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Coni u
tn ".e s e
a fter H len and jean .hadg• ne " o
*?,ed T,,orbenstein and' I paced the deck
together until one-.o.'elock, At first
he was silent and p'eoeoupied, but
later opened' up.' 1.,find that he .:talks
well, has read widely, klip v every
MO of, the,.. _"Csiittinent,;= dad' has
thought a good deal On. international
subjects. '40tIker i n clue ^far one who
has devoted so much ,,time• to his work
a hard'taskrmistress: 'Among other
things lie said that he was really very
anxiqus about his father and looked
forward with "horror• to au those rdaya
at sea. 'I gathered that, although: he
has beena wandering member of his
`family, he .possessed the. extraordin-
try sense_.of'=;ioue-and-loyalty to -his
family and his race which is pecdlityr
to the Jews. It is one of their •'most
noble and praiseworthy traits for
which I respect them • greatly. T wish
the same could be said of us. He was
vett' boyish and charming about Jean.
Without the slightest affectation . he
told me howmuch he loved her and
how wonderful -lie thought she was.
He' might easily have set his words
to music now and then.' If "I were
asked tot give him a character I should
have to say that be is in every way
an exceptional ,young man - clean-
mindded' and simple; and,, In spite of
the outward appearance ofsophisti-
cation, a virgin •mind: I'll guarantee
that he has, never messed bout.
Looking to the feet that the combina-
tion . of music and: physical "beauty
makes women lay down all their de-
fences, this would. be . considered' a,
rash statement. ' ,All the same it's my
considered opinion and, of • course,
I'm devilish. glad. A man, looks at this
particular, thing with a Cromwellian
eye where his daughter is concerned.
'"He gave me his hand before going
to bed, held mine warmly and .said:
'I don't think I've ever met 'a man of
your age whom I like as much as
you,' which flattered me yery much.
Even now he doesn't look • upon me
as the father of Jean, but as a sort
of accidental, relation of hers who is
without the power of criticism or in-
terference. I must add here, before I
forget it, that although he is rushing
to see his father he ignores entirely
his capacity or his right to lay down.
the. law -on the question of his mar-
riage.
• Then this,. dated the 'second day
out:
"I spent several very jolly hours in.
the-gym,:with Jean,- We galloped for,
an'bouron, opposite horses, raced on
the bicycles' and threw, the -health
ball. She was in the highest spirits,
and there is' not the remotest sugges-
tion about her of anxiety or fear. 1
dragged in -a rather cruel reference
to Jacob Lor`benstein's cable, but • I
could 'nee that it hadn't made a dent.
on her mind. His declaration of 'hof-
ror as to : the fact that his son was
engaged to a Christian -had passed off
her back like water off a duck's. She
wasn't even amused, as 'most girls.
would have -been, 1 suppose. It simply
didn't matter in the schemeof things.
She was much more friendly with me,
although she didn't, and I suppose
never Will, regard me as her father.
I should be a fool if I expected such
a thing. I must acceptthe fact that
I am to be treated merely as a man
who happens to be married to her
mother, a sort of , stepfather, a na-
turally indulgent : person whom she
has met from time; to time. • I can't
expect anything else, though I'm
bound to confess that it hurts me very
much. I find myself having to treat
her ' as though -she were the young
daughter of a friend -someone to en-
tertain and amuse in an aloof and el-
derly manner and be extremely grate-
ful for any kindne'ks •that••••slie may'
show. This 'is ail the more .painful to
me as I get to know • her better. She
has many of Helen's best qualities,
among which are courage, wit, o.b.-
seruation, . the faculty of enjoyment
and the gift of laughter -and by
Jove, -it is a gift. As a man -with a
frozen face and a rapidly dying resili-
ende who all his life has been most
horribly semi-detached, I say this
with admiration and regret. I remem-
ber being described by a woman with
whom I lived for a couple -of years
as a man who sowed his wild oats
in the verynearest rews, and who
trained them with as much solemnity
and care as though they were rare
sweet -peas. I was a 'grave waster, a
responsible ne'er-do-well.' ,She was
quite sure that 1 would rather starve
than ,eat a fatted calf that hadn't
been properly cooked. A cleved wo-
man that."
Then this, dated the third- day out:
"There is a mass of gossip on
board. When Glaaeby laid out my
flannels this morning before I went
to the gym, and watched me put two
lumps of sugar inn nit' early morn-
ing tea, he said: 'I beg your pardon,
sir, but is it true that Mr. Lorben-
stein is going to •marry Miss Jean?'
And when I ignored the question, as
I 'always de when --there... awkgvard,
he Weht, on to say, though not with.
,out faznk, -"1`>Z lr Won't ,b: leve it down-
stairs. The head Steward; W ayiys
that lie, linawa wlih ' Affieffeatfs think
about Jet#fi, told "ffn-e this iS fiing.tha.t
.if Miss rean Marilee M. Lorbenstein
,she'll be worse than dead.' 1 glares(
and be disappe
ared with his tail •be-
.tweeti his legs. Neverthele a this. I's
the Iflr t ikttitilatiolt of trim' ;a'Ort iifr
,
thing•tl#atrwf! shad have oto fa w
l face When.
