EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922
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? from ' Mi after, e ero manu
w 'i?? Jilt A "" worthy e
yBlB.vf-"t,.drw' mother. .(Ill
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"lLaJ bit AuAreu (I Ignorant et
'iii Hi rflvoreert l 0
. JWvnTO.V dlllncu(hfd Krfl-
U r.iZnan. of an auilere temperament
''SIXhih'e, who hai returned te Len.
M4t - . ..- ...... I.M.. rf htlt (fill In
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Jim iii Filled Willi Anger
, ninu- his leuve. and two minutes
tatcr ne wi " Piccadilly walking
Jllr along tewnru me .n.... ...-
" ' -ii-.i l.i. Tin linrl trlnmnllpll
..AM til P(I mill. ji .- ,
,.j .t,-n Constance Ilrent that lie
the wbiphand ; but n rush of
. ..1 -.ireinnslnnccs had swept Iilm
L. feather might be tossed In the
tLj ind all his plans had come te
... -1 I uliennliAil In lit a
U( walked en bieu. -""."
Ubts. At Swan nnu r.ugar cm-
. be stepped anu sioeu eh mu cuSC
tit pavement watching the swirling
Ac with unseeing eyes. Hew long
rtmalned there he did net knew,
1 Ii was a considerable time.
Thia his eyes fell upon a lady who
picking her way across tnc reau.
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'wft'Cww dressed smartly, tee smartly,
1th vivid, If woll-eiiescn, color con cen
11U, Her pretty bnby face suggested
Lt-the tiniest bit tee much powder
id been used, nnd although her ap-
SrtrtCiirnc was neither displeasing nor
itr f Mqtjtlre of the demi-mende, there
" p general effect that she was ever-
""3-Mwnted. Mere than ene person turned
"wart! r ,oel!cd nftcr licr nH sllC pnBSeJ'
: Br ibe was Jois ucneign, a rapidly
Bief star in the musical comedy world.
m ' .a 1-1.1. .. - 11..1
u WFul BiruiKiik Ull lif xiurniiuei
"Helle, Jimmy, old tning. leu ioek
t tbe man who dreamt he'd broken
le bank at Mente and weke tip te
id the brokers In. What s the matter
ith you?"
Harkness reused himself and lifted
(1 bat. "Fancy meeting you, Leis."
It hardly knew what te sny, for his
ltd bad net properly returned. "I
dn't knew you were In town."
"Well. I am. nnd I don't think you
lerd be se cool about it, cither. Aren't
pa glad te see me.' '
!"0f course I am." replied Ilnrk-
leis. "What are you geln? te de with
c new you ve found me?
"Allew you te pay for my lunch.
'au leek as though n geed feed would
Iit some life into you. Yeu were Ktnnd
r en this uavement ns theuch you
mm sick. De you think the Savey
wild ee nice today.'"
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"'0lt Wufned face. Leis Denbigh wns nn
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d chum of his. and Hhe 'undcrslned
m perhaps mere than nny ether
eman had ever done, for undernenth
er butterfly exterior there lurked n
n Judgment of humanity. And she
is a jelly companion, who lived only
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t iur unj, jiKe 1110 nmjerny 01 ner
lad. He felt nt that moment the need
f Reme such Influence, nnd lifted hln
and te a passing taxi.
"The Savev it is." Ii- unlii "Ami
theurh It's late for me te gar se. T
n,'SBll,t ,e" yu Il0W Jelly glad I am you've
M"xppened along."
a present for a geed girl." smiled
Sels demurely, as she climbed Inte the
hi.
Constance Brent and Lord Conning-
a talked about vnrv lit f In hitf n!rurn
I they made their round of the Acad
iy, and the conversation was dcsul
IT In the extreme.
At last they made their wnv out te
'VJ5 Connlngteu's car wns waiting.
'This has been n most fertunntc
"ting, Mr(i. Ilrent," unid Connington,
mcjr Mid goeu-oy. -And I hope
II net tllft lnqr tllne trn clinll , Ann1.
r. I eineet Kill nrn m'nra (linf T
4TS been absent from Kncrlnml fnr n
ailderable time, and have, there-
re, managed te lese track of most of
It Deenlf T 1niinr In thn tlrl .In... t
nn ,m,""! Bnl once mere Constance
urea tne charm of It. "When one
'13 Old enp lnvBd tn fnIL- nt. ,.
ejple one knew and the things one
" ' uuni 11 is aiwaj-H what Is go-
m uv udii wunt is going te be
ne; in age what has been and what
I been ilnn. I uhnnM libe n nnA.
niry nf nsvlnfr vnn nsiletnniu it. .
ting these old memories. Would you
-c me uoner 01 dining witu me to te to
'rrew evening?"
"I Shall Marry (he Girl"
Ijested Itself te Constance Brent at
ce. Lord Connington was asking her
dine with him at hi hnnu
one!
And there could be only one reason
r tbe Invitation. tt ,.1.. .
K Plalnlv. te rirnn all H,la n.
n r,t . "1.1 .,.-: v..". ."" ",'
w .... . 7 "'? lr'enusuip wnien wns se
Hi lek I ,n,th presence of ethers, and
siifsk her te give him back his daughter.
