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THE &VMPS Flirting With DUaster
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The Subconscious Courtship
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"ft Mieraii. m" ofjcrienality,
erWJLrr lofte a rte!ed a new
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period,
who has
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u.iZird Clever in aaveriny
??!? i0..r, btg, geed-natured chap,
Jllflul in Ien Uh Rosemary.
Handsomest Pair In the Beem
,-HEl' waltzed, neither conscious of
re'otber-er was It only newthat
Ae for n space conscious e I the
HSntiri Clever and the real Car-
-Inwardly perhaps already these selves
JS ch toward Urn ether. Out
WW c" ,,,, the hantl-
wardly wj
lemett pair In the room.
"Ed.1, stepping where the last chord
-th, tune left her with one feet hehl
WA heard a Pierrot near her telling
"?t Ser'danclng with the Span-
?ru;inB''Cl-"aed
fljtal of This perfect stranger, "'aheut
M,r, when Uawas borne in upon her
.."l , was "the" Cannlchaet who
that this was be ... .
ld escapcu, xr' "'".- .", i,., vii.i.
time. she tool? anuni - -
iMine dashes across the room.
K ! Bhe cried, simply fllnKing
henelf upon him. "Why de you loe
.1 m Hever? He called me Sandal.
H.W,' wll? jeu'pleaBe pre'lnise me some
thing at once?"
"What is It?"
'Ne, will ou premise mc?
"Net unconditionally ; no.
"Ob, you attractive duck, hew well
I can see bow you inuue w -
rrlrd the llappcr. "But de give
iua( x uu bu
jeu!
jen,'
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m eenieimnK, "".i
lour uuiegruim.
beunued
the
itv .,!!,, i . u ?,niiii(lp(l se like
lrttefs that had been addressed te hlra
iA'.i.u "nn.lnlt Se new she knew?
"Yes. only your autograph six times
written out' she pleaded. "There are
lust a few KlrlH I knew who would se
love it. I don't mean new, you knew.
I'll bring you my llttle book tomorrow,
and eonie netepapcr, when you come.
Teu don't mind my knowing you are the
Turkish camp man, de you? Thank
i .... n murii ! t knew you den t really
mind me ... .,
Fer with dismay en hta face there
mingled a leek of indulgence toward tin
child. Clever, also Hcetng it, 'thought
V 'Mi.lwM mv lint i nnu my suicKinEs.
New it'x my "pnrtni-rs. KIiu'h welcome
te Llm if bbe'd only Icave my things
alone."
All the came, the next hesitation
waltz found h'r forgetting in Cnrmlch
ael's arms tbut it wus Curmlchael with
whom she danced.
"They're engaged!" Sandal, very
important, hanging back from one pf
her lads, blurted it out ever her shoul
der at the Elizabethan gallant. "They're
engaged. Pukka. Ne, Bebby, I den t
mean they're engaged for every dance
tonight. They're going te be married.
And when you've recovered conscious censcious conscieus
nesa you'll hae te go up and cengrnt-
Juiais mem.
Bebby Mcwelyn, the barrister with
a gift for amateur theatricals and fnsh-
lonaeie tailoring, hioeu mere be uitimai
that fecnil waltzing couple bumped
into him as he steed before he pulled
himself together, felt involuntarily for
a discarded monocle, pulled his' rapier
xrem between his biiucn Knees, nnu
flapper. "But I bet that doesn't menn
ny of the tones of voice Clever utters
it in I ' Net she ; I always notice she
seys the same 'you te Duck Car-,
mfchael as she said te Fresty-face
Elphlnstone and all the pcople at the
office. Talk about engaged people in
the.house being; as geed as a play!"
she tossed the golden repe of hair back
ever her shoulder, "I call it a crash
ing failure from my polntef view."
'Evcry pair of levers invent a spe
cial 'llttle language' of their own,"
mused Mrs. Meadows, paying, as usual,
scant vheed te her children's prattle.
"Majer Carmlcbael and our dear Clever
may net seem te have very much te
soy te each ether, but when nene of
us are there I expect it's a very dif
ferent story."
It was, though net In the sense that
the gentle soul imagined.
