Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
ruIs BEGINS THE STORY

mc1i mc1io"obt ~" fhev could get along very
yooetber tCithout any non
aNc.v IN their honeymoon she
tehIL,,o,s ono of his friends say that
ere,!.'%JiS e!. JiS mot iopc her, realizes the
CMSS NJ me statement; so tells her
ruM tb1t che does not love him
suSJOibt ibot he had better continue the
eha enhasbrior % Husband his friends. thins
bacnott',nliy is. II grieucs her to
he tbot he is relieved rather than
aomos,c;,c. ao'o nia she goes sTimming wih
eIn'' ~ his friends, Atkins, and Is
me ~ from dropnin9 by another,
,n.to,, IT, kno,ru as Feathers, aud dur
pa"',S tSc illness that tollowS, Chris
w. IN be kind, .but'mdnnges 10 haze
HoS VIZ ,imo all by himScU-dhd part
e,ySe eyySV" time rith a Mrs. Heriot. One
5e carries Marie into the garden
eagg nrops hrr in a deck char toifh
cushions and rugs.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
u,M NOT IN invalid really, you
,rox" she said, looking up ,at
him shyly. II couio ha'' ""'"'' '"''~
Ner, Che felt bound to say it., and yet not
,oorids would she have forgonc being
10. ior.;"5 MJ' '%o in his arms. The distance. had
ch'IoJ ali roo short. Just for a little
tes"d ss sod ,bccn quite, quite happy.
snv yomno Atkins was fusSing around.
u. boJ nm enormous bunch of roses
q nv ops hand and all the newest maya =
~ n,,"a In thc other. lie could not do
.,m .no,,oh for her. AS soon as Chris
moypd AWAY he dragged chair up and
sat down beside her. g, ,,,
n,vently He always said the same
Ming every time he. saw her. "Iou
Jo feel better. don't you?'
she laughed at his cagerness.
"I really feel quite well. but they will
cersist that I'm an invalid
She looked around for Chris, but he
had strolled away, and she gave little
"I'ye got TO go back to town to-
marrow" Young Atkins snid presently.
He spoLe rather lugubriously.
"Rottep. isn't it? And, say, Mrs.
Lawless. I may come and see you when
you get back. mayn't ~
"If you want to--of course !"
"Of course want to?" He had
never been in lore before. but he was
fully persuaded thnt he was in love
now, and he never lost an opportunity
10 scowl at Chris-when his back was
turned
He moved little closer to Marie, and
looked down at her earnestly.
''If ever there's anything you want
done, never be afraid to ask me to do
r. he said. you'll remember that,
won't you?"
Marie did not take him seriously. She
was not used to being made love to.
She Just looked upon him as boy.
"Whv, Of course. I will. And there's
something YOU can do for me now, II
you will--see II there are any letters"
"Uf Course"' He was off in an
instant. and Marie looked across the
garden. hoping desperately that Chris
won'd see she was alone and return.
=. But he was laughing and talking with
Mrs. l!"riot and an elderly man and a
little chill feeling of unwnntcdness
stole into her heart.
Would life always be like this? she
asked herself. and closed her eyes with
sudden feeling Of dread.
Surprising she had been drowned,
Supposing Feathers had not been in
time after all
Shc tried to believe that Chris would
nave been broken hearted. but she knew
the folly of such belief. Ho would
nave been sorry. of course, for they had
known one another so long-becn such
pals' in the past, at any rate.
"A penny for your thoughts soid
fcathcrs beside her. and she looked IN
witn little half sigh. ''
You will be angry with me If I tell
you?" '' angry Win
, Il think you could be-" she an
swered, seriously.
ne sat down in the chair Young
Atkins had left. Tell me, and see
h suggested, half in fun.
marie looked across at her husband
'hd then back at the man beside her.
was wondering." she said, "wbat
''. w0GiH have happened II you had NOT
puLiC, me out Of the sea-"
WhGt would have haprcncd?" He
senoed hcr words with mork serious
dsss, dsss "Wcll, You would have been
drowned, Of course"
know. I don't mean that, I
n mean an what would have happened to
70 ,ShriS~and every one else. ."
=, feathers did not answer. He yaguely
!et NV mat there was some serious uues- |
uon az the back of her words, but his
saperiehce OF women was so small thnt
~ wa was unable to understand.
a., we don't want to think of such |
m.nsS' ne said briskly after mo-
I' 4en'' You arc alive and well. Isn't
mat all that matters?"
one did not answer. and looking NJ
aMer M curiously, he was struck by the Sod- |
@sS OF her face. by the downward
rJrvcS of her pretty mouth and tho .
mstlulneSS Of her eyes, and suddenly bc |
rallied that he had inadvprtentIy
across secret which he hnG
~tyer ~, suspected, and It was-that thie
S'rI Nv was unhappy
=. mho," n fault? The question clamorcd
a. y nls brain. Chris fault or her own?
~ ~; was conscious Of anger against his
), Chris was sauntering back to them
through the sunshine. He looked yerv
s,b;.S'' .JbreSS' and d"bonair, and was
as he came. ~
to frath'rs rose. ''Takc this chair"
ro.:No' No. don't you get up. ." But
uoa ea'norS insisted, and as soon rs Chris
"IS IT, seated ne walked OF to the hotel
s.sis S went into the lounge and aim.
'sad cad a 'o"E "6,9p up paper, bpt he did not
III jfTna b;n as he was of Chris. ho knew
!" ,"v' nm ,oNltS and limitations. knew myt
Sm cav SeIhSh he could be. and yoeuc
'I 'or Mari" grew in his heart.
Icrio.H HIIr distance from him Mrs.
S''oI n.y. ana another woman were talk.
SSs' - II was quiet in the lourgo nmd
ayUn drnefs could hear what, thcy were
y S'nS. n without the smallest effort on
US part to listen. ' ''''i' U"
10 W cornI nnIT"sPaP"r screened his face. and
hev ,Vu,u ' only suppose aftcrward tLnt
or N.Y. MTvt' mhc0n%iou" Of his presence,
yncaI 'T, H., Iieriot said with rather
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