The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-23
When A Girl
 Marries
By ANNE LESLIE


 owe me couple of charming guests, Mrs. Anne Harrison. and when Aunt May told me where you were I dash ed over to collect. I need something to cheer me after getting the info from Pat Dalton that my poor old dad aint a-going' to have no house party this weekend. But maybe he is. after all. However-more of that anon. Now let's get our sturdy bark under weigh"
 To my surprise, Mabel didn't de- | mur. Instead she said with all the old boise and serenity that serve her as well Virginia's savoir faire and l social ease:
 It's very nice of you to include me- MT. Parkinson. But after all, it's | nice of me to include you-for you've walked right into one of my most | precious enga gements - lunch with | Mrs. Harrison. I'll just run out to | tidy up bit and leave you folks in charge while I'm gone" Say, Mrs Anne Harrison. thN door just closed on a Queen!" cried Park, staring at the spot where Mabel had stood a moment before ''I think l I'm bowled over. I think I'm hit bv Cupid's dart. and all that sort of thing, don't you know. Miss storrs. you said. No bold husband or iance in the off1ng,is there?"
 Silly chi1dH' I laughed "Mabel Storrs is a dfgnif1ed bushes woman. but still young enough to resent the sort of nonsense your Aunt May adores You must distinguish be- | tween them. You really can't treat 1 them both according to one formu- la"
 Cant I? Oh, think I can"
 As he said it, lightly, Park turned to me with a smile that was all of his | lips. In his eyes there was a queer light which made me rummage about in in his personality is ordinarily hidden by his high spirits.
 But Mabel Storrs Is young" pro- tested, because I must say something. and I felt safer dealing with the ob- | vious
 | And Aunt May wasn't very sure of herself or very happy. That might make for cynicism, too," replied Park with what may have been a flash of insight and, on the other hand may have been ttt-for-tat reply along obvious lines.
 So you're going to insist on treat ing the beautiful lady manager of my husbands office and my dear Iit- tie partner the same way" said un- easily, and realizing that wasn't giv- ing very good account of myself.
 "Yes'un1," laughed Park. And III l call upon you to rem ember bhat Aunt ] May considers me the dearest boy bar one, in all the world. So if you don't consider my methods efficient. and if I'm not always obvious, bear with me yet a while. Mrs. Anne liar r1son- We may not seem to be get ting there. but we guarantee results. Aha! Here comes the beautiful lady who will complete our triangle [ move and second 1t that this luncheon club shall meet once a week. The ayes have 1t. It is a vote. We meet once week. Mrs. Anne Queen Nab - and Puck - known form erly as Park - hefgh-ho. Are we off?"
 You funny. funny boy!" chuckled Mabel Just think I was blue a. little while ago, Anne. And here comes this gay youth and iests me into happy frame of mind. I didn't know there was another boy fin the world as kindly as Oliver
 "Oh, I'm very nice boy!" Park assured her. "A little young, but the years will remedy that. A child but I'll grow. And now. my dear old ladies, let away"
 With Mabel still chuclzling, we started off. But somehow I was ir- ritated. Why did Park have to con- duct himself like a young imp? Ger tainly nothing in his absurd clown ing could be expected to counteract MabePs opinion of mankind. Hith- erto she'd known a. knaHe-Dick West. Now she was urged to know a. fool And for this absurdity I was asked to forego 1unching with Betty and to leave her entirely under Vir- ginia's influence.
 As I followed Park and Mabel to the elevator, my feelings were rasped and irritable.
 = "Oh by the way" said Park cas- fly. Ralph Is waiting for us at the club. From what Aunt May said I got a notion 1t was o. K. to arrange to meet him there."
 And, as neither of them noted my start of surprise, they couldn't won- der-as I did-what 1t meant
 CHAPTER 719
 Ralph Lacy was waiting for us when we arrived at the club to which Park took us in his Strangely enough, MT. Lacy drove Mabel back into her shell. To her he was def- nftely a man and one of the beings against whom she was instinctiVely on guard. Her manner was dignifed and yet overburdened with the re- serve which seems so pitiful In q woman as young and well favored as she.
 I found myself rather impatient with Mabel. If she could put LII with Parks clowning, 1t seemed al if she might have a litle more grac ious response for Ralph Lacy's dignI fled 6riendliness The affair Jerkec along with soasms of merriment in duced by Park. and stiff moment when Ralph strove in vain to intro duce a pleasant general conversation Mabel was so guarded and i'll at cas- that she was pitiable or annoying.
 couldn't decide which.
 By the time our awkward meal wa over. was fully convinced tha either of the two fine men would ful mile rather than risk seeing Mabe again. Great was my astonishmen nj therefore when Park remarked eaH iIy over his cocoanut cake and cof fee: 3y
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