Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-25
Margaret CARROTS
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"NOw what is itl"
: Elsie asked the question when, afte
luncheon, We were eozily by ourselve
al hcr sitting room.
''It is that Miss Keating, - 1 replied
''You don I waste words do yol
Margaret! What has Miss heaIill
done!"
''ohe hasn I done anything that
know OF. Al is what sne MAY nav,
done, or may do. -
II don InInk understand. -
Ten me ali you know ABOUT he
please, then II ten you-If / can, Jus
shat L mean.
II know very little, Margaret. She il
one OF the women who John Kendall
Tlnds SO interesting that he wants al
ms friends TO know them too. Remem
Der never had seen her until the nlght
u my dinner. But 1 asked John to tel
me Of her, and he PRAISED her very
lighLy.'
= So did Bob.
I - What did Bob sayl'
/ 'sThat she had SO much magnetism,
I SO mucn personality she didn I need
beauty, and that he didn Z even know
| IL she were beautiful or not. y
Really! Well that S just the way
she affected me-that is IN a manner
she did. When she talks she is SO viva
eious; what she says is so worth while
that you don I think anything about
her physical ATTRACTIONS.
"A dangerous WOMAN"
No. 1 don t think so! Elsie inter
rupted. ''Just a fascinating one. com
mence to see a little light.
~ said once Elsie that when a man
loved a woman he would do anything
and everything she wanted him to. Now
l say that if woman really loves a
man she finds nothing too hard to do
for him--nothing.
"You have changed, Margaret" +"
81 hope so. But it is all owing to
you Elsie. You made me see what a
selfish wretch was; how 1 thought
of nothing, no one, save myself, and
my own wishes.
''You called it duty"
Yes, and 1 was honest in it, At least
you II eoneede that"
Eyes, Margaret, no one who knows
you could doubt your absolute honesty.
You were to be pitied in that you made
life so hard for yourself and for
Bob"
Eyes, Elsie, and I could smile to
think how 1 agonized over trying to
make Bob see things, life, as 1 saw
them. I've walked the floor at night.
have agonized over him when he has
been sleeping as quietly as child. 1
have loved him with all my heart and
at the same time have driven him away
from me. Did you ever see or hear of
such muddle as 1 have made OF my
Hfe?"
9 Yes, Margaret. Many have done as
badly as have you. And with no chance
tu retrieve themselves.
"Elsie were you ever jealous2 Real
" Jealous Of-anotfer womanlH
81 told you once Margaret that
nearly lost Tom by my actions. Well
1 nearly lost him to another woman. y
Don L laugh at me, Elsie. But am
Jealous of &lss Keating. For the first
time in nv bfe 1 am afraid Of another
woman-where Bob is concerned. No
one knows retter than you do that it
was the KIND Of people he saw, the
places he went to which I objected.
There never was thought Of any ONE
woman in my mind; no doubt of Bob IS
loyalty.n
- And now there is2''
'No.-I haven t gone as far as
that But something tells me that Bob
is more interested in her than he ever
has been in anyone-even in me before
we We're married. Ana Elsie l do not
underrate her dangerous charm, that
personality Bob spoke of. 1t
is more an impression l have than any
thing else, but can t throw if off,
That is what you wanted advice
about, is itl''
"eMen, here it is. Be a sensible girl
and get that notion out of your head.
The first thing yon know You viii be
wishing a love affair on Bob. Go home
and make up your mind TO be nice
to Miss Heating; invite her to your
house; let Bob see you are neither mar
row or Jealous. Really dear, l don t
think you have the slightest reason 4
You are so anxious that everything
looks ike a stumbling block to your
don t give up Margaret; |
ven Il win him yet.
If l had had a lesser love for Robert l
| perhaps would have been a happier 1
woman / had my boys, my lovely home, /
now many kind friends. But without
Bob all was as ashes IN my mouth. His
love was an that could make life eRdur /
able, l thought, all there was worth 4
striving for.
left Elsie in a much happier frame |
Of mind than when l went to her. She !
had talked or laughed me out OF what /
she called my superstition regarding /
Charlotte Heating.
Bob did not come home until after T
[ had retired. IN the morning he was as /
courteous as usual; but there was some
thing disquieting in his attitude; some I
thing / could not fathom.
,Tomorrow-A Bitter Fight With Self /
-s-H-s
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