Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26
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Julia Grant, quiet sort OF girl,
of an unusual type of beauty, mas
been engaged to Dan Carson nearly n
year, when she begins to worry about
"A steadily growing Indifference on his
part. The wedding date has been set,
but three weeks before she can stand
the agony no longer and decides to ASK
him what is wrong. Finally, Julia
wrings from Dan the admission that
he no longer loves hcr--that there is
some one else. Although completely
crushed. she hravcly renounccS her
claim and returns the engagement
ring. At the breakfast table the next
morning with n simple statement OF
the truth Julia breaks the news to
her family.
THEN START THE STORY
ANY one who can appreciate the
n sensitive nature of girl like Julia
will understand what she suffered in the
DAYS that followed. The family meant
TO be- kind. but their treatment of her
almost amounted to agony with Julla'
She never came to the table to eat a
meal but she left their pitying
eyes upon her. She never entered a
room where her mother and father ana
perhaps Lucy had been talking without
instantly cnrountcring silence so pro
found that she could not neip knowing
that the conversation had been about
her.
It was great disappointment to the
Grants and a humiliation as we'll lhey
hadn't planned n large wedding, Tor
which Julia was grateful, but, as 1t was,
the news had to be told to plenty o1
friends, who, in turn, gossiped and con
jectured as to the cause. 1t was time
of undeserved suffering for Julia, ano
the inaction of her life made it worse
than it would have been If she had
been forced TO give her thoughts to some
hard work.
1t was Lucy's private opinion that
Julia lacked some of the pep that
she herself possessed in such great
abundance.
Julia is too reserved" she would
say to her mother, and Mrs. Grant
who understood Lucy and stood in awe
of Julia, would agree with her. Both
Mrs. Grant and Lucy thought it strange
that Julia did not confide in either Of
them. Aside from her confession at the
breakfast table that morning, Julia hat
said nothing at all. The family knew
no more about it than Julia hGd sum
med UP for them in that brief state
ment: Dan is in love with another
woman"
Lucy thought, II wonder who it is. =
Mrs. Grant thought, 'She can't be as
splendid as our Julia" and Mr.. Grant,
if be thought anything, felt sorry for
his tall, silent daughter. But inasmuCh
as there had been certain dithdence
between himself and the girls since they
had grown to womanhood, he never
even told Julia he was sorry, and she
was more grateful for that than he
realized. '...
Julia's thoughts went over the ground
again. and again. Deeper than the in
tense blow to her pride was the thought
that in some way she had failed with
Dan. She had failed to hold him ant
any woman who cannot hold her mar
above all before marriage is not worthy
Of any great trust. But how had she
failed? What was lacking in her that
this other woman possessed? That Dar
was utterly infatuated with this Other
woman Julia knew quite well. His atti
tude in. telling her the other night hat
more than convinced her of that fact
lie was possessed by her, willing to e
TO any lengths to get her. Julia though
in these moments of introspection tha
if she knew the other woman she coulC
rot possibly suffer as she was suffering
now when she was entirely in the dark
After n week of this intense broodinl
Julia had dark circles under her eyes
She was wandering around in a morass
Of feeling and not seeing her way cleal
20, anything. She fought shy of all hel
friends and took solitary walks, alone
with her thoughts. She was feverishly
cagel-.for the wedding day to come ant
go, She felt that after that she coulG
begin to live again.
The day that Julia was to have beer
married dawned gray and with q driz.
Zing rain splashing against the window
panes. Wet as it was, after breakfast
she buttoned herself into her raincoat
and went out. Lucy, lounging in O
rocker in her mothers upstairs sitting
room, heard the door slam and looked
out to see Julia walking down the
street. -,
Lucy's eyes filed with tears in spite
of herself.
'it's Julia !" she exclaimed.
Mrs. Grant sighed. Its so bad fol-
her to brood like this"
There was silence for a moment be