Show out tell abife bif t A t r the r BY LL MM B C 0 U EY ali copyright 1926 warner warnar bras bios bi os pictures inc CHAPTER 1 I the forbes were ere at it again the randolph forbes you know of park avenue and newport anil and southampton and the beik shire chiros and the north shoie oh THE forbes the R T forbes raimy and joan nee Sin Sui edthye of THE brookline Sni edthye i of course whole dashing elopement elop ment of two years before had been the sensation of the high social world and whose crashing scraps ever since were ere no less the sen sensation gation of the idle rich yes the forbes were at it again nor alor the haunting mellow loveliness of the early autumn lay day nor the satiny preen green beauty of af the old westbury polo field there beside the jericho turnpike could sweeten cn the vials of ill married wrath rath or soften those dirty looks those dirtier nords those dirtiest smiles verily the forbes ere at it again the trouble with marriage said joan forbes in the icily remote tones that married women use in addi addies easing their husbands and their caddies is that after the wedding ted ding most men become husbands ha ha rasped ranny sving swinging ing 0 off ff the turnpike with an suddenness that almost scared the spavined horse of an italian farmer fkr I 1 14 F 1 I 1 C it o q 00 0 I 1 ka ly b into bolting and so startled the drivers of at least le t six other cars that they simultaneously ruined their brakes and their chances of getting to heaven by the impious fervor with which they consigned ranny to hades the trouble with marriage he jeered is that after the ceremony ALL women become wives ives and if theres anything under the sun harder on a guys good nature than a wife may I 1 be struck into a pink eared baboon you merely lack the pink ears 11 any wife is enough to drive any man to drink ha ha now its my turn to ha ha you never knew a sober day until you married me nor a sorry one lie he mourned savagely sav gely plunging their lincoln into a parking space of ford dimension and jamming his brakes in in time to stop ony only a scant foot from a group of affrighted junior leaguers joan FELT the knowing glances from the helmeted booted and bright shifted players who were selectia selecting tin 9 their first chukker ponies from the th e grooms who were gingerly walking the blanket swathed ponies yea even from the v wise ise little ponies themselves clown she hissed her cheeks aflame anie go right ahead making a public show of your nasty temper then the n everyone ver Y on with a cosmic shrug of her p pretty re shoulders can judge for thornsel themselves thern sel why I 1 should get a divorce I 1 well why don dont you ou get it inq I 1 Hypo cry artl you kno fu full it well why I 1 dont joan stormed its because youre not man enough to provide me with grounds liar for divorce if you were half the man you pretend to be e you go to atlantic city with a chorus h girl irl or let me find you in in your I 1 pajamas in some art models model studio but no rather remain pure but cranky and talk me to death by inches if you ever come to N your our death through talking itu be sy suicide i c i d e joans subdued cry n marked the climatic I 1 height eight of her inner storm why dont you gie gic me a divorce she gritted gritter grit ted sos you can mary that joan paled suddenly who she that that worm I 1 know more than ive been letting on dannys emotions were getting a bit out of hand what worm raged joan with a bold front under which she was as wondering if and how he could possibly know the boom of a deep voice a new 1 boce rumbled in the tensly charged atmosphere of the luxurious limousine it was clay varick dannys chum looming his fat shoulders through th r ugh a door window grinning with o s shrewd h r 0 ewd amusement at the flus flushed lied and aiu angry countenance countenances greetings little love birds 11 he be chortled clay was a bachelor r and forthright late as u usual sual five minutes utes more and id have called play without about you ou ranny much as I 1 id d hate bata to dearl deprive e the Torn odies of their fleetest bae back and the spectators of the sight with it h their favorite hard riding and sensational all american player clay V AS to referee the he afternoons game tho final in the westbury cup match blatch in which dannys tornadoes were pitted against the bhe invading ar gen gentines so please cut short billing and cooing you two and ranny come along alog and select your first mount you will spare your boy friend for a while wont you joan he grinned wickedly 13 even though he be was vas an old friend joan glared at clay with the defensive hostility every married woman woman harbors hiir bors toward bachelors take him and lose him and go along yourself slie she crackled what asked clay as lie he walked away vay hurriedly hur bur N with ranny inwardly breathing his bachelors bachelor prayer of thanksgiving for single ble blessedness redness sed ness little pebble in the matrimonial sea 1 as 1 s rp acl sweet joans placid surface today quit being poetic chump gloom ed ranny it has become serious joan wants a divorce congratulations cong a tul a ti ons enthusiastically congratulations be aloin ed I 1 dont want ant a divorce 1 I 1 I love joan I 1 then why do you fight with her all the time because I 1 like to fight bridling well said clay t know abit a bit of your career in south american revolutions in the late european in baay many a hard drinking port and as amateur heavyweight boxing champion of america but I 1 was un der tho the impression that you always picked men for your opponents oh the way with you blasted bachelors dragging chivalry in every time a woman is concerned but save your fattish sentiment in joans cas case ashes worth any three heavyweight champions you can name then why not hold up her glove and acknowledge your better half im afraid ita too late for a graceful surrender ranny said lica heavily UY flint eyed wan van and white around the bips lips for ive discovered that joan loves another man clay stopped dead in his tracks track on the turf good lord rann no not that who is the man abner gratman what that fortune hunting shrimp why you could break him in pieces with your bare hands what good would it do me only serve to rouse joans maternal sympathy pathy N for him ranny laughed ruefully she she know yet that I 1 know now they had arrived at the temporary paddock erected beyond one end of the long rectangle of perfect green oam A fine looking man stepped forth from the little knot orenthus u s lasts gathered there gallop out and show your stuff forbes it was billionaire lumber magnate with whom ranny had been seeking e c king a big business deal negotiations tiati ons were still pending and dubious ou but dannys business sen sene e was ratified gratified at this friendly interest ilive ive got a cool com fifty thousand wagered in your you r side continued the magnate ranna whistled even for opulent westbury that was a stiff bet with whom lie queried polite though curious curious abner gratman declared to be continued |