Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
20 nrn1Ns THE STORY

nopy didn't lore anybody else,
Jikta III ,se the money the arrange
sad oGs~ Gns,oyobf him. On their honey
FfaI ~ learns The truth and tells
roon '"v NAN live the life OF a Bachelor
m % ae T' his friends expected. A
BssO'IWLe Wer;ot firows herself IN his
bv' .J Marie experiences a groic-
ray ,erino Ill., for bakers, knocn as
!sp 1%"' friend Of her husband:
Ieam'; saddened not al Chris
nare but at her realisation that
MoroII"its Mrs. Hcriot's potoer 10
M %.r I'm, During his pleasure trip
mog .mo,Jond Marie's loneliness is
Dvy Tttle by the coHrtcsies OF
kM.s, k"sMn.s byf she feels the neglect
ffu."" f, ronstrdint is increased be-
poy' tbsm as Marie discovers
inM.,, inTM il 1oing dpGy permanently
feam bs iorcs her. chris groTS
eols e,n", and after quarrel returns
ii lome intoricdtca'
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
ssARIE had never seen any one the
M ,.orse for drink in her life. Miss
.,or had always brought her up in the
lMs, tbot no gentleman ever took too
Fnh " drink. She would have been
ls,S II any one had told her that
mon of her acquaintance had, at
r.. .,n,o or another. been helped home
N he'd, She stood clutchlnS at tH'
ss,isters her face white with horror
y 7 sSs aid not know the man VINO was
an Chris. so she hardly glanced at
i'm i'm Her feet seemed glued to the Hpot
"a S he- eyes never left her husband :
hVt,d .his was the man Of whom she
,.s moment ngo cherished such ten
\. thourhts If forgiveness; this was
y, man for whose sake she had made
ber mind TO forgo her happiness.
Rusr oyerStraincd nerves exaggerated
a. whole thing painfully. She fed
~ N her room and locked and bolted
be door.
xsra him walking unstcadily about the
sc0n and after long time she heard
lin click out the light. Everything
sss silent then. but Marie Celeste lay
awake ill dawn, her brown eyes wide
NTH horror.
She had kept her idol on its pedestal
vNh difficulty for some time now, but
t6nRnt IL Hdu I"i'Sh
Chris was down late for breakfast the
put morning; but he looked quite fresh
Ana brisk as Ghc met him in the hall.
"You had better ring for more cof-
he," she said. Il am afraid 1t is cold;
you are late.
! '"I know; l was lnte home last
right."
She did not say that she had heard
Ind seen him and went on without an
mgiug. Presently he sought her out.
fis blue eyes were anxious, and he
boxed very boyish and nervous.
"Well, Marie. what is It to be-"
Marie was writing q letter in the
dnwing room. and she laid the pen
down and turned in her chair.
Perhaps he read the answer in her
hn, for he took quick protesting
bmp forward. "Marie-you' not
She stood up, her hand on the chair
lhetween them.
"I've been thinking it over. Chris.
5nd-and / can't go away with.you to-
day."
Their eyes met steadily for a mo-
nent, and she saw his lips culver NJ
Y she had hurt him, but Chris knew
low to take hard blow. lie shrugged
Bis shoulders.
VERY wel--I know I've only myself
b blame"
He turned to the door, but she called
bin hNci.
There's something else, Chris"
"Wen?"
But now she could not meet his eyes.
tnd her voice was almost n whisper us
he said:
u wanted to ask you--it's it's
10 hopeless going on like this. You
tre not any more happy thun I am
|'' Couldn't wc-isn't there some
way Of " Of both Of us getting our
freedom Ngain?"
She did not dare to look Mt him as
she spoke. Her heart was beating fu-
fIous!y; thcre was n little hammering
|Fulse In her throat that almost chokci |
per- Then Chris covered the distance
pelwcen them in n single stride and |
tcos her roughly by the shoulders.
How dare you-how dare you say |
toch thing to me?" he snid hoarsely. |
Good God. don't you think I've got |
ahy-any feeling? DO you think I'm |
tnch blaCkguard as to--tG listen to |
tach hing for one momcnt? You
aust be mad !"
;, I'm not--nrd You know I'm NOT.
IN q, tired-sick to death of living like
,aS, Her voice rose exritcdly. "Why.
we may have to be together for years
shd yearS-twenty years, if we don't
ny to get free !" Her brown eyes
were feverish. "You hate it as much
- l 20: Oh, surely it can be ar
"nsed If We try very hard"
Ohris was as white as death. This
vas the worst shock he Ind ever had
~ MS lie, and. coming from Marie
aeSle Of n'l peOple, it left him stunned
ghtlI his return from Scotland he
haa haa eeen quite happy and contcntcd,
Sy.s since that first evening when she
au I no coIdly repulscd him there had
s,eh, % reS'IesSncsS in his heart. n mis-
IA NaOie sort OF feeling that he could set
fh,r1O ho'hihg-a consciousness that
M, :. were all wrong and that he had
Al ,Ie, power to put them right.
LImsOIi, uI ,he discovery that he had only
MO' 10 thNnk for it all did not helm
I ~, III the least. In his blindness ne
"a, 'I every way but the right way to
~; Oack to his old contcntment.
with ,ba[te re was In love with love, not
coria I feNthers, but, being a man. Chris
tSinaa tSa NOT not tel this, lie only saw the
s sN,Ss. 'nat lay Immediately beneath his
SVe SSS e., ana it told him that his wife
II sven her love to his friend.
rbat e had M no more idea than the dead
bis h,TS Vas going to happen, but. with
no UtnIIaos obstinacy, he knew he had
He Hc"ntoh canoI OF allowing her to go free.
be DretamI ",eL nothing for scandal, though
,bIran ,bIr,ners T at all in the case. The one
,dao .tt trat racked him was the knowl-
.oSs,bIst bbTst n" was in danger of losing
wry wr'n,ns mug that had all at once become |
To- SNAIL Ups twitched badly when he tried
il tbO RbOuH, lie felt as if he were fighting
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