The Detroit times., 1915-11-24

nance Cafi tu tucm 80 strongly. tna'
n tho right man tu love does not
com. dlpug thcN VIII love any man.
Thus although listened 10 and
seemed gradually 10 come TO share
Andres plans for our each conlinu-
ing TO live in our own home when
we were married, nevertheless J
was uncomfortable about the situa-
uon in my own heart. For ON"
thing. vas stll conventional
enough to wonder What people
would think OF man who contin-
ued 10 live I'm his bachelor studio
while his wife remained I'm hcr
bachelor girls home. Not that /
had many personal friends but
assumed as my life went on auG
my work developed ! should form
AN ever widening circle around me
OF people liked. What would these
people think whcn asked them 10
my home, II / had 20 say.
cor course. my husband doesn't
live here. YOU know II you.ll wait,
III phone % his homo and ask him
II he does not wish 20 come over
and spend Tho evening Win us"
As matter OF fact among the
artists. writer's and ;iogs | was
now meeting this would not have
seemed 80 strange. They were
used 10 Tho selfish insisteucc upon
personal latitude which is described
as bohemian But II was still
fresh from the equally trying su-
perdcial conventionalitics Of the
middle classes could fancy ~
myself how puzzled would feel
were T 10 hear or man and wire
Who lived in the way Andre nro-
rosed that vc 5hould live. II was
mot pleasant thought to me to
think OF all sorts OF people discuss.
ing situation which was very
much after all. my own business
And so although when Andre
talked Of ir an that he said sound
ed so logical and so really fine that
30 pe,9e me agree with hinJ.. no
Sooner had im lert me than l'wou'o
begin 20 question the situation
again. though for long while | did
try TO keep it All 20. myself. In
other wordy. my prize and my
sense OF propriety held me back
from. going 10 my friend Stella with
discussions Of the man whom ! in
tended TO marry II seemed to me
that il Andre and | did not agree
M crrta p points The least | could
do was 10 argue them ont with him
and not drag third person into the
discussion. But stella had becorae
so much q part Of myself. had en-
trcnched herself so completely in
my heart. that sooner or later /
was bound to ind my clf tentative.
~ outlining all that Andre had
planned for US with such = queS.
tion i'm my face II not in my actual
words. that my friend could not
but understand how puzzled | was
And 80. one night as stella stood
combing her hair before her dress
or. and | sat cuddled up in my k-
mono on the foot of nor bed, Il
came about quite naturally that SHE
should turn 10 me and say
Beth. do you mind my asking
you few direct questions Nou
have been talking in the funniest
sort VI way OF Andres and your,
life after you are married Al tlrs'
I thought you were simply incoher-
ent in your infatuatlcn for the gen.
tleman hut since the Illusion
seems 90 cling TO you, [ should like
TO ask YOU II have understood you
rightly From what YOU say ] gath
or that some day Andre and you
are to be married. and that then
YOU are going on your honeymoon
hy Yourself: and when Andre gets
round 10 II he will so on little
honeymoon by himself. and that YOU
expect never to meet again. or az
The most very casually Am
right? And Is this some very mod.
ern plan which the entire city is
going in for now. and which I am
too old 10 understand"
Ordinarily 7 would have been able
TO laugh az what ! know was Stel
las comic exaggcrations But
now my heart and head we're too