_ nay, DECEMBER 1
s'vnorsus
Aprons futile.
than in Vienna.
‘Mndame Zattiany.
from her husband.
XVII (continued)
unprotected. and in that wistful
second youth he most admired.
ppisode in his life.
When Gora Dwight hnd ruthless-
ly guarded secret chambers of his
scul and hidden him behold and
ponder. he had turned as cold as if
i Ice-water were running in his
V 3 Kvalns, although he had continued
«13‘ «lb-smile indulgently and had an-
3;: swercd with some approach to
: ljocularity. lie was floored at last.
.1 ”He‘d got the infernal disease in its
most virulent form. Not a doubt
of fa. No wonder he had deluded
' . himself. ills ideal woman-whom.
preferably. he would have wooed
Ind won in some sequestered spot
besutlfled by nature. not made hid-
‘ous by manmwns not a woman nt
13, but s girl: twenty~six was an
‘Idoai age: who had read and stud-
"hd and thought. and seen All of
my world that a girl decently may.
"He'had dreamed of no man‘s leav-
lngs. certainly not of a woman who
had prohnbly had more than one
lover. and, no doubt. would not
take the trouble to deny it. He
fluted as much as he loved her and
Je‘felt that he would rather kill
._ than possess her.
‘ it was half an hour after he
‘ . reached his rooms before he fin-
' wished striding up and down: then.
' with a final anathema. ho flung
‘ ygblnself into is chair before his is.-
ble. At least his brain felt clearer,
‘, 33:31:03 that he had faced the truth.
‘ Time enough to wrestle with his
,1» -. problem when he had won his
.. “leisure. if he couldn't switch her
of! for one night at least and give
hlsvbmin it: due. he’d despise him-
, .‘m and tint, ho vowed. he'd never
Wile wrote r‘eadily until two in
{the morn m?-
X XVllI
He . woke at noon. His first im-
pression was that a. large blsck but
was sitting on his brain. The
darkened room seemed to contain
s visible presence of disaster. He
sprang out of bed and took n hot
snd dold shower; hobgoblins fled.
slthough he felt no inclination to
sing! He called down for his
breakfast and opened his bail door.
"A pile of letters lay on his news-
papers. and the topmost one, in a.
large envelope. addressed in a. flow-
ing meticulously flue hand, he
i know, without speculation, to be
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s;
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from Madame Zattiany.
.. He threw back the curtsins, set-
,mjled himself in an armchair. read
. his other letters deliberately, and
glanced at the headlines of the pa-
pers. before he carefully slit the
envelope that had seemed to press
his eyeballs. The time had come
‘ for self-discipline. consistently ex-
orcised. Moreover. he was afraid
of‘it. What—why had she written
whim? Why hadn't she tele-
phoned? Was this a tardy dis-l
’ n1? His breath was short and
‘fitobuda shaking as he opened the
r.
.‘l
.3 was sufliclently commonplace.
‘ ’90:! Mr. Clsvering:
. “"‘l have been in Atlantic City for
fp-fow hys getting rid of s cold. 1
I my. you have not called. Will
"" dine with me tomorrow night
but otter eight. i shall not
' 'sny one else.
If "Sincerely.
"MARIE ZATTIANY.’
her name was Merle. It had
him once or twice ss bu-
ns. Inc. Watch for the screen version productivity Frank
C with Corinne Griffith In Countess Wily.
Copyright 1923 by Gertrude 4:50ng
i
t a first night per/olrmouco in
York. a bcaufi ul, young . .
w. 'attrccts attention by rising tiborstely Avoided her. H“ tnken
3‘ 3”” "leisurely surveying the audi-
‘tbrough her glasses. Clover-
‘J newspaper columnist, and
‘Msi‘n. Dinwiddie. are particu-
' interested, Dinwiddis declar-
‘ ‘ that she is the image of Wary
= ', a balls of thirty years ago,
__ 'v had married I: Count anliany
7“ lived abroad. [is is convinced
‘ i this is Mary's daughter, but
forts to establish her identity
“Clowning manages to meet her.
Ind she finally tells him she is the
a _ toss Josef Zatfiany, a cousin
of ,Mory Ogden's: that she had
din-riot! a relative of Mary's hus-
bond,- thal Mary is ill in a sanita-
, Clowning does not believe her
story and next time he sees her
frankly tells her so. As time goes
on he becomes so distraught over
Into whole afair that he finally goes
’0'!" advice to his friend, Gora
,tDsoight, a young novelist. who as-
sures him that he is in love with
Dinwidclic,‘mranwhile, has been
continuing his investigations and
makes the suggestion that Madame
Zauiany is in America under an
assumed name, possibly hiding
it
I!
i
' ,True. she seemed more than sble
7'2 to tote care of herself, but she was
i .very beautiful. very blonds, very
I
He had thought himself the chin}
L ,wrous son of chivalrous Southern-
; srs. excited and not too happy, but
convinced. at the height of his rest-
lessness and absorption, that she
was but a romantic and passing
1
l
f ; Iy led him into those unconscious~
q
i
.
sionslly." (God! What bsnnl
talk!) "Gambling with life. how-
ever. is s long sight more exciting.“
might do you good. You do,noi
look at all well."
bit tired. Generally am at this'
timoof the year. May take s run
down to Florida."
