The Washington times., 1919-09-09
When a Girl
|. Marries
Tries in-Vain to
Bring Phoebe and
Neal Together
By Anne Lisle.

i.VEhOse nsVupapeF serials are unique
An popular appeal and c1evcF-
ness ~ construction
CHATTER CLLEIn.
(CsPyF4ght 1919, King Features
Ic Syndicate, Inc)
feGNH Neal. ploass 6Ou't can
EvVy. Please doE'tF
cried.
~ why nOtF" aslzed Neal emtty.
End then, anticipattng my reply. he
went on hastily: Nov don't begin
4hat antI-EvIy stuR again. You
were always down on her, though
I never had q better friend. Now
I'm going to see II she. too. has for
Eotten me-"
sJust a minute, dear" insisted.
Phoebe wouldn't act so II she
weren't terribly hurt. She thinks
syou gave her up without making
one effort to hold her. Are you
sure she never wrote you a letter
and then waited for the answer
that didn't comeT
@Sure? How can I Be any sweFf
= never gOt t-SO guess she didn't
write"
E41s4 NIa4k
hsnay." protested
That's right-blEms it On TIE
p. O-Shat's easy. But guess
~ Phoebe had written, and II the
letter had come hack to her like
they 90 when they aren't addressed
right, she'd know I never got q,
and try agztn-oF something. No,
she never Wrota. And now, BabbS,
1--we q fellow that number"
- Meal, wont you wait q mtnute3
Let ne ask Phoebe"
= .AII rtEht-go ask yOuF fool q1es-
G1On," grumbaed Neal, sinking down
astride the FlOreuttns chair and
humpang . e1EHEef4s on the chair
BaslE
So hur4ssd - a. bearOom. At
ne tnnsR dOOe. I paused and
4nocCed. With now that hadn't
After q uz1nUhs Of silence, I knocked
hgain Then = voiea called:
& ~ComsF
0oa 81 &
Fhosbs vsas Standing a4 tie ~
RsGu elaboEa4e4y eHG3gSd n SAk-
ing dOWa hGR hE3E. Ths coral peig-
.RoiF loaArsd Q BIT Fumplsd a. n
seons Ons had ben lying down N
~ and Phoebs'B dressing hadn't
aaF1nco9 . m9hA
uSupposs 7 had eHhE SoG e.
~ be6-0obbmgF GhO1Eht -
yBsgf SHOu eGu1aHa hENs ben
- saaS-PasBeBsd and Gt1na-0Elh
Ch1P
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TnEnsaE1sEEvmMW@ Tn
4 enf chmF0 NJ p" Fugste4
RhOebe. Iooh1g MEs I'M sE III
EeFy gtubbGEDe
Il don't noeI 49, ~N a.
right 70 aGE thaE" ! FepBsd Vim
salcuIstsd tzEE Il only WEnf 10
hEvs you pgf NJ Fight On G0me-
lEhtng-whers my Demory's aG
SWsuT- esd PhoaSA emERS.
you Wr0ts % Neal eP1a4n4ng
hAout ths rfnG, d3AH6 your ase-
a with eiaborsGs cErs1aSEnGL
did I ever say WrOtsF eGW-
11red PhOebA
sNo-but OF eOmss 7 h~ EUdaG
Hst fan TO write and explain"
did your brother ever gSt-
Bueh 3 letter.
no, but-
SDid your bFOGhsF ever write -
M making 0ae protest against the
Way our engaEemsnt was brokenT~
asirsd Phoebe
NO, dear. But-
~rhen. since nsieheF Of N bard
from the otheE. it looks Gs II neither
II Us wrote. And, of course, II
any one didn't write 90 any ons
nndeF those circumstances, thafd
-meen that he was glad not to be
held TO any rash, youthful prom
dsea. So now, Anne, h yOa EDd I
are 70 remsta frienAE, wfn you
please drop TIE matter. ItS an
.n0ying and humniattnG 70 hEEs Il
brought up all the time"
NeEFa Cs1elaEiSA.
Phoebe made the whole Gf Ghl4
1snE speech With the utmost Belf-
DoGseGsion and 0llmneSs-l1r8 =
rOunG Virginia And I had TO tGFu
I'D leave her victOFiOu8 Gt the end
II knew that cOuidM't bridge tho
zB between her and Neal
wen, she didn't write, dld BhsP
aaked Neal a. came back 70 him
"A the HvinF-rOOm-
I'm not 90 sure" said, slowly.
me Harrison prideS-then re-
peated my conversation With Phoebe
e wen az could remember IL.
No, she QlQuE WIG II va
A0thing bUt-eaifIove- SHE'S Glad
20 be rid Of me. And now that I'm
back without q Sob, it's probably
9ust 81 well Ma Dalton wouldn't
haPs stood for me-Wfthout q cent
Yea It's inst - veil Now tn can
EvVy ~ yOu'u give ne the number
splease-Ta3E remember itI~
r FiVs minutes later Neal turned
5GRom tie ph0Bs tnto which he had
been speaking n . l0W vOice, an4
aid:
she w. g4ad GHyWy! We're
pUdng 70 q show tonight So you
uean keep WhatsVsF data that WAS 70
20 70 GheG4eE. Evvy's an right
p Again I vas OOnBeiO0s Of Phoebe
a tha doorway. This time 70 was q
seooL self-eoutat1ed little Phoebe
zEho ordered q tad ana assured
IAsCtenaut Hyland that she knew
shoW glad he aad his sister would be
when she got out OF tie way and
tleft them % their visit
But the edge Of my sVisfe win
Neal was 0R
This was q sd homecoming for
my soIdier-his little EWestheaFt
was Indifferent. his job WAS gone
I wondered how Neal would ind
again his place In the scheme Of
WhFuRH