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EVENING- PUBLIC LBDGEB-PHILADEIiPHlA, FRIDAY, OOTOBEB SI, 1921
THE, GUMPS-Drepnis, Just Dreams
U BACHELOR HUSBAND
By RUBY M. AYRES
Auther of "Richard Chaltcrten," Etc.
Cov'vTieM, 10 It. tU W J. Watt 4 Ce.
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"TfcnKniNS THE STORY
Marie Chester Ortd Chjriiiepher
Jf?0 ..... ,i..A innfiher. and
"tiler father died they rtarrfrt.-
W "l,V,e1 ' . - . Afl Hfefrf
SfSSiTfeM flnjoedi de. "
f" Vl ... tC mOnCU l urrunyv-
WW
you're geinj away,
Si IrJupM Aim. 0 their honey-
mflV uvetne iie ?r""y'"vi
"r..j t;. fi-eniM eraecicu.
jKlWne .... i.rJ,fj Sn
HCTWl .l.v e .
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Aft
fL7 enrf iarie rtperteneei e prole prele prole
'affectien for Alri. known a
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Fi.Aeri. 0 re . .". "";."
'.,.:y.fi had surtirlttd vnrts waitc
Kimee efi" a"1 ihv r ?!!'
s;reri. ".,s,j'. ,e skx
' jfirti-. br.Meterw7;
tocewle her, but in vain, te no
tfeSicith Feather!, ie whom he
Emu hit Mention of living hit
.. Marie en reluming home
lUiended net at hi moreicnen,
Mether realisatien that she lack
tfrt neriet't pewei te sway Chrlt.
SlL'.iti i net the radiant happtneis
Uait had expected. Chru maintains
"."'V ;. ... J Mart rait nut
t-hZinnie. yhefel that
f,r ".. .,n .hrne inicreil in her
Srctei ; cow te Si. A.
treut ter geij
anfan.
AND HEKE IT CONTINUES
CHAPTER XI
$?. TSS'wwtrm-the erld vra. -a-j
t1?. w"V wu ld .net e!
it wtit awy '
HR1S tnt en the Friday, nnd for
j.v Kpfnrhnnd he was like a
:hoelboy going off for nn unexpected
He packed Mb thlnss long before they
ltlld Dt nceaeil, linu Ulliruiacu uinu
lin Mcauce no weniea i uhc iiiciu -,
,s tee tiet-Ks " "limn -;"
da brandnpw immnsr reu. -nnn-ii ur
. tA.thp for Marie's benefit, show-
. h.r- hew nerfectlr It wan made nnd
illiiiK her what upert he hoped te have
Ithlt.
Ufrl Jrfed te be cnthufiiaHtlc nnd
illed; once long bro hip una moeji en
rlrer bank with Chris nnd watched
m,plar a trout, finally landing the
Imtt thine en the sraHS.v bank, where
ll lay and gasped In the burning sun-
tine bcierc nc inerciiuny mueu n wim
itene.
She had hated the snort ever glncc
t hid seemed no cruel, she thought.
In a moment of bravado she Iiau enci
irtd te ear no te him. and had never
'erwtten the stony leek of disapprove
th which he rczardert iier.
"Cruel!" he echoed scathingly. "Hev
a the world ue you suppese tisn ar-
ujht, then? ieu seem te like them
T weasiast, anyway."
She knew that was true enough, but
!,&: them served up cooked and In In
inlmate was one thing, nnd te see them
rifted from the clear depths of a
Uer te gasp life away en the bank
una another.
(Chris put the new red away rather
enueeiy.
Of course, you don't care for
irt." he said. "I fonref."
j.nai uuri mere tnnn anything, cs
leciallr AK (the knew thnt nUh.r nn.
;thy Webber ex Mrs. Heriet wnuld
lave thoroughly entered into a discus,
lea with Lira upon the merits of bnh
na roe various catches he had sue
snuny landed.
Marie did her best rfnrtnir thnu l.
k days, but all her efforts went sin-
uiariy unrewarded.
Chris was tee engrossed In his nrcp-
rauens te take much notion of h.r
eugh once he brought her the old
reed coat (e tiavn n hnft.in . ... ..
.once he asked dlffldentlr If h
E'enld mind marking some new hand
erchlefa for blm.
Itl0 did both little srIea Ifl,
UMlanate rrntltiwln fn i.t... r i ..
V,1 k.: n'-.l'L "L""." I'nviiB
lltlrfnv fhn ... .1... i
Ollewed him vAnnrl V.a u-.. !..
BDe had been trnnt tn An i,., .u
UHUM both children nnd hn t.,i mn.
