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EVENING PTJBEIC LEDGEB-PHIEADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, ' 1922
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yl LOVELESS MARRIAGE
By RUBY M. AYRES
Auther of "A Man'a Wag," "The One Unwanted," "A Bacheler
nv" , Husband," etc.
Copyright, lets, bv PubHe Ledger Company
THE GUMPS Geed Morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip
By Sidney Smith
... nittl.NS THE STORY
.. iw.' mother va. kl"ed n
VorieHM . ' ,, d htr father teas an
""!? SthjUthcl henepluted leth
eBtettd bv PVfine. )tarer(e tool sent
,,"V-Aii school, where the had a
14 e Haly lime The only brteht met
H Ar "" " "e ;,tr lather's lawyer.
T.'mvti'i'rwnplf takes Mi daughter te hi
lit. D?ln,mlinn. dove op her lather
p"" inJmbtt"b he,"e. One of the fre
.r.?r.pSrnlvat. a coarse-grained.
HffJiVaef7l man. makes love te her.
V.'niehard -Tempest again enters her
IV" lilts brought te her father's house
!"'!. tt tc "Marlerte ' prcet ahnmr.
"M . Pnriiival, who he afcd her.
morn ,""'; Vr i w fc errintf i Xm
r"?" re Se her ahcr, Jfi.nH
1 pMuer "' marrlM Mm, (Jee her
il' ". J iiiifcapjii. One MeM he
'.' lm.V a fuftbus temper, and
''"!' nnt .Uor'erlC hnp(l ilth her
'."""Vtiiidrfit Vlcfc and Xlsn. On the
tm.S "ii htr father. Tempest comes te..
itai!'h,tumvathu. and tells Marjerte
"K'il er received her letters. She
fc,' tl that Itichard Tempest stilt
ltvtt ""
AND "KBE ,T CONTINUES
CHArTEB XXX
mtlB last I saw of my boy was bin
1 waving hnt,;lcl. presently i ceuhl
net rcaiy wsunsuji.il "", .....,
Sh,nhnnfln. '"? ".ewInUewH, nl-
theunh I tried nnru ie ucuwt mm.
knew the difference.
T turned nwny with n feeling of deso dese deso
l.tlen My husband bad refused te
"mc with 5 IlC ",,IJ Mnfympathctl
rally that he knew 1 should howl, and
make n feel of myself, and be liated
icenci. Se he slnycd at home nnd left
ce te break my heart alone.
Peer mothers, with dear beloved sons
, ia,c! Hew often "Incc have 1 s.-cn
maw such little iinrllngs between boys
S Wen suits and metheis trying te
ml'e n spile Ot tuc ienr in limn -.--
and my enn hentt lint, ached in sym-
P'l thought II iiiiiiehsll'le te be nieir
unhappy tlinn 1 was thai el.iy when
Slchnrd went le benrdiiiK sehoel ; but
new I renlb.- that I never knew then
what unhapplncs reallv nicnnt.
I haled the house without him : the
icht 01 IMS UOOk", nun l lie ii'jn ihil i
which lic hnd leni? Kinc(! rtewii, aueut
(he roemn, broke my heart nficMi eatli
t- . .., .... i.,. :..
Ijlsa waicncil nn; mm iuniin;iiv..
theMueiJcsbellU'liPvfntlicr-j..
"Any enc would think Dicky was
dead, mother." i-he J-ald lcpieachfully.
"I only wish I reuld go te bearding
cnoel." , . , . . , , ,
I told Francis vhat mip said, and lie
laughed and said he could net spare
her. She was much mere bin favorite
than ItlrlMid. no doubt, because the
ai se like Hi in
Wc UkH NOT RF THE BtST LOOKING MM
IM THE WORt-P CO"! tON'T 'SP. ANY BSAVTY
RBONS ON XPU- -tOU MJV MWt OEETS
A. tiAfibSOME. CVtIUO Bin THC OtOWT
ClttZEH tyeUSN'T REMEMBtft. THM-- VLL
LtT Ol KNOW WMtN VJtE.T MWHtO
OVLU. Bt llt FIR'ST OHt-
He treated her nn if she weie a ,. , , v ' ,,
mn-up lady: he teased her about I "' V" y" -..!
