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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY,, DECEMBER 19, ,1922
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By Sidney Smith
THE GUMPS Surprise! Surprise!
7fe Subconscious Courtship
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A modern woman' xtraerdinary oehemm te ketp tttitert from intirfer.
ing With htr lit te told In thit fascinating nevel
By BERTA RUCK
'Auther of "The Wrong Mr. Wright," "The Arrant ilever " tte.
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WHO'S WHO IN TIIK STORY
VOVnit TJM'ltrXHTOXll charm
veunj u Mew. tche has inherited ,
Lii'iif". H'trrhd by relatives am
"A . .rin e iiiiriirf ftcr meneu
l"i,uUe, who leant te marry her for
it the derides te marry a 'husband for
" "''" - mrf off "the harnics."
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friritf if"0 """" ,0 "'"" """.
;.'.n flier," fOiCUtt Off mc nurj.nJ,
tfS'jeff OABUICIIABL,
World War veteran, man of personality,
tnriigiiicer who lias Invented a new
mitt, tn fllllllHV iclicl (C OfflTM fe
llma'a "strictly business" propesl-
thROSKUMlY MjnADOWS. Clever's
tttiin, a pirttti eirl of the pciied.
JW. Mi:M08, aunt, who has
Mritndrd Clever In adversity and is
jkeuerrd with favors, . ,
8ASD.il,, younger daughter, a
$$' HOLT, big, poed-natmed cap,
ythjiilbj in luvc with Heiemaiy,
CIIAHTKH V
'I lie .Married HachcJers
MxniXV," iiiKpiI Clever Unperson Unpersen
W ullj. "ae ou going te de?"
"I .1111 afraid I shall 'nave te go,"
lllil Ciiimlrlmrl In the voice of enj nt
k ten pari. invvnrtiiy no tern nimscn,
''(.'lit It Hiort, flit 11 sueri. i tan i
ptnn,l murli of tills." He turned lite
life iiiiiM levvnru uic neuii:.
"uii i"''i" "" "'" ,0IIVC Grcen
itteft. ?" ,nL'k ,0 "''"c J"011 UHetI ,0
Jivei"
"I Mippw "e, I mrnn, I shall leave
Green Miri't. of reurse."
"Ami what shall I what ought I
te de?"
i don't l.new: I suppose you will
4e a- jeu cheese, won't- eir?" he said
qwYM. ainiuus te se. net te have te
Vfli hoi- uiee anv leiiRer. net te see her
faic. "Sni here for n hit, pcihapx,
nd tlieii. "f coiirfe. ou iiavc your
?ip!e. Mr. Meadows is iiIwh.vh then'.
our ieiisiix. It will se hark te what
I was as fur as jeu're i enccrned cx
fpt that "f ieui.-c eu're married."
CleM-r" fine a win looked at his
urited pielile wi u- entirely espies espies
feiilf a me I he faces of tho.e who
)no I'ie i uieh te epie. When Iiiimnn
Inns- in 'iiUKht In the ?l'ip of lows
iuilii nn ' them, their nn:il means
DfnineiiiB a leni-hmeut. pietc-t or
pjieal f.iil them like weapons which
tm ii mil te he nf lath instead of Htcel.
Did t'leer v,i-h for thlsV WaH it a
Hi bhl u(f her mind that her show shew
Jiiul.Mid had taken uialterH Inte his own
b.iluN :uiil had cut the tangle? In U
.i'Iiv", i . She was shul lie had hpeken
eit. 1 tu it ua- at the -ame moment
(liai -lie ii.ilied r-iiiiet IiiiiM eKe. She
did ant u.it him te go. (Juite unmis
t.ikihlj her w i-h mis for him te btaj
te m mine te uiy ether thiiiKS.
