The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21
NEITHER
WAS JEALOUS
BY r. TOWNSEND SMITH
Copyright. 1910. BY American Preas
Association.

an much older az eighteen than
some girls are at twenty-hye. Now
there are certain faults my husband
might possess which / would not be
able to endure. but others wouldn',
trouble me. Before we take the anaI
step propose to test you 70 discover
II you have one especial fault that
am sure would separate as"
"But II sou tell me you're going 10
lest me isn't that giving away the
whole thing7'
My object in telling You beforehand
IS that shall have 20 seem TO act
wrongfully 10 you shall be able
to tell You that had 40 object You
UNDERESTIMATE
Certainly. And / suppose that I
had better tell you thar rm going to
test you, too. 90 that # behave badly
you'll understand
"Hm! supposed when you told me
that was far too good FOR you you
meant It"
And ] supposed that when you said
! was the best fellow ID the world aud
you were proud 10 BE loved BY
Don't be silly. sometimes think
that you sf rweBty-three are younger
than / am At eighteen. Row are you
going 70 test mef
How are you going to test mel !
mean what fort
She did some very hard thinking IN
thar youthful head Of hers and then
said: 1T won't do any harm II tell
you I'm going to make you Jealous
Jealousy separates more married cou-
pies than any other cause"
ibid you get that from a Stats.
ticianY
NOV you're talking absurd again.
every well: 10 ahead; make me
Jealous But ! warn you that your
plan win BE- a failure. Suppose you
aucceedYT
in that case / shall consider that
II wouldn't be safe to marry you
4 shall test you FOR the same fault
But II / don't succeed I shah consider
thar Il won't be safe 70 marry you"
why not?'
1T win indicate that you don't love
me. No one can love another without
Jealousy"
Except having perfect confidence
In that other"
Every well. Wen try IT."
And we did Try It with a vengeance.
when we came together again we
Our dialogue
ITS ell over between as" said Lucy,
both sad and angry.
Didn't | stand the testT7 ] asked
in an injured tone.
u should think not You haven't
spoken a word b me for q week."
q was testing you"
"EYas II necessary to test me BY con- 4
stantly sailing past here with that one
giri-a girl you know aespiseg
1T wouldn't be any test 10 tiirt with
two"
y hirted with half a dozen"
ut wasn't for noe TO tell you how 70
test a hance"
II should think not couldn't have
acted On your advice II Il was 70 act
As scandalously Is you have acted
ut seems 20 me that ] have stood
your test and yo0 hayen't stood
mine"
"Do you can II test g select q
girl like that and 50 about Ell the
while with her looking As II you were
about to kiss herr Ii was disgusting"
"And didn't you 10 about looking up
lovingly at Scrimser2 didn't care
for the other feIIowa-they were
blonds scrimser was the real thing
"rm glad / hive him 70 fan back /
upon now it's all over with you"
"And / suppose Camilla WIN help
me out"
II wish you to understand that no
man to whom / am engaged shall pay
.be slightest attention to such a girl"
mot FOR a testgT
'sNot on any account ! consider Il /
an insult TO me Il you had taken /
some Of the other girls. such az Grace
or Alice o. BessH
mo one OF those girls would do for
! test. Grace Is homeiy as hedge /
fence, Alice is cold as an icicle, and +
Is for Bessn
They are ell at least to be- respect /
ID.
Yes. ana they are your friends.
They're 80 much to be respected that I
they wouldn't take your fance away I
from you. BECAUSE"
aBecause.
aBoth you and they know they I
was getting tired Of this and re-
solved to bring It to close
Il say. Lucy, I am delighted at the /
success Of my test Oh you"
~DelightedgH
yes. Didn't ] tell you that love
oegets iealousyf
"Jealousy! You fiatter yourself II 4
ron suppose you can make ne jealous !
II that creature
Il am awfuily jealous Of serimser"
.Heeause he is such q perfect gentle
nan ] suppose"
sHe wouldn't kiss and tell, ! admit
Come; we've each tested the other
With remarkable success-that Is,
we've proved we love each other
took her n ms arms She was
nollified.
Il knew yon loved me" said ~Fhe
.est didn't amount to anything
.hough. You weren't jealous, were
rou@
Certainly notg'
sNor was r.