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A BACHELOR HUSBAND
r By RUDY M. AYRES
Auth r of "Richard Chatterton," Etc.
CewriaM. 19V. tv IT. J. trait 4 Ce.
,its nKOINS TUB STOKY
Jitnrie Chester and Christopher
illlcss ww rahed together, and
A her father died then married:
l because she loved him and
ilehthe loved her; he because he
T0"!' !.-..- trithnilt 0111 MOrt-
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tLI that she docs net love him
1 i i That he hud letter continue the
bachelor Husband his friends thin
r niJrallu is. It grieves her te
tie hait it' relieved rather than
XriU She gaes sir mining with
Z' of his Mends, Atkins, and is
"fj "front drowning . by another,
i? It, kneien as Feathers, and ditr
if he illness that fellow, Chris
ilstebc kind, but'inanagcs te have
Tli time all by himse -and part
looked after him in
"" ... . iyi . n-
tithe time trllft "". ." " "'"-
a yoe"
5 '" c Trrkl Marie into the garden
S rei '"' ' n dccfc chttxr ,c,th
cushions and rugs.
AND HBBR IT CONTINUES
t'M 0T nn lnvalld Srcnl,y' 5'0U
I 'knew," h!ic Mid. looking up nt
him (Thyly. "I could have walked quite
T She frit bound te cay It. and yet net
i rfnrii1 would she have forpeno bcliiR
'". ui his nrnw. The distauoe liml
S all tee short. Junt for a little
Z had been quite, unite liniipy.
Ye in Atkins wa fui.iR around.
m .had nn enormous buneh of roes
te one hand and all the newe.t maga
tines In the ether. He could no de
nraxh for her. As neon as Chris
meTcd nwny he dragged a chair up and
ut down beside her.
"Yeu leek heaps better." he declared
fMventlv. He always neid the same
tllng evcrv time he Raw her. "Yeu
de feel bcttVr. don't you?"
fihe laughed at liln nVi
"I rcallv feel quite well, but they will
pmlst that I'm an Invalid.
Slip looked around for Chris, but he
Ha strolled away, and Nhc gave a little
I've set te go hack te town to
morrow," jemiR Atkins said presently.
He spoke rather lucubrleuHly.
"Rntttn. isn't It? And, I say, Mrs.
Lawless. I may come and sec you when
ten ret back, mayn't I?"
"If you want te of course !"
"Of cetirnc I want te?" lie had
MTer been in love before, but he was
fully perMinded that lie was In love
new, and he never lest an opportunity
te scowl at Chris when his bark was
terned!
Jle moved a little closer te Marie, and
looked down at her earnestly.
"If ever there's anything you want
done, never he afraid te ask me te de
It!" he said. "You'll remember thnt,
won't von?"
Marie did net take him seriously. She
w net used te belns made love te.
Sbe just looked upon him as a ber.
"Whv. of ceurfe, I will ! And there's
wircthlnpr 'ou enn de for me new. if
you nil! see If there are anv letters."
"Of rnurse!" He was off in nn
lnitcnt. nnd Marie looked across the
farden. hoping desperately that Chris
iron '' see sue was nlene and retur
Hut he wns Imi trhlm- nml fnlH,i .m.
Mr He-let and nn elderly mnn nnd a
Iitte chill feelins of unwnntedness
ttAV into her heart.
Wen 'd life nlwnys be like this? she
itteil herself, and closed her eyes with
a ii(Men feeling of dread.
Supposing she hnd been drowned!
Supposing feathers hnd net been In
time after nil !
She tried te believe thnt Chris would
. , breIcn -hearted, but she knew
the Mly of sue!) n belief. He would
Jave been sorry, of course, for they hnd
known one another se lenB been such
PIs. in the past, at nny rate-1
A npnni fni- Tm.M i...Mi... ,, .,
F...M ... in. ' '"""K"!". .'alii
FMUiers bnsMe her. nnd she looked up
il" a 1'ttle in f slirh '
"Yeu Will be nngry wi
JVUt
"I --hall net!
jeuS"
"T mini.
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He imt down in
Atkins liiwl Inf. r
;uj:i;ested, half in fun.
mi Vi ineTu nr,res'' nt '"'r husband,
ted then bnek at the mnn beside her
J,iT wTvrln,! she "aU- "what
Wu have hnppene.1 if ,. ,,,, et
.!(.,"" m,t nf "'c sea?"
Mmi would hnve hnpiicned?" He
SS n"r,,H w,tI' ",,K-,t xwloiw xwleiw
E.,,,";11' Jen would have been
orennid, df course, "
I knew.' I don't
th me if I tell
I cver ancrv with
could be," she
Am
the ehnir veiim?
