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Tut Mary. dear. you could not
bo so philosophical about II all II
YOU did not work" Mary and
were still talking OF our griefs In
tho loss Of our babies.
Perhaps not. Margie. and for
this reason | want 10 urge you 10
do something that will take UP
your time and engross your thought
To tho exclusion of yourself When
woman begins 10 pity and worry
about herself and her trials she Is
lost"
but what can ! do. Nary My
work IN this apartment does not
take an hour day with tho maid
that now have and the help that
Aunt Mary gives me"
II have always thought you could
write. Margie."
Before ! was III both Pat Sulli.
van and Mr. Hntton urged mo To
give them the contents OF my little
book for publication. but ! felt !
could not do Il. besides. do no,
believe could possibly be no truth
ful In my ordinations OF myself aud
others n knew that some one else
was going 10 read them
Cant you take some OF them
out aud make "A story OF IT,
Il don't know. Mary. Some way.
! feel that all tho confessions
that have been written from Rous.
seau to Mary Mci.ane have been
made with the express intention OF
impresaing the reader they were
not truths. but things that tho writ
ers wanted the readers TO think
wero truths.
My little book. Mary. contains
my inmost hearts desires. my most
secret longings. things that I hard
~ own 20 myself have written
down Just exactly what ! think OF
all Of YOU aud how | regard life"
Mercy. That would certainly
make interesting reading. Who IL
the hero and who IN the villain OF
your story7 suppose. OF course.
the hero n Dick"
Yes. dear. Dick ia the hero and
the villain also. just as all OF us
are always both virtuoua and vile.
Mary. don't believe that any one
In the world. that is. any normal
person. Ia ever perfectly virtnous
'rh. trouble IL that We women so
often mistake virtues for virtue
We want our husbands 10 he blame
less. forgetting that means super
human-indeed. | might say. inhu-
man.
Virtue. 10 my mind. has always
stood for the good that is In us.
Irrespective OF the evil that might
lilo sleeping there also"
You are perfectly right. Margle
We think We want n yirtuous man
for a husband and then when We
get an oyster for ourH--oho who
never by any possibility can be
found prowllng around tho oyster
| bed fighting other gentlemen oys.
s,srA and making love 20 lady oys.
ters-we grow very tired OF his in.
snimity and Wish that he would do
something II even Il was only 20
burst his shell and let the salt
water drown him"
laughed as ! said Mary. you
are mixing your metaphors. You
can't drown an oyster In salt water
Ny dear. salt water II bis native
heath" And thcn I stopped short
Was that I who was laughing II
did not sound real. for IL was the
first time had laughed since my
baby had come from and gone out
into the nowhere. ! caught my
breath sharply and Mary looked up
quickly.
Yes. yea. dear. I know II seems
almost n sacrilege To laugh or even
smile when one has passed thru
suffering as terrible IA ours. but.
Margie, here lies the whole story
WE HAVE PASSED THRU 1T.
II IN over: tho wound has been
made and now We must do every
thing possible 10 heal Il. In some
OF us 1t probably takea longer than
in others. and some OF US will bear
scar that will ache and hurt us
TIL our dying day-however. there
In one thing We must remember:
Wounds either kin or heal. You
and are still living. consequently.
our wounds must be- either healed
or In the process OF healing"
But. Mary. don't want TO for
get my baby"
You need not. Margie. but |
know you will forgive me. dear.
because you will know that fought
the same battle with myself that
you are fighting now. when I say
that you must not impose Its mem
DRY on every one else-people who
have othar aims. desires. loves.
grlefs and pleasures. Margic. there
In no place in this world for grief.
because there is nothing In this