona is VIGOROUSLY
immoral
But Ashtoreth refuses to give up
her transient friendship with the
Frenchwoman, who has been par
tlcularIy sweet and generous to her.
Mona goes ashore to visit friends
at st. Thomas, the first island at
which the ship drops anchor. And
Ashtoreth is alone on board with the
young Englishman. He has already
warned her that he means to make
love to her-and says that if she
doesn't like the notion she had bet
ter 60 to her cabin.
Ashtoreth does not mean to ac-
cept his caresses, but to teach him
a lesson. He thinks that all Ameri-
can girls pet. and she is determined
to make him change his mind. With
a good deal of bravado she accom-
panies him to the starlit deck.
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CHAPTER XIX
Ashtoreth slipped her hand in
Smythes
Come on" she challenged.
But all the while she was Won
dering exactly what was going to
happen. And Just how an English
man acts when girl laughs at his
love making. She imagined that Eng
fish people were nightly dignifled,
and she meant to humiliate Jack
Smythe for saving that all American
girls petted. She'd show him.
You're sure" he leased, you
hadn't rather so to bed 90
Bed" she echoed. "A night like
this?"
He held her close against his
side.
You know" he whispered,
you're not going to slap me again.
Because this time | shan't stand for
it, my dear"
NO" she retorted. And what
would you do about it,"
Suddenly it occurred to Ashtoreth
that perhaps she was not doing
sporting thing. English people made
such fuss about being sporting.
Smythe had warned her that he
meant to kiss her. 1t was, in fact, his
expressed purpose.
Probably then she really oughtn't
to go. No girl. she supposed, went
UP to the boat deck with a man. un-
less she meant to be kissed. Particu-
larry on such a night.
You know Smythe was saying,
someone's said even an atheist half
believes in God by night. Did you
ever see anything so perfect in your
life? Why. the oceans a silver sea-"
Ashtoreth sighed.
ITS heavenly" she whispered.
A moonlit mood was on her. After
ALL why not let Smythe kiss her?
Shed be dreadfully poor sport to
get mad over it.
She glanced at him sideways. He
did look Extraordinarily like the
Prince of Wales. Those little lines
about his eyes. And his mouth. D..
It's wonderful" he said, what a
night like this can do to a man. Why.
| knew misogynist once-he
simply hated women. Loathed and
despised them, and all that sort of
thing. And he took a cruise down
here through the 1ndies-and fell in
: love with every woman on the ship"
"A misogynist." thought Ashto-
reth. must be a woman hater."
1t was one of those 5O-cent
words Sadie talked about.
Personally continued Smythe.
I've always thought misogynist
was queer bird. Women were OBJ
viously made to be loved
But" Ashtoreth felt curousy
tongue-tied. She wanted to say
something about women being
meant for finer things. But she hat
ed to sound terribly prim and old
maidish. And she couldn't think of
anything at all clever.
IF all women agreed with you"
she said, there wouldn't be any
really good women. would there?
I mean. if we let all the men who
want to. make love TO us. we'd be
n dreadfully furnished lot. And We
wouldn't be what mon call good
women ut all, would We"
They had leaned over the rail, to
watch the lights of st. Thomas
across the water.
Good" repeated Smythe, slip
ping his arm across her shoulders
why, I suppose that depends upon
your definition of good. Our wise
George Bernard Shaw has some
thing interesting to say on the sub
ject. Goodness, says Shaw. in its pop
nlar British sense Of sell denial, i'm
plies that man is vicious by nature.
And that supreme goodness is
supreme nlartyrdom.
''The idea isn't confined 10 us
British. you know. It's also an
American notion. Frenchmen haven't
any such conceptions. AS for the
Latin races-they believe that any
thing that is natural is good. ] think
SO myself. It's natural to want to
kiss a pretty girl. It is also natural
for girl to like to be kissed. There
fore it is good.
TT is supreme nonsense TO he
lIeve that anything that is natural is
wicked. Or even that seIf-denial is
a virtue. Those are very pious no.
tons. But they're most fcarfully
dull
Ashtorcth. like most girls befiey-