The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09


Come home with me, Let uH talk
II over" she said.
The two walked on for several
blocks aud entered Mamie Beek's
home together,
Meanwhile Annabel. the moment
iInrte had lee the house, had felt n
sudden panf Of remorse, md deter.
mined tc drt her eyes, rush out and
get somet,'ing she knew Harry espe-
clally llked In dinner, She meant 10
have IL al ready for him when he
came bael. md 10 try 10 make amends
for what she had sold. She dressed,
and started for the shop 10 make her
purchases. Thank heaven there was
no bargain counter there! Turning n
corner. she gave start !. There was
| her husband with Mamie Beck, the two
walking slowly, In earnest conyersa-
ton. They were ON the opposite side
of the street. and they did not see her.
She found herself following them. II
was not fine thing Co do. not even
very decent or honorable. But was she
not his wife? That seemed To her TO
excuse IL all.
| She saw them enter Mamie Bcck's
home. This then was the solution
lie did care for this other woman
lie was tired of her so soon Not
yet married five months. and 1t was
nil over. the happiness, the love upon
which she had built such wonderful
castles of delight
1 a ~ no
was the use? He might not even come
home 10 dinner. She went back. flung
herself down. and wept and sobbed as
never had she done before.
After n time she heard his latchkey
In the door. She rose quickly and tried
TO battle away the traces of her tears.
She did not mean he should see how
him with Mamie Beck.
She met her husband with an Icy
reserve that left him very little oppor-
tunlty for attempts at reconciliation.
The next morning, having thawed n
little, he met her more than half way.
But rs fate or some other psychology
Teal factor would have 1t. that very day
she again saw Harry with Mamie Beck.
They stood outside of IL shop, and
oh horrors! she saw him hand her
money. There was no mistaking 1t for
Mamie opened her purse and put 1t In,
and both laughed heartily as they
parted.
That evening Harry met his wife
more affectionately than ever. He had
Il nice little surprise for her, and he
opened parcel Ne had brought in.
He proudly displayed purple shirt
waist about two years out of date, a
pair of cheap, yellow silk stockings
several sizes too large, and petticoat
j built for miss of fourteen.
He tried to preserve a strictly neu-
trail exterior as he noted the look of
dismay with which Annabel surveyed
the articles.
Il got them SO cheap, dear
couldn't resist buying them. / hope
you like the things. / had an awful
time getting them, there was such n
mob of women. But you see 1 did
think of you!"
Harry Harte You know l never
wear purple" cried Annabel.
"Oh. don't your he responded with
carefully assumed innocent surprise.
"And these stockings! Do you think
l wear number nine shOe?"
"They are a tribe large, aren't they?"
"a man never knows about such
things. Please don't buy anything
more"
1t was Harte's turn to put on the
hurt air, which he did with all due
elaboration. Annabel certainly was de-
void of a sense of humOr Neverthe-
less about two days later he appeared
before his astonshed wife with a pair
of diversified gloves, and hat of the
vintage of 1910. which he told Annabel
he had bought for her for next to
nothing.
This was the last straw. Annabel
overlooked with Indignation.
81 see it all - she stormed. you
want TO make a perfect fright of me so
people will sympathize with you for
being tied up TO such trump and so
you can get a divorce and marry
Mamie Beck"
IdIle - luCe eApIeSSeu utter ueSI)ttlI,
this time not all assumed. His trump
card had failed.
"Well. l thought l was pleasing
YOU" he said disconsolately. Il sup
pose if YOU had married Tom Bennett
you'd have liked what he bought for
YOU"
His retort was so nearly identical
with her own on n previous occasion
that suddenly light seemed to break
in on her.
Did he really care for her? But
what about Mamie Beck. and what she
had seen with her own eyes?
Look here" she cried. You never
bought such atrocious things as these
You couldn't have found them in u
days Journey! You just got someone
to do IT,"
YES. did"
GYMS IL Mamie Beckr''