Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-16
And So They
Were Married
START THIS STORY TO-DAY
BY HAZEL DEyO BATCHELOR
COPYRIGHT, 1913, bv Public Ledocr Co.

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TT CONTINUED during the evening.
lwhen they went into the dining room
plenty of people turned to look at the
slender, golden haired woman. Natalie
had apparently made friends, too, be-
cause she bowed to several nice looking
men and women. Her feelings seemed
very far buried beneath the surface,
she seemed emotionless, aud Jack, who
had thought he would be relieved, was
piqued instead.
They strolled on the boardwalk after
dinner and Jack found himself not being
bored. A good looking young fellow
came up to them after they had been
walking a while and Natalie introduced
him to Jack. Jack recognized the name
as Quite famous one. He belonged to
a we'll known Philadelphia family with
loads of money. Jack walked on one
side of Natalie and Arthur Enright on
the other, and Jack found himself not
included in the conversation to any ex-
tent. Natalie was still another person
with this young fellow. There was
something of the boyishness that she
had shown to him when he had first
become interested in her, long before
he had thought of marrying. He liked
1t. it was charming. Certainly there
was nothing f1irtatious in her manner,
nothing that he could possibly object to.
and yet she held the interest of this
man without any trouble.
They talked and laughed and Jack
smoked and thought. He wished vaguely
that Natalie had been like he imagined
she would be, washed out and pale.
and without much initiative so he could
feel contemptuous toward her, and sorry
for himself. He wanted to feel this
way, it seemed to bring P1th much
nearer and Ruth was the woman he
wanted, and couldn't have.
Natalie went upstairs when they got
back to the hotel and Jack stayed down
to smoke cigarette. Arthur Enright
stayed with him and to Jacks amuse-
ment talked considerably about Natalie.
When Jack finally did go upstairs and
into his room he was troubled.
who's your kid friend?'' he asked
sitting down in a rocker under the open
window.
Natalie turned from the suitcase she
was bending over. Her face showed
no rancour. Once she would have re-
sentcd this terribly and in pettish
fashion would have shown it. This was
what Jack wanted, something he knew,
something familiar.
Don't you like him." she asked.
And then went on talking about him in
general way. Jack felt as if his
weapon had been taken away from him.
What he wanted was to see her cowed
before him, eager to propitiate him at
any cost, to pander to his moods. Once
during the honeymoon she had cried all
night because he had not kissed her
good night. This Natalie he could not
imagine doing such thing.
Natalie treated him with all the
punctiliousness that she would have af-
forded guest, and finally yawning.
Jack remarked: \-
Gee, this sea air is great, makes
you sleepy, guess I'll turn in. -
I'm off, he said in a voice calcu-
lated to sound matter of fact, good
night" He, did not offer to kiss her
and she made no move toward him. The
door between the two rooms closed and
Natalie stood perfectly still for mo-
ment in the center of the room. Then
with quick movement she snapped off
: the electric light and slipped out of her
negligee. In moment she was in bed,
with her face buried in the pillows,
Great racking sobs shook her frail little
body, but not sound was heard. On
the other side of the door Jack, in an
effort to get off his collar had torn it
almost half off the band. He wondered
why be was so angry.
In the next installment Isabel Carter
takes hand at paying a grudge.