He kissed me nnin nnd nked me
If I were net alnd I hnd married him.
I had te laugh, nnd he Rcemcd quite
eatis-flcd when I returned his kiss.
ucnvtu iiu rcnuy imagined, even
then, thnt ours had been n most hnnpy !
mnriingc. ' '
We nrrnnged thnt he should drive i
the car down Inte Surrey nnd bring
Illchnrd nnd IiIh friend home by rend. '
Richard wns very keen en metering '
nnd n little anxious for bis" friend a
Ind nnmed Temlsh te sec wbnt n line
car we hnd.
I expected them back nbeut 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
It was n bright, dry day, and tfi
rends were uplendld.
"I wish I were with them." Kln
snid ever nnd ever ngnln. "They'll
hnvc a glorious run."
She hnd taken grcnt pnlns with her.
dress. She were her hnlr up new,
though she wnn enlv Rlxtenn. iiml .!,
.. 1 I ' !.. " ..." . ""
iiiivkicu lung cjirnngs, wnicn made licr
leek very much like nn nctress, I
thought. She wns pretty In n fretful,
fipellcd sort of way, nnd her hair was
lovely, se fnlr nnd silky.
Wc steed nt the window together nnd
looked down the long wind-swept innd
waiting eagerly for the meter horn,
or n Blimiwc of thp bl headlights
Jliwi..l ll.n. .! .l. .. . .. . "
wi.wufcu mi" uiiiKfiiiiis aiiernoen.
"They're ever se bite." KUn i.ni.1
'I wish they'd conic," I nnvvtered. '
I could hardly contain milf for nn
longing te see Itir-hnrd. lie wns n
great, bis fellow then ever six feet '
In his socks.
It was 5 o'clock when nl lnl e'
henrd the fient deer hell ling.
KNn and I looked nt each ether.,
"It's net they," sdie said imlifli'i-
cntly.
Hut we both llsicncd nnd linn nh.
hew can I write it; the deer buiM ,
open nnd one of the servnnts nunc Inte
the loom, unceremoniously, followed In-1
n (nil lad the boy Ternlsh, whom
Hlchnrd had been wringing home-with
him. He wns ghn-Uly white, nn, .
were one nrm banduced nnd in n -Ihn;
I roe le my feet ; I think I Iviiew
what wan coming.
"Itichard Ulclinnl." wns nil I (eiild
stammer.
The peer Ind burst into ieai. and
in that instant my heait seemed te
die die very slowly, nnd in most
dreadful ngeny. r cloned mj ees nnd '
put out my hnmls helplc-slv. The peer
boy took them In his uninjured one;
lie wns sebbin;,', though niv pes were
dry. He tried te brenk it te me gently;
he begnn le stnmmer some Incoherent
story, but I can't leniember what lie
said; nt leasl only n few wnrd-i of Ii.
lie sent Ills love le jeil he sent
Ttivr'S a6r. "TOOT8- GWE 'ME
A lattU-Time- ;M,r te stxcx
SOME UtFUV- VWEPDHG PRESENT
FOROU- I'M GOING TO BUN 0
OIME 'SUVPE.U ANP A HOUSE.
, OJXCKtT ANU JOMt- OUOU BOOK8-
VMEH 0 ARU THNT Olt 1BN
.OO'RC GOING TO &t HOME. A LOT-
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STttw M(A BEEN rZwLl ) SU.IANT M- NOT ONLV V ffif
I THE STATES- TO LOHG A60 I? V . '( MAW OP AFFAIRS BUT OTr HOM fiM
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SOMEBODY'S STENOGThe Heme of Peace and Quiet
Itsmird I Pal m O01
By Hay ward
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Helle sam )
are. oe '
STILL UJ (
The ajet s
BUSIAJF-SSJ
J H.STEW ,THt- AIMT A AlUT
FACTORS A4 Tr-E COUNTRY
SO MUCH OF A AlUT FACTORS'
AS MIME IS ! SOU KAJOW
AAV STEAJOG GOT HOLD OF
ttmnnn LV)Ai"T ffiii ' r-r
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SLE ALLTHEM LIW6S A4' VJRWKLES ?
