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Dicks latch key In the door. /
must have been listening for II in
my sleep. Oh, how glad was to
have him home!
But | could see he was ner-
vous and tired and he kept walk
ing up and down the room asking
short questions. dressed as
soon as possible and we went ont
to breakfast.
wonder IL every woman ideal
ICES her husband when he is away
from her. When Dick is away
only think how much I love him.
| endow him with all the virtues:
/ forget all his little foibles.
When he returns It Is two or
three days before he gets settled
down to home life again, and
during that time I must confess
to you. little book, he gets on my
nerves terribly--he Is so nervous
himself and 1t almost seems some
times that we have to get ac-
quainted all over again, and every
little thing in the house that
doesn't run just to suit : him
makes him unhappy. Dick Is like
all other men when he Is IN
happy. 1t hurts him to see any
one else happy.
have often felt sorry for
those women whose husbands
travel. They are always either
passing through this adjusting
process or else they are leading
lonely, longing lives.
Absence makes the heart grow
fondei, Is another one Of those
beautiful lies that sounds 80
poetical and disappoints one so
terribly when one learns that alb
sence will just as surely make the
heart grow colder as il will in
time make one forget entirely one
has learned by sad experience a
much disputed fact.
| IL this were not SO, prolonged
absence would be unbearable. AS
1t Is with Dick and I, he has to
begin all over to know me and
love me, and ! have to take my
ideal of him that / have been
nourishing and building up and
hide 1t away again while l also
get acquainted with the real Dick.
l wanted him to stay and talk
to me this morning. but he was
simply crazy to get to the office.
He asked me about his mother,
and when / told him the state of
affairs he swore under his breath,
you will have to see Jack and
make him understand that pro-
bated will cannot be tempered
with unless he intends to try and
break it," | said. Gle is very I'M
kind to Mary, who is doing her
duty, even II he is ugly about it. .
'Jll attend to him." he an
swered shortly.
He was pleased that the book
business was going on so we'll,
and smiled when mentioned
Mary, so / knew he was going to
take her part.
He also seemed glad that I had
been with Harry and Eliene SO
much while he was away.
Wealth has not spoiled the Sy-
mones," he said with his wry
smile. They are just as good
as poor folks
After while he looked at me
rather quietly and said: well,
whats the great news you have
for me?"
''Eliene is going to have a
baby" For a moment he grew
red and then white and then,
after a slight hesitation, he said:
"Margie. l thought you were
going to say that baby was COM
ing to u.s."
Are you disappointed?" My
voice trembled and the tears
were ready to fall.
Dick came around the table
1--WE were eating our breakfast)
and gathered me up in his arms.
Here. here. old girl, this will
never do. Well get along IL wei
never have any children. / shall
not worry as long as l have you.
Besides. there Is a lot of time
yCt. Ahiuh VI Encuc.
IT am thinking of Eliene," III
said. "She doesn't want a baby
now"
"What!" III
you see, she is afraid she will |
love it more than she does the
twins, and she doesn't want toll
do that"
Dick just shouted. "Well, III
you women don't beat everything
in this world for conjuring upl
something to worry about. You'll
would not be happy II you did !
not have little worry or two. III
suppose That is the reason why
children ARE sent you. They keepI
you from worrying about your
husbands. You remember David1
Harum said: 1t was good for "A
dog to have a few fleas, they kept
him from thinking of his other
troubles"
Continued Monday