Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-14
Margaret Carrett's
Husband
A SHOPPING EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER CIx
+ By JANE PHELPS
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| i
want to talk to you.''
"There IS nothing to prevent, GO
ahead"
First I want to tell you that 1 was
proud of you last night. 1t really gave
me thrill to see how you handled your
self. L always knew there was the right
stuff in you, Margaret, but you were
so sure your way was the only way to
live that / was becoming discouraged 4"
But ] don t yet concede, Elsie" l
returned smiling at her enthusiasm,
ii"that the way all those people, you
included live, is the RIGHT way.n
Just what do you mean? Let's talk
it out'
81 mean that it seems a fearful waste
of time, that feel that men and women
who love each other-marred men and
women, should be satisfied with making
a home,a and with each other s society. -
/ Now, see here, Margaret, that IS the
same old reasoning! OF course married
people should make a home, as happy a
home as possible. But let me tell you
dear there are few of us built so that
constant companionship upbroken by the
presence of others or of outside inter
ests doesn' u finally pail. And boredom
believe me is. one of the greatest, if not
the greatest foe to happiness in the
world. Interest man, amuse him, but
as you value your happiness-and his
never bore him, nor allow him to be
bored when you are with him.
"But they shouldn It be bored-if
they care.''
"Will you keep still with all that
rubbish about what they should and
shouldn't do7 They never do it, so why
talk about it. 1t is what they shouldn It
do they want to do; and the things they
should do that they leave undone, if
they are made disagreeable or to look
like a duty they are expected to per
form. Now Margaret, [ do not think,
anymore than you do, that society,
friends, a good time is all there is of
life; but it is a part and very i'm
portant part. To a man like Bob his
friends mean a lot, and when they in
clude some Of the cleverest men and
women in the country they naturally
mean two lots.''
"I didn t hear or see anything so
wonderfully out of the ordinary last
night" I interposed when Elsie stopped
for breath.
"No, last night we were all just hui
man beings, having good time in an
innocent way as REAL human being Of
ten do. One can't always be on the
heights you know, Margaret. Occasion
ally clever people like Marion Riggs,
John Kendall and the rest like to frivol
a 1ittle.''
"You are as bad as Marion Riggs.
What do you think she SAID to me last
night9''
81 am sure I don It know-what? ,"
"She asked me if I was willing that
Rob and Soma Wells should play to-
Igether.'
"1'hat was horrid of her, never
knew her to be catfish before
CIT was PARTLY my fault. She was
only getting even.'
"In what way-I don t understand
CT guess I never told you, but I had
talk with Miss Riggs one day and l
said that didn t wish Bob to 90 down
to her house to read her mauuse;iIt
that lis place was at home with me.
and -
&C You ps' el didl Margaret GARRETT
4" 1es. ard lot more' flushed that
even Elsie should think me so impos
sible as her expression suggested.
$50 she tried to make you jealous
of Soma-uml What did you say when
she asked you if you were willing they
should play together9"
:" As near as | can remember [ tCld |
hel thought Soma quite all right, and /
so there was no reason they snouldr t ]
play if they wanted to-
Really you said thata"
"Yes.''
"Bully for you'll Wen win out yet.
Now get up and dress yourself. l want /
to you go to the dressmaker s with me. !
/ m giving dinner next week, and m /
going to have a new gown, and so are
you. -
'Oh, how I am bossedl" 1 moaned .
as crawled out of bed and into the
bath.
l dressed hurriedly, then we had a
bite of luncheon before we started out.
Elsie piloted me into a fashionable shop
OH Fifth avenue. Sent for tie manager,
and said:
81 have brought you new customer,
S,udy her good points viii GU, and de-
sign dinner dress for hey. 1t is to be
a small affair, bit She must look her
best. -
"'She shliH he declared, then mo
sioned for US To fqll)v hm.
" 1 see where | an led into all SORTS
# extravaganza, ] whisi'2ced TO Elsie.
g Has Bob cver I I'D ,eu to be rronUni-
calG'
4" No-he alwass has ecn nost gen
,rous. He oftul tells me TO luy What
sser L need or want. -
This is the time we II do iti' she
'eturned, as model entered dFaped in
in exquisite dinner dress.
(Tomorrow-FineF Feathers Make
Fine BirdS.l