Show 111 < DR GERMAINES SUIT I By Jove Gordon what a pretty Elrl where does KH drill l from T Now York of comae wo always have a large titock on hand but I thought every onu had heard oC Mar jorle Alton Oh is that the Miss Allen Well weI1 well Ones conceptions often go I far astray Do you know from the I pictures In the papers and one or two I odd photos Ive sucn at the Marstons in Boston I always imagined she was a I brunette Naturally Photography cant produce 1 pro-duce that pure golden blond coloring j I i I any more than print Only a painter and a good one could reach her Come I I Ill Introduce you she Is one of the few women who can justify llrat impressions im-pressions I Dr Germaine followed his friend I across the spacious ballroom a stiff sen breeze had blown the hotel guests I Indoors so there was dancing thai evening and Saturday night had I brought an overflow of men from the j l city so the object toward which they were striving was walled about by I black coats whose wearers clamored I like so many ravens for a dance or apiece a-piece of a dance She was haggling I over the division of a quadrille when I I she saw the two men approaching I Ah come and rescue me Mr Gor don she called laughing Here a t II I I dance I want to sit out quadrilles alI n al-I tome and tedious things arranged for I prim mammas and debutantes i II have none of them and as you donL I I dance I throw myself on your mercy And I In my turn throw my friend i on yours Miss Mnrjoric Miss Allen Dr Germaine of Boston I i Not Dr Thomas Germaine the fa mom nerve specialist she exclaimed i I Incredulously I beg your pardon bhe added a bright color mounting to the roots of her beautiful hair I am glad to meet you Dr Germaine but I 1 but my Ideas of you were all at sea I thought you were old and and bald I have just said to Gordon that mj I mindpicture oC you shot wide of the I I rrark Miss Allen said Germaine in i his pleasant deep voice and I am in 11 I debt lo the reality Then well cry quits she returned I merrily as Gtnnalne offered his arm having calmly usurped the disputed quadrille I I They talked on many subjects as I they sat in the little glass inclosure just off of the veranda on anything I j and everything rather than the scla i life of which she was a part i Germaine at first regarded her in a I I professionally critical light as a splendid splen-did specimen of womanhood wellbal I anced physically and mentally superb In her youth and health but after awhile he forgot his critical poise forgot for-got everything but the lovely animated face beside him as most men did when they came in contact with Marjorie Allen During the half hour which the dance consumed Dr Thomas Ge maine passed through several phases of his spiritual existence He found himself him-self at length talking of himself a thing he seldom did to mortal man or woman by which sign he knew that he had fallen captice at the feet of the I only woman In the world for him and he hugged his chains Im only stopping with Gordon over Sunday he said as they wandered 1 back to the ballroom Ive a trouble I I some lawsuit to see through In New 2 York The case Is called for Tuesday morning sharp and Ive an appointment appoint-ment with my lawyer on Monday but j I Ill wind up net week here I Her face lighted with sudden intelligence I e gence geucOh yes of coursethe papers were I I full of It last wwksom tricky woman who fooled you Into giving a very important I i im-portant diagnosis of some casewasnt It And then she refused to pay the i 1111 you presented You must tell me i all about it I I I If you could spare me another I square dance 6e suggested artfully I Theres the tenth you may have i that And then she was taken away t and Germaine saw no more of her for I 1 two weary hour Meantime Gordon took him In charge I I handing him around to sundry attractive I attrac-tive young matrons and pairing him for dances with several extremely pretty I pret-ty girls but his eyes were continually i following the slim white figure In Us easy graceful motion He was promptly i prompt-ly on hand to claim his promised dance I and then returned at once to the glass closure On one side they looked out i on the restless angry sea lashing itself i it-self Into a very froth of fury on the I I other they looked in at the everchang ing kaleidoscope of gay gowns flutter 1 i Ing and sweeping with the rhythm of I the dance I Now tell me commanded Marjorie I theres I something uniquely pathetic in I seeing the masculine intollect t completely I