Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-06
THEIR MARRIED LIFE".
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the subject that was nearest her
heart After few preliminary SEN
tences she proceeded to tell Mrs.
Travers frankly about the offer she
had of a good position and her final
refusal of it; of Warrens disapproVal
and her wish to compromise by enter
ing a school and taking course in
something.
And the funny part of it is" she
concluded, now that Warren has
given his consent and actually agrees
to my doing this thing, l have lost all
interest"
That's natural enough" said Mrs.
Travers sympathetically. "A woman
is always that way, don't you think
really wants 1t"
But you see, 1 don't know how 10
tell Warren without making fool oil
myself. You don't know how he will
make fun of me-"
For the life of her Helen could
not understand why she was telling
all this to a comparative stranger.
Why, it was woman's talk of the most
intimate kind, and yet Mrs. TraTers
seemed interested and she was such a
nice woman to confide in.
Has he mentioned the subject
since you introduced it?" Mrs. Trav-
ers questioned.
only I had legitimate reason for
telling him that after all thought l
would not begin"
why not tell him that you have
been advised not to begin course in
the middle of the year?"
That would be simple enough,
wouldn't it?"
II should think so, yes, it certainly
sounds plausible"
Helen felt strangely comforted. 1t
was not so much what the woman
had said, but her very obvious inter-
est and sympathy went long way
toward endowing her remarks with
real wisdom. Helen wondered why
she had not thought of so simple a
solution long before this.
That's Just what I shall do" she
said finally. "I'll mention 1t casually
so that he won't dream that have
been thinking about it at ALL"
And in the meantime you might
interest yourself in something else
that will take up your time. In the
fall the thing will have blown over
and he will have forgotten all about
the fact that you ever mentioned it."
The rise of the curtain at this min
ute prevented further conversation
and its fall ended the play.
How did you like it?" said War
rem as he helped Helen on with her
coat. Were you as pleased as you
thought you would be?"
Yes, l thought 1t was splendid"
Helen returned enthusiastically. And
Mrs, Travers enjoyed IL ever so much.
I'm so glad that we didn't arrange 20
see IL before 1 met them"
Warren stared at Helen with all
mans curiosity at a woman's sudden
change of mind, but he said nothing,
there was really not time for 1t.
1t wasn't until much later, after
they had all had a bite to eat and had
returned to the apartment, that War
rem turned TO Helen after they were
We'll, l guess Mrs. Travers wasn't
SO bad after ALL" he remarked as he
pulled of his collar.
"Oh, I liked her very much, dear"
said Helen, turning to him sweetly.
There are very few women OF her
type, let me tell you"
~ guess you're right. Nothing ex-
citing or extraordinary about her, but
q good sort, I guess"
Helen smothered q quick defense of
Mrs, Travers. knowing that Warren's
viewpoint was after all typically mas
euiine.
"Oh, by the way, dear" she said,
smothering a yawn and trying to ap-
did I, that they told me at the Art
School to wait until fall to begin my
work? I'm really glad. because spring
is a bad time to begin anything"
II knew you'd be glad of a reason
TO hedge before you started" said
Warren wisely. You're not as mod
ern as you pretend, are you, old girl?"
(The next instalmcnt of this se-
rics will appear here soon.)