Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
4 MA MS WA Y
By RUBY M. AYRES
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ward she could not remember the &C.
tual ceremony. II was 20 vague and
unreal. but there came a moment when
che awoke from her trance. and f0und
her mother kissing her and crying, and
the boys demanding. to see her ring.
She raised her eyes to Harden's face.
Iio was not looking at her, but
Wharton was. and there was something
in his expression that made her feel as
iooS sSs wonssS somehow sorry sH sSe thcu:st
"And 80 I have lost my only dsush-
ter" Mrs. DaDserhcld .w6s saying hys.
tertcally. 1T seems. only yesterday that
she was q little mite In white frocks
and q blue sash--.the prcttiest little
| thing you ever saw, assure you
this last to Mrs. Ashford, who was
vainly trying to soothe her.
Molly BIT her lip To keep herself from
q burst Of tears; she touched Harden's
;'.,oh. let II. so"' she said in
He turned at once, and presently he
and Molly were driving away.
She claspsd her hands nervously in
her lap |; her heart was beating up In
her thIoat; what was he going to say
to her, she was wondering!-he had
hardly spoken yet.
This was the wonderful moment; she
was his wife. Nothing in the world
could undo that fact. II
She thought with sudden hcartache
of the church at Little Hclpton, where
the sun shone through the stained glass
the graves in the quiet churchyartl. She
wished she had been married there she
wished. oh, she wished thousand
things that came crowding to her brain
like bits Of gOssamer, touching her, and
yet always eluding her, never letting
her quite grasp them.
A sharp turning In the road flung
her against Harden's arm. and for the
first time he seemed aware Of her pres.
ence, and looked down at her.
"Wcll, my little wiie?" he said,
II the words we're. an effort, Molly DID
:oh," she said with a sigh Of con.
tentment. ~ am 10 glad it's oil over !;
afen 't;you?" -.
He laughed with sort Of relief and
slipped an arm round her.
TT was rather an ordeal." he ad.
mitted. "And now we're just going to
begin a long holiday"--he put q hand
beneath her chin, turning her face up.
MAY I be allowed to kiss your" hc
asked.
She raised her lips unhesitatingly and
kissed him with all her heart.
"I'm--ob, 10 happy" she said.
The luncheon passed Of merrily
enough; Wharton was. .the lie and soul
Of them all; he made several funny
little speeches and kcpt the boys in
fits Of laughter; even Mrs. Danger.
Held condcscendcd to put her handker.
chief away and smiled; everybody was
looking cheerful when at last It was time
for Molly to leave. : .... ~. .
III shall be back soon. very soon,"
she said over and over again as she
kissed the boys. They objected to being
kissed, as a rule. but this was . great
exception. "And I'll bring you all lovely
PRESENTS" she promised. ...,. g.
But there was lump in her throat /;
she had never realized how we'll she
loved them until now.
She was glad that Harden had agreed
to honeymoon in London. london
was not very far from Helpton.. and
she could run home II she wanted to ;
she whispered to Ned that she would
have, them all up one day soon and
Mrs. Dangerfeld many times: abe even
kissed Jane In the general furry and
confusion. III
Harden looked on with a smile; It
was all unreal to him; Il seemed i'm.
possible that after this afternoon there
would be no getting rid of Molly again
that she was his wife for the rest" OF
bis life and hers. -. .
lie was relieved when the good. .bys
we're said and he and Molly were seated
In the taxi that was to take them
away. The boys swarmed round the
door; he knew that Ned had tied Z