The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-23
SYNOPSIS.

tween her mother and father. At IA Julia was planning to become an ac- tress, and Mark Rosenthal of the floor above had fallen in love with her.
 But contact with society girls in an efnateur play in winch she had a pro fessional part, made her long for the better things of life and when her mother left the city to rejoin her di- vorced husband, Julia become an as- sistant to Miss Poland, wealthy but an eccentric philantbropist at her settle Ient house.
 Max. meanwhile, had been con- stantly urging her to marry him, and finally, jealous of Dr. Jim Studdiford, the young nephew of Miss Toland, he shot himself, falling dead at her feet in the neighborhood house.
 Julia and Dr. Studdiford, some time later, became engaged but Julia con fessed tha- she could not marry him because she had made a mistake in her life, before she was l 5 years old. Jim was mortified but insisted that she marry him. As young Mrs. Studdi- ford Julia became great faVorite in San Francisco society. A chance brought old thoughts to Jim and he demanded to know if Mark were the man to whom Julia had given her self. When she admitted 1t. he brooded for days over the old mem ory.
 Continued From Yesterday.)
 ''Yes, Grandmother dear. Sir Pe- veril wants me. I've taken his hos
 
 ordinarily kind to mel" Jim summar- ized.
 ''Oh, you've been vetted, there's no question of that she agreed thoughtfuIIy. They were at tea in her own drawing groom, which was crowded with article handsome and hidious Victorian lace tidies holding their own with really fine old furni- ture and exquisite bits of oil or wa +py. SFla will n1d steel engravings in cumbersome frames. Now Ivy leaned back in her chair. and stirred her tea. not speak ing for a few minutes.
 ''There's just one thing" she said presently. Before you come here to stay put your house in order. Don't leave everything at home in a narsty mess that'll have to be strengthened aout later, if you know what I mean? Get that all straight, and have it understood, dye seer"
 The colour came into Jim's face at so unexpected an attack, yet speech was a,relief, too.
 'I don't know whether can straighten it sout,''s he confessed, with a nervous laugh
 Its not a divorce, eh 2"
 'No-not exactly t
 'The geITs, gone homo to her peo- ple?"
 "Yes." Jim cleared his throat. l tfYes, she has
 "And there's a. -kiddie?''
 well, now.'' Mrs. Chancellor | strengthened in her chair. set her | cup down a nearby table. "I take it | the gell- twas the injured one, eh?" said she.A@ Sss= +s~ z=4 s@
 Jim was little surprised to find himself enjoying this cross-examina- tfon immensely.
 ''Well---no.z She had no definite cause to feel injured he said. We quarreHed, and I came away in a
 what, after first quarrel?"
 'No-e. It had been going on | long time.''
 .Is the cause of it still existing?" Mrs. Chancellor asked in a business | like way, after a pause. |
 ''WeH-yes."
 Can't be removed. eh? It's not religion ?''
 It's an old love affair of hers," Jim admitted. The lady's eyes twinl1led.
 And y4ou're jealous?" she smiled. | But immediately her face grew sober. | q see-she still cares for him, or irnagines She does" she said
 Jim felt it safest to let this guess stand.
 .'Of course, if she won't she won't" | pursued Mrs. Chancellor comfortably. | "But the best thing you could dc would be to bring her on here!"
 Jim shook his head sullenly and | set his jaw.
 she won't. eh 2" asked the lady, | watching him tfoughtful1y.
 'T don't want to do that" Jim | persisted stubborn1y.
 You don't want to ?'' She medi- 1 tated this ''Yet she's young and | beautiful. and presentable % she ask ed. holding her own head slowly as he nodded affirmatives. "Yes, or course. Well, it's too bad. One would have liked to meet her, take her about a bit. And it would help | you more than any one thing, my dear | boy Oh, don't shake your head! l Indeed it would. However, you must l be definite, one way or the other You | must either admit outright that you're | divorced, or you must tell an accept l able story. As it is one doesn't know | what to say-whether she's impossi- | ble in some way-juSt what the mat | ter is, if you know what I mean?"
 "I see," Jim said heavily.
 GO have talk with ner," com manded Mrs. Chancellor brightly. | Finish 1t up, one way or another. | You're doing her an injustice, as it is and you're not just to yourself. | One can't shut a marriage up in a | box, you kInow, and forget 1t. There's | always leakage somewhere - much | better make a clean breast of the | whole thing! You're not the first | person who's made an unfortunate | early marriage, you knowi''
 "I loved my wife, said Jim. in vague, resentful Self-defence. I'm | naturally a domestic man. I loved my little gfrl-'
 Certainly you did" Mrs. Chancel- Tor interrupted crisply. And per haps she did, tool The details are all the same. you know. Some peo- ple make a success of the thing. some people fail I've been married. I'm a little older than you are in years, and ages older in experience-I know all about 1t. In every marriage there are the elements of success. and in every one the makings ot a perfectly