srri'A,iA'3rMiBa rtiW-T-K H r t ww'!'t'w !-' " " r ".' -Jlil' S??i37l?v ' A'FfvW miimrmtfi wiTiwr - '1 '. T-' .W7 .'. ',! . ISfiwf Uit bidr-t ie. - On, EVENING PUBLIC LED (SER-n PHILADELPHIA, M6NDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1921 27 4 BACHELOR HUSBAND By KIJ3Y ill. 1Y?S lufier e "Richard ChaUcrten," Etc. CtiurleM, 1S10, bv W J. Waft d Ce. THIS HKOINS THE STORY Marie Chester and tfAWifepfter Lmclrss were rahcil together, and tit "her ether died they married; ,he w the loved htm and thought he loved her; Ac became he tUcedhrr JmJ he needed the money. On their lontvmeon hc learn tehU he mar ried her and tells him the does net ,,,, n-hr,, anrec te be fusC blends. Mc flirts with (i Mrs. llcriet. ., ! comfort in Maker or 1'tathcrs, a friend of her husband. Chris "V linkers and hn had alwayit um done friends, but he supposes it Ul he different noxe he is mrrud. "It need net be," tayt Marie. "1 hat s vhat 1 told him," said Chris. ,S1) HERE IT CONTINUES tct TOLD litm you Wcre net nn ex- 1 acting wemnn J I told him that we W known one another nil our lives. The whb. n llttle Hllonce. "Did yOll TCII IlllH ."" n...inu jBf7 ' iUiirir neii" Wm Z you mean? I it likely?" it ti.nni?lit veu might. nns It wan only i"st n sort e buslncus arrange mCh'ri steed still nnd looked down at " . 1 . it.. ... 1.nA 1lAA.1 "DO you Rnuw inui. j"u "' ""? great denl lately, Mnrle Coleste?" Plie forced hCfFelf te leek at htm. "De ou mean my face?" He frowned. "Your fnce no! I mtan In yourself! I wn only think ing tlilM morning thnt you seem nhno nhne lately different te te the nlrl you re tlmt day outside Westminster Ab be?." -,.,.. ..... She iiirncu mmnnj nnu.. "Perhaps I am; a great deal Imb happened since then." Chris i-cemed te be considering the "Years nce," he said suddenly, 'I ucd te (latter myself thnt you were rather fend of me, Marie Celeste." She caught her breath, but made no inswer, und he persisted, "Yeu were, weren't you?" Yesef course, I waa!" she said "Kvcn up te thnt last time you went tack te Paris I thought the same," he went en. "Yeu had n funny little Tily of looking at me, Marie Celeste I nay I rather liked, I remember." "And what mnde you think I wan desperately In love with you?" she iskrd. in a hard voice. "Well, net desperately In love, per haps, but I used' te think you had a lert of sncnklng affection for me I itii a conceited donkey, I suppose." "I married you anyway!" she said WntMphslv. "Yes, and what n marriage," he jjaculatcd. ' Marie put her hand te her threat ns If Khe were choking. "I thought we were getting along well together." "Did 50U? Thnt all depends what you mean by well ! I suppese it's nil ll.lt l It ell .., Iglll, 1, It nune juiu She gave n queer little laugh. "ChrlK, you are net trying te pre tend that jeu're in love with mcl" The words seemed forced from her and her hurt beat te suffocation ns she waited for his reply. It came without a second s hesitation. "I Buonefco I ve never been in love 111 ... .Mmn l..t It llKn a. rei. Una WHU UUJ iyiimn, UUb u liivti; ttLI .HID betn any one, it's been you, Marie Celeste." A peer little grain of romiert, nne jrt it was comfort te knew thnt no body else came before her. She felt nlmest happy ter the rest e! the day ; even Fenthcrs noticed that Itr eyes were brighter and that thcrt ws mere color in her cheeks. "This plnce is doing you geed nt list, Mrs. Lawless," he said te her Owing the evening. "It'n the first time ne see you with n color." Ehe put up her hands te her checks. UctMngly. "And It's my own," she said, "and tot out of the box." His grave eyes searched her face. "Ignoramus ns I am. I could have told ) ou thnt," he answered. Mrs. Herlet came rustling up te tlem: ehe were n beautiful cveninu jewn, cut rather unnecet-sarlly low, nnd i diamond star glittered en her white neck. "What arc you two laughing about?" tie demanded. "Mr. Dakcrs, I must compliment jnu. Yeu always seem te be ible te muke Mrs. Lawless laugh, isd she s such a berleus little person u t rule." She sat down between them; she al iti liked te be the center of n