Winn Corina. anam- us
' Corn-I‘M an IV
svuopms.
4‘39"”. first night par/mes to
v York. a beautiful young
1 nth-acts attention by rising
through It" puma. Clover-
1‘5 { cousin, Dinm'ddis. an particu-
w ' intruded. Dinriddis decldr.
that she is Um (megs of Mary
(1 balls of thirty g rs ago.
, had married I: Count attiany
w tired abroad. H1 is convinced
w: is Mary‘s daughter. but all
‘ arts to establish her identity
vs futile.
“during manages to meet her.
. lbs tells him sin is the Count-
Iss Josef Zath‘any. a cousin of
Ian Ogden’u that she had nur-
ricd u reiativs of Mary’s husband:
but Mary is ill in a sanitorixm in
issue.
Clufln'ng- does not 1:inle her
story and [m y tells her so.
. Such is mean a more than pass—
ing interest in His other, Clover-
ing. as thus you! on. becoming so
distraught over the aiuir that A:
'6’“ for nth-6r: to his friend. Gora
Dwight. who as just crccting a lfir
ifith the pawl-150:: of her first
good.
fig..;:
3... XIV (contlnued)
c, The young editors. critics. spe-
cial writers. were enchanted. This
, ..s L'fe! At law: Moreover. It
was Democracy. Sousa young and
nbls men, luring renounced thelr
earltrr rocialfc'n. their sense albu-
mor recognizing It: disharmony
with hint; ssiarles sod pleasant
)lv‘ng. wcrn bot for meocracy.
%. ”Ravi-”J3;
Nothlng paid Ilka Democracy In~
. - thls heaving world. The Democrat-
.» Ic wave rose and reared Sym-
bolSc was this talent ern,rt!on at
small town fictlon. as rcs;lstlc as
th- kitchen. as mssimlstlc as “'all
Etrert All vlrtne, all hope. all
7* faggdraksm. but! :02: out of tho
world. Romance, for that matter.
lam-n.- had existed and It was blfih
Zlnlmn f‘ve- sttzrid wor‘d was forcibly
,,_._._..pur;ed of Its lmmemcrlul Illusion.
Lib was 1nd ewr had been sordid.
com-woman. Ignobln. vulgar. Im-
mn‘licshle: refinnmcnt was s cow-
..Crfiy razrcr that was boneath any
" socket: nftor Truth. and Truth was
all that ms'tnrcd. Love was to
E. hurl}. Happiness was hysterla.
. sod rnntent the delnslon of morons
”in word new hotly racing “authen-
lfc”). As for (boss verbal crimi-
nals. "lwralty’ and “pstrlo:lsm”—-
teri: voritare.
Thnlr snrcr<s was colossal.
Corn Dwizht caught the crest of
the. wave and sold three hundred
thmzsand Cnrlt‘l o! “les.‘ She
lmm-éiiatvly slzncd scontract wlth
‘9
O
a!
~one of tho ”woman's macazlncs"£
for the srrfnl rights of her next
nor-«l for th'rty thousand dollars.
H sad recfllved 1 corresponding ud-
. ‘ .vnnce from her publish”. Her
H short storit‘s sold for two thousand
dollars splece. and her first novel
wss exhumed szd budsbonvy sale.
1: was dammit to be pesslmlstlc
wltb a hundred thousand dcllurs In
“bonds and mortgazes and the deed
of a house In her strong box. but
Gors Dw‘uht wzsjsn srtlst and
could always {all back on tech-
. nlqnn. Br't althoughher book was
F80" the lntellactnsl expression of wild-
)! distorted complsxes. owlng to
Inslr‘nments of war. the
A on of her ego In woman‘s
#3 “mutant disastrous sdventure. and the
carquont ropre-sfon of sll her
dearest nrros. she deserved her
‘" “‘ warm-<9 22.- ram-9 than any of bar
ndr‘IMrr-nt rfvwli. She had formz-d
msiry. and not only was that
5; tv‘n d‘sflrrtlrhml, vigorous and
7 w ., 126573131. 3:: sh.- was able to con-
""“" ray hr? DT‘TDT’El rral'zsrn so sub-
7 1...... tlv 21.1! yr". 51 ambiz‘tously lhat
‘_ obv- r mid n'V‘rd to dlsdaln the
:37": ’ 'lntrltftin r! the: "yc'znzcr school."
‘ A rnrrnl3‘13 feat. .‘IMt of them
1:er the (rural: vocabulary of the
humble born. as alnne moan
310'?! with Truth Nora? before
had .rch wrrd: Invndod the ne-
wsnnct page! n.’ American letters.
‘ LIttla they rocked. ss blr. Lee
5 .X'Clavcrlnc, w‘m fool; the entire
school as an obsfl-ne joke. polnted
‘ ' ' font. that they wars but taking the
Ebert‘s-=2 C‘It-ndruntnce of the
post-war license sflectlng all
*clsssewto rave themselves the
ubsnstlnz r-Enr: of smulrlng s vo-
cabulary sn-I tomlng s style.
The spade as s symbol mlshed
horn flctlon.
Miss Dwight had her own Ideals.
little as she permitted ber unfortu-
, nuts cbmeten to bus sny. sud
not only was she a consummlto
.. master of words sud of the on of
“Inflation. but sbs bud been
brought up by finicky parents who
“held that certsln words wars not
do be used In rallned socIsty. The
"anomalous received In plsstle
years were not to be obliterated by
In! tad 0! tbs hour. ,
No one knew. not even her tel
‘ Colltarnlsns. that she had bad
dlsutraus love unit. which had
“anointed In sn attempt to nun
do! her beautlrul slsteMn—lsw.
luv book had been s wild revul~
from every smdnrd of but
. In. sud sbe lostbed luvs sad the
I Ides ot mums! bnppIness In
morals us she recently had
Got-nous.
