The Washington times., 1920-05-03
.SP|KER BABY FINDS
HIS WORLD IS ROSY
Mother and Foster Mother d.
vide Care of BaItimore's
Son of Mars.
tcontinusd from First Psss)

of them-Mrs. Perley, Perley's broth
sr, Guy and Mrs. Guy--say so, and
most OF the neighbors say so. The
two families continue 10 live across
the way from each other. and Mrs.
Perley is on most Intimate terms with
the woman In the case"
well. everything has turned out all
right, as l knew II would when l sent
for the girl" she said today smiling.
Guy has one OF the incest wives in
the world. And isn't our baby lovelyY
Perley-i is happy, Guy is happy, we're
all happy
.ske's . Dear GirLv
"some one has called Il an amaz-
ing quadrangle. Well. call II that II
you want. but ] don't see anything
ANA zinE about It, We're -four sensi-
BILE people acting In a sensible way
that's all. The truth Is, Guy and his
wife are really In love with each
other. She's a dear girl, and deserves
all the happiness in the world"
over the way. Mrs. Guy Spiker was
cooking supper for her husband.
Guy comes home from work al
three, and he must have a bit OF sup
per at four" she said turning tne
bacon. ,
"why shouldn't they be happy"
she asked amiably.
BaSy's Mother AaiabSe.
Perley jr.'s own mother. . robust
good-lookinE English girl with oiue
eyes as frank as a chiid's, Is de-
iightfuily amiabie person. She ae-
cepts newspaper notoriety. her
trange position, her husband. ana
BaItimore's peculiarities with equal
amiability. She might have arranged
her Affairs differently IL she had had
her own way; but things being as
they are. she is amiable about them.
She has a WEDDING ring. and her baoy,
born out OF wediock, has become the
legal child OF it's father. A respecta-
BILE situation for a girl, and one TO be
accepted amiably.
Perley? Yes, he was very sood 10
her in England. Yes, Guy was very
nice. Some day he was going to take
her to Washington and show her the
Capitol and the other beautiful build
inRs. And Cora was so nice. Sne
knew such a world about babies. Did
she resent sharing her baby with an
other woman? Not with Cora, the
wife of her baby's father. Who had
more right to a baby than It's own
father? Yes, everything had turned
out quite nice. II was so nice or Cora
to adopt little Perley, jr. Now, II the
visitor would wait a bit, Guy would
be coming, He was washing up Dit.
No "Bust-Upr In Sight.
Soon Guy came limping into the
room-a light-hsired, pale. long
nosed. intelligent appearing young
chap, with a lame right foot
well. you see we haven't had
bust-up,- he said by way OF greeting.
Maybe we have done something us,-
usual. but we're happy"
Periey, sr.. was the only member
of the quartet not to be seen. Ac-
cording to some Of the neighbor
women, Perley, ST., doesn't appear
as comfortable as he might Those
discussing the frie ndship between the
two women skeptically predict III
won't last" and say that maybe Mrs
Perley's motive in sending for her
husbands war sweetheart was al
truistic and maybe 1t was something
else.
"If you ask me-" said one, 'T don't
think Mrs. Perley Spiker need be
Jealous OF the girl. She's too good
natured to make any one jealous.
but there'n be a bust-up. Just watch"
II Perley. jr., weren't so darned
healthy he'd exercise his imagina-
ton q bit and say appreciativeiy
Were all commonplace folks, but,
gee, what a whale of story we'd
make for a Maupassant"
.Ts II . human being In pain, In
djstressr- That's all the Salvation
Army lassie asks She cares nsught