El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-25
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Story Reported
and Heard and Experienced Result
By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

band. What of your duty to them?
Have you ever thought of them
NO, I have not" confessed Jeanne.
who do you mean by 'then2' Shop
girls, and white slaves, and woman
who want TO voter
7 mean the great army Of the dis
cOntented," explained the Voice
'-And should I be disconnected 2''
asked Jeanne. Tell me why
So. then and on many occasions.
Maddox told her why. It was one OF
the best things he did.
People say, when the triangle forms,
the husband always is the last to see.
But, If he loves his wife, he is the first
And after three years Of being, mar
ried TO Jeanne, and, before that, five
Jimmie loved her deYoutedly, entire
~, slavishly- 1t was the best thing he
did So. when to Jeanne the change
came. her husband recognized il. What
the cause was he could not fathom; he
saw only that. in spite Of her impatient
denials, she was discontinued. restless
unhappy Thinking it might be that
for too long they had gone back TO
the land he suggested they might re-
peat their honeymoon in Paris The
idea was received only with alarm.
Concerning Jeanne, Jimmie decided Sc
cretly to consult doctor Mean
while he bought her new hunter
The ava kening came one night at a
dance at the country club. That eve
ming Jeanne was filled with unrest,
and with Jimmie seemed particularly
asgrieVed- Whatever he said gave OF
Tense: even his eagerness to cOncilaJe
her was too obvious With the other
men who did not dance, Jimmie was
standing in the doorway when. over
the heads Of those looking IN from the
veranda, he saw the white race ana
black eyes OF Maddox Jimmie knew
Maddox did not dance, at those who
danced had heard him jeer. and his
presence caused MN milo surprise
The editor. leaning forward, uncon-
sciOus that the he was conspicuous,
searched the ballroom with his eyes
They We're anxious, unsatisIied; they
gave his pale face the look OF one VINO
is famished. Then suddenly his face
lit and he nodded eagerly. Following
the direction of his eyes. Jimmie saw
his wife. over the shoulder OF her
partner smiling at Maddox Her face
was radiant; a great peace had de-
scended upon it.
Jimmie knew. Just as surely as
though Jeanne had told him he
walked out and sat down on the low
wall of the terrace with his back to
the club house and his legs dangling !
Below him in the moonlight lay the
great basin Of the golf links. the white I
rectangle of the polo fields with the !
s2llOws ike goals. and on hill oppo- I
site, above the tree tops. the chimneys I
OF his house He was down Tor ten
mis- match the next morning. and the !
sight of his home suggested to him I
only that he ought 10 be in bed and |
asleep.
Their he recognized that he never /
would sleep again He went over il I
from the beginning, putting the pieces /
together He never liked Maddox, but I
he had explained that by the fact that, (
that, as Maddox was so much more in
than he, there could be little !
between them. And il was because /
every one said he was so intelligent !
mat he had looked upon his devotion /
% Jeanne rather as a compliment He !
wondered why already it had not been
plain to him. When Jeanne. who
nocked at golf as q refuge for old
igeD spent hours with Maddox on the
inks; when. after she had declined to
'ide with her husband. on his return
he would find her at tea with Maddox
n front Of the wood fire
That night. when he drove Jeanne
lone she still was joyous. radiant: It
vas now she who chided him upon
icing silent
He waited until noon the next morn
ng and then asked her If il were true.
eaTn.e thanked him for coming to her
o honestly and straigh tfOrwardly- She
llsO had been straightforward and
lOnest- They had waited, she said,
Iot through deceit but only out Of con-
liberation for him.
Before We told you" Jeanne ex-
Named I'VE wanted 10 be quite sure
hat I vas sure"
The we hurt Jimmie like the stab
4 a rusty knife.
But he said only: And you are
ure? Three years ago you were sure
-Ou loved me"
Jeanne's eyes were filled with pity.
'ut she said That was three years
go. I was a child. and now I am a
roman In many ways YOU have sJcs
till and 1 have gone on"
That's true said Jimmie; you al