, " When a Girl Marries" !
By ANN LISLE
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER LXXIII
(Copyright, 1918, King Features,
Inc.)
"So you liud tea with Pat Dal
ton! You funny little old-fashioned
child, I believe you're 'fessing up to
make sure I won't act like the Sul
tan of Turkey and behead you when
I discover you fair but false,"
chuckled Jim when I got home from
my ten at the Clinarge and found
him waiting for me.
"Please don't joke that way, Jim
dearest. As if I could ever see an
other man when you're on earth."
Lt declared with complete faith in
ny own words. "I went —because
seemed to think he needed some
H>lp I could give him. 1 didn't
rv\en tell Father Andrew, because
.6 have standards at home that
you might think old-fashioned.
Whatever my motive, 1 know
Father Andrew wouldn't like my
going to tea with another man"
"Say, Princess Anne—l pause to
u remark right here that your Father
I \ndrew is about the realest, big-
I -*est. individual who has come ray
L vay in a long time. If our Neat
• doesn't make a wonderful mn
tome day, then there's no such
thing as heredity—for he must also
11,I 1 , have inherited a few of the sweet
lualities my girl probably got from
fc'ier mother." Then Jim kissed me,
Rightly, dismissing the subject of Pat
i Dalton. But even at the risk of
>oring my restless boy, 1 had to re
ert to it.
"Jim," I persisted. "I'm pretty
urc that Pat ifalton-still cares for
"irginia "
"Y'ou are? What do you mean?"
im broke in excitedly. "What did
*e say?"
"It wasn't so much what he said,
t was that he couldn't say—any
hing "
"Oh, nonsense!" Jim explained
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WEDNESDAY EVENING.
"Day dreaming again, Princess
Anne."
"No—not day drea/ning. He told
ifte over the phone that ho wanted
to get' me there primarily to talk
I about himself. Then when he had
I his chance he talked whole para
! graphs about Evvy and Phoebe and
I Neal and you "
j "Precisely. And said nothing
about Jeannle. Proving that he
j isn't thinking much about hen.
Anne, 1 hate the idea of divorce.
But I hato the position Jennie's in
now still worse. She's neither tied
—nor free."
"It's a bad position, Jim, I'm com
ing to see that. So I try to forgive
her when out of her bitterness she
hurts me —and perhaps ruins Ncal's
j happiness-—and Phoebe's."
j Jim shook his head with patient
indulgence when 1 said that —and
reaching across the couch, drew mo
roughly to him —and held me close
I for a record. I could see from the
superior triumphant expression on
his face when he freed me, that ho
had little belief in my power to
j draw conclusions and was—in tlnf
1 flush of his first success —■ coming
back to his inherent belief in mas
culine superiority. In a moment he
put into words the thing that t
felt.
"Listen to me, little girl. hen
you're reporting a conversation,
your memory and your vivid inter
est in people give every word you
repeat a great deal of charm and
value. But don't try to figure out
I what is going on in.people's minds —
i because you're not much of a judge
!of human nature. That's why I
j forgive yod when you're horried to
my Jcanie."
I I tore myself from his lingering
I arms and sprang to my feet.
| "So I'm no judge of human na
ture. 1 didn't make friends with
your Jerry at once. I didn t recog
nize the splendid qualities of Anth
ony , ,
"Sure you did." agreed Jim, com
placently; "couldn't miss them if you |
tried, little innoeent. But you fell j
down on Betty, who's the salt of
| the. earth. And you don't 'get
Jennie at all."
His superiority hurt. I felt be
littled, and 1 turned away. Here I
had been trying to do something big
mid constructive and helpful for Vir
ginia—and Jim only laughed at me
as if I were a cunning kitten, whose
antics amused him. And in a tno-
I ment he seemed to forget that I had
once been a successful business wo-
I man and that I'd stood by him in
his hour of need. If a day or two
of success was going to make him
assume this patronizing attitude to
ward me, what could I hope for if
he ever really made himself felt in
■the business world?
i "Then you don't care to know
| what Mr. Dalton said about your sis
ter?" 1 asked in a tone that I didn't
j have to struggle very hard to make
i ool(? and aloof..
| Jim rose and sauntered oyer to me
with a tolerant and pleased air of
- possession. He put his hand under
'my chin and tilted my face up for
j his kiss. Then with a secure air of
| certainty and leisure, he ran his
I lingers through my hair.
