Show BELATED REI D HAPPINESS HAPPI LS S 7 Ent engaged aged to ma martha rtha tyler mr tire ward gasped when her brother an counted the interesting new news tb t her bar ivirty why its if the most absurd thing I 1 ever heard of of at this rather unusual form of at con her brother leonard laughed ou the principle that there theres no foci tool like an old tool he ingfred indu red well since were we re in for adabee as a one oni might bay say I 1 prefer its never too lato late to mena and joking aside im surely the luckiest f jw in the world to have the finest and bet beat girl la in the world orld saved for or me all thia this time on tin hardly believe ite its true arom that moment his stater always eald said he never had a glimmer of intelligence until after the wed ding the affair had developed with ro re suddenness while leonard was passing 1 the holidays with his bis big tor ter leonard and martha tyler had known each other from childhood so there was more than one covert smile and sarcastic comment w when hen after going east and remaining tor for a year leonard returned and at t the ripe age of at forty five fell desper desperately in love with maltbi nac aeck d tort forty leonard came west again a week before the wedding another evidence of insanity hie his bister stater said the day der before the wedding be he and martha disappeared as an completely as if it the earth had wallowed swallowed them up it was ten that morning before mrs ward realized that her brother had left the house without informing any ody ridy ae as to his intentions she called p marthas sister with whom marl mart i had bad made her home and asked it i eonard were there th the two had gone out together ome time tim before they say may anything about getting a license inquired mra mrs ward marthas sister was sure that nothing of the sort had bad been said in her presed pre serri sep mrs ward hung up the ne ae receiver and then gave herself up to the hopeless process of trying tr convince herself that james jame co coull illint nt have been such ouch an idiot a aa to forget the marriage license at eleven beven that night leonard wandered in happy and without the license to do him justice he was quite ai as much disturbed as the most exacting slater stater could have wished ainu be he was told that there would be barely time in the morning for them to go down and get it and return for the ceremony lie rose bright and early the next morning and k earned emed so alive to the seriousness of tie occasion that his big sister oster allowed him to leave the houie house without any ings ingo as to what h he 0 do while away however a aa time passed and ho be did not return her serenity tr deserted her she fid feted uncomfortably for 15 minutes or eo so then called up tip marthas home she as informed by the maid who n the telephone that leonard rd bad lust just left the house A subsequent short interview v with martha marthas sister stater revealed the net that martha and leonard only a few moments b before when both their toilets should have hiyo been well on an the way to completion had been found reading poetry in the library lie ife certainly Is to crazy said leonards a bister sister almost in a tone of awe not wot R bit more crazy than she he Is said sald Mart marthas bas sister stater fifteen minutes after leonard had returned home a and aad ad then had bad disappeared into his own room with strict instructions from his sister stater not to do da any more foolish things until after he was married mrs ward heard a meek voice calling from the hall ball carrie the voice was saying I 1 wonder if it you could help raa ma mrs ward went to ane door of her room and looked cut in tho the hall looking thinner and more forlorn than she had bad any idea he could look stood her brother in one hand he held hold a small jar about halt full of some nome sort of yellowish greasy concoction in the other an uncomfortable looking towel with the towel he now and then ther gave futile daba dabs at his face down was sliding la in slip slippery perr streams the other half halt of the content contents of the jar mingled with all slippery P brooklets of water what la Is it itt lit h asked forlornly 1 I thought it it was a shampoo but it seems so queer mrs ward snatched the jar out of his hand why you great idiot sho she said with more force than politeness lite lit eness ite its goose greasel its appropriate prop enough im aure cure for a minute she gave herself up to the joy of contemplating him then she took him firmly by or the ana arm and led him back to the bathroom where she soaped seeped him hirn and nd stood him on his head bead in the washbowl and rinsed him and then began the process all over again within half an hour of the time set for the wedding she pronounced him cleaned borne some time later just after embracing the bridegroom who looked so rare that he might have been called raw mr ira ward turned t to a the bride martha the she said ive arrays thought that id bate hate to give leanard up to anybody but after thi last st week ive f hanged my mind I 1 have enough natural affection left 1 to hope that be kind to him but even if I 1 knew know beat him id be glad to turn him over to you youre mere than welcome to him |