Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
4 BACHELOR HUSBAND
THE STORY
By RUBY N. AYRES
Av,bor Of "Richard Chdtferfon," Etc.
"", 's,,r,oh,. 1890. bv W. J. Wat. q Co.

Ih,o r,.,,cr and ChristopwsSSss
r.gIs,s werc ra,sca Indifferent ifg to her;
nrdi !nl"rsd iin,i he gas Lro,k ,mu'p he proposed
NinT Nnrr "rd and she jogtlliv oCTbp Tbev 40 on
,,ss;sssino ~ he loved hc'i hotel tShcro he
asw "Ss'T +" T,could meet a ,To jc' Of then,
t.eie 10 she hears a Gc9up,c p,Ssr :, had
tiena:' ,se marriage. Her Jas"dIi ns divided
slot q o. Toasy Sstreen them u they e. mas ,ens
equally 70 Ken didn't mdrrv Sao s,onJs ,o%s
r,d. u 'nJgg ",g And Chris tr,onas
10 get m,nsd " NED mat chris hdd ob ma,
easily d'sum's noncv; phich, Mougn
Ied for mG Ice clean tcllo,o, ts sImpg
Chris 10 q n'cGe GE UT"" s;s and Feathers, a
me truth. .h,u' Io" billiards and Marie
friend, 90 10 P.av; P.Iv;,ot;on Of Atkins,
cccep" TIE "o 10 40 and watch them.
''',,s, aSp HER HERE IT CONTINUES
H .'.nt with young Atkins to th'
y billiard room no,ch " and tried to lister
high leather ,;ncd the game, but 1t al
While he sxpla.b, lSao,,b,e Dutch. The smok'
sounded like ups doupse md cigarettes of thu
q tne e,ronnd , her made her sS EYE bcr fec
men u,C shC S,bducd light mae i,torested hu,
ana "y She did her best TO DC 'n''i'
Sut i was S.S G'nSS' taEen oF his coat to eb' b.
Chris hao to NAV, ard he looked a NM ,'
more free " nan in his shirt -sleeyes, m sn,
figure OF ma, %o stood chalking his cut
and lsugn,"s .,Or once glanced at his wIle
s,f 'e esrTnocsed he thought h tnnt hv s'v yoInt m
mite S"N happy and enter'a''eO ~
Atkins 81. was the first night of nr'
Ana."np Ana ", She realized it IN pity
hcneym.'O""f ~ way, as If she were Ion, Ion
ing soI' .bc h case CT some Etrl other UNI, MI
dderias y" It seemed dreadfully. SAD Sn' M
herself, on1 ~ then smiled, realizing tha'
thought, aHo .ho little wife whom she wa
she was .nd -" tbot the tall man over tni
w. side Of the room 20 e''s 0'''
Sis Sises zane, me, was her husband o.,s ,,i
w w,., other wife in the worlu mnt ~
MheI ~, O drst evening Of her marrise
spent .ch;nr ..y n game of Billiards. sn' IN,
LIE llie.SSrSSs waA And a little helpless lauSi
sscaped her. -, ,-r, o,;okIv
Young Atkins looked uUT% Whot did 70,
~ beg your PARDON nav
ayw Or,v laughed"
She bit her lip TO pT9gNs"' .tmni5 sS,
,rom coming again. lloM "1h Ia han,
was, because nothing "'''"'''s '"N " :
ueped o,.oss % bcr
Only once Chris came n'IoIr n'Ioeoo%, ~, VI h,
"Would you ike soIlc 'o"'''
asked,
mo, thank you. :,
nno vour head good he SAID, bn
without looking at her. his Eyes "r,, ~
watching the table the whole tlhe, ;' az.
without waiting for hcr 10 spc"N "s"''
no went of back to the game: .o,
"Chris really plays a humping eoH'
game" Atkins conhded 10 her' a.
| ways tell him he's a rotten player; ou W
| he isn't a rotten PLAYER at an!tn,i,"s
really! Fine sportsman you hiioW.
Marie nodded. She knew HVcrF'n','
there was to know about, CHRIS n
home she had n scrapocoK. hcr mos
treasured possession, carefully pa't''
up with every little newspaper ruttln
tat had ever been printed ABOUT MN
from the first long jump he had w9'
.t local school to an account OF WEI,