Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-05
MARRIED LIFE, SECOND YEAR

phone.
Hello! What? | can't hear what
you're sayin'. Whati' she screamed
again. Della always shi licked through
the receiver at the top of her voice.
Warren said she didn't need the teie-
phone-she had only to open the door.
yes, this is Mrs. Curtis's. Yes,
she's here. WHAT'S that?"
wait, I'll come" Helen put the
baby down and hurried TO the phone.
yes, this is Mrs. Cults. WHO?"
in tone Of amazement. "KATHER
me GRANT! Where are you? How
did you find me? HOW did you
know?"
Then she listened eagerly for sew
eral moments, with an occasional
4Oh!" "Well can't you come now
at once-snd have luncheon with me?
Yes, I'm all alone. Well have a Won
derful timel Yes, as soon as you can.
Take the subway-it brings you with
in i beck, just one block VICE.
Helen hurried out 10 the kitchen,
"Oh, Delia,' excitedly, katherine
Grant, my old boarding-school room
mate, is in town and Is coming for
luncheon. Fix us something that will
be dainty and nice and set the table
as attractively as you can"
Helen flushed dressing the baby,
and then herself-chosing her pref
test teagown. She was all athrill
o+I Grant
who had become a successful maya
zine writer, and whom she had not
seen since she was married.
When half hour later the bell
rang, Helen rushed to the door her.
self. After tie fl st excited greetings,
after the baby had been exclaimed
over and admired, and the little
apartment shown, Katherine was in
stalled in an easy chair in the nur-
sery and they proceeded to talk.
And so you're happy ideally hap
py?' demanded katherine.
Helen flushed, "Why, yes-of
course"
"And is marriage, and home, and
a child everything you thought it
would be-? You were always such
sentimental, romantic little thing. and
since you've married I've often won
dered if the reality was what you pic
tured it. And it has been-it is? You
are still very much in love with your
husband and he with your
'Why, Of course" II there was a
forced note in her voice, Katherine
did not notice it..
"Well, I'm glad some ones life
is as they planned it-mine certainly
isn't"
"Why, katherine, you have your
work-you've been so successful"
my work." bitterly. "Do you
think any woman is ever satisfied
with just her work? Do you think
she is ever content with anything
less than home-than her man and
her child?'"
But surely, dear" glancing at the
graceful figure before her, you can
have all that"
ooh, yes, suppose I could have it
if 1 WAS willing to take it with any
one who chose to give it to me. But
I'm hardly ready to do that yet"
"You mean that there is some one
Katherine smiled cynically, Isn't
there always some one?"
"And there is some reason why.
You don't mean that he is married?"
"Oh, no-nothing like that"
Then WHY
"Why don't he care for me?" with
another bitter laugh. at is unreason-
able Of him, isn't it?"
ooh, don't-I don't like for you to
be so bitter, you never used to be-"
Perhaps l hadn't any cause them
ooh, l wish you could tell me,
dear-not if you'd rather not, of
course"
There isn't much to tell-except
that 1 thought very wonderful thing
had come into my life. And we'll
after a while he stopped caring-and
I didn't. I kept on. It's so hard for
a woman to let co."
You mean he has come to care for
some one else?"
mo, I don't think there is any one
else. There nay be of course; but
Nng l.-ash. Tat. And
| tank / snould feel it if there was
Then why"
ooh, l suppose 1 cared too >much
and showed t too plainly He is
man who wants always to pursue;
think tie very certainty Of my love
palled on him"
"But If he is that kind Of man,
aren't You better off without him?
Was his love worth the havinc?s
Perhaps not-only l happened to
want it more than anything else II
the world. And, somehow, ksep on
wanting" She rose suddenly sas
walked over to the window. "J.e4r
not talk about it. 1t doesn't belY
any, does 1t? Unless it makes ysSr
lot seem happier by contrast
ooh, Katherine, dontl How csn
you say such things?"
II know I'm in horrid mood
shouldn't have inflicted myself upon
any one today"
81 can't help envying you. | WON
der if you know how happy you ought
to be with all this-your home, yosr
husband and your baby. Sometimes
think we take things for granted.
and don't realize until, Va soHle wsy,
it is taken from US"
The words haunted Helen for hours
after. Was Katherine right? Had che
more cause for happiness thsn she
knew? Her home, her husband, her
baby-yes, she had ell those And
yet
She thought OF Werren's selfish
ness, his lack Of tenderness and OF
sympathy. If Katherine knew all
that, would she still envy hes?
Touching Sclicituie.