Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-15
The Second Honeymoon
ry,s STARTS THE STORY
By RUBY M. AYRES
Author OF "The Woman Hafer" and "Ths Riack Sheer

n. oossionately IN iove pNn Is'""
yorro,o, an aetfoss. g., 'so 70 .osd thS rich
,rosnsnt ,otth Am 70 Wso ,"o %M %M
~. Mortlake, teh'mg snt ssm"S baer ~ TO Se
coor. jimmy. ~ Gn,s,sars a,ssaW Wat h,s
", r,ssSynod syn,gd'oe s,oectheart. IN q momeNt Of
s.dden pique. ysmn,y p'op1ssos pts ~ .,na. %
rdoe toc,athia' 20 he tries to ,nakc him
~ NJ believe he loves Chrsstsne, Sc Samc-
stsr, friend oI y,mnV csiSes .H,n,nv
trss fose is @spits engagement"
M"y at this junott.re Christtne,s
wothcr dies sndasm.g' T,ro , ADvs ~ seiore &c
10 take place ~ rymthia beos Jtnrpp to
he aa ~ hack. but Jenny resolves to
iovdi to the r,othtrlcss grL
CyntMa, n"a,"y ~ return TO her, gives
ssadis, sis,,.s ssi a detailed account Of her 40.
e,.o;Stanoe toith ysm,ny Cy".n,aa, ,ao,.pu on,
ssotoring wM" ,nctTsmt She sends for
J,mmng,; ng, passed p apay. Chrtstine, learn-
tx0 OF Jrt,,rn J".t fo hsr old home. On
ycnoes 10 re1arm .t. !. Xifrsd Kette,iwo,
the Coy s"y n. sa,ne to,on. They be-
oouno oJo,,trsed ~ Jimmy, hearin0 Of
E,fte,in0's frequent Tssts 70 CnyS-
tine ~ oIi Iiiross and Is laid up. Sang
roo'. .,otifss Christine. She does not
n,,ond. but Is dnriors, pole and pre-
rcspoIsn; WV
occup'sa TN r,o,,r1>rrrs
AND HERE IL SoNt
-, DOZEN times during the past rev
a -. had tr,ef IN decide
days e"o .,,. =. I,ror,v or
whether she ought 10 "r,'e " 'n'
". uer sharp eyes had seen from the
very first the way thmss ~e.e sos
,,,,h regard to Ketter1nB, ana ene "a'
W., - the responsibility. II any
aira'u oa-.,f Christine chose to
thing happened-h C "s.a ,,.,,
s,rh,y wreck her life-afterward they
aVu, -, blame her: she knew that.
might a'' ,a.a ., cbrist,ne. too. And
She was FOND OF Chr hrist, 80 IT,
,housh she had never approved OIL JIM
che would have done a great deal 10
sec them happy tosether. . .,o ,ow
n was for that reason 'ha' BIG "
=, him.
SPOKE VI " vo, going to London,
"Wheh "''
Chris?'
n,.,..,,o looked up; she flushed.
,,a', W. o. I,rdoni I am not going
Goins " n,,er want TO 20 there any
"o'
more. ,,ao M comment, she had
Gladys 'ilaui 'n,,tie n,,,yer in the younger
girls voice. -, th,nk 7 ought TO go to
Il suppose s,u st,no hrolxc ont vehement
jimmy nnsa vo,, are limiting that It
suppo' co You don't understand
my uu,S y, roa nothing about me--that
!nat ne sn g,ad ~ I were dead and out
he wou.u Ge only wants his freedom !:
Of the may yy..aijv wished to marry me-"
he never tea ,od aa that am sure
y" "'
ne,,va,, aon, know anything about him.
ion Snnt %2" know what / went through
ioI aot .a n Hstefui weeks .before-be-
curing ns .nose hare don't care II I
lore came IT,, ego,n. he has never trou-
Sever gee nun nc It,s INV turn now; I
oieo u anou % ahow him that he isn't the
az so,'S IN W the world"
Only i,e.i s "a ,,a,,ar heard Christine talk
n.y., u'anEis ,nin hsSore. nae she was frightened at
he ~. ,uas,s sni1 ssness Of her voice. She broke
,ne orIcriv"
W. yunon;. ,,s,an 70 you're going to say
.,,b WSr tS,nes Jimmy is your husband,
sucn suS ,,o,, e,, IoSed him once, no matter what
Ssr,w Sou ,nay orce" sy 'o"
uShs,.,ino ,auuhed.
NJ, ,i,,,n ant nver that He wasn't worth
A,oatine INV heart about. / was Just a
Unor Iittie fooi in those days, who didn't
EUow that a man never cared for a wom-
hn In N. Il
cou,d oniv have INV time over again, I'd
u trsn TS " ~, On difrerentiy-I'd never let
him know how much / cared"
''Ii Her voice had momentarily fallen
back ,nto its old wistfulness. There
ware tears IN ber ewes. but she brushed
,S.n, Wsre ontrI,,u seIrS III awav Hea e'e'' 'N ~ "
"Don't talk about him: I don't want
"a talk about him" :.
pat IAN SinH,,, snVuu 'ir,s, ,,ar.,stsd
t' hIt isn't 'tuys teo psas late: You can have the
tms MI over again Nv starting afresh
and ,rvinS 70 wtne out The mast You're
no yonng Whv Jimmy ia only a boy;
you'ye Spt ali your lives before YOU
Lhe 10, I'm and went around TO where
Christine was sittin& she nut an arm
about her shouiders' .'Why won't YOU
another chance dear and have a second
honeymoon
Christine nusbed her away: she start
ed up with burning cheeks.
"You dom know what you're talking
about, Leave me alone.oh. do leave
me alone" She ran from the room,
She law awake half the night thinking
Of what GLADYS had said. She tried to
harden her heart AGAINST JInmy. She
tried to remember only that he had mar
ried her out of pio,ie that he cared
nothing for her-that he did not really
fense she deliberateiy thought OF Ket-
tering he liked her. she knew. Sha was
not too m,ich ~ n child 10 understand
what that Ioo,t in bis evas had meant !:
that sudden nress,,re of his hand on hers'
And she liked him too She told her
self detiantlv that she liked him very
much; that She would rather have been
with him over at Haston that afternoon
than up in town with Jimmv Ketterino
at least sought and enioved her SOCIETY
but jimmy
She clenched her hands TO keen back
the binding tears thai crowded To her
eyes. What was she crving for? There
was nothing 70 crv for. she was happy-
quite happv: sha was away from Jimmv
away from the man whose presence
had only tortured her during those last
few DAYS. she was homeeat linton