Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-01
And So They
We're Married
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
COPYRIGHT, 1919, bv Public Ledger co.
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D UTH lay awake long time plan
lN ming what she would do. At first
she had wanted to fame back ct Scott.
to tell him what she thought about
his having liked Dot Salisbury. to tell
him what her opinion was of Dot. She
wanted to do what every other woman
would have liked to do, expose Dots ar
tifces, show her up for what she really
was. Only Ruth's pride prevented her
from doing this, that and the fact tnat
Scott would doubtless misunderstand
her, would probably think her motive
was purely jealous
The cool wind from the water blew
In the window ruffling the curtain.
Ruth thought bitterly of how she had
planned for this going away with
Scott. OF how she had thought that
being away in new environment
would draw them more closely togeth
er. OF course. a great deal of Ruth
attitude was due to a reaction from
the unpleasantness of the evening, but
Scotts failure to understand. his per
verseness at not viewing matters from
Ruth S standpoint, were very real causes
iof uhha ppineSs 4 ..;th Soo+t,e
AN hour passeu' ~: Wi.n 40, ..,t
regular Urea a'nins .I
thaI ne was =. 81, sarl,
ing my ,.in,I' - .n,r e. Shone
ness. haiiS piun - that
would take careful scheming on her
part not to let Scott see that it was
a plan and sprang from a certain mo-
+,ve when she finally drew the sheet
,,n +o her chin and resolutely closed
~ .res che felt better about every
..;, uor method of going at things
,,,a,,iJ he G,fferent beginning with the
rext ,,orn;nv
VIXEN sbe woke Scott was living
u.t,h;n, ber evelids Hutter omen, his
sras we've eager tha dav was fine. He
,,Ia;,,v aid MT want misunderstand-
- "a sroiI HE eniormert of every
.LG, lie r.s waiting to see how
p,,tS cal, o,d ;f she still had any
,,,oor rot;on. loft over from the night
80.
p,,th rar,er,bered with a s;csening
.onsa - not having SETTLED MATTERS with
CT bofore ebe had fallen osleep. then
~ rsoen,hared her MAN and was com
eha snr,rg out of he'd with CAV
rood r,ornine Her little air of a1oof
noes baA1ed him. she made no refer
ence at all 70 the night before. neither
did she make any effort to engage hin,
in conversation, although she respond
cd to everything that he said to her
A. hroolfoet they uare seated .,
VA hno, +ho n;cbt boforo Ruth
,t.uo, ,I;ss Toret+ and the vouno
,;o,,to,art R,tb not;cnd that in The
nIaar orn;no Iicbt Miss J,ovatt looked
.a,,nunr th.n ovor ond Reatrice was
,os;t;,,ol,, rod;on+ This time how.
ewor Rntb did not sit silent waitins
- -. oddroesed She talked brightly
ao,stontlr including lieutenant Ever.
.tt IN an intimate fashion in every
IT, tL.t sbo soid When thev rns,
srans the tahln Iieutenart Everett fol
1owad ber ont on the porch and the,
sot tooetber in the swing Grac
+ Iar.tt Aid not follow them. but Ruth
n,;th sense Of triumpb. noticed tha
IooL ~ mild SUNRISE followed b,
sheer ANNOYANCE had gathered in he
ewes II had rather been taken TO
nront.d since the night before tn.
sanr.e Evarett had succumbed to tn
routhful charms of Beatrice's youn
s,est
n., l.. .,,+L o,oru .++r.o+;o
futh nrought iorth evely a1'ta.,iG nI !;
she hau 10 hrep I'M, 49, thaso ni,l
was no. py 'he Gu means ,.ouaaod ,nn ~ ~ ;n;ac
ueeu IL n,.,t - sonh;sticotiop inf
smaii anotnI ILL., ~ Iop hin' and ra, rb
her manner ..;no sGmutt hin, NM, T. mas ~ c,oyn
az ~, nv g. ~ drau hin, IN hasid
~ r. n,ake hin, wish 70 nlease her
Shs r,on.ged IN convoy to him th
tact tbot he interested her. and ther
w,os horn in him desire TO 20 on in
terest;nr her. it flattered him; it ca
io1ed hin, II wos the manner that
tosc;roting woman always takes towar
hov wber sho wants him to like he,
and vet it was not a promise that sh
might return that liking in kind.
he looked at MS "atch 9naiiS an
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