The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-25
Confessions ofaWifc

I came between her and her love for
him. She had forgiven and appar.
emily forgotten.
or course. little book. YOU being
blind as we'll as dumb have prob.
ably never noticed that when a
woman loves a man she always
wants To touch him and she will
make countless excuses 10 do this.
she VIII pretend 10 see dust on his
coat collar or a piece OF lint on HIS
sleeve, | have even known women
TO find fault with the way IN. loved
| one combed his hair for the mere
sake OF brushing a lock that tempt.
ed touch. back from his forehead.
Dick often laughs at mo because
OF a habit have OF lightly placing
my hand for moment on his
shoulder whenever ] am near him.
tie says II clearly shows the BARON.
e,er OF my feelings. II am out OF
sorts with him the touch IL apt 10
be abrupt: ~ ] am feeling happy
the caress IL as light as the settling
OF a bird before taking flight. and
u am loving him more than usual
my hand always reaches up TO his
shoulder before draw his face
down for a kiss.
Sometimes. think. little book.
that ! am too chary OF my Kisses.
but II has always seemed 60 mo
that the lover or husband should
be the first to make these ad
vances. Besides. we hear 40 much
q ~ Ia H. Al -
husbands with caresses.
One smart epigrammatist has
said Many a woman has loved n
man devotedly all his life and
bored him to death while doing IL e
OF course. being blind. little book
you have not been made TO under.
stand that IL II usually tho wife's
devotion that borcs. When any
other woman borcs man he
promptly. gets rid OF her.
| wonder why the sight OF tho
happiness OF Eliene and Harry has
made me confess 10 you. this morn.
Ing. thess pessimistic thoughts.
dear little understandable conf.
dant.
All thru the ride last night was
perfectly happy Dick was as lover.
like "a when We were first enEag.
ed. He talked OF the future and
made wonderful plans. lie told me
that Mr.. Selvin was much pleased
with the way he was handling the
sales department OF the book com.
pany. and. altho the profits were
not as great as they had been some
years. yet he felt they were as
great as could possibly be expected
In the present business depression.
He especially commended the
way Dick was handling the work
with the political crowd in the city.
II like n man who stands for
clean business methods and clean
politics, was the way Dick quot.
ed MFR. Selwin.
"Margie," he said. we are going
TO be rich some day. Mr.. Selwin
has no one 10 leave his stock In the
book company 10. and he told me
yesterday that after our stock was
paid for he would sell us another
block at par. You know II IL worth
one and quarter. and gaining in
value every day"
Although Dick told me lot about
the future. he did not volunteer amy
explanation about where he was
that two days between his visit 10
the hospital and home. and ! would
not ask him.
He told me he was completely dis
couraged over Jack. and when
asked him where he supposed he
had gone. said he did not know
and did not care"
wonder II ever women will be
able TO put unpleasant people and
unpleasant things out OF their
minds I'm the way that men do7 !
believe their 'forgetteries" are
always in better working order
than their memories" and ! am
not sure that to forget quickly II
not sometimes better than 20 re-
member long.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow