| Show r The something of Somebody A WESTERN GIRLS NIGHT IN NEW YORK YORA sy JULIAN STREET Author of My Enemy the Motor i The Englishman etc Kite Kate Hedges H wanted every everyone one to tom m marr She hall had promoted matrimony with insistent Industry since the Ule day that hit the newspaper of DC her native Chi Chigo go 0 had heralded her bar happiness happl in one o of e cl gasp The rh wedding woodin of ot Mies Ms U Mary Kather Katherr r w r ron n known to the younger youn er set Ht setU IS U Kate hate Brown daughter of or Mr Ir and Mrs irs Henry Franklyn Brown Brawn ro of ot Drexel i and Forty street to toI I lr Howard Hoard Jessup Hedges formerly if r f this city but now it of New ew York which Wh will I be celebrated at the Ken Jen Church of the Evangelist this aft alt moon wn at 3 will be very largely largel Attended by South Side society Then after mentioning bridesmaids hc hest t man ushers and other details the thi article ended with the following foll in prose pr k Mr Ir and Mrs Hed will tu be at home after atter Oct 1 at lit th the Kings Kinga KI a Court apartments Riverside Drive New York it j True True to tn the prom of the press Kate Nate and Howard duly hily arrived at the theT Kings hinges T Court and settled Hied In seven Men rooms and bath which stretch out one o be behind behin behind hind hin the other like a train of ot toy cars ears There they thy had lived ever eer since in a state crate of or happiness so 80 blissful as dally tn to deepen lutes Kates conviction that badt b eh 1 for tor r nr r maid spelled misery ml er and amI that tie tbt noblest noble t of or all activities was waa as matchmaking Even Een the ji i of the firm arm of Gordon Hedges established just juat before Detore her marriage the hf attributed a indeed she did all an blessings s that came cam ra her way WS and How Howard Ho ard entirely to her great specific matrimony Rut what bat about Gordon Howard had liart asked aked her Hea not married but buthe I h hrs he getting l on aa as well as we are ar I Oh financially I suppose Sup she ad admitted reluctantly That reminds me ii if its nearly a month menth since Mace hes bes dined liw II You must bring Mm felon hi home tomor tomorrow row rAw fn night dear Ill bare in 10 Here Hereth th Ih reader may Invert insert a II feminine name to hia hies hi taste I know knol hell bile lil h hr her r she so Here the reader nay may insert Inert a favorable fa bIe adjective such sucha a II pretty bright attractive clever stunning The periodical periodic occurrences of these dialogues cawed caused Howard quiet mirth The tune was played with slight varia varla variations now It would b H be Poor thing He must get so lonely or again I should hord think hed have bave to marry mam when hp he sees how happy we are Then Howard How Howard Ho ard would kiss her and say KY Yes Yel In Inri Indeed deed ri or I should think so 10 too Per Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps haps hed add something about trying a Il new fly for Howard was something of or an n angler an ler too with ready sympathy for others who cast for tor the elusive ones that stay atay In the dark pools pool He saw his wife as a relentless s combination of ot the missionary and the fisherman hennan 8 It was w as for Gordons good ROOd not her own that she site tried to lure him from the turbulent water or rather lither whisky and ater water v Yo of and land him as all I Howard pictured flopping on the bank of or domesticity My y trout go o to the frying pan you ou know Howard Hoard suggested mischievous mi lv 1 as they sat one evening in the cosy cos electric c lamn lam light of ot the alcove off ott their little Nt tie parlor Why Howard Hedges sloe she protest protect protested ed fr 1 How cynical Does marriage seem like a frying pan to you ou No Xo he grinned nned but Im not the fiery fifTY untamed brook trout Gordon GordeR Is T i am the tender catfish which thrives In t rap that te b in the aquarium Youre so see she declared Tv 1 some rome news n but now llOA I shant tell you ou u Very Tery well wen he answered taking up tin the opening en in paper papa with discouraging indifference I Short hort pause pau then Mans Nans Ans coming she abe pave gave e up Good cold said Howard from the paper 11 I 1 dont believe Gordon Gerdes win will in like her do 0 you she asked into her husbands familiar way WRy rf of t Warning naming his partner Of course Murse he mumbled without looking coking up upI Now Mow I o Howard youre not net paying the least attention she lite accused Attention he smiled laying down the paper Certainly I was I Ix III 1 a as x hed h d like lIk her II But so 80 young and inexperienced Inexperienced Dont you think that to te a polished pol polished polIshed man like Gordon shell seem well western I 1 know she will willAnd willAnd willAnd And Inexperienced Yes Yea But Howard will be he Hell b be nice to Nan of he h assured her IIa nt he lie always 8 b ben ten n bully to the girls youve fiad to visit visit There was Harriet last spring sprint and Maud and he was vas dove cert nl c to tl Clara Even she ahe cried Why Wh Clara CI t was especially selected Thoy rho all tor for to that matter They The were just the sort of girls he ought to like At that he lie write to them Howard laughed aloud How do you know he questioned Ive asked them all