The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-09

"Come home with me. Let US talk
IL over" she said. Nas
The two walked on for several
blocks and entered Mamie Beck's
home together.
! Meanwhile Annabel. the moment
/ Harte had leS. the house, had felt
sudden palg of remorse, and deter
mined tc drt her eyes, rush out, and
get something she knew Harry espe-
cially liked FIR dinner. She meant 10
have IL all ready for him when he
came back, aid TO try 10 make amends
/ for what she had said. She dressed,
and started for the shop to make her
purchases. Thank heaven there was
no bargain counter there! Turning
corner, she gave a start There was
her husband with Mamie Beck, the two
walking slowly. in earnest converse
ton. They were on the opposite side
of the street, and they did not see her.
She found herself following them. 1t
was not a fine thing to do. not even
very decent or honorable. But was she
not his wife? That seemed to her to
excuse il all.
She saw them enter Mamie Beck's
home. This then was the solution
He did care for this other woman
He was tired of her so soonl Not
yet married five months and it was
all over, the happiness, the love upon
which she had built such wonderful
castles of delight
/ ha 70 lA 81, haf
was the use? He might not even come
home to dinner She went back, flung
herself down, and wept and sobbed as
never had she done before.
After time she heard his latchkey
in the door. She rose quickly and tried
TO battle away the traces of her tears.
She did not mean he should see how
she had suffered, or that she had seen
him with Mamie Beck.
She met her husband with an icy
reserve that left him very little oppor-
tunity for attempts at reconciliation.
The next morning, having thawed q
little, he met her more than half way.
But as fate or some other psycholog
zeal factor would have it, that very day
she again saw Harry with Mamie Beck.
They stood outside of q shop, and
oh horrors she saw him hand her
money. There was no mistaking it for
Mamie opened her purse and put it in,
and both laughed heartily as they
parted.
That evening Harry met his wife
more affectionately than ever. He had
a nice little surprise for her, and he
opened q parcel he had brought in.
He proudly displayed Il purple shirt
waist about two years out of date, a
pair of cheap, yellow silk stockings
several sizes too large, and petticoat
built for miss of fourteen.
He tried to preserve q strictly neu-
trail exterior as he noted the look of
dsmay with which Annabel surveyed
the articles.
81 got them SO cheap, dear, l
couldn't resist buying them. l hope
i you like the things. 1 had an awful
time getting them, there Was such
mob of women. But you see l did
think of your
Harry Harte! You know l never
wear purple" cried Annabel.
"Oh, don't you?" he responded with
carefully assumed innocent surprise.
"And these stockings! Do you think
wear a number nine shoe?'
"They are a trifle large, aren't they?"
"a man never knows about such
things. Please don't buy anything
more"
1t was Harte's turn to put on the
hurt air, which he did with all due
elaboration. Annabel certainly was de-
void of q sense of humor. Neverthe-
less about two days later he appeared
before his astOnished wife with pair
of diversified gloves, and q hat of the
vintage of 1910, which he told Annabel
he had bought for her for next to
nothing.
This was the last straw. Annabel
overlooked with indignation.
II see it all - she stOrmed. you
want to make a perfect fright of me so
people will sympathize with you for
being tied up to such a trump. and so
you can get n divorce and marry
Mamie Beck
Harte's face expressed utter despair,
this time not all assumed. His trump
card had failed
WELL l thought l was pleasing
YOU" he said disconsolately. II sup
pose If you had married Tom Bennett
you'd have liked what he bought for
YOU"
His retort was SO nearly identical
With her own on n previous occasion
that suddenly light seemed to break
I'm on her.
Did he really care for her? But
what about Mamie Beck, and what she
had seen with her own eyes2
Look here !" she cried You never
bought such atrocious things rs these
You couldn't have found them In
dny's Journey You just got someone
TO do It."
"Yes. I did"
"Wns II Mamie Beck1'
YES"