Judge — August 27, 1921 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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“HE HATED TO LET GO OF HER HAND.” One of Cupid’s Sequels mentary projectiles from long- range diplomats are _ still flying, and there are other reactions. New romances develop with the war as a background, and it is too early to close the book to Cupid in that relation. Tobias Benham, perhaps the home- liest young man in Wichita County, Texas, was an early volunteer in the A. E. F. He fought like a wildcat, and landed in a hospital early in the game. Miss Deering, the pretty nurse who ministered to Benham, had another patient—a handsome chap named Chalmer, who had the eyes of a poet, deep, dark and fascinating. The regulation cropping of Chalmer’s black hair did not dissipate the notion that it must be wonderful if given its way. His voice was low and musical, and grace controlled even his restricted movements as a patient. Nature may not deliberately design a man to break the hearts of women, but if Nature does, Chalmer was born to cause endless sentimental dis- turbance in the sex. T's war may be over, but docu- By J. A. WaLpron Illustration by LAWRENCE FELLOWS Benham, awkward, red - haired, florid and diffident, was different. His manner was abrupt and discon- certing. He bewailed the misfor- tune that confined him, and was hard io manage. But the pretty nurse was patient with him. Blonde, with a skin like satin and a smile that won everybody, Miss Deering was sunshine where sunshine was needed. As he became convalescent, Chal- mer made love quietly and gently to the nurse. She seemed to Benham, who was awed by her beauty, and who was jealous, to invite Chalmer’s cooing overtures. And when Chal- mer left the hospitai Benham saw him and the nurse talking together in low tones, as others saw them, and decided that it was a love match. When Benham left the hospital bound again for the front he was astonished at Miss Deering’s gra- ciousness to him, and regretted that he was not good-looking enough and had lacked the initiative to make love to her himself. Returning to Texas, Benham, who wore medals that testified to his bravery as a soldier, had a hero’s wel- 13 come, and even the young women he had known but casually before his war experience seemed to find him attractive. But if any thought of woman came to him it took the shape of Miss Deering. The oil excitement that has made Texas famous as a field for quick fortunes involved the Benham farm, and Benham’s family were soon numbered among the rich. Ben- ham’s experience in France had made him restless, although it had not affected his industry. But with money he had a wish to see some- thing of life outside, and New York was his first ambition. In the great city, after tailors and barbers had done their work, Ben- ham seemed another person. His face was not comely, but it was honest, and he was ardent with health. There was an outgiving of physical power in him that made up for any lack of polish. Benham one day entered a great Fifth Avenue book shop to see if he could find some of the illustrated French publications that were so popular with the boys who went comicbooks.com