The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-07

| JON no teWer lhdH uuIce SOH CluOS,
and one enthusiastic lady, who was
organizing the county pageant. inyit-
ed her there and then 20 fill the
roll of Queen Guinevere.
Her pleasure was only impaired
by the knowledge that Jem was dis
tinctly sulking. Looking back upon
her time in England it really seem.
ed as if Jem's sulks had been the
persistent alloy in her gold, And
whenever / think We have made it up
he goes and gets hufy again." she
told herself Indignantly.
She was beginning to feel that
she had made about enough at
tempts to put matters on the right
footing and inclined to let Jem go
on being resentful until he felt in
clined to make ii up.
SO, on the way home, instead of
allowing Mrs. Bardsiey to slumber
comfortably, she kept up a stream of
talk. relating the various things
which had been said to her, and her
own enjoyment of the situation. She
came more near deliberate filtration
than ever in her life before. for.
little though she knew Jem's heart,
she did dimly know and understand
that she was making him miserable
by her chatter. But a worm will
turn, and she had nae more than
enough of humility and gentleness
for the present and meant to take
high hand with the "old cross
patch" as she privately designated
him.
| When they reached home she was
still in her airy mood and took her
bedroom candle from him with a very
flippant Goodnight AS she was
half way up the stair in the wake of
Mrs. Bardsley, Jem said harshly-
stop a minute. Here's something
for you"
She waited, leaning over the stairs.
So hot was the night that she had
driven to and from the Court with
only a gauze scarf over her dinner
gown. She looked a Juliet as she
leaned over the rich, dark mahogany
baluster holding her light in one
hand. Jem came across the hall very
slowly, perhaps to prolong the sight
of the pretty pose. He handed her
a letter, and a malicious gleam was
in his eye as he gave it to her. He
watched the quick damping of her
sparkling defiance as she took it.
He watched, too, the live blood in
wade her cheeks, as for moment
she caught his eye.
Thanks" she said, turning away.
And as she reached the landing was
surprised to find a rush of angry
tears in her eyes.
The following day was her Wish
field day, and she rode off after an
early lunch by herself
Her thoughts were in turmoil
and she badly needed the comfort
and refreshment Of Evelyns advice.
Lionel wrote that he had found
the man Martin, and from him ascer-
tained that his connection with his
wife had lasted less than twelve
months. Martin had met a girl of
good family abroad, with whom he
had married soon after. He assured
Lionel that he had offered to sup
port Mrs. Gladwyn, but that sne had
disappeared, and that from that
hour he had never seen nor heard
of her. AS she had made no appii-
cation to her husband, it was reason
able to suppose that sne had found
some one else to look after her
Lionel inserted advertisements in
various papers, but so far nothing
had come of it. There seemed. how
ever no question at all of his get
ting his divorce as soon as she could
be found. His prevailing anxiety
was caused by the tone of Vernon's
letters. He thought that she was
being influenced against him by
some one or other. He knew she
loved him, and he felt sure that once
face to face again, she would real
ize that she did A TRADE against
the absurdity of those who did not
believe in divorce followed. He in
stanced his own life. ''Was it my
fault?" he triumphantly demanded.
Gould / have helped it?"
The question troubled Vernon, and
she took it to Father Conroy.
MY child" he said, tits a wide
subject, and not one for young girls
to go deeply into. But you, as you
find yourself confronted with the
problem. are bound to consider l..