The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-23

changes of costume. Still, it did no
harm to be careful, even though
she had been careless before. And,
because humor never deserted her
for long, she laughed at the idea
of caution in little things when
she was being so reckless in greater
matters.
HOWEVER, she walked east to
Il 4 Broadway before she entered a
taxi. Ten minutes later the servant
who had let her out admitted her
to the home where Carey had
thought he was bringing his wife.
She went upstairs and gained her
own room. Strangely, she looked
upon it as her own room. and real
lied how easily she slipped into
Eleanor's identity, she warned her
self to be eternally watchful.
Mary, the maid, almost instantly
came to her. The quick hope that
Eleanor might have telephoned
while she was gone was baniShed
by Mary No, the telephone had not
rung. What dress would her mis-
tress care to choose for dinner?
Easily though she took Eleanor's
room as her own, she did not know
the items of the other girls ward
robe. She let the maid do the Sc
lecting, and then, conscious that
she was more beautiful than she
had ever been in her life, she re-
Sponded to the buffers announce
ment that dinner was served.
Carey met her in the living room.
a floor below. He said nothing
about her absence from the house,
but walked confidently toward her
She evaded him, and at the hurt
look in his eyes she merely shrugged
His lips purSed in slight surprise;
there was something coolly con-
temptuouS in her manner. In
credible, after her sweet surrender
of an hour ago, though her at
titude was, it nevertheless warned
him. He offered her his arm, and
when she ignored it the hurt in his
eyes deepened. Silently they walked
into the dining room.
AS the grapefruit was served he
spoke to her.
you went out for a walk?'
There was no petulance in his
tones. If her avoidance of his touch
hurt-and she knew it did he was
not offended that she had left the
house without nothing him
Evidently-and this would be OF
inestimable aid to her-he was ac-
customed to oddities in the be-
havior of Eleanor.
MY headache" she said.
Fresh air relieve it?" he asked
The hurt was gone from his eyes
now. A continued headache ex-
PLANE her aloofneSS.
She shrugged again. There was
something insolent now in the
gesture.
Its better" she replied. Her
tone was that of bored and almost
annoyed indifference. Deans eye
browS raised, then lowered as he
remembered the presence of the
servant.
TT was as CHASTITY meal as Gym
Il thia ever had experienced. For
Deans sake she hoped that the
butler was not more acute than
most of his kind.
She wanted to hurt Dean, wished
him to think her Indifferent and
rude, but she hoped that the but
Ter would not read the subtleties of
her voice and expression.
To every remark made by Dean
she vouchsafed monoSyllabic replies.
\ To every tenderness of tone or ex-
preston she returned an almost
contemptuous answer in look or
voice.
Unless he spoke. there was silence
in the room save for the soft
slithering of the butler. But at last
coffee had been served in the living
room, the butler had closed the
doors upon them, and they were
alone.
Cynthia rose abruptly to her feet.
She looked down upon Dean, who
pushed aside the little table on
which stood the coffee things, and
rose also. He held out his arms to
her. and the pleading of his ges-
ture was accentuated by the fact
that he didn't ask her to come to
/ him.
Good night" she said. AS she
spoke. she started for the door.
He found his voice: You aren't
leaving me? Eleanor, what's the
matter?"
She turned and faced him. Moth
ing's the matter. except that I've
come to my senses
What do you mean by that?'
he demanded