Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-24
And So They
We're Married
By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright, 1919, bv Public Ledger Co
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AFTER Mrs. Jergens had left Natalie
"A 30 ho.,,,t o,a ho5 rrocoodcd IN her
way 10 oach ohice' Na'"iie '"in' ~
a sudden decision. She had closed the
door of her bedroom and had cried for
n lorc Tina +ho, chm hod sot nm in tbe
t,r,hiod hod ,n5 ,,;or,od horsolf in the
,loss uor bo;r bug &, viens about
bor f.oo bor oros ,,'oro su,oIior with
crv;rs sbo lootod linn and detected
ond .bo foIt worso with a snr;ng she
uos suddonlr out of bod and drowipg
Tho wotor for n ho,b For the next
tbree -ouartors of nm hour she bathod
nowdored curlod bor hair cot o,t fresh
linen and into smart clothcs when
che w,s finished oxcontino for n sIiybt
ro,lness of tha eves she locked hor usual
self
Jt vas tbon that tho ;doa nonnod
into ber bood A. fret sbo sbivered
owav from II She s;n,nlv couId NOT do
such a thing II wasn't nossiblo. and
tbop ~ oomo hocl, oro;r hftor ali ubv
notp Tb;r,s s;r,nly oorldn,+ co on
as tbov rore now She felt that sbc
couldn;t + hiring bersa,f r. do sucb n thing
pf hnr nriI
H. ,,,;ao ,,,eforod o,o,oh o,roodr ?
No+al;o along With +bo ~rost of bor
racontlv acon;rod knowlodoo w,s grad.
uorIr ioorn;ng somotbing about mon
Sho Lron, honeuso sbo Iovod a man more
than sbo would bavo otherwise She
Lnon, for Instance tbot mon ore lilo
chiIdron. tbot tboir noturos oro r.+ur-
ollv noIroomors hrt tb.t nine chances
omt nf ton tbov will NAV tho game ac-
cord;r, 70 uorIo rn1oss +boy are halted
br woron 'e>' ''''' "
The great lido, vas r. 20 r. Rutb
md ooL hor r. 1oovo 1ork alone Tho
moro sho tbonobt of IL tbo moro sha
doo;dod to 90 Sbo fr.rly found bor-
self out in the sunlight and on the
way up TO Ruth. her heart beating in
her throat. wondering what she would
saw, Ry the time she actually reached
Ruth's apartment she was worked up
into a high pitch of excitement, she felt
keyed up to doing this one thing whether
she made another effort or not. Vaguely
as she climbed the stairs she realized
that What she was ABOUT TO 40 misht
seem theatrica' anu sliiy 10 MUM Ai'er
an IL WASH as IL NUN nao uonc any
thlng. III was just tnat sne ehcour-
aged JACK TO keep on ilN,hs her' neeP
IN her neart Natalle reah"eu. TOO tlat
she iikcd MUM likeu nrr "WiuliS' one .e
- moron,t W. fnr +his ono thinc NV" =
Thon sha bod ,,rossed the hutton ord
=, tho othor s;da of +ho door sho board
Lu.rr,;no foo+ oon,ina 70 onon Il
Pntb bod bor bat on She was er; :
dortIv ,o;ng out
..yvbr Totalio -, sbo oxolo;rod "J,,r
so s,rnr;sod 70 co ,om Como in -
,.Jvaro ro,, oo;,r omtqv
"yos h,,t rat ony,,Loro !, ror+ior,or
IT,, so nlod r. Coo rou ;,
-,
IheS hau reacheu tne ii'lns room. 50
"iiieien, i'o" '"n 'oo'
one, ana lhey Groppeu lh'o cnairs !aclne
e"ch o.he'. a'n vas u",unS -,; :;
snoEa
a.,
came apo.' 'a'N' sne opsan' hei
nahus III .nc't S',i"i1 "hi'e s'i''"e'
sioFe' '"iS'ihs III nei '"p'
Ruth hardened. There was nothing
about Natalie that awakened her pity
Natalie did not look as if she needed
pity sitting there IN the bright sun
light, so carefully groomcd' huth shouit
nave seen her an hour or so BACK. Sh'
gave surprised little laugh.
"Why, Natalie, / don't know what
you mean"
Eyes, you do" Natalie went on, sud
denly looking up. II had to come. It,
the last thing I'm going to do, bu
if anything comes of it ! won't bt
sorry" Natalie's eyes. looking int
Ruth's were not the laughing light blue
eyes that'they once had been; they wer,
dark with pain, they were the eyes of t
woman, and they made Ruth fee
vaguely unhappy. This wasn't the Nat
allie that she had known. This was
another woman, stranger. This was
a Natalie with undreamed of depths, al
awakened woman.
'I couldn't have come if YOU hadn'r
been nv friend" Natalie went on sim
ply. her voice trembling n little. "ant
perhaps it won't do any good. Bu
/ know YOU love Scott. Ruth. I know
friendship with Jack, that there ism
anything in it, but you see by keeping