Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-30
"When a Girl MQrrieS"
by
New Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of Girl Wife

I tive, half-hearted smile and she
managed to keep it about all through
/ the dinner which Bertha served
without allowing us more than
minutes privacy at time. But even
! the old-fashioned strawberry short
cake couldn't tempt Phoebe to do
more than pick at her food. l lost
my own appetite wondering how the
! poor child would stand the blow of
| learning that Envy had stolen Neal
| from her. l knew | must deal 1t to
her this very evening. There was no
evading my responsibility. If Phoebe
didn't know she mustn't be allowed
! to hear it under circumstances that
would take her entirely off her
| guard.
! The minute dinner was over I led
Phoebe to the living room, pumped
her down on the couch with box of
chocolates at her side and started my
campaign:
Now we can talk. First let's
tackle Dick West and dismiss him
| for all time"
"I wish we could" said Phoebe
smiling wistfuily.
&" Well. we can," I persisted, but
Phoebe interrupted in a tone of
worldly wisdom that did not become
her at all:
Paying off Dick West doesn't
matter, Anne. That doesn't wipe out
the fact that l let him pay for my
| stocks and once owed him $1,000
; dollars. If people want to talk they
can just the same"
who says so?" / demanded, fur
ious that Phoebe should have just
the ugly point of view l had been
determined to spare her.
Mr.. West 4" returned Phoebe
simply. "He says he'd never have
let me get into such a position if
| he'd known that | wasn't going to
marry him. He says he thought we
were engaged and that he can't un-
derstand my jilting him just because
he hasn't made money in his invest
| ments. 1t sounds as it 1 were an
awful persona regular vampire,
Anne"
Looking at Phoebes wistful. little
! girl sweetness, 1t was all l could do
! not to chuckle at her calling herself
a vampire" But l managed to re-
ply without flicker of a smile.
Honey, he's all wrong. Twist
ing the truth to suit himself. He is
the one who is awful. His transac-
tions ought to be down on the book
! of the firm and they aren't. l think
he's put himself almost outside the
! law ana Wnen Jim gets through with
him Mr.. West won't want to rouse
the wrath of the Harrisons again.
! The business end of it made jim
| even angrier than what happened to
| you-so you see you needn't worry.
| If your reputation were going to
! have the tiniest blot on it, don't
, think your brother would be worried
about that7"
"And--wasn't he?" quavered
Phoebe.
HE was not" I returned emphat-
ically. But he was furious that
his partner hadn't been on the level
with him"
Then I can be happy again."
cried Phoebe, lifting shining eyes
and running to fling her arms about
me.
From my room the teIephoneb bell
sounded. 7 didn't stir. Bertha would
answer. Phoebe clung to me and
murmured her happiness and re-
lief.
"Oh, Anne-if I needn't marry
Dick West that leaves me free -
to-" whispered Phoebe shyly. leav-
ing her thought for me to finish.
From the doorway Bertha's re-
spectful low tones summoned me:
Mrs. Harrison, you're wanted al
the phone. The lady said it was
your new sister-in-law. Evelyr
Mason, she said"
To Be Continued