The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-22
Unmarried people are always con
i'll IL IT,


1--WE have so much in common, both
water color artists"
'If you were married you would be
jealous of one another"
II should never be jealous of him.
indignantly. HE is so far above me-
And how could he be jealous of me,
so far beneath!'
Marriage seems to change the cur
rent of peoples lives" declared Judith
land people"
Louise gave a sigh so deep as to fill
the studio.
81 don't know what shall do with
out him." she lamented. 81 don't. He
is so helpful. Did you see that morn
ing how he showed me about the COL
ors? How to lay them on What to
do. That is most unusual thing In
an artist. Most of them wouldn't give
you hint if you died Tor it, but he!
don't know what in the wide world
am to do without him.
Here she buried her face in the pill
lows and Judith looking on was
shocked to see that her shoulders
shook.
She left her work, took a seat in
the rocking chair, and sat there for
some time silently endeavoring, to the
best Of her ability, to express her SYM
pathy through the medium of mental
telepathy, since she failed to find
words.
Bye and bye Louise, lifting herself
weariedly up, took cit her sidecomhs,
combed back her hrir, put them in
again and began to talk.
"Of course" hesitatingly, II must
do without him." she said.
"Considering the unhappiness YOU
might cause his wife," she decided, Il
should think you must"
Louise got up and walked the floor
for space, not very far this way or
that. for there wasn't room.
Presently:
"Why will these men marry?" she
exclaimed
Before they have seen u.s. finished
Judith. 1T is just as we'll If we were
their wives they would soon find some
other little artists around in studios
that they would like better"
The subject had grown in interest.
She concluded to give it her undivided
attention.
"How would you like to be his
wife," she asked and some day come
down and find yourself in his studio?''
Louise stopped walking and stared.
Find myself in his studio?" she
questioned Imply.
II mean find some other girl" Ju-
dith fastened to explain.
II shouldn't like it," she declared.
Then passionately:
ut would kill mel"
1T perhaps affects his wife in ex-
acly the same way" remarked Judith
calmly. "She wouldn't be a woman if
| it didn't. Go on, though, if you must.
Then some fine morning she'll discover
you. She'll find you in his studio and
him gazing at you with those dreamy,
shifting artist eyes of his and drop
dead in her tracks. And it will be
you,' finally. that will be afther hav-
in that death to answer for, as Philib
would say"
Philip was the Irish janitor
All the laughter had gone out of
Louise. Her eyes were sad Slowly
she walked to the door and opened it.
"Ill give him up she promised,
adding reminiscently and with SEEM
ing irrelevance. "the lovely little diuc
ners he took me out to-"
Judith observed her in surprise, only
half comprehending.
But she added quickly, "I'n give
him up. I promise you,' and the door
shut on the word.
AS Judith looked out the window at
the heartening view of blackened Chin
neys, she thought:
IAN honorable:- straightforward girl,
that. l like her"
What was her amazement then to
see the girl on the following evening
dressed in her best, going down in the
elevator with Gilbert, going down
blithely and out to dinner with him at
some cafe; for she heard him say so.
She smiled across at Judith anxious
ly. propitiatingly; but she resolutely
turned her back, refusing to speak.
1t was late that night.
Judith had come home from her SOL
itary dinner at little cafe. brushed
her hair, made her preparations for
sleep. robbing the couch of it's varie-
gated day covering and turning il into
Whitley counterpaned bed; and was
lying on it, half doing in the dark
when she heard a light footstep in the
hall and skirts brush against her door.
There came hoarse voice whisper
ing outside 1t was the voice of Louise.
"A dinner is dinner" it whispered
and waited.
Judith lay quite still. Not getting IN
and asking her in to sit on the aide OF
her bed and talk awhile, as she would
formerly have done Just lying there
Under the circumstances, said she
after time, II think I would rather
starve"
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