Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-21
Their Married Life
By MABEL HERBERT URNER

He didn't say when he'd be back
he didn't leave any message per-
sisted Helen. Hello! Oh, Central.
DON'T cut me off! Hello - And
YOU haven't any idea where 1 might
get him now? We'll. give me the
number and I'll try, - John 17S4?'
At any other time Helen would
have hesitated to call up Warren at
another lawyers office but now she
was desperate-she must reach him.
Hello. is this John 1894? Could
You tell me if Mr.. Warren Curtis is
there? His stenographer said he
might possibly be in your office"
Helen waited breathlessly, and the
next moment Warren's voice came
over the wire in gruff hello"
"Oh, I'm so glad I caught you!"
eXcitedly. Dear. what do you think
Louise and Bob are TO be married at
three o'clock. She just rhoned me
It's after eleven now. How soon can
YOU get here? They want us to come
ri hit over
But Warren, you MUST GOMEZ"
desperately. Bob would never for
give you, why the whole family
You know | couldn't go without
you. How would that look?
Now, dear, we haven't anything to
do with that-the least we can do is
10 BE there! Bob has phoned TO Car
rie and to your father and mother
they're all going. Warren, you must
come-you MUST"
1t ended by Warren saying grudg-
ingly that he'd come if he could, but
that he couldn't get up before 1.S0
and if he wasn't there by that time
for her to go alone. But Helen felt
that he would come Bob was his
brother-whatever his antagonism to
Louise.
For the next two hours. Helen was
in fiutter of thrilled anticipation,
mingled with anxious concern.
\ Mystery
What had precipitated this hurried
ceremony? Louise had intimated over
the phone that there had been a scene
the night before, verging on one of
their old misunderstanding and she
had threatened to return to Florida.
Instead, they We're to be married this
afternoon.
That Bob had wanted to wait un-
til he was quite we'll so they might
have a formal wedding and a trip
abroad, Helen knew, but she knew
too that ever since he had left the
hospital the situation between Louise
and him had been most difficult.
+. Regardless of gossip and the dis
approval of his whole family Louise
had insisted on staying at his hotel
and had helped to nurse him. So this
hurried wedding was not after all so
unexpected.
Helen was much too excited to eat
any lunch, and by one o'clock she was
dressed waiting anxiously for Warren.
If he shouldn't come,
He came, but in a scowling ill-hu-
NOR.
Whats all this for?" glowering 1T
the two suits spread out on his bed.
Dear didn't know what you want
cd to wear-your frock coat or cut
away. What do men wear at an in
formal day-wedding?"
'Ill tell you what I'll wear" with
n snort, "just what l have onl"
But dear, it's Bob's wedding!"
Huh, Bob had Internally little to
do with it. He'd have had civil
lied wedding-this is her doings. Sup
pose II he'd let her she'd have dis
pensed with the ceremony altogether"
WARREN"
We'll these advanced, new-ideaed
women are capable of most anything
Put it on a high and mighty plat
form too"
Now dear, don't, PLEASE don't
begin that! Just for to-day, do try to
be nice to her-for Bob's sake. It'll
only be for a few moments and you
may not have to see them again for
months. Won't you be-nice?" she
ended weakly, for want of a better
word.
Warren's only answer was non-
committal grunt.
In spite of Helen's pleading, he OBJ
stinately refused to change his
clothes, and when they started out a
few moments later he wore his gray
business suit, with an almost bel
ligerent air.
Where's this stunt to be pulled
off, he demanded, as they took the
car at the corner.
The Wedding Place
Louise said the management had
given them a vacant sute-on the
same floor with her rooms"
"Humph, why don't they go down
TO the City Hall and be done with
it?"
1t was after two when they reacheC
the hotel. Helen went straight tc
Louise's rooms.
The sitting room was Uttered with
boxes and tissue paper, and hote
maid was busily packing a quantity
of expensive looking lingerie into &
new wardrobe trunk.
In the bedroom Louise was hur.
riedly thrusting some toilet article.
into fitted travelling bag. She wore
the same blue tailored suit and ha
in which she had come from Florida
did Warren Gomez" as she greeted
Helen with tremulous kiss.
Yes he's gone to Bob's room"