Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-12

Helen shook her head. Dear, 1 had
hoped you wouldn't see him any more
that you would let this quarrel end It,"
"Oh, how can I--when I'm thinking Of
him all the time, when"
Here the phone in the hall rang loudly.
"oh. it may be for met eagerly, as
Helen went out to answer IT, IT left
word I'd be here If any one called"
But 1t was only the seamstress. who
was to come tomorrow to help Helen sew,
saying she could not come until Monday.
"Oh," in tone of disappointment, as
Helen came back. II thought-I hoped
it would be-
Alice" as Helen again took up her
sewing, 81 wish there was something
could say that would make you give up
this man entirely, but i suppose no one
could influence you now"
But II l care for him so much, and
can't care for any one else"
'You haven't tried"
"oh. yes, I've tried, but no one inter-
ests me. 1 go out to dinner and to the
theater with men that ether girls would
think attractive, and yet I'm bored, just
bored all the time. have to force my
self TO. be pleasant. All. you understand
without my telling you-for that's the way
And suppose that's why want to
talk with y6u--becaJse feel you do un-
derstand Because you could never care
for any one but Warr4n-no matter what
he did"
Helen could only nod her head in ad-
mission of the undeniable truth of this
"Well, then, you ought to sympathize
with me-"
Il do sympathiEe with you. dear But
my sympathy doesn't blind my judgment
1 don't think Dick Fairchild is the man
for youto marry. And ne hasn't even his
freedom yet"
mo, but he will have in few months.
And you know, don't you, that l had
nothing to do with this? You know
that his wife and he we're separated
long before l ever met him?"
"Oh. yes, / know you are blameless in
that. But, dear, you admit the flclSleness
of the man, when you say even now he's
lying to you constantly-that when he
says he has a business appointment, It's
more often TO lunch with some other
girl"
Il know-but that's his nature. He says
he needs diversion and since he can't
have me all the time, he must have other
people. But when we're reall married.
then he'll be content to settle down"
And you believe that?"
"Oh, l want to believe 81"
Helen shook her head, "oh, my dear
my dear!'
Very well then" defiantly, admit
ting that he won't be true to me-Iu
be his wife-rll he more to him than any
one else! And since this quarrel, since
we've been separated these last few days
i know now / foVe him enough to marry
him under any conditions. 1 would make
up my mind TO accept things as they are
and make the best OF them. Women
often marry men knowing that they are
blind or deaf or have some physical de-
fOrmity-they make up their minds 10
accept that condition. And, IL need be, III
make Up my mind to accept Dicks moral
deficiency. ia be happier to be his wife,
even though he wasn't truo TO me, than
the wife Of any other man who would
beT'
'Happyl That wsy9 Do you think you
could be happy a single momentg"
Very well, then. even IL l knew ia
not be happy-still would marry him.
ia rather be unhappy with him than uh-
happy without hfml Can't you understand
that? You ought 10, because-bscRase''
-she stopped In sudden confuzion.
Because whatg" demanded Holea. I'm
DeTiouGly.
"Beoause-ot, dear. dIdh't mean 10
say that" flushing paanfaily.
"fou might as well saJ il as think L..