The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-05-19
XII.
Ethel and Brent.

s&fsp tx"
Ii @eoked at her in amazement.
-"MEEat do you mean?' he gasped.
only because you haven't the
c1E5sthr that you do it-by suggestion"
IIssssnsi pursued.
-rGHsW can you say that?' And he
cyymt-sS fhe heart he was capable of in.)
raaxeauestion.
EFsu don't deny it." she said quietly.
N4e sareathed hard and then said bit
r11s1s5~:
.sFhat a contemplate opinion You
.EEnrRSEfaRe of me"
~ZAsn we're quits, aren't we?'
EaW?:' he asked.
"NeSen,t you one of me"
t-Har Sou? Why, Ethel''-
~.cSsEReIy every married man must
;tS,ssse g, contemplate opinion of the wo-
z1nzI NE, covertly makes love to. If he
IaazEA,t he couldn't do it, could he?'
sTapce Sur9in she leveled her cold, i'm
;-rRs&ve eyes on Brents flushed face.
y don't follow you," was all Brent
s=sSln
~Haren't YOU had time to think of
ZEN lansWer?'
~ .hm7t know what you're driving
lei" he added.
Eshei smiled her most enigmatical
esx1Ae
-ssNc3 1 think you do" She waited
;asx axnrmeat. Brent said nothing. This
-xx1Eaa,new mood of Ethel's. 1t baf1ed
T2xSR-
Eaesently she relieved the silence by
S1sxaIg him:
~Wgaat happened last night?
lie Ghesitated. Then he answered:
III rather not say. Id sound like a
NH ataming a woman"
Viewer mind how it sounds. Tell 1t.
GExEm1st have been amusing"
-t3znusing!" He bent over her again,
"~-sr-sn, she more 1 look at you and listen
ans .yJu the more 1 realize 1 should new
.arEsre married"
WHY did you" came the cool ques-
'1sEzam-
Eaeut; answered with all the power
Ut &is COMMAND. Here was the mo-
rxrseht TO lay his heart bare that Ethel
,WsS5at see.
Have you ever seen q young hare,
s-sssrssh from its kind, run headlong into
..ASarre? Have you ever seen a young
rarzzr1 free of the trammels Of college
.sSrs6A into a net? l did! l wasn't trap
vEEM"
fNsspaced the room restlessly, all the
ssss9 pity aising in him. He went on:
~.sHsaNans. what nurslings we are
va8zn we first feel our feet. We're
Ef2S. children just loose from the lead
Insx strings. Anything that glitters
e<srr6aes us. Every trap that is set for
~ snwary feet we drop into. l did
.>rgspped in, caught hand and foot, mine
XXX. soul"
esmsuI?" queried Ethel, with a note
s:S3 uehpt.
Yes" he answered.
-Eoifr you mean body?" she ug-
~Eessed
-zsseay mind and soul"! he said, with
I'M ar Of. finaiity.
Well. body anyway" summed up
-EEtsSral.
Kind fer what?" he went on. "For
"g=tss;:? Love. Companionship! That
Is what we build on in marriage. And
'xEhac did / realize? Hate and wran-
,.<ssa,g; wrangling, just as the common
.aaay5- With no advantages. wrangle
,%xssa make it a part of their lives, the
:sss4. to their union. It's been my curse"
.-'ESAy wrangling?' drawled Ethel.
Size didn't understand"
GSu?" asked Ethel, in surprise.
My thoughts, my actions"
Hew curious!'
You mean you weuld?'
"-"2ssobahly."
IN, sure of it," He tried to take
ENG. nand. She drew it away and set
eA:ssA herself comfortably to listen again:
-1T-a me more about our wife"
The slightest attention shown to
Ky other woman meant a ridiculous,
"a FORMULATING scene"
~.NumiliatingT
AREN'T doubt and suspicion humil-
:GS=aGarGT'
They would be a compliment In
.-=suxzn cases"
AEow?"
They would put a fictitious value on
s.AzI5ae men,
~Tcu couldn't humiliate in that way"
,xs1c~pentured slowly.
No I don't think 1 could. II a man
~.s:sarcwe1 a preference for any other
,zr4onan'she would be quite welcome to
l.. EsE"
no man couldr' said Brent insin-
,.-axiTogly.
Sire looked at him coldly a moment.
nj me see-where were you! Just
s-zrgrried, weren't you? Go n"
@Then came the baby" He said
~ kHt: with a significant meaning n
assassed TO see the effect on Ethel. II