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Show BEAVER PRESS World Date Line Only Matter of Convenience y ! CHAPTER VI Continued 8 "So you Joined up?" Smlf remarked, more interested in this fact than in Miss Mercedes. "I went "In 14," Stone nodded. over at once. The only time I ever left Virginia for more than a week or two. I'd been educated in England, remember, and knew a lot of fellows. I was useful as a liaison officer. I was going to transfer to our own forces when we came in. Somehow I didn't. Afraid they'd think I was pushing myself forward, you know." "You were wounded?" Stone wriggled. "Oh, slightly, just a scratch. Nothing worth mention- ing." "Tou might as well tell me how It happened," Smlf pressed him inexorably, "I'm noted for my tactless pertinacity." "Oh, well, there was a little chnp I was fond of we all were. Irish, Dot too young, he'd been a Jockey in early life and we all thought he'd dyed his hair and lied about his age to get taken on at all. Very sporting, what? Well, some men came In after a raid. , Said they'd left him in a wounded. He'd begged 'em to go on. It was useless to try to carry him In. "Things had quieted down, there wasn't any danger; so, being fond of him, as I said, I Just wandered over to see whnt could he done for him. That's all there was to it." "Except that you effected a liaison with a German bullet or two," Smlf said dryly. "I see. Absolutely no danger, of course." Then, with a flash of Intuition, "I suppose he gave you the emerald horseshoe you so often wear?" "I always wear it," Stone corrected her, throwing his coat back to display it "Dennis was killed the first day after that that he was back at the front. He'd left the pin with the priest with orders to turn it over to me If he went west It had been presented to him after he won a great race by great riding, and he prized it above everything." A silence fell between them, each traveling far on trains of thought aroused by what had transpired. "You have friends over there," Smlf said at last. "Has it never occurred to you to go back to them?" Stone set his Jaw stubbornly. "I'm an American, I made up my mind all Virginia couldn't freeze me out, and by 0 d, I don't mean to let them !" There was passion in the statement and, sensing the spirit that had car ried hltn through years of ostracism, Smlf recognized It as final. At once she dropped the subject and reverted to the topic of Miss Mercedes. "Did Mercy nurse you?" "I'm alive," was Stone's laconic answer. Then after a minute he took the matter up again. nurse, a "She wasn't a fact which doubtless saved some more or less valuable lives. I only saw her occasionally In the South. She had a flirtation at every cot and wheel chair. After the armistice in Paris she began to cling a little; but her Intentions weren't really serious until she grew A fat man Is the most horfat rible sight In the world, but to my mind a fat woman runs him pretty close. So I'm counting on you to save me from her, Smlf." "And she Is counting on me to save you for her," Smlf pointed out "May I ask how I nm to reconcile my duty to both clients? After all, I've taken her money and I've not taken yours. Perhaps the best way out of the difficulty would be to throw you over." "Too late," Stone assorted. "It's impossible now to forget I'm your cousin. In Virginia, blood counts, you know. You can't throw over a relative. Besides, as a problem I'm much more Interesting than she can possibly be. e She's only fat. I'm morbid and and obstinate and a lot of other things I'll tell you about later." "Not much later. If I'm to preserve the iovely name unsmirched," said Smlf, her eyes stealing to the clock; "but shouldn't I add a bit of a humbug to the list you've given me? I'm not sure you don't like Miss Mercedes more than you'd have me think yon do." Stone made a wry face and shook his head. "Not while she's so fat," he said decisively. "Cod rr'lit." "flood night," Smlf echoed, but the door was shut between them. She reseated herself to smoke a final s of a magacigarette, turning the mind away to her tear zine and trying from Stone NosMt and tho position he had maintained so Ftubbnrnly for years. It was a useless attempt. So far as the situation in Virginia went, she was sure she could clear it up If she were on the spot. She promised herself she would make short work of It once she was at Lovelylea. As regards Miss Mercedes, she had stated the cae quite frankly to Stone and, after all. wouldn't such a mar rlage be the best thing for all con corned? Mercy had struck her as silly and sentimental, qualities which might nppoal to some men as feminine and affectionate. Plainly no woman was fitted to Julg what a man looked for In a wife. Probably nil that Stone wanted was that she should bring pressure on shell-hole- ... intro-sfiectlv- pn-e- WNTT