The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-14
SECTION
When 4 Girl M0rvies
By ANN LESLIE.

could start right out for the days work" l replied. giving the reassllr- ance she's seemed intent on geutinE. That's nice.'' she murmured, ris- ing to go. AS she started to turn from me she laid her Left hand on the little table near which I twas sit- ting An envelope addressed to ms l in Virgfnia's unmistakab1e writing. stared up at me. CarIotta's right hand touched mine lightly for a nno- ! ment, as she said with 8 prefense oSl carelessn ess:
 Virginia left this for you. I sup- pose she was sorry to miss the5chance of 8 little chat
 When CarIotta was gone I seized the note and tore it open with eager fingers. A great joy surged up in my heart at the thought of Virginia making the first move toward a re- conciliation. With a twinkle in my 1 mental eye, could picture Jim maax- ing a gesture of surrender after we'd had a misunderstanding. In this moment of loneliness the gay be- tween him and me seemed somehow bridged by the mere fact that Vfr-7 gdnia had missed me enough ta leave me a note.
 Without luther ado I pulled the sheet of paper from it's envelope. and read:
 Dear Anne-I congratulate you on your good sense in absenting yourself from the StuT,ges' home to- l night Getting the news of your lat- est performance from CarlottaL was bad enough. but I exterted every atom of my self-coaItrol and man
 aged to keep Carlotta from seeing how your nelodramatic moves an- noy and-1 might as we'll acknowl- edge the full truth of the situatjon-- disgust me-
 looked up and away. My eyes were so full of tears that for a mo- ment or two couldn't go on read-
 ing. Then anger came and burned
 my eyes dry of such weak things as tears Whereupon I resumed read ing:
 Probably you realize that your
 desire to run things in our family
 has swept you a little to far-beyond the limits of decency. this time, What you did for me and Pat was a fortunate expression of your tenden- cy to wish to run things. I suppose
 you're one of those women who fan cy they have a. great executive ability
 and can manage the affairs of the
 world peter than any one else. If I
 had been consulted about Jim's trip.
 he'd never have gone. And as head
 of the family, I'd like to call your;
 attention to the fact phat l should
 have been consulted.
 Now, to make bad matters worse,
 my little sister is rushed headlong
 into marriage with your brother. No
 matter what the deluded child says,
 no matter what the boy protests, [
 can see your influence in this. How ever. let me warn you. I'm head of
 the family You cannot be. Buff I could overlook all these affronts to me. I cannot forgive the arrogant and high-handed way in
 which you manage to reflect d1scred-
 it on Jim's ability to take care of his wife. And when you chown It all by
 leaving my home and becoming
 pensioner on Carlotta Sturges' gen.
 erosity. you go further than I pro-
 pose enduring.
 '1 cannot stop your outrage ous conduct, but I can decline to tolerate i
 it or you. I am sure my meaning is
 clear. I am, yours.
 t'VIRGINIA Gi. DALTON
 Virginia's meaning was all too
 clear. She intended to cut herself off !,
 entirely from ther rebel sister-in- law, {. .. Anne Harrisoa.- cTo Be Continued)