Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
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Their Married Life
But my dear. there is"
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But my dear. there is.''
ITS an afternoon wasted"
mot at all. A woman likes to be
away from a man once in a while
and besides there isn't even an op-
portunity for me to tell YOU what
to do while | am away, for you will
be down at the Office
Helen knew that she was getting
the best of il and she was holding
her own beautifully.
ITS the principle of the thing. You
always seemed like the kind of
woman who was above such trivial
things"
Warren was trying hattery and
Helen was fully aware of the fact
But dear. that's just what / always
thought of you, until you joined
lodge"
Il tell you that they are different
things"
''Not at all. Each is a form of rec
reation Independent of the opposite
sex. IL there were a lodge that we
women could join there would be no
necessity for forming bridge clubs.
It's exactly the same principle, only
you can't see ii that way"
There was silence for few min
utes as Helen let the blue note tlutter
to her plate and began on some other
mail. Warren showed away from the
though he had thought better of it
Helen seemed engrossed in her letter
Mother writes that they had a
wonderful Christmas and missed Wini-
fred terribly" she said looking up
brightly.
Warren was still glowering at her
but she pretended not to notice it
and returned to the perusal of her
letter.
We'll I'm going" he remarked
finally.
"oh, are you, dear? All right come
home early
About that club?" he remarked as
he stopped to kiss her, you don't
really want to join it, do you?"
"Of course l do, Warren. | shall
write to Mrs. Dalton and tell her
that Friday will suit me beautifully"
You won't give it up?"
Certainly not. Do you want me to
ask you to give up your LODGE"
"If you are still determined to see
a resemblance between the two, there
is nothing more for me to say"
Il guess not, Warren, because my
mind is made up"
Helen sat still at the disordered
breakfast table and heard Warren
struggle into his coat. He had left
without kissing her but she knew
that after all she was right. She had
mot forgotten the night he had gone
to his lodge. OF what avail had her
arguments been then?
"Good-by dear" she called as the
door opened. No answer only a de-
termined slam.
Helen rose and hurried into her
room. She was sorry that Warren
could not see how unjust his ideas
were and yet in a way she appreci-
ated how he felt. She knew that
Warren could not have made her see
reason that night he went to the
lodge for the first time he thought
confident that by the time he thought
IT all over everything would be un-
derstood
She wasn't so wrapped up in the
bridge club that she couldn't do with
out it, but she wanted to join ii, and
( there was no reason why she should
be kept from doing so. However,
there was little time for arguing just
at that moment. If she were having
the Curtis family for New Years din
ner there was plenty to do without
worrying about Warren. And Helen
/ smiled as she hurried through her
morning tasks. If she were a typical
woman, Warren was a typical man
| all right. She could not imagine any
one more thoroughly masculine.
(Another instalmcnt in this inter-
csting story will appear soon on this
Dage.)