The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-31
|CYNTHIA|
GREY'S
|LETTE RS|

i am a "'rl ~ years old,
and have N going with a
young man for 10 months
steady.
When | knew him one
week, he told me he was q
married man, but couldn't
get along with his wife at
all. He told me he has lived
six years of regular misery,
and could not, and would not
stand 1t any longer. He got
a divorce and all went fine
for awhile. He has always
told me he loved me, and
that his life would be moth
ing without me. I've not
been as discreet as | should
have been because | loved
him as / have never loved
another man.
Not long ago he got a let
ter from his former wife and
she told him a hard luck
story and asked him to take
her back. He has given her
seven chances already, and
she failed to do the right
thing. She has run his life
down to a fair stand.
He wrote and told her they
could never get along to-
gether, as six years was
enough for him. He accepts
all of her letters, though,
and answers them, just as II
he were not divorced.
Does a man divorce his
wife to keep In touch with her
yet? Or does he divorce her
to forget her!
He has given me a dia-
mond ring as a token of our
engagement and told me he
would marry me as soon as
his time was up.
Not long ago she came
here and he came up to me
and said: 81 guess I'll take
her back, dear-and God
bless you" I was struck
dumb, and tainted. The next
morning early he brought
her down and she said: HE
has changed his mind, he
thinks he cared for me after
ALL" I said I couldn't see
it that way, and at last, he
said, yes, he wouldn't leave
me after all. He loved me
more than tongue could tell.
She almost went crazy
and left town that evening.
The following Saturday he
left town and went to see
her. He told me he was 60
ing to see his folks. but Miss
Grey, don't you think we
went to see her just as much
as his fOlkS!
He says he does not want
her back; but he acts very
queer and dissatisfied at
times. Now that he has
promised to marry me and
told me all these pretty little
things, he is afraid trouble
will be started IL he tells me
the truth. I've told him
many, many times to take
his choice between the two OF
us, and he said he loved me,
and that l appealed to him
the most. How am | ever
going to find out? Do ] have
to wait till his time expires
and see If he is going to mar
ry me, or is there any other
way? His time isn't up till
three more months. He
knows I love him dearly, and
there isn't a thing | wouldn't
do for him. He says no one
could make him more happy
or contented than l.
What shall l do, Miss
Grey? | love him and
can't bear to think of giving
him up. Even If he has
turned me down twice al
ready, I cannot live without
him. I'm almost wild and
can't rest until l find out
what is best to do. Thank
you. LEE.
Any girl, IL you had told N
hat you could not live withOv
God and shelter, I would belie'
GU; but 1 know that you CA
xist without the love of this ma
wen though your heart hunge
nd yearns for a love you kno
an never be yours, you will ket
light on existing. Force yOurse
0 dwell upon these thoughts ar
he sooner you understand tho
ughIy that you can and will III
Without the man, the sooner yt
vii get back into the right cOurs
You have not yet seen enoup
I the world to realize that thel
re two sides TO every story. 1
II you could listen to q
ide of the wife who lived wit
he ideal of your dreams for s
ears, you might alter your view
lightly I'm regard to him. Y6
night question yourself moi
loosely as to whether he were Il
IAN for you; whether you couI
we i'm peace and happiness unit
he end of your days with him.
What 1 advise you to do, II pO
ible, is to go clear away fro
he man and not see or hear fro
i'm during these next thr,
you must wait. Try
orUet him and Give him ~ chm,