"Tell me, nnd "rcc,"
mean that ! I
Bean, what would hnve hnnpeiml te
n (Dris and every one else "
wJ,?!,tilCr.1,li'' net """wr. He insuely
llin k t.ulu',rc W,H f""1", wrleiis ques-
operlence of women was se .small that
He was unable te understand.
tM-!l0..df",t Y.Rn.t.tP tblnk of sueh
m. f ' ..." snl" "rlskly nfter
fkif .ii ;.011 n, nllvp nml well.
t all thut matters?"
She did ,U)t nnswer. and looking nt
Jwcurleusly. he was struck by the Jail
Stn f ir f'tt' l,y ""' 'I'wnwnrd
?ffiin?f ''7. "n'Uy meu,h "'"' ll"'
real & ?."f. ''T 0'es' nn'1 -'"'denly be
un-bled aeiM..s n secret which he I....1
'cr suspected, nnd It' win thnt tl.i.
a me-
Isn't
rftl wn
Who;
Jt his brain
Mil llltllli.
te'n,,UX,'t,l.p nuestie,, chmerc.l
jt- ;."""" ,1" mult or Her own?
friend ('"H'ieus of ""K"' nSainst his
ttrwrh ns sftu,n,t(,rinB back te them
ilhmL ""' ''rtwnnlr. and was
aiBUInz as he rniiii.
L'..il -...-..
'ratners rose.
le said eiirtlv.
"Vn .I,''.;
Others ,lL,,0",5!:t. ' " '.
.inn mi -mill as uriris
"Take this chair,"
"atsoaiel l..i .. .n V. "'."
. ...- ...iiiirii nil id ine
I III! lOIIIIKP II IK II 111
into
ue went
" j ioek in, ,, nnner.
I aa n word.
IV,10.t'l nH he
hn).
but he did net
iUhlKV.V.i.."'.wn.? F niriM. Im knew
iiiiiii iiiiii iii
new
fear
winu. i... L ' '." '",,:j..K",wy,,1't
ar fi.i. -rr i "" v. ii nu u vacue
ur i'r .Marie crew , 1,1. !... h
... ' ttnu i,
Hcrlet nil M'VKP fn" '' 51".
I llai""!";l',w",la" were talk-
I"Mtht.rVeml,'l",!'t '" K" lel",Bp'
)ln" u '1l. l",RV whnt- "'V were
ATZV'Vr M'rPOnt''1 ,1,N Uw '"'
they Li ""l'l'ese nftcrwatd that
M-k ,,np?"!" " "f bis presence,
trniral laugh; "l " ' wUh n ,utlier
lnDl,!v1tVh,!,nrrp "", h!'re'! en the
'. is ! .' er,'''lv" ,.,BV- ' V,,FJ- "nius
WwhadJ.. 1'1"" ' slI'l'ese she ha."
TtV".y I,,' "Ph ,,tu'"!'n" I" life?
'tt t,tha(!r!,,,S!',' en'fc" nnly n child!"
the , In ' f ?H,WWI interestedly.
Theh T .? wl,icl' I" bir husbaml?
One?" ' " ,,uli " the oed-lool;ing
?"ln...nnr,?,t ln"Kl,C,K "'yler!
"K, , '"' I'l'ieene. f course I"
1b" 1.. 1u;l,lj 'lult,, tlicMifslat that
'"n in ,i """, "" '"ere is some.
1 can' -D iW1"y, h0 ,0,)Uk nt her
WJ in' i "';"", ,,,,t ' yu badn't
wiiWi iM' hlB h(,n(1'' SflPPd the paper
with sudden tensjen.
JMtnt encklinc, sentimental feels
Henen were I In love! Iel Why, he
hail never looked ut a woman in his life.
itiriw. iUn1 thc ,.m"cr d0WI, nni1' rlsln8
ri.i. " " l,, lounge,
ihe two women looked
blank disninr.
My dear, de you think be heard?"
the younger one whispered.
Mrs. Hcrlet laughed spitefully.
,'I hope he did 1 It will de him geed I
Hen never even commonly civil te a
woman," she sold. "But It's really
rather droll, you thinking he was the
husband! Hew he will lmtcltt"
CHAPTER VI
"What shall I h at fifty.
HneukJ nature keep me alive
",J. Jlnd th werl.1 no hllW
When I urn but twentjr.nve?"
At the end of the week Dr. Carey
censed his visit?.
"Yeu won't need me any mere," he
assured Marie. "Toke care of your
Keif, that Is nil, and no mere bathing
this season."
Marie shivered. "Ne, I premise
Hhe was feeling qulte herself again,
though she get tired easily. She had
written te Aunt Mniti. mnliln. tut,
of her nccldent. nnd assuring her that
there weh no need te worry.
"And I n m ever m happy," she
wrote, with desolation In her heart.
"And I like the hotel, nnd there are
nice people here, nnd every one Is very
kiiui te me. i will let you Knew when
we are ceininc home."
. Chris came and steed behind her ns
she was writing and caught sight of
the tint sentence.
