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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
JUNE 17,
1022
DANCING MASTER
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Auther of "The Phantom Lever," "A Bacheler Hutband,"
"The One Unwanted," etc.
tfiVfl WHO IN THE BTOnY
li ,,u rnVYHnS. a demnre country
WM'ftttUulin vlti of her ifeuirtlsMi,
IK1' .mi Londen te 'make fter Hvlne
I' 5. dr the tear, turns te preet-
BSli ieBcmff 'e "" P "r 7." "" ."
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LZ..he dtvrlep$ Me a fiahv. BeJMd
"1 v$h whom he cannot Uve,
,V: Rovilen' (Irtic'ie partner, who alie
OllV" 1MS0.V. KllrafcftVa j.tetiblJh feuiin,
-A rinUF.n. a rich man about town,
Vf1 rJntet te Ktltabeth and finances
ft'hiiMi " a noted ballet t.aeher.
"
lUT for tl,rcc lflyH E,lznDC,n heard
lnethlng. and me tcmpiauen in wrnc
:.'. -.-.. nlmnuf Inn ntrnlle' In rn-
Et DIID TM" ......- - -
what harm was there In It? It
A. her heart te remember that her
It werus iu """ " -" -
Then en the fourth lny Netta sent
Mncltcd nn,(?' "Yeu " ,hln.k n,Pu n
i for net keeping my premise, but
liven't had n second te spare. Pat
in, innen ..... ;;."-"; ""
nrt the uoner iimn.u ..u ivi
inn It was done last night, and they
t me mc mm um iiiui" .
lmii. lie OOKS nwiunv una, uiuni
?t but I tl'lnlc he'll be all rlsht. His
Mt'weriJ were that you were net te
-told He'" in n nurfing home In
Vvt no. I'l hotter net tell you where
-i then It will be true enough, if
asks, te pay that you don't knew.
S.T.1; . '. t;w Imw he 1r evcrv ilav.
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ireniif u...."""j'
'Thrv ICt IHC Pee linn uiih liiur.u.iK
or a tew minui. j.-" "-;
EiIt verdi that seemed te touch
fclMbeth's heart.
,f Tt Vemed te Elizabeth In that
oement that no matter what hap
xned she could never knew a greater
iiln or mere cruel jealousy.
But Keysten recovered mere quickly
bin ere, Netta had expected.
She kept ner pm w "7"
-a Mit even' day. and oceaPlenally
v. .iris met for a few moments.
I "He leeks awfully had." Ncttn said,
but he lnIsts that he is nearly well,
Ind ledav he maiiagcd te persuade the
locler te' let him sit up for a few mln-
Ites, though I P"W lie nujninn
'ire done pe. He keeps en saying thnt
mUSt get DaCK l wmn.
'Hnchim his wife ' been te see
dm?" Elizabeth asked. Netta tossed
.w head. , , , , ,.
"She came once, but they weuldn t
tt her In, and she made an awful row
ibeut it; thnt was when he was at
is werft. I suppose she hoped he
reuld die: he would have If she d been
llewcd in." , , t t.
The girls were naving icn inguu.i:.
Vntin's rooms, and both of them
looked strained nnd unhappy. It was
fOrtnlgllt PIIICC IVIIJSIUH n uircinuum
d it Keemcd months te Elizabeth nt
she felt licrscit te ec years
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THE GUMPS Te Have and te Held
By Sidney Smith
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(Mat:
llder.
She looked
up
iith Imploring eves
at Netta suddenly
I might
"De you don't you think
and see him once.'
Her (hecks flamed as she stam-
itrcd the renucst, her cyea felt as if
v were en tire.
Netta gave a sharp exclamation.
"de nnd sec him! Elizabeth, you
iiBtn't! Yeu nrdmised. He would
new la a minute that I'd seen you;
ly yesterday he apked If I una seen
ou, nnd l nnd te say no. i upucvu
Vs. been turning mat niinir ei imi-
in s money ever in ins imnu, nnu nns
faint suspicion already about it ; you
n't eh, Elizabeth, you premised!
"Verv well." The color died from
mt slrl's face, her head drooped.
"It's only for his saue. I'm nsKing.-'
ettft tnld lmiMily. "He needs the
nnnv. nii knew he does. It will be
eeks before lie enn weijs again, nnd
'e had te close the studio and re
se heaps of offers for engagements,
tried le keep going by myself, but
wan no uc it's net me they want,
ut him!"
"id, yes. I knew.
That nns the last time Elizabeth
iked te see Itojsten: the last time
ttcnt te ten with Netta: nnd grnd-
allv the tnn cirls drifted niinrt n 2(1 1 11,
Ind the lnterclinnge of notes stepped.
I'at is uning te the sen for a wecK.
is thp Inst mepsage Ellznbeth had
Xetta. "lie didn't want te. but
e doctor sns lie must, se he is go-
ftl en Monday." She did net say that
e was geliii; with him, and Elizabeth
led net nsk : Mie wns nfrald of her-
If In thee (ln!, afraid of her own
Itter jrjlrusy.
When Phe knew linnlly that Keysten
is no lencer In Londen she threw
iWself heart and soul Inte her work
am.
