New Britain herald., 1917-01-20
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Her Side--and His
hor Temple Marital Problem,
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Where Is Walter?
By ZOE: BECK.LET

From the day Janet and Nicoll,
walking uptown together from the Of
flee, had seen Walter Stedman and
Lucy go into Lucys studio, a feeling
of dread settled over Janet. Up to
that time no thought of Waits disloy-
atty had entered. her mind. On the
contrary, Janet blamed herself for the
whole situation. If she had not been
so keen on her own advancement in
the business world she might have
learned to keep Walt in his writing
work. At least she might have made
and keep a cheerier sweeter home at
mosphre-such as it had been when
they were first married and Janet's
business cares were lighter.
But Lucy, artist and bohemian, had
offered her help, and it had proven
just the sort of help and collaboration
Walt most needed. Janet could not,
under the circumstances, find fault.
Roy Nicoll's interpretation, how
ever, was quite different. 1t was clear
to Janet that Nicoll took the usual
view-the view of the person who
! judges people en- masse and says, with
| o shrug-'Oh, it's human nature.
| What can you expect when a mans
! robbed of his wife's society and is con-
stantly thrown with another woman?
| One who cares for him at that
1t was not her husbands possible
| "unfaithfulness" that tormented jan
ct. The coarser forms of love were
not o part of Janet's speculation. Be-
sides, Walt had convinced her long
| ago that he felt no attraction for
Lucy save that Of intellect But their
intellectual affinity was the very thing
she now began to fear and dread.
What if, as Roy Nicoll adroitlN con-
trived to hint, Walt no longer set
value upon what scant companionship
Janet could give? What if Walt were
! tired of her? Weary Of her CONNER
cial ideals? Out of sympathy with her
ambition to make great popular
magazine of 'Woman'o Perhaps all he
wanted was his bohemia, his artist
and writer friends. his congenial souls
who, toiling for pure ideals them
! relves. understood him and his aimG
as his wife, so prosperous in bus
| mess sense. could never do?
One moment Janet would grow cold
! at the very possibility of losing hel
| husbands love The next, in her re-
! action from dread, wave Of defiance
would enculf her. She felt a wild ha
tired of bohemif and all it meant. Sh<
! longed to fly from the world OF intel
! lect. ideals and art into some easy
! realm where she could drug herse'
with prosperity and never have tt
! think,
Her work suffered. There were
DAYS when for hours together Jane
could think of nothing but her Owl
perplexities. Otter now, she mad u
consult Nicoll on matters OF manage
| mcnt and policy which she formerl'
had attended to on her own responsl
bility And when she went home
tired ad longing for Waits tenderness
and sympathy, she found him busy o
Observation-Disclosures not needing he
or realizing in the least her need o
him. Roy noted with satisfaction
Janets growing dependence Of him.
It was into this condition of affair
that he hurled his bomb of discovery
Dorothea Grafton. it seemed wa
eager to meet Janet again. She de
n1anded that Roy give them "a party
Would Janet come and save him, Roy
from being bored to extinction Jan
ct, glad of diversion. would, and die
The party" was to consist of din
ner a box at the best show in tow
and supper afterward at a gay an
popular cabaret. Dot Grafton, who's
spirits rose steadily as the excellen
meal progressed, decided she wante
to meet Janet's husband.
us he at home. poor dear? Let
phone him to join us at the theater.
she proposed gaily.
Hes hard at work on the las
chapters of hts book" said Janet. F"