The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-31
:. The ::
Confessions
of a Wife
WE ONLY REALLY
OWN OURSELVES

Wv oShtDh4hh lAo
l have thought much about
what and how should tell Pat.
He is not the man to let anyone
interfere in his business unless he
thinks that person has a right to
do SO. | imagined he, too, might
have some feeling about letting
anyone see how quickly he recov-
cred from this love of Mollie.
Poor Pat, he has always SEEM
ed to fall in love with the wrong
girl. Now IL he can only see it
in the right way, he has found a
girl who will make him a Won
derful devoted wife. Alice will
make him superlatively happy, II
he will let her. If 1t were any
other man than Pat / would use
the argument that Alice was
probably quite as good as he, but
that would have no effect on Pat.
HeSbelieves thoroughly in a dou-
BILE standard.
Sometimes think with Jim
that nature made a mistake in not
putting some kind of a mark on
our skins for every little and big
sin.
Jim says, "If we all had to have
a freckle of assorted size on our
faces for every sin of assorted
size that we committed, 1t would
help things a lot, and I think
would make the world better. or
course some of us would have a
dark brown skin to match the
dark brown taste in our mouths
the morning after, but it would
help us to distinguish the sheep
from the goats, wouldn't 1t, Mar
gie?"
Jim always makes me laugh
leven when he is most fantastic
and between you and me, little
book, l don't think he is half as
bad as he paints himself.
Not being able to see the re-
grets' that Pat has probably
pinned to his soul, I am not sure
of how much sympathy he will
have for anyone else, especially
woman-and that woman the one
he wants to make his wife.
However, It is not my way t.
shirk a disagreeable duty, as you
know, little book, so this morning
l sent him a note saying:
Dear Pat: l have been think
ing much about my story tina
you want me to write and l have
thought of a new heroine and {
new set of situations. Perhap!
you will think 1t is more thrilling
than the one / told you about.
will you come up at YOU
earliest convenience and talk i
over with me.
Sincerely,
: "Margie Waverly."
. Pat called me up immediatel!
on the telephone and said III
would come up in the evening.
l then told Alice what l hat
done.
She dropped on her knees b,
the bed and groaned.
Pm afraid, dear Mrs. Waverly
I'm afraid! Don't do it tonight
wait until next week."
But, my dear, 1t is best to ge
1t over"
/ How are you going to tel
him?"
II am going to put 1t in tn,
form of a synopsis of story tina
I. propose to write for him. ]
will be very easy then to get hi
idea of the woman in the case.
I Poor little Alice gave a sob a
said woman in the case"
reached out and patted her hand
Courage, child, courage; If h
puts his prejudice ahead of hi
love he is not worthy of you"
But, my dear Mrs. Waverly,
am not worthy of him." she whis
pered.
Ibid you ever knowingly Il
your life hurt anyone or wron
!, anyone but yourself?"
/. Never"
"Then you are worthy Of an,
man.
You know, my DEAR" l said
"my belief is that | have only on
thing that is my own-myself-
one thing to keep or to throy
away and the longer l lie here tn,
. more seated becomes that belief
Some day l too may decide that
am not of enough use to be KEEP
to worry anyone and then
shall"
but, Mrs. Waverly, you ar,
getting better!'
IF | am 1t is so slowly that
cannot see It,"
1 From some impulse that I could
not understand took up the tele
lphone and called Nick.
(COntinued Tomorrow