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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922
7jft Subconscious Courtship
A modern woman' extraordinary L"Am Amp iem rem fafcrte.
" iiif wtA Ar W h told in thi, faetinating nevl
By BERT A RUCK
Auther of "The Wrong Ur. Wright," "The Arrant Rever" Ste
Copyright, 1111, Dedd, Mead a Ce.
rim's WHO IN THE STORY
CLOVER EWnimTONB. charm charm
Itiveung widow, who hat inherited a
uAeiintti. Harried by relative and
l4i who want te tpend her money,
iSnlter who cant te marry her for
i v, decide) te marry a 'huehand for
&& $' fd & "the h"P""
"it&'lt HARRY CARMWItAEL,
irri War veteran, man of personality,
,t engineer who ha invented a new
mill, te finance which he agrees te
attir'i "ttrictly butlncit" propeti-
ROBBUARY MEADOWS, Clever',
miitn. e pretty girl of the period.
"uRS. MEADOWS, aunt,, who hat
Jritndtd Clever in advemty and la
Uevered with faven.
BAXDAL, younger daughter, a
t'ffJi'nOLT, big, geed-natured cap,
Uihfully in love with Rosemary.
Wannest Glew of Passion
EACH punt, skiff, ennee, wns blos
soming with the sunlit roses and yd
liK and whites and oranges ami near
Ms of sunshades, summery hats,
Much, (hint, frocks. This, remember,
wts tin- summer chintz frock ; half
tkeSlrlsen the river were the windiest
fabrics ever designed for curtains and
loefC rovers; fabrics trellised, be
flowered, pictured with birds nnd
Idittf nnd Helies of every shape and
ibde Impossible. The effect, sewn en
the blue-gray of the stream nnd bor
dered by willow green, was that of one
iwme'ving rainbow jazz.
Why no mey sny mm as it iinuen
ten British have no color?"
Clever heard that question put by
lerae girlish Amcricnn voice In a neigh
boring punt of the gay flotilla around
tbn. Hhe caught some ether stranger's
liwer
"It's because of our climate. That
inbtle veil of island mist Is drawn ever
the gayest garmenting of our crowds en
our brightest summer day. Don't you
ttaliie liew that's repeated in the Hrit
lih voice and the misleading llrltish
manner? Always that tinge of restraint,
ibeve wildcat splashes of gaycty ; warm
Mt glow of passion "
Clever's nnuttered comment. ''Wns
Harry's manner se 'misleading'? Could
be have lieen gay? Could he hnve
bfn p.issiennteV Hut why de I think
ef him all the time like this I will
let. Net once again today "
TJint voice within her seemed te
whlper. "Net once today shall he
irep nut of your thoughts'."
Voices of hawkers in bniges ciied
"PregremV Official pregrem and guide?
t Hubbies, pretty bubbles for the
bout; buv a bubble for the beat?
PregremT Fruit, any fruit?
Fresh morning gathered strawberries
mil Knglish cherries. Pretty
bubbles! Checlit! fresh
nerning gathered "
Agnln Clever did net hear them.
Voices of minstrels "Swannec:
nrnnnre ! and n kitchen where the
rimbler-reses twine. I'm gcttin'
tired of playin' second fiddle, plnyin'
lecenil hddie te you. uv
Iwve, Indies
el'lest stiiL-er
you The Hiver of Years ! Tin Gee-gee !
Leve's Old Seng! The eldest singer
GUMPS Sentimental Uncle
By Sidney Smith
nnd gentlemen !
en .tne course;
your
The
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away from her nnd In ihn fleui. ti,t
w,C.i?.Vn n,Bn, whesc Arm 'i'""
...... u.. , morning nnunted her mind.
Her husband, Harry Carmlchncl !
Fer nn ttiftfniif bim i...i.. i. .
be part of the dream; an hallucination,
a hnutit. ' Hut no. There wns no
mistaking him; there wns time te leek
wen nnd truly at him ns his punt made
its away along en the offside of the pack
Of beats. hnek Imvnr.l ttnl ii.i.i
and the Islands. ' '
That punt contained three extremely
cheerful looking young men in worn
um.ers.
Twe of them punted.
The third li.nm.il for,,.,, .1 I, nil.... it!..
blazer was that of the Old H. IVs':
hlS Dine Stllck (lilt hntrvnnr. I, I., ll.
nnd the sun blazed arrogantly golden
m,i inn uncovered nemi.
