Show fhe ne S Marriage Trifler TriflerS By HAZEL DEYO Copyright 1920 by Public Ledger Co 1 I PLAYING THE GAME Barbara Knight a spoiled society girl marries Keith Grant handsome and very wealthy All An her life Ufe Barbara has hag had everything and her marriage makes one more mort step In a brilliant social career She Bill sets set out to be a society leader while Keith is eager for friends and a real home In Bpi spite te of a very real love be between between between be- be tween them the difference in their Ideals finally makes a break and through hi his secretary Katherine Newbery a very unusual girl Keith meets the people in whom he ho is really interested When Barbara hears about this she Immediately Immediate Immediate- ly misunderstands but underneath her surface veneer the real Barbara begins to come orne to life CHAPTER When Barbara reached reache home it was raining She paid the taxi driver and hurried into the lobby of or her apartment house under the umbrella of the magnificent magnificent mag mag- doorman Upstairs her own apartment glowed under the tho softness of oC I man many lights Zella Zelia had laid out all aU her things on oz the bed Barbara felt cli soothed In In spite of herself and she forgot to some extent Elise Ellse and the affairs of or the afternoon She lid not see Keith until they met metin metin metin I in the drawing room She forced a gaiety into her ller rolco olce lest he suspect the I true state of oC her feelings and when she went out to him she chattered excitedly I of oC everything They were almost silent allent In the big I limousine as ae It whirred silently through h the rain Swept streets Arriving at their II destination Eleanor was vas the first girl whom m Barbara ran into in the bedroom reserved for the guests Eleanor was I standing before the mirror carefully applying applying applying ap ap- ap- ap plying makeup Her small ISmail girlish face looked almost haggard There were lines in it that hoad hou hoube be in no young girl girls girts s I face She plainly how she would fade Cade as she grew older Tt Tl cut Barbara I I to the heart as ehe she looked at her Eleanor greeted her gaily Hello old dear And then a. a as Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- I bara answered gravely Eleanor flung over her shoulder Still the the- moralist Barbara Haven't you grown up yet Eleanor what have you been doing doine to toIl Il yourself fl u Barbara jai asked e irrelevantly v laughed and l tossed her head Having a good time lime she said gaily pally By the way did you speak to Keith leith about Miss 1 Newbery Barbara was glad that Eleanors Eleanor's sharp eyes were scrutinizing her own face in the mirror at that moment for she had hada a chance to collect herself before answering answering answering an an- and she said calmly Dont be absurd dear I never gave it another thought At the table Eleanor was placed next to Kendall Randall and Barbara could not help observing her sister who grew more hilariously light hearted as aa the meal went on Afterward they all went Trent wenton Trenton I on together to a dance and Eleanor went alone with Kendall in his fils high powered racer They did not appear all evening and Barbara felt almost sick about it Sure Surely surely Eleanor could not be beas as entirely callous as she ehe seemed Wasn't there anything that might possibly POSe pos sibly to touch ell her heart wake her to a a. rt realization a of what she was doing And what waS was- was the the matter mattel with her own at attitude attitude at- at life She seemed changed and unable to enjoy the things that had at first meant so much to tier her She had looked around the gorgeous table that evening banked In flowers Clowers and glittering with crystal and silver sliver and then she caught snatches oh the conversation around her TI Tt was daring in many cases crude many of the women there were striving desperately to hide their unhappiness and what was it all for tor after all On the way home horne from Crom affairs she had been wont to nestle close in Keiths Keith's arms Now she sat In her own corner I of or the car commenting on certain bright spots of the evening and chatting furiously furl furi lest lut there be any awkward silences I Suddenly Keith reached reache out and drew drewI I her to him Her heart leaped and she had a sudden Impulse to draw away but she knew that she must not do this She must never give Ive him a chance to say Why Barbara Is ts anything wrong She She must must she would play the game ame and as soon as she saw her way clearly she would take definite steps but in th th meantime he must not suspect And so 80 soshe soshe she lay against a his breast for a few Cew minutes until with a little litlie nervous I Im movement m s she sat upright as s th though to I point out something to h him as g hey I I passed and then as the they were nearly I home she did not return to his arms I Two days later she called up Elis Elise Ellse at her office and to call for Cor her in the tho car at r 5 o'clock Elise was standing In the lobby of or the big biff I I white building as Barbara drove up and fifteen minutes later the they were turning Into a n narrow side street t off Washington Washing ah i en Square e and had stopped before o a rather tumbledown house Barbara followed i I Elise up three flights of stairs waited I on a narrow landing while she ahe fumbled tumbled for her key and then entered a low I charming room with casement windows that ran across the front of or th the building The furniture I was made u UD up of oC of odds and ends and was painted I gra g. g There was an Inexpensive rug some gra I cretonne and a Wedgewood tea set on wicker table To Barbara a place placa like a this was a revelation She had no Idea that It was possible to have a real home l j for tor so little money Everything rasel- rasel na ted her and later later- over tho the tea cup curi I she found Cound herself hersel talking very cups to Elsie Elate about other matters frankly I S To be continued |