Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

SUNDAY MAGAZINE 70
per. Naturally thew were inclined to lay my evil
dent unhappiness to my dreadful disposition l
| let them think this. In fact, it was some COM
| fort that l had weapon that if it could not
| bring back my happiness could at least make my
husband vince He had been always unkind
to me. Now l would give him some excuse.
The Last Straw
ONE evening after period of particular un-
kindness his part, OF particular tor
bearance on mine, l asked him-because it
seemed there must be some reason why he
should be so brutal outside of nv being the un-
interesting, plain, and unattractive woman
he liked to tell me l was1f by any chance
some other woman had come into his life who
meant all to him should have meant
He looked at me a whole minute before re-
plying "Yes," he said, there IS"
you are not true to your VOWS, them" /
said
mo"
IN. "And you love herr"
At that moment we were divorced-not later
when the Judge granted the decree. As Donald
spoke, something seemed to snap within me,
and / was, it were, thousand miles away.
listening to another woman talking to another
man responding. asked him questions about
her, and he answered me fully. She was beautl-
full and dark, it seemed woman-oh, every
inch woman. though young, younger than |
was and / only twenty-seven! She was
married; but her husband did not understand
her, did not appreciate her. 1t seemed as II l
was acting in drama and was the audience at
the same time.
| even felt sorry for the two, my husband and
this woman and began to plan to give him his
freedom so he could marry her. but it was not
myself that planned. 1t was some one else
answering to my name, but old, old, thousand
years old, without feeling or heart or mind!
Fury of Wronsed Wife
THEN began to wonder who she was, and
all of a sudden a wave of fury swept over
me so that l thought l was going mad. The
thought that choked me was that they my hus-
band and this woman who had supplanted me,
who fascinated the man married as l never
had been able to, that they had talked me over,
laughed at me, pitied me. | could fancy him
telling her as he told me, that l was peevish,
that-and at that moment, it all came to me
who she was. 1t was whole lifetime IN sec
ond. l turned on him in torrent OF anger.
The blood rushed to my head suffocating me.
screamed and cried and Tev1led and threat
ened all at once. 1t seemed as if my brain
would burst And then l remember he caught
me and shook me and threw me on the daven-
port, swearing at me for a fool. And all at once
my anger died and was again thousand, thou
sand miles away listening to some one across
an infnity of space. l said:
Il want you to go away and never come
back! l want to leave you, to divorce you!
l don't want to see you agaln!"
You have no grounds.
What YOU have told me-"
1T wouldn't stand in court. l have adj
| mitted it to no one else"
Cruelty
| "You have no witness"
| was silent at that and he went on:
IF you want divorce, l shall go away and
let you get it on desertion on one condition"
| "What is it?"
| THAT you will not or try to use what
| have told you; that you will not bring her name
into this l love her. You say married you
| for your money. l admit it. | needed it.
Make me out a check for the money you have
| in bank at this present time, and I'll never
| trouble you again.
The interest on some bonds held had come
due and been paid day or two before. 1t was
nearly thousand dollars; but did not hest
tate. Perhaps l felt somehow that my free
dom was cheap at the price | am not sure
what l felt. The whole world was blur.
After the check had been made out, he was
very pleasant, good natured, almost jocular
He prophesied that would find some one soon
who would appreciate" me. / suppose he
meant to be comforting. 1t always annoyed
him to see people unhappy. He even invited
me to 60 out to supper with him
Next day he left. packed his trunk for him.
and we said goodby. | went to the door with
him, and on the way up stairs hummed tune
Then telephoned to my uncle. He came to