Show I Taming Nay My H husband By Kathleen Fox Copyright 1910 1919 by bY bYthe the McClure McClur Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate CHAPTER 79 It May Not Be De Too Late Late Yet I Huh grunted Crittenden at m my i gleeful admission that l' l Elizabeth lizabeth was to be a guest What would he say I wondered when he knew the fun full significance of my enthusiastic answer answer answer an an- To be sure I 1 enjoyed specula- specula tins ting on itI it I II I 1 I I suppose It will be better for me meto meto to come home late this afternoon then Crittenden sug suggested ested No you need n not change your plans at all I assured him The They will vill all be S gone ne no doubt against the usual time of lf your arrival al from i ithe the office It It i is- is t a a luncheon not an ah afternoon aft affair I Oh I 1 see he be returned somewhat I grouchily ro but it was my impression that women never know when to go home no matter matte when the affair Is is isI I I I 1 knew this was a dig at me Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral times when I 1 had been to tea with friends I 1 had gotten h home me Just just justI before dinner He Ie never had been I I able to understand why afternoon af affairs affairs affairs af- af i I fairs are late in breaking upWell up I Well ell I 1 hope they won wont won't t be here i iI I when I come he muttered and went vent wenton on to the office while I 1 completed arrangements arrangement for the luncheon Not a word had been en to I the guests Not even Marjorie Marjorie- Boyd knew And as Elizabeth did not wear her engagement ment ring until the engagement engagement engagement en en- had been announced d toy by y the pulling of ribbons attached to tiny ny I envelopes concealed under the centerpiece centerpiece center center- piece of the table it caused an outburst outburst outburst out out- burst of surprised excitement Na Naturally Elizabeth was the recipient recipient recipient ent of much attention from that time on and blushing prettily she was very happy though I am sure she was glad at last to get away from the i clamor of it all aU and go home I 1 The minute the last guest left I Crittenden drove e up I Oh by the way he said Jack Langley said you jou ou would have something something some some- t thing important to tell me when I got home Did he he Yes Ye but when I asked him what it was he grinned like an ape and insisted you jou OU would tell me In n detail What hat is it Crittenden you may know had a bump of curiosity I Why he must have meant the announcement an- an announcement announcement an an- o of his and Bettys Betty's engagement en engagement en- en I r said casually Jack tell you you I What No he did not But is itI it so soV Crittenden was astonished I And disappointed d. d too as I 1 could tell from his downcast expression I It is quite true I 1 assured him It was announced here today at the luncheon I 1 gave e in her honor i Perhaps there was a triumphant I ring to my voice as I 1 told him I had felt triumphant all day reckoning reckoning reckoning reckon reckon- ing just what he might say and do dowhen dowhen dowhen when the news reached him For I 1 realized the extent of Crittenden's objecting s to Betty notwithstanding I that I fully tully understood it was none of his business whom Jack Langley married His face tace lowered and darkened as ashe ashe ashe he looked at me Some of your jour work he growled Then Why in the devil didn't you tell me about It it I 1 might have been able to talk him out of it it itI I shrieked It was too funny tunny that Crittenden would have considered making an effort efort to dissuade Jack Langley from marrying a girl with whom he was so much In love Surely Sure Sure- I ly I 1 thought he does not yet et know Jack or he never neer would suggest such sucha a thing Oh but you wouldn't have done 1 that I exclaimed How Irow do you jou know what Id I'd have done he demanded Certainly I would and it may not be too late yet Ill I'll see Jack right away and talk to him about this thing I certainly certainly certainly will Do I 1 urged That would be beI besuch besuch such a friendly thing to do Im I'm sure I Jack would appreciate it it You needn't be so 50 confounded I flippant and sarcastic he flung at atme I me And dont don't you forget that I I hold you jou responsible for every bit bitof bitof bitof of ft it t Hold Bold me responsible I exclaimed I fail fall to see how you can set yourself yourself your your- I self up as holding anybody I ble Where did you get the au authority authority authority au- au pray pray I took It he said imperially I Ah said I I. I bowing low and thou I condemn me sire I I mocked him further with a a. curtsey curtsey curtsey curt curt- curtI I sey much prolonged I Shut up and get up he growled Have some sense sense Ah and wilt thou too have some I went on He would not look at me He chose to x say something against Elizabeth That girl he muttered Is utterly without character And she doesn't know anything I CHAPTER 80 SO In Defense of Betty Detty On the contrary my dear Crittenden Crittenden Crittenden Critten Critten- den I expostulated I happen to know that Betty Harding has a wise little head with a plenty in it it Solid ivory nothing else he replied contemptuously But I 1 had the pleasure of hearing her tell you something not long ago l I lI I 1 countered that you knew absolutely i nothing about Ii What Exactly I insisted she explain to jou you very patiently the difference difference dif dif- ference between Roman and Roman- Roman I dlf-I asque architecture He reddened furiously What hat did that amount to to he de demanded demanded demanded de- de angrily I Not ot much perhaps but it served to show that Betty Harding knew something something something some some- thing you didn't I said quietly Read It in a book he sniffed I And where did you get all your in information in- in formation Crittenden dear I in inquired in- in in-I in Is all yours taken from your our only I I had him there for tor he was a de devoted devoted devoted de- de voted lover of books and had stacks of them Well you needn't t be so smart about It he said And furthermore I de demand demand demand de- de mand to know why you didn't tell me about their engage engage about about this insane notion of Jacks Jack's he persisted Why hy Just because it was their affair and not yours Nor was it mineI mine I was told of their engagement was advised that it was a a. secret and that it was their wish to surprise their friends even yourself with its announcement announcement an an- A secret he sneered Splendid secret it was was was' Didn't they tell you you I guarded it carefully enough dont don't jou you think I said evening the score Well ell my fine lady there Is this much you have simply got to understand understand understand under under- stand in the future he declared his anger increasing Just consider that j when anything is pulled off In n my mv house after alter this Im I'm to know a all a it It I 1 hope you jou understand that la w wout wout out any further explanation ff Easy enough to understand understandable I but I shall use my judgment about it it c M I Youre very toplofty arent aren't y he said with a sneer Remen this that your Independence is a a. aU t that can cnn be taken away from you ou as It was given given- You did not give gi it my dear dearly I sweed I prefer to say I tOOk He flushed hotly His hands hand clenched tightly but for some rea red redI I did not believe he would three thre me with violence He was a an angrier than he had been for tor forwe we but I managed to maintain my it pendent position to such an extent J It had the effect of sobering him You took it you jou ou think his he bel claimed Continued Monday 4 |