The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-05
Too A1niable
By DOROTElEA HALE
Upright, 1910. BY American Press
Association
By DoRoTElEA HALE


Laura. dear, / am 50 glad you have
come. II any one else had called this
morning l should have been not at
home"
What convenient expression, not
at homer It's ike kings and presi-
dents, who can speak officially or as
private individuals, and it isn't a lie,
But what's troubling you|
George"
George! Has he been giving way
to that violent temper again.
"Quite the reverse. He has sudden
~ turned amIabie.'
There's nothing bad about that"
NO, nothing bad, except that I'm
not used to IT, don't care how
man treats me so long as | under
stand how to meet him. George has
always been impusive, irritable quick
spoken. He's keeping something from
me. On Wednesdays he goes out Mt 8
o'clock in the evening and comes back
between 8 and half past. I've tried
my best to get out Of him where he
goes, but he won't tell me- He just
palayers over me, calls me his little
darling, jokes about womans curios-
ity, but I get nothing out Of him"
you suspect?'
"No especial woman
"But yet you know she exists"
"Of course"
slave you looked on the shoulder Of
his coat for powder? Lots Of men
have been caught that way, The wo
man puts her head down there, and
they all use powder You're sure to
find It on his coat"
II haven't noticed any Besides, /
can't understand this self control. A
man who is in love with another wom-
an Isn't usually very saintlike in his
treatment Of his wife"
"There you're wrong. George, feel
ing that he Is untrue to you, keeps his
self control to prevent his giving him
self away. A man who is doing that
must be very guarded The feelings
control the tongue, and the tongue is
liable to betray him at any moment"
II know George better than that.
twitted him about going out at s
o'clock to visit a sweetheart, and he
laughed Mt me He may have the
sweetheart. but that is not the hour at
which he spends time with her He
isn't gone long enough"
why don't you shadow him when
he goes out in the EVENING"
1.-THE only reason haven't done it Is
that | don't like to do such thing
George has always trusted me implicit
lv, and I don't like to commit an overt
act in my distrust Of him.
You silly thing! You don't know
these men They wouldn't hesitate,
any one of them, TO put professional
detective on his wife And yet you
hesitate to walk at a safe distance be-
hind George just to see that be isn't
getting into mischief. Why, It's your
duty TO watch him Men are like chill
dren when women get hold of them
and need a nurse. Would you trust lit
tle Georgia 70 take care OF himself?
Come, gee some sthentng into youi
I'll help you I'll come around this
evening at 8 o'clock AMI lie in wait
for George when he goes out, keeping
him in sight till you come out after
him. Then we two win follow him
apd solve this mystery" ~
"Well, don't like TO do it and
couldn't do it by myself, but since you
are going with me 7 suppose 1 can.
Come at FIVE minutes before s. Go
down under the stoop and wait till you
hear George going out Follow him,
sad viii catch ~ with you. ! have
often seen him start, aud he always
goes west. SO / can't fail to go the
right way"
That evening the two women put