'i IB.h would refuse te go! She must!
m. ?en ,8h remembered Harkness,
emembcred a hundred trials she had
a ridured, and felt the weight of them all.
jZ "was net etun te n strong decUlen
S-i ;.' ,' Q moment, hut only knew a
., j enaendeus desire te be able te go awny
."' r.iierS(,,,f nn.d cry- When she spoke
- seemed as though her tongue was act-
.1 , L ? "" ,own Initiative. Her brain
i-i stunned.
" ,1'i f1 b,e Ter? Pleased te conie,"
' aid, and wondered If her fuce was
(M. 1 pale as It seemed te herself.
Cjnnlngten bowed. There wbb a lit-
"l,i l'.S' triumph In his eyes, nnd
J . bt,.d.U from vlew- "1 believe
f' m ar,?livln8 "car Sevenenks," he
f 1 li'.- iJ car wiu meet yur traln t
in' .rTln!-re!,s at any time you wish."
". mi.iT. 1. wrl.t? you ,he tInle et my train
- 7h. ' said Constance.
.'.J? Connington took his leave- of
te' n?'nln he.dld net off bis hand
"' 2. -?iBn.ce: and slle wondered if Aud-
"! 1 1.. tlc.ed u- 15,,t be held Audrey's
f ngerS for an nnnrsnlnhU (1,,,,. ..V..I
tudied her face. At last he said : "Yeu
re like your father's people. I te-
t 1 11 , " l"110 wen."
LiBUy Barbara wan nlren.i.. iei.i,. n.
r. Hbe had net spoken a word.
ni "jy.uw away, leaving Constance
na Audrey ulene. ami thou rvnni,.
n.i.TnW ,t0 c,0,llnPse- The effort of
ustaininir Mm ii i,...... i.n ..
.l,ll u. 1. , " ".TJiiiicBn ui lllicillX'I
CAi e ih?d been w,tb Constance re
K UfL.lim','!0 that be huddled In a
-lm, nLt "leusine, silent, slinky,
fi f PcIrsl),lratl(n standing In bends
A 1-- hls ,f?heud. His cjes were
jlesed, and his general ulr wiih that of
" """ "" lu verge of complete exhuus
it en
.-f ' H.arbnJ"n set beslde blm absorbed
in her thoughts, and I'reslew lounged
Jn the oppeslto comer looking out of
! - 11? dew',J And en nl1 the pawing
ULC he ceu,d "e Audrey Brent's face.
They came te th hmma 1.. Mnnf
treet, and Connington went strnlght te
iuib nu ui. xnen at inn l.ndy Bar-
mtm .uuim uer leiigue, Mtic turned te
0B1UW.
"Well." She salll. ".In rni. r.olNe
Ctlv What all tllU lnn"
rnwew was perfectly cool. "Of
"A de," he answered. "The girl
ruining her, has developed her wonder
fully. Connington will have her back."
His mother eyed him coldly. "Yeu
take It very well. Yeu knew what you
stand te lese In that event, I believe?"
"I stand te lese nothing," asserted
Preslew quietly. "At least, nothing
material."
"I fall te understand you. I am In
no mood for subtleties. What de you
mean?"
"I nhflll mnrrv tlia ll l.1 ..
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low cnlmly. "Se that It will be all the
DUI1IB JJ1 UIG CJ1U.
Lady Barbara regarded him In silence
for some moments. At last she said very
slewly: "I had net thought of that."
"Ah." observed Treslew dryly. "It
Is necessary te think sometimes. De
you knew, I prefer this arrangement te
the original one. I like that girl."
Audrey Doubts
After III Pnnnlnirlnn n..i 1. .l
driven away, Constance Brent and Au-
urejr bideu ier some moments en the
pavement without speaking n wcrd.
Constance was trying te control the
turmoil of her emotions se that she
could fnce her daughter and net be
tray the fact that she was passing
through a great crisis. She addressed
Audrey with some Indifference.
"Where's Mr. Harkness, Audrev?"
Audrey hcsltnted. "He went "off.
lie upparaii ly thought we might be
With I .Old ('nnnnifi.n -,- .. .. "u
. sM...,l(iu lwl u uuiiiiier-
.. ',. ' n,nd, l leathered that he felt
......Dm nine in the way."
till T'" Ce,nstance felt like two dls-(-elf,
tern with anguish, driven bv
'.1,'" a y fccn"blng for a cler
cniVe,t.hr,T'Bh.uth0 ',nnZ8 ' ber dim
fa hi itn'Le .0.the 'etncheil. mechnnl
f"nn, A "f the true Constance Brent
from the inquisitive eyes of the world
n,,.Vteny I?1.". wh,ch bordered danger
S& hmelfrtleS8nCS8' S" tr,Cd t0
nein1! T I"1"7 Ac ,?,10Se ,0 tnkc that
Weenrimv r Shn" W,C 8treU down te
shops?"'y CrCUS and leek nt the
Thnv ..I .r i .. . .
nsheVi ' iw ' .. " as,lney went Audrev
hr Ll i inestlen which had been 1 1
HarKl e,VCr Kslnce Bl,e Introduced Jim
Uarkncss te her mother.
