' "When a Girl "
By ANIV LISLE
: A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
CHAPTER CXXXIV
(Copyright, 1919. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
At noon the messenger from the
broker's office arrived with Junt'a
check. He signed it and after the
boy had gone Jim stood with the
envelope in his right liand tapping
it against the lingers of his left
slowly and thoughtfully as if lte
were weighing it and all it stood
for.
X watched ltim in silence as at
Hist he ripped it open with his
•forefingers and stood with the bit of
yellow paper held taut between his
"hands. Xt rattled crisply. Jim's
eyes turned down at the slip of
paper and he kept moistening his
dry lips and swallowing perkny.
Presently ho looked up and
caught my eyes. Ho grinned at me
—almost maliciously. Then he
crossed to me, his shoulder dipping
as his limp dragged him to one side
heavily. ' , ,
"X,ook at this!" he cried, nourish
ing the check. "Even if 1 invest it
conservatively it'll bring as much as
I could earn slaving at old Norrey s
desk eight hours a day. And 1 m
not saying I'm going to be conserv
ative."
"Jim, promise me you won t you
won't take any big risks with it.
Put it into something safe, some
thing legitimate," I begged.
Jim stared at me coldly for a
moment, and his voice was curt:
"You'd better hurry into your
things and call a taxi or you'll be
late for Virginia's."
As lie spoke, 1 remembered with
a start that the evening before Vir
ginia had invited me for' luncheon.
Until now 1 had forgotten. But
Jim was continuing in his curt, im- j
personal tone:
"I'm going to rush down to the
ban.x with this certified check. Bet- !
tor *.<t me sign one for you before j
1 c. You can fill it in for what j
ytMi eced. 1 may stay down for
,mr with Tom and West. I'll tel
ephone a message to Nora down
stairs if I do. Here's your check.
So long."
Without a farewell kiss, Jim flung
out.
This was the first fruit of our
golden harvest.
X whirled into my clothes and ,
over to Virginia's. I didn't dare be j
late and treated to any more Har
rison iciness, so I adjusted girdle
and veil in the taxi, and watched
the clock spin around to sixty and I
seventy while we were still blocks
Ag tway from Virginia's—and I had a
dollar fifteen in my purse beside the
check Jim had signed. Of course
the doorman at Virginia's wou'd pay
for my taxi, but X was bitterly tired
of these makeshifts and evasions,
these narrow squeaks out of the
• troubles into which my lack of ready
cash was always getting me. I got
a grim joy out of the realization
that by money embarraesments
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MONDAY EVENINu,
were over, even if my love-dream
was over, too.
But the taximeter registered only
a dollar when 1 arrived at Vir
ginia's apartment. X poured the en
tire contents of my purse into the
driver's hund and smiling a lit
tle gladly, X went up to my engage
ment with Virginia. I hadn't a cent.
But in my purse thei. ..as a check
X could ineke out for a thousand
dollars if I liked. I knew very
well, though, that I would write it
for ten.
Virginia greeted me and hurried
me to the dining; room. The lunch
eon table was set for three.
"Phoebe had an engagen. •it," Vir
ginia explained, almost nervously.
"Evvy," I declared quietly.
Virginia nodded and crumpled her
napkin in her hand.
"Virginia—what's Kvvy's game?"
X asked suddenly. "Do you think
she's trying to make Phoebe —dif-
ferent, worldly-wise? And Is to
spite you or me or Jim—or just be
cause she's jealous of anything as
sweet and young as Phoebe is?
Whatever her plan Is, why can't we
defeat it?"
Virginia's eyes widened to an ex
pression that was grave and sweet
and helpless. All her icy reserve
seemed to .melt away and to leave a
real sister.
"Anne, Phoebe isn't very fond of
me. We never got on. She liked
you at first, but now she seems to
want to avoid you. Perhaps It's just
as well she has someone, even if it's
only Evvy Mason. Because other
wise she might have taken her lit
tle affair with Neal too seriously,
and the indifferent way he accepted
his dismissal shows clearly enough
that would never have done. Phoebe
might have been badly hurt."
