The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

and demanded to be married by min.
lister. He consented, and the seeon..
time we were married in Wichita, Kan
For a short time we lived happily
together and I was beginning TO think
that a last my troubles were over. 1t
was only a breathing spell.
One day my husband brought home
a colored man whom he introduced to
me by the name OF Fitzpatrick He
told me that he had engaged him as
a secretary / knew my husbands
correspondence was not large enough
10 warrant his employing help. so
was puzzled to know why he had gone
TO the extra expense and WHY he had
hired coal-blacll negro The mys-
terry deepened when l found that the
man made little pretense at working
but instead was on the most intimate
Of terms with Mr.. White. even calling
him by his first name and wearing his
clothes. He ate with us. and attempted
little familiarities with me- ! pre-
tended not TO see them. as my husband
appeared TO overlook them. One day.
however, the negro called me Mary
and / felt that n stop should be put
to the mans insolence ] spoke to Mr.
White, but was still more mystihed
when he only laughed at me. I then
openly showed the negro the feeling
! had toward him, and he displayed
for me the bitte-est hatred He showed
ii in taunts and jeers and veiled innu-
endoeS to the effect that l was no bet-
ter than he. / didn't know what to do
Mr. White strangely ignored the inn
pertinent negro's conduct and at times
seemed to have an absolute affection
for him. Finally one day Fitzpatrick
ventured too far and caused an open
rupture between my husband and me
ms misehievousness and interference
reeoiled upon his own head. My hus-
band. furious, turned Fitzpatrick out
OF the house. but at the same time he
treated me ard spoke to me in a man
ner that was entirely foreign TO him
/ was more puzzled than hurt His
manner placed me ALMOST on a social
level with the negro he had just dis
missed.
In fact. from the day Fitzpatrick
came 10 live with US there was an in
deinable change in my husband.
did not understand il then"
She shivered and. stopped. but in a
moment went bravely on.
Il can't exactly explain the feeling
1 had about him at this time, be-
cause ] struggled so hard against it.
! thought that / was partly to blame
that the trouble was mentally my
fault and was the result OF over
wrought nerves. As nearly as 1 can
gentleness and good breeding had been
but thin veneer that the negro had
taken Off. Yet in public he appeared
the same as ever We went out as
much as usual, and entertained our
friends as we'd always done; still the
feeling ! had did not wear off. Finally
the strange aversion | had for Mr
White so evercame me that. taking
the two children with ms, l fed from
him.
he came few days later to where
l was staying. he seemed his old self
again; like he used to be before we
were married, He made love to me-
and conquered what seemed my un-
reasoning aptipathy. / returned home
with him.
For a few months we were both
happy. Then Mr.. White gradually slid
back again into the way he had acted
when Fitzpatrick lived with US. BY
degrees that vague FEELING came over
me again. | found myself shrinking
from my husband. I so lost control OF
myself one day that lie noticed 1t. In