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EVENING. PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922
Subconscious Courtship
Vmtittn women'ooxtrmorJtnoryeehomo tekaep sttltere from Interfax
" Im with' her Utm U told in this fascinating novel
By BERTA RUCK
Auther of "The Wrong Mr. Wrteht," "The Arrant Rever," Bte.
Copyright, 19tt, Dedd, Head A, Ce.
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VJMBIt KLPUimrgitB.frm:
v - ..Umr tr 10 1108 inHuriiii
fSSm. Harried by relative and
l..,cn" i. .. in mnrru her for
U deeii e te mom, a 'hmbmd for
& te fend off "the harpies,"
"tfeeJ IIAHttY CAVMWltAEL,
JSStVFar veteran, man of personality,
V&iinttr trhe ha wventea a nce
IFuTtMnef whi-h he agrees te
; "strictly business" propesl-
KnSEUMlY MEADOWS, Clever's
'9Sk UEAU0W8, aunt, who has
Zinied Clever in aavcrttty n
D trlth farms. . ...
(yi)AL, iu'Jr uaugimr, a
'Wu HOLT, big, geed-natured chap,
huifiiiv in hrc ,c,,h fesc"""''
"Leek a Llttle Stere Engaged
ii CAIN she saw Hint the score was
A u Tim vcrv softness of his tone
A'l!; c,,,':,,,,. Inftiriiitlnit tint
ll till" r"" i f - r
i i,i.. tin- siii'icli and manner
aide mj
K ineiim "- - i , ,,,,.,1,1 .
ii fnticiiiiinf i"."1 "' --""
, ' ... i.n-if i int he was ever
SL?Li L" I, in Kimrrltic with her.
ft this last shaft her only answer was
te tlancc lit the tiill figure beside her
E'J.rk overt out. white muffler and
?at in" texclnlm impnUMjtly.
Vfel But hew stupid of ou te for-
'I'gtuplil?" 1p ,oek "! I,uzz,crt:
'What linve 1 forgotten?'
VlnMn't T tell jeu thnt this was n
fcner drees dance, and you ve come
I am e sorry, hut one nlwiiys
Ultntoed Hie fancy ilU" wan optional
It thea affnirH. especially if one was
Jet toil? '",co "' lllll An,lleW '
Cdirt any ether sort of costume te
"ffeli, they won't let you in like
'De jeu think net?" he returned
fnibly. He teuld net help being
R.1. nmuil with her. She foresaw
Mcultics, such ns whether or no he
uld be allowed in te the gnl cries
fa erdlnaiy clothes, and tiny thins
fit thnt. But this w:ih one of the
uteumling thing about tne young
fcman she bimnl.v had net foreseen
I tithe of the dillleulties or weighed
I fraction of tne ceiieiiucnccs in imp
frtnlng's nniieuneeiiient. They were
te be engaged, and then they were te.
lire one standard of "encasement for
rlTtte use and one for public. There
hi te be no overlapping, nnd no for-
fitting, and no awkwardness, ana no
Bring of themselves nwny ; no merging
U Weir pnvillU l--unillt::JS imu un.
neUtenes.s.
she renlie? Wns thnt beginning
t trouble her a little at last, or was she
mil? only annoyed because he wasn't
B fancy dress?
"Khali we." he suggested, "leek in
It Clarliseu's nnd try te rnlse n domino
M temetmng ter me te rig myscit up
W" .. .
"Ne." slie said petulantly, "we re
lite as it is."
The taxi was threading its way down
Piccadilly. About it were ether taxis
with ether ceuples: there were couple
Wthe tops of the buses; couples bust
enlng ou feet toward the theatres.
Cbbples everywhere; nowhere such a
couple ns this. They, who meant te
Barry, only knew each ether slightly
but, eh! thought Clever Klpbinstene,
low much mere "slightly" they would
Come te knew each ether, once they
ere married ! She thought she could
manage be that she and this man
tcarcely ever M)ele te each ether at all
n tete-a-tete. In the meantime the
exasperating creature had mnde this
faex pas about fnney drc-s.
"Tiresome." she murmured.
He apeligized again, with irritating
Composure. "Afraid I couldn't even
'te ns' a politician, with my coat en
rerned inside out, cither," said he.
'The lining of my cent isn't quite
U that could be wished. I've darned
It tee often, myself. We peer bache
hri, you knew! Can you think of any
thing?" "Ne. Except well, you'll have te
er my clenk as n domino. I bee
fcething else for It."
