El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
4 Serial of UniOersdl Appeal

your 1 denied hotly. I meant 20 e. -
/ YOU all the time-only waited TO see
] il your mother knew about the aII- ~
and if she was going to complain ~
/ you about it"
Complain to me-" he repeated
hotly, sitting up straight, his eyes
FLASHING. you have never done
mother justice, and you don't seem 70
/ care to- OF course. she must nave
] known that you were making a cate
with Lester, and she was probaoly
! shocked. But she would go TO the
stake sooner than acknowledge tnat
you had fault
Il can harly believe thatr re-
torted, my cheeks aflame with tndlg-
nation. He was ready to champion his
mother, yet also ready to suspect me
of insincerity. Before you accuse me
Of Injustice to your mother, please
stop long enough to consider several
things. Consider, please, that you nave
warned me repeatedly that must NOT
let her suspect that I make an en-
gagement with any man-even an OLD
friend; remember that you warned me
that she would not approve OF my
buying furs with my own money, put
that 1 must tell her that my mother
gave them TO me; remember that you
were actually frightened when you
found that she knew had come home
on the train with Harry LeSter-lest
she be shocked
eff she criticized me to such an
extent that you dare not let her know
these things, is it likely she would
keep silent about q date made with
a MANI I meant to put her to the test,
and that is why I did not tell you
about that luncheon, Jack. I was sure
she often complains Of me, and
wanted to prove I was right"
Louise Grows Angry.
was too angry to see that vas
proving nothing except my own err
rOr. But my husband saw It.
so that was your idea, was it," he
burst forth. "Well, tell you she never
mentioned the matter to me OF
course, she must have suspected you
Of lunching with Lester-but she did
with her ideas she must have been
distressed about It Poor little mother!
How she must have worried"
And what about mel" I exclaimed.
Have you no sympathy for me-hav-
ing to do things on the quiet for fear
fectly decent things. too; things
would not be ashamed to let anyone
else know-not even my own
mother?7
what about your own husband?"
he retorted. 1T is evident that you
that you lunched with Lester"
''Oh, Jackr' burst forth How can
you be so Unjust You know I was
willing to have you know-that was
going to make a clean breast to you
Of the affair. If 1t had not been for
your mother. would have told you
at once"
He was silent, as II thinking hard.
I had never seen him regard me in
this judicial way.
"As make out" he said at last.
collly. your silence can be attrib-
uted to one OF two causes. Either you
wanted to keep me in ignorance OF
your appointment with Lester. or you
wanted to prove that my mother was
dishonorable. cannot believe the
first, Louise. I know you too well for
that. You have admitted that the Sec
Ond reason have named actuated you
in your conduct In other words, you
waited to see II my mother would
as the children say-'tell on you Was
that it?'
nodded. too misera bic to reply
I am glad she cannot know this"
he said, as IL musing aloud She is
not likely to suspect it-for she has
not nature that could believe 1t pos
sible that any one could thus doubt
like that
CTO be eOntinued.)