Take, for instance, that discussion
of theirs about February 14. '
Day of a neglected saint, it has come
In this country te mean far less than
Guy Fawkcs, less than the FcaBt of
All Feels. Only seme levers still re
member; seme naturalists; some senti
mentalists. Mrs. Meadows, hearing
the date fixed for Clever's wedding,
murmured, "Valentine's Day! Hew
touching 1" Her mind went back dec
ades te what St. Valentine's Day had
meant te her: the cardbenrd casket with
the frill of lace; the heart of pink per
fumed padded satin ; the ribbon-tag
that, pulled, revealed an opening bou
quet of paper-blossoms bearing the
motto, "Be Mine." That fashion was
dead as the then fashlonable bustle. Te
her daughters Rosemary and LaVcndcr
"a valentine" had still meant the ex
cuse for presents from admirers who
wished te send chocolates in n lordly
box or scent In n nhlal of cloudy glass".
Little Sandal would have cried, "Val
entines? The!0 weird cards with doves
doing nese dives en them? It must
have been n scream te hnve anybody
in leve with you in these days!"
Still, te be married en Valentine's.
Day had seemed a pretty idea.
Consider, however, hew much the
prcttlncss of the lden mennt te these
Qanccs, once away from these whom It
must impress.
Carmlchacl, turning ever his small
pocket diary, mid. "Yes, I did make
u forward nete for the 14th. Here 'tis.
Yeu booked it, tee?"
"Would I forget it?" sold Clever
snubblngly.
This happened when they had gone gene
out for & walk ("te discuss tinal ar
rangements") en Wimbledon Common.
The world's worst climate poured
upon them torrents of cold und driving
rain; the reeds and the paths be
tween the gorse-bullies were deserted
;lvcn up te this adventurous couple in
wet-weather attire. They strode along,
iregues splashing through puddles, cold
lreps en their eyelashes, able te Fee
llttle nhcad In any ense It would have
"jeen a comfortless prospect enough, that
afternoon.
drew back into the doorway.
."Gad." he muttered te himself.
Bla disconcerted gaza again followed
the dancers: followed the Spaniard's
hert full frock of creamy lace; her
black mantilla caught high, by the
comb, above her face; her slim, white
sheathed ankles; her little black shoes
that carried her poised, swaying, glid
ing in lyrical accord with that partner
of hers. Curmichacl's lieht cloak flew
out behind him in the dance, leaving his
till, black-und-whltc figure like u mnht
te that billowing nail of geld-and-mber
Miln, a sail full of nir; once
at & turning step it furled itself about
hie partner, enfolding them together;
It had te be caught nwny, and again
it itreamed out, n golden banner be-
mne. tuem. ,
With a blank face Llewelyn watched.
Then " 'There's many a slip.' " he told
hlmielf. "They aren't married."
He tent a glance after Carmlcbael
hlch (could leeks have slain) would
nv put an end then nnd there te any
JSjrrtage prospects, nnd he repeated,
They aren't married yet!"
Jey-Hells
Comments attend an engagement as
Mtyrally as birds fellow the plow.
Hut tin Clever-Cnrinicliael engage
ment pruWded few juicy tidbits for the
reeelps. These people knew merely
jht the pnir had nipt at a dinner; that
Jey were te be married very been ; en
lehruary 14,
Nobody had heard If that silent young
nan had fallen in love at first sight
JK& that independent young woman.
wnat he baid about her, what bhc
thought about him, and exactly ."hew
jch in love" the ceuple were all tin..
hlank remained a disappointing
rlSe ""erved. both of them." was
'". Meadows' verdict. "Darling
,V. er nvl'r lma ,,,,l'' "We te bliew her
weper feelings even te us. Yet we
S ' ,'-v m"ht L' ll(,rp' Anil, though
SK,du W " Pirl itl attracted by her
"PpeHle. ifH ceitalnly net se there.
te lit (,ttlml,'l"u'1 is n ciiMi of 'Like
vm,B ' J ,'"lvc 110Vur 'ct t-een the
. 3f ",1?" '"el at Clever net what
we should call 'leek.' in my day."
uue was in the Itlohraeiid Victorian-
,??rawing-roem, talking te her girls.
diMU.emarj: Bftil1' "ur ly wan se
Peit.Lntlmcrtnl- (len''- It makes us
peit-war people quite faint te think
numh'.. 0ur world is mere full of a
bui?n ' IMngs. Clever's get the
tineia. He-? ROt nlg .cnglncerng,
thi:I J?ut '?ts of themselves Inte
" "Ork. mntlir Tint- h ..i.,,.l.
lh. 2L.rth0 aK for Puttlmr all
WO0tl"al eggs into one basket.
