The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-23

III ~
raaes Van Brunt had no idea OF
ElvinE pp his dreams OF a homie pre-
sided oscr W the woman he loved.
so ne argued. thtn be pleaded, then
grew aarry md hurt. Patricia was
udhniant ~ each ana all of his pleas.
boz lhe tffs, uni4 Gates reallzrd fini-
~ some Of her views. soneaiing Of the
sort " woman he had married.
n toId him 81 the parz she's with
as.st woman. were 70 play IN the ni-
fure. He listened, but Tor the life Of
HIN he could not understand.
"4romen have ~ last shown that
they are mars equals. she declared.
Whila he felt IN almost nauseated a.
sex IN brain. Gates. The world has
- last awakened 20 that great truth
So AZ last woman Is coming into her
owniT Gates s~hnfdored a. ne heard
the phrase coming from her lips. He
had supposed such sentiments belong
ed 10 mannlsh women. women D
from the e~xigencies Of family or.
later Of war, had assumed with their
work mnnx Of the pei ogailves and
habits Of tnen. lie would not have
been surprised had he heard J. from
one Of them, or frona u dissatisfied
aainiy lips Il sounded almost ridlcu-
lous. yet hr could SEE she was hor-
ribiy In Earnest. lis darling VIE.
the woman he mad visualiEed as meet
ing him al the door In a little white
ruified apron. was talking OF
'Rnt don't you love me, Patricia ?"
he asked finally, the b%ewlldered look
SIN on hts face. HIS tones wavering
with a doubt.
~Of course 1 love you shouldn't
have married you had l not. You
~. -
never dreamed you you'd object 10
my living my life
And ! never dreamed YOU would
want me 20 lead ans other life than
one with me. You surely are not In
earnest, Patricia. you are only say
ana all these things 20 tease me"
Indeed I am not ! don't under
stand why you object 70 my going on
with my work. You aren't rich
enough TO ignore my salary, which
Imagine IN more than you arm u
you were l might see your viewpoint.
although II might no change my
ideas or my decision" M while he
mad found Patricia soft and yielding
in many things, In this he could not
move her.
Patricia. When he kept constantly
recurring 10 the subject. assured him
abe would make him happy. hat she
would Keep his home mr. more com
NNN AANAN al nv Wy htaA - ~ saw
In 10 HIN and kept IL In his. She
told him h was not domestic, never
would be.
The 5000 OF the cause. the wo-
mans cause. mus be Put above an
personal Eratiheation.' d told him
when he continued 70 arKue. l.
through ms work, AM doing my bit
to helm. IL would be a pad example
70 ufhera were l 20 fall hN fDe way
side" he groancd aloud as ne heard
her say "fali BY the waysldc
But don'i you love me he naked
again, Are nay wishes noihing TO
10 you7 I am not ln sympathy with
women working outside OF b home
unless II IA necessary; then all honor
10 them for taking up the burden
which falls upon them. Hut the place
for a married woman Ia with her
husband "a Ions an he can support
lsfr."
For The nrat time since they had
become Engaged Oates begain 10
aouhi. to wonder II they. ne. had
made 4 mistake. lie tried honestly
a. put this feeling behind him, to
ovrrnome Il. but he could not. lf
constantly obfrpded. lie once tool
her IN his arms and said
~ hatr all that twaddie about Wa
men coming into their own. etc,
They always have had their own,
or NhateNnr sou ikr 10 call H. !
hate that fUn about being no sex In
brnin.' and other such maudlln ~
preseicns BAT love you. Patricia
and shall not give you up without
Il ~struHair 10 the hiss OF the home !
hafe pictured" Thai night. long at
ter Patricia slept. he snf ~ the win
dow loofinf ont On The moOnlif water
10 adjust himself. his thoughts.
10 thf change An the woman he loved.
there WIN 40 change. that he
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moi conceive. Ids tender, loving little
rat. what had come over hers
You see. dear" she had Hald 10.