El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-02

] wants to stay with us a bit longer. !
am sure you viii let him do So
! Certainly" IsabeIs tone was cold.
| HE must decide as he thinks best"
| She was not making matters easy
/ for him, John reflected reseutfully. He
4 glanced from her grave face 10 Mrs.
/ course, Isabels imagination that
I made her fancy that he Eazed into Mrs.
/ Simmons's eyes longer than necessary.
And could it be possible that in Mrs.
! Simmons's returning gaze there was
/ something like a CHALLENGES If she
/ were daring the husband to do as he
I pleased2
/ John must decide as he thinks best"
I she heard her own voice repeating.
Marches Off With Johns Wife.
! Henry Dennis came to the relief Of
/ the awkward situation by stepping
| forward and taking Isabel HamilJon's
arm. He laughed as he did so
We'll. since not one Of you seems TO
Z know Just what TO do. 7 am going TO
take Mrs. Hamilton with me- he an
! nounced. You others can come with
US il you promise to make yourselves
! as agreeable as we are
Adelaide Simmons laughed too, ana
laid her hand on Johns arm.
Come. child- she commanded. The
die is cast
johns face had darl1enedsas he saw
Dennis seize Isabels arm. Perhaps II
she had not seen this change in his
expression lIe WE nGEEEAL ILll--lL nav 2
resented the familiarity. As &c was,
she accepted it as a matter Of course
the more readily as she noticed how
promptly John acceded 10 Mrs. Sim
mOns's suggestion, and on what conf
Dental terms the pair seemed TO be as
John was going to play that kind Of a
game-why might not she2
She asked herself the question again
as the quartet sat in the liEht-flooded
supper room. Isabel had. never been
great talker. but tonight the cocktail
that prefaced the repast seemed to
loosen her tongue. She and John had
sometimes taken a little liquor at their
occasional restaurant suppers together
so the wife was not to be blamed II
she did not ask her husbands consent
when Henry Dennis inquired what kind
Of a cocktail she preferred.
I don't know she smiled III !
take what the rest do
She saw John raise his eyebrows
doubtfully, but il was too late now
for her to withdraw her decision. 4
Moreover, if Mrs Simmons could drink /
with him why might not his wife drink /
with Mr.. Dennis2
She made the same excuse to her
self when, at low voiced order from
Dennis, champagne was brought. It !
was then that John Hamilton uttered !
a part Of his thought
Isabel my dear he ventured with !
an attempt 10 SPEAK lAANLAAAg NlAAAeH
member that you are not used 70 mix |
ing drinks-such as cocktails ana I
champa gne-and YOU may feel them I
I advise you TO go a little more care |
fully"
IF the Rest Can stand It. Cam
She laughed at his warning. oh" /
she said. eff the rest Of you stand the {
champagne I think I can. viii take /
only one glass"
She took only one. yet the Unaccus- |
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her cheeks and gave her a delicious i
sense of Indifference to the fact that 4
John might be displeased with her
She watched him and the friend OF his 4
bachelor days and told herself that 4
what he did she might do.
She chatted with Henry Dennis with 4
so much spirit and enjoyment Of MS
society that the man Of the world /
round her actually fascinating. so
many Of the women he knew were
lacking in this unaffected manner
in fact many of them posed as being 4
unaffected and only succeeded in Delng
artificial He was glad that Adelaide
Simmons had suggested asking the
Hamiltons 10 join them at their after
theater supper A pretty young matron
like this was surely a find She was
not blase- she was not crude: she was
just what a jolly, unspoiled young
woman should be. And she seemed to
be having a good time as frankly as a
child would have one
II was a pity that this woman
husband did not appreciate her-or az
all events that he did not seem at All
pleased at hearing her bright chatter. Z
Could it be possible that he expected /
her TO sit quiet and listen to his com
monplace conversations Indeed ne was
Just now Saying litUe-merely paying
serious attention to something that
Adelaide Simmons was telling him.
But never mind Adelaide could take