Show M LU L U a u 30 E TN MY WED WEDDED WIFE S SYNOPSIS roa general factotum I 1 in n ab the au house e of 0 her er sister ina wife ol of 1 herbert rb rt D deacon n in the small town of warbleton Warb War lelon bleton duill dett leads a dull cramped ram existence with which she is 18 constantly at enmity though apparently satisfied with tier her lot bobby larkan recently graduated high school chool youth Is secretly enamored ot of deacons DeiL cone elder daughter diana the family la Is excited over the news of an approaching visit from deacons brother finlan whom he bad not seen for many years unexpectedly finlan arrives thua he becomes acquainted with lulu first and und understands er stands her position in the house to lulu fintan Is a much traveled man of the world mud and even the slight interest which he be taken in her to Is appreciated because it Is something Dom something ethIng new in her ufa life at an out outing ng which tho the family takes cuilan and lulu become confidential he expresses his disapproval of her treatment a a sort of dependent in the deacon home diana and bobby in the course of soft nothings discuss cum the possibility ot of eloping a and d surprising the whole school lulu lias has awakened to pleasant possibilities concerning concern lne NIn lans lan intentions tent ions toward herself I 1 IV V 7 july I 1 when on a warm evening a fort inight later lulu descended the stairs dressed for her incredible trip to the aty city she wore the white waist which ibbe had often thought they would 1 luse usel for her it if she died and really the waist looked as it if it had been planned for the purpose and its wide upstanding platted plaited lace at throat and wrist made her neck look thinner her forearm sharp and veined her hair ibbe she had bad crimped and parted in the middle puffed high it was so that hair bair had bad been worn in lulus girlhood well said ina when she saw raw tills this coiffure and frankly examined it head well backs back tongue meditatively teasing at her lower lip for travel lulu was again wearing jinas leas linen duster the old one appeared in a sack coat coal land his diamond ills his distinctly con tex face its thick rosy flesh thick i mouth month find and deft cleft chin gave lulu once imore that bold sense of looking not at him for then she was shy and inverted averted her eyes but at his photo i graph fit at which she could gaze as much as slie she would she looked up at him openly fell in step beside him res was he not taking her to the city ina and dwight themselves were going because she lulu had brought labout this party I 1 act as good as you look lulle aulle Ps mrs bett belt called after them she gave no instructions to ina who was mar girled and able to shine in her conduct it seemed dwight was cross on the way to the ithe station he be might have been heard beard to take it up again whatever it was ind and his ina unmistakably said well now dont keep it going all the way ethere there and turned back to the others with some elaborate com comment ent about the dust thus cutting off her so called alord lord from his legitimate retort A mean advantage the city was two hours distant and they were to spend the night on the train in the double seat finlan betide beide her among the bags lulu sat in athe the simple consciousness that the people all knew that she too had been I 1 chosen A man and a woman were opposite with their little boy between them ithem lulu lula felt tills this womans comans supe Irlo rity of experience over her own and smiled at her from a world of fellowship low ship but the woman lifted her eyebrows and stared and turned away with stow slow and insolent winking antalan had a bobish pride in his knowledge of places place to eat in many idyles as it if he be were leading certain of the tribe to a deer run in a strange finlan took ills party to a downtown cafe then popular among bushness busl ness and newspaper paper men the vace place was below the sidewalk was reached by a dozen marble steps and tle the odor of Us its griddle cakes took the air lr of tile the street finlan made a great bow of selecting a table hanged changed once failed called tile walter waiter my nun mari and rubbed rub lil soft hands on what 10 lo do YOU yon may aay shall shaft it be lobster I 1 ile he ordered the dinner instructing the walter waiter with painstaking gruffness gruff neM not that they can touch bour our cook lint ling here alm lulu lie le said settling himself to wait and crumbling a crust dwitgt expanding a lilt bit in the aura rj lof of the food observed that lulu was A regular clief chef that was wag what lulu was wa ile he still till would not dot look at ills wife who now remarked shelf Dwigh tle not cheff this was a mean alvan al vantage tace which he be pretended not to hear another mean ella advantage ina ila said lulu your hats bats just a little ittle mite no over tile other way was there anything to prevent your speaking of that before ins ina acidly 1 I started arteil tl to and then somebody said 1 said lutu lulu humbly 1 nothing could so much as cloud lulus hour site she was proof a against ainest tiny any shadow say but you look tremendous to taught dwight observed to lier understanding perfectly that this iwas said to tease tae his wife lulu yet flushed with pleasure plew wre she saw two women Nat watching ehing ond and she thought feeling jorry for inu inn no F body talking to tier lier she laughed at everything that the men said she paulona tely wanted to talk herself HOW many folks keep going past 1 ald many beany bitnes by ZONA GALE copyright by D appleton App leloo A company at leng length tb having noted the details of nil all the clothes clot lies la in ran range ge inns inas isolation palled upon her and slie she set herself to take Nin lans attention she therefore talked with him a bout about himself curious youve never married 1 she said dont say it like that he begged 1 I might yet ina laughed enjoyably yes you ill she met this she wants everybody to get married but she wishes I 1 dwight threw in with exceeding ra rancor they developed this theme exhaustively usually speaking in the third person and always witt with i his shoulder turned it bit from ills wife it was inconceivable the gusto with which they proc proceeded ceded ina had assumed for the purpose an air distrait casual attentive to the scene about them but gradually her checks began to burn shell cry lulu thought in alarm and said at random ina that lint hat Is so pretty ever so much prettier than the old one put cut ina said frostic frostily y that she never saw anything the matter with the old one me let us talk said low to lulu then simmer town down ile he went on in an undertone about nothing in particular lulu bardl hardly y heard what lie he said etwas so pleasant pleasa nt to have him talking