Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-02-23
LADY BLANCHE FARM

worshiped, and where the marriage
ceremony was performed, was dec
GRATED as Ii never had been before In
the hundred and fifty years of It's ex-
istence. The Wallacetown orchestra"
played at the farm. A wedding sup
per- more suInptu0us Than any OF
which Hamstead had ever partaken,
was sPrefd OF tables Under huge avn
tnllss@ extending oyer the-lawns,4 and
two rooms were filled with presents
which any bride might we'll have been
proud to display and possess. Blanche.
wearing the countess pearls, enveloped
In mist of white tulle and soft lace.
looked more exquisite and fHiry-like
than ever. Philips friends-and they
seemed to be leglon--were there In
full force, nor had Hamstead real
lied before how many Boston friends
Mary had. too. Gale Hamlin was
there with his sister and niece. Mr..
Davis, the senior partner of the firm,
had come, too. with his wife and sons
and many others. All Hamstead was
there of course, and most OF White
Water and some Of Wallaeetown; and
all Hamstead included, that summer.
pretty. painted Rosalie King, with her
cousins. the Westons.
Finally. Blanche and Philip drove
off In their own motor. shoWered with
rice and confetti. cheering and waving
from their ribbon bedeeked car as they
went. The guests remained little
longer to laugh and cry, and talk 1t
over Then gradually they went
home, metor-horns footing. aged carry
| alls creaking, boys and girls singing
| as they walked arm In arm up the
dusty road to the village Jane crossed
| the lawn to her own house and sat
| looking at her ribbon-tied candy box
for some minutes before she went to
bed Violet collapsed, In an orgy OF
| satisfaction and tears, and Mary UNI
/ dressed her and made her hot drink
with a bromide tablet melted in 1t.
And finally, coming out of her cousins
| room at two o'clock In the morning,
after having made her as comfortable
/ as could be expeeted'-to quote Nio=
lets own feeble whisper-she met Paul
face to face In the hall.
He lurched towards her unsteadily.
There had been champagne, and a
/ strong punch served at the wedding,
for Violet had had some fear. that
Philips Boston friends might think
her .eountrifed' And all the eve
ming, Paul had been alternately con-
Stunning first punch and then cham
payne and then punch again. The re-
suits of his over-Indulgence were all
too obvious In both his appearance
and his manner. Mary looked at him
| and her very soul reyoted.
How dare your she cried, dis
grace your sisters wedding day like
this T.
Paul seemed hardly to hear her.
But there was no doubt that he saw
her and that he found her very good
| to look at. Philip had once said that
Mary was lovely always, but that II
she ever got angry, she would be mag
niflcent. Mary was very angry now,
so angry that she hardly knew that
she was wounded to the heart as well.
She was, indeed, magnificent, beauri-
full as Paul had never seen her, had
never known she could be. He threw
his arms around her. and began to
kiss her violently on her neck, her
cheeks, her lips. Mary tried to strug-
gle away from him, hot with fury, sick
with shame and disgust He only held
her closer. At last she succeeded In
freeing one arm, and with all her
might, struck him across the mouth.
Instead of SOLDERING Paul, 1t stimu-
lated his raging senses to the point
of frenzy He confronted Mary with
unleashed fury.
"You cantIng hypocrlte!' he shout
ed, furlously. "moping around all sum-
mer, acting as If you were crazy to
have me make love to you And now
going for me like wildcat when
try It'll I guess | knew what / was
doing when | let you alone | guess
can get all the kisses want without
paying for them by being hit In the
facet From now on you can NOPE
forever for all I care-but you won't
have d chance to hit me again!
never asked you to marry me, anyhow
you've only pretended | did,
never wanted you at all Why should
| want prude-or a shrew-or Z
though you've tried to act so high and
holy about 1t And d-n 1t. you al
most got mel But I'm through witt
you now-tfrougt--io you heart I'm
freel And you'll never get me agar
J after this |"
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