Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Their Married Life
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I Warren took the paper without
speaking and looked over it hastily,
! The name and address had been
scrawled on a card which had been
| tied around the box. There was an
outside tin box. and nothing more.
place. and the candy might have been
bought and sent from any of the
places around the city.
If the candy had been sent anony-
| mously there would have been loss
cause for suspicion, but the fact of
thore being card enclosed that Helen
knew nothing of infuriated Warren
almost beyond endurance. Well. there
was no possible chance of tracing it;
nothing remained but the candy itself;
and if there was a mystery of any
kind connected with it there would be
probably other gifts.
Don't you see that thing of this
kind gives a man the chance he's look
ing for?" said Warren between his
teeth. He'll send something more
presently, and then some day he'll pre-
sent himself. That is. if l can be sure
that you are telling the truth about it. -
Helen for once was angry. "Have
YOU ever had any cause to doubt my
word?" she said. almost coldly. II
have told you all l know about 1t, and
I am tired of the subject. VIII you
be good enough to drop it?''
Warren stared at Helen almost as if
he doubted his own sense of hearing.
Then he looked casually at the candy
on the table. After all. If Helen had
told him all she knew about the sub
ieCt. II was insulting to her to doubt
the truth of what she had told him.
She had crossed over to the window
and was looking down into the street
with eyes that saw nothing. For the
first time in her life she had found it
necessary to defy Warren, and a great
light had suddenly burst upon her.
The fact of her being sought by an
other man was going to enhance her
attractions in Warren's eyes. This feel
ing of power so rare as to be almost
unknown was very delightful.
Warren was still regarding her, al
most as if she had revealed a side that
he had not known she possessed.
Well, who would have thought" he
said finally, that an unknown admirer
would crop up for you? It's almost
enough TO make husband jealous,
you will admit"
Helen turned around slowly.
Won't you have some candy?" she
said somewhat irrelevantly, coming
over to the table and looking down at
the inviting rows of chocolates.
We'll keep the card, so as not to
forget the name" said Warren as he
stopped to help Helen.
"As if we'd be likely to forget il" )"
said Helen laughingly. u. Woods At
kinson." making a little grimace,
sounds like a soldier; I'm really not
a bit in love with it,"
"Of course, you'll have to keep the
candy" said Warren slowly. I'VE
don't know which store to send it back
to. and you don't know the sender"
I'm glad may keep it, said Helen
almost mocktngly. Il adore good
candy, and l haven't had as much as
this in long time. Perhaps he'll send
me some more" wickedly. who
knows?"
Warren stiffened suddenly, but he
said nothing. He eyed the card that
lay so innocently upon the table and
Helen took it up and glanced at it
carelessly. Inwardly she was just as
curious as Warren as to the possible
identity of J. Woods Atkinson. Out
wardly she was a suave new Helen,
and for once she had puzzled Warren,
who never remembered the time when
he had not had his own way in any
kind of an argument with his wife.
Another incident in this interesting
series will appear on this page soon.