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Marriage Scales

I By ‘llildred Barbour.

‘ (CentlnaerL) PAT! WIIBLO TIE DIBTAFI.

The days that were bringing thean- foiding of love to Dodo and Craig Cuilum held only perplexity and wor- rv for Charles Page. hfnriaue had ad- opted a casual remote manner toward huu that was particularly bnilling. Be recalled mournfully the old days when she had been so lweot, tender and ai- luring.

Churlcl. who was always even-tem- pered and optimistic and inclinéd to scoff‘ at sport troubles asjmsginsry. found hinfﬂhhelet with dark 1on1 bodings regarding Mariana. Being a man of the world. he couldn't deny that Mariana had reached the stage whore the advent of another men in

' almost inevitable.

She wanted romance and be had somehow lost the knack of supplying it. or else she deliberately refused to find it in him. He only hoped some adventurer wouldn't take advautageof the situation. Her beauty was a dau- ger. ,

The alluring charm of the spring world beckoned Mariana. Jhe was weary to death of bridg uncheons nnd teas in slutty. artiﬁcially lighted drawing rooms. The moonlight lured her from bull room floors. She even experimented a bit with light kisses in shadowy corners of the garden, but swiftly found them distasteful. Petting didn't appeal to 'her. The men were tiresome. She disliked being touched by anyone who witsn't attractive to her. She wished she could be kissed by some one she loved desperately. But she guessed she never would he now.

She regretted the rebuff she had giv- en Doris. who was always cheering nnd full of ideas for amusement. Once or twice she called up Doris‘ apart - meat but found only the inuid at home.

Would Madam leave hcnnome? No. never mind. hilulnnl answered listless- ly. she would cull nguin. She suppos- cil ilmt Doris was busy with her silly pageant. She half wished she had let itorls capture hcr services. Anything for n change. At the first opportunity.

. she rosolved to invite liorls to one of

her (litincrs. it would smooth over the slight rift between them wlthontdiinr- farm's having to humble herself tn an apology. Doris never cherished spite, but she hail intolerable pride. She would dlc rather tinm he humble, or thrust herself where she didn't bon- cstiy believe she was wanted.

if .\I:|rluna had guessed what was happening to Doris, she would have hail her car out and been at Doris‘ iloorsiep within ilfiecn minutes after hearing the news. And she would have been there with lire in hcr eyes. Doris nnd an actor-impossible! But no itrcnlh of Doris’ romance had roach- t-d her. Their friends were ns separ- ufc as the poles. Their little social (irbits. even their shopping bclt,- rare- ly hnd a point of contact. Doris might have lived in New York nnd hiariuna in Sun Francisco for nil they sow nnd hcarq of each pthcr.

lint. if her sister was ignorant of the state of aﬁulrs concerning Doris, not so Dorls'e immediate associates, who took n lively and envious interest.

"Craig (‘ullnm is perfectly mad about _you," lsobel g would remark almost daily. "Anyone with half an eye can see it. I must, say he's a remarkably poor actor when it comes to conceal- ing his feelings."

"Nonsense!" Doris invariably blush- ed over her denial. “You have u roman- tic complex, lsobel. You scent a love affair between every mnn and woman who exchange views on the weather."

“Don't tcli me!" lsobcl shtiilled her pnpcrs importantly. "All I've got to any is that you're u lucky, lucky girl! Every rvomuu on this pageant commit- tee would give her eyes to he in ydur boots!"

"Please, lsobel—-this embarrasses me

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frlghtfully. lfr. Cullen: and f are working toge ‘ over this wretched chorus-that's positively eili When the pageant in aver. we ehan't meet again likely. It's absurd of you to think there's any sentiment about it."

Isobel laughed. quite unim reeled.

“l nuppooo Cullen's giviu all his valuable time. when he's not playing. just because he loves this chorus. No doubt it's that eeme affection for it that makes him watch you with those attractive eyes of his. all the time you're across the room t alking to somebody else. and MYIHAIIIIOI Hun- ter Deerlng is bcseeehing him to ac- cept her invitation for a dinner to the creme de in creme pf society."

Doria ignoredﬂc; sarcasm. She be- lieved. iii harshest? of hearts, that Craig Culiam loved’ her. The woman in ‘her knew it-, hut-he didn't tell ber so.

