Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-28
" When a Girl MarrieS"
BY
New Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife

Blake guess that l would never have
come?
where's Jam? l suppose he's go
ing to land some soft snap Office job
in one of the army departments"
said Mr.. Blake suddenly.
He's not looking for any soft
snap Mr. Blake" 1 replied. with a
cold dignity l hoped was worthy of
my boy.
"Oh, 1 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 if unconscious of
reproof.
Jim is out of the army" 1 man
aged at last.
l felt that however hard 1t was
for me to discuss the matter, it 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 manage
it, l told of the medical examination
sion he had made and of his depar-
ture that very morning for his first
days work with Sneden and Com
pany.
Evelyn and Mr.. Blake exchanged
glances-but their "Snedden and
Company" was colorless and indif-
ferent.
1t was Tom who expressed what
Dicky Royce had probably been
thinking the night before.
Mrs. Harrison. Jim can't stay
with the Sneddens! They're pretty
cheap white trash'-the sort of gem
tlemen who never get caught in any
thing raw, but who never run honest
ly out in the open middle of The
Street They're planning to trade
on the fact that Jim's a wounded
hero and may tarnish his reputation
so even his splendid war record won't
save him. This must be stopped"
"Hurrah for Tommy! Go on, boy
butt in to your hearts content. You
know how well people like unasked
advice" said Sheldon Blake laxily.
Evelyn sat smiling inscrutably.
turned to Tom Mason. His eager
expression was in vivid contrast to
Evelyn's smile and Mr.. Blakes cold
placidity.
I'm going to phone Jim at once;
you Will excuse me, won't you?" 1
cried with apprehension l could not
control.
Mr.. Blake suggested that l finish
my chicken la King first, since
neither it nor the artichoke would
taste well cold. but something i'm
pellel me to the telephone.
l called the Snedden offices and
was told that Lieutenant Harrison
wasn't in Subconsciously l realized
that l had asked for Mr." 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 1 found
that my husband had tried to reach
me an hour before but had failed.
He had been compelled to start on
sudden trip to Pennsylvania with
two mining men who wanted to look
over some property there. Sorry
we had to steal your husband like
this. Mrs. Harrison. but there was no
time to waste. His train goes at
2.15."
1 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 minutes for what /
must do. / dared not delay even to
explain to the Masons and Mr.. Blake.
must reach the station in time
but in time for what?
'Tll give you a dollar extra If you
get me to the station by five min
utes after two" 1 said to the taxi |
driver.
Can't be did lady."
1.-TWO dollars Drive as fast as
you can"
And as we went whirling through |
the traffic on the avenue l sat back. |
dizzy with our law-breaking speed |
-'praying for miracle that would |
bring me to the station in time.
A jewelers. clock hurtled by. its
hands stood at five minutes past two. !
hoped against hope that it might I
be fast.
TO BE COntinued)