The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-16
When A Girl
 Marriies
By Ann Lisle. Copyright 1918, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
(Continued.) CHAPTER LXXXI.

CHAPTER LXXXII. When I arrived at the Clinsarge restaurant and found Pat Dalton waiting in the tiny foyer, I discover ourselves.
 Handsome Pat laughed: Every one comes to this little res taurant for dinner-but the world wants jazz bands to put kick in it's tea. So, you see. I've put you wise to wonderful place to come, Mrs. Jim mie-after the honeymoon glamour wears off,
 ''It won't wear off, began in dis gust, and then I remembered a re- cent sermon on tact that Father An
 drew had delivered to me-'"Im
 pretty sure that I'm at least sterling, and I know my boy is pure gold.'
 alloy Mrs. WeaEn Harrison" seser a 1aughed t Pat Dalton cynically.
 T came to you because I honestly
 thought you needed help. Do your" I asked stiffly.
 ply-then laughed in his reckless l fashion-"and I'm needing a sup of tea-as well.''
 But when I followed Pat Dalton into the tea room he insisted on
 drinking cocktails, while I had tea You shouldn't''- I began. Playfully he shook his finger at l himself.
 Bad boy, Pat-all the ladies 1ec- l ture you-especial1y all the Harrison 1 ladies' Then his face hardened, and
 he went on in an ugly, reckless tone: Mrs. Jimmie-you can never be handling real man with coldness and preaching. Now about that young brother of yours"-- "I thought you brought me here
 to talk about yourself" I interrupted. | q did. But first there's this to say.
 I've seen young Phoebe come up
 from kiddie. I've known Evelyn
 Mason since-since Jim got out of
 You think-Jim had-a. lucky 1 easy laugh that masked by struggle 1 for composure.
 "weT-I was pretty close-at
 hand when she-snared Jim. Boy
 and girl they were. He didn't know
 what love meant-and she tried to ! teach him. The money smash-and
 his wanting to go into the war-were
 his decent way out But if I know
 ,Evvy-she'll try to get even. Your
 brother and Phoebe-may be her I way. I'm looking like a cad-but
 with a woman like that little cat,
 nothing man can do to save a
 blessed baby like Phoebe is too 1 much.'
 Thank you" said. ''I appreciate
 the splendid way you're breaking
 about Phoebe and Neal. They are l only-good friends"
 | All r1ght-1f that $ what you want | me to think. But don't let Evelyn ! Mason get her claws into the boy l she'll scratch deep. I know''- l Something in his voice made me wonder if Virginia's hatred of Evvy
 was all on Jim's account. Had Evvy 1 Mason any part in Virginia S
 estrangement from Pat Dalton-had d
 Pat Dalton any part in the broken
 engagement that had taken my Jim 1 from Evvy and saved him for me? Pat Daltons voice cut across my l thoughts with the curt suddenness of 1 a whiplash:
 i Mrs. Jimmie, I'm no altruist-I
 didn't bring you here just to tell you 1 about Evvy.'
 ] T can guess that I replied. smiling, with a sudden feeling of i liking for this man who was twisting | and warping the thread of his life so l miserably that even I could see some l of the knots and breaks. q want to know if Jim feels l friendly enough to see me now and I then. I've always kept up with him. l I'd like to see bit of him. i've never heard Jim say a word against you, MT. Dalton. But do you 1 think, in 1oyalty-to Virginia he l could be-friends with you?' At last the forbidden word had been spoken. Virginia's name lay between us like challenge. Pat Dal- l ton took his nervous fingers from the stem of his glass and laid them flat