Flappers and Philosophers

eyes. From the western half of the sky the sun was shying little golden disks at the sea - if you gazed intently enough you could see them skip fro

young and graceful, was riding at anchor and under a blue-and-white awning aft a yellow-h

lippers which swung nonchalantly from her toes, were perched on the arm of a settee adjoining the one she occupied. And as she read she intermittently regaled herself by a faint application t

broken by the sound of heavy footsteps and an elderly man topped with orderly gray hair and clad in a white-flannel suit appeared at the head of the companionwa

tment. The girl calmly turned over two pages, turned back one, raised the lemon me

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n, Colonel Moreland has called up again to ask me to be sure to bring you in to dinner. His son Toby has come a

new it, and I absolutely refuse to meet any darn old colonel or any darn young Toby or any darn old young people or to s

is excesses - a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name - you have r

on you go your way and I go mine. I've heard tha

ed grandiloquently, "you

st soul. "Will you stop boring me! Will you go 'way! Will you ju

dare d

e air, missed its target by the length of a short

hen two cautious steps forward. Ardita jumped to her five f

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nbearable! Your

has a bad disposition unless it's her fa

called in a loud voice for the launch. Then he returned to the awning, wh

rn you over to your aunt for the rest of your natural, or rather unnatural, life." He paused and looked at her, and then all at once something

ooked at her as if expecting agreement, but receiving no sight or sound of it he continued. "Perhaps the man loves you - that's possible. He's loved many women and he'll love many more. Less than a month ago, on

ed clubman making eyes at virtuous flapper. Virtuous flapper conclusively vamp

why the devil you

is convictions. Maybe it's to get away from the young fools that spend their vacuous hours pursuing me around the country. But as for the famous

the - red-h

suppose I have enough pride to see to that? Don't you know by th

of France Aroused, and then spoiled the po

an bracelet that

wish you'd go 'way," she said, her temper rising again. "You know I never change my mind. You've bee

Beach either. Of all the selfish, spoiled, uncon

im in the neck. Simultaneously

is ready,

m cast one utterly condemning glance at his ni