The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-19

ISwonder. little book. If / an doing
rtght3
Ig7marria5 e-iust the hrsh and the
name suoh a sacred tang that I
should keep gp the Appearances OF be-
$Ing d well beloved cad loving wife.
Am Ifputting tie fact OF the scandal
sgnds worry that would ,ensrc, before
the right thing to do? Dick says
sfEyon5tg give mo up, A4argto,'' b3r uoes
he want me on my forms? And am
right In asking him TO gain my love
IAN over again; n asking MN 10 court
inc all oves again, while am In tho
eyes OF tho world, his wife? VIII 1t
belp possible for him to mako me Iorget
That he killed ny pride and broke my
heart? Can i live in the same house
with him, under these conditions and
not irvttatc him to point whore he
will not care whether / love him or
not?
Eleanor F'airlow intImated in one OF
her letters that had made mistake
f18trying to be "All in all'' to Dick.
she said: 'You must choose" Since
she wrote that to me, have been
thinking much about It and think
that perhaps every woman uncon'
Hciously chooses. wanted, perhaps,
10 Dicks advisor more than want.
ed TO be his sweetheart and am
afraid all Dick wanted of me WINS to
Sc his gweetheart-to make him com:
Portable instead of strong.
know, little book, that you are
saying N argie Waverly, am afraid
thatsyou will have to get rid Of much
ofyour egotism. If you would be
successful wife,"
And6yet other men have found me
Rllhfing, little book. The poor man
who died TO save me in the railroad
wrackEmust have cared for me more
than for other women, and little con-
adant II have ever had in all the
world Il am going to tell you this
great Raecret. Notwithstanding Jim
Ediei proposed to Mollie, I believe, had
Isbeens free, 1t would have been me in.
stead OF her, that he would have want
$edst make his wife. Other men like
meIand have no hesitation in showing
Would all these men be like Dick
has been had been the wife OF any
of them7
little book, I have come to the con.
cluBiont that while marriage Is the bull
Wark Of society, the absolute safety
OF the race, It Is far from perfect
institution, as far as the individual 10
concerned. l-4
ISwiah ! could bring myself to talk
tosEliene. wish ] knew II she feels
EnntsmarTtage IS o failure. She, too,
youa know, has passed through the
eame crisis that am now passing
through and she seems to be happy.
aseemsgOhi how hate that word,
gSwomAn{naust always Seem"
y believe Shakespear had only wo.
menStn mind, although the advice was
gtyen8 to IL man when he said: @Act
we'll your part" oh, little book-I
don't want to act, 7 want to be.
Just now Wish l could 60 away
fromYa1l the people I have ever known
and be for q little time not the Mar.
re Tam now, but the Margie was
SbeforeS y was marrfed-and yet you
REQ can't do IL because some silly
bride keeps me from telling the world
thatsmy marriage with Dick ID not q
erccess. Like most women and some
men, u lack the courage to do the
thing . ought TO do because lot Of
men and women that I do not know.
and do not want to know would roil
tho gossip under their tongues.
otWithstanding Jim Edie's esti.
mate Gofs Eleanor Fatrlow, I feel that
here s. the stronger character the
gteatest courage:
Marie Wayerl has times
and tires again SAID that she loves
courage above every hing else, is 4 q,
coward end bees uae she siss q coward