Her hands went up te the big golden
fcepi at her threat.
"Stand up," she eaid (hating her
wb manner).
He steed up In the tnxl, bent his
Wd, took off his overcoat. She get
JP; ihe steed beside him; she took off
IK loose voluminous satin clenk, amber
Www patterned with geld, gleaming
tader the Btreet lights.
He checked a budden "Ah! There
K ! again!"
"It'r was that scent which she nl
r used. The perfume which had
ttMn up out of the lining of her furs,
Jt afternoon in Richmond Park ; that
Wnume which was all about her wrap,
rm from her shoulders. The breath
ivrectbrier nfter rain. It "speke"
tarmiehnel, who was sensitive te
ft1' .II willl,n'd that breach in his
JU of defense, through which there
Ml already crept a possibility. New
e crept through something else.
J!."8 c"S(,'0us of reveling in having
ibm beent te close te him. It was en
w nnKera as she put them up under
THE GUMPS The Meth and the Flame
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J chin nnd said briefly, "I'l fasten M,,R'1.i u' 1'!."1 ,,et !Tt, wrUU';
! keep still," 'any dance; It wa plaintive, pin
.. H kept breathlessly still; he wished int,' ,"lil;" .'" ,eu'r-v no,e' 1,ut
b did net fasten these loops se skill
ul.t un" luickly. Delight held him
i2h.cn, lle fame te himself and said:
inank you" in his most niatter-ef-
2l,iin,0".e1' 15ut thnt elll 'leliglit, that
wwiaratien were with liim htill.
1,,5C' y with him ai he handed
'out of the taxi. This, he told him
"i. , was merely because he had made
"Phis mind te buck up and take this
th.Viens.aB',m,,t" cheerfully. Since
thing hud te be gene through with.
Tww ,,'r')llBl' wi,,t " l t'1'
ttaii.i iW,lN, wlmt ,he ""i"g man
Sawr u!,(1 ,"H he Ntm"1 wa't' 'r
wltk er.,nt '1'1' 'oer of the dnueing-roem,
'rgBmg his dress-coat.
Wki-i. "8 1 . H"la J,1Mt nw. what we
knew." IIe took her hand nnd tucked
It under the yellow wrap. "New, de
.you mind If I suggest that you begin
te leek n llttle mere 'engaged'? Loek
at tne."
9,ey?r tntc1 h" chin and met his
light-blue eyes with u very cool glance.
"I nm looking nt you."
ti"Net,.n v.ery ?oetl effort," returned
W C'armlchacf, looking down nt her.
"1 nm smiling," retorted Clever, nnd
ndecd at thnt moment her expression
broke up, nnd In spite of herself, she
laughed.
"Much better," he approved. "I nm
net going te de all the work, I warn
you. New, where are these girls
ah. there'H one of them."
Fer It was at this moment that the
ilnnee did end. The crowd eddied to
ward the bides of the room, and there
came up ngalnst the oderwny a bev In
beuting-iiaiinels and a slim figure in
all black with budding horns above a
pink -cherub face.
"What's that child's name?" de
manded Carmlchnel qukklv.
"Sandal. "
"Hlght." Then In n confident nnd
earning tone. "I say, Sandal!"
Ihe umazed flapper hM;cd nbeiiti
ami stared at him. Majer Carmlehael?
Iset only had he never called her bv
her Christian name before, but he hail
never uddres-d her at all.
"Come and hear the news," said he
coolly. "Shall I tell her. Clever, 'or
will ou? e nre te biceuIiiN-in-law.
Sandal, you knew. Clever has se very
kindly premised te mariv me."
"Te m te what? Clever?" came
in n faint shriek. "Have jeu. Clever?"
Clever, in self-defense, turned charm
full en. "Of ceur.se I have," satd she,
with great sweetness. "We're engaged."
'J he ceaseless babbler find sometime
In an instant's silence the spirit of
supreme exclamation. Sandal Meadows
had that instant new. Tlnn im
without a word, she took te her black l
...if... tm..l. .....1 .. .I I 1. . '
rH.i.ii ii.i-l-. mid nm, UKIU lipilll llPUlg
the Hist te hurl this bomb upon Hoe Hee
uiai'y and .lim.
Down the emptying middle of the
room shp Wn followed by CleVer and
Carinlchael. Hut. before they came up
te her. there sprung forward, out of
the motley throng that had dispened It
self ou lounges and chairs, another
figure.