These were trying days for Doris with her insufferable pride, but they were rudlantiy bunny. too, in the shy, wonderful unfolding of young

up in her own affairs to worry about Mariana.

llad she known that Craig Culiarn was the ideal of lifarianifs vague shad- ovvy dreams of romantic love, she would have been appalled. She knew. and had shared, her sister's prejudice against the people of the mimic world. and she would not have thought it possible that the fastidious Mariana would let even fancy stray toward an actor-particularly an actor to whom she had never even spoken.

S0. all unknown to Doria and Cullam, liurisna and Charles. Fate spun nntir- ingly the shining life threads that were soon to be woefully tangled.

Secret Forces at ‘York.

As the spring wore on and Charles

seemed tu have abandoned his plan to cirteriuln for (‘ralg Caiium. Mariana began to exhibit a new gentleness. Charles was bewildered. When awlfe who has been provokingly petuiuntfqr u long time, becomes sweet. and pati- ent, hut still remote. a mere mule can- not be expected to understand. if (‘hnrlcs hnd been of u suspicious turn of mind, he might have smiled know- ingly to himself and hazardedaguess as l0 his name. But Charles trusted Mariana infinite- ly. Rloreover. he did not under-rate her sincerity.’ liiarlann. despite her beauty and the admiration which she had always excited, never ﬂirted. She had contempt for wives who cheated. At the time of her marriage, she had told Charles that, if ever another and more powerful love came into her life. she would confess it frankly and ask for her freedom. He believed her. He knew she would live up to her pro- iulse. When he was away from her for long hours at a time. at his office or the golf club, he had complete ns- surance that she was not dawtlling ov- er luncheon or tea in some sequestered restaurant in company with a “tame cat." if she said she dined alone while he was out of town. he knew she dined alone. Win-n she told him she hnd gone to a dance in company with Lin- tin and Alan Harrington. he could have taken his oath that the Harrington! were her escorts.

Most men would not believe that

when n young wife ceases to be rom- antically in love with her ‘ushnnd, there nccd not necessarily he another mun in the case. But Charles was straightforward nnd sensible. He was sure that. as yet. no man had sup- planted him in l\fariana's affections. But what he feared was that some dny soon some one would. The time would come when Mariana would make good her word. She would come to him and tell him frankly that she no longer cared for him; another men was en- shrined in her heart. The very thought made Charles groan aloud. And yet his hands were tied. No effort of his seemed to please her. ills waistline increased despite his ef- forts with golf and gymnasium. Real- lrntion of his helplessness drove him for solace to the-very acquaintances that " ' found distasteful. They were diverting. ﬂattering. They made ‘him forget hie fears.

Mariana! gentleness came near to lulling his apprehensions to rest, after he had got over his iirot bewilder- mcnt. She seemed, to him. less dis-

5 contented. Ices critical of himself, ia-

tinitely less restless. ladeeti. she was no longer anxious to go out every night, to dinner. or the play. or a dance. She preferred, it seemed. to rend. But he failed to notice that the book would soon fall in her lap and she would stare straight before her-

: dark eyes. mysterious, dreaming. She

liked the gnrdcn. too. Night after

, night while the spring moonlight turn-

cd the world into a silver glory, she would sit on the terrace. her little pointed chin rcsting in one slim hand. motionless, oblivious to time and place.

Before this metamorphosis, Charles had been on the point of calling up Doris and confessing to her his worry over his matrimonial affairs. Doris was always sensible, cheerful, and helpfulu

she had assisted him out of many a Jam with Mariana. But when Marl- amfs petulunce mysteriously vanished and the became sweet and tolerant, he abandoned the idea. He decided he could probably weather thll briefs, whatever it was. unaided.

Ho. while Mariana went about. sweet- ly, mysteriously aloof, Charles pur- sued his vcry agreeable friendship with Craig Cullam on the golf course, total- ly oblivious to the fact that this mnn was engrossing hie young wife's thoughts to the exclusion of all else: ohlirionn. too. to the fact. that the attractive actor was madly in love with his own eicter-in-lew.