I fiET A FRESH OHB EvERV tMY .
LAST WEEK SHE HIRED, A BUTLER Te
rivtt. t iai THE OFFIC&: ArJh THAT
LAP OOS OF HERS 'BOUT THE Gl2E OT
i (TAMARV ITS ALWAYS LOST OK
SOMETHIMG 1 IF A GeOX SIZED FLEJ
Pvpi? GOT OM MAI LXJCa II WOULD
'BE KAMK AURDER '. l
The Yeung Lady Acress the Way
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OH VAfELL.T ShlOHLDj'T GROWL' 1
There's always a silvlr liajim.'
SlWCE SHE. 6bT MOAJEV AA1D A
FEW Dl6AllFlEt A1RS THE OFFICE
AIMT AS AJOISV AMHOW ' THERE Li.
BE LESS CHATTERIM6 An' GAiiBLiAlfi :
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Copyright, l)!t, 0 Pvblu lietr Ct.
MARY, ISjT HE (Sef?3EOUG v THAT OUgfi
MILLIONAIRE I MET AT lALM BEACH
SfmT IT TO me: ,
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A B M A- vAAJ5"& 7
.rnnn.ini im v : no leased ncr neon
i,r!nir "fincetheaits." se that by the
time she was thirteen she bchncdns
If the were twentj-enc.
Her gecrnes renlcl de nothing will'
ler, and she defied me. "I'm the only
one who understands t lie child." m.v
hutband wild sr.indileQiienlly, "l.eae
her te me."
Se I had only the hplldnys te leek
fernard te. I simply lived for tnese,
and even they were n dlnippeintmcRt.
Richard generally brought a fiicnd
with him, and sometimes two, and sill
day they were eul together, nnd I enl;
taw them at meals. I suppose it wns
silly of me le mind, but I did; I wns
ininrihlv ieiileus of these brown-faced
ym boyiflhe'c society my seu picfeircd ie
nmr.
Of ceurc, it was natural, nnd yet
many and many n night 1. cried myself
te sleep because Itichurd bad suddenly
frown bashful nbeut kissing inc.
It was net that he loved mc les. i
He was dead dead m liev. mi
darling.
That wns my Inst Christmas; r hnve
never made n pretcne of keeping the
fwtivnl fcince; if possible I hnve ul
wnjs shut up I he house and gene away
nbrend wheip it is mere possible te
forget n season that should he jojeus;
where there is no holly nnd mistletoe.
nnd new, nnd ilnelng bells te bring
bnck the torture I endured durlns thnt
never- te -be -fei get ten winter.
We hnd deceuttcd the hnll nnd slnir
ense with boughs of eversreen, nnd
bright-berried holly, thinking te spend
n happy time together, and, lnstcnd,
my boy lav there in his coffin, waiting
for the dny when they would take him
nwny from me forever.
O Ged ! O Ged ! Who made us peer
metheis with our nu-'slenntu love and
capability of sulTeiltig!
liven new my heart writhes in ter
ment ns I think of that uWhtuinrc of
knew, and jet it hurt mere than any- gg.ng "- " ,u L"B"S, ", bMmT1
thing could have done te see him color ' never te end. nnd. nhee all. the cruel,
w "ii;i juv ti-it.iiiiij 111111 11 ..ia tin iii-
up and just peek at my cheek whin
nv of the oilier "fellows" weic nbiur.
Elsa wns In her element when holi
day time came ; she seemed te have a
fresh sweetheart every term; I knew
that she wrote sentiinpiitnl letters te
it least three boys at Itichnrd's school.
"Girls will be glrK" Finncis said.