"Sometimes I wonder if she isn't
hurt now," I answered, "and avoid
ing me just to hide it. Neal's proud,
"Jeunie." 1 couldn't tell if they sig
silence."
Virginia's eyes flashed when I said
"Jeanie." I ouldn't tell if they sig
nalled joy at my Use of her pet
name, or resentment. Her answer
had an intimate tone, however, so
I promised my self to go on saying
"Jeanie."
"He's silent because he's forgot
ten, Anne. Men do forget. 'And so
very easily. 1 know you don't ap
prove of Evvy any more than I do,
but she'll help the child to forget.
So just now I don't dare interfere j
too much. But this morning I made j
Phoebe promise to stop using that ■
horrible lip-stick. And now let's
consider the thing we're both most I
concerned about now—how to find
Betty.
"Have you any news?" I asked
eagerly.
Virginia shook her head.
"Nothing. No word from Betty.
Nothing from Terry. I phoned An
thony Norreys, and he'll be here In
time for coffee. We three must
think up something to do. Except
Jim, we're Betty's nearest and dear
est—and of course Jim's absorbed in
his own affairs now."
I felt so happily close to Virginia
that I ventured to be absolutely
frank.
"I'm afarid Jim won't like that
very well. He almost hates Anthony
Norreys.
"Good old Tony! How absurd for
my handsome brother to be jealous
of him. But, Anne, you're blushing!
If that isn't amusing! My chance
shot was right, then—Jim is jeal
ous!"
Virginia threw back her head and
laughed, and in great confusion I
put my cold hands to my cheeks—
and found them burning.
Through my mind ran a confused
recollection of the half dozen oc
casions T had seen Anthony Norreys.
Each time I had felt strangely
happy and at peace. Why was T
suddenly unhappy now and torn by
restless feelings?
(To Be Continued)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Engagement Etiquette
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am going about with a young
man who I met a few months ago
and intend to marry.
1 do not know his parehts.
Would it be proper for me to call
on them, escorted by my fiance, or
should they call on me? IJ. I. M.
Whichever comes about more
naturally. Leave it to your fiance's
I parents. If they do not come to see
yo utliey will ask their son to bring
| you they will ask their son to bring
lie concerned about it.
How Vanquish Indifference?
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am twenty-one and have been
going with a young man six years
my senior for nine months. During
the first six months he was very
attentive to me (having declared
that ho loved and wanted to marry
me when in a position to do so), but
lately he has acted indifferent. As 1
care for him very much, would like
to know what to do. W. Z.
You yourself must know best
whether this young man still loves
you, and you, yourself, have given
tlTe answer. How can I help you The
art (and what a supremely price
less art it would be) of rekindling
love is beyond my knowledge, as I
fear it is beyond that of any human
being. However, as a mere matter of
tactics, I can assure you that you
will pain little by coaxing the young
man to make protestations of love
that he does not really feel.
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A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN BE WATER
CHAPTER XLVI i
(Copyright 1019, Star Company)
After a telephone conversation
that was at least ten minutes in
length, Mildred Brent restored the
receiver to its hook and went into
the library, humming a gay little
tune.
Her air of innocence irritated Hon
ora, who laid down her paper and
spoke sternly.
"What did Tom Chandler want?"
Mildred waited for some seconds
before replying. Then she tossed her
head defiantly.
"What do you mean?" she evaded.
"I mean that, it seems strange that
a main with whom you quarreled
should call you up as soon as he
comes to town on a furlough. I
cannot understand it."
"I suppose it does not occur to you
that he likes me and enjoys talking
to me," Mildred retorted.
Her sister's tone changed. "Milly,"
she urged, "sit down for a minute,
dear 1 want to talk to you."
"Can't you talk as well if I stand
up?" the other objected.
"Certainly," Honora forced herself
to ansjver calmly. "Only I hoped we
might come to an understanding
without either of us losing our tem
pers. So it would bfe well to go
slowly."
