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Marriage of
By RUBY M. AYRES
Copyriht, 1922.
tt Biima4 fraaa Taaiaraar
IU4 it always realty exi.ted? he
ked himietf, with tort o( shock.
Ihi there always been tort of
veiled hostility between them that
had never shown iiclf until thit mo
ment? He was 10 tasy-gointr himself: it
had never once mured hit head thai
perhaps Norman hut always been
tealnui of nun, had always re.euted
hit adoption.
Norman had picked uo hit hat and
coat, lie sauntered to the door with
an assumption of carelessness he was
tar from teelmc.
"You arewaiting. I suppose?" he
noinittea, insolently.
'Y," said liarry. "I am.
When hit cousin had Rone he went
over to the window and flung it
wide. He hated the smell of tcented
cigarettet in the room. Norman al
ways affected tcented ciftarettet. It
Mruck him for the first time that
there were quite a number of other
things about this cousin of his that
he also luted.
It was a shock to his hanpy-eo
lucky nature: he was a man who
wished to be friends with everyone.
He could not undertsand why it had
been such an easv thing to quarrel
with Norman. This had been an
eventful dav. First the scene with
, this uncle, then Agnes, and now Nor-
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, pian. lie wonacrea u u naa oeen
Jhii own fault in each case; it seem
srtd improbable.
J Norman had said preposterous
i things: about that night at the the-
1 ater, for instance. Barry s blood
i boiled. What an uncharitable world
it was. He took up arms in pas
sionate defence of the girt who had
sat beside him with tuch quiet at
A tention. He supposed he had Mrs.
Baring to thank for all the gossip;
he had always distrusted that worn-
i an.
He glanced at his watch nearly
five. He rang the bell, and asked
the maid if she knew what time Mr.
Wicklow would be in.
"He said about five, sir. He said
if anybody called I was to be sure
to ask them to wait."
"Meaning me, I suppose," Barry
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imuukiil grimiy, as bug wcui mway.
He wished he had not come; he had
only walked into further unpleasant
ness. He had almost decided not to
wait when he heard his uncle's step
outside, and a moment later he was
in the room.
He looked pleased to see Barry.
He greeted him heartily. "I hope
you haven't been waiting long," he
said.
Barry did not answer; he knew
what his uncle was assuming. He
wondered how he was to disillusion
him.
Mr. Wicklow brought out a box of
cigars.
"About our little conversation this
morning," he said, tentatively. "I've
been making a few enquiries. Barry,
and T hfar that thi ffirl is most un
desirable, shall we. say? My inform
ant was quite a 'disinterested party.'
No, I shall not mention names, but
I am more determined than ever to
put a stop to this nonsense with Nor
man." "It will be a hard job," said Barry
flatly. "Norman isn't a child."
"He is an extremely foolish vouth,"
Mr. Wicklow asserted calmly. "This
is not the first time I have had this
trouble with him, as you know."
Barry knew it well enough. He
had a vivid recollection of other oc
casions when Norman had wanted
to rush off and get married to some
girl who had taken his fancy; oc
casions w hen he had declared him
,vc!f broken hearted and his life
ruined if opposition prevented him
from doing so. But he made no
(comment.
"I look to you, Barry," said Mr.
Wicklow again, "to help me."
Barry moved restlessly. "I can't
I hate the job! Besides, it's pure
conceit to think I could do it. I'm
sorry, but it's no good."
Mr. Wicklow drew his chair closer
to the table, and leaned his arms on
it, looking earnestly at his nephew.
"Barry," he said, "I'll pay your
debts and give you 5,000 pounds be
sides if you'll do this for me. Nor
man is my only son: it will break
his mother's heart. if he marries this
girl. Besides, it can't be a serious
attachment; I know him so well. It's
nnl l.Jn, 1 am afrairt rtf hilt the Pirl.
a.She means to have him, she'll marry
him before he knows where he is
before he realizes that he is making
a complete fool of himself." He
held out his hand. "Come, Barry,
it's not much I'm asking you, just a
harmless flirtation, a transfer of af
fectionstemporarily." Barry did not look up; he was
thinking of his cousin as he had
looked not half an hour ago, his
sneering words, with their hidden
dislike and veiled animosity, and
something in his heart longed to be
able to hit back hard 1
After all. perhaps it was not a se
rious attachment I Norman had had
so many similar affairs, and they had
all ended in smoke. He raised his
eyes and met his uncle's. After a
moment he put out his hand, unwill
ingly enough, and took the elder
man's. .. .
"Oh, all right," he said gruffly. If
you're sure it's not serious; and if
I fail.
Mr. Wicklow laughed.
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Barry Wicklow
won't f,i Barry." he .aid ton
tidently. "1 know vou."
Agnes Dudlty waited a whole day
for Barry to tomt back and eat hum-ble-pie.
bhe was to sure that his
passionate anger had not been final;
the knew him to well, the told her-lf-
His angrr was like champagne,
all file and (u at first, but soon
(lying down.
