Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-04
,roINs THE STORY

.Io,ed hir'j no summoned from,
when she toai 'o ~ her father,
~. ..s.col by the deGaS nor a. at the train.
Christopnus had in seeing h,n' doa'nt
Ths jov sne "o arsgter than tho gree
ras perhapJ fathers death. tor
ne teH .. and because nc neeoea
ismilp reos1Tnh eos1Th,;,topher does the th'n0
fhs money on h;r, and asks Mare TO
expected Q! " apd because she mas
morp AVN 4 II, aud believes that ne
dlpdys 0Vep " consents and they are
loces hr ~, .,oyt off on their honey
moon. ~ ,r CONTINUES
.nI,ps Il Is sometimes a merciful
,'.,,otion Of Providence that the
dapI =, love are blind, for Marie never
ey" .s, ., D strained look on Christopher's
. 8. 'u' ~ the way in which his ;. eyes yes
iss " '. hers. She never thought IL ;,S oaa
avoided Ituo' .be train he provided her with
when III - ~ magazines and the largest
. heap ,Sncolates she had ever seen IN
boz & 81 '"d md unfolded a newspaper ior
big OWL a q chocolate and looked ut him
Sne .sv s alteration. He was her nus
with sai ny " was to live with him for the
rest ~ Oh Nv would be no more partings-
ins,o dreary months and weeks dur :
10 mo,G mT,h she would never see hlm'
ing VIZ VIZ her very own-forever
he was wnod conscious of her gaze, for
IA. looked up.
"Tired?" he askeu'
.nvngrv, then? You ate no lunch -
..nS Aid had ever such a lot.
nWs,,l have a good dinner tonight,
We 80 cbamnagne," he said.
YES" Marie had never tas.ed
champagne until her wedding lunch TO-
Ssr' and she did not like 1t, put 10
ris nIsase Chris she would have drunk a
.Sole l bottleful uncomplainingly.
For For their honeymoon they were going
% a seaside town on the East Coast:
%Wouldn't It be nicer in De$onshire
Or AZ tbe lakes, Chris?' Miss Chester
had asked timidly, but Chris had an
swered: r. ,.
do there. We must go somewhere
liyely." ,,
So hp had chosen the llveliest town
an tho East Coast and the liveliest no.
to in the town--a hotel ut which he
bad STAYED many times before, and was
yellt known.
He was the kind Of man who knew
srores Of people wherever he went, and
I'm his heart he was hoping that he
'yould meet scores of them now.
He gave all unconscious sigh of re-
lief when, later, he saw Marie carried
Inn TO her room in the lift in the com
pany Of an attentive chambermaid, who
knew that they were newly married
He went off to the buffet and ordered
himself the strongest brandy he could
get while upstairs Marie was look
ing out her prettiest dinner frock anC
trembling with excitement at the
Thought Of this new life into which she
bad so suddenly been plunged.
She was just ready when Chris came
knocking at her door. He had changed
into evening clothes, and was very i'm
naculate altogether.
wandered over her dainty person
you look like fairy" he said.
"Do II" she smiled happily. "Dc
IOu IKE lHS llOCh
She turned and twisted for his ad
nration.
Chris said it was topping. They went
downstairs together, the best of friends
Il met some fellows just now that
know" he said, as they sat down tc
table. "IN introduce you later
THEY'RE stopping mere"
She flushed sensitively. did you
Did they know you were married." sh,
asked.
Il told them.
Were they very surprised?"
W"l, they were-rather, he ad
United, and frowned, recalling the yer!
downright criticism which he had re
eeived from at least one of them.
At dinner Marie obGdiently drank on,
glass of champagne, and got a head
ache. She was rather glad to be lcf
10 herself for a little aftcrward in tn,
eSOness Of the lounge outside, Will,
Slrls went In search of his friends
sne chose a chair that was not prom,
ihent, and sat down with closed eyes.
She had never stayed in a hotel be
lore, and the noise and hustle of It al
iatner confused her. She was wonder
ing how she would ever find her wa,
through all the corridors to her room
ssaln, when she caught the mention O
her husbands name.
~ was spoken in mans voice an,
tpoHeh with a little laugh that souude,
'atner contemptuous, she thought.
one sat up instantly, headache for
lCten Probably this was one of tn
trends OF whom Chris had spoken t.
ger before dinner. She leaned a llttl
ofward, trying to see the speaker, bu
group of ornamental palms and flow
as ~ successfully obscured him.
Inc man, whoever he was. was talk
mg TO another, for presently Mari
nd aesFd a laugh and second voice sny
Chris LawleSS. Oh, yes, | know him
hns really married?"
MI ttesSI,iMsarrIed tts to girl he's know
.. .r nS life Quite child, so the
How romantic"
vo,1 Romantic" The man echoed til
mUot WtI rather cynically. "There's no
S'at as" romance in it from all accounts
call it," 'e'"'e''' Shou'
marie Marie sat quite still. She was no
nv O"SSiouS ".hI OF listening, but there seeme
III tbis 'ouHV IN all the world tha
or' S man rather hard voice as he wen
I'm LaweSs was old Chcster's adopte
S' you know, and the girl was Ches
San, Srs daughter. There was a stack c
tSo ttSo"Cy %Sa to leave, it seems, and whe
ho, Oiq man died he left it in his wi
conI,.iy tinry were to have half each O
ddnT II .ney marred--but II the
W W"1l y the whole lot went to the girl
woani, ni, you know what Lawless is? II
tSst SIn going to let a good thing lik
made mad escape him, you bet! SO he ju,
Tber,. Tb up to the girl and married heI
moon" o'' thelr money
girl?" ""-ne not Keen on Il
p,t VI course he's not! He's not IL
you ovos never cared for women. Ha,
T,io 5onI.nGI I2nGI never have! OF ''cou ccurs
,,.t vTn | know what the girls like,