fell 2i!5n thS whole let crashed nt ene
mentr p' ' emc,et of 8,ntl"
' m lthere. ?an,I?l.B clcar tr,ule broke in
hltk cnU, '" "nrryl I haven't
te hi.h.r I'W nrry yet. Net
' thai -,- ' l ence rpal somewhere
rteni f rren1"n YOU in n certein
I'tnAnini .' . " '"n "lest pass onute
' OttM". ,l! " " Uttered by a
,';"- a ins, .' -nin.,.n.. i', i,.'.,,u
Jeybells of .Matrimony
"Right. That's our wedding day
then," said he briskly. "A quiet af
fair. Just sour aunt and these girls,
I Mippose. Yeu won't want any one
lse.. clever?1'
Clever, eharply, "Quiet? .Certainly
net! Jii'-t the family? (ioeil gracieu
What made you think of such ft thing?
That, would miss the whole point!"
'What" neinl? Surely you don't
want n tamnsha? Mebs of neeplc?"
"But, of ceurbc, that's exactly what
I de want!"
Horrified alienee from the bride-"fnnm-tn-br.
"T wnnt." said the brlde-to-be, res
elutely, "every outward and Visible sign
that I can novo. A Dig weutung. aoy aey
h..ll. A crush at the Hyde Park Hetel.
Bed carpet and confetti galore, messes
of flowers, cases nnu cases or. eiiain
mirtin Krprvliedv T knew. Kvery-
bedv ! I must have the difference well
marked."
"T what difference?"
"Tim difference that there Is golnCte
be In my life. In my way of living, at
all events. I want tliat made obvious
te everybody. A hole-and-corner wed
ding would net teem !e like a real one.
TVin'l vnn underHtnnd what I want?"
He did net reply. Gloomily he stared
ahead, seeing, net the weeping lanu lanu
senne. hut that ceremony, that crush.
tin miia nnt hnvn told anv ene hew
hiclKnim and what u mockery it all
iinemnri mifldenlv te him.
Tn Clever, tee. it suddenly appeared
from another ungle. She hed meant te
eTi.lmln evervthinar but the business as-
njtt TTm.AOGAnnhli. nnil fllim Intn I1T1.
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ether aspects of her conduct dimmered
up from behind the clear expediency of
it. Whvr it nne seemed nericL-iiy uu
rlffht two years before when she hnd
found herself willing te make a mar-
rlage of. convenience with that remote
employer of hers, Jehn filphlnstenc.
lint new en the eve of this net-even-
marriage where the man would benefit
as much ns she new, at the eleventh
hour, she found herself thinking
against it.
Tt- wna nn uclv fthnm I
It was taking cover behind what was
intended te shelter something tender and
beautiful 1
It was n gigantic fraud en her own
,.nl! Tt "wasn't crle" ! She had
here te remind herself that, of course, it
wasn't supposed te bu cricket; it was
pure business. Her deep down and
Drnwine repugnance te it did net keep
rimer" silent. On the contrary, te
drown the voice of (he whisperer from
the depths, she became deliberately
flunnf .
'This wedding." hhc declared, "Is
te make what is vulgarly called 'a
eninHh.' And. whlle I remember! I
,..ii.i. vnn. nlease. te cet married in uni
form. If I could wear orange-blos-
enum nnd Auntle'R wonderful old Lim
erick luce veil nnd n court drew of
..l.ltn miracle-brocade. I would. But I
ta'V,mt T0U? Why net?"
"Bccnuse, of course, widows don't."
"T EOO."
Striding along beside her, he cheched
an almost imperceptible bmlle. What
knit of a widow was this girl who mid
I,....,, "mnirled" for exactly a aunrtcr
of an hour? The wime sort of "widew'l
sorry, but I am
temporary officers
Mie would go en being if anything hap
,,,i, ml in hnr second husband.
"I see." he said again. "Widows
don't. Aim J am
afraid demobilized
don't either."
"Den t wnaif
"Wear uniforms at their weddings."
"D'yeu mean you aren't allowed te?"
"I'm afraid net," said lie, feeling
. ,iin ilrht tlniH In his career borne
eratltude toward the powers-that-be.
teserve man? I thought you could apply
for nermUBien- -"
"Impossible, I am afraid," returned
Carmlchacl, and she saw it wt final,
if net from the War Office, then from
Very' cress with both of them, she
agreed. "Well, If it's impossible, jeu
can't, of course." And "e wondered
if this young soldier would have felt
that te wear the King's uniform, at this
wedding, would have been making it a,
masquerade, ccn as her cloak bad been
for him.
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