! "Pretty little lilac princess—what
i vast piece of evidence have you ex
| tracted from Pat this day?" he asked
j indifferently.
; Across my mind here flashed a
i picture of Pat Dalton leaning across
; the tea table and murmuring with
| an eager note I'd never heard before
! in his reckless voice:
| "Virginia what does she say
about me? * * * Jeanie never
[ mentions me * * * Jeanie—
I well, I might have known that. She
wouldn't."
I knew that meant something.
But if 1 told Jim in his present
mood lie would only laugh at nte.
"It really doesn't matter what he
said. Virginia isn't the least inter
ested in him any more, is she?" I
asked with seeming innocence.
Jim's eyes darkened to green—
the remote green that marks the
i moments of reserve when lie goes
I into himself and will reveal nothing
jof what he thinks and feels. I
couldn't read his eyes.
At last lie answered co,ldly:
"When Jeanie wants to give you
her conlidence Anno she will do so,
: I suppose."
(To Be Continued.)
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©MAKING THE MOST OF r\
OUR CHILDREN U
A Series of Plain Talks to
f / / B F Ry C. Beery, A.8., M.A-
President of the Parents Association. Y fs
Just before Christmas Jittle boysl
and little girls are supposed to be as J
good as they can be, so that dear
old Santa Claus will fill their stock
ings full of wonderful presents.
And many actually do act like
different children for a few days pre-1
ceding Christmas morning. This is I
true principally because parents of- j
ten teli their children if they are |
not good, old Santa will leave their |
stockings empty.
Is this plan advisable or not? Let
us see.
One mother writes to me:
"Our two boys, six and four, here
of late seem to delight in coming to
me and telling things on each other.
I told them a few days ago when
they had been annoying me that
Christmas was coming and the one
that behaved better is the one that
Santa Claus generally gives the
greater number of presents. Do you
think this has started the boys to
tattling? XVliat should I do now,
under the circumstances?"
Yes. your reference to Santa Claus
very likely has started the habit of
tattling. It is unwise to tell chil
dren that if they are not good.
Santa will overlook them or' that if
they "are nice," he will give them
many presents. This is simply buy
ing obedience and buying obedience,
las if it were merchandise, is never
wise.
The next time your six-year-old
boy comes to you and begins to tell
a tale on his brother, let him finish
it without saying anything, just lis- •
tel to him until he stops naturally; |
i then, when he is ready to hear whati
you have to say, look him stqgdily in I
iho eye, and say slowly. "Well, now, |
let mo see —ds you knoW'of anything;
good about him?" Look him in the|
eye and then let a little smile break I
through gradually. He will smile, |
sheepishly, and •if treated in the |
same way each time that he begins
THE HEART BREAKER
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
By VIItGINIA TKRHUJVE VAN Dl. WATER
CHAPTER XXI
(Copyright, 1918, Star Company)
, Still in silence, Arthur Bruce
drove the Brent girls to their front
gate, then jumped out of the car
and helped them alight.
Mildred continued to sob softly,
and Arthur tried to slip his arm
about her waist and lead her up the
front path. But slje pushed him
aside and hurried to/ the house, her
sister following her.J
Yet, as Honora tjfted the key into
the front door, the younger girl
turned impulsively toward the man
standing at the foot of the steps.
"Arthur," she murmured tremu
lously, taking a quick step to him
and holding out both hands, "you
are not angry with me, are you?
Really, I am sorry—at least, I did
not see any harm in my going to
night. It was all just for a little
lark." .
The man took the tiro small hands
in his and looked up imo the flushed
face above him.
"There 1 , there, dear!" lie soothed;
"of course you meant no harm. But
I wish you had not said you were
going somewhere else—to a movie
with a girl from the office."
