The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-14
chapter CIX.


ert or that he connected my bus
band with her when be made the
statement that her story read like
leaf out OF her own life" Indeed
do not think any one thought Of
Robert as in any sense being what
ls commonly called a ladies man
lie was SO sedate. So dignifed that
he seemed not al all the kind OF a
man TO have an affair"
Robert came home soon after Har-
per left and all the evening I looked
upon him in the most peculiarly i'm
personal way, not a. my husband.
the father OF my children. but az the
man in Phyllis Lawson's story. Tho
man who perhaps. was IN love
with her.
would say nothing Of having
Keen The story. bur would wait and
see il Robert mentioned f. felt
positive he would
The story written by the woman
who so evidently interested him,
and OF whose cleyerness he had
! boosted would be IN his mind and
he would speak Of &C. knew as
soon as Harper told OF seeing him
buying the magazine that he had
bought Il because OF Phyllis Law.
sons story But | chatted as pleas
antly and unconcernedly as | could
All thru dinner and afterward. re.
lating little incidents about Betty
and Bruce which | thought would
either interest CT amuse him.
lie was frankly amused al some
OF Betty's pranks-the child was
really irresi9tibly funny AT times
But when ! spoke OF Bruce an anxi
Gus look came into his face. and he
asked explicitly about him, how
be acted II he slept well. etc Then.
Just as we were about 20 20 up.
stairs. he picked up the magazine
and remarked quite casually.
All. I sec You have the Clarion
intended 70 bring II homo. but
forgot il. II Is an unusually inter.
esting number"
80 Harper Carleton said. re
brought II TO me-" ! replied but
what is there Of special interest? Il
is too hot TO read"
watched his face for any change
when I told him that Harper
brought me the book. then 10 sec
If | could note any change IN his
countenance or manner when no
: spoke Of the magazine But his
face held the same expression. and
he answered IN tho same tone
oh, several things There's an
article on the war which win inter.
est you. Il is told in a converse.
tionai way and IL easy reading even
for hot day Then there is an un.
usual aviation story. and Phyllis
LAWSON has a very human little
tale She Is doing very good work
Take II all in all st IL the best mum.
Der the Clarion people have sent
out In long time"
What IS Mrs Iawson's story
} about2' J asked. stlll watching him
oh the usual thing The intor
est man and woman have for
each other, and the obstacles in the
way OF their friendship But she has
treated IL cleyerly. and that's all
one can expect OF fiction writer's
thought OF how differently the
two men. Harper and Robert had
described the story before queried
What obstacles were there in the
way?"
Nothing but foolishly Jealous
wife. The man in the story was
married, his friendship for the won.
an purely platonic; but the wife
was narrow, did not trust him. and
so made misery for herself and all
concerned But | am not going 10
tell you the story; It viii spoil II
for YOU
Il will read it when get time"
/ said.
was by this time positive in NV
own mind that more than an ordl.
nary friendship existed between Mrs
Lawson. tho handsome divorcee
and my husband was furiously
jealous, and was growing more and
more so as time went on. This
may seem strange IN view OF my
feeling OF neglect. and the ioas OF
my frst feeling OF love and admira.
ton for him. But he was nv own
husband, the father OF nv babies
lie had no right to spend his nme
give his thoughts and admiration
to others, especially 10 n woman !
knew .only casually as I did Mrs
Lawson.
So | thought bitterly. the while
I realized that a new sort of feel
Ing concerning Robert had crenf
into my heart and mind. an Inordl.
nate pride in his business success
a success had unwittingly made n
hard TO win, and which in tho early
days had dlsparaged
Now. At times. I made many good
resolutions regarding my own &C.
tons ] did not know Just where
or how was to find my happiness
again. but would try.
Then would come the old foolish
feeling that IL let Robert sec that
some one else admired me. he. too.
would fhfnL ma .ttr,ctt.. A.