con vention. "Thtre'll be no moon tonight," she Mid tuddenly. "It's clouded ever; I Minx we shall have soma rain. "It must be badly needed," Feathers Hid Kntentieusly. one made a little- grimace. The rrnn Anri the fnrmprM rnnf It I nppese you mean 1 De you knew tut Pye no Interest In cither of them?" 10U eurnrlse me." nld FenHiern tnttly. dm held out her white hand. Give mik MlTlipnltA r nntrAvu'" & danced round thn lnnnee. Where is every one teniglit?" she H plaintively. ,, ''Ink most of the men are In the rautd room," Mnrle Bald hesitatingly ; f I knew that Chris wutt he had asked er permivien first, and the little at- ruea naa pleased her, though she "w quite well that he would have ii??V,. "ad n0 desired te go. m tt . Mr- Dakera Is simply eplen M. TW knew," Mra. Herlet said with tS,S ' ..en PsenUy he had tuW friend, doesn't he?" alwij, ' MarIe ngrecd uJ J? w" wlM h,m!" the c,(1e' hkT.cntv0n sympathetically. "Or ""lelng back te town with you?" WtMi! net geine baCk with ""'" rtit? SL'.!"11 acreM the lounge te Iterle ,,hit8 lt00(l tnlkl"e te some W,ep h0art centrttctel "lib CAS Im him, she knew I ' "raid te think hew much. ' no m.. .. ... .... .. Ifth rtk " th Frl,,ny tnernlnB l,J f,ant was K'"K ,0 1'nPPen. ? room lL ,raemeiU looking round 7 th V. "irvpy eyes, then sua- ibeSt ,,liJa.bcd.-he- 'lark hnlr fall- f iuS: nna Btttrcd at Hrt7raenli? . ' of. Ilep noneymeon! S"WbS i,?r ''"wneM nnd dlsap Alters, e t0 "-ncr friendship with friiWMf ,,f." ,lul lll OUld h.ln "'""Silt f it. 'kla;hJ ll,- through the Inn S lck hMnu ? ,1Qt t hand? Hlie . ".-.e.jr 0 ,lcr el(, futie HIM?AK I must boeu, bure- THE GUMPS Backuard Scandal 4 1 t IsBVT " j i I " f By Sidney Smith in There would be Aunt Madge, toe: It was comfe ting te think of her. but Mnrle did net rcnlize thnt when she mnrried Chris nhe had burnt her beat iiehiiid her, and would never again find happ mean or contentment In the aim tile 'things thnt had pleased her before. Her heart wnu henvy ns she went downstairs; it wns n particularly beau tiful morning, nnd her eyes were misty with team ns she looked at the blue sea nnd the Bimllght nnd realized thnt tomorrow bIir would open her eyes, en luHtM nnd mertnr and smoky Londen. let It hnd been her own wish te re turn. She could have stayed en had hc chosen. "Geed morning," said Fenthcra be side her. She turned quickly, her eyes bright ening. "Am I down before you? It's gen crnlly the ether way nbeut?" "Yen. I ntrrmlnnf Mvi.ir 1t'l,.'. Chris?-: "I don't think he'n up yet." There wns n little silence. "Am Vflll rnlnv l.v tl.A nn.nl-,n trnin?" tenthers nsked presently. fro, otter lunch, I think; we shall ba home nbeut C." SllK Innlmrl tin nt- l.t ..I. if.. 11. I Hnvc jeu get n headache?" she asked 1 L'dllCCrn. "lnll InnL- no if mil have." "" lie laughed. "Ne. I don't indulge In such lux uries, but I didn't sleep particularly well last night. " "A guilty conscience?" Muric said, teasing!'. "1'rebublv." Up nfnnnn.1 mif (,, Via sunny garden. "Shall we go for a slrcV."' n"lt y,lr nt morning?" She followed nt once. "That sounded be horrid," she said, with a half high. "My lnHt morning! It HOUndH HN If I unrn inlnir tr. Ka ava- cuted or something. " ine inst or happy days here, I should have fcald," Feathers corrected himself gravely. "I hope it will also be tllC first Of mnnv nnd mnnli linnnlnr das te come." , ''Th0Ik you." Suddenly he laughed. 'Whv. It'H Prl,lnvt T l -....V. . cheese unlucky days te go te places or u me important things. I was mar red en Friday, nnd I came home from Paris after father died en Friday." "Well, it'a as geed n day as any ether." She hhoek her head. "Net for me." she wild, unthinking ly, then laughed te cover the admission of her words. "I'm superstitious, you bc." "Absurd!" "I knew it Is, and I never used te be. "I don't believe you are new," he declared. "What are you looking nt?" Mnrle had steed suddenly still, and was look ing down en the sands. The tide wns nuf tin, I a ..i ...... ...., H.,1, ,. ill, .11 111U werrmn were walking along together cles.' te the water's edge. "It'H Chris and Mrs. Herlet," i iHuicrs naiti quietly. "Mhall we go anil miwf tkml'i He turned toward the steps leading uunn iy uic unere, uut .Mnrie tlld net move. She watt very pale, nnd the leek n her eyes cut him te the henrt when he looked ,at her. "I don't think I will I'd rather go hack they Imten't teen us," bIie an swered. She would have turned bnck the way they had come, but Feathers reselutelr barred the way. "Mrs. Lawless, don't you think it would be much wiser te come nleng nnd meet them?" he nsked deliberntely. She raised her troubled eyes te his. ! 