Mercy to induce her to reduce until she was a more normal size. That much, she was pretty certain she could manage to accomplish ; giving no guarantee however that Mercy would continue sylphlike after marriage. "After one has won a race, plainly there is no incentive to keep on running," Smlf remarked to herself as she switched off the lights and, with a wide yawn, went hungry to bed. Foreseeing tlia'. she would be continually subject to Interruption from Miss Mercedes unless measures were taken to prove to her that she had not bought all Madame Saitou's time; to her great disgust, Smlf promptly charged that lady for a visit she made in the forenoon to inquire the result of the call at Doctor Klanton's office. While she was lingering, Smlf answered the telephone, to hear Stone's voice. He had, it developed, received a message from Lovelylea. Voltaire was ill. It was necessary for him to take the first train. No telling when He had to he would be back. rush. He hung up and so did Smif. Involuntarily her eyes sought Miss Mercedes' face, who, being shrewd in her own way, Interpreted the glance rightly. "That was Johnny talking to yon. Don't bother to fib to me, I know It was. I could see you making up your mind whether to tell me or not." Smlf laughed, attempting no denial. "I was doing exactly that," she acknowledged. "I confess I'd. like noth ing better than to have you go home to Virginia until I'm through with this banting. I fancy it's going to be very And also, hard on my disposition. you will be better able to estimate what the treatment is accomplishing after a lapse of a couple of weeks. Yet I confess I do not think your best interest will be served if you go down to Virginia now." Mercy lumbered to her feet. "That means that Johnny Is going back. Probably I can catch the same train." "Sit down again. You can't catch Now his train, because it's gone. pray pay attention to what I'm telling It's for your own good." Smlf you. Interrupted her sternly. "I absolutely cannot guarantee results to any client who refuses to be guided by me. Mr. Nesbit is distinctly irritated by your pursuit of him. I assure you it would be much better policy on your part to stay away from Virginia for a time. Olve him a chance to miss ... yon" "Do yon think he would?" The in Mercy's voice was unaffect wise-fulne- ed and moving. "I don't see whv not. Indeed a little show of indifference on your part might prove very salutary. 'Ab sence makes the heart grow fonder," she murmured. "It's an old saw and a true one." "I'll not deny that that is an Idea," Miss Mercedes remarked thoughtfully. "I'll think it over. What was it that took him back to Lovelylea In such a hurry?" "Who Is Voltaire?" Smlf asked. She was curious on the point, having been given no opportunity to ask Stone. "Those d n dogs!" Miss Mercedes exclaimed. "When I'm Mrs. Nesbit, I declare I'll poison them." Smif, who was fond of dogs, began to repent of the decision to forward her marriage. "French bulldogs," Miss Mercedes went on; "with ugly crumpled up faces. So clever you hardly dare talk before them for fear they'll repeat whnt you say. I certainly hate 'em. And Voltaire Is the worst. When Johnny goes away, he can scarcely be persuaded to eat. Pesides which, the beast can count. Johnny tells him how many days he'll be gone and if he overstays, the creature actually seems to go Into a sort of decline." Miss Mercedes heaved her fat torso in what was evidently intended to be a shrug. "Oh, well, he won't last long after we're married. You don't suppose I mean to be called down to Virginia because a dog's In the dumps? And what me tell yon Johnny about Europe? knows a lot of very Important people In England. There was a Lovely girl married a title this past autumn and he let out to me accidentally that he knew some of the men In the bridal party. I tried to get him to Invite them to Virginia, but be wouldn't. It will be good for him to go over there now and then Just to keep up with his old friends." This thought bail occurred to Smlf the night before. Coming from Mercy, she found herself revolting ng:iinst It, while she mentally noted that Stone had not mentioned eitlter Leister or his friends to her. It Th Barvic "1 can't encourage you to go Into this marriage, If that is your spirit," she said, her voice as cold as Ice. "Mr. Nesbit Is a mature man and has a right to make his own decisions. Moreover, his home Js in Virginia " "Lovelylea Isn't his home, honey," In explanatory Mercy interjected He only rents tones. "No, indeedy. It. He can't love It the way I love Rockmoss, for instance. His place belongs to the old Lovely family. Didn't you know that? And I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to be pulled back to Virginia as If I wore a collar and leash. After all, a man's wife's happiness