The Washington herald., 1918-12-23
Confessions of
A War Bride
HUNDRED-FOIJRT CHATTER.
| Am Goaded by Jealousy
and Plan a Dangerous Revenge.
HUNDRED-FOURTH CHAPTER.

Yes. Eloise has been cheated, too
I told myself. Then 1t dawned upon
me that in spite OF her horrible ex-
perience, in spite OF the degradation
which nice. safely-guarded women as
sociate with her. Eloise was not
cheated in her husband. He died de-
Tending her-and now she can keep
her ideal of perfect love all her life
long while /?
l am wounded by my husbands un-
explainable neglect, so desperately
wounded that / am deliberately set
ting out to discover what there is fas-
cinating in an affair" l am going to
find out, If a woman can, what there
is in love as a game, that man never
ceases to play it-with a frequent
change of partners.
Here Is a note for madame" said
Eloise. as she spread out the SHIN
mering rose-tinted tissues of lingerie
dress and gauzy scarf.
The note was from Lucy Searies
and it enclosed a letter from Sergeant
Grant Searle, Bob's chum. Grant was
also "a casualty"-a fractured rib
sent him to the hospital with Bob.
Now you stop being jealous. friend
wife" he wrote to Lucy, though
maybe I couldn't give the same ad-
vice to all your war-bride friends.
There's a peachy bunch of nurses in
our nearest hospital And oh. lady!
This worlds no bigger than football,
Who do you think nursed Bob? HIS
FIRST LOVE-Katharine Miller! Yep!
The same 'Kathern' of our dancing
school days-she who was so much in
love with Bob that she ran away over
here the minute his engagement to
Jane Ames was announced. Get it,
lovey?"
"Lovey'' had got it. all right. or she
wouldn't have sent me the newsi And
my own Imagination was in good
working order. / let 1t go. Eloise and
the masses of pink silk faded away
and ] saw a hospital ward. That
stunning and unscrupulous Katherine
Miller in a nurses uniform was hold
ing Bob's head on her shoulder that
he might drink-and Bob's hand was
reaching to clasp the slim fingers
which held the cup for him.
i wanted to shrek. Bob had not
mentioned Katherine in the letters to
his mother although the families are
consider that oversight the result of
sheIlshock? Ny laugh startled Eloise,
but my only comment was one which
concerned the business of the hour:
Don't let me be late to dinner.
Eloiser
Dressed for the concert, 1 regarded
myself with amazement. I had added
an unaccustomed hint OF rouge to my
cheeks-pink does fade out a complex
ion sol My coiffure was a Paris crea
tion; my bodice was cut to the waist
line in a "V'' front and back. dis
closing an undervest of frosted silver
net; my slippers were pink and high
heeled; my cape was a magnificent
thing of chinchilla collared with err
mine-one more of the glories Daddy
Lorimer had added unto me.
Eloise admired her handiwork with
out, perhaps. approving it. At the last
moment she built up the top of my
vest with a few more folds of net.
As came down the broad staircase
to join the family before dinner
Daddy Lorimer and DR.. Certeis rose
and daddy put up his glass and sur
veyed me mockingly as il I were a
painting in a frame
Some Janer' he commented in his
free and teasing way. ''Golly, Only
brave man-and a young one-would
dare to muss up that head of hair,
Hey. Certeis?" Then he turned to
mother with. why didn't you tell me
we were going to entertain a diplo-
mats wife tonight?"
Ito Be Continued.)