The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-28
When 4 Girl A Mnrries
By ANN LESLIE.
CHARTER mmxn

I CHATTER CCCIKN the front door ofgDreamwold Fson slip out like a little gray ehost ka ngure rose from the seat in the Teep emorasure at the top of the fstalrs and laid hand on my sleeve.
 It was Virginia!
 Don't follow 1her, Anne, said ! 9Metiy with an air of fauthority. Whatever she came to do is done
 You saw her and let her 20 in to poor Val-now whenSshe is 50 help 5esnis: 5sa ns1.! Ieried seeasinsE oh, ~oh,
 Are you judging me-without.auy mercy?' asked Virginia with a-fouch Of the old haughtiness. Then she aadea sa vssy sweetly and humhly: oI hfne- Not a-good friend becauss me wasn't. capable of being a gooa sta soieho l to any woman But he tried thing to Iue I'll neyer-forget. Perha'n. you ought to know If you can tell me in all fairness Jendsa,. 10 poor Shelly, wish you would. every kind thought I can in my bea ,lss rt for him now
 ..z: z5es,, sa,a I'll tell: you" said Virginia. l dIned alone with him that he felt uraWn, to me because I was as m bahpyuas batb 1,as he tho was: He said-we were fablo-tha fox who declared the grapes he couldn't reach souri,
 You mean that Shelly couldn't have what he wanted of life and so ne LOOK everything he could get ?' I asked. | Yes" replied Virginia. There was some mystery of denied am mbition his nature. Perhaps he wanted to amount to something and became a phianderer~in bitter reaction from his
 "Perhaps.' returned quietly. Perhaps"
 But T was beginning to see more than I cared to tell Jeanie- Her part Of picture puzzle I had given up as utterly hopeless because so in,any important pieces were lost missing pieces. and I could almost imagine the design of the whole Even while this was flashing through my mind,S T. said aloud:
 Perhaps one of us ought to go In to Val. Evvy's visit may have upset her, I hardly see how vou came to let her go in. And then as long as you waited out here, why did you let Evvy slip by without speaking .5,o "5. didn't ,, le: her go in" replied she was there until I saw her in the rHreh light when she opened the
 
 It does sound a bit thick said !eanie- But I only got back a few minutes ago, and when I went to NaPs door and heard voices. I came away to sit out here and think wanted to see Val-but alone So ] was hiding here to regain my own composure and to wait until the
 And when Evvy fitted by you ?" I asked.
 ;.I thought it was the nurse I way at the bottom of the stairs .-a then in the light from the porch I recognized Evvy.''
 And in the next minute you saw me: I added. piecing the puzzle to- 'gether bit by bit. though I still lack ed several of the most important pieces: But we mustn't stand here terribly upset. Who knows what Evvy said or did, for that matter And Val has had a frightful shock today Shed gone through a bitterly
 Tt may have been -merciful-for her. said Virginia cnrtly.
 we don't know how much she's suffering," replied.
 Its all quiet in there. The nurse would never have. permitted Evvy to upset her." retorted Virginia with in difference that amounted to uncon- say, half as badly as she deserves. the nurse will give her hypodermic 10 qu ner. 50 there's nothlng to worry about where our guest is con cerned- I've been here all of ten minutes and I haven't heard any signs of disturbances
 You just got back ten minutes ago I asked, though Junie ; made similar statement once be- fore.
 whereabouts. We came back from Mason Towers by the highroad. I didn't want to get too near the scene of the accident. Pat under something to me. And I'd just
 While Pat visited with Evvy?"
 "Oh. no. Evvy was lying down." her mother said And. of course when I saw her sneaking out of my probably ran away from Mason Tow CTS and hurried over. here by the lit tie path as soon as we came. You see that, don't your"
 Again I thought it unnecessary to tell Virginia how much I under
 Now I'll go in to Val" went on. .'Fivvy may have upset her
 tically I've talk like an English comedy of manners, don't we. Sister Anne? Saying everything but what the idea. I'll send y6u off with a typica1iy English ta-ta. old thing
 Laughing1y. Virginia waved her hand and started down the stairs. but I looked over the banisfcrs and saw her pressing a handkerchief to her eyes as she rounded the first turn
 I went to Vars door and knocked gently No answer. Tran I turn ed the door-knob and went in. The bed was empty and the nurse no where to be seen.
 (To Be Continued.)