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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921
A BACHELOR HUSBAND
By KlZ?y
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THIS BEGINS THE STOItf
?"" otter "'! merrJcd;
l X vfced d ncC(Ici tftfl
1 """1, ffte marriage brought him.
' &uZAlr!i& from outsider,.
' VVr honeymoon, tcntf h.
-Jrf her the told him she did net
friend ej f "! MJr?0e 7 dangerous
frown a ljyn!L,'e uL he saved.
&i father and she beats him.
AND IIBBB IT CONTINUES
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WAT a triumph!" sue buiu
'"VWh,C" "Cr..W nt
.. naaV mill U
JnamcB without first being Invited
"AVwM widow with a large Income
,d a spiteful nature. She did no
Actually wish te remarry, because tf
il ,11,1 se she would lese the money
,(t her by her husband, but nil the
me. she did net like te see her men
Wends monopolized and married by
Ither women. She was thinking of her
lusbiuid new, as she sat, chin en hand,
lUrlng down nt Chris, sprawled betide
b Vncan6 fferiet had died In India
Jlc 1 i" wife was in England, and he
?i Vied of tee much drink and nn
Staried Hvcr. As she looked at OhrlN,
with his handsome face and long, llthe
fliureV die wen mentally contrasting
Mm with the short, stubby mnn whom
She had married solely for his money.
She liked Chris for the bame reason
that he liked her. They had many
tastes in common and seldom bored
one another. .... .
She ai a year or two elder than he,
but she was still a young woman, and
had It net been for the money ques
tion she would have done her best te
marry him; but she knew thnt Chris
had no money, and life without money
was te Mrs. Ilcrlet very much ns a
motorcar would be without Its engine.
Se the had launched the craft of Pinte
between them, nnd comforted herself
with the thought that he was net n
marrying man.
it had been n renl shock te her te
hear of his wedding. She had been very
anxious te meet his wife nnd find out
for hertelf why hi hnd be suddenly
changed hii mind.
Her quick eyes had already discovered
that It had net been for love ! She hnd
made a life study of the opposite sex,
. .-lift IAn. ltf.n.. n . t(lllr ,lin,
there was another reason for which she
must seek.
"Yeu knew," she said, abruptly, "I
wa ever se surprised te hear that you
were married?"
"Were you?" Christ tilted his hat
further ever his eyes. "Most people
wire. I think. Peer old Feathers was
absolutely disgusted."
"It wns very sudden, wasn't it?" she
pursued. "Quite romantic, from all ac
counts." "Ob, I don't knew. I've known her
all my life we were brought up to te
pther." "Kcally!" She opened her eyes
wide. "Cousins or something?" Bhe
kaiarded.
"Ne. Marie's father adopted me."
Chris rose te his feet nnd yawned.
He knew thnt he was being pumped.
"Shall we play another round?" he
tiled.
"Of course." She was n little eha
f i , . She ,ind Imagined that their
friendship was en tee sccure a basis
te permit of such a decided snubbing.
She played badly, as she always did
een she was annoyed, and Chris wen
ttSllY.
. "u threw that away deliberately,"
i challenged her.
She laughed. "Did I? Perhaps 1
ia. leu annoyed me."
"In whnt way?"
'I thought we were friends, and when
Matured te be interested In your mar
"e jeii snubbed me nbemlnably."
Her eyes were plaintive ns they met
fitlewd. manIlke' Chris felt s8htly
ftl"; 1Uriet W0B a much-seught-fUr
woman, and he knew that alie
for his0 a dlbl,nCt PrCference
w"man!" ' " when he care8 or n
Chris colored a jttl0 n
Jlne what It wns she wanted him te
imMv70! nlwnvs been such a con cen
"raed bachelor," the went en. "I am
h'ttll t0 th,lnk, het yeurwjfr US
temniirf wenar'uI woman te have, se
wmpletely metamorphosed you."
tre,aliST,mr?W'1, IIe rcscntc,! this
St nn?,mi,iatlon-.,even whil he was
I him t0 thlnk Jt "nrcasonable
idJ? ir dtTS0-, Aftcr ". 'e had
u .J' "'riot Mme considerable
ln,B?ed,tt.Sa'd,theyhadnlwnj'S
al?.?lin t11 ye" one thing," he said
A Y;'?hly' ,"And tllnt i. that my
Vh0lheT0n,y1W0,mnn In t,ia world
StWwur ' wiU thnt
. alra, Hcrlnt emiij ..i ,.. ,
vaM mil "? Y'-:i', one ni-
7" amlled (meet v when l. ,v
n,3 Particularly vixenish.
