The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
The Eues,ir,g Story

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Suhles Sesy.
(By Jerome Sprague.)
The enxneAment OF Julia Ward and
Philip HarxYave came ~ more or less
Of q surprise to village society. Some
how It seemed strange that Julia with
her most apparent pettiness Of char
acter. should have appealed to Bar-
grave. Yet appeal to him she most
certainly had: otherwisa whv ..:lould
he have asked her to become his
wife?
The spiteful feminine element in
the village predicted an early shatter-
ing Of Hargrave's Illusion REGARDING
Julia. The masculine point Of view
was varied. some considering him
lucky and some seeing Harxrave the
constant victim Of a euspicious. 1eal-
GUS wife. He, however. was totally
oblivious Of public speculation re-
garding his love AFFAIR ana accepted
thorough enjoyment. Hargrave was
q man Of clean, wholesome mind and
possessed a strong hatred for petty
gossip or anything bordering on tale
carving about his ne;rhhor. uad
he been prone to listen occasionally
to a scrap of village gossip he might
not have succumbed to the charm Of
Julia. Her true Character would mar
haps have sifted into his blind adora-
ton OF her Dresden ilolI hea,,tv
But IL Julia concealed her iealousv
from Harxraye It was none the les.
stirring within her, and since the even
ing she had learned that Harerave's
sister was entertaining q college chum
she had concentrated her entire
mental energy in trying to ASCERTAIN
the exact state of her fiance.s attitude
toward Mary lee ~. vres+ -, ~,
house.
Hargrave was of necessity much oc-
cupied with his sister ana Mary Lac.
He adored 1,;e mil, .;-t.~ go
fort to give nieasura 70 ors ~ ha.
friends rsos rno.. .,-.. " ~.
nav. hahor.a - ~ e'. ~ wouAu
the friend hssr - 40 sa .s.e manner nao
Rut the viii. -. s~....c
s - hans bones or scandal into the
- lre Po' oenshteu IN the advent
-, ana waited lmpatiently
"ns over OF JUDAS cal
oron OF Jealousy. The sptteful ele-
ment realized that Julia was not
nrodo enough TO see the situation as
really was. and even disinterested
society saw. trouble brewing for Har-
grave.
So unconcerned was Harerave
AOOQl pubic speculation that pvQnf
where he chose, always taking Mary
Lee along with him and carfnr MT
one whit ma to Wills % 90, s..4.s.
eossfD. al VI
Not SO with sIu,ia The ru-
ster of jealousy was cons,n,;n. NJ
lie her feelinrs m coll, - esave Ieal-
She wanted te h~ :" ene same.
inc $500 oe t"e wiie OF the RS
.+in.t,.'n,. s ,awyer' ana she felt In
strl.,,,,s,.,,. mat ne would object most
C'say 70 having MS liberty In
ternereo with.
me aIrlvai OF palmist in the viii
20 sassesteo rather tactful manner
- Hpoacnans the subject OF Mary Lee
- ~. slave. So
or Sne purpose OF trapping him into
On eApIess1on OF emotion OF some kind
reearong mary Lee. Julia concocted a
STORY AZ having come from the palmist
In the evening. one Of the few spent
WIN LUNA since the arrival Of the 9TH
or eri. Harsrave would have greeted
ms A1ncec with the usual lovers kiss,
OUT sne urew oack. There was smile
on ner Hps' nut q peculiar light in her
eyes:
No-you can't kiss me until I tell
you what the palmist told me today
she said She says you are not faith
1ui TO me-.
oont Iancy being put on the judg-
ment seat because Of some silly palm
ISIS rav1ns, Hargrave said briefly. If
YOU MlA not KISS me now you need mot
trouble to after you have told me what
you nave heard"
up. sne ml4at nave known enough not
70 tamper with dargrave's affairs for
the Tune oelnS. out she struck blfndly
at MIN. knowing this was no doubt the
The palmist told me that you were
| constantly with 0nOtner g1rl=A girl