The Raymer enterprise., 1912-07-11

have to-"
"Oh. please don't 30, there's plenty
OF ROOM" Mrs. Wellington insisted,
pressing her to remain. This nettled
Miss Cattle still more, but she sank
back. while the porter piled up ex-
pensiye trayellngbags and hat boxes
till there was hardly a place to sit.
But even at that Mrs. Jimmie felt
called on to apologize
Il haven't brought much luggage.
How I'll ever live four days with this.
can't imagine. II will be such re-
lief TO get my trunks at Reno"
"Reno?" echoed Miss Cattle. DO
you live there?"
We'll, theoretically. yes
81 don't understand you"
I've got to live there TO get It,"
"To get It? OH" A look OF sudden
and dreadful realization came over the
missionary. Mrs. Wellington inter
preted 1t with a smile Of gay defiance:
DO you believe in diyorces?"
Anne Cattle stuck to her guns. 81
must say don't. think law ought
to be passed stopping them"
so do l." Mrs. Wellington amiably
agreed. "and hope they'll pass just
such a law-after get mine" Then
she ventured little shaft Of her
own. you don't believe In divorces.
| Judge you've never been married"
Not once!" The spinster drew her
self up. but Mrs. Wellington disarmed
her with an unexpected bouquet:
"Oh. lucky woman! Don't let any
heartless man delude you into taking
the fatal step"
Anne Cattle was nothing II not hon.
est. She confessed frankly: II must
say that nobody has made any violent
efforts TO compel me to. That's why
I'm going to China"
ITO Chinn!" Mrs. Wellington
gasped. hardly believing her ears
MY dear! You don't intend to marry
Il laundryman?"
THE idea! I'm going as a mission
ary."
"A missionary? Why leave Chica
go?" Mrs Wellington's eye softened
more or less convincingly: "Oh. love
ly! How should dote upon being a
missionary. | really think that after
get my divorce might have a try
at 1t. had thought OF convent. but
being missionary must be much
more exciting" She dismissed the
dream with an abrupt shake OF the
head. Excuse me, but do you happen
to have any matches?"
Matches! never carry them!"
"They never have matches In the
women's room. and I've used my las,
one"
Miss Cattle took another reef In hel
tight lips. DO you smoke cigarettes p
Mrs. Wellington's echoed disgust
with disgust: "Oh. no. indeed. loatht
them. | have the most dainty LITTLE
cigars. Did you ever try one?"
Miss Cattle stiffened into one excla
nation point; Cigars! Mel"
Mrs. Jimmie was so well used L
being dsapproved OF that 1t neve
disturbed her. She went on as II tn,
face opposite were not alive with hor
ror: Il should think that cigars nigh
be great consolation to lady mis-
sionary in the long lone hours Of
what do missionaries do when they'r,
not misslonarying?"
THAT depends"
There was something almost spirit
ual in Mrs. Jimmie's beatiiic look: &c
can't tell you what consolation m!
cigars have given me in my troubles
Mr.. Wellington objected-but then Mr.
Wellington objected to nearly every
thing did. That's why am forcet
to this dreadful step"
"C!gars?"
Divorces"
"Diyorces!"
well. this will be only my secont
my other was such nuisance.
got that from Jimmie. too. But 4
didn't take. Then we made up and re
married. Rather odd. having a secont
honeymoon with ones first husband
But remarriage didn't succeed an,
better. Jimmie fell OF the water
wagon with an awful splash. and ht
quite misunderstood my purely pla
tonic interest In Sammy Whltcomb, .
nice young fellow with fool Of I
wife Did you ever meet Mrs. Sammy
Whitcomb-no7 Oh. but you are {
lucky woman! Indeed you are! Well
when Jimmie got jealous, I Just gave
him up entirely. I'm running away tt
Reno. sent a note to my husband,
clpb. saying that ! had gone to Europe
and he needn't try to find me. Pool
fellow. he will. He'll hunt the cont
nent high and low for me. but all ths
while III be In Nevada. Rather good
Joke on little Jimmie. ehi"
"E1cruciatins"