Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-18

1T all goes TO prove that there 70
after all only one reason for mar
yiaoe, and that Is loUe. GrdnCiUe .
Burton married Laurel Stone for
other reasons, and discopered his Ioue
for her otter their son tods born, ,ohe,t
Laureps attitude fotodrd him had
spbtlp ohanOed. No longer did he
toant LoureI to mother his too little
girls. He panted her because she
toas the one ,oomdn.
NOVEMBER found them settled again
IN in the Madison avenue house, and
they had not been in town week be-
fore Laurel had typewriter installed
in her boudoir. It stood on white
table near a window and Laurel began
to work regularly two hours OF. more
every day. There was feverish i'm
pulse urging her on to do something be-
side manage efficiently the house Of Bur-
ton. Her own attitude toward Gran
vile had settled down into a polite cor
diality and Laurel was finding her mo-
ments snatched with Ted and Winona
and Tom Benton among the happiest
that she ever spent.
: They would meet either at Wincna' 8
apartment or at a small restaurant and
talk about affairs Of the day, people who
did interesting things, new jobs for
women, everything about which they
could talk or argue. AT these times
Laurel was as she was in the OLD news,
paper days, eager and enthusiastic and
VET there were times when she talked
that a certain little hardness crept into
her speech certain logical reason had
dispIaced the simple chiIdlike faith that
had been one of her chief charms. And
vet this charm had not entirely dis
snpeared it would shine out In her eyes
sometimes when she was excited about
ANYTHING. It made Winona feel that
laurel was still Laurel under the sur ,
face hardness that she had acquired
through experience with life:
IL seemed incongruous to Granville 20
no by Laurel's door and to hear tne
faint far off tapping OF the typewriter;
IL was something to be jealous OF: anG
Il was something into which his lie olo
not enter at all. He had read her nrst
story when 1t came out; read !. aL ms y
MIN In turn the leaves Of the magazine
and IN come suddenly on the heading
"Small Town Pride" by Laurel Bur
ton Miss Rhodes had read 1t and sne
remarked In her crisp, efficient manner
that she thought 1t very good.
"T am taking a short story course
at Columbia" she explained 70 Gpan
Vile In a cool little voice: mrs. b4r ;,
ton does characters wonderfully well:
Granville wondered about MIS- MIS-
Rhodes as she left the Office. Day attei
day for nearly three years she hae
come into his room to take dictatlon
Her blue serge frocks and sheer Gun;
and collar had always been 9 part o.
her. her sleek little head with Its rathe,
proud carriage had given her an ar o
Est;nction. He had always acceptet
Miss Rhodes as an unusually good sue
nourapher. who did her work well. Bu,
he had never thought anything abou,
her private life until lateiy, oecaus' ,
he had never thought OF her as
woman. He paid her $40 a week ant
she was taking q short story COURSE q
Columbia in her free time. How won
derful were these women OF TO-DAY
how worth while, and his thoughts
leaned TO Laurel in her sitting room
IN ming on the typewriter. They Wanteo
20 do things for the joy Of doing them
wor,en like Miss Rhodes. and Laure
ond Winona. And once he had though,
that has money, and his power wouIt
hn cronyh to make Laurel happy. H'
had Thought to chain woman VIII
ninps To a round Of pleasures that only
women like Marion Worth ana otner'
lille her thought sufficient. ...,
Ha remembered the feeling OF pride
be had felt when he bought the ruby
that he had given her. lie had lei