V.wn as -he, all daed, realized this,
lc siiiKi'. He said, quiekly and awk
vanlh : "Yeu have done all and mere
than 1 asked jeii for. I well, I wish
I had nut net breuslit ou into all
tl.Ii. "
Hlie theiisht : "lie puts it that. he
Vreu lit iiie in. That's tntlicr won wen
(lcrl'i)l nf liim, when it was all my
mr
Ih -.lid. reeie haishly: "'With re
Kttd te thi imine side of it. I'll write."
What Ik meant te de was te ceml
trr haik eveiy penny of the sum that
remained te his credit at liin bank,
thanks ti, he huge cheque 'paid In, in
lYbiunij last, hy I'lphiiiRtene Hrethern.
That was ipiite eh'iir te him: even In
)h .iKit.it ion. rialdl" suppressed and
t' what an I'lTni't '
He i winded : These luwjei" people
IH ttiPe tinhew."
tler liesiiuted : "Must the .'
'Vh.it de ni mean?"
"I mean -well! Your net being here
-rerj inm-li need net leek like n cep
rntluii? 1'ieple knew jeii are be busy.
Be." Clewr siiRcested with a touch of
rhlldisli sininlieitv which had already
lurpri-fd him in a woman of her posi
tion, "iinhih ueeil knew about all thin,
really : nwi thev?"
Ih' uiiie a short, grim latmh. He
jlaiKi'd nl nut mid above them. IJverv
'! n that sijiuue was patterned with
JWihIuwn et siiiTeiinding houses. He
liinil aih window ('jirmicliael seemed
le Me i j C-. l!jer of people who
t(lied, who speculated, wlie saw, who
(eatlped, who guessed, who knew.
"liven bndv will be bound te knew,
ptwenllv," he assured her. "That
can't he avoided, I am afiaid. Of
course, there in ed net be any unpleas unpleas
Itltness linple will gradually tumble
Jj it that theie has Iks'II n mistake.
Our getting married. I mean. I'lentv
W lieiph- hnve made that mistake. "
".Nut quili' this kind of mistake,"
Clever leplieil absently. "However,
that K our business, net theirs1."
"Yes" He iiiiild net Huppres u
ttOTemeiii nl impatience. "Out It short,
t It shun," win lied the voice within
Jilm, hut tfie voice within Clever cried,
vVuit: Wait! Hen't Im lu Hitch n
airrj. .Must jeu let it come te thin?"
Inner storm whirled them round nnd
Wiuiil. Hut the tenter of the tyelene
ai this deadly HtillnehH. Only for one
ZiiBtniu did u seem hh though, through
'hut Millui..., something would break,
'"'i, with a little gesture new he
wmlh.ir tu him, nut her hand te her
urs and he was lemlnded of that
Wliir nltiTiKiu In Ulchmend I'ark. That
tts the begiiiiilng. Here, nt the end,
Hie made Unit sumo nrettv movement.
nil there drifted oeresH 'te him that
Mine scent that well-known scent that
"HI HOW Hi liitlnrltr full nf naunntn H.iTI
"rlhat fre.sh, alluring. nerHlstent scrtit
01 httfOthrll.l- lillHei- rnln
He U'nu T'Ulili nna Imin'u.l.w.a.hl.
.,,,,, v,,r nun n-UIV.UIN
It tlll'Illlll! In linr Iintli liniwlu mil.
Iff liked. She. nil llm tin nf her
come back te that
this actuiillj- happened? Will he never
come back te this Iieiipc?"
And that curious Oalr within her
mid. distinctly:
"Never."
He nevec. did
house.
In natuie's show-window of the
Londen parks- the laecweik of bare
blanches, with buds for knots- In the
lace, gave ptace te the soft gauze
carves et AptH green; that, in turn,
went out of season before the rioting
lose-ptnk of Londen's Mu.v. Hut still
there was no further meeting of the
two who had parted flu that afternoon
of Match.
The wetld-where-they-tnlk went en
talking, nor did It forget the young
Carmichaels. Ter Instance
Scene I. Any Londen Club.
Any Club Man te Any Other Club
'Man: I say, jeu knew- the great
Cox, don't you? He's en te a bound
line nt last.
