z?mmmr ?WP fi, L. J .t ff j1 .v &"-" 7 Vl'jFP !& $ Pl -sr?'i- av"' r' r V - - v " f VrfW .iVit,. .A " "va EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHliSADELjPHtA, MONDAY; DECEMBER 18, 1922 The Subconscious Courtship A modern woman' extraordinary , theme te keep taiten from Interfer tng with her Ufa U told tn thle fa$etnatlng novel By BERTA RUCK Auther of "Tht Wrong Ur. Wrteht," "The Arrant Hever." Bte. Copvrteht, lttlt Oedd, Jfecid 4 Ce. wHlVH WHO IN THE STORY CLOVER ELPBimTONE. charm tea voting teldew, tche ha inherited a Ua btiiineit. Harried by relative! and Mtndt who want te tpend her money, Jti nttert who leant te marry her for It the decidet te marry a 'hutband for tmenience," te fend off "the harpiet," ,ntPAJOR HARRY OAltilwnAEL, World War veteran, man of personality, . engineer tche ha invented a new mail, te finance tchlch he agrees te Clevtr't "ttrictly butineis" propetl- SEMARY MEADOWS, Clever', Wtt"- a prcltu ajrl of the period. MRS. MEADOWS, mint, tche hat befriended Clever in advenity and it theteered tcith favert. ... - SAXDAL, younger daughter, d '5 'if' 1IOLT, big. geed-natured chap, Uthfully in love tcith Retemary. Up -te 'date Mnrrlace WTOV are one of the lucky fellows of X the world, Cannichnel. you knew," O'llrien n!tl. , , "Yeu hnve tMtty well Ret rverythlnB In your hand", mid you have the mmihe net te id nml Hiiell It by (matching and grab bin nnd growling ever It like n deg TfKh a b""e. If I niny "ay e, when I im niP.rrled I shall take a leaf out of '""'Oh, which leaf?" asked Harry Car dehaM quite cvculy. "Oh, that about up-te-date mar ring generally. The old-style Vic torian form of marriage simply decnn t work nowadays. I hae fceii something of it; be: a brother. He marries, war time romance and nil Hint sort of thing, desperately keen en the girl, girl Niually keen en him. charming girl, Jelly geed-looking, very brainy, com cem rnandnnt of Hie hospital where he was : accustomed te running things, don't you knew? Haying te one mnn 'Ge and he geetli. and te another 'De nnd he doe h sort of show, nmisteincd te meeting all sorts nnd conditions of people, crowds of friends, all sorts of offers, 1 believe, but prefers my comic old brother," chnttcd O'llrien. "mar ries him. Se far se geed ; only, pres ently, he in his prehistoric s yle starts taking exception te her ever speaking te another mnn. liars her going te dances uith them. Won't henr of her dining anywhere with her old patients, nilnd ou! Would be perfectly happy if lie could lock his young, woman up In n glafs case; no, net even glass, be cause then they would still be able te leek nt her " Cnrmlcliacl. in the middle of bis "tumult, leiiml himself thinking grimly tlint there was a let te be said for this ' attitude. "Kesult is. fiasco," pursued O'llrien ever his deviled eggs. "Scenes nnd un happiness, the modern wile refusing te stand for the jelly old cave! My sister-in-law declaring thin if she meant te go Inte a convent she would hnvc taken the veil instead of getting mnr ried and whether she will stick it and tay en much longer " He shrugged bis shoulders. "My miserable old brother at his wit's end and .all his own fault. , Whereas you, it seems te me, yen take sensible views about separate inter- sts nnd plenty of freedom nnd all - that." "Yeu mean my wife lunching ever there with Llewelyn, I suppose? He has known her a great deal longer than I have. We are supposed te be civil -lied," snid Carniichncl smoothly enough erer the raging, cave-man jealousy in his heart. ".lelly sensible view (e take," said O'llrien. Then, turning te another subject, "well ! ns say. 1 think we have get the chief going about that lit tle Invention of our. This Is s rictly unofficial, you knew, but actually I rang Jen up because I thought 1 would like te let ou knew mere or less " Shnn-tnlk occupied the rest of trie lunch. Then Carinlchacl rose. "De you mind if 1 go across te them for a tninutc?" He made his wny between the tables te the one where Clever set ; her hend In Its lit le feathery tuque Wns bent ever n spray of sunshine-yellow orchids which she was. fastening into her cloud tray furs. ("Net freeslns tills time. Orchids, the fellow has brought her.") "Hew de you de. Llewelyn?" Car Blchael snid, cordially, "I sny. may I bring O'llrien ever te have coffee with you, Clever?" "Oh, de," Clever