The Washington times., 1918-08-08
When a Girl Marries
SERIAL OF YOUNG MARRIED LIFE
Jim's Bride Is Rather Rude to
Betty Bryce and Misses
Good Night Kiss

Ieourss they wanted me to eome-6ut Z
wouldn't desert you two precious ehn.
ldren-"
'oh. why didn't you Eor' I bsEsa
eageriy-but Jims hOrrined face St0pDe1
me
Ths deprecatng. -'poaehedsEx'' sxprss.
sion on Miss Moss face changed to
puzzled one. but MrS- Bryce renaine4
charming.
Dear child. it's rveet Of 700 not -
want ne to miss any Jolly tines. bot
In twice as fond OF Jimmie a. % Tommy
and Jack together. and besides. dear. Z
wanted to know you There's no escap-
ing me once decide I'm sotng to -
your friend"
why do you think you're going -
be my friendF' demanded, Wids-eyoA
7 haven't done one thing that can poe
sioly show me In q good light"
Mrs. Bryce sat back and looked a4 M
slowly, almost pityingly, out Of her grays
green eyes. and then she said:
know Jimmie pretty well. litfla
Princess know the kind Of <irl he'd
marry. I've studied you. too, and you
you remind me OF spray Of nlae- I
DO you remember. Jimmie. the nixhe
We sat out watching the stars fade and
hitting AL the girls we knew to flower
D
Jeanette Royce. and May Warden, a No
tie LILY Of the valley. We didn't know
any hlao- girls then. did we, Jimmie?s
50 even when Jim said that ] Looked
Ike spray Of lilac In my lavender or
CANDY he was quoting Mrs. Bryce! Ie
seemed to me A. II he had learned an
he knew about women from her. I
couldn't bear It. Suddenly heard No.
self saying It aloud
An ExpIanation.
DO you think II quite fair to
women. Mrs Bryce. for you to.
AnalyEe them 30 pitilessly for.
menr'
Ny voice was cutting. I knew Il
and couldn't help It
I The rest OF the evening wasn't 4
great success. At last Mrs. Bryce
suggested driving rs kom4. All the
way shes and Jimmy talked about
Tommy and Jack, and May and
Jeanette. and q lot Of other pco-
pie they seemed to know very .yelks
But they seemed to be avoiding g.
something in their conversation
avoiding 1t by mutual agreement.
/ made no effort to talk TO Miss
Moss. When we g1t ba:k to eur
Inn, Mrs. Bryce bade me good jpight
a. amiably as II had been an
oWcGeucoo anu charm.
You must let me know a. svon
as you get back to :ovn, little
bride she begged ever SO gra-
efously. You'll need some ons to
help you dnd An apartment. Jinr :.
mie is 50 impractical"
So she knew this, too, about my
husband-it was a. discovery our
four days Of married life had not
enabled me to make.
Our little chintz-hung rcnm look.
ed still and unfriendly when We
got up to It The bluebIriE did not
carol welcome! Jim was very
silent
He whistled a bit now and then.
He asked me a question or two
about arranging windows and
shades-but there was no note OF
tenderness In his voice.
waited until the lights were out
then I asked Jim a question:
Was / an awful failure, Jim
mier'
We'll. dear. I think you must
learn to be more gracious to ny
friends. Betty Bryce Is = very
wonderful wonaa-or she might
have taken ofiense at your coolness.
She Is one Of the best friends
ever had"
"And now she'll hate me. I sup
poser"
-Oh. no-she's too big and splen-
did for that Don't worry about IL
Good night, dear"
There was no good night kisa. -
Long after the regular breathing
from the little four-poster next to
nine told me that I'm was asleep,
! Jay sitting my sobS n ny pillow.
Has Jim married the wrong sort
II woman? An going TO Be
handicap to him? Is he sorry
,orry he didn't choose q queenly
person like Betty Bryce. instead Of
his poor. awkward. frightened little
Princess Anne?
I lay wide-eyed and lonely in the
darkness, wondering what daylight
would bring.