El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
CHAPTER NNVIIL
> sABEL HAMILTON told herself that


her husband had set the pace, and
4 she had a right to follow it.
John Hamilton told himself that his
wife had suspected him, had sPied upon
his actions and that. therefore, he was
justified in being as deceitful as she
imagined him to have BEEN
And as neither looked at the matter
cody and imparually, neither was con
scious OF being in the wrong
Vet women Of IsabeIs type have leu
more sheltered lives than have their
I husbands and it requires some stron5
impelling motive to make them SET
aside the cOnveutionalitles as mere
trifIes II is one thing for woman
to determine TO do as she pleases II
respective of her husbands IDEAS II
is quite another thing for her to carry
out this determination
So when Isabel received note from
Duval she hesitated for some hours
before answering it. Duval write thitt
Mrs Ferris had kindly invited MN
to occupy at her table the place leIt
vacant BY Mr. HamiltOn's enforced
absence from the dinner. Might ne
not have the pleasure Of acting as
Mrs Hamilton's escOrt2 Might ne not
call for her and take her to Mrs Fer
ris' house and bring her home at the
end Of the evening"
TO do Isabel justice, her first thought
was that perhaps John might not IKE
this plan. Then she recalled the cpl
sode of the telephone message 1r2m
Adelaide SimmOns. She also reflected
that probably John had been with Ade-
laide during those night hours follow
ing the delivery of the message She
would ascertain II this was the case
At any rate, she would DuFaA Drlus
her home from ldas dinner Slhce
John would not come for her. there
was no other way OF getting home.
But she would not tell DuVal Just
vet that he might call for her she
would wait until tomorrow 10 answer
his letter.
So tomorrow after breakfast she re-
marked abruptly TO her husband;
Pardon me for seeming inquisltiVe'
but / have a reason for asking you
one question Did you see Mrs SIM
mons that night you were out so latel
John flushed. Was Isabel going TO
start something" again2 Yet he al
most wished she would, for she had
been so strangely silent since that
night with regard to that entire oc-
Yes he said now. Il saw her with
lot OF her friends You SEE
But she stopped him Thank you,
she said briefly. that Is all 1 wanted
to know"
Decides to Accept DuyaI's Invitation.
An enigmatical remark, surely, and
il left him unable 10 carry on the
conversation Secretly. he was afraid
to He could not know that ALREADY
in her own mind the wife had decided
to accept David DuvaIs offer for next
Thursday evening. II would be much
pleasanter to 60 IN cab with MIN
than on the subway with Cynthia
Afterwards. If John asked her any
questions, she would answer him with
the truth. exactly as he had Just an
sWered her when she asked him about
Adelaide. But he had told her nothing
until she had questioned him Neither
would she tell him anything until ne
questioned her. Tes-what was right
for him was right for her This was
her pet formula nowadays
Men are not noted for tact, so John
spoke now about a matter that sud-
denly came to his mind. we must
have a little dinner before long" he
said
FOR Mrs. simmons. supposeT' Isa-
bel suggested
why. yes" he stammered. for her
and some Of the people we met at her
Very wdl." Isabel agreed. eve
will have this dinner and after that
we'u have one for my friends mean
the Ferrises and some OF the people
whom i shah meet there next Thurs
day night"
Perhaps we'd best 90 a little slow.
my dear ne demurred- We cannot
afford 10 have many dinners, you
know"
The dinner for Ida will cost no more
than the one for Adelaide, she said.
AS Mrs. simmons. had US up there
first, we viii have her here first
then. little later, we viii have my
friendz."
He let this pass without protest
What about a competent maid?"
he asked Have you told Cynthia she
could leaveg"
Il had talk with her. she replied,
and she says. to quote her own phrase,
that she amt no fancy cook and wait
ress.'
Indeed. she isn'tr he exclaimed with
laugh Let her 90. She's getting
too Independent. And make your plans
to secure a new maid next Week-one
who knows how to cook and to wait
on the table decently."'
Ida Ferris told me the other day
that her waitress has a friend who is
an excellent houseworker-a good cook
and likes waiting on the table-but
she does not want to do the washing
and she does want five dollars more
month than We are paying Cynthia"
"Phewl' the man whistled. He
thought hard for a moment
Ida tells me that's what everybody
has to pay II she keeps competent
maids Isabel continued. "And II you
want TO entertain, why, suppose we
must get rid OF Cynthia. Yet, you see, 7
that means n woman in to wash and
iron every week
HIS Idea Of Economy Is FeNfng.
"Of course it does" said John. But
If the washerwoman does most OF the