We. a , Fra 'va , i
n New Y,o} li• No, not, the.
lxret, I had •forgotten the panicky
Dorothy who talked ' '
o
al d 'ver the tele
phone to Helen . about .social suicide I
Already my back hairs begin: to stand'
on end when 1 think orf:'what will hap -
pen when reporters crane pit board
There will be Cameras and questions
the Ugly IPress •greed ..ter. . the • succu
lent 'morcel„ the cannibal palate .for
the teens of .human troCllile. Well, it's
.got to. he faced. ''The best laid
•schemes of mine and men • Wbieli
reminds."' me that our departure from
Paris and our .crossing all :together
41ci44e4 ou his r,l,91" too high ;#;:sols:.
and spread eagles `olp4.the „deck,' Where-
upon Jean,: rusl}et1 •crward in a state,
of eonaternatioti,.. And, like a. fond
mother who pulls her darling child
from beneath_ the, Wheels of a Ford,
apapked 'his Band j -don't believe I
ever laughed -so' lnuph in my life. We.
ruined , the morning.,aor the Labour
Member, who e't ltially retired. I -
was relieved to:, Pee"?him -go. He had i
a•lascivious eye. T loathe the mack-
erel breed, sold•' ngthing would have
giveh me greater jet' than to, have
punched him • in tine , neck. Poor old
England, • • .
on this ship already must have been "After lunch today I fo'r'aged among
cabled to the other side, because a the books in the library and took out
naelese message-aarived :.from- Tony 'age's 'Letters' -the last volume of
t
Not hrup this morning. The,' poor lad ,which I have missed deliberately.,. I
simply said: 'Put me out of my ml's- find them very painful. They always
ery. Deny the story about Jean.'• To disturb my peace of mind and my
which I sent the following answer: sense of national pride. He was ' a
`Desperate sorry to tell you that the wise and, splendid xuan who died of
story is true: But am I desperately a broken spirit. It is not to be won -
sorry?' Than. wasn't an honest an- dered at. I took nµy, place in my deck
sorer; though it ' was. kindly" meant. chair next. to Helen's. Jean was on
The more I see of Jean and Max, the her otber side and ,next to her 'wan
.more often I discuss and re -discuss Max --the, united family. It was warm
this matter with Helen; the more I ,and the sun was shining in a cloud -
find a myself `.disarmed of the ifinit Tess sky. The sea was as smooth as,
shreds of my antagonism. I can only
say to myself, over and over again,
what Anastasia said that aftefnoon
in London. These two are, in yery
truth, like a nymph and a faun. There
is something enchanting about their
amazing- unreticence,. their open and
unashamed love -making, their almost
spiritua4 passion." ' •
And again,
"About an hour after breakfast this
morning Jean and I,went up on the
boat deck and played tennis. We had
the place to ourselves for the first
twenty minutes or so. Then a man
whom I took to, be• kaBritish politi-
cian came up fromk'be and . walked
up and down with a worried. look and
a bundle of notes in his hand. I think
he must have been a Labour Member
crossing to America for the purpose
of raising funds for the miner's wives.
He bore a. close resemblance to those
youngish 'cantankerous men, .with a
-conceited manner and -obstreperous
lair, who were conscientious objec-
tors during the war, and were put to
cleaning' Out stables and other appro-
palate jobs, In a high-pitched voice,
and what I've heard called a Bayswa-
ter accent, he was rehearsing a
speech aloud, pulling up short every
now and then to emphasize a shrill
'point with a sledge -hammer, gesture.,
There was a south-east breeze at the
moment which ' k d hi I i
pro a up s y ng
words and tossed them over the rail,.
khan a dozen of them blew across
to us, and among others we, caught
'that murderous Baldwin upon whose
soul •lies the stain of the blood 'of
thousands of children.' With one eye
on his notes-- and rhe -other- on -Jean
he carried out his rehearsal duffing
the whole of our game. He was a
self-conscious creature, illiterate, un-
scrupulous and probably very dishon-
est. Already I have noticed that he
•does himself very well -in the smok-
ing -room and generally goes about
with a Corona in his teeth. My stew-
ard tells me that he occupies one of,
the most expensive suites on board. -
Where would these men be :without
the -poisonous-'money from Moscow?
"Jean put up an excellent genie.'
What a lovely child she is, and -how
delightful it is to see her when her
eyes sparkle with health'and her face
has been cleaned by the sea breeze;
and it is possible to see how fresh
and fair her skin is. It amused me
to notice how quickly she picked up
the trick of looking to the right when
she pitched the ring to, the left. I
wish ,to' God she's been a boy. Do I?
No, I don't. She'd far happier as she
is. Max, who is quite unable ;to,ylet
her out of his sight, found us after
'hunting all over the shiTi.''"Ile 'is o[ae
of those curious lads who has never
played games. 'What a lot -he has lost.
He has come on boatd with the sort
of clothes that a Frenchman wears
in the street and at five' o'clock. I
don't suppose he's ever had a tweed
suit, a pair of whites, or any plus
fours in his life. He goes about in
blue serge, padded under the arms,
with the slim waist of an officer in
the, Bersaglieri. He wears French
boots with long pointed toes, most of
Which are inlaid witb white or'brown,
and I have never seen him Without a
stiff white collar and a butterfly tie.
He ' has the 'extraordinary knack of
wearing a boiled shirt in •the day-
time. How ghastly. And yet he man"
ages' to look extremely nice, though
he is always distindtly foreign. He
may have Austrian or German blood.
I don't know which it is. But if I
Were to catch sight of him amonga
crowd I should put him down either
as •Italian or Russian. The word art-
ist is as clearly stamped upon -his
forehead as the White Star label on
a Matt suitcase which has made its
maiden trip. He joshed in as soon as
we had finished our honest and pro-
per game. Jean begged hire not- to do
so h'ee'kttee"tit•e-•ring. might_delnagehi."
fingers.. She treats hini like a child
a eeioua-- and tialilable Child, a
prodigy en he didn't mass t1 g-i1ng
entirely he ' gra th'ed it `ii r aliOth---hie-
1TS,,thi' went
, asked ,,la'14f- eel
wvaY' in wliicit Bele
ebrawss and '$bot out
8441 1; T1 e road ha bpg1
hot' Gorl beeozues Pr' ,•
mato of i eonyersati�gn
discard 'their .•.make lap'a
to Play eroouet and th
running' out Why •not?'
