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Two of a Kind.
A Story of Inconsequence.
Mrs. Cleeve was distinctly chagrined.
"When, before, had a man failed to keep
a date with her? It was after six, and
Paul Denegre did not materialise. She
had written him that she was to be
In town for a few days, and would dine
with him that night, at Naylors. There
she was In the reception room, on time,
but, where was he? Perhaps the stu
pid he'd not made out her note. Sh
bad written him in English, as she
usually did, tbgive him practice, but
she thought she would confine herself
to French in the future. Why should
she bother about educating him in a
matter that was of no advantage to
her?
Mrs. Cleeve was a strikingly pretty
woman and a divorcee: the combina
tion was attractive. Men found her
amusing she found them convenient.
Having knocked about much for so
young a woman, she had learned wis
dom, of a certain kind, and it stood
her in good stead. She kept straight
Rough, though she sailed pretty close
to the wind, and there were times when
she might have gone to leeward but
for her boy. He adored his mother,
and she tried in her way, to live up
to his ideal of her.
People passed In and out of the room
and Mrs. Cleeve grew restless. An
evening on her hands was not a pleas
ant prospect. WelL If she could not
amuse herself she could go out into
the suburbs and see a cousin with
whom she sometimes stayed. A ride
in an open electric car would be re
freshing that hot summer night She.
took Denegre out there once, she re
membered, and he got absurdly sen
timental on the piazza. It was the.
trees and the moonlight she supposed,
or possibly the punch. 'It was usually
on tap out there on warm evenings.
Mrs. Cleeve reached the house to
find It closed, and was altogether dis
gusted with life when she took the car
home. She spread herself out on the
-end pf the seat, and was speculating
on the perversity of things In general
and man In particular, when she was
attracted by a familiar figure on the.
street, and gave a little start of sur
prise as she saw Mr. Denegre. He had
been looking at her before she. saw
"him, and when she smiled and waved
her hand, he raised his hat and boarded
the oar.
Mrs. Cleeve moved along -to make
room for him, stooping to pull her vol
uminous skirts about her. and began to
talk at once.
"You stupid thing," she said, "did
you think I was stopping out here?"
But when she raised her head and
turned hei eyes upon him she uttered
aa exclamation. It was not Paul De
negre, but a man so exactly like him
that he might have passed anywhere.
"I I beg your pardon." she said hur
riedly, "it appears it Is I who am stu
pid. I mistook you for a friend."
The man bowed gravely. "May I not
answer, as a substitute?" His tone was
quiet and courteous. "I am passing
through town on my way to the moun
tains. Deadly hole this, and no decent
place to dine that I can discover."
'We do sot wander out in the sub
urbs to dine," Mrs. Cleeve said, airily.
There is a place or two in town, I be
. lieve, known to the Initiated." She had
looked the man over and pronounced
him good sort. He had the well
groomed appearance of a man of the
world and was charmingly dignified In
his manner. Mrs. Cleeve began to be
interested. If his method was to give
her time to grow accustomed to him,
It succeeded admirably.
"It was rather nice to have you
smile on me. In such a friendly way,
and I wish you would go on, even If
I am a mistake," the man said calmly.
"Were you going In town with your
friend? Take me Instead." His cool
Impertinence amused Mrs. Cleeve, and
she was decidedly In the mood for an
adventure,
"Yes, Sir Curiosity, I was going In
town to dine with my friend, and that
Is why I looked so pleased when I saw
you and thought you were the man.
I'm hungry, you see."
"Hungry? So am I. Come and dine
with me, do, and show me a place
'known to the initiated.' as you say.
Something has happened to your friend
assuredly. Need you go dinnerless In
consequence? Certainly not You think
it a trifle unusual, perhaps? But one
so seldom has a. chance to do an unus
ual thing: Is not the novelty an Induce
ment?" Mrs. Cleeve laughed. Who prates
novelty these days? It requires little
stretch of the imagination to think you
are truly my friend. That simplifies
my side of it but your, side is more,
complex. Who am I? Not that It mat
ters," she added quickly.
The situation was decidedly Interest
ing. Why not let it develop a little?
It might be an amusing adventure, to
look back upon.
The man was apparently gazing into
space, but he was watching the woman
and no detail of her attractive
personality escaped him. She was so
daintily refined; but his intuitions were,
keen from a vast experience on two
continents, and he thought, he, knew,
what she would' "do. Who was she?
But' he wouldflnd that out later; wo
men grow delightfully communicative
over Ruinart.
The car was whizzing over the boul
evard. Soon they would be In the
heart of the town. Mrs. Cleeve pushed
the stray tendrils of hair back from her
face, and gave her sleeves a pull. How
limp the night air made things! She
took -another look at the man and de
cided. "I am coming with you, monsieur.
I shall play you're my friend Instead
of his double, and we'll be very good
chums while the dinner lasts. Will
you make a compact with me not to
disclose our identity? I am not a cur
ious person, which may make you
doubt my femininity, and after an
hour or so I shall not see you again,
though people do revolve In circles. Is
It agreed ?"
It struck, -the" man that she was rath
er adjusting his place for him, and he
was given to going his own gait, but
he enjoyed in seeing a woman handle
the ribbons cleverly.
"Agreed, and there's my hand on It"
He put out a shapely, brown hand, and
Mrs Cleeve felt a warm pressure for
a moment Then he stopped the car,
and they stepped out and passed Into
Naylor's, where Mrs. Cleeve "had been
waiting for Paul "Denegre two hours
before.
It was a delicious dinner the man
ordered, and Mrs. Cleeve was never
more entertaining. To his disappoint
ment she did not grow communicative
over Ruinart; she. had herself too well
In hand. So he met her on her own
ground. In the spirit of Jolly, good
comradeship which she permitted him.
He was a man who took .things for
what they were worth, and he always
kept, faith with a woman. He. thought
he had rather got the better of the
man who was out of it. but he wanted
to lengthen out the dinner Indefinite
ly, since she had stipulated that they
were to go their separate ways at the
end. Gad, she was a clever woman,
and devilish pretty, too. He envied
the other man.
Mrs. Cleeve smiled across the table
and raised her glass. "Our hour Is
about over, I think, monsieur. Shall
we drink one more toast before we
part? To your double, who did not
prove your undoing." The Realist,
In Town Topics.
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