"Well, go on them," Mildred re
joined. "What have you to say?"
"I hope you will not resent it,
dear," Honora began. "But I feel
that perhaps you have forgotten that
you were disgusted with Tom Chand
ler because of his habits end asso
ciates. He is the same man now
that he was before ne enlisted."
"He is not necessarily the same
man!" Mildred oontradictetj. "The
war has changed lots of fellows. You
know that as well as 1. '
An Argument
"The ■war!" The exclamation was
contemptuous in spite of the sntuk
cr's endeavor to be patient. "What
does Tom Chandler know of the war
after a few months spent in camp
on this side the Atlantic? X ac
knowledge that the experiences of
the men on the fighting front have
made new beings of seme of them.
They face danger and death there,
and such things try men's souls
and awaken them to what is true and
right. But a little While in a New
.England training camp will not
transform a man's entire nature."
• "You don't want, to believe that
there is any good at all in Tom,"
Mildred accused.
"I do believe he has possibilities
for; good.. But that is beside the
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question, MiUy. What puzzles me
is how ho dared call you up to-day.
You certainly gave me to understand
that you and he had parted in au
ger."
"And I was a fool to tell you of
it." Mildred declared. "Yes, we did
part in anger. Then when 1 saw
that he was willing to do what sonic I
model young men shrink from doing !
—and when he proved this by en- I
listing tried to thinlt kindly of j
him."
Ifonoru Interferes
| "Did you write and tell him so?"
"1 did not. But when he sent me
a postcard the other day saying he
I was coming home for a few days, X
| decided that I would bury the
: hatchet. So 1 just wrote him a post
card back again with the words-
VAII right." on it That was all. Cer- i
tainly nobody ' not even you I
could object to that."
There was a long silence. Mildred i
moved restively.
"Well?" she demanded. "Have you ]
anything else to say?"
Honora shook her head. She was |
too perturbed to allow herself to
speak.
"I may add," Mildred remarked
Airily, "that Tom asked me just now
if he might come and see me to
night, and 1 told him that lie might.
So what's the use of more conver
sation on the subject, anyway?"
I Then she began humming her gay
j little tune again and went on up to
her room.
Honora sat still for a long while
after Mildred had left her, thinking
over the situation.
Something was due to Arthur.
She must in some way keep him
from being hurt by Mildred. Y'et if
Tom Chandler were encouraged to
call here, and was allowed to see
Mildred alone, fie would exercise his
fascinations once more upon the girl,
and she would, as readily as before,
yield t.o those fascinations. If she
were allowed to spend an hour or
two alone with him that would sure
ly be the result.
This state of affairs Honora must
prevent not only on Arthur's ac
count, but on Mildred's as well. A
renewal of the former intimacy be
tween the susceptible and impulsive
girl and the reckless and seltish
young man might lead to. disaster.
There was but one way to avert
this without admitting Arthur into
the secret. And this was the way
that she, Honora Brent, must take.
She must make herself an intrud
er must be the undesired third
that makes "a crowd" of what would
otherwise be an agreeable "com
pany."
"I hate it. It. is a horrid task
but it seems to be up to me," she
muttered. "It will mean Milly's in
digation and Tom Chandler's hatred
—or, what is worse than his hatred,
his ridicule. But it is for Milly's
sake."
Was it for Mildred's sake?
The question thrust, itself into her
mind. She answered it in the af
firmative, yet she know that she was
going to interfere because she did
not want Arthur to be hurt. He had
quite enough to bear already.
She remembered his harassed ex
pression of countenance these days.
He was anxious about, his father's
health, worried over business Surely
to all these cares should not be add
ed a shadow of doubt as to the loy
alty of tt\e girT to whom he was en
gaged.
"The girl he loves!" Honora forc
ed her lips to murmur.
She had to say this to confirm her
self in her conviction.
To He Continued
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A few weeks ago a household was
plunged into sorrow. The wife, who
seems to have been the tie that held
the family together, died. And
thus, quite apart from the natural
sense of loss and bereavement, a dif-|
ficult and perplexing situation was
created for those left behind.