smiled; "tell the Walter te get two mere chairs, Cobble." The husband, the wife, the Tertian Quid, nnd the man who thought it wns Jelly sensible arrangement sat down nd took coffee together. Perhaps it wns that "Rebbie" that Biae Carmlcheel devote himself exclii Jivcly te the bearer of that tinmc. Frem nm manner no one would hnvc known that he didn't rather like him. Cor Cer tmchnel was net n racing man, but this flifln t prevent hlni from dlcussng the i'l'i ,,n.1n'' Liverpool Sering Meetings J'ith Hebble. Cnrmichnel loathed bridge, "ut he nlse talked bridge te Hebble, who was Interested hi it. Anether of the young barrister's subjects, clothes, was allowed nn ample share in the con versation, nnd ("lever heard her bus Band discussing (with nt least ns much n,"st s though it had affected tln mast) whether or net the black suede ee ter men in the evening is slovenly ptw."1 v" fccl llke bt',lroem Hl- i ",A" !,lm"1 things nre uncomfei table. ,Xut ''"'forms," continued O'Crlen. ii. .M0rc alt ramforluble things nre muminrt, decree.l Bebbie Llewelyn tnappily unaware of Oirmlchnel'H snv mif. lnwnri1 comment, "A pity it is Witc impossible te brain him.") kh. ...y,ou tnkl"K m' wife en any "ere.'" he asked agreeably. ,-,"". neld the little nourish which might have been that of the Klhnbethnn mi. . ,la.n('e' "lB Mrs- Cnrmichnel Pmig te tuke me unywhere?" he asked Otlts' ' Y"s KlnC ' " J""." S ? lmt '" "whether .veu would "re te conic te the private view of the drVu.1 ''"'"J" I,ert'H. 'i'here is a little "n if .nf "" "'"P." "ellghtful," murmured Llewelyn. Wiru r ,d '' nut leek at ul,- K1' was weking nt her huband. In every nerve atinn te uas conu'leus of the situ f"0",' "h0 lil herself, "lie Is fur isl'i !e ls Bl"'Ply furious! There inMv V bc no cni t ttterin pres Ai.,1 .i cre lH eeinS ,0 ,,u hcenn!" ni that part of her which hnd cried '"lht se excitedly, "He U going ,bnrrn1' bend," lifted its head I am m'V' !' lwr ,n vry "l ," lml. th? t .'U ,1"it.u lH BlB ,0 '' Wfei is just whnt I want," rie..?' J'1,ne1'. Mienklng directly te hall i for ,i,c ,irst tne. MM. "I and OM. .'" for tP"'" ' ref"'- e nu ) Ilr en Wl.t out, leaving his wife "I the ether nma still there. CaVmi'il!6 ,,lrl'l,c,l O'llrien at his club, read Pi61 wn.1 blR,k (" ' K'"' te de ,nlmm b.efere be '""I Intended u ue go ha m le.l fu n...... "Yes, hnve It ready. I may ur. " net ready I se he called Mrs, Hates. l.V7.JOU ..ml"!,t et that bedroom ft after all tednv." hn rii The i?"i m'n the cIpa" heel. tr1 Want it ! I mn.V. I don't knew. Ihen he turned nml walked te Ha lter street, down Yerk place past Port Pert mnu Scjunre nnd en te Marble Arch. He walked, quickly, us n mnn does whose mind the while Is working at racing speed. Fer his thoughts were carrying him through the coming cclnlrclsscmcnt with Clever; very henvy wenther Indeed, tully determined he wns te point out te her exactly what her conduct looked like. Indiscreet wbb a very mild way of putting it. It wns only a chnnce that she'd been seen by young O'llrien who wns a de cent fellow. He might take It ns a mntter of course that Mrs. Carmichael was always about with an old admirer. Other people would have much mere te say about it than that by Jove. . . Did she. Clever, want te have her name centinimlly coupled with that of that waster, that rotten young hanger hanger en. Sjhc was going the right wuy for It, etc. And why lie? Yes; why He about It. only this jiiernlng? etc. Anv hus band who wns wertli his salt, etc. He, Cnrmichnel, didn't Intend te take it lying down, that, etc., etc. In short, he fumed ; his mind n chaos and a loud one. for every cliche sa cred te the resentful male shouted Itself from the depths. He premised himself that presently he would repeat every word of this te that girl her self. lie glanced nt his wntch. It was still early. He turned Inte the park, sat down en a chair under the budding elms, nml gloomily smoked n couple of pipes whue he watched small boys bowling their hoops along the paths, little girls flying their colored balloons, and Sphinxes in perambulators who guzed impartially out upon their nurses, upon the crocus-speckled grass, upon the passers-by. "Children," thought Cnrmlcliacl brusquely. "When you're quite a young fellow you thinjc you'd hate te be bothered with them. (Set en te thirty, and you don't welcome prospect .if being sure you'll