Evening star., 1922-03-26

her to trust Ashton. His fear Of los
ing her, his complete subsection to
her wishes. his happiness in her pres
ence-all seemed to Prove that to
make her happy was his one wish.
and that he could do anything to
make her unhappy appeared impos-
Sible.
They were married the morning
she arrived at Saratoga, and the same
day departed for Niagara Falls and
Quebec. The honeymoon lasted ten
days. They were ten days Of com
plete happiness. No one. so the girl
declared. could have been more kind.
more unselfishly considerate than her
husband. They returned to Saratoga
and engaged suite OF rooms at one
of the big hotels. Ashton was not
satisfied with the rooms shown him.
and. leaving her upstairs. returned
to the Office to ask for others.
Since that moment the wife had
never seen him nor heard from him.
On the day Of her marriage young
Mrs. Ashton had written to her
father, asking him to give her his
good wishes and pardon. He refused
both. The letters he wrote his
daughter were so bitter that in reply
she informed him he had forced her
to choose between her family and her
husband, and that she chose her hus-
band. In consequence, when she
found herself deserted she felt she
| could not return to her people. She
remained in Saratoga There she
moved into cheap lodgings. and in Or
der that the two thousand dollars
Ashton had left with her might be
saved for his child. she had learned
to typewrite. and after four months
had been able to support herself.
Within the last month girl friend,
who had known both Ashton and her.
self before they were married had
written her that her husband was
living in London. For the sake of her
son she had at once determined to
make an effort to seek him out. =
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ss@THE son. nonseassl" exclaimed the
the doctor. when Ford retoid
the story. She, Is not crossing the
ocean because she is worried about
the future Of her son. She seeks her
own happiness. The woman is in love
with her husband
Ford shook his head.
Il don't know!" he objected. She's
so extravagant in her praise OF Harry
: that it seems unreal 1t sounds In
sincere. Then, again, when I swear
I will find. him she shows a delight
that you might describe as savage. al
most vindictive. AS though, if did
find Harry, the. first thing she would
do would be to stick knife in him."
Maybe" volunteered the doctor
sadly. "she has heard there is won1-
an in the case Maybe she is; the. one
she's thinking Of sticking the knife
! fnto?'
"Weh." declared the reporter. 'if
she doesn't stop looking savage every
time promise to find Harry won't
find Harry. How do I know that
Harry hasn't got q wife in London
la nd several in the states? How, do we
7 know he didn't leave his country for
his country's good? That's what 1t
looks like to me. How can we tell
what confronted him the day he went
down to the hotel desk to change his
rooms and, instead. got into his tour
ing car and beat the speed limit to
Canada, Whom did he meet in the
hotel corridor? A woman with a per-
fectiy good marriage eeFtihcaAe. or
detective with a perfectly good war
rant? Or did Harry ind out that his
bride had a devil Of . temper OF her
own, and that for him marriage was
failure? The widow II certainly
| very charming young woman. but
there may be two sides to this"
"You arc . cynic, sir" protested the
doctor.
That may b." growled the re-
porter, "but am not a private detec-
tive agency, or q matrimonial bureau.
| and before I hear myself saying.
Bless you. my children! both OF these
young people will have to show me
why they should not be kept ssundsr.
On the aftsrnoon Of thsar ARRIVAL IN
London Ford oonvoysd Mrs Ashton %
an ola.estabaashed privsss hotel n