Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-30

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The morning mail was, as usual, laic
beside Georges plate at breakfast
He glanced thru it. then tossed one
thick envelope over to me.
An invitation to something" hi
remarked as he picked up the morn
ing paper.
"Why-it is! lookl" 1 handed i,
to him. sit isn't an invitation; it
an announcement. Julia Collins mar
ried that Chicago man yesterday"
"Sensible girl, not to have any fuss
over it, he said as he took the en-
graved sheet from me. $50 many wild
Ows arenit satisfied unless they GO
thru the same performance, the second
time they are married, that they did
the first But Julia always had per
fees taste in all such things. | hope
she will be happy with this chap She
WASH t happy with Collins. He was
cad"
Perhaps that was what made her
so cynical at times?" said, ready to
make excuses for her, now that | no
longer feared her.
81 shouldn't wonder. l see they
are going to live in Chicago"
Yes-Madge Loring will miss her
dreadfully. They are inseparable." ="
"She will be missed all round, u
then, 81 wish you liked Mrs Loring
better, Helen. She is charming
woman, and would be company for you,
| feel that you are too much alone
for one so young. Mrs. Reeves can t
be with you all the time" "
HELEN MAKES A PROMISE.
81 know she can't, altho l should
like to have her. She is so sweet,
George, when you know her well, and
SO sensible. She talks almost like Mrs.
Sexton, at times. But | will try to
like Mrs. Loring; / expect l disliked
her principally because she knew more
than / did,
''That's a braxe thing to say, "
George looked up quickly, "not many
women would acknowledge it, ;"
"Not many women are George How
ard s wife," 1 laughed, to hide my
pleasure in his remark.
81 hope notl I'm not at all inclined
to polygamy. But am in earnest
about Madge Loring. If you learn to
know her. you will like her."
So Mrs. Sexton told ME. BY the
way, George, she is very i'll. She. thinks
she is going to die"
'She has been ill for years. ShoGs
the bravest soul l know. / imagine,
Helen, that when you first met her,
as well as others of our set, that you
thought, because they were society
people--charming hostesses-past mas
ters in the art of pleasing-that they
were soullcss. A woman does not ne
cessarily lack the other virtues because
she is born to social position which
requires that she be tactful and at
tractive-altho that seems to be the
opinion of good many people," he
stopped moment, then, "I am sorry
about Mrs. Sexton. / will order some
flowers sent to her-no, l will send
them here, and you take the car and
go over with them She will appre-
ciate the attention, even tho she may
be too ill to see you. l will drop her
a note from the office"
George was always that way. He
always did the nice thing. | must
learn to be as thoughtful as he, |
thought, as l watched him from the
window.
A WEDDING GIFT.
"Shall we send Mrs. Collins gift7"
/ asked George, that night, at dinner.
''Yes. have known Julia all my
life. What shall we sendg"
1t was very unusual for HIM to
defer to ME- Generally he did what
he thought best about things.
81 saw a wonderful oval mirror in
Harrington s. yesterday. l never saw
a lovelier thing. 1t was expensive,
but not too much so for you to give
her, under the circumstances. Q
could afford to be generous; she was
to live in Chieagol)
"How muchG"
"one hundred and fifty dollars. But
it was exquisite.
"Ill look at it in the morning. If
l like it, we won't look further"
II WAS lut tuuobdnt VI
little things like this, that made me
happier than I ever had been since ]
married George He was beginning
to treat me more as an equal, instead
of as a child who needed either teach
ing or punishment. Of course, it was
MT all sunshine even now. But the
clouds were hghter-were more easily
brushed aside with the passing of time
George looked at the mirror and
telephOned that he liked it immensely,
and asked ME to see that it was sent,
with card enclosed. / was delighted
that he approved my taste. But it
was a really lovely thing, and | had
been sure he would like it.
Madge Loring came into the store,
while was attending to it, and was
80 nice that l took her home in the car.
[ was determined. now, to make my
husbands friends MY friends, if it
we're possible.
fThis is very good Of you" Mrs.
Loring said as we rode along, 81 had
expected to walk home. -
sit is good of you to allow me to
set YOU down. / returned, then, be-
fore we separated, we made an en-
zagement to lunch together the next
week.
TOMORRoW-A LONG TALK.