The evening world. Newspaper, May 1, 1922, Page 14

ey PG RRO LE A SELB, CHAPTER 1 {4 A RE you coming in to watch the dancing, Lady Conway?” “I most decidedly am not. 1 thoroughly disapprove of the ex- pedition of which this dance is the inauguration. | consider that even by contemplating such a tour alone] « into the desert with no chaperon or attendant, of her own with only native camel drivers and ser- vants, Diana Mayo is behaving With a recklessness and impropri- ety that is calculated to cast a slur Bot only on her own reputation, but also on the prestige of her country. I blush to think of it. We English cannot be too careful of our behavior abroad. No op- Portunity is slight enough for our continental neighbors to cast stones, and this opportunity is very far from being slight. It is, the maddest piece of unprincipled folly | have ever heard of.” “Oh, come, Lady Conway. It’s Not quite so bad-as all that, It is certainly unconventional and—- er—probably not quite wise, but remember Miss Mayo’s unusual upbringing ’"—— “I am not forgetting her unusual upbringing,”” interrupted Lady Con. Way. ‘It has been deplorable. But Rothing can excuse this scandalous @beapade. I knew her mother years SEX, so. and 1 took it upon myself to ex and her hedged compl to Postulate both with Diana Brother, but Sir Aubrey is @found with un egotistical ceney that would defy a pickaxe e. According to him a Ms fs beyond criticism, and his sister's reputation her own to deal with. The irl herself seemed, frankly, not to Understand the seriousness of her po- sition, and was very flippant and nat @ little rude. I wash my hands of the Whole affair, and will certainty not countenance to-night’s entertainment Dy appearing at it. I have already whrned the manager that if the noise ig kept up beyond a reasonable hour Tskall leave the hotel to-morrow.’ And, drawing her wrap around her »With a little shudder, Lady Conway Stalked majestically across the wide Veranda of the Biskra, Hotel. ‘The two men left standing by the @pen French window that led into the hotel baliroom looked at each other and smiled. “Some peroration,” sald one with a Marked American accent. “That's the Way scandal’s made, I guess."* “Scandal be banged! There's never been a breath of scandal attached to Diana Mayo’s name, I’ve known the ehild since she was a baby. Rum lit- tle cuss she was, too. Confound that eid woman! She would wreck the reputation of the Archangel Gabriel if he came down to earth, let alone that of a:mere human girl.” “Not a very human giri,"” laughed the American. “She was sure meant for a boy and changed at the last mo- ment, ‘She looks like a boy in petti- couts, a damned pretty boy-and a damned haughty one," he added, chuckling. “I overheard her this morning in the garden, making mince- meat of a French officer.” The Englishman laughed, “Been making love to her, I expect. & thing she does not understand and ‘won't tolerate. tle fish in the world, without an idea 4m her head beyond sport and travel. Clever, though, and plucky as they are made, I don't think she knows the meaning of the word fear."’ “There's a queer streak in the fam- ily, isn't there? I heard somebody yapping about it the other night. She's the coldest lit-! \ iw The Englishman shrugged his shoul- ders “You can call it mad, if you Uke,’" he said slowly. ‘I live near the Mayos in England, and happen to know the story. Sir John Mayo was passionately devoted to his wife; af. ter twenty years of married life they were still lovers. Then this girl was born and the mother died. Two hours afterward her husband shot himself, leaving the baby in the sole care of her brother, who was nineteen and as lazy and as selfish then as he is now. The problem of bringing up a girl child was too much trouble to be solved, so he settled the dificulty by treating her as if she was a boy. The result is what you se T moved nearer to the open window, looking into the bril liantly lit ballroom, already filled with gayly chattering people. On a slightly raised platform at one end of the room the host and hostess were receiving their guests. The brother and sister were singulariy unlike. Sir Aubrey Mayo was very tall and thin, the pallor of his face accentuated by the blackness of his smoothly brushed hair and heavy black mustac. His attitude was a mixture of weil-bred courtesy and languid boredom. He seerred too tired even to keep the sin gle eye-glass that he wore in position, for it dropped continually. By con trast the girl at his side appeared viv: idly Wlive. She was only of medium height and very slender, standing erect with the easy, vigorous carriage of un athletic boy, her small head poised proudly, Her scornful mouth and firm chin showed plainly an ob stinate determination and her deep blue eyes were ususually clear and steady. . The long, curling black lashes that shaded her eyes and the dark eyebrows were a foll to the thick crop of loose, red-gold curls that she wore short, clubbed about her ears, “The result is worth seeing,” said the American admiringly, referring to his companion’s last remark. A third and younger man joined them “Hallo, Arbuthnot, You're late. ‘The divinity is ten deep in would-be partners already.’* A dull red crept into the young man's face, and he jerked his head ungrily. “I got waylaid by Lady Conway— Poisonous old woman! She had @ great deal to say on the subject of Miss Mayo and her trip. She ought to be gagged. I thought she was go- ing on talking all nuyght, I fairly bolted in the end, All the same, I agree with her on one point. Why can't that lazy ass Mayo go with his jobody seemed to be able to give an answer, The band had begun playing, and the floor was covered with laughing, talking couples. Sir Aubrey Mayo had moved away, and his sister was left standing with several men, who waited, programme in hand, but she waved them away with a little smile and a resolute shake of her head. “Things seem to be getting a hustle on,” said the American, “Are you going to try your luck?" asked the elder of the two English- men. ‘The American bit the end off a ct- gar with a little smile. “L sure am not. The haughty young lady turned me down as «& dancer very early in our acquaint- ance. I don't biam« .