V,,' -V0M- u ,vns Hnrrv.
I lOVer S eVPN fnulnnn.l ,,.,.. .1....
gleaming head of his: they followed ll
" sun past, nacKed hv the greenery
and roses of the Henley bnnk. until
parasols and Panamas and awnings nnd
punt-poles came between, nnd he wns
swnllewed up in thnt colored, rippling
cretonne of the river crowds.
Then, njjnin, Clever saw nothing
mere of the crowds, the races, Hip exi
cltement and the stir.
It seemed te her ns If she would
never sec anything again but these
shoulders leaning forward, that golden
thatched head under' sunlight, sliding
past, slipping away from her.
Harry ! If only !
Meantime whnt about Cnriulclmel
himself? He had net even seen, his
wife. He had been tee much occupied.
And for the next three dnv he was
still occupied chiefly with thnt punt of
his.
A striking centmst w'ns she te the
two splck-and span punts of the Hell-'
party. Ne dazzle-cushions here, no
nmscel no bubbles for the beat, no
picnic contraptions from Asprc. .lusi
nn old tub of his pre-war lieliilnvs!
Camiichnel had bethought himself' of
her. early this summer: he had run
down te the beat-house where she linil
lain for years forgotten, had found her
dilapidated but water-tight, and had
put her into commission again. She
wns new his summer home. A couple
of pests, stein and stern, could be
erected In n few minutes, a light ridge
pole lny In the slings, the ninviii tent
ing was neatly folded behind the locker,
and there wns Imh reef. The dining
room was amidships: its table a pair
of beards. The seullcrv was forward,
the larder an old hamper, and the beer
wns kept cool b hanging it outboard
in the liver. The whole craft seemed
full up ns n glps.i's cart with i llsteve.
kettles, knit-bags, rugs and blankets,
white-eiHimeled mugs, tinned feeds,
and terrier dogs but there w'erc three
striking enough looking men in it.
A Stag Party
Fer young O'Hrien right linnil of
the great Cox could have stocked a
wardrobe with his lutcrimtielinl cups.
His friend Hcnty, also of the Air
Ministry, sported that preudc-t of all
Henley badges, no matter hew sliabbj
the old I.ennder blazer ami tie. As
for their host Cnrniii'lund'n phsiiiie
had drawn plenty of eyes besid'-s thus.,
of his wife as the punt passed.
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BUT r?EALiy-MlSTEf? I OH IT VVttS.
5MlTHEr?S -Yen SHOUlDT -,UST A Tf?FLE
HAVE BEEN sSe AVIFULiX i MlSS OFLAGb.
EXTRAVAGANT 6NIH& rdMOAIEYSVe
All )b Girls jewelry oed lvi,us
Fer CHRiSTWAs.' r l1--! Idle.
MY!
m fact itsexilya part of ay
PLAAis for THE Place here
T VXAMT Te MAKE ALL OUR EMPLOYS
FE&L SATISFIED -AHEM-ESPECMLLY
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AODERAJ IDEAS )AiTe THE WORKS
the Old Gemts CLEver at pckiaj6
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Clever did net hear.
Tiling! Anether pistol-shot. Mere
riii'i. Again the launch going by with
tbf iiniieiincement of which crew bad
wen, by what lengths.
Then with banjo-twanging nnd piano
itriiiaining there struggled down slow
ly hi and out among the punts the cen-ewt-p,irt's
barge with the banner
Wtfred :
"The Londen Hospital. Help us te
Kfi Afloat I"
Abetitdi voice. "Spare something for
the liunpltal. Indies and gentlemen':
(Play up, Saunders ")
"Oh. y'll ink' the high read.
An" I'l tnk' the low lead. "
Clorer did hear that. Peer Clever!
There wns the cbiukle of coins in an
UMtrrtched fishing-net thrust here and
thfre among the throng. The net jin
flM across her lap.
"Thank you. madam? Something
ter the hospital?"
"I've no mere money,'' said the
jenng woman who had been Klphlnstnne
Brethers. "Jim, will you put in an
thtr sixpence for mcV"
And she thought of a pound-note
tint she had once crushed into the
palm of n wheedling gipsy in Hich Hich
wericl I'nrk. Unrry liad been there te
cold hrr then.
