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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
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net
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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.
Everything wns a detail except the one
stark fact that stared them both In the
face. They could net carry en nnv
longer.
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