The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-02
CONFESSIONS
OF A Wife
ron THE SAKE on \ DEAD
LOVE

am not easily knocked out" aa
Dick would say. little book. but
confess that the sight OF Fat In such
an out-of,thc.way place was very
dlsconccrting. could feel myself
getting red and white In turn. After
had recovered little | found that
Pat was almost as much porturbed
as was,
what ARE you doing around here.
Margicr' he asked. Are you look.
ing for old furniture or old brasaesf''
Then | noticed FOR the frat time
that all about ua were antique shops.
and thought for "a moment that
would use them as an excuse. and
then made up my mind that truth
was the best after ALL and 30 ! said.
II have bccn visiting young man
Acquaintance. who has gotten into a
little trouble. and whom I want 60
give another chance at going
straight"
lie looked at mo quietly and then
he said. "Margie. | think l am de
cent man. and l try 20 be a broad
man. but | win not allow Alice TO
give the pltiful little sum she has
saved from the income that is hers
I to that wastrel who lies sick and
perhaps dying In that house"
Then you know" gasped.
Everything IL would be much
better 10 let him die Ills life II
worth nothing 20 himself or 10 man
kind. Why. his own father has dis.
owned him. After almost running
the whole existence OF Alice In an 81
fort 20 nuillfy the only decent thing
Harvey ever tried 70 do. the father
has az las; cast him off.
why should Alice or you. who.
know. do Il for Alice. try 20 make
this mans end happy or palnlcss7 lie
deserves all he Is getting and more.
too"
Pat spoke bitterly. but I could not
blame him. Get into my car. Pat
said. and We win talk this thing
out"
Il don't think there II anything
more TO bc said" murmur~d Pat
stuhborniy.
Yes. there la said. mot for the
young mans sake. but for yours and
Aiicc'A-
Fat turned white face 10 mo sud
denly and said. why IL II. Margi..
that a woman win no on loving n
man who treats her aA this man has
treated Aiicc7 Oh. know" he con.
tinued. holding up trembling hand
TO stop my interruption. what you
would say. but actions speak louder
than words. Poor Alice has be~n in
! IN. torrents OF th. damned since
she knew this cur was in town Mar
gic. l cannot bear To see her IN
happy
why don't you 80 and tell her
| that. PatT" asked quietly.
For a moment h. was no surprised
he could not speak. and then he
said. II cannot talk with my wife
about the man ss. ntiii ador-z.-
she DOES not low. him any moro.
Pat
Pats mouth Settled In contrndic~
ton. 1T 1. true. Pat Alice told me
this vvry morning that sha loved you
only
Then why In .he helping this
b rcoundr~iT"
Pat. I wonder II can make you
understand tho complex heart Of
woman. When n woman loves a man
az Aiic. loved Harvcy--lovsA him so
much that she IL ready to do any
thing he asks. 20 anywhere he
chooses. who has been wholly his
she can never feel otherwise than
tender. not Of him. perhaps. but Of
the great love that has been part OF
her soul Even II she has had TO
tear IL out at the cost OF almost
more than life. she will Hssti look
upon II an beautiful thing that L.
dead. I do not believe that any
woman who has given absolute de-
votion to a man can ever be- I'M
needing OF his cries for succor.
"Shc may not love him any more
Alice does not love Harvey the
least little bit-but for the sake of
the love. the Joy. and. yes. the agony
that has been between them. shc
must try to help when he calls.
Can't you see II. Patg"
fTo be continued