Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-25
"When a Girl MQrries"
BY
New Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of a Girl Wife

your husband hadn't acted so
promptly 1t might have been serious.
!. She.s all right now, or will be soon"
Don't CO." l forced myself to
moan. My ankle"
! Then the blackness seemed ready
10 clutch me again. But Val caught
me IN her arms and began chafing
my wrists. And all the while the
doctor was cutting off my shoe and
WoTkihg over the agonizing ankle.
val knelt at my side clasping my
hand and every now and then way
ing bottle of pungent salts under
my nostrils.
Wen keep this ankle wrapped in
ICE bags all night long, and in the
morning l may be able to strap IT
INTO place so it will start knitting at
! once. Sadly torn ligaments. How
the little woman kept up, l don't
see was the doctors running fire of
commentary as he worked.
IN go for the ice and an ice bag"
said Val.
! Then 1 drowsed off for a while.
and woke feeling refreshed and vital.
smelled rich cocoa, felt the blessed
sensation of ice packs on my ankle.
and beheld Val with a dainty tray
in her hand.
Now I'll leave you in Mrs. Cosby's
care said the doctor, smiling re-
| assuringly. BE back at about 10 in
! the morning. We'll have to keep you
awake for the next few hours, Mrs
Harrison, so we can ice that ankle
thoroughly"
Then, murmuring a direction or
two to Val, he left us. And falling
ravenously on the cocoa and sand
wiches Val had prepared, l ate my
starving, weary way back to sanity
again.
II haven't asked, Where am r.
once" l said at last managing
smile But do please tell me the
story of my life. What does all this
mean? What happened to Dick
West? How did Lane happen to
come at the psychological moment?
1t was Lane, wasn't it?"
Yes" replied Val, reassuringly.
"Lane-with me bringing up the
rear. I'll start at the beginning, if
you're not too tired to listen?"
Go on" replied, noting that the
creamy smoothness had come back
into her voice, and that her archcd
brows had resumed their quizzical
expression. But where's JIM"
I'VE didn't succeed in reaching
Tom Mason's house until after YOU
had come and gone" replied Val,
smoothly. Then pretty soon Jim
'phoned to ask where you We're. And
we told him that Toms housekeeper
had sent you off to the Walgravo
while before. Again, an hour ago,
Jim phoned. He said you hadn't
come and he couldn't raise the
apartment, yet he didn't see where
you could be except at home. He
seemed so uneasy that Lane and I
decided to come and see. The ele-
vator was out of order in our wing
of the building-and you know what
we found"
Yes" I said breathlessly. But
where's he?"
"Oh, Lanes handling him while 7
take care of you. And when Lane
takes a man like Dick West by the
car and shows him whore to get off,
the gentleman usually thinks it we'll
to alight as indicated. Dick West
won't bother us again" replied Val.
ignoring or ignorant Of the fact that
to me "he" meant my Jim.
"Oh yes, he will" I cried. Val,
I must get up-get down and talk to
Lane. We must find Jim"
tried desperately 70 rise, but sank
back with surge of pain that tore
at my whole body. And then the
door opened and Jim rushed in.
Where were you? It's been so
long" I cried and weakly dissolved
into tears
(To Be Continued.)