„I i ere. eras s, paaas'e d1X1ih1 ,' which
thought that',4ean was erideavour-
?ng tli ?rfieeXeP nit extrdt0la .nor
prise w1x.S e oho^gazed at her anbtb,Qr.'s
al140.�t y,Lill u "pxo4l1ith Oer
-
tains amount
pf Pain- At' anY' rats;
'when.!;rhe spehe,: agate alae- said, 4Q4;'
damn its M-'tiileie, achy do You tail
like that? You've an awful' tong way.
to go. 'Why don't you fall 'itx love .and
remarry? Father's a sportsman. He'll
let you go it you ask him, I .think-
you ought to have another Child. It's
your duty to have a son.' „Helen's
voice took on a higher note. 'A son
. If I;:had a son by any man his
name Pallet -be Farquhar 'iso ' dear:'
At which, I woke with a feeling of.
pain at my heart and a sudden -prayer
on -my lips.' • •
• The last entry, which had to do
With 'Homeric' episode, ran as fel-
-
"If at any time, for some bad reas-
1iy
Olt Reel
sed herr:
aT ac,efal
r•,'etail?
plae,
to st
that we:liav4
Fe, and,ky..
tis
on or other,- I am asked to give de-
tails of the most humiliating day .of
my, life I shall bring this volume out
of its hiding -place and read. the words
that I am' now about ,to write. I can -
hardly believe that I am not at. this
moment under arrest for murder. If
it' had not been for the example of
Helen's brilliantself=control I am cer-
tain that I should have made an ab-
solute fool of • myself. My rage began
when the papers were brought on
a pond. But f ?r the throb of the en -board as we lay in Quarantine, and
Bines, those •conscientious engines, 111
a gallant and responsible ship, :it
would have been impossible fo have
told that we were going at full speed.
I saw that our arrival in New York
had been given as much 'space on the.
front pages as though another Euro-(
pean war had been declared. We had
I have a great admiration for the men been spied upon •the whole way over,
who run these ships. Max was quick it transpired, by a�descriptive writer
ly asleep, 'with his !read, -like that of in, the employment of one of'the'greatl
a -cherub, on Jean's' soft shoulder., Press -agencies: This person,• who'
She held his hand•Is usual. I wound seems to be 'a cross between Anita
give •a 'very greet deal to have achiev- Loos and , Noel Coward, had sent a I
ed such sublime indifference to public daily wireless message in which he'
opinion. I; nodded off ; myself, It may
have been the air,, the rhythm, tie
bass, but I'm lather afraid it was age.
"I woke to hear a conversation be-
tween Jean and her Mother to which
I regret .to ,say • I' eavesdropped, pre-
tending to be asleep. , It was jean's
remark that caused me to do this dir-
ty trick. 'Mumsie; '1 heard her say,
'what are you going to'do with him?'
To which Helen asked', with mild as-
tonishment: 'Which him?' 'With. Fa-
ther. Not the man With the big nose.
He's been dropped I know.' Had he?
I held my breath for tete answer. Hel-
en gave no answer !Explain your-
self,' she said. 'I res, n; said Jean,
'are you going to have Father on your
hands in New Yorkjid if so, how
will you manage? •H ai '' Ape strange-
ly domestic to me: ro de -Whig's
he's dropped I gather that'ile's made
u h' d t
p as man o turn ,over_ a new leaf
and become the husband of Mrs. Far-
quhar, a steady and decorative object
in Park Avenue and :wherever else.
you may be.' 'I rather :think that
that's his idea,' said lielen, "quietly.
'Why are you so intergate-d?' ''I like
him,' said Jean. 'He's awfully good-
14oking and rather droll' and goes out
orchis way to be nice. But- I was
regally thinking about you, Mumsie.
Won't he interfere with your habit
of collecting everybody in trousers
7w.ho has the luck to make you laugh?"
"I don't know whether•Helen glanc-
ed at me at that moment: because I
was 'pretending to be asleep. There.
was a pause before she answered and
one of her silvery laughs, "To tell•
you the truth,' she said, 'I've not
made' up my nairid.' 'Was. she telling
the- truth? I greatly• -hoped she was
not: 'You see, we've been' living in
rather a chaos. I shan't be able to
catch up until you and Max are mar-
ried. As .soon. as that's been. brought
off it's quite on the cards -that I shall
decide to wander about. I'm 'tither
fed up with New York. I'm a little
tired of the same . old round, the same
Old faces, the same old whirligig. I
shouldn't be surprised if one' of- these
.fine mornings r pulled myself out of
it all 'and followed a wanderlust. I'm
rather inclined to believe that I'm
trembling on the edge of that path-
etic time in a woman's.life when she
puts on last.year's clothes and goes
from ope •foreign church to another
with a' guidebook in her hand.' 'Oh;
no,' said Jean. 'You! •
That's silly.
You'll never come to that,' 'Sooner or
later,' said Helen, 'all of us coine to
that. The alternative is hair -dye, lift-
ed eyebrows, a dancing 'partner, a
domineering Pomeranian and the
grasping bride -fiend's hand. . I've
seen too much of that.. .I'm for
altar pieces and the way of the Cross,
the scent of ancient incense, shadows
and shady places, flights of pigeons
and tired mothers telling their beads
In front of the Madonna, echoing
cloisters and peace.' Slie laughed with
a catch in her voice. So;, did Jean, but
with • the most incredible mirth. -She
said; 'Will Father follow you round?
