The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-04-14
Observation-Disclosures
GopSTiaha ey Kaeiasmm Morris

There was music, and then they all
kissed me, and we had supper, and
they drank our health. went back
that night to my sisters; Royal
stayed with his mother. We planned
to 60 away on our honeymoon the next
day. I did not tell Linda and Fred
that I considered myself married.
knew they weuld not understand and
would try 10 interfere.
"The next morning slipped away
from the house with my suitcase, and
I met Royal Blondin downtown. We
motored to Syracuse and took train
there for New York. had felt sick
when I awakened-it was partly ex-
element, and partly the supper the
night before, when we had all eaten
and drunk too much. But was very
sick I'm the train, thought was going
to die. Royal persuaded me to eat my
lunch I'm the dining car, and that only
made me worse. There was q nice
woman In the train, with two little
girls, and she took care Of me. And
when she got to New York; had told
her that 7 was on my wedding journey,
and perhaps that made her kind-she
took us to her boarding house in West
Forty-sixth street. The landlady was
q dear, good woman, O. Mrs. Harring-
ton, and-I was very sick by this time
she put me into her own room, be-
cause the house was full, and sent for
her own doctor.
SIT was a. time OF horror" Harriet
said, smiling little, after moment OF
thought. "The strange women and the
strange room, and Royal coming In
with flowers, and sitting beside me.
The doctor said IL was O touch Of poi
soning, and was I'LL only q few days.
But the inconsistencies, and the strange
nessl Somehow, ! didn't feel married,
7 felt like lost little girl. wanted
to BIO back In Linda's kitchen again.
safe, and scolding because nothing In
teresting ever happened.
"Well, was sick for three or four
days. II was the fourth day when
was we'll enough to 10 out. Royal
thanked them. and paid Mrs. Harr1ng'
ton and the doctor and we went to
lunch downtown-it was at Martins
I remember, and Royal was 90 excited
and interested In everything. But
still felt limp and dull. We shopped
and went about seeing things aftel
lunch, and then we went to the hote
where he was staying. We were regis
tered there as Mr.. and Mrs. Blondin; 4
was all quite taken for granted"
Harriet stopped; her face wa
drawn and white, her words coming
with dificulty, the phrases brief ant
dry. Richard was paying her absolut
attention, his eyes fixed upon he
face.
Eve had dinner upstairs" she said
She paused. her lips tight pressed.
1T can't tell yeu." she began again
suddenly, IT can't tell you how Il wa
that I came suddenly to know that
was too young for marriage In Mirtar
Streets little studio, where they wer
laughing about the baby and the SUI
per, It seemed different. But here.
a hotel, I suddenly wanted my sister.
wanted to be homo again.
I'VE were talking and plannin
naturally enough. Royal was comm
and going In the two rooms; ha
plenty of chance too escape. Ever
time I let one go by my heart bes
harder"
He could tell from her voice that hi
heart was beating hard now with I'll
memory Of that old time.
IF had let them all 60 By" she r
commenced, "my life would have bee
different. In a few weeks We woul
have come back to WATERFOWL. as ms
and wife. and perhaps had n stud
near the Streets, and perhaps found
solution. But I Couldn't
II caught up my coat; left my hi
D and bag. I went down the stairs, n
!. daring to wait for the elevator. And
o went to Mrs. Harrington's. She WI
Y very kind and took. me in; she sa
e that perhaps 1t would be better to wa
@ until was older. cried all nigh
II and the next day Mrs. Harrington le
me the money and ! went back
Linda.
"Of course, II was terrible, at fri
% But they were kind to me. I'm the
way. And ] was-cured. I went In
Mysteries at the first mention OF t
whole hideous thing. They saw Re
n and they told me that need never o
him again. The papers-for IL got
the papers said that a divorce hi
been arranged, bat there was no ne
for a divorce. II was all huBhed up
\ Linda and Fred never spoke OF IL.
all. well, couldn'tl
"But when Fred's brother, Dav
who was in dental college then. beg
to like me, then they began to ma
light Of It," Harriet remember'
There had been no marriage.
course, either In law or In fact. TIL
all knew that. And I suppose IL h
} married David 1t might have been Id
pier for me. But as Ii was, / anger
them. 1 didn't want to marry Dav
And so it was what folly girls {
themselves into-what the wo
: thought Of a girl who had been talk
about'-what the least breath OF SCI
dial msantl"
"And you went back to Blondir
II Richard suggested.
. at? No, I never saw him again ur
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