Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
"When q Girl MarrieS"
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of Girl Wife

she had rushed off leaving her aa-
tonished guests behind.
Since when, Anne, do you relish
Jim's well-known tendency to-let
us say 'amuse himself with the ad-
miration of pretty ladies?" asked
Virginia, as I concluded my story.
Jim wasn't amusing himself
with Evvy," l retorted. She's
nothing to him, as he's proved. But
she was clawing at him through
poor little Phoebe. And he forced
her to see that she couldn't pay the
price for her spite"
Forced her to realize that ne
means too much to her to permit
of her marrying this handsome and
much -sought-after young brother
of yours. A fine thing for a man
to do - even if that man is my
brother" said Virginia bitterly.
Make a woman realize that she
cares for him when it's too late
At the time l was too eager to
plead Phoebe's cause to consider
what this last sentence of Yir-
ginias might imply about herself.
And / had Jim to defend.
But that's all wrong, Virginia.
It's unfair!" l cried. Jim didn't
wake Envy to vain longing for him,
| as you seem to imply. He made her
conscious of the fact that she'd
| been making fool of herself. And
she saw that all she wants where
the whole crowd of us is concerned
| is to get rid of us forever"
| IT'S scarcely worth arguing
about. Envy Mason isn't interest
| ing to me in the least" said Vir-
| ginia firmly, but what does ILL
| terest me is when you are going t.
| plead the cause you are here to
represent"
''Whose?" I gasped, amazed at
her change of venue.
Whose indeed?" smiled Virginia
"Your brother's?"
! At that moment I guessed just
how ugly a break between Jim and
! Virginia had been made possible
. by her indomitable short-sightcd
| pride. And l could get some idea
| of why she and Pat had separated.
| But L was so sorry for her that 1
didn't get angry. Instead, I replied
quietly:
It's Phoebe's cause as much as
Meals, Jeanie. She's blooming
again. They love each other So
| deeply-those two blessed babies
that it's enough to make a grown
up ache with yearning to be d
| ideally Happy as Jney are.
! you've answered yourself, Anne
| interposed Virginia. They are ba-
bies. And Neal is tickle one. He
shan't come trailing back to Phoebe
now. This isn't good enough. He's
unproven. He has nothing to Offer
but ugly memories of Envy Mason
And I'm going to protect my little
sister, even if your husband doesn't
care to. I'm Phoebe's guac-
dian, and she doesn't come of age
| for over two years. Do you think
Meals devotion will last that long
or will he have another scalp OF
two to bring her as a trophy by the
time she's free?"
1 leaned back, chagrined, con.
sciously flushing, trying to keeI
my eyes steady and unwavering
Then l became aware of the tixet
and steady gaze of a man a few
tables away He was smilin,
eagerly, watching me with concerr
and unmasked interest. For a min
ute l worried for fear we had beer
talking too loud, had given the ap
pearance of quarrel. Then
started to wonder where l had seei
the big blond giant before. H
!. looked familiar. He seemed des
perately anxious to command al
answering smile from me. Sud
denly he arose and came eagerly t,
: our table.
: why, Barbara Anne" he sal;
Barbara Anne Lee, don't you know
me?"
i! Carl Booth!" I gasped, utterl