The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

Caroline Cady sat At her disor.
dered breakfast table. her elbows
upon the cloth and her face In her
hands. She was not crying. She
was too angry 20 cry. Her heart
Jew: her temples roared: she was
. hot wave OF indignation from head
10 foot.
II was II least the twentieth oc
currence OF the scenes--loud voices,
sarcasm: Jasper ninging OF to his
once with the echoes OF q slammed
door lingering behind, and she in
tears. or that worse state, desperate
vexation.
After 10 fairly peaceable years
they had begun TO quarrel Caro-
line and Jasper made up quickly
after the frst quarrel. Latterly
they had not made up at all They
simply dnfted from a state Of am.
nesty to one OF open rupture. And
now all these conditions had cul-
minated In the present one. She
had hurled the word divorce At Jas
per and he had hurled q, back at
her. When be went out of the room
she felt rs IL the crisis had come
In their long term OF matrimony.
II was all because Of Jasper's
pending vacation She wanted TO
Hs>sse sha No. ~ xf,uS ~$st<. a. a. a
automobile. He wanted to spend
the whole three weeks with his
brother r. the country. Caroline
had made one visit a. Henry's. and
she felt II would do her for q nfe-
time. She had insisted that abe
would not go there and jasper re
torted that unless she went there
ne would 90 nowhere with him.
'T'll stay at home FIRST" she
thought. III Il comes % that, M
wishes are as important as his"
She arose from the table and be
gan to gather up the dishes. A
that moment the postman's steI
sounded upon the veranda and sh'
went TO bring In the mail. Their,
was one letter for herself. and rec
ognixiag the handwriting. abe tor,
II open eagerly.
You spoke about making q mo
tor tour OF New England" Mrs. Cart
wright wrote. THAT gave us thu
idea of doing the same. Franz
needs more outdoor air than he gets
The doctor says. The children viii
stay at mothers. 90 we shall b
alone--in that big car, We shall
start abou. the same time you do,
and 80 probably we shall meet
somewhere. I wish we were goins
TO be together all the way"
Caroline read the letter twice.
Afterward she sat down and pom
dered over II carefully. Then she
went upstairs and considered the
new clothes she had had made and
later sent 9 telegram to May Cart
wright.
Jasper did not come home TO
lunch. but he arrived for dinner at
the usual hour. His wife had put
on blue dress TO aid her air OF
quiet determination. She heard him
hanging up his coat In the hall and
waited for him TO enter the dinin z
room. Once she would have run 10
kiss himah. how long ago #
scenes.
Hello" Nc said, merely. Com.
.pany hses >"
"oh. 70 ahe replied coldly.
They "a down opposite each other
and a:c n si'e-ee--a silence a,
charged va trouble as the all
with electricity or a sultry after
noon. Thc God rcs good. but Car
olire had % appetite For It, Meth
er did Jasper eat much. They wer.
a miserable pair.
After dinner he went into N,
living room 20 read aad she washe,
the dishes. Then she. too, entere,
the living room and sat down Wit
bit OF embroidery. Nobody cam
In. the telephone bell did not rims
there wss 40 relief from that IN
bearable s.,eroe. Caroline began Z
make false stitches She had a.
idea tina: yesper, behind his paper
was not reading.
Suddenly he spoke over II TO bel
well" hs saii, Il begin my vacs
tion Monday. I'm going 10 spend
with Henry. So you may as we
give up all idea OF that New Ems
land tour"
n Caroline laid down her wori
why should give II upI'
Because I'm not going"
"Thst doesn't hinder me, does IL :
He studied her. She studied hin
"necause. she went on firmly.
an going with the Cartwrights @
1ooolay. photographed May toda
"a -sha autographed hack that the
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