San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-27

think carefully over all l nave
said: tomorrow, if you find it has
given you bad head, you may set
back the clock. ! shall not die of
a broken heart"
Nevertheless, he raised her hand
to his lips.
Tiny agreed to marry Hum
phrey. Her father approved; her
brothers, on reflection, said: "Why
not?"
Lady Pinter and Charlton had
deemed it a good match even if
they had kicked the romance out
of it by their caustic comments or
marriage. She agreed to marry
him, but the accepting of his pro-
posal was an affront to every
union she had known, every love
story she had read, every natural
yearning she may have had in her
teens, when the heart was young
and unpolluted by the vaporings OF
the Pinter progressives.
at must be quiet marriage
she said to him.
81 am content" he replied.
"And there must be an under
standing in the beginning WHICH |
shall expect you to observe
throughout. Marriage shall not
signify slavery
81 shall devote my life to you,
Tina"
"My friends | shall keep"
eff you believe they are essen
tial to your happiness, Tina, | shall
not ask you to break the acquaint-
anceship."
"But I'm afraid you hold old
fashioned ideas about wife's
duty and that sort of thing. The
times are changed since" she
was considerate enough to pause
before adding: "Since my grand
mother married. | shall not sac
rifice my freedom; / shall feel
privileged in holding and express
ing my own views, even if they
should clash with yours"
81 shall respect those views,
Tina" he said.
every WELL"
And there was gesture as with
an auctioneer's hammer when the
lot is sold to the highest bidder.
He returned to Wingrove; she
went to the study and rang up
Lady Pinter. =.
"Its done, old thing" she bah
bled into the transmitter, Give
agreed to marry Humphrey. Now
are you satisfied"
They were married in the little
Yorkshire town of Hallowdale. A
quiet, simple ceremony, with John
Humphreys aged mother sobbing
into a large white handkerchief,
and old friends and acquaintance
whispering among themselves IN
the rear pews; 81 remembered him
when he was nobbut that high and
was a 'doffer' in Holroyd's mill.
He said he'd marry a lady, an
dang me if he hasn't"
Humphrey was a proud man as
he brought Tina down the aisle.
Conscious only of his own great
happiness and the admiring glances
of those who had known him as a
starveling, he was blind to the cold
expression on Tina's face; the set
of her thin, red lips had no signifi-
canoe for him, the terse whispers
she gave in reply to his fitful
questions started no fear that she
was unhappy.
The sunshine caught the red
hair and set it ablaze with myriad
sparks, but the large eyes were
left cold and indicative Of utter
Indifference to the whole of the
ceremonial. She was dignified but
not brusque in the presence of the
aged mother; she listened to the
simple homily that was inevitable;
she forced a smile, yet closed her
ewes as she smiled when the mother
told her of the "grandness" of her
clad"
They came south to Wingrove
Immediately after the ceremony:
And Lady Pinter was there, and
Charlton and Sarling and Belilah,
and all the rest of the "crowd"
they had come down from town
without invitation (that sort OF
convention didn't appeal to them)
and were intent of making merry.
The honeymoon? He was taking
her to Paris on the following day
and then possibly to Cannes. They
must stay the night at Wingrove,
for il was late when they arrived
from the north.
A crowded house! Laughter and
music and jest. The brothers. Au-
brey and Dennis, were there, cour-
teous, even obsequious, now. Stu
art Carteret, the father, had given
away the bride in the northern
town. but had left by an earlier
train than they, and was back in
town to keep a business appoint
ment: he might come across tc
Wingrove later in the evening.
There was dancing and merry
making and making of plans. Anc
Lady Pinter's eyes glowed in joy
Gus expectancy when they gazet
at John Humphrey. He feignet
light-heartedness, essayed replle
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