Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-05
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"THEIR MARRIED LIFE"

why, Frances" said Helen de-
| lightedly over the telephone, why
couldn't she be married here?"
Frances gave a little shrek OF
joy. Helen, do you really mean
"Of course I mean it," Helen re-
| turned why, l am simply crazy
will be. He's so fond of Jack and
Anne
Are you busy this morning ?"
queried Frances.
Only cutting out some dresses
| for Winifred. Can you come over?"
Surely 1 can. Nothing would
keep me away after tnat stunning
offer from you. Helen. I guess
can get up in about twenty min
utes."
Helen hung up the receiver, her
face wreathed in smiles. She
hadn't been so happy about thing
and SO enthusiastic since she could
remember. To have a wedding In
the house. Why 1t would be simply
the loveliest thing to plan for, and
Warren would be sure TO offer no
objections.
Ever since Jack had discovered
that he would not be able to go West
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worried for fear that Anne was more
disappointed than she would admit.
The girl would hear of no post
ponement. She had promised to
marry Jack in September, she wrote,
and she intended to keep her word.
We can be married quietly in q
church in New York, and, anyway,
marrying Jack Is what counts, not
the wedding itself.
But Helen had devoted more than
a little thought to the subject. A
girl who has planned on home
wedding generally wants a home
wedding, and Anne was just the
kind of a girl to mask her own feel
ings so as not to make any one else
uncomfortable.
Frances had determined to make
the occasion as pleasant as she could
for the girl, and then, like shot
out of tho blue, it had occurred to
Helen to offer her apartment for the
purpose. The more she thought of
it the more delighted she was with
the project. 1t would be just the
thing. In the midst of her cogita-
tions the bell rang and Mary let
Frances in.
Il was busy writing" Frances
explained, so you must excuse the
way | look. I'm later than L said l
would be, too, but it was just next
to impossible to get here. There's
a blockade all along the line"
well, now that you're here, you'll
stay for lunch, won't you? There's
no one home and I'm just going to
have bite myself"
Mercy! 1t isn't lurcn time, is
it?" Frances calculated.
NO. but I want to tell Mary to
set another place" explained Helen.
"All, right, dear, I'll stay, but I'll
have to run away afterward. l
have to pour at the first tea of the
season. l suppose if l let myself in
for it I'll never have any peace.
Well, about that wonderful plan of
well, we'll simply have the we'd
ding right in here. I'll give over
the apartment to Anne, and. as long
as she hadn't intended TO ask any
one, it will be very simple"
Quite so. She had planned to
and the Bells. None of her people
will be here. You see, her father
didn't feel as if he could afford to
come on from Kansas. Oh Helen.
the are the dearest people. so fine
and so refreshing, just like Anne,
you know, with that charm she has
, One never sees it here in the city"
Helen nodded understandingly.
And her mother will be so de-
lighted" Frances went on. "She
didn't like the idea of Anne's being
married in church. She said a
strange church seemed so cold to
her. oh, 1 tell you, If you do this
you'll make friends of the Reddings
for life"
You make me feel as If I were
doing a great DEAL" said Helen,
when, in reality, / am simply being
selfish and doing q thing that will
please me more than it will any
one else"
We'll, now. let's see." Frances
said thoughtfully. "We'll have to
have a caterer That won't be
nearly as expensive for Jack as a
wedding supper out anywhere. And
there will be just our own crowd"
And we'll have some nice young
minister to marry them" Interrupt
ted Helen, and you and I will fix
up a bower right here between the
windows for them to stand in. She
can be married in white and dress
afterward. Perhaps it would be a
good idea for her to come up the
night before and stay right here
with us. 1t would be more like
being married at home"
Yes, and Wen have rice and all
the fixings," said Frances eagerly.
"and Wen send them off with all
kinds of happiness in their souls,
the darlings. Helen, / don't know
how to tell you what 1 think of you
for doing this for Anne. 1t means
just everything to have you turn
over your home to them, and 1t
means more than that, too, because
YOU care so much for Anne. l don't
know what there is about your
apartment, Helen. but It seems more
like home than any place l know"
And Helen. looking up, met the
sincerity in Frances eyes and
smiled happily.
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