The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-02

<Copyright. 1914, by Newspaper
Enserprise Associationb
As Kitty was making observa-
lions on love and applying them
to Mary's case | could not help
but think, little book, that we
certainly had made a mess of IL
for Mrs. Jack Waverly.
Dick, with the best intentions
in the world and with the fear
that Jack would do just what he
had done, had persuaded his
father into making a will which
would only give Jack his share OF
his mothers estate II, at the time,
he was still married to his wife.
Mary"
There is the rub" II that
will had been worded, "still liv-
ing with his wife, Mary" It is
probable that Jack would have
stayed with her and tried to be
nice to her so that she would not
leave him. Instead he can go bis
own sweet way and still be mar
ried," while Mary, with her great
try and get divorce from Jack.
In fact, little book, she said to me
the other day: "Margie, no mat
ter what happens, / cant divorce
Jack, for 1t would look as though
| were trying to retaliate and keep
him out of his share of his fathers
estate.
Il am happier here than ! was
In the chorus. | have something
to do that like very much, and,
Margie, | am now going to con-
fess to you that | am also happier
when Jack is away. / wish he
would never come back.
81 sometimes think IL is Just as
easy to fall out of love as to fall
in One day you are hurt and
sick because the person you love
Is unkind to you, and the next
day you wake up with a feeling of
joyousness and lightheartedness
that you haven't had for long
time. ri
you may not realize what has
happened. When l first felt 1t
thought 1t was because | had con-
genial work. Then all at once
realized that 1t was because what
Jack did or what he did not do
did not concern me in the least
any more. He only worried me,
because he was so determined to
get mone1 from the shop either
honestly or dishonesty. Now
that he has gone his way l feel
perfectly comfortable and happy.
The only hurt that / have, Mar
gle, is that no longer love him."
l must have smiled at the in
consistency of her last remark,
for she spoke very seriously.
"Margie, l hope you will never
realize the feeling that comes to
a woman when she finds that her
love is dead. / believe the pain
Is as poignant as when the loved
one himself dies. Sometimes / al
most feel like a wicked woman
when l realize that am really and
truly more content than have
ever been in my life. OF course, /
haven't the ecstatic joy and bliss
] had with Jack in the first weeks
of our marriage, but / know, Mar
gle, that no one can have that
more than once or twice in ones
earthly existence. Each ones life
only holds one real dramatic mo-
ment-mine has come and gone,
but the sun still shines and my
heart is still warm"
After what Kitty told me this
conversation came back to me and
it seemed to me that Mary's trou-
BILE had only made her more low
able, but ] could not help think
ing that, having known the bliss
of love, it would be very natural
for her to want to experience II
again.
/ am somewhat worried, little
book, about this new friendship
with Max Pendleton. He is
charming and can see where she
would be the ideal of a boy with
his tastes and mode of thought.
Well, we all tried to fix things
for her and made the mistake of
our lives, so guess we'll just
have to let her work 1t out for
herself this time.
CONTINUED Tomorrow