El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-25
CHAPTER XVI.

4 ALWAYS did think the strength
u OF affection consists more IN
liking the same things than IN
liking each other said the wise 0lu
writer That quotation came home 10
me more and more strongly each day
when / saw the absolute cOnEenlaltty
that their community of interests
brought about between Lenore and
Peter.
She was a nurse. all enthusiasm for
her professionals a doctor, all am
bitiOu for his. For every problem tnat
beset Peter. Lenore had intelhsent
sympathy and interest Medicine TO me
had always been q closed book or re-
pulsive pages which I did not care 10
finger 1 had thought that Peter, who
lived all day with problems Of sickness
and Of mOrbidness, would be glad 10
drop them in his home life
And yet he seemed to find the most
tremendous stimulation in dlscusslns
his problems with Lenore- They trleu
to include me, but on the one hand L
was frankly bored and on the otner
have always hated playing the part OF
q dUffer- Since I could not talk alOnS
intellisently 1 preferred not to talB
at all
Connie. one of the best things you
ever did was hauling that little Lenore
Wallis out of the slums and giving her
"A chance i'm the world said Peter one
morning at the breakfast table, when
Lenore had left US to go and answer
to summons from little Dorothy, VINO
wanted her Moro
His Lack OF Faith.
And vet you haven't any faith IN her
and thought I was wasting myself
dreadfully and would never get any
gratitude for it, I said
There is hardly anything more stupid
q wife can do than to remind her huS-
band that his Judgment in regard to a
certain situation has been at 1aulL
and hers has been justified All me-
hate TO hear a woman say i told YOU
So" but even more nightly do theE
loathe hearing her say You were quite
sure this wouldn't work. and now see
how splcndidly il has come out"
Man likes to suppose himself the
guide and leader and noble preceptor Of
the woman he loves 1 suppose that
goes back 10 the prehistoric creature
whose strength enabled him to protect
his mate When modern life denies
man a chance TO fight for his woman he
likes at least TO sit back IN his all
wisdom and advise her
Peter was too much Of q gentleman
to films down his napkin in a crumpiet
mass and fly from the room when
tainted him with the superiority OF
my Judgment in regard to I4euore- But
he managed to hurt me almost as much
as If he had by scOwling angrily for
moment and then throwing back mis-
head and laughing the wonderful deep
toned laugh that always set my heart
strings vibrating
You were a wonderful guesser. Con-
ME. Your flower of the slums' has a
real gift FOR nursing. But did you
ever dream what a little winner she'd
be- III wager not When one woman
does a lot for another she seldom
picks out a beauty for her Lady Boun-
tiful actr"
When a man laughs as he makes
statement like that to argue about
it sets you down as one who lacks
that gift Of the gods-'a sense Of
humor."
Life flowed along smoothly for a few
weeks Peterkin's conTalesCeuce pro-
crossed splendidly under his fathers
suparintendenCe and IGNORES minis
tratiOns- Even delicate little Dorothy
seemed to cling to her new nurse and
u imnroEa under her ere.