El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-04
LL"HE happiest women, like



tory" wrote George Eliot, who
had plenty of-Eisrory; That's true
enough. The woman whose life is
series of Got Up, dressed, bathed the
baby. poured Johns coffee, did the
intending, waited for John 10 come
home" days does not appeal to the
modern taste which likes its life served
with a sauce piquante. But Madame
Modernity often finds that selfsame
sauce turning bitter o. her lips
In looking back over the six years
Peter Drayton has been. in my LIE as
lover, as husbauC-lover, as husband
and finally just because q twas Mrs Pc
ter Drayton--I can see that ] have
made history and unhappiness for my
self and that they have gone hand IN
hand.
when Marian Farley came home TO
seek forgetfulness from the failure her
six months Of married life with Harvey
Blake had spelled the widest jealousy
tore at my heart I suppose II I hau
loved Peter perfectly with the faltn
such a love must have engendered,
would have trusted him and would not
have tortured myself by worries over
the intimate relation Of patient and
doctor TO "a mind diseased" he assumed
in going to see Marian each day
Hearing that she was nervous
wreck did not make me forget that
she was a beautiful woman, too, that
was not wrecked or distorted by her
unhappiness. Her loneliness took on
certain ethereal quality that knew
must appeal 10 Pe:er-lover or the
beautiful
And SO took sides with Harvey
Blake. friend Of my youth. and went
to lunch at the Stuyvesant with MIN
against my husbands expressed WISHES
The world never thinks kindly OF a
married woman -ho is seen ABOUT WIN
man not her husband-especlally
when he is another woman's husband-
And events made my lunching VITA
Harvey Blake particularly outrageous
IT'S great Of you to come, Connie
Fvervone's so down on me since Marian
came home. But you're great little
old pal-you trusted me. didn't YOU
Harvey's ewes were warm with adml-
ration. wondered vaguely how he
could look ut another woman so wnen
he was breaking his heart over Marian
Dine With Harvey.
This is erest-cosey table in quiet
corner-my little sweetheart Connie
grown up to be a stunning woman, ana
playing truant from friend husband 10
stand bv me Go as far. as you like IN
ordering. little woman Waiter-we
want the best Nothing too good Tor
nv girl" he whispered in an under
tone that made me long for the cour-
age to sweep uD from the table ana
away from him and the terrace OF the
Inst tben Jimmie Farley and a group
of men came in and were ushered to q
table nearby Jim bowed to me
gravely- I remembered that he always
lunched at The Stuyvesant and wished
that I had not come with his sister
husband to flaunt myself in the face OF
my husbands chum- But had oeen
sure that ought to come-and now /
knew that I must see my olunoer
through
terne? A cup2 Go as far as you like
EXPENSE is no object After Marian's
extravaganza. a little lunch for my Ilrst
sweetheart can't set me back much
Had Harvey always dwelt so insist
emily on the cost Of thinsst Won
dered II don't drink anything more
strenuous than iced tea" I said, with an
imitation OF a casual manner I was far
from feeling ,-.,,-
..You make me rired-just like Maidie
-nosine Now what's the harm OF a
,,riet drink I'd like to know You
women always want to save on the
nrice of a drink-but you don't be
a-r11dge Yourselves dresses from Ine
most expensive places in town sup
pose that rig you have on SET PETER
back a couple of hundred
you're nervous and unhappy, Har-
vev. so I'll forgive you for remarks
Won must know aren't in very Eoou
taste About the lunch, may 1 nave
some caviar to start With!
a SCI bottle of wine that would flavor
the whole meal with sociaoility anu
make il easier for me to do a Httle
Of the love making you women seem 10
he craving in and out Of season-ano
then wants to start with 80 cents
worth of flim-flam-
SuddenI, I knew that Harvey had
been drinking and that he was a mlser
and a naEging creature VINO knv"
neither e.entleness nor love Of such
warm. vital creature like Marian must
crave. And I had let my miserable JeaI-
ousv sweep me into the indiscreuon OF
Iunchine with him thus publicly i couIu
fairly imagine coldly critical eyes on
me as Harvey leered at me across the
table. 1 could imagine the world say
ing See Mrs. Peter Drayton lunchlns
with that Blake man Marian Farley mas
had TO leave because he is such
brute. And her husband is a lifelong
friend Of the Farleys and Marian ph5
stefan. Isn't that Drayton woman
fool2 Or do you ina CINE she Is inter
ested in Blake2 Her husband used u
like Marian. YOU know
Nv position was odious- I loatheu
Harvey. I hated myself for being there,
And in the face Of that roomiul OIL
people, how could ] get up and sweep
out of the place.
To this dav I do not know what a
wise. sane woman would have done
provided such a woman had managed 70
embroil herself in position Ike NINE
Jim Calls on Connie.
suddenly events began TO sweep me