The evening world., 1915-09-15


before enc u,ourhi and Kissed one
white. cold cheek. iis sesmsd 90
trarirauy hsipi.ss. So more alive.
IN soms way. since che had touched
bic hand 90 guide a. Then. as hsf
nps brushed his check. che rec0iied
ana colored little. Hhe had felt
the siEht rouShnoss which . name
cheek. however cioss shaven. always
has-the man -foeL
~ made her realize unreasonAbly
ihai ~ was a man abe had married.
after all. not q stone image nor a
stick child-a live mani with the
thought, or rather instinct. came a
swift terror Of yhat shs had done.
and a swim impulse Go rise. She was
half way risen from her knees when
hand on her shoulder and the
clergymans voice In her ear checked
her.
"Not yet" lie murmured almost In
nudibly. stay az you are ull-till
Mrs Harrington Is wheeled from the
room"
Phyllis understood. She remained
as sho was, her body a shield before
Allan Ilarrington's eyes, her hand Just
Withdrawing from his shoulder. TIL
she heard the closing Of the door. and
"a sigh as Of relaxed tension from the
three people around her. Then she
rose. Allan lay still with closed eye
lids. II seemed 60 her that he had
flushed. ~ ever so family. at tho
touch OF her lips on his cheek. She
laid his hand on the coverlet with
her own roughenod. ringod ono and
followed the others out. into the room
where the dead woman had been
taken. leaving him with his attendant.
The rest OF the evening Phyllis
went about in a queer-keyed. almost
light hearted frame OF mind. II was
only the reaction from the long-ek-
pected terror that was over now. but
II felt indecorous. II was Just as well.
however. Some ones head had TO be
kept. The servants were upset, Of
course. and there were many arrange
ments to be made. She and Mr.. DE
Guenther worked steadily together.
telephoning. ordering. guiding.
Strengthening out all the tangles.
There never was q wedding. she
thought. where the bride did so much
of the work! She even remembered
TO see personally that Allan's dinner
was sent up to him. The servants
had doubtless been told TO come to
her for orders-at any rate, they did.
Phyllis had not had much experience
in running a house. but a good deal
IN keeping her head. And that. after
all. Is the main thing. She had far
some other young woman giving
swift. poised. executive orders. She
rather admired her.
After dinner the De Guenthers went,
and Phyllis Braithwaite. the little LIZ
berry Teacher who had been living in
q hall bedroom on much less money
than she needed, found herself alone.
sole mistress OF the great Harrington
house. corps OF servants. a husband
passive enough to satisfy the most
militant suffragette. a check book, a
wistful wolf hound, and $500 cash for
current expenses.
The last weighed on her mind mora
than all the rest put together.
why. / don't know how to make
Current Expenses out OF all that!" she
had said to Mr.. DE Guenther. 1T looks
TO me exactly like about ten months
salary! I'm perfectly certain shall
get up in my sleep and try to pay my
board ahead with 1t, so l shan't have
1t all spent before the ten months are
up! There was u blue bead necklace"
she went on medtatively. IN the
Five-and-Ten, that l always wanted
TO buy. Only never quite felt / could
afford It, oh, just imagine going to
the Fiye-and-Ten and buying at least
Ave dollars worth or things you didn't
need!"
"You have great discretionary pow
ers-great discretionary powers. my
dear, you will find!" Mr.. De Guenther
had said as he patted her shoulder
Phyllis took 1t as a compliment at the
time. Discretionary powers" sounded
as II he thought she was a quite intel
hgent young person. 1t did not occur
to her till he had gone, and she was
, alone with her check book, that il
meant she had a good deal of liberty
to do as she liked.
} 1t seemed to be expected of her &c
stay. Nobody even suggested a posi-.
billty of her going home again, ever
TO pack her trunk. Mrs. DE GuentheI
. casually volunteered to do that littl,
after the housekeeper had told he,
where her rooms we're.
She had been consulting with III,
housekeeper for what seemed ages
when she happened to want some PIN
for something. and asked for her SUI
case.
-. TITS in your rooms" said tn,
housekeeper. Mrs. Harrlngton-th
late Mrs. Harrington, / shout,
say
n Phyllis stopped listening at thi