| Show By MARTHA 1 AN OLD MANS MAN'S DARLING WILLIAMS r Copyright 1915 by McClure Ne New paper Syndicate Marry l him Quick That's my advice Mrs 1 Berwick Borwick shot at nt Carolyn Carolyn Caro Caro- lyn who gazed meditatively meditative 1 In the fire She had just put the case gl to her friend and social mentor the mentor the case caso of heel Ruel Norris Esq widower aged al almost almost almost al- al most 70 jO 0 lon long on wealth short on grammar alone In n the world except for sundry grandchildren who re regarded regarded re- re him in the nature of an In Investment re-I re Ine In- In e vestment lie He had hall fallen violently a victim to Carolyn Carolyn's charms charms Carolyn Carolyn a n. dou daughter daugh daugh- h- h ter of oC the gods sods divinely tall and onel fair also poorer than poverty from the fact that with a bread and income in income in- in come COntA she she- had a n. position demanding truffles anti and champagne also again agnin conscious that her charms were at aJ apogee henceforth change must mean their waning That Is to sa say she was on th the tho edge dge of thirty Many lany men had loved 11 her her her- half of them well enough to propose I But the suitors who had been In earnest earnest earn earn- est cst had not been heen the right sort Well Vc 11 enough enouch perhaps perhaps perhaps-It if sho eho had loved lo them them but but lacking love out of oC the question There had never been a n question with regard to Henry Alban who had said In the thc beginning Wo We dare not 10 love being paupers The Tho sa saying had not hindered his han hanging inE about Carolyn until Mrs frs Berwick Borwick was In despair Then suddenly Melva Iel Lane with a tt million on hand and several others In pro prospect had been thrown In Iii his way with way with the result of or a sudI sudden sudden sud sud- den secret wooing and an astounding I runaway to lar Paris Paria ts where hero still stUl tho the pair I abode Dont yr C Cant i ant want a wedding trip to I Paris Mrs Mr lr Berwick Borwick went on a little fearfully She Sho had never quite dared to speak peak to Carolyn of ot Alban She did it now with malice aforethought aforethought afore afore- thou thought ht and the best intentions Carolyn frowned tho the l least ast bit hit I Iwas Iwas 1 was thinking of oC she said suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly sitting silting straighter I I can go o if IC if I choose 1 can enn have half the world If I choose choose choose- Then say MY yes es Do Mrs 1 Berwick BorwIck Borwick Bor- Bor wick entreated Carolyn Smiled more faintly than she had frowned Crowned I would would would-if if I 1 had hadnot hadnot hadnot not a tt troubling sense oC ot fairness sh she answered My l captive poor Ioor old fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low Is so amazingly decent over oer everything everything ev ev- almost apologetic over his v. v wealth wealth-It It is 18 ver very much greater than anybody knows Told me but me-but but not in tho rho way a of oC making a price price just just let me me know he ho could do right by the grandchildren that grandchildren that is his ver very phrase yet ct yet leave me royally rich earl of leavIng leaving leaving leav leav- He lIe doesn't talk thus early ing you Mrs Ins Borwick Berwick cried as- as as Carolyn no nodded ded He has lost his head not head not his reason she said smiling bitterly Ten years at nt tho the outside ho lie measures my bondo bondage e. e After fter that with millions and tho the world worM before me mc I know ho he hopes hopeR although he does docs not say It I will wUl i find the bondage to have been worth while fine tine Ive I've no patience with you YOU splitting splitting hairs and haggling Mrs lr Berwick Borwick exploded Carolyn Caroln got oot up slowly in such fashion that all the tho slender yet opulent opulent opulent opu opu- lent charm of oC her was wa manifest I Iam Iam Iam am his latest craze h he has come to regard me as other men old and rich regard their hobbles hobbies He lie asks s so o of oC mr only me-only only to endure him let him worship mo me and give Iyo me the setting setting set set- ting ho thinks I deserve It It-it It it hurts me hero here hero putting a slim hand hond to her long white throat It If I r could either love him or hate hote him Id I'd take him lim in a a. minute I take him anyway If IC you had never ne known that wretched I Henry Helry Alban Mrs l Berwick Borwick flung back fretfully He Ho Is one reason Im I'm so wild to have havo you OU make this match Have you heard hear that Melva's s fortune was all but hut wiped out in m that railroad reorganization 7 No Poor Toor thing It must be dreadful to lose los your our charm chann for an adored husband Carolyn answered reflectively Then as a hl big dark blue car burred up to the door she sho shut her teeth and said through them Elinor you may congratulate me before beCore the fact act The wedding was like liki the tho social event of the season All An the grandchildren grandchildren grandchildren grand grand- children came CoLmo to it it hearIng bearing gifts like the Greeks Greel s of ot old The