Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10

first. But when he see
! you and knows how
sweet you are he'll come around,
Bruce went on. IF it wasn't 70
his disappointment over fiunking m!
graduation we'd so straight hom
and have it out. But I'll have to lie
him get over that unless he writes
that he forgives me and says: Bless
you, my Children etc"
Muriel drove away the thought:
of his fathers disappointment b!
lavishing caresses upon him. AnC
he, loving her with all the ardor O.
his twenty years, forgot everything
| but that she was his wife-his little
blonde darling.
I'll have to get a job right away
he said the next morning. They
had been married twenty-four hours
were quite old married people. He
declared with grin, If I'd known
I was going to do this I wouldn''
| have been so extravagant. I've only
about hundred dollars to my
| name"
"Never mind, fatherll get you 6
| job if your father won't forgive u.s.
To be fair to Muriel the thought
| that Bruce was a rich mans sor
had played no part in her willing.
ness to elope with him or in hel
love- "And I have a little money
Bruce My grandmother left it tt
me. Only about fifty dollars e
month" Muriers parents were ir
very modest circumstances and she
used to spend this money on dainty
| things they could not afford.
Use it to buy candy" Bruce sait
laughing. Fifty dollars a month
That wouldn't help any. So. HI
| thought-then.
Before the elopement Muriel hac
written her people about Bruce, thu
| young man who had paid her 81
much attention. A college boy! He
aunt, too, had laughed at Murier!
actions and leased her because o.
her jealousy. One day she said t
her:
Jealousy isn't love, Muriel, be.
cause it is selfish" She could no.
understand her niece's attraction fol
the debonair Bruce Conway. Mure
| was shallow, devoid of hunnor, lack
ing in anything to really attrac
save her pretty face and figure. She
was pretty, but it was the sort O.
blond prettiness that fades witt
years; that can't stand the effect o
tears and worry. Even one At O.
weeping would make her look drag
| ged and worn, and she was no
| twenty. You can't afford TO cry
Muriel," her aunt often told her, IL
spoils YOU"
They had not thought 1t necessary
to appraise this aunt.
Time enough after father anC
mother know" Muriel had said.
On the morning of the third day
of their married life a note came
from Muriers people.
1--WE were shocked and disappoint
ed that you should think it neces
sary to do such a thing. We would
have willingly allowed you to marry
of the proper time without clipping
We have nothing against Mr.. Con
way, as we know nothing Of him
But what is done cannot be undone
so we will all do what we can Il
add to your happiness. If you will
we should like you to come home
for a visit before. you settle down
We could then make our son-in-law'
acquaintance"
Guess We'll have to go some
where" Bruce looked ruefully at the
roll of bills in his hand, grown ap
preciably smaller. I'll find a jot
just as soon as l hear from the gov
ernor. Maybe he'll offer me one
and maybe he won't. But, darling
don't you worry, I'll make good.
couldn't help it with a sweet little
wife to work for. Well have to be
poor, 1 guess. for a while. until he
comes round or I get going in bust
ness. I hate to think Of your being
poor-and because YOU married me.
II don't mind bit so long as
have you and-you love me-" Murie
often added something Of that kind
1t someway hurt Bruce. She knew
he loved her, why that "if"?
We'll have to live In a simple
way, give up going out much ant
cut down on athletics-they cost g
heap. tennis and golf and"
I'm glad you cant do those
things! I hate them. 7 get red and
blowsy. l don't care If we never
hear the word athletics again"
But I do, sweetheart. ] have &c
keep fit. It's different with you, a
soft little thing"
She didn't say it was because she
was jealous that she didn't like him
to play tennis and golf; that she
hated him to joke and laugh with
the girls. So far she had not given
articulate expression to her jealousy
A feeling that it was bad form, that
it lowered her to even suggest he
might think others more attractive
than she. had kept her silent.
No letter came from his father
that day. Bruce looked anxious
They couldn't wait much longer ~
they did they wouldn't have money
enough to pay their fares to Muriels
home. She was so sure her father
would find something for Bruce 70
do that unconsciously he almost de-
pended upon it in his thought. He
never had known the need Of money,
SO dd not know it's value. Except
for an casional bit Of anxiety he
spent the day making love to his
bride, telling her how he adored her
how lovely she was, with all the eX'
travagant eXuberance Of the ineXpe-
rienced boy that he was.
About 10 o'clock that night a note
. came from his father. His hands
trembled as he tore it open. He
read it at glance.
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