Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-17
DAILY NOVELETTE,
TESTING THE NEW
HUSBAND
BY ELEANOR NJ. SAW

IN
~ down to this little secluded corne
Of the garden to find out what the trou
BILE is. Here we've been married scarce
ly month and you've been treating m
all day like a perfect stranger. Wha
is the matter? What have done? A
least deserve an explanation"
"You know what the matter is
Keith, so dou't pretend to be so limo
| cent"
'I don't. dear. Won't you pleas
tell me so that we can straighten it out
You sisters train is due now. Sh
will be here at any moment, and wha
will she think when she finds thing
this way? She hasn't seen you for fv
years, June, and never even met me
And after she has crossed a whole con
tinent just to see us, don't you thinl
it's rather a pity for her to find thing
so upset? And all for no reason what
ever ~
"No reason, no reason! So you don
even consider your behavior of las
night anything out of the ordinary
Oh, Keith, you make me angrier thai
| ever"
"What did I do?''
DO? You allowed some horrid crea
ture to simply monopolize you, VIII
was she?'
80 that is the trouble, is it? Oh, 20,
foolish little girl"
"Who was she. Keith. l asked?'
MY dearest, how should I know
She left before the unmasking and
haven't the faintest idea who she was
You know I don't know half the peo
pie who came to the ball last night.
But why did you let her dance AM
dance with you?'
How could help myself? 1t wa
you, yourself, June, who decided t.
make it a leap year party. A gentle
man can hardly refuse to dance when
lady asks him to.
''She probably had no idea who
was. dear. You must remember l wa
as we'll disguised as any Of them.
But you were the tallest man there
and every one must know of your ex
ceptional height. And don't try to max
excuses. Oh, do you wonder that 1'r
annoyed with you?'
Come now. dear, you're gettin
yourself all worked up for nothing.
haven't the remotest idea who the gir
was, and I shall probably never fin
out Besides, don't want to-"
"Then why did you deliberately 6
out into the garden with her?'
''She asked me to, dear. She said sh
wanted some air. 1t was too hot j
the ballroom. could hardly refuse.
Flirting with you, I suppose. Sh
did firt with you now, didn't she?'
'Why-well-yo see"
There, you hesitate. You stumble al
over yourself. Now, knew she did.
'Sh-sh-June. here comes a womal
down the path. 1t must be your sister
Sh-don't let her find us this way"
"Hullo, hullo, June, darling! The
told me you were in the garden. How
are you, dear? So this is your husband
Keith, I'm delighted to welcome 70,
into our family. i know you are tn
very man to make the little girl happy
and I congratulate you both. /"
"You needn't congratulate me
thanks, Pauline"
"Why, June, what are you saying
What is the trouble?'
i"Well, this, this man here has beel
untrue to me-"
"Oh, I've tried
BE still, Keith -
Come now, June, it's only fair t
allow him the privilege of defending him
self. I'm really afraid your littl
! haa Ill
again"
"It has not, Pauline. saw it wit
my own eyes. Now, what would you d
in such a case?"
"Well, first should find out who tn
unknown lady is, and then you nigh
discover some good reason for her ap
parent devotion"
"But / can't find out; she was /
disguise and left before we unmasked.
"Well, tell you what I'll do. T.
find out for you. You know I'm a goo
little detective! And if can prove tha
Keith has done nothing to warrant you
being annoyed, will you apologize an
promise never to be such a hasty an
foolish little girl again?'
'Mmmm? Yes, yes, / will, Paulin,
DuC WnhC Cndnce nave you OF nnQ1n
herr"
"a very good chance, dear, for al
the terrible vampire"
"You?"
"You!"
"Yes, dear children, II"
'Pauline, how could you? Why di
you?"
II was testing the new husband, m
dear. ] planned it all when I got you
letter telling me of the big party 70
were giving. pretended l was comir
day later, so that l could find OF
for myself just what kind of a man 70
had married. / guess learned to kno
Keith better in that one evenings es
capade than l would have in life
time had l met him in the ordinar
way. And, June, I have found him I
be-well-just 100 per cent?
The next complete novelette-Yo
never can tell.)
Green!
That Pullman mortar