Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

| behind her set teeth. many times
| in our married years. And now thanked
i my stars l had had the prudence to get
| ready for the inevitable moment when she
| would speak it. But at the same time
| could not restrain a flush OF shame. 1t
| Is my money" l forced myself to say.
| Ask your brother. He'll tell you what I've
| forbidden him to tell before-that | have
| twice rescued you and him from bank
| ruptcy."
| with our own money" she retorted, hat
| ing herself for saying it, but goaded on by
1 a devil that lived in her temper and had
| got control many time. though never be-
| fore when l happened TO be the one with
| whom she was at outs
! 'No-with my own" l replied TRANQUILITY
Your own!' she sneered. Every dollar
| you have has come through what you got
| by marrying me-through what you married
me for. Where would you be If you hadn't
! married me? You know very well. You'd
| sun be hghting poverty as a small lawyer
| IN Pulaski, married to Betty Crosby or
whatever her name was" And she burst
| into hysteIical tears. At last she was show
| ing me the secrets that had been tearing at
| her. was showing me her heart where they
had torn it.
Probably" said I in my usual tone.
when she was calm enough to hear me-
SO. that's what you brood over?'
Yes: she sobbed. I've hated you and
myself Why don't you tell me it isn't
SO? I'll believe It'll don't want to hear the
truth: l know you don't love me. Harvey.
But Just say you don't love her.
What kind of mddle-aged maudlin
moonshine is this. anyway" said l. Lets
go back to Junior We've passed the time
of life when people can talk sentimentali,y
without being ridiculous"
That's true of me, Harvey" she saia
miserably, but not of you. You don't look
a day over forty-you're still young man.
She did not need to complete the sentence
sat on the bed beside her and patted her
vaguely She took my hand and kissed it,
And L said-1 tried to say il gently tender
~, sincerely: People who've been together
at first, they say"
She kissed my hand gratefully again
Forgive me for what l said" She muir
INJURED. You know didn't think it. really
I've got such nasty disposition and | felt
SO down. and-that was the only thing |
could find to throw at you"
,sn! ttieasea ,5 | protested, Forgive
lsh word that I'd have the right to
10 any one
But | must"
Now, I've known for years." / went on,
That you were in love with that other
man when / asked you to marry me. |
might have tainted you with it, might
nave told you how I've saved him from GO
lhg 10 Jaii for passing worthless checks"
This delighted her-this Jealousy so long
and so carefully hidden. Under cover of
her delight l escaped from the witness
stand And the discovery that evening by
Doc Woodruff that my sons ensnarer had
humor. IF he'd only come home" said
she, adding: Though. now 1 feel that he's
perfectly safe with her"
Ies-let them alone" I replied. ''He has
at least one kind of sense-a sense of honor.
And l suspect and hope that he has at
bottom common sense too. Let him find
her out for himself Then, he'll be done
with her, and her kind, for good
Il must marry him off as soon as posi-
bic" said Cariotta. I'll look about for
some nice. quiet young girl With character
and looks and domestic tastes" She laughed
little bitterly. you men profit by
experience and it ruins women"
Unjust" said l. but injustice and
stupidity are the ground plan of life"
We had not long TO wait The lady, as
soon as Junior reached the end of his cash,
tried to open negotiations. Failing and be-
soming convinced that he had been cast
off by his parents, she threw aside her
mask. One straight look into her real
countenance was enough for the boy He
fed shuddering-but not to me, as / had
expected. Instead. he got a place a
clerk in Chicago.
eTo be continued tomorrow.)