Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
THE HONEYMOON
HOUSE
(By Hazel DaIe)
BY HAZEL DALE

(By HhEeI JaAeb
Janet, who had been momentarily ex-
pecting something of the kind, was
nevertheless miseraDly disappointed
when Jarvis took the matter of her
luncheon with Mr.. Lowry the way he
did. 1t humlliated her somehow, made
her feel as If Jarvis did not trust her,
and yet way back of it allin the inmost
recesses of her heart, she knew that
Jarvis was somehow right, and that
Mr.. Lowry did not have business mo-
tives alone
what do you want me to do about
it, boy?" she questioned finally.
Jarvis, who had been working steadi-
ly, now turned to her and stopped.
Let's talk it over frankly" he began.
| You tell me the exact truth, just what
is in your mind and l will tell you
just what is in mine. Then we can
arrive at something. But If you hedge
! and l estimate about telling you how L
feel, there will be a funny gap in
things. don't you think so?"
Janet knew so. She knew that
Jarvis suspected that she herself was
not ignorant of what Mr.. LOWRY
thought, and she knew that to admit
quite frankly that she knew it would
rob the situation of the main argu-
ment. Subconsciously, Janet wondered
IL there were ever in the world two
other people so absolutely different
as they were themselves.
There are, of course, many of them.
| more tina nthere ever were in the olden
days, when men and women married
without mating. In the new acceptance
of the word. Janet's marriage with
| Jarvis stood for more because they ac-
fcepted each other as individuals.
DO you want to begin, or shall II"
Janet said, laughing little
| I've told you how I feel, Janet, all
that 1 am standing for in your accept
ance of the matter as a fact not as
something that you don't want to face"
You mean that 1 know myself that
Mr.. Lowry is interested in me?"
Yes said Jarvis quickly, "you
do know it, don't you?"
We'll, yes, boy; I'm afraid do"
Jarvis seized her suddenly. That's
all l wanted you to admit girl" he
said, Kissing the top of her tawny
head.
Janet was beginning to understand.
You mean that you are willing to have
me know Mr.. Lowry as long as l am
aware of his feelings?"
Exactly. If you really think that
there is a chance for your stories, it
would be ridiculous for you to throw it
over"
Janet knew that Jarvis had thought
1t over dispassionately in order to eX-
plain to her how he felt about It, His
manner was so different from what it
had been the other evening, when he
had been jealous.
That other evening"" Jarvis con-
tinued, almost as If he had read her
thoughts, II was furiously angry. You
see, L had met Lowry that afternoon
and 1 had liked him. But his manner
was so obviously different when he saw
you, that 1 changed my opinions about
n min I fI,,4
you should be taken in by his apparent
interest in your work, Not that your
work isn't great, and you know 1 think
so, but Lowry doesn't know anything
about it, you know. and his sudden
enthusiasm was too much for me. Then
l knew"
And you were jealous, beautifully
jealous" teased Janet.
II guess L was for little, but I
soon got over it. / remembered that
you are girl and that you have never
disappointed me in your judgments. I
knew that as soon as you had Lowry S
number that you would agree with me,
so l decided to wait. Then when you
still kept up that little air of detached
interest, I thought we weren't going
to be able to talk it out"
Jarvis, dear. you're right about
everything" Janet burst out Imagnani-
mously II agree with you about Mr..
/. 4
and I almost knew it from the first.
He Just carried me off to lunch to-
!, day, and l really couldn't get out of
it without making a little fool of my
self, so | went. If 1t hadn't been that
he gave me exactly the impression that
he gave you, I shouldn't have felt un-
, comfortable about it, I should have
known that you wouldn't think another
thing about it, but you see I knew
better
"And now the matter remains this
way" said Jarvis promptly, "he has
offered to publish some of your work.
'You know that he admires you. The
; thing for you to do is to- go ahead
| with it, sweetheart of mine; you are
1evel-headed, see If 1t IS going to mean
anything to you; call his bluff as 1t
were. | shall never question anything
you do. and | shall be as intereste- as
, you are to see what will come of it.
We're partners, aren't we? And that's
all that really matters"
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