| Show GIVEN IN MARRIAGE By ADELE GARRISON Madge Arranges With Lillian to Steer Philip Off the Track Noels Noel's pessimistic observation concerning concerning con con- the he likelihood of his lathers lather's holding up the wedding for lor an investigation investigation invest of or the reason why Avis Arlen Arlen Ar Ar- len was not a brid bridesmaid stayed persistently per w with lh me It lingered like a stinging gnat in my memory not only durin during the drive that returned Mary and Noel to the farmhouse still Unmarried unmarried un Un- married despite the elopement which their aversion to Arlen's pr presence pres ence at their wedding had led them to attempt but during the ensuing long hours before dawn Lillian LUllan and I had shared the vigil over Avis Arlen Arien which we had agreed to keep after the girls girl's last spectacular attempt to break up the wedding As it turned out neither of ofus ofus ofus us was needed Under the influence of the powerful sedative which Katherine Kath Kath- erine crine had given her the girl slept soundly without awakening without moving But neither Lillian nor I relaxed relaxed relaxed re re- in the endeavor to keep my promise to Noel and Mary that Mary that Avis should not be more than one foot loot away from one of us or from Harry Underwood Underwood Un Un- derwood until the wedding was over and the happy pair safely gone from the farmhouse THE PROBLEM I had taken the first two hours oJ of the vigil and Lillian the next two but when I lay down in Lillians Lillian's room in oJ an attempt to get et the sleep I so sorely sorely sorely sore sore- ly needed I found lound that 1 I was far lar too excited for even a semblance of slumber slum ber her I lay Jay awake staring into the darkness while over and over two queries beat upon my brain What would Philip do dowhen dowhen dowhen I when he found out that his wishes had been flouted and that Avis was not notto notto to be a member of the wedding procession procession pro pro- cession pro I Was there any way in in which he could be persuaded that the reason Avis was planning to give him was an authentic one I Ian It was dawn at last and the end of at my two hours rest rt period before I L found the solution When Then I came back to my room to relieve LIl LII hart Han I beckoned her into the hall hail keeping an eye through the door upon the still sleeping girl Im afraid you'll have to be the divinely appointed goat toda today I whispered Guilty as charged she said slId with a little shrug Also present present pres pres- ent without voting What's the big Idea I I want you ou to take Philip to o one side as soon as he arrives to today day Exercise aU all your well known charm play the tune tunc of your old friendship for lor him for all it is worth and prepare him for lor Avis' Avis ex lana ion tion as to why she does not wish to tobe tobe toe be e a n bridesmaid Noel is afraid his father ather will upset everything if he finds that his wishes have been n flouted THE SOLUTION Nice tall order youve you've given me Lillian drawled Why dont don't you assign as as' assign sign me to go out and twist the tail taU of the Bengal tiger in the zoo Id I'd about as lief take on one job as the theother other But never shall it be said that hat the gallant flinched from a call to duty and we have one card that I think may turn the trick She paused and I looked hopefully hopefully hope- hope fully ully at her MADGE RELAXES Phil hates a scene as ns much as the devil is supposed to hate holy water she said So if It we can keep the thc knowledge of the change in the arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar I from him until about the time ime of the ceremony well we'll have nothing noth noth- ing ng much to fear He may feel like biting holes in the atmosphere but hell he'll content himself himsel with chewing on the wedding cake I knew you'd solve the problem I I said with the first relaxation of tension I had felt for hours But do you fou think you can keep her away from Tom Philip until the time for the wedding I wont won't need to she said with assurance Youve already put the fear of God most effectively into that young woman When she awakens give another twist to the vise and snake make her understand that she is to let ct no one especially her mother and Philip guess that she is not noto notto notto to o be a bridesmaid I did not feel the need of sleep after that The relief from anxiety was vos a greater tonic than any amount of sleep could have afforded When Lillian came to relieve my vigil over Avis next time I bathed and dressed for or the days day's manifold duties Continued tomorrow Copyright 1933 K s 's ss F. F S S. Inc |
