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sion OF the LATEST chair In the room. Ills
wife's smile was as bright as his own.
III Ia strange she drawled, but Il is
true, nevertheless. You called me Dot
In chose days. do you remember? Nov
1t is Dorothy. II perchance 1t isn't
'Say!"
Yes, and you used 10 cry II hap
pened 10 bring fellow home TO dinner
ana say you knew 1 did NOT love vou or.
Wouio not want other company Then
would kiss you and say his odious
company was sctually forced on me and
ioved you better every day OF my lie.
rhany you would consent to forgive me.
ana l would be blue an the followtn,,
aay' because j had been the means OF
bringing tears To your eyes What 4 pair
OF IDIOTS we must have appeared 10
o'hers' Al that time. though. was
quite We'll appreciated by you, my dear
wfe. while now-wel. almost anyone
could NIL my place. eh?"
she looked up and their eyes met They
biusned' though neither could have toId
why. II asked. mo. Rex. you know mat
is NOT true she said. al any rate N
nave ceased 10 have the same feelings
ior you mat l once had, you cannot ac-
cuse me OF transferring them. TO tell
you the truth, leaning confidently to-
Naip MN lhey ali-the men. OF course
PARDON, my lord and master"
Evidently he did not like her leyitv eor
ne frowned; and. though she observed
It, she continued. Sometimes whon I
maven anything more important TO think
OF, ! wonder why 1t is that we have
u'itea so Tar apart. We are awfulIy
Tar apart. are We not?' with one of the
saucy laughs that he had at one time
thought adorable
decidedly so. There is a pretty GOOD
sized gulf between US"
Mrs. Belmont?" So
Ills face became even blacker "Do
not YAK IKE that Dorothy he said,
roughly. You know that | do not care
ior that little fool and IL you and |
nave ceased to love one another. we
can al least say that we have not for
gotten our marriage VOW"
ROW little We thought on that day
when We took the vow that a day like
lhis would come. Then YOU beerudred
zen minutes away from me: now. we are
tninkihe OF parting forever. Really. 1
nelieNe am becoming sentimental: buf
those were beautiful days-beautiful.
h7f husband glanced up quickly for |
there had been a tiny quaver In the
sWeet voice hut she was smiling.
10 You remember where | was when /
YOU proposed?' she went ON, merrilv |
on. how mortified / was when you |
'ausht me. climbing the ladder: hut II /
"dsh ialr for you TO keep me there l
untli confessed | loved you more than \
isthef' mother, sister or brother"
can see YOU Just as YOU were then.
ne TOOK UP the story. You said: 'Of |
course j do, Rex. and you knew II all /
the time hut hate you for making me
say II right out. /"
Little idiot" with a queer laugh ..hut
you were handsome enough In those days
10 make any silly young girl lose her
senses BY the way, you do not change
muen' looking critically At him
he blushed for the second time that
day, and said. nusingIy: nAnd o,,r
HONEYMOON, Dot ! do not think thar
worldly and practical n We have become !
We would like to lose the memory of
that month"
Baby Alice She. too belongs 10 that
nrst year. IL was the mothers voice.
low ana tender and IL brought tears 10
MS eyes Neither spoke, as thoughts
came or their first baby, the little brown
eyed girl, who only stayed one short
year
am thankful she was taken avav.
tor ! would be ashamed to have our lit /
ne daughter see us as we now are II
j. terrible for the boy. but Alice. Yes. !
am glad she Is not here" and. forget
ting her pride and dignity Dnfothv Dun
hlhe soobed rs she had not for years
he laid his hand caressingly on her
moved mead, Don't Dot; YOU hurt me
ny Is IL? Why are things so different.
ana whose Is the fault? Perhaps IL was
both. but" with the usual lack of tact
IN man, you were very fond of adj
mlration, Dorothy"
All the tenderness vanished from her
lace as she replied, sharply: Not more
50 than Nou OF your club. and-other !
things. When my husband grew tired
of me. should stll Worship"
You didn't. AZ any rate; but as 10 !
whether / tired of you or not. we'll YOU !
VIII have your own idea OF that. ressrd-
less of what may say"
He spoke carelessly. mockingly. his wife
thought. and she hit her iip anerilv
= There are those who could hive n IS we are !
doing, year after year" she said. SLOWLY
nut ! cannot. think II * n sin for Is
10 DO so. The holy tie OF matrimony was
not meant for YOU. who neither loves nor
cherishes; nor for me, who will not honor
and obey" q
she heard his laugh, but she did not
see the lines tighten about his mouth
i suppose YOU mean by that-a divorce"
~ think il will be better so"
The door opened noisly. and be-
'uned ittle figure scampered into the
room. thought maybe you was here, ,
papa. ne said. II hunted most every
'ther place. Ind the child unconscious ,
~ the sarcasm hugged his father delight !
'uiy Ihen, noticing the unusual express !
son OF his mother. climbed ON her Ian. !
or though Dick Dunning was seven and :
'ast ne was baby. Poor beautiful +
mamma he said You look so tired"
The parents looked at each other TTe a
poke out the thought that was I'm their
nindsi You will never give him un; G.
leither will T." ''
" VIII not be necessary nor do wish 4
We have still one bond between ia 5
ur boy" ,
Everybody talked OF course ana saa
hey thought Rex Dunnirg and his Vie !
gere fools What more did they want h
nan they already had7 Health wesIfb' :
outh! and beauty What moro could i
hey desire? Their child. too. whom both 4
dored. But they were always odd !,
As for the boy nc thouoh, ~, A.,