New Britain herald., 1917-10-03

But 1 was certain that Dicky had caught a swift glimpse of me before l had seen him. His action was too deliberately natural to be absolutely spontaneous. I wondered whether underneath his suave exterior there did not turk a blazing wrath at Dr. Petit and me, which only his horror
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 And at the thought I discovered something in my own nature which 1 didn't know was there. l have always had little feeling of secret contempt for the type of woman whose primitive mind gauges the strength of her husbands love by his exhibitions of jealousy. But I req lized as saw my husband walk care lessly away from me that I WANTED him to be angry at me for disregard ing his wishes and accepting Dr. Pet tits invitation to luncheon before his departure for South America. I felt almost as if I would rather Dicky had greeted me with blows than with the airy indifference he had ex- hibited. For l feared that the req son for his tolerance was now at his side, walking away from me, taking my husband with her.
 There must have been something about my demeanor far different from that exhibited by Dicky, for I felt Dr. ,Pettit's hand upon my arm, steadying me, pushing me ever so gently into a chair by the door. 'Sit down here for a minute" he his tone was again that of the phy- sician, with no trace of the whirl- wind of emotion which had swept him but a few minutes before.
 "Oh! I must get away from here!" I whispered wildly, for with hyster- ical injustice I felt as if Dr. Petit were alone to blame for my suffer- ing. If he understood my feeling, he made no sign, his voice retaining it's cool, professional tone.
 "Of course" he assented. q will call taxi at once You will wish to go to Mrs. Underwood's, I suppose. Shall I telephone her for you and see if she's at home?'
 ''It won't be necessary I spoke with sudden vigor, for the very thought of Lillian was like a stimu- lating draught. "She is never away on Monday It is one of the days she works at home"
 Very well.'
 The Parting.
 He did not speak again until we were seated in the taxi, for to my surprise he had entered it with me- I felt as if I couldn't bear his pres ence. and yet I could not protest against his coming with me.
 "1 would leave you to yourself, if T 1 1o1 ho 1,n cd hi self beside me, ''but in your pres ent nervous state you need some one with you. When you reach Mrs. Underwood, however, I'm sure you will be all right"
 He put me in Lillian's care with the same grave, impersonal manner, and then bent toward me.
 "Good-by, Mrs. Graham he said quietly. 1T have your fathers ad dress safe. And I will do every thing in my power for him, no mat ter what comes.'
 The words were quiet, but they had in them the quality of a vow As I met his eyes I saw that the man was suffering, that he had read correct ly my aversion to his presence after our meeting with Dicky and Edith Fairfax, and was endeavoring to makC ms parting W1ln me tlS HldlleI of fact as possible.
 A rush of remorseful feeling came to me. With a quick movement 1 held out my hand to him.
 Please" l said softly, "let me tell you how grateful I am to you, and how much success 1 wish you in your new venture"
 His grasp of my hand was tonvul- sive, and his eyes softened to tender ness. But he spoke only two words: Thank you.''
 And he was gone.