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" When a Girl Marries"
By ANV 1.151.i:
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of a Girl Wife
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CHAPTER CCCLXXXV |
(Copyright. 191 ft. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.).
Directly we'd linished lunch on the i
day of Phoebe's return to Dream-,
wold, I hurried away to my own j
loom and began the search for which
] was so eager.
With an emphasis out of all pro- I
portion to my loss, 1 felt that I must!
find the missing handkerchief with
the luckv-piece tied in its corner. I j
was rummaging feverishly and for
the third time through my top bureau',
drawer, when n timid knock sounded '
on the door. When I opened it. there I
stood Phoebe, her pansy eyes swollen j
and wet.
•Anne!" she burst out. "I've a mes
sage for you and I made it an excuse!
to come up ami ask you about sAme-j
thing. You'll help me, won't you?" j
"Surely, dear." I replied, drawing;
her into tin* room and establishing
her comfortably on the chaise lounge. ;
VWhich comes first —the message or
the confidence?" ,
"The message, so you can pack.
while you're talking to me. Jim:
phoned, but he suid he couldn't wait
until I'd called you downstairs. Ho
said he'd be kept in town again to
night. and most likely couldn't get
out here at all this week, so he. j
wished you'd drive home and be there !
to give* him dinner at seven. H\
sounded ull in. I guess you'd better.
"Of course." T replied, dragging my,
wardrobe trunk open and beginning!
to puck. "Will you go down and tell;
],vons to come up for my luggage in j
an hour?" 1 added, forgetting Phtv—•
he's need in a sudden uneasy feeling:
about Jim. !
"Mayn't T talk to you first?" she
asked so dolefully that I dropped]
everything to comfort her.
"Of course, dear child. Tell Anne. ' ;
T said, pulling her head against my.
own and stroking the soft hair that;
Neal loves. w
"I'm not a baby." began Phoebe. :
"And I do reali/.e that the city's full
of temptations. I —1—Oh. Anne, |
would it be verv dreadful if I thought
or NVul instead of my promise to |
l-'ather Andrew?" :
"Child, you must keep your word.
I replied in astonishment at Phoebe's,
reaction end the clever way Virginia
had brought it about.
"But Jeanie made it so temptingi
for us to got married right away.
And it would be practical, too." mur- <
mured Phoebe with an atr ol great
wisdom. It isn't fair to Neal to keep
AY little message of
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WEDNESDAY EVENING.
j him wuiiing and waiting. Father
• Andrew didn't have to choose just (
this time to go off on a trip, i think
it was selfish of him not to wait."
| "Phoebe Harrison, if you knew"—j
I cried, off my guard tpr a second j
because of my great love for Father
j Andrew, but 1 ended my sentence in
I banal fashion, "if you knew how
(much more happiness there will be in j
a marriage based on the truth! Don't i
start wrong. Keep your word if you j
I want Neal's respect as well us his
j love."
"I wait Neal," protested Phoebe.
("And lie wants me. But lie might—!
(change, and 1 think I'd die if he—
! changed. It isn't fair to keep us I
j waiting. Other people seize their
'happiness—like Val Cosby, for in-
I stance. Why should we be the only
I ones to consider others?"
j "What do you mean by that refer
ence to Val? 1 demanded severely.
Phoebe tossed her head with a
knowing little smile.
"Do you think you can fool me?"
■ Shelly and Val a whole lot*? Don't J
Iknow! You all lie yourselves blue;
and it is not half as had for me just]
to tell one little lie of my own —to
break a promise so that Neal and I
ian be happy."
i , "Phoebe, I'm ashamed of you!" 1
'forced myself to reply out of loyalty i
to Father Andrew. "You gave your]
I word to a dear, wise man who'd never
•have asked it except for just cause.",
But in my heart of hearts I !
couldn't be sure she was so far
wrong. We were all lying to protect
the burned-out embers of a marriage (
i that was beginning perhaps to be as
; great a drag on Dane as on Val. Then '
• what justice was there in refusing to j
'agree to a marriage which would be
| ideal because founded on love? Sup-|
'pose Neal hadn't a right to his name".
'There was no intentional evil in the
! whole sad business. No just cause :
! for criticism or scandal or disgrace.,
\nd Phoebe was at a dangerous stage
of wisdom and revolt. Perhaps she
needed the anchor of marriage even!
more than Neal did.