I'll bet a dollar he '*"o'frt,' 'You'll
probably win,' said Helen, 'If I know
anything about your father,' and 'I
can't honestly say I do, I'm inclined
to believe that he'll settI :111 the coun-
try as near as he can tad golf course,
make himself neatly eoihfoftable and
keep his, muscles up., eat see him
surrounded with booksy�;' ilehing=rods,
pipes and tobacco, a Stuff of well-
trained seVints, and o-" trri'aongiith
of the past, Be is thitst)i`t- Of man
whir- aettius • ztvwn 1 1
t'td:•ettderlifiess in d
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e.:.>mltbtitrlili every ..Wills,
gi#le rho Ipla vtttennb
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--oltategret.
iltt:'heT'or
y in-
cular
had dealt in the most minute detail
with every one of our actions during
the course of the voyage. He had ev-
en gone to the extent of reporting
scraps of conversation, and what he
hadn't been able to overhear he had
invented with a masterly' pen. All
this had-ap¢i@ared under enormous
headlines, and in the paper that I
picked up haphazard I read a clam -
pike summary of his damnable, but,
I must confess, diabolically clever,
reactions -to- our 'most insignificant
movements and doings. ' It occupied
the whole• 'first page and was contin-
ued on the last. It was illustrated
with photographs of. Helen in the
various stages of her career and of
me in uniform, as a tennis player, a
fisherman, a killer of big game, and
.as.. -what. the ,•papers.:losie- to -call a
Clubman -whatever that may be. Al-
so there were • pictures of the houses
sfully teers
J and!
`eolheetion oaf s
tTmohf leaee
hsU h s esvl
bae:
swttly amaru
nSaanrJesannlaloinuIx
t
`New York .M a special tt} y I tea;
ail tl}, tit. *e'en,. who pxti , d3d
with a. sort of laugh by sayxng� '
this sort of thug ,bas get to be done
no country .cars ale- ..it':AO well.'
'".,et the first ,poeai;3e opportunity'
the re:pgrteas -."war ieii. upon the eb1R,'
and on' -My way up from_ breal.faSt
was sp.rrqund'ed with an eager an
Tau fary gap*.
WIWI g g eh, ); Was told to go-
up on the bout deek and face -a bat ?:
-tory of cameras it was •only by- the,;
most. supreme effort of will that F
refrained from hitting out. What I
did Instead gwas to .retreat to the dirt-
saloon;• make a collection 'of"Hei.
en, .lean and Max; and herd ahem ug
by a back way.. to; my stateroom and
barricade the door. The wolves :re-
mained outside until we were oblig-
ed, to emerge, when, like abject crim-
inals; ;,we walked through a lane of
men to undergothe. passport formali-
ties in the library. None of us open-
ed our; -mouths, but as, we went..ddyan
the gangplank, ,rve':were riddled, with
`the shois• of the cameras- which were
mounted on every side. It was a
damned . sight worse thanan air raid.
We were followed every inch" 'of the
way to the car, and even then our
freedom was a farce, because we were.
chased through the streets by taxis.
Our entrance int the house was Made
tip... steps • that were lined with dues,=
tioning men. Not one of whom got • in,
though. I saw to that. When the
door was shut and bolted I stood' at
the top of the stairs Vali a revolver
in my hand. I was in • the mood to
shoat at sight if I had' been able to
see through red. I dare not .allow -,my-
self even, to write my comments on
this busiess in plain -and. simple
English. It would be far too plain
and simple.
"Max was a prisoner for hours, and
only 'managed to escape by sticking
on a moustache and beard from a
make-up box that Helen -had used for
private theatricals." He oozed out of.
the door of the tradesmen's entrance,
found another. bevy of reporters out-
side his father's 'house,. and entered it
through the area after a wrangle with
a footman. I wish to heaven that we
were back in far more civilized times
whea men shot arrows from bows.
"An hour later Max called me up
on the telephone` and told me that his
father's condition had shown a grade-
al but steady improvement -from tire
moment he had received a cable an-
nouncing the"sailing date. 'But there
sty
in Park Avenue, Grosvenor Square, is going to be trouble,' the said. 'I
the 'various famous English countryi find the strongest and most ridiculous
"Our Family
Regulator is
DR. CHASE'S
KIDNEY-. NRI r -
LIVERn
i11 te
2
prejnd9ce-again-at-7 -toy- mar.**
The whole ,;;dung's .gleday i
father were not,s9 intensely=a}j
atonally serious I al ouldr reei1
ed to tell him Vint ha was foreiaig° tt ,
back to thedue of the, I erchanlr
Of Vence:" Bat 'he's an• no, fit state
for srcasm• All I can de i o, wait;
until he is -on his .feet a,aiA4,a1 d-i7n',
troduee him, to Jeep, I am COnninped
that he will withdraw all objections
at the very ;first' sight • of her 'I1f ;tie
doesn't, what. ,then?" ,
"As for Jean; • she; too, ' of eourses'
has been on the telephone. In fact ;,•
the telephone ,room •is the one in•:,:
which she spent the day. I sat with -
her there for an hour after duneh.
The poor child is utteslrtma;'ble; to -re-
alize- 'the ' gravity -and the .•peculiarity.: • .
of the situation. Over and: over -again -
•she said to me: `What's it mean, all •
this? Prejudice and objection? I nev-' '
er heard . those wprds. You alid. Mu n-
sie have' never used them .Why should.
Max's father? Are .we living in the u.
Dark Ages? I cannot -understand, ' I -
may not . be good enough to marry
Maw, but isn't that his lookout?'
"I had nothing to say. I`could-only •
listen and wonder at' her astonishing -
point of view. If I had. ventured to
remind her that parents, after all, do
count 'for something, even as things
are now, she would probably -have'
raised her eyebrows as Helen d5e4'
and laughed me :out` of: the room. I'm
-certain that she would have used
those ptultifying words. which are the
cause of all the difficulties; enr'bar-
rassments and quarrels betv.Qeeji, par•
exits and children today. `L;,shall lead
my own life. It's . mine. I have to ;
account to no one.. I'm perfectly (tree.
It's mine. I. have to aecOunt to no. r.
qn „.I'mK perfectly.. free ,If -I _choose
to break speed limits I shall bribe
the traffic cop. I'm answerable to no ,
one. I don't believe in religion.'