"Why, Arthur!" The exclamation
was fraught with genuine aston
ishment. "I never sai*l anything of
the kind! I never even thought of
going with any girl anywhere to
night. Where did you ever get that
idea? What do you mean?"
"Nothing never mind!" the
man said hastily. "I was probably
mistaken."
"And you are not angry with
me?" she urged. "You are sure?"
A Hard Position
"Very sure," his lips twitching
nervoiusly. "Now, dear, please go
right in the house and to bed. We
can talk all this over, at some other
time."
"You will come to see me soon,
won't you ?" was the plaintive re
quest.
"Yes; you know I will," lie prom
ised. "1 cannot help it, and if I
colud help it, I wouldn't."
He raised her hands to his lips,
kissed them and then turned away,
"Good night," he said, starting
down the path as Mildred went into
the door that Honora now opened.
The older girl stood aside and al
lowed her sister to pass. Then she
herself ran down the front steps.
"Arthur!" she called.
The man stopped and came back
to her. Ho had driven home with-
HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH
I a selfish harangue, he soon will dis
j continue it naturally.
Parents sometimes threaten their
children about Santa Claus without i
a thought about carfying out the
threat. . For example, "Clarence, if
you pinch Sister another time, I
won't let Santa leave you any drum
j to-night." And then, even though
j Sister's arms does get pinched a
j couple of times, Clarence gets his
i drum and nothing is ever said about
! the threat. This is especially had.
It is a falsehood and most certainly
will It tend to lessen the children's
trust in the mother.
Even if parents kept their prom
ises. it is unwise to talk about the
children's behavior. There is no
good • reason why children should
behave better just before Christmas
than at any other time. Children
who are cautioned about being good
just before Christmas and who be
have just to get more presents are
even harder to control' if anything
after Christmas morning. In fact,
we often find that these children be
gin at once to quarrel over their
presents.
The better way is to let our chil
dren understand that they are ex
pected to behave properly at all
times—after Christmas as well as
before—and that we appreciate good
behavior as well at one time as Jin
other. Children generally tend to
do what they are expected to do.
If parents expect their children to
exert themselves just before Christ
mas, and talk about it, the children
will do it. But we don't want spas
modic behavior. We want consis
j tent good conduct. Let us then
,! make every suggestion pdint toward
I our real desire.
Let us give our children a few
'gifts, which we know will be appre
*l dated and present them in the- true
| spirit of giving. This will deepen
| the children's love for us and after-
II wards they will be inclined to re
i spect us even more instead of less.
out his hat, arid the wind had blown
his hair until it was rumpled and
curly. ' It reminded Honora of the
way it had looked When he was a
little boy. The recollection brought
a lump to her throat.
"Arthur," holding out her hand,
"you forgot to tell me good night,
didn't you? If you Were anyone
else, I would have let you go with
j out reminding you of this face. But
we are old friends, and I want to
I thank you for all you have done
I to-night. I am sorry for what has
happened. 1 really could not pre
vent it."
He looked into her eyes with a
searching gaze. *You mean," he
said, "that you did not know where
Milly was—that you did not know
she had gone driving with Chand
ler? I am glad you did not know.
I believe that you did not when you
told me what ydu did. But I can/
not how you wore kept
in ignorance of the affair."
She clasped her hands t(ghtly.
The situation was Intolerable.
No Kxplnuation
"I did not say 1 , did not know
Milly had gone with Tom Chand
ler," she tried to explain. • "I said
I could not prevent it."
"tJut you knew of It?"
' She longed to lie. Bpt she had
done this once to-night, and was
already reaping the cruel conse
quences. Moreover, it was not in
her nature to tell a falsehood to
shield herself.
"I—l knew it after she had gone,"
she admitted.
"Then whefi you told me that
Mildred was at a moving picture
show with a friend from the office,
you—you—wfe'l, to put It politely,
you did not mean what you said ?
You were aware that at that time
Mildred was oft with Tom Chandler
in his car?" f
She nodded, too miserable to
speak.
