The CAREER ofKATHERINE BUSH
THE CAREER OFKATHERINE BUSH
BY
ELINOR GLYN
AUTHOR OF
THE MAN AND THE MOMENT, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
EDMUND FREDERICK
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1916, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Copyright, 1916, by The International Magazine Company
Printed in the United States of America
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "'After all, I understand you—and I forgive you'" | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | |
| "'You must ... go on and make something of your life, as I mean to do.'" | 50 |
| "'No man is an impossible husband if he is a Duke.'" | 102 |
| "'You are ready for the great adventure?'" | 274 |
THE CAREEROF KATHERINE BUSH
CHAPTER I
Dusk was coming on when Katherine Bush left[Pg 1]the office of the Jew money lenders, Livingstoneand Devereux, in Holles Street. Theirs wasa modest establishment with no indication upon thewire blind of the only street window as to the tradepractised by the two owners of the aristocratic namesemblazoned upon the dingy transparency. But it wasvery well known all the same to numerous young bloodswho often sought temporary relief within its doors.
Katherine Bush had been the shorthand typist theresince she was nineteen. They paid her well, and shehad the whole of Saturday to herself.
She sat clicking at her machine most of the day, behinda half-high glass screen, and when she lifted herhead, she could see those who came to the desk beyond—shecould hear their voices, and if she listened verycarefully, she could distinguish the words they said.In the three years in which she had earned thirty shillingsa week sitting there, she had become quite a connoisseurin male voices, and had