to tier her in this confidential fashion and she was pleasantly aware that its his manner was open to misinterpretation in the nick of time the lobster was served 0 0 0 1 0 0 dann r and the play the show as finlan called it this show was as peter ilan ian chosen by jinlan because the seats cost the enst of those at any theater it was almost indecent to see how dwight herbert tile the immortal soul had warmed and melted at these contacts ily by the time that nil all was over and they were at the hotel for supper such was its ills pleasurable excitation that he be was once more playful teasing once more the irrepressible but now ills his ina was to be won back made it evident that she was not one lightly to overlook and a fine firmness sat upon the little doubling chin they discussed the play not one of them had understood the story 4 f why not say the th wedding service asked ninian the dog kennel part that the queerest st thing nothing to do with the rest of t the play 1 I was tor for the pirates the one with the hook lie he was my style said dwight well there it Is again ina cried they belong to the real play either oil oh well yinian said they have hav e to put in parts I 1 suppose to catch ever body instead of a song and dance they do that and I 1 understand sold mid ina why they all clapped when aben the principal character ran dowa front an anda said something to the audience th jhb time but they oil all did ninian thought this might have been out of compliment ina wished that monona might have bare teen seen confessed that tile the last part was 0 so o pretty that she herself NI mould not look and into inns ilias eyes eves came caine their loveliest light lulu fiat at there healing the talk about the play why I 1 have said that the ale t he thought as an the others olli eris spoke all that they sold said seemed i to her apropos Propos Il but ah she could think of nothing to add the evening had been to tier a light from heaven how could slie she find anything to say she rat flat in a daye day of happiness heppl nw tier her mind hardly operative her look moving from one to another at last ninian looked at tier her sure ure you liked it miss lulu 0 oh ll 11 yes yer I 1 think they all took their parts real well it not dot enough she looked a at t them app appealing ealin ay iy knowing that milt she had find not sold eald enough you could hear everything they sald said the slip added it was t the she dwindled to silence dwight herbert savored his rarebit with a great show of ion long wrinkled dimples excellent sauces they make here excellent lie he said gald with the frown of 0 an epicure A tiny wee b bit it morn athabasca he added and they alli all lau laughed ailed find and told him film that athabasca wits was a lake ot of course of course he be meant tabasco ina said their entertainment find their talk was of his sort for an hour well now said mid dwight herbert when hen it was finished somebody lance dance on the table DwIght lell got to amuse ourselves some somehow bm come liven up begin to read the funeral service over us why not say the wedding service asked ninian in the mention of wedlock there was always something stimulating to dwight something of overwhelming humor he shouted sli a derisive endorsement dor of this proposal 1 I object said finlan should iou miss lulu lulu now burned the slow red of her torture they were all looking at tier her she made an anguished effort to defend herself 1 I dont know it she said so I 1 cant say it ninean leaned toward tier her 1 I ninian take thee lulu to be TRY my wedded wife he pronounced the way it vest goes I 1 lulu barent say it cried dwight ile he laughed so loudly that those hose t at the near tables turned and from the fastness of tier her wifehood and motherhood ina laughed 11 cally Ito ally it was ridiculous to think of lulu that way fintan laughed too course she dont ilare dare say it he challenged from within lulu that strange lulu that other lulu who sometimes fought her battles suddenly spoke out 11 1 I ll lulu take thee finlan to fe be my wedded d husband you WHIT will kinlan cried 1 I will she said laughing tremulously to proe that she too could join in could be as merry as the rest and I 1 will mill there by joie joe now have we entertained you or we re finlan laughed and pounded ills his soft fist on the table oh say honest bonest lyl ivil ina was shocked 1 I dont th ink you ought to things the matter DwIgh tle dwight herbert deacons eyes were staring and liis its face was scarlet say by george he said a civil wedding Is binding in this state A civil wedding oh well ninian dismissed it but L said dwight happen to be a magistrate 11 they looked at one another foolishly dwight sprang up with the in determinate idea of inquiring some thing of some one circled about and returned ina had taken his chair and sat clasping lulus hand continued to laugh 1 I never saw one done so offhand said dwight but what youve sail said la Is all you have to say according to law and there dont have to be witnesses say i he suld laid anil and sat down again above that shroud like platted plaited lace the lie veins of lulus throat showed darl dark as she swallowed cleared her throat swallowed ned again dont you let dwight scare yon yoal she besought ninean scare met me cried finlan NIn lan why I 1 think its n good job done it you ask me lulus eyes flew to ills his face As he laughed ile he was wag looking fit at tier her and now he nodded and shut and opened ills his eyes several times very fast their points of light flickered with a pang of wonder which pierced tier her end and left her ber shaken f lulu looked ills eyes continued to meet tier her own it was exactly like looking at his photograph dwight had recovered ills his authentic air oh well he said we can inquire at ou our lelure leisure it if it Is necessary I 1 should say we can have it set aside quietly up here in the city no onell be the wiser set aside nothing said gald finlan id like to see it stand are you serious nin sure im serious ina jerked gently at tier her sisters I 1 a arni rm lulu I 1 you henr hear him what you going to say to thairl that lulu shook tier her lead head ile he in earnest he said 1 I am in earnest hope to die lan ian deve declared dec fared red lie ile was on two legs of his chair and was slightly lightly tilting so that tho the effect of his earnestness was impaired but lie wm was obviously in earnest riest they were lo looking oldrig at lulu again and now she looked at and there here was something terrible in that look which tried to urk him alone about this thine dwight exploded there was a fellow I 1 know there la ir the theater lie he cried ill get him on the line lie he could tell roe me it theres therell any way and was off 1 I dont know what to t make of lulus lulu they ar are so 0 o V k TO fir DE |