El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-24
CHAPTER Xiv.

CHAPTER Xiv.
w THEN Augustus Reeves had
! w once issued an order. or ez-
pressed an opinion, he never
| changed his mind. That is a pecu-
liarity of small souls.
SO il did not occur to him to re-
tract his verdict Of last night Nor
did he trouble himself to wonder
| how his wife was going to gather
courage to insult a caller at her home
The light qualms Of regret that had
threatened to visit him last night
after his scene with Jane had left him
/ entirely this morning.
He had slept we'll and when ne
/ looked back at the occurrences Of last
1 evening he congrat ulated himself that
( he had acted wisely. Jane was his
wife. She must do as he babe her.
lie had given all in this marriage;
she had given nothing but herself
In other words, he had settled
penniless girl in a luxurious home
had provided for her future. and in
return he had a right to expect per-
feet submission to his will
He was glad that this submission
was unaccompanied by any exhibition
Of temper. Had Jane not known that
he was just, he argued, she would this
morning have renewed the suppltca-
tons she made last night That she
did not do so was evidence that she
recognized the superiority of his wis
dom as well as his right to have what
he wished from the woman he had
married
The chagrin with which he had ap-
preciated lately that this girl did not
love him any better than when he
asked her to marry him was softened
by the reflection that she accepted
him as her proper owner the one who
could order her to do his will He
even recalled an old adage about "a
woman, dog and a hickory tree" 1t
rrsT~ firm u a rnf tod hon
woman understands that a man is her
master he had done much towards
compelling her devotion.
Now there was Mary Baird-but
abruptly. He preferred not to analyze
the case OF Mary Baird.
Jane Eats Very Little.
He talked patronizingly at break
fast and at dinner. He did not notice
that at the latter meal Jane ate even
less than usual. In spite of her SEEM
ing attention to her husbands CONVEX
satiOn, her mind was really dwelling
upon the situation ahead of her this
afternoon.
Ruth Crosby was to come over
about 8.
Jane did not want to be a coward.
but she simply dared not stay and
face the girl Her whole being re-
volted against taking any one into her
confidence with regard to the I'M
Kindness Of the man whose name she
bore.
Not only would right feeling keep
her from discussing his failing with
an outsider, but her own pride would
not let her do this. The same nride
that had made her smile in spite of
the pain Augustus's grip inflicted on
her arm last night made her feel that.
We're he to torture her. the outside
world must never know it.
She had made her bed and she
must lie in it. No matter what others
thought OF her she must feign loyalty
to her husband. Nobody should pitv
her as poor girl who had sold herself
and, in doing so. made a sorry bar
gain
After dinner Augustus had Jake
drive him TO the station. as he must
go TO Pattonville-the nearest manu-
featuring tOWn-On a matter of BUSH
ness, He would not be back until
after dark. Jane was glad he was go
ing. He would not be here to witness
her discontinue.
II was almost o'clock when she
decided to prevent Euth's coming by