The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-13
The Confessions
Neeeeee of a Wife
CHAPTER Ixxvil.
THE MORNING AFTER

did not sleep nj all after Dick
got in. and as the daylight came
streaming through the window ! got
up. and. after taking my bath and
dressing. ! went down TO breakfast. |
leaving him in soddon. crumpicd
mass where he had fallen on the
sofa.
did not try 10 keep quiet. but
opened tho windows with bang.
as the room was full OF the smell
+, OF liquor.iadcn breath and the
stencil OF dead" tobacco. Dick stir.
red uneasily and turned himself In.
to most impossible sprnwilng pc.
sltion. WAS SURE THAT HE
WOULD FALL OFF THE SOFA.
AND REALLY HOPED HE
WOULD. ! was so diagusted with
him that felt could never care for
him again. The mere thought OF
that man. who seemed total
stranger. caressing me. nauseaied
mo
Some way, getting drunk seems
such q scnsriess operation. I think
! can see where the stimulation OF
glass OF wine might give the world
= moro roscate hue. but drinking un-
I'll one loses ones memory. ones
seif.reapcct. ones identity. In some
thing ! cannot undcrssand.
Perhaps this 10 one OF the foIiies
which Dick told ma about wh0
we were first rnsrried--one Of those
foolish relarstions which men seem
10 think they deserve 20 make Nd
for the hard grind Of business.
Ny head was aching when | went
down TO breakfast. and Il was not
with any degree of assurance that {
lied 10 Mrs. Brown. who came over
10 my table and remarked. "Iias
your husband gone away arnin7 l
saw yon were down 10 dinner alone
last night"
Mr.. wayeriy was called suddenly
out OF town. but think he will be
home nj dinner
Goodness" ! said TO myself, Il
hope she won't come IN to my rooms
or run across Dick in the halls
Ard then a smile came to my lips
as ! remembered what Annie. my
washerwomgn. had said 10 me Just
a few days before about her huE.
band
"Shnre. Miss Margaret. I couldn't
be shaming him before HIS frinds.
Here was I doing the same thing
for Dick.
We women all are alikc--rich
and poor--thoso who call them.
selves educated and those who make
no prctense OF culture.
We will not "shsme" sour men,"
even II we must lie for them with a
smile on our lips when our hcarts
hurt and our good sense rebels.
wonder what would be the out.
come II every one dealt with every
one else In uncompromiEIng truth:
n society were built on such a basis
that. instead OF woman always pro
tecting the man and excusing his
pecadillos. she simply told the truth
and made him stand for his own sins
and mistakes
II could have said to Mrs. Brown
this morning NO. Mr.. Waverly ia
not out Of town: he drank too much
last night and is now sleeping II
off'-what would be the outcome
OF procedure like that?
would almost like to try II. And
] think ] would begin right now 70
do II II ! had only myself 10 think
about-but there's Dicks mother.
who would be heart.broken and
whose pride In her son would be
killed n she knew that he had done
this awful thing--or. at least. N she
thought any one outside OF his i'm.
mediate family knew he had done
this awful thing.
guess II Is n good thing that the
maternal and protecting instinct is
the strongest of any with women.
WANT to be indignant with
Dick. | AM Disguised with him
but here ! am feeling RATHER
sorry for him for making such an
ass OF himself and evidently not get
ting much fun out OF It, after all.
Ito BE Continued Tomorrow
OH IZZIE WE'LL