Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
MY MARRIED LIFE
"TACKg' ! gaspcd horrorstric<en. M
BY ADELE GARRISON


- rings are gono.
"Impossblc!" His face was white. lie
snatcRed my meshbag from my grasp
Where did you put them? In here"
] nodded. I could not speak. This was
the final touch to the misery I had piled
up for myself by delaying to tell my
cousin, Jack Beckett Of my marriage to
Dicky.
had thought I was doing wise. kind
thing In considering my brOther-Cousins
feelings upon his return from a years abe
sence in the wilderness, where he had been
unable to receive any news of me ] had
gone to meet him, intending to tell him Of
my marriage when our reunion dinner
should bc finished. feared DiCky's
jealousy would prevent my seeing much Of
Jack, and ! wanted tp give him ono last
hour or two ON tho Old hrotherly and sis.
terly basis.
And as a result Jack had told me that
he loved me. something he would never
have revealed had he dreamed was mar
ricd and I had lost my engagement and
my wedding rings I had put them In my
m"shbaE IN the restaurant when ! took off
my gloves, so that Jack should not guess
my marriage uut,l after dinner.
Jack turned The mcshbag inside out
handkerchief a small coin purse two or
three bills Of small denominations an cn-
Nclopc with "a tiny powder pulf-thcsc were
all
you are sure you put them in hcrc?"
Yes could hardly artIculatr the
word was 80 frightened
Have you opened your bag a.ucc?'
! thought moment Had /? Then
rush of remembrance came to- mo.
81 took out "a handkerchief when { ,rt,d
I'm the restaurant"
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