Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
ruIs BEGINS THE STORY

rause he Hked her a"p aht him,
Sorsy the marriage oro"omtt oo,t,;de,s %
Wien Mdrie learned ron oI'S''d hS had
hey honeymoon, tohy ne nua
m sd her she told hin, she did not
ronIhv;T liz, and that he might continue
io'Is ss I'll the Bachelor Husband h,s
90 oS ' assisted he al,odVs toould De.
frenu;S, her TO see that he tods
\, pJ' yather than otheroise. A
!eneyeof ~ Chris sapes her from, dro,on-
e"" n Mrs. Heriot, a dangerous
wy u, hints to Chris that Ddkers,
g s.o,cn as Feathers, hos tdHen W soye
..Hh the girl tchose iJe ne suvo
Raj the shaft goes ,oi.d Ioru un;ot Cm,,S no 20
~ Jealous. He and MRS. HeI'o. W
vi soidnG together and she beats h'm'
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
u,yuAT n triumph" she said
wv mockingly when they sat down to
-. on q grassy slope. you're not
,,o,,ne we'll today. Chris. 90.
p sho had always called him by MS
c,r,st;on name. She W." one OF those
oamen who call all men by their Chris.
Wv. names without first being invited
to do so. ., ,,,o,,o
and a spiteful nature sne uiu nos
s..r.,,v wish to remarry, because II
did so she would lose the money
~. ber bv her husband, but all the
..u,o sbe did not like to see her men
hisnds monopolized and married by
..hor women. She was thinking of her
..h,,a now. as she sat, chin on hand,
..or,rg down at Chris, sprawled beside
her on the grass. IL, l., ,.,,.
~hi,o b;s wife was in England, and he
s.a died of too much drink and an
anuioroed aoI liver. As she looked at Chris,
-;tb his handsome face and long, 1.-the
sn,ro she was mentally contrasting
In, with the short, stubby man whom
% ahn bad married solely for his money.
Che liked Chris for the same reason
.hat hp liked her. They had many
tastes in common and seldom bored
She was year or two older than he,
but she was still young woman, and
mad It not been for the money. ques-
tion she would have done her best to
marry him; but she knew that Chris
had no money, and life without money
motorcar would be without its engine.
So she had launched the craft Of Plato
between them, and comforted herself
with the thought that he was not
marrying man.
II had been a real shock to her to
hear Of his wedding. She had been very
anxious to meet his wife and find out
for herself why he had so suddenly
changed. his mind.
Her quick eyes had already discovered
that 1t had not been for love! She had
made life study Of the opposite sex,
and she knew without any telling that
there was another reason for which she
must seek.
"You know" she said, abruptly, II
was ever so surprised to hear that you
were married."
"Were your" Christ tilted his hat
further over his eyes. Most people
were, ! think. Poor old Feathers was
absolutely disgusted."
ut was very sudden, wasn't it," she
pursued: Quite romantic, from all ac-
COUNTS
"Oh, don't know. I've known her
ysther."
Really" She opened her eyes
wide. Cousins or something?" she
hazarded.
mo. Marie's father adopted me-"
Chris rose to his feet and yawned.
DE knew that he was being pumped.
shall we play another round?" he
asked.
"Of course" She was a little chm
gined. She had imagined that their
friendship was on too secure basis
Y, permit of such q decided snubbing,
one played badly, as she always did
easily. '' "'A
You threw that away deliberately, !"
hs challenged her.
,,i She laughed. ibid II Perhap. 1
od; You annoyed me-"
In what way?"
thought we were friends, and when
s,ventured to be interested in your mar
rage you snubbed me abominably."
her eyes were plaintive as they met
as, sss, and manlike, Chris felt slightly
Mrs. Heriot was a much sought.
s,.sr sS woman, and he knew that she
fof bis society.
trested," he said lanely. "And tb.r.
nothing to tell If you are looking
"t romance"
That is what you say." abe ds.
Sared' But that is 30 like a man
woman" "'N No CARES ior
onris colored little. He could NOT
Imagine what It was she wanted him to |
aoqVe always been such a con-
h.%ea bachelor" she went on. IT am
nning to think that your wife must
s,y very wonderful woman to have 90
''rrpIetely metamorphosed YOU"
onrls irowncd. He resented this
REORGANIZATION. SSs even while he was
AZ inclined to think it unreasonable
MN to do so. After all, he hod
Nv" sv"n Mrs. Heriot some considerable
Sme' and as she said, they had always
osen good friends. "'""''
,.ri can tell you one thing" he said
sst s;.. seriously. "And that Is. that NV
tor Inv is y the only woman in the world
f.o, %hom l would have given up NV
StiaeU sss.os freedom! There, will that
Ss1s %s'' Heriot smiled sweetly. She al
bsTs. smiled sweetly when she was
's particularly vixenish.
svset ~" ~ sweet Of you How very
Ssv. she murmured. "Of course,
SAarmjr "afs sald what particularly |
tnsonhhs girl she is-so unspoilt, so
inotySPannistlcated I suppose, It is lust
''sr ~ .n case OF like attracting unlike"
n. uguppose 1t is," said Chris blunt
IN ne wished to goodness she would
sbrs,,sdo soout something else. He was
AestSu enough to detect the sting be.
pride uer sugary words, md all his
81 h0thing more, rose in defense
fttls aio,,, ne thought Of her with a
TS,s ,stow OF atfectionate warmth
shes tho most unseiGsh child Two
vt met" he said impulsiyely, "
.pne was still a nLilI a -