They went away appeased In n a a. sort bort but hut tied fled had spoken out through his lawyers lawers Each Ench heir presumptive presumptive presumptive pre pre- had got Jot a rich portion delivered delivered de do- livered in hand All that remained was settled inalienably and In fee tea upon the new wife Mrs Ir Carolyn Enderby Enderby En- En derby this Norris this aft after r her husbands husband's husLa husbands husband's hus hus- La bands band's nd's death j while he lie lived she would have havo only a large larg-e Independent Income It was all lute like e a 1 dream come true to she Carolyn Carolyn she who had ha beon been forced to count her pennies pennIe could if It it pleased her spend thou thousands sanda She had further a husband who delighted to shower her with the richest gifts who was always listening Intently to find out tho the things she the cared reel most about anti and tos tossing ln them diem Into her lap figuratively of or course one ne one cannot thus toss a country place hunters carriages with pairs and amI coachmen pony on cars cais completely equipped town townhouses townhouses townhouses houses opera boxes and all that goes with them Carolyn seemed to bo ho a aI glorified cl Cinderella and antI being ver very I womanly human was Joyous In being so Her husband fresh tresh colored white white- haired still erect and not too too portly fitted Into loto the the picture until picture until he opened op his mouth Then she cringed In soul soul soul-he he made such havoc with the tho queens queen's English h Yet her sense of oC fair pIa play made her keep the cringing cring- cring cringing cringing cring cring- ing hidden It would torture him to know mow what sho suffered and she owed him so much Having ma made e ehr her hr bargain open eared she was bound to stand b by it Therefore she insisted upon his presence at mon many times and places that did not Imperatively imperatively im Im- Im- Im require it It Thus It d he ha was beside her and in full tull tide of oC speech at nt atan atan an afternoon aft function at which she ho I met tho the Albans Melva had blossomed blos blos- soured into a grande dame of Paris Her lIer marvelled locks now a tt pure Titian hue instead of oC their birthright dingy ding bro brown n She wore also the newest things In complexions and a gown that was tho the very Yen last word wort Yet her husbands husband's haggard eyes found no delight in her He strode up to Carolyn almost heedless s of ot Ms lis lawful partner caught her hand between both his but hut for tor half a a. minute minute minute min min- ute spoke no word Then with a n abare hare bare acknowledgment of her husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hUB bands band's greeting he drew drev her a little apart from the throng thron saying as he lie looked her up and down You take tako my mj breath But you were always always- unusual Explain please Carolyn Caroln murmured murmured murmured mur mur- looking down Within she was trembling but her outer seeming was of gay say challenge d even to herself herselt she had loved the theman theman man beside her to a degree that had made her marriage o seem almost sac sac- aci ac- ac i c. The ghost of that love had stood between her and the royally generous other man who had made life lite a fairy talc tale Now she know knew herself fully avenged Alban was blUer bitterly py He Ho looked her hor over again then thenaid said aid Id Think of ot having all the mom money there is yet yel remaining remaining human human A glance glanc at his wife barbed the dart A strange gladness was wan growing growing grow grow- rowing row row- ing In her heart she hEart she had so 50 dreaded this minute It was showing her fate fato had been wholly kindI kind I 1 think we agreed at the very YOO nr first t it was not the love but the lack of money that was the root of evil t tho he said gay gayly Being thus early wise of oC course we vc are safe You also appear to be quite human Too human he whispered Why did you OU let me do It It Carolyn Z Ho HA stopped short Without a a. word she left him precipitately ly darting almost straight back to her husbands husband's side She clung to the old mans man's arm openly oven proudly although he was decanting to Mrs Ir Alban upon Carolyn's Carolyn wonderful achievements in home furnishing to lo to the utter ro rout t and confusion contusIon of ot grammar rhetoric and periods Empire Queen Anne Ann Louis Quatorze whatnot whatnot whatnot what what- not fell tell trippingly from hi his tongue tongue- and always In tho the possible connection Yet r 1 Mrs Alban was listening listenIng- 8 sympathetically sym sym- m pathetically her face tace was even as near wistful Jl as her new complexion permitted When they the shook ghook hands In parting sho aho whispered audibly My I dear Im I'm so 30 glad for tor you youre you're youre you're as wise as you vou were always rood and l i fun ful Lord How Now Id I'd love lovo to tom 1 old ole mans man's darling m i t tIt r It UIt really isn't half halt bad C Ca Cat returned amiably with a 8 sat MU at nod at her husband who was was' her with adoring eyes J |