in letters Jetters she explained a guilty guilt glow Invading her herche che cheeks ks Well Nell of o all things he chuckled Hes He the nicest nl et bachelor we so e know she defended It fair that he should hould spend his life belonging to clubs cluba and dining in expensive restaurants and wearing gardenias and antI being such sucha a dear lear without Well Yell he ought to marry Kate Hedges was one of or a little group standing about the t iron gate at the Grand Central station when the Chica Chicago go Limited rolled In filling the tho gray gra vaulted train shed with vibrant echoes echols She saw the man who 00 always gets geu there come running through with his In Inevitable Inevitable evitable little handbag followed by a R amass amass mass of or passengers pouring like a great fresh river into the tho consuming ocean of New e York Kate and Nan sighted each other simultaneously simultaneous and rushing together embraced blocking II the passage pa as the best of ot women do doin doIn doin in railway stations The first glimpse told Kate that the theether theether ether of ot the effete east had bad made no apparent change In Nan Her hat was of or the flat dt prim type which so became her and its color harmonized happily with ith the unmatchable blue of ot the ex expressive expressive eyes eN beneath It Her suit of DC the same shade was plain but well made and fitted The keynote of the picture was girlish individuality far tar from modish modi yet with ith a certain dis distinct distinct distinct style stylea a style which caused cau ed Nans ans friends to describe her fondly fond as an girl Engaging a tab cab one of oC those cabs which a beneficent ben railway company com pan supplies at ran rau so far below the usual New York as S to place them with within I in the means mans of wealthy persons p they drove toward the Kings Court To think of ot actually being In New NewYork NewYork ew York cried Nan squeezing the others hand It wonderful And this Is Fifth avenue Oh I feel like a regu regular regular regular i lar girl you know kno the th kind I of story always called The Something of ot Somebody and there must mut be a picture of a haughty beauty in a hansom and a young oung man In a long Jong overcoat standing on the curb to chat with her and underneath It says sa Yes answered Millicent or I 1 love flowers floers he said Oh Kate I hardly believed there was a real any more than theres a real r 81 enchanted palace I with a princess in it U And Central park always in the stories sto stories stories ries too And the th Vanderbilt house New Ne York Tork Ja jUt just t heavenly Im Impulsively Impulsively she d and kissed Kates cheek exclaiming e Cl It tt was dear der of you to let me roe comer come Yes Yeti Nan NII was Her H r buoyant I spirits refreshed the elder girl girt Youre a precious Nan she said I Ilove Iloe Ilove love loe to have you OU Well go everywhere and nd see Fee everything j cried Nan Xan ecstatically Tonight ht her hostess continued theres a box bo party part Mr rr Gordon Howards partner is giving It all for you ou And just wait until you oU see him Oh I hardly can cried the girl I want to s see He e so fI many man things Broadway and the and the stat statue statue ue of or and Howard and Mr Mr fr 7 Mr Ir Gordon Yes and Mr tr Gordon It dear of him to invite me when hed never seen me meYel Yes Yel said Kate And just like hm Maybe he have Me If It he hafl qi was Nans cryptic utterance But Kate must have understood for iSe dear she said of ot course he would Do you Ou live tIe h here re Nan cried as their calf cab after atter traversing the park p rk and crossing street street stopped Stepped at the entrance of the Kings s Court on ott the Drive In this wonderful i niche Oh Kate Theres nothing like II It in Chicago The exterior ext of the building in light pressed pres d brick and stone s e was wall in h with ornate balconies not large liuga enough lt to t 0 d a chair A t lla led turret ret Itself proudly above ab vj a Q r tier her oUe of the pH flawing ft ht defiance c he ferryboats and the land hind landlords landlords lords yearning for tor harmony harmon between bet Een the building and Its regal name That no taste might be offended all styles of architecture had boon been combined Here were Byzantine columns support supportIng lug lag Greek pediments winders ps with wl the white while and nd square square panes we eta ran oaf colonial Kronen Frer h windows t 8 and email n lr y with little leaded headed panes n of ofell yellow ell beveled glass glae Tile THe d orny with its massive grille was wag IS near relieved or rath rather r weighted down dOWl by b heavy hea Caryatides which might have suitably adorned the Jho h best library of useful knowl know knowledge knowledge edge th broad bl boasts ot To speak of or the hallway as IU t tin Impressive pre a b tittles littles it Its ILl great stone walls breathed breath th tl th the substantial su dignity of or a mediaeval m l castle In ln a vast fireplace replies of a stone one from a French h chateau UJ lay Y three chill chili logs also m replicas r p cas vas The i r of the halt hall were carved with a tasty fern design of uncertain origin the ceilings reverted to Greek eek squares A strip of oC carpet ran a n scar scarlet Scar Scarlet scarlet let course our from the door up un the