Judge — May 14, 1921 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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THAT QUEEN—SEE HER A Successful Stratagem By J. A. Watpron Mus. EAVING through the tangle of motors on Fifth Avenue, Jack Milford and his former college chum, now his guest, Bert Bed 1, of Cali fornia, passed a smart open car in which an unusually attractive young woman sat, ap parently oblivious of the crush “ By Georg Bedford exclaimed Why the thrill?” Milford asked That queen—see her? Milford’s glance was directed by Bedford's. “Ah! Miss Gyles! Your enthusiasm is natural. So say we all of us. But there Bert. You have too much money! Isn't that an un “Oh. proves the rule » hope for you there. ynal notion? I thought me does, usually. But this is an exception that She’s the daughter of Sylvester Gyles. Speak- ing figuratively, Gyles could give alms to Crorsus—if Crovsus ere here. And Gyles might look favorably upon you, for he has tried to marry that beauty to more than one young man whose income tax in itself bulks like a fortune.” You contradict yourself.” ‘Oh, no! That's only part of the story it from her girl intimates—is a law unto herself. she never will marry a man with money, on the theory nventi money Miss Gyles—I have She declares t her own pecuniary prospects would be the real attraction.” Rather a novel situation,” remarked Bedford, “but she is rarer than any money she can command.” And the subject was changed It was about six months later than Sylvester Gyles. financially was all that Milford had intimated, and Mrs. Gyles. who on by LAWRENCE FELLOWS whose social status thus was definite, were discussing a problem Usually Gyles settled problems without reference to his wife “You are certain, the said Gyles, ‘that Marion is really 1 love with John?” Tam. And what shall we do?” John was their chief chaufieur. They employed four “Break it up, of course.” was Gyles’s reply But there was further discussion. “We shouldn't be too hasty,” said Mrs. Gyles, ‘and thus cause talk. Some quiet way must be found.” “T'll find a way.” was Gyles’s response 1 ways for everything. His perspectives were habitually perfect. His financial coups were scientific. And if inspiration was lacking he resorted to common sense. But this matter was quite removed from Gyles’s business genius At one of his clubs a few evenings later Gyles met a friend, a famous psychoanalyst. He talked on love and its influence upon the young. “How may love—a youthful fancy, rather— be attacked, defeated?” he asked. “I mean the phase of it that, if unhindered, leads to mismating?” “We know nothing about mismating, Gyles, until after the fact. Theories don’t count,” said the scientific friend. “And trying to defeat love is a perilous thing in most cases. It doesn’t work. It brings auto-suggestion that arms the subject and defends. Moreover, it inspires resentment against the meddler. And it fans the passion.”” So Gyles, who always placed great dependence upon experts, took another tack. He decided that diplomacy—or craft— was du Marion, who had been plied with questions 1 He was a man who her mother comicbooks.com