Evening star., 1922-10-04
The Wife Who Wouldn't
Settle Down!
By Lucille Tar, SIyke
A Sequel to ssBrides Will Be Brides

, the gossip that she knew was trick
ling all over town.
She had been entertained consplcu-
ously and elaborately during her
months stay with her father and
with feminine intuition she knew
that some Of her old friends had sus-
pected that all was not well between
her and her husband.
Reporters from the local papers ar
rived before they were finished VIII:
their breakfast.
She rose abruptly when the maid
| brought the message tnat they We're
waiting.
I'm going to see them. dad She
told him resolutely, Just this once
I'll have to face this kind of mush,
sooner or later and l guess I'd rather
do it right nor. Don't worry.
chant say anything foolish. I'll jus
| let them see I'm not a cowardly Gus
tard"
But she was very white when shr
| entered the reception room.
| She discovered that she knew OH.
| of the men: that she had played tag
with him when they were both little.
| She extended i1er hand 10 him cour-
teously. She let him introduce III"
other men.
"Awfully sorry" he stammered, 80
have to ask You these questions
| but our office has a tip from New
York saying that you came up her
to bring action for divorce-that you
were suing Oh grounds of non-sup-
| port
Her rising temper lent color t"
! those pale cheeks.
MY word. Ralph. where did y"L
| get all that rubbish talk she de-
| manded almost insolently. IT'S not
true at all. l came up to visit dad
! because-because dad wanted me. II
/ just happened that my husband vol
| unfairly left the Blaisdell company
shortly after l came here. But that
no reason for suspecting he had any
thing to do with this robbery"
| Just where is he now?' the man
persisted.
| DO you think Id be likely to say
| She was feeling her way resolutelH
| but she was terrified lest she say the
wrong thing.
Going to stand by him:" he flung
| at her next.
! This time her head lifted proudly
She quite ignored the other reporters
| now. She swallowed hard.
| Aren't you funny. Ralph she
asked softly. You seem to have for
! gotten all about me. Asking me
that kind OF thing; Didn't ! stick
| Thurlow and the Glidden girls and
i were together and the drug store
window was broken?"
! He grinned with recollections.
| About ten years old then. weren I
We? You bet you did. And sassed the
! drug store man, too, and paid for
your share of the damage. But you
didn't throw that stone. Roge threw
! it and he was the only one that
| skipped
| Awful rotter. wasn't heo" She
drawled. and grew crimson as sh'
I realized what sort of analogy Shc
| shrewd man might make.
| IF you'd let me write out a state
nent and let you sign it," he suG
gested tentatively.
She shook her head.
| Y haven't anything to say at all.
except that Tn not suing my hus
band for divorce and that / do not
intend to. And that ] know nothing
at all about this robbery except that
lit-happened." Her hand reached out
appealingly. 'Please don't make that
into anything horrid." she begged.
''Oh. I'm for you he assured her
| chivalrously. He loitered after the
others had gone into the hall.
! Maybe I could help dope the thing
out" he added.
| Her proud head dropped.
Ralph she gasped helplessly. III
you just could"
Copyright. 1927
| CONTINUED in tomorrow's Star)