"Heed luck!'' the cry rose us , pop
ular irew rowed past, uu lewanl rhe
iUrtlng-tinint. "(neil luck "
a k....:... : , i ': '"
n uiunn iiiit ur mj iiiiiiee iiem m gleam
uwii s-crew lewai'il tlic well-wishers
n the boom : there wns a flash of white
rtli. a quick grin of thanks as tin
itht xent by.
.Clever, wntchiug. Udt senseleh tears
riic te her eyes and te her secret heart
ww senseless thoughts
' What these boys mothers must feel
' e them in their beat! 1 shall
Dfrer see a haby-bej. He would
"k umi kh nniidseme witii such cv-
In these days Carmirhael thought of
her both seldom and ulwus.
That is te say, quite a let of his time
was still taken up bj telling him-elf
thnt he had get ever all thai madness.
That was wbj he had put the old
punt into commission, te forth) him
self witii n-Mriatiius thai doled fiein
long before he had cvei -et feet in
the office of .Mrs, Klphiiistene of Klphln Klphln
stene llrethers. That old life of swim
ming, punting, runninc In vheits along
the tewpatli and doing the washing up
eunelf niter ii'als w.is geed I'lmugli.
He was a bachelor, even if he were
still a mnnied man. lie didn't want te
marry anybody else, and. as he told
himself, that madness of his was ever
new.
That was w by hi- had gene ever te
Hatfcri.cn and bad chosen from among
the lest dens in tint home l'cter.
' ,f oil ln..!illu ill.. hWlL, ill.tlltltn, .,) , ,1 I 1 . I
,F III! ".., Vl.S ',,, llll'-l ' 'MIJJM' " ',' "Mil
recurrently lest. Pld his new wor
shiped mist-r ili''Mipis'ar ler two mm -utes
from his sight, l'cter was lest
once mere. l'cter could lese hitnsell
three times between Henley Hai1wa, I
station and the Itnval Hetel. l)all I
l'cter sought for death under the .
wlieelt of meters or the jaws of bigger
dogs. Forever was I'eter in the wnj.
between Carmicfiael's feet or si retched
out upon the packets of pioiiens
Heurlj Cnimli'hael threatened le send
hack te these people al llaiti'isen hi-
lepleiablc tiargaln tllieut em
of intelligence nils Vtcr--!iit
he 1d el much, ami al niglit lie lny
ucainst Hairi Cnniiichael's breast.
"tint of the waj. Idiot." muttered j
his master new s I'eter blocked tin
!., ..r .lln .i..L i- liltli. nil i.lmn li I
imh (Hup, "! 1',, .iin'i; ,,... .ii i....i !
grabbed the deg up bodily and pitched
him en te the heap of rugs and blan
kets that were the nlghl much of three
men. This was new en the feiuth da
of the visit te him of plcnl) and
O'Hrieii: tliey weic lunching al iheii
liathlng
Christmas Excitement in Teanerville
FOSTAIXE FOX
The iiiiiiz ladj aciess the way
says she's taken out an accidenl
Insurance pelicj , hut it would be
just her luck never el bur,.
VeRYertE HE TfVftD T eN , BIT Geed AMD HARD
wm&h i-er pu-rry, thc village. eoer-uBcaeR. ,
vioeuo come, op ame whisper. :
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feOUO YeO JeirJ ME. IK
A little Xmas Cheer. ?
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kVIAf. I'M CeTflMO WORSE. AN5 , I fl
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Tie r-jiuv . .F-. -ay fty- -
PET EY That Makes It Thirty-three and a Third All Around
Illlli tft m. ,lllt l. 1 I 11 111 ' IllHll . Ili". tI'M' Hill' KMIM " '
Voice of the Kternnl .Tim- "I sai -1'"1 stu"' Hrlen.' ,
what nbeut lunch''" ' 'Hrlen looked up lien, the tin
Thl ti,r,.i, :.. -:.i.... i , sandwiches thai lie was luu-Mug in
This tlimiBht liad eri.lentu- e ,. t. ' sandwiches thai he was hacklu
iny punting-parties at the same me- tl"'pr- ,"' r ,'"' ' V""1,"! '?'M'
ernr, incsei 11111111:11 uiniuisii no
Scarcely vns the l.L'ft race ever than
tre broke out a far-spread com cem com
ntlen, bumping, reshiftlng of beats.
Are you going en new, sir.
".ell take their place. 'Ware
. . W ,lu,-T (,en,t comp 0I "" thr"'
1 ,. ..' "fg .veur pardon. Catch
e!d there. Oh, sorry! It's
?v "''.J1'"- ' ' .'Wnip skiff!
