Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
The
Marriage Trifer
HAZEL DEYO BATcHELoR

-, docs marriage mean TO the
svmber of pomenf TO Bdrpord
E,ioht II meant one more srtt.n,pn w
sr.uas.to .ooa sareer kathepsns TSs1 s'' Ne,oServ,
6ems,, pyivate secretary. thought and
heu"ssg an marriage, she c1chduUcd
pondsu,s,ss ,cith other interesting peo-
s cis and mot osly Sr,,s Sn 'o,,sse0s ,gsa Il Gas Ns
S,Un marriage ooa'd MN nno ~ otg, sts,mgg,ote
th pe9Vpr.,d 10 Kdthertne aud her
hNn, ,or tnspirdtton. Barbara did
frtenqhs, h,o,o y this, she dfd not stop 10
~ sertously about ntdrTtdge dt az
Mnn" .n friends toere too toedhhy, 700
amvsrted, aud toe fqndt ft,,. o. sns sIqsnas s,1smSs
OF w. ",.,yiters. artists. newspaper poo.
gero W.t,,s aud Keith liked them.
Pc, Wt,,ss 10 ten Barbara ho,o he
heY" ihs,s ors euening--dnd---.
,-,,uy Keith" said Barbara, draw
wv ing away from him. What do
-, mean. aren't you happy
'0u u,n, happy now. wheu I hold you
in nv arms" Keith returned
sn,ck,y. drawing her back. But think
seldom we see each other alone
nv n.r,sra, do you remember those days
s n,sbts In the mountains when we
. ~ orst married7 I thought they were
,or,runners Of our life
.spu, dear. we can't be selfish. there
.,her people TO be considered. Every
@ @ .xneets something from US, and we
an, isolate ourselves. Why, even now
~, practically the only woman In our
-, rho Ia In love with her husband,
.., one but Margaret Warren laughs
=, me and Margaret Is out OF It."
why Is she out OF IT,
.yyhv she doesn't do anything dis
.,r,,,sh,ng, that's all she's silly over
mat baby, and won't leave him. People
srs beginning TO drop her. Tou can't
stop these. Gays 10 cN'uso peop'e
ioiRsb oiPsrbara. who for moment had been
.onchsd 10 the depths by Keith's allus'on
- their stay In the mountains. was now
.I,osether imbued with her cause. There
was was silence, and then she said Quickly
mSo ,you saw that we don't see enough OF
Zach other, and vet when you had
cSance TO be alone with me the other
.naninR. TO take me to dinner ana the
tbeatre, YOU had another engarement.
Tbis was the first time that the other
evening had been mentioned Between
them, and Barbara watched keith mar
rowly. -. :. I,
.,Id slowly. But I did want 70 look
n on somo friends I don't have q
chance TO see much of them"
Barbara longed to say: WHY don't
you ask them here? Why don't ! know
;hem?' but she didn't. She waited. ant
Keith went on. Even IL I had come
home. we should have gone out some
where. and couldn't have had yot
'T "But we mustn't get stodgy. Keith
and what on earth would you have te
talk to mo about the entire evening. u
we stayed at homer"
ard get to know you better: Why
Barbara" and he leaned forward flushed
and eager. DO you realize that
hardly know you? dont know what
Is going on in your thoughts, and you
don't know what Is going on In mine
were strangers living under the samt
'0"i "Keith., dear, YOU couldn't be here's
that were So" Barbara said softly.
Her sweetness drew him, mace him
forget what he was going to say. Ht
leaned over to her and she kissed him
II was In this way that she always dis.
tracted him from serious thought, from
arguments. He raised his head to lool
down at her and she saw the ivory cloci
over his shoulder. Its hand pointec tc
a quarter to 3. '.....
Dear we must get to sleep" Barhars
said quietly. kiss ME goodnight"
He stopped and kissed her lightly
put out the lights. viii you, Keith p
she murmured drowsiy.
II was In this way that Keith an6
Barbara spent the evening that hac
promised so well.
Tomorrow---A luncheon engagement