(Continued Next Week)
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Coni u
tn ".e s e
a fter H len and jean .hadg• ne " o
*?,ed T,,orbenstein and' I paced the deck
together until one-.o.'elock, At first
he was silent and p'eoeoupied, but
later opened' up.' 1.,find that he .:talks
well, has read widely, klip v every
MO of, the,.. _"Csiittinent,;= dad' has
thought a good deal On. international
subjects. '40tIker i n clue ^far one who
has devoted so much ,,time• to his work
a hard'taskrmistress: 'Among other
things lie said that he was really very
anxiqus about his father and looked
forward with "horror• to au those rdaya
at sea. 'I gathered that, although: he
has beena wandering member of his
`family, he .possessed the. extraordin-
try sense_.of'=;ioue-and-loyalty to -his
family and his race which is pecdlityr
to the Jews. It is one of their •'most
noble and praiseworthy traits for
which I respect them • greatly. T wish
the same could be said of us. He was
vett' boyish and charming about Jean.
Without the slightest affectation . he
told me howmuch he loved her and
how wonderful -lie thought she was.
He' might easily have set his words
to music now and then.' If "I were
asked tot give him a character I should
have to say that be is in every way
an exceptional ,young man - clean-
mindded' and simple; and,, In spite of
the outward appearance ofsophisti-
cation, a virgin •mind: I'll guarantee
that he has, never messed bout.
Looking to the feet that the combina-
tion . of music and: physical "beauty
makes women lay down all their de-
fences, this would. be . considered' a,
rash statement. ' ,All the same it's my
considered opinion and, of • course,
I'm devilish. glad. A man, looks at this
particular, thing with a Cromwellian
eye where his daughter is concerned.
'"He gave me his hand before going
to bed, held mine warmly and .said:
'I don't think I've ever met 'a man of
your age whom I like as much as
you,' which flattered me yery much.
Even now he doesn't look • upon me
as the father of Jean, but as a sort
of accidental, relation of hers who is
without the power of criticism or in-
terference. I must add here, before I
forget it, that although he is rushing
to see his father he ignores entirely
his capacity or his right to lay down.
the. law -on the question of his mar-
riage.
• Then this,. dated the 'second day
out:
"I spent several very jolly hours in.
the-gym,:with Jean,- We galloped for,
an'bouron, opposite horses, raced on
the bicycles' and threw, the -health
ball. She was in the highest spirits,
and there is' not the remotest sugges-
tion about her of anxiety or fear. 1
dragged in -a rather cruel reference
to Jacob Lor`benstein's cable, but • I
could 'nee that it hadn't made a dent.
on her mind. His declaration of 'hof-
ror as to : the fact that his son was
engaged to a Christian -had passed off
her back like water off a duck's. She
wasn't even amused, as 'most girls.
would have -been, 1 suppose. It simply
didn't matter in the schemeof things.
She was much more friendly with me,
although she didn't, and I suppose
never Will, regard me as her father.
I should be a fool if I expected such
a thing. I must acceptthe fact that
I am to be treated merely as a man
who happens to be married to her
mother, a sort of , stepfather, a na-
turally indulgent : person whom she
has met from time; to time. • I can't
expect anything else, though I'm
bound to confess that it hurts me very
much. I find myself having to treat
her ' as though -she were the young
daughter of a friend -someone to en-
tertain and amuse in an aloof and el-
derly manner and be extremely grate-
ful for any kindne'ks •that••••slie may'
show. This 'is ail the more .painful to
me as I get to know • her better. She
has many of Helen's best qualities,
among which are courage, wit, o.b.-
seruation, . the faculty of enjoyment
and the gift of laughter -and by
Jove, -it is a gift. As a man -with a
frozen face and a rapidly dying resili-
ende who all his life has been most
horribly semi-detached, I say this
with admiration and regret. I remem-
ber being described by a woman with
whom I lived for a couple -of years
as a man who sowed his wild oats
in the verynearest rews, and who
trained them with as much solemnity
and care as though they were rare
sweet -peas. I was a 'grave waster, a
responsible ne'er-do-well.' ,She was
quite sure that 1 would rather starve
than ,eat a fatted calf that hadn't
been properly cooked. A cleved wo-
man that."
Then this, dated the third- day out:
"There is a mass of gossip on
board. When Glaaeby laid out my
flannels this morning before I went
to the gym, and watched me put two
lumps of sugar inn nit' early morn-
ing tea, he said: 'I beg your pardon,
sir, but is it true that Mr. Lorben-
stein is going to •marry Miss Jean?'
And when I ignored the question, as
I 'always de when --there... awkgvard,
he Weht, on to say, though not with.
,out faznk, -"1`>Z lr Won't ,b: leve it down-
stairs. The head Steward; W ayiys
that lie, linawa wlih ' Affieffeatfs think
about Jet#fi, told "ffn-e this iS fiing.tha.t
.if Miss rean Marilee M. Lorbenstein
,she'll be worse than dead.' 1 glares(
and be disappe
ared with his tail •be-
.tweeti his legs. Neverthele a this. I's
the Iflr t ikttitilatiolt of trim' ;a'Ort iifr
,
thing•tl#atrwf! shad have oto fa w
l face When.
We. a , Fra 'va , i
n New Y,o} li• No, not, the.
lxret, I had •forgotten the panicky
Dorothy who talked ' '
o
al d 'ver the tele
phone to Helen . about .social suicide I
Already my back hairs begin: to stand'
on end when 1 think orf:'what will hap -
pen when reporters crane pit board
There will be Cameras and questions
the Ugly IPress •greed ..ter. . the • succu
lent 'morcel„ the cannibal palate .for
the teens of .human troCllile. Well, it's
.got to. he faced. ''The best laid
•schemes of mine and men • Wbieli
reminds."' me that our departure from
Paris and our .crossing all :together
41ci44e4 ou his r,l,91" too high ;#;:sols:.
and spread eagles `olp4.the „deck,' Where-
upon Jean,: rusl}et1 •crward in a state,
of eonaternatioti,.. And, like a. fond
mother who pulls her darling child
from beneath_ the, Wheels of a Ford,
apapked 'his Band j -don't believe I
ever laughed -so' lnuph in my life. We.