"are skiff! a Ocenns of room ever
!VV ,' Jell5' w," Kt"y "here we
'rV1 lll.ln,- Nl,w then.
i 1 l,re,p '"" n elntter of cutlery
"'I glass heing unpacked : the -rustle of
Mr, the N)ft p,)))piIIK f rerkMi T))r
wmferllng smell of feed mingled with
'""ver-smells of pleasantly dank
fhl, of gnsnllne from the launches, of
(""scent drifting down from the sun
t Jibiir of Pliyllif. Court. People
m W( Hniid a prattling hail of
.'""ling ever-- Ih tliU hnni
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into
A
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he fetched these " Anether packn.
of envelopes tied leiind with string,
dropped into Cai-michael's htunl. yl.ei
tcr. Nene for me or Heul. You've
all the luck, Carmichael. '
"I.uck, indeed," grunted his host
"who wants te waste the last day of
Henley rending business letters?" lie
stuffed the string-wrapped bundle into
his blazer pocket and turned from the
stove. "There geei Uton geed luck.
Kten "
"Geed luck" Here (I Hrien in
terrupted himself in mid-shout. "I
mij, leek!" he exclaimed stiddenlj .
"I'p then' behind you, Cnrmichnel. '
Ills friend turned, raised ills bend,
saw whnt had caught the ether man's
glance first.
"Pretty," exclaimed Carmichael in
n tone as' whole-hearted as the gue of
Peter's fend hi own e.w-s. i.oeKs top
Hi-- JBl
I MEIL. yrvfAS IS OVER-
AMO 1 haveu't EWOOGH COtW
UF"v Te HAVE MY OLD STraaw HAT
CtUAWED- M0WEVEKy I 6"AV&
"The- ciris what
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'mJ ! iN "J'ni1R for xw' thnnUs. ipillBi doesn't she?"
I .,, ""'it s this; Lennder creiiiu? 1 l-01. pu,r face en the liver wns new
Thni. ' " . .'." "" -' ciirbHc-rewi M tinned le hemetutlig nun nung mc an
te 1 ..'",".' ,.nwf"lly. 'nt .kind of MengntuI soap bubble; faint and fairy fairy
'eni'lng er..iV',lll,H if ,.0,,n ,n "' . like, as if a iml had been detached from
KV h,, .."m5:!1 ""mi1, "'.",nl 'l"'l,"'r. against tlie blue.
Bonsai,!,. ."-T' ,-V",l"r- Uh- Helow the 1 -i- "lis a bewildering
Whtr 1m"!' .rV t0..'!rl"k '" kaleidoscope of the bobbing balloons of
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nftnl.i 1 "inn- in vr inn no our
Inn. . V0 guessed hew violent was her
Jr. MrlKF1''. and hew proudly she
nfi protesting. "Ne! I won't be the
S , T,,,, lel"ghtful party, this
Thp."1,, tlay all this pageantry.
feiL"1"11 nnt sern Just background
f. one miserable girl who's feel enough
ik.'it ? en,lnK hrr ''ert out for n man
M1 never see ngnin "
that moment it bnnnened.
f Jtl1 ""Prepared, she lifted her eym
nS . 1 r,nr,1,'en'''i Plh'tc full of cold
PV nnd snlad en the tnble laid across
r , "ic's threw
.i. ....miA.1 ,01111s. red trnlt .1 ml imccii
Mt in' !iun-"i ,.i.'.. . .-.. .... ..... --
n...; "-.' . "'" '"aiiing eiie nni . ,,,., ..Hi dnr.llng geld, lilt
.,.--',,- ,' ion rn cnuf men.- r,.nn Hft,- ' . . . . .
inn ehsestl.,,. ,.r 11 '1. ... ' 1 - iiImivc tne'i'
circled and tinned the
ir.mc cluster from which the sclleis
replenished their sleck; but thiH bung
eier them like the roc, that bad laid
these eggs.
lined like thistledown, pallid, tjnin tjnin
neus, gigantic, next te the clouds she
wus the largest thing between e-irth nnd
heaven. Faintly the hum of h.-r engines
descended; the misty Hath of her pro
pellers could be seen. Her gondola
seemed mere n.ntchbexes. One wondered
that man could innnagn and handle
nnythlng no vart teke her up, bring
her down, make her secure.
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