It wanted hut ten dnvs te the ehnr-
T ball nt the Duchess', and Mine.
enestls was almost beside herself
Ua excitement. She would net allow
illinneth te speak the word failure.
'Fnll ! Nf'vpr. nrvnr nnrnr!" he
hrllled nt her, "Yeu rn'imet I will
et Imf It ! I Imf never n failure, no
0, no!" Hut ElUnbeth'H nerves were
dly raikeil as the day drew near.
She (Olllll net- klnnn (nr I lilnl.-lni. nf
hat lnv llienil nf lien mw iinil nvpr
gala she went thinm?!. tlw slens nf
jbe dnme-t innilnme had chosen for
er ter that night; even in her fitful
ours ei seen she wns nrnetielni!
jrn hnrd nlwns.
Fanner Wns klnilnia IfEelf rhenrlnn
nd enCOllrilL'ill!.. Imr It, nvurv ivnv 1ml
m the hut night Cllzubcth spoke te him
hit icnr.
i',' !f. ' should foil tomorrow," Phe
Id Blinklly when Fni-mer uim IiIiIiIIiil-
er Roe.t nlRlit.
incre in no such word In your vo ve vo
eularv in' iiiIiii. i,n ii,i i,. ir
lsscd her hand gently, "('.nod night,
i Muren; lomerrow 1 shall be the
wildest man In Londen."
"e made Elizabeth smile before he
t ; Her and made her premise net te
Madame linn tim. hn.l foil...,.
e Said, "Slu. Is for Inn clever n u-ninnn
(have one new."
i hone se." sniii viimiinM, .m t
lope se!" .... w...
"He Was snrrv in en, 1,1.,, Wl.ll..
. . . ' fc" nw; ,,, ii.t, ..Hill;
88 tt I mi. et,n U ..,- ..!!
nf 1v "'. Wl 11,1111' LUIIII-
Hew I'milil ui, .. ii ...I..... i.-
P" w sure that bhe would be a sue-
Mme. C!AMn.i- tt . .. .
tlli.r.u "tJn" Hiniieci nrcniy wnen
fflr w"' ," h?r iM lhe K,,y 1"tl,
and i.i .'ii.Kiii mi? Riri ivu
huwJi . tMl 'J1 llPr rlnslesa linger and
m,'"cd her slieuiders.
k,!Vx. tl" tomorrow, hey?'1 she
MnB-,Bc.a.n!,y- "H" K"t his reward
Eibab h aSUV1 !.?"0( 1
IntW ni.lt ,, ' """""i IIIOHKII l"
l...1uP well te what the French
Hin?i",l'wl.' M,"I''' took up u
Cr?'?.?n.ef nnd 5 aw ncd ever If. she
L.:.."U. t0 diwilPS the PVPlll nf Inmnr.
i A..'",, 'wli "'led te speak of
i... '..",llii en every ntliee mililiwt
rt'
tiiii I'll i -v-i,v niiirr wuujuui,
Ui IW' '!" t:'efl! "
I ra ;,i.. .'.".. ," wrong i)iiees, nnu
lwV of Pnt iY,in, Nl"" t',".v. "'"""me
ler n nii...i ""." hhii uer win -I
nf nttP"t tn wns arrested..
Nitei?"" ,,cr ll0ni1 slln,l'ly. "Mr.
P6ufd(,'h,nr mt ,n"l".' t her, and
f: !:," that nnv lltiii. itr,.n., ...1.1..1.
ti,.,!L,"l'1t. have once possessed for
f.iq ner worldly. .nm,.w,...i,n.,u..
l Oekn,.'..'... . """-?..'"?
---mr - .Mf.inD, a ti;iiiiues
!?l f.SJCjJ iV.i-l.ftJ!A H.lL.
(lancing master could never have n
chance against a wealthy man like Nell
farmer; se sne went en carelessly, still
turning the leaves of the paper.
"He Is 111, se some one tell me! He
hnf an operation two, tree weeks age.
And new he 111 again. Peer man I Very
Elizabeth's heart wns numbed with
agony and, thinking she Van net In
tercstlng madainc, said no mere. She
kissed the girl warmly when Eliza
beth went up te bed and patted her
check.'
"Se pale! Such n white rose! But
tomorrow se triumphant. 80 proud!
What n change!" And she laughed as
Elizabeth walked away without an
swering. She went te her room and steed ever
by the window In the darkness, her
cheek pressed te the cool pane.
"What shall I de? What shall 1
de?" Over nnd ever again the ques
tion seared her heart. .
Once the wild thought enme te her
thnt she would threw everything te
the winds and go te him; nftcr nil, he
alone counted in her world. Ambition,
Nell Farmer, Mmc. Scncstis what were
I hey in comparison with her love,
fer'hlm?
Then common sense reasserted itself;
if he wanted her he would send: if he
had wished for her before when he was
HI he could have sent then.
She lay awake. all night. She was
like a ghost i,n the morning, nnd, nfrald
of madame's comments, she hastily
rouged her checks nnd forced herself te
go downstairs humming a snatch of
song.
