Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

spired. He has discovered the only
| place where they have these large
/ vanilla chocolates"
| Did you have a pleasant ride down
all alonep" Laurita asked raising her
wonderful eyes to his
/ Pleasant but dusty. / had pune
ture. too. and 1t took me long time
/ to change the wheel"
Uncle has been terribly queer,
Blanche confided, dropping her voice
| little. Il know he'll be as glad to have
you back as We are"
Their host Joined them few min
utes later. His face seemed less lined.
! his Garage more confident and part.
at any rate, Of his detection appeared
| 10 have vanished. He. took white
carnation from a bowl near at mana
and thrust it into his huttonhole'
"A "reminiscences Of the Riviera, ne
remarked. as he slipped his cocktail.
! You arc my only hope Of ever get
! ting there again. Blanche sighed.
Ropes wouldn't drag father out OF
/ England unless there was mud bath
at the end of the Journey. He thinks
! the Riviera unSuited to the Anglo
Saxon temperament"
/ yet. compared with some people,
YOURS is an Anglo-SaXon temperament.
isn't Il" Martin ventured.
She looked at him more irtentl% than
usual--a queer little smile at the cor
ners Of her lips.
Il wonder she murmured
Her uncle set down his glass empty.
"As am always telling you my dear
Blanche" he said you should set
married Then your husband could
take YOU wherever YOU wanted to go"
What an unkind remark" she COM
planned You know very we'll that,
having enjoyed brief spell of indie
Dendence. ii is now the one desire OF
my life to get married. What can
Go about 1t. though? None OF the
really nice men I know would ever be-
lieve I was in earnest A little mink
like Laurita here will be a mother
whilst I am growing into an old maid"
They obeyed Mallowes' summons
and moved into the dining room. Their
host who seemed to be making a great
effort to throw off his depression or
dered champagne Of a special brand.
Marriage" he pointed out lis
very great protection. Some girls need
it much more than others Laurita,
for instance, far more than you,
Blanche
The latter INDUCED in a little
grimace.
1T is that sort Of idea" she pro-
tested, which sets men against me
and is spelling my matrimonial pros
poets. I am really of very affectionate
Observation-Disclosures of the clinging
type. Just because am good at games
and hunt and choose to meet my
artist friends in London in my own
way. every enc seems TO think / am
sexless. I am nothing of the sort.
am Ike all other girls, and am 81
All ,,@
it. If Laurita marries before me. it
will be the last straw"
But Blanche, dear. what IS there
for me to do?" Laurita demanded. Il
am not good at games. do not wish
to hunt and I have not a circle Of
interesting friends like you have. You
are Lady Blanche Birmingham, and
you do what you like. but this stern
stepfsther Of mine would not let me
live in rooms on my own sid know
all sorts Of strange people. Therefore
you see that the only escape I have
from the monotony of life is hus-
band. I am young. but I do not see
what there is to wait for"
You'll find him all right" Blanche
assured her. grudgingly. You dance
dainty. petite figure that men adore,
and you have taken care OF your COM
plexicn. which l haven't, You're a
little exotic for this part of the world,
child, but you're horribly attractive.
Don't you think so. Martini"
II certainly do" he admitted. but
from me that means very little. Most
Of the girls / have known have had
to earn their own living, suppose
it's a rotten thing to say" he went
on. hesitatingly. and it certainly ought
not to be SO, but II does seem TO me
that the independent type Of girl, who
can look after herself and knows that
she can. is never quite so attractive
as she ought to be TO a man"
There you ere!" Blanche exclaimed
petulantlv. THAT from young man
who is lust commanding life, and to
whom have been extraordinarily
kind"
Martin looked across the table and
found her unexpectedly serious. she
was wearing black, which became her
The blue of her eyes was almost bril-
liant. She looked the very prototype OF
well bred and splendid young woman
hood
Your independence" he declared,
SIS not the type I was thinking of.
What I meant is that there is sort
of hardness about girls who have TO
make their own way in the world and
have to be always looking after them
selves. LIES made pretty difficult FOR
them, and think in holding their own
they sometimes lose charm"
Your influence, Laurita" Blanche
sighed. "The worst of 1t is am not
at all sure the man hasn't got some
idea of what he's talking about"
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