Show I 2 H Hf f p 1 I I ne Marriage Trifler L rifle By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR I Copyright 1920 by Public Ledger Co i THE rIlE t G. I Barbara Knight the acknowledged leader ot oil th the younger set Bet marries marrus I K Keith Grant Gram the most rn man ian n o othe oi 0 the season Datil families ne un and the two t young are won wonderS Bonder- r tully well wen I suited However 1 nu no one seems to realize that hat girls In Barbaras Barbara's class accustomed to having ever every wish granted are apt to take life too loo carelesslY carelessly carelessly care care- lessly and not as girls who have had to take life Ufe more seriously look at it Katherine Newberry In Keiths Keith's office for lor instance has an entirely different i idea lea of marriage I CHAPTER XI lh The sense of strangeness that had persisted until Barbara met Keiths Keith's eyes Yes at the altar and knew that she loved him hun and nothing else else mattered was gone entirely at the big wedding reception that t followed the ceremony She was in her el element ment here She he was wasI radiant delicious she Was as the center oi ever everything and people kept pressing up I around her and gazing at her and teh- teh ing her how lovely she was Her tired tiredness ness nass had slipped away she w wis s buoyed up by the excitement of the moment and she had no desire to leave Keith could think of ot only one thing He wanted to get Barbara awa away he lie wanted to be alone with her The so solemnity solemnity solemnity so- so of oC a wedding seemed lacking somehow in the midst of all this gayety gaye gaye- ty the sense of ot exaltation that he had felt at the altar seemed cheapened now In spite of himself he kept thinking of how wonderful it would have been if it Barbara had been willing willingto I Ito to slip away alone with him Of Ot course I she owed a certain amount of all this I Ito to her guests and it would not be po polite pa- pa life lite to leave too early but hut he had wanted to 10 leave town early that even even- ing He had wanted to get out somewhere somewhere some sonic where away from the bustle and roar of ot the city but as the hours slipped away he saw that it would be sible At last Barbara slipped away from the merrymakers to be dressed in her traveling things Even then she was was not tired her eyes s sparkled ana as I ISn was dressed she chattered gay aYl It It vas ua aH a nice nice wedding said as as she t tat sat at on the to her sisters sister's suede shoes shoe It was wonderful chorused the Che I bridesmaids I The little flower lower toque was adjusted I over o Barbaras Barbara's meticulously waved hear A little veil was whipped out irom I and nd Grant hersel herself herself her her- I self sel was pulling it smoothly over Barbara's Barbaras Barbaras Barbara's Bar Har- baras bara's lace face Barbara half halt turned Wheres heres mother she asked suddenly suddenly sud sud- sudi i denly l conscious that her mother W was not rOt hover ng around herIn her In In the sitting room loom Eleanor said sald calmlY Overcome u by I told lola I her she was silly ana she didn't want wane you to know knows so 50 she's in there crying into the pillows i Barbara sprang up and ran Into the next room The net t minute she was wason wason wason I on the floor by bi her bel mothers mother's side her arms about her tears beginning to I gather In her own eye eyes Marcia larcIa who had followed her groaned audibly Barbara you il 11 ruin rum that suit get bet getup getup up UHe llie a good girl gin I 1 thought you ou w were ere too sensible for this Mrs l I Knight smiled d through her tears tearS' Its my fault tault she admitted and choked Barbara flung her arms around her passionately and It was Eleanor who came to the rescue of every one ne with one of pf her remarks Mother you behave like a storybook storybook story story- book parent Arent Aren't you ashamed Ev Even n Mrs Knight had to smile at this and then Barbara was ready even evento evento evento to gloves and the exquisite beaded bag Some one handed her her bouquet bou- bou and the bridesmaids flocked down ahead of her She tossed the bouquet and saw Eleanor catch it triumphantly Then there was wasa a confusion of noise of rice and excited good good-bys and she he and Keith were wre alone at last in the big limousine For Jor a moment there was a constraint between them as though the artificIal I excitement was still with them and they had to maintain a reserve Barbaras Barbara's sUm slim fingers caught aught in her la lap and she turned and looked looked- out of the window She felt that strangeness envelop her again that she had felt all da day and then n suddenly barriers e were re down n and di lk sr p nh she was in Keith's Keiths arms s They h held her fiercely and she relaxed in their embrace There was was more of ot the submissiveness submissiveness sub- sub of ot utter weariness in her attitude than the exultant joy of ofa a bride She was too tired to respond and In Instantly Instantly Instantly In- In his own attitude changed to one of complete tenderness Ho held her as asIf asif asif if she had been a little girl h heV hr r soft sori face upturned on his breast Even his k kisses were gentle and the quick tears that had harl started to Barbaras Barbara's s eyes tears of nervousness and weariness did I not fall She was grateful for his un understanding understanding understanding un- un hut deep underneath she was sorry that was so tired She I I wished that she had not tried to doso doo much that she h had rl not used up all her nervous energy There was even a moment mp mo me- ment of clear understanding when she face her own heart and wished that she had been married as Keith had wanted Tomorrow Tomorrow The The Real Barbara Comes Out of ot Hiding |