There wns no letter from Ncttn, as
she had hoped there might be; and
there was nobody of whom she could
inqulre for Keysten, nnd she did net
even Knew wncre Me was.
She dragged through the day some
how the longest day of her whole
life. She was n mass of aching, throb
bing nerves when evening came, nnd
inudftmp tld her it was time te dress.
Elizabeth went te her room nnd look
ed at the new frock Inld out en the bed
white, nil of it of the filmiest, love
liest material, wired out a little from
the hips and artfully touched here nnd
there with silver. And there were new
silk stockings nnd white shoes, with
silk ribbons te bind about her ankles,
and 11 narrow fillet of tiny water lilies
for her hair, with mother-of-pearl
petals, and n tiny rose diamond in the
heart'ef each.
Nell Farmer hnd sent it te her "for
luck," se he had said, and Elizabeth
had thanked him, never renlizlng Jiow
gieat the cost of his gift must have
been. She had no Idea of values; she
had never had a present In her life
until she came te Londen.
Slowly she dressed with hands that
felt cold nnd dead. When shi took n
Inst necn at herself in the studio clnsv
she nlmest cried out at her pallor. She
was as white as her frock as white as
the lilies in her hair.
She rubbed her checks te bring
warmth te them. When mndame came
te. inspect her she asked timidly if she.
had better use some rouge.
Mndame steed scrutinizing her, her
queer head en one side, her painted
lips purbed up considerably. Then she
said :
"Ne. Yeu arc the lily as it Is, nil
white! We leave it! Yeu nrc eh.
just adorable, petite!"
hlie blew Elizabeth n kiss with the
tips of her fingers. She tried hard te
suppress her own keen excitement, but
there was a hectic spot of color in the
usually dead pallor of her face and her
voice was unsteady.
Se well had she timed things thnt
Elizabeth was net allowed a moment
in which te leek forward and grew
nervous; she had only just slipped into
her cloak when Farmer tame, and they
drove nway together.
Farmer looked terribly nervous; he
kept biting his mustache and fidgeting
with his glove. When they reached
the duchess house lie held Ellziibcth's
hand hard for a moment.
"Geed luck! The best of luck, my
queen!" he said hoarsely; then he
went en up the big staircase te mingle
with the guests, and Elizabeth went
te the room thnt had been set apait
for her with Mine. Sonetls.
The Frenchwoman kept hovering
round, twitching a fold of her fieck
Inte place mid whispering a ln'-t in
struction. "Yeu will remember all I told jeu,
petite; jeu will net fail inc. It Is 11
gieat day for you. I am proud,
proud !"
"Yes," said Elizabeth. She was no
longer nervous, and her pulse was
steady ; shn felt as if it was somebody
else's great night, nnd net her own
at all.
Madame went en :
"Every one Is here all the great
ones of Londen. They will love you,
they will fall at your feet, little one;
jeu will wake tomorrow, after a long
sleep of happiness, nnd find yourself
famous, is it net se.' '
"Yes," snid Elizabeth again. She
wished she could show mere enthusi
asm, she felt vaguely scornful of
madame's excitement; even when the
call came for her her heart beats did net
increase; bhe looked 11 1 uiadame in
quiringly. "De I go new?"
The Frenchwoman nodded; she was
tee excited te speak, but site caught
Elizabeth's hand as she passed her and
kljsed it hysterically.
"My little one! My brave little one!"
Elizabeth went out of the room,
across the wide hall, and into the great
Imllienm, 0110 of the met famous in
Londen,
Fer a moment the hundreds of lights
dazzled her, and !iu faltered at the
ileurwnv, her thoughts llylng again te
the nnu night she hud danced with Keys Koys Keys
eon, and the happiness it had been then.
She walked en mechanically, vnguily
conscious of the throngs of people sr.
imindlng tilt: space which had been
cleared for her: of the Hash of ninny
dlnmends, nnd the emitter et tongues
that ceased as sue ciuereii.
A imiiiil nf nnuluusc lueke out. in
creasing in voluiiie as her exquisite
dulntliiess and charm were slowly
iculized by the hundreds of persons
ni-i.sint- she looked like a fnlr.v dell
from a child's Christians tree as she
Ktnnil thi'i'ii in her white, iilmy frock,
alene in the great denied space of tloer,
and theru was an impic-she silence be be
feie the music started.
Elizabeth knew evciy note of the
music te which she was te dance; she
hud practiced scores of times with the
orchestra accompaniment, and 11 vague
wendeinient went through her as she
realized that after all nhe was net In
the least nerwms.
"Yeu cannot full," se madainc and
Neil Farmer had declined, and new
she was sure of it herself,
A little confident smile curved her
lips as she sank down in lhe first
sweeping bow of recognition te her
audience, and for the first time a thrill
of enjeviuent warmed her heart us she
rose slowly, her bare white onus
wiealhcd about her head, and pirouetted
almost the length of the room en the
tips of her tees.
Shu moved like a fairy, her feet
Imidlv seeming te touch the ground,
mid with each moment her ease mid
confident 0 seemed te grew until piet.
cntlv she found herself able te leek nt
lit sen of inces nreuuu ner uu iu
uii'i't their interested, curieua cjei
calmly.
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