The Cairo bulletin., 1914-04-20

protest ihlt she can lluSHtt.E ~ ""tF|
away from him when the separation
is OF her choosing.
If she writes Of the loneliness she
cannot bear apart from him lie laVoi
u,farlly wonders why then does she
STAY away week after week with no
word Of return WHY does she thus
condemn herself to the misery OF the
continued absence. the awful days she
pictureSf He may have pride OF love
that kccps back his pen from urging
her return He may feel that II her
baart does not make her cut her visit
short aud come back he does not care
for his words TO do so.
He may study her letters with undue
criticism. reading new meanings into
words and phrases. lie does not Ike
the references to the young man from
Ro>,on who is stopping here a weeb
md is such jolly company" No, he
does not doubt her in the least. or
course she does not mean anything by
It. She Is just thoughtless. he says to
himself. but sOmehow-does not like IT.
He would like to take a run down to
the beach for week or so himself, but
he cannot afford the time or the
money. and he gives up the idea.
His long evenings at home alone may
soon become unbearable He seeks
distraction from this battle with time
he joins little parties of friends, goes
to the theater, takes M the threads OF
old acquaintance of his bachelor days
and seeks to enjoy himself as best he
eau In the beginning he may do II
MS one fakes ouium TO dull pain, hut
there IS danger that he may learn to
| like the taste again. How far he may
drift depends on the man.
And She down near the ocean. may
| wonder vaguely why his letters. which
ran seven pages long In the first two
| weeks of her absence, have dwindled
| down 10 brief notes Ike teleGraphic
! messages written in short, hurried
sentences with no details-just one IN
EXPANDED fact in each sentence, like
caramcls in separate wrappers. In the
! Old DAYS she used TO reread his letters
! until she knew them by heart. Then
the mere facts they contained were OF
minor import They were merely the
excelsior in which the terms of en-
dearment were packed. At that time
she used TO go over his letters, picking
out the adjecdyes and nouns of loving,
like child dlslodging raisins and cit
ron from cake.
/ When she finally returns in the early
! autumn she finds that he Is not so eff
fusively glad to see her as she expect
ed She feels in a subtle way some
shade of loss that may elude express
sion in words He may not thrill with
enthusiasm at her story of the per
fectly delightful times she had, he
may not be melted into his old lover
like mood when he hears again how
lonely she was and how she Just tried
to seem to be happy because of the
others"
He listens and thinks, and Of what
he thinks he may say little. Then she
grows suddenly and acutely DESTROYS
OF knowing just how he spent the sum
mer. He feels that her fusiIlaGe of
questions and shots of intense interest
are coming a little late in the day, and
an would have been unnecessary and
they would be nearer and dearcr TO
each other were 1t not for her self i'm
posed exile on a solitary vacation.
Perhaps next day she looks over the
summer gas bills, and If they he small
she grows reflective and wonders how
they could possibly he so small If be
really sat every night alone rendine
till midnight 80 he would he tired
enough to sleep" If the gas bills loom
larger than the amount her housewife
~ instinct tells her is Just right she
feels confident he has been having card
parties mp to unearthly hours aud that
he has been having splendid vaca
ton Of his own
Innocent or guilty, on this or som,
other charge, he is lucky If he he no
caught between the upper and th,
neither millstnnes of her wjtLarint
doubt and criticism She. too, ma
! have to stand the brunt of his protests
and IN the face of some unwarrlHte
jealousy. tortured ont of perhaps limo
Q cent triilcs. she may find ii difficult t
o prove that convincing alihi that leave
no slightest residue of Doubt. The II
: suit Is often the distressingly mSath
$ fyingly Scotch verdict Not proved
0 Vacations in the household are soot
U stimulating and rcviyifying for no
u band wife an
T the little one