?me for the holidays.
uu ran errandn for Mm j .ii.
the Odd inha n-ll4 ,2 .11 J --l
EHM.far.Wm,,?,f' and Bt the ".
lWn his fattest nertmnntpnn n-,,1,1 .
line, she sat en the ten nf ) tr. ..
wax it te behave. '
Uris was kneeling en the fleer In his
in Sleeves, tinrelne. i ihi. .t i
rlng under hi, breathV lie'oeke
,..".". ?nce. t0 ?y what a pltv It
. ,m ? l uYlg" mere- but there
a jmils in his eyes.
tl7n.t.WDUCa Km' he W af-
Bw.hen,SaM t0. f"1?" the bag
Irlng. p' net nnrt Per
"You've cot m .AA u ..
ntlJ,e1l4S2'K "d hl -lis-
inr. and in, ""? " y w ?
IiIWm where " heBP8 mere when
Tv C?.ne- 1Iave Beed time."
fhVweuM LMaric' nml wondered
was fcr&w?"- f
ST. aLhLV?.'"? n way a'nd "that
('; rr Tr wc..L Denina
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ii Vk 6U1"A uujrt
iUUIDVi
'Oh, I see well, feed-by."
"Geed-by." But Btlil he hesitated
before he turned te the deer, but she
did net speftk, nnd he went en and
downstairs ngaln.
Marie went ever te the window,
lhcre were tears In her cyen, but it did
iipt matter new that Chris had gene,
nhe pulled the curtain aside mid looked
down into the street.
What A heap of lugjtnpc he had
taken! Arid she remembered hew he
had onto said that he dt'llltcd traveling
with a woman becijuse ahe always took
such quantities of DiingaKC '
Then Chris came out Of the heuee
nnd get into the taxi. He slammed the
dedr. nnd she heard him arienk te the
driver, and the next moment the taxi
cab had wheeled about nnd geni;.
She let the curtain fall and looked
round the room. Hew quickly things
happened ! A moment n:e nnd she had
(.teod here with his arms about her, nnd
new he had cone for hew lone she did
net Knew.
Wlten she hnd nuked him hn had
nnswercd vngniely that It nil depended
en t!ie weather, but that he would
let her knew.
"A fertnljht?" she lmznrdwl timidly,
nnd he had anewercd, "About that, I
expect."
Hhe went threueh tbn dividing deer
le his deserted room. It was all up
side down w he had left it, nnd, strewn
with thincs he had dlsftfded nt the last
moment.
It almost seemed nn If he hnd died
nnd Wiuld never Come back, she thought
drenrily, then tried te laugh.
After all, there was; nothing se
ttfangc- in his joins; nwey for a holiday
with his friends; She knew she would
net have minded nt all had things been
nil right between them. It wns just this
drendful feellns that, although she wni
liia wife, shs held no plnce in his llfe.
flint made trivialities n tragedy. She
uld net count he could ghc her u
cnrelftHS kiss Just as he had dene yenrs
r.ge when he enme home from Cam
bridge or went back ngtiln, nnd wnlk out
of the house without n single regret.
She wondered what Feathers thought
about It all, and her heart wnrnwl nt
(lie memory of him kind, ugly lentil-
trs! She wished she could sec him
ngnin.
She did her be-t te b cheerful during
thevdny that followed, but it was uphill
work. After the first telegram she
heard but seldom from Chris. The
weather was topping he he wrote en
n postcard, nnd they were hnvlng splen
did golf.
He never mentioned Fenthers, or
spoke of coming home, and It seemed
te Marie as if he and she were In
different worlds.
That he could enjoy himself nnd be
quite happy without her seemed nn
lmpeFRlblllty when she was se miscrnblc
nnd restless.
Then one metning she ran across
jeung Atkins in Regent street. She
would have pnssed him without recog
nition, but that he stepped and spoke
her name.
"Mrs. Lawless!" He was unfclgncd
ly delighted te sec her. He insisted en
her lunching with him.
"I've thought about you ever since
we said geed-by," he declared. "I've
ft-n longed te call, but did net like
te."
She laughed at his eagerness.
"Why ever net? I eave veu my
address. I should have been awfully
pleased te see veu."
"Really ! It's topping of you te eay
e. buf I don't think Chris would have
eon exnctlv tickled te death ! He never
forgave me for nearly drowning veu.
)ou knew."
"Nonsense! And, besides, you didn't
nearly drown me. It weh my own
'nult." she lausrhed suddenly. "Yeu
knew I never gave you that nremiscd
'iex of cigarettes. Don't you remember
that we had n bet of a box of choco checo choce
'atcs against a box of cigarettes? Well
you wen."
She weh delighted te sec him again ;
a was very young and cheerful, nnd
quite open In his adoration of her.
