The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-27
Married Life the Second Year

saw him lunching with Irene Voris
He didn't see me and the next day
/ asked if he'd gone to Philadelphia
He said he had and told me all about
1.-THE most plausible tale. When
he was all through, l said / knew he
was lying had seen him at lunch
con with Irene Voris."
His Reason.
ooh, what could he say?"
"He said his lying wasn't any
worse than my tricking him into it
That the reason he didn't always tell
me the truth was because | was SO
insanely jealous. I said if he couldn't
be true to me now-he wouldn't be
both furious-and it ended by my
saying l never wanted to see or hear
from him again. And now-now I'm
utterly wretched."
but, dear, can't you see that it's
best? You could never be happy
with a man like that"
II can never be happy Without
him"
"You think that now-but you're
very young yet and you'll meet other
men finer, bigger men, with more
stability and manhood than Dick
Fairchild."
ooh, l know other men now-bet-
ter in every way, and yet none OF
them has the charm for me that he
has. Just the way he carries himself,
the way he runs his hand through
his hair, the way he throws back his
head and laughs, the way he wears
his clothes-oh, no one else is like
fim!''
"But dear, those aren't the big
IL narn
yet quietly conscious of how much
she loved Warren for just these
things.
A Woman's Reason.
"Oh, that may not be the big
things a woman likes most"
Helen could not deny this, for IN
a way she felt it was true.
And now I've said | never wanted
to see him-that 1 didn't want him
to write or telephone or make any
effort to see me. And, oh, I'm
afraid he's taking me at my word"
"Oh, if you could only see, Alice,
how much better it would be for you
if he has. This is only an infatua-
ton. IF you don't see him now you'll
get over it soon. But if you go Oh
it may wreck your whole life,
warned Helen, conscious of how plat
itudinous this sounded yet knowing
she was right.
"Oh, but all the time l am think
ing about hint isn't any worse
for me to see him than to constant
ly want to see him"
Helen tried to make her believe
that time would help, that if she
would earnestly try to put this out
of her mind-in a measure she
could.
"I can't control my thoughts! |
can my actions-and I'll promise you
| won't send for him. l won't write
or phone But | know I'll think of
him all the time"
When at length they left the res
taurant and Helen walked with her
to the car the last thing Alice said
was a pitiful:
"Do let me come to see you soon
There's no one else l can talk to-"
That night at dinner Helen asked
Warren abruptly:
"Dear. what kind of man is Dick
Fairchild ?"
"Pretty much of a cad. Why"
Pm afraid he's making love tc
Alice Brooks"
"Huh. that's not strange; he tries
to make love to every girl ne
knows.
"But Alice is different And she
really cares for him"
''Then she's little fool" ind1ffer-
emily. "There's too much salt in this
cauliflower What's gotten into Della
lately-she's been seasoning every
thing too high"
"All right, dear, I'll tell her about
it. But Warren, do you think if he
doesn't care for Alice-if she's Just
one of the many others-do you think
he'll keep on pursuing
GLOW do / know? What's the
matter with you anyway-why are
YOU so concerned?"
ooh, I can't help but be worried
about Alice
"Well, you've got to have some,
thing to worry about. Might as well
be Alice Brooks as anything else Is
there any oil in that cruet There's
certainly none on this salad"
And Helen was forced to keep her
thoughts of Alice to herself. How
would it come out? Would Dick
Fairchild leave her alone now? Or
would he come back to her-only to
make her more unhappy IN the
future?