Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-02
"When q Girl NfQrrieS"
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of Girl Wife

! Please, JIM" I begged. You
know just as well as do
"oh, you mean going to Pats.
| Nok look here, Anne, I'm in wrong
with Virginia anyway. but she can't
boss and henpeck nre and run the
world so that 1 cut Pat off my Wis
iting list just when l find how all
wool and yard wide he isl"
II don't mean going to Pats.
Though l did think that a little ILL
advised. l mean--I mean the dice.
! Your gambling. Oh, Jimmie. If YOU
could see how it gets you, how it
distorts you! Your fine, strong,
sinewy hands look like talons when
you grip that little cup. And you
crouch over the table-like some
thing sinister. My Jim goes. 1t
almost kills me. 1t frightens me.
1t frightens me, JIM"
L buried my face in Jim's shoul-
der and helo myself well in leash
to stihe the sobs that threatened to
come in spite of me. Jim stiffened
and drew away irritably.
Cut out the sob-sister stuff" he
said, gruffly. I'm a man - not n
boy, Anne. I'm not going to perd-
tion because l shake dice with a
good friend now and then. And you
needn't paint me in quite such gar
ish colors. | don't relish such melo-
dramatic bunk"
1T isn't," [ persisted. ill-advis-
| edly. IF you could see yourself
you'd know how the fever burns out
all the real you and makes you a
caricature of yourself"
Jim got down from the arm of
the chair and spoke drily:
Il won't quarrel with you, Anne
I f1E Af de- q
this interest of niue strikes me as
about as unsympathetic rs my fail
! ure to howl with grief over that
ankle of yours. Don't forget the
ffty-hfty stuff that's been making
things go smoothly for the past
month or So"
"Oh, Jim, we have been happy"
! said. clutchinS fearfully at that
happiness and Jim's coattails as he
made to leave the room. Lets not
, spoil it. Don't go without kissing
me. The ankle annoys me, too, be-
cause it wouldn't let me run after
you if you tried to get away"
So we kissed and made up, and
Jim hurried off, leaving me to face
the ugly realization that again as
always when l tried to pin him down
to discussion of the sinister thing
which [ felt threatened our happi-
ness, Jim had eluded me. And
again, as always when 7 yielded to
my morbid fears of Jims passion
fIr gambling 1 vi5ualizeu my own
unhapp" youth. The dingy hall bed
rooms, the pink plIsh and gilt hotel
suites which alterndted with them
my red-eyed little mother and
Lucky Lee" the dimly remembered.
staggering nan. who had never
n IA fn in ha
dear Father Andrew Hyland was.
In the midst of my unhappy
thoughts the phone rang and Carl
Booths voice came over the wire
aDrim with boyish c9gernvss:
"Berbara Anne, yCu haven't for
gotten that I'm counting on show
irg you now l broil beefsteak to-
hight, have you?"
l had forgotten. 1t flashed across
my mind that l had never told Jim
of this engagement which l had
made without consulting him. He
was on the edge of a dangerous
alone had Eoaded him. L tempor-
zed a moment.
You didn't know I'd been suffer
ing from sprained ankle, did you,
Carl?"
Poor little girl" cried Carl in
stantly. rs it still very painful?
III tell you, We'll put it off till you're
all right. / wouldn't have you hurt
for the world. When will you be
able to come without twinge of
Tain?'
"To-right a week." replied, feel
ing heartily ashamed of myself as |
did so and wondering why it didn't
seem exactly right for Carl to be so
kind. But. anyway, 1 needn't feel
guilty, for since Daisy is left I'm
not entirely breaking up your even
ing"
"Oh, I'll call it off with Daisy,
too" said Carl care'essly. "Ill run
up this afternoon to see if there's
anything your old pal can do for
you"
As | hung up the receiver found
myself uneasily wishing that he
wouldn't come, and then wondering
why / wished that. But at noon I
phoncd Haldane3 and asked Daisy
to run in after the days work was
over.
CFO be cOntinued.)
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