The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-03
WHEN A GIRL MARRIEs
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 The war gave her the privilege of breaking her engagement to Jim. But if know Evvy, she'll try to get even. Your brother and Phoebe may be her way.1
 Phoebe was changed, sadly chang ed. Was Evyy deliberately. setting out to change her standards? And why was Virginia. so blind to it all?
 CHAPTER CxNxII.
 That Chinese restaurant was a nifty place. wasn't it, girlie? West a chap who's been down in Mexico so long, doesn't he? Wonder ie West got h.s cneck this morning. Would you ring and ask? No. T. guess I won't. Not yet. What time does the second mail come, anyway?'' Jim interrupted his nervous pacing up and down the floor to fire. this broadside of questions at me. It was the morning after his party to cele- brate the winning of a fortune in his Salt Water Oil. The check which he had confid ently expected from his brokers by the first mail had not ar rived, and, naturally enough, he was impatient to hold in his hands the slip of paper that represented his newly won fortune.
 I gave the refectory table an extra rub with the oiled cloth I was using and then I replied with calmness I
 
 "Oh, it'll come any minute now, little boy. You might phone down stairs and see if it's in already. Tin kind of anxious, too-there ought to be letter from Terry, or even one | from Betty''
 Without waiting for me to finish | my sentence, Jim Hmped over to the | telephone A minute later he turned | away in irritation.
 Mails in-nothing for us," he nut tered nervously: 'tNow where do you tn nll that check can be?''
 dear opnt nen,sd see wRy you worry orr so, ing. What harm would it do if you didn't get it till tomorrow | Tomorrow ?" snapped Jim. "I'd go crazy waiting and anyone with that: Suppose the brokers aren't | good? They might declare bank ruptcy-the stock might tumble and they could welch on me. I'll never 1 checks in the bank
 | Well. the letter might get lost in the mail-go astray or something l keep thinking that's what happened to Betty's letter.
 1 Say, Anne. for pitys sake. quit dragglng in your fool nonsense about I Bettey,' cried Jim in irritation he didn't try to conceal. You'd think | Don't you suppose if there was any l thing to worry about I'd be doing the worrying? Betty's all right, but vou and may be in a pretty fix if that 1 over"
 Nonsense, dear. Don't be so ner- vous,' I began lightly, but Jim's ex- 1 precision made me bit uneasy. and | added: 'But I'd like to know why you take it so serious1y?" i You would? We'll, I'll tell YOU, Last night l sent out a check paying off the last instalment of a nasty debt mats been hanging over the Harrison | estate for wars. It was for a bit over thirty-five hundred-and I think we've as much as seven dollars and 2 | quarter in the bank"
 l An ugly debt,' I repeated thought gambling debt. was it Jim ?'' | Jim,s face darkened, and his lips | curled back in sheer as he replied: ambllng! You'd call a stock dea! estate an 9n6hanse m35ing 94 T, parcels of real my my debt It was my fathers A hang over from the squeeze by the Real Etstate Trust that killed him. And it lnat check isn't going to be held for l there today" 'o oe
 Wait a minute dear-let's think I, | whispered, terrified at the depths oeyond depths his family history was telephone the brokers and ask if the l cneck IS on the way, and say if if lsn |, you'll drop in and collect it.
 That's a brilliant thought. Throw gown my cards right off. Say. Anne do you think I want those fellows tc know I'm broke? I may go in for bie deals-and they don't need to know what a shoestring I started on. Think All right, I will" I replied. smil. ing away his sheer in my determina tlon to be helpful Cali up Virginia ana ask her to give you a check fo1 tne amount-you can return it in z gay or two and it won't even disturb her bank balance"
 Always Jeanier' said Jim. fixine me coldly with hostile eyes. Ut gals me, though, that she has to take Pal Daiton's money without having tr porrow any of it to pay over to the Sturges bunch''-
 +sturges?' l interrupted. "sturges Not Carlotta Sturges's family ?'
 Carlotta Sturges's father" replied JIIn oryly. T don't suppose the eir knows that her father wrecked mine put Jus tthe same I don't want to rur across her in my house again.
 Does-Jeanie know?" as<ef breathlessly.
 1hiS felt must be the cause of the arrangement between Virginia anf FaI.- He had taken sides against he,
 DIED.