The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-05-11

and haven't said "fish pole" once ex-
cept just this once when I wrote it.
| think it would be better for me if l
didn't even do that, but called it the
"f. D." / shan't be so likely then to
embarrass Murray. l did make one
little slip. l called those things they
use on their lines for the fishes the
fly bugs. You see it wasn't altogeth-
er my fault, for l got them mixed up
with the fly dope, and | told Murray
so, but he seemed provoked with me
Just the same. Then Mrs. Luard
patted me on the shoulder and said,
"You see, she'll be good sport yet,
And | didn't like that at all, for 1t
rade me feel insignificant, just like
saying. "f. p.," you know. Mrs,
Luard's kindness does not make it
any easier for me, for Murray
watches me like a hawk, and | know
he sees what she is thinking of me.
| do, too, but nobody seems to have
thought of that.
l can't help wondering, even in
these few days, why Murray did not
Merry woman more like Mrs. Luard.
They talk or fish together hour on
end. and Murray never grows bored
or restless the way he does with me.
Of course | trust Murrav. / know
he would not be unfaithful to me. Bnt
find myself hating Mrs. Luard ho-
cause there has come to her so easily
what I would give the world to have:
Just my husbands companionshin.
7 said to Murray this morning that
I didn't see why he had not m"r-
ried woman more like Mrs. Lunrd
He was ancrer with me thnn he waS
about the "f. D." He numbered out
something about Mrs. Luard being a
one-man, one-woman beinp. and that
the one man in the world for her had
been his college chum, Scott Luord
And he added that he honeA that 7
wasn't going to indulge in any CHEAP
nonsense and cheap jealousy. These
arc the first really unkind words I
have heard from my husband.
Perhaps I am Jealous, but | don't
think so. If I counted more in what
thew coll their Fishing interests" |
don't think I should be Jealous at all.
So suppose I am Jealous. | will he
honest with you. Book I had dTe"m-
Cd of being everything in the world to
Murray. But father saws that wis
dom is the loss of illusions and may
be this is an illusion GONE.
Today they are off fshin~ on tho
ic1ord again. And before they left
"Drift" something must have pona
wronr. ! can't remember what is
wos. for I didn't make anv more mis-
tokes about the "f. D." 0nd | didn't
ask anv foolish Questions. irst
stood un the wav I have seen the
or,idpS to1kinp n one onnthn" ahont
tro;r fishes. ar1 I sold to Murrav.
without even letting him know how
,,,roh wish thew had asked me to 90,
"How monv GOOD hreoks do Won ev-
rert 70 uct todav'" 7 saw Mrs. Luard
t,1rn her heed rIlicklv. end what emf
mo woren wos the crOw1 an Murrnv'e
fore "Rreaks." Innr Book, is whot
trnv COLI it whom the fishes come nm
Hrd hon ont of tho water aftnr tho t'v
h-1nar me. how diecourapino! Flies.
tho+'s It And when Mrs. L''ord como
hook ovid kissed me- on the forohond, :
wns all the more sure Somoth'n" he'd
rome wrnnp. ] wish she wouldn't do
n. won't to settle any bio or lit
flo diffnn1tv with Murrav. and don't
nvar wont anvhodv else to know.
VOL dpor Book 7 don't know much
ohort onvthin~.-tha+'e plain. R11t |
hove found ont one little thinr 9bout