South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-16
SECOND YEAR OF
MARRIED LIFE.

Mrs. Prentice, with a magazine, a
tiny workbag and a parasOl paused
uncertainty in the doorway.
Wont you join us?" asked Helen
cordially, from the depths of a big
wicker chair at the end of the We
randa.
Mrs. Prentice smiled. Not just
now. I've such a headache, l won't
inflict myself on any one at present"
And she passed on TO a shady cor
ner and settled herself in a hammock.
She made no effort to sew or read, but
gazed out at the sea through wistful.
half-clOSed eyes.
I'm afraid it's a heartache, not a
headache, that's troubling her" muir
INJURED Mrs. Stevens.
"A heartache." Helen repeated,
wonderingly. why, 1 thought she
was very happy"
Then. you're not very close OBJ
server, my dear. Haven't you been
here long enough to know the gossip
Haven't you seen her husband with
that Mrs. Kline?"
Helen shook her head.
We'll, you will if you'll take the
! trouble to notice. They're together
constantly"
But she's so much prettier than
Mrs. Kline-so much more dainty and
refined"
The Usual Way.
Mrs. Stevens shrugged her shout
ders. Internationally The wife i:
almost always more charming and re
fined than the other woman"
! Helen, who was crocheting a silk tie
| for Warren, worked on in silence
She wanted to know more about Mrs
| PrentiCe-tO know why her HUSBAND
was interested in this other woman
who was so much less attractive thar
herself But she had always shranl
/ from gossip. And now she hesitateC
to put her questions into words. How
ever, Mrs. Stevens went on withou
prompting.
Don't you remember the OtheI
night at the dance how he spent th'
| whole evening with Mrs. kline-an'
! left his wife to take care of herself
We tried TO keep her in our part!
so she wouldn't seem SO alone, ou
she soon excused herself and wen
| upstairs ?"
Helen glanced over at the slim
! white gowned figure in the hammock
The magazine and work bag lay un
touched beside her as she still gaZe'
out at the sea. Was she thinking o
that same night. or of some other in
stance of humiliattng neglect?
The next day she stayed in he
room all morning, and when she die
! come down her eyes were red an'
swollen She said il was only one o
her bad headaches-but Of course W
/ knew better. She's such a prou'
little thing, that's why she keeps 81
much TO herself. she's so afraid wei
! sympathiZe with her"
All the time Mrs. Stevens had beef
| talking OF Mrs. Prentice, Helen ha'
been comparing his attitude with tina
OF Warren's.
However neglectful Warren ha'
been OF her, at least il was not be
I cause of any other woman. That wa
the consolation she always had, ans
somehow now il seemed TO mean NOR
than ever before. She felt that cOul'
the little woman in the hammocl
( change places with her in this re
spect-that she would gladly DO so
Any wife would prefer the neglec
/ which arouse from selhshness or IN
| difference 10 that caused bv admira
ton for other women.
That evening at dinner, Helel
I glanced across the dining room Z
sitting. He was rather a good looking
face she did not quit like. Mrs. Prem
tice looked very sweet and delicatel,
fr&il in a pale lavender gown.
And then Helen's gaze wanderet
around the dining room 20 Mrs. Kline
| and white. PROFESSIONALLY a hand
type. with none OF the subtle charm