Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-12-30

round from the mirror, Eve got to
catch the worm, you see."
isn't that rather hard on Bar
net?" Dennis asked maliciously. II
hear from Pauline that you are
lunching with him."
Hes not the particular worm
l was referring to-" Barbara said
coolly. She turned round now and
met his gaze steadily. "You don't
look in the least like an invalid,
you know"
Dennis half rose from his chair:
Look here" he began impul-
sively, then stopped as Pauline
came gathering downstairs again.
You've left a handkerchief and
a pair of bedroom slippers and a
comb" said Pauline all in a breath.
She pumped them down on a chair
"Where's your dressing case?"
They'll all go ill.," she said. And
the taxi's at the door. / do wish you
weren't going. When shall l see
you again? Come down soon, won't
you, if you can stand such a quiet
couple"
She liked to think that she and
Dennis had been married for years;
she was sure he was happy and sat-
isfed to be alone with her as she
was with him. She would have
been bewildered if she could have
seen into his mind at that moment.
Barbara gave Dennis the tips of
her fingers in farewell.
Goodbye. Get we'll quickly"
she said, and was gone.
Dennis went back to his seat at
the breakfast table. eHe could hear
Pauline's afectionate farewells and
adjurations to come again soon.
Something in him badly wanted
to get up and go to the window to
see the last of her, and something
else kept him sitting unwillingly
where he was. Before they turned
the corner of the street Barbara
leaned out of the window and look
ed back at the little house with its
shining windows and dainty cur
tains. Pauline still stood in the
doorway, waving her hand, but it
was not for her that Barbara look
ed.
Jerry Barnet met Barbara in New
York. He was a square-shoulder-
ed, CHEEKY soul, with a loud laugh
and an absolute gift for making a
hash Of things. He boosted rather
proudly that nothing ever went
right for him.
Born under an evil STAR" he
would chuckle. "Well, it's all in the
game of life, 1 suppose. Awful!"
He had failed in business and
failed in marriage, and at the mo-
ment was keeping his head above
water and having what he called a
"bon time" because his father had
recently died and left him a con-
siderable sum of money. II shall
lose it all, you see if I DON'T" he told
Barbara cheerfully. "The only hope
is for you to take me in hand and
look after things a Bit"
Barbara raised her delicate brows.
my dear man! What would your
wife say?"
He grinned. "She'd say what she
always did, l suppose-Jerry,
you're a damned fool" Not 50 sure
she's not right, too."
"Thought you were never COM
ing back" he told her, as they
drove away in his car, Gave me
an awful turn when | heard about
that smash. Supposin' you'd been
killed. Awful"
II got off with a sprained wrist.
Dennis O'FIara was badly hurt,
though"
$50 you said in your letter.
Rather nice chap, isn't he? Friend
of Neutrality-suspicious. him
very we'll; doctored him, didn't
he?"
eyes, | believe So"
"He likes him-said he felt rath-
er sorry for him, too" e
Sorry for him?"
eyes, unhappy marriage, isn't
it? Like the rest of us-eh? Aw-
full"
Barbara paled a little. MY dear
man," she said calmly, Dennis
O'Hara has only been married six
months, and his wife is a great
friend of mine, charmingly pretty,
and she adores him."
Dare say she does; it's general
ly one-sided," Jerry agreed, un-
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