Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
r,,Is BEGINS THE STORY

hrNiS totber died they married;
eAen ,,,c ne she loved him and
40 geOp@'I be Iopcd her; he because he
noapIh. h.r didn't lope anybody else,
Wsa mJ yss the money tho arrange
sHd oyt.o,oLt him. On their honey
rsn. ,be learns the truth and tells
moor 0 man live the life OF Bdcheior
Mm Mm.ho,d S his friends etpeoted. Chrts
h.,oci, hsS,i Marie and she becomes very
reguroS Si,tressed. Her lope IS turn
nt N Indifference, through ms cotd-
Wy Wy, and absences, mhen mrou0h me
~ h,s.sssynosition Of a fdithtui tr'end, ne
ss n,",t 10 realize hoo hard ne hgs oeen:
Shs feels she must tearg & nun. on. .
,""cked BY his neg icn"sTness Tt, sns
III gb ss him another chance. MeahTh,ie
{,Ws G TcJber, friend Of both,
Games 10 ri'it them
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
v ->,-r Chris gave deep Sigh of relief
III b when they reached home. Hs went
- 40 the dining: room ana mixed MN
o.t strong whisky. ne lelt lrri.apie,
,lougb he tried mantu'iy ~ supttnNS .,"
Ne irritation. MhaV Is;, Mas,v VI r,mL ,,,I
y ~ ali was, he thought-trndsins round
hot payemcnts, In ana out stuny.
II unintereSting "hoPS' S
~ ant in the country or UP on th"
Scotch moors. -, 1t. ,,.r ,oh,,.
Ia was always IN to mea!s-he took
Marie and Dorothy TO ma'lhec' anu
~ Inror at the Carlton.
ave ought to have had nnotner man
oto fourth" he said to his wife
.5,srward. "I'll ask Feathers to come
| n tomorrow. ,, $50, ,,oo,,,o,. ro.
l hsed. lie had an appointment nc
said and would come another uaF'
"What about ltaIy! ChriS inquired
aver the phone, aid Feathers Salo tnet
he expected to go in about ten uayS
time.
Ill S@W" @ ought to ask him round before
$. ross he said. "You write and asl;
him to dinner. Marie Celeste
II She wanted to refuse, but dia not
like to. go. s ,,. ,,
and tired. and Chris eyes watched her
anxiously.
After a moment he asked:
Ill 0How long is Miss Weber going to
aay''
her to 10, can II" Chris moOned around
the room. >,
~ wish she'd 60, he SAID inhos-
pitably,
Marie smiled.
IIm afraid you'v had rather a dull
week" she admitted. "Why don't YOU
70 for a days golf tomorrow? Take
borothy--she would love it, l know"
"l'll go il you come
Nonsense. You know how tired l
not when we went before. ! shall be
quite all right at home, and do hate
j 10 know you are tied to the house all
III lie looked hurt. and she hastened to
odd kindly: ITS been very good Of
you, Chris, and do thank you"
He laid his hand on her shoulder.
IF you're pleased that's all l care
II about" he said.
I To Marie's surprise, Feathers rang
up and accepted her invitation.
IN She answered the phone herself. and
4 the sOund Of his voice sent her pulses
racing, and the hot blood rushing to
her checks
"DO have to get into war paint"
he asked, and she laughed as she said
that he could please himself.
"Why haven't you been to see us
before!' she questioned.
because | knew you had company.
and ! haven't any company manners.
iii, ITS only Dorothy Webber-you met
her in Scotland"
"Yes. =" There was little
pause, and before she could think Of
anything else to say he said "Well, ]
"Yes."
Marie sighed as she hung up the
receiver. She wished he had refused to
come, and yet she was longing to see
him. She felt painfully nervous as the
evening drew nearer.
h Chris had driven out into the coun-
Try with Dorothy to play golf. and for
che first time for week Marie found
herself with little breathing space.
|K Chris attentions had been rather
overwhelming. lie had done his best,
sne knew, and was grateful TO him for
Y out he left her rather brenth.ess.
Sne could never lose sight Of the fact
Inat his affections were forced and
wondered how much longer he would
Oe abIe to keep up the farce.
she never gave herself moment in
winch to think. She never looked for
ward, but lived in the present only.
4 II a h'Ih Nuil SUOulU DE nome Ut
put at o'clock. when Feathers was
announced, he had not returned.
Marie went down to the drawing
room with n trembling heart. She had
aoped that her husband would have been
Iolle before Feathers came. She knew
.aat her face was white as she crossed
tne room to him and that her voice was
unsteady as she said
WI Chris hnsn't cot honI, yot ,,, ,
sorry. He promised to be In at 6, [
with the car" "'0'e
II not very late" Feathers said
andy i think | am rather before
10y tlme' lie is sure to be in DIRECTLY"
'e har'e walked over to the window and
.r ySeu INTO the street. The September
r,ths was closing in rapidly, with
"ner depressing grayness.
TIA nope nothing has happened to
sa %en she said family. She was not
sSo an anxious really. but she felt that
N1Snt n'ust gam time to recover her COM
''iIne DeiGre She could talk to Feathers.
n s.a watched her across the room with
kIs. Eyes lie had not seen her since
in it & uay on the golf links, and he took
Sns00 0ghry Try detail of her graceful litte
,omu oe was wearing white frock of
and soo2y material, cut rather low,
1i,.I TnG her soft brown hair cur;ed into
nstIe ring lets like q child's on the white
naRe OF her neck. " wv ""'''
go.ShGe was ShG any happier, he wondered?
har nnew th"t Chris had been about with
and u great deal during the last week,
tb,nan bm ne hoped with all his heart thai
H"ss Ha were improving between them.
Hs Tonsed to ask her, but was afraid.
LS,n Anew that the only safe thing for
eonvons was TO keep to ordinary topics OF
and %dar'e nn, dropped the curtain presently
yoD,'o,sat, mnat have you been doing will