Of courne, l.e had not been .erious
when he laid he never withed to see
her again. She had only to wait and
tie would turn up to sue humbly for
forgiveness.
But the hours dragged by and
there was no Harry, livery time a
hell rang the was sure it mut be
he; eery time a taxi raced down the
treet her heart began to throb in
eigcr anticipation. But a whole d.iy
p;ed. and there was no Barry.
she bcrri to torture herself with
doubts. Nipoing he never came
again; supposing for once in hit life
he really meant what he said; sup
posing thit ime she had driven him
a little too far?
When evening came she could bear
it no longer; she rang up Barry 't
rooms. The phone was answered by
the maid. "Mr. Wicklow was out,"
she said.
"Out I" Agnes Dudley echoed the
word eagerly. "Do you of course
you don't know if he is coming to
see ine this evening? I am Mrs.
Dudley."
There was a little pause; she could
hear the heavy beating of her heart.
Then the maid's voice, answering
deprecatingly:
"I couldn't say, I am sure, ma'am,
but but Mr. Wicklow said he was
going out of town. He took a port
manteau with him, ma'am, and told
me he did not expect to be back for
a fortnight."
Agnes caught her breath. "Out of
town I Oh, where has he gone?"
There was a ring of very genuine
distress in her voice. "Surelv he left
an address?"
But the answer came back with
unmistakable truth.
"No, ma'am, Mr. Wicklow left no
ddress; and he said he should not
be wanting any of his letters sent on."
CHAPTER III.
Once Barry Wicklow made no hi
mind to do a thine he went nn with
it right away; he never allowed him
self time in which to reconsider it,
which was sometimes a good thing,
sometimes a bad.
In this case he did not much rare
how it turned out. He made his
few preparations recklesslv. His
heart was still full of a smoulderins
anger against Agnes Dudley, and
against his cousin. He considered
that they had both treated him rot
tenly. His one gratification, as he
listened to his uncle's last words of
nstruction, was that he honed he
was about to pay them both out: be
yond that he did not care in the
least what happened.
"You haven't told me the name of
the blessed girl," he said presently,
with irritation. "How on earth am I
to find her?
Mr. Wicklow oroduced a tptter
from his pocket.
Don t be so lmDatient. mv dear
boy," he said mildly, more mildly
than Barry had ever heard him sneak
before. "I can give you all the in
formation you require. The er
girl's name is Hazel Bentley." He
paused and looked at Barry. A
ridiculous name I" he said, with exas
peration. "It savours of the theater."
Barry was scribbline the name on
the back of an envelope. "Rather a
pretty name," he said absently. "Ad
dress, please?"
Mr. Wicklow referred atrain to Kit
letter. "Cleave Farm, Bedmund," he
said. "I understand that she lives
with an uncle who is a small farmer."
He folded the letter and restored it
to his pocket. "And now, Barry, if
you can give me some idea as to
what you propose to do "
Barry gave an impatient ex
clamation. "I haven't any more idea
than the dead. I Shall put up at an
inn, I suppose, if there is one, and
have a look round."
He laughed shamefacedly. "I
sounds life a romance of the dark
ages," he said, with a sort of sav
agery. "I'm the villain of the piece,
plotting to carry off the fair heroine."
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He shrugged his shoulders. "Well
if I fail-"
"You won't fail," said Mr. Wick
low. positively.
There was a moment's silence.
"After all," he went on rather un
comfortably, "there's nothing in the
whole proceeding. You simply work
up a harmless flirtation."
"It won't be so easy to do. Sup
posing Norman takes it into his head
to come down? A iiice sort of fool
I shall look with him chipping in
and wanting to runch my head."
"Norman won't 'chip in,' as you
put it," his uncle assured him. "I am
taking Norman home with me to
night and keeping him there indefi
nitely." "He may refuse to stay."
Mr. Wicklow dismissed the idea
as unworthy of consideration.
"You get sway first thing in the
morning, he said. Iheres nothing
hke striking while the iron is hot,
Barry; and when you get there" he
smiled rather nervously at Barry's
sudden face "well, I'll back an
Irishman all the world over to win
a girl's heart quicker than any other
man."
Barry's face flamed. "Confound it
all, I don't want the wretched girl's
heart," he said wrathfully. "If it's
going to mean anything like that "
Mr. Wicklow saw he had made a
mistake; he rose to his feet. "I was
only chaffing, my boy. It doesn't
mean anything like that. Get her
to break with Norman that's all I
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"The onlv thine that will happen
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He was just ready to leave his
rooms when the telephone bell
whirred; Barry hesitated, staring
doubtfully at the receiver, then he
went over and took it down.
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frowned a little as he listened to his
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There was a little pause! "Well,
goodby and good luck," said Mr.
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Barry hung up the receiver with
out answering; on the whole he was
rather relieved to hear of Norman's
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