Show U tJ 1 r j J At f W I C r To 1 1 o P J I 1 1 L 7 run J m tM J How Hov Dashing Moreton y s aa r y t Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp Fell Madly Madl In Love L With W Wr r N. N I t tM Y h M Y Y t Md Q z C His Yeas 17 Year Old 17 r j st y 1 Ste Step mother mother the Da DaShe Day She Married His H IS m C w r Dad Dad and a ll der Finally li a l l sp r A rA r J f Carried Her H Off Of to t o an 11 Inn English E Inn c. c r I i r 3 I t L I v J t I 7 Mrs M s. s Loftus G. G Sharp Sharp photographed ata at at a t it If E z J lit with Moreton Gwin Gwm- f fashionable English race-meet race r f J p t Sharp nett-Sharp the step son s ep who wh took took her away from Y fl f. f 4 his wealthy father lir ti J I f iL jm LONDON LONDO e t 0 lIEN PHEN the middle-aged middle widower W Loftus G. G G Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp one of the th wealthiest men in Eng Eng- England England land dazzled the parents of pretty Doreen Paxton with his millions and thus succeeded iri acquiring her as he had acquired everything else he desired his his riches his social position and his magnificent estates in his his three son Moreton pre pre- prepared prepared prepared pared to hate and despise despi e the girl step step- mother I Interloper Gold digger Fortune- Fortune hunter Adventuress Such were the terms terns in which he ho thought and spoke of his fathers father's fiancee t He Ito considered that theold the the old gentleman was making a fool of himself He Ile con con- considered considered considered that Doreen was a fool 1 of him And so indignant was he at the whole affair alTair that at first he refused to attend the wedding Doreen was only seventeen when the millionaire discovered her and felt that he would like to add her to his list of valuable possessions Her tier father a scholarly but scantily paid schoolmaster was an amateur gardner of repute and 2nd since this was a hobby shared by Mr Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp the millionaire decided to consult him Doth Both at this time were trying to grow STow a purple rose had succeeded t but Mr Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp had heard it rumored at the famous Hor Ilor Horticultural Horticultural Show in irr London that Paxton's blossom was a shade nearer purple than his Hence a letter followed by an appointment ap ap- appointment He lie then proposed staying ying till ho he was better telling Doreen and her father that the vibration of motoring home would be too painful for Cor him The embarrassed host wondered how on earth he was going to entertain the theman theman theman man of millions But Dut he didn't have to todo todo todo do much entertaining after all for Mr 1 Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp seemed perfectly content con con- content content tent to sit and watch the fair Doreen She had lived all her life in a quiet country place and Mr bar Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp excited her 5 j with tales of the great cities London cities London Paris Rome New York lie He told her hM of oC the dances the supper parties the races he attended He lIe talked of great people spoke familiarly of the titled men and women whose names fill the newspapers n In short he opened up a new and world to the simple country girl whose amusements amuse amuse- amusements ments mentis hitherto had not exceeded an occa occasional concert or slide-illustrated slide lecture Loftus G. G Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp though well wellon on in his sixties was still an imposing and rather striking figure He lIe was was quite the strongest personality the child had hall known v v a e aA x The quaint old English inn where Loftus G. G Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp found his girl wife and his son registered as a married couple Iris His sprained ankle did not improve rapidly It was two weeks before beCore he de de- de- de parted But Dut when he left leCt he had Doreen's promise that in a few weeks weeks' time they would be married Gentle sweet s and the girl had hadsel seldom sel om said no to anything she he f was asked to do She knew nothing of love but butle reflected le that it would be unkind to re- re refuse refuse fuse fuso that nice old ohI gentleman when he asked her to marry him So she had said Yes Mr Sharp Gwinnett in her unconsciously docile way and the millionaire mil mil- millionaire millionaire felt as though he had won a great battle It created a sensation in society when hen the millionaire announced his forthcoming forthcoming ing wedding to a girl of seventeen and St. St Margarets Margaret's Westminster was crowd crowd- crowded ed with fashionable friends of the tho bride bride- bridegroom bridegroom bridegroom groom when Doreen looking as though she were going to be confirmed rather than married was led to the altar There had been an hour eleventh-hour re re- reconciliation reconciliation conciliation between father and son and young oung Moreton 1 Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp saw his lovely lovel step-mother step for the first time in church As his eyes ces rested upon the beautiful bride a terrible an appalling thing hap hap- happened the the millionaire bridegrooms bridegroom's son fell in love with his fathers father's wife wifel I IThe IThe The honeymoon held every element clement of which a young girl might have dreamed save one and that the most important important- romance Mr Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp G. G lavished money mane on his lovely wife girl girl indulged her every whim wl m dressed her like a queen but he remained Mr Gwinnett Mr Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp found It impossible ble bin to be b ardent with her She was altogether al altogether al- al altogether together too loo innocent too childlike lie He tried to accustom tom her to calling him but despite her efforts Yes Mr Sharp would rush lush to her lips whenever be he addressed her She kissed him occasionally but when she shedid shedid did so it was with the the- guileless Ming citing ting embrace of an affectionate i r Such uch was the marital relations of the millionaire and his wife wiCe when he ho took her bar to his bis Herl estates where Moreton awaited their arrival The weather was damp and the elder elder- elderly elderly ly h promptly developed acute rheumatism lIe He was practically im im- imprisoned imprisoned imprisoned in his room crippled with pain