Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
4 BACHELOR HUSBAND
BY RUBY NJ. AYRES
a,,boy of "Richdrd Chdtferfon," Etc.
cor,,Ioht. 1850. by w. J. Watt q Co.

Sh" ,.,i,oI y my n .ne hote,.
SnjaI. SnJ wa,Neu reluStahtly beside him'
"If vn,, .ra c'hr;s; bo.t fr;onI u,,
weren,t vou bis ha.t ynon otn. "my o,,,
wedding - ~ ~ '''
She 1ooked -, NJ him No s,o snoL.
and saw Tho o,,icL frow, tbot orpss.j
his face '"' '''''''
"Am to onsver ,bot ,,o.,,o, o., h.
askod 'n"' '''''"' "'
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over ,om coIi =, onJ nj 80 7 nof"saJ y, ~ VIM"
"Wby - She ,Soa rooiin i,.oroo.oa
now ny '"e ""' rea''' '"'efeS'eu
.ybr9 We'll booorso- hofo,, .ou
you-i Jisl;ked tho idoa Of Chris hsin.
married Niorr,oso snoi,s ~ r,oat ,;"nass s
sb,ns % T betvsen mug, r,an ,, si'O''S ''oe' if'e"u
Marie iooted omt ovo- tho .oo with
wistfni oyes ''' '''' '"' ''" WI"
II don't tbi,L morr;ouo ,,l,, s,o;,
Chris fricndsbins " sbe said With faint
bitterness 'N' WIN '"'
"No " ho oorood "r or afraid T.
will not. ." "'n N -
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IT, uhoI' uo L;n my .h nn'. mU''h hco1 '"e 'u'u
| ~ Gn Il'oon nnt us !" h" bS"asSS aSrsod Ie"''
i "AnG yetI-irst now. ror told mo T
sborId ho y,,jso to moiYa n frio,d of ,o, ~
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a. h,s I'.If" ,,;.h fo;nt o,nhorra ,sr,a,,t ,u
ne w. M'it ,.Js -, hn aid d'" ond than n
Eoo,hans nroJ o,,ior ..Ia 'u ro,'r h."J
hottor Maj. Coiostcp,, '"'
I Sba oailoJ nervouslr
"Ob ycs ,t'S n,,itc rono, 7 cot IN
oorlr ma boJ n Iono woIL oIoSo tho
; sands and 7 mot NJ DaLers and bc
/ came hack. with mo ;,
"CaIl him Feathers " said Chris.
"Evervbodv does
"Do they? But 7 hardly know him -.
| You soon will" lie looked nj her
doubtfully. "Do YOU think YOU will
manage to have n good time here
Marie?"
"Oh, YES, With" with YOU"
she had been going to add, but stopped,
She felt instinctlvclv that she wouit!
not be allowed to have much of her hus-
bands undivided attention. There were
SO many rcoplc in the hotel who were
friends o. his.
"Thcrc is a Mrs. Heriot here who
knows you," She said, more for some =
thing to say than for any other reason.
and she was surprised at the way Chris
suddenly flushed
yes I know" he said. 81 saw her
last night"
They went in TO breakfast together,
Marie thought She had never seen such
Il bip room She kent close 70 Chris
conscious that MI eycs werc upon her.
Feathers and Young Atkins occunied n
,:..I- -. e. .L.:., - A.
linS got nm rs soon ns he saw Marie,
md came over TO ask how she was,
'I'm quite well. thank you, and isn't
il n lovely morning.
"RIopinc! I say. can you SWIM"
..Yas'
Chris loohed I'm. "Can you?" he
osked in sunrise, then laughed and col
orad raaIizino how verv little he really
knew about Marie and her accomplish :
monts.
"I wish nponle wouldn't stnre Mt ME
So" she said TO him nervously, when
breakfast was over aud they were out in
the lounge once more. lis there any
thing funny looking about ne, Chris?"
Ue cast a casual eve over her daint
;ness
"You 'ook all right" he said. without
In,feh enthusiasm. Probably they know
we're newly married." i've added
Maria soid nothing. but she turned
away from him and looked out over the
% sen a Iittlc wIntry smile on her ouiv.
crinc Inns.
S Jc ', was ouitc indifferent to her, She
lna,,.' AnI in hrr nossionatc min and
hitternc<s she almost wished for hi,
-. 49,.