is more Important than his dog's, however pampered, isn't It?" "Certainly," Smif conceded, "but his own happiness deserves some consideration, too, doesn't It?" "He'll be happy," Miss Mercedes was at length ready to leave. "He ought to be anyway. I don't think I'm flattering myself when I say I'll be more to him than any dog, and won't he have me?" It was not an argument easy to while maintaining the customary civilities, and Smif was not given to attempting the Impossible, yet before she summoned her next client she was forced again to remind herself of the re-fu- 'e "All right, Beau," she said softly, patting her knee and at once the dog sprang Into her lap and proceeded to make himself comfortable; as If he had known her all his short life. The other dog still held aloof, and this, for some reason, displeased her. The disdainful one was undoubtedly Voltaire and it was his favor she wished to win. She was not a Martha Washington Mercedes, to be scorned by Stone's pet. Of a sudden she became aware that Voltaire was growling. She turned and looked at him In amazement and the low rumbling in his throat fell lower and died out. She devoted her attention to Beau-cairand at once the growling began again. Smif was accustomed to dogs and thought she knew all their ways, but bulldogs were a new breed In her experience and all she had heard of them was the legend of their fierceness. The noise this beast was making was menacing. Telling herself that Stoe would not have left her alone with a dangerous animal, she forced herself to sit as still as If she were deaf to Its threats, while the sound rose to a snarling strength. Then, before she could attempt to defend herself, "Something Seems Suddenly to Have Stiffened Your Backbone." "Something Has," Stone Averred. fact that because Mit Mercedes did Voltaire launched himself upon her, not strike her as the ideal companion, licking her hands and trying to nose it did not necessarily follow that Stone Beaueaire from his place of vantage in her lap. Nesbit would agree with her. "I was betting on that," Stone made a nonchalant entry, his hands deep In CHAPTER VII his pockets. "It was your voice that For some time Smif heard no more got him. I've never known him to make so much fuss over anyone but of her new and disturbing consultant, me before. You ought to feel deeply a back into settled and her business routine that, if it did not interest her flattered. Smif." "Flattery may be what you call it," deeply, taxed her still less; which was Smif said, adding with pardonable curishe that of fact view In the as well was losing weight steadily and had not osity: "Suppose he had torn me In reached the point where she had shreds? I know barking dogs are supposed not to bite but I never heard censed to find dieting irksome. as much said for growling ones." Moreover her vanity was not yet ap"If you were frightened why didn't no was since apprethere pealed to, ciable change In her appearance. Her you call me?" "Probably I was too paralyzed with scales told a different story and Docto think of It. What did he make fear satisfied. was tor Blnnton entirely Smirs first news from Virginia those frightful noises for If he didn't mean to eat me alive? No wonder reached her In letters from Mercy, Mercedes doesn't like him." two In one mail, liberally underlined, Stone's lips did not move, yet somesalted with dashes and exclamation how Smlf received the Impression of a marks and written in the vein of mystery that Is generous In "you know sardonic grin. "Your mistake, my child. She adores who," while sedulously omitting names. Smlf smiled and felt about fourteen him. She has told me so many a time. again as she replied with a short note He's perfectly sweet with her. Watch." From He bent over the dog and patted him. In the same schoolgirl style. Stone she received no word, a fact "Shall I call Mercy, Vol?" Voltaire lifted his lip at one side in that perhaps kept him more In the forefront of her mind than if he bad a snarl that gave him an absolutely venomous expression. There remained bombarded her with letters. no uncertainty concerning his attitude One afternoon, her day's engagements over, she had seated herself for toward Mercy. "That's what he thinks," Stone ex a moment to review the work of the plained with entire gravity, "however, day preparatory to changing her dress he's a French gentleman. In her presand starting for the Badminton, when she heard the quick scamper of little ence, he will conceal any uncompll feet and two dogs burst into the room mentary opinion he may have formed and circled It with alert curiosity, of a lady." "Why did he act the way he did t sniffing here and sniffing there and me, then?" making themselves entirely at home. "He was paying you a sincere com There was no doubt In her mind Being emotionally