The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-15

per cas- page from ltfr own ufe
che Iife She was lerding as my bus
band friend
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10 not mean ~ imply that Har.
per Carleton had u iafa that Phyl
lis Lawson meant anything to Rolls
ert or that he-cornceted my hus-
band with her when he made the
statement that her story read like
lear out Of her own ne Indeed
DO not think any ono thought OF
robert as IN ans ~cnse being what
commonly called a ladies man
iic was so sedate. So dignihed thai
he seemed no. az IAN ne kind OF a
man io have an affair"
Rober came home soon after Har
per lef and AN the evening 1 looked
upon him In tho most peculiarly I'm
personal way not AS my husband
the father OF my children, but as the
man IN Phyllis Lawsou's story The
man who perhaps, was IN love
with her.
] would say nothing of having
seen The story. bat would wait and
sec II Robert mentioned It felt
positive he would
The story written BY the woman
who so evidently interested him.
and of whose cleyerness he bad
boasted would be IN bis mind and
Do would speak OF IT, knew az
soon as Harper told Of seeing him
buying the magazine that ~ had
bought d because Of Phyllis Law
sons story But : chatte5 as pleas
antiy and uncoucerncdly as could
an thru dinner and afterward. re-
Iating little Incidents about Retry
and Bruce which thought would
either interest or amusc him
he was frankly amused an some
Of Rotiys prank ne child was
really irrosisubly funny ~ times
Bur when spoke OF Bruce an anxi
on look came nto his face. and no
KIDD explicitly about him. how
be acted he slept VOL. etc Then.
inst as We were about to go M
stairs he picked up The magazine
and remarked quite casually
All 500 You have The Clarion
= intended 20 bring IL home. but
forgot s. 70 Is an unusually inter.
esting number
$50 Harper Carleton said He
brought g 90 me- replied "But
whaf is there of special interest Il
IS Zoo hot To read
] watched his face for any change
when told him thar Harper
broueht me tho hook thcn to SEQ
Il ] could note any change in hi,
countenenco COR manner when he
spoke OF the magazine Bu his
face held The same yrression and
he answered Ia mo Same tone
oh several things There's an
article on the war which Will inter.
est YOU u rs told in a converse.
iional way and is easy reading even
for q hot day Then there Ia an nm
usual aviation story. and Phyllis
lawson has % very human litle
talc She s doing very good work
Take q an In all 30 is the best mum
ber tho clarion people have sent
out in long time
What Is Mrs l.awson's story
about ~ I asked. stu watching him
on the usual thing Tho inter
esi man and woman have Tor
each oihor and tho obstacles In tho
way ~ their friendship But She has
treated d cleyerly and that's am
one can expect OF fiction writers
thought of how differently tho
two men. Harper and Robert. had
described The story before nloried
What obstacles were there in the
way"
Nothing buf fooHshly Jealous
wife. The man In The story was
married his friendship for me won
an purely plstonic. but The wife
was narrow, did not trust him and
so made misery for herself and All
concerned. But ana not going 10
tell you Tho story b. will spoil n
for YOU
q viii read it when set time
said
vas by This time positive in my
own MINI that ieocD-> han an ord
nary fricnAhIl y listed between Mrs
Lawson, tho handsome dlvoreao
and my husband was furionslv
Jealous and was growing more and
more so as time went on This
NAV seem strange In view of my
feeling Of neglect and The loss OF
my hrst feeling Of lose and admira
ton fof him But be- was my own
husband tho father Of ms babies
"" had no right fo pend his umc
give pie thoughts and admiration
TO other especially to woman
know only casually as did Mr..
Lawson
So thought bitterly. tho white
| realized that = new sort of feel