"Is thnt true?" he asked. He pointed
te tnc werus: "I am ever se happy
Marie laughed, but she was glad that
ne ccum net see her lace.
"Of course, it's true," 8he said, "I
have never had such n geed time In
my life."
A mere observant man would have
henrd the flntness el her voice, but
Chris only heard what he wanted te
hear, and it gave him n sense of relief
If she vins happy, that was all right,
He thought things had arranged them
selves admirably. Marriage was .net
going te be the tic he had dreaded, after
all.
"Mrs. Herlet wnirts me te play n
round of golf v lth her this afternoon,"
he said after n moment. "De you
mind?"
"Of ce.irse net. I'leasc go. I shall
be all right, I nm going te take my
book down en the snnds."
"Very well don't overtire yourself."
He laid his hand en her shoulder for a
moment and then walked away.
Mtuie sat staring nt the finished let
ter before her. Would Aunt Mndgc be
as blind as Chris, she wondered. She
thrust it Inte nn envelope nnd took it
te the pest.
The weather wns still holding fine.
The days were het nnd sunny nnd the
nights moonlit.
Last night at dinner she had asked
Chris te take her for a walk. It was
the first time she had asked anything
of him since their marriage, but she
had peeped at the moonlit sands and sea
from her window as she was dressing
for dinner nnd n sudden longing te wnlk
through its silvery vndlnnce with Chris
had seized upon her.
"Come out with jeu? Why, of
course!" Chris said in quick response.
"I premised te play Feathers n hundred
up nt half-pnst eight, but that won't
take long, and we can go afterward."
Rut It had taken ever an hour, and
afterward another man who had
watched the game had challenged Chris
te nnether. and quite unintentionally
Chris had forgetteu all about his prom prem
ise te Marie, nnd she had crept off te
bed at 10 o'clock without bcclng him
again.
I shall get used te if. of course I
shall," she te'd herself as she lay awake
with the moonlight pouting through the
open window. "Other women with
hushnnds like Chris get used te it, and
se shall I."
She never shed tears about him ; nil
her tenrs seemed te have been dried up.
Her only longing was that he should be
happy, nnd that she should never bore
him or prove a tie te his freedom.
She loved him with complete unsel
fishness with cemplete foolishness, tee,
perhaps, an unkind critic might have
said.
Ills was a nature se easily spoilt. If
.iiivbedji offered him his own way he
took It without demur. He liked things
te go smoothly. If he was having u
geed time himself he took It for granted
thnt everjbedy else was, tee.
He went off te his golf quite happily.
He told Mrs. Hcriet that Marie had
taken a book down te the sands.
"Alone?" Mrs. Herlet laughed.
"Hew queer! Doesn't she find it dull?"
"She loves reading she'll be quite
happy."
And Chris really believed what he was
sa.ilng.
He did net enre a jet for Mrs. Herlet,
but she played golf magnificently, and
she was never tired. She could be out
u the links all day and dance all night,
nnd still leek ns fresh us pulnt per
haps because she owed most of her
freshness te paint aud powder.
As she and Chris were leaving the
he'el they encountered Feathers.
Feathers stepped dead in front of his
friend, b'ecklng the way.
"Where are you going?" he asked
uncompromisingly.
"Where are we going?" Chris echoed
with sarcasm. "Where de you think
we ure going.' limiting?
Mrs. Heriet laughed immoderately.
She did net like Feathers, and she knew
that he did net like her or approve of
her friendship with Chris, and It pleased
her te read the niinojance in his ugly
l'nce.
"We're going golfing, Mr. Dakcrs."
she said. "Don't you recognize the
elnls? 1 thought yen were a golfer."
"He hates me, jeu knew," she ex
plained te Chris as they went en down
the read.
"He doesn't like any women," Chris
said easily.
"Yeu really think se?" she asked,
raising her brews.
"I urn sure of it." He seemed struck
liv her silence, and turned bis head
ulinptilv "Wlinf flu Villi niOllll?
"Only thnt 1 thought he seemed (
rather friendly with )our little wife,"
mi? explained.
"Oh. with Marie!" Chris laughed.
"Yes. I'm glad te say he Is. They get
en very well together. He saved her
life, ou knew."
"Of course! Hew stupid of me!"
She pretended that she hnd forgotten,
and Chris frowned.
"Whv en earth can't the woman be
Mituial?" he wns thinking Imputlentlv
He hud quite mist,cd her venomous little
shaft with regurd te his wife nnd
renthers. His was a most unsuspicious
nature, and he cared tee little for Marie
te feel the slightest Jealousy,
He had laughed at Atkins' devotion
te her. Atkins was a young Idiot, but
he had been pleased thnt she and
renthers had taken such a liking te
i in- another. It argued well for n
future in which Chris could see himself
wanting te knock about town with
Fenlheis us he had done before he was
unrrled.
They played u round of golf, ami Mrs.
Herlet beat him.
CONTINUEDTX)MOnROW
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