Phoebe broke in upon my reverie,
crying triumphantly: |
"You know I'm right. I fought
. Virginia because it's natural for the ,
Harrisons to scrap with each other, i
1 But when I began to think about it .
]1 saw how right she was. Now you,
i must n't oppose Neal and me. It isn t ,
fail . Perhaps if we could reach {
I Father Andrew and ask him he u
"You're strangely Pho?-
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be." I replied, choosing my words anil
' proceeding very cautiously. "But 1 '
can't fail Father Andrew, lie isn't'
here to stand up for himself" j
"You talk as if you didn't want ,
N'eal to marry me! As if you hoped—i
! where Jeanie fears —that he'll tind
some one else!" Phoebe jumped up
as she spoke, and I saw the Hashing.
| cutting Harrison pride distorting her
j fa "l long for him to have j-ou as his
I wife, dear."
"Then vou agree , „
• "I can't. Don't you see 1 can t.
I"I see you're cruel —and stubborn.
\nd 111 never forgive it. But you
forget one thing. Anne. Neal's ot.
iage. And even if Vm not. it's Jeanie
I who's my guardian, not you. Jean- j
lie'll be glad enough when she nnds.
I've come round to her way of think-j
' ing. I'm afraid to risk waiting."
1 "Won't vou even consult Jim. I
'asked, hard put to it to stand out
I against Phoebe like this. Phoebe.;
I dear, please dont misjudge me. Don t
j hate me. If Jim agrees. 1 wont say (
another word."
; "You promise?"
"I promise." , , _ .. . . 1
i "Then its up to Jimntie. and 1 think,
! vou know as well as 1 d.o what he 11 I
; saw Now you go back to your pack
ing. and as soon as 1 ve given J""
orders to Lyons and told Jeanie that
she's losing you I'll come back to
'' "Pm glad you're not angry at me.'
I said "Some day—some day. will
you please remember that I —did |
ivhat 1 thought was right?"
(To lie Continued)
Howat, Released From
Jail, Calls Meeting to
Settle Miners' Strike
Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—A call for;
la meeting of the executive board ot
I the Kansas district of the United |
j .Mine Workers of America for Fri
day, at which steps to end the strike
of 1,000 employes of the Central |
Coal and Coke Company will be
taken, was issued from here late
yepterdav by Alexander Howat,
president of the district, before■
leaving for his home at Pittsburg, j
Kans.
. Howat was released from jail to- \
day, where he had been sent follow
ing a preliminary hearing on con
tempt of court charges, by Federal
Judge A. B. Anderson yesterday, 1
after he had agreed to use his in
fluence to end the local strike. His |
cail for the district meeting followed |
a telegram sent to the Kansas dis- i
| trict by William Green, international j
1 secretary-treasurer of the mine
1 workers, ordering the strikers to re- I
I turn to work.
STEAMER HELPLESS AT SEA I
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 24. The
I American steamer Corozas, bound j
from New York to a southern port, i
| was reported last night to be drift- !
; ing helpless twenty miles east of
j Diamond Shoals lightship. The 1
| naval repair ship Vulcan was stand-;
ing by the Corozas. which in the face !
of a heavy gale was being swept by
I big i seas.
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A NEW ROMANCE OF AMERICAN LIFE
CHAPTER IV
(Copyright. 1919. Star Company)
The week following Hugh's decla
ration of love flew too swiftly for the
betrothed. Hugh lived in a state of bliss
scarcely .able to believe in his own
good fortune. Doris grew prettier by
the day. glowing with the joy of life
and the excitement of being loved.
Mrs. Courtney was almost as hap
py as her older child. It was more
interesting to talk to Doris of her
lover and her future than to read
sentimental novels.
Mr. Rodney and Lniura came to call
in due form on Hugh's financee. 1-aura
kissed Doris affectionately; Daniel
Rodney spoke some graceful words
of welcome to the girl who was to
be his daughter-in-law. If he wished
that Hugh's choice had fallen upon
the younger Courtney sister he did
not betray this by look nor manner.
Indeed, everything transpired to
make Doris content with her lot.
Even her wish to have her engage
ment kept from the public for a while
was humored.
She related this fact to her sister
on the evening of the day on which
the Rodneys had made their formal
visit.
Hugh had. of course, called this
evening, but had gone home earlier
than usual. Doris' bed-room was on
the second floor, adjoining her
mother's. Ruth had her quarters on
the third floor, an arrangement
which, she declared, suited her per
fectly.
"It is like Ruth to want to be
away off upstairs by herself." Mrs.
Courtney had told Doris when the
girls were old enough to wish for
separate rooms. "But I am glad
you care to keep your old place ne: t
to me."
