Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-24
And So They
Were Married
by HAZEL DEyO BACHELOR
Copyri1ht, 1919. Oy Public ledger Co.
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.ne apartment seemed III pcrlec'
condition. Shc rushcq INTO inc living
room first. everything was as she had
deft II. and sbo stornod 10 null the
string off , hox of flowers and to ar
,,.a H.. 49, l,eo., sho ro,bor-
'ne" III '"'' -.
ed up the box and string ana hurried
out to the kitchen. The kitchen, too.
wos in order. but there was no Mrs.
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ready lot thc least' Ilred us sue was
it thrilled her with its appearance.
She hurried TO the bedroom and threw
omen the door. She had always asked
Mrs. Jones TO leave the door of the
bedroom opcp. and vet she always found
il closed. lust ms she alwots found the
tea wagon on the wrong side Of tho
room ofter having rcpcatcdly spokcn
about il. Mrs. Jones simply could not
remember things.
But where was she? Could she have
gone out TO buy ANYTHING? Ruth went
back to the kitchen to investigate. but
everything seemed to be there except ing
for the fact that the grapefruit was
not fixed nor the potatoes pealed. nor
anything fixed that Ruth had left or
ders Tor.
The icebox revealed the chicken.
plumply promising, everything in the
apartment was all right, but for the
fact that Mrs. Jones was missing. and
NI,p, TO t-n
the dinner and to do the preparing.
with Ruth to supervise, matters began
TO be serious
Suddon1v nc Ruth stood in the cen
fer Of tho kitchen irving 70 think
what hod b,nncnod shc honpcncd TO
Glance toward thc dishtowol where only
that morning sbe had nloced careful in
,truction. On il was mined n piece
If nancr Could If be her own note
tb,t Nrs Jones Ind forpotten to take
down She might have ieft if there so
,as to refer to it often. Ruth hoped so,
but she was actually afraid to look.
Sbo ,rr;rnod tho nono,. and Iool, If
to tho liybt If was undoubtcdlv y
nnto from Mrs Joncs and ne Ruth
road IN sbe saw that if revealed tho
worst nossib1e nows
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a.. i'ear nrS, nay lnouu- So' rt,!
',.us ,'"us 'ol 'o"i ou' ''o'
''"' Wy n"No"nu II "on'e S"N' y
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mou'u a,'na ia' @ S.Gppu ~ ~ ha "ut .''.e
arrange things in her mind she would
do nil the small things first. like nre-
pairing everything, But the small things
stretched away intcrminoblv ns she bur-
riedly began to make the dressing for
the chicken. and Mt last tho tears began
10 force thcir way down hcr cboe,s
Scott found her CRYING over the salad.
which was an elaborate affair. and still
not dressed. although the time was
G:15 and the dinner at I.
.,\v,u altar tb;s " ho ovn,odoJ os
Ruth handed him the note, ''wcU fire
her." ..
"Oh. YES, it's easy for Won to say
that" Ruth famed the knife slinning
rIoudcd her eyes. Its easy for YOU
10 say Wen fire her. but what about
me; 1t will mean breaking in another
one, ana at ieaSt MIS- Jones IS non
's''
Here, Let me fix that said Scott.
rs Ruth held her bleeding finger under
he cold water. And he bound it tightly
With s.rip o. c'o'h' 1 think IT VIII
ne al right tor you TO take on the
uoh 'hinh Il oIcSs' ! 'hihk IL
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