The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-28

(Continued from Yesterday.)
 At the end of the fourth or fifth rehearsal Julia. noticed that pretty Barbara Poland was trying to manage a moments speech with her alone. She amused herself with an attempt to avoid Miss Toland just from pure rnischief, but eventually the two came ? face to face, in Q Sar1shly lighted Dit of passage, Barbara, for all her advan- tage in years and in position, seeming the younger of the two
 "Oh Miss Page" said Barbara ner- vously ''I wanted to-but were you going somewhere?"
 Don't matter If l as!' said Julia, eirily gracious, but watching shrewd- - .swen,LI hope you won't think fhis is funny, but, well, I'll tell you" :" stammered Barbara very req. know you don't know us all very well, you know-it's different with us we've all been brought up together- but I didn't know whether you knew perhaps you d1d-that carter haH- gard is married ?"
 Julia felt stunned. and a little SICK She got only the meaning or the words. their value would come later; But with a desperate effort she pulled herself together, and smiled with dry
 eyes. knew that" she said, pleas antly, not meeting. Barbara's eye.
 "Oh we'll, then it's all right, Bar bara said hastily, relieved. But he -he has teasing sort or way you know His wife is in san Dleso ho"' with her own people"
 ssYes, he told me that" Julia said. ~ynly longing to escape before mad dening impulse to cry oyerPoweres91 s1 her Barbara saw the truth ana Iald a friendly hand on Julia's arm,
 q just wanted you to know. she said in her ktnd1iest tone.
 suddenly Julia burst out crying childishly blubber1ng With her wrisIs sSI in her eyes. Barbara, very much dis tressed, shielded her as well as she could from the eyes of posNole pass i fers-by, and patted her shoulder with "a gloved hand. ov,or,,- gulped Julia, desperately fight ting the sobs that shook her Ano a I've had a dreadful headacne ali uaSt Inop her eyes with a folded handker- chief, her face still turned away rom {Barbara. m 9,>,x, 4~And fbe rehearsal must have made it }worse!" ,,, She gave Barbara one grave, alriost ,Cs | tresentful look. straightened her nat fand fluffed up her hair, and went Eaway. Barbara. looked after her. and kff,oIieht that Garter was beast. and shout common little ignorant Miss stPage, and that she wouldn't tell the 1 rtris about this, and give them one more cause to laugh at the nttle Ac-
 
 acientious girl, and very seriously i'm pressed with the gravity Of her own EresponsibiIIty toward other people.
 Meanwhile Julia walked toward the Mccbanics' Library In a very fury or rage and resentment. She hated the entirc caste of "The AmaEohs, ane she hated Barbara Poland and Garter Hazard more than the rest! He could play with her and flirt with her and deceive her, and while she, Julia Saucied herself envted and admired ot fhe other girls, this delicately per bara could be deciding in all sisterlH $-' dness that she must inform Mss
 enrof her admirers real position.
 Ye tears came to Julia's eyes. but Ient into the Mechanics Librar, ysyashed the evidence of them
 and made herself nice to meet
 FEc a subtle change in the girl dat rom that day; casual and foolisf
 a1e affair with Garter had been
 rift it's scar. Julia's heart winced v from the thought of him as sh'
 self might have shrunk from fire
 :. never forgave him.
 It was good to find Mark still en
 taved, everything soothing and reas surtng When Julia left him Q her own door at six oclocE Z. she was her radiant, confiden self again. and they kissed each oth Ger at parting like true levers To nj I eager demand for a promise Julia sti1 returned a staid, "Manaa'd be crazy Mark. I ain't sixteen yeti" but on thi enchanted afternoon she had consent ed to finger on Kearney street, befor' the trays Of rings in jewellers win dows. and it was in the widest spirit