DARLING FOOL
by MABEL MCELLIOTT
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY into Uncle Frank's mobey. That's, Monnie had taken him at his word. MONNIE OʻDARE, la be "Whh" pan in January, right after my birth-Now she would give anything in the CARDIGAN, Joel bair to a fortune, bellaves day. Then we can walk off and tell world to hear him say those words. she is: losing - hlas" to SANDRA LAWRENGE them all to go to" He reached She would take the supreme chance, who has pretended to be Moanie's, friend.
the altentions of over and drow her toward him, the chance of a battle with poverty, CHARLES EUSZACE, handsome newcom his tones muffled. "Monnie, sweets, to be the acknowledged wife of Monnie pines for Dan. After,haglening bey for some Line Dan satis veeta interested, let's forgot all about them. We're Daniel Cardigan, junior. No more wasting our time talking about meeting Dan by stealth, so that the things that don't matter. Let's argus eyed Mrs. Cardigan would not talk about ourselves."
hear of their: ronowed devotion. No more cluding the subject, blush- fog and stammering, when people discussions always ended this way, naked, her about 'Dan. No Inward Dan'a kisa stopped her protests. rage and torment of jealousy when While he was with him she, too, Bandra's name and his appeared, could believe that their affairs were linked, in accounts of social activi distinctly their own. But when ties.
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CHAPTER XX
"It's all--pretty unsatifactory, Monnie_murmured, plesting the folds of her white scarf..
she loft him, when she met curious,"I know you love me, Dan," sha prying friends, she longed for the would explain patiently. "I under "I know that I know that," right to tell them her glorious se stand. Of course it's all right. Dan protested, eyeing her uncas-cret. "Dan Cardigan and I are en-In January-in January lly. They wore seated on the bank gaged."..
It would not be long until Janu-
of the river under the low hanging The Joyful comments, the pleased, ary. They could wait. They were branches of the willows. The day envious, interested looks-all these both young. But this was high was clear and hot. No haze dim-would be part of being formally summer. The days and nights were med the imperturbable blue of the longaged. Notes, little presents, the-nchingly beautiful. Never did sky Monnie's white linen looked right to be seen everywhere with Monica sco the moon riding high, cool in the glimmer. $
Dan, hia acknowledged choice. but that, she longed to share the "It's uncomfortable for me," Best of all her mother's sense of sight, with Dan. She wanted. to Monnie went on, speaking quickly.security. She sighed aloud now, share homely things with him, too. eagerly, as if to justify her com- thinking of all this.
Breakfasts and casual rides in the
plaint. "Mother wants to know Dan turned to look at her.country. All the sweet, privileges where I'm going and I tell hor. "What's the matter now?" he de- of the young wife seemed marvellous She doesn't any anything-but of manded. "I thought we had it to her. It was difficult, sometimes, course I know what she feels." ali thrashed out?" He was frow-to bellove that all this would be
"Well, what does she feeling. Monnic, anxious to keep theirs a little later. Dan's tone was almost sullen, al-him in good temper, flashed him a though he tried to keep nban reassuring smile. tering note in It.
"That-that I oughn't to go on like this, seeing you all the time, being serious about it," the girl explained with difficulty, "I know we're engaged, Dan. That part of It's all right! But so long as you want to keep it in the dark, well, It makes it so much harder for me. You know as well as I do how tongues wag. And we've been go- ing places together for a long time, Dan," she reminded him, trying to speak lightly.
lled. "It's
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Meantime she had tiont. "Just happy." Aho been EL wonderful day. Let's Charles Eustace came to the house gather up the things now and go rather often these days. Monnic, along. I want to pick some rasp-resting, limp and relaxed, in the berries."
porch swing, would hear a light step
But all the rest of the long, on the walk, would look up to see golden afternoon her mind kept Charles, handsome, dark, smiling, harking back to the conversation, towering over her. She could bo Dan was perfectly right about the easy with this man. They could whole thing, she would assure talk, simply, deeply, for hours. herself. And yet-and yet she Charles, she felt certain, was would be willing to give up every enormously attracted to Kay. Of thing, all the brilliant hopes of course, it was absurd-Kay Uncle Frank's money and the rest, not yet 17-10 years his junior. "It's nobody else's business!", if. Dan would say to her, joyously, And yet, what a splendid thing ho declared. "You know--and some afternoon, "Let's dash over to it would be for her little sister, If know. Whose affair is it, nay. High Springs and get married." this man were to want her for his way? My mother'd raise the roof He had, once before, but he wife! He had everything-looks,
Was
if she know about It. All I want {hadn't really meant it. He would family money, what the world call- is to keep things dark until I come have been terribly surprised if, (Continued on Pagé 2.)
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