Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-05-03

voted boy y, INSISTED lolss lhlhh
want TO have the women folks Cos
sip about my selhshly keeping you
away from the privileges every man
should havef No. you join the club"
and Harvey did.
u see Mr.. Morse has made the usual
start OF the model husband slurring-
Iy remarked Mrs. Royce the next day.
you mean joining the clubf" dues-
TONED Lois quickly. "Oh. made him
do that
you did, Generous unselfish lit
lie silly Don't you know that it's
The first indulgence IN a long train Of
troubesT'
Il was about a week after that
when Lois noticed with some anxiety
lint the second morning In succession
her husband had frowned in a dissat-
isied way at the breakfast table. She
soon fathoraed the cause Mrs Royce
had recommended a cook preterHat-
uraly humeiy rude and given 70 of
dat Indulgence ia liquor Her pass
able cooking had refrigerated 70 the
l.aattefable Lois discharged her that
day.
sle did not again invite tie adj
eaa aa8 49, tHee Of Mr. Royce as
10 6ome hep Lois went to an en-
pIesmeaf bureau Half dozen can
,Its#af,z= aere presented 4 sudden i'm
pulse. rowing haN Harvey loved pret-
luess and tn Heat and dainty. caused
her tn select a young girl Of about
twenty. There vas an earnest appeal
Ia The handsome face Of the girl that
attracted her She Was of Spanish
origin. she told Lois. and she longed
for quiet position knew all about
cooking. and proved It to the satisfac-
ton of both Lois and Harvey within
the ensuing few days.
"Why. the girl is jewell voted
Harvey enthusiastically. what con-
trast to the old cook -
And she is quite lovely, Harvey"
Unlimited Lois.
"She looks like one of the fair sub
ieets of old Spanish pictures l have
seen, supplemented Harvey with I'M
disguised admiration.
You should be very happy" the girl
Iuez veHtured 10 say one day to Lois.
Mr. Morse is SO kind and courteous
10 everybody, and he worships the
very ground You tread on and Inez
uttered "A deep sigh. as though some
whore III her experience she had
known yitid contrast in lover or hus-
band
Mrs Royce nearly fel of her chair
the first tHe Sire saN Iaez. II can't
be possible you chose tbat girl for
service e" Size cried.
"oh YES replied the artle+s Lois.
she is the most perfect cook. ana she
is So neat and pretty. l think II makes
home all the more attractive to Har-
vey"
shouldn't wonderr' shifted Mrs.
Royce why. she is prettier-pret-
tier"
THAN am" Lois filled out the
blank Indeed. yes. what of it, Mrs.
Royce?'
'"Oh. nothing" pettishly retortedfher
neighber. "enly | don't believe in hay
ing artful beauties In the household"
Then shortly afterwards she came
in great furry to visit Lois.
"Oh. l must tell you" she said ami
matedly. fully primed with what she
considered to be a disturbing piece of
information. My husband saw Mr..
Morse talking very earnestly to your
girl Inez. yesterday. on a side street
down town."
Yes" nodded Lois brightly, liar
vey told me about II. am afraid Inez
is worried over some secret trouble.
Harvey says she asked his advice, but
did not tell about what"
Poor little unsuSpecting child
nurmmred Mrs Royce, as she took her
departure.
Lois came home from the matinee
one afternoon To find Inez absent and
the flat locked up. II was not her day
OF. und Lois wondered at her not be-
ing busy 81 her duties. She paused.
crossing tn dining room. to sweep up
with her hauds the fragments of some
rose leaves that had fallen from vase
containing he bouquet Harvey had
brought her two days previous. Going
into the kitchen Lois came to halt
with shock.
The disorder of the room showed
hasty packing aud some worn-out
pieces of ribbon aud lace belonging to
Inez Uttered the hoor. Pen and ink
stand en- the tabrt. some unused writ
my paper aua envelopes. hut what
held the elauce of Lois was sheet
bearing ber husbands handwriting;
u never wish Ia sue Aou asain.'
Lois ~Wayed like far flower in a
sudden bueHane blast Her eyes
CHANGED to fall to the amulet The
mlk.whtte center bore great red
hIoteh. on what had harieral. ahaf
overwhelming blow haH faa IN store
fer Eer, Then her horror partly sub
SIDED as SHE noted ihat the red spot
Mas simply The fragment of a ROSE Leaf