He had
with
c
n met hn.iA.i t
(St. mi .,'8.lnt nlm.nst every min
...lm..'- m tiuiit-ii iiinr thA i
!f rWt te come. ""' weum
9"::
lgilvr",hrtn;--d
; a 1 ft i"L'nthe '" ? have a Insr
lng ws fVvSi. " mne,r that
toherrenrsotten' nml Mri ran
Bbe steed there with rl,.n,i,..i u..,.
hrmly set; she was read?., lu
" mai t,np wem -i -.
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i' ! .in, Mil ss, s ":'.;'
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eing ie
en whnt
f her tn
,.i'-' ""'n n m: shn .i u..
i rnmn .u a .. - -.. iicuiu liii?
It the T "'1 1 "? deer, and Iho sound
5riicr, ."n! cut. then
lf. """ upstairs calling for
U,leshcre I am."
b"r0n-!"Jnhevcr
V rvn ii i in aal
nether mJn i8' nJ,d
Pleased t V. ,nMre lhat h "
. - jiipl i rr iiv t j
nL - -- iii: ran if i tin A
"jrand nut his , ,".V?.ln,n9. "P
.TO"i.aiSS?.
1 with. .. ,'urn htr face up
cheek a..C,,cI"s ."" nnd klwj
?v?VegetthereTy0Uawlre
.M. i,. shP steed nnlt Im..i...,
Sw!SmT;
arma round hl.n ck """
& .1 ' .. SPC SDId. nnd for IK.. n. .
Hi'"1"' tner ni.:. ;.;. ".' ',ir'
AW het color flm . ..,. .
Pjtlenaj "hit .Men. B0 ' nl wn-
lin).... "' ""tt this lmnnlcl,.n .V " '
J&. . M" nl'n. --"' "uurnce
rtnilv ,KLnenLl he looked
'"WhV ,7,n.h nHkwl
"Bte?"' M,u Ju de
nt hrr wen
that, Marie
Ce-'
Nobody had ever looked at Mnxie with
quite such worshipful eyes, and though
hc knew it was just a boy's absurd
fancy, she was grateful te him for it.
They had n merry lunch teiether. nnd
afterward Marie took him back te see
Miss Chester.
"I thought veu were going te Scot
land with Chris nnd Mr. Dakers," she
said as they walked home.
ae 1 wanted te. but thev didn't
seem exactly keen, nnd besides I don't
enre about Asten Knlaht. seu knew
awful ass. I think."
"I don't think I Uke him vcrv much,
'ither," Marie admitted reluctantly.
"And anyway I'm glad you didn't
She smiled into his beaming
face. "Perhaps we could go te seme
theatres together."
"Could we? Ily .Teve, that would be
ripping! I say. it's an awful piece of
uck running across you like this, veu
knew."
Miss Chester liked young Atkins. She
bought him n very charming boy, she
told Marie when, at last, he took a
clurtant departure, nrrnnglng te call
gain next day.
"He is n friend of Chris', you say?"
"Yen no met him when we were
away."
"A very nice boy n thorough gen
tleman," Miss Chester said cempla-
""' i nope ue win call etten."
Marie laughed.
"I nm sure he will with the least
iiteurngement, she snld.
He had done her geed, and she quite
'oeked forward te seeing him ngnJn. She
wrote te Chris that night and told him
of their meeting.
"It yns quite by chance, but I wns
very pleased te see him. and we nre
g0e5 '? " theatre together tomorrow."
She knew that all her letters te Chrlh
were stiff and uninteresting, but she was
in constant dread of letting him rend
between the lines and guess hew un
happy she -nns. Fer l.u i,.n. i.
often manufactured stories of things she
"me oui.ijueru iu iibte aenc nnd enter
tainments she had visited.
He should net think she was moping
C,W him back. She would de
without him if he could de without her..
ieung Atk ns get tickets for the me..t
f b?ri"lm !? town,' ?n(I he nnd Mari
v? . ,,U ,hCT ctM 0Te" It.
Marie had only been te the theatre
iiLa.d"n ll9 ,n her llfe- ""J then
always te performances of Shnkesnenrn
or some ether classic. She told him
quite frankly that she did net knew
li"n she had enjoyed herself sn mtiJ,
...Vnt ?n ? Bend stmt teRethe
"""""." ie nn enormous tea.
Although she was reluctant te ndmit
it te herself. Marie knew thnt she hnd
An.Ji.ed.uer(,el far mero with young
Atkins than she had done that after after
neon with Chris when he bought the
pearls. She put up her hand with n
little feeling of guilt te the necklace,
which she wns wearing. Yeung Atklim
noticed the little gesture.
...?". 0ht,, gave them te me."
"Mind you. don't lese them they
must be worth nn nwful let.
"They are, rather n let."
She assented listlessly, knowing that
their value was nothing te her
He drew his ehulr a little nearer te
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