The suburban citizen., 1901-01-26
! PRETTY WOMAN
BY Greta Bryar.

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~ sometimes a big, some
times a little one; but IL
comes sooner or later, and must be It'd
ed over by both parties, if they desire
to 20 with the current"
Had his attention been called to it, I
much doubt If Ernest Waters would
have considered this advice worth his
notice. and as for his wife, Debby, she
had never permitted her thoughts TO
create phantasies Of any kind, not
withstanding that the longing for the
unknown is a quality common to hu
man nature.
To think Of anything but the pres
ent moment would, to Debby, have
been about the most senseless thing IN
the world.
Debby was q pretty woman, and her
exceedingly graceful manners corre'
sponded we'll with her type of beauty,
Ernest maintained that Debby was the
prettiest woman, by far; he had eve2
seen, and his friends, who were many,
bore him out in this assertion,
Ernest was what is known as trav-
eled man. He had lived in every part
of the world, and dwelt among differ
ent nationalities, coming home to find
that Debby Lawson had grown so at.
tractive that he could not be happy the
rest Of his life without her.
To Debby, Ernest was the one desire
her young heart had been longing TO
possess; and after their marriage shn
believed her husband to be absorbed
by her, and she was absorbed in him.
But some one. 1 cannot be sure who.
has said, "A woman's love always
springs from the heart and goes to the
heart; but a mans love seldom pene-
trates below the surface" Meaning
that a man is liable to have many loves
besides his wife-as, for instance, ge.-
ting up new inventions, starting out
upon new nterprises-riding any pet
hobby that will crafty his love for
novelty or making money.
Before long 1t turned out that Ern
est Waters had another love. His
scheme was one for which he was
obliged to neglect Debby, and it somc-
times looked as If he might be neglect
ing the handsome property his grand
father had left him.
1t happened that about this time his
friend Bert Maddox visited him, and
he would suffer no woman to be ne
elected
No one could come between Debhy
and her husband; yet, judging by ap-
pearances, erroneous opinions were
formed.
The season was at its height. Debby
loved life; so did Ernest.
But l can't spare the time to go
to the opera this year." he told his
pretty wife. "Bert'll have to take
YOU" rejoicing in the presence of his
friend, who had never yet failed him.
1t did not occur to Debby that she
was committing a great mistake by
being so often seen in company with
her husbands friend, and absorbed in
his money making scheme, Ernest did
not consider that he was committing
an error by allowing her to do So And
the truth Of it all was brought to his
notice in most startling manner.
Il must have 1t to say that I have
seen one star before all this glory
fades" mused Ernest, purchasing an
admission ticket one evening.
The opera season was nearly at an
end. And he would have the satisfac-
tion Of surprising Debby and Burt.
He succeeded in getting standing
room where he could see them both,
congratulating himself on his good
luck while doing so. Not every hus-
band had a friend like Burt, who could
be trusted to look out for his pretty
wife. The curtain came down while
he was in the midst Of his reflections
"I've seen a great many pretty wo-
men," said one man to another both
standing in front Of Ernest, "what
you may call downright pretty women,
like Waters's wife, who's here every
night, about, with her husbands
friend. But I've yet to find n pretty
woman who turns out to be an excm-
plary wife"
Il wouldn't bother my head aboue
pretty women" said his companion.
Cant help II" was the reply "They
VIII come under my notice. Poor
! waters! He's to be pitled, and no
mistake, though he should have known
better than to marry a woman so much
younger than he is, and a pretty one
at that"
Here indeed was a revelation.
brought about in a manner startling
to Ernest who had only himself to
blame for the remarks to which he
had been an unwilling listener.
"It's the last opportunity any one
viii ever have to malign my pretty
wife," he determined, making his way
TO her.