Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-25


memory OF that night was still bitter
ana unforgettable. Her first impulse
was to refuse to tell him. Then sud.
aenly she changed her mind.
why should she spare Chris, or try
any longer to defend him when he was
uhrefcndable?
You said that you would tell me
some day. Feathers reminded her.
II Know But IL was some min
utes before she told him.
- was sitting In the lounge that
night after dinner, and heard you tell
some one that Chris had only mar
ried me for my money"
The driving wheel jerked furiously
beneath Feathers hand. and for an in.
slant the car swerved dangerously. Then
he jammed the brakes home and brought
1t to a standstill at the roadside.
They we're In the country now, with
hedge topped banks on either side. and
1t was all 10 still and silent that they
might have been the only two in the
world.
Feathers half.turncd in his seat. Ills
fncc was white and Mortified, and TO
moment he stared at her, his lips
twitching as IL he were trying to speak
and could find no words.
Marie looked at him with misty eyes,
and, seeing the pain and shame in his
face: laid her hand gently on his arm.
Please don't look like That. It hurt
Mt first. but ,aftcrward I was glad that
/ knew--really gind!"
.arT,t sVmer o you na'Sd ne
you" she said oui"kIv ~ ~ dnn,, nUt Nn"m hato
Won now. do Ip,' "''
He looked AWAY tro,, bor
$50 it's all nv fo,,itu l.. ,.,,
hnrshly. '''' "' '"''
She echoed HE word,.
"All vour fouItS Iyho. ia ro,,
meonpn '0"' '""''' "hat no you
"Tbet Won and chr,. oro M.
happy .i "i'' "'e "''
Her face ou,v,rod so,s;t;rolv .ho,
..Yom r',s; rvst s'n',H .L,H,. A., ,, 49,
Won did wos 70 IAN ia. @ VI" peuse i,,il nll
ioonpr thon 7 sbouia Ia n"Im 49, Ht''T it :
hadn't ovcrhcord y.ha+ 'u ',,, nnn atI
It would have hurt n,rol 49,. ,,,o ~ ,s soM ;;
not found out for some ti,ne oftcrrord
You sce',ENsha noWsol '''' ui.,. M"iu'
stendv ber voice "vo,, "a TL,' uo.n'nt 10
reollv ioved mo onJ nJ' re-, suet onris never
II - ""' '""' "'i aoou'
"So wondor vou ho.o ,, J., ,,
again heavily ''u '"'' ms he saiu
II don't hate vo,;, .,o. .,,,
Ike TO tell Won sono,hina M, AZ, ni miouiu
shcn perhonS yom unn't taai inri i1ahtrs;
about il. Nav r." 'e'' So ouu
"WeU?" That norosruoh,o
pruflv 'ionoSSiiapie came
IT'S lust that ono oood +h,rr .,o.
has happened to me s;nceDWsinca I mnr' ,ar'
ricd Chris-is having met vo,i 7 ahoII
always be glad of that, no matter What
happens, for you'y been sucb n kJnS
friend. Please believe me-"
bakers looked down at the band rest -.
ing on his arm.
DO you believe in friendship be .
tween a man and woman. Mrs, Law
Less he asked, In a queer voice.
on. yes.' said Marie, feryently.
Don't you?" 'e"'''
II am not sure"
s,p Sne looked up in dismay.
;"' you said-l thought you said
Ho hro,, l., ,
"Tooi NJ. th III uDruptly'
turnoJ hon a. 'me view on your lett. She
little oxnia m.au opsu,entiy ana gave
'''1Ie H. eIbclamation b,nn alton OF delight.
leoyinr nsi, hau suddenly ended,
tbat sIonnJ nn' Wlue expaasc or meadows
.h ha' S.opeu Gown TO river flowing at
some won,an ";sH Wooueu MI.
frocks uoro n taa,a IA picturesque cotton
the mesJnTs '00Ss omI .ne my IN one OF
waftod tbrora,' any ~ '"u t sven. Oh II ""r
Mario nIoo5nd 'te h 'uisLiheI
liphted ohiid 'e' hahds IKE de-
"T "a "i," Nv,
,,oltra I o. Hope we Shonid see them
Ihint sro n"S ''e s"lI' cn; do you
SI' We nIsnL 20 ana help'
ous one nau lorso'ten tnClr previous scri-
raI;of ELI ~ Sa Iat'oh. 10 teathers Infinite
ho ia G . 'auEheu "s nc answered that
.noaoSt az u,u mE. ni'; 'n'nR theS could very well
'"ssf't SWING uhy assistance.
too ;, Sana !" 'aEe you much further,
49, no s"iu' 1 know nh Inn where
W., We 'nn see iuhch mt Tor King. and
tbot , /" "''ou'' ot cream ana things lik"
'"atI ny
ioVc cream said Marie.
she leaned back beside him content
edly, ana fell into day dream. The
easy droning of the engine was very
soothing, and the soft air on her face
seemed to blow away MI the cobwebs
and perplexities that had worried her
during the last two months. For a
little time she gave herself up to the
restfulncss Of it all and the simple en- >
Joyment.
Feathers let her alone. He was not
talkative man, and he only spoke
now and again to point out some ex =
qulsite bit OF scenery or tell her some
thing of the surrounding country.
You know It well, them" she
asked, and he said that he and Chris
had often motored that way together.
Hcr husbands name gave Marie n
stab OF pain. For a little while she
had resoIutely pushed him into the
background of her thoughts. She sat
up when Feathers spoke of him, and
the look Of quiet contentment faded from
her eyes.
What was Chris doing now And