The Washington herald., 1916-07-23

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time she succeeded admirably. She =
herself over and over again that size
mad implicit trust in her handsome hus-
oand, and that, no matter how many
siris might cast longing eyes at him, he
himself had eyes for no woman but her
self.
| But life is not all roses for a woman
VINO Is married to. the manager of a health
linseitute-if that institute las was Toms;
Is open to invalids OF both sexes. Such
VIE must needs have a level head and
oopndless faith in her husband and
stAunch system of philosophy as we'll
None of these three excellent and need
tul attributes was a marked feature of
onve olcott's charming personality. And.
pN oy bit, she began to be aware of the
return OF her old arch foe, Jealousy.
! hysterical women patients were forever
processing alteration for Toms skill and
personality. Wives and sisters of the men
lpauents were daily asking him to show
them' in person. over the institute and
ths grounds. Pretty actresses frequently
caneo 10 make inquiries as to his terms
! ana his system of training
/ oIlve tried to view all this, philo-
sophically and to make herself under
stahd that 1t was an integral and harm
!ess part of a physical culture instruc-
| tors life
But the struggle to keep UP this en-
| forced frame OF mind grew constantly
more difficult Many a bitter night did
ohVe wage with her ancient enemy. And
each victory was less decisive for her
/ than had been the one before II.
Iom knew nothing of this fierce con-
Met that was darken!ng his brides hap
plhess. He himself was perfectly happy
In his home life and in his career To
MIN the various women with whom he
| ~ ytyas t,y lrt,,
chines that needed mending. He look
ca upon them as cases: not as women.
| "hen Ohve saw him take hold Of a
pretty woman's two hands and show her
now to swing pair of Indian clubs, she
was In misery. But to Tom the action
was as unselfconscious as If the woman
were a dummy. When he taught a
woman patient how to fex the muscles
OF her upper arm. Olive paled with jeal-
| ousy. But Tom merely noticed whether
! OF not the arm was strong enough for
certain calisthenic exercises he wished
to prescribe.
human nature-eNcept In melodramas
End dime novels seldom changes A man
or woman. oorn with a keenly Jealous
/ disposition, is more than likely to retain
| that disposition to the grave And Olive
at last discovered this sad truth Dis
covering 1t she admitted herself beaten in
! the unequal battle and thereafter she
! fought no longer against her besetting
! sin of jealousy.
She surrendered herself. utterly. to the
fault on the day when Minna came to the
institute.
Tom was setting in his office that after
noon when the visitor walked in upon
him He looked UP in amazed pleasure
at sight of his former assistant.
Why, Minna Blair-Minna Wilkins,
mean! he cried. hurrying forward TO
greet her. What good wind blows you
here? IT'S a sight for sore eyes to look
at You again"
! He checked himself in his garrulous
speech Of welcome and scanned Minna's
face more carefully.
What's the natter" he demanded.
| You look ill.,
| I'm not H. she made weary answer.
I'm only tired and unhappy. Miserably
unhappy. I've come TO you for advice and
Tor rest You were right about loveless
marriage. And you were right about
Henry wilkins. He and I have separat-
cd. / stood it as long as could Then
told him I vas coming to your SANTA
rum for a rest cure. I didn't tell him
I'm not going back to him again. But
I'm not"
You poor dear little girl" Tom was
saying to her in quick sympathy when
| Olive came into the office
|
tense feeling in which they were SPOKEN.
She saw and msread Minna's look OF
gratitude toward her old employer And
the Green Dragon leaped into undisputed
possession OF her heart
| You remember Minna, don't you.
dear " Tom hailed his wife We'll. she's
all run down and in bad shape. She Is
coming to stay with US here till we can
build her up again. And as much longer
7 a al
! Olive bowed frcezingly to the visitor. ig-
noring the latter's prorered hand. then
made an excuse to leave the office
| Once outside. Olive broke into a run
Nor did she pause until she was in her
own room behind locked doors Throwing
herself face downward on the bed she
yielded to spasrn of wild weeping
All her older Jealousy had once more
possessed her at sight of Minna This
woman. who had caused the original
breach between Olive and Tom, was now
to be an inmate OF their house; free to
see and talk with-and possibly make
love to-Tom. every hour Of every day.
olives grief gave place to wrath For
a moment she was minded to go to Tom
and bid him choose between her and this
tinterloper. But pride restrained her:
had broken her promise. She struggled
for self-control. deciding to say nothing
but to watch the couple without rousing
their suspicious and make certain
whether or not her fears were justified
AS she formulated this resolve she got
up. crossed the room to the wash-stand
and began to bathe her redly swollen
eyes. A tap at the door made her turn
the key in the lock. Tom came in.
What allied you" he asked, ito run
away like that. without even a word of
welcome for Minna? She's hurt at the
way you greeted her. She thinks you
don't want her here. But I've explained
to her how absurd that notion is. Your
eyes look as If you'd been crying.
II have an unbearable headache" ,"
lied Olive. I've had It all day. 1 came
to the ONCE to get you to give me some
medicine for 1t. But I didn't like to
speak to you about it before a stranger
| That is why I came away so suddenly"
l. I'm sorry" said Tom, all his resent
ment dying out at thought of her suf-
fering. wait a minute and I'll get you
something for the head
| He left the room, coming back a little
later with a stoppered phial in his hand.
/ Take half a teaspoonful OF this in
a glass of water" he said. handing her
| the bottle. And II the head isn't we'll
In two hours you can take another dose
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