Show line he Marriage Trifler By HAZEL DEYO I 1920 by Public Ledger Co KEITH EITH MAKES A MISTAKE I Da Barbara bara Knight I who all her life lite has haa had e everything r bhe he ost wanted n ge marries rt Keith GrantS Grant the mot most eligible man of the season Marriage to Barbara however however how how- ever in spite of the fact tact that she loves Keith is a pretty pastime a game In which she has a a. handicap and she thinks only of ot herself and her Own wishes That Keith has his own ideas of life and happiness happiness happiness hap hap- and friendship does not occur to tobar liar bar until she learns suddenly that he and his private secretary Katherine Newbery bery have hae become great friends Then she Immediately becomes terrified and for the first time in her life goes to Keiths Keith's office to see what manner of girl girt this is I I CHAPTER Barbara planned her attitude toward Keith before he came home She knew just 1 how she was going to behave e toward a aher gd eli li him and she was waa determined r to keep to her plans no matter what happened It was going to be hard to act as though nothing had happened but she was determined de do- to do this She Sho knew in her heart of hearts that she cared for tor Keith to do an anything to keep leep his love This thought rose above her other thoughts of doubt and Jealousy and fear for Barbara was as frightened She wanted to hate Katherine Katherinc too but there was some something about Katherine's brown eyes ayes 0 that made macJe it impossible for her to hate her something truo true and fine that made the l ugly 13 su suspicion pl that Eleanor had sug- sug I seem When Barbara left the office that I morning she realized one thing If It Keith did care for this girl it was wae going to tobe tobe tobe be a a. hard bat battle lie much harder than it would ha f have ben been had Katherine been the 1 kind of girl Barbara had thought she sue would be Because if It Keith had grown to care for Katherine it was because this girl Irl had something to offer that she slit herself Of course it was easy enough to plan and arrange her campaign but when Keith came home she he found herself hersel beset b by byall all kinds of doubts and fears He lie took her In his arms a and d she wanted to scream crean n out to beat upon his breast with her fists to to accuse him of She bhe knew mew not what lie he said Sweetheart Im I'm IO O glad youre you're home Barbara wanted to shriek You ron had some poe one to help heip you me Spend much much- Your time l J guess guess y you didn't miss But fhi she didn't say or do anything that i J might give him reason reason to suspect v that she knew knew- Sh She waited and she did not know what she was waiting waiting wait wait- ing lOg for lor She had no id Idea a. a what would happen next I r TV went en t down to your our office this mornIng morn- morn 0 Ing sh She said 1 finally dd fathe father tell You ou you d No 1 0 I 1 haven't ha seen him Keith re returned re- re turned Well what did you think of tn the diggings diggings' Wish Wish I r had been there Oh I thought it was about time 1 I had paid you jou a visit Isit Barbara returned r i l met your secretary Miss Newbery r Sue She wondered if her voice oice betrayed her feelings she felt that it must sound shaky for tor Inwardly she was trembling Keith would speak now she thought to herself herselt lie lic must speak and nd clear matters up UP J but ut he hc did n not t speak All that he said said was T Did you jou in the most casual wa way And And then he hc chan changed ed the s subject quickly on for tonight dear Id I'd better bet bet- ter go and dress Barbara Earba could have screamed l. l So he ho did old not expect to tell her after all and she would have to go on playing this game that was so to hard to play when she was entirely In the darl dark v We we have has the Crowle Crowley dinner dance she sue said forcing her voice to sound natural natural natural nat nat- ural and rising to go to her room I thought we ve might night cut it ft sho said a little wistfully But Rut Keith hastened to 0 reassure her he lie did not catch that ful note In her voice Oh no rio I J think well we'll have a t. t good 1000 time he lie said laId briskly He lie wanted wantE to Please lilease her and felt that he was doing so BO The Crowleys were verc important in society and although Dan Crowley bored him with hi his hobbles hobbies and Mrs Crowl talked d too much K Keith was quite willing to o be bored for fOJ Barbaras Barbara's sake During hili hia business trip out of town he lie had thought the matter of his friendship with Katherine over carefully and had decided that it would woul 1 do no good to speak of it to Barbara He lie argued that I lie he had married Barbara with the sole idea of making her happy and that his I reeling feeling toward the things she wanted to do was unfair He lie determined to live life ife as she wanted to li live it it to make I her ier happy at all costs but In his heart of hearts he did not intend nd to give up his friendship with I Katherine and the people he ie had met at her home He lie felt that I by doing as Barbara wished he lie would be entitled to keen these thORA ta vii In- In him and nd he hofelt f felt i that i t even even If f Eleanor leaner did mention the fact that h hlad he had lad taken Katherine to lunch it would be e an easy eallY matter to pass It off ott lightly It t wasn't as if if Barbara were narrow She had plenty of men friends And so sot Keith t did r unconsciously O the h wrong O thing i gb he the thing that was to build up a barrier between himself and Barbara Barbara arbara I Iwas was aa sure that he lie would tell her about the luncheon was prepared but his failure fail fail- I ure ura to mention it put a different aspect Oil on everything I Tomorrow Barbara meets mecca some one out out out-of of t the e past |