Harkner?" U 70U llke Jlm-Mr'
I flflfn eatn -. llnl. a
tn h ... vV. ,cl' i,ttle et nm up
DUnnnM?1' "nswered her mother,
eves "Ti n Tnt ?hewcd .,n Audrey's
vV,?, '"" dcn't mean he Impressed
you unfavorably when you first mei
Iilm. mnmnm m.. ui'i ipl. i. .
expected enthusiastic praise. ""
rn;, ceur net' -T0U sl,y child."
Constance strove te be calm, and te
deal kind v win, a .,.!... el. t"'i.
steed hew much n girl must long for
i,. .ii "."I'prevni et tne man or
her choice. "But you would prefer me
te defer mv flpntat,.. ..nn t .
, ,- -; "'u iiuin x nm euro
of It, rather than come te a hasty
regret? ' m g afterward
"I suppose I would." Audrey's voice
was tinged with doubt. "But first
Impressions are generally right,
mamma, and it was your first Impres
sion I wished te learn."
Constnnre bit her lips. Audrey wa
expecting her te praise Harkness. nml
the Irony of it jarred her alreadv frayed
nerves until she felt that she wanted te
laugh aloud. Hew could she praise
him with the memory of Carteret strong
in her mind, with his brutal word
te herself still ringing in her ears?
And se she hesitated, and hesitated tee
long.
"Mnmma!" Constance started at
the alarm in Audrey's tone. "Yen
den t like him! Oh, mamma! I knew
you don't, or you wouldn't be se quiet.
Tell me the truth."
Constance Brent was greatly tempted.
Xiere was her chance. She need say
nothing definite, nothing direct; but
a vague hint or two, some mysterious
references te Hnrkness' reputation,
might be sufficient te loosen the held
he had en her daughter's Imagination
and regard.
She looked right into Audrey's eyes,
and the voice of temptation died into
nothingness. She could net de it. It
would have been ns easy for her te hnve
taken a whip and lashed the girl with
It until the bleed came. She strove
te any something te appease Audrey's
anxiety.
"My dear, you must net Jump te such
hasty conclusions. I am n business
woman, n wnninn nf tlm mm.!.! M.i .
have lived long enough te conquer the
uuuii in nrsc impressions. When I
first meet people I neither like nor
dislike them, lipr-nnne T lmr 1mmrmA .!,
futility of such a proceeding."
"Se you de net dislike Jifn, mam
ma?" Audrev was persistent.
"If you like him. dear, It la nf-
firlftnt fnr mn until T ! i. j
opportunity of Judging htm better for
uijecu. aeu uuw jet us taut of some
thing else."
She turned toward the shop windows,
and as she did se Andrey laid her
hand en her arm.
"Mnrnmn!" Tlmm nea .,, -
pain In the girl's voice which startled
VjUubiuucc. joek; xnere is Jim.
with that girl!" '
Constance looked round. A taxi was
rlrAwn iin nf flie nrH em.iA .Hit........
away from them, and Inte it waa climb
ing a gaviy dressed little lady whose
piquant face wns wreathed in a mis
chievous, tantalizing smile. Bending
ever her, holding the deer open, was
Jim Harkness.
In fvnnt nf Pntietnti.A nn.l A...l..
two men were talking. One of them
MUU
fill.
imie woman, en;'
The tnxl drove nwey.
Audrey turned te her mother. Her
fnce was a little white. "Mamma,
who is Ixils Denbigh that that man
should rccegnUe her?"
Censtnnce did net reply at once. She
felt at a less for words. Then she
pointed silently te a paeslng bus. Au-
ilpA,. lnnlHfl nn nf It Alum, tl.n uMa
VJ .ww..... l.r v a., ...W..J ,IU DtV
of its upper deck n great bill was
piasicrcu, anu me worm en ic seemed
te Audrey te be printed In letters of
fire.
TIIE ARCADIAN THEATRE
I.OIS DENBIOH
AND
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"DON'T TEIJj YOUR HUSBAND"
There were ether words, nnd Au
drey gathered vaguely that It was some
body's "season" nnd that the produc
tion was u musical comedy in three
acts by somebody else.
Jim Ilarknebs had driven away In
that taxi with the woman who was
acting the leading part in a musical
comedy. It was enough for Audrey.
Her Ignorance of the world made her
jmlKe any uctrcss harshly.
She remembered the ultru-smnrtness
of the girl, the general air of "shoul "sheul
uess" about her. And nhe also re
membered the familiarity of ber tunlle
and of llnrkness' attitude.
A vague doubt crept Inte her mind
a query. II ml Hnrktiess known he
would meet this girl and taken ad
vantage of Lord Connlngten's advent
te slip awny for that very purpose?
Hurelv he could net have been se
cruel! And yet She looked nt her
mother.
"1 (I lil n t knew .Jim knew a ghl
like that," she murmured,
aNTINUEDTOMORB0W
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cepvrfekr, im. t IV uetrn lMviapr
aid: "I say! Sce the girl getting Inte
he taxi? She's Leis Denbigh. Smart
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