less than a month after alter they had come home He lie had important affairs to at nt- attend attend tend to and men of business were in inand inand inand and out nearly nearl all aU day long so that Doreen saw little of him though she nursed him as much as he would let her At night he was too tired to go out with her or to amuse her Young Moreton meanwhile had avoid avoid- avoided avoided avoided ed his girl step-mother step as though her smile contained deadly poison and net het touch meant death The millionaire did not fail to note this conduct and realizing that it added to the monotony of Doreen's life became vexed with his son He sent for him He lIe told him that he resented his treatment of the girl and asked him to take herout her herout herout out to teach her how to drive the car how to ride to hounds how to dance Moreton sulkily promised Next day he asked her if she would like to learn the Charleston Young Moreton struggled against the passion pas ion that was consuming him But Dut their hands would meet their eyes would gaze into each others other's words were al always al- al always ways wars palpitating on their lips We went through months of torture I. I Doreen in court And then at last Fate Hook a hand inthe in inthe inthe the affairs of tho the middle-aged middle millionaire his wife girl and his beloved son Ion All had accepted an invitation lo to a dinner party and dance at an estate some distance away At the last moment Mr Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp was laid low by his old enemy rheumatism lie He insisted how- how lit 1927 l by Iv u Mr Loftus Gwin- Gwin Gwinnett ever er that his son accompany pany his wife wiCe nett Sharp the Shall we do some H Her e r t f o speeding in my car in instead in- in millionaire who stead of letting the t h e divorced d i v o 0 r c e c d his chauffeur drive us in pretty pre p r e t t Y bride yours yours Moreton asked naming his own c and tho the girl eagerly as ns- asson son as co co dent At the party they danced together t the en- en en en- entire entire t tire evening regardless of or the fact that their hosts and fellow fello is guests guests' though too well-bred well to comment audibly v were ere cre obviously critical of their their s actions Seventeen and three twenty b swirling madly in each others other's arms clasped heart to heart their bodies sway sway- swaying swaying ing to the same intoxicating rhythm the same same song of love in their souls They started for home at about half r past one in the morning They had a two- two hours' hours ride before belore them The car broke down exactly four miles from anywhere and thirty-five thirty miles milts from home It was wasa t a lovely moonlight night and the coun coun- country country country try absolutely deserted They decided to walk as far as the nearest inn Four Four miles of moonlight four miles of lone lone- loneliness liness four Uness-four four miles of love They reached the inn at last Moreton unable any longer to resist his longing for the lovely lovel girl at his side boldly registered reg reg- registered registered Mr anu an an Mrs Gwinnett Sharp Hours Hou of undreamed-of undreamed bliss of passion passion- passionate ate vows vows then morning Mr Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp had been up all night tortured by horrid visions of oC accidents of son hrs maimed his lovy by y wife dead He lie had S ordered his auto at dawn and rt had ridden toward the house r where the tho young couple had ha dined the tho light t before Ho lie had found lound The truth bad had to be told the deserted machine on the road load From Did your wife confess demanded there he had easily traced Doreen and counsel of of he the millionaire mill in court Moreton Concealment was impossible I 1 said to her Is my son your lover loveral ral Tal Press Association inn Inc I Mrs Doreen Gwinnett Gwinnett- Sharp the 17 old old English s' s girl who married a man 40 years her senior and promptly M transferred her affections to his romantic young son and she said Yes Mr Sharp Gwinnett just just as she had said it by Heaven when I asked her to marry me The scene must have been ul in in- in deed The betrayed man invoked curses on his son and on his wife wile and upon himself But Dut his rage roge was easier to bear than his grief lie He said I had broken his heart whispered Doreen in court And 1 said I 1 dont dont don't understand I always ahva's did everything every every- everything t thing you OU wanted Ive I've always been very fond of you you you-as as fond of you as I am nm of daddy I still am I really love you Mr Gwinnett But Cut not in the way I 1 Ido Ido do Moreton MOleton Its different But I dont don't see why you ou are angry with Ith me What occurred after that 1 asked her husbands husband's lawyer lawer I 1 turned to Moreton and said Mr Ir Sharp Gwinnett-Sharp always as liked us to be to- to toy together together y gether and to be bo friends fric do Why is he so cross because we love one another now Then my husband cried out CROSS I Good God Ive I've a mind to murder both bo bothof bothof of you ou Then Moreton told me to leave the room and I heard him say sy You sir Doreen blame me entirely didn't understand and she doesn't even now I didn't then she continued But ButI I do d today toddY And oh I am so sorry so terribly grieved for my husband I I If tho millionaires millionaire's marriage to a year seventeen-year-old bride had startled so so- society so- so society ciet it was nothing to to the sensation tion created by the news that Mr Gwinnett- Gwinnett Sharp was seeking a divorce citing his own son as respondent co The boy and his stepmother did not contest the case Doreen told her story at the preliminary proceedings but did not go into the witness-box witness to deny den the accusations of her ller husband I too am sorry for the petitioner said Mr 11 Justice Swift and arid I 1 am sorry for this unfortunate nate boy who was put into a position position of great temptation I aril arii extremely sorry lorry n's ns also for the respondent The young oung couple according to law may now marry But Dut however however hwe intense their love however overwhelming their theirl passion l assion their lives must be haunted for for- forever forever of ol the elderly mil mil- millionaire millionaire millionaire ever e by b the Ule shadow father of one and husband of the other now disillusioned and alone dragging out an embittered and sorrow- sorrow stricken old age v I j c 5 S 1 |