El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-25
CHAPTER VI.


NONE students Of human nature say
~ that II people low each other &C.
- -casional quarrels don't matter
much. But every quarrel trays
the cord Of love a little, and even
though that cord be Of strong. tightly
twisted fiber, constant friction will
weaken it.
John Hamilton and his wife, Isabel
did not love each otner less perhaps.
because of their bitter WORDS BuI
there Was a rough place on b sllken
cord thai a once been entirely
smooth
married, Zach must try not 10 notce
flaws. must seem TO forget past after
cations So. on the morning following
the club episode the husband dld not
remark upon the Woman's pale race
and heavy eyes, and the wife seemed 10
overlook the sharp tone IN which her
husband complained to Cynthia that his
coffee was cold Each went uelcaIely
in the desire to let sleeping dogs lie.
It is not natural to submit TO any
discomfort that can be An
day as John Hamilton and MS VIE az
tended 70 their several tasks Ihere
was an undercurrent OF resolution IN
the mind Of each TO prevent 8 repeti-
tion Of the painful scene OF last night
With the man. there was the deter
mfnation 70 assert in the future his
right to do as he pleased be would
not assert IL verbally unless necessary
Rut now fhat he had broken the ice,
he would continue 70 go out once II. a
while alone in the evening. Had ne
done this from d beginning OF ms
married life, Isabel would not nave Deen
worried because OF his absence az the
club. She was a lei girl-but a little
sDofled. He would DO all in reason to
give her pleasure, q she must not De
And the wife, performing her vari-,
Gus household duties. was ponderlng
IL she had not been foolish TO let her
entire interest in life center N her
dearly. but It was evident that there
we're other things besides her ompan
ionship tn mattered to hin Such be
ing "a ease Why f mdEn T Ro5 S Sehg[
a woman. she began to cast ABOUT IN
her mind as to how b could make
John love her better.
For one thing, she would try to keep
domestic trials from him. Men ike
10 be comfortable, n she had heard
wives say that IL one would make a
man fond Of his home. one must have
that HON always attractive. she had
tried to make the fiat bright n home
like. She would go further. she
would never tell John when Cynthia
was careless. would not talk to him Of
the caused by the delin-
oencfes Of the butchers delivery boy
or the forgetfulness on the part Of the
Even il the meat did not arrive until
the last moment. even II she did ave
to telephone to the grOcer three times
before he sent IN All her order she
would keep these facts to herself. JOhn
might care more for her II b made
life easier for him b would help
him IN every way she could. And II
in spite OF her efforts, he still went out
without her to the club or other mas
cuIine resorts-then she must try to
eniov her own friends in her own gay.
Does n Little Decided ThinEfn%
Yet il D neglected her frieuCs until
she actually needed them. how could
she expect that hey woulF welcome
70 then could not
have her husbands company This
thought made her appreciate that since
her marriage she had seen nothing Of
Ida Ferris. an intimate OF her girlhOod.