The Southern herald., 1913-01-24

'T never had any desire to tell" con- @
tinued Mrs. Wack, with mischievous
twinkle in her blue eyes. 1T always {
seemed to me that it was nobody's
business"
The remark was not meant to be {
rude. 1t was merely expressive Mrs.
Wack said SO.
1.-THE longer we kept the secret"
she observed, "the easier 1t was. It's
really just a matter Of practice. At
first had to be little careful how l
referred to our trip to Elizabeth"
"You know we we're married over at
Elizabeth" interrupted Mr.. Wack, ra-
diant with happiness and quite ready
to tell all he knew. His wife resumed
the theme
'I told my mother was going to
little social affair. had to give some |
reason for dressing up, you know"
OF course this was the truth. How
could a wedding be anything else
than "a social affair?" Besides that
Mabel had on her very prettiest dress
IA blue silk-with q corsage bouquet
of lilies of the valley and bride roses.
To see her no one would ever have
dreamed that she was going into
training as a long-distance secret
keeper. Certainly there was no indi-
cation of poverty.
1t was the poverty fairy tale fol-
lowed by one Of great wealth suddenly
acquired that made Mrs. Wack almost
decide never to reveal to the world
whether or not it really hurt to keep
a secret.
Refutes Gossips' Tales.
"The gossips said we kept our mar
rage a secret because Will was not
= over rich just at that time she ex-
4 claimed almost tragically, and William
= Joined vigorously in denouncing as
untrue all the many statements to
, that effect.
. "I was in Just as good a position
! to marry four years ago as am to-
\ day." he announced. 1T wasn't pow
v erty but a desire to please Mabers
~ parents that made US keep the secret.
h. They wanted her to teach school, and
"a she wanted to teach. / didn't want
"a her to teach, and so we decided to
w wait until she was willing to give
lg up"
That was enough. 1t brought the
young wife again out from the realms
II of silence.
n. Until VIII was willing to let me
10 keep on teaching" she observed
Il. Now that he says may, rather
M think I'll not teach longer than next
st. June"
an Suffragettes should not lose the
III moral Of this tale. The woman who
~ can keep a secret is sure of victory
l know, for Mrs. Wack said so.
at is natural for me to be reticent,'
"a she explained. That's why it VIZ
m. easy for me to keep a secret. l can
,st not recall an instance when felt th'
least inclined to tell"
,a- Think Of 1t, o daughters Of Eve
ID What heroism to conquer even the in
,d clination to embroider wv" on an ir
M conspicuous wash cloth! What sell
at sacrificing devotion to principle thai
,st for four years could undergo the priv
ileges OF Ruth and resist proclaimin
tn from the housetops, His people ar
ad my people and my mother Is his mott
lhe er.in-law!"
Ali honor to the Newark woma
M who so tactfully OWNED the time
n keep silent and the time to speak
md So far as 1t is known. only one otl
ma er pioneer has preceded her into Ii
Inc realms OF secrecy. That one Is Il
,oi immortal bard who wrote the pathet
,ed. stanza beginning with the soulful lin
NJ "T know something won't tell"
md It was Just that way with Mr.
ned Wack. With William 1t was differen
He couldn't keep a secret.
,k's az haven't told Mabel yet" he viii
the pered, but the boys at the bank pr
,gb. sented me with a purse this afte
lam noon"
mai Mabel reappeared and the whisp
cret ceased
Ma. Mr. and Mrs. William Wack
,r a Newark, N. j., are not living In t
aver lordly splendor that the alleged Il
tune made In Wall street would In
ked. cate. Neither have they ever be-
much impoverished They are ju
two very agreeable and unaffect
cite young people. housekeeping for t
hout past few weeks in a commodio
apartment in an old-fashioned hou