stirred by whose dogs these were, and she plinient. watched them with Interest while jealousy, he knew you could not fall to be flattered by a display of It. He awaiting the advent of their master; wished you to make a fuss over him which she felt certain would be unconnot over P.eaucalre." at and come not did he Yet ventional. "And so he proceeded to make him last one of the solid, substantial little of her self disagreeable about It? How like unconscious never creatures, nation." presence, advanced to her side and put a man of any Stone attempted no defense. "Poor one paw on her knee as If to beg per"Well fish, men." he said briefly. mission for some further favor. She how are things coming on?" leaned over to make out his name on "I've lost thirteen pounds" "P.eaucalre." She his silver collar: 'They say thlrteen's an unlucky nnm twisted It around. "Johnstone NesMt. Park avenue. Manhattan," she read, ber." Always grave. Stone now np and now she confessed her surprise to pea red to be plunged in gloom. "Have herself. When had he taken tip his a heart. Smlf. Mercys getting abso lutely enthusiastic on the subject of habitat in Park avenue? THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER weU'httent of the four lively sisters, finds herself In de yoiinnest and phynlcally the in who Virginia l nnfil tv Smlf's brother. lilll-IeThe family etate, lively rldeclly straitened cirrtinmtance. m Mr. Johnstone Nesbit. Under the name "Madame i in rented It in own to IovelyTea. Smlf'a In Chile. dearest wlh lives I. ..... , t thlt filch." a consultant. She has a client who Indesires to evade rrnu. BiRitiinpn ncrurn, -..-- - "T , - .VlttlAf A&IIOU rjuesllnr:, Miss IBter, the lady whom he refers to as Merry tha loverlike purfult of an extraordinarily stout lady, of her exrrss welirht she has lost her lover. Johnny Martha Washington Mpno.Un, come. Her Mory I that he reuse that If the results are Hmlf should try the "cure." arrt Smlf advlnea her to dirt until she has redueerl. aMerry pro pones Smlf consents. Smlf's Identity and discovers "Johnny" fee, For generous will f.,llow her example. satisfactory Merry Nesbit. He tells h.T a pathetic story or his rniiu la hlm'elf reroirtilied hy Smlf aa the tenant of lyovelylea, Johnstone of Ivelvlea. I'nused to Vlrninln's ways, he thouirht hood In France and KnKland. C;reumstanres mailn him the ix.seeas "not a gentleman." He h:is a mlnintnre of his xreat- hhnrs losflly violates the ronvntifna, and la condemned hy h!a nei also an ancestress of Smif. According to Virginia tra grandmother and tells Hmlf the portrait la that of Lorraine Lovely, dltions, ha and Smlf are "cousins." Smith Ix.vely ("Prnlf.") ..,!.! I i. Bobbs-Merrl- ll Company.) J reducing. You'll have me married to her before I know it, If you aren't careful." "Have you seen much of her since you went back to Virginia?" "As much, exactly, as I couldn't avoid. Fortunately, as Voltaire can't abide her, he always warns me of her coming. Her Intentions are still both earnest and honorable. If that's what Let's forget It you want to know. What have you been doing since I saw you last?" "Banting and working, working and banting. That's about all. What's the meaning of the address on your dogs' collars?" "Oh," said Stone. "Ah," said Stone, fingering the dog's collar and hesitating perceptibly. "It happened to occur to me that in some way I was something of a d n fool. At a hotel I was absolutely vulnerable. It was as free to Mercy as to me; while a man'a home is his castle " "News I seem to have heard before. Go on," Smlf Interjected. "So I decided to have a castle In town. I've taken a penthouse with a garden and I can bring the dogs with me Instead of having Voltaire nearlv die of melancholy whenever I am away from Lovelylea." "Then you plan to stay In New York?" Off and on," Stone answered non chalantly, "dodging Mercy to the best of my ability until you've both come to your senses." Both? What do you mean both?" Smif sputtered. I mean exactly that. Both." Stone looked at her with a gleam in his eye. "Sooner or later you're bound to realize I won't marry her. Then you'll marry her to some one else; she will be happy and so, I trust, shall I." "Something seems suddenly to have stiffened your backbone." "Something has," Stone averred. "I suppose you appreciate that this makes you much more Interesting as an object of the chase? Instead of a cringing victim you now become game worthy of our bow and spear. "Well, catch me If you can. I'll give you a run for your money. Time for you to go home, isn't it? The dogs and I will walk up with you." Custom and the convenience of the public regulates the International date line, as it does the divisions between the time belts in the United States. These do not follow merid ians. 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