FREEDOM BY MARRIAGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 April 1940, Page 10

FREEDOM BY MARRIAGE

“BOND” OF MATRIMONY. WHICH MEANT RELEASE TO A GIRL. To many a girl in the Victorian era, “emancipation” means freedom to follow a career. It means an alternative to marriage. Much has happened since those times, and now it is no unusual experience to find a girl sighing' for marriage as a means of emancipation from an uncongenial job —an escape from surroundings which she finds dull. It happened so with Erica Manning. Freedom —which to her meant a pathway to adventure and new experiences —was what Erica sought, because fate! had placed her. the daughter of a clergyman, in a small town, hemmed in by the conventions of middle-class life. The path of freedom for which Erica longed. Martin Hirst had already walked for years. He gloried in it and trod it with gusto. When Erica and Martin met., what could happen but they should fall in love—suddenly, deeply and with characteristic impetuosity. Here, thinks Erica, is the fulfilment of her dreams—and Martin secs a woman whose daring' spirit keeps pace with his own. Life will be one grand adventure. But there they miscalculated. Destiny refused to retire from partnership in their lives. This is the theme developed by Miss Margaret Watson in her new serial “Freedom for Two." the first instalment of which appears in The “Wairarapa Times-Age" tomorrow. Miss Watson treats the troubles of Martin and Erica with a delicate understanding, sympathising with their i youthful spirit, but seeing the lolly of their hopes. It is a story for all who are young: for all who have been young. It is romantic, vivid, and as) full of adventure as the hearts of her] chief characters. Do not miss this truly human story. | Order temorrow's copy NOW!