"OW fnrnat P ...... I ti
rElM.,S? jnurmufV:,. "oTeoS
Hew
very
iirmln, i i , WMnt a Paitlcu arly
KwDhI,8tl,Bl.rl,,sll0r,&-KO "spoilt, se
Wr'"',1,,,1 8PP0se, it is 'just
"X ... e of llke attract ng unlike."
fc h.pu !f iB-" Bal'1 Chrta blt,nt-
Mk ahn 6l tePxx'ncM she would
rtM5 . """"thin else. He was
hweu'h l0 detect tI,e Rtinf ""
M4V. if nnei""7 werdSl ,u,d flH ,,ls
Kl5'J, "".V11 "B mere, rose In defense
iiew ? S,en'ht of her with a
"fih.'u .t0' affcetionnte warmth.
wmer " i me,st unselfish child I've
- w met, hi cn,l lm..l.l...i..
HH. w still a child te him! It was,
liri;aJ'e, " ee,'l'' net illMeclntP
letii "i .m i1"' 11Ule Kirl with
Valtcd ,'!"d ,n'istful p' "'he hnd
)'. lv,e, lim, Aand "f"1 f0"t nil hi
Iwrt InJ .JvnH ,n woman, at least in
C, Jln"!llls,' there might have
a. a. better iinrlnuf.,.ii., ,..
a better understanding between
all7t.w ,l wn well, everything
t Mafii' ?,nd Mnrle 1,nd written te
lPi7." B ,,mt Bbe wns "c' e
aPP7
Iti
'wlntha'v ,,Bit,h7 rfa',1'e,, t,le hete!
entVi M.rs, IIcr et wild with a sen.
...?w' sleli. "Pnft
aldl!'' P,0riu'y.an;i
perfect
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"II ... ....... uiim, nun ii diiulk
Ui hi5 ",0'?lic,red Wnrle'B little ro re
w Wm and hi own forgetfulnosa.
M. tYflZS
Chatierten," Etc.
W. J. Watt A Oe,
Ihd tingry bleed niBhcd te bis face. Iln
hated te feel that perhapR he had dis
appointed her.
He left Mrs. Herlet In the lounge and
went straight up te his wlfe's room.
She wns net there, but n book which
He knew she had been reading was lying
open en her drensing-table nnd a little
pair of white show steed neatly togcther
en the rug.
Chris rubbed the back of his head
with a curiously boyish leek of cmbar
jnssment. It eecmed odd te think thnt
he nnd little Marie Celeste were really
husband nnd wife I He cast a furtive
leek nt himself In her mirror. He did
net loe much like a mnrrlcd man, he
thought and laughed as he took up the
book which Marie had been rending. It
was (i book of poems, nnd Chris made
n little grimace. He had never read a
poem in his life, but his eyes fell new
en soma of the lines which hnd been
faintly underscored with a pencil :
"het.!hal1 I b at fifty.
Should nature keep me alive
".5rJ'nd ."" worn ae bltttr
when I am tut twenty-flvef
He read the words through twice with
a vague sense of discomfort.
Hnd Marie underlined them nnd if
se, why? They did net convey n tre
mendous deal te Chris, though he had
n faintly uncombertnhle feeling that
they might te a woman.
' Marie was net twenty-five cither,
she was only nineteen! And anyway
it was absurd te lmagine that she was
finding the world bitter when she hnd
just written home te Aunt Mndge thnt
she wns quite happy.
He had the book still In his hand
when the deer opened and Marie came
in. She caught her breath when Bhe
saw her husband,
'Teu, ChriHl"
"Yes, I thought you were In." He
turned round, holding out the book.
"Are you rending this?"
"Yes." She tried te take it from
him, but he avoided her. "Did you
nnderllne that verse?"
He saw the color flicker into her face,
but she laughed, as she bent ever the
book and read the words he Indicated.
"Did I? Of ceurse net. It's a
pretty poem. It's Tennysen'n 'Maud,'
you knew." Chris knew nothing about
Tennyson's "Maud," but he was re
lieved te hear the natural way in which
his wife spoke. He shut the book nnd
threw it down carelessly.
