Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-11
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THE HONEYMOON
HOUSE
BY HAZEL DALE

But, Jarvis" demonstrated Janet
when they finally escaped from the
restaurant, you are almost rude to
the man. What was the matter with
Tou?"
IT don't like the chap" said Jarvis
quickly. Il hope you weren't taken
with him."
why l thought he was very nice,
1n1 l liked his idea about collabor-
ating. Why did you cut him off that
way?"
because 1 didn't think he was sim
cere."
Janet stared at him curiously. 1t
was so unusual for Jarvis to take this
attitude, and she hesitated about say
ing anything much for fear OF spoil
ing the evening. Janet was too frank
ly jealous of her happiness to risk
losing even little bit. But she did
not understand Jarvis in his present
mood. They had come out to dinner,
and almost as soon as they had enter
cd the restaurant Janet had noticed
man at the next table observing them
rather closely. He had turned out
10 be an editor of the magazine
Janet was working for, and Jarvis had
met him informally that afternoon at
the theater.
Didn't you want him to come over
to our table," Janet queried.
"Of course" Jarvis returned. But
he offered nothing more, and Janet
thrilled with a feeling half pain as
she walked along at Jarviss side.
From the time when Janet had
first met Jarvis he had been the only
man for her. She had admitted this
fact to herself; and had admitted it
to him many times. just as he had told
her that she was the only girl in the
world for him. But Janet was a
woman, and was, therefore, capable
of jealousy. Not that she was the
narrow type of woman, jealous of
everyone, but she knew that if the oc-
Casion ever demanded 1t, she could be
jealous enough of anyone who tried to
interfere with her to do almost any
thing in the way of rash act. Once
she had spoken lightly to Jarvis of
this fact, and he had responded
queerly.
81 might be jealous" he had said
but I think I would rather die than
let you know it,"
Never from the time wnen Janet mar
ried him had he for moment eX-
pressed any dislike for her dealings
with men. And it piqued Janet. Deep
down in every woman's heart is. the
desire to be restrained by force If nee
essary. Janet wanted no one but
Jarvis, but she was feminine enough
to enjoy being admired by other
men. Therefore, she wanted Jarvis to
note this fact and to be toweringly
jealous. And Jarvis had never been
jealous before. She wondered If it
could be possible that he was jealous
now.
S"Don't you want to collaborate
with me?" Janet questioned after a
few minutes of silence.
Sure, do, but that fellow was too
eager to make arrangements. I don't
think it was necessary for him to ask
YOU to come to his office Monday,
do you? And the way he looked at
YOU. l tell you, don't like him."
You said this afternoon that he
was a nice chap, and you liked him."
remarked Janet.
II did like him this afternoon, but
there was something about him to-
night that ] didn't like at all. Are
you going to meet him Monday?"
"I don't know, boy" Janet con-
sidered. II suppose it might be poll
tic. You see he may have a great
deal of influence on the magazine.
And you might be misjudging him,
Jarvis: You just might be, you
know"
"I have taken a dislike to him."
Jarvis returned. LAS a general rule
] don't do that, either. l haven't OBJ
jected to any other man you have
cared to know, have II"
went Il lOIlS way
toward convincing Janet that often
intuition went a long way toward
averting calamities. AS she thought
of intuitions. she remembered sud-
denly Karen Mikal and the strange
coincidence of the letter from Dick
She wondered what that letter con.
tanned, and again determined to tell
Jarvis all about 1t when she returned
home. There was no time for 1t now
she was too much engrossed in her
own affairs.
"I won't go to see him if you'd
rather not. You know Jarvis, that If
] did go, it would be because it might
mean advancement for both of us.
Don't you think his offer sounded
promising?" .
"Oh, 1 might have but he was too
anxious to make one of our party
tonight. Perhaps that made me
want to get rid of him more than
ever. ] thought you were going to in
vite him to so with us for while
there"
well, I didn't want to be rude to
the man. Jarvis dear, are you really
jealous?'
Jarvis turned to her with an in
dignant denial but as he met her
eyes, and his own took in her ador-
able self, he grinned boyishly.
PUT it that way, If you like"
And Janet treasured 1t up as one
of her choicest possessions, certain
that no man ever really loves unless
at some time or other he admits to
being jealous.
ITO he Continued)