, 1923-03-21

thing?"
Then they forgot it and returned to
the popular sport Of denounclng the
motion picture people and crediting
them with i~nventing more o sins
than situations.
PeachblOw was blue for several
days, and then she CHANGED to read.
LII III newspapers, this:
MIR. and Mrs. Claude Winsor nm
nounce that a curious error has
Deen made In the public attitude to-
ward their relationship.
They have never been married
never have lived together, never have
been anything but friends, which they
still are, and might not be IL they
had been married.
The children that used to play In
front of their bungalow are the chill
dren of a %neighbor."
"Aha" Quoth Peachblow. 81 will
marry this bachelor" And Immediate
ly began to pack her trunks. She told
her father to get her a stateroom to
Los Angeles I'M her mother to come
along.
Her parents INDUCED In mental pin
wheels when they heard her decision.
But nothing could change Peach
blows mind. She went out to Los
Angeles. and sent one of her photo
graphs to Mr.. Winsor with a request
for an interview. That photograph
was letter Of Introduction enough, and
h was invited to call at the great
mans studio.
When she stood before his eyes he
said:
do you want to go into the
movies?"
WELL" she said, I'm going to mar
ry Into Them
Indeed? And who is the lucky
man?"
"You."
Really"
"Uh-huh."
Being used to the silent drama and
hating superfluous titles. he said moth
ing. but took her by an elbow, her
mother by an elbow. hurried them out
TO his car, ran them to the nearest
parson and said Shoot"
Fol a time the marriage was happy
and she revelled in the luxury of
being loved by an expert. But Their he
went back to his profession, and NOR
LITIGATION set in.
Peachblow found herself the chat
tel of a husband who left her arms
early In the morning and hastened to
the arms of other women; who fought
for them. pursued them, rlsked his
life to save their lives, gazed into
their eyes with an ardor that rams
fixed all beholders: who faded out of
every picture with a dying duck look
of undying affection for some highly
artificial beauty-and hen came home
at night worn out with love and want
ed to go to the American Legion prize
fight.
After a few months Peachblow sent
for her mother and father and lis
tened to their 81 told you sos with
great patience.
They agreed with her that life with
such n husband was impossible and
engaged the best divorce lawyer in
Los Angeles. While they were bewail-
LIZ IA hlCtttubiC ht"blfuItA q
the headlines. md all the hideous de-
tails of divorce. Peachblow felt a re-
newal of her occult power.
divorce nothing!" she said; "ITl
just forget him. I'll just unmarry
myself quietly. and erase my memory
from his mind"
She said this In the very presence
of Mr.. winsor who had called with
his lawyer to confer with P%eachblow,
her parents and their lawyer, John
E~lphinstone.
AS soon as ~Peachblow spoke, a curl
GUS look came over Claude Winsor's
face. Again the earth jolted and spun
backward, then raced forward once
more.
ats nothing" said Mr.. Elphin-
stone. "but one Of our little California
earthquakes. Quite nothing at ALL"
He slipped his arm about Peach
blow to sustain her. and found the at
titude ~singularly comfortable. Togeth-
er they watched Claude Winsor star
ing at them with a look Of bewllder-
ment. Then he bowed and said:
Pardon me, I entered the wrong
sct-house, by mistake"
He staggered out and the next thing
he knew he was sitting on his porch
dandling his baby before his original
wife while the publicity n took
snapshots for the magazines.
Mr.. Elphlnstone chung to Peachblow
until her father interviewed and said:
"what right have you to stand there
embracing my daughter as II you were
announcing your engagement to herf"
"And why notT" said %Elphinstone.
81 see no objection" murmured
| Peachblow who felt IA sudden empti-
ness In her life. after all, who could
make n better husband than a
iawyer?"
And so in n short time extensively