Vlin T ffllil lilm ''Sllin'. mmn llm it neca
m for it."
i necr ncniu nnj tiling et iucunrd
4empest; once i snw lu- name men
deed tiulslicd nnd done wltli; all m.v
hopes for the future, all niv di cuius of '
the dn when my bev would be a jutii,
gene gene fercM'r.
1 snt beside ids I'etfiu when lliej
brought hi in home, nnd prnjed te die,
tee! I
FAMILY STUFF
Bu FONTAINE FOX
CIIAPTKU XXXII
"Richnrd sent his loe te jeu " That
was nil tlie faiewcll I should ever hne
f.nm l.lt.i li" .. " nil flln fllMllfnuh I
41. , . , :- - - iijuiii null, llliik ...i-t mi uir twitt.ut i .
wi..'1 'm ".' pafcr ns mvIn,B in(,e- could hug te my broken hemt.
ckjr deal nbrend that hnd made Fer wheil the teirible story of it nil
mm a rich man. but I never enmc across r,n, tn he tnld. when tliev ln-eke te m,
my
nv one who knew him or heard any
mini; ei mm,
Three times lie had crewed mv path
Jy. and each time with years between.
Hhea Itichnrd wns eighteen
Husband bought a motorcar.
Horses nnd trnps were tee slew for
Mm, he said, when 1 objected te the
Mle of ours. "One must keep up with
tbe times."
Se he gave n thousand pounds for n
drtfe e'U Car U,ld "ns ,a"B"1 t0
kJw' piensC(1 niEn ! sIlp "''eel off nnd
ii ie I'rettieat meter bonnet she
TJih' nni1 bll ,,ml '"' 'hcr drove
Deut the country everywhere together.
etv J"8 l WP"t wi,h t,lc,n' mt
pttber nervous, especially in the nnr-
Kl.a iSfli .I0.1"" iNnsc0? HeUh''. bt
lirV. n It; !hf was nlwnys clnmor clnmer
Ztll far "f ,er own : sll declnred
limrJ one who w"s "nnv one" In
fcTedrfT a Cilr: ,hh0 netPd bits
.TSl0'! ew the papers nbeut
H.'.ji.i"""rue,.' or tlie Countess of
n .. ?.ln' l.h0 ,ln,I lenrned te drive
Bitin. i ' l Knew jt W0ll,d end In her
Itttlng her own way.
CHAPTER XXXI
i. t ,,l'C..Cn.ri.st.m,ns hen Hlchnrd
Pened hn i Vi ' Hen,eil.lns hap
1 1 Ltai t00k "10 """shine from m;
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Kicliard was
my
kid denn ,7? t0 K0 t0 Cambridge; he
te fn' ,neJTr.5Kpe wJiolerj'he was
Wi"" ."' "l,or" leally te enr fnr
boelti
Mekg' lt p.. i ."' ,u l,'re ie
Hi own nn n" ? lln(1 Krent ''leas e
ii.. . '" ""
"varsity
nciiard
e n son who had been te
1 W ad,, t .. i","' of course- nl
f wid. . " at if ?ae me n thrill
nr0;i .: '"" icel
w tenu him
that
we
could
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'Cycai in r '71 hecn for the Ins.
extra rhr,fctmn8' nni1 we h'
,lls teicthw I''nent" for n jelly
MiU ifc. VN,ft nnd l "' the
! Ce: ui'? e,1I l '. 1,0Uk0 f""" t0P
lehar,Uva''t, leIIiy nml mistletoe.
Hh h Irn n, ? p'.n,f ll0'nu Ids "chum"
bout it. ' Llsu was very excited
ft V0"10 "thPr people mm
,n4 dinni'6 'i,em,t t0 ve a dnnce
,,tWlnm?nt.n Bevcrnl ethcr 8,nnH
Plrit &"?"d 1,llt0 cn'ercd Inte the
"' at home "' t0' u,,d B,'ec(l ,0
e iTm" l ,l,0l't he reaily mennt
P0" ceMM.?,Bi nn'1 he kinder nnd
4. Onte ,10 me', hut it never
'Wloneto L i llc. weu1'1 be "hburdly
h,fdly Temc.l i'1 ",l.cn Jev w,l!lt, 'e
ibc, '"""ed te .cnllae I was in exist-
But in.. .
