The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-07
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bY MABEL MCELIIOTT

latest conquest? The gossip papers
say she is that way about Curtis
Blue. Such a charming person I
thought him.
What a he see in that hobble-
dehoy? Muriel Is an extremely in
discreet young woman and l dis
approve of her"
To hear the glib expressions Of
the scandal sheets on the correct
tongue Of Mrs. Cleespaugh was
disconcerting. Lame wanted to
smile but dare not.
"She's-fascinating," she ven
tured, anent the dashing Muriel.
"Oh, fascinatingl" Mrs. Clees-
paugh's tone expressed nothing but
sheer disgust. Il fail to see why
that word should be applied to such
a fibbertygibbet." +.
Then she set her lips and refused
to say another word.
Once and only once Lame saw
Muriel flash by in her streamline
car. Her gypsy scarf had been dis
carded.
She wore the more sober but still
dashing habiliments Of town. Lit
tie brown hat. Beautifully cut
tweeds. A fur scarf, the cost Of
which would have bought Lame
Barrett shoes for five years. Muriel
threw a careless greeting at her
erstwhile co-worker.
She's forgotten me-" Lame
thought with a little pain at her
heart. Lame wanted desperately
some one who was young and friv-
olous in whom to confide. Muriel
obviously had no time for her.
Il wonder" said Mrs. Cleespaugh,
suddenly one morning resuming the
subject, what has happened to that
young newspaper man-wasn't his
name Decentralization Muriel was
supposed to be so fond of?
Il heard Adele Laid was terrified
for fear they would elope last sum-
mer. The girl is a will o'-the-wisp,
that's certain. One would respect
her more If her affections were
more permanent"
Lame had wondered, too, about
Chuck Desmond. Occasionally she
saw the paper in which his "Rov-
ing Reviews" we're printed. He
wrote with a bright irony which
seemed to her excessively brilliant.
She remembered gratefully his
protection on the night the Dan
ish electrician roughly had embraced
her.
He w~as-rather NICE" Lame said.
"Was he really? Mrs. Cleespaugh
enjoyed a good gossip. do tell
me. I didn't know you'd ever met
the man."
Lame flushed.
He came along" she said with
a show of reluctance, zone night
when a man at the theater was
being-unpleasant."
My dear child, that sounds ter.
.rifically thrilling" said the old lady,
her eyes Lighting.
ooh, it was nothing. But he was
rather knightly about it,
said the Young girl, dimpling al
the recollection.
well, I said at the time and I
say now Adele Laid might've done
worse with her daughter" declared
Mrs. Cleespaugh with relish. From
what one hears, Muriel would be
better off safely married than she
is running about the country
heaven knows where, at all hours
of the day or night
Il somehow don't think marriage
would change Muried very greatly"
Liane Ventured.
THE old lady looked solemn. at
l. changes us all, my DEAR" she
said with gravity. zone takes on
dignity. Or rather, one should"
She frowned as if in deep dis
satisfaction tapping her morning
newspaper. mot that one would
believe in dignity after reading the
list of divorce cases these days." she
added bitterly.
Marriage means less than moth
ing, apparently, to the daughters of
my friends" Mrs. Cleespaugh
sighed sharply. IF Give should
ever make such a mess of his life
really, I don't know what I should
dol"
She frowned again.
But that's an unpleasant subject"
she said, dismissing it. Looking at
Lame shrewdly and kindly she went
on:
you're very young, my dear, but
somehow I think you would take
marriage in a most serious way
than most of the girls of my &C.
quaintance."
"Oh. if I loved" murmured Lame
confusedly, "if I loved it would be
at once and forever" She raised
her shining eyes, deep and long
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