Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09

y,.o;,ia West aud hdth,een roseelI rsaoI
grgMs,O friends at boarding scaoot
are G'ose G,c - cn0aoed at pirtuaHy. mo
aad osaUS'' s;,Us Viyginia because she as ~
idme llmts' iopS and Jimmy. IS Mo
lorc w," IN her Htcj hathieeeen oe-
first mdn crperimentina .iotfh M
cause sue o,;ous, The Vests toSc
knopn .mc mCv and Virginia md,1tcs
. heir momeJg srson on a small salary.
| Jimmy h"!.' Jhc meantime, breaks
Kdihlee'l' o,t w and flies around,
kr sv, g}sslion, looking for crc'fo-
ment, - -,
,,r evening when Jimmy saw
nn kathleen would blow in, chat
naps si,o in her bright vivid way, lying
Nv S IN her chair in picturesque frock
'',A .Son Jimmy would see her home
,eu r,..,.io loved Kathleen and she was
!, Jealous. The thing that hurt her
=, =, the fact that Jimmy seemed to ioof
we .,d 70 these evenings as welcome
,.l.s s.S', and that in the gay badinage that
w. y, hack and forth between Kathleen
VI "a, Jimmy, Virginia seemed to have
!" ,.r, why this was she did not
y horsplf Had she changed since
lncw ne.5o aniogc. had something died in
Be, ma nTl0-toinly she felt differently.
her. H. O oftcr Jimmy had taken kath-
onSc w. az bc remarked as they were
sstdur sst ready for bed 'hathieen Ger
% %.;nIy Is wonder. She taxes IRE so
usy ,.;ly almost as though she were sure
y ssi iSreaking it. 1t never seems to get
Ma best Of her. Ia. So
Virginia reflected uron th's. some
laval in her nature prevented her
!ols s, tbat Kathleen had never had
n,,s obstacles to overcome; that she
nepi hod things her own way from Il
AZ .s;ld. "' that she had everything, beauty,
',t.oo,;on ,uns money and nature that was
W orerburdened with conscience.
w Gv;rsinia was not quite happy these
,,,s She was hurt and puzzled about
Immy's manner with Kathleen ana ms
m,nnsr % when he was at. home. She
vordsred il he loved her still or II he
s.ii XIII hat he had made mistake: Once
~ % broached this subject in the. fol-
i.r;nv way. He had come in and was
,.ens s ready for bed. Virginia was
lviny & hack on the pillow studying him,
NJ W. Him arms under her head, her eyes
reflective.
Jimmy, would you rather | was
more like Kathleen"
H. turned to her in astonishment.
"Why whatever made you ask that
question:
aOh seem so quiet and you two
nave such Il good time together.
Il "Not jealous. are you!
Virginia S heart seemed to stand still
and her silence convinced Jimmy that
he bad said the wrong thing, so he
huried on.
"You and Kathleen are two entirely
different women. ] wouldn't marry
Kathleen if she were the last woman in
tbe world. but she is the kind of girl
4 man likes to play with. She's never
kpearnest. and a man likes to feel that.
Ae needn't be serious always. It's in
hs nature.
Virginia was silent for a moment,
thinking. Jimmy came over to her and
took her small face in his two hands.
but love you, my sweetheart" he
ud softly. She smiled up ut him,
bet her thoughts were busy with what
he aad said. A man wants one kind of
woman for his wife, to take a serious
part 10 his life, but be likes the other
Kind for his hours of relaxation. She is
sill O mystery to him and there is still
the excitement of the chase even though
there may never be anything serious in
bis thoughts.
Kathleen tod Virginia something else
during these days that somewhat sur
prsed the younger girl. Richard Allen.
who had been friend of the West
family for some years, had been to call
90 Kathleen and she seemed to like
him rather we'll. He was nearly twenty
Years older than she and no more in
clned to be serious than Kathleen had
been with Bill Lyons. Mr.. Allen had
eesn in to see Virginia several times and
ad never mentioned Kathleen. Virginia
4felt out Of it, as though they thought
~ ner as child even though she was
married.
Vsautltul wedding present arrived
nOn Japan one day, an exquisite din
le cloth of the finest of Chinese linen.
esuttulIy embroidered and with large
ess Of drawnwork. 1t was exactly
ne thing that impractical Mrs. West
you'd have chosen aud the THING least
needed by Virginia, who served her
enple little meals on blue and white
iaicneon sets: Virginia sighed little
she put it away, sighed for the
lsiuly Of a wonderful table set for
@naer guests, with glittering silver and
.'ysa and low bowl of flowers and
.nS .lule llghtt Pickering over the sbinina
embroidered cloth. ' '''nins
y. ,lrslnla was not feeling well these
SM' There were dark shadows undor
n, N eyes and she had no appetite She
~ sA, lStesS and not inclined to do anve NV
s,a rns II semed an effort to move
sl0a1d, ~ ne When she discovered the rensnn ove
y, " ~! ~ talS, sheer terror seized her % torn
mother. que was to be a
i0uorroW-Virginia tells her seoro,