El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-06

~ spite Of Isabel HamiltOn's pretty
: tempers and Inconsistencies. she
I y loved her husband dearly. There
Z fore she was conscious OF a pang OF
anxiety when on the following even
] ing as they sat together in thei- little
parIor. he had laid down his newspa-
per with a sigh. Dinner had passed
off pleasantly, and neither of the pair
had referred to the events Of the pre-
FlOus night although IL IS 10 DC
I doubted If Adelaidas theories were
forgotten by the man OF If there had
Z been IN hour Of the day wnen the
I thought Of the pleasant personality
OF Henry Dennis had not REQUIRED TO
Z the wife. Yet other matters called
4 forth the above mentioned sigh The
sound made Isabel look up from her
I book.
WHATS the mater. dear?" She
. asked. AREN'T you well%'
ooh. yes he told her I'm well
I endusl. But no matter how hard I
Try, / cannot lay aside money as
ought to-"
But. dear John" the wife asked
TREMENDOUSLY. you are not running into
debt, are youg'
"Of course I am not" he assured
her. But il does cost a lot for US 10
live, and We ought to be saving some
thing I never get ahead a bit but
what there's something I've got 10
pay right away. And this week my
life insurance falls due"
How much is itg' asked Isabel.
"Thirty-twO dollars. 1 will pay it,
Of course But ] did want a new win
ter overcOar You know, 1 didn't get
one when we were married for /
grudged spending money for some
thing that I did not actually need
And now my tailor tells me / can get
one for One-half what I would have
had 10 pay earlier in the season"
81 see said Isabel
She seemed to be reading for the
next few minutes, but she was think
ing very hard. Each week John had
given her an allowance for hOusekeep-
ing cynthia was not a good cook or
manager. so Isabel had watched her
carefully. keeping strict account of
meats and groceries bought, and see
inS that these We're not wasted.
Thus she had been able each week
t. lay aside something saved from her
allowance. She had told John that she
was doing this. and ne had smiled and
told her TO keep That money for her
self Once he had praised her for her
frugallty- although he had forgotten
il when he wondered how they used
so much milk each day.
But she would not let herself think
now Of. his unreasOnableness-O only OF
how much she loved him and Of what
q good husband he was. Had he not
taken her to the theatre last night
"a it was to give her happiness.
r was not his fault that Mrs. Sim
mons had made so much of him.
Women were silly over handsome
men-especially women who We're no
longer young.
This thought warmed her heart with
an appreciation of her own youth and
attractiveness. Her self-satisfactiou
made her love John better. At that
moment he turned TO her. saw that
she was not reading, and held his hand
on hers
Has Longing to Help Husband.
Don't look so sober little girl he
urged It did not mean TO worry YOU
Wen get on all right. I was only q
little blue over the way in which our
needs have kept pace with my earn
iugs.'
IT know, darling sympathized the
wife. The passion Of unselfishness
which is at once the virtue and vice
OF the mOther-scN, thrilled her. Was
not this man her own dear husband.
and was IL not a wonderful thing TO
be able to help him, Last night she
had thought that III she was going out
in society with Ida Ferris. and was TO
meet such men as Henry Dennis, she
might get some new things
Yet would not her mother, VI in
Boston. think 10 a sin to buy new
clothes when her rousseau was not
half worn out2 She would not crafty
her own vanity-she would help John
instead. Back in her mind was the
thought that John might wonder ir
Adelaide simmons would have helped
her husband like this. Dennis had
admitted to Isabel last night. when
she questioned him, that Adelaide's
husband was not dead-ouly not
mentioned''-and that the couple were