Ditte. Time he was: he's glittered
plenty. Whnt'n the line?
Ditte. Mast, for nil ships. Teleceplc,
mngnctle, the best Idea yet.
Ditte. His?
Ditte. Ne; it's by a man called Car
mlnhnel, whom he's backing: the
Turkish prlben chap, very geed fel
low, tee.
Ditte. Well, this club wants members.
Why don't you put him up?
Ditte. Net en jour life! Net en Car
mlchael's life, rather. He's the most
unsociable beggar yet; loathes clubs:
can't get him Inside one.
Ditte. That's fiir.iij : hew did he get
his maiit planted, then?
Ditte. Oh, cherehcz la femme. His
wife happens te be Klphlnstene
Hrethers, you knew. The thing W te
get the Mart, I suppose. She gave
it te him.
Voice. Heally ! Somehow 1 fancied he
was n bachelor; hung out In gloomy
little diggings In the Kusteu Uead all
nlene and gnve himself up entirely te
impievitig his inventions. Must he
some one else I was thinking about
Voice. Is the mast going all right,
though?
Voice. Huthcr. Loek out Ter it
Scene 2. Any Weman's Drawing Iloem
Between Hie Bridge Sets
Gieen-tep tables, jirz chintz, much
uselens litter In stiver, nercelain nnd
enamel. Atinnspheic of M-ented clothes, '
fiice powder ai.d cut Powers.
l'emlnine Voice. 1 thought you
Mrs. ('nrmichael was mmlng?
Ditte. Ne; bus.v. I told oil, didn't I,
that -lie was Klphtnsiene Hrethers in
public life?
Ditte. Klphlnstene Brethers? We have
always hud shares, jeu knew, but
they say (deprecating hend-shaklng).
Ditte. I would lather stick te horses or
bridge! Just as wife nowadays
Ditte. Well, net indiistilals
(A laugh. The lad who has just
redoubled in heaits W known te have
come a cropper' In industrials.)
Anether Feminine Voice (in slight
alarm). I say, you haven't heard
anything about KIpliliiKteues, have
you?
Ditte. Oh, my dear, should I be likely
te? It is only that everything Is se
shaky nt present ; most of us will be
lu the workhouse before we can suy
"Skilly." All I heard was
Hostess (cutting uselutely In). Oh,
ienic: Is this u meeting et sharehold
ers or n bridge four?
(Game resumed.)
(During the i.vxt interval.)
Feminine Voice I met Hebble
Llewelyn the ether day. With Mrs.
Carmichael by the way.
Ditte H'm.
Ditte Hew suddenly the Carmichaels
gave up that Ciiecn street house! The
people clime back unexpectedly from
abroad, or something. H all suuiidcd
rather curious. Where- is Mrs. Car
michael new?
Ditte Oil. lather amu-iiig. She's
gene back te that i emii- show of hers
with the aunt and the hundred cousins
en Hichmend Hill
Chorus of Several Voices What?
Voice (impressively) Yes. Fran
tically busy time nt the office is the
excuse given out. It seemed early diiys
for rifts in lutes, te me.
Voice (eagerly) De you mean te
say he Isn't there, tee? "'
Ditte He, my dear, has gene back
te living in u wine cellar or something
in (lie Ihisten toad. Perfecting some
sort of new wing for airplanes or
something is the excuse given out
there. Anyhow, he never gees near her.
Ditte What? Hut they give a big
theatre pnrty or something te the Al
gernon Coxes
Ditte Ah ! Ages nge. Since then
(A shrug).
Voice (incredulously) But she's se
huely! Never gees, near her? They're
never together?
Voice of the lady with the inferma
tien II the.v me, my dear, when?!
