The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-03
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/ died CALAMITY. These good souls
have never lived gaily, am sure.
1 hardly think they're worth con-
sidering"
Ashtoreth sighed.
Maybe you're right" she ac-
knowledged. Anyhow hate them"
well, then let's talk of something
else" he proposed. I'D love to show
you around a bit"
THEY stood up together, and he
| Il took her arm.
i He looked very slim and tall and
handsome in whites. Ashtoreth
thought he looked as Julius Caesar
might have looked if he had worn
trousers and hat.
She had seen bust of him once
at the museum, and thought he had
the incest, leanest profile of anti
guilty.
She had read somewhere that
Caesar was the inevitable core
spondent of every fashionable di-
vorcee in Rome, and a perfect devil
with the ladies. You could tell it.
somehow, just to look at him.
Now she was thinking how very
like the great Roman Hollis Hart
was. The same straight nose, and
thin lips. And a sort of quiet, hu-
morous look. She wondered If they
possessed any of the same attri-
butes.
AS they passed the table where
the Simpsons and the DunkS and
Mrs. Hatch sucked straws, she
looked quite proud and posSessive
and leaned just a trif1e on Mr.. Hart.
She elevated her chin, and sailed
past them like queen.
When they reached the street,
Hart chuckled.
Good for you'll" he approved.
That's giving them all they ever
gave you, I guess"
ooh, you don't know" she ex-
claimed. They've been so frigid"
They strolled in silence for a
while.
"You could never imagine how
surprised 1 was to see you" she
said finally. COR glad" she added.
'1 thought you'd gone to South
America. Sadie Morton told me So"
That's where started for" he
explained. ''I took a leisurely little
coastwise vessel down through the
islands, and meant to go on from
Trinidad on one of the bigger boats.
"But I stopped off here at Domi-
MICA, and I don't seem to be able
to get away. It is quite the lowell
est place on earth-up in the noun
tains, I mean. OF course you don't
see a. thing down here in the vii
lage. BY the way, how is Sadie
Morton?"
Ashtoreth flushed.
ooh, she's fine" she said. "She
has some other girls living with her
now. and she's still in the apart
ment."
ct told my attorney" he remarked
carelesSly, ito make whatever set
Element she wanted And then !
thought I'd rather duck out for
while"
He smiled reminiScently.
"That little girl taught me les
son." he admitted I'm going to
be very cautious fellow after
this
well" Ashtoreth hardly knew
what to say. "Sadie has such a
lot of sex appeal" she finished
lamely..
sex appeal" he exclaimed
"WelI-maybe. I'm no authority on
the subject. But downright feeble
mindedness, I'd call it."
"Oh, no." Ashtoreth informed
him. sadie isn't predetermined.
She's quite smart, really. Only it's
not to your standards, Mr.. Hart.
That is, she doesn't know anything
about conversation, or books-oc
news events, even.
"She hasn't any education, or cul-
ture. or background-or any OF those
things. But-you know, I should
think you'd consider her rather
smart-she took $1,000 away from
you"
TTOLLIS HART threw BACK MS
II head and laughed.
That's not smart" he said.
''There are a million gold-diggerS
could do that. When girls smart,
she marries a man."
ooh" That was certainly an
idea. Ashtoreth revolved it in 81
lence.
I'm living in a little house up on
the mountains, he said. "a shack,
rather. But the view from there
is gorgeous-simply beyond words.
"And I've a cook who prepares the
most wonderful native dishes. I'm
wondering what TIME the boat
leaves. Do you suppose you'd have
time to come and call on me? You'd
enjoy it, I know"
ooh. I'd love tot"
Ashtoreth clapped her hands, like
a little child
THAT would be lots of fun. How
far is it?'
well, we take a car to the foot
of the mountain" he told her. my
groom is waiting there With a MORSE.
could probably get another horse
in town somewhere, and a man to
ride him out. They we'd motor
along, and pick them up"
But I don't rider moaned Ash
toreth.
That's all right" he assured her.
Nobody does much real riding IN
this country The mountain is SO
steep that the horse only crawls.
1t takes an hour or so to get up.
And you should stay for two hours
anyway. If we have four or five
hours now, we can do it quite COM
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