The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-12
.When 4. Girl
 M0rries
By ANN LESLIE.
(Continued) CHAPTER CCCXX1.


 T repeated. facing Jim in utter aston 7ican you ask that, Jim7 Of course -:do!" iJinn almost curtTy. ''where Pat is tcoucerned I see you may need me. ffEszIt that's my sisters afa1r--onIy 2 natural you should feel can be trust ted to deal with it as best I know SfhoW-.
 sT-donst-understand youi" I cried. rs~Why are you being so queer ana sarcastic? I've not left out anything T Paid said I didn't tell you my feel E1ngs, but that was because wanted tto get your opinion uncolored by sn1is1a.''
 Jim grinned at me, half in irrita- stfon. half in amusement Then ne burst out in a voice compfetely ruieo " -eYon dear funny little kfdi As if | didn't know darn well what's eating syuu. It's that;1o long journey stuff from EPafsaspiel.F You've got it sort or 1an- -s Erfed up-in your mind with that Sld. 5ney Carrpn speech in the Tale or sTWo~Cihes' Hero stuft- Fats no ilei no . 1f-juse a regular guy. Darn nfce one ,sBut what else can Pat mean ?" | naked. "Oh, Jiu1---I know you tnlHh t.Tm all sorts of a fool and always s-wazutirle. to play fairy godmother ana fbe Htt1esNdiss F1x-it. But I'm so nappy inryseIf and have so many biesslLrgs sn1,is -sSt1lat can't help wanting other Peo@pl @ i'm have a taste of the wonder1ul Joy s<Rnt,s come to me- ,-,o.sad
 s~Youz blessed darling! You plesssu, ssoo 4b5e-,seti ffoney-larubi" Jim Nolce tcIoudetf over and he flung h1rnseir oS' f9ris knee and laid his face agaIfisI fa.. r7reart In a eecond he got to Iiis nis tI,e Ea1rd stood looking down at me Ilfe e,e,., e,.e F7,i<- estroug man I adore even more than &he gentle ioyer. leased you exr <-.I1ine-yo a Fix-it. But one ol [ the things I love you for is the sIsffer Rfnr 5a,eart that hates to see others suHea sure, and the steady brain that so are T - cT heIpless. If 1t weren't TOT ss,st-syou and I would have come : to a' nasty place in our affalrs Iioi <3,-.., once within the past weeks
 SA asIx1,st~ f7o won mean, Jim?'' cr1ed - .vain - oppressed by the sense oi .z -se1mefff7us mysterious just around = ssyTeii come to that soon" he re- x,fied. iFBut first, there's Pat 10 aea, a. with. What do you want me lo uo a oo n1s have you come to me be- e -,-,.1ss1 yoa1 believe in my strength, or are you going & to run thls ass asKed Si1n linn. AS faced him and his questlonE | .! realized that we had come to a Crisis 5Is,9 f in our lives 1nep E0T I understood. l dts Either .f relied on J5m's judgment or my 5 o,zn. If on his could put all my t ! cards on the table ana truso annnced r pIaLy7 lIlSiAA HIS Nf'--
 ! oS .Yo,1.re running this,'' I said at iast-happy to know that n nhehIe f,isI IT feel sure that Pat is going to-goins g91n! --i to make way with hfmseH. uon. fn- ! see what other reason ne U n1' ia s.,,6- j n1tfsne- his house in order and seno- frr me the miniature. l donI see T what, else he can mean py tnaL iG6 D sis jor1rneS he keeps taking Iopav paTe m tssn.. he1n 11Siess you can stop him. You're the oni}r one to handle this now. aPatb no qnitter, o,,,de!9 fepned tska tbe Ji1e cosward's way out. And beside belns k to-o much of a. man to-commN sui eide he~ has the brain to Know in,ad In1ni nothfng could more hideously cloua < Eand mar and besmirch Virginia's life than just that, confess
 .sNo-but Pat will He'll see that Etsff a. divorce would point like a Slgn- post to Virginia. and this darn BIahe a t curb she's running with the other s-sSfhine would mark her all the more sSterribly-hen see that all right But I've one possibility of 5ea!n keepins e9ine a11r ESorth tu1norrow to look after some -iisrrnperty that I'm sure adjolns Pat sshoBdings- Anyway. they @ can 'raT9i And ]; that husky old guy would be a. tonlc {; -Aand a. saving grace for anyone lie n Il 2 look out for your Pat I'll see to
 e<Oh. Jfm,' I sighed comforta.bly: ssI feel so much better already. k like masculine brains better than Efeminine-your's better than mlne' Eenv7way. From this day on I'm going to cut out trying to run things anu Elet Jim do it. I am swear II! Twas almost crazy with fear about GdI. And now I'm all reassured- like E leaning on you .,
 ..I like having you lean on me" tsaid Jim, suiting action to word. 'l m Ind T1ncIF Ned hauled me out kof the office and then let me come home early; He's going to phone me ' at dinner time on natter
 Jim's voice became remote and l e~business'' came glowerinS into the , room to shut me out and to give me Lagain the queer feeling of jealousy ] Lllad known a little while before fThen Jim continued.
 '.Just to ease both our minds tsanowever, I'm going to call Tat ana
 might even have dinner with him Ifs darn lonely and morbid eating alone all the time.' The latter part
 of his sentence Jim said almost tc himself as if coming to a decision, he fSturned to me:
 .1Ten you what I'm going to do FiittIe lady. I'll date Pat up for 3 Lstag dinner tonight if he's free. YoI & know how it is-men can talk SC
 much more frankly when there's nc ..At that third party I had a bad thinne to- keep from wincing or crying Eout a protest Nor did St please mt kto have Jim forget that if it wa! t1onefy eating a. solitary meal, l-wou1dn't fancy being doomed to tha; sstate- I choked down my petty feel ings. since all that counted was saving Pat
 After a few minutes low-voicet conversation over the telephone Jiu Burned to me with a complacent:
 'eNoW it's all fixed. You needn' .Sworry about Pat any longer IT shave and clean up a bit. and if tn
 message from Uncle Ned hasn't com by the time leave, I'll trust vol kto take it. Only be sure to get i straight
 Gro Be Continued)
 
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