Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-18

julia Grant is engaged to marry
Dan Carson. when three weeks be-
fore their marriage he tells her that
he is in love with another woman.
She instantly releases him from their
engagement and, after q period of
intense suffering, goes into hospital
to take the training there. In the
meantime Dan discovers that the
other woman has been playing with
him and his one desire is 70 get Julia
back. He eventually succeeds In
doing this through a lie which he
tells Julia about discovering his love
for her after il was too late. But
Julia has changed in many ways,
she has tasted independence and she
has discovered that in other ways
she is not the same woman. She
knows this from her reluctance to
consent TO an immediate marriage.
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TF DAMS suggestion that they be
4 married Immediately left Julia sur
prisingly unresponsivc, his intimation
that he wanted her TO give up her work
Mt the hospital left her colder than
ever. suddenly she knew how much
her work had meant ito her and how
she would resent giving it up, If she
did give it up now, she argued, it
would mean that she had used it as a
means to an end. and that although it
had helped for a time to assuage her
grief and disappointment, she was quite
willing to forsake it now that she had
other things to substitute in it's place.
And the truth of the matter was she
was not willing to forsake it; She
wanted to go on with it; she had
grown to love it all there was II thrill
in looking forward to her days work
4 thrill she had never known before.
Her mind leaped ahead into the to-
morrow as she sat there with her head
on Dams shoulder. In reality she was
miles away from the gloomy back par
lor. Dan had felt these moments Of
absorption more than once, and 1t
vaguely annoyed him that Julia did
not give all her thoughts to him. Like
many another man, he felt that he was
sharing Julia with something outside,
and therefore he felt more and more
that he must persuade her to give up
her work and to turn her thoughts to
other things. There were plenty OF
things for women to think about, things
for their home. clothes. Julia had been
content once to do this; she must &c
back TO it.
The more he argued to himself the
more certain was he that he was only
asking what was due him. He haC
given In about the immediate mar
riage; Julia could give in to him abou
this.
f'You'll be too busy to stay on a
the hospital. anyway" he said aftel
moments time in which they botl
thought great deal.
"Busy?' Jplia's tone was incredu
lous.
Dan instantly felt that he had SAT-
the wrong thing, but he blundered on
"Why, yes, women who are about Z
be married are always busy, aren'
they, getting ready. filling their hop
chests, or whatever it is they do?'
Julia's mind harked back Yes,
lust little time ago hel mind ha'
been altogether occupied with thos
things but now how different every
thing was. She did not mean to b.
cruel when she said quite simply:
''You see, Dan, I've been through
hat period Of getting ready once be
fore
Dams face grew white, and Julia
looking up suddenly, saw IT,
| tOh, I'm sorry"
~ deserved IL
IL was stupid Of me " say that