The Glenwood post., 1923-11-08


"That's funny! Did you notice any
thing?"
Then they forgot 1t and returned to
the popular sport of denouncing the
motion picture people and crediting
them with inventing more novel sins
than situations.
Peachblow was blue for several
days, and then she CHANGED to read,
in the newspapers this:
"NIr. and Mrs. Claude Wlnsor an
nounce that curious error has
been 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 If 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. 'I will
marry this bachelor" And Immediate
ly began to pack her trunks She told
her father to get her stateroom to
Los Angeles and 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 Il request
for an Interview. That photograph
was letter of introduction enough, and
she was invited TO call at the great
mans studio.
When she stood before his eyes, he
sald
"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
MANI"
"You."
"Really!"
"Uh-huh"
Being used to the silent drama and
hating superfuous 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"
For time the marriage was happy
and she revelled in the luxury of
being loved by an expert. But then he
went back to his profession, and NOR
titication set in.
Peachblow found herself the chat
tel of husband who left her arms
early in the morning and fastened to
the arms of other women; who fought
for them, pursued them, risked his
life to save their lives, gazed into
their eyes with an ardor that trans
fixed all beholders; who faded out of
every picture with Il dying duck look
of undying affection for some highly
artificial beauty-and then 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 a husband was impossible and
engaged the best divorce lawyer in
Los Angeles. While they were bewail-
ing the inevitable newspaper horror,
the headlines, and all the hideous de-
tails of divorce. Peachblow felt re-
newal of her occult power.
"Divorce nothing" she said; 'I'u
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 Peachblow,
her parents and their lawyer, John
Elphinstene.
AS soon as Peachblow spoke curl
ops look came over Claude Winsor's
face. Again the earth jolted and spun
backward, then raced forward once
more.
ITS 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 Wlnsor star
ing at them with a look of bewilder-
ment Then he bowed and said:
| pardon me, l entered the wrong
set-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 man took
snapshots for the magazines.
Mr. Elphlnstone clung to Peachblow
until her father intervened and said +:
"What right have you to stand there
embracing my daughter ms If you were
announcing your engagement to herr"
"And why not?" said Elphnstone
81 see no objection" murmured
Peachblow who felt sudden empti-
ness in her life. after all, who could
make a better husband than a
lawyer?"
And so In a short time expensively
engraved cards conveyed the infor-
nation that Mr.. and Mrs. Greene an
nounced the marriage of their daugh-
ter Ellen Anne to John Elphinstone,