"I cannot explain. "I am sorry,"
she said In a low voice. •
"So am I," Arthur Bruce agreed
gruffly. Then, with a sudden
straightening of the Bhoulders, he
took her hand. "It must be all
right some way, Honora," ho said,
"since you Hid it. At least —you
must have thought you had some
good reason for the deception. Only
I cannot understand, to save me,
why, after, all these years of per
fect confidence and good friendship,
you should have gone out of your
way to tell me an unnecessary
story."
He paused hopefully as if waiting
for her to make some explanation.
liA't when she did not speak, he
Continued:
"I am not asking for your rea
sons, however. You must know,"
giving her hand such a grasp as he
might have given a man's hand,
then dropping it, "that a thing like
this, Incomprehensible us It Is to me,
cannot spoil a friendship like ours.
"You have been too good to me
for me to allow that. So we are
friends still —if you willpermit it.
Only, dear girl, please deal with
me squarely and frankly hereafter.
It is so much the wiser plan al
ways, you see.
"You know." when she did not
speak, "that if you were trying to
save me discomfort, you went about
jit the wrong way. Honestly, it hurt
Ime more to discover what I did
later than if you had to'd me the
plain truth in the very beginning.
Good night!"
She steadied her voice to return
his "Good night," and stood where
she was until the sound of his de
parting car had died away.
Then she went wearily up the
path and into the house.
(To Be Continued)
Life's Problems
Are Discussed
The world is flooded with all kinds
of useful inventions, we multiply
labor saving devices, but somehow, or
other, we have failed to multiply
happiness. Suppose our great-grand
parents could take a bird's eye view
of life as it is lived to-day with all
of oifr household conveniences, our
sanitary plumbing, our modern meth
ods of heating and lighting, our con
quest of space through rapid transit;
the ease with which we talk to
friends at a distance, without lifting
our voices; our ready-to-wear cloth
ing, by which we may acquire a whole
season's wardrobe In half a day, if
necessary, and a thousand other
things which are freeing the humhn
race for bigger efforts than the strug
gle with material obstacles.
These great-grandparents, consid
ering their own experiences on the
earth plane, would probably be lost
in surprise that we are not all as
happy as kings. Only, strange to
say, the great majority of persons are
not.
"I Could be so happy if" is
the universal wall, or, "Everything
would be all right but for"
The#e they stand, those "ifs" and
"buts," towering mountains between
us and Elysium.
Seven-tenths of the letters I get
may be divided into ree groups
—love affairs that won't run smooth,
Unbearable home conditions and fi
nancial worries.
Considering a philosophy of life,
we can't get very far away from the
old nursery rhyme:
"For every evil under the sun.
There is a remedy or there's none-;
If there is one, try and find it.
If there is none, never mind it.
It condenses the wisdom of the
ages, but Its application Aa as dif
ficult ns its rhyme is simple.
The most perplexing problems are
those of the home. Romantic diffi
culties may be readjusted In the
twinkling of an eye, and there Is al
ways the possibility of a change of
heart and''the new love taking the
place of the old; and the same is true
of financial difficulties, persistent ef
fort may have its reward, or oppor
tunity may open new doors, although
the broken-hearted aqd the financlally
ambarrassed would probably regard
this as a rosily optimistic view.
But I am considering now the let
ters which describe unhappy home
conditions. Of course harmonious
family life Is the most beautiful
thing in the world, but when it is
inharmononlous it Is plain hudes, and
it takes the wisdom of Solomon to
know how to meet its many perplexi
ties. *
One reason for its difficulties is
that a number of individualities are
thrown into constant, intimate asso
ciation. They may and usuaally do
have different tastes and interests and
loeals. They $ll look at life fro-m dif
ferent angles. Friction Is almost cer
tain, especially as good manners are
usually adjourned; and the members
for some strange reason feel privi
leged to sav to each other things they
wouldn't dare titter to an acquaint
ance without being swatted.
Then we all have periods in our
lives when we can't make up our I
minds Just what to do. We are moody
and undecided; or we are out of tunc
with everything; or - we seem bpnt
on doing something which appears
quite Idiotic to our friends.
At such Upnes It Is difficult for i
the interested onlookers to withhold j
advice or criticism, but if they could j
be brave enough to do so and let us
work the thing out In our own way
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