The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
WHEN A MAN MARRIFS
The Novel irony Which the Play Seven Day" Was Made
BY
AAo of The ChrIHSm r0S m e Man LT
Copyright 1909 II

Kit, he declared miserably. In the
| first place, for all you =re down on me,
Is It my fault? Honestly. now. is it my
fault?'
refused 70 speak.
II was coming home to be miserable
| alone" he went on. ''and-oh, I know
you meant well. Eit; but you asked all
| these crazy people here
Perhaps you Will give me credit for
some things" I said YEARLY. IT did not
give Takahiro smallpox, for instance, and
If you viii permit me 10 mention the
| fact-Aunt Selma is not my Aunt Selma"
That's what l wanted to speak 10 you
about" Jimmy went on wretchedly, try
/ ing not TO look at me. you see, when
/ they were rowing so about who would
get the breakfast never saw such
| lot of people; half of ynem never touch
breakfast, but of course now they want
ell kinds of things-when they were talk
| ing. Aunt Sallna said she knew you
would get it, being the hostess and re-
sponsible, besides knowing where things
are kept" He had fixed his eyes on the
| orchids, and he looked shrunken. actual
| ly shrunken. II thought" he finished.
J you might give me a Few pointers now,
| and 1 could come down in the morning,
/ and-and fuss up something, coffee and
so on / would say you did I'll On. hang
II all, Kit why don't you say some
| thing?"
What do you want me to say7' 1 de-
/ manded. THAT 1 love TO cook. and Of
course I'll fix trays and carry them up
in the morning TO Anne Brown and Leila
Mercer aud the rest: ana that viii have
| the shaving water ready"
Il know what I'm going 10 DO" Jimmy
said, with sudden resolution. Aunt
| Selma and her money cRn go TO blazes.
/ am going right upstairs and tell ner
the truth tell her who you are what
am. and all the rest OF it." He opened
the door.
You'll do nothing Of the kind"
gasped, catching him in time. Don't
you dare. Jimmy WIlsonI Why whae
would they thing of me2 After letting
/ her call me Bella, anG him-Jim, il SIR
Harbinson ever learns the tTuth-I-wiii
take poison. II we are going TO be shut
up here together, we will have to carry
1t on. ! couldn't stand the disgrace"
In spite OF an heroic effort, jim looked
relieved They have peen hunting for
the linen closet" he said, more cheer
/ fully. and there win De room enough,
/ ] think. HARRISON and I will hang out
IN the studio: there are vwo couches
there. I'm afraid you'll have TO take
/ Aunt Selma, Kit.
Certainly" / said coldIy That was
| the way IL was all along. Whenever there
was something to do UnRu no one else
would undertake-any unpleasant re-
| sponsibiiity-that entire mongrel house
| hold turned with one gesture and point
ed its finger at me! Well. II is over now,
/ and I ought not TO be bitter, considering
/ everything.
II was quite Characteristic Of that men,
/ orable evening Chat Is quite novelesque.
] think that my interview with Jimmy
! should have a sensational ending. He
was terribly down. Of course. and as I
was trying to pass him to get TO the
door, he caught my hand.
You're girl in a Thousand. Kit" he
said a. arnly. IF l were not so damn
ably. hopelessly. idioticaIly IN love with
somebody else. I should be crazy about
you"
Don't be maudlin.'' rstorted. Would
you mind letting my hand go?' felt
sure Bella could hear.
"of, come now. Kit" he implored,
. we've always got along so well. It's a
! shame 10 let 9 thing IKE this make US
bad friends. Aren't you ever going to
forgive me7''
Never" I said promptly When
once get away, l don't want ever to see
I II.
IN my life. I loathe your
! Then 7 turned around and, OF COURSE,
there was Aunt Selma with eyes pro-
truding until you could have knocked
them of with a stick. and beside her.
very red and uncomfortable. Mr.. Harbi-
son.
Bella" she said in a shocked voice.
'1s this the way you speak 20 your hus-
band? 1t is high time / came here, I
think. and took a hand N mis- affair."
"Oh. never mind, Aunt Selma" Jim
said, with a sheeplsh grin. "Kit-Bella IS
tired and nervous. This is a h-duce OF
a situation. Eo-eF-severants, and all
that"
But Aunt Selma did mind, and showed
It. She pulled the unlucky HARRISON man
through the door and closed 1t, and then
stood glazing at both of Us.
Every little quarrel is an apple knock
ed from the tree Of love" she announced
oratoricalIy.
This was a very little quarrel" Jim
said. edging toward the door; IA green
apple, Aunt Selma, a colicky little green
apple" But she was nov 20 pe diverted.
Bella" she said severely. you said
you loathed him. You didn't mean that
But do" cried Historically. There
isn't any word to tell now I-how 1 de-
test him."
Then swept past them all and few
to Bellas dressing-room and locked my
| self In Aunt Selma knocked until she
was tired. then gave up and went TO
bed
That was the night Anne Browns pearl
collar was stoienI
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.
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