Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-01
MY MARRIED LIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON

aTNo YOU smoke. Mra Graham7 I'll bet
~ a ten.spot that you don't but you
ought to begin"
Harry Underwood leaned toward me,
case of clanr6ttaa In his hand blohS
rad provided cigarettes IN quaint sn
tuue Jar, one of the things he had broun.'
from the studio 60 the apartment but ~.
Underwood evidently wished me to ty h''
own brand. ,.A
20 complete my anger at this man 1 a nau
vaguely dlsliked him from the nrHt time
had met him His bold words ana mnn-
ner IN the afternoon had dccpcued my aus
like Then when his wife had warhea ny
that he would In all probability make violent
love TO me. aa ! was new type 20 MN,
my feeling had become an uncJnquer'p'o
aversion. ,-.
Lillian had added that she would straight
en- him out " he annoyed me too fnucut
but aa ! looked out from my Armenian ,H
which he had Imprisoned me by the simple
cNpedicnu OF pushing mo into IL and stand
Ing ln front ~ it ! saw that She was sun
too absorbed In her art discussion win
Mr. Lester 10 come 20 my rescue. MIS-
Lester, with little bird-llkc ganceE ana
chirpy glggles, waH talking rapidly TO DIehy'
"EvERYBoDYs DofNG 1T"
For the moment was as much alone with
MIR Underwood as II the room had b''h
empty
ing my un4pokcn thought "You cant get
away I promised myself n little uninter-
rupted conversation with you and always
got what I want, alwnys"
fIc bent cl,ror to mo, hts eyes holding
mine lie spoke slOwly emphntlcnUy ]
shivercd felt the sudden momcntary
dread Of this mn ! had experienced " ;ho
afternoon Ife laughed suddenly with
hearty mischief
scared you stfr that time didn't I? DO
you know, / thought the melodramatic stun
would get you score one. You'd better
Hight one of these. can recommend the
brand and lts mighty fine FOR the nerves
looked haughtily al him, but before
could open my mouth he began hummlnE
"Eyerybody's doing H. doing H. doing w.
looked around my living room, The ar
was already heavy with the scent OF inc
cigarettes. The men were all smoking ldl-
Ian Gale was consuming one aftcr an
other while even little Mrs, Lester was
toying with one. Sho looked like a little
girl playing at smoking corn-SlIk
cigarette.
ALL ALONE, INDEED
Bun before my guests had ever arrived
| I had made my decision concerning smok-
| Ing ! had smoked my first cigarette with
| DIoky at hIs earucat request, almost his
| command But II had been against all my
| principles and prcjudices: / had done II
| only to please Dcky and In the scclusion
| of our home Not for worlds would
| repeat the experience In the presence Of
| other persons. especially At the behcst OF n
man I hated
| "WeII =" Harry l'ndcrwoUd'g face still
| held his mocklng smile as he held out the
| case toward inc.
| 81 am sorry"--T tried To spcnk courteous
Iy--"but / do not smoke"
| 81 know that But you are going TO try
one with me. The combination OF n cigar
| ,tte and your mouth Is something / should
| l.kn to see"
| How I wanted TO tell him what really
| thought Of him But my tongue was tied
| bv the knowledge that he was DIcky's
| friend / foresnw all sorts Of dsaErecablo
urgsibIlitics In the future II Harry Under
| wood kept up this tone he was adopting
toward me