I. ."l Llll'iullllne 1.. . .
v J lie i-euiiicfi ie en
nrd te the holiday.
i me mistletoe, nnd
C fnr n lnnmnnl In
M'!nd i JiVcau8ht; me round the
.."Im. i " " .
fcPWA yeunir nn ever." h.
"uoeay weiii,i . i.ii.
.iiun inni.i
fttaWn'.
ttTli!'9 len
married
gently, bit by bit. hew it hnd nil hap
pencd, my henrt cried out in n tierce
frenzy of ccrtnlnty thnt it had been no
accident but murder !
Hut for his fnther my son would have
been nlivc nnd well ; but for Ills fnther
I should net have te drag through all
these lonely, jejless jenrs.
It was only weeks nfterwnul thnt T
wns nble te think it out. bit by bit, nnd
piece the tragic story together.
Itichnrd's fnther hnd been the weise
for drink; he had insisted en driving the
cnr.
Illchnrd, Mil beside him. Oh, hew
often, hew often in tlie long, bottomless
blnrkncss of night, when I iny nwnKe
nnd could net desp my cjes, hnve I
pictured that Inst scene. ,
The wintry rend, the crisp, keen air, '
and my boy, in nil the vigor of his j
young mnnhoed, sitting beside that i
drunken Hut I ennnet go en ; some-
times I nm afraid of my own unferglve-
ncss, of the bitterness that has burned j
like nn unquenchable fire in my hemt
ever since.
Sometimes I used te think it would i
drive me te the madness of murder.
One night, nbeut two months lifter
Richnrd died, I came in suddenly and
saw my husband nslecp in n chnir bj
the fire the thought stele into nn
heart: "Suppose I wcre te kill him;
supposing 1 robbed him of his life ns
he hns robbed his son?"
I stared nt him ns he slept theie, with
a sort of fnscinntlen ; his hend wns
thrown bnck n little, lenvlng Ills strong
threat bare. I hegan te understand hew
murderers felt when they steed, as 1
did, beside their unconscious victim ; the
sort of lustful vengeance Hint consumes i
one, body nnd soul; tins terrible, oer eer oer
pewering longing for menge,
And then lie stirred suddenl, In his
sleep, opened his eyes nnd looked nt inc.
Fer u moment he did net move ; then
he sprang te his feet :
"Murjeric! What is the mutter.'
I turned away, biting no lip hnid.
Iiu lnuglied uneasily.
" Ten my soul, j en looked us if you
could hnve killed ine," he said
It mattered se llttln te Francis our
boy's denth. After the first Mieck he I
seen become his careless self ng.iln ; he
never admitted that lie was te blame;
he said ever nnd ever again that acci
dents would happen te the most careful
drivers. Hut this might easily bine been
avoided; he hail been diking se reck
lessly and nt such n speed thnt he hnd
net been nble te take n shnip turn in the
rend; the cnr struck a wull, nnd tinned
ever. , '
And they did net evpn bring me ni '
boy for two long, nwful dnys; theie
hud te he an inquest; strange, unsjin-i
pathetic eyes looked nt my beautiful .
son nnd talked ever the cause of his,
death, while I, his mother, waited at,
home nnd nte my heart out in hepelpss
longing. '
I could net bclleiP he was leally
(lend nnlll I saw ll I 111 I 11 lit J I tllP 1110- ,
incut when they took me downstairs
te the dccerntPil hall wIipie he lay in
his Collin. , Hpfnre it hnd nil seemed llke
a nlghtinnre from which I must wpkei).
Hut I knew when I snw his fnce -his
dear, beautiful face with the little
haU amlfe en his white, set lipa.f
' OONTTNHKn TOMfWrO'V
The yeunz lady across the wa
sny it's n girl's own fault if .he
lets n young man kiss her, and m m
bedy'd better liy te get plateiuc
with her.
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