The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-07
Confessions ofaM1fe

springllke. and were walking across
the lawn 10 the street that led to
Dicks office
could not help noticing that poor
Dick sccfn"d hREing behind a little.
and expect showed some anxiety
in my face. even while rallied
Mary on always taking her cue from
Mar.
Before she answered. she said
"AArRic. Dick IL not looking at ali
well. I was quite surprised TO sce
how much he has changed. Gone IN
the arrogant Dick. and gone IN his
energy Of act and strength OF *.
preston What does the doctor say
about him
Do you know. little book. that We
who live our lives daily with those
near 90 IN. do not realize changes
that come TO them as quickly as do
those Others who only occasionally
SOC there dear ones. and note the In
sidious difference In looks and man.
ncr.
An ~ once realized that Dick
WINS no longer arroEant--that he de.
pended upon me and deferred TO me
I'm everything. For the first tins
saw how thin he was.
Something Icy clutched my heart.
Was IL possible that I did not know
how III Dick was7-and then moro to
silence my own misFivings than to
answer MARY. | said. ~Oh. Dick has
not been well since the accident TO
Malcolm Stuart The doctor says.
however. that he Will probably be
all right in a few months"
81 always liked Dick" said Mary
heartily. liked his virile way OF de
Gliding things even when I felt his
decisions were wrong | used 20
wonder sometimes MarRic. just what
you and he would make OF your
lives. You are both so decisive. both
so sure OF yourselves Dick is
man with a mans ideas OF mans
prerogatives. and a mans code OF
ethics, which are very different from
what a woman thinks they should
be"
MARY. want to ask you some.
thing" | interrupted suddenly. do
you think IL IL possible for n man
10 love "A woman and be untrue TO
her? You know what you went
thru with Jack. DO you really think
that IL is possible that Jack loved
your"
II was then that Mary surprised
me. more than | have ever been sur.
prised In my life "Margie," she
said solemnly. 81 sincerely believe
that | was tho only woman that
Jack ever cared the snap OF his fin.
ger for
you sec Margie. have learned
that love cannot change character
all In n moment. and Jack was al.
ways a selfish man. He could not
love in any other way than sclfishly.
lie wanted me and he got me. lie
still cared for me. but the thrill
wore off. as the paint wears off
childish toy. lie reached for other
toys. secure In the thought that he
still possessed his first one.
"Margie. ! soon found out ! was
superior TO Jack my brain was
quicker than his: that | had read
more, was "A better judge OF human
nature, and, above all that spiritual
~ and morally we were not In the
same class. And then. Margie. |
made the baneful mistake OF letting
him know that | felt superior to
him.
you may fight against Il as YOU
Will. but II you have any sense at all
you know by this time that no
woman has ever yet made IA sue
cessful marriage who has allowed
her husband to dream that she
thinks she knows more than he does.
you have to play the game, Mar.
gle. according to rules. And the
rules up to date include the one that
a man is the head of his house.
"fIe may be poor stick, but you
can't get around the rules. and, IL
you wish to be sportsmanlilSe, you
will play the game out to the end
under those rules"
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