Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10
And So They
We're Married
START THIS STORY TODAY
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
COPYRIGHT, 1919, by Public LEDGER Co.

sIAnE lHlS oAohh 1oDst
LIVE days later Alice came. She
\ sent telegram to Scott announcing
her train and asking him to meet her.
Her train got I'm at 0 o'clock in the
evening.
"Just as II 1t would hurt her to get
on the subway and come up here
stormed Ruth. "No man ever looks
twice at her and she's always afraid
that some one is going to spirit her
away"
Scott laughed. He had never had
any illusions about Alice.
1t began to drizzle at Z o'clock and
by the time Scott was ready to go down
town IL was pouring. Ruth bundled
him up in his raincoat, saw that he had
an umbrella and then went back to the
apartment. She was restless. At least
an hour and half must pass before she
could expect Scott and Alice to arrive,
and she cid not feel like reading, she
was too nervously expectant. The
slight coolness that had existed between
herself and Rita that evening of the
card party had worn off. Ruth still
liked Rita more than any other girl she
had ever known. She would have been
willing to excuse her for anything in
the world, but her attitude toward
Scott was annoying in the extreme.
Ruth insisted to herself that she was
not jealous; that would be admitting a
lack of charm in herself. But it was
uncomfortable to have Rita address
nearly all of her remarks to Scott when
he was there, to defer to him, to subtly
fatter him, anG to behave in general
as though she relied upon his judgment
for everything. Rita had been just
friendly toward Scott at first, now she
was more than that, and Scott could
not see that anything was different.
Ruth would laugh about .Rita's man
ner to him and he would refuse to see
it that way.
A long ring at the doorbell startled
Ruth our of her reverie and she jumped
up. OF course, it could be no one but
Rita, at this time of night, but as Ruth
threw open the door a very different
Rita flung herself into the hall and
quickly closed the door behind her. She
was breathing hard and she turned and
clutched Ruth spasmodically, putting
her finger to her lips.
"What is it?' Ruth whispered, lcaG
ing the way to the living room.
Rita followed and dropped Imply into
the first chair.
She caught her throat in her slim
fingers as though to stop her heavy
breathing and just looked at Ruth.
Rita, what is it, what is wrong?"
Ruth, repeated.
Rita forced quivering smile. ''It was
nothing, I got frightened she said
evasively.
Ruth saw that Rita was making a
great effort to regain her self control.
This was shown by her question about
the obvious preparations in the living
room. Ruth had not expected any one
that night and had carried pile of bed
clothes in and put them on a chair
preparatory to making up the bed for
Alice.
SCOTS sister is coming tonight for
short visit" Ruth looked at the
clock as she spoke. They ought to be
arriving any time now, and if Alice
were greeted her first evening by Rita
with her hair down her back and her
Chinese suit, anything might happen.
Rita, please let me 60 in and see il
everything is all right in the apart
ment," Ruth insisted. You stay here
l won't be a minute
"Oh, no, no." Rita protested. "Don't
so, don't leave me!''
In the next installment. Rita stay.
with Ruth until someone leaves hel
apartment