On this particular evening, she
looked into her mother's room on her
way upstairs. As usual, Mrs. Court
ney was reading but glanced up with
a smile as her duaghter entered.
Hugh Reave* Early.
"Hugh gone already?" she asked.
"Yes," Doris nodded. "He was feel
ing a bit under the weather, so went
early. I am going up for a little
chat wjth Ruth. I will be down after
a while."
"All right, darling," the mother as
sented, returning eagerly to her
story.
Ruth welcomed her sister brightly.
"Come on in, dear." as she heard
Doris's step outside her door. "I was
just wishing you would happen in.
I have not had a chance to tell you
how glad I am that the Courtneys are
so much pleased at the prospect of
having you in the family. Mother
told me alt about their call."
"Yes, I was sorry you were out."
Doris rejoined. "I am sure you would
have been interested in hearing the
nice things they said. And they ap
prove of my not announcing my en
gagement yet. I explained t.> Mr.
Rodney that I would rather wait un
til Hugh was quite sure of where he
was going to live—and everything.
He said I was quite right.
"You see, Ruth." confidentially, "it
is not much fun for an engaged girl
when the man she's engaged to is
away. Other men don't ask her to go
with them much—for she is labeled.
"Taken." So I would rather wait un
til Hugh comes back to New York, or
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"And what does Hugh say to this?" j
"He was disappointed at first—
then he said that he supposed I was
right and that he would do as I '
wished. Of course. I cannot have my!
diamond until the engagement ig an
nounced. Rut see what Hugh brought
me to-night."
She held her left hand out to her
! sister. On the third finger was a
simple gold band witli a single pearl
in it.
"Pretty. isn't it?" Doris com-,
mented.
"Very pretty," her sister said, look- j
! ing at it carefully. Do you know it-j
is very much like that little old ring!
I that belonged to father's mother. You j
remember?—he said it must he mine I
because I have her name. Wait—i!
have it right here."
An Economical King.
doing to her jewelry-case, she 1
found the ring and brought it to her i
sister.
"Yes, they are alike," Doris admit- j
ted. "Only my pearl is a lovely
white—and Grandmamma's is very!
yellow."
"And very old," Ruth amended. !
"and the setting is old-fashioned, of
course."
"Hugh said he could not afford a
very handsome ring just yet, hut
! later I am to have a platinum one
with cluster diamonds in it. 1 like
those best." I
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Prepare equal amounts of chopped celery, chest
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] 'That will lie nice," her sister com-j
I mented, turning her heirloom around
jon her finger. "1 love this bit of ]
jewelry." she said dreamily. "I thi,nk I
I shall wear it after this. I like to j
1 think of the dear dead woman who |
j used to wear it."
"t'gh! You give me the creeps!" I
! Doris shuddered. "Well, I must be j
j going down to bed. Good night!"
1 In her mother's room she displayed j
j the ring to her admiring parent.
"It's lovely—a perfect pearl—
-1 though small!" Mrs. Courtney ap- '
] proved. "Pure and unsullied like I
your love and Hugh's."
"I knew you would say something j
nice about it," Doris smiled. I :
showed it to Ruth, and she just made j
some commonplace remark and com- j
pared it with that old pearl of
grandmother's—you remember?"
"That is like Ruth," Mrs. Courtney
observed. "The dear child means
j well and loves you. naturally, but
•! she is absolutely lacking in the kind
■ of romance that you and I have, my
I darling. And romance is so essential
to my happiness!"
To He Continued.
Says Gambling Is
Curse of Mexico
! . Juarez, Mex.,Dec. 24.—Gambling Is
| the national curse of Mexico, accord- |
! ing to General Marcelino Murrieta,
collector of customs at this port.
"If Americans who come over to
Juarez get the idea that all Mexico
is like this, we have no one to
blame but ourselves," said General
Murrieta recently. "To-day Juarez
is scarcely more than a cluster of sa
loons and gambling houses."
DECEMBER 24, 1919. 1
, TWO AIRMEN KILLED
RlviTsldc, Calif., Dec. 24. —Second
i Lieutenant Herbert Tuchborne, of
I Mount Vernon. N. Y., and Private
| Allister Linn, of San Luis Obispo,
j Calif., were killed yesterday at
i March field, the army aviation field
I near here, when their airplane fell
j 2,000 feet.
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FOR,WARNED
[From the Boston Transcript.]
"Jim, I want you to give me a little
friendly advice."
"All right; but remember I don't
stand ready to back It up with any
money."
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