Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-07
The
Promoters
Wife
By JANE PHELPS.
Copyright, George Mathew Adams)
CHAPTER LVIII.
By JANE PHELPS.


CHAPTER LVIIL.
When Neil returned after taking
r, Lorraine, home, l thought l would
ask him where he had been, and who
he had been with. But he scarcely
had taken off his coat before he said ::
can Sc by our face that you
want to talk, Bab( but l am in no
mood, for conversation. had a very
unpleasant evening, and if you don't
mind | will go Immediately to bed"
My wits went wool gathering. l
forgot everything l wanted to say
and meekly returned:
Very well, won't talk if you don't
want me to-
L certainly dont-not tonight"
He had said he had spent an I'M
pleasant evening. l was positive he
mad not been with Blanche Orion be-
cause of what Lorraine had said. 1t
he were really tired and worried l
did not want to add to his anxieties
in any way. I had read often. in
stories of married life, that when a
man came home tired, these best, the
only thing, a wife could do was to
Keep StlII. 80 L kept still.
1t takes a woman a long time to
get onto all the little kinks in her
husbands nature. 1 had not yet be-
come accustomed to all of them in
NelPs. But one thing l had soon
learned: If he were either tired or
sleepy, it was of no use to try to talk
to him. l might talk, surely; but he
paid not the slightest attention, and
would often leave me in the middle
of a sentence.
1 wondered what the business
could have been, that it should have
given him disagreeable evening
That it was anything but business, l
never dreamed because | thought l
knew he had not been with Blanche
Orion. Just why l should have be-
lieved her the only woman who
might interest Neil, l could not have
explained, but the fact remained
Aside from Blanche Orion, | had
never felt the slightest twinge of
jealousy of any other woman, altho
Neil was always poking and Garry
ing on" as mother would say. But
there was a something about him,
about his manner when with Mrs. Or
ton, that was entirely different than
when with others. At least it seemed
so to me.
So above and beyoud everything
else / had the feeling that if l could
keep Neil and Blanche Orion apart
l would have no cause for anxiety
AS 1 have said, I had begun to
nj io1
with baby Roberts future in view
But l soon wanted it for myself.
would show them that l did not only
have money, but that l had position.
1 urged Neil to buy a house on
fashionable street a little east of the
Avenue, and hire expensive sdsGora-
tors to do it over Then, when it was
ready, l INDUCED in a perfect riot of
spending, assisted by Lorraine Nor
ton who had exquisite taste.
Nothing was too good for me. In
deed, it was task to find things
which were good enough. Lorraine,
who was one of the elect socially,
had assured me that she would spon-
ser me in such a way that 1 would
soon have a select circle of friends.
l was delighted that we were able
to crafty my expensive tastes. How
little | realized that money does not
really get people anything! l could
not have believed then, so wrapped up
was | in worldly things, what l firm
ly believe now. that more married
people are separated by wealth, es
pecially if it be quickly acquired
hIy hn c
as there is necessity for struggle
together. Their lives are so en-
twined by necessity, that they never
get far from each other in thought
or in action Everything that affects
one also affects the other. 1t is a
matter of mutual concern how every
dollar is spent.
But with plethora of money their
interests are apt to diverge. Each
make new friends who, while not
perhaps intending to- help to lead
them farther afield in their lives
together. Before they realize it he
is going his way, she hers. They
have no little problems to talk over;
they neither earn, save, or spend to-
gether. They forget to consult each
other over the things they do, the
money they spend; it isn't necessary.
So it had been with us in all the
small things of life, and it was fast
becomiong so wit hthe big things.
For, while 1 planned my campaign
l was so interested that I almost
failed to notice when Neil remained
out, or what time he came in.