Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
When a Girl Marries"
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of Girl Wife
BY ANN Isle
Problems of a Girl Wife

tive duty. Why not? Making speeches
and doing recruiting work isn't my
job. I'm, trained aviator. They
need me-"
wanted to fling my arms arount
him again, to crush him close against
| my quivering body - to use every
lure of voice and charm to hold him
} But instinctively l knew that it would
The wlles that might hold a man. q
lover. would only repel him.
You think you are fit for active
service?" l questioned.
II do. I'm practically sure of it
This limp, won't matter when I'm
| flying" Jim spoke gravely. as if he
We're discussing the matter with
another aoI man; He seemed quite pn-
| wife-the woman he loved.
It's Ills. Will you call the por-
ter on the phone, Anne, and have
him get me berth on the train for
Washington? There's one in about
aand an hour; ~ t,I III pack up while you at
carried out his bidding me-
chanically = made reservations and
discussed plans with the porter quite
as II IT was the editor of Haldane's
magazine for whom | was arranging
and l again Barbara Lee" eff
cient business woman.
Then L turned to my husband.
Was this before you met me?"
asked
Jim looked up impatiently from the
bag he was packing:
Was what before 1 met you?"
Your application =: to the War De-
;. Il don't Just remember - what does
it matter?"
=. dared not tell him = but to me
1t mattered beyond everything else in
the world. If Dim had made his ap-
plication before / came into his life
had made IL because he was a soldier
,I al h.
= l would try to, accept pain and
loneliness as a soldiers wife must.
But II 1T was after l had come into
his life - then it seemed to me that
jealous of Betty Bryce = that was
nothing compared to the hideous bit
terness l felt now.
Though my brain again and again
flashed these questions:
Wife or country? Wife or coun--
try? Does man ten days married
go back to war if marriage has
brought him happiness? Has Jim
tired of me - already?"
] remembered something he had
said to me on our very first morning
at Walgrave; l had to put it into
words - to discuss it with him.
Jim, do you remember = just two
days ago when you brought me here
that you said perhaps you'd never
had fbf1emYgvgI ANY eight to marry me? Was
make a train? I'll never get my
things packed if you keep nagging
at me. How do I know what I
meant a couple of days ago? Give a
fellow a. hand here - there's good
old girl"
And so - with the unanswered
question between us, helped Jim
pack. He needed my help, and hand
ing him brushes End combs and
handkerchiefs and packages of doc
uments gave me back the feeling
of belonging in his life. The world
might totter about me later, but for
the present / must see that my hus-
band didn't start off without the
proper quota of pajamas.
When l could keep silence no
longer I ventured a question.
Jim - it's our first separation.
WillSyou-miss me?"
II sure will" replied my husband
heartily. Yet he'd used as deeply
emotional a tone in discussing the
lack of wheat bread in America.
I'D like to go to the station with
walk back" 1 suggested.
Il should say not! I wouldn't