Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
The
Marriage Trifler
HAZEL DEyO BATCHELoR

Eni0ht married keith
Bdroaro ,orio,ts reasons. The first
Groh,, ,ns a. fact that she lovod Mm' oa.
tcds y" mara other reasons dnG. Mcx
fns.e ,of so tporthy. n Bdron,ey se
wJ .ri. married because y toos On "a hsr LII" ug.
10 40; o sooiIed, noto capped her
hod ose" marrying the most eh1toIe
career r...s yy ,pcre fine things N Bar
mdn. ~. Inc no she led buried thent.
bcrd, oa ~ her meant nothing of sac
Mer"goo "go,hing Of pnseltshness. Lshe
rstes, M ,ot "sd study Keiths happiness. % om,g
90 s,u ann oys " short, she was mg K.itb,s
a,,,hsr. katherine Ne%va,y, - oiri "a
onee, tos y. Barbara herself, she had
dttcdys na% t ,noiied Keith grotos to
/ she was asss,,nc IT, and they become
IKE hp'aA auA then one day at lun0h.
treaas, sister Etednor shs az tHe
Bdregbie st gfnbie 10 Keith and hatne''ne'
r,r,, Ala not know Just why he felt
|k ]nadsn,y strange when he saw
Until then his luncheon with
Eesno had been the most innocent
Kather,no ,hn world, the most friend,y
thing IN ~ Enable; now he suddenly look
thing y, as Eleanor might see II. IN tne
led AZ something unfair. to Barpara;
lignt " strange that II had not seemeu
y We until he had looked at ~ throusn r
w,sanors ,caS eyes and Juogea resu NJ
|stsnoa,,Hh that Eleanor might not see
|hs ~'' A., these thoughts went hurtling
them. h,s mine in that brief moment
through ~" saw Eleanor's fair, delicate
when apd recognized her.
pro1,o peYou know herr" Katherines voice
was ASH, lnqu'rM,ns u Mrs Grants sister" Keith re-
she Is ls,in,,,v And then Eleanor
|turnead her head in their direction, saw
nI,,s nlrnsu and recognition leaped into her
keltn, ,oilowed Immediately by suspicion
49, sbe looked at Katherine.
a. rsr sly n moment the two womer looked
rv other, but there was something
~ 'Katherines brown level eyes thst
ropls not be downed, a certain priae
which Eleanor did NOT recostt st,st ,Ss
sos prize Then The Keith rose and went over to
me thr,,.nnr o.rv regarded him with eyes that
half hostile. half bantering.
e"Woll, Keith" she said lightly, bar
|h.ra ia out of town, isn't sher,
Randall Randall laughed. and keith
seIt suddenly murderously angry.
'Who is the Hirl?" Eleanor asked
,,r,opsly. "I've never seen her before.
shss rather stunning looking. Keith
| I'm surprised at you. ] think we omsh'
| N tsIl Barbara, don't you.. Kendall|
" TSs bored peevishness had gone out
| ~ EIsanor's manner. This was a dell
cious nnorsel Of scandal, 1t interested and
Intrigued her. This ought to pay Bar
bara back for. her silly interference
Kslth having lunch with a pretty, un-
tnbwn womarr-it was delicious news
aTleanor don't be a little IDIOT
Keith BY an effort, kept his real feeling
| AMI OF his voice anG manner. That is
| Miss Newbery, my private secretary
| "And you take her out to lunch at the
Brere," Eleanor. teased. surely
Keith, one needn't feed ones Office assoo-
Gates, Il isn't really necessary, is it?'
Keith ignored his sister-ln-law and
tnrned to Kendall Randall. They ex-
| changed few remarks, an6 Keith went
/ back 10 his own table, furiously angry at
Eleanor, and furious with himself. at
the feeling 1t had aroused In him. There
was Katherine to be considered too. Not
for the world would he have her hurt.
But he did not reckon with Katherine.
She was not the little stenographer OF
novels anc stories, trusting and frighten-
ed and misunderstood She was the
modern Independent working woman,
and she looked at Keith with level eyes,
eyes that understood his difficulty.
HOW 1OOllSn OF you 10 CdIe whdt
|they said,", we're Katherine's words.
"Eleanor's little fool" Keith said
2ercely.
katherine was thinking what boy he
as after all. and she smiled. She's
lst little hot-house bud that has been
breed too soon," she returned. surely
u vd,, don't kt,h thInk < I mind what she sale
It was the first time she had called
him Keith, and their eyes met across
the table, friendly eyes, youthful eyes,
trustful eyes.
katherine. you're a peach" Keith
said impulsively, and they went on with
their lunch. But Keith was aware of
Eleanor's eyes. and her laughing ro-
marks to Kendall Randall, and after
ward when he and Katherine had left
the dining room and he was back in
his office. he had the consciousness that
his move today would have far-reaching
results. Eleanor would be sure to tell
Barbara, and Barbara might misunGer-
stand: A sudden fierce wish that he had
told Barbara about Katherine, sprang
up In his heart. Suppose she refused to
believe that his friendship for Katherine
was only friendship! And yet, coupled
With this fear was the wish that Bar
para were more like Katherine. He
wondered IL she could have met an ugly
situation with the poise that Katherine
had met II today. Katherine was splen
dld, and fne, but he loved Barbara, and
there was a difference.
'romorrow-Barbara comes honey