never have nny of your own. Again he looked nt his watch. Half past four. His nugry thoughts hnd censed te shout quite se noisily within him, but he wns sere nnd fed." He made his way buck te (Ireen street, te that house divided, and fitted his key into the lock. In the hall n maid came up te him "Mrs. Cnrmichnel is in the garden sir." "Did she tell you te tell me that?" "Yes, sir." "Very well." He went through the long windows (if the dining room into the garden at the back of the house. It was called "garden" but was ac tually a square space of turf nnd stone paved walks, overlooked by the back if big houses. Hlcnl: enough it looked en this afternoon of late March; yet it had a curious beauty, a character istically Londen beauty of cool greens ami silver grays and soft browns, in the midst of the largest crass patch there was a stone fountain ; above its basin the figure of n little sturdy lee struggled with n giant dolphin whose mouth spouted crystal, standing lie side this fountain, with one feet mi the curb was Clever, casting down nt the carp that glinted te and fro in tiie .dinilew water. He Worshiped Her! f'Srmichnel came toward her. She was oil in gray us she had been at lunch; nnd in her cloud-gray furs were nestled still that fellow's sunshine yellow orchids. Vivid and fresh she steed out against the background of tall ruy houses, of bread stone walks, of emerald turf, of chill, spraying water of bleak Louden sky ! Se beautiful she wus that Cnrmichnel, full te the lips of passionate jealousy and jealous passion, felt he could scarcely hear the sight. w nntevcr sue did or said or was, lie eved her. He worshiped and desired her se that the pain of it nearly stunned Mm. He snid, "I wanted te speak te ou," in the quietest voice that even Clever had ever heard from even htm. She diew her gray-shed feet from the curb of the fountain, nnd glanced to ward the long windows of the dining room behind him. Very quietly also, but with every nerve of her still ex pectant of the coming storm she an swered: "Shall we go in, then?" "Ne," Carmichael answered. "I enn say all I have te say here. I won't bother you for mere than a few min utes." Her gray eyes widened. Fer. sud denly, she saw what (suddenly) he had decided te himself. There would be no bterm. There would be no scene. Hew. indeed, could there be nny scene? Things were altogether tee bail for that. A scene, with arguments, angry words, reproaches, recrimina tions all this is for a situation where there Is still hope. Here, ns things steed, there was no hope. Hnd it. Thnt wis the only way. End it ! Fer hew could 1 e reproach her with deceiving him, lying te him, pre ferring another man, acting rcpichcn slbly as a wife. Except as a lie, she was net his wife. Net Ills te reproach. He could net sny anything without say ing everything. Since everything might net be snid, he would sny nothing, ills heart clumeied within him. but in n voice tliut chilled her because it was be gentle, se unemotional, se tlnal, he said. "Yeu knew, this has become im possible." She did net even say, "What has?" In a flnsh she knew whnt he meant the whole situation. She snid, without any expression, "Yeu mean our this marriage." "Yes." "I see." "I nm sorry," bald Cannichnel with an effort. "It wns a bargain, it's gene as far as It can." "Yes " "It well, it can't go en. It'n jm jm pessible. The the farce will have te step. Yeu de see that?" "Yes'," said Clever again. At that moment she knew, with the same certainty which she felt when her tlnlr whispered within her she knew that It was utterly hopeless te say anything else. (Even if she wanted te!) She knew hu was right. It wns Impos sible. The terms en which they hud been, he nml she, hnd altered nil of a sudden. Whether it wns lust night, or today at lunch, or both, thnt had shifted the focus of their lives tliut didn't mntter. Whether it was the fault of her independence or of Cur Cur mlehnel's pride whether it hud any thing te de with Hebby Llewelyn or Cox or the mast or Elphlnstene Hret It ers, or the money nny of them were, spending nil thnt wus new besUle the mark. The question did net arise whether one of them hnd been treating the ether unfairly; what had begun this, whnt had brought it te u hend these things need net even be discussed. 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