Show the judgment of claris by it 11 LOUIS LARIS PITMAN faced it a diklic alt C CLARIS problem site she had made up lier her wind mind to a juno june wedding with six bridesmaids and the nolen that breathed oer eden sunn sung softly alir ing the cerelli cei enion Ciny and she bhe had not yet vet selected the groom sometimes claris pictured jack dudley in the role sometimes barry bairy cowles tier her mother rather anther favored jack jach and because of youths contra contrariness rl that frequently threw tier her daughters favors Barry ward oil mother what a heavenly way to drape your our veil I 1 claris us its thumbing an advance fashion book und and gloating over its bridal aln thury ery oh what a darling sleeve I 1 jack would adoro adore you ou in it I 1 declared her mother promptly lie ile has unusual perception tor for a man about clothes so unlike barry mur murmured inured charts Cli irla barry Is too essentially to notice the difference between one style efm another that Is how the land lay iny something would havo have to happen to throw clat 14 preference violently one way was or 01 the lie other if there ive cre e to be any an june wedding at all will nicholas casually dancing attendance upon claris closest angeline Angel lne here enters upon the mene as aa deus ex c macl machina itna although tit nt thu the time no one recognized him us its such the ditte date of his entry was the day of the parish lionie party a lavish entertainment tain ment celebrating the opening of East lawns new parish house and now on the vora very afternoon of the 01 0 caslon will nicholas who had asked angeline Angel lne had care lemly allowed wrist to be broken cranking a refractory automobile and had to remain nt at home his itching aching hand in a sling wrath in lils his heart consequently angeline Angol lne went to the party alone claris however upon whom jack and larry barry assiduously waited insisted that they draw lots lota to see which should take angeline Angel lne home and it hiis its during that homeward stroll which had fallen to barry that events took a new course we all love claris began an gelane tie D dont 0 nt we 1 I do paid fald barry promptly and im afraid another fellow doest does 1 lie he 11 deded ruefully meaning asked angeline Angel lne jack dudley of course jack Is a good boy patronized edi angeline Angel lne but my sympathies tire are you vou now listen ive an idea Angeli fies scheme wits was simpli simple and proposed in III good falth faith the two of them would jinhe claris jealous 1 lv V barrys flirting with angeline Angel lne 0 old d stuff oil oh yes es but still frequently effective on ench cadi generation as it coines along barry barri hesitated then agreed meanwhile claris sauntering along alone with juck jack through the silver mo moonlight no found tier her thoughts wandering until brought up short by tier her corn com pan lons serious tone and more serious words claris youve got to judge between betwee ll barry and me im sick of tills this su suspense im going away for a week and when I 1 return I 1 roust must have your nn an awer s ver one week from tonight A strange day followed for the girl no telephone me messages mages notes or flow ers from either tack jalc or barry etite that afternoon angeline Angel lne called up to t say that barry had invited tier lier to tin tier ner and the play afterwards claris hung up the receiver with a peculiar sensation about tier lier heart basely deserted by one man and left in the lurch by another for it a week nt fit the end of which she must accept him as a fiance or lose him forever I 1 knowing what her mother would advise claris kept her predicament to tiers self L if after all there had never been anything definite between barry and her self as bhe had invariably warded off any attempts on his part that hinted at it a proposal the day for jacks return she had not made up her mind in a flutter of dread she awaited his coming resolved to trust to the inspiration of the moment when first she saw him lalni surely a girl ought to know whether she lie loved a man when she saw him for the lie first time after an absence however brief I 1 sitting in the couch hamulock hammock on the dark veranda she heard with beiting heart approaching steps that turned in at the walk jack I 1 claris rose to meet him not jack this time claris and it was barrys voice then 1 I 1 never heard you speak my iny name that wa Y claris I 1 and now I 1 am glad you see angelina Angell no and I 1 started a little game innocently enough which has turned out to be something more inore than a game I 1 dime clime to tell you we are engaged to lie be married in june I 1 hope you ou will wish us happiness an hour later claris was sitting in the couch hammock with jacks arm tenderly about her slender shoulders 1 I feel terribly chen chanted ted she was war telling him 1 I thought I 1 had two men to choose between and then as it turned out I 1 had no say tit nt all in the matter one decided for himself that he be cared for another and the other well lie decided eliat alint I 1 must loe lo 10 e or lose him thank heaven you decide the lat latter terl 1 retorted juck jack fervently thank heaven I 1 echoed clark claris 1 I I 1 fenily do luve love you jack I 1 ind and lets dis u tho wedding june of course cours and sl rl and the vo voice dice that breathed oer eden |