The Washington times., 1937-08-23

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More than anything in the
world, this blase woman wanted
Guy to propose marriage.
She was tired of knocking
around the world, without an
anchor!
Tired, too, of the grafters, the
rotters, the no-goods, the hangers
on.
They were like barnacles on the
bottom Of q ship. II ought to &c
into dry-dock and be scraped free
of them!" she thought whimsically
New York was full Of spongerS
and parasites who lived to fatten
on rich, unattached females!
Not that Harriet was green
any longer, where handsome suit
orS were concerned.
She had been flattered by the
attentions of Brock Milbank in the
beginning. But now rumors were
drifting to her of the reasons fol
his divorce. 80.
Why take somebody else's leav
1ngS? And more or less penntleSS
into the bargain?
LAMENTABLE RESULTS
Hadn't she seen around her the
lamentable results Of such mar
riages?
She was ten years older thar
Brock and-despite plenty o.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it. But
! it was not the difference in age
that worried her, since money, ir
her opinion, covered most gaps.
What she disliked in Brock was
his shifty character-amusing in
a cavalier, an escort-but dis
astrous in a husband.
His direct antithesis was Guy
HalStead-Flagg.
Where Brock was weak, Guy was
pure steel. Where Brock was
stony broke, Guy was rich.
Their ages, moreover, suited
beautifully. Their blue-bloodec
families into the bargain.
He was a most desirable mattel
for Harriet-and she had hac
many suitors, and should know!
"Thirty.five is getting along,
she thought in pensive mood. Sht
must make haste!
The advent of this 10-years
younger rival had upset her. Fol
a long time, she had blissfully
thought that it was on her owl
account that Guy had haunted
the Chateau de la Marquise.
But recent rumor, plus the evi
dence Of her own eyes, had it Sht
was wrong. There was another
attraction.
The shy, sweet, und9niabl!
lovely Antoinete had "got him go
ing" Even Brock, usually diplo
matte, had admitted it!
UNMASK GIRL
It was up to Harriet, then, tt
unmaSk the girl who had come be
tween her and ner hearts desire
The phrase, perhaps, was map
propriate, since Harriet'S cardiac
organ had played small part IL
her life hitherto.
THAT common little chorus CIR
from the New Gallo Casino coulc
throw some light on our ALLEGED
'MarquiSe'!" Thus ruminated Har
riet one late afternoon when
strange to say, she was entirel!
devoid of callers. Was it prophetic
of an empty future?
Mono! Brings matters to {
| head!
CHAPTER xxx
Harriet rang for her butler, anc
ordered him to bring her an alb
sinthe frappe. At that psyche
logical moment. in walked nom
other than Teddy LeStrange.
She needed a man at this crisis
Not that poor Teddy-eel-lik
grsfter-waS particularly virile, O.
a staff to lean on. But at leas
he was a male!
Teddy partook of the sam
strong stimulant as his hostess
She began to sound him as to hi
opinions Of Ia oelle MarquiSe .
Something pfloney about her,
said the always agreeable Teddy
who had a woman's faculty o
sensing ones more feline moods
and suitably responding. "Tha
ancestry stuff'S the bunk"
",TuSt what 7 myself have beel
thinking" said Harriet. wei
pleased. did it ever strike yor
TEDDY, that that nice boy. Brocl
Milbank, has been better az
quainted with her in the past
than he admits?"
You're a wiz, Harriet" said tn
admiring Teddy, downing a Secon'
drink. He recounted to her the bt
fuddled remarks of Brock on thei
first meeting, when he had claime'
that he and Toni would have had