Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-16

a new leaf and all that sort of thing.
He even began to buy furniture for our
home. You wouldn't believe that of Gill
bert, would you? Well, my father heard
of 1t and began to abuse me for a fool
throwing myself away on a man who
hadn't shilling to rnh against another
And the girls at the theatre used to
laugh at me too, and remind me of my
ambition to be duchess. In the end.
of course, l realized that / was fool
indeed, and told Gilbert frankly that he
was spelling my chances. l had fright
full row with him-the worst of II was l
really cared for him, you see. At last
got rid OF him in sense by promising
faithfully to see him once a week at
least for the rest of my life. And then
your father came along"
"Oh!" said Maud, her interest quicken
ing
II really did not care much about him,
and l had set my heart on a coronet
But he was fairly rich, and they told me
that he would be a very great man one
day. And / rather liked the idea of being
sailors wife, because / should have
good deal of time to myself while he
was away on his cruises. Well, your
father proposed to me and married him.
Yes" repeated Mrs Plessey the mar
riage made quite stir at the time-bue-
jackets and marines in attendance and
the prettiest girls at the Hilarity for my
bridesmaids 1t was splendidly stage
managed" reflected the widow with a
smile of triumph
81 expected trouble with Gilbert /" she
resumed wearly, 'and l got more than
bargained for He tried to kill himself
by turning the gas on at his dlggings or
something like that but-ohl il was a
seream!' Mrs. Plessey hugged her knee
dellghtully-"it was one of those penny
~ lnN
came exhausted presently, and moor old
Gilbert woke up TO find himself not in
Heaven-well. 1 don't suppose he expect-
ed TO go there-but In his lodgings the
same as ever. He told me about Il after
wards. l simply screamed! Well, that
made him madder than ever, and he
began to vow vengeance against your
father for having stolen me from him and
so FORTH ] kept him quiet by sticking 10
my promise about meeting him once a
week. l wasn't at all sorry to, for your
rather was the worst bore / have ever
met, and now l was married tosanother
man poor old Gilbert seemed TO become
much more interesting person. our
meetings added spice of adventure to
NE l had TO be jolly careful, for the
adInlfal was monster OF jealousy But
he had To get over that. broke him in
70 some extent. He didn't know about
Gilbert. hut he had to get used to seeing
me going about with other men. And
then l laid him under a certain very
heaYy obligation which kept his mouth
shut"
Mrs Plessey looked intently at Maud.
Seemed about 70 say something more
then looked another way
You laid father under a very heavy
opAgationF repeated Maud, raising her
eyebrows. What was its naturegS
s'Weu thar baepsf ,,,,,L -. = .., Il,
story Er-when you came your father
let me have my own way a GOOD deal
more, gilbert also grew calmer. / could
see that he had ceased 10 care for mo
but that didn't prevent MIN retting
money out OF me-borrowing, as he called
H. And though We had settled down
INTO being Just pals, could see he hadn't
tofslFeh your Iather Tor cutting him out
We'll. he found an opportunity for re-
Nenge az last One day he wrote to me
asking me to meet him in town. I did
so, az considerable Inconvenience
your father was az home and had again
got one OF his jealous hts on MIN. There
was an ugly glitter In Gilbert's ewes
which didn't like. He sat down al a
nite table opposite me ana folded his
arms on it'll can see him now. though
its thirteen years agO-and said. You
fAncied you were doing a fine thing for
yourself when you married your adj
miral. eng of course, 1 told him not 10
waste time BY talk Of that kind, but 10
come 70 The point AZ once. Very wen.
he said. 4 viii Then it's my painful
GUY q Inform you that you are not
Mrs, Rlessey az ail-that sou ars mol
Admiral Piesaey's wife.
4aua Stripped the sides 81 ner chair
ana starea e her mother A. ths hiu
Significance 8 tha aor6s ah8 had heard