This was an Kli'uhcthnn, swaggering
in crimson slashed doublet and trunk
hose. Admirably "done." with at
tention te detail net shown by many
male wearers of fancy estuine, he wn
obviously enjejlng the dash he cut uud
the Tightness of hi rapier, his points,
his shoes, his ruff. Ilnir and tiny
pointed heard were se much of the
period that for a moment it was diffi
cult te retranspee this sixteenth
century blade Inte the nut of Picca
dilly, of the parks, the clubs.
Swinging up te Clever, he bowed
with a flourish, he suilled with an air,
lie spoke. Ill voice was the voice of
thnt member of Clever's "Foursome"
whom Carinichael liked leust Mr.
Hebby Llewelyn.
"lair Spaniard," cried he. in the
best braggadocio Jianner. "is this the
face that launched a thousand Arma
das? Thus let me pay mine homage
te the loveliest eiiemj " here lie
swept off his plum-colored velvet cupe
and made as if te spread it ou the
parquet ur Clever's little feet "for.
by my halidein, thou art indeed tricked
out te make short work e' the hearts
of our English Admiials all!"
The Wnrdeiir street tushery came
glibly from his lips, he had an ea'c and
a dash that would captivate eight wom
en out of ten against their sounder In
stincts, and would infallibly aliennte
men of a certain tjpe, ut leu'i.
Kntranred, Mie Danced
Carinichael v. is of tin tjpe. Yeuiif;
Llewelyn, catching the engineer's steel
blue glance upon him, dropped his
"period" talk and added with elaborate
casunlne.ss, "Mrs. Klphinstenc, it's a
succes foil. Thoroughly appropriate!"
with an eje for the rose behind Clo Cle
ver's ear, for the comb and the fan
as well a for the ('banning mutinous
face. "This brings out eery diep of
Spanish bleed in j-eu, you knew. Ileal
'Old Madrid.' You'll gie me the next
dance, Curineneltii?"
Already die had .shifted her fan te
the ether hand, but between her nnd
the Klizabetlilan th"re stepped, quiet
ly, inoffensively but determinedly, the
tall blend Briten with golden dra
peries flung like a careless challenge e er
his worn dress suit ; mid before he knew
he n. rant te speak, Carmieliael )el;e,
"I think this is mine. Clever. Serry,
Llcwelju," lie added te the ether jeung
man.
Te himself he said. "Paid te keep
the ether men off, am IV tioed! Well
here's where I earn my salary." Alse
he bald te himself, "Kxquisite taste
in scent nhe.'s get ; execrable judgment
in people." Alse, "Settled his hash
for one dance."
Clever, with Carmichael's arm al
ready slipped about her shoulders te
draw her out into the room, exclaimed
with mixed feelings;
"But jeu don't dance, yi.u said."
"Yeu said I didn't dance."
"De ,eii dunce, then?"
"Alight try." he retorted succinctly.
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tnk. tl,0l'Sht what he did net
&.. 'IPhlnstnne appeared in the
iPSSi. 1 1 c?nr"w in her flouncy fleuncy flouncy
ttfeemh blaK "ntllle held high by
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edy, nucli is the curiously catholic
and liudependable musical taste of the
liriten ! lie flecks la a u.iik', Irre
spective of class, te applaud the l.wles
of (luy's deathless opera; he hums and
whistles In bis hath the latest tinsel
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and Cariiilch.iel new swung into step.
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whole of the larger gallery te them
selves. The music, the rh.Uhni, the joy
of movement took and merged them. She
danced as she had net ihiuced In her
life te the obbligato of a dazed dis
covery; why, this man was the divine
the ideul partner. In the delight of
dancing with him she seemed te find
a trace of all ether delights ; the pleas
ure she took in color, flower, sun
shine, even In theie lines nml shapeB
of classic (ireice that she loved.
It was ul 11 pun of this waltz. She
wished It need never end, Mho forget
with whom she was dancing. Silent,
entranced, r she danced.
And he? He danced, most keenl)
conscious that nheitt him rose n cloud
of the scent which he most enjoyed.
Faint, faint. elusle, intermittent,
faint but, pelgnnnt, the Hcent ns of
street brier under a shower of rain.
It was like her, or she was like It.
IIe didn't knew which. IIe closed his
ejeH as he waltzed with whom? With
11 woman who was no longer the em
ployer te whom he was bound In buil
ness and between whom and hlmaMf
were only the ties of gala and con
venience. xnii, ion and warm and
fragrant and held cleu tAthlm. wui th
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