The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-11-17

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II know you're to be presented"
Smif nodded. whats the objection?"
II hate the English, loathe social
functions, won't marry foreigner
and anyway want to go to Wyoming"
sand where do come int"
"You're to be an angel and per-
suade your Susan to give up the idea"
"Not so easy" Sniff meditated the
point. "You see it's natural she should
be ambitious for you, Pam, and It will
be terrible disappointment if you let
her down now"
There's bound to be disappoint-
ment some time,"-the girls manner
left no room for doubt that her mind
was made up,-"it had better come
sooner than later. In her heart, she
wants me to marry a title, just as Gin
ira did. She'd never understand that
it was seeing Cintra so perfectly salts
fed to give up her own country and
be Lady Leister that convinced me I
wouldn't be! Not even If I had the
luck to find some one as nice as Leis-
ter who'd like me. The British are so
consciously superior to all other ma
lions that hate them more than do
all the rest put together. won't put
myself in position where they are
justified in CHASING me as one more
American trying to push into Euro
pean society. I refuse to be Inundated
in just that way. I'm perfectly salts
fed at home"
"Any other reason, Pam? A counter
attraction in Wyoming, by chance?"
Sniff looked at her keenly but the
girl was patiently honest when she
shook her head in the negative.
~ was out there summer before last
with Mr.. Moffatt and Peg. (She was
a Foxcroft girl, too) liked it.
want to go there again. You say that
I've not been a problem SO far-well.
really, Smif, that's because I've ex-
ercised lot of self-control. Life that's
just one party after another is intoler-
ably dull. Dancing all night and max
ing sprightly conversation to amuse
men who don't amuse you in the
least"
"Yet you had a good time. Cintra
told me that you are popular"
Pam shrugged heavily.
I'm Phelps, and mother gives aw-
fully good parties"
That's not doing yourself Justice.
Pam You're likable even if you aren't
a beauty" Sniff spoke quickly. 1t
was growing increasingly clear to her
that the girl had had some experience
that ranked. There had been bitter
ness in that another gives awfully
good parties"
Pam said nothing. The girl had a
gift of silence. It flashed across Smif's
mind that there would be something
ponderous in her resistance If she
were in opposition to you, and she
went on, her words carefully cal
culated: "Take the English crowd
that Lester brought over. / should
say that you were more popular with
them than any of the bridesmaids ex-
cept possibly Eve Goodhue. And Eve
is always hors concours."
"She has had wonderful life" Pam
said. II don't know girl envy
more. / don't mean her looks, mean
the fact that Eve comes to all things
with a real gusto. We poor rich kids
were given sports as tasks. We were
taught to skate, we were taught to
dive, were taught to play golf and
tennis. We had professional instruct
ors in everything. We Americans GER
tainly are HI on education" She
ended with a sincere heartiness that
would have amazed her mother. "And
now," she went on, "Im expected to
go to England and be taught how to
manage my court train, how to curtsy
to royalty, how to get out of room
backward, how to address the nobility
and gentry. I simply won't do it,
Smiffy. I won't be accused Of chasing
after title"
"No one would ac-"
'sYes, they would" She caught the
words out Of Smif's mouth Impatient
". "Once / went over, 1t couldn't
be escaped. If married there, they'd
say I'd made my catch. If I didn't,
they'd make fun of me because I'd
tried and failed. Either way it would
be abominable. I'm not lion hunter.
The most authentic British lion Is safe
from pursuit by me. I've at least
made up my mind to that much, and
If you'll break the fact to mother 1t
will be help"
Smif regarded the girl contempla-
lively for a long moment.
eff remember my history, America
whipped England once on this side of
the ocean. I'd rather like to see what
we could do in the way of carrying
war into their own country" Her
glance conveyed an interrogation and
the girl smilingly shook her head.
"very well, then, although don't
promise Wyoming, I'm virtually GER
tain that Susan would discern a regu-
lar he-man from the great open spaces
lurking there, no matter what you or
I could say to the contrary. But I'm
disappointed i took particular notice
of one large British lion that l thought
was destined to make splendid Amer