So now a group of people, with I
their relationships and half rela
tionships and lack of relationship,
are gathered under one roof, and,
deprived of that tender, tactful hand
which formerly smoothed out their
disagreements and adjusted their
differences, are facing the question
what to do.
The son of the husband does not!
appear to cut any marked figure in !
the equation, and may, therefore, be I
dismissed from consideration. It is j
the oldest daughter of the mother 1
who writes me, signing herself]
"Doubtful," to state her problem I
and ask me if 1 can shed any light I
upon her quandary.
She is now a girl of nineteen, she ]
says, and consequently must have I
been about half grown at the time;
of her mother's second marriage.
But she and her stepfather have
never been able to agree from the
first. There has always been an
antipathy between them. One gath
ers that it was the mother's influ
ence alone that kept her at home,
and also that she herself is a strong
rather outspoken character. The
mother's death has left her prac
tically alone in the world; the only
persons to whom she is connected'
by any ties of blood being her two,
little sisters and brothers.
"Mow the question that stares me
in the face," she writes, "is, what
ought I to do under the circum
stances? I am perfectly capable of
taking care of myself, and were I to
follow my inclination, would un
hesitatingly do so. But what about
my poor mother's children?
"My stepfather wants me to step
into my mother's place and make a
home for him and them. If he were
my own father, I would not question
tliis solution for a moment. But
the fuct that he is no more than a
stranger to me, now that my mother
is gone, an da distasteful stranger at
that, puts a very different com
plexion on the matter. Would not
people be very apt to gossip about
me, living in ,the same house with a
man who is in no way related to
me?
"Yet on the other hand, if I go
away and allow things to take their
own course, it is almost inevitable
that my stepfather will remarry, if
only to secure a home for himself
and proper care for the children.
Must they know the meanness of a
stepmother, as I have had to know
the meanness of a stepfather all
these years?"
Bet us take up the most unim
portant query lirst, and dismiss it in
a word. No one whoso good opinion
is of the slighest value —no one in
fact except the possessor of a pecu-
depraved and vicious mind—
would ever question for a moment
your perfect right to assume the
charge and direction of your step
father's home, as fully as if you
were his own blood-daughter. It is
done every day without the least ad
verse comment in hundreds of cases
where the justification is far less]
than yours.-'
At to the advisability of your do
ing so, I am not so certain. He
solving it down to the strict terms
of duty, (here are twp points to be
considered: first your duty to your
self: second, your duty to your lit
tle brothers and sisters. That you
owe a moral obligation toward these
motherless children to see that they
are properly brought up and cared
for is undeniable. No one can
probably do it as well as you, for
no one else will give them the same
tenderness and love.
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their father is their natural and
legal guardian, \tith the iirst claim
upon them and lie has shown no
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In fact, so far as you indicate, there
is no fault to be found with his at
titude toward them. Should you go
away. I fancy that the children
would not greatly suffer. As you
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ter than I do. You know whether
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their father will give them the pro
tection and supervision they deserve.
I am free to admit that so far as I
cnn judge from your letter, he seems
a very decent sort of a man. It al
ways takes two to make a quarrel or
a disagreement, and it may be that
he has not always been to blame
for your differences. At any rate,
he appears ready to sink Ihem now,
to start on a new basis. And while
we are on the subject, I am not sure
but that you also owe a duty to him.
' However unsatisfactory it may have
been to you, he has for several years
extended to you the protection of
his home.
Yet, provided the children do not
.absolutely reed you, and, provided
your going away does not savor of
Ingratitude toward your stepfather
in his trouble, your own life and
your own inclination come first.
And, in any event, if you are go
ing to bring a spirit of dissension
into that home or to set those chil
dren against theiiy father, while you
essay your task in Jin attitude of
stiff-necked defiance, it is better for
you, better for the little ones and
better for the man that you go-r
--even though there were fifty step
mothers in the offing.
It is for you to decide.
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