'l.-0n'S """"tin , why need I? Oh, de you think I must?" He tried te laugh as If it were a ub ject of no Importance. "Why net? They have probably Been US. lie could see. refusal in her face ; then nil at once she gave in. "Very well." Hut her steps dragged as she followed him down te the sands, nnd her fnce had net regained its color. Fenthprs n-ns rnnlrlm- hi. I,..!.. menn whrreby te dlnperHe the NUHpicien Wllff.h IIO kniM WAR fti hat !.,,! TT. - ...... mi inuiUi ne wns cursing Chris with all his heartji even wiiiic ne wna level -headed enough te guess that in nil probability his friend's meeting with Mrs. Hcrie't wns entirely one of chnnce. When they were near enough he called out te them cheerily : "New. hen. vnn lirn tt'n 1....1. faH time, se hurry ! Mrs.' Lawless and 1 nnvu ueen ngni along te the head-lund." It wns net the truth, but Mnrie hardly noticed whnt he snld; she was trvinr tlpsnernfAl,. tn renm. 1.a. a.. --..---. .-.....tr .. .vw.v. 111,-1 llflil- posure and faca .Mrs. Herlet with a smile. They walked back te the hotel, the two men behind. "I am he sorry we are leaving, new it has reallv come te flip nnlnt " Mn-i. snid. She kept her hands clenched in the pockets of the little woolly cent she wern: nhe wendprpil If thn nM lunmnn could hear the hardnevn of her voice. "I'm ever se Kerrv. tun." Mr. TTa.Ia, said gushingb. "It's the werht of an hotel, 1mi t it? As neon iih one gets te like people they leave." "Onn i'nn llltflVA input tlin... ..:.. t ... . .. ..,. itti 111 iiiuil. Marie wild deliberately. She was won dering dchpcr.itel if Cl,rin had ulreatl) mane some tui;ii nrinugeuivnt with this woman. Mrs. Herlet wniled enigmntienlly. "It se seldom hnnnens. thnush ." h haid. "Life Is se like that book, 'Ships that Pass In the Night,' don't you ininK "I haven't rend It." Mnrlp .ni,i bluntly. She hated Mr. Herlet, hated every thing about her her voice, her smile, uunn hnr plnthpn.f.hA hntml tltAn .11 she went straight In te brehkfiiHt with out waning ier inns, nnu when he joined her she was quite ell aware that his eyes were turned te her again nnd again anxiously. Directly breakfast was ever she turued te go upstairs, but he fol lowed. "Where are jeu going, Marie Ce leste?" He tried hard te speak nat urally, but he hnd never felt mere un comfortable in his life ; he knew whnt Marie must be thinking, nnd he real ized thnt the only explanation he could offer of his enrly unlk with Mrs. Herlet weh a very thin one indeed. She uiihwcred without stepping or looking around. "I nin going te finish packing.'' "I'll come with jeu." She did net ensucr, nnd he followed her up te her room. "Why don't jeu go nnd have a mvIiu?" Mic nsked then. "It's a pity te vwiste the last morning indoors." "I will go if jeu will come with me," he snld nt once. She shook her head. "Ne, thank jeu; I haven't get the nervr." "You'll he perfectly safe with me; I'll leek after jeu." She shook her hend nguln. "Ne, thnnk you." Slip began walking about the room, folding up the few things she hnd net already packed und ramming them any how into the open trunk, CONTINUEDOMORROW NVtftfr teO VrtUTVUVJ? t U1FUY ...--, w iwv vie,. 1 I-." 1 10 Ht uaFsrcM&kra thu? MORVUMO AUt VMO t NOV TWHVC wutZt. im ! r mjri -mat Mmvw t.: s:r::.j "' ""'..,"vk -c wmn wt Bumpt nvwi- rAKS. ZAftlgR... Pei I JT I' L I I ' w UJ'P yIWMk b j iBB -' """ 1 I LI It i4iiywi 1 1 BC2SZSBC Att I'll arr Ht'& Genc Te aer mmwe mmh- she li.l inM-nikl. A. LAY OF v .rrr2",y?.'M"i....vZ-w ;.... 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