El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-07
He THIRD YEAR
Il By MABEL
Il HERBERT URNER

, waited snxiousIy for the pillow case
/ to bOi--but il lefI the stain undimmed.
J Then she tried milk. ONalic acid. and
lemon and salt bUC nothing had any
} effect on that obstinate yellow stain
What should she do2 She could not
/ admit 10 Warren that she had ruined
} his waistCCat Not only would he be
+ furious. bur he would always throw l.
z up 10 her as evidence of her care. ess-
{ ness. There was but one Jh.ue 10 90.
( to get another waislcoat and have il
/ laundered so that he would never
! know. She knew this one had been
made to orde- and the name of the
maker was on it.
In less than an hour she was dressed
I and on her way down TO the haOer-
4 dasner.s iakins the stained "Slstcoat
with her 10 was still damp. but she
I was too anxious to even WaiJ for il TO
( dry
1t was an exclusive shop just off
/ Firth avenue a tall. impressive look
( ing salesman came forward, Helen Un-
/ wrapped her package and anxlously
/ inquired il the waistcoat could be du-
! pliCated.
! Certainly. madam I think we siu
] have that material in stock
: And how long viii it take:'
About 70 days
"Oh. cant have 1t sooner than
I'm agrafd not. We never promise
any or our orders under 10 days
And how much viii il be-
That Waistcoat made 70 order is
/ Helen had no idea it would be over
s.. Twelve dollars for a plain waist
] coat! oh. was this plain p-que one
+ so much as that"
I'VE never make any waistcoat under
So and most of them are more with
the air Of superiority which such a
+ clerk assumes when price 5 ques-
/ TONED.
! She had no choice. She must have
the waistcOat regardless OF cost so
Z she left the order. giving particular in
structiOns that il be just the same.
From the damp. stained walStcOat II
was not difficult for the clerk TO sense
the situation. And he assured her that
e. would be an exact duplicate, and
that after Il was Iaundered they could
not be told part
And then Helen began to fear lest
/ Warren should need the waistcOat be-
: fore she could get IT. If only nothing
would come up that would call Tor MS
dinner cOar-fOr with that TINS was
J the wsisrcoat he usually wore. But
9 curiOusly enough the very next night
4 he announced that he was going to
/ smoker at the club
] Where's that piQue WaistcOat?' he
I called out as he was dressing
For the moment Helen was panic
: stricken And then, as always in cases
like this, the way OF evasion flashed
! through ner mind
oh. dear. I sent that to the laundry,
I and it hasn't come back yet
ITO the laUndry2 Thought this week
I YOU were TO DO it up here2'
Yes, We did, but Della got 1T too
! blue. so 1 thought I'd better have the
! laundry co il over"
Helen always hated herself for the
sl1o way she could invent untruths
I when Il was necessary. She always
I did ii nerTOusly. II was never planned
/ The words seemed always 20 come Of
I themselves.
-rv-o dove 1afa- Warren mas AGAIN
{ dressing This time for a dinner with
an out % Gown business man.
Hasn't that waistCoat come back
from the laundry yet2' he demanded.
/ No dear, not yet"
'WeII. how long are they going to
keep It, II don't take a month 70
DO up a plain waistcOat-dOes ito
tt was only two more days before
the wsistcost would be delivered and
I she could launGer IL herself that same
I day But unfortunately the very next
night Warren brought home some new
/ summer underwear As he unWTapped
I it and left II on the bed for Helen to
4 put away, evidently il reminded him OF
the waistcoat. for he asked:
Laundry send that waistcoat home
30. dear-but I'm sure it'll come
tomorrow
The devil it wiz IN can them up
tight nov. Were ,S1I not not going TO stand
ION, Warren agitatedly, don't call
them up wouldn't
why not Look here, what about
this anyway What's wrOng2"
Why. nOth!ng-only the waistcoat
was very blue and I wrote a note with
Il and asked them 10 take particular
pains. That's why it's taking them
"Ffddiesticks.- And he strobe over
10 the telephone to look up the number
Helen Eazed after him terror stricken.
Having gone so fa---hoW could she tell
But as Warren started to give the
!. number she sprang forward and took
the receiver from him. on, no-nO,"
excitedIy. You mustn't call them upi
They haven't got the waistcoat- I put
. | it to soak with pair Of your COlOred
soclls-and ruined 1t! ordered anOth-
or one lust like i'll intended TO pay
for il myself-I-I didn't want YOU to
Warren was furious. But d was not
his anger thar was so scatnlnS as his
contempt for what he called her ina
/ bii.- to tell the truth"
Won haven't any conception OF the
/ truth" he stOrmed. You tell one lie
and then follow it up with dozen
, others to put that one over. By CAD,
, never saw such woman!
oh. but Warren; they're only such
/ little untruths-they never hurt any
one! And Its only because you
make me afraid OF ySu-
"Oh that's what you always say
contemptuously. Its got so now
never know when you are telling the
truth. BY sad. it's growing on you.
Sometimes I think you'd rather lie than
not"
ooh. Warren, don't say that-you
know it isn't So.
But Warren had already slammed out
Of the room and Helen was left leaning
! against the door sobblng brokenly-
J on, why did things so often turn out
] ike this She could not feel that she
had done anything really wrons. Her
only desire, had been TO escape his an
ger But INSTEAD she had drawn upon
/ herself his greater anger and his con-
tempt as well
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