After the manner of well-tired men. these two never discussed personalities. Neither knew whether or not the other wermnrrled, though Cullam judged th Charles was, since he hadehouee

love. She was too blissfully wrapped

somewhere in a fashionable suburb” They lunch at the club. anneh MI frequent‘ ‘ nee Cullen: h et Doria. and played several roan golf to- gether on the afternoon when the aet- or was free. Charles. Iniacing hileom- panion on numberleel oeeacionl. glean- ed in a vague way that he was doing a bit of extra work which necessitated his presence in town on certain attu- aooam. t it never occurred to him to qnes the young man about his activitie n! more than it would have occurred to uliam to ask Cherie: whet his yearly aeeme was. Culiam was naturally retileut about himself. He had an engaging modesty. unlike many of hie profession, and sincerely believ- ed..that his personal affairs couldn't possibly be of luinrest to anyone.

Doris was the only being in the world whom Craig Cnllsm was think- lug of that spring. But next to her. in pleasant companionship, was Charles. After those two-—nobody! The other people who courted hinrpad tried to entertain for him simply didn't erlat. He accepted no social lu- vltstionl.

lt was rather ironical that Mariana was accepting no social engagements either, and her secret reason for her declinatious was fear of meeting Craig Culiam somewhere and destroying a precious illusion.

But the encounter was inevitable. Charles was the unconscious instru- ment of Fnic.

W HEN ROMANCE BECOMES REALITY

Mariana was sauniering home at the close of a wurul spring day. charming- ly gowued in one of the soft primrose chlffons she so often effected. A board- brimmcd hat wreathcd withyeliow or- (‘llillﬂ framed her dark hair. and the frivolous sunshade, tilted uselcssly‘ over one shoulder, was of primrose and he- liotrope silk.

She had been to pay a dinner call in the neighborhood, having no alterna- tive diversion since the linlousiue. in which she had plnnnotl a drive, was unexpectedly out of order and the cur- bon was being burned out of the en- gluc of the smaller car. ..

As she strolled up her own "beauti- fully-tendtrrl driveway, she wtrs won- dering whether some one at the club would give (‘harlcs a lift, or if he would come home in a tnxl.

Rounding a curve well ‘ ’ by a clump of rbododendrons. she discovered Charles in the act of descending from on unfamiliar car. A young man be- hind the wheel. in golf toga, had turn- ed about to call a last greeting.

Ilnwarned by the tumtllhious clam- or of her senses, Mariana came upon them. Charles hailed her delightedly. His round ruddy face beamed approv- al of the picture she made iu hcr airy slimmer costume llmned against the colors of the sunset. He was eager to exhibit his trcnsure.

"This is grcat luck. honey!" he greeted ht-r. "l was afraid you weren‘t home. l want to present the only friend l have who plays n better game of golf than l-nud is still my friend.”

liaughingly he gestyred to the man in the car. Mariana glanced up.

She found herself confronting Craig Cnliam.

Cullam leaped to the ground with the same lithe grace which she recalled in the dnshiug stage officer. He bent low over her band, which lay olimly white in his lean, brown one. His eyes, al- most black beneath their dark brows and lashes, searched hers with a gene momentary, but piercing. He smiled‘- and the illusion of the stage character was gone. it was a charming boyish smile that revealed very white teeth and somehow pleasantly communicated itself with his eyes and made them very grey and danlingl, clear.

Mariana found herself-chatting with him in the ease of an old friend. She graciously invited him to coins iu for a cup of tea, and during hie very brief stay became more and more fascinated with him. He was entirely different from her expectations. delightfully dif- ferent. Like Doria, ehe discovered a clean-cut. well-bred. young mnn, en- dowed with remarkably good looks and charm.

Charles talked about him through- out dinner.

"Dldn't I tell you Culiam was a he- man?" he demanded. “Nothing-of the noreur about him. l never liked net- orr before, but I'm keen for him. New. l dare ray. you understand why l ask- ed you to give a little supper party for him here at the house some night."

"he's surely very attractive," Mari- ana murmured.

"I'm not positive he'd come." Charles went on with the supper party idea. "Ile doesn't accept many invitations. But he and l get on like n house aﬂre, so he'd likely break over his rule [hip once."

“I'll think about it." Mariana pro- mised nbscnily. "You see the season's getting late and so many people are going au'ny—"

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