Show I MY M MATRIMONIAL CHANCES r THE EPISODE OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS LED ASTRAY Mother and and I rented a tiny bungalow bungalow bunga bunga- low n near ar the summer home bome of the Bartons Bartons Bar Bar- Bartons tons at Sound b beach ach last July and It was there that I met Edward Barton Darton his bis mother r and his married sister Henrietta Henrietta Sheldon Henrietta and I were chummy al almost al most from the beginning Our mothers developed a friendship and Mrs 1 Barton Bar Barton Bar I ton entirely approved of me Ed came down for tor week ends and he also tried In every way to please me He had hadan hadan hadan an Incipient crush Wisely we were building our future happiness on a strong friendship rather than a silly sudden Infatuation His IUs mother depended depended depended de de- de- de upon him bim for support and until until un un- til he met me Ed had not permitted himself to think of ot marrying They lived luxuriously with the Sheldons In Ina a charming house In the I Chelsea sec sec- tion With the return to the busy life of the city summer acquaintances are often otten dropped Not so with Henrietta Henrietta Henrietta Hen Hen- I rietta and me Ours Oura was a necessary companionship There was hardly a I detail upon which Henrietta and her mother did not consult me Ed was in the tho wholes wholesale le hardware business and often went away I saw him only occasionally but he wrote tome to tome tome me and with time timo our relationship became became be be- came more and more beautiful In December he pIa planned ned a house party In South Beach Henrietta and I her husband Ed and I four other couples couples couples cou cou- ples two maids and a carload of provisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions went down the day after Christmas I We had bad a week of ot sleighing skatIng skating Ing skiing ice boating and everything everything everything every every- II thing to give us the best time in all tho the world i Eds Ed's attentions to me Increased and andI i iI t I thought of how Ideal everything i would be when he be proposed i 1 Late Lato one afternoon I was prinking for dinner Henrietta came Into my room We talked of Ed and knowing I It would make her happy I praised i him unreservedly I IThen Then as if she had been oblivious I to his fondness for me she said Ed Edwill Edwill will make a wonderful husband But Buthe Buthe he will only marry a girl with money I Money Ioney must be his first consideration II tion If I had confided in Henrietta she I would have shared my joy for we I were such dear friends But I knew II I I that she shew w would uld so soon soon n learn the l In Injustice ink f I sue Illie had done he be v- v justice Ed when announced an an- his bis engagement to me wh J supports myself teaching ten Ed would never marry tOl foiAl foll 1 m money On the train going home r I said Dont forget youre you're all corn con Ing to m my dance on Wednesday eve evens evenn fug ing Ed Immediately asked Constance Con CO Constance M I stance may I come for Cor you Henrietta Interfered saying Ed how absurd for you to take Wb th tha a unnecessary trip away uptown fo fd Connie I Ed answered I want to come form her I Constance you OU may expect ma ys I fixed over a dress de and was e I statically happy knowing Ed was wasI w s g I II I ing lag to propose On Wednesday mot mor motin morp in Ing Henrietta sent me a note sa sayin in i j i that that she had Indefinitely postponed I the dance because her mother was ill If I Ed she added asks me to say h t I will not call for you Next I heard that Henrietta hall ha given her dance a few tew nights lat later later later- I forgetting to Include me All of th I time I have been waiting to hear heal tro front I Ed who I supposed was gaas awa away i i I Today oday I received an f fI addressed in Henrietta's writing of r e eEds eEd's I I Eds Ed's marriage to Dora McAllister Ui young daughter of his wealthy em Jy em-Jy i Ed was in love with me His family fam- fam Vi fam-Vi ily fly adored me I intended to accept t him I wish vish some one would solve solvent a 4 fhe he mystery mystery- t |