washstand wash washstand washstand stand marble steps and thence to the Hie Ih elevator The color of the carpet was repeated that is within three o shads in several bits of or velvet with gold lions which adorned the walls Placed here and there therl were oIW mission chairs chair with IUt leather cushions A cherry chelT telephone switchboard s a ashin shiny shin brass chandelier of ornate pat lat lattern pattern tern and two colored boys Os arrayed like South American generals general In uniforms of at blue h nary yellow completed the effe effect t Tine whole of or this magnificence ce was sur surrounded surrounded surrounded rounded by b a tall tan spiked iron fence tea of I not entirely design Nan an had been right Chicago has ha no such apartment buildings as yet et In Katea l snug nest he ninth IoOr the twp two a S seat that overlooked 0 the rive and the Irive talking and watching until Nans an trunk came When hen Howard arrived they the dressed d sed dined hurriedly and presently were driving down brilliant Broadway Br tda all three wedged In the seat e t ti i of a brougham Gordon was as waiting awaiting them at the theatre On Oit the moment when she met mel him in the lobby lobb Nana Nan an decided that here in the was vin a the U creature of or the stories But 1 a later on observing him more closely she stow saw W that he was waR not precisely l the six feet of pink American An young oung she had met in For one thing tiling he was a little older as ItS asa asa a sprinkling of gray gra about his temples testified arid add for another he h was much more human Without looking lookin in the least like the U nt Hercules nho hu ac accompanies accompanies accompanies companies the Golfing Girl the Yachting Girl the Fifth Avenue S venue Girl of DC the tire colored catered Christmas eaon dar Gordon Gordo managed somehow to t be bewell bewen bewell well wen built and handsome seem to weigh elgh en him at all aU The stage st ge box In In which they the sat possessed the advantage of having cost double the th price pike of four good seats s at besides commanding e a full view of oC al tit almost most half the stage tage and nd all an the make makeup up uto together ether with glimpses of whitewalls white whitewalls walls behind the scenes Cenes men working lIm and idle performers chat chatting chattin tint tintIn In the wings wing Nan Xan had been beel In the theatres atres even in boxes before but this was New York The evening was as a b blur to her hera a blur of ot song costume and rhythmic music mus with Gordon seated back of or her putting In trenchant little comments now and then them Before the th play was over he and Nan an were having little jokes joke together They even enen had hada a bet Gordon wagering a box of ot candy cand I 1 I I i 1 IR IRr E r i is y s t t ti t d I r i r Lj j I 4 tL GY r I 1 Its a pity that naughty t Y things taste tas t e nice n i c C she answered answer d sagely Iy I I that there d be lie a song son rhyming tore love with dove doe Then whoa whon In Instead Instead stead Mead of o i dove the words ran IRR snowwhite dove he insisted he had lost Joet though thought Nan tan thought hed come near enough After the theatre he suggested sup supper per pir and appeared n Kate Irate declined saying that Nan lIn was w is s tired by the railway Journey Then Gordon said that they must dine Un w th him a few fo nights later mentioning a 8 famous restaurant nt Nan was in a rain trance tra e as they the drove trove home lame nor tor wa waa she out of it when she fell fellaS asleep aS tp that night In her room at the th Kings Court small room roam with huge ht ge blue roses crawling up the walls On the day da set for tor Gordons dinner r Kate when she awoke woke a complained of headache Afternoon found her unimproved unimproved proved finally she telephoned Gordon that she could not go Howard would stay at home with her she le added but it tt would break her heart if it Nan aR were disappointed Would Gordon call for her heror Of or course courM he lie would though thou h he and Nan an would miss mis the tM Hedges Redga keenly It be better to postpone the he dinner Though Nan n had also urged for this Kate would not hear of or it H Would he call tall at T Very Every well and ami thanks so a much Preparations began ea early iy y Annie H pressed a 8 gown o n of oC delicate white or organdie organdie gandie with little roses roe In It and Fates Kates hair r carne and dM did won wondrous wondrous drous things with Naps Nairn apR soft soU hair Oh Ob Kate I te sh she he anted as she sur surveyed ur ned herself In tn the th bed betl room deer Dorist D you think tills this dress dreM and anti hut bat will trill be rn too much at a public restaurant Why Vh in Chicago o Much said lei Kate Katt No o child Then without cynicism she added Nothings too much for tor public places place In New fw York Walt Wait alt until you see ee the gowns Therell Theren not be one sim simpler pher than your fOur our own o nor daintier d Whereupon hereupon Kate was as kissed of course When a little UtU after art r T Annie announced Mr Ir Gordon she handed Nan lIn a purple box Violets Violet SK she ht exclaimed But inside she found fount a cluster of aristocratic or orchids hid These at her girdle giro I emphasized emphasized sized her fresh loveliness as Gordon |
