Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07

(" ON1 > Wife," Edith said UNI
/ YES Mrs. Hartman
hurried on. THE marriage
was very sudden, real love match.
They were married up in the Berk-
shires, and Tony brought her home
only yesterday
1t was a strange little trio there in
the bright sunshine of the brisk fall
day. Mrs. Hartman SO plainly try
/ ing to make the best of things. Char
lotte standing silent before the
bright dark eyes of the older girl.
Into those eyes had Crept Il look of
comprehension as though she under
denly Charlotte realized that there
was to be no friendship between
them. All hope of anything of the
kind had been nipped in the bud by
those fatal words, This is Tony's
wife"
You must come and see us very
soon" Mrs. Hartman went on. Tony
will be eager to see YOU
"Oh, but not during his honey
moon" Edith said lightly, with an
other glance at Charlotte, he will
want to be alone for a time
ooh. 1 imagine he'll be quite ready
to see his friends any time" Mrs.
Hartman returned. He and Char
lotte did their counting in the coun-
| try. you see"
come very soon--it will be nice to see
Tony again, although I don't suppose
| he'll be a bit the same now that he
has annexed a wife. What surprise
for all his friends"
She glanced at tiny platinum
wrist watch hurriedly, and exclaimed
| at the time, Il must be rushing off
now, | have an engagement for lunch
con. Good-by, Aunt Evelyn, good
by Mrs. Hartman" And Edith, tall
dashing and vivacious, was off.
When Mrs Hartman turned back
! to Charlotte her graciouSness was
gone, and she had assumed her aloof-
| ness of manner,
She said nothing at all about
Edith, but Charlotte knew intuitive-
| ly that this was the woman Mrs.
Hartman would have had Tony mar
ry. She thought of this all during
luncheon which at any other time
would have claimed all her attention,
for Mrs. Hartman had taken her to
| one of the larger hotels, and the
crowds, the music and the strange de-
| licfous foods were all fascinatingly
new to Charlotte, who had never
| seen anything of the kind before.
| Afterward there was more shop
ping, an afternoon froCk. a dinner
dress, and an evening dress cut so
| as to show the girls lovely arms and
shoulders.
Madame Delphine had had very lit
tie experience with girls of Char
lotte's type. SO that when the gilt
tering cloud of silver gauze was slip
ped over the girls head, and the
| shoulder straps were snapped in
lplace, Madame stared IN amazement
as Charlotte flushed scarlet at the
| eXpanse of shoulder that the gown
| revealed.
| "Oh, but couldn't wear anything
! like this" she protested.
Its lovely on you, ravissant," Ma
dame eXulted.
| Mrs. Hartman looked at her daugh-
ter-in-law critically. The silver
gauze made CharIottes hair look al
most silver in tone. the flawleSs skin
was exquisite in texture. There
were possibilities in this girl; she
could be made very picturesque if
she responded and apparently she
could be easily managed.
Nonsense, Charlotte" Mrs. Harri-
man exclaimed impatiently,a the
dress IS not too low. Remember,
ried woman, and must dress the
part"
1t was true Charlotte was mar
ried woman. but she had been mar
Iried only a day in spite of the days
of dreary waiting before Tony had
claimed her, and the idea of wear
ing such a low dress shocked and
frightened her. Mrs. Hartman could
not appreciate the fine points Of
the girls attitude; she simply
thought the idea Of objecting to a
low-necked frock, ktupid and rather
borgeois. exactly what she might
have expected from girl of Char
iotte's type.