Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14
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4 woman who hcsitatCs for mo-
mcnt between love and duty can Ger.
tainly be- said to have character, no
matter what she eventually decides to
do. Julia Grant had promised Dan
Carson IT, marry him, but she dlscOV-
cred suddenly her love for another
man. John Norvillc. n hospital sur
gcon Even though Dan has Tilted
Julia for another woman and this
was her second promise to him, Julia
felt that in honor she had to go
through with it, The thought never
occurred to her to pay Dan back i'll
his own coin. Then Julia discovered
that Lucy. her younger sister, WAS
miscrably unhappy because she,s too,
was in love with Dan.
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JULlA. cold with her usual calm
- frigidity. was one thing. and julia
icy with the calm of despair, was quite
another 1t was one thing continually
t. excuse. Julia : manner to oneself by
saying that she would be- different once
she was married: in fact. it was easy
to comfort oneself with such ideas when
one did not know the truth. But after
Julia had openly confessed to Dan that
she loved another man and Dan knew
that he was holding Julia to him be-
cause she was too honorable to break a
promise. things seemed different. OF
course. he did not admit this, even to
himself. but it was there just the same.
and for the first time Dan $ ability to
make Julia happy was a thing he was
not quite sure Of. lie did not say to
himself as he once had that of course
Julia loved him and that everything
would come out all right. Instead he
caught himself watching her with a
little catch in his heart and Il misgiVing
in his mind. He was unusually tender
with her. too, and she was very CRATE
full to him when he spared her his usual
caresses. They were closer these days
than they had been in a long time.
and Dan for the first time in his life
was being unselfsh, denying himself
something that he wanted. And that
he did want Julia, want her more than
anything else in life was certain.
Ono moment his self assurance would
return and in burst of confidence he
would draw her to him, but there was
something about her submission that
hurt him worse than her repulsiOn would
have done. 1t was in those moments
that Dan. sick at heart. would confes,
to himself that it was too late. that he
could not make Julia love him. that
although she would become his wife.
he could never have anything but the
lovely shell. and that her heart would
always belong to another man.
The old Grant house took on fes-
tive air. and various wedding presents
began TO arrive. Each one brought II
fresh stab toSJulia, realization of
what she had before her, but the trips
to the drcssmakcr's were even worse.
Julia was to be married in the tradi
tional white satin and lace. and her
dress was being fashioned by the dress =
maker who did all the fashionable
clothes in the neighborhood 1t was
quite the thing to be able to say to
ones friends that Madame Chapelc
was finishing new gown. or that
Madame Chapellr was really getting
too eXorbitant in her prices, my dear.
IT placed the social climber immediate
1y in the desirable class. and Mrs
Grant made the most of the fact that
the great Madame was actually making
Julias wedding gown.
Madame Chapclc. II thin little womat
with a tired face and unusually sharp