.oiieuy Knows; ."Se its sate te say
WET L mtm wy x-VaU. .-. S.Zt T &$ W J drT
SOMEBODY'S ST ENOG Leaving the Bey Out of the Conversation
By Hayward
SSfrCTTHfrT' A LETT6R COMPLMUtu'
-THAT & fiZZe BOX With ahuhree
r7 AlOffr WJCAr DlHE&! AMOTHER PRqpF
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te;TEKt6 ,"TeB: I TOLD HER TO
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The young lady across the way
mi.v s the war has been ever for
meie than four ears and 111 her
opinion the time has come for the
(levcrnment te grant espionage te
the peer misguided men who were
thrown into prison under the
amnesty law.
PETEYAn Experience Miles Frem Palm Beach
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That Is what lh wet Id Mtiil. And
as legards the main f.M-t. the vveild was
jierfeetly right.
Clever had returned te that heu.se.
the I'leNpect. en Itiehnieuil Hill. Once '
mere slie slept in tin bedroom that was
like the inside of a yellow tulip. Once
mere sue was supposed te own that
supei-buthioem with the Ktruscau
which she had never hud te herself : for
once mere when she tried the deer she
frequently found It locked and beard J
the joyous giggle, of Oh. Clever, pet. '
.en deu't mind little Sandal sidling in
here for u wallow?" Once mere her
embroidery frame and her Times' Club
novel were te be found among the ether i
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Km.-.., .i..r. in iiiuv iiruniiiK room
crowded with furniture of every reicn
from that of Queen Anne te that of
Ileal A Hen. mice mere sue took up
the old Hfe; once mero tlieie was Teddy
te he coached in table manners. Lnrnn.
der, Itesemary nnd Kiindal te be seen
tuieugu ns regaiited trects, amuse-
inents anil pocket money; once meie
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''nmie, hail his name "Hurry." Hut I she went from Ulchmend te the cltv
jj iniMiiieil iiuiitteifd; he took n ipiitki (but nowadays with a mere nuxied-
,P. iim tn her, hut nvvay horn her. fare): once meie there vvcie tramps
II.. N,i,. "That's all, then. I i thiniigh Ham (late Inte Hichmend
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Harry
'ili.ill .miii gii diu'ctly,?"
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tarpeted, charmlngl appointed lied
wni tint had been his for little
or" than a month. He rang for
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netliilig te ,'ave.
niiuldc. by the fountain with its
ri.- 'i '"" ,,ev'' """ tile J-lsli. tliern
r'(d up and down the girl ull in gray
wut jur llm t.iint nt ui...ei.i..... ..ii,..,.
fv?, B 'ier furs. Perhaps it was the
!' J,Br.ch br,w-0 that made her
Indoor," ' but Bbe weu,d net B
HSnik.new, t,mt '" W01'11 net come
Salf .int th? Bnrrlcn. She gave him
1 ttt ..SF '" wu'c te get away.
fa Vtin inriL?lnutes h '
was
(Hreiuy crceu new flowed ibe fre.i. '
foliage of the oak that had been hlacklv '
ifm.-i wii mi' iim.-. 11U.JH uiai uar
mlchael had proposed te her. e,
no, It was siie, of course, who pro
posed te him that .January kSundnv
afternoon. Often she thought of it.
Then, quite often, alie made herself forget.)
Once meie new there were these i
Hichmend Sunday afternoons tilling the
Iieiih) with Mappers nnd glowing lads,
and hiinging again te Clever iiiltc etten ,
uir iinu.ii i"i.i m iiui- mil -iiuifi mi-
miieis: .Mr. rentana, .Mr. Oaks, Cap
tain Clynes and Hebble hlevveljn.
And Carmichael? What of his life?
As it was in the beginning, se it urn,
new resumed, and se, with certain dif
fcienci's, it continued. He rose at 7
from liis little green WilleMlen camp
ceuch: was Bhaved by 7:20. He
bathed In the india-rubber bath from
Mess Hrethers. He dressed in hla pre
war tweed; he frowned a little ever
his sodden breakfast kipper. (Mrs.
Hates, with all her pelnta, was no
cook.) He vent te his oOe.
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