. .7. Inc. wuss for th‘b screen version produced by F
Manly “We. the muff-I
. newspaper colfimu'st, and
Eel»: of her cheeks sud under her
Pr 9"739 I: 3b? days of campinte ; skin. The oddest of her traIts was
gher apparent pleasure Iu seeIng I
Countess Many. » '
Success ts s grant hauler. Ion-
avsr. sbs wss s weapon! strong
sud Mutable W. and
very proud. Sh. consigned the
nun. who. utter sll. wss tbs no
that of but phenomenal success. to
nether-most oblivion. Ya cannot
sell thm’bundrod thousand copies
tors tron: unknown sdmn'srs toll-
lnz you that you sre tbs smug:
novelist living. so. your name coll-
stuntly In the “news," be beslsgod
by'edlzors sud publishers. sud bo-
come I popular aver“. with So-
pblstlcstes. snd carry around A
lacersted heart. The past tides.
The present reins. Tbs mtnrs'ls
rosy as the dswu. corn Dwight
was far too arrogant It thIs period
at her career to love any mun even
had there been snythlng left at but
heart but a pump. Her Ills was
full to the bran. She was cults
aware that tbs present rugs for
stark and dour reallszn would pass
—tho Indlcstlons were to be seen
In the more moderste but pro-
by suthnfl Impervlous to crusa—
but she was too fertile for appro-
henslon on that score. She had
mqny and qults' dm‘erent themes
wandering like lumInous ghosts
about the corridors at s brslu slu-
cularly tree from lsbyrlnths. ready
to emerge. full-bodied. when the
world was resdy for them.
The last time Clsvsrlng bad at
opposite s woman by s ‘10ng
bath had enjoyed the deep luxury
of easy cbslrs and his hostess had
seemed to melt Into the depths on»
U! they enfolded her. But buss
legbt'never lounged. Her back-
bone appeared to be made of cost-
lron. Sb sst erect todsy on a
bassock lls he recIIned In I
«chair that 'enctly fitted his spins
23nd enjoyed contrasting he: with
,the other woman. Gem Dwight
ihsd no besuty. but she never pass.
led unnoticed In 1 crowd. even it
{unrecognized Her and eyes war.
In pale clear 'gray.’ cold. almost slu-
EIster. sud she wore her mus of
rich brown hslr on top of bsrbosd
land down to her heavy eyebrows.
filler month wss strnght sud sharp-
in cut. but mobne sud capable of
irelaxlng Into s chsmlng nulls.
fund she had buutlful teeth. Tbs
:ncsa was short sud empbstlc. the
zjuwbone ssllent. It was, sltogetb-
:er. s dlsbsrmoolc type. for tho
jbosd was long sad the taco abort.
gbrosd across the blgh cbeekbones:
’and her large light eyes sat In bur
small dsrlt race produced I dIseon-
rtlng elect on sensluvs people.
;b t more often fasclnsted them.
i Clavering had been told that In bar
. Cslltornls days she had possessed
is superb bust. but long your. of
unremitting work In France and
;England had taken toll of her flesh
fund It bu! never returned: shown
{very thln and the squareness \o!
Lber frame was empbsslsed by tho
:strong uncompromlslng bones. But
fber feet and her brown bunds worn
gloat. and narrow.-snd the strsIgbt
lllnes of the present fashion wen
[very becomlng to her. gbs‘wors
itodny s son of dork red velvet
:trImmed with brown fur and I
?toucb of gold In the region of tho
lwalst. It was known that she got
'ber clothes It the "best houses.”
1 She was s curIous mlxture.Clav.
luring reflected, sud not the lesst
Econtradlctory thing shout her wus
the way In whlcb her rstbor sullen
,tace could light up. exactly as It
hams Inner flsme lespt suddenly
ibohlnd those uncunny eyes and
shed Its llgbt over the very mus.
‘man comfortable while she looked
like s ramrod herself: sud she was
the eulest of mortals to talk to
when she was In the right mood.
She wss morass st times. but her
tsvantes were seldom Indicted
with her moods. sud of sll bar a.
writes Clsverlng relgued supremo.
This be knew sud took sdvsntage at
after the hsblon of Us sex. He told
bar sll bls troubles. bis unbltlons.
wblcb be belleved to be futile-4:0
hsd wrltten plays wblcb bIs own
crItIclsxn had damned sud no oy-
but his own sud Gors legbt's had
ever seen—and she refrusbed sud
sumulsted his mum when bls’dslly
nolmnu must be written and his
brsln wss sugusnt. Sb. slso knew
at his secret guest 0! the one wo-
msn sud but,“ the repodtory
Q sears! nesting hopes. And
never for s moment bud sbs
thought bin: alumina or dlsIllu-
sloped. Not sbs! Oars legbt
bad an extraordinary knowledge or
men for u wont: to whom non
dld not asks luvs. But It she had
neither buuty nor sllurs sbs bud
miss: and 3 (other container
bsrdly knows more shout women
than s uurss shout mes... lots-
over.sbe bsdbsrsrtgllttlsu
bu tend to spprshmut of
Undone Rentals} by Splat.-
Bewvo: 'Shs llstsns um seduc-
tlouffi Oars bud no lutuuflon cl
prscfldug seductlonln at Its
tor-Ins. but sbs “stud d sbs
never betrayed. sud ba- rswurd
was that an sound sud whats.
sod am of m’s Inbsrsnt and
beanie-J pueulIertIu. bud unid-
edllnber. Mcsbswsswun
numdforneuon‘; ‘ ’
had blood sud um and wilt}
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