“Shall you stay long?"
servnnts superfluous! "Are you
fond of the sen?"
my wsste. »A wild and rocky
pout in n terrific storm. yes—but
not thnt moving gray pinin thnl
comes in snd-fsllsdown. comes is
end fslls down. It is the moon}
suns I turn to when 1 can. I often 5 ;
long for the Austrian Alps. TIM ASKS FOR
Dolomttssl no trsnslscont green ‘ » - a
lskss like ,onormbns ”animus. ‘ "
spsrkllnrintho sun and dot is
white walls. A glimpse of pins
forest beyond. The rosr of an or.
lsnchs in the night.”
\
first nuns of the woman who was
domnndlng . his ,‘ every waking
thought.“ And sh; bod been onto!
town snd unsure tbs: no but do-
for (rooted thst ho bsd been no-
lito enough to csll—ond bsd left
his cards st homo. -
Should he, go? Hold have his
breakfsst first out! do his thinking
afterward.
He did smplo Justice-to tho
breskfsst, which was nice lunch.
read his newspapers. cursed the
printers of his own for two typo-I
grspbicsl errors he found in his.
column. then called up her house!
as n msn generally does when di- .5
gusting s most snd the news. he;
concluded thst to refuse her invitsp ;
short. would at only be futile. as
be was bound to respond to thst '
msgnct sooner or inter, but would
he s further confession of coward-
ice. thtever his fste. he'd see it
through.
He gave his scceptsnco to tho
butler, went out and tools a brisk.
walk. returned and wrote ’his col-
umn for the next day. then visited
his club and bulked with congenial
souls until it was time to dress for
dinner. No more thinking at pres-
ent.
Nevertheless. he ascended her
mm: It exactly half-past eight
with the blood pounding in his
ears snd his heart acting like I
schoolboy's In his first attack of
calf love. But he managed to com-
pose himself before the footmsn
leisurely answered his ring. If
there was one point upon- which he
was primarily detertmned it was to
keep his head. if he gave her 3
hint that she had reduced him to 3
state of imbecility before his mo-
ment came—if it ever didl—hls
chances would be done for—dish-
ed. Ho looked more saturnino
than ever us he strode into tho
hall.
"Dinner will be served in the
library. sir." said the footmsn.
“Madame will be down in a mo-
ment."
A tete-s-teto by the fire! Worse
and worse. He had been fortified
by the thought of the butler and
footmsn. An hour under their su-
percillous eyes would mean the
most impersonal kind of small tslk.
But they'd hardly stsnd round the
library.
However, the small table before
the blazing logs looked very cosy
and the imposing room was full of
mellow light. Two Gothic chairs
had been drawn to the table. They,
at least. looked uncomfortable
enough to avert sentiment. Not
that he felt sentimental. lie was
holding down something a. good
deal stronger than sentiment. 'bui
he flattered himself that he looked
as saturnlne as Satan himself as
he warmed his back at the fire. He '
hoped she had n cold in her head.
But she had not. As she entered.
dressed in a white tea gown of
chiffon and lace. she looked like I
moonbesm. and as if no mortal ln-
dlsposition had ever brushed her
in passing. instead of her pearls
she wore a. long thin necklace of
diamonds that seemed to frost he!
gown. She was smiling and sun,
cious and infinitely remote. Tbs
effect was as cold and steadying as
his morning's icy show'er.
He shook her hand firmly. “Son
ry you've been seedy. Hope It
didn't lay you up."
“Oh, no. i fancy I merely want-
ed an excuse to see Atlantic City.
It was just a touch of bronchitis
and fled at once."
"Like Atlantic City?"
“No. It is merely an itermlnabls
line of ostentatiously rich hotels
on s. board walk! None of the
grace and dignity of Ostend—poor
Ostend as it used [C’VL The digus
was one of the most brilliant
sights in Europe—but no doubt ‘
you have seen it," she added no
litely.
"Yes. i spent s week there once.
but Bruges interested me more. 1
was very young at the time."
"You must have been! Don‘t
you like to gamble? The Kursnnl
could be very exciting.”
"Oh. yes. I like to gamble occn
“Yes. is it not? Atlantic City
"Never felt better in my life. A
“I should." she Vssid politely.
“Tbs: depends." - (Presence of
"I detest it—thnt boundless fist
“C A;
tbst he didn't know the
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’ The report iurthertdeclares that
investigations—of rural child labor
and itsfielation to school attend-
ance, ml" the employment of C111]-
dren'in"street trades show that the!-
federal as 'well as the state laws are
being widely violated as far as chil-
dren Ire concerned.
Not the least important work of
' u durin .the year was the
Starry-:16 Wiring of 98.533 let-
ters from parents of children who
wished advice about some phase of
olive perish before twelve months"
’ In the ,Pihilippinc Islands'
the last census showed the rate to
In contrast. to thoseéhi-gh
rates is the rate of 76' for thoflb‘irth
registration area. or the ~ United 3
Miss’ Abbott's report my:
that “the Unttedii‘stntoo hon-a nu,— f "
lions! obligation to render xthesfe '
communities attests: the lunacy as- labo
elegance beingg'given the. states; ‘ ‘
'Efirty States are inow~co~o
ingiwit‘hdho *m em ' 5;,gosem"msn‘ '2":
of _
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been reduced"to,,76 of every thou-
sandftbot ofrthe. United States is-
land possessions is ”thigh as '258.
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burgh youths.
ball season. 8??
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Winter sport 5““
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