Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-03
CHAPTER OK.


was right and that mother was wrong
Wash I George making my life miseI
able because he acted as he didl
When l replied that l was "growin
older and wiser all the time . he return
ed:
81 will not be questioned, I though
you understood it. 1t seems l am mis-
taken. l had intended to remain a
home tonight and ask for some music
But you have taken all desire to hea
you play away; so 1 shall go out"
"To spend the evening with Mrs Col
Inns, again The words came of thei
own vOlitiOn.
81 had not intended to; but now tina
you suggest it l will see if she will re
eeive me. Deliberately my husban,
walked to the telephone and called Mrs
Coins. OF course l listened although
was so angry l trembled like a leaf.
Shall you be busy this evaning2'
he asked, .hen--"l .ad thought of in
flicting myself Gpo. .,Ou-yes, thanl
YOU, ;hat will he dCIightful-in aboG
half an hour He waited moment re
sumcd, Eyes, l. will do SO with plyaS
ure, gnud bye. F"
He Immediately went up stairs aat
when he came down l saw that he hf,
dressed. l said nothing, save to say
gcnd night when he spoke to me as HI
passed the library door.
Life what rae mako .tln L sal,
aloud, my heart full of happiness. A
lot We have % dc with 1t. F"
Unhappy Thoughts
Left alone l sat idly thinking. Why
was it that l could not control myself
1 knew that George would not be ques
toned, yet l had deliberately sent hin
from me because of doing something
! kaew he thoroughly disliked. Then
too, wondered again as / so often hat
dCne just WHY George had married
nc He had irankly said he hoped tC
make me over, and that had been all
Rni that d'I att give me a reason fCi
making love to me, for wanting t(
marry me. Was It that the love men haj
for woman 1.Ntr lasted like her i
did for himl
George was toiai without sentiment
He dislikel any 1Gss made over MIN
and hated emttion If any knd. 1 wa'
naturally emotional, and in spite Of my
efforts had not been able to always
think before I spoke Or acted. Now
thought bitterly 1 shall have to Learn
to count tin before L open my mouth
Perhaps then | won t say things tC
annoy and anger nj husband.
Whea u;e0rg' tUlo me he Was goli 4
out on bu2;nes. never thought of re
belIing and until Mrs. Ross hal ta'rey
as she did scarcely ter imagineG tt
was anywhere else But tonight he nal
net even tried to ide that he was 90
ing TO another w'llan, had seemingly
gorified in it, and had deliberately pun
ished me by making an appointment
where ! could hear. 1t was almost unbe.
lievable that be would do such thing
And | had been the one who had sug
geSted the idea to him. SO he had
said
| could nat iei.i. could set myIc]t
at nothing, Fnaly decided that
wouldn t NOPE at t9ne, that l too would
go out.
called Evelyn and found she was TO
be at home Tatn / dressed for the
street and ea;icd tC Annie to wax cvei
with ne Co.vSte ncs rnt aid knew
George would be Neiy angry il Int
into The street night alone although
il was but -; ways.
Pleasant companions.
Evelyn was danshted to see rae 50"
told Annie .hGt MI Reeves woulG takf
her homa After visit to my nan q
.akr who was asleep, we played brt's'
a three handed game. Krtz and Evelyn
were both in such good humor, did so
much to make the evening pleasant
that the time slipped by very quickly.
About ten O'Clock we had chatting
dish supper, and ate so heartily they
both declared tbey didn believe | had
had any dinner, 1 hadn't eaten any
thing, but l said nothing to them Of the
reason.
Il was after eleven when Kurtz lefs
ME at home. | had not taken my hat off
when George came in. If he was sur
rrised to see that l had been out, he
was no more so than l was that he came
home 50 early.
II weut over to Evelyn's for the
evening = / said without waiting for
any questions. was lonely, and we had
such nice evening"
"I am very glad that you did. | call
ed you up and James said you had
gone out.
So that was the reason he came home
early because he thought 1 was out.
a;a he could perhaps find fault with me.
How mistaken was he proved few
minutes later.
al called up to see if you would like
to go on; somewhere for a little super
Nou ate no dinner at ALL"
"But--how-could you if you''-
"Never mind how I could, 1 wanted
30 and was rather disappointed that
you had gone out. am sorry We were
at cross purposes tonight, Helen," that
was all, but it was so much more than
7 expected, or perhaps deserved that the
tears came into my eyes. He quietly
kissed me and wiped them away, saying
Would ever understand himl
(Tomorow-The New Path)