Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-10
Useful
Hints
: Why We Quarreled
Story Of the Man Whose Wife Can't
Keep Secret.
tBy Virginia rerhune Van dc w'aterJ
Keep a Secret.

(Copyrisht. 1915. b. Star Company
My wife can not keep n secret.
sometimes wonder II she is utterly in
capable OF doing so. know Ruth
would not talk TO mere acquaintance
ABOUT my private affairs. With people
whom she does no! love she is the soul
Of discretion
Il vii, re discreet she Will assure
ne when caution her.
Secrets make ihe!- grave with me-"
she informed NE once.
You assist at ;hc!r resurrection.
,nen, reto.ted bitterly
This Was when she had taken her
sister into confidence With regard TO a
scheme had on foot foc leaving the
house By which was employed and
accepting a situation offered NE by an
other Arm IN the same line % business.
The position would be ready for me in
three months II would mean q larger
salary Naturally anti! The matte. was
settled and had told MY present en-
ployer q NY plans, ! wanted nothing
said about them.
Yet; as Ru,h's interests ana mine are
one. : did feel tina; l oUeh; 10 tell her
Il ,he prospective rise IN our fortunes
At This time she was worried because
We we're finding j, hard % pas doctors
bill. which Rad incurred when our
baby was borr To do this. Yet NEE; al
current expenses was somewhat %.
problem.
And as baby gets olde! our expenses
viii increase" Ruth said, anx!ousiy. one
evening is there no sign .: your get
tire raise in salary"
No" told her, there is not" Then.
as saw her face fall and tire dis
MY conscience srote me because of my
reticence. was she no, ny wife aud
had she not a right to know " nv
prospects,
SO after warning her that what
wa, about to tell her must 10 a pro-
found secret. ! poured forth to her my
hopes She was delighted
oh" she sighed in happiness, y am
so glad In three months. YOU say, you
will take the new position"
Yes. If al! goes we'll replied
But of course. nobody knows OF this
except ourselves and the head OF the
firm 10 which am going"
"Of course" she echoed. 1T would
not do 70 tell outsiders. would IT."
NO said, for il it got TO my pres
en-, employer he might feel that he did
not care to retain longer a man who
,ity him a month before l take my new
ilace"
The Outcome.
Is II strange that was stunned
when, a fortnight later, ! was informed
by the head Of the concern for which |
w-s still working that my services
would not he required after certain
dite-six weeks before was TO 20 to
my new position"
Il understand" explained my en-
ployer, that YOU have accepted over
lures from another concern SO, as I
know an able man who wants your
place and would stay here FOR some
years. may as we'll break him In soon
How could he have learned OF my
plans? Ruth had said nothing about
them, assured myself Yet when 7
reached home that night asked her
nfr,.
You nigh, know would no; tell
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she had no, a drop OF your blood n h.-
veins she could hardly have done a
noane- turn
The Ultimntum.
she old not mean to- sne exclaimed
You kuow Mary loves M and wou!G
do anything for me. think us pretty
hard II can, TAX 10 tho only sister
nave in the world about what interests
me SO closely"
Ny secrc, is my secret, asserted
And this being ;hc case you have nc
right 20 give it to another person"
was cruel. She said Did ! mean u
imrly tina, would not trust her with
another such confidence?
meant jps' mat, and informed hci
Of this fact
also reminded nor OF the time whcr