The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-28
When a Girl Marries
AN ABsORBING sERIALO OF YOUNG Welded LIFE
Anne Makes Wild Race in Taxi to Halt
Jim's Sudden Trip to Philadelphia
on Secret Mission.

could picture the pain at the
back OF his eyes as he had folded
II and had laid It away. Wounded
and alone stood my Jim-and T..
who loved him so. couldn't helpi
The morning dragged by. At
noon there was a phone call from
Envy. She was lunchinE with
Sheldon Blake and he wanted the
"Jimmies" to join them. l tried TO
refuse on the score that Jim was
out. but Evelyn announced that she
would drop in and call for me 1sT
the same. was glad to have her
tyrannlze over met wasn't
healthy to be alone with my con-
slant vision of the unfathomabls
look in my boys eyes.
How sweet you lookr cried
Evelyn, breezing in picturesquely
in white georgetts topped by a
sleeveless jacket of turquoise blue
satin. and with q tiny wrapped tur-
ban OF blue riding gracefully above
the soft fiuffness OF her spun gold
hair.
She was beautiful. and the COM
pliments she paid my simple navy
blue calico and white sailor seemed
to emphasize her loneliness rather
than to ghorify my simple costume.
Her little car whisked US over to
the Santvoort, where Shelton Blake
was waiting.
"Alone?" asked Evelyn After
ward / remembered her half-whis-
pered question, for just as we were
finishing the hors d'oeuvre for
which the Santvoort Is famous In
strolled Tom Mason.
Room for one moreT' he asked
And Sheldon Blake replied:
"Tardy as usual, Tommy-but well
come"
Then it was that wondered why
/ hadn't been told this was 20 be .
party OF four. Did Evelyn and Mr..
Blake guess that / would never
have come?
where's Jim? I suppose he's
going to land some soft snap Office
job in one OF the army depart
ments." said Mr.. Blake suddenly
Hes not looking for any soft
snap Mr.. Blake" 1 replied, with a
cold dignity hoped was worthy
of my boy.
ooh. didn't mean to Offend
began Mr.. Blake.
But Evelyn interrupted him an
grily:
sheldon, you old stupid. don't
you know Jim Is a hero?'
Her tone sounded sincere. but Mr..
Blake laughed as (; unconscious OF
reproof.
Jim is out OF the army" I man
aged at last
1 felt that however hard II was
for me to discuss the matter. Il was
my duty to spare him the startling
plunge into chill waters that re-
lating his own story might mean
for Jim. As briefly as 1 could man
age II, I told OF the medical ex-
animation he had failed to pass, OF
the decision he had made, and OF
his departure that very morning
for his irst days work with Sned-
den & Co.
Evelyn and Mr.. Blake exchanged
glances-but their "Snedden &
Co." was colorless and indifferent
II was Tom who expressed what
Dicky Royce had probably been
thinking the night before.
MRS. Harrison, Jim cant stay
with the Sneddensi They're pretty
cheap white trash'-the sort OF
gentlemen who never get caught in
anything raw, but who never run
honestly out in the open middle OF
The Street They're planning to
trade on the fact that Jim's a
wounded hero and may tarnisn his
reputation so even his splendid war
be stopped"
"Hurrah for Tommy! Co on. boy:
butt in TO your hearts content. You
know how we'll people like unasked
advice" said Sheldon Blake. lszily.
Evelyn sat smiling inscrutably.
I turned to Tom Mason His eager
expression was in vivid contrast 20
Evelyn's smile and Mr.. Blake's cold
placidity.
I'm going to phone Jim at once.
you will excuse me. won't you?
] cried with apprehension 1 could
not control.
Mr.. Blake suggested that I'm
ish my chicken a la King first. since
neither il nor the artlchoke would
taste we'll cold. but something i'm
PEELED me to the telephone.
called the Snedden offices and
was told that Lieutenant Harrison
wasn't in. Subsequently l real
lied that had asked for mfr"
Harrison. Brushing that aside, 1
asked for Mr.. Snedden.
A moment later a smooth. unctu-
Gus voice came to me over the wire
and in reply to my question found
that my husband had tried to reach
me an hour before but had failed.
He had been compelled to start on
a sudden trip to Pennsylvania with
two mining men who wanted to
look over some property there.
sorry we had to steal your hus-
band like this, Mrs. Harrison, but
there was no time to waste. His
train goes at 2:15-"
hung up the receiver in the
midst of his explanations about
big men and an important deal !
rushed to the door and ordered a
taxi had less than thirty min
utes for what I must do. | dared
not delay even to explain to the
Masons and Mr.. Blake. I must
reach the station In time-but in
time for what?
"T'II give you a dollar extra IL
you get me to the station by 2:os.'
1 said to the taxi driver.
cant be did. lady"
Two dollars! Drive as fast a.
you can"
And as we went whir!iuS through
the traffic on the avenue sat
ksf.k. dizzy with out law-breakinS
beed--prayinE for q miracle that
Would bring me to the station in
time