Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-30
The
Marriage TrMer
,,, HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOK
ro,yy,oht. Iseo. bv Public LEDGER co.

Grahs .ot g' sSen think that marriage
a' .nsohf mean change Of any Kind IN
hcg me. she ,1dnted to 90 rfQht on
doirg the society stunts thaf hod made
W p.ni nj nothin1 to Keith. What did
.ea, meam n lot TO him, however, wds the
,oct that Barbara tods only Uontdn
bc sd,D occasionally az odd moments,
.te pas neither his toife nor MS friend,
for socie.g took up az her s,ne' t.s hemn
w x1therine Netobery, MS secretary,
~ EXCEPTIONAL pontdn. Tt pds then
e. IT, barbara woke up to many thtros
and md among them the drtidctdHty ot
hcr We.. When she say her sister
..a1e thdt could hrinp her nothing
b"f unhdppiness, she sdto that some
thing must DO done.
uDARBARA Eleanor said softly.
d barbara" There was soft
,,skness in her voice, an utter absence
a, the hard sophistication that had been
. mart OF Eleanor for long time.
barbara went up to her, with tender
arms and soft little words. AT her
,o,ch Eleanor suddenly began to cry.
sim so miserable" she sobbed, and
ashamed"
"Hush. dear, you mustn't let any one
hear YOU. Come over here and sit down.
Tell me all about everything"
Eleanor still wore her big wrap and
Barbara was slipping It of her shoul-
ders Something must have happened
TO upset Eleanor terribly. Barbara
thought uncomfortably. something more
than the mere latehess OF the hour.
Eleanor was sobbing wildly, and Bar
bara sat and held her, waiting for the
younger girl to speak. Finally words
came. interjeotions, little bursts OF
speech, incoherent and wild.
Hes a beast, he's horrible oh, Bar
bara. didn't know; I didn't know!"
Hush dear, and tell me all about t.
want to help you," Barbara said soft
", and finally Eleanor stopped crying
enough to tell the story.
TITS 30 hard to speak Of" she gasped
sBut Barbara, you may believe me,
when say this, but never till tonight
nature" Barbara felt Eleanor's slight
body shudder. I'VE drove out into the
country and Kendall said, Let's give
them all the slip. and 20 on our own
little party And I laughed and agreed
30 we just drove and drove, and I didn't
know where we were. And then Ken
dali said he knew where there was a
cunning little place and would I like
something to eat. You know I can al.
ways eat, Barbara" and Eleanor smiled
wanly. And so we stopped and went
in, and 1t was horrid place; the wait.
Portable and somehow I didn't want 9
thing. but Kendall did. and he ordered
things and he drank too much. was sc
afraid, and / tried to reason with him
but he just laughed, and then finally we
left, and he was so queer and wild, and
we began to drive again. I asked him
to please look UP the others, that J
thought II would be good plan to al
30 home together. But he acted as II
he didn't hear me-"
Eleanor drew a long breath, and Bar
bara g arms frightened around her. &c
."I was really frightened then, and
didn't know where We were, and ther
suddenly Kendall stopped the car--ant
oh, Barbara. I can't tell you this!
,u GO t,,S1... on. dear; Don't you know thai
=, He began to mako love to me. and
then he. grabbed me and began to kis.
me, and he said that needn't pretent
I was so shocked. that girls of toda,
take him SS for iens and did Sd think nf Sad % beer
making fool of him all this time. Ant
! kept thinking: it's true, he's quite
right: why shouldn't he think these
things about me, and now. oh. Barbara
listen to you. wouldn't listen to an,
one. and to think I was sure that
could marry Kendall Randallw
What happened then?' urged Bar
bara. softly.
his breast with my fists. I went Into q
perfect fury of a temper. and I told hin
II he didn't take me home that I'd ge'
out and walk. and he let me go then
and didn't speak to him again. But
the others, and what am I going to d'
with myself? I'm so miserably un
Barbara got up quickly. First of all
you're going right to bed, and to sleep,
But I never could sleep" moanet
Eleanor.
Barbara was getting her out of hel
clothes quickly and deftly. and Eleanor
was unconsciously complying She was
more tired than she knew, When Bar.
her own bed, Eleanor climbed in obe.
diently, and In five minutes she hat
fallen into a heavy sleep. Barbara lay
awake long time thinking, and listen
ing to her sisters breathing on the
pillow beside her. Once in a while Ele
amor. would sob in irer sleep, and Bar
bara s hand would go out to her in q
passion Of tenderness. Eleanor hat
learned her lesson, but Barbaras hear
sched ache that 1t should have been such 9
dificult one. She felt that she woult
have given anything to have spared hel
little sister such an experience.
'Tomorrow-Barbsra Interviews Kend al