com-pletely taken In1 she must be a clever r woman what Is her name I 1 Louise Armltago she wrote me regarding I I re-garding some friend of hersyou know i I how easily a woman can say a friend I I of mine At any rate she stated the I case some incipient brain tiouble In I j J such a lucid manner and wrote such a i pleasant ladylike note that T could not fall to respond at length giving my j professional opinion which as you I know commanded some sort of a price 1 whatever its value and explaining many points which puzzled her I in closed no bill trusting rather unwar j fly I confess to her sense of justice 11 and she wrote me a pretty letter l < oil 1 I thanks canceling all obligations with a few neatly rounded sentences What a shiunel1 murmured sympathetic sympa-thetic Marjorie Now 1 havent the least Idea who Miss Armltage IF and I really dont enreI I wouldnt oven mind giving her my opinion gratis but Im ethical 1C hoi1 friend cannot afford treatment shin should have explained the fact in her noto or If she had false pride In the matter as no doubt she had she should have confessed It afterward Tint nOJhc braves It oui Insists that she never made use of my diagnosis except In a way of general Information unit maintains that she owes me nothing noth-ing because she did not regard my opinion In the light of n consultation n fine bit of sophistry by the say Sophistry Is lying by polite address ad-dress Interposed Marjorie OC com so smiling and In conclusion con-clusion when I sent my bill for services rendered to Miss Agatha Hlounl L the name of her friend she calmly wrote hack that there was no match person and that I hadnt a leg lo stand onol words to hat t effect T must own thai she was eminently proper so I turned t over the business to my lawyers and theres to be a preliminary hearing on Monday which may settle matters without applying to the court hope so It fcceins such a paltry thing to waste time over Its the principle Im maintaining main-taining you see I 1 5 5 < t so m c voun g thin NU annul uiiu 9 QUHIU > uti nii 0 who wrote for your autograph suggested I sug-gested Marjorie oon the contrary 11m suspecting I seine female of uncertain age perhaps some terrible monster who has written writ-ten me up for the Dally Something or Other Im prepared to lose my suit 1 uwn beforehand the fair Louise is I too clever for me Fortunately society bars cleverness clever-ness said Marjorie perhaps Its a I wise dispensation And yet Ive heard It whispered that you are clever Insisted Germaine She raised two lovely protesting hands and the lace falling back from her sleeves showed her snowy rounded arms I hope such a whisper died In the slanderers throat she naltl you didnt believe It Ifow could without proof And now he added an underlying shade of earnestness In his voice I will take no hearsay I will know for myself may IV The dance was over and she rose togo to-go back to the ballroom he look her hand and she allowed it to rest in his unconsciously for a moment as she gnred absently over the waste of restless rest-less waters I feel went on Germaine as 1C this is something more than a ballroom Introduction if this hand clasp snakes us friends She glanced at him half smiling but there was wlslCulncss behind the mirth Remember it was your proposition she admonished Certainly is a compact May I see you tomorrow In the morning I eo lo church So do TIn T-In the afternoon I stroll on the promenade Strange coincidence My desire also points that way And If the night is pleasant haunt tlie veranda and watch the moonlight on the wavps and think indescribable thoughts while Im chattering and laughing with the rest My condition exactly Ah theres your waltz No 1 wont pro back Ill leave von with your partner and tow Gordon home again Good night u H Genrame spouted Shakespeare the way back to Gordons coy quarters lilting his feelings into sonnets and jonmols until his much enduring friend turned restive That will do my boy they all carryon carry-on that way at first but my Lady DisdaIn Dis-dain will not choose quickly Im coming down upon you next Sat urdny all the same Theres l always a bed for you Tom if you mean that only dont be a fooltt said Gordon fumbling for his latch key Many lifetimes are lived In a day and Germaine felt that he had never lived before She wore his roses too ill day and talked to him with that freedom from restraint that years of association might fail to bring l but such clays must die and the morning came all too soon The men cast aside their festive