The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-09-07
'How will you tell

and lit it leisurely. How will you tell
her?" she asked.
He looked up. Her back was to him
now. She held her head high, smoking.
Jerry set his face. "Irl Just tell her
that's all" he said gruffly.
q" don't want to be there, jerry" she
said.
mo eason why you should be-" He
arose, and she turned with a low cry
Of alarm. But he made no move to go.
He stood looking at his feet.
There was a longer silence. Jean
twisted the tip Of her cigaret into
tray. Slowly she crushed the glow into
a smear Of ashes. I'VE haven't the
courage to even talk about 1t, have we,
Jerry?" she said quietly.
Talk about what?"
what we're both thinking"
go on" he ordered grimly without
looking up.
Mrs. Chance said about ten thous-
and The furniture we've ordered a
be Cancelled. We can keep Aunt Mar
garet from knowing. We can keep
everyone from knowing. What we do
with Aunt Margaret's gift Is bust
ness"
His voice rose angrily. "were not
the SORT" he said, who do things like
that!"
NO." she unused. Were not the
sort" She came close to him. But,
Jerry-f we were? What would happen
to us, I wonder?"
"we'd live in a furnished room until
we could buy cheap furniture. We'd
have nothing for a year OF more. You'd
do your own housework, and"
II didn't mean that" she interrupted.
"What would it do to us-inside?"
He shrugged .helplessly. IT don't
know. It'd be a new experience. I've
never done a really unselfish thing in
all my life"
Neither have I. But Jerry! I've got
a feeEng-it's just a hunch-that If
we did something like this-something
decent-together, we'd-we'd-"
"Yes?"
THAT if we shared this fifty-fifty,
we'd have a better chance ourselvesl
To make things last, I mean"
She was smiling excitedly now. Jerry
reached forward to take both her
hands. He nodded eagerly. "Can we
see it through, do you Think" he whis-
pered.
I'VE can try! It'll be hard, but"
It'll be hell-for us. But a little bit
of hell in the beginning-O, I'd love
you to death afterwards, Jean!"
She freed her hands from his. They
moved slowly up his arms and gripped
him tight. "Well?" she said. what
about it, darling?"
He laughed softly. "You know damn
well what about 1t, sweet" he answered
He had never kissed her so gently
before. Their lips chung but a moment
But it was a perfect kiss. Rather more
than perfect, in fact.
The wedding wa really quite a show
Every one enjoyed it, even though the5
knew the principals. were headed fol
trouble. The bridesmaids were lovely
but in no way as lovely as the slender
girl in white satin who balanced &c
perfectly behind them down the aisle
The ushers were properly ornamental
but the groom vas positively distinc.
tive. At the reception well dressed
people made the proper speeches and
drank the proper toasts. Every ons
was gay. Only Aunt Margaret sat by
herself, her eyes misty with dreams
She thought of her son, Mervin, and
how, If he had lived, he might have
found some one as fine as himself anc
married. She wa not sad at losing
Jerry. More and more, Of late, she had
been living alone with her fine memoir
les of Mervin,
It was dusk when the going away
ritual began. Jean tossed her bou-
quet. Jerry clowned around kissing
girls, and making a great success Of
their honeymoon. Then came the fina.
dash, and they were out Of the door and
down the steps.
They huddled inside the al and
rolled the windows against q storm d
rice. They were surrounded. Hands
pressed against the glass. Voices RAISED
a shrill clamor. But the two youn&
people in the a looked past the crowt
to the top Of the porch steps. Aun1
Margaret was standing there in thu
shadows, smiling.
Jerry turned and grinned at the CIR
beside him. AL set, woman?" he said
Jean smiled confidently. "An set
Jerry!" she answered.
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