Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-21
"When q Girl MarTies"
by
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of Girl Wife
BY ANN Isle

to read to us. It's to all three of
us. l wanted to join Jim to run
up for lunch too. But he's had a
| letter from Terry and said he's try
! to subsist on that and your report
of what Betty has to say"
And didn't Jim - mind Tony's
being here?" 1 ventured awkwardly
Why should he?" retorted Vir-
ginia absent-mindedly, then her
voice thinned as she went on,
"Phoebe's joining us. 1 won't per-
NIT any more mopping. There's
the bell. That will be Tony. You
that child to join us. She's a great
care these days, Anne"
I found Tony pacing up and down
Virginia's big mushroom. He
came forward with his left hand
held out in greeting and with that
radiant smile of his seeming to we'll
up from his very soul.
Anne" he exclaimed. And such
a happy. glowing Anne! It's a joy
to see you like this, little friend"
Il am happy" 1 replied. And
Betty"
rs brave" he said. Drawer than
we know, 1 think. For she might
be so happy with that fine lad of
hers-if it weren't that her pride
is on the rack. 1t takes a homely
old uncle-to-the-wor like me not
to mind a little extra spelling of his
beauty. Our Bettys too lovely to
be MANNED. Youth ought to be per-
feet"
Its so brief" I gasped through
the choke in my throat that came
whenever I thought of our proud
l, ~ icrl,N ay-f1N
Then Virginia came into the room.
bringing a little gray, overcast imi-
tation of the Phoebe that had been.
Tonys greeting was so kind and
warm that it flashed across my mind
that perhaps he could help Phoebe
perhaps he would know how to
! circumvent Envy.
March straight out to the din
ing-room," ordered Virginia as the
maid came to the door to announce
lunch. There's cheese souff1e that
waits on no man."
And now for the letter" COM
manded Virginia, leaning forward
eXpectantly as Amanda removed the
empty plates and prepared to bring
in the next course. Il think were
probably hungrier for that than for
any more lunch"
So Tony read Bettys letter aloud.
1t was gallant and gay like our
Betty, and sweet and whimsical too.
But we all felt the note of sadness
that cropped up now and then in
spite of Betty's best efforts to give
US merry descriptions of the in
teresting things they were doing and
seeing. AS Tony came to one para
graph I found my eyes travelling of
themselves from him to Phoebe. She
was leaning forward with her hands
clasped on the table and her eyes
propped wide and round and fast
ened on Tonys face.
'Terry's such a dear" read Tony
in his wonderful voice. "Of course
this must come to you with the
shock of a news beat. How could
you imagine I thought so? Well, I
married him with the idea of hav-
ing a super-excellent husband. And
I've got also a marvellous ladies'
maid and a gentle critic. He fastens
up-growns superbly for the one
handed, and doesn't examine my
raven locks critically when I do
them up all awry.
I'm a lop-sided, left-handed
creature. But I look at every double
cylinder woman 1 see and remark
to her - though she mercifully
doesn't know it-'Poor old dear, if
you had the hands of an octopus
or a centipede wouldn't You give
every blessed one of them for
blesseder person, like my Terry?
. . Dear pals O. mine, I have you
and I have love. Don't ever grieve
about anything I haven't"
Toony stopped a moment then.
while Virginia and I fumb mbled for
handkerchiefs. In this minute
Phoebe stumbled to her feet - her
face bleak and gray. She faced Vir-
ginia for a moment and then turned