"I came te say that I'm sorry about
last night about forgetting te take you
out, I mean. I clean forget all nbeut
it. We'll go tonight, shall we?" There
was the smallest hesitation before she
answered. She wns taking off her hat
at the wardrobe se he could net see
her face.
"Mr. Dnkcrs has two tickets for a
concert," she said at last. "I almost
premised him 1 would go." She waited.
' If you don't mind," she added.
Of course, I don't mind. Ge by nil
means. I dare sny you'll enjoy it. I
shall be nil right I con have a game
nt billiards with seme one. I suppose
it'a time te dress?"
"Yes, I think se."
"See you downstairs, then?"
"Yen."
Chr is went off whistling. He was
quite hnppy again. Somebody else had
marked that verse. He ought te have
known Marie Celeste would net be se
foolish and they were stupid lines any
way. He could net Imagine why any
body ever wanted te read poetry.
CHAPTER VII
"i'.enn .LhB. Ilnk of lev Parted.
Strength Is tone
Directly Chris had geno Marie opened
her deer, which he had abut after him.
nnd ran downstairs.
The lounge was almost deserted. Most
of the visitors were dressing for dinner
but Feathers was lounging against the
open swing deer which led into the
garden.
His hands were deep thrust Inte his
pockets nnd he was looking out ever the
sea with moody eyes.
"a?Dakenrs-"t0 L'm breathlcssIy
He turned at once. "Yea." He no
ticed the flushed agitation of her fnce.
'Is anything the matter?" he naked in
swift concern.
"Yea! I mean no I Oh, It's noth
ing much, at any rate, but but I told
Chris you wero going te take me te a
ticket t.nIfhti.,thaLye,i had et two
tickcta " She broke off ngi-
tatedly, only te rush en again. ''Of
wSe,iiIi.k,l?w JL0U're netl i eny
just said it, but-but if he aska you-
eh, you wouldn't mind net telling him.
weula you?" '
Feathers looked utterly mystified, but
she- was tee much in earnest for him te
smile, se Jie said quietly:
There is rather a geed ahew en the
85' wii go!-1 " ru gct Bem8
She fluBbed all ever her face nnd her
VO UtVQiCU.
"I knew it's horrid of me, and
can'
I
y" .Vta'i ,- Hn011' -y' tat
in. m . ,knc7, Chri? wnted te
for
hadu d merTTTan .& InKSded!""
cuiue inugnea. "Chris Is a Geth!
I like InllStf nn,1 T... . '
" rf W. AS at fT Sh
J'1;. dn't renlly want tot Yeu
wouldn't have thought of it, if I hadn't
said anything," she stammered.
I ve often thought of it," he main
aned quietly. "If the truth must be
U'm' y. m ,V.Cry fend of luUBic- be It
v.11 be a kindness if you will let m"
pretend that I'm only 'going te please
There wns a little silence, then Marie
sipped her hand into his with a long
sigh of relief.
"Oh, you am a. dear," she said, and
lied nwny before he could answer.
hhc went up te her own room and
hurried with her dressing. She did
net want te go te the concert in the
very least. It had cost her a great
deul te refuse Chris' offer of that
moonlit walk, but In her heart she knew
that he had only suggested it as repara
tion for IiIh forgetfulness of last night,
nnd her pridu would net allow her te
accept.
If he hnd wished te go with her he
would net have forgotten. She knew
Chris well enough te knew thnt he never
forget n thing thnt he wished te remem
ber, and there was n little choking lump
of misery in her threat ns she hurriedly
changed her frock.
Chris was very punctilious about
dressing for dinner. It was one of hla
pet snobberies, se Feather, declared, for
Feathers himself had a fine disregard of
nppenrances and of what people thought.
Hut tonight even he struggled into a
dinner jacket, and lialf-strnngled him
self in u high cellar In honor of Marie.
At dinner Chris chaffed him mercilessly
acresi the space that divided their
tables.
"You'll be putting brllllantine en
your hair next," he said. "Net that It
would be much use!" he added dryly.
"I think his hair leeks very nice,"
said Marie Celeste. She did net think
se, but she was se grateful te him for
having rushed into the breach for hYr
tonight that alie looked upon him
through rehe-tinted glasses.
Feathers smiled grimly, meeting her
eyes.
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