* he added, with a rueful laugh, “but her extreme candor still rankles. She told me quite piainly that she hud no use for an American who could neither ride nor dance. I did intimate to her, very gently, that there were a few little openings in the States for men besides cattle-punching and cabaret dancing. but she froze me with a look, and I faded away. No, Sir Egotistical Com- placency will be having some bridge later on, which will suit me much better. He's not a bad chap under. neath if you can swallow his pecu- liarities, and he's a sportsman. I like to play with him. He doesn’t care a durn if he wins or loses,"’ Rather was mad and blew his brains emt, so I was told.” wine ee “It doesn't matter when you ha banking account the size of his, Unless you see the name “Bayer” on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians @ver 22 years and proved safe by millions for Headache Colds Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain ‘ Accent only “Bayer” package which contains proper directions. Tland) “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablete—Also bottles of 24 and 160—Druggista. Bapicin w the trode mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monosceticncidenter of Salicriicasta sive His tow slim, an absent expression in her if her thoughts were far away from HUELVA) STUN 1 the girl was standing the her beautiful said Arbuthnot dancing more umusing I shall go and tak with our hostess.’ turned nd of th eyes light al from gilding the thick bright curl haughty little fi was staring down at the danc SHE HAD HAD A HALF CON- SCIOUS VISION, IN A MOMENT OF WAKING, OF A SHADOWY SOMETHING THAT HAD SEEMED TO FADE AWAY BY THE WIN- Dow. Personally, f the. crowded ballroom The forward with a little laugh. American pushed T wn HE EVENING W find nd less expen my chance Kun a ORLD, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1922, Edith M. Hull Puplished by Permission March 2, 1922 The O'Sullivan Heel Compeny 131 Hudson Street, Gentlemen: I am a Long New York, N.Y. Island commter who recently had an interesting proof of the protection that your heels give. 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Ask for O’Sullivan’s when you leave your shoes— see that they are attached. The O'Sullivan Heel Company. | i) MOST TALKED ABOUT BOOK OF THE YEAR By Copyrighted by Bmall, Maynard & Co. 8, foolish moth, and get| wali, evading dancers, and threading little ¢ se growing between her serly liyour poor little wings singed. When] his way through groups of chattering] arched eyebrows, as {f his coming room where the! the cruel fair has done trampling on] men and women of all nationalit were inopportune and she resented traight and ou Vil « rig mg and mop up| He came at last to the raised on} the interruption to her thourhts. and lectrotier| the remai If, on the other hand,| which Diana Mayo was still sts ing.| then she smiled quite frankly framing | your temerity meets with the suecess|and climbed up the few steps to her] “‘T said I would not dance until ‘e it deserves, we can celebrate suitably | side everybody was started,’ she sald " later on."" And, linking his arm in his] ‘This is luck, Miss Mayo,” he said,| rather doubtfully, looking over the friend's, he drew him away to the] with an a uranece thi he was far} crowded floor. eurd-room from fe “Am I really fortunate] ‘They are all dancing. You've done RBUTHNOT went through the}enough to find you withgut a part-|yayr duty nobly. Don’t miss this rip- Arbuthnot A window and worked slowly ping tune,’ he urged persuasively. round the room, hugging the turned to him slo with a| She .hesitated, tapping her pro q em + aD + a + am + ee 5 @ a“ ’ sramtne-penctl uguinst her teeth “I refused a lot of men," she said, | @ with a grimace. Then she lwughed suddenly. ‘ome ulong, then, f am noted for my bad manners. ‘This will only be one extra sin.’ Kk Into the hotel as the band eit, “It's rather jolly here in the den.’* Arbuthnot said tentatively, His heart was pounding with unusual ta pidity, and his eyes, that he kept Arbuthnot danced well, but with the] fixed on his own clasped hands, had @ girl in his arms he ned suddenly | hungry look growing in them, tongue-ti They swung round the ‘You mean that you want to sft out room several times, then halted si-| (hia dance with me?" she sald with @ multaneously beside an open window, and went out into the garden of the hotel, sitting down on a wicker sent under a gaudy Japanese hanging lan- boyish directness that somewhat non plussed him. a he stammered rather fool- és," ishly tern, The band was still playing] She held hér programme up to the and for the moment the garden was|light of the lantern. ‘I promised empty, lit faintly by colored lanterns] this one to Arthur Conway. We quar- festooned from the palm trees, and] rel every time we meet. I cannot twinkling lights outlining the winding} think why he asked me; he disap: paths.* Arbuthnot leaned — forward hands clasped between his knees of me mother does even more than hie his uch an interfering old lady. He will be overjoyed to be let “{ think you are the most perfect] off. And 1 don’t want to dance to dancer I have ever met,’ he suid al night. Tam looking forward so tre little breathlessly. Miss Mayo looked at him seriously without a trace of self-consciousness, “It is very easy to dance if you mendously to to-morrow. I shall stay and talk to you, but you must give me a cigarette to keep me in a good temper: have a musical ear, and if you His hand shook a little as he held been in the habit of making the match for her. “Are you really body do what you want. So few peo-| determined to go through with this ple seem to be trained to make their| tour? limbs obey them, Mine have had to] She stared at him in surprise. do as they were told since I was a] ‘'Why not? My arrangements have small child,"’ she answered calm The unexpectedness of the reply acted as a silencer on Arbuthnot for a few minutes, and the girl beside him seemed in no hurry to break the silence, The dance was over and the empty garden was thronged for a lit tle time. Then the dancers drifted been made 1 ch me . “Why does your brother let you @@ alone? Why doesn’t he go with you? Oh, [haven't any right to ask, but f do asi,” he broke out vehemently. (To Be Continued.) some time, © my Why should mind at the last mo A Quart A Dax For Health. f; Nature has provided milk, the perfect food, to keep you strong and fit. 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