looks with their dancing pumps and went in swarms to the city Gordon and Germaine among hem Germaine went straight to his lawyer lie fount that gentleman closeted and being a half hour ahead of his appointment appoint-ment he settled himself before the mass of newspapers on the bIg untidy loolc InS table They were all Saturday and Sunday editions out of which Ger maine sifted some Interesting looking book reviews and prepared to enjoy I himself He had not read very long I however before his eyes halted in the middle of a column attracted by tho words Agatha Blount a novel of today to-day by Louise Armltage The blood mounted to his face this then was the meaning of It all and he had been duped Into playing the fool by this art nil woman but It was not too late thank heaven he would withdraw his suit at once the sooner the better and banish the unpleasant little Incident lent from his mind Somehow the office of-fice wall scorned to hedge him In he could not sit quietly and wait He rang time boll Tell Mr Weslcoll Ill be back in an hour he said to the boy Then he hurried off and boarded anuptown car 1 r t J tA I > I 1 nm 1 Om 1 I A a r L si 5 t 1 Farmer Here what are ye doln up thar 4 f8tnpIm teachln ycr dog tcr walk on him hind legs lo hIs hotel l Here he Pound Ills mall awaiting him fiinjjiiir which as he half expected was a nice square hookIlk package lie tore off the paper cover lugs disclosing the neat green cloth blndlntf In which Ajrntha Blount made her how lo the world i he lung It I I aside wllh scarcely a contemptuous glance fare downward on the table turning with a 1 sigh oC relief to a note which had the breath of violets ahou Itthe same breath which hovered around Marlene Allen whenever he came near hun Only n few lines thanking him for sonic llowerw he had < sent hell before leaving hut in recording them he forgot foi IL while the dls agreeable li1 cunmstn ems connected wIth Apratha mount He lost himself III I a few moments happy musing then ils Ihouchta wandered back lo the book mill lie picked It up from the la ble Within on the fly leaf was a simple sim-ple inscription With the author compliments But the band of Louise Armllage hat lost Its cunnhiKJ IL was no longer cramped and shaky writing at whIch he gaxed hut the firm characters oC t L woman of refinement and Intelllgeiico like like TiVIHi a sudden gesture he pulled out Marjorles note and compared com-pared time writing letter by letter his emotion playing In his face now paling now flushing It now drawing his bio vs together In n frown or the corners of I his mouth Into a smile as he hit against the various angles of the slt nation With the book In his hand and the letter In Ills pocket he found hlmsel once more on the way to his lawyers office he took several dips between the green cover as the car rushed him along seeing much to admire In tho virile style and clear logical expression marveling more at the depth and force displayed in the development of an overtaxed mind seeking vainly for Its balance and falling Into vacuity out of which skilled hands succeed l In gen tie guiding her Here his part came In and he smiled as he read Mr Wcstcott was at leisure when he got back and Dr Germaine was ushered Into hia private office rve news for you Germalnc he cried wheeling round on his chair lo greet his client I say old chap Aga tha Blount Is 1 a bluff She was advertised adver-tised In the papers on Saturday And here she Is said tho doctor producing his volume That lilts our case on the head In one quarter and as for the other point by Jove Im skeptical even about Louise Armltage Ive been tracing her address you see Must be some friend In the secret for the people there art discretion personllled my theory Is that some genius Is hiding under a bushel rumor has It that some society swell perhaps For answer Germaine drew out the violetscented envelope and laid It beside be-side the flyleaf of the book The same he Interrogated + Couldnt fall to be youre on the right track Well then Wcslcott I withdraw the case But the suit my dear fellow Its hooked for tomorrow Then pay the costsI authorize you as for the suit 1 thinkI think I can conduct It personally with with less Inconvenience I may take It to a higher court but Ill win at last Goodbye Good-bye And leaving the bewildered lawyer law-yer in a state of speechless surprise Dr Thomas Germaine walked away Agatha 331ount tucked securely under un-der his arm with Marjorles dainty envelope en-velope marking his place Belle Moses In Town and Country |