Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-10-02

7 Mrs. Saunders laughed admnlnsiy.
How very cleverl / must 'en so1A
wife, 5000
-cba LEANED forward little toward
Unity "Oh, Mrs. Truitt--
Unity gave ear. 49,,
az must tell you the clever tnins
vonr husband Just said We were talk
ing about your schooi-Mlss Sli.n -
seminary, wasn't it? And caileo ~
a finishing school. And Mr. TUT
said"-Mrs. Saunders voice carried
well-"it isn't even a starter. A"i ~
! GOOD think" A faint tltter ran
down the table. "Ah-where is MISS
| smiths seminary, Mrs. Truitt?"
II was Henley himself, strange TO re-
! late. who came to Unity s rescuos
| Never, Mrs. Saunders, No re-
marked. with an edge to his voice tna1
| the men recognized, never uncover
the past-here, at least. Only inc
| other day Saunders was telling me
he often wakes up in cold sweat, pc
cause he has heard In his dreams, Ing
In, We tarrier!'"
The men all laughed reminiscenty.
Unity and Mrs. Saunders exchanseo
sweetest smiles. The dinner resumed
it's even tenor.
Now" Mark grimly reminded him.
self, ''I've let myself in for 1t.
But anger was surging. He oeemeu
that, through Unity, he had been MADE
ridiculous.
The evening passed. Mark handed
smiling Unity into their carriage. NOT
a word passed between them during
the drive homeward, nor until they
were in their house. Mark led the way
to the library. The gas jets were not
lighted. but the glow from generous
log fire threw their angry faces into
sharp relief, as they faced each otner.
well, Unity, suppose we're going
to have this thing out"
How could your" she began storm
lily. And on this night of all nights!
Didn't you know she was leading you
on?"
"Yes-when 1t was too late"
1.-THE sugary jealous snob! She
thinks because she's been abroad and
came from Philadelphia she's so aris-
tocratic And you-you-helped her
to shame me before them ALL"
How could / know that my wife
had been-fibbing about her ante
cedents?"
Would you have me admit them
to her and have her patronizing me?
Haven't you any pride?"
Haven't you any self-resp-"
But the bitter retort was halted, bit
ten off by the quick tightening of his
jaws. When he resumed, he spoke
in slow, distinct, quiet voice that
Unity had never heard.
"On second thought, we will not
have this out. We couldn't agree as
to where the offense lies. MOI" He
raised a hand, sharply, In protest,
as she began hotly to interrupt. x
mean that-quite. I'll remind you that
I'm not culprit boy but husband
who has at last cut his leading strings.
Also that we have had enough scenes
in our pretty career together; one
more would be too many"
You take that tone-to me?"
Even to YOU"
She stared, too amazed for anger.
why, what do you mean?"
You may take 1t as a declaration
of independence"
Are you thinking" she gasped, "of
of divorce?"
Not yet. That may come, though
It depends" He even smiled.
She tried weapon that had been
effective, her pose of long suffering in
jured innocence. But Unity, like all
the pampered, was coward He was,
intuition again told her, capable of
carrying out the cool menace in his
last words. The pose broke down mis-
erably Forgetting the anger in which
she had come to the interview, she
went toward him with a frightened
whimpering cry.
ooh, Mark"
He turned away with a careless lift
of his shoulders and curt, Good
night"
Alone in his workroom he sat oe-
fore the fire, staring despondently into
the dancing flames.
II have been a fool" he said. "I
have given up enough. Now l will let
CO."
AS well as he could, he tried to keep
that promise to himself.
To BE CoNTGNUED)