ruined , the morning.,aor the Labour
Member, who e't ltially retired. I -
was relieved to:, Pee"?him -go. He had i
a•lascivious eye. T loathe the mack-
erel breed, sold•' ngthing would have
giveh me greater jet' than to, have
punched him • in tine , neck. Poor old
England, • • .
on this ship already must have been "After lunch today I fo'r'aged among
cabled to the other side, because a the books in the library and took out
naelese message-aarived :.from- Tony 'age's 'Letters' -the last volume of
t
Not hrup this morning. The,' poor lad ,which I have missed deliberately.,. I
simply said: 'Put me out of my ml's- find them very painful. They always
ery. Deny the story about Jean.'• To disturb my peace of mind and my
which I sent the following answer: sense of national pride. He was ' a
`Desperate sorry to tell you that the wise and, splendid xuan who died of
story is true: But am I desperately a broken spirit. It is not to be won -
sorry?' Than. wasn't an honest an- dered at. I took nµy, place in my deck
sorer; though it ' was. kindly" meant. chair next. to Helen's. Jean was on
The more I see of Jean and Max, the her otber side and ,next to her 'wan
.more often I discuss and re -discuss Max --the, united family. It was warm
this matter with Helen; the more I ,and the sun was shining in a cloud -
find a myself `.disarmed of the ifinit Tess sky. The sea was as smooth as,
shreds of my antagonism. I can only
say to myself, over and over again,
what Anastasia said that aftefnoon
in London. These two are, in yery
truth, like a nymph and a faun. There
is something enchanting about their
amazing- unreticence,. their open and
unashamed love -making, their almost
spiritua4 passion." ' •
And again,
"About an hour after breakfast this
morning Jean and I,went up on the
boat deck and played tennis. We had
the place to ourselves for the first
twenty minutes or so. Then a man
whom I took to, be• kaBritish politi-
cian came up fromk'be and . walked
up and down with a worried. look and
a bundle of notes in his hand. I think
he must have been a Labour Member
crossing to America for the purpose
of raising funds for the miner's wives.
He bore a. close resemblance to those
youngish 'cantankerous men, .with a
-conceited manner and -obstreperous
lair, who were conscientious objec-
tors during the war, and were put to
cleaning' Out stables and other appro-
palate jobs, In a high-pitched voice,
and what I've heard called a Bayswa-
ter accent, he was rehearsing a
speech aloud, pulling up short every
now and then to emphasize a shrill
'point with a sledge -hammer, gesture.,
There was a south-east breeze at the
moment which ' k d hi I i
pro a up s y ng
words and tossed them over the rail,.
khan a dozen of them blew across
to us, and among others we, caught
'that murderous Baldwin upon whose
soul •lies the stain of the blood 'of
thousands of children.' With one eye
on his notes-- and rhe -other- on -Jean
he carried out his rehearsal duffing
the whole of our game. He was a
self-conscious creature, illiterate, un-
scrupulous and probably very dishon-
est. Already I have noticed that he
•does himself very well -in the smok-
ing -room and generally goes about
with a Corona in his teeth. My stew-
ard tells me that he occupies one of,
the most expensive suites on board. -
Where would these men be :without
the -poisonous-'money from Moscow?
"Jean put up an excellent genie.'
What a lovely child she is, and -how
delightful it is to see her when her
eyes sparkle with health'and her face
has been cleaned by the sea breeze;
and it is possible to see how fresh
and fair her skin is. It amused me
to notice how quickly she picked up
the trick of looking to the right when
she pitched the ring to, the left. I
wish ,to' God she's been a boy. Do I?
No, I don't. She'd far happier as she
is. Max, who is quite unable ;to,ylet
her out of his sight, found us after
'hunting all over the shiTi.''"Ile 'is o[ae
of those curious lads who has never
played games. 'What a lot -he has lost.
He has come on boatd with the sort
of clothes that a Frenchman wears
in the street and at five' o'clock. I
don't suppose he's ever had a tweed
suit, a pair of whites, or any plus
fours in his life. He goes about in
blue serge, padded under the arms,
with the slim waist of an officer in
the, Bersaglieri. He wears French
boots with long pointed toes, most of
Which are inlaid witb white or'brown,
and I have never seen him Without a
stiff white collar and a butterfly tie.
He ' has the 'extraordinary knack of
wearing a boiled shirt in •the day-
time. How ghastly. And yet he man"
ages' to look extremely nice, though
he is always distindtly foreign. He
may have Austrian or German blood.
I don't know which it is. But if I
Were to catch sight of him amonga
crowd I should put him down either
as •Italian or Russian. The word art-
ist is as clearly stamped upon -his
forehead as the White Star label on
a Matt suitcase which has made its
maiden trip. He joshed in as soon as
we had finished our honest and pro-
per game. Jean begged hire not- to do
so h'ee'kttee"tit•e-•ring. might_delnagehi."
fingers.. She treats hini like a child
a eeioua-- and tialilable Child, a
prodigy en he didn't mass t1 g-i1ng
entirely he ' gra th'ed it `ii r aliOth---hie-
1TS,,thi' went
, asked ,,la'14f- eel
wvaY' in wliicit Bele
ebrawss and '$bot out
8441 1; T1 e road ha bpg1
hot' Gorl beeozues Pr' ,•
mato of i eonyersati�gn
discard 'their .•.make lap'a
to Play eroouet and th
running' out Why •not?'
