| Show tH-H-I tH H I H n 11 Wt t t 1 t t-i-i t i H M i H M II TheNe Ye rs r's The r s t. t J 1 Eve Wedding edding W I iE 11 By MARION I R R REAGAN AA i 4 I I M H-H-M- I i-hl i I I I I 1 H r 1 I I II I I 51 l. l I S I II T II I I M I l' l ns as KW w I set as 1 I. Hie tile the date dAre for forthe the w wedding of i Bob Wallins and Ind nd Cl lQ Main T l friends thought and md so did they 4 tint that tt it tt f would mean menn excellent excellent e I luck k to to begin the New w Year Year- ear its as asman man and wife But as ns the I time w ne H Bob hilt h at least began bea began to ro to huc haie I fe fend fe ills Mind find nd forebodings s not flot so soV V about the tue day 1 as a. a about ut tie x ent nt Its e was a serious serious thing i l And And ng aft after r reflecting n a a 1 long time on the j subject subject ton too tOl long on h he wasn't I c so so sure sUIe that th I lie be e was ws s tat wise step tep after nil all It it ft would ha made have tiling I easier if Bobs Bob's ob's nio lCT hs-d hs agreed with him but hut she he hadn't Charlotte washer was ryas her Idea pf pt the kind of u a girl Irl for an any young anti man mm to mari v She w was s. s I thrifty thrIft domestic and sensible sen Sensible Sensible ble 1 I She was too 00 sensible I e. e Bob nob thought He lie me ed li r to tobe tobe tobe be Just a n lt it orris were supposed va a If lie silly That That's what made he ho matte ma them Ski III had come cometo to re n her ju judgment and it would have been e found her Un her She was a n a- a goo good pal at and h liked her ller of purse lie he III liked her Rut nut was that love lo Was that romance Other Oth er fellow fellows felt poetic about the they were about to marry couldn't steep at nt might hIgh for thinking of them h m- m nt if the nl f waR waRde coul couldn't slat jat at and i whole state was de described t as liS love 10 Well 11 Bob Boh n never nevera ver e- e i II n I I lj h r l a t I r t 1 f f R 7 For HOLl Hours s She Sat at Her r. r Mirror IT felt that war woy a l tUi ts s appetite ryas x as as good is er ever and und he ho was a D long ICIng Va way Q IY j Then II hi- hi met met n Mcl ay lift at Aa La Lahouse a house part snit and J iris fils I q at once began t to suffer suITer It somehow t took ok him hima I v time lima to te c a n long to-go-to to to go-to sleep during the tho day his mind was in a u fog He lIe concentrate on business at all all Helen ny with her lier trim figure ure and st stylish clothes clothel her lips L and rouged cheeks her artful vamp- vamp Ish ways Wu-S came cume tripping Into luto his thoughts constantly There was a girl he t thought there thought there wa was a girl i lIe He wouldn't have haxe hurt Charlottes Charlotte's l feelings 0 for tor the world but he was wila plainly en enamored mored of Helen Delen and surely jie he be could go out with her a few times i out ut Ch Charlottes Charlotte's finding out He Hed d J but Charlotte te rl te found O At first The she was blindly Jealous the Elie he packed Ith the diamond en engagement r ring ng into its little box and was about to mall mail It II back t to him when her old good sense sense I. I returned turned Td s send nd back the ring would have hB been to admit de de- de feat Th The rue only wise thing to tor to do was to tR laugh and bet b bl it Bob at at his own game nt She determined to dr dress ss up and vamp nother another man A likely appeared In Sain Peck reek Sam had ju Just t. t come orne to Quincy from New York fork and with his worldly manner and nd handsome face was enough to arouse the jealousies of Bolt Boh Wallins thought Charlotte and she t siU started d out on her campaign She had lino lt been en enea wearing ea old old dowdy dresses sax saving Ing her net new things things for her trous' trous trous seau seaU but now she took toole out the new clothes and In addition l bought herself n il n lipstick lipstick an and Innumerable j Jars s of male make F For r hours she shel shet sat t at at I her hel mirror practicing Evidently t foIl she became quite skillful k for Samuel P PecK cJ very lr easily did what is known is-known as IlS falling fall fallIng In Ing hard and nOli soon oon soon Sam Sim and lotte Iotti appeared at at parties pu to- to together ther Bob noh 1 an and raged Hc threatened u k break off oIT their ell eng engagement gement hut but when h he found how apparently ready lair Char Charlotte lotte loUe wa was to have ha the cn engagement Imi broken n. n he changed h his attitude lIp lIpi He simply i co couldn't get get over ox-er Charlotte attin acting that way ny lie became so y n 11 lied ried 1 about Charlotte that he lie forgot forgo lichen Helen completely One Sunday Sunday enin e evening he went over o overto overto to Charlottes Charlotte's to call Slid was t tanta tanta- nta I gay t as she was always nh latel lately Bob Boh sank r down In a it chair sullenly c People are beginning to talk hII he hI I said briefly They They are About what or whom hO lT About you About me How flow Interesting I 1 1 didn't know that and what do the f say ay about me complimentary me things I hope x t. Bo Bub b rot got up up anti and tt III ked back an and forth In ht 1 front of tI f fireplace f ee I II ty An n engaged d girl Irl wM begins begins be be- gins to tc play around aro with another f fel fellow fellow l. l low scandalously und and to use that ul looking gar make mak make up Is liable to be he held up ts as as a model young xoung woman to th till Women's cju s. s J suppose J JIve I Ir r Ive e always N got along very well well with the Women's Bible class cluss hut hm want rl right h. h have you 1 0 to In criticize Youre engaged lr e ed to me I ICs i Yes Cs but that lt cnn canine nn hp he broken You were wet t 1 engaged to me too tun when you jou 1 0 I started going with thi that i f Helen len l-len McKay 1 r Who ho I Helen McKay av Charlotte Charier ie d don't dont nt be lc I 1 I t didn't mean menn atall Id I'd Idee even e forgotten 11 for n u J who In tn Inthe time the world orld she was You ou for forget et women rather Qu quickly seems I x J It seems h to me I Book ool here Charlotte I m tired of this Youve You've got Ol to make up your our mind rl right h now whether youre you're our going to he be your our ol old self and marry me N New w Years Fears 1 Eve II as us you promised or or not not But remember I I cant can't tit possibly e love you as is T or always yes es es always hax-e. hax you tike take off orr that terrible look up tog ing In make up a lau P. P The jh to took tooka k kery ka a very ery unsatisfactory trend U after that had III no Bob I left left t nr he hc was was' off orr life Ilfe Time The New Years tears Eve ge wedding was us called off orr Bob nob Wallins became one of the worst worM grouches In town He tie was er never seen except at Ht his office or home while Charlotte came ame to look look more and more worried Then came orne the reconciliation nod and andas nodas as 08 the two sat sut one evening sending out Invitations to 0 the New kew evv Years Year's t Eve ve dinner that was as to culminate in their marriage Bob said Gee Charlotte Im I'm glad we got all our quarreling over o before our wedding ar arent aren't Dt you ou Because we certainly are never going to have have- th the the- even even- the leaI least again lZ a. a lUll western p C 1 |