„I i ere. eras s, paaas'e d1X1ih1 ,' which
thought that',4ean was erideavour-
?ng tli ?rfieeXeP nit extrdt0la .nor
prise w1x.S e oho^gazed at her anbtb,Qr.'s
al140.�t y,Lill u "pxo4l1ith Oer
-
tains amount
pf Pain- At' anY' rats;
'when.!;rhe spehe,: agate alae- said, 4Q4;'
damn its M-'tiileie, achy do You tail
like that? You've an awful' tong way.
to go. 'Why don't you fall 'itx love .and
remarry? Father's a sportsman. He'll
let you go it you ask him, I .think-
you ought to have another Child. It's
your duty to have a son.' „Helen's
voice took on a higher note. 'A son
. If I;:had a son by any man his
name Pallet -be Farquhar 'iso ' dear:'
At which, I woke with a feeling of.
pain at my heart and a sudden -prayer
on -my lips.' • •
• The last entry, which had to do
With 'Homeric' episode, ran as fel-
-
"If at any time, for some bad reas-
1iy
Olt Reel
sed herr:
aT ac,efal
r•,'etail?
plae,
to st
that we:liav4
Fe, and,ky..
tis
on or other,- I am asked to give de-
tails of the most humiliating day .of
my, life I shall bring this volume out
of its hiding -place and read. the words
that I am' now about ,to write. I can -
hardly believe that I am not at. this
moment under arrest for murder. If
it' had not been for the example of
Helen's brilliantself=control I am cer-
tain that I should have made an ab-
solute fool of • myself. My rage began
when the papers were brought on
a pond. But f ?r the throb of the en -board as we lay in Quarantine, and
Bines, those •conscientious engines, 111
a gallant and responsible ship, :it
would have been impossible fo have
told that we were going at full speed.
I saw that our arrival in New York
had been given as much 'space on the.
front pages as though another Euro-(
pean war had been declared. We had
I have a great admiration for the men been spied upon •the whole way over,
who run these ships. Max was quick it transpired, by a�descriptive writer
ly asleep, 'with his !read, -like that of in, the employment of one of'the'greatl
a -cherub, on Jean's' soft shoulder., Press -agencies: This person,• who'
She held his hand•Is usual. I wound seems to be 'a cross between Anita
give •a 'very greet deal to have achiev- Loos and , Noel Coward, had sent a I
ed such sublime indifference to public daily wireless message in which he'
opinion. I; nodded off ; myself, It may
have been the air,, the rhythm, tie
bass, but I'm lather afraid it was age.
"I woke to hear a conversation be-
tween Jean and her Mother to which
I regret .to ,say • I' eavesdropped, pre-
tending to be asleep. , It was jean's
remark that caused me to do this dir-
ty trick. 'Mumsie; '1 heard her say,
'what are you going to'do with him?'
To which Helen asked', with mild as-
tonishment: 'Which him?' 'With. Fa-
ther. Not the man With the big nose.
He's been dropped I know.' Had he?
I held my breath for tete answer. Hel-
en gave no answer !Explain your-
self,' she said. 'I res, n; said Jean,
'are you going to have Father on your
hands in New Yorkjid if so, how
will you manage? •H ai '' Ape strange-
ly domestic to me: ro de -Whig's
he's dropped I gather that'ile's made
u h' d t
p as man o turn ,over_ a new leaf
and become the husband of Mrs. Far-
quhar, a steady and decorative object
in Park Avenue and :wherever else.
you may be.' 'I rather :think that
that's his idea,' said lielen, "quietly.
'Why are you so intergate-d?' ''I like
him,' said Jean. 'He's awfully good-
14oking and rather droll' and goes out
orchis way to be nice. But- I was
regally thinking about you, Mumsie.
Won't he interfere with your habit
of collecting everybody in trousers
7w.ho has the luck to make you laugh?"
"I don't know whether•Helen glanc-
ed at me at that moment: because I
was 'pretending to be asleep. There.
was a pause before she answered and
one of her silvery laughs, "To tell•
you the truth,' she said, 'I've not
made' up my nairid.' 'Was. she telling
the- truth? I greatly• -hoped she was
not: 'You see, we've been' living in
rather a chaos. I shan't be able to
catch up until you and Max are mar-
ried. As .soon. as that's been. brought
off it's quite on the cards -that I shall
decide to wander about. I'm 'tither
fed up with New York. I'm a little
tired of the same . old round, the same
Old faces, the same old whirligig. I
shouldn't be surprised if one' of- these
.fine mornings r pulled myself out of
it all 'and followed a wanderlust. I'm
rather inclined to believe that I'm
trembling on the edge of that path-
etic time in a woman's.life when she
puts on last.year's clothes and goes
from ope •foreign church to another
with a' guidebook in her hand.' 'Oh;
no,' said Jean. 'You! •
That's silly.
You'll never come to that,' 'Sooner or
later,' said Helen, 'all of us coine to
that. The alternative is hair -dye, lift-
ed eyebrows, a dancing 'partner, a
domineering Pomeranian and the
grasping bride -fiend's hand. . I've
seen too much of that.. .I'm for
altar pieces and the way of the Cross,
the scent of ancient incense, shadows
and shady places, flights of pigeons
and tired mothers telling their beads
In front of the Madonna, echoing
cloisters and peace.' Slie laughed with
a catch in her voice. So;, did Jean, but
with • the most incredible mirth. -She
said; 'Will Father follow you round?
I'll bet a dollar he '*"o'frt,' 'You'll
probably win,' said Helen, 'If I know
anything about your father,' and 'I
can't honestly say I do, I'm inclined
to believe that he'll settI :111 the coun-
try as near as he can tad golf course,
make himself neatly eoihfoftable and
keep his, muscles up., eat see him
surrounded with booksy�;' ilehing=rods,
pipes and tobacco, a Stuff of well-
trained seVints, and o-" trri'aongiith
of the past, Be is thitst)i`t- Of man
whir- aettius • ztvwn 1 1
t'td:•ettderlifiess in d
hoot!, 4rti r'.'time -to'',ilM" vp� M
v
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sealuil§loti anti we shall
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a
hboiie Y" and your nutltt�raus "'haliir�s
the` i . ,l
�►, �t�Wa situation, ' herba8ethtti.
itanda and" let oast cries of trilling,
e.:.>mltbtitrlili every ..Wills,
gi#le rho Ipla vtttennb
et
g$Ott of 326e4 th ' l�`lda bpei
dtdka nttitle
trig 'aeseid'.`' a ft ,.• , • ;»..
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--oltategret.
iltt:'heT'or
y in-
cular
had dealt in the most minute detail
with every one of our actions during
the course of the voyage. He had ev-
en gone to the extent of reporting
scraps of conversation, and what he
hadn't been able to overhear he had
invented with a masterly' pen. All
this had-ap¢i@ared under enormous
headlines, and in the paper that I
picked up haphazard I read a clam -
pike summary of his damnable, but,
I must confess, diabolically clever,
reactions -to- our 'most insignificant
movements and doings. ' It occupied
the whole• 'first page and was contin-
ued on the last. It was illustrated
with photographs of. Helen in the
various stages of her career and of
me in uniform, as a tennis player, a
fisherman, a killer of big game, and
.as.. -what. the ,•papers.:losie- to -call a
Clubman -whatever that may be. Al-
so there were • pictures of the houses
sfully teers
J and!
`eolheetion oaf s
tTmohf leaee
hsU h s esvl
bae:
swttly amaru
nSaanrJesannlaloinuIx
t
`New York .M a special tt} y I tea;
ail tl}, tit. *e'en,. who pxti , d3d
with a. sort of laugh by sayxng� '
this sort of thug ,bas get to be done
no country .cars ale- ..it':AO well.'
'".,et the first ,poeai;3e opportunity'
the re:pgrteas -."war ieii. upon the eb1R,'
and on' -My way up from_ breal.faSt
was sp.rrqund'ed with an eager an
Tau fary gap*.
WIWI g g eh, ); Was told to go-
up on the bout deek and face -a bat ?:
-tory of cameras it was •only by- the,;
most. supreme effort of will that F
refrained from hitting out. What I
did Instead gwas to .retreat to the dirt-
saloon;• make a collection 'of"Hei.
en, .lean and Max; and herd ahem ug
by a back way.. to; my stateroom and
barricade the door. The wolves :re-
mained outside until we were oblig-
ed, to emerge, when, like abject crim-
inals; ;,we walked through a lane of
men to undergothe. passport formali-
ties in the library. None of us open-
ed our; -mouths, but as, we went..ddyan
the gangplank, ,rve':were riddled, with
`the shois• of the cameras- which were
mounted on every side. It was a
damned . sight worse thanan air raid.
We were followed every inch" 'of the
way to the car, and even then our
freedom was a farce, because we were.
chased through the streets by taxis.
Our entrance int the house was Made
tip... steps • that were lined with dues,=
tioning men. Not one of whom got • in,
though. I saw to that. When the
door was shut and bolted I stood' at
the top of the stairs Vali a revolver
in my hand. I was in • the mood to
shoat at sight if I had' been able to
see through red. I dare not .allow -,my-
self even, to write my comments on
this busiess in plain -and. simple
English. It would be far too plain
and simple.
"Max was a prisoner for hours, and
only 'managed to escape by sticking
on a moustache and beard from a
make-up box that Helen -had used for
private theatricals." He oozed out of.
the door of the tradesmen's entrance,
found another. bevy of reporters out-
side his father's 'house,. and entered it
through the area after a wrangle with
a footman. I wish to heaven that we
were back in far more civilized times
whea men shot arrows from bows.
"An hour later Max called me up
on the telephone` and told me that his
father's condition had shown a grade-
al but steady improvement -from tire
moment he had received a cable an-
nouncing the"sailing date. 'But there
sty
in Park Avenue, Grosvenor Square, is going to be trouble,' the said. 'I
the 'various famous English countryi find the strongest and most ridiculous
"Our Family
Regulator is
DR. CHASE'S
KIDNEY-. NRI r -
LIVERn
i11 te
2
prejnd9ce-again-at-7 -toy- mar.**
The whole ,;;dung's .gleday i
father were not,s9 intensely=a}j
atonally serious I al ouldr reei1
ed to tell him Vint ha was foreiaig° tt ,
back to thedue of the, I erchanlr
Of Vence:" Bat 'he's an• no, fit state
for srcasm• All I can de i o, wait;
until he is -on his .feet a,aiA4,a1 d-i7n',
troduee him, to Jeep, I am COnninped
that he will withdraw all objections
at the very ;first' sight • of her 'I1f ;tie
doesn't, what. ,then?" ,
"As for Jean; • she; too, ' of eourses'
has been on the telephone. In fact ;,•
the telephone ,room •is the one in•:,:
which she spent the day. I sat with -
her there for an hour after duneh.
The poor child is utteslrtma;'ble; to -re-
alize- 'the ' gravity -and the .•peculiarity.: • .
of the situation. Over and: over -again -
•she said to me: `What's it mean, all •
this? Prejudice and objection? I nev-' '
er heard . those wprds. You alid. Mu n-
sie have' never used them .Why should.
Max's father? Are .we living in the u.
Dark Ages? I cannot -understand, ' I -
may not . be good enough to marry
Maw, but isn't that his lookout?'
"I had nothing to say. I`could-only •
listen and wonder at' her astonishing -
point of view. If I had. ventured to
remind her that parents, after all, do
count 'for something, even as things
are now, she would probably -have'
raised her eyebrows as Helen d5e4'
and laughed me :out` of: the room. I'm
-certain that she would have used
those ptultifying words. which are the
cause of all the difficulties; enr'bar-
rassments and quarrels betv.Qeeji, par•
exits and children today. `L;,shall lead
my own life. It's . mine. I have to ;
account to no one.. I'm perfectly (tree.
It's mine. I. have to aecOunt to no. r.
qn „.I'mK perfectly.. free ,If -I _choose
to break speed limits